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October 18, 1927

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The only newspaper in Washington with the Associated Press news every morning in the year. ; lowest, 46. much. change in temperature; fresh to strong northerly winds. Temperature yesterday — Highest, Weather details on page 12. ENTERED AS SECUND CLASS MATTER NO. 18.751. POSTOFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. 0. WASHINGTON: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1927. + COPYRIGHT, 1927 BY-THE WASHINGTON POST CO. — TWO CENTS. | POST-SCRIPTS GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN “For truth has such a face and such a mien, As to be lov’d needs only to be secn.”” * 7. ° * Hail! wanderer of the sky! bold Levine! Your name through all the years to some shall shine. It is a wise Penelope who goes after her own Ulysses and brings him back home. Thou o * a7 Judging by the pictures of Lilli Dillenz, Miss Elder needs all her pul- chritude to uphold the glorious tra- ditions of the American. girl in a highly competitive field. We trust that for looking back, once on her way, Mrs. Grayson will not suffer the fate of Lot’s wife. Senator Borah finds an issue kick- ing about that nobody is interested in but the American people. By forcing the dry issue on the Republican party the Senator brings the wet-drinking dry-voting South to the parting of the ways. The Re- publican leader who demands the enforcement of the Constitution can not fail to remind Dixie that it in- cludes the Fifteenth as well as the Eighteenth. Watch your step! In some quarters it is held that by forcing the G. O. P. to adopt the covered bridge as its campaign sym- bol, Senator Borah will compel the Democrats to throw up the sponge. ~~ > « * If. the Republicans should nomi- mate Senator Borah and the Demo- crats should be forced to name . wet it looks as though Al Smith, the well-known dry, might be eliminated at one wallop. 7 = s . Another general and 30 men are eliminated in the Mexican preferen- tial primaries. ¥* ~ * * George Remus’ insanity plea may bc based on the old adage that a man who is his own lawyer has a feol for a client. * aoe . * The new French tariff note is a veritable diplomatic triumph— it’s al- most as unsatisfactory to Washing- ton as Paris intended it to be. - o s * Levine arrives and is met at the dock by a committee of Job’s com- forters. * s * € Three Brazilian aviators give their lives to the science of aviation as Charles M. Manly, the world’s first pilot of a heavier-than-air plane driven by gasoline, dies in his sleep in New York. Only 24 years have passed since man’s first flight by airship was attempted at Wide- water, Va., but this brief span of time, which saw Mars put on the wings of Mercury and hurl down bombs on sleeping cities, the con- quest of North and South At- lantic, and the linking of America with Hawaii, must be reckoned the most marvelous era in the whole history of mankind. 7 . a oe The Carnegie research ship is a good deal like a wallflower at a party—nonmagnetic. oa * e . We have a suspicion that Levine won’t hear as much criticism of him- self as he has been warned of. « * + + No fair-minded person will deny that Japan has as much right to build an airplane that can fly to America as we have to build one for a tour of Japan. . 2 & . Secretary Mellon can’t understand _why he should cross a group of for- ‘\tune-telling palms with silver. . > - oe Where the Iowa farmers make their mistake is in not having a law to compel the United States to buy 80-cent wheat at $1.50 per bushel. “Oh, call back yesterday, bid time return.” The. Earl of Salisbury knew mighty well that a day gone never returns, but nevertheless the Dawn comes back. © = oe | Montgomery County enlists for the war and joins Virginia in sticking _ their own motorists for auto tags. | Our part-time Washingtonians seem to be getting it coming and going. 4 . * - . Senator Smoot says that Congrefs can have an ice cream cone if it _ doesn’t get infatuated first with all- _ day suckers. * ce e . Dean Inge takes the usual gloomy view of Canon Bullock- Webster's outbreak in Se. Paul’ * a * * - House pci "se into high peioty and has a picture hang in “rage art gallery. He’s the one in any town who has ad- Gane Sammeral ought to see the ‘Se .@-~ OF - Admiral MeCully a a bon so is alepted children. ||BURAR ASOERTS DRY [OOUE [9 IMPORTANT IN 1026 CAMPAIGNS Letter to Enforcement Group Held as Putting Him in Field. SENATOR SAYS BOTH - PARTIES AVOID POINT Urges Committee to Compel Politicians to. Announce Liquor Stand. By CARLISLE BARGERON. Having already caused considerable political speculation with his so-called progressive bloc, Senator Borah, of Idaho, yesterday made known he is going to attempt to force the Republi- can party to make an issue of prohi- bition. As a beginning, he is to.be the only speaker at.a rally to be held in New York November 12, under auspices of the New York Committee for Law En- forcement. But before he accepted the invitation to speak he wrote Mrs. Sam- uel Bens, chairman, that it had to have a real law enforcement object in view. Writing to Mrs. Bens under date of September 22, he said: “If we are correctly informed by the public press and if we can correctly read the purposes of the organization leaders through their actions, it is clear that both political parties propose to avold anything in the way of a com- mitment to the upholding and main- taining of the Constitution * * *%, except, perhaps, an insipid, meaning- jless generality to the effect that they believe in law and order. They might just as well say under the present cir- cumstances that they believe in the Ten Commandments.” “If political parties are unwilling to meet the issue,” the senator wrote, “it must be apparent to all that those who are opposed to the Constitution have won out.” Only if the women’s committee is willing to force “this matter to a con- sideration in a practical way of the political parties and compelling if pos- sible a.definite-stand upon the matter,” would he accept the invitation to speak. the. senator wrote. And his condition was agreed to Senator Amplifies Letter. “It is now apparent,” the senator wrote, “and the evidence is at hand, that not only do political parties select the officials, from deputy marshals to President, but they undertake to di- rect and control the officials after CONTINUED ON PAGE 23, COLUMN 4 Giles’ Plane Crashes On New Zealand Trip Elko, Nev., Oct. 17 (A.P.).—Another accident today interrupted the Detroit- to-New Zealand flight of Capt. Fred- egick A. Giles, British aviator. In attempting to take off here this morning for San Francisco, his plane. the Wanda, struck a soft spot at the north end of the airport and did a ground loop. Capt. Giles leaped from the plane at a height of about 20 feet, escaping with minor bruises. The Wanda crashed into a ditch, smashing the propeller and damaging the left wing, the underside of the fuselage, the left landing gear nd the tail sec- tion. 3 ESCORTING COSTES DIE IN FALL OF PLANE Frenchmen Who Flew to Brazil From Africa Are Wildly Received. Rio Janeiro, Oct. 17 (A.P.).—A trag- edy marked the arrival at Rio Janeiro today of the French aviators Dieu- donne Costes and Joseph le Brix on their transatlantic flight, which started from Paris*a week ago. Three Brazilian aviators, Capt. Attila Oliveira, Lieut. Salustican, and Lieut. Thomas Bareto, attached to the welcoming squadron, were killed. The Brazilians were flying at a height of about 300 feet when their plane crashed and burst into flames. The Costes plane, Nungesser-Coli, flew over the city attended by numer- ous army and navy machines and land- ed-dt 12:30 at the military flying field at Campo dos Affonsos. It was. here the tragedy occurred, and it greatly af- fected the French fillers, who asked that all festivities in their honor be aban- doned. Nevertheless, they were greeted enthusiastically by representatives of the French Chamber of Commerce, members of the French colony and their Brazilian colleagues, whom they joined at a luncheon. | Costes and Le Brix plan to resume their fight ‘te to Buenos Aires Wednesday. New Distance Record Set by Hy: Hydroplane Sante Barbara, Calif. Oct. 17 (AP.). driven by Henry M. Hazard, of Santa Barbara, set what was believed ‘diste p socens i . Santa * - ny npee ye _ os “ MOD yeh, 9 os ape ik! net's lot Ring nom a . £ - » —, , te bj : iad y . q S aE; Ae Rétace Ie ie a ee! > 4 ae was Mey Pages. i—Borah Sees Dry Issue Looming. Walkout Talked of in Germany. Ocean Air Race May Start Today. 2—New York Welcomes Levine. End of Tricky Trading Sought. Remus to File Insanity Plea. 6—Editorials. 7-9—Society. 8—Civil Service Is Criticized. 10—Magazine. Page. 1i—Dean Inge Calls Canon Brawler. 12—Charles M. Manly Dies. Weather and Vital Statistics. 13—Cross Word Puzzle, 14-15-16-21—Finance. 17-18-19-—Sports. 20—Radio and Comics. 22—Classified Advertising. 23—Daily Legal Record. Index to Today's Issue. 3 Women Among 11 Oil Case Jurors Lindbergh Urges Care in Planning. Social Whirl Marks Ships’ Visit. 3—Youth Kills Girls and Self in Auto. 4—Scenes at Opening of Oil Case Trial. 5—New French Note Not Satisfactory. 9—Summerall Recall Closed Incident. OTRIKES OPREADING, GENERAL WALKUUT TALKED TN GERMANY Troops Asked at Mines as 80,000 Workers Leave Shafts. MUCH PROFITEERING: FOOD COSTS SOARING Greed of Tradesmen Said to Have Taxed the Patience of Poorer Classes. 4—The News in Pictures. Masons Seek New Cabinet Post. Auto Tag-System Changed. GOLORADO TOWNS BAN W.W.AS STRIKE LOOMS (Special Cable -Dispatch.) Berlin, Oct. 17.—Eighty thousand miners walked out of the soft coal mines of central Germany today, im- periling the Berlin coal and electricity supply. » Sixty thousand textile workers have been locked out at Munchen-Gladbach. The coal barons are calling for sol- diers to protect the mines from ter- rorism by the workers, though the lat- ter have organized an emergency service to prevent accidents. Labor talks of a general strike. The price of rolls and bread went up 20 per cent today, all of which empha- sizes the fact that Germany still is in the throes of a readjustment crisis Two Main Reasons Given. This mainly is due to two reasons: First, the taxes—which are unavoid- able since Germany must enforce high taxation to fulfill the obligations of the Dawes plan. The second reason is the gluttony of the German tradesmen. Today’s coal strike illustrates the lat- ter. The miners earn an average of $8 for the whole week. They want $8.64 The ministry of labor in the recent ar- bitration decreed that this is coming to them. The owners of the mines are ready to grant the increase provided they are permitted to increase the price of coal accordingly. The minister of economics vetoed this increase. More expensive coal means an all around in- crease in the price of German produc- tion. An investigation showed’ that the owner of a coal mine brings coal to Berlin for a fraction less than 25 cents a hundredweight, but the Berlin dealer sells it for almost 42 cents. The dealer is profiteering, but the Aguilar and Walsenburg Citi- zens Bodies Issue Ukase. Extra Guards Sworn. MINE HEADS OPTIMISTIC Walsenburg, Colo., Oct. 17 (A®.).— Orders of citizen committees to leave the towns of Walsenburg and Aguilar tonight faced members of the l. W. W. on the eve of a strike called in the Colorado coal fields. : Tranquil conditions prevailed in the district, but Sheriff Harry J. Capps, of Aguilar, swore in special deputies to prepare for any contingency. There was no apparent reaction to the citi- zens committees’ orders to the I. W. W., whose leaders sponsored the movement for tomorrow’s strike. Sheriff Capps said no attempt would he made to enforce the order of the committees, since he regarded it as illegal. Mayor Boecaccio of Aguilar, who headed the citizens’ committee in that town, today headed a delegation that instructed the I. W. W. members to close their headquarters and leave, Headquarters of the I. W. W. in Walsenburg were raided after the com-. mittee meeting in the courthouse. Records and files were burned. Mayor John J: Pritchard, who approved the orders demanding that the I. W. W.’s leave, expressed regret that property | Minister of economics declares that he had been destroyed. Several members| has no legal means to prevent this. of the party got beyond control, he; , Similar in Other Branches. said, explaining that the original plan Conditions are similar in * most was merely to serve an eviction notice branches of German industry which on the I. W. W. Leaders of the 1: W. W. are paralyzed through the greed of the renee si would go through 48/+-sgesmen and their own inability to scheduled. ine officials expressed the readjust the cost with the sales price. belief that the majority of the miners The workers waited patiently for a would remain at work and that there | oition to this problem to bring them would be no trouble. living wages. Thei ti i All three members of the Colorado eee , ee ee exhausted. Throughout the country in industrial commission are in the fields, all tnaustet trik and they have intimated that legal ac- VUStTiNS Acree are Hemming ‘up the same as they did at the beginning of tion might be taken to stop the strike. he infiat! The industrial commission contends | ‘2® ™##tion days. a (Copyright, 1927, by the Chicago Tribune.) the workers have not filed proper notice of the strike, as required by the Colo- Airm an Faces Court On “Reckless’ Charge rado law. Jealous Wife Chases Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 17 (A.P.).—Lieut. George J. Finch, of the Army Air Serv- Girl Through School ice, attached to Selfridge Field, Mich., Baltimore, Md., Oct. 17 (A.P.).— Caeiain Nani disrupte d and pupils in went on trial before a court-martiai at a public school were thrown into con- Nokia Gels SORRY CO: & COatpe. at fusion today when an irate wife chased The alleged offense took place when an alleged “admirer” of her husband the officer, in company with other in and out of the corridors and class- Army aviators, was piloting an Army rooms belaboring her with a piece of | plane to Fort Sam Houston, Tex In hose. A patrolman broke up the chase passing over Atlanta it was charged and hailed the two before a@ magis- | that ‘he flew under 1,000 feet, the safety trate. limit fixed by the Army, and that he Mrs. Margaret Appel told the court flew “recklessly” and performed sév- she had found Miss Bessie Kirby seat- | eral “stunts” in defiance of regulations. ed on her doorstep this morning wait- Mrs. Royal J. Miller, mother-in-law ing for Mr. Appel. She ordered Miss | of Lieut. Finch, testified that while his Kirby to depart. Later in the day, | wife was critically ill at her home, the she said, they met near the school’ | defendant. flew an Army plane s» low Mrs. Appel was armed with the hose. | over her house that it almost caured After a quarrel she struck Miss Kirby, | Mrs. Finch to suffer convulsions. Mrs who sought refuge in the school. They | Miller said Mrs. Finch died a few days were fined $5 for disorderly conduct. ‘! later. $750,000 Drugs Seized Here ia And in Two Other Cities | ; | Agents “Planted” at Union Station Capture Trunk of Opium Smuggled Into U. S. by Steamer; $200,000 Nareotics Taken i in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Oct: 17 (A.P.).—A trunk containing narcotics valued at $200,000 was seized at the Broad Street Station: of the Pennsylvania Railroad today by Michael J. Collins, a United States cus- toms agent. The drugs were said to have been sent here from New York, where they had been smuggled into the country. by steamer. Earlier in the day Collins seized four other trunks of drugs, one in the Union Station at Washington and the others. in New York. He placed a value of ap- proximately $750,000 o on the five trunks. ‘After receiving ‘iziformatien that part |, of the opium smuggied into this coun- | Yesterday Charles R. Lewis, 3216 Collins was summoned and the four waited several hours, hoping some one ATLANTIC AIR RAGE MAY START TODAY: MACHINES READY Actress’ Plane and thell Heinkel Aero Headed for America. MRS. GRAYSON, BACK, PLANS NEW TAKEOFF Out of Balance on Flight to Europe, She Returns to Old Orchard. Possibility of a transatlantic air race loomed strongly last night when word came from Horta, the Azores, and Vigo, Spain, that both the Junkers and the Heinkel planes may take off this morn- ing on the most perilous stage of their venture. The Junkers D-1230 has had a thor- ough overhauling at Horta for the long lap to Newfoundland, and with Mme. Lilli Dillenz,- Viennese actress, and crew aboard, is ready to go when condi- tions are favorable. The Heinkel hydro- airplane D-1220, at Vigo, will start for Lisbon, and if possible, and her fuel holds out, will continue overseas, with New York as the objective point. Mrs. Grayson Forced Back. Oid Orchard, Me., Oct. 17 (A.P.).— With a possible world record under its wings, the Sikorsky amphibian plane, the Dawn, tonight awaited an oppor- tunity to carry out its purpose of trans- porting the first woman over the At- lantic. Improper distribution of load forced the Dawn back to her position on the hard #@trand this morning, less than ten minutes after a perfect take-off apparently had started her on the hazardous flight to Copenhagen. The steady hands and quick mind of the crew averted what might easily have become a quick tragedy.- As soon as it became apparent that the ship was “nose heavy” and would lose the scant altitude gained by the beach run, @ dump-valve cord was yanked, spraying scores of gallons of, gasoline through the air. The plane responded at once and swung back to alight al- most softly on the hard sand. Official Records Lacking. ‘In the absence of official records, Pilot Wilmer Stultz and Navigator Brice Goldsborough were reluctant to make any formal claims for the load which was taken up and set down to- day, but it was believed that no sea. plahe or amphibian in America, anc possibly in the world, could show a similar performance, with horsepower taken into consideration. A rough computation of the gross weight at the take-off was 11,500 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 2. Portieres Hang Lad When a Rug Slides Special to The Washington Post. Crawfordsville, -Ind., Oct. 17.—John S. Parker, 14, of Linden, accidentally hanged himself in two portieres in a doorway at his home. No one saw the tragedy, his lifeless body being found a few minutes afterward by his sister Helen, aged 15. A small rug that was.on the floor, it is thought, slid out from under his feet while he was performing some stunt, causing the draperies to be wrapped around his neck and under his chin such a way as to strangle him. $4,250,000 FAILURE FROM:85-CENT START Former Riveter Is Placed on Trial as Embezzler in Realty Business. Camden, N. J., Oct. 17 (A,P.).—Em- bezzlement of $7,000 is charged. against J Robley Tucker, youthful Camden real estate operator, who in six years was reported to have worked a capital of 85 cents into a business with a yearly turnover of several million dollars. He was placed on trial today in Criminal Court on the embezzlement charge. His real estate concern, failed some time &go with HMabilities of $4,250,000. It was alleged in two indictments that Tucker, formerly a ship riveter, failed to account for $7,000 tothe Three Hundred Feet White Horse Pike Corpora- tion which he was alleged to have formed and financed and which was said to have made a deal to purchase. “property in Audubon, N. J., in 1926 through J R. Tucker, Inc. After the State had presented its witnesses counsel for Tucker moved that the two indictments | be quashed on the ground that the Three Hundred Feet White Horse Pike Corporation was organized after the date of the alleged embezzlement. The court took the motions under advise- ment. ae Fire ponraress "ea Castle; 5 Lose Lives Berlin, Oct. 17 (AP.).—Fire that re Suerieed Si hiciare abe 14. AtGoe. near Ausburg, took a toll of five lives it, Baron Gr aay Rm, htt ee eet se ke Re; re s > ? 5g 7 hi 7~e pal Ww S A x , 3 WOMEN CHOSEN AMONG 11 PROSPECTIVE JURORS IN TRIAL OF FALL AND SINCLAIR | Tentative Jurors in Oil Case 9 / No. 1. MRS. A. L. BAILEY. Age. about 30; clerk, Arthur Jor- dan Piano Co.; address, 2700 Connecticut avenue. No. 2. MISS BERNICE K. HEA- TON. Age about 30; chief instructress long distance, Chesapeake & Po- tomac Telephone Co.; addregs, 1228 I street northwest. No. 3. CHARLES T. HENNESY. Age 51; employe, dry cleaning és- tablishment; address, 1240 Mount Olivet street northeast. No. 4, ANDREW T. DENT. Age 43; paying teller, Riggs Bank; address, 3016 Thirteenth street northwest. No. 5. CONRAD J. HERZOG. Age 56; automobile sales manager; address, 36 New York avenue northwest. No. 6. ARNAND FONDEVILLE. Age 48; pastry chef, Rauscher’s; address, 2217 Pennsylvania ave- nue northwest. No. 7. JOHN P. KERN. Age 32; route supervisor, Holmes Bakery; address, 1315 North. Carolina avenue northeast. No. 8 BRADNER W. HOLMES. Age 34; floor manager,, Woodward & Lothrop; 203 P street north- ‘west. No. 9. NOT FILLED. No. 10. JOSEPH J. JOHOLSKE. Age 32; painter and decorator; ad- dress, 311 Channing street north- east. No. 11. EDWARD J. KIDWELL, Jr. Age 31; leatherworker; address, 1637 U street southeast. No. 12. MRS. PAULINE LEVITT. Dry cleaning business; 615 Fourth © street northwest. MOTHER FOUND GUILTY IN DEATH CAUSED BY OON Georgia Court Holds Woman Responsible for Auto Mis- ~ hap of Boy, 13. PARENT IS FINED $100 Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 17 (A.P.).—A jury in court here todd@y held a mother re- sponsible for the death of an old man who was run over and killed by an au- tomobile driven by her son. Mrs. A. F. Reeves was arraigned and tried on a charge of a misdemeanor, growing out of the death last March of George Slayton, 70 years old, who was run over and killed by an automobile driven by her 13-year-old’ son, James Reeves. She was convicted and fined $100. Bond of $300 was posted pending an appeal of the case. Gourt attaches said it was the first time in Fulton County where the State undertook to hold the parent liable under a statute prohibiting a child under 16 years of age from operating an automobile. Mrs. Reeves was in- dicted jointly with her husband, A. F. Reeves, and their son. She was charged with “knowingly allowing a child under the age of 16 years to operate an automobile in vio- lation of the State law.” Mrs. Reeves is said to have been an occupant of the machine at the time the man was struck The boy and his father were in court during the trial of the mother Machado’s Daughter First in New Hospital New York, Oct. 17 (A.P.).—A new Pan-American hospital, destined to serve the 200,000 Latin-American peo- ple of the greater city, was formally opened today. Senorita Machado, daughter of the president cr Cuba, was admitted as the first patient. and Phil- lipae Ronda, Paraguayan Consul at New York, was the second. The exercises were attenced by the Marquie of Belmonti, representing King Alfonso of Spain; Manuel Antonio Bo- nilla, of the Costa Rican Consulate; Enrico Gomez, of the Columbia Con- sulate; the Rev. Gabriel Ginard, chap-. lain of the hospital, cepresenting the Catholic Church upon appointment by Cardinal Hayes, and Col. L. C. Salis- bury; of the New York State Militia, representing Gov. Alfred E. Smith. Cook County to Hang First Woman Friday Chicago, Oct. 17 (A.P.).—On the grounds that Mrs. Catherine Cassler. under sentence to die on the gallows Friday for the slaying of Carl Lind- strom, has not enough funds to carry her appeal to a higher court, her at- torneys tomorrow will seek a stay of execution. Should Judge Brothers refuse the delay, only Gov. Small can halt the execution. If the sentence is carried out, Mrs. Cassler will be the first of her sex to pay the supreme penalty in Cook County. SURGEON ARRESTED IN OPERATING ROOM Internes Horrified as Deputy Enters; Waiting, He Sees Delicate Work. New York, Oct. 17 (A.P.).—A deputy sheriff invaded the sacred precincts of an operating room at Bellevue Hospital ponerse Seton & AGE oe ew eee forming an operation. Disregarding the— ternes to “get out,” Deputy Sheriff Leo Goldstein changed his raincoat for 3 sterilized surgeon’s robe ‘and ‘watched with interest the delicate throat opera- tion being performed while he held in his hand an order for the arrest of Dr. John Miller, who was pertonming the operation. The ofder charged that Dr. Miller was Nevada to obtain a divorce while his whispered com- mands of a group of scandalized in- GENERAL AND dO MEN ARE KILLED 18 MEXICO Former Deputy in Congress, Another Leader of Rebel Band Aslo Slain. TOWN HAD BEEN LOOTED Mexico. City, Oct. 17 (A.P.)—Gen. Benjamin Mendez, a former federal cfficer, and Margarito Gomez, former deputy in congress and state legislator, two leaders of a rebel band, were killed Friday, together with 30 of their. fol- lowers. The rebels came into conflict with federal forces near Zacualpan, state of Mexico. Dispatches telling of the battle report also that the re- maining twenty members of the rebel band were routed. The Gomez-Mendez band first at- tacked and looted the town of Sultepec, and then made a descent upon Zacual- stationed. Although outnumbered, the federals fought valiantly and drove the | rebels out of the town, then gave battle and completely defeated them. Six bandits were killed ‘or captured and one escaped when the combined police forces of several towns joined battle with the outlaws near Zacatelco, in the state. of Tlaxcala. They were members of a small group of outlaws which have long operated in the rural regions of the bordering state of Pue- bla, robbing ranches and small towns. The authorities consider that today’s CONTINUED ON PAGE. 5, COLUMN 1. Periled Schooner Is Reported in Tow San Francisco, Oct. 17 (A.P.).—The ‘lumber schooner Wallingford, bound from Portland, Oreg., to San Francisco, was safely in tow of the Coast Guard cutter Cahokia today, radio advices said. The Wallingford lost her pro- peller Saturday night south of Point Arago, Oreg. The steamer Willamette managed to put a line aboard the Wal- lingford” last night, but it broke in the heavy seas. Fear was expressed for a time for the safety of the 29 men and the wife of Capt. Gus Illig aboard. The Cahokia is expected to arrive in San Francisco with the Wallingford Wed- nesday. BOY, BITING TORPEDO, INJURED IN EXPLOSION Mouth of Child, 3 Years Old, Is Torn; Stitched at Hospital. Biting into an _ explosive torpedo which he had found in his home, 1425 Morse street northeast, 3-year-old Joseph Cunningham, jr., yesterday was severely injured on tlie mouth. - The explosive tore jagged hules in the boy’s lips and split the inside of his mouth Mrs. Cunningham, hearing the ex- plosion and her son's screams, rushed to him and found him with his blood- spattered hands holding his mouth. She and her husband, Joseph Cunning. ham, an automobile salesman, took the child to Casualty Hospital, where he was treated by Dr. Lawrence Murphy. The doctor took several stitches in the child’s mouth and probed for traces of gunpowder. He sai¢ that while the boy’s injuries were *xtremely painful they would not prove dangerous unless tetanus or gangrene developed. Ancient Vessels Found In Italian Cemetery laeantin Italy, Oct. 17° (AP.) —An important pre-Roman necropolis, or. old world cemetery, has been discovered near Salerno by workers in a stone quarry. 3 : Terra cotta tombs of various epochs have been brought to light and many | trying to establish a legal residence in’| bow pan, where a small federal garrison is}. Examination of the Panel Will Be Continued This Morning. SPECTACULAR LEGAL BATTLE EXPECTED Defendants, With Wives, at Hand to Answer Indictment of Conspiring to Defraud. COURTROOM CROWDED AS PROCEDURE BEGINS Defense Appears to Welcome Chance to Refute Teapot ‘Dome Charges. By ALBERT W. FOX. ‘With every indication that it will prove one of the most important and speotgcular legal battles of the century, the Fall-Sinclair conspiracy trial began here yesterday in the District Supreme Court with Associate Justice Frederick L. Siddons presiding. The defendants are Albert B. Fall, -former Secretary of the Interior, and Harry F. Sinclair, New York oil mag- nate, who are charged by the Gove ernment’s indictment with having con- spired to defraud the United States in connection with the lease of Naval Re- serve, No. 3, in Wyoming, otherwise known as Teapot Dome. Because of the magnitude of the transactions involved, the persons of national prominence connected with the case, and the seriousness of the Government's charge, the developments in the relatively small courtroom, la- beled here Criminal Court, No. 1, will be followed in every city and every hamlet from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Southern border to the Canadian line. Defendants Are Optimistic. The fact that the defendants appear to welcome the tést and proclaim with seeming satisfaction that they are at last to have their case tried fairly in @ court of law by a jury of their peers adds all the more interest to the loom- ing battle. note, so intimately and inevitably in- terwoven in a criminal case, where the fate and liberty of individuals are at stake, promises to accompany, if not overshadow and eclipse, the parries and thrusts and legal clashes of the op- posing all-star counsel as the evidence is slowly but surely spread before the jurymen for their final verdict. Eleven prospective jurors, including three women, were chosen yesterday and the task of completing the jury may be accomplished today as the Government and defense have each only seven more peremptory chal- lenges. There was an atmosphere of expect- ancy and submerged drama about the courtroom even before the proceedings started yesterday morning. It was felt that even tht. first day might bring sensational developments and lines of curious would-be spectators had formed early. only to find that no available space inside was to be had for love or money.. Sinclair Greets Littleton. Sinclair and his array of counsel reached the courtroom a little before » 10 o’clock. Wearing a blue business suit and appearing as keenly interested as if he were about to direct a business meeting, Sinclair put his arm around the shoulders of Martin W. Littleton and George P. Hoover, his counsel, and proceeded to discuss matters of moment in low voice. Littleton was all smiles and radiated confidence. Hoover ap- peared more serious and prepared for his task of examining the jurors on their voir dire. Albert E. Watts, vice president of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Co.; Judge Chandler, president of the Sinclair Pipe Line Co., and others of Sinclair’s staff accompanied their chief. Mrs. Harry F. Sinclair, the defendant’s wife, and Mrs. Phoebe Sinclair, the de- fendant’s aged mother, were directed to seats well in the rear of the left-hand side. They were accompanied by Mrs. William F. R. Hitt, sister of former Senator Davis Elkins, 7 Former Senator Atlee Pomerene, Owen J. Roberts and District Attorney Peyton Gordon then arrived, accom- panied by their staffs, carrying books and documents. They stopped to shake hands cordially with the Sinclair coun- sel, and then Pomerene, Roberts and Gordon segregated themselves into a group to discuss the opening day’s plan of battle. Rumor had it that Roberts bad a surprise motion to make. at the very outset of the trial. This turned out later to be a request that the court call the name of Henry M. Blackmer, chairman of the board of the Midwest nesses Appearance of Prosecution. Roberts looked in the pink of condi. tion. There were pronounced red grooves on the bridge of his nose, in- dicating to some that he spent the last few Gays t in assiduous ppt and his And the human interest _ Refining Co., who is in Europe and has been ‘called one of the two missing wit- ——