The Washington Post
February 23, 1929

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©cis 18038 FEB 25 {929 ~ The Washington Post. x aenannemimeiemaell Weather—Falr and slightly colder today; tomprrow fair, with slowty ris- ing temperature; gentile northwest and west winds. pas yesterday — ighest, 48; lowest, Weather oui on page 17. The only newspaper in Washington with the Associated Press news every For home morning in the year. delivery call Main 4205. COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY THE WASHINGTON POST CO. =— TWO CEN TS. NO. 19,245. a POST-SCRIPTS GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN = ee SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1929. PALMIST IN BURLINGTON HOTEL | TREN PEAGE, k QUIT NICARAGUA ANNEX, READY FOR TRIAL TODAY; - Soe anes, OUULIDGE SD AN BY ocNATE ACT SPY IS USED, BLAN TON CHARGES - tangling alliances” in Nicaragua. ataeiatta Relations of| @ ; * W2. Rider on Naval Measure, Irs. Blalock Is to Leave | City Again When Her WASHINGTON: MARINES WOULD ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER POSTOFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. |DEFENSE FIRST, — Punic “In amall propertions we just beau- ties see; And in short measures life may per-. fect oe.” | .J > 7 7 . > 5 ’ ete? i a ¥ = 1 ie J . oe 8 5 ae ay Anybedy who wants te get a word in edgewise in the House of Repre- sentatives nowadays hase te inter- rapt Blanton. It ie a remarkable spectacle that is presented to an amazed populace, ef the Chairman of the Foreign Re- , lations committee of the Senate joining in a move to use the appro- prjating power to hamstring a for- ' eign policy of the Administration of which he ‘is—on Tuesdays and Thursdays—theoretically a part. One. wonders what “Secretary Berah” would say about this mon- strous amendment to the naval bill. Mr. Coolidge paints George Wash- ington as the kind of a man who could have had honorary college de- grees to burn if he had lived a little later. The conviction of Bill Vare by the Senate several months age is sustained by a special committee, and in accordance with the Lewis Carrell school of jurisprudence it is understood that the trial will come > off next year. Representative Black offers a bill te provide a shack for shivering re- porters who have gone news snoop- ing around Twenty-third and S streets, but are there to be no soup kitchens and a bread line for the hungry job-hunters? The addition of an amendment to the naval bill cutting off financial support for the Marines necessitates a change in the title of the measure te make it read, “‘An Act to encour- age banditry in Nicaragua.” Representative Boylan wants to add «a comic page to the Congres- sienal Record. What, another one! Take the average Senate speech nowadays, and illustrate it, and Andy Gump would be crowded into the waste basket. Thanks to the holiday of the street » cleaning department yesterday pe- destrians were appropriately remind- % ed ef Washington crossing the Dela- The unprecedented cold wave in Europe has been broken at last, the temperature in some localities soar- ing "way up te the zero mark. The ae who are button- » holing the guests of Mr. Hoover as lee emerge from his residence do not have to rely on the charity of Congress—doubtless the ayndicate -® that is handling the Antarctic dis- patches from Commander Byrd would be glad to syndicate the stories of their pathetic sufferings. Ambassador Herrick undertakes te say what President. Hoover will » and will not do in Europe with all the assurance of a Washington cor- respondent selecting a new man for Secretary of Agriculture. . om ee 7 _. The Prince of Wales with deep regret will auction off his stable to- day. Still, this isn’t the first time he has parted from his horses. The demand of Charles Evans Hughes for the completion of the George Washington Memorial Build- ing in the city which bears his name recalls the disgraceful delay which attended the erection of the Wash- ington Monument, which stood for years a half-finished reproach like the unsightly foundation for some- thing or other in the Mall, on the site eof the historic old Baltimore & Po. tomac depot. Here is a stirring re- >» minder of a long-neglected obliga- tion. a o . o Celebrated executioner of New York, who put 140 persons to death> adds himself te his string, John eiites : aailie be- queathes one slightly used spotlight to young Alan Hoover. Celebrated palmist is ready to * * ghow her hand. Lindbergh admits that matrimony is going to interfere with his flying, in which respect Miss Morrow is better off than if she were going to marry a golfer. Mr. Hoover is looking for a real farmer for Secretary of Agriculture go we expect that the visitors to S etreet during the next few daye will € * show up in a limousine, and wearing pearl gray apate and kid gloves. Congressman Tinkham makes the belated discovery that the Kellogg treaty te abolish all wars until the next one is the greased skid on which Uncle Sam, at breathless speed, is eliding inte the League of Nations— and he might have added that we're ae by way of the World Court. Nation Lauded in Last | Address Publicly. | WASHINGTON’S PLANS FULFILLED, HE AVERS Degrees Awarded Executive and First Lady During College Exercises. The United States is on friendly terms with every country with which it has diplomatic relations, but “we believe in a policy of national defense,” President Coolidge declared in his last public address as President last night, “and maintain an Army and a Navy for that purpose.” Americans throughout the country heard the President’s valedictory by virtue of an immense radio hook-up and the Washington Auditorium, where it was delivered, was well filled with a representative Washington audi- ence. The occasion was the midwinter con- vocation of George Washington Unl- versity, which conferred regulation de- grees on graduates of its colleges and schools and the honorary degree of Doctor of Law on both the President and Mrs. Coolidge, which act was warmly applauded in both instances. Washington Is Eulogized. The day being the 197th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, President Coolidge devoted a large part of his address to a eulogy of that great patriot, soldier and statesman—the Father of His Country. , The President used the remainder of his farewell addresc as Chief Execu- tive to the relation of the United States and Americans to other countries and peoples when he said, “They have rarely been in a more happy condi- tion.” “The uncertainties which have ex- isted south of the Rio Grande have been very much relieved,” the Presi- dent pointed out. The domestic dis- orders in Central America are being ad- justed with a satisfaction that is al- most universal. Even the mouths of those who would rather criticize us than have us do right have been stopped.” Competent and experienced observ- ers have assured him, the President continued, “that our relations with South America are on the most satis- factory basis that they have been for 25 years. On the far side of the Pa- cific our situation is equelly satisfac- tory. We have no important unadjust- ed problem with the government of any European nation with the exception of Russia.” No Issues Raised. Citizens of the United States meet the citizens of other countries in com- petition in the market places of the world, “but it does not raise any issue between our Government and other governments,” the President said, and other countries es well as the United States maintain armies and navies, but all the great powers are committed to the principle of the limitation of ar- Mmaments, and “it does not raise any issue among us.” In regard to the country’s detach- ment, President Coolidge said it “puts us in the position where we are con- stantly rendering a service to the world which would not otherwise be possible. While we are not associated with any particular foreign group, in the last analysis they all know that they can epply to us when they are in need of friendly offices.” Which is the position. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 6. a ES JOHN COOLIDGE. JOHN GOOLIDGE GLAD T0 YiELD oPOTLIGHT a President’s Son Planning to Devote All His Efforts to Railroad Career. ALAN HOOVER NOT ENVIED Plainville, Conn., Feb. 22 (U.P.).— John Coolidge is glad that the glare of the spotlight which has surrounded him ever since his fatfier_became Presi- dent of the United States is fading so that he may continue his career as a railroad man. Sitting in the home of his fiancee, Miss Florence Trumbull, today the President’s son told the United Press that he wanted to make railroading his life work and that with President Cool- ldge retiring from office the spotlight would now turn to Alan Hoover, son of the President-elect. “And, as far as I'm concerned, he Is welcome to it,” Coolidge said, and chuckled at reminiscences of how care- fully his actions while an undergradu- ate at Amherst had been followed. At present Coolidge is a clerk in the statistical department of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rallroad at New Haven, and he likes the work. “I like it fine,” he said. “My work is in the statistical department, which interests me, and I have a fine bunch of fellows to work with. Everybody has treated me fine.” “But don’t you find statistical work rather dry?” he was asked. “Not to me. I like the operating side of railroading very much. I hope to make it my life work,” he replied. Five months of work in the railroad Offices have changed him considerably. He appears to have become more ma- ture, particularly since the announce- ment of his engagement to Miss Trum- bull, and seems to have more assurance. Coolidge would not discuss when he would be married to the daughter. of Connecticut’s governor, other than to say that the wedding would be in the executive home here. Friends said the wedding probably would be in Septem- ber and with as little ostentation as possible, since both Coolidge and his fiancee prefer to be out of the limelight. He was asked concerning his father and any future plans Mr. Coolidge might have. The New England taci- turnity came back. “Let’s not talk about that,” was his only comment, Girl Student Is Killed In Gymnasium Blaze Jacksonville, Il, Feb. 22 (A.P.).— One student was killed and several others injured, some perhaps fatally, tonight in a fire that broke out in the gymnasium of the Illinois Woman's College during a Washington birthday celebration. Rich Man, Missing 15 Years, Murdered, Woman Admits Men and Thrown Into Francis Lewis Clarke, Spokane Millionaire, Killed by Five Sea, Is Story Told Los Angeles Police, Who Hold Witness. Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 22 (N.Y.W. N.S.).—The mysterious disappearance fifteen years ago of Francis Lewis Clarke, Spokane multimillionaire, may at last be solved through the story of Mrs. Margaret Kelly, alias, Miss Marie Allen, who voluntarily appeared at city hall today to tell a story she says was prompted by pangs of conscience According to her story, Clarke was murdered and thrown into the Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara on January 17, 1914, by five men. Robbery was the motive of the crime. The disappearance of Clarke, reputed to be worth $50,000,000 was an interna- tional mystery in 1914. With his wife, Clarke was a guest at the Potter Hotel in Santa Barbara. On the night -of January 14, he put his wife aboard a train bound for their home in Spokane. chauffeur, Walter Shute, an old and trusted employe. After waiting several days and. hear- ing nothing from Clarke, Shute sum- moned police and a search was begun. Mrs. Clarke returned from Spokane and an intensive search without avail. Next he dismissed for the day his was carried out No clews were found to the million- alre’s disappearance until Miss Allen approached the police. According to the story, Miss Allen was known as “Clarice the Blonde.” She and the multi-millionaire were brought together by a bellboy in a Los Angeles ‘Hotel and journeyed to Santa Barbara together. Clarke gave her $100 and sent her to the Potter Hotel, saying he would come up later, she said. She told five men “with whom she was acquainted,” of the millionaire’s presence. After waiting fruitlessly for Clarke to arrive at the hotel, she returned to Los Ange- les About a year later she encounter- ed the quintet in San Francisco and was handed $800. “Marie, here’s\your cut of the money on Clarke,” said the spokesman. “Why—did you get that money off Clarke?” she asked. “Don’t be a poor fish,” knowing reply. Later. she said, another of the gang ie. “ot od supposedly into Men called “Alexander” and “Byron” were named in Miss Allen's statement Was the CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 4, of 38 to 30. Passed, Orders Forces to Return Home. MOVE BY DILL AIMED AT CRUISER PROGRAM Hale Will Attempt Today to Get Separate Ballot on Amendment. By ALBERT W. FOX. American Marines were ordered home from Nicaragua in a last-minute rider to the naval appropriation bill which the Senate adopted yesterday by a vote As a result, the Navy bill may now be torpedoed without warning and the whole program of national de- fense sacrificed to party politics as a new method of patriotically celebrating Washington's birthday. Senator Hale, {n charge of the bill, will move for a separate vote in the Senate today on the Nicaraguan amend- ment and there is a bare chance that the damage to the proposed naval leg- islation may be undone. The vote yes- terday was in committee of the whole and Hale reserved the right to a vote in the Senate when the Senate recessed. The danger to the Navy bill comes from the fact that the House of Repre- sentatives will naturally kill the Nica- raguan amendment and thereby provide senators with added reasons for last minute obstruction tactics. Should the rider remain in the bill it is virtually certain that President Coolidge would veto the legislation. Hoover May Face Probiem. Otherwise the executive branch of the Government would be surrendering its prerogatives to senatorial cliques in the conduct of the Nation's foreign af- fairs and the incoming Hoover admin- istration would be confronted with an unprecedented situation. The Nicaraguan amendment, offered by Senator Dill and amended by Sena- tor Bratton, reads as follows: “Provided, That no part of this ap- propriation shall be used to maintain Marines in Nicaragua or to transport Marines to and from Nicaragua except in cases of emergency arising hereafter endangering life and property. or both, of American citizens.” In the vote that followed there were many instances of inexplicable con- fusion, especially as many of the sena- tors seemed to think that the Bratton amendment had mad, the Dill proposi- tion harmless. It was conceded after the vote, however, that this is not the case. If the amendment is written into the law, the administration must sur- render and begin calling the Marines back, irrespective of whatever the State Department policy may be or lIirre- spective of the work necessary to insure to the Nicaraguan people the fruits of their last election. Senator Borah, chairman of the for- eign relations committee of the Senate, voted to call the Marines out. Henry L. Stimson, understood to be Mr. Hoover’s probable choice for Secretary of State, is the man who arranged for the selection and for the maintenance of the Marines until the work incident to the election is over. Swanson Adds Vote. Senator Swanson, who has ably led the fight for the naval bill against all opposition, yielded to the temptation to vote against the administration's Nicaraguan policy and thereby assisted in jeopardizing the fate of the Navy bill. Senator Gerry followed suit, as did other friends of the Navy. The roll call was as follows: For the Nicaraguan amendent: Republicans—Blaine, Borah, Brook- hart, Capper, Frazier, Jones, McMaster, Norris, Pine, Thomas, of Idaho—10. Democrats—Ashurst, Barkley, Black, Blease, Bratton, Caraway, Dill, Gerry, Marriage to Affect Lindbergh’s Flying Colonel Admits Change Is Certain, but Declines to Elaborate. Wichita, Kans., Feb. 22 (A.P.).—The Wichita Beacon, in a copyrighted story. today said that Col. Charles Lindbergh, who arrived here this afternoon from Kansas City on an inspection tour of the route of Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc,, answered two ques- tions regarding his engagement to Miss Anne Morrow, for the first time since the bethrotha]l was announced. Lindbergh answered in the affirma- tive when asked if he thought his marriage would affect his flying. He declined to elaborate on the simple. “Yes.” “Where are you going to live,” he was, asked. “St, Louls is my home,” Col. Lind- bergh replied. Lindbergh arrived here at 3:58 this afternoon from Kansas City in an air- plane sent from here to replace the Curtis biplane repaired there. 36.00 round trip to Hichmond via RF&P Saturdays and through 12:0) pm train Sundays. Keturn limit to leave Richmond 11:55 pm following Monday.—Adyv. Accused Had Man at Capitol Sessions. INFORMER’S IDENTITY IS KEPT DEEP SECRET Schaefer, of Wisconsin, Is Called “Confederate” in Police Raids. ADMITS HE SAW 100 ARRESTED IN 4 HOURS Texan Says Foe Attempted to “Hamstring” Him in Inquiry Efforts. Charges that Police Capt. Guy E. Bur- lingame had a spy at the Capitol were made on the floor of the House yester- day by Representative Thomas L. Blan- ton (Democrat), Texas. The Texan re- ferred to the individual as Burlingame’s “information man,” but did not name him. At the same time he charged that Burlingame had made a “confederate ard companion” of Representative John Schafer (Republican), Wisconsin, and had used him to “hamstring” Blanton in his police investigation. Talks to Mrs. Blalock, Earlier in the day Blanton had talked to Mrs. Helen F. Blalock, the ‘palmist who has accused Burlingame of threat- ening her life and her property. He de- clined to divulge what went on at their conference. “I want to tell you a joke on the gentleman from Wisconsin,” Blanton said on the floor yesterday in referring. to Schafer. “Do you know why he in- terrupts me so much /8 the Burlingame matter? 1 will tell you. “Burlingame used to have a man working \in the Capitol until recently who reported to him daily on the ac- tions of certain congressmen. Every turn I took he reported it to Bur- lingame and every turn that the ~en- tle—f—lan from Vermont (Representative Gibson) took he reported it to Bur- lingame. Was “Information Man.” “He was Burlingame’s information man, and he found out that the gen- tleman from Wisconsin interrupted me frequently. He knew I was after him, Burlingame, and he thought ‘t would be nice to cultivate the acquaintance of the gentleman from Wisconsin, and he sent this infermation man to my friend from Wisconsin and got him to g9 down on a raid with Burlingame one night. Had nim go down and see him raid a joint. “He showed him how he cuffed them around and showed him he was the big cheese, and he nad the big chief from Wisconsin there watching him.” Schafer interrupted Blanton to say that he had only met Burlingame twice. “Did not the gentleman go on a raid with him?” inquired Blanton. “There was one time that 1 went down to make a personal investigation of the Seoond Precinct.” said Schafer. “Did not the gentleman make a raid with him?” persisted Blanton 100 Arrests One Night. “I saw Burlingame that evening in four hours make 100-odd arrests,” said Schafer. “I did not see him punch any negroes, though.” “And, presto, change,” cried Blanton amid laughter, “he made a confederate and companion of our friend from Wisconsin and uses him here in the House to try and hamstring me when I am here trying to bring about better conditions in your Nation’s Capital.” “I will say.” imterjected Schafer, “that Mr. Burlingame has never asked me to say a word in the House and has never contacted with me on any of the matters which the gentleman ts bringing out.” “Certainly,” retorted Blanton, “he does not have to do it. He takes the gentleman on a raid and has him here to represent him when these questions come up.” Debate Suddenly Ended. At this point the debate degenerated into a political quarrel, Blanton chid- ing Schafer, a wet. for having support- ed Herbert Hoover in the last cam- paign. “I will say this to my friend from Wisconsin,” concluded Blanton, “ ‘with all his faults 1 love him still.’ If he will come down to my district in Texas 1 will ask every bootlegger there to give him everything to drink there ts in my district, and there is plenty of it.” Schafer said he did not drink and therefore could not accept Blanton's hospitality. Canyon Yields Body Of Drowned Naturalist Grand Canyon, Ariz., Feb. 22 (A-P.). The body of Glen Sturdevant, 30, naturalist of the Grand Canyon Park, was found ie the Colorado River to- night by a searching party. The body was recovered a few miles below the spot where the boat Sturdevant, Fred Johnson and James B. Brooks were traveling in, capsized early Wednesday, searchers reported to park officials to- night. The body of Johnson, the second miss- ing man, has not been recovered, In Burlingame Trial Corporation Counsel Is Firm Against Plea for Postponement. Police Capt. Guy E. Burlingame, sus- pended commander of the Second Pre- cinct, will go on trial before a spe- cial trial board at 10 o’clock this morn- ing on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and prejudicial to the good order and discipline of the Police De- | partment. The captain is accused of writing love letters to Mrs. Helen F. Blalock, Seventh street palmist and his former friend, who precipitated the situation in which the police captain now finds himself when she complained about him to Representative Gibson, chairman of the House District subcommittee, two months ago. Mrs, Blalock, for whom a Nation-wide hunt was ended Thursday night when she arrived here from Chicago accom- panied by agents of the Department of Justice, will take the witness stand at the trial to tell in person the story she previously kas told in her state- ment to Gibson and an affidavit she made in Abilene, Tex., after a confer- ence with Representative Blanton, of Texas, enemy of Burlingame. A last minute effort was made last night to bring about a postponement of the trial today so that defense at- torneys may have greater ‘time to study the case, talk to witnesses and prepare their defense.. The proposal was advanced by Will- fam E. Leahy and Henry F. Woodard, Burlingame’s attorneys, at a confer- ence with William W. Brids, corpora- tion counsel, and Walter L, Fowler, HOD CHINESE KILLED IN FIGHT FOR GHEFOD 7,000 Nationalists Are Victors Over 26,000 Rebels in Two-Day Battle. FOREIGNERS ARE SAFE Chefoo, China, Feb. 22 (A.P.)-—Theée Shantung Peninsula has been the scene of heavy fighting for the past two days between loyal Nationalist troops and a large force of former northern soldiers under command of Marshal Chang Tsung-Chang, one-time military gov- ernor of Shantung. Thus far the Nationsiists, although greatly outnumbered, have been victo- rious because of superior arms and bet- ter organization, but they are seeking reinforcements which at present are not in sight. The fighting between the two armies began at daylight on February 21. Al- Xx—X—X—X—— assistant corporation counsel, in Bride’s office in the District Building late yes- terday afternoon. The conference lasted until 6:30 o’clock and -was continued spasmodi- cally later in the evening by telephone between Bride and Leahy and United States District Attorney Leo A. Rover and Assistant United States District Attorney William H. Collins, to whom Rover has given the task of presenting the criminal aspects of the woman’s charges against Burlingame to the grand jury. No agreement was reached, however, and although the request may be made CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 32. 2 AMERICANS KILLED Bodies of Mining Engineers Found by Troop; Had Been Kidnaped. SOLDIERS SEEK SLAYERS 4 Mexico City, Feb. 23 (Saturday) (A.P.).—Dispatches to Excelsior from Guanajuato, capital of the state of that name, say that the bodies of J. M. Un- derwood and C. C. Aisthrope, Americans, were found by troops and taken to that city. The two American mining engineers had been captured by band*ts and were held for ransom under threat of death. Underwood and Aisthrope were said to be officials of the Guanajuato Re- duction & Mines Co., whose home office is in Columbus, Ohio. The United | States Embassy and Consulate General here were seeking confirmation of the thought both the foreign and Chinese} newspaper report tonight. communities are uneasy, outward calm prevails. The foreigners as a precau-| tionary measure, however, are develop- ing. plans for concentration and evacu- ation in the event of disorders should the city be captured and looted. There are three Japanese destruyers and one British gunboat off Chefoo while the CONTINUED ON PAGE 10, COLUMN ‘4. The Excelsior account said that troops were in pursuit of kidnapers. The bandits, guided by a former em- ploye, were said to have crept into the mining camp on Wednesday night while every One was asleep. They took Underwood and Aisthrope from their quarters and forced them to mount CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN &. Executioner of 140 Found Dead, Victim of Own Hand John W. Hulbert, Who Electrocuted Men in Three States for Twelve Years, Uses Pistol to End Life; Lived in Fear of Revenge. Auburn, N. Y., Feb. 22 (U.P.).—John W.' Hulbert, the executioner who put 140 persons to deato in three States, committed suicide today about two years after he resigned from his grew- some position because e was “tired of killing people.” Hulbert was executioner for New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts for twelve years up until 1926. This after- noon his pody was found lying in the basement of his home with two bullet holes in vital points. A 32 caliber pistol lay nearby. Dr. William A. Walsh, the coroner’s physician, held an autopSy tonight and announced that Hulbert — known around Sing Sing as ‘the man who walked alone”—had killed himself. Hig body was discovered by a son, Clarence, lying near a furnace in the darkened basement of the quiet Hul- bert home here. Officials immediately took charge of the investiyation and said no Jetails would be given out until the preliminary investigation had been complete. He had been in poor physi- cal condiiion since he resigned as *x- ecutioner two years ago and is said to have worried considerably, especially since his wife died. | | Hulbert was chief executioner for the three States irom 1914 until he re- signed on January 16, 1926. He gave no explanation of his resign.tion, but once later to a friend explained he had “grown tired of killing people,” and that his nerves were no longer good. Fate had played an . rtant part in the rather grewsome life of this man. He had been chief electrician at the State prison and in 1914 Edward P. Davis, the first New York State execu- tioner under the electric chair system, resigned because the prison board would not increase his pay of $50 an execu- tion. Hulbert knew the details, and as chief electrician he knew all about the circuits supplying current to the death chair. He was offered the position and accept- ed it at the fee of $50 a killing. In his time he watched this fee increase until it reached $150. Once he applied for more than this, but. the request was cenied by Warden Lewis E. Lawes, of Sing Sing Prison. He is said to have made more than $15,000 in his executions. The first execution at which Hulbert o™iciated was that of Police Lieut. GONTINUED ON PAGE 5, couuman-3, BY MEXICAN BANDITS}: Ordeal Ends. JUSTICE MEN GUARD ALL HER MOVEMENTS Blanton and Bride Hold Conferences With Her . as to Evidence. COLLINS MAPS PLANS ~ FOR ACTION BY JURY ‘Hearing Expected to Take Place Monday; Graver Charges Rumored. Mrs. Helen F. Blalock, Seventh street Palmist and woman of mystery in the Burlingame case, passed yesterday in the Burlington Hotel and the Burling~- ton Hotel Annex as secure from the pry-ng eyes and questions of the public as though she were in the nether end of the earth. Her hiding place was known to net more than a dozen persons, and they were those who had official dealings with her and those who made it thei? busines to see that others did not dis« cover her quarters. When, however, she makes her public appearance today, she will be guarded by a squad of agents of the Department of Justice, greater in number than that used in the protection of the President of the United States In Fear of Her Life. Mrs. Blalock, in fear of her life, went into hiding on a top floor of the Burlington Hotel sfter she was virtue — ally smuggled into Washington iste Thursday, following her trip here from Chicego where she was located after. a month's search by the Department of 4 Justice... During her stay in Washington she has been under the constant protec- tion of agents of the Department of Justice, who had assured her of pro- tection from those whom she fears might take her life. Mrs. Blalock’s hiding place nearly was discovered on several occasions by the more than a score of newspaper re- porters and camera men who “dogged the heels” of those with whom ehe conferred yesterday morning. Late yesterday afternoo mn, her pro- tectors decided to change her hide-out, — so she was transferred to the annex of the Burlington Hotel. Woman Talks Readily. The palmist, who came into Wash- ington Thursday night virtually im dis- guise and in a highly nervous condi- tion, had recovered her composure to a large degree after a restful night and talked readily and forcibly to those with whom she conferred yesterday. Representative Thomas L. Blanton, of Texas, who looked after Mrs. Blalock’s interests during the entire time she was in flight in various parts of the country, and W. W. Bride, corporation counsel] and prosecutor of tat were her first visitors. Mrs. Blalock asked that Blanton be summoned to her rooms as soon as she awakened yeterday. Following her talk with Blanton and. Bride, Mrs. Blalock was seen by As- sistant United States Attorney William H. Collins, who was on his way to Chi- cago with a Federal subpena ordering her to appear before the Federal grand jury here, when she decided to return here voluntarily. Collms, who is in charge of the Fed- eral investigation of the Burlingame case, Was met at Union Station at 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning by a iarge number of reporters and camera men who believed that by tracking him they could discover the whereabouts of Mrs. Blalock. Collins’ first stop was at the offices of the local bureau of the Department Index to Today's Issue. Pages. 1—Coolidge Backs Defense Policy. Senate Bans Nicaragua Marines. Palmist Ready to Testify. Burlingame Asks Delay. 300 Chinese Die in Battle. Executioner of 140 Suicide. 2—Gang Massacre Auto Found. 3—Capital Honors Washington. Hughes Praises First President. 4—Capital Church Services. Cathedral Sunday Planned. 5—Committee Holds Vare Ineligible. Salt Creek Inquiry Opposed. 6—Editorial. 8—Magazine Features. 10—Texas Elections Trial. Next Week in Screen Theaters, 11—Reparations Plan Rejected. Schumann-Heink to Retire. 12—Classified Advertisements. 13-14-15—Sports. 16—The Children (Serial Fiction), The Post’s Comics. ) 17—Financial. Arrest Charged to “Spite.” Charity Dance Ticket Sale Teday. Forged Lien Is Charged. acy | Hurt While Coasting,