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Evening star., 1927-12-10
BR|bE HINT IN OIL
HEARING IS DENIED
KidWelI Made No Statement
That Could Be So Con-
strued, Counsel Declares.

Following on the heels of a state.
ment from the United States Attor.
ney's office that there was nothing in
the statement given the prosecutors
yesterday by Edward l.. Kidwell, jr..
alleged talkative juror in the Fall
Sinclair trial, to show an intimation of
bribery or an offer of a bribe S. Nc
Comas Hawken, kidwell's attorney,
declared that after a conference he
had with the Government attorneys
this morning, it was agreed that Kid.
we'll made no statement that by the
widest flight of imagination could be
construed that he had received or had
been offered. directly or indirectly, any
bribe, or that he had ever heard Of
any bribe being offered"
Questioned i'm Secret.
Mr.. Hawken said "the district at
torney's office regrets that the press
made any statement indicating that
Kidwell had said that he had heard
of any bribe being offered"
1t was learned authoritatively today
that the nature of kidwell's state
ment, which was made behind closed
doors. while he was being closely
guarded by the prosecutors, dealt with
assertions by him that during the Tea
pot Dome trial he was conscious of the
fact he was being shadowed.
kidwell will be called to testify in
the Sinclair-Burns contempt proceed
Ings when they are resumed Monday
morning and there were indications
that the general subject matter of his
statement yesterday will be materially
developed.
Knew of ShadOwing.
Mr.. Hawken confirmed a well estab-
lished report at the courthouse that
the subject of kidwelPs interview
with the prosecutors yesterday, which
they termed as being of the greatest
Importance, related to the fact that
he knew he was being shadowed while
serving as juror in the Teapot Dome
oil conspiracy case
"It is true that Mr.. Kidwell Was cen
scious of the fact that he was being
shadowed." Mr. Hawken explained,
'but he thought the Government was
having it done because of the fact
Of the Importance of the case and the
further fact that the jury had not
been locked up.
"It was his opinion that the Gov
ernment had taken a wise method in
having the jury watched so as to rro.
CONTINUED on Page 5, Column 2)
Evening star., 1927-12-10
CHECKS FOR $25, 900 SENT
FOR POPE TO FLOOD ZONE
Catholic Bishops in Mississippi
Valley Share in Gift of 100000
Designed to Aid Sufferers.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 10.-Checks
aggregating $25, 900 have been sent to
bishops of the Roman Catholic Church
in the Mississippi flood zone as first
distribution of $4,000 gift of Pope
Plus NJ to the flood victims, Prof. Ed
mund A. Walsh. vice president of
Georgetown University, announced
last night
Prof. Walsh was commissioned by
the Pope to bring the gift to America
when he visited the Vatican recently
in the interests of the Catholic Near
East Welfare Association, of which he
is president. He said the money would
be distributed through the parish
priests.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
PIRATES HOLD SKIPPER
FOR HIGHER RANSOM
Whereabouts of British Ship Cap
tain Captured by Chinese
Still Is Mystery.
By the Associated Press.

SHANGHA China, December 10
Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of
Capt. Lalor, who was captured and
held for ransom by pirates when they
raided the British steamer Siangtan
nine days ago.
Negotiations for the captains ran
som had been carried on by Scotch
missionary named Tocher. These
should have brought his release
Thursday. Now, however, it is re-
ported from Ichang that letter from
the captain says he was wounded in
the leg and is living in a sampan or
native river boat. He does not say
where.
The missionary has begun new ne
gotiations with the pirates. These in
volve an increase in the ransom.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
Cold Wave Broken,
Cloudy Tomorrow,
FOrecaster Saws

The frigid spell Of the past few
days was releasing its hold on the
city today, after landing a final
blow that sent the mercury down
this morning for count of 19
degrees.
Increasing cloudiness and rising
temperatures will supplant the
clear skies and below freezing
weather which came out of the
North suddenly Thursday. Fore
caster Il. Hanson Weightman an.
nounced The warmingup process
VIII end in rain tomorrow after
noon, he believes.
Tonight the thermometer is not
expected to drop below the freezing
point. The cold spell is broken
definitely, Mr.. Weightman asserted.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
PRINCES TALK PROBED.
Berlin Orders Ship Captain to Elk
plain Address.

BERLIN. December 10 O0.-The
commander of the German cruiser Ber.
lin has been asked to explain why q
member of the former kaiser's family
was invited to speak to his crew.
Comdr. Kalbe of the Berlin invited
Prince Henry, brother of the former
Emperor, to deliver an address from,
the quarterback of the cruiser before
it left Kiel.
The minister of defense has ordered
Comdr. Kobe to leave the ship al
Cadiz and return at once to Berlin
and explain.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
BY the Associated Press.


BOSTON, December 10.-Boston's
beef eaters will get their accustomed
steaks and roasts, if they insist, but
hotels here have definitely decided to
discourage their service until price
and quality return to normalcy."
That announcement, together with
an expression of hope that their effort
might attract Nationwide attention
and cooperation, was made after
meeting of the City Of Boston Hotel
Association.
The beef situation was asserted to
be very serious" Cards to be placed
on dining tables will add that "prices
are higher and quality poorer than at
any time in many years." The public
will be requested to refrain from beef
orders.
Representatives Of the leading
houses Whi4h voted to inaugprats thA
Evening star., 1927-12-10
PROMINENT REBELS
SLAIN IN MEXICO
rs Generals, 4 Colonels and 2 Lieu.
tenant Colonels Killed With
in Two Months.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, December TO-
Twenty-Five rebel generals. four col
onels and two lieutenant colonels
have been killed, mostly by execution,
since the beginning of the Gomez.Ser-
rano revolutionary attempt. said El
Universal Grafico yesterday.
The newspaper says that in the
same two-month period the federals
have lost only two colonels and two
lieutenant colonels, who were killed In
skirmishes in the mountains of the
State of Vera Cruz.
No estimate has yet been made,
either official or unofficial. of the mum
Der of casualties among enlisted men
of either rebels or federals, but it is
believed that the number will not be
greater than two or three hundred
since there were no really big battles,
the rebels in most cases surrendering
before battles became serious.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
Agreement in Principle An
nounced by Chilean Dele
gate TO League.
WALDEMARAS FACES
PILSUDSKI AT COUNCIL
Decision Provides That Both Coun'
tries Recognize Existence of
State of Peace.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, December 10.-An agree
ment has been reached in principle on
the Polish Lithua nian dispute, En-
rique Villegas, Chilean delegate to the
League of Nations, declared today.
The Chilean's assertion was made at
the conclusion of q secret session of
the League Council which considered
the dispute.
Premier Pllsudski of Poland and
Premier Waldemaras of Lithuania
faced each other at the Council meet
ing. which was held in the office of
Sir Eric Drummond, secretary general
of the League.
Before entering the session. the Pol
ish delegation said that broad lines had
been established for the settlement of
the dispute They admitted, however,
that the exact formula had not been
found.
I.ithuania Aims Presented.
While the council was celebrating,
the Lithuanian spokesman said that
what Lithuania really wanted was
documents signed by the powers and
Poland that the question of sover-
eighty over the Wilma district is not
settled, and that Lithuania had the
right to open pourparlers with Poland
for definite determination OF the Lllh'
uanian-Polish frontier.
The spokesman declared that Wade
maras was ready to ask for such a
document In case the Council pressed
him to resume diplomatic relations
with Poland.
Foreign Minister Zaleski Of Poland
said after the meeting that an accord
had been reached in principle that
roth Lithuania and Poland should
between them.
He added that Foreign Minister
Beelearts Won Blokland of the Neither
lands. commissioned to inquire into the
dispute, was now engaged on elabo-
rating the formula of the settlement.
Session Possible Today.
If the text is agreed to by both par
ties, public session Of the Council
will be held at pm. today, he said,
otherwise there would be no session.
Present indications are that diplo-
matte relations will not be established
at once. 1t is thought that as rela-
tons between the two countries are so
strained it would probably be
hazardous to throw the boundaries
open suddenly, because of the risk of
clashes between the populations so
long estranged.
After the council meeting several
delegates said that they did not think
that Premier Waldemaras had proved
his charge of conspiracy by Poland
to organize hostile bands on Lithu-
anian soil and that consequently this
angle of the controversy no longer
possessed Importance in their view.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
INDICTED IN GIRLS DEATH
North Carolina Negro Must Face
Murder Charge.

GOLDSBORO, n. c.. December 10
P).-A true bill charging Larry New
some, 80. negro. with the murder OF
Beula Tedder, IS, daughter of Eric
Tedder. farmer of Great Swamp town
ship, was returned last night by a
Wayne County grand jury meeting to
investigate the girls death.
A blood stained knife was found at
Newsome's home. and a boot worn by
the negro fit snugly into tracks at the
scene of the murder, witnesses at the
grand jury investigation testified.
The tracks were said to have been
the same bloodhounds followed to the
negros home soon after the girls
body was discovered.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
SecretDiving Bomb,
Naval Explosive,
May Alter Warfare

Successful experiments with
new explosive known as the div
ing bomb" which. it was said. may
reyolutioniZe future naval warfare
were announced yesterday by the
Navy Bureau of Aerona autics.
Rear Admiral Moffett, chef Of
the bureau. disclosed that the ex-
reriments had been carried on in
secrecy and that the results would
Aha. guarded with the utmost cara
Evening star., 1927-12-10
SENATE'S POWERS
AROUSE QUESTION
Probe of Hearst Charges
Against Mexico May In.
voIve Immunity.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
With a Senate committee prepar.
ing for hearings on charges in the
Hearst papers that President Gales
provided a fund of 1900, 900 for four
United States Senators, the question
of the Senate's power to summon Ger.
tain witnesses arose today in the spec
ulation surrounding the situation.
Documents published by the papers
were purported to be from official
Mexican archives, and to prove their
authenticity it might be necessary to
call Mexican consular officials. or
others, now in the United States en-
joying certain immunities.
The correspondence involved in the
Senate investigation Durports to be
largely that between President Gales
and his half brother. the Mexican
NJ. Elias.
Immunity Often Granted.
AS a general rule, where treaties of
amity and commerce between two
countries exist. they contain a pro-
vision that consular officers Of either
government serving in the other
country may not be called or sum-
moned before the courts of the
country to which they are assigned
The treaty provision takes care of this
aspect of international relations, since
consular officials do not enjoy the
diplomatic immunity that extends to
all ambassadors or ministers md their
immediate staffs.
In the case of. relations between
Mexico and the United States, how
ever, no treaty covering consular
relationships exists, so that there is
apparently no strict legal prohibition
against a committee summons to a
Mexican consul.
State Department officials appear to
mold, however, that there is every rule
OF international custom and practice
against such an attempt to question
consular official
There has been no indication that
Mexican officials would resist the op-
portunity to appear before the com.
mlttee. inasmuch as they have re.
peatedly denied the authenticity of
the documents.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
TWO FU3ITlVES SOUGHT.

Alexandria Police Asked to Hunt
Escaped Training School Inmates.
Special Dispatch to The Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 10
The Alexandria police have been asked
to aid in the search for Joseph Murray
and Marion Ellim. each IS years old,
who escaped from the Training School
OF the District of Columbia Thursday
night.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
Prince William Sails for Home.

NEW YORK, December 10 R.-
Prince William of Sweden sailed for
home last night on the motor ship
Grisholm after two-month visit, dur
ing which he made a 10,000-mile lee.
tnEa te9x pf tha limited States.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
Pipe Fatal to Woman, 80.

BENTON, H., December 10 dP).-
Mrs. Isabella Hutchinson so. died to-
day of burns suffered when smoking
her pipe.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
TWO MEET DEATH
IN CRASH ON CURVE
Comdr. James and DR.. Mum
son, Retired Naval Officers,
Killed Mar Indian Head.

Two retired naval officers, Comdr.
L. F. James of Virgins, Col. and DR..
F. NJ. Munson, deputy health officer
of Maryland, are dead as a result of
an accident last night five miles from
Indian Head, Nd, when the automo-
bile in which they were riding crashed
through the guide rail in taking a
sharp Curve on the dangerous Jen-
kins Hill, scene Of many previous mis-
haps.
Comdr. James, who was visiting in
Washington, was believed to have
been instantly killed. and DIR. Munson
died from a fractured skull and in.
ternal injuries about an hour later in
the dispensary at the Indian Head
Proxing Grounds.
Found by Boys.
Two colored boys. James and Powell
Grey, who passed the scene of the ac'
cfdent in a car about 1880 O'Clock, no.
ticed the overturned machine in a
gully alongside the roadside. They
found Comdr. James dead. but DR..
Munson appeared to be breathing. The
dispensary at Indian Head was mott.
fed by telephone and an ambulance
with Hospital Steward II. f. Gillette
in charge hastened to the scene. DR..
Munson was injured so badly that he
died soon after reaching the hospital.
Except for bruises about his head.
Comdr. James injuries were internal.
The two men were returning to In
dian Head from La Plata, Md, where
they had gone early in the morning.
When they left Indian Head, where
DR.. Munson resides, Comdr. James
was seen driving the car.
Regarded as Dangerous.
Jenkins Hill. where the accident
occurred, is regarded as one of the
most dangerous in that neighbor.
hood, with several sharp curves and
deep gullies on one side. Being un-
familiar with the car, it was believed
Comdr. James lost control while taking
a curve, for the machine had plunged
over the embankment and turned
turtle. The bodies of the two men
were thrown from the car, so it was
not known actually who was the
driver or the return trip.
Comdr. James had come East to
witness the Army-Navy foot ball
game in New York and was visiting
his son in Washington, l.. +. James,
jr., of 1920 S street. He and DR..
Munson, was was retired with the
rank of lieutenant in the Medical
Corps, were old friends and Comdr.
Continued on Page 5, Column 81
Evening star., 1927-12-10
HOME is DYNAMlTED.
Negro Had Been Forbidden to Woo
Bankers Cook, Police Told.

Bankers Cook, Police Told.
CLIFTON FORGE, Va, December
10 R.-Because he was forbidden to
pay court to the cook at the home of
j: c. Carpenter. local banker, Mack
Scott, negro, set off the dynamite blast
which early Tuesday partly wrecked
the bankers home here, he is alleged
to have confessed to the police.
No one was injured by the explosion.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
SENATOR'S ARE CLEARED.
Never Received Money Said to Have
Been Offered. Paner Admits.

NEW YORK, December 10 R,-
Inc New York American. which, with
other Hearst papers, has been pub.
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
Evening star., 1927-12-10
Score of ther Local Meas
ures Are introduced as
Bills Pour In.
MOUNT VERNON HIGHWAY
is AMONG PROPOSALS
Caraway Seeks Scent Car Fare and
City Manager for National
Capital.

The joint resolution for Constitu-
tional amendment under which Con-
gress would be empowered TO give the
people of Washington representa- ton
in both branches of Congress and In
the electoral college was one OF a
score of local measures introduced in
the Senate late yesterday.
Although the session began Mon
day, the introduction of bills in the
Senate had to await disposition of the
cases of Senators.elect Smith Of
Illinois and Ware of Pennsylvania. As
soon as the Ware case was sent to
committee yesterday. the flood of bills
began to flow into the clerk office.
The national representation resou.
ton for the District was reintroduced
by Senator Jones, Republican. of
Washington. who has sponsored it in
previous years. The same resolution
already has been presented in the
House by Representative Dyer of
Missouri.
Highway Bill introduced.
Senator Swanson. Democrat, of Viz.
ginia, introduced the bill to provide
for the proposed memorial highway
from Mount Vernon to the new Arlng-
ton Memorial Bridge.
Senator Capper. chairman of the
Senate District committee. introduced
number of local bills, including the
following: To preserve Great Falls
and the palisades of the Potomac as
part of the park system: to exempt
from taxation the Octagon House, now
used as the headquarters of the Amer
ican Institute of Architects; to author
ize the Commissioners TO settle claims
growing out of the subsistence Of First
street northeast following the building
Of the railroad tunnel; to exempt en-
listed men of the military service from
paying for operators permits to drive
Government vehicles: TO grant men,
bers 70 the Police and Fire Depart
ments $300-a-year pay increase, and
to change certain provisions of the
police and fire pension law.
Senator Caraway. Democrat, Of
Arkansas, reintroduced bills from the
last Congress providing for a scent
street car fare. substitution of CITY,
manager for the Board of Commits
sioners: to provide for the posting Of
price lists in local hotels, and a bill
defining the jurisdiction of the Dis.
trict courts in civil suits against men,
bers of Congress.
Land Bill Returned.
Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah,
reintroduced the bill to authorize the
Secretary of the Treasury to complete
the purchase of the land needed for
new public buildings in the triangle
south of Pennsylvania avenue.
Senator Copeland. Democrat. of New
York, introduced a bill to establish a
council of universities and colleges In
the District, and a measure proposed
in the last Congress to remodel the
Senate wing of the Capitol.
The avalanche of national measures
that likewise went into the clerks bas-
ket Yesterday covered virtually every
important question destined to come
before this session of Congress, such
as farm relief. flood control and the
Boulder Canyon dam project in the
West.
Committee consideration of bills will
not begin until next week. since the
Senate has not completed it's organi-
cation.
Evening star., 1927-12-10

10 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Increasing cloudiness tonight and
tomorrow. followed by rain tomorrow
afternoon: rising temperature. Tenn
peratures--Highest. 33. at IL am. TO.
day; lowest, 10, at 10;45 pm. yesterday
Full report on page Z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-17
PLAN CHRISTMAS CHEER
FOR DESTITUTE HOMES
Volunteers of America Ask Dona-
tions, Including Household Neces-
stiles and Toys for Children.

An appeal for help in carrying
Christmas cheer to many poor fam
lilies in Washington by supplying
food, clothing and other necessities,
as we'll as toys for children, has been
issued 'by the Volunteers Of America
in the District of Columbia.
There are many families in urgent
and distressing need whose cries must
be answered" the appeal states, land
we are trying as best we can to meet
their everyday needs, but at Christ
mas we seem to miss the things
necessary to life more than at any
other time. We are appealing to
YOU to help us carry cheer and
bit of the spirit of Christmas into
these homes.
In making your gifts please do
not forget those less fortunate than
Yourself, and to whom Christmas will
mean only one more day of heart
ache and disappointment, unless
helped by those more fortunate"
Mrs. George l.. Meyers is staff cap
tain and District commander of the
Chapter of the Nolun- |
teers of America, which has its head !
at 911 B street southeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-17
CAROL IS CALLED
VICTIM OF SOVIET
Senator Declares Former
Crown Prince Has Fallen
Into Russ Hands.
CopNright Iarris & Ewing.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. December 17.-SenatOr
Demetre Draghigesco. a professor Of
Bucharest University, writes in a
signed article in L'Avenir:
Prince Carol Of Rumania has
fallen into the hands Of Soviet agents.
Being unable to stir up trouble and
disarray in RLmania. the Soviet quite
naturally thought of using the situa-
ton in which Carol finds himself. His
present secretary, Hugo Bacher. who
has recently taken up his duties fol-
lowing the expulsion from France of
his predecessor. implicated in a case
of tralticking in passports, has been
for years a Soviet agent"
The Senator then gives in lurid de-
tai Bacher's alleged career, as told in
articles in the Bucharest newspapers
NlttorW and Universal. These charged
convictions and explosions from yari-
Gus countries, notably from France in
vi, TO which country he returned in
1926: En- conclusion. the senator
writes:
The Rumanian people, whatever
sympathy they may cherish for carol,
WISH ana require TO be left in peace
50 theT can by organized and peaceful
Work improve the critical economic
situation through which they are pass
'nS. 1t IS not cOups d'etat and rival
RES Tor the throne which Will give Ru-
mama the respite necessary for its
'''oraI ara material restoration"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-17
DAVIS TO ADDRESS
200 new CITIZENS
Americanization School Exercises
to Be Held at D. A. R,
Hall Tonight.

Secretary of Labor Davis will ad-
dress more than 200 students of the
Americanization School, who have
acquired their citizenship since Au-
gust at a patriotic reception to be
held for them by the Americaniza-
ton School Associa ton tonight at
@:13 O'Clock in Continental Memorial
Hall. Chief Justice Walter |. Mccoy
of the District Supreme Court will
preside.
Greetings will be given by the
Assistant Secretary of Labor, w. w.
Husband. Mrs. Husband. chairman
of the AmeriCanization committee of
the National Society of the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution. VIII
present flags to the guests. and DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent of
the schools of the District of Co
lumbia, will present certificates of
graduation from the Americanization
School.
There will be a demonstration Of
work done by the school. and an ac-
tual examination for citizenship will
be conducted by Jesse Thomas, Dis
trict director of natura lization. The
school orchestra and chorus will con-
tribute to the program.
One of the features of the evening
will be the dramatic presentation
of the signing of the Declaration
Of Independence" by group OF
students under the direction of Miss
Maude T.. Alton, principal of the
school
The public is invited