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New Britain herald., 1929-10-24
l nknOWn In Greenland

Copenhagen, Oct 24 [E) - Dau- Saard Jensen, governor of Greenland today informed the Associated Press that the Greenland trade never had Atlantic fller. and that no gasoline had been laid out for him at Julian chaab.
 The missing aviator was said re- gently to have shipped gasoline to Greenland.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-24
FALL CASE GOES
 BEFORE JURORS
Judge Recalls Panel to Make
 Instructions More Clear
OUTLINES 28 REQUESTS
Court Tells Group It Can Only Find Verdict on Facts, Not on Emotions Aroused by Attorneys Pleas,

Pleas.
 Washington, eOct. 4 P, - The jury in the Fall bribery trial was recalled to the court room by Jus tice Hitz at the request of counsel that he clear up part of his charges.
 The jury began it's deliberations on whether the secretary of the in- terior in-the Harding administration accepted Q bribe of s100,000 from Edward l.. Doheny for leasing the Elk Hills naval oil reserve to Do- heny's company. The case went to the jury at 11:29 a. m.
 May Suggest Mercy
 Justice William Hitz in his charge to the jury said it was not a. prerogative of the jury to be merciful but that it's only duty was to be fair to the defendant and the government. The jurys only right in this line, he said, was to couple recommendation for mercy with its verdict. Such a recommendation he added carried no weight except that it expressed the personal feel ing of each juror,
 Counsel has urged you to send this defendant back to the sun shine of New Mexico" Judge Hitz said. You have nothing whatever to do with the sunshine of New Mexico. You are here to decide the case on its merits.''
 Reads Instructions
 The judge first read instructions agreed to by counsel, 13 of them being prepared by the government and l by the defense
 The prosecution said it was ad- mitted Fall received $100,0OO from
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-24
London Watch FruitIesS

London, Oct, 24 Ry-An eager but frultless watch was kept through out the night on the Irish coast and at Croydon for Urban F. Diteman, aviator who left Harbor Grace, New foundland Tuesday on an attempted flight to London.
 What little hope remained for Diteman's safety rested solely on the possibility that the aviator had been picked up by some ship without a radio.
 Rain and a strong westerly wind prevailed along over the eastern At lantlc and over the British Isles, making ugly conditions for any small plane with a low store of gas oline.
 slight Chance Remains
 New York, Oct. 24 (PS-A possible
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-24
Consolidated Film h. dustries Plant Ruined, Together With Parts of New Releases Own- ed by 75 Per Cent of Producing Companies.
Four Blasts Follow Closely as Blaze Reaches Ex- plOsive Celluloid-FIames Threaten to Spread to Nearby Studios - Fire men Control Situation.

Hollywood. Cal, Oct. 24.-An ex- plosion and fire destroyed the labor atory of the Consolidated Film h. dustries here early today, causing a loss estimated as high as $50,000,- 900. Fifty persons in the building fled to safety during intervalss be- tween four detonations which wreck ed the place. One man was killed.
 The laboratory was operated for the industry here and vas being used by about 75 per cent of the motion picture producers. Losses in cluded the master films of several new screen productions.
 No Accurate Estimate
 Fire department officials said the loss estimates were only tentative, however. and that an accurate list of the expensive master films would have to he obtained before a better figure could be given.
 The only death was that of AL bert Lund. who was found uncon- scious near a film polishing machine '''NN Ai' 'iiA'li lltiu IutIltlltu the blaze. He died while being taken to a hospital
 During the confusion immediately after the blast it was believed sey- eral persons were trapped in the structure. However, C. NJ. Lock- wood, a film company executive who had been working in the place. said all of the 50 persons known by him to have been in the building at the time had been accounted for, in- cluding the one dead.
 Estimates of loss, pending inven- tory by Hollywood producing con- panles, were tentative. Fire depart ment officials said first estimates compiled by them ran as high as $50,000,000. which included loss of master films, and costs incidental to duplication. The building itself was valued at S400,O0O.
 Included in first reports of master film destroyed was "Hell's Angels" 3o,o00 feet valued at $60,OOO; "The Tanning of the Shrew," produced by Douglas Fairbanks, value not esti- mated; "Trespassers," an all-talking production. and Rio Grand" talking and singing film.
 Another Believed Burned
 William LeBarron, vice president and general manager of Radio helth-Orpheum productions, said he believed the first few days film Ing of one of his company's most costly productions to have been in the building.
 Practically every company in Hol- lyWood had film, aggregating sev- eral million feet, stored or in pro- cess of development, in the build ing.
 Police said fire apparently start ed Tn film rolls. causing an almost immediate explosion.
 The walls of the building were blown out, and the remains blazed
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-24

'rIachinc. First reports had it that the removal was done while the train was approaching. but later it was stated that more than an hour had elapsed.
 The engineer stopped the train some distance down the track, and the secret service men and rail road detective disembarked. They called in government and local of tlcers from Louisville, New Albany and Jeffersonville.
 Identified By Numbers
 Through the license plate the au- tomobile was traced to Charles w Bullock, 19, and John E. Wright. 43, negroes, Officers said they admit ted that Bullock had placed the car on the tracks and that Wright who bought it recently for $500, had paid him $25 for doing so.
 Saw MueA Exposure
 Presidents Train, Oct. 4 R)- President Hoover was speeding back to Washington today aboard this luxurious special after three days of
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-24
.D|TEMAN RUMOR
 BRANDED FALSE
Steamship Company Scotches
 Story Of Floating WreCkage
NO WORD FROM AVIATOR
Report That Unidentified Ship Pick cd Up Black and Orange Ilotsa,n
 IncorreCt-IIopc Virtually Abal-
 doncd.

St, Johns, N F., Oct. 24-tBy the Canadian Press )-The report from Harbor Grace that the s. s. Kyle had picked up a message stating an unidentified ship had found wreck age of an airplane was stated by the Newfoundland management to be without foundation. The manage ment has had no message from the Kyle, which is at present on the northern coast. Ii is believed the rumor originated from the s. $. Scythia's message last night that no sign of the plane had been seen. This message was in code and the report spread that Diteman had been found.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
MARK
IS SET BY YONGE
Jacksonville Aviator Lands
Tiny Plane After Being
kloft rs Hours.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE BEACH. Fla. May
20.-Laurie Yonee, veteran Jacksonville
aviator. today claimed q new endurance
flight record OF 25 hours minutes for
airplanes equipped with 9O-horsepower
motors when he landed his cabin mono-
plane. Hotsy Totsy, on the beach here
at :05 pm.
Yonge took of at noon yesterday, and
exceeded by IL hours and 46 minutes a
former mark OF 13 hours and ~ min
utes set by Miss Elinor Smith d New
York i'll n plane equipped with motor
of the same horsepower.
Ideal water conditions prevailed al
noon yesterday when Yonge took on
with l56 gallons of gasoline ami > gal
Ions of oil, which he claimed was the
largest load ever lifted from the ground
by n 90-horSepower plane. The entire
weight Of his ship WAS approximately
2.SOv pounds.
Late i'll the afternoon Thunderstorm
ers broke over the beach. and he was
forced To take up a course farther south
to escape the inclement weather. WheI,
the skies cleared however he returned
to continue his flishi over the beach
There was less than q gallon Of gas
left when he landed during terrific
thunderstorm.
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CANTON REPORTED
TAKEN BY KWANGS|
Confirmation of Nationalist
Defeat Unavailable at
Shanghai.

BY the Associated Press
SHANGHAI, China. May 2O.-Chi-
nese and japanese reports state that
Kwangsi forces captured Canton at
noon today. No confirmation was avail
able here.
Fractional warfare between the prov
inces of Kwangsi and Kwangtung was
in full progress by May 8, when the
KwangSi forces were threatening the
capture of Canton, capital of Kwang-
tung.
Behind the warfare lay the struggle
between the Nanking, or Nationalist
central government, and the Kwangsi
military clique, as well as more To-
Called rivalry between the two prov
inces. Kwangtung had always been
more or less under the dOmina ion of
KWaneSi. but during the recent fighting
in the region of HankoW between the
central government AT Marking and the
KWangsi leaders the KWangtung leaders
announced neutrality an action regard
cd as tantamount tn a declara ton in
favor Of Nanking.
incss went on for some time. but even
tIlally these broke down and open war
fare broke ont. The Kwangsi troops
made a steady drive on Canton and
have been threatening it ever since.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
GALE-LASHED CHESAPEAKE HIDES
FATE OF C. V. HODGSON AND SON
Little Hope Is Held for Lives
of Canoeists. Cauoht
in SquaII.
Mother Sees Son and Hus-
band Carried Out to
Sea by Storm.

The Storm-lashed waters of Chesa-
peake Bay. which yesterday swept
away Carey V. Hodgson. noted Wash
inston engineer and his son. william.
10. in a frail canoe. still shrouded their
fate today as searchers in seaplanes
and subchasers scanned the tossing
white caps for a tell-tale bit of floating
wreckage.
Hodgson. assistant chief of the
geodesy division OF the Coast and Geo.
detc Survey and his son were caught
about mile off shore from Bay Ridge,
Md. shortly after noon Yesterday by
a sudden souall common to the bay re-
eion. Clad only in bathing suits. they
were ont for a pleasure ride in a spon-
son, or "non-sinksbl BILE" canoe.
The storm caught them Just as they
started to run for shore and quickly
drove the light canoe beyond the range
of vision of an anxious group Of watch
ers on the shore. which included
Mrs. Edith Hockett HodgSon. williams
mother. Mrs Hodgson, on the verge of
collapse. was being cared for today by
friends at Bay Ridge. a small resort
community about 4 miles below Annap-
oils
Hope of finding the two alive was
virtually abandoned this morning when
the strong ebb tide set in, sweeping
everything before it to the sea. A
driving rain and a wind of gale propor-
tions which laShed the waters. increased
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USE OF US ARMS
IN STRIKE" PROBED
War Department Order Fol-
lows Charge of Labor Lead
ers in Tennessee.
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn, May 20.-A
charge that Federal arms were being
used by Tennessee State police in the
textile strike here was the basis of an
inquiry ordered last night by Secretary
of war Good.
Coincident with the War Department
investigation, which Mr.. Good said was
not directed into the strike situation,
but merely into the claims of the State
labor organization that Federal arms
were being used, came an announce
ment from Adit. Gen. w. C. Boyd that
martial law will Aot be ordered unless
it becomes necessary and the authorized
courts fail to function.
Charge by Labor Leaders.
The charge that Federal arms had
been supplied the State police was made
in a communication from Tennessee
Federation of Labor leaders addressed
to Secretary Good in Washington last
FRIDAY. The inquiry will determine
whether such arms have been made
available to State police. National
Guardsmen patrolling the strike situa-
ton here have been sworn in as spe-
cial deputies.
Adit Gen. Boyd's announcement re-
garding martial law came after con-
ference yesterday attended by repre-
sentatives of Gov. Horton, the State
attorney general and county offlcials.
While interest centered chiefly in
Secretary Goods move and the possi-
bility of martial law, an important de-
velopment was expected today in the
trial of several strikers on charges of
contempt of court, which, it was be-
lieved, will test the legality of picketing
in Tennessee.
The original charges of intimidation
against the strikers grew out of picket
ing activities. in which charges of riot
ing and blocking the highways also were
made.
Apprehension here continued high.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
HOUSE WANTS
DEBENTURE VOTE
Serves Notice on Senate for
Showdown on Farm
Bill.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
House members OF the conference
committee endeavoring to compose diff
feIenceS on the farm relief bill today
served notice on the Senate conference
group that they would not consider gen.
eral phases of the agricultural bill un-
til the export dcbenture plan had been
disposed of.
This upset somewhat the plans of
Senate members Of the cOmmitte. who
mad hoped to compose the minor differ
ences of the bills passed separately by
the House and Senate and leave the
debenture controversy to the end.
The House members declared that
they desired a showdown on the de-
benture plan first. Upon being in
formed by Senate members that the
Senate would stubbornly resist attempts
to eliminate the debenture section with
out roll-call vote on the proposal in
The House. the House confereeS agreed
to see. what could be done about getting
such vote.
The House members agreed TO ask
leaders If i separate vote on the de-
benturt section could be arranged, and
promised to make Il report at another
meeting OF the conference committee
tomorrow.
Several debenture advocates III the
Senate have declared that the House
must vote ON the debenture plan before
the Senate could be expected to accept
any conference report. Senator Robin
son Of Arkansas. the Democratic lead
er. declared several days ago that the
special session would not end until the
House had expressed itself on this phase
Of farm-relief legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
Sporting a 'Shiner,'
President Subjected
To Usual Quizzing
Foot Slipped While Fish
ing, Branch Striking
Him Near His Eye.

President Hoover is displaying black
eye. and, despite his exalted position,
he has been kept busy doing a lot OF
explaining, which commenced the mo-
ment Mrs. Hoover spied it when he re-
turned yesterday afternoon from an
overnight visit at his fishing retreat in
Shenandoah National Park, Va.
The President was climbing around
some rocks along the bank of Rapidan
River Saturday afternoon when he slip
ped, and the branch Of tree he was
holding, released from his grip lashed
him across the face. The blow missed
the left eye by an inch.
The pain was sharp for only few
moments, but the wound soon swelled
and later took on blue hue which has
today turned to what is generally re-
ferred to as black. The position of this
facial diScoloratio is such as to give
the President the appearance OF having
what is often described in pugilistic
circles as sinner"
The injury was not serious and Is no
longer painful and were it not for the
constant reminders in the form of
friendly inquiries he would have forgot
ten the incident.
Callers Are Curious.
But. with all his callers and associates,
he is not going to be permitted to for
get it until the last semblance of the
bruise has disappeared. 1t is just one
continual question, Where did you
get it?"
Some OF the Presidents more intimate
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FARMS |MPER|LED
AS DYKE GIVES WAY
Levee Near Kennett. Mo-,
Falls, Opening St. Francis
Way to $4,000 Acres.

Fv the heso2istro Press.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. May 20.-The st.
Francis River levee near Kennett, Mo-
gave way early today, endangering
levees and property on approximately
$4,000 acres of land, according to a
telephone message from the levee board
Office at Kennett.
The break occurred at a spot conSid-
cred the weakest in the levee stretch
where several hundred men had been
working desperately for several days to
avert creVasSe. No large town is i'll
the path of the flood and it was be-
lieved that all residents of the area sub
ject to inundatlon had moved to safety.
Battle Threatening Flood.
Hundreds of other men were bolster
ing two other threatened river breaks
in the Mississippi Valley
Great apprehension was felt at Mounds
Landing. Miss. where 200 men were
STRENGTHENING the Mississippi dixie that
vert ont with disastrous results dnring
the 1927 food. While no immediate
danger of break was seen by engineers,
Gov Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi re-
quested. the adiutant general to have
State troops prepared to move into the
area in case of emergency.
Three hundred Convicts ordered last
night to the levee by Gov. Bilbo will
not be sent today because of govern
ment regulation prohibiting convict la
Dor on Federal projects.
ReeIfUOt Leyee Crumblinx.
The ReelGoot levee, 10 miles south of
Hickman. Ky, was reported CrumDllng
Tor Il distance OF 800 yards and men
, were raising eartnwOrkS to hold the
.uShing waters from 10000 acres OF farm
land in danger of inundation. A new
levee has been constructed behind the
endangered dixie.
The Arkansas and White Rivers in
Arkansas were reported falling after
| serious rises Of the last few DAYS. but
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WEST POINT CHANGES
RULES ON ADMISSION
New Regulations Are Expected to
Eliminate Those Who Enter
School Unprepared.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
New regulations governing the admis-
sion of cadets at West Point have been
adopted because of the large number
of failures. principally in mathematics,
since 1915, when admission on certifi-
Gates was put into force.
Secretary Good has approved changes
recommended by Maj. Gen. William r.
Smith, superintendent of the Military
Academy, which are expected TO raise
the standards of scholarship of the
candidates and eliminate those who
enter the school unprepared for the
course.
The new regulations affect principally
those candidates who are graduates
of preparatory schools. public high
schools or honor graduates of honor
schools accredited by the academy. No
material change is made in the re-
auirements for candidates who are reg
ularly enrolled students in 2 univer-
sitY, college or technical school. nor
in requirements for candidates from
the Army. National Guard or other
appointees who establish their uualifica =
tions by taking the regular entrance
eSan1ina ti0n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
Nosing Peanut Up Pixies Peak
Job for Texan Who Makes Bad Bet

boring town. In fact, he pushed more
than one OF the seeds over the concrete
highway course, the wear and tear on
the paperlike pods neccsitating hun
dredS OF SubStitutions Williams nose
bore the brunt OF the work. Although
red and irritated after the days of
'roadho2ging, the facial member Suf-
fered no serious ComplicP lions and the
owner declared it. to be in good shape
for the Pixies Peak feat.
Williams uses an appliance resem-
bling clothes pin, which he fsstens to
his nose and assumes near horizontal
position behind the soohsr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
FIGHT FOR CAPONE
RELEASE SEEN VAIN
District Attorney Says Efforts
of Gang Leaders Friends
Will Meet Resistance.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. May 20.-COunty
District Attorney John Monaghan said
today that any attempt to have Scar
face Az Capone, Chicago gang leader,
freed from Jail would be contested
StrenuouSly.
With his bodyguard, Frank Cline,
one year in jail last Friday after they
had pleaded guilty TO carrying loaded
pistols.
Monaghan's statement was made in
reply to reports from Chicago that Ca
pone's friends We're planning a legal
fight for his release or the lessening OF
his sentence.
Battles Against Banditry.
Ever since the disbanding of the
special grand jury which investigated
bootlegging. gang wars and police cor
ruption, We have waged vigorous bat
tie against banditry in Philadelphia, "
the district attorney said. Any person
apprehended in the act of carrying a
deadly weapon can expect to be
prosecuted.
The arrest of Capone was in line
with our policy of going after all BAN
dts and gunmen, local or imported
Ordinary Incarceration.
The prosecutor declared that state
mentS that Capone had submitted to
arrest to escape threatened death at
the hands of rival sangSters had
merely added romance TO an ordinary
incarceration.
1T is an unheard-of proceeding" he
said, for a person who has pleaded
guilty to file an appeal and ask for Il
new trial.
But if ii is attempted Oh behalf of
CapOne We will contest the appeal to
the bitter end. II have my way. Ca
ponc will stay i'll the county prison
until his term expires"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
LAvARRE EXPLAINS BUYING PLAN
Declares Purchase of Papers Was Con-
sidered Before Asking Finances.

Declares Purchase Of Papers Was Con-
sidered Before Asking Finances.
BY the Associated Press.
William Lavarre, co-publisher Of four
Southern newspapers with Harold Hall,
today made public eight exhibits which
he said he had sent to the Federal
Trade Commission in connection with
its inquiry into newspaper financing sc-
tivities of the International Paper &
Power Co.
In q letter, accompanying the ex-
hibits to Robert Z. Healy, chief COM
mission counsel, Lavarre said the ex-
hibits will show the plan" of buying
newspapers in the South was pretty
well crystallized in my mind at least
three months before I ever thought OF
going to the International Paper Co.
for finances"
The hearings have developed that
the International Paper Co.. q subsidiary
OF the paper and power company, ad-
vanced Hall and Lavarre $870,O00 on
notes in their purchase of the Augusta,
Ga. Chronicle, the Spartanburg, s. c..
Herald and the Journal and the Colum-
bia, S. c., Record.
Senate Gets Testimony.
The commission has transmitted to
the Senate the transcript OF testimony
in its hearings. including that OF Ger
tain witnesses inquired of as to the in
vestments in newspapers made by the
International Paper g. Power Co. or its
subsidiaries" The commission added
that it was making progress on its work
in the financial and intercorporate re-
lationships in the utility industry.
Lavarre said the exhibits included
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Guards Stop Money Shipment.

LONDON. May 20 CAo).-The Mail to-
day prints u BaSra dispatch saying po-
lice guards have been put abroad the
Russian steamer Kommunist which ar
rived in the Persian Gulf with silver
rupees worth about 1925 900. which
were not consigned TO any person. II
was believed that the money was in
tended tn subsidize trouble in ths oil
fields which has occurred recently.
Onl, the captain of the steamship vas
allowed ashore. and tUo British war
ships stood by 70 prevent any illsgal
landing.
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Cats 10 Wear Bells,
Warming Birds, as
Curb Oh Preying
Nv the Associated Press,


CHICAGO. May 2O.-The prac-
tice engaged in by Riverside ,IliD
cats of having robins for appe-
Tiers, blue jays for entrees and
Sparrows for dessert has been
brought to an abrupt end by due
process of law.
Alarmed by the growing death
list among birds. the suburb has
determined that henceforth all
cats must wear bells strung on
their necks. thus preventing their
slipping up on unsuSpecting
feathered Songsters and dining
upon them.
Cats that are not so accoutered
will be executed nine times to
make sure.