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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12
CONVICT MURDERED
IN SING SING PRISON
Drops Dead at Feet Of Keeper
From Two Stab Wounds
Near Heart.
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoclateo fte6Ss
OSSINING, N. Y, November Ia
Abner schoonmaker, 26-year-old con-
vict from Poughkeepsie, N. Y, was
stabbed to death at Sing Sing Prison
today in a mysterious attack that
caused oficials to subject the entire
prison population to scrutiny in a search
for the slayer.
Schoonmaker, who was committed to
Sing Sing J;ne IA, $780, for 10 years on
O charge of burglary, stumbled into the
prison medical clinic shortly before 8
o'clock this morning, gripping himself
In pain.
joseph Gargan, keeper on duty at the
clinic, asked him what the trouble was.
Boss, some one gave it to me twice,
Schoonmaker managed to say through
gritted teeth.
who gave it to you twice? What do
you mean" asked the keeper.
wait a"
Schoonmaker never finished the SEN
tence which might have revealed who
had attacked him He sank to the floor
at the keepers feet, dead.
DR.. Amos Squire, medical examiner
at the prison, found the prisoner had
been stabbed twice near the heart with
a Jagged instrument, the exact nature
Of which could not be determined.
Warden Lewis e. Lawes Immediately
ordered a prison-wide investigation tc
determine where the man had been at
tackled and by whom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12
GARDINER ARRIVES
| TO ANSWER PROBE
Navy League President Be-
lieved Planning Vigorous
Statement on Charges.

William Howard Gardiner, president
OF the Navy League, arrived here to-
day to begin preparation of q reply
to the report of the Presidential Com
mittee Of Inquiry, indicting him for
alleged inaccuracies, false assertions
and erroneous conclusions"
Although Gardiner refused to dis
cuss the nature of his response, there
are rumors in reliable circles that he
will return the accusations in a Wig.
orous statement.
Gardiner, after a conference with
Walter Bruce Howe, chairman of tho
board of directors of the Navy League,
said the rejoinder would be issued "in
the very near future" probably early
next week.
VIII Give Due Deliberation.
He reiterated previous announce
ment to the effect he would not ATTEMPT
to answer the Hammond committee,s
indictment" without due elaboration"
1t has been reported here that Navy
League officials have detected a number
OF inaccuracies" in the report of the
PRESIDENTS cormittee and will make
statement.
The attitude Of the league, 1t Is said.
Is 1t Is proper to call attention to these
inaccuracies" in view of the action OF
the presidential board in setting itself
up as judge Of the leagues accuracy.
1t appears certain Gardiner has no
intention OF apologizing to the Presi-
Dent Tor the leagues pamphlet on The
PRESIDENT and the Navy" in which
Gardner accused President Hoover of
"abysmal ignorance" of naval funds-
mentals. The Executive Committee of
the league already has voted its ap-
proval OF the pamphlet by 7-to-I bal
lot.
McClintic for Investigation.
Meanwhile Representative McClint;c
OF Oklahoma said he would sponsor an
investigation into the controversy be-
tween the Navy League and President
Hoover.
The Oklahoman, second ranking
Democrat on the House Naval Commits
tee, said that group should investigate
the impelling forces behind 1.-THE pres
ent movement to bring about public
sentiment for the spending of millions
that is out of date"
McClintic said the same group that
was responsible for the failure of the
Geneva Disarmament Conference in
1927 had entered the controversy be-
tween the Navy League and Mr.. Hoover,
and that they also should be inquired
into.
There is no need for a Navy League"
McClintic said. I'VE should inquire and
seek to determine the purpose Of those
behind it. We should ascertain If they
are connected with the shiphuilders and
whether they have any financial in
terest in Them
The Oklahoman said he would op-
pose authorization Of another battle
ship and declared he favored fast
cruisers with flying decks, more air.
planes. dirigibles and submarines for
the Navv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12
FATHER DEFENDS
SON IN SHOOTING
Horace Allen Recites Wrong
Done His Daughter by
Slain Suitor.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, November Ia
The recital Of a wrong done his
daughter by Francis A. Donaldson, Sd,
is Horace Aliens defense of his son,
Edward H. B. Allen. who faces trial
on a charge of first-degree murder for
shooting Donaldson last Monday
night.
Mr.. Aliens story was told in the
Office of his attorney, John R. K. Scott.
He said his dying wife had begged him
to protect the daughter from Donaldson
and he had devoted all his time 10
do so.
Took Girl to Scranton.
- alleged betrayal, according to the
sttN ent, occurred when Donaldson
TOOK Hiss Allen to Scranton last August.
The father said that Donaldson was
rude in my house, was rude toward my
wife and rude toward me-"
Edward had no intention of killing
him." the father said ut was Donald
sons violent conduct toward my boy
that caused the unfortunate fatality !
am telling this story sadly. have my
love for my daughter and my love for
my son. I dread this dreadful night
mare of the past.
Il was in terror of this boy, and he
had beaten up one son and knocked out
the teeth Of the other. His manner was
very bad when he visited us the night
Rose left
Went on Peace Mission.
Young Allen killed Donaldson in the
Allen apartment in the Green Hills
Farms Hotel. Miss Allen had left the
apartment and Donaldson went there,
1t was said, to bring about peace be-
tween her family and herself There
were blows struck and young Allen left,
returning later and shooting Donaldson
as he was leaving the Allen apartment.
Last night Miss Allen told her story
of the affair. She said she was told to
get out of the apartment and she went
to another hotel, where she summoned
Donaldson and told him of the treat
ment she had received from her father
and brother. It was then that Donald
son. who was Is, went to the Allen
apartment, accompanied by a friend.
Donaldson's Father Replies.
Francis A. Donaldson. jr, father of
IAlC oldnA A1dll, LII a SCdLCIIlcIlI GOQdy
said that the brutal murder" cannot
be exculpated by a distracted father
Ito save his son by hiding behind the
skirts of his daughter whose character
the father himself destroys"
The statement was the reply of the
Donaldson family to the statement
made last night by the father of the
accused slayer.
"A brutal, premeditated murder can
not be eXculpated by the futile attempt
of a badly advised. distracted father
to save his son by hiding him behind
the skirts of his daughter, whose char
acter the father himself destroys" the
formal statement read.
THE attempt to poison public opinion
before the trial by having Mr. Aliens
statement broadcast through the press
is not original nor new, nor will it ac-
complish its purpose.
THE truth of this terrible tragedy
will come from the lips of disinter-
ested witnesses at the proper time. IN
til then no accusations are made by
me. I confidently await the result of
the action of the proper legal authori-
ties moving through the channels pro-
vided by law
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12
GOVERNOR MAY NAME
CARAWAY SUCCESSOR
Arkansas Executive Will Ask At.
torney General for Ruling
on Authority.
By the Associated Press.

ASSOCtaLeo
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, November IL.
Gov. Harvey Parnell announced to-
day he will appoint q temporary sue.
cessor to Senator T. H. Caraway pend.
ing a special election IL the State at.
torney general holds he has this power.
The Governor expressed the opinion he
has the authority and said he would
ask Attorney General Hal L. Norwood
Tor ruling soon.
Only by such temporary appoint
ment can Arkansas have its quota of
two Senators in Congress at the session
opening next month
A difference Of opinion exists in legal
circles over whether the Governor may
make temporary appointment pend
ing the special election which he must
call in not less than so or more than
100 days from the time the vacancy
occurred.
Had Senator Caraway died two days
later. the Governor could have filled
the vacancy for the unexpired term
by appointment.
Gov. Parnell's announcement came
as a surprise, as 1T had been ex.
pected he would take no notice pend
ing the special election and that the
State Democratic Central COMMITTEES
largely would decide upon Senator Cara
ways successor by naming the Demo-
cratic nominee.
Mrs. Hattie Caraway has bean prom
lnently mentioned as the probable
choice OF the committee to serve out
the unexpired term ending in March,
1883. She has announced she would
accept the Democratic noncination,
which Is tantamount to election.
Should the Governor be informed
that he has authority to name a tenn
porary successor, political circles gen
orally predicted the appointment would
go to Lamar Williamson of Monticello
chairman Of the State Democratic Cen
trail Committee and campaign manager
Tor the Governor in his last race.
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was alleged to have set up the Pasotex
Petroleum Co. to operate in Texas.
Likewise the petition charged. the
Shell Union Oil Corporation set up the
Shell Petroleum Corporation.
The suit was brought aginst the par
ent corporations to subject their prop
critics In this State to the payment of
penalties provided for violation of anti
trust statutes. particularly the shares
or certificates of stock which the parent
corporations own in. their Texas sub
salaries.
The Texas Co., of which r. C..
Holmes of New York is president, is a
foreign corporation. The Continental,
Cities Service and Sinclair also are
foreign corporations.
Domestic corporations named are the
Gulf Simms Oil Co., Texas Pacific
Coal g. Oil Co. and Texas, Petroleum
Marketers Association.
The American Petroleum Institute
was charged with actively participating
In Agreements in restraint of trade. A
session of the institute Is now in ses-
sion In Chicago.
The petition charged that in 1928,
the defendant companies and others
entered into a combination to create
restrictions in the preparation for mar
ket and the marketing of petroleum
and its products; to fix prices; lessen
competition in manufacture, marketing
and purchase Of petroleum and its
products: to Ak the retail prices of
petroleum and its products and to mo-
nopoliZe the filling station equipment
field
A writ Of attachment against the
stock owned by the Standard of New
Jersey, Standard of New York. Standard
Of California and the Shell in its SUBJ
sidiary companies In Texas was filed
with the suit.
Alfred set out that in July. 1929. the
Federal Trade Commission attempted to
approve the code Of ethics" presented
by the American Petroleum Institute
The Attorney General held that the ap-
prevail was without authority Of law
and that the code was nothing more
than an agreement and conspiracy IN
restraint Of trat&."
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been designated Christmas Club pros
perity week in an effort to stimulate
wise spending.
The largest distribution Of Christmas
club checks will be in New York State,
where the total is $123,000,000. Penn
sylvania will distribute $50, 100000 and
Illinois $48,000,0G0.
The New York metropolitan area to-
tai is $8o,000.00o. Chicago and Cook
County Qll) VIII have $4,000, 900 to
spend. Christmas clue savings in
Washington, D. c., exceed $4,000, 900,
~ per cent inCreaSe over last year.
The average amount received by each
club member viii be slightly less than
$50. Last year the average was S54 go.
Totals for the various sections of the
country are:
New England. $79,170,000.
Middle Atlantic, $3.50 100000.
East North Central, $154, 900 900.
West North &c itral, $28, 900.
South Atlantic, sal, 100000.
East South Central, $13.000,000.
West South Central, $15,700, 900.
Mountain, S8.000000.
Pacific, $40 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12
@.John Bulls" Shorts
Bring Gigggles From
Museum Visitors
First Locomotive Cele.
brates Tooth Birthday
by Running.
By .he Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Old John Bull" first steam locomo-
tive to pull passengers in the United
States, marked its Tooth birthday ami
versary today by getting up steam and
running-jacked up in the Smithsonian
Institution.
Curious spectators giggled as the
"iron horse" responded to controls first
operated on November IL, 1881, at Bor-
dentown, N. J. On that day, the news
papers reported, the entire State Leg
1slature and "a great many Of the best
people Of New Jersey" saw the engine
run N miles in 2 minutes and 20
seconds.
The pioneer of the Camden a. Amboy
Railroad could pull coash for only 80
people, and had to repeat the trip
many times.
The old engine pulled and sputtered
for only a few minutes today, but ii
repeated the performance every halt
hour, and will continue doing so until
the first of next year.
Whistle blowing, bell ringing. it ran
by compressed air, and its pistons some
what leaky, it could continue only q
brief time.
The engine was built In England and
arrived in the United States by sailboat
1t wss Iaced in the Museum here in
1aas.
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makes little difference provided they
| vote for him when the convention
meets.
No one here knows for a certainty
whether there is to be an effort on the
part of other Republicans to take dele
gates away from the President in other
States, except in the case of former
Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland
who has been campaigning for months
as the anti-Hoover candidate for the
ously expects Mr.. France to cause
trouble. There have been intimations
that Senator Hiram johnson of Cali
fornia was planning to throw his hat
in the ring. Senator Borah of Idaho
has been approached by disgruntled
Republicans, urging him to run for the
nomination next year. Senator George
w. Norris of Nebraska has a following,
too, for the presidential nomination,
and there have been signs that Gov.
clifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, old
Progressive Republican vote.
But when these leads have been
traced down, there seems comparatively
little likelihood that these candidates.
or any one of them will materialize
next year. None of the men whose
names have been mentioned have been
able so far to convince themselves that
they have a chance for victory. Senator
Hiram johnson, an old enemy of Mr..
Hoover, might like to make the race.
But he has to convince himself that he
could win the California delegation
against the President The odds are
decidedly in favor of the President in
his home State, according to those well
informed Mr.. johnson could get
nowhere, indeed. If he could not carry
his State against Mr.. Hoover. Further
more, there Is grave doubt that the
Eastern Republicans ever would stand
for the nomination of Senator Hiram
johnson, Senator Borah or Senator
Norris. The last frankly declares he
has no illusions in regard to the
presidency, asserting that he could
never be nominated.
Pinchot Chances Slim.
Gov. Pinchot might pick up part
of the Pennsylvania delegation to the
could not have it all by any means.
He is a strong dry, but the drys would
not leave President Hoover for him.
MANY of the Governors friends be-
Iieve that in the end he will train
his guns on the senatorial nomination
and seek to win in contest against
Senator James J. Davis, who must
stand for denomination and reelection
next year.
Calvin Coolidge, If he had been WILL
ing to run for the presidential nomi-
nation. could have made a far better
showing in the East than any of the
other Republican leaders who have
been mentioned as possible contenders
for the nomination against Mr.. Hoover.
In the West the Progressive Repub-
licans do not look with favor on Mr..
Coolidge. But Mr.. Coolidge has taken
himself effectually out Of the picture at
a time when the boom for him was lust
BEGINNING to bud. His statement came
at a proper time for the administration
forces, II real organization, booming
Coolidge, had been perfected. and the
FORMER President had then withdrawn
himself, that organization would likely
have turned to some other candidates
against Mr.. Hoover. not wishing to be
left out on limb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12
100000 SAVING
IN NAVAL SLASH
Reduction in Asiatic Fleet
viii Affect LOO Officers
and Men and II Ships.

Despite the ominous situation in
Manchuria, the Navy Department has
ordered substantial reduction in ships
and man power in the Asiatic Fleet.
The slash, also affecting somewhat
the special service squadron in the
Caribbean Sea, will result in a saving
OF 100000, causing the REMOVAL of
100 officers and men and the decom-
missioning of II vessels. The changes
will take place during this fiscal year.
In making public the realignment to-
day Admiral william v. Pratt, chief of
naval operations, denied the move was
connected In any way with President
Hoover's 1888 budget reductions. He
maintained the reorganization was
ordered In the interest of greater efi-
cheney.
Move for Efficiency.
The efficiency, Il was indicated, is to
result from placing the ships at duties
best situated to them and in saving
wear and tear On few of the DESTROY
ers which are not yet obsolescent. For
purposes of efficiency only, officials as
serted. the Navy will decommission the
ancient cruiser Rochester, the aircraft
tender Jason, SIX destroyers and nine
submarines.
Under the new plan. the Caribbean
squadron will consist of the light
cruiser Memphis and the destroyers
Philip and Wickes. now attached to
the scouting force. The Rochester.
present flagship of the squadron, will be
disposed of.
The old gunboats Sacramento and
Asheville will go to the Orient These
Shallow-draft boats are considered most
suitable for Chinese rivers.
Langley VIII Go to Orient.
These transfers will take place be-
tween January and March of next year.
The Asiatic squadron will send home
the Jason IN April. In August the
aircraft carrier Langley will go to the
Mare Island Navy Yard
During March the Oriental squadron
will send to Mare Island six destroyers
to be placed in reduced commission.
Two months later six submarines of the
S-class also will be placed in reserve.
At the same time three submarines
from the Pearl Harbor. Hawaii. base
will be sent to New London, Conn, to
replace three R-class boats to be de-
commissioned.
Confer With Hoover.
With Secretary Adams, Admiral
Pratt, the chief of naval operations, and
Director Roop of the budget, the Presi-
dent today discussed the Nays finances
for the next fiscal year in a 45-minute
conference.
Theodore Joslin, one of the Presi-
dents secretaries, said there probably
would be an announcement from the
White House later.
At the demand Of the President, the
budget already has been cut $50, 900. 900
under the amount requested for 1893
but in doing so the Navy curtailed many
shore activities at navy yards which
brought prompt objections.
Changes in these plans are expected
from protracted budget hearings re-
Gently completed. Silence, however, has
surrounded these proceedings.
Representative French, Republican,
Idaho, informed President Hoover this
morning he believed his proposed slash
in the naval budget was lin general
sound"
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stockings. underwear, caps-a complete
new outfit. Mrs. Hall said he had viz
tually no clothes at all, only what
were on his back"
back to school Monday, and that he
had promised to be "a good boy, be-
cause he doesn't want to be returned to
the Industrial Home School," where he
had been sent temporarily pending
Judge Sellers hearing yesterday.
The boy is a little nervous, now,
as naturally he would be-" said Mrs.
Hall He has been through so much,
but am confident he will pull through
all right and make a fine man of him
self"
Visits Girl in Hospital.
Mrs. Hall said she knew very little
about Edith's true condition.
Il have spent two afternoons with
Edith" she continued, land neither
nor her nurses, noticed any Of the bad
habits complained of by her mother
ably due to her long confinement, but
always acts as though she were sleepy
she seems to me to be just little
baby girl. But she can take care OF
herself like any other normal child"
Ediths nurses revealed that she is
gaining rapidly, already having added
six pounds at the rate of pound q
day When she first came to the hos
pital they said, her legs were hardly
more than skin and bones, but now
they are showing signs Of filling out
and becoming more nearly the legs Of
a child of IL.
Examination Is Deferred.
cat the hospital it was stated today
it had been decided to defer any
thorough examination of her mental
ity for a while to give the child ar
opportunity to become used to her new
surroundings"
Meanwhile. Mr. and Mrs. Harry New
man Riley, father and stepmother o.
the girl, are free on $4,000 bond each
on a charge of cruelty to a child o.
the result Of the alleged Imprisonment
of Edith in dark closet on the secons
! floor Of their home at lilo Rhode Is
land avenue. The case Of the coupl,
was presented to the grand jury Tues
| day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band this evening at Stanley Hall, at
500 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman.
bandmaSter; Anton Pointner, assistant
Armistice day program:
March, Stars and Stripes For
ever" Sousa
World War Medley Overture, over
There" Lake
Entr 'Acte, romance, Voice of the
Heart" Van Gael
Novelty. I'm Moonlit Garden"
Oehmler
Patriotic Fantasia, "reminiscences
of the Boys in Blue Robinson
Fox Trot. Those Good Old Days"
Weinrich
Waltz Song. MY Buddy" Donaldson
Finale, When Yuba Plays the
Rumba on the Tuba" .Hupfe.d
THE Star Spangled Banner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12
GERMANS REPORT
YOUNG PLAN BASIS
FOR DEBT ACCORD

Continued From First Page.)
has contended that the matter should
be held entirely within the limits of the
Young plan. under which certain repa-
ration payments are questionable.
How close to an agreement the two
nations had come was not disclosed in
the advices received here but the finan-
cial community regarded them as re-
assuring. Action toward an under
standing well in advance of the Hoover
moratorium's eXpiratio has been earn
estly advocated by bankers, several of
whom have pointed out the danger in
delay. The American administration
has indicated to Europe that it believed
the initiative should come from the
parties most directly interested, prefer
ably Germany.
Differences between France and the
Reich in their conversations to date
have conferred on the scope of activity
o. a committee which, under Bank for
international Settlements mandate,
would take up her capacity to pay
Germany has wanted the question of
her private debts brought under survey
by such committee, but France has
sought to keep that question separate.
ACCORD DENIED IN PARIS.