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Probably showers with partly cloud; warmer Thursday. LET US MIND OUR BUSI- MARRIED AND JUMPED. TO WALL A MAN SCRIBBLES. By ARTHUR BRISBANE (Copyright, i.vl/V/i.Cfilna'wouid like the -League of 10 8 to td what Chinese'call fh: invasion and massacres," havcilearned what war: through the -air means--com- safety, easy invasion for I emy a death and for. those attacked; of Bourse, is invited to and tell Russia what is business to tell under: the circumstances, ex- much ns we should ex- Russia to.tell US, if, for 8 06 we-had marines in raugua, or battleships jn a foreign port.

And we should expect Rus- sia to tell us NOTHING. Russia's business is RUSSIA'S business; not ours. Before we undertake fere -with a nation making war in- telligently and.efficiently through air.it would be'a good idea for.ua to'learn something about air war oh our', own account. We don't anything about it yet. I i fact, our army and navy aren't quite sure that the airship really' amounts to anything, ox.

cept-ns an "auxiliary." We should cure ourselves of that delusion before interfering with any- people that understand modern war. TM Miss Klingor, eighteen, fond of flying, and Mr. Babcock, of Mln- eola, Long Island, wcrn married in VOL, IV--No. 212 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27,1929 "ONE DAY SYSTEM MAILED AS CITY NEED! in Trial of Cops the air, far up, the plane going 110 miles an hour. the wedding over, the bride, groom and best man, all jumped out of the airplane with parachutes, landing Interesting, but too much ox- for one day.

old days the, bride found sufficient excitement in'a handful of rice and shoe tied to the back of a carriage. However, it is better to begin marriage with a jump in a. parachute'for excitement rath- than end it with a jump to Kcno for a divorce. Seven Detectives On Trial for Life After Killing WOMANCALLED LIAR BY JUDGE The president and some news- papers have asked, governors of states what they mean to do in the wny work to provide cm- The is 'Iwhat arc to-do- to make up that.smash in -Wall Street?" Bulow, governor of South Dakota, replies' thAt South Dakota is not particularly worried about what happens to Wall Street. Ho has observed that when things happen to South Dakota, Wall Street takes it calmly.

Ho says that tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, "South Dakotnns will glvo. thanks to almighty God for 'the blessing they enjoy, and be cs- pcclally thankful for the fact that thcy'arc not dependent for their broad and butter upon the wheat grown or cows milked in Wall Street." Governor Bulow and nil the rest of tho country is, however, to a great extent dependent on Wall Street and what docs. Dakotas might bo glad sonic to have money und en- A gihccrs out a Street show them how to use those hundreds of millions of tons of lignite now going to'waste; that fuel turned into electric power and the clcc- tric.powcr used in factories might for the Dakotas than raising wheat on land not fit for wheat. 1 You might buy of autograph dealers a signature of Herbert Hoover'on a sheet'of paper with little queer geometrical diagrams scratched 'on the paper while listening to visitor. v' 'These usually mean man making them is not "very hard." 'Jf Rockefeller or Ford called to 'tell the President of, a plan to put million men to work at good he would listen and would n't dp any'scribbling as he listened.

you talk and a man scrib: short. He isn't much interested. (Continued on Page 8) Jurist Says He Will Reverse Verdict If Men declared Guilty. CHICAGO, Nov. --lies! This was the label placed on the stories jf state witnesses in tho trial of Lieut.

Phil Carroll, and six of his brother detectives, charged with murdsr, by Judge Joseph B. David today. And, if tho jury finds Carroll and his men guilty, that verdict will be set aside. Tho Carroll case has been going from bad to worse every It has been in the hands of first assistant state's attorney Frank J. Locseh, a member of President Hoover's crime commission, but on one occasion David ordered state's attorney John Swanson into court and then roundly scored Swanson and Locseh for "taking up a court's time with such a weak Today while a Mrs.

Helen Modigan' was on the stand for state Judge David rose ip anger. tho jury he called Locseh to tho bench and said: "In all my experience as a lawyer and judge I'have never witnessed such perjured testimony, both contradictory "and unreliable coming from state witnesses. That woman is an unmitigated liar. "I want to say right now that if a verdict of guilty is returned I will certainly set it aside." Loesch broke saying: "Your honor, every time any one points out Carroll you act like (Continued on Page 8) Money, not Love, Caused Murder, Is New Theory Pair in Conspiracy Want Freedom On Bail PRIES ASH BY CD EU A grand jury was reported to have returned true bills today against Samuel Howard Dorr and Mrs. Gencvievo O'Brien, principals in an alleged lovo conspiracy which cost the life of the woman's husband, William O'Brien.

Tonight counsel for both the man and the woman laid plans to seek the release of their clients on bond and to move separate trials. At the same time the authorities were running down further evidence in tb.o case which would show, they declared, that Dorr did not slay O'Brien in a moment of rassion or in self defense, but do- iberatcly and for a purpose. It is alleged that Dorr has been "ound short i i insurance accounts and last Thursday, just a few hours before O'Brien was killed, signed over an equity in his apartment house to cover his deficit. That money was behind tho crime was intimated earlier whep Mrs. O'Brien told of a plot to do away with O'JBricn and Mrs.

Door "that wo and start lifo Dorr and 'Mrs. O'Brien were found together in the O'JBricn apartment early last Friday morning by Dorr when he returned home from his work. 'The DOITS, owners tho Apartment building, lived on the first floor and tho O'Bncns on tho' second O'Brien was fatally wounded and died 12 hours later. Mrs. O'Brien, look 'tho blame for the shooting.

charged that O'Brien was cruel to her, and she had shot him whilo ho was abusive. Unknown to her, however, O'Brien made a death-bod statement in which he told of returning home. ESE Troops Munity And Flee From National Army I Man Stealing Gobbler For Kiddies Shot Nov. 2C.T-John Janus, 40; went out-to pet his. 'brood youngsters a turkey today and 'landed! in.the -hospital; i-j Janus threw a brick through a butcher shop and he reached in to pick his.

turkey he was shot twice in the butcher had bcoh'rob- bcd last year and hired a special guard for his shop. sell Janus the police, "and "business has been 'terrible. The'kids begged'so: hard for.a^turkcy and.I didn't money so I decided to. steal WASHINGTON, Nov. American priest, Father Mnthias Kreutzin, is being held as hostage by rebel Chinese troops as the price of their return into the national Chinese army.

This was made known to the state department today by a radio message from the commander in chief of the American Asiatic squadron to the American legation at Peiping. According to the radio despatch, the mutinied troops fled from Wuhu in the early part of the month took Father Kreutzin with them. They will release the priest if the Nationalist authorities at Hankow will agree to take them back into, the Nationalist army without penalties. This is now being discussed by representatives from-the banking government despatched to the HupCh provincial authorities for this (Continued on Page 8) EPA I rim VI Expected Increase In Shipping a Early Action WASHINGTON, Nov. of of the shipping board's laid up fleet, for use in handling the anticipated increase in the shipments of grain, cotton and flour from gulf ports to Europe in the next few months, was authorized by the board today.

The ships are all' steel cargo vessels, coal burning, and the cost of reconditioning' will be about Tho work will take about 60 days. They are the S. S. Marine, the S. S.

West Compo, the S. S. West Hassayampa, tho S. West Munham, the S. S.

City of Alma, and the S. S. Ardcn. The board. also announced that it has approved an agreement between the Calmar Steamship Corporation, operating from ports on the Pacific coast to New York, and the United States Lines, for through between Pacific coast ports and "the European tcr-: minals of'tho U.

S. Line. October Output Exceeds That For Same Month of 1928 PRESIDENT ENDS PARLEYS TODAY Production of Count Industries Keeps High Level. WASHINGTON, Nov. duction of the country's industricx has high level, and has exceeded last year's output, the Federal Reserve board announced in a summary made public today.

October production continued the decline from the peak reached in midsummer, but was considerably larger than in October, 1928, the summary This report was issued as action in'the Hoover program for business Btabilizntldri and progress shifted temporarily to New York, where public utility leaders met to formulate their construction and expansion plans for next year. Meanwhile an intensive effort to sell more goods, backed up by increased advertising, was urged by Mcrlo Thorpe, editor of Nation's Business, in an address delivered lcfore tho advertising club of Washington and broadcast by radio. Every inquiry he has mode show- priations for the immediate future, Thorpe said. WASHINGTON, Nov. Hoover will conclude his icrsonal conferences for business ilabilizalion and progress tomorrow at a White House meeting with representatives of the public utilities, it was announced tonight.

The utility leaders held their own conference in New York today, but 16 representatives of the ndustry will report to the President nnd discuss plans. It is cx- icclcd they will outline a vast irogram by construction and ex- ansion for 1930. There will bo five representatives from the street cor group, (Continued on Page 8) President's A a Communication Next Week SEEKS SUPPORT AND CONFIDENCE LOVE IS DISEASE OF WEAK PHYSICALCONDITION, SAYS NOTEDGERMAN SCIENTIST BERLIN, Nov. is a disease, usually responding to a curative treatment, but sometimes becoming chronic with a number of individuals. This is the belief-of Dr.

Waldcmar Schwcisshcisicr, noted Berlin who today published, a treatise dealing with this "affliction" of mankind. Love, he.said, like measles, affects the'human when it finds the'condition' of the body unprepared 'to withstand it A weakened condition must first prevail before the principals arc. susceptive. 1 -'diseajfl: has. eyideat symptoms," Dr.

Schwcisshcimcr says. "The glace of the eye darkens, the face pales, the heart acts violently, the" patient loses weight and.sleep.' "But when tho object 'of 'their love is responsive; the Is cured in most-cases. But, sometimes it Is chronic, and persons wander through lifo always a prey to tbis burning 1 Appeal Made and Four Powers May Take Action WASHINGTON, Nov. United States will tsko under sympathetic consideration 'the appeal from the Nanking government tho settlement of the impending crisis in tho far cast between Russia and China, ft was indicated here today. The noto of tho Nank- ing authorities had been received neither at tho Chinese legation here at tho state department, however, up at a late hour tonight.

Secretary Stimson is studying the present status of the conditions there and has summoned tho Japanese ambassador for further conferences at the department tomorrow. It was announced however no punitive action would 1x3 taken against tho alleged aggression of tho Soviet troops under tho terms of the Kellogg Pact -The pact 'for the renunciation of war, It was pointed out here- at tho state department, docs not provide for any sanctions In tho event of the. non-fulfillment of its obKga- (Coniinued' on Industrial Period To With All Co-operating. WASHINGTON, Nov. idont Hoover will ask congress in his first annual mcssagCj next Tuesday, to give every support and cooperation to constructive industrial and business stabilisation und expansion, it was learned today.

He for appropriations to carry out the various government the public buildings plans, tho development of rivers and harbors, federal aid for lighway construction, legislation for the reduction of taxes and strict economy in expenditures for upkeep of tho 'governmental establishment. The president 1 message to congress, it was learned, will also be i message to the American public. He will review his series of conferences during the laut ten days with the various leaders of industry, capital and labor and give congress a careful survey of the situation and what in his opinion is necessary to maintain stability and promote prosperity. Throughout, the president will sxprcss supreme confidence in the 'undamontal soundness of bunlncsa tho United States. He will cite figures running into billions of dollars which are to be expended luring the next two years by tho 'edoral, state and municipal governments und industries.

Govern- ncnt cooperation, will bo necessary, 10 will point out, both in tho mat- of appropriations nnd legisla- which may. prove helpful. In his message dealing with tho lation's finances the president will icint out that tho government can educe taxes as recommended by Secretary of tho Treasury Mellon, make large appropriations for federal projects and still keep expenditures within tho range of tho last congress. Tho president will lay before congress a proposal by which it will be possible to reduce expenses for tho arrny and th.e navy, without Impairing their offensive strength and divert tho sums thus saved to inauguraling his program for tho further development of- tho inlan waterway nystp.ni. Although the president's message will deal with" the intornation- al situation, particularly the forthcoming armaments conference al London, it is learned that ho wil place the greater emphasis on tho domestic business problem and givo congress and tho public careful analysis.

Tho president completed his message last Saturday, but revised it today. It is logger than his recent addresses and wil contain detailed report of the activities of the various government departments with recommendations as to their future. Battle Lines of Wets Drawn for Fight on Prohi Washington Senator Will Head Appropriations Body POSTONEOF 1 GREAT POWER Solon Practically Assured to Deceased Senator. President Will Have Wild Fowl WASHINGTON, Nov. President's Thanksgiving Day dinner will bo such us the pilgrim forefathers enjoyed.

He announced today that' the White House board bo graced with wild turkey, of which ho is.es- pecially fond, instead of one of the domestic prize-winning turkeys which have been sent to him by tho score. The President said that the lurkcys were arriving a bit too fast nnd that he in having some trouble in deciding what disposition to muko of them, except to donate them to charitable organ- 'zations. Turkeys have been arriving at iho Whito House from all sections oi the country. MEDAL FOR ECKF.NER WASHINGTON, Nov. to fly around tho -world by dirigible, Dr.

Hugo Eckcner, com- nandcr of the great air liner Graf Zeppelin has been awarded coveted special gold medal of tho nal- geographic WASHINGTON, Nov. Wesley Jones, of Washington, today was virtually assured of tho'chairmanship of the powerful senate appropriating committee in tho general shake-up, which will follow tho death of two senators and tho resignation of a third. While Senator Smoot, of Utah, outranks Jones and is entitled to Ihc place under the seniority rule, ho is reluctant to give up the chairmanship of the finance committee, especially in view of tho fact that tho tariff bill remains uncompleted. Should Smoot finally decide to switch chairmanships, however, Senator James E. Watnon of In- liunn, would bccomo the head of finance committee, place he las been ambitious to fill.

Wat- Hon has told friends that ho would )o willing to give up the republican oadershlp in orjler to get the chairmanship. In the event Jones goes to the appropriations chairmanship. Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, would move into tho chairmanship of the commerce committee, which destined to bccomo important in view of President Hoover's Inland Waterways projects. Senator McNary, of Oregon, is ranking republican on commerce, but he would prefer to remain at tho hciyl of tho committed on agriculture. It Is probable, however, that McNary will bo chosen assistant republican leader in place of Jones.

In case this program works out, Senator Gould, of Maine, appears to bo in lino for the chairmanship of tho immigrant committee now headed by Johnson. There probjibly will be a readjustment of the commitleo places now held by Senator Davis A. Reed, of Pennsylvania, and may force him to glvo up tho chairmanship of tho military affairs committee. This might put Senator McMnetcr of South Dakota, in line for tho chairmanship of that committee. Owing, to the exclusion of Senator-elect Vnrc from tho senate, which left Pennsylvania with only 0110 senator, tho rulo of senators having but two major committee places was Senator Reed.

in tho cane of In addition to his chairmanship, he is member of tho finance and foreign relations committees. Congressmen A nounce Liquor Bills For Next Session WASHINGTON, Nov. tic lines were drawn loday for a major buttle over tho prohibition situation at the forthcoming session of congress. Leading in the attack will bo Mrs. Florence Knhn, Republican congrcsswoman from California, who announced nhc will press for passage of her bill to indemnify families of persons slain by dry agents.

Hep. John C. Schafcr, (It), of Wisconsin, has prepared report on the increase drunkenness since prohibition, times, which ho will lay before the hounc us evidence of the asserted breakdown of Volslcndixin. Hop. II.

LuKUnrdia, of New York, has prepared ncycral bills for modification of national prohibition, from repeat of tho Eighteenth Amendment to modification of tho Volstead Act to permit beverage UHC of beer ami wine. Then Rep. Sol Bloom, of New York, has beer and wine bill, upon whlcli he will demand a secret ballot In congress. Bloom nays that if permitted to vote secretly as do the voters at tho polls, a majority in congress will decldo to liberalize the prohibition regime In the interest of true temperance. On the senate side.

Tydingn, (D). of Maryland, and Hnwc.1, (D), of Missouri, ore ready for the gonR to Hound for the prohlbilion fight. The dryH did not appear alarmed over the prospcctH of a battle. Their leaders pooh-poohed tho claims of anti-prohibltlonists nnd rested confident that the customary majorities for prohibition would continue to register at the coming session. LIQUOR 14 A ll, a Acts Against Powerful Rum Syndicate CHICAGO, Nov.

Morton, alleged head of a $10,000,000 liquor bootlegging Hyndicutc, urn henchmen, have.been indicted by a federal grand jury. The arrest and indictment ol Morion and hvi aides, is direct result of notorious raid on the city hall square building on August 22 last by Gcorgo (Hard-Boll- eil) Goldlng and his federal ngcnUt, In that rajd" one Mcrlo Adams, an insurance broker, was shot ant slugged by men. Morton and his men were actually indicted several days ago but the action was suppressed to give tho federal officers an opportunity to land their men. Behind tho indictments is a story of Homo of tho nio.st clever dctcc- livo work displayed by tho dry forces and it is woven about tho Valentino Day m'ansncre. of seven a tm Project I 1 Swimming And Stadium -m CITIZENS URGE PLAN ADOPTION City Planning Program Submitted, To Voters on Dec.

Details of the proposed park? and play-grounds system included in the city planning program' wore outlined yesterday at a committee meeting of the City Plan- 1 ning Commission, attended by representatives of the Parent-Teachers association of the city. The parks and playgrounds system, inclusive of swimming pool and Btodium, in provided for in. the city planning program which ollowH $70,000 of bonds for theso projects. The program, which calli for issuance of total of for municipal improvements, will! be submitted to Laurel voters December 17. Among those who attended the committee meeting yesterday wera Mrs.

J. J. Cross and Mrs. P. Uridgox, representatives of the city V.

T. A. The statement of the plai- ning commission on the proposed system of parks and playgrounis follows in full: The park and playground system recommended by the City Planning Commission contemplates tlic purchase of -15 acres of land lying nortli of 16th street anil; of 7th north to the property nbovo 20th street; the purchase of the block surrounded by 10th and I avenues, 12th and 13th directs, on which located build- Ing nnd partially 'constructed sta- i tho acceptance as a gift to the city from Kastman, Gardiner nnd company of tho 22-ucrc tract lying between Cth and lOlh streets and east of 10th avenue; und the (Continued on Page 0) I (Continued on Pago 8) FAINTING IN PLANE CAUSED TWO-MILE DEATH DROP FOR CRACK TEST PILOT OF NAVY WASHINGTON, Nov. George T. Cuddihy, crack navy test pilot who was killed in plunge yesterday, cither fainted while high in the nir and never regained cosciousncss or was mortally injured by a falling piece of the plane, naval officials believed today.

His parachute was strapped to lhin back when he was found in the plane wreckage, but there were no indications that ho hud attempted to jump. Ample opportunity was given for him to jump from the crashing plane in the opinion officials. The piece of tho plane, supposed have broken off In tho air, had not been. found today, despite a search of'Anncosla field where ho A naval board of Inquiry has begun an Investigation to determine what caused tho Bristol fighting plane to crash. Tho British pursuit (hip was being tested by Lieut.

Cuddihy for tho navy. In Arlington' cemetery, over which he -flow hundreds timed in the course" of' his wj)l buriej tomorrow, High Tribute Paid Old Veteran by Tuesday WASHINGTON. Nov. presentatives of nil tho civilized nations joined with American officialdom today to pay a final tribute to tho lute Senator Francis Emory Warren, nestor of the senate, at state funeral in the chamber where he served for 36 years. President Hoover led tho distinguished gathering of tho cabinet, justice of tho supreme court, senators nnd rank- Ing officers of the army and navy and members of ftlio diplomatic corps in paying homage to tho soldier and statesman who' died' at 85 years.

Tho utmost simplicity marked the services, conducted by the Rev. Z. B. Phillips, chaplain of the senate. Immediately following tho services the body was put aboard a train for burial at Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Warren was the lost Union veteran to sit in tho senate. 'The only remaining Confederate veteran, rn- prcscntativo Stcadman, of North beard gives him remarkable resemblance; to General Robert E. Lee, was in a scat of honor to pay tribute to his old friend. Justice Holmes, of tho supremo now 88, also Union soldier, was in attendance. Shopping Days Before Christmas SHOP EARLY ONLY.

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