Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1926, Page 1

B WEATHER. (T S Weather Burcau Forecast.) Ttin tonight and tomorrow; slightly minimum tempera- ture near but slightly above freezing. rmer tonight: ‘Temperatures—HIighest. a.m. today: lowest, 26, at 8 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 No. 29,859. post _office, il NEW TAX BILL Surtax Rates, Publicity Re- peal and Inheritance Provi- sions Due for Debate. INCOME RATE REDUCTION BRINGS NO DISPUTES. SN | Large Number of Miscellaneous| Levies Ended, But Subject to Asendment. Entered as second class matter Washington, " SENATETAKESUP [TEMS IN' DISPUTE 35, at 11 BYRDPLANSPOLA FLGHT FIVANCED BY WEALTHY GROUP Rockefeller, Jr., and Edsel Ford Back Enterprise to Start This Summer. SATURDAY. D. C D N 7 5> A |UNKNOWN ARCTIC AREA OBJECT OF EXPLORERS, Spitzbergen or Etah to Be Used as Base for Aerial Expedition of Navy Man. By the Amsociated Pre Havine troversia! items of the t hill, the Senate today tackled the pro. visions on which contests have been hrawi of_the non-con- | reduction ! disposed Seetio e most of the mis which had been provided by the House and approved hy the finance commitice were cepted without debate and. although | <till subject to amendments, no con tests against these are in prospect. Pressing. for action on the contro- | versial ftems, Chairman Smoot of the | finance committee, in charge of the | bill, was confronted today with de- | bate from the opposition. | Vital Terms of Bill. | ions which must now be de. i < repen! cellaneons Provis cided and which constitute some of the vital terms of the reduction of the surtax maximum of 40 per cent cent, repeal of the and publicity of tax increase In the co 1213 per cent to 1 set” the repeal of the capital stock tax, approved vesterday. H Senator King of Utah. one of the | Democratic membcrs of the finince committee, also has served notice he | will propose further reductions in i the miscelluneous taxes hy repeal of all automobile taxes and repeal of the | levies on admissions and due-. i Provisions Now Settled. Provisions accepted vesterds over which no further expected by leader: bill include | es from & to 20 per inheritance tax | rquins and an ration tax from ver cgnt to off- and | controversy is include: | Reductions in the normal income | 1aX rates from 2 to 113 per cent on ghe first $4,000 of taxable income: 4 to 3 Per cent on the next $4.000. and from % to 5 per cent on the remainder. Increase from $10,000 to 520,000 in ' the amount.on which the 25 per cent | reduction for “earned income’ may be | applied. Increase in the personal exemptions | from $1.000 to 81,500 for single persons and from $2,500 to $3.500 for married | persons. | Repeal of the taxes on automobile tires and parts, jewelry, ras, pho- tographic films and firearms | and amunition, smo rticles, au tomatic slot machine of art.! brokers, bowling alleys and billidrd 1ables, shooting galleries and riding academies, automobiles for hife, tobac- ©o manufacturers, deeds and convey- ances. Further Cuts on Cigars. In accepling the House reductions on cigar taxes the Senate also ay proved amendments ordering further | cuts In the levies on cigars retailing from 8 cents to 15 cents. a= proposed by the finance committee. Committee amendments repealing the Stamp taxes on customhouse en tries and withdrawals and on steam- ship pa tekets also were ac cepted While the increuse in personal ex emptions was acecpted without debate. there have heen indications that some Senators will seek rurihor low exemptions of § ried persons There was spirited debate vesterday afternoen over th: practice of the Treasury Department in soing back five and six vears Lo make new x X ments against persons who have paid their taxes. A number of Democrats led by Se: ors Robinson of Arkan and McKellar of Tennessee, denounced | this procedure as being reat annoy- | ance to honest taxpayver: tnd urged | fhat the department e prevented from ®oing back bevond two vears in reas- sessing taxpayers. Senator Reed, Republican. of Penn svlvania said he agreed with the views of the Democratic Senators regarding the annovance involved In this pro- ' cedure, hut pointed out that the In.! ternal Revenue Bureau has been sev. eral yvears behind in its work. Hesaid | the hureau fs making progress toward catching up. hut that it would mean a heavy loss in revenue If a tme limit of 1wo vears should be placed on re- assessments hefore the bureau catches | up in its work. This question of limiting the time for reassessments went over for fur- | ther consideration later. | WOMEN’S KNEES FROSTED. ' Short Skirt Receives Set Back as England’s Winter Is Cold. LONDON, January 30 (P).—Enu- Jand’s unusually cold Winier is mak- Ing dress designers uneasy about the length of skirts women of fashion hereafter will accept. Frosted knees have given the extremely short skirt | a setback in England and there hw less and less disposition to talk sc unfavorably about the skirt which falls well down toward the ankles, especialiy for street wear. Lopsided zowns, with heavy paner on one side only have been ruled | out by London women. They regard these as upsetting the natural lines | of the figure and often giving the im- | pression that the wearer is deformed. GIRL GRILLED IN THEFT. ' Dtnlflf Plr:Tn Bobh;ery of He: ; Invalid Employer. CHICAGO, January 30 (#).—Dorothy Jacklen, 23. was questioned by the olice today in connection with the | robbery of $14,650 in negotiable paper | from her invalld employer, F. J.| Rolston,,Canadian mine owner. Two | then, under the guiss of policemen, | rateted his room and took the loot| <hile he helplessly looked on. ! #red Hoeger, living in the same| ruaming house as the girl, was iden- | ified_by Rolston as one of the men. | *iss Jacklen maintained that Hoeger and Sam Sahlberg, also under arrest,; idnaped “her, stole $140 and ml keys to Rolstop’s apartment. Rolston aihlbcre was not the other man. i | . skl { cember 11. | were unable 1o reach :he surface ! —An explosion In Mine T ——————————: By the Associated Press 1 An independent expedition to ex- | plore the Arctic from the air is being | organized by Lieut. Comdr. Richard | 'E. Byrd of Winchester, Vi, who | commanded the Navy section of the | JANUARY 0. 1926— P CHAUNCEY AGE OESN'T LESSEN YOUR Humor.' ¢ Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 'HIRTY-FOUR PAGES. Three Explosions ! Scattered Sections Kill | 35 During Day. ‘ Brings Distr;ss Re- ports From Vessels Bat- tling Atlantic Storm. ndr. Richard E. Byrd, S.N. Retired. — | MacMillan expedition last Summer. The enterprise will be financed by | American cltizens, among thosd who | have already. pledged support being | ) John D. Rockefeller, fr. and Edsel | Ford. each of whom has offered | t $20,000. { ,Comdr. Byrd is negotiating now = F | With several concerns for suitable | craft for the expedition, either of the | . i | dirigible or airplane type. Each, in | ¢ in Widely | his beiter. has zood points for such | an undertaking. | Will Seek Unknown Land. While it is not the plan .to com- | pete with the expedition of the De. | | troft Aviation Society, which intends {0 hop off trom Poim Barrow, Aluska. T e B e {for the North Pole this year. the | . RIRMINGHAN "\, January 30— | 2ime of the two are in certain re- | Radio Rescus Grews today were bringing out| ooy, Sonllar. Each will look fer | & {1and in the unknown region between | the last of the 27 miners—11 white and | Alaska and the North Pole, and Byl 16 nezrocs—who were killed in the 'may also attempt to reach the pole. ! explusion at the Mosshoro mine of the| The Navy officer's primary objdet. Premier Coal Co. near here late ves-|however. is to explore the unknown | el Twenty-six of the fifty-three Tegions north of Greenland, Canada | men in the mine at the time of xhe\“’}“fl-"fi“"fl- using elther Spitzberken | py (ne Asmociated Pre ' blast escaped uninjured. hergenfa ihe. potns tram” SPIZ | NEW YORK. Januars 30.-—While| The tragedy brought the total PUM- | {mundsen hopned off last year i his | the world is rejoicing over the rescue ber of miners killed in three explosions attempt to reach the pole by, air-|©f the crew of the British frmxhleri throughout the country during the|plane and Ftah was the main/base | Antinoe and mourning the loss of 25 day to 85. Five were killed at West of the MacMillan expedition. Pres. |men of the freighter Laristan. réports Frankfort. 1ll, in #n explosion in the | ent prospects favor Spitzbergen as a | of other ships in peril in the stormy New Orient mine, the world's greatest | Pase. with Byrd fiving from therq to | Atlantie are still trickling in col producer, while three inet death (#Pe Morris Jessup in Peary Land at | The British steamer Errington| in a explosion in a Bear Canyor ! the nnrl_?fern tp of Greenland. §nd | Court. which reported Thursday yhat Coal Co. mine near Trinidad, then striking off toward the pole! ' he was in distress in mid-Atlantic. has | Mo Lo iilac fo tiie Mosbire ! MacMillan Party Failed. i made repairs and resumed her voyage | ing camp from the United States Bu-, The MacMillan expedition turped|to New York from Swansea with| reau of Mines in Birmingham and|Pick from Etah in the face of ad-, Welsh anthracite. FRomni TGS ear The leceres SD.ths ai erse weather without achieving The Canadiah government merchant aster lubored throughout the night un. | °PISCt Of fiving over the unknown | vegsel Canadian Seitler sent word to dot he dfvection] ot Slate; Mine In reglon northwest of .Axel Heiburg | Halifax that she had holler and engine | tioy s A Island. Donaid B. MacMillan, the |trouble and wads drifting in a gale of spector J. H. Nesbitt and had removed | leader, submequently expressed the ' hurricane force. She was bound from | all but three bodies entombed by rock 'opinlon that lighter-than-air eraft | Astwerp for Halifax. falls when dawn broke over the little | were more suitable for exploring the ' | 2 valler of dlmster. Arctic. than alrplanes, but Comar? Other Vessels Affected. The Mossboro exnlosion, which oc. | BYTd has expressed his confidence in Jther wireless .messages said that curred chortly after 4 oclock vester. | POUY L¥Pes of craft for Arctic work. | iHe Red Cross liner Rodalind. from St. Gy afternoon, was the second In the | e did not favor turning buck when | jqnns, New Foundland, and the City Birminghoem district within the past | i€ expedition discontinued operations | of! Meibourne. from Caldutta, both for | two months. a blast at Overton mine fFqm R 4 by | Fidlifax. Bad beeri forced to heave to, | jmondt K - -alr_craft is used by ss bein, oss cause of 0. 2 having killed 33 miners on De—!(.o“mr_ e S 12, umed. by | projsees g imp ! o LR I | ship, MC-5. the property of the Good- | netinted praise for the rescue of 25 | Shot” Hits Gas Pocket. vear Tire and Rubber Co., at AKron.!mey of the Antinoe by |the United The explosion occurred at what Ohio, may he employed. If heavier | Stajes .liner President Roposevelt. in miners call “shooting time.” Each' thanalr craft are used. it is expected | congmand of Capt. George Fried, con- | day. when the miners are ready to'One or two airplanes designed espe-|(inijes. quit work several -shots” are made ! clally for Arctic work, possibly with ng George has cabled President | to loosen coal for the next day s three motors each, will be emploved. | coojidge his congratulations and work. One of these shots hit & pockat | May Leave in August. thanks in behalf of his country. and of gas and caused the explosion. | n Comdr. Byrd’s intention, if in rdply President Coolidge hus cabled The mine was of a single slope and ' plans can be formulated in time, 10| that]“the event is but another illus. had 12 entries, six on each side. The leave for Spitzenhergen or Etah 'm'lin of the heroism and gallantry is explosion occurred half way down the Otherwise he would not leave until|which have characterized alike the slope. The mine had been in opera-| August. in which case he would prob. marikers of the ‘United Stajes and tion five vears and was rated non. ably go 1o Etah. spend the Winter ' Great Britain.” seous. there and hop off in the Spring of . oy The slope i< in an isolated part of 1927. S, irnbion Ky v and very hard tol Although the Navy is not to he of tary Wilblissent the congrati rescue work difficult. | ficially connected with the expedition. !, SEREEY LR T80y 8 SRR hours before trained it max (urnish some motors for the & SM™. (4" crews veached the scene. Volunteer,aircraft. 1t will also he required to| 00 W% ohn witson Cochran. Jr.. crews headed hy G. W. Postel. owner | Rive Comdr. Byra leave. as he is at: . canker on the President Roosevelt. of the min:. and Charles Hines, fore- Present on active duty in Washington. | BISFPAE - (2 o die dispatch to the man. went inio the mine and brought It is anticipated that the leave will be | YeSterdiy son. a jacio FEBALCR 10 (00 who were not injured, but | Kranted without obiection. Details as Assoelated Trear dSiCribiiR IS et [1o the personnel of the expedition have | of the, ANUT0GS TAD Dr. Cochran is pastor of the Amers not been made known. WILKINS MAY USE PLANE. | ican Prgsbyterian Church in Paris and = ch 1is a native of Peoria. Tl ) A warm welcome awaits the Presi- Snow Motors Ineflective In Carrying | 4.0 Toopevelt and the Antinoe's sur- Polar Party’s Food. vivors, .to at Queenstown or Ply- FAIRBANKS, Alaska, January 30 mouth lafe today or tomorrow Iying in the darkness and fearing that ' (#).—Abandonment of snow motors p - = they wére entombed. and the use of airplanes to transport KING PRAISES RESCU Hundreds of people visited the mine ' supplies to Point Barrow for the W = during the night, the larger part of Kins transpolar expedition was whom were relatives or friends of the | strongly indicated here today. entombed men, seeking to learn who! A. Malcolm Smith, head of the sup- : a 2 ¢ . ply party twhich left vesterday for L = oo ‘,‘xe»r:h S el g T K‘enapr:'n. was said to be seriously con-' King George of England sent Pres- The disaster was of the same nature Sidering abandoning the snow moturs ident Coolfize o cablegram iodus s was the score or more of such alter a conference with represent-! praising thel officers and crew of the mishaps that have taken a large toll of | atives of the Alaska Road Commis-| American liner President -"OT\'en life in the Alabama coal felds in the sion. The commission recently de-ifor rescuinkiin an Atiantic gale all, ast 25 years. clared the machines a failure after a ' hands of the British freighter An-| 58-mile test here. | tinoe and expressingz regret that two THREE KILLED IN MINE BLAST.| It was pointed out that snow in|of the rescuips force lost their lives S It was several Many Tales of Horror Told. Many stories of horror were told by those who were rescued. Some told of relatives and friends who were Killed | as they stood by thelr sides, while sheets of flame swept through the slope and entries. Others told of President Replies to Message on Sav- ing of Antinoe Crew. northern Alaska, which is very dry,: In reply. the President cabled that | !does not give the motors traction, “the event is blit another illustration | Thirty-Three Escape Alive From Colo- | The machines would also be exposed of the heroisty'and gallantry which | !to gravel, ice and overflows, | have characterized alike the mariners rado Shaft. At Anchorage vesterday it was re-|of the United' States and y ‘olo., Ja - 3 ported that Leonard Sepralla, thrice Britain.” | _ B bl e Ny e victor In Alaskan dox derbles and hero; In hix message the King said: “The ar Ca “oal C < north. Of the mush to Nome last Winter with! news of the herpism displayed by the 5::: L;“:::‘ekts:fi v z:-l.'rre:;m'::w“""mxl" _to fight the diphtheria officers and crew of the lil‘raldfi:‘l‘; Lhe lives of three men. but 33 miners | epidemic. is expected to join the Wil-| Roosevelt in respuing. under atich, escaped. kins expedition. | terrible conditions, all hands of the The survivors, however, all |~ Seppalla would assist Smith haul| Antinoe has deeplt move me. In ex burned and seared, five seriously.|SUPPlies to Point Barrow, the starting | pressing my thank(ulness and ndmh-rl Most of their clothing was burned off, . Point of the flight toward the pole. ation for this splendid example n, A gas pocket is helieved to have | Whether either snow motors or air-| skill and gallantry. T know that T| catised. the éxplosion [ planes are used, it is sald that Smith | Iy voicing, the feeling of all i | would need at least two dog teams to | hearts. At the same time we 7 |use in freighting. Seppalla was en| grieve for the Ipss of those who | route to Nenana from Nome with one | nobly sacrificed tHeit lives and would | |team. the reports said. ask you. Mr. President, to assure tha | i | bereaved familie§ of my heartfelt | ROCKEFELLER AID GIVEN. vmipathy.” " President Coolidge's reply follows: | “I have been giatified to receive { your majesty's gragious message of appreciation of the frescue of the en- |tire crew of the \British steamer | Antinoe by the American steamer | President Roosevelt| and the fam- [ flies of those who lost their lives in { this humanitarian effort shall he ap- | > rised of vour genefous expression | who other than Lieut. Comdr. Byrd | PHSCC O FUU0T BRyoU0 TEPie bml will comprise the personnel. or when | 20 COTAGUUIE (L RENETERY O jthe expedition plans to start were not | 28" nory Which hyve character: BREN | ized ‘alike the marinersiof the United : States and Great Britan and, while ré&retting the occasion\ therefore, I vejoice that American \sailors have been able to help tho% of Great Go A-Motoring With The Sunday Star | Tomorrow's edition of The ' | H zg s NEW YORK, January 30 (#).—Of- fictals at the office of John D. Rocke- feller, jr., today confirmed the Wash- ington “report that Mr. Rockefeller had contributed toward financing an \independent American air expedition {to explore the Arctic regions. Details of the proposed enterprise Star will bring the big spe- i clal bile number of the automo- section, which should | not he overlooked by any one interested in motors and motorinz. The Star's make an fideal companion for a visit to the automo- bile show and will further establish The Star’s motor | departrhent as the great ! | special will Envoy‘lr Sister-in-Law Drowned. LONDON. January 30 P).—Mrs. Howard, wife of obert Mowbray b3 lnformative and Halptu), | Howard, brother of Sir Esme Howard, SR el | the British Ambassador to the United orging anci entoEta Ny | States, was found drowned yesterday = uauat Gpariay Weer prod. in a pond near her home, in the neigh- Mok, : borhood of Gulltordi” ke ’ Mrs. Howard was between 60 an Don’t M&’ It! years old. It is sald that for some time she had suffered from neuras- _henia. ! leader in its field. The Star’s auto section tomorrew will be found to Britain.” , \ Students Resume Prolests. ROME, January 30 UP)—\The stu- dents’ parades the demenstrations nst the anki-Italian movement in Upper>Adigd contin- | [ in protest a ued today. despile the yigoi inter- vention of the police. n | cotton broker, | Members of sponsible for O'Neale's llness. i conference will be thrashed out. i eral R P YOUTH DEAD IN HOME; HIS COMPANION MAY DIE o uh Tragedy Believed Due to Poisoning | From Something They Ate | or Drank. | By the Assoclated Press | PARTANBURG. S C.. January 30.—Joe B. McGee, 22 vears old. son of H. Frank McGee. prominent merchant of this city, is dead, and Charles L. O'Neale, J; son of a well known is believed to be in a dving condition. They were found in McGee's home the McGee family said or heart failure caused | that poisoninz - something caten or drunk was re- oung McGee's death and | Physicians refused to muke a statement . Mr. and Mrs. McGee are in New <. Shortly after 9 o'clock Mr. eale received a call from his son. who said. “Joe is dead and I will be dead before vou get here.” McGee was dead and O'Neale unconsclous when relatives found them. I am satisfied that th foul piay, and no inquest will be | held.” was Sheriff Sam K. Miller's only comment. | | e was no | COOLIDGE TONAVE. PARLEYUNVT SOON Discusses Arms Limitatiun‘ Conference at Breakfast at White House. | BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Coolidge has virtually made up his mind as to the personnel of the commission to represent the United States at the preliminary arms limitations conference to be held in| Geneva next month under the auspices | of the League of Nations. The im- pression was gained at the White House at noon that announcement of theke American representatives will be made” shortly. This was learned following a break- fast conference the President had at the White House this morning and a later conference with Senator Borah of Idaho. chairman of the Senate foreign. relations committee, who w: unable to be one of the small com pany at the White House breakfast. Those at the latter were Senator Cur tis of Kansas. Republican leader of the Senate: Senator Robinson of Arkansas. Democratic leader of the Senate, and Senator Swanson of Vir- Zinia, ranking Democrat on the Sen ate foreign relations committee. The White House announced after- ard that these Senators were in- vited hy the President to discuss with him the personnel of the American ' delezation to Geneva and other details ! concerning America’s participation in this international conference when plans for the actual arms limitation Borah Won't Go. Senator Borah after his individual conference with the President stated | emphatically that he is not to be one | of the American commission. He said | he did not expect any member of the i enate hody will be in this delega- . He went on to explain that | there is a likelihood of the conference consuming considerable time, probably | three or four months, and he doubted if any member of the Senate t‘nredi to stay away that long. i Senator Rorah said he thought the President had about decided upon those whom he will name. He did not care to give any intimation as to their names. K In official circles today the im- pression was that the major members of the commission will include Joseph C. Grew, Undersecretary of State, who was formerly Minister to Switzerland: Ambassador Houghton, to German and Ambassador Gibson, to gwitzer-| land. | There are some who have been fol lowing this’ matter very closely w are of the opinion that the Presi den* might add one or two members | to the delegation of the type sug- gested by Elihu Root, former Secre- tary of State, and Col. E. M. House. former intimate friend of Woodrow ‘Wilson. Besides these there will be a number of technical experts who will be designated by the President. These latter will be selected from among the Army and Navy officers now serving as attaches to the sev- | embassies and legations In Europe. ‘The conference held by the President today to get the opinions of the lead- ers of both parties in the Senate as { | Charles TONANE | the hard coal | was picked up by the British COAL CONFERENCE STUBIES 2 PLAN Little Hope of Success Seen | in Today’s Meeting—Neither Side Will Yield. By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, Two coal strike settlement dressed up in new clothe: fore the joint conference of anthra- cite miners and operators today. Each side offered a plan vesterday, but as important sections proposition have been voted down at Januvary plans previous conferences, little hope for a | settlement was seen, especially as it is known that neither side is 10 recede on the question of arbitra- tion, which the yniners oppose. The operators again proposed that . Hughfs appoint three per- 1o settle dendlocked fssues. The miners suggeste that Mr. Hughe: Secretary of Latior Davis and Go Pinchot act as a) fact-finding com- mission. These fpropositions discarded in New ‘tnrk after lengthy debate. i\ Neither side woul§ comment on the report made to Presjdent Coolidge by Secretary of Labor Ipavis that he was hopeful of a settlement during the present negotiations.i of Labor has two obyervers here. It seemed likely todpy that delibera- tions would continue inext week. The ! miners declare they lare unalterabl apposed to arbitration. and the oper- ators are insistent thit any new con- | tract must have an ‘arbitration ar- rangement to assure permanent peace in the industr In the opinion of Dr. Edward S. Mead. professor of fidance in the Wharton School of the T'niversity of Pennsylvania, joint owinership and co-operative managememt of the mines is the only plan that will save industry \from self- ruination. Expressing the\opinion in an address vesterday he paid there was reason tn believe tha| the limit of price advance on anthyacite had been reached. H . i MYSTERY SOS IS HEARD BY STATION IN BRITAIN Unknown Steamer Repoyted in Distress—Lloyds Vesse| on Way to Rescue. l 1 By the Associated Press 1 LONDON. January 30.—wnother mystery SOS call was rece|ved by Lloyds’ station at Lands En§ today from an unknown steamer. ‘the call teamer Meriones. hound from Shanghai London. and gives the positio steamer in distress as northfwest of Cape Ortegal on the northern jextrem- ity of the Spanish Penin*u!‘t. The message said the vessel had brijken her main shaft and required towing. The Meriones said the BritisH steam- er ‘Aristo, from Bombay for thp Tee: . had reported passing the positijn men- tioned without observing any | vessel. The Meriones is nearing the \'I(linily. GIVES BALTIMORE R\\QP. Mrs. Van me s.yQ City |Needs Hundred Policewomen.} Speclal Dispatch to The Star, | BALTIMORH, January 30.—{What this city needs most of all jis 100 policewomen,” declared Mrs.! Mina Van Winkle, chief of the wpmen's division of the Metropolitan Polfice De- partment of Washington. in gn ad dress here Wednesday befole the Ladies' Auxiliary. of the Rotary Cluh. “They should form an indeppndent bureau of the department, resi to the police commissioner rag to the captain of detectives, ' whom they now report. I think it\ should be under the Civil Service afd thus| kept free of politics.” DEFY BOXER PROTOCIOL. Chinese Guns Threaten Stehmers Entering Taku After Dajk. TIENTSIN, China, January i forts and threaten to fire onl an. steamers entering the river after Jdark. As a result pilots are not proceeding outside the bar to meet steamefs ar- riving by the night tide. Tientsin is now cut off by railj from Pukow and Shankaikwan and Ppking | Sntyeen =0 & 1f {river is gut off' from Hankow. well as the ranking members of the foreign relations committee followed " {Continued.on Page %, Column 1) coggmunication remains inter; dny ih cloug. s . were be- | of each! ready | were | The Department | for | of the nsible | r than | w. | —Chinese troops, defying the [Boxer | protocol, have mounted guns on{Taku | pted the mi~ht. communicatiory with | s | l | service. Yesterday's » (P) Means Associated 'Tropical Winter | Is Registered by | Canada l Alberta, the Assoctated Press CALGARY, Albert: -—~While eastern Canu shivering under temperatures fas below zero and the west coast of the continent has just heen swept by a severe storm, Alberta has been basking in weather of the tropic varfety for practically the whole Winter. Golf and tennis have heen plaved all during the segson with only brief interruptions, VANCOUVER, Janua B: British Columbia. | the first time | in the history orthern British | Columbia and Southern Alask ] snow is being hauled to cover roads. ) | WOMAN MAY SOLVE - SPOISON DEATHS | Mother of Four Children Still' Alive—Autopsy Begun to Clear Mystery. a By the Associated Press. | CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 30.— | Police today were depending on au- | topsies, analyses and probable st | ments by told, to clear the mystery surrounding !the death of her husband and four|miles across the of their six children. Arthur Fulvi. 33, a machinist, Ihis children, James, 14: Rudy i Mary, 8, and Dorothy, 6. were found and |dead in their home here late yester-|ving for a short distance at |day. They probably had been dead 12 | hours or more. were taken to hospitals in a serious condition. Crimina! Poisoning Seen. Pending further investigation, Po- iice Lieut. Harley H. Moffitt report- ed the case officially as “sudden death from poison. probably admin- istered with criminal intent.” Detec- tives said the poisoning might be the i result of a family quarrel. Ham- analysis, while Coroner A. P. ! the mond conducted autopsies over bodies. ried by detectives in a bottle turned to a murky gray color, and the corl was stained and discolored as by some powerful caustic. After advancing and _discounting i numerous theories. including murder, suicide and accidental death by asphyxiation. authorities awaited the recovery of Mrs. Fulvi for question- ing. A policeman placed on guard i over her was instructed to permit no one to see her until she recovered enough to remember what happened. Ope Child Unharmed. A theary that the family was a vie- tim of food and homemade wine and beer served at a dinner party in the , Fulvi home Thursday night was dis- counted when investigation revealed that another child. Victor Fulvi, 13, and eight guests suffered no i1l effects from the food and drink. After the meal, Victor returned to the home of his grandmother. with whom he lived. ! Only those who slept in the Fulvi home were affected. A suggestion of carbon monoxide. created by a furnace burning at full Dlast, was the cause. was declared hy | City 'Health Commissioner Harry L. | Rockwood to be unjikely. A cherry |red coloring produced by that poison- ‘ing was lacking in the bodies, he said, land had carbon monoxide been the {cause, the mother and baby would | not_have escaped. Burns and blisters found on the mouth and tongue of Dorothy were | not noticeable in the case of the other ! victims. Dr. Rockwood said the burn: «nd blisters might have been mistake: for dried fruit juices. NEW DRY SQUADRON FORMED BY ANDREWS First Step in Advance of Recent Reorganization Announced by Official. | The Treasury Department took it first major step in advance of the re. | cent reorganization of the Nation into 22 districts for enforcement of prohi bition when decision was made to or- ganize “an independent ‘alcohol squad | to operate without regard to prohibi- tion district lines.” This was announced today hy As- sistant Secretary of the Treasury An- drews, the prohibition field marshal. following inquiries as to changes of i personnel in the New York and Penn i sylvania districts. ‘The first step in the organization of this squad, Gen. Andrews sald. was the formation of such an organization | under John A. Foster. prohibition ad- ministrator in New York. Mr. Fos- ter's squad, it was announced. will | operate in the New York and Penn- sylvania districts. The exact purpose of such a squad | was explained by Gen. Andrews to se- | cure “‘evidence of law violations con- nected with the diversion of alcohol into illegitimate channels.” o (o FIND DISMEMBERED BODY. | Tennessee Officers Unable to Iden- ! tity Vietim. | DECATUR. Tenn.. January 30 (@) ! _With the theory that an unidentt | fied woman whose dismembered body ! was found scattered on a farm near ! here yesterday was in some way con- nected with a recent roadway con- | struction camp. officers continued to- | ! day their efforts to solve the mystery i surpounding the grewsome find. A coroner’s jury vesterday failed to,find a clew as to how the body of the, woman came to be placed near a barn on the farm of John Isom. No one has been reported missing from the vicinity and identification was impossible because of advanced de- composition. The woman's hair had been bobbed and her teeth indicated her age was 30 years. Radio Progrnms—Pagg 34 | the Spar. Mre. Vera Fulvi, 33 vears| 10: Food and liquor found in the home i {onher Columbugs | were turned over to city chemists for | Dregs from coffee cups €ar-| pably Rada. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Circulation, 103,452 TWO CENTS. FRANCO HOPS OFF ON 1.712-MILE SEA FLIGHT TO BRAZIL Press. i Spaniard Leaves Cape Verde Islands on Route of Columbus, TAKES TWO COMPANIONS ON HAZARDOUS VENTURE Expects to Reach Pernambuco in 16 Hours—War Vessels Patrol Way. BY the Associated Press MADRID, January 30.—A wire- less message received by the ministry of marine this afternoon said that Comdr. Franco's sea- plane established wireless com- munication with Pernambuco at 3 o'clock. Greenwich time. Br the Asscciated Press PORTO PRAYA. Cape Verdi Islands, January 30.—Comdr. Ramon Franco, <h aviator, hopped off today in the seaplane Plus Ultra, g third leg of his attempted flight from Spain to South America. His destina- tion is Pernambuco, Brazil, 1,712 tlantic. The start wils made at 6:10 o'clock this morning. The Spanish cruiser Blas de Lezo towed the seaplane to a2 good spot in the bay from which to rise, and after high rate of speed the aerial craft rose grace- fully and Franco pointed its nose to- Mrs. Fulvi and her 3-vear-old baby | ward South America amid the plaudits of the spectators afloat and on shore. Al day yesterday mechanicians were busily engaged in putting the hiz machine in the best of order for | the transatlantic flight. Confident of Success. Prior 1o leaving here Franco and Fis assistants were filled with confi- dence that the Plus Ultra would nego- tiate the overseas vovage and dupli- cate through the air the feat of Chris- n linking up Spain with the Americas. Particularly optimistic was the youngz mechanic of the Plus Ultra, He pointed out the ease the seaplane had flown he 817 miles from Palos, Spain, to ithe Canary Islands und from the Canaries 1o the Cape Verdes, a dis- ance of 1,056 miles. The motors of he plane had functioned perfectly on these two jumps. he said, and there Was no reason why they should not perform their duties as well in cross- 'inz the ocean. Expects 18Heour Flight. Comdr. Franco hopes to make the journey in around 16 hours, fiving a {little more than 100 miles an hour. On board the aircraft is a plentifui supply of gasoline and food stuffs for | the crew during the flight. If neces- sary to come down during the trip the ommander will steer for Fernando do | Norondha, which lies 1,432 miles out {from the Cape Verdes and 279 miles [ off the Brazillan c | S Spanish war vessels will | patrol the ocean between Porto Praya and South America to give aid to the fivers if necessary. King Alfonso vesterday sent a message to Comdr. Franco and his companions, wishing them success in their venture and ex- | pressing the hope that the future | stages of their journey. which is to take them to Buenos Aires, Argentina | and poesibly thence northward to New | York, wouid be as brilliant as those | already covered. { Two men accompanied Franco for the hop across the Atlantic. Five | men started the flizht from Palos and two were left behind after the first eg to make room for fuel and ofl. The Plus Ultra is a special Dorner- Wal, built in Italy, and weighs 3 tons. It is driven by two motors, each of 500 horsepower, and has fuel capacity sufficient to permit an unin- |terrupted flight of 1988 miles at u cruising speed of 127 miles an hour. | Three men were on board when the |plane rose at Porto Prava today for the flight to Brazil—Comdr. Ramon Franco. Capt. Ruiz de Alon. his relief and Pablo Rada, the mecha- with which | TORRENTIAL RAINS TIE UP | MIAMI TELEPHONE LINES | Stretts Flooded as 6.49 Inches | Precipitation Is Recorded at | Florida Winter Resort. By the Associated Press | MIAMI Fla, January 30.—Ter- rential rains last night for a time flood- led the streets and badly interfered with light transmission lines. Water -aused trouble in telephone loops for iseveral hours, but telegraph commu- nication remained intact. The rainfall was general over most of the southern portion of the Florida ipeninsula, Tampa reporting showers. The sun was shining here early to- | day. In 12 hours. ending at 6 a.m. today. $.49 inches of rain fell, the heaviest downpour coming between midnight and dawn. Last November the streets ! were* flooded for two days following more than 12 inches rainfall within {about the same period of time as last "nlghl‘s. | e {ALLEN SEES DRY LAW AS POLITICAL FAILURE Former Governor of Kansas Says Democratic Cdhgress Would Be “Mildly Wet.” !By the Associated Press. BOSTON, January 30.—The Vol- ! stead law was described s a “poten- tal failure” by former Gov. Henry J. | Allen of Kansas in an address before the Kansas Society of Massachy- setts last night He wafned against a complete collapse of thé iaw should Congress pass under Democratic con- trol. Such control, he said, would make thut body “mildly wet,” s Mr. Allen said the country | tude on the liquor question ic.rmn, and that the prohibi| could be worked out succes: supported by public opinion.