Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1926, Page 2

DRASTIC DRY LAW OF 1657 T0 BE USED Measure Exceeds Volstead Act—Provides for Seizure of Land of Moonshiner. By the CHICA €1d reven Ascociated Press Y. April o law, more i the Volstead act, has been resur ed by district prohibition authoritics | for future onslaughts nst the ! industry in linois- w in area the old law upon which me the Indiana Under passed property licit has been done and all the the illegal manufacture ired forfeited the ment provides th: over nshine ix con- | veved provided IH: 1 transier | orgotten | »ushine in T aistili equipment | t be rn ¢ ean Gov t e to It Tand | whic may cven tai the e tosted nendi chibition lowley b lons in the prose- wild-cat d Administra inform atute will 1tic 11 illery N tor B Chicag 1 Exceeds Volstead Act. | Mr. Yellowley's plans lard and paraphernalia | ing will_soon go_ uiier | hammer of 1 United | hal. Under the Volsteid wetions have been con ki mwachiner ndustry hus been the law in hay in the il 1 sale of liquor Quz up by E. H o M Yellowley ushing the moon ourished in the | following the | i | | mate- used | ) i lize, booze mak he | fined to the nd booze-r i a veur Volstead te used the 1 est extent dli he revived vd. legal credited w dustry onstruction Civil War. Section Revenue cited by from tences of per Text of Old Statute. reads in part as follows distilled spi of wines 1 property found the | any building. room. vard | connected therewith, and | or constitutinz a part of the | rd all the right, title and such gerson in the lot or land on which such distillery i situated, and all right, title and in therein of any person who has 1 or permitted the business of distilier to be there carried on. or has connived at the san 1 personal property owned by or in possession of ¥ person, any buildinz, vard or in losure or any part thereof to be used for purposes of ingress or egress to « from any distillery * * * shall be forfeited to the United States. CANADA’S FAILURE IN PROHIBITION LAID BEFORE INQUIRERS Iviser th which days 3281 Act of of e ["nited States is the statute . Loyd. It provMes fine $1.000 to $5,000 and prison | from six months to two ng a wildeat still The law And person £ in and distillery inelosu | terest | suffer | (Continued from First Page) | iquor”™ The referendum sub- | mitted to the people and overwhelm- | ingly adopted. he explained. « | In 1914, Mr. Russell declared, Win nipes voted for prohibition by a 10,000 | majority, nd in 14 it voted against | prohibition by a 23,000 majority. “And | the last vote in 1ded women, mothersy and sisters, 70 per cent of whom voted against prohibition to save their famil The act came into force, and every one worth while in the prov- | nce is satisfied. The only ones not | satisfied are the irreconcilable fanatic H[ v prohibit In 1525 the convic tions for stills did not average one a month. There is no output for the product.” Sadoon Noi Restored. saloon been Harreld of Oklahoma eplied the witness. “The sold through government oners: the first vear's profit 3.000,000, The young people have ome 1o thel The parents are the most grateful peeple ih the world The class who were being ruined by B O. L. parties (bring vou quor) are back to normal. Crime creased astonishingly. It of e vevenue from the liquor o nment and half the province. The municipaltiies now get the profits that the bootlegger got Senator Goff of West Virginia, who has been absent for several davs from the committee meeting, asked the wit- ness if the decrease in crime was not attributable to the fact that what w once illegal is now legal. Mr. Russell | inswered that his reference to de-| crease in crime had nothing to do with prohibition dispose them summa was the restored. Has asked S iquor is commis: H; zoes to as we Drinking Under Cov did the lignor produce this erin law ked na “Why tor Goff. ‘Because Dresent the drinking produced or and wild b Goff 1s under | people ne blocks were | nizht.’ the s, sent T s every thouzht to the witnes out, crazy filled with Senutor waves were prehibition were not unreasonable in Ci 100k crime | v and not | said they nada and | his into conswderation, but atter conditions should have | When vou did stop | conditions “got better?” | v Reed of Missouri. | replied the witness, 4Did vou take into consideration European crime waves?” asked | Senator Goff *No, we had enough | In our province. But, Enzland | today the sober and law abjdinz nation in the world. “Fif:y per cent of ker jails have Leen closed, and are considerinz usinz them for 1t houses.” Asiis for Elaboratio Senator Walsh wanted more elabor tion on the “summary proceedin with which prohibition cases were dealt with. Mr issell ~ explained there was no jury trial; that the first pnse for bootle; was a fine of nd coxis 1l sentences offenses. I answer o a ques m Ly the Montana Senator the wit- negs declared his people did not think thé Anglo-Saxon rights of a trial by had been denied them. the law went inio effect the chase of beer and wine had been atly increased as. opposed to hard liquor. Al hard liquor is purchased Ly 40 per cent of the American visitors. There is a larze tourist trade nd special rains are run from Wis- consin and Minnesota every week end. We haven't got rid of all'the evils of prohibition yet, as there are still illicit sales in blind pigs, or what you call speakeasics. In two and one-half years we have not been able to get rid of all of them. But all the liquor they sell is good and it is not the stuff it used to be. That's the only remaining evil. Mr. Russell said the western prov- inces of Saskatchewan and Alberta had the same experience aus Manitoba regarding prohibition, and they now have laws similar to the latter prov- ince, with the exception that heer and wine is sold in public. The illicit traf. fic In_those provinces has decreased over 80 per-cent in the present ycar 4 w lLetter the to look after | they teneny | nesses { old and be re | smugglin | “the one big probleth in my + view | while L ostracized |of | of wome.n drinking in public. { cock as comparad with 1924, according to reports of the Royal Canadian Mount ed Police. Favors Témperance Laws. “Ours is the best temperance legis lation ever introduced.” declared Mr. Russell, “not_total abstinence, but temperance. , We have found that as long s human nature exists there will be a demand for alcoholic lquor A a beverage, and as long as the rule of fermentation lasts, you can zet it. e have accomplished won- derful advances. The other two provinees have public drinking, but we have no bars. However, I think there will be a modification of the law to permit drinking of wine and eel ¢ Senators Walsh, Reed, Goff and Harreld questioned the witness at reat length on provisions of the gov- rumentcontrolled liquor law and evidenced more interest in Mr. Rus testimony than had been pre- viously exhibited toward other wit They requested coples of asked for statistics and the o the Moderation League, Mr. Russell filed with the sed’s the law report which recorgd In substance the 1l describe 1y liquor of permits—tor law, as Mr, 1ire Rus. permits e classe: permanent resident for one vear, 1 a single purchase by tou s or siy ses, 50 cents, and for a visitor who hus been in the province at least w month, $1 residence is listed on the permit, and n the case of wines and hard liguor it_is delivered to the address at one price throughout the province. is obtained direct frm the breweries in the sume manner. In order to ob- tain a permit one musi | 21 years -ommended s 4 reputa- ble citizen of good character “Is there a limit on the purchase? usked Senator- Reed ‘Yes, vou can't buy move than one case of hard liquor a week,” respond- ed N Russell nd the committee room was thrown in great commotion “Two cuses of beer per week is the limit, also.” Mr. Russell added Exports Are Barred. wernment commission finds King ton many pur- tusseli said, he is culled dked to in an effort to prevent overindulzence. The Lo prohibits re sale of the withdrawn liguor, An -efficient system of Government checkins exists with the ries breweries and permits Russell added. and he asserted thut no liquor nay be transported on Canadian rail ways unless consigned to the state. Senator Walsh wanted to know how % into the United States brevented. adding that it is State.” there is the leg; the best admitted, wanted to could by dist Mr. could be Mr. Rus penalty acqnired method however, break the el replied again liquor, now in that it law he that resale of d this rce. He person no doubt is fo { obtaining throuzh relatives or friends | in larke amounts and run it over the horder The Manitoba luw pro- Ribits export of liqu Ouly ¥ i William Stavert declared Quebec law. which in 1921 created a liquor commission, “in the opinion of Sl Dy the best citizens has been a success.” | e Quebec’s | other provinces shi he said. having adopted similar laws and a fifth is considering it. This will leave oniy three provinees in the dry column, Sir William explained, rdding that as much alcoholic liquor being consumed in the dry prov nees as in the wet. As a rosult of the law, he continued, there has been less indulgence in the Wwet provinces. “Our conclusion was,” he declared, “it was better to remove the traflic in liquor from the ha bootlegzers and put it in the of the government. Dry laws bring about a diminishing of consump- tion Alcobhol is a poison, but acts of Parliament fail to stop its use. If the people insist on contributing money for liguor, it iy better for the gountry to have 't than the hootleszer. “Quebec has finished the bootlegger and added millions of dollars to the treasury. Beer and wines are permit- ted to be sold in public, bhut the law restricts strong liquors and controls the shipments of alcoholic beverages. Our people will not buy from hootleg gers now, as the commission sells as cheaply and further puts a seal on it, the articles of the bootlegger are in doubt. The bootlegger contin- ues to exist in the dry provinces. Says Drinkers Made “Hero Mr. Sullivan., explaining that his E e federation is the largest single unit in the American labor movement, declared ever since the Volstead act became effective it has been the con tinuous subject of discussion and “is becoming more acute.” He told of the unanimous stands taken at every con- vention since the law was enacted, asking for modification in the form of light wines and beer. our opinion that nothing has nspired that has set hack temperance more than the amendment and the Vol Stz e eizhteenth stead act ‘I have things. that if they were seen in the public the peonle would be dumbfounded. Tn my nosition 1 am invited to many social ings and 1 have never seen one that could be called dry. They have the most peculiar concoctions ever seen. Organized lahor of New York and the United States are in favor of temperance as much as any cther in the country. 1f ppear at onme of our = Defore prohibition under the influence of liquor he would bLe Now he ix a hero. The sed around during the something which wax before. ask s meeting, wever done Cites Girls’ Drinking. what nk- also pointed to large increase in dr Nr. Sullivan he declared a i ing among voung girls and Hlustrated he had in a recently. e upon three men in a this with an large said young the men's smoking flask among them The witness declared in Madison's dministration the people developed a ‘ing for alcoholic liquor, resulting in a_commission being sent to Europe to study the question. The I'resident ent o special message to Congress wsking that German capital be invited to come to America on land given free charge to encourage temperance. The witness and the committee ot into a little discussion on the question Mr. Sul- 1 prac- experience New York hotel he accidently came girls and three voung room passing livan declared it was a gener tice now. whe before prohibition it was not. tor Walsh said that hefore prohibition, in u Washington | hotel, his daughter pointed vut (o him women who adls in the dining room,” hard tiquor in seved The | Beer | the | Father- | et | THE EVENING STAR. STECK-BROOKHART - VOTEDUE MONDAY Date Finally Set After Week of Floor Debate on Com- mittee Report. | | By the Associated Press. After devoting days of de- bate to the question, the Senate will o'clock Monday to decide Senator Brookhart, Repub- shall he un- Stec the 1924 seven | | vote at whether lican insurgent, of Iowa ated W favor of Dan Democrutic opponent in his election. Taking cognizance of rumors that President Coolidge’s influence v being exerted in favor of Steck, the : | White House meanwhile has added authoritative denial to those al- | rveady made Senator Butler of | sachusetts, chairman of the Re- n natio committee, and| Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Re- | publican floor leader. The Presi- dents position, as set forth at the | White House, is that he has no au thority In such matters, the Senate being the sole Judge of its member- ship under the Constitution. The debate for and ugaiast ap- | proval of the recommend tion of tie elections commitiee Senntoc roukhart be unseated and that Steck be declared winner of the elec- don - has given no indication of a |let-up since it hegan Monday, and | the agreement setting a time for the vote was not reached untll ‘ate yi | terday. ieaders on hoth sides have | conceded that, from present indica tions, 1he result will he close | N | | an to by li8 women antedates prohibition.” Sen: tor Walsh added that he deplored drinking then as he doex now | Mr. Sulivan declared he seldom saw | irls drinkinz In the open before pro | hibition, and Senator Walsh admgted | this was “vo rare then that my duugh. | ter called my attention to It | Declares Bottle Is Passed. Senator Reed emphasized ithat hard liquor was served in public and drunk by women ut very elaborate bhanguets. but now the general policy is to pass the hottle around. Mr. Sullivan said he ered it an offens beer, and that never consid to drink a glass wople who did not drink before prohibition do so now be. couxe they believe the law is a ul enfringement on their liberty. They don't commit larceny be cause there is a law against it,” in ed Senator Goff. witness replied k State Senator in the pres ence of a president of the W. . T. T whom he said was in the committe room today. declare that when a man is arrested for violating the prohibi tion law the policeman is a wiolator, the district attorney is a violator and the judge who sentences him is a vio !ator of the law." Still Want Hard Liquor Toward the close of the testimon; of Sir. Wilbam Stavert, members of the committee endeavored to show | from his testimony that although cer- | | tain Canadian provinces have per- ! | mitted beer and wine, it has not vet removed the demand for hard liquc evidénced by the Quebec plan under | which strong intoxicants are | by the governmental agencie: bringing out this point, Se | reld of Oklahoma, asked “What right would we have then to expect tnat if we permitted heer nd wine in this country the people would be satistied?” Sir. Wilham replied that if this country had the system of control un der the conditions under which the problem ix now being handled in Que- bec he would answer “yes" to Sena- tor Harreld's question. This caused Senator Walsh of Mon- tana to reiterate the question, “but | vou have had liquor in Quebec also?” | The witness explained that -he | stronger drink is handled through a government commission. eeking to sum up the views of the Canadian official, Senator Reed of Missouri. who favors modification, put this question: Believes Method Successful. W, to get hard liquor, instead of getling it from the distillery as previously, you have government con. | trol and the people go 10 these go ernmental agenciex. Now, adding to- gether the beer and light’ wine, with government agencies handling other liquor, what has been the result?” “We think it has been entirely successful,” Sir Willlam replied. He added that he believed it had reduced the demand for hard liquor and en- couraged the use of beer and light wine. Senator Goff of West Virginia asked the witness if he thought that heer or wine would satisfy a man who | | The he h | New v | | } William ~ answered that | thought it did, and explained | the beer in Quebec is not as English beer, Pressing his point. Senator Goff asked if a man who wanted to hecome intoxicated ‘would not do so on heer jand wine if he was unable to get strong liquor. Doubts Deliberate Intoxication. Sir William answered that if a man undertook to do that he would be doing a thing distasteful “Do you think taste would stop a man who wanted to become intox cated?"” 5 The witness expressed the belief that the effort to hecome intoxicated on feer and wine would have an effect on a man's stomach, and added his belief that a man would not deliber- ately overload his stomach for the sake of getting drunk. This led to 4 somewhat humorous interchange between members of the committee as to whether a person | ever deliberately sets out drinking with the thought of becoming intoxi- cated. Just before adjournment, Matthew Woll, another representative of o ganized labor, filed a petition con- demning the condition, which he said had been produced by prohibition and declured that it is cluss legislation, He sadd - tempe ng prog alonz that line when prohibition was he that as strong | By the Associated Prees. BUFFALO, Y., April 10.—Eleven- vear-old Robert Shaw Harvey of Ba- cia left for -home last night after spending three days alone in a great city.- And hig dad, Dr. Homer A. Har- v is proud of him. % Bob's visit, unlike most boys’ trips alone to big cities, was father's idea of a self-reliant test. The boy passed the test 100 per cent. He saw nearly everything in Buffalo worth seeing where they would let a little boy in, and he is happy. “Say, can 1 get a room here?” asked @ small boy at the desk of the Y. M. C. A. Tuesday afternoon ? The tonished clerk ecould not oblize, but he took him next door ‘te the men's hotel, where lodsing was ol tained. Harvey watched this process from a_distance and then left for Batavia. Since then Robert has seen almost every point of interest in the city. He went through the Al. bright Art Gallery, the Delaware Park Zoo, the new city pumping station, the historical sociéty building, and several manufacturing and mercantile estab- lishments. He tried to_go through the big steel plants at Lackawanna, but they wouldn't let such a Ilittle codger in alone. He crossed to Can- ada via the Fort Erie ferry, and he took @ look at the tity from the high- est skyscraper. Robert had no acquaintances in Buf- falo to help him and was armed only with travelers’ checks, a map of the jei and a letter from his father ask- ing persons from whom he inquired to give him any desired information, {lateness of the hour elin | Representative { recommendation. WAS ALWAYS A PRETTY SIGHT IN WASHINGTON Rainbow Foui near Li BARRAGE SWAMPS | BUTLER AR BILL Vote Postponed to Monday as Amendments to Pro- gram Pour In. A barfage of amendments to the Butler bill for a five-vear naval avia tion development program yvesterday | forced thé vote on the bill to go over to Monday. With the exception of minor com- | mittee amendrents, all attempts at | major changes in the measure as re ported to the House failed, and it weat | until Monday only because of the and the possible of two roll calls to ina ov necessity wuorum. Attempts to alter the measure were xed n the clo of the session | with an amendment by Representative | LaGuardia to provide for a unified air | service under the command of William Mitchell, former assistant chief of the Army Air Servic | S0 quickly did opposition to this | amendment develop that it was ruled | out of order hefore the reading clerk | had finished the first sentence | The measure, which would provide for a $83,000000 five-vear program | to provide 1,000 airplanes and two dirigibles, each three times the cubic | capacity of the wrecked Shenandoah, | was assailed on the floor as preclud- | ing any possibility during the five vears of obtaining a unified air service The contention Representative Texas, and was concurred in by Connery, Democrat, Massachuseits, who later withdrew | his opposition after Chalrman Butler of the naval affairs commitice said that it would ald, rather than defeat such unification. Chairman Butler, author of the bill received an ovation which lasted sev- | eral minutes when Representative Vinson, Georgia, the ranking Demo crat, pald him tribute as due first credit for outlining the development program. 4 COMMITTEE STILL HOPES | FOR BID BY HENRY FORD| | | | made by | nton, Democrat, was first ! This Is Last Day for Submitting | Offers to Congress for Muscle Shoals. By the Associated Press. This was the last day for submission of bids to the joint congressional Muscle Shoals committee for its con- sideration in making recommenda- to the Senate and House for of the properties to private | operators for the production of nitrates and power. Eight bids are expected to make up the total the committee will consider, although others may he submitted later under a plan by which they will be submitted to Congress without This arrangement will make it possible for Henry Ford to submit the bid he is understood to have prepared if he decided to do so. MOTHER WINS CHILD. Tiny Actress, Muriel Dana, Given to Parent’s Custody. 1.OS ANGELES, if., April 10 (®).—Muriel Frances Dana, child mo- tion picture actress, was awarded to her mother yesterday when a suit brought by her grandparents, Mr. and Mre. Francis Hall, was dismissed. The court.fight for the small actress tollowed her kidnaping a month ago by her mother, Mrs. Koyis D. Gibson. 1 Today in Congress Senate. The Steck-Brookhart debate con- tinued in the Senate, with Senator Blease of South Carolina contend- ing that the issue of States’ rights is. involved, in that the laws of lowa relating (o the election should be adhered to. The civil service committee con- sidered the bill to put prohibition agents under civil service, but did not reach a conclusion. . The joint committee on the leasing of Muscle Shoals met to go over bids that have been sub- mitted. Further testimony was taken by a joint committee on revision of postal rates. . The commerce committee met to consider a seamen's bill. House. House in recess today. Joint subcommittee of interstate and ways and means committees continues hearing on Mills bill on alien property. Foreign affairs committee con- ducts hearing on miscellaneous measure: Committee on agriculture contin- .ues Rearing on relief measures. Indian affairs committee contin- ues hearing on Frear charges against Commissioner Burke. Public lands committee contin- ues hearing on national parks, HINGTON, D v ATURDAY, ncoin M e of the National APRIL 10, 1926. show places. Church Is Looted; Robbers Fail to Find Corner Stone Special Dispatch to The GRANTSVILLE, Fritz Lutheran miles north of here, Jast night of its altar linens and carpets, all new, The robbers also tried to et at the corner stone with its contents, but got at the wrong corner of the church, which was damaged siderably. A reward has heen of- fered for the culprits, St Md., April 10. Church, a few was robbed cross, alts practically LIFERS LEAD BREAK OF 16 FROM PRISON Guards Overpowered—Men Commandeer Street Car in Dash for Liberty. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE. Tenn, April 10 hroughout this section of Tennessee today 16 night held to fry ate peni- convicts who last suards and made their way dom from the walls of the tentiary. . What arms the convicts, who were led by two life-termers in their daring bolt from prison. carried was doubt- ful. Only one weapon. a pistol, was shown, when W. H €. Dinwiday, guards, were overpow- ered while jocking up the white pris. oners in the east wing The guards were locked in a cell and stood powerless while the prison. ers sawed through heavy bars, dropped to the ground outside and then made their way over the walls. up The convicts then commandeered a | sireet car, which they forced the mo torman to run to West Nashville, where, after relieving the motorman of hix purse and the conductor of hix clothing, they fled into the hilis after taking a small automobile, into which they all crowded. At an early hour this morning none had been recaptured Leaders of the gang were A. H. Martindale, convicted at Chattanooga of murdering his wife, and James Whitsol of Memphis. Others in the gang were serving sentences of from 3 to 30 yvears for crimes from forgery to bankruptey. . Princess Victoria Better. LONDON, April 10 (#).—Princess g sister of King George. has recovered from an attack of renzal pneumonia that her physi- clans have announced they do not consider it necessary to issue fur- ther bulletins on her condition. Tour of Guard Favored. The House foreign affairs committee reported a resolution yesterday to a thorize three National Guard organ zatlons to visit France, England and Belgium next month. The units are the Light Infantry Blues of Rich- mond, Va.; the first and second com- panies of the Governor's Footguard of Connecticut and the Putman Pha- lanx of Hartford, Conn. Congent of Congress is needed be- fore military organizations as such can go abroad. Who- Wi Acceplafice To John Poole, Campaign Chairmen, District of Columbia Memorial Commi Federal-American National Bank. I am willing to make s personal between officers were searching for the | Dodson and W, | ranging | . street and ...... FIGHTERS ISOLAT COSTLY OIL BLAZE Flames in Reservoirs Not Likely to Spread Further. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, April 10 burning Thursday morning the tank farm of the Unlon Oil abont 20 miles south of here, seemed today to have been isolated, thus pre. venting it from adding to the destruc tion which already will mount into the millions. . = oil from three burning 750.000-larrel reservoirs had not ad- vanced av bevond a point reached early in & flow toward a fourth 730.000-barrel underground storage lake. With dykes rrected |around the fourth reservoir and around a nearby pump station, those fighting the fire expressed a belief | that the fire would not spread further. While the successful fight was be- ing made against the blaze at Brea, the even more destructive fire on the s huge tank farm at San po had about run its course. b reservoirs and some 12 or 13 | smaller surface tanks | burned out as the fire, started | lightning Wednesday entered on fourth day. evised estimates last night placed the San Luis Obispo loss of 5,000,000 The fire since co; |s by its | | deliberated 40 {fore returning a verdict of fir i murder against | of his mother, were the fegtures the vonuth's career, as mnH* during fon the night o i | 750,000-barrel o bl were nearly | BOY, 18, MUST DIE IN ELEGTRIC CHAIR | | | Leader of “Cake-eaters’” Gang to Pay for Killing in Spite of His Youth. RN S ated Press iW YORK, April 10. death in the electric ch: Herbert Koerber, old leader of a vouthful he known as the “Cuke A jury In the Queens County Court night b degre Koerber for the slay- ing of Angelo Mahairis, a Jamaica restaurant owner, three weeks ago Drink, bad companions and ni in Harlem negro cabarets, after loosening of home ties afier the de Sentence of e will be im- 18- year- P Ean posed upon aters minutes last the h the trial. Counsel for the dWense ap- | pealed in vain to the jury for leniency hecause of the defendant’s vouthful-| ness and early environment | “They were just a bunch gone wrone, tuking « . sinzing and e generally,” the def describing Koerber and his gang. | ded that he was drunk | when he entered Mahairis' restanrant | the slaying | Mrs. Annie Fitzgibbon, grandmother | Koerber, testified for her grandson He never drank before his mothe th,” she said After h used to stay ot night kn where wirs was janitress of the we lived fter his fath rted the famjly 10 years ago. onr other youths, who were dicfed with Koerber, 1l go to tria shortly None of them is more th 20 years old Koerber will be tenced Monday A shiooting ed early today in a hall on the upper East Side ax the culmination of a benefit affalr to raise | a defense fund for Koerber. The hene. | fit was conducted by the Smilers’ cial Club. Two vouths were arrested for having pistols without permits One had a bullet wound in one arm. SUBURBS WOULD ADVISE WITHD.C. of kids drink raising th nse lawy de he didn’t mother where at he \CITY HEADS TO STUDY SCHOOL FIRE HAZARDS Promise to Co : of Marshal for Correcti Alleged Conditions. | in Liaison on Mutual Problems. | Interlocking and pooling of the eivie interests of Mc Md., and the District be sought at the meeting of the Mont-| gomery County Civie Federation, be held at the Bethesda School M }day night, when an effort will be m: 1to have that body make overtures to the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions of the District of Columbia for | an interchange of membership. This it was declared, is another move in | the development of the metropolitan tgomery County of Columbia will fe | barrels of oll at §7,000,000, but left the | damage 1o equipment still undeter | mined. The Brea fire. also started by lizht- ning, caused, if it spreads no farther, a loss of about $3,000,000. The reser- voirs, a small oil refinery, 70 acres f walnut amtd orunge trees, three ex pensive ranch homes and several | houses on the tank farm were consumed by the flames. MAGNOLIA FIRE HALTED. From 55,000 - Barrel Brought Under Control. LULING, Tex.. April 10 (®.— Flames from the 55,000-barrel oil tank on the Magnolia Petroleum Co. tank | farm here, fired by lightning yester- day, were well under control today after high winds which yesterday { Flames Tank of the 40 tanks in the field had sub- | sided. One hundred and fifty workers labored until late last night fighting the fire. Holes were shot in the tank and crude oil was pumped from the bottom of the reservoir until there was little likelihood of that remain- ing holling over and endangering other parts of the field. DEVICES SAVE $4,00,000. Turnstiles and Multiple Doors on Gotham Subway Effective. NEW YORK, April 10 (®).—Ry hurrying through turnstiles and slip- PINg in_ unison into subway cars a second ahead of doors that close by a multiple unit control system, New Yorkers have saved the Interborough P ransit Co. $4,000, officials said today, S g e The turnstiles which replaced ticket choppers and which hurry a person :’z‘ruughdwh]elher or no saved $1,000,- 0. and the multiple control 900, cand. ple door control Volunteer? . In each Washington block live fam- ilies who were represented in the arm- ed forces of the World War. Within those homes the veterans—or their memories—are forever endeared. To commemorate the service of all from this city in the great conflict n commission created by is Elnnn,fnl whe’"“ in Potomac Park a eautiful white marble tem cost of $200,000. Lo The commission wants responsible persons to canvass each city block for subscriptions to the memorial. Will some one in xuur family group do this, in honor of the one whose service is to be immortalized in stone? If so, fill out the form below. of Service, ion Fund, canvass of ..... (Please be exact so as to avoid duplication.) Name Addre: Note—Mr. Poole will send full instructions and all necessary forms as soon| ment's record as assignments can be determined. property | | threatened to spread the fire to others | district of Washington, and from an | improvement ndpoint to consider | the two communities as a whole | The matter came up last nicht the meeting of the Battery Park (i | zens' Association, when it was su | gested that since their intarests we | mutual each body should be represent ed in the other. and a formal resolu jtlon was passed directing the dele gates of this body to present the qu tion to the Montogmery County Fede |ation Monday night. Integral Part of Capital. “We feel that residents of Battery Park, Fdgemoor, Bethesda. Leland, West Chevy Chase and other com munities adjoining Washington are ally an integral part of the National ¢apital,” said the resolution. “and | such we feel that'we are entitled to representation on the civic organiza tion most reépresentative of Washing- | zens’ Associations: Nationa! Capital are in accord with the aims of the Washington Associa- ition and for this reason we' feel that |closer co-operation would be obtained by giving our citizens a volce in its affairs. In the interest of co-oper: tion we suggest that the Montgome! County Federation offer the Washing ton Federation an interchange of rep- {resentation, o that our plans may be worked out in still greater harmony.” Interchange of Views. Maj. R. B. Lawrence, president of the Battery Park organization, said that the idea was to have each of the hodies send delegates to the other, not necessarily with the power of voting, but as observers with the privilege of Interchanging view: The Battery Park Association last night listened to a report from Maj. Lawrence on the present stat: of the Delt line fight, and he informed the body that it was the belief that the project had been successfully balked He said the members of the assoct: tion had expressed themselves freely as being jubilant over the outcome of the tight, and gave the full credit for the result to the Montgomery Count Civie Federation. The association voted to install street lights in the area as soon as they can be erected and also decided to take an active part in the Mont- gomery County “clean-up” campaign MACREADY FAILS IN ALTITUDE TRIAL By the Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, April 10—Tieut Macready came down at 11:30 this morning ‘after having run out of gas at an alticude of 34,000 feet, according to the mark on his altimeter. The entire trip down was made without gas. He started with 63 gal. lons, but this was not enough to en. able him to break the world’s altitude record. ©On landing, Lieut. Macready stated that his resignation from the Army ‘Air Service is to, be filed within the next few days. It is stated he is to enter the empioy of the Delco Light Co. of Dayton, asubsidiary of the General Motors Corporation. He was scheduled to leave for Pan. ama in March, but this transfer was I ton. which is the Federation of Citi- ! Our aims for beautification of the | FIGHT SUSPENSION OF CONSENT DECREE Farm Organizations Ask Per- mit to Intervene in Suit of U. S. Against Packers. The National G "atro f Hushandry Educationa inge of the T National Farme Co-operative The by the one of output under e have partin order tribums Ik prom | tMaryland Body May Work : tien he District Cor ed today the narsha hazards in to recommen ic wi ! recommend missione the at its last wmee trict a tions of sch The study full Phillips. ¢ Columbia e tion in reply | b of the fire ¥ A requested await horities e | tion High School 14 | tion also schools be equipped DUPLICATE-K.EY WORKER ROBS HOME OF JEWELS Gems Valued at $1.115 Stolen | From D. L. Younger's Residerce. Other Thefts Reported. A duy ained en- trance to the h Younger 1300 Gallatin stree v ning_and stole jewelry $1,115 and a $20 bill included a solitaire worth $600, a clust valued at $330 and valued at $100 Search for an suspected of I £30 | eof D. L. vester | | % | a r diamond a ty | unidentified co i aving stolen | coats valued at rom_the mobile of W. E Warrenton, 1 Va.. was instituted by police of the eiehth precinet last night ut ! mobile was taken from in front Washington Hotel and later abardoned. Philip Bobby. eventh stri reported the robbery of wearing parel valued at $117 and 100 pe from his place of business Thy day night. A thief entered the home of Bernard Grove. Farragut street, “Jast night and stole a revolver nd $1.35 in cush. Entrance was ained throush window. Mitchell Weinstein, Fort Lee, registered at the Y. M. C. A, had yntai vearing and a_camera valued last night. A Young man appeared_at the desk in the Jfice of the Y. M. C. A. and was | given the suit case, police being told he represented himself to be Weinstein. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR MONDAY FIRST RACE—S1.200 old fillies: 4 furlongs. Matilda B 15 $Ruperiy 1 Flova M ITH ISea Moss 15 I, P Whitney entr 1RAl Pace and K. W SECOND RACE~ olds and up. G 1 *Forlorn +J. Camphell *First Editoy *Jimmy Brow . THIRD RA olds: 6 furl Mary Grace “Adien . *Sox | man Coons, rear his suit case ole 2-year maidens Foreclose Dangerous Kit iy Pandera iy, 113 Carter entry. 200: claiming Button Bright White Marsk Priumoh . . . Espanol « : claimivg: Boyear D111 Hazo = Green “Riaze *Kickapo RACE-—S1.200: - claiming: 61y furlongs 06 Gen Cadorna. .. L, Baitimore 17. “Sun Rajah Muskalonge "', FOURTH year-olds and up Cooncan .. Catesbr Exelas *Panols .. Macbeth .. * FIFTH RACE—S1.200: claiming: 3-year- olds: 1 mile and 7 d Zeod *Butterc 1 z il . 115 *Foreman . *¥red Dubner. delayed and he is now due to leave for that country for foreign service in July. 75 Measles Cases Reported Today. The total number of measles cases for the year approached the 3,000 mark today when 75 new cases were reported to the District Health De- partment. According to the depart- 740 cases have heen reported since the beginning of the epidemic, i Compromise *Silene . 3 SIXTH RACE:-$1.200: claimiug: 3-year olds and up: 1 miles. R Sou... 103 *Barney Wells. . SPen Patrick. 10 115 *Duckiing « Invictus . . 108 Mary B *Hidaldo . ‘llm VENTH RACE—$1.200: claimin, ¥ da and up: 1 miles. Muriel . . 90 *Fornovo . M i N Sandpilo 1 "o Abprentive allowance. claimed. Weather clear: track fast,