Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1926, Page 2

NEES WINS FIRST IN ORATORY FINALS Hyattsville Lad Victor Maryiand Section of Na- tional Contest. g before auditorium of hool thix capacity the Hyattsvills worning, Bernard vear-old senfor of that school, winner of the district mong the schools of Montgomery and Md.; Ge 1 the %»"x Shes, whs adjudged “Rampionship *pir Georges, b runtie tor intendent County. Spe ke on “Marshail He 3 previot *hool cor stants. ount of him- nstration al by his judgls’ representi High, alt nade an exc ind showed himself excellent composer S pol ot it 14 yea ipression epresenting spoke froni tion.” He t Cheiten Ward tw saden prese tleld of ten subject wus nstitution. i this schoc before the di competit Edna Cante Robert Downin, Robert H \erine M. man ver Spring High € sented by Mary Stewart, yject was “Lincoln and the 00l spokes- 1 School at The winning of the cc High School by s the subject of w first-page display the current tssue of the Cer the weekly studen: per, which edited by Widmayer. A picture of 1 appears with leading tigure in the \ffairs of the institution and a brief ement of his purpose to fulfill the es in_bearing ner in The Star Marsh is quoted Charles the his m shoulders a , for 1 know that to win the District title. All that I hope is that I can ove worthy of her trust and do my upholding Central's banner responsibility Central s out McKinley High School sday morning at the - before the pupils with contestants: Jo Boyce, Martha Wil Jenkins, Tred Dieterich jwas. The cont n fllery Ren- g of Ex- Holcombe and d of the Distric &chools, ill begin “olumb assenbly o'cloclk. T t o meeting at Date 1s Changed. Wwith ontest ation the to view of timing the tin the best advantage with The Star area finals May 7, committee in charge of the con t in Eastern High of which Miss | e I m is chairman, h ed to change the date previo: nnounced for the event to April v, Invitations have been sent out for he finals in Armstrong by the school rincipal. G. David Houston, ~ver take place tomorrow at 1| velock in the school auditorium with weven ants | 1 Rozier . Howard | anning As previously announ . Western High will be h hool auditorium ¥riday th the following competi Cook, Philip E fsireenwood, Robert Vetzel and John Wheele: &t attuches schools &L roing, Doro- hard Frank in privat the ich will be beginning 1 School audi. delegations of nd families of aring to wt ind parochial ontest in this neld Thursday t 4 o'cloc itatives who will corr ool, George hool, St Y St \cademy, Joseph Haltigun Pages School, Lawrence W. Gunther; sonzaga High 0ol, Lawrence Mc. Jugh; Holy Cross Academy, Peggy Teeneh John's School, George Arnes. he public is invited to ttend this contest Rochester, Minn., Zoo Inmate Also Ate Wire, Autopsy Shows. ROCHESTER, Minn., April 21 ).~ Vails and bits of wire it had eaten caused the deuth early yesterday of a wffalo at its home in the local park s00. This was decided late vesterday ~vhen experts of the Mayo clinfc were .alled on to determine the cause of he death —— STUDENTS STILL DEFIANT. Red Flag Raised in Illinois After Anti-collar Strike. JACKSONVILLE, TIL, April 21 ). Sophomores of Illinols College at & mass imeeting vesterday refused to pologize to the faculty for taking a and sgainst a rule requiring male idents to wear collars and tles to ses. They took their stand a week 0. when the faculty endeavored to stop students att§nding classes minus s and tles. 7 Coach Willlam T. ‘Harmon Monday, an address, denounced the attitude ¢ the students. Monday night the tudents paraded before his residence, wnd this morning a red flag floated vove the sclence building. monitor Glatton, which was k with torpedoes in Dover Harbor en a fire broke out in her cargo of plosives during the war. was recent- in udiernice | The | and Wil | dr. final | Maryland’s Orator BERNARD NEES, Of Hyattsville High School, who won fiest place in mearby district. Lower: George A. Chadwick of Gaithersburg High School, who, as run- ner-up, will serve as alternate to Ber- anrd Nees, SUBMARINEBLAST BOARD SITS TODAY Three Dead, Nine Injured in Explosion on S-49—28 Slightly Hurt. Associated Press. 3W LONDON, Conu., Agril sl.— With three seamen dead and nine others injured, six of them serfously, a naval board of inquiry had before it today the task of determining the cause of an explosion which shattered | the battery room of the submarine 5-49 The blast took the lives of Ralph Edward McCormack, gunner's mate, gecond ¢ of West Lynn, Mass.; Olley J. Cook, seaman, second class, of Danville, Va., and Theodore Holst, ir., chiet boatswain's mate, of Groton, Conn. It was the second major disaster suffered by the submarine base here in less than a year. Last September the S-51, a sister ship of the S-49, went down off Block Island with 33 officers and men after a collision with the steamer City of Rome. The blast on the S-49 came without ning just after the seamen had nished a meal. No officers were aboard, but within a few minutes comrades of the sea, their heads hood- ed with gas masks, entered the wrecked and gas-illed room and car- rled the 12 victims of the expiosion to the open alr. Twenty-eight others of the crew in different compartments suffered but slightly from the concus- sion and the gas which the craft, EDINBURGH BISHOP LAUDS CATHEDRAL [Dr. Walpole Amazed at Progress and Commends Workers’ Zeal. seeped through | Metubers of the ‘athedral ssociation, in annual session in the cathedral close today, were exhorted to forge ahead in their huge buflding program for the cathedral, in an ad- this afterncon by Right Rev. G. Lord Bishop of The lord bishop expressed amaze- | m at th sg already made, land urged his listeners not to lose | heart in face of the great program ad of them, calling for completion the choir, transepts and crossing | hin three years. When this three-year program is rried out, it was stated, there will - accommodations for sea | persons, Here 28 Years Ago he Lord Bishop recalled his visit with Bishop Satterlee 28 years ago, when the Washington Cathedral was little more than a dream. { " “I was amazed now to see, when ap- proaching the cathedral close, the magniticent Gothic apse rising heav- enward; and when I was shown the beautitul crypt chapels I could hardly believe I was returning to the same cathedral close T had known on my last visit,” he said. Bishop Walpole commended the | Luilders of Washington Cathedral for { their devotion to their work toward { the ultimate completion of the edifice. “I can understand,” said the bishop, “how industrial cities, such as Liver- pool and New York, can build_great cathedrals, but when I was in Wash- ington last and Bishop Satterlee talked | over his plans regarding this cathe- | dral with me, I felt that he was tak- | ing upon himself more than he could humanly do within many years to come. But today you have shown your zeal to win, and I see here at Mount St. Alban the result of prayer- ful labor on the part of members of this association in conjunction with | the other cathedral orgunizations.” Other Services Held. The address of the lord bishop was one of the features of the all-day ses- slon held in the cathedral close. Holy communion was celebrated in the Bethlehem Chapel this morning, with @ brief devotional message by the lord bishop. The annual meeting of the assoca- tion in Whitby Hall followed. Bishop Freeman addressed the membership and reports of the organization com- mittees were heard. After luncheon {at St. Alban's Guild Hall, the mem- bers returned to Whitby Hall for the address of the lord bishop, which was tmmediately followed by a tour of the cathedral close and construction work of the cathedral, including the new portion of the fabric, conducted by the cathedral clergy. Festival evensong in the Bethlehém Chapel at 4 o'clock concludes the day’s program. Organized in 1898 by a few cathedral sponsors, headed by the late Bishop Satterlee, the National Cathedral As- soclation has steadily developed into | THE EVENING |FRANK B. NOYES - AGAIN HEADS . P. R. R. McCormick Is First Vice President—Rochester Paper Denied Membership. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April The direc- tors of the Associated Press today re- elected Irank B. Noyes of The Washington Star as president. R. R. McCormick of the Chicago Tribune was chosen first vice president and J. N. Hefskell of the Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette, second vice president. Melville 1. Stone, counselor, was re-elected secretary, and Kent Cooper, general munager, assistant secretary. Treas: urer J. R. Youatt was re-elected. Members of the executive committee, in addition to Mr. Noyes, were chosen {&s follows: Adolph 8. Ochs, New York Times; Charles Hopkins Clark, Hartford (Conn) Courant; Robert McLean, | Philadelphia Bulletin; Elbert H. Baker, | Cleveland Plain Dealer; Clark Howell, | Atlanta Constitution, and E. Lansing | Ray, St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Application Is Rejected. The application of Frank E. Gan-{ nett of the Rochester, N. Y., Times- | Unlon for membership in the Asso- | clated Press was rejected by the| membership toduy. He fafled to ob- | 1 tai necessary four-fifths vote by 49 votes. The result of tha balloting, which took place at the annual meeting of the organization yesterday, was an- s this | | proing as follows y cotes cast, ainst Mr. Gannett 11 meeting wdjourned fm mediately after the announcement and the board of directors met in regular session. Kent Cooper, general manager of the Assoclated Press, speaking last night in Spanish, which he learned when he first visited South America to broaden the scope of the Assoclated Press, wel- comed the Latin American delegates, and then, switching to English, told briefly of the co-operation of member papers of the Assoclated Press in North and South America. His ad- dress in English follows: “And now, lest the members of the Associated Press in the United States | tear that the general manager of the { organization cannot speak English, let me say this to you, that President Noyes, in_asking me to welcome our guests, told me to speak In Engli o that you could understand me, & to speak in Spanish so they covld not. My only solace for that can be that, not knowing Spanish himself, he does not at this moment know whether I did well or not. Recalls Wartime Voyage. “If to you it seems that the officers and directors of the Assoclated Press emphasize the'r regard for our Latin American colleagues, perhaps I can give you good reasons therefor. “Through many years the members of the Assoclated Press in Mexico and Cuba have with unending confl- dence vouched to their readers for the intergrity and impartiality of the As sociated Press report. So much for our immediate neighbors. “Mv own first contact with South America came after an ocean VOVAK® during the war through a sea where all around us enemy submarines were sinking American vessels. Our little uncamouflaged ship went sturdily on until it reached South America. No wonder, after such & perilous trip, the hospitable shores of South America seemed a haven. And with my first contacts there 1 found that the spirit was at once generous and sincere. Greeted with that spirit, the effort to establish the Associated Press in that continent was not a difficult one. Praises Member Papers. “And so, not because of my oot efforts at speaking Spanish, not be cause of any salesmunship, but be- ause South American newspaper pub liskers accepted the idea that there must come into being & mutual news exchange between these sister cont!: nents, the mission was successful. dium of that exchange which is bring. ing a better understanding. “This traveler, therefore, tells you that chief credit for the existence of this mutual news cxchange s due to the leading newspapers of South America represented by membership in the Assoclated Press. “Tkat is why we so gladly welcome them and their colleagues today. In your name and in their language I have given them a cordial welcome.” tertwined the colors of the South American republics with the colors of the United States. Another special guesi@@t the lunch- eon was Comdr. John Jtodgers, who was made an_ honorary reporter of The Assoclated Press for his report of adventures of the crew of the seaplane P , written for the Asso- clated Press, after the plane had been lost for days inethe Pacific. Comdr. Rodgers was presented with a watch by the Assoclated Press for this story. Comdr. Rodgers Speaks. At the time of suspense regarding these flyers,” Mr. Cooper said, “the Assoclated Press requested Comdr. John Rodgers to tell of the fiight. He | wrote In u style worthy of any news- paper man, and in all the newspapers was printed the first story to have over it his name. For this work I had the homor to appoint him an honorary staff member.” Tollowing this.introduction, Comdr. Rodgers replied: “I think it is a well known weak- ness that man takes greater pleagure in his amateur successes than those in his profession. 1 had great pleas- ure in finding that as an aviator I was a good reporter, when the word came from no less an authority than the greatest news gathering and dls- seminating_organization in the worid. “I got the watch from a safe de- posit box last night and today wore it ‘hed to o heavy chain around my Following the program of speeches, the lights were extinguished and there Pathe News Reel. Flashes of the different old means of transmitting news were followed by plctures de- scribing the complete passage of the story of the assumed eruption Mount Vesuvius. Shows Steps of Process. From the edge of the crater the story was sent to Rome by telegraph, flashed to New York by cable, tran- scribed from cable tape to words i the New York office of the Asso- into the Evening World, where it ywas printed and put upon the street. ‘This exposition was followed by a reel of important news events oc- curing during the life of the Asso- clated Press. A plea to North American news- papers and periodicals to “dispel ig- norance regarding the many coun- tries which make up South America,” was made last night by Jorge Mitre, publisher of La Nacion, of Buenos Alres. Mr. Mitre. speaking at a dinner at the Park Lane Hotel by the Publish- The Associated Press is today the me- | Behind the speakers’ dals were in- | flashed on a motion picture screen a plctorfal description of the Associated | nations represented, Press, prepared by courtesy of the | large. of | as n | and governments represented. clated Press, and transmitted on the wires. The story then was followed | Sages from STAR, WASHINGTO. Armed Band Works Eight Hours to Get $50,000 in Liqtuor By the Associated Press. MONTEREY, Calif., Aprfl 21.— Fifty thousand dollars’ worth of rare liquors was the haul of a gang of 12 masked and armed hi- Jackers who broke into the con- crete and steel storeroom of A. K. Macomber, internationally known horseman, at Pebble Beach, near here, early yesterday. The marauders, who descended upon Stewart Fackenthal, care- taker, and his wife and seven-year- old daughter, bound them and set a guard over them, then went about their work deliberately. It took eight hours for them to break into the vault and load the loot into automobile trucks. Ma- comber is in Parls. He has not oc- cupled the house for several years. HOWARD U FUNDS PASSEDBY HOLSE Amount Reinserted in Bill Despite Charges of Money’s Misuse. Appropriations for the support of Howard University, as reinserted by the Senate after they had been stricken from the Interjor Department appro- priation bill on a point of order in the House, were approved by the House on a vote of 6§ to 22 late yes- terday. _ Representative Hare, Democrat, of South Carolina, on whose point of or- der the House cut these items from the bill when it was before that body more than a month ago, charged yes- terday that some of the money was be- ing used for purposes other than those | action on this bill. {of $7,500 a year and provides also for intended by Congress. Representa- tives Lowrey of Mississipp! and Byrne of Tennessee, both Democrats, op- posed the item. Blanton Supports Item. Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas jolned with Representative Cramton, Republican, of Michigan, in Ehargo of the bill, in arguing for con- urrence with the Senate. Mr. Blan- ton said: 1 have checked up on this proposi- tion. This colored race needs doctors, it needs colored nurses, it needs den- tists, and it needs teachers to teach in their schools, and Howard Univer- sity every year prepares teachers for the colored race-—colored teachers, if you please. The only kind of teachers ‘Who ought to teach the colored race {s colored teachers and not white teachers. Howard University is pro- viding tralned colored teachers to teach the race; it is providing trained colored dentists to walt on them, and trained doctors. It is a good invest. ment, and let us keep it up, law or no law. Crampton Lauds School. Calling attention to the high stand- ing of Howard University and to the Government's record for 50 years in buflding up that institution, Mr, Cram- ton sald: have been in touch with Howard University. It has been suggested that we do not know how this money is spent. Every penny of it ia passed upon by the Interior Department and by the comptroller general. More than that, in the last five vears I have been in touch with the university; and I say it 1s a very great credit to the negro race that 80 soon after they emerged from slavery, from the days when they were forbldden to learn, they now have a university here, with 2,000 students, that is rated as class A among the universities of the Nation. That is a | credit to the race. Howard University | has been bullt up with aid from the| Federal Government for [0 years, and | your committee did not feel it had the right to interpose anything in the way of the House expressing its will upon | that which it has been doing for 60| vears. RUSSO-GERMAN PACT | NEAR CONCLUSION Agreement on Neutrality Clause Would Enable Initialing Within Ten Days. | | By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 21.—If Russiz and Germany agree on the terms of the neutrality clause in the proposed Russo-German treaty, the pact can be initialed within two days, it is learned. The two countries are still consid- erably apart on this {ssue, Germany insisting that she is only willing to *agree that the signatory parties bind themselves to observe neutrality in case one signatory is attacked by a third party. Assurances From Germany. LONDON, April 21 (®).—Foreign Hecretary Chamberlain told the House of Commons today the German gov- ernment had given assurances that the proposed Russo-German treaty would contain nothing conflicting with the League of Nations covenant or the Locarno security agreement. Accepting this assurance, the for- elgn secretary declared he saw no reason to take exception to the pact. within 10 years South America would hdve so advanced as to compel more space in the news columns of the United States. Ochs Is Toastmaster. Leaders of the Metropolitan press Joined at the dinner with their fellow publishers from the South and Central American countries in a desire to ef- fect a greater understanding on all questions pertaining to not only the but the world at ‘Walker of the New York Telegram, and chairman of the Pub- lishers’ Assoclation, welcomed the delegates to New York and introduced toastmaster of the evening, Adolph Ochs, publisher of the New York ‘Times. Mr. Ochs told the delegates it is the genuine and sincere desire of the peo- ple of the United States to establish close relations between the peoples Fred A- A special line, direct from South America, brought to the diners mes- the President of the United States of Brazil, the Minister of Foreign Relations of Brazil and from Luis Mitre of La Nacion, Buenos Alres. Others speakers were Ogden Reld, publisher of the New York Herald- Tribune; Rulph Pulitzer, publisher of | compantes and, if it did not want to | chitdren, and that the commission had | per has been waiting to see what plan {the House committee would recom- D. C, WEDNESDAY, UTILITIES BOARD MEASURE FAVORED House District Committee Also Approves Licensing Chiropractors. A favorable report on the bill cre- ating a public utilities commission sep- arate and apart from the Board of District Commissioners was ordered by the House District committee to- day. The committee also voted to ap- prove a bill for the licensing of chiro- practors and a measure providing for the registration of milk bottles. Toward the close of the meeting Representative Rathbone of Illinois moved to take up the bill establish- ing an organic law for the women's bureau of the Police Department and provide definitely for an increase of personnel of policewomen, but after 30 minutes of consideration the com- mittee adjourned without completing The new utilities bill, which was submitted by Representative Zihlman, chalrman, creates a commission of three members appointed by the Pres- ident for three-year terms ut a salary a people’s counsel at the same sulary. Only Slight Change. / The only change made by the com mittee from the draft submitted by Mr. Zihlman was to strike out thé last section, which consisted merely of a declaration of poliey by Congress that the new eated commission should make such recommendations us seem appropriate a view to securing improved service and lower rates. This samo section expressed the desire of Congress that school children be given half fure on street cars. Thera was some discussion us to whether this bill would solve the prob- lem of public utility supervision in the District, resulting from a suggestion from Representative Gilbert of Ken- tucky, that the proposed bill seemed to him to be stmply “passing the buck to somebody else to unravel a knotty | problem that we have not been able to do anything with." Representative Zihlman replied that it had been agreed by all with whom he had talked that this bill would be 2 helpful step forward in view of the position taken by the District Com missioners that they do not huve suf- ficlent time to function as a public utflities commission and that they are without ample funds to carry on the work properly. Car Merger Proposition. Representative Keller of Minnesotu told of work he performed severul years ago in studying the publlc util- ity situation, which led him to the con- clusion that, with regard to the street raflway situation, the only solution s @ consolidation. Mr. Keller said the only way Congress could bring about a consolidation would be to buy the engage in Government operation it could lease them. He added, how- ever, that he was willing to do any- thing that would give the people here some relief. After the last section of the bill had been stricken out, Representative Reld of Illinoils offered & separate amendment cover the suggestion that echool children be given half fare. This led to considerable discussion as to whether the commission does not already have authority to grant such a special rate. Willlam McK. Clayton of the Fed.| eration of Citizens' Assoclation told | the committee, in answer to a ques- tion, that he had several times taken up the question of half fare for schoo! | concluded it did not have sufficient police power to grant such a rate. Reduction in Revenues. Several members of the committee | tnquired if the generul rate of fare| would have to be increased to make up for g1ving the echool children & spe- ’ clal fare. Mr. Zihlman said he had been told | that half fare for school children would mean & reduction of between $70,000 and $80,000 & year in the gross collection from fares. Mr. Reid then withdrew his amendment relating to school children. | The Senate District committee also has had under consideration this ques- tion of reorganizing the Public Ttili- ties Commission, but Chalrman Cap- mend. Favorable report on the chiroprac. tor and milk bottle bills were adopted | on motlon of Representative McLeod of Michigan of the judiclary subcom- mittee. Severnl members of the committee endeavored to have the policewom- an’s bill completed today in order that it might be ready for presentation to the House on Monday, if that day is allowed for District legislation, but an adjournment was taken shortly after 12 o'clock without finishing this measure. Several efforts were made to agree on a time before Monday when the committee could meet again, but without result. HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse, $1,200: claiming; 2-year-olds; 4% furlongs. 1*Long View .. Foretop Lo oney . ;{‘l Hawlk athaway Irieh “Smile iWilliam Keating entry. Contract Barrow Arcgal ...l Signola . § Wate Red i 'P e 'l' Liberation Bl ‘anderin, it % $Theresa Joan 3Littlo Vines' .. R. T. Wilson, Jr., entry. SECOND RACE—Purse, $1.200; claiming: 4-year-olds and up: 6 furlongs. SStrut Miss King O'Neill 2 Wellfinder' . THIRD BACE—Purse, $1,200: claiming; 3-year-olds; 5% furlongs. by CIiE .o Lady Bountiful Foreland Brush By met . Cobra. wi Lewis . b $Sweet Inver. . weep Net . Do La Sable .. 104 . K. Bryson entry. {Eiginera ‘Stable &id W. Lechy entry. URTH RACE—Purse. $1.200; the Ad- mirion pures: Syour-olds: 43 furlongs. Noyes . 111 Dublin Show .. 112 s e Seat - ng @ : SCape. wettie . .112 {H. P. Whitney entry. FIFTH RACE—Purse, $1.2 3-year-olds and up: 1 ‘whie i 109 *Arbitratio 14 Blue Hill 12 *Faenza 110 Modo . 112 Rowland’ 'TH RACE—Purse, $1.200; claiming: T A 1o s = the New York World; Herbert Gun- nison, publisher of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and Jose Camprubi, publisher of La Presna, New York's Spanish newspaper. Poland’s ambition to have its own automobiles has not been fulfilled, for an organization of nearly 5,000 active | ers’ Association of New York in honor |no cars have been made there, while members. The goal of the aesopiation Thann setie memhegs of the delegates to the Pan-American Cangreos of Journalists prodicted fhat ¥ Czechosolovakia produced 5,500 ma- chines last Fear. oo OB vl tor Dernier Sou 18% s l;‘r:‘:‘n an 73 Shinfaicx janus SEYENTH R, 1.200; clatm- &: d-year-olds T Sy e A8 a: 84 M ing *Rusovia . 5 ¢ Wilkesbarrs . 106 Donarita *Apprentice aflowance claimed Weather cloar: (ruck L APRIL 21, 1926. HELD FOR SHOOTING HIS WIFE Policeman Paul McDuffie, on his way to headquarters this morning. I | DUFFIE ACCUSED OF SHOOTING WIFE Former White House Guard Says He Had Been “Drink- ing Medicine.” ¥ on the verge of ous_ breakdown, Policeman P Duffie, formerly White Hou is held today on w charg with fntent to k shot four times, is at Provider, pital, whers physiclans have for her recover: The shooting o the McDuffle home. e, | short distance from the fifth pre | statfon. When police arrived the found Mrs. McDuffie Iying in front o the house, with McDuffie standing in the doorway quietly awaiting arrest. Mrs. McDuffle was shot both thighs, in the right knee and in the right hip. Suspected of Drinking. Capt. Willlam Sanford of the unh' et reports Mrs. McDuffie said band had been drinking ! fear of loaded around the house while that condition led her to empty two of his pistols. Upon his return home this is sald to have ¢ 3 argument, and she was runn the house with the two un tols {n her possesson when shc reached the street before col The shooting was heard at the precinet station and Policeman I Hinsley rushed out to investigate. McDuffie faced headquarters de tectives at roll call with other pris- oners this morning. Before he went | through the ordeal he was asked for | a statement. “They say I shot my know,” he mumbled absentl “Had you been drinking?" h-had been drinki m-m-medi- * he replied brokenl Recently Freed by Board. | McDuffle was recently before the| Police Trial Board on charges of fail- | ing to report a case which Involved | his visit to Providence Hospital and | treatment for severe cuts hedged about with mystery and whe the case was called up Attorr James O'Shea, representing the police- { man, obtained his dismissal upon f the grounds that the Metropolitan | Police Trial Board had no jurisdiction of a member of the department who had been separated from the regular force by a special assignment at the White House. Afterward McDuffle was trans- ferred to the fourth precinct, where he was attached for duty vesterday prior to the shooting. After the shooting yvesterd a passing motorist took Mrs. MeDuffle | to Providence Hospital for treatment, while McDuffle was taken to the fifth precinct station by Policeman Hin- sley. Immediately upon hearing the circumstances of the case, Capt. San- ford suspended him and relieved him | of equipment. McDuffie’'s parents are expected here today from North Carolina and may post bond of $10,000, which was fixed today by Police Judge George H. MacDonald, after consultation with As- sistant District Attorney Ralph Given. McDuffle’s hearing went over until May 17, the delay being taken pending development in his wife's condition. 3 he was in| | | | Beast Has Trapdoor Eyes. PORT ANGELES, Wash., April 21 (®#).—Quillayute Indian seal hunters tell of a sea beast twice as big as an elephant with eyes that work like trapdoors, which appeared 60 miles southwest of here, nearly upsetting thelr boat. The Indians confined their examination of the monster to a hasty glance, then made record time to shore. San(istorm at Sea Wrecks Ship Off Coast of Alaska| By the Associated Press. - CORDOVA, Alaska, Aprii 2%. A sandstorm at sea caused the loss of the cannery tender, Uncle John, which was wrecked at Dry Bay, Alaska, 25-miles southeast of here, declared the ship's master, Capt. Ludwig Torgersen, who arrived here yesterday with his crew. Torgersen said that the vessel, seeking shelter during a gale, en- countered dense clouds of sand over the water. He said they were caused by an off shore wind. The tender grounded on a bar in Dry Bay at the mouth of the Alsex revolvers | ™ This was | | OHIO PROSECUTOR DECLARES DRY LAW REDUCES CRIMES Federal, permit for aturers of alcohol. his law goes into effect on April 20. | it huge scandals which have rked the alcohol business in Penn- anix will disappear. Bernsteen told the committes he had been United States at- in Cleveland for three years. said ng the fiscal year rom July 1, 1824, to July 1, 1925, there had been 514 liquor cases in the Federal court, invoiving 1,322 defend- ints, and there had been 783 convic- tions and 6 acquittals. Since July 1, up to the present, he said there been §31 cases. He said that the use of the padlock was being in- creased with considerable effect on the liquor traffi In reply to a question as to how the liquor laws could be hest enforced, r. Bersteen said: “By jail sentences,” He added that of the persons convicted in the Fed- eral courts {n northern Ohio, between 57 und 60 per cent had been sent to jail. Fines he said, mean nothing to the bootleggers. Cites Alcohol Case. He sald that some of the liquor cases were conspiracy cases with which his office had had to deal. He n joned particularly the Superfor 1 alcohol case, with it ramifications in a dozen or more tes, wh hat case yet at- by the Government. was asked If he belleved trial in liquor cases should be with. replicd the witness. He sald if the community believed that the officers intended to enforce the law, the law would be supported. Mr. Bernsteen said that the numbes of alien-born violators of the prohibi laws in Cleveland ran ‘way bove” 60 per cent of the entire num- ber arrested and brought into the Fed- eral courts. “Have the politicians ever attempt- cd to interfere with vou in dealing with these liquor 7 Senator Goff ked that Interference Was Stopped. .more," replied Mr. Bern. : the light of battle in his lhey stcpped pretty soon after flice.” ked about the conduct of hefore he was appointed, but y 1 is offic: | insisted he had nothing to say against is prede: He b sor, who was a Democrat. s & Republican. Fines Pay for Enforcement. Mr. Bernstein collected for violations of the liquor laws more than paid for the enforce- ment of the law in his district, and that he thought they would do €0 the country over, if the law were en- forced. “Do you receive full co-operation rom the Federal prohibition agents in_your district?” The witness sald he did, adding, however, that it must be remembered that in the t he indicted both Re- publican and Democratic prohibition | He sald there are not enough agents., larfes paid are not agents and the high enough. Mr. Bernsteen said that he thought the law should be strengthened so as permit the issue of a search warrant on the presumption of possession of illegal liquor in homes. At present, he sald, a warrant cannot be obtained unless there is evidence of a sale of liquor on the premises. In public places, however, search warrants are issued where it is known that liquor is possessed. “Do you think that bootlegging will ever cease,” asked Senator Goff. “When it becomes unprofitable,” was the reply. Questioned by Codman. attorney for the “wets,” cross-examined Mr. Bern- steen, asking him what he meant when he assumed that the permis- n to sell and use light wines and beer would increase law violations. Mr. Bernsteen replied that it would cause the establishment of places where such beverages were to be sold Julien Codman, ! and that advantage would be taken of them to sell hard liquors. h he declared to be the'l | higgest liquor conspiracy sald that the fines | EARLY RIFF PEACE PROSPECTS BRIGHT Three Developments in Last 24 Hours Change Aspect of Case Generally. By the Associated Press. OUJDA, Moroceo, April prospects for an early peace in t RIff seemed brighter today 1y developments during the past 24 he bave changed the situation. Jir: Haddou Ben Hannou, the third Riffia delegate who left Taourirt, in an ai: plane, for Targuist to lay the ¥ra Spanish proposals before Abd-el-Krix ithe Rifflan war lord, returned gre: cheered by the outlook. Second, Mohammed Aze: el-Krim's brother-in-law, Simon from Taourirt, expressing dis pleasure over the fact that two fian documents considered as disru tive had been published. He w; under the impression that they wo not be made publi Third, Thursday morning o'clock has been definitely fixed for a resumption of negotiatic with full delegations of the r Spanish and Riffflanus present Fatlure of crops in the districts i habited by the Riffians may have it fluenced them to take e more co clliators attitude. There has bec little ruin in northern Africa thi Winter. An impartial neutral who s d in contact with the Riffian delegatio: says if it were merely a question of coming to terms with France, matte could be settled in a few days. The bitter hatred of the Riffian Spantards, however, was mal neg: ns more difficult were given in the Melllle the Spanish front yesterd firing. The Riffians, h tacked the French on one sector, by were repulsed with serious losses. 71« French had several casualties. , wired Gen there had been no great Infit Americans to get it, proving that'wha* Americans want is not beer but har liquor. Mr. Codman asked Mr. Striving: who had appointed him to represen the farmers of the coountry. The ness replied that the head of thw grange, now In Rome uttending conference, and the executive cu: mittee, consisting of thres member=« had appointed him. Mr. Codman sald he dd rot b that all the farmers of Massachuset knew of this appointment to represer them at the lquor hearings. The witness pointed out it was {mposs to communitate with all the mi members of the grange in such & m. ter. Mr, Codman asked if the farmer: were not allowed to make wine anc cider now under the law, and whethe: that was not a discrimination agains: the city man. Mr. Strivings replied that farmers have the right to make wine and cider for thelr own use, and he insisted that the city man has tha: same privilege, too. Mr. Codman wanted to know if the city man should not be permitted t | have his beer if the farmer has hi wine and cider, but the witness sai he knew nothing about the manufac ture of beer. “Are you in favor of the repeal ot gection 29 of the Volstead act, under which the farmers are allowed t make wine and cider?” asked Mr Codman. “No,” replied the witness. “The farmers would not like to hav: that repealed, would they?’ “No,” was the answer. Oliver W. Stewart Testifles. Ollver W. Stew Chicag: president of the F Squadrot Foundation, was the first witness be fore the Senate committee toda: The Flying Squadron, he sald, wne organized in 1915, with the late J { Frank Hanly, former Governor of Indiana, as its president, to promote patriotism and respect for the laws and the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Stewart sald to the committee in part: “I come to bear my testimony to the improved conditions of country under prohibition. Before the amendment took effect I had spoken in every State capital anc | all other important cities. I caunc | be mistaken as to the change fc the better. I have not seen a drunke: man on a train in the last four years 1 have not encountered 15 drunke- men in all my travels in the i three years. I have lived in hot passed through raflway stations boarded boats and have been about such places generally, where in the ! saloon days drunken men were | common sight. They are so un today that when one appears h causes little less than a sensatlo; “The bulwark of prohibition is | knowledge of the average person | the effect that conditions, howe | unsatisfactory they may be, are far |better than ‘they were under the legalized saloon. But the protes: against any weakening or change ! the enforcement act which wo {make easfer the return of wine a ! beer s not based upon improved c | dittons alone. It has a certain mora! support, which, disregarded, is certa’: to arouse a storm of protest. Arrests Show Increase. “Our opponents profess to troubled about increasing arrests for drunkenness. It appears to be granted that they are below the leve! |of saloon days, but have shown & recent Increase. Arrests for drunken ness must depend upon two things the number of drunks and the attitude of the.police toward them. In order to have an arrest for drunkenness there must be a drunk and a police man. If the latter finds it convenien: not to see the former, there is no arrest. If he goes out after him there is certain to be one. There is no necessary connection between ar rests for drunkenness and drunker ness itself. It is well known that i: the days of saloon administration ! was the policy, in all too many places to arrest only such drunks as by thei disturbance or criminal tendencies made restraint necessary. Drunk }&‘ere many, and arrests comparative’: ew. Rev. J. J. Curran, a Catholic pries. of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., appeared before the committee in the interest of pro hibition enforcement and to refute testimony given by Rev. Franci Kasaczun, another priest, of Sugs: Mr. Codman pointed out that the|x, = rORoRal Y & 0 el OR HOIA COmE |1 e it ie) St ol FeEe: dux | sumption only, at ‘“respectable’” gro- cery stores. Mr. Bernsteen, however, said that under the present law ‘respectable’ restaurants are not supposed to per- mit the sale of flquor. He would not change his view as to light wines land beer sales. “Were we to believe the testimon: of the wet witnesses that appeare. before this body last week,” salc Father Curran, “we should conclude that prohibition is responsible fo- every species of crime and of ever class of criminals in the United State today. Nero, the Roman flddler an: empervr, played miuch the same tac tics 'in his day as the wets do in ou day, so that when anything wen wrong in the city of Rome or through out the empire he blamed it on the Christians. While the whole world knows that there are abuses without number attendant upon the enforce- ment of the Volstead act, yet there are few who acknowledge that there were almost infinitely more violations of the defunct liquor laws of State and Nation. Practically all of the same agencies at work today striving to frustrate the observance of the “Isn't it a fact that you can buy lquor anywhere today”? demanded Mr. Codman. “Not in Cleveland” was the reply. You would have an awful job buying liquor in Cleveland at any place. S. L. Strivings of Castile, N. Y. head of the State Grange and representing the National Grange, ap peared to oppose modification of the Volstead act. . He said that the grange had always stood for temperance in its 60 years of existence. Mr. Strivings said that railroads and other employers of labor would not river and topled over. Torgersen sald the vessel was practically buried under sand threc dag's later. ‘that the sale of beer had Deen per- ive jobs to men W 1 give jobs to men who drank. He satd |80, S3Cter, O o rerty doing Ontarto, 14 n