Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1927, Page 2

2 % CITIZENS REQUEST GENTER POLE SHIFT Federation Would Clear Rhode Island Avenue With- out Extra Levy. Removal of the trolley poles in the | center of Rhode Island avenue north- | east was urged in a resolution adopted | last night at a meeting of the Fed. | eration of Citizens' Associations, in | approving a report of its committee | on highways, parks and Waterwave. | It also went on record as opposing the assessment as a benefit against | abutting property owners of the ex-| pense of widening any arterial high-| way or thoroughfare, taking tbe po sition that such work was in aid of | trafic and that the property Owners| were ont benefited thereby The association spent nearly two hours in debating the question of ad- | utting to the body the Progvessive | Citizens' Association of Georgetown, the organization composed of women. which was inaugurated following the refusal of the Georgetown Citizens' Association to admit women. The as- sociation was finally admitted, and its president, Etta L. Taggart, was | interoduced to the federation. The | vote was 48 to 15 for admission. k Outlines Recent Campaign. C. 1. Stengle, chairman of the com- mittee on law and legislation, reported on the campaign conducted by that committee in connection with the per sonnel of the new Public Utilities Com- | mission and the appointment of a people’s counsel. He said that the committee conducted a clean campaign, made thorough investigations, and | told of the Senate committee approv- | ing the nomination after the federa- | tion committeemen had been informed that no action would be taken at this gession. The committee’s recommenda- tion that the president of the federa- | tion and the members of the law and | legislation committee call on the new | commission and assure it of the fed- eration’s co-operation in any matter | affecting the public welfare was| adopted. Before the adoption of the report William McK. Clayton informed the| body of the methods used in rushing through the confirmations. He said that at 6:30 on the evening of March | 8 he was assured by a member of the subcommittee handling the nomina- tions that there would be no further meetings of the committee to act on the nominations, but that one hour later he learned that a call had been | sent out for a meeting of the full committee for the morning of March 4. He was told at that time that the name of Benjamin F. Adams had been withdrawn and the name of Col. Brand substituted. He pointed out to the federation that in con- | firming the nominations the Senate had not complied with jts Rule No. 38 requiring nominations to go over a day after beijg reported to ‘the Senate. TUrges Cnderjmtmd ‘Wires. The report on trolley pole removal on Rhode Island avenue was pre- sented by Dr. George C. Havenner. In addition to recommending that the Public Utilitles Commission be peti- tioned to order the removal of these poles to the curbing, it also urged that the commission be petitioned to order all wires, except trolley wires, placed under ground. It also urged that the District Commissioners be petitioned to direct the railway com- pany to comply with its charter and pave the area between its tracks from Fourth street to Twelfth street north- east, along Rhode Island avenue. ‘William 8. Torbert of the Rhode Island avenue association objected to the removal of the center poles on the ground that they were & protec- tion to pedestrian traffic, acting as bulwarks of safety, behind which pedestrians could protect themselves in trying to reach the sidewalks when traffic was heavy. The report ‘was adopted, 48 to 3. Reporting on a resolution of the Conduit Road Citizens Association, recommending that appropriations for trees and parking be separated as between city and suburban develop- ment, Dr. Havenner's committee rec- ommended against this, but did rec. ommend that the Commissioners be petitioned to increase the appropria- tions for development of trees and parking for the entire city to $100,000 in the appropriations for 1929; recom- mended that curbing be set on all graded streets in the suburbs, and also that the appropriation for curb- ing for 1929, to be taken from the gas tax, be fixed at $23,400. After the chairman accepted an amendment, of- fered by Mr. Clayton, that the appro- priation for trees and parking be in- | creased to $125,000, the report was | adopted by as viva voce vote. Traffic Survey Favored. On the resolution of the Central | Citizens’ Association recommending the widening of North Capitol street | from B street to Florida avenue, the committee reported that this was a | much-used thoroughfare and carried | very heavy traffic, but recommended ' at the same time that the Commis. | sioners be requested to make a traffic ! survey of it and, if widening was| deemed necessary, to include such a | recommendation in the 1329 budget. It was during the consideration of this report that Mr. Suter succeeded in havieg nis benefit aseessment | resolution adopted. | He cited a case in Takoma Park | where in order to handle trafic and | make conditions safe, it was neces- sary to condemn a building and tear it down, the cost being assessed against the adjacent property owners. He said these owners had not yet fig- | ured out how the improverhent was | 2 benefit to them, as it was for the benefit of Maryland and District auto- mobilists, The federation laid on the table by a vote of 45 to 10 an amendment | to its constitution which would have increased the dues to $12 a year. Two Plans Rejected. A resolution of the West End Citi- zens' Assoclation recommending the abolitions of the Citizens' Advisory Council and substitution therefore | of an executive committee of the federation, and one of the Southwest | Citizens’ Association which compel | the Advisory Council to hold public ! hearings on matters not referred to | it by the federation were refected by | the federation on recommendation of its committee on law and legislation, presented by Mr. Stengle. Mies Sybil Baker of the community | center spoke to the federation on the | lecture to be given by Charles Colfax | Long at the Central High School on April 11. She asked the co.operation of the federation in making this a citi- zens' night, and sought aid in the dis- tribution of the tickets to insure that only those citizens interested in the development of the city be admitted The federation voted to co-operate. The controversy between the Devon- shire Downs Citizens' Association and the Northwest Suburban Citizens' As- sociation over the matter of boun. daries was referred to the committee on membership by a 42:t0-7 vote of the | federation. Hugh H. Frampton, chairman of the | special committee to arrange a get together meeting of the federation, an. nounced that plans were going for ward. The lence of influenza has in- dueed & London cocktail mixer to in- ent & special "fly cocktail.” .3 Misses Hold-up MISS FRANCES McKEE. FRANCES MKEE, 19, ROBBED IN GOTHAM Bag With Passports and Money Stolen Just Before Boat Sails—Car Taken. Her handbag containing all her passports and velers’ cheques stolen, the car she was using com- mandeered for a robbery and the chauffeur kidnapped, Miss Frances McKee, 19-year-old society girl of this city, narrowly escaped being caught in a sensational hold-up in a fashion able eection of New York shortly be. fore midnight Friday, according to word received by her mother, Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, 1737 K street, last night. Miss McKee, hurrying to catch a midnight steamer for Europe, and finding herself without money or cre- dentials, borrowed funds from her aunt. Mrs. Lanier McKee, obtained permission to sall without passports, and ruehed to the docks in a taxicab just in time to embark on the Penn land for Antwerp. She was forced to make a last-minute shift in her original plan to debark at Cherbours. Miss McKee, who had been visiting her uncle and aunt at their home, 56 East Eightieth street, had been din- ing out with a friend. Her trunks had beert packed and sent to the steamer and only the handbag re- mained. . She left it in her uncle's limousine in which the chauffeur was waiting at Sixty-seventh and Park avenue. Chauffenr Was Kidnaped. While Miss McKee was in the res- taurant three gunmen accosted the chauffeur, blackjacked and bound him, and, throwing him into the rear seat of the car, made off with it. Coming out of the restaurant, Miss McKee found the car, chauffeur and bag all gone. With but a short time left in which to catch her boat, she telephoned her aunt frantically, re- questing her to help her get off. Through the intervention of Raoul Tilmont, secretary of the Belgian em- bassy here, Miss McKee obtained per- mission to sail without her passports and to wait for them in Antwerp. From Mrs. McKee she borrowed enough money to pay passage. In a hastily called taxi she reached the docks in time to catch the Pennland just before it sailed. Bag Recovered Later. Miss McKee left without learning ‘what had become of the car and chauf- feur, and incidentally of her handbag. After an exhaustive search police finally located the car at Bay Side, Long Island, at 3 o'clock in the morn- ing. The handbag was in the car. So ‘was the chauffeur. The bag and Miss McKee's checks and passports will be forwarded to her in Antwerp, from where she will continue her trip. Early reports that she had lost valuable jewelry were denied by Mr. McKee. He said his niece had told him that some minor pieces were in the bag. These | were not recovered. Mr. McKee said the police told him the car was used in a holdup on Long Island and was abandoned after the robbery. Miss MckKee is on her way to join her brother, E. Bates McKee, a grad- uate student at Cambridge, in a tour of Europe. She was presented to society here two years ago and has been active ip charity entertainments. She is a leader in the Junior League. TWO BOYS CONFESS THREE ROBBERIES One Admits Descending Ladder From Roof of Hotel to Enter Eighth-Floor Room. found when the bag was Arrested for investigation hy De. tectives Sweeney and Walliron vester- day afternoon, Harvey Coulter, col ored, 14 vears old, of 1015 Eleventh street, and Thomas Edward E. West of Gray's Court, 15 vears old, also colored, admitted to detectives that |at 2 o'clock last Wednesday morning, by use of a section ladder tied to the vent pipe on top of the Colonial Hotel, Harvey had clambered down to an open window on the eighth floor and stolen a pocket hook contain- ing 64 cents and three- street car tokel They also admitted breaking “into the lunchroom of R. Mannix, at 1612 L street, and stealing eight cartons of cigarettes two months ago, and into the grocery of Joseph D. Wat- kins, at 1613 M street, about two weeks later, and stealing cherries and milk. The story of the descent from the roof of the Colanial Hotel, at Fifteenth and M streets, to an eighth-story win- dow was looked upon with hewilder ment by the detectives, who hav started a search to determine whether any report of such a theft was made there. The hoys were picked detectives on them yesterday and were the House of Detention. FORD’S BOOK CEES-ORED. Soviet Officials Delete “Thou Shalt Not Steal” Passage. NEW YORK, March 5 (®).—An edition of Henry Ford's book, “My Life and Work,” has bheen issued in Moscow after 60 passages had been changed or deleted hy Soviet censors, the New York Times says Most of the deleted passages deal with Mr. Ford's views on economics. Mr. Ford. in his hook quoted the com mandment “Thou Shalt Not Steal.” The quotation {s missing from the Moscow edition. up by the lodged in THE SUNDAY information furnished | ] DISTRICT SURVEY | | | | H 1 Efficiency}ureau to Study Government Activities Throughout Summer.- The ['nited States Bureau of EM- ciency will continue to make a tematic survey of the District gov ernment throughout the Summer with a view to suggesting administrative procedure,” desirahle legiclation or appropriations with a purpose to make the municipal gov. ernment as eMcient as possible. Thie will he done by authority which the bureau has to make studies in any branch of the government, by en- { couragement from Chairman Madden of the House appropriations commit tee with which the bureau ha3 for some time heen co.operating.¥and | with the sympathetic counsel and help of the District Commissioners. Ald Pledged for Changes. The District officials and leaders in Congress have pledged their heip in bringing about whatever changes may be found®io be advantageous for im- provement of the local government. Herbert D. Brown, chief of the Bu- reau of Efficiency, received the follow ing letter yesterday from Representa- tive Madden: “Refore this session closes 1 want to thank you for the assistance ren- dered to the committee in connection with a number of problems with which the committee has had to deal, with particularly for the comprehensive studies and reports on the offices of recorder of deeds and register of wills, undertaken through the re. quest preferred last year. Wants Inquiry Conti “I very much hope that you will, during the interim from March to December, pursue your investigations and surveys into the methods of ad- ministration of the District govern ment, with a view of improving the conduct of affairs there wherever possible. Such suggestions as you may have to make from time to time for' the correction of administrative proceedings, as may not involve either appropriations or legislation, T am sure can he made effective through the co-operation of the Com- missioners, and such as may require either appropriations or legislation, can be reported to Congress in De- cember for the attention of the com- mittee on appropriations and the committee on the District of Co- lumbia. ““While the committee on appropri- ations will not be in existence after today, unless the deficiency bill should chance to pass, and 1 will have no of- ficlal status as chairman during the recess, 1 am very much interested in ued. government as efficient as it is pos- sible to be made in a constructive manner. If during the Summer I can be of any assistance in forwarding ehall call upon me.” Study Partly Completed. The bureau’s study of the District government has been completed with regard to the offices of recorder of deeds and register of wills and a com. prehensive report was submitted some months ago to the District Com- missioners, by Representative Mad den and Chairman Zihlman of the District legislative committee. The investigation of the traffic office, as- sessors’ office and purchasing office are almost completed. It is heing con- tinued in the office of collector of taxes, corporation counsel, police department and school department. Other District activities that are to be studied have been listed by Mr. Brown as follows: Board of public welfare, jail, reformatory, workhouse, Industrial Home School, license bu- reau and city refuse division, MADAGASCAR DEAD ESTIMATED AT 500 Wireless Messages Tell of Devas- tation Wrought by Cyclone on Island. erty losses occurred and a toll of lives that some reports made as high as {500 was taken by a terrific cyclonic storm which gwept the east coast of :’lh' 1sland of Madagascar last Thurs. ay. Private wireless messages received at Cape Town, South Africa, by way |of Mauritius, placed the dead at 500 lives, while other reports simply said that there was “‘some loss of life.” The town of Tamatave, on the east coast, and the most important sea- |port on the island, was described as | devastated. | The steamship General Duchesne [ ®ent a wireless message to Lloyds by jway of Mauritius saying that a ter- rific eyclone had completely wrecked {the town and harbor of Tamatave, iuusln: damage of more than 100, 000,000 francs, or about $4,000,000. The message added that the steamers {Catinat, St. Anne and Amanda and {the salling vessels Elizabeth and RBeriziky were a total loss. “Loss of life ir expected,” the message con- cluded. | Madagascar Irland, which is in the | Indian Ocean. off the east coast of | Africa, is & French colony. It has a { population of more than 3,400,000, of whom ahout 19,000 are FEuropeans. The census of 1923 gave Tamatave a | population of 13,210, 1 PARIS, March 5 (#).—The French i Rovernment had no official informa- | tion tonight of Madagascar disaster reports saying that upward of 500 persons had been killed in Thursday’s icyelonic storm, which reached here | by _way of London. | ._The office of the Madagascar admin- | Istratfon’s economic agency in Paris |received a wireless message this after- noon stating that “an intense cyclone’ had struck the island, had caused eat property losses and that it was | feared there was some loss of life. ALLEGED WHITTEM(;JRE DRIVER FREED ON BOND Weinzimmer Second | $25,000 Bail Pending Habeas Furnishes Corpus Hearing. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, | Nathan Weinzimmer, of the automobile used by Richard Reese Whittemore and his gang in their depredations several months ago | in New York, was freed late today on a second $25,000 bond pending a hear- Ln: on a habeas corpus action Mon- ay. Last Monday, when arrested as a fugitive in connection with a $60,000 | jewel robbery, Weinzimmer flled a habeas corpus suit and gained his liberty under $25,000 bail. Arrested last night in connection with another jewel robbery, amounting to $117,000, he took steps again to free himeelf, posting the additional bond. Real estate belonging to relatives secured the bond. Marcn 5 alleged driver correction of | co-operating with you and the Com- | missioners in making the municipal | [outlying villages the program of your work, I hope you | 10 BE GONTINUED| EVIDENCE ‘' SEIZED Officers with liquor seized in raid Left to right: W, H. Schultz, Ge STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 6, IN LIQUOR RAID at 1301 Allison street yesterday after- orge C. Deyoe, Capt. Fred Cornwell of Little, head of the vice squad. Three men were arrested. ATTACKED CONSUL EXPEGTED T0 LIVE De Savigny’s Condition Still| Serious, However—Diaz in Financial Difficulties. By the Aseociated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 5 William H. de Savigny. American consular agent at Matagalpa, who wae badly beaten by two men on | Thursday. was still in a serious con dition today. his physicians reporting that he was injured internally. It is expected, however, that he will live. The government of President Adolfo Diaz Is facing great financial difficulties in_maintaining 1ts 8,000 soldlers in the field against the Liheral forces of Dr. Juan Sacasa, who has set up a Liberal government at Puerto Cahezas. Liberals Change Tactics. The Liherals. taking advantage of the government's financial difficulties, have heen changing their tactics | lately and have heen attacking small v before government troops can reach the scene. They have bheen avolding the larger cities since they know that these contain United States Marine camps where no fighting Is allowed within a dis tance of 2.000 yards. Travel has hecome somewhat safer, trains heing guarded by saflors and Marines. El Vialo Attacked. Bl Viaio, a small town Chinandega, was attacked yesterday, | and fighting was reported in progress near Boaco. The transpert Henderson probably will arrive at Corinto tomorrow with 1200 Marines. The government is providing 10 special trains (n{(arr_\' the troops and supplies from Corinto to Managua. LIBERAL LEADER FOR PEACE. near | Moncada Not Averse to Move If Made Through Eberhardt. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 5 (#).—Gen. Moncada, chief Liberal leader in the interior of Nicaragua, while not committing himself, told the peace mission which recently left Managua to visit him that he was not indisposed to treat for peace pro- vided the negotiations were carried on through American Minister Eber- hardt. The mission, made prominent Nicaraguans, has rrmrnofll fo Matacalpa and will arrive in| Managua tomorrow, night. | This information Wwas obtained from Minister Eberhardt this afternoon, | who stated that he had just been in-' formed by telephone from Matagalpa that the mission had returned after holding a conference vesterday with Gens. Moncada and Sandoval at Muy | Muy. BROOKHART FAVORS WEST-SOUTH MERGER Only Way to Elect a President Sympathetic to Farmer, Says Jowa Senator. up of three Bs the Assoriated Pross, CHICAGO, March 5.--The farm | prohlem will be solved upon its merits When the West and South foin forces and elect a President, Senator Smith W. Rrookhart of Towa said tonight, in an address over the Chicago Fed eration of Labor radio station, WCFL. Semiior Brookhart did not name any likely candidates for the presi- dency who could be relied upon to aid agriculture, nor did he specifically criticize President’s Coolidge’s veto of the McNary-Haugen bill The Senator sald the farm question would be settled only when “the prob- lems of excess transportatior and creditors are dealt with from the gtandpoint of the agriculturist.” The West and South, he sald, should find common ground and elect a President and “upset the program of the standpatters gone to seed.” TEAR GAS BREAKS SIEGE. Farmer Barricades Self After Shooting Deputy Sheriff. DETROIT, March 5 (). —Florian Machinske, 20, who barricaded him- self in his home at Farmington, near here, after shooting and seriously wounding Claude Wilson, negro dep- uty sheriff, was captured tonight by police, who hombarded the place with tear gas hombs. Machineke, a _burglary suapect, was rushed to Pontiac, Mich., for safekeeping after a crowd of farm- era threatened to Iynch him. | krowing than anything else. PRESIDENT FIXES FOREST WEEK DATE April 24 to 30 Proclaimed for Nation—Urges Use of Poor Farm Lands. By the Assaciated Press A suggestion that the agricultural problem might he solved some extent it ‘poor farm lands were con- to verted into forests was made yester- | day by President Ceolidge in proclaim ing April 24 to 30, “American Forest week” and recommending its observ- nce to the governors of the 48 States. “One-fourth of our soil,” the Presi dent sald, “is hetter suited to timber 1 can- not escape the convietion that our industrial and agricultural stability will be strengthened by bringing into full productive use this great empire of land “Although much progress has bheen made in public forestry and hopeful heginnings in private industry, we still have a vast aggregate of idle or semi-idle forest land. and another large aggregate of poor farm land that might more profitably grow timber instead of adding to the prob lem of agricultural overproduction e “Our migratory forest industr would be stabilized and made perm: nent. Rural industry would be greatly atrengthened and vitalized. Agricul ture would find in silvieulture a strong ally, providing markets for | farm produce and for surplus labor. Our farms themselves contain nearly a third of our woodland—an enormous potential farm asset if handledq for continuous timher crops.” The President said he proclaimed the seventh annual observance of Forest week. which ("fanada had d cided to celebrate at the same time, in the realization that “no other of our internal problems is of greater mo- ment than the rehabilitation of our forests." TEXAS WOMA-N INDICTED IN ROBBERY OF BANK Former University Student Freed on 85,000 Bond—Trial Set for March 14. By the Associated Press SAN MARCOS, Tex., March 5.—An indictment charging Mrs. Rebecca Rogers of Austin, former Unijversity of Texas student, with robbery of the Farmers' National Bank at Buda De- cember 11 last, was returned here to- day by the Hays County grand jury. M Rogers, accompanied by her attorneys, surrendered to the sheriff and was released on $5.000 bond. Her | trial was set for March 14. The Buda bank was robbed by a voung woman who forced the cashier and another employe into the vault at the point of a pistol and took about $1,000. A few days later the arrest of Mrs. Rogers, then known as Rebecca Brad- ley, caused a sensation. The fact that she was married was revealed when her husband, an attorney, went from Amarillo to Austin to aid her. ECUADOR REVOLUTIONARY PLOT ENDED BY TROOPS Conspiracy Said to Have Been Aimed at Temporary Presi- dent of Council. Br the Associated Press. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, March 5 A dispateh from Quito received here today states that a military move ment, wh'ch succeeded in bringing ahout the conture of Dr. Isidro Ayor: who was named president of the coun: cil pending election of the new Presi dent, was suppressed by a majori of the troops who remained loyal to the government. The dispatch adds that the revolu- tionary movewent was started in tavor of Gen. Gomez de Ia Torre, who will be deported. No blood was shed and peace was soon restored. . WOMAN HAS 23D CHILD. Wife of Japanese !.ji:;‘:flmm Deem- ed to Hold Record. GANGES, B. C., March § (#).— After giving birth to another son, her twenty-third child, Mrs. I. Tasaka, wife of a Japanese fisherman of Salt Spring Island, near here, has just es- tablished what is believed a record for British Columbia, if not the whole Do- minion. Mrs. Tasaka has had 23 children in vears of married. life. Seventeen are living. She is her hushand's fifth wife. Girl, 18, Has Her Parents Restrained From Preventigg_Her Living Own Life By the Associated Pres CHICAGO, March 5.—A flapper who said she never had a chance to flap be- cause her parents clipped her wings, established another precedent for flam- ing youth here today when she ob- tained an Injunction restraining her parents from interfering with her life. Jennis Genge, 18, before Cireuit Judge Ira Ryner, contended that she was of age and had a right to live her own life. She said she is employed in a lawyer's office, and her parents in- sisted on visiting her there and col- lecting her wages. Her petition set forth that she has turned over her wages to her parents since she was 15, and that although financially independent now they still insist that she do so, and also restrict her liberties while at home. Judge Ryner signed an order re. straining the parents, Mr. and. Mrs. Charles Genge, from interfering in any manner with their daughter's life, | Crew and Supposed Direc- Itors of Seized Vessel Charged Leralship rum.runner case to a cfimax lothers 1927—PART 1. b1 NAMED IN RUM SHIP INDICTMENTS With Conspiracy. By the Assocfated Preas SAN FRANCISCO, March 5.-—The| Federal grand jury, meeting in ex traordinary session, brought the Fed-. today by indicting all of the members of the Federalship crew, the supposed directors of the Consoli ed Export- ers, Ltd., of Canada. and a number of an charges of conspiracy to | violate the Volstead and related laws And treaties. The jury, whore sum- moning had been oppoked in court as | 1llegal, was out but a few minutes and its quick action came as a surprise on all sides. The Federalship, rum ship de luxe, was seized on the open sea, 300 miles off San Francisco, and hrought to this city Thursday as a prize by two Coast { Guard patrol hoats. Its seizure has occasioned international questions regarding regisiry and treaty rights. 61 Sixty-one defendants, alleged to be concerned with a half -score rum smuggling conspiracies on the coast, are named in the indictments. Their { bail aggregates more than $1.200.000 The returning of the indictments gave impetus to one of the greatest rum smugsgling clean-ups in the his tory of the country. The Canadians indicted are Russell Whitelaw, George Norgan and A. L. McLennon, named as directors of the Consolidated Ex porters; . R. Anderson. an attornsy representing the exporters, and W. J MUrdock, an attorney representing the Federal Shipping Co., Ltd. Others indicted are Joseph Ferris, J. W. Nard, John Murphy, =aid to be { the local agent of the Consolidated Exporters; R. R. Belanger, Jack Miller, Arthur Lily, Jack Zuckor, Paul Gatto, Willlam ®mmons, Mel Smith, Johnny Moreno, Charles Mc- Kinnon, Albert Young, Henry Radi- gan, Ray Miller, Phil_Brottman and Nuthan Rell, all of San Franeisco. A numbher of these men are under previous indictments. Some are fugitives from justice. Captain and Crew Indicted. Named in Indictments. Stone of the Federal- ship and every member of his crew were indicted d ite their contention that they were committing no illegal act when taken in charge by the Coast Guard craft. Federalship | riding at anchor under heavy guard here with a cargo of liquor aboard valued at more than $1.000,000. Reimpaneling of the ju which had heen strenuously opposed by counsel for Capt. Stone and the Consolidated Exporters earlier in the day, was ef- fected to make a quick disposition of the pressing questions attending the seizure of the Federalship. Counsel for these defendants had contended that the jury had been formally dis- olved by court orders last Monday, and that there was nothing in the | statutes which provided for its reor- ganization. The reimpanelment was ordered by the court, however, upon the motion of United States District Attorney George Hatfield. RUM SMUGGLING DISCLOSED. Capt. Federalship Frequently Landed Liquor, State Department Says. By the Associated Press. A lenigthy recital of “facts" concern ing the operations off the Pacific Coast of the Panama-chartered steam- er Federalship, seized as a rum run ner by prohibition enforcement au thorities, was published last night by the State Department. Among other disclosures contained in’ the departmental statement was that Treasury agents had_reported that no Panaman citizen was aboard the ship when it was seized, that its registered owner was a Canadian |corporation and that its captain, Stewart §. Stone, “is understood to be a Canadian, who is under indiect ment in the United States in connec- | {tion with previous smuggling opera- tions.” Operations of the Federalship, dating from the early part of 1926, were detailed. At that time, it was said, the steamer delivered liquor oft the California coast and repeated the offense many times afterward. *“On June 4 last,” the announcement said, “the vessel obtained clearance from Vancouver with another liquor cargo, the master: having declared cargo was destined to John Douglas & Co., La Libertad, Salvador. “An investigation disclosed that there was no firm at La Libertad named John Douglas & Co.” The various trips made by the ship from June until September were de- | gcribed. On one occasion, timed as | having taken place on July 30 last, the Federalship communicated with | Coast Guard Cutter 262 and, believing | that craft to be operated by smug- glers, it exchanged several messages asking if 4 liquor cargo was desired. e inquiries were answered in the atfirmative, the records said, adding that when the cutter came in closer its identity was disclosed, whereupon the Federalship departed in the dark- ness and effected its escape. COOK EJEAD, OTHERS ON SHIP FEARED LOST Vessel Found Bottom-Up Off Vir- ginia Capes Is Towed Into Norfolk. By the Associated Pre NORFOLK, Va., March 5.—Known loss of one life and the probable loss of the entire crew of an unidentified vessel, found bottom-up off the Vir- ginia Capes today, furnished an after- math to Wednesday's storm along the Atlantic Coast. The established casualty was the death of William Dover, 68-year-old cook on the American schooner Wil- liam Bisbee, who was washed over- hoard off Hog Isiand, Va., while the northeast blow was at its worst. Loss of the cook was made known with the arrival of the Bisbes in Hampton Roads today in tow of the Coast Guard Cutter Manning. L “STUNT FLYER” KILLED. Jack Parks Falls 1,000 Feet in Florida Exhibition. WINTER HAVEN, Fla.,, March 5 (). —Jack Parks, 22, stunt’ i killed today when he fell 1,000 feet from an airplane at the Monson fly- ing field, near Winter Haven. The accident occurred when Parks attempted a stunt known as ‘“the breakaway,” In which he dangled from the wings of the plane by his ankles held by straps. The body will be taken to Deland for burial. it Dutch Banker Sail AMSTERDAM, Holland, March 5 (#®).—Thea president of the Netherlands r. Vissering, accompanied b Departrjental Secretary Ritter, left for thef United States tod: Tt s sald hig visit will be a private one. Leaves Newspaper Work L. €. L., PROBERT QUITS ASSOCIATED PRESS Superintendent of Washing- ton Bureau Resigns to Care for Other Interests. L. C. Probert, superintendent of the Washington divislon of the Assoeiated Press for the past 10 years, and one of the hest known newspaper men in the country, retired yesterday from active work in his profession. Announcement of Mr. Probert's resignation was made from New York v Kent Cooper, general manager of the Associated Press, in the follow- ing meseage over the “A. P.” wires to all sups respondents: “The management regrets to nounce the resignation from the serv- ice of I Probert, superintendent f the Washington bureau. bert's 22 years in the organiza- tion, 1% of them in Washington, and 10 of these as chief of the Wash ington staff, have heen marked with many distinguished services to the association and its membership. “He Intends to devote himself for the present to personal interests. | have told him that you join me in the regret at seeing him leave us and in all good wishes for his future.” Will Remain Here. Probert will not leave Wash. however. He intends to re. build at Homeland Farms, his home near Olney, Md., and time to development of his 300-acre farm. The house was destroyed by fire recently, and Mr. Probert explain- ed that a farm of such size will re. quire his full attention for the present. Later, Mr. Prohert explained, h hopes to devote himself to personal interests that have attracted him for years. Mr. Probert was born in 1583 in Batavia He worked on North- ern newspapers and for the Assocint- ed Press hefore coming to Washingd ton in 1909, PROBERT. an- Mr. ington, Covered Peace Conference. He covered many events of interna- tional importance for the Associated Press. among them the Paris peace conference following the World War, accompanying President Wilson to France on hoth his trips. His work during the war in Wash- ington was considered particularly notable, and for many vears past he has been placed in charge of the As. soclated Press arrangements and staff covering the different national con- ventions. Following the appointment of Kent Cooper as general manager of the Associated Press Mr. Probert was sent from Washington across the continent to the Pacific coast, as. sisting in the general work of reor- ganization of the Associated Preas throughout the country. PULMOTORS FAIL TO SAVE TWO BOYS OF FIREMEN Pneumonia Claims Youngsters Who Were Mascots of Chicago Life-Saving Squad. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, March 5.—John Bran- nigan’'s hoys, Jimmy and Jack, mas- cots of Pulmotor Squad No. 2, Chicago Fire ‘Department, of which their fa- ther is a member, died today. Even the pulmotors their eves had often watehed with fascinated interest and with which their father had helped save man Pneumon When doctors shook ther heads and abandoned hope for the lives of the five and seven year old youngsters, John Brannigan appealed io his chief for the pulmotors. Squad No. 2 worked 24 hours, each taking his turn uqu pulmotors. ut pneumonia was stronger th: the best efforts of John Bm‘nnl:n;': fellow firemen—and black streamers of crepe tonight hang from the truck of Pulmoter Squad No. 2. Five Tremors of Some Intensity Felt in Santiago. HAVANA, March 5 (®).—Five earthquakes of some intensity and du- ration were felt in Sanitago de Cuba last night and early today. The first tremors occurred at 11 o'clock last night, causing such alarm that spec- tators in a moving picture theater at. tempted to rush to the streets. The last quake was felt at 7 o'clock this morning. San German, a town situated in oriente Province, near Santiago de Cuba, also felt a slight quake last night at about 11:30. Paymaster Jailed For ‘Carrying’ Dead In Pay Roll Frauds By the Associated Press. SALATIGA, Java., March 5. —Promotion landed a Javanese paymaster in jail hers when his successor discovered he had been defrauding the Dutch colonial treasury for years by carrying dead men on his pay roll. Natives here sign receipts by fingerprints, and it has been found that hundreds of fingerprints on | panion ’ who has served as! intendents, editors and cor-| Mr. | to devote his| lives, failed them against | WRECKED FLYERS' FATENOW N DOUBT | Gunboat Goes to African In- let in Hunt for Uruguayan and Companions. By the Associated Pra PARIS, March 5.—A shattersd sea. plane Iying near the mouth of a rivu- let on the shore of Spanish Colonial Africa, in territory inhabited by un friendly trihes, tonight marked the end of the projected transatlantic flight of the Uruguayan aviator, Maj Tadeo Larre-Rorges, and thres com- The fiyer: who left Casa- blanca, Morocco, on Wednesday morn- ing. have ince dropped from sight. Their fate was still in doubt tonight, although, admittedly, the chance of finding them was slim. Gunboat Goes to Scene. French and Spanish warships and airplanes had scoured the sea along the African coast for three days with- out finding a trace of the aviators, and tonight the Spanish gunboat Bonifaz and two Spanish civilian planes were |en route 1o the spot where the wrecked plane was reported seen. News of the discovery of the shat- tered plane was Lrought by the pilots of a French afrplane northward hound from Dakar. They reported that they sighted a plane 60 miles north of Cape Jubl, and that they flew over it at a height of barely 20 fest. Al though they did not land. the pilots i“”. positive in their identification | The French pilots safd that the.sea- | plane had bean smashed to bits, the | | f cockpit plunged deep into the ground and the motor 200 feet away. FEvery indication was that the plane either {had fallen on the shore or had heen | wracked whils trving to cross the bar of the river after making a descent | possibly bheca of engine troubl | { No Bodies Were Seen. The slim kope that the aviators were still alive was based on the fact that no hodies were seen in the viein- ity of the wreckage. It was hoped consequently, that the Uruguaya | had leaped to safety and had started to find their way hack from the lonely coast to civilization. This prospect, however, was surrounded with a new danger, since the Maorish tribes in the district are still in revolt. The French pilots who discovered the plane, arriving at Casablanca tonight, expressed the helief that the | Uruguayans were dead inside the | wrecked hull. They were unable to land to verify their helief because of | the rough nature of the terrain. 'TWO MORE NAMED " T0 RADIO BOARD Personnel of New Commission Completed—Lack of Funds May Hurt. Br the Associated Press. | Regulations for radio under a Fed- |eral commission was brought closer {10 actuality yesterday, when President oolidge gave recess appointments to {the two members needed to complete Isuch a hoard, and Secretary Hoover |invited all five of the new commis- | sioners to come to Washington. While Congress enacted a law to | set up a commission of five with power |to control radio broadcasting, appro- | priations to sustain it failed in the | filibuster jam that marked the closing | hours of the Senate session. | Orestes H. Caldwell of New York |and Henry A. Bellows of Minnesota, |two of the five men named to the | commission, failed to obtain Senate confirmation hefare adjournment, but | received recess appointments yester- | day from the President. The lack of funds, Commerce Depart- ment officials said. would greatly | hamper the commission, but Secretary Hoover indicated that he would do his | het to help out the situation by lend- | ing the commission a clerical staff, |'office space or anything else that he could Tawfully provide it. Mr. Hoover, who has been respon- | sible for a measure of radio regula- tion, said that the commission consist- ed of “five absolutely. independent men, having ne political status, each of whom contributes essential skill and experience.” The legislation they work under, he added, represented in large part the recommendations of his department, and the Federal regu- lation would be aimed at preventing | “radio listeners being dominated by politics o any other selfish interest in control of broadcasting.’ MAN AND' WIFE KILLED, 3 INJURED IN BLAST | Explosion of Carbide Tank, Heard 1 Several Miles, Wrecks Home of Farmer. By the Associated Pres SCOTTDALE, Pa., March farmer and his wife were killed and three persons injured tonight when A carbide tank used in a lighting plant exploded and wrecked their home-near here. The explosion, which was heard for several miles, was fol- lowed by fire and neighbors took the bodies from the house and aided the injured to escape. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Porter, the couple killed, were aged 50 and 45, respectively. Their daughter, Sarah, 11, had both legs fractured when she was hurled through a window, and Porter's father and sister suffered burns and shock. The cause of the blast was undeter- mined. = ez iy Soviet Denies China Propaganda. LONDON, March 5 (#).—Tass, the Russian news ageacy, tonight was authorized officially to deny as a ma- licious fabrication and totally un- founded a published report from Shanghai alleging that a telegram had been sent from Moscow to Soviet representatives in China instructing them to engage in anti-British and anti-American propaganda. NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. Keith’s Theater 12:30 to 1 O’Clock Speaker Tomorrow: Rev. Earle Wilfley Services Conducted by Rev. E. C. Beery pay vouchers were the paymast- er's own. He had been fingerprinting the pay. vouchens of dead natives and pocketing i money. S EVERY ONE INVITED No Collection ' { /