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2 FOUR N CABANSS DEATHPLANE HORT Late Advices Give Details of Commander’s Fatal Acci- dent in West Indies. The airplane crash which caused the death of Comdr. Robert Wright Ca- baniss, U. S. N., when it attempted to take off in a rough sea between Haiti and Jamaica in the West Indies ves- terday, also resulted in injury to four others'in the crew, according to addi- tional dispatches received at the Navy partment today. The ill-fated plane was of the Navy PN type and was one of those used In attempted non-stop flight to Hawaii in 1925, Those injured are: Lieut. (Junior Grade) W. V. Rassaleur of Louise, Mo.. burned about the face, arms and back: Lieut. Martin B. Stonestreet, U. S. N.. Nashville, Tenn., lacerated scalp, burns on the right hand and feck and a sprained leg: Aviation Ma chinist's Mate dward William Oliver of Homer, Ga., injury to the right leg: Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate Co- mer Vincent of Philadelphia, Pa., Burned on the face and hands. Radio Man Escapes. John Russell Roe of Akron, Ohio, radio man, United States Navy, es- caped uninjured. Roe was a member of one of the plane crews of the PN-10 plane in the flight from Hamp- ton Roads to Panama last vear. Dispatches received by the Navy Department indicate the plane fel ‘While rising from the water about @'clock yesterday morning, and Neved to have been caused by the Pough condition of the sea and & ken horizontal stabilizer on the left e of the plane, said a statement is- ed at the department. The plane 8o caught fire from the small gas nk between the pllot's seats. The Navy aircraft tender Aroostock, 'omdr. Cabaniss was in charge, is proceeding to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with the body of the dead gommander and his injured crew. The injured will be transferred to the hos- pital ship Mer. 7 ¥ Comdr. Cabaniss, who died of a gpmplication of injuries and burns, is rvived by his widow. Mrs. Martha Cabaniss, Coronado, Calif. He was horn at Union Springs, Ala in 1884, d appointed to the Naval Academy 1902. % Graduated in 1906. Following his graduation in 1906, he assigned to the Asiatic station, fhere he served for a number of rs. In 1915 he began training for fation at the Pensacola station, in rida, and in 1917 became a quali- Ex-Senator to Wed GILBERT M. HITCHCOCK. HITCHCOCK ENGAGED TO MEMPHIS WOMAN Former Senator From Nebraska and Miss Martha Harris An- nounce Betrothal. Associated Press NEW YORK, April 1.—The engage- ment of Miss Martha Harris of Mem- phis, Tenn., to Gilbert M. Hitchcock, former United States Senator from Nebraska, was announced here last night by Miss Harris’ aunt, Mrs. J. T. Harahan of Chicago. Miss Harris, a graduate of Miss Carter's School in Baltithore, is a daughter of the late R. W. Harris of Memphis. She has been staying here with her aunt since their return, re- cently, from a fiveemonth trip to Europe. Since his retirement from the Sen- ate in 1923, Mr. Hitcheock has lived in} Omaha, where he has been publisher of the World-Herald. He is 67 and Miss Harris 'is considerably vounger. Mr. Hitchcock’s first wife, who was Jessie Crounge of Fort Calhoun, Nebr died in 19! wire fence and well bevond towering tree tops. Far from busily traveled Michigan avenue, from which Mr. Ford pjunged. naval aviator. * During the World War he served as & lieutenant commander at Pensacola mnd later commanded a naval aviation hment at the Massachusets In- ute of Technology until May, 1918, n_he went to France. “Following his return to the United tates he served at Rockaway Beach, Tong Island, and again at Pensacola Wstil 1921, when he became executive ¥ of the aircraft tender Wright. 1923 to last vear he was at the aval aircraft factory at Philadelphia, #%m which. assignment he was sent & commander of the Aroostook. ;, TLANTA, April 1 P).— dr. Robert W. Cabaniss ‘was the sén of J. E. H. Cabaniss of Birming- Ala., and & nephew of H, H. iss of this city, where he was jwell known. During the World War was an instructor in the naval Air | o ice. TWO KILLED IN CRASH. Falls in Tail-Spin at Florida City. ENSACOLA, ¥l April P).— o men were kill when a Navy plane crashed near Molino, Fla., day afternoon, the ship striking ground after going into a spin at dow altitude. Joe Poarter was killed almost in tantly, and David Edward Nelson, , died in an ambulance en route . the naval hospital here. Nelson is survided by his widow one child, living on the reserv: here. White s survived by his ow, who is at Keota, lowa. Both had excellent records in the Navy. RD SURE CRASH WAS ACCIDENTAL; REMOVED TO HOME i L ‘Continued from First Page) thin 24 hour ter a plot is hatched know of it.” said Bennett. . Ford, himself, does not think re was any plot. Neither has he tid so. In his mind, as in my mind, | t'was an unavoidable accident. Some hur g by inadvertently struck front wheel with enough force to firow the swering wheel out of Mr. ord’s hands for an instant and to bause the accident. +] believe this is one of those acci. jents that will never be solved. Our nly hope is that people who were giving in the vicinfty of it Sund ht will come forward voluntarily. gflmou said_that a report that a tain type of motor car was dam. fed, as if it had been in such an ac nt as that which injured Mr. d, had been run down and that it s found that the car in question had been In the vicinity of the accident nday night Telegrams Pour In. i [ s ¥ #We are not searching for any Jar kind of a car now.” he Bince the news of the accident ade public last Wednesday, three ws after it happened, hundreds of grams have been received at the fce of Mr. Ford's weekly, the Dea orn Independent. from friends roughout the country Among them was one from Thomas CBdison at East Orange, N. J.. in uiring to Mr. Ford's -condition nd expressing hope for a speedy re overy All of the telegrams were taken to e Ford home Chafing at the par 4. restraint of treat- ent in his own great hospital. Mr. ord tenderly was returned to his e last night, a 10-mile ambulance e. #¥ith the removat of Mr. Ford from hospital official bulletins concern his condition ceased to be issued. Condition Is Improved. The last was made public last night t about the hour the injured manu was being returned home. ecounted_an improved condition, fontinued suffering and normal pulse, mperature and respiration ¥rom the very outset, when symp- bms which are usually regarded as serfous in & man of Mr. tord’s 64 vears were remarked upon having been cleared up, there has n no further reference to them. was stated that Mr. Ford suffered concussion. period of unconscious. s and slight hemorrbages from the dder and lung: Mr. Ford return fod of recuperation 1o s=pend the within a few none of the wracking city noises which might have disturbed him in the urban Henry Ford Hospital will be heard. Estate Doubly Guarded. The Ford estate normally is im- pregnable, with gatekeepers, guards and a host of other servants, and with the nmster lying injured and fighting for his health, the confines of the vast estate were doubly guarded. = It developed today that the accident occurred just outside the city limits of Dearborn, between that village and its neighbor, Fordson, and that the official responsible for the reports con- cerning that territory is a constable, A. W. Peck of Wayne. Every official agency in Detroit and ‘Wayne County denied participation in an investigation of the accident ex- | the State. i the THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. €., FRIDAY, . APRIL 1, SENATEQ.K'S CITY OF ARLINGTON BILL Regular Procedure Suspend- ed to »Rush Measure Through Unanimously. BY REX COLLIER. Staff Correspondent of The Star RICHMOND, Va.. April 1.—The “City of Arlington” referendum bill and two emergency measures author- izing school and water loans in Ar- lington County were passed unani- fternoon by the State Senate. The trio of bills was rushed through that body several days ahead of the calendar in deference to an urgent request of Senator Frank L. Ball, au- thor of the measures. The bills were reported this morning by the com- mittee on counties, cities and towns and on motion of Senator Ball the Senate suspended the regular pro- cedure in order to vote on them at once. Ball Issues Statement. Senator Ball issued the following statement immediately upon passage of the city bill: “The referendum bill submitting to the people of Arlington County the question of incorporation is a recog- nition of the right of self determina- tion of local governmental and politi- cal affairs which has long been ac- corded the thickly settled portions of It gives to the people of ~_county the right to determine their own political destiny in affairs strictly and provides a means of ex- pression at the polls. “The bill, as passed by the Senate, is a carefully prepared measure, carrying safeguards of the rights of each locality. While it is well known that I am opposed to immediate in- corporation and have so argued be- fore the Better Government Commis- sion, T am nevertheless in favor of providing a means by which the sen- timent of the people of the county can be fairly obtained and am willing to rest the case in the sound judgment of the voters; a forum where all argu- ments, pro and con, can be fairly and completely aired and.considered. Proposes Time for Election. “The election on this question should come at a time when the per- sonalities of candidates for office will not be intermingled. It should be sub- mitted ‘after the county election has been held, entirely divorced from all collateral issues, and fought out strictly on its merits. It would be nothing short of disastrous to make it a political foot ball to be bandied about in the campaign as a vote getter or yote destroyer in accordance with the whims of the respective candidates. “I have not introduced this bill and piloted it through the Senate either to make or destroy any issue for any candidate and hold in contempt effort on the part of any one to prostitute its real intent to any such use. “As to the reported move on the part of Alexandria to annex a part of the county, it would be exceedingly unfortunate at this time. 1 do not share the thought possessed by some, that the two communities should stand guard at their ‘borders with drawn swords ready for mortal com- bat at the slightest signal. Brotherly Feeling Urged. The county is not concerned with the internal affairs of the City oi cepting the small Dearborn police orce. 4 The Dearborn Police Department conoluded its inquiry two davs ago, but has withheld its report It was "demanded by Joseph O. Castellucel, assistant prosecuting a torney in charge of accident investi- gations, and it then developed that the rn department was without formal jurisdiction over the scene of the accident. Castellucel then turned to Peck, the constable, asking for a complete Castellucci said he wished only to | assure himself there was nothing es. | pecially suspicious and that he did not think further investigation by the prosecuting attorney’s staff wouid be necessary Back Still Pains Him. It was not until shortly before noon today, 16 hours after Mr. Ford had been removed, that official confirma- tion of the change was made. “This is the fifth day after the acc dent,” sald a bulletin issued by R. D. McClure, surgeon in chief of the Henry Ford Hospital. “Last night Mr. Ford was removed in an ambulance from the hospital to his residence. “The sprained back still is most paintul.” That even at his own urgent quest Mr. Ford was permitted to re. 3 turn home was accepted as indicat- | O\ jng nothing serfously wrong was found to persist after minute exami- nations at the hospital. It was under- stood that the desire for X- pic- tures of the back and chest conditions was one of the chief reasons for send- ing Mr. Ford to his hospital after he had lain in his home for two days after the accident. It was understood today that the Ford organization’s private investig tors continued their efforts to find the big automobile which crowded M Ford off the road at one of the only two spots on his route home from his laboratories where such an accident | could have been more than trivial. Cheir head, however, was authority the statement that he accepted he crash as an accident. Effect on Trial Debated. On the other hand, the initial state- ments from two sources close to the manufacturer that it was believed there had been a deliberate attempt to kil him stood unchanged. As the $1,000,000 libel suit of Aaron Sapiro of Chicago against Ford sped to the point at which Ford was to have taken the witness stand, interest was heightened in the turn his en- forced inability o testify would cause. Sapiro’s counsel remained adamant {in his expressed intention to demand that the court force the defense to proceed with its case, and Senator Jumes A. Reed of Missouri, head of the ounsel, and his associates continued thelr reticence concern: ing their stand. In some quarters was visioned an in- terruption of the trial until such time as the injured automobile maker could appear in court During the two weeks of ihe trial before he was injured Mr. Ford did not attend the court sessions, but his insel met the demand of Mr. Sa piro’s lawyer that he testify with the | statement that he would be available | when wanted, EDISON SENDS REGR | Alexandria, except to have a brotherly interest in its progress and a fraternal pride in its accomplishments. Neithe, should the city have any particul concern as to the internal affairs of the county except on the same ba “The two communities can continue to grow as two big brothers, each boosting the progress of the other, and cultivating a cordial feeling and understanding, and any party who attempts to break or injure the warmth of sympathy and co-operation which should exist is not a friend to either the county or the city, and merits the condemnation of both. “Let the boundary line between the two stand as the handclasp of friend- ship between kindly neighbors. Let each work to its ultimate destiny in its own way and eventually we will have two great municipalities which will be a credit to Virginia and an honor to the National pital. The loan bills acted on today au- thorize the board of supervisors to borrow $85,000 with which to avoid a shutdown in the county school s) tem on May 1, and $100,000 for in- stallation of fire hydrants and pay- ment of interest on the water bond issue. School Loun Called Vital. The school loan was urged as a vital necessity by a committee of and school officials who came Tuesday to present the situa- tion o Senator Ball and Delegate Jesse. he legislators agreed to in- troduce a bill to take care of what they termed “a very serious prob- The measure permits the 00l board to negotiate a loan for not exceeding $85,000,” with the ad- vice and consent of the supervisors, and provides that the supervisors may levy annually a tax sufficient to meet the interest and principal on the notes as they come due. The water loan of $100,000 will be divided equally and applied to pay ment of expenses of installing fire hydrants in the new county water system and to meeting Interest charges on the bonds outstanding under the bond issue vot:d last June. Three other measures affecting Arlington County were approved unanimously by the Senate yesterda: afternoon. = One, a constitutional amendment giving Arlington County the right to assess abutting property owners for sidewalks and sewers, already had passed the House and is now In the hands of the governor for signature. It must be approved by the voters of the State before it becomes effective, however. Affect Fire Regulations. e here The other pair of bills were of particular interest to the volunteer fire departments of Arlington, Prince William and Fairfax Counties and the city of Alexandria. One makes it a misdemeanor for motorists to drive over fire hose, and the other gives fire officials police authority in_time of emergency to cope with violators of fire laws. The fire bills have not vet been considered by the House. Delegate Wilbur Hall of Loudoun County made an unsuccesstul effort yesterday to have the House approve an amendment to the State constitu- | tion apportioning school funds on the basis of enrollment instead of school population. He declared that this amendment | would have been of much benefit to Arlington County and other jurisdic- Expresses Hope His Friend Ford Will jave Speedy Recovery. MYERS, Fla., April 1 (®)— Thomas A. Edison, who was without information 8s to the accident to Henry Ford except what he has read in the newspapers, expressed his re jgret at the injury suffered by his friend and neighbor here, and wired that he hoped for the v of her husband as up early to read ac- ent in the mornjng FORT Mrs. Ford und ards of the spot at which n lost his life. Standing at he River Rouge Bridge. over which e just had passed when his car was lirled down the embankment, the f the home is visible-over @ high r papers, and spent most of the day | outside engaged in his rubber exper Imenu, declined to comment on veports thal the Detroit automobile manufacturer may have been a vic ‘m of an attempt on hig life, tions where the percentage of enroll- ment to school population is high. He argued that the counties making the most of the schools should receive a greater share of the educational ap- propriations. Vincent Astor in Hospital. NEW YORK. April 1 (#).—Vincent. Astor, capitalist and prominent figure in New York social life, is in a New | York hospital today following a minor operation. Taken to the hospital yes. terd: he was operated upon and to- day was reported resting comfortably. There are wild deer 60 of the 67 counties-nt in than | ¢hat shall go on his hi sohool - activities TWO ORATORICAL - CONTESTS TODAY| Private and Parochial and Maryland Group Competi- tions Being Held. Two more districts of The Star's "area in the fourth National Oratorical Contest will enter the group test phase today. while the Central High School district and the Virginia distrlct mark | time to await their respective finals April 14 and April 7. The first group contest of the private | and_parochial school district is being conducted at McMahon Hall, Catholic University, this afternoon wi the spokesmen for St. Cecelia’s Academy, St. John's College and the Academy of the Holy Cross competing for a place in the private and parochial school finals April 13. Three Compete at Hyattsville. Three orators representing the Lau- rel, Silver Spring and Hyattsville High Schools will compete at Hyattsville at 8 o'clock tonight in the first group con- test of the Maryland district. The winner of that contest will be one of the entrants in the Maryland school finals April 14, and on the same day Central High School will hold its final competition between the four surviv- ors of its series of elimination con- tests. 4 The contestants In this afternoon’s meeting and their respective oration subjects are Iester Anderson of St Cecelia’'s Academy, on “The Citiz Defense of the Constitution gar Chadwick of St. Joh College (high school grades), on “The Consti- tutlon,” and Margaret B. Heister of the Academy of the Holy Cross, on “The Constitution. An unusual jury is deciding upon the merits of the speakers in the test this afternoon. The entire public speaking class of the university, under Dr. Joseph English, and Dr. Richard Purcell’s political science class, making a jury of 66, are sitting in judgment on the orations. Dr. Purcell is pre- siding at the meeting in McMahon Hall. l School Orchestra to Play. The Business High School Orchestra is rendering a concert program in the periods between speeches. The Maryland group contestants in the auditorium of the Hyattsville High School tonight, and their ora- tions will be Elizabeth Colonel of the Laurel High School, on “The Consti tution—What It Means Today”; Mar: Stewart of the Silver Spring High 8chool, on “Abraham Lincoln’s Con- tribution to the Constitution,” and Mark W. Woods of the Hyattsville High School, on “Washington and the Constitution.” Three members of the faculty of the University of Maryland wil be the judges. They are C. S. Richardson of the arts and sciences department, R. M. Watkins of the reading and pub- lic speaking department and W. T. L. Taliafero of the agricultural depart- ment. H. F. Cotterman, - associate dean of the university, will be chair- man of the meeting. Reservations have been made in the auditorium for the supporters of the two visiting speakers and practically the whole student body of the Hyatts- ville school is expected to turn out to root for its entrant Wins at Falls Church. The last entrant for the Virginia district finals was chosen last night at Kalls Church in one of the most enthusiastic group meetings vet held fn The Star area’s course of the fourth _national oratorical contest. Dwight Brown, 15-year-old junior of the Oakton High School, speaking on “The Constitution,” was the victor in a close contest between the spokes- men of four high schools, Including with his own, the Fairfax, the Falls Church and the Franklin-Sherman. Simultaneously with the arrival in the Madison School Building audi- torfum, where the contest was held of the contingents of each of the con- tending schools, cheers and school yells split the alr, establishing at once the atmosphere for the Virginia dis- trict’s final group meeting. School banners were carried in and were given their places of honor in the sec- tions of the auditorium reserved for the visiting supporters of the speak- ers, and the pep of the audience was rivaled only by that which marked the first group meeting at Alexandria last Monday. - Victory Hard to Decide. Holding the difficult position of first speaker on the contestants’ program, Dwight Brown came within 45 sec- onds of the 10-minute time limit, and the victory he won was not easily de- termined by the five judges. The de- feated contestants, all of whom deliv ered good orations, were Vincent Schermerhorn, spokesman of the Franklin-Sherman High whose oration on “The Constitution and What It Means Today” was given second place; Mary Shreve of the Falls Church High School, who spoke on “America’s Contribution to Con- stitutional Government,” and Reba Frances Cupp of the Fairfax High School, whose subject was “The Con- stitution.” The meeting, which was over by Wilbert Woodson, clerk of the Fairfax County School Board, was given color and zest by a musical program that included vocal and in- strumental numbers. Mrs. John T Bowen played a plano solo as the in- troductory musical feature. Two violin soios by Miss Martha Bowen and songs by a quartet at intervals throughout the speaking program gave interesting reliet to the tension that the contest created. The quartet was composed of Mrs. Sheldon S Cline, Mrs. Scott Ryer, Dr. Macon Ware and F. M. Thompson. Ryer also sang a solo, and Mr Brown was the accompanist. The orators in last night's contest represented the youngest group in the Virginia gistrict. Dwight Brown, the winner, was the oldest of the four contestants, who are two vears his junfor. He looks a little older, how- ever, and with his manly voice and stature and his oration, he will be a sturdy - contestant for the $100 cash award, the gift of The Star, and the subsequent right to represent the Vir- ginfa district in this newspaper’s finals, May 4 Little Girls Like Dolls. the Falls Church little girl with neat She appeared for like a wee little doll v to the center of presided all the world as she walked shy the big platform, to face a big audi- ence and what must have seemed a Jury of even bigger judges, with her very big oration on this Nation's con- tribution to the world's constitutional government. Her only girl compan- fon-opponent, Reba emed but slightly larger in he le of con- stitutional orator. Following the announcement of his victory, Dwight interrupted for a moment the rush of his supporters who sought to congratulate him all at once, to tell a reporter for The Star ! his plans for the future are quite undecided. He is ambitious for a complete education, however, but before he decides what college he will enter Dwight says he wants to think a great deal more than he has. But as to the $100 he has a chance to win by defeating the winners of the three other Virginia group con- tests, Dwight has already decided— k¢ School, | i Competing in two grou right: Mu&ret B. Heister of St. John's College and Hester at McMahon Hall, Mary Stewart of Silver Spring High Xligh School and Elizabeth Hyattsville meeting tonight. ON AL AVATION Proposal Doomed to Failure, Gibson Informs Prepara- tory Arms Commission. By the Associated Press. NEVA, Switzerland, April The United States is opposed to any effort to limit civil aviation, Hugh Gib- son informed the preparatory commis- sion for a disarmament conference to- da Amitation under the proposed arm- ament treaty, he said, should be re- stricted to air forces under the colors, trained reserves who were subject to a call to the colors and air craft act- ually in service or held in reserve. Warns of Objections. He warned the delegates that any mpt to include in the trained re- serves civillans possessing some spe- cial technical training, but without military training, would be open to grave practical objections. The United States Government, he added, believes any attempt to make limitation - dependent upon aircraft in the hands of the civillan popula- tion, and not subject to governmental control for war purposes, would be doomed to failure. French View Outlined. M. Paul-Boncour who also spoke, did not make the French position en- tirely clear, merely emphasizing that aviation must be handled adequately in the treaty, otherwise it would be ridiculous. The impression gathered by some of the delegates was that the French realize they cannot limit civil avia- tion, but are anxious about its fu- ture development in Germany. s at KING FERDINAND REPORTED DYING FROM INFLUENZA (Continued_fre sarily mean that Ferdinand's condis tion has reached a cri Submitted to Two Operations. Last December King Ferdinand submitted to two operations for in- testinal disorder. The following month Dr. Sluys, radium journeyed from Brussels to Bucharest to administer radium treatments to the king. Late in February Dr. Sluys returned’ to Brussels, announcing that the king soon would be able to go to @ health resort. He said the radium treatment would not be renewed be- fore the middle of march, at which time Dr. Severeanu, Rumanian radium expert, would decide whether rexumption would be, necessa; Since that time there have been various rumors of the king's impend- ing departure for Italy, Spain or other Mediterranean countries. Reports also have circulated that he intended to abdlcate in favor of Prince Carol, on account of his health. Cancer Affliction Reported. Reports that the King's ailment Is cancer have heen circulated frequently during his iliness, He underwent an operation in January, 1925, for what was pronounced to be . intestinal trouble. King Ferdinand was born August 24, 1865, and ascended the throne of Rumania in October, 1914. On Janu- ary 10, 1863, he married Princess Marie, daughter of the Duke of Edin- burgh and later Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Six children were born to them, of whom five are living. Queen toured the United States last vea PHONE CALLS STOPPED. Lines Believed Held for Use of Royal Families. St @l Cl Copyright, 192 VIENNA, April 1.—News of a_“cir- cumstantinl evidence nature” reach- ing Vienna indicates that the condi- tion of King Ferdinand of Rumania has become most dangerous in the last 48 hours. Reports from Belgrade state that for the last 36 hours private telephone calls between Bucharest and Belgrade have not been allowed. Today the tele- phone administration announced tele- bhone connections were impossible cago Daily By Cable to The nd New € Ell\lll further notice. It is thought the | g lines have been reserved for the two royal families. Furthermore such ac- tion serves as most effective censor- ship. For several days veports have emerged from Bucharest regarding the king's condition and where he would go to recuperate. One such report stated that the king could have gone away, so far as his health was con- cerned, a few weeks ago, but that the Bratianos had not permitted it be. cause they feared the Averscu gov- ernment might get out of hand dur- ing his absence. 1 ball and base ball playing and the presidency of the literary society of his high school. The contesting field in the Virginia district finals is now complete and will be composed of John Oscar Bell, jr., who, by the way, was.an interested spect, lagt_night's contest, rep- resenting the Washington-Lee High jSchool; Miss Mary 8. Pattie of the i Manassas High School,> Miss Carie gher education. | T. Lucas of the Herndon High School and Dwight Brown, i WA G~ 129 Tanetar specialist, | 1927. OPPONENTS IN TWO CONTESTS TODAY oratorical contests today. Upper row, left to Holy Cross Academy, John Edgar Chadwick of A. Anderson of St. Cecilia’s Ac: lic University this afternoon. Lower School, Mark W. Woods of Hyattsville Colonel of Laurel High School, opponents at’ flcm{','oppomnh row, left to right: | WIGHT BROV School junior, who won irginia district group con- s Church lnst night. = SEVERE EARTHQUAKE REPORTED IN JAPAN By the Associated Press LONDON, April 1.—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Tokio says a heavy earthquake was reported at 6 o’'clock this morning throughout ‘western Japan. The districts which suffered in the disaster early last month are panic- stricken, the’ dispatch adds, but from the reports thus far received, there appears to have been no casualties. D Oakton HI the last test at Fall A violent earthquake shook central Japan March 7, killing 3,274 persons and jnjucing 6,734, according to fig- ures given out by the home office, The quake was particularly destruc- tive in the old Province of Tango. Only 17 per cent of the buildings in the quake area are reported to have escaped damage. The last major quake disaster in Japan preceding last month’s shocks was the great earthquake of 1923, in which the death roll was reported at 99,811, with 103,733 injured and property losses in the neighborhood of $5,000.000,000. 3 NEW PROHIBITION LAW IS IN EFFECT, WITH HAYNES AT HEAD (Continued from First Pa, the phases of violations that are di. rectly in opposition to the amendment —mnainely, sale, transportation, im- portation and manufacture—to five years, which would be commensurate with the penalties which a judge may administer for violations of other Feds eral statutes. The Supreme Court has pretty well settled the weaknesses in- herent in the national prohibition act when it was first passed, and there- fore, in my estimation, with the one above exception with regard to the maximum penalt we do not need legislation at all. We need, rather, concentration upon the problem of choosing and training consecrated, consclentious, capable investigators.” In her letter to the Senators, Mrs. Willebrandt indicated she had written a similar reply to the Anti-Saloon ‘ll,flsgua when asked to supoprt the ill. . The Washington members of the police force who were given authority also as prohibition agents under the old law were zovered over into the new organization today, with the under standing that to continue such au- thority they must qualify under civil service examination as all others in the organization, with the single ex- ception of the commissioner himself. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. RACE—Purse. §1'200: the carade; 4 Mriohge ) the Junior FIRST Brockway .. tLatvia .. 1Greentres tWilliam Ga OND RAC olds and | =115 110 S 110 D110 115 table. rth Purse. $1.200: claimi i Tiriongg. 0 0 Long Point . *Brotherhood ... Maxima ... Also eligible O S olly Sc The Seer- - Scorcher . Washingtor H. Rackworth THIRD RACE—Purse. $1 time Handicap: 3-vear-oids Tongs. Fatal Senato, Morbel Grenier FOURTH RACE—Pur tol Handicap: 3-year-olds Colonel Seth . . 106 The Heathen 124 Prickly Heat 100 Sunsard . 110 Dart. ... r Notris lo ... . 500: the Capi- 7 furlongs. 0 Contemplate Lasea ... Ed Buford FIFTH RACE—Py 4.year-olds and up: Lancaster. Flesiwood *Felix 'TH RACE-—Purse, 1, H a-y'-':-mu-, 1 mile and 10’;-?3.0 irse, $1.200: claiming: jrie. $1200: claiming: VENTH RACE—P: 1.200; claim. P gt in P gl ey ShTe0: eluim 5] resented other co-operative associa- | Arizona, Arkansas and Alabama. §20,000 LOAN FEES BARED BY SAPIRD Admits Farmers’ Organiza- tions Paid Him for Few Days’ Work in Washington. By the Associated Prees. DETROIT, April 1.—Approximately $20,000 was paid Aaron Sapiro for ob. taining loans at Washington for co- operative farmers' organizations, he testified t in his $1,000000 libel suit against Henry Ford. The time he actually spent at the Capital, appearing before the war finance corporation, Sapiro said, was “several da: in the Fall of 1821. He represented 13 cotton, wheat and tobacco associations. After establishing the amounts eol- lected by Sapiro, who for 15 years had "been organizing co-operatives, and the ‘approximate time he spent in floating the loans, Senator James Reed, attorney for Ford, switched his cross-examination to the Mississippi Growers’ Assoclation. Says Fees Were $13,700. The witness, who claims his reputa- tion with the farmers was injured by articles in the Ford-owned Dearborn Independent, says his fees from that group for 1921.22-23 totaled $13,750. Sapiro, when questioned as to work with the Texas Cotton Growers, ad- mitted he had demanded a $2.000 fee and traveling expenses, New York to Dallas, to make speeches and explain contracts to the farmers. “Before you went farther than mak- ing speeches, vou had an agreement that you be named counsel for all com- modity co-operatives in the State, 't Reed asked. “I wouldn’t say there Senator Reed was cross-examining Sapiro as to the Georgia Cotton Asso- ciation when noon recess was taken. Clashes With Reed. Sapiro was on the witness stand less than 15 minutes today before he clashed again with Reed. Turning angrily to Judge M. Ray- mond, the Senator said: “Your honor, this witness is con- tinually wrangling over fine points and finding fault with my questions rather than attempting to answer them.” . Reed had asked Sapiro as to speeches made in Texas in 1920, in behalf of the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Asso- clation. “You were still there in 19217" asked | Reed. Sapiro picked him up instantly. “You mean I was there again?” he asked. “Your question indicates I was there the whole time.” Reed Files Protest. All right, all right, sir; have it your own way,” the Senator replied and turned to the judge to protest. Sapiro was upheld by the court in this instance as justified in not an- swering Reed's first question. The Ford attorney started his third day of cross-examination by going into the organization of the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association. Sa- piro_testifled there were bankers and heads of other agricultural associa- tions on the pre-organized committee, but no warehousemen that he could remember. “You started bales of cotton contracted f Reed. “That was our goal.” Many seats were vacant again this morning and the press tables, which have been crowded with out-of-town correspondents, were almost deserted. Denies Money for Speeches. Sapiro said he had received no money for speeches explaining cotton tracks. That was considered part of his work. He admitted he related advantages he hoped would be realized by the association, and attempted to persuade farmers to join. Sapiro identified an account of one of his speeches made in 1921 printed in the Texas Farm Bureau paper. Reed read the article, which quoted | Sapiro as saying he was not inter- sted primarily in money, but wisnea to take the children of Texas out of the ‘cotton- fields and put them in schools and to take the women from the fields and put them in their homes. Sapiro said the articles, told of the success of co-operative organizations in California, where they had been in existence for 26 years. He told of the great change at Fresno among the raisin growers, prosperity following organization of the co-operatives. Sapiro followed Reed in the reading and, although he had no copy before him, stopped the Senator two or three | timés to correct him from memory. The Senator left a “not” out in one sentence, which changed the meaning. Corrected by the witness, himself an attorney, Reed said the word was aimost obliterated and he had not seen it. “They” Instead of “We." In reference to the California go- | operatives and their success, the Sen- ator read: “We" found: “we” did, and %o forth. He was halted again by Sapiro, who insisted “they” had been used instead of “w Fees for work performed in Texas from 1921 to 1926 totaled approxi- mately $37,380, Sapiro testified. Senator Reed introduced another account of a speech made by Sapiro in Texas to a group of bankers. “Did you say in that speech ‘too many of these - fly-by-night associa- tions failed because they did not tie up the growers tight enough?’ " asked the attorney. “Did you say you made these con- tracts stick just as the bankers made promissory notes stick?"" “Substantially, yes. The Senator then switched to loans Sapiro was instrumental in obtainir for the Texas Farm Bureau commit- tee on association and the fee he charged. The witness said he had o#- tained money from the War Finance ‘orporation, but he could not remem- ber how much. The amount was in- cluded in the fees previously men- tioned, he said. Sapiro Lists His Fees. While counseling the Texas com- mittee on growers on loans at Wash- ington, Sapiro admitted he also rep- in to get a million " said tions there. There were the Washington and Idaho wheat growers associations; the California Prune and Apricot Growers and cotton associations in Oklahoma, Georgia, North Carolina, DEARTH ACQUITTED BY STATE SENATE Judge Freed of Seven Im- peachment Charges Grow- ing Out.of Editor’s Fight. By the Associated Prese INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Apiil | Judge Clarence W. Dearth of the Del aware Circuit Court today was acquit ted on all seven counts of impeach ment charges by the Indiana State Senate. The tmpeachment charges alieged re striction of the freedom of the press appointment of an unqualified jury commissioner, confiscation of news papers, impaneling of unqualified Jjuries and other alleged corruption and high crime. “I feel as T always have feit. innocent,” Judge Dearth said. ‘Will Be on Bench Tomorrow. The judge said he would be back on the bench tomorrow. Thirty-two votes was the nearest the Seuate came to casting the 34 votes required for conviction under the stip- ulation that two-thirds of the Senators must vote for conviction. This vote came on the second count, which charged unlawful appointment of Ja- cob Cavanaugh as jury commissioner. The charges against Sudge Dearth were the climax of a long controversy engaged in by the jurist and George R Dale, editor of the Post-Democrat, a kly newspaper published at Mun- cie, this city being the county seat of Delaware County. Special Session Voted. ‘When Judge Dearth ordered confis cation of an issue of the Post-Demo- crat in which was printed an article that he held to be derogatory to the court, Dale and his friends took steps to bring the matter before the State Legislature. The impeachment charges were voted by the House of Representatives following an investi- gation and a special session of the Senate was ordered to try the jurist Dale several times has been sen enced for contempt by Judge Dearth and one such sentence has been ap pealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. —— DEPUTIES KILLED; SEEK BANK BANDIT Two Law Officers Found Slain Near Automobile Along Road. Tam By the Associated Press. BORGER, Tex., April I1.—Dep- uty Sheriffs Pat Kenyon and A L. Terry were shot to death on the road near Whittenburg, near here, early today. Hugh Walker and Ed Bailey, out on bond in connection with the recent killing of Coke Buch- anan, policeman, were arrested. The bodies of Kenyon and Terry were found near their automobile, their revolvers unfired. Kenyon was shot through the chest and through the back of the head Terry was shot through the head. ‘Whitey Walker, also on bond in connection with the Buchanan killing and who, with Matthew Kimes and Ray Terrill, notorious outlaws., has been identified as one of the robbers of the First National Bank at Pampa Tex., vesterday, is being sought i1 connection with the shooting. Hugh Walker and Bailey were arrested in their home here after a pistol, found near the bodies, was traced to them. 25 LOCKED IN BANK VAULT. Five Robbers Take $25000, Telling Victims How to Escape. PAMPA, Tex., April 1 (P).—Five unmasked bank robbers, who worked coolly and politely, declined to take money from a customer and instructed their victims on how to escape from a vault, robbed the Pampa First Nationial Bank of $25,000 here yester- day. ‘Three men with drawn revolvers appeared suddenly at as many doors of the bank. One remained at the front door, while the other two backed all employes and customers into. the rear of the building, where they were concealed by a temporary partition erected while the bank is undergoing repairs. Among the employes was D. L. Vickers, cashier, and A. V Hendrick, teller. MARYLAND GAS TAX INCREASE OF 2 CENTS PUT IN FORCE TODAY (Continued from First Page.) Charles County, said the tax was one on the poor for the benefit of the rich. It is a tax, he said, on those people already burdened by the high taxes on automobiles. He pointed out that the State has no assurance that the railroads would meet their half of the cost of eliminating the crossings as provided in the bill. He also pointed out that there is no hope of the District of Columbia. meet- ing this tax, and he saw no reason why the people of the District should be saddled with such a tax simply to meet the Maryland tax. But, he added, the people of the District of Columbia will pay more for their " gasoline, for the gas dealers, he con- tended, would raise their prices and collect the additional 2 cents and put it in their pockets. He said the gas distributing companies would _not make a differential to dealers in Mary land along the District of Columbia } border in order to meet the District competition, as had been contended by State officials. Ritchie Signs Bill at Once. The Berman amendment was lost by a vote of 93 to 22, and the bill was At this time, Sapiro said, he might also' have represented the three tobacco groups, the Burley and Dark Growers' Associations and the To- bacco Co-operative Association. Sapiro listed his fees for the loans he was instrumental in obtaining while at Washington in the Fall of 1921 for seven days: California Prune and Apricot Growers, $2,000; Washington and Oregon Wheat Growers, $3,000; Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association, $3,500; Okla- homa cotton, $2,000 or’ $3,000 Georgia cotton, $1,000; North Caro- lina, $2,000; Arizona Pima Cotton Assoclation. $1,750, and Arkansas cotton, $1,550. BAND CO! TOMORROW. By the United States Soldiers ||um-| nd Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, 5:45 o'clock, John S. M. Zimmermann, NCERT. oager JEmU_ 4, Fenstad, nenl ~ passed, 8o that he could immediately sent to its third reading and passed by a vote of 94 to 20 under a suspension of the rules. Gov Ritchie was waiting to sign the meas: ure. The bill had to be rushed through in this manner, because it had been lost sight of in the rush of legislation marking the closing of the session. It had almost been forgotten until the State controller appeared at the»t Capitol and reminded them that if ' 'he was to start the collection of the | tax today, the bill would have to be , nd out’ ving n of necessary telegraphic messages lvil,:n;ue!bnn to begin the collect! the tax. S;hfim 's Son Killed. LLANDOGO, Monmouthshire, | Wales, April 1 (P).—Rafael Sabatini, jr., 19, only son of the well known author, was killed today while motor- ing with his mother. The car. which he was driving. overt: Banatint waa seversly, (Ripred