Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (D S Weather Partly cloudy a night, with lowest degrees. Tomorrow perature. ‘Tempera! 3 p.am. vesterday: am. today Full report on page 2. Bureau Foreedst) nd much colder to- temperature about 12 fair, with rising tem- ture—Highest, 34, at lowest, 19, at 11:30 —— 7 ntered as seco post office. Wa FARM PACT URGED 10 PROTECT CROPS OF PAN-AMERICAS Association Proposed Havana Would Also Aid Live Stock Trade. No. 30,58 at RESOLUTION CONSIDERED | FAVORABLY AT PARLEY Mexican Proposal for Reorganizing Board Wins Delegates’ Support. Associated Pn NA, Jal | e Pan- V€ | won the battle with the writer, who | mittee. ted by Para- equeste ference to ad- | e Pan-American Union to call a nce of representatives of the ral and cattle industries of the i nations to consider methods | of co-operation between government | sgencies and private enterprises. Institute Proposed. The other resolution provided for the establishment of a pan-American agri- cultural and live stock Institute as a permanent commission to secure co- operation among all American countries, and thus ensbie them to attain a maxi- mum production and to compete suc cessfully with the producing countris ©f the rest of the world. ‘The resolutions were accompanied by 8 letter from the Paraguayan delega- tion saying that agriculture and cate production were fast slipping from the ‘American continents and that solidarity and co-operation among all American people were necessary to protect their industries. The movement is viewed as an evidence of efforts to achieve American solida; in confronting one of the real economic problems of the New World. Honorio Pueyrredon, Argentina, sug- gested that “this great positive act for the furtherance of an economic ban- Americanism be immediately referred | to the committee on economic prob- lems” With Charles Evans Hughes, United States, concurring, this was done. To Hear Women's Plea. The steering committee also decided to give women an opportunity 1o pre- sent their project for equal political rights for women in the Americas. A women's delegation will be allowed an unofficial hearing after one of the ple- | hen the congsess 1is ple: session was called for to- day in honor of the memory of Cuba’s | great patriot, Jose Marti, who took the feld against the Spaniards in 1895, The conference commitiee on Pan- American Union approved a Mexican proposal for the recrganization of the Pan-American Union's governing board. In the past the Ambassadors of the warious countries an dthe United States | Secretary of State formed the govern- ing board. Under the Mexican proposal pither hte Ambassador or any one else chosen by his government may repre- sent it on the board. Hughes Supports Plan. | . Mr. Hughes, in supporting this plan, | asserted that the Washinglon Govern- | ment would appreciate nothing more | than to have positive action taken in| | | | | | | —— SANDINO’S PAPERS ADMIT HIS LOSSES Seized | RBebel General's Orders ‘When Marines Occupy His | { Mountain Lair. ! B e Arncinted P MANAGUA, N Two stz of mi by the rebel g T by Ma Auericans Buy Rum Permite | L TP nd class matter shington, D. C. @ WASHINGTON, D, ¢ Foening WITH SUNDAY MORNI C.. SATURDAY, ) JANUARY NG EDITION 28, 1928 —TW T Star, “From Press t Withi, Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,9 o Home n the Hour” The Star's carrier systen) covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. 74 Y-EIGT 1 | | | Pneumoni | Spanish Novelist at His " French Villa. Worked, to Last on Building Retreat for Writers of World. MENTONE, France, January ! Vicente Blasco Ibanez. famou novelist, died at nis v ock this morning political exile. son Igfrido, who hurried here from encia, Spain, and arrived at 1 am, w the only member of the Ibanez family present at the bedside. Ibanez, who was a diabetic, caught a cold a few days ago. The cold settled in his lungs and bronchial pneumonia developed. Yesterday his condition gradually grew worse. He was 61 years | ts who were summoned gave | for the author’s recovery. at his bedsi 7's breathing was less labored. It was feared, however, that because of his critical condition this improvement was only temporary. Three and a half hours later death had gone into exile for defyving a king. Ibanez returned to Fontana Rosa. his home here, a few weeks ago from IBANEZ. AUTHOR. IS DEAD AT 61, AN EXILE FOR DEFYING ALFONSO a Proves Fatal to VICENTE BLASCO IBANEZ. Paris. He immediately began to work on plans to make the property sur- rounding his villa a retreat for the writers of the world, wishing to leave |1t as a “Garden of Novelists.” He had not been in good health, but labored industriously to realize his dream. He talked of little else during " (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) END TO CONTEMPT TRIAL IS DISTANT Cefense Counsel Plans New Attack on Testimony of McMullin. Hope of an early termination of the Sinclair-Burns contempt trial, which | rtually has tied up one of the two criminal divisions of the District Su- preme Court since December 5, faded today in view of developments center- ing about William J. McMullin, former | Burns -agent and Government witness. With sessions of court adjourned over | ‘he week end defense counsel were hold- | ing consultations today looking to the | renewal of their desperate fight to break | down the testimony of the man wno | turned informer. Maj. Peytcn Gordon, United States attorney, and his staff were mapping out a new course of ob- structive tactics to thwart this attempt. Testimony Attacked. Fighting with their backs to the wall, Government counsel yesterday saw the defense attorneys slowly tear down the structure of testimony built by Me- Mullin, whose story, the prosecution had expected, would go far toward convict- ing Harry P. Sinclair, William J. Burns and their associates of criminal con- tempt for the shadowing of the Teapot Dome jury. Defense counsel, instead of seeking to hasten the end of the trial after the Government concludes its evidence, are | expected to put on an array of wit-| nesses through which evidence may be | presented 1o court either refuting or attacking portions of McMullin's star- ting story of a conspiracy to bring | about a mistrial for Sinclair. Others called for the purpose of testifying against the character of the star Gov- ernment witness are awaiting the call of defense counsel. While the week end may serve to cool the passions displayed, particularly by defense attorneys, during the past few days in court, a repetition of yesterday's stormy scene is likely to continue as long as McMullin remains in the wit- ness chair. McMullin cooly “called” the defense counsel late yesterday when he agreed to have his fingerprints taken in court 48 proof bearing on the truth or falsity of his repudiation of an application he made for employment with the Burns detective sgency in 1925, Move Is Prevented. Only the interference of the court and Maj. Gordon prevented the de- se from calling in an expert Lo take impression of McMullin's finger its. Maj. Gordon objected even h the witness signified his willing- iess 10 submit 10 the test. McMullin had denied on the stand that the application submitted to him niification was in his own hand- writing. although he admitted the iden- Lty of an application made %o the Burns ency last October. Defense counsel pealed 1 the court W compare the papers, but Justice Siddons refused Y assume the role of a handwriting “xpert pr LINDY'S WELCOME IN BOG LINDY N BOGOTA AFTER DARING TRIP 'Lone Eagle, First to Cross, Hazardous Range, Gets Great Ovation. | By the Associated P: BOGOTA, Colombia, January 28.—| | Colombia today paid tribute to the Lone | Eagle who blazed an air trail over tow- ering mountains to its capital. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is the first airman to cross the ranges to the val- ley in which Bogota lies. Flying high | as does the Eagle, he came from Car- tagena, some 400 miles away. Over rugged mountains enshrouded in clouds, past dense tropical jungles and danger- ous ravines and across an unknown country Lindbergh flew on one of the | most daring journeys of his present tour. Lindbergh had promised that he would be here at 3 pm. Well before that time, however, the Spirit of St. Louis came into sight. Cleaving its way through a bank of fleecy white clouds, the plane swept low over Madrid Pleld, while thoysands cheered. The rlnm: then mswept upward and hes for o A few minutes later Lindbergh was circling the capital. It was thought that he was awaiting the appointed hour to land. He passed over Mount Monserrat, nearby, and several villages. Just as the hands of the clock pointed to 3, Lindbergh landed on the flying field. He had completed his journey in six_hours, one minute. The crowd surged forward. A detach- ment from the aviation school quickly surrounded the plane to protect it from damage. As Lindbergh stepped from the plane, he was picked up by some of the crowd who carried him to the place of honor. The band struck up the American national anthem and then that of Colombia. Gen. Reves Luna, secretary of the minister of war, extended the greetings of the nation. As the fiyer rode through the narrow streets of the city, a shower of flowers fell upon him from the balconies where | dark-eyed senoritas stood. Once he had entered the American legation that spot became the mecca to which all classes turned. In the flood of light from the searchlights which illuminated the neighborhood, Indian men and women from the coun- try districts, some barefooted and oth- ers wearing travel-battered sandals, mingled with those prominent in the life of the capital, anxious for another glimpse of the fiyer, President Mendez will bestow upon Lindbergh the coveted Boyaca Cross before he leaves for Caracas, Venezuela, tomorrow. There will also be a bull fight in his honor, third to be staged for the flyer on his tour. U. 8. Group Reaches Madrid. MADRID, Spain, January 28 (A4 An American commission, headed by former Gov, Campbell of Arizona, has arrived here Lo attend o the construc- | tion of the American pavillon at the Bevilla Exposition OTA REMINDS HIM OF THAT IN PARIS Flyer Declares Rcceptlon Is as Hcarty and Enthusiastic as He Has Ever Received. BY CHAKLES A. LINDBERGH. e 10 Phe BOGOTA, Colom, tar « Tinis Jutiuary 28 Cartagena st 8 55 o'clock and after g the Wwwn tor 10 minutes ook wht lne for Bogota 1 was 4 by an Andian plane. n Bikorsky 1or about 2 milles st 100 miles was over an in Lalied country with numerous plie & Junding could be made if nec ¢ leaving the Ban Jorge River 40 Uirough n rugged country ooy ered with aense Jungles differing shignt y rom wny obher § b el i of e ome ot Jutsgle a large tree wnd others and ot of yellow durk 1ed w Many in Btreet aled my rivers f Veurto Bsermio st people 11 i of 2000 feet bnd o Bead al & OUN sl s 1 nert b on near e torks of e V222 Blreets e, cousiig b Vs delour v «hl und Cauca. | 1 ales | west before finding an opening the mbuntalus at 9600 fect 1 passed over Facatativa and a few {mtles later chrcled the Madiid Lunding d ut 2 o'clock shap. Before landing 1 continied toward Hogota, und after circling the town several tmes return ed o Madrid Fleld and lunded at o'Cluck shwrp. w me Recalls Paris. The welcome by the peaple ol Colom Din wt the Madiid Avistion Field might well be compured 1o Uit wt Parks in I May I ook nenrly an hour, because {of the enthusiasm of the people, o get o the Aviation Sehool Bullding bian and American flags were rywhere. Appriently all Ui populition of Bogota were present From the neld 1 dr Bogola over & smooth rosd compar able to our own in the United Blates, with the minister of forelgn affais Carlos Arihe, and the Minister of the | Unttea "Btates, Benntor Samuel Piles Upion wirival aL the gutes of the city were met by @ mounted escort and proceeded slowly through the stieets of Bogota o the American legation Thits eventng ot 9 o'clock | am attend i ception al the degation | b seceived a more hearty and en vecepton W eiher America Wi the one Wday el Bo- over 4 | Jever hiu P o oy 40 kilometers Lo | COMPROMISE PLAN SOUGHT N SCHENE TODEVELOPFALLS Semervell Believes Potomac Park and Power Projects Can Be Combined. _NOTED EXPERTS CALLED ‘ TO FURTHER PROPOSAL Army Engineer Indorses Plea for1 Reservation, but Doubts Wisdom | of Sacrificing Advantages. B} WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. With a view to drawing up a com- romise plan for the water power de- velopment of the Potomac, which would not destroy the natural beauty of the gorge and the wooded slopes through which it runs, Maj. Brehon Somervell, United States Army engineer officer in | | charge of this area, has decided to seek | the advice of a committee of experts | working under the direction of himself and the National Capital Park and | Planning Commission. The determination to make a further study of the three power proposals and attempt to reconcile the viewpoint of the planning commission, which is in- sisting that the area be retained solely for parks, before he submitted his re- port to the Federal Power Commission, was made by Ma). Somervell after a conference with offictals of the planning commission. Committee of Experts. The committee is to be composed of Capt. H. O. Oram, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, who was in charge of the Muscle Shoals project, and who has been ordered here as assistant to Maj. Somervell; Charles W. Eliot, 3d, city planner of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission; C. A. Peters, engineer in the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the Na- tional Capital: Dr. A. Eugene Barker, | member of the Westchester, N. Y., Park | Commission, and Addison” Flurnoy of | this city, the latter two landscape | architects and graduates of the Har- vard School of Landscape Architecture. Maj. Somervell said that he believed | that there should be a park in the terri- | tory affected, but he was not convinced that it was the best thing for the public | interest. His attitude on the whole question, he pointed out, was to find the facts. He did not want t be led by any hasty conclusion on such a gigantic projeciy nor did he want to make a re- port with accompanying recommenda- tions on an insufficient consideration of | all the facts that enter into the power- parkway question. Commission Opposed. On the other hand, the National Capi tal Park and Planning was firmly on record that the area should be held exclusively for development as a natural playground for the people, ana was insistent that nothing should be done which would in any way destroy the existing beauties in this more or less virgin territory. It even rejected the suggestion of the representatives of the Potomac River Corporation, one of those seeking a preliminary permit for power develop- ment, that some way could be found for sumultaneous development for both park and power purposes. It was the | stand of the commission that, first, it should be developed as a park, and, second, that if there was to be power development, then it should be done wholly by some governmental agency and not by private interests. In an attempt to find some middle ground, if possible, which will bring together the conflicting interests, a committee has been formed of experts, some employed for the particular pu ose, and others taken from the Gov- ernment personnel A definite plan of operation has been laid down by agreement between Maj. Somervell and officials of the local lanning commission. First, a plan will be drawn for a parkway with the river and its surroundings In its natural state; then another plan will be drawn for treating the area jointly as a park and power project. ‘fhe third plan will be a composite one, worked out by the two subcommittees working on the separate plans. May Overlook Advantages. It was pointed out that those for the park project very likely would not see the disadvantages in their plan, but only the advantages to be derived from developing the section for park pur- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) $10,000 HAUL MADE BY GANG OF BANDITS | Members of Club Held Up and Robbed of Cash and Gems, By the Ae a Prow MILWAUKEE, Wis, Ten men, believed | gangsters, who bonsted of being armed | with machine guns, held up members | | of the Wisconsin Athletic Club shortly alter midnight, slugged one man, cut telephone wires, i caped with cur- ref®y ound Jewelry from $10.000 Lo $12,000. 1 e club s o h witown « Junuary 28 | o be Chicago | stimated at ed i the heart of 1L, but police did not learn of the robbery until almost 6am The entite detective force wius asstgnied 10 hunt for the tobbers, who excaped 0 automobiles bandits forced thelr way into e chib, Hined up the 25 or 30 members and lelsurely robbed them One club member, wh army ame Ured, started o lower them He 3 struck over the head with the butt gun and knocked unconsclous. 22 DIE IN WRECK. tnttan Traln Plunges Off Biidge 100 Miles From Rangoon. RANGOON, Burima, January 28 O Twenty-two persons were killod and Lo number injured when the Mandalay | Hangoon train plunged off a bridge 100 | millen from here The deratlinent plute having been | ek The engine e i | | was due to & fish removed from the | two buggage cars and three thi senger couehion toll ot the i The o eer aid Hie e . Now SMILE AND LOOK CHEERFUL! FOR THE CAMPAIG POSTER. MEXICAN BANDITS ROUTED IN FIGRTS Federals Drive Rebels to Cover in Three Battles. Losses Heavy. By the Associated Press NOGALES, Ariz, January 28.—The wholesale clean-up of rebels in the bandit-infested region of Nayarit, Mex- ico, into which the Mexican government has thrown thousands of troops, has re- sulted in several flerce engagements be- tween the insurrectos and federal forces in which many died in the fighting. Word brought here yesterday by Wil- llam P. Blocker, American consul at Mazatlan, Mexico, disclosed that three heavy battles were fought last week, one at Ixtlan, Nayarit, and another at San Diego, small border town on the Duran- go-Nayarit boundary, in the Ixtlan en- gagement, Blocker said, 37 rebels and 14 federal soldiers were killed, while many died.in the San Diego fighting. Gen. Zertuche, who commands the federal troops at Acoponeta, led his forces in one other battle against the rebels besides the San Diego engage- ment. The troops of Gen. Jovintino Es- pmosa, in command of federal troops operating between Acoponeta and Tpic, systematically are combing that region for bandits, Blocker said, and when any are captured no quarter is given Hundreds of the bandits, formed in smaller bands, roam the State of Naya- | rit, Blocker reported. The federal troops were thrown into the field after the bandits had raided many small towns, inflicting heavy property dam- age, and preyed on trains running be- tween®Nogales and Guadalajara. They dynamited several bridges on the road. but these have been repaired and the trains make the through trip. MONTGOMERY POLICE WAR ON D. C. TAGS County Residents Who Fail to Pay Maryland to Be Arrested After February 1. Special Dispateh to The Star ROCKVILLE, Md., January 28.—Alvle A. Moxley, chief of police for the county, has announced that on and after Feb- ruary 1 all residents of the county who operate automobiles in the county un- der District of Columbia license tags will be placed under arrest should they be abserved in so doing by any of the offi- cers of the county. According to Chief Moxley, county officers will be placed at the District of Columbia line on all roads, with instruc- tions to stop automobiles with District tags and arrest drivers who are un- able to show they are bona fide residents of the District of Columbla. All residents of the county found driv- ing_under District tags, Chief Moxley states, will be 1 and will be required to obtain Maryland tags before being permitted to drive their cars in the county. It 18 estimated that at present there are about 500 county residents whose ears carry District of Columbia tags. For several weeks county police have been spotting cars with District tags golng from the county into Wash- ngton In the mornings and returning n the afternoons and have a long list of such cars owned prineipally by resid )f Bethesda and Wheaton diatricts. Sin- | tlar campatgns have been conducted in the county in the last few years. OIL BILL IS PASSED. SANTIAGO, Chile, January 28 () The Sennte voted general approval of the government petroleum bill yester- day. ‘The bill hus already been pussed by the Chamber of Deputies Under the bill, the government will spend more than $1,000,000 to explore tor oil deposits on It 0Wnaecount, te- serving the Fight to grant concessions untl the extent of the deposits ix de- termined Applications by Amoeriean and English enterests o explore and exploit whatever deposita they may find In Houthern Chile, will be vejected. Alleged “Red” Meeting Raided. LOB ANGLES, January 28 () - More than 50,000 copiea of an alleged Oom- muntst newspaper were seisod and (wo men arrested here last night whon police raided what they teried a Com munist headquarters A gathering of several hundred men, alleged Communists, wan broken up The Nterature, wocording o police attacked (his government for il at Htnde W the present Nicaraguan aitua ton ! bien of the Galin were winong those deddde \ Radio Programs—1"uge 28 Bicycles Kill More Persons on Paris Streets Than Busses By the Associated Prees. PARIS, January 28.—Police statis- tics for a year show that bicycles are worse killers than the heavily loaded autobuses that weave their fast and ponderous way through Paris traffic Jjams There were almost twice as many people hurt by bicycles as by busses last year, and almost exactly the same percentage of fatalities. The figures show only 118 accl- dents charged against busses during the year. ARMY-NAVY GAME HOPE 15 BOOSTED Fish and Britten Explain Dis- pute of Academies to- President. | Representatives Britten of Illinois and Fish of New York, after laying the | facts of the West Point and Annapolis | Coolidge at the White House today, went away feeling that all hope of these service schools patching up their differences is not lost. The Representatives did not wish to convey the impression that President Coolidge gave the slightest indication that he would take a hand in bringing the heads of the two academies to- | Rether, thereby assuring the playing of the Army-Navy foot ball game next Fall. They did say, however, that the President listened with much interest to all they had to say. asked questions and displayed knowledge of athletics at the two schools. Winans Is Blamed. The representatives made it plain to the President that Maf. Gen. Winans, superintendent at West Point, is the stumbling block which has made it im- possible to arrive at any compromise. The President was told that Rear Ad- miral Nulton has shown a willingness to make & compromise. ‘The President was informed by Mr. Fish, who was an all-America tackle at Harvard, that foot ball authorities are unanimous in siding with the Naval Academy In its protests against West Point’s refusal to comply with the three-year plaver's rule, which is ob- served generally by the large colleges throughout the coun He Informed the President that Ma) Gen. Winans had declined to meet Admiral Nulton with Representative Britten and himself in New York re cently to consider a compromise which | as not to affect the athletic standing of any cadet now at West Point who alrendy had played on the Army team. Officials at Ann the President was informed, were prepared to accept this ‘compromise, although 1t still left a big advantage to the Military Academy Compromise Limitations. However, Gen. Winans was repre would notcompromise the which he terms “equality of opportu- nity in all activities of the academte It was explained by the two Rep- sentatives that thelr oblect in com ng to the President was for the purpose of wequatnting him with the facts and | to explain to him both sides. They | safd that their object was not to ob- | taln from the President any promise | that he fnfect himself mto (he squabble | and settle the dispute. Auto Sho The Automobile Section o The motor world is brough Authentic, interesting and orogrensibsaiEnen Lile editor of The Star, Be sure to get your copy o | foot ball controversy before President | sented as taking the position that he | prineiple | will be one of the most complete ever issued. The Sunday Star 24 STREETS ROPED OFF FOR SLEDDING Coasting Will Be Permitted From 4 to 10 P.M. Week Days. ‘Twenty-four streets in various sec- tions of the city will be roped off for coasting while the snow lasts, under a general order issued to police pre- cinct commanders today by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent. Coasting will be permitted on these streets from 4 to 10 p.m. every day, ex- cept on Saturday, when the hours will be extended from 10 am. to 10 pm. No coasting will be permitted on Sun- day. The 24 streets follow: First, between L and M; Pifth, be- tween L and M: N, between South Capitol and First southwest; Ninth, be- tween C and D southwest; Ninth, be- tween D and E southwest; McLean, avenug,. between Third and Four-and- a-half streets southwest; North Caro- lina avenue, between Pirst and Second southeast: Garfield, from the north side of Massachusetts avenue to the east side of Thirty-fourth street; Thirty-seventh, | from Wisconsin avenue south to about 100 feet north of T street: Twentieth, be- tween Kalorama and Belmont roads: ‘Tenth, between F and H northeast; Eighth, from Shepherd to Taylor; Irving, from Mount Pleasant to Zoo Park; Columbia road. between Georgia ave- nue and Warder street: High, from Maple avenue to Fourteenth street southeast: Stanton road, from Douslass stroet to Sheridan road southeast: New- ton. between Fourteenth and Eight- eenth northeast: Emerson. from Four- teenth east to Arkansas avenue: Aspen, between Fourth and Sixth: Buchanan, from Fourteenth west to Illinois ave- nue: River road, from Wisconsin ave- nue to Fessenden street: McComb, from Connecticut avenue; Fessenden street, Letween Thirty-seventh and Twenty- eighth. and Morrison, from Broad Branch road to Chevy Chase parkway. BERT ACOSTA RELEASED FROM JAIL ON DEMURRER Accused Flyer Freed on Bond De- spite Larceny Warrant From New Jersey. By the Associated Pross. NEW HAVEN, Conn., January Bert Acosta, transatlantic pilot, was free to chart his own course by Ju Walter M. Pickett in Common F Court today. Acosta, fined and tenced to five days in ail for lower than the aviation laws allow, h: furnished bonds pending an appeal, but was detained at the county atl by vir- tue of & New Jersey warrant chargt him with larceny of the plane Splitdor He was released when the tained a demurrer filed b which contended that he was being held without proper process. SUICIbE SEEN D. C. MAN. | Youth Registers at Atlanta Hotel as Washingtonian, ATLANTA, Ga. January 28 (9 apparently about 31 years old. tered as T F. Rogers of Wash- ngton, D C, shot and killed himselt his room at a local hotel yesterday, p live reported. He had been at the ho about & week, the management said, but nothing else was known of him, 1 The name of T F_Rogers does not appear i the City Directory here. w Scction f The Sunday Star tomortow t to you at a glan timely news of motordom's mpiled by G Adams Howard, automos f | Thirty-fifth to a point 100 feet west of | FREAK SNOWSTORN SHATTERS RECORD OF PAST SIX YEARS 10-Inch Fall Starts on An- niversary of “Knicker- bocker Blizzard.” TWO ¢ BUSINESS HAMPERED AS TRAFFIC IS DELAYED Gevernment Departments Suspend Operations Early; Accidents Mark Storm; Temperature to Drop. A freak snowstorm which began la: night almost on the exact hour of tae tragic “Knickerbocker storm” six yea. ago was taking its lea: reluc- tantly this afternoon after buffe! Washington with a nearly foot-deep snowfall that hampered traffic and communication and seriously affected the conduct of governmental and pri- vate business. Hundreds of Government empk were allowed to quit their desks ear a 2 o'clock closing hour being put effect at the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, Treasury, Post Office, Labo: Commerce and State Departments, an 3 o'clock at the War Department. Coming unheralded almost from “no- where,” according to Forecaster Charics L. Mitchell, the storm furnished tha | city with a grim reminder of the fate- {ful theater disaster, in which 98 per« | sons lost their lives six years ago to- night. With the depth of snow passing the 10-inch mark at 10 o'clock this morn- ing, the snowfall broke all official rec- ords since the tremendous storm of January 27-28, 1922, when a total of 28 inches fell during the two days. Temperature to Drop. Forecaster Mitchell said the sto: which apparently originated rigl this vicinity as the result of two “weak disturbances” coming from nearly oppo- site directions, was due to pass of to the northeastward, along the Atlantic Coast, some time this afternoon, lea: ing its wake a spell of much colder weather. The temperature tonight will drop to about 12 degrees, he said, but the coid tomorrow Wwill not be so extreme, he thought. Despite the city's complete unpre- paredness, In SO far as special arrange- ments for meeting the emergency were concerned, the snow-fighting forces of the District government, traction com- panies and private interests were so well organized that little time was lost in swinging into action. Few Traffic Accidents. As a result transportation lines were kept open within and without the cuiy, although traffic frequently backed up in some of the busier street car, bus and automobile arteries. Telephone, telegraph and power lines, while greatly congested by increased “traffic,” were not impatred by the snow. Due to the carefulness of motorists and pedestrian alike, but few tratfic accidents of a serious nature were re- ported and only one serious casualty bad been reported to the police as a direct outcome of the storm. This was the - Jjudy of Milton Smith, colared, 30 years old, of 2237 Tenth street, who broie through a skylight at 1329 G stret while sweeping snow from the roof this mor: ing, and fell three flcors o a girder. Right Leg Fractared. Smith's right leg was broken and he received numerous other severe juries. He was taken to Emerge Hospital, where physicians pronounced his condition as serious. rs. Amelia Schaffer, 03 Thirteenth | street southwest, fell in front of | Fourteenth street and fractured ber ankle. Virginia Le Stone, 39 years oid. 3 was treated | street and Pe A avenue, wlen | & bus knocked her dow Capt and Mrs. P E. Reed Hospital suffering from burhs when th omobtle caus Rmirlx ak: { | | reported late | due to the coz car and bus es of lite, accarding uperiiendent of & Wreek Aids Mission. roved to be & W wands of the Ghe- al NE W01 for work an Prentice isued an overevats D 0 equip work of fis fom alks and A number of w ments were repuorted. dur and morn e DUt NOIRIME O & SOTOUS Caarae cutred o halt tragie Hesse Appeals for Rirds MAS KW B Hesse, supers palioe, foday bsued ot which has been tobbed of sourves of fod by af sow. He ! provide bevad foathered victims of the stam Plea Was foied by Joha B sectotaty of the Humane Soctety Farecaster Mitchell charactensed e S As Cthe st teal snownall o the Winter.™ He satd the previous PeUdO-AROWSIAI O Decviuder 4 was Offtelally Tecuivied as & sleetatorm and Al hat the prasent snowiail = o At appreciable “all of the season The reconds show, furthermae, that the starm was the warst sinee (e twos Ay skum that piled 28 moles of show an the taf ot ihe tifated Knkker ket Thy SV vears agn The next heaviest Tl sinee the Rnioket hocker ALOII WeCuE g Febiaary 10 1908, whem T QU o Bage & Qo W Thiy