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2 " 9 1928. THE _EVENTNG_STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY GROUND HOG GU RIGHT T0 SHADOW JURY QUESTIONED | «Court Holds Case Is Without Parallel in Asking Proof of Legality. | Resuming arguments for dismissal of: the contempt charges against Harry Sin- clair and four other respondents. de- fonse coynsel today were confronted with a demand of court for more light | on the contention that fury shadowing without actual contact is legal Without assuming to pass on the| question of contact as borne out by evidence, Justice Frederick L. Siddons declared the jury surveillance in th,«‘ Teapot Dome case was “without a par- rellel” to be found in the authorities cuoted to the court.’ He declared he s more concerned about this “close espionage” and tae “acts done” that| brought the respondents within the swope of contempt. than with argu- ments of mere shodowing 1t tends directly to obstruct v Cites King-Akers Incident. Col. Littleton reopened for th2 de- fense and resumed his piea that the real test of jury shadowing in a con- jsn't alive. He had been re: fempt case i whether it is an ObSITIC- | w.s coaxed out especially for today tion or has a direct tendency to Ob- afterward. no deubt. but probably siruct the administration of justice. o il As direct evidence of an attempt to = obstruct he cited the incident occurring between J. Ray Akers, Donald King and | Ecward J. Kidwell, jr.. “that was a di- Tect contact with a juror coming within the scope of contempt.” he declared. Contrasted with this contact he re- ferred to the “circumstantial evidence’ embodied in the incidents when Kidwell was approached by persons who sought 1o talk with him in the museum grounds and at the courthouse. The single in- cident of a Burns man being identified. he pointed out. was when Frank J. OReilly visited the Kidwell home and barber shop. O'Reilly on that occasion used & retext.” Litleton said. which was proof that he was acting within his instructions not to reveal his purpose or | make his identity known. Shadowing Unknown. { The operations of the Burns men were sopparr{ully guarded. Littleton said. that none of the jurors was con- scious of being followed during | the wrisl B DO Deerg thels lives had it betwcen Representative Underhil, Re- not been for the mistrial. The in- | publican of Massachusetts. and Rep- stance of Kidwell's consciousness oc- | resentative Blanton, Democrat. of Texas. curred when the juror read of the ! was ordered favorably reported today shadowing activities in the papers. the | by tne subcommittee on insurance and ALTERATIGN URGED Bill to Codify Regulations Ap- proved by Subcommittee in House. The bill for codification of the in- surance law for the District of Colum- bia as agrced upon in a compromise ARANTEES COLD SPELL Here is the famed weather prophet. shadows and all. To be sure, this one iding in a glass case in the Museum for years. but he | The he Is just as good a forccaster as any of his INSURANCE LAWS et S o tion ot o | banking of the House District com- ciscuss the case with any one, Littleton | explsined. that he was obsessed with the idea that he was being shadowed simply because some one unidentified person talked with him at the court- house. 2 “You must let corruption in influ- ences reach its mark, and if it does not do that.” Littleton said. “it is not an at- tempt to obstruct justice. Jurors are not corrupted by mere inguiries about a case.” Denies fllegal Actions. Case after case was cited by Col. Lit- tieton in support of his argument that there must be a contact if jury shadow- | ing comes within the scope of wn-i tempt. “If it is proper to be punished for there must be a law, act. | | | your honor will obliged, as a | letsch. | for nu; the testimon) jetsch, Baltimore manager, part in the it the | He the testimony bear- with the same | Justice Siddons | t had enough w0 do case without going over Tespect with individual “When the full case on Littiewon. Mr. Douglas argued that there is no @Gifference between walching and shadowing. declaring the use of the words “shadowing” and “esplonage have served w frighten the public. He had begun an argument on the legality of private detective agencies when the court interrupted again. Justice Sid- Gons had pointed out that he was con- cerned more with “what was done during the espionage In the present | case than with the mere question of whether jury shadowing constituted ls- orderly conduct or contempl. Citing the close esplonage maintained by the operatives in the Teapor Dome case Justice Biadons sald he nad been unabl W find any paraliel W this case in the suthorities searched REVISION OF LABOR TREATY IS REQUESTED | | Britsin Holds Pact Elubluhmg“ 8 Hour Day Is Hasty and Impracticable Bi tte Arwsiated Pie GENEVA, Feuruury sention adopled st the Washingvon Jeton of 1919 lmy Lhe bours of workers o eght & day 1s m- pract n the of England, Yhich wan's U ot revised Toe British governmentsl memier of the governing board of the Interna- Lope! lalbyr Buresu which met vdsy. ;dvl the bmrc W 2-The oom- | oonterence view conver ¥ understand that unable w raUfy the con L ite present form because it 1 woulg raise formidable Giffi- Deciaring e comve hisd brep, tramed U nastlly st Was L6 moved st It be revised st Jelpn vterence o te held in Geneva o 1929 e aeclsion wae resched by U Dureay e trstier Fratce ratified the Gooutnent Gitionel upon ratification by Kig 204 Germany netber of wiom Jefied 1t ae yel oon nd has . Sixty Cottontails Liberated LI b T he Brar FROSTBUIG. M6, Februsry 2 1y ot Ll rebbile recelved from Blel game remrve € Lerated Savige Mountaln one mile or more from tie Natlousl Mighwey ye by Deputy Gume Weiden Kaward Kenrie assisted by Juns'blisn r mewirr of the Mery O Delgeie Joenivm Cooweain, Pl Willlam Eleemsr Whlens 816 George fueiaies 3 ' J Canibria | Fokker | route | Arier mittee. This measure, which was introduced by Mr. Blanton. is a revamp of the measure prepared four years ago by Representative Jost. Democrat. of Mis- souri, after extensive hearings had been held and conferences with State in- surance commissioners from all over the country covering a period of more than four months. Exempts Two Classes. It exempts from its provision marine insurance and fraternal and benevolent insurance, which are covered in special laws. A subcommittee of the House District committee. of which Repressntative Underhill was chairman and Mr. Jost the leading spirit and Representatives Hammer and McLeod were also mem- Yers, conducted the extensive study of the insurance laws four years ago, and it is largely as a result of the inyestiga- tion then imnade that the ition favorably acted upon today was made. In a statement to the subcommittee today Mr. Blanton said that he had ac- ceded to Mr. Underhill on 25 or 30 points in the bill. Hammer Opposed. Mr. Blanton has included title insur- ance in his measure. He also hes in- sisted upon a higher bond for the insur- ance commissioner, the amount being in- sreased from $10.000 to $20.000. He also required that the appointment shall be made by the President instead of the District Commissioners, and the salary is set at $5.000. Mr. Underhill, presiding as chairman, stated every effort has been made in the bill to protect the people of the Dis- trict. Mr. Underhill , “If we had this law four years ago it would have saved the people of the District many thousands of dollars and would have saved the insurance companies many thousands of dollars also.” Representative Hammer reserved the right to oppose the bill or file a minority report, i POSSIBILITY OF NAVAL CUT BY TREATY IS HOPE Tells Committee That Re- duction Must Come Only as Re- Jones sult of Parley. Hope was expressed today by Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, retired, that i1 the administrations’s §740,000,000 new warship bullding program was ap- proved by Congress it would be po sible 10 curtail the construction som where after the naval conference to held in 1931, under terms of the Wash- Ington arms treaty. The admiral, a member of the Amer- jean delegation 0 the unsuccessful Geneva naval conference, told the House naval committee, however, that any cut in the adminstration’s program which proposes the building of 7 new wgrships. must cgme only as a result of &n sgreement being reached with other nations. THIRD MARIN.E AIRPLANE ON WAY TO NICARAGUA Fokker Transport Machine to Make One Btop En Route—Towner Is Pilot. The third Marine Corps Fokker three- engined Uansport plane consigned 10 | the Marine sir force in Nicarsgup, et the Naval Alr Btation here at 625 o'clock on & one-stop fight to Munagua ! The plans carried Licut. George 4 Tow- ner. pllot, Lieut James B Mc Liet pilot and radio o bt Wene Firld Quantion The plane was W follow the uirway betweers Washingon and Managua esteblished In recent weeks by Ma) H Brajuard chicf of M Corps av) ation. and Maj laul o Quanitiv. cach of whom de g u Usnspnt plane via the sir L wner expected Woreach Mismi about 4 % this after- Bt where end the night wnd resume the Journey Wmoiow W Mansgus, weslhier permitting Although s large part of Bolling Field is covered wilh deep snow, Lieut Towner and his hewily Jaden ship Wok wdvanlege of Ui western edge, which hLiag lghit covering owing W the wind wlhich had biown s satisfectory “run- wiy He experienced oo diffcuity in gelling e big plane i the wir In addition v b7 gallons of gasoline, Lise plane carried two airplsne maehine ans for use on the fighting planes Nicarugua e were seut 4000 gulles from oy Island dn the Bouth Atlantic Ocemn v e wed i the soup at & be et Lo banggget : | adow was painted into the pictur® | | BUS FIRM REPORTS | REVENUE DECREASE = | Passengers Carried in 1927 | 5 Per Cent Below Figure for 1926. gors, in transportation reve nue and in total operating expenses. as compared with corresponding figures for 1926. is shown in the annual re- port of the Washington Rapid Transit | Co. for the year 1927. filed today with | the Pub’ic Utilities Commission. ‘e the increase in fare to 10 cents per passenger. which the company | tained during the year. the balance ! sheet of the concern still showed a deficit, although it was considerabl; less than the loss shown in the pre- ceding vear. In this connection, it is pointed out in the statement that the increase in fare was in operation only about 6 months of the year and that the additional 31 new bucses, which are! sald 1o have brought an increase in passencers. have been in operation only two and a half months. i The total operating revenue was $486.350.14. a decrease of $1.086.25 be- low the revenue for 1926. the report ! showed. Revenue passengers carried | during 1927 were 4,986,292. a decrease | of 259,972, or nearly 5 por cent below | 1926. Operating expenses. exclusive of | interest and taxes, the company states, amounted to $547.156.38. a decrease of $67.440.71, or about 12 per cent. The comparative balance sheet show- ed the acquisition of new equipment valued at $283,381.07 and disposition of old equipment valued at $234.399.21. There was an increass in equipment value from $472.695.13 to $524,138.60. Toial assets inereased during the year from $641.401.85 to $778,992.49. After deduction of operating expenses and taxes the deficit in the income was | reporied to be $69.262.10, which corre- | sponds with a deficit of $76,897.01 re- poried for 1926. HOUNDS TRAIL TWO AFTER GUN BATTLE | Hagerstown Railroad Detective in Serious Condition as Posses Hunt Assailants. Special Dispateh to The Ster HAGERSTOWN, Md, February 2.— Bloodhounds were brought here today | | from Staunton Va. 0 aid a posse of | ounty and city police which has been | uring the woods for two men in con- ! nection_ with the shooting yesterday of Roger T. Boone, a rallroad detective Boone and a companion were fired upon when they stcpped the strangers W inguire what they wanted on the, railroad right-of-way. The men es- caped after a gun battle with the de- tectives. Boone was wounded in the zroin and s In a serious condition at a local hospital. The fugitives are be- lieved hiding in a Potomac River club- house, near which they were seen last | night i TRACTION CHIEFS PUT FINAL TOUCHES ON MERGER PACT (Conttnued from First Page ) | out the consent of the owners This | 0f course, would result in a delay in con- | sideration of the agreement by both the commistion and Congress Col_Brand also said that reports to {the effect that the merger agreement | would not call for a 7 per cent return on the $50,000,000 guaranteed valua- tion for the consolidated company ap- peared o him to be “best news” that ias come out of the merger negotine tions It was this feature of the Wil | %on merger plan that met considerable | oprosition In the commission when it | was first proposed “The consolidated company, Col. Brand wdicated, probably could not earn n o per cent return on m 850,000,000 vislua- | Uon at the outset of a unified operation | and a guaranteed return of that amount probably would bring about an increase In fares Althougl; none of the detalls of the ' merger agrecment has been disclosed 0 him Brand said he had htte doubt that is prescribes for abolition | of Uhe street paving tax and the cross- ing policemen’s salaries now nssessed Ui two strcet car companics puld vesult i a saving of ut 0.000 & year W the consolidated comuany Desplté this seving snd other econo mies which would result through & uni- | fied operation, Col. Brand said he did ot bel here would be an immedlate fures although the pub- uld wet immediate benent the form of universal -transfers which would wmount to o slight cut 1n fures for the group of car riders now using Inter-compuny transfers The question of who will head the eons duted company has not been browched n the meiger negotiations and likely will not be. according o the conferces. “Tlis s matter, 1t vas sald Hor the board of directors of the con- {solidated company Lo determine Seports have been inststent, however that President Ham of the Washinton Huilway & Electic Co. would be placed i control of tie business policies and riquons of Ure consoliduted compaien Jur A it Prestdent Hunna of the Cap 100 Tymction Co, would have chgige of oberation, ¥ | 1 |naval program would cost little in com- | he said, but not until a plane has been { provided the | by professio | sanizations and citizens with no affilla- | | there yet has been devised a plan to | secure this country or any other coun- WOMEN SOUND CRY FOR PREPAREDNESS National Defense Act and; Naval Expansion Favored as First Move. The specter of possible wars hovered over Memorial Continental Ha!l woday as representatives of the 38 women's | organizations participating in the women'’s patriotic - conference on na- tional defense, aroused by spcakers who pictured the Nation drifting into a state of helplessness, began work on a program designed to awaken the women of the country to the need of preparedness. | Support of the national defense act of 1920 and the naval construction pro- gram were called for as the first steps in their program. The 400 women attending the con- ferehce, who last night heard Senator James A. Reed of Missouri describe the immens2 naval superiority of .reat Eritain over the United States, woday listened to the plea for support of the defense act by Secretary of War Davis and Assistant Secretary C. B. Robbins, a defense of ocean flights by Lieut. Lester G. Maitland and a demand for enough men to enforce national policies by Representatives Johnson of Wash- ington and Andrew of Massachusetts, Supports Naval Program. They also heard—and applauded un- restrainedly—an attack on “th> degrad- ing and debasing influence” of the press by Mr. Andrews, who declared that “the greatest menace that con- fronts this country today is the inde- cency and the irresponsibility of the was able to offer no solution for the public press.” Mr. Andrews, however, trouble. His attack on the press came during the course of a plea for support of the naval construction program, when he accused the press of hostility to the program and of subordinating it to news | of murderous hold-ups. He produced a list of statistics to show that the parison to what the country spends on candy, movies, cigarettes and auto- | mobiles. “It would require only 6 per cent of what the women of this country spend annually on cos he declared. Warning that very few excep- | tions the people that have not been able or willing to defend themselves have been invaded. humiliated or wiped out of existence,” Mr. Andrew asserted that “we are no longer adolescent, to protect us,” and urged a Navy equal to the best in the world. A large Navy is necessary. he said, because of this country’s long coast line, its large cities near the coast. its great amount of commerce, its insul possessions and its policies with regard to smaller na- tions which are unpopular with other countries. Tells of Ocean Flights. He urged that the United States Im- mediately start a program to bring its Navy to a parity with that of Great Britain wherever the terms of the Washington conference permit. Lieut. Maitland, Army Hawalian fiyer, urged that public opinion insist on proper preparation for hazardous ocean flights. Such flights, when there has not been sufficient preparation, are not a fair test of aviation, he sald. The success of his own flight and those of Lindbergh, Chamberlin and Byrd, Lieut Maitland said. was due to the care- full preparation which preceded them. He sald he had been working on a Hawailan flight since 1919. Passenger airplane travel across the ocean will be practicable in the future, perfected which can ride any sea if forced to alight. Secretary Davis urged the women to support the defense act, which, he said, t ional military | policy in this country's history. | “That act is not a measure proposed 1 soldiers for a profes- | sional army,” he said. “On the contrary, it is the result of the composite recommendations of the out- standing military leaders of the Ameri- can Expeditionary Porce, representatives | of military and semi-military organiza- tions, veterans' associations, patriotic orders, business. industrial and labor or- | tions of any kind." He enumerated the activities of the War Department under the defense act and paid tribute to the work of Col. Hanford MacNider. who has just n succeeded as Assistant Secretary by Col. Robbins. Col. Robbins declared that in spite of the demand to outlaw war “no nation has yet devised the means of outlaw- | ing war and in spite of the large num- ber of persons who passionately advo- cate such a measure we do not find that -ry from the perils of arms and conflicts. Scores Pacifists. “This nation became a nation as a re- sult of war. it has been maintained as @ nation only by the sacrifices of its citizens in many wars,” Col. Robbins said “It will endure only so long as its people are willing to offer their lives, if necessary, for its defense. No paci- fistic doctrine ever created a natfon— 0o pacifistic doctrine ever maintained & nation.” Mr. Johnson traced the history of the Monroe doctrine and declared that a large Navy is necessary to enforce it. “Implied force cannot be depended upon to last always” he said. “The Army and the Navy ¢ o be in the Lackground It cannot be a paper Navy or a toy Army." The delegates were recelved at the White House by President Coolidge at 12:30 this afternoon. Declaring that “the most viclous doctrine being taught in the world today” internationalism, Senator Reed of Missour! last night made a vigorous plea for maintenance of America’s natonal defense at s point where “no other nation can success- fully attack our shores” The Senator was the first speaker of the conference. “A person who divides his alleglance between two countries I8 loyal to meither and traltor o both" he as- serted, urging fholation of this country wn fur an po-sible from all “world em- broflments and controversies.” Calls Treaties Useles Buch & policy coupled with an army | and navy large enough “to enforce our authority” would be the best safe- guard against war, he said. “We may advocate the abolition of w he as- serted, "bul we dare not leave our shores defenseless. War s horrible but 1t exists” He reviewed the history of the past 100 years, stressing the 1talo-Austrian break in the World War, and declared that “rarely i either uncient or modern Umes has & war been fought, which did not rend a former treaty of peace Puper treaties are no defense against artillery,” ne sald ‘The Benator paid his respects to those who seek “lo regulate your drink and what you eat,” and warned that hen you cross the line and begin regulating the personal conduct of the Individual there 15 no place to stop” He warned against soclallsm, which he characterized us “the sepulcher of enterprize and the grave of hope.” In her keynote wddress Mrs. Alfved J Brossenu, who presided, sald that the natlonal defense act and the naval bullding program’ are “safeguards—a bit of national good housekeeping." Mis Robert Walbridge, president of the Zuierican Leglon Auxtliary, told of women's work In war times. Mis Warhridge spent nearly & year near the battle lines with the Balvation Army {and a 52 per cent decrease in those FATHER’S DEATH LEAVES THEM When Alton Carricks, 3 somewhere if the family is not broken up. In the phote, left to right: George, aged 14: Carroll, 12; Billy, years old, a truck driver, los: his life tfrom n:flln the llllfl_I:r_l of h:sh‘homa 109 Carr;l‘dr::t have to look to benevolent s | south t, last night, he removed the oniy means of support of this family of fine boys. eir mother expects ancther ad- o e llllo:at; the Ialllalily today. Times have been hard for the Carricks and their five boys on a truck driver's salary, but they have managed to keep the boys in school. Now the mother ad mits she is at the end of her wits and help must come from DESTITUTE SMITH'S DRY STAND FLAYED BY MADOO Democrats Must Never Send “Wet” to White House, He Asserts. | By the Assoclated Pr The political breach between William G. McAdoo and Gov. Smith of New ! York, that began with the 1924 Demo- | cratic convention, stood at greater | dimensions today with every indication ! that it will continue so long as Smith | is a presidential possibility. Bringing up the old rivalry of Madi- son Square Garden for the first time in | the present campaign, McAdoo in Rich- mond, Va. last night denounced the | governor's views on prohibition enforce- | ment, attacked his recent utterances on the enforcement situation in his own | State and sounded a warning to the Democratic party that it must never sent a “‘wet” to the White House. Describing the issue as one that must be fought to a conclusion in the 1923 campaign, McAdoo said “the supreme need is to put law enforcement in the White House.” Speaks Before Drys. His speech. before a gathering under ausp: of the Anti-Saloon League, the Womazn's Christian Temperance Union and other dry organizations. was the high light of a night tict brought ex- pressions from Smith and iwo other Democratic presidential luminaries. Gov. Ritchie of Maryland and Senator Reed of Missouri Those of Smith and Reed concerned the subject of national defepse and disclosed their difference of opinion as to the wisdom of large expenditures for military and naval estabiishments. Sen- ator Reed spoke here before the Wom- en's Patriotic Conference on National De.ense, contending for armament that would protect the country from any invader. while the governors views were given out by the Church Peace Union in New York in a letter written 27t June. In the letter, which commented on the Geneva arms limitation conference, the governor observed that “what the nations expend for armament and its upkeep would wipe out the slums of the cities, educate the children of the world, re-establish farms and industry and restore prosperity to mankind.” Urges States’ Rights. | Gov. Ritchie addressed the Brookiyn Bar Ascociation. appealing for main- ienance of “principles and institutions which have been tried and tested” and | attackii-g the “evil” of ceniralized gov- iernment. He renewed his plea for the Robert, 6. and Richard, 8. | PLANE READY FOR TEST. Bellanca Endurance Flight by Chamberlin Likely Saturday. | RICHMOND, Va. February 2 (#).— The big silver and y monoplane in whicl NEW YORK CRIME SHONS DECLIE Burglaries Are Only Class of Law-Breaking Which In- creased in Year. to set a new endurance record over | Richmond and the surrounding coun- tryside was ready to be taken up today for a preliminary test prior to the big event. A squad of mechanics have been | getting the plane in readincss for two | | days, soldering & support here and mak- | By the Associated Press | ing an adjustment there. NEW YORK. February 2.—Crime In | 1t was beiieved today that the endur- New York City in 1927 showed a mark- | ance trial will not start before Satur- | »d decrease over the preceding year, says ' day. Chamberlin will not come back to his an- | Richmond until everything is ready for Eolics Comm nes Wazrentin | the start. He will bring & new pro- Murders of citizens resulting from | Peller with him. T0 GERMANY SOAR decreased 44 per cent; 82 per cent of the cases were closed h arrests. £10C.000 000 Gain Reported Murder and manslaughter cases dur- ing the year totaled 273, compared witl for 1927—Canada Trade Grows. 289 in 1926; assault and robbery cas taled 951, in comparison to 1173 wThrre was a decrease of 69 per cent in holdups involving more than $10.000 between $1.000 and $10,000. Payroll holdups decreased 64 per cent. The lone increase was in burglaries of which there were 3.380 in 1927, com- pared to 3,371 in 1926. This increcse the commissioner attributed to sneak thieves engaged in daylight robberies There were 1,138 persons killed and 41222 injured in highway accident during the year, compared to 1,160 g By the Associated Press. 46.499 injured in 1926. lfl!!:e:m:‘r‘;?m"! ’?ncrejum $3.714,147.70 | An increase of more than $100.000.000 over 1926, bringing the department’s | in American exports to Germany and a | 1927 expenses to $45.018.725.41 | gain of nearly $100,000,000 in exports Modern youth is standing up splen- to Canada were among the striking| didly. says presiding Justice Hoyt of | showings made today by Commerce De- the Children’s Court. in his annual re- | Lo ot Gaistics on the foreign trade port, which lshows no ;m:n'rh:m'r -l elinquency durin; ast | wel ‘l-;";n::‘ Sesm?tu the A‘ll)"sg increased The u\ln‘l of American exports. while population. only slightly greater than those of 1926 “In New York, at least” he says, | indicate a considerable shift in the de- “Adolescent youth is growing no Worse mand for American goods. The coun- and s standing up splendidly under | try's imports for 1927 were substantially the acid test of present-day changes jeq than those of 1926, but the relative proportions of the trade as bstween and conditions. Modern yuull; 18 m:l the menace which some have chosen 1o oraitical Algitionaiat thie woutd re= | mained the same. proclaim it R Exports and imports for 1927, by geographical divisions. in comparison MOVING OF INCOME TAX | with thase of 1926, follow TO NEW OFFICES BEGUN . * Transfer of Recn;"d; nx‘nl Furniture to Press Bullding to Oc- cupy 10 Days. u | N e ¢ SN Atnerica Through the dark hours of last night and early morning huge motor trucks + began moving the income tax | unit from its old temporary war-time buflding, at Fifteenth and Bstreets, to the New Natlonal Press Building Al mo will be done at night from 11 pm. to 8 pm., %0 as to dis- turb as little as possible ooth the work of the tncome tax unit and occu= |~ Exports to Canada for 1927 were pants of the National Press Building. | 4835 878,000, as compared with $738.- 1t will probably take about 10 days | 567.970 the year before. Imports fror or two weeks to complete the move, 1t Canada for 1927 were 077,348 was estimated at the Treasury. The | against $475.881,373 in 1926 Treasury activities will occupy the Press | ““ne Canadian trade increase came Buflding from the second to the elghth | yery close to dislocating Great Britain floors, and part of the ninth floor + from its traditional position as the dest In addition to the income tax UMl customer of the United States The employes and records of other divi-| gial of American exports to Grea sons of the Internal Revenue Bureal | Britain in 1937 was $840.066.095, a are being tranaferred to the same pIace. ' yharp decline from the 1936 total of Including the accounts and collections | ¢973606,298. American imports from unit, the sp advisory committee Great Britain also fell off n 1927 1o and the Washington branch of the - | §357.010.937, against a 1926 total ot ternal revenue division. S383 197,810 Contract for destruction of the old - war-time bullding will be let by the Treasury some time this month, and 1t will be demolished shortly thereafter o make way for the great Department of Commerce Bullding, for which some exonvation already 15 under way About 1.500 persons and records of billions of dollars i taxes will be movea in the transfer, 31 343 i i NEARE The German trade jump brought tha ‘ country's total 1927 imports from the | United States to $481.580 as com- pared with a total in 1926 of $364.161.- 630 Germany was able to increase its sales in the United St but slightly, | the American imports m that coun- try tor 1927 being $200,554.291, aganst $108,494,641 the previous year S | BY the Assaciated Press | Complatning of the extent of “jass" programs offered over the radio, Sena- tor Smith of South Carolina declaved [today he was tempted W offter an amendment to the pending radio meas- ure to ban * muste over ths afr “No matter where you turn the dial," Aenator Smith told his colleagues on the interstate commerce commitiee, which s conaldering naminations to ! the Federal Radio Commisaton, “you get this same tin-pan nolse. It s varied Iniversity here. He had been engaged | only by occasional announcement about I the practice of law 1 Chicago since [ & spark plug T am through trying leaving (his oity, Replylig to criticism of the comua- C. E. Driggs Dies. Charles K. Drigys, 57 years old, Span- ish-American War veteran, and former vesident of this oity, where he waa em- ployed 10 the Post’ Oimce Department or many years, died in Chicago Mon- day, ording to word recelved here A native of Michigan, Mr. Diligs was appolnted Lo a position In- the Poat Office Department i 1893 He was radunted In law from the Natonal ellow Bellanca | h Clarence Cham- | berlin and Roger Williams will attempt | { were burned while they slept. SIX DIE N SLEEP AS HOME BURNS Parents and Four Childreni Killec—Fifth Child, Seven, Is Rescued. { By the Assciated Press PHILADELPHIA, Pebruary father and mother and four of their iright of States “lo settle their home |affairs at home,” listing prohibition as one question that should be turned back | to_the States for decision. The Maryland governor's candidacy | was indirectly drasn into McAdoo's | fire at Smith with his declaration that the “liquor interests™ had seised poli- tical power in both States, but the only personal references were 0 the New Yorker. Referrring to Smith's candidacy. Mr. | McAdoo declared it “Attempt is being made.” he said, | “to couvince the country that no mat- ter if a wet is elected President the Constitution and laws will be enforced. This both unsound and untrue. 2—-A} five children were burned to death in! a fire which wrecked their homes in West Philadelphia today. The victims | The dead Armando Mantici. 38. a baker: Car- tina, 29, his wife. Anna. 8. Opheiia, 6: Henry, 4: Armando. jr. 2 The other child. Albert. 7. was found truggiing to open a door by firemen upon their arrival. The shock of the fire had left him speechless and he unable to tell attendants at a hospital, where he was taken, what had happened. He was only slightly burned. The origin of the blaze is undeter- minded, but police learned on oil stove downstairs was the only means of heating the house and they advanced | the theory have ex- ploded. According to neighbors. none of the that it might | Mantici family made an outery dur- | ing the night. For this reason. author- itles said. the smoke from the blam must have rendered the family un- conscious while they slept before the flames reached the upstairs. RADIO COMMISSION BILL IS FAVORED Senate Group Aprroves Extending Life for Another Year. A Dill to extend the life of the Fed- eral Radio Commission for another | year after March 13 was orderad favor- | ably reported to the Senate today by its_interstate commerce comumittee A provision advanced by Senator Dill Democrat, Washington, to limit th: broadeasting lcenses to six months was | added by the committee. The commis- sion can now give licenses for two years, although its practice has been to_make them for only 60 davs The present commission. created a vear ago. would expire on March 1§ under the present law and its duttes be assumed by the Commerce Department HEADS STAR CLUB. Francis T. Hurley Is Elected to Succeed Haunford. Francis T. Hurley of the advertising Department of The Evening Star was elected prestdent of The Evening Star Club at the annual elections held ves- terday He succeeds Henry G Hantond Who was not a candidate for re-ckt Other officers elected are Charles Holbrook, vice president: J Emory El- lett, secretary. Neville D Muller, treas- urer; Henry G- Hanford, John J. Baum Bernard J. Lyneh. €. A Linthieum. ¢ G Morgan and P 1 Lowd. . Of the board of governors. Bannin;i Vofr Radio Jazz Threatened as Escape From * "Tin Pan™ Programs slan, O M. Caldwell of New Yark, ans | of the three commissioners whose non IAtns are pending. sald the coammis- o’y goal 18 10 deltver o every hame o Amertea clear and satisfactory radio programs " A" he sald * as thne goes an we | WANE 10 see (hase PIOSTAImS INCreas- gly - diversified. Vo cannot oreate tdeal statins fust as we would like o have them. but we must take the actual stations where they are and so arvange their operation and wave lang clear radio progiama shall reach every farm, vanch. remate enass loads and mountain cabin, as well as the hames m e towns and clties members | W that | ! “there devolves upon the State sacred duty of sustaining the eighteentn 1 dment and the Valstead law.” “His effort.” McAdoo said parently to create the no State enforcement statute is neces- sary because even in the absence of such a statute State officials are under an obligation to enforce the Voistead act. This position is entirely misicad- ing and has mo justification I law * * * The ‘sacred duty’ upon State officials of which the governor speaks doubtless exisis, but the means of forming it were taken away from when jurisdiction over prohidition | fenses was ved from ihe St | courts by repeal of the Staie enforce- ment act.” Declaring that organissd terests hoped to pro oo forcement State by State, McAdoo unued { “This then, is the issue—shall obedience to the supreme law of land. as practiced by New York an Maryland, be permitied o estadish doctrine which, carried to s logieal conclusion. means the destr constitutional government and the dis- appearance of those guarantees of iife. liberty and property which are es- sential to the securily and well deing of the people and to the contnuaton of our form of Government.” “Present conditions cannot e al- he said If the law is & good law it must not bde re- pealed. and if it Temams unrepeaied it musi be enforved.” . | LARGEST SIGN LIGHTED. NEW YORK. Fedruary Great Whi last nght. when sign ever built was I es SQuare 10 feed s The sign is 33 feed ™ which ace and is lightad by 8113 connectad with 0 constructed for an & Carpenter Falls From Roof Allenn Johnso penter. years ald. ressding 126 Bleventh streel. was seriously hyured this momming when he fell fram the roof of MN4T Kalorama road landmg on the ground adout 28 feet delow. He was treated at Emergency Hospuital for a fracture of the lefl wrisi, lacerations of the face, and posuble juternal mguries Phe- Scans Tepert his condition as unde- termined concern a o BAND CONCERT. TODAY By the Unitad States Saldiers’ Home Band Orchestra. at Stanley Hall at 340 ovhek, John § M. Zummermann, dandmaster March. “The Fake Overture, “The Hermuty Bell”. Mailiare | Ballet suite, “Rosamunde Schudest EXcerpis fran musival domedy. “The Student Prince” Romdery [ Mox trot. “ThereN a Rickety Rackety Shack Todias Valie Francaie. “Vale Poudve™. Bope Finale. “Rose of the Lane” Wt “The Star Spangled Banner TOMORROW Ry the Untted States Marte Banad Narne Quehestra, at the Barracks, a: 330 pmo Tarkr Rranson. leade: Mareh, “Texas and Her "L Boaner Overture, “The Farve of x'v:fn P '\‘w";& 1Ay :‘\‘\'}nr\w. “In & Monastery Qar~ ) o “Mosquite Babiet e Sentet T “Lucka® Excerpis ftam “The Pensance “Ohe s \!‘\“&W Sulle went “From ndia oy [ Matines ymi “The Mals of \ie The Star Spangied Banner. Alarm* Lanoal