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- ¢ ploye up two gradés would be ‘as un- + scientific and unfair a method as the | tomorrow or Tuesday detailed data + was regarded at the time of its passage B ~ NEW U. . PAY BILL OFFERED IN HOUSE Sirovich Measure Would Benefit All Those Whom Welch Act Did Not. Drawn to give Telief to all. Govern- ment employes who did not benefit under the Welch act of May 28 last, and the largest amount of increase ($300) to these in the lower pay ranges, a o wes Introduced in the House late yesterday by Representative Stro- vich, Democrat, of New York, a mem- ber of the House civil service com- mittee. The $300 maximum is decreased as the higher salary ratings are ap- proached and no provision for a in-rease is carried for those empl in the higher brackets, who received important and unexpected increases under the classification act and the amending Welch bill. Meanwhile, with Controller General MecCarl's “relative position” theory and his decision which has succeeded in | knocking out of balance the classifi- | cation schedules standing in the way of further pay revisions, Chairman | Lehlbach of the House civil service | committee is awaiting data on his pro- | posed relief measure to correct in- justices and inequities complained of under the operation of the classification | act as amended by the Welch act May 28. Intends Entire Revision. Mr. Lehlbach contemplates an entire revision of the classification act, and, in addition, intends to seek complete revision of the employment policy of the Government. A comprehensive report on this subject is now being drawn up by the Personnel Classifica- tion Board and will reach Congress early in January. The New Jersey Representative feels convinced, he said yesterday, that as a result of this study it will be possible to set up a more scientific and more equitable and business-like system under which the Government will pay for the services of those on the Federal pay roll. The relief measure proposed by Mr. Lehlbach is intended to aid those low- salaried employes who did not receive the amount of increase that Congress intended. He made it plain that the Brookhart plan of jumping each em- McCarl policy. He expects to receive from the Personnel Classification Board and the Budget Bureau from which to draw his bill. He conferred at lengthI Friday with Director Lord and members of the Personnel Classification Board. ‘The Sirovich measure is sponsored by the League of American Civil Service. ‘The president, Mrs. Margaret Hopkins ‘Worrell, in a statement called particular attention to the fact‘that the Welch bill Gongres promized ut it ime that prom al legislation would be passed at this ses- sion whereby low-paid Government em- g“lnyu would receive not only a living t a saving wage, adding that “it is im- possible to have contented employes when their salaries are so low that they unable to ttheir families in PARAGUAYAN HEAD CONSULTS HOOVER Border Dispute Believed Dis- cussed—Buenos Aires Confers Medal. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, December 15.— Herbert Hoover, President-elect of the United States, today talked with Euseblo Ayala, former President of Paraguay, who came here recently as chairman of the Paraguayan delegation to the commission seeking a solution of this country’s lboundary dispute with Bolivia. ‘Whether they discussed the possi- bility of mediation by the United States in the situation, from fighting on the border last week, was not revealed. It was believed, however, that Senor Ayala went over the Paraguyan view of the dispute. President-Elect Tours City. Mr. Hoover remained this morning at the home of Ambassador Bliss, rest- ing up from the strenuous program of vesterday. There were a number of callers. At the luncheon today, given by Jose Canilo, mayor of Buenos Aires, 30 guests were present, made up of na- tional and municipal officials and members of the diplomatic corps. Later Senor Canil guided Mr. Hoover on a tour of inspection about the port of Buenos Aires. Particular interest was shown in new piers edjoining the old docks and erected after an effort of several years at a cost of millions of dollars. Mr. Hoover was taken to the city hall, where he received a gold medal as the gift of the municipality. He went to the cathedral and deposited a wreath on the tomb of the Argentine liberator, Gen. Jose de San Martin, a statue of whom stands in Judiciary Square in Washington. Mrs. Hoover is taking an active part in the “good will” phase of her hus- band’s Latin American trip. Her per- sonal diplomacy is manifested in vari- ous thoughtful, sympathetic acts. Mrs. Hoover Visits Hospital. Yesterday while Mr. Hoover and President Yrigoyen were devoting an hour and a half to discussion of inter- national questions, Mrs. Hoover asked the ladies accompanying her to arrange a visit to a hospital. The party went to the Rivadavia Maternity Hospital, where Mrs. Hoover spent considerable time passing from ward to ward, showing great interest in the functioning of the institution. A few hours later she was the center of table chat at a dinner given by Senora Marcelina Yrigoyen de Rodriguez, sis- ter of the Argentine President. Telephones to Washington. One of Mr. Hoover's pleasant experi- ences today was the exchange of mes- sages with Secretary Kellogg in Wash- ington over a special hook-up of radio and telegraph lines. The text of the messages, which included expressions to and from President Coolidge was not given out here, as it was thought ad- visable that any announcement as to their content should come from Wash- ington. Mr. Hoover also recorded a few words n a talking news reel. This was the first “talkie” made in South America. Members of the Hoover party said he was delighted with his reception here, the beauty of the city and its comfort, but must livé a hand-to-mouth existence. - “ £ “We are against the repeal of the! vge'lan: bill or the red: an.’%f‘;tnhrl:s of ‘higher-paid em; we do advocate an adequate raise for employes whose: salaries are less. than $3,000,” Mrs. Worrell said. Says Ruling Disrupted System. Mr. Lehlbach “claims the McCarl ruling has had the effect of disturbing and disrupting an orderly system of classification by regularly modulated steps. At the samé time he expressed confidence that a way will be found to a solution that will maintain the in-| ¢ tegrity of the entire system of clasaifi- cation, and hoped ‘that if the bill cin- not be introduced until carly in Janu- ary Congress will pass it quickly. A dis- ition exists in Congress, according Mr. Lehlbach, not to disturb exist- ing salary rates. “From a canvass of a majority of:} both Senate and House, I am con- vinced that it is the intention of every member of Congress to pass a bill pro- viding a reasonable increase for those employes who were not benefited under the classification act and but to a small extent under the Welch .bill,” Mrs. ‘Worrell said. Presenting his bill, Dr. Sirovich ledged that he would urge early action the House civil service committee and intends to have an early conference with Chairman Lehlbach. He also re- peated Mrs. Worrell’s arguments in its behalf. The Sirovich = measure, if passed, would take effect the first day of the month following enactment. A comparative table showing increases provided in the Sirovich measure over the Weich act will be found on page 13. ORR SCHOOL PROJECT DROPPED BY CITIZENS Randle Highlands Addition Will Be Recommended to Board Instead, Is Plan. The Randle Highlands Citizens' As- sociation and the Parent-Teacher As- sociation of -the Randle Highlands School decided at a joint meeting last | night to abandon their efforts to obtain a four-room addition for the Orr School and recommend to the Board of Education the addition of four rooms | to the Randle Highlands School instead. Action followed addresses by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, and “Miss' Elizabeth Hummer, supervising prineipal of the seventh di- vision, who outlined the situation with respect- to -an improvement in school conditions in Randle Highlands. Dr. Ballou gave assurance that provisions for relief of erowded school conditions in the Randle Highlands section would | be included in the school budget for the next fiscal year. PINCHOT WILL SPEAK ON LAW ENFORCEMENT | Gifford Pinchot. former governor of Pennsylvania, will be the principal speaker at a mass meeting at Calvary iptist Church at 3 o'clock this. after- noon, at which reform. ox;iuniuuom meeting here the past we will get together in their final session. Pinchot’s subject will be: “How Pro- hibition Can Be Enforced.” Other speakers will be former Repre- sentative Upshaw of Georgia; Canon ‘Willilam Sheafe Chase of Brooklyn, and Clinton N. Howard, president of the National United Committee for Law Enforcement. Sixteen federated national bodies are E’cé;:ed in the membership of the ocmi- found . impr L with President Yrigoyen, other Argen- tine officials and many’ private citizens have given him an.opportunity for first- hand: study ¥5mdulmu here in rela- tion to econdmic' and diplomatic ex- changes with the United States. President’ Yrigoyen, whose nickname, “The Mole,” is descriptive of his policy of shunning publicity, has broken all his own rules. Last night, after the banquet, he personally conducted Mr. Hoover and his son Allan on a sight- seeing tour of the boulevards. Then he drove them to the home of Ambas- sador Bliss. This was an unprecedented procedure for the President of Argen- a. The greatest importance is attached here to the conversation between Mr. Hoover and the Paraguayan ex-Presi- dent, Ayala, although it is officially said that both limited themselves to generalities. It is certain that the Bolivian-Para- guayan difficulties were discussed with the view that the United States might ultimately offer its good offices if the principals failed to settle the dispute. SPLENDOR ACCORDED HOOVER. Welcome By Latin Americas Sur- passes Fable. BY REX COLLIER. Staft Correspondent of The Star. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Decem- ber 15.—Argentina has outdone the magnificance of storybook fables in its welcome to Herbert Hoover. The President-elect of the United States will sail from the capital and chief seaport of this nation tomorrow on an Argentine war vessel with mem- ories of the most beautiful soclal affairs and entertainment probably ever held in honor of a visiting dignitary in South America. He embarks on the cruiser Buenos Aires for Montevideo, Uruguay, whence he will go to Rio de Janiero aboard the U. S. S, Utah. The formal functions of ‘welcome to Mr. Hoover culminated last night in a magnificent state banguet-held at the palace of President Yrigoyen, and in the splendid function of the opera tonight, where an opera house ablaze with lights and graced by the colorful dress and jewelry of Argentina’s elite, bade the President-elect welcome to o‘ne of South America’s. wealthiest na- tions. & Mr. Hoover was deeply ‘impressed with the splendor of the “presidential banquet, where he gathered with Presi- dent Yrigoyen and 90 government and diplomatic officials in the dazzling Hall of Mirrors in the presidential palace at the state dinner. Here. President Yrigoyen paid Mr. Hoover a rare honor and shattered precedent by reading his own speech, as it is the custom in Argentina for the President to dele- gate the reading of ‘his speech to an aide. Not to be outdone in courtesy, Mr. Hoover read his reply. He had in- tended to permit Henry P. Fletcher to read his address, but following the ex- ample "of his host, he fead the speech himself. All the guests at the state banquet were men. Mr. Hoover was greeted by President Yrigoyen on the main floor of the pal- ace, and ascended the white marble staircase beneath an arch formed by the sabers of the S8an Martin Grenadiers garbed in San Martin blue, trimmed with red and gold, with shlnin&1 metal helmets on their heads. On the first landing to the staircase hung a portrait of Gen. San Martin, which Mr. Hoover saluted. The menu of the banguet in- cluded many courses of fish, fowl, meat and champagne and wines. The com- pany later adjourned to an impressive salon to smoke and talk. At the opera tonight squadrons of cavalry re-enforced the city police in restraining the crowds who sought to view the President-elect of the United States, who walked into the opera house to a fanfare of trumpets. The entire audience was in full dress. Fear for Safety of Yawl NEW YORK, December 15 (#).— Maritime circles tonight _expressed anxiety for the auxiliary yaw! Mindoro, which salled with five men aboard for Jacksonville, Fla,, November 8, and to- day. was 24.days overdue, which arose | DAY | LABOR I AGANS] CONFIRMING BRAND Central Union; Fights 600!- idge ReappOintment‘-'ofi_':_ Utilities Commission. Organized labor ‘of the Distriet, through its official 'mouthpiece, the Central Labor Union, is making strenu- ous efforts to prevent. the, confirtation of Col. Harrison Brand, jr., &s a mem- ber of the Public Utilities Commission. Brand's reappointment was recentlysent to the Senate by President.Coolidge. ' The Central Labor Union's campaign against Brand was’ disclosed vestefday in resolutions received by members of the Senate who are to pass upon the appointment. The resolutions were adopted at a meeting of the union last Monday night, in ‘Musicians' Hall, 1006 E street, but were not made public. The confirmation of Brand is. op- posed, according to the resolutions, on the ground that “the civilian members” of the commission, of which he is one, “have thus far in no way actively pro- tected the interest of the citizens:” “It is the earnest desire of the Central Labor Union to have as mem- mission,” the resolutions continued, “men or women who will vigorously protect the public. interest.” . The resolutions pledge the- union to seek to prevent Brand’'s confirmation “through every fair means.” They were adopted on motion of A. C. Hayden, chairman of the union’s public utilities committee. ‘The Central Lahor Union has taken an active part in the fight against the adoption of certain features of the pending ttansit merger agreement. CONDITION OF KING LITTLE CHANGED AT EARLY HOUR TODAY rst Page) (Continued From surgeon who operated, will naturally continue to sign bulletins until the draining tube can be dispensed with and the wound allowed to heal. The two newly consulted physicians are among the best known experts in ray therapy. Dr. Frank Howitt is chief clinical assistant in the aetino-therapy department at St. Guy's/Hospital and is the author of.a on the subject. ‘The “exhaustion,. which still persists,: according to tonight's builetin, results from the general infeétion, but the fact the fever has moderated is as reassuring.. * * § Daily life ‘at the palace sees little change. The Prince: of Wales.and the Duke and Duchess of ; York were again Prayers fof'the King will-‘be sdid in all churches tomiorrow. .. < - " A Leondon specialist tonight, referring to ray therapy, said he assumed that ulira viclet ray treatment was moant. Its effect is to act as a general tonir, ':ndt n‘ “f;;"s:"i.ii’ a way to destroy acteria creasing.the ‘bacter blood, | sistanee of the . bers of the said Public ‘Utilities Com- ! considered |. guests of Queen Mary tonight at dinner. {- el STAR, WASHINGTON. Upper: ‘King Neptuhe parade aboard the U. S. S. Maryland just ceremontes that made all “landlubbers” members of the “shellbacks.’ Center: The President-¢lect warmly greeted in Ecuador. . He car passing through the streets of Guayaquil. . Lower: Close-up of the President-elect, Mrs. Hoover and Capt Kimberly of the Maryland as they were welcomed at the Equator by King Neptune. —Associated Press Photos. bfifore the PRELATES VISIT HOOVER. Catholic Churchmen Confer With Presiderit-Elect at Buenos Aires. BUENOS AIRES, December 15 (P).— Mgr. Felipé Cortesf, apostolic nuneio, called on Herbert Hoover today, necom- panied by a group of other Roman Catholic notables, including the Right Rey. Jose Maria Bottaro, Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Throughout the South American tour dignitaries of the church havé been members of the welcoming parties, and Mr. Hoover has expressed to members of the party his deep gratifica- tion of this display of friendship. "The Prominent Speakers \\.’ho Will Address You on What Washington Badly Needs, Namely a Sanatorium For Tuberculous Hugh Cumming, Percy Hickling, Joseph Rogers, C. B. Conklin, J. W. Peabody, Mrs. Ernest R. Gr\nnt, 17th and K Streets Children Surgeon General United States Public Health Service. Chairman Health Committee, Board of Trade. d Chairman Public Health Com- mittee, Chambér 6f Commerce. Secretary District of Columbia Medical Society. J Superintendent of Tuberculosis Hospital. Chairman Tuberculous Chil- dren Sanatorium Committee, presiding. C. A. Building . Monday Evening, Dec. 17, at 8 o’Clock i Public Meeting, to which everybody is very . ki Cordially Invited Association for the Prevention of Tuberculo Telephone Main 6883 1022 11th Street N.W. . Who have veid for the above dulletin (leoal notice)s KING NEPTUNE AND: EQUADOR CAUGHT IN HOOVER GOOD WILL: NET o SR T ONEAEW FLU CASE 1S REPORTED HERE | Total ‘,fo_rA Month Increased to 32, With Fatalities Placed at 10. The total of influenza cases in the | yesterday afternoon when one new victim was reported to the Health De- partment. 'No additional deaths from 3 th t] toll remaining-at 10 for the month. The single new ‘case is nob regarded ay< sl ) Health Do) officials' WHO polnt 6ift that most pl cians make their communicable diseasé reports in -the morning. ‘The Health Department yesterday completed the mailing of letters to the 1,200 physicians in the District urging more thorough reports on influenza cases and asking their co-operation in checking the spread of the disease. The' Furpose of the letters, it was explained, s primarily to get as nearly complete figures as possible so that the depart- ment" can be apprised at all times of :hle'extent of “the disease in the Dis- rict. CHURCHES 'ARE CLOSED. More. Schools Suspended to Prevent d Spread of Epidemic. 3 COLUMBIA, S. C.—All churches here will be closed tomorrow as a precaution- ary measure against influenza by order of Dr. R. T. Jennings, chairman of the city board of health. exception of the University of South Carolina, and moving picture theaters were closed early in the week. From Richmond, Va. came an of-' ficial report that Virginia Military In- stitute will be closed tomorrow as a _grecautlennry measure. Farmville ‘eachers College was closed today. Public schobls at Knoxville were or- dered closed today until January 2.be« cause of the spread .of influenza. Atl- tendance in the 40 or more sthodls of the city was cut approximately 35 per cent yesterday. All further clgsses at St. Xavier Col- lege, at Cing ti, Ohio, were ordered discontinued today until after the noli- days to stepshe spread .of the epidemic, which, has caused much iliness 'among students. * VETERAN- IS CONVICTED OF "THREATENING WIFE Frank J. Blackwell Blames Jeal- ousy for Actions Against Es- ' District for December was raised to 32 | Schools, with, the | BOLIVIA AY MAKE PEACE CONDITIONS Pan - American Conference Believes Mediation Will Be Successful. By the Assoclated Press. Settlement: of the Paraguayan-Bolivian dispute appeared much nearer here yes- terday with the impression growing that both countries would accept the offer of. good offices. extended by the Pan< American Conference on Arbitration. While Paraguayan agreement to sub- mit the controversy to mediation ap- peared assured, some doubt still pre- vailed, however, whether Bolivia would not intes e such conditions as to em- the endeavor of the conference. HESSE LAYS BASIS - FOR NEW DRY ACT Starts Special Report for Subcommi.ttee—‘-Says Pres- ent Law “Toothless.” Maj. Edwin' B. Hesse, superintendent of police, started preparation yesterday of a special report for the Gibson sub- committee of the House, which will con- tain the foundation of a new prolibi- tion enforcement act, designed to curtail the activities af the 3,000-odd bootleg- gers Prohibition Commissfoner James M. Doran recently estimated are en- gaged I the illicit liquor traffic in Minister Diez de Medina of Bolivia, in the absence of specific communica tions from his government, said that personally he believed his country would accept the good offices, providing, how- ever, that some understanding were reached beforehand whereby Bolivia would receive some reparation for the recent frontier incident. Asks Moral Satisfaction. His government, he said, still held to its opinion that moral satisfaction was' due it, and for this reason, he "1added .that, although welcoming the offer of mediation i the spirit of peace, Bolivia would appreciate an ar- rangement. whereby its disturbed na- tional sentiments could "be. ‘smoothed. The condition raised by the -Bolivian Minister appeared here today largely a matter of form ani ‘The -Paraguayan ' charge d'affajres, Dr. Juan V. Ramirez, sald he harbored no doubt at all that Paraguayan ‘agree- ment to the conciliation offér would be almost immediate. He thought that the practical results of the conference’s action were already visible in that war with Bolivia ngpeured to be “remote.” In any case, he said, an armed strug- gle between the two disputing coun- tries ‘could- not be possible as long as American public opinion was against it. That he considered to the best guarantee against hostilities. Defi- nite word of the attitude of the two govirnmenu is expected here early next week. Conference Committees. The work of the conference itself, meanwhile, progressed to a point where it was hoped to begin regular com- mittee meetings next Tuesday or Wed- nesday. The reporters of the com- mittee on arbitration' and conciliation were continuing their canvass of the opinions of all delegations on the sub- jects to be incorporated in papers for the conference. Their reports, which will form the basis of the committee discussions, probably will be ready by the beginning of next week. . A mecting of the committee of the arbitration eonference on conciliation when, it is hoped, Jose Pedro Varela of Uruguay will be able to present a report .| on a conciliation treaty .to be adopted at this conference. All “delegates gathered at the Pan- treaties has been called for Monday, | ties, ‘Washinaton. B The District, in fact, has no real prohibition enforcement - act now, ac- cording to Maj. Hesse. TRe law under which a small liquor enforcement squad of 38 men {s operating, he said, is a “toothless” affair which gives the boot- legger more legal Tights and safeguards than any other class of law violator. Ma]. ‘Hesse's ideas as to what con- stitutes @ virile enforcement act will be embodied in the report he i§ writing. The Gibson committee has promised 'd support them, if they are regsonable and sound, and put them in thé form of legisiation for congressional considera- tion and action. il Would Make Buyer & Felon. 'The most potent and-effective.weapor Congress can give the Police’ Depart- ment for enforcement of the prohibition law, in Maj. Hesse's opinior, is legisia- tion which would put the man who buys liquor in the same category With the ome who sells it and charge him with a felony. Thé Gibson commiftes, however, is' known to ‘be Somewhat dubious of the value of such & law. One of its members, Répresertative Gilbert of Kentucky, has expressed the belief that it probably. would be diffi- cult to get a jury to convict a manof a felony who bought a pint of liquof. Maj. Hesse is firmly convinced that no time should be lost in clothing all members of the Police Departmgni with authority to enforce the Vols! act. A force of 38 men, deputized-as revenuye agents, he admits, cannot: b~ expected to keep on the trail of 3800 bootleggers. b ‘These 38 men, however, have made quite an enviable record for !he::- selves, despite the handicaps and 8b- structions which confront them in tigeir work, according to the police super- intendent. In the 12 months ended last June 30, he pointed out, theéy ma&de 6.142 arrests for violations of the Vol- stead law, and seized 25549 gallons of illicit liquor, although they did no: devote full time to prohibition activi- Says Search Law Defective. i Ariother change ‘Maj. Hesse intefids to recommend is that the police -be given authority to raid a place sus- American Union today to witness the| unveiling of a bust to Andrew Car- negie, through whosé geherasity the Pan-American Union Bullding largely was built. The presentation address was made by Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, .president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Peace. ' Secre- tary Kellogg accepted the bust in. the name of the governing board of the -American Union. Tomorrow the delegates will go to Mount Vernon on the presidential yacht Mayflower, BOLIVIANS CAPTURE PARAGUAY. OUTPOST IN SANGUINARY.CLASH Sy T 3 A(Oqi\tlnneq From First Page.) for minister of Bolivia- sent today toi theiCouncil, ' This is the cablegram ‘which “says ‘that the acts- of Paraguay arg in, cobitradiction -with articles 10 and 13 of theé League covenant. Procedure Uncertain. ‘The great distance separating League headquarters from -the disputing countries increases the difficulties of any direct Council action. Nothing has been decided as to what line futyre action would follow. It is suggested, however, that the League would pre- simably act in concert with the states of the American continent, perhaps with Argentina or with the A, B, C powers and with the United. States acting also. Decision to send ‘coples- of ‘the appeal to the American nations not affiliated with. the League was interpreted to- night as indicating the League’s prob- able intention to co-operate with the American nations irrespective of whether . they are in or out of the League. The Bolivian-Paraguayan dis- as -puts .is-.deeped . by ‘Peculiirly ‘an Americati tifiént ques- tion on which the gue would not .wish.to act alone but in collaboration with all. A copy of the appeal will be sent to Washington through Hugh R. Wilson, American Minister at Berne. In its cablegrams to the' disputing: states 'the’ council emphasized the im- portance ‘of carefully limiting any measures of self-defense to those which can neither be interpreted as aggres- sive by the other countries nor be' liable to involve the risk of direct con-. flict between : troops. The Council voiced the conviction that this would increase the gravity of the situation and make the maintenance of peace more difficult. The appeal also recalled that the Covenant of the League mentions dis- putes concerning the existence of facts which, if established, would constitute a breach of any international obliga- tion or dispute concerning the repara- tions to be made for such a breach. UNGER FACES TRIAL AS ROTHSTEIN AID NEXT WEDNESDAY (Continued From First Page.) There have been unconfirmed reports that the temporary administrators will announce the value of the gross estate as $3,200,000 and the net $1,800,000. To this was added another rumor today that the gross estate, as so estimated, consists almost entirely of unpaid gambling debts with no collateral and no legal means of collection. Late’ today the Federal attorney's of- fice made public Unger’s police record. This reve that, as well as calling himself Unger, Meyers and Klein, he had at different times adopted the names of Michaels, Berman and Lewis. He apparently always used Joseph as his firs{ name except in one instance when - he gave his name as Frank pected of selling Jiquor without a search warrant. ‘Too much time is lost:in procuring a warrant, Maj. Hesse said, and moreover, the search and selzure law has been so construed by the coufts that the United States Commissioner will not issue a warrant unless the po- lice have absolute evidence that a salc of liquor has been made in the place they want to search. There are other defects in the search and seizure law which Maj.; Hesse said should be remedied. For instance, he said, the police recently became suspi- clous of a man who had heavier springs installed on his automobile, and shad- owed him for several days. Their sus- piclons were rewarded when he drove the machine out of a garage with the body resting heavily on the newly in- stalled springs. They arrested him and found a large quantity of corn liquor | in the car, but when the case was taken into court it was dismissed on a techi- cality—that the police shad failed to procure & warrant to search the mma- chine. : Padlock Provision Advised. A padlock provision fn the existing enforcement law_also would be very helpful in Maj. Hesse's opinion. This would enable the police to definitely close speakeasies which are now opened an_hour or'two after being raided. ° Statistics compiled by the Police De- partment show that 162 places where liquor is sold were raided more than once last year. One of them was raided four times within. 24 hours, &né re- opened each time a few hours aftef the police thad left. It is such places as these that a padlock law would be de- cidedly effective, according to the police superintendent. S % Shutting off the source of. Washing- ton’s - liquor supply also is. & problem which Maj. Hesse admits is diffieult of solution with the small force of men who are legally constituted to enforce the prohibition law. Prohibition Com- mfssioner Doran has told the Gibson committee he believes "a “large qug tity of it comes from Southern M: land. The only way to stop source, the police supérintendent clared, is to halt and search every ma- chine crossing the District line from Maryland, but this cannot be dome legaily. & 3 Would Protect Ex-Conviets. Plumbers and tinners who set up and connect stills will be liable to convie- tion for a felony and given at least ane year in the penitentiary, if a propogal made yesterday to the committee by Dr. E. E. Dudding, president of the Prison- ers’ Relief Soclety, prevails. B Washington bootleggers are offerinz is | ex-convicts employment at substantie] wages, Dr..Dudding advised the com mittee in a letter containing suge&r tions for revision of the District's prw hibition enforcement law. “It got so bad that we had to estah lish a secret entrance to our buildihg to prevent the bootleggers from get@ng hold of our men that we seek m;&r- form,” Dr. Dudding wrote. “I thihk that one year in a penitentiary for the first conviction for bootlegging should become a law as quickly as possible and five for the second conviction.. Give the police all the power they ask and then if the law is not enforced, get a new police force. A specfal judge and a special prosecutor should by all means be included in the bill.” i AHOOVER TRIP CRITICIZED. Extreme Fascists See Anglo-Saxpn Specter in South America. ‘. ROME, December 15 (#).—The news- paper L'Impero, ergan of ‘the Fascist Advanced Guard and known for its eX- treme views, today criticized- adversely the visit of ‘Herbert Hoover to- South America. » It assetted that the “Latins.of Brazil Meyers. First Arrest In 1893. ‘The first arrest listed was in 1893, tranged Spouse and Friend. Admiitting jealousy over his estranged wife’s friendship for another man, Frank J. Blackwell, disabled war vet- eran, yesterday was convicted of threa by Judge Ralph Given in Police Court. The court-accepted hi§ pérsonal bond. The wife, Mrs. Florence Blackwell, and her mother, Mrs. Hattie Campbell, claimed Blackwell- felephoned °their home and’ threatened to kill both his wife and her male friend. On another ocasion, they charged, Blackwell en- ('iered their home by breaking. in the loor. By way of defense, Blackwell accused his wife of leaving him because he had suffered financial reverses and had re- cently been to. Walter Reed S for larceny, in Chicago. He called him- self Frank Meyers. :'He was not tried. Three years later, as Michaels, he was sent to Joliet prison, on another Chicago arrest for burglary. In 1903, as Ber- man, he was acquitted of a grand lar- ceny charge in Chicago. The same year he was arrested as Lewis in St. Louis on an unstated charge and the record indicates he jumped bail, In 1909 he was arrested for larceny in Pittsburgh as_Meyers, but not tried. same yehr he was arrested here as Berman but was turned over to Hartford, Conn., autharities and was convicted of bur- glary and was sent to Wethersfield prison. If convicted on all the counts against him in the present indictment he could be 2 i, X and the Argentine” would seé;béhind Mr. Hoover's coming 'the “specter of Anglo-Saxon domination.” ' The article stated further that North American im« perfalism had frightened the Latiny American republics. BOND IS FORFEITED. Colored Youth Is Arrested fot Tak- ing Paper From Rack. . The third man arrested in two days By policemen stationed to guard nes- paper “honor system” racl forfeitd $10 in Police Court yesterda$. He is Ralph Prince, colored, 20. of the 100 block Corcoran stre=t noril. sast. Prince was arrosted B man F. R. Jeit ef ths ninth