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WEA' (U. 8. Weather Rain, with lowest temperature about 38 degrees; tomorrow fair; not much change in temperature. Highest, 47 lowest, 33 at 5:30 a.m. . yesterday day. Full report THER. Bureau Forecast.) at 2:30 on page 7. Closing N. ¥%. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ah 4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening St ar. as fast as the papers “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,765 Entered as s post office, W No. 30,921. ss matter on, D. C. WASHINGTON, I ), 16, - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27 ) 1928 —FORTY-FOUR PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Pre TWO CENTS. BRODKHART HTS | PLANFORFARMAD ACTON AT PRESENT Declares Congress Shouldi {Await Extra Session Rather Than Push McNary Bill. NYE WOULD BACK PLAN i IF HOOVER 0. K.’S IT Towan Doubts President-Elect Will Give Own Ideas Until He | | Is Inaugurated. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Strong opposition to the passage of | farm legislation at the present short | session was expressed today by Senator Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa. He wishes the farm problem to come up | for consideration at a special session | of Congress after March 4. | The Towa Senator is not satiskied with | the pending McNary bill, which has had | the indorsement of the Coolidge ad- ministration. He said today he did not consider that it fulfills the pledges to the farmers made by Mr. Hoover during the campaign. In reply to a question whether the bill might be so amended as to cover the promises of Mr. Hoover during the cam- | paign and put through now, Senator | Brookhart said he did not believe Mr. Hoover would undertake to enforce his | own ideas regarding farm legislation | while President Coolidge was in the ‘White House and before he himself had taken office as Chief Executive. Nye Prefers Action. Sepator Nye, Republican, of North | Dakota, & strong advocate of farm re- | lief, took the position today that it would be well to put through a bill now, provided it had the open indorsement ©f Mr. Hoover. He added that he did not like some of the provisions of the pending bill. What he wanted, he said, was a real Hoover plan for the aid of the farmers. If, however, Mr. Hoover | comes Yo Washington and develops and | announces such a plan, Senator Nye | sald he was ready to act on it at the it session. Senator Capper of Kansas is one of | those who believe jhat the farm bill| should be put through promptly at this session of Congrgss. He does not see the need of postPoning action. Some of the Democrats, among them Senator Dill of Washington, who, after | all, will have a good deal fo say about | the passage of a farm bill now, wish Mr. Hoover to go on record in favor of @ bill. They say they do not wish the President-elect to be in a position later to say to the country that the farm bill was put through when he was ot President and therefore does not em- body his igeas. Senator Borah of Idaho, one of the most vigorous campaigners for Mr. Hoover in the recent election. is op- posed to action on farm legislation now. In his opinion the farm problem cannot be adequately dealt with during the remainder of the present session. He believes that a special session should /be called. It was Senator Borah who obtained from Mr. Hoover a promise 'during the campaign to call a special session of Congress after he became President, provided the farm legislation were not put through at the present mhort session. Tariff Revision Demanded. The situation is further complicated | by the fact that many of the Senators | and Representatives from industrial States are demanding tariff revision at 2 special session. The tariff, too, is to be revised in the interest of the farmers. There is an appreciable group among | the legislators which is opposed to. leg- | islation at this time because they do not wish President Coolidge to have the credit of the accomplishment during his administration. + It is clear that the President-elect {when he comes to Washington January i 9 faces a delicate and difficult situation if he undertakes to bring about farm | 1 tion at this session. Republican | leaders here believe he would not have his plans and come to Wash- | ington had he not be desirous of bring- | ing about an arrangement which would | permit passage of farm legislation now. They are confident he intends to do just that thing if he can, and thereby 2vold the need of calling a special ses- sion immediately after he enters the ‘White House. ‘There is a feeling among some of the leaders that Mr. Hoover will give his indorsement to the McNary bill, that it embodies his ideas for basic farm relief | legislation. They believe that he may: suggest subsequent and supplementaxy | Jegislation to cover other features of the | farm relief problem. LIQUOR VICTIM SUES. $100,000 Asked by Baltimore Man | for Loss of Sight. | &pecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 27.—Al- feging that he had lost his sight as a result of drinking liquor containing wood alcohol, Clarence H.| Myers has filed in Baltimore City | Court a bill of particulars claiming | $100,000 damages from Edward Mat- | thews, represented as owner of a saloon or_store. |PLANE BASE SOUGHT B Polar Party Lands on Ice Barrier, First Goal of Expedition. Ship Will Proceed to Bay of Whales From Discovery Inlet. BY RUSSELL OWE less to T]:-:mslnr and New \'or}:‘ DISCOVERY INLET, Antarctica, De- | comber 27.—We have been ashore at | last, if one can call a floating sheet | of bay ice a shore, but as the entire | barrier is supposed to be afloat, we have at least been on its doorstep. About two-thirds of the ship'sscompany are out on the ice in this snug harbor, playing with penguins, skiing and hunting seals to get meat for the dogs. We reached the barrier Tuesday at longitude 177:25 W., and cruised along it all that night and yesterday morn- ing. With all we had read of this wall of ice we found that no pictures or descriptions of it could convey an ade- quate impression. It rose 80 or 90 feet high, majestic and forbidding, beautiful and terrible. We watched it for the most part silently, marking the clean lines of cleavage, where great bergs have broken off, the caves into | which the waves dashed, the overhang- ing cliffs, which seemed about to topple into the sea. As we moved eastward, Frank T. Davis, the physicist, and Quinn A Blackburn, the topographer, sketched the face of the barrier and soundings were taken every hour. They showed | depths ranging from 250 to 300 fathoms at distances from a mile to 3 miles off shore. About 8 o'clock in the morning | Comdr. Byrd had predicted we should | see the beginning of Discovery Inlet, and just about that time we sighted what at first was believed to be a dis- tant ice floe or berg. A glance at the chart, however, convinced the com- mander that we were in the mouth of this wide bay. That opinion was justified a short time later when with glasses we were_able to see that the walls of the inlef were coming together to the east. Three hours later we were | well inside where the inlet narrows to | a width of only 2 or 3 miles. Marine First to Land. A short run brought us to the bay ice, which was about half way down the narrowest part of the inlet, and here we came alongside the ice, threw out two jce anchors and made them fast. There was a scramble to -be the first one over the side. Capt. Alton | Parker of the Marine Corps won by a second. “The Marines are always the first ashore!” he yelled back. A moment later and the ice near the ship was covered with men, run- ning to stretch their legs and Melting each other with snowballs. Imagine a long, narrow bay where, instead of land, the walls are glistening white cliffs of snow and rising sheer above the water. The bay ice runs off in a long‘curve between these walls, which stretch inland for miles and against the edge of this ice we are now lying. We are not more than 100 yards from the barrier, which here is about 100 fdet high. The walls are broken and worn in some places, and as smooth as if cut with a knife in others. Along the base are beautiful ice caves, on which the light shines with the most perfect blue imaginable. As soon as we had made fast Comdr. Byrd, with Bernt Balchen, Bosun Strom, Carl O. Petersen, the radio man, and Christo- pher Braathen, seamen and skimen, went inland to try to locate a landing field at the edge of the barrier. Such a field could be used as a base for exploring the barrier, and also there always has been the possibility that Dis- covery Inlet would make a better base | than the Bay of Whales, although the bay would be much nearer to the area which Comdr. Byrd wishes to explore. They are still away and will not return for several hours. They are traveling on skis, and when they reach the barrier will be tied together with Alpine rope. Another party, composed of Capt. Parker, Pilot N. D. Vaughan and Jacob Bursey, both dog drivers, have gone some distance in to get.seals which are lying there in the sun. We need them for food for ourselves and also for the.dogs. Cleanest Place in World, In these few minutes the clouds which obscured the sun have rolled away, and the entire bay is a shining lace of blue and white, wonderfully geautilul in this clear atmosphere. It s the cleanest place in the world, a spotless wilderness. Dean Smith started off to hunt seals, but on the way he found two penguins which interested him so much that he stopped to play with them. They regarded him with friendly and curious eyes until he tried to pick one up, and then he found that the little fellows could fight with their flippers and bite with their beaks. He brought them back finally with many bruises on his arms and legs and posed them in front of the cameras of Van- derveer and Rucker, the mov:ug picture men, who were over the side with the first’ and have heen busier than bird dogs ever since trying to keep up with what has been going on. But the real fun began when an em- peror penguin walked up to welcome us. An official greeter of the Antarctic, re- splendent in white shirt front, frock coat, & long brilliant black beak, colored purple sides and with bright yellow spots on each side of his neck. He was a most imposing bird and regarded us with just the proper touch The bill alleged that Matthews sold Myers the liquor, representing it to be wholesome and to contain grain or ethyl aicohol. { of scornful toleration. He was at least | three and a half feet h hed (Continued on Page 4, Column 45 “Crank Inventor's” Idea Solved Problem Of Mine Barrage in 1918, Roosevelt Says By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 27.—The New York Times today quotes Gov.-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt as revealing how a crank inventor during the World War solved the problem of laying an effective mine barrage against German submarines. Mr. Roosevelt, who was Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the war, made his disclosure in an address be- fore the Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Post of the American Legion A problem that America and the allies were vainly seeking to solve, said Mr. Roosevelt, was of exploding mines by electrical contact with a_hostile vessel. The older type of mine was ineffective, as it was impossible to place | them close enough together to present &n effective barrier without heavy seas causing them to knock against each \otber -and -explodg, s o P One day edrly in 1918, he said, a man of the typical “crank inventor” | type walked into his office and insisted upon showing his model. “He presented an intricate affair with a lot of nets, which was the same thing many other people had suggested for putting over the mouth of a harbor to inclose submarines. I was about to cast the whole thing aside when he pointed to models of mines attached to | the nets. T asked him what they were, and then he told me he had a practical plan_ for exploding the mine b | | ed any | trical contact if a vessel tous part of the entire machinery. | out of the inventor’s plan was cre- ated the “antennae” type of mine bar- | rage, which was laid from England to Norway. The inventor wanted $10.000,000 for his invention, said Mr. Roosevelt, but he understood he finally veceived 100,000, ,‘ { YRD REACHES ‘DOOR STEP’ OF ANTARCTICA, CARRYING U. S. FLAG FARTHEST SOUTH |Bad Man From East Uses Desk as Map Shows Byrd Route irst Posifion Reported nce esving Dunecty ~ | Second Position o MM”’ I Christmas day was one of celebra- | tion for Byrd polar party as it reached ice barrier. HOOVER 70 DELAY President-Elect Will Devote, Conferences Here to Cabi- | net and Trip Reports. By the Associated Press. ABOARD U. S. S. UTAH, December 27.—Herbert Hoover is not expected to | concern himself with pending legisla- | tion on his yisit t ington. He has indicated that he will awalt his inau- guration and the result of this session of Congress before deciding on his program. ‘The President-elect intends to devote himself primarily’ while in Washington o conferences with party leaders on cabinet appointments and to making a personal report to President Coolidge about his Latin and South American tour. While pressure continues to be brought on Mr. Hoover for elaborate inaugura- tion ceremonies, he is determined to adhere to his original plan for induc- tion into office under as simple a pro- gram as has been held within recent years. This is one of the matters he is ex- pected to dispose of before leaving Washington for Florida late in Janu- ary. His plans after the Florida visit are not completed, but it is understood <hat he has in mind a visic to Havana, Cuba, and to Santo Domingo, Costa Rica, before his inauguration, At pres- ent it is regarded as unlikely that he will find time to visit Mexico City. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover last night heard about a thousand bluejackets massed on the quarterdeck of the Utah sing “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” “Mister Zip” and other popular songs and old fav- orites. Afterwards, before retiring, they watched motion pictures, which are shown each night on the upper deck. The heat is increasing as the Utah nears the Equator, and last night many | of the party began sleeping on cots on the upper deck. The weather was slightly squally, with rain ciouds threat- ening showers. BANDIT IS SLAIN IN CHICAGO STORE Shield and Shoots Policeman After Robbing Cafe. By the Assoclated Pre: CHIGAGO, December 27.—A bad man {rom the East, come to Chicago to rob, was shot dead by a policeman in the aisles of the Hartman store yesterday while customers and clerks hid under counters and behind pieces of furniture to escape the gunfire. Frank Orlando of Newark, N. J., who was slain, was wanted in New Jersey, pelice said, for murder and numerous robberies. Orlando, with two other men who escaped, had robbed a lunchroom and was running away when victims of the holdup called Policeman David Griffin and Sergt Joseph Starshak. Orlando jreached the furniture store and was posing as a customer for a radio set when the officers entered. Sceing them, the gumman grabbed the clerk, Arthur Dahl, and used him as a shield, at the same time opening fire, Helpless to return the fire without kiling Dahl, the officers were easy targets. Griffin fell with a bullet in the hip. At this point the clerk wrestled free, and Sergt. Starshak fired. His first bullet struck Orlando in_the head. Sixteen. shots were fired, many being imbedded in the walls and pieces of furniture, Factory-Fxre Loss Is $100,000. COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 27 (#) Damage, estimated at $100,000, wi caused last night by fire which origi- nated in a mattress factory and spread to adjoining buildings befofe being subdued. Cause of the blaze has not been determined. .. Radio Programs—Page 41 ' iala FRAMING PROGRAM ' ACHANGESIND.C. ‘TRAFFIC CODE ARE URGEDBY HARLAND Commissioners Make Pro- posals Public Without Com- ment—Awaiting Reaction. EXTENDED CONGESTED AREAS RECOMMENDED ments, All Minor, Have Ap- proval of Council. Traffic Director William H. Harland today submitted a list of 39 proposed changes in traffic regulations to the District Commissioners for their atten- tion. The changes are mostly of a minor nature, affecting certain small stretches of streets where existing regu- lations have been criticized by resi- dents or merchants. The Commissloners today made public the list without comment. No action will be taken until the public has had time to express its views relative to the proposed changes. | In submitting the list Mr. Harland said the amendments were of such character that the motorist will not be required to memorize them, with this exception, they are enforceable with the proper signs. ‘The amendments, Mr. Harland wrote, have been concurred in by the traffic council and by Inspector E. W. Brown, commanding officer of the Traffic Bureau. Would Extend Congested Zone. ‘The most important amendment, re- ferred to by Mr. Harland as one which will have to be memorized by motorists, seeks to extend the congested zone, where the limit on parking is one hour, from K street to L street on the north side, and from Seven- teenth to Eighteenth street on the west “L street is fast becoming a business street,” Mr. Harland wrote, “and we received a petition from the business in the parking conditions. It was the consensus_of the traffic council, con- curred in by Mr. Eldridge and Inspector Brown, that the congested area should be changed as proposed.” Another proposed change would add Wisconsin avenue from M street to Massachusetts avenue to the list of boulevard highways. Mr. Harland be- lieves that because of the narrow road- way and the heavy traffic it is in the interest of public safety to place stop signs along this line. This also would make Wisconsin avenue a connecting 1imk-with Massachusetts avenué, which is an arterial avenue at this point, Mr. Harland believes. Another proposed boulevard highway is Eleventh street southeast from B street to the north approach of the Anacostia Bridge. Sixteenth street from U street to Kalmia road is recom- mended as an arterial highway because of the recent concrete improvement done in that section. A recommendation was made to in- crease the speed limit on Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge southeast for passenger vehicles to 22 miles an hour, due to the new bituminous surface and the ade- quate guard rails furnished for the bridge. Would Clarify Code. The remaining regulations mostly cover small stretches of proposed one- way streets and rewording of the traffic regulations so as to secure clearer rul- ings on the parking regulations affect- ing varofus isolated small stretches of highway. It is recommended that no parking be permitted, for instance, on Connecticut avenue between M and Eighteenth streets because of the narrowness of the roadway there, and that the no parking restriction be removed on Con- necticut avenue between S street and Columbia road during the early and late rush hour periods due to the recent widening of the avenue. One of the proposed regulations seeks a_better basis in Jaw for establishment of temporary and emergency no parking signs by adding a paragraph to the ing where official no parking signs are erected. POPE'S PHYSICIAN DIES. Dr. Andrea Amici Is Victim of Bronchial Pneumonia. ROME, December 27 (#).—The holi- day joy has been dampened at the Vatican by the death of Dr. Andrea Amici, the Pope’s_physician, who also served Pope Pius X. He attended the Pope’s jubilee mass on December 20 in full health, but shortly after was strikén with bronchial pneumonia. SIX DIE AS AUTO IS STRUCK BY TRAIN One Boy Is Deeapitated, All Man- gled at Crossing in Chicago Suburb. Sy the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 27.—Six per- | sons were killed early today when a Soo Line train struck an automobile at a grade crossing in Oak Park. The automobile, carrying seven pas- sengers, had stopped as one train sped by, and then had gone ahead, directly into the path of the other. The dead were: Henry Olsen (driver), Berwin, Tll.; Mrs. Henry Olsen, Halvor Olsen, Mrs. Halvor Olsen, their son, Arnold, 7, and daughter, Virginia. Another son, Howard, 4, was taken to a hospital, possibly fatally injured. The bodies of those killed were mangled, the train striking the touring car squarely in the center. One boy was decapitated. The train stopped several hundred yards away, and many passengers hur- ried back to assist in recovering.the bodies. Five of those in the automobile were killed outrgiht. Henry Olsen ‘lived a few minutes, but died before he could be given medical attention. - ‘The warning bell had started to ring, witnesses said, as the Olsen car started across the tracks, and other machines had stopped to await the passing of k2 { Director Says Suggested Amend-| men on this street asking for a change | Tesuiations spockcally profbiting parks | ONE OF TH BEST THINGS CONGRESS! HAS EVERY DONE! TARIFF EQUALITY - URGED BY TILSON ‘Seeing Farm Aid Unlikely This Season, He Prediots Extra Congress. | By the Assoclated Press. HARTFORD, Conn., December 27.— A policy of protection applying with | | equal force to every industry of the | country is favored by Representative Tilson of .Connecticut, the majority | floor leader of the House, as a founda- | tion stone for the tariff structure | changes to be decided upon by Con- gress. “We in New England,” said Tilson in an address before members of the Con- necticut Chamber of Commerce to- day, “should favor proper protection for farming, mining and other industries just as-we ask and need it for purely manufacturing industries. A policy of photection must be based upon princi- ples broad enough to cover the Nation or it cannot stand.” 4 Scouts Farm Aid This Session. Tilson expressed the belief that there was litle chance of farm legislation being enacted this session, and pre- dicted Herbert Hoover would redeem his campaign . pledge by calling an extra sesslon to consider this question. Since farm relief is conceded to in- clude tariff revision, the Republican leader declared that New England man- ufacturers could help materially in preparation of a new tariff law by fur- nishing Congress with material facts such as will inspire the confidence of those in charge of the hearings. Great Care Is Advised. “In presenting the needs of the sev- eral industries,” he advised, “great care should be exercised that the case be neither overstated nor understated. If understated, and rates are based upon such understatement, then the protec- tion given will not be sufficient, and the result will be unsatisfactory, as was the case in a few instances in the revision of 1921-22. On the other hand, if the case be overstated the close and critical scrutiny which is sure to be given every {item by both friends and foes of the tariff, will surely reveal the exaggera- tion of the need for protection, and the error will recoil upon the heads of those giving the inaccurate information to the injury of the industry that has been thus misrepresented. PLOT TO BURN TOWN IS SEEN IN OHIO Jail, Mayor's Office and Office Building Destroyed—Citizens Demand Arrests. By the Associated Press. HEMLOCK, Ohio, December 27— Residents of this hamlet today awaited the arrival of a State fire marshal with the demand that arrests be made for the attempt yesterday “to burn up their town.” When they awoke they found the mayor’s office, the jail and an office building at the Monsurat Coal Co. mine in flames. They were destroyed. ‘Two men are held for investigation. A group of Christmas revellers, who were heard by villagers, also are sus- pected of having started the blazes. A 81 SHOPLIFTERS TAKEN. Value of Loot Recovered by Detec- tives Placed at $1,000. Eighty-one_ shoplifters were arrested and goods valued at $1,000 recovered by the detail of 20 detectives under Detec- tive C. J. P. Weber, which was assigned to look after the dewntown stores dur- ing the Christmas shopping season, it was disclosed in the report of Weber when the detail was disbanded today. The arrests included the apprehen- sion of several well dressed women al- leged to have attempted theft of goods from the counters of department stores under cover of the holiday rush. Mexico Acts to Bar Exiles. MEXICO CITY, December 27 (#).— The w.r department today ordered mili- tary commanders who are stationed alon; the United States border to be especially on the alert to prevent politi- cal and other exiles residing on the other side of the border from entering the country. The government recently Nfl/f,{’/s Sy - THM'SEQ: §1§. Heroic Sailor Dives Into Blazing Oil To Save Two Mates One Man Killed When Gas Explosion Destroys Lighthouse Tender. By the Associated Press. KEY WEST, Fla., December 27.—One man was killed and two were injured serfously when a gas explosion demol- ished the lighthouse tender Poinsettia at the naval dock here early this morn- ing. But for the heroism of W. F. At~ kinson, a seaman aboard the naval tug Allegheny, the death toll would have been tripled. With the sea in the vicinity of the explosion blazing with oil and strewn with wreckage, Atkinson dived in and rescued Leon Carey and Joseph Ygerian of the crew of the tender, who had been hurled overboard, and were unable to keep afloat because of the injuries. The explosion occurred when J. F. Brown, colored cook, attempted to light a gas stove in the galley, where a fuel ipe is believved to have been leaking. 'he explosion was felt for two miles. Naval men say they will propose Sea- man Atkinson for a medal award in recognition of his heroism. K. Kutson, sleeping in the berth below Ygerian at the time of the explosion, also was thrown iInto the water. Hi body was' found an hour and a half later. W. W. Demeritt, superintendent of the Southern Lighthouse Division, has begun an investigation of the explosion. GAS USED TO KILL MAN IN HOLD-UP Lone Bandit Gets $24 in Guggen- heim Laboratory nopbery; Two Injured. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 27.—A watchman was killed, apparently by some volatile gas thrown on him; a helper on a motor truck was knocked unconscious with & blow from the butt end of a revolver and a chauffeur was robbed of $24 by a lone bandit, who entered the Guggenheim LaBoratories, on 202d street, early today. The body of the watchman, Henry W. Gow, was found on the second floor. Near him was the unconscious form of the helper, and the chauffeur, who had been bound and gagged. The chauffeur is Elmer Mayhew, 21, of 1120 Leaden Hall street, Baltimore, and the helper is Chester McCauley. They had driven a truch full of tear gas from Baltimore, where they are employed by the Southern Motor Cor- poration, to the Guggenheim Labora- tories. Mayhew and McCauley told police they arrived here at 5 o'clock this morn- ing, when they rapped at the entrance gates. An unidentified man opened them. Mayhew drove in and remained on the seat while McCauley entered the laboratory. A few minutes later. the unidentified man drew a revolver and ordered May- hew to enter the laboratory and go to the second floor washroom. Meeting McCauley, the bandit struck him on the head with the butt of the revolver. The bandit took $24 from Mayhew, threw him on the floor, bound and gagged him, and then escaped. ‘The watchman apparently had been A:;.]flCked before the arrival of the others. JACKIE COOGAN ILL. Juvenile' Star Contracts Influenza in Christmas Excitement. BERLIN, December 27 (#).—Too much Christmas excitement, proved the undo- ing of Jackie Coogan, youthful Ameri film star, who was in bed today witlf a light case of influenza. Jackie contracted the illness in run- ning abeut barefooted in his hotel room in his joy over a steam engihe, electric train and toy airplane. He was unable to appear in his vaudeville act last night. 4 A physician after calling this morning assured the bt_?'s parents that there was no danger, but that he must bé kept in 4 warm bed until Saturday. Soldiers Flee $10,0C0 Fire. FORT SNELLING, Minn., December 27 ()—Forty soilders were routed from their quarters early today when fire of undetermined origin destroyed the twi story barracks of I Company, 3d Infan- | YOUTH CONFESSES 0 EARLE ROBBERY Brought Here From Chicago, Reveals He Is Student of Psychology. Elmo William Williams, & cool, uncon- | cerned 21-year-old youth, was brought | back to Washington this morning from }cmuzo and has confessed to the rob- |bery of the Earle Theater here on October 29. Harry E. Lohmeyer, manager of the theater, who was in the office when the bandit walked in, has also identified Williams. Lohmeyer made the trip to Chicago with Headquarters Detective Thomas F. Sweeney, and when con- fronted in Chicago with the man, said, “Yes, sure that's he.” Police say that but $150 was found in his possession when arrested y night in Chicage. Most of the ey, they say, was mailed from here im- mediately after the robbery to his uncle, Thomas Williams, in Tampa, k2 Headquarters Detective H. K. Wilson is now on his way to Washington from the Florida city with the uncle. It is thought when he reaches this city he will implicate at least one other man in the handling of the proceeds of the robbery. Married Few Days Ago. ‘The young prisoner was married but a few days ago and says that with his marriage he had resolved to go straight. He married a clerk in a drug store in Chicago December 19. His bride did not accompany him here, Williams, who is said to be excep- tionally well educated and inteligent, readily told Detective Sweeney all the details of the hold-@p. + He said that he visited the Earle Theater several times prior to the robbery to learn the physi- cal situation of the place and to get some idea of the size of the haul he might expect. , He went to the theater twice on Sunday, October 28, the day before the hold-up, he asserted. Al- though declaring that he had no inten- tion of using the gun which he pointed at Lohmeyer, he admitted it was loaded. The first thing he did after the rob- bery, Willlams said, was to get some- thing to eat. Then he saw to the mail- ing of the money to Florida. Student of Psychology. He knew it would not be necessary to use his gun in robbing the theater, he told Sweney. Coming back on the train he revealed the extent of his read- Ll;l:: :o !lh:i detwc;we m;:i lsfiid that he student of chology and his frtlutdl::i.s h:d mlflle %sis;n sur‘ey that the e e employed in t| - wc:xld b&;fl!&:}ti\?&y b ccording Sweeney, the - mitted that he has "pu{led ofln;.l:lu‘lg- ber of other jobs,” but never has been arrested before for anything more seri- ous than petty misdemeanors. Before he began his career as a robber, he told the officer, he made up his mind he would never shoot any one, and he never has. From Washington Willlams went to Pittsburgh. The day after the hold-up local police learned his identity and whereabouts. _ Elaborate plans were made in the Pennsylvania city for his apprehension and he was not arrested, it was revealed, only because of a {iff | with a girl whom he had intended tak- ing to the movies. Pittsburgh author- itles were to seize him as he entered the theater. Changes His Plans. From Pittsburgh he went to New York and there bought a steamship ticket for ‘Tampa, but learning from some source that Tampa was “hot for him,” went try, U. S. A. The loss was estimated at_$10,000. rejected the petitions of numerous po- litical deportees for permigsion o re- furm to Mexieo, o i The barracks was one of the oldest on the Fort ion, having Snelling reservati built in 1875, 9 ey still to Montreal, Canada, instead. From tl;:dre he went to Chicago and was mar- ried. From time to time his uncle s said to have sent him money that had been | entrusted to him. In all it amounted | to $1.216, the elder Williams told De- | tective Wilson. \ Although it was reported by Lohmeyer that the bandit got $2,776, Williams n | claims that he took only about $1,600 from the safe. Most of the money he has spent, he declared. He has traveled and had a good time, he told Sweeney, and bought several expensive suits of (Continued on Page 3, Column 3. TAX REFUND TBLE SHOWS REPAYMENT TOTALS ST 35 Reynolds Tobacco Co. Leads With $6,213,808—Ten Over $1,000,000. $75,000,000 DEFICIENCY ESTIMATE TRANSMITTED Garner Charges United States Steel Will Get $15,000,000 to $45,- 000,000 by Next July. By the Associated Press. The Treasury's annual list of tax re- funds, covering the fiscal year ending last June 30, when $142,393567 in 1llegally and erroneously collected taxes was returned to 168,501 individuals and corporations, made its appearance to- day at the Capitol. The list, made public by the House committee on expenditures, carried only those refunds over $500 and included claim allowances on income, capital stock, sales and estate taxes collected for 1928 and prior years. Insurance companies, mills, industrial corpora~ tions and rich estates were numerous in the list where large refunds were :l;lzt‘)gl.e:&awl}uei g}s&y golf clubs and of individuals the smaller categorfes. et Tobacco Companies Lead. Ten refunds amounted to one million dollars, with the gor"e g:;: nolds Tobacco Co. of Winston-Salem, N. C., receiving the largest amount— :fig‘:fii‘;’] d1fllle Al‘nfiflcnn Tobacco Co. sidiaries of New with $4,270,059, B Others recelving more than one mil- lion dollars were the Federal Shipbuild- ing Co., Kearney, N. J., $3,654,239; es- tate of Margaret Olivia Sage, New York, $1.618,939; Swift & Co. ,Chicago, $1,496,~ 31; the Texas Co., Houston, $1.336.- 507; estate of Peter C. Brooks, Boston, $1.368.826; United Fuel and Gas Co., {E:egl::le?fl;;l, W. \;l.. $1,235,962, and of Verner Zevol - ver $1222.383, - dna ough a total of $130,000,¢ s made available for tax relun%&n ;nxis fiscal year, a deficiency estimate of $75,000,000 recently was transmitted to Congress by President Coolidge to cover more claims, bringing the total to be returned by next June 30 to $205,000,~ 000. While these refunds will not be made public until next year, Represen- tative 'Garner, Democrat, Texas, fe- cently declared on the floor of the ‘House that the United States Steel Cor- Dboration would receiye more than $15,- 000,000 of the total and that if settle- mients on additional claims were made on the same basis that corporation would be returned almost $30,000,000 more, Estates Near Top. Among those receiving more than $500,000 in refunds last year were the Philadelphia Electric Co., $999,936; estate of John J. Emery, Philadelphia, $927,- 1766; American Smelting & Refining Co.. New York, $945,342; McClintic-Mar- shall _Construction Co., Pittsburgh, $874,255; estate of Henry Clay Frick, Pittsburgh, $802,720; Miami Cooper Co., New York, $875,000; John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., Boston, $738,695; Wilson & Co., Chicago, $678.~ 173; Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., Boston, $684,205; estate of Henry B. Endicott, Boston, $546,599; Hollingsworth & Whitey Co., Boston, $516,446; estate of Frederick G. Bourne, New York, $603,751; Berwind White Coal Mining Co., Philadelphia, $545,962; Aluminum Co. of America, Pittsburgh, $555,926; Cities Service Co., New York, $692,928; estate of Oliver H. Payne, New York, $557,246, and the United States Finishing Co., New York, $558,457. ‘Those receiving between $250,000 and $500,000 were the Willlam Waldorf Astor estate, $441,395; Paint Creek Coal -Mining Co., Cleveland. $412.213; North- ern States Power Co. of Delaware, Minneapolis, $343,262; Pressed Steel Car Co., Pittsburgh, $486,115; Curtis Pub- lishing Co., Philadelphia, $328,748; Har-' risburg Pipe & Pipe Bending Co., Har- risburg, Pa., $361,571: W. W. Co., Inc, Boston, $328,163 Chemical Fiber Co., Boston, $302.264; Garfield Worsted Co., Garfield, N. J., $301,189. Gets $436,356 Refund. New Jersey Worsted Spinning Co., Garfleld, N. J., $436.356: Mrs. Jane J. Cook, Baltimore, $439,200; estate of John Arthur James of Maryland, $381,- 060; Tin Decorate Co. Baltimore, $313,317; Central Maine Power Co., Au- gusta, Me., $259,356; Hercules Powder Co., Wilmington, Del.,, $268,107; estate of Henry G. Scott, Framingham, Mass., $276,615; Scranton & Lehigh Coal Co., $328.966; American Hide & Leather Co., $304,072; American Linseed Co. of New Jersey, $255.692; Central Leather Co., New York, $487.671. Central Trust Co., New York, $275.- 619; Freeport Texas Co. New York, $473,870; United Cigar Stores Co. of America, New York, $206,463; estate of George Ehret, New York, $341477; estate of Willlam H. Sage, New York, $416,569;: New York Hotel Statler Co., " (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) EXCHANGE IS ACCUSED. Government Charges Conspiracy in Chicago Egg Deals. CHICAGO, December 27 (#).— Charging conspiracy in restraint of trade, the Federal Government has filed suit against the Chicago Mercantile Ex- change. The suit was filed before United States Commissioner Edwin K. Walker as a result of several egg brokers being caught “short” recently in con- nection with future deals. The Government charges the ex- change with causing various restrictions, including penalties, in the way of transe porting eggs for December deliveries al- ready contracted for. Salesman Is a Docile Bandit Victim By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 27.—George Wood, salesman, submitted tamely to- | day to the robbery of his watch and money. He offered no protest when the ‘robber demanded a rope with which to tie him, producing a length of rope from his automobile. When the robber returned and stuffed a handkerchief in Wood's mouth, Wood had no complaint, but the lmit .. was reached when the thief came back the second time and snipped Wood's fusvendcrs, to hamper efforts at cap- ure. . s That was too much, and Wood got mad. He broke the ropes that bound him, kicked off his pants, hit the hold- up man in the jaw, snatched his pistol and whacked him the head with it. Then the victim became docile again and gllowed the thief