Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1929, Page 2

HOOVERPROGRAN HTBYDENRERATS Limiting Extra Session Legis- lation to Tariff and Farm | Relief Protested. By the Associated Press. i Herbert Hoover is going to bump into | a fight with the Democrats on his pro- posal to limit the intended extra ses- sion of the new Congress this Bpring to the consideration of tariff and farm legislation. Senator Robinson “of Arkansas, Democrat leader, sounded the war ory today with a declaration against the President-elect's terms unconstitutiona “There are many things on whiéh | legislation will be needed if the extra session i8 called,” said Senator Robin- son, “‘and certainly there is no mnm-’ | i tutional method by which the Senate can be limited in the exercise of fts legisiative duties.” However, Republican leaders are Jook- | Ing confidently to the power of an over- whelming majority in the House to earry out the limitation scheme. It is sonceded that if the House Republican | leaders ‘finally decide only to organize | the necessary committees for consider- | ation of the tarff and farm relie no other legislation can be put through | there, Republicans will have a major- ity of almost 100 in the House. ‘The Senate ¢an go ahead and pass all the bills it wants in the extra ses- sion, but if the House majority refuses :o consider them they cannot become | aw, House leaders do not intend to eon-' sider anything but tariff and farm re- lief in deference to the wishes expressed by Mr. Hoover in his conferences here this month. The Hoover administration scheme can be upset only by a coalition of | Democrats with a healthy sized block 3f Republican votes in the House. House | Democrats are gauging the prospects, | but their hope Is faint. | PRESIDENT GIVES CHECK TO CHEST ON EVE OF DRIVE (Continued From_Fir chest officers, campaign divisional lead- ers, team captains and team workers, are “expected at the dinner tonight marking the formal opening of the cam- glfln, although the general soliciting oes not get under way in full until to- morrow morning. Speakers at the dinner include Sene tor James Couzens of Michigen, Allen . Burns, director of the Association of | Community Chests and Couricils of New York City; John Poole, campaign chaire man; W. W. Spaid, chairman of the| metropolitan unit; C. Melvin Sharpe, | chairman of the publicity unit; Frederic A. Delano, president of the Community Chest: the Right Rev. John M. Mc- Namara, auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore; | Dr. Kelly Milier, dean of Howard Uni~ verdity; Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Churcl bbi Louis J. Schwefel and others. " The ‘Marine Band, under the lnl:lmup of Ospt. Taylor Branson, will play. Ko th‘u&;ll ;l if.m elected chest officers, committee chairmen, team cap- fains and workers are \ithout pay, Mr. Delano, chest president, de- glared today that all the workers ‘shiould. be grested ‘with a ‘smile” when they go to collect funds. Many of the team captains, Mr. Delano said, have been paying for the luncheons of the members in order that the chest might be relieved even of shis expense. Expenses K¢pt Down.. . Mr. Delano further points_out ‘that’ the chest maintains & amal uars min! 5 presses enthusiasm 8t the manner of organization and the progress with ‘which the plans for the campaign have proceeded, addink: “Evefything about the Community Chest drive fs record [ While thie general, group is meeting | in the Mayflower, the committee o colored co-ordination will meet simyl. | taneously in the IPhyllis Wheatley | branch of the Y, W..C. A, Members of thé special group solicl- | tion unit, Frank R, Jelleff, chairman, | holulnf meetings in various stores and factories today, lining up the em- ployes for.the drive, A report - yesterday by the special gifts committee, which has been obtain- ing contribuitions prior to ‘the opening of the camj per, showed W. 8. sp 1950 raised by his group, the largesi total of any of the vice chairmen of the committee, 825 reported. er repotted | gifts gflm by the groups under the | various ‘vice ¢hairmen are as follows: | R. W, Hynson, $51,200; Arthur Hel- len, $47,025; Barry Mohun, $40,465: L. Neuhauser, $39,650; John Saul $30.370; G. H_Myers, $26,808; Carroli Morgan,"$25,880; V. B. Deyber, ,170. Increases in the special gifts commit- tee’s totals are expected 10 be reporte At a meeting of the ‘group in tie Wil Iard Hotel this afternoon. R U 25¢ JEWELERS WILL DISCUSS. PLANS FOR CONVENTION All local jewelers are invited.to attend A meeting of the 'jewslers' division of the Merchants and .Manufacturers’. As- seclation at the City Olub ‘tomorrow evening, when plans for the convene tion of the Jewelers' Association of Maryland, Delaware and District of Co- lumbia, to be held here May'6, 7 and 8. | ;l;l be discussed,. it was “announced | ay. - The session, & dinfier meeting, will be opened at 6:30 o'cloek. * Arthur J. Sundlun, chairman of the jewelers’:di- vision 6f the Merchants and Manufac- turerd’./ n, will preside.. 3 O. Howard Millikin of: Baltimore i§ president of the Regional Jewelers' As sociatioh,” which will hold ‘{ts coriven tion here at the Mayflower Hotel, Delegates from the local organization have been invited to attend a dinner |1 meeting. to be held jointly by groups pmranl, which he‘ Congr d states: the | Left to right: The Comm By CAPT. M. W inner of First Prize in The Star's Community ! Chest Essay Contest. HARITY is two-fold: Half love, half business. The dynamic urge must come from the heart; of the head. laws of business. This is a business age. Whoe' its fund of experience. successful. Instead of chance, we have evel We save TIME or. both sides. the giver, in that he gives less, when in that the expense of collecting is We promote SECURITY. The giver and collector to plan ahead We promote EQUITY. Instead than enough. and another less than organizations come to understanding; 'MERCHANT VESSEL' DEFINITION SOUGHT Compensation for 103 Ger-| man Ships Seized in 1917 at Stake in Argument. By the Associated Pfess. The business of defiriing “merchant vessel,” as the term was used in the laims settienierit Aty of:3038; held the aitention today of.Edwin B. Parker, war claims arbiter, and more ‘than a score of attorneys representing the United States and German ship owners in a hearing before the arbiter, ‘ On the definition rests the question of which of the 103 German. ships- seized in 1917 should be compensated f i the claims of owners of all the lh‘.pli were allowed in full settlement of this | group alone would involve more than | the $100,000,000 which is available for | settlement of German claims for ships, patents, radio facilities and other pri- vately owned property. In his opening statement the arbiter | expressed the opinion that the burden | of proving that the individual vessel was a merchantman rather than a war- ship upon the claimant, and that | proof that the vessel was not a war | vessel at the time of its seizure was not sufficient. Edwin M. Borchard, professor of in- | ternational law at Yaie University, ap- pearing for the claimants, asserted that (he term “merchant vessel” as used in the act ;.pé)lled to all privately owned ships seized. “The question ought not to have be- come a technical argument,” he con- tended, adding that it was “apparent” from ‘the history of the question that | ess was setting forth a broad | imaniike principle in the act, and had no intention of singling out small ships as exceptions under involved téch- nicalities, : —— WM. L. CRAWFORD, 86, SUMMONED BY DEATH William L. Crawford, 86 years old, native of Georgetown, and son of the late William ~Crawford, mayor of Georgetown prior to the Olvil War, died in John Dickson Home yesterday af! an iliness of two weeks. ather | was & close personal or John Randolph, famous Representative from Virginia. Mr. Crawford aserved for a brief period as clerk in the War Department shortly after the Civil War and then moved to 8t. Louis. Soon after the bes gpmng of the World War Mr. Craw- rd returned to Georgetown and was #Again employed in the War Department for several years, Following retirement, he went to live at the Johin Dickson | l-;t;rzne, where he had been a guest stnce Funeral services will be conducted to- from the Washington, Baltimore and Wilmington organizations at Wilming- Real Estate Business Is Good for those who ma Estate classificati appeared morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.. Inters ment will be In Cedar Hill Cometery. e s A ke use of the Real on of The Star. Recently an advertisement in the classified Paul W. Benningiteven and Miss Katharine Jacobs. The heart element must ever increase, but not at the expense Since charity has a business side, that side must be governed by the information and experience which oan be used to advantage. The Community Chest is one of the ideas that business offers from By aceepting thic idea we place the matter in harmony with the laws that operate Instead of several collections, we have one day upon which the citizen gives. We save MONEY on both sides. collecting expenses; we substitute s single collection. The saving benefits giver. but not at the expense of charity. sure, definite sum, upon which they can rely in advance. agreeable sum. In this way each ¢an do its work, and none need do less. ‘We promote UNITY. By linking together in a common bond, the that enlarges the view, and widens the scope of charity. |“Then 1 got my idea and started to | paign. ter | was traced through the office of | columns of The Star for a prominent local Real Estate firm, offering a number of good trades. The advertisement was responsible for one $70,000 deal and brought over 100 replies. This is not an isolated case, as Star classified advertise- ments are daily producing results all the way from secur- il a photostatic copy of the check made, —Star Staft Jacoks unity Chest B. DRISCOLL, 1 the controlling force, from the head. ver does business finds a world of to make business sound and n, sure, economical methods. Instead of several separate giving a8 a whole: and the collector, reduced. This saves money for the charity organizations are given a It enables both and thus control the future. By removing uncertainty, we increase confidence. of one organization receiving more enough, we aliot to each a certain, from understanding comes the love DRISCOLL'S CHEST ESSAY WINS PRIZE Paul W. Benninghaven Gets | Second Place, Miss Kath- arine Jacobs Third. (Continued ¥From First Pag hundreds submitted for the contést. By & process of elimination the essays were gone over and the outstanding ones put sside for a .second reading by the judges. In this way all but about a| dozen essays were discarded. The task of choosing the best of this dozen was more difficult, but finally four were| chosen, and then the judges, by the| low-point system of scoring, rated the articles. It is the first time that Mr. Driscoll | has won a prize of this sort, and he was | overjoyed today. He sald he wrote the essay in 10 minutes. Mr. Driscoll is married, and declared, “what we are going to do with the money was decided by us. many. times befor¢ I ac¢tually knew I had won.” “I was sitting reading my paper at home a few nights ago, when chanced upon the annountement of the essay contest,” Mr. Driscoll explained. work. The idea was the main thl.n!. and the writing was easy after that. It only took about 10 minutes and I sent it in. Naturally, I'm very much pfeased that mine was the essay to be chosen by the board of editors. It makes me feel that I've done something really worth while. And, of course, it does make one feel good to have done some- thing for the Community Chest cam- ‘That, after all, is the greatest reward.” Served on Mexican Border. Mr. Driscoll is & captain in the 320th Infantry Reserve and served on the Mexican order' and in the World War. He is a member of the Biological Bociety. The winner of the second prize, Paul W. Benninghoven, 20 years old, of 2523 North Capitol street,” nearly lost out in the prize award, for he submitted his essay under the name of “P. Williams” and search of the city directory feiled to furnish a clue to his identit; 'P"el aul B. Elcan and Willard W. Gatchell, 503 Colombian Building, with whom he is associated at present. His admiration for the Community Chest pian, with which he first came into contact last year while wotking in Scranton, Pa.. caused Benninghoven to compete in The Star contest. Mr. Ben- ninghoven previously had entered the contest for the $26,000 Durant prige on prohibition enforcement and “was classed among the first 50. Although he has worked in various capacities with the Government at dif- ferent times, including the Shipping Board and the Treasury Department, | where he was a prohibition agent in Pennsylvania up to last year, Mr. Ben- ninghoven also was with the George A. sx;,er Construction Co. from 1917 to As time keeper and assistant to the | superintendent of the company, he was the first man on the job in the con- struction of the Evening Star Annex and the last man to leave the job after \its completion. ! Mr. Benninghoven resides with his {mother, Mrs. Hattle A. Benninghoven, |and & brother, Roland. Miss Jacobs is a librarian in the Bu- reau of Agricultural Economics of the Department of Agriculture. She is a member of the League of American Pen Women and of Gunton-Temple Presby- terian Ohurch, “I had no idea of winning a prize,” Miss Jacobs said. “I was just writing 27 help along the Community Chest rive. The chest is a wonderful thing compared with the old system of hit- or-miss charity administration, and I wanted to do my bit toward it, in more than a pecunlary way.” Miss Jacobs said today that she had lanned to give about $25 to the Com- unity Chest fund. She plans to have ing domestic help to bringing.about Real Estate trans- actions involvirg large amounts of money, to keep as & token of her literary effort, {act of 1923, as amended by the act of 112,100 and' $2.160. CAPT. RICHARDS - SUCCEEDS RIGGS |New Commanding Officer of | E;-Navy Hospital Now in Charge of Dispensary. Capt, Theodore W. Richards, now i} harge of the dispensary at the Wash- ington Navy Yard, was appointed today 0y’ the Navy Department to assume “ommand of the Naval Hospital here. in this post he relieves Admiral Charles Edwards Riggs, who has been appointed surgeon genergl and chief of the Bureau ©of Medicine and Surgery. Capt. Richards enjoys the unusual distinction among naval officers of being & graduste of the Army War College, and has taken a course at the Army Industrial College also. Hé was born in Norfolk, Va., October 8, 1870, and was appointed from the District of Columbia as an assistant surgeon in the | Navy in November, 1894. | e new commanding officer of the Naval Hospital served as chief of the military relief division of the Amer-; fcan Red Cross during the World War, | and in February, 1018, he was com- manding officer of the Naval Hospital | at New London, Conn. Capt., Richards, whose address is 1724 P street, has had 11 years of sea duty. e U REDRAFTED SALARY MEASURE PROVIDES EMPLOYE HEARINGS ___(Continued From F I thorized to adjust the pay of certain | civilian positions in the fleld service to correspond as nearly as is practica- ble with the rates established for simi- | lar positions under the classification | May 28, 1928, shall make such further adjustments in the compensation of field employes as may be necessary to bring the rates paid into conformity with the rates thus made effective for similar positions under the compensa- | tion schedule of the classification act as amended.” | The new bill then goes on to pro- | vide the following specific salary rates | ::" suggested in the Celler-Brookhart | Professional and Scientific Service, Grade 1—The annual rates of com- pensation for positions in this grade | shall be $2,000, $2,100, $2,200, $2,300, | $2,400, 82,500 and $2.600. de 2—The annual rates shall be $2,600, $2,700, $2,800, $2,900, $3,000, $3.100 and $3.200. Grade 3—The annual rates shall be | 0. $3.400, $3,500, $3,600, | Grade 4—The annual rates shall be | $3,800, 84,000, $4,200, $4,400 and $4,600. | CGrade 5-—-The anni rates shall be $4.600, $4,800, $5,000, $5,200 and $5,400, unless & higher rate is specifically authiorized by law. Subprofessional Service. Grade 1--The annual rates of com- pensation for positions in ‘his grade shall be $1,020, $1,080, $1,140, $1,200, $1,260, $1,320 and $1,380. Grade 2—The annual rates shall be 81,260, $1,320," $1,380, $1,440, $1,500, $1,660 and $1,620. Grade 3—The annual rates shall be $1,440, $1500, $1,560, $1,620. $1,680, $1,740 and $1,800. rade 4—The annual rates shall be 1,620, - $1,680. $1,920 and $1,980. Grade 5—The annual rates shall be $1.800, $1,860, $1,920, $1,980, $2,040, 2,100 and $2.160. é Grade 6—‘The annua! fates’ shall: be $2,300, $2,400, $2,000, $2,100, $2,200, $2,800 and $2,600. Grade 7—The annual rates shall be $2,300, $2,400, $2,500, $2,600, $2,700, $2,800 and $2,900. Grade 8—The annual rates shall be $2,600, $2,700, $2,800, $2,900, $3,000, $3,100 and $3,200. Clerical, Administrative, Fiscal Service. | Grade 1—The annual rates of com- pensation for positions in this de shall be $1,260, $1,320, $1,360, $1,440, $1,600, $1560 and 81,620, Grade 2—The annual rates shall bhe $1,440, $1.500, $1,560, $1,620, $1,680, | $1,740 and $1,800. Grade 3—The annual fates shall be $1,620, ,740, $1,800, $1,860, $1,920 $1,980, - Grade 4—The annual rates shall be $1,800, 1,860, 81 , $1,980, 82,040, Grade 6.—~The annual rates shall be $2,000, $2,100, $2,200, $2,300, $2,400, 2,501 d $2,600. i Grade 6.—The annual rates shall be | $2,300, § ,400.00!2.300, $2,600, $2,700, | $2,800 and §: Grade 7.—The | i ‘annual rates shall be | 700,00!2,“0. $2,000, $3,000, | 2,600, §: $3,100 and A CGrade e annual rate shall be | $2,900, $3,000. $3,100, $3,200, $3,300, $3,400 and $3,500. irade 9.—The annual rate shall be $3,200, $3,300, 83,400, $3,500, $3,600, | $3,700 and $3,800. ! Grade 10.—The annual rates shall be $3,500, $3,600, $3,700, $3,800, $3,900, $4.000 and $4,100. | QGrade 11.—The annual rates shall be | $3,900, 84,000, 84,200, $4,400 and §4,600. Grade 12—The annual rates shall be $4,600, $4,800, 85,000, $5,200 and 85,400, unless a higher rate is specifioally authorized by law. Custodial Service. Grade 2—The annual rate of com- pensation for positions in this grade shall be $1080, $1,140, $1.200, $1.260, $1,320 and $1,360. Provided that char- women working part time be paid at the rate of 30 cents an hour and head charwomen at the rate of 55 cents an_hour, Grade 4—The annual rates shall be $1,320, 81,380, $1,440, $1,500, $1,620 and $1,680. Grade 5—The annual rates $1,600, 81,660, $1,620, $1,61 $1,800 and $1,860. Grade 6—The annual rates shall be $1,680, $1,740, $1,800, $1,860, $1,920, $1,980 and $2,040. Grade 7—The annual rates shall be $1,860, 1,920, $1,080, $2,040, $2,100, $2,200 and $2,300. Grade 8—The annual rates sl $2,000, $2,100, $2,200, $2,300, $2,500 and $2.600. Grade 9—The annual rates shall be $2;300, 400. $2,500, $2,600, $2,700, $2,800 $2,900. Grade 10—The annusl rates shall be $2,600, $2,700, $2,800, $2,900, $3,000, $3,100 and $3,200. Clerical-Mechanical Service. Grade 1-—The rates of compensation for classes of positions in this grade shall be 55 to 60 cents an hour. Grade 2—The rates shall be 65 to 70 cents an hour. Grade 3-—The rates shall be 75 to 80 cents an hour. DRY LAW SQUAD ACTIVE. Seisures by members of the several dry law enforcement units of the Po- lice Department the past week included 2,013 quarts of whisky, gin, alcohol and rum and 203 bottles of beer, most of it, accor to the police, having been intended for the bootleg trade. Ten automobiles were seized. ‘There were 119 arrests for sale, pos- session and transportation of intoxi- She has had considerable writing ex- enae in ps..blnuvm hag I (m. and m.;omg personal war‘k for which she hopes to ga in literary recog- ) canta; 264 for intoxication, 7 for driving while intoxicated and 1 for drinking in public 2 tetal of for offenses re- sultim¢ Prom the handling and con- POBICARLE, of 4n| WINDOW SMASHED IN JEWEL ROBBERY $1,740, $1,800, $1,860, | loo Upper: Members of the crew of the Italian steamer Florida, rescued in mid-Atlant| Lower details of the rescue. shown aboard the America as the rescue ship docked in New York. | lo operators of the America, who broadcast over the radio the Left to right: James F. J. Maher, president of the Vet- eran Wireless Operators’ Association; Nelson Smith, chief wireless operator of the America, whom Capt. Fried commended, and Lester Bowman and Charles | Maass, his assistants. $500 Loot Taken From Show | Case—Other Thefts Reported. Breaking the show window of the| Marx Jewelry Co,, 701 Seventh streét, thieves escaped with $500 worth of fi’welry, The theft was discovered by uis Lobe, manager, when he came to the office yesterday morning. Nine | rings and one watch comprised the t. / Police found & gause-covered brick near the scene. The thief first cut a large circle in the giass and then |4 knocked the hole -through with the brick, police said. ‘Mrs, Menry Kilburh, 1830 R street, reported to police yesterday that she lost & platinum bracelet, incrested with six diamonds and five sapphires, vlluea‘ at $250. Theft in Hallway. Thieves escaped with a bag contain- ing goods hilway in front of Mrs. Willlam H. Moody's apartment, 1811 S street, yes- terday, she reported to police. A val- uable siring of pearls was included in the loot. Thieves in apparent need of clothes for the present cold wave last night en- tered the basement of the Foundling Hospital, 1715 Fifteenth street, and stole bed clothes and children's clotnes worth $25. Alfred Tyler, 917 O street, told police that an overcoat valued at $30 and a watch within the coat with $25 were stolen from him. A rug worth $80 was stolen from the apartment lobby of 1910 Kalorama road, the janitor at the building, Ralph E Smith, reported yesterday. Motorist ¥s Robbed. Highway robbers stopped the automo- bile of William A. Clark, 718 Sixth street southwest, yesterday morning, and hold~ ing him up at the point of & pistal rob- bed him of £2.90, police reported today. Clark told detectives that he was cross- | ing Highway Bridge when the robbers | drove up alongside of him in another | machine and appeared. Burglars entered the home of Leslle Yowell, 103 Second street, yesterday, he told ice, and stole two watches val at 875, Entering the home of Willlam Staffell, 1008 Thirteenth street southeast, yes- ransacked the place and escaped with $35 in cash, he informed police. valued- at $250 from the | orced him to halt. After | relleving him of his money they dis-| E‘WALSH EXPLAINS | CRUISER BILL FIGHT IN SENATE SPEECH | (Continued From First Page.) S . . . | of: crulsers called for, but so far no | proposal of that nature has been openly | advanced. However, the time limit provision is not the only matter to be settled. De- bate had not been finished today on the proposal by Senator Bingham of Con- necticut to strike out of the bill the clause calling for construction of 8 of the 16 warships in Navy yards. Bing- | ham wants to allow the Secretary of the Navy to use his discretion as to whether the ships will be built in private or Gov- ernment yards. His suggestion has met with strenuous opposition, particularly from Senator Johnson of California, Republican, and Senator Swanson, Democrat, Virginia. Johnson said he had figures which would prove that the Government could build ships cheaper than private indus- ¢ Swansof) said the Govérnment ikeep h Government and pri- | vate yards in operation. DENIAL ISSUED AT MIAMI. ArY she MIAMI BEACH, Fla., January 28 (#. —The statement issued by Chairman | Britten' of the House naval com- mittee that the President-elect was in favor of a navy second to none and that |he had expressed a desire that the | cruiser bill be passed by Congress with the time limit drew a denial on both counts today from Mr. Hoover's office. As to the cruiser bill, it was stated that the President-elect had made no | statement because of his announced | policy of ' refraining from interfering | with’ pending legislation in any man- | JUDGE’S ILLNESS DELAYS | SENTENCING MRS. WILSON "Huntmu Who Shot Husband to Hear Penalty Next Week. Scheduled Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. January 28.—Sentenc- son of Washington, D. C., convicted for shooting her husband, Dallett H. Wilson, has been postponed a week because of the iliness of the judge who | presided at the trial. She was to have becn sentenced tomorrow. Fire Damages Fitch School. NORWALK, Conn., January 28 (®). lutionary ‘soldier and author of “Yankee Doodle,” was damaged by fire today. { | | | | I ing of Mrs. Esther Evans Deforest Wil- | | last-Thursday of second-degree assault | —The old Thomas Fitch School, named | terday through a rear window, robbers| for former Gov. Thomas Fitch, Revo- |recorded at the HEROES TELL TALE OF RESCUE ON RADID |Members of America Crew Relate How Men Were Saved From Sea. BY the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK. January 28.—The he- roes of the America last night told a nation-wide radio audience, in & mat- way, of their thrilling ex- | periences in rescuing the crew of the | disabled Italian freighter Florida off the Virginia Capes last Wednesday night. ‘%apt. George Fried, Chief Officer Harry Manning. Chief Radio Operator Nelson H. Smith and Salvatore Bracco, | bow oarsman of the America lifeboat | crew, spoke from the studio of WABG | here over the Columbia Broadcasting Co.'s chain. Brig. Gen. A. C. Dalton, | general manager of the Merchant Fleet Corporation, introduced the men in an | address lauding their courage. Tells Dramatic Story. Manning's story of the fight through the mountainous seas, the rescue an dramatic of all the addresses. After telling of the selection of the lifeboat crew he commanded, he continued: “It took us more than an hour to make the lee of the Florida, and it was a battle all the way. At times the waves were so high ‘that the Itallan ship would be entirely out of sight and we could see neither our own ship nor the vessel in distress. It was after dark when we put out from the America, and as the gale increased it became more and more difficult to keep our course headed for the lee ralls of the Florida, “The boat crew rowed like the very devil and we had the wind at our backs, but the waves kept shooting up like big hill. We kept on and soon made as close to the Florida as possible. Her decks were awash and she had a very bad list to starboard. It was apparent that we had just arrived in time. “Bracco was in the bow of our boat and yelled to the Italian crew, who were gathered near the stern, to hold on | until we could pass them & line. It | would-have been impossible to take our | boat up to the rail of the Florida, as | the boat would have been capsized. | Wilson _then heaved our line to the deck of the Florida and Bracco told them in Italian to make fast to the | line one man at a time and we would haul them aboard. They started in and one by one jumped into the sea, using the line to hold on while we pulled them to the boat. Six of Crew Injured. “We fished them out of the water |and got them aboard. We found out | afterward that six of the Florida's |crew had been injured. Two of them | had broken arms and two had broken ribs. But they jumped and we fished |them in just the same as the others. | They were certainly plucky and had their nerve with them. | “After we got everybody off the Flori- |da and the captain said there were no | pets aboard, we began to think about ! getting back to the America. Frankly, | we didn't_think we would be able to | make it. It looked like a pretty tough pull. Then, with the sea that was run- ning, we wondered if we got back to the America whether we would be able to get aboard. The gale was still blow ing strong. “We bobbed helplessly for a while and were then forced to press some of the Florida's crew into service. With two men at each oar w~ @ot back to the side of the Am~ “teh had ‘swung around to p' o us al ‘he lee | possible. In no time at all we v. “re all hauled aboard. That is about all there |is to tell.” 13-Minute Quake Recorded. SAN SALVADOR. January 28 (#).— An earth shock lasting 13 minutes was lonal Observatory Saturday evening. The epicenter was estimated to be about 200 miles away. PRESIDENT GIVES TO COMMUNITY CHEST President, Coolidge presen:ea mus personal contribution to organization called at the White House to receive the gift. of the chest; Robert V. Fleming, chairi 3. geeaident of .thpcchest, qnd-Joba -Pook, 'man of the special gifts committee: ¢ of the gampaign the Community Chest tfoday. In the photograph, left to right: Elweod Street, director President Coolidge; Members of the chest Frederic A. Delano, ~Star Stall Photo, Italse | the safe return, probably was the most BLAMES FARMERS FOR DROP IN PRICES Haugen, Over Radio, Warns of Accumulating Surplus, Citing Example. By the Associated Press. Chairman Haugen of the House agri- |culture committee, told a farm radio audience today tha® had the farmers |taken the warning of the Department {of Agriculture last Spring, there would | have been no potato crop surplus and the producers would have had more {than 30 or 40 cents a bushel this sea- son. { "I myself, have not yet heard the |department’s outlook message for this year,” said Chairman Haugen; over the |WRC. “I know, however, that it is | important to avoid producing, in so far | as we can, surpluses, which unduly de- | press prices.” Sees Depression in Agriculture, | “Notwithstanding the acts of Con- I gress, and the industry of the tillers of the soil, intelligently applied, we | have, it is generally acknowledged, a | continued economic_ depression in ag- | riculture. It is fitting and proper that all, or any, information of value to the | farmer, to assist him overcome the con- tinued depressed conditions, should be made avallable in order that he may better his condition.” In reviewing the work of the Bu- reau of Agricultural Economics, Haugen pointed out that the bureau has beew working in committee groups, made up ! of experts in each different phase of agriculture, assembling facts bearing on the outlook for each crop or live | stock product for the 1920 season. | Consult With State Groups. “They have had meeting with them, |during the past week, a group of |economic representatives from every | State in the country,” he said. “Thus, | the resources of the State colleges as | well as the Agricultural Department are mobilized for. this job. Their conclu- sions on the outlook have been threshed over from every angle and with con- sideration for the interests of every im- portant producting section.™ Hope for “more far reaching and beneficial legislation” for agriculture before the 1829 harvest, was held out to American farmers in a radio address today by Senator McNary of Ore{on. chairman of the Senate agricultus committee. “Things could be better,” the Senator declared, “and they are going to be better, Farmers need help In these times, and they are going to get heip, and I shall try to give them that help | through adequate lation at the egis] d | first opportunity which will probably be at the extra session of the Congress to be held this Spring. Several measures have been passed which have unquestionably helped agri- culture greatly. But I believe that we shall see more far-reaching and bene- ficial legislation before this coming Summer passes into Autumn. ORATORY CONTEST DRAWS 21 NATIONS iRandolph Leigh Returns to U. S.—Announces Plans for International Meeting. ‘The assured participation of 21 na- tlons in the fourth International Ora- torical Contest was announced today by Randolph Leigh, founder and director general of the contest movement in its national and international phases, fol- lowing his return to Washington from a three-month visit to . Europe, during which negotiations for extension of the | contest into previously unenrolled coun- | tries were completed. Besides the 21 assured nations, Mr. Leigh announced that arrangements for the addition of five more countries to the contest roll probably will be com- lpleted in the near future. Mr. Leigh's return voyage to the United States was made aboard the S. S. Homeric, which docked at New York Friday afternoon after having been de- layed three days in the buffeting storm which sank the Italian freighter Florida and disabled several other vessels. The 21 countries-.whose secondary | school students will participate in the competition this year for the high school oratorical chmmnm.:? of the world are, besides the Unif States: England, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Poland. Austria, Jugoslavia, Switzerland, | Rumania, Canada, Mexico, Cuba Argen- tina, Chile. Brazil and Uruguay. If the five countries whose participation in the meet now is tentative are enrolled, the number of represented nations will be | more than three times as great as it | was last year when only eight nations were competing. Elimination Meetings Planned. The large number of participating nationalities, Mr. Leigh explained to- 'd-y. makes impossible the continuation 1of the previous plan of allowing each country’s champion to take part in the international *finals here in Washing- ton. To meet the difficulties jmposed by the larger fleld, the director general, conferring with the contest sponsors in the various European countries, evolved a plan of semi-final competi- tions in which the newer nations in the contest will be grouped in a series of elimination meetings for the selec- tion of the boys or girls who will come to Washington for the champlonship contest. _The veteran lons of the contest, England, France Germany, however, by virtue of their respective larger populations, will send their champlons direct to the finals here. In order to properly administer the detalls of the contest as it is s in Central Europe, Mr. Leigh said to- day he had established a branch office at Berlin. A similar grouping of the nations of South America is being worked out to facilitate the reduction of any large field of contestants in this hem! re. One of the most significant develop- ments of the contest in Europe, Mr. | Leigh declared, is the taking over of the contest by the French ent as an official institution. ‘The com- tition in that nation has been placed n charge of the ministry of public instruction and the selection of France's champlon will be made under govern- ment supervision Fam' ains Abroad. Mr. Leigh, . Mrs. Leigh and their two children, Randolph, jr., and Clai- | borne, left their 'ashington home October 26. On the return trip to the United States, however, Mr. Leign salled from Cherbourg. France, Janu- ary 16, while his family remained in Switzerland, where they will remain {until March, when they will return to ‘Washington, Commenting on his trip to New York, Mr. Leigh said the Homeric lchored in seas higher than he ever had seen. During the passage, he sald, tho ves- sel's daily newspaper kept its passengers informed of major world news happen- ings, but failed to print & word about the distress of the sinking Itallan ship Florida, and the heroic rescue of thay ship’s crew by the 8. 8. America, * American airplanes are being used in : >