Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1929, Page 1

WEA (U. 8. Weather Increasing cloud tonight, followed THER. Bureau Forecast.) iness and not so cold by snow tomorrow: lowest temperature tonight about 24 de- grees. Temperatures: 3:45 pm. yesterday; Highest, 30, at lowest, 21, at 6 Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 he Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated service. Press news L Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,811 “Wa md _class matter i, 1D: C. <hir WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 192 —FORTY PAGES. (#) Means Associated Pres: TWO CENTS. BREAKING OFICE BLOCKS THREATEN TOSINK BYRD SHI Forty Men Risk Lives to Save Material When Doek Cracks Up. BYRD’S QUICK THINKING SAVES ELEANGR BOLLING Commander, One of First Out, Cool | as He Shouts Orders Through Megaphone. BY RUGSELL OWEN. k and New le of wer of its litt for two he es of ice the men nowed a reekless feourage, which alone saved a desper- ipte situation. Our dock—Pier 1—to imhich we were tied so neatly yester- {day broke up under a heavy swell and {with portions of the barrier crumbling '®ff ahead, huge cakes buckling and theaving against the ships and between ‘us and the barrier, cakes on Wwhich precious airplane parts were resting; 40 men worked like Trojans and risked their lives to get everything on board gain. They succeeded and by a miracle | 'ho man or important artitcle was lost. The thing occurred with startling {Buddenness. We al had been engaged in quiet but swiff and efficient work a moment before on what was apparently 2 solid pile of snow 20 feet thick, and feven deeper where it led up the slope to the basrier. Without warning every- thing began to disintegrate under their feet. It broke all at once, a swift set. tling and heaving as if an earth. quake were taking place and slowly but ominous power these huge blocks Wp-ended and for a time threat- ened to overturn and possibly crush the Eleanor Bolling, which was lying next to them. If one had turned over, cakes 100 fect long, as it seemed for a time they would do, they might easily have punched a hole in the Eleanor Bolling and sunk her. That they did not was due to the quick thinking of Comdr. Byrd, who had the ‘hawsers holding the ship to the barrier ice over the dock eased off, which re- Jieved the pressure and permitted the cakes to settle again, Something very serious might have happened, buf as it turned out, we are safe and the ships :rf‘;\mlg out until the broken 3 ri and e can go. back ongside the low part of Lhe‘%;&rner ‘and resume unloading. Even that place f be watched carefully, for ice has ja way of doing things rapidly and with crushing power and we have learned | 'to respect its treachery even though ‘the work must go on over it, Snow Obscures Bay. Last night while men were working | jon the dock and hauling things up the slope to the Barrier a blizzard came up from the northwest. It blew hard and ,the thick, heavy snow obscured the en- ‘tire bay so that it was impossible to sce more than a few feet. It caked the clothes of the crew hauling at crates and getting stuff over the side and the ccld wind froze to them so that they were cased in crackling armour. Their faces were nipped and they tucked their 'heads in and turned to give themselves some protection. In the thick smother of snow 'they could hear the sighing and moaning of fce under the pressure of the wind along the Barrier, a sound like the wind blowing through the trees of a mountain slope and an occasional idistant rumble which was caused by a detached piece of the Barrier to the morth breaking away. They halted their ‘work: for a moment to listen and then jdecided to get a few heavy engine boxes off the hill to the Barrier. They had ‘wanted to uncrate them and lift them out with a boom so they could be iplaced on sleds safely alongside the |ship, but the threat of the ice made inecessary a change of plan. So every- thing was rushed with the aid of the jwinch and yesterday morning when the iday crew turned out and the others Iwent in for breakfast and bed, the dock 'was clear. Weather Becomes Warm. ‘The weather had become warm again ut the swell had gone down and the (wind had shifted to the south. We fcould see yesterday morning that the jporth wind had blown in so much idrift ice that what had been clear water to the north was now ice filled as far as could be seen from the deck. It twas loose stuff, however, and exerting {very little pressure. The thermometer had gone up again and it was almost 1hot, certainly some degrees above freez- ing. Iput ove iter section ‘of the Ford wing wa jwell in from the ship for safety, at 1least it seemed safer in there than close to the Eléanor Bolling. Everything out on the Barrier had been moved back ifarther from the edge because of a «crack which had been there for several !days, coal bags and gasoline drums, and the Fokkers were all pulled inland. Balchen and Bubier had started up “#he slope and Eddie Goodale, one of the ddog drivers, was just_behind them.on fhe way to his team. Down on the dock fWune and Demas and others were wi Sing when a tiny fissure opened just be ftween Demas’ legs. He looked at it ia ‘amazement, motionless. s arther apart in a moment, for ferack was 3 feet wide in 30 hen he yelled “the ice is breaking’ {threw himself to one side, falling at fuil {ength, narrowly avoiding dropping be- €ween the two crunching cakes. & ' Goodale felt the ice sway under him #nd was puzzled to know what had hap- ipened ¢ “It was like an earthquak he said, #and I didn't dream it was under me. There was a soft crunching and sough- ing noi low and I looked back.’ Crack Opens Behind Him, As he did so he s crack opening \ust behind him and the ice there set- ling slowly but surcly. He jumped across and started for the breaking de and the ships, leaping over more cra Bwhich opened all around him. And no ‘sconer had he reached one of the large §cakes, which had been half of the dock, iithan the whole slope slid with a hissing !sound down into the er and a plec 5 the adjoining barrier fell. Where had been a smooth, high path before was a broken mes | sliding up and dows filled water. ! "“The dock had first broken near the barrier, f about 10 fee @Gantiniied on Page 4, Colwmn 2, breaking he: ‘of Byrd’ feet went again in the mush. r N | six of them adults, lived there. Parts of the big house had b«"en! side on the dock and the cen- | lying | s | PRINCE OF WALE By the Associated Press. NEWCASTLE, England, January 30.— His h heavy by the grim reality of poverty-stricken homes in the mining regions, the Prince of Wales today con- tinued his tour of the coal fields, going to ‘the Northumberland district, which i ted to contain scme of the spots in the country. “It makes one heartsick to see and hear of such col said the prince, who some day is destined to be monarch of these tragic districts as well as of the rich and well-fed communi- ning center, where n in the gnawing despair of the min- g villages are trying to become effi- ¢ ot some other trade. Going 16 another village. ‘consisting of 24 cottages, each containing one rcom and an attic, the prince accom- panied a miner to his home. 'Stooping to enter, he learned that nine persons, It was AT POVERTY AMONG MINERS Visiting Home Containing One Room and Attic, He Finds It Houses Family " of Nine. s HEARTSICK then that he spoke of being heartsick | |at_such conditions. | From there the future King visited Martin McCann, a widows in whose | family only a lad of 15 is working. The prince met the boy, who was just re- turning from a mine, his broken shoes revealing his mud-covered feet. “Can’t you get better shoes than those?” asked the prince. “We haven't been able to buy clothes for years,” replicd the youth. The prince surveyed the house in a silence more cloquent than words and | left, looking sad and troubled. He left this district only to get into others as bad. Seaton Burn, a town which has been adopted by Kingston- on-Thames much as the devastated towns of France were adopted, has only 60 men of its population of several hundred at work. Most of the en have been unemployed for t t Hartford, a large mining he found scarcely a house- hold getting more than a pound sterling in_weekly wages. ‘The Daily Express said today that the prince was risking his health in his ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) HOWARD'S BANKING BARED T0 PROBERS Accounts Totaled $31,000 More Than Salary for 18 Months, Senators Told. By the Associated Press. Department of Justice reports that Perry Howard, suspended Assistant At- torney General and Republican national committeeman for Mississippi, had de- posits in two accounts here of more than $31,000 above his $6,000 salary over a period of 18 months today were placed before the Senate patronage in- vestigating committee. Howard, a colored man, recently was acquitted of a charge of selling post- masterships in Mississippi. In the Howard deposits the Depart- ment of Justice reported it had found two checks for $500 each, drawn on a Clarksdale, Miss., bank. Miller E. Mc- Gilchrist of the department said one check was signed by Mrs. C. A. With- ington of Tutwiler, Miss., 2nd was dated June 23, 1927, the same day on which oward recommended her as acting postmistress at Tutweiler. The other $500 check, he said, was drawn against the account of John H. Cook, United States attorney in Mississippi. Brockhart'Calis ¥t High Price. McGilchrist sald that an inquiry showed that Cook had explained that he loaned the $500 to the husband of Mrs. Withington and was later repaid. Chairman Brookhart of the committee remarked that “this seems like a high price for a postmastership in such a small town.” . ‘The Justice Department reported also that John T. Risher, who shares an office with Howard here, had deposited about $14,000 in banks here between January 1, 1927, and October, 1927. Senator McKellar, Democrat, Tennes- see, demanded that Attorney General Sargent be summoned before the com- mittee “to tell why this man Howard has not been discharged.” The department investigator then pro- duced a $250 check drawn by A. P. Russell, former postmaster at Magee, Miss. Senator Brookhart produced a receipt for $50 from Magee given by the Republican national committee. “It looks like $250 was paid for this office,” Brookhart said, “but only $50 og it got to the national committee.” $4,000 Deposited in December, 1925, Gilchrist said that Howard made a bank deposit of $4,000 in December, 1925, “apparently” from the Pullman Co. He said this was at the time the railroads were having trouble with the colored porters. “What was an employe of the Gov- ernment doing on the pay roll of the Pullman Co.?” asked Mr. McKellar. “Why hasn’t he been discharged?” “I don’t know,” was the answer, “Well, we will call the Attorney Gen- eral and find out,” the Senator re- marked. “He was found not guilty by a jury,” Senator Brookhart interposed. Brookhart then read reports from Mississippi papers concerning the trial of Howard. One paper, he said, car- ried the statement that “white suprem- acy is less endangered under Howard than under some white men.” ALCOHOL SUCCESSFULLY USED AS ANAESTHETIC By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, January 30.—Alco- hol, applied by an intravenous injection, has been successfully used as an anaes- thetic by Dr. Miguel Garcia. The doc- tor removed a kidney without the pa- tient showing the least pain during an operation which lasted more than an hour. Medical authorities said that the ad- vantage of the use of alcohol was that it stimulated the functioning of the . |heart and that dangers attendant upon the administration of other anaesthetics were removed. GEN. BOOTH WINS IN COURT BATTLE Injunction Stays Council’s Ouster Until He Is Given Hearing. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 30.—An injunc- tion against the high council of the Salvation Army was granted in Chan- cery Court today by Justice Eve, pre- venting it from acting on its resolution deposing Gen. Bramwell Booth and electing a successor until after a fur- ther meeting of the council, at which | the general will have an opportunity of being heard. The justice said that a mistake had been made in not giving the general an opportunity of stating his case be- fore the council and that therefore the resolution deposing him could not stand. w. Greene, attorney for Gen. Booth, concluded a lengthy address which he had begun yesterday, and was then followed by W. A. Jowitt, K. C., who addressed the court in the genex- al's behalf. He told the justice that the council had turned down an appli- cation that he, as the general’s coun- sel, appear before it when the adjudi- cation matter was being discussed. He argued that the council’s refusal to al- low the general's chosen advocate to speak for him and then to depose the g‘eneml was contrary to natural jus- tice. Attorney Gavin Simonds, K. C., pre- sented the council’s case, deprecating the fact that the action had been brought and declaring that it was not for the purpose of dissolving any doubt about the validity of the 1904 deed poll, as had been stated. “It was raised to afford a plea for the general to cling to his office, not- withstanding the votes of the High Council,” he contended. Dealing with the complaint that that there had been no formulation of charges, Simonds said that there could be no formulation, because no charges were made. Justice Eve at this point remarked that he thought it clear the only thing the high council had considered was the physical condition of the general, Stewart Bevan, K. C., appearing for Commissioner Edward Higgins, chief of staff, said that the general certainly had been given a hearing on paper, as certificates by his medical men were (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) GIRLS FALL mTO WATER WHILE SKATING ON ICE Two Rescued by Unidentified Col- ored Workman Are Taken to Hospital. While skating on the ice at Scapa Flow, Georgia avenue and W streets two colored girls, Martha Hill, 10 years old, 754 Harvard street, and Helen Allen, 12 years old, 2117 Eleventh street, fell through the ice into four feet of water. The girls were rescued by an un- identified colored workman. The fire rescue squad arrived too late and the | girls were taken to Freedman's Hos- pital. Police say their condition is not serious. BLAZE DESTROYS STORES. GREENSBURG, Pa., January 30 (#). —Six stores were destroyed and a hotel and theater damaged by fire late last night, which for a time threatened to burn an entire block in the business district here. The blaze was extin- guished early today. Damage was esti= mated at $150,000. An audience in the Grand Theater left in orderly manner when the man- ager announced near by buildings were burning. Guests in the Rappe Hotel left their quarters. By the Associated Press . VIENNA, January 30.—Albania’s friendly rclations with Austria are likely to be strained when the Austrian government declines—as many believe i o part with the crown of the s warrior and king, Scanderbeg I, who liberaled Albania from the Turks five centuries ago. ‘This crown, which King Zogu of Al- bania desires for his coronation in Avpril, now is in ‘the Vienna Museum of Natural History. It is noted chiefly for its historic interest rather than for its intrinsic worth. It is simple com- pared with the modern European crowns of gold, diamonds and rubies. This' famous coronet is in reality ®|nothing mere than a military helmet and can perhaps be best described by | y Zogu's Plea for Famed Warrior's Crown May Cause Austro~Albanian Ill Feeling saying it resembles an inverted brass cuspidor. Surmounting the highly prized “helmet” is a large goat’s head, with horns of copper and chased and gilded. The goat is a symbol of the mountains of Albania, where the animal is held in great reverence. On the upper portion of the crown is & broad band of copper embellished with rosettes and containing abbrevi- ated Latin inscriptions, which are be- lieved to indicate Scanderbeg’s titles— “Prince of Emathiae, King of Albania, ‘Terror of Turks, Regent of Epirus, Blessinps.” ‘The Austrian government is perfectly willing to allow Zogu to have a replica of Scanderbeg’s helmet made, but feels it cannot part with the original of such } 1000 CHEST GIFT MADE BY HOOVER: RECEIVED BY WIRE Arrangements Made to Allow Canvassing in Apart- ment Houses. LETTERS TO BE SENT TO FEDERAL EMPLOYES Total of $586,000 Is Reported Col- lected in First Day of City-Wide Drive. While wor the dri tabulating of the general ity Chest, the fund which is to finance the operations of 57 agencies here during the forthcom- ing year was enriched by a contribution of $1,000 sent by telegraph by President- elect Hoover, now sojourning in Florida. A total of approximately $46,000 was obtained yesterday when the general soliciting drive formally was launched, it was announced at a report luncheon at the Hotel Willard today. This brings the fund now to $586,000. This includes $538,000 previously reported through the special gifts committee, Robert V. Flem- ing, chairman The mid-city division, James B. Evans, chairman, with a total of $13, 193, led all other divisions in today’s reports. Frank R. Jellefl's committee on group solicitation reported that the funds of W. B. Moses, Erlebacher and the Cap- ital Fur Shop have subscribed 100 per cent to the fund, all employes having made contributions. he campaign workers will make re- ports on their progress in raising funds again at a luncheon meeting in the Hotel Mayflower tomorrow. Through the efforts of H. L. Rust, jr., the Apartment House Owners' Associa- tion agreed today to instruct their apartment house managers to permit soliciting in the various apartments in the city. This chest officials point out, is a great advantage, as it will allow the solicitors to reach many persons lhéf\' could not have approached other- wise. Lively Competition. ‘There is lively competition between the various units of the 4,000 volunteer workers, engaged in the general solicit- ing campaign, who are striving to se- | cure the remainder of the sum neces- sary to complete the fund of $1,343,- the chest to function properly during the present year. The drive ends Feb- ruary 6. In accordance with a plan approved by Pregident. Coolidge and his cabinet, the 62,500 Government employes in the District will be leenled to in letters tomorrow. The letters, signed by E. ‘W. Libby, chairman of the governmental unit of the chest, point out that the chest plan i5 indorsed hy President Coolidge and President-elect Hoover and that the 57 agencies to receive benefit include all creeds as well as various non-sectarian agencies. They also show that no color line is drawn. “Key” Men Are Named. The following men have been named to serve as “Key” men for the cam- paign in the different Government de- partments: . H. W, Dorsey, chief clerk, Smith- sonian Institution; Reed Martin, chief clerk, General ~Accounting Office; George A. Cook, secretary, United States Board of Mediation; Maurice J. Pierce, chief clerk, Shipping Board; W. B. Robinson, chief clerk, Railroad Ad- ministration; William McCauley, secre- tary, Employes’ Compensation Commis- sion; E. E. Weise, assistant to chief of office, Panama Canal; ‘Harriet M. Sweet, administrative assistant Inter-Ameri- can High Commission; Karl J. Hardy, secretary, Public Buildings Commis- tive section, Office of Public Buildings and Parks; John B. Switzer, chief clerk, Interstate Commerce Commission; Otis B. Johnson, secretary, Federal Trade Commission; John F. Bethune, secre- tary, United States Tariff Commis- sion: E. Joseph Aronoff, secretary, Federal Board for Vocational Educa- tion; Hepry H. Wright, chief clerk, Government Printing Office; John T. Doyle, secretary Civil Service Commis. sion; D. F."Fridley, chief clerk Bureau of Efficiency; W C. Black, chief clerk, Veterans' Bureau; Allen R. Boys, ex- ecutive assistant Library of Congre: E. J. Ayers, chief clerk State Depart- ment; Frank A. Burgfeld, chief clerk Treasury Department; John C. Scofield, chief clerk War Department; J. W. Baldwin, chief clerk Department of Justice; A. T. Davis, chief clerk Post Office Department; F. S. Curtis, chief clerk Navy Department; W. B. Acker, chief clerk Department of the Interior; R. M. Reese, chief clerk Department of Agriculture; Samuel Gompers, chief clerk Department of Labor, and E. W. Libby, chief clerk Department of Com- merce. The general average of the fuads raised is expected to receive a decided boost when Maj. Charles Demonet, chairman of the chest committ (Continued on Page 2, Ct o Public Understands Price Only in New Einstein Pamphlet By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 30.—Test work of Prof, Albert Einstein, originator of the theory of relativity, was published to- day. It had been explained in ad- vance as dealing with the relations between gravity and electro-dynamics and was said to have required 10 years for assemblage. The work consists of a six-page pamphlet titled “Zur Einheitlichen Feldtheorie.”. The price is one mark, about 25 cents in American coin. The pamphlet_consists of words and mathematical formulae which are totally incomprehensible to the ordi- nary layman. A learned professor of the Prussian Academy of Sciences de- seribed the work as “a very hard nut to crack,” and said it called for the most careful study by the most expert mathematicians. Maryland and Virginia News a valuable historical treasure which forms an intégral part of the national Teliguaries. Today on Pages 10 and 11. 340.93 for the 57 member agencies of | sion; B. C. Gardner, chief, administra- | — e “THE GOOD STORY.” 5565555550551 LIMIT ON DEBATE SPEEDS SHIP BILL Profmnems of Measure Hope to Overcome White House Objection to Time Limit. By the Assoclated Press. Agreeing to apply the brakes on de- bate of the long-pending cruiser con- struction bill next Monday, the Senate has assured a vote on this bill and ap- parently cleared the way for disen- tanglement of its legislalive calendar before March 4 adjournment. An agreement unanimously entered into late yesterday calls for limitation of debate on the cruiser measure be- ginning Monday, and Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Republican leader, who ne- gotiated the understanding, believes a final vote can be taken Monday night. Meanwhile the Senate will discuss President Coolidge’s request:for elim- ination of the clause requiring a start on all of the proposed 15 cruisers and airplane carrier within two. years. Friends of the bill passed a year ago by the House insist they have the votes to defeat the President. Will Oppose Cuts. Another contest is in prosg?ct over moves to cut down the authorization for cruisers from 15 to 10 or to 5, but the big Navy men are confident of de- feating these attacks also. The debate limitation agreement is believed to have signalized the collapse of the battle against the cruiser bill and during the remainder of the week Senate leaders hope to get work done on some of the stack of necessary ap- propriation bills which have piled up as the Senate argued over the Kellogg anti-war treaty and the naval con- struetion program. An overture from the President was seen yesterday in word from the White house that Mr. Coolidge would éend an immediate budget recommendation to Congress for a start on construction of the cruisers if he is given control over the naval program as he asks. Despite the White House report and the announcement of Herbert Hoover that he “warmly”: indorses the Presi- dent’s naval views, Senator Hale, Re- publican, of Maine, in charge of the measure, believes he has the votes to obtain ifs passage without the request- ed presidential change. 10-Minute Limit. Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Repub- lican leader, negotiated the agreement Wwhich brought an end to fears of a filibuster against the bill and made cer- tain the final vote. Not a voice was raised against his request when it was submitted late yesterday after confer- ences with opponents of the measure. Under the agreement the debate will be limited to 10 minutes for each Sen- ator after 4 p.m., Monday. Plans for night sessions were prompt- ly abandoned. It is not considered likely that votes will be taken on any of the amendments, including the vital time limitation provision, before Mon- day evening. Meanwhile, the bidding for votes on the time clause is going on apace. Mr. Hoover was referred to in the discussion yesterday, when Senator Od- die, Republican, of Nevada, one of those supporting the time limitation, declared the Hoover message should be “looked at in a broad way.” _Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mis- sissippi, immediately wanted to know if the Nevadan doubted “the sincerity of the President-elect.” “Not at all,” Oddie replied. “We must remember that the President-elect has aeen. placed in an embarrassing posi- jon." “I wish the Senator would. tell me” Harrison persisted, “whether he thinks the President-elect agrees or differs with the time clause in this bill.” “I believe the President-elect should be taken at his word,” Oddie answered. “He declared for adequate national de- fense in his acceptance speech.” “Oh! everybody believes in that,” re- torted Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Montana. MISSION HELD DELICATE. Brother of Twins, Twin’s Son, Weds Twin, Has Twins By the Associated Press. BURLINGTON, Wis,, January 30—Will Lehr, who has two brothers who are twins, and Mrs. Lehr, who is herself a twin, hav- ing a twin brother, are now the parents of twin sons, born to them Tuesday. Mr. Lehr's mother also is a twin. LEHLBACH BILL GIVEN T0 HOUSE Measure Carries Celler Rates With April 1 as Date for Taking Effect. ‘The House civil service committee to- day favorably reported the Lehlbach pay relief bill for Gevernment em- ployes who suffered inequalities under the Welch pay bill last year, with‘a committee amendment making the ef- fective date for salary revisions April 1. This bill contains the feature of the Lehlbach bill putting the responsibility for the determination of salaries defi- nitely upon the Personnel Classification Board and entirely outside of the juris- diction of the controller general, with a hearing provided to satisfy employes, wi:ik:h shall be a matter of public rec- ord. 1t carries the salary ratés specifically set by the Celler-Brookhart bill. Chairman Lehlbach said today the cost of these salary revisions will amount to approximately $2,875,000. In reply to a question, he said his last ad- vice was that President Coolidge ob- Jjects to any legislation that will in- crease appropriations. Two amendments offered by Repre- sentative Woodrun of Virginia, a Demo- cratic member of the committec, were rejected. One of these would make compulsory upon the Personnel Classi- fication Board the readjustment of high-paid salaries to conform with the intent of Congress and which were raised under the Controller General's decision. The second amendment rejected was to include the provision which Chair- man Lehlbach had in his original bill for a retroactive clause on those salary increases which were delayed for several months by the administrative officers in the Navy and Justice Departments and in the Veterans' Bureau. JENSEN IS FORCED DOWN ON RECORD TRY | Attempt of Hawaiian Flyer to Es- tablish Solo Endurance Mark Ends in Failure. By the Assoclated Press. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., January 30.—Unable to gain altitude in an at- tempt to establish a new solo endur- ance flight in which he was using auto- mobile gasoline, Martin Jensen, Hawaii fiyer, made a forced landing on the beach of the north shore of Long Is- land today. Jensen took off here at 10:14 o'clock this morning with considerable trouble, after which he disappeared over the sound. A telephone message was re- ceived from him shortly before 1 o'clock saying he had been unable to get his ship up and had to land on the beach near Northport. The plane was un- damaged. v FORMER POLICEMAN SOUGHT IN ROBBERY D. C. Tags on Auto Linked With Newark Hold-up Were Issued to F. A. Schenck. When it developed that the District of Columbia tags on an automobile found parked with its motor running across the street from the scene of a hold-up in Newark, N. J, in which a policeman . was shot early this morn- ing, had been issued for the car to F. A. Schenck, former Washington police- man, local police started a search for Schenck. ‘Washington newspapers published yes- terday were found in the abandoned automobile. . Tracing the robber, who escaped on foot after wounding the patrolman, Newark police learned that a man answering his description had hurried to New York after the shooting and had there purchased a railroad ticket for Washington. An attempt is being made to check the ownership of Delaware and Mary- land tags which were found inside the car. According to Newark police, the hold- up man entered the office of a Newark garage at 2 o'clock this morning and ordered the clerk to give him money, threatening the employe with a pistol. The clerk surrendered $280 that was in the cash register, and the man started to walk out. Victim Opens Fire. As he reached the door, he encounter- ed Jeremiah Travers, special policeman on duty in the garage as night watch- man. Travers opened fire on the fleeing hold-up man and the bandit returned the fire. Hearing the shots, Policeman Allen Messenger hurried to the scene in time to join the pistol duel. Messenger at- tempted to rush the bandit and received a bullet wound in his right foot which incapacitated him. The robber then made good his escape, fleeing on foot from half a dozen bullets fired by ‘Travers. Schenck, who was dismissed from the police force in September, 1928, lived here in the 1700 block of Seven- teenth street. It was stated at his ad- dress that he has not been there since Christmas, but he was reported seen here yesterday afternoon. Schenck Witness at Trial. During the trial of Policeman Orville Staples of the third precinct Schenck was the star witness for the prosecu- tion. This was the trial in which Rep- resentative Blanton figured promi- nently. Following the dismissal of Staples, Schenck was transferred to the sixth precinct in the interest of discipline. While there, he was haled before the trial board on charges of conduct un- becoming an officer. He was dismissed. SEC'RET ORDERS ARE HIT. Cardinal Primate of Spain Forbids Catholics to Affiliate. MADRID, January 30 (#).—Dr. Se- gura, cardinal primate of Spain, in a pastoral letter today, forbade Cath- olics to affiliate in any way with secret organizatiens, condemning Rotary clubs, women'’s clubs, benevolent societies and any other organization of similar na- ture. The letter said: ““Under a commercial, recreative, edu- cational, philanthropic, international or neutral guise, but always laic (unre- ligious), while they preach morality without religion, these societies conceal a_ moral denial of the true religion which they try to displace with a moral system or with a religion, neither gml.\‘ich was preached by Jesus Marine Flyers in Nicaragua Establish New World Standard, Brainard Says By the Associated Press. Chief of Mexican Presidential Staff Goes to Los Angeles. ¥ MEXICO CITY, January 30 (#)— Col. Jose Maria Tapia, chief of the presidential staff, has gone to Los Angeles, and El Universal said today that he had been intrusted with a |¢“delicate commission” by the govern- ment. It was announced that the trip was to attend to private affairs and there was no confirmation of it being taken for any other purpose. ‘Radio Progx;:lms—Page 30| Marine Corps flyers in Nicaragua set a standard that has never before been’ equaled by any other organization in the world, Maj. E. H. Brainard of the Marine Corps told a House Navy ap- propriation subcommittee in testimony made public today in the House. Since November 21, 1927, Brainard said, the squadrons in Nicaragua have flown 9,000 hours in a few more than 5700 flights. They have transported 3,000 passengers, he added, and car- ried more than 1752457 pounds of freight. In addition, he added, the Marine Corps alrmen hava pwide 34 contacts with hostile forces, with only the loss of one pilot and an observer. Much of this flying, Maj. Brainard said, was made in mountainous and wooded country, where flying conditions were not generally favorable. ‘The mission, he said, “has been to furnish the brigade with observation service, and with passénger and freight service, as well as to carry out inde- pendent air operations against the enemy.” . In China, Maj. Brainard added, the Marine Corps planes stayed aloft 2,454 hours during the year, with a total of 3,818 flights and without a fatal acci- dent, although the planes were hit seven times by hostile fire, MELLON REPEATS DRY FUND WOULD FAIL OF PURPOSE Secretary Reiterates Stand on $24,000,000 Proposal in Letter to Anthony. CITES ITEMS COVERED TO AID ENFORCEMENT House Appropriations Committee Chairman Told How Money ‘Would Be Available. By the Associated Press. Secretary Mellon, in a letter to Chair- man Anthony of the House appropria- tions committee, today reiterated his opinion that the proposal to appropriate an additional $24,000,000 to enforce pro- hibition would not accomplish the pur- pose intended. “It is my understanding,” the Secre- | tary wrote, “that in order to make prohibition enforcement more effective, the Senate intended to provide addi- tional funds for certain purposes, such as: The relief ot congestion in the courts; increasing the fleet, equipment and personnel of the Coast Guard; in- creasing the effectiveness of the cus- toms service, including the border patrol; and increasing the personnel of the Bureau of Prohibition and the De- partment of Justice; and that inasmuch as it was impossible definitely to allocate the sums to be spent for cer- tain specified purposes at this time, the additional funds provided were to be allocated as the President, in his discretion, might decide. “I feel that it is my dugy to point out to you that an examination of the amendment reveals that it will not ac- complish the purposes intended. The appropriation will not be available for any of the purposes above enumerated. except increasing the personnel of the Bureau of Prohibition and the Depart- ment of Justice, nor will it be available for the conduct of an educational pro- gram, which may have been contem- plated. “The amendment as adopted provides funds ‘for increasing the enforcement force.’” Granting that the language should be construed most liberally and in the light of the desired ends which the Senate was seeking to accomplish, I fear that the appropriation would not be available for more than an increased personnel. * * * “I bring this matter to your attention in order that the true intent of Com gress may be accurately expressed be- fore the bill is enacted into law, if 1t is determined that additional funds should be appropriated. —_— BRITISH RACER LEAVES FOR U. S. TO TEST AUTO Maj. Segrave Expects to Make 220 Miles Per Hour in Machine. After New Record. By the Associated Press. SOUTHAMPTON, England, January 30.—Maj. H. O. Segrave, British racing driver, told the Associated Press today Just before sailing for the Unifed States that he planned to test the Golden Arrow, his new racing car, at Daytona, Fla., between March 1 and 7. He expected to make 220 miles an hour and hoped to establish a new speed record. The major also will try out his motor boat, Miss England, at Miam' between March 21 and 25. He saie¢ that he has no idea of her speed as_the boat has never been tested. Before sailing on the Majestic, MaJ. Segrave was given a clvic send-off by the mayor of Southampton. PLAY STREET FOR ADULTS SET ASIDE IN NEW YORK Noon-Hour Congestion by Workers Forces Closing of Square to Traffic. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 30.—A #play street” for grown-ups was opened in the congested garment section today. The outpouring each noon of the thousands of workers employed by the garment houses has long been a police problem, sidewalks and streets between the hour of noon and 1 p.m. becoming virtually impassable. Police Commissioner Whalen partly solved the problem last week, when ht made Seventh avenue between Thirty- sixth and Thirty-eighth streets a one- way thoroughfare for pedestrians, but found the workers then had no place to go. As a result he has ordered that Thirty-sixth street between Sev- enth and Eighth avenues be closed to traffic during the hour. SIX GENERAL OFFICERS GIVEN NEW STATIONS Orders issued at the War Department today include reassignment of six gen- eral officers to new stations as follows: Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood from the Philippines to command of the 2d Coast Artillery district at Fort Totten; Maj. Gen. Henry T. Todd, jr, Hawall, to command of the 3d Coast Artillery dis- trict at Fort Monroe, Va.; Brig. Gen. Cambell King from the War Depart- ment general staff to command of the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga.; Brig. Gen. L. R. Holbrook from the Philippines to command the 13th Field Artillery Brigade at Fort Bragg, N. C.; Brig. Gen. H. G. Learnard from the Phil- ippines to command of the 3d Pield Artillery Brigade at Fort Lewis, Wash., and Brig. Gen. Paul A. Wolf from Ha- wail to command of the 5th Brigade al Vancouver Barracks, Wash. et S Ll e Trotsky May Flee to Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE, January 30 (&). —Leon Trow<y, once head of the Red army, who has been in exile in Russian Turkestan, is expected to take shelter in Constantinople or Angora soon. The Turkish government has agreed to allow his entry. SR Troop-Carrying Plane Missing. pa o Mail tod: Lahore, India, slldyt‘ro troo] - planes were missing and lg-n grave fears were entertained for their safel,