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= WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Light snow this afternoon ending early tonight; slightly colder tonight; tomorrow fair and colder; lowest tem- perature about 15 degrees. Tempera- ture—Highest, 33, at 3:30 p.m.; lowest, 20, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page 3. No. : 30,9086, Fmrrotes Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ch With The Star's carril every city tion is delivered to *“From Press to Home in the Hour” er system covers block and the regular edi- Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,909 Entered as second class matter Washington, 5 D. WASHINGTON, D. € . THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1929—FIFTY SIX PAGES. E2) TWO CENTS. (#) Means Associated Press. " HARRIS DRY BLL HELD DIRECT SLAP AT ADMINISTRATION Fight Arises in House Over Rule to Send Measure to Conference. ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE SUPPORTS AMENDMENT | Democrats Generally Are Behind | Move to Appropriate $24,- 000,000 for Enforcement. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The battle over the Harris amend- ment to the deficiency bill, appropriat- ing $24,000,000 additional for prohibi- tion enforcement, held the attention of the House today. The question arose over a special rule to disagree to the Senate amendments, including the Harris amendment, en block and send the bill to conference. ‘The Anti-Saloon League forces op: posed the rule. They wished the House to agree to the Harris amendment. Ad: ministration leaders ~ construe amendment as a direct slap at the pre ent administration. ‘The Democfats of the House, gener- ally speaking, are supporting the Harris amendment. They have an opportunity, to place their party again in the posi- tion of supporting prohibition. After the recent national campaign there were many of them anxious to do so. Predicts Adoption of Rule. Administration leaders in the House as the contest began predicted that the special rule would be adopted and the bill sent to conference. They insisted that they have enough votes in the House to defeat the Harris amendment if it is ever brought in for a special vote. But even if the bill were passed by both Houses and sent to the Presi- dent containing the Harris amendment it is believed the President would veto it and that there would be no chance of passing it over his veto. The Democrats, however, are making political hay while the sun shines. They are anxious to convince the drys of the country that the Republicans do mnot really wish to enforce prohibition, For the first time in the memory of veterans of the Capitol, an executive department of the Government is resist- ing an effort to increase appropriations that t. made 1t may upset'the budget. : Snell Proposes Rube; the | Up More Than 13 Hours, Flying in Biting Wind. Lands at Night. 'Has to Be Lifted From Plane. Father at Field as She Descends. By the Associated Press. MITCHEL FIELD, N. Y., January 31. -—Elinor Smith. 17-year-old “flying flap- | per,” today established an endurance | fiying record for women of 13 hours, 16 ! minutes and 45 seconds. She broke by 1 hour, 5 minutes and | 45 seconds the record established Jan- uary 1, by Miss Bobby Trout of Cali- fornia. Taking off in an open cockpit plane i“ 2:17:10 yesterday afternoon Miss | Smith spent the lonely hours cruising | over the Long Island fiving fields. vary- | ing her routine but once by a trip over (lower Manhattan. She landed at 3:33:55 this morning. | 'Warmly clad in a heavy fying suit yand with her face protected by a| chamois mask she apparently suffered {no 11l effects from the biting winds. A | red nose was the only sign of the battle ishe had fought with the elements on one of the coldest nights of the Winter. She had to be lifted from her plane by field attendants. Her legs were stiff from having_been forced to remain (Contniued on Page 4, Column 5.) WOMEN'S ENDURANCE FLYING i RECORD BROKEN BY GIRL, 17 | ELINOR SMITH. BYRD CREW RUSHES 0 UNLOAD SHIPS Breaking of Ice Delays Work | at Edge of Barrier in Bay of Whales. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Wireless to The Star and the New York Times. BAY OF WHALES, Antarctica, Jan- uary 31.—Today was one of hard work for every member of the expedition to make up the loss of our dock. The ships are moored alongside the low barrier edge which rises here only to the level of the Bolling’s bridge and unloading is being rushed as fast as possible to get the -three-motored Ford plane, one of our heaviest and bulkiest pieces of equipment, out of the hold before we have to move. Comdr. Byrd has been on the Eleanor Bolling sll day super- vising the work and the crew has made laid | remarkable progress. He asked unsnimous consent that debate on the rule be extended three hours, one-half of the time to be controlled by himself, and the other by Representative Pou, Democrat, of North Carolina. This' was agreed to. Mr. Snell also asked that at con- clusion of the three-hour debate the “previous question” be considered as or- dered, bringing & vote immediately on the rule. Representative Garrett, Democratic leader of the House, objected, and the debate began. Arraigns 4 Groups. Speaking in behalf of the rule to send the bill to conference, Representa- tive Snell listed a number of groups favoring the Harris amendment. One of them, he said, was a group of hysterical drys, ready to jump through the hoop whenever the dry leaders speak. Another group, he said, was the bitter wets seeking always to make prohibition a farce. “There is still another group,” said Mr. Snell, “who wish to put them- selves back into the good graces of the drys, to prove how dry they are. These gentlemen on the Democratic side are anxious to square themselves with their dry constituents, particularly since the last_election. “There is a fourth group ready to embarrass the new administration and believe that it can do so by forcing through this amendment. “No one has claimed that any offi- clal of the Government who has charge of prohibition enforcement in the ‘Treasury Department has asked for this proposed appropriation. I never knew this House to insist that a Gov- prnment department take more money %han the department believes nec gary for the conduct of its business. Representative La Guardia of New ‘York, Republican, declaring that pres- ent conditions so far as prohibition is concerned, are a farce, insisted that many prohibition officials have in the past asked for additional appropriations. “They are not asking for them now,” said Mr. Snell Representative Garner of Texas asked ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) MERCURY DROP DUE. Slight Snow Flurries Forecast hri This Afternoon. Slight snow flurries this afternoon and a drop in temperature throughout the night, with 15 degrees as the lowest tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, was predicted by the Weather Bureau today. The temperature will continue to drop tomorrow morning and no warm weather is in sight for a few days, at least The park police advise skaters to hang up their skates until the required three-inch depth on the ice is formed on the Lincoln Memorial pool. At pres- ent only an inch and one-quarter depth - has formed. Supplies for Wild’s party of Mawson's expedition were landed in this way on 'the Shackleton ice shelf, and Byrd has been quick to seize a similar opportu- nity. Supplies Moved Back. All materials ate being moved back along the trail nearly a mile so that they may be picked up later on and hauled to the base. The Fokker wiil be taxied inland in a few minutes and her motor is now turning. An endless block and fall has been rigged ashore again and as fast as a load is put on the sleds they are run inland by. the winch and then picked up by the dog teams. After the dock broke yesterday the ship drifted out in the bay and work went on unloading into the New York, while the Bolling at slow speed headed back for the barrier. Brown, her cap- tain, went south of the low portion of the barrier and then slowly turned so as to bring his ship alongside and have the New York outside. The wind swung his stern out a hit as he slowly edged in, and when the ship reached the barrier he was almost nose on to it. The bow was held against the wall of the barrier and men jumped down ashore and dragged ice anchors far inland and buried them. Then the stern of the Bolling was warped around and she Is lying against the barrier now, moving up and down only a few inches in the barely perceptible swell, F, Smooth Sea Aids. If this smooth sea lasts a few hours and the wind continues light the hard- est part of the unloading should be completed. wr The break-up of the bay ice came yesterday as a result. of the heavy swell of the night before. In a few hours it cracked into small cakes as far as the first big pressure ridge over which the dog feams used to pass and that trail over which so much good sledging, work was done is now going out to sea in a thousand pieces. We have even scen some of the flags used to make the trall marching by on cakes of ice. The bay Is full of small bergs, also, which have broken off to the south and north of us, and we have several times seen that interest- ing phenomena, the calving, or birth, | of an iceberg. Copyright, 1926, by the New York Times ( Co. and rhe St. Louls Post-Dispatch for | publication reserved throughout —the rid.) CANAL RECORD SET. 503 Vessels Pass Through Channel Since January 1. PANAMA, January 31 (®).—Up to 3 p.m. yesterday 593 commercial ves- sels had passed through the Panama Canal since the first of the year, estab- lishing a new high record for monthly transits. The previous record was 579, established in December, 1927. The figures do not include the pas- sage of 102 units of the United States fleet, which passed through the canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific for maneuvers with the Pacific fleet. | Woman Gayly Jay Walks Over NCW Yorl(- Police, Gives Fake Address When Caught By the Ascociated Press. NEW YORK, January 31.—It took 10 policemen to the first woman ar- rested for jay walking on Broadway. ‘The red traffic light and the hand of the law were against her when Ella E. g&fin tripped across Times Square last Patrolman Dosatka admonished her. Bhe tripped anyway. The patrolman had to run a block to catch her. " escorted her in ome doar of & taxicab and she promptly left by the other unassisted. Sharp raps on the pavement with a nightstick brought nine other police- | men and the Broadway crowd. Another chase and capture. At the station the young woman ad- dressed her captors, with emphasis. The desk sergeant was wondering to- day where 2809 Thirteenth street, Long Island, might be. She gave that ad- dress and was released. ‘ | CODLDGE N ROUTE SOUTHON SPECAL Will Deliver Address Dedicat- | ing Bok Singing Tower at Mountain Lake, Fla. President and Mrs. Coolidge left' Washington by special train this after- | noon for Mountain Lake, Fla., where the President will deliver an address tomorrow at 3:45 o'clock, dedicating a bird sanctuary and singing tower, estab- lished there by Edward W. Bok. The presidential party will remain | only a few hours at Mountain Lake and then start the return trip to Wash- | ington, where it is due to arrive Sat- urday evening. { Accompanying the President and Mrs. Coolidge are Mr. and Mrs, lery! H. Willlams of Boston, Everett Sanders, secretary to the President; Col. Osmun | Latrobe, military aid to the President; | Capt. Wilson Brown, naval aid; Col.| James F. Coupal, the White House physician: E. C. Geisser, the President’s stenographer, and a group of newspaper correspondents. It has been announced that the Pres- ident’s speech will be broadcast by Sta- tion WRC, Washington, with the co- operation of Station WRUF, which is operated by the University of Florida, at Gainesville. Although the President passed through Florida on his way to and from the Pany American Conference at Havana a year ago, this will be his first official visit to that State. 7 After the dedicatory exercises at tixe’ bird sanctuary tomorrow, the President and Mrs. Coolidge will go to thg Bok home nearby for tea and a short rest. There will be an informal dinnér, after which the presidential party/will leave for Washington. ~ | MERGER OF CHURCHES | GETS CONFERENCE 0.K. Consoliddtion Favored by Preshy- an and Methodist Epis- copal Delegations, | By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, January 31.—Definite agreement that the Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal Churches should consolidate was reached here yesterday at a conference of clerical and lay rep- resentatives of the two denominations. The meeting passed a resolution recognizing the organic unity of the two churches and ‘f inted two joint com- ! mittees to consider questions of policy, doctrine, administrative work and prop- erty interests of the two organizations. The committees will study questions assigned to them and make full re- ports to the joint merger committee. Representatives of each denomination expressed great satisfaction over the results of their deliberations. It was pointed out, however, that final consummation of the merger can- not occur before 1932, since whatever ! action is taken by the joint merger com- mittee would have to bc approved by | the Methodist General Conference which does not meet until that year. ‘The consolidation would unite 4,000,000 Methodists and 2,000,000 Presbyterians. { | OF $500,000 ARRESTED Office Manager of Firm, Who Van-| ished Last June, Charged With Mail Fraud. ST. LOUIS, January 31.—Richard H. Lindley, office manager of the Cred- itors'’ Adjustment Co., who disappeared last June when an estimated shortage of $500,000 was reported in the accounts of the company, was arrested in the {home of a friend here today. Lindley was arrested on a Federal in- dictment charging him with using the mails to defraud. He had been sought since the company failed and an invesa| tigation into its affairs was begun b Receiver James H. Chilton. ” The Creditors’ Adjustment Co., which dealt chiefly in the collection delin- quent accounts, operated cipally in Texas, Missouri, Miss! 1, Louisiana and Oklahoma. CI n estimated that it held more thai14.000 contracts for col- lection of accourits. Lindley is accused /| the various divisions in the general so- | the total up to $605901. | 446, bringing its total to $89.125. | committee that a string of drug stores | iand James B. Evans are co-chairmen | bank, that he wants to give it to the | CHEST CAMPAIGN WORKERS REPORT S5 PLEDGED $100 Gift From Drug Chain Is | Assailed by Maj. Peyser as “Insult.” LEADS IN DIVISIONS’ RACE[ | of | 100 Per Cent Contributions Firms Listed—Children Give Money in Toy Banks. A grand total of $695,026 was reported raised in the Washington Community Chest, campaign for funds. following re- ports of the. speciel gifts committee, meeting in the Willard Hotel, and of liciting campaign, meeting in the Hotel Mayflower, today. The special gifis committee reported an additional $66,669 raised. bringing The general solicifations group in the | Magyflower reported an additional $36,- ‘The report of one of the special gifts | with headquarters outside the city had contributed $100 brought a declaration | from Maj. Julius I. Peyser that a con- | tribution of this size from a aational | organization was an insult. Maj. Pey- ser demanded thal the con‘ribulion be returned and_introduced a motion to | that effect, offering to personally con- | tribute $100 to make good the loss from returning the gift. Funds reported by the divisional leaders at the report luncheon in the Willard Hotel yesterday included a con- tribution of $15,000 from Mrs. James F. Curtis of Washington and New York, one of $1,000 from Mr. and Mrs. Herbert | Hoover, funds raised through the group | solicitation committee, nearly $3,000 | reported raised by the committee on colored coordination at the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A. last night, and the sum of $538,617 previously reported by the special gifts committee. Mid-City Division Reports $11,706. A recent report made by Mrs. Charles Goldsmith of the Mid-City division at yesterday's luncheon, showed returns for the division amounting to $11,706. The division of which Mrs. Goldsmith led all other divisions in yesterday’s reports. Because of this, Mrs. Gold- smith was given the privelege of paint- ing up the mercury column on the ther- mometer in front of the District Build- | ing to register the total amount rais- | ed in the chest campaign as reported ! up to yesterday afternoon. Only about half of the divisional teams in the general soliciting cam- | paign reported yesterday, but this was due to some of the teams not having had_time to- thoroughly organige,- The youngest contributors to thy chest are believed to have made. an pledged contributions yesterday.” ‘While Johy B. Flynn was seeking a contributionin the home of D. B. Wain- wright, 2900 Connecticut avenue, Dora, 2-year-old daughter of Mr. Wainwright, Wwho ha ome greatly interested in alk, produced her bank con- taining>16 cents and gave it to the Chest. A playmate, Janet Grimms, who was visiting Dora. inspired by the ex- ample of her hostess, contributed 25 ‘cents, her sole capital. Charles Goldsmith Offers His Bank. Charles Goldsmith, son of Mr. and Mrs, Ralph Goldsmith, 1617 Varnum | sireet: . whose grandfather, Charles | ‘Goldsmijth, is a vice chairman of the metropolitan unit, who also has heard s0 much about the Community Chest, yesterday brought out his cash-register | bank, containing $8.60, and announced that when he gets $10, which opens the | Community Chest to “help poor little | children.” The extra $1.40 will be arranged, Mr. Goldsmith _said. Frank R. Jellefl, chairman of the group solicitation unit, reported the fol- lowing contributions from business firms, a number of them having con- tributed 100 per cent to the Community Chest: W. B. Moses & Son, 100 per cent, with $1,450; Philipsborn’s, $350, which the employes promise to increase to $500; Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., $931.50; M. E. Horton Co., per cent, with $587: Jelleff, Inc., $2,205.58; Lansburgh & Bros.. $673; Erlebacher, Inc., reported 100 per cent, with every employe giving at least one day's pay. The amount will be an- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) | | | | DOVER FEARS TUNNEL. DOVER, England, January 31 (®).— Dover views with apprehension the re- vival by the government of the project of a tunnel under the Channel to con- nect England and France. “It would mean the ruin of the town,” declared the harbor board regis- trar. The bulk of cross-Channel steamer services run to and from Dover. Mayor Russell said there was no disposition in Dover to hinder the scheme, and that the townspeople took some comfort in viewing the harbor extensions now in progress in order to handle the Kentish coal export trade, which they believed would eventually be revived. CONFERS WITH COOLIDGE. Harley P. Wilson, originator of the present plan for merging the street rail- way and bus companies of Washington, conferred this morning with President Coolidge. He declined to say what sub- Jject was considered at the conference. In response to a suggestion that his reticence with regard to the conference, under the present circumstances, would indicate that he had discussed thej merger with the President, he said: i'Obvlously. I must be non-commit-, 1Do SEE NT ANY 2 REPLY IS PROMISED BY BURLINGAME 10 i EVIDENCES OF WING TIN SPRO TN | PALMIST'S CHARGES Emphatically Declares Rela- tions With Her Were “Open and Above Board.” | | |SAYS HE IS AWAITING “PROPER TIME” TO TALK Case Turned Over to U. S. Attor- ney's Office by Gibson Commit- tee for Further Inquiry. With an emphatic declaration that his relations with Mrs. Helen Blalock were “open and above board,” Capt. Guy E. Burlingame of the second police precinct today broke the silence he has maintained since Representative Blan- ton of Texas dragged into the public limelight the sensational charges of the missing palmist. In the meantime, the United States attorney's office, which was given the case by the Gibson committee for Mothers Battle Over Culture or Play for Children PACIFISTS SCORED BY SENATOR STEK ™ o Shieen Tells Women Propagandists| Group as Other~Band Are Spending $3,000,000 | Spurns Fun. Yearly on “Protests.” L By the Associated Press. EVANSTON. I, January FETT SR | Whether a child needs more Mozart or Organized professional pacifists are | marples, more Haydn or more hide-'n- expending $3,000,000 annually in bom- | seek divided the 200 mothers of the barding Congress with protests against | Gentral Couneil of Evanston School “everything American,” Senator Daniel | Glups :oday. F. Steck of Towa told the Women's Pa- | st.” suggested Mrs. Oliver triotic Conference on National Defense | president, at yesterday's today at its concluding session it meeting, “that the children have Memorial Continental Hall. | orchestras and give concerts after school “Some of them even preach these doc- | pours.” trines on the floor of the Senate,” he | It was an innocent enough remark declared in warning against the wide- | byt it precipitated a debate, the end of “1 sug Aspegren, further investigation, and officials of the District government are considering what action, if any, should be taken against Capt. Burlingame. Proctor L. Dougherty, chalrman of the Board of District Commissioners, announced that no decision had been reached in the case, but from other | sources there came reports that efforts are being made to have the accused | officer cited before the Police Trial | Board. Capt. Burlingame said he has a story to tell: one which he believes will satis- | factorily answer all of the accusations heaped upon him by Mrs. Blalock, but he proposes to remain “silent” until the “proper time” comes. By this state- | ment, he indicated that he would make A new policy of eliciting co-operation | no attempt to reply to the charges until of State governors and law-enforcement | b IS called upon to appear before the {offcers for enforcement of prohibition | &teq: guey O #0Y Other legally consti- | has been laid down by Prohibition Com- | “I have answers and e | missioner James M. Doran. | declared Capt. Burll e. . | fident that they will show I had no Following his return from Minnesota, | fo¢ | where he recently attended & confer- | not open” and Lmove hocky (DAL were | not open and above board. And I ence called by Gov. Christianson of that | can suppori State, Dr. Doran has written to all pro-l B vl o statements.” hibition administraters throughout the Capt. Burlingaftie It - country authorizing them to give early | ment he made m‘rt‘tli.enled o e atiention to developing a more mutually | the cl STATE S DRYLINK 5 URGED BY DORAN Administrators Told to Push Plan for Co-operation in Enforcement. Awaits “Proper Time.” 100 | i spread activities of propagandists. Both from Senator Steck and from Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut | the delegates of the 38 affiliated organi- zatlons heard notice served that the United States would be ready at all times to defend itself against aggres- sion, regardless of the Kellogg anti-war | pact. el ‘Any forelgn ndtion that does not | know the United States proposes to de- fend its shores is asleep at the switch,” Senator Bingham warned in discussing the treaty policy of the Government. “Under the Kellogg treaty we do away only with aggressive war. And when did the United States ever fight an_aggressive war?” he demanded. Senator Steck flayed the activities of pacifists. -internationalists and other “anti-American elements,” who design, he declared, ultimately to bring about the destruction of the Government. “This Nation will never be destroyed by external forces,” he sald. “Our dan- ger lies within.” “We Are Against It” The propagandist forces in this coun- try are controlled by “interlocking di- rectorates,” Senator Steck declared. who claim to represent 20,000,000 peo- ple. Their motto, he asserted, should be “Our country right or wrong, we are against it.” . “The only defense we have against these attacks is to let the world know we are prepared and disposed. to de” fend ourselves,” he added. “To be ready for defense is not to be guilty | of aggression in malntaining an ade-{ quate Army and Navy.” Senator Steck denounced the “profes- sional peace propagandists” as ‘“con- stant, consistent and destructive critics of America,” whose principal object in appearing before legislative committees to “threaten members of Congress." He told the women's organizations that it is encouraging to “men in Con- ?ress. who are trying to do some gocd or their country,” to know that the patriotic women of the country are standing squarely behind them. Laments Japanese Ban. In discussing treaties, which, he said, do not prevent war, Senator Bingham lamented the barrier of immigration from Japan and efforts now being made to take Mexico out of the “neighbor na- tion class.” It is such “insults to our neighbors,” he declared, “that, plant the seeds of war.” From the credentials committee the conference heard today that a total of 684 delegates had voting privileges in the coniczence. After the business session concluded the entire delegation made a trip this afternoon to Mount Vernon. Backs Cruiser Bill. ‘The conference forwarded today to Senator Hale of Maine, chairman of the Senate commitiee on naval affairs, a resolution indorsing the cruiser bill and praying for its immediate The action of the conference was, following preparedness _add; Rear Admiral Robert E. retired, and F. Trubee Who addressed the warned jon. “We want the peace pact signed by afi’and we will hope for what it brings,” he said. “I honestly believe, however, Mr. Wilson was with the P about 15 minutes. resifont STORIES "OF PAST INAUGURALS a8 ¥er| United States. 7€h 4 will be a day of gayety and color in ‘Washington bert Hoover succeeds Calvin Coolidge as President of the Steeped in tradition, this elaborate ceremony is based upon the precedents set in former inal These are vividly recalled in Alexander R. George. BEGINNIN or having defrauded contract customers of collections. t R‘{dio Progrump——?age 42 ugurations. a series of stories prepared by G TODAY In the Feature Section of THE STAR {35 | which is not yet. Mrs. Ferdinand Johnson got the floor. “This everlasting culture business,” she said, “already is overburdening our children. Radio concerts, orchestra concerts, children’s theaters, classical dancing--cultre-this and culture that. | The place for a child after school is jout playing—and I don't mean playing {in an orchestra, either.” The battle was on. One group of | mothers held that culture was grand | and that even too much of it wouldn't | be half enough. This group looked upon | marbles, pom-pom, pullaway and | follov-the-leader as hangovers from an jera when children didn't know any better. The other group held that Brahms, Beethoven and Bach, while undoubtedly gentlemen of genius and all that sort of thing, could not hope to compete for a place in the children’s hearts against leap frog. tag and tug-o’-war. Vim, vigor and vitality was the mot faction. mittee should investigate,affd report | on what their childre uld do after | school is-eut. The-ehildren, being the ones who * eventually suffer or otherwise,.are"in a quandary. Some of them aré having their skates sharpened: | somé others are rosining their bows, ,cnnu'mplativeey. FOCH HAS SETBACK, HALTING RECOVERY Complete Rest Is Ordered by Doctors—Condition Held _Not Serious. By ‘he Associated Press. / PARIS, January 21.—Marshat“Ferdi- nand Foch, who had been,Fecovering rapidly from his recent Mftfess, has had a setback and mus ume complete | rest. An official gémmunique was issued | this afternioon by four physicians who {have hgen “attending him. It read: “A#Slight pulmonary congestion con- ted during convalescence obliges the sick man to resume complete rest. “(Signed.) “DAVENIERES, “DE_GENNES, [EITZ-BOYER, JULES RENAULT.” Dr. Davenieres, in attending the ! marshal, who has been recuperating | {from a heart attack and kidney com- | j congestion. The condition was not re- ' garded as serious, but it was decided i that the marshal should take complete | repose again and should give up for | i the present his daily perlods of sit- { ting up. | After discovering the congestion, dur- | ing his regular morning visit, Dr. Da- ! venieres called in the three other phy- i sicians, who agreed with him that while | the setback was not necessarily alarm- | ing,, it required every care. { It had been expected that the ! marshal, for the first time since his | | illness, would receive visitors tomor- ,mw, but in view of the new complica- | | further notice. Maryland and Virginia News | helpful reiation with State officials and | enforcement agents. The conference at St. Paul was so successful, Dr. Doran said today, that he believes similar movements in othe States will be of great practical help in law enforcement. Asks Helpers to Push Move. The Federal dininistrators for pro- | hibition were told by Dr. Doran in his | special instructions to set aside a sub- :sunfinl portion of their time and at- | tention to pushing this matter to a suc- cessful conclusion. At the St. Paul conference, Dr. Doran | sald. an_agrecment was reached where- | by the State and local enforcement of- { ficers would take over more of the smaller cases and throw them into the | State courts. This, he thinks, will be a | great assistance in relieving pressure on | the Federal courts. | ment, now will be able to concentrate | more intensively on violations -of an | intercounty and interstate eharacter. | Gov. Christenso%‘h-d called toget ‘,hm State om d all local law en- | forcement, ., such as county sherifis7 county attorneys, police chiefs nmerothers, for a conference, to which also were invited for the first time the The mothers finally decided m- | Federal officers, including the prohibi- | tion administrator, S. B. Qvale, and Dr. Doran. In addition to these officers, former Representative Andrew J. Vol- stead of that State was present. Hopes It Will Increase Understanding. Dr. Doran is hopeful that his latest | orders to prohibition administrators will | result in increased understanding and co-operation between Federal and local forces to enforce the law, especially in those States which have dry laws with teeth in them. ,‘Whether or not the movement re- sults in further State conferences, such as held in St. Paul, Dr. Doran intends bition administrators to find out what they are accomplishing, based on the | pattern set at St. Paul. {BANDIT SLAIN, OFFICER IS SHOT IN GUN BATTLE e ot | Bfdio Bulletin Warns Police in { Cruising Car to Capture Pair in Taxicab. | By the Associated Press. DETROIT, January 31.—A bulletin | broadcast from the police radio station last night warning cruising police cars | to watch for two bandits in a taxicab | resulied in the fatal shooting of one of | the pair in a gun battle and the wound- {ing of a policeman. | The dead man was believed to be Har- | lin Vance, 27, of Detroit. The policeman | shot is John Lockridge. 28. bandits by an 1l-year-old boy. Steven Thomas, who slipped out a side door while the men were holding up Theo- men, after taking $35 and a pad of ex- press company checks, fled to a taxicab waiting outside. The boy obtained its number and reported to police. About 10 minutes later, having been | plications, ~discovered the pulmonary |told of the robbery through their port- able receiving .set, officers in a police il'mlsel‘ car saw the cab and pursued. When it ran into a blind street the oc- cupants opened fire on their pursuers. One escaped. r | The Federal forces, under the agree- to follow up his instructions to prohi- | Police were placed on the trail of the | dore Artopolides in his drug store. The | | from the Policeman | Orville Staples when he said Blanton | threatened to “get him.” The Texan de- nied the other | such a threat. counsel at this trial. Represen gihson gfin vlex;monl. chairman of the ouse rict subcomtittee, which first investigated the palmist’s accusa~ "o::d unlm.mxt Burlingame, recently re- vet t it was Sta) who brought the palmist to see Mm“- - Although a search has for Mrs. Blalock, who m appeared after visi | home in Abi ., the Polige~ nt declared that he_isconfident her whereabouts are Iaown to at least one member of Con- | gress and that she will be produced | when it is felt that her presence would be most propitious to the case built up against Capt. Burlingame. Blanton said he has not seen Mrs. Blalock since she left Abilene, but that he instructed her to keep in communi- cation with him. Thus far, however. vzl? said he has received no word from er. Although Mrs. Blalock is not believed to have returned to Washington since | her trip to Abilene, it was learned that the furniture in her studio, at 1504 Seventh street, was moved within the last week. Where it has been taken and under whose orders it was removed is not known. Charles G. Plummer, colored. who tented the Seventh street quarters to Mrs. Blalock., said today that Capt. Burlingame had visited Mrs. Blalock early in the morning on several occa- | sions, entering the side door. He said that many of Mrs. Blalock's patrons were colored. Letters Turned Over to Rover. Blanton turned over to United States Attorney Rover yesterday afternoon a collection of love letters alleged to have been written to Mrs. Blalock and a tele- gram he received from Representative | Gibson of Vermont at his home in Abi- |lene, Tex., expressing confidence in the | palmist’s story. The sentimental letters are the same ones Blanton referred to at a hearing before the Gibson committee Tuesday, and which he declined to make public | “in order not to embarrass Capt. Bur- | lingame.” Mr. Gibson telegraphed to Blanton |in response to a wire from the Texan |inquiring about the palmist. The text jof the message w: “Am familiar with Mrs. Blalock's story and believe it ie true. Had conference just previous to | holiday recess, but recess and_sickness {prevented immediate personal following up. Have been looking for her. En- |deavored to have her story checked for corroboration and for independent proof since she felt that for her to testify would be to put her in personal danger. Intend to follow her story with every means at command. Re- gard her story as most important and it may break a ring in control of police affairs. Find out if she will co- operate and be willing to testify. Please {advise what course you think should |be pursued.” After receiving the telegram from {Mr. Gibson, Blanton conferred with Mrs. Blalock, who went to Texas to see him. He a her to swear . Column | Cotton BaueleSilk » By the Associated Press. NEW YORK., January 31.—Discovery | that washing in pure water makes cot- ton as good an electric wire insulator as silk was announced today before the meeting of the Ameircan Institute of Electrical Engineers. ‘The discovery was announced by R. R. Williams, E. J. Murphy, H. H. Glenn and E. B. Wood of the Bell laboratories technieal staff. X Long research showed that salt water tion, the visits will be postponed until i Today on Pages 10 and 11. is the element causing electricity to leak through ordinary insulation. The salt comes .from . various' solid saline e~ If Washed in Pure Water, Enginee s Wire Insulator rs Told elements in the insulating fabrics, turn- ed into minute portions of salt water by_moisture absorbed from the air. Having discovered that the princi) source of leakage is something solul in water, the engineers proceed to get rid of it by plenty of washings in ad- ance of the