Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1929, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy followed by light snow and not quite so cold tonight; tomorrow cloudy; not quite so cold. ‘Temperatures: Highest, 37, at 3:45 d: p.m. yesterday; lowest, 19, at 7 I Full report on page 9. " Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 The Foeing Sk, | No. 30,961 post office, N ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,170 ¥ntered as second class matter ‘Washington, D. C WASHINGTON, D. O, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1929 —FORTY-TWO PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. . TWO CENTS. — LUMP SUM RAISED 10 TEN MILLIONS BY SENATE GROUP ‘Appropriation Bill for Next . Fiscal Year Favorably ! Reported. TOTAL OF $38,465,415. FIXED BY COMMITTEE {Provision for 25 Per Cent Prefer-| ence for Normal School Grad- uates Rejected. With the Federal share in the ex- ipenses of the National Capitol increased from $9,000,000 to $10,000,000, the Dis- trict appropriation bill for the next fiscal year was favorably reported this afternoon by the Senate appropriations committee. The bill came out of the Senate com- Imittee carrying a total of $38,465,415, &n increase of $252,265 above the total | allowed by the House when it passed the bill two weeks ago. The Senate committee struck out thel $ouse provision which would have| given only 25 per cent of the graduates ©f local normal schools a preference over outside applicants for appointment elementary teachers, leaving the ther 75 per cent in competition with teachers from other localities. | The committee also cut from the bill he clause inserted by the House to pro- ibit the sale of automobile tags to m&oflsts until their personal taxes are More Provisions Eliminated. | The House provision requiring the Board of Education to use the old Business High School for colored chil- ren as soon as the new Business High hool is completed was also stricken from the bill. Another changz was the elimination of the provision inserted by the House fixing limitations on the compensation of policemen mounted on horses, bicycles and officers using their own automobiles. ' The committee made a substantial | increase in the list of street paving items, and also allowed a larger sum than the House for the employment of school teachers in public schools. ‘The most important step taken by the Senate group was its decision to increase the lump sum contribution of the Federal Government by $1,000,000. For the past five years the House has insisted upon limiting the United Btates’ share in the upkeep of the Gapital city to a lump sum of $9.- (00,000. It has been the general tend- ency of the Senate to heed the aj " of . of Washington organizations cabinet ar a X flenetsz of maintaining the seat of m.eoum ‘government. Would Go Back to House. If the Senate approves the action of Its committee in raising the lump sum 1o $10,000,000, this question then- goes hack to the House, and probably con- ferees will be appointed to Work out the Senate the differences. . The increases made by ttee in the details of the bill are Hlthhm“: department—For a motor. Iwa m . Beld wazfl{l' ltws"lfi5. instead of the $500 putomobile allowed by the House, an crease of $265. Enrbr postage for official mail matter, ,000 additional. Under the heading of street paving, the following projects were added: Northwest — Western avenue, Forty- first street to Chevy Chase Circle, $21,- ; road, Thirty-seventh to ; Benton street, 400; Observatory place, Benton street northward, $1,600; Eighth street, Tuck- erman to Underwood street, $6,200, and Mewkesberry street from Seventh to hth, $5,400. n%!ofl.husb—fleal street, Bladensburg $6.500; Doug!:y.s m—ee&. eens Chapel road to Twenty-secon 3?&:. $5,000; Newton street, Rhode Is- Jand avenue to Eastern avénue, $14,000; Myrtle avenue, from Central avenue to Walnut street, $12,800; Evarts street, Twentieth to ‘Twenty-second, $8,800; Summit place, T street to Todd place, $2,900. Southeast—Twenty-third street, Min- nesota avenue to Q street, $6,500. $12,000 Added for Sewer. Under the heading of sewer depart- ment the committee added $12,000 for the construction of a suburban sewer in Michigan avenue and Thirteenth place. Public schools—for additional teach- ers, $34,000 additional; for a site for an elementary for a colored _school, $110,000. This made a total increase for the public schools of $144,000. The committee inserted $2.600 for an additional stenographer in the Dis- trict Supreme Court. Under the heading of public welfare, the committee added $4,000 for Chil- dren’s Hospital. All of the foregoing increases made a gross increase of $274,765. . The following amounts were cut out bof the bill: | For the salary of a business manager for the District repair shop, $3,800. The following street paving items were dropped: Upton street, Thirty- eighth street to Wisconsin avenue; Forty-second street, Jenifer street to Military road, and Eighteenth street, llison to Webster street, all northwest, 'and amounting to $18,700. ‘This made the decreases total $22,500, and sub- {racting this from the gross increases jgives the net increase of the bill $252,265. 50 PER CENT DECREASE _ SHOWN IN INFLUENZA By the Associated Press. ! Public health officials today said in- fluenza reports from 18 States, the Dis- trict of Columbia and New York City showed a decrease of more than 50 per ent in prevalence during the week end- ng February 2. A total of 11,305 cases were reported {from the territory, compared with 25,- 433 during the preceding week. Reports from Europe indicated a |widespread though not serious out- break of influenza. Death rates in |England, Wales and the Irish Free iState, it was said, were increasing. Re- |ports from large cities of Scotland showed a marked increase in influenza deaths during the week ending Janu- \ary 19. The prevalence in German cities was said today to be decreasing, but there had been a widespread out- @eak of the disease there, Lindbergh’s Log By the Associated Press. February 4. Departed Miami, Fla., 6:08 am.,, E 8. T Arrived Havana, Cuba, 8:21 am, E. S. T. Departed Havana, Cuba, 9:25 am, E.S. T. Arrived Belize, British Hon- duras, 3:55 pm,, E. S. T. February 5. Departed Belize, British Hon- duras, 9:10 am,, E. S. T. Arrived Tela, Honduras, 10:43 am, E. S. T. WILBUR SELECTION BELIEVED CERTAIN Reports College Head Will Be Secretary of Interior Thought True. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staft Correspondent of The Star. BELLE ISLE, Miami Beach, Fla, February 5.—There is a feeling of cer- tainty among those close to President- elect Hoover here that reports from California, that Dr. Ray Lyman Wil- bur, president of Leland Stanford Uni- versity, is to enter the Hoover cabinet as Secretary of Interior, are true. . The President-elect himself has made no comment for publication nor has there been anything official said in his behalf. Regardless of this, the be- belief is that Mr. Hoover has invited his old university friend to be in his official family and that the latter has accepted. Granted Leave of Absence. Dr.. Wilbur is known to have been granted two years’ leave of absence from Leland-Stanford, which fact has tended to confirm the belief that he is going into the new cabinet. Moreover, the intimation here is that Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, who 1s spending a few days with President-elect Hoover at Belle Isle, has made little pregress in his advocacy of Louis S. Cates, promi- nent mining engineer of Utah, as Sec- retary of Interior. Senator Smoot told newspaper cor- respondents today that one of the first things he took up with Mr. Hoover, after his arrival yesterday at Belle Isle, was the appointment of Mr. Cates to head the Interior Department. The fact that the Utah Senator is understood to have not progressed in this matter as well hoped, has caused a feeling among some here that Mr. Cates’ chances have been spoiled by Mr. Hoover’s prior selection of Dr. Wilbur. Feeling Points Way to Principles. The feeling that Senator Smoot has not been successful in booming Mr. Cates is taken to serve as another in- dication of the principles n which Pl proceeding in cant, at least to the extent that Dr. Wilbur stands in the way. This “indicates also that those per- sons close to Mr. Hoover who have maintained that the latter would give small consideration to politics in mak ing his selections. knew what they were talking about. Col. Henry W. Anderson of Rich- mond, Va., who conferred with Mr. Hoover Sunday, expressed the opinion the country would expect Mr. Hoover to translate his political idealism into action by the appointment of men who would reflect his own views. Politicians Sure on Arrival. ‘When Mr. Hoover arrived in Florida two weeks ago, politiclans confidently said they knew four or five and even more of the names selected by Mr. Hoover for his cabinet. First, they were confident that Secretary Mellon would be retained at the head of the Cepartment, They felt fairly sure that Secretary Jardine would be named to carry out the Hoover agricultural pol- icies. Some were ready to bet that Postmaster General New would be kept on because of the splendid manner in which he has handled the postal serv- ice and because Mr. Hoover wants him to complete the expansion of the air mail service. They spoke with certainty that William J. Donovan would be ap- pointed Attorney General, and there was some feeling that Dwight F. Davis might be found as head of the War Depart- nt after March 4. ‘here is a feeling that the retention of Secretary Mellon is a safe guess. Some are almost equally sure about ernsry Qu Stimson becoming Secretary of State. Jardine Post Held Uncertain. ‘There is no certainty about Secretary Jardine being retained as head of the Department of Agriculture, as Charles S. Barrett, retiring head of the Farm- ers’ Union, who was heré boosting Mr. Jardine, went away feeling not at all hopeful. Mr. Hoover is maintaining a com- plete and most painful silence regard- ing his cabinet. The impression is gaining strength that when he does announce his official family, the poli- ticians are going to be greatly surprised. Mr. Hoover was at his office shortly after 9 o'clock this morning, and re- ceived a few callers, but none of them of any political significance. Among them were George Vitts, Republican antional committeeman of Wisconsin; Mrs. Bertha Baur, national com- mitteewoman of Illinois, and David Baird, jr., Republican leader of South Jersey. This afternoon, Mr. Hoover, with Mark Woods of Nebraska and one or two other friends, is going fishing in the Gulf Stream off Miami Beach. Dr. Hubert Work, chairman of the Republican national committee, who ac- companied Mr. Hoover to Florida, left Miami Beach last night and after a brief visit at Palm Beach is returning to Washington. LINDBERGH ARRIVES AT TELA ON SECOND LAP OF MAIL FLIGHT Hops Off From Belize, British Honduras, on Trip to Panama. OBSERVES 27TH BIRTHDAY IN BUSINESSLIKE WAY Takes Governor and Lady Burdon in Air, Is Feted and Given ‘Warm Welcome. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, February 5.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who tcok off from Belize, British Honduras, today, on the second lap of his air mail flight to Panama, arrived at Tela at 9:43 am, a radio message received here by the Tropical Radio & Telegraph Co. reported. By the Associated Press. BELIZE, British Honduras, February 5.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, starting the second lap of his inaugural air Belize at 9:10 o'clock this morning, eastern standard time. The famous airman celebrated his twenty- seventh birthday anniversary yesterday in business-like fashion by making the first lap from Miami, head- ed for Tela, Honduras, en route to Managua, Nicaragua, where he will spend the night. No Danger From Rebels. Today's flight will carry the colonel across the Gulf of Honduras, the Hon- duran coast, and from Tela straight across Honduras and Nicaraguan mountains to Managua. ‘When the colonel flew across Northern Nicaragua last year, there was some speculation as to whether he would become the target of Nicaraguan rebels, then in th Lfleld. but this year the area is uiet. % The route which the airman will cover today totals about 500 miles over sea and mountains. During his stay here yesterday Col. Lindbergh, who is well known in Belize, where he stopped last year on his fa- mous good-will flight to Central Amer- ica, was feted cordially, despite his de- sire to make his trip purely a business affair. In the afternoon Col. Lindbergh made a short flight over Belize with Gov. and Lady Burdon and members of their suite. His chief object was to study the site of a future landing fleld from the air. He, expressed satisfaction with the plans, but criticized the pres- enl ramp, which he regards as too nar- row. In his plane to rest on this ramp the wheels ran into yesfenday Pleased With Help Given. The American airman was especially pleased with the enthusiastic help given in g the wheels out of the mud and the expeditious way in which she was righted. i After an at home last evening, B. Melhado, president of the Polo Club, welcomed the Pan-American Airways representatives and expressed the wish that negotiations between them and the government would have a suceessful termination. * Replying, Col. Lindbergh said that he believed establishment of the air service would bring Central and South America nearer to the United States not only commercially but from a friendly point of view. He was loudly cheered by a throng of people assembled outside of the clubhouse. Col. John Hambleton, vice president of the Pan-American Airways, who is making the trip with Col. Lindbergh, sald that the aim of his company was. to have daily arrivals and departures| north and south. BLIMP LANDS SAFELY ON ROOF OF BUILDING Army Flyer Demonstrates Practi- cability of Delivering Messages by Air in Cities. Mid snow flurries and in the face of Langley Fleld landed on the roof of the Munitions Building today to demon- strate the practicability of delivering messages to offices in cities. ‘The landing was made after a half a dozen attempts had failed because of adverse winds and warm air rising from the building. The airship, of the T-3 type, standard Army non-rigid, was commanded by Capt. Willlam Flood, former Washingtonian. A ground crew of enlisted men from Bolling Field was stationed on the roof of the Munitions Building to handle the ground lines. The dirigible circled four times before the ropes could be lowered to the roof and then was mov- ing so rapidly that the men were ordered to drop the lines for fear they would be dragged from the top of the building. The sixth attempt was successful and Capt. Flood was greeted by officers of the Army Air Corps as the dirigible came to rest on the roof. The airship was to return to Langley Field later today. . Snow Blankets North Carolina Area CHARLOTTE, N. C, February 5 (#). —A blanket of snow two inches deep and gray skies that gave ‘promise of added depth during the day greeted residents of this section of North Caro- lina today. The temperature was mild. “Loop's Too Public,” So They Walk Victim to Safer Place By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, February 5—The Loop was a bit too crowded for robbery dur- ing the late afternoon rush hour yes- terday, and none realized it more than the two gunmen who held up Earl Denny, a messenger. Denny, with $900 in his wallet, was just about to mount the elevated stair- way at Madison and Wabash avenues when the two men accosted him. “I don't like this,” said one robber to the other, as the stream of shoppers pushed its way along at their elbows. “This is too public for this kind o’ busi- ness.” . “¥oure right,” sald flyt&hgre “Bub Bandit Tells Aide, where do you think is a good place for a robbery?” “I know a good spot,” said the other, “over on the other side of the Loop. ‘Things are not so busy over there, and we can take our time in robbing this guy.’ “Let's go,” sald the second gunman. ‘Through the Loop they went, robbers and victim, jostled in the crowd. At Van Buren and Wells streets, the men directed Denny to a fifth-floor washroom, blackjacked him, took the $900 and went awa 25 'Radio Programs—Page mail flight to Panama, hopped off from |- a brick east wind an Army airship from |y, . (e i i YA §1,080,183 IN CHEST AS GIFTS TOTALING 110664 ARE ADDED Close of Campaign Will Be Marked by “Victory Dinner” Tomorrow Night. ALL GROUPS WILL MAKE FINAL PLEDGE REPORTS Drive Praised by Rev. Jason Noble Pierce in Address at Today’s SENATE IN FAVOR OF NAVAL TREATY Inserts Statement to Such Effect in 15-Cruiser Measure. By the Associated Press. The Senate wrote into the cruiser bill today a statement that it favors a treaty with the principal naval powers regulating the conduct of belligerents and neutrals at sea. Although President Coolidge does not approve of the cruiser construction bill with the time restriction clause in- cluded, he does not wish to be under- stood as saying positively that he will veto the measure. The President fecls that had the time clause been eliminated, the measure could have been passed by the Senate in a few hours, with the result thal by now the work of mnm:_lwmpmum for. e the e e the 15 ciisers b construction of the ;l-lll!‘d one llnl;;%!lt carrier be started be- e 1, . “Mrfuéoouflge believes that there is some confusion in the minds of Sena- tars over the preposal to take out the time limit, He feels this is regarded as a proposal to postpone construction of the vessels. The Coolidge plan, how- ever, was to eliminate the tuim:‘restr}c- , le making appropriations for s 'hsork on n‘sug:hnthll number f the vessels at once. nw‘l'.h Bu::w assured sometime today, the Senate showed no tendency to hurry along the discussion on the cruiser bill. Opportunity was given numerous Sen- ators to discuss the proposal of Sen- ators Borah of Idaho and Reed of Mis- sourl for a clause declaring that the Senate favors a treaty to regulate the laws of the seas. Only one Senator, Bruce of Mary- land, opposed the proposal. He con- tended that a conference designed to| frame such a treaty would place Great Britain once more in the position of having to decline something proposed by the United States. He said the British could not accept any treaty which would interfere with their tra- ditional claim to supremacy on the seas. Senator Reed said a treaty to regu- late the actions of belligerents and neutrals at sea during a war would have the influence of curbing wars. He said the United States has had adequate proof that interference with her sea rights has brought this. country in- to war. The Reed-Borah proposal was sup- ported by Senator Robinson of Arkan- sas, the Democratic leader; Norris, Re- publican, Nebraska; Shipstead, Farmer- bor, Minnesota, and Walsh, Demo- crat, Montana. stmwr ‘Borah, winding up the argu- ment for the proposal, said no dis- armament could be effected unless the rights of neutrals on the seas were established. If no agreement along this line is brought about, he said, countries may be assured of continued taxation for instruments of war. He declared that the people sooner or later would rebel ainst the extraction of so much of their money to prepare for slaughter. . Time Clause Yet Troublesome. The last hours of discussion before the clamp was put on debate yester- day found the Senators devoting their closing pleas to the issue raised by President Coolidge, that carrying out' of the naval program be put in the President’s hands rather than making it mandatory that work on all the 15 cruisers and one aircraft carrier be started by 1931, as the bill now pro- vides. Two of the last-minute amendments dealt with this point. _Senator Burton, Page 4, Column 4.) CARBON MONOXIDE GAS " IS FATAL TO AUTO_IST‘ Is (Continued on Official of Jewel Shop, Inc., Found Dead, Seated at ‘Wheel of Car. Fred Max Leitheiser, 47, 918 M street, secretary-treasurer of the Jewel Shop, Inc., 1105 Connecticut avenue, was found dead seated at the wheel of his car in a garage in rear of 923 M street about noon today. He had been over- come by carbon monoxide gas. Hearing the motor of the car running for more than half an hour inside a closed garage, neighbors investigated. It was necessary to force the doors, All the windows were closed. The Fire Department rescue -squad and the Emergency Hospital ambulance were summoned. After the firemen had administered oxygen for more than 45 minutes without any indication of suc- cess, Dr. Walter Gladding of the Emergency Hospital staff- Drvnpunceg 5-YEAR MAN-HUNT ENDS. Accused Slayer, Arrested in Flor- ida, Jailed in Havana. HAVANA, February 5 (#).—The last chapter of a five-year man-hunt was written on the police blotter here last night when Zoilo Rodriguez was locked in the Havana Jail after Cuban officers | brought him from Tampa, Fla., where | he was arrested. Rodriguez is charged | with the murder of an aged woman, | Emilia Muniz. Rodriguez was the only one of the trio of alleged murderers who eluded police after the crime. He' slipped out of Cuba and lived in Tampa until rela- tives of the dead woman identified him. Of the three one was shot while at- tempting to escape police shortly after the murder. The other, Francisco de Pinea, is serving a long-term sentence which he hopes to shorten by service as prison executioner. NONSTOPFLYER SETS NEW RECORD Capt. Hawks Reportéd Over sips. would be well wnder | Curtiss Field in Hop From - Los Angeles. By the Associated Press. CURTISS FIELD, N. Y., February 5—Capt. Frank M. Hawks, trans- continental fiyer, was reported over Curtiss Field at 2:55 o'clock this afternocn after his flight from Los Angeles. Capt. Hawks had to reach New York before 3:35 p.m. in order to break Col. Arthur Goebel’s record of 18 hours and 58 minutes. LOS ANGELES, February 5.—Accom- panied by Oscar E. Grubb, a mechmnic, Capt. Hawks hopped from Metropolitan Airport at 5:37;30 p.m. yesterday. Flying an improved model Lockheed ship, similar in design to the Yankee Doodle, Hawks averaged 145 miles an hour in the first leg of his flight, which took him over Tucson, Ariz., where he was sighted at 9:08, Pacific time, last night. The plane was flying high and the motor humming perfectly at that e. The .southern course chosen by the aviator would take him over Plainview and Childress, Tex.; Muskogee, Okla.; Van Buren, Mo.; Parker, IIl.; Louisville, Ky.; Portsmouth, Ohio; Morgantown, W. Va, and Harrisburg and Reading, Pa. It was regarded as unlikely that his ship would be sighted until it neared the goal, as transcontinental pilots usually select high altitudes and favor- ing winds. ‘The plane carried 475 gallons of gaso- line at the take-off, which was made easily after a short run of 2,500 feet. If he reaches New York without a stop, Hawks will be the second pilot ever to make the West-to-East non-stop flight. The Yankee Doodle crashed in the mountains of Arizona last Novem- ber, killing the owner, Tucker, and_the pilot, Capt. C. D. B, Collyer of New York, co-holder of the around-the- world travel record. /GLINTON S. CARNES to-Seven-Year Term for Shortage of Nearly $1,000,000. By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., February 5.—Clinton S. Carnes, former treasurer of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, whose disappearance late last Summer led to the discovery of an alleged short- age of nearly a million dollars in his accounts and his subsequent arrest in| Canada, pleaded guilty in ' Superior Court here today to embezzlement and was sentenced to from five to leven! pears’ imprisonment. 1f Carnes does not apply for a pardon before serv!::& the minimum term, Soli- citor Gene: Boykin said the other indictments wofilld‘ be nolle prossed. Arthur G. Powefl and Rev. L. R. Chris- tie, who*represented the Home Mission Board, had agreed to the plea of guilty. Powell, in addressing the court, said that Carnes had deeded everything he had to the board. Maryland and Virginia News Tqi_ny on Pages 10 and l!. IS SENT TO PRISON‘ Former Church Official Draws Five- | MERGER FAVORED B SEATEBOD Ordered Reported Out in Same Form as Recommend- ed by Subcommittee. ‘The street railway merger resolution was ordered favorably reported by the Senate District committee today in the same form in which the special sub- committee recommended it several weeks ago, and without the Blaine amendment seeking to establish the prudent investment theory of valuing local utilities. In additien to voting against includ- ing the investment proposal, the com- mittee also rejected several other amendments dealing with the handling of the depreciation reserves of the com- panies, the length of the franchise rights, transfers between street cars and busses and an amendment which would have made reduced fares for school children compulsory instead of discretionary. _Although the voted dvv‘l; take a different view tc these amendments when the question is taken up in the Senate and debated. This was particularly true with regard to the Blaine prudent investment proposition. Essential Points Reported. The resolution as favorably reported authorized a merger based on the fol- lowing essential points: All reference to a fixed valuation of the property eliminated; a provision for a new valuation to be started im- be completed in two years; no change in existing carfare during the two years the property is being re-valued; free transfers between all street car lines, begin: question of transfers between cars and busses left to the discretion of the Utilities Commission; question of re- duced rates for school children author- ized in the discretion of the Utilities Commission; companies relieved of pay- ing salaries of crossing policemen, and a reduction in the expenses of the cumg;nlcs for paving between -car tracks. . Senator Blaine, Republican, Wiscon- sin, author of the prudent investment valuation amendment, will file a minor- ity report. Although the committee voted against including this proposition in the merger resolution, several of the Senators emphasized that they were not necessarily opposed to that prin- ciple of valuation. Chairman Capper sald he was favorably disposed toward the prudent investment principle, but indicated he preferred to have it con- sidered on its merits as an amendment to the utilities law rather than in the merger resolution. Senator Jones, Re- publican, Washington, also indicate that he may take a different view to- ward the amendment .in the Senate, although he wanted to vote to report the merger resolution as recommended by the subcommittee. Senate Action Indefinite. Although the merger legislation will be reported to the Senate within a day or two as the result of the action of the committee, there is no certainty as to when the Senate will be able to con- sider it, and if the Blaine prudent in- vestment amendment develops a con- 'tlmv:‘r‘suyl on tfohe m;, it is regarded as loul as to wl er the merger can be aeted on this session. P Senator Vandenburg, Republican, Michigan, is in favor of the merger going through as modified by the sub- committee, but he declared in the com- mittee today that as much as he is in favor of the merger, he will have to until that body takes action on pend- ing legislation to provide for the next decennial census and reapportionment of the House of Representatives. The first amendment offered by Sen- ator Blaine at the committee meeting provided that the accrued depreciation reserves of the Capital Traction Co. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) By the Associated' Press. BOSTON, February 5.—When Mrs, Frank G. Allen, wife of the governor, next is called upon to confront cameras men, she will have the advantage of the advice of two famous women to l':,elp her decide the most effective way pose. Mrs. Allen was acting as a saleswom- an at the Back Bay shop of the Massa- chusetts Farm and Garden Association. Her customer was Mrs. Henry Ford, president of the national association, who was intent on picking up some ar- ticles for the North American flower show, to be held in Detroit next March. am mtbg@mh,m arrived and - nounced that they reserved the right o i toward mediately following the merger and to| the ning immediately, but with the |- oppose its consideration by the Semte‘ Luncheon. The Washington Community Chest fund reached $1,080,183.70, following reports of an additional $110,664.93 raised, at a report luncheon in the Ho- tel Mayflower this afternoon. The additional totals reported today include funds raised by various divi- sions in the general soliciting cam- paign, together with $14,020 reported raised through the group solicitation unit and other miscellaneous contribu- tions, Charles J. Bell, in a brief statement after luncheon, declared the special gifts committee will reach its goal of $725,000 by tomorrow night, the official time set for the campaign to end. The close of the campaign is to be celebrated with a “victory dinner” in the Hotel Mayflower tomorrow night at 7 o'clock, when all groups workin in the campaign will make a final zfigon on the money raised up to that e. Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor of the First Congregational Church, in an address at today’s luncheor praised the chest campaign and declared: AP BURLINGANE DRCUNES TORERLY TOBLALOEK STORY Officer Refuses to Explain Accusations to D. C. Commissioners. HESSE HINTS ATTORNEY SHOULD TAKE NEXT STEP. Superintendent Indicates He Can« not Urge Further Action Unless Developments Warrant, Capt. Guy E. Burlingame of the second police precinct today courteously dee clined to give the District Commise sioners an explanation of the sensation= al charges of Mrs, Helen F. Blalock, the missing Seventh street palmist. Taking the position that there is neither an appropriate occasion nor a proper reason at this time to answer such felonious accusations as Mrs. Bla« lock placed in the affidavit she gave to Representative Blanton of Texas, Bur- lingame indicated he would continue to adhere to his rigid policy of silence until the case goes into the courts, if it should be taken there. Capt. Burlingame personally submite ted his reply to the questions of the Commissioners to Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent, as directed, about 10:30 o'clock this morning—an hour and & “The co-operation developed in the campaign has closely knit the organi- zations of the city as they never have been before.” Gifts Still Unaudited. Figures submitted by chest auditors today prior to the meeting in the May- flower showed a falling off from the reports as made officially yesterday. The total corrected figure prior to the lunch- eon was $967,801.77. Because of faulty markings on a number of envelopes turned in by campaign workers, several thousand dollars remain unaudited, chest officials stated this morning. Also a flow of contributions from Govern- ment workers, which continued to come in today, remain unaudited. Contributions as counted by chest officials prior to today’s meeting were divided as follow: Special gifts committee, 900 contribu- tions with a total of $665,609.36; Metro- golltln Unit, 13,241 gifts totaling $244,~ 72,69; group solicitations, 3,323 gifts totaling $29,549.93; committee on col- ored co-ordination, 553 gifts totaling $5,513.71; Government unit, 1,982 gifts totali $22,556.08. This a total 979 gifts for a total of $967,801.77. Mrs. Blair_of the In- ‘wagon, “chestometer” in front of the District Building. for Mrs. Blair to paint on the specially devised thermometer the total funds raised by the chest up to that time. The wagon was missing, ever, and the team made the journey in a motor vehicle. Later it was learned that the wagon had actually started for Mayflower, but the hw being from the country had become frightened in the heavy traffic and ran away. Hopes to Complete Quota. Chairman Robert V. Fleming of the special gifts committee announced at the report meeting of his committee in the Willard Hotel yesterday that the committee would continue to func- tion as a unit until the final meet| of the campaign in the Mayflower Hotel tomorrow night. He expressed hope able to la.lctsm ':nttr ‘wfll be o comple! quota of $725,000 by then. ! c{est officials today again empha- sized that the solicitors in the cam- paign are working free and pay for the luncheons. Elwood Street, direc- tor of the chest, also declared that the chest workers “are the best givers in proportion to their means,” adding: “If everybody in Washington could get the same clear view of the need of giv- ing for 57 different agencies in the one gift, as our workers have, we would have no trouble in making our quota.” A gift of $65.18 collected by the little children of Holy Comforter Catholic Church was received at chest headquarters today. The gift was pre- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) MRS. GANN ELIGIBLE IN “LADIES OF SENATE” Resolution Adopted Announcing| Recognition for Sister-in-law | of Curtis. All doubt of the eligibility of Mrs. Edward E. Gann, sister-in-law of Vice Presiden-elect Curtis, to membership in the organization maintained by the ladies of the Senate was removed this morning when a resolution was passed announcing the recognition of any hostess announced by a Vice President who has no wife. The following resolution, introduced by Mrs. Dawes, was adopted: “In case the Vice President of the United States has no wife, the lady whom he announces as his hostess shall be entitled to honorary membership and also enjoy the privileges of the club during the period in which she serves as_hostess.” Mrs. Coolidge was present and re- mained for the luncheon which fol- lowed the meeting in the Senate Office Building. Keep Cameramen at Distance in Posing, Mrs. Ford Says Mrs. Hoover Advised the two women consented to ,_but not at the counter, where they m bzen standing. Instead, Mrs, Ford led Mrs. Allen to the rear of the 3 “Keep them quite a dist AWa; il‘hebec&'eltfl?f'd mz: tge xcovermr’l wife. “It y don't bring their cam- eras too close. I learned that from Mrs. Hoover. day I was with her and she kept making the cameramen back. sge sald she wouldn't pose nnleu” they did.” o Mr. Ford came-from Detroit with his wife, but remained secluded at Wayside Inn, Sudbury. He declined to say whether he would visit President-elec Hoover while en route to the Ford Win. ‘ter place at Fort Myers, Fla, = . - S half in advance of the deadline. He appeared to be in a jovial mood as he walked into the office of ‘the police superintendent and handed to him the envelope containing his answer to the letter of the Commissioners, a type- written copy of the palmist’s affidavit and photostatic reproductions of the sentimental letters which Blanton said the woman had turned over to him at his home at Abilene, Tex. Hesse Confers With Hart. Shortly after Burlingame left Maj. Hesse went to the office of the cor- poration counsel, where he conferred for nearly an hour with Ringgold Hart, principal assistant corporation counsel. The nature of the discussions was not revealed, but it is understood Maj. Hesse sought legal advice as what action he might take in view of Burlingame's re- fusal " worgi . o s the reply follows: sioners direct you (meaning me) to submit to me (meaning you) such ex- . ‘In _conection with the foregoing on or before Tues- day, February 5, 1929, at noon.” With the greatest respect for that authority you represent as my superior officer as well also as that of the honorable Board of the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia at whose direction you have written as you state, I am convinced you will with me that I am called upon at time neither to express nor ‘wish to make' any state- the | ment whatsoever in connection with the matters your communication sug- gests. and do not consider I should be called upon so to do unless and until some appropriate occasion or proper reason shall have occurred to warrant the expression upon my of that explanation your letter aj tly in- vites, particularly in the present status of the inquiries now instituted, as I am informed by the public press not only upon the part of the United States at- torney in and for the Disirict of Co- lumbia, but also of other committees, boards and investigating bodies—neither the purpose nor the result of which has been communicated to me. Upon the happening either of that appropriate occasion or proper reason, I will then take advantage most gladly not only of your kind suggestion, but that of the ;mnonble Board of Commissioners as. n your communication expressed. I further’ convinced you tgmugmy u.:: derstand that this reply is dictated neither ' by any unwillingness to ace cede to’ your personal wishes with ref- erence to any matfer which may ad- vance the best interests of the force for which we have both struggled for many years, nor refusal to with our honorable Board of Commis- sloners, whose direction in this regard your letter indicates you have obeyed.” Commissioners Make Reply Public. The District Commissioners were in semi-weekly board meeting when Bur- lingame submitted the statement to Maj. Hesse. Without reading his an- swer, the Commissioners directed the police superintendent to make it public. The Commissioners, T, pl to consider the reply at another meeting this afternoon, but they are not ex- pected to take any action until they receive a recommendation from Maj. Hesse. Additional time was . allowed the police superintendent to make a recommendation. ‘While he had not reached a definite there are further developments in the case. Awaits U. S. Attorney’s Move. Maj. Hesse gave the im) thai the next move should be mmndny m; (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Insurgents Ambush Train. ICO