Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not quite so cold tonight; minimum tem- perature about 28 degrees. Temperatures: Highest, 34, at 2:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 21, at 6 a.m. to- day. Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 ch ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ng Star, “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 as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,767 No.# 301909; 1 Bt Entered as second class matte Washington, r DA WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FE a Dy BRUARY 1 1929 —THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. * () Means Associated Press. " "TWO CENTS. * JARDINE 1 00T OF CABINET RACE: ACCEPTS POSITON Will Become Counse! for Fed- crated Fruit and Vege- table Growers. HOOVER :l:O END FLORIDA VACATION NEXT WEEK | President-Elect Plans Direct Re- turn to Washington to Await Inaugural Ceremonies. By the Associated Press. y Secretary Jardine eliminated himself | as a possible member of the Hoover | cabinet in a formal statement today announcing that he had accepted a pocition as counsel for the Federated ¥ and Vegetable Growers, with of- fices in Washington. i The Federated Fruit and Vtgcmblej Growers is a co-operative organization 'with headquarters in New York City land reaches into many States in its business dealings. Mr. Jardine said that in accepting the position he had sn understanding that he would give 'to it only such time as might be neces- sary for the conduct of its business, thwus leaving him “free to participate | in other agricultural activities.” Test of Statement. In making his announcement Secre- Rtary Jardine said: “I have held the hope that four years fn public life is all that would be ex- ected of one who must make a per-| emal secrifice to perform Federal serv- e. “During the past four years I have onsistently held that the stabilization | of agricultural production and prices is our most urgent economic problem; that sound co-operative marketing as- fociations and stabilization corporations imust be the basis of aid extended by he Federal Government; that we should greatly increase our agricultural re- search, and that we must keep the domestic ' market for the American | karmer. “I have fought for these principles. ven thoss who have differed with me the fundamentals of the farm prob- dem know I have been sincere, con- kistent and determined in my stand. I ibelieve that the bill introduced in Con- fgress by Senator McNary will serve as a basis for solving many of the ills) tvhich have confronted the farmers of | the Nation since the war. ' Bidenc; y - wlshj! known that because of obliga- ‘tion$ to my family and for my own per- sonal interest I feel I must retire to private life, Discussed Desire With Hoover. “T have repeatedly discussed with Mr. Hoover my desire to retire from public rervice and I have advised with him in my business negotiations. In consider- ing the many proposals which have been presented to me I have expressed the wwish to remain in Washington, in order L”‘l-!b I might give to Mr. Hoover and s administration every possible aid.” ; Secretary Jardine has headed the Agriculture Department throughout the Coolidge administration. He stood with the President in all of the controversy ver the equalization fee in the vetoed M icNary-Haugen farm relief bill. There were reports more thar a year #20 that he would accept a place with ;’!m‘}dn fruit interests, who were then rganizing® ‘a marketing plan. In his | Ecw work Mr. Jardine will have head- uarters in Washington. The Secretary is the second member bf the Coolidge cabinet to express a cesire to return to private life after arch 4. Secretary Kellogg som= time %0 made it known that he would not remain as head of the State Depart- ment. 3 Mr. Jardine’s home is in Manhattan, ans., where for some time he had sen dean and then president of the ansas State Agricultural College. VACATION ENDS NEXT WEEK. Decision to Terminate Florida Stay Comes as Surprise. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Stafl Correspondent of The Star. BELLE ISLAND, Miami Beach, Fla., cbruary 13.—President-elect Hoover ill bring to a close his pre-inaugural vacation in Florida next Monday or iesday when he will return directly to ashington, where he will remain for is inaugural on March 4. t‘rhts official announcement, made to- y by Lawrence Richey, Mr. Hoover's rsonal representative on his Florida | jvacation, came as somewhat of a sur- rise to some of the President-elect’s gmy‘ although there have been indi- ications the past few days that Mr. Hoover was showing a desire to get back #o the Capital. Mr. Richey wanted it tunderstood, however, that Mr. Hoover's ™ decision to return to Washington early mext week was not the result of a| thasty decision. In explanation of this r. Richey said: ‘Will Not Open Headguarters. | It is not Mr. Hoover’s intention to| iopen up a downtown headquarters when 'he returns, such as he maintained dur- ing the two weeks intervening between fthe time he returned from South JAmerica and his departure for Florida. | is home, | ‘He expects to keep close to h fat 2300 S street northwest, and it will {be there that he will transact his busi- Iness and receive callers while waiting dor his move to | There is no misiaking the fact that er. Hoover is faced with a tremendous amount of work between' now and iMarch 4. . Most important of all, however, is ithe task of completing his inaugural |address and the drafting of the special Imessage he will submit to the Congress ‘when it assembles in special session in |April. It has been said in Mr. Hoover’s {behaif that he has made good progress fin his inaugural address and that with veral days or nights of uninterrupted |work he will be able to complete it and have it ready for the public printer. | The impression among those who have Ibeen with Mr. Hoover on his Florida vacation is that he is nmot worrying ymuch about the framing of his cabinet; ithat he has long since virtually com- |r'sted that important task and is now i1+-rely waiting for the time when he jern give the list to the press and an- * eontinued on Page 2, Column 3. i the White House. 1 Engaged to Lindbergh L MISS ANNE S. MORROW. —Associated Press Photo. LINDBERGH TO WED ANNE . MORROW Embassy Announcement in Mexico Leaves Date Uncertain. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, February 13.—Mexi- cans hoped today that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Miss Anne Morrow, daughter of Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow, would be married in this coun- try’s capital. It was here that the ro- mance of the famous aviator and the heiress began. ‘The following statement was issued at the American embassy last evening: “Ambassador and Mrs. Morrow have announced the engagement of their daughter, Anne Spencer Morrow, to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.” Efforts to have the Ambassador elab- orate on the statement were unavailing. He was asked as to probable time and place of the marriage, but persisted in a smiling silence, broken only finally with the remark: “All you can say on such points is mere guesswork. I think your guess will be good if you say the time is not yet fixed.” News of the engagement—which had been often rumored—spread quickly over the city and everywhere it was presumed that the wedding would take pmfil i W“:L l‘lio‘flfig& time. Calles Is Pleased. Former President Calles, who wel- comed Col. Lindbergh at Valbuena Field at the completion of his good-will fight from Washington that endeared him to Mexicans, said: “This is a great pleasure to me. As you know, I am very fond of both these young people. As Mexico has been the scene of their romance, I sincerely hope they will be married in this country. “Certainly their own people cannot hold them nearer their hearts and wish them more happiness than we Mexicans. ‘These two families and these two young people are very dear to us. They have our best wishes for, and I know they will have, a happy married life.” Senora Ernestina Calles Robinson, daughter of the ex-President and friend of Miss Morrow, was especially happy over the engagement. “I told you so,” she remarked. Miss Morrow, who arrived with her mother yesterday from the United States, after a 17-hour delay at the scene of the dynamiting of the presi- dential special Sunday in Guanajuato, was extended felicitations by a small group of intimates who dined at the embassy last night. En route to Mexico City, Miss Morrow and her mother stopped at St. Louis and, after special arrangements had been made, visited the collection of Lindbergh air trophies there. The aviator’s flancee appeared particularly interested in the souvenirs and trophies of his Latin American flights. Two Visitors Expected. In view of the announcement of the engagement, Mexicans look for two visits shortly—one from Col. Lindbergh himself and the other from his mother, Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh, Mrs. Lind- bergh left Constantinople a few days ago, where she taught chemistry in the American College for the United States. It is presumed that her somewhat early return was made in view of her son’s approaching marriage. Both Mrs. Lindbergh and her son are widely known in Mexico, she having flown to this capital as guest of the Morrows in December, 1927, when her son was here after completion of his flight from Washington. Col. Lind- bergh during his stay received a recep- tion probably surpassing that ever be- fore accorded an American in Mexico. The welcome of his mother was hardly less. To Col. Lindbergh the credit is given for the advance in Mexican aviation, which thus far has developed a number of aviators of Spanish-American re- nown, notable among them the late Capt. Emilio Carranza and Lieut. Col. Roberto Fierro. | | Miss Morrow is known to Mexicans as a quiet, home-loving girl of 22, who has spent much of her time here since graduation from Smith College, Northampton, Mass., last year. She is a brunette and pretty and has a broad interest in_ aviation and world affairs generally. Her character and interests are said to be such as will best round out the hitherto one-sided life of her ! fiance. She is five years younger than Col. " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) PEOPLE DROP DEAD, OTHERS DIE ASLEEP INFROZEN EUROPE Famine Stalking in Homes Prisoned by Arctic Cold Far Below Zero. FAMILIES LIVE WITH PIGS | AND CATTLE TO BE WARM | Furniture and Floors Burned to Keép Fires Going—Eighty-five Gypsies Die in Tents, 100 Ships Frozen Fast in Baltic Sea Appeal for Help By the Associated Prese. MOSCOW, February 13.—It is stated here that about 100 calls for help have been received from vessels frozen fast in the ice in various parts of the Baltic Sea. At the request of ship owners, the Soviet ice-breakers at Leningrad are being prepared to start on a relief expedition. — By the Associated Press. VIENNA, February 13. — Gypsies, peasants dwelling in thatched huts and other persons with inadequate shelter against the Arctic frigidity of the cold snap that has held Central Europe and the Balkans in its grip for several days are perishing in groups. Reports today from various setions of th affiictd dis- trict told of 85 Gypsies frozen to death in their tents, families of 10 and 12 peasants perishing in unneated huts and a band of six smugglers who suc- | cumbed near Innsbruck, Aystria. The Gypsies were especially hard hit. A band of 21 perished near Ljubljana, in the Slovenian district of Jugoslavia, when their tents were swept away by a gale that accompanied a heavy snow- storm. Thirty other Gypsies went to sieep in tents at Uzhorod, Czechoslo- vakia, and never awakened. At Janow, near the Austrian-Polish frontier, 34 Gypsies were frozen to death in their rickety caravans. Family of Ten Die. At Buzeu, Ruman:a, i2 peasants suc- cumbed to the cold, and another family of 10 were found frozen to death in a thatched hut near Campini, Rumania. In famine-stricken Kishinev, 14 persons perished of cold. Other parts of Rumania reported that people had dro] dead in " which is experiencing a bad shortage of food, was further heightened today by fresh snowfalls which blocked re- B*¢ trains from Bucharest. ‘The blighting cold is declared by meteorological experts to be the most severe in nearly 200 years. It has kept freezing populations at bay in their homes, many families spending their entire time under bed coverings ex- cept for the minutes required for scant meals. Peasants sleep with cattle and pigs in order to derive warmth from the bodies of the animals. Furniture Burned. In many towns and villages the peo- ple are burning their furniture, ripping up floors and chopping out doorways between rooms to obtain fuel. Czecho- slovakian railroad authorities are burn- ing petrol along the roadbed to keep passenger and freight trains from freez- ing to the rails. Most of the ports on the Black Sea have been reported as icebound, as is Archangel. Available icebreakers have not been powerful enough to break the 10 feet of ice that locks the harbors. All Bulgarian and Rumanian wireless stations are receiving continuous calls for help from vessels which have been unable to gain shelter. Some boats have reported sighting small icebergs, an unprecedented phe- nomenon for the Black Sea. 36 Hours of Snowfall. Zagreb, the capital of Crotia. has ex- perienced 36 hours of snowfall and all street car and railroad service there is pAralyzed. - Budapest, capital of Hungary, has re- | ported 300,000 cases of influenza, long queues forming outside of drug stores. made up of seekers after aspirin and| quinine, Hospitals ‘have received 340 cases of frostbite within 48 hours and the city government has distributed free coal to 50,000 poor families. Soup kitchens have been opened in Vienna and President Miklas has ap- aled to Austrian bakers to supply free read to these food centers. Most Balkan capitals are in similar straits, the prices of food having risen from 10 to 25 per cent. 'WOLVES KILL 16 CHILDREN. Many Perish as Severe Cold Continues. Snow 13 Feet Deep. LONDON, February 13 ().—Westward shifting of Europe's Arctic blanket to- |day added France and England to the extreme sufferers from cold unprece- dented in continental weather records. Deaths on the continent continued to increase. “Very cold” was the forecast for the British Isles for the next 24 hours. In France, there was a heavy snowfall in even the sunny Riviera and it was| feared the Marne and Seine would freeze over. Continued distress was reported from Germany, Holland, Scandinavia, Aus- tria -and the Balkan countries. There was a lessening in severity of the weather in Constantinople, however, and the mitigation was gradually spreading westward and offered the promise of relief there. The Express printed today a Vienna ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 6. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, February 13.—The Asso- ciated Press has learned from a trust- worthy source that Prince Henry, the former Kaiser’s brother and one-time commander-in-chief of the German | navy, is afflicted with the same malady | with which his father, the late Em- peror Frederick III, was stricken, | namely, cancer of the larynx. 4 His failure to attend his brother's seventieth birthday recently at Doorn first called public attention to his con- | dition. At that time it was said he was suffering from .\uflufl;’. It now = Prince Henry, Brother of Former Kaiser, Is Aflicted With Cancer of Larynx is recalled that ever since May, 1928, he has been a2bsent from the annual meet- ings of various scientific societies which he was accustomed to attend regu- larly. The illness, according to the inform- ant, is in an advanced stage, and Prince Henry, who is 66, is confined to his estate, Castle Hemmelmark, near Eckernforbe, in Schleswig. At the general administration of the Hohenzollern estate no information could be obtained, and there was ap- parent great reticence in discussing | anything pertaining to the prince’s | condition, . A o QX R N SN o R QR QX (N G WX wfs ALL UP WEE > ) L KS AGY \ SCHACHT RENEWS DEBT CUT APPEAL German Reichshank Presi- dent Cites Masses of Figures to Experts. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 13.—The third session of the experts’ committee on reparations got under way at 11 o'clock ! this morning with the German dele- gates apparently still to occupy the cen- ter of the stage in the conference room. The German delegates appeared well ahead of time and with arms full of portfolios crammed with papers. This was regarded as in evident preparations for questions from other delegates fol- lowing presentation of the German case yesterday by Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, Reichsbank president. Dr. Schacht has taken the position ‘Genmany ‘cannot maintain the ‘payment schedules laid out under the Dawes plan and he and his colleagues may (llttempt to reinforce his arguments to- ay. Interest in Morgan, As usual J. P. Morgan attracted the most attention. The delegates main- 4ained the greatest discretion before their meeting today and had almost nothing to say. Dr. Schacht took the floor at the opening of the meeting and continued his explanation of the situation in Ger- many. He dwelt on the fact that ther: was not so much difference between his figures and those of others—ap- parently referring to the recent report of S. Parker Gilbert, agent-general for reparations—as there was from the conclusions drawn from them. Mr. Gilbert, who is still abed after an attack of influenza, is recovering, and is expected to be heard by the committee, not on a formal invitation, but as a matter of course. Dr. Schacht’s fellow experts seemed confused by his masses of figures, poured forth hourly, respecting the budgets and categories of resources of Germany, its exports and imports, and the inferences concerning the future. They expected to examine the statistics in manuscript, but there appeared to be no disposition on the part of the French or any other delegates to controvert Dr. Schacht’s figures by independent calcu- lations of their own. Instead, they placed against them Mr. Gilbert’s re- port of 197 pages, which is based large- ly on an accumulation of statistics. Cominittee Is Delayed. Sir Josiah Stamp, one of the Brit- ish delegates, must go to London for a director’'s meeting, and it is therefore impossible for the committee to meet formally on Friday and Saturday. ‘This morning Mr. Young read to the committee the following reply from Vice President Dawes to the = committee's message of greeting: "I gratefully acknowledge the message from the committee experts. The world is confident of their high purpose and competency and awaits hopefully con- summation of their great work so vital to its welfare.” BLOOD-STAINED TAXICAB POINTS TO GANG MURDER Search Under Way Near Runne- mede for Youthful Driver Be- lieved to Have Been Slain. By the Associated Press. CAMDEN, N. J., February 13.—An organized search was under way in the vicinity of Runnemede, near here, today for John Lowry, 20, taxicab driver, of Scranton, Pa., who is believed by ‘the stut.hormes to have been slain by gang- sters. A blood-stained taxicab, found in a lonely ravine at Runnemede, was identified as the one driven by Lowry when he disappeared from Scranton on February 2. The cab was found two days later. Its identification was estab- lished when Lowry's father, Burt Lowry, owner of the taxicab compan; came here to aid in the search for hi son. The wooded section surrounding the ravine was combed, but no trace of the missing man was found. Mr. Lowry told the Camden County authorities he feared his son had been slain by a gang of counterfeiters, and that the description of the man who had engaged the cab driven by his son tallied with that of a man arrested February 5 in Willlamstown, N. J., with four others, charged with counter— feiting. Maryland and ito make more certain, removed a glove Virginia News Pages 6 and 7. y Attends Senate Canvass of Heover-Curtis Vote Officially Declared Elect- ed as President and Vice President. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Herbert Hoover of California and Charles Curtis of Kansas were formally declared today to have been elected President and Vice President of the United States, respectively. The Senate and House, meeting at a Joint session in the House mber, canvassed the electoral vote ¢ast by the 48 States. The formality of counting the vote and declaring the election of Mr. Hoover and Senator Curtis, a fact which was known to the country last November, is required by the Constitu- tion of the United States. It provides a definite and formal record of the election of the next President and Vice President. ‘The ceremony, although a simple one, was conducted with ‘no little formality. The Senate a few minutes ‘before 1-o’clock proceeded in a to] the House chamber. The ion of Senators was headed by secretary of the Senate and the sergeant at (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ICE CAVES IN AR SEENBY AVITORS Army Airmen Report Temper- ature of 76 Below Zero at 39,000 Feet. By the Assoclated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, February 13.—Two Army flyers in an old Army pilane reached an unofficial altitude of 39,000 feet from Wright Field yesterday and brought down with them an account of a condition above the clouds which meteorologists long have suspected, but never have been able to prove. The flyers, Lieut. Johnson and Capt. A. W. Stevens, pilot and photographer, were forced down by deplenished fuel at Norton Field, Columbus, Ohio. Record Is Not Claimed. The instruments attached to the plane, used in many test and altitude flights, indicated that they had reached an altitude outreaching the- record of 38,420.5 feet held by Lieut. C. C. Campion of the United States Navy. No record was claimed, because rules of the Peceration Aeronautique Inter- nationale prescribe that the plane land at the fleld from which it left the earth. The two pilots blamed their failure to establish a record for a two-man plane on another phenomenon of the air—excessive visibility. “The ordinary horizon line when | flying is between seven and eight thou- ( sand feet,” they explained. “After we 8ot above the clouds of ice we couldn't see the ground and the horizon line. above must have been at least 50,000 feet—and we didn’t know where we were.” After they had reached the pinnacle of their flight, Johnson and Stevens were flying in a temperature of 76 degrees below zero. Then they looked below and saw what appeared to be billows of ice crystals, hung in midair and resembling “the formations of a cave. Describe Sight as Dazzling. The aviators described the spectacle as a dazzling sight, with the light rays broken by the fragile crystals into all the colors of the spectrum. In order to verify this secming mirage of the heavens they dipped again and again into the crystals, and Lieut. Johnson, and stuck his bare hand from the cockpit. It was pierced as though by a thousand needles. Not satisfled, Capt. Stevens exposed part of his face and today he bore a huge ice blister on one cheek as a souvenir. Capt. Stevens made several pictures on the flight, but the results are in doubt. Exhaust from the engine fouled the lens several times, and a thick blanket of snow which covered the ter- ritory over which they flew made his photographs of little value in studying the earth from the great height. The aviators plan another flight within a short time, when they expect to establish a record. Two important changes in their plane and their equip- ment will be made first. Exhaust pipes from the engine will be extended along the fuselage torcarry the fumes beyond the cockpits, for one thing, and the other improvement is development of (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) lwwn re: GEN. BOOTH VOTED PHYSIGALLY UNFIT High Council of Salvation Army Ballots 52 to 5 on Question. By the Assoclated Press. SUNRURY-ON-THAMES, England, February 13.—The High Council of the Salvation Army today adjudicated Gen. Bramwell Booth unfit for service as general of the army. The vote was 52 to 5. It was the second time during the past four weeks that the High Council had voted the general physically unfit to hold his high office, the first time being on January 16 by a vote of 55 to8. ‘Three speeches in defense of Gen. Booth were made at today’s sessions of the high council. gq’fth:-e who m in behalf of the _were ney, who had been refused permission to represent the general’s interest at the recent adjudication; J. A. Pollard, the Army’s chancellor of the exchequer 25 years ago, and Maurice Whitlow, neW a newspaper man. Both Pollard arid Whitlow, as former officials of thz Army, had been called as witnesses in the new adjudication proceedings. The presence of two lawyers repre- senting the high council at today's ses- sion was the ground for objection by the general’s representatives, who contended that the members of the high council were not defendants, but judges, and therefore needed no attorneys present. ‘The council sustained this objection and the lawyers immediately retired. CHEWNING SLAYING CASE GIVEN TO JURY State Asks Verdict of Second-De- gree Murder or Manslaughter in Student's Death. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, February 13.—The case of H. H. Chewning, local automobile salesman charged with the killing of James K. Symmers, jr., Uni- versity of Virginia student of Rye, Y., was given to the jury at noon today. Littleton Wood, commonwealth's at- torney, saying that Chewning went to the Kitch-Inn lunch car on the night of last December 3 with no intention to kill Symmers or any one else, asked | for a verdict of second degree murder or_involuntary manslaughter. Defens> asked for acquittal on the ground that the shooting was acci- dental. $200,000 BRIBE OFFER. Grand Jury to Probe Charge by Borough President. NEW YORK, February 13 (#).—The Queens County grand jury was called into session.today to receive evidence that George U. Harvey, Queens Borough president, had been offered a $200,000 bribe if he would favor certain builders in the letting of borough sewer con- tracts. Harvey, last week, gave District At- torney Newcombe the names of four n;;n twhom he identified with the bribe effort. his Summer home at New Milford,Conn., the day the bribe offer was made. Berg 1r;meglately denied any bribe had been offered. SLAYER HELD INSANE. CANTON, Ohio, February 13 (#).— A jury in common pleas court today returned a verdict of insanity in the case of Edward Kaltenbaugh, 21, Grove City, Pa., farm hand, who confessed killing Mr. and Mrs. John Oser at their Canal Fulton -Dairy Farm for the session of their new automobile. Plans for his prosecution were dropped upon the jury’s recommendation that he be sent to an asylum. FIVE HOLD UP HOTEL. CHICAGO, February 13 (#).—Five masked robbers today entered the lobby of the exclusive suburban Oak Park Arms Hotel -and compelled four em- ployes 1 lie on the floor while they rifled several safe deposit boxes, escap- ing with an undetermined loot. About the same time an robber held up the cashier of a dewn- staurant and escaped with $2,- 600. Fifteen patrons were unaware a hold-up was in progress. |Radio Eograms—Page 2 A. Jowitt, -attor- | made ‘Today he added that Frank H.! | Berg. a private detective, had visited PRESIDENT SIS~ MEASURE CALLING FOR 15 CRUISERS Approves Bill Despite Time Clause, Which He Had Opposed. |EXPENDITURE DISCUSSED AT PARLEY WITH LEADERS Budget Bureau Urges $35,000,000 for Work During Fiscal Year 1929-1930. By the Associated Press. President Coolidge today signed the naval building bill calling for the con- struction of 15 cruisers and one air- craft carrier. “ The President’s approval was given in spite of the measure’s clause requir- ing that all the vessels be laid down by July 1, 1931, which he had opposed. His opposition to this provision was based on the view that it called for ex- penditures at future dates with no ad- vance knowledge as to the condition of the treasury when they would be made. In addition to providing for the con- struction of the vessels, the measure calls for an international agreement es- tablishing the rights of neutrals at sea in. time of war, under an amendment sponsored by Chairman Borah of the foreign relations committee and Senator Reed of Missouri. Confers with Leaders. The President affixed his signature to the measure, the last major legisla- tive project of his administration, a few minutes after he had conferred with congressional leaders on expendi- tures which must be made under it. Those present were Senators Curtis and Robinson, majority and minority leaders of the Senate; Chairman Hale of the Senate naval committee, Speaker Longworth, Representatives Tilson and Garrett, Republican and Democratic leaders of the House, and Chairman Snell of the House rules committee. Less than 10 minutes after the meet- ing had dispersed. Mr. Cooli ap- proved the bill without ceremony. Mr. Coolidge was alone in his office at the time and announcement that the meas- ure had been secretary, Everett Sanders. Receives Recommendations. mendations from the Bu Bureau that from $35,000,000 to 000,000 be available for work on the cruisers during the fiscal year 1929-1930 with ent fiscal year. Under the measure, five cruisers are to be laid down in each of the three fiscal years 1920, 1930 and 1931. In addition, the construe of an air- craft, carrier is authorized to be begun prior to July 1, 1931. Senator Hale said after today’s con- ference that he expected an appropria- tion for the cruisers to be included in the current Navy Department supply bill, with a small amount, in accordance with the President’s views, made avail- TS HELD SIX SUSPEC AS RING MEMBERS Two Confess to Baltimore Slaying, Say Philadelphia Police. Linked With Robberies. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, February 13.—One of the most highly organized gang of | eriminals in the city was believed to be under arrest today in the person of six N. | men'Whose confessions, according to po- lice, cover the recent slaying in Balti- more of Benjamin Williams, aged gro- cer, and seven robberies in Phiiladel- phia. John Harvis, 22, of Chester, Pa., and Herman Lebowitz, 28, and Leo Mercer, Philadélphia, were arrested at Folsom, Delaware County, last night, when their automobile crashed into a telephone pole. Information was obtained from them which led to the arrest early today of Joseph Crane, Samuel Schwartz and Theodore Davis, all of this city. Harvis and Mercer are said to have confessed to the Baltimore slaying. Harvis said he came from Holland, where he attended a university and where his father was a prominent pub- lic official. He declined to give his real name. PRESIDENT GOMEZ * REPORTED FIRED ON Six Conspirators Declared Killed in Attempt on Life of Venezue- 1 lan Head. By the Associated Press. BOGOTA, Colombia, February 13.— A circumstantial account of an attempt to assassinate President Juan Vicente Gomez of Venczuela was telegraphed here today by & newspaper correspond- ent at San Jose de Cucuta, a Vene- zuelan frontier town. The story said that the President escaped harm. ‘The story related that President ‘Gomez, accompanied by an escort, was riding in his automobile in the environs of Maracay, a suburb of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, when six men opened fire on the car. The escort re- t.irned the shots and all the conspira- ti s were killed in the fight. B COLD HITS ADIRONDACKS. TUPPER LAKE, N. Y., February 13 (#).—A cold wave engulfed the Adiron- dacks region last mfixt sending ther- mometers here to 28 below zero. VAN BUREN, Me, February 13.— The temperature here today was 36 de- grees below zero, the coldest of the Winter, Py signed was made by hls' a small amount provided for the pres- | his in the REPORT ON PROBE OF BURLINGAME'S LETTERS 15 MADE Department ci Justice Turns Data Over to U. S. At- torney’s Office. SECRET SERVICE MEN LOCATE TYPEWRITER Definite Action Is Expected to Be Taken Despite Absence of Complaining Witness. A report on the result of the De- partment of Justice's investigation of the typewritten love letters introduced by Representative Blanton of Texas as evidence in the Burlingame-Blalock case was sent to the United States Ate torney’s office today by E. Edgar Hoo- ver, director of the department's Bu- reau of Investigation. Hoover announced that this would be followed by another report concern~ {iag the canceled checks and accounts jof the palmist which Blanton also turned over to the office of the United States Attorney when it was given the case for investigation by the Gibson subcommittee of the House. The contents of the report on the sentimental notes was not disclosed at the Department of Justice, but it is known that the secret service opera- tives succeeded in locating the type- writer on which they were written. The Department of Justice also declined to reveal what the report on the canceled checks and accounts of Mrs. Blalock would show. Definite Action Expected. ‘With these reports from the Depart- ment of Justice the United States at- torney’s office is expected to take some definite action in the case, despite the absence of the complaining witness. In the meantime the District Commission- ers proceeded with their plans to send Capt. Burlingame before an extraordi- nary trial board on charges to be drawn g);‘ dcnrpouuan Counsel William W. le. Bride was in conference today with Blaiiton; and upon returning to his of- fice in the -District Building he an- nounced the Texan had assured him of his hearty co-operation in the case. The corporation counsel, however, would not amplify his statement with respect to the conference. Mr. Bride also had a The President has received recom- | 1en8thy Congressional Record Blanton’s latest attack on the Police it ::d;:zemmmlfllonmonmmol > House yesterday afternoon, during which he charged that soft drink estab- lishments in certain sections of Wash- ington are selling liquor under police protection. Addresses of Places Given. The addresses of four such places were mentioned by Blanton. An in- vestigation showed that one of them e said was in the first is in the territorial limits of cinct. As a result, Capt. Thaddeus Bean of the first precinct and Capt. Martin Reilly of the sixth precinct both came to the defense of their ad- ministrations. A meeting of the full House District committee today prevented Chairman Gibson of the sul ittee from calling his group together continue its in- quiry into complaints against the Police Department. Mr. Gibson indi- cated he would probably wait until Senator Caraway of Arkansas, who has made two bitter assaults on the Police Department in the Senate, submitted to him information which he said he intended to turn over to the committee, 22 CHARGES ARE LISTED. Burlingame’s Police Record Is Put in Congressional Journal. Continuing his charges against Capt. Guy E. Burlingame in the House lat yesterday, Representative Thomas I Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, put_inty the Congressional Record a copy of the official police disciplinary record of th2 accused police officer, containing 22 charges made against him over a period of 33 years. Mr. Blanton also- made an attack on District Commissioners _Proctor L. Dougherty and Sidney F. Taliaferro and read into the record a letter ad- dressed to the Gibson subcommittee, in which it is that near-beer sa- lons are selling pol tection and listing four such places, wl'wr!,-Th lllts e!.so‘llletefl mc'-“li law is violé‘ e speci ns D! Burlingame shows that em%hm were made against his conduct by as many different men and women; and that he was charged with “gross neglect of duty,” persecution, assault, false arrest, playing cards with private citi- zens, taking n of an automo- bile unlawfully and crossing into Mary- land ‘with the liquor squad, for which he was reprimanded by Supt. Hesse. ‘Three cases involving his conduct with women are noted on the iecord. In.one of these cases a physician compl that Capt. Burl e was intimate with his wife and on the record is en- tered the notation: “Burlingame says he may have been indiscreet.” Furnished by Dougherty. The record was furnished by Commis~ sioner Dougherty at the behest of Mr. Blanton, and at the District Building today, it was said that the data fur- nished the Texan, but which was not read into the Cor 1 Record, also showed 25 commendations: As listed by the Commissioners, Bur- lingame’s record bears the following notations, in addition to those of com- mendation: 13 transfers, including pro- motion; 19 complaints, three mands, three appearances before the Trial Board, on two-of which he was fined $10 for neglect of duty; two re- ports of injuries, and one pe: n to accept a pipe as a gift from members of a former command. Mr. Blanton inserted and commented upon the following extract from Maj. Hesse, “under oath,” before the Gibson subcommittee concerning Capt. Bur “He is the best roughneck policeman we have. He smashes them. A little while ago, when they would not give him any warrants for illegal h ghewfldnaz tnuu.hevu;;l&': e house, “zo‘u:‘ and threw av"mh%ncrybndy to the street. 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