Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1929, Page 2

< urney. Mr. Hoover 8 © in the seat of m gwm FLORIDA CONFIDENT OF HOOVER'S HELP Willing to Leave Flood Con- trol Legislation Completely in His Hands. By the Assoclated Pres: CANAL POINT, Fla, February 16 —President-elect Herbert Hoover concluded his tour of the Everglades today from Clewiston t6 Canal Point, where the greatest damage in the 1928 hurricane and flood occurred. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staft Correspondent of The Star. BELLE GLADE, Fla., February 16.— No maler what other impressions President-elect Hoover may have re- ceived during his long journey through the Lake Okeechobee district, which he entered upon yesterday morning and the last leg of which he is on today, he has been convinced that the people of this wide area are willing to leave the fate of the proposed legislation for the | control of floods completely in his | Bands. He has been given ample evidence of the confidence the people of this area, where there was such an enormous loss of life as well as property loss by floods following the hurricane last Fall, have in him as a result of this personal in- spection, and he has been made to feel that they expect him to influence Con- gress sufficlently to cause the Federal Government to undertake the solution of the Lake Okeechobee problem. Should Act Quickly. ‘What he has seen and heard during his inspection trip regarding the devas- tation caused by the last flood has caused him to feel that the Govern- ment should act quickly for humani- tarian reasons. Put whether he agrees with the people of this State that the Federal Government should stand the whole of the $10,000,000 which Gen. Jadwin, chief of the Army Engineers, estimates flood control and navigation deveiopment would cost, he has not yet indicated. He listened to speeches on this sub- ject at a dinner given in his honor at Clewisten, when Gen. Jadwin said he thought the Gevernment should pay about $4,000,000 of the estimated total and Representative Reid of Illinois, chairman of the flood control commit- tee of the House, argued in favor of the Government standing about $6,000,000 of the total, while some of the State officials and local citizens spoke ardent- in favor of the Government assuming the entire burden. Farm Progress Surprising. Mr. Hoover has been surprised at what already is being done in the mat- ter of agriculture in spite of the handi- caps. He has personally examined the mucksoil of the Everglades, which he has been assured is the most fertile soll in this country, and which can ,000,000 acres of land in the Okeechobee district the most val- uable from the agricultural viewpoint, in Mdeaiately drained and prosected hom an m future floods. His trip has taken him through areas where thousands of acres of sugar cane and tomatoes and beans grow- ) as many other acres of r vegetables. His trip has carried almost portation A BY NORMAN KLEIN. » The s8ix Chinese were awake and ready when the Hongkong agent of the smugglers' syndicate stepped into the little house near the Kowloon docks. . instructions are to take only $500 now,” he said. The six newcomers said nothing. “The other $500 you pay when safely in America.” Chong Fat, who had come from the Standard Ofl tank farm at Swatow, took some money from his shirt. “Those who ask for too much find that everything goes amiss.” “Those nearest the fire are soonest warmed,” retorted the agent. “Pay me quickly, for the journey begins.” The others paid. Chong Fat sighed, paid. He had been working for this | hour for 15 years since he was 20. The six followed the agent out to the road. At the docks, where great liners loomed in the night, they came to a small sampan. “When you travel by boat,” said Chong Fat, “be prepared for a duck- ing.” f!'Evel‘ybody is fat in America. T will be glad to get there,” said Chin Gim at his side. “Americans eat. enough for three men.” Six Smuggled Aboard Ship. The Hongkong waterfront yonder flickered with light. The men sat stlently as the little boat crept out into the harbor. They were alongside & small freighter. The agent spoke to somebody aboard. There was a wait. Somebody called over the side. “Make haste,” the agent said. The six tourists clambered up the rope ladder. Chong Fat grasped his little bundle, his worldly wealth. “A journey of a thousand miles be- gins with one step,” he reflected. The sides of the freighter seemed cold and unfriendly. “He twhch rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.” On deck the six huddled in the well The skipper looked at them. He smoked ipe. p "')Apebltur man,” muttered Chin Gim. “The rer one is, the more devils one mufig sald another. The skipper led the syndicate agent and his six countrymen below. The agent turned and said, “You are in luck. ‘The sailing s quickly,” and went up on deck. The skipper ordered the six men to climb into three empty packing cases. They heard a seaman natling down the lids. Boxes were put on top of theirs. Chong Fat protested shrilly. The sklpge'r thwacked the box, swore at Chong . Chin Gim crouched in the case be- side Chong Fat. Chin Gim had worked as a servant on “The Peak,” in ansf kong, he understood English. He said: “It is a bad start, The captain is & bully.” ol Inspectors Visit Hold. Some time later, men were heard.in the ?old. They were British customs inspectors. Somebody- kicked -hollowly They heard the skipper talking in- atiatingly, then the men passed on. hong ::‘: hleemllea mlfly. for he knew money n passed. time later the freighter was ading The six Chine 9 ey did Unjted | had changed to night or night to day. from : tended not to help to serve navigation, but from what Mr. Hoover has learned successful in either case, despite the fact that local sections during the past 20 have spent more than $30,000- 000 in digging them. After luncheon terdey afternoon a_ hotel at B ton, Mr. Hoover d his party visited the large dairy farm of Glen Curtiss one of the pioneer aviators. Later the newly constructed sugar refinery at Clewiston was in- m br‘y‘dur. Hoover. ‘:rm:ur in ';: fhery, but, Gid ot visit it Tt was nea 8 o'clock when the long cara- van of cars, which had sf from Belle Isle at 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning, pulled up at the Clewiston Inn, where the party, with the excep- tion of the President-elect and Gov. Carlton of Florida, who occupied the f ishop of Clewiston, spent the night. More than 242 miles had been covered, but Mr. Hoover ap- peared to be not in the least wearied or fatigued as a result of the long & an hour later no longer sick, but hu ‘They thuniped fists, out. ‘The packing cases were opened. A sailor brought bowls of rice and tea. The freighter was now out in the Pa- cifife. e six Chinese were allowed to make camp near a bulkhead. During the trip. across the meals were few an far between. Chin Gim, the one who spoke Eng- lish, protested, and a sailor hit him the mouth. Chin Gim was weak and fell down, and the sailor kicked him a8 is the Lancashire way. Chin Gim lapsed into unconsciousness. He dream- ed he had a;‘ccm:m house boy for a New York millionaire. Then a storm attacked the freighter and pummeled it and flung it around and the six terrified Chinese, locked in the hold, saw the water creeping at their feet. A mate put them on the hand pumps but did nct give them tea. They worked many hours through the storm and expected to drown. Land on Mexican Coast. At last they were off the coast. The sun was shining. -Of & sudden the skip- per Was rus) down_the stairs. He drove them back into the packing cases They were and thirsty. at ‘the dinner given in his honor by some-of the citi- Gne of Sheintaresing teabure.of he One o Tes ¢ meal was t'.h‘e. fact mt.dvg:g the o ce] of bread an ee, eve! article of food served came from the ociaed “gragetralt, oass, quail” and inclu 3 turkey, be‘ert;. lettuce, tomatoes, and stra: es cream. CRASH ENDS PURSUIT OF LIQUOR SUSPECT Auto Hits Three Parked Cars and Tree at Thirteenth and Harvard Streets in Early Hour. A speeding automobile, reputedly liquor laden, crashed headlong into three parked machines and careened! into a tree at Thirteenth and Harvard | streets shortly after midnight last night, 'following & chase by Motor Cycle Po- liceman W. S. Buchanan of the tenth precinet, it was reported at his precinct this morning. Police say that the driver of the car leaped from the machine and disap- peared. Checking up on the license number of the badly damaged car, po- lice arrested Samuel Jumbo, 25 years old, of the 2500 block of K street and held him for investigation. Police at the precinct said some liquor and a number of smashed whisky bottles were found in the rear of the car. ex- MAGAZINES ARE ASKED FOR MARINES ABROAD On behalf of Marines in foreign serv- jca the public has been asked to con- tribute magazines, particularly those re- lating to aviation and inventive eei- through the Cistrict of Columbia ter, American Red Cross, 821 Six- teenth street. New reading matter helps to dispell the monotony at outposts in China, Nic- aragua and Haitl, where American periodicals are alwaye at a premium, according to national headquarters of the Red Cross, in transmitting its ap- peal through the local chapter. The public has been asked to bring eontributions to the office of the chap- ter, which offers to send for larger donations. Ordnance Company Shifted. Orders have been given for the trans- fer of the 15th Ordnance Company at Prankfort Arsenal, Bridesburg, Pa, to Fort Hoyle, near Edgewood, Md. for permanent station. It is stated that the ordnance company and its shop , equipment are essential to the proper maintenance of the materiel of the 8ta and nailed down the lids, After a while a liquor-searcl party. from a United Sta Coast Guard destroyer came aboard, ' The Chinese heard them in the hold and shivered, but finally the en left. Wmunm put. into Ensenada, Mexican seaport near the American rder. The weary Chinese were taken ashore to a fisherman’s shack. There were about 20 other Chinese hidden there, One night & man of the smug- flers’ syndicate took 11 aboard & fish- | boat. : inothcr took Chong Fat, Chin Gim and three others in & motor car, which sped through sandy wastes over & trail of ocatilla and choys cactus. “The fool in' & hurry drinks his tea with & fork” grunted Chong Fat, frightened. He wished, he hadn't heeded the nvitation of his cousin lg Newark. His bodyk?cm ached from thi Jjourney in the packing case. But ’hc emlfi.red the ride to Tia Juana. The driver pulled up at a shack hehind a saloon. Two nights later a wizened little American led the five Chinese north along the beach at the mouth of the Tia Juana River. Chong Fat was soon d!m‘hwn, T'L\e man next to him groaned at every step. "Plfle‘x;ge and a mulberry leaf will make a silk gown,” Chong Fat sald. ‘Their guide turned on them. Trapped by Border Patrol. “Shut up you, you Chinks." They walked far out from shore un- der cover of the darkness. The tide was out. They reachd Imperial Beach, a village on the American side, and went to a weather-beaten house. Two days of waiting. A man came with a motor car. “You wanchee go chop-chop?” he cried impatiently,” when he and the guide from Tia Juana demanded the second payment of $500 from each man. “You wanchee no catchee ‘Melican bobby? All right, can do,” and he pointed to the waiting car. “Who stands still in mud sticks in it,” Chong Fat said, and he paid over his money. ‘The others did, too. They got in the car. The driver made two get down on the floor. They were thin, half- starved. He forced the other three somehow into the rumble seat compart- ment and closed it. He drove north. Sixty miles inland, near Warner's Ranch—near journey's end—the crouching Chinese heard a man’s shout. The car swerved off the road, trembled over some rocks, fled to the west. Then there were revolver shots. Chin Gim, lying on Chong Fat, sald “Ah!” many times. The car went faster. The firing kept up. A bullet hit the rear left tire and the car dragged crazily around to the left, bumped into an arroyo and stopped. ‘Two members of the border patrol opened the rumble seat top. Que whis- tled in surprise. “Three of them!” he salf. ‘“They couldw’t of been jammed into that 8 unless they've starved for a Field Artillery at Fort Hoyle. The 1st Ammunition Train, motorized, is also &t that post, month. Here, hold on, This one looks like he got it.” Chin Gim, packed on top of Chong on one of the cases. ‘' There was silence. | tong THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, FAILURE OF SMUGGLED CHINESE TO MAKE HOME IN U. §. IS TOLD Hardships of Journey Across, Reception Encountered and Subscquent De- re Detailed. Smupgling Chinese over the Mexican | border by an international ring it de- scribed {n-article No. 6 of a series on “erashing the back pate’ by 1 300,000 alien “undesirables now hiding ‘in this country, Fat, was dead. The other four were sent to prison for a year. The driver, was given three. About a year ago, at & cost of $89 aplece, the Government deported Chgx Fat and many others back to a: “If you would not be cheated ask the price at three shops,” Chong Fat told his oldest son when he reached Swatow. "I have lost the savings of a lifetime and my heaith, too. Oh, well, who cannot catch fish must catch shrimps.” But all contraband Chinese do not, like Chong Fat, walk into border patrol traps; do not, llke Chin Gim, get a border patrol bullet in the abdomen. There were, for instance, the 11 that were taken aboard the fisling boat at Ensenada. They were put in barrels which were headed up. ‘Off San Diego the barrels were wn _overboard. Seven of the Chinese reached shore and waiting friends. But something went wrong with four barreis. Fishermen gound them water-logged, the coffins of our. Real coffins were used to stuggle 15 Chinese into the United States aboard the Dollar liner President Lincoln. Im- migration officers were tlgpefl off that a Chinese member of the crew was to collect $1,100 & head for each alien landed safely in San Francisco. At Honolulu a searching party of six inspectors went through the vessel twice. Then one stumbled over a stack of coffins in the hold. He found & young Chinese in a coffin, food and belongings beside him. The inspector called back his mates. Cof- fin after coffin was opened and emptied of “bootleg” Chinese, The Chinese, a peculiar race, seem to have an enduring passion for get- ting into countries in which they are not wanted. The smuggling of Orient- als across United States borders has been a lucrative traffic for years. It has become more so since the 1924 quota law became effective. Airplanes now are used to carry Chinese from Mexico into the South- west. At least two hundred Chinese, it is estimated, have been brought in by air. On January 15 last Los An- geles immigration officlals, seeking & fleet of smugglers’ airplanes, seized two mch they sald had been used for purpose. Unlike the old days, when Chinese were landed from tramp steamers off the California coast for $300, today job- lot smugglers. are charging $1,000 to $1,500 a head. In airplane smuggling the Chinese are sometimes put aboard at Mexicali, Mexico, and carried to ranches near San Bernardino, Sacramento and San Francisco. The smugglers in one or- ganization used six planes and were negotiating for a tri-motored 20-pas- senger ship when the Federal men raided. Tongs Sometimes Pay. Yellow. men must pay more, because it’s harder.to get them across the bor- der. Their faces, you might say, are the smmlsrétmgortune. an?:fl tgyr bringing in ese are suppl members _sometimes. Usually the Chinese !l!:ys his own way. There is, -Government men insist. a $500,000 Chinese-American concern, with agents in many places, which has a far-flung organization for bringing in Chinese: . The smuggled one ually sells himself into serfdom, for he pays most of $1,000 or. even $3,000 on et she b g tip you give waiter in a chop suey nt.may e a tithe'to the smugglers’ trust,” for often the poor Chinese are blaci J‘?n and yélt:l after they have ir debt. blackmail is paid to buy sllerice and to avold being deported, Arnother jumping-off point for con- traband Chinese is Cuba. According to Sscretary of Labor Davis, there are 30,000 on the island, working in the sugar “cane plantations, wals thei chance to get into the United States. There ‘are 1,146 miles of Florida coast line, costly, difficult. miles to watch, with immigration patrols scarce. Some- times Chinese are thrown overboard when Coast Guard boats chase Florida smugglers. There is a traffic, t0o, in *‘chock-gees.” These “chock-gees” are the certifi of identity given Chinese officially mitted. Chinese are the only aliens so registered. ‘The San Francisco birth records were destroyed in the fire. Many a smuggled Chinese, when arrested, beats deporta- tion by claiming that his mother was & Chinese woman in San Francisco. 8o many use this dodge that immigration men have a proverb: “Chinese mothers have twins twice year.” Chinese Eager to Get to New York. Most of the aliens smuggled into the New York district are Chinese. All China, it is sald, is simply crazy to come to New York. The growth of the so-called Chinatowns in New York and Newark are made possible only be- cause many of the residents of these districts were smuggled in. Several years ago Federal authorities estimated that 800 Chinese had been smuggled into Hoboken and Brooklyn in a period of five months. When Emory Buckner was United States attorney he ralded New York chop suey joints and gathered in 600 Chinese. Two hundred were deported at a cost to the Government of $50,000. A New Yorker by now is pretty well f,’“é"fi"‘"{fii‘ about whisky ped 3 ut he still can get a Chinese servant “right off the lh’e The reason more smuggled Chinese in New York—and all over the country for that- matter—are not arrested is be- c:“;.x ttl.lm Oamrnm:,:c"hm't the ap- propriations eir trans back to China. i P The Chinese keep coming in. Nine of them slid down a rove from the stern of the Aslatic Petroleum Co.’s tanker Chiton at a Bayonne, N. J., dock. They struck out in the moonlight for the Staten Island shore. The ebb tide swallowed two, tugs picked up seven. Three Hip 8ing tongmen were arrested on charges of smuggling seven country- men into New York to carry on the war with the On Leong tong. Six Chinese, seized by the police, said they had spent 46 days in packing boxes on the trip from China. One died and the medical examiner said it was starvation. 2 Vermont and Maine sheriffs are kept busy apprehending Chinese being smug- gled over the Eastern border. Some- times a Vermont village jail will be filled with Chinese. At Detroit the usual price is $500 for bringing a Chinese in from Canada. 19,000 “Desert” Ships. Chinese reach American havens by shipping as seamen on vessels running between New York and China. year 19,000 seamen deserted their ships and vanished into the United States melting pot. Bootlegging Chinese, like bootlegging booze, has become such a profitable racket in the Southwest that hiack. ers are holding up smugglers and carry- ing off their contraband. One gar stopped a truck near Bakersfield, dragg 20 Chinese out of some piano cases, and drove off. Perhaps they collected ran- som from frightened cousins in San Francisco. Immigration Pltrol.l. striving to watch 6,600 miles of frontier, cannot stop the Chinese_slippin Ch';?' ’Efi has m':-{u in lace “He wi every pl finds every place delicious.” The story of aliens riding ivto the United States in taxicabs and the syndi- cates sm ing human contraband over the Ca: n border will be described on Monday in Article No. & i ‘| an old offender at Chink running D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 19290 nions who shared his da; ir | cOe. A ngers In one | pr FLOOR COMMITTEE - FOR CHARITY BALL One Hundred Military Officers | and Civilians Appointed to Handle Details. A floor committee of 100 military offi- cers and civilians, chosen from the| Government service, will handle the many details of the Inaugural Charity Ball at the Auditorium the evening of | March 4, Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, | neral chairman, announced today.| ists of candidates to serve on the floor committee are being prepared by de- | partment officials, and as soon as the names are received invitations to serve on the committee will be sent from ball headquarters. The duty of the committee members will be to keep the machinery of the ball woanJ smoothly. Frequent re- hearsals and many visits to the Audi- torfum are planned to acquaint floor committeemen with all parts of the bullding and to insure that no part will be left uncovered by the committee's key men and the squads under their command. Plans for decorating the hall and for construction of floor boxes went forward yesterday with a visit to the hall of Mrs. Dougherty, Capt. Wilson Brown, U. 8. N, chairman of the committee on decorations, and Col. Osmun Latrobe, chairman of the arrangements com- mittee. The visit was made after the poster committee had judged the more than 70 ters submitted to advertise the ball. four principal prizes were awarded to T. M. Hood, Love Bragaw, Harriette Byrd and Florence Leighty. Honorable mention was given the work of 8. B. Valentine, John D. Shuman, Ruth Stod- dard and Sarah Thomson. Al were students of the Felix Mahoney Art School. The work was judged by a commiiee consisting of Leila Mechiin, Mrs. Wil- llam Penn Crosson, Miss Ada Rainey, Clifford K. Berryman and Duncan Phillips. The poster committee, which announced the awards, consists of Eben F. Comins, C. Powell Minnigerode and John Deibert. Mrs. Dougherty re- ceived a request for five of the posters from Matthew Quay Glaser, president of the Hoover-Curtis Club of New York, for exhibitlon in that city. BIRDS ADD MENACE 10 WILKINS FLYERS Australian Explorer, Return- ing to New York, Tells of Feathered Danger. By the Associated Press. TALCAHUANO, Chile, February 16. —Sir Hubert Wilkins, who reached here yesterday on his return fro his Ant- arctic air exploration from a base at Deception Island, said that he had en- countered a wholly unexpected menace, aside from the anticipated cold and rough in the lower southern latitudes. “The plane on numerous occasions,” he said, “was hampered by immense blocks of birds which flew into the ?flh of ‘the machine in such numbers hat hundreds were killed by the pro- gonltler. Luckfl_.y. ‘however, the plane was damaged. The Australian éxplorer, who has added to the laurels of his northern flight from Alaska to bergen by mapping hitherto almost unknown islands in the Antarctic, said he was re- turning to New York to arrange . for another exploration trip with the same it just conoluded. Wilkins described the results of his flights over the frozen South, the first ever made in that section of the globe. “I succeeded in establishing the exist- ence of more than 1,000 miles of coast line in the region situated to the west of Weddel Sea,” he related. “I named it ‘Bowman Coast’ in honor of the dis- ed director of the American Geographic Soclety of New York (Isaiah Bowman). “Struggling agalnst a thousand nat- ural obstacles, I could hardly arrange with my companion a single place to land during one of the aerial trips of more than 3,000 miles, when I might have made interesting discoveries which would perhaps have an enormous influenceé in connection with the geog- raphy of these places. “For example, Graham Land, which figures on all maps as part of the Antarctic Continent, is onl; series of islands separated by canals and by 8 strait, which I named ‘Stefansson Strait’ in honor of Stefansson, one of the first explorers in enterprises of this character.” Sir. Hubert praised the work of his chief assistants, Lieut. Carl Ben KEiel- son and Joseph Crossan, pilots, and Orville Porter, mechanic. THREE FOUNDERS’ WEEK POSTER PRIZES GIVEN Dorothy G. Gatchell Wins $100, John Donn Allen, $50, and Dor- othy Yaeger, $25, in Contest.’ First prize in the Founders' week poster contest of W. B. Moses & Sons, Eleventh and F streets, a check for $100 was won by Dorothy G. Gatchell, Bix- teenth and R streets, it was announced today by the committee of judges com- posed of Clifford K. Berryman, cartoon- ist of The Star; Risley Hunt and John Poole. John Donn Allen, 1816 H street, ‘won the second prize of $50, and Doro- thy Yaeger, 3221 Garfleld street, third prize of $25. The prizes were being awarded this afternoon by Mr. Hunt. ‘The three prize-winning posters were chosen from a large number of paint- ings entered in the contest, and are on display now in the street windows of the store. The entire collection is be- ing shown in the store's home service department. In addition to the awards of prizes, the judges chose several of the entries for honorable mention, They are as fol- lows: posters by James Edson Corey, 3446 Connecticut avenue, and one poster each by Miss Constance Rob- inson, 3511 Woodley road; 8. Binford Valentine, 1634 Rhode Island avenue; Miss Blanche Jorgensen, 211 Delaware avenue; Clyde Heath, 1822 Ingleside terrace; Fred Geasland, 2034 F street; iss Betsy Garrett, 3420 Thirty-fifth street; Miss Hester Bruse, 1327 Six- teenth street, and Miss Mary W. Ball, 2009 Columbia road. THe entrants who received honorable mention also received prizes of $5 each. ‘The contest was open to all persons residing in the Capital or within a radius of 100 miles, excepting 'Lhm em- e ers’ week idea, but were without restric- tion as to color. Wife Sues John Irving, Jr. Absolute divorce is asked in a suit filed by Lucile V. Irving, 1425 Rhode e, inst John Irving, jr., tk uth: Island avenu 203 Thirteenth s southwest. were ma Rockville, January 28, 1927, and have no children. Misconduct 'A.t ';nel(ednl.u luw;epfndent nlm::. ey Hénry M. Fowler appears for the wife, - | northeast, 20-year-old bride of a few 2300 T0 ATTEND GOVERNORS' FETE Inaugural Receptien Event; Will Have Music by Marine Band. Plans for the inaugural reception to governors to be held at the New Willard Hotel the evening of March 3 as a paré f the greeting of the inaugural com- | mittee to the distinguished visitors to the city, went forward today with an- nouncement that the Marine Band will furnish music for the affair. Admission to the reception will be by invitation only, and will be limited to 2,500 persons. | The entertainment committee has | arranged to have the “Picturization of | Washington” concert at the Rialto| Theater on that evening headlined by Eleanor Painter, well known musical comedy star, and by Hazel Arth, winner of the Atwater Kent radio audition contest. Radio Set-up Complete. Arrangements have been completed for a complete radio broadcast set-up in connection with the actual induction of President-elect Hoover. Amplifiers will | be scattered generously through the stands at the Capitol, while a special wire has been arranged to broadcast to those seated in the stands in the court of honor the address of the new Presi- dent. The Senate, which has hereto- fore had an inflexible rule barring pho- tographers and broadcasters from its chambers, will permit a sound reproduc- tion of the exercises surrounding the induction of the Vice President. | large number of distinguished | ,ueu.s have received special invitations rom the inaugural committee to attend the celebration. They are mostly mem- bers of the Republican national com- mittee and State chairmen and vice chairmen. Partial List of Guests. A partial list follows: J. R. Nutt, Oliver D. Street, Wallace Townsend, Mrs. A. C. Remmel, Mrs. Clara C. Grace, Joseph W. Simpson, Miss Bina M. West, Mrs. Manley L. Fossen, Mrs. Grace Semple Burling- ham, Mrs. W. C. Reld, Charles A. Jonas, Mrs. W. E. Kennen, Fred J. Graham, W. W. Atterbury, J. Will Taylor, Wal- ter S. Hallanan, Mrs. Ellis A. Yost Mrs. Harry Thomas, Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Elza Rogers, Willis L. Stern, Mrs. Gordon L. Elliott, Daniel F. Field, Mrs. Calvin Gabriel, Amos L. Taylor, Mrs. Frank R. Batchelder, Mrs. Lillian B. Rodgers, Mrs, T. B. Fergu- son, Edward Martin, Eugene Nolte, Arthur Brisbane, Charles Barrett, Julius | Barnes, Matthew Brush, Harry H. Cul- ver, Walter 8. Dickey. Oscar Foellinger, Alan Fox, Nelson B. Gaskill, W. 8. Gif- ford, Herbert L. Gutterson, Gen. James G. Harbord, Will H. Hays, Christian A, Herter, William Hill, Dr. John Grier Hibben, Jeremiah Milbank, Julius Ro- senwald, Mark L. Requa, J. V. W. Reyn- ders, Lamont Rowlands, Alexander Smith, Gilerlst Stockton, Lewis L. Strauss, Wr. Ray Lyman Wilbur and Thomas W. Lamont. FUROPE IS SWEPT BY NEW BLIZZARD Shortage of Coal, Gas, Elec- tricity and Water Accom- panies Wave. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 16.—A -new bliz- zard bringing ice and snow was swoop- ing down upon Central Europe from Si- berian steppes and the East. Shortage of coal, gas, electricity and water developed as the intense cold from which the continent has suffered continued with little lessening. Hope arising from slight rises in temperatures in Germany was counteracted with fore- casts of the new cold weather. For England warmer weather was pre- dicted, but present conditions caused extreme discomfort and suffering. Freezing of water mains has made it necessary for thousands of Britons to obtain their drinking wcter from tem- porary standpipes in the streets. Berlin Gas Cut Off. Freezing of a gas main and the dan- er of artificlal thawing left downtown erlin without gas for fuel and lighting yesterday. Ice disabled the power sta- tion at Breslau, where it was 20 de- grees below zero, Fahrenheit, and that cltx was without electricity. 11 schools at Berlin have been closed and water and food shortages have de- veloped. These have given rise to con- siderable price-raising and speculation, which authorities are combating. Zagreb, Jugoslavia, -reported 30 vil- lages near there buried under an enor- mous snowfall. Transportation facilities were disrupted and authorities were unable to send food which was serious- 1y needed. At one village five Gypsies were found dead after they had, it was said, knocked in vain at peasants’ homes, asking for shelter. There was danger of Antwerp harbor being bottled up by the ice in Bel- glum; intense cold persisted in France, where there was considerable ice on the River Seine; while London reported cancellation of sailings of passenger boats from Grimsby to the continent because of ice hazards at ports of destination. London’s First Snow. London had its first snowfall last night. Several deaths were reported over England yesterday from the cold. Dispatches from Athens said the se- vere weather in Thrace and Macedonia had given place to torrents of rain. The Rivers Struma, Maritza and. Var- dar overflowed their banks and flooded the towns of Kavala and Seres and many villages. Rallroad services were in- terrupted and water was said to be rushing river-like along roads and streets in the flooded area. Damage was great. CONTINUANCE GRANTED IN CASE OF ULLRICH Judge McMahon Refuses Bail for Man, Accused by Mrs. Moubray, on Lunacy Record. Charged with attempted criminal as- sault, Paul Alexander Ullrich, 37 years old, of the 400 block of G street, was ranted a continuance of his case until warch 21 by Judge John P. McMahon ay. Calling at the home of Mrs. Norma Moubray, 1100 block of Owen place months, onThursday, Ullrich is alleged to have represented himself as a sales- man and gained admittance. It is then '-‘l‘l: attempt is alleged to have taken place. Informed that the man had been ad- udgod a lunatic by a jury in the Dis- ict Supreme Court seven months ago, Judge McMahon refused to allow bond to be posted for Ullrich's release. Allen- ists at the time he was declared insane decided that his tendencies were not The Ladles' Auxiliary of the United of the Spanish War placed wreaths, p Edna R. Summerfield. THO INMIGRATON NEASURES PASSED One Adopied by House Gov- erns Entry of Aliens Into U. S. to Work. By the Associated Press. Two immigration measures, one to make more stringent the regulations governing the admission of aliens to the United States to work, were passed yes- terday by the House and sent to the Senate. ‘Tke whole day was given over to the consideration of immigration legislation, and when the House adjourned it was deep in the consideration of a bill to provide for the deportation of undesir- able aliens, to which it aiready had attached an amendment directed at alien gunmen. The measure will be taken up again today. The second bill passed was one which would grant a preference within the States War Veterans and Lineal Society resented by President Coolldge, at the foot of the Maine Mast in Arlington Cemetery yesterday.. In photo, left to right: Katherine Teague, Tillle May Roth, Col. William L. Grayson, Carrie B. Nolan, Louise Moore and Katherine Baum. In the back with flags, Helen Kennicutt and —Star Staff Photo. NAVAL PARLEY 0.K. BY JAPAN IS SEEN |U. S. Also Expected to Give Approval to Early Limita- tion Conference. (Continued From First Page.) the United States looking to a parity 1n1 naval strength, Senator Swanson sald. “The ratio of 5 to 5 between Great Britain and the United States was con- sidered adequate for the protection alike | of the extended commerce and posses- sions of Great Britain and those of the United States, and I believe in carry- ing out in spirit and substance the agreement reached at the Washington conference and the implied understand- ings arising therefrom. I believe the best interests of the United States and Great Britain and the world will be achleved by substantial equality in the navies of Great Britain and the United States. When this is accomplished lons_e: each nation regar the and intentions of each to the other will disappear and the two nations, will become firm in friendship, and I belleve the peaceful relations #hich have so long existed between them will continue, and this will be most con- ducive to world peace.” PREPARATION IN BRITAIN. | Naval Questions Undergoing Thorough Examination Now. LONDON, February 16 (#).—The British foreign office today issued a statement indicating that at thor- oughness is being observed in g‘fifl"' tions which are being made for in's reopening of negotiations with the | United States on disarmament questions. | An official communique stated that a | careful examination of questions concerning Anglo-American naval mat- ters is being diligently prosecuted. Confirming previous don reports | carried by the Associated Press on Thursday, the forelgn office said that the dominions will be consulted and tirefr views on the whole question con- sidered before an official announcement is made. It is not likely therefore that the government will be in a position to make a further communication for some time. Meanwhile, it is understood, the out- | line of the British position given to the American_press yesterday by Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassador at Wash- ington, remains the correct one. glish papers carrled stories of Sir Esme Howard's intimation at Washing- ton vesterday of further British efforts at_disarmament under big headlines. The anti-government Dally News| points to the meeting of the preparatory | disarmament commission at Geneva | Aoril 15, and says if this meeting is | not to be a farce, new proposals must be submitted, and it would be natural if these came from Britain. The Chronicle’s diplomatic comment is that the Ambassador’s statement is apparently an attempt to take the mat- ter out of control of the naval experts, whose ascendancy led to the breakdown at Geneva. TOKIO WELCOMES PLAN. Diet Told Arms Reductfon Conference Before 1931 Is Desirable. ‘TOKIO, February 16 (#).—Intima- tion by Sir Esme Howard, British Am- bassador at Washington, that England may soon take the lead in further ef- ;oru toward disarmament is welcomed ere. Relterating a stand taken by the naval minister before the Diet Thurs- day a naval ministry spokesman today emphasized the desirability of calling an arms reduction conference before 1931. He stated Japan was willing to agree to further reductions in naval tonnage and guns; but recalled his; country’s desire to change the present ratio of 5-5-3 for capital ships to 10- 10-7 for all classes of fighting craft. A naval spokesman, stressing Japan's willingness to participate in any attempt to ensure peace through limitation, nev- ertheless foresaw culties in such questions as the desire of the United States for a definition of neutrals’ rights and the freedom of the seas and in the desire of Great Britain to reduce the limits of capital ships in tonnage and FRANCES WILLARD SERVIGES PLANNED Memorial Will Be Observed in Statuary Hall at Capitol Tomorrow. Memorial services for PFrances E. Willard, pioneer temperance worker, the only woman whose statue has been placed in Statuary Hall at the Capitol. will be held there tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, under auspices of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Un- lon of the Disfrict. Mrs. N. M. Pollock will preside. 'The program will be as follows: Invocation, by Rev. James Shera Montgomery. chaplain of the House of Representa- tives: singing of “America,” led by Mrs. M. C. MaeSpeiden; address by Sena- tor Robinson of Indiana; selections by the Drake Male Quartet of Calvary B:Ftut. Church; readings by Mts. F. C. Brinley; benediction. Flowers will be placed at the base of the statue. Mrs. 8. W. Morris, Mrs. Burt W. Andrews, Mrs. Ione Knowlton, Mrs. MacSpeiden, Mrs. W. H. Ramsey and Mrs. Clyde H. Filley compose the committee on arrangements for the service. The public is invited. HEALTH OFFICER OPPOSES COSMETOLOGY MEASURE Teturn of Bill to Regulate Beauty Parlors to District Commit- tee Is Urged. Health Officer Willlam C. Fowler to- day submitted an unfavorable report to the District Commissioners on the bill recently introduced in the House to regulate the practice of cosmetology, or beautifying the patrons of beauty and hairdressing _parlors. The bill, Dr. Fowler said, while reg- ulating the beauty work to be done in the parlors, would not have any con- trol over such as was done at home, and hence it would be discriminatory. Dr. Fowler further found that the power to fix license fees was left to the board of cosmetologists set \3 in the bill, with no provision for taking care of any surplus the board might have left over after meeting expenses. ‘This he described as “dangerous.” One section of the bill, giving the board power to prescribe sanitary rules to prevent the creating and spread of contagious diseases, would, he said, con- flict with the duties of the Health De- partment. “The biil,” the report concludes, “might be further criti~’=~4, but suffi- cient has been pein* 2 justily the return of the L.l to th: District committec, with the statement (.:at the legislation as propoged is vague and un- satisfactory.” ALIMONY 1S ORDERED. Knox Must Pay $500 a Month Pending Divorce Decision. Philander C. Knox has been ordered by Justice Bailey of the District Su- preme Court to pay alimony of $500 per month to his wife, Josephine P. Knox, pending determination by the court of the wife's petition for a limited divorce. Mrs. Knox, in her petition, sald the husband was allowing her that amount and the court ordered the con- tinuance of such payments. Mrs. Knox is represented by Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert and Rudolph H. Yeatman. CONFER ON MEDICAL BILL. Senate Representatives May Accept Langley Amendment. Conferees representing the Senate lndt:louu‘"lr:‘ in ses!:mnbmu afternoon on the medical practice to regulate, with examining ds, the varlous schools of the healing arts in the Na- tional Capital. Assurances were given today that the Langley amendment, Including praciice of naturopathy within the scope of the bill, will be accepted by the Senate conferees. The Senate con- ferees are Senators Capper, Kansas; Vandenberg, Michigan, and Copeland, New York. The House conferees are guns. Pointing out that Sir Esme indicated that the new proposals would assume the completion of America's 15-cruiser program, the spokesman expressed belief that undoubtedly Japan would complete her current iser program of the Nachi class, ‘With the problem of funds for the new programs after 1931 replacing Ja- pan’s present 10 capital ships, already debated in the Dfet, the Tokio govern- ment is sympathetic further all-round reduction. Quicksilver From Nevada. Great strides are made in the development and the e ent of cer- tain me: Nevada, and it is of a dangerous nature that would neces- uuu confinement in an institution, it who are in touch wi that State will soon e the leading producer of quicksilver the West, t | Finale, Zihlman, Maryland: Bowman, West Virginia, and Blanton, Texas. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers® Home Band Orchestra, in Stanley Hall, this evening, at 5:30 o'clock, John S. M. Zimmerman, bang ter; Anton Point- ner, assistant leader: March, “In_Commang ...Von Blon to proposals for 8 1. Bolero. 2: Sierra Morena. 3. Jota. 4. Sevillianos. 5. Marche des Torea- dors. N Excerpts from the musical comedy, “A Connecticut Yankee"..........Rogers Fox trot novelty, “Mississippi Mud,” Barris Waltz song, “Para dise” . .Zamoenik “Put on Your Old Grav Bos net” “The Star Wenrich quota to immigrants skilled in certain | arts, sciences and crafts to such a de- ! gree that persons, without employment, ‘could not be found in the United | States to fill their places. | The first measure, the box bill to | prohibit the admission vistiors cf | persons coming into the d States |to seek or to take jobs, is dasigned to jremedy a situation which grew cut of {a Circuit Court decision affecting the crossing of the Canadian border by |aliens who work in the United States. The measure would not affect in any | way the entry of aliens classified in the 1924 act as immigrants, nor would it ex- clude those coming temporarily into the country for business. Although the deportation measure, which still awaits final action, encoun- tered little opposition, there were many suggested changes. The resolution of Senator Nye, Re- publican, North Dakota, to postpone for one year the effective date of the na- tional origins clause of the immigration act, which was disapproved by tbe Senate immigration committee, was re- introduced today and read to the Senate. Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsyl- vania, attempted to send the resolution again to committee, but upon request of Senator Nye it was ordered to lie on the table. Under this procgdure it may be called up for discussion by its author whenever he can muster a majority vote of the Senate to do so. A Lt ROOT SALS TODAY 10 ATTEND PARLEY {Member of Committee to Consider Revision of World Court Statute. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 16.— Elihu Root left today for Geneva on the liner Augustus to attend a convention of international jurists to consider pos- sible revision of the statute creating the Permanent Court of International Justice. at the in- no , but T The committee is m¢ ;:untllgen of the Le‘uuu of €] TS are nmggt as the seven years’ history of the 8t com with a view to noting opportunity for improving its operation. Mr. Root, who took part in the drafting of the statute of 1920, said be- fore leaving that there was no sugges- tion of any fundamental changes in the statute or anything more than minor adjustments. He said there had been no sumflan of any desire that the committee shall deal with the subject of the relations of the United States to | the court. Recent conferences between Mr. Root, President Coolidge and members of the Senate foreign relations committee were regarded as foreshadowing possible fundamental revision of the statute, which would clear the way for the entry of the United States into the | court despite reservation 5. which the | Senate wrote into its ratification and | which has not been accepted by the other powers. After celebrating his 84th birthday yesterq at his home, Mr. Root board- ed the liner several hours before it was due to sail. He was accompanied by his nurse, Emily A. Stewart, and Phillip C. Jessup, assistant professor of inter- national law at Columbia Univarsity. DETROIT GUNMEN ARE IDENTIFIED AS MASSACRE SPIES (Continued From First Page.) assistant administrator of the prohibi- tion law in Chicago, that actual police- men took part in the erime, had not been dropped today, although police said their investigation tends mere and more to disprove it. Silloway made it clear that his theary was without substantiation, but that it was being investigated. It was based on the hypothesis that police officers con- spired with members of the Moran gang in hijacking enterprises and shot dowm the seven when in danger of exposure. Front Room Specified. ‘The identification of the purple gang- sters was made by Mrs. Michael who operates a room! across the street from the garage where the slayings took place; George Hard- way, one of her roomers, and Mrs. Mary Atkinson, proprietor of a rooming house a few doors north of Mrs. Doody's Mrs. Doody said the Keywells, whom she knew as “Mr. Morris and his cousin,” had taken a room @bout two months agd. They had specified & front room, overlooking the , and ex- plained they were taxicab drivers, work- ing at night. They kept irregular hours, she sald. They have not returned to the room since Thursday morning, & few hours before the murders. wl,nrdny substantiated her identifiea- n. Mrs. Atkinson told a similar story to that of Mrs. Doody and identified - tures of Fletcher and Phil Keywell. ;o- house the | lice believe Phil Keywell at various times during the perlod before the slayings o::;\lpled first one room and then the other. YOUR INCOME TAX. No. 13. Bonuses to employes may be deducted by employers from gross income when such payments are made in good faith as additional compensation for services actually rendered, provided that when. added to the stipulated salary the total does not exceed “a reason- able compensation for services rendered.” rwmr‘;gu amount % mhuh.rz of an officer or ye i for a limited um:a’m 'tfinpvuor