Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1929, Page 2

VG CENTER BL [THREE POLICEWEN X | o' = I ENACTMENT SEEN Quick Action Predicted as Smoot Urges Purchase of Four-Square Site. ‘The municipal center bill, which passed the House last Monday and now is on the Senate calendar, is practically | certain of being enacted beforé the close of the present short session. Senator Smoot, chairman of the Public Buildings Commission, is taking & strong personal interest in the legis- lation which is so important a part of the co-ordinated Capital development, and is determined that the amendment made in the House District committee, providing for acquisition of the four squares instead of two, is real economy and should be approved by the Senate as it was by the House. ‘The Budget Bureau approved the acquisition of the two northern squares between Third and’ Sixth streets, C street and Indiana and Louisiana ave- nues., The other two squares directly south to Pennsylvania avenue should be acquired, the House committee and Senator Smoot urge, because it would be short-sighted policy, especially in view of the taking of the south side of Penn- sylvania avenue by the Federal Govern- ment, not to acquire these other two squares at the same time. They will be needed for future ex- of the District municipal dquarters, and pending such de- velopment, the District will lease the properties with the buildings thereon, the returns being sufficient to pay ca g charges untfl the land is need- ed for District governmental purposes, they said. ! Group District Departments. The estimated cost for the two north- | ern squares: is $2,405,045 and for the two southern squares fronting Penn- sylvania avenue the estimated cost is $4,000,000. The proposed municipal center will m about a central grouping of prac- ly all important departments of the vernment of the District of Colum- . The Police Court, Supreme Court, Appeals Court and recorder of deeds are now located in the immediate vicin- ity of the development contemplated by the bill. Other departments of the local government are now largely housed in the so-called District Bullding at Fourteenth street and Pensylvania avenue. This, besides being inade- quate already from the standpoint of | :Flee available for the expanding ac- ivities of the District government, will be taken over within a few years for Federal use under the public buildings of development for the tri- angle area. It is necessary, therefore, to find a place to_which to transfer the. offices of the District government, and the zznpoud grouping in a municipal cen- will be very convenient and advan- tageous to the residents of the District. It will also promote efficiency and a m“mflmal;ndthe nmm of thei un; depa; ents now widely scattered. In considering the bill, the House and Benate committees had the benefit of the views of the chairman of the Public Buildings Commission, Senator Smoot. He strongly advocated immediate ac- aun'ement of the entire area, rather plecemeal acquirement over a mm of years. It is his opinion, as ft been that of others who have made g:lonll, on-the-ground investigation of X Ty DT URT 88 pul acquirement at this time of all land Ukely to be needed over an extended period of years for the housing of mu- nicipal activities, Citizens Support Legislation, ‘The Citizens’ Advisory Council in sup- porting this measure said; “There is an apparent need for the establishment of a municipal center. At t, local public offices are scattered and yon, and but few taxpayers know their zflufln An additional rea- erect more munic- elsew than in a civic v continue the disadvan- tages now suffered by the lack.of a fixed locality in which our lpcal govern- ment might be found. “H. R. 16274 provides for acquiring squares 480 and 533 bounded on the east by Third street, on the west by Sixth street, on the south by C street and on the north by Indiana and Louisiana avenues, It is estimated that these two uares can be secured for about $2,400,000. If this proposal is enacted into law the treasury of the District could still afford to provide sufficlent :mdl S for bulldings immediately TROTSKY’S HAVEN REMAINS MYSTERY ‘Whereabouts of Exiled Russian Continues to Puzzle Writers | [ CLEARED BY BOARD Force Used in Arrest of Jo-| seph Carpenter at His Home Held Justifiable. Dismissal by the Police Trial Board | yesterday of charges brought against, three policemen in conection with the | arrest February 2 of Joseph Carpenter, 491 H street southwest, blought to an end a two-day hearing at which more than a score of witnesses testified. The accused policemen, Ruppert Me- Neill and 8. F. Gravelly of the third precinct and M. P, Creel of the fourth precinct, were charged with having used violence on members of the family when effecting the arrest of the 21- year-old youth at his home, where they had sought him on a charge of petty larceny. The report of the board, made pub- lic' by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, super- intendent of police, late yesterday aft- ernoon, stated that the accused police- men had been found to have had suf- ficient justification for seeking the boy, had entered the Carpenter home justi~ fiably after having been refused ad- mittance upon exhibiting a warrant and had met force with force, and used only such methods as were necessary to make the arrest. Refuses to Testify. Harold F. Hawkins, attorney for the Carpenter boy, brought the trial to au abrupt conclusion yesterday when he refused to testify after having been called as a witness for the prosecution. The lawyer was emphatic in his re- fusal to talk and informed members of the trial board that he would do so only under pressure, More than half a dozen witnesses for the complainants, some of them neigh- bors, testified to the commotion and screaming by women that took place in the Carpenter home the night of Jo- seph’s arrest, and said they witnessed from their bedroom windows officers beating Joseph, his father, William F. Carpenter, and 25-year-old brother Elmer, when placing them under ar- rest. The policemen, the witnesses tes~ tified, also marched the elder Carpenter through the streets more than two blocks to a police box. clad only in 2 nightshirt and his trousers. Barbara, 18-year-old sister of Joseph, testified that the three .officers and other members of their party, after breaking down the front door of their home, rushed into the house and, aft- er her father refused to deliver Joseph to them, proceeded to wield blackjacks and nightsticks and beat the resisting parents into submission. Mrs. Carpen- ter, the mother, sald Gravelly hit her, and the father also had previously told the trial board members that the officers had failed to exhibit a warrant for his son's arrest and when he informea them he had been instructed by his n'.t.omz{1 to admit no one, they broke down the door and took possession or the house. Police Record Disclosed. Headquarters detectives preceded the three defendants to the stand at yes- terday's hearing and testified to Joseph's police record, which, they say, includes arrest on 16 occaslons for the theft of pocketbooks and his conviction six times on the same charges. exception of Creel, sald they one struck at any time on the night of 'r,h.;mn:re‘:‘: and denledh c:tmflnuomly ‘!nn- an; cs or using violence in ultnc t{me boy into custody. They said that when the boy's brother, Elmer, and his father attempted to frus- trate their efforts to take Joseph, they laced them under arrest for Interfer- gx with an arresting officer. &-ul made the only admission of striking any one during the trial, when he admitted hitti Joseph over the head with his night stick when he entered the house and saw Gravelly get- ting the worst of a struggle with one of the Carpenters. Attorneys E. Russell Kelly and James A. O'Shea appeared for the policemen. MOVIE TO éE LEASED. Little Theater Will Be Operated by Movg:grnph‘ Ine. The ' Little Theater, Ninth and F streets, at present under operation of the Motion Picture Guild of America, will be leased by the Moviegraph, Inc., following the last performance today. The new company, under the direc- tion of George L. M. La Blanche, mem- ber of the New York Stock Exchange and president of the company, will close the gouu for a week while alterations and improvements are made. Reopen- ing will be inaugurated with an “invi- tation night.” Next Friday and Satur- day afternoon the theater will open to the public. MOORE NOT TO SEEK POST AS GOVERNOR Virginian Makes Public Statement to Remove “Any Doubt” of His { in Constantinople. By the Associated Press, LONDON, February 16—“Has any- body here seen Trotsky?" is the refrain that correspondents at Constantinople have been repeating for the past four days in their dispatches, and all of them state frankly that the answer is “No.” While Soviet officia’: in Constanti- nople have thus far d-clined to discuss | g:vhky's whereabou's, an Exchange legraph dispatch from that city today guoted the Soviet's representative there #s emphatically denying that the for- nér chief of the red army was in Con- stantinople, and as declaring that he had not left Russia, Other dispatches from the Turkish wseaport state that Turkish officials ad- gnit his arrival there, but will go no Zfurther than to sa “He is merely a ivate traveler whose passport we have lound O. K. We have no further in- terest with him.” A dispatch to the Associated Press said it was believed in Constantinople that Trotsky was still at the Soviet con- sulate there, Several days ago the Communist newspaper Volkswille in Berlin received a telegram from Con- stantinople which was signed by Trotsky reporting his safe arrival in Stamboul, “WHITE” RUSSIANS WATCHED, Rumors of Plotting Are Preval CONSTANTINOPLE, February 16 (#), —Leon Trotsky, elusive exile from Soviet Russia, was belleved today to be still in the Boviet consulate here. A report that he been transferred to Broussa was prevalent but could not be confirmed. ‘The suspicion with which the Turkish secret service has been watching “white” Russians since the arrival of Trotsky led today to the arrest of Sedat Bey. His wife is a Russian refugee and he is the proprietor of a cafe, a famous ren- dezvous for white Russians. Ever since ¢ became known that Trotsky might be brought to Constantinople, there have been rumors of plotting against him by “Russians opposed to the Soviet regime. Against Trotsky lent. i | Stand Toward Race. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., February 16.—Rep- resentative R. Walton Moore of the eighth Virginia congressional district, announced in a statement today that he was not a candidate for the Demo- cratic gubernatorial nomination in the Old Dominion and would not be a can- didate. He said his name frequently had been mentioned in connection with pros- pective gubernational candidates In the forthcoming primary and that he “is not seeking the office and will not be a candidate.” Mr. Moore's announcement is known 0 be in line with views he has ex- pressed to those who have inquired ss to his position ani he said he was making a public statement to remove “any doubt or question” as to his at- titude. Mr. Moore, whose home is in Fairfax, Va., now is in his tenth year of service as a member of the House of Repre- sentatives. The Private Life of the Prince of Wales This intimate biography of Great Britain's future ruler will be published in 15 chapters, beginning in The Bunday Htar of Fcbruary 24 And, got today, as previ&y announced. adopted, eight hose wagons, eight pumpers, three spection of apartment houses s Vi THE SUNDAY STAR, WWASHINGTON, D. €, FEBRUARY 17, 1920—PART T BLEAK SPOT WHERE LINDBERGH WAS FORCED DOWN HOOVER FINISHES FLOOD AREA TOUR | Attends Palm Beach Lunch- con—Due Back at Capital Tuesday Afternoon. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staft Correspondent of The Star. BELLE ISLE, MIAMI BEACH, Fla.' 16.—When President-elec: Hoover this afternoon completed his in n%ectlon trip through the Lake Okee- chobee flood area he virtually completed | his activities in Southern Florida, where Hughes Radios High Aims in Interest of sands of miles to the icy Antartic, the voice- of Charles E. Hughes extended over the radio tonight the greetings of ICE BARRIERS HALT BYRD EXPLORATION Back From Attempt to Reach King Edward Land in the New York. Greeting to Byrd In Antarctics Humanity and Knowl- edge are Praised. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 16.—Thou- BY RUSSELL OWEN. Wireless to The Star and New York Times. BAY OF WHALES, Antarctica, February 15—Comdr. Byrd returned last night from an attempt io. reach King Edward VII Land in the bark Clty of New York and the ship is ance his fellow citizens to Comdr. Richard E. Byrd and members of his expedition. Speaking from the NBC studio in New York through stations WBZ, he has spent four weeks, With the exception of attending re- liglous services here tomorrow morning. Hatteras Inlet Coast Guard Station off Cape Hatteras where Col Charles A. Lindbergh spent last nlfm after having been forced down while flying to Washington from Charleston, S. C. and Col. Lindbergh expects to resume the trip today. CITIZENS CONDEMN FIRE DEPARTMIENT Handling of Dulin & Martin Blaze Is Particularly Attacked. The District Fire Department came in for an evening of attack from the Federation of Citizens' Assocaitions at that body's meeting in the District Building last night. In particular the handling of the recent Dulin & Martin | Building fire came in for criticism, the complaint being made that the alarms after the fourth were unnecessary, and that the concentration of fire appara- tus downtown left the outlying sections inadequately protected against possible outbreaks. The federation’s action came as a surprise, as only at the last meet- ing, February 2, it had adopted a reso- lution commending the department fm'Y its good work at the fire. The attack centered around a demand by the Congress Heights Citizens' Association for an investigation of the handling of the: fire, particularly with reference to the need for sending out the sixth, or general alarm and asking for help from fire departments in sur- rounding communities. The federation’s committee on police and fire protection reported that by the time the engines from Baltimore arrived, Washington companies ‘had already returned to uarters, and made six recommendations or change in procedure in the future. The one on which most of the debate turned would compél the chief engineer of the department to consult with a deputy chief before sending out any alarms after the fourth. 1s Stricken Out. On motion of Harry N. Stull, Stanton Park, this was finally stricken out, the | vote in favor of the motion to strike being 27 to 15. During the debate, N. P. Janney, who reported as chairman of the committee, sald that it was a “well known fact” that George 8. Wat- son, chief engineer of the department, had written his resignation out several months ago and submitted it to the Commissioners, and that they were only walting for the bill- to increase the salaries of firemen to become a law to “take it out of its pigeonhole and act on it.” When this statement was later brought to- Commissioner Dougherty's attention, it. was flately denied. Not* only did the department: Aitself come in for criticism, but the Com- missioners were said to have arranged 5] ations - for fire apparatus so that certain concerns were prevented from bidding on them, and thus the quality of apparatus in service was below what it should be. This was denied by J. Louis Gelbman, Congress Heights, but A. H. Gregory, Stanton Pll;k, insisted that he knew this was s fact. Purchases Recommended. The report of the committee, as finally recommended purchass of aerial trucks with 85-foot extensions for use as reserve; more frequent ‘I:& other large buildings; change in the building regulations to compel dumb- waiter and elevator shafts in buildings extending to the roof to be carried through the roof and covered with glass; equipment of each company with gas masks; and filling the complements o f each truck companies Nos. 8 and 12, by assigning to them captains now as- signed to headquarters The federation overwhelmingly voted ugmn to Willlam McK. Clayton, the eteran chairman of its public utilities committee, in seven amendments he sought to have indorsed for addition to the bill to merge the street rallway com- panies now before Congress. ton brought in a report adopted by the committee urging amendments to the bill, and when James G. Yaden of Pet- Mr. Clay- worth tried to add a rider to the reso- lution approving the merger bill even if Congress decides to refuse the amend- ments asked, Clayton offered to resign as chalrman rather than change a syllable of his report. Amendments Provided. ‘The amendments suggested called for universal free transfers, inclusion of the ‘Washington Rapid Transit Co. in the new Capital Transit Co., half fares for school children on their way to and from public schools, incorporation of the merged company under a Federal charter rather than under the District code, and certain changes in the financ- ing of the new company. Charles I. Stengle, Petworth, asked Mr, Clayton if Congress were unwilling to -ccelpt any of the amendments to the bill whether he would be for or against the merger. Mr. Clayton re- fused to answer. H. W. Lynn then moved to lay the committee report on the table. This was beaten and the report was adopted by acclaim. The federation voted $10 for the eg penses of the civic celebration of George Washington's birthday, approved the Simmons bill to authorize expendi- ture of $10,000,000 for school sites and bulldings in. preference to the five- year building program bill and the prop- osition to zone a 100-foot strip each side of Massachusetts avenue from Nebraska to Western avenues resi- dential A. restricted, and disapproved & clause in the appropriation bill limiting the eligible list for teaching positions to the top 25 per cent of the graduates of local normal schools. B. A. Bowles, vice president, presided in the absence of Dr. George C. Ha- venner. The following members of the federation's new executive committee were declared elected: Thomas E. Lodge, Willlam McK. Clayton, Allan Davis, Thomas J. Llewellyn, Capt. G. L. Shorey, Mrs, May D. Lightfoot, N. F. Jenney, J. Louis Gelbman, Clayton Emig and Hugh M. Prampton. . Freezing Beer Explodes. BERKA, Thuringia, February 16 (#). —The course of & motor truck carrying 5,000 bottles of beer was rupted today when the 1 the bitterly cold weather, lod bottles like lunde:renldu everal per- sons were injured by flying splinters of il Bad weather caused the interrupt ion of the flight | | | | ! | | MISS- MARY FECHET, Daughter of Gen. Fechet, chief of the Army Air Corps, waited yesterday with many others for the arrival of Col. Lindbergh at Bolling Field, —Star Staff Photo. PERSONNEL BOARD MAKES PART REPORT ON U. S. PAY SURVEY (Continued From First_ ) comparison is that while the Govern- ment rates for positions in the clerical, administrative and fiscal service are comparatively liberal in the lower grades, the difference is less in each successive grade and it entirely disap- pears in grade 4. From that point on the non-government rates are increas- ingly liberal.” The first conclusion presented in the board’s partial report is that there is need for a classification system and co- ordinated control in the field services. Although in most cases the various de- partments have endeavored to adjust pay rates in the fleld to conform as| nearly as practicable to the rates for similar srevices under the classification act in the District, the board states in its report that “it is apparent that this authority has not resulted in con- sistent and equitable system of alloca- tions, either within the organizational lines in each deflrtment. comparing one fleld station with another, or across the organizational lines of fleld services.” Inadequacy of Titles. There are other recommendations to | the effect that the titles of fleld posi- tions are not adequate for personnel record pus , and that the prompt and scientific recruiting of fleld em- ployes is difficult under existing con- ditions. Al!.hnugn this is but a partial and incomplete report of the survey the data transmitted yesterday made up four books containing hundreds of typewrit- ten pages. It was referred. to the Sen- ate civil service committee for study, together with the letter of transmittal by C. C. Van Leer, chairman of the Personnel Board, in which he asked that the board be allowed until the next regular session convenes to make its final report. W| H. McReynolds also has taken an active part in the survey. ‘The letter of transmittal, which outlined the magnitude of the task con- fronting the board in gathering the necessary information for a classifica- tion of the fleld service, follows: “The Personnel Classification Board was directed by section 2 of the act approved May 28 1028, commonly referred to as the Welch act, to make a survey of positions in the several field services of the Federal Govern- ment ‘exclusive of the postal service, forelgn service and employes in the mechanical and drafting groups, whose wages are now or have heretofore been fixed by wage boards or similar au- thority,” and to submit & report to Con- gress at the current session, including a classification plan and compensation schedules, and recommending a method of administration. “The positions involved in this survey, numbering approximately 105,000, are distributed over the 48 States, insular possessions and foreign countries. The activities covered are diversified and comprise practically every form of human endeavor. The economic prob- lem to be dealt with in determining a satisfactory basis for & plan of com- pensation and wage S are very complex. Report Only Preliminary. “On account of the scope of the problem, the wide geographical distribu- tion of the positions, the diversity of occupations, and the range of economic factors to be studied, it has not been possible, notwithstanding that every effort has been put forth, for the board to complete its survey, make a thorough anal; of the facts collected, and de- velop classification, compensation and administrative plans, and submit a final report to Congress during this session. “The board, therefore, must limit its submission to Congress at this time to a prelf report, which is trans- mitted herewith, setting out in some detail the scope of the problem, the principles and procedure it has followed in prosecuting the survey, and includ- ing such fact material as is now in pre- sentable form and can be made avail- able for examiination and study. “it is apparent that in the present | gangsters, DEPORTATION BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Senate Measure Provides for Ouster From U. S. of Alien Criminals. By the Associated Press. Laden with provisions for the depor- tation of alien gunmen and liquor-law violators, the Senate deportation bill was passed by the House yesterday and returned to the Senate for agreement to amendments. The measure as passed by the House was changed materially from the form in which it came from the Senate. It carried provisions for the deportation of persons found upon investigation to be undesirable aliens and put in this class violators of the white slave, nar- cotie, prohibition and immigration laws and those who are habitual criminals. The bill was passed after a motion to return it to committee for the purpose of chrl!{yma one of its provisions had been defeated. The motion was made by Representative La Guardia, Republi- can, 0* New York, who contended that under one section of the measure per- sons who might be sentenced for a year's imprisonment for minor infrac- tions of the law could be deported. He argued that it should be changed to cover offenses involving moral turpitude. The two principal changes made in the House would provide for the depor- tation of allens convicted of carrying weapons or explosive bombs and of those sentenced to a year or more for transporting, selling or manufacturing liquor, The first proposal was written into the measure Friday and the other pro- osal, offered by Representative Tarver, Y)emoctnt, ofGeorgla was accepted yes- terday. PRISON ULTIMATUM HURLED AT POLICE IN CHICAGO PURGING __ (Contihued From Pirst Page) Criminal Courts Building and later to Federal prohibition headquarters for ex- amination. One of them said he was Wwililam J. Kelley, a merchant of Lake Geneva, Wis, ‘The Daily News today printed what it terms the “inside story" of the gang killings unearthed after an investiga- tion by the newspaper here and In Detroit. Moran's followers, the newspaper saild, were killed as the result of a war between Canadian distillers, the execution squad being made up of mem- bers of the “Purple gang” of Detroit. ‘The prize at stake, the newspaper said, is the Chicago liquor market, gate- way to the entire territory from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Coast. The_ real brains behind the syndicate in Chicago, the newspaper said, was a man designated as “Mr. X,” who fled to Canada when he was threatened with exposure here and opened a distillery in that country. “Mr. X,” sald the newspaper, formed an alllance with the Moran gang by which this gang through a spy system was tipped off on Chicago shipments made by rival Canadian distillers and hi-jacked them on arrival here. As a result, the rival distilleries sent gangsters here to rid themselves of Moran's gang. ALLEGED GANGSTERS FACE TRIAL. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, February 16 (#)—Five men, alleged to be Chicago were held under bonds of $50,000 each today when they were bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing in Municipal Court. Police have been inves! ta determine if the men werauw cated in the slaying of seven gangsiins in_Chicago last Thursday. Inquiry has developi that one of the men is wanted in Jfaicago for par- ticipation in the ho”/-up ¢’ a hotel there in January. This man has been identified as Arnold Greenb' sh. Earlier in the day another of the quintet was identifled by photographs sent from Chicago as Frank Meyles, who is al- leged to have violated his parole from the Joliet, IIl, State Prison. ‘The men were arrested here by of- ficers, who were informed that they had taken part in a recent hold-up of an automobile salesroom. All of the men were carrying weapons, officers said, and an automobile in which three of them attempted to escape was filled with ammunition and weapons. Although they were searched before being photographed, officers revealed today that while they were in the Ber- tillon room at police headquarters & re- volver was found cleverly concealed be- neath the clothing of one of the men. Police expressed the opinion that the Erlsmerl hoped to escape, and that the idden weapon was to be used to cover their getaway. L0 S AL Cruiser Raleigh in Italy. LEGHORN, Italy, February 16 (#).— The American cruiser Raleigh arrived here today from Marseilles. Vice Ad- miral John H. Dayton, commanding the United States naval forces in European waters, was in command. incomplete state of the work it has not been practicable to arrive at any final conclusions or recommendations. Cer- tain parts of the work have reached such & si- ve as to disclose quite defi- nite trenc- and the board has under- taken to present the more important of these in the form of tentative con- clusions. “It is desired to emphasize, however, that these tentative conclusions are of the nature of current observations at a particular stage of the progress and are not to be considered as final or conclusive. “The board belleves that the com- pletion of the survey is of first im- portance. The urges, therefore, that it be aul prosecuting submitting a report at the next regular session of Congress,” A e o 3 Mr. Hoover is not expected to make any | further public appearances before Mon- | day, when he motors to Miarai to board | the special train to carry him and the | members of his vacation party back to | Washington. His train is scheduled to |leave at 10:30 o'clock, arriving at the Capital City about 2:30 Tuesday after- noon. Present plans call for Mr. and Mrs. | Hoover to motor directly from the | Union Station to their home at 2300 8 street, where they will remain until they take up their residence at the | ‘White House on the afternoon of March |4, According to advance information received here, there will be a great number of friends on hand at the sta- tion to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Hoover | back, but Mr. Hoover was represented today as hoping that there would be nothing in the form of a demonstration. Cover Nearly 400 Miles. Although Mr. Hoover's long motor ride through the Okeechobee flood area yesterday and today, most of which was through the Everlgades, was highly in- teresting and informative, he must have been glad when it was over. From the time he left Belle Isle at 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning until his return at 5:30 this afternoon he and those who accompanied him covered nearly 400 miles. At least half of the journey was made through a desolate country that greumed a rather monotonous picture, ut the other half. was mostly through a section where men and women of courage and great faith have succeeded in making the rich muck soil of the Everglades produce some of the untold wealth that muck soil is said to con- tain if properly drained. His tour carried him through a sec- tion where nearly 3,000 are known to have perished as a result of the hur- ricane and flood and where there was a tremendous property loss. His ride this morning took him to that section skiriting Lake Okeechobee to the south- east, where the devastation was heaviest. Although the citizens have rebullt vil- lages and homes and replanted crops, it was possible for Mr. Hoover today to view some of the ruinous work of that flood. His caravan started from Clewis- ton, where the President-elect and his party spent last night, at 8:30 o'clock this morning, reaching the Bath and Tennis Club at Palm Beach, where he and Mrs. Hoover, who motored there from Belle Isle, were the guests of hon- i Honored at Luncheon. The luncheon in his honor was the real social triumph of Palm Beach season. The list of those invited to at- tend the luncheon by Mr. and Mrs. James Francis Burke of Pittsburgh reads very much like the social register. The list follows: Mr. and Mrs. Maitland Alexander, Mme. Frances Alda, Princes Aspahsia of Greece, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brokaw, Col. James A. Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Bolton, Willlam J. Baxter, Mrs. Frederick C. Blackburn, John Crom- well Bell, Jules Bach, Geuillio de Blass, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Chad- bourne, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Earl P. Carlton, Frank L. Crocker, Mr. and P. Dahl, Mr. and Mrs. H Mr. and Mrs. Finley Peter Dunne, Findlay Duglass, Mr. and Mrs. James T. Donshue, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ers- kine, Mr. and Mrs, Prederick Fish, Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Mr. and Mrs. Edward JHutton, Mr. and Mrs. John Francis Harris, John Hays Hammond, Mrs. James C. Harahan, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn Hutton, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hyde, Mr. and Mrs. Nils Johanson, John W. Klephart, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Keleher, Mr. and Mrs. Willey Lyons Kingsley, Col. and Mrs. Middleton Keys, Mrs. Alexander Laughlin, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Louis K. Liggett, Mrs. Wilma Sinclair Levan, Mr. and Mrs. Edward 8. Moore, Mr, and Mrs. Sumpter Marston, Col. and Mrs. Thomas E. Murphy, Capt. and Mrs. Cyrus Miller, Mr. and Mrs. George A. McKinlock, Mr. and Yarnall, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Moore, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. George McMurtree, Jeremiah Milbank, Lady Montague, Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Mr, and Mrs. Frenchard Newbold, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Nutt, Morgan J. O'Brien, Miss Beatrice Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. John 8. Pillsbury, James J. Phelan, 1ouls Page, Mrs. Henry Rea, Mrs. Henry ©O. Rea, Joseph Ryerson, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richey, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Replogle, Mrs, Donald S. Rogers, Mr., and Mrs. Edgar Ricard, Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, Edward T. Stotesbury, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shearson, Mr. and | Mrs. John Bhgflrd. jr.; Louis Straus, Mr, and Mrs. Frank Skiff, Lady Nore- wood Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer L. Schiff, Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Speidel, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sleigman, Herbert B. Swope, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B, Stras- burger, Mr, and Mrs. Christopher D. Smither, Mr. and Mrs. Alex W. Thayer, in R. B. Townsend, Bis] Nathaniel Thomas, Mrs, Graham Fair Vanderbilt, Mrs. William G. Warden, Mrs. Howard F. Whitney, Lady Wavertree, Capt. and Mrs. R. A. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Barclay H. War- burton, Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Winchell, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Wheeler and Mr. and Mrs. H. Wetherall. While Mr. Hoover was ha this touch of Palm Beach soclety, Gov. Carlton of Florida, who had been his companion on the Okeechobee tour, was entertaining the newspaper correspond- ents and others who made the trip at a hotel in West Palm Beach. Gov, Carlton, a Democrat, made a brief speech, in which he told how Flor- ida appreciated,Mr. Hoover's coming to the State, “I look upon Mr. Hoover as the best qualified man ever elected President,” he sald. “He is a great engineer, a humanitarian and an administrator. We did not take him on this inspec- tion tour to work any high-pressure salesmanship on him In the hope of gaining his help to secure Federal ald in meeting the flood problem, but to bring a great man face to face with a great problem.” | YOUR INCOME TAX. No. 14. In making out their income tax returns for the year 1928 taxpayers are advised by the Bu- reau of Internal Revenue care- fully to present their claims with regard to deductions for losses. To be allowed, such claims must conform closely to the mdlna of the statute. Losses are deductible if incurred in a taxpayer’s trade or business, and any transaction entered into for profit, though not connected with the taxpayer's trade or business, or if arising from fires, storms, shipwreck or other casualty, or by theft and if ot compensated for by insurance or_otherwise. 2 Business losses result usually from the purchase and sale of merchandise. Such losses are ascertained by means of inven- tories, which are required whe ever, in the opinion of. the com- or at an elaborate luncheon at 1 o'clock. | WBZA and KDKA, Mr. Hughes char- acterized the spirit and motives im- pelling the South Polar exploration ex- pedition as an inspiration to American youth. High Aims Extolled. “Your careful preparations, your squipment, the tested qualifications of your associates, every detail of your plans.” he said, “reflect the highest possible aims in the advancement of knowledge. The path of your leader- ship discloses no sordid trall of com- mercialism. The gains you will make possible will belong to all, increasing humanity’s rich inheritance. “Is it any wonder that we love you and desire to cheer vou? In our com- fortable homes, we think of you as our representative, carrying our flag, realiz- ing our hopes, justifying our faith. “We think of you as the inspirer of American youth, which needs to catch the enthusiasm of your daring, and by the aid of your example to the vision of a world of heroism and sacri- fice, of courage and inflexible resolve, without which youth itself would be but a mockery. Vision of Character. “The vision you give is not simply of the little ship in the Antarctic, of the small company of explorers, of aerial flights and observations, but it is a vision of character, of sound plans well executed amid great “peru through strength of mind and will; and the rec- ord of your adventure, important as we hope it will be from a scientific stand- point,. will, apart from that, take its place in the imperishable history of great deeds which give luster to the American name.” . SNOW BLOCKS FO0D 10 RELIEVE FAMINE Soup Kitchens Are Opened in Vienna—Bessarabians Starving. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, February 16.—The politi- cal differences of Europe have been forgotten in making common cause | against distress consequent on the most | severe Winter in many years. All over | the Continent governments are lend- ing aid to clear the snow-buried tracks of international railway lines and some are giving right of way to precious fuel shipments for suffering neighbors. In Czechoslovakia formal war has been declared on King Winter. Premier Frantisek Udrzal today ordered half of the standing army of 500,000 men to open an offensive on the huge accu- mulations of ice and snow which for a fortnight- have paralyzed communi- cations. It was estimated that the task will take four weeks unless the men are reinforced by a warm sun. Famine is abroad in the Rumanian province of Bessarabia, from which the snows block the generous ald offered by the government and fo: - c¥u4 s‘r:mum is b‘e’ugnu’g‘vea“:fl in Vienna by public soup kitchens while Germany is rushing by rail. Ten Trains Missing. h"‘ren b:entl.rre tmx 1‘,.";“)‘.“" and e n for h ugoslavia, al- though in Serbian Macedonla Spring has launched a counter-offensive. Ice breakers took up the fight to free vessels from the ice of the Baltic Sea. An airplane braved a raging blizzard today to bring from the Island of Pell- worm, off the Schleswig coast, a sick ‘woman for an operation. Germany has also seriously felt the cold. Cemetery authorities in Stuttgart ;nd;! urged the public to cremate its lead. 50 DIE IN FIVE DAYS. BRUSSELS, Belgium, February 16 (). —Fifty persons have died during the last five days as a result of the ab- normal weather conditions throughout Belgium. At Charlerol a baby was frozen to death while being carried by its mother. The Red Star liner Pennland and the Canadian Pacific steamer Beaver- ford are icebound at Antwerp. TRAINS MISSING 10 DAYS. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, February 16 ().—Despite the frantic efforts of the government to locate them by tele- phone, telegraph, wireless and even couriers, 10 entire trains are missing in huge snowbanks in Bosnia. Hundreds of villages have have been entombed in ice and snow. For 10 days mo word has been re- ceived from the missing trains. BESSARABIANS STARVING. BUCHAREST, Rumania, February 16 (). —Parliament today approved the immediate dispatch to Kishinev of 5. 000 freight cars loaded with foodstuffs for the Bessarablans. It also appropriated an additional 25,000,000 lel (about $1,500,000) for further relief. Late reports from Kishinev describe the plight of inhabitants of the snow- entombed villagers as pitiable. Some of them have had no food for a fortnight. | MANY VESSELS IMPERILED. | COPENHAGEN, Denmark, February 16 (#).—Ice pressure from the Baltic started against the Danish islands’off Jutland today, creating great anxiety along the coast and imperilling numer- ous vessels that have been held in the frozen waters by the current cold wave, Between the Skaw and Frederikshavn 20 steamers were in highy dangerous positions. Most of the Danish rallroads have suspended regular service. GERMANY AIDS AUSTRIA. VIENNA, February 16 (#).—Germany came to the rescue of her sister re- public of Austria today, averting a cer- more alongside the ice in the bay. He had hoped that the sea to the northeast would be open as a resuls of the recent storm so that he might penetrate some distance toward the point where he believes undiscovered land may exist. But the pack ice was so thick that he was forced to turn back. - It seems always to have been diffi- cult to reach King Edward VII Land. Capt. Robert Scott was nearly cut off when he first saw and named the Alexandra range of mountains, and Sir Ernest Shackleton also found that it was almost impossible to penetrate the pack ie in that direction. When Comdr. Byrd flew over King Edward VII Land, however, he found that the sea was open as far as he could see and he had hoped that the recent storm, while it might force broken pack ice down from the un- known region in the northeast, would at the same time leave it open suffie ciently for navigation. Meet Curiously Formed Bergs. We left here after the storm had broken and the bay was so choked with ice that the ship could not enter. It seemed & propitious moment for head- ing northeast so that these precious last days of Summer might be utilized. As far as we could see was ice, broken into huge, thick cakes and studded with bergs of all sizes and , some of them of a curious formation, which had come from the direction in which we were headed. But the ship could move at four or five knots without difficuity. ‘We have seen more bergs in the past few days than in any period since we came down here, although only a few of them have been as large as the big ones we saw north of the pack ice in the Ross Sea. Many of them were of curious shape. ol T et v s i - its as if it been struck by a giant hand. From its low wall, nearest to us, the top sloped down and then went steeply up to a height three times that of its lower side, and this upper slope was covered with big fragments of ice as if an explosion had torn it loose and sent it out to sea. Under the lowest part of the depres- sion, when we had moved far ahead so that we could see the end of the berg, ‘was a long blue cavern. Barrier’s Face Worn Away. No one has been able to give an ade- quate explanation of what might have caused such an unusual {orm:twn.. ‘This berg passed us as we went oul and, whre‘n we retprned late the next day, it was in the Bay of ‘Wales and slowly moving outward to the north- ward. £ The face of the barrier changed also as we went North. It was cut away more, so that the overhang was at & sharp line and there were innumerable wedge-shaped breaks in it hnlfil m&o; or_more dsep where bergs were forms It seemed evident that these breaks {'might be the cause of some of those deep booming sounds which we had heard during the ol of the storm. There is no doubt that this part of the barrifer has worn away much faster than the more sheltered which rim the Bay of Whales and that the wrenching action of the sea was thd main cause of the breaks. After steaming all day and most of the nfiht through the scattered paclt ice, which was 10 feet thick and some« times l;v“;ldm'{flt‘i !M'hlhlgk hreu:hefl a nearly sol pacl hrou W] tration would have been difficult, m im le. dr. Byrd did not wish to his ship into this pack, which blocks the way north and which had un< doubtedly blown down from the ime penetrable regions beyond, because of tha danger of getting stuck and being frozen in. . Endless March of Ice Pack. He turned north and steamed along the edge of it for several hours, pass- ing around bergs and tremendous pleces of pack, until it became obvious that it extended far to the north. To the northeast it was unbroken as far as could be seen from'the mast- head, and the commander- felt that, even if he found the passage around the end of the pack and turned in to the east, there might be danger of its closing around the ship in the un- certain weather. So he reluctantly ordered the ship turned back toward the Bay of Whales, This pack, moving from the north- east, has been one of the most inter- esting phenomena observed during our stay here. There seems to be no end, for it is still marching by outside, al« though Ilargely broken up by the time it reaches here. And the bergs are so numerous that it indicates there has been an unusual breaking up of ice along the coast of King Edward VII Land and even farther to the n W] no ex- plorer has ever been able to determine what is the mysterious bond which holds the vl:t pl:ck l? its B ok ‘The most plausible explanat! is that there is land there which has never been seen, land curving toward the north and forming an enormous bight, either mountains or islands. It is one of the most interesting mysteries of the Antarctic and one to which Comdr. Byrd intends-to pay much at- tgmlnn.m 1929, by the Ne (Copyri . by the New ¥ Co."and the St Louis Post Disaten &l right for publication reserved throushout the world). BOLLING REACHES DUNEDIN. Byrd Ship 72 Hours Overdue—Met Terrific Storm. DUNEDIN, New Zealand, February 16 (#).—The ship Eleanor Bolling of the Byrd Antarctic expedition arrived here this afternoon 72 hours overdue because of a terrific storm encountered on her northward voyage from “Little America,” the Byrd base at the of Whales. ;::m‘z!nm 1s still raging she Soutn Loading of an airplane. two tractot gasoline, food and scientific equipment will be rushed so that the Boll may start South again not later than noca on Monday. J BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band tomorrow at 4 o'clock, au Marine Barracks. it PROGRAM. ‘ashington Grays,”.. ‘arneval,” Opus 92, tain catastrophe, by starting 2,000 car- loads of coal and 20,000 tors of urgently needed food toward the border. The condition of the railroads is such that some of the fuel from the Rhur may not reach here for 10 days or two weeks. In several national museums the cold the Vienna streets. ‘Marines’ cracked 4 ‘The :fi“‘"’mm in Vienna also - Some zfi men and women are |automobile salon at Paris, trying to ‘the snow and ice from | ple yiewed m_fino fhitae value was estimated at $4,000,000. ( - Tture, Nocturne, “Dreams of Love”, Cornet solo, “Serenade”. usis Nich M “Invitation to the W“W eber- rtn ‘Nw-!.b‘n March”, ..... 'ng “The Halls of Montesuma" e In the 10 days of the interna