Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1929, Page 1

WEA (U. 8. Weather Partly cloudy and colder tonight; minimum temperature about 13 de- grees; tomorrow cloudy, bt quite so cold. ' Temperatur 4:30 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 20, at 9:15 am. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Mark THER. Bureau Forecast.) es: Highest, 64, at ets, Pages 10 and 11 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Slar. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fagt as the papers are printed. system covers Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,557 No. 30,976. post office, Entered as second class matt Washington, er D € WASHINGTON, Dy WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1929 —FORTY-TWO PAGE P Means Associated Press, VO CENTS. TWO PLANS TO LINK EAST BY GIANT RAIL CONBINES OFFERED 1. C. C. Asked to Sanction Moves Proposed by B. & 0. and Van Sweringens. EACH MERGER INVOLVES 13,000 MILES OF TRACK Eastern Line Would Acquire Half- score of Other Routes to Ex- pand Present System. B the Associated Press. Two attempts to bring about huge- scale railroad consolidations in Eastorn trunk line territory have been initiated before the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, The first was that of the Bal- timore & Ohio Railroad, which yester- da’ asked the commission to approve steps it may take to expand its present system by the acquisition of half a score of other trunk lines, The second came today and was made by the Van Sweringen interests. Even the vast size of the pre- wvious railroad amalgamations pro- jected by the Cleveland group was ex- in today’s proposals, which named for complete or partial concen- tration not only the several important rail systems commonly identified as Van Sweringen property, but also a half- | score other lines, some ndbw owned by hostile and opposing railroad organi- ! zations. Systems Are Named. allow_the “grouping or unification”. of the Chaup& & Ohio Railroad, a main Van Sweringen stem, with the Erie, Nickel Plate, Pere Marquette and Hocking Valley systems, all now Van Sweringen-owned, while in addition should be added ‘l;hl :’hwxlx‘:n‘n&m::d' Erie, only partly Van Sweringen- 5 and five lines now entirely independent, the Virginian, the Lackawanna system, Bessemer & Lake Erie, Pittsburgh & Shawmut and the Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern. The single rail system to be thus created would operate, roughly, 18,000 miles of line and would repre- sgnt a capital investment of $2,500,000,- 000. Further, the commission was asked to secure for such a huge enterprise the right to buy a one-fourth interest in the Delaware & Hudson, Lehigh & New nd, Railroad, Pitts: !Topics of Public Interest to Mark Discussions ! Over Air. BORAH WILL BE FIRST |Programs Weekly Over Columbia Chain of 50 Stations Planned. With a Nation-wide hook-up of 50 stations, a weekly radio forum for the discussion of outstanding questions of the hour by speakers of national promi- nence has been arranged by The Eve- ning Star with the co-operation of the Columbia Broadcasting Co. ton will the Columbia system. Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, chairman of the foreign relations com- mittee of the Senate, will inaugurate the radio discussions at 10 o'clock (East- ern standard time) Saturday evening, March 2. At this time, two days before the inauguration of Herbert Hoover, Mr. Borah will speak on inaugurations and ‘Washing- | hear the forum programs | through station WMAL, a member of | GREAT LEADERS TO SPEAK IN NATIONAL RADIO FORUM SENATOR BORAH OF IDAHO. He will inaugurdte The Star's Nation- wide radio forum at 10 o’clock Saturday evening, March 2, through WMAL and the Columbia chain of 50 stations. their significance in the life of America. Other speakers of national prominence will follow at the same time each Sat- urday evening. The service is planned (Continued- on Page 2, Column 2.) HOWARD'S PARLEY . VIEWS APPROVED Chamberlain Denies Conflict With Foreign Office on Navy Question. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 20.—Sir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign minister, today put the stamp of his office’s ap- proval upon the recent statement in ‘Washington by Sir Esme Howard, Brit- ish Ambassador to the United States. In this statement Sir Esme explained the probable course of future Anglo- American negotations on naval rm- ament, The chief of the foreign service, speak- ing in the House of Commons, said that the Ambassador had uttered personal views without receiving instructions from home, but he repeatedly told ques- oburgh, CI as bridge or terminal properties, it “I“:I'B!Slud that the New York Cen- tral, Fensylvania and Baltimore & Ohio would also acquire a quarter interest in o B Bartimre : mission nxrduflot:‘: alo, H@”‘ to 3 P ester & Pittsburgh, the Detr@t, Toledo & Ironton, the , Indianapolis | noun: &mumu.mmann ern Maryland, the Reading, the Cen- tral Raiiroad of New Jersey and the Lehigh & Hudson River. Ready to Take Short Lines. As to the Pif h and West Vir- ginia lines west of the Ohlo, the Van Sweringen group was slated to take a third interest, in {Jannemmp with the New York Central and the Baltimore & Ohio. The Detroit & Toledo Shore Line was suggested for half-and-half division between the new merger and the Baltimore & Ohio. Coupled with the specific listing of larger roads was a declaration that the Chesapeake & Ohio, if allowed to pro- ceed with so extensive a linking, would stand ready to acquire, if the commis- slon thinks it advisable, every short line railroad in the territory covered, excepting such short lines as might be ed to other systems. S commission also was requested to approve the acquisition by the Balti- more & Ohio of a fourth interest in four other railroads (the Lehigh & New Eng- land, the Montour Railroad, the Pitts- burgh & West Virginia and the Pitts- burgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny) and a half interest in the DetYoit and Toledo &hore Line Rallroads. ‘The petition said that with the completion of the purchasing program outlined the Baltimore & Ohio would operate 13,814 miles of trunk-line rail- road, with a capital investment of $2,192,000,000. “The applicant beligves it imprac- ticable, if not im ible, to submit terms and conditions on which these properties would be acquired,” the Van Sweringen petition said, “until the commission first determines to what ex- tent such acquisitions will be in the public interest and prescribes rules and regulations under which the applicant may proceed to contract for the acqui- sitions. * * * “If the commission will determine to what extent the applicant may unify these properties into one system, the applicant believes it will remove rail- road properties in the Eastern territory from the field of speculation, bring about the financial stabilization of those railroads and result in bringing into fruition the national policy of railroad consolidation. The applicant believes it can acquire, and will undertake to ac- quire, to the extent indicated by the commission, the properties it proposes to bring into a united system and will submit from time to time, for approval of the commission, terms and condi- tions.” Recasts Eastern Rail Map. ‘While the program outlined contem- plates the general recasting of the Eastern rail map on the principle of creating four systems in the country's Northeast quarter, it was expected to signal a major controversy among the railroad groups concerned. The Balti- more & Ohlo has petition for a*grou ing not conflicting with the Van Swer- ingen plan, but the New York Central and Pennsylvaia may advance more or less diverging plans. It was significant that the Buffalo, Roches- ter & Pittsburgh, now Van Sweringen owned, was not enumerated in today's petition for inclusion, but sy statement accompanying the petition said that this line might be allocated to the Bal- timore & Ohio and New York Central. Since O. P. and M. J. Van Swer- ingen of Cleveland began, in 1916, the acquirement of extensive Tail property, | g. a Federal statute has advanced the program of consolidating the 161 class 1 rail systems of the country into 18 or 20 giant mergers. The Van Swer- ingens, though turned down by the commission_in_an_original attempt to J (Continued on Page 2, Column 8, - gmwen u‘\‘.;: %ere was Do ':ontndl‘cnog ween ‘ashington statement and a from Downing ken inferences drawn from the Ambassador’s wfl%:::temml in Wlfld& Re) tion, vernment had no intention of issuing vitations to a new conference of naval disarmament. Sir Austen reaffirmed a previous an. cement that all questions concern ing British relations with the United States and the naval conditions of the two countries are under consideration by the British government. “Our examination of this question is being diligently prosecuted,” he b “As soon as it is concluded the first step will be to communicate with the Dominions.” Says Interview Unofficial. ‘The foreign secretary said that the recent statement on naval disarmament in ashington made by Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador, was not made on the instruction of the British governmegpt. Replylng to a question by Ernest Thurtle, Laborite, Sir Austen said: “If the honorable member looks care- fully at the foreign office statement issued here and the statement made by Ambassador Howard, I think he will see tlhm'e ,is mno contradiction between em,” Erroneous Deductions. Sir Austen told the Commons that in no part of Ambassador Howard's state- ment” did he indicate that immediate developments were likely although erroneous deductions in this- sense ap- peared to have been drawn from his re- marks by certain sections of the press. He explained that the ambassador was giving his personal opinion as to the probable course of events, During the discussion, Patrick J. Hannon, Conservative, again revived the subject of all differences in the foreign office views and those of the ambassador at Washington. “Is there any substantial difference at all between the statement made by the foreign office and the statement made in Washington by our ambas- sador?” he asked. not,” responded the foreign secretary. MOTOR SHIP :I'AKES WAYS. ® ate at Ceremony in Hamburg. HAMBURG, Germany, February 20 | (®).—The Hamburg-American Line's {new 17,000-ton motorship Milwaukee was launched today by Mayor Daniel W. Hoan of the Wisconsin city, assisted by Mrs, Hoan, who christened the ship with a bottle of champagne to which an American flag had been tled. ‘The official party was increased by a large crowd of natives of Milwaukee living or traveling abroad. They gave ike mavor an ovation. {GETS MECHANIC LICENSE. “Lndy Mary Heath Gets First One Ever Issued to Woman. NEW YORK, February- 20 (#).—Lady Mary Heath, the British fiyer, who in- tends to become an American .citizen, today received from the Department of Commerce the first aviation mechanic's license ever issued to a woman. She also got her transport license. Lady Heath announced that during the Spring she would make tests of all light planes manufactured in America. She has tested similar types in Europe. [ Sk e | Wn;smnzmn clearing house, $4,682,- 22.42. United States Treasury balance, $77, 519,452.89. “I have already said that there is Milwaukee Mayor and Wife Offici-: HOOVER PAYSVISIT AT WHITE HOUSE President - Elect Silent on Matters Discussed at Con- ference With Coolidge. President-clect Hoover, who returned to Washington yesterday after his va- cation in Florida, is conferring with President Coolidge at the White House this afternoon. Although the President-elect did not care to discuss the meeting, it is under- stood he had a number of matters he was anxious to take up with Mr. Cool- idge. The conference was arranged at the request of Mr. Hoover, but the hour, 3 o'clock, was set by the President. One of the first tasks for Mr. Hoover on his return was that of attempting to settle the time for calling an extra ses- sion of Congress. He is desirous of get- ting the new Congress to work as early a number of leaders of the Senate an House within the next few days. The question of the date was dis- cussed late yesterday at his home on S street with Representative Tilson of Connecticut, Republican leader of the House, and this morning with Senator Watson of Indiana, who will be ma- flr‘c’h leader of the Senate after 4. The latter was a guest at breakfast at the ver home and for more than ;n h:ir‘ur he and the next President con- erre Extra Session Plans. It was learned later that Senator Wat- son assured Mr. Hoover that, so far as he was concerned, the matier of setting the date for the extra session could be left with Mr. Tilson, who is understood to have left the Hoover home yesterday afternoon with the realization that Mr. Hoover wants Congress to assemble be- fore April 15 and is understood to have assured Mr. Hoover that it might be possible to put things in shape so as to get started between April 8 and 15. As majority leader of the Senate, it will be up to Senator Watson to see that Mr. Hoover's cabinet nominations are speedily approved by the Senate, and it will be the Indiana Senator who will have most to say about the legislative program when the Senate meets in extra session. . During his visit with Mr, Hoover in Florida, Senator Smoot of Utah, who will have charge of tariff revision in the Senate, argued for an earlier meet- ing date. He proposed having an extra session as early as April 1, and while Mr. Hoover is understood to be favor- able to this, he believes it is out of the question, James W. Good of Iowa, who was Mr. Hoover's pre-convention campaign manager, and who directed the Repub- lican campaign in the West, was a din- ner guest at the Hoover home last night, and called again this morning for a second conference. Mr. Good ad- mitted he and Mr. Hoover discussed & number of things, but that he was not in & position to reveal the topics. Mr. Good said he gained the umpres- sion that Mr. Hoover has practicaily completed his cabinet, and he, like others who have discussed this suo- ject with the President-elect, said Mr. Hoover is succeeding admirably in keep- ing his selections secret. He added | that when the cabinet list is made pub- lic, many prognosticators will find they have been sadly mistaken, Mr, Good, who has frequently been mentioned as a cabinet possibility, prin- cipally because of his Hoover support during the campaign, when asked to- day if he might be considered seriously as a prospective cabinet member, re- plied with an emphatic no. With equal emphasis he declared that he had no candidates for the cabinet. Gillett Quiet on Meeting. Senator Gillett of Massachusetts, an- other caller at the Moover home this morning, asked to be excused when questioned on his conference with the next President. He did give the infer- ence that Mr. Hoover sought his views upon the date for calling the extra ses- sion, and that they discussed tariff re- vision. | Senator Gillett refused to comment | upon recent reports'that Charles Fran- 'c Adams, treasurer of Harvard Uni- versity, is being seriously considered for appointment as Secretary of the Navy. It was made evident at the Hoover home today that the President-elect intends to remain as much in seclysion between now and inauguration day as ible. His S street home is to be is workshop, but he has no intention of maintaining an open house. Those who expect to “drop in” on him for a chat or in quest of patronage are likely to be turned away. ——— i } | Bomb Explodes in Chicago. CHICAGO, February 20 ().—A timed b.mb exploded late last night in a build- i on South Halstead street occupled ! by the Peter Cariolo Co., makers of pat= in April 3 fident of passsage in the House, ne 'g*wfi"m?fi‘fimm; the ultimate RETREMEN BIL EIPELTEDT0 PAS HOUSE THS WEE {Republican Steering Commit- tee Teld Special Rule Will Come Up. VOTE HAD BEEN DELAYED BY OTHER LEGISLATION | Speaker Is Petitioned by 281 Rep- resentatives for Opportunity to Keep Pledges to Constituents. The Dale bill, which has already passed the.Scnate to liberalize the Civil Service retirement law is to come up for a vote in the House the latter part of this week, according to a promise made in a meeting of the Republican steering committee today. * Chairman Snell of the rules commit- tee stated that he has all along sald that the special rule ordered last ses- sion by the rules committee on the Dale bill was being deferred on account of more important and pressing legisla- tion. Now that the big appropriations bills are out of the way he said this cause for delay has been removed and he intends to call up the rule. 281 Petition Speaker. The special meeting of the steering committee today followed promptly the delivery to the Speaker last night of a petition signed by 281 members of the House demanding that they be allowed to keep their pledge to their constitu- ents by voting on this bill. Prominent members, who have pledg- ed to their constituents that they would support this legislation, said today that there has been no parallel case where party leaders have so ignored the ma- Jority will in legislation. Senator Dale, Republican, of Vermont, sponsor of the measure, while hesitating to criticize the action of members of the other body, said that in his ex- perience on Capitol Hill he has never seen anything like the attitude of the House leaders on this legislation, Only One Opponent Listed. It is admitted by the House leaders that if this bill is allowed to come up in the House for a vote it will be passed overwhelmingly. Only one man approached for his signature to the pe- tition said he was opposed to the bill. Chairman Lehlbach of the House civil service committee, said, however, this afternoon that while he was con- to whether it would reach t in time and be signed. This comment brought out the fact that action has been delayed to such a date that it is improbable that the Congress will have a chance to at- tempt to override the President’s veto if'he should decide to veto this measure. ‘The bill pending before the House is slightly different from the bill as it passed the Senate. The question was raised that there might be some doubt as to whether the bill in the language approved by the Senate would be con- strued as covering all those who had been retired previous to the enactment of this measure. The House civil serv- ice committee put in a provision mak- ing more positive the intent of the act to include those already on the retired list. ‘The Senate is ready to accept this amendment without delaying vrogress of the bill to the White House. FIVE MINERS KILLED, 200 HURT IN WRECK Four Cars Plunge Over 25-Foot Embankment—Broken Rail Joint Blamed. the bill as the Presiden By the Associated Press. PEORIA, Ill, February 20.—At least five miners were killed in a train wreck today and about 200 others were injur- ed, some so seriously they may die. The miles south of here, Four cars of an 11-car Peoria Terminal Rallway train carrying 900 miners went over a 25- foot embankment. ‘The train was carrying miners to the Crescent Coal Mines, 15 miles south of here, and abofit 200 of the 250 ‘miners in the four overturned coaches were injured. Rail and mine officials at- tributed the wreck to a broken “fish plate,” the iron bar joining the ends of two ralls. Three of the dead were identified im~ mediately. They are Cecil Walker, of- ficial of the miners’ union; George Jones and George Wilkinson, all of Peoria. Ambuiances, doctors and nurses were sent to the scene, and the first injured were brought here in automobiles of persons living near the scene of the ac- cident, One of the cars caught fire from an overturned stove, but the fire was ex- tinguished before it spread to other coaches. One miner probably was burn- ed fatally when he was knocked un- conscious and fell across the stove. He was rescued by fellow workers. F. O. Fisher of Peoria said he was proceeding between 12 and 15 miles an hour and did not know anything was wrong until he glanced over his shoulder and saw the cars bouncing along the rails and begin tumbling over the embankment. He cut his engine from the train and ran to Hollis, where help was sum- moned. Doctors, ambulances and nurses came from Peoria and from the Martin- ville State Hospital. ROSE PASTOR STOKES MARRIED TWO YEARS By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, ' February 20— Pastor Stokes, who was divorced from J. G. Phelps Stokes, philanthropist, in 1925, has been married to Isaac Ro- maine, labor leader, for two years, it was learned yesterday. ‘The present Mrs, Romaine was dis- charg in Magistrate's Court yester- day on a charge of disorderly conduct growing out of keting activities in New York clearing house exctnnm,lent medicines. Guests at an Italian | the garment district, but was summoned $1,627,000,000. New York clearing hoyse balances, $155000.000 ustoms Fecelpts, $2.040.3048. .. lresuunn! next door fled to the street, damage was slight and no one was linfuceds i :»;lu returned when it was found that |lating e next week for vio- n law by keeping aine, who marched to appear in co the edu 10-year-old Jerry With her, out of s was. fate of accident occurred near Hollis, Ill,, five { Wi INAUGURAL PARADE PLANS GOMPLETE Military Units to Compose First Grand Division, Com- - mittee Announces. The complete formation of the inau- gural parade, as it will march down Pennsylvania avenue on the afternoon of March 4 and pass in review before President Coolidge and President-elect Hoover, was announced today by the inaugural committee. The composition of the second division, whose marshal is Hubert Work, chairman of the Re- publican national committee, is sub- Ject to changes which may have to be made prior to February 26, but it will generally be ‘as announced today. ‘The first d division will be com- posed entirely of military units, includ- ing representation from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Dis- trict National Guard, Naval Militia and Officers’ Reserve Corps. The second grand division will in- clude all other mnits, together with 26 State governors, representatives of two more State executives, the staffs and National Guard units and crack mili- tary units of the States, the American Legion and other veterans' organizations, patriotic orgamizations, national socie- ties and marching clubs and all other units which have been given places in the line of march. At the same time the formation of the sky parade, which will start with a rendezvous over the Capitol to mark the start of the parade, and will then wheel down Pennsylvania avenue above the parade route, was made public. Complete Parade Plan. The complete parade formation is as follows: Grand marshal’s section—Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall; aides, Maj. Henry Terrell, jr.; First Lieut. George J. Forster; chief of staff, Brig. Gen. George S. Simonds; staff, Capt. Willlam McClintic, Navy; Lieut. Col. Robert L. Collins, Maj. Johff N. Greely, Maj. Wil- liam H. Rupertus, Maj. Alber{ L. Bar- rows, Lieut. R. J. Mauerman, Coast Guard; Capt. Walter Welsh, Cadet Lieut. Emmett O. McLaughlin, George- town R. O. T. C. First grand division, to be led by the United States Army Band, in the order named: Maj. Gen. Fred W. Sladen, marshal. Aide, Lieut. Joseph S. Crans- ton. Staff, Col. W. T. Darrah, Lieut. Col. J. K. Herr, Maj. William F. Sharp, Maj. Henry R. Smalley, Capt. Willlam R. Hamby. Regular Army section. com- manded by Brig. Gen. H. O. Williams; staff, 3d_Battalion, 12th Infantry, Maj. A. M. Patch. commanding; Engineer Band, 13th Engineers, Maj. Dewitt C. Jones, commanding; 3d Cavalry Band; 1st Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, Maj. Cortlandt Parker, commanding, section, Brig. Gen. Harry Lee, Corps, commanding. Staff, ! Band, Marine regiment, Col. Eli T. Fryer, commanding; the Navy Band, Dowell, Navy, commanding. United States Coast Guard section, . Lieut. Comdr. H. G. Bradbury, commanding. Staff, United States Coast Guard Band, United States Coast Guard battalion. National Guard section, Maj. Gen. An- ton Stephan, commanding. Staff, 121st Engineers' Band, National Guard of the District of Columbia; headaq: TS and special troops, 29th Division; Military Police, 121st Engineers, combat troops; Co. A, 372d Infantry; 260th Coast Artillery, Naval reserve section, Lieut. Comdr. F. Bascom Smith, com- manding. Staff, 1st Battalion, Dis- trict of Columbia Naval Reserves. Offi- cers' Reserve Corps section, Brig. Gen. John Ross Delafield, Officers Reserve Corp~ commanding. Staff and detach- ment of reserve officers. Second Grand Division. Marshal, Hubert Work, chairman Republican national committee; chief of staff, Col. Ephraim G, Peyton; staff, Quantico Marine Band. 5 2. The inaugural committee section— The inaugural committee, the Republi- can national committee, State chair- men Republican national committee, Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia. 3. Governors’ section. State gover- mors in the order of entry of States into Unlon. Governors in motor cars to be followed by colors and color guard, staff, band and escort, in so far as such units are included in the governors' party. Delaware—Gov. C. Douglas Buck, ac- companied by staff and members of (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Maryland and Virginia News Pages 6 and 7, blue jacket regiment, Capt. Willis Mc- | Co. ‘LIEUT. COL. U. S. GRANT, 3d. BIRDUSES PLAES FOREXPLORATINS King Edward Land and Moun- tains in South Are Ob- jectives of Trip. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Wireless to The Star and New York Times. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, Feb- ruary 18.—Comdr. Byrd took off today for an exploration flight over King Edward Land and also to the south of the mountains he discovered recently. He took two planes thistime, the Stars and_Stripes, which is a Pairchild, and the Virginia, a Fokker. The commander went in the Virginia with Bernt Bal- chen. Lloyd Berkner went with him as radio operator. The other plane was piloted by Capt. Alton Parker and Ar- nold June. A Navy pilot went with him as radio operator. The flight was planned for yester- day, but the weather did not clear in time and it was postponed until today. The weather was perfect at the base this morning with very little wind and only a few feathery clouds under a pale blue 8&ky. The planes had been loaded the night before, and after being warmed up they quickly taxied to the end of the fleld and took off, circling the camp, then heading northeast. As this is written to be taken to the of the planes are coming in plainiy on the tiny short-wave set in the bunk- house, showing that they are still on thelr way. Byrd's messages from the plane indicate that important discov- eries have been made and the flight is still in progress. (Copyrieht. 1929, OB LA e Yok e for | Piiblication reserved throushout the 105 SPANISH CADETS ON MISSING SHIP Naval Training Vessel Fails to Answer Wireless Messages Inquiring Location. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, February 20.— Marine authorities here were mystified today "at the failure of the Spanish naval training ship Juan Sebastian Canto to answer wireless messages broadcast over the Pacific in an effort to_ascertain her whereabouts. The ship, a four-masted barkentine with an auxiliary engine, carried 105 naval cadets in addition to a crew of 14 officers and 168 men. A message from Suva, Fiji Islands, said the ship left there December 1, 1928, for Spain, via the Panama Canal. Reports here, however, were that it left Suva January 24 v;?rdlh due_here mhmorrod W, i = eless messages broadeast yester- day in the hope of locating the vessel brought no answer. Marine agencies reported that no vessel running between San Francisco and Honolulu had sight- ed the ship, Plans for a reception for the cadets here tomorrow have been held in abey- receipt of definite word vessel. The Spanish consulate Francisco announced tha was no occasion for alarm, as the ance from in San ship’s schedule had been disarranged because: of the extensive entertain- n;anlfi for the cadets at varlous ports of call. GRANT RELIEVED OF DUTIES HERE Public Buildings and Public Parks Director Gpes to War College Aug. 15. An order was issued at the War De- partment today by direction of the President relieving Lieut. Col. U. Grant, 3d, Corps of Engineers, from further duty ag director of public build- ings and public parks in the National Capital, to take effect about August 15, and direeting him to report to the com- mandant of the Army War College for duty as a student in the 1929-1930 course, Secretary Davis said that there was Col. Grant has practically completed the regular term of four years as di- rector of public buildings and parks, adding that no one has yet been se- lected to succeed him in that office. &s to whether Col. Grant's new detail to the War College will interfere with his further service on the commission charged with the construction of the Arlington Memorial Bridge or with the National Capital Park and Planning Commission is a subject for further consideration. Col. Grant is the son of the late Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant and the grand- son of Gen. U. S. Grant of Civil War fame. Col. Grant was formerly in charge of river and harbor work at San Francisco, and began his present tour of duty in this city July 25, 1925. 'CHARGE AGAINST CHAPMAN DROPPED Kentucky Representative Not to Face Hearing in Case Involving Minor Parking Violatien. Charges of disorderly conduct pre- ferred against Representative Chapman of Kentucky, following his arrest Jan- uary 12, were nolle prossed February 7, it was revealed today. The charge grew out of an argument with Officer S. P. Smith of the first precinct. It was sald that the Rep- resentative failed to obey a minor park- ing rule and the officer reprimanded ship by dog teams, transmission signals | him According to Mr. Chapman, the ac- cusations that he used strong language were false. At the police station the Kentuckian registered as “John Doe," lng posted gs codlli::enl for his release. easons for ussing the were not disclosed. . e . ! - e SENATE TO TAKE UP BILL. Reapportionment Measure to Be Started on Monday Night. The Senate today agreed to taks ;;‘:u:em lror l"lehu mvpon“ ; ionment ore t‘)‘:z of presentatives at session next Monday. ethicy Yesterday’s Circulation The Evening Star Tuesday, Feb. 19, 1929..109,557 Tuesday, Feb. 21, 1928..105,406 Gain., 4,151 The Star’s circulation grows because it interests every glem- ber of the family. Few families are without it. Yesterday’s Advertising Local Display. The Evening Star. .43,024 lines 4,211 2,732 31,353 lines Star's excess. 11,671 lines Star advertising pays regu- lar dividends to regular adver- tisers. Experience teaches sound investments, no special significance to this order, as | could MISSING PALNIST ISFOUNDBY LS, JUSTICE AGENTS Mrs. Blalock’s Hiding Place Is Discovered—Whereahouts Kept Secret. BURLINGAME SLATED FOR TRIAL SATURDAY Leader of Searching Forces Doe Not Know Whether She Will Return to Testify. Mrs. Helen F. Blalock, the missing Seventh street palmist, has been located by agents of the Department of Justice it was announced this afternoon by J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Bureaw of Investigation of the department, Mr. Hoover did not disclose her hid ing place, but indicated that his agents had considerable difficulty in finding it. Whether Mrs. Blalock will return to Washington in time for the trial of Capt. Guy E. Burlingame, suspended commander of the second precinct, against whom she preferred sensational charges in a sworn affidavit, Hoover said he did not know. Burlingame will 80 to trial Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. As another outstanding development today, the Gibson subcommittee, be- fore which the Burlingame case was aired, received permission from the House District committee today to with- hold its report on the matter until July 1, thus assuring its continued su- pervision over the case. The meeting was marked by a verbal attack by Representative Blanton on Capt. Bulx’-ihu‘me “nad ln:elln' to}nmn- teeman, Representative Bowman of West Virginia. Mr. Blanton read a statement from a morning newspaper which said that Mr. Bowman, in ade the Policemen's Association last night, censured eritics of the Police Department and expressed the hope that Mrs. Blalock would S.|turn to Washington withea policeman's hand about her wrist. Mr. ton said, “That is a direct reflection, rfot only on Chairman Gibson, who has done loyal service here, but upon the District committee and every member.” Bowman Not Present. Mr. Blanton referred to Mr. Bowman's j opposition during the hearings on the Fenning case and said: “In his four years here Bowman has never found out what it is all about. Mrs. Blalock endous amovnt of mopey. Xt T wes lous_amoun! money. was brother I would give Bowman & real genteel licking.” Mr. Bowman was not at the meeting. . The Texan also read into the record extracts from the deciston of Justice Brandeis of the United States 'me Court on the Wan case, in which it was + shown ’nuu. v'l cm':rmmu:n had been wrung from Wan by ‘Washington Z:gfi including Burlingame, then & ve. > Assemble Evidence. Meanwhile Corporation Counsel Wil- |liam W. Bride and officials of the Po- lice Department today began assemb- ling the evidence and making other necessary”’ parations for the trial of Capt. Burlingame, for which plans were completed yesterday. Bride also conferred today with Rep- resentative Blanton of Texas, to whom Mrs. Helen F. Blalock, the Seventh street palmist, gave her affidavit con- taining charges against Burlingame, and is understood to have procured some | “new evidence” to be introduced at the trial. The nature of the information the corporation counsel refused to dis- close, however, explaining that to make it public now would “spoil a good story.” Blanton announced some time ago that he had other evidence which he had not revealed, and has zealously guarded it. He referred to it at his se« cret conference Monday with Bride an| Wililam H. Collins, assistant Unitee States attorney, but did not give it te) them when he turned over the 1 affidavit of Mrs. Blalock and the orig inal love notes, Capt. Burlingame will face an extrae ordinary trial board, the second of ity kind in the history of the Police partment, composed of three nmu.q of the District government. Maj. Don: ald A. Davison, Assistant Com.l;:l.uica:;, who is schooled in court-mae rocedure, will sit chairman. 2 i William P. Richards, tax assessor of the District, and Dr. Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent of Gallinger Munic Hospital, will serve with him, ‘g alternates are George S. Wilson, di- Tector of the Board of Public Welfare; Melvin C. Hazen, District surveyor, and Albert L. Harris, municipal architect. Letters Basis of Charge. ‘The formal charges preferred against | Burlingame are conduct prejudicial to the good order, reputation and discl~ pline of the police force and conduet unbecoming an officer. Sixteen specifi- cations are listed under the general | charges, all of them based on the love letters Burlingame is alleged to have written. Lieut. James D. McQuade served the formal chary on Burlingame last night at his home, 1419 Twenty-second street. The officer, It was said, made no comment when M fir B cQuade handed pers. Corporation Counsel Bride was with | his assistants behind closed doors to- day going over the evidence and mak- ing arrangements to prosecute the case, At the same time Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, was ga Burlingame’s_official police_record (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) . NEW HEAD OF NAVY MAY BE C. F. ADAMS Descendant of Two Presidents Re« ported Considered to Suc- ceed Wilbur.