Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1929, Page 2

4 » —_— ey AID GIVEN|SEIZED RUM AUTOS | FURTHER: M TOREPRESENTATION Additional Inaugural Visitors Promise to Help in Vote- less Fight. Arrangement Made For Continuance of D. C. Demonstration Arrangements have been made to continue throughout the re- mainder of the week the demon- stration in favor of national representation for the District of Columbia that has been con- ducted for several days in the National Press Building. At a meeting held today at noon of the special committee in charge of this display, it was decided that the results of the “open house” showing in favor of “votes for Washington” had been such as to justify the maintenance of the headquarters. Volunteers for the maintenance of the headquarters for the re- mainder of the week have been obtained and others will be sought. The demand for the lit- erature of the movement hes been such as to require the pres. ence of several persons at the room dally, from noon until 10 o'clock at night, and this sched- ule will be observed until Satur- day night. Encouraging additional support for Washington's petition for voting repre- sentation in its governing body was won during the visit to the National Capital of the throngs of .inaugural delegations from many widely scattered sections of the country. Not only were hundreds of visitors epprised of the fact that the half mil- lion Washington residents are denied official spokesmen in Congress, but also official State delegations &:rmclp‘unc in the inaugural ceremon heard of the representation plea from - local groups who entertained them, Ohio Legislator Promises Support. juick to ition of te | friends that she had ”"fihn" the former THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH NEEDED IN SERVIGE U. S. Marshals’ Association Wants Them Alloted for Use of Membership. Efforts will be made to mflnl! United Btates marshals and their deputies throughout the country the use of auto- mobiles seized by the Prohibition Bu- reau from liquor violators and now held in storage, under a resolution adopted by the United States Marshals’ Associa tion, which closed its fourth annual c?:g!enuen at the Willard Hotel last n . Edgar C. Snyder, United States mar- shal for the District of Columbia, who ‘was re-elected president of the associa- tion, pointed out that the use of the machines, which are now lymt idle, would greatly facilitate the serving of processes, which the marshals and their deputies are called upon to distribute, especially when the service is to be m;!dr at a long distance from the home office. Would Raise Wage Scale. ‘The association, which voted to hold its next convention in Denver in June, 1930, also voted to ask the Department of Justice to initiate legislation to in- crease the minimum marshal's salary from $1.320 to $2,000 a year. The pres- ent wage scale was declared insufficient to compensate for traveling, long hours, time away from families and bodily risks. ‘The more than 30 members attending the convention went in a body to the Department of Justice xuurdly after- noon, and were received by former At- torney General Sargent, retiring head of the department. A banquet was held last night, at which Justice Peyton C. Gordon of the Distriet S8upreme Court end former Assistant Attorney General John Marshall were honor guests and principal speakers. List of Officers Chosen. Besides Marshal Snyder, other officers elected are R. C. Callen, Denver, vice president; Clarence G. Smithers, Nor- folk, secretary, and the following, to compose the executive committee: Geor&e A. Mauk, Arizona; Henry Laubenheimer, Chicago: Willlam L. Palmer, New Orleans; Willlam J. Nev- ille, Boston; Frederick C. Schneider, New Jersey; Willlam C. Hecht, New York City; Clarence R. Hotchkiss, ; W. Prank Mathues, Philadel- hia; Samuel A. Gross, Texas, and Hugh L. Patton, Wyoming. PALMIST WROTE LETTERS TO SELF, BURLINGAME SAYS (Continued From First Page.) "i"h"unnm" = Mrs. t4lltlflck came url e sa 3 to his office with three love letters, — which she said had been written to her by a former sweetheart, She explained, l{. said, that she had broken off with the man and that he wrote the letters hoping to effect a reconciliation. When she Ohio 3 = n appreciation for their welcome here the reception group under Mr. Lin- e T st of s dinner at the Willard Hotel, at which Wi was lauded for its eivic ted during Committee on National Representa 1,000 Sign Petitions, 1t was announced today that Ipml‘l- e places tht”samy of approvi [ on W 's elaim to N&uunhthn :y ing petitions placed in the head- A _much greater number of visitors to Washington, it is $inbed out, heard of the injustice of Wasl s dis- {franchiseme; bhrmmgflu = the showing of movie strips and slides in local mation picture houses, OBSERVERS PREPARE FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE aval Observatory Scipntists Now —on Way by Sea From Manila : to Tloilo. bi th o8 oflldb Dispatches to the Navy Department today revealed that the solar eclipse expadition from the Washington Naval Obgervatory departed vesterday from Manlla to loflo. The p- iy went aboard the” Penguin, which * il remain with the expedition as staticn ship, the de« partment was informed, An observation site probably will be blished st Iloilo, on the grounds of: Philippine. Rallway Co., which has offered every assistance, the de- partment was told. The eclipse will take place on the afternoon of MI{ 9, be of exceptionally long duration, ‘The expedition s in charge of Comdr, C. H. J. Keppler, and the lsading sei- entist of the party is Prof, William A, Cogshell of the University of Indiana. Astronomer Paul Sollenberger of the Naval Observatory scientific staff is with the party, as is Lieut. H. C, Ke'- lers, Naval Medical Corps, who also is acting in behalf of the National Mu- seum_for the collection of specimens and fauns and flora in the vicinity of the eclipse site. The party sailed from San Diego . January 28. 53 DE VALERA IS FREED. BELFAST, Northern Ireland, March 6 (@) ~Eamonn de Valera, Irish M?“' lican chieftain, was released this afters noon from jail, four days before the | completion of a 30-de; bean serving for illega territory. av sentence he had Iy entering Ulster Police Seize Newspapers. GIBRALTAR, March 6 ().—Copies of the newspaper “Hojas Libres," con- taining violent attacks on the Spanish directorate, w zed today by CGibral- L) Joint | than himsels, | dge 8 to renew her friendship with the man, Burl e said , the reject sweetheart became friendly with another woman who knew Mrs. Blalock. This other woman, according to the Mrs, Blalock by boast- of her conquest, He § mmww her man's f e the other woman's “taken the man LY : Scen was bat by the wind. WHILE THE ELEME BATTLED GIANT AIRCR at Naval Air Station last night as scores of men sought to hold to the ground the dirigible J-3 as it ‘The two lower pictures are vhe deflated bag of one of the dirigibles being carted off ignominously through the mud she told | this morning, and the gondola of a blimp. TAGGART EULOGIES VOIGED IN SENATE =K% | Vice President Says Nation Lost One of Outstanding 4 Characters. By the Assoclated Press. Expressions of regret at the death of former Senator Taggart of Indiana were heard in the Senate today. “I am very sorry to hear of the death art,” sald Vice President hether denled he had any know- colored expressman bring. a_tub full of spurned gifts from Mrs, Blalock to his home, as charged by the prosecution. He sald that he and B! never quarreled, and trust- ed each other implicitly. Says She Came to Office. me sajd he last visited her b ':“3.2'5? on Thlnklflvhgeday, 1928, e insisted however, that she continued communicate with him, and tele- ed him at the station hmqu on theaters, Capt. Burlingame said that while Mrs. Blalock was not an expert typist, she could operate s typewriter bettor han he could. On several oceasions, he anid, she came to his office and stayed thero several hours, “pecking on the typewriter.” Letters Taken Up, One by one Powler produced the love letters and asked gumnm what arts of them he had assisted Mrs. lalock - in writing end quissed him about discussions he had with her over the sentimental passages. In connee- tion with one of these letters the officer said he laughed at Mrs. Blalock because the contents seemed to be so senseless and so different frem the others and “got mad about this and said I was amn smart and the would take the letter and finish it herself.” Next ecalling attention to the simi- larity in the punctuation of one of the letters, which Burlingame admitted he had assisted the palmist to write, Prose- eutor Fowler said: “You and Mrs. Bla- 1‘;2". worked pretty harmoniously on that.” Quizsed About Other Man. Again veering beck to the man to whom Burlingame said Mrs. Elalock had written the love Jetters to cenvince her friends that she had not lost him, Fowler drew from the officer a further deseription of the man. According to Burlingame, he had recalled having hoard the palmist say that he was a ‘self-made man.” Calling attention to a paragraph in one of the letters in which the writer said his whole life “has been full of work,” Fowler asked: § that call anything to your mind, taptain?” “Nothing, except further reference to that man,” Citing another paragraph in this let- ter which declared that the writer had not tried to help Mrs, Blalock for selfish motives, but to get her business matters in sharpe, Fowler asked Bur- linggme if he had done that for the ‘woman. | "I did" he answered. Declares Signature Accidental, An explanation of the widely discuss- ed “Heart fore Daddy” letter and the reason for the termination of his rela- tions with Mrs, Blalock were given by Burlingame yesterday afternoon. His admitted signature on the sentimental note, he said, resulted aceidentally while he and another lwlemln were trying lice. T newspaper, which is v:fld in_Spanish and published in ol S r|of Mr, Taj Curtis. “The Nation has lost one of its knn’: most outstanding characters and his friends will grieve at his passing.” Senator Harrison of Mississippi: “Tom Taggart was a great Democrat and a . | Oreat American. He was unselfish, s nerous friend and a patriotic and oyal citizen.” Benator Walsh of Montana: “One of the strong characters of the Nation has passed away. Contrary to wide- spread belief, Senator Taggart was @ most liberal man, His hosts of friends will grieve at his passing.” Senator Sheppard of Texas: deeply grieved to_hear of the passing of Mr. Taggart. I served with him in the Senate and have only the most leasant recollections of my associa- ns with him.” “T am HOOVER SUPPORTED BY 31 DRY BODIES IN ENFORCEMENT ——(Continued From First Page) _ terial, three small hand-woven rag rugs and two paintings depictiug life of the Acadian pilgrims. Mrs. Hoover posed with the dele- gation and later inquired if the cotton {used in the bedspread had been grown on land Inundated during the 1027 flood. She was advised that this was the case. The Evangeline girls were introduced by Emile Kuntz, national ublican committeeman for Louisi- ana. The girls were Pearl Anding, Mil- dred Shell, Monita Garry and Lucile Newlin, It was announced formally today that Miss Ruth Fesler and Miss Mil- dred Hall, who have been Mrs, Hoo- ver's secretaries in the t, will con- tinue their gervices in ti apacity at the White House. It was also stated that Miss Mary Randolph, who has been secretary to Mrs. Coolidge, will ve- main as a secretary to the new mistress of th: White House. wrote the letter and then being dissat isfled with its appearance, decided to rewrite it. At this juncture Policeman Carroll came into the office. I gave him the letter to read, remarking ‘Read this Carroll, and see if you don't think it is a fiemcuy good love letter) Mrs, Blalock snatched the letter away from him and protested at being teased, “Regarding the whole matter as a Joke, both Carroll and I offered to si the letter for her. I reached ovér the typewriter to the letter, which waslying on the desk, and signed it diagonally across the bottom. As Carroll reached over to do the same Mrs. Blalock snatched the letter away and took it with her when she left a few minutes later," . eran-e of his assock the resuli cf a veiled ihy palmist in which she mentioned the name of former Representative Blanton of Texes. It was late in November, 1028, he said, when the woman celled jat his ofice to obtain an insurance paper and in the source of a conver- sation with him made some reference to to “kid" the % » came to my office one morning and if she eould write | then d letter on ter,” sald Bur- BREHRS: 41 3Bl Aperen 6 tyrned v ecided o call “quits”. the airships re-erected, Value of each Ao ns "l futncs |l eove = an "t o T et L A T BLIMPS BATTERED AS 40-MILE STORM SWEEPS OVER FIELD (Continued From First Page.) The J-3 suffered its sister ship's fate, and for the same reason, at 3 c'clock this morning. Hellum Loss Most Serious, ‘The loss of helium, with which the envelopes were filled, is the most serious feature of the wrecks, it was said today. Each ship contained about 180,000 cubic feet of the precious gas, which costs about 4 cents per cubic foot, The ships were valued at about $50,000 each. ‘There is only a limited quantity of helium available and it probably will require some time to replace the amount ost. A routine board of investigation will be convened to investigate the wrecks, it was announced today. No board will be convened by the Lakehurst author- itles because the ships were deflated. Had they been torn apart by the storm, Navy regulations would have required an investigation, it was explained. ‘The fabric of the envelope was cleared from the wreckage this morning and the cars are bem}hprepuad for loading on flat cars. e cars and motors will be repaired and the ships recon- structed. The envelopes are said to be damaged beyond repair. Crews Man Ships. Fore more than 12 hours all hm at the Naval Air Station and Bolling Field had been working in 4-hour shifts holding down the dirigibles, When the storm became violent last night every man_ on “both posts was put on the mooring lines, ‘The crews manned the ships and the motors were started in case the ships were swept lwm Boon after storm began it be- needed and 71 men were sent to the field from the Washington Barracks and the navy yard. About 20 of the Marines were taken from the dance floor in full dress uniform and, without boots or raincoats, were sent out ;greu(h the mud and water to man the 05, At about 9 o'clock Maj. Howard C. Davidson, commandant of Bolling Field, called for 200 soldiers from Fort Myer to relieve the exhausted men. They were sent in Army trucks. The Navy forces later were augmented by 87 Marines and sallors from the presiden- tial yacht Mayflower. The Navy Department issued. this statement concerning the blimps; “After the inaugural parade on Mon- day, the two Navy nonrlgld airships landed at the Naval Alr Station, Ana- costia, due to the rain and heavy fog, “The field was extremely muddy and made the task of holding the airships very difficult, The bad weather con- tinued throughout Tuesday, making a take-off impracticable, At about 7 in the evening, the wind began to blow at- taining @ velocjty of 46 miles per hour at 10:15 whon the ripcord was pulled on the J-4, deflating the gasbag. As the storm was centered about Washing- ton, the wind direction was constantly changing and strong gusts were strik- ing the J-3, sometime on one side and then on the other, causing the airship to roll and pitch. Crews Work in Mud. “It was feared that seyvere damage would be caused and that the airship would break away and be lost, Finally the rip cord was pulled on the J—3 at 3 am. During the time the airships were inflated and the severe gusts were ‘encountered rain, snow and sleet were falling at intervals, and the ground crews were working in mud several inchgs deep, affording practically no footing whatever, “Non-rigid airships are equipped with a ‘rip panel,’ which permits the envelope i to be qui deflated in an emergency. This is what was done with the airships J—4 and J—3 last night, It will he re- called that the Norge was similarly de- flated following the trip acress the Pole in 1926, “The two airships J—3 and J—4¢ will be shipped to Lakehurst, where minor damage to the cars will be repaired and e > came apparent more help would be{ *ASSESSED” 7,200, Senate Committee Told Crea- ger G. 0. P, Organization Did Not Get Sum, By the Assoclated Press. Charges that the Republican organ- ieation in Texas controlled by R. B Oreager, national committeeman, “as- sessed” him 87,500 to put his name on the primary bellot as a candidate for Congress in 1926 were laid before the Senate patronage committee toda; Representative rzbach, Republican, Ta:;n. He sald he refused to pay the money, “The Creager organizstion,” Wurz- bach declared, “assessed me $7,500 to put my name on the ball “This is the organization,” Chairman Brookhart said, “that never coerced anybody in Texas.” Information of Friends. Wurzbach testified that a man he described as “Bob” Coon, & member of the Creager organization, declared the “assessment was made so high that ‘Wurzbach couldn't pay, but u% does we're going to use the money against him in the primary cmyl information, Wurzbach sald, was given him by three friends. He added that he took the matter by which his name was I,lmd on the ballot. His attorneys' fees, he sald, were $1,200, Turning to contributions md‘.h his primary campaign which have bee) offered as evidence in at Waco for violation of the corrupt practices act, Wursbach declared that C. K. McDowell, former aasistant at- tarney in the Treasury Department, who was one of the contributors, sought his indorsement as collector of customs in Texas, Improper Proposition Alleged. Wurgbach said he learned McDowell had made an "im| ra)’ar proposition” to Daniel Sullivan o who had a tax-refund case &endln:. He offered in evidence a letter said to have been written by McDowell to John C. Sullivan, a son of Daniel Sullivan, in which McDowell asked for a $10,000 retainer fee #nd a further fee of $150,~ 000 in the event that the case was de- cided favorable to the Sullivan com. pany by McDowell's intercession. “Creager can tell you about {t," ‘Wurzbach said. Creager replied that he had “never heard of it.” “It is & common practice,” commented Senator McKellar, Democrat, "Tennes- see, “that as soon as an employe of the "Treasury Department finds that the re- i fund may be made, he begins to nego- tiate with the company interested. It is all done in secret.” Wurzbach charged that “bogus let- ters” were shown to President Harding an “attempt to discredit him.” never showed such letters to Hard- ing,” Oroager sald, “and I did not use them, although I believe them to be authentic,” . ROYAL PARTY IN PORT. Danish XKing, Queen and Prince Reach Copenhagen. | cOPENHAGEN, Mareh 6 P.— IChris‘.lm[ X, King of Denmark, Queen 1 Alexandrine, and Prince Knud arrived | here this morning after spending the night aboard a ferry icebound. in mid« Baltie Sea. The ship took 12 hours to make what ordinarily is a two-hour voyage from Warnemuende to Gjedser. Michigan Supreme Court held valid e into the courts and obtained an order | fi n his indictment | ero ‘Texas bankers, | of 6, 1929.° ORY FORGES DRAW THRD PARTYLINES gNew Group Plans Organized Campalgn Within Two Political Factions. Co-ordination of the dry vote of the Nation along the lines of the two major political parties, with the lines of the new dry organization reaching deeply into the organization of both pnr!Fes down even into the precincts, is aimed in a plan informally explained today to members of the new “super-dry” organ- ization, the National Conference of Or- ganlzations Supporting the Eighteenth Amendment, which met at the Raleigh Hotel today for the first time since its formation here last Fall. ‘The ynovement, which will embrace a natlonal committee of about 500, with subordinate State, city, county, ward and precinct committees, is bein, formed by Oliver W. Stewart, presiden of the Flying Squadron Foundation of Indianapolis, Ind, and his associates :{ndkhn temporary headquarters in New ork. The movement was launched with in- vitations being sent to about 600 promi- nent drys of the country early this week, and definite organization of the national committee which is to develop the smaller committees in the Btates, is expected to bs completed by the end | of next week, Stewart says. Several Million to be Scattered. ‘When the complete organization is functioning, Stewart said today, there will be several million dry voters dis- tributed throughout the pulation centers of the Nation to keep the higher- u}u in touch with the liquor situation of every district. ‘The National Cunference of Organ- izations Supporting the Eighteenth Amendment was in closed session at_the Raleigh this morning, and the develop- ments of the prohibition question were being discussed in open forum by the delegates from the 32 dry organizations which make up the conference. The conference, at its formation, became the directing head for policies on legisla- tion, education and other activities of dry organization for practically all of the active temperance organizations, in- cluding the W, C, T, U., the Anti-8aloon League, the Methodist Board of Prohi- bition, Temperance and Public Morals, the various church temperance bodies and other similar organizations. Barton Presides. Dr. A. J. Barton. an official of the Southern Baptist Conference for the past 15 years, who was elected president of the new conference, attended and presided over today's meeting. ‘The, business of the conference was vx&ocud to be completed with a brief afternoon session. While the new Stewart movement, which in effect has as its aim the’ for- mation of a third part, Democratic and Republican parties, which could be broken away from either or both parties if occasion demanded, the new organization is being formed as & separate body without other than sentimental afliation with existing dry organizations. Therefore, Stewart sald today, the new movement was not formally ex- plained to the conferenca today, nor was any action with reference to Stew- :rt‘l movement taken by the confer- nee. Dry leaders all over the country, Stewart said today, are rallying to 't‘;nya new movement. ceptances, it was sald, reac] Stewart here follow: Gifl'hx;-‘fi' mlll‘:!d. former governor of Pennsylvan D. Taft, Wlu%n. Oon: AVERS WURZBACH =% ty: H.'H. Aaker, Forks, N. Dak.; 8. H, Braucht, Newkirk, . H. Norton, president of Keuka N. V. Mrs, Mary P, GReves, Gu., and Lewis M. Hale, Spring. feld, Mo, i TAGGART IS lsEAD AT HOME IN INDIANA; FORMER U. S. SENATOR by (Continued From First Page.) Mrs. Richardson Sinclair, all of In. dianapolis, and several grandchildren, Mr. Taggart became a power in na- tional and Indiana politics because of two characteristics—loyalty to friends and his ability to remember names, fages and the smallest incidents. Proof of his regard and loyalty for friendship is shown by an incident in 1015, when, with 47 others, he was indicted on eharges of election frauds in Indianapolis. Having furnished bond for his release, he spared no ef- forts until he had raised $200,000 bail, obtaining the release of the entire 47 persons indicted with him. The s | charges later were dropped for lack of vidence. During the 30 m of his onderanip in Indlana politios and his 30 years' connection with n airs s Taggart was sald never to have deserted lend in need. Ho was an ardent believer in ac- si:tuhneuhlp as a factor to success, {riends related numerous instances in which he would pass through a wded hall, meet people to the right and left of him, chat only for a mo- ment and then several years later re- member their faces, names and incl- z;n‘t’a‘ relating to his first introduction om, Started as Waiter. He earned his first wages as a waiter behind a railway lunch counter, but it was not long before he discarded his apron for the more pretentious clothes proprietor. Step by step he passed through the s of hotel proprietor, & leader of State and National prom- inence in polities. He was at one time owner of the QGrand Hotel in Indiana, now historic because of the many political eo% which originated within its walls, friends declared that, though a mil- lionaire many times over, he remained the same modest person who came to this country when young, settling in i‘a%r'llh’ Ohio, and moving to Indiana in A gift for organization work devel- oped in Mr, Taggart when he organ- iged his first business ventures, and turning his attention to polities he rose rapidly, developing his leadership and making it felt throughout the Demo- cratic party, First Political Position. One of the first political positions he held was chalrman of the Indisna State Democratic committes in 1892. Three f'fi'fi l;t:fi. he lwu olec{ud mnyo:q:t ndlana , held office for three N secutive terms and refused to campaign for the fourth term. It was in 1900 that Mr. Taggart was elected to his first term as a member of the Democratic national committee, He was re-clected in 1904 and was made chairman of the committee after the national convention in St. Louls. Twice afterward, in 1908 and 1012, he was a member of the national committee after party leaders had each time refused his Tesignation. Two men, former Senator John W. Kern and Samuel M, Ralston, former Governor of Indiana, were said to be roducts of the Taggart regime. Poll- cs was not the only interest in Mr, S edne, S sty 3 levelopm 1 this leader. o PO o ——— e 0 24 11,000,000, ., | ture unique in industrial history. Battle of Billions For Standard Rule To Open Tomorrow Stage Set at Whiting for Clash of John D., Jr., and Col. Stewart. By the Associated Pri WHITING, Ind, squatty tanks sunk deep in bare earth; oll, forever settling in greasy film, its penetrating smell ever present; oil— formed the background today for & pic- It was the end of a Nation-wide scramble for stockholders’ votes to con- trol & billion-dollar corporation, the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana—the cul- mination of John D. Rockefeller, jrs fight to force Col. Robert W, Stewart | from the chairmanship of the board of | directors. Oll, piped hundreds of miles from Western flelds, is the life-blood of this city of 20,000 inhabitants at Chicago's back door, on the Southern shores of Lake Michigan. The huge refineries employ approximately 90 per cent of the residents who are ready for the in- flux of stockholders tomorrow to attend the annual meeting. Restaurants Stocked. Restaurants were stocked with sup- | plies for the anticipated 2,000 or more | visitors, and hotels expected to have all ! rooms taken, for indications were that | the meeting would last east two days unless the outcome W indisputably determined by the number of proxies on hand in Chicago before the session pened. Just off the main street, the story- and-a-half brick Community House was fitted out like a political convention hall, with batteries of telegraph and telephone wires resting under the audi- torium stage, press tables in the orches- tra pit, loud speakers linking the men's and women'’s gymnasiums with the main hall, and refreshment stands loaded to capacity. ndeed, Whiting expected to witness s real convention fight, with Col. Stewart sounding the keynote in his annual| business report, Rockefeller representa- tives presenting tgeir side of the argu- ment, and individual stockholders being heard from the floor. Mr. Rockefeller himself is in Egypt. “Moral Fitness” Is Question. ‘The meeting will first be called to order at the refinery offices, according to law, and then, if the oxficud crowd is'on_hand, will' adjourn the Com- munity House to decide on the “moral fitness” of Col. Stewart to continue as a company director. Col. Stewart was asked what he would tell the stockholders in defense of his activities with the Continental Trading Co, which resulted in Mr. Rockefeller's demand for his rei tion. “Well, if they flush me I'll tell them rp:;xl\‘tyd," the great shouldered 6-footer led. He will act as chairman to open the meeting and then is o?eeud to sur- render the chair to E. G. Seubert, president, as he did last year, inasmuch as he is under fire, Winthrop W. Ald- rieh, New York attorney, will be hand to spesk for John D, jr., fight which may develop. He arrived in Chicago Monday with 16,000 proxies in metal cases, under armed guard. Aldrich Claims Vietory, Fifty-nine per cent of the more than 9,000,000 shares of Standard Oil stock had been I'Jluad‘up against Col, Stewart, 3 said, ‘The Rockefeller p has only 16,000 lders on its side. o s o wever, are held by the Easterners, Col, Stewart had on his side the proxies of §9.67 cent of the 7,000 employe-stockholders, He claimed the roxies also of nearly all the stock- JUSTICE S URGED FOR MINORITIES Stresemann’s Eloquent Plea Before League Council Lacks Emotion. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, March 6.—Speaking calm- 1y and eloquently before the League of Nations Council, Dr. Gustav Strese~ mann, the German forelgn minister, today delivered an address in behalf of improved protection for the rights of* minority peoples. There was no trace of the explosive emotion he had displayed at the Lugano session of the Council in December when he had a wordy altercation with Foreign Minister Zaleski of Poland over the question of German minorities in Polish Upper Silesia. Proposing the creation of a special commission to study the whole prob- lem of minorities, Dr. Stresemann de- clared in solemn tones that the peoples attached to nations not their own have “eternal rt‘;m to speak their own lan- rguag» and to keep their souls and aith.” Minorities in Despair, He Says. He energetically opposed the idea that minorities must gradually be as- similated with the populations among whom they live. He charged that mi- norities were not given a fair chance to. present their grievances under the existing system and were filled with disillusionment, skepticism and even despair about the League whose duty it was to protect them. Citing Goethe's admonition about putting nations and men_on guard against changing fortune, Dr. Strese- mann warned the Council that the peo- ple who dominate today may not dom- inate tomorrow and that peoples must be accorded just treatment in con- sonarree with the ideal of arranging “a peace for all eternity.” Dr. Stresemann warmly approved & proposal by Raoul Dandurand of Can- ada whereby all 14 members of the Couneil could have a representative on the minorities committee as a substitute for the present committee of three. He expressed bellef that minorities should have every opportunity to lay com- plaints before the Council and that the greatest publicity should accompany the entire procedure. Hits Secret Attitude. Previously, Mr. Dandurand, in sup- porting his project to lred up action on petitions from minority ra les, told the Council that it was actuated by a spirit of justice. He thought that the attitude of mystery and silence which, he said, surrounded minority petitions unecurmd belief that the League was not “fe ing an obligation incumbent upon it. ‘The committes of jurists which re- ported to he Council on he Dandurand proposal said that it involved new rules which would require agreement be- tween the Council and the states eon- cerned, For one thing, it aims at com- pemn{ the governments involved to for. ward to the Council certain communica~ tions at the request of the petitioners. WILLIAM C. HUNT DIES AT AGE OF 73 Deceased Was Retired Chief Statis- tician for'!opnlnian in Cen- sus Bureau. William C. Hunt, retired chief statistician for, population in the Bureau of the Cehsus, died at his home, 2628 Garfleld street, yesterday. H been in failing health fop several years and retired from the Census Bureau in June, 1925, Mr. Hunt was born is Charlestown, sog_of Massachusetts State census of 1875 and 1885, and with the Massa- chusetts Bugeau of Labor from 1883 to_1889. His connection with the United States Census dates from the year 1880, He was chief statistician for population in 1809. He had charge of the popula- tion censuses of 1800, 1900, 1910 and 1920; of the marriage and divorce in- uiry of 1906, and of the census of re- Urtless e uncontssteq proxies gf ‘uncont ro! one side greatly wtnummodpt.hou 8! the other, a long, tedious check at the meet- ing is foreseen, Court Contest Is Seen, Although Mr. Aldrich denied other luam: Oll _companies were behind ller in his fight, and attorneys for Col. Stewart denled any legal action was contemplated, the rumor persisted that the contest might eventually find its way into the courts. The grounds would be that Rockefeller, in oposing the com- Zc.'t” head, was violating the anti-trust A suspiclon that the Standsrd Ofl eumflnlu of New York New Jersey, Kentucky and Louisiana, rather than the ger Rockefeller, were conduct~ ln{ ht was expreased in the Senate at Wi n last week and again yes- terday. Col. Stewart has been an in dividualist in his development of the Standard of Indiana and has been criti- cized for encroaching on the territories of other oil companies. s DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF MADE ILL BY GAS AND SMOKE Collapses at Engine House After Aiding in Subduing Blage in Driscoll Hotel Cellar. Deputy Fire Chief P. R. Davis was overcome by smoke and gas yesterday afternoon while fighting a fire in the subcellar of the Driscoll Hotel, First and B streets. At Casualty Hospital, where he was taken. his condition this morn- ing :;u said to be considerably im- proved. Chief Davis did not collapse until he reached the engine house after the fire had been extinguished. The blaze de- stroyed 20 lockers and their contents. 'fl;a ml ount of damage has not yet been o e_broke out in rear of the subcellar. The firemen experienced dif- fleulty in reaching it because of the dense smoke. The rescue squad, with their gas masks, had to be called in, Chief Davis led his men into the smoke-filled room and remained until the fire was out. HIBERNIANS PLANNING FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY Banquet Proposed for Evening of March 16, Followed by Vesper Services Sunday. The Ancient Order of Hibernians will observe S8t. Patrick's day at a ban- %\Im Saturday evening, March 16, at the illard Hotel and at services Bunday 8, 3 Rev. John O'Callahan of Gettysburg, formerly pastor of 8t. Matthew's Chure here, will officiate. Four men have been‘invited to spt:‘k of at the banqu . erty, Bishop John M. McNamara, Bishop n and Rev, Ignatius Smith. ARGENTINA FACES FL0OD. Parana River Rises, Driving Hun- dryds From Homes. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, March 6 (4)—Alarming accounts were received today from Santa Fe and other ports along the Parana River reporting an extraordinary rise of water. At points the river has overflowed its banks and the inhabitants ha - doned their dwellings. The authorities are sending aid in the form of food- stuffs, tents and elothing. No casualties have been reported thus far, but great property damage has bee: ous bodles taken in 1906 and again in 1016; and of the special Oklahoma State census of 1907, and of the New York State census in 1905, He wrote many census reports on Efllfllflfln and other subjects. In col- boration with Carrol D, Wright, he prepared the volume on History and Growth of the United States us, gtln;l;a}ssd by the Department of Labor In 1021 he married Miss Caroline Arledge of this city. His widow and two children by a former marrisge, & son, Willlam H. Hunt, and a daughter, Mrs, Arthur G. Hill, survive him. Funeral services will be conducted in All Souls’ Memorial Chureh tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. GALES DELAY LINERS. Leviathan One of Vessels Late in Arriving at Cherbourg. CHERBOURG, France, March 8 (#). —Heavy gales along the French Atlan- tic seaboard during th have caused serious d liners from America. The Republic of the United States Lines was two days late, while the Le- viathan, which was scheduled to call at Oherbourg this morning, wirelessed that she would be 24 hours behind schedule. YOUR INCOME TAX. No. 31, . ‘The peried for flling income tax returns made on the basis of the calender year 1928 ends at midnight, March 15, 1929, When by reason of iliness or absence from home additional time is re- quired, an application for an ex- tension should be addressed to the collector of internal revenue for the district in which the tax- payer files his returns, together with a full recital for the ca for the delay, Except in the case of mnn who are abroad, no exte: ted { sons military or naval service on duty outside the United States, are granted, without the nmulhy for filing & request, an extension up to and including the fifteenth day of the sixth month following the close of the taxable year—June 15 if the return is filed on a calendar year basis. An extension of time for filing returns does not extend the time for payment of the tax, or any installment thereof, unless so specified in the extension. The commlss":ondern?‘f ':‘nurn;l revenue may exten ime of ent A Xpayer, or any in. stallment thereof, for a period not to exceed six months from the pres d date,