Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair with a cold wavé tonight: low- The only evening paper est temperature about 20 degrees; to- in Washington with the morrow fair and continued cold; warm- Associated Press news ‘Temperature—Highest, 57, yesterday: lowest, 38, at Ful Clufi( N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 1l report on page 9. ch ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ng Slar. service. Yesterday’s Circul lation, 112,207 No. 30,991. post office, ¥ntered as second class matter ‘Washington, . WASHINGTON, D. C., THUI ISDAY, MARCH 1929 — FIFTY- 7, FOUR PAGES. oo () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. REBELS REPORTED IN' GENERAL ROUT. AGUIRRE BELIEVED FUGIIVE ON SHIP Vera Cruz Virtually Retaken, Along With Monterey, Cor- dova, Saltillo, Orizaba and| Jalapa. STEPS TAKEN TO SEIZE PROPERTY OF 5 LEADERS Juarez Battle Awaited by Small Federal Force—U. S. Troops &t/ El Paso Under Orders to- Move, Today Fully Equipped as Safety | | Measure. LAREDO, Tex., March 7 ®.— A telegram to friends of Gen. Juan Andreu Almazon, loyal Mexican general, from Mexico City today said the general had been captured at Saltillo by rebels. v the Associnted Press. !vl‘:l.-e PSAMSO. March 7.—Under command of Gen. Ignacio Flores, 200 federal soldiers left Juarez at 7 o'clock this morn- ing to proceed against a de- tachment of 400 revolutionists | ment Already Has Major pelieved to be advancing against Has Not Had Time Yet to Evolve Plan—May Ask More Funds. Mitchell Believes Inquiry by Commission Will Improve Conditions. BY CHARLES D. WATKINS, Associated Press Staff Writer, A slender, smiling dapper man with | a vouthful face, who would rather shoot | wild life with a motion picture camera | than a rifle, emphasized today that the | national prohibition law will be in- forced. “President Hoover's inaugural ad- dress should be platform enough for the Department of Justice,” William D.- Mitchell, the new Attorney General said. Then he smiled over the prob- lems of the first 24 hours in office and | added: “I have not had time to work out any scheme for handling the prohi- | bition question. | Wiry and sparkling of eye, Mr. Mitch- | ell has the look of a man who would | much prefer to be tramping a pack trail in his hunting clothes than to be sitting at a desk in the National Cap- ital dressed immaculately. But confidence in himself and his willingness to devote his best to his DRY LAW WILL BE ENFORCED. NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS ‘WILLIAM D. MITCHELL. work Although he has not had time to de- cide on how best to handle prohibition, he did not hesitate to say that if he found the work of his department was increased through the transfer of the Prohibition Bureau from the Treasury to the Department of Justice he would ask for more funds to carry on the work. 1f, as President Hoover wishes, the Prohibition Bureau is _placed under the supervision of the Depart- ment of Justice it will mean an im- mense increase in the work of the de- partment. The prospects of this, how- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) ORYUNT CHANGE LRELYT0 B SON Officials Say Justice Depart- | Responsibility. the city. The rebel forces were re- ported as being 25 miles from the border city. by iated Press. .' (':g;nAl;ls:u breakdown of the rev- olutionary movement in Vera Cruz and other parts of Southern Mex- ico was reported today while the rebels in the mnorth continued their drive toward Juarez, where a handful of federal troops was awaiting them. Gen. Jesus Aguirre, commander of the rebel forces in Vera Cruz, was believed to-have taken flight by sea after severe Tighting-yes-: terday which ended when the con- mhtyeo an armistice her bloodshed. o e ‘&?&mt strategic railway Th center of Monterey also was lost to the rebels, Gen. evacuat- ing the city after severe defeat l;y troops. mg&? federal hmp‘sm i ot 1 Prohibition Bureau under the new plan Transfer of the Prohibition Bureau with its present personnel from the Treasury Department to the Depart- ment of Justice probably will be recom- mended to Congress in advance of a | general study of reorganization of the Government, it was indicated today in administration circles. Dr. James M. Doran, prohibition com- missioner, is said to have proved him- self highly satisfactory as head of that branch of prohibition enforcement and Secretary ‘of the Treasury Mellon is understood to have recommended that he be retained when the change is made. No Bad Effecis Feared. Separation of the Prohibition Bureau from its allied units, the Coast Guard and Customs Bureau, would not have a effect upon results, in the opinion Treasury_officials, even though the would be placed in an entirely different department. The three principal Treasury units in 0 o Saitillo and today was retreating . Torreon along the western border of Coahuila. Of the three chief revolutionary lead- ers, two have been definitely reported defeated, while the third, Gen. Borquez, in Sonora, was still ‘consolidating his position and planhing a southward movement against government forces in o hich the government has re- Cities terey, Cordova, Saltillo, covered are Monterey, e Vera Oruz rizaba and Jalapa, = virtually been recaptured, -still needing some consolidation of position. An official government statement, predicting the speedy crushing of 'the revolt, said that the rebel forces were in complete rout everywhere l;_\d were victims of “inconceivable panic. ‘Measures to confiscate the property | of five of the leading revolutionaries were taken by the government, these including Gené.mAgulrre. Manzo, Topete, scobar and Z. = !L'x‘he naval forces, which previously were reported on the side of the rebels at Vera Cruz, are now stated to have steamed out to sea and to have notified the government of their Joyalty. The first train north out of Mexico City since the oumreaxk:"f the revolution v redo last night. l'%o!;;\h;mmons between Mexico City and the outside world was hampered by the cutting of the Western Union Jand wires between Mexico City and Vera Cruz. Precautions were being taken at El Paso in the event of fighting in Juarez across the border and the 7th United States Cavalry at Fort Bliss was under orders to move today with full field equipment. v. S. TROOPS HELD READY. i May Eenter Juarez &f Americans’ Lives | Are Endangered. EL PASO, Tex., March 7 (#).—United States military aut] night indicated that American troops i violation of five phases of the Volstead horities here Jast | inforcing prohibition, the Coast Guard, the Customs Bureau and the Prohibi- tion Bureau, are in realty now separate units. Very close co-operation also exists at the present time between the Prohibition Bureau in_the Treasury Department and the Department of Justice itself. At the Treasury it was pointed out that the Department of Justice is now holding the major responsibility any- way by prosecuting all cases on which evidence is developed by Treasury De- partment_personnel. So the problem of co-ordination and co-operation is not expected to be disturbed in case the Prohibition Bureau should be switched by law as it now stands to the Depart- ment of Justice. Revenue Collection Problems. There are, of course, it was pointed | out, revenue collection problems rising in connection with the enforcement oi prohibition, such as medicinal liquor and certain taxes for illegal sale. But this would not raise great difficulties, officials feel. The former prohibition unit was part of the Internal Revenue Bureau. When the unit became a bureau, however, it was separated from the Internal Revenue Bureau. But the administration of collecting revenues has not been disturbed by tt}e separ- | ation. ‘The new Jones' law, which makes a act felonies instead of misdemeanors, will probably result in improved en- forcement of prohibition, according to the opinion of some high officials. SISTER SHIP OF VESTRIS GROUNDED IN STORM Wrecking Tugs Go to Assistance of Liner Van Dyck on Easterly Side of Governors Island. would cross the border and enter Junez': Mexico, if street fighting, which may | hreatens to endanger Vi 1 b i n this side of the lives of Americans ol border. In 1919 American forces drove ‘Pancho silla out of Juarez after bullets fired i‘n Juarez had killed Americans in El 0. P"l"h(' 7th United States Cavalry at Fort Bliss has been ordered out tomor- yow with full pack and field equipment, it was learned tonight. No reason was given for the order. Brig. Gen. Winans, U. S. A, second in command under Gen. George Van Horn Mosley at Fort Bliss, and a group of staff officers tonight scanned Juarez with field glasses from this side of the international bridge. but declined to comment. on their action. Police lines have been established in the lower part the international of this city near border. CONVERG! NG ON VERA CRUZ. Federals Confident of Recapture of City From Rebels. MEXICO CITY, March 7 (#).—Vic- torious federal troops today were con- verging on Vera Cduz to deliver what ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Bank Statements ‘Washington clearing house, $5.376.- $31.07. Treasury balance, $56974.120.77. New York clearing house exchange $1.652,000,000. New York clearing heuze balance . By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 7.—The Lamport | | & Holt liner, Van Dyck, sister ship | of the Vestris, went aground off Gov- iernor's Island in the upper bay this | moraing, as she battled a whole gale jon her way to her pier from Buenos | Aires. | ‘Wrecking tugs went immediately to the assistance of the 13,000-ton liner. She was in no danger as she stuck fast in the mud off the easterly side of he island. She had 275 passengers. The 60-mile northwest wind blew down a 15-foot section of a smokestack on the Hotel Claridge amd sent the i huge fragment crashing through the Secretary Good Retains Davison As War Assistant ‘The continuance of F. Trubee Davison of New York, as As- sistant Secretary of War in charge of aviation, a position which he has held since the crea- tion of that office in 1926, was made known today by Secretary Good in his first announcement since becoming Secretary of War. Assistant Secretary Charles B. Robbins, in charge of industrial mobilization plans, has been asked by Mr. Good to remain in that position until he can determine with the President upon a suc- cessor. STEWART'S DEFEAT PREDITED BY FOES 8,446,120 Vot;s Are Cast in { is his outstanding characteristic. | { show with the papers in these two files, THO FLES WSS A5 BURLNGANES TRAL NEARS CLOSE | Mysterious Disappearance of | Defense Documents Is Reported. | !MRS. BLALOCK’S FORMER { ATTORNEY TAKES STAND Declines Questions Frequently to Answer From Both Sides, Claiming Lawyer's Immunity. Two important files containing docu- ments which the defense had planned to use in fighting the charges against Capt. Guy E. Burlingame have mys- teriously disappeared. it was revealed today as the trial of the veteran police officer neared its close. The files had been in the office of F. R. Noel, an attorney, who at one time had professionally represented Mrs. IHPlcn F. Blalock, accuser of Capt. Bur- !lingame. Noel disclosed the disappear- ance when he took the witness stand in response to a defense subpoena. One of the files contained correspond- ence and documents concerning Mrs. Blalock. The other had papers in it relating to the case of Edward Schir- mer against the Gibson subcommittee of the House. The disappearance of the files was i disclosed when Noel took the witness stand and announced he had been un- able to bring the papers wanted by the defense as a search of his office had shown them to be missing. B Just what the defense intended to urlingame's chief counsel, Willlam E. Leahy, did not indicate, It also was brought out that the pros- ecution at one time had planned to call Noel as one of its witnesses, but had failed to do so. Noel explained that he last saw the | Blalock file in his office in 1927 and made a search for it recently when Corporation Counsel William W. Bride, chief prosecutor, telephoned him that he was wanted as a prosecution witness. The Schirmer file, he said, was last seen about six months ago. The first witness called when the trial was resumed was Dr. Willilam Tin- | dal, veteran employe of the District government and former secretary of the Board of Commissioners. He was armed ! | with a large package which he said contained the original transcript of the ! testimony in the case of former Police- | man Orville Staples. He was excused. Defense Counsel Leahy failed to reveal, however, what part the Staples case is to play in the defense. [ Allan Dawson of the Chemical Paper | Co., located in a buildis owned by | Battle to Decide Board Chairmanship. By the Associated Press. WHITING, Ind., March 7.—With all the solemnity of a church gathering, the annual meeting of stock holders of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, was held in the community house here today in a session regarded as certain to re- sult in defeat of Col. Robert W. Stewart for re-election as chairman of the board of directors. ‘The board of election reported that a total of 8,446,120 votes had been cast, 817,410 being represented in person and 7,628,710 being proxies. ° After the report of the board had been approved, the minutes of the meeting were read by Felix T. Graham, secre- tary. The election of the directors was deferred until after Mr. Stewart had read his annual business report. ‘The best information available before the annual meeting was called to order at noon was that Col. Stewart, farm boy-lawyer-politician-Rough Rider and 62-year-old chairman of the company’s board, was whipped, that the Rockefel- ler forces, assaulting his “moral fitness,” | had more than enough proxies to end his 11 years’ leadership. ‘This Col. Stewart would not admit; nor would he make advance claims of victory, as did his antagonists. He said he had made an energetic campaign for support; that he had a majority of the stockholders behind him, though they might not represent a majority of the stock; that his fellow directors had given him their indorsement. Proxies only counted today and Mr. Rockefeller's field leader—Winthrop W. Aldrich of New York—went to today’s meeting with the announcement that the Rockefeller faction held control. At the last minute the talk had turned not to who would win but to how great an advantage the Rockefeller group would possess, The estimates ran from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 votes as votes are counted in shares of the com- pany's stock. The Rockefeller forces claimed control of 59 per cent of the company'’s 9,000,000 votable shares. The claim was made after a check of all proxies had been made. To these advance statements of vic- tory there was no answer {rom the Stewart camp. Col. Stewart himself sald he was “too busy to talk” to news- paper men yesterday. His associates would offer no comment. Whatever the preliminary check of proxies may have shown, Col. Stewart made clear that he had no intention of bowing before the voies were cast and that he would be present and active at today's meet- ng. Should Col. Stewart lose, there would be three vacancies on the directorate to be filled. It was understood that the Rockefeller leaders had decided that these vacancies should be filled by the election of Dr. Willlam M. Burton, former president; Thomas S. Cooke, now in charge of manufacturing for the roof of a cafeteria on West Fourty- | fourth street. Twenty-five employes !and a score of patrons of the restaurant | escaped injury. Pan-American Petroleum Transporta- tion Corporation, a subsidiary, " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3) | | By the Associated Press. NEW CITY. N. Y., March 7.—Flags on public buildings here were at half staff today as residents mourned the passing of Michael Whalen, the town ;m}er, who spent 27 of his 54 years in ail. Whalen, at one time a prosperous contractor, was regarded with affection by the community despite a weakness for liquor which once a year for 27 con- secutive years brought him a year jail sentence. Just as regularly as he would be released Whalen would start on a Arinking bout which would bring him ta the iail door begging \?dmmmr--, - » For Toper Who Spent Half of Life in Jail brief spell of freedom he was sent to Good Samaritan Hospital. His only request was that he be allowed to die in the jail, which he called “home.” In this he was disappointed, as he died yes- terday at the hospital. County officials immediately raised among themselves $1,000 for his fu- neral, and ordered that the courthouse be clozed today while he is buried. Each Christmas for many years Wha- len was given a special Christmas par- ty by the Rockland County officials, who regarded him as somewhat of a hero since some vears ago he saved the jail from destriiction by discovering a fire e kaepar Dr. | Daily Express today stated that the Mys. Blalock in the 1000 block of Wis-, consin avenue, was next called to the | witness stand. He produced a large collection of canceled rent checks paid by the company to the palmist in 1926, 1927, 1928 and January and February | of this year. A number of these checks were made payable to the Seventh Street Savings Bank to the credit of the account of Mrs. Blalock, Dawson explaining she had directed such a procedure because she had expected to be out of the city. Blanton Indorsement Revealed. ‘Two of these checks, Chief Defense Counsel Leahy later disclosed, bore the indorsements of Mrs. Blalock and Bur- lingame. The January and February checks of this year, he also revelled,i contained the indorsement of former | Representative Blanton of Texas. i “How does it come that these checks | bear the indorsement of Mr. Blanton?" asked Leahy. “I don’t know,” Dawson answered. In response to questions by Leahy re- garding Blanton's interest in the prop- erty, Dawson drew from his pocket two letters which he said Blanton had writ- ten to the paper company. After ex-| amining these letters Leahy indicated | that he would read them into the rec- ord, but Prosecutor Fowler vigorously objected on the ground that he failed | to see relevancy to the case. Chairman Donald A. Davison over- ruled the objection. One of the letters explained that Mrs. Blalock had moved from Washington, “on account of illness,” and had re- quested the writer to get the checks for rent on the Wisconsin avenue property. The letter also said that Mrs. Blalock had requested Blanton to renew the lease on this property when the present lease expired in the Fall. Blanton's other letter, dated January 21, 1929, thanked the paper company for its $100 check for the February rent and said that the writer would see that Mrs. Blalock received it. This letter also referred to the renewal of the lease, and said that “this poor woman Was sick” when Blanton saw her, and he felt sorry for her and disposed to help her. Hart Letter Read. A letter from David A. Hart, assistant United States attorney, to the Chemical Paper Co. was then read into the records by Leahy. The letter stated, in substance, that Mr. Hart considered the company Tesponsible_for repairs to the property at 1042 Wisconsin avenue. | ~(Contlnued on Page 2, Column 2.) |ENGLAND REFUSES CHINESE NAVY AID Daily Express Declares Request for Help in Reconstructing Fleet Is Denigd. ! i | | | { | By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, March 7.— The London British government had refused a re-| quest from the Nationalist government‘ of China for the aid of two or three! naval officers in reconstructing the Chl-' nese fleet, The paper said that Comdr. W. T. Barr, an officer in the Chinese navy, had been in London on a secret mission for the purpose of enlisting the co- operation of British naval authorities. An agreement between Great Britain, Ttaly, Japan and the United States, placing an_embargo on arms to China, said the Express, was the reason for the British government's refusal. The paper added that there was a desire in semi-official quarters for .. removal of the embargo, based on anx- jety lest China place big orders for na- val material in Germany. The Express claimed to understand that the British government would not oppose the lift- ing of the embargo if the other powers consented. Radio ]’l'ndr% 3 T;m'r CURT EXPETE TOPLAY B ROL Vast Experience in Congress to Be Valuable Aid to Hoover Administration. By the Associated Press. Vice President Curtis is likely to have a larger measure of participation in the affairs of government during the Hoover administration than has any other man who has held the vice presidency in more than a generation. ‘While the sole duty prescribed for the | Vice President is that of presiding | officer over the Senate, President Hoover, even before the election, invited Mr. Curtis to sit in at cabinet sessions and the invitation was accepted prompt- ly. So it will be that the Vice President will be at the council table tomorrow at the first session of the Hoover cabinet. The practice of having the Viee President attend cabinet meetings was initiated by the late President Harding, when Calvin Coolidge held that office. As valuable as his advice may have been, Mr. Coolidge was unable to bring to the deliberations of Mr. Harding’s advisers the vast fund of knowledge concerning the legislative branch of government which Vice President Curtis possesses. Served More Than 30 Years. With but a single break, the former Senator has served in the two houses of Congress for more than 30 years and has been the Republican leader in the Senate since the death of Henry Cabot Lodge more than 4 years ago. Prior i to that he had been the assistant leader for a number of years. Few men on Capitol Hill are as well posted on Senate rules and procedure as is Mr. Curtis and few of them have as wide a circle of intimates among the members of Congress irrespective of party lines. Coming to the cabinet sessions thus equipped, the Vice President will able to give valuable advice on subjects which must be placed before Congress and he will be in a position to wield a considerable influence at the Capitol in the shaping of administration measures anc in the handling of them on the floor of the Senate. ‘Those conversant with the situation would be surprised if his advice is not sought on legislative affairs alike by President Hoover and the leaders as well as the rank and file in the Senate. | Dawes Took Hand at Times. Although he announced at the out- set that he would not attend cabinet sessions even if invited, former Vice President Dawes did take a hand now and then in the framing and piloting of legislation in the Senate. It is an open secret that his activities on behaif of the McNary-Haugen bill created a breach between himself and President Coolidge. Vice President Curtis had an engage- ment today with President Hoover at which it was understood that the sub- Ject of his participation in administra- tion affairs would be discussed. The President and the Vice President al- ready have had several conferences since their inauguration for discussions of the extra session of the Seventy-first Con- gress and other matters. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, president pro tempore of the Senate, who also has wide influence in the con- duct of legislative affairs, was another on the President’s engagement list for his third day in the White House. Other Senators who had White House engagements included Frazier and Nye of North Dakota, one-time proponent of the McNary-Haugen bill, but who sup- ported Mr. Hoover for President; Bing- ham of Connecticut, and Vandenberg of Michigan. FOCH GAINS SLIGHTLY. Marshal's Temperature 98.7 Today. Pulse 86. PARIS. March 7 (#).—The condition of Marshal Foch this morning showed slight but steady improvement. His temperature was 98.7 and his pulse 86. His appetite continued good. : Wotice Inaugural Editions of The Evening Star and The Sundfiy Star Have Been Exhausted Owing to the Unusual Demand. |1 of the affair, telling officers “you can A 30-to-45-mile gale which raked | Washington this morning, attended by | lowering temperatures, injured one | pedestrian, blew in windows, took metal roofs off a number of houses, shattered | street lights in many sections of the | city and uprooted numerous shade | trees, menacing pedestrians and motor- ists with flying limbs and debris. ‘The lone casualty reported up to noon today was Mrs. Anna E. Elliott, 1013 M street, who was cut about the | head by flying glass when the wind shattered a lamp globe at Thomas Circle and Massachusetts avenue and blew the fragments about her. She was |TREES. ROOFS AND GLASS CRASH AS WIND RAKES CAPITAL| 145 Children Flee Portable Sficl'wOI as Gale/ Causes Widespread Minor Damage, One Woman Being Injured. removed to Emergency Hospital in an ambulance and treated by Dr. Leon Gordon. ‘When the wind dislodged a corner of the roof of one of four portable school buildings on the Grant road site of the proposed B. W. Murch School at 12:30 o'clock 145 children were rushed into the open and sent home. Informed of this occurrence, Dr. F. W. Ballou, superintendent of schools. im mediately ordered the dismissal of classes in all portables to avert possible | No further trouble of this na- disaster. ture was reported. The roof was damaged during the noon hour recess when no children were in the frame structure and only a " (Continued on Page 2, Cojumn 7.) ROTHTEIN GUARD SLAIN IN FLORIDA (Mystery Clouds Shooting, Similar to Murder of New York Gambler. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK March 7.—Police were informed today that the man killed in |8 shooting affray at the Miami-Bilt- | more Hotel, in Coral Gables, Fla., was | Thomas (Fatty) Walsh, former body- | guard of Arnold Rothstein. | After the Coral Gables shooting the | name Tom Walsh was found in the | clothing of the dead man, but he was not jmmediately connected with the former Rothstein aide. This morning, however, Miami police informed au- thorities here that they had de- termined the man killed was “Fatt) Walsh was questioned after stein was killed, but was released when | he said he had left the gambler’s em- ploy two months before because he de- cided that Rothstein was “too cheap.” ‘Today. however, police expressed the be- lief that the Walsh killing was an after- math of the Rothstein shooting. The police theory was that Walsh | had talked too much about what he professed to know of the Rothstein murder, and that he was slain by friends of Hyman Biller, who with Mc- Manus and two unidentified men are under indictment in the Rothstein kill- ing. %l!vl York detectives, who attended the recent Sharkey-Stribling fight at Miami, returned with word that Walsh was at the Florida resort bragging that he had worked for Rothstein. The po- lice believe that friends of Biller feared that Walsh might learn of Biller's| { whereabouts and tell the police. | | WORLD-E BANK SURGED BY YOUNE ! International Clearing House| to Oversee Reparations Proposed in Paris. pea IR BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. Cable Dispatch to The Star and BY Gicato ety News. Copyright. T028. PARIS, March 7.—A new and sensa- the | tional idea has suddenly emerged from | the negotiations of the reparations ex- perts. What Owen D. Young, as presi- dent of the experts’ committee, now pro- poses to his colleagues is nothing less than the creation of a great central international banking institute, or clear- ing house, with headquarters at The Hague, and with all the great national banks as members. This central banking committee would not only replace the Reparations Com- mission and the Dawes organizations and oversee all the technical details of the new reparations plan, such as payments in kind, transfer safeguards and the gradual marketing of German bonds, but it would deal with all ques- tions of international finance which are of common interest—for example, the interaction of gold movements, the in- teraction of bank discount rates, great credit problems, currency stabilization and exchange rates. Bawk’s Power Recognized. All students of international affairs know that while the League of Nations is still experimental, the league of the great national banks, though not form- ally organized, has been a fundamental factor of international solidarity for the last five years. The heads of the American Federal Reserve, the Reichs- bank, the Banque de France and the Bank of England have been meeting GUESTS ARE TERRIFIED. ! | Fashionable Hotel Thrown Inte Tur: | i moil by Shooting Affray. | MIAMI, Fla., March 7.—Compl!l€i ! mystery today surrounded the shoonnzl afiray in which Tom Walsh was Killed. | Jand another wounded in the chest and | arm, and a score of fashionable guests | |at the smart resort hotel thrown into confusion. » Miami police, co-operating with the Dade. County sheriff’'s office and the police of Coral Gables, lgarned that a | card game had been in progress in a suite on the fourteenth floor of the hotel, which is one of the newest of the Bilt- more chain, when a dispute arose. Several pistol shots were said to have been fired. Officers called by hotel em- ployes found the body of Walsh lying on the floor beneath a card table. Ar- thur L. Clark of 567 West 149th street, New York City, was the injured man. A bullet pierced his left chest and enter- ed his left arm. Physicians said he was not seriously wounded. Attempts by police to question Clark were fruitless. Beyond identifying himself he refused to give any details | ask me all the 1unflom you want, but I won't say a thing.” Under persistent questioning this morning, however, Clark talked. Clark, according to the police, gave the impression that the slaying of Walsh would be of importance in New York City and officials immediately communi- cated with New York police in an effort to find a solution of the slaying. His statement that he and Walsh lived together in the Miami-Biltmore contra- dicted a previous assertion from him that he hss lived alone at a residence in l repeatedly in New York, London and aris, and from their quiet deliberations have resulted the stabilization of the German franc, Polish, Rumanian and other currencies, as well as measures designed to prevent contagious financial crises in any particular country. Mr. Young's idea is to give a formal! status to this hitherto informal banking arrangement and to confide to it the administration of the reparations plan. Circumvents Suspicion. ‘The scheme is so bold and yet so sim- ple that it almost takes the breath away. The only criticism thus far made against it is that it would give the banks too much international pow- er. To circumvent this suspicion of a superstate, Mr. Young suggests that the governments should also appoint official representatives to a permanent committee: while the issue is not being raised for the present, it is obvious that such a committee, if founded, would sooner or later probably be asked to help administer certain details of the war debt, payments to the United States. It would also be the ideal body for under- | taking a final financial settlement and credit arrangement with Soviet Rus- ! sia—indeed, the proposal is so rich in possibilities that it is difficult even to foresee them all. Maryland and } Virginia News Pages 10 and 11. -.’—“- Sy i HOOVER SUMMONS SPECIAL - SESSION FOR FARM RELIEF 10 MEET APRIL 15 Limited Changes of Tariff to Come Up for Action, With Leaders Planning to Ward 0ff Complete Revision Now. LEGISLATION OUTLINED FOR JULY ADJOURNMENT | President Favors Loan Board to Handle Crops’ Surplus, as Well as Strengthening Co-operative Marketing and Additional Ware- houses. President Hoover today formally summoned Congress to meet in extra session at noon Monday, April 15, for the purpose of effect- ing agricultural relief and for limited changes of the tariff. In his call Mr. Hoover specifi- cally declared that in justice to American farmers, laborers and manufacturers further agricul- tural relief and limited tariff re- vision should not be postponed. The summons, in the form of a proclamation, issued through the Secretary of State, is in compli- ance with promises made by President Hoover during the last campaign. It was explained in his behalf that the date for Con- gress to convene was selected after several Senate and House leaders had been consulted. It is hoped that the session will have com- !pleted the work for which it is called and be ready to adjourn iearly in July. Text of Proclamation. The proclamation in full follows: i “Whereas public interests require that | the Congress of the United States | should be convened in extra session at 112 o'clock, noon, on the fifteenth day of April, 1929, to receive such communi- c:uon as may be made by the Exec- ve; ‘And whereas legislation to effect further agricultural relief and jtion for limited changes of the Ha;nonot ig justice to{oulr farmers, our abor and our manufacturers be post- | poned; e “Now, therefore, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of Amer- ica, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the Congress of the United States to con- | vene in extra session at the Capitol in the City of Washington on the fifteenth day of April, 1929, at 12 o’clock, noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members thereof are hereby required to take notice. “In Witness Hereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the United States. | “Done at the City of Washington this ! Seventh Day of March in the Year of | Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred | and Twenty Nine, and in the independ- | ence of the United States the One Hun~ | dred and Fifty-third. Signed “HERBERT HOOVER.” Complete Revision Now Opposed. Mr. Hoover has let it be known that during its consideration of tariff revi- sion a general revision of the tariff schedules will not be attempted by Con- | gress. Realizing that there is consid- | erable pressure being brought to bear for a general revision of the tariff, he | will insist that such a revision be post- | poned until the regular session, which | will convene next December and that | the special session will devote its tariff | work solely to those schedules having a | direct bearing on the agricultural indus- try and oly such other schedules as i are deemed necessary to revise without their further delay. The President has assurance from |party leaders in both the Senate and House that they will do everything pos- sible to ward off attempts at a general revision of the tariff. | While tariff and farm relief were the | only items specifically mentioned in the | proclamation, the action of the extra | session will not be limited to these. One other major piece of legislation which has the President’s support, is that directing the taking of the 1930 |census and the reapportionment of the | membership of the House of Representa- | tives on the basis of that census. Farm Loan Board Favored. Mr. Hoover favors agricultural legis- | lation that will create a farm loan board to handle the crops surplus, as well as additional assistance in strength- {ening the co-operative marketing and the establishment of adequate ware- houses. He believes in an upward re- vision of the tariff to protect the do- mestic market from foreign competi- tion. At least, this covers his ideas re- garding the more important legislation for immediate relief, although he has some definite ideas in the matter of future relief, such as development of the inland waterways and other features of transportation. The revised McNary farm relief bill, with the equalization fee feature eliminated, is understood to meet very fajrly his wishes on this sub- ject. Mr. Hoover's proclamation followed conferences on the subject he has had during the last two days with such party leaders as Vice President Curtis, Senator Watson of Indiana, majority leader of the Senmate; Representatiye Tilson of Connecticut, majority leader of the House, and Secretary of Agrieul- ture Hyde. It is believed that President Hoover's next important official act will be the announcement of those he has appoint- ed to serve on a national c for .a searching investigation of the whole structure of the Federal system of jurisprudence, which will include the method of enforcement of the eighteenth amendment and abuse under it. Hoover declared in_his inaugural dress that he would appoint such a col on, and it is the opinion of observers that he considers this, for the present. as one of the paramount objectives of his administration. It is understood that he has given the selec- N e e ' & Mr. ad-