Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1929, Page 2

P D. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1929. REBELS'REPORTED STAR, WASHINGTON, SUGGESTS SCHOOLS THE EVENING ISTEWART'S LOVE FOR BATTLE g, N COOLIDGE, PRIVATE CITIZEN 6.0.P.FACING NEW VOTE DRIVE REPORT WLLBE RECENVED : “Plans to Continue Work Also " to Comg Upiat Meeting Tonight. With what results the disfranchised citizens of the District of Columbia carried their educational campaign for national r:’pn.-enuuon td the thousands of qualified voters who visited Washing- ton during the inaugural period from all parts of the country will b> reported at a meeting tonight at the temporary neadquarters maintained in the National Press Building. Plans- for continuing the work in furtherance of the movement to restore the rights of citizenship to residents of the National Capitel also will be consid- ‘ered by the executive committee of the Joint Committee on National Represen- tation for. the District of Columbla. Chairman Theodore W. Noves will re- ceive a report on the work done during the inaugural perio The meeting is Headquarters Open This Week. The national representation head- quarters on_the ground floor of the Press Bujlding, Fourteenth and F streets, will remain open to visitors through Saturday evening. From noon each day until 10 o'clock in the eve- ning the subcommittee in charge of the demonstration will keep “open house” during the remainder of the week. Leaders of the movement are en- couraged over the sympathetic interest shown by insugural delegations from widely scattered sections in the disen- flanciusemenl of District eitizens. More than a thousand signatures have been obtained for the petitions for approval of the District’s claim for national representation and many others have Eledsed support to the movement “back ome.” It is probable that when more signa- tures are obtained they will be presented at the next session of Congress to the proper committees. By that time it is expected the number of signatures will have increased greatly. Visitors Take Copies Home. Many of the inaugural visitors are returning home with copies of the pe- tition in their possession, having prom- ised to obtain signatures from their friends and forward them to the execu- tive committee here. In this way the ball will be kept rolling. Dorsey W. Hyde, secretary of the d | called for 8 o'clock. Degision o Clash With Rockefeller Did Not Sur- prise His Friends. | Spirit of Combat Marks His Work, Golf and Bridge. By the Associated Press. WHITING, Ind, March 7.—Col. Robert W. Stewart, whose deflance of the Rockefeller interests resulted in the battle of the proxies here today, has | Joved a fight. friends and associates were no'; so very surprised a few months ago when he elected to fight John D. Rocke- | feller, jr., rather than comply with Mr. Rockefeller's request to relinquish his office as chairman of the board of the Standard Ofl Co. of Indiana, & position that he had held 11 years. Stewart Hates to Lose. ‘Whether at work, on the golf course | or at the bridge table, Col. Stewart | is known as & man who loves compe- tition and hates to lose. To quit under fire would be to miss a chance for a fight with worthy adversaries. Col. Stewart went with the Standard 0il Co. 22 years ago after the company had been attracted by his reputation as a corporation lawyer in the North- west and asked him to handle a case which had gone against it. Stewart, the light of battle in his eyes, succeeded in having the case re- opened and won. In 1915 he became general counsel and in 1918 he was chosen chairman of the board. His love of a fight resulted in the development of the competition between Standard Oil groups—one of the things mention- ed as a factor in the effort to remove him He fought with all of them. He battled the Standard of New Jersey | for the Venezuelan and Spanish trade. | encroached upon the Standard 6f | Louisiana for the Gulf Coast trade and | came to grips with the Standard of | New York in New England. He carried the Indiana's trade into Kentucky and entered into a contract with Colombian Oil interests despite the fact that the LED TO STANDARD OIL FIGHT ‘ | New Jersey company had millions of acres there. Col. Stewart is 62 years old, a native Iowan, who made his early reputation as a lawyer in South Dakota. He was graduated from Coe College and re- ceived a degree at Yale. He settled in Plerre, 8. Dak., and went in for poli- tics and the Militla, and was given credit for organizing the South Dakota Militia on a sound basis. He served as county prosecutor, as reporter on the Supreme Court and as State Sen- ator, but interrupted his political career to join the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. He, however, did not get to Cuba. He lives on the Chicago Gold Coast unostentatiously, entertaining inform- ally often, but seldom formally. His wife was Miss Maude Bradley Eiliott of | Aberdeen, 8. Dak., and they have four | sons. He waged the fight being con- cluded today in & characteristic manner, nnw’erlnf every critielsm directed | against him as rapidly as they ap- peared, much as a fighter who delighta | in standing toe to toe and trading | blow for blow. He never openly an- nounced that he would win, but he | never conceded defeat, even when his | opponents said that they held proxies | for nearly 60 per cent of the stock. cial committee in charge of the dis- ;?:y. will addrese letters of appreciation to ail the various man and woman or- ganizations that have co-operated in making the national representation campaign a success. This was directed V unanimous vote of the subcommittee. ‘otes of appreciation also were extend- ed to Washington ‘Topham for his con- tinuous duty at the headquarters and Miss Florence Stiles. chairman of the FILES ARE MISSING; TRIAL NEARS CLOSE Mysterious Disappearance of | committee on hostesses. R DRY LAW WILL BE ENFORCED, SAYS NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL (Continued From First Page.) ever, did not seem to worry the new Attorney General in the least. “1 think we have interesting work cut out for us,” he said. “I have faith that we ¢an improve conditions. I will have to-work out the problem to see whether we will need more funds and if the problem means an increase in work; or personnel-1 will have to ask for more money. Mr. Mitchell said he had nét the personnel of e e e i members of the staff had seized upon the mn‘g‘m administration as an op- portune time to make a change in their occupations, but that they had agreed o ru&:gruntu he could get his staff "We» will make no hasty moves,” he added: - Inquiry Results Seen. Mr. Mitchell said he had given some thought to the work of the commission to be appointed By President Hoover o investigate the administration of the criminal law by the Federal courts and he believed it would result in improvin, conditions. This particularly lpplle& he said, to the congestion in the erim- inal court dockets. % T But.as the Attorney General talked he toyed with & pile of pictures on his desk. They were photographs taken of him on'a hunting trip in Alaska. "I have always liked to get back into the wilderness,” he seid with a far- away look of lonnn(' in his eyes. "Back: on a pack trail. Years ago I got a great deal of pleasure from hunting, far off the beaten tracks, away from civil- ization in the forests and mountains. But in the later years of my life I get more glunure out of taking motion pictures of the wild life than I do in shooting. Of course, while in the cities Iget plammm out. nfngolr," e sald occas! ly he found oppor- tunity to y from city lif :o o g0 duck hunting on the waters of near- by Virginia and Maryland. HOOVER SUMMONS SPECIAL SESSION TO MEET APRIL 15]i0 be (Continued ‘tion of the personnel of this commission considerable thought and that he soon ;fll !:7““"1‘:‘“”111“:1““‘“ of the men to whom he will delegate this n important task. i Hoover to Meet Official Family. Mt. Hoover tomorrow will meet for !.r‘he first time officially with his cabinet, here whs no meeting of the new cabinet 1ast Tuesday because the mem- bers had not vet been confirmed by the Senate. Secrctary of State Kellogg will act in the capacity of Secretary of State unt!l Henry L. Stimson, who has been appointed to succeed him, arrives in_Washington. It is not thought likely that Mr. Hoover will send to the Senate any major: nominations before next week. The majority of his callers today, how- ever, had definite ideas regarding patronage and the President's list of names of persons recommended for appointment to important Federal posi- tions is growing rapidly. Senator Moses of New Hampshire pre- sented former Gov. O. B. Colquitt of ‘Texas, who wants to become a member of the Federal Board of Mediation. Representative Will Ta: Republican Irader of Tennessee, today presented the claims of his State for Federal patron- age. Among thoze Mr. Taylor recom- mended for places was James A, Fowler, mayor of Knoxville, who is aspiring to become solicitor general. Col. R. B. Creager, Republican national commit- teeman from Texas, was on hand to present the claims of his State, which are quite sizable, as a result of Texas voting Republican in the last election. Col. Horace Mann, who managed Mr. Hoover's campaign in the solid South, is understood to have discussed Southern patronage with the President today. Australians Visit White House. More than 100 boys, members of the Young Australian League, who are touring this country, contributed con- siderable color to the general aspect of the White House today. Their band played lively airs upon their arrival at the executive office, and when President Hoover left his office and came out to be photographed with thess young visi- 1 Defense Documents Is Reported. (Continued From t Page.) which they occupled as tenants of Mrs. Blalock. The company, answering the letter, refused to make the repairs to a rear wall, expressing the belief that Mrs. Blalock should rebuild this wall despite the fact that the lease contained a clause fixing responsibility of all re- pairs on the company. 'k was on the stand ‘When 3 she said she had been told thet Mr. Hart charged a $50 fee for writing this letter 0 her behalf. This was denled by defense witnesses. The next witness called, William ‘Weber, testified that he purchased & houu’n I{I H m nart.hgi‘l.t. h‘on; Mrs. Blalock, nami e purc] P! as being $12,000. Me said that the transaction was handled for the palmist by _former Representative Blanton. William Weber, jr, testified he as- sisted Mr. Blanton removin,r:mtrunk belonging to Mrs. Blalock the premises. He said that Blanton rode with him on the truck used in trans- r;mnc the trunk to_the former’s office the House Office Building. Mystery Injected. An element of mystery was injected into the hearing when the next witness, F. R. ‘Noel, an attorney, with offices in the Wilkins Building, began his testimony. Mr. Leahy asked him to produce the file in the case of Edward Schirmer vs. the Gibson subcommittee. Noel answered he could not produce the file, explaining that it had been removed from his filing cabinet with- out his knowledge. He said he made a thorough search for the file when he first became aware of the fact that he was to be called as & witness in this case, but had been unable to find any trace of it. Leahy e that the flle was missing and nsked Noel if he thought it nad been ttolen from his office. Noel said he was not willing to say it had been stolen, but added that it had been temoved scme time during the past six weeks without his consent or knowledge. Mr. Leahy refused to explain what connection the Schirmer case had with | the charges preferred against Capt. ' Burlingame. | Edward Schirmer, it was learned, however, was original em!rloyed by the Gibson committee of the House in con- nection with the valuation of property used for the erection of Govern- ment buildings. He supplied the com- | mittee with figures for use in its in- vestigation of District affairs. After other tasks for the committee, with which, it is understood, he is no longer connected. The defense attorney then requested Noel to produce his filles covering his business dealings with Mrs. Blalock. “This file is also missing, Mr. Leahy,” the witness replied. “I have made a thorough search of my office and have questioned all of my emgloyn concern- ing its disappearance, but have been unable to locate it. I was particularly anxious to keep this file because I have ! not received my entire fee for some of the work done by me for Mrs. Blalock, and may need it to prove my claims.” Leahy then questioned Noel as to the location of his filing cabinets and to their accessibility to strangers. Noel answered that the flling cabinet was situated In the rear of his office and that he did not see how it could be ! reached by any outsider. Claims Immunity. Mr. Noel sald he represented Mrs. Blalock as her attorney from 1921 to { December, 1927. As Leahy prepared to | ask another question, Noel interrupted him to announce that he would refuse to answer any questions the answer to which might violate the privacy of | his business relations with his clients. | He quoted authorities from a 'aw book which he brought with him to srow that he was entitled to this immunity. He did state, however, that Mrs. Blalock consulted him six or seven times during 1927, and that he did write several letters for her to various business firms in Washington. Mr. Leahy tried to secure an admis- sion from the witness that Mrs. Bla- lock had torn up several business docu- ments on .one occasion while she was in his office. The witness would not go this far, however, contenting himself with the explanation that, on entering his office, he found the torn fragments of several tax bill duplicates, a lease form, and a carbon copy of 8 letter to the collector of taxes scal.ered over his desk and floor. He said that these papers had previcusly been in Mrs. | 1 ressed surprise when told | £ that time he has been engaged in some | { STEWART’S DEFEAT PREDICTED BY FOES | WITH BALLOT TODAY | (Continued From First Page.) G. Nash, manager of the Whiting Re- | er: finery. Earlier predictions that Ed G. Seubert, president of Standard Oil of Indiana, would succeed Stewart as chairman should the election go favor- ably for the Rockefeller m}lx% ‘were regarded today a8 erroneous. e best information was that Seubert, who has been supporting Col. Stewart, would re- main as president and executive officer, but that Dr. Burton would be named chairman with final authority. Col.. Stewart's valedictory—if it should be that—was his annaul report show- ing that in 1028 the company under his direction made profits in excess of $80,000,000. Procedure Is Given. “':‘pe procedure for today's meeting ‘The meeting to be called to order at noon in the company's office here and then transferred to the community house, which is equipped to handle the unusually large number of stockholders and attracted to the meeting by the Stewart-Rockefeller battle, Col. Stewart then was to read his an- nual report. 0 Miscellaneous business was to come up for decision, this including an em- pi fia‘ stock purchase plan. en two slates of directors were to be submitted. The slates were identi- cal except for one name—Col. Stewart’s one. With this done, the voti start, voting was to excitable, and handled her accordingly. She always appeared to be worried and at first was very secretive in her deal- ings with me, but gradually this wore off. On several occasions she became excited and began crylng over trivial 3 not appear to have had much business experience, however, I Was not sure then and I am not sure i\o;) ut]gl Ah"eh v‘:n m merely acting. y that at times she a to be abnormal.” > P Guards His Testimony. Noel carefully guarded his testimony and on several occasions declined to answer the questions of both the de- ! ense and privilege as a lawyer not to disclose cer- tain of his professional relations with Mrs. Blalock when she was his client. Leahy spent most of the morning in an effort to support his statement of Tuesday that the defense would en- deavor to show that former Represent- ative Blanton of Texas “in the last two months has done more interference to the business affairs of Mrs. Blalock | than Capt. Burlingame ever did.” Leahy called several witnesses to the stand to show that Blanton had not only collected the rent on Mrs. Blalock’s property in Georgetown but had super- vised the moving of her furniture from the Beventh street studio to property she owned in the 600 block of H street n':rtl}:?ut and subsequently arranged for The defense is expected to complet: the presentation of Ipv: case Imureplas Jjournment this afternoon. About 10 more witnesses are scheduled to testify, Hart Denies Charging $50. Mr. Hart was called to the witness stand shortly before the luncheon recess and asked to identify a letter he had written for Capt. Burlingame in Janu- ary, 1927, Mrs. Blalock in her testimony had said that Burlingame told her Hart had charged him $50 for writing this letter, but the assistant United States at- l,ornef stoutly denied this charge when questioned by Defense Counsel Leahy. Hart said in answer to questions by Chairman Davison of the trial board | that he had never gained an impression in his conversations with Burlingame that the officer had ever been interested tin Mrs. Blalock except in a business way. ‘;he last witness called before the luncheon recess was Allen K. Reed of Chevy Chase, Md. He testified that he went to the office of former Repre- sentative Blanton, with another man ed Phillips, to seek the former legislator's assistance in getting an ap- pol for ntment to the Metropolitan police ce. While there, the witness de- ed, Mr. Blanton became angry and he had no interest in the Police epartment except to “get” Capt. Bur- lln,!:mn and Capt. Lord. ed sald he went to the second pre- cinct station and informed Capt. Bur- l(nélme what the Texan had said. ontinuing his testimony, Reed told of being stopped by a stranger last Saturday night about 12:30 o'clock while returning to his home after visit- m{ 2 neighbor. He sald the stranger asked him for direction to the home of A. K. Reed, his own residence. Reed sald the other man stepped back at this moment and bent over to brush some mud from his trousers. As he did so, Reed said, -fl:m in his hip pocket was exposed. ed sald that he then drove away leaving the man Blalock’s possession. Leahy asked Noel if he h any opinion a2 to Mre. Blaloe! = the band struck up “The Star ‘ pled Banner," during which the euccative stood at rigid attention. or nervous conition. standing in the road. prosecution by claiming | di Anyway, two on a diet can live cheaply as one eating freelgy-says ti el “Yes, I regafted her as nervous and | Jefferson City (Mo.) Post=T FORRAGAL STUDY Colored Ministers’ Group President Appreciates Aid of Whites. Establishment of schools for studying the different races as a means of meet~ ing the need of a better inter-racial understanding, was advocated by Rev. Dr. Charles L. Russell, president of the Colored National Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of America, speak- ing at the third annual session in the Florida Avenue Baptist Church. Dr. Russell declared that science had made the world a neighborhood and said that all the religions of the world should make it a brotherhood and paid tribute to the white peoples who have helped and are now helping the colored | race, relerrln% particularly to Atlant: University, Tall versity, University, which were established by white people for the training and ad- vancement of the colored race. Attending the convention, which closes on Friday, March 8, are two colored ministers representing all Protestant denominations from each State appoint- ed by governors and one minister elect- ed by the ministerial alliance of each Btate. The alliance, which was founded by Dr. Russell three years ago, has for its object the inquiry by clerical represent- atives of the various creeds cgmugh- out the country into racial conditions and feelings with a view to elevating the colored race to a higher plane to ghare in the equal economic and social benefits of the white peoples. STATESMEN PRAISE ROOT'S NEW PLAN Formula Is Designed to Bring About U. S. Entry Into World Court. By the Associnted Press. GENEVA, March 7.—The Ascociated Press last night received the text of the already famous formula prepared by Elihu Root as a method for bring- ing about adhesion of the United States to the World Court of International Justice, Statesmen gathered at Geneva for the Council meeting of the League of Nations have discussed the formula and agreed that it formed a good basis for further consideration of the reser- vations made by the United States Sen- ate and which hitherto have not been accepted by other nations. The formula is entitled a “suggested redraft of article IV of the protocol of 1926." It should be read in the light of that protocal, which was drafted by a conference of signatories to the international court. at conference rejected the fifth American reserva- tion, declining to give the United States an unrestricted veto privilege on ad- visory opinions by the court when the American mg:xbllc found itself especial- 'y interested in the question propounded. ‘The protocol instea e an Ameri- can objection the orce and ef- fect as_would attach to a vote of a Ln?e member in either the Assembly or the Council of the League. The idea behind this was that the signatories to the court did not know whether opin- fons should be requested from the tri- bunal by a majority or by a unani- mous vote of the League Council. Article IV also provided that the manner in which American consent would be given to an advisory opinion should be arranged by negotiations be- tween the United States Government and the Council of the League. FIVE FIRE UNITS FIGHT FOREST BLAZE Company From District Aids in Subduing Flames in Nearby Maryland. Four suburban fire departments of nearby Maryland and one engine com- pany from action this morning before a forest fire, which burned for three hours, just this nlded of Seat Pleasant, Md., was sub- lued. The fire destroyed brush and small timber over an area of from 50 to 75 acres and was brought under control by back-firing the undergrowth on the windward side. Almost 80 men living in the vicinity were beating the fire and assisting the firemen in their work of back-firing during the three hours the fire raged. The first company on the scene was from Seat Pleasant and in charge of Assistant Chief J. E. Farr, who assumed charge of the other firemen when they arrived from Capitol Heights, Greater Capitol Heights and Boulevard Heights. The blaze was confined to property owned by William Heller, Mrs. Grace Dicky and the Beaver Heights Subdi- vision. The damage was of small mone- tary value as none of the timber was marketable. No one was hurt. MRS. WILLEBRANDT WILL KEEP OFFICE Duties Will Be Increased by Dry Bureau Transfer to Justice Department. It was sald today at the Department of Justice that Mrs. Mabel Walker ‘Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney Gen- eral in charge of prohibition prose- cutfons, will remain at the department in the administration of President Hoover., Mrs. Willebrandt attracted much at- tention during the presidential cam- paign and was subject to sharp criti- clsm by members of Congress because of her campaign activities. While it was generally understood that she would remain as General, no definite announcement has been forthcoming. Under the proposed plan to transfer the Prohibition Bureau from the Treas- ury Departmen$ to the Department of Justice, Mrs. Willebrandt's dutles would be increased. Instead of having only the prosecution of prohibition cases under her direction, she would have an active part in directing the work of the bureau. WOMAN SUSTAINS BURNS. Mrs, Mary Shannon, 54 years old, of 925 F street southwest sustained paine ful burns to her face and hands yes- terday when she snatched a pair of curtains from a window in her home after they had been ignited by a gas stove. At Emergency Hospital she was treated by Dr. Leon Gordon. Her con- dition was not serious and she was al- lawed o setusn home, adega College, Fisk Uni- | mpton Institute and Howard | ‘ashington were called into | Assistant Attorney | { specifically include Gen. Jesus Aguirre, IN GENERAL ROUT Gen. Aguirre Is Believed to Have Fled to Sea After Battle. (Continued From First Page.) the government hopes to be a coup de {grace to the rebellion, headad by Gen. Gonzolo Escobar and Gen. Aguirre. Provisional President Portes Gil's an- | nouncement of the recapture of Monte- rey and Cordova predicted in terms of | vigorous confidence that the revolt | would soon be crushed and the city of Vera Cruz retaken by government forces. A report gained wide circulation in Mexico City that the censorship would soon be removed Delegates of the National League of Farmers voted to support the govern- ment against the revolutionists. Accom- panying this action it was stated that members of the league throughout the nation were ready to enroll in a volun- teer army. The government received notification of support from another im- portant source in a decision by Mexico City merchants to fix the prices of food and necessitles for the prevention of profiteering. Cordova Recapture Reported. ‘The government's communique stress- ed successful mulur{ action against tHe rebels on both the northern and eastern fronts. It described Gen. Esco- bar's flight from Monterey and the de- feat of another rebel leader at Coahuila. A further important victory was report- ed in the recapture of Cordova in the State of Vera Cruz. The communique said that Gen. Aguirre, the rebel leader at Vera Crue, had lost a large share of his support and that only two {solated military units of ravolters remained in the whole State of Vera Cruz, one at Perote and the other at Jalapa. A later announcement added that the troops of Gen. Escobar had been driven out of Saltillo, where they had taken up a position after their defeat at Monterey. The Escobar contingent it now reported on the way to Torreon along the western border of Coahuila. QGovernment officlals think that Gen. Aguirre has only 600 men left in his command. Col. Tejeda, governor of Vera Cruz, and loyal supfinmr of the federal regime, is thought to be at Paso de Ovejas with 2,000 men. This place is 20 miles from the city of Vera Cruz, and Col. Tejeda is reported to be ready to aid in an attack on the city as soon as he receives munitions. It was learned in a well informed quarter that part of the forces originally | supporting Gen. Aguirre in Vera Cruz rebelled against him and drove him out of the city. Severe atreet fighting is said to have occurred in the course of this revolt within revolt. The general with a small of followers is thought by this ormant to have sought refuge by putting out to sea or l‘ily fleeing into the woods north of el ra Crus. Western Telegraph Wires Cut. The Western Union land wires be- tween Mexico City and Vera Cruz were cut last night. All service between Mex- ico City and the outside world by this channel ceased immediately. ~ The Aguirre group of rebels is believed to have cut the wires to aid its evacuation of the city, The first train north out of Mexico City since the outbreak of the revolu- “m:s left for Laredo at § p.m. Wed- nescay. An official statement promises. the restoration bf regular-air mail and pas- senger service between Mexico City and Tampico on Thursday. Rebel forces are reported to be in complete route everywhere, with the important cities of Orizaba, Cordova | and Jalapa once more in the hands of | Federal troops. “The enemy is the victim of incon- ceivable panic,” says a statement issued night by the government. Officials| #aid that the government forces did not expect to find any revolutionary troops 1tn \"’m\ Cruz when the city is recap- ured. Handbills to Be Dropped. The government ordered a squadron of military aviators to fly over ‘the forces of Gen. Escobar and drop hand- bills explaining to them that they are rebelling _nga the national govern- ment. This fon is_in connection with charges made by officials here that Gen. Escobar had deceived his support- ers by telling them they were on the side of the government. The airplanes will also drop coples of Mexico City newsapers on the Esco- bar troops for the purpose of informini them of the situation in the capital. | Gen. Ortiz, leader of the loyalist forces | At Monterey, wired- ex-President Calles that Gen. Escobar had confiscated gov- ernment funds before evacuating the city, but that his flight had been so precipitous that a milllon rounds of :emmu{m:‘fln.d fl;e nl:llohl.ne guns and veral hundres ousand c.g “'S’ {orlg!.tlcn. dollars in en. Jesus Palomera Lopes, chief of the military police in {;:)’::g City, was arrested in the state of Mich- oncan when he was on the point of turning his regiment against the gov- | ernment. He was held for summary court-martial. Gen. Lopez while mili- tary police chief won & reputation for nrilc:n dealing and swift punishment of criminal Rebels’ Property Condemned. The department of justice issue - esses condemning the property dotancn leaders of the revolution. 0se named Gen. Francisco Manzo, Gen. Fausto Topete, the Governor of Sonora, Gen. Escobar and Gen. Roberto Cruz, a for- mer chief of police in Mexico City. A Igovemment statement said that Col. Tejeda, with a force of about 2,000 military police and agrarians, was op- erating in the neighborhood of Puente Nacional in the State of Vera Cruz, trying to cut the rebel lines of com- munications. Their purpose is to pre- vent the forces under Gen. Simon Aguirre from joining those under Gen. Jesus Aguirre and thus deal what they believe would be a decisive blow to the rebellion in this area. Another government statement said that the naval forces which steamed out of sea at the beginning of the re- bellion, wirelessed messages assuring the government of their loyalty. The police of Mexico City began a roundup of all vagabonds and suspicious characters for the purpose of insuring order in the city. Complete tranquility prevails in the capital. The inhabitants see and know nothing of the revolution except what they read in the mews- papers. Occasionally troops are seen marching to the ratiway station, JUAREZ AWAITS BATTLE. of Federal Troops Prepare to Defend City. EL PASO, Tex., March 7 (#).—A handful of federal troops in Juares, across the border from here, prepared today to defend the city against an attack by rebels under Gen. Marcelo Caraveo. achine guns have been mounted around barricades at the at the principal street intersections. Reinforcements were reported to be on the way, but it was doubtful whether they would arrive before the revolu- tionaries. - ‘The rebels, reported to be advancing on Juarez, were believed to be in the mountains 20 miles south. Rallroad tracks in that direction have been de- Handful Former President Calvin Coolidge, seated at his desk in the old offices of | Coolidge & Hemmingway in the Masoni down as a private citizen for the first ic Building, Northampton, Mass,, settling time in 30 years. Mr. Coolidge has no definite plans for the future, but he does intend to keep himself as far removed from public attention as possible. tary rule, took over the customs house, disarmed police and ‘ arrested Mayor Augustine Gallo and a number of other town officials, On this side of the border, United Btates Army officials at Fort Bliss watched the situation closely. They indicated that American troops would cross the border and enter Juarez should fighting develop there in such a way as to endanger the lives of Ameri- cans in El Paso. American troops drove Francisco Villa out of Juarez ie 1916 after stray bullets had killed se¢- eral residents of El Paso. QGen. R. Ramos, who resigned as as- sistant secretary of war to assume com- mand of the troops in Juares, said he would defend the town unless over- whelmingly outnumbered. in which case | he will withdraw his troops and retreat. Arrives By Airplane. Gen. Ramos arrived here last night by airplane from Brownsville and in an interview with El Continental, 8pan- ish language newspaper, outlined a part of .the government’s plan of operations. He sald two columns of troops, some 1,500 men, aided by two squadrons of pirplanes, are advancing against Gen. Jesus Aguirre, one of the leaders of the revolt. Gen Almanzan is in charge of the Federal troops, Ramos said. Some 20,000 men in four columns are moving upon_ Gen. Escobar, another revolutionary leader at Monterey. The columns are moving from Saltillo, Tam- pico and Zacatecas. In the Sonora area, Ramos said, Gen. Cardenas is organizing troops to attack the rebels, He is recruiting upward of 10,000 men in the States of Aguasca- lientes, Queretaro and Michoacan. TROOPS MOVED TO BORDER. March 7 (P).— strengthening their positions in the border area today. ‘The 500 troops at the revolutionary garrison in Nogales, Bonora, across the international line from here, were aug- mented by 1,000 soldiers under Fausto Topete, governor of Sonora, and one of the military leaders of the revolt. The troops were moved from Hermosillo, capital of the state. Loyal federal forces under Gov. Abe~ lardo Rodriguez completed pontoon bridges across the Colorado River be~ tween Baja California and Sonora last | night. QGen. Gastalum, a subordinate of Rodriguez, had previously occupied San Luis, Sonora, without resistance and was awaiting development of plans for & movement against the insurrec- tionists in Sonora. The federals purchased supplies and three tractors in Yuma, Ariz, and char. tered .motor trucks from the fisheri along the gulf. Indians Join Rebels. More than 6,000 Mayo and Yaqul In- dians have joined the rebel army in Bonora, highway engineers returnin here from Hermosillo said. Mosé o! these were reported moving southward against federal forces in Sinaloa. Officers in command of the rebel forces in Naco and Agua Prieta, Sonora, appeared . agitated over reg;m that troops under Gen. Gonzalo Escobar at Monterey had met reverses, but Gen. Prancisco Borquez, commanding the insurrectionists in Sonora, sald he was officially advised that Gen. Escobar had merely withdrawn his men to a stronger position. Reports that a revolutionary cavalry detachment was attempting to invade Baja, California, by way of San Luls, Scnora, caused officers of the Merchan- tile Bank of Mexicali, to moxe six truck loads of currency across the line to Calexica, Calif., last night. Priests Plan Masses. Priests of the Roman Catholic Church in Sonora today planned to hold the first masses since July, 1026, as a re- sult of Gov. Topete's proclamation of religious freedom several days ago. The churches were closed by the clergy be- cause of what they regarded as unrea- sonable religious laws. The Rev. Jose M. Pablos said he would assail the Calles administration in a sermon at Nogales, Sonora, and urged his congregation to pray for the success of the revolution. “It is a fight for life” the priest declared. “Fither this present move- ment must triumph or we must once more give up our liberty.” hmoni Rrelignlisteel Posts. NEW YORK. March 7 (#).—Robert P. Lamont, Secretary of Commerce in President Hoover's cabine, has resigned as president of the American Steel Foundries Co. Chicago, and the Gen- eral Steel Casting Corporation, Eddy- stone, Pa. —_—— YOUR INCOME TAX. No. 32. Varlous penalties are imposed by the statute for failure to file & return and pay the tax on time, and for making a fraudulent re- turn. Distinction is made be- tween faflure and “wiliful failure” to file a return. For failure to file & return on time, the -pen- alty is 25 per cent of the amount of the tax, unless a return is later filed and it is mlmcwnq shown to the commissioner of Internal Revenue that such failure was due to a reasonable cause and not to willful neglect. If a taxpayer exercised ordinary business care and prudence, and nevertheless was unable to file a return with- in the prescribed time, the delay is due to a ‘“reasonable cause.” "m vg‘uml xllll:xreuw T-ke a e penaity is not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and in addition 25 per cent of the amount of the tax. For willfully mm false ?‘r fll:udulent re- 3 J not more than $100,0 0o or i imprisonment for stroyed by government troops. Following rrpm that a revolution- federals. ary movement gaining headway in duares, the established mille not more than five years, or both, and in addition 50 per cent of the amount of the tax. —Associated Press Photo. |White House “Lark” |Over, Mrs. Coolidge |Resumes Old Duties | Does Own Housework | Glad That Official Career Has Ended. ] | By the Associated Press. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., March 7.— Back in her own home after almost six vears as the Pirst Lady of the Land, Mrs. Calvin Coolidge looks upon her stay in | a position also attended by great re- sponsibilities, which make her join her distinguished husband in a feeling of | reliet that they are private citizens lanm Mr. Coolidge has been frank and ex- plicit in telling how glad he is that the cares and worries of the presidency are no longer his, but it was not until yes< terday that his wife, who often has been described as one of the most gra- clous mistresses the White House ever had, revealed her own feelings. To newspaper correspondents she lsaid: “It was hard to leave our friends in Washington, but it i8 nice to get back here. It was a great lark, but a great responsibility. It is too bad that more women cannot have the oppor- tunity of living 'm fi\efwmbe }iwu. It 1s a great opportunity for service.” MrI:.! Cogl?gu busied herself with dusting, cleaning and other household tasks yesterday morning. Her husband motored in & hired automobile to his old law office in Main street. WINDSTORM SWEEPS CAPITAL, CAUSING MUCH MINOR DAMAGE (Continued From First Page.) laying about the adjoining grounds. thin half an hour after the damage was rted to the Prankiin Administration gunam; ‘workmen from the District repair shop were surveying the damage and planning repairs so that the schools can be opened as usual tomorow morning. Henry W. Draper, supervising princi- pal of the first division, in which the | Grant road portables are located, visited | the structures and reported by telephone to Mr. Haycock. No one was injured, e said, and the damage was slight. A metal cylinder, 15 feet in diameter | and 30 feet high, erected on the roof of the Bureau of Standards to test the aero dynamic properties of cylindrical objects, such as smokestacks, ve way under the pressure at 10 o'clock |and was blown to the ground below, | nearly carrying down B. H. Monish, | & scientist of the wind tunnel section | of the bureau, who was checking instru- | ments attached to the cylinder. Five houses in a row of nine of the 100 block of Eighteenth street south- east were damaged, three of them se- verely, by the heavy wind this morning. The roofs of three of the houses, Nos. 112, 114 and 116, were ripped off and hurled into the rear yr--'s. The occu- pants of the houses - +ant, 80 no one was injured. T . voc. ¢ !18, resi- dence of James Alexander, wa. hurled distance of 40 feet and lodged against elemone pole in the rear of the yard, ding upright. Members of the fire rescue squad pulled it over by ropes, destroying the wooden fence that sep- arates the yards. Roofs of No. 112, residence of E. C. Nussear, and 114, occupled by Wilton Green, also were blown to the rear yards, leaving the top floors exposed. Mrs. Nussear, according to neighbors, had just driven from her garage with her small child a few minutes before the roof was ripped from her house. Others Slightly Damaged. ‘The other two residences, No. 110, oc- cupled by Charles Verrill. and 118, oc- cupled by George Ekstedt, apparently were only slightly damaged. Mrs. Ek- stedt and her children were at home at the time, but no one was injured. The wind caved in a part of the roof of the second-floor porch and slightly dam- aged the chimney. The damage to No. 110 was done to the roof. Parts of the tin were ripped away. tree, blown down at Eighth and Q few were A streets, narrowly missed several small puplls of the Immaculate Conception Ac;;ilemf, " e force of the gale between the tall buildings at F and Fourteenth streets pulled a huge plate glass win- dow from its frame on the Fourteenth street front of the National Press Building and hurled it into two auto- mobiles parked nearby. Glass Penetrates Curtains. Pieces of the glass penetrated the curtains of one machine and shattered the windshield of another, 30 feet down the street. ‘Thq gale is expected fo abate during the ®fternoon and night, although the cold weather it ushered in will continue here tonight and tomorrow. The tem- perature, which dropped from 45 de- grees at' 8 o'clock this morning to 38 degrees before noon, is expected to reach a low mark of 20 degrees tomor- row morning, with continued clear weather in prospect. By Saturday, however, the tempera- ture is scheduled for a gradual return to normalcy. At its height this morning the wind blew in & show window on the Penn- sylvania avenue side of the Park Lane Apartments at Twenty-first street. An- other window was shattered at the H. G. MacLaughlin drug store, occupying ground floor quarters in the MCRey- nolds Apartment, Eighteenth and G streets. A plate glpss window was broken at the Home Delicatessen, 109 Upshur street, Motorists were forced to: detous N | the White House as “a great lark,” but | PROBLEMN SOUTH 1932 Presidential Race Wil See Gain of Influence With Convention. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The South looms up as a differen: kind of problem for. the Republicar national organization in the 1932 presi. dential race than in the recefit past This is due to the fact that four of the States of the solid South abandone¢ their traditional adherence to the Demo. cratic party and went for Presider: Hoover, and to the fact in many of the congressional districts of the South the Republican presidential electoral ticke: received 10,000 or more votes. The Republican ‘hational committee and its executive comntittee, which have Just concluded several meetings here in the last two days, have given no little attention to consideration of the South- ern problem. To Be More Influential, The South is going to be more influ- ential in the next Republican national convention than it has been since the 1912 ruction caused the adoption of a new plan of delegate representation which curtalled the strength of the Southern States. Under the riles of representation, each State has four representatives at large and one dele- gate for each congressional district. Each State that casts a majority vote 15t Republican presidential electors. is entitled to three additional delegates at large and each congressional district which casts 10.000 or more votes for Republican presidential electors, is en- titled to an’ additional district delegate, It is not difficult to see that in the | next Republican national convention [ the South is going to have an increass | of about 100 delegates. In the first place Florida, North Car- olina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia all make gains of three dele- gates at large, a total of 18, because they cast thair electoral votes for Presi- dent Hoover. There are 100 eongres- sional districts in the Southern States where a gain of one additional delegat: each may be made. Bearing on Nominees. ‘The control of the Southern delega- tions has frequently had an important bearing on the selection of presidential nominees in Republican national eon- ventions.” . With increased representa- tion, in the next national convention 1311;' control will be all the more impor- n | | ‘The Republican national organization |1s intent on building up in the South a | stronger Republican party. In the past i the control of Federal patronage has |been a big factor in dealing with the South and its delegations to the Repub- lican national conventions. The situa- tion is likely to require careful consid- eration. Also, who is to be recognized as the dispenser of patronage in some of these Southern States? Take the case of QGeorgia, for example, where there is no recognized Republican national com- mitteeman at present. The executive committee of the Republican national committee had the case before it yes- terday, but came to no conclusion thereon, and, according to Dr. Hubert ‘Work, chairman of the national com- mittee, the situation remains unchanged in Georgla. Col. Horace A. Mann, who played his part in the recent presidential cam- aign in the South, and has been re- erred to frequently as director of the campaign in that section, was before the executive committee yesterday and dis- cussed the Southern situation. Much secrecy ‘has been maintained in regard to the matter. It been reported, however, that Col. Mann suggested that he become the dispenser of Federal patronage in some of the States of the South and work at building up the party there, but that the committee did not take much stock in the proposal. Dr. Work declined to comment on this | report today. Work Tssues Statement. Dr. Work gAve out a statement fol- lowing the executive committee meeting, however, in which he called attention to the increased representation which the South would have in the national convention in 1932 and declared that every effort was to be made to build up the party in that section of the coun- try. His statement follows: Gratifying Election Results. “It discussed at length the many gratifying results of the election, pat- ticularly the party's success in break- | ing the Solid South. This result was so impressive and so0 encouraging that the committee concluded to exert every influence within its power not only to make these results permanent, but to encourage and build up virile and mili- tant party organizations throughout the Southern States. This is in response to the demands from people from vir- tually every Southern State to become | permanently identified with the Repub- lican party. One of the consequences of the victory will be increased South- ern representation in national conven- tions. While the States of the South are gaining additional delegates to Re- publican national conventions, two Northern States are to lose three dele- gates at large each. They are Massa- chusetts and Rhode Island, both of which cast their electoral votes for Smith. They will have four delegates at large each, instead of seven each as | ‘hey had in the last national convention. Col. Mann was on the list of those having appointments with President Hoover this alternoon. to avoid the glass on the pavement, which had been spread by the wind for | & block in each direetion. ‘The gale claimed an extensive toll of street lights, hurling the globes from their sockets several localities. Twenty-five lights were shattered along Bladensbury road, ten others were broken on” Nichols avenue southeast, many on Connecticut avenue, while police in the fifth, tenth and fourteenth precincts reported scattered damage to the lights in their territories. Street cars and automobiles were tied up at Eighth and H streets northeast when a large shade tree was thrown across the tracks, falling between two machines parked at the curb. Another tree fell against a house on 8 street. near Fourteenth street, but caused little damage. Other trees were reported uprooted in the 1300 block of Mill Ford road, at First and N streets, at the southeast corner of Twenty-sec- ond and K streets, and in the 1900 block of K street. 17 Trees Reported Down. Seventeen trees were reported to the superintendent of three and parking as having been unrooted by the gale, and axemen were en{u«l during the day in removing them for the passage of traffic. The roof on the two-story section of a vacant commercial bullding at 1530 Fourteenth street, was picked up by the wind and thrown onto the one- story annex in the rear. A detail from the Pire Department, in charge of Lieut. Daniel Mcore, went to the scene to clear away the debris and guard against a possible bl- -2, ‘This morning’s high winds also shat- tered a large plate glass window in O'Donnell's Drug Store, Wisconsin avenue and Q street, and blew 20 light globes from the Key Bridge. High waves were running on the Reflection Pool this morning, their crests dashing over the east wall after a fashion more spectacular than de-a structives