Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair today and tomorrow, slowly ris- ing temperature this afternoon; warmer tomorrow. ‘Temperature—Highest, 47, at 1:30 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 23, at 10 p.m. yesterday. Full report on page 7. he WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sunday Star, “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by ‘The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. | (#) Means Associated Pres: No. 1251—No. 30,994 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON,: D. ‘C, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1929 —112 PAGES. FIVE IN WASHINGTON Al *% CE NTS |TEN CENTS ND SUBURBS | ELSEWHERE DRIVE T0 CHECK REBELS' ADVANCE | SOUTHWARD OPENS Calles in Personal Command. Insurgents Are Clustered in Central Mexico. 18,000 PICKED FEDERAL TROOPS ARE ON MARCH | Revolutionist Victory Along Snlvf tillo-Monterey Line Is Reported by Gen. Escobar. Br the Associated Press, NOGALES, Sonora, Mexico, March 9.—A military communique issued by Gen. Francisco Borquez, rebel leader, {from headquarters here tonight stated that Gen. Alberto Amayo, Gen. Mar- ¢clo Caraveo and Gen. Francisco Urbalejo, famous Yaqui Indian chief- tains, have united their forces and started a rebel drive toward the cen- ter of Mexico. Sonora, Chihuahua, Coshuila and Sinaloa were claimed in the com- munique as completely under rebel control. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 9 (#)— ‘The capture of the rebel general, Irineo Villarreal, in a battle at Parras, Neuva Leon, and his execu- tion before a firing squad was of- ficially anounced here today. Irineo was sald not to be a relative of An- tonio Villarreal, presidential can- didate, who also is with the in- surgents. MEXICO CITY, March 9.—Sec- retary of War Plutarco Elias Calles arrived safely at Aguas Calientes shortly after 7 o'clock tonight, ac- cording to word received at Cha- paultepec Castle. Rumors that an “attempt to assassinate the general, who is en route to Zacatecas to as- sume command of the large Federal army there, were said by a member of -the presidential staff to be “ab- solutely false.” The Mexican Government launched @ powerful drive, under the personal command of former President Calles, yesterday against the revolutionary which have been advancing southward steadily for the past week. At the end of the first week of the the government was ' e Revolutionary armies were clustered In Central Mexico from Culiacan on the west coast to Saltillo in Coahu! as far south as Canitas, Zacatecas, Center at Zacatecas. Facing them in a wide half moon ‘were strong federal forces, their right flank at Monterey, their center at the city of Zacatecas and their left flank at Mazatlan. A picked federal army, estimated at 18.000 and described as the most pow- erful Mexican force put into the field since the days of the Pancho Villa re- volt in 1915, was proceeding toward Zacatecas to strike the rebel center. Advance columns of this army reached Zacatecas this afternoon, Rebel forces were 50 _miles to the north at Canitas. Gen. Escobar, commander in chief of the rebels in Chihuahua, reported an insurgent victory along the Saltilio- Monterey line. ~Nearly 300 prisoners were reported taken. Pass Through Culiacan. In Sinaloa columns of rebel troops ‘were reported advancing along the rail- way to Mazatlan, having already passed through Culiacan. The federal authorities in Baja Cali- fornia were preparing an offense against the rebels in northeast Sonora, and there were some indications that airplane raids might be made on Nogales, So- nora. TROOPS ORDERED TO PACK. U. S. Brigade Expects to Entrain for Mexican Border. CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 9 (#.— The 4th Brigade of Fort D. A. Russell of approximately 2,000 men has received orders to pack and expect to receive orders within 12 hours to entrain for the Mexican border, post officers said today. Members of the brigade this aft- ernoon had completed packing and rail- road equipment was in readiness to transport the troops south. A large number of stock cars, freight cars and gondolas have been accumu- lated on sidings near Fort Russell. Cheyenne supply houses reported that entire stocks of shipping tags and ship- ping boxes had been purchased by Fort Russell authorities within the last 24 hours. VISITORS FLOCK TO JUAREZ. Business Resumed Except in Banks and Gambling Houses. EL PASO, Tex., March 9 (#).—Bat- tle-scarred Juarez was putting itself in order today, while crowds of visitors flocked from the American side of the border and saw only shattered windows, broken signs and bullet marks in the walls of buildings as evidence of yes- terday’s sanguinary clash which placed revolutionary forces in power. Business was resumed and went on d | whose opinion to Dr. Hubert Work as Three Army * Flyers Take| “Refresher Course” at Anacostia Field. 10,000 Rifles and 10,000,000; Rounds of Ammunition to | Be Sent hy U. S. Increasing indications of the admin- istration's determination to aid lhk‘" Mexican government in ils intensi- | fied efforts to put down the revolution | speedily developed late yesterday with | the announcement that 10,000 rifles, | 10,000,000 rounds of ammunition and | possibly bombs and machine guns for use on airplanes, are to be sent to the | Mexican government from United States Army reserve supplies. At the same time it became known that three Mexican army aviators, who may be called on to enter the field against the revolutionists, have begun taking a brief ‘“refresher” course of aviation training at the Anacostia Naval Air Station here. Six additional Mexican army pilots are to come here as soon as they can be accommodated at the sta- tion to take similar training. Negotations also were -begun at the Department of State late yesterday for perniission from the United States Gov- ernment for the Mexican army to trans- port troops across American territory if such a need arises. While no decision was announced, it was understood that Secretary of State Kellogg, with the ap- proval of President Hoover, was pre. pared to lend this added assistance to MEXICAN AVIATORS TRAINING HERE FOR DUTY AGAINST REBELS COL. SAMUEL C. ROJAS. the Mexican government in emergency. Unless Gov. Dan Moody of Texas of- fers objections it was learned author- itatively that Washington is prepared to order the 300 federal soldiers and their families, who were permitted by the revolutionary commanders to cross from Juareg to El Paso in the custody of American Army officers following the battle yesterday, returned to Mex- ico at some border city beyond the lines controlled by the insurrectionists. President Hoover is maintaining close contact with the situation in Mexico and these additional steps in support of the regularly established government of Mexico are declared to have received his approval. They furnish unmistak- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) the present HOOVER NAMES 2 T0-LITTLE CABINET Dixon Succeeds Finney, With Ingalls Replacing Warner in Air Post. By the Associated Press. ‘The first important change of de- partmental officials under the Hoover administration was made- yesterday in the Interior Department with the ap- pointment of Joseph M. Dixon of Mon- tana, former Senator and governor, as First Assistant Secretary, and the trans- fer of E. C. Finney from that post to the office of solicitor. In naming Mr. Finney as the chief Jaw officer of the department, the Presi- dent accepted the resignation of Ernest . Patterson, solicitor for several years, Interior Secretary that renewal of the Sinclair contract for royalty oil in the Salt Creek fields of Wyoming was man- datory came under fire in the Senate. Ingalls Succeeds Warner. Another change of departmental of- ficers announced was the appointment of David S. Ingalls of Cleveland, known as the “flying legislator,” to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aviation, to succeed Edward P. Warner of Boston. In selecting a first assistant to Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur as Interior Secre- tary, President Hoover sought a Wesi- erner thoroughly conversant with con- ditions in the Rocky Mountain States, which are vitally affected by the ad- ministration of the Interior Department, and he believes he has found in Mr. Dixon an experienced executive as weli as one with wide knowledge of the needs of the West. Mr. Dixon, who is 60 years old, is a native of North Carolina, but has spent practically all of his life in Montana. He served as a member of the House from 1901 until 1907, when he was (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) DYNAMITE IS FOUND IN 0SLO PALACE PLOT Norwegian Police Believe Agita- tors Oppose Use of Building for Prince and Bride. By the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, March 9.—In view of the circulation of alarmist reports of an attempt to dynamite the Royal Palace and Oscar’s Hall, the police in- creased their vigilance and today found a bottle containing about a pound of dynamite in a small building some dis- tance from Oscar's Hall. ‘The hall is the prospective residence of Prince Olaf and Princess Martha of Sweden after their marriage, which is| to take place late in March. ‘The police state that a fuse attached to the bottle was not lit, and even had the dynamite exploded it would have caused little damage. It is their theory that the affair was intended only as a protest against the proposal that the hall should be used as a palace for the Crown Prince. ‘The building and the surrounding park at present are open to the public. No definite decision has yet been taken by the prince as to whether he as usual, except in the ‘banks and the ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) will reside there. Baby Burglars, Girl, 12, and Boy. 7. Loot Store of $1.000 With Touch of Veterans By the Associated Press. RACINE, Wis., March 9.—The world's voungest burglars, who looted a Main street department store of $1,000 in merchandise just two blocks from the police station, were in Juvenile Court today. A 12-year-old girl and her 7-year-old brother were held as the perpetrators of the burglary, executed with the finesse of veterans, under the cover of dark-| ness Thursday night. Their father was | in jail charged with contributing to their delinquency, following recovery of the stolen goods in the attic of their home. He was going to return it, he and inquiry was made as to whether | any child had lost the mittens. “Those are mine,” the girl said. Questioning brought about & con- | fession, police said, involving her 7-year- | old brother. Drawing their little ex-i press wagon, the girl said, they had stealthily approached the alley door of the store, where the boy smashed the glass with a piece of ice, then wriggled | his slight “frame through the small | aperture provided by the bars and | opened the door for the other “burglar.” Selecting their loot, they had loaded | it on the wagon and reached their home | undeterred. ~The loot was secreted in | the attic locked by a trap door. ‘There police found the merchandise, told police. Search of the ransacked store re- vealed one clue—a pair of mittens for 'm,mu hands, Schools were visited appraised at $1,000, and the father, who will be questioned further as to who provided the inspiration for the bur- glary, GRAF ZEPPELIN TOREVISITU.S. Three Flights to America Will Test Craft for World Cruise. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. NEW .YORK, March 9.—The Graf Zeppelin, which made a two-way- trip across the Atlantic last Fall, will make a_second westward flight to the United States in May, a third one in June and a fourth later in the Summer, it was announced today by F. W. von Meister, recently appointed special American representative of the Luftschiffbay Zep- pelin Co. of Friederichshafen, Germany. Von Meister sald that he had received instruction from his home office to open negotiations with the Navy Department regarding use of the naval air station at Lakehurst for berthing the dirigible. At the end of the three planned round trips the giant dirigible will be taken off the Atlantic run and conditioned for an experimental flight around the world, which is now scheduled for Fall. For 1930 the Graf Zeppelin has been Jeased to Norwegian interests for an Arctic flight. Announcement Is Suprprise. Announcement that the Graf Zeppelin would make three scheduled flights to this country came as a surprise to local aviation circles. The statement of Dr. Hugo Eckener, who commanded the ship on her round trip over the Atlantic lact Fall and who is to be commander in the coming flights, that the dirigible was not large enough for regular oversea trips was recalled. ‘The apparent change in policy was explained with the statement that the forthcoming trips would all be made in “the best transatlantic flying season,” and that a regular all-year-round serv-, ice would not be attempted until a new and larger Zeppelin was ready. The Navy's attitude on a second visit of the Graf Zeppelln to Lakehurst could not be learned. It was thought that the ship would be cordially re- ceived, however, so long as the object is fundamentally one of scientific demonstration of the feasibility of cross- ing the Atlantic in lighter-than-air ships. Any sound indication, however, that the second proposed trip is a purely commercial crossing might find the Navy heads of a different attitude, it was said, which would necessitate the finding of another base in the United States. And unless a satisfactory stub- mast can be erected immediately at one of the Eastern airports no other base will be available. On the forthcoming trip of the Graf Zeppelin it is planned to carry a pay load of freight, mail and passengers. Under a special arrangement passage on the transatlantic flights are being booked by the Hamburg American Line, Test Craft for World Trip. According to Von Meister the three flights are being undertaken as demon- strations of the Gral Zeppelin's suit- ability of over-ocean travel, and also to prove that the conditions into which the ship ran on its first westward trip were extraordinary and not likely to be common occurrences. Speaking of the round-the-world trip, which has long been planned, Von Meister said that preliminary plans called for the Graf Zeppelin to circle the world in three flights. The trip would be made eastward and the only scheduled stops after leaving Fried- erichshafen would be Lakehurst, San Diego and Tokio. Whether or not pas- sengers would be carried on this first globe-circling journey has not yet been decided. On the forthcoming crossing in May Dr. Eckener will have the same officer personnel which made the trip last Fall, with Capt, Ernst Lehmann as his chlef executive officer. ILL FATED SHIP DOCKS. Egypt Maru Lost Four Men En Route From Hamburg. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, March 9.—The Japanese freighter Egypt Maru, which lost four men during bad weather on a 24-day voyage from Hamburg, docked today in Brooklyn. The officers of the ship re- ported that on February 23 while the ship was in midocean a hurricane last- ing 24 hours blew the seas into such fury that the third officer and two of the crew were washed overboard and that the following day the wireless oper- ator disappeared, either the victim of & wave or & suicide, SERVICE OFFICER MAY BE NAMED AS HESSE SUCGESSOR :New Superintendent of Police Expected to Come From Army or Marine List. LOW SALARY I;—SEEN | AS BARRIER TO OFFICER {Major Gives Physical Disabilities | as Reason for Resigning After 40 Months, A retired Army or Marine Corps of- | ficer, it was learned at the District Building vesterday afternoon, may be | considered as the successor to Edwin B. | Hesse, who has sought to end his color- ful, but congressional-battered 40- month career as major and superin- tendent of the Metropolitan police force i through the medium of retirement. ‘The public announcement that Maj. Hesse had requested retirement on the ground of physical disabilities incurred |1n line of duty was only a few hours| old when speculation became rife as to! who would be named to succeed him.| The Commissioners, however, have given | no thought to the question, and prob- | ably will not do so formally until the | retirement board, which must pass 0“\ the application, makes known its de- | cision, Aprroval Held Certain. In view of the report of the Board of | Police and Fire Surgeons, which ex-| amined Maj. Hesse and found him to be “broken down,” there is little doubt among District officials that his appli- cation will be approved by the retire- ment board. While the Commissioners have not considered a successor to Maj. Hesse, they have let it become known that the whole fleld of possible candidates, with- in and outside the police force, will be canvassed before an appointment is made, Special consideration. however, will ‘be given to men with military records, it was said, because of sug- | gestions from the Capitol from time to time that a service man probably could | do more to improve discipline in the department than a man who has not had such training. { The last agitation for the appoint- | ment of & man. to head the force followed a suggestion last Summer by Representative Gibson of Vermont, | chairman of the District subcommittee of the House, that a Marine Corps offi- cer be named. Salary Held Drawback. Tt is felt at the District Building, how- | ever, that it probably would be difficult to find a retired Army or Marine Corps officer who would be attracted to the position by the $5,200 annual salary. Despite its responsibilities the police superintendency is one of the lowest salaried departmental chairs in the Dis- trict service. There are a number of other department heads whose salaries range from $6,000 to $9,000 a year. ‘The low salary paid the superintend- ent of police is due to the fact that the position does not come under the Federal reclassification act. Other de- partment heads in the District service have received substantial increases in recent years through administration of | the reclassification act and later through the Welch act, while the salary for the police superintendent has remained stationary. There is the possibility, it was pointed out, that should a military man be found who would take the position, the | | Commissioners could promise to urge | Congress to increase the salary. Dougherty Favors Man From Force. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, | who has administrative supervision over the Police Department, is known to be in favor of the promotion of a man already on the force, but in view of | criticism that has marked the admin- istration of the police superintendent in recent years there is a question whether any of the ranking officers eligible for the position would accept it. | Mr. Dougherty has expressed the opin- don that within the department are men | ~ (Continued on 2, Column 4.) TODAY’S STAR | PART ONE—36 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page 12. Army and Navy News—Page 31. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 32, Marine Corps Notes—Page 32. Organized Reserves—Page 33. | Financial News—Pages 34, 35 and 36. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. | Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of Late Books—Page 4. W. C. T. U. Activities—Page 6. District National Guard—Page 7. PART THREE—14 PAGES. lety. D. A.YB. Activities—Page 9. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 10. Around the City—Page 10. Y. W. C. A. Activitles—Page 11. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 132, At Community Centers—Page 12. Serial Story, “The Ragged Princess"— Page 14. PART FOUR—16 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, | __and Music. | News of the Motor World—Pages 5, 6, 7 and 8. Aviation Activities—Pages 10 and 11, Fraternal News—Pages 12 and 13. Veterans of Great War—Page 13. District of Columbia Naval Reserves— Page 13, Radio News—Pages 14, 15 and 16. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified_Advertising. News of the Clubs—Pages 7 and 8. PART SEVEN—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Humor. GRAVURE SECTION—10 PAGES. Inaugural Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; High Lights of History: Moon { and | | Screen | ireal estate tax bills on property she N\ DAY R 2 | | STAPLES MAY FACE CAPT. BURLINGANE Former Policeman Is Cal|ed: by Prosecution as Trial Witness. | Former Policeman Orville Staples, whose name has been mentioned fre- quently during the trial of Capt. Guy E. Burlingame, was served with a sub- poena yesterday by Corporation Coun- sel Willlam W. Bride, chief prosecutor, to appear before the extraordinary trial | board tomorrow as a prosecution witness. | The subpoena was served on Staples when he voluntarily came to Bride's office in the District Bullding and in- quired whether he was wanted as a witness. Staples lives in Montgomery County, Md., and no attempt had been | made to summon him. Staples did not. become an important factor in the case until the defense be- |, gan its presentation and announced that it would endeavor to show that Capt. Burlingame was the victim of a “frame-up.” It was too late then for Bride to summon him, except for the rebuttal, which is scheduled to start | shortly after the trial is resumed tomor- row morning at 10 o'clock. Bride Is Undetermined. Bride, however, said he had not def- | initely determined whether he wouid call Staples to the witness stand, but there is a strong likelihood that he will, as it now appears that his principal wit- ness in the rebuttal, Mrs. Helen F. Bla- lock, the accuser of Capt. Burlingame, will not return. Staples, therefore, will be the only witness that the prosecution can put on the stand to answer the defense con- tention that the charges against Capt. Burlingame are the result of a “frame- up.” Mrs. Blalock was reported last week to be in hiding “within 100 miles from Washington,” awaiting word from Cor- poration Counsel Bride to return for the rebuttal. But Bride has received no word from her since she took a Chicago-bound train after testifying before the grand jury, and he is doubt- ful whether she will make her appear- ance tomorrow. Mrs. Blalock might have been near Washington last week, but on Tuesday last she was in Chicago, as the tax collector's office received a communica- tion from her bearing a Chicago post- mark of March 5, requesting that the owns on Wisconsin avenue be forwarded | to her in care of a bank in Chicago. The palmist did not reveal her ad- dress there, however. Defense to Rest Case Soon. The defense expects to rest its case shortly after the trial begins tomorrow, leaving the remainder of the day for the rebuttal and argument. According to the schedule agreed to by both the de- fense and prosecution the trial should end by tomorrow afternoon. ‘The trial has been a serious drain on the contingent fund of the Police De- partment, which is bearing the expense of the services of the stenographer and stenographic reports of the proceedings. ‘Thus far the transcript contains nearly 2,000 pages, and about 200 more are expected to be added before the trial closes. Police officials estimate that the | cost of the stenographic reports alone will total $2,000. PATROL BOATS TO LET BAY TRAVELERS ALONE Coast Guard, After Halting Presi- dent Garfield, Ordered to Restrict Searches for Liquor. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., March 9.—Booming guns of Coast Guard boats will not fur- 0 o'clock last Monday morning to search it for contraband liquor. Rear Admiral F. C. Billard, com- mander in chief of the Coast Guard, today ordered Capt. Philip H. Scott, commandant of the Norfolk division, to stop no more passenger steamers on regular Chesapeake Bay runs, while Leigh R. Powell, jr., president of the Seaboard Air Line Railway and the Baltimore Steam Packet Co., issued a statement in which he condemned the Coast Guard's action as “unthinkable,” “sensational” and “high handed.” Local Coast Guard officials would not discuss the receipt of any order from Admiral Billard. The Associated Press, in a Washington dispatch, said Admiral Billard had issued the order that no Diplomats Discuss Minister’s Decision ToDry UpLegation Rumor Has It That Portu-| guese Envoy Will Cut Off Rum Supply. By the Assoclated Press. Diplomatic teacups clattered more than usual yesterday as members of the corps speculated about a report | that one of their number has decided to import no more liquors into the United States. | Just when the reported action was taken by the | member of the| diplomatic corps is | unknown, but in some way it seeped | into the grapevine | of communications | between the em- bassies and lega- tions and rapidly spread. Since the action, if true, will set & precedent in : diplomatic life in Viscount @'Alte. Washington, which has enjoyed com- plete iImmunity. from all of the legisla- tion prohibiting alcoholic liquors, the speculation centered on who the mem- bers of the corps might be. (Star Forum Audience Hears One report said that it was the vet- eran of the corps, the Viscount d'Alte, | | Minister of Portugal, who had decided that his legation would no longer be | wet territory in a dry-law land. A | request for an interview with the Min- | ister at his home brought the reply that | if there were “to be any questions about ' liquor there will be nothing to say.” | THREE WIN BATTLE WITH LAKE GALE Two Men and Woman, Adrift Three Days, Finally | Reach Shore. | | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 9.—The story of a three-day battle with one of the worst lake storms of the season, in a disabled motor boat, was told tonight | by two men and a woman, whose craft limped into port here after Coast | Guardsmen had given them up for lost. The trio—Nels Jensen, 30, Wauke- gan fisherman; his wife, Anna, 21, and brother, Emmett, 21, succeeded in re- pairing the motor of their boat, which was put out of commission by the rough seas, and made port at South Chicago, 50 miles from Waukegan. The occupants, suffering from hunger and exposure, were cared for by Coast Guardsmen. Party Without Food. The party had been without food during the interval, and everything, available on board, including life belts, | had been burned for fuel. This supply | was exhausted Friday. ‘The storm broke while they were setting fish nets off Waukegan Wednes- day, the trio told guardsmen. Heavy seas soon lashed the little craft and the four-cylinder gasoline motor sputtered and dled as water sprayed over the engine. ‘With a strong wind blowing offshore the launch drifted rapldly out in the lake. Fish boxes were thrown over- board and tied to the boat to lessen the drift, but the wind steadily carried the craft outward. The heavy seas split the stern post and the boat sprang a Jeak aft. Mrs. Jensen stuck to (ha steering . wheel and filled a man’s job while her husband and the brother worked frantically at the small hand pump, bailing the water, and tinkered with the disabled motor. Ice Adds Grave Menace. Another danger that beset the little crew was ice. Waves washing over the crafi ‘froze and coated the launch so heavily that it kept one man on deck part of the time chopping the forma- tions away to prevent the craft top- pling over. = Finally, as all were about to give up hope from lack of food, lack of sleep and exposure, the men suc- ceeded in getting two of the cylinders to working this afternoon, and, with a wind from the northeast to aid them, the launch half drifted to shore under its feeble power. Coast Guardsmen aided the crew ashore. ‘The party was given food and put to bed at the Coast Guard station here. Both Nels and his brother were suffering from wrenched backs, result- | recognized steamer of the regular pas- Mullins; Orphan Annie; Betty and Lester; Some ?}"l Stenog. Molk was to be senger lines between Baltimore and Nor- stopped and searched: ing from tedious hours at the hand pump, spinning the fiy wheel and chop- ping ieew ‘h!m to discussion of farm relief, the | political comglexion, took direct isste | | surplus with which the farmers and the | Democratic party are concerned and | strongly in the efficacy of a protective | SENATORS DEBATE FARN AID OVER AIR Harrison and Jones Give Views. Widely divergent views on the two| major issues which will confront the special session of Congress called by President Hoover to convene April 15, were laid before the Nation last night through the medium of the radio in The Evening Star's natlonal forum, by | Senators Wesley L. Jones of Washing- ton, Republican, and Pat Harrison of | Mississippi, Democrat. Both addresses were broadcast by station WMAL as the key station of | a Nation-wide hook-up of the Colum- bia Broadcasting system. ‘They were the second of a series ol‘ talks by nationally prominent speak- | ers on issues of great importance in the forum' series. The initial presentation of the radio forum was made last Saturday night to & country-wide audience of millions | of listeners, with Senator William | Borah of Idaho as the speaker. Senator Jones, who is the author of the widely discussed new prohibition measure, which puts “teeth” in penal- ties exacted for violation of the national prohibition laws, made no reference in | his adress to the question of prohibi- | tion, devoting the 15 minutes allotted | tariff and reapportionment of members of the House of Representatives. On | the latter issue, he pledged an early | {epon from the committee which will handle the matter and said he would press for prompt action in the Senate, Different Scheme Revealed. Senator Harrison, who is known for | his kindly but biting shafts of sarcasm | directed at his colieagues of differ | with Senator Jones on the tariff and | revealed a far different scheme of farm relief from that planned by the Repub- lican leaders. ‘Where Senator Jones declared that if surplus farm products could be market- ed by the producer, or under his con- | trol, prices would be stabilized to benefit producer and consumer alike, Senator | Harrison declared it is the exportable “which must be relief is extende | 1 Harrison Urges “Facts as Basis.” i ‘Where Senator Jones believed “most | ntrolled if real farm tariff,” Senator Harrison declared the | Democratic minority will strive to fix tariff rates “not at the whim and dicta- tion of that interest which seeks only greater profits, but upon facts, after careful study if possible, by a non- partisan committee of experts.” Senator Harrison declared it would | seem from a reading of his inaugural address, that President Hoover “has for- gotten the importance and urgency for a reduction of transportation rates, the improvement of our inland waterways and the consideration of & shipway from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic.” “We are told,” he said, “that further farm_relief is to be restricted to the " (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) OFFICIALS AWAIT HOOVER ACTION ON LAW COMNISSION Next Move of President to Effect Enforcement Is Watched in Capital. INQUIRY PERSOWNEL CAUSES SPECULATION | Inclusion of Federal Judge Urged, With Members of Congress Being Opposed. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Enforcement of the prohibition laws and of all laws has leaped into the limelight as a real and immediate issue with the advent of the Hoover admin- istration. Official Washington is awaiting ap- pointment of the Hoover national com- mission to investigate the system of Federal jurisprudence, including meth- ods of enforcing the eighteenth amend- ment. Particularly is it watching for some follow-up of the President’s dec- laraticn in his inaugural address that he proposed to enferce the laws, in- cluding the prohibition laws, to the extent of his abilities. ‘The maks up of the national commis- sion woui€“#%clude in its personnel at least one Fefral judge of wide experi- ence, if 0 fecommendations of one Republican leader, whose advice the President may seek regarding appoint- ment of the commission, is carried out, it was learned last night. The opinion was expressed that such a judge, having had wide experience in the enforcement of the law and with its procedure, would be of invaluable aid to the commission, not only in making its investigation, but also in formulating its recommen- dations for improvement in law en- forcement. While it is expected that the com- mission will include in its membership outstanding members of the American bar, the view is expressed that it should by no means be confined to members of the legal fraternity. Would Exclude Congressmen. Tt would be a mistake, in the opinion of some leaders, to place on the com- mission members of Congress, It is ex- pected that legislation will be necessary to carry into effect the proposals of the commission after it has submitted them to the President. Members of Congress, furthermore, are at present divided into two camps—dry and wet— and their appointment to the commis- sion necessarily would tend to give it a bias one way or the other. In this connection, it may be said fon the authority of Dr. F. Scott Mc- Bride, general superintendent of the Anti-saloon League of America, that the league is not putting forward any candidates for appointment to the com- mission. Dr. McBride made it clear yesterday that he believed the Pres dent should have a free hand in a) pointing the commission, and that it would be better from every angle not to have included on the commission rep- resentatives of any organization either for or against prohibition. He added, however, that if the league officials are asked for information regarding a pointees, it would provide that infor- mation, although it would recommend 1o one, He said emphatically that the league was ready to back President Hoover in his effort to bring about enforcement of all the laws, including prohibition. He said that already. due to the inau- gural address of President Hoover and the recent enactment into law of the Jones-Stalker bill providing increased penalties for dry law violations, the atmosphere w changing both in Washington and in other parts of the country. He indicated that he had had reports from several sections showing that things were beginning to tighten up in the matter of prohibition enforce- ment. Will Not Oppose Transfer. Dr. McBride said that the league was ready to go along with President Hoover's program for law enforcement as it should be developed. He declared there would be no fight on the part of the league against transfer of the pro- hibition unit from the Treasury Depart- ment_to the Department of Justice, if the President determined finally that this should be done to bring about more efficient law enforcement. He adde however, that the league saw reaso why it seemed better to retain the pro- hibitiont unit in the Treasury Depa ment, where, he said, it is now func- tioning well under direction of Dr. Doran, Federal prohibition director. He said, however, that if the unit is to be transferred, it should be transferred bodily to the Department of Justice as it is, and not divided up. Furthern it was his opinion that the unit should constitute an important division in the Department of Justice, dir under the Attorney General. It is likely that such a transfer of the prohibition unit would require legislation by Congress. ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) President's Six Days of Long Hours Followed by Complete Sunday Rest him to the White House his well known fondness for long office hours. His first six work days in the presi- | dency have averaged more than 8 hours in length, some of them having been nearer 10 hours than 8. He has been on the job at his desk in the executive offices every morning at 9 o'clock and has remained there until dusk began to fall over the Capital, with & brief time out for lunch. ‘While Government employes are at supper in their homes, the President usually may be found in conference with late callers or bent over papers on his desk. | Other Presidents before him fre- | quently have observed a half-holiday rule on Saturday, but Mr. Hoover re- mained at work yesterday afternoon until called away at 4:30 o'clock to lis- ten to a concert by the Westminster Choir of Dayton, Ohio, which serenaded him at the White House. In adhering to a long work schedule, Mr. Hoover is following a custom he maintained as Secretary of Commerce. He was at his desk in the department ahead of most of the employes and he seldom left his dutles until 5 or § o'clock | | | | I President Hoover has carried with|in the evening. When the Summer half- holidays were in eftect. he rarely ob. served them, although he did not be- grudge his employes their Saturday afternoon respite. The only - certain holiday in the Hoover calendar is Sunday. The Presi- dent will enjoy his first rest since en- tering the White House today by at- tending servites at the Friends’ Meet- ing House at Thirteenth and Irving streets, and probably by going later for an automobile ride. He has invited a circle of intimate friends to have supper with him this evening in continuation of a practice which featured his occupancy of the S street hpme. The Sunday night sup- pers at the Hoover house, attended by close friends and neighbors, long have been famous-in the Capital realm of official society. ‘The President intends to adhere strictly to Sunday as a day of worship and rest. In attending church this morning he has requested photographers not to flock around him as h® enters and leaves the edifice, as they did last Sun- day. The photographers have agreed o respect the President's wishess