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ENGINEERS TOHELP FARM RELIEF WORK Hoover’s “Comrades” Plan Five-Year Survey to Find Agricultural llls. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Herbert Hoover's closest friends and comrades—the engineers of the United States—have decided to turn their scientific hand to the solution of the| biggest problem confronting his admin- istration. They :l(r(;_ going lmfmtklc the orny problem of farm reliel. ‘hTh!‘};uDKh their executive body. thei American Enginecring Council, which yepresents the engineering organizations of all classes in the United States, they have just announced their intention to make a five-year survey of agriculture. The survey will be carried out in co-| pperation with the American Society of Agricultural Engincers. : The close identification of President Hoover with the proposed farm survey is seen in the fact that it is to be pursued on lines similar to the survey | Tmade by the Hoover committec on | waste in industry. That inquiry was | one of the first instituted by Mr. Hoo- ver when he became Secretary of Com- merce and lasted roughly from 1922 to 1927. Lawrence W. Wallace, executive secretary of the American Engineernig Council, who will have active charge of the farm investigation, was vice- chairman of the Hoover waste com- mittee. Specific Objective Ahead. The engineers have a specific objec- tive. They want to find out what there | 15 to prevent agriculture from becoming | a business founded on just as sound and reliable principles as merchandising or | manufacturing. Mr. Wallace I&irns‘l that the engineering ideal for farming| will be realized when agriculture has) industrialized itself. “The farmer,” he “eventually should be in a position to produce enough in one hour to exchange it in the markets of the world for that which is produced in the same time.” The engineers have figured out that under present conditions the farmer has to exchange his products, requiring 2.18 hours to produce, for manufactured commodities made in one hour. ““The proposed analysis of the agricul- | tural situation is designed to point the | way to practical and measurable stand- ards of agricultural management.” the American Engineering Council’s an- nouncement states. “We seek to arrive at an understanding of the interrela- tion and interdependence of agriculture, commerce and industry; to better agri- cultural financing and credits; to im- prove marketing facilities and results; to lower unit costs of production; to eliminate avoidable waste in farm ac- tivities and products; to improve rural conditions through greater use of power | and mechanical equipment, and pave: the way to larger net returns and higher | standards of living for those engaged; in the agricultural industry.” ‘Work Together on Idea. That the American Engineering Coun- cll and President Hoover sce eye to eye on the question of what is fundamen- tally wrong with agriculture is indi- cated by a passage in the council's statement. “Many are making the mistake of considering agricultural as a unit” says the council. “It is not a unit. It is as diverse as industry in its con- cepts, objectives and problems.” On August 11, 1928, in his speech of acceptance, Herbert Hoover remarked: “In my mind, most agricultural dis- go_wrong because of two false . The first is that agriculture is one industry. It is a dozen distinct industries incapable of the same or- tion.” ganization. The other “falsepremise” to which the President referred was the belief that farm rehabilitation will be com- plete when it has reached a point com- parable with pre-war. “Agricultural conditions were not upon a satisfactory basis before the war,” Hoover con- tended. The engineers say they are convinced that “the methods of engineering analy- sis” can be applied successfully to han- dling the ills of the American farmer. Every phase of his troubles is to be| tackled, including the economic, social, financial and marketing phases. Fi- nancing and marketing will receive | particular attention. Apparently the whole scheme is to convert agriculture from a mere and prevarious occupation into a business and calling based and Tun on the same definite and generally ized lines that prevail in the conduct of commerce and trade. (Copyright, 1929.) STUDYING FARM PLAN. President Develops Progress for Outline to Congress. By the Associated Press. ‘With_the special session still a month away, President Hoover is turning his| thoughts toward the development of | plans for dealing with farm rellef in his message to Congress when it as- sembles in extraordinary session. Already the President has given| much thought to the problem and his views largely are being followed by the committees of the Senate and the| House in planning hearings to work out the legislation. These will be opened several wecks before the special session starts. Although Mr. Hoover is reserving the public revelation of his plans for his message to Congress, it is known that the committees are preparing to ap- proach the task largely from the co- operative marketing scale. Text of Summer Speeches. In several of his speeches last Sum- mer in which he dealt with farm relief Mr. Hoover stressed the part that he feels co-operative marketing must play in assuring the farmer a proper price for his product. Along with co-opera- tive marketing, he placed tariff revision and the development of cheaper trans- portation to markets. Many of the witnesses to be heard by the committees in planning the farm bill are expected to be persons who have had experience in dealing with the marketing of farm crops, and the belief has been expressed that the measure that will come from the com- mittee will largely hinge around the development of marketing facilities. Viewed as Marketing Problem. Some of those who have been closely associated with the President and ap- pear to hold views similar to his own | believe that success in dealing with the | farm problem can come only when the marketing of agricultural products has begn developed to keep pace with pro- duction. They recognize that there are wide | differences in the marketing systems | that must be established for handling | different crops and that methods must | vary among perishable and staple products. One of the proposals that has been advanced for dealing with the problem has been the creation of a fund to aid co-operative organizations, but the methed of promoting the growth of these marketing agencies must be evolved largely after the testimony of various experts has been submitted to the congressional committees dealing with the subject. i Zeppelin to Visit Orient. MUNICH, Germany, March 21 (#).— Dr. Hugo Eckener yesterday said that he expected the Graf Zeppelin to start on March 24 for its Orfental flight ot four days. The dirigible will hover over the most important cities of the Eastern Mediterranean, with the pos- sibility of making a landing in Pal- " { house” was referred to in & communi- | I well as Maj. Hesse, Washington would | - THE EVENING STAR Left to right: Lieut. Rodolfo Torres, Azcarate, Mexican flyers, who are in trai { ble service in the Mexican war. 28 | Corporation Counsel William W. Bride, , Col. Samuel C. Rojas and Lieut. Raul ning at the Naval Air Station for possi- -—P, & A. Photo. DAUGHERTY DENIES CREEN HOUSE VISIT Former Attorney General| Plans to “Unwind Ball of Yarns.” By the Associated Press, COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 12.—The Columbus Dispatch today published a letetr from Harry M. Daugherty, Attor- ney General in the cabinet of the late President Warren G. Harding, in which Daugherty declares that he never saw and was never inside the “fabulous lit- tle green house,” which played an im- portant part in the investigation of the Attorney General's office. The letter, the Dispatch says, is the first public statement from Daugherty since he retired from public life. It came from Sarasota, Fla, where he is spending the Winter, and was sent in answer to a news item published in the Dispatch in whigh the “little green | cation of Senator James A. Watson, who headed the Senate committee investi- gating the Attorney General's office. Dougherty said that he sent a tele- gram to Senator Watson telling him that he was never inside the “Little Green House” and never saw it from the outside. He also said that he never knew a person who went there. In his letter to the Dispatch Dough- erty states that he is “now planning to ‘unwind this ball of yarns' in his own way and in his own time, but with no idea of defense purposes.” HESSE FELICITATED AT CLUB LUNCHEON Superintendent Leaves Office for Noon Meal First Time in 20 Years, Leaving his office to attend lunch at | noontime for the first time in 20 years, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, who has made application for retirement due to physical disability, was felicitated at a meeting of the Washington Round Table in the Uni- versity Club today. The club adopted a resolution ex- | pressing the thanks of its members for the long and efficient service of Maj. Hesse in the police department. Dr. E. M. Ellison, president of the Round Table, praising Maj. Hesse, said: “If the other public officials of Wash- ington had discharged their dutles as be the best and cleanest city in the world.” : Maj. Hesse's long and faithful service in the _police department was also praised by Fire Chief George S. Watson, a guest at the luncheon. “It is a deep personal loss with me, who has had so many personal associations with Maj. Hesse, that he is about to leave the District Building.” Maj. Hesse in a brief address thanked the club, and particularly Dr. Ellison, its | president, who he claimed has given him much assistance during the time he has served as chief of the metro- olitan police. » Maj. ll:lb.’ e explained in his address that today was the first time in about 20 years he has left the District Build- ing for luncheon during the noon hour, pointing out to the Round Table mem- bers that he has been accustomed to eating a few sandwiches in his office, in order that he might remain near work. HOPE HELD FOR 6 LOST. Professor Says Men Missing in Italia Crash May Be Found. BERLIN, March 12 (#).—Prof. Ru- dolph Samoilovitch believes that even now all hope for the six men who were carried off with the balloon part of the ill-fated dirigible Italia need not be abandoned, although the chances of finding them alive are very small Samoilovitch was with the aviator, Boris Tschuchnowsky, when he saved the Mariano-Zappi group of the Nobile ex- pedition. The professor cited the example 200 years 2go when a party of Russians, cast away in a remote part of Spitz- bergen, were discovered alive and well MEXICAN PILOTS END AIR COURSE Three Officers Complete Training Here Ahead of Schedule. Three Mexican Army pilots who have been training at the naval air station in preparation for active flying service in Mexico completed their course today, far ahead of schedule. Their plans are uncertain, however, as the Mexican government is awaiting delivery of s new fighting planes now under con- struction in New York. Three pilots, Col. Samuel C. Rojas, Lieut. Raul Azcarate and Lieut. Rodolfo Torres, made their first training flight at Anacostia Friday afternoon, follow- ing a preliminary ground course at the New York factory where their planes are under construction. They took their training in Navy Vought Corsair planes, which are similar to those being manu- factured for their home government. Six additional Mexican Army pilots are to receive training at the local sta- tion. Owing to the revolution now in progress in Mexico, however, their plans are subject to change and it is not known definitely when they will come here. BRANCH POST OFFICE URGED BY CITIZENS Edgewood Association Petitions Department to Establish Substa- tion for That Section. The Post Office Department was re- quested to establish a substation in the Edgewood section, under a resolution approved last night by the Edgewood Citizens’ Association, meeting in the Lincoln Road M. E. Church. Free ex- press deliveries were also.sought in a petition to the Intersate Commerce Commission. The association recommended erec- tion of a bridge over the railroad tracks at tElll’ll/h and Franklin streets north- east. Appointment of William McK. Clay- ton to the Public Utilities Commission was urged in a resolution approved at the meeting. . SHORTER PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS ARE URGED tions to Cut Fight Down to Six Weeks, By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, March 12.—A proposal for short presidential cnlnpnlgllspin.soesad of the usual long drawn out quadren- nial fights was made today by Gen. James G. Harbord, president of the Radio Corporation of America. Declaring that the prolonged months of presidential ballyhoo is only a sur- vival of the limitations of stage coach days, he suggested that the national committees of the two major parties by deferring convention dates could short- en to six weeks or less the prevailing length of campaigns, with its conse- quent “demoralization and interruption” of business and heavy expenses. In the shorter campaign the candi- dates would make a few carefully pre- pared speeches over the radio. LINCOLN GOES TO SAMOA. Becomes Commandant of Naval Station at Tutuila. Capt. Gatewood S. Lincoln of Lib- erty, Mo., has been named Governor of American Samoa and commandant of the naval station at Tutulla. Capr. Lincoln succeeds Capt. Stephen Gra- ham, who has been assigned to duty on a receiving ship at San Francisco. MEDAL FOR UNMACHT. | Legion Officer Receives Recognition for His Services. | In recognition of his services as de. | partment adjutant of the American Le- | gion of the District of Columbia, Capt. | George F. Unmacht was presented with a gold medal last night by Harlan Wood, cepartment commander. Capt. Unmacht served as department after six years. adjutant from 1926 to 1927. By fhe Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 12—No more blindness, poverty and loneliness for Mathilda Dingler. The pistol her hushand loaded and put away 35 years ago has seen to that. The little old lady, who lived in the 1alley cottage out on Larabee street, had been a charity charge four years; ever since, at the age of 78, she had to aban- don nursing because her it {gone. Since then the ‘p«ld the rent, the “society” has sent | the conl, and (he “soclety” has supplied ther frugal fare. ‘There wan't much for Mrs. Dingl to live for. Nct much, unless perha lit was ths weekly visit of Mrs. Eli beth Helm. who always brought what Mrs. Dingler liked—sausages. By care- 4ul limiting her dally portions, Mis. \ Life With Gun Mate Sight Gone, Poor, Lonely Woman, 82, Ends Loaded 35 Years Ago | Dingler managed to make the sausage | 1ast through the week. Sausage isn't much of a table luxury. | Stil, if one is 82, blind, poor and alene; ,and if there is only beans and bread and meal for porridge-— It was the only thing that brought joy to the little alley shack. And, after [ four years of blindness and loneliness, }it was not enough to take Mrs. Din- jeler's mind off the dresser drawer and | the loaded weapon that lay there, Dingler teok the weapon in her d hand, That was a week ago. Mrs, Helm called the same day with the sausage. “[ shot mysell,” Mrs, Dingler teld “Death’s too s'ow.” spItRL) s not to he o {She did not want to live. She was ! blind, poor and alone, { Last night she slied, . ’ Harbord Suggests Later Conven-| CAPTAIN CLEARED BY TRIAL BOARD Burlingame Says He Wil Go| Back to Precinct To- MOFrow. ____(Continued From First Page.) trial had been halted abruptly 15 min- | utes after its start this morning, when | the defense and prosecution attorneys asked for a delay to discuss the neces- sity_of making a'verbal summary. After this conference it was agreed {that the summation was unnecessary. | The trial board recessed &t 10:15 {o'clock this morning and reconvened at 1:06 o'clock this afternoon to receive the report of the result of the confer- ence between the opposing counsel. Chief Defense Counsel William E. Leahy announced that the defense and the { prosecution had decided to submit the | ase without any further argument. i the chief prosecutor, confirmed Leahy | statement. Chairman Davison asked both the prosecution and defense if they were willing to submit the case without any further evidence or discussion and, re- ceiving an affirmative reply, adjourned the board. The session had lasted but two minutes. The trial went into its closing stage at 1 o'clock this afternoon, following an unecxpected recess this morning to permit opposing counsel a few hours in which to confer and epitomize their arguments with a view to expediting the closing proceedings. ‘The recess brought the trial to an abrupt halt at 10:15 o'clock, 15 minutes after the start, following a mild legal skirmish between the defense and pro- secution attorneys over the course of procedure, It was ordered by the spe- cia trial board at the joint request of the opposing counsel. A crowd nearly as large as that which jammed the small, stuffy trial board room in the sixth precinct police sta- tion on the opening day of the trial had been attracted by the prospects of the | oratorical fireworks in the concluding arguments, All of them appeared to be disappointed over the dela: Mrs. Burlingame also was among the spectators. It was her first appearance at the trial. Dressed in a black coat with a fur collar and a small dark blue hat, she saild beside her husband, and, like him, appeared to be somewhat puz- ed over the tactics of the defense and prosecution rs as they jockeyed with the trial board for a few hours’ e ‘, | | | | in the trial. mediately after the recess William | E. Leahy, chicf: defense counsel, and | Henry F. Woodard, his assistant, went to the office of Corporation Counsel Bride, at the District Building, for a| | conference. Bride attached considerable secrecy to the purpose of this confer- ence, but Leahy said it had been called | to permit the opposing counsel to agree | upon certain vital issues to be argued | with a view to bringing the trial to & termination this afternoon. | As soon as the trial board convened Bride leaped to his feet and made a | motion, for the purpose of saving time, | he said, that the case be closed without argument. He pointed out that the trial board was not a jury, composed as it was of three outstanding officials of the District, who did not need the benefit | of the summation of the defense and prosecution to enable them to reach a verdict. | “Further arguments would be an| bsolute waste of time,” Bride declared. | | suggest that in the interest of every- body the case be concluded without argument on either side.” WOMAN HURT AS TAXI COLLIDES WITH SEDAN Miss Bess Davis Schreiner May Have Two Broken Ribs and Borken Wrist. Miss Bess Davis Schreiner of the Bal- four Apartments, publicity director for the Washington Community Center, is in a serious condition at Emergency | Hospital suffering from injurles received when a taxicab in which she was riding today was in collision with another car at Vermont avenue and L street. Physicians at the hospital, after taking X-ray pictures, sald Miss Schreiner { may hava two broken ribs and a broken {wrist, in addition to contusions and lacerations to the face and head. Miss Schreiner was on her way downtown from her apartment when | the taxicab in which she was a pas- senger collided with a sedan. The force of the impact threw Miss Schreiner against the end of the taxicab and cut her with flying glass. The taxicab was driven by James C.| Hibbitts of 1629 H street and the sedan | was operated by George W. Murray of 1801 Sixteenth street. There will be a hearing on the case in Police Court tomorrow morning. FIRE THREATENS HOMES. ROCKVILLE, Md.,, March 12 (Spe- jcial).—The Volunteer Fire Departments { of Rockville, Kensington and Silver | Spring yesterday afternoon fought a fire which burnt over 1,000 acres of fields and woodland just east of Mont- rose, a short distance from Rockville. Several dwellings were threatened and | two small outbuildings caught fire, but were extinguished by firemen. Except- | ing damage to growing timber and de- struction of a good deal of fencing, not much damage was done. s AT Heads Portuguese Army. LISBON, Portugal, March 12 (#).— | Gen. Ivens Ferraza, former minister of finance, has been appointed admin istrator general of the Portuguese army. ' they found no bodies. New Assistant orning gal | the MRS, WILLEBRANDT T0 KEEP DRY POST Assistant Attorney General| to Remain in Charge of Enforcement. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Indications today were that Mrs. Ma bel Walker Willebrandt will remain in charge of prohibition enforcement in the Department of Justice. The full support of the administration will be given her in what may become the most colossal task of the Government in the next few years Few persons in the Government know the difficulties of enforcement as does Willebrandt, and few officials have the Tecord she has of refusing to con- s in prosecuting of- | . Willebrandt had been consider- ing the return to private practice. The dry organizations immediately started a | drive 10 have h It is through General's office stay. Assistant Attorne; that instructions are issued to the United States attorneys. The power to continue or drop suits, to press them vigorously or let them lag lies with the person in charge of prohibition enforce- ment. Mrs. Willebrandt came_into the Department of Justice under President Harding. Attorney General Daugherty insisted that this branch of the Gov- ernment’s work be absolutely free from politic g Given Dry Support. Mrs. Willebrandt has the confidence of the drys, who weoud be the first to attack her if she had compromised with law violators, She has had the un- stinted support of Presidents Harding and Coolidge, and now will have the complete confidénce, too, of President Hoover. Coming from California, she was an ardent Hooverite in the pre- convention campaign. Her determined attitude’ toward law violators has un- questionably stirred up much opposi- tion against ‘her, some of which is re- flected now in Congress and some of which came out during the campaign. But it is a custom now for the dry: to put their stamp of approval or dis- approval on officers who have responsi- bilities in connection with law enforce- ment, and the fact that dry organiza- tions are insisting that Mrs.” Willbrandt stay in office is significant. It means that they would rather have her con- tinue than have a successor of doubtful viewpoint appointed. Also the effort to have all prohibition activities con- centrated in the Department of Justice is largely due to the vigor with which ses have been prosecuted through Mrs. Willebrandt. Treasury Jurisdiction. ‘The Treasury Department, which has iction over the prohibition unit, s charged with the detection of crime, the making of arrests. The Depart- ment of Justice, therefore, is able to prosecute only those cases which the prohibition unit discovers. The plan now is to have the detection of crime, as well as the prosecution, handled in the same office, so that responsibility can be fixed. It is not clear yet whether a special attorney general will supervise the operations of the prohibition unit when it is transferred to the Depart- ment of Justice or whether its work will be joined with that of the Bureau of Investigation, thus putting the whole detective and police forces of the De- partment of Justice together. (Copyright, 1929.) SEIZES OFFICER'S GUN AND ESCAPES A colored man whom Policeman C. H. Ford of the thirteenth precinct found crouching in the rear room of the A & W root beer store at 5103 Georgla avenue early this moring snatched the officer’s gun and escaped, despite several shots Ford fired after him with a gun borrowed from a fellow officer. Ford reported that his attention was attracted to the store by a crash in the rear. He went to the back entrance and found the colored man had broken into the kitchen. He put him under arrest, Ford declared, and took a razor from his pockets. Suddenly the man began to struggle violently, and during the altercation which ensued he succeeded in wresting away Ford's revolver and making his escape through an alley into Hamilton street. At about this time Policeman J. S. Titus, also of the thirteenth precinct, hearing the sounds of the struggle, came to Ford's assistance. Ford took the other officer’s gun and fired several shots after the fleeing form of the col- ored man. All the bullets are believed to have missed their mark. BILL AIMS TO CURB PLOTS AGAINST CUBA! By the Associated Pres HAVANA, March 12.—Reform of the | penal code to punish with death or life imprisonment Cubans who attempt to | bring about armed interference by | another nation in Cuba is asked in a | ! bill which has been introduced in the | House of Representatives by Jose Ra- mon Cruells. Describing any effort to bring about intervention of foreign powers as a treacherous attempt to upset the sov- ereignty of the Cuban Republic, Cruells asked that the death sentence be meted, but in case armed attack on Cuba re- sulted, while life imprisonment is re- served for thosec whose direct interven- tion effort proves unsuccessful. The bill also provides major sentences or those convicted of spreading either oral or written propaganda against Cuba as a “permanent republic.” NEW AIR SECRETARY IS HORSE LOVER Vice President Curtis with his secr | woman to act as secretary to a Vice President. etary, Miss Lolo M. Williams, the first —Associated Press Photo. ROOSEVELT URGES POWER PROJECT State Development of Re- sources on St. Lawrence Proposed to Legislature. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y,, March 12.—Develop- ment of the hydro-electric resources of the St. Lawrence River by the State through a board of trustees and dis- tribution of power by a private corpor- atlon was proposed to the Legislature today by Gov. Roosevelt. The governor, appearing before a joint session to read his message, rec- ommended a board of five members, “composed of men in whom there is great public confidence, such as former Gov. Charles Evans Hughes and former | Gov. Alfred E. Smith.” Outlining his plan, he said: “I propose that the trustees should bring in a complete plan for the devel- opment of the State's water-power re- sources on the St. Lawrence, and that | this plan should conform to a definite | statement of two basic principles, which xl believe to be the policy desired by a great -majority of our citizens. “These two basic principles are: “The natural water power sites of the St. Lawrence now owned by the people f the State or hereafter to be recovered shall remain forever innllel’;nblt: to the ople, and any dams or plants neces- g;ry to generate power shall be built, financed, owned, operated and occupied by the trustees as the duly constituted instrumentality of the State. “Power developed therefrom shall be transmitted and distributed, if possible, through employment of private capital, so as to secure adequate distribution throughout the State. This distribu- tion, however, shall secure the lowest rates to consumers compatible with a fair and reasonable return on actual cash investment.” | | of [FIVE ARE INDICTED, TWO AUTOS TAKEN UNDER JONES LAW (Continued From First Page.) ment officers in the District have made 31 arrests and seized 1,100 quarts of | liquors, and this report, considered as a | whole, is regarded by some police au- thorities as indicating a disposition among bootleggers to quit the traffic. The enforcement officers assert they I have not been less vigilant or active since the Jones law was passed. Regarded also as significant, however, is the comparative records of arrests| made day by day for the period of the; last four weeks. Papers of arrest in individual ‘liquor cases, filed in Police Court, averaged 15 a day before March 1. The number decreased appreciably immediately following March 2 and for several days averaged 5 a day. On March 8, police records show, arrests were more numerous and in the last three days the number has corresponded with the reports prior to March 1. “Change for the Better” Seen. Members of the Police Department liquor squad and officers active in the prosecution of liquor cases expressed the opinion that conditions under pro- hibition took a decided “change for the better” immediately the Jones law be- came operative. Whether this change resulted from a disposition among boot- Fearing Jones Act, Liquor Possessor Faints; Gets 30 Days Terrified at the prospect of serving five years in jail if con- victed of liquor charges, Lawrence Edward Moss, colored, of the 1400 block of Q street, fainted while awaiting trial in Police Court to- day. Taunted by his fellow prison- ers in the dock, who declared that the five-year penalty provided by the Jones law would be imposed, Moss, who towers more than 6 feet 3 inches in height, despaired of his future and moaned, “I am lost.” Revived by attendants, he was arraigned on a charge of posses- sion, not included in the Jones act, and, after pleading - guilty, was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail or pay $500. MRS. VICTORIA MAJOR DIES OF INJURIES 63-Year-01d Resident Was Struck by Automobile February § at Street Crossing. Mrs. Victoria V. Major, 63 years old, widow of Harry B. Major, died at Emergency Hospital yesterday after- noon as a result of injuries received February 5, when struck by an auto- mobile while crossing near Sixteenth and P streets. Mrs. Major was walking east at the intersection of the two streets when, ac- cording to the police, she was knocked down by the automobile of Philander D. Poston, Woodside Park, Silver Spring. A coroner's jury today returned a ver- | dict of accident. She resided at 4805 Towa avenue with { her two daughters, Mrs. Arthur W. Eld- ridge and Miss Ray Major. She was a native of White Hall, Md., but had lived here most of her life. The family re- sided in Hyattsville, Md., for about 13 years. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 o'clock Thursday morning in the chapel at Thomas D. Sergeon’s und taking establishment, 1011 Seventh street. Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery. An_inquest is being oda; alleged, that sale would be made to a caller. The agent then went to the apartment, it is stated, and obtained two pints from the woman with a marked $10 bill, Brooks was taken into custody March 5 by Policeman R. F. Langdon of the fifth precinct for speeding at Thirteenth and E streets southeast. The officer sald he found 6 quarts of corn whisky in the car of the accused, He is in- dicted for transporting under the Jones law and with possession under the Vol- stead act. Arrested After One Sale. Anderson was arrested shortly after midnight March 4, when he is said to have responded to a phone call from an apartment in the 900 block of Nine- teenth street with two pints of red liquor, for which he was given $6 in marked bills, the prohibition officers re- port. Anderson is reported to have said he had only started in business the previous day and had made only one sale. He is charged with trans- porting under the Jones act and for possession. George William Brew was apprehend- ed March 7 by Sergt. Little and his squad as they lay in wait for law vio- lators on the Benning road. A convoy of three automobiles attracted the at- tention of the watchers, they said, and when they gave chase two of the ma- chines evaded them and Brew jumped from the third car. Little gave chase and arrested him. The car is sald to have contained 168 half gallons of white liquor. A number of other liquor law viola- tions antedating the Jones law were reported by the grand jury and a few cases of that kind were ignored. In addition to the five persons in- dicted for violating the Jones act, 10 others were accused of sale and pos- session of liquor and five such charges were ignored by the grand jury. ‘Those accused under the Volstead act are Josephine Perini, Tessie Rich- ards (two cases), Nathaniel Flood, Frances Scott, Samuel Williams, Man- son Hill, Wallace Abney, Linden Had- dock, John Ferranti and Nathan Frank. Those exonerated of liquor law viola- tions include Clarence Butler, Ella Frazier, Leon Jackson, Hayes Fisher and Phillips Roach. Carter, the policeman arrested last night, when arraigned in Police Court today, waived examination on the liquor charges and was held for action of the grand jury under $3,500 bond for trans- | Charles J. Callahan March 5. The agent | portation and possession under the called on the telephone, but delivery|Jones act. He was also fined $15 on was refused, with the statement, it is the speeding charge. p It Will Soon Be Time w!rmnto Start Your Garden Be among the first and secure a competent gardener by a Help Wanted advertisement in The Star. leggers to “let's see how this thing works” or was a forecast of continued improvement officials declined to say. The indictments reported today un- der the Jones law included four men and one woman. Ann Bovello, residing in Clifton Ter- race, is the first woman to be accused | inder the new act. The men indicted are James Turner, 33, colored, 600 block of Second street; George W. Brew, 23, 900 block of New York avenue; Wil- son R. Anderson, 30, 1800 block of Wyoming avenue, and George F. Brooks, colored, 16 Gessford court southeast. Angelo B. Bovello, husband of the woman defendant, had been held for grand jury action before United States Commissioner Turnage, but the grand jurors failed to include him in the in- dictment against his wife. ‘Turner fell into the hands of the law only a few hours after President Cool-| idge had signed the Jones act March 2. Precinct- Detectives Boxwell and Dowd of the sixth precinct cqvered an in- former who entered the home of Turner, where he is sald to have purchased two | pints of whisky. Marked money, accord- | ing to the police report, was found on Turner when he was searched at the station following his arrest. Mrs. Bovello is alleged to have sold | two pints of whisky to Prohibition Agent Little. Help Wanted advertisements in The Star are busy every day in the year, securing help for the people of Washington and vicinity, and often for those in distant parts of the country. What they are doing for others they will do for you. If in need of Help, either mechanical, office, labor or domestic, let a Star Classified advertisement find it for you. men in the electio ~these rights. U. 5. AGENTS SEEK RUM RING LEADERS Jones Act Cuts New York Sales, Boosts Prices, Closes Speakeasies. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, March 12.—Sudden rises in the bootleg prices of liquor and & decrease in the activities of its dis~ pensers have been in progress in New York since the signing 6f the Jones act | by President Coolidge on March 2, it was learned yesterday from persons in close touch with liquor purveyors and from Government agencies. The wholesale price of whisky. has advanced sharply, the price increase ranging from $20 to $40 a case. Many small speakeasies are going out of busi- ness. Four night clubs have stopped selling liquor. Deliveries to speakeasies {have been curtailed to the extent that the supply is erratic. The cost of grain alcohol has doubled, now being around $14 a gallon wholesale. The effect of the Jones act was summed up in that manner by a lawyer at 165 Broadway. He has made a close survey of the situ- ation in the last week. News Delights Campbell. Maurice Campbell, Federal prohibi- tion administrator, said the entire New York bootleg system was changing; that the manufacturers were intrenching and that the delivery methods were be= ing changed to evade the severe penal- ties of the Jones act. “Reports from my agents show that many speakeasies are going out of busi- ness,” he said. “The bootleggers do not like the idea of going to jail for.five years and paying a $10,000 fine. Fear of a long jail term has stirred the men in charge of the rings. They find it difficult to hire men who will take the blame for them. We are concentrating entirely on the source of suppl: The Jones act strikes at the leaders. It was learned from a Government agent that the Federal forces would not crusade against the pocket flask carrier, those who manufacture malt liquors and wine for home consumption and restau- rants where liquor is served quietly. He said the Federal enforcement men had orders to “get” the manufacturers and the trnasporters. Racketeers' Lawyer Analyzses Results. A lawyer who has been prominent in defense of violators of the Volstead act said that the Jones act would slow up Justice, strike directly at the criminal element in the bootleg business, and make it harder to gei convictions. “New York juries are mot going to convict in minor cases because of the drastic penalties that could be given to the defendants,” he said. “The ex- ception to this will be the eriminal element in the bootleg business. When one of the guerillas, so-called, comes to trial he probably wiil be hit hard. “I think the moral effect of the Jones act will be greater than the law {itself. Many otherwise respectable men in the bootleg racket probably will get out now, since their operations have become felonies. Heretofore it did net mean much if they were caught. They were prosecuted for a misdemeanor, an:l no one worried much about it. I know of several such men who have indicat=d that they are going to sell out as quick- Iy as possible and get into a legitimate business. “Should this go far, the entire liquor business would eventually be in the hands of the criminal element, which has not been the case in the past,” New Law Clogs U: S. Docket. U. S. S. Grant, assistant United States attorney, said that under a ruling re- ceived from Attorney General William D. Mitchell, all violations of the pro- hibition law arrested on March 2 would be prosecuted under the Jones act. He said this would include those arrested |earlv _on that day, before President i Coolidge signed the bill. Eight arrests were made here on March 2. | Francis A. O'Neill, United States | commissioner, said that 37 men had been arraigned for violation of the pro- hibition law since the Jones act took effect. Each of these cases will be takern before the grand jury for indictments. The court calendar for trial of these cases had not been arranged, Mr. Grant, sald. He indicated that it would be a long time before they went to trial, due to the many other prohibition cases which are now scheduled. BROOKHART PLANS PATRONAGE CURB; CIVIL SERVICE URGED ) man: Chairman Machold of the Re- publican State committee and William H. Hill, a leader of the Hoover forces in the Empire State. Brookhapt Statement. “I hope,” said Senator Brookhart, “that the President will give so: con- sideration’ to the views of so-called ‘Hoover Democrats’ in making his ap- pointments to office in the States of the South. There are a lot of good people among the Hoover Democrats in those States. “However, if the plan of placing these appointments under civil service is car- ried out, the best qualified persons will obtain the offices, and I do not doubt that a lot of them would be Hoover Democrats.” Senator Brookhart plans to call his committee together soon to go over some of the evidence which has already been taken and to plan for further in- quiry. He hopes to be able to submit at least a preliminary report to the full committee, of which Senator Moses of New Hampshire is chairman. when the Senate meets in April for the special session of Congres: If the ideas advanced by Senator Brookhart were carried out they would have far-reaching effect on the Repub- lican organization in a number of the States, where, Senator ‘Brookhart has insisted, their chief cause of existence was the dispensing of Federal patronage. e (Continued From First Pa KITTY COSTELLO IS GIVEN 30 DAYS BY FEDERAL JUDGE (Continued From First Page.)_ that Kitty Costello had torn up the summons and kicked him down the steps or blacked his eye, as he said was - stated in the newspapers. Mr. Graves sald after being refused permission to enter the apartment, he and Deputy Polheim went to the third precinct and had two policemen accom= pany them and that the policemen ad- vised Mrs. Cake to admit the marshal. Upon gaining admittance, he said they found Miss Costello in bed and on calling up a doctor, was told she was too {ll to be moved that night. ‘The deputy marshals remained in the apartment all Saturday night in com- pany with two woman deputy marshals and brought Miss Costello to Baitimare .?:n’dny morning, where she was lodged When the First Congregational Church. Derby, Conn,, was organized jn 1670 women were given eaual rights with n_of -officers, ets.,