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2 &% ° HOOVER EFFECTS NDTABLE GHANCES Alteration of Entire Atmos-| phere of White House Is Noted. ¥ BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ‘There's a change at the White House. It has come sudde: but it has af- fected the whole 'mosphere of the place. An air of business efficiency, a complete alteration in the arrangement of the rooms and the work in the ex-{ ecutive offices is the first expression of {he personality of the new Chief Execu- ive. It may or may not be better—time will tell—but it is different. Calvin Coolidge once sald that he didn't ex- pect his successor to follow his policies abcolutely. He thought each man looked at things differently. So it is| not unnatural to find an organization of more secretaries, a business type of ad- ministration for the executive office it- | self and a_different relationship with | the press. It's a difference in point of | view toward the executive side of the | job. Mr. Coolidge used to like to come in at odd times and open the mail with 8 paper cutter, choosing such letters as he thought might be interesting. He worked easily and quietly. He could get Tid of a lot of mail without getting very tense about it. Hoover More Like Roosevelt. Herbert Hoover is more like Theodore Roosevelt, who felt that the Waite| House of the McKinley administration needed to be rearranged and enlarged. He abandoned the office in the upper floor of the Executive Mansion and built a small Executive office, where the tennis court had been. If Herbert Hoo- ver has his way there’ll be an office building some day where the present Executive offices are. He wants nothing elaborate and is interested in a plain building. but with plenty of elbow room and plenty of air. ‘The press has suffered from the . cramped quarters in the White House offices. It was all right in the old days when three or four men stayed there all * day to interview callers. Now there are photographers and movie men on duty all the time and about a dozen or more correspondents, which number is oc- casionally increased. e?ocully on con- ference to a hundred or so. More Room for the Press. Mr. Hoover has ordered a larger room and better facilities provided for the press. Lawrence Richey, one of the three secretaries, has a big room in the {ront of the Executive offices, where the old file room used to be. He is to be the contact man with the departments and also will be the business adminis- trator of the White House office, while Geol Akerson on the other side of the building will handle the press and call- ers generally. The third secretary, who may be Dr. Julius Klein, will contact independent establishments and com- missions. No announcement has yet been made of the appointment. Mr. Hoover has already satisfied the at he plans to give them all the . te information available. R:zs lor handling of news have n drawn up so that the President may be quoted specifically when he so de: and so that information purely as back« may be used by the correspond- ents in their own way. Again it is not & radical change—Mr. Coolidge chose to accomplish it in another way. He, THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, - MARCH 13, 1929 | i i | | peace of South America. American Union board. Gonzalez Roa, Mexi ACCORD REACHED ON WORLD COURT Root Confers With Washing- ton on Text of Pro- posed Protocol. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, March 13.—The interna- tional jurists, including Elihu Root, are now in accord concerning all sections of the World Court protocol dealing with the American reservation on ad- visory opinions. Mr. Root, however, is anxious to have the entire protocol carefully examined and made to conform to alterations in Article four, which concerns advisory opinions, and it may be that the com- plete draft protocol will not be sub- mitted before tomorrow. It is under- stood that Mr. Root is cabling Wash- ington, as he, naturally, wants to get a text which will prove acceptable to | the administration and Senate. May Increase Judges. ‘While awalting & report from Mr. Root, the subcommittee of jurists today digcussed the desirability of increasing nnmger of judges in the court and systemiatiiing and strengthening the tribunali The tendency of the discus- sion was toward an increase in the regular judges from 11 to 15, at the same_time ‘abolishing the positions of | the four deputy justices. Mr. Root proposed that the tribunal preferred to kgg himself out of the re. The ite House spokesman was a conception of modesty and dignity rather than an attempt to issue his thoughts on the responsibility of an affirmative atti- bilities of pub- licity. Before another year s over his opponents may be talking about his in- terest in getting things printed instead ©of suppression of news. Sees Value of Advance Copy. Mr. Hoover is probably more conscious than anybody who has been in the ‘White Hou: the present generation of what may be accomplished by pre- paring material in advance for use by the press. He learned it in the Food Administration and further in his years at the ent of Commerce. The ‘White House will look more like the Department “of Commerce after a few years—a big business institution gradu- ally developed to express the business personality of the man at the top. (Copyright, 1929.) M’COY NAMED HEAD OF COMMISSION FOR PARAGUAYAN PEACE (Continued Prom First Page.) perience that guides all nations of the world with wise counsel. “We may therefore say, compliment- ing the intimate meaning of the words . you uttered a short time ago, that we are not negotiators of peace appointed for the exclusive purpose of clothing it with rleulnl shades or of making it amiable or possible. The spirit of peace, harbored in the conscience, es- tablished in the codes and secured by treaties, imbues our mipds and en- velops our eager desire for truth in its halo of justice. Our endeavors will be suceessful if convictions and the | primitive phases of our duty coincide. i “A great responsibility thus rests on our shoulders upon being called to be the interpreters of those fundamental interests that are seeking in America, | around the axle of diplomacy and under { the protection of conciliation and arbi- tration, as you have aiready pointed out, a new standard for the pacific solution of international controversy which shall bear, as a glorious indorsement, the example of Bolivia and Paragus: “Happily, your good wishes are with us and we also can rely upon the wis- dom of my distinguished colleague and the imperative will of the unfaltering Aestinies of the Americas.” MeCoy Outlines Work. After being chosen permanent chair- man of the conference, Gen. McCoy ad- dressed the members as follows: “I am deeply moved by the honor which the commission has conferred “upon me as the commissioner of the Tnited States. Permit me to thank you in behalf of my country. I am sensible of the high responsibility which we all share in the conduct of the work of this “commission “It is noteworthy that you, my col- leagues, have been cabinet ministers, members of congresses and representa- tives of your countries in many con- ferences which have done so much for the development of the international mind and the amicable adjustments of international problems. “This commission was brought into -existence by the governments of Bolivia and Paraguay through the good offices of the International Conference of American States on Conciliation and Arbitration. Our existence is due to the constructive work of great jurists of the republics of the New World. Through the efforts of the recent con- IYerence the opportunity has come to us to conciliate two greal nations. “Through 8 tolerant, fari and open- minded approach to our mission we can -bring the interested parties into agree- ment. By keeping uppermost in our minds the constructive results that will ~follow from the amicable settlement of ithe questipns submitted to us by the “¥rotocol signed by Paraguay and Bo- livia on January 3, 1929, we shall be able to maintain in our deliberations the great purpose of our mission, which s, that the controver-: <nay be settled *in perfect peace and friendship between the two countries.’ Throughout our de- be a two-regular-session court instead of one. He also approved the idea of en increase in ‘the number of judges. ‘The subcommittee will report its rec- ommendations based upon today's sug- gestion. League officials say they are convinced that the protocol for American adhesion to the court takes into full account the American reservations, and think that it will satisfy the Senate. ‘Would Consult U. 8. In supporting the idea of Sir Cecil Hurst of Great Britain that consulta- tions with the United States preferably take place before the court has received a est for an advisory opinion, sev- eral jurists declared that the court should be kept free from political mat- ters and that It was much better to have the exchanges of views with the United States while the matter was still in the hands of the League of Nations Council. Some even thought that Wash- ington should be consulted before the Council officially requested an opinion to determine whether there were ob- jections. However, the formula which has been given preliminary approval permits an exchange of views both be- fore and after the court has received a request for an advisory opinion. B Mrs. Mary Ellen Tabb Dies. CHARLES TOWN, W. Va.. March 13 (Special) —The body of Mrs. Mary Ellen Tabb, 74, widow of John Baker ‘Tabb, former resident of this city and a native of the county, who died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. W. E. Cralg, in Nashville, Tenn., was brought back here for burial Monday. One son, James, of Findlay, Ohio, also survives. Upper: COL. PATRICK J. HURLEY. Lower: ERNEST LEE JAHNCKE. Col. Hurley, World War veteran, yes- terday was named Assistant Secretary liberations may we keep this high pur- of War, and Mr. Jahncke received the corregponding. portfolio for the Navy. y: Dr. Enrique Bordenave, Paragu: Bridg. Gen. Frank R. McCoy, who was elected ¢ ico, and Gen. Guillermo Ruprecht of Uraguay. Diplomats gathered here today to settle the Bolivian-Paraguayan border dispute, which Iast December threatened the Delegates from the disputant countries and judges from neutral nations opened sessions at the Pan-American Union Building. Left to right, seated: Chlef Justice Taft and Secretary Kellogg, chairman of the Pan- Standing: Pablo Insfran, secretary to the Paraguayan delegation; Dr. Henrique Finot, Bolivia: Dr. Manuel Marquez Sterling, Cuba; Dr. David 'man; Dr. Raimundo Rivas, Colombia; Fernando ——Associated Press Photo. Can Opener Used To Rob Cash Box Hidden in Pharmacy Maitler Mackall reported to ninth precinet police today that a can opener had been used to take $200 from a cash drawer at his drug store, 823 H street north- east, last night. Mackall told police that he hides the strong box in a different place every night, but there ap- parently had been no trouble locating it, indicating, it is thought, that the store had been watched. Benjamin H. Goldstein, man- ager of ‘a clothing store at 434 Seventh street, reported to first precinct police today that one of his show windows had been broken last night and merchan- dise worth $80 stolen. HOOVER OIL LEASE POLICY MAY BRING CLASH WITH WEST (Continued From First Page.) for prospecting for oil on the public lands, covering periods of two years and 2,560 acres of land. The Supreme Court, he said, had held that permissive language must be con- strued s mandatory. If the matter goes into the court on the plea of;a tor for a permit to explore these lands for oll, the Government may be forced to issue the permit, he said, and & lease to follow if the prospector de- veloped oil. Senator Walsh conferred with Presi- dent Hoover at the White House today in regard to his ofl lease policy. Later, Senator Walsh said he was convinced that the President did not intend to interfere in any way with the lessors who have developed oil properties or to deny leases to prospectors who had al- ready expended money in their ex- plorations. He added that he believed the President would be fair and just to those who have undertaken to de- velop the oll lands in"the public domain. Protective Steps Seen. In cases where private weils adjoin ol lands in the public domajn, and there is danger of draining the oil from the public domain via the privately owned wells, Senator Walsh said he thought steps would be taken to lease the public lands so placed, so that the | Government might not lose the oil en- | tirely thereon: The Montana Senator said that he would be in favor of conserving the oll in the ground now owned by the Gov- ernment with American production at its present high level if the policy could be made general. He said. however, that he believed shutting off the production in the Gov- ernment domain merely would have the effect of increasing the output in the flelds in Texas and Oklahoma and Cali- fornia, on private or State owned lands. Furthermore, if shutting off the produc- tion on the public domain results, as it has been claimed, in curtailing the total production by a very considerable amount, Senator Walsh believes it will have the effect of increasing prices. Under the Hoover policy the Govern- ment will cease its practice of issuing permits to drill which carry with them & priority to leases in case oll is struck. About 6,000 such permits are issued annually at present, according to the Interior Department, and there are some 12,000 outstanding. These last will be honored, but no more will be granted. Osage Leases Mandatory. ‘The only leasing now mandatory is in the Osage Indian Reseryation. The law requires the Interior Department to put up 25,000 acres a year of this land for lease. Formerly 100,000 acres were leased annually. ‘The Interlor Department estimates roughly a tenth of the Nation's oil sup- ply comes from the Government flelds and therefore figures that the policy of no leasing will have a fairly important effect in keeping down production and thus sustaining the price of oil. About the richest of all fields is Salt Creek. It is checker-boarded with Gov- ernment leases. Mr. Hoover's purpose is to put the Government behind a rigid conserva- tion policy and thus aid private indus- try in achieving more normal produc- tion and stability of price. That is the motive behind the Hoover policy rather than any apprehension that his ad- ministration might witness another se- ries of ofl-leasing scandals. a SERVICES HELD TODAY FOR MRS. W. T. PAGE Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery Fol- lows 8t. Columba Episcopal Church Rites at 11 A.M. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Anna Page, wife of William Tyler Page, clerk of the House of Representatives, were conducted in St. Columba Episcopal Church today at 11 o'clock, with Rev. Dr. W. W. Shearer, rector, officiating, assisted by Rev. Dr. C. T. Wasner, rec- tor of St. Alban's Episcopal Church; Rev. Dr. F. Bland Tucker, rector of St. John's Church, Georgetown, and Rev. Dr. Paul G. Lineweaver, assistant rec- tor of St. Alban's. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery Saturday. Mrs. Page died at the family resi- dence, 220 Wootton avenue, Friendship Heights, Md.,, Sunday. She was 62 years old, " Funeral Services for Pastor. STAUNTON, Va., March 13 (Special) -~The funeral services for Rev. Stone- i wall Jackson Brown, who died Monday morning at the parsonage in Grafton, Va., will be in charge of Rev. Wesley Jones, presiding elder of Norfolk, at Zion Church, Yorktown, Va. Wednes- day morning at 10 o'clack. The body will reach Staunton, the home of his son, Charles K. Brown, Wednesday after- noon and interment will be in Thorn- rose Cemetery Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. ? AIR STOCK CONTROL REPORT IS DENIED Lehman Declares Aviation| Corporation Has Acquired No Other Firms. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 13.—Robert Leh- | man, chairman of the executive com-| mittee_of the Aviation Corporation, n:-‘l cently organized with initial capital of | $35,000,000 as & development and hold- | ing concern, revealed yesterday that as yet the company has acquired interest in_no-other companies. In an officlal announcement of the purpose of the Aviation Corporation it was said that it was expected holdings would consist largely of the majority of the common stocks of other companies, and that interests might also be held in companies not controlled. The com- pany was understood in Wall Street re- ports to have arranged already for ac- quisition of control of four large avia- tion companies, but Lehman denied these reports. “All rumors and statements that the Aviation Corporation,” he sald, “has ac- quired any interest whatsoever in any other companies are entirely unfounded. It has been reported that the Aviation Corporation is about to acquire the con- trolling interests in various other en- terprises, and these reports are also in large part untrue. Not to Take Fokker Firm. “An illustration of this is the Avia-| tion Corporation of the Americas, in which the Aviation Corporation has no intention whatsoever of owning or ac- quiring & controlling interest, and at the | present time owns no stock. “The Aviation cargorltlan also_has no plans for the acquisition of the Fok- ker Co. as has been rumored.” James A. Talhot, chairman of the Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America, | also issued s statement in which he sald the company was not going to be absorbed by any other’ organization. *“Control rests with myself and my as- sociates,” he said. “And is not for sale.” Several Companies Mentioned. The companies mentioned in the Wall Street reports officially denied by the aviation corporation chairman are the Fokker Co., the Fairchild Aviation Corporation, the Aviation Company of the Americas and Universal Aviation Corporation. The same reports sald that besides arranging for controls of these companies, the Aviation Corpora- tion also was undeistood to have made | offers for interests in the Consolidated | Aircraft Corporation of Buffalo, N, Y., the Stearman Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kans., and other companies, Tt also was said the company was thought to be counting on obtaining rights to manufacture the engines of Armstrong- Siddeley, Ltd., of England. The Wall Street reports apparently were based on the fact that high officials in several of these companies are on the board of the Aviation Cor- poration, ROBBER SENT T0 JAIL. Apprehended at Richmond, Thief Gets, Two-Year Sentence. STAUNTON, Va, March 13 (Spe- clal) —Within eight days of the robbery at the ticket office of the Chesapeake & Ohio Depot _here Claude Driver was captured in Richmond, brought back to | Staunton, convicted of the robbery and | sentenced to two years in jail by Judge | Richard S. Ker. Driver pieaded guilty. Dr. Lewis Brinton Dies. PHILADELPHIA, March 13 (#).— Dr. Lewis Brinton, noted stomach spe- clalist, and founder of the American | stiff competition escaped him in its rush Stomach Hospital, died early today in his private hospital here. Rehearsing one of for the of Army SCHOOL ORATORS APOLY FINSHIG Five Champions Announced! in Maryland District. More Tomorrow. With scarcely two weeks remaining before the Maryland district in The Star’s area of the sixth national ora- torical contest enters upon tne inter- school phase of the competition, the schools of that district are conducting thelr finals almost dally so that their respective spokesmen may benefit by & short period of intensive training before meeting the coming strong opposition. | Five school champions are announced today in the Maryland district and by tomorrow the names of another similar group probably will be made public. At the same time, the private and parochial school district schools are concluding their school meets in prepa- ration for the group phase of the con- test in that district next week. Several private and parochial school winners will be announced in tomorrow’s Star. The five schools whose champions are announced today are the Mechanicsville High School, th Poolesville High School, the Dick n High School, the Hughesville High School and -the St. Mary's Academy. 16-Year-Old Girl Winner. Mechanicsville’s championship was captured by Miss Rebecca Barber Wal- lace, 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Willlam B, Wallace of Mechanics- ville, with her oration on “Lincoln and the Constitution.” Miss Wallace is one of the many teachers of the future who have scored in the oratorical contest this year and following her graduation from high school in June, 1930. she plans to_enter the State Normal School. Besides her scholastic record of merit at Mechanicsville, she is one of the most active students in her school in athletics, playing volley ball, field ball and tennis with considerable skill. v David Trundle, another of. the con- test's participants who is & believer in trying and trying again, won the Pooles- ville High School finals this year for the second time. Trundle championed his school last year, but success in the to other yqung orators. Undismayed, however, he came back this year to repeat his school victory, and, in doing that, to reap a harvest of determination for better attainment. David is 18 years old now and he is a senior who holds expectations of graduating in June. He is editor of the Reflector, student publication. His victory this year was won with an oration on *“The Privileges and Obligations of a Citizen Under the Constitution.” Sister of 1927 Winner. Sounds of battle and acclaiming ap- | plause for a victor sound in the name of the champion of the St. Mary's| Academy of Leonardtown, Miss Susie Loker. Miss Loker is the sister of | Willlam “Alek” Loker, who, as . the representative of Leonard Hall two years ago, won the championship of this newspaper's entire region and_the accompanying European tour. Miss Loker, 18 years old, won her school finals with & speech on “The Constitu- tion; the Guard and Guide of Personal | Liberty.” This daughter of Judge Wil- llam M. Loker was not too intent upon printing the name of “Loker” more deeply in the annals of oratory, how- ever, to take part in other activities at school. She was president of the academy's athletic club of 1929, and was chosen by her school mates to be the class president in 1926, 1927 and 1928. She will be graduated this June. Another veteran of the contest came through to win at the Dickerson High | School in the person of John G: Gott, who was one of the participants last | year to succeed in the early stages of | the meet. John won the right to repre- sent his school with a speech on “The Development of the Constitution,” and he is training hard now to win his coming group fray with it. He is the| son of R. B. Gott, clerk of the District of Columbia Police Court, and follow- ing his graduation in June, at the age of 17—he is actually 16 now—he plans to enter Georgetown University to study law. School days are not all books an oratory with this winner, either, for he is one of his school's outstanding players on the base ball diamond and in soccer. Miss Elizabeth Wolfe was chosen to carry the forensic banner of the| Hughesville High School when she won | the decision of the judges with an ora« tion on “The Origin of the Constitu- tion.” Only 13 years old and a second- year student, Miss Wolfe won over stiff opposition and, unless she wins through to the championship of The Star's area and captures the accompanying South American tour, she will be eligible for repeated competition in the contest for two more years. Miss Wolfe is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Locke Wolfe | of Hughesville and, following her high | school_course, she plans to enter the | State Normal School to study teaching. MAN MYSTERIOUSLY HURT.| MARTINSBURG, W. Va., March 13 (Special).—Elmer Meadows, 23, is in a local hospital with a fracture of the skull, sustained in some mysterious manner at an abandoned warehouse here. Roy and Ed Linthicum and Leo Alderton, all of this city, are being held | for questioning by police. Police think Meadows either fell or was pushed from a second-story win- dow of the building, falling to the ground, with the resultant fracture. Meadows 1s unable to explain the injury. He told police Alderton was with him.| | | | the “acts” that Is to be put on at reservation when the annual Society Clrc relie! week, 3 —8 TWO MORE Left to right: Miss Elizabeth Wolfe of Rebecca Barber Wallace of th the Hughesville High School and Miss e Mechanicsville High School BELGIUN'S ARMS PLAN 1S REJECTED Move for New Classification of Armament Fails at Geneva Parley. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, March 13.—The interna- tional experts on armaments, who Mon- day began conferences here, yesterday rejected a Belgian plan for a new clas- sification of armaments. The Ameri- can delegates were among those favor- ing the rejection. ‘The main reason ‘that this action was taken was that the Belgian plan tended to give less publicity to armaments. The experts were appointed in connection with a movement to establish control of the manufacture of armaments, both governmental and private. Land Armaments Divided. The convention draft divides land armaments into 12’ categories, but Bel- gium wantéd these reduced to 6 head- ings. They maintained that the classf- fication of 12 was impossible to carry out administratively. The Belglans failed to convince their colleagues and the old classification remains as the basis for the proposed convention for international supervision and publicity on all arms manufacture. A number of states, including Bel- gium, have been disposed to publish the weight and cost of armaments, but not to give the number of pieces, deeming that this would too clearly reveal secrets of national defense. Belgium also wanted to simplify the designations of armaments for technical reasons. Commission to Get Report. ‘The experts will report to the main | commission on armaments manufacture, which will meet in August to endeavor to agree on the convention draft. The United States delegates here have fa- vored the largest kind of publication of armaments as constituting one way to discourage competition and to reduce armaments to the minimum compatible with defense needs. The American delegates were Capt. George Washington Steele, Ma). Charles C. Mettler, Maj. Barton K. Fount, with Condul Eibridge D. Rand of Geneva as counselor, EDWARD E. PABST *DIES AT HOME HERE, Resal Estate Man Once Was Presi- . dent of New York Board ! of Trade. Edward E. Pabst, 67 years old, con- nected with the real estate firm of | Society is placing throughout the world. | Louts P. Shoemaker here, and formerly identified in New York, where he was at one time president of the New York Board of Trade and the city Board of Education, died at his residence, 4622 Fifteenth street. yester- day. Death followed an attack of Ppreumonia. Mr. Pabst also had held various spe- cial commissions in New York to which he had been appointed by the mayor. He had been active in real estate de- velopment and had a wide acquaintance in this city. He was a member of the Washington Board of Trade, the Pine, Branch Citizens' Association, Joppa Lodge of Masons in New York and the Atlantic Council of the Royal Arcanum in New York. He had been a resident of this city since December, 1916. | Surviving him are his widow, | Pabst, Miss Anna M. Pabst and Miss | Edwina E. Pabst, all of this city. He also | |leaves a brother, Henry Pabst, and a | sister, Mrs. Amelia Gramlich, both of New York. 1 Funeral services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow afternoon at | 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be private | in Rock Creek Cemetery. i ycounts in the case of Harvey Smali- us Is staged tar Staff Photo. WILKING GREETED FROM ANTARGTICA Second Formal Welcome as Polar Hero in New York in Year. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 13.—Twice a polar hero, Sir Hubert Wilkins yester- day received his second formal welcome in New York—this time on his return from aerial exploration in the Antarctic. A year ago he and Lieut. Carl B. Eielson, his chief pilot, were received after their flight across the Arctic. To- day the two adventurers, with Joe E. Crosson, relief pilot, and Orville H. Por- ter, a mechanic, were greeted as suc- cessful explorers of part of the vast con- tinent at the bottom of the world. Welcoming ceremonies began when the liner Ebro nosed into its Hoboken pler with the four men from South America. The reception continued in a meeting with Mayor Walker at City Hall, and closed at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where the airmen are staying. Greeted by Fiancee. Among those to greet Sir Hubert was | Miss Suzanne Bennett, actress, who has announced her engagement to the explorer. Their greeting was cordial, but without demonstration of affection. ‘When photographers attempted to pro- mote a hugging scene Sir Hubert put it down with an emphatic “No,” adding when he was asked about the engage- ment: “I feel like Lindbergh about that sort of thing.” city committee, Sir Hubert handed a re- port to Dr. John H. Pinley, president of the American Geographical Society, tell- ing of the expedition's discovery that Graham Land in the Antarciic is a series of islands rather than part of the South Polar continent, as had been be- lieved. Luncheon for the party was served aboard ship, after which the airmen motored through the tunnel under the Hudson River to City Hall, where the city's formal welcome place, cameramen photographed the flyers and the mayor, and later Sir Hubert's group, posed on the steps of City Hall with the organized veterans of the bliz- zard of 1888. Antarctic Work Unfinished. | . Although he did not disclose his plans for the immediate future, Sir Hubert | made it plain that he had not finished | his work in the Antarctic. Increasing mild weather and consequent poor con- | ditions for take-off and landing of | glann forced return of the expedition, ut the explorers hope to go back to the Antarctic in September. An effort tinent, and sites for a South Polar weather station will be considered. Sir Hubert said he had such a site in mind, but would attempt to find one still more desirable for the establishment of one of 12 stations which the Geographical {YOUTH IS SENTENCED | IN HOUSEBREAKING CASE | Court Places Two Companions on | Probation—Third May Go to i Reform School. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. i __ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- | HOUSE, March 13.—Youths held on i charge of Lousebreeking, received sen- | tences today before Judge Howard W. Smith at Police Court here. Milton Rothery was given a 5-year sentence after he was jointly indicted n four other charges running 1 year each. The latter charges were sus- pended. Two of the boys, Alton Riddle and Waliter Herrity received suspended sen- tences of 2 years each and were placed on probation to report to Mrs. Mae Jacobs, director of public welfare. Commonwealth Attorney Willlam C. Gloth recommended a three-year sen- tence on one charge and suspended sentence of one year each on two other wood, the fourth youth. His attorney, J. Hammond Brewer, stated that the Jad was only 17 years of age and should be sent to the Reform School. Judge Smith took the matter under advise- nent. Rothery was declared sane by psychia- ists yesterday after the doctors were | 1lled to the courthouse for an exami- ation of Clarence Walter Schutt, in- After being met aboard ship by a! will be made to cross the Antarctic con- | “NOVIETRUST” SUIT EADS I NEW YOR Decision Reserved in Case | Brought Under Sherman Law Charges. | | | | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 13.—The first of two suits broughi by the Govermment against an alleged “movie trust.” com- prised of many prominent producers and distributors and oganizations formed by them, was completed today. Decision was reserved. Today's ection was brought to force discontinuance of alleged violations of the Sherman anti-trust law. The case dealt with the right of producers snd distributors to force theater owners to | assume all uncompleted contracts fof pictures existing at’ the time of pur- chase or transfer of & theater. Among the defendants were the Mo- tion Picture Producers and Distriputors of America, headed by Will Hays; First National Pictures, Paramount-Famou Lasky Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Distributing Corporation, Uni- versal Films Exchange Co., Fox Films Corporation. Pathe Exchange, F. B. O. Pictures Corporation, Vitagraph. Edu- cational Film Exchange and 32 film boards of trade throughout the country The defendants, represented by fo mer Attorney General George W. Wi kersham, set forth that in 1927 uncom- pleted contracts were involved in trans- fers of 3,950 theaters, the amount in- volved being $8,081,000. Purchasers of 1,237 of these theaters were said to have refused to assume any part of existing contracts, causing the defend- ants losses in excess of $2,370.000. ‘The defendants said that of the ap- proximately 22,000 picture houses in the country several thousands are trans- ferred evel year and that many times transfers have been made for the sole purpose of “ducking” contracts. ‘The Government charged that the defendants had conspired to deprive theater owners of the right to have anv court decide whether transfers had been made for the purpose of breaking contracts and to force arbitration by their own boards of trade. MAN HUNTED AFTER ATTACK ON WOMAR Police SenIing_;;lce George Woods for Assailant of Ta- koma Park Resident. S | Special Dispatch to The Star. TAKOMA PARK, Md., March 13.— An extensive search is being conducted today for a colored man who is said to have attacked Mrs. Lewis Millar, 32, shortly before noon today in her home on Circle avenue, Takoma Park, Md. While authorities of Prince Georges County beat the wooded section in the vicinity, the woman, mother of two children, lies in the Takoma Park Sani- tarfum suffering from severe shock and bruises over her entire body, sustained when her assailant is alleged to have twice beat her into unconsciousness after awaking her. ‘Two painters nearby heard the wom- an’s screams for assistance when she finally broke away from the intruder and ran to the window. When the two men, whose names could not be learned, ran to the scene they saw | the colored man run down the steps | of the house and immediately gave | chase. .They lost him in the woods, | however. i Mrs. Millar was alone at the time of the attack, it is said, and. was lying {in bed. | | | PRGN CHARLES J. BELL iLL. | | | Prominent Banker Successfully Un- | dergoes Operation for Mastoiditis. | | Charles “J. Bell, one of the most prominent = citizens of Washington, chairman of the board of directors of the American Security & Trust Co., is | rapidly progressing toward recovery to- day folloging an operation for mastoid- itis in the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital yesterday afternoon. The operation was performed by Dr. William Mason. GEN. HINES HONORED. Employes of Veterans’ Bureau Fea- ture Director's Reappointment. | Following his reappointment as direc- tor of the United States Veterans’ Bu- 1eau by President Hoover, Brig. Gen rank T. Hines late yesterday afternoon was presented with a huge basket of flowers on behalf of all employes of the bureau. ‘The presentation was made by Miss Mary Florence Wilkinson, a clerk, rep- resenting the employes. | . Gen. Hines, who has already served years as head of the establishment | which spends more money than any | other Government agency except the | Treasury Department, received a large | number of letters of congratulation from | heads of services throughout the bureau. PP {CHARITY WORKER MOVED. | Sister Edith Garrity Is Transferred From Cumberland. | CUMBERLAND, Md., March 13 (Spe- clal).—Sister Edith Garrity, for 18 years an attache of Allegany Hospital and one of the first sisters to come here when the institution was taken in | charge by the Sisters of Charity, left yesterday for Buffalo, N. Y., where she will be assigned to Providence Retreat, also conducted by the Sisters of Charity. Among her many acts of charity dur- ing her 18 years here she paid rent for 120 destitute families from her own icted yesterday by a speclal grand jury | funds and delivered groceries each week n charges of assault. Trinity _Lutheran—oldest Lutheran | difice in Detroit—is to be replaced by | + $200,000 church, thank offering of | to these families and others that came | to her attention as in need. There is a $50,000 organ (donated by John A. McGregor), in the new $250,000 Charles Gauss for the recovery of his daughter from illness. auditorium of Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, Be among the first and secure a competent gardener by a Help Wanted advertisement Star. in The Little Help Wanted advertisements in The Star are busy every day in the yea 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, 1aber or domestic, let a Star Classified advertisement find it for you.