Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER (U. & Weather Bureau Fair and somewhat colder today: to- morrow fair, with rising t Temperature—Highest, yetterday; lowest, 43, at terday. Full report on page 3. Forecast.) emperature. 66. at 1 p.m 10 pm. yes- Che Sund; WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION A “From ('.ess 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 3000 to start immediate delivery. (/) Means Associated Pre: No. 1,252—No. 31,001 Entered as second class vashington, i C. WASHINGTON, FEAR SCORES DEAD IN ALABAMA FLOOD AS DISEASE STALKS IN'WAKE OF WATER Property Loss Unestimated, but Will Be Many Millions/ as Raging Rivers Wreak Havoc Through Wide Area FOOD AND MEDICINE ‘ HELD GREATEST NEED! 20.000 Are Homeless, Marooned Hundreds in Houses and in Trees in Peril as Rescue Work- ers Teil Day and Night to Take Thousands to Safety in Camps. | would prefe B the Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 16. | ~Unprecedented torrents which raged seaward between Alabama’s two water sheds tonight were a| handicap to the relief agencies which concentrated their efforts on aiding approximately 20,000 persons affected by flood waters.! Rescue workers, however, had taken thousands to safe ground during the past 24 hours. | While only 13 bodies had been recovered, estimates here were that the fatalities would run into the scores. Property loss in buildings, live- stock, - household goods, farm implements and other materials was so great that no effort was made today to give an accurate estimate, except that it was “millions.” The greatest immediate emergencies | tonight appeared to exist in the neigh- borhood of Geneva and Elba, in the Choctawhatchee - Chattahoochee water- shed, but many other towns in ‘that , as well as Brewton, Garland and other communities in the Ala- ‘'ombighee Basin, likewise were fioaded and in great meed of food and medical supplies. Rescue Work Rushed. Flood waters that engulfed several southeastern Alabama towns tonight | had begun to subside and rescue work | | H RY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. There very little likelihood President Hoover will Mount Weather. near Bluemont. Va.. which was selected by former President Cooi- idge as a rural retreat for executives— a place where they might seek rest and relaxation for short periods without be- is use |ing far removed from the seat of gov- ernment, It is even doubtful if Mr. Hoover will spend any of his $48,000 appropriated lat the last session of Congress, at the is nothing on record to show that Mr. request of Mr. Coolidge, for the pur- pose of putting Mount Weather in condition for occupancy as the presi- dential household and for its main- tenance. the first place Mount Weather holds little attraction as a place of so- journ for President Hoover. He has been represented as being impressed with the scenic attractions offered by this spot in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but for his purposes he wouid prefer something more than scenery. If he is to take short, vacations away from his office he to go to some spot where OOVER IS NOT EXPECTED TO USE MOUNT WEATHER President Prefers to Visit, Rather, Some Other Reireat Where the Fish Are Biting. that | ! The President has been advised that there is no fishing within the immediate vicinity of Mount Weather. Presidenf Coolidge, although fond of | fishing, liked the mountains. It is no doubt because of this that Mount | Weather, situated as it is, strongly ap- | pealed to him. It is also likely that the |fact that Mount Weather and the 84 | acres surrounding it. already belonging | to the Government. may have had con- | siderable to do with the choice. There | | | opportunities for fishing are nflv‘n’d,j i i | | | Coolidge ever consulted President Hoover {on the subject, and there is no record |of Mr. Coolidge himself having eve personally visited Mount Weather. Hi |interest in it was developed solely from reports from others and from photo- graphs. WhAt Mr. Coolidge really ha in mind was not a permanent Summer | home for the President, but a place | within easy distance of Washington where an Executive upon a sudden im- | | pulse might motor quickly for the pur- | pose of spending the night or a day or | two away from the cares of his office. Mr. Hoover most assuredly will siip (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) U. 5. WORLD COURT ENTRY EXPEDITED Formula Expected Tomorrow Conforming to American Reservations. BY REGINALD W. KAUFFMAN. By Cable to The Star. GENEVA, March 16.—It is now defi- nitely promised that Monday will wit- ness the termination of the task of the judicial experts of the League of Nations, who have been engaged in re- vising the statute of the World Court of International Justice and in creating a formula whereby, without disturbance to the United States Senate reservations, America may adhere to the court. When today's toil was ended the committee ad- journey over Sunday. Hurst expect to pass 12 hours of the Intervening hours in putting the finish- ing touches to their revision of MrA; Root’s plan. This revision will be pre- sented the following morning at what will probably be the committee's last Freed thus from | other labors, Elihu Root and Sir Ceell | TELEGRAPH TRADE FIHTIS FRESEEN | 'Radio Corporation Will Com-| pete With Western Union : and Postal Companies. i Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, March 16.—The Radio | | Corporation: of America is about to| | institute an unrestricted competitive | struggle with the Western Union Tele- | | graph Co. and the Postal Telegraph Co. | | A Nation-wide radio telegraphic service | will be hooked up with the RCA inter- | national system through the newl, formed RCA' Communications, Inc, | | which is taking over the transoceanic |and other point-to-point communica- tions interests of the Radio Corporation | and plans to extend its service to inland cities of the United States. l The Postal Telegraph Co. through its affiliated Mackay companies in the | international telephone and telegraph system will also offer another competi- tive battle line when its contemplaed domestic radio system is formed some- [ SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1 19 29—116 PAGES. FIVE CENTS TEN - CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS ELSEWHERE COMMITTEES PLAN EARLY HEARINGS ON FARM RELIEF BILL Senate Group Will Hold First, | Meeting on Agricultural | Problem March 25. PRESIDENT’S OFINION WILL BE SOLICITED Executive's Message to Congress on April 25 Is Expected to Outline His Views, BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The task of whipping a farm bill into shape for introduction soon after the | special session of Congress opens will be begun soon by the Senate and House | committees on agriculture | The nate committee, meeting on call of Senator McNary of Oregon, its chairman, will hold its first hearing March 25. Among the first witnesses | to be heard will be representatives of the Department of Agriculture, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the WANTED—A MODERN ST. PATRICK! National .Grange and the Farmers' | | Union | Whille it is not expected that Presi- A."_AN]-A WARDEN | dent Hoover and his new Secretary of | | Agriculture, Mr. Hyde, will undntake“ | to draft a farm aid bill and send it ln; Congress. it is expected that the farm | | bill will be drafted along lines accept- | 1 able to the President, and that the Sen- 1 ate and House committees will be in-| formed as to what those lines are, both | through conference with the President | and through the appearance of repre- | sentatives of the Department of Agri- culture before the committees. President’s Views Awaited. The President in his message to Con- | By the Associated Press. gress at its opening April 15 will deal| Severely condemning the use of with the farm problem and outline his | “under cover” agents in the Pederal | Ideas of the program to be developed | penitentiaries, Senator Borah, Republi- | in the Interest of the farmer. The de- |Con qaann. in s statement. vestorday tails of the legislation, it is expected, | 2" Idaho. in.a it will be worked out by the congressionai | predicted that the new Attorney Gen- | committees and by the House and Sen- | eral, William.D. Mitchell, would dis- | e selves, i | The Senate committee will have be. | COntinUE the practice. | fore it drafts of several proposed farm | This confidence in the course to be aid bills when it gets together next |pursued by Mr. Mitchell was expressed | week. Chairman McNary introduced a |py the Senator after a conference with revised farm aid bill in the last session of Capgress, omitting the_equalization | the Attorney General this past week. ‘However. it developed that Mrs. Mabel | {a:lel ofmtk;‘e hnlg 'alcl‘u;y-fiuugen farm , whic ad the indorsement of the ; Walker Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney | Coolidge administration. It was said ! General, was not so ready to give “Diy the system. at the time that the bill followed in a “The whole system is based upon a | Snook Stirred Controversy‘ Over Prison Espionage | Practice. Burial in Double Casket of Metal Directed in Will By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 16.—Wil- liam B. Keller. founder and edi- tor of the National Bottlers’ Ga- zette, directed that he be buried in a double casket of metal, his will revealed when it was filed for probate todav. Keller, who died on March 6 at the age of 77, wrote: “I direct that my remains shall be placed in a double casket. The inner casket shall be made of solid bronze metal, silver plated. the top or lid bolted down tight with (about) 50 bolts, and then hermetically sealed.” The_will named his son, Wil- liam B. Keller, jr., as the sole beneficiary of the estate. RECEPTSINDEATE INEONE TAX G ESCOBAR REPORTED FLEEING TORREON - AGUAS CALIENTESIS * TAKEN BY REBELS {Insurgent General Preparing to Abandon Stronghold. Flyers State — Aimazan Reaches San Pedro. [CLAIMS OF LOYALISTS | AND FOE CONFLICTING | == ‘600 Insurrectos Cut Through Wire | Fence to Get Water From Ranch on United States Side—Did Not Realize Crossing of They Say. Ny /) /, ‘/ A = Border, Br the Associated Press, Capture of revolutionary head- quarters at Torreon is imminent and the rebels are reported eva- -————— cuating the city in the latest gov- ernment communique from Mex- SENATORS ANALYZE = Federal aviators informed their | headquarters that rebel Comdr. Escobar was moving his troops to the Torreon railroad station and was preparing to abandon the i stronghold. The government bulletin added that federal cavalry under Gen. Almazan had reached San Pedro which is 30 or 40 | minutes by automobile from Torreon. ! There are still conflicting claims by | federals and rebels which make a little | confusing the latest reports of the mili- tary campaign. Rebel leaders 2t Juarez, n northern Sonora, say that their troops have captured Aguas Calicntes. far | south of Gen. Calles' former heacquar- | ters at Canitas and deny that federals have taken Durango Cif Claims Many Loyalists Slain. McNary and Smith Outline Remedies in Address Over Radio. The ills of agriculture were diagnosed and the remedies likely to result in cure | were outlined to a Nation-wide audience by two of the closest followers of farm questions in Congress, Senators Mc- Nary, Republican, of Oregon and Smith, | Democrat, of South Carolina, when | | they spoke last night in the third of | They still insisted yesterday that the | the weekly radio forums arranged by | federals were really far away from | The Evening Star and sponsored by the A TOrTeon and said that outbreak of revolt | Columbia_Brosdcasting Co. | in various central Mexican States men- From Station WMAL in this city | 2¢ed the rear of the Calles’ army. Their their views on this question, which soon | 2‘:‘“"]’ l;" “;“"‘ c‘"";":‘ cut ";; | federal line of communications | Wil be before the special sesslon of weyico Gity, they claimed. and many | Congress, went out to radio listeners In | federal soldiers had been killed or taken | vartous sections of the country on'a Na- | prisoner in the battle there. | 7Six hundred rebels cut through a ADDSTiClly pATEEESETS successful | session as well as its first and only pub- termination. Gov. Bibb Graves said tonight that he | lic meeting. believed $250,000 was needed to main- | “I am satisfied with the work that uh;dt;l: gomcless until rehabilitation | has been done.” Mr. Root said to an coul effected. | i f s The Little Coffee county seat of Elba, | lcuuamlln;:e 'hhlsd H}!'e:mm:.rar:;i ir shut off by the wltcl;ahof thi Pea l:iver | Cectl Hurst echoed that satisfaction. end two creeks for the past two days, | Esxperts Satisfied. was virtually deserted. Most of itc| . the other judicial experts ex- 2.000 inhabitants had been removed ta All Troy and Opp. neighboring towns, by | precsed themselves in like fashion and | boat and automobile. Several hundred | remi in the town but are in no im- mediate danger. Streets Waist Deep. Lieut. C. J. Hilliard of the Alabama National Guard, engaged in rescue work in the Elba area, reported to Gov.! Graves' office tonight that on some of | the streets men were wading in waist, | deep water. The water yesterday and | early today had lapped at rooftops and | driven the residénts to scattered knolls | around the town, where they waited for | rescue, Geneva, directly south of Elba, was #till flooded, but most of its inhabitants were reported safe at Samson. | Brewton, in Escambia County, near | the Florida line, was not considered in | immediate danger, Adit. Gen. F. Eu-| gene Butler said, but food is needed. The town of approximately 5000 in- habitants, located in the Conecuh River Basin, was engulfed by the overflowing | waters of Murder and Burnt Corn creeks. | Food Needed at Flomaton. | Information from the Guardsmen was ! that food was the principal need at| Flomaton, another town in the lower Alabama watershed. Airplanes a day or 50 and a carload of provisions | was en route from Mobile. i While direct communication had not | been established with Castleberry, Gar- | land, Pollard, Keego, Pera and several other towns partially submerged in the | nSWRCES B0 BT O ige present | basin, work was being directed to all | those places. Gov. Graves continued to stress the need for funds and clothing for the | refugees. 57-Foot Stage Predicted. While the rise was apparently halting in the southerns portion of the State. ! the Alabama River at Montgomery still was approaching A crest. The back waters of the Alabama, Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers tonight had driven approximately 4.000 from their homes in Montgomery County. A 57-foot mark, the flood stage, was ed for the Alabama River at Montgomery tonight Murder Creek Rising Again. | covenant. | since been accepted, but a specific pro- Vittorio Sciajola, chairman of the com- mittee, who was not particularly pre- disposed toward America a week ago, ! left for home ostensibly converted ‘o the “interpretation.” He said this aft- ernoon: “I am needed elsewhere and am letting- the post be filled by Vice Cheirman Van Eysinga of the Nether- lands because I feel that concord has been achieved.” ‘The day's work of the jurist con- cerned itself with amendments to the statute. One of these amendments con- cerns the cdurt’s authority to give ad- cisory opinlons. Provision therefor is made in the original draft statute pre- pared by the 1920 commission, but. was | deleted by the Assembly of the League partly because sufficient authority was then assumed to exist in the Leagu This assumption has ever vision in the amended statute is con- idered wise in view of the fact tha the authority of the-court to hand down such opinions has been questioned b Senator Walsh of Montana Sir Cecil Hurst advanced a important to the problem of British representation on the World Court bench. Every adhering state is en- had | - " | e | titled to have a judge of its own nation- | Radio Marine Corporation of America diropped supplies believed suffcient for | Siio o the bech when cases aflecting | to take over all its Tadio marine activi its own special interests are being heard. British View. Sir Cecil contended that in instances no British dominion sl such hould if there happened to be a British judge permanently seated. To do this Sir Cecil had to admit a certain loosening of the British Empirs formal bonds. “There 15 such a thing” he said. “as | empire citizenship, but each of the do- | (Continued on Page 4, Column 1. [RITES TO BE HELD HERE | FOR STONE ON SATURDAY |A5h0= of Late A.P. Councsellor to Be Committed to Final Resting Place. | theory | time this year. It is regarded as pos- | sible that RCA, by means of radio- telephone hookups, both here and abroad, will offer serious competition to the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., the largest corporation in the world. Surface Ts Only Scratched. Indicative of the extensive plans of the Radio Corporation for sthe future | was the statement released yesterday in behalf of Owen D. Young, chairman of the board of the Radio Corporation | and chairman of the war reparations sessions in Paris, in which he sald that | “in spite of the development which has been crowded into these past few years we can still say that the surface | | of radio’s possibilities has only been | | scratched. « | Formation of RCA Communica- | tions, Inc., was first reported on Jan- uary 5, when formal announcement was made of the completion of the deal whereby Radio acquired the Victor Talking Machine Co. It was indicated at that time that the communications | business of Radio would be segregated from the manufacturing business and operated by the new subsidiary, which | was_incorporated under Delaware laws {on January 4. License Transfer Approved. | The Federal Radio Commission last | Tuesday_approved the transfer of all | station licenses, frequencies and con- | pany follows a similar step taken a year | ago by Radio in the formation of the | ties. A forecast of the active way i | which the new company will function | was foreseen in the remarks of Gen. | James G. Harbord, president. of Radio, |in dispeliing_expectations of an early merger with Western Union. | “The statement in the annual report | of Radio Corporation of iis preparations | | to enter the field of domestic telegraphy | | has no relation to the Western Union | Telegraph Co. except in a competitive sense,” he said. | i | arnoffl Are Directors of | New Firm. ! By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, March 16.— Organi- | ‘ zation of R. C. A, Communications, Inc., | Wwhich is taking over the Radio Cor- | ! poration of America’s land and trans- | oceanic wireless business, was com- | pleted today with the election of offi- |cers and directors. Gen. James G.!| | Young and S | indorsement, refraining from making any statements with regard to legisla- tion pending before Congress prior (o his_inauguration as President. Senator Brookhart of Iowa has a farm bill which he intended to offer as a substitute for the McNary bill, had that measure been taken up for con- sideration at the last session of Con- gress. With some few amendments, Senator Brookhart will offer this bill to the committee for its consideration. It would set up a “farmers’ national export co-operative,” with a capital stock of $250,000,000, to deal with the exportable surplus crops produced ir this country. $1,500,000,000 Fund Held Necessary. The United States Government is to subscribe the entire sum for the capi- tal stock. As the lowa Senator does with the total exportable surplus of the farmers’ crops. he wouid authorize also additional contributions for this purpose, running the total up to $§1,500/000,000, through the issue of bonds. Under the Brookhart bill a board of directors to manage the Farmers' Na- tional Export Corporation, consisting of three members, would be set up. Mem- | bers would be appointed by the Secre- tary of Agriculture, one on the nomi- nation of the American Farm Bureau { Federation, another on the nomination | of the Farmers' Union, and a third on the nomination of the National Grange. | The Department of Aericulture is di- rected under the terms of the bill to determine the average cost of produc- " (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—36 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page 11. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 27. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 30. Around the City—Page 31. Financial News—Pages 32. 3 PART TWO—8 PAGES, and Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. | tion-wide chain hook-up. wire fence on the internationl boundary general way also the ideas of President Hoover, although he never gave it his wrong theory,” said Senator Borah yes- | Cash Pouring In at Rate terday. “I have given much time to | |the investigation and consideration ori Greater Than That of Same the so-called spy, or under cover, sys- tem in our Federal penitentiartes. It | Iln my judgement it can not be justified upon any theory of law or of practice or of expediency. Gen. Mitchell is a great lawyer, trained in law from | | childhood, and basing my opinion upon | Period Last Year. By the Associated Press. Cash was pouring into the Treasury yesterday at a rate that made it im- 4 and 35 | pot this fact, I predict that the system will be discontinued.” 1 Mrs. Willebrandt Likes Plan, Mrs, Willebrandt, who is in charge | of the administration of the prisons, de- | clared, however, that “the system seems | | ‘he only way at present to find the facts | | necessary to keep conditions wholesome |in the penitentiaries.” She believes the | “under cover” system had been “fairly and equitably applied.” She is not re- sponsible, she said, for institution of the | practice. It was instituted by former Attorney General Sargent. | The present row was stirred up when | | Warden John Shook of the Atlanta | penitentiary refused to co-operate with | the department in the use of “under | cover™ agents in his institution. His | resignation within 30 days was asked { for on March 5, but it was declared at the department’ that this was not the only complaint against Snook’s admin- | istrative ability. | resignation had been asked because of | “‘utter want of administrative ability.” No charges against the integrity of | Snook are said to be involved. While | Snook is from Idaho and has the inter- | 'ENDURANCE FLIGHT " BEGUN BY WOMAN Louise McPhetridge Hopes to Beat| Record Set by Miss Trout. | | By the Associated Press i | OAKLAND, Calif.. March 16, —Louise possible for officials even to guess as| to the total which the March 15 income | tax payment, the first in 1929, will reach. Collection offices throughout the coun- | try were not attempting to make a tabu- Iation of the current totals. but in response - to Washington _instructions were rushing their receipts into bank: since the Treasury technically is very nearly up fo its bank balances with expenditures and needs the money. Figures Show Gains. By the latest available figures, which | showed the condition of receipts at the close of business March 15, income tax payments for the month were running about $5.400,000 ahead of receipts ic | the same date last year. If this rate of . increase is maintained the Go- ernment may receive $50.000,000 more Mrs. Willebrandt said that Snook’s | in March this year than it received | overlooked, last year. Though this possibility was seen by some officials others were doubtful that it would be realized. No Guess Attempted. Considering all these factors the | Treasury would not attempt even & ! guess vesterday at what total receipts would be, and it was considered unlikely that any definite knowledge would be available before March 23. Last year the Government took in | $518,000,000 from its March income tax | sources and if the indicated increase is tained this year the figure might ma; be raised to $560,000,000. There are | some grounds for expecting an advance, 3 i but until it is actually in hand Secre- Ccompetition and demand which would | tary Mellon and his aides will refrain | from indicating it. MEXICANS RAID CLUB. NACO. Sonora, Mexico, March 16 (#), —Ten civil officers. led by the commis- Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of Newest Books—Page 4. Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 5. PART THREE—14 PAGES. Society. At Community Centers—Pages 10 and 12. McPhetridge, holder of the woman's| | airplane altitude record, took off at [3:51 o'clock this afternoon from the ST piie 2 saire of police of aco, raide e For- municipal airport here in an attempt diTF Of BOYCE of Haco, Toidet fhe For |to break the woman's endurance flight | bling equipment valied at $10,000, and | record of 17 hours, 5 minutes and 37| burned it in the street a few feet from i the international line. | seconds held by Miss Bobbie Trout of | gy yciyp is owned by George M. Pratt, Los Angeles. |an American. Naco is the scene of PART FOUR—IR® PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen Senator McNary, who as chairman jine east of Nogales, Ariz. to obtain o' ending tote i hanging Tamm legis | T, S & ranch on the Amirican |lation in the upper branch, predicted a 'tariff bill adequate “to protect the pro- | ducers of farm products against ruinous | foreign competition,” and a farm bill ide. The soldiers returned to Mexican | soil and later asserted they had not realized they were crossing the border. - ’ndxe xflnxtN 3 of 20 new airplanes or- ered in New York by the federals provide abundant funds to assist in | have been completed and will be flown the orderly marketing of the products 1o Mexico City Monday by Mexican | of the farm.” He expressed these views | army aviators. without forecasting the exact nature of | A" statement by President Portes Gil | said that all captured rebels of Gen. Smith Sees Organization Need. | Aguirre’s Vera Cruz army below the . (rank of lieutenant colonel had been Senator Smith, who is the ranking | liberated. minority member of the agriculture e | committee, summed up his analysis of | ~CLAIM CALLES IS IMPEDED. the agricultural situation with the dec- — laration that the solution lies in “organ- Rebel Leaders Report Successes izing and financing.” Disagreeing with Central Mexico. enator McNary on the subject of the i tariff. Senator Smith sald “it is idle to | |7 UANEG, Snibuahua, Mexico. March gbeak of the tarifl as beneflclal to the | Central Mexico, including the capture | O e e Do e 1o of the important city of Aguascalientes, e o G e 0| were declared by leaders of the rebellion Senator McNary emphasized that the | [h JUICE foday to be seriously impeding agricultural problem “is not a single | ment forces under the leadership of one, but rather a bundle of problems.” | Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles. | He called attention to many difficulties | ~ sjlence hung over the plans of the in the fields of production and market- yeyolutionary forces in their central stronghold at Torreon in the face of ! ing, aside from the more urgent issues of how to handle the surplus crops.| an official communique issued at Mexico | Disposition of the surplus, he said, con- ty that the city :‘-gs being evacuated ‘iempln!es immediate results, but there | by the command of Gen. Jose Gonzalo are other farm problems, frequently ' Escobar, the revolutionary commander- in-chiel. Latest dispatches from the which will require time and study for their solution. Associated Press correspondent at Tor- before mid- | | reon filed there shortly Market Broadening Advanced. | iohy jast night said that Gen. Escobar Senator Smith took the view that if | was drawing battle lines for an engage- | the farmer can be so organized and ment with the Callista army. | financed that he can charge legitimate | Whether a change had heen made in cost and profit in the price of the the plans of the rebel leaders, with a thing he produces “the burden then | decision to retreat, could not be learned will be universally distributed, rather here. Communication with Torreon than borne by him alone.” | over a single telegraph circuit is neces- Senator McNary suggested that much sarily slow and uncertain. | can be done to broaden the domestic | markets for many farm products and In Strategic Position. that foreign markets and competition Contingents of revolutionary forces are no less important. He said the ex- | were placed in strategic position out- | ecutive departments should provide a | side Torreon last night to meet the fed- market information service on foreign | eral attack, and several detachments of | Escobar's command on scouting duty | between Monterey and San Luis Potosi were called back to the city to reinforce the revolutionary position. Capture of Aguascalientes, revolu- tionary leaders said, had severed the lines of communication with | Gen. Calles. The city was taken, said | a oulletin issued at rebel headquarters. jafter a sanguinary conflict in which | many federal soldiers were killed and what Congress will enact. in keep the American farmer thoroughly apprised of the influences which tend | to increase or decrease the foreign out- lets for his products. He also suggested | | broadening of the Federal intermediate credit system and said that in some sections of the country freight rates are bearing down with undue weight on agriculture. Senator Smith said the farm problem |is not a new one, but has been more | others taken prisoner. | acute since the World War “and par- | Claims of successes by the govern- | ticularly since deflation in 1920.” *The | ment against the revolutionary move- plane of living, he said, has been tre- | ment in various parts of the republic | mendously raised in a few years and met with denials from rebel head- | that agriculture has been unable to quarters, Reports that Durango had | federal The ashes of the late Melville E, |Harbord, head of the Radio Corpora-| and Music. Her Hisso-motored biplane was fueled | federal fortifications in Northern Mex- keep step with “the rising tide of mod- | been captured by the government forces Water which last night covered most | of Brewton on Murder and Burnt Corn, tributaries of the Alabama River, sub- sided somewhat today, but was expected to flood the town again during the night, as Murder Creek began a second Tise Direction of relief and discase pre- vention was taken over at Montgomery today with Enterprise. Troy, Dothan and the National Guard base at Ceme- tery Hill designated as refuge and sup- ply_concentration centers Gov. Bibb Graves was in temporary command of 17 Army airplanes from Maxwell Field, which flew over the flood sections with food, serum and other supplies. Returning respondents tions at Elba and Geneva, aviators and news told of desperate situa- particularly They said 100 automobiles were moviagz | toward the Elba region to take some 2.000 refugees from Cemetery Hill on order of the governor. Sanitary condi- tions Tapidly were becoming ~danger- ous there and an outbreak of measles among the refugeb children threatened to spread Serum Is Administered. State Health Depariment physician: working with National Guardsmen and Col. W. A Gayle and Incal Red Crose “Gentioud on Page 3, Oolump 2) cor- | > : esident, with Owen Stone. counsellor and former generai | tion; was named pres| ! manager of the Associated Press, will | D. Young and David Sarnoff as di-| be committed to their final resting | Sl | place in Washington Cathedral at 11| In explaining this step, Gen. Harbord a.m. next Saturday. said A number of prominent officials will !attend the ceremony, over which Bishop | James E. Freeman will officiate. “The time has come when the great wireless facilities of the United States, | (Continued on Page 4, Column 4. 'Young Fascist’s Ten Commandments i Say Mussolini Is Always nght ! | ——— | | By the Associated Pre and so forth, are not intrusted to thee | | ROME, March 16.—The 'D¢cnlaguchn be worn out at thine ease, but to bz of the Young Fascist,” a set of 10 m-i preserved for time of war. ders to the youth of the ruling party. “6. Don't ever say, ‘The government ‘15 now being prominently displayed in|will pay so much!" Because it is thou { the Fascist press of Rome and the| thyself who payest, and the government | provinces. It reads: is that which thou has wished and for “]. Know thou that the Fascist, and | which thou has donned the uniform. i specially the militia member, should not “7. Discipline is the sun of the believe in perpetual peace. p armies; without it there are no sol- “2. Days in prison are always merited. | diers, but confusion and defeat. “3. One serves one's fatherland even ‘8. Mussolini is always right. hy standing guard over a gasoline tank.| 9. The volunteer profits by no ex- 4. A companion must he a brother: | tenuating circumstances when he dis- W because he lives with thee, and obeys, ccond. beeause he thinks like thee. | “10. One thing should be dear to thee | 5. A musket, the ammunition belt.| above all: The life of the Duce,” News of the Motor World—Pages 5, 6 and 7. Aviation Activities—Pages 8 and 9. Fraternal News—Pages 10 and 11. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 11. Marine Corps Notes—Page 11. Distriet National Guard—Page 12. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 12, Serial Story, “The Ragged Princess"— Page 12. Veterans of Great War—Page 14, Organized Reserves—Page 14. News of the Clubs—Page 15. Radio News—Pages 16 and, 17 Army and Navy News—Page 18, Spanish War Veterans—Page 18. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. | Pink Sports Section. PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified Advertising. D. A. R. Activities—Page 8. PART SEVEN—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Humor. GRAVURE SECTION—12 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—& PAGES. Moon Mullins; Betty and Lester; Some- body's Stenog; Opphan Annie: Mutt and Jeff: Reg'lat’ Fellers: Mr. and Mrs.; High Lights of History. | with 196 gallons of gasoline and 14 | gallons of oil. This amount, the young | aviatrix estimated, would easily keep her aloft for 24 hours. | | Under National Aeronautical Asso- | | ciation rules, Miss McPhetridge must | | keep her plane in the alr for at least 1 hour longer than the present record | of 17 hours, 5 minutes and 37 seconds to | establish a new mark. ! “Miss McPhetridge spent an hour ! tuning up and testing her plane be- fore the hop. Then, with everything in readiness she donned a heavy inur- lined flying suit and helmet, said gocd- by to a gathering of friends and clambered into the cockpit. H At exactly 3:51:35 p.m. the biplane roared down the runway and took the air, Rising to 600 feet, Miss McPhe- tridge banked and circled over the air- | port on the course she hopes to main- | tain for the next 24 hours. Before th: | take-off she told airport officials she would fly between 600 and 800 feet as | long as daylight lasted. After sundown, she said, she would seck a higher a'ii- | tude. | Officers of the Oakland Chapter of the National Aeronautical Association | were at the field to supeiise the in- stallation and sealing of the nllne's‘ barograph. (Continued on Page 2. Column 1.) “KNOW AMERICA FIRST” Through Highway Travel Sketches ico. The Sunday Star, today in arrangement with James W. Brooks, director of the American Highway Educational Bureau, begins a series of highway travel sketches entitled “American History by Motor.”" The first of these will be found in the Automobile Section. Owing to the historic value of these sketches from a motoring standpoint, readers are urged to clip and file in scrap books each installment as it appears, in preparation for their trips, and thus secure the greatest amount of pleasure and instructive information possible from their travels. The illustrations, by Calvin A. Fader, are either sketched on the spot or drawn from historically correct photographs, and gre therefore authentic, ’fhe first sketch is on Historic Alexandria. | were branded as unfounded. Revolu- | tionary leaders also announced the cap- ture of 300 federal soldiers at Ojo Ca- | liente, 300 miles north of Torreon. | Indications that Gen. Escobar might |seek co-operation from the United | States Government were seen in the | announcement _that Prancisco Santa | Maria and G. Ugarte had left Torreon | for Washington as envoys of the revolu- | tionary government. Municipal Guards Organized. | | Meanwhile. along the international { boundary, municipal guards were or- | ®anized In several cities near Juarez to preserve order under the revolutionary | govrnment and to be called upon for !active duty in event of emergency. | Towns in which the guards have been organized are San Ignacio, Guadalupe. | Porvenir, Colonia and Esperanza. At | Prevenir more than 350 men volun- | teered for service. Revolutionary forces plan to main- tain order in the zone over. which they have control, it was announced at the rebel headquarters. Albino Frias, | chief of the customs guards, and other i rebel officials. declared they had been ‘in telegraphic communication with Durango and learned the federals had\ been unsuecessful in_thes efforts to