Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1929, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, probably occasional showers tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. Temperatures: Highest, 72, at noon today; Jowest, 62, at 7:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Slar. ch WASHINGTON, D. C, [ENVOYS MUST 60 WITH RUM TRUCKS, Yesterday’s Circulation, 111,103 TWO CENTS - 1929—SIXTY-FOUR PAGES. o9 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. I\éllE[)]([l{Bnfirllw KE%%?\N " OF PIGHTING ANTARCTIC STORM (#) Means Associated Press. UNION TERMINAL FOR BUSSES TAKEN No. 31,006. FRIDAY, MARCH fpa,rty. Isolated by Polar Tempcst. Tried WESTERNKEYOTY) Ve so Sove Pl TRSIRVRULES i UP BY FIBAS SWCE THE FALL and Radio. w5 ELECTION! | ////‘ Such Solution Declared to Be Only One for Acute Traf- fic Problem. Ownership of Vehicles Is De- clared Not Essential, However. Federal Reinforcements Are| Rushed to Besieged Town at Calles’ Order. The story of the Antaretic_storm that deleaguered three of Comdr. Byrd’s men and wrecked their plane in the Rockefeller Mountains, as told by Harold June, co-pilot with Bernt Balchen in Lawrence Gould’s party, to Russell Owen began in The Star vesterday and had reached the sec- ond night at the storm-bound camp. June continues his marrative of the storm and tells of the crippling of their plane and radio. |thing. The horizon was had. There |was no sun and it_was cloudy. To | make matters worse, I couldn’t get into radio communication with the base. | “We couldn’t climb the mountains | that day. All we could do was sit around and look at cach other, ll-“ though the sun came out for 15 mln-‘ utes in the afternoon and Larry Gould | got a position shot. | “We were sure we could take off the | 230, | | CHIHUAHUA BATTLE ‘ LINES BEING DRAWN, ! | FISHER REPORT SHOWS 25 INTERSTATE LINES X DIPLOMATS MAY IMPORT LIQUOR FOR OWN USE next. di but the visibility was worse than before. It cleared a bit at & e BY RUSSELL OWEN. bui"iyns(r;\;\ge R e N, Bt DR ok e st B ¢ Interf Inspector Brow: Completi . o ‘vr‘ o 11 P - ¥ “We coul see things far off. but QOrders Issue 0 Preven nterfer- n, ompletin Government Attempting fo Drive "5, St Reitr S0, M55 A0k: T82 | coul nos e thines ot ur. Thate . s i New Fork Times was no horizon at all—clouds and snow | ence With Embassy Beverages, Study of Congestion. Reports Revolutionary Forces Into State of Sonora. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, March | 2ot Plend together-but the distant | 20.—"We looked the situation over and | “So, after fooling around a while, we | decided that we had better go nome;gefidea that we would climb the moun ] xt ke | talns, cause we coul see ant Br the Assoclated Press. the next moming and not to take | o ‘and take some position shots at The storming of Mazatlan, important | 2NV more chances of losing the plane.” | gifferent points. We got 28 in all, so federal city on the west coast, was re- | June Went on, “but when we woke up that the day was not altogether wasted. ported by the rebels today, but definite | it Was snowing hard. | s st i e Ve e, on o outcome of the battle was in doubt, | ‘It just seemed that everything was | {eonG TORRCERn B DCEER o cIcBr any ! the wind began to pick up. We got Col. Carrillo, federal commander, had | ™ Conditions to Be “Intolerable.” BY JAMES E. CHINN. Almost simultaneously officials of the Public Utilities Commission and the Traffic Bureau renewed consideration today of the long dormant problem of what fo do with the big motor busses engaged in interstate passenger service. The increasing number of motor husses operating into and out of Wash- ington, all having sidewalk terminals in the so-called congested area. have created an acute traffic situation, par- ticularly on those streets where parking amee for private automobiles has been limited by public vehicle reservations and other restrictions. The problem is a perplexing one, and its only solution, according to the of- ficials of the commission and Trafc Bureau, lies in the establishment of » union bus terminal. Agitation for such terminal was started about two years ago and abandoned after it appearec almost certain that private capital would be used to finance the projeet. 25 Lines Operating. A report prepared for the -Utilities Commission by Earl V. Pisher, its exec- utive secretary, shows that 25 inter- state bus lines are running into and out of Washington to all points, near and far, and that their terminals have been established at 15 scattered locations. In Assistant Secretary Confirms. By the Associated Press. | The Treasury issued an order today setting forth that diplomats here may import liquor for their personal use without, interference by police or other authorities. but that the trucks bring- ing it to Washington from Baltimore must be accompanied by a diplomat bearing proper credentials. Seymour Lowman, Assistant Secre- tary of the Treasury, confirmed today | that the orders have been issued to prevent interference with diplomatic liquor, although the Treasury maintains that under the law diplomats do not | have the right to transport liquor, even | though their personal effects are not subject to interference under the laws of the United States. Any peace officer who arrests a diplomat after he has been properly identified while trans- porting liquor or who: disturbs the liquor would be liable to severe penal- ties under the laws regarding diplo- matic immunity. Must Come by Baltimore. Under the regulations, all diplomatic liqguor for Washington must come The tent was wet and full of back to camp and got into communi- steam from cooking. and T remember | cation at 7:30 and got word to come about zn_tm troops strongly |nmnrhenihnmn‘ o mitton over the stove for an |Beck. So that night we figured we and the insurgents about 4.000 men. . "N would get away in the morning and Federal reinforcements of 6.000 men ' hour, and when T got through it was joaed the plane. k_the were en route to Mazatlan, but it will | a5 Wet as when I started. | _“When we got up at 4 o'clock (Continued on Page 3, Column SEEEEE R o LEVEE REAK WAV FOBHTOLE I LLNOSLECDS B ARNDWN POL on the Southern Pacific Rallway lead- | ing into the heart of Mexico and to the | capital itself. Gen. Calles, meanwhile, is hard at | work repairing the railway out of Tor- | reon in order to permit pursuit of the rebel forces in Chihuahua. He will send a force of 13,000 men shortly. | A Dbattle is expected at Bachimba | Pass, south of Chihuahua City, where the rebels are concentrating. The government strategy at this! stage is ,n drive the rebels into Sonora, | centralize the rev,olt there and then ! gradually destroy it. An expected attack on Naco on the border has not materialized Coolidge Deplores Lack of Privacy on Retiring, Says Long TWO DEAD 1 URT INALABANASTORN }Two Missing, Three in Hos- i pital, Eight Others Treated ! After Tornado. ONGRESSWOMEN TOTALK ON WAL Ruth Hanna McCormick and Ruth Bryan Owen Speak- ers Tomorrow. Mazatlan is important as a key city By the Associated Press NEW YORK, March 22—For- mer President Coolidge has found that private life is not so private after all. Ray Long. editor of Cosmopoli- tan Magazine, for which Mr. Coolidge had contracted to write a serles of articles, asked him how it seemed to retire to private life. “Pine,” he quoted Mr. Coolidge G f 20,000 Acres’ of Corn and Deputies- Propose Plan - t Wheat Land Are Now Inundated. 0 | Poincare—Throngs Gather | Outside Home. | | | | and government troops still are firmly entrenched there. Six of the highest officers of the Mexican navy have been arrested and will be court-martialed for their con- duct of the fleet at the time of the outbreak of the revolt in Vera Cruz, where they were anchored. FEDERAL LEADERS ACT. ‘West Coast Situation Causes Uneasiness in Capital. CITY, March 22 U®).—Six | Gen. MEXICO thousand federal troops under Lozaro Cardenas were started today on 1,000-mile railway journey from: Tor- :l:mu\: nnze ve the rebel siege of azatlan. itting of the force of Gen. Plutarco | su':“o-u-mmm w- issimo as & consequence of of well organized rebel ve down the ization of an of 3,000 men to pro- ceed against Gen. Jose , whose rebel huahua. Nayarit Attack Feared. The situation on the west coast drop down through the state of Nayarit, | take Guadalajara, and threaten the | Mexican capital itself. Such official announcements as were | made, however, belittled the west coast | force and indicated a government view that the port of Mazatlan was almost impregnable to an ordinary force of men. Possibility even of a siege inter- cepting food and water supply was scouted. It was learned that the government has close contact with Col. Jaime Car- rillo, the federal commander in Mazat- Jan. No attack had been made on his position last night. Carrillo had rejected the demand for his surrender made by rebel Gen. Iturbe and a few scatter- ing shots were fired across the town, Government Knows Factors. The insurgents making up the invad- ing force were said to number about 500 and apparently were a cavalry ad- vance guard which had been able to make its way down the Pacific Coast faster than the main body. However, the entire rebel strength in Sinaloa was not believed to exceed 3,000 and the federal garrison with its advantageous position had at least half as many. 1t was pointed out that the govern- ment, as the result of the frequent military operations in Mexico, has an index of about how long and how many troops are necessry to take any important town. Mazatlan was said to be one of the most impregnable cities and had successfully resisted attacks for months in past disturbances. the city would serve the in- | h,‘\',v.&‘;&“a.?,‘n& the loss of the main- |bama River and tributaries were de- land water supply. City Almost Is on Island. Mazatlan is situated on a body of land that s almost an island, being econnected with the mainland by a very narrow and long isthmus. Trenches have been thrown across this neck of jand so that a small force of defend- ers effectively can oppose a much larger investing force Mazatlan is a city of about 30.000, 700 miles south of the border and about 600 miles from Mexico City. It hias rail " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) PRECAUTIONS TAKEN By the Associated Press. QUINCY, Ill, March 22.—The swollen Mississippi, struggling with the heavy Spring flow from its tributaries, crashed through the second levee of the Indian Grave drainage district today and in- undated 12,000 additional acres of corn and wheat land. It was the second break in less than 24 hours, and put approximately 20,000 | acres of rich land under an average of seven feet of water. With Emo&u o{, 't.l:hnl! of watexr pouring. throug e two breaks, patrols fought frantically to keep dikes of some ID:N additional m&r acres from away. Eight e ‘wouid be in the fiood. Af the gave way. h reci) =m ddumlc‘ breaks brought a precipitous drop in the levee of the river at this point. The ver reached a 20.3 stage, within a few feet of the all-time record, yesterday. From upriver, however, came reporis of the continued rise of the Mississippi. The Keokuk gauge recorded 18.85 feet last night, a new record and a rise ot four inches in 12 hours. Indications ! were that the rise would continue. The Keokuk ‘flood was so great as to close the wagon bridge between Keokuk and Hamilton, Il about 2 feet of water flowing over the approach at the Tlinois side. Factories Shut Down. to shui down. Three pumps, each hav- district until water overflowed pumphouse. property. to higher ground. dumped on surrounding bluffs. the region. The flood! spreads. levee breaks, so no loss of life is feared. 19 DEAD IN ALABAMA. Governor to Ask U. S. to Aid in Relief Work. By the Associated Press MONTGOMERY. Ala., Reports of two additional deaths and of a new and indefinite rise in the Ala: i { velopments in the Alabama flood situs tion today. Government observers said, is very un: favorable. backwater of the Cahaba River. bodies have not been recovered. Th The total in the State to 19. P. H. Smyth, Government meteorol ogist, reported a heavy rainfall ove Tallapoosa and Alabama Rivers tod: | The forecast Floodgates on two major hydro-elcctri ;powrr s on the Coosa River above Many of the factories in the Jowa | cities along the river have been forced | i capacity of 40,000 gallons a min- Mte were at work in the: Indian Gr:;;e‘ A | Soon after the first break became known farmers bégan to move out their Some of the more cautious had taken corn and machinery from the region several days ago. Wagons, motor trucks and automobiles were piled high with furniture, chickens, hogs, dishes and odd articles as the farmers took Thousands of bushels of corn were There | haq was time to remove a great deal from ing of a great broad district of level land through & comparatively narrow gap takes time and the rush of the water slows as it There is always time to escape from one of these drainage districts after a March 22.— The condition of the rivers, Sheriff R. F. Hammer, af Selma, was advised of the deaths of two colored men at Cahaba, near Selma, in the deaths brought the officially reported nte entire watersheds of the Coosa, is for continued rain. Br the Associated Press. PARIS, March 22.—Mourning thou- sands again paid their humble tribute to the memory of Marshal Ferdinand Foch today as the nation prepared to pay him its greatest honors, one sug- gestion being that he be interred beside the body of France’s unknown soldier | under the Arc de Triomphe, | While hupdreds of mourners lined the | sidewalks near his home in the Rue de Grenelle, hundreds more at the rate of | 20 and 30 to the minute passed into| the courtyard and signed their names to the black-bordered registers placed on tables there. | i This only men wounded in the war and the of men who died with the colors were admitted to view the body on its somber e within the home. The body was amidst burning candles in a plain oaken coffin such as a soldier of simple tastes would choose. 5 Indian Chiet Is Visitor, Among the visitors today was White- | horse Eagle, an aged American Indian chief, who stood a/few minutes silently | beside the body as members of the old French hnmgcrm :!mll :;l;lnheupubu-‘ cans who knew and loved the great | marshal. v { The attitude of the great throngs out- side the house was indicative of the great love of all France for its soldier hero. With heads uncovered, they stood | mostly silent or discussing in low tones the loss which the country has suffered. Bus drivers doffed their caps as they passed the street intersection and taxi drivers either saluted in military man- | ner or uncovered as they 5 Body Not To Be Embalmed. ‘The funeral preparations began today as soon as the Foch household was up. Great black draperies with the mar- shal’s initial were hung over the en- trance to the court and the over the entrance to the home. The body will not be embalmed, as Mme. Foch said the marshal’s religious convictions were opposed to-such procedure. As the crowd grew more and more dense this afternoon additional police to be stationed to keep traffic mov-~ ing. Scores of members of the old aris- tocracy were among those admitted to the house or to sign“their names to a special register. Among them were the Duchess de Doudeauville, president of the American committee for ‘the war blinded; Viscountess de la Rochefou- cauld, ‘the Duke de Mortemart and Princess de la Tremquille. Old Soldier on Duty. On duty at the gate was policeman No. 6756, M. Pintadou, one of Marshal Foch’s old soldiers, his chest resplendent. with 11 medals won in battles under the marshal. The plan for burial under the Arc de Triomphe originated with a num- ber of deputies wounded in the war after the general plan of the obsequles, pro- viding for burial in a erypt beside the tomb of Napoleon under the Dome des Invaliess, had been announced Deputy Maurice Dormann, as spokes- man for the group, submitted the idea to Premier Poincare. He urged that it would be a magnificent symbol of the great World War army if its chief and its nameless Poilu were joined on the same day in a decree which proclaimed that they had earned the gratitude of their country. Idea Touches Premier. ‘The premier found the idea a touch- ing one and said he would submit it to me. Foch. He did not know if it would meet her approval, but said that f e e r c e AGAINST POGROMS Christians Accuse Moravian Rabbi of Killing Girl for Ritualis- tic Purposes. By the Associated Press. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, March 22. —Police guarded residences and stores in the large Jewish colony at Boscowitz, (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) IPARACHUTE LEAP SAVES Most of Cargo Is Undamaged. By the Associated Pr i | | | 5. LIFE OF AIR MAIL PILOT Plane Is Destroyed by Fire, but CHICAGO, March 22.—His airplanc| ¥ catching fire while fiying to Chicago with the night air mail, Paul J. Kaniut, in any case she could not fail to appre- chl; the spirit in which it was put for- ward. There were various objections to the project, these including necessity of changing preparations for burial else- where which were well under way, and the fact that the Arc de Triomphe is not in a strictly religious sense conse- crated ground. and therefore not in keeping with the views of the marshal’s { family as a place of interment. | Whatever finally is decided, there ! seemed little doubt that Tuesday would | see the greatest funeral tribute ever itnessed in Europe. Princs and Pres- idents, rich man and peasant, generals and humble troopers alike will partici- through the port of Baltimore. Through applications to the State Deparment, the diplomats involved will be provided with the necessary credentials through the i Treasury Department to pass the liquor through the customs duty free and to | identify the shipments if police should | attempt to interfere. | Heretofore, Mr. Lowman said, the | chief trouble experienced was due to the fact that peace officers who stopped liquor shipments had no way of, identi- fying the diplomat or the liquor. Diplomat Must Go Along. ‘The Treasury's order stipulates that some person having diplomatic status must accompany the liquor trucks be tween Baltimore and Washington and that a servant will not suffice. The of- ficials take the stand that, while the head of an embassy or legation need not at y the . some person connected with the em! y having GIY- lomatic credentials must accompany it. Ownership of the transporting truck was held to be not essential. LT S LIBERALS SCORE IN BY-ELECTIONS Conservatives Suffer Further Losses | in Two New British Contests. By the Associated Press. 'LONDON, March 22.—Two more by- election results announced today were Josses to the Conservative party. Labor captured the North Lanark division when Miss Jenny Lee, young Labor candidate, defeated a Conservative peer and a woman Liberal qpponent and thus the tenth woman member of the House of Commons. tured the Holland division of Lincoln- shire when James Blundell was elected in a four-cornered contest. Both Labor and Liberal victors had substantial majorities over the nearest opponents. No more by-elections will be held be- fore the general elections, on May 30. The week just finishing saw a whirl- wind close, five by-elections being held in three days. All five were Conserva- tive seats, t the Conservatives re- tained only two. The Liberals, spurred on by David Lloyd George's campaign cry of “National Development to Solve Unemployment!” captured two seats from the government—Holland and Ed- disbury. Labor took the fifth in North Lanark. | national politics by either of these two | ‘The Liberals cap- | S | | Two of the most prominent women in public life, just entering upon their duties in Congress, daughters of the greatest political antagonists in Ameri- can history, but who are themselves close friends—Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCor- mick, daughter of the noted Republican leader, Mark Hanna, and Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of the Demo- cratic chieftain, Willlam Jennings Bryan—will speak to the people of the country in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Evening Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadeast- | ing System tomorrow night at 10| o'clock. Appropriate musical selections | played by the United States Army Band will be heard after the discussion. Mrs. McCormick and Mrs. Owen will discuss Congress from different aspects, and their talks will be of vital concern not only to the women who are taking | an increasing interest and.influence in public affairs, but to all American citi- vens irrespective of political party affilia- tions. ‘This is the first public utterance on | new members of Congress since they entered the legislative arena her. The whole country has been anxious to hear | their views and has been looking for- | ward to a “fight” in Congress between | these two extraordinary women. Grew Up in Polities. Mrs. McCormick is no stranger, how- ever, to congressional life or to national politics. She grew up in the atmos- phere and from earliest childhood has had the confidences of th outstanding | leaders of the Republican party. Besides being the daughter of “the man who made Presidents and who was for two years a ‘power behind the ' Mrs. McCormick is the widow of former Sénator Medill McCormick, who previously had been Representative at large from Illinois. Her Washingron home for years has been a salon for exchange of ideas on all the most im- portant public affairs. She engers Congress with more votes behind her and therefore representing more constituents than any other House member of either party or sex. She received 1,711,651 votes. There are only three Senators who recived a larger vote—Senators Copeland and Houghton of New York and Reed of Pennsylvania. Mrs, McCormick could have come to | the Senate as the appointee of Gov. | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) " West Point Will Suc- ceed Latrobe. Graduate of Academy, Has Served in Islands, Mexico and Over Seas. {COL. C. B. HODGES IS APPOINTED MILITARY AIDE TO PRESIDENT| Commandant of Cadets at' | | e ! Lient. Col. Campbell B. Hodges was designated by the War Department to- day to be the military aide of President Hoover. He succeeds Col. Osmun La- trobe, who was the aide of President Coolidge. Col. Hodges is a graduate of West Point, has served in various posts in the Philippines, in Mexico and served with the 31st Division overseas during the World War. He holds the Distin- guished Service Medal. Col. Hodges is commandant of cadets at West Point, and his duties will be taken over by Lieut. Col. Robert C. Richardson, LIEUT. COL C. B. "DPG | American War, he always has been in | the fleld and never has held what is de- (scribed as a desk assignment. He was recognized in the service as a | typical Cavalry officer and served with ' distinction in Cuba and the Phiippines. { (Edward Young) ; Catholic church at the Ta Yu distriet. as saying, “if it could only be pri- vate. There's no privacy about this retired life at all. CONMUNSTS BURN MISSONS N CHINA Church Workers Near Kan- chowki Unable to Re- sist Reds. By the Associated Press. HANKOW, -China, March 22.—Dis- patches from Kanchowki today stated | Communists had burned several mis- sions in ‘the southern part of Kian Province, near ‘that city. The mission- arles were said to be helpless in oppoé- ing the Communists. CANTON, China, March 32 (#) Telephonic communications with Kan- chowki, Klangsi, were interrupted this morning and it was feared the situation there was grave. ‘The commissioner of foreign affairs at Canton told the American consul general here that the Chinese govern- ment was planning to dispatch troops to Kiangsi, but due to the absence of higher officials at Nanking, where they were attending the Kuomintang con- vention, the action had been unavoid- ably delayed The detention of Marshal Li Ch: Sum, governor of Canton, by the Na- tionalists at Nanking, ‘is most deeply resented here, where it is believed the Kanchow ' outbreaks were connected with the Nanking-South China impasse. HONGKONG, March 22 (#).—The local headguarters of missions repre- sented in South Kiangsi Province, where Communist uprisings have oc- curred, said today they had been unable to get any word from that locality. NEW RED UPRISINGS SEEN. Communists Order Arrest of American and Closing of Mission. By the Associated Press. ‘The Communist uprisings in Southern Kiangsi, China, are belleved in Wash- ington to be revival of those of last January when the Rev. Edward Young of Smithtown, N. Y., a Catholic mis- slonary of the Vincentian Order, was captured at Nananfu and held for $20,. 000 (Mexican) as ransom, but later re leased. The Communists operating in the Tayu district of Southern Kiangsi are headed by Chu T'e, who designates him- self commander of the 4th Red Arm and Mao Tse Tung, as party repre- sentative of the 4th Red Army. Their order for the capture of the missionary set forth the object of the’Hung Chun, or Red Army, as the overthrow of im- perialism and resistance to civilized ex- ploitation. “The United States of America is an imperialistic country which conspires with the revolutionary Kuomintang government and lends considerable sums of money to the latter to oppress Chinese laborers and peasants.” the Red Army's order sald. “Further, she takes advantage of the missions an¢ .uses them as organs to further her interests by means of civilized exploita- tion of China. These organs serve as vanguards of the capitalists and spies of the imperialists. “It is now understood that an Amer- ican by the name of Wang K'o Al is maintaining a Upon arrival at this place this army was highly indignant upon repeatedly recelving reporta . fromy' labosers "xnd CARNAHAN RE| American Captive of Mexican Ban- PORTED 0. K.. L By the Assaciated Press. ANNISTON, Ala., March 22.—A tor- nado struck the village of Merrellton, north of here, today, killing two colored | school children and injuring 11 others | when the Baptist Church in which they | were taught was wrecked. Two other pupils are unaccounted for, | three were brought to a hospital here, | two of them seriously injured. Eight | | others were treated in an emergency hospital set up.in Nixon's store, near | the scene. One colored man, John Henry Lee, was blown half a mile by the force of the winds. He is not. expected to live. The church building was leveled, parts of it having been scattered half a mile by the wind. The tornado swept through the out- skirts of Maxwellborn, two miles from Merreliton, damaging buildings but causing no loss of life. At about the same time & cloudburst | occurred four miles east of Pell City, 20 miles west of Anniston. Six inches of | rain fell within a few minutes but did no material damage. The downpour was mostly in a fleld between Pell City and the Coosa River. At Lincoln, across the river from Pell City, a sleet and hail storm broke at the same hour. . This lasted for only a few minutes. | The section generally was visited by heavy rains and an electrical display. It has been raining in this territory since yesterday morning. The Coosa River empties into the Alabama River near Montgomery. RAIL STRIKE BALLOTS | BEING RECEIVED HERE Southern Railway Shopmen Vot- ing as Result of Failure to Obtain Pay Raise. Sealed strike ballots from shopmen of the Southern Railway System are arriv- ing at the office of William H. Baldock, member of the union's general shop- j craft committee here, The 8,000 shopmen are voting as the result of ihe failure to obtain a wage increase. The ballots will be opened on March 31. A letter explaining the purpose of the ballot was sent to the workers last Saturday, it was learned today. The raise request was asked May 10, 1928. ‘The plea eventually reached the Rail- way Board of Mediation, from which it was withdrawn early this year. At the general offices of the railroad here today it was said that while offi- cials have held wage discussions with representatives of the workers, the | question is now in the hands of the | board and the railroad does not plan any further action. ‘The railroad spokesman refused to discuss the refusal to grant the desired increase, explaining that inasmuch as the matter is in the hands of the offi- cial Government agency, any comment from them might be prejudicial to the satisfactory adjustment of the difficulty by the board. AID SENT TO OIL FIRE. l < r Plane Carries Equipment to Be/ | Used on Well Near Tampico. TULSA, Okla. March 22 (®). Emergency oil fleld equipment was ing rushed to Tampico, Mexico, tod: by air for use in curbing a giant gas well, which caught fire when it blew up near there. The fire was reported to be_imperiling surrounding oil property. In the plane, piloted by Duncan A. McIntyre, were M. M. Kinley, an ex- plosives expert from a Tulsa tol company, and Albert Jacobs, a student fiyer. The plane headed for Tampico by way of Brownsville, Tex. o Finland Ratifies Kellogg Pact. INGFORS, Finland, March 22 —The Finnish Parliament today ratified Finland’s adherence to the Kel | Nine. jevery case these busses are parked on the streets during the neeessary lay- over. While the traffic code limits the lay- over period to 10 minutes to permit the busses to maintain their schedules, Fisher declared -that this regulation is flagrantly disregarded, as well as the regulation applying to all vehicles which t. Inspector E. W. Brown, in charge of the Traffic Bureau, who has )unr?am- pleted a special study of the conges- ton caused by the busses on Pennsyl- vania avenue between Fourteenth and | forbids parking abreas busses,” he de- and parked on private mt:'le m’f“ privat . where they would not congest traffic y-ml de- prive private automobiles of parking space.” One Terminal on Little Ninth. Washington's only semblance of a bus terminal is Jocated on Little Ninth street between C sireet and Louisiana avenue, and this is used by only sev- eral of the 25 interstate lines. The busses which terminate there, however, are parked on the street, as the facilities of the terminal are too limited to pro- vide a space off the streets for the layover. Fisher explained that the Utilities Commission for two years exerted every effort to interest real estate operators and others in a project to develop a union terminal for the interstate busses, but it failed primarily’ because of the almost prohibitive cost of property in he downtown section where it was pro- posed to locate the terminal. The commission, Pisher pointed out, has no authority to establish and op- erate a bus terminal, but it has the power to order busses to operate over a definite route to a certain point, and, therefore, could require all motor busses coming into Washington to terminate at a terminal erected by private capital. Fisher believes it is not necessary to locate the terminal in the congested area where the cost of property would make an investment in the project somewhat dubious. A site outside of the business district or in the vieinity of the Union Station, he thinks, would make a satisfactory location. A ter- minal so located, he said, would make it unnecessary for the big busses to come into the congested area, where they add to traffic congestion. Bus operators probably would object to a terminal outside of the business area, Fisher declared, because some of them advertise that their service is to the heart of the city in the vicinity of hotels, stores and theaters. Bus opera- tors desiring to give such service, ha pointed out, could engage a fleet of taxicabs which would give their pas- sengers this service to the business section. ) RN 114 PERISH AS FIRE RAZES FILM THEATER Wooden Russian Building Burns, Trapping Scores—Many Children Are Orphaned. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, March 22.—One hundred and fourteen men, women and children were dead today after a blaze in a fire- trap movie theater in the village: of Igolkino, Vladimir Province, 400 kilo- meters northeast of Moscow. Eleven :er(z injured severely and six slightly urt. The theater was of wooden construc- tion and had but one exit. The film i | Moravia, today as a precaution against possible pogroms growing out of a ritual murder scare. A A part of the Christian population ‘has charged the local rabbi with having killed his Christian servant girl for ritualistic purposes in connection with the approaching Passover festivals. The rabbi himself swears the girl died of gas asphyxiation, but many of the incensed populace insist he killed logg renunciation of war pact. teen Communists voted against ratific tion. jr., executive officer at Ihe‘ Prior to the entrance:of the United | tiating f lease. Latrobe Ploturesque Character. | States in the War with Spain, Col.i 0.t Negotiating for Release Col. Latrobe was appointed by Presi- | Latrobe was a captain of Artillery in| LOS ANGELES, March 22 (#).—T. L. dent Coolidge little more than a year|the Cuban Army. He is a native of | Carnahan, Los Angeles mining engineer, ago. While at the White House, he | Baltimore. kidnaped by Mexican bandits near pilot on the Chicago-Kansas City route, made a parachute leap from his plane 1 and landed safely near Harmon, Ill,, 100 miles southwest of Chicago, early today. Kaniut had left Moline, Ill, at 6:30 am. and about 20 minutes later the plane caught fire. He joined the Cater- pillar Club by jumping from the cock- pit_with his parachute. ‘The pilot found the plane several nate in the fln-lkceremonu.s. Academy. caught fire and the flames spread pidly through the frail structure, those inside jamming themselves in the s Some attribut Ly YARK (Continued on Pa e served also as assistant to the chief of | There was considerable interest sur- | Sombrete several days ago, is safe. Bank Statements Cavalry and divided his time with the | rounding his selection by President | A telegram to his wife’s parents, Mr. two tasks. He was in command of the | Coolidge. During the latter's visit toand Mrs. V. P. Stafford, from the 4th Cavaliy at the time President Cool- | the Black Hills of South Dakota in |superintendent of the La Norla Mine, idge appointed him his aide. 1927 he had occasion to meet Col.|Where Carnahan was employed. stated use so many of the victims were parents, the department of education has taken steps to care for their or- Maryland and Washington clearing house, $4,580,- 159.49. ¢« o o s t- | miles from where he landed. It was de- V g N trobe probably was one of the | Latrobe while the latter was in com- | that officials were in touch with him| Treasury balance, $408,289,699.95. phans. The state department appro- :‘:t‘;u‘“o'r‘ra;rle:?re:?c )l‘frlc' l«’iloggk? o stroyed, but only a portion of the 400 lr lnla ews most picturesque military officers to|mand of his eutfit and was so im-|and are nggotiating for his release. New York clearing house exchange, | priated 15,000 rubles for the bereaved Crowds of angry Chi ans stormed | pounds of mail had b&fl burned. It Pages 10 and 11 hold the office of ite House mide. | pressed that he asked him to call at $1.768,000,000. families and will adopt further relief. [} was turned over to e post office ! e 3+ Throughout his e service in the I his Summer home on several occasions Ne:w mk clearin \hnuu balance, bA.n official commission alreas ;‘l’u rabbi's h?‘x::. “;:urg:n him to seek gun a vigorous investigatioms authorities at Harmop. A and later brought him to Washington. $200,000,f - Army, which dated back to the Spanish- Radi(; Program—Page 51!