Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly fair today, somewhat colder tonight; tomorrow showers, colder to- morrow night. ‘Temperature—Highest, 72, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 64, at 6 a.m. yes- terday. Full report on page 27. “*From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. h / WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION (/) Means Associated Prass. wday Siar No. 1,253—No. 31,008. FEntered as second class matte: post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. (., SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1929-—112 PAGES. 3 FIVE CEN'TS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE 35 KILLED, ASTORNADOES, FLOODS AND RAINS LASH SOUTH 21 Boy Scouts Swept From Roof of Camp Bunga 3 Bodies Recovered. 20 PERSONS—KNOWN TO HAVE PERISHED IN HARRIMAN, TENN. Week End Disturbances From Louisiana | to Virginia Arrive as Relief Work Starts Among 2: Br the Associated Press. ATLANTA, March 23.—Tornadoes, rainstorms and freshet floods, which whipped the South from Lo tonight had claimed at least 35 lives. ably swept to their death. The chief of police at Harriman, Tenn., told the Associated Press tonight that 20 persons were drowned in the swollen Emery River, which covered the city to a dep mountain water. White Creek, near Rockwood, Scouts on the rcof of a camping-bungalow today, and swept 8 of them downstream before rescuers could reach them with boats. Three bodies were recovered, 5 were missing, and 13 were rescued. Many Tennessee communities were isolated tonight as the waters of mountain streams receded after flooding the countryside. storms over the week end brought the deluge of flood waters through - gorge-like Piedmont River channel Three colored persons were killed by & tornado at Hariston, Miss,, and two colored persons met death in a similar | disturbance at Plains, Ga., today. ‘Tornadoes yesterday took the lives of five colored children in a church used | for & school at Merrellton, Ala., and a | white child at Small Creek, N. C. A: farmer was struck dead by lightning at | Alpharetta, Ga. The week end disturbances came just | as rehabilitation of 23,000 homeless had t to & good start among flood-ravaged flm of Alabama, Mm:siwl. Florida and Georgia. The rainstorms added Kentucky and Eastern Tennessee to the flood-ridden Southern list. RELIEF TRAIN MADE TP. was reported 15 or more per- night it e waters which sons perished in flood the town. the train. box cars were float- yards at Harri- ‘wrecked. J. Burnell of the Tennessean's . who flew over sections of the Middle Tennessee flood area today, re- on arrival here tonight that water was 9 feet above the top of the Tennessee Power & Light Co.’s | the dam -t.“d Rock mu":n:nd that the plant had ce ral 3 ‘The ntnl:pnen the dam was “terrific,” Burnell said, and the situation “alarm- ing.” McMinnville is protected by the dam. VALLEY FACES LONG FIGHT. to Be Pro- Stages of Mississippi - longed, It Is F MEMPHIS, Tenn.,, March 23 (®).— The Lower Mississippi Valley faces prospects of a long fight against high ‘water. Extremely. heavy rains along the upper Tennessee and Cumberland rivers sent those streems and their tribu- taries far above flood stage. W. E. Barron, meteorologist at Cairo, m..l aajd today he could not tell just what | effect _these rises would have on the | ~(Confinued on Page 4, Column 4) | Y. S. AGENT IS SHOT BY RUM RUNNERS | New Version of “Ride” Is Intro- duced on Border—Search Is Begun. By the Associated Press. ALGONAC, Mich,, March 23.—St Clair River rum runners tonight intro- duced 2 new version of the “ride.” Earl Roberts, immigration border patrol inspector. and the subject of the 5 MISSING low—13 Saved, 3,000 Homeless. uisiana to Virfinia this week end, Five were missing and prob- th of 30 feet with its churning Tenn., caught a party of 21 Boy Rain- 1s. Code of Boy Scouts ' Proves Mastery of Flood Water’s Fury Tennessee Youths Go Through Tragedy’s Or- deal Like Soldiers. By the Ascociated Press. ROCKWOOD, Tenn., March 23.—The Boy Scout code survived the fury of White Creek's flood water near here to- day, even though three who had lived hi it were drowned. and five others werc ‘The party numbered 21, including Scoutmaster Jim Wright, and 13 of them were after the boiling mountain torrent had suddenly swept their camping bungalows downstream — all because the Scouts used the lessons they had learned from their manual. A Scout, believed to have been among the three who died, discovered the water in the cabin floor at 5:20 a.m. and promptly warned his fellows and their Scoutmaster. There was no time to swim for it. “Mount the stairs to the roof,” was Scoutmaster Wright's order, and there rty perched for some time, ex- pecting the water to recede. But it did not go down, and Wright, perceiving disaster in the waves that lapped at the eaves, ordered several of the party to _the roof to wigwag “S O 8.” Neighbors across the creek saw the frantic gestures and hastened to gather boats for a rescue. But they were a trifie late. Undermined by eddying currents, the bungalow slipped off its bluff-like perch beside the creek bed. and floated down stream. The party swam for it. Wright and two of the boys were drowned, 2nd five were swept away before the boats reached them. Seven were found in a tree and six took refuge on a knoll. One of those rescued, Harry Sham- hart, hed a broken leg and another, Willis Staples, was said to have suf- | fered internal injuries. The others res- cued were reported as: Jack Tarweter, jr.. Carl Hickey, James Cole, L. T. McCluen, jr.. Tom Douglass, Willle Evans, Joe Brashears, Jack Hornby, Bean Steward, Carl Mee, jr. ZEPPELIN TO START ON CRUISE MONDAY Weather at Time of Departure Will Determine Course to Be Followed. | By Radio to The Star. | __FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, March 23.— The giant dirigible Graf Zeppelin will start from here early Monday morning for a non-stop flight around the Medi- terranean, the owning company an- innovation, is in the hospital at St. Clair, Mich., recovering from a gunshot wound received during his brush with the Tum runners. ; Koberts was shot through the hip and dragged into a rum boat here late to- night by a rum Tunner whom he had accosted as he was beaching his boat here. The pilot put his crafi out into th river and W. J. Stoutmeyer, deputy collector of customs. who was with Roberts at, the time of the kidnaping, spread the alarm. State police, sheriff’s officers and Canadian mounted police and Antario provineial police began a gearch for the rum boat. Speed boats were pressed into serv- ice and police of the Ontario border cities were notified. SIX MEN LOOT TRAIN. Passengers Bobbed Entering sta. Morrow, Reported Slain in Mexico City, Talks to Clark as Rumors Fill Capital tion at Elizabethport, N. J. ELIZABETH, N. J, March 23 (®).— Six men held up and robbed the pas- sengers on a New Jersey Central Rail- road train as it entered the Elizabeth Avenue Station in Elizabethport to- night. city. The railroad police reported that the train. bound from New York to Point Pleasant, was entering the station when the men, who evidently had planned | ‘The men, each armed with two, Tevolvers, made their escape in a heavy | fog which shrouded that section of the nounced today. Dr. Hugo Eckener, in charge of the | craft, intends to cover within three or | four days a distance exceeding by per- | haps as'much as 50 per cent the mileage | covered when he flew the same dirigible to the United States last Fall. | " The weather at dawn on Monday will | have much to do with the exact course to be taken, but it is likely that Dr. Eckener will steer first westwards to- ward Basle and thence down the Rhone | Valley to Marseilles. A permit to fly across French territories has been | granted by the French Government, | with the stipulation, however, that no {photos be taken from on board the | Zeppelin. The proviso seems somewhat superfluous in view of the fact that by | another stipulation France must crossed during the night and not earlier than 7 p.m. WOMEN'S POLITIGAL DUTIES EMPHASIZED Mrs. McCormick and Mrs. Owen Speak to Nation in Radio Forum. Two of the Nation's best known women—Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick of 1llinois and Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida—who as Representatives- elect of the Seventy-first Congress ex- emplify the prominence in national af- fairs to which women may aspire, last evening over the radio gave an interest- ing study of the feminine attitude to- ward Government and political service. Mrs. McCormick is as staunch a Re- publican as were her father, Mark Hanna, the “President maker,” and her husband, the late Senator Medill Mc- Cormick. Mrs, Owen, of Wil- liam Jennings Bryan, is_equally as steadfast a believer in the principles of the Democratic party. The two women are warm personal friends and it was as public servants and not as partisans that they addressed the Na- tion in The Washington Star’s National Radio Forum, which, at 10 o'clock, was broadcast over a nation- wide hook-up from the studios of Sta- tion WMAL. The forum is sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting Co. Service Is Stressed. The importance of woman taking seriously the responsibilities conferred by the ballot, and of acquainting them- selves with the aims as well as the ends of Government were discussed. Mrs. McCormick suggesting that in try- ing to visualize “the immensity of our Government business we are liable to overlook the innumerable little services that Uncle Sam stands ready to per- form for us as individuals,” described many of the facilities available to the citizens. Mrs. Owen addressed herself especially to means through which wom- en may serve their country in their own communities. “I believe that women have a place in every counsel of Government where questions of war and peace are decided between nations,” Mrs. Owen asserted. “There are probably a great many women within the sound of my voice who did not want a vote given them. There are certain to be a great many who never cared whether they had the vote or not, but having been given the vote, I hope there is not one who fails to use it to help her community an State and Nation to solve its problem: “What we need most today in Amer- ica,” said Mrs. McCormick, “is a change | of attitude of the average citizen's mind | toward the important responsibility of | holding public office. Public service | ought (o rank as the highest of all pro- | fessions.” ‘The speakers were introduced by Oliver Owen Kuhn, managing editor of | The Star. A concert by the Army Band | followed the addresses, Office Holder Assimes Responsibility. The addresses of Mrs. McCormick and Mrs. Owen follow, in full: “Entering the national public serv- ice,” said Mrs. McCormick, “is a great experience and taking the oath of office places a great responsibility on the in- dividual. The United States Govern- ment is the biggest corporation in the world, supported today by the most prosperous and most highly orgamized industries of the world. Our responsi- bility grows without prosperity, and our influence, and this is true, not only | of our domestic problems, but of our | international relations. We are ex- pected to play a leading part in the affairs of nations, and this is as it should be, but our policy of co-oper- | ative independence must be maintained. | We believe in using every possible peaceful measure in solving all interna- tional disputes, but at the same time | preserving our traditional independence | of decision and action. The Kellegg | treaty, conceived by our patriotic Amer- {ican, 8. O. Levinson, stands as proof | of the sincerity of our peaceful purpose. “We have demonstrated our desire to co-operate internationally by sending (Copyright. 1929.) (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) | The latest blossom from the Mexican revolution’s hotbed of rumors curled up and died in the bud last night when , the State Department laid to rest a story which apparently had gained wide circulati’n in this city that Ambassador Dwight Morrow had been shot and xilled in Mexico City. The State Department issued its de- nial on the best authority in the world that of Ambassador Morrow. While the robbery carefully, started going ihe rumors were heing circulat:d here through the cars. ‘Word of the hold-up was not received | Clark, Undersecretary here until near 50 minutes after it had ' conversation over taken place. { Ambassador Morrow and J. Reuben of State, were in long-clistance tele- phone. 4 Mr. Morrow reported that William T. | Blocker, American consul at Mazatlan, { who also had been reported killed, had | | telegraphed the embassy at Mexico City | that all Americans in the city were safe. | Reports were received earlier in the | day that a rebel attack had been made on Mazatlan. Mr. Clark had hardly concluded his conversation with Mr, Morrow, he said, | when he was called to the telephone 1nnd asked for information regarding the rumors of the Ambassador’s death. | At the time set in the “report” of Mr. Morrow's death, Mr. Clark was talking with him, he sald. | Mazatlan, and south agal | expedition. &) Gk N 777 n A FARMER SLAYS HIS BROTHER: 18 CHILDREN INNOCENT VICTIMS Fratricidal Tragedy in Blue Ridge Foot- hills Follows Row About Cow Pasture. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. LEESBURG, Va., March 23.—Eighteen children are the innocent victims of the act of an enraged father who shot and killed his brother yesterday morning after they had quarreled over the question of whether a cow should be kept in the barn lot or pastured on an adjoining section of bottom land. Arch Payne, 45-year-old farmer of Loudon County, Va., is dead, victim of his brother's wrath. He leaves 11 children, the oldest a son of 20 years. Mason D. Payne, his brother, is in the county jail at Leesburg, charged with murder. He is 41 years old and the father of seven children, HOT BATTLE RAGES ARDUND NAZATLAN Rebels in Outskirts Seek City Before Reinforce- ments Arrive. By the Associated Press. Fate of Mazatlan hung in the smoke of battle as the Mexican rebel west coast army threw its full strength on the seaport city before heavy federal reinforcements could arrive. Hot rebel attacks by land and sea began Friday night and lasted all through Saturday. “No insurgent naval force had been reported previously. The dispatch de- scribing land and sea operations at Mazatlan was believed therefore to refer to the bombardment by the federal gunboat Progreso which sup- | ported the defenders. Insurgents expected speedy capture of this key city in the west coast cam- paign after their headquarters at Nogales were informed insurgent troops had occupied the Mazatlan Cemetery which faces a long bridge, the only iand entrance. Claim Boat Fire Ineffective. In Mexico City the government con- firmed news of the fighting but had no casualty figures. Rebel headquarters claimed a federal airplane had been brought down and that fire of the federal gunboat Progreso was ineffective. They gave no list of casuaities. Meanwhile, a force of 800 cavalry has been dispatched from the federal garrison at San Luis to attack the rebel garrison at Nogales, Sonora. Rebels at Jimenez with_ their main army, declared 300 federal Infantrymen had been routed at Colorado, State of Zacatecas, south of Torreon and in the | rear of the Calles army. Pederal troops on their side were moving into three ficlds of action against the rebellion, north against Escobar’s main army at Jimenez or Chihuahua City, ~West. government described as i term it has used in the past to desig- | Y. nate so-called Catholic rebels. 5,000 Cavalrymen Involved. thousand cavalrymen from Five Torreon are participating in this new Théy were sent by Ge: Calles' orders into the States of Guana- (Continucd on Page 4, U. S. WARSHIP BELIEVED EN ROUTE TO MAZATLAN Drstroyer Sails From San Diego. Four Other Vessels Expected to Follow. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 23.—"The United States destroyer Robert Smith sailed from here this morning with Mazatlan, Mexico, reported to be the warship's destination. At the same time it was reported that the scout cruiser Omaha, flagship of Rear Ad- miral Thomas Senn, commander of the destroyer division, and there additionai destroyers were under orders to leave port tomorrow, presumably for Mazat- lan. Naval officers would not comment on the sailing of the Robert Smith or the { reported order to the Omaha and thres other destroyers, saying that any con- firmation of the reports would have to be made public by the Navy Depart- .ment in Washington, relieve | ® | Society. For the past 15 years Arch Payne had been employed as a tenant farmer on the 600-gcre estate of J. F. Manning in 4the Blue Ridge Mountain foothills. His | brother jolned him on the farm three months ago, starting as a temporary nelper until he could find & permanent piace for himself. The two brothers married sisters, Arch taking Maggie Kirkpatrick as his | wife 21 years ago, while Mason, follow- ing the older brother's footsteps, mar- ried Bessie Kirkpatrick a few years later. The two brothers, assisted by Paul C. Beach, a farmhand, were repairing a broken fence yesterday morning. Mason announced that he was going to pasture his cow in the bottom land. “No, you're not,” Arch replied, “I' { running this place, and I'm not going to have any cow trampling down that soft ground. You'll keep your cow in the barn lot.” On hearing this, Beach said, Mason became infuriated and struck his brother with his fist. First Blow Struck. Arch straightened up from his task and struck Mason on the forehead with the flat side of a hatchet. Without a word Mason turned and stalked toward | his house, a few yards away. “He's going after his gun,” Beach | said he told Arch, “you better go on !ovcll' the hill till he gets over his mad spell. “No,” he said the oldre brother an- | swered, “I've never run from a man yet, and I'm not going to start now.” heavy shotgun in his hands. Arch, his back turned, continued driving a staple in the fence post. He ignored his b:::lther as the latter walked toward | Mason walked to within 18 feet of | the spot where his brother was work- ing. Without speaking, he raised the gon to' his shoulder and fired. The full charge took effect in Arch’s right TODAY'S STAR PART ONE—28 PAGES. News—Local, National i | | General Foreign. | Schools and Colleges—Page 12. PART TWO—12 PAGES. | Editorial_Section—Editorials and Edi torial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of New Books—Page 4. Financial News—Pages 8, 9 and 10. PART THREE—16 PAGES. and | Around the City—Page 7. . W. C. A. Activities—Page T. D. A. R. Activities—Page 8. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 11. News of the Clubs—Pages 12 and 13. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page W. C. T. U. Activities—Page 14. i PART FOUR—I6 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Music. News of the Motor World—Pages 5, 6 and 7. | Aviation Activities——Pages 9 and 10. Organized Reserves—Page 10. Marine Corps Notes—FPage 10. | Army and Navy News—Page 10. Screen Page 10. | Veterans of Great War—Page 11. Spanish War Veterans—Page 11. Fraternal News—Page 12. Radio News—Pages 13, 14 and 15. i PART FIVE—4 PAGES. . Pirk Sports Section. ! PART SIX—10 PAGES. sified Advertising. rial Story, “The Ragged Princes:” Page 8. Cross-word Puzzle--Page 9. District National Guard -Page 10. PART SEVEN—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Humor GRAVURE CTION—10 PAGES. world Events Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES, foon Mullins; Betty and Lester: Oi- phan Annie; Somebody’s Stenog; Mutt and Jeff: Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; High Lights of History. Mason emerged from his house, a| District of Columbia Naval Reserve— INSPECTOR PRATT APPEARS CERTAIN OF HESSES PLAGE Commissioners Expected to Reach Final Decision Before March 31. CHIEF OF POLICE POST ONCE NEARLY IN GRASP | \ i \ Record of Service as Detective | Bureau Head Favors His Selection. Once before on the threshold of the superintendency of the Metropolitan Police Department, Inspector Henry G. Pratt, assistant superintendent and chief of the detective bureau, again finds himseif in the same position, but | with the post more likely in his grasp. After several weeks of speculation, it was conceded yesterday by those in | close touch with the affairs of the Dis- | trict government that Inspector Pratt; most likely will be the choice of the| Commissioners as the successor to Maj. | Edwin B. Hesse, who has sought re- tirement effective March 31. The| Commissioners, however, have not| reached a final decision, and, according to present indications, probably will not do so until the latter part of the week. Maj. Hesse's retirement application, approved by the gelief board of the | Police and Fire Departments, is ex- | pected to be confirmed by the Commis- sloners Tuesday, but that is as far as they are likely to go in the police situ- | ation until Friday. It is regarded as a certainty, however, that the new super- | | Hesse steps out of office. Outstanding From Start. Inspector Pratt has been the out- standing candidate for the superin- tendency ever since it became known that Maj. Hesse had filed application for retirement. It is known that his name still heads the list and most | likely will remain there unless there is | some unforseen development this week | | which would cause the Commissioners to_make another choice. In their search for a successor to Maj. Hesse the Commissioners have given serious and deliberate considera- tion to the qualifications and records of all eligibles in the Police Department, as well as those outside, who sought the position. But by all the known methods of analysis, it was said, Pratt seemed to fit better into the picture iof a police superintendent than the | others. As chief of the Detective Bureau he has demonstrated his ad- ministrative ability, and in the same position, it was explained, he has been a stern disciplinarian and has shown his efficiency as a police officer. The promotion of Pratt unlike the appointment of a superintendent from outside the police ranks, would neces- { sitate a reorganization of the admin- | | istrative staff and bring about severll: | changes in the precinct commands in | | a general advancement of ranking of - | ficers to fill vacancies that would re- sult. Creation of Vacancies. | The elevation of Pratt would auto- | matically leave open a position of in- spector, who would be an assistant superintendent, as well as the post of chief of detectives. A police captain likely would be given the inspectorship, and a rearrangement made in the ad- ministrative staff to assign one of the inspectors to command the detective bureau. Such a procedure would make a vacancy in & precinct command which would be filled by the promotion of a lieutenant. Pratt’s first step toward the superin- tendency was back in the administra- tion of the late Commissioner James F. Oyster, but by a strange turn of fate he was deprived of the position which had been promised him. Maj. Hesse's retirement is the first occasion he has since had to renew his hope for the position. And in fairness to | Inspector Pratt it must be explairwat | that he has not asked the Commis- sioners to appoint him. In fact, none of the eligible ranking officers in the department has asked for the position. Promotion Once Arranged. It was when the late Daniel A. Sulli- van was named superintendent of po- lice, that Capt. Oyster arranged for Pratt’s ascendency to the highest post in the Police Department. Both Pratt and Sulivan were the outstanding can- didates for the position at that time, | but the former stepped aside under an arrangement whereby Sulivan was to serve for a short time and retire. Death called Capt. Oyster before Sullivan re- tired, and when his successor, Fred- erick A. Fenning came into office, he decided .to_reward Hesse for his 32 years of efficient service in the Police Department with the superintendency, Pratt has served in virtually every capacity in the Police Department in his more than 30 years’ connection with it, and also has the distinction, it was Lsaid, of being the only police official | who volunteered for service in the | 1 World War. | The war service record of Inspector | Pratt began August 27, 1917, when he | was admitted to the Second Reserve Officers’ Training Camp at Fort Myer, Va., for training as a civilian, for a commission. While at this camp he iwas commissioned a captain in the | | Billard today said he did not see cause Slated for Police Chief | | | | i | INSPECTOR HENRY G. PRATT. SIR ESME SEEKS SHIP SINKING FACTS Discusses Incident With State Department—Makes No Representations. By the Associated Press. Sir Esme Howard, the British Am- officials yesterday in connection with the sinking of the British auxiliary schooner Imalone of Belize, British Honduras, as a suspected rum runner by a Coast Guard cutter off the Louis- iana coast. The Ambassador did not make any intendent will be appointed before Maj. | representations to the State Department | regarding the incident, but intimated that if the press reports of the sinking were true the matter might be seriously considered. On behalf of Sir Esme, the department asked the Coast Guard for | further information. Sinking Is Defended. The Coast Guard officials, meanwhile, backed up the firing on the British ves- sel. Admiral F. C. Billard, commander of the Coast Guard declared that the ship was a “notorious smuggler with a record of nearly five years in rum run- ning off the American coast.” The sinking of the ship also disclosed :‘hut the Coast Guard headquarters ere had tal RerorK of ‘Cutters 15 Wateh s pobeh It is possible that the service may convene a court of inquiry to investi- gate the incident, although Adl;lfml for this. As the story was related yesterday b; the admiral, the Imalone 5enrm fy;my‘ Belize, British Honduras, with a cargo of liquor ostensibly destined for the Bermudas. On March 21 the Walcott, a Coast Guard cutter, caught sight of her eight miles off the Louisiana coast, near Trinity Shoals, at a point which the Coast Guard estimated to be 500 miles off the proper course of a vessel making for the Bermudas from her starting point. Pursuit was begun and the Walcott radioed for assistance, the British boat being one of the fastest vessels engaged in the trade. The Washington head- quarters took a hand and ordered the Coast Guard district at Mobile to send every available cutter to sea on the chase. The Dexter, which joined in the hunt, hailed the Imalone, and after she refused to stop, sank her. Full Report Is Awaited. Admiral Billard said that the Imalone had been under surveillance of Guard forces at various points around the At- lantic Coast before her operations began in the Gulf of Mexico, and that her record as a rum runner was known to all participants in the Coast Guard's efforts to stop the liquor trafic. The failure of her skipper to stop his boat was entire justification, in the view of drastic action taken. A full report of the events prior to the sinking of the Imalone will be made by mail. MAY HAVE CARRIED ALIENS. U. S. Attorney Believes Vessel Had Load of Human Contraband. By the Associated Press. 'W ORLEANS, March 23.—Fed- eral authorities here were waiting night the arrival of the Coast Gua cutter Dexter, to start an officlal in- vestigation into the sinking by Coast Guard gunfire of the British schooner Imalone, smuggling suspect, near Sigs- bee Deep in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship went down in one of the deepest spots in the gulf, 200 miles from the Louisiana Coast and 150 miles from Yucatan. While reports said it sank, some officials here were inclined to be- lieve that it was only partly submerged from the drilling of the three pounders. ‘This point was of particular interest to officials here since United States At- torney Edward E. Talbot expressed the personal opinion that the stiff resist- ence of the Imalone crew indicated the schooner was also carrying a cargo of aliens, who either were drowned or were now held in the hold of the sub- | merged vessel. Coast Guard officers gave little credit | to the attorney's opinion, however, say- ! Aviation_Section, Signal Officers’ Re- (Continued on Page 2, Col ) ~(Continued on Page 2, Golumn 8) | ! By the Assocated Press. CHICAGO, March 23.—The melo- dramic expression, “the woman pays” some day may be true literally—because { the men can’t. | _ As the result of a survey of data from Governmental and private sources, Law- rence Stern & Co., investment bankers of Chicago and New York, tonight esti~ mated that approximately 41 per cent of the individual wealtn of the country already is controlled by women. One statisticlan, sald the report. figured out that if women continued | thelr present rate of financial as- | cendency all the: wealth of the country would be in feminine hands by the year 2035. The report added that while no one believed a financlal matriarchy is| coming, the calculation illustrates the | rapidity xn&the Rresent trend. Womer it was estimated, are today Women Hold 41 Per Cent of Individual Wealth in U. S., Statisticians Estimatci ! women. benificiaries of 80 per cent of the $95.- | 000,000,000 of life insurance policies in force in the United States, pay taxes on more than $3,250.000,000 of indi- vidual income annually, comprise the actual majority of stockholders in some of the largest corporations, constitute {from 35 to 40 per cent of investment bond house customers, receive 70 per cent of the stats left by men and 64 per cent of the estates left by other About 8,500,000 women are gainfully cmployed, said the report, and indi-| vidual income tax returns indicate there are as many woman millionaires as-merr. “With women already in control cf| more than 41 per cent of the Naftons individual weaith, and alert to iheir | the Coast Guard commander, for the | TAMNANY FUTIRE VEWED ASHINGIG ON NEW CHEFTAN |Outstanding Man Favorable | to District Heads and Rank and File Sought. | McCUE FAVORITE, CURRY {AND AHEARN ALSO IN RACE "Populafion Shift Changes Vote | Sitnation—Opposition to Smith as Leader Is Seen. | | | i z ; BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondeat of The Star. l NEW YORK, March 23.—When Judge George W. Olvany handed in | his resignation as leader of Tammany | he created a situation in the New York County Democratic organization out of which may grow far-reaching | consequences for Tammany Hall, | Greater New York, the State and na- tional Democratic politics. The immediate crisis has come in | Tammany Hall itself. For the selection | of a new leader is likely to determine | in no little measure what part the or- |ganlullan is to continue for the pres- ent to play in city and State affairs. The demand by those who are look- | ing beyond assembly district politics LY | bassador, called upon State Department | I5 for & leader sirong encugh and suf- ficiently widely known to maintain iTammnny Hall, which is the Demo- | cratic organization of New York | County, or the borougn of Manhattan, |in the ascendency in New York City |and State Denwocratic polities. It is Ith’. demand, according to men who lare cf the inner circles, which has | halted temporarily the election of a |new Tammaay leader and forced the | appointment of a committec of seven | to consult with former Gov. Alfred E. | Smith, the titular head of the Demo- | cratic national party because of his re- | cent candidacy for President; Senator { Wagner, Mayor Walker and Surrogaie | James A. Foley. Ambitions of Leaders Soar. As scon as Judge Olvany stepped ouvt of the picture as Tammany leader, the | ambitions ¢f a number of the Tam- many district leaders soared. The fact that Judge Olvany's resignation came as a completa surprise and there had been no chance for any deliberations j among the leaders as to his successor is believed to have been responsible for the immediate scramble among the -ustrict leaders for the leadership of the organization Now Tammany is seeking & harmoni- ous solution of its problem, and has turned to the “big four” for advice. What is wanted is a leader who will satisfy the district leaders and the rank and file and also the outstanding fig- ures in the Demooratic party here. The district leaders have been utterly un- able to agree among themselves on a leader. But they are still insisting that the new Tammany chieftain must be | selected from one of their number and from the membership of the executive ‘mmmm,ee. The outstanding candidates in the struggle among the district lead- ers for the job have been Martin C. McCue, John F. Curry and Edward J. Ahearn. McCue, who is clerk of the | Surrogate Court, is the most likely, 1t is said, to be elected leader of Tam- many Hall if the office goes to one of the district leaders. Indeed, it is said that if at Friday’s meeting of the execu- | tive committee, the matter had gone to a showdown, McCue would likely have won the leadership. It is possible that | the “big four” will give its approval to | McCue’s candidacy, and if it does, he will be elected. Situation 'Changed. ‘Tammany Hall's leadership in the Democratic party in Greater New York | has not been successfully challenged for | years. It has been a cohesive domi- | nating force. And Tammany Hall does not wish to relinquish this leadership. From a voting point of view, however, the situation has changed. In the old | days Manhattan, where the bulk of the votes was cast and where Tammany holds control, controlled absolutely the elections. But shifts in population witia a tremendous growth in Brooklyn, the | Bronx and Queens has given a different aspect. The registration in New Yorg City, given by boroughs, for 1928 tells {the tale. Manhattan's registration was | 548,448, Brooklyn's was .710,775, the Bronx 358,207 and Queens 356,183. Richmond, the fifth and smallest of the boroughs, registered 55,988. Brooklyn's big population and strong | Democratic organization under Mc- | Cooey is a force to be reckoned with. |1t is clear that the new leader of Tam- {many Hall must not be overshadowed | by McCooey and must be a man with whom the Brooklyn leader is willing |to co-operate when it comes to city | elections. The question is whether any one of the present Tammany district leaders is of such caliber. But when it {comes to going outside the district leaders to pick Tammany's new leader, no one here yet voices an opinion. Sur- rogate Folley, it is insisted, could have the job in a minute if he would take it. But he has consistently declined. No one is talking about Gov. Smith, himself, for leader of Tammany, and right there hangs a tale. Smith’s Future in Doubt. No one has yet been able to fathom just what Gov. Smith has in ‘the back of his head with regard to his own future in politics. He, himself, is saying nothing. Some of his friends are anxious that he have another try at the presidency in 1932. Some of the Democratic leaders here venture the suggestion that he is out of that ple- ture because of the defeat he sustained last November when the country went oyerwhelmirgly against him and when he lost his own State, although New York elected a Democratic governor and re-elected a Democratic Senator of the United States in the same election. But just suggest to them that Gov. Smith might take the Tammany leader- ship, and these same leaders throw up their hands. It would be unthinkable, they say, for it would put an end to any chance he might have in the fu- ture of being the party’s candidate for President. It is clear, therefore, that some of them believe that Gov. Smith has by no means abandoned the idea that he may be nominated again for President, although they discount the idea.. . Time..and. .circumstances alone will thow just what the governor will do. . .He has been in .public office for years. He has been a power in the Democratic. party of the State and of financial power.” the report conciuded, “it is diffiedlt to set any limit to their | continued progress.” g the Nation. Tt is difficult for any man (Continued on Page 2, Column &) v