Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 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 showers tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight; colder to- morrow afternoon or night. Temperatures: Highest, 84, at 3 pm. yesterday; lowest, 48, at 9 a.m. today. Full report on page 8. Closing New York Markets, 3:30 P.M. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. CANADA MAY JOIN WITH ENGLAND IN [ ALONE PROTEST Dominion s Involved Because | | 8y Wireless to The Star and the New York Times. Sunken Vessel Was of LITTLE AMERICA. Antarctica, March 24 Canadian Registry. ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1929—THIRTY- ah WASHINGTON, D. . No. 31,009. G5 TWO CENITI FARMRELIEFBILL EARIGS OPENED DY SEANTE GRUP ;No Indication Received From Hoover as to His Views Upon Aid Plans. 'FPNARY SAYS PRESIDENT | WILL HELP IN PROBLEM GOULD, STRANDED ON ICE, " TELLS OF FIGHT IN DIARY %Own Story Describes Futile Battle Waged by Byrd’s Helpers to Save Plane From Raging Wind. CAPT.BURLINGAME ASKS RETIREMENT, SURPRISING FORCE Application to Be Relieved| From Duty Reported Filed With Maj. Hesse. | OFFICER HAD DENIED HE INTENDED TO QUIT| 1 | | | | —The following is the diary of | | he Byrd Antarctic Expedition, f storm which | | Laurence M. Gould, geologist and geographer of U in his tent in the Rockefeller Mountains during the days o! ated in the blowing away and wrecking of the airplane. isolated him and his companions, Bernt Balchen and Harqld June, 135 Thi i miles from the base, with only a hand sled for returning. They were rescued. | ACT'ON TO BE GU'DED ; however, by Comdr. Byrd after a hazardous tiight. 1 i WP | | March Seventh. | Four dog teams are hurriedly getting their gear ready | i They left the base this afternoon—Vaughan Ganahl navigating and — | Coast Guard Declares Rum Runner Within 12-Mile Limit When Sighted by Cutter. A fairly good morning. to start laying bases for this Fall. with Goodale, Crockett, Bursey with their teams, Joe De Pete (Carl Peterson) with the radio. Haines said the weather was O. K. for our mountain trip. Balchen had gone out in the morning with Braathen to set flag markers across the bay ice for the dog teams. He returned about noon. Ial:ld him to get ready for the flight; June, too, as radio man. . We took off with a fairly clear sky and bright | ""g police precinct this afternoon is sky in the direction of our mountains, almost due | { f‘mlood to have filed an application east. A high head wind made flying rather slow. | (0% retirement from active duty, with We were in the air 2 hours and 10 minutes. We | MaJ. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent landed about & mile from the base of one of the | Of police. c highest peaks and established camp, sccured the| The application caused some surprise plane and turned in. in police circles in view of Capt. Bur- March Ninth ligame's recent positive announcement arch Ninth. that he had no intention of seeking re- | Out early this morning. We went out and meas- | tirement at this time. ured a base line and located all the peaks in this | It is known, however, that consider- part of the group. able pressure had been exerted to have The wind was blowing quite hard and it was|him end his long career in the police cold, se we hurried into camp, where we had to!secrvice ever since the extraordinary stay until late afternoon. Then we three went h;:nl board »oxnnm;ate‘dmmm on ué‘:‘: t d climbed part way up | charges growing out of the accusa 5 Tae moa?;‘x“oe—m:fie:tr:rnm. S Y UP| Ot Mrs, Helen F. Blalock, former Sev- March Tenth. Torris Demands That Opinion of Chief Executive Should Be De- fined Clearly to Senate. Pressure Known to Have Been| Brought to Bear on Him Since Trial on Palmist's Charges. | BY the Assoctated Press. | The task of formulating a new farm irrlxe( plan was begun by the Senate | agriculture committee today amid fre- | auent declarations b; ne of its mem- | 's that President Hoo {form the committee more as to what kind of legislation he { approve, | The greater part of the morning s: | slon was devoted to testimony by S | ator Brookhart, Republican of Towa, in —— | support of his plan for a huge subsidy i\\‘ilh which the Government would buy jup crop- surpluses and would fix the i price of farm products on a basis of By the Associated Press. ’ e e | A joint protest by the British and Canadian governments against the sink- ing last Friday in the Gulf of Mexico n(i the British schooner I'm Alone by the Coast Guard cutter Dexter is contem- | plated if warranted by the facts as dis- | closed in official reports of the incident. : The Canadian government has be-; come involved in the case with the | revelation that the vessel was of Cana- dian registry. The protest will not be made by | either government, however, until their diplomatic representatives here have ex- News Note: Enforcement Officer Kicks Open Box and 200 Alfigators Scatter. PLAY BEGUN AT WHITE HOUSE S enth sireet palmist. The board of District Commissioners amined carefully a full report of the in- cident from the British consulate at New Orleans, which mailed full details to the British embassy today. State Department Awaits Report. The State Department is today await- ing a report of the incident from the Treesury Department. Secretary Kel- logg said his department will have to study the report before determining whether it will be forwarded to the British embassy in compliance with the Tequest of Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassador, for information on the case. Mr. Kellogg said he did not know whether the Coast Guard had acted within its authority, since it is not known whether the ship was within the prescribed one hour’s run of the coast ‘when hailed. The British and Canadian positions are that the incident may develop into & serious one. Distance of Pursuit Is Problem. It'was explained today that even had the Walcott, the original Coast Guard vessel which hailed the I'm_ Alone, ordered it to heave to within the “one hour’s sailing” area prescribed in the rum-smuggling treaties between the United, States and Great Britain and Canada, the Brflt;hmgovem?en‘t might not_countenance pursuit of a sus- ted rum runner anywhere ‘than’ rom a point within the 12-mile limit, if this question should be raised. ‘Another point which has been raised by the case is whether the Dexter, which was not she original vessel to Lail the I'm Alone, committed an overt act in sinking the British ship so far from shore, An officlal statement issued at Coast Guard headquarters yesterday said the pursuit and sinking euxiliary schooner I'm Alone, a sus- pected rum runner, by the Gulf of Mex- ico Coast Guard patrol was “in accord with the well known doctrine of inter- national law which authorizes contin- uous pursuit of a vessel that has vio- lated the law within the waters over which the United States has control.” The announcement was predicated upon a report from Capt. A. L. Gamble, at New Orleans, commanding the Coast Guard forces in the Gulf, which will be transmitted to the State Department as a basis for reply to the inquiry con- cerning the incident made by Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador. The I'm Alone, which Coast Guard officials characterized as a notorious yum runner and which cleared from Belize, British Honduras, for Bermuda Tecently, was sent to_the bottom in the Gulf of Mexico last Friday by the cut- ter Dexter, which responded to calls from the cutter Walcott after the I'm Alone had been sighted 1uside the 12- mile limit, according to United States officers. “Coast Guard headquarters has re- ceived a dispatch from Capt. A. L. Gam- ble, commanding the Coast Guard forces in the Gulf, who states that he thoroughly investigated the sinking of the I'm Alone,” said the statement. “There was a continuous and hot pursuit of the I'm Alone from the time she was first sighted and refused board- ing. this being precisely in accord with the well known doctrine of international Jaw which authorizes continuous pur- suit of a vessel that has violated the Jaw within waters over which the United States has jurisdiction. “The I'm Alone refused to heave to. ‘He was armed and his actions and words were threatening. Capt. Gamble reports that the action by the Coast Guard was proper and commendable.” FOREIGN OFFICE IS SILENT. Sinking of Ship Is Considered as Seri- ous Incident, However. LONDON, March 25 (#).—The British foreign office will make no statement or unofficial comment coneerning the sir ing of the British schooner I'm Alone by a United States Coast Guard vess until it receives a full report from Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador 2t Washington. However, the affair appears to British officials a5 a most serious rum-running incident if unofficial reports thus far received should prove correct. The foreign office has been advised of ormed that Sir Esme Department for full been promised him. POSITION OF SHIP IS SNARLED, Coast Guard Says Craft in U. S. Water; British Captain Den TANS, La., N s Coast Guard today blishment of the exact Statces upon esta osition of the schocner when sighted | four weeks, Conversations and investi- by the law enforcement boats. Coast Guardsmen at a prelimina hearing have testificd the alleged rum runner was well within the 12-mile limit, while the master of the I'm Alonz stanchly maintains he was well with- out it. Representatives of the Uaited States, Great Britain and France are studying the facts of the case today. Federal officers say if ship first was sl he shores of the Unite d on Page 2 the sun of the Bflti&h= has | some time early tomorrow ~ | represent ‘When I Laurence M. Gould. ‘We stayed in bed until about 11. Balchen got up and so then did I. We prepared breakfast and fed June in bed. The wind was growing stronger. fastened to the airplane skis let go. looked out of the tent. woke up at 6.30 and prepared to get up I found it was snowing and blowing pretty hard— too hard to do any work. = Suddenly the two tent guys that had been ‘We thought they had broken. Balchen “The plane has moved!” he shouted. (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) SPANISH AVIATORS HOP OFF FOR RID Two Airmen in Single-Motor Craft Try 4,800-Mile Flight. By the Assoclated Press. SEVILLE, Spain, March 25.—Two Spanish aviators, bachelors and neither -over 30 years oid, this m per- sumably were winging way south- ward across the Atlantic Ocean on an attempt to make a non-stop flight to Rio Janeiro, Brazil. Capts. Francisco Jimenez and Ignacio Iglesas Spanish aces in the Moroccan campaign, left Seville in a secret take- off yesterdey afterncon at 5:42 (2:42 pm., Eastern standard time) in their Spanish made airplane, Jesus Del Gran Poder. They have not been reported since. Their course lay down the West Coast of Northern Africa to Capo Blanco, Mauritania, thence across the open ocean probably to Pernambuco, Brazil, by way of the Cape Verde Islands. Flight Would Cover 4,800 Miles. From Pernambuco to Rio Janeiro it is approximately 1,200 miles. From Brazil, by way of Cadiz, to Capo Blanco it is 1,200 miies. The distance between Capo Blanco and Pernambuco, which with the exception over open water, is approximately 2400 miles, the total projected fiight being about. 4,800 miles. The machine was capable of some- thing better than 100 miles an hour. Barring mishap, they should have en- tered the sea stage of their journey about dawn today. Eastern standard time. Arrival at R;o dedJanelru cou)l(d hardly be expected under even ex- treme{y favorable conditions before 1 afternoon. | At its take-off the five-ton airplane was loaded.to capacity with about 1,000 gallons of gasoline and 50 gallons of oil. It made a perfect start and quickly attained an altitude of 1,000 meters. The start was made with the utmost secrecy and residents of the city knew nothing of the. departure until they heard the roar of the motors as the ship flew over the town. In addition to fuel, the aviators car- ried mineral water, chocolate, eggs, milk, oranges and bananas. A sealed baro- graph was placed in the plane by the Royal Aero Club of Madrid. Start on the trip to Rio Janeiro marked partial realization for the two aviators of a dream of years. Lastyear they were ready to attempt the At- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ENGLISH TRADE GROUP SEEKS RUSSIAN MARKET Delegation of 85 Plans Study of Conditions During Three Weeks’ Visit. { By the Assoclated Press. | "LONDON, March 25.—A delegation i of 85 Englishmen, representing 150 firms and trading organizations and covering practically every important brand of British manufacture and commerce, left today on a special trian for Soviet Rus- sia. " ® The delegation will study conditions | in Russia, survey and investigate open- | ings for British trade and made a thor- | cugh inquiry into the question of credits 1 and Russian financial resources. It was | organized by the Anglo-Russian com- mittee of London and is estimated to a capital sterling. Members of the group wlil be guests of the Soviet government at Moscow, | where they should arrive Thursday | They will remain in Russia for three or | gations begin next Monday. Maryland and | |Virginia News Pages 10 and 11. Amateur Burglars Fail to Get Cash, But Wreck Depot Overcharge of Dynamite Damages Rail Station at Front Royal. Special Dispatch to The Star. FRONT ROYAL, Va, March 25.—| Virginia's amateur crime specialists added another robbery to their list this morning by blowing a safe with an overcharge of dynamite and splintering a railway station. ‘Two,_ weeks ago several “greenhorn” burglars, posscssing an utter disregard for the danger of being discovered, noisily battered in the door of the Post noisily at Upperville with tools they had stolen from a nearby blacksmith shop. After working industriously for an hour, (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) DEATHTOLELINBS T0 43 0VER SOUTH Floods Claim 37 in Kentucky and Tennessee—Storms Kill 12 in Four States. 1 By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 25.—Floods rushing down from the Cumberland Mountain watersheds took a toll of 37 lives in Southeastern Kentucky and Northeastern Tennessee over the week end, while torndoes and storms spread death over four other Southern States, bringing the South’s death toll to 49 and possibly more. Tennessee was the hardest hit, with 31 known deaths. Kentucky has six. Alabama had five colored children killed in a tornado. Two colored persons were killed in Georgia by a tornado and a man by lightning. Three colored per- sons were killed in Mississippi in a storm. A boy was killed in North Caro- lina by a storm. Mountain Streams Recede. Mountain streams in Eastern Ken- tucky and Tennessee receded as rapidly as they rose and trapped their victims. Twenty persons, mostly women and children, 'were lost when the Emery River at Harriman, Tenn,, left its banks {at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. Seven 1Day Scouts and their scoutmaster were ! swept into White Creek and drowned | as they slept. They occupied a cottage lon the creek bank during a week end | hike. Three members of one family were drowned at Webster, Tenn. Bodies of six Boy Scouts, their scoutmaster and two others have been recovered. Kentucky'’s death toll was heaviest in | were taken by the sudden freshet. Three were drowned near Barbourville and two near Pineville. One was drowned in Perry County. Hundreds Left Homeless. Hundreds of families are without of £250,000,000 | homes in the Kentucky and Tennessee {mountains. All coal mines in these sections were automatically closed down. _Train schedules are serio (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) LAYS BAN ON LABOR. | Mexico to Prevent Workers From Migrating to United States. \ MEXICO CITY, March 25 (#).— | Excelsior today quoted Garcia Telles, acting undersecretary of the depart- ment of interior, as saying Mexico in- tended doing all it possibly could to | prevent Mexican laborers crossing into | the United States. | It was asserted the department would | do its utmost to scek the co-operation ‘of the United States to prevent work- ers leaving Mexico for the United States, inasmuch as the government does not want e lose their services. | moted to lieutenant and two years later Knox and Bell Counties, where five lives | is expected to take action upon the application at the regular semi-weekly | meethg tomorrow morning. Had Been Expected to Retire. The impression was general through- out the police department following Capt. Burlingame’s trial that he would week retirement before the convening of the new Congress, but he most vigor- ously denied he contemplated such a move a few days after being restored to duty at the second precinct. He is reported to have told friends in the department before the close of the trial that it was his intention to retire if given a clear bill of health by the special trial board, but the ex- pressions of confidence showered on him by the public following his return to duty had caused him to change his lans. Pl abt. Burlingame could have been re- tired by the Commissioners against his wishes had they desired as the retire- ment law gives them the power to retire either a policeman or firrman who has reached the age of 60. Pictusesque Figure in Department. Capt. Burlingame is 63, and his serv- ice on the police force has extended over a period of 33 years. He has been one of the department’s most picturesque figures. l Capt. Buriingame, when Interviewed'| in his office at the second precinct to- day, sald he had nothing to say at this t ime. Capt. Burlingame was appointed to the police force March 13, 1896, and was assigned to duty in the third pre- cinct. Four years later he was trans- ferred to the seventh precinct and in 1903 he was shifted to the eighth pre- cinet. Commended for Meritorious Service. Ten years after his appointment, fol- lowing a series of commendations for meritorious service, Burlingame was advanced to the rank of detective ser- geant and assigned to duty at the central bureau. In 1919 he was pro- he was transferred to the ninth pre- cinct, where he remained until 1925, wher he again shifted, this time to | the sixth precinct. ‘While on duty at the sixth precinct | Burlingame was promoted to be a cap- tain, which rank he now holds. As a captain he also served at the eleventh precinct, from which he was shifted in 1926 to the second, which he now com- mands. Capt. Burlingame’s official record cov- ers four typewritten pages and contains many commendations for meritorious service. ‘The final entry is his exonera- tion by the special board at the trial wkr)nch followed Mrs, Blalock's accusa- tions. STOCK PRICES DROP Severe Reaction Affects the Entire| List as Credit Situation Tightens. By the Assaciated Press. NEW YORK, March 25.—A storm of selling orders poured into the New York Stock Exchange today, washing away millions of dollars in quoted values and sending nearly two score railroad and industrial shares to new low levels for | the year. Declines in the active issues ranged from $2 to $10 a share. The selling movement received its stimulus from an advance in the call money rate from 9 to 12 per cent, which followed the heavy withdrawal of funds from New York by out-of-town banks and cornorations. Wall street, which ignored the Fed- eral Reserve Board warning against the excessive use of credit for specula- tion on February 7 by marking up of the general average of prices to new high records, and boosting the brokers- loan total to the highest level in history, was faced today with an acute credit situation. Call money, with which the bulk of stock trading is financed, re- newed at 9 per cent, advanced to 10 and thence to 12, duplicating the high rate of the year, on a withdrawal of only between $15,000,000 and $20,000,- 000 in loans. There has been a steady withdrawal of funds from the New York call money market during the past week, due in part to preparations of interior banks for April 1 dividend and interest pay- ments, and also to the urging of | Chicago Stock Exchange authorities for the return to that city of funds sent here by corporations and individuals for temnorary investment. An advance in bankers' acceptances rates today, the second in a week, and fears that the Federal Reserve Board, which has been meeting in Washington for several days' would take further drastic action to reduce the volume of funds available for speculation, inspired widespread liquidation of stocks. Bank Statements B ‘Washington clearing house, $4,186,- 17.14. Treasury balance, $410,571,400.65. New York clearance house exchange, 569,000,000, New York clearance house balance, $123,000,000, IN SELLING STORM |, REBEL ONSLAUGHTS AT MAZATLAN FAL Federals Hold City After Twe-Day Fight—Heavy Losses Inevitable. By the Assocfated Press. The fourth week of the Mexican revo- | lution found federals and rebels in the | grip of their first major clash for pos- session of the important seaport of Mazatlan, After a two-day battle, in which heavy losses appeared inevitable, the federal garrison at Mazatlan, outnum- bered at least 2 to 1, was still in pos- session of the city, while relief troops were barely 40 miles away. The main body of federal reinforce- ments numbering 6,000 men was at Ira- puato pressing on to bring aid to the beleaguered city. Capture of City Denfed. Rebel reports that the city had fallen were denied by the government, which reported being in telephone communica- tion with'the defending federals last midnight. ‘While the fighting raged on the west coast, the main contending forces began slowly to close upon each other in Central Mexico. Gen. Calles and his staff today were en route to Bermeuillo, 30 miles north of Torreon, to establish headquarters there for the drive on the north. Gen. Almazan, leading an advance column, has already reached that place. Escobar Heads South. Meanwhile Gen. Escobar, leader of the main rebel army, was headed southward again from the border to join his forces in South Chihuahua. Nine federal planes, including three which arrived yesterday from Laredo, were ordered to bomb rebel concentra- tion camps at Escalon and Jimenez. Negotiations for the release of King Morrison, American aviator, who was captured by the rebels, were under way. REINFORCEMENTS RUSHED. Help for Mazatlan Garrison Reported Within 40 Miles. v the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 25.—Help for the beleagued Federal garrison at Ma- zatlan was within 40 miles of that city today and danger of its capture by the rebel west coast army, under Gen. Francisco Manzo was believed past. Federal reinforcements under Gen. Evaristo Perez, military governor of the State of Nayarit, advancing north- ward, surprised the small rebel garri- son at Rosario, 40 miles south of Ma- zatlan, late yesterday, and in a brief brisk encounter captured the city. Three rebels were killed before their main body retreated. Government announcements said that when the federal troops put in their appearance the rebel forces had all the citizens lined up with their hands in the air submitting to search; for money and valuables, The town was thoroughly looted. Advance With All Haste. Advance of this main body, contain- ing possibly 6,000 men, was being pushed with all possible haste. ! Meanwhile Gen. Jaime Carrillo, ! commanding the federal garrison at! Mazatlan, reported a partial cessation of the heavy fighting. which contiriued for two days there. capture of the city created a small* flurry at Chaputepec Castel here, but | at midnight last night communication, was re-established with Carrillo, who. reported “no change.” No Estimate of Losses. No estimate of their losses could be | made, but they were believed to be heavy. In the North Gen. Juan Andreu Al- mazan moved his forces as far North as Bermejillo about 30 miles north of Tor- reon, what was considered the first move to purge Chihuahua of the rebels. The Federals apparently have the sit- uation well in hand and are following out the policy of extermination mapped } g\fitlby Gen. Calles almost without a | ch. Excelsior dispatches from Guadalajara said that rebels had attacked the light plant at Puente Grande, but had been driven off by federals who captured 14 | of them and subjected them to court- martial. They were then executed. One passenger was killed and several injured when the Guadalajara-Mexico City passenger train was attacked. No | further detalls were given. Hoover Furniture Given Charity. SAN JOSE, Calif, March 25 (#).— Discarded furniture from the California home of President Herbert Hoover, at Palp Alto, has been donated to the Good Will Industries, a charity organi-} zation, a Rebel reports of i i BY MEDICINE BALL CABINET | | President’s Recreation Unit, Which Will Give Part-Time to Tennis Cabinet of Roosevelt Regime. BY J. RUSSELL YOU President Theodore Roosevelt had a tennis cabinet, which occupied a more or less prominent, though unofficial, po- sition in his administration, but Presi- dent Hoover is going to have a medicine | ball and fishing cabinet. Mr. Hoover's medicine ball and fish- ing cabinet has been in the making for some time and is not yet completed. Nevertheless, the members of this group meet with the President at the White House at 7 o'clock and go with him to a very secluded spot in the rear grounds and for about half an hour throw the medicine ball to one another. A light breakfast at the White House follows. The present members of this unoffi- cial cabinet are Associate Justice Har- lan F. Stone of the Supreme Court. HOOVER ABOLISHES OFFIGIAL STABLE President Considers Seven Animals and Four Men Needless Expense. President Hoover's personal ideas about governmental economy have not ended with the withdrawal of the yacit Mayflower from commission. He has done away with the stables which have been a more or less popular adjunct to the White House scheme of things for many years. When Mr. Hoover learned several days ago that seven able-bodied horses were being kept in the stables awaiting the pleasure of the President he gave orders to abolish the stables. He considered them a useless expense inasmuch as Presidents in recent years have ridden horseback only on rare oc- caslons, and that should he ever care to g0 horseback riding he would have no difficulty in borrowing one from the War Department. His abolishment of the White House stables means not only that the seven presidential horses will be turned over to the quartermaster for distribution, but four men will not be needed to take care of these animals. Mr. Hoover is fond of horses and during his long experience in the out- doors he has, on more than one occa- sion, demonstrated his skill in the sad- dle, but he has been represented as doubting very much if he will find time to_indulge in this exercise. The country has not had any real horse-riding Presidents since Roose- velt. President Taft went in for rid- ing at the suggestion of physiclans as a need of reducing his weight, but his heart was not in it and his rides be- came infrequent. President Wilson was the saddle only a very few times. President Harding went riding once in ‘Washington and an another occasion while visiting the mountains near Hagerstown. President Coolidge, although familiar with horses, having been raised on a farm, was not much of a horseman himself, and rode only once while at the White House. KELLOGG TO TAKE REST. Secretary to Leave for Europe on Ile de France Friday. Secretary Kelloge wiil sail Friday on the steamship Ile de France for a va- cation in France and England. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Kellogg. Hugh Gibson, Ambassador to Belgium, and the principal American delegate to the preparatory disarmament commis- | slon’s meeting at Geneva, which will begin April 15, will sail ca the same steamer. Retiring to private life, Secretary Kel- logg will retain not only the cabinet chair he occupled at the White House as is customary, but also the desk chair he has occupied at the State Depart- ment for the last four years. Associates of Mr, Kellogg in that de- partment have “chipped in” and bought from the Government the Secretary's work chair. They will present it to h for his personal use before he leaves office on Friday, ¢ | covered by woods, part | Fishing, Similar to Mark Sullivan, journalist; Secretary of | Interior Wilbur, Secretary of Agricul-| ture Hyde, Lawrence Richey, one of | the President’s three secretaries. and; Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, White | ‘House physician. | These men are all anglers and with the exception of Secretary Hyde have! been on frequent fishing trips with Mr. | Hoover before he was President. Justice Stone, Secretary Richey and Mr. Sul-| livan fished with Mr. Hoover during his | recent pre-inaugural vacation in Florida, | Secretary Wilbur has been his compan- | ion on fishing trips many times in the past. The medicine ball idea is something new to most of these fish lovers. Mr.| Hoover himself has frequently indulged | in this form of exercise and it is under- stood that it was his suggestion that it be taken up as one of the White House T ey pate in the throwing o,r.he ball and after about (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. i POSITIONATV.M.L | General May Ask for Retire-; ment Before Assuming Duties July 1. By the Assoclated Press. Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, former ! commandant of the Marine Corps, said | today he had been informed by the president of the board of directors of | Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, | Va., that the board had unanimously selected him as superintenden: of the institution and that he had accepted. Gen. Lejeune pians to make an in- spection tour of the west coast in May. He will take over his dutics as super- intendent of the institution July 1, but before that, he will probably ask for retirement from the Marine Corps. “I am very much gratified at the confidence shown in me by the voard of directors of Virginia Military Institute,” Gen. Lejeune said, “and it is especially pleasing to me because it gives me an opportunity to continue in active service after the time for my retirement comes. | I do not know of any type of service that appeals to me more than devoting myself to the affairs of Virginia Military Institute. “Virginia Military Institute is a school that all good Americans admire. Its alumni have distinguished themselves both in peace and war and it has & tradition of patriotic, loyal and heroic service to the Nation and State. “I am especially drawn to it by the splendid young men of the school who have served in the Marine Corps before, during and after the World War.” FOUR DIE AS PLANE CRASHES INTO TREE| Craft Is Wrecked Attempting to Learn Position While Near Mount Gretna, Pa. By the Associated Press. MOUNT GRETNA, Pa, March 25.— Four persons were killed when a Ryan | monoplane struck a tree as it was fly- ing low, attempting to ascertain its position while over the National Guard encampment ground near here today. The pilot had a card in his_pocket| reading: “John L. Campion, Fastern| factory representative of the Mahoney- | Ryan Aircraft Corporation, St. Louis.” Another victim had a card bearing the name of Harold W. Lloyd, Worth- ington, Ohlo. | The accident occurred one-half mile | from Colebrook, on land adjoining the National Guard reservation. ‘The pilot apparently had lost his way in the mist and fog. Flying over a hill of a wing of the plane was torn off by a tree. The pilot tried to gain altitude, started upward and then turned over, crashing to earth against a tree stump. The machine was wrecked. The bodies were mangled. All the men were well dressed and the pilot evidently had been giving a demonstra- Sy LEJEUNE ACCEPTS | 5 per cent in excess of the cost of pro- duction. This plan, Senator Brookhart said, would be approved by Mr. Hoover, and the Iowan insisted on his stand even after Chairman McNary of the com- mm.ee. reminded him ihat the Presi- g;‘:i fix‘(desnh'gady declared against fees Xes, Government i € '-“’do A intereference m the other side where the House agri b also is to hold hear; nesday, the Capitol, e cui}ture committee : 2s beginning Wed- o Chairman Haugen anncunced yt a preliminary mecting would be held tomorrow to outline a program. He sald he expected to have a measure ready for presentation to the House on sAcg:fi:r}S' the opening day of the special - Hoover's Views Wanted. e desire for detailed infors Mr. Hoover's farm relief ‘““_l;m“t_mng: vealed today by Senator Norris, Repub- lican of Nebraska, and Caraway of Ar- kansas and Heflin of Alabama, Demo- crats. At the outset of the hearing Chairman McNary said that he had no specific information from the President, but that he was ‘assured the Executive would co-operate with the committee as the work progresses. Senator Norris took the position that { Congress and the White House have been at odds too long on farm relie and that now the committee .huuh: have a clear conception of what Presi- dent Hoover wants so as not to bring ;ybn:lltz a situation sfurh as was occasioned e passage of the McNary-] £ bill with its equalization u‘c‘i 3 Hmf‘ 7 - Campaign Speech Cited. 3 “We have been at this thing a long Hme,” Senator Norris sald. “The Sen ate znd the House have sometimes been convinced but we have never been able to put our ideas over on the White :‘lr;):‘.:e.h Now it seems i::ly fair that we v how we are gol al_‘(.rl;fls time.” i b o e Nebraskan was reminded by Senator Brookhart that the farm relief views of Mr. Hoover were incorporated in the Republican party platform and the President’s campaign speeches. ““Oh, we know that political platforms are 90 per cent buncombe,” Norris said. “Now we have elected President Hoover. He never has disclosed his ideas in real detail. No spokesman for him ever has been able to tell us. I think we ought to find out.” Senator Heflin suggested that if the President does not communicate with the committee by the time its work is about finished, a request be made for a conference at the White House in an effort to determine whether the com- mittee’s work has been satisfactory. Brookhart Praises Hoover. ‘Throughout the discussion of his bill, Senater Brookhart frequently praised President Hoover for his work as food administrator. A contention by the Iowan that the farmer had benefited by Hoover's administration of the food industries in war days, brought an cbservation from Senator Norbeck, Re- publican, of South Dakota, that the { price of ‘wheat had been reduced from $3.20 a bushel to $2 a bushel and that this did not reflect much of a benefit to the farmers. “That loss was felt only in the gamblers' market,” Brookhart asserte “No, it was in the farmers’ market, Norbeck retorted. ‘The session was started by Chairman McNary with the statement that he had received no indication from President Hoover as to his views on the subject, but that he was sure the President would co-operate with the committee as the hearings proceeded. Senator McNary said also that Secre- tary Hyde, who was unable to present his views at the first meeting, would be invited to appear later. Hoover Speech Put in Record. With the declaration that “we all want to pass legislation” acceptable to President Hoover, McNary read into the Record portions of Mr. Hoover's speech on the farm problem delivered at St. Louis during the campaign. The chairman was asked by Senator Cara- way, Democrat, of Arkansas whether President Hoover had planned to set forth the details of his views on farm questions, and McNary replied that the President was leaving that to the com- mittee. “Has he expressed or shown any dis- position to be opposed to farm legisla- tion at this time?” Caraway asked. Mce< Nary replied in the negative. ‘The committee then settled down to hearing testimony from farm leaders, a long list of whom was before the comunittee. The first witness was S ator Brookhart, Republican, of Iow; who is advocating a large subsidy from the Treasury with which to buy up surplus crops. House Committec Makes Flans. Both the Senate and House agricul« ture committees, the latter beginning Wednesday, have made extensive pre- parations to start anew the sifting of ideas, with the hope of producing a pro- posal which will win the approval of President Hoover, farm leaders, and the new Congress when it meets in s| session April 15. Intended to stabilize the price level of farm products, disrupted by the post duction and depression, and ontinued on Page 5, Column 3.) Rac_l’io Frograms——fiage 32 '