Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers this afternoon and probably tonight; colder, with lowest temperature about 42 degrees tonight; tomorrow fair. Temperatures: Highest, 76, at noon today; lowest, 60, at 11:45 p.m. yester- day. Full report on page 9. Closing New York Markets, 3:30 P.M. ah WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. No. 31,010. post office, ¥ntered as second class matter Washington, DC The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,401 WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1929 —FORTY: IX PAGES. s (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. HOOVER WL AT PATRNACE BUGES BYG.0.PINSOUTH Conditions in Georgia, Mis- sissippi and South Carolina Are Called Intolerable. PRESIDENT CANDIDLY EXPRESSES OPINIONS Recommendations to Be Made in Southern States Hereafter by Joint Committees. Declaring the abuses of party leaders in Georgia, South Carolina and Missis- sippi, in obtaining Governmeént patron- age, to be intolerable to public service, repugnant to the principles of Republi- canism and unjust to the people of those States, President Hoover is deter- mined to bring about an improvement in party politics in those sections. It is his contention that the duty of correcting the evils that are known to &xist. vests with the people themselves, but if the latter do not bring forth the | proper persons with whom the adminis- tration can ask advice in the matter of making local Federal appointments, the administration will endeavor to seek| this advice from others. At the same time, the President dis- closed that patronage recommendations from other States of the “solid South” would be made by special committees which will co-operate with the Demo- cfats who supported the Republican ticket in the last presidential campaign. Hoover Gives Views. In this candid expression of his feel- ing regarding patronage in the South and his a t wish to better the party politics in that section, President Hoover spoke to newspaper correspond- epts at ‘White House today, in reply to queries regarding the subject as follows: “It has been the aspiration of Repub- lican Presidents over many years to build up sound Republican organization 1n the Southern States of such charac- ter as would commend itself to the citizens of those States. “This aspiration has arisen out of no narrow sense of partisanship, but from the conviction shared in equally by the leaders of all parties that the basis of sound government must rest upon strong two-party resentation and organiza- tion; that the voice of all States in the councils of '.l:; (ovemmentmutnfi gssured by no other means; e e dosh.of secbonalion. 1n the politics: that the glb“c service can be assured only by responsible organiza- t%gmm, it has been the belief of these leaders, whose views I share, that the building up of such organiza- tion must in every conception of our fouridations of local self-government evolve from those States themselves. Border Strength Cited. “Republican leadership in the bor- der States and in Virginia and North Carolina long since has built up vigor- | ous party organization, which assures Republican repuesentation in the Con- gress from those States. “In other States, including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Flori- da, the Republican leadership has in recent times shown increasing strength, and now is rendering able and con- scientious service in maintaining whole- some organization under whose advice the appointments to public office have improved steadily and commended themselves to the citizens of those States with increased confidence in the party. 1 highly approve and wel- come the movement of the leaders of ‘Texas, Alabama, Florida and other States to broaden the basis of party organization by the establishment of advisory committees of the highest type of citizenship to deal with adminis- trative questions and who also will co- operate with independent Democrats. This movement, springing as it does from within the States themselves, in- sures its strength, permanence and con- stant improvement in public service. “Recent exposure of abuse in recam- mendations for Federal offices, particu- larly in some parts of the States of South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippl, | under which some of the Federal de- partments, mainly the Post Office, were misled in appointments obviously ren- der it impossible for the old organiza- tion in these States to command the confidence of the administration, al-| though many members of these organ- izations are not subject to criticism. Such Conditions Intolerable. “Such conditions are intolerable to public service, are repugnant to the ideals and purposes of the Republican party, are unjust to the people of the South and must be ended. The duty of reorganization so as to correct these conditions rests with the people of those States and all effort to that end will re- ceive the hearty co-operation of the administration. If these three States are unable to initiate such organization | through the leadership of men who will | command confidence and protect the) public service, the different Federal de- | partments will be compelled to adopt ! other methods to obtain advice as to the | selection of Federal employes.” The President’s statement was re- garded as ending the regime of Perry Howard, Negro national committeeman for Mississippi, who is to stand trial next week on charges growing out of the handling of Federal patronage in his State. . Some Republican leaders also pre- dicted that Joseph Tolbert, national committeeman for South Carolina, ako might be asked to retire, but there was | no official information on the subject. Davis Question Passed. ‘There has been no national commit- teeman for Georgia sipce the contest | raised at the Kansas City convention last June over the seating of Ben Davis, colored. The executive committee of the Republican national committee re- cently passed over this matter pending determination by the President as to what steps were to be taken in the handling of patronage for the entire South. Bank Statements Washington clearing house, $4,194,- 140.30. ‘Treasury balance, $415,176,199.65. New York clearance house exchange, FIRST CHERRY BLOSSOMS AT TIDAL B; The warm weather has brought out a few sprays of the early variety of Japanese cherry blossoms around the Tidal Sixteenth street (left), and Miss Helen Morgan, 3833 Twenty-ninth street north- cast, posed for The Star photographer, festooned by the blossoms. Basin. Miss Nancy Moore, 1701 —Star Staff Photo. FRANCE GIVES FOCH NATIONAL FUNERAL; SIXTH IN REPUBLIC 50,000 Marchers Pay Trib- ute at Impressive Rites of Generalissimo. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 26.—France honored Marshal Ferdinand Foch today with a national funeral, the sixth in the his- tory of the republic. Crowds surpassing even those of the armistice—which the ‘dead marshal was so instrumental in bringing about—thronged Paris streets and the concourse about the Cathedral of Notre Dame. e Inside the Cathedral some of the highest figures of royslty, military life and European officialdom gathered. The brilliant uniforms of the soldiers and diplomats were mingled with the black and white full evening dress of other notables. Not even in the days when the Eng- lish King, H VI, was crowned was there a more impressive service at Notre Dame. The rites, in which church and state were joined to do honor to the man who twice saved France from an invader, began with the appearance of President Doumergue, who entered the great doorways of the cathedral as the strains of “De Profundis” swelled from ts organ. After the “De Profundis” came the “Introit” and the “Kyrie,” from the “Requiem” of Faure, sung by the choir; ;l;endthe “Dies Irae” of Meunier was ard. 5,000 in Cathedral. Those inside the cathedral did not number more than 5,000, although in their midst were the President of the nation, the heir to the throne of the British empire, the Crown Prince of Belgium and other figures whose earth- ly roles had had a close and vital rela- tion with the lives of their fellow men. They stood in awed silence in front of the bier, where the body of the late marshal lay in its open coffin atop a catafalque at the crossing of the nave and transcript. The bier was draped with the flags of the nation for which he fought and with the banner of the hoiders of the military medal before it. Gen. H. J. E. Gouraud, one-armed hero of the Dardanelles and the second battle of Champagne in the'final allied drive of 1918, commanded the column " (Continued on ! Solu NEW GEM RING ARREST. Ascania Chief Steward Is Tenth Smuggling Suspect Held. NEW YORK, March 26 (#).—The tenth arrest in the alleged interhational diamond smuggling ring was made to- | day. Special Treasury agents took into custody Charles Ward, chief steward of the Cunard liner Ascania, as the vessel was coming up the bay from Quaran- | tine. ‘Ward has been chief steward of the i Ascania for 16 months, and prior to |that was on the Aquitania, whose chief | second class steward, - Leslie Metcalfe, was taken from the liner before it sailed last Friday, accused of being implicated in the smuggling plot. Metcalfe and ‘Ward served together on the Aquitania. Government agents said more arrests might be expected soon. 0 CARDINAL GALLI DIES. ROME, March’ 26 - (#).—Cardinal Aurelio Galli died this morning, at the age of 63. His death reduced the Sacred College to 60, of whom 27 are -Italians and 33 foreigners. The death of the cardinal made it seem most proable that as many as four or five new cardinals ‘would be held some time in May. N BRITISH DPLOMATS AWAIT REPORTS ON RUM SHIP SINKING: Doubt Expressed Whether England Will Agree Dexter Action Was Justified. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La, March 26. —Capt. John Thomas Randall, Ca- nadian skipper of the British rum- laden schooner I'm Alone, sunk in the Gulf by the Coast Guard, was released from custody here today by the United States commissioner on a $500 bond and his crew of seven were released on their own recog- nizance. Vincent Massey, the Canadian Minister, called at the State Department today in connection with the sinking of the I'm Alone and conferred for some time with Assistant Secretary Castle. It was understood that the Minister sought such information on the sinking of the vessel, which was of Canadian registry, as the State Department could give him. The Treasury Department is stand- ing squarely back of its-Coast Guard Service in defense of the sinking of the British schooner I'm Alone in the Gulf of Mexico Friday by the patrol boat Dexter. 9 Forwarding the first official report of the incident to the State Depart- ment, Secretary Mellon has taken the | position that the Dexter was within its rights in firing upon the alleged rum runner, when its mdster refused to heave to after a “continuous pursuit” about 200 miles into the Gulf from a point “within four leagues of our coast.” Meanwhile, it is becoming increas- ingly doubtful that the samg view wil be taken by the British and Canadian governments. Their dn{)lomntlc repre- sentatives here are awaiting an oppor- tunity to examine the official reports from the Coast Guard and the British consulate at New Orleans, where the crew of the sunken vessel was landed. If these confirm current newspaper ac- counts of the sinking, in which one British seaman was drowned, they are expected to take a serjous view of the incident and vigorous protests are not at_all unlikely. Secretary Mellon cited evidence indi- cating rum running by the ship out of Belize, British Honduras, in February and March, and asserted that “on March 20 the Coast Guard patrol ‘boat Wolcott picked up the I'm Alone within 12 miles of the Louisiana coast,” and “called upon the smuggler to heave to for boarding and examination, as au- thtt)riud by the United States tariff act.” The I'm Alone “defied” the Wolcott, he said, and fled, “being continuously pursued by the Wolcott and by the Coast Guard patrol boat Dexter, which joined in the chase.” When overhauled by the Dexter on the morning of March 22, “the, Wolcott also being close up,” he related, the master persisted in his refusal to stop, despite warning that he would be sunk, and “finally the Dexter was compelled to fire a number of shots inmkthe smuggler’s hull, and the vessel sank.” “From the time when this notorious rum smuggler defied a vessel of the United States within 4 leagues (ap- proximately 13 miles) of our coast,” ‘he memorandum continued, “there was a_ continuous pursuit, .precisely in ac- cord with this well known doctrine of international law, until the vessel was overtaken and again .defied .the author- ity of the United States. Under this doctrine the American ship North was condemned by the British Columbia ad- created at the sacred consistory to be |miralty court in 1925, the decision be- (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) Vanguard of Cherry The vanguard of the cherry blossoms was in evidence today as various iso- lated branches showed full-blown blooms. All around the Tidal Basin, where the cherry trees hold forth in full glory in the heyday of their beauty, there was a pinkish background today, foreshadowing the showering klooms that will probably be in full display on Easter Sunday. The display will last |from 10 days to 2 weeks. dependent upon favorable weather, the horticul- tural division of the Office of Public | Buildings and Public Parks explained. $1,808,000,000. The gorgeous display of cherry blos- New York clearing house balance, i soms expected on Easter Sunday is that 2160000000, double of the single-bloom J.re% m\ { Blossoms Appear In Full Bloom Around Tidal Basin blooms, with favorable weather, are scheduled now to be at their peak about April 20, and will likewise last from 10 days to 2 weeks. The benignant weather of the past few days Was coaxed the Oriental blooms out in magical fashion. Although Eas- ter comes unusually early this year, the cherry blossoms have been at their zenith before the end of March. In 1925 the single blooms reached their best on March 27 and in 1927 they were at the peak on March 20. This year's crop of blossoms is in prospect earlier than last vear, for in 1928 the single blooms did not reach the fullness of their pageantsy until April-8, _ - . MURDER SCHENE LAID T0 GOVERNOR BY EX-ATTENDANT Impeachment Resolution Ac- cuses Long of Attempting to Hire Killer. lCHAR(:‘uES ARE BROUGHT IN SWORN AFFIDAVIT Allegation Is Last of 19 Counts Against Executive to Be Pre- sented to Legislature. By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La, March 26.— Gov. Huey P. Long of Louisiana was charged with attempting “to hire and induce one H. A. Bozeman to kill and murder one J. Y. Sanders, jr., a mem- ber of the Louisiana House of Repre- sentatives,” in an impeachment resolu- tion drafted for presentation today in the Legislature. ‘The charge was made in the last of 19 counts contained in the resolution, and was based on a sworn affidavit of H. A. (Battling) Bozeman, former per- sonal attendant of Gov. Long and for- mer employe of the Louisiana Highways Commission. In his affidavit Bozeman swore that about five weeks ago Gov. Long, with the odor of liquor on his breath, called him into his office and said he was planning to call an extra session of the Legislature, and that Representative J. Y. Sanders, jr., would oppose all of his measures. “I have chosen you to do away with this (epithet),” Bozeman quoted the governor as saying. “I mean for you to kill the (epithet), leave him in the ditch where nobody will know how or when he got there,” the affidavit said. “I'm governor of this State, and if you were to be found out I would gi-e you & full pardon and many gold dol- lars,” the ex-prizefighter further quoted the governor. ‘The impeachment resolution was pre- pared by a committee com f Representatives Clark Hughes of Bos- sier Parish, Paul Ghasez of New Orleans. and Representative Nathan Spencer of Tallulah, Madison Parish. The resolution was to be introduced by a spokesman of the committee leading the fight against the governor. The ;ul:luunn w; prepared by a group of wyers, Wi ‘When the administration forces, who used their flats to get control of the Assembly. Resolution of Impeachment. ‘The resolution of impeachment con- tained these charges: First—That he has used the ap- pointive power in an attempt to in- fluence -the judiciary and has publicly boasted that he controls the judiciary. Second-—That while governor he has bribed or attempted to bribe a member of the State Legislature. Third—That in violation of the Con- stitution he has habitually required as a_condition to appointment to public office, signatures of appointees to un- dated resignations. Fourth—That he has, through him- self and through boards controlled by him, wasted, misused, misapplied and misappropriated funds and property of the State. Fifth—That in the same way he has contracted illegal loans for the State in violation of the Constitution. Sixth—That he has “politicalized” the educational institutions of the State, in- cluding the public schools, by remov- ing school officfals and using his power to intimidate teachers and pupils and for the suppression. of free thought, Seventh—That he has subordinated civil authority to the military and as commander-in-chief has attempted to impose his own will, through the mili- (Continue 3, Column 5.) GIANT NEW LINER WRECKED BY FIRE North German Lloyd Office Is Ad- vised Loss to Total About $20,000,000. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 26.—The New York offices of the North Ger- _man Lloyd were advised today that the fire on the Europa might cause loss of between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000. HAMBURG, March 26 (/).—All indi- cations were that the giant new North German Lloyd liner Europa would be a complete loss, as fire which broke out in her forecastle early this morning raged on through the afternoon. ‘The Europa’s steel flanks were liter- ally red hot. Tongues of flame shot out through the port holes and the heat was so great that firemen could: not enter the interior. Tons of water from 20 powerful hg'dn.nu were poured into the flaming ship. All Hamburg’s fire-fighting apparatus was working at full pressure and ships coming up the river were requested to man their pumps and stand by. ‘The pride of Germany's new passen- ger fleet soon was a sorry sight. Her palatial dining and drawing rooms were a mass of tangled wreckage and twisted stanchions. Tens of thousands of peo- ple, gazing at the fire, gasped when the great hulk suddenly listed 30 degrees. A new danger arose with the incom- ing tide. It was feared that the mmr would turn turtle. Neighboring docks were hastily evacuated and the ship itself was given a wide berth.. Thirty vessels hurriedly shifted their moorings, but the hi;lhtfi slowly righted herself and then gradually sank to the bottom of the port basin, where she lay with her name just above the water, Maryland and Virginia News Pages 10 and 11. the | By the Associated Press. T o | = \ il T U N 1851—1929. SPANISH PAIR HOPS SOUTH ATLANTIC Jimenez and Iglesias Fly From Seville to Bahai, Bra- zil, in 43 Hours. 48 Minutes. By the Assoclated Press. BUENOS AIRES, March 26.—The flight of the Spanish aviators was interrupted by fever of Capt. Jime- nez, due to fatigue of the trip, La Nacion's correspondent at Bahia tel- egraphs. Jimenez was taken by au- tomobile from the flying field to Camassy for medical treatment. He is under supervision of the Spanish consul, RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, March 26— The Spanish aviators Ignacio Jimenez and Francisco Iglesias landed their plane, the Jesus Del Gran Poder, at Bahia this morning, completing a flight across the South Atlantic. The aviators landed at the aero postal field, Camassary, at Bahia, at 10:30 a.m. (8:30 Eastern standard time). Bahia, or Sao Salvador, is on the northeast coast of Brazil, located about 800 miles northeast of Rio Janeiro, the goal of their flight. It is about 4,000 miles from Seville, Spain. The flight across the Atlantic was made, so far as 1s known, without being sighted. Various conflicting reports yesterday had the Jesus Del Gran Poder passing over Cape Verde, Western Africa, at noon; over Cape Blanco, Mauritania, West Africa, at 4:39 p.m., Greenwich time, and previously over Cape Jubey, considerably north of Cape Blanco, shortly after midnight Monday morn- ing. The dispatches and the places and times indicated in every instance were vague and were believed to be at least partially incorrect. The Brazilian government ordered alrports along the Brazilian coast from Natal south to remain lighted during the night to guide the fiyers on their way southward, although at the time the order was given it was considered unlikely that they would make the coast before daylight. Campo Dos Alfonsos, the landing ml;i] here, was prepared for their ar- The airmen left Seville, Spain, in a Secret takeoff on Sunday afternoon at 5:42 o'clock (12:42 p.m. Eastern stand- ard time). They had been in the air 43 hours and 48 minutes when they landed at Bahia this morning. The record established by Arturo Fer- rarin and Carlo P. Delprette, Italians, was made on a non-stop hop from Rome to Brazil by way of the Cape Verde Islands, covering 4,600 miles in approximately 59 hours, Covering _the approximately 4,000 miles from Seville to Bahia, the Spanish fiyers averaged about 90 miles an hour for the entire journey. They had ex- g:cted to average about 100 miles an MOTHER IS BLAMED IN 4 FIRE DEATHS Killed Three Children and Then Committed Suicide, Coro- her Decides. By the Associated Pr TOLEDO, Ohio, March 26.—Murder and sulcide was the verdict of Coroner | Kreft here today in the death of a| woman and three children near Mau- | mee, Ohio, late yesterday when the small house in which they lived was' set afire. Notes found by the comner' indicated that the mother, Mrs. Hazel | Steyer, 25, planned the death of her children and herself. Yesterday afternoon, facing poverty and knowing that another child soon | would .be born, she rendered her three tots insensible to pain and set fire to the shack, the coroner said. School children discovered. the blaze, and when Maumee firemen 'responded they found the bodies: 'All had died of suffocation. . Wales Leaves Paris in Plane. LE BOURGET, France, March 26 (#). —The Prince of Wales departed for England by airplane at 3:30 this aiter- | late President Wilson appointed noon. He was returning from the Foch funeral. . Radio Programs—Page 31 Fort Myer Guns Fire Foch Salute Lasting All Day ‘The national salute of 21 shots was fired from the guns at Fort Myer, Va., for Marshal Foch and one round of ammunition was fired every half hour beginning at 5:30 this morning and continuing up to 5:30 this evening as a trib- ute to the dead war hero, All flags at the Army post and on Government buildings were at half staff throughout the day. 0 PER CENT MONEY HITS STOCK PRIGES Market Shows Further Dras- tic Drop in Credit Squeeze. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 26.—The Stock Market broke wide open again today when the call money rate was jacked up to 20 per cent, the highest level in years, losses in many of the high- priced issues ranging from $5 to nearly $35 a hsare, with at leat 1080 stock in new low ground for the year. ‘The market opened fairly steady this morning despite the hundreds of mar- gin calls sent out last night, but 2 12 per cent renewal rate for call money started a secondary wave of selling, which increased rapidly when the rate jumped 12 to 15 per cent, and rumors were circulated that the supply of funds were scarce at the higher figure and a further increase was likely. Total sales crossed the 3,000,000~ share mark shortly after midday, with the ticker lagging nearly 40 minutes behind the market at 1 p.m. Brooklyn Edison dropped $34.50 a share. Adams . $49.25 a share yesterday, tumbled $21 more today. A. M. Byers fell $10.25, and Rossia Insurance, Wright Aeronau- tical, Kroger Stores, Greene Cananea Copper, Industrial Rayon, International Telephone, American Tobacco B, Radio, Foundation Co., Allled Chemical, Inter- national Telephone and Johns Manville were carried down $5 to $10 a share in the flood of selling which poured over the brokerage wires from all sections of the country. Standing room was at a premium in all of the large commission houses, and urgent telephone calls for more margin went out by the hundreds as quoted values were washed away. 3 ‘The sharp break on the stock market brought about sympathetic declines in some of the commodity markets. Cot- ton prices broke $2 to $2.50 a bale. Chicago wheat fell about 5 cents a bushel. -Selling of these commodities was due in part to liquidation by specu- lators, who used this method of pro- tecting margins in stocks. Oscar E. Bradfute Dies. XENIA, Ohio, March 26 (#).—Oscar E. Bradfute, 67 mrfl old, prominent Ohio farm leader, dled here wdly’.flm'l'h! membership on his Industrial Commis- sion, and in 1925' President Coolidge named him the American delegate to m!:o ‘World ¢ onference on Agriculture in me. French Strother Appointed by Hoover To Be Literary and Research Assistant| French Strother, magazine writer and author, and ' former California news- paper man, has joined President Hoo- ver’s executive force at the White House to serve in a capacity unofficially re- ferred to as literary and research as- sistant to the President. Mr. Strother has not yet been given the. title, .so .far. as the White House roles are concerried, but it is understood that his duties will be similar to those of F. Stuart Crawford and Judson C. Welliver, who served in a literary ca- pacity at the .White House during the administrations of Presidents Coolidge and Harding, = Although Mr.. Hoover prepares his own speeches, frequently considerable research work is necessary in the ws’['unuon of an address, and this tasl 1l fall to Mr. Strother. The latter also will answer certain forms of lenlera that require more than a routine reply. Mr. Strother, however, will not rank with the other three secretaries Mr. Hoover has appointed, although his duties will be highly confidential and |is important. He is well known in Wash- ington, having frequently been here in connection with his magazine and book work. He was a frequent visitor at the White House during Mr, Coolidge’s term DRY RAIDERS SLAY which broke | SuD: to | Elementary School, MOTHER IN HOME CAPT. BURLINGAME AND HESSE RETIRED: SHAKE-UP IMPENDS Long Police Service Careers to Close Simultaneously on Sunday. BURKE IS EXPECTED TO SUCCEED CAPTAIN Many Changes Slated and Others Contemplated—Shelby May Be Detective Bureau Chief. The retirement applications of Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of po- lice, and Capt. Guy E. Burlingame of the second precinct were approved to- day by the District Commissioners, Both officers will close their long ca- Teers in the police service simultaneous- Iy on Sunday. The retirement of these two veterans is & forerunner of the first Police De-~ partment reorganization of major pro- portions in the last three years. Already the Commissioners have before them for action recommendations from Maj. Hesse for the promotion of a quartet of officers due to the retirement of Capt. Burlingame. A number of other changes will follow the appointment of the new Police superintendent, which is not ex« pected to be made by the Commission« ers until Priday. Lieut. Frank S. W. Burke, now as- {Boy Grabs Gun, Wounds One of Deputies—Gallon of Wine Found. By the Associated Press. AURORA, I, March 26.—A mother was shot and killed last night by county dry raiders as she bent over her husband, who had been knocked unconscious. ‘The third member of the family, a boy of 9, then took up the battle with six deputy sheriffs and wounded one in the leg before he could be disarmed. ‘Officers said they confiscated a gallon of wine in the Deking home. ‘The deputies sald the woman was shot because they thought she was reaching for one of the guns her husband had dropped when he slumped to the floor after being hit with the butt of a deputy’s pistol. The slain woman was Mrs. Lillian Deking, 40 years old. The nian clubbed into insensibility as he attempted to keep the officers from entering his home was Jose] 3 . son vmpgo?:i:{hgsni?tn wflgn b’fl: parents lay on the floor, one of them never to regain consciousn was Gerald Deking. e . Driven Off by Owner. ‘Three deputies had tried to raid the house, on the edge of town, earlier in the evening, but Deking drove them off with a shotgun. Assistant State’s Attor- ney Carlton Shults said they had a search warrant, sworn out after investi- gators had bought liquor there. ‘The raiders went back to'the sheriff’s office, enlisted three more deputies and returned. to the Deking home. This time they surrounded the house and stationed men at each door. Again they were met by Deking and this time he had two s. Deking was knocked down by one of the deputies. As he dropped to the floor, his wife ran to him. From a mup of three de| rway, came & s| ly wounded. Son Takes War Path. ‘The son then grabbed one of his father's guns and before the deputies could reach him, he had fired at the group in the doorway. Deputy Roy Smith was hit in the leg. The State’s attorney’s office refused to mame the deputy that shot Mrs. Deking. A complete investigation was promised and a number of neighbors were ques- tioned today. raid was one of a series resulting from the clean-up campaign by State’s Attorney George Carbary of Elgin, who was elected on the cam promise that he would close up liquor and gambling resorts. Since he came into office last November, approximately 300 persons have been arrested in 100 raids. . Send First Melon to Hoover. BRAWLEY, Calif., March 26 (#).— The first cantaloupe from the 1929 crop in the Imperial Valley, grown by chil- dren in the yard of the Westmorland today was on its way to President Hoover by air mail. It is a custom of long standing to send the first melon to the President and | there is much rivalry among the grow- ers for the honor. t and she fell, fatal- and wrote a number of articles dealing with the latter's administration in an intimate manner. Mr. Strother is a native of California, having been born in Fresno in 1883. Atl ties, standing in the | based signed to the administrative divisio: the Police Department, is Maj. He.lll:z choice to fill the vacancy in the second preci command. A recommendation for hl:n ‘pr'zm&uon to :Im and as- signme e Secon o fore the Commissioners, (ot Davis' Transfer Recommended. ‘The Commissioners also consideration Maj. Hml:‘:“n“;?:: mendation for the transfer of Lieut. Ogden T. Davis from _the fifth precinct to wucen‘hmumtrlum. and the pro- ive “Sergt. Mansfleld to lieutenant. It to assign Mansfield to th cinct to succeed Lieut. Mansfie] vai in the detective force, and this would be filled under Maj. Hesse’s recommendations by the promotion and transfer of Detective James E. Kane.of the first precinct. Two other changes recommended fexge are the promotion of precinct assigned to Central Detective Bureau. Approved With Regret. The Commissioners approved Maj. Hesse’s retirement application “wit | much regret” and wrote him a letter expressing their appreciation of his long f:rvlu to the District. The text fol- WS “My Dear Maj. Hesse: “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia have this date approved & recommendation of the policemen’s and firemen’s retiring board that you be re- tired from the service of the District of Columbia, effective on and after April 1, 1929, “This action of the retiring board was upon the of your health and it is with much regre Commissioners find it necessary that you sever your connection with the Metropolitan police force of the Dis~ trict of Columbia. You have had a long and faithful'service in the department both as a civillan and as a member of the uniform force. You have brought to the performance of your duties ability, fidelity and courage. ‘The position of major and superin- tendent of police of the District of Columbia is an onerous and exacting one, requiring ability of the highest order, firmness and excessive hours of service. Your devotion to your duty has no doubt brought about the con- dition of health which requires that you have a complete rest. “It is the hope of the Commissioners that this rest will enable you to re- gain your health and that the years of life that stand before you will be filled with the consciousness of a duty well performed, and that you carry with you in your retirement. ihe heart. felt good wishes, not only of the Com missioners. but of the citizens of Was| (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) sty PLANE CRASH VICTIM’S HUSBAND FOUND IN JAIL Sought Over Radio Yesterday for Completion of Plans for Funeral By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C, March 26.— John G. Galloway, husband of Mrs. Dorothy Harvell Galloway, one of the three victims of an airplane crash here Sunday afternoon, is being held at the McKeesport, Pa. county jail awaiting & the conclusion of a high school educa- tion in Fresno he entered upon -news- paper work as a reporter on the Fresno Republican. In 1904 he joined the staff of World's Work Magazine, where he remained for three years. He then be- came the assoclate editor of the Cali- fornia, Weekly, published in San Fran- cisco. A year later he was inted to the office of superintendent of public instruction, where he remained for one year, In 1911 Mr.: Strother rejoined the editorial staff of the World’s Work Magazine. He served alternately as managing editor and associate editor until three years ago. Since then he has devoted most of his time to inde- pendeat writing. He is the author of “Fighting Germany’s Spies,” and col- laborated with Henry Morganthau in the writing of “All in a Lifetime.” He a member of Board of Zoning Appeals of Garden City, N. Y., where he now lives. He also is a trustee of the fund for the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University, . .. . _ .. N hearing on charges of plotting to rob the pay roll of the Union Dye Works of McKeesport. Galloway was sought yesterday by means of radio after an appeal had been made by Hamp Harvell, father of the dead woman, for aid in locating the man so that funeral plans for his wife could be perfected. After he was found to be in jail, the plans were still ine complete today. Galloway is being held with Jack Campbell, also of Charlotte, and the men are said to have admitted their intentions when arrested. They are also sald to have admitted their pre~ viously serving prison terms. Screen Star in Hospital. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 26 (®). —Laura La Plante, screen star, was under treatment at a hespital here to- day. Her condition was reported to be the result of overwork. Dr. L. M. Shul- man assured her hushand, William Weiter, & film director, that Test would o hehelk ol )