Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1929, Page 2

2w ANTARCTICA NIGHT PALL FELT BY BYRD Fuel Excavated From Snow as Sun Sinks Lower on Horizon. BY RUSSELL OWEN. B Radio to The Star and New York Times. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, March 27.—The gray twilight that comes before the Winter night is settling down. over Antarctica. . The sun rises only a short distance above the horizon and is of a discouraged yellow which gives little heat. But most of the outside work of the Byrd expedition for this season is done, I iy and in a few weeks more. when the | sun dips behind the barrier for the| last time and our days are marked by, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, )[A_B_CH 28, 1929. TRUK 1 IRED iThrown to Ground When Wheels Strike Rough Spot in Road. David Lee, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lee of Silver Spring, Md, | was seriously injured early this after- | noon when he was thrown to the ground | while riding on the side of & volunteer fire truck ‘which was responding to a blaze on Silver Spring avenue. The, | boy was taken to Walter Reed Hospital |In & passing automoblle and later trans- {ferred to Emergency Hospital, where it | was said the extent of his injuries had not been determined. Physicians at Walter Reed Hosplial BOY RIDING FIRE | [y sy ] BATILE EXPECTED FRENCH STROTHER | NEAR CHIHUAHUA TApparent Evacuation of Jimenez by Rebels Re- ported by Flyers. By the Associated Press. Apparent evacuation of the town of | Jimenez in Southeastern Chihuahua i was reported by federal airmén today. | The insurgents were proceeding north- | ward in the direction of the rebel! stronghold of Chihuahua and the gov- ernment looked for a battle at Bachimba Pass, strone strategical point | { south of that ci‘y. The rebels, on the other hand, in-| Jicated that a clash was expected in| ! the vieinity of Jimenez, no confirmation | s s Ry e R N Nt — UNION BUS DEPOT PLAN 13 OFFERED Structure to Replace Oid Hudson Hotel Is Suggest- ed for Terminal, = An_offer to provide ample facilitics for the proposed union motor bus ter- minal in a new business building plan- ned for the site of the old Hudson Hotel 1329-1331 H street, was made to the Public Utilitles Commission today by Dewey & Co., Inc, with offices in the Southern Building. The firm pointed out in a letter to the commission that it would construct the new building with provisions for the bus terminal if given assurance that all or a greater part of the busses en- gaged in interstate transportation would use it. The Commission also received from Maj. Gen, Anton Stephan, commander jexpressed the opinion that in addition of the District militia, a promise to con- the pale glow of stars and moon or| the howling drive of the wind, there | will be shelter for every one and rooms where we may work or read and pass the days of darkness in comfort. Today there is a strong wind blow- ing and snow drifting. holiday has been declared in order that tired muscles may be rested and energy re- newed for the last days of hard work. A man gets tired much more quickly down here, so much vitality is expended in resisting the cold. For three months the men of the expedition have worked as they would never have worked under normal con- ditions, building & home ‘and hauling all the bulky and heavy material which accompanies aviation, has been a herculean task. Plane Housed in Snow Dugouts. The Fairchild plane, the Stars and Stripes, 18 buried for the Winter in a house of snow blocks, and the Ford, the Floyd Bennett, will be tucked away on the next quiet day. The day she made her last flight the wings of the Fairchild craft were fold- ed and she was pushed into a hole in the snow. Then snow blocks were piled all around her up to the top of the fuselage, so that the plane rests in a sort of snow fort. The tarpaulin was put across the top and the plane was made as secure as if run into a hangar and the door locked. The wind can blow now with- out injuring her. The center section of the Ford ma- chine has been put in place and the wing motors hung before putting it away in a dugout of its own. Yesterday the last of the Barrier cache was brought in. This was some of the material taken ashore while the ply ship Eleanor Bolling lay ale :fl’e the Barrier, and it has gradually been hauled toward camp when weath- er permitted. All Gasoline and Coal In. ‘The last drums of gasoline and last bags of coal were brought in yester- day after they had been excavated under tons of snow, and it was with sighs of relief that the men drop- ptflhmrc chairs when they returned at night. the meantime, everything about has been collected and placed of which & house will Then it will be both { | camp in one big pile, constructed. t up and our position relative to the moon can be understood. 80 far, we haven't fallen off: for which we are grateful to the force of gravity. Cop: .L . by the N '.'Ml T QI'?. B e Bt A 3 . JAPAN AND CHINA SIGN TSINAN CLASH PACT By the Associated Press. NANKING, China, March 28.—Japan and Nationalist China today signed an agreement in settlement of the Tsinan incident, which grew out of a clash be- tween Japanese troops in the Shantung eity and Chinete soldiers in last year's advance on Peking. The signatories were Kenkichi Yoshizawa, nese and C. T. Wang, Chinese foreign minister. n‘: agreement was reached on March 23, but first was submitted to Tokio. Reliable reports had it that the under- standing was on the basis that both sides would waive responsibility for the Teinan affsir and that each would make grants to the natlonals of the other in settlement of damages. It waz sald aiso that the agreement calls for the withdrawal of Japanese troops from Shantung. U. S. GUNBOAT IN CHINA HITS ROCK, IS BEACHED American Consul General F. B. Lock- hart at Hankow reported to the State Department today that the United States warship Tutuila, while proceed- ing from Chungking to Hankow, has| chanies, struck a submerged rock in the Yangtze River, 102 miles above I¢hang, and had to be beached. BSalvage tugs were called to her assistance. No loss of life was reported. The U. 8. 8. Tutulla is & gunboat in the Yangtze patrol. The Navy Depart- ment today lacked det il of the mishap. ATTACKS WITH KNUCKLES. Robber Escapes When Daughter of British Premier Aids Woman, LONDON, Msarch 28 (#).—A man using brass knuckles attacked the wife of the office keeper at the residence of Stanley Baldwin, prime minister, on Downing street, earlv today and at- tempted to snatth {wo bags which she was carrying. The prime minister's daughter heard sereams from the back yard and rushed out to the woman's assistahce. Bir Ernley Blackwell, a member of Mr, Baldwin's staff, also assisted the victim. whose side was badly bruised. Her as- sailant escaped. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra tomorrow at 3 pm., audi- torium, Marine Barracks; Taylor Bran- son, leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, second leader. Prelude to “Parsifal” Vibraphone solo, “Songs Taught Me” Wilbur D. KiefTer, Cornet solo, “Inflamma “Stabat Mater”....... John P. Whi . Cesar Franck t We Two Were Maying,” Nevin Arlesienne .. .............Blzet ‘Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Monte- zuma " “The Star Spangled Banner.” Notice —The concert at the Marine tus, te. .|, poifit 100 thiles of Barnegat Light ‘o Upper: Maj. Gen. Stephen O. Fuqua. Low M Gen, Harry L. Glichrist. Gen. Fuqua yesterday was appointed chief of Infantry, succeeding M.fl' Gen. Robert H. Allen, and Gen. Gilchrist, chief of the Chemical Warfare Service, succeeding Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries. DIRIGIBLE SEARCH FOR PLANE VAIN Los Angeles Cruising Along | Jersey Coast Wirelesses “Nothing Sighted.” By the Associated Press. NAVAL AIR STATION, Lakehurst, N. J, March 28.—The dirigible Los An- geles, searching off the coast of New Jersey for T. Raymond Finucane and three others missing since Friday in an amphibian airplane, wirelessed today that nothing had been sighted. Lieut. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl, in command of the airship, reported visibility was very poor. After crulsing all night off the coast he proceeded to a fly’ southward paraliel to the coast to- ward Norfolk, Va. SEARCH OVER WIDE RANGE. Dirigible Flies Over Ocean in Hunt for Missing Plane. NEW YORK, March 28 (#).—The Navy dirigible Los Angeles today was flying over the Atlantic toward Norfolk, Va., in search of the Bikorsky amphibian plane in which T. Raymond Finucane, wealthy Rochester sportsman, and three companions _have been missing_since they took oft from Norfolk last Friday morning. The - dirigible, in charge of Lieut. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl and. car- rying a crew of 50 officers and men, took off from its training station at Lakehurst, N. J, yesterday afternoon. | Comdr. Rosendahl planned to fly over the ocean 100 miles from shore in be- Ief that the plane made a forced land- | ing at sea and was drifting eastward. | Unless some trace of the plane i8 found, | the dirigible is expected to return to her hangar tonight. 3 Bellef that the plane was forced down at sea was strengthened by a letter received at the Atlantic City munieipal radio station, WPG, from Mrs. Richar Carpenter of Broadwater, Vi rs. Carpenter said that a llnel lnned over Hog Island near her home | ast Friday and that the motors sud- | denly stopped when it was about & miles northeast of the Hog Island | Light Station. She sald she was unable to sight the plane, due to pine trees between the beach and the island, but that the motors did not start again. B. E. Finucane, brother of the miss-| ing man, offered a reward of $10,000 to | the captain of any ship rescuing the| yers and 82,500 for the first informa- tion directly leading to location of the | missing plane. In addition to Pinucane, the missing men are Harry Smith of Miami, pilot: Robert Boyd of Portland, Me, and Prank Abels of Mineols, N. Y., me- | BUCHANAN NAMED HOOVER NAVAL AIDE; — (Continued From First Page.) | cooiness and skill in his conduct of the fighting. Upon his courage and skill depended, i great measure, success or failure., His responsibilities were great and he met them in & manner worthy of commendation.” Comdr. Munroe was born in Waco, Tex., April 8, 1886, and was appointed 1o the Nayal Academy in 1004, graduat- | ing four years later. { Eomflr, Munroe first served aboard the U. 8. 8. Maine and later the U. S. 8, North Carolina, before devoting his | attention extensivély to the submarine | sarvice. He wes in command of the 7. 8. S. No. 3 and R-17 during the World War in the Carribean and on the East Coast. He served al d the U. B. 8. Mississippi when Rear Ad- miral Willlam A Moffett, now chief of the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics, was commander, The new White House aide served in New London, Conn, in con- | junction with the 8-submarine program In 1921 he went to Brazil with Rear Admiral C. T. Vogelgesang, head of the first naval mission to that country. He was on duty in the submarine service | {of the Brazillan government until he | returned to the United States, in Feb- | ruary, 1926. Later, Comdr. Munroe took command of the destroyer U. 8, 8. Paul Hamilton and served in that capacity for two ears and four months, accom ns\ylr(\g oul | | |y fihe fleet on its Australian an { Seas crulee, In June, 1927, Comdr. Munroe was ordered to the Naval War College, from which he graduated in May, 1927. He then came to Wathington to the war plans division. Barracks Monday, April 1, has been :nn",eled. the band giving a concert at White House at 3 o'clock that day. Comdr. Munrge is marricd and has one son, Willial obert, ir. The fam- ily resides at 1911 R street, TO REPORT JULY 15/t to suffering a fractured leg and shock the boy may be suffering from internal injuries. According to Policeman Charles T. Barnes of the Montgomery County po- lice. young Lee had made his applica- tion to become a member of the Volun- teer Fire Department of Silver Sprin, and jumped on the side of the fire trucl when the alarm came in this afternoon. The boy, the policeman said, hang- ing onto a ladder on the side of the truck, which was proceeding at a rapid rate, and was thrown severely to the road when the rear wheels of the truck | struck a hole. The boy's parents, when notified of the accident, rushed to his side at Wal- ter Reed Hospital and later accompa- | nied him to Emergency. The blaze to which the fire appafatus was responding when the accident oc- curred turned out to be a fire in a chicken house on a farm on the oute | skirts of Silver Spring. SHIP CHASE BEGAN IN 12-MILE LIMIT, COAST GUARD SAYS (Continued From First Page.) crease in the tariffs on Canadian farm produce. Of the $450,0 0 worth of goods the United States annually im- ports from the dominion, about a third (or $150,000,000 worth) would be af- fected by the proposed higher American duties on livestock, some grains, lum- ber, shingles and wood pulp. Canada is the United States’ best customer. She buys about $950,000,000 worth a year from us. We sell Canada roundly half that much, leaving a trade balance in our favor of about $500,000,000 a year. Resentment over threatened higher American tariffs is leading to several demands in Canda, among them a de- mand for outright tariff reprisals, the extension of preferential duties to countries which “appreciate” Canadian trade more highly, and a quiet, sys- tematic popular dycon of American g0ods, such as the Chinese recently in- voked against Japan. Finally, there 1s Canada’s dislike of the “arrogant” procedure of our - eral Radio Commission in “usurping” arbitrary control over all wave-lengths onmme North American Continent, re- ultin handful to Canada. (Copyright, 1020.) .FRANCE NOW INVOLVED. Investigation Begins Into Report That rowned Man Was French. By the Associated Préss. Prance, as well as Great Britain ana Canada, is now interested in the #f of the Canadian schooner I'm Alone by an American patrol boat in the Gulf of Mexico. ‘This new complication has been added to the case by & report from the French consul at New Orleans that the seaman drowned when the alleged rum runner went down was & French citisen, had been described previously as a naturalised British subject. The French embassy immediately cabled this information to the foreign office at Paris, and is expected to await instructions before ukln!‘up the matter formally with the State Department. Meanwhile it is also awaiting & full re. port from the consul on his investigation of the seaman'’s citizenship. CONSUL GIVEN PROTECTION. Belize Authorities Promise Taggart to | Guard Against Attack. BELIZE, British Honduras, March 28 (#).—Special police rotection was given today to Q. Russell Taggart, United States consul as & consequence | of hifll {nlln& over the sinking of the British vessel I'm Alone last Friday by an_Amerioan Comst Guard boat. Two Belize men were members of the crew of the ill-fated rum ship and in some quarters there has been consider- able anti-American agitation since the | dis shelling of the vessel. ap] to the police when it appeared some of this feeling might be directed against himsel?. The authorities promised every pre- caution to prevent an attack on the consulate, BRITISH WEEKLIES' COMMENT. pealed Give Sinking of Sloop Prominent Pflil-l tion in Columns. LONDON, March 28 (#)—Influential British weeklies today commented on the international problem arising from the sinking of the Canadian schooner I'm Alone by & United States Coast Guard cutter in the Gulf of Mexico. The New Statesman said editorially, “The American naval victory over an unarmed sloop flying the Brif and cartying fum in her hold, course, be closely investi| is unlikely that it will tish flag | must, of | ited. But it | orm the baals | em‘" very serious international inci- ! The weekly reviews in general accord the I'm Alone incident th‘:mm promi- | nent position in their columns. i ‘Britain would probably do better to make no protest at all,” adds the New | Statesman, “and to leave it to the Wash- | ington State Department—with the evi- | dently unqualified support of the New | York press—to clear up the business :mingonv;'h:lever l!t1 CAN t0 prevent repe- ny action so ext) | tition of any ravagantly | The Saturday Review maintains that & question of grave international im- . portance has been raised by the sink- | ing of the I'm Alone. It thinks that the incident will be settled by arbitra- | tion, but considers that a point of fun- damental importance has been raised | and that British opinion would not take | 0 calmly a repetition of the incident. | ATTACKER SCARED OFF. Colored M Seises Woman Home, Is Frightened Away. Hearing the front door of her home | open and close about 8:45 o'clock last | night, Mrs. Evelyn Holloway of the 1300 | | in | block of E street northeast looked up from the paper she was reading and beheld standing in front of her a col- ored man, who seized her by the arm and attempted fo drag her up the stairs. | He was frightened away by her screa: Although her two small children were | sleeping on the second floor at the time, | they were not awakened by her screams. | James P. Holloway, her husband, an i electrical contractor, was not at home. Mrs. Holloway reported to gwlice of | the ninth precinct and a for the man was started. She: yas to furnish & detalled description, _ in the assignment of only a |to ! without justification. President Hoover {o be literary secretary at the White House. His duties will consist of historical research on subjects which the President chooses for speeches. —P. and A. Photo. GANTON GOVERNOR 1S REPORTED SLAIN Guarantor of Safety for Chai- Sum Commits Suicide After Execution. Br the Associated Prems. LONDON, March 28.—A Reuter dis- pateh from Nanking today #aid that | Li Chai-8um, governor of Canton, had | been executed at 11 a.m.. despite the fact his safety had been guaranteed by President Chiang Kai-8hek and three leading members of the government, GUARANTOR COMMITS SUICIDE. Nationalist Statesman Feared Disgrace After Execution of Chai-Sum. SHANGHAL March 28 (#).—It was reported here today Wu Tze Hui, vener- able Nationalist statesman, committed suicide at Nankin, 1allowins the re- ported execution of Li Chai-Sum, gov- ernor of Canton, at 11 a.m. ‘Wu, who was one of three guarantors of Li's safety, felt that the execution meant a disgrace. which he was un- willing to face. WILL PROTECT FOREIGNERS. Tsung Chang Gives U. 8. Consul As- surances of Safety, CHEFOO, China, March 28 ().— Shantung war lord, who ha Chefoo with a force of revolti; today assured Leroy Webber, States consul general, that he intends rotect foreign life and perty. f the 20,000 soldiers which Chang Tsung Chang is reported to have in the vicinity of Chefoo. only 1800 have been allowed within the city and the rest are proceeding eastward in pursuit of Gen. Liu Chen-Nien, the loyal Na. tionalist commander in the region. Re. newed fighting was belleved imminent. It was esfimated that combined casualties in the recent battle were 400, Liu Chen-Nien losing in addition 1,000 men who were either captured or who deserted him. He also lost a few field guns, 50 trench mortars, 1,000 rifles and 100,000 rounds of ammunition. It is not believed that Liu Chen-Nien will be able t6 oppose Chang Tsung Chang for long and it is expected that he will flee to British Weihaiwel. Telegraph service to Hwanghsien, Tfifimfiu and Lungkow has been re- [ ITALIAN EMBASSY JOINS IN PROBE OF SHOOTING | Assembiy Murder of New York Prisoner in Florida Camp Is Being Investigated. By the Assoclated Press. ‘TAMPA, Fla, March 27.—An inves- u’lflan of the ‘shooting of Jasper Rit- tolo of New York by a Dade County, Fla, prison guard several days ago nhas been instituted by the Italian embassy at Washington at the request of the vietim's family in New York, it was learned here yesterday from H. Vit )lllrl’A‘r‘fl. Italian viee consul for this rict, ‘The vice consul said he had been in- formed that Gov. Doyle E. Carlton of Florida had been requested to conduct a complete inquiry into the shooting. Mariani said he had been informed Rit- tolo was shot to death while working on & road gang, and that other prisoners alleged he was killed in cold blood and An marne{onn been retained by the man's famil tend the preliminary hearing for the guard scheduled at Miami next Tues- day and also to look out for the inter- f the Itallan embassy. NEW FIGURE FOR STATUARY HALL Marshal Chang Tsung Chang, former | @ Of New York, who has been chosen byi being given of the reported evacuation | of that town. Gen. Escobar, rebel commander-in- | chief, has repeatedly asserted that he| would lead an advance on Mexico City | itself. ! Othetwise a strict censorship veiled the plans of the fnwurgents. . | Federal relief forces were expected to reach’ Mazatlan on the west cmsfl‘ today. relieving the garrison which suc- | cessfully held off a rebel attack early | this week. | ‘The governor of the Northern district | of Lower California today denied that loyal Mexican troops had been trans- | ported across Arizona territory toreach | Naco, where a federal garrison is| holding out. | The federals at Naco, strongly en- | trenched, were still awaiting a long | delayed attack by the rebels encamped 10 miles a Unless an attack de- | velops soon, they declared they would | start “some activity” themselves. ACTION TAKEN AGAINST SPIES. MEXICO CITY, March 28 Alberto Terrones Benites, provisional | governor of Durango, in a message to the government said: “We are taking drastic measures against the Knights of Columbus of Durango City, who are acting as spies for the rebels and Cristeros.” He also said e was mobilizing Du- | rango agrarians to combat the “Cris- teros.” “Cristeros” is a name applied In some | parts of Mexico to those so-called | religious insurgents who use the battle ery, “Viva Christ, King."” SPY REPORTS DENIED. Called Baseless Propaganda by Knights of Columbus Official. NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 28 (#).— Supreme Secrétary Willlam J. McGinley of the national headquarters of the Knights of Columbus today character- iged reports issued from Mexico City that K. of C. members were acting as sples of the rebels as “baseless propa- N ands. “This is only one of a serles of at- tempts to charge Knights of Columbu: neral and Catholics in particular with responsibility for the never-ending brawls in Mexico,” declared Mr. Mc- Ginley, . “Columbia, our mi e, has been barred from the Mexican mailr. We have béen unable to communicate with our members, and we have had no re- ports from councils in more than two years. “Durengo is & big city. Several years ago we had 142 members there How many have died in prison or peen exe- cuted under the guise of law and order since that time I do not know.” HANGING BILL PASSES. California Assembly Adopts Move to Limit Execution Witnesses, SACRAMENTO, Calif, March 28 prison officials, would be permitted to attend executions in California under a bill passed yesterday by the California ml 8ponsors of the measure said it was designed to “take the ,Roman holiday flavor out of . Special writers and “sob sisters” should be barred from futur Representative Charles H. D of the bill, said, WALES CONFERS ORDERS. 150 Recipients on List at Second Investiture. LONDON, March 28 (#).—The Prince of Wales, in behalf of King George, held hid second investiture at St. James' Pal- ace today, conferring the insignia of orders bestowed by his majesty in the new year honors list on 150 recipients. In contrast with yesterday's private investiture in which every one wore morning dress of lounge suits, today's function was a (mt.eri.ng affair of gold lace, resplendent decorations and white plumed cockaded hats. The prince was attired in the scarfet uniform of the Welsh Guards, with the :lue lrlbl:on of the Garter across his reast, Cristo Rey,” or “Long live | P)—Only 10 witnesses, exclusive of | This radio photo shows Gen. Pershing, followed by an unidentified French officer, marchin, Foch. Directly fll back of the casket is the chief mourner. Atop the casket is the late military hero's (P).— | hat. beside the gun caisson bearing the casket of the late Marshal Painleve, in civillan clothes, marching as Jacket, sword and ~—P. and A. Photo. U. 3. INVESTIGATES ATTORNEYS' WORK Probe Being Made to Deter- mine Law Enforcement Efficiency. By the Associated Press. A Nation-wide investigation of the work of United States attorneys is being made by the Department of Justice with & view of determining whether changes in personnel are needed and what improvements can be made. Attorney General Mitchell said Prest- dent Hoover is interested in the out come of the investigation and will re- cetve & full report. The Attorney General sald that a study ' of gathered from all sec- tions of country was being made to determine how efficiently the United States atf were conducting the law: enforcement work of the Govern- ment, with a speclal reference to criminal cases. The department, he continued, was seeking to find out how far each dis- trict 18 behind in its work, what can be done to e te it, and to learn whether -additional assistant district attorneys are needed. The investigation, Mr. Mitchell said, is entirely separate from that proposed by President Hoover's law enforcement commission. Mr. Mitchell sald the in- qgiz was a8 soon as he took LA GUARDIA ADMITS LIQUOR IN BAGGAGE, BUT EXPLAINS SOURCE (Continued From First Page. by a customs tor whether he had any liquor in hi . The con- gressman confessed he had four bottles. Later, however, the chief inspector on the pier discovered that his name should have been on the free entry list and his baggage was closed immedi- ately and he was allowed to proceed, presumably with his four bottles. MORGAN DOESN'T KNOW OF IT. Ohioan Declares He Had No Knowledge of Liquor Being Found. Representative William M. Morgan of Ohio, one of the party of 13 Congress- men just back from Panama, said upon his arrival here last night that he knew of no liquor being found in the baggage of any members of the party by customs officials in New York. Mr. Morgan made this statement when asked concerning a published report in New York that four bottles of liquor had been found in the luggage of one e giant hebe of be G In't hear of any liquor being found,” he said. “I don't know any- thing about it.” He declared that several members of the party, upon landing in New York, had been ohlfi)ld to confer with customs officials uj the valuation of purchases made in Panama in excess of the $100 limit allowed by law. Eight or ten members of the party, he said, had cabled for the freedom of the port, which granted them the privilege of bringing their baggage into the coun- ry without im%omon. Upon landing, he added, they had to go through cer- tain formalities to obtain this privilege TREASURY UNINFORMED, Lowman Says Congressmen Returning to U, 8. Are Granted Port Freedom. By the Associated Pres. Treasury officlals declared today that they had no information concerning a report from New York City that a mem- ber of & congressional party returning from Panama had brought in four bot- ties of liquor concealed in his baggage. Seymour Lowman, Assistant Secretary | of the Treasury, sald that members of Congress returnin, abroad were granted the fréedom of the port at which they landed and which, in prac- tice, generally meant that their baggage ‘Was not examined. “I do not kmow whether Congress- men have abused this privilege,” Low- man said. “It is & matter for their own consclence.” It was explained in Lowman's office that, under the law, all h{me should be searched and that gran freedom of the port meant only relief from cus- toms duties. E.W. Camp, commissioner said he knew nothing con- cerning t! w York report, but that it was the practice where responsible officials return from abroad, after hav ing performed Guteon Borglum and his statue of the late Brig. Gen. . dohn C. Greenway, nfil hunt ' Arizona miner, engineer and soldier, which he has been co*l-lonsl to make able ‘l;:r ‘t':le' State. It will be cast in bronze and placed in SW¥ituary Hall at the . Copltol, 3 e ry =-Underwood Photo, amination of his beggage, : n, that they are given substant: lained, it was intended merely to ;RECEI | | SWIMMING COURSE INDORSED BY HESSE Approved as Means of Safety for Boys Enjoying Water Sports. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, who is about to retire as superintendent of police, today joined with other local officials urging the boys of Washington who are non- swimmers to take advantage of the free course of swimming lessons to be of- fered next week at the boys’ department of the Y. M. C. A, under the auspices of The Star. - Speaking from a knowledge of the tragedy that to some extent each year stalks the path of non-swimmers, who, during wi Bummer days, seek recre- ation and fdn in the ol' swimmin’ hole, or boating on.the Potomac or other nearby st j. Hesse placed his 8] al on the “learn t6 ‘swim” cam- gn a8 & means of teaching venture- sclme bo; . hwJ 05 take me“ .o’fa tacm- selves while enjoying aquatic ) “I heartily indorse the program of in- tensive swilnming lessons to be given free of charge by the boys’ It of the Y. M. C. A, in c:‘- Red Cross,” Maj. Hesse learn-to-swim campaign is a good g for the city because it centers attention on the necessity of teaching boys, who are naturally venturesome in spirit, the art of swimming. Statistics Compliled. “As_superintendent of police, I have had the painful duty of having statis- tics compiled each year of the number of deaths by drowning. Last year a toll of 24 lives was taken. The year before the re was 18. While some of this been prevented, certainly some of lives would have been saved had those suffering accidents been able to swim. “I therefore urge boys who cannot swim to take advantage of this oppor- tunity to learn the fundamental rudi- mentary principles of swimming which next week will be taught at the boys' department of the Y. M. C. A. under in- struction of experts.” 250 Are Enrolled. Applications continued today to come into the Y. M. C. A. for the swimming lessons, which will be given from § a.m. to 9 pm. each day next week. The number enrolled this morning totaled about 250. The course is open to boys between the ages of 10 and 18, who are non-swimmers. Applicants will be as- signed to classes according to ages. Commodore Wilbur T. Longfellow of the American Red Cross has arranged for swimming experts to augment the staff of the boys' department of the Y. M, C. A, in giving the swimming les- sons. The course will be under the direction of James C. Ingram, director of the department, with the assistance of James Carberry, boys' swimming cal instructor. Application blanks published in The Star should be properly filled out and sent to the boys' department of the Y. M. C. A, 1732 G strect, this week. VE PAY TOMORROW.| Public School Teachers Will Oo(i March Salaries. | ‘Washington's public school uncheni will be paid for the month of March tomorrow instead of April 1 in view of the fact that all next week is a school holiday, it was made known at the Franklin Administration Buil today. The clerks of the system and Ln. - itorial staff will receive their pay Sat- urday instead of April R33:3:2822TI0R8AE Dept., Y. M. C. Boys 10 to 18 years old free lessons daily—April Send this application to Y. Boys’ Building, 1732 G To Enroll for Classes P T PPN 1832504823220 ERARE2RRE RN ADDRESS. . AGE....... cees Parent’s Signature ieve the diplomat from duty, though thlnp 18 nothing u";’;’&fnn oxy- o mnm 8282012285318 e uired.) 882250505 B2RALEI | by the | interstate loss of life undoubtedly could not hnuv\: the eity coach, and Mars De Gast, boys' physi- los! Learn to Swim For Sport and Protection Under Ausplees The Star and Boys’ sider the use of the upper floors as an armory of any buildi that may be erected as a terminal for the 25 dif- ferent interstate bus lines operating into and out of Washington. Gen. Stephan | explained that the militia has a certain sum which it may use to lease armory | quarters. Tufts Offers Aid. Both of these offers as well as a letter | from Warner Tufts of the national motor bus division of the American Automobile Association, volunteering the services of its committee on schedules and information in the development of plans for a terminal, were considered Commission. at its regular semi- weekly meeting today. Tufts wrote to John W. Childress. chairman of the commission, who has for several years advocated the estab- lishment of a union bus terminal, cen- trally located, in order to éliminate the 15 different sidewalk terminals of the “Though the national motor bus di- vision is a trade association whose ac- tivities are primarily concerned with the common interests of bus operators ail over the country,” he said, “we never- theless have been compelled through our location in Washington and our immediate connection with the Ameri- can Automobile Association to provide information to travelers regar bus departures, etc., from the eity of Wash- gton. Our work has been ham not a little by the multiplicity ter- minal stands which these intercity op- erators have selected for the carrying on of their business. “The difficulties that the average traveler must encounter are very much more acute, simply because he is at | 80 much greater a disadvantage by not having the source of information that we have. This point, I notice, is par- | ticularly by you. It was the outstanding objection that those of us who were heartily interested in bus had to the multiple street stant - - New York City prior to the pol sloner’s requirement that the intercity busses there provide off-the-street ter- minals for themselves.” Board of Trade Acts. commission will have an ally in . ‘ashington Board of Trade announced today that its public utilities committee will consider this question at a luncheon meeting at the City Club Wednesday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock, Chairman Childress of the commission and Earl V. Pisher, its executive secre- tary, have been invited to explain the conditions created by the lack of termi« nal facilities for the interstate busses) Jesse C. Adkins, ‘Past president of the District Bar Association and chaimwn of the committee, will preside. MAYOR AND 21 POLICE DENY NONFEASANCE | State Troopers Keep Peace in New Jersey Town as Officers Are Arraigned. By the Associated Press. ¥ CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N. J. March 28 —State troopers kept the in Ocean Olz yesterday whils , Joseph G. Champion, and entire police force, 21 in num= peared in Quarter Sessions Court to answer to indictments charg- nonfeasance. in having per- tted gambling, bootleglnl and vice. They all pleaded not fil Y. . Bail of $1,000 for r Champlon; Ohiet of Police Mo Johnson and the 20 other police was furnished, and the men returned to Ocean City to re- sume their duties. The accusations are an aftermath of the action of the Ocean City citizens’ committee, which demanded the resig- nation of the mayor two weeks ago. Counsel for the mayor said he had been informed that civic enemies of that of- ficlal were on the grand jury which re- turned the indictments. — PEARL NECKLACE IS LOST. 882,000 Rope of Gems Disappears in New York City. NEW YORK, March 28 (#).—Loss of & pear] necklace valued at $82,000 was reported yesterday by the company with which it was insured. The necklace was her in| the way & hotel to & theater. * A reward of $5,000 has been posted by the insurance company for its return. P dming CUBA'S REVENUE GAINS. HAVANA, March 28 (#).—Enforce~ ment of the 1'5 per cent gross sa and imports tax in 1028 netted Cuban government a revenue increase of more than 81,000,000, according to figures issued by the treasury depart- ment yesterday. The tax has been in effect for several years, but was not rigidly enforced until eafly in 1928, a fact demonstrated by its collection in- crease, although gross sales and imports figures tumbled. SIEEERRIRERANINIRITS Al offered 1to 7 M.C. A. Street