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PRATT APPBINTE[] 10 SUECEED HESSE Several Promotions Are Pro- posed With _Beorganization of Police Department. (Continued From First Page) 1927, when he was especially commend- ed by executive order of the Commis- sioners for the work of the Detective Bureau under his command in protect- ing the citizens of Washington and visitors from pickpockets during the of- ficial reception ceremonies in honor of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh when he re- turned from his epu-h-making trans- atlantic fiight. Inspector Pratt's car.; training in the Police Department was under Lieut. Swindells, regarded as one of the most efficient officers in the history of the force. Because of the unsual ability displayed by the young policeman Lieut. Swindells had him detailed to detec- tive duty at the old Pennsylvania Depot at Sixth and B streets. During his two vears' service at the railroad terminal| he met many of the more prominent men in public life and his courteous | treatment of them won him many friends. More than 20 vears ago. having made good his probationary period as a de-: tective, Pratt was transferred to the detective force at police headquarters, where he remained on active duty, much of the time serving as acting head of the burean until he entered the Army during the World War. Has Good War Record. The war service record of Inspector Pratt was as distinctive as has been his career in the Police Department. It began August 27, 1917, when he was admitted to the Second Reserve Officers’ Training Camp at Fort Myer, Va., for training as a civilian for a commission. While at this camp he was commis- sioned a captain in the aviation sec- tion, Signal Officers’ Reserve Corps, No- vember 8, 1917, and assigned to active duty the same day, under the chief| signal officer. The day following Pratt was detailed to the military intelligence duty under | the chief of the military intelligence division. In April, 1918, he went to Newport News, Va., and organized the intelligence service at the embarkation port and served as port intelligence of- ficer. Returning to Washington October 26, 1918. he was assigned to duty in the gralt @nd fraud section of the intelli- gence division of the general staff as the director of the work of civil agents and intelligence police. In June the fol- Jowing year he was promoted to major and continued his duties in the military intelligence division until honorably discharged October 4, 1920. After demobilization of the emergency forces in October, 1921, Pratt was pro- moted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Officers’ Reserve Corps, which commission he now holds. Shelby Also Is Veteran. Inspector Shelby. who is expected to succeed Pratt as chief of the Detective Bureau, also is a veteran in the police service, the beginning of his career dat- ing back to June 12, 1902. He was giv- en his present rank July 1. 1924. For a time Inspector Shelby was prominently mentioned with Inspector Pratt as Maj. Hesse's probable succes- sor, but he definitely announced he did not want the position. Police officials consider him an ideal administrative officer. - Capt. Bean, slated for the vacancy rank of inspectorship, has been in com- mand of the first precinct since Janu- ary, 1926, being transferred there from the second precinct, which he com- manded for a year. He entered the Police Department July 1, 1895, and after passing through the various of a private, was promoted to a ser- geant July 2, 1906. In August, 1919, he advanced to lieutenant, and was given his present rank July 1, 1920, and assigned to command the eighth pre- cinct. Davis Headed Liquor Squad. Lieut. Davis, who probably will be promoted to_captain, made his reputa- tion in the Police Department while in command of the special liquor enforce- ment squad during the administration of the late Supt. Daniel A. Sullivan. He left the ranks of professional base ball in June, 1878, to join the police force. In June, 1912, he was made a sergeant, and his next promotion, to the rank of lieutenant, was in Janu- ary, 1922. The promotion of Lieut. Edwards to captain and his assignment to take charge of the personnel bureau is plan- ned as a reward for his efficient service as assistant to Inspector Shelby since he has been the department’s person- nel officer. Lieut. Edward’s advancements have been rapid since he came to police headquarters in February, 1921, as a clerk in the office of the late Inspector Charles A, Evans. About two years later he was promoted to sergeant, and Maj. Hesse made him a lieutenant July 1, 1927. He has been in the Police Department since November 17, 1903, FEDERAL RESERVE FACING CRISIS IN SPECULATION WAR| (Continued From First Pa, speculative element that the Federal Reserve Board is in ecarnest and- will not be defled. (Copyright, 1920.) ASSAILS MITCHELL ACTION. Glass Says Director's Resignation Should Have Been Asked. | By the Associated Press. Senator Glass of Virginia, yesterday | assalled the action of Charles E. Mitchell, president of the National City Bank of New York and a member of directors of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, for his action in loaning millions of dollars on Wall Street Wed- nesday to break the call money emer- genry. The former Secretary of the Treas- ury, who is drafting legislation designed to put a curb on_speculative stock transactions by clearly defining the at- titude of the Federal Reserve system toward such dealings, declared that the resignation of Mr. Mitchell as a director should have been asked within 24 hours \after his actions on the market. * Mr. Glass expressed indignation at the “insolence of Mr. Mitchell, while holding a position on the Federal Re- serve Board, in attempting to thwart the policy and will of the board.” After call money had started its ad- vance this week, Mr. Mitchell had let it be known that his bank had $25.- 000,000 for the call money market, and Mr. Glass said that this was direct dis- regard of the attempt of the Federal Reserve Board to curb speculation by halting loans for this purpose. Senator King, Democrat, Utah, is preparing a bill to authorize the Federal Reserve Banks to forbid loans to be used in marginal trading operations on the stock exchanges. However, there is a general disposi- tion at the Capitol to leave the situa- tion, for the present at least. in the hands of the Federal Reserve Board, Chairman Norbeck of the Senate banking committee declared today that he would “leave things to the Federal Reserve Board for the p 2 | United _States THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1929. MITCHELL'S PROWESS WITH GUN' RIVALED BY SKILL WITH CAMERA Attorney General’s “Trigger Finger” as Lawyer Also Steady in Aim. Collection of Heads and Pelts | Gathered From All Over Continent. BY REX COLLIER. President Hoover has placed the ad- ministration of justice in the hands of a youthful-looking cabinet officer whose trigger finger is steady, whose aim is unerring and who always gets his prey— be it a combine formed to defraud the | Government or a mountain lion in the Rockies. Attorney General Mitchell's prowess s a nimrod of law enforcement was demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Supreme Court and | critics during his term as solicitor gen- eral. His reputation has grown in the | short time he has been head of the De- | partment of Justice Mr. Mitchell's attainments as a hunt- er of big game are not so widely known. The reason for this is apparent. He | never notifies the newspapers when he is about to penetrate the wilderness, he does not take a press agent along with him and he makes his return quietly, however successful. Warehouse Filled With Trophies. Yet he has to his credit at least one | specimen of every variety of big and little game native to the North Ameri- can continent—from grizzlies to rabbits —and if you don’t believe it you can go to Minnesota and take a look at the warehouse full of heads and pelts com- posing his collection of trophies. Mr. Mitchell was tracking big game in the Colorado mountains as early as 1895—10 years before Roosevelt went there in search of mountain lions. It was just about this time that he bagged a law degree at the University of Min- nesota, after giving up the chase for a scientific degree at Yale. He quit pur- suit of a B. S. degree not because it proved too elusive for him. but because it did not hold his interest. Law Runs in Family. Besides, law seemed to run in the Mitchell family. William Mitchell, fath- er of the Attorney General, was & jus- tice of the Minnesota Supreme Court in those days and the son fell heir to the legal instincts which had made his father famous at the bar. Just as he turned from science to law, when he found the former palling on him, so Mr. Mitchell laid down his rifie and took up & camera, when he discovered there were no other species of game on which to test his skill with a gun. His collection of moose, lion and bear heads had grown so large and the difficulties of preserving them had be- come so great that he was forced to place the entire lot in cold storage. He reasoned it would be a useless slaughter of wild life to continue killing game, once his trophy bag was filled. Camera Stalking More Exciting. “I find it much more exciting now to go hunting with a movie camera,” At- torney General Mitchell said. camera trophies are not hidden away in a warehouse, but are always at hand to revive interesting memories and pro- vide entertainment on a dull evening. “T use regular professional equipment on these u::e'r;‘r hurlliu, ‘};s re‘cl 11201;:‘ trying to photograph wild animal thelr'nltlvg haunts. With a rifle, you can get close to your quarry before you are discovered, but when you have to handle & heavy motion picture camera, it’s a difficult feat-to approach within lens range.” Mr. Mitchell's most recent camera expedition was to Alaska. He went there last year and made camp on the Kenal Peninsula, near Cook Inlet. Unfortu- nately, it rained most of the time he was there, and rainy days are not so 5?'0d for camera work. He was keenly appointed over this setback. Remarkable Films Taken. - He has taken remarkable action films of bears, mountain goats and other big game in the Canadian Rockies. Mrs. Mitchell and their two sons have ac- companied him on many of the picture- hunting trips. ‘The Mitchell boys, like their father, are crack shots with a rifle and adept at handling the movie camera. Wil- liam, the older son, was graduated from Haryard Jast June, and Bancroft is studying there mnow. “I haven't forsaken my rifle alto- ether,” the Attorney General said. “Duck hunting is a favorite sport with the boys and me. I may not find time to take my camera far from Washing- ton for some time to come, but I can always hunt ducks in nearby wates.” CHICAGOAN IS KILLED BY MYSTERY ASSAILANT Adversary in Gun Battle in Base- ment of Home Is Believed ‘Wounded. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, March 29.—Settimio Contl, a blacksmith, was shot and killed today in & pistol duel with an unidentified assailant in the basement of his home. His wife told police she heard several shots. She found her husband dead, a rear door to the basement open and two pistols on the floor. Blood spots were found outside the door, leading police to believe the other person also was wounded. Police could advance no motive, al- though they pointed out that Conti ap- parently feared an attack, since he was carrying a gun. NAVAL MEN CATCH FISH BAREHANDED AT NORFOLK Croakers Are So Plentiful Hooks and Lines Are Found Unnecessary. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va.,, March 29.—Fishing without hook, line or bait, in the last three days has supplied the “beach crew” and their friends at the Na Air Station at Hampton Roads more croakers than they can ‘eat. Members of the beach crew, whose duty 1t is to bring ashore at the flight landing the seaplanes of the station, said they found so many croakers in the water around them that they were able at times to pick up the fish with their bare hands and throw them ashore. LEGISLATORS SEEK | of University Head for Stand i ATTORNEY GENERAL MITCHELL. OUSTER OF BROOKS Missourians Urge Dismissal % | on Sex Quiz Snarl. i By the Associated Press. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo,, March 20.— | Twenty-two members of the Missour House of Representatives have written a | letter to James Goodrich, president of | the board of curators of the University of Missouri urging dismissal of Presi- | dent Stratton D. Books of the university because of the manner in which he handled the recent sex questionnaire controversy. ‘The group, headed by Carl Werner, | Kansas City Representative and chair- man of the House clerical committee, | h‘l(‘luded most of the St. Louis delega- tion, The letter charges Brooks showed incompetenc; n handling the sex ques- tionnaire and asked the reinstatement | of the two professors and student assistant professor ousted by the uni- versity board of curators as a result of circulation of the questionnaire, asking university students intimate questions. | Their dismissal was informally ap-| proved by various Legisiative leaders and eliminated talk that the university appropriations might suffer because of the questionnaire controversy. Chairman Kirk Jones of the House appropriations committee today said the committee had not seriously con- sidered the questionnaire and that the committee would recommend a larger appropriation for the university than it recelved two years ago. STRIKE ORDER TAKES EFFECT TOMORROW Texas & Pacific Parley in Dallas Seeks to Prevent Walk-out, By the Associated Press. TEXARKANA, Ark., March 29.—Lo- cal heads of the four big rallroad brotherhoods had orders today to go| out on strike tomorrow at 6 a.m. against | the Texas & Pacific Railroad. Texarkana members of the four brotherhoods understood their leaders ard officers of the Texas & Pacific were in session in Dallas today, seeking to prevent the strike order going into effect. ‘The trouble started over the removal of the railroad yards from Long View and Mineola and gained addition- al items as the matter was put to.dls- cussion, LEJEUNE TO BE GUEST - AT RICHMOND DINNER V. M. I. Club Invitation Accepted | by New Superintendent of Insti- tute for April 16. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., March 29.—Ac- ceptance of the invitation of the Rich- mond V. M. 1. Club to a dinner in his honor, April 16, was received today from Maj. Gen. John Archer Lejeune, newly elected superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute. Gov. Harry Flood Byrd will be invited to attend the affair, with a number of | State officials and prominent business | men of Richmond and other parts of Virginia. The entire V. M. I. board of visitors, officials from the institute, and members of the V. M. I. clubs through- out Virginia and the District of Co- lumbia, will also be invited President Robert W. Willlams of the Richmond club said today. SOLICITORS REPUDIATED. Star Declares Itself Unconnected ‘With Canvassing Ball Team. Word has reached The Star of a public canvass for funds by several youths in the interest of an organiza- tion called “The Young Men's Star Base Ball Team.” It is announced, in response to in- quiries, that The Star is in no way connected with the organization, nor | has it sanctioned in any way the use! of the name of this newspaper in any | soliciting for funds. One contributor who has written to The Star was evidently under the impression that the base ball team was sponsored by this newspaper. SUB CLAIMS RECORD. Ttalian Craft Descends to 383.87 Feet Below Surface. SPEZIA, Ttaly, March 29 (#)—The new Italian submarine Mameli has | made what is claimed to be the world's | depth record for immersion, It de- | scended yesterday to 383.87 feet below | the sea level. The old record was | 344.50 feet. The Mameli is an 820-ton boat of the Cavallini class, with a length of 21226 feet. The test was made in the Gulf of Spezia. Stuck Commissioner Dough Commissioner Dougherty proved to school officials today that the business of running a District government need not make a man forget his old trade. Mr. Dougherty visited the Franklin Administration Buflding on business today, and when he was returning from the third floor to the first in the struc- ture’s recently installed automatic ele- vator, the 1ift halted between the first and second floors. Musing a moment as he studied the situation, the Commissioner, who be- fore his appointment in the Distriat government, was sn officlal of an ele- in Franklin School Elevator, erty Makes Lift Wor]c vator company, fingered the automatic stop buttons as he bounced the car up and down inside the shaft. First he took the car back to the top floor, then he brought it to the basement, finally making a perfect landing on the first floor. As he quit the elevator, Mr. Dough- erty regarded it with considerable dis- FARM RELIEF LAW PASSAGE DOUBTED Californian’s Pessimism Fails to Reflect Views of Sen- ate Committee. By the Associated Press. A pessimistic note was Injected Into | the farm rellef hearings of the Senate agriculture committee today by C. Clem- ens Horst of San Francisco, who ex- pressed doubt that any general farm relief law would be enacted during the coming special session of Congress, The committee members, however, made it clear that they did not share this view. Chairman McNary read a telegram from Secretary Hyde, which expressed doubt that he would be able to reach ‘Washington by Monday when the com- mittee hoped to hear his views on farm relief. McNary said, however, that he ‘would arrange to give the cabinet mem- mer an opportunitly to testify when he does return. ‘The House agriculture committee heard John Vesecky of the Kansas Wheat Marketing Co-operative Associa- tion, urge legislation which would make it of advantage to farmers to organize. Cites Too Many Plans. Horst told the Senate committee that | it was difficult for any witness to talk before the committee because neither the President nor Congress seemed to tnow just what relief plan was wanted. | Court. Too many plans are being advocated, Horst sald, and most of them “are no good.” “I am not at all hopeful we are going | to get anything,” he declared, “You are alone in that view,” replied Senator Norbeck of North Dakota. Horst said that all the farm relief that was needed was a tariff high enough to shut out one-half of the amount of farm products now imported. “Shut out 40,000,000 acres of com- petitive farm products,” he said, “and we won't need any other relief.” Farm Board Proposal. Speaking of the proposal for a farm board, Horst said, “Deliver the farmers from & farm board if it is not made up of real farmers.” Vesecky told the House committee that he favored creation of a Federal farm board. If stabilization corpora- tions were formed, he said, they should be_controlled by the corporation groups. If the bill were so formed as to make it of benefit to the farmers to organize, he sald, it would be fairly easy for the co-operative group to gain control of a large volume of farm products. This, he added, would enable them to influence the price, Discusses Freight 'Rates. Vesecky said that there also should be changes in freight rates that would give farm products bound for ports for export the same reduction as is given industrial products that are shipped out of the tountry. He suggested changes in the McNary bill to give co-operative organizations the right to suggest the names of mem- bers of commodity councils, and to pro- vide one stabilization corporation for each commodity, the stock to be owned by the co-operatives and the profits to be divided on a patronage basis, KANSAS GOVERNOR ARRIVES IN CAPITAL Reed Expected to Take Up Selection of Curtis’ Suc- cessor With Hoover. Gov. Clyde M. Reed of Kansas, who has kept the secret of Vice President Curtis’s successor in the Senate since he became governor in January, came to Washington today. Gov. Reed, it is belleved, will learn | the views of President Hoover with re- gard to the next Senator from Kansas, who must be appointed by the governor to serve until the election next year. Henzg J. Allen, former Governor of | Kansas, and director of publicity for the Republican national committee dur- ing the presidential campaign last year, has been prominently in the picture as a possible appointee, However, it now is sald that Allen's chances of appointment as Senator are largely in the hands of President Hoover, If the President belleves that | Allen should be appointed, and so in- dicates, Allen will be appointed. If not, then according to information today, the situation is changed, and the appointment is likely to go to Joe H. Mercer, State sanitary live stock com- missioner; Seth G. Wells of Erfe, or Alf Landon of Independence, chairman of the Republican State committee. While Allen has many friends in Kansas, he also has many enemles. Gov. Reed was Allen's secretary while Allen was Governor of Kansas. During the campalgn last year Allen announced that he did not intend to be a candidate for appointment to the Benate in the event of the election of Gov. Reed. There have been indications, however, recently that Allen might like to take the office. Aphrodite Statue Discovered. RHODES, Island of Rhodes, March 20 (#) —An ancient Greek statue of Aphrodite has been discovered in the sea during explorations near here. The head of the statue was brought to the surface and the rest will be raised as soon as equipment can be taken to the spot. | suicide. OPPOSES REVIEW ININSURANCE CASE Widow of Former Federal Judge Files Brief Against Company. By the Associated Press, Mrs. Sarah H. Ross, widow of former Federal Judge John W. Ross of the Western district of Tennessee, as ad- ministratrix of his estate filed in the Supreme Court today a brief op,”sing the review asked by the New York Life | insurance Co. which was held by the lower Federal courts liable for double | indemnity on a life insurance policy carried by the judge. Judge Ross' body was found in "“'f’ 1925, under @m_ overturned automobil in a canal near Parkham, Tenn. Under his insurance policy the company was liable for double indemnity provided death was due to accident and not to ‘The company, in asking the highest court to pass on the case, assert- ed that the decision of the lJower Federal courts should be set aside because the beneficiaries under the policy had failed to establish by evidence that death was accidental. Mrs, Ross claimed in her reply that where the circumstances surrounding the death were equally consistent with | accident or suicide there is & presump- | tion against suicide, and that the lower courts had in deciding the case con- tently followed prior decisions on the bject including one by the Supreme She states her case would have failed in the absence of such a pre- sumption, but declared the law raised the presumption under the evidence presented, and came to her aid in carrying the burden of proof which was on her. Asserting that her late husband incurred the animosity of the newspapers” which, she declared, “were | f hounding him with false charges,” Mrs. Ross declared the insurance company | had sought to base its case on 'rews- pl‘pQr publications.” These were “un- fair and misleading,” she added, in- sisting that the insurance company had failed to present any proof of a single act on the part of Judge Ross “indicat- ing a disposition to suicide.” The proof “without a dissenting voice,” she stated, “showed that he was vigorously deried all these charges of false and maliclous, declaring his pu: to show them to be so and avowing his confidence in his trijumphant vindication.” The insurance company would not escape the liability for double indem- nity by a new trial, she declared, as- serting that its only object was to ob- tain from the highest court a ruling on the question of presumption which | would “profit it in its large insurance business in the future.” 70 SEEK POSITION AS SCHOOL CHEF Ballou Asks Candidates for Office as Manager for Qualifications. Seventy applications for the new po- sition of business manager in the public school system have been received by school officials during the past three weeks and each candidate has recelved a letter from Dr. Frank W. Ballou, su-) perintendent of schools, asking detailed information about his quaiifications for the position, the superintendent an- nounced today. ‘Three questions are incorporated in the letters which were sent to the can- didates this morning. The first asks that the applicant set forth the extent of his “systematic education”; the sec- ond seeks a chronological statement of the applicant's experience and the third asks for a list of persons who would ;fs]ldfly as to his success in the practical eld. ‘The school officials will study the re- plies, gradually eliminating all but the most likely prospects. The survivors will then be submitted to the Board of Ed- ucation for final consideration and sub- sequent appointment. ‘The new business manager will have the rank of first assitsant superin- tendent in charge of business affairs and the salary of $5000 appropriated during the last session of Congress will become available July 1. FORESTRY EXPERT PLANS “NATURE WALK” Dr. William Gould Vinal Invites Public to Attend Lecture. Dr. William Gould Vinal, expert on forestry and nature study, will conduct a “nature walk” under auspices of six local organizations, leaving the south end of the Connecticut Avenue Bridge tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, The public is invited. He will give a lecture in the Y, W. C. A. Building, Seventeenth and K streets, tomorrow night at 8 o'clock., ‘The walk and lecture are under ausplices of the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Young Women'’s Christian Association, Young Men's Christian _Assoclation, Salvation Army and the Christ Chlid Soclety, Dr. Vinal is the author of several books and was formerly professor of nature study in the Rhode Island Col- lege of Education and later was pro- fes of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse. He is at pres- ent connecled with Western Reserve University. PRI AFAYETTE PARK satisfaction, and shortly after he re- turned to the District Building an elec- trician came to the Pranklin and made the minor adjustment which the Com- missioner had found as the source of the difficulty, A few of the pigeons in Lafayette Park collected about their Dee Deckthorn, —8 George Fryhopper, two years old, young friends, tar Stafl Photo, D. C. PRINCESS FOR BLOSSOM FESTIVAL MISS BERYL FRANCES LOUGHLIN “had | Of 3214 Northampton street, who has beén selected by Commissioner Procter L. local | Dougherty to represent the District at the Shenandoah Valley apple blossom —Star Staff Photo. INDICTMENT KNOWN 10 OFFICIALS HERE Lowman Declares He Does‘1 | Not Know What Caused De- | lay in Action on Charge. By the Associated Press. ‘The Department of Justice today said nothing was known here of the details of the indictment of Representative Michaelson of Illinois on charges of violating the prohibition law at Jack- sonville, ; \ It was sald department officials had heard that Michaelson had been in- dicted, but that such matters were left entirely in the hands of the district attorney and it was not known why he had not caused Michaelson's arrest. Members of the department said they assumed the district attorney had waited for Michaelson to appear either in Jack- sonville or at Chicago for arraignment and that he had not pressed the charge because of a desire not to interfere with Michaelson's congressional duties’ Prohibition officlals said they had known of the indictment which was re- turned after Michaelson arrived from Cuba and liquor was found in his trunks. Assistant Secretary Lowman ‘said he did nto know what had caused the delay in arresting Michaelson. {LIQUOR SMUGGLING LAID TO LAWMAKER IN U. S. INDICTMENT (Continued From First Page.) He had served two terms as city alder- | man. ‘Born in Norway, in 1878, Michaelson came to this country at the age of 7. He was educated in Chicago and taught | { in_public schools here from 1898 to 1914. Representative Michaelson's name was mentioned several times in the investi- gation of real estate expert fee cases and during his campaign of 1924, | though nothing came of it. | The Representative could not be | found last night. Inquirers at his home | here were told first that he was in ‘Washington and later that he had gone to Springfield, TIl. George E. O. Johnson, district attor- ney, refused to make any comment. DETAILS ARE WITHHELD. Florida Officials Refuse to Comment on Michaelson Indictment. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 29 (). —A ‘warrant for the arrest of Repre- sentative M. Alfred Michaelson of the seventh Illinois congressional district, charging violation of the national pro- hibition law, apparently has been in the hands of Federal officers here since last October. ‘The nature of the six-month-old charge was revealed last night by E. R. Williams, clerk of the Federal District Court_here, who said Michaelson had been indicted by a Federal grand jury for attempting to smuggle liquor into Florida from Cuba. Says Usual Procedure Followed. Williams said the charge had not been made public at the time because arrest had not been made and no bond set, in accordance with the usual Federal Court procedure. The indictment is said to charge that one of Michaelson’s trunks was seized at Jacksonville after & bottle of liquor inside it had broken. eral officers confiscated the trunk for' investigation and the indictment followed. Federal officials here refused to give any other details of the case beyond adinitting the indictment had been returned. Bond Not Returned. ‘Williams said that “bond has not been returned” and that his office will be | could- be seen. He did not give any other detafls. The office was closed to- day because of Good Friday. MAY NOT AFFECT OATH TAKING. Doubt Is Expressed at Capitol That Indictment Will Bar Action. Doubt that the indictment in Florida of Representative Michaelson would be a cause for withholding the oath to the Chicago member was expressed to- day at the Capitol. “T doubt if he did anything that would closed until Saturday, when the record | FIGHT ON IGE JAM AIDED BY WARMTH Gorge Crumbling Below Bis-| marck and Missouri River Is Dropping. By the Associated Press. BISMARCK, N. Dak, March 29.— Spring temperatures today were doing what men and dynamite failed to ac- complish and water levels in the Mis- souri River dropped as gorge between here and Huff, 20 miles south, crumbled. Although he was unable to estimate the damage which resulted when 50,- 000,000 tons of ice jammed a 20-mile stretch of river and backed up water over a wide area of lowland, O. W. Rob- erts, Federal meteorologist, said thou- sands of acres had been ruined for agricultural purposes. In many places, he explained, much surface soil has been washed away and in other spots sand deposits, left by the flofid waters, have virtually ruined the soil. ‘When the stream, which for a week has been out of its banks, finally re- turns to normal, it will’unquestionably cut in a new channel in many places, he said. As a result, parts of some farms will be on islands and others which formerly were on one side of the river will then be on the other. Roberts, who has observed the river's antics here for 55 years, said the pres- ent ice gorge was one of the largest on record in North Dakota. No lives have been lost, although the men who placed dynamite charges in attempts to blast the jam frequently had narrow escapes as they clambered about the honeycombed ice. Although the water rose to a high mark of 18.5 feet, damage in Bismarck and Mandan was slight, as only sec- tions where there are no residences were affected. Last night the level had drop- ped to 14.7 feet. SWIMMING CLASS BREAKING RECORDS Free “Y” Lessons Attract Great Number of Boys of Greater ‘Washington. In unprecedented numbers, boys of Greater Washington who are non- swimmers are enrolling for the intensive course of free swimming lessons to be offered next week at the boys' depart- ment of the Y. M. C. A. in connection with the “learn to swim” campaign sponsored by The Star in co-operation with the Y. M. C. A. and the Red Cross. Additional applications for the course poured into the junior Y. My C. A. Building at 1732 G street yesterday. bringing the total enroliment to 350, and a number of reports of those signing applications distributed among the grade schools of the District are yet to be counted, it was announced this morning by James C. Ingram, director of the boys' department. The total number of boys between the ages of 10 and 18 applying for the elementary course in swimming is ex- pected to exceed 400, but the Y. M. C. A. states that by holding hourly classes during next week from 9 a.m. {o 9 p.m. a maximum of about 500 boys can be given the swimming lessons. ‘This afternoon at 5 o'clock a master training course in swimming will be conducted by Melville Karr, a fleld di- rector of the Red Crdss, for the benefit of the corps of experts who will serve as instructors for the boys.- The purpose is to outline the system of teaching to be followed next week. Commodore Wilbur T. Longfellow of the Red Cross staff is arranging for a number of experts to augment the staff of the boys’ department of the Y. M. C. A. Beginners’ buttons are to be award- ed boys to learn to swim 50 feet after the course of instruction. DATA ON I ALONE BEFORE LEGATION Coast Guard and British Con- su! Reports Given Cana- dian Minister. | By the Associated Press. | The Canadian legation now has be- | fore it the Coast Guard's preliminary report on the sinking of the'rum run- | ner I'm Alone for its consideration with | that of the British consul at New Or- |leans in shaping & course to pursue in connection with the incident the huge ice | | Whether it will consider this informa- | tion sufficient to lay before the Ottawa government or will wait for more com- plete official reports before asking for has not been indicated, r s thought to be the more | instructtc | but the lat likely proced The Coast Guard report, which sup- ports its position that the pursuit and | sinking of the Canadian schooner was | legal and justified under American law |and the rum-smuggling treaty of 1924 | with Great Britain, was forwarded to the Canadian Minister. Vincent Massey. | late yesterday by the State Department | “Hot and Continuous.” | This action, complying with a request for information from Mr. Massey, fol- | lowed the announcement by the Coast Guard that it had new evidence from “responsible officials” at New Orleans not connected with the service corrobo- rating the statements of officers con- cerned that the pursuit began within 12 miles of the American eoast and was “hot, continuous and unbroken." The preliminary report did not satis- fy the State Department when received several days ago from the Treasury, and was held up pending further study. Al- though it has been forwarded to the legation, it is not regarded as complete, since the American investigation of the incident is continuing, and is expected to produce more of the details which also will be furnished to the Canadian Minister. No Reply From Paris. | The French embassy, which is inter- ested in the case because of the drown- ing of a French seaman when the I'm | Alone was sunk, had received no reply from the Paris foreign office last night to its request for instructions. If the French geyernment should de- cide to press the ecdse, its most likely course, in the opinion of diplomatic cir- cles here, would be to demand moral reparations in the ferm of an apology or expression of regret by the American Government for the loss of the sea- ! man's life, and possibly material repa- | rations for relatives he might have left. . AS BOY, 9, IS SOUGHT | Rent, Ohio, School Children, Free for Good Friday, Take Up Hunt for Chum. | By the Associated Press. KENT, Ohio, March 29.—8¢hool chil- dren, excuscd from classes for Good Friday, took up the search today for 9-year-old Fdwin Cox, missing from school here since Wednesday. No trace of the child was found. Police' Chief James Moors said he had a clue which might reveal a mo- tive for a possible kidnaping. He sald an enemy ‘of the father, J. B. Cox, was | being sought. - o | Dragging of ponds afid searching of | woads in the vieinity o the school, { where the boy attended the third grade | proved - fruitless last night and this | morning. | STIMSON ATTENDS FIRST MEETING OF CABINET Recognizing New State Secretary, Postmaster General Brown In- troduces Himself. By the Assoclated Press. Secretary Stimson today attended his first meeting of the Hoover Cabinet. President Hoover, however, has yet to | preside at a full meeting of his official | group, as Secretary Hyde of the Agri- | culture Department was absent today. He is at his home in Missouri. Mr. Stimson and Postmaster General | Brown, who had not met previously, got acquainted in the lobby of the White House executive offices. Both entered at approximagely the same time, and Mr. Brown, recognizing the new Secretary of State, introduced himself. “I'm Walter Brown, Mr. Stimson,” he said. “I'm very much pleased to meet you,” the Secretary of State responded. — GIVE FOCH HONOR THANKS French Officials Call on Gen. Sum- merall and Secretary Good. Secretary of War Good and Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief of staff, were thanked yesterday by the French Ambassador for the honors recently ac- corded by the United States Army to the memory of Marshal Foch. Ambassador Paul Claudel, accom- | panied by the military attache to the { French embassy, made a personal call | at the War Department to express their | appreciation. E . BAND CONCERT. | By the United States Soldiers’ Home | Band Orchestra in Stanley Hall, tomor- row evening at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant leader. March, “Miss Mardi Gras”...Stoughten Overture, “Life a Dream"”....Eilenberg Characteristic, “A Night on the Prado in Havana“...... . . Excerpts from Fox trot, “Polly Valsette, “Dreamily .Rolfe Finale, “Pepita™ Ascher “The Star Spangled Banner.” .Zamecnik 2RELEEIRITRNREE Learn to Swim For Sport and Protection Under Ausplees The Star and Boys’ Dept., Y. M. C. Boys 10 to 18 years old offered interfere his taking the oath” sald Chairman Snell of the House rules com- | The New York member added it seemed to him to be “a rather unim- portant matter, possibly the vesult of | F"""“' as indicated by the fact that t is supposed to have happened last| Octobex and nothing has been said about it until April.” Uruguayan Aviator Hops Off. LIMA, Peru, March 20 (#).—Cesareo Berisso, Uruguayan aviator, who is on a good will flight which he hopes will' eventually carry him to New York, left 'l;"m this morning for Payta, Northern "eru, I mittee, in reply to inquiries by news- | paper men. | - i 2 free lessons daily—April 1 to 7 Send this application to Y. M. C. A. Boys’ Building, 1732 G NAME .... Parent's SIgnature .....ooieeiieiiiiiiiiiiiiniitbone (Required.) 4ROEPEBEDERRAINIRIRAREINRARARERIRIRIRT! " S To Enroll for Classes A. Street ETETEIAIEIETNRNRNTNRNGAI RN ADDRESS. ..cottnsssrsnsesssscscnssssnssssenssnsns