Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1929, Page 2

STRIKE IS AVERTED BY HOOVER ACTION Rail Brotherhood Orders Withdrawn After President Launches Inquiry. - By the Associated Press. DALLAS, March 30.—Four thousand employes of the Texas & Pacific Rail- ‘way, who had threatened to walk out at 8 o'clock this moming returned to their Jobs as usual as the result of action by President Hoover late yesterday. Orders for the strike were withdrawn last night by officials of four big broth- erhoods after the President issued a proclamation creating “an emergency board of inquiry to investigate the dis- pute and report on its findings. The board, yet to be appointed, will make its report to the Chief Executive. President Hoover issued the procla- mation after he had been advised by Samuel E. Winslow, chairman of the board of mediation, that the strike threatened a serious interruption of in- terstate commerce. Under the rail la- bor act, the railway management and workers are restrained from taking fur- ther action for 30 days. ‘The strike vote taken last week in- volyed disputes over working conditions and a desire of the employes for the company to reimburse them for prop- erty losses which they claim they in- curred when the railroad moved its yards from Longview and Marshall, ;I:x., to Mineola, Tex., and Shreveport, STRIKE INQUIRY PROVIDED. Presidential Proclamation Issued for Emergency Board. President Hoover late yesterday issued a proclamation creating an emergency | board of inquiry to investigate the dis- yute between officlals and employes of | e Texas & Pacific Railway, as a means | of averting a threatened strike by the | workmen. The members of the board of inquiry, five in all, have not been named. Under the bill known as the rail labor act both the railway management and workers are prevented from taking fur- ther action until the expiration of a 30- aay period, due to the issuance of the proclamation. The strike was to have started today at 6 am. ‘The proclamation, expressing the view that the Chief Executive has been ad- vised that the propoeed strike threatens & serious interruption of interstate com- fmerce, was signed by the President after Chairman Winslow of the Board of Mediation had called at the White/ ouse. ™ The board is to report its findings to | Mr. Hoover within 30 days. The dispute s said to have grown out of the rail- road’s removal of its yards from Long- view and Marshall to' Mineola and Shreveport, followed by the railroad's refusal to make good losses suffered by employes by the removal bécause many ofg hem had purchased homes at Long- view, MICHAELSON ARREST ORDERED IN CHICAGO ON LIQUOR WARRANT (Continued From First Page.) ened to “take care” of the inspectors when he got back to Washington. While disclaiming any particular knowledge of the charges against Michaelson,- the department said that in January the district attorney at Jacksonville had asked the de] nt to inquire of the district attorney of Chicago why 8 warrant sent there had not been served on Michaelson. The Chicago prosecutor _replied, according to the department, that Michaelson was attending a session of Congress and he thought it better to wait until the Representative returned to Chicago. SAY MORGAN HAD LIQUOR. Two Customs Inspectors Report Search- ing Baggage of House Member. NEW YORK, March 30 UP).—Not- withstanding the emphatic denial of Representative Willam M. Morgan of Ohio that he had brought liquor in his baggage upon his arrival from Panama on the liner Cristobal on Monday, two customs inspectors have reported to their superior that they found four bottles in one of his bags. Two other pleces of baggage were not opened. The inspectors, L. E. Crawford and James McCabe, quoted Mr. Morgan as having admitted that he had the liquor in his bag. The report also said Mr. Morgan threatened to “take care” of one of the inspectors upon his arrival in Washington. ‘imagined t) insurgent city. And, after all, why the people hose With what underlying idea? SOLIDITY OF SPAIN SHOWN 11 : AS GUERRA FAILS IN PL Blobdlen Rivoltat Attitude, oT IHIGHERY. S TARIFF Ciudad Real, Gattea| AROUSING WORLD! Lamentable, Serves to Show Nation's He Says. ' The recent attempted rising in Spain and Spain’s relations with the United States are discussed frankly in the following article, written exclu- sively for .The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance by th, - indnt figure in_the Spanish government, Gen. Miguel Primo Rivera, and prime minister. r BY GEN. MIGUEL PRIMO DE RIVERA, Dictator and Prime Minis(or of Spain. el ‘Written Exclusively for The Star and the North Ameritan Iou_uur Allisnce. MADRID, March 30.—J should like speak in all readers of the newspapers of the North Ahflan Newspaper the five continents of the world. I think it would be useless to seek to'conceal truth, because easy and swift communications truth would not bé slow in and an ostrich policy could only discredit ‘What I am going to say may, perhaps, to lack of be helped. Truth does teresting form. It would had in Spain t ising, but 1 must add, before going into have oy t :fhhh followed it. some readers | romantic lnumt.mgut that m not always appear inin. to be childish to ¢ we - upfl&m%ul that nothing .irreparable mean that not a drop of blood was shed. Some unscrupulous . ne blood actually i foreign observers know WEDapers tha been epilt, but thousands of that what I say is most strictly true. I have offered a prize of $5,000 to any one who can point to a single case of wounding, | tlonal much less to a case of death. It everything should _complications, because it was onl ‘Real that the plot developed at is, moreover, quite natural and logical that | characterized without serious at the Ciudad Elsewhere the have passed off plan of the movement was never put into effect, because as soon as the disaffected elements re- alized that they had been alone in disobeying the government and that complete order prevailed everywhere else, they hastened to lay down their afms and return to barracks without a single Gen. Primo De Rivera. “ [ shot being fired. ‘This is the absolute truth. It must be understood that I do not in any way wish to say that the in- cident ‘of Ciudad Real was not lamentable and contrary to the discipline which must prevail in the army. I can even understand that anxiety may have been | felt abroad regarding the stabililty of the.government. erate the importance of this small mutiny, which its inception. be a serious mistake to exa failed within a few hours o At about the same time the mutineers of Ciudad Real surrendered the ex- rime minister, Senor Sanchez Guerra, anded secretly at Valencia. As you know, Senor Guerra was the leader of the so-called Liberal-Conservative party, but since he cut himself off from the monarchy he has been dropped by most of his supporters. He lived in Paris in voluntary exile two years, and it is well known that political emigres generally lose contact with their country and with a sense of reality and mistake their wishes for facts as they are. That hlpg:ned to Senor Guerra, who t his presence alone at Valencia would be enough to cause the garrison and the people to rise. When he saw that nobody was following him he surrended and is now with his youngest son on board the gunboat Canalejas, where he is properly treated and is in good health. Guerra Was Not Alone. It will be sald that Senor Guerra, who will be 70 in a few months and who therefore cannot be described as & thoughtless youth, would never have come to Valencia if he had not counted upon a certain number of accomplices. I also am of that opinion, and the military court will ascertain who were the people who dragged Senor Guerra into this mad adventure. This is what happened’ during the memorable hours of what certain foreign newspapers described as a “revolution.” I repeat that when these lines are many people will be disappointed by the dull character of the incidents, w] are poor both in dramatic and pictur- esque elements. Be that as it ma; do not think I have the right to invent episodes which never occurred. The plot was probably the personal work of a portion of the Artillery Corps which was displeased with certain fundamental measures taken by the government. artillerymen came to an understanding with some very féw politicians whose career had been broken by the new regime in Spain. This proves that the movement was not relying on popular support or on the army as a whole. This can be easily understood. Indeed, the people do not interest themselves in the question whether artillery officers are promoted in their service by senlority or for war services, or whether a certain politician becomes 2 minister or has to be satisfied with the income produced by his practice as &, lawyer. ‘Those questions may be im- portent enough to start a conspiracy, but certainly not to produce & movement. At Valencia on the same dl[ as the Guerra affair an - important foot ball match was played. It was watched by 20,000 spectators from all parts of Spain, who freely entered and left the town. This alone shows that Valencia could not have been described as an should e have risen? In wi favor? The demands of the gunner officers left everybody indifferent. No politician Before !e-mllal the identity of Mr.|of the old pseudo-Democratic regime en- Morgan, the said, one of his grips was opened under his repeated | thusiasm of mm and his assertion that he had right of free entry without search. ARREST IS ORDERED. Michaelson and Wife Seen Leaving H Home Yesterday. today by United States Marshal {Henry Laubenheimer. i Ae deputy was given the warrant is- _Eed yesterday and told to a hearing for removal to Florida, 1 Mr. Michaelson was indicted in Jack- ville, Fla., nearly six months ), ?:?;Ar two s ! CHICAGO, March 30 (#).—Arrest of | the barricades' to uh;e;p joys enough &l‘-emn to arouse the en- masses. ;.l-?e re-estab- lishment of parliamentarism, mmhypocrpl:lrulhmmwhlc it op- in Spain, is not enough to con- S stitute a revolutionary program. The people have become mofe intelli- realistic and less impression- o 2go. 'l‘og; they do ble than 50 ye :mt allow thm::exl'ves to be dragged to read | senting hich | their life, either at ly | hold the bold and or a_vague, le demand 3 LA idealogical program. nmnuu" ot e it peace at hm:re 'work and comfort, they know that we make they get these three Gessful and certain that things, while a suc- ising would have plunged the e country into anarchv or at best would ? | have re-established the old regime, with its unstable governments, its fruitless struggle: ing ‘where he was charged with viol of | party the dry law. oo its its ehronic deficit and Is it . Ts it belleved that this terrorist acts, 2 e b e Tevo ften said | t outlook for peo- in its favor? that the are trunks he brought back from s U {Havana were found in a station, leakin Mr. Michaelson was seen by ne! rs leaving his home early yesterday |dense iwith his wife. Calls to the house dur- Jdng the day brought no response, and {today no one could be roused there. + ‘The delay in bringing action on the Andiotment was explained last night. by :United States Attorney George E. ress was in session. ’s statement follows: Jol ;. “On January 11, 1929, a copy of an {indictment inst M. A. Michaelson {was received here. ¢, “On January 12, 1929, we advised the ‘Unlwd States attorney at Jacksonville, + #'Fla., that the defendant was a member {iof Congress suj 'matter, be sent to Wi 1" “On'February 6 the United States ttorney at - Jacksonville directed this lpfluhholdmnllk!mflmlfi Auntil the defendant returned to Jurisdi ve military diture, Q.| Gated the floating débt, we have that the | tion. tion, we have produced_the best sible solution to the rocco, , we away the budget established public ‘built 4,000 schools, U. 8. Trade Unfavorable. Without wanting to be optimistic, I think these resultsare ficient to justify a the support an fore derstood why the conspirators were followed by the masses of the e L 3 hy £ in, With will say 'that our States are not 88 should be. . We tranquillity, we have , ete. N have events in with the favorable ul"n“fl The fact is that’ wl manufac # | enter uj uptoflu::l:ell, istence. | absolute It would, however, the United States are not only diplo- matically _correct, but slso frankly cordial. Nevertheless, where relations between people are considered, senti- ment alone is not sufficient. Relations must produce tangible results. For this reason 1 feel that while affording re: sonable protection to the agricultvral industry of the United States the Washington Government would do well to examine with greater good will it does at present the importation of the excellent agricultural products of Spain. Thus our enofmously adverse com- mercial balance would, in part, be remedied. The United States is too rich for so narrow an import policy to be justified. One fact which has afforded me the deepest satisfaction is that since I have been in office our relations with the Spanish-speaking American republics have become as close and as cordial as possible. This favorable development certainly has been contributed to by the fact that Spain does not assume for itself in the slightest way any tutelary or repre- sentative position in respect to Spanish America. We consider that the countries Span- ish genius has created are no longer the daughters of Spain, or if they are they are at all events grown-up daugh- tets who require no tutelage, neither ours or anybody else’s. Do Not Wish to Meddle. ‘We, therefore, do not aim &t repre- these countries, which sre the full political and economic vigor of the League of Na- tions or eisewhere, but that does not 1|mean that Spain would not be prepared ial cases to to offer or to agree in the Spanish be the representative world. k Our American policy is not one of ex- clusion, and is in no way directed against the legitimate interests, of, the United States. In my opinion there is room for every one in the world. Spain, which has colonies In Africa, tacial, lingual and religious brethren in the Philippine Archipelago, s glorious past on the sea and real economic in- terests on the other side of the ocean, must possess & mercantile marine com- mensurate with its interests. ~ o ‘We aspire to increase and rnize our mercantile marine. To end we shall use our ship-building -industry, whose technical efficlency is everywhere recogniged, and if our industry’ does not produce the necessary ships as quickly 25 required we shall buy vessels abroad. At any cost we aspire to possess di rect, frequent and fast lines with ships of moderate capacity, but of good and comfort, which will carry our and exercise a powerful attrection to foreign travelers coming to Spein. Connect With Americas. A network of lines served ‘By sidised companies will connect us.with Brazil and the countries of the River Plate, with the Pacific of Amer- ica, via the Panama Canal; with New York and the Caribbean Islands and also with Central America. Anot group of ships will be used in the trade with our Central African colonies, while still another well served line will up- vigorous ‘sub- pai) the Philippin flt‘g“t;tzn - Spain in s, pos- sibility of going as far as China and Japan, as our national products are in demand even in those distant countries. It is natural that there should-be & certain relationship between the mer- cantile marine an fl‘!'s‘!’:eflr.‘.(:ll country. Furthermore, Spa! L3 very long coast line, and has only the Straits. of Gibraltar which to pass its warships from Mediter- ranean into. the Atlantic Ocean and vice versa. i el 1t would, therefore. not be surprising, endeavort p o tively strong fleet. stron ann it is is. essentially 8 in our 1o some testricted our defense, such | we as and subm . As are certain of deserving the respect of other countries, we make no attempt to this armament race. Which, has again come into ex- 5 Spain Coming Back. In this article I have spoken with and good H rankness which are the basis of my character. T feel that the statesmen of our time ‘owe e the truth, and I never ¢ | ridically, tariffs may be’ purely sn in- than | mercial treaty with us until our dispute her | by the highest tariffs in the world she Europe, Latin America and Canada Apprehensive of ~ Proposals. It 1§ belleved that Congress intends to increase the duties not only on all agri- ‘sultural products, but on textfles, chemi- cal products ahd many manufactures Sittings of the ways and mesns commit- tee” of the House have been carefully followed by foreign business men. Ju- ternhl affair, but practically they are one of the principal causes of interna- The alléged intentions of Co are 8] o European nmnn %;vlanu of only really serious oul uestion between the United States L e m of 'g: war;do.nl:yl one dwrln:' 8. upward revi- slon, if carried ':vrubt will rpmlt. it is safe to assert, in a fresh outbreak of the Franco-American tariff dispute, in which Prance seems to be regarded as everybody's champion against the United States. % Future Plans Discussed. Measures of defense and reprisal are everywhere being discussed. = Genuine | teriff wars are threatened and, accord- | ing to one school of political thinkers, it is precisely economic misunderstand- ings of this description which are apt to lead later to other and graver mis- understandings. Holland is bitter over our embargo on Dutch bulbs. Uruguay protests our meat embargo. Cuba resents the pro- posed increase in the duty on sugar. Spain protests the increase in embargo and implies that she will make no com- with Prance settles the questions of lnclgle involved. Austria says France fighting Europe's battles. Prench chambers of commerce and economic organizations are warning the govern- ment to be firm. Argentina, seeing its wheat and dairy | products menaced, has started the slogan “Buy from those who buy from us,” and talks of ruining the United States wheat exports by planting wheat on 30,000,000 acres of grazing lands. Germany Complains. Germany complains of the instability of the American tariff as well as its “prohibitive” nature and is taking the lead in the formation of European car- tels. In Great Britain the chambers of commerce of towns interested in the woolen industry have protested through the British Ambassador at Wi On the complaint of Swiss wa ers, he Swiss national economy minister has just held a long conference with the 8wiss Minister at Washington. Canada, fearing to see a 100 per cent duty levied on its agricultural exports ! by the United States, refuses to renew the liquor smuggling convention and takes & high stand in the I'm Alone in- cident, delays action in the St. Law- rence ship canal negotiations and medi- tates modifications in its wood and pa- per exports upon which the United States is partially dependent. Almost everywhere allegations are put forward against the United States that America makes unfair use of sani- tary embargoes and American Treasury nfi‘nh investigating the books of for- eign firms are really trade spies. Amer- ican customs formalities are onerous and illogical, as, for instance, when we increase the duty 10 per cent on articles bearing the words “Fabrication Pnn-‘ caise,” instead of the words “Made in | France.” Our teriff schedules are un- |stable and can be changed almost day | {to day so that the foreign exporter | never knows.just what the market con- dition is going to be. Discrimination Alleged. America claims to give every one the same freatment, but in reality she dis- | criminates against certain nations, - ly by sanitary embargoes and partly by excessive tariffs on the kind of | ehleglupmduud by those countries. Amg 's large and fich interior ma: ket enables her to dump her surplus sbroad cheaply. Her exports are in-| creasing and her ucts are flooding the world. By isting for herself everywhere an unconditional most- favored-nation treatment, she prevents| other countries coml in de- fense against her; yet at the same time tends to shut others out of her home market. The United States insists that Europe must pay her hug“wu debts, yet she | ope’s goods. Not strong America was relatively weak. Teversed. America e from . A few months later the comme treaty Tecipro- | tially emerged today from & smoke- screen—which replaced to some extert The building on the campus of figure in the ceremonies to SPOILED BY RAIN Outing on Rapidan River Called Off Because of Inclement Weather.’ “Raifiy weather this morning caused President Hoover to abandon his plans for a motor ride to the fishing preserve National Park, Va. H ‘This was to have been the President’s first holiday since his inguguration and he seemed disappointed when he was compelled to call off the trip. Mrs. Hoover, the Secretary of Interior, and Mrs. Wilbur and Lawrence Richey, one of the presidential secretaries, were to have accompanied him, ;and he was looking forward to & day of rest and fresh air. The outing was not abandoned, hcw- ever, until about an hour before 8 o'clock, the hour set for leaving the ‘White House. It was raining and sleet- ing as the President and Mrs. Hoover fast. . Planned as Picnic. - Advices received by the President said the day held no promise and word re- ceived from the Shenandoah National Park was even more discouraging. In- asmuch as the trip had been arranged in the form of & “picnic,” as Mr. mer deseribed it, there to 0 good reason to make the long Journey without prospects of sunshine. Mr. Hoover did not intend to do any fishing on this trip. The fishing sea- son does not open until next week. The principal reason was to inspect the preserve selected for his use and to plck out sites where Army tents may be pitched for his and his party's use on future visits, or until the time when # log cabin has been built. Mr. Hoover was eager for the fresh air and the relaxation of a few hours of real idleness. In anticipation of this, he had arranged his plans so as to have as much privacy as a President can have on such occasions. He was to have taken along only a few secret service men and orders were given barring news photographers and limiting the news- resenting four press assoclations. The latter, however, were to be allowed to follow the President only as. far as Madison Court House, Va, which is the President intended to Goes to Office Early. It has not been learned whether these lans for privacy and secrecy are to be &nowed on Mr. Hoover's future fishing President Hoover lost no time gof his desk at the executive office. He no _engagements, but he was soon ab- sorbed in work and apparently forgot the disappoigtment of losing. his holi- day. {fo special plans have been made for observance of Easter Sunday tomorrow at the White House. The President and Mrs. Hoover will attend services at the Quaker M House at Thirteenth and nvy streets. No other plans have been made, although it is quite likely they will have friends for dinner and in the afternoon will D4 PERSHING MESSENGER John A. Welch, Colored, Is Victim of Attack of Heart Disease. Johh A. Welch, colored, who has J. Pershing, as chairman of the Na- tire | tional Battle Monuments Commission, for the past eight years, dropped dead at.his desk outside m.fix;:mu office in the War Department afternoon O ikian. from Benérgency Hoshital ergency > : , but arrived too late to of assistance. Welch had been in the employ of the o e 1l renmgdar by o -ll:d y . To :l'{ ny-!mm'ent to ‘duty with' Gen. Pershing he was attached to the quar- termaster - general's office for several years. R Weich lived at 221 .Florids avenie. his widow LONDON SMOKE LIFTS * AFTER FIRES ON HEATH By the Astociated Press. LONDON, March 30—London par- to & St free h with Rt tion waa siven that cae. as butts on the grass lands, which. were frost and com- held on June l: and 16 expected that James W. Good, Secretary of War, will PRESIDENT' PIGNIC| on the Rapldan River, in Shennandeah | Gov. were hurrying through an early break- | paper correspondents to only those rep- | about 12 miles from the spot where | E | mm he abandoned his trip tod:y‘ ism. d | Tn the eléction campaign last year, he ‘ go for a motor ride. | (Prom the 8:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) | f: DROPS DEAD AT DESK| been private messenger for Gen. John |- picknickers had set fires | joining with “standpa smo! cigarette w in conneetion with its be one of the speakers. HENRY J. ALLEN TO BE:APPOINTED KANSAS SENATOR £ (Continued From First Page.) inated for: governor, and during the campaign Gov. Allen: made an an- nouncement to the effect he would not be a candidate for IDO{)lntment the Senate in the event of the el of Gov. Reed and Vice President Curtis. Both Reed and Curlis were success- ful. This statement by Gov. “Allen ass- en;:i it in ;xbuql’umt it was o Z em- hoping os- Gov! Aiten be aporned R:m."';‘ The - President, however, o enter irito the controversy in Kansas over the senatorship. He did say, how- ever, according to the announcement made by Gov. Reed, that he would re- gard the appointment of Gov. Alier as :;Imlld w“%l:flunmnuan in carc- g out k The appointment of Gov. Allen will place in Senate a second newspaper blisher from Kansas. Senator Capper long been a newspa ublisher. Gov. Allen was editor and publisher of the Wichita Beacon for many years and also was publisher of Willlam Ran- dolph Hearst's Omaha Bee-News for a short time, after Allen sold a control- ling interest in his own nev%cper last Summer. Gov. Reed, who is to appoint Allen to the Senate, alto is & news- paper publisher. His paper is the Par- sons Bun. Elected Governor While Overseas. Qov. Allen was chief executive of Kansas from 1919 to 1923, He was elected governor while he was overseas serving in the ¥. M. C. A..in France in 1918. * His administration as gov- ernor came during a stormy period. In 1919 Kansas was in the grip of the Nation-wide ¢oal strike. The governor put the coal mines in the State into State receivership and sent troops to the mines. He called for “volunteers to work the mln? and lmmdm“f:{?k' perceritage of coal was mined. he | same um!cge’put th th a special | session of the Legislature the law cre- ating the Kansas Industrial Coiut, which was set ug to handle labor dis- | putes. Organized labor attacked the court plan vigorously.. That is ane of the elements which has been entago-| nistic to Gov. Allen in the State ever | since. ‘When he went out of office in 1923 many insisted that Gov. Allen was litically. dead. { . peMrl. Allen and a daughter of Gov. and Mrs. Allen at present are in Spain. | They went abri for a three-month | tour soon after the inauguration of | President Hoover. | ALLEN A NATIONAL FIGURE. | Prominent in Politics and Journalism | for Many Years. TOPEKA, Kans, March 30 (P).— | Henry J. Allen, who succeeds to the | Benate seat vacated by Vice President | Charles Curtis, for years has been o | national figure in polttics and journal- was publicity director for the Repub- | | lican national committee. He actively | supported Herbert Hoover for the presi- | dential nomination prior to the Kan- sas City convention, despite the fact | | that most Kansas Republicans had ral- | lied behind Curtis for President. | ‘As Governor of Kansas from 1019 to 1923, he .attracted Nation-wide atten- tion by his forceful dealings with labor | disputes and the creation under his | administration of a State court of in- | dustrial relations empowered to vent | strikes in the interest of the public wel- | are. He is known as a fighter, who is as much at home on the debate platform | @8 in an editorial office wielding & pen | in the interest of some crusade. Wil Serve Four-Year Term. ‘The intment will carry for a term.of four years, as Mr. Curtis was elected to serve in the Senate untll 1933. Mr. Allen is 80 years old. His selection serves to focus attention on the prominent part played in Kansas politics by newspaper publishers. His Arthur Capper of per and m: e Clyde M. Reed is| ing Reed’s ) announced timary campaign Mr. Senate .m"'éfm'“ td"’l'ln,:I o u:e ent. announce- ment was in r?Ily to published sugges- tions that the Allen appointment Was a clusion in the event Reed Is; where the Republican [GETS 30 DAYS ON CHARGE | was founded and which will seventy-fifth birthday celebration. It is 40 SEEKTO JOIN SWIMMING CLASS Applications for Free Les- sons Flood Junior Y. M. C. A. Headquarters. Applications for the free swimming lessons to be given by the boys’ depart- ment of the Y. M. C. A. next week un- der the auspices of The Star and with the eo-operation of the Red Cross fairiy flooded into the jumior Y. M. C. A headquarters yesterday and this morn- ing. sending the total to 480. ‘That number had been received fol- lowing the first postal deliveries this morning, when a count was made by James C. Ingram, boys’ director of the Y. M. C. A An intensive course of swimming les- sohs are to be given at the junior Y. M. C. A. Bullding, 1732 G street, each day next week for boys between the ages of 10 and 18 years, who are non- swimmers. ‘To handle the large number of boys enrolled for the , the staff of the boys’ department will be augmented by a number of expert swimming instruc- tors provided through .arrangements | made by Commodore Wilbur T. Long- | fellow of the Red Cross. These will include C. W. Wannan, George Palmer, Vincent Gomez, Capt. Qus Braun, assigned at the War Col }en; R. H. Mitchell and J. J. Hengst- | er. | ‘The course will be under the imme- | diat direction of James Carberry, swim- | ming instructor of the boys' department. | Others of the Y. M. C. A. staff will be | Mr. Ingram, Mars de Gast, Melville | Leech, Robert Morgan and Robert Burns. | (From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) | OF RECKLESS DRIVING/ Colored Man Also Faces quuorf Accusaticn—Held Under Bond of $2,000. Convicted of reckless driving. Willie Kinard, colored, of the 1200 block of Seventh street, was sentenced to 30 (do.d" in jail by Judge Gus A. Schuldt ay. = Kinard was riding on a motor cycle March 26 near Eleventh and P streets at an excessivé rate of speed. Pursu by Patrolman W. A. Schotter of the Traffic Bureau, he abandoned the ve- hicle when he reached Fourteenth and Corcoran streets. After a foot race of more than a block, he was captured by the police- man_and returned to his motor cycle, which overturned when abandoned. - SPECOLATION WA Fight w_un Federal Reserve Board Closely Studied by Leaders Here. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Members of Congress and President Hoover are showing concérn over the battle between the Federal Reserve Board and the speculators. Proposals for legislation to enlarge the powers of the Federal Reserve Board are being discussed on Capitol Hill. Mr. Hoover is staying out of the controversy him- self, but he is keeping informed of what is going on. » The concern of all is whether the business -situation will be affected by the high money rates that prevall. Thus far industrial and business ac- tivity have continued on a satisfactory basis, ‘and it is the picture of possible rise in the expense to commercial bor- rowers that 18 being constantly pro- jected as the chief reason for the Fed- eral Reserve Board’s warnings to the speculating element. Speculators Cripple Credit. Congress is generally sensitive to any change in business conditions. The cost of borrowing money for construc- tion of buildings has already gone up, and it is said that in cities like New York, for instance, second mortgage meney is obtainable only at such dis- counts or bonuses as to make the total cost something above 18 per cent and occasionally as high as 25 per cent. Just what this may do toward slowing down the construction industry can be conjectured, but in a measure the same difficulty may apply to other busi " | nesses requiring a constant use of bor- rowed funds. Corporations which have been lend- ing their funds in the New York mar- kets are finding uses for such funds at home to take the place of funds they have been borrowing heretofore at low rates from the banks. Some of these institutions have been gradually raising the interest rates even on large accounts and old customers. This is not yet widespread, but it is a symptom - of the general situation. The Federal Reserve Board takes the position that all this is largely due to the fact that the speculators are absorbing credit that should go to commercial users or, to put it ancther way, they are making credit so scarce as to force its cost higher and higher. ‘When Congress reconvenes the clamor from different parts of the country for an easing of the situation will become acute. There is always a sort of anti- Wall street feeling here when any dif- ficulties abcut mohey control arise and the conservative heads in Washington fear that if the tendency is permitted to grow so that the situation must be handled by Congress some other things may be injected into the legislation which would be dangerous for the fu- ture. Rigid System Opposed. The Federal Reserve act has in 15 years been amended and changed to some extent, but the friends of the law have succeeded in resisting major tempts to make the system too rigid. present the board has wide discretion- ary powers Shall some of these powers be made mandatory? Shall Congress in effect direct by law how emergencies shall be handled and give the board really no alternative but to enforce the laws cov- ering specific transactions in the com- plicated world of credit? The alternative, of course, is that the board be allowed to work out the sit- uation itself without outside interfer- ence or pressure, for in this ease par- ticularly the board is trying to carry out what appears to be the sentiment ed (of those most active in Congress for specific legislative change. To the extent that the New York speculators render the Federal Reserve Board helpless either by deflance or outright resistance will congressional sentiment for action mandatory in char- Aoter be crystallized. (Copyright, 1929.) Schotter discovered a broken half-gal- lon jar in a side pocket of the machine and recovered a gill of alleged liquor. Kinard was held under $2,00( on the liquor charge. ; Morgan Boards Yacht at Venice. VENICE, Italy, March 30 () —J. P. Morgan arrived here today from Paris and boarded his yacht, the Corsair, for @ week end cruise. were in violation of constitutional guar- ntees of freedom of contract. Allen Outlines Views, Gov. Allen held that a State govern- ment should “have the same power to protect society against the ruthless offenses of industrial strife as it always had to protect it against organized crime.” In 1920 Mr. Allen's name Wwas pre sented at the Republican national con- vention for the vice presidential nemi- nation. He is a member of the board of frustees of the Roosevelt Memortal Foundation, the board of trustees of Baker University, Baldwin, Kans.: ‘official board of the PFirst Methodist Church, Mason. Wichita, and is a 33d degree He is a dry and a firm advocate of tired | the development of inland waterways as a means of developing a cheap method of transportation for Middle Western farm products. Declines to Make Statement. WICHITA, Kans, March 30 (#).— Former Gov. Henry J. Allen of Wichita will defer a statement concerning his appointment as United States Senator from Kansas until Gov. Clyde M. Reed returns from Washington. Then Mr. Allen will communicate directly with the governor, he told the Associated ® | Press last night. ept., Y. M. C. Send this application to Y. é : E : ghe Star and Boys’ |70 ESG-A;E HOTEL FIRE /" AT ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. $400,000 to $500,000 Damage in Gutting of Six-Story Ricks An- nex——Firemen Slightly Hurt. Ey the Associated Press. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.. March 30 (#). —FPire of undetermined origin early to- day gutted the six-story annex of the | Ricks Hotel here, causing a loss vari- ously estimated at between $400,000 and $500,000. Seventy guests who were staying at the annex, which contained 140 rooms escaped in safety, according to hotel officials end firemen. Several women were overcome by hysteria or fainted and had to be carried from the hotel. they said, but nome suffered injuries. Several firemen suffered slight burns and cuts. Hotel authorities said that & check of the records showed that all guests had | been accounted for, but firemen planned | to make a thorough search of the ruins when the smoldering remains cooled the | sufficiently for them to enter the struc- ture. At 9 o'clock this morning several streams of water were still being played on the smoking ruins and a steady rain was_falling. The flames were extin- guished several hours earlier, after the fire departments from Tarboro\and Wil son had sent units ‘to aid the loc firefighters. The addition was conne ed with the main hotel by sun parlors. The main structure, though suffering damage by water and smoke, was being used toda; fire destroyed a num- ber of business establishments on the ground floor of the.structure, including the local office of the Western Union Telegraph Co., cafe, a coffee shop, a newsstand. billlard parlor, offices of fwo doctors, a tailloring and pressing shop and a large storage room. A barber shop in the basement was flooded. Learn to Swim For Sport and Protection A. ‘Boys 10 to 18 years old offered free leasons ‘daily—April 1 to 7 i e, Boys' Building, 1732.G. Street