Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1929, Page 2

2 % FOUR DIE AS PLANE BURNS AFTER CRASH Transport Liner Plunges in Rough Mountain Pass in California. By the Associated Press. BEAUMONT, €alif.,, March 30.—The roughest mountain pass in American air lanes today took its toll of four | lives when an air transport liner, bound : from Los Angeles to El Paso, Tex., crashed in the fog, exploded and burn- ed into an unrecognizable mass with its pilot and three men passengers. In a heavy fog, with disabled engine, the Standard Air Line monoplane, a Fokker with one engine; went to its doom in the heart of the pass just| three miles north of here. i The victims were: Delbert R. Everett, jr,, pilot, of Los Angeles; R. L. Balke, wealthy business man of Los Angeles; George Nico, wealthy Los Angeles con- tractor, and T. J. Kelly, stock broker salesman of Los Angeles and San An-'| tonio, Tex. Fog Blankels Pass. | The monoplane, which left Lost An- | geles at 8 am,, found the pass blanket- ed with fog, which extended in cloud formation to the top of the pass be- tween Mount Baldy on the north and Mount San Jacinto to the south, both of which are over 10,000 feet high. Residents of Beaumont, which is in the center of the 22-mile pass separat- ing the Imperial and Coachella Desert from the fertile San Bernardino Valley, first heard the plane flying low in the fog at 9:15 o'clock. After passing Beau- mont, southward, it turned north again and was seen and heard with its engine missing and pounding instead of the usual steady drone. Three miles north of here ranchers said they heard screams, followed im- mediately by a crash and explosion. The cabin ship burst into flames. ‘When ranchers reached it they found ! 8 mass of charred wreckage. While this is the first known fatal crash in the pass, a number of planes have gone down in the bumpy weather, although no passenger planes have been known to have fallen in this vicinity before. The pass is usually windy, being a nat- ural funnel from the heated desert re- gions to the south, through its snow- capped mountains to the orchard groves to the north. Small planes have been known to drop as much as 1,200 feet in the bumps of downward currents in the pass and the large air transports have dropped es much as 500 feet in these bumps. Fly High Through Pass. In cloudy or foggy weather the large transports usually take to an eleva- tion of 10,000 feet through the pass, unless there is an ample ceiling below the fog. Almost at the time the south- ward-bound transport erashed today, & large tri-motored air liner northbound from Phoenix was cruising over the pass above the clouds. » Mr. Kelly, one of the victims, was rushing to the bedside of his wife in San Antonio when he met death in the crash. At the Hotel Commodore in Los Angeles, where he had been stopping for some time, it was learned that he received a long-distance call early today from his wife's parents in San Antonio, urging him to hurry home, that his wife had been injured in an accident. The telephone conversation was in- terrupted by the line going out. He immediately made reservations on the Standard Air Line. Delvert Everitt, jr., 27-year-old pilot, who was another of the victims, had given his father his first airplane ride only Thursday. The youthful pilot took his father, a veteran railroad en- gineer, along with him to Los Angeles from Phoenix for the initial ride, and { was _en route to P’;fem:d and E\ mhls n his regular flight today when gruu me:“:fllh disaster, The father remained behind. A- 12-year-old boy, Gerald Crane, 1living in the mountains near the scene of the tragedy, apparently was the only witness to the crash. Sees Plane Plunge. Crane, working on his father’s ranch, heard the plane sail overhead, he said. and then in the dlmdfozl he w!lé.:‘hneg the big ship falter and plunge the nfiom'ginside. He thought the crash occufred about 9:30 o'clock this momning. - A watch removed from one of the .bodles had stopped at 9:15 'clock. 0':The 1ad said the ship burst into flames almost as it hit the rocky ter- rain and-then an explosion. followed. He heard screams, and too frightened to approach the death scene, he fled o his home and told his parents of the tragedy. 'n:e boy's father summon the authorities. The boy said he thought the motor was running just before the impact, but because of the heavy fog he barely saw the ship before it crashed into the mountainside. Ranchers who arrived at the scene were frustrated in their efforts to re- cover the bodies at first because of the intense heat cast from the flaming fab- ric of the ship. Dirt was thrown over the wreckage to save the bodies from cremation, and later in the morning, over the only route leading out of the mountains, a rocky path, the remains were taken to Banning. ROUTE TO BE ABANDONED. Line to Stop Sending Planes Through San Gorgonio Pass. 1.0S ANGELES, March 30 (#).—The San Gorgonia Pass, scene of today's air tragedy, when four lives were lost in the crack-up of a Standard air line trans- port, will be abandoned 8s & route of the Maddux air lines after tomorrow. Announcement was made last week that effective April 1 the Maddux service to Arizona would be by way of San Diego, instead of via Imperial Valley through the pass. It was revealed today tha weather conditions in the pass, as well as traffic conditions, were responsible for abandonment of the route. Two lines, the Standard and Maddux, have been o%erltlng daily service through the pass, the former for about a year and tge later since last Novem- ber. —_—. PICKPOCKET GETS $700. G. W. Lackey, Retired Army Ser- geant Major, Reports Theft. George W. Lackey, 606 Twenty-first street, a retired Army sergeant major, ted to police yesterday afternoon Tha he hMF his pocket picked of ‘a Pennsylvania avenue. " MAY MUDGE IS DEAD. SANTA BARBARA, Cslif, March 30 (#).—May Mudge, known on the stai of Europe and Ame R o e gt aer & Tingerng - l Left to right: THE : SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C,.MARCH. 31, 1929—PART 1. VANGUARD OF 809 CASES. OF DIPLOMATIC LIQUOR ARRIVES |’ Robert E. Lee, 127 Carroll street southeast, and Alfred McGrogan, 1516 D street northeast, manager of the store at 1504 East Capitol street, who were forced to lay down on their backs yesterday while armed bandits rified the cash register of $50. The bandits later locked them in a back room, after taking $10 from the manager. —Star Staff Photo. Police Tag Each Other for Parking Overtin:_e_._a_nd One Hasn’t “Fixed It" By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 30.—Policeman Harry Anderson of Evanston, & suburb, found an automobile parked for an hour and 50 minutes in front of the Evans- ton police station in the 90-minute parking zone. He wrote out an arrest slip. It made no difference to him when Detective Edward Wharton claim- ed ownership of the car. “A policeman,” remarked Anderson, “ought to observe the law. Here's your ticket, and don’t try to fix it, either.” ‘That was Thursday. Today Ander- son appeared at police headquarters to prosecute his brother officer. No one could find the ticket. Anderson him- self hunted through books, flles and spindles for two hours. his car. On the steering wheel was an arrest slip. Pinned to it was a note. “You are arrested.” it read. “You've been parked here for more than two hours. The limit is 90 minutes. For shame. Love and kisses, Detective ‘Wharton.” “What this town needs,” remarked Anderson, “is less law violators and more cops with a strict sense of duty. Now I got to get this fixed.” POLICE SQUAD BET ROAD OUSE CLES Homicide Group From This City Gets Hurry Call to Maryland. With Prince Georges County officials in possession of information indicating that the recent shooting to death of Wesley Poura in Green Gabies road- house near Suitiand, Md., was the out- growth of a plotted shooting aflray, de- signed to injure the reputation of the establishment so that it might be bought at a reduced price, local police last night were continuing their search for three men and two women who are charged with assault with intent to kill, | as a result of the affair. No Definite Clue. So far as is known, no definite clue had been obtained as to the possible whereabouts of the five, but shortly after the breakup of the testimonial dinner to Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, retiring superintendent of police, last night, the homicide squad left headquarters hur- riedly on a mission known to be con- nected with the search. Four members of the squad, headed by Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, started out after midnight and had not returned early this morning. ‘There was no information forthcoming, however, as to the direction their trip would take. The reputed plot aimed at the road- house was pianned by a Washington man, according to the story given by a woman to J. Frank Parrah, State's at- torney of Prince Georges County, that official said. The man operates a lunch room here, according to Parran, and is one of the five named in the warrants. His - identity, however, has been with- held. The four others are: Mike Dan, Joe Houser, Barbara Bond and Ruth Bradley Police had said they left here before Poutra died. Doubt as to Second Call. Meanwhile the opinion has been re- peated that the Green Gables shooting has no connection with the alleged at- tempt to extort money from the pro- prietors of the Mount Pleasant Supply Co., in the 2200 block of Eighteenth street, the past week. James M. Sheahin, held in connec- tion with this case, was arraigned in Police Court yesterday on a chas of robbery and held under 82,500 bond. He ed | will be given a preliminary hearing April 16. AUTO KILLS WIFE ADMIRING SCENERY Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md, arch 30.— Crushed under an automobile, which had been wrecked in & roadside drain ditch while she and her husband ad- mired the scenery of the Monocacy battlefleld, Mrs, William V. Matheny, 43, Cumberland, was so badly injured that she died a few minutes after being admitted to the Frederick City Hospital. Mr. gnd Mrs. Matheny were en route from Cumberland to Washington, where Mr. Matheny was to take up work with a sewing machine company, when he lost control of his machine while admir- ing the scenery. Matheny- told Frederick County offi- clals following the accident that he and his wife were so busily engaged in dis- cussing the countryside that his atten- tion wandered. Suddenly the car ap- ml;;?nmtbheemm for ; clulve;tu. :‘?’t’l swinging steering. wheel suddenly, the car darted across the roa wrecked in a ditch. Officlals decided the accident was unavoidabls The Preventing maintaining and increasin Tuberculosis Consists in HOOVER T0 GIVE - AIDES NEW DUTIES | President to Utilize Military and Naval Attaches in Important Work. | BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. | President Hoover is understood to be contemplating just how he may success- fully utilize his military and naval aides | for cther than merely social and scenic | purposes. | _ There is a likelihood that Col. Camp- | Bell B. Hodges and t. Allen Bu- ‘hanan, who have been appointed mili- tary and naval aides, are to be given im- portant tasks which, from their nature, should class these officers with the pres- | idential secretarial staff. It has not yet been determined what Mr. Hoover will assign to his aides. Mr. Hoover is not enthusiastic over the idea of having aides about him ex- cept or. only such formal occasions. He prefers as little show as possible. But Mr. Hoover is going to find a means to make his aides useful. Mr. Hoover already has made 1t plain that he is going to run this Gov- ernment along business lines. That is, his methods are very similar to those of the average man .of big business, Therefore, he will always have use for highly trained men. ¥ The President has not yet revealed his ideas in this respect, but it is thought that he will find Col. Hodges' command of Spanish and his experi- ence as military attache at the Amer- ican legation In Madrid helpful in car- rying out his policy looking to the pro- motion of the best possible relation- ships. It is no secret that Mr. Hoover is to give special attention to following up the seeds he sowed during his recent good will tour to Latin America. Besides his knowledge of Spanish and customs, Col. Hodges has been a stu- dent of conditions in Latin America and therefore can be of assistance to the President. It has not yet been determined just how Mf. Hoover will utilize Capt. of ity as an executive, it is felt that Mi Hoover will find him highly available. Capt. Buchanan is not to report for duty until the middle of July, and in the meantime it is expected Mr. Hoover '/wou;‘hnve figured what duties to assign m ‘The understanding is that both Col. Hodges and Capt. Buchanan are not to have any duties at their respective departments. That their White House assignments are not to be part-time as- signments, as has been the case of mili- tary and naval aides in recent years, Col. Osmun Latrobe, the retiring mili- tary aide, has served also as assistant to the chief of cavairy and his prede- cessor, Col. Blanton Winship, was as- sistant to the Judge Advocate General o Shor 15 the mil r ve years ago ita, aide was officer in charge o;n publl% buildings and grounds. For the past five years and until two weeks ago officer has had charge of the White House police force, but which super- vision has been placed by President Hoover under Richard Jervis, chief of the White House Secret Service. Col. Hodges, who has been comman- dant of the Cadet at West Point Military Academy, arrived here yester- day to_assume his new duties at the ‘White House tomorfow morning. $10,000,000 Flood Damage. MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 30 (). —Gov. Bibb Graves had available to night estimates of three State ments which placed flood in Alabama at $10,060,943, and which he plans to submit to President Hoover Monday in connection with an appeal for Federal in rehabilitation. Problem of your gen- eral resistance and the vitality born in you. Tuberculos germs do not thrive in a healthy body. To Maintain Health Avoid house dust and impure or close air, day or night. Get all the light and sunshine possible into your home. Avoid raw milk, eream. 9 raw_cream and. butter made of unpasiebrised Eat plain, nourishing food, more vegetables, less meat. Get enough sleep by retiring early enough. Try to aveld worry. acts on your body. .- And Get — on“ every birthday by a that way you can have imperfections cor they undefmine your health. Be cheerful. Think kindly. Your mind Yourself Examined competent physician. In rected before Association for the an’olfidn‘ of Tuberculosis 1022 11th Streit NW. “The bum, he fixed it,” remarked An- | derson as he went out to climb into| m- cer’s training and travels and his abil- | | 1 i i { | Bu- | a 4his | pers the right to ~ ' that there is to be more drastic enforce- | be prosecuted. Democrat | from Arkansas, gave it as his opinion SENATORS ATTACK DRY ACT VIOLATORS Hold Legislatars Who Break Laws Should Be Treated Like Any One Else. Members of Congress who are caught violating the liquor laws by bringing liquor into the United States from for- eign lands will receive little sympathy from other members of Congress, it was indicated here last night, apropos of charges which have been made against Representative Michaelson of Illinois and Representative Morgan of Ohilo. Benator Jones of Washinglon, author of the Jones law increasing penalties for liquor law violations at the last ses- sion of Congress, said yesterday that any member of Congress who violated the prohibition laws should be treated Just as any other eitizen. “I know that it has been frequently sald that members of Congress going abroad or to the West Indies have brought quantities of liquor into this country since ition was enacted,” sald Senator Jones. Says Privileges Should Be Barred. “I have no personal knowledge with regard to these charges. But no mem- ber of Congress should be permitted to violate the law, nor should he be given special privileges to bring into the coun- try any liquors or wines. There should be no special privileges for members of Congress, enabling t! to disobey the law with impunity. “It has been & custom to grant mem- bers of Congress returning to the United States the ‘freedom of the port’ where they land. Weli, if this makes it easier for them to violate the law, it should not be accorded. Indeed, I have be. lleved for some time that some pri ledges are extended to members of Con- gress to which they are not entitled. “For example, if & Senator or a Rep- resentative desires to sall on Army transport, he is ranked as a major gen- eral or & brigadier general and given quarters according to that rank. The Army transports are not intended to carry members of Congress, but for the use of the Army. If Senators and Rep- resentatives desire to travel on them, they should be given accommedations that are left after the Army men, who must travel on these transports, have been cared for.” Copeland Has Similar View. Senator Jones said he knew nothing | about the cases of Representative Mi- chaelton, who has been indicted for bringing liquor into Florida some months ago, and of Representative Morgan. ‘who is chargined by the custom officials in New York, with bringing four bottles of liquor into that port in his baggage when he landed there recently, but he added that if they had violated the law they should be treated as other Jaw violators. 5 Senator Royal S. Copeland of 'New York, ‘wet” Democrat, took much the same view of the matter as did his dry Republican - colleague, Senator Jones. “I am not in sympathy with the pro- hibition laws,” said Senator Copeland, “but while these laws are on the statute books they should be enforced. If members of Congress violate them, I see 1o reason, because they are members of Congress, why they should not pay the penaity. I know nothing about the charges which have been made against two members of the House except what 1 have read in the newspapers. But if the prohibition laws are violated by members of Congress, particularly those who have voted for the Jones law and other prohibition laws, then they should Believes In Temperance. “I do not believe that prohibition can be enforced in a community in which the people are opposed to the principle. | the sentiment is over- whelmingly opposed to the dry laws. I do believe In temperance and before na- tional prohibition was enacted, the people were becoming more and more temperate. They were taught to be temperate in ‘the schools, the churches and in their homes. When the national prohibition law was placed on the ! statute books, the supporters of prohibi- tion wrote off liquor as though it were | a closed issue. It 1 impossible to make people tem- perate by law, or to make them good by aw. It can.only be done by educa- tion. Horse stealing would be con- deln':;l Il:.A mmB e u:hen were no law ut tal & drink or making liquor, in the .unh‘nnee of & Iaw against it, would not be considered a crime. Senator Caraway, a dry t that members of Congress, who repre- sent not themselves alone, but constitu- encies of 300,000 people of more, should be particularly careful not to violate Ee laws, including the prohibition W8, “If ‘four bottles of liqior had been found by customs officials in the bag- . gage of a private citizen,” sald Senator Caraway, “the matter would have oc- casioned little publicity. charge Jodged against & member of Congress leads to the widest kind of publicity, and it is not difficult to un- derstand why it should.” Senator land explained that the “freedom of port” courtesy which is extended to members of Congress, us- ually when they enter the country from foreign lands, merely gives these mem- ve their baggage | examined first in order to be passed by the customs officials without delay. If this privilege is used to make it Pmlble for members of Congress to get iquor through the customs, there may be serious effort made to have it denied, it, was sald. Jones Sees “Real” Enforcement. The Indictment of & member of the House for bringing liquor into this country and the charge of a similar of- o dodged 245"t Ahe-opinion which col :m been ¢ here in Washington ment of the law than has been the case at any time hslnce the enactment of the hibition laws. 0 prgennwr Jones reiterated .his .opinion not improved. IDENTIFIED AS GANG MASSACRE “LOOKOUTS” Reputed Capons Henchman and Detroit Gangster Linked in But such a | hope: Above: Scene at the German embassy. Robert Hopps and Frank Weidner, truck drivers, unloading the comsignment of beers which was driven over from Baitimore yesterday. Below: Unloading choice liquers at the British embassy. The man on the truck wearing the light hat is Gilbert Wilt, who was arrested two weeks ago when he brought over a load of liquer for the Siamese legation. On the left is J. Turner of the embassy, who is superintending the unioading. Byrd Radio ‘Sends Easter Greetings To Outside World Cofimander, In Antarctic Ice,GivesMessagetoWorld Now in Spring Season. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa,, March 30.—East- er greetings to the public were broad- cast from station KDKA here tonight from Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, jr., now in the Antarcric reglons. The message was first sent to KDKA and then re- broadcast. «“]t is Spring where you are, the rru: is wing, the buds are opening, an Lhe‘:rly flowm are in bloom,” said the commander’s message. “With us it is Winter, and the pale sun is sinking ever lower in the northern skies. But for all of us it is Easter time, and we are sharing its joys and hng‘e: with you. From the very ends of tl earth we send you all greetings. Our hearts and our thoughts are with you. May God bless g:u ::d keep you and grant ou every happiness.” ’ Several hundred Easter greetings were sent to Comdr. Byrd and his party by triends and reiatives, the messages be- ing transmitted by KDKA during its regular weekly broadcast to the An- tarctic. One message was from Col. Cecil H. Meares, & member of the Scott expedition, which in 1911 reached with- in 97 miles of the South Pole. “I wish you ntany happy returns of the daylight,” sald Col. Meares, “an s that your men will keep merry and bright during the Winter and have successful trips and exploitations in the ring.” BpIn :ddmon KDKA arranged an East er service for the members of the ex- pedition, A sermon was broadcast from the Shadyside Presbyterian Church here by the Rev. Hugh Thompson Kerr, and Easter music was broadcast by the ehl‘;.‘el.idln f @ general nature of o greeting g relatives and friends of the members of the expedition also was re-broadcast by KDKA. Comdr. Byrd said he uld have sent individual mi ut on account of the supply m"mnor ‘Boiling not getting through w!’& gasoline_supplies it was necessary to economize all along the line. DENTIST IDENTIFIES SMITH GIRL’S BODY, SOLVING MYSTERY (Continued From First Page.) wnl% t accepted as authentic the nt ll‘nuthm %t the body found yester- day in the Connecticut River as that of ¢ e o DieTad of Mr. and Mrs. St. John Smith indicated today that the parents of Frances, bouyed up by false reports that she had been found alive at intervals since her disapearance, found s measure of relief in the cer- tainty of her fate. The family also is said to_cling to the belief that the girl broke down from overstudy. The search extended over two con- tinents, Rewards of $10,000 for her re- turn alive or $1,000 for information as to her whereabouts were offered by Mr, fin. S femers of the ‘ictims inje Kmrlu serlously hurt, last night, —Star Staff Photos. MURDER INQUIRY PUSHED AT ELKTON Authorities Probe Theory Robbers Shot Woman and Son and Fired Home. By the Associated Press. ELKTON, Md., March 30.—Suspicion that robbers had shot Mrs. Anna Ma- honey, 82, and her 53-year-old son, Ed- ward Mahoney, to death before thelr farmhouse home, seven miles from here, was destroyed by fire last night, kept Cecll County authorities busy tonight seeking the facts. So complete was the destruction of the house that but one body could be located in the ruins. That was thought to have been the bones of the son, but Coroper Howard W. Green, in charge of the investigation, despaired of learn- ing anything about the cause of his death becauge of the eonumon‘m which intehse heal had reduged the’ bones. Declaration of Guy Lewis, a farmer living near the Mahoney home, and: other neighbors, that they heard shots about 11 o'clock last night, nearly three hours before the fire was discovered, gave rise to the suspicion that some- body seeking money the Mahoneys were thought to have kept about the house, had shot ;I!’l;m‘hl‘nd h:‘hen fired the building to hide crime. uwhu'1 the fire first was discovered by Robert Willlams, colored, who was pass- ing the house, it was not known cer- tainly whether the occupants had escaped. The Elkton fire department made a seven-mile run, but arrived after the fire had gained such head- way the la bullding could not be nv);d, As :fi ruins ;ell. Chief Nor- wood Atkinson caught glimpses of the bodjes, and started the .investigation which’ led him to adopt the murder theory. b After Coroner Green took up the in- vestigation his l\l!l)lclon was turned to Elmer Johnson, resident of a farm about a mile from the Mahoney home. He ordered Sheriff Clinton G. Logan to take Johnson into custody and hold him for further questioning, after reports were circulated that Johnson had been-seen leaving the vicinity of the Mahoney farm shortly before the fire was dis- covered, WOMAN DRIVER HELD AFTER FATAL CRASH Miss Helen L. Lyon, 29, of 2021 Ord- way street, was arrested last night by fourteenth precinct police after her a tomobile had killed colored woman, about 25 years old, at Connecticut and Cathedral avenues. After being held at the station house for more than an hour, Miss Lyon was released in the custody of her attorney by order of Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt. Miss Lyon's car was proceeding north on Connecticut avenue when the vietim was struck. She took the woman in her automobile and carried her to Emer- gency Hospital. She was ‘pronounceri dead upon arrival. ‘There were no marks of identification on the body. TWO INJURE._ IN CRASH. o | Man and Colored Woman Taken to] g Hospital From Waldorf. unidentified white man and & col- or:dn woman were taken to Providence a tree. % b 1 years with Ruth Ford, A skull is an unidentified | % PARTIAL SHIPMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RUM IS DELIVERED HERE ___ (Continued From Pirst Page.) been greeted at the docks by a recep- tion committee of Baltimore police, customs men and néwspaper corre- spondents. The diplomats went into a hasty “huddle” and agreed to store their Hnllnx:r until the publicity had subsided a bit. ‘The shipment was the first since the statutory snarl involved the Siamese shipment of 60 cases and a great deal of public attention was centered on the movement, both in this country and abroad. Hijackers Feared. Confronted by this show of interest the diplomats, who had made arrange- ments in advance with trucking com- panies when it was learned the Mary- land was about to dock in Baltimore, postponed the date of transport to S TS pul it) it invite the attention of hlJKln’yl.w Meanwhile, sweating stevedores hoist- ed the bottled goods over the ship’s side to a running fire of comment from newspaper men and policemen on the dock. The cases were sent gingerly down and deposited in a Government truck which conveyed them to a ware- house presided over by the appraiser "x"’nmmu at Q;y‘;nfl Lombard streets. ey were store e vaults ped with double lockrr. . This process came under the scrutiny of Pederal ibition agents, alert for & sign of pilfering. From time to time, by-standers on thé dock answered jibes from the seamen, relative to the thirst in diplomatic circles. A steady drizzle slanted on the water front while case after case and bale after bale of the finest old wines and liquors came overboard. handled by men who observed printed cautions of “glass —with care.” The - various containers bore such marks as “vermouth,” “brandy” and “creme de menthe.” ipment included 6 bales of wine and spirits for the Albanian lega- tion, 10 bales of whiskies for the Porto Rican legation, 11 bales for the Nicara- guan legation, 5 more for the Bolivian, 10 for the Brazilian Ambassador and 39 packages for the Japanese embassy. FEDERAL ATTORNEY TO PROBE MORGAN LIQUOR CHARGES (Continued From First Page.) nounced he would give him 24 hours to surrender. The time was up at 10 o'clock today and a deputy was sent after him. Department of Justice of- ficials said they recently talked with Representative Michaelson over the tel- ephone and asked him to save them the embarrassment of forcibly taking him to the Federal Building. Distriet Attorney Johnsoti said he could see no reason why the Congress- man_ should go to Florida, when he could surrender here, post a $2,000 bond and await the pleasure of the courts in the Southern State. He telegraphed authority to the marshal at Washing- ton to arrest Mr. Michaelson should he appear there. Congress convenes in special session April 15 and if he is not arrested be- fore that time, Mr. Michaelson would be immune for the entire session. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT COMMENTS. Delay in Michaelson Prosecution Has Been ‘The Department of Justice yester- day made known that it had inquired into the delay of the proseculion of the smuggling charges against Repre- sentative Michaelson. The department announcement said that the “Indictment in that case was secured September, 1928. On January 16,” it said, “this office inquired why the case had not been brought to trial. January 30 the Attorney General's of- fice was informed by the Jacksonville, Fla., office that removal proceedings were pending. ““The matter of lervin= of the process of removal from the Illinols district to the district of Florida to stand trial at the regular May term of court is in the handa of the district attorney at Chicago. “The Department of Justice has authorized no delay in this case. It will be handled just as any other re- f a defendant from one- district of Washington there are noon. ! cation, “ outing. FARM HEARIGS | TOENDVEDNESDA House Committee Pfan, However, Provides for-= Late Witnesses. i By the Associated Press. f ‘The House agriculture committee de- cided yesterday to end its hearings on the farm rellef question Wednesday, ex- cept for several witnesses who will be mflz to reach Washington before that ‘The witnesses who will appear after| that time will include farm and operative marketing leaders. Secre Hyde is expected to testify before hearings are closed. The Senate committee idled yester: day while the House was proceeding with the work of taking testimony, much of it overlapping that already before the committee in the form of statements from previous witnesses. W. G. Roe, a State Senator of Sud- lersville, Md.; Representative Golds- borough, a Maryland Democrat, and R. H. Phillips of Kensington, Md., were the coneluding witnesses of the day. Systematic News Plan. Goldshorough suggested that sys- tematic distribytion of market news and Weather Bureau reports would be of great ald to the farmer. Little that was new was presented to the committee yesterday. G. F. Hol- singer, president of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, suggested that poor farm lands should be taken out of crop production and used for reforestation at Federal expense. This, Holsinger said, would aid in reducing the surplus of farm erops. In addition, he proposed that no further lands be brought into production through irrigation and reelamation projects. Plan for Surplus Creps. In general, Hoisinger sald, he felt that it would be better for surplus crops to be put upon the market dur- ing the season in which they were pro- duced. He explained that he believed that if they were held off the market by stabilizing corporations they would tend to decrease the price next year when there was no surplus. While the committee plodded along with the hearings the idea was becom- ing more firmly fixed in the minds of some of the members that the measure that finally would be reported would set up a Federal farm board with a revolving fund and broad powers, in- cluding the machinery for the organi- 32ation of stabilization corporations when one point hich the pol ‘upon wi are still indefinite is whether the bo'yrd should walt until the association handling some particular commodity had been forced to appeal for help or if it should have the power to step into the situ- ation when it foresaw emergency con- ditions which arise in marketing. —— FARMERS TO COMPETE. Prizes Are Offered for Best Stalk of Cotton. bama, Georgi today were declared eligible for compe- forbride ofered.forthe "bert srios tl !1.51]%:1 cotton. = s occasion will be the National Cotton Show, to be held in_connection with the fair. The best single stalk will be selected at the Southeastern Fair Tennessee, Mis- sissippl, Arkansas. Louisiana, Missouri and Kentucky fairs. |NEW INTEREST GIVEN PROBE OF LOUISIANA GOVERNOR’S ACTS | (Contint Pirst Page.) sation dealt with minor subjects and he did not even remember them. At no time in the conversation, he was the name of Moon mentioned. Shortly after this conversation Mr. Moon left Oklahoma for Louisians with press dispatches saying he was to advise in the Long impeachment proceedings. Foregoes Easter Hollday. Gov. Long said he would fo: an Eas'sr holiday and remain in n ml, e ""thvlm his dblllfle. He wvrr:ed a7 with a squad o TS and clerks and his bro'-htr".gm ng, in the preparation of additional pam- phlets to spread over tne state. have the entire State 5!:&- tered before we are througn,” the Gov- ernor said. “I never have rested since I became governor. I will not now.” He expressed confidence in victory, saying he had received word from the rural districts that the country people, who, he said, elected him governor, were still his supporters. He said he had no statement to make today, but that next week he “would be ready to come forth with revelations that would split opponents wide open.” He has addressed this letter to the peo- ple of Louisiana: “I am in the fight of my life. Standard Ofl lobbyists and lewyers are here. They have filled the city with enough money to burn up & wet mule. The old New Orleans ring is here. They have news- papers clogged from one end to the other. They are spreading every kind of false propaganda. “It's the same old fight. My effort has been to compel the Standard Oil Co. to pay the kind of taxes that you have been paying (in fact, about one- tenth of what you are already paying), and because of that they are laying their lines to try and ruin me. “Please get these circulars to the people in every neck and corner. Have them write and wire their members of the Legisiature, both in the House and Senate, against the under-handed cross of the low-down manipulators who want to ruin any man they cannot control.” “Where Shall We -Motor Today?” Now is the time to get the car, take the family or friends and go out into the country. If starting early, lunch and .dine on the way. regular paved State roads out On the any number of quiet, rea- sonable places to eat and rest. " . Some of these are conveniently near, so it is pos- sible to leave during the week quite laté in the after- Starting today The Star will carry a new classifi- here to Motor and Dine.” » advertisements under this heading before planning your You will find listed there many attractive Consult the places in various directions. In today’s issue these advertisements may be found in the Classified Section.