Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1929, Page 1

\WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Fair tonight and tomorrow; frost tonight; lowest temperature about *24 degrees; somewhat warmer tomorrow. Temperatures: Highest, 81, at 4:45 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 38, at Full report on page 9. today. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Buresu Forecast.) heavy @ ¢ Foen L4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ng Star. service, . The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,731 Entered as secol No. 31,017. nd class matter shiagton, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1929 —-FORTY-FOUR PAGES. * (#) Means Associatsd Press. post office, Wa REBEL BOMBS DROP ON AMERICAN SOIL 1., MAN WOUNDED Report That Boy Was Hit; During Naco Aijr Attack Is Unverified. WINDOWS ARE SHATTERED IN BUSINESS DISTRICT Incident Is Expected to Bring American Flyers to Bor- der Town. e Associated NACO, Ariz, April 2—The American town of Naco was bo'nbed today, ap- parently unintenticnally, and Ferry Baker, 35, of Alliance, Ohio, was wound- ed when a Mexican rezl airplane drop- ped four missiles in an attack upon the federal stronghold of Naco, Sonora, on the Mexican side of the line. Baker was attended by a physician at the United States immigration office. He was reported to have been struck in the head by bomb fragments. also was an unverified report that a boy was hurt during the attack, but he could not be located in the confusion which immediately followed. Windows Shattered. Two of the four bombs fell on Amer- fcan soil. Many windows in the busi- ness district here were shattered. The other two bombs fell in Naco, Sonora. The attack was a continuation of the raids started last Sunday by rebel avia- tors under Gen. Fausto Topete, gover- nor of Sonora. Thus far 19 bombs have been dropped in three days. Up to today the casualties on the Mexican side were two killed and three or four wounded. American infantrymen have been sta- tioned here for several days with in- structicns to prevent, if possible, any damage on the American side of the border. Naco is held by about 1,200 fed- erals under Gen. Lucas Gonzales and Augustino Glachea. Topete’s attacking %orces several miles south of the city are said to number upwardg of 2,000, Terror Holds Sway. “Terror held sway for a few minutes in the American town as those in the dan- ger zone ran for cover. Maj. Charles B. Hazeltine, command- ing the American troops here, declined to comment on the situation. i “The total population of the two towns 1s approximately 3,000, about evenly di- vided by the international line. NEW PRECAUTIONS LIKELY. Lassiter Expected to Order Flyers to Naco, Ariz. Dropping of bombs on Naco, Ariz. | today by Mexican rebel fiyers is expect- ed to result in additional precautions being taken by the American Govern- | ment to prevent repetition of such an| incident. i The State Department, in the absence of any official report of the bombing, | indicated that Maj. Gen. William Las- | siter, commander of the 8th Corps Area of the Army at San Antonio, would promptiy take steps, probably ordering | some units of the Army Air Corps from one of the Texas air fields to Naco. Gen. Lassiter has full authority to take such steps as he considers advis- able. Shouid, planes be ordered to the | border, they would be given instructions | to prevent the incursion of any rebel aircraft over American territory. Today's bombing was not the first that has disturbed Naco. On Sunday | a rebel plane dropped two bombs in the Mexican town across the border and later returned and dropped five more. Fragments from some of the bombs flew to the American side and | struck the railroad station at Naco. ONE LETTER IS TAKEN Tondon Police Seeking to Solve Peculiar Nature of Steamship Robbery. By the Associated Press. " 2 LONDON, April 2.—The peculiar dis- crimination of the thief who violated {he single sack of the steamship Levia- than's registered mail before it left here last week is puzzling investigators. The thief slit one of about 200 mail bags, reached through the slit to the smaller bag inside, slit this, and took a single letter from Cologne, Germany, and addressed to Bogola, Colombia. Nothing else was taken from the one bag opened and other bags were not molested. Tondon police are trying through the German police to ascertain the contents of the stolen letter. Where the theft was committeed is still a mystery. RECOVERY IN STOCK PRICES CONTINUES Market Heads Upward Again To- day Despite High Money Rate. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 2—Several fa-| vorable business developments today cleared the atmosphere in Wall Street under the stimulus of fresh buying op-’ erations in the oil, public utility and steel shares. A few high-priced issues were marked up $10 to $34 a share, and a long list of popular industrials climbed $1 to $5 a share. Buying of the oils this morning was influenced by reports of a sharp de- crease in oil production last week. Hous- ton advanced $3 a share to $108, Stand- ard Oil of New Jersey, $2 to $60.1212; Pan American B, $2 to $53.62%;, and Indian Refining, $1 to $45.50, all new high records. American Express and American Railway Express each ad- vanced $16.50 a share, Miami Copper, $4.50 and American Zinc, $4. Mont- gomery Ward advanced $4.50. Chile Copper and Wright Aeronauti- @), however, each broke §5 a shaye, and stock prices rallied in brisk (l.shlon1 There | Federa! Attorney Declares No Liquor Belonging to Ohioan Was Seen. Withholds Fuller Statement Pending Closer Study of Case. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 2—United States Attorney C. H. Tuttle, after investi- gating reports that Representative Wil- liam M. Morgan of Ohio had brought four bottles of liquor into the country | from Panama, announced today that no one had seen any liquor and that the Morgan baggage had been passed un- opened. ‘When first reports were published that the Representative had acknowledged possession of four bottles of liquor found in one of his trunks, but had demanded and been granted free entry, he em- phatically denled the whole story. He said he had never had a drink in his life. Tuttle called seven customs men to | his office, including the two inspectors, who were reported to have seen the liquor, and after questioning them an- nounced today that the whole matter TUTTLE SAYS MORGAN BAGGAGE 'PASSED BY CUSTOMS UNOENED REPRESENTATIVE MORGAN. resolved itself into “talk’between cus- toms men and Mr. Morgan.” He said that not only had no liquor been seen, but that none of the Rep- resentative’s baggage had been opened. He said that this courtesy was extended on the Representative's assertion that} he had been in Panama on official busi- ness and so was entitled to free entry. Tuttle’s statement follows: “Until the statments of the customs officials (taken yesterday) have been " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) NEW ATTACK TODAY .~ DUE AT JIMENEZ 'Federals Checked After Heavy Fighting—Rebels Routed on West Coast. | | | By the Associated Press. | Held in check by stubborn rebel re- ‘sistancc, after a heavy day of fighting | | for possession of Jimenez, in Chihuahua, ipower!ul federal forces today were | poised for another onslaught against the | insurgent stronghold. | Contradicting federal reports of a | partial victory in yesterday's battles, the rebels claimed a sweeping victory at Jimenez, during which insurgent | forces drove southward for a distance | of 20 miles. Along the west coast the rebels were | reported in full retreat after a disas- trous battle, in which they were said to have lost 100 dead, 50 wounded and numerous prisoners. For the first time since the outbreak of the revolt, five weeks ago, the revo- lution appeared entering a decisive phase, the battle for Jimenez being the most extensive thus far reported. Battle Rages for 14 Hours. For 14 hours Monday the battle raged and late in the afternoon the federals sumption of the attack today. At that time they claimed possession of part of Jimenez, with the rest of their three-mile battlefront appreciably near- er the important railroad point. No definite estimate of the casualties was available, each side stating that hundreds of the enemy had been killed. Artillery, airplanes and machine guns were used extensively to support cavalry and infantry advances all along the line. About 10,000 federals and 5.000 rebels were reported to have par- ticipated. Lieut. Col. Roberto Fierro, noted Mex- ican fiyer, reached the federal lines after being shot down by rebel fire Sunday. He was given a new plane to take up a search for a companion still missing. Federals Burn Bridges. Gen. Calles, announcing that the at- tack would be renewed today, reported that bridges north of Jimenez had been burned by federal detachments, thus cutting off any rebel retreat. Naco, on the border, was tense as rebel troops threatened again to open an attack against the defending fed- erals. Rebel planes have bombed the town four times within the past two days. z}cn. Em:ub;r.hxnzbetlt c;mmun:er‘;eh;- chief, resumes s attack on Ambas- sador Morrow, charging him with being the representative “of the house of Morgan.” ESCOBAR HOLDS JIMENEZ.' Calles Forces Line Up to Renew Assault on City. MEXICO CITY, April 2 (P)—Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles, his forces re- formed in the night, hoped to accom- plish today what he failed to do in 14 hours’ desperate fighting yesterday—de- feat of the principal rebel army at Jim- enez, Southern Chihuahua. Vastly outnumbered, outflanked, and with retreat cut off, the forces of the rebel Gen. Jose Gonzalo Escobar. at ling from 1 am. to 5 p.m. yesterday. glt %he' latter hour federal attack was halted to await, resumption today. The exact situation was not clear. Federal reports continued optimistic. From them it seemed probable there had been some success in the fighting against the rebel right wing and that a section of Jimenez was in their hands. But in the unlooked for calling off of the federal attack and in the acknowl- edged failure to take the city after such a determined effort some saw reason to believe there may have been federal reverses. There was a different story from the ~(Contihued on Page 4, Column 2.) . AIR MAIL PILOT MAKES 187 MILES AN HOUR «Red” Andert Believed Breaker of Records in Hop Through' West. By the Associated Plreu. e s SEATTLE, April 2—The fast ever made in the United States by an air mail pilot was believed to have been set on the Salt Lake-Boise route by Paul A, (“Red”) Andert terday, when he flew over the route in 1 hour and 40 minutes, or about 187 miles an hour. A standard plane, one of a new fleet just put into operation, was used and a load of 366 pounds of mail was carried. Records of the American Air Trans- port Association showed that the best previous speed was 180 miles an hour made recently by Donald Johnston be- zween". Richmond, Va., and Newark, N ceased firing to draw their lines for re- | Jeast held their ground in furious bat-| TESTIFIES WOMAN SLANBY ACCIDENT Aurora Deputy Says Mrs. De King Leveled Pistol and He Fired as He Stumbled. By the Assoclated Press. ELGIN, I, April 2.—Roy Smith, deputy sheriff, who last week shot and killed Mrs. Lilllan De King during a liquor raid in Aurora and was shot in turn by Mrs. De King's 12-year-old son, today told a coroner’s jury the woman was aiming a pistol at him when his gun exploded accidentally as he stumbled while backing toward the door. The coroner’s jury came here from Aurora to take Smith’s testimony in a hospital where he is convalescing. After hearing his story they went to Geneva where the formal inquest was opened. Only the jury and attorneys and one reporter could crowd into the small hospital room where Smith lay. By previous agreement the coroner con- ducted the questioning, George Car- bary, Kane County State’s attorney, and De King's counsel agreeing not to in- tervene, and Charles Hadley, observer for the Attorney General, stating he' did not care to ask questions. Smith first identified a pistol he car- ried last week when Joseph De King's Aurora home was raided by county of- | ficers and also another pistol that he thought Mrs. De King picked up from | the floor. He said he and two other| deputies accompanied two officers to | the De King home after the two offi- | cers had been unable to gain entrance to search it. Knocked Out Armed Man. He said they found the house lighted | up and he had understood that “every- | thing was all right and that Peter De King, Joseph's brother, and a deputy were inside.” He said he entered by the front door after the house was sur- rounded and did not anticipate trouble. He noticed a boy and then saw a man backing toward him, pistol in hand, shouting he intended to shoot the first officer to enter. Smith said he then realized he was the only officer in the house and de- cided it was best to knock out the armed man, which he said he did with the butt of his pistol. As this man, | identified as De King, fell, Smith said he heard a woman scream, although he had understood Mrs. De King was not in the house. The woman rushed toward him, cursing and screaming, he declared, snatched up a pistol dropped by her husband and levelgd it at him. Her son Gerald, he said, was behind him, although heé did not notice the boy at the time. The deputy said he was backing toward the door and stum- bled, and from then on things were not clear to him. “Mama, I Got Him.” He said some one shot him through the leg and he thought the woman had fired until the boy ran from behind him with a pistol, shouting: “Mama, I got him, I got him.” Smith said that his gun was discharged from the hip about this time and he fell and remembered nothing more until he found himself in_a hospital. In reply to questions, Smith said the boy was behind him when Smith struck the boy's father, but that he had not ! noticed the boy had a pistol. He said De King and his wife were the only ones he npted who were armed and estimated Mrs. De King was six or eight feet distant when the first shot was fired. He said he remembered hearing only one shot other than the one he himself fired. A juror asked if he had seen the search warrant on which the raid was | made and he replied in the negative, but added that the officers never went without warrants and he was satisfied there was one. DOCTORS WARN JOFFRE. Health Good, but He Must Go Slow, Physicians Say. F PARIS, April 2 (#).—Physicians told Marshal Joffre today that his health ‘was good, but he must go carefully. The aged military leader sought their advice because of fatigue in the days after the ports of offre’s {llness cir- culated in Paris today, but visitors (o\clnd him at his desk writing. He is unable to walk abcut much because of water on the knee, growing out of a fall last | year. ! Bank Sialements “;V;zshlnmn clearing house, $6,730,- Treasury balance, $427,807,235.30. New York clearing house 3 “g”v“%oo:' A l: use exchange, ew York clear! h balan $199,000,000 v e EXCLUSIVE CIRGLES | CELEBRATE EASTER ATBONEDRY PARTY Precedent Is Shattered When Only Water and Orange- ade Are Served. FAMED HOSTS ABANDON TRADITIONS OF YEARS Salutary Influence of Hoover's Regime Is Seen in Revolution of Social Standards. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. ‘Washington during the Easter holi- day was the scene of a remarkable and epoch-making victory for prohibition. At a stately home, for a generation the popular rendezvous of Capital socicly, there was given, for the first time in its history, a bone-dry breakfast party, One hundred and fifty guests, constitut- ing the most eminent possible cross- section of official and unofficial Wash- ington life, sat down to a meal lavish in all respects except as to drink. Only ice water and orangeade were sexved. The party was voted a brilliant success. It turned out to be a first- class “surprise party,” but the host and | hostess were the recipients on all hands | of hearty congratulations. They were felicitated on their courage in smashing a tradition long intrenched fvt only in their own house, but in the houses of countless other Washingtonians of their social rank. Innovation Stirs Talk. The Capital is buzzing, as it is likely to buzz for many days, with discussion of both the cause and effect of the innovation. That it will prove con- tagious in many of those upper-class homes of Washington, which are ac- customed to serve liquor to guests, is a widespread, though not universal, opinion. Everybody seems to feel that at least a worthy example has been set in so conspicuous a place that it cannot possibly pass unnoticed or unimitated. When news of it trickles across the country, confidence is expressed that “society” in many other cities will fol- | low the lead now given it in Wash- ington. One of the foremost Federal officials associated with prohibition enforcement —who happened to be a guest at the trail-blazing dry breakfast party—tells this writer that nothing in years has done so much for “law observance” in so-called “higher circles.” This official | described the action of the family in | question as “fine, brave and wis as “indicating the new spirit which is tak- ing hold, rhaps - tardily, of our thoughtful citizens,” and as “ushering in new social standards in America.” Hoover’s Influence. There is pretty general agreement that it is the influence of President | Hoover's regime which led to the| Eastertide law-observance revolution in | Washington. Four weeks ago, in his inaugural address, Mr. Hoover sounde a clarion call to his fellow citizens join, by personal example, in the cru- sade to check violation of laws. The President singled out prohibition for | emphatic mention. “A large responsi- bility rests directly upon our citizens,” he said, in discussing the enforcement situation. If the full contents of the White | House mail bag since March 4 could be disclosed, the country would have ample evidence that Mr. Hoover's words did not fall on deaf ears. Beyond the shadow of a doubt, on the contrary, they made the deepest kind of an im- pression. Most authorities think they were worth a dozen Jones-Stalker laws for punishing bootleggers with $10,000 fines and 5-year jail sentences. ‘The President set the thirstiest Amer- icans to thinking. All over the United | States, as there is evidence at hand to,i prove, men and women have taken the private pledge to help the new President “put prohibition across” by individual example. Unquestionably, that is the signifi- cance and the explanation of the shin- | ing example which has just been set| to Washington’s smartest social element | by one of its outstanding and most highly respected leaders. Easter, 1929, seems destined to take its place in American prohibition history. (Copyright, 1929.) LINDY LEAVES TEXAS FOR VISIT WITH ANNE Lone Eagle Flying to Mexico City After Rapid Trip From West Coast to Brownsville. By the Associated Press. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., April 2.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh took off for Mexi- co City at 8:45 am. today to visit his flancee, Miss Anne Morrow. The colonel said he expected to ar- rive in Mexico City by noon with nor- mal flying conditions. His plane was checked over and refucled while he ate | breakfast. It was believed he would make a non-stop flight to the Mexican capital. ‘The famous fiyer left Santa Monica, Calif., yesterday in his Curtiss biplane in such a hurry to return to his fiancee, after spending several weeks on the Pacific Coast, that he did not pause for rest or sleep. He reached El Paso, Tex. at 5:30 | p.m. yesterday, and pushed on to Kelly Field, San Antonio, where he landed at 1:41 o'clock this morning. Forty min- utes later he took off in the dark for this Mexican border city, arriving at 7:50 a.m. Col. Lindbergh said he planned to stay in Mexico City a few days and then return to the United States by way of Brownsville. A Pfis!pofl was ready for him on his arrival here. Alien Smugglers Sentenced. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, April 2 (A’).——' Judge Wells today sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment each Capt. Andres Velez, Alesio Sereniino and Dordonl:l. Bu!l:er, ass., * for | them an increase of $2 a day, from $9 met. Velez was in yacht, PSSy AT Radio Programs—Page 30 1 TWO CENTS. GLADSOME EASTER WEEK! RON WORK STRKE TS UP BULDNG Structural Laborers Halt| Construction—Agreement Foreseen Today. Strike by Local No. 5, International Association of Bridge Structural and | Ornamental Ircn Workers for a five- day week and raise in pay from $1.50 a% hour to $1.65 an hour has tied up all structural iron work in the city, includ- ing two Government jobs, but there were indications this afternoon that an agreement might be reached, and some wark might be 1esumed tomorrow after- noon. ‘The largest projects on which iron work has come to a standstiil are the Bureauy of Iniernal Revenue, south of the Post Office Department Building, and the addition to the Government Printing Office. No definite information could be ob- tained as to the number of projects tied up by the strike, nor the number of men wio walked out yesterday. It was learned also at the same time today that the other Washington local of the Ironworkers’ Union, including the rodmen, who place steel in rein- forced concrete, and known as Local No. 20 has also made a demand for | increase in pay effective May 1. They are asking for an increase from $1.12!2 an hour to $1.37'2 an hour. While there was no definite official information forthcoming from any sources about the outcome of the strike of the Ironworkers Local, No. 5, which pulled its men off the job yesterday, when their demands for increased pay were not met, it was generally reported about, both among employers and the ironworkers themselves, that some kind of an agreement would be reached to- day. In case this happens, it was indi- cated that some of the men would re- turn to work tomorrow morning. Locher Represents Union. ‘The strike was called, it was learned today, by P. C. Carlisle of Norfolk, Va.. international representative of the union in charge of the Southern juris- diction. He is now in Washington negotiating for a settlement. The local organization is being represented in the negotiations by John A. Locher of this city. The largest number of men involved in any one job in the city was on the Bureau of Internal Revenue structure, Tenth and Twelfth, B and C streets, where they were working for the James H. Elkins Construction Co. of Birming- ham, Ala., a subcontractor under James Baird Co., Inc., which has the contract for the entire superstructure of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Steel has been arriving rapidly in the city, al- though it was said that some .of the “key” pieces were delayed a bit recent- ly, and work was being carried forward with six huge steel derricks and a num- ber of workmen. The exact number who walked off the job yesterday could not be ascertained, as reports from various sources varied from “5 or 6” up to 55 and 88. Six derricks, however, and four trucks had been busy handling the steel, which is | being shipped in from Pottstown, Pa. A seventh derrick rests in the yards on the job, ready for erection. C. H. Williams, superintendent for the Elkins Co. claimed that the erection work would not be delayed much by the strike, and insisted that some prin- cipal pieces of steel needed for the work are missing in the shipments. He admit- ted, however, that there was a large quantity of steel on the job, and more at the Eckington yards ready for un- loading. Construction Halted. From some sources close to the union it was intimated that not all of the structural iron work in the city was| being held up, but a survey by The Star found that the only big jobs under way, the Bureau of Internal Revenue and Government Printing Office, had been completely halted. The general contractor on the printing office job is the Rust Engineering Co. The demand of the structural iron workers local, No. 5, means that they are asking for the same pay for five days a week as they are now receiving for five and a half days, including half | a day Saturday. They ask for an in- crease of 15 cents an hour, Which means from $1.50 to $1.65 an hour, or from $12 to $13.20 a day. < The rodmen’s local, No. 20, in their demand, effective May 1, ask for an in- crease of 25 cents an hour, from $1.12%, an hour to $1.37%, which would give to $11 a day. Movie Fan Laughs At Sad Film; Thrown Out; Sues; Gets $300 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 2.—When Thomas J. Pillion goes to the movies it is to laugh. Pillion guffawed in the wrong place at the State-Lake Theater —s0, at least, the management contended. The film was sad; a circumstance which did not coincide with Pillion’s mood, so he waxed merry as others wept. Some one threw him out for his cinemal lese majesty. He sued. Today his attorney con- tended that man’s right to laugh, even at a sad movie, had been vindicated by a $300 settlement in Pillion’s favor. HOOVERAGAINSTOIL INTERSTATE PACTS ISherman Law Liberalization Seen as Requiring Price Regulation. By the Associated Press. President Hoover is of the opinion that liberalization of the Sherman law to permit interstate agreements for the curtailment of oil production would necessitate Federal regulation of prices and to this he is opposed. The question of Government action to permit such agreements was raised at a recent meeting of the American Petroleum Institute, a delegation from which is to discuss the subject with"the Federal Oil Conservation Board tomor- row. As a member of the oil board, which was appointed by President Coolidge, Mr. Hoover has made an intensive study of the situation and is thor- oughly conversant with the problems presented. Through its investigation the board found that promiscuous and intensive drilling was the fundamental cause of the exhaustion of the natural oil supply. By regulation of drilling much watse could be avoided, the board be- lieved, and a maximum production be obtained from a given deposit. With regulated drilling it was be- lieved, the problem of over production, too, could be solved. This brought up the question of how drilling could be regulated and a spe- cial committee investigated the possi- bilities of legislation and reported that there was no foundation for Federal ac- tion. Regulation of drilling, it said, rested with the States. Morever, it reported that agreements between oil operators for limiting production would be in violation of the Sherman law. EIGHT HURT IN FIRE. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 2 (#).— Eight persons were injured and several hundred were routed from their rooms scantily dressed early this morning by fire that destroyed a group of three- story buildings in the downtown sec- tion of Fourth avenue. Loss was esti- i mated at $250,000. SNOOK CONFRONTED WITH COURT ACTION Mrs. Willebrandt Reported as Planning to Press Charges. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga, April 2—The Con- [ stitution said today that special agents the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary con- cerning a report that former Warden John W. Snook permitted inmates to re- ceive woman visitors while he was in ‘charge of the institution. The newspapers said Mrs. ‘Walker Willebrandt, special Assistant against the former warden on the mat- ter, which Snook himself has branded as “preposterous and without founda- tion.” The department investigators were said by the newspaper to have investi- gated charges that narcotics have been available to addicts within the prison and that disease is prevalent there. In a statement last night, Mr. Snook, whose resignation from his post became effective Sunday night, denied both of these charges, and again scored the “planting” of Department of Justice agents in the institution as convicts. Warden Consults Attorneys. Federal officials here would not be quoted on the possibility that a Federal grand jury, which expected to go into session today, would take any action in the case. The warden has made known, how- ever, that he has consulted attorneys in regard to the possibility of bringing action against Department of Justice officials for the alleged “falsification of ‘Government documents in procuring the incarceration” of agents in the prison as bona fide prisoners. It became known yesterday four as- sistants of the former warden had been demoted to guard duty on the prison walls by order of Mrs. Willebrandt. The four officials, all veterans, who were said to have enjoyed the confi- dence of the former warden, are: Capt. Clarence L. Parker, yard cap- tain of the day watch. Lieut. Grover C. Hopkins, Parker's as- sistant. John Grider, assistant record clerk. L. M. Walker, in control of the en- trance gates. The report of the reduction in rank, " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) ACCUSED OF MURDER. Man, 35, Charged With Slaying Mother, 75, in Florida. BUSHNELL, Fla, April 2 (#).— Richard Hamilton, " 35, was arrested here today charged with the murder of his .mother, Mrs. Mary Ann Arnold, 75, on a remote farm in Bay Hill community Sunday. ‘Testimony at a coroner’s jury brought out the fact that Hamilton had re- fused his mother entrance to her own home, that she had attempted to strike him with an ax handle, and that he shot her after ordering her away. A Sports Final Edition With Complete Racing Results will be inaugurated by The Cohening Star TODAY IT WILL BE ISSUED FOLLOWING THE REGULAR 5:30 EDITION OF THE STAR A PINK PAPER. It will contain BASE BALL RESULTS, CHARTS, RACING NEWS, NOTES ND WILL BE PRINTED ON RACING AND GOSSIP ON ACTIVITIES AT THE TRACKS, ENTRIES AND SELECTIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY WITH EXPLANATORY COMMENT, WORKOUTS AND OTHER DATA CALCULATED TO PROVIDE A MOST ACCURATE ESTIMATE OF THE RACING SITUATION. THE REGULAR 5:30 EDITION WILL BE PRINTED ON WHITE PAPER. “Get Today's Fa;:ts Today” will be the slogan of the late Sports Final of The Evening Star of the Department of Justice yesterday | interviewed a number of prisoners at | Mabel | | Attorney General, planned court action | ICONGRESS LEADERS ARE PLEASED OVER SURPLUS PROSPECT Inclined to Smother Sugges- tions for Tax Reduction, Holding Margin Too Small. INCOME LEVY INCREASE LAID TO STOCK MARKET " Unexpected Gain, Totaling More Than $86,000,000, Credited to Profit-Taking. By the Associated Press. Gratified over the prospects of a $100,000,000 Treasury surplus this year, congressional leaders nevertheless to- day were inclined to smother sugges- tions for another tax reduction. Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance committee declared the $100,- 000,000 margin was not, sufficient to be- 8In a new tax reduction measure. He declared appropriations authorized by Congress at the last session wouid al- most consume this Pprospective surplus. “Moreover,”™ he said, “most e profits going to make Up the ineacs taxes received this year by the Govern- ment were made from a rising stock market. What goes up is apt to come lown. We face the prospect of having taxpayers deduct losses if there should xn;gsglmmg stock market. The Gov- L ‘annot gamble on such a con- Senator Smoot agrees with Secretas Mellon that if another tax revision g made, attention should be given to a cut in the rate on earned incomes. But he does not want even this tax revision considered at this time. Sees Business as Key to Cut. The Utah Senator, as administration financial expert, does not belleve tax revision can be considered at the next { regular session, beginning in December, Future revision, he said, might depend | upon increased business in the country. | He saw no opportunity for reductions | in_Government expenditures. Unexpectedly large receipts from the last income tax payments, coupled with |a persistent policy of loan reduction, brought the national debt on March 31 to the lowest point since the termina- tion of the World War. \ The net debt on that date was re- ported today by the Treasury Depart- ment at $16,808,711,272.06, compared | to $17,492,000,237.66 one year ago. The peak point of war debts was $25478,« 592,113.25, the figure for August, 1919. The month-end statement of the Treasury disclosed that total receipts . | from the income tax for the first of the [ four quarterly payments of 1928 wera $601,363,804.66, justifying all of the re- cently built-up hopes of an addition of about $250,000,000 to the Government's receipts from this source alone in 1928. Revenue Increase General Last year's March income tax pay- ments stopped at $515,669,121 and the increase this year of more than $86.- 000,000 is expected to persist in large part through the other three income tax payment periods, though a large number of such taxpayers settle their account with the Government in a sin- gle payment during March. There also was noted this month an increase in practically all other sources lui_Ga\'ernment revenues, customs re- i ceipts for the month having reached | the total of $55,000,000, or about $7.- 000,000 more than in March last year, while the Miscellaneous internal reve- nue items brought in more than $50- :OUU‘DOD. and slightly more than those during the same period last year. Profit Taking Boosts Total. The rising stock markets of 1928, | which caused the Federal Reserve Board | & great deal of concern, are credited by | the Treasury Department with the in- | crease in March income tax returns. _Furthermom, it was disclosed, mndi- vidual incomie tax returns have in- creased to such an extent that, for the i first time, they exceed corporation tax collections, which came up to expecta- | tions under the reduced rate of 12 per cent. The explanation for the increased | collection from individuals was that, { with the stock markets rising the way ‘lhey did, few deductions were made ior losses and, with the maximum surtax rate cut from 40 to 20 per cent, many persons who might otherwise have held their stocks took their profits and in- cluded them in their returns. Reserve Governors Confer. Meanwhile, the controversy over ef- forts of the Federal Reser\'s) Board to curb the use of credit in stock market operations has given little evidence of abatement, although neither the board nor the governors of the 12 Federal Re- serve banks, who were in session sepa- rately yesterday and again today, went into the New York situation. The governors are having their semi- annual conference and, although several of them dropped in on the board meet- ing, which also was attended by Secre- | tary Mellon, it was announced that | they had discussed only routine mat- ters. After the board meeting Secre- tary Mellon said no mention had been made of the action of Charles E. Mitchell of the National City Bark, during the credit crisis last Tuesday, in advancing $25,000,000 to break the advance in the call loan rate. That action, which drew demand for his resignation as a New York Re- serve Bank director from Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia, a former Secretary of the Treasury, was given vigorous support last night by L. M. Williams, senior member of the banking firm of John L. Williams & Sons of Richmond, a brother of the late John Skelton Wil- lllsnzms. controller of the currency in $30,000 GEMS DISAPPEAR. Black Diamonds Missing After Wreck of Mail Plane in Illinois. DIXON, IIl, April 2 (#).—Disappear- ance of $30,000 worth of commercial black diamonds in the wreck of the mail plane near here March 22 was revealed today by Robert J. Pollitt of zzw"‘log),nimunnce :&juxter. and Wal- r J. n, post ice inspector Rockford, Il e o The package, containing the dia- monds, to be used for drill points, was believed to have been destroyed by fire which consumed the plane following the crash. Ashes of the plane, and the top soil nnrhmn been sifted with- out revealing of the gems. The ashes have been sent to New York for more scientific examinatioms N