Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1929, Page 2

JERCHANTS TRUST IMEETING PLA ELEVATES DRURY Elected Chairman of Board. Bolling Is Made President of Bank. BY EDWARD C. STONE. Peter A. Drury, one of the best known bankers in Washington, resigned as pres- ident of the Merchants' Bank & Trust Co. at a meeting of the directors held late yesterday and was immediately elected chairman of the board. Rolfe E. Bolling, who has been first vice president of the bank since April 1, 1923, was elevated to the presidency, and Frank P. Harman, jr., sscond vice presi- dent, was moved up to take Mr. Bollings place. The unexpected change was made at | the request of Mr. Drury, who expressed a desire to be relieved of the many problems which rest on the shoulders of a bank president. The local banker is nearly 65 years of age and feels he is entitled to a rest, although his election as chairman of the board shows that he will still keep in close touch with the affairs of the bank. It developed today that Mr. Drury has been seriously considering taking such a step for some time. During his recent six-week stay in Florida his phy- siclan urged such a move. He told friends he was anxious to remain at the helm until the bank reached $10,000,000 in deposits. This it did on April 2, which happened to be the bank’s sev- enth anniversary, so Mr. Drury-stepped out with his institution at its peak of prosperity. Successful Career as Banker. Mr. Drury has had a long and suc- cessful career as a banker. He organiz- 1d the old Merchants & Mechanics Bank of Washington in 1904, and served as president until 1906; then organized and was made president of the National City Bank of Washington, being at the head of that until 1916, when he organized and was elected president of the Merchants Bank, which became the Merchants Bank & Trust Co, April 2, 1922, Consequently he is the only ident the trust company has ever o, Mr. Bolling assumed the presidency today with nearly 40 years in the bank- ing profession behind him. He is a member of the widely known Virginia family of Bollings and started his ca- | reer at Abbington in the Old Dominion. Prom there he went to Baltimore, and | later organized two foreign banks in Panama, which were taken over by New York banks. He came to Wash- ington from New York, where he was first vice president of the Chatham Phenix National Bank. In addition to his wide acquaintance and experience, he is considered in the financial dis- trict as a most conservative banker. The change is the most important that has taken place among Washing- ton bank officials in over a year, or since Charles J. Bell resigned from the presidency of the American Security & Trust Co. to become chairman of the board and be followed by Corcoran Thom es president. New Trust Officer Elected. At the directors’ meeting Joseph A. Rafferty was elected trust officer to fili the vacancy caused by the recent death of B. Ashby Leavell. Mr. Rafferty has been with the bank for many years. Under the new-alignment the bank’s present officials -ars Peter A. Drury, chairman of the board; Rolfe E. Bolling. president; Frank P. Harman, jr, first vice president; Frank E. Ghiselli, Luther | E Bchreiner, J. L. Sherwood and Ernest Gerstenberg, vice presidents; Han—g‘.L Donoghue, treasurer; Joseph A. f- ferty, trust officer; Wade H. Ellis, coun-| sel; W. B. Baden, Henry 8. Wattles and W. H. Martin, assistant treasurers. ‘The present directors include Harry E. Allen, Noble P. Barnes, Rolfe E. lling, Harry R. Carroll, Peter M. . Drury, Peter A. Drury, , Ernest Gerstenberg, E. Ghiselli, Frank P. Harman, Holland W. Jenks, Willlam E. Leahy, Walter M. MacNichol, J. Ernest Mitchell, Alvin L. Newmyer, Daniel J. O’Brien, Frank O'Hara, Joseph A. Raf- ferty, L. E. Schreiner, J. L. SBherwood, Lewis M. Thayer, John Zanier and C. Francis Jenkins. In commenting on the changes today, Mr. Drury expressed particular satisfac- tion in having a banker of Mr. Bolling's type succeed him. He also said he planned to take an extended trip abroad | in the near future to get a complete | tis Test. The Merchants’ Bank & Trust Co. is located in the Southern Building. It will be recalled that Mr. Drury hought this big office building about a year a| in a personal deal that had nothing do with the bank. YOUTH IS ARRESTED ON CHECK CHARGES Chased Down Sidewalks and Into Basement of Department Store. George Tucker, 21 years old, color- ed, of the 900 block of Twenty-third street, was captured after -a chase through the downtown business district today after he is alleged to have passed & worthless check at the Federal-Amer- | legislal ican National Bank, Fourteenth and G ts, . The man is being held at the first precinct station while Headquarters De-, tectives Ira E. Keck and B. W. Thomp- son are ltumpmn%em link Tucker with lerlluomer attempted bad check lons, ‘The man’s capture was brought about by William B. of the 'ton Ter~ Tace apartments, a clerk st the bank, who heeded & call for assistance from & paying teller whose suspicions had been aroused by the man’s behavior, and who gave chase down the sidewalk G street on department store at Twelfth and F stree ts. colored man, who later told po- lice he had been visiting at the Twen- ty-third street address and only come here recently from Norfolk, pre- sented & check for $70 today, which ‘bank officials said bore the forged signa- ture of & deposf California Scores First in Assessing Jones Law Terps By the Assoclated Press. So far as official advices to the into the basement of a | g i { | Upper: Peter A. Drury, who has re- signed his_position as head of the Merchants Bank & Trust Co. and been elected chairman of the board of di- rectors. Lower: Rolfe E. Bolling, first vice gmldent of the trust company who has advanced to the pi lency. FARM BOARD URGED BY GRAIN DEALER TO PROVIDE RELIEF (Continued From First Page.) House eommittee called for creation of a Federal farm rd, assistance to co-operative commodity producers’ or- anizations, both in organizing and ancing their initial operations, and provision for establishment of farmer controlled commodity stabilization cor- porations. HPOVER VIEWS SEEN. Hyde Regarded as Expressing Desires of President. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ' Farm legislation has been defined by the Hoover administration as embrac- ing broad discretionary powers to Fed- eral agencies to deal with each com- modity as may be dictated by experi- ence. Although President Hoover has not expressed his views, the Capital is con- vinced today that the testimony of the new Secretary of Agriculture, Asthur | M. Hyde, reflects absolutely the view- | | Coast business m: and British Columbia, but an expe) _THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO OF DIRT FARMERS Emergency Conference De- tails Are Submi‘ted to President. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Plans were submitted to President Hoover today for an emergency con- | ference of dirt farmers at the National Capital, for the pi of enlighten- ing the House, m"fi'.'u and 'I:‘ ad- ministration as to actual conditions in agriculture and formulating “a farm- ers’ program” of fa relief. man Haugen of the committee, Chairman McNary of Senate committee and other' sional leaders have been with the scheme and given it roval. t was also brought to the ntion of Secretary Hyde, with a view to_enlisting the Department of Agri- culture’s approval. The Amer Farm Bureau Federation, the National Grange and the Farmers' Union have nkejwés!q been asked to support the project. The originator of the dirt farmers’ conference idea is E. Clemens Horst of San Francisco, a millionaire Pacific farmer, Mr. Horst arrived in Washi at the end of March, at the invitation of Chairman McNary. and on March 29 addressed the Senate icultural committee for the better part of two hours. He made a deep impression on everybody who heard him. He turned out, to not only a big-scale agriculturist, who | operates 7,000 or 8,000 acres of “diversi- fled” farm lands in California, Oregon ri- enced factor in the agricultural impo: and export trade. Criticizes Present Mr. Horst declares ti ‘not one of the plans now undergoing consider- ation at Washington is worth a t."” He asserts they will not only fail to remedy, but will actually aggravate, the surplus problem which is at the root of American ngricultunl distress. N,:gung but pro‘l]nl‘ itive tariffs on 'E 2 produce will or can, t@e Pac Coast ‘authority contends, put the American farmer in control of his home market. Once there is such con- trol, Horst argues, the surplus problem will automatically solve itself, “because there will be no surplus.” Mr. Horst says he is in possession of ns. assurances from col that the basic cause of controversy at Washington over farm relief, and of the failure to grant it, is not agree on & plan. the California: there are two kinds of farmers. There are farmers who farm the farms, and farmers who farm the farmers. I want to assemble in Washington, before it too late, a representative group of fa: ers who farm farms. There need not be many. Twenty-five or thirty at the outside would suffice, ould not be hand picked. Selection of Delegates. T would be satisfled if the Department of Agriculture selected two or three dele- gates; if the two agricultural committees of Congress selected two or three aplece, and if the three princi) farm ol 1= zations selected delegatiops to represent each of them. Through other agencies representative of all sections and of all crops, it would be easy to complete the make-up of a conference which would be really and truly typical of the farm- ing community. As far as I know there has never been such an attempt to crystailize genuine farming sentiment. “There has t , behind T doors, without. publicity and without official direction or interference, arrive point of the administration. ‘What Mr. Hoveor wants is a Federal | Farm Board “clothed with-broad and | general authority” and an appropria- | tion of approximately $300,000,000 to be | used as a revolving fund. This is in| a sense a revivai of the principles suc- | cessfully applied by the War Finance | ration under Eugene Meyer and/ later in the President’s cotton commit- tee. In other words, the essentials of this plan have actually been worked out in emergencies heretofore. It is simply a method of stabilizing the situation in | the particular branch of agriculture and frequently means the use of Gov- ernment machinery only to bridge a gap. Secretary Hyde made it clear that! he was speaking for himself alone, but it is known, on the other hand, that his conference with President Hoover in the last ‘few days would not have permitted him to express a view divergent from that of the Chief Execu- ve. Hoover Keeps Open Mind. Mr. Hoover has preferred that the congressional committee develop its own plan and he still feels that Mr. Hyde's ideas should be viewed as sug- gestions. The President wishes to keep an open mind so that if anyone in Congress can develop a better idea or 8 more workable plan, he can accept it. Also, inasmuch as the Hoover theory of dealing with ithe question in- volves the grant of large powers to a Federal board, the President is not anxious to appear in the role of asking greater authority for the executive branch of the Government. Mr. Hoover is a believer in the idea of voluntary co-operation and it is assumed here that if the Federal Farm Board has broad discretionary powers given to it, the solution of each partic- ular problem will be tackled on its meriis and ‘policies developed by ex- perimentation. The whole agricultural surplus 'Tludan 18 30 closely inter- woven with administrative tasks and depends so much on personnel that the Chief . Executive is belleved to desire tion ihat will enable him to pick outstanding men who understand agriculture and who can develop a formula for the stabilization of crop prices by consultation with the various units in the farm world. The difficulty heretofore has been that no method of compulsory co- Ve of the MeNary-Svugen b fron e of ary-] , from the point of view of quzgnwn, Was that the equalization fee would bring all elements ther under a common at sound, sensible, brass-tacks con- clusions. It would certainly evolve & program that could be described as & consensus of farm ‘opinion. Then the House, the Senate And“;h“-u -a'::muu-; e som! 0 by. 1t would be a sort of miculmn‘ cons stitutional convention, and its delib~ Gaston! ican | North dered 1 leaders | M erations would be stamped with au- thority.” Mr, Horst is positive that no farm relief scheme which doesn't make high tariffs on foreign produce item No. 1 is worthy of consideration. ‘‘We now import,” he claims, “about 85,000,000 acres of farm produce, as against the legitimate 35,000,000 acres of farm roduce which we export. We are, ying abroad, roundly, 50,- despite the fact that we have a bur- densome surplus of domestic produc- tion in countless crops. There is no rhyme or reason or economics in that kind of a situation. There is just as little in schemes for ‘farm boards’ and ‘revolving credits’ and ‘equalization fees' and ‘co-operative marketing,' or any of the r current fllnluu, past or prospective. Any plan that is going to make production of any crop more attractive than it was before is simply flnnunl the seeds of more over- uction. In other words, it is nour- g the disease we're trying to eure.” (Copyright, 1029.) CAPTAIN IS MISSING FROM SEIZED YACHT Coast Guard Captures Schoomer and Confiscates 40 Bottles of Alleged Scotch. By the Associated Press. 2 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., April 4—The schooner yacht Nomad, flying the colors of the New York Yacht Club, was seized by the Coast Guard and towed to the harbor at Cape May today. John B. safling master of the yacht, together with the log, were missing. ; The registry of the Bureau of Navi- ation lists the Nomad as owned by {eh.nd Ross of New York OCity. Four men found intoxicated in the ‘were_being - Jjurisdiction. the same object can be accomplished by the co-ordinating in- fluence of a Federal Farm Bo oy lo have Congress - lation o rigid as to prevent flexibility of action, : Spirit Is Changed. There is an entirely different spirit in ahe agricultural eommlttee,x_ - than us e can not cure the ills of the farmer, but that he needs the co-ondin influ ence and financial Mznoi the eral Government the President would try to utilize the Farm Board #s the mechan- e ard, the | fiel storm five days ago. WIFE IS SLAIN WITH AX;. HUSBAND ENDS LIFE Man Attacks Sleeping Woman, ism_through which a solution might be worked: out. Then -if -additional legislation is the Con- and e 3 On Mission to Vienna. VIENNA, April 4 (P).—Special dele- gates from Rumania arrived today to begin :a new effort toward solving the long-standing controversy over conflsca- Severing Arms—Child Escapes _Unharmed. By the Associated Press. 4.—Prank Chif- fen, 55, his wife with an ax and &mmmnmm near A Chiffen, according to children of the couple, entered his wite's bedroom and e oyons o i, aaaees beside ', Was Chiffen went. Nis Scofield of Cape May, sald to be the|r| (CAROLINA TEXTILE COMFERENCES FAL More Than 5,000 Workers Out—Troops on Duty at Gastonia. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N, April 4.—Picket lines and idle looms remained the.order in Caroline textile circles today. Efforts at conciliation in the four strike centers of the two States yester- day appeared to have falled and more than 5,000 textile workers remained away from their jobs today, most of them in protest against the introduction of efficlency systems. The only visible sign of tense feeling was s cluster of white military tents pitched uy the Loray mill yards of ia, N. C. Five companies of the Carolina National Guard were h.:; been red ee: Tioting appeared tmminent.’ Nine Docketed for Trial. At Gastonia also nine strike - thigers, three of th . wer assaults on officers, disorderly conduct and similar offenses. Six of them spent last night in ji At Greenville, 8. C., conferences held wul between officials of the Bran- and strike leaders bore lif fruit tori The only hint of disorder there was the threatened blocking of a train bear- ing cloth for the plants. A crowd that had assembled with that intention, how- ever, was dismissed fully, Un! ml,ooo employes At Union, 8. C. of the Monarch Ottaray mills fol- lowed the lead of 800 employes of the Buffalo Mills of that town and aban- doned their looms, Mark Time at Woodruff. Striking _employes of the Brandon Mills, at Woodrufl, 8. C., marked tme | to await developments in Greenville, Fred Erwin Beal, union organizer at Gastonia, sald last night the system of picketing would be reorganized to avoid clashes with the Guardsmen. Mass meetings daily will be on the strike program, he said. Maj. 8. B. Dolly, commander of the troops there, announced plans for a! conference today with officials of the ville-Jenckes - Co., owners of the Loray Mills, and the strike committee. DISORDERS DIE DOWN, More Than 200 Troops on Dety at Gastonla Mills. GASTONIA, N. C,, April 4 () —With more than 200 National Guardsmen on duty at the Loray Mills of the Man- ville-Jenckes Co. here, the disorders that marked the strike of a portion of the ratives of the mill today had died down.” Only & handful of glckeh were on hand at 10 o'clock this morn| compared to the hundreds of strikers and strike o,vm?uhlnn who crowded the streets about the mill yesterday. Workers who went to their ldoms today were not interfered with. Adjt. Gen. Van B. Metts of the; North Carolina National Guard ar- flvie;: here today. He found conditions quiet. Ma). Stephen B. Dolly of Gastonia, in charge of the troops, had a confer- ence with strike leaders during the day, but had no announcement to make until he had conferred with the adju- “%m“‘" mpanies of guardsm ve col o en on duty, inch companies from Gas- aonlyn .- Lincolnton and two from | Chariotte, the patrols ware scattered throughout the mill settlements, where some ‘eight thousand persons live. Military headquarters said there were no _disturbances reported to them last night. Beyond the arrests made late yesterday, police re) all was quiet. ‘The strikers hel meeting at théir hudfilmu at o'clock this | morning. CAPITAL HOSTESSES ARE PERPLEXED BY MRS. GANN’S STATUS| (Continued From First Page.) and Mr, Curtis and Mrs, Gann have ac- the arrangement. . Curtis is represented as more concerned with olding the recogni- tion and rights feels are due the Vice President than in making an issue over any particular case. Secretary Stimson sald today he had not yet had time to go into the ques- tion of the ruling made by Secretary Kellogg, inasmuch as he was busy on other matters, particularly the Mexican situation. Vice President Curtis had indicated to him there was no hurry about the matter, he said, and beyond starting an inquiry in the State Department con- cerning the ruling he had done nothing. He gave no indication as to when he might reach a decision. Social Bureau Maintained. ‘The matter of seating guests in ac- cordance with their rank at official din- mners is one of such serious importance, involving as it does the niceties of show- ing !pro r respect to the representatives of oreEn governments, that a special social bureau is maintained in the State Department to handle the problems it rajses. That bureau undoubtedly con- sidered the difficult question of Mrs. Gann’s rank before the Kellogg decision was announced, and Secretary Stimson most likely will consult its experts be- {:;: passing on the Vice President’s pro-~ It has been sted at the State Department .:guh r. Kellogg’s ruling Ting recon ¢ ight to at officials dinners given the Vice President, but makes a dis- ction between her status at such functions and st those at which he is & gues| r'lun has scarcely been an adminis- tration since the inat ation of George Wi ‘when ubject, in some id not arise, and for years there been a question in the minds of Senate women as_to whel they should make the first call upon the wives of cabinet members, although at tahle there was no question raised as to ‘the mq‘u Senators’ wives also have contended, and still ‘contend, that the wives of foreign Ministers should pay them the first call. Mrs. Harding Faced Issue.. The late Mrs. Harding when mistress to settle the question between and Senators’ wives, but witwhout any material result, mang Senators' wives staying away from the concilatory tea she gave and leaving it still an open question. That an absolute ruling by the State Departm ‘&Wm} Tuatters s be- | w ress acts on these subjects of bodies are often un- frank, and while in the dis- tant this lack of diplomacy was gt o - day far more 85 | the oll producers are Atron{‘e: than made | boring plished within se Funeral procession of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, France's war-time generalissimo, moving down the Rue de Rivoll in Paris. POLIY S DEFNED N DL DEGSON Government Will Demand Re- spect for Anti-Trust and Other Laws, BY MARK SULLIVAN. The administration has refused sanc- tion to a proposal by the oil industry that it should restrict production by agreement among its members. That refusal, directly and by implication, clarifies and determines a group of questions in the area of the relation of Government to business. The first and most important pflncl-‘ le is that the Sherman law against rusts and combinations is in full effect and will be respected. Since respect for the anti-trust law prevents the agree- :;eer:zx::m‘! the f'::irroducen nnt,hu will ny similar agreement members of other industries. e The case for indulgence made out by any by analogous plea that can any other industry. The ofl producers | were able to say with perfect t’r’uth that | their action would have the effect of | conserving the country's stores of .ofl. Conservaticn is a major policy of the administration, but that and every other policy bows before the plain prohibition of combination as expressed by Con- gress 40 years ago in the Sherman law. The defect in the oil plan was that the agreement would have the effect of giving the producers the opportunity to prices or fix prices. %’n‘t de- ment” Brosoted By e atner e any other or industry into which the exement‘?l conservation would not enter. In short, if the ofl industry cannot make the agreement it propcsed, then no indus- try can make any similar agreement, Change Is Not Expected. This sustaining of the sanctity of the anti-trust Jaw is at once the policy of the law enforcemert branch of the Government, the policy of the admin- istration In general and the policy of . Not only does the anti-trust law stand, but there is not anywhere in the world of 511(1@1 and government any movement Tepeal the anti-trust | BOWIE RESULTS FIRST RACE. Under the Rose, 115 (Legere), $22.20. $9.20, $5.30, won. ° Sylvia Mede, 115 (Pascuma), $5, 83, second, Murky Cloud, 115 (Robertson), $3.20, third. Also ran—Alwington Dolly, Lady Tryster, Capture, Ne! SECOND RACE. Pirst—Spectre. Second—EKat Shek. Third—Sambo G. et S UNDER THE ROSE SCORES AT BOWIE Spectre, Earl Sande’s First Entrant, Wins Second Event. BOWIE RACE TRACK, Md., April 4. —The Suthern Maryland Agricultural Association presented a fair program for its third day of racing here today. Although The Midway, a race of a mile and a sixteenth, was regarded the fea- ture event of the card, there was just as much interest in the National Thea- ter Players’ Purse, a dash of five and a half furlongs for 3-year-old fillies. My Sis, which races in the colors of the Sagamore stable; Joseph E. Davis’ Stupendous, a stake winner at Pimlico last year, and Samuel Ross’ Ready, a High Time filly that was highly re- garded as a juvenile, were among those scheduled to start. Earl Sande’s colors were to be seen today for the first time this season, he having entered. Spectre in the second race and Chaniry in the National Theaters Players' Purse, Under the Rose Wins. ‘The Keenland stud's Under the Rose e race of P % A dozen juveniles faced the bnm this event. Sylvia Mede, rated in the fleld, was second and Murky Cloud law or reduce its strength. Such move- | third. ments are frequently suggested in the world of business. They are frequently advocated by economists and other theorists who say the anti-trust law is antiquated and out of step with eco- nomic and mechanical developments. However that may be, it is plain the unt’;-trun act is going to remain what it is. Along with this goes a collateral prin- ciple. President Hoover, during the campaign, stated his conviction that the Government should not engage in the operation of businesses of the sort now commonly carried on by private tions. That declaration evoked general applause, especially from busi- ness and conservative circles. A corol- lary of this principle now emerges from the nt attitude about the oil pro- . If private business wants to en- oy its present lmmumtz from the Gov- ernment entering such business, it must pay the price of always preserving com- petitive conditions. If any industry be- comes tired of restricted competition among persons engaged in it, as the oil industry now is, and if such industry wants to end the inconveniences of un- restricted competition, it must, as a flm]xttfp. submit itself to Government ation. ‘o illustrate, there is a method by Sylvia Mede showed the best speed from the gate and went into & com- mand; lead in the first eighth of a mile. nder the Rose followed, and when the leader went wide at the head of the stretch, Under the Rose saved ground and won rather handily. Murky Cloud, one of the choices, finished fast- est of all, and had it not been for early interference might have won. Under the Rose paid $22.20 to win. A light rain fell shortly before the first race, but it did not change track conditions. . Eight Miners Die in Blast. BRUSSELS, Auril 4 (®.—Eight miners perished today in a fire damp explosion at & colliery near Paturages. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. ACE—Purse, $1,300; 3-yeat-olds: i FIRST R, 4 turlongs; claim! Meridianese B G which the oil industry can secure the | Tar! permission which it now seeks for restricting competitive production. That method is by first gis to the Federal Government the right to regulate prices: charged for oil, gasoline and other fimdum. This means that there would ave to be action by Congress setting uR some regulatory body to control the ofl industry. The administration does not recommend this method. On the contrary the administration, speaking generally, deplores further extension of Federal regulation. The administration says, however, in effect, that submission to Government regulation of prices is the cost which any industry must pay, and must pay in advance, before it can be permitted to agree to restrict com- pe m among its members. Partial Way Out Is Seen. All that is here said applies, of ceurse, to the Federal anti-trust law. That law covers only and forbids only such lgeemanu and combinataions as cross- state lines. Consequently the ofl in- dustry has a partial way out, by which owners of oil fields wholly wit indi- vidual States may secure lation or other action by such indi States regulating and restraining the boring of new wells; While restriction of the of new wells might be accom- rate States by this 1t would be difficult in many States to restrict production from existing wells. Most Stateés, though not all, have State anti-trust laws plainly discouraging to the ofl 10 be told to seek such partial remedy as they could in the separate States. UNDRAPED MAN ARRESTED " ON BANK OF TIDAL BASIN A man iden as Richard F. Lampare Maid & P, H. Paulconer and J. P. Jones entry. bW. W. Loney entry. SECOND, RACE-Purse. $1,200; year-ol les; 8% flu'nnl-. Virginia T. 118 Fancy Star Panama maiden 3- s Doris K. Sweet_ G Elfrieda G. 8 Earl 8ande entry.. THIRD RACEPurse, $1,200; claiming: year-olds; 6 furlongs. Ao Rty ?:ll’lelutk Marion Eoloners' Ba 3-year-olds; 6 Levity . industry | 358 ‘himself to police | 7 COOLIDGE SENATE RACE 15 DOUBTED 5 Post, Does Not Believe For- mer President Will Run. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | win calvin Coolidge “choose to run” | for the Senate? | The suggestion that the former Presi- dent should be a candidate on the Re- | publican ticket for the Senate seat now | held by Senator Gillett, has been made | by several newspapers in Massachu- | setts. | Senator Gillett, when the matter was | called to his attention yesterday, ex- | pressed his willingness to step aside and permit Mr. Coolidge to be a candi- date for the Senate next year, provided Mr. Coolidge desizes to make the race. Senator Gillett said: “If Mr. Coolidge would be willing to run for the Senate or for ady other public office, State or national, there is not a Republican in Massachusetts who would not gladly get out of his way.” Does Not Believe He'll Run. Senator Gillett, however, does not be- lieve that Mr. Coolidge will consider running for the Senate. Several other former President. take a similar view of the matter. They do not_believe that the &m?:r volun- tarily gave up a nom Presi- dent 1:‘ xmpwculd seek & nomination for the Senate in 1930. However, the nomination may seek Mr. Coolidge, which is another matter. Furthermore, Mr. Coolidge never has explained publicly at least why he Is- sued: his famous “I do not choose to been in}:flcatie:‘l‘ tnn.“h:n;fle do r{& ]soon 13 a_forthcoming m: article an what he says may have direct bearing on whethelruhe would consider returning to_public life. fiunnoflxouwmh:uevnmnhc former President declined to be a candi- date for the presidency because he was opposed to breaking the precedent that no man should serve more than two terms as President consecutively. They also believe that, should circum- stances arise which would demand such a course, he may again become a candidate for President. Senator = Gillett today declined to amplify his statement that he would be willing to step aside i Mr. Coolidge evinced a desire to stand for the Re- ublican nomination for the Senate. t is known, however, that other prom- inent Republicans from Massachusetts have had senatorial tions, in the event that Senator Gillett should de- termine not to be a candidate to suc- ceed himself, and at least one of them may challenge Senator Gillett in the primary in any event. That is former Gov. Fuller, who retired from office the first of the year. Gov. Fuller might have had the nomi- nation for Senator it . Senator David I. Walsh, Democrat, last year, but he had announced more than a year earlier he did not intend -to run for the Senate in 1928 or to run against Senator Walsh. But now it is under- m‘mg t:ttl(’:-‘.'mlle}'mhn changed }m mind about possible candidacy for the Senate. His name has been used in connection with several diplomatic posts abroad, to which he might appointed President Hoover. But 50 far there has been no indication that he is to be appointed as the representa- tive of the ited States abroad. He figured conspicuously in the Sacco-Van« zettl case, and there is a feeling that rernunutlve of this country there might be disturbances in any country where the Socialists are in iorce. Should Mr. Coolidge be genuadod to run for the Senate in 1930 he would have a precedent in the person of John Quincy Adams, who after he left the White House, entered as a member of the House. WOMAN LAWYER WINS DESPITE GUILTY PLEA Mrs. Mary D. Willis Obtains Pro- bation for Client in Debut at Bar. Despite a plea of guilty, Mrs. Mary Dixon Willls, pretty young law gradu- HEM SEnss i e g & | Gillett, Who Would Yield| lie Basil, Evergreen, | smxpru, Mikelina, Rosatina, Frances | t. L. run” statement in August, 1927. It has| if he were sent aboard as a diplomatic | The - CODE OFFERS ELUE- TOMISSNG LYERS Name of Smith-Mentioned in Weak Message Received by Amateur. By the Associated Press. < LONDON, April 4—The Evening News in a dispatch from Melbourne, Australia, says that a MoPse code mec- sage has been picked up which may have & bearing on the search for Capt. Charles Kingsford-Smith and the miss- ing Southern Cross fiyers. The message, the dispatch says, was weak and fragmentary and contained the name “Smith” and also the words, “Men eating wild fowl.” A wireless amateur working a long- distance set in Australia reported re- ceiving the message. RUNNERS WILL AID SEARCH. Planes Are Handicapped by Continued Downpour of Rain, SYDNEY, New South Wales, April 4 uh,-;lnm.ng:m loo“l.m native n;nflr;eflrn as offering t! it rudpect of - I:‘c' c:h;;t. Chngsuxlnp%or -smm{: and 'yndham It is feared that airplanes now en- in the search for the men have ittle chance of sighting the missing men in‘the wild countty where they are ::&peud to be lost, arly if the persists. The runners are capable of covering about 50 miles a day and are able to 80 where white men scarcely could penetrate. They have, too, a cunning means of transmitting news by signals whm'h might be invaluable in their quest. \ Nevertheless, the search by planes is to be continued, weather permitting. Pive machines had made rations | to start today looking for the four men. 'Oneo!mmmwc;!rz-docwfmd Savages Offer Obstacle. Meanwhile it was assumed Capt. Kingsford-Smith and his companions, if not injured in landing and able to get food—and barring other contingen- | cles—were trying to reach civilization. Kingsford-Smith has some knowledge of the country and the party had charts pistols, s supply of am- munition, enabling them to kill game for food if they encountered any. It is feared, however, there may be some danger from natives, many of whom are savages. In such a case they | might have to fight for their lives, [FIGHT ON ABATTOIR PROPOSAL PLANNED Aggressive Publicity Campaign Discussed at Woman's City Club Meeting. Plans for an aggressive publicity campaign against the proposed location of an abattoir in nearby Arlington County were discussed yesterday at & co-operative meeting of civic group repe resentatives, ‘called into session at the Woman's City Club, 20 Jackson place, by Mrs. Merritt O. Chance, president of the organization. ‘The Woman's City Club, meeting later, indorsed Mrs. Grace -Hays Riley and Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt for ap- pointment to the Public Utilities Com- mission. Both are t presidents of the club, and Mrs. Riley is dean of the ‘Washington College of Law. Civic groups invited to | sentatives to the generu: | cluded the Housekeepers’ Alliance, | Twentieth Century Club, D. C. Federa- | tion of Citizens’ "Associations, Civitan | Club, Foxhall Village Citizens’ Associa- tion, . American War ‘Mothers, Dupont Circle Citizens’ Association, ve | Citizens' Association of Georgetown, Parents’ and Teachers’ Congress. Kals | rama Citizens’ Association, D. C. Fed | eration of Women's Clubs, Henry S. Spengler, jr. unit of the American Iu(lan Auxiliary, Arlington County | Civic Federation, Home, School and | Civic League of Arlington County and | the Zonta Club. ‘send repre- in- CENTRAL HIGH PLAYERS TIED IN GOLF TOURNEY | Tech Student Finishes in Third Place Over First Half in Championship Play. Michael E. Oliveri and Francis Hor- ton, both of Central High School, were tied for the lead' early this afternoon in the first round of the interscholastic ip, being played at East Potomac Park. Both tered scores of 80. Oliveri is captain of the Central team and Horton is one of his be | team associates. ites. Everette Johnson of Tech finished in third place over the first half of the 36-hole medsl play championship, with & score of 82. Don Wrenn of Western and Earl Kniblekly of Central were tied for fourth place, with scores of 83. he winner of the champonship was expected to be included in this quintet. J. Monroe Hunter of Central also turn- ed in an 83, final round of the event is being this afternoon. At the same for the inter- starts next B chola series, which f——— - BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, at 5:30 o'clock this evening. John 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant leader: March, “Through Battle to v‘l,cwryi'l' ‘on Overture, “A Night in Granada,” Kreut By the United States Marine Band tomorrow at 3 o'clock at the Barracks. mfin&molbmh Symphony No. 2 'in D Major, ,l(.ml 8 .. ~Brahms