Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1929, Page 16

PREDICTS BATILE OVERSIGIRTART American Coramerce Cham- ber in Cuba Condemns Reputed Rate Schedule. By the Associated Press. The American Chamber of Commerce of Cuba, in a statement yesterday, de- Wireless to Quiz Byrd Helper Who Is Seeking Divorce By the Associated P".;l‘fl PHILADELPHIA, Aj 10.—Tes- timony in a divorce suit filed here by a member of the Byrd South Pole expedition will be taken by wireless from New Zealand, a dis- tance of more than 10,000 miles, it was learned Monday. ‘The plaintiff is Gustav L. Brown, master of Comdr. Byrd's supply ship Eleanor Bolling, whose home is in this city. His wife is Mrs. Vesta Jeny Brown. Suit was filed last June and subsequently Capt. Brown sailed with the Byrd ex- pedition. CANADIANS AGREE T0 U. S. OFFICERS | E5ine Partial Reply to U. 8. Request Con- cerning Liquor-Laden Ships Ys Submitted. By the Associated Press. TORONTO, April 10.—A dispatch from Ottawa to the Toronto Globe yesterday said: “The department of national revenue has notified the United States Govern- ment that it will not object to United States officers being stationed on the mpora | MASKED MEN ROA reply of the Cana- ret]u“f-t of the Unil States that liquor-laden ships bound for the United States be refused clearance from Canadian ports.” FEAR CAUSES SUICIDE. Woman Who Leaped From Ship Thought She Was Going Insane. MIAMI, Fla,. April 10 (#)—Fear of insanity drove Olara El 45, of Douglas Manor, , dive’ into the'darkness from the deck of the Clyde liner Shawnee and end her life at sea Monday night, investi- D. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1929. "'hnhs‘!ouundl IN JAIL BASEMENT ; _— Still_mystified, Sheriff i dered extra guards for each cel Cook County, Ill, Sheriff Is|{ere e Bu Puzzled-—Prisoners All ( i in Cells Strike Stops Bread Supply. 4 RIO IE JANEIRO, April 10 '#).— Residents of this city are wondering where they can get bread. Six thou- sand bakery employes went on strike yesterday after their employers refused to nnpt 30 per cent wage increases. or- block By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 10.—Masked men roaming the subterranean passages of the new county jail gave Sheriff John Traeger something mysterious to think , | about. Moniday. % It looked like a jail delivery at first, but no one had ever heard of escap- ing prisoners wearing masks. Work- men in the jail besement gave the| Another Place to Eat Abe Martin says: STORAGE Absolutely Fireproof Modern Warehouse for Storage of Furni- ture exclusively : Private, Lo ck ed, Separate Rooms—Moderate Rates. Padded Moving Vans for Local alarm, declaring that five men, four of whom wore masks and one of whom was armed with a club, “appeared out | of nowhere” in the pump room last night. “They lined us against a wall,” said Jack Patton, a steamfitter. “One fel- low waved a club and said he would kill us if we said a word. We stood there about 5 minutes, then I looked around. They had vanished.” Sheriff Traeger explored the tunnels ) and passageways under the jail, but Harvard. governing boards have | found no trace of any one. He checked decided -that, -beginning in 1930, men | and rechecked the jail roster, and ac- will not be admitted to Harvard by |counted for all prisoners. examination in September. ‘The sheriff thought he had a clue! (Harry “T. Bauerle, appointed master to take testimony and re- port his findings to the court, was unable to proceed without Brown's testimony. He consulted Judge Finletter and asked permission to, question Brown by wireless, since that was the only way to reach him. clared the Republican members of the House ways and means committee, in “response to the demands of domestic sugar interests,” have, “with but four dissenting votes,” accepted a subcom- mittee’s recommendation of a world | tariff rate of 3 cents and 2.40 cents on ! Cuban sugar. The ways and means committee, which concluded its tariff hearings some time ago, now is considering proposalsl for revision of various schedules and has not officially announced any new Tates. Subcommitteemen Named. ‘The Chamber of Commerce said the subcommitte that recommended “‘these high protective rates was composed of Representative Timberlake of Colorado, chairman, in whose State are located most of the large beet sugar factories of the West; of Representative Watson of Pennsylvania and Representative | Bacharach of New Jersey, both high tariff men.” “There is every indication now,” the chamber said, “that the great battle in the Congress that meets April 15 will be over the sugar schedule. are being marshaled for it. Plea to U. S. Consumers. “Is the American consumer ready and willing to dump hundreds of millions into the pockets of a few beet sugar refineries? That is the question now | liquor docks on the Canadian side of the | gating authorities here reported yester- Detrolt River to observe liquor ship- dl%h o data ot MM & i of the woman, who was g s o saapnte o the CHel | M, ', ¢ At Lo Sdenes dian ‘side. ' This development is the T e, WAy not known definitely until the ship outcome of the recent conference at T Ottawa between United States prohibi- docked here this morning and a search tion preventive and cust and Canadian revenue and external affairs officials. “It is reported here that the Domin- jon government has notified Washington it cannot agree at present to prohibit liquor clearances from ports on De- troit River and the Great Lakes, but will make certain concessions with the “A paper napkin ‘Il crab the best. dinner that wuz ever cooked.” 4 Dine at The Crown Restaurant where you are served the best food at reasonable prices. Table- cloths and beautifully laundered napkins used exclusively at Break- fast and Dinner. 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