Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonight, with lowest temperature about 36 degrees; row fair and slightly warmer. ‘Temperatures: today; lowest, 38, at 4 a.m. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 or- hest, 48, at noon y. The No. 31,032 Jintered as second class matter post office, Washington, D, C. WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D, 0, “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the paper: Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,020 s are printed. \ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1929—FORTY-TWO PAGES. ) Means Assoc d Press. TWO CENTS. D.A.R PAYSHONOR TOFOURFOUNDERS, UNVEILING STATUE Impressive Exercises Held as Memorial to Their Services Is Received. DR. CLOYD H. MARVIN ADDRESSES CONGRESS | Nominations for General Offices to Be Made Tonight—Elec- tion Tomorrow. The four founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution were the reciplents of the soclety’s admiration today at impressive exercises marking the unveiling of a memorial commemo- rating their service. At the conclusion of the morning’s business meeting national officers and delegates gathered at Memorial Conti- nental Hall, in “Friendship Gdrden,” formally to receive a statue symbolic of the careers of the women who, more than 60 years ago, saw the vision of the united American womanhood. The four founders were Miss Eugenia | ‘Washington, Miss Mary Desha, Mrs. Ellen H. Walworth and Mrs. Mary S. | Lockwood. Mrs. Brosseau Accepts Statue. Mrs. Charles W. Richardson was hon- orary chairman of the day and Miss Aline Solomons, chairman of the na- tional committee, which had the erec- tion of the memorial in charge, made the presentation address. Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, retiring president general of the society, accepted the statue on behalf of the society after it had been formally unveiled by Miss Janet Rich- ards. At the business meeting in the Wash- ington Auditorium the congress this Fo morning heard an address by Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, president of George Wash- ington University, adopted several reso- lutions affecting the work of the or- ganization and received reports from several committees. Meanwhile today campaign forces ‘were busily at work for the two national tickets, headed, respectively, by Mrs. Lowell -Fletcher Hobart of Ohio, and Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge of Georgia, seeking the president-generalcy. Nom- inations for all offices will be made to- night, and more than 2,000 accredited delegates will cast their ballots tomor- Tow. “Patriotic Education” was the sub- Ject of Dr. Marvin's address. He was introduced by Mrs. Brosseau. “This Nation today stands on the threshhold of a great leadership,” Dr. | Marvin said. “If we believe in Amer- ica we believe- in teacl in the Nation the true sig: the Stars and Stripes.” Specific Training Held Need. Specific training along the educa- tional lines is necessary, he said, if the great increase in the college en- roliment is to result in true education of American youth. The Congress voted to authorize the society’s national board of management 10 negotiate loans for as much as $500,- 000 for application on the erection and completion of Constitution Hall. The re- tiring treasurer-general, Mrs. Adam M. Wyant, pointed out in her annual re- port Monday that while it had not been necessary to borrow money. suc- ceeding treasurer-generals might find it advisable and the action taken today was in furtherance of the society’s de- termination to continue work en the building without delay. Money Resolutions Voted. ~ Money pledged or given for one spe- cific object in Constitution Hall may not be transferred to another object, the Congress decided in adopting a reso- lution. It was also voted that no sum of money pledged or given to any defi- nite fund for the hall may be transfer- red to any other fund for the hall. The effect of these resolutions will be that the chapters and individuals contribut- ing for specific objects may be assured that their money will be expended as desired. A suitable book to contain the names of initial and potential donors, reserv- ed for those contributing $1,000. was authorized, under another resolution. Still another resolution provided that markers for book units and inside mark- ers for State boxes in Constitution Hall conform in size, material and lettering to the markings on auditorium chairs. A distinguished group met at Conti- nental Hall for the memorial cere- monies in honor of the founders. The families of these founders were rep- resented and a Washington woman, Mrs. Flora McGill Keefer, chairman of the D. C. committee for the memorial, sang “I Know Thal My Redeemer Liveth.” She was accompanied by the U. 8. Marine Band and as she sang Mrs. W. pencer of North: Carolina, placed the “Daughters’ Wreath” on the memorial. Representatives Are Present. Representing kin of Miss Mary Lock- wood were Mr. and Mrs. George B. Christiancy of Hartsdale, N. Y. Eugenia Washington Moncure Brad- field, represented the Washington family. M)Es Desha’s family was represent- ed by Mrs, E, Neely Emmart of Wash- ington and Desha Breckinridge of Kentucky. Miss Ellen Hardin Walsworth came from Albany, N. Y. as delegate from Mrs. Walsworth's descendants. The statue is the work of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, the sculj , and was Are 1 ‘hing -the . groups nificance of ! | FIRST CUSTOMER AT BALL PARK GEORGE E. NIGHT! The first man to pass through the gates at Grifith Park for the opening game | of the season today, is shown presenting his ticket to B. A. Lehmann, NATS FIRST GAME OPENEDBY HOOVER President Tosses First Ball. Cabinet Members and Wives in Stands. Probable Line-ups. PHILADELPHIA. WASHINGTON, Bishop, 2b. West, ef. Summa. 1f. Cochrane, ¢. H; 1, Umpires—Messrs. Hildebrand, Moriarty and Guthrie. With a healthy heave from his medi- cine-ball conditioned arm, President Hoover this afternoon tossed out the first ball of the Washington base ball season before a representative, over- coated throng of official and private fandom gathered in Griffith Stadium. Backed by the “moral support” of most of the members of his cabinet and cheered by a half capacity crowd of men and women who braved the chily weath- er to witness the delayed start of the logal season. the President demon- strated his hurling prowess to the com- plete satisfaction of every one. Mrs. Hoover joined in the acclaim which greeted her husbadd's “pitch.” It was evident that both she and Mr. Hoover were in tune’ with the gala spirit which marked the start of the Nationals’ race for the American League pennant. Army of Cameramen on Hand. A small army of cameramen in front of the flag-draped presidential box near the Washington dugout clicked shutters and ground cranks furiously as the “First Fan of the Land” carried out his part of the program of formalities which preceded opening of the clash between the Nats and the Philadelphia Athletics. = The exercises began with the arrival of the presidential party shortly before the game. For the first time in the memory of park officials, the Presi- dent’s party included the cabinet mem- bers,and their wives or other relatives. There were also the presidential sec- retaries and James Francis Burke, gen- eral counsel of the Republican national committee. Band Plays “Hail to Chief.” As the party entéred, the Navy Band brought the crowd to its feet with “Hail to the Chief.” There followed the usual procession of the teams to cen- ter field for the flag-raising ceremony, led by the colorfully uniformed bands- men. In the vanguard marched Secre_ tary of War Good, President Clark Griffith of the local club and Manager Walter Johnson. Secretary Good hoisted the colors to the top of the staff while the band played the national anthem. Just prior to the President’s arrival, Capt. Joe Judge of the Nats was pre- sented " with a large floral token of esteem by Judge Robert E. Mattingly, acting on behalf of Judge’s brother Elks. It was not merely the fanfare of an opening game between the home team and the Philadelphia Athletics that lured the crowds toward the Georgia avenue park. There was the extraordinary attraction of Walter Perry Johnson, idol of all fandom, in the new and bench-warming role as manager. Barney fo Get Send-Off. To see the greatest pitcher of them all on the sidelines at the season’s opener was,to be a novel sight for lovers of the sport in this section of the big league circuit, and the admirers of Old Barney planned to give him a hearty send-off in his new assignment. While it would seem strange—almost irreverent in a way—to consign the veteran hurler to a dugout, his friends were determined to let him know they were “with him” in his more exalted but less active post. Problems of farm relief, the tariff and social p: nce were destined to be forgotten for the nonce as the citizenry of the Nation’s Capital, official and vate, joined in the gala festivities (Continued on Page 4, Colymn 2.) Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Lax Parents, Blamed for Youth’s Follies, - Are Being Fined and Jailed in Chicago By the Assoclated Press. “is to f its and sent his staff of 124 truant out the speakeasies in “Ne of parental duty,” he said, for 75 un"nt Jjuvenile . Condit ith of the Nation were never building and ‘moral guidance of minors is to be suc- s dive against indifferent parents w’uun'gaunulmnwmo?u W i = b s i | ington conference. He charged that the ALE, SOVIET ARMS CUT PLAN IS SPURNED {Even Germany Shies Away. Viewed at Geneva as Visionary Scheme. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, April 17.—The Soviet plan for reducing world armaments, pre- sented to the preparatory disarmament commission here by Maxim Litvinoff, vice commissar for foreign affairs, got a chilly reception today. Even Germany, which constantly has protested that she was disarmed by treaty and that other nations are not living up to promises to lessen their superior armaments, felt it was unwise to indorse the Russian idea of agreeing now on these reduction figures. Count von Bernstorfl thought this should be left to a later international conference. At the same time, how- ever, he gave hearty approval of the principles of the Russian plan. Japan, Chile and France rejected the | Soviet project as impracticable, because, they contended, it failed to take reali- ties into consideration. +Germans Marking Time. ‘The Germans-.are hesitant about m{- gesting appointment of a special sub- committee to discuss the naval problem, although they may do so later. One | idea is that the committee should meet here June 15. The Soviet proposals would entail scrapping 800,000 tons of American warships. Gen. Alexander Langovov, Russian military expert, defending and explain- ing them, pleaded for a maximum of 10,000 tons’ displacement for warships as against the 35,000 fixed by the Wash- 10,000-ton cruisers under construction, when they take to the sea, will have a displacement of 14,000, Of Fourfold Nature. ‘The Soviet proposals, he explained, have four points: First. Reduction instead of mere limi- tation of armarnents. Second. Extensive reduction of arma- ments for larger countries and lesser for smaller nations. Third. Destruction of offensive arma- ments, while the purely defensive are left untouched. Fourth. Consolidation of the peace- ful positions of the nations. He called attention to the limit of 10,000 tons set for German warships by the allies and said their action proved that size was large enough for defense and small enough to restrain the owners of such craft from aggressive warfare, Needs Skilled Doctors. J. Valdes-Mendeville of Chile said he looked upon the Soviet draft project as a surgical remedy which needed the presence of skilled doctors. He opposed referring the plan to the technical com- mittee and expressed belief the com- mission should follow its own draft P Praace, through nce, through Count Massigli, like- wise rejected the Soviet .sckw,m:B ll‘.l im. practicable because too mathematical. He insisted the necessifies of defense for different countries varied in accord. ance with geographical and other con- ditions and urged adherence to the pre- paratory commission’s draft treaty as offering the best hope of He said he was convinced that the Soviet plan was putting the cart before the horse, in seeking to concentrate at this time on figures of actual reduc- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) THREE MORE PLANES HUNT 2 LOST FLYERS Anxiety Increases in Austral Over Fate of Airmeq Missing in Southern Cross Search. By the Assoclated Press. SYDNEY, New South Wales, April 17. —Anxiety is growing as to the fate of Lieut. Keith Anderson and Robert Hitcheock, last seen over Alice Springs, Central Australia, 10 days ago, While fiy- ing in the airplane Kookaburra to join in the search for the Southern Cross, of MELLON APPROVED FORTREASURY POST| | BY SENATE GROUP Renomination Unnecessary, Judiciary Committee Holds at Session. BUSINESS CONNECTIONS TO BE STUDIED FRIDAY McKellar, Who Wrote ‘Probe Reso- lution and Cited Old Statute, Attends Meeting. By the Assoclated Press. The Senate judiciary committee, after deciding today that Andrew W. Mellon had a right to.remain in the Hoover cabinet without his nomination being resubmitted, deferred until Fri- day a determination of whether his business connections would bar him. ‘The committee was almost unanimous in its view that Mr. Mellon could carry on in the cabinet of Herbert Hoover | without renomination—the course fol- lowed by the President—but it failed to reach a decision on whether the Secretary was serving in violation of an old statute forbidding the Treasury head to be interested in trade or com- merce. The question also was raised over Mr. Mellon's connections with the Over- holt Distillery Corporation, of which ! he was at one time a stockholder. There is an old statute forbidding a! revenue officer to be engaged in the whisky business. Suggestions were advanced that the Secretary be called before the commit- tee to detall the extent of his business holdings, but these were countered by reminders that Senator Reed, Republi- | can, of Pennsylvania, personal friend of Mellon, had declared the Secretary had resigned his directorships in corpe- rations and was interested in business now only as a stockholder. ' McKellar Present. | Senator McKellar, Democrat, Tennes- | see, author of the investigating reso- lution which the Senate adopted March | 5 without a roll call vote, attended the meeting, although he is not a member of the committee. . The Friday session then was called by Chairman Norris. Most of the discussion today was said to have been confined to the legal aspects of the McKellar resolution, with | little or no debate behind the closed doors on the actual merits of the case against Mellon. No Vote Is Taken. No vote was taken on the question of the authority of President Hoover to re- tain Mellon and James J.. Dayis, Secre- tary of Labor, in office from the Cool~ idge cabinet without resubmitting their nominations to the Senate, but it was reported that the committee virtually Wwas unanimous that this course was | supported by innumerable precedents. ELIHU ROOT RETURNS FROM GENEVA MISSION| Back in Robust Health, Although Voyage Across Atlantic Was Stormy. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 17.—Elihu Root | returned on the Ile de France today from Geneva, where he attended an international commission of jurists convened to suggest revisions of the rules of the World Court. Mr. Root took with him in his un-| official capacity a plan designed to meet the reservations of the United States Senate which had prevented American entry into the World Court. This plan was accepted by the commission, and Mr. Root said today that this plan, in the form of a protocol to be annexed to the statute of the World Court, would, in the opinion of the committee, “protect the interests of all parties concerned in the practical application of undisputed principles of action.” Although he is in his eighty-fourth year, and the passage was a stormy one, Mr. Root returned in robust health. He was met at the pler by his son. SNOW COVERS MONTREAL. District Is Blanketed Following Heavy Sleet Storm. MONTREAL, April 17 (#).—The Montreal district today was under a blanket of snow. A heavy sleet storm throughout the night, followed by snow wrought havoc with communication wires and newspaper and other services out of Montreal to Quebec City, Chi- coutimi, Three Rivers, Sherbrooke and the maritime™ provinces were seriously affected. ‘The Canadian Pacific Telegraphs, the Canadian National Telegraph and the Bell Telephone Co.. repo! that many wires had snapped owing to the sleet. T ELSWORTH CHILDS DIES. Former Restaurant Treasurer Ex- ‘pires at Age of 60. NEW _YORK, April 17 (#)—Ells- worth Childs, 60 years of age, former treasurer of the chain of restaurants of tl name, and brother of Willlam H. ds, the former president, dropped dead today in a brokerage office. Mr. Childs was treasurer of the Childs’ Co. when he and his brother were voted out by the stockholders re- cently. $1,000,000 Brewery to Close. \CRAMENTO, Calif., A 17 . —% $1,000,000 plant of p!-hnel Buffalo Brewing Co., manufacturer of near beer since pm‘l:mmm, j:t:h:emmy lf “We can’ N S e i P Bank Statements ‘Treasury balance, $342,333,090.18. How York clearing house $158,000,000. Radio Pro ram s—Page 23 £ o %m they endured. and we won- | the strict letter of a rule. pof circumstances,” he said in one lec- — [SWOLLEN RIVERS BYRD TELLS BRITAIN OF VIEW ON CLAIS New Finds Shoutd Not Cause Dispute, American Says in Radio Message. At the request of the editor of the Evening Standard of don, Comdr. Byrd. has sent to him and the New York Times radio statior & message for the British people which reads as follows: LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, April | 15.—We are happy to accept your sug- gestion that we send a message through you to our friends in Great Britain. We wish to be sure that they under-| stand that we approach our problems | with respect for those who have pre- ceded us. They were more the pioneers than we who follow. The best we can hope to do is to add a little to the mass of scientific data they collected. Their trails and the march of sci- ence have lessened for us the difficulties they met, We know now from first hand, as we could not have visualized their modest records, the frightful der if it is probable that their own countrymen admire their deeds so much as do we 40 Americans, who can tell 2 new story of their struggles. Sportsmanship Is Point. Even if international law, vague as to Antarctica, may not be satisfied with their claims of discovery, international courtesy acknowledges them. Sports- manship is more important here than ‘Therefore, whatever new land we have discovered | or may discover within the British | claims, we see no reason for contro- versy. As to science, it knows no national boundaries. Antarctica is big. There is much to be done. The more who come here, the better. We have a common cause with others who sail southward for knowledge. “So_we wish to renew through you our offer of the courtesy of our facili- ties both ashore and afloat to the most sclentific _of the early pioneers, Sir Douglas Mawson, who has himself so generously offered us co-operation after aiding us with his advice. “RICHARD E. BYRD.” . Byrd Close to British. Comdr. Byrd has been brought in close contact with the British people under circumstances which enabled him to know them intimately and to form many warm friendships among them. He has referred to those circumstances many times in his lectures. “I have been drawn close to the people of Great Britain by the play ture. “As a boy I was nursed back to life from a desperate illness in the Royal Naval Hospital at Plymouth. I was again drawn to them in striving side by side with them in a common en- terprise. Several years later the bond was made still tighter by sharing a common SOrTow. “These experiences enable me to see beneath the surface of-the British peo- le. I found there an indescribable dness which they so often cover with reserve.” The first time Comdr. Byrd came in close contact with the British was in 1911, when he was a midshipman on the U. 8. S. Yowa, then at Plymouth. ‘He was ill with typhoid and received the kindest and most careful treat- ment, which saved his life. Carreer Might Have Ended THere. If it had not been for this care, his adventurous career would probably have ended before it began. is next close association wisth the British was during the war, when he was in command of the air forces of the Eastern Canadian coast. He formed a friendship at that time with Flight Comdr. Cull of the British Navy, which has lasted ever since, and Comdr. Cull is godfather to his daugh- ter, Bolling Byrd. - Comdr. Byrd's relationship with the Canadian and British flyers under his command during the war is one of the leasantest chapters in his career, he as often said, and recompensed in some slight degree for not being able to go abroad. News of D. A. R. Full reports of the D. A. R. Convention April 14 to 21, inclusive. < Mail — Postage (Pre- paid U, S., Mexico and Canada ...... Foreign Leave. order with Star representative at the ‘ashin, Auditoriums - or The Evening Star office, 11th 8t. and Pa. Ave. N.W. Solomon’s Stables To Be Razed Hoping To Find Older Ruins By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 17.—Solomon’s stables, discovered by the Megid- do expedition of the Oriental In- stitute of Chicago University last Summer, soof are to be destroyed for further evidence of lost civili- zations. According to James Henry Breasted, director of the institute, vestiges of still earlier times may be found beneath the stables, pos- sibly an ancient city of wealthy Canaanite kings. GERMANY WANTS BILLION MARKS CUT Counter Offer to Allies on Reparations Reduces An- nuities Drastically. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 17.—Germany’s counter plan for paying her World War repara- tions, y’nenud to the allied experts of the second Dawes committee by Dr. Schacht, chief of the German delega- tion this afternoon, is understood to offer about one billion marks less per year than the creditors demanded. Payments would continue 37 years in- stead of the 58 years proposed by the allies in their memorandum. The Ger- man offer envisaged annuities beginning at 1,100,000,000 marks and rising to 1,450,000,000 marks. ] Dr. Schacht seemed in an affable mood when he arrived at the Hotel George V, where the committee has been meeting. He submitted with good grace and smiles to heing photographed. TRIO SHOT; $38,000 PAY ROLL IS STOLEN Band of Robbers Wound Policeman, Messenger and Bystander in New York. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 17.—A band of Tobbers in an automobile today held up and shot a policeman and a bank mes- senger who were guarding a pay roll and escaped with $38,000. ‘The money was in several bags and was being taken to the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Bethune street. Eugene Crowley, 17, a pedestrian, was | (oq; struck in the right leg by a stray bul~ let from one of the robbers’ guns. The money was being transported in a taxicab instead of an armored car, as is the custom in delivery of most large pay rolls. The hold-up occurred in Bethune street in the downtown West/Side. The robbers sped uwlde the pay roll car and shot Patrolman Joseph Clancy and the messenger, John McKine. Clancy was seriously wounded, but McKane was hurt only slightly. McKane is employed by the Chatham AR 10 KILLED, 20 INJURED IN WRECK IN BELGIUM By the Associated Press. HAL, Belgium, April 17.—Ten persons were killed and a score seriously injured when the Paris-Amsterdam express col- lided with a freight train near here at 6:40 am. It was feared more bodies were under the wreck. . - Five coaches of the express were wrecked. The engineer of the passen- r train was arrested on a charge of ving overrun an adverse signal. BROTHERS FLEE JAIL. WINCHESTER, Tenn., April 17 (). —Two brothers of Ernest ar, who Sherift al ITIC’ 'y nn., Monday night, from here were going to Ernest's funeral and would return. They succeeded in two bars from a window The brothers were charges. [t o] DEBETUREPLA SIS LEADER | Constitutional Right of Sen- ate to Initiate Legisla- tion Questioned. By the Associated Press. With the Senate agriculture com- mittee still considering the advisability of including the export debenture plan in its farm relief bill, leaders today began to differ over whether the Senate has the constitutional right to initiate such legislation. Representative Snell of New York, one of the Republican leaders of the House, in discussing the plan after a conference with President Hoover de- | clared in his judgment the system con- | templated the raising of revenue and | therefore could not be constitutionally initfated in the Senate. Take Issue With Snell. A number of Senate agriculture com- mittee members, however, took issue with Snell’s interpretation and were inclined to look with little concern upon the suggestion. Chairman McNary Said that rather than revenue raising, “the pilan was ‘“revenue taking” and in his opinion could be suggested first by the Senate. ‘The debenture plan is a system of issuing certificates to exporters to be exchangeable at par for payment of import duties. Under the debenture section framed by the Senate commit- tee the exporter would receive the world price. for his product plus the amount of the debenture certificate, which in the case of wheat would be approxi- mately 21 cents per bushel, or half the tariff on wheat. There was considerable belief at the Capitol today that the Senate commit- tee would adopt a section giving the proposed Federal Farm Board the op- tional right to put the debemture plan into operation if it saw fit. There was a report that the committee already has had a test vote showing only three members against it, but all inquiries along this line were referred to Chair- man McNary, who merely said he had gained the impression that a majority of his committee favors the plan. Approval Anticipated. So far no word for or against the debenture plan has been received by the committee from either Secretary Hyde or any other spokesmen for the Presi- dent. Most of the committee members now hold that unless a strong criticism of the plan is sent to the Capitol it will be_approved. Mr. Snell, who was a caller at th~ White House today, said that since it was revenue legislation it would have to originate in the House of Representa- tives and that the House had no tention of pumn, such a proposition into its farm relief measure. € ‘The House agriculture committee last Saturday rejected a motion to incor- porate the plan in its new farm bill by a vote of 19 to 4. “We are going to follow the recom- mendations of the President,” Snell said ay. “There are two main proposi- tions, farm relief and tariff, which we will consider. Of course, we will act n suspension of the national origins use of the immigration act, congres- sional reapportionment and the 1930 census as soon as those matters have been transmitted by the Senate.” BOMBING LAID TO LOVE. Man Accused of Attacking Home After \_floman Rejected Him. NEW YORK, April 17 (#).—Paul Kercz, 46 years old, was in the police line-up today charged with having bomb- ed the home of & mother of three chil- when she refused to leave them her husband to elope with him. Early yesterday a bomb exploded in the rear of the home of . Catherine Malenkiewicz, in FI . Queens, wrecking the rear of the house, but in- juring none of the family. Detectives were informed that Kercz had made vain love to Mrs. z and had threatened to bomb the house. He de- ined the charge. u) cl | and By the Associated Press. BERLINN, April 17.—Prof. Albert Ein- stein, expounder of the doctrine of rela- tivity, must use all his science to take of the house which the Ber- the sudden e et . mmm longs for solitude, over- looked @ clause in the transfer papers FLOOD WIDE AREA AS STORM WANES Potomac and Shenandoah Submerge Highways and Railroad Tracks. ORCHARDS HIT HEAVILY; SEEDED FIELDS BURIED Gale Lashes Atlantic Coast—New Jersey Loss May Be $500,000. Clearing skies tomorrow will spread sunshine for the first time in four days over a vast storm-wrecked area extending along the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Virginia and as far {inland as Ohio. Chilly and cloudy weather will pre- vail in Washington today and tonight. The lowest temperature expected is about 36 degrees above zero. | The Weather Bureau recorded 2.78 inches rainfall here from Sunday until last night. The normal precipitation | for April is only 3.25 inches. | Its many tributaries turned into ‘ragmz torrents by heavy mountain | rains, the Potomac River has left its |banks and is spreading wide destruc- | tion aleng its upper reaches. The Bal- | timore & Ohio Railroad tracks at Har- |pers Ferry are under water and the | tracks at Hancock were expected to be submerged today. The river is 23.5 :(eev. above flood stage at Williamsport, Md.,, and is threatening dweilings there. An amusement park on the outskirts of the city is under water. Shenandoah Overflows. The Shenandoah River also was re- ported out of bounds, floodwaters block- ing the North Valley Pike at Mount Jackson, Va. Great suffering is expected to result in farming districts, as the water has spread over seeded fields and ruined the prospect of early crops. Orchards were heavily damaged as the storm beat blossoms and buds from the trees. Wind and waves along the Atlantic Seaboard have sunk many small craft, demoralized shipping in’ general and damaged shore structures. In New York harbor, a tug and two barges sank. Heavy snow is reported in West- ern New York and Pennsylvania. The storm center has moved to the New England coast, where a terrific gale is raging. A five-masted schooner in Crosco Bay, was torn from her moorings and thrown on the rocks. A family of four at Avalon, N. J., was rescued by Coast Guardsmen after Spring tides and heavy seas had surrounded their bungalow. The Potomac here is approximately seven feet above its normal level. It must_go a foot higher, according to the Weather Bureau, before attaining real flood stage. Northwest winds, flat- tening the water in its river bed, make predictions difficult, Bureau officials say, but damage is expected to struc- tures along the shore at Georgetown if the water rises much higher, as is expected. expected. At Chain Bridge this after- noon the stage was 2615 feet above nor- mal, but it was thought the peak had been reached. Seven persons here were injured last night, one severely, in automobile ac- cidents on rain-swept streets. Truck Strikes Viaduct. Blinded by the downpour, a truck crashed into the railroad viaduct at Silver Spring, resulting in injuries to two men. Roy Deery, the driver, of Baltimore, is in the Emergency Hospi- tal, where he was operated on last night in an effort to save his life. & A temporary bridge was washed out on Riverside road, over Holy Hole Run, causing a short traffic delay. Hensons Bridge, on the Southern Maryland pike, also was threatened by the high water, according to reports reaching the State Roads Commission. ‘The Eastern Branch left its banks at Bladensburg, covering roads with 3 and 4 feet of water yesterda Before nightfall. the main highways were closed by order of the commission. The water at Bladensburg is reported as | slowly receding, and all danger there is believed pas Little Lakes in Park. Both in Bast and West Potomac Park | today were miniature lakes. Roads, | however, were dry and passable, but the golf courses, with pools in low-lying spots, gave little promise of indulgence in that pastime. The Potomac, swirling past Hains Point, had several feet to spare before reaching the top of the seawall. The United States park police report- ed that in Rock Creek Park the creek was out of its banks, nearly touching the tops of bushes. Rock Creek, they said, had caused a few trees to tumble and numerous logs floated down on the water from Maryland. The maintenance di- vision of the Office of Public Buildings and Parks had little damage to report in the way of fallen trees. Frank T. Gartside, its chief, said today. POTOMAC VALLEY TOWNS HIT. High Water Spreads Damage in Mary- land, Traffic Is Delayed. Special Dispatch to The Star, HAGERSTOWN, Md, April 17— High water of the Potomac River and tributaries at many places in Maryland today was responsible for much damage and delay of traffic. Baltimore & Ohio trains were blocked near Fir John's Run and were routed over the Western Maryland between (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Transmogrification of Einstein's Home . Into Vacant Lot Foils Even Relativity wheh granted Frau von Bdandis, its owner who is now in Africa, the right of domicile for five years. To make amends, they have now offered Prof. Einstein and his wife a one-acre garden plot nearby. But there Brof minstein accepted 1o gl 1 piace E place of the other he would have to build his own home. Prof. Einstein has not commented on the sudden disa) of the house