Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers and probably thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight, followed by mostly fair and cooler tomorrow. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 75, at 5 p.m. yesterday; Jowest, 5! 9, at noon today. Fuil report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 31,040. post office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D. C WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION BUTSCH IS WINNER IN ORATORY FINALS OVER 10 STUDENTS Senier at St. John’s College to Represent The Star’s District in May. CONTESTS HELD TODAY IN NINE AUDITORIUMS Maryland Girl Gets Second Place| and Dunbar High Youth Is Third. Orators = ] To James Leonard Butsch, 19-year- senior of St. John's College, won The | Star finals of the sixth national ora- | torical contest today, when a board of | five judges awarded him the decision | over 10 other contenders for this re-| gion’s highest honors. | Miss Mary Eugenia Hardy. of the! Takoma-Silver Spring High School, champion of the Maryland district of the contest, was adjudged second best, end, in consequence is alternate to young Butsch, while Charles W. ‘Thomas of Dunbar High School was| placed third. { Vladimir Grinioff, Western High School's representative, was adjudgedl | fourth-place winner in the fleld of 11 speakers. He is the son of Mrs. Olga Grinioff of 1523 Twenty-second street. Through his victory today in one of the hardest-fought contests ever wit- nessed in this newspaper’s area young Butsch will represent the District of Columbia, and nearby counties of Maryland and Virginia in the national | finals of the meet next month. Con- tending in the national finals, Butsch | will clinch Lis right to the three-, month tour of South America next ! Summer. His conquest today gives him | | also an additional $200 cash award. | N Plans to Study Law. i ‘The Star’s newly crowned forensic champion is the son of Mr. and Mrs. | Leonard E. Butsch of 4720 Fifteenth | street and following his graduation from | St. John's this June, he plans to study law at the University of Florida. Miss Hardy, winner of second place, | is the daughter of Mrs. Susannah Hardy of Silver Spring. Thomas is the son of Mr. and Mrs. | Spencer H. Thomas of 4420 Douglas | street, Kenilworth, D. C. i ‘The judges of this morning’s contest, conducted in nine separate auditoriums | in various parts of the city. were | Speaker Longworth of the House of | Representatives, Senator George H.| Moses of New Hampshire, President Pro | Tempore of the Senate; Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, Representative in Congress | from Florida; Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the Veterans' Bureau, | and Wade Hampton Coeper, " presidefit ! of the Continental Trust Co. The | official timekeeper was George E. Ken- | eipp, manager of the District of Colum- | bia division of the American Automobile | Association, who checked each of the orators with a brace of stop-watches. The day was launched at 9:01 o'clock, when Miss Ruth Goldberg, Eastern | High School’s champion, took the stage in her school’s auditorium to speak on ;;;;he "szl‘n——}ils Privileges and | In her champlonship bid Miss Gold- | berg_was impressive by virtue of the ex- | pression- she incorporated in her ora- | tory with her mellow. low-pitched voice. Compared with the showing she made in her school's finals, Miss Gold- berg today seemed an even more ef- fective orator. There was more anima- tion, more real feeling, than in her pre- vious attempts. It wes evident she had not wasted her time between meetings. She spoke for 8 minutes 41 2-5 seconds. Miss Goldberg was introduced by Charles Hart, Eastern High School's principal, and at the conclusion of her Speech the judges quit the hall to move on through the rain-drenched streets to MeKinley High School, at Second and ‘T streets northeast, for the second stage of the finals. Harry Schonrank, McKinley High! School's spokesman, was the second orator of the day. It was 9:27 o'clock when he began his speech on “The Origins of the Constitution.” He was Jeceented to bis audience by A Hale | avis, assistant principal of the school, | and at once he launched into his review of the historic sources of the Constitu-~ tion. There was much of Schonrank’s school-finals type of oratory, but it was & delivery enriched by new emphasis, which might have been lacking in his earlier contest appearances. His time | ‘was 7 minutes 34 4-5 seconds. - Cardozo School Next. At the conclusion of Schonrank’s ora- tion the board of judges moved on again, this time to the Cardozo High Bchool. At Cardozo High School it was George C. Morris who fought for high- est honors. Speaking on “Lincoln and the Constitution,” Morris presented an oration which was a sincere tribute to a Nation's martyr. There was adequate emphasis and feeling in the Cardozo champion’s oration. ‘Young Morris was introduced by Rob- ert N. Mattingly, his principal. Begin- ning at 9:46 o'clock, Morris spoke for 9 minutes 52 1-5 seconds. From Cardozo High School the of- fictal party, including the judges and the timekeeper, moved on to Dunbar High School. There Thomas was the chosen spokesman and, after the introduction by Walter L. Smith, his principal, he Jaunched his speech on “Lincoln and the Constitution” at 10:01 o'clock. Since his victory in his school’s finals Thomas had lost none of his dra- matic expression and in the delivery of his speech, that rang with timell- ness, he hfldbeh’:l lud‘:cnce today m e of attentive silence. th“ifllium then carried on to the next stag of the meet, which by this | Co time was flgéy established as a hard- ht contest. g'mAgn-Mnx at Armstrong High School. ‘where the fifth speaker wad to_bid Upper—James Leonard Butsch, win- ner of The Star area finals in National Oratorical Contest today. Lower—Miss Eugenia Hardy, who cap- tured second place and gets the post of alternate. —Star Staff Photos. SIMMONS REGRETS CARUS! PROPOSAL Representative Says School Budget Must Be Handled as at Present. <~y Fstimatés for appropriations for the District schools must- continue to-come, through the District- Commissioners and* not be submitted direct to the Budget Bureau and it would be discourteous for him to go ovér these estimates in advance, Chairman Simmons of the propriation bill stated in a letter to- House subcommittee on the District ap- day to Charles F. Carusi, president of the Board of Education. He further stated that proposal to make an exception in the procedure for submitting items for school expenditure would be an opening wedge in the budget law in regard to other branches of the Government. Representative Simmons, however, stated he would be glad at any time to discuss school mat- ters with the school officials. His letter to Mr. Carusi follows: Invitation Was Received. “I have your letter of April the 22d, requesting that I meet with the Board of Education Friday, April 26, at 2 o'clock p.m., at which time you desire to discuss with me certain questions of policy in regard to expenditures for the 00ls of Washington. “I noted by the Sunday press that some time last week it had been agreed that I should be invited to a meeting of the board for the purpose of going over with the board the various items for the coming budget requests, and while your letter does not so indicate, I presume that this is the purpose of your invitation to me. “I am ready to discuss at any time school matters with the school officials. I think, however, it will readily occur to you that any discussion of items on my part with the school officials prior to the submission of these items to the Commissioners, the Bureau of the Budget and to Congress would be de- cidedly unwise. Would Avoid Discourtesy. “The estimates and requests for funds submitted by the Board of Edu- cation are subject to revision and de- ductions or additions may be made thereto by the Board of Commissioners. The same is true of the Bureau of the Budget, and after these two agencies have reviewed and, if need be, revised your request for funds, the Budget Bureau submits them, under the law, to the committee on appropriations of the House. For me to approve or dis- approve requests for 'nditures prior to their submission to the Commission- ers would very obviously result in an embarrassment to the Commissioners, the Bureau of the Budget and to-the committee on appropriations. It would be, to say the least, & discourteous act on my part to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and to the Bureau of the Budget for me to sit in with any division of the District gov- ernment when it makes up its requests fnrltunds. ¥ “I am not in sympathy with the plan that has been advanced by the Bop-lrd of Education under your leadership to the effect that the requests of the Board of Education for funds must be sub- mitted to the bureau of the budget and to Congress by the Commissioners in total and without revision, allowing the loners only the recommend: tion as-to what part of it shall be al lowed and what part disallowed. The Board of Edueation is but one division of the District government. {Continued on Page 4, Column 1) " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Man Should Live Only as Long as He ~ Finds World Amusing, Says Scientist, 76 the Assoclated Press. "cmc.«oo. April 25—A man, thinks Prof. Albert A." Michelson, the Uni- versity of Chicago’s distinguished au- thority on light, should live as long as BLIZZARDS, FLOODS AND TORNADOES HIT OVERWESTERNU. 3. Worst Storm in History Sweeps Over State. SEVEN PERISH AS WIND Nebraska Raked by Twisters in East, and Rain, Snow and Hail Bring Havoc in Western Part. By the Associated Press. Tornadoes and blizzards had torn their way across Texas, Nebraska and Wyoming today, leaving death and desolation. in their wake, and several Rocky Mountain States had experienced snow and rain storms that demoralized traffic on the ground and halted it in the air. Three East Texas farming hamlets were wrecked by two tornadoes, the most severe of which shook the little town of Slocum to pieces and killed seven persons before continuing’ along its three-mile-wide path to raze Ben- son Springs. 4 The tornadoes struck in Eastern Nebraska as a blizzard was raging across the Western part of the State. Cloud- bursts occurred in some sections and at least two towns suffered from floods. In Wyoming loss of life was feared | from tne worst blizzard in the history of the State. Communication systems were wrecked and transportation brought to a halt. Automobiles could | not_de driven, even in the city streets of Cheyenne. The blizzard centered in Wyoming, but was felt with less severity through- lout "the Racky Mountain _States. Streams in several parts of Colorado were nearing flood stage and the Yama River was reported carrying away its bridges. | The storm struck in the lambing sea- son and it was feared that there would 1 be enormous loss among live stock. property damage was impossible to es- timate, but it was known that it would be great. Besides the several commu- | nities that were wiped out by the twisters, many isolated farms and homes were probably destroyed. | BLIZZARD STRIKES WYOMING. Loss of Life and Heavy Property Dam- sge Feared in Wake of Storm. By the Associated Press. life and tremendous damage to live stock and other property was feared today fol- lowing the worse blizzard in the history of Wyoming, which had isolated this city for nearly 24 hours and paralyzed transportation. Telegraph and telephone wires were down in every direction from Cheyenne and communication with the outside, even by radio, was cut off last night when the electrical power was turned off to prevent casualties from contact with live wires on the ground and housetops. Train service, except on local short lines, was at a standstill and all high- ways were blocked. Even motor travel in the towntown streets here was almost impossbile. Many interstate busses due here yes- terday were not accounted for and mo- tor cars were known to be stalled on the highways in many parts of the State. Throughout the day yesterday men fought their way to Cheyenne through huge snowdrifts to obtain clothing and food for their wives and children suffer- { ing in automobiles stalled near the city. Live Stock Loss to Be Heavy. The storm, general over the Rocky Mountair region, but not as severe in other States, struck Wyoming at the height of the lambing season, and a heavy loss of lambs and calves was be- lieved certain by stockmen, who com- pared the blizzard with that in May, 1927. The storm that year claimed eight lives and sheep losses ranged from 20,000 in the region of Sheridan to 100,- (Continued on Page 4, Oolumn 3.) PRODUCERS AGREE ON OIL COMPACT Are in Accord With Federal Board for Conservation of Supply. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 25.—The Ameri- can Petroleum Institute today was in| ajperto agreement with the Federal Oil Con- servation Board in its plan for an inter- state compact to halt overproduction. The directors, after a four-hour ses- sion, unanimously agreed to co-operate with the Federal board in the study of its program and meanwhile hold in abeyance their own plan of limiting 1929 production to the 1928 level. ‘Will Interview Governors. ‘The Federal board already has sent Dr. Otis Smith, director of the Geological Survey, to interview the governors of three or four dominating oil-producing States to learn their views on entering an interstate compact lim- iting production by controlling drilling. The institute was informed that Gov. Moody of Texas has promised Dr. Smith his co-operation and has said he would I_do not | recommend any changes in the ‘present drilling laws of the State necessary to meet the requirements of such an inter- state pact. ’ Th;”fnlfltll&'l own plan of limiting production, which was to have become effective April 1, was held after a delegation from the institute to Washington for a conference STRIKES TEXAS TOWN | ENNE, W0, April 25.—Loss ot with the Oil Conservation Board and had that Attorney General THURSDAY, APRIL .25 1929—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. . The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press service. * news Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,987 % () Means Associated Press. ITALY'S NAVAL AIM DISQUIETS GENEVA Expected Demand for Parity With France Seen as Ob- stacle to Accord. | By the Associated Press. GENEVA, April 25.—Representations that Benito Mussolini, premier of Italy, will insist that his country have naval parity with France in any arms reduc- tion agreement which the nations may cles here. In one sense the reports of this stand by the Italian prime minister offered the first serious prospective obstruction to 8 five-power naval reduction treaty which has appeared since Hugh S. Gibson's broaching Monday of American pro- posals for naval disarmament. fovernm pa nce both on land and sea. French officials were represented as falling to see the justice of such demands and in- sisting for their part that extensive Prench colonial possessions and coasts open on two seas were sufficient reasons ?t;l maintenance of a navy superior to y's. Issue Becomes Acute. So acute had the problem of satisfy- ing Italy, at least on paper, began to a] pear today thal delegates to the Pre- ratory Disarmament Commission con- lerencewondered if an agreement be- tween England and the United States | might not best be made prior to a five- power conference on naval reductions. It was not believed France would inter- pose a serious objection to such a pre- liminary understanding. A high French authority has ex- plained that France hoped the prepara- tory commission would be able to sub- mit a draft treaty to the September As- sembly of the League of Nations, even if this involved another session of the preparatory commission this Summer. He thought it best that the naval ques- tion be adjourned until.then. when the British general elections would be past. He added France’s willingness to ac- cept the 1.75 ratio laid down in the ‘Washington treaty extended only to capital ships, and that it was clear his government could not accept the figure for cruisers, destroyers and submarines. He did not believe the United States contemplated demanding such a ratio. Progress Is Limited. Although Ambassador Gibson's pro- posal heartened the preparatory com- mission conference and gave it new im- petus, there has been little progress to- ward actual agreement upon terms‘of a draft treaty. Yuurdz ‘was given over to debate on the German proposal of prohibition of bombing from the air, and the delegates made no real start on fixing the guid- ing principles of reduction of air arma- ments. Protests of the press against secret sessions were recognized today with a note from Jonkheer Loudon, president of the commission, that it was not his intention to make secrecy the rule. A skirmish tnolk plu: in the ‘t):{m of a_duel with raplers of words between De erg\k. short bulky Italian (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) MASQUERADER GIVEN SENTENCE IN JAIL reach have disquieted disarmament cir- | with | Nats and Athletics Game Is Called Off On Account of Rain Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, April 25— The Washington-Athletics game scheduled here for this afternoon was called off shortly after noon on_account of rain. ‘This was to have been the last game of the present series in Philadelphia. Tomorrow the Na- tionals will play in Boston. 10 Saved in Ocean After Nine Days Drifting in Boat Foundered Schooner’s Cook’s Body Found by Yacht off Florida. By the Associated Press. NEW_ YORK, April 25—After float- ing nine days - in a 1ifebodt T0° of the crew of the four-masted schooner James E. Coburn, which foundered April 17, 650 miles east of Hatteras, were picked up this morning by the yacht Amida off the southern coast of Florida. The Amida also picked up the body of the cook of the schooner, who died last night of exposure. He was buried at sea. The food supply was ex- " (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) REICHSBANK RAISES RATETO 712 P0T. French Charge Schacht With Deliberate Attempt to Wreck Dawes Plan. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 25.—Today's action of the Reichsbank in raising its discount rate from 6.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent has resulted in the creation of a situa- tion which threatened breakdown of the Dawes plan, upon which the entire European post-war debt structure is built. In French circles it was charged that Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, Reichsbank presi- dent, was deliberately trying to torpedo the Dawes plan. His statement just a week ago to the reparations experts, when he was told his uncompromising attitude led to breaq-up of the confer- ence, was recalled: “I understand,” he said then, “But it will be impossible for Germany to ex- ecute the Dawes plan and she neces- sarily will demand that the clause giving protection against ruinous transfers come into play.” Seyere French criticisms of Dr. Schacht for his failure to take steps to prevent depletion of the bank's gold reserve led today, it was learned in responsible financial circles, to a raise in the dis- count rate. Gilbert Issues Statement. Pseudo Retired British Colonel Is Flayed by Court-as “Un- principled.” By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 25—Mrs, Irma Va- lerie Arkell-Smith London's woman masquerader, who for many months passed as & “man about town” under the name “Col. Barker,” was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment today on a charge of perjury in causing & false statement to be entered on the register of her marriage with another woman, - The woman had pleaded guilty to this st Sy B Rl resen! ‘herself Q’." & retired colonel in the Brit Army. 8. Parker Gilbert, agent general for reparations, in a statement today denied that either he or the Dawes plan trans- fer committee, with whom he met yes-| terday, had expressed an opinion to Dr. Hjalmar Schacht with reference to a raise in the Reichsbank discount rate. ' Mr. Gilbert’s statement read: “The transfer committee held its reg- ular monthly meeting yesterday. Con- trary to reports which appeared in the press, .neither the committee nor jits chairmen has expressed any opinion to the president of the Reichsbank with rm&ec'. to the discount rate of the Reichsbank. S . “The committee authorized. the usual monthly transfer on the reparations account. (Signed.) “S. PARKER GILBERT.” ‘The agent general declined to make any further comment on the situation. Closed " Session Held. GAMBLING DRIVE 1S EXPECTED SOON ‘| Pratt Asks for Detailed Data Regarding Places Raided Here. A sweeping drive against gambling establishments and disorderly houses in the District is expected to material- ize shortly following the issuance of an order by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, su- perintendent of police, today, directing all precinct commanders to submit to police headquarters lists of places raid- | ed for violation of gambling laws re- cently and of places suspected of har- boring gambling games. ‘This order will be followed by an- other tomorrow requesting similar in- formation as to places suspected of be- ing or known to be disorderly houses, Maj. Pratt said today. with. District Attorney Leo A. Rover on ahn subject today. “He was reluctant to iscuss ~ the conference, saying that publicity on the subject at this time would be injurious to contemplated ac- tion by the department. The order sent out today states that the informa- tion sought “is of great importance for certain contemplated action of this de- partment.” Asked what the action would be, Maj. Pratt replied, “That is a secret of police work.” Asked specifically if padloek injunc- tions would be sought, he replied that it is not m;-u{ ible to padiock a gambling establ lent as a common nuisance. A disorderly house, he said, may be padlocked under the Kenyon law, and he indicated that such action might be taken. Detailed Information Wanted. In connection with the report required on places actually raided, the precinct commanders are instructed to indicate in each instance street and number of the premises, the owner and his busi- ness and residence address; the rental agent and his business address; the name of the tenant of record on the oc- casion of each raid; the name or names of persons arrested on’ each occasion; description of the evidence seized; names of officers conducting, raid or making the arrests, and disposition of the case or cases in court. ‘With reference to the places suspect- ed of harboring gambling games, the order directs precinct commanders to give the street and number of prem- ises; name of owner of property and his business or residence address; name of tenant and a brief statement as to the conditions which lead the commanders lwte‘:iufimt that the law is being vio- lated. In the cases of apartment houses the commanders are ordered to give the xg:ciflc number of the apartment and the lessee thereof as well as the data concerning the owner and rental agent. Copy Sent U. S. Attorney. Precinct commanders are directed to exercise great care in compiling the in- formation and to see that no reports are submitted which cannot be substan- tiated by existing records or by sworn testimony. In addition to the regular list of places where such orders usually go, a copy of the order was sent to the United States attorney. STRIKE PROBE START IS EXPECTED TODAY By the Associated Press. GASTONIA, N. C, April 25—~The opening of a State investigation into the razing of the Loray mill strike head- quarters here and the pillaging of strik- ers’ food supply was set for today, with & meeting of the Gaston County grand jury this afterncon as the first step. Members of a masked mob which de- scended upon the union buildings at dawn Thursday are sought. Fred Erwin Beal, Southern organizer for the National Textile Union and leader of the. strike here, was back in the mill village today after a night in the city jail. Miss Ellen Dawson, another leader, spent last night in jail, following her second arrest in two days as the leader of a strike parade. Carl Reeve, & rep- resentative of the International Defense League, also’ was in jail this morning. At Lexington, N. C., officials of the Wennonah mill said they would attempt to regpen the plant today. It has been closed-for 10 days. old unless my health been informed tchell had held that the board was In sentencing her, the recorder de- ‘an its conclusion was A closed session of the Dawes plan transfer committee was held yesterday at the call of S, Parker Gilbert to con- sider the situation represented by con- tinued large withdrawals of foreign cur- rency and export of gold from the Ger- mnrtnyhnk. ‘The committee said they [ o s | ‘Washington-clearing house, -$4,199,- he finds the world amusing. Prof. Mich , finding it so, expressed the Smy '.hltmt: might live to be 100. and I dm;'t for years. “‘Besides, there’s an e itely away. In 1926 “Col. Barker” went the form of marriage with lfreda Haward, who testified through another | D8 d been told this depletion of the bank’s gold reserves threatened to fall soon to its legal level. 82.03. # * Treasury balance, $238,524,335.02. New York clearing house exchange, “When the u'nl‘vgrm no m":fi holds usement man,” Prof. ‘:lih:l:n:?en it is well nigh time to 3 . xo: m(or .myself,” continued the scientist, who was 76 years old S “3-amwatll amused by mpay I want very much to do; the speed woman, Al yesterday that she had not known of the deception. ‘The transfer clause of the Dawes plan p.:vldu for just mch“.’l conf ording payments under mwmmmww $1,252,000,000. New ,000. rams—Page 46 | DEMOCRATIC SPLIT TWO CENTS. MAY SPELL DEATH TODEBENTURE PLAN Minority Party Senators Con- | fer, Seeking Common Ground for Stand. MAJORITY EXPECTED TO FAVOR MEASURE | Few Dissenters Who Will Vote| I of the pending bill or to any measure. | dell of Louisiana, who voted in com- | 3:2! llxltfl)l;{ ‘:lhl()n was not practicable Pratt held a lengthy conference | ““The conference. | today was the feebled. York clearing house. balance, Against Proposal Believed to Hold Balance of Power in Fight. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. As Democratic Senators met in con- | ference today in an effort to find some | common ground on which they may | stand with relation to the pending farm relief bill, it appeared that a sufficient | number of Democrats would vote against the debenture plan to kil it in the Senate. No effort was made to bind the Democratic Senators to any provisions Following the conference, it was dis- closed that many of the Senators favored the debenture plan. However, while a majority of the Democratic Senators may be expected to vote for the depenture pian in the | Senate, there will be an appreciable number who will oppose it. Six Democratic Senators have indi- cated clearly that they will not vote for | the debenture plan. They are Sen- ators Kendrick of Wyoming and Rams- | mittee against the debenture plan, and Walsh of Massachusetts, Copeland and ‘Wagner of New York and King of Utah. There are & number of other Demo- | cratic Senators who have said they were | inclined to vote against the proposal, although they have not finally made up their minds. In this group are Sen- ators Broussard of Louisiana and Hawes | of Missouri. Copeland Move Discussed. ‘There was some discussion at the | conference today of the proposal of Senator Copeland,of New York to sub- | stitute the old equalization fee plan of the McNary-Haugen bill of the last Congress for the debenture proposition. The sentiment of the majority, how- | ever, appeared to be against an at-| tempt to revive the equalization fee, on The conference of Democrats held first of a series of such ! conferences. At the- conclusion of to- day’s conference Senator Robinson, the | Demociatic leader and chairman of the conference, made the following state- ment: “The conference was called to dis- cuss the bill now before the Senate re- | lating to farm relief. It is not con- templated that any attempt shall be made to bind the members of the con- ference to vote for or against any par- ticular provision or measure. The dis- cussion in the conference disclosed the fact that many Senators in attendance believe that the incorporation of the ge?e;ltlure plan will prove immediately elpful. Tarift Relation Recognized. “The relation of the tariff to the subject of farm relief is recognized in view of the President's purpose to ask revision of some schedules. My per- sonal feeling is that it is probable the farm situation will be made worse as a result of tariff legislation at this time. “‘Unless the debenture or some simpler plan is made possible, the result of any tariff revision which may be fairly expected will be to increase the cost the farmers must pay for necessary manufactured commodities. It is ex- peated that further conferences will be-held from time to time in order that Democratic Senators may become acquainted with the viewpoints of their associates and function as intelligently and effectively as may be practicable. “The_chairman of the conference was authorized to request the co-opera- tion of the commerce committee and of other Senators in relation to emer- gency amendments to the flood control act of 1928, particularly with respect to the provisions relating to compen- sation for flowage rights in spillways .and emergency protective works on tributaries. 35 G. 0. P. Members of Senate. “While there was some discussion of the equalization fee plan, in my opinion 1t was not believed to be practical to b!ecum ire its incorporation in the pending The make-up of the present Senate is 55 Republicans, 39 Democrats and one Farmer-Labor Senator. Senator Shipstead of Minnesota, the Farmer- Labor Senator, will vote for the deben- ture plan. Polls of the Republican side of the Senate indicate that not more than 12 Republicans will support the debenture plan. This weuld leave 43 Republicans voting against the de- benture plan, with six Democrats also voung in opposition to that plan. There would be a total of 49 votes against ittoa le 46 votes in favor of it. The indications today are there will be less than 12 blican votes cast for the debenture plan and more than six Democratic votes cast against it. In view of these circumstances it does not appear the debenture plan can be adopted in the Senate. ‘While the Democrats were meeting in Fu’ty conference, some of the Repub- ican leaders of the Senate met with Senator - Watson of Indiana, the Re- ublican leader, and informally decided ?o oppose the debenture plan and to do all they could to prevent its final in- clusion in the bill A three-hour attack upon the farm — S Page 4, Column 7.) (Continued on Women May ‘Rule th Bccome MO!‘C “Sa.llow.. Feeble and Anemic“ carefully powdered brow. is presented at the ::m’vmuon of the Midwest Society 0‘51;2‘“" pointed out that woman is ouf an the athletic member of the modern family. while the men, eschewing vigor- ous exercise, are steadily en- a *"The practice uniess practice of wife-beating, the trend is _mm" $ _may entirely POLCENAN HELD FOR GRAND JRY RUM CAR SLAYIG Clyde 0. Rouse, Eleventh Precinct, Is Suspended Without Pay. AUTOIST, 21, IS SHOT TO DEATH IN CHASE Officers Tell Inquisitors of Custom of Firing at Smoke-Screen Machines. Policeman Clyde O. Rouse of the eleventh precinct was held for the grand Jury by a coroner’s jury this afternoon inquiring into the death of Ottmer Her- man Fleming, 21 years old, of 300 N street southwest, who he shot to death early yesterday morning during a chase of Fleming's liquor-laden car through Anacostia. The jury deliberated for 45 minutes before arriving at a verdict. Rouse was immediately taken to the office of the District attorney, where he posted bond (m'R his release, ouse was immediately sus) from duty without pay. 2 e Just before the end .of the hearing two policemen from the eleventh pre- cinct had told the jurors tnat it was the custom for officers pursuing rum cars equipped with smokescreens to fire in an effort to disable the fugitive ma- chine. Fleming's car yesterday morn- ing was laying down a dense cloud of | smoke which almost blinded the officers in the rear. Another Car Chased. Testimony by Policeman Guy Rhone, also of the eleventh precinct, brought out that about three minutes after the fatal shooting of Fleming, he and Po- liceman W. H. Humphreys chased an- other car which was laying down a smokescreen over the path traveled by Fleming, and fired six shots at it. He t.ax"ii that they were about 30 yards be- hind. The witness, who was driving the machine, told the jurors he fired twice, vand I don't know how many times Humphreys fired,” he declared. Hum- phreys later said he sent four shots in the direction of the car ahead. As they reached the scene where Flem- ing’s unconscious form lay in his car, they gave up the chase. Rhone, Rouse and B. R. Campbell, who drove the car in which Rouse was riding, testified that they had shot at rum cars under similar circumstances before and that such was the custom among policemen in their section of the city, through which most of the liquor traffic of Southern Maryland runs. Fifth Shot Kills Autoist. The first police investigator who took the stand was Headquarters Detective Thomas F. Sweeney, who said that the bootleg car had four holes in the left rear fender and license plate all grouped within a radius of less than one foot. The fifth shot crashed through the top of the car and passed completely through Fleming's skull, dropping spent on the floor of the machine. Both Campbell and Rouse explained the loca- tion of the fifth shot by saying that the latter officer fired just as the car struck a bump in the middle of Elev- enth street. Headquarters Detective H. K. Wilson informed the jury that the surface of the street is of extremely rough cobble stone. Police Lie in Wait. Campbell said that he and PFouse were lying in wait at S street and Nich- ols-avenue southeast for a car they had been warned would try to bring through a load of liquor and which was equipped with a smoke screen. With them were two other cars, one occupied by Rhone and Humphreys and the other by acting Sergt. C. F. Smith and Private C. R. sy%x;lor.] e last car sighted the machine turning into Nichols avenue and pur- sued it across the Anacostia Bridge. There they overtook it and found that what they had thought to be liquor was a load of musical instruments. They had started cruising up Eleventh street Wwhen the car driven by Fleming, who was accompanied by John Stevens, 27 years old, of 300 N street southwest, turned into Nichols avenue from S street without observing a stop sign. They gave chase north on Nichols avenue and across Anacostia Bridge. At the north end of the bridge, Campbell declared, they tried to pull up alongside the car, in which cases of liquor could be seen. Just then, he said, the smoke screen was turned on and Fleming tried to crowd them into the curb. It was at this time, he said, that Rouse began shooting. The chase ended at Eleventh and K streets southeast, where Stevens leaped out and fled through an alley. He was pursued and captured by Rouse. The wounded Fleming had just been dispatched to Casualty Hospital in the machine of Acting Sergt. Smith when the second liquor-laden car flashed by at about 60 miles an hour, emitting clouds of smoke. Rhone and Humphreys were following firing their guns. They stopped at K street to assist Campbell, who then took Stevens to the precinct, where he was charged with illegal pos- session and transportation of liquor and with the use of a smoke screen, Rouse on the stand was ‘asked by Assistant United States Attorney Wil- liam T. Collins whether he had ever ridden behind a smoke screen before. He saild that he had done so & hun- dred times and fired on many previous occasions. Both Campbell and Rouse, who are clean-cut appearing young officers, were obviously nervous during the progress of the hearing, but neither had any- thing to say when the verdict was an- nounced. e ROOSt‘ as Husbands disappear, the educators suggested, be- cause man in tite won’t be man enough to exercise any - cave man o — dent, was about the only speaker to give men a break. He said the boy of today may grow to be a better man than his dad. He based this on the prospect of the five-hour day and the five-day week. which would allow more leisure and which in turn, if take en ad-