Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1929, Page 2

G, o THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 28, 1929—PAR’ gl WALSH TS GRITIG] o svome e roms v (TILITY CAARMAN I Y ALONE GAE Senator Deplores ‘Suspicion’ of Arbitration Expressed by U. S. Citizens. American eritics of the policy of sub- mitting the I'm Alone case to “for- eigners” for adjudication were sharply scored last night by Senator Thomas .J. ‘Walsh, crat, of Montana. o‘?m before the American Societv of International Law in annual ban- quet at the Willard Hotel, the Senator ; deplored what he said was an expressed American suspicion that judges from another country might be influenced by thefr personal views on prohibitton. “Multitudes of our people,” he de- clared, “decline to give to the judges coming from other countries credit for | the possession of the heroic virtues they Justly assign te our natiomals.” Senator Walsh spcke specifically of | the recent discussion over submitting | the case of the Coast Guard's sinking | of the Canadfan rum runner in the | Gulf of Mexico to the Permanent Couri | of International Arbitration. | The case has been submitted by agree- | ment of Canada and the United States | to arbitration by two arbitrators, under | terms of the anti-smuggling treaty of | 1924 between the two powers. Hughes Speaks. | Other speakers at the dinner in- cluded: Charles Evans Hughes, retiring | president of the society, who has been | named a judge on th® Permanent Court ; of International Arbitration: Senator | David 1. Walsh, who pleaded for firmer establishment of the Kellogg-Briand peace treaty principle; Senor Don Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal, formerly Ambassador of Chile to the United States, and Dean Roscoe Pound, of the Harvard Law School. In discussing the “I'm Alone” case, Senator Walsh of Montana, took up | for answer the reported jocular remark | of an unnamed “distinguished &mwr"‘ from a ‘“great State,” who rem:rkvd! upon what he understood to be a pro- | posal to commit the dispute to a court | composed of 15 “foreigners.” | ‘Walsh Cites U. S. Decisions. “It follows,” declared Senator Walsh, | “that we ought never to resort to such method of the adjustment of interna- | tional differences, but making ourselves | secure in & military way, accord to| other nations such measure of justice, ' as we, an interested party, may choose | to extend or exact from it by force of | $ P part of | an international bully. ! “A long line of cases has gone to the HBing out o the._ promibition. amends | a out of the on amend- ment and the Inwlver:um to enforce | it. 1t one ever d in fore- casting i “To bare the imputation to the bones, | let it be understood that the questions ' at issue are whether the vessel sunk was or was not, when the it ) IN HUGHES’ DEATH Assistant Gemeral Counsel for! Radio Commission Found As- phyxiated in Bathroom. mission, was asphyxiated by mum' ting gas late yesterday afternoon. An inquest will be held at 11:30 o'clock tomorrow morning to determine how he came to his death. His unconscious form was found on the floor of the bathroom of Apartment 34, 1832 Biltmore street, by Mrs. Pauline Baird, with whom he roomed. The gas Jet was on and the door and window closed. Mrs. Baird told Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt that she was away from home all afternoon. When she returned she detected the odor of gas, which she traced to the bathroom. The door was | not locked. She summoned the No. 2 Rescue Squad and_the Emergency Hospital ambulance, Dr. I. Rutkoski of the hospital staff, pronounced Hughes The jet from which the gas was flow- ing wss partly dismantied. so that it could not have been used for illumina- tion. Dr. Nevitt said last night that the key to the fixture was extremely difficuit to turn Hughes was not married and had no | relatives here. Authorities have been in- | formed that his father and mother re- | side in Dayton, Ohio. B. M. Webster, general counsel of the Pederal Radio Commission and close friend of the dead man, told Dr. Nevitt that Hughes had been in ill heaith for some time and recently was informed | by Johns Hopkins physicians that his heart was diseased. Webster advanced | the theory that death was caused by & | heart attack. Hughes sublet a room | from Mrs. Baird which be shared with W. M. Pomeroy. APPROVAL OF WHEAT NOMINATION EXPECTED| Report to Senate Judiciary Group | by Special Likely Tomorrow. A favorable report on the nomina- ton of Alfred A. Wheat, special as- sistant to the Attorney General, to be | an associate justice of the District | Supreme Court is expected to be XM\K to the Senate judiciary committee to- | morrow morning by the special sub-| committee handling the nomination Senator King, Democrat, of Utah chairman of the subcommittee, was| prevented by other matters from hold- | ing & meeting of the subcommittee yes- | terday, but indicated that the subcor- mittee report would be ready tomorrow. All indications are that it will be favorable. Subcommittee | Mrs i 1 30,000,000 ASKED IN SUTTER'S SUIT Heirs - of California Pioneer, Will Press Claim Against Government., | By the Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, Calif., ment made by Congress in 1879 “REPEATERS” USED TO FILL PANELS OF CORONER’S JURIES torney Leo A. Rover, t in . who has a par- ticular interes! A the coroner's jury its . b . | courts, At present the members jury are chosen by the coroner. Rover Is Not Criticizing Nevitt. In Behind the claim lies the romantic | made story of how Gen. Sutter buflt a small empire of great wealth and then lost it and died in poverty because of the | historic gold rush of 1849. Founded Agrieultural Colony. Sutter founded an agricultural colony upon a land grant made by Gen. Al- varado. Mexican of Califor- nia, after coming West in 1839 colony flourished to such an extent that in 1845 the grant was increased to include a large portion of Northern California. One day James . Marshall, an em- Nevitt has done excellent work with the facilities at his disposal gnd that he is in no wise inclined to criticize the coro- ner for any undesirable circumstances | ! which may surround the selecting and operation of the 3 “1 feel that lt%! be desirable to change the method of selecting the cor- oner’s jury,” Mr. Rover said. “For, as The | Jong as 1 can remember, the jury has been selected by the coroner. This im- poses on that official a task which hardly comes within the scope of his duties and which calls for the expendi- ture of time which he can fil afford, because his official dutles are sufficient sl:ye of Gen. Sutter, picked up a gold ke at Coloma, .n the colony. Addi- tional discoveries resulted in the in- flux of thousands of ‘renzied prospec- tors who overran butter's lands. Sutter was not interested in and did not attempt to enrich himself by digging for it. - In 1851 he filed suit against 21000 uatters and the courts upheld him, The squatters appealed and kept the jssue in litigation for years. ~After Sutter's death in 1870 the legal fight languished. Tt was revived recently by the heirs. Reginald Sutter said his at- torneys were in Washington going through congressional records in search of documents to back up the claims of the heirs. Descendants Bitter Against State. Sutter's descendants have been so bitter against the State as the result of the fate of their distinguished ancestor that they refused several years ago to | permit the removal of the general’s body | the from Pennsylvania, where he died. to | California, to rest in a place set aside for a monument in his honor. |WIFE SEES DAREDEVIL DIE PORT JERVIS, N. Y., April 27 (#).- | While hundreds looked on, “Daredevil” Dan Smith of Paterson. N. J., parachute jumper, plunged 2,000 feet from an air- plane to his death in the flood-swollen laware River here this evening. The hundreds of persons who saw him fall were powerless to offer aseist- ance, because no boats were available Smith’s wife was among the spsctators. Mrs. Van Winkle to Speak. “The Women's Bureau” will be the subject of & talk to be given before the Washington Open Forum at I street_at 3 o'clock this afiernoon by Mina C. Van Winkle, h+ad of the ‘Women's Bureasu of the Metropolitan Police Department Mrs. Zella W. Neweomb, editor of Troubador Magazine and for three ’ Female crickets and the young in- 7 sects do not chirp. It is only the adult male that does the singing. years pronn? ¢fficer of Denver, Colo., u-mk‘ducuss ®r experiences in police worl to keep any one man busy. “Of course, it would be necessary for - T0 RETIRE MAY 31 [Hoover, Accepting Childress’ Resignation, Praises His Fine Service. President Hoover yesterday afternoon | | aceepted the resignation of John W. | Childress as & member of the Public Utilittes Commission to become effec- | tive May 31. Mr. Childress, the first and only | chafrman the new commission has had | since its creation more than two years | ago, sent his resignation to the White | House late Friday. In accepting it, | President Hoover said: | “I have received your letter of April 26 conveying your resignation ss a member of the Public Utilities Com- | miseion. In accepting it I wish to ex- | press m appreciation for the devotion and fine service you have given in the public interest.” Accepts New Post. position with the newly created United States Lines, corporation’s general agent for the Dis- { triet of Columbia, Maryland and Vir- ginia. The resignation of Chairman Chil- dress creates two vacancies on the commission, one of which must be filled before May 31, otherwise the commis~ sion will be unable to function legally | The other vacancy | was caused by the faflure of the Senate to confirm former President Coolidge’s nomination of Col. Harrison Brand, jr. | _Soon after the announcement of Mi | Childress’ resignation reached the Dis- | trict Building, speculation was again | revived as to the probable successor of | | the chairman as well as Col. Brand. | | Although no Intimation has come from | the White House as to whom the Presi- | dent had under consideration for Col. | Brand's post, it is known that there are | at least a half a dozen candidates for | the position. These include William | McKinley Clayton, veteran chairman of | the publie utilities committee of the | Federation Citizens’ Associations, | | and William A. Roberts and Maj. Clay- | ton E. Emig, both former vice chair-| | men of that committee. More Candidates Expected. The resignation of Mr. Childress, | however, is expected to add a number | of candidates to the list, since Presi- | |'dent Hoover will have two vacancies instead of one to fill. Earl V. Pisher, executive secretary of the commission, and B. McK. Bachman, its chief ac- countant, already have been promi- nently mentioned for the position. | Both Fisher and Bachman have been connected with the commission for & | | number of years, and have won the| confidence and rurct of the public through their work. They also are thor familiar with the outstand- ing puble utility questions which have | confronted- the commission in recent | years. The fact that the two new members jon will have to face three important problems as soon as they take office and the necessity for a background of knowledge of each of them is believed in &.\‘hllc utility cir-, cles to_strengthen possibility of either Fisher or Bachman being ap- pointed to one of the vacancies. These questions are the important merger of the transportation companies, the gas valuation case and the aj tion for a higher fare which the Capital Trac- tion Co. is expected to file with the commission in the near future. Bach- man and Fisher both are familiar with hese which, it was said, would take s person unfamiliar with them six months or more to study and One of the new appointees is expected to be a Republican and the other a Democrat, Col. Brand was the Repub- licap on the commission and Mr. Childress the Democrat, and President Hoover, it is belleved, biy will fol- Jow this set-up. ly Mr. Bach- man is & Democrat and Mr. PFisher & n, the former being a native of Tennessee and the latter a native of Ohio. Hopes to Dispose of Problem. Before he retires, Mr. Childress said, he hopes to b':unhle w:m fir:fl no‘“mmommhues; 3 k iisa 35'53 Files Suit for Divorce. es A. Sim] , 736 Twenty-second nnelJm: has mw:uu for an absolute divorce from Gertrude C. S8impson, 1349 Kenyon street. They were married July 8, 1913, and the husband complains that his wife left him January 28, 1922, Congress to act before any such change | O. could be brought about, but 1 for one would like to see it accomplished. Attorney’s Status Explained. “At the present time there is a rep- Tesentative of the district attorney's office present at every coroner’s inquest, but he has no more official status than 1any other spectator. Any part that he might take is rely by sufferance of the coroner. If there could be a repre- | 8°F sentative of the district attorney’s office present at these inquests with the status | of an official representative of the Gov- jernment and with the wuthority to ex- i amine witnesses it would greatly facili- | tate our work in case the jury decides ! ;n hold any one for action of the grand | Jury. | _“While no action of the coroner's jury }in conclusive or final, it would, never- less, be possible for a hostile coroner {to hamper the District attorney in a | considerable measure. I am not criti- |cizing Dr. Nevitt, for he has always co- {operated ' with 'us in whole-hearted fashion. But he will not live forever. It is ible that his place might be filled some stubborn man who could [cause us lots of trouble if we are not lallowed representation at his its.” Charles W. Darr, president of the schnmher of Commerce, said the ques- tion of the manner in which coroner’s ! juries are selected was brought to the (attention of the chamber last month by a man who expressed great indig- nation over what he termed the in- | eMcinecy of the jury. This man, Mr. Darr said, charged that there are many “repeaters” on the juries and that these men who serve often are sometimes incompetent, being unfa- i miliar with the several legal elements which must be present in every homi- cide before any one can be convicted of manslaughter or murder, the two charges on which the coroner holds in- dividuals for the grand jury. Matter Sent to Committee. Mr. Darr sald that the matter had Leen referred to the pre mittee, which has not submitted itsWFeport to the chamber as yet. If the facts war- vant it, he said, & demand will be by the chamber coroner’s jury. At the ’fitquut of members of the Chamber of Commerce, Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Pear] McCall has made an investigation of the District law erning coroner’s juries. Miss McCall believes that the coroner i5 faced with a condition similar to that which was effectively rcmedied in the courts some time ago by the creat- ing of the jury commission for draw- ing jurymen and by the enactment of a sn- prohibiting any one from serving on a jury more than once a year. These two reforms, she said, have resulted in the complete disappearance of “float- ers,’ men who frequented the courts for the sole purpose of serving on juries when opportunity presented and who were practically worthless as jurymen. Supperts Rover's Opinion. She also feels that it would be de- sirable to have an official representative of the District attorney'. of present at every inquest. While she is not of the opinion that Dr. Nevitt is open to any criticism whatsoever, she does feel that the assistant District attorney han- dling the cases coming from the coro- ner to the grand jury could present his cases much more effectively if he had the advantage of a full report from a co-worker who had actively participated in the coroner’s inquest. “1 think s member of the staff of { this office should be empowered to par- ticipate in all inquests and that hel should be held as much responsible for the proceedings as he would be in a | District court. This might result in facts being brought to Bght from ex- amination: of witnesses which otherwise would never be known to this office. It would also save some persons the em- barrassment and inconvenience of being held for the grand jury when there is not sufficlent evidence to justify the grand jury in returning an indictment against them.” Mr. Childress resigned to accept a Inc. He will be the| |1ate policies with regard to the various | ing consideral t | Priends of Harison Ki: the | IDg to raw materials ai | | | WRECKAGE LEFT IN WAKE OF GEORGIA TWISTERS. BUSINESS LEADERS |Chamber of Commerce of | United States to Open 17th | Meeting Tomorrow. Three thousand business leaders from all parts of the country will gather | here tomorrow for the seventeenth an- | nual meeting of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States. Ol conservation proposals, the Pederal ‘ | Reserve Boavd's effori to curb specula- | tion, tariff prineiples, farm aid and the | national origins of the im- migration lJaw are a few of the subjects listed for discussion. The sessions will | last five days. Economic Changes to Be Studied. Radical economic changes now taking | place in business also will be revealea n the discussions as outlined by the complete program of the meeting, made public last night. Some of the topics under this heading are the future of small business, the impact of science on business, the shifting of workers due to the mechanization of industry and the five-day week. “The Growing Responsibilities of Business” will be the keynote of the meeting. It will be stressed by Jultus H. Barnes, former president of the Na~ tional Chamber, in the opening address and will enter into all the hes. At the sessions American business leaders will attempt to [ormu- questions on the program, outlining a course to be followed for the next 12 months. The delegates will represent more than 1,600 business organizations, rang- ing from the smallest local chamber of commerce to the largest national trade association. | Lament Will Speak. Lamen! former vice president of the chamber; Senator Allen of Kansas, Chairman Hawley of the House ways and means committee, William Butterworth, presi- dent of the national chamber; Leonard P. Ayers, vice t of the Cleve- land Trust Co.; John G. Len: 3 3 sdale, president of the National Bank of Com- 2 business world. President Hoover’s new policy of with- holding permits for oil production on public lands and the effect this Gypsies’ Wedding Delayed as Band Reason for Postponement Is Not Given; May be Held in Chicago. | By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky, April 27—One perfectly good band of es, led by Chief John and his son, ice Hendrik John, went trekking out of Louisville in dudgeon will not witness a royal Romany. ‘The ceremonies, scheduled for today and in which Prince John was to have married Rosetta Stanley of fair gypsy parted across the Ohio River Bridge, said they would take place in Chicago within th) in Chicago, where of one of royal blood. Pestponement Is Mysiery. Just why Romany’s wandering left Louisville without holding the wed- ding was a mystery today. Some said that pestering sight-seers and ecuri- caused the ggd- tn Others claimed that the had demanded another $300 of Chief John for his daughter. Mm father And then there were rumors that Louis- ville’s boys in blue, otherwise known a3 “the law,” had net welcomed the chief g v g brought only €4 and a coll: th e mart. Plans for the may have on the conservation of other | New .n'-.ltwm:l resources will 'bfnc uxhe: by a group represent ] metals and forest industries. e McCann Beomed for Directorship, As the del te:n :‘::Eh;r -!or the meet- mani- fested in the fact that lnb:’::mmnz man has been brought forward as a candidate for the hnrduol directors. cCann, ident. of the H. K. lltnc.mn Mvmmm Agency and he.&ol theflmhd ad- vertising agency interests of the country, Xy Aot - out that the present ;nllkefim wbmm every major usiness act represented professignal advertising. Mr. Mtfinnw is widely known throughout the country, is a native of Maine. He has been engaged in advertising for a quarter of g century. The work of the meeting of the chamber will on in 6 general sessions and 12 round-table conferences. Topics of general inter- est will be discussed at the general sessions. Toples for the ruwmd table discussions are as follows: Marketing agricultural products, trade practice conference, industrisl extension prob- lems, Government influence on trans- portation, Government licles relat- five-day be carried n;{:ldem phnnmh. cities, mass merchandising, prin and‘the credlt sapp, 1 ?Wnnc:%g and the credit supply, life an; conservation, mfl'é of the city and its trade area and employment relations. Attention The sooner you know that you have been infected with Tuberculosis the quicker and Delay in Finding Out Makes It Harder to Cure You Do you tire easily? Are you losing weight? Do you cough persist- If you have some of these AMUEL THRIFT DIES AT HOME HERE Mother of Two Members of House Press Gallery Il for Four Months. Mrs. Samuel Thrift, mgher of Mel- vin P. and Chester R. Thift, who have been on the staff of the press gallery of the House 8f Representatives for a number of years, died yesterday morn- ing at her home, 1218 Thirty-third street. She was 66 years old. Mrs. Thrift had been ill for about four months, but recently her condi- tion took a turn for the worse. Death was caused by a cerebral hnnnnm Born in lkulmrr Va. . came to this city 40 vea: will be buried at her bi the t: the In addition to House gulery she is survived by her husband, Samuel Thrift, and two other sons, Clifton R. and Leonard E. Thrift of this city. Arrangements have been made for funeral services at the family residence tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock, followed' by burial in at 2 o'clock In the afternoon. RS. surer can you be cured. Have you a poor appetite ? Have you any pains in the chest? symptoms go at once to your doctor or have yourself examined at the free Health Depar! Cormer 6th and I Streels N.W., Tuesday, evening Saturday at 1 o'clock. Friday tment Clinic Thursday or from 7:30-9 o’clock. Asscciation for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Tdcpbonq‘ -Main 6883 1022 11th Street N.W. "TORNADO TOLL PUT | tum today in 1 | Southern ar button in | l of the storms. )Duplications in Gompiling | Death Lists Bared as Relief Is Pushed. | | By the Associated Press. | ATLANTA, April 27—Relief and re- | habilitation meesures gained momen- | the disaster area of mfl and scores made homeless in a series of tornadoes Thursday. Five deaths just across the South Carolina line near Anderson brought the total | fatalities from the disturbances to 52. While local, State and national offi- eials moved to obtain aid for the storm sufferers in the storm of ap- propriation and Red Cross donations, rescus workers announced after cover- ing, the stricken sectors that original of the number of dead had oeen i & g n &2 am -3 B 2 § i | ding and tents for the refugees. Several hundred persons injured and | ; homeless were being | AT 52N REGHEK: RIVER RIPS DIKE CUARDING B ARA Mississippi Forces Flood ‘Waters Over 27,000 Acres Near Murphysboro. By the Associated Press. QUINCY, 1, April 27.—Having forced its muddy\flood waters over 26.- 000 acres of farm\land in this region, the Mississippi Riwer today turned a threatening face to the BSouth and ripped open dykes \protecting 27,000 acres in the neighberhwood of Murphys- boro. Rising stages from sChester to the Gulf were reported as the river came to a standstill at points the North and began a gradual drop) It was the South grand gowcr levee that gave way shortly befosp noon at Murphysboro permitting inunastion of 7,000 acres of land. Shortly aker 20.- 000 acres were reported under\ water at MecClure, which suffered great damage in the floods of 1927. Crest in Sight. \ Although the river was rising at\ its southern end, crests were in sight a\d This pleture takeh near Cochran, Ga., in the path of the tornadoes that swept Georgia and Seuth Carelina, Thars- |, fyrther trouble was anticipated urk- day, and claimed a toll of neariy 52 Nves, shows the wreekage left in the wake less there were additional heavy rains) Basements of bufldings at the water- front in St. Louis were fuil of water which also was spreading over the lower parts of the city. Thousands of farm lands in the surrounding county were At Hannibal, Mo., water caused the wall of a building to crumble. No one was injured. The water was so high it entered the first floor of buildings on side streets near the river agnd fiooded basements in the business dis- i tisfa :torfly. Begins to Recede. The flood stage at Quincy was sta- tionary most of the day at 21.4 feet, but began to recede after- noon. With the South Quincy gar dens and the Indian Grave district thorizing expenditure une: funds appropriated at the last session of Congress for hurricane sufferers in the Southeast for relief in the tornado- stricken region. The revised death list by com- munities: Statesboro vicinity, 22, Metter vicinity, 18. Cachran, 4. Dexter, Anderson, 8. C., vicinity, 4. Hobbyville, 8. C,, 1. SENATORS SEEK RELIEF. | | Harris Asks Agrieulture Department to action today to obtain speedy the tornado-stricken aféa of their State. Senator Harris asked the Department of Agriculture in Washington to set 'fi;& money immediately for purchase of . The department, Harris said, took his KAPPA ALPHAS TO MEET. New Chapter Officers Will Be In- stalled Tonight. Installation of the newly elected chap- ter officers of M active cha) New officers to be installed will come here from chapters at Joraus Hopkins University, University =* Zelaware, Uni- versity of Maryland and St. John's Col- lege in Annapolis. supper HOOVER CATCHES . TROUT ON VISIT TO MARYLAND STREAM when his motor car moved away from the White House shortly after 2 o'clock in_the afternoon. The little party slipped away very quietly and went to Secretary Richey’s reserve. Preparations had been made jor an ove ng mile off the main road, and sufficient food for a week ‘had De?ltz secrecy President's visit, persons, mostly natives from the nearby country- country, to do more fis] the it Hoover is expected at this place than at select for him in Shenan- Virginf e, Hichey 1s making preparations to build a stone cabin mpm banks of the stream to take the place of the A . ate a the woods near the stream and then returned to Washington. Burned When Bus Upsets. READING, Berkshire, England, April 27 (P).—PFour persons were so burned as to be unrecognizable and 1 of the local chapter | others were seriously iniured by ity l:ho tra) bus that u-& in a motor nd caught g;e near here today,