Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1929, Page 1

WEATH (U. 8. Weather Fair and continued cold with lowest temperature about tomorrow fair with ture, pm. yesterd: today. Full report ‘Temperatures: Highest, 74. at 6:15 : lowest, 47, at 6:40 am. Bureau Forecast.) 40 degrees tonight; slowly rising tempera-~ on'page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 @b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star, Withi every ci “From Press to Home n the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers y block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,516 9 3 1,048. post office, Wa Entered as second class matter e shington, D). WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1929—FIFTY-SIX PAGES. & (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 44 DIE AS STORMS AND T STRIKE IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND, SWEEP SOUTH AND MIDDLE WEST 11 Killed Near | Washington. 19 Hurt. CYCLONIC WIND RAKES CAPITAL City Streets Blocked LIST OF DEAD Rye Cove; With 15 Killed, Ha by States: Virginia—23 dead, 75 hurt. Rye Cove, 15 dead, about 50 hur teacher of Cove Creek; Bruce Cox, 18, Fletcher, 14} and Bernice Fletcher, 8: died in Bristol Hospital., Three unidenti in wreckage. 1. Allen suffered internal iniuries and by Trees Ripped Up by Roots. | | | | Twisters tearing their way| through the night up from South- west took a toll of 11 lives in near- by Virginia and Maryland, injured 19 persons and left trails of devas- tation, evidenced by ruined farm- houses, uprooted orchards. dead stock, flooded roads, one railroad washout and other damage ex- pected to run into many thou- sands of dollars. Trees uprooted, houses unroofed | and streets strewn with tree limbs today were mute evidence of the storm’s visit to Washington last night. There were no fatalities in the Capital and only a few minor injuries reported. _The storms centered at Wood- ville and Catlett, Va,, where the death toll was five, with nine seriously injured; between Lay- tonsville and Olney, in Montgom- ery County, Md., where three per- sons were Kkilled; at Frederick, ‘Md., where two lives were lost, and near Brookeville, Md., where one person was Killed. The twister which struck the home of F. Bowie Childs between 9:30 and 10 o'clock last night dropped unheralded from the sky to crush the big frame farmhouse to bits and scatter it for a rx:ddius of half mile about the country- side. Home Torn From Foundations. All of the occupants of the house had retired with the exception of little Florence Childs and her grandmother, ‘who were lying on a couch on the first floor. ‘The twister tore the Childs’ home from its foundation and carried it about 50 feet before it began to disintegrate. ‘The m: portion of the house was dropped about 40 feet from the founda- tions, but timbers were strewn for yards around. James Leizear, who lives in the Childs home, extricated himself from the wreckage and, although injured himself, walked half a mile to another farm house. where he put in calls to Rockville and Sandy Spring for assist- ance. Fire Departments Answer. The Rockville, Sandy Spring and Gaithersburg _Fire Departments re- sponded and, hampered by lack of light and a heavy rain, were almost three hours finding the bodies of Florence Childs and her grandmother. The bod- ies were found still on a couch, under tons of bricks from the chimney of the house. ‘The unconscious form of Hampton Childs was found about 300 yards from the foundations of the house. He wes rushed to the Montgomery County Gen- eral Hospital with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. F. Bowie Childs, and his brother, Fielder Childs, who were suffering from minor injuries. Hampton died early this morning, fail- ing to regain consciousness. He had a fractured skull. The same twister is believed to have caused the death of Mrs. Amelia Knapp, 88, who lived with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Haight, near Brookville, Md. Mrs. Knapp was in bed on the second floor of the 200-year-old stone dwelling on the Patuxent River, when the storm struck. The roof of the house was torn off and the walls of the house caved in, killing Mrs. Knapp instantly in her bed. Two Thrown Through Wall. Mr. and Mrs. Haight. who were down- stairs reading, heard the Tipping of the roof and ran to the outside wall of the living room. As the upstairs walls fell i . the downstairs walls fell out- ward, and Mr. and Mrs. Haight were thrown through a hole in’ their living room wall to the lawn outside. They were uninjured. Mr. Haight, finding one of his horses dashing wildly about the lawn, frighten- cd by the storm, secured the animal, mounted it and rode into town, a milc | and a half away, to get aid. Mr. Haight reported the loss of sev- eral valuable foxhounds and horses. Many of the animals on the Haight | farm were killed. All of the outbuild- | ings were demolished. Highways Are Flooded. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Shank were killed, six other persons were injured, four homes were demolished, barns leveled, orchards damaged, telephone and power service disrupted and high- ways flooded by the twister which, ac- complished by cloudbursts, visited the vicinity of Frederick, Md. Rivers over- flowed their banks. in many sections, covering roads and suspending auto- mobile traffic and inundating hundreds of acres of valuable farm lands. The injured in that section were: Mrs. John W. Fout, near Harmony Grove, cut and bruised, at Frederick City Hospital fteachers. | “The eloud alarmed me, Allen, 15, broken arm and cuts about cuts about head: head. ‘Woodville dead: Marshall Hawkin: Elizabeth Browning, 12, both arms brok Maryland, 6 dead; 8 hurt. Near Laytonsville, dead: Mrs. Will Hampton Childs, 18, and at Brookville, and Mrs. F. Bowie Childs, Fielder, 16, th ‘Harmony Grove dead: Mrs. John J. Florida—Jacksonville, 1 dead. Alabama—Baldwin County, 1 dead; Kentucky—One killed at Slaughter, Catlett, four dead, one severely hurt. and his two twin daughters, Myra and Emma, 16; H. Allen, 56, cut about hips; Luther Allen, 58, broken leg and mashed Henry B. Laws, severe | young girl, unidentified, in Fauquier County hospital with sprained ankle; Tom Jackson, colored, suffering from exposure and cuts about | Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fout, Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Wachter, at Frederick Hospital for cuts and bruises Doll, cut about face and limbs; Miss Helen McGlow, 18, shock and cuts. Tennessee—Embreville, 2 dead; 5 hurt. AND INJURED rdest Hit by Tornadoes—Total in Virginia 23, With 6 Victims in Maryland. Many Hurt in Both States. A partial list of the dead and injured in the tornadoes and storms follows, t. Identified dead: Ava Carter, 24, a of Gate City; Polly Carter, 14; Nonnie James Carter, 14, of near Rye Cove; Bertha Mae Darnell, 12; Emma Lane, 6, and Ethel Lane, 14: Della Bishop, 10, of Cove Creek; Lee Carter, age and address unknown; Millie Strong, student, fied dead and five missing, feared buried Dead: Charles I. Allen, B. Laws, 35. abrasions about the head. , 50, a farmer, Mrs. Charles Mrs. Emma finger; Henry the head: Mrs. s, 14, killed in school. Injured, Ma:y en and sprained shoulder; George Wil- liam Pulliam, 12. internal njuries and cut on head. jam H. Childs, 89: Florence Childs, 9; Mrs. Amelia Knapp, 8. Injured: Mr. eir son; James Leizear, 45. Shank, 65; John J. Shank, 70. Injured: | ho were treated | s. Injured near Frederick: Miss Dorothy 2 reported killed at Oak. Als. 5 hurt in Pulaski County. Arkansas—Wheatley, 5 dead; 20 hurt. RYE COVE DEBRIS MAY HIDE VIGTIMS Several Children Missing, With Known Death Toll of 15 at School. By the Assoclated Press. RYE COVE, Va., May 3.—Grlef-strick- en parents searched the debris of the Rye Cove Consolidated School today, fearful of finding additional victims of the tornado that yesterday claimed the lives of 14 children and one teacher in the greatest disaster ever known to this Western Virginia mountain village. Several children were reported miss- ing early today, and because of the wide area from which the school drew its students, no complete check was possible. Some Blown Away. Caught without warning as they were re-entering the two-story frame school house after the noon recess, some of the children were blown 100 yards and oth- ers burled in the wreckage when the building was demolished by the storm. Great confusion followed the tornado. Anxious fathers worked feverishly in the ruins, their anxiety intensified because many injured children had been hur- riedly taken to hospitais before the parents arrived. Mrs. Mary Darnell, mother of two girls, could not learn the fate of her children for more than four hours after the storm. She broke down when told that one of the children, Bertha Mae Darnell, was dead and that the other daughter, Hattie, could not be found. The body of Miss Ava Carter, a teacher, was found 75 _yards from the school. The body of Polly Carter, 14, | was carried 50 yards. . 155 in Attendance. A. S. Noblin, principal of the school, estimated that about 155 pupils were in attendance, in addition to the eight Noblin lost consciousness when hurled to the ground, but was not seriously injured. About 15 children, the most seriously injured, were taken in ambulances to Bristol and Kingsport, while other were sent by automobiles, trucks and wagons to the nearest railroad station at Clinchport, where a train was converted into a movable hospital to take them to Bristol. Twenty-seven children were transported to Bristol on this train. The scenes on the train were pa- thetic. Many small boys and girls suf- fered in silence and bore with stoical calm their broken arms and legs. Some feebly attempted to carry on conver- sations with their attendants and one small girl fainted from the pain of a broken leg when placed in an ambu- lance. Identification tags were pinned to the children. Because of the isolation of Rye Cove, it was more than two hours before ald could reach the stricken area over the mountain roads. J. M. Johnson, a farmer, was stand- ing on the mountainside when the storm_struck and watched its progress for three miles, Teacher Tells of Storm. “The school building,” Johnson said. “vanished in a moment’s time. You could see it going down the valley. It ripped apart and & rain of lumber and debris began.” “We had just started classes after the noon recess when I saw the storm coming up the valley,” Miss Elizabeth Richmond, one of the teachers, said. but I said nothing to the pupils; not wishing to cause them uneasiness. “The wind velocity increased rapidly John W. Fout, bruised and suffer- ing from shock, at Frederick City Hos- | pital. bl i (Continued on Page to a very high degree with a loud howl- ing noise. I was on the second floor. I uppose it was only a few minutes after “(Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) iooster May i)ay With Neck for Crows Since He Mistakes Arc Light for Sun By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 3.—The opinion wa: openly voiced today by persons who pretend to know that Max Jentzch's Tooster—the one that crows in high C— is apt to get his neck wrung if he doesn’t shut up. "I hate to go to court about it.” sald who lives next door and who heretofore the warmest feelings “but my tenant upstairs has said he would move unless I bre some relief from the terrible noiges that emanate from the Jentzch 1o the ha them P Ths noigcs, listed a6 Dirs. Engel rates them in their importance as noise- | makers, are radio announcers, radio | sopranos, radio tenors, cackling hens, munching rabbits, a_meowing cat and the rooster. In getting the warrant | Mrs. Engel said the radio was the worst, but that she understood radio nolses had been given a legal O. K., so she blamed the rooster as the chief offender. What makes it so unfortunate is that the rooster, being a silly fowl, thinks an arc light outside his roost is old man Sunshine himself, 50 he crows from about 11 p.m. on. THREE KNOWN DEAD IN MIDWEST STORM Snow, Rain, Sleet, Hail and| Wind Sweep Wide Area. Losses Heavy. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 3.—The Middle West | today was checking its loss from yester- | day's storm, which took at least lhrce‘ lives. Snow, rain, sleet, hail and wind | combined to do damage over a wide area, extending from Southwestern Missouri to Southeastern Michigan. Two men were killed near Battle Creek, Mich., last night in an automo- bile crash attributed to poor visibility | because of the storm. A man was killed in Chicago when he fell on the slippery pavement. Two other deatns were con- sidered possible, a workman at Indiana Harbor, Ind., reporting he had seen an airplane containing two men plunge into the lake. A search revealed no trace of the plane. Pray to Avert Frost. Fruit farmers in Southern Illinols and the Ozark belt were reported to be hcavy sufferers. Although the snow acted as a blanket against frost, its weight bruke down many trees. Farmers in numerous places in Missouri held prayer meetings when further frost was forecast. Cape Girardeau, Poplar Bluff and other southeast Missouri communities were completely isolated for several | hours when wind and hail snapped communication lines and disrupted rail service. A high wind at St. Louis caused considerable property damage. Snow flurries were scen in Chicago, but most of the damage here was caused | by Lake Michigan, which again swept over the breakwaters and flooded South Side streets and basements. Numerous accidents were caused by the flooded streets. Snow Blocks Highways. Snow four inches deep covered most | of southern Michigan, where many highways were blocked. Detroit felt the storm’s fury, when two creeks over- flowed and flooded the east side of the city, which was recovering from a flood two weeks ago. A Summer resort colony on the Canadian side of Lake St. Clair was damaged when the high wind blew the lake waters over the shoreline, flood- ing approximately 20 cottages. Several cottages collapsed. Air mail and passenger plane service from here to the East was canceled. PROBE OF DE GROOT DISTRICT PROPOSED New York Representative Intro- duces Resolution for Inquiry Into Affairs There. By the Associated Press. Representative Black, Democrat, of New York has prepared a resolution for introduction to authorize a congres- sional investigation into the adminis- tration of justice in the Federal Court of the Eastern District of New York. The investigation would be conducted by a select House committee of seven members and would be directed toward allegations that favoritism had been shown in various cases in the district. The inquiry also would be directed under the resolution toward the official conduct of former United States Dis- trict Attorney William A. De Groot. The sum of $10,000 would be appropriated for the investigation. The order of President Hoover Te- moving De Groot was mailed to De Groot last night. The Department of Justice said to- day that regulations required that after the President has signed the order it must be returned to the department and malled from there. The department also said that Howard | Amell, an assistant to De Groot, would be appointed as temporary United States attorney in Brooklyn. The appoint- ment to be made today, it was said, would be by the Federal judge in that | district, who has authority to appoint a temporary attorney until such time as the President fills the office. Storm Pictures Pictures of the havoc wrought in nearby Virginia and Maryland Programs—Page 42 Radio by yesterday's storm will be found on Page 4. ORNADOES |terday and Wednesday in the 160 Are Injured | as Gale Hits Wide Area. 'LAKE MICHIGAN 1S ON RAMPAGE |Heavy Crop Damage Feared in Ozarks and Illinois. By the Associated Press. Forty-four lives were lost yes- storms that struck, in varying form, seven Southern States and sections of the Middle West. Virginia's death list of 23 was the largest. Other Southern States suffering loss of life from the storms were Arkansas, Tennessee, Maryland, Florida, Alabama and Kentucky. At least 100 persons were injured, many seriously, throughout the South. Storms were of less violence in the Middle West. Two deaths oc- curred in Michigan, one in Illinois and two in Ohio. The latter deaths were in_Columbus, two prisoners being killed in the collapse of a portion of the jail in a windstorm. In the Southern Michigan fruit belt, now celebrating blossom time, SOggy snow covered trees, vines and land- scape ‘to a depth of four inches. The unseasonable snow is believed to have protected most of the fruit from frost damage. Lake Goes on Rampage. Lake Michigan went on another ram- page, pounding the Chicago shoreline and attacking the foundations of many buildings close to the shoreline. The weight of the snow damaged fruit trees in Southern Illinois and Mis- souri, and cold weather was a threat to the strawberry crop in the Ozarks. The most violent of the high winds struck at Rye Cove, in the mountainous section of Western Virginia, where 14 children and 1 teacher were killed in the collapse of a school building where nearly 200 children were at their classes. 4 Thirty-seven others were taken to hospitals with broken arms, legs and other injuries, with scant hope held for the recovery of at least seven. Five children were missing, and because of the large territory served by the school a complete check was not immediately possible. Two persons were killed and five in- jured at Embreeville, Tenn., by high winds that also caused considerable property damage, while one was killed | and twelve injured by a “small twister” that destroyed several houses on the outskirts of Jacksonville, Fla. Alabama Is Hit. In Baldwin County, in Southern Ala- bama, one person was killed and seven injured by a terrific windstorm. Reports that two others had been killed at Oak, Ala., were unconfirmed. A’youth living near Slaughter, Ky., was ‘killed by lightning that accom- panied a small tornado which injured five persons in Pulaski County. Wednesday's _tornadoes in _Arkansas took a toll of five lives and 30 injured at Wheatley, in the eastern section of the State, and at Fort Smith, in the western area. The Rye Cove School building was swept_from its foundations by the furi- ous blast and blown to pieces. Anxious parents searching for their children added to the confusion. The community is so isolated it was hours before out- side help could arrive. The more seriously injured of the children and teachers were taken in automobiles, trucks and wagons to hos- pitals in Bristol, Kingsport and Clinch- port. Fairer Weather Forecast. While winds and ,low temperatures were general over the South yesterday fajrer weather was forecast for most Southern States today. All States along the South Atlantic seaboard reported violent gales with high wind velocities that in some cases damaged wire communication. At_Pensacola, Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico, -the American steamer West Madaket was reported aground in a 56- mile wind. Snow flurrles were reported at Charlesville, ‘Tenn., near the Kentucky €. WAGE AGREEMENT NEAR WITH 15 IRON WORKERS Agreement over wages of 15 rodmen of the Iron Workers’ Union, who quit work at the Internal Revenue Building when their demands for a 10 per cent increase was not met, was momentarily expected today. Indications from both employers and union men were to the effect that the two sides would get together and the men would go back to work soon. There were no definite indications at noon as to what the terms of the agreement would be. The rodmen were employed by Harry Lauder, a subcontractor of Pietrowski & Konap, who in turn were subcontrac- tors of the general contracting firm, James Baird Co. The men were en- gaged in placing structural steel in concrete being laid in flooring of the Internal Revenue Building. King Goes to Windsor May 17. BOGNOR, England, May 3 (#).—King George is expected to move from Craig- weil House, where he has been conva- lescing from his long iliness, to Windsor Castle on May 17, it was understood today. The journey will be made by motor car. Bank Statements B;anshlnglon clearing house, $4,968,- 289.63. Treasury balance, $224,606,961.77. New York clearing house exchange, Bust of Coolidge Added to Collection In Senate Corridors A marble bust of Calvin Coolidge has just been placed in the Senate wing of the Capitol as the latest addition to the col- lection of statues of former Vice Presidents. It is the only bust in the Capitol of a living person. It has been erected in the cor- ridor leading out from the east side of the Senate chamber, directly opposite the bust of the late Vice President Marshall. ‘The bust of Coolidge was made by Moses Wainer-Dykaar. ALEXANDRIA WINS ANNEXATION FIGHT City Gets 1,500-Acre Slice of Arlington by Court Decision. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, May 3.—The City of Alexan- dria was today awarded the entire section of Arlington County, for which they sued in December, 1927, and over which a legal battle has been raging ever since. The decision granting the territory to Alexandria was rendered by a special tribunal consisting of Judges Don F. Halsey of Lynchburg; C. W. Hudgins of Chase City and Frederick Coleman of Fredericksburg. Practically the entire_membership of the Arlington County Bar Association and all of the county officials were present in the courtroom when the de- cision was handed down. It was re- celved as a distinct shock, it having been the consensus of opinion that if any of ‘the territory was awarded to Alexandria it would be but a small part. Following the announcement the judges announced that they will re- convene tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock to sign the order and will re- turn to Arlington County on June 12 to settle all questions relating to valu- ation, Exception Is Noted. John S. Barbour, chief counsel for Arlington County, noted an exception to the ruling, but will be unable to file an appeal until after the June 12 ses- sion, when the action becomes law. Included in the section awarded to Alexandria is one of the biggest single sources of tax revenue that the coun- ty has had. That is the Potomac Yards of the R. F. and P. Railroad which, with no expense to the county in road building or lighting, pays into the county treasury. between $80,000 and $90,000 annually in taxes. This entire revenue will, under the new ar- rangement, be diverted to Alexandria. In the territory also is the town of Potomac, the only incorporated town in the county, with the exception of that part of Falls Church which lies within Arlington County. ‘The territory comprises some 1,500 acres as what is described by officials to be one of the richest sections in Arlington, the smallest county in the United States. Has Political Bearing. ‘The new line reaches as far north as Four Mile Run and from the river to the Fairfax County line. Unless the decision of the judges is reversed by a higher court today's ac- tion will have a distinct bearing upon the future government and politics of the county, since, living in this section are Edward Duncan, chairman of the Board of County Supervisors; Willlam H. Duncan, clerk of the court; R. E. Remington, deputy clerk of the court; Bryan Gordon, associate trial justice; J. H. Kremer, overseer of the poor: Deputy Sheriff Archie Richards and County Policemen Raymond Cobean and Hugh C. Jones. Bitter Fight Expected. It is expected that the decision will be bitterly fought through the Court of Appeals of Virginia and may even be taken to the United States Supreme Court if necessary. The expense of the county, while a heavy drain on the treasury, will not be nearly so great as the revenue to be lost by having the territory taken over by Alexandria. Both ArLngton County and Alexandria have already expended large sums in the employment of special counsel and preparation of data over the period since the case was first opened. As to what bearing the loss of the territory will have on the taxes of the residents of Arlington County was a matter of conjecture today at the court- house. Whereas the county will not have the expense of the upkeep of the effected territory, they must lose so much more in the matter of revenue that an increase in the present tax $1,549,000.000. New York clearing house balance, $151,000,000, rate for the balance of the county will probably be necessary, in the opinion of baving made a study of the case, .. VAR PUBLETY PLAN MY VN OUT AT GENEVA PRRLEY Discussions Shgw Budgetary Systefii-#r-Curbing Ma- terials fs zosing, By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, May 3.—The disarmament conference today moved into even more troubled waters than yesterday, but seemed headed toward adoption of the American suggestion of publicity for war material. Confronted by clear rejection of the limitation of land armaments by the budgetary system, Chairman Politis of Greece, proposed a compromise resolu- tion that the commission adopt a scheme of publicity for maximum ex- penditures. Maxim Litvinoff, the Russian repre- sentative, immediately opposed this, saying that publicity already was pro- vided for and that he thought it would be more frank toward the public to admit openly that an agreemeat on the point had not been reached. Replies to Bernstorff. M. Politls spiritedly repudiated a re- mark by Count von Bernstorff, German delegate, that the discussion had proved a majority were against any reduction of war material. The chairman insisted that the contrary was true and that he believed it should be understood that everybody had hopes that the forthcom- ing ~ international conference would adopt some rgore effective system than publicity. As Russia had opposed his resolution, M. Politis withdrew it and the confe: ence for a moment threatened to sep- arate in complete discord. Mr. Gibson helped save the situation by asking whether some one delegate could not revive the chairman’s resolution, creat- ing the impression that he would do so. ‘The chairman ruled that Mr. Gibson had a perfect right to reintroduce the resolution. The French, supported by the British, had previously recommend- ed adjourning the problem of reduction and limitation of war material until a later session in hope that some com- promise might be found. Gibson Defines Position. Gibson said that for constitutional and other reasons the United States was unable to accept the budgetary scheme, but added that further examination was possible of other plans not open to the same objection. “At the start I placed all my conces- sions on the table,” he said. “If I do not make other concessions it is be- cause after study of the whole draft convention my Government finds in- superable obstacles to so doing.” Count Massigli, French delegate, told the conference earlier today that France would give way, if necessary, on her proposal for limitation of land ar- maments through the budgetary system. Spanish View Stated. Eduardo Corbian of Spain announced that Spain would support budgetary limitation, believing that it would sat- isfy the public. He thought that the publicity system proposed by the United States was not adequate. Lord Cushendun, British delegate, an- nounced that Great Britain deemed the French proposals of budgetary limita- tion a step in the right direction. He agreed with the French that more time should be given for reflection. Presenting the American attitude, Gibson yesterday declared that fluc- tuations in foreign exchanges and the varying cost of material in different countries made it impracticable to adopt the budgetary system of limita- tion. In his way of thinking, limitation of the physical means of waging war by figuring in terms of money would give only a false picture of the real situation. Study Naval Proposals. The five great naval powers, it is un- derstood, are to have ample opportu- nity to study America’s broad naval- reduction program before committing themselves to it even tentatively. Representatives of the nations here, after cable communications with their governments, have reached an agree- ment to refrain from detailed examina- tion of the naval problems at the pres- ent session of the commission. Jonkheer Loudon of the Netherlands, president of the commission, was morc seriously ill today than was previously believed to be the case. His influenza developed various complications. State News, Pages 10 and 11 | 4 & FAITH IN RESERVE SYSTEM 1S VOTED BY U. 5. CHAMBER Resolution Adopted Unani- mously Holds Board En- titled to Co-operation. Confidence in the Federal Reserve system and its adaptibility to new con- ditions in finence and credit was voted unanimously by the United States Chamber of Commerce today in adopt- ing a resolution holding that the Re- serve Board, which has been under fire during recent stock speculations, is “en- titled to the utmost co-operation.” Another resolution approved by the body before its seventeenth annual con- vention closed expressed “great satis- faction with the progress being made toward the establishment of peace in the world and the constructive lead- ership in this direction which the Gov- ernment of United States has taken.” Embodied in this resolution was an indorsement of the Kellogg treaty and the proposals prescribed by Ambassador Gibson at the Geneva conference for effective reduction of armaments. Following approval of a broad plat- form of declarations on national and international problems affecting the welfare of American business, the elec- tion of a new president to guide the national chamber toward the el tion of obstacles to industrial progress and continued business prosperity awaited action of the convention. Recognizes Difficulty. Referring to the Federal Reserve Board, the resolution declared that the Chamber of Commerce recognizes the new problem of financing credit and the difficulty of preserving an orderly balance under these new conditions. “Staple currencies aboard are desir- | able for industry, labor and agriculture here,” the motion declared. Corporate financing has developed recent trends toward common stock issues. Large se- curity trading naturally results from the increasing number of our people with new margins of savings seeking investment, but the capacity of the country to quickly absorb new security issues should be carefully weighed. “Basic industries, especially the smaller units of manufacture, distribu- tion and agriculture, should not be burdened with unusually high interest rates resulting from security excesses.” American business has repeatedly de- clared its aversion to armed conflict and to profit-making influence by the misfortunes of war, the chamber de- clared in adopting the principle of re- duction of armaments. “The relief of humanity from the intolerable sacrifices of war and its in- evitable burden of taxation, which for centuries have prevented the highest development of civilization, represents the world's great challenge to the intel- ligence of statesmen. We pledge our unqualified support to our President and our Government in every effort toward the suppression of War as an instrument to national policy.” % Other Resolutions Adopted. Other resolutions adopted in the re- port of the committee put the chamber | on record as favoring tariff protection for agriculture on equality with other industries, the reduction of *discrimi- natory” corporation taxes, and repeal of the national origins provision of the immigration law in favor of continuing the existing quota_basis. Establishment of a new agency of the Federal Government to deal com- prehensively with agricultural problems, |Say Capital RESPECT FOR LAWS 'URGED ON DISTRICT BY JURORS' REPORT Should Take Lead in Effecting Obedi- ence of Statutes. BROADER AUTHORITY IS ASKED FOR POLICE Practice of Using Paid Informers in Liquor Cases Brings Condemnation. Following the suggestion of President Hoover in his address tosthe Associated Press in New York recently that the newspapers and public take the initi- ative to stamp out crime and disrespect for law, the District grand jury in a special report today to Chief Justice McCoy declared that the Nation's Capi- tal should be in the forefront for obedience of the law, and called upon residents of the District to weigh care- fully their responsibility as law abiding citizens. “As a part of the machinery of our courts we meet daily to consider offenses against the law,” the report said, “and while the District has probably no more than its proportionate per capita of offenders, yet we cannot let pass this opportunity to say regretfully that the increase in the number of such offenses is deplorable.” The grand jury recommended that ad- ditional laws be secured which would give to all members of the Metropol- ital Police Department authority to en- force the prohibition law. ‘The report commended the local po- lice assigned as prohibition enforce- ment officers for their efforts, but de- plored the handicaps under which they operate. Condemn Use of Informers. Condemning the practice of using persons outside the regular service as informers, the foreman said, “This prac- tice is not sound and we recommend that it be discontinued and that all ev/ dence in cases of reported or suspect! _ liquor violations should be obtained by persons in the regular service of ths commissioner of prohibition or the Met- ropolitan police.” ‘The report follows: “The grand jury for the April term of court appears before you in public appeal to the citizens of the District of umbia to harken to the strong and forceful address of President 3 as delivered before the publishers of our principal dailies in New York last week, cn the subject of law observance. “In his speech the President reminded our Nation of our first duty as citizens, respect the law. In speaking directly to the publishers and through them to our whole population, the President laid strong emphasis on the fact that the press could play a dominant part in resolving the basic question of the un- derstanding, the ideals and the rela- tionship of the individual citizens to the law itself. * Duty Rests With Citizens. “The President well” said that the press is almost final in its potency to arouse the interest and conscience of our people and a great majority of the important journals day by day give support to these high ideals. No in- dividual has the right to determine what law shall be obeyed and what laws shall be enforced. On the con- trary, the duty to enforce the law rests not only upon every public official, but upon every citizen. “The grand jury feels that it would be neglectful of its duty if it did not commend to the people of the District of Columbia a careful reading of the President’s address and an appeal to the press and people to come forward in leadership to stamp out crime and disrespect for law. The Nation's Capital should be in the forefront of respect, obadience and enforcement of the law, and the grand jury, as representing the people in presenting persons for trial for criminal offenses, calls upon the people of the District of Columbia to weigh carefully their responsibility as law-abiding, law-respecting and law- enforcing citizens. Let us say that our respect for the law, as law, shall not fade from the sensibilities of our people. “As a part of the machinery of our courts we meet daily to consider of- fenses against the law, and while the District of Columbia has probably no more than its proportionate per capita of offenders, yet we cannot let pass this opportunity to say, regretfully, that the increase in the number of such of- fenses is deplorable. It would seem that most all crime is on the increase, and the cause of this increase, from our ob- servation, has, in a considerable degree, been due to the prohibition act. That much improvement in the enforcing of the prohibition law is possible, we be- lieve to be true. Force Held Inadequate. “Section 2 of the eighteenth amend- ment provides that ‘the Congress and the several States shall have the con- current power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.’ Under this au- thorization the Congress has passed the national prohibition act, conferring upon the commissioner of internal revenue, his_assistants, agents and _inspectors, (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) White House Athletes Add Volley. Ball, But Hoover Sticks to “Bull in the Ring” President Hoovef and his White House athletes are diversifying their morning workouts in the rear grounds. Volley ball, popular in gymnasiums and in the training camps of pugilists, is now being indulged in, as well as the medicine ball. ‘The latter, which includes playing “bull in the ring,” has not been aban- doned, and is not likely to be. Volley ball has been introduced merely as an added interest. A regulation net has been stretched and a court marked on the rear lawn, not far from the cage used by President Coolidge's pet rac- coon, Rebecca. Although the volley ball net has been up for several days and has been used by several members of the medicine ball cabinet, President Hoover has not tried his hand at it. He is still confining his attention to the medicine ball. ‘The alarm expressed recently by Senator Copeland because he consid- ers “bull in the ring,” as played by the White House medicine ball stars, 100} o strenuous and :lent for men over 45 years of age, has given President Hoo- ver a chuckle. While he appreciates the New York Senator’s interest, he has given his intimates to understand that there is not the slightest cause for any concern. He never felt better in his life. George Akerson, one of Mr. Hoover's secretaries, who has declined to join the medicine ball cabinet, principally because he was raised on morning news= paper hours and just can't get up early enough to join the medicine ball players at 7:30 am, is going to join Secretary of State Stimson'’s tennis club, which plays nearly every afternoon on the tennis courts in the rear grounds of the White House. Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, White House physician, who introduced Presi- dent Hoover to the arts of “bull in the ring” while aboard ship during his South American good-will trip, goes in for all three of the White House games—medicine ball, volley ball and tennls, _.