Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1929, Page 2

HELP HOOVER PICK JUDGES, NEW PLEA Attorney General Mitchell Takes Message to Ameri- can Law Institute. One of the things President Hoover is most earnest about is that the me:n he appoints as Federal judges shall be of unquestioned integrity and ability, Attorney General Mitchell told the members of the American Law Institute in an address at the seventh annual banquet of the institute last night at the Mayflower Hotel “This is one of the hardest problems President Hoover has to solve,” con- tinued the Attorncy General. “He needs all the help he can get. “One of the most important duties of the Department of Justice is to assist him in finding the right men. I ap-| peal to the members of this organiza- tion and to judges and lawyers every- where to help him. You may rest as- sured thay , ‘i help will be thankfully received.” Attorney General Mitchell was one of three speakers at the banquet, which wound up the sessions of the institu ‘The others were Newton D. Bake former Secretary of War, and Judg: Learned Hand of the United States Circuit Court, second circuit. George W. Wickersham, former At- torney General and president of the law institute, who was re-elected at the meeting here, ided and com- mented briefly on the remarks of the chief speakers. “I know that the Attorney General ug:lmh by the cards,” said Mr. Wicker- &l . “I know that President Hoover intends to select the most competent men obtainable for Federal judges, and, indeed, for all Federal offices.” “Deal in Uncertainties.” Mr. Baker discussed the tendency of modern philosophic and sclentific thought to deal in uncertainties and suggested the possibility that the old order of civilization is about to col- lapse. Judge Hand emphasized the im- {mhnee of obe; the laws of the land, even while believing they should be changed. Attorney General Mitchell began his Temarks by telling of a call he made upon President Coolidge at the White House after Mr. Coolidge had selected him for Solicitor General of the United States. “As we were sitting on the portico,” sald the Attorney General, “President Coolidge made one of his cryptic re- marks. He said to me, ‘I don't think the Solicitor General has much time to make speeches’ I was not just sure what he meant, but I took the hint, and saw to it t while I was in that office Mr. Coolidge did not pick up his morning paper and read any speeches by me. “New cabinet officers are always in- to make “speeches at public affairs so that the people may look them over. But I have not been in office enough to have done any- to boast about, and I have been Federal bench m:n 'u:d difficult which faces the Quotes President. Mr. Baker deévoted his address to & discussion of the tendency of modern civilization, particularly to President Hoover’s speech at the Asso- ciated Press luncheon in New York in the t raised loss in the World War,” , “was not the loss of | be a Catholic service under auspices of o|Autoload of Men Shooting Jail Visiting Day May Find Sinclair Receiving Callers Maj. Peak, However, Has Received No Word From 0il Man’s Friends. This Is visiting day for Harry F. Sin- clair and his fellow “office prisoners” at the District jail, but whether mem- bers of his family or other friends will call on him was uncertain last night. | 17ai. William L. Peak, superintendent of LI institution, sald he had received ino wo-d of a prospective visit by rela- tives. If they apply for permission to see the ofl magnate they will be allowed to talk with him in the rotunda or office between 7 and 8 p.m. The oil man's wife has been in Washington several days. Today marks the end of Sinclair’s first week in jail. Beginning tomorrow he will have 11 more weeks before ex- piration of term imposed by the District Supreme Court for his refusal to answer questions during the Senate oil inquiry. | 1f his behavior is “good” he may escape itrv‘nl the last two weeks of his sen- ence. May Attend Church Services. This morning he will have his first opportunity to attend a jail religious service. By coincidence, the 9 o'clock meeting will be conducted by a minister of his own faith, Rev. George W. Dow, superintendent of the Episcopalian City Mission, who will hold an Episcopalian communion service at that hour, and will return to the jail in the afternoon and hold another devotional program. At 10 o'clock this morning there will the St. Vincent de Paul Society. ttendance at the services is not compulsory. If Sinclair wishes to be present, he may join with other “office™ men in occupying seats in the jail's big rotunda. Other prisoners will sit on the steps leading to the tiers of cells on the second and third floors. The latter will be behind iron g"tcl:f‘ There will be a music program at each service, with selections by a small choir. The old piano, which is the sole piece of “furniture” regularly in the rotunda, will accompany the sing- ers, Boyheod Friend Is Caller. Sinclair had one visitor yecterday, by special permission of the jail superin- tendent. The caller was a portly gen- tleman in gray, who was introduced to Maj. Peak as “Judge Changler of Okla- homa.” The judge was brough® to the jail by G. T. Stratford, Sinclair's New York attorney, who accompanied the oil man to Washington last Monday night. Stanford said that Judge Chandler was a boyhood friend of Sin- clair, and that_the two were brought up_together in Independence, Kans. Following an admonition by Maj. Peak, Sinclair has discontinued giving tips to fellow g:l:oneu and jail at- tendants. He only about $5 on him at a time, and uses this only to gx;chfiu cigarettes and other articles m the jail store. MILL BARN FIRED IN-STRIKE TOWN THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., MAY 12, 1929 e amsocery | TBCLUBTFORMED . HARTMAN EQUPPD FOR UTLTY POST Hoover Appointee Pessesses Background of Actual Knowl- edge Gained by Experience. With a comprehensive background of knowledge of public utilities, Harleigh H Hartman, newly appointed member of the Public Utilities Commission, un- like his predecessors, will take office with predetermined and definite views on the vital problems involved in public utility regulation and control. Mr. Hartman has gained his knowledgs of public utilities through years of ex- perience as a member of the Illinols Public Utilities Commission, as an at- torney and examiner with the Inter- state Commerce Commission, and in private law practice in which he spe- cialized in public utility and interstate commerce law. ‘While declining to discuss his views prior to confirmation by the Senate, a thesis of Mr. Hartman on “Fair Value,” which won the Hart, Schaffner & Marx economic prize in 1918, reveals them comprehensively, and answers certain questions already propounded by the Warhington Consumers’ Guild. The treatise considers the problem of public utility regulation and the characteristics which distinguish it from that of regu- lation in general; the specific needs it suggests, and the essential elements in a regulatory system which will meet those needs; the development of tho uation theory: valuation as an eie- ment in regulation, its compatibliity with existing legal concepts, its advan- tages and dangerous characteristics and the types of valuation. Offers Valuation Theory. The theory of valuation espoused in Nir. Hartman's thesis is based primarily on the “reasonable investment” prin- ciple rather than the ‘“cost of repro- duction new” doctrine favored by utility corporations. Commenting on valua- tion for rate-making purposes in the thesis, he says: “Any method of final valuation which grants the utility a return upon a larger sum than that actually investet takes the property right of the public for the benefit of the utility stockholder just as surely as unreasonable rate- making takes umltxnpmpeny “Any form of al valuation not based directly upon the actual reason- able present investment must inevitably fail to meet the two principal require- ments of regulation. It cannot create a regulatory force which will keep rates near the reasonable cost of production, and it will encourage rather than stamp out_speculation. “The aim of rate-making valuation is the determination of the actual un- impaired investment reasonably neces- sary for the utility service rendered.” Summarizing his views on valuation methods, Mr. Hartman in his thesis said: “Fair value deals primarily with valuation for rate-making _purposes. The fair value discussed is the present reasonable investment represented by the tangible and intangible property which the utility owns. It is based upon original cost and reproduction cost appraisals showing the total investment in the property. The final valuation is worked out from the inventory figures end the corporate history which accom- panies them as a sort of exhibit or supplement. Actual Investment Is Base. “The aim is to determine the actual, Guns Escapes Pursuit at Elizabethton. By the Associated Press. ELIZABETHTON, Tenn., May 11.—A barn within 100 yards of the main Bemberg plant which is just resuming operations with non-union labor after a several weeks' shutdown on account of labor troubles was destroyed tonight provide safety for mankind. em philosophic, tific and religious thought is leaving the realm of cer- tainty and going into the preferred Tealm of uncertainty. ; “If the youth of today find them- selves in a world of thought that is based on uncertainty, how can we ex- pect them to build a stable social sys- tem? I have come to the conclusion that our children are ding our generation entirely. They are saying, ‘We don’t think much of the civilization you have built.” “Perhaps our civilization s collaps- ing ‘like the Tower of Babel and giving ‘way to an entirely new order of things.” Rights of Individuals. Judge Hand said that laws intended to preserve the rights of the individual have been largely disregarded in this country for a decade. During the war, he said, many persons were accused of treason and similar offenses and pun- ished without regard to the law, while the public seemed to applaud such il- legal acts by the law officers and the courts. ‘'Today, in New York, much the same policy is being followed with re- gard to persons on the police blacklist, he declared, with the result that many persons rounded up are later released Tor lack of charges or proper evidence. “Legislation is not always the will of the people,” said Judge Hand. “It 1s frequently the will of a compact minor- ity. There is nothing more nebulous and fugitive than the common will. “The time may come when we will welcome, even demand, changes in the law, but we must remember we have a duty to perform. We must be careful how we attack the law, lest we lay hold of a fundamental principle, a corner stone of our civilization.” | Aprii_ Cirzulation Daily...108,762 Sunday, 112,736 District of Columbia, ss FLEMING NEWBOLD. Business Manager of THE EVENING AND SUNDAY BSTAR, does solemnly swear that the actual number of cobles of the paper named sold and dis- tributed during the month of April, A.D. 1929, was as follows g 1 @ 5 3 BESESenanaws Seoescg Less adjustments... “Total daily net circulation. .. Average daily net paid circulation..’. Daily average number of copies for service. etc Daily average net circulation SUNDAY. ~apie 1k Dars 114,925 28 O % . Less adjustments. Total Sunday net circulation Average net paid Sunday circuia- 30,934 on f 12,123 Average number of copies for serv- ice, etc . | Guard unit on strike duty within 100 o0 | there lost it. by fire which officers said undoubtedly was of incendiary origin. Capt. R. T. Johnston of a National yards of the fire, made the statement in regard to incendiarism. He sald the odor of gasoline about the place was “unmistakable.” An sutomobile loaded with men who fired guns as they drove past his men raced away from the place but a few moments before it broke into flames, Capt. Johnson said. Pursuit of the speeding machine was unsuccessful. Reported Mill Property. The barn was reported to be the property of the mill. It was filled with lumber. An impregnable cordon immediately was thrown about all territory within 2 miles of the burning barn. Not even military press s were honored, all civilians regardless of their connections being held outside. Mill and union officials could not be reached immediately for statements. Additional property destruction and 8 note threatening the lives of two work- ers were develogmenu today. A barn belonging to John Arrowood at Valley | Forge, a settlement near here, was burned this morning. National Guards- men found the following note tied to a cornstalk near the ruins: “If John Arrowood and Nat Simerly enter the Bemberg plant to work they had better bid their children W-U as they will not get back again. Threatened Men Neighbors. Simerly is Arrowood's neighbor. Both men h-g been working at the Amer- ican Bemberg Silk Mill, but Arrowood said he had made application to the union for membership. " “I had not paid my dues, however, he said. He did not return to work today, but said he would be on the jol Monday. szuction of the barn followed closely the explosion which wrecked the mountain home of Mack Elliott, a union striker. The two incidents brought the strike situation to the most acute stage since April 15, when the walkout occurred. Maynard Snyder, a deputy sheriff charged with feloniously assaulting George Arrowood, a_17-year-old youth, waived preliminary hearing this after- I nocn and was held to _the grand jury under $500 bond. _Special officers, heavily armed, circulated among the | strikers, who milled about the court- No Clues in Explosion. A State fire marshal from Knoxville was_here today investigating the ex- | plosicn_ at the Eiliott home. Officers sald no clues had been found. Bloodhounds from Johnson City fol- lowed a trail from the ruins of the barn to a crossing of Doe River, but A report was current today that the machine gun unit guarding the Bem- berg silk and Glanastoff rayon plants had been returned to Knoxville. Pleces of the bottles which were be- lieved to have contained the explosives were gathered for fingerprints. The | sheriff’s cffice sald that TSONS SUS- pected of the burning of Arrowood’s barn were being watched. Company officials announced today that 1,105 workers were in the plants and that 1,357 former workers were conditions permit. | grasp account ready to return to work as soon as! unimpaired, reasonable investment in property used and useful in rendering the public service. For this purpose the original cost appraisal serves best, when accurately drawn. The reproduction cost appraisal when ' it -gproxlmm facts and avolds the flights of fancy which have so often marred it in the past, is a serviceable check upon the supplement to the original cost estimate. “The final valuation is a heterogene- ous estimate based in part upon o al TWO KNOWN DEAD | IN KANSAS FLOODS | 'Four Towns Swept—Four Persons in Treetop Seven Hours Are Rescued. By the Associated Press. i TOPEKA, Kans, May 11.—Flash| floods from torrential rains swept four Kansas towns today, causing two known | deaths and extensive property damage. The water generally was receding to- night. Jesus Medina and EMco Redrigura, | Mexican railroad workers, were carried | to their deaths from the top of a float- | ing garage at Herington. | Advices from Council Grove told of | heroic rescues of persons stranded by swirling waters. The flood reached a depth of 2 to 3 feet in Main street busi- ness buildings there. Four in Tree 7 Hours. W. L. Young, mayor of Council Grove, accompanied by Walter Leigh, and using a garage door for a raft, rescued Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Lara- more and two children, who were ma- rooned in the top of a tree from 7:45| am. until 2:45 p.m. Separate trips were | made in carrying each person to safety,' | as the fragile craft would accommodate but three persons. |~ Gypsum and Lindsborg, in the central | | part of the State, were inundated by , near cloudbursts which sent streams out ) of their banks for a brief rampage. Transportation was hampered seri- ously. Many highways were under water. Rock Island tracks were washed out between Tampa and Herington. Union Pacific tracks were swept away | north of McPherson, where the water entered the suburbs. Rail Service Halted. All service on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad between Emporia and Junction City was halted. Much of the track was' under water and several stretches of track were washed away.| Service on the main west line of lhe‘l Missouri Pacific was annulled because of the high water at Council Grove. Between 100 and 200 homes, in addi- tion to business houses, were flooded at Council Grove. Fifteen buildings were flooded at Herington. Several persons were in hospitals at | Herington suffering from exposure and injuries. RUM PLANT IS HELD WITHOUT LAW RIGHT Judge Frees Former Constable, Convicted of Arson for Firing Distillery Building. i By the Associated Press. PHILLIPS, Wis, May 11.—A ruling belleved here to have no precedent in the annals of prohibition enforcement was made by Judge Gullick M. Risjord in court here when he held that a building used for the illegal manufac- ture of liquor had no property right. ‘The ruling came in the case of Hjal- mar Blumberg, a former constable of Prentice, Wis., found guilty by a jury of arson for setting fire to a shack in which liquor was found. Judge Risjord set aside the jury’s verdict in the case and discharged the defendant. Judge Risjord's ruling said in part: “While the officer perhaps had no right to set fire to the shack and should cost, in part uron reproduction cost, excluding all values not used or useful for the public service, deducting depre- ciation from the inventory to arrive at present value or investment, and taking into considera- tion all the equities of the particular case. It follows no definite formula, it acknowledges no binding precedent. It is based on natural justice and equity, bounded - by the constitutional safe- guards of property, the necessity of at- tracting capi! and the dominating limitation that rates must not be fixe above the value of the service.” Mr, Hartman's views on the repro- duction theory, as outlined in his thesis, are that under constantly rising costs it capitalizes wages and cost of material at J)rlcel far above those actually paid and gives return to the stockholder at the expense of the public on an imag- inary investment which he never made. “It values visionary capital which has in no way added to the business or made it better fitted to serve the public. “The realization of the undesirable results attending the application of the reproduction cost theory to rate making valuation has done much to encourage an ltmmgt to determine the true Dbasis of valuation,” he said. “It is difficult to understand the influence of the re- production theory exerted on courts and commissions unless it be attributed to ting theories. .. MRS. M’CORMICK May Oppose Deneen, Fulfilling Promise Made at Kaneas City Convention. By the Associated Press. the proverbial inability of lawyers to | TO RUN FOR SENATE not have done so, yet this building be- ing a part of a site for the manufac- ture of moonshine, there was no proper- ty right in it, hence the offense charged against the defendant was not com- mitted.” Charges of arson were lodged against the official by the State fire marshal, who wished to make a test case. It was said that the constable had fired a number of places in which liquor had been found. 700 LISTED FOR SEA HOPS THIS SUMMER Graf Trips Account for 375 and R-100 for 300, Repeaters Be- ing Counted in Total. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 11.—Counting re- peaters as different persons each time they make the flight, approximately 700 persons plan to cross the North Atlantic by air this Summer. ‘The dirigible Graf Zeppelin, scheduled to leave Germany for America next Wednesday, plans five crossings of the Atlantic, and on each flight will carry about 75 passengers and crew, a total of 375, The British dirigible R-100 plans at least one round trip to Canada with a | crew of 50 and 100 passengers, a total of 300. The other 25 to make up the 700 are more problematical and comprise an estimate of those who may make the croesing by airplane. Airplane ocean flights are planned at present from this country by Frenchmen, and from Europe, by Ger- m'zn. Itallan, Swedish and Polish avi- ators, SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 11.—Mrs. b | Ruth Hanna McCormick, United States Representative at large from Iilinols, announced today that she would be a candidate for United States Senate in 1930. The announcement was made in a letter to Willlam H. Crum of this city and was published by the Illinois State Register this afternoon. Senator Charles §. Deneen of Chicago is expected to be her opponent. Today's announcement is the first definite echo of the guns Mrs. McCor- mick fired at the last Republican na- tional convention at Kansas City. At that time she threatened to crush Roy O. West, who later became a mem- ber of the Coolidge Cabinet. Mrs, Mc- Cormick then sald she would run for United States Senator against Deneen and that she would beat West for na- tional committeeman. There was a compromise, however, and West became national committeeman. Mrs. McCor- mick named the national committe- women, Mrs. Jacob Bauer. TEXANS FOUND GUILTY. Men Charged by Grand Jury With Liquor Smuggling. HOUSTON, Tex., May 11 #®).— John L. Nounes and George Musey of Galveston, alleged leaders of a rum- smuggling ring, were found guilty of liquor law violations by & jury in Fed- eral Court here today in connection with the seizure of the liquor laden vachts Lena and Imperator near Sea- brook last. Average Sunday net circulat FLEMING Business Manage: swvorn to before me 1929, ELMER F. YOUNT, Notary Public. Bubscribed this 11th day of (Seel) ol der Great Britain can be gathered from | the estimate that if they raise 250,000,- 000 tons a year they can carry on till AD. 2695, L] Some idea of the amount of coal un- | Sentences will be pronounced later. The rum ships were seized just prior { to the Democratic national convention 'hcre last Summer and their cargoes of foreign liquor, valued at $70,000, were confiscateds A SOCIETY WOMAN FINED $15,251 FOR SMUGGLING By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 11.—Customs offi- cials announced today that Mrs. Lou McQuesten, Boston, Mass., society wom- an, with homes in that city and Mar- blehead, Mass, paid a fine of $15,251 for smuggling jewelry and wearing ap- parel into the country when she ar- rived on the liner Homeric. Another voyager, J. H. Michaels, said to be of this city, was fined $9,344. Hc arrived on the French liner Ile de France last Tuesday. The foreign value of the undeclared goods brought in by Mrs. McQuesten was $4,754. A woman’s custom in- spector reported discovery of a diamond bracelet in the Boston woman's fur col- lar, which she was wearing ashore. Other jewelry was in her baggage. TAIL SPIN FATAL TO ACE. Capt. Ronald Smith, Briton, Meets Death Testing Plane. LOWELL, Mass., May 11 (#).—Capt. Ronald Smith, British war-time aviator with five enemy planes to his credit, was killed here today as the moth plane he was testing ended a tail spin | maneuver with a dive into a marsh at Frank M. Smith, general manager of the Moth Airplane Corporation, Ameri- can successor of the British Moth-De Haviland Co., issued a statement after an investigation, saying he attributed the crash to Smith's having attempted WORKING STAFF OF TRAV e Seated, left to right: Miss Mary I'ra EART X nces Boland, Mrs. Margaret Ford, exec ELERS’ AID SOCIETY retary: Miss Beatrice Hod: e Mrs. Irma Moon. Standing, left to right: Mrs. Marguerite Lathrop, Miss Julia Slaughter, Miss Marjorie Jehns, Miss Ed Lenox, Miss Edna Schneider. COMMITTEE ACTION ON PROBE AWAITED Senate Judiciary Group Is Expected to Consider Brook- | hart Request Tomorrow. | | | | | | | Developments on the proposal of Sen- ator Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa | for a senatorial investigation of real ! estate financing in Washington may come tomorrow when the judiciary committee, to which the resolution was reterred, holds its weekly meeting. | Senator Norris, Republican, of Ne- braska, chairman of the judiciary com- | mittee, said yesterday he has not yet | studied the resolution, but said he pre- sumed the committee would consider it at tomorrow's meeting. Senate Action Is Necessary. Senator Brookhart did not make pub- lic yesterday the additional data he is compiling in connection with the alle- gations contained in the resolution, but there were indications it may be forthcoming tomorrow. He took no further action yesterday in connection with the matter, pending its considera- tion by the judiciary committee. He left the city early in the day for a brief trip over Sunday, but will be back at the Capitol tomorrow. If the judiciary committee reports out the resolution, it then will be placed on the Senate calendar with whatever recommendations the committee may decide to make. The next step would be for Senator Brookhart to seek its consideration, action by the Senate being necessary before an investigation could be undertaken. Financing Inquiry Is Asked. The resolution asks the Senate to authorize the judiciary committee to investigate the activities of the real estate and finance corporations of the District “with respect to the sale of mortgage bonds, first and refunding mortgage bonds and general mo ge bonds upon properties in the District of Columbia and elsewhere * 5 ‘The preamble of Senator Brookhart’s resolution contained a number of charges against the F. H. Smith Co., but it also referred to “real estate and finance operators,” so that the inquiry, it it should be ordered, would not be confined to any one concern. THRIFT SHOF; OFFERS BARGAIN DAY EVENT Although the child welfare Thrift Shop at 504 Tenth street has offered low prices to the Fubl(c on account of the fact that all of its stock is donated by friends of child welfare work in this city, a new feature has been introduced on each Wednesday, “Bargain Day,” | when still lower prices are fixed. | Mrs. Reginald Walker has assumed charge of this feature of the permanent activity and reports that it has served as_a stimulus to returns. Plans are being made to close the ‘Thrift Shop for the Summer July 1, but it will be opened again in the Fall, shortly after Labor day. The Thrift Shop is operated as a per- manent rummage sale for the benefit of the Child Welfare Society, the Chil- dren's Hospital, the Children’s Country Home and the Prenatal Clinic of Co- W} lumba Hospital. ! doned and forlorn in a little hovel en | Four Ducks Stand | Between Children | And Hunger Death ; Mother Dead and Father Missing, Five Cared for by Boy of 16. Special Dispatch to The Star. PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 11.—Aban- a hillside, five orphan children are fight- ing today a grim battle for existence. Three miles away, the town of Do- nora thrives, lives and loves, not know- ing that the most abject poverty and pitiable existence is a part of its sub- urban life. For just across the Monongahela River—up Ella Hollow road—half-shel- tered, half-clothed and with less than half enough food to sustain their little bodies, are five Biaga children. They are motheriess and fatherless, with the grim specter of starvation peeking at them through the broken windows of their hillside shack. Three years ago they were a happy family—their mother was living. Their stepfather, John Colson, provided for them while he worked in the Black Diamond Mines. A few months later the mother died. Then they moved up Ella Hollow where the struggle for existence came a frantic fight. One nght last January, the fathor disappeared. He hasn’t been seen since. During the intervening time, John, 16, oldest of the forsaken quintet, has mothered and fathered the little flock. Authorities have not yet discovered their plight. ‘When they were visited today, John said the only thing that stood between his little brood and ultimate starvation was a flock of four ducks, and one of them was setting on some eggs he hoped she would hatch. The oldest child said he has trapped in the adjoining woods, borrowed some money to buy some seeds to plant a little plat of ground and is preparing to_continue the battle of life. But little Harry, 4, was hungry to- day. While coal smoke poured from an old stove in the kitchen of their hillside home, he struggled to keep a big red kidney beans cooking. He was hungry and he wanted to eat. The _stove was almost fuelless, be- cause Renold, 13, was down at the slate dump, almost a mile away, trying to find a few clinkers to cook an evening meal of beans and black coffee. ONLY $200,000 REMAINS IN FARMERS’ SEED FUND Applications on Hand Sufficient to Wipe Out Rest of $6,000,000 Appropriation, Says Officer. By the Assoclated Press. COLUMBIA, S. C, May 11.—Only $200,000 remains of the $6,000,000 relief fund appropriated hy Congress for dis- tribution through the farmers’ seed loan office, with headquarters here, and L. E. White, officer in charge, stated today that he holds enough applications to out the balance. etters have been sent out to all Flyer Killed, Two Hurt. a tail spin at too low an altitude. The plane was carrying what is known as a “full load” of sand ballast. WAUKEGAN, I, May 11 ®).—| Charles Bradshaw, 36 years old, killed;: Elmer Hobbs, 22, was perhaps fatally hurt and Carl Kern, 25, suf- fered internal injuries that may cause his death when a three-passenger bi- plane, piloted by Hobbs, went into a taflspin and crashed near the Durrins | Flying Field here today. All were | from Zion, Ill. 2 To Maintain Health and Prevent Avoid house dust air, day or night. Get all the light a into your home. Avoid raw milk, raw cream and butter made of unpasteuri Eat plain, nourishi tables, less meat. Get enough sleep by retiring early enough. 6. Try toavoid worry kindly. - Your min Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Telepllone‘ Main 6883 | county agents and chairmen of county jcommittees of the six States receiving |the relief that the fund is exhausted ‘:ndfl l}hd-t further applications will not 2 filled. More than 21,000 farmers of the Southeast have been granted loans out of a total of 22,189 who had applied thmu&h today. Mr. White declared that his office owed much to county agents, county committees, county clerks and numerous individuals who gave their co- ?pe?tlon in the disbursement of the unds. Consumption and impure or close nd sunshine possible zed cream. ng food, more vege- . Becheerful. Think d acts on your body. TRACT DEDICATION 10 MOTHERS TODAY | Site Near Rock Creek Park Will Be Presented by Capt. Calhoun. Pive acres of land in Brasmar Forest, adjoining Rock Creek Park, on one of the highest eminences in the District, ere being dedicated today—Mother’s day—as the site for a great memorial, to cost in the neighborhood of $4,000,~ 000, which, according to present plans, will stand as a tribute to mothers of this Nation and the world. The Universal Alliance, s the project, at 3 o'clock tnis afternoon will accept from Capt. C. C. Calhoun of Washington, formerly of Kentucky, the five acres of Capt. Calhoun’s estate, & the head of Rock Creek Park, which will be the site of the memorial. Capt. Calhoun has donated the site in memory of his mother, Mrs. Mar- garet Bosley Calhoun, and his wife's mother, Mrs. Josephine Marr Breaux. Simultaneously with the announce= ment of Capt. Calhoun's gift of the land for the memorial, the board of directors of the Universal Alliance yes- tzoday announced that Harry Hake of Cincinnati, Ohio, designer of the Duke Memorial in North Carolina and sev- eral other like monuments, has tendered plans for the mothers’ memorial pro- Ject which he gives as a tribute to his own mother, free to the alliance. The board is considering Mr. Hake's sug- gested plans, which embody the ideas of the originator of the mothers’ memo- rial idea, Mrs. Clarence Crittenden Cal- houn, wife of the donor of the site. In addition, the board announced yesterday that another person, whose name is withheld at present, has of- fered ® to the alliance all the white monolithic limestone needed for erection of the memorial. This also is offered as a tribute to the donor’s mother. At today's service, Capt. and Mrs. t | that in giving him our unselfish ~ BYBYRD AND MEN Members of North and South | 'Pole Expeditions Make Up Organization. i BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Radio to The Star and The New York Times. v LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, May 10.—Yesterday was a great day in camp. We celebrated the anniversary | of Comdr. Byrd’s flight over the North. Pole with a turkey dinner and formed 2 “Seventy-eighth Club.” The members - jare those of the Byrd exeditions who i have been north and south of latitude |78, for both Kings Bay and Little ; America are inside those northern and ! southern limits. The dinner was a surprise for Comdr Byrd. The room was decorated with flng:‘ and the table set with a real white cloth. Those who were the first at the fes- tive board were the ones who had been | at Spitzbe: dition, 14 all, including the com- mander, while the others perched on their bunks and had bits of turkey flaunted in their fages for the good of their appetites. Gavel and Insignia Symbolic. Comdr. Byrd was made president of the club and he presided with a el made for him by Victor Czegka, 1 machinist. It was a globe of lignuin vilee with the poles and the tic and Antarctic circles marked on it, the ccmmander’'s name, set in silver pegs and the globe mounted on a handle lmnde in imitation of a long-range naval gun. The insignia of the club was drawn i by Bernt Balchen. It is a circle with ‘the figure 78 in the center, a plane on ono side and a polar bear at the top and a penguin at the bottom. The purpose of the club, which is to keep alive the associations formed dur- ing the whole course of the expedition, was outlined by G. Hamilton Black, who was also at Spitzbergen, and who { expressed the loyalty and devotion of the men both here and in New Zealand {to the commander and their determi- |nation to give whole-hearted efforts | toward the success of the expedition. “We will follow you anywhere in the world, any time, commander, and we want you to know it,” said Black. Messages to Women Back Home. Messages were also sent to Mrs. Richard E. Byrd, jr., wife of the com- E. Byrd, and to Mrs. Floyd Bennett, the widow of the commander’s com- panion on the North Pole flight. message to the commander’s wife, in Boston, was as_follows: ; “The members of the commander’s him honor on_this anniversary of his of | North Pole flight, send you their greet- ings and all their best wishes. “We want you to know that we ap- preciate the sacrifices you have made, lnjllty and ungrudging efforts we are doing what we can to live up to the example you have set us. “May the coming year bring you every happiness.” ; ‘The m to the commander’s mother, at hmond, Va., reads: “On_the anniversary of the North Pole flight the members of the Byrd expedition send their best wishes to the mother of Tom, Dick and Harry. is being toasted today by those f whom you have made possible a frea adventure by giving eto the ‘world g "OAnd to"irs, Beanett was sent’ this “Ongeihe anniversary of the Nart.gx wishes.” ‘After the dinner moving pictures of the North Pole ht_were shown and the first news reel evér shown in the | Antarctic, showing the City of New | York leaving New York on the long | voyage south. “Taps” was little later Calhoun will rdise the American flag, than usual, and it was voled a great over the site of the proposed memorial, | day. to mark the spot until the actual work of building the memorial is begun, HOOVER RESTORES LINCOLN REMINDERS TO WHITE HOUSE (Continued From First Page.) | the absence of Lincoln reminders about the swnga {{o{use he sent to his hum; on S street for rge engraving o Lincoln that hat hunhm msu:{udy there. This and an etching have been hung in the White House; one of them in the Lincoln study and the other in Mr. Hoover's bedroom. An oil painting of President Lincoln which was hanging in the White House when Mr. Hoover moved in has been given a place upon the wall in the state dining room. It is the only pic- ture in this important room. During Mr. Coolidge's occupancy the only pic- ture in this room was an oil painting of_himself. Lincoln's bed is neither handsome nor valuable as a piece of furniture, nor comfortable as a place to sleep. It is a huge walnut affair, 9 feet in length. After the dust had been removed from the two Lincoln chairs recovered by Mr. Hoover, they were placed near the desk in the center of the study. ‘The Lincoln study has a mantelpiece upon which is a brass plate identify- ing the room as the scene of the proc- lamation freeing the Negroes. More atmosphere has been added by the hanging of a picture of Lincoln and his cabinet. In the President’s private officz also is a small steel engraving. of Lincoln. It is the only pictorial object in this room. DR. R. B. RIGGS DIES. Chemistry Professor on Trinity Faculty 83 Years. HARTFORD, Conn., May 11 (#)—Dr. Robert Baird Riggs, Scoville professor emeritus of chemistry at Trinity Col- lege &nd a member of the college faculty 33 years, died today. He was born in Hazelwood, Minn., May 22, {1855, son of Rev. Stephen R. Riggs. |His father was a missionary to the Dakotas, 1837 to 1885. Dr. Riggs was graduated from Beloit College, Beloit, Wis., in 1876. He was a chemist with the United States Geological Survey, 1884 to 1887, and a professor of chemistry in the National College of Pharmacy, 1885 to 1887. Dr. Riggs leaves his widow, two brothers, Rev. Dr. Thomas Riggs of Oahe, S. Dak, and Henry Riggs of Grafton, Mass., and sister, Mrs. Julius Truesdell of Biuemont, Va. |PERU LOOKS TO HOOVER. Announcement of Tacna-Arica Settlement Expected Monday. LIMA, Peru, May 11 (#).—A reliable authority here today said that President Herbert Hoover, in his capacity of arbi- | trator, very probably next Monday will make ' announcement of settlement of the Tacna-Arica dispute between Chile and Peru. The last difficulties in| g?nllng the document were said to ve been erased by conferences mc‘l;y 1022 11th Street N.W. between President Leguia‘ and American and ‘huenn Ambassadors, —— - newspapers than \ (Copyright. 1929.) e New York Times Comvany an B Gt Lois Post-Dispateh. Al Tights Ppublication reserved throughe out the world. i !D;rn. | WS {TWO NEWSPAPER | WITNESSES CALLED IN HEARING WEDNESDAY (Continued Prom First Page.) | God, from Hearst tactics. There has been misquoting here and there, to be sure; generally it has been a mistake or the fault of an incompetent re- porter. Seldom have Southern news- paper readers seen such a wild run- ning away from facts as has been dis- played during the last two weeks. Simple statements, in clear English, have not only been twisted, but changed to suit the purposes of certain publish- ers. Editors and reporters looking for scandal news, sent out by narrow- minded publishers, eager to cry “agents of the trusts,” “chain papers,” “power octopus,” have intentionally hidden from their public many statements, many facts with which I sought to cor- rect their reportorial or editorial errors. “We, therefore, have published a verbatim stenographic report of the questions and answers given before the Federal Trade Commission. We have a supreme confidence that our competi- tors, our adversaries for truth in jour- nalism, as it were, are succeeding in building up gigantic mountains of mis- information and biased editorials, which some cay cannot help but stand be- tween them and the reading public's confidence, it would be almost impossi- ble for any ,one to distribute more wrong information, more biased statements than these same publishers have manu- factured and distributed to suit their own purposes. Which is worse, 8 news- paper that distributes, as news, a mes- sage from some utility, let us say, or a newspaper which distributes, as news, false information from the propaganda department of a biased self promoting publisher? “I hate stated, and Friday reiterated, the fact that the International Paper Co. owns no share whatever in the Augusta Chronicle, the Columbia Record, the Spartanburg Herald or the Spartanburg Journal. I stated, as did Mr. Graustein that the international company had simply, to obtain another constant market for 2,000 tons of its newsprint, at $55 a ton, acted as banker in advancing a loan. at businesslike interest and upon good collateral. “Well financed as never before, with ample surplus for continued improve- ments, able to pay more for newspaper talent, these newspapers will climb steadily ahead, each community will have a newspaper of which it can be more than ever proud. If our con- temporaries are worried we are sorry for them. We wish, however, that they would not besmirch the integrity of Southern journalism by hitting below the belt. We hope they will take their tongues out of their cheeks, dry their crocodile tears and try to beat us by getting out fairer, arer and better we do. “(gigned) WILLIAM LA VARRE." ‘War Chaplain-Hero Succumbs. CHICAGO, liay 11 (#).—Rev. Father John L. C'L nrea!, holder of the Dis- tinguished [ - - al and chap- lain of th~ ' ~ion in the Worl War, died tcay et Ztlantic City, from heart disease, a-cording to word re- celved here. He was gassed in France. en on the North Pole expe- - mander; to his mother, Mrs. Richard . The * expedition, who take pleasure in doing .