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N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered post office, sec: No. 31,103. Washington, ond class matter D. C WASHINGTON, 11 Y THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1929 -FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,202 (P) Means Associated Press. <ol HOOVER HALTSPL TOUSESCHOOLSFOR DRY “PROPAGANDA™ Treasury Department will| Destroy Pamphiets Meant for Teachers. OFFICIALg DECLARE THEY WERE UNAWARE OF STEP Billboard, Radio and Movie Appeals Are Banned, With Poster Use in Doubt, President Hoover has intervened per- sonally to halt the plan of the prohi- bition unit to use the public schools of the country for dissemination of prohi- bition law observance propaganda, it ‘was learned today, and the Treasury Department has decided to burn up the complete supply of elght-page pam- Phiets entitled “How Shall We Teach the Eighteenth Amendment?” - Fhese developments came today after #evetal days of conferencks by Federal 1officials as the pamphlet stirred up re- isistance in many school quarters. ' Miss Sutter Is Without Coples. ! /Miss Anna B. Sutter, who is credited or blamed as the case may be with first giving out the pamphlet, is leaving to- ,day for Atlanta, Ga., to be present at the meetings there of the National Ed- ucation Association, but she will go {without a single copy of the now famous pamphlet. ‘The President's first information W By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, June 27.—A letter bea Gould of Maine and stating that he ha According to Ray Welubrenner, at- torney for the Colony Co., Senator Gould's letter and several others to be which alleges breach of contract, charg- {ing that the Colony Co.'s products in | many cases “spoiled” in the hands of customers. : The letter, dated May 11, 1927, and addressed to the Fresno Vineyards Co., a predecessor of the Colony Co., states that the writer followed the company’s written instructions and got “some very presented will refute claims of the West | | Coast Vineyards Co. of Cincinnati, | LETTER WITH SENATOR'S NAME ENTERS GRAPE JUICE TRIAL Communication Attributed to Gould of Maine Describes “Very Fine Results” and Cites Prohibition Views. ring the signature of Senator Arthur R. d obtained some “very fair results” with grape juice distributed by the company was brought into Federal Court here today by counsel for the Colony Vintages Co. of St. Louls to be offered in evi- dence in defending a $100,000 damage suit, fair results,” and that “three gallons in each keg is improving every month.” “As you know,” the letter continues, “I come from a prohibition State and I ed to a prohibitionist, but | am sup) ut as loyal to the prohibition 1am a element as some of these Southern Democrats are to the Democratic party. While I am from a prohibition State and find it {s not policy to be outspoken in my sentiments, I don't mind telling you and the world that I believe a li- cense for light wines and beer would be a great improvement over the present prohibition law.” A.H.LEGGE SOUGHT FOR FARM BOARD No Announcement Made of Acceptance After Call at White House. President Hoover today offered the place as outstanding business man on the new Farm Board to Alexander H. Legge of Chicago, president of the In- ternational Harvester Co. Mr, Legge talked more than an hour with the President, discussing the mat- ter, and it was announced afterward that no definite decision had been reached. It is expected, however, that Mr. Legge will be given the appoint- ment. Mr. Legge has been recommended for 1 themselves were unaware of the pro- Using proceeds. from a fund of $50, i “othflfiml Hicrature, u Miss Sutter, chiet of the statistical and T division of the Prohibition Bureau, ‘had caused the Miss Sutter's program was detailed newspapers while Commissioner ‘was out of the city and, aceord- officials, without either darm derstood that an “outstanding business than” would be named to the board: On lea the White House, Mr. I?e aelmed't’:'w his conference with the President, except to say dis- cussed business conditions It by’ Farm Board, m-us ‘enacted un;"'m law. vn- the the the LEVIATHAN OFFICIAL ~ DENIES RUM STORY Executive Vice Mmt Says Liquor Is Not Being Sold on Eastbound Voyages. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 27.—Josephh E. Shéedy, executive vice president of the United States Lines, today denied a story printed in the New York Herald- Tribune that liquor is now being sold aboard ‘the Leviathan on eastbound Soyages. T ‘The Herald-Tribune said today that liquor is now being sold aboard the United States liner Leviathan on both ted.' east and west bound voyages. prepare: B the questions which most uni- |wersally arise.” Billboards Not to Be Used. No: billboards in outdoor advertising, no radio, nor motion pictures will be used in Dr. Doran said, The source of supply for the last eastward trip was unknown, but the newspaper said it was learned when the ship docked here yesterday that there was enough liquor on hand to put the bartenders to work in first, second and tourist sections. Passengers said cocktails were avail- able before meals, the best of wines at moderate prices at the dining tables and anything except beer after or be- tween meals. On previous trips since the United States Lines, Inc., took over the Leviathan from the Shipping Board. liquor was sold only on westward trip. The Herald-Tribune ©q | said the only explanation for the pres- Ithe country. None of the 50 ‘ltl’ submitted, he said, quite fills the Secretary of the Treasury Mellon was mon-committal today on the whole mat- ter, declaring that, generally speaking, the Treasury would be prepared to answer requests about prohibition en- ,forcement. The Secretary said he had ot talked over the matter with Pres: dent Hoover. Scheol Viewpoint Unclear. w the public school proposition will benglndl:dpln case inquiries arise did not appear to be clear today. But Miss Sutter is going to Atlanta, Dr. Doran explained, to tell the teachers there that some m{ermn\on will be available if they want it. The fact that the Government is steering clear of the insinuation of Fm‘mdl first was disclosed in a pub- c -statement issued shortly after Dr. m'-l!m rehdux'lfid from cutdof town :le‘: , and the propaganda movem came to a climax today with the an- nouncement that the little pamphlet about teach the hteel amend- "o soe 0% Hightof day, g0 No far as the schools are con ence of the liquor was that the medical stores were being used, as has been the practice on other American ships sailing to foreign ports. Assistant Secretary Lowman said to- day he would order an immediate in- vestigation into reports . that the Leviathan was selling liquor on east- bound trips from New York. He said unless the steamship ob- tained the liquor outside of the 12-mile limit that sale of it would be a viola- tion of the law. At the same time doubt was ex- pressed by Treasury officials that liquor was being sold. Treasury officials doubted that liquor sold on eastward trips was from the medical supplies of the Leviathan. | They pointed out that the medical sup- plies had to be accounted for and that each bottle bore a serial number through which it could be identified. To sell liquor issued by the Prohi- bition Bureau for medical lies, they said, would be a vioktion of the law, as that liquor could only be issued on ption of the ship’s physician or Ber captain, Betn Droug 1 s atisatioe Dt s n a 3 that he would have the matter investi- further copies are available. | gated at once. Gen. Patrick to Get Pay for Services | . On Utilities Body. but Check Dela | ’m' M. Patrick for his service. as & member of the Public Utilities Com- has been held up since June the District ! | mission |18, 16 was learned at Building The first pay envelope due Maj. Gen. ved raised in connection with an act of Congress of 1894, which forbids retired Army or Navy officers, drawing retire- ment pay, to accept remuneration from ng E 55&‘553 i £ will lhfl the | ernoon after swallowing poison, | ut E‘.’&f; ’m present their side. tes | * Chairmen MeCulloch Detective Is Held As Girl Tightens Up Necktie Noose ‘No. 3 Precinct Officer Is | ““Captured” as She Tries to Help Man Escape. Detective R. J. MacCarthy, who takes & good many prisoners for No. 3 pre- cinct, was himself captured last night in a most uncoriventional manner. As the detective explained in Police Court today, a girl turned the trick by the simple expediency of tightening his new necktie. It was a good necktie, and it held while the young lady’s mas- culine companion left her behind him as rapidly as possible. Companion Makes Capture. But not rapidly enough, it developed, since MacCarty, t0o, had a companion— Detective S. F. Graveley of the same precinct. Graveley ran down the flee- ing man, he said, and brought one Ed- ward Albert Hawkins, 2200 block of Fourteenth street, into court to prove it. It all when the two officers, ir automobile<in the 1700 g B of Seventh street, saw a second machine pull in behind them, by two girlg and a man. Si of a whisky car, they in- ted, whereupon the other auto- le was thrown into reverse. The icemen did likewise, and both cars ed for, a block and a half. Then the ve caf and went for- w.“d, but was over d at Seven- teenth and Swan streets. MacCarthy Hops to Running Board. lea to the A G .It Tan, with Grave- % the officers testified. n T returne Carthy's tie was in place, but hi e(:lhr was gone and ‘his new straw m‘: damaged. The two girls, their na to have held Mac- Randall, first block , occupled street northeast, Carthy, and ligo road, were held to the grand jury on $2500 bonds each after ar- e S o e uor an glass in the stréet. : ‘The officers sald the trio destroyed a hrge mq.l:-nmy o:i liquor ‘I’n‘tti:le street an they only succeeded in seizing a pint of alleged whisky. wkins was brought before Judge Ralph Given in Traffic Court and sen- tenced to 30 days in jall on a reckless driving count, while chlgu similar to those booked against e girls are pending. MOTHER POISONED, CONDITION DOUBTFUL Mrs. Grover C. Robey, 38, Found at Home by One .of 14 Children. Mrs, Grover C. Robey, 38 years old, mother of 14 children, including four pairs of twins, is in an undetermined condition at Casualty Hospital this aft- re- sumably by mistake, in the second-floor bedroom of her home at 403 Green street, Anacostia. Members of her family said Mrs. Robey had been subject to fainting spells and she is supposed to have taken a quantity of the poison from the medicine closet in the belief that it was a stimulant. ° . ‘The rescue squad and the Casualty ambulance were summoned and Mrs. Robey was removed to the hospital ?lzur receiving first aid while at her me. All save one of Mrs. Robey's children live at home. The latter boy, who is the eldest, is 21 years old and resides at Bradbury Park, Md. ‘The youngest children are twins, Con- stance and. Clarence, 6 months old, while a second pair of twins, Josephine and Genevieve, are 2 years old. The next set, Paul and Pauline, are a little over 3 years, while the eldest twins, Helen and Linwood, are 8 years old. The mother was found in her bed- room by one of her elder daughters, when she came home from work at the BE ENDS POWER PRO UNTIL FALL SESSION Federal Trade Commission Com- pletes 18 Months of In- vestigating. By the Associated Press. The Federal Trade Commission com- eted today its extensive investigation “Yubllelty activities of public power Coximately 18 montis and suspended approxi ly 1gpleulun until next Fall, ?;:nthz will be given an oppor- , announced at the conclusion of a hear- more than a score of with various phases eadock, i counsel of m:;mm National LA I L m resumeds THREE PLANES UP IN ATTEMPTS T0 SET NEY, RECORDS Capt. Hawks Off for Round- Trip Coast-to-Coast Flight. JENSEN AND WIFE TRY FOR ENDURANCE MARK Minneapolis Aviators Near 100- Hour Period in Single- Motored Ship. ST. LOUIS, June 27 (#).—George B. Manning, Ground School in- structor at Parks Airport, East St. Louis, reported he sighted an air- plane of the type being flown by Capt, Frank M. Hawks on his at- tempted cross-country round-trip flight at an altitude of about 3,000 | feet over St. Louis, at 10 a.m. today. | By the Associated Press. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., June 27. j —Cept. Frank H. Hawks tooks off at Is:ls am. (Eastern daylight time) on a round-trip flight to Los Angeles, where he expects to stop only long enough to refuel. He hoped to establish three records. That for the round trip, for East to West and West to East. The non-stop record to the Pacific Coast is 24 hours 51 minutes established by the late C. B. D. Collyer and Harry Tucker. The West to East record is 18 hours 21 minutes established by himself, Official Time. Col. E. M. Roberts, representing the National Aeronautic Association, gave 5:12:51 as the official take-off time. ns bel additional weight making the tail heavy. Capt. Hawks said it would take him three rs to refuel and then the reburn T The Pncs capine red . e e capable of 185 miles -g hour. Plane Must Fly Self. Making the flight alone means that he will have to leave the plane fly itself .15 minutes of every hour while he fuel h;mtti‘h: main tank in the which it :fil feed the ‘The take-off of ¢|lin sent a DAWES" RULES I N "EFFECT /AT THE COUR T OF ST. JAMES. BOSTON DEFEATS NATIONALS, 4101 Ad Liska Relieved by Bufke in Seventh After Allowing Six Safeties. BY JOHN B. KELLER. BOSTON, June 27.—Boston defeated ‘Washington here this afternoon. ‘The score was 4 to 1. 3 Liska and Ed Morris were pitching selections for the opening game of the series. About 2,500 attended the con- test. The day was clear and cool, ideal for base ball, FIRST INNING. of the plate and Morris Rice lined deld fenes, Rice center-fi '\ taking the catch. Williams went to left center, close to the infleld, for Myer’s - { pop fly. No runs. JENSEN AND WIFE TAKE OFF, Ask for More Gasoline in Effort to Set New Endurance Record. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Ji (#).—With his wife at his side, i‘l"l‘fifl Jensen the monoplane Three Musketeers, today was making his third attempt at a refueling endurance record. He took off at 7:32 o'clock last night. He must remain in the air one hour longer than the record of 172 hours 32 gmixm and 1 udco.z’ld. set xnellry 26 by . L. Robbins and -James in plsne Fort Worittl:’. ’ the ensen carri 165 llons gasoline at the take off, ‘:nough to carry the plane through the night, and 5::3::: to r:f\lfi:‘intthe air t;lf a day a e from 1 overhead. v i e “of ‘Wife Has License. His wife, an_ auburn-haired young woman of 26, holds a private pilot's license and arranged to take her turn at the controls. he was smiling with eagerness as she entered the plane. She wore a_black sport skirt, white waist (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) $170,000,000 SEEN FEDERAL SURPLUS Mellon Announcement Shows Large Increases in In- come Tax. Secretary Mellon said today that the Government would conclude the fiscal latest estimates indicated that the year on June 30 with a surplus of $160,000,000 or $170,000,000. This balance would be on hand, he sald, after the $50,000,008 allowed rail- roads for the retroactive mail rate in- crease had been paid. Income tax returns for the present month up to June 24, including the sec- ond quarter’s payment of the 1928 tax, have totaled $545725,098, an in- crease of $90,000,000 over the similar period o last year, Income taxes for the fiscal year on the same date totaled $2,321,180412 as compared with 52,166,600,373 in the same period of the previous year. Customs receipts also have shown - BOSTON—Goslin atber mm‘:&n&“&m’“ tch, but held the after catch, b:!t.“ Cronin threw out Rhyne. Wil- a drive to left. One run. SECOND INNING. WASHINGTON—West walked. Bluege ~Todt dugout. Morris tossed out Tate. runs. BOSTON—Todt went out, Judge to Liska, who covered first base. Heving bled by Cronin. Myer threw out Geiber, Heving going to second. Morris struck out. No runs. THIRD INNING. ' WASHINGTON—Liska fanned. Ger- ber made a nice stop and threw out Judge. Rice was safe when Morris fumbled his easy grounder. Rice was caught stealing, Heving to Rhyne. No runs. e o Timoe SNl 10 lef senas hit and run Rhyne sing] left, send- ing Reeves to third. Reeves knocked third base loose from its fastenings. Judge fumbled Williams' grounder, but recovered in time to hold Reeves on third, and then tossed to Myer, who covered first. Rhyne took second on the play. Reeves scored and Rhyne took | third when Scarritt topped a ball down by Liska. Bigelow lined to West. One run, FOURTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Goslin walked. Gos- 1in took second on a wild pitch. Reeves | got Myer's high pop back of the box. | Gerber threw out West, Goslin going ito third. Bluege fouled to Heving. No vuns, BOSTON—Liska threw out Todt. Bluege whipped out Heving. Cronin threw out Gerber. No runs. FIFTH INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Gerber went back of second and made a good stop of Cronin’s hot one and threw him out. ‘Todt got Tate's g:under and beat him to first base. ves stopped Liska’s hard grounder and threw him out at first. No runs. BOSTON—Morris _ walked. : Judge came in fast for Reeves’ bunt and Morris was forced at second, Judge to Cronin. Cronin threw out Rhyne, Reeves going to second. Williams tripled against the fence in right center, scor- ing Reeves. Scarritt bounced a nn(l.e an increase this year, aggregating on | third June 24 a total of $592,974,151, an in- crease of approximately $35,000,000 over the same period of 1928, ‘The Government's total receipts to date in the fiscal year 1929 ha amounted to $3,998,604,187, leaving . surplus on June 24 of $237,896,910, but expenditures that must come out be- {zre the end of the month are expected e cut this amourit by approximal $60,000,000 or ‘70,000.050‘ g The increase in the surplus, which last February for a time a] d to have been wiped out, was «Rfi"’ ‘Treas- sald, to the huge income tax payments, chiefly because g: large | o transactions in trading in stocl | Bank Stnlement- ' Washington clearing house, $3,779,- | Bluege. 255.33. Treasury balance, $417,920,110.33. house New York $187,000,000. ‘Radio Progr clearing house balance, was safe when his bounder was fum- T the first-base line and was thrown out | f o, WASHINGTON AB. R. susecea lececcacccccoen leccemonscscren Bleccmncancnune lescuccseunenccur wlesccccencecceeh N @ 24 1% Barnes batter for Liska in the seventh inning. Stewart ran for Tate in the seventh inning. Flagstead batted for Burke in minth. Deeo S einedetesup wlucenceocee? 'eceénetg BocwumeoR 1 o, > cCramccm X+ Y L) alee Cl eec 22l we* eco* L ome 4 . 4 in—Searritt (3), Williams, wobise Blls—Rlce, Williams. Scarritt Three base bit—Williams. len base—Searritt. ts—Off Lisks, 6 in 6 innings: off Burke, witd itcheMotris. Fes—Messrs, Guthrie and Hildebrand. threw him out.’ Williams singled to center, Searritt struck out. No runs. EIGHTH INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Rice lined to Rhyne on the first ball pitched. Goslin walked. Myer fouled to Heving near the Boston dugout. 'Todt fumbled West's der, putting the batter on first while Goslin second. Scarritt climbed the ter- race in left fleld for Bluege's fly. No runs. BOSTON—] Todt beat a hit through box on the first pitch. Myer made a leaping gloved-hand catch of Heving's liner and Todt was doubled off first, Myer to Judge. No runs. NINTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Gerber threw out Cronin, Spencer singled to left. Flag- stead batted for Burke and fanned. Judge forced Spencer, Gerber to Rhyne. No runs. . Installment Plan Of Paying Doctor Adoptedin Chicago Medical Budget System to | and Reduce Bad Debts. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 27.—The installment plan has been.invoked by the.Chicago Medical Soclety for the benefit of those who are sick and unable to make prompt payment. ' The new financial arrangement is called “the modern medical budget (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) LA GUARDIA UNDER KNIFE. Undergoes ‘Oporntiun for Removal of His Tonsils. HOT SPRINGS, -Ark,, June 27 (®).— threw out Barrett. | tary of be Tried Out, to Aid Sick | *onr PERFECT COALITION Parties to Make Issue- of Raskob. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The proposed coalition between Re- ‘publicans and anti-Smith Democrats for' the election of & governor of Vir- ginia was perfected last night at the mond. The coalitfon is somewhat similar to ihat which brought about the victofy of Herbert Hoover in the Old Dominion last November and the defeat 6f Alfred E. Smith. 7 In the coming gubernatorial election, however, the Republicans have chosen to support an independent, a regular e T ination of The v . Dr. governor of the anti-Smith ts, Wwho met at Roanoke in convention more than a week ago. Accepts Nomination. Df. Brown, after he had been nomi- naied by the campaign except to the X He gave his approval te the prin- ciples contained in the platform which was adopted subsequently by the con- vention. A copy of the platform draft had been submitted to the candidate before he was nominated. There was talk of opposition amo: the Republicans to thepx‘:;mmufinn ‘3 [ the independent Democratic candidate. But the opposition never got as far as the floor of the convention. The leaders had the situation well in hand Dr. Brown was nominated by acclama- tion by the 1,000 delegates attending, represen dlll . R‘:{:h:‘ ds;ne. 7 lerson_of ond, lo prominent in the G. O. P. and M’: himself a candidate for governor, de- livered the keynote speech of the con- vention and did much to te the formation of the coalition between the Republicans and the anti-Smith Demo- crats. Dr. Brown was nominated for governor by C. Bascom Slemp, Repub- lican national committeeman, former member of the House and former secre- the President, a power among the Rgsubueuu of the State for years, Mr. Slemp, in addressing the conven- tion T:.ld: “The Democratic party has its Smith and its Raskob, hutp:o longer has the Southern Democracy.” Raskob to Be Tssue. ‘The Republicans and the anti-Smith Democrats in the coming campaign plan to make as much of an issue as they can of the fact that John J. Raskob is still chairman of the Democratic vational committee and that he is the selection of former Gov. Smith for that Dost, while Gov. Byrd, a leader of the Virginia Democratic organization, vice chairman of the Democratic na- tional committee. Regular Democrats in the Old Do- minion, however, insist that the issue which carried the State for Hoover last year is dead. They say that the coalition will not be able to revive it. The regular Democrats aiso are intent upon reviving the race issue in la crats of State again. They are making as much as they can of the so- called De Priest White House incident. the reaction in the State to the cation " gl the stock transactions of FOR VIRGINIA RACE = Republican and Anti-Smith | of safiditying the Demo- | cu ' TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT FAVORS SUGAR PROTECTION, WITNESS DECLARES Stephen Love Tells Senators Hoover Gave Him View, Not Mentioning Rate. WALL STREET DECLARED OPPOSING INCREASE Serious Condition Exists in Beet and Cane Industry, Associa- tion Head Avers. By the Associated Press. Testimony that President Hoover had = told him within the last three months that he was “much incerested in pro- tection for the domestic sugar industry” was given before a Senate finance sub- committee today by Stephen H. Love, president of the United States Beet Sugar Assoclation. Love sald Mr. Hoover had expressed this view to him in Utah during the hington last campaign and in Was! since . the De;emon. “Do_you believe he favors increased duties?” asked Senator Connally, Demo- crat, of Texas. f g% e Tavork? the wisess eplec addieg vors,” the ess gzrn:‘:e :zu not trying to”fpuku m}m& ‘es] 3 Love declared that Wall - ests with large Cuban g insiag, enl dividends. Republican State convention in Rich-| o iE8 ot 1 by the time the delegates assembled. | 4, He said his organization had been engaged in fostering American foreign for 5 e red that the-tauts and ur, at the tariff be considered from the standpoint of continuing this export trade. America consumed about 6,000,000 tons of sugar a year, he declared, but furnished only about ‘20 per cent itself, This ‘ol Snd. American osseadons an( the remainder. Because of her close ical and lmportllé!h political gt position, Parker m}ued. ba should be given some con- sideration in the matter. Parker satd Cuba paid nearly one-quarter of the | total American customs, yet “we are prej ing to tax every man, woman Saime " time "Tode” Sightof” our. pecalin same e lose of our r political relationship to Cuba.” Low Price Held Blow. {,, Off the record, Love testified that the beet sugar factories would not be able to do any business this Fall with 18 | New York bankers because of the low price of sugar. “Especially the National City Bank,” lx?uhmpud Senator Smoot, Republican, “Why the National City Bank?" asked Senator Harrison. “I did not mention that bank,” Love replied. “The National has its money in ba,” Smoot answered. they are counting uj coul publl: Elumenmrlmpom tend ur the islands from going into un- limited Love added that it was a poor brand of mmm—m (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) By the Associated Press. } ' CHICAGO, June 27.—Barry Till lived until yesterday without having heard of the handkerchief game, met some nice fellows who told were taking up a collection 2 (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Chicagoan Learns Handkerchief Game, But Loses $310 in Gaining Knowledge