Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1929, Page 1

Che WASHINGTON, WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cl tonight; tomorrow fair, possibly thundershowers in afternoon; not much change in temperature, ‘Temperatures: Highest, 87, at 3:30 ';;:i“i yesterday; lowest, 72, at 5:30 ‘a.m. totav. The only evening paper iAn Washington with the ociated Press ~news service. Foenin ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star. * Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,125 TWO CENTS. SHODTABANDONS PLANFORSLID TANFF ON SGAR |Colleagues Hold Scale Pro- | posed Would Be Inadvisable, Utahan Says. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, ‘1929—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. Fntered as second class matt post office, Washington, D. BRAF SHS R[[:[]Rfl ALLIANCE OF BOOTLEGGERS N H0UR FLICHT I CITES 1S REAL PROBLEM BACK T0 ERMANY: s LANDS AT 700000 ™ Enforcing Dry Laws in Larger Towns, () Means Associated Press. D. C, MOVE T0 MAKE CAB OPERATORS PROVIDE SURETY S RENEWED Plan Would - Fix Financial Responsibility Before License Issued. 31,147, er G No. but Sees Ultimate Success. “(In fhis article Mrs. Willebrandt shows the obstacles which must be overcome before the liquor supply can be cut in the places where the demand is greatest and the market most attractive fo law-breakers. namely, the cities. Here again politics raises its head, but victories al- ready won by the Attormey Genmeral's ofice are held as hopeful signs for the future.) BY MABEL WALKER WILLEBRANDT. | ! ‘Throughout the country there is an opinion prevalent that “it | s easy enough to dry up the country and small towns, but you never will succeed in drying up the big cities.” In-a measure, this belief has scme foundation in fact. The great bulk of the liquor traffic, as everyone knows, is in the larger cities. And that that traffic is of enormous size cannot be disputed. I have often been asked “How wet is the country under prohibition? What amcunt of liquor is being sold; how o Time on Eastward Voyage Is 40 Hours Faster Than on! Wegtward Trip and 13 Hours Better Than in 1928. SHIP'S AVERAGE SPEED IS 75 MILES AN HOUR | INDUSTRY’S :EADERS {UTILITIES COMM;SSION ! OPPOSED MEASURE CONSIDERING PROPOSAL Schedule Probably to Be Taken Up by Committee Majority Tuesday, Senator Indicates, One Attempt to'Regulate Liability Failed When Order Was Held . Illegal. Huge Crowds Gather to Welcome Dirigible, Which Arrives Long Ahead of Schedule on 61st Birth day of Dr. Eckener After 4,200. Mile Journey. By (he Associated Press. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Graf Zeppelin, breaking crossing of the Atlantic ou the first leg of her round-the- world flight from Lakehurst, N. J.. landed at Friedrichshafen at 1:03 p.m. (7:03 am., Eastern standard time) today. i August | many bootleggers are there in the | ness?” {tection is from the law and not | “low-wage foreign competition.” { Remus’ Rapid Ris | The evidence that bootlegging, an is definite and certain. entering upon his adventures in | bonding company. These questions cannot be answered exactly, but we know that bootlegging is certainly not one of our “infant indus- tries” in need of care and protection. Prctection it does have, but that pro- d small, is in a flourishing condition Remus, the Chi- 10.—The transatlantic air liner|cago lawyer who became one of the after a rgcord- Most extensive and successful masters | of bootlegging, according to his own 1sworn statement, was worth, prior to lessness, about $8,000. After cnly 13 !months of illegal liquor operations | was worth more than $3,000,000, accord- iing to a sworn statement he gave to a This amount of busi- from large law- he Mrs. Willebranat. The Public Utilities Commission. at ifs meeting today, had before it. for consideration another attempt. to solve the problem of financlal responsibility of taxicab drivers ahd owners for acel- denta caused by the cabs. Earl V. Fisher, executive secretary of the commission, after consultation with Corporation Counsel William E. Bride and Assistant Corporation Counsel Rob- ert E. Lvnch, submitted to the Com- mission foday a writen recommends- | ____ tion that before any license is llvrn‘ o to a person to operate a taxicah, hei‘l'Rlfl SE|ZE ]’RUU.E satisfy the commission as to his finan- | cial responsioflity. In the form of Mr. Pisher's racom- | mendatlon, the commission would r'-t struct. Wade H. Coombs, superintendent | of licenses, to refer all applicants for VISITING TOURISTS SHATTER D. C. RECORDS DESPITE HEAT| 'Nearly 400.000 Persons Have Ascended Top By the Associated Press Definite abandonment of the sliding scale sugar tariff plan as a substitute for the flat increased duty proposed in the House tariff bill was announced to- day by Chairman Smoot. ‘The Utah Senator sald he had de- cided to “ditch” the flexible rate plan after sounding out the sentiment of his Republican colleagues on the finance committee. This sentiment, Smoot said, was that Inasmuch as representatives of the sugar | Interests were unanimous in opposing his scale plan, it would be inadvisable |to go ahead with it. Declines ¥lat Rate Comment. ‘The sugar schedule, he added. prob- iably would be taken up for action by | the committee majority on Tuestay, | but would not indicate, however. wheth- er the flat rate to be voted into the bill would be lower than the 2.40 cents a pound on Cuban Taw sugar Low in The huge ship made the cross- | meney, of course, could not have been made so quickly in anything licenses to o} te taxicabs to the Pub- Ing in just 55 hours and 24 min- utes, having picked up speed as| approached the obast of she Europe. The ship’s motor was kept run- ning slowly to help turn her. The| motors were stcpped two minutes | later and the landing crew began the task of puliing the Graf into the hangar field beyond the Zeppelin plant. The fence waf lined with enthusiastic spectators. Lands on Fckener's Birthday. - It was Eckener’s sixty-first birthd anniversary today and the amazing ar- rival of the Graf Zeppelin so long be- fore the time that, she haa been expect- ed made the informal birthday cele- bration aboard the ship just betore she landed all the more enthusiastic. The Grat's time of 55 hours and 24 | minutes on her eastward voyage was about 40 hours better than®her west- ‘ward journey to Lakehurst and 13 hours and 22 minutes better than her last voyage from Lakehurst to Friedrichs- hafen in October, 1928. The Graf covered approximately 4.200 miles in the 55 hours and 24 min- utes that she was in the air, thus cov- ering the entire distance at an average of 75 miles, a brilliant performance in the opinion of aviation experts. Welcomed by Big Crowds. So thrilled were the spectators here | by the Graf's early arrival that there was a general feeling that if breaking | the record was a good augury, then the accomplishment of the Grat's first long | round-the-world _flight | apoke well for her chances on the re-| hop on her maining three laps. News of the Graf Zeppelin's early srrival spread like wildfire through the town, and despite the weather great crowds had hurried to the Zeppelin ‘Works to welcome the airship. A heavy rain which continued all night lessened toward morning. < ‘The ground crew of the Graf Zep- pelin took her in hand quickly. and ‘within 15 minutes the huge airship was installed inside her hangar. Spectators Gather in Rain. The giant dirigible slowly rircled about. the Zeppelin Works while thousand spectators gathered in the rain below and the grounding crew stood by to receive it. Crowds hurried from Friedrichshafen toward the Zep- pelin plant to welcome the big ship. At 12:45 the Zeppelin began to ap- proach the ground, making ready for 1he Janding. Five minutes later the mo- tor had stopped and the big bag be- gan slowly to descend. A Hamburg-American Line truck ar- rived to take the freight from the Zep- pelin. Most. of those on the field held umbrelias. which, however, did little to prevent their becoming drenched. Last Passengers Emerge. By 1:30 the Graf Zeppelin had come to a full stop if her ngar, having completed one of the smoothest land- ings it had made after'any big flight. Customs officials stood at the Janding atep, waived all formalitfes, and by 1:35 pm. the last two passengers, Grace b nd, had emerged. the passengers seemed in a de- eidedly happy frame of mind and de-| they had a clared with “one accord ‘wonderful time. son Morris of Chicago, Willlam Weber | of New York, Nate Wexler of New York and Count Albrecht Montgelas of Ber-| lin, could scarcely wait to resume the smoking, prohobited throughout the Journey, and emerged with cigarettes in their mouths. pped down she Column 4.) $150,000 IN JEWELS STOLEN AT BEVERLY| Sydney Hutchinson's Summer Home in Massachusetts Is Ransacked. Ry the Associated Press. BEVERLY, Mass.. August 10.—Jcwels valued at $150,000 were stolen early to- * day from the Summer home of Sydney Hutchinson of Philadelphia. The loot included a $100,000 diamond necklace, the property of Mrs. Hutchinson. The reflection from a flashlight awakened Mrs. Hutchinson, but before she could summon assistance the bur- glar or burglars escaped. Several bed- rooms had been ransacked. The Hutchinson Summer home is lo- cated in the West Beach section of Beverly. Police termed the robbery the biggest jewel theft ever committed oni the North Shore. Last week burglars entered the Sum- r residence of Godfrey L. Cabot ano with amount of 2| Lady | Drummond Hay and Karl H. Von | Several, notably Nel- | ernment ships are overhauled. in the cities. but the larger metropolitan centers. (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) The big whisky markets are | | i WILLIAMS FORCED TOPOSTPONETEST Faulty Propeller Causes Naval Speed Ace to Defer Flight Until Monday. BY JOSEPH EDGERTON, Aviation Editor of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., August 10.—Dis- covering At the last moment that the deeply pitched racing propeller of his | Mercury plane appeared to he out of | true fellowing taxiing tests here ves- terday evening, Lieut. Alford J. Wil- | lams. Navy pilot. who Is expected to | represent the United States in the Schneider Trophy races in England next month, today called off flight tests of the plane until Mopday. ‘The propeller will be sent to the An acostia Naval Air Station at Washing- ton today to be checked for pitch and | probably will be returned Monday | morning. | The proposed flight was called off | shortly before 11 o'clock this mnlnlnfl'} after all preparations had been com- pleted for the first aerial test of the racer, which is the most powerful ever built in this country. Taxling tests, in which the plane reached 2 speed of 106 miles per hour, just on the verge of leaving the water, were held on the Severn River in front (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) PHILIPPINE POSTAL GROUP HEAD FACES THEFT COUNT $109.000 in Stamps Stolen by Him, Complaint Charges—Seven Others Lose Jobs. By the Associated Press. | MANILA, August 10.—The eriminal complaint in connection with a recent investigation, which disclosed widespread thefts in the Bureau of Posts and the Bureau of Commerce and Industry, resulted today in the arrest of Florencio Reyes, chief of the stamp section of the Post Office Department. Reyes was charged with the theft of stamps worth 218,000 pesos ($109,000) Seven other section chiefs were dis- missed from their jobs and may be subjected to criminal prosecution. | By order of Gov. Gen. Dwight F.| Davis, complaints probably will be filed | against several former employes of the Engineer Island section of the Bureau | of Commerce and Industry, where | 200,000 pesos worth of Government property allegedly has bsen stolen. Engineer Island is a place where Gov- { | first | | Besides the thefts, the investigation | disclosed that with the connivance of | Bureau of Posts employes, the mails | were widely used for smuggling nar- | i coties, jewels and silks. GRANADOS IN MEXICO. MEXICO CITY, August 10 (#).— Miguel Garcia Granados, Guatemalan army aviator, arrived at Valbuena Field at 1:05 p.m. yesterday after a non-stop flight from ~Brownsville, Tex. in hours and 35 minutes. He is returning home from a good will tour to Havana and Washjngton. appearing in tomorrow's i 5 | license plates, and the police said THE BIG LEAKS Mabel Walker Willebrandt —former Assistant United States Attorney General in charge of Prohibition. tells the inside story of the permit seandals, which allowed the country to be flooded with. industrial aleohol diverted for beverage purpos ue of m’:bf Sunday Star SNOWDEN DEMANDS ACTION AT HAGUE Says He Cannot Wait Much Longer for Decision on Revision Proposal.. THE HAGUE, August 10 (P.— The chiefs of the French, Belgian, Italian and Japanese delegations to the Hague reparations conference met in the apartments of Premier Briand of France late this afternoon to consider the situation created by British attacks on the Young plan. i i { i Br the Associated P { THE HAGUE, Netherlands, August! 10.—A slight recovery of confidence in' | conterence circles today. when general DiStr discussion of the Young plan was re- ! sumed without incident, was again up- ' set before the end of today's vital meet- ' ing of the financial committee by the | intervention of Philip Snowden, British | chancellor of the exchequer. I He declared that he had placed his| case before the conference and wuld} not wait much longer for a decision. “In don't want to spend the rest of my days at The Hague,” he declared. “We must come to grips on the ques- tion at issue. My resolution: is still be-' fore the committee and I cannot per- | mit delay in action upon it much; longer.” | eneral Discussion Need. ! ‘The financial committee meeting this | morning was first devoted to a general discussion, W. Graham, president of the | Roard of 'l'ude,stlun*| that the system of deliveries in kind had affected Brit- ish trade and caused unemployment. The British wanted them abolished or CHARRED BODY FOUND IN FLAMING MACHINE Man Was “Taken for a Ride,”| Newark Police Indicate in Murder Probe. | i i { | By the Associated P i NEWARK, N. J. August 10.—Ap-| parently the victim of a gangster| “rid the badly charred body of an! unidentified man was found. in a biaz- | h:[hnutomobfls on the city dump last| night. Frank Ferrara, foreman at the dump- | more. t | Ing grounds, told the police the car was!.share were quite common, the st in- driven to the dump by two men, who drove off in another machine a mo- ment before the car burst into flames. Police expressed bellef that the man either had been unconscious or dead when the match was applied to the gasoline that saturated his clothing and the machine, The abandoned machine carried K ' engine number Had been chiseled off.| The body was removed to the morgue for an autopsy. | | i i in her Tth article, | the Public Utilities Commizsion to regu- | accidents. | market, which experienced one of the ‘NICARAGUAN MINISTER ice peral lic Utilities Commission for_examination as to their financial responsibility. Much Agitation for Measure. No license would be jssued without the Public Utility Commission’s ap- | proval in this respect. The regulation as proposed would apply to all taxicabs having meters, whether the application #s for the “L" or livery tags or for “H" or common carrier tags. There has been much agitation for some sort of regulation along these lines for several years. The last attempt of late the matter, however, failed. This was in the form of an order, issued February 25, 1926, compelling all oper- ators or owners of taxicabs not having | assets satisfactory to the commission to | either file an indemnity bond with the commission or else to take out an in- surance policy covering indemnity for If the vehicles were oper- ated by a firm, association, or corpora- tion having net clear assets of $5,000 for the first cab, $7,000 for the first two cabs, and $1,000 each for the next 43 cabs, then no insurance or bond would be required. Independent Cabmen Are Hostile ‘This met with the hostility of the in- | tions, Two of the bandits entered the | dependent cab operators, who claiméd that, they could not afford the insur- | ance necessary, and that there was no more reason for compelling them to| insure than for compelling owners of private automobiles to do so. The order was declared illegal by 'h!' trict Supreme Court in the case of | rt Harlan, who was arrested for violating it, and since that time no: effort has been le to enforce it. | STOCKS IN RALLY AFTER BIG BREAK Expected Further Reaction Today Fails to Come and Prices Rise. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 10.—The stock I worst breaks in its history yesterday as a result of the unexpected increase from 5 to 6 per cent in vhe New York Federal Reserve rediscount rate, rallied briskly at the opening today on what appeared to be strong orgamzed buying ; support. Initial gains in the active shares ranged from $1 to $7 a share, with trading only moderately heavy in | ered. volume. In view of the thousands of margin calls which went out from the large brokerage houses last night, many traders had expected a further reaction at today's opening. < General -Electric opened $7 a share higher, Union Pacific $6 and Standard Gas & Electric $3. American Telephone, Southern Pacific, Atchisoh, Natfonal Cash Register and American Smelting all opened with gains of $2 a share, or Initial gains of $1 or more a cluding - United States Steel- common, Montgomery-Ward, Westinghouse Elec- tric, Erie and Baltimore & Ohlo. The rally attracted fresh offerings of stock on the part of traders who held through yesterday's sharp break, with the 'result that United States Steel common. Atchison and some of the other leaders sold down $1 or more from their highs before the end of the first half hour. . TO REMAIN AT POST Dr. Sacass Announces That Presi- dent Moncada Rejected His Resignation. By the Associated Press. Dr. Juan B. Sacasa, one of the lead- ers of the Nicaraguan revolution two 2go, is his post as Min- g to United Moncada rejected his resignation, which he tendered Sacasa | station. “The; bandit, who stood in the doorway flour- Guard Killed and $4,000 Taken From Collector by ' Men Who Flee in Auto. | | SR | By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, August 10.—Three gun- men took possession of an Tilinols Cen- tral Electric suburban train last night. | shot and killed a guard, atole 34,000 from a rallroad collector and escaped in an automobile after forcing the motorman to stop at a seldom used The bandit-slayer was partially iden- tified as “Wee Willie” Doody, desperado already sought for several other mur- | ders and numerous robheries. The slain guard was Delbert, Sudds. who was with | Jerry Carey, the eollector. Sudds and | Carey boarded the train at the Ran- | dolph atreet terminal after collecting | o the day's receipts from outlying sta- | train & minute Jater and took seats | opposite them: in the front part of the | rear car._The third robber boarded tne | train at Roosevelt road and took a seat in the rear of the front car. Passengers Surprised. As the train passed Twenty-third street, the ‘robber partially identified as Doody. tied a handkerchief over the lower part of his face. drew a pistol and stepped across the aisle towara Carey. His companion drew fwo guns and faced passengers before they reail- ized a robbery was in.progress. Sudds, seeing the bandits’ weapon aimed at Carey. tried to draw his own | pistol, but was shot before he could re- | move the gun from its holster. 1‘ Passengers in the front car, startled | by the Sl';t. Jumped lro':n their l&;t-! | witness the commotion. | o w;n;g ‘:fll[l‘flhm by the third ishing two pistols. | oni of the other Tobbers hurried from the rear car to the motorman’s | coop, pressed a pistol to the motorman's | back and ordered him to stop the train | at Twenty-seventh 'street. There the; trio backed from the cars, TAn across a foot. bridge to the street and sped away in an automobile. | Deseription Like Doody's. Passengers and the train crew were taken to the Bureau of Identification to look over pictures of known crimi- | nals. After hearing the description of | the man who killed Sudds. the chief of detectives said it talled closely with those of Doody. “Wee Willie” Doody, also known as “Baby Face,” because of the innocence of his expression and the clearness of his complexion, has been sought since the shooting last Spring of E. L. Jack- son, postal inspector. Jackson recov- . " During the search for Doody Chief of Police Charles Levy of Berwyn, 1L, = suburb, was slain by a gunman partially identified as “Wee Willie.” The desperado also is sought for other mur- ders and a score of daring holdups. Doody has vowed never to be taken alive, WHEELER ON RADIO | TO DISCUSS INDIANS Problems and. Federal Assistance) Will Be Senator's Foram Subjects Tonight. The twentieth century life of the American Indian, his problems and how the PFederal Government should assist him in facing'them are to be discussed from the viewpoint of an expert this evening by Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana in m;mfl;aom;‘mm Forum, arranged by r and spon- sored by nn" Columbia Broadcasting System. . Senator Wheeler & Democrat, it a member of the Sendte committee on Indian affairs and recently com ev/.en an_extended trip, comprising visits'to Indian resérvations in Wisconsin, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Mon- tans. His address will be broadeast locally from Station WMAL at 9 o'clock. - » YUCATAN BARS SANDINO. MEX100 OITY, August 10 (#).— ‘minister olnln- Yucatan, to| On August 7 a famished polar bear |rifie as he fell. The shot hit Guidoz, donid, Dispa From Merids | attacked some mémbers of the whaling To e whaler, died three hours after. | S49.56 o e oy . ity 12, | expedition of the steamer Suacal, which 0 ' A iew York clearing house exchange, ‘The ‘Professed also | has been searching north of Spitshergen | “Teo conditions prevented the whaler | $1.418,000.000. 10 have no knowledge of the affair, rvivors of the Nobile ex- | making for land, s0 Guls was Burud] New York clearing house balance, &t — % an_Italian | $145.000,000. 27 e of Washington Monument in Recent Months, Records Show. | the measures. as against 1.76 cents in | the rate under present law. Although the Republican tarift framers of the Senate finance commii~ | tee are consistently withholding author- | itative statements as to the general E | trend of rate changes they are making, BY MARGUERITE YOUNG, | news of reductions in the {mposts voted Associnted Press Staft Writer. { by the House continues to trickle out Nearly 400.000 persons in recent months have ascended to the top of the nl’l;;mr uu:lrdrd iv;m'kmlom. ek ” i wnward revision of a number of Washinglon Monument—and even that number, surpassing all records. has been | DOTRFERC TOUCOR OF b BUMEEE 01 rivaled by troops of fourists at the Capitol and other wellsprings of historic and | hill on which they are working aiready governmental interest. | have been disclosed, affecting chiefly in- For the National Capital. despite the unusual periods of excessive heat, | dustrial products. This has been off- b 1 as tl 1 ete 1] rma- has attracted more tourists this Summer than the season has drawn here in :f;n mr‘n-gre lvnllbll:ut”:p:h: p?]?]lc 1= many years, concerned, by only a few increases on While scores trudged. hot but eager. many records began to crumble before commodities, mainly agricultural in na- toward entrance of the Monument to- the tide of visitors. records have con- | ture. day. an. official gazed past them and up ""pied to tumble one by one. | Wool Sehedule Ts Example. along the silver shaft. Speedway by the Potomac River has ‘The controversal wool schedule. how- Visiting Records Tumble. We;r‘l sn“u.\dsh';oom w“:n o't_l ten:s and | -;:’r. is n?'e of !h'o’ i:jun IQle&las unor 4 cabins_filles capacity. Here tempo- ' the committee's activities along the line Exactly 383.762 have been up o the rary shelters disappear into packs and | of shearing increases off the !{ouxe il top during this year.” he sald, “and are folded away, only to be Teplaced by | In that bill, the rate on raw wool was that is 69,368 more than we had during | Others. Last night nearly 1,600 were in, placed 3 cents higher than in the pres- the same months last year. And 122.- |CAMD. and since January s total of 20.- | ent tariff law: that is, at 34 cents a 529 of them walked up the stairs this | 029 have been harbored there for pe- | pound instead of 31. The Senate com- sy | rlods varying from a day to a week. | mitteemen put it back at 31 cents. At ials at Government buildings satd | City streets are full of automoblles| the same time, they have restored the day, when | House increase on fig duties, one of the = » Prearar ———————————— | few farm products they are known to | have cut. SNUUK'S DEFENSE HUUVER UBSERVES { In the information which seeped out. |in the House rates on manufactured | wool. The House voted increases in SIURY UNSHAKEN BIRIHUAY uUIETLY , these duties all along the line to com- 2 = — | Offic hat | made clear. whether changes were made wool impost. | about the wool schedule. it was not pensate for the raise voted in the raw The indication was that the commit- teemen had virtually finished with the | wool schedule, but no sign was given | whether they were atill considering or i planned to act later on a proposal by | Henry Scheel, vice president of the | Botany Worsted Mills of Passaic, N. J., that differences in labor costs here and abroad be made the basis for these rates. Regarded as a new idea in tariff making. Scheel's plan was laid before | the subcommittee, which conducted | hearings on the wool schedule, and two ‘of the Republican members, Bingham of Connecticut, and Sackett of Ken- Ohio Professor, Recounting No Provisions Made for Any- Killing, Holds He Beat Co-ed = thing Resembilng Celebra- to Protect His Life. tion at Mountain Camp. | By the Associated Press. | President Hoover todav is observing COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 10.—The nis firty-fifth birthday anniversary in defense was near the end of its efforts | regtrul relaxation amid the quiet and | tycky, are understood to be giving it :"I“-V ':’ l."""":' ‘l:n;'y;"""-‘l"- S“;“’“- beauty of his camp on the headwaters serious consideration. riven to insanity by the naggings of an | , e O T s g | 1 the Rapidan River. in the Blue Ridge Sugar Rates Again Are Hit. % his f i his i Mountains of Virginia. Both the Smoot sliding scale pro- protect his life and those of his wife | Jecording to word received today at posal and the House sugar rate came and 2-year-old daughter on the night 1o white House from the President's under continued fire vesterday. David J. he slew Theora Hix, 24-year-old co-ed. on o= 15 00" 0 een made for | LEWIS. former member of the Tariff on an automoblle ride mearly WO wmervine rox | Commission. in & statement issued anvthing resembling a Teal celebration ' through the Democratic national com- months ago. | of his birthday. Of course, he received | mittee, said the Smoot plan applied * . Deniss Premeditation. | any number o reminders, mostly in the | ¥oUld cott the American public 3348 Snook completed his denial of pre- form of congratulations, and the camp | against $280,000,000 under the existing | meditated murder, charged by the State, | dnner tonight will be featured by a | |in his last testimony just before the | birthday cake, with plenty of icing and close of yesterday’s sessicn. Recounting | | tarifr. Senator Harris, Democrat. of Georgia candles. and robably other little fea- | Srpinrcd 70 one could defend the "ex- history of the killing Snook held to di- | tures suggestive of the occasion. It is thought unlikely, however, that the rect testimony that he remembered | president received any reminders in the beating the girl with a hammer, but denied all memory of infiicting knifc | 1ar American custom for celebrating | | He said that the beet sugar producers form of whacks on the back, the popu- wounds at her throat and body. T not only wanted the higher duty but were demanding that the immigration Under a searching cross-examination | by County Prosecutor John J. Chester, doors be kept wide open to peymit entry Jr., he denied a purported confession in of “thousands of cheap Mexican labor- | ers” for work on the beet farms. Greetings Received. T s which he admitted slitting her jugular vein, and his memory falled him at other times when Chester brought up It is not known whether or not the President received any birthday pres- admissions which authorities announced he had made. ents. A number of greetings in the Pathologists_ Testify. form of cards and telegrams have been | received at the White House. These, Quitting the stand after admitting the killing, as a_means of defense be- along with the overnight mail and nighc's and this morning’s newspap: were sent by airplane and were received by the Rresident almost as soon as he | had finished breakfast. o o e~| Mr. and Mrs. Hoover are represented cause he thought the gir meant 1o as not being of the kind to get wildly shoot him, Sndok was followed by four | excited over each other's birthdays, at l'::::flflggr :gegn&!n '.":..‘f:‘.:“if. mo| least to the extent of showering costly mer blows, and not-the knife wounds, caused the girl's death. None would say which killed her, but agreed that the injury to her skull would have caused almost immediate death. The State, seeking to prove premeditation and establish a basis for a death pen- alty, ‘contends that Snook slit her throat w]?ue she was unconscious, but still alive, ‘The retiring co-ed. known on the campus as an_extraordinarily bright | b ;::azm. would have been 25 years old | 22 ay. RESCUER SLAYS GUIDE, ATTACKE]S‘ BY BEAR, AS FALL ON ICE FIRES GUN| | Tragedy That Stalked Italia Holds Grip of Death Over TEMPORARY EMPLOYES GET PAY FOR HOLIDAYS ‘Temporary employes at navy yards and naval stations are entitled to pay for legal holidays designated by law, | Controller General McCarl today ruled {In a decision to the Secretary of the Navy. Aithough such employes are not on & permanent status they may receive pay for such holidays if the holidays fall during the period of temporary em- | ployment, McCarl said. The legal holi- days in the law are January 1, February :‘2‘,"July 4, December 25 and Thanks- Ing. gl bl Fire Still Raging on 0il Tanker. CANSO, Nova Scotia, August 10 (#). —The 2,500-ton oil tanker Mina Brae was still afire today, four miles at sea off_Canso. The tanker was abandoned_ on Wed- nesday afternoon. The blaze,” however, has not-reached the 45,000 ‘gailons of gasoline and oil that make {) he¥ ‘dar- go. The. tug Reindeer, with fire~fightin apparatus, has been sent from Halifax. presents on one another, or arranging big birthday parties. Their idea seems to be to have a few intimate friends in for dinner and to let it go at that. It is understood, however, that some members of Mr. Hoover’s week end party have different ideas about observing birthdays, and that they have a few surprises to introduce during the birth- day dinner tonight. It is thought these surprises will be novelties suggestive of some of the humorous episodes ‘that transpired_during the w (Continued on Page 2, Column Destructive Storm Hits Chila. ANTOFAGASTA. Chile, -August. (@).—A violent blow here- early * this morning wrqught considerable destruc- tion in the harbor and forced ships in el the bay to go out to sea to escape the Rescue Expedition. fury of the surf. The artificial port B S was completely destroved, with enor- mous material losses. Firemen are aid- in a march of 500 miles about North- | jng troops in salvage. By the Associated Press. ROME, August 10- b= stalked the dirigible Italia polar expe- dition from the first has continued in 787 10 his ald with a zifle. = - the footsteps of rescue expeditions. crack and accidentally discharged his “balance, August 8, $135, ¥ uzmm;.’ o4 & muuieynu.mppadfi Guidoz, who . while members of ide named Gui : gas vt