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KAY SAYS HE PAID EXPENSES TOD.C. Inheritance Tax Opponent Denies Statement of Association Head. Br the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., November 16. ~—Col. W. E.-Kay, a member of the | Florida delegation which went to Washington two years ago to advocate repeal of the Federal inheritance tax act, said today he paid all of his ex- penses on that trip. Col. Kay's statement followed testi- mony of J. A. Arnold, president of { the American Tax Pavers' Association, | that the State of Florida had paid $2,050 to the crganization to reimburse the association for absorbing the ex- penses of the Florida delegation. “I told the committee,” said Col. | Kay, “that 1 was commissioned by my State to perform this service and that I would not consider allowing any one to pay a cent of my expenses.” Attorney General Fred H. Davis. another member of the delegation, said that Arnold had asked him to turn in | his expense account, which amounted | to $101. He estimated that the ex- penses of the entire delegation could not have exceeded $750. | Besides Col. Kay and Attorney Gen- eral Davis, members of the delegation were John B. Sutton, Tampa; Samuel W. Getzen, Bushell, and W. W. Phil- ENDS FARM BOARD S GREETING TO GRANGE Chairman Legge Extends Best Wishes to National Master at Seattle. the Associated Press. "SE;!ILE. ‘Wash,, November 16.—) Good wishes of the Federal Farm Board were received by the National Grange convention delegates here today in a telegram to Louis J. Taber, national master, from Alexander Legge, chair- man of the board. The message fol- s: WYAH Federal Farm Board members Join me in sending good wishes to the delegates attending the sixty-third an- nual convention. The Grange and its strong organization is needed now more than ever to help in developing a co- operative markeitng system that will obtain for the farmers a greater share of the consumers’ dollar. Up” Son by Radio In Little America Mother -Says She Misses Him “Terribly” — Gov- ernor Also Sends Greeting By the Associated Pre RICHMOND, Va. November 16.—A mother’s voice from the executive man- sion of the Old Dominion traveled more than 12,000 miles tonight to carry her “tenderest love” to her boy encamped within the fringe of the South Pole, From the mansion house, built by James Monroe, Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd, sr., jomned her son, Gov. Harry F. Byrd; her grandson, Harry F., jr. and John' Stewart Bryan, former president of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, in sending greetings by radio to Comdr. Richard E. Bryd in Little America. By the courtesy of the General Elec. tric Co.,, and under the auspices of the Buffalo Evening News, the speaker: talked over a telephone in connection with radio station WGY, Schenectady. Misses Him “Terribly.” Mrs. Byrd, who followed the Governor of Virginia on the microphone about midnight, told her son that she had missed him “terribly,” but that she “al- ways had an abiding faith” in what he was doing and his safe return with all his men. She said that she was thrilled over the idea of your hearing my voice thousands of miles away.” “Just the thought of you and your men gives me a great feeling of pride,” she told him, Gov. Byrd, greeting his brother with an affectionate “Hello, Dick, old boy,"” expressed pleasure over the opportunity to talk to him. Tel's Aviation Plans. He spoke of the progress of aviation in Virginia and gave his plans for making an aerial tour of the airports of the State next week. Mr. Bryan sent him “the beef and potatoes of old-fashioned love and af- fection with a bet there ain't a French cook in the world that can make a fascination sauce that will be as good as ours.” “Hello, Uncle Dick,” was the saluta- tion of 14-year-old Harry F. Byrd, who told Comdr. Byrd that he was busy at high school preparing himself to go to Virginia Military Institute, “as I know you would like me to go there.” Lamont Adds Message, Secretary Lamont of the Commerce Department last night followed the ad- dresses of the Byrd family with a radio message to the Antarctic expedition, congratulating Comdr. Byrd on his con- tributions to radio and aeronautics. “You are proving that the airplane is not merely a fair weather vehicle,” he said. “It is not necessary for me to tell you that you have the entire confidence “Our job is to help in bringing to a final realization the hopes and aspira- tions which the Grange has looked forward to for more than half a cen- With Samuel McKelvie and Charles ‘Wilson, members of the Federal Board, scheduled to speak at next Wednesday’s session of the convention, the Grangers today were preparing for a two-day period of lodge work and one day of sightseeing on Puget Sound. Exemplification of degrees occup! the time of delegates and visitors yes- terday afternoon and evening and s convocation of the assembly was held at today’s one session. FARMERS ADVOCATE RAILROAD RIVALRY Competition in Northern California | ¢ Would Stimulate Production, Commission Is Informed. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 16.— Competition between railroads in North- ern California is desired by farmers and stockmen, several agriculturists testified today in the Interstate Com- merce Commission hearing into the necessity of building a new Oregon- California railroad. Benefits the farmers expected from the proposed Great Northwestern-Pa- cific link between Klamath Falls, Ore., and Keddie, Calif, included economies in shipping live stock, reclamation of tillable acreage formerly under culti- vation, increased consumption of prod: ucts from California farms and cons quent development of agriculture, com- merce and industry. Sheepmen, cattlemen, dirt farmers and experts testified that lack of com- petition hampers prodiction. Great savings could be realized by stockmen, several of them said, if the proposed line were built. It would enable them to ship cattle in and out of grazing area now reached only by driving or by roundabout and expensive railroad service. — - RESOLUTION IS AIMED AT BISHOP’S POWERS M. E. Church South Group Seeks Reduction of Term to Four Years. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, November 16.—By a vote | of 169 to 64, the North Georgia confer- ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, late today adopted 2 memorial proposing to the general conference that bishops be elected for a four-year term instead of fgr life. Bishops would be eligible for fe-election under the new plan, which also was approved re- cently by the South Georgia conference. Further curtailment of the bishop's powers was sought with adoption of another memorial urging that the bishop be prohibited from making min- isterial appointments over the adverse ! vote of two-thirds of the presiding el- ders of his conference. The ruling ! would not apply, however, to appoint- ment of the elders themselves. The conference today voted non-con- currence with a memorial by Rev. Rem- bert G. Smith of Washington, Ga., seeking to keep the board of temper- ance and social service out of “personal and party politics.” National Organization Started in Denver to Aid Marketing. DENVER, November 16 (P).—The | initfal step was taken toward a na- tional organization of bean growers at a meeting held here today by repre- sentatives of the industry and agricul- tural experts from Rocky Mountain States. The national organization will be formed at a later meeting in Wash- ington, D. C. The purpose of the national body, according to C. C. Teague, member of the Federal Farm Bureau, who presided at the meeting, is to assist the bean growers in marketing in a systematic manner to prevent seasonal surpluses and to avold congestion and depreci- ated prices. Delegates from Wyoming, New Mex- ieo, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Michigan, Kansas and Nebraska at- tended the meeting. Guest at Dinner on 93d Birthday. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., November THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 17, 1929—PART ONE. Yosemite's “Black Maria” Rounds Up Law-Breaking Grizzlies CARNIVAL IS PLANNED BY SOUTHEAST GROUP Exhibits by Welfare Organiza- tions to Feature Community Event. Exhibits by welfare organizations, in- cludin~ the Friendship House, South- east Public Library, Red Cross, Casualty | Hospital, Visiting Nurses' Society, Asso | ciated Charities and Tuberculosis So- ciety, will be some of the features of | the Southeast Community Carnival to be held in the Hine Junior High School November 29 at %:30 o'clock. Plans also include a short address | by a speaker from the Community Chest | Association. The Boys' Club will present a marionette show under the direction of David Wolf, the program including a burlesque of Romeo and Juliet, the tory of “The Three Wishes,” an ani- | mated planist, an opera singer and a Juggler. A costume dance for children has been arranged by Miss Evelyn Davis jand prizes will be awarded to those with the most clever costumes. The | costume dance will include acrobatic {and tap dancing by a boys' group and | senfor members of the Girls' Dancing | Instruction Groups of the Southeast { Community Center. Other events of the carnival include a basket ball game, arranged by O. B. Porter, athletic director of the South- east Community Center; a carnival dance sponsored by the Southeast Business Men's _Association, and a minstrel, “Prof. Squeal's Radlo School.” with the Elks Club Boys' Band, a 40-piece or- ganization, taking part. Members of the Boy Scouts will co-operate with the Community Center in the staging of the carnival. Not even the grizzly bear can escape | the law's long arm. The bears in Yosemite National Park went on a rampage a few weeks ago and started a “crime wave” all their own, according to word received here by the director of parks today. Their crimes ranged all the way from burglary | to petty larceny, and the law-abiding element in the park was getting hot un- der the collar. Something_had to be done. Some- thing was. The park officials got them- selves a “Black Maria,” and many an unruly bear took the ride to the hoose- gow. The Black Maria, designed especially for bears, consists of a plece of corru- gated pipe, sealed at one end and equipped with a trapdoor at the other. It is mounted on pneumatic wheels to make the riding easy and attached to an automobile truck. Each bear has his own district in the | Afijoumment of Trial for Lunch park, and when bad reports come in from that territory the patrol wagon is trundled out. The pipe is detached and a plece of, meat placed inside. The guilty bear, smelling the meat, pushes into the pipe and the trap door slams shut. The punishment in the park for re- calcitrant bears is banishment. Those caught are marked with a daub of paint, taken to the lower end of the park and released. If they ‘repeat” they are identified by the paint marl. So keenly do the bears feel. the dis- grace of being marked, it was said. that only one has been known to return to the scene of its disgrace. This was & mother bear, which came back for her cub. During October, 14 bears had rides in the black maria. NOVELIST IS HONORED. Munich Residents Give Banquet for Nobel Prize Winner. MUNICH, Germany, November 16 (#)—Hundreds of representatives of Munich's literary, artistic and official worlds gave a banquet tonight in honor of Thomas Mann, winner of the 1929 Nobel prize for literature. Herr Mann read passages from his newest novel, “Marion and the Magi- cian.” Replying to a score of con- gratulatory speeches, the German novelist said that the prize primarily honored German prose, German poetry and Germany as a whole, CASH of the American people in your courage and ability to carry through.” S WAGGONER REFUSES T0 GIVE DEPOSITION - Former Telluride Banker Balks Ef- forts to Get Testmony in $500,000 Suit of Banks. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 16.—Charles D. Waggoner, former Telluride, Colo., banker, refused today to answer any | questions when an attempt was made | to take his deposition in a civil action brought by six New York banks to re- cover $500,000 obtained from them in a tentiary at Atlanta. ‘Waggoner refused for more than two hours to leave his cell in the Federal House of Detention, where he is being held pending his removal to Atlanta. After he consented to go into the ex- amination room he refused to be sworn, | declined to sit down and asserted that | he would not answer any questions. ‘Waggoner was reported to have said, “I want to get out of this room.” He was escorted back to his cell. He will be taken with other pris- oners to Atianta Tuesday. KOKOMO BANRER RETURNS TO FACE INDICTMENTS Arnold Seeks to Vindicate His Part in $500,000 Failure of Trust Company. By the Associated Press. s KOKOMO, Ind., Novemer 16.—Wil liam H. Arnold of Palatka, Fla., 63 year-old former Kokomo anker, was ack in Kokomo today seeking to vindi- cate his part in the $500,000 failure of the American Trust Co. here ‘in 1927. Arnold’s voluntary return to Howard County jurisdiction late yesterday ended an unsuccessful two-year effort to extradite him from Florida to face 10 indictments which charge embezzle- ment, grand larceny, conspiracy to commit a felony and borrowing money from a bank without authorization of the directors. He was released on $4,000 bond. Explaining his action, Arnold said: “I return voluntarily in order to obtain a vindication for the sake of my friends, who formerly had confidence in me, as well as my family and my- self. I am glad to meet the issue and I believe when the true facts are brought out in court it will throw a different light on it. I am content to have the issue brought up in the Indiana courts.” Amold’s son, Glenwood, also a for- mer official of the bank and also under ;nd‘:fl.menl. did not return with his ather. e Bishop Weds Evanston Woman. CHICAGO, November 15 (A).—Miss Eleanor Lorinda Hall, daughter of Mrs. William Tileson Hall of Evanston, today was married to Right Rev. Elmer Wil- son, D. D., Bishop of Eau Claire, Wis. Bishop Charles Palmer Anderson, new- ly elected presiding bishop of the Epis- copal Church, performed the cere- mony. 6. OVEMBER DELIVERY Three to five-year trees are 10 to 15 inches high. 2 Norway Spruce: 2 Ameri- can Spruce; 2 Chinese Arborvit agnolia Trees Pink and White Two Trees Colorado o i Blue Spruce lory of the Blue Spruce is in its Which is an_intense steel blue. istening blue. the sun: $1.10 plant with we clusters plant thrives full or "fullsun $1.10 Selected. - HO| y.) 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The article said rail lice have averaged 97 convictions to every 100 arTests in recent years. Brazil will establish a bureau of for- eign economic information. ALIBI IN SLAYING DELAYED BY DEFENSE Holds Up Testimony to Show Man Alive. | By the Aseociated Press. GENEVA, Ala., November 16.—The preliminary trial of Dr. G. W. Smith |and his son, Clyde, for the murder of | Claude F. Avant, young Slocomb high | school principal, adjourned for lunch | today without the testimony, promised | at the outset by defense counsel, which lwnuld prove that Avant was alive and |away from the Slocomb school after 7:30 p.m. on the night of his disap- pearance. Lee Phillips, a State convict, and the prosecution’s star witness, has testified that Avant was slain by Dr. Smith, with the assistance of himself and Clyde Smith, about 7:30 p.m, Septem- ber 23, 1928, in Avant's office in the school building. Four witnesses testified to seeing Avant en route or in Hartford. 6 miles west of Slocomb, between 4 and 5 p.m., while the four others examined at the morning session testified that Charley Brown, colored, also charged with the murder, attended a wedding on the night Phillips asserted Brown, with the assistance of Randell Jones, took Avant’s body to a point near Bonifay, rl:n,. where it was discovered five days | later. ‘The convict said Dr. Smith told him he wanted to kill Avant to avold pay- | ment of a debt. —_— In spite of the recent severe storm in Guatemala that country expects a larger coffee crop than last year. CUSTOMS MEN HOLD WOMEN’S BAGGAGE Buffalo and Cleveland Residents Questioned Regarding Jewels and Wearing Apparel. By the Associated Press. 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