Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1929, Page 4

i AT WHITE HOUSE Hoover Gets Response From 18 Governoys on Building - Program Appeali .- " L3 (Contiffged From First Pag meeting in Washington on December § of many of the leaders of American business, which wilf. he attended by President Hoover. The “vitations are being sent out by the United States Chamber of Commerce. “ N The purpose is to form & more ot less permanent organization to assist in the plan to co-ordinate all branches of in- dustry and labor and the agencjes of the Government in this forward move- ment. Strong and Weak Spots. It is expected that these leaders of business will report at their meeting here the strong and weak spots in their particular fields as a starting point. On behalf of Mr. Hoover and the in- dustrial leaders with whom he conferred at the White House last week, the in- vitations are being sent out in the names of William Butterworth, presi-y t, and Julius H. Barnes, ch an of the board of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States. It is esti- mated that from 100 to 250 business Tepresenting various trade as- sociations, will attend the conference. “This conferen: the chamber is advising those invited, “will be opened by President Hoover and is the out- growth of a conviction on his part that American business is so organized as to be fully capable of mobilizing its forces in co-operation with Government. * * % “Weak spots which have heretofore existed in American industry are show- ing signs of improvement. Most Prosperous Year. “American industry generally is ap- proaching the close of one of the most active and prosperous years in its his- tory. The problem now is, fortunately, not one of starting a’stalled machine, but of faciltiating a present momentum on which unemploymient .and earnings levels. J)roved ability in practical business leadership can define weak spots and bring forward remedial measures and thus justify h spirit of confidence and enter- based would like to have an anplysis-of the trong and weak spots in your own| leld, both as to the present situation and the next six months.” One of the functions of ;the con- ce will be to make enda~ ‘| in Massachusetts “GOVERNORS BACK HOOVER State Executives Declare They Will Urge Construction as * Hearty indorsement of President Hoover's construction program was voiced by governors of varlous States today in reply to telegrams in a survey by The Star and the New York Herald- Tribune. ~ Comment of several State ex- ecutives follows: “|* Herbert H. Lehman, acting Governor of New York: 3 * ALBANY, Nov. 24. “I am _confident that President Hoover's tonferences on business are proving effective and already have done much to allay fear of any serious or extended trade recession. ‘For my ‘e - eral views with regard to the possibility and need of constructive and sound in- dividual and group action to assure & continuation of our prosperity I refer you to a speech I made a few days ago before the Academy of Political Science in which I saild in part: “‘I.am certain that the State of New York will not only maintain, but in- crease, so far as it may, its construc- tion program during the coming year, laying particular emphasis on the build- ing and maintenance of roads, the con- struetion of hospitals and prisons and similarly greatly needed and serviceable undem‘mu. These will be made pos- sible through increased budgetary ap- propriations out of carrent funds, as, of course, no bond issue is or-can be made available without a referendum to the people of the State.” “f am . certain that Gov. Roosevelt will, so far as resources and provisions of law permit, urge the advancement of a sound and desirable construction program in this State, and I trust and am confident that the Legislature will follow his recommendations.” Frank G. Allen, Governor of Massa- chusetts: BOSTON, November 24. “I am in hearty accord with President Hoover’s business stabilization program. ‘The public works flraznm for this year the most. :;'lnaah; in history. Orders have been issues speed up this work. We have just su- thorized the construction of a new office building to be undertaken immediately. The budget for 1930 will provide for the most_ambitious program for construc- tion “and reconstruction .of highways and public works. We expect full co- operation from our cities and towns. 0. Max Gardner, Governor of North Carolina: RALEIGH, N. C., November 24. “I heartily indorse the constructive proposal of President Hoover. With cheap money and abundant credit, the plan of the President should find ready response in stimulating public work. 2| Tt scems to me to be the duty of ali governmental agencles to co-operate to the fullést extent in the practical adap- tation of public expeditures to meet the \pressing necessities of the public good.” “Myers Y. Cooper, Governor of Ohio: erenc &om for the personnel of &' itinuing mrlmry group which Mr. Barnes and business leaders hope may further: m-(;g.enuve effort in the business ‘worl ¥ Siadieciy, BREEN WOULD REFL |WAR SECRETARYSHIP ichigan Governor Wires Vanden- i berg He Could Not Accept } Good's Post. 3 By the Associated Press. ‘ . SHINGLETON, Mich., November 25. v. Pred W. Green announced: yes- y that he would not accept the of Secretary of War mads vacant the death of James W. Were offered him by President Hoover., L, The governor, who has been in upper Michigan on a deer-hunting expedition or the past week, sent a telegram to tor Vandenberg of Michigan, who wcested his name to the ident, iting that he appreciated indorse- ments given him, but felt it his duty to Enuln Governor of Michigan, The legram sald: | “Newspapers are saying that you con- plate suggesting me as Secretary of ‘War., While deeply appreciating the honor intended, I could not accept. It would not be fair to the people who elected me or to the Le ture which in my hands Michigan's great program for me to accept.” POLICEMAN’S SLAYER IS KILLED BY POSSEMEN By the Associated Press: MADISONVILLE, Ky., November 25. ~—The attempted arrest of two colored men mm&. a Negro méighborheod ‘here yesterday resulted in the slaying of Chief of Police John H. Ashby, the subsequent killing of his murderer, Houston Cooksey, 28, colored, and " the arrest near Providence, Ky., of A. B. Cooksey, the other colored man involved ir. Ashby, a veteran police officer, was shot to death in a fight which started as he and Patrolman 8. A. Demoss came upon the pair after receiving calls com- 2 mg of their stopping and searching passersby. Houston Cooksey was said to have obtained Demoss’' pistol and to have shot the chief as the latter was put- iting handcuffs on the other. After Ashby fell, witnesses reported, the two stood over his body firing into it. Houston Cooksey was traced to his thome by a trail of.blood and was shot. ito death with a shotgun by one of the ‘members of the posse which discovered him. His brother, when arrested, was gken to Hendefson, Ky., for safekeep- 8. House to Be Asked For Bigger Fund as Aid in Road Building By the Associated Press. Chairman Dowell of the House t g d & liki oo MRS COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 24. “Ohio is in fl.\orou:l:\ ;:lwl‘d wltl: President Hoover's c improvement gram and has :Irfldw ly initiated plans 2 k jor meeting conditions which might re- X mployment due to the recent Phsiogss GiAiroances. An order of the directs the highway commis- continue the letting of high- each and every month hrougl the Winter, which will result in a new construction lprolrlm to the amount of $12,000,000 for the first six months of 1930, and in addition to that a $6,000,000 maintenance program for the same period has been arranged. “Ohio further has the largest public building program for the immediate future in the history of the State, con- of & new $5,000,000 office build- amount to be expended in educational building, in- suring the employment of hundreds. of men and. the purchase of enormous quantities of material. - Sup] th; this , the governor call on executives of all municipalities 1o give every consideration to the: - ing up of all public im cluding streets, buildings -and other municipal enterprises. “A call has been issued by the go®- ernor for the convening of every county commissioner in the State to meet with the highway commissioner December 5 to consider plans for continuing local road-building programs in conjunction with the State Hmm;:d De])-',y n:efimenu This program was ou gov- ernor to a conference of 500 industrial and financial leaders meeting in Co- lubus last week and met with their approval. The overwhelming conviction in Ohio is that business is fundamen- tally sound.” Harry H. Horlon, Governor of nessee: NASHVILLE, T:nn., November 24. “I have telegraphed President Hoover as follows: “Permit me to congrztulate you upon the practical and effective manner in which, by stimulating industry and preventing unemployment, you are per- petuating national prosperity. This should make the year 1030 another year of general prosperity for the American people. I wish to assure you not only of my complete sympathy with your plans, but of my des to have Ten- nessee co-operate fully with you in them. I am calling an extra session of ly of Tennessee for in addition to other legislation, am requesting the Legisla- ture to authorize expendijures for high- way construction so as to make 1930 our banner year in highway work. I am also asking it to provide a fund foe furthering a general plan of State aid in the construction of elementary schools, county hospit and other public buildings needed in Tennessee, 80 that in 1930 Tennessee will be able to take advantage of the lower con- struction costs now prevailing and will also, by enlarging its construction pro- gram for highways and public build- ings, .increase employment and assist dustry. “I feel that if the other States hav- ing before them similar uncompleted construction programs will likewise speed up such work in 1930 it would result in great advantage to such States and give immediate and further stim- ulation to industry and employment to labor. In my opinion 1930 will find labor well employed and industry run- ning at upnclllty in Tennessee and our le generally prosperous.’ pet?;n my judgment the General As- Ten- Rapidly as Possible Following President’s Appeal. suggestions regarding & business sta- bilization program, and am willing to co-operate so far as I can consistently. My recommendations to the” 1939 Leg- islature of Utah embodied the sugges- tions of the President in so far as they relate to the construction of blic buildings by the State and a cov- ering those recommendations was drafted and introduced. That measure provided for a 20-year State building program and invested in the governor executive authority for the carrying out of the program in order that construc- tion might be pushed or relaxed as economic necessity should demand. This feature was eliminated by the Legisla- ture, and the bill was amended further, making it mandatory to construct cer- tain buildings during the ensuing biennium, and ed in that form. Under these conditions Utah as a State i3 doing mow all it can the building construction line to aid in fighting the depreasion.” Doyle E. Carlton, Gevernor of Florida: TALLAHASSEE, November 24. “I have wired President Hoover: ‘You will receive my complete co- operation in your program for the ex- pansion of constructive activities and for the stabilization of wages. I will call on State, county and municipal de- partments to carry on as ally as is prudent and consistent all need- ful public works and at the same time urge private enterprises to te in the same manner. A canvass will be made of the programs of the vari- ous counties and cities, and the infor- mation v‘r;u be transmitted to you accol A, H. Hartley, Governor of Roland Washington: OLYMPIA, November 24. “Have wired the President as fol- Jows: ‘Replying to your wire of yester- day, all prudent public work within the province of State officials is being ener- getically carrled forward. If your Nation-wide call for prosperity will in- clude that Congress pass immediately the necessary protective tariff for dis- tressed industries, including lumber, which has been for 30 years past the bread and butter of our State, you will have no further worry about unemploy- ment in this commonwealth. If this is not dene, there will soon be thousands more added to the present army of un- employed. Further comment by governors, as re- ported by the Associated Press, follow : Theodore Christianson, Governor of ¢ ST. PAUL. “Minnesota will co-operate as fully as possible in meeting President Hoover's plea for increased public building pro- grams as an aid to stimulating pros- perity,” Gov. Christianson said last night in & telegram to the President. “More can be accomplished toward stabilization of prosperity by stimulating the farmers' buying power,” he added. Flem D. Sampson, Governor of Ken- FRANKFORT. “Allow me to assure you,” Gov. Sam| son wired the President, “that Ken- tucky will give your plan to save the ecogomical situation and to prevent un. employment hearty co-operation to t| full extent of its financial abllity. We have a big road-building program which will continue for at least two more years, spending approximately $17,000,- 000 annually. In addition we plan bridge building costing more than $10,000,000, commencing immediately.” Frank G. Allen, Governor of Massa- chusetts: BOSTON. “Orders have been issued to speed up all uncompleted State construction and reconstruction work authorized for the current year. I have just approved the immediate constructi & new office building to house certain of our State activities. “The budget for 1930 will undoubt- edly provide for the most ambitious m for the construction and re- truction of State highways, pub- ic buildings and other public works hot yet undertaken.” John S. Fisher, Governor of Penn- sylvania: HARRISBURG. “I hasten to assure you that I shall do all in my power to carry into effect your comprehensive plans for the sup- port of - b\mlnes;erllt\tll!lnn of the country the rellef of unemployed labor,” Gov. Fisher wired President Hoover. “The appropriation at the session of the Legislature makes pos- sible in Pennsylvania a construction program for iways and public buildings of about $155,000,000. -This will be judiclously distributed through- out t&emsuu. keeping in view labor condif X “I ghall take immediate steps to ascertain from local authorities the ex- tent of their plans for public im- provements. “1 shall urge full co-operation with the Federal Government under your leadership. Details will be forwarded as requested as rapidly as they be- come available, “I shall be most happy te work :n f;xllnlkxinn‘:x_‘ony with Bwn‘u.ry Lamont n furthering your great urpose to insure Nation-wide @ Franklin D. Roosevelt, Govm of New York: ‘WARM SPRINGS, Ga. “I have read on the train of your telegram to all governors, “I expect to recommend to the Leg- islature first a much needed construc- tion program for hospitals and prisons, ‘The program will be limited only by estimated receipts from revenues with- out increasing taxes. The definite fig- ures of my recommendations will sent to you, and I am asking the act- ing governor to ascertain from all mayors and county authorities the amounts of their gonstruction budgets.” OHIO PLANS ROADWORK. By the Associated Pre COLUMBUS, Ohjo, November 25.— ‘Taking the first step in carrying out his pledge of co-operation in President Hoover's ‘plan to speed up public work 1 STAR. WASHINGTON, UTILITIES GONTROL IS LEFTTO STATES Federal Assurance Given In- dustry in Power Commis- sion Stand. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Coincident with the bringing to Wash- ington of public utility executives to participate in the plans for expansion of construction activities, the Federal Power Commission has given the indus- try an assurance that means more to it than anything that has happened this It s an assurance that the Hoover administration stands for State instead >f Federal control of utilities. For many months the utility industry has felt that g over it was a threat of Federal control. Investigations undertaken by the Federal Trade Commission at the request of the Senate have by no means oeen completed. In fact the commission has just begun its inquiry into the financ of the utility holding com- panies, and will continue its work for several months to come. The industry, on the other hand, has had the fear that the Senate or House would, as a consequence of _these investigations, propose a form of Federal control. Senator Walsh Right. Senator Walsh of Montana, who in- stigated the inquiry originally, said he 'was not prepared to say what It pion would be needed, but that he fell that even the State commissions would be enlightened by the Federal investiga- tion, -This has proved to be correct, for already some of tht States are asking the Federal Trade Commission for data. New York State is making an_ investi- gation of its own. and recently asked for the findings of the Trade Commission on_cretain points. But the Federal Trade Commission, in its final rernfl. will make recom- mendations which can only be put into effect by acts of Congress. fact that the Hoover administration on record now as favoring a continuance of local regulation by the States is big news to the utilities, because they will have the administration mfl against any proposal of Fed regulation. Some of the State public utility com- missions already have gone on record against Federal control. ‘The report of the Federal Power Commission was made public by Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, and Mr. Hoover's intimate friend. Secretary Wilbur is handling the Boulder Dam hearings, and is con- versant with the pro and con of the power controversy. The words in the power commission’s report will there- fore take on the significance of an ad- ministration utterance. The commis- is charged with the regulation of water power on navigable rivers and public lands. Authority of Government. ‘The Pederal Government, of course, 15 ized as having authority to deal the interstate transmission of elec- tric current, while the utilities chal- lenge the theory that the Federal Gov- ernment hds any control over transmis- sion within State boundaries. Less than 10 per cent of all the energy generated is transmitted across State boundaries. ‘ess has not yet dealt with the problem of regulating the interstate transmission, through several plans have been suggested, among them cne by utility interests caling for Federal ap- proval of agreements between utility commissions of contiguous States ‘where the interconnection occurs. ‘The viewpoint of the Federal Power Commission will be puted by the advocates of Government ownership and Federal control. But at this time when the utility industry is being asked to undertake construction profinms to help the husiness situation it will regardasa great stimulus the fact the Federal Power Commission takes its side of the controversy on the purely regulatory phases of the power business. (Copyright, 1929.) so as to further "employment, Gov. Myers W. Cooper yesterday called & mee of county commissioners of Ohio to confer with the State High- way Department December 5 to con- sider a program of improvement of public roads of the secondary type. ‘The governor’s announcement was in line with his statement that Ohio would assume its full 6{1&“ ll: the xro:edbu; absorb any unemployment as outlin the pmbgn'.hl message to the 48 governors, Beside a discussion of the employ- ment situation in Ohlo, the conference called by the governor is expected to take up in detail a plan to bring county roads into junction with the State highway system. Gov. Cooper’s program, as outlined in his answer to President Hoover's mes- sage, involves a road building program of $12,000,000 during the first half of 1930. The governor has asked co- operation of the State highway director in an effort to continue road work throughout the Winter. TAX POSTPONEMENT URGED. ‘TOPEKA, Kans., November 25 ().— Postponement of income tax reduction and application of surplus Federal funds to governmental construction was urged today by Gov. Clyde M. Reed in accepting President Hoover's invitation to co-operate in his business program. ‘The Kansas governor said that with the “liberal” exemptions now in effect, income taxes do not bear heavily and “only apply where there is income.” On the other hand, he said, .general property in the agricultural sections “must pay taxes regardless of whether there are net earnings,” ‘The governor suggested that the pro- posed Federal expenditures should in- clude additional allowances for the na- tional highway system to match State expenditures. APEX’S NEWEST TRIUMPH D.- €, By the Assoclated Press. With the development of serious dif- ficulties for .the Chinese Nationalist East is agaih & prey to uneasiness and disorder. The Nationalists are facing the great- est threat that has ever been made to their rule. They Have powerful enemies in Northern, Western and Southern China, and their allies in Manchuria seem to be slipping away from them. Russia has taken advantage of the situation and has begun a punitive ad- vance, or possibly a real invasion, in ‘Western Manchuria. Meanwhile the position of Plesident Chiang = Kal-shek's armies north of Hankow is precarious. Foreign reports indicate that the Nationalists have been pressed hard. Naval Parley Date Unsettled. Some confusion has arisen at Geneva over & conflict in the dates for the Lon- don Naval Conference, the January ses- sion of the League Council and the second Hague Conference. ‘The London conference and the e Council are both scheduled to begin January 21, and some statesmen, including Foreign Minister Grandi of Italy, would like to have the Council meet a week earlier, But The Hague conference opens about January 3 and government during the week, the Far | g, MONDAY, - NOVEMBER - 25, 1928, OUTSTANDING WORLD EVENTS OF PAST WEEK BRIEFLY TOLD is expected to last for two weeks, which would' cause another conflict. ‘The American delegation to the naval conference was completed by President loover. Former Premier Geo: - Clemenceau, “Tiger” of Prench pol ics for a gen- eration, died in Paris. The disappear- ance of his almost legendary personality from the European scene will have little effect on- international affairs, from which he had retired. Clemenceau an Owistanding Leader. T ] Clemenceau’s work in the conception of the treaty of Versallles will leave its mark on the life of Eus . As & man, he was even more remarkable than as a statesman. Clemenceau was 88. Prance and Germany negotia- tions at Paris to settle the problem of th:e s-‘n’r B;.: 3 'r’rl:le wOerm‘n dele- s _brought conciliatory proposals, E)pln’ for an-anticipated French with- drawal. The treaty of Versailles stipu- lated that a plebiscite be held in 1935 to determine whether the Saar should finally become French or German. Both_sides began-the discussions in a friendly spirit, though the Right Wing of the French Parliament is threatening trouble’ for the French. The negotia- last for several months. ‘ual Ortiz Rublo, candidate of the National = Revolutionary party, .’ tions, b W elected President of Mexico, d’e!elun-: Jose Vasconcelos. Ortiz Rubio supports the Calles-Obregon policies. YOUTH ARRESTED ON CHELK CARGE Harvey A. Dunn May Be Sur- rendered to Baltimore Police Following Capture Here. Indefinite ‘postponement of a party scheduled for the Mayflower Hotel last night was made necessary because of the ‘arrest of the would-be host, a young man giving the name of Harvey Antonio Dunn. “I suppose my party's all off now,” { said Dunn, when taken into custody by | B. Gunner, manager of the local branch of the W. J. Burns Detective Agency, and Detective J. E. Kane, “It certainly seems s0,” said Gunner, “at least for tonight.” Dunn, reported by police to be known under a number of aliases, also is sald to have admitted conviction and sen- tence in Columbus, Ohio, several years ago on a bad-check charge and also that he recently passed similar checks in Baltimore, where police have asked his surrender. Nothing of the identity of the man was known at the hotel when he regis- tered there the latter part of last week. He was only in evidence about the hotel enough to get acquainted with clerks and, as he believed, to gain their confidence, even to the extent of obtaining money from them. A request for the cashing of a check for $1,400 &t the hotel yesterday was refused. Dunn’s bill for the short time he was at the hotel ran up to $180, police were told. It is probable that he will be surrendered to the Baltimore police. DU PONT COMPANY PLANS $25,000,000 PROGRAM By the Associated Pres.. WILMINGTON, D:l, November 325. —An expenditure ovc* the next 12 months of more than $23,000,000 is in- way or authorized, by the Du Pont Co. and its subsidiaries, officials have an- nounced. ; The hbuilding program is pla:ned to meet the needs of the company's varied believe will continue to expand. Of the amount involved, $16,000,700 will go to complete projects already un- der way, including the completion of the rayon plants in the South, the cello- phane plant at Old Hickory, Tenn.; & plant for the Viscoloid Co. at Leomin- ister, Mass., and cxpansions at Belle, W. Va., for the Du Pont Ammonia Corporation. Man Held on $15,000 Theft Charge CHICAGO, November 25 (#).—Milton L. Carren, 43, was arrested here late yesterday for Pittsburgh, Pa. police, who have been seeking him on a charge of %stealing $15,000 from the Westing- house Electric Co. Will Rogers B ‘Says: CALEXICO, Calif., November 25. —Just seen the biggest cotton farm in the world, and it's in Mexico! A poor colored man and a poor mule and a debt was about all I had ever seen on cotton land before. Yet here is 110,000 acres in one piece. ‘That’s enough acres if it was in our cotton States at home to impoverish and keep poor over 20,000 families. Glad to visit Mexico again, but most of my old cronies guessed wrong during the last revolution and I am having a little trouble locating them. volved in butlding projects, either under | manufacturing activities, which oicials | 28! 0000000000000 000000000000000000000 STRIKE RIOT TRIAL WILL BE HASTENED Night Sessions in Prospect to End Hearings in Marion Before Thanksgiving. By.the Assoclated Press. MARION, N. C,, November 25.—Night court sessions were the prospect held out today by Judge G. V. Cowper in an effort to complete before Thanksgiving the trial of four members of the United Textile Workers of America of charges of rioting and resisting an officer as a result of textile strike disorders the 1 pl;iflflxmmfier. 's attorneys, who began presen- tation of their witnesses Blfurdl‘;. esti~ mated they would close their case law today or early tomorrow. The defense announced it probably would take twe days to present its evidence, Alfred Hoffman, who organized locals of the union here and led strikes in the two Clinchfield mills and the Mar- fon Manufacturing Co. mill, which re- sulted in the disorders. is on trial joint- ly. with Del Léwls, West Fowler and Lawrence Hogan, Marion strikers. The State alleges they were mem. y of strikers who moved furniture from the house of man employed by the Clinchfleld Man- ufacturing.Co. to replace a striker, and attacked officers who sought to_restore the furniture to the house. The dis- turbance occurred on August 30, after strll‘(‘;s had been in progress several weeks. Most sericls of the riots here oc- curred on October 2 at the Marion Manufacturing Co. plant. Six strikers were killed in it. As a result indict- ments char| murder have been re- turned aga: eight sheriff’s deputies who will go on trial at Burnsville De- cember 9: d OVIDE MUSSIN, "AMED CONCERT VIOLINIST, DIES By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 25.—Ovide Mussin, concert violinist ani composer, died of a heart attack yesterday et his hl::’me in Brooklyn. He was 75 years old. Born in Nandrin, a subu'b of Liege, Belgium, Mussin was admitted to th2 Royal Conservatory at Liege at the e of 8. He was graduated with the highest distinction and went to Paris with his instructor, Henri Leonard. In 1891 he married Annie Louise H Tanner, & coloratura soprano, ew York City, and together they made two world tours, in 1892 and 1897. He toured widely as a soloist in Eu- cope and was made an officer of the Order of Leopold, and officer of public instruction ofsFrance and Holland, and in 1899 he was made n‘)echl virtuoso professor of violin, Royal Conservatory nlé.lege. by appointment of King Leo- pold. Doors and Sash Low Prifes.’ CAFETERIA Tempting dishes at moderate prices. BREAKFAST — LUNCHEON DINNER | TH AYK FLYING GUARD UNIT IS ADVOCATED HERE Request of D. C. Air Legion Is Referred to Militia Bureau: Chief. Request of the D. C. Air Legion for creation of a District of Columbia Na- tional Guard aviation company has been referred to the chief of the Army Militia Bureau, Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, commander of the National Guard unjts in the local Army corps lnn, stated in a letter received by the legion y. “The only National Guard aviation troops_authorized in this co: area,” Gen. Stephan wrote, “are allotted to the State of Maryland and now are or- ganized at Logan Field. “It appears now that it will be im- possible for the District of Columbia Natlonal Guard to secure the allotment of any aviation troops;- however, your letter is being forwarded to the chief of the Militia Bureau with the request for information as to the possibility of al- locating an aviation unit to the District of Columbia National Guard for future orgennmuon. . Stephan suggested that officials of the legion, which so far has “soloed” 13 student pilots, take up the zation of a local directly with the chief of militia. This will be done within a few days. Alva Sole, president of the legion, and J. A. Shaw, a legion member, will take to the War Department information they have collected, showing the number of civilian pilots and student pilots in the District who would be willing to join a National Guard aviation unit if .one were established here. . They will re- quest that an aviation company be au- thorized for the District. CEMETERY OF ‘CURES’ CLOSED FOR INQUIRY More Miracles Claimed Among Last-Minute Throng to Visit Grave. By the Associated Press, EN, Mass, November 25. Ending one of the great religious demon- strations in the history of the country, Holy Cross Cemetery was closed today to all except funerais by order of C: dinal O'Connell, Roman Catholic Arc] bishop of Boston. .- The third throng of 100,000 during the last three weeks journeyed yester- day to the grave of Rev. Patrick J. Power, seeking miraculous cures. A week ago 200,000. visited the grave. The cardinal closed the cemetery in order -~ ted. have reports of cures inves Lines of the devout, ~hund yards in length, again waited hours in & biting wind to vg" slowly by the grave in final review. The " crippled, the blind and the diseased were among the multitude who up handfuls of earth, or touched les of water to the stone slab or ‘kissed the stone. Hundreds had not left Saturday night. A gypsy band from Cleveland, Ohio; a Chinese family from Chelsea, 11 busses from Springfleld bringing 350 pilgrims, among them 70 cripples, and a 75-yes old captain of the United States Ni in full uniform were among the throng. Numerous cures were reported. One girl from Adams claimed she walked and talked for the first time in five years and left an afidavit naming seven physicians who had declared her to be incurable, e TWO SLAIN IN HOLD-UP. NEW YORK, November 25 (#).—An attempted hold-up of a card game yes- terday resulted in the death of one of nllr:fm robbers and one of their intended victims. The robber, deserted by his two com- panions, remained to shoot it out with one of the card players, who had drawn & revolver. In the duel, a bullet struck Antonio Lanza, one of the players, who died later. The dead hold-up man, known as ~The Jap,” was later identified as An- thony Moffia, chauffeur and barber. WE PAY o)/ OR MORE tound you! with, as little on your Savings organi- militla aviation unit | sjde WOMEN T0 HONOR 5 ‘BRITISH.LEADER Memorial Meeting for Emme- line Pankhurst Will Feature Convention Here. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, British woman leader, will be honored at a memorial meeting in the Capiiol under auspices of the: National Woman's Party, during its annual convention here, December 6 to 9. At an “inter- national dinner” December 7, pians for national and international work for “equal rights” will be mapped out. A reception to the delegates Deceme ber 6 at the new headquarters, to be known as Alva Belmont House, in honor of Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, national president, will open the meeting. ‘That afternoon the national work of the party will be considered, with spe- cial attention given to the ‘“equal rights” amendment, designed to give ‘women and men an equal status wher- ever the flag of the United States flles. ‘The international phase of the work will be discussed December 7. Miss Doris Stevens, chairman of the com- mittee on international action, will pre- sent her report. At the “international dinner” in the baliroom .of the Willard Hotel, Mrs. Inez Haynes Irwin, chair- man of the Authors’ Council, will pre~ e. ‘The memorial meeting on Sinday, December 8, to honor Mrs. Pankhurst will be attended by her daughter, Christabel. The Dodge Hotel will be the scene of the business sessions. The convention will conclude with the call- ing of a delegation on President Hoover | at noon December 9. YOUNG ARAB WOUNDS PALESTINE OFFICIAL By the Associated Press. JERUSALEM, November 25.—Norman De_Mattos Bentwich, attorney general of Palestine, probabl: recover from a flesh wound re striking 'c.h‘z" }:sleutén:h % ‘The sec- and the lt.ru{’e!y emu&h, struck the assassin himself in his thigh. He is being held. ‘The attack occ in the corridor of the government offices, pot far from where Bentwich has prosecuted so vigorously those Arabs he has believed responsible for parts in the anti-semitic rioting of last August. Bentwich is the only Jewish official who holds & post in the government here. Arab executive recently his removal in connection with his prose- ax:ion of cases growing out of the riot- FOR RENT Two Bedrooms, Liv- ing Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Bath and Re- ception Room. Electric Refrigeration. . THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Rd.. Go to Eiseman’s for SWEATERS For Dress . . . for Sport <« . for Work. Every conceivable style and model is represented in our great stock. $3.95 to $10-95 EISEMAN’S 7th & F Sts. 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