Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1930, Page 2

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON ’ BYRD'S FLAGSHIP NEARS ICE PACK FRICTION APPEARS | - OVER TAXI RULES DUTY INGREASED ~DORR S CONVICTED | ON HAT BODIES Milady Chiefly Concerned by Tentative Raise Voted by Senate. Ax the Assaciated Press. Pinished for the time being with t dispute over the American housewift sugar bawl. the tariff-ridden Sena apent an hour on the Smoot-Hawley ®ill vesterday and veted an increased | duty on milady's hats—or rather the | wool felt forms that ultimately lead to | the finished article. ! The increase, which wonld epply also | to the relatively few men's hat bodies that are imported, was approved only conditionally, however. Senator George, Democrat, of Georgia expressed opposi- tion, but allowed it to go through without a roll call with the understand- ing that later he would have a record vote on proposals not only to cut this | duty, but also other protective rates in the wool schedule to the levels of exist- | ing law. Several increases in these | rates, including that on yarn have been ! spproved. Rate Tentatively Accepted. The rate tentatively accepted yester- | day was 33 cents a pound and 50 per cent ad valorem on all values of wool | felt. hat, bodies, 41,000,000 of which were aald fo have entered the United States Iast year under the present levy rang- m‘ofrnm 24 cents and 40 per cent ad valorem to 45 cents and 50 per cent, de- mndln; on value. The new duty would | far below that approved by the | House—40 cents & pound and 75 per | cent. | The Senate rejected an additional Jevy | of 25 cents, which was proposed in the | House bill and the pending bills for each | article of blocked wool felt hat bodies and finished wool hats imported. Senator Gillett. Republican, Massa- ehusetts, argued for the higher duty on hat bodies. He said that while imports had increased 3.75 per cent in the last| three vears the domestic industry had d. with mills refraining from pro- | more than 25 per cent af their y because of the cheaper im- portations. lagge el ca) CRUMBLING LEVEES ROUT RIVER FOLK IN SUB-ZERO COLD| ___ (Continued From First Page) homes in Dunklin and Pemlquezi Cauntles in Southeast Missouri and | Olay and Green Counties, Ark, by water fram 6 inches to 3 feet deep. Waters from the flood will pass down the Old River and Humphreys Slough through Claunch and eventuslly rege the St. Francis. Relieved by the five breaks, the St. Prancis River at other points was fall- ing rapidly and danger of threatened breaks other sections, materially lessened. | Subzero temperatures prevailed | throughout the {iood srea, on the heels ©of an overnight blizzard. | Conditions slong other interior | sireams in the Midsouth were reported improved. The Mississippi River along the cen- tral Teaches of the lower valley ap- roached a crest at stages under the jood mark. ‘Levees at all points glong the Mississippi are capable of with- standing sll of the water in sight, engineers say. DEATH RIDES BLIZZARDS. | Two Dead Each in Ohio Tilinods as | Temperatures Slump. CHICAGO, Janugry 18 (#).—Misery and death rode here and there and dis- comfort went everywhere todsy on the crest of one of the most extensive cold | waves in history. North, South, East and West experi- | enced either blinding bliasards, chilling | wind or tempergtures shrunken to um- | bearable depths. | Two persons died in Ohio and two in | Chigago of the extreme cold, and death | counted 14 others in biizsgrd-ridden Southwest States. Temperatures reached 3s low as 14 degrees below zero in the flooded areas of Indi Missouri, Iilois and Ar-| kansas he homeless families along | the St. Francis River in Southern Mis- Sourl and Northarn Arksnsss resched NEW ORLEANS, La., January 18 (#), —-A frigid blast blew over the South taday. bringing death to five persons, injuries to hundreds and sufferings to| thousands. It hove out of the North- west with startling suddenness and | stretched down into the Guif of Mex- | iea, where eold weather is & nnvclty.‘ | liam O'Brien, the slain man's widow, — | ish subject. | i7ed, shall heve the identical rights | ment as men. | penalty for my marriage, I want to pay | OF SLAYING O'BRIEN | ! | Chicagoan Sentenced to Life’ | as Wife Screams Mate of Victim Slew Him. By the Associated Press. i CHICAGO. January 18.—Samuel | Howard Dorr tonight was found guilty | of the murder of William O'Brien, hus- | | band of his alleged parameur, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The jury was aut 3 hours and 15 minutes, Dorr expressed displeasure st the verdict, declaring he would “rather die in_the' electric chair than spend the | rest of my life in prison.” The verdict threw the court room into confusion. Mrs. Rose Dorr, the defendant's wife, sereamed that the procedure had been ‘unfalr.” then fainted and was carried from the room. As Mrs. Dorr was being carried from the court room she revived and screamed: “She did it! She did it! T saw it all and they wouldn't let me testify.” The “she” referred to was Mrs, Wil- who also faces trial on charges of mur- der for her husband’s slnln’. i was shot to death in his apartment last November 20. The jury heard twa centradictory versions of O'Brien's death and the events leading up to it. The State pictured Dorr as an illicit | lover, coveting his neighbor's wife and planning his death that he might col- lect the victim's life insurance and | claim his mate. The defense described | Dorr as a friend of the O'Briens, seek- ing to bring about harmony between them and trying to dissuade Mrs. O'Brien from committing suicide be- | cause of what was said to be mistreat- ment by her husband. MRS. OWEN BRINGS HEARERS TO TEARS AS SHE TELLS STORY (Continued From First P Altham Owen, and pleaded for Tecog nition of the rights of citizenship for American women. Mrs. Owen married Mr. Owen, who | died two vears ago in Florida, in 1910 ! and under the law in that year thereby lost her citizenship, becoming s Brit- She regained that citisen- | ship in 1925, two years after the Cable | act became effective, and which pro- | vides that American-born women who have lost their citizgnship rights | through marriage to & forelgner, and | who have subsequently become natural- | though they had never lost thet iti Under this law, Mrs. Owen contended yesterday, she was estab- lished as entitled (0 her seat in the | House. She presented § statement frem | Representative Cable, suthor of the act which bears his name, {ndicating her | interpretation as correct. “The purpose of this act” Owen said, “was to do justice to ican women; to plage them on su equal- Mrs. Amer- ity before the law with men who have never lost their citizenship by marriage. | You cannot deny my claim without say- | ing to millions of American women that they are not entitied to the same treat- If T must pay s legel it proudiy—as proudly ‘as I bear my husband's name. 1If this election on- | test is going to define the citizenship | rights of women who have been criminated against by past laws of the | land, T welcome the chanee it has given me 10 present our side of the case. Asks and Expects Justice. “I ask nothing more than justice and 1 expect nothing less from this commit- tee. I ask confirmation of my election, not anly for myself, but fer all Amer- | ican women. I gsk that you serve natice | to them in making your decision that | their citizenship rights sre jo be re- | spected by the Government. | “I am American horn. My aneestors | fought in the Revolution. You might | ion by following the march of my four e West. Well you know what father pla country. to Eave never renounced alle country, nor ple lnulh;r. ml E" pledged alieglance to | ground—the background which t - stitution intended to requ&r‘: s barriers ought not to apply to me. “It was suggested here yesterday by counsel for my opponent that women who married foreigners and returned to | this country after years abroad, might | bring back vicious habits. i :uu the progress of American civiliga- | ran to summon: reat-grandfathers across the plains to | called to Moore, who answered from part my | upstaivs and told the ehief to “come | ved in the history ¢f your | up.” | stairway landing and was covered by tients unable to ance | Moore's gun. | rn bootle Counsel | 3 dry raid in Baltimore three years | The srehitect’s sketch of the proposed new 3,200,000 naval hospitaj center, legisiation for which will be introduced in the House tomorrew by Bepresentative Britten. | . MEDIGAL CENTER C. B. . PRESIDENT | - PRAISES FORUN | out, are not sufficiently concentrated for | FOR NAVY URGED Representative Britten to In- troduce Bill Authorizing $3,200,000 Structure. (Continued Prom First Page.) s0-called “modern” hospitals. The de- sign would not be considered up-to-date at the present time, Representative Britten emphasizes. 1t is net fireproof. though perhaps fire-resisting, and its facilities, he points | convenlent and economical administra- | which sccommodates 2¢ patients: also | tion There are four wards, each of the sdministrative units, rooms, x-ray department, efc, operating 8 bso‘cnuy there was additional ‘cons‘truc ?on on the reservation—three buildings praviding 37 beds for sick of- ‘ ficers, accommodations for contaglons and mental cases and quarters for hos- pital corpsmen. There are also three sets of quarters for officers and & aome | for the nurses. | and there are no rooms for officer pa- | overnment. e eacsives Trom the Vatetans' Bu. | the farum is to bring before the bublic |open wards, which is contrary to the sles by members of Co | qusiom at Walter Reed Hospital and Government officials. { ficulty and expense for up-keep and ' resume of the Robert Knox Moncure, formerly of Washington, a3 prohibitien agent, killed [lam night in a Florida rald, snd his | | wife. . TWO DRY ARE SLAIN IN RAID | AT WEST PALM BEACH (Continued Prom First Page.) Matthews sald he reached the | Police _discovered that Moore's wife | ave the American back- | and small daughter were in the home at | the time of the slaying 5. | Pclice aald it had gecn alleged that | truck load of liquor had been taken to the house Friday night. They aaid jpare has been known to ‘hem sa » | er. A cousin of Moncure was killed on ‘The total number of beds available in permanent buildings is 193, which wauld be generally sufficient for Navy requirements alone, but the sick affi- cers’ guarters are habitually overtaxed reau, hence they are assigned to the elsewhere. Commissary Inadeguate, ‘The commissary department in the main bullding is inadequate for the total number of patients, inclusivi those from the Veterans' Bureau, resentative Britten says. He points out that thers are ‘!'x wooden structures erected during ! war, and now a constant source of dii- maintenance. The fire hazard is s se- rious problem, he stresses, particularly in the largest of these temporary buildings, which is H-shaped and con- taips four wards of @) imately beds each, accommoa Imost of the medical cases, both those from the Navy and the Veterans' Bureau. | AGENTS 0 el M T b B ! i) effort is made to avoid putting bed- ridden patients on the upper floprs, buj this is Rt always practicable, the hos- pitable authorities have advised Mr. Britten. The distance of these temporary buildings from the main kitchen and = he said. "I the diet kitchen an the tep of the hill | help. Ohief of Police | also is & source of serious inconven- | 1°Leving that | Matthews walked into the nouse and jence and some hardship, since meals must be cooked and then transported on readways equivalent to nearly three city blocks before being served to pa- leave their wards ally there are 80 or more tap do se. Representative Britten says that his buflding program would Testrict n building construction to the top of tl hill, where most of the }nrlumnl bulldings are already ed. The Bureau of Yards and Decks haa made studies and sketches at his request, with these points in mind. U to 5| W 1] own industry, there are lai Star Programs Type That Stimulate Thought, Says {} W. S. Paley. B William $. Paley, president of the Columbla Broadeasting System, who | testified yesterday before the Senate | Interstate Commerce committee, paid 3 glowing tibute to the National Radio Forum, srranged by The Star and | broadcast weekly over s coast-to-coast | network of Columbia stations. | | Paley told the commitiee, which is mfldmfn hearings on the Couzens bill | providing for the grouping of r'm.| telephane, telegraph and cables under the control of a new commission, that the Star's forum is the type of program | t stimulates people to think.” | Regular feature progr such as the National Radio Forum,” Paley de- claved, “have built vast redio audi- | | ences. This program emanates from Washington and is arranged by The Washington Star. It is the type of gram that stimulates people to think he facilities of the Columbia network thus have been made available in this serles to members of the legislative, executive and judicial branches One of the objects of the currently impartant legislative fs- ngress and other Quistanding Fegtures, Paley slso called the committee's at- tention to other outstanding features either already broadeast over the Oo- | lumbis network or to go on the air in the near future. Two new features, he | wid._sre to be the series of interna- tional good-will pre each Ambassador and Minister to ti nited States will take part, and th roceedings of the Lon don Naval Conference by Frederie Wil- | liam Wile, veteran radio palitical an- | alyst, both of which are to begin Tues- Anpther mew stiraction, he sald be the “Ameriean Schogl ef th | Air," to make its debut February 4. Paley appeared before the cammit- | tee primarily to ple co-operation 10 | ve broadcasting and urge that | | nof hlllg":e doneuk) Ipuvent his eom- | pany from continuing en business basis.” | Bysiness for Public. i | “In stating the importance of radio,” | | do not wish to lead you inte | T regard it as other than ? bu . It is the function of | lightened business, however, to ger ,xl\’owmc, snd in doing that we are | | foll § in the footsteps of the great- | est and most successiul industries in | | America. Happlly, in the e of our | oppor- | tunities to be of such service than may | be found perhaps in any other line of | | aotivity, with the possible exception of | the public pri | “As proof that this is a resl palicy and not a mere phrase, I am going to | leave with you today, If 1 may. a brief digest. of our major activities aside from | | sponsored programs during the last | | six months of 1929 and an analvals of | the | ~ WILLIAM §. PALEY, CITIZENS DEBATE JONES" RESOLUTION ON COMMISSIONERS (Qontinued From First Page.) by that organization, urging the feder- ation’'s support. Prolonged discussion greeted a report of the committee on police and fire pro- | teetion, which opposed any sll-night parking restriction here. B. A Bawles of Geargetown, urged 4 rule limiting the use of streets for park- ing cars at night to five hours. A mo- tioh to recommit the report to the cam- mittee lost, 39 votes to 17, and the re- Port as submitted was sdopted without record vote. A report adverse to any new legisla- tion on pedestrian control was also Illd.tl by ;h:.awmmltm. and ungni- 3n of Copgress Heights, to the general apathy of delegates toward thelr committee as- signments, pointing out that the com- mittee on fiscal relations had made two attempts to hold meetings, and that anly two delegates had been present on each occasion. President Havenner admitted that West End promptly teok Dr. Havenner at his word, and Havennmer b forthwith changed him from the com- mittee on public celebrations ta the committee on fiscal relations. E. 8. Htg“of Chevy Chase intraduced 8 regalut asking the federation urge the removal from the 1931 District sppropriation bill of $300,000 recom- mended for the purchase of a wholesale m-oauu market in Southwest Wash- N gr :mkhn was u;q n . Yaden suggested that Mr. Hege, who is chutm’un of the !ulcrm;#s special market committes, be ingtrueted mnfl::m the federation's views to WANTS END PUT TO BAN, ‘Polioe and Traffic Bureau Say 'Whether Vessel Can Get { | | | | { | — | preseribed in these rules and reguls an the drive for funds to be undertaken | | | -4 nc,[ullllont which forbids the issuance | Utilities Commission Is Try- ing to Usurp Powers. (Continued From First. Page.) partments, which it expects. Moreover. it was denied that the commission made | any effort to usurp the authority of | cither department, 3s the regulations affect only cammon carriers, over which it has jurisdiction. - While members of the commission admitted they had not conferred with | palice or traffic officials, it was pointed out that a widely advertised public | hearing was held on the new public ve- hicle code prior to its promulgation, and that only one Tepresentative of the Police Department was present, and he offered no objections to any of the pro- visions. However, Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick. chalrman of the commission, 3ald if there are any points of conflict between the commission’s code and the police” or traffic regulations, amend* ments would be made to remove them. As far as the commission’s new regu- 10ns g0 in setting up a schedule of rates d the amount of liability surance to be carried by the taxi oper- aiors, the police and traffic authorities find no criticism. But the ohjections lie in a long series of rules regarding equipment and operation of the vehicles on_the public streets. Trafic officials point out that the | trafic act authorizes the director of | traffic “to make reasonable regulations with respect to brakes, horns, lights and muffiers and other equipment,” but the commission notwithstanding sets forth in its regulations the specific types of brakes, horns, headlights, tail lights, etc., to be required on public vehicles. Herein the Trafic Department claims | an unsurpation of authority. Say Rules Conform, | The commission tgkes an entirely | different. view with Trespect to these regulations. It contends that all of the regulations regarding equipment were taken from the traffic code and | conforms with it in every detail. { ravision in the commis regulations requiring public ve- hicles to be equipped with a motor ade- quate to propel them, fully loaded, over & smooth, level pavement, at 8 rate of speed of not less than 35 miles an ur, This infers, traffic officials claim. that such vehicles might be permitted to operate at that rate of speed. The commission’s regulations, how: ever, in one fl'" stipulate that the ve hicles shall be operated in accordance with the laws of the District, but in an- other declare the speed shail not be greater t| is reasonable and proper, ! having regard for ‘“pertinent” police | and traffic regulations and the condi- tions of traffic and of the highways. Then, In a subsequent paragraph the | commission says: “Except as otherwise specificed or| tions, every motor vehicle shall be ap- erated in compliance with the traffic and motor vehicle regulations of the District of Columbia.” The Police Department is sroused chiefly over twa features of the com-| mission’s new regulations—one Axing the age Mmit of drivers of public vehicles at not less than 18 years, and the other regarding the licensing of operators. Section 16 of srticle ¢ of the m . regulations, it was explained, specifical- ly forbids the issuance of licenses to drivers of public vehicles under 21 years of age, Yet the commission, police of- ficlals declared, is sttempting to re-| duce this lmmglt and permit boys | o eperate cabs. The present age llmlt‘ of 31, it was poin out, was fixed | primarily to prevent minors fram driv- ing taxicabs because of the objection of parents. The reduction of the age limit was done inadvertently, it was said at the commission. ~Opinion was expressed, however, that another provision in the T permits to persons not competent to rate motor vehicles would cen- trel this situation if it is found unde-! ble to: issue licenses to drivers under 31 yogrs of g With respeet to the licensing eof drivers, police officials declare the commission is Tunning counter to the license law of 1903 which places the responsibility for the issuance of licenses on the tax assessor, contingent upon the approval of the Police De- partment. e license law says that "lllgicl‘km for licenses shall be made to the sssessor and mo license shall be igsued until an investigation of the character of the application by the Police Department,” and ‘“‘the Police Department shall keep a record of every person a0 licensed.” Can Revoke Licenses. ‘The Distri | cambe G. Johnson, James B. Reynolds, A. Through Is Major Topic in Camp. BY RUSSELL OWEN, By Radio to The Star New York Times LITTLE AMERICA. Antartica, Jan- uary 17.—The bark City of New York, Rear Admiral Byrd's sturdy little flag ship, which is coming to take the pedition home, was 444 miles north of cott Isiand yesterday and should reach he ice pack in a few days. What she will find then and whether she will be able to get through the fce is the major topic of conversation in camp. The unusually heavy lce pack this year has made us doubt many times whether the City of New York and the supply ship Eleanor Bolling can pene- trate it. Everything depends on the rapidity with which the pack disin- tegrates in the next few days. Ordinarily there would be no doubt of the ships coming through easily, but this year the pack was wider at the 180th meridian than any time since the whaies have been coming South. Whales Searred in Tee Passage. ‘This “Summer” the whales did not Appear in any numbers souih of the pack, and the few which were found were badly scarred by ioe. Admiral Byrd, however, is not at ali concerned about the situation. The only disagreeable aspect of it is that the ships may arrive here so late that load- ing will be hurried and possibly cur- talled to some extent in order to get out befare the pack begins to censol- idated and freeze again. That started soon after the middle of February last year. The Summer season is short in the Antarctic. Already the days are a lit- tle cooler and the wind nips. Our stay here, we hope, is now only & matter of a little more than three weeks longer. The meteorological kites which broke loose a few days ago and disappeared in the south have been found at the bot- tom of the bay. about 2 miles south- west of Cape Manhead. They were found by Dr. Francis D. Coman, who as been helping in the making of a surface sw of the bay to check up with the aerial survey. ‘The kites were apparently uninjured. although they were hall buried in the snow which had drifted over them in the strong winds since they were lost. The meteorograph, which records jperature, humidity and pressure, was brought back. The meteorologists were delighted to recover it, for ft is their best instrument and is the one that was carried on the plane during the poler flight. Flew for 24 Hours. to their astonishment they that the kite holding the h had flown for at lesst Much found meteoro; | 24 haurs after the wire snapped. The lower kite must have caught on the snow surface and held the upper one flying until it was brought down by snow or rim forming on it by the wind dropping. It hit the surface of the frozen bav with & bang which showed on the re- volving record sheet, but the instru- ment was not injured. The kites can now be recovered. al- though it is doubtful if they will be flown much more because our de- R Rt e 3 r g&hhfld g the Er'.iu!‘&\':' *paxt pigeien” Al Tighte for pubilestion reserved ' through- COMMERCIAL BANK CONSOLIDATES WITH CONTINENTAL TRUST (Continued Prom First Page.) | tinental Trust Go. in charge of the. ‘women's department. The board af directors announced at the conclusion of the meeting is made up from the two boards. It ineludes six present or former directors in the Con- tinental, the remainder being selented from the commereial roster. The merged bank's directorate is compased of the following; James H. Baden, Oharles Oonard, Wade H. Coeper, H. Bradley Davidson, E, C. Davidson, W. J. Harrison, Charles A. Goldsmith, Hayden Johnson, Hei- James L. Karriek, . M, Rizik, Percy H. Russell, James Sharp, Laurence A. Slpughter, Emmons 8. 8mith, jr.; Na- than B. Scatt, 3d, Ralph D. Quinter, George Tully Vaughan and Bates War- ren. MF. Dlluli:m, in retiring as president of the Commercial, also re- tired from the board of directors. The merger is one of the most im- portant moves in local banking eircles in several years. Mr. Cooper has been The hi wind was accompanied by snow, and sleet, and transportation in the Middle South was crippled. No part of the South save Southern and Central Plerids was spared by the cold wave. H The coldest temperature in the South | was recorded at Fayetteville, Ark. thermometers read 19 degrees below kindly disclaimed any personal refer- 0, having been shot s he went around ence o me. but I should like to account | A ohee o Intended t seareh, Soronis commitiee for the years T was | Patterson is survived by his wite snd ad ‘and absent from my own | three small children. u and varied occasions, in all parts of the | tions was quickened vesterday by the '";f:;rv m.v marriage I went to Jamaica | cigls of the Treasury last night, snd | | Nation, Columbia has done its ?.n in | prej 1 of Senator Jones, Republican, i 4 |tub=znd,l Who was an engineer, | in the absence of such reports they | | serving the peaple. We are able to of Washington, that the law be amend- d then to England. The war bioke | declined to comment. | der service in increasing ble out in 1914 and my husband immedi- | * Moneure was 8 grandson of | cauze, wish now publicly to the current week's division of time over | | our network. . This shows that our feld | With two g | has become almost as broad as that of | Made on the Board of Commissianers, | a1l human activity, and that on many | Interest in the fortheoming nomina- this law, are g voke the licenses of the drivers of lic vehicles upon convietion far v tion of its provisions. Thus, police officisl claim, the commission alse may Tun into conflict with the Commis- sioners in its-attempt to regulate the character of drivers. sources of $50,000,000, it is definitely Again the commission contends that | stated by Mr. Cooper that the United head of the United States Savin; Bank, as well as of the Continental, di- viding his time between the twe insti- tutions. While the officials of the con- solidated bank assert that there is a possibility of further mergers later that might build up an institutien with re- tments soon to be |od to make ¢l for the ofce of B T 4 te | Commissioners persons who retain a vero, Four deaths were reported from Tennessee and one from Louisiana. Thermometer reading ees below zero at Shreveport, La.; 4| iegrees ahove at Florence, Als.; ¢ below | at Little Rock, Ark.: 2 below at Nash- ville. Tenn.: & gabove at Greenville, Miss.. & sbove at Alexandris, Ia.: 2 below st Dallas, Tex.: 3 above at Mem- phis. and 30 degrees at New Orleans. RELIEF PARTIES RUSHED. Jee Following Levee Bresks Hampers Rescue Efforts. VINCENNES, Ind., January 18 (#).— Rescue parties made their way through ‘watery wastes of Southern Knox Coun- 1y today to succor the people who were trapped in their homes when a White River levee broke yesterday and permitted flood waters to spread over 20.000 acres. Tee which formed when the tempers- ture dropped to 13 degrees below zero retarded the rescuers. FOUR MEN FREEZE TO DEATH. KANSAS CITY, Janusry 18 (#).— Aithough a break in suz-zero tempers- tures today brought some relief to the Southwest and Rocky Mountain greas, the icy hand of Winter, which has exacted a toll of nearly a score of lives and caused untold suffering, still main- tained its grip Today's cold fatalities included an unidentified man who froze to death in & tourist camp at Clinton, Okla. Albel Johnson wanderea from his home at Independence, Kans., and _relatives found his frozen body. C. E. King was found dead in his unheated cabin near ‘Tecumearl, N. Mex. P. A. Parks died from exposure and injuries after being struck by s motorist at Pampa, Tex Fourteen d¢ from cold were re- ported previously. RED CROSS IN ACTION, By the Associated Press, ST. LOUIS, Mo, January 18.—The American Red Cross had marshalled its disaster rellef farces tonight to brin relief to Missouri, Arkansas, Illinols an Indians_communities strieken by Mid- winter floods. Headquarters here snnounced thet welief organizatiens were set up in Carmi and Mount Carmel, Ill, and Vincennes, Ind., to take care of 750 to 1,000 fam! lies estimated to be affected by flood: 1 jol American Women's War Ee’ll:‘l‘.drut:l‘; onganization, and served on the execu- tive committee in active work with Mrs. Herbert Hoover until 1915, Had te Support Family, “In 1915 my husband was ordered to | the Dardanelles and in order to be near | him I took service as a nurse in pt. Long exposure injured my nu.fi'%a-n health and he was advised to take s | year's leave of absence to insure recav- He refused. The resul was that he left the army st the end of the war a hopeless invalid. 1 brought him back to this country to live. His family's his health. I never had en income my- | self. It was necessary for me to go to work. I had to earn money for the | support of my husbapd and my Ifiuri children.” | When Mrs. Owen reached this point | of her story, her voice lowered. It be- came 30 low as to be almost insudible. | She did not look direetly at her sudi- | ence as she did previously. She t her husband's death in this Soon she raised her voice and, faster, as though to be o things she would tell, she began on the work she took and told how it made it impossible to file an spplication for | naturalization st that time. went into university extension work.” she continued, “as a lecturer. I spent long months from home earning maney. My absence made it impossible for me to file my application for naturalization under the Cable act | until 1935, although otherwise I might | have filed it two years earlier.” Pays Tribute te Husband. She hesitated again, then said, “I did not object to work, for my husband was injured in the defense of his coun- T “There have been many tributes to wives and mothers,” she went on, her' voice growing low again, “and now I want to pay s tribute to & husbangd. Not only did Maj. Owen have courage in war—he won five citations for gal- lantry” (here she flung her head up and faced her listeners)— " but he alsa had the courage to face the slow but oach of death in peace. the room looked everywhere but at Mrs. Owen. They dn(!od | handkerchiefs from pockets and “the women among those who came just for curlosity cried openly. Mrs. Owen said one morg sentence P of the last week on the Wabash, Ohio ! and smaller rivers. Other relief workers were sent into the Eontheast. Missouri-Northeast Arkansas ifiood belt, and sat down. myself; If there is of the Supreme Court of Appe: | State of Virginia, and son of Wil- | | liam Bustace fortune had been impaired, as well as | - May I repmat ny En-"y of law to be laid on me cause of mif marriage. I want to bear that penalty as I bear my husband's name—proudly.” ! Judge ul Judge 1 of the | T.. C. L. Moneure of Stafford, Vi Moncure, attorney, of sburg, Va. word of the tragedy reached | here Jast night | throug| | whose press-dispateh accounts w followed shortly by private telegrams to LR t Kellam, 1430 Ohapin . Margeret Kel ch & AiBLar was the first | street, & sister of Moncul death. An- relative here to learn of other sister is Mrs. Frank Glean ef g edral Mansions. Anether brother sister, Richard Moneure and M Houston K. SBweetser, live at Frederiek: bu oncure leaves a wife, formerly of this eity, and son, Robert Moncure, i, 14 years of n!.e. ‘They made their home | at Lake Worth, where, in addition to his f)cuvm:- as prohibition agent. the fam- | ly Inn." Moncure was born in Fredericksburg | in the family home, one of the his-| toric residences < f the ¢ He served one enlistment in_the Navy, making s | trip around the world with the fleet, | and during the World War was in the merchant marine. { Mr. and Mrs. Moncure had been in Plorida for several years. He was a truck farmer before purchasing the hotel and joining the Federal prohibi- | tion forces. He wi and m feariess agent many raids, it was sald, without. his & He was severely acalded sometime ago while serving advance guard In & raid n he was precipitated into & vat of steaming | mash st an llicit still. He was in the | hospital for some time following th accident, but was not permanently i jured. Moncure was 6 feet tall and a | powerful man physically. Funeral arrangements had not been | completed late last night. ATTACKER IS SENTENCED, KANSAS CITY, January 1§ ( Russell ©. Arnold, 53, ence liberated from a death sentence imposed In Ka sas and confessed attacker of & 1 yepr-old girl, whom held priso) in an underground chamber last cember, tonight was convicted of the statutary :h-rg; and sentenced to life imprisonment by a jury in vcun Court Camp, th¥ girl, was known as LANDFUNDS URCE Landscape Architects Favor Immediate Appropriation by Congress. A congressional approprigtion for im- mediate acquisition of additiongl land or the Natienal Arboretum, the outdeer Iaboratory for scientific research on plant life, established in 1927, was recommended by the American Soclety of Landscape Architects at its last con- vention meeting here yuurdg. Dr. rrefleru:{ V. Coville, batanist of the United States Department of A culture, the acting director of the arboretum, in presenting & comprehen- was conducting the “Washington | sive description of the institution’s work | before the soclety, explgined that 268 cres of an authorized 1,000 had been quired, and that the Secretary Agriculture planned to make additions! purehases. ““The importance of this institution to the Nation s so great as to justif) enigrgement of the present a soclety asid in resalutions. In urging acquisition of additional lsnd, the soelgty recommended that provision be made “for establishment of an approved policy of administration and for the preparation of a comprehensive ann of development for the entire ares.” The National Arboretum st present comprises Mount Hamilton, Hicky Hill and the water-lily gardens at Kenil warth, where laboratory studies dueted under supervision of Dr. Coville. | Miss Huyler Weds Executive of | Aeronautical Firm. NEW YORK, January 1§ (#).—Mis Elizabeth Huyler, aviatrix, and Al lison Gillies, vice president of the sero- nautical firm of Grover Loening, Ine., were married here today. The bride is the \‘:u hter of Mrs. G. Seatt Pindlay of Stony Point, N. V.. and the Inte r | Frank de Klyn Huyler, candy mgnu- facturer. She has taken part in many aviation meets and is a “fi In' les- woman” for the Ourtiss-Wright fiying service. Her husband, ® Massachusetts Inatitu here. Dorothy Van chained to & bed in the underground room by Arnoldy of is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gillies, also of Stony Point. | ta you, we are absolutely independen! | “‘We serve no special interest. We | | have no entangling alllances. We de- | | pend for our earnings snd our success | solely upon the sale of time for spon- sored nregrams, and the value of spon- | sored nrograms. in turn, depends UpoR | the support which the public gives to us | | because of what we give to it. | ““In @ brogd sense, the Columbia Svs- | tem is regulated by the same supreme | power that regulates and chooses the | Congress—the people. Their applause, ! their criticism, their suggestions ecan- stitute the greatest and most effective Tegulation. “ By a alight turn of the | wrist” millions of listeners may vote | for or against the Columbia System. | Therefore, the day, the hour, the min- | ute, and perhaps even the second that | to & broadeasting system displeases | public, it polls a negative vote which is | | quickly reflected and promptly heeded. | Public Confidence Necessary. “Our position is the same as that of » gieat newspaper or periodical which | while it frankly sells advertising, is de- | pendent, upon the confidence of the peo- | ple who read its columns. We have | entire freedom from outside financial | control. We have no seeret or special :.hmt:‘vu to pursue. We have full in- ndence in every respect. *The winnin principle of American business is competition. Celumbia has relained its position in its field by r orously striving to excel. This competi- tion hes been of aimost inestimable | benefit not only to network broadeast+ | Ing but to every listener at American fivesides. b | A8 the head of Columbis, 1 :.20::. to oppose any broad, con- TRt ulnlgn?mnl-un' to brogd- casgting, whieh I feel is fraught with public interest. 1 pledge the fullest as- sistance to bring about improvement. The very genuine interest and careful | study your committee is giving to this subject 1§ an indication that ne hasty or ill-advised legisiation will be passed. “The one thing I hope sbove #ll else | is that no legislation will be enacted | which will prevent us from continuing | on » sound business basis. In conduct- | ing Columbia on what we consider to be & sound business basis we must nec- essarily keep uppermost in our minds | the need of rendering real public service, | which T construe as the keystone of apy | 'successful business enterprise. We have | found aurselves able to devote approxi- wately 76 per cent of our time on the | air to service, as cantrasied with spon- | | sored programs.” - > 2 | After living broken back, Fred German. 69, died | recently at Matlock, England. | consistent herewith is hereby repesled. | Yoking residence in s State. provided they have lived or of business in the YOIB;L nator Jones explained shortly after he had introduced Frlue bill that s ur- Pose was to widen the fleld from which selections might be made. In response to questions as to whether he thought 1t would be possible to enact the amend- ment in time tq make it effective in eonnection with the forthcoming ap- pointments, Senator Jones aald ©could not predict how soon the measuve would be acted on, but that he would endeavor to have it considered when the Senate District committee meets. Ne date has heen set for the next meeting of the committee, and Sens- r Jones sald vesterday evening he had not yet discussed the subject with Chairman Oapper. The terms of Commissioners Dough- erty and Taliaferro expired February 4, maintained a place District for three | but the law is so_worded that a Gom- | missioner holds oMice until the appoint- ment for the ensuing term is made and confirmed. Under this provision the forthcoming nominations would not have ta be submitted to and acted on by the Senate by that date. There were some indications yesterdgy that appaintments might not he made priar to_the urmnm of the present terms. The exi nal' law defining the resi- dence qualifications of elvilian Cam- missioners is s part of the Distriet’s nr‘lnlc act of 1878, and reads as follows: “The two persons | nted fram civil life shall, 't the time of their ap- polntment, citisens of the United States, and shall have been actual resi- dents of the Distriet of Columbis for three years mext before their appeint- ment and have, during that peri claimed residence nawhere else * ¢ Senator Jones said yesterday it was his understanding that the law had been construed to mean that persons | Who retain the right to vete in one of the States are not eligible to be Com- missioners, even though they had re- sided here or been in business here for the preceding three-year period. The amendment to the law which he Proposes reads as follows: ‘Two persons appointed Commission- ers of the Distriet of Columbia from civil life shall at the time of their ap- polntment be citisens of the United States and shall have been actual resi- dents of the Distriet of Columbis, or have actually maintained therein an affice or place of husiness, for three years next before their appointment, provided. that maintaining s voting res- Appointment. Any provision of law in- r 36 years with a ldence elsewhere shall net prevent such | the vehie! ', atation before being restored to service, its Tegulations call for no change in the present system of licensing drivers. In addition, it has fortified itself be- hind a recent opinion of Corperation Counsel Willlam W. Bride, its general counsel, who held that Congress in- tended that orders of the commission should be “supreme” over any regu- lations made by the District Com- missioners or the director of traffic in so far as they pertain to regulation or operation of commen carriers. Bride made this ruling December 6, last. on a question as to the authority of | the commission to designate space on | the public streets for public vehicles. ‘The commission’s regulations with re- spect to drivers forbid persons addicted to the use of narcetics or intoxicating | liquor, who are not of good moral ehar- acter, and who are mentally or physi- eglly defective, to aperate publie vehicles. It was pointed out that such persons cannot Row procure licenses, and that an elaborate system has been set up in the Trafic Bureau. under the direction of Sergt. Joseph Harrington, hack in- agtewr. for keeping a careful check on the uvon. even after the licenses are anted. Serious violations af the traffic wa or ether misdemeanors, as well as lontes, results in the immediate can- lation of the lcense. Both the Trafie Department and the Police Department are disturbed ove: stik another provision in the commis- sion’s code regarding accidents, which | reads: Repair Regulation. “Any motor vehicle concerned in or | involved in an accident or collision ren- dering such motor vehicle unfit for ug‘-uwan in its intended service, or which results in serious personal injury or fatality, shall be immediately taken to the garage or ahop of the company and held not mere than 2¢ hours after notice of such aceident or collision has n given to the commission, No re- pairs or adjustment shall be made to any such motor vehicle during such 3¢ hours without permission from the com- gmwn or its authorized representa- ves.” This provision, according to traffic autharities, is contrary to present pro- cedure. All vehicles involved in seri- ous accidents under umln{ practice, it was said, are held by the police B:" m‘l an examination of brakes, adlights snd other equipment, or until & corner’s inquest can be held. A number of such vehicles, it was said. States Savings Bank is not being econ- sidered in connection with any merger at present. He expects to retain his position at the head of this bank. Plans toward tl ible consolida- tion of the Commere! d the Conti- tental were instituted several weeks ago. Oonferences at first pointed to an early agreement. But commitiees represent- In%fiu two banks soon struck some bafiing snags and the negotiations ‘were dropped. only to be quietly revived later and consummated rather suddenly. ‘The Commereial National Bank is 26 years old, having opened for busi- ness on Octaber 19, 1804, in banking roams which then occupied the present site. In a few years the bank wth demanded lsrger quarters and the in- stitution built the pre t home. The Commercial is now one of the largest financial institutions in the eity. The Continental Trust Co. was es- tablished 18 years ago, September 1, on G street, moving to its present loca- tion, at Fourteenth and H streets, six years ago. The late Nathan B. Scott, a former United States Senator, was president of the bank for many vears. Col. Cooper succeeded him. Nathan B. Scott, 3d. is ene of the assistant cashiers of the merged bank. Mr, Cooper, who takes the helm -of the new bank, is a native of Sauth Car- olina. He was educated in public and aged in the practice of law. While a resident. of Neshville. Tenn., he served | on the staff of former Gov. Taylor. ‘When he first came to Washington he practiced law. He was elected to the presidency of the United States Savings Bank in 1910, president of the former National Savings Bank in 1912 and of the Centinental Trust Co. in 1920. He served on important Liberty Loan and war relief committees, is a member of the District Bangers' Asso- ciation, the American Bankers' Asso- clation and = director in several cer- porations here and in New York. Col. Cooper is also & member of the Washington Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce many clubs. He is a Methodist in religious afliations and independent in polities. ‘The combined institution is in a posi- tion to offer every banking service. The consolidated staffs will work today to unite all departments in readiness for tomorrow's cambined business under a single roof. The Commercial owns its own building, while the Continental has also have been held by the police at the request mf the trafic department, until assurg@ee had been received that had been ired and tested at fhe traffic bureau's testing been he in rented quarters. Commercial National Bank stock sold on the Washington Stock Exchange yes- ' terday at $250 per share, while the last 7 nl'll'lo;loonhlntnhl ‘Trust was recorded a