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WEAT HER. (0. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast ) Fair tonight and tomorrow, et temperature tonight about 10 degrees; iture tomorrow. with low- Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 No. 31,313. Entéred as second class matter post office, Washington. D. C. he bening ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION service. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1930 —FOR' () Means Associ ed Press. The only evening puw v in Washington with Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,533 TWO CENTS. JAPANESE PROPOSE NEW BASIS 10 FIX AUXILIARY POWER OF NATIONS' NAVIES Wakatsuki, However, Fails to Present Technical Needs of His Country at Parley’s First Business Meeting. 'FRENCH AND ITALIANS RESTATE THEIR WANTS Closed Session Reported Satisfac- tory by All Delegations—Stim- son Declines to Present America's Requirements, but Makes Gen- eral Statement. By the Associated Press, LONDON, January 23.—Reijiro Wakatsuki, former premier of Japan, speaking at the Five-Power Conference for Japan today, de- clared that it was desirable for the powers to reach an agreement about auxiliary craft on a new basis, but did not definitely out- line the technical needs of his country in naval power. His reference to an agreement on auxiliary craft on a new basis embodied his recent statements|P® that Japan would demand 70 per cent of the maximum cruiser strength of .the strongest naval power. <He sald that the conference aimed at world peace and at re- lieving peoples from growing tax burdens. Affirming that interna- tional suspicion must be done away with, he declared that Japan was no menace to any nation, and consequently would not permit herself to be menaced. ‘the Queen Anne'’s drawing room of St. James’ lace, with the public ex- cluded. The national vau. with the Angl ican naval needs, as it was.well under- :t;od that the United States was look- ing to the conference for as much ac- tual rtdfln:tbn as possible. The Secre- "A!.l'e‘! ‘careful consideration and con- sultation with my colleagues I have de- cided not to make any statement today s to the naval requirements of America. 1 do not think that to do so would par- ticularly assist our deliberations. These requirements are well understood. ey have been carefully recognized by the nation which is our host, which has through its prime minister agreed with us that ity in naval power between us is the basis upon which we can best promote the beneficent purposes of this nce. “Wé also believe that the require- ments for national defense on the part of the various nations of the world are Tnecessarily largely relative on the gen- eral condition of the world and. there- fore, if this conference can find a way by which general reduction can be se- cured our own Navy can likewise be reduced “While this is our attitude, we shall gladly listen to any statements which (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) 22 BELIEVED DROWNED. No Trace Found of Two Tampico Fishing Craft. TAMPICO, January 23 (#).—Twenty- two fishermen are believed to have per- ished in sinking of two fishing vessels off Tampico Harbor during & storm. Rescue boats did not find any sign of survivors after the schooner Jose Luls went down. There were 13 aboard. The Sigfredo also foundered, and only one of its crew of 10 was saved. Dry Agent Tests Eliminate 1,300 Within Two Years Rigid ExaminationsGiven by Civil Service, Espe- cially on Character. After twe years of examination the Civil Service Commission announced today that approximately 1,300 prohi- bition agents and other persons vari- ously employed in prohibition work have been eliminated as a result of their failure to pass competitive tests, The elimination of the unsatisfactory prohibition workers, by dismissal and resignation, has taken place gradually during the past two years. There may be additional removals when 400 unre- ported cases now under investigation are heard from, the commission stated, but there will be no wholesale removals. The commission announced it will now confine itself to filling the vacancies created by the dismissals. The drastic cut in the personnel of the prohibition unit, the commission ennounced, resulted from the fact that not more than 50 per cent of the per- sonnel employed at the time prohibition enforcement was placed under civil service law were successful in passiug | the open competitive examinations held by the commission two years ago About 4,000 applicants failed of accept- ance when subjected to a “searching character investigation.” The commission’s announcement states that “after preliminary tests, which included consideration of train- ing and experience, the applicanis were subjected to a searching character investigation. About 10,000 of the 36,000 applicants survived the tests to the poin{ of the character inquiry. About 4,000 of the 10,000 survivops were eliminated by the character tests.” In March, 1927, when the prohibition unit was placed under civil service law, the personnel of the unit numbered ap- proximately 2,600. At least one-half of these employes will be replaced as a result of the examinations, which were shortly thereafter. Between 300 and 400 of these cases are still to be reported on. \ ‘lr';ffereportoltheeommlnlmnuin “The tests applied to the applicants for this work have been the most rigid AN INBOATSHOT DY LSTONS AGENT Probably Fatally Wounded While Disembarking—De- nies Having Liguor. By the Associated Press. ", Jmnuary- 23, —Aceosted by a customs border patrol inspector as he shortly before midnight, Walter Grund, 27, was shot by the officer and probably to-| fatally wounded. Grund was taken to the Wyandotte General Hospital. Wyandotte police said they had been unable to learn the but officers of the border pa- that the inspector had been | Sror s disarmed and was bei heid for ques- i | loning by CoL. Helnrich A Pieket. or- | ustoms. lector of ci Looking for Missing Boat. Grund told police that he and a companion, whose name has not been learned, were rowing along the river nd. | front looking for a missing motor boat. He said that neither he nor his com- panion was armed that there was no liquor in the boat. They decided to pull up at the Maple street dock, se said, but as he was stepipng out of the boat a uniformed man stepped out and shot him without warning. ‘With a bullet wound in his stomach, Grund fell back into the boat, which his companion immediately headed out into the current. Three miles from the scene the boat went ashore, Grund’s companion deserted him. Groans Bring Watchman. Grund lay in the boat for nearly an hour before his groans attracted he attention of Charles Snell, a night watchman, who called police. Shortly before Grund was discovered two customs border patrol officers walked into the Wyandotte police station and told the sergeant in charge that they had fired at a man thought to be a rum-runner and believed they had | wounded him. The officers refused to give their names. Wyandotte police said today that Grund has never been known by them as having been connected with the down-river rum-running industry. Col. Pickert, was said to be conduct- ing an_investigation of the shooting. | He could not be reached for a state- ment. John R. Watkins, district at- torney. said he had as yet received no official notification of the affair and knew none of the details. He intimated that some information might be turned over to his office later in the day. and RAPS DIRTY STREETS. Protests because dirty snow and ice is allowed to litter the streets of the Capital was made in the House today by Representative Treadway, Repub- lican, of Massachusetts, who said: “A great deal has been said about beautiful Washington, but I want to call the attention of the House to the very dirty streets of Washington, We had a small snowfall the other day and no effort has made to remove it. ‘There is still a large amount of it on the street and it is dangerous to traffic.” DENTISTRY’S PAIN IS REDUCED BY ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES Cooper Union Expert Finds Ways to Diminish Breakage With Resultant Hurts to Jaw. By the Associated Press. NEW January 23.—New He has taken the same engineering Ea““e‘ Il’u :‘hk‘-hhnwrz the :lecy and ng life scrapers and reduced nm‘n to formulas for dentists to ob- appropriated for in December, 1927, and | Leo A, hel was disembarking from a rowboat at {% the foot of Maple street in Wyandotte | of name of the Federal officer who did the | REALTRS PLDEE AD T0 WPE OUT 0. SPEAREASES Board Places Records at Dis- posal of U. S. Attorney Rover to Trace Suspects. ASSISTANCE IS OFFERED IN SECURING EVIDENCE Action Is Said to Be Most Sweep- ing Ever Taken by Organized Realty Interests. Washington realtors, by organized action, today struck a drastic blow at | the illicit liquor business herg by pledg- ing to the United States attorney all information in their possession that may assist in wiping out “speakeasies” or other anti-Volstead establishments: Announcing a definite “policy of co- operation with the district attorney’s| office in respect to violations of the pro- hibition law affecting real estate,” John A Petty, executive secretary of thel ‘Washington Real Estate Board, declared in a formal statement that members of the board have been urged to report to the prosecutor any suspected violator in their respective properties, with the view to ejecting all tenants found. to be | violating ‘the dry law. Records Open to Rover. In addition, the board has placed at the disposal ot United States Attorney Rover, the comprehensive and up-to-date records of realty transaction maintained in its headquarters on K street, to aid the prosecutor in tracing the correct owners of properties whose “m:u are suspected of trafficking in 1 liquor. In conference with Rover and his dry law assistant, Capt Harold V. Orcutt, officials of the Real Estate Board have been offered and have ac- cepted the assistance of the United States Attorney's office in securing- wit- nesses and evidence necessary 10 secure ejectment of prohibition offenders from tels, apartments, business butldings and other properties under the control of members of the board. The action of the local realtors is sdid to be the most sweeping ever taken by organized realty mterests in sup- port of the national probibition statutes, Rover “Very Much Gratified.” Rover, when questioned about the ac- tion of the -board, Qd.lu@fl!m.- ation of the real estate men be rosecuting of ble value,” in of ‘Columbia and that he was the decision violators of the prohibition Distriet “very much tified” at of the Real Tranaders wouid be esp ers W cially 4s great difficulty lu:fin experienced the past in tracing rightful avm under investigation ru’mt to padlock proceedings. board’s statement pointed out that its new policy is designed to pro- m&hcvuuuo(gopen\esmnw-, tations of law-abiding owners who may become unsuspecting victims of - reputable tenants, and the character of innocent tenants who may become volved in court proceedings through mis. takes in location and ownership of ques- tionable premises. Mr, Petty emphasized that members.of the board, as individuals, aiready have been co-operating with the authorities. The action of the board today, however, “sets up a standard for organized co- operation,” he said. The records of the board, he stated, include the names of the owners of every lot and parcel in the District. The action, taken by the executive committee of the board, is the culmina- tion of a movement started some weeks ago by the property management di- vision of the organization. A special committee of the property managers' group, which made the definite recom- mendations, held a cbnference with | Rover and Orcutt last week, when the offer of the board’s facilities was ac- cepted by the district attorney and plans for other forms of co-operation discussed. “Except in instances where the prop- erty owner himself is actually the vio- lator and in such cases where the re- peated violations have attained a notor- iety sufficlent to put the owner on notice, Petty's statement said, “it has been the practice of the District At- torney's office to send a formal notice to the owner of a property wherein a violation of the law has occurred. When such notices come to the attention of members of the board they are asked to immediately check the. information to determine accurately if it concerns the present tenant or occupant and if the information is correct, to proceed at once to have the premises vacated. Usually in such cases a personal demand to vacate, indicating the reason, obtains results without more formal action, “Where formal action is required it can be based on the customary pro- vision in rental contracts and’ leases providing against the use of properties for unlawful purposes. Furthermore, the national prohibition law specifically provides that a violation of the law works as a forfeiture of the lease at the option of the lessor. “No_reputable real estate agent or mpeny owner would. lease & property wing that it was to be used in con with violations of the prohi- | bition Jaw. Considering the risk and the trouble that would inevitably follow, it lllan! would be foolhardy and. any ane who would do so deserves to suffer the consequences. Yet it often hap- pens that violators of the law reng property through trickery and thereby Jeopardize the interests of innocent and unsuspecting property owners. Trickery is Practiced. “Use of fictitious names supported by | references apparently satisfactor. but just as fictitious, and the use of names of others, sometimes accomplices, who can produce bona fide references, are tricks that often succeed in getting pos- n of properties, Subrentlnf. where the payment of the rent is continued in the name of the original tenant is an- other means to cover up the identity of the real occupant, who Intends to use the property for unlawful purposes. “Access to the ownership information file of the board should prove valuable to the District attorney. This file con- sists of approximately 200,000 index the board" regurding. ety | U. 3. ASKS NORWAY ANDBRITAINTO AID BYRD ESCAPE ICE Explorers Face Another Year in” Antarctic, With Food Shortage Threatened. CREW OF WHALE SHIPS COULD EFFECT RELEASE Speedy Action Is Held Imperative. 15-Day Time Limit Set in Appeal. By the Associated Press. Moving to the relief of the Byrd Ant- arctic Expedition, which is threatened with having to spend another Winter on the Ross Ice Barrier without suf- ficient food, the State Department today asked the British and Norwegian gov- ernments to use their good offices in having ships now in the Antarctic re- gion to go to the relief of the party. In telegrams to the American Am- bassador at London and the Minister at Oslo, Acting Secretary Cotton said the department had been informed that the vessels of the Byrd Expedition might be unable to' negotiate passage to Little America to bring out Admiral Byrd with his men and equipment, Serious Situation Threatened. Should the party not be brought out, Mr. Cotton said, it was believed a seri. ous situation might confront the e: F;:rer&, as their food supply would run Four Norwegian ships and one Brit- ish vessel are in the neighborhood of the Byrd expedition, all believed to be capable of penetrating the ice pack. One of these, the Nilsen-Alonzo, a Nor- weglan whaler, was reported steaming north through the pack, Mr. Cotton sald, its master having declined to as- sist Admiral Byrd without.direct orders from its owners. “It has been represented to the de- partment,” the telegram to Minister Swenson at Oslo said, “that unless Ad- miral Byrd receives assistance within 30 days no vessel of any character could be of use and that to insure the safe passage the expedition should be brought out within 15 days. Speed Held Tmperative. “Please take up this matter at once t'l::h gu foreign office and request that orwegian government use its good offices - the™ e ent and nol any c tar later than February l)‘y —— llm‘flp" HELD CRITICAL. NEW YORK, January 23 (#).—With ice blocllnawhme of Admiral Richard E. Byrd's ip to America, an _appeal thrw?h the State Department for the ald of Norwegain whalers to help save the Byrd expedition from s) an- other year on the Antarctic ice barrier. ‘The New York Times, which, with associated newspapers, is the expedition, said today an announce- ment that the flagship City of New York had reached Little America is contradicted by Capt. H. H. Railey, manager of the expedition and Ad- miral Byrd's personal representative in New York. The announcement origi- nated with an amateur radio operator in Washingtonville, Ohilo, saying that “the City of New York has re: “ed only the edge of the ice pack i, the Ross Sea” Ralley added that the New York and the Eleanor Bolling may not succeed in ruehh‘\g Admiral Byrd’s base without the aid of larger vessels, Says Time Is Critical. “This is a critical time” he con- tinued. “The Eleanor Bolling wifl join the City of New York on the northern edge of the ice pack about January 26. If the ice is sufficiently open by that time both vessels will proceed south to Little America. But there is at pres- ent no indication that the ice pack will be sufficiently open. “We are, therefore, asking the State Department to solicit the co-operation of the Norwegian government in mak- ing available to Admiral Byrd the aid of the powerful whaling vessels now fishing north of the ice pack. Five such vessels are now within striking dis- tance of Little America. Designed especially ‘for operations in the Ant- arctic, one of these ships can force her way through the pack and negotiate the return passage in 10 days under normal conditions.” HUNT LAND IN BARRIER. Flyers Believe They Saw Rocks in ley Waste, BY RUSSELL OWEN, LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctic, Janu- ary 22—A flight west to Discovery Inict, 100 miles from here, and then 140 statute miles south through the center of the Great Barrier was made by Ad- miral_Byrd yesterday in a_search for (Continued on Column 8,) GENERAL COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS MEETS Group Formed by Hoover Debates Behind Closed Doors Here. By the Associated Press. The general committee of the Na- tional Business Survey Conference in- augurated by President Hoover, was in white House. Lewis E. Plerson of New York, mem- session today. behind closed door llmt‘no:‘ry to a new visit to the cards embracing the complete owner- shi) of private property within the Dis- trict. Each card represents an individ- not | ue” lot or parcel and contains the name ither, on teeth of the it owner and all former e tem some years ago. Daily transfers of ownership “of property. are posted on these cards -rmvxlmnmy 24 hours after the deeds of convevance are recorded in the Recorder of Deeds' Office, Radio Programs on Page 7 presen owners sipce the installation of the sys- " ber of the senior council of the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States, in the absence of Julius H. rnes, general chairman of the con- Simuitaneously the Agricultural Service Department committee of the chamber, over ‘Walter L. Cherry ‘of Chicago, met iscuss rd of Trade in condem as 1 Albert E. King, dentist at the Distriet Jail, was notified today to appear before a special board of inquiry Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock to explain reports that he accepted gifts from Harry F. Sinclair and Henry Mason Day, wealthy oil men, while they were serving their recent sentence. { George S. Wilson, director of the Board of Public Welfare, set the date for the hearing after Capt. M. M. Barnard, general superintendent of District penal institutions, had spent several days investigating reports that Da; given an auf 3 and Sinclair had presented the dentist with & $150 wrist watch while or after the ofl men were serving sentences in at the earllest possible g the . 'l'he"uhulrd before which Kiling will will be eomrfll of Capt. Bar- . William L. Peak, super- JAIL DENTIST FACES CHARGE OF TAKING GIFT FROM SINCLAIR Kling Reported to Have Received $150 Watch From Oil Man and Auto From H. Mason Day. appear at the hearing. They are J. R. Ellis, manager of a garage, and a news- paper reporter. Others may be in- structed fo appear later. Capt. Barnard questioned Ellis during his investigation. Ellis declared Kling bought an aufomobile from his company October 1 last, paying for it in $100 bills. Ellis added Kling had explained the reason he was able to pay cash for the machine was that “it is a gift from Mr. Wilson instructed Barnard to make every effort to “ge this affair.” He' sald Kl replaced if the charges were proved, Wilson asserted, however, that was entitied to. a hearing before any action was taken. Questioned by a reporter, Kling de- ever_accepted any gifts from nied_he d_: gifts from on Page 2, Column 7. against him MT. VERNON ROAD 10 BE DISMANTLED Line Used by Presidents Un- able to Compete With Automobile. The old electric railway connecting ‘Washington with Mount Vernon, wrich has carried thousands upon thousands of tlourists to the home of Amer- lca’s first President for more than three decades, is to be dismantled and sold for scrap iron. The line, once known as the “rcad of the Presidents,” used by most of the occupants of the White House since 1896 when it began operation, would no longer have been able to sompete with the automobile with the construc- tion of the proposed Washington-Mount Vernon Boulevard, which will occupy part of its right of way. ' Accordingly, the directors of the Mount Vernon, Alexandria & Washing- ton Rallway Co., owners, decided to sell that portion which connects Alexsndria with Mount Vernon. The remainder, between Washington and Ale: will still continue in operation. ‘The part sold consists of 7% miles of track and trolley wire and incidental equipment. It has been acquired by Louis Simon, Inc. scrap iron dealers, located at Twenty-fifth and H streets, James+H. Simon, operating manager, announced this morning, Work of scrapping the road will be begun by the railway company about March 1, and is to be completed within ‘three weeks, ‘The old trolley line was the only land connection between Alexandria and Mount Vernon before the construction of a road connecting_the two places. Included in rolling stock is an anti- quated car, fitted up with every con- venience of the time, used for hauling Presidents and other important visitors to the home of Washington. It is in the barns at Four Mile Run, Va., along with others whose days of service are long past. TOKIO WEDDING FEB. 9. TOKIO, January 23 (#).—Formal an- nouncement was made today that the wedding of Prince Takamatsu, brother of Emperor . Hirohito. and Princess Kikuko Tokugawa, a granddaughter of the last Shogun, would take place Feb- ruary 4. The formal betrothal was celebrated January 17, with an ancient ceremony of exchanging gifts. The imperial couy Irml': the action of the Kansas City the Fed- "!ochln{lc"' in its aericultural mar- ple e 't to leave Japan in April for [ 'ml tour around the world. They intend to visit England and return by way of America, probably early in 1931, FILIPINOS TO MEET. 23 (#).—A mani~ MANILA, Janua) festo calling 'hI:l % ence congress n ruary 22 to 26 was issued here today over the names of 100 prominent Fili- pinos. b ‘The object of the meeting, leaders sald, is to make “fresh demonstrations of national consciousness and solidar- ity” and to convince the United States that “we are deeply conseious of the responsibilities of nationhaod and are prepared to assume them.” ine independ- n:&n‘ mmp'hh- GONE TOHEPEAEARD City Leaders to Press for Special Legislative Action. COVERNOR SEEKS By the Assoclated Py CHICAGO, January 23.—Gov. Em- merson Was expected to lend a hand today in the solution of Cook County's financial plight. Civic leaders, city and county officials and school board heads planned to con- fer with the governor today to press for aid, possibly through legislative action, in meeting their governmental bills. The school board has already requested & special legislative session. The school board yesterday passed its $101,000,000 budget for 1930, but H. Wallace Caldwell, president, said no money could be raised by sale of tax- anticipation warrants before Febru- ary 1. 16,100 Without Pay. “This means,” he said, “that 13200 teachers, 2,900 engineers and janitors and several thousand other employes of the schools will not money until after that date. We m: even have trouble in paying them then.’ The idea of paying employes in scrip has been abandoned. At the end of this month the city, county and school board will owe 40,182 employes $11,276,157. Chicago and Cook County officials took steps today- to prevent thousands of city and county workers from 'be- coming victims ot & certain type of loan agencies. some of which alveady have made efforts to capitalize on the fact that the workers are being forced to go_without pay checks. Hundreds of employes have reported being approached by representatives of loan agencies offering to tide them over the payless paydays, but demanding in- terest ranging as high as 10 per cent a month, Robert M. Sweltzer, county clerk, and Sheriff’ John Traeger announced they would refuse to approve any loan shark salary assignments made by their em- 1 ployes. TENANT OF APARTMENT KILLED AFTER THREAT Chicagoan, Believed Temporarily Insane, Engages in Pistol Fight With Police. By the Assoclated Press. - CHICAGO, ' January 23.—Pacifico Clamitti, 35, was shot and killed last night in a battle with 30 en, iamite threatened his landlady with pa) hous with each step. Others on the outside and tear bambs | through “the amitti's. AR 'mporarily -insane” was .the only motive given for Ciamitti's ac Soprre i . . .Resort Town in Flames. VANCOUVER, B. C., January 23 (). —Fire in the business section of the fown of White Rock, & Summer resort, 32 milea south of this city, today had Tose gumated 3t 0 T ) be | m: receive any | oo windows of Cis ' CHEST RECENVES 91,328 PLEDGES Today’s Report Brings Total Amount Raised to $458,352.31. A bit more encouraging to the special gifts camplaign of the Community Chest, today’s report of the committee showed | additional pledges amounting to- $97,- 328.50, an increase of more than $3,000 aver the previous day. ‘There were 135 subscribers to the fund today and the total amount raised since the committee started work was announced as $458,352.31. Despite the improvement made in the showing. Chalrman Newbold ‘Noyes impressed on the committee workers the necessity of even gréater efforts during the fimal work days vemaining before the city-wide campaign opens Tuesday evening. | | Large Givers Increase. “’Nd-y'- report n?dmud an_increase gave $12,000. Included among large contributors. were Dunean Phil- lips, $6,000; B. F. Saul, $5,000; Abram Lisner, $4,000, arence F. Nor- ment, sr., $4,000, On behalf of Vice irman Willlam J. Eynon, . whose team has not yet reported during the campaign, it was indicated that a num- ber of large subscriptions to swell the total will be turned in when it makes its first report. by the board of the Potomac Electric Power Co. that it had voted a subscrip- tion of $14.400. A subscription of $1,200, reported ‘Tuesday from Messrs. Hahn, should l’é:ve been accredited the William Hahn In a statement signed by the rabbis of Washington’s Hebrew congregations an appeal to people of Jewish faith was made in behalf of the Community Chest, which was read at today’s meeting. Reports from the various vice chair- men today were as follows: Barry Mo- hun, $5,680; Mrs. Charles C. Glover, $5,425; Mrs. Charles A, Goldsmith, $1 425; William Knowles Cooper, $7,87! Arthur Hellen, $15,300; lliam W. Everett, $4,700; Mrs. Sidney F. Talia: ro, $16,173; Thomas B. Sweeney, $2,81 Robert V. Fleming, $6,496.50; execu- tive committee, $20,500. Ly Encouraged by Action. ‘The unanimous action of the board of governors of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association in indorsing the Community Chest campaign has glven added encouragement to the com- mittee, In a letter to Frederic A. Delano, president of the Chest, from Maj. Ge Anton Stephan, president of the me: chants' body, the latter said in clusion: “The Community Chest has been a powerful influence in promoting better understanding, tolerance and co-opera- among the citizens of Washington and in the groups to which they be- long, and has as the result of its activitles brought about marked im- provement in ciyic spirit and united civic endeavor.” Dr.-John O'Grady will discuss “The Commuhity Chest as a Greater’ Co- operative Enterprise,” in a radio ad- dress over Station WMAL, during the | Chamber of Commerce hour Saturday (evening from 6:45 to 7 o'clock. Dr | O'Grady is director of the -Catholic | Charities. He has been able to witness ithe operation of the Chest, not only | within his own organization, but among {lhose of every creed and color in the ieity. The time on the radic is the [gift of the Chamber of Commerce, which {gives up_this portion of its hour to ;{:‘nhtell:r O'Grady and the Community st. 3 } Members of the Probus Club at their {luncheon s meeting in the Amhassador | Hotel _yesterday _adopted _resolutions (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) large juh-:rlpuon',{ Senator Couzens of me He has been informed fi HOOVER MAY NAME ENTIRE NEW BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Reports Say Present Person- nel All May Be Replaced by President, SPECULA:I'ION IS HEARD ON PROBABLE MEMBERS Retired Army Officer Suggested as Successor to Col, Ladue. President Hoover may make a clean sweep in the administration of the District government and replace the * present Board of Commissioners with three new men of his own choosing, i reports current today at the District Building are true. The President's plans, according to these reports, contemplate not only the appointment of two gew civillan Com= missioners to succeed Proctor L. Dougherty and Sidney F. Taliaferro, whose terms expire February 4, but also the transfer of Col. Willlam B. Ladue, Engineer Commissioner, and the assignment of another Army engineer to take his place_ The names of the thre¢ new Com- missioners, however, have been mantied in secrecy at the White House, but reports discussed at the District Build- ing are to the effect that men who have not heretofore been men- tioned as probable appointees would be’ selected. The impression is that the’ President will appoint a retired: Army officer as successor to Commissioner Dougherty, who has supervision over the Police and Fire Departments. Officer Suggested. The name passed around the Dis- trict Building as a possible successor- to_Col. Ladue is that of Lieut. Col. John J. Kingman, who is now detailed as the district engineer of the Army at Milwaukee, Wis, . ‘There is considerable speculation over the probable successor to Commissioner ‘Taliaferro, but the White House has not given the slightest intimation as to the President Hoover may have in mind for this post. It was learned hewever, that when the President considered naming & retired Army of- ficer to succeed Commissioner erty the question arose as td the involved in a retired Army officer ing as a civilian Commissioner. President ity The was reminded that former it was given a legal ion- by © " Attorney General s:'xl-.'mlt which ‘usz Allmle on eligibllity of an Army e i T, view . not appoint the had under tion. Alater” opinion. by AMorney. General Mitchell, Mnm.mlfl'mt he could fine no legal barrier to such an ment. In this connection it serving as a member of the “‘Commission of the The existing law defining the qualifi- cations-of civilian Commissioners reads as lolhl;: “The two persons appointed from civil life shall, at the time of their ap- poiritment, be citizens of the United States, and shall have been actual resi- dents of the District of Columbia for three years next before their appoint- ment and have, during tha lod, claimed resfdence nowhere else .pffi. ‘o] DOG TEAM RUSHES AID TO MINER NEAR DEATH Mercury Hovers at 30 Below Zero as Doctor Pushes Into Idaho Wilds. By the Assaciated Press. GRANGEVILLE, Idaho, January 23.- A team of “huskies” headed into the wild snow country of Central Idaho to- day with a surgeon, who hopes to reachy Roy Burke, a miner, before blood poie soning takes his life. Burke, & miner in the isolated Green Mountain country, was reported to ba near death from infection. To reach him Dr. J, P. Weber, Grangeville physie clan, must mush over 42 miles of the wildest terrain in the West. The mushers expected the trip to taki three days. Temperatures of 30 to degrees below zero prevailed. EXPECT YOUNG PLAN 0. K. Berlin Officials Believe Ratification ‘Will Be Approved by February 20. BERLIN, January 323 (#).—Official quarters confidently expect that the laws ratifying the Young plan will be lppr&m by the Reichstag by Februe ary 20. The cabinet is speed up the preparation of texts of e debate on them begun in the Reichstag on February 4. It was pointed out thay passage of the Dawes plan by thy Reichstag took only 12 days, GHOST GAVE WIFE “BUM STEER,” i il . SAYS MATE FALSELY ACCUSED iOccult Business Has Become Plain Nuisance, Declares Husband in | By: the Associated Preas, | CHICAGO, January 23.—Ghosts have the police. L tayen the joy out of life for Policeman John Belsky, says he. Belsky mentioned the ghosts in filing cross bill to Mrs. Anna Belsky's peti- tion for divorce. He sald his wife got .some inaccurate tips from the spirit .world. - A ghost, he sald, told Mrs. Belsky her husband was running around with a woman named May. The ghost didn't know the last name. Among Mrs. Belsky’s list of acquaint- | has S S M spirit's Sebesti, and Of- said that it was on PR the information .that -his wife based 000 suit ull;t Mrs.. Sebesti, Cross-Petition. cHarging Alienation of Belsky' - of lsky's affec Mrs, - Sebesti, Office: Belsky stated with much G . that the host - v'nh hzu talking mmlmmlu A Jue ent through default that Mrs. my‘fld obtained against Mrs, Se. besti was set aside by Judge Sabath yese terday when he heard about the ghosts, 's _cross sald the ghost 1t tossed his should His attorney, Vietor Frohlich, the counter charges to Judge llm