Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1930, Page 2

ALCONOL FIGURES ASKED OF DORA Chicago District Sought by House Committeeman. By the Associated Press. Prohibition Commissioner James M. Doran was asked today by the House expenditures committee to furnish the names of concerns and the quantity of industrial alcohol withdrawn in the thirteenth prohibition district, which includes Chicago. The expenditures committee, which is considering the proposed transfer of the prohibition -enforcement unit from the Treasury to the Justice Department, took this action at an executive session. During hearings yesterday Repre- sentative Schafer, Republican, Wiscon- sin, urged such a step. Doran notified Chairman -Williamson of the expendi- tures committee that it would require 10 days to gather the information. Schafer said he wanted the informa- tion in order to learn how much indus- trial alcohol the W. T. Rawleigh Co. at Preeport, Ill, had withdrawn. Committee Agrees. ‘The Schafer motion to compel Com- missioner Doran to furnish information on industrial alcohol was unanimously agreed to by the committee, Williamson said. It provides that all industrial alcohol withdrawals of more than 100 gallons for the past 2 years for the thirteenth prohibition district be fur- nished the committee. ‘This turn of events forecast further delay in carrying out the transfer. Willlamson had expected the hearings not to require more than two days, with the prospect of the commit- tee reporting the bill immediately. It the committee waits 10 days for the information from Doran the first major proposal to strengthen prohi. bition enforcement will be delayed a least a fortnight. § Against Investigation. The committee also decided that a| general investigation of the prohibi- tion situation proposed by one mem- ber would not be conducted during consideration_on the transfer bill. Chairman Will announced the hearings would be confined hereafter to the measure to carry out President Hoover's recommendations. to the prohibition enforcement by F oo ing the transfer. Schafer said after the meeting that he had favored enlarging the scope of the hearings. Attorney General Mitchell is expected. to appear before the committee tomor- Tow. Alfred C. Brockmeyer, a representa- tive of the Retail Druggists’ Associa. tion, and D. Aaron Youngquist, As- sistant Attorney General in charge of prohibition activities, also have been asked -to appear. SENATORS BACK FORAN. Protests of Anti-Saloon League Over- riddzn. By the Associated Press. Over the protest of the Anti-Saloon League, Senators Kean and Baird, Re- he . Foran to the post of q’:,omkmxur of customs at the port of New ork. The two New Jersey Senators for- ‘warded their recommendation to Presi. dent Hoover today after a conference h';eol:“‘:en Col. Foran. g ators were indignant over a recent raid on Foran's hunting at Mount Airy, N. J., and Senator described the incident as an “oul % Col. Foran; who is Catholic, the raid on his lodge as a “political and relj plot.” united support of the two Re- publican Senators from New Jersey is regarded as giving Foran an advaniage in the contest that has developed aver his reappointment. His term: expires January 31. The recommendations today came in the midst of investigation of made yesterday by the Anti. Leagye of New Jersey that Col. Foran had been lax in enforcement of prohi- bition in New York and was personally unsympathetic to .the law. CUSTOMS CHIEF QUOTED. $25,000 Worth of Liquer Declared Brought Inte Ceuntry. toms seizure warrant for a quantity of liquor they charged Herbert L. Pratt, | chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Co. of New York, had brought into this country illegally. Mr. Pratt, the Evening World said, is the' man ‘the Anti: of New Jersey charges in an affidavit sent to President Hoover, brought $25,000 worth of champagne into this country last Spring. DRIVER IS BLAMED FOR BUS ACCIDENT Coroner Preparing Report on Crash That Took Lives of Nine Children. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, January 23.—Negli- gence on the part of a bus operator who drove himself and nine nhool-l children to death at a railroad cross- ing yesterday and recommendation that the State compel employment of two men on all commercial and school busses were embodied in a report be- m prepared by Coroner A. J. Pearse ay. The coroner will not return a formal verdict until he has talked with John A. Hand, 68-year-old engineer, at the throttle of a New York Central fast mail train when it struck the school bus at the nearby town of Berea and took the lives of all save one passenger. Hand is due here tonight from Toledo on_his regular run. Pearse, however, said he was satisfied that lack of proper precautions by John Taylor, 38, the driver, caused tragedy which raised Ohio’s toll from bus wrecks to 30 dead and 30 injured in three weeks. The tracks at the crossing, although guarded by nothing more than the ordinary sign, are clearly visible for. three miles, and the weather was clear. BAND CONCERT. By the United- States Marine Band Orchestra at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Audi- torium, Marine Baracks: Taylor Bran- son. leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, second leader. PROGRAM. March, “Hands Across the Sea”. . Sousa Overture, “Fingal's Cave gal .. Mendel Characteristic, “Dance of the Jacks,” Cornet solo, “The Maid of Dundee.” Second Leader Arthur 8. Witcomb. Excerpts from “The Singing Oirl,” Vilb:ldphone solo, “Blue Bells of Scot- Musician Wibur D. Kieffer. Polonaise.” “ighenes " omu'n,flm:”.. ..Gla Marines’ hynin, “The “The Btar Spangled Banner.” “Beot the | ing, 1730 E street, Tuesday Al PAUL E. LESH TO SPEAK. National Representation for D. C. Subject at Quota Club Dinner. Paul E. Lesh, chairman of ?Ie speakers’ committee of the citizens’ joint committee on national ntation for the District of Columbia, will be the guest speaker at the dinner of the Quota Club. this evening at 6:30, at Tally-Ho Tavern, Mr. will speak on national .epresentation for the Dis- triet of Columbia. HUSTON IS NAMED IN $900,000 ACTION | | Brotherhood of Engineers Is Sued in Connection With Florida Land Deal. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 20.—A suit seeking $900,000 from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in connection with a Florida land deal was on file in Federal Court today, naming Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican national committee, as one of the de- fendants, The action was brought by E. H. Price Co. of Sarasota, Fla, which charges fraud and breach of contract in counection with failure to pay a § per cent commission on the purchase of 50,000 acres of land in Sarasota County, Fla, an $18,000,000 land development undertaken by the Brotherhood Man- agement Co., a subidiary of the Loco- motive Engineers’ organization. The development was known as Venice City. The complaint charges that e ‘T. Webb, formerly an executive vice president of the Management Company, “on information and belief” misappro- riated “upwards of $754,000 of the | rotherhood’s funds,” which had been intrusted to him to turn over to E. H. Price & Co. Alvanley Johnston, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, g e B ST vel was employed by Warren Stone, former president of the brotherhood, as a promoter for the va- rious subsidiaries of the brotherhood. He said Webb never held any office in the engineers’ organization. MUSTON ISSUES STATEMENT. Ne Grouids for Naming Him in Sult, He Declares. Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican national committee, said in & statement that “there is absolutely no ground for bringing my name into the suit filed by E. H. Price Co. against the Brotherhood of Engineers and Huston said the suit related to “the purchase of Florida land by the broth- erhood made prior to any connec- tion I had with the Brotherhood of Locomotive eers, which n in the lunmr‘:l"inlrl.” e n ng its mm?lnflrl. and for that pur- Booa "Sanagement. Corporstion and T ) have never acted in an individusl capacity. A. S. WCOY HONORED FOR 40 YEARS' WORK @ift Is Presented as He Retires as Examiner in Pension Bureau. - Abram 8. McCoy, retiring yesterday after more than 40 years ss examiner in the Pension Bureau and later in the Pinance Division, was M.Iduhd'n l:l: o and co- ‘workers in the of. fice of the chief of | the Pinance Di- vision, Pension Bu- reau. After a brief ad- dress by Dr. O. J. Randall, reviewing Mr. McCoy" s con- nection th the finance division, fellow workers pre- sented Mr. McCoy Mr. MeCor. FOR MEDICAL CENTER Early Favorable Action For on Britten Naval Project. Prospects of early and favorable ac- tion by the House naval affairs com- mittee on the bill introduced Monday by Chairman Britten of the House naval affairs committee, was forecast at h.ms today en the L & $2,300, medical center here for the the old Naval Observatory grounds. Rear Admiral Charles Riggs, surgeon general of the Navy, was the only wit- ness today. The hearing will be con- tinued tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. Admiral Riggs said that the Naval Hospital and the outlying tem- bulldings are all old structures, Rot one of them s modern and the Commission of Pine Arts is anxious to see them demolished. CHAPTER TO REORGANIZE.| | Red Cross Branch to Meet on Tues- | B. day Afternoon. ‘The garments and knl“lfir depart- ment, volunteer service, District of Co- lumbia Chapter, American Red 3 will hold a reorganization meeting in| the hall of service, War Memorial Build- fternoon at 2:39 o'clock. Miss Mabel T. Board- man, director of volunteer service, will preside. The-chapter has issued an appeal for contributions of men's, women's and children’s clothing, no longer needed, to be distrbluted by it among former serv- ice men and their families. The clothes | l'lly be delivered to the chapter at 1730 | s GRECIAN PLAY GIVEN. Contribution of Hellenism to Amer- iea Told by Speaker. ‘The local chapter, Miaoulls of G. A, P. A. A, fraternal Greek-American or- THE EVENING’ | KING DENIES METZ GAVE HIM CHECK Senator Refutes Testimony at Lobby Hearing of $1,000 Contribution. By the Associated Press. Senator King, Democrat, Utah, denied today that he had accepted any contri- butions from H. A. Metz, New York dye importer, either in 1922 or 1928. Questioned by newspaper men after testimony had been heard by the Sen- ate lobby committee that Metz had con- tributed $1,000 to King's campaign funds in 1922 and had sent him a check for the same amount in 1928, Senator King denied emphatically that he ac- cepted any money from the importer. Check Was Not Used. He sald, however, that Metz had sent him a $1,000 check in 1928 which was never used because “I didn't want to receive money from my friends and be under obligations to anyone.” He produced a part of the check which bore Metz's signature as evidence that it had been destroyed. Questioned about testimony by Sam- uel Russell, his former secretary, be- fore the lobby committee that Metz had contributed $1,000 in 1922, King said: ‘The Senator added that Metz passed through Utah in 1928 and asked if he could - contribute any money to the general Democratic campaign. King ceive any money. Later, he said, he received a $1,000 check from Metz, which was destroyed unintentionally. = After the campaign the Senator sald he was cleaning out his correspondence and threw the check in the waste basket. Says Metz Was Notified. Happening to see it, he added, he tore off the signature to show in case any one doubted that the check had been destroyed. He said Metz was noti- fied the money was not used and that the check had been destroved. King also denied Russell's testimony that the former Secretary had aided in preparing a speech on the “dye trust” which the Senator delivered in the Sen- ate. After asserting that he knew nothing of the matter, Russell added that Meltz had contributed $1,000 to King's cam- paign fund in 1922, Denies Use of Office Space. Russell previously added his denial to those of King and E. R. Pickrell of the General Dyestuff Corporation tha the Jatter had, as had been charged, used the Utah Senator's office as his base of operations during consideration of the tarifr bill After the reading of the letter which told of the check and brief testimony about it, the investigators heard of strained relations between the Senator and his secretary before the latter quit his job late in 1928. He said his salary in King's office was $3.300 a year. Russell added he was in King's law. office in Salt Lake City for 12 years, but received no compensation except desk space. Asked by Chairman Ctnqg what his present attitude toward King 1Is, years of association with Russell replied: “In my 24 Senator Ki I have learned nothing from him. I have taken nothing from him, ‘I have asked nothing of him. I owe him nothing. That's the state of my mind.” Russell said he had been prom! a place in King’s law firm, but the prom| not been kept. He added he did not hold that against King. HARRIS AND BLACK SPEAK IN FORUM Will Debate Law Commission Pro- posal to Expedite Liquor Hearings. Senator Harris of Georgia and Repre- sentative Black of New York will discuss the Law Enforcement Commis- slon’s proposal that United States commissioners be given power to hear minor prohibition cases in the National Radio Forum tonight at 10:30 'o'clock. The forum is arranged by The Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broad- casting Co. Senator Harris will uphold the pro- posal, while Representative Black will oppose it. The G a Senator already has introduced a bill which would em- power the commissioners to hear minor cases involving infractions of the dry law. Senator Harris is an active “dry,” Wwhile Represgntative Black is a leader of the “wets” in the House. Station WMAL, local unit of tt:s Columbia system, will carry the deba to Washington listeners-in. HALL RELIEF FUND . REACHES $2,035.75 Additional Sum of $87.85 Given for Aid of Bomb Victims. The relief fund being raised by The Star for the family of John Hall, vie- tims of the New Year day bomb tragedy at Seat Pleasant, Md. with additional sums collected totaling $87.65, msge_lz;: swelled to a grand total of The fund to date, with the amount previously acknowledged, is as follows: Acknowledged Collected _in community of Capital Heigh‘s, Md., by Mrs. Frank Lawrencs, John Simp- son, Holl pictures, p Fire Department and Shu- macker's dance hall......... $2,035.75 CAPPER B|LL.GIVEN CLUB’S INDORSEMENT Vindication of Shelby and Kelly Also Approved at Meeting Last Night. In dorsement of the Capper bill pro- viding for a department of education ond the recent police trial board vin- :F'?WI:' ll:p;eh;(r I: 8. Shelby and eut. Bdward J. Kelly was expressed lub at " {last night by the Mu-So-Lit der, gave a play last night, “Koloko-, tronis,” at the Strand Theater for th¢ benefit of ita educational fund. Lee , Pittsburgh @ the audience, contribution of Hellenism to American ‘modorn Gresce ot po- : British automobile manufacturers turned -out 3,000 more private cars last year they did in 1928, & mee in the club house, 1337 R street. M. Grant Lucas, president, paid a tribute to the memory of the late Luther c:. b!mwu. former president of the club. Announcement was made of speak- iss A. E. Palmer of the Miner Normal Sel will address a ladies’ night meel a date to be . A, Lyon, te on' i Tecent experihees 1 dgpen amd on e nees China February & ers for future meetings. at fixed. G. A, said he told Metz he could not re-| STAR, WASHINGTON, PANTHER HUNTERS VIGIL IS FRUITLESS {Lure of Warm Blood and Bleating Goat Fails to At- tract Wild Beast. house and a bleating goat failed to at- itract the wild beast of the mortheast |1ast night, despite an all-night vigil by eleventh precinct policemen headed by Pvt. F. R. McKee. The vigil by the panther bait was { kept after police had cleared the woods {about it of huntsmen and dogs and | police on their beats and at the police telephone booths throughout the neigh- borhood had stopped all persons enter- ing the hunting area. One incident enlivened the long night watch.. Pvt. McKee reported that at about 1 o'clock this morning a party of colored huntsmen came beating through the woods near the bait. When within_about 100 yards of the tethered goat, he said, the huntsmen heard the stamping of the goat around the peg and made haste away from there. Elsewhere throughout the Distriet which has been haunted by some wild animal, belleved to be a panther, it was & quiet night. The beast failed to show up in any of its haunts of the past fortnight. ‘ Shots were fired, however, at some | slinking animal near the pig pen of Bernard Chapman, Fifteenth street and Sixth place northeast, whose pig pen was raided by the beast Sunday night and one hog slashed by the marauder's agys. The bullets, however, hit noth- ing but the pig pen. All-Night Vigil Fruitiess. An all night vigil at the pig stye of Harry Fowler, about a mile and a half from the District line, on the Marlboro pike, was kept, but no trace of the ani- mal was found. Fowler's pig stye was broken into by some predatory beast the night before last, one hog killed and nine others torn by the claws and fangs of the animal. Across the road from Fowler's farm, at the place of Philip Botts, shots also were fired at a supposed “panther,” but the beast, or whatever it was, that was seen prowling about the Botts pig stye escaped unhurt. Capt. Charles T. Peck of the eleventh recinct today granted his chief panther gunur, Pvt. McKee, a rest from his labors of the last week. For five nights straight now McKee has taken to the flelds and woodlands of Northeast Washington in search of the elusive beast, and is in desperate need of sleep and rest. McKee will take the trail again tomorrow night, however. Farmers to Guard Stock. Farmers of Southern Maryland, in the vicinity of the Botts and Fowler farms, have told the eleventh precinct that they will keep nightly watch on their s and other domestic animals and will be ready with buckshot when and if the marauder shows up. Capt. Peck this morning issued a warning to all residents of the section where the beast has been seen to im- mediately notify him or whoever is in command of anything when they sight the animal, and warned whoever does see the animal not to broadcast the news. He did this because on past cal's police have arrived at the scene.of the animal's appearance with huntsmen and dogs, only to find all trails obliter- ated by curious throngs, amateur hunts- men and stray dogs. Strain Tells on Police. ‘The two weeks’ strain of panther hunting is telling on the members of the eleventh precinct staff. They have put in long hours in answering more than a score of calls each night from frightened residents of the northeast Deanwood and Benning section. Every time a big animal of any species has been seen by the terrorized residents the police of the eleventh precinct have been called. Capt. Peck, when he has been on duty, has answered many of these calls personally. So has Lieut. 8. J. Marks. And at night both are out until the small hours of the morning with the hunters in hopes of bringing the beast to bay and killing it. At first it was & lark for the police- men. They did not believe there was any ferocious animal loose in the neigh- borhood, and they openly scoffed at beast. But when the reports got past the coincidence stage and the beast took to slashing things in the pigpens of the neighborhood, they got serious about the matter. “In all my 25 years on the police force,” said Lieut, Marks, “I've never run across a situation like this.” Lieut. Marks is one of the stanchest bellevers now of the existence of the beast and he is convinced that it is nothing less than a mountain lion, % o POLICE PLANS SHAPED FOR BLOSSOM FESTIVAL Committee in Charge of Annual Event Hears of Progress Made for Celebration. Reports on the nro{nu of prepara- tions for the cherry blossom festival to be held here in the Spring were re- ceived yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the city-wide committee in charge of the event, in the office of the Washing- ton Chamber of Commerce. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, chairman, presided. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, toid the committee members that a detailed system for handling the festival from a police viewpoint has been completed. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of—the office of Public ‘Bulldings and Public Parks, will provide the chairs required for the crowds, Gen, Stephan announced. Others making reports were Conrad Smith on water activities, Mrs, Marie Moore Forrest, pageant and folk dances; John A. Eckert, music, and Dr. James A. Flynn, health. It was decided to hold & meeting of the general committee every two weeks hereafter. The next session will be February 5. CANADIAN OFFICER VISITS Lieut. Ogilvie Stops at Bolling Field on Way to Mexico. Plight Lieut. Ogilvie of the Canadian Army Air Force was a visitor at Boll- ing Fleld this morning, taking off there at 9:20 am, in & moth light airplane for Richmond, Va. He is en route from Montreal to Mexico City. At the Canadian legtlon it was stated that there is no information of an authorized military flight of this character and it is belleved that Lieut, o’uvu is making the long trip as a pri vate venture, TAX DATE CHANGE ASKED. e e Chairman Capper of the Senate Dis- trict committee has introduced the bill recommended the Commissioners to change the for the annual as- sessment of automobiles under the per- sonal tax law from January 1 to De- cember automibile tags at an earlier date next year, | those who claimed to have seen the|ih 1 to make possible the sale of | Emergen NAVAL DELEGATES® WIVES HAVE A lure of warm blood from a slaughter | Besides being thoroughly interested spectators at the Naval Conference sessions in London, wives of the American |G MENUIty vesterday, delegates have a flurry o social -lrm is acting as chief official hostess. Shown above are (left to right): Ji Dwight W. Morrow. Below: Mrs. Henry L. Stimson, Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson and Mrs. David ts to occupy their time. CROWDED SCHEDULES , daughter of the British premler, bel Maedonald, Mrs. Charles G. Dawes and Mrs. A. Reed, —Assoclated Press Photo. FAIR AND COLDER NIGHT IS PROMISED Ten Persons Injured Here as Ice Coats Streets—Ten Degrees Forecast. Falr and considerably colder weather was forecast by Government meteorol- ogists today after a night of snow flur~ ries which made treacherous going for pedestrians and vehicular traffic and resulted in several accidents. ‘The minimum tonight will be about 10 degrees and will be followed tomor- row by rising temperatures and clear skies, the bureau forecast. Almost an inch of snow fell early to- dey and whitened a city already bur- dened by the icy residue of previous storms. The morning press of traffic moved slowly over streets glassy with encrusted snow and ice. Down to New Exireme. The temperature at 7 o'clock this morning got down to 21 degrees, follow- ing extremés yesterday of 33 and 28§ degrees, and then showed a gradual rise throughout the morning. One of the most serious accidents oc- curred at Eighteenth and U streets this morning when Mrs. Ethel Goldblatt, 32 years old, was struck by an automobile and knocked into the step of & street car she was about to board. Mrs. Goldblatt was taken to Garfleld Hospital suffering from severe lacera- tions of the left leg. The automobile was owned by John J. Hamilton, at- grl:‘ey. 2611 Woodley place, and driven d that led on the ice when the chauffeur attempted t¢ swerve from ::e‘pucm of an ice truck emerging from ey. Mother of Three Children. Mrs. Goldblatt is an employe of the Hecht Co, and resides with her sister, Ml'l.‘ Ann Levy, of 1840 California :‘t’ru. 8he is the mother of three chil- ar-old Bertha Hubacher of treet southeast is in & serious condition at Oasualty Hospital, follow- ing a collision of her sled with an electric light pole yesterday afternoon. The child was coasting on W street near Sixteenth when she lost control. Her head was dashed against the pole. A passing motorist took her to the hos- pital, where Dr. Louis Jimal of the staff treatcd her for s fractured skull. Two children and a 21-year-old youth were hurt about 8 o'clock last ht coasting on Queen street near West Virginia avenue northeast. The condi- tion of none is serious. Twe Boys Bruised. Arthur Noldy, 21 years old, of 1131 Staples street’ northeast and Ftemy Plraki, 14 years old, of 1122 Staples street northeast were coasting on a sled which skidded against an automobile operated by Lindell Smith, 28 years old, of 808 Fifth street northeast. Both boys were taken to Casualty Hon&l‘tul by Smith and treated by Dr. Jimal for slight bruises. At almost the same time last night 13-year-old Thelma Jacobs of 1114 ‘Owens place northeast suffered a lacer- ated finger when her sled collided -with lnfilher sled. She was ireated at Cas- valty. ‘Walking in the 1900 block of Biltmore street yesterday afternoon, Clarence Wilson, colored, 38 years old, of 1733 Eighth street slipped on the ice and fell. At ncy Hospftal he was treated for injuries to his left shoulder. Mall Pliots Fly Through Snow. Despite snow flurries which blinded them during the entire trip, two air- mail pilots of Eastern Air Transport, formerly Pitcairn, Inc., from New York with the “shuttle” service mail this morning. The volume of mail was so great that two planes were required to handle that brought in from the.transcontinental mail line for delivery in the National Capital. C. C. Taliaferro, youngest mail pilot in the country, came through with the , landing at Bolling Fleld when the snowfall was at its height. Pllot Walter Shaffer, who flew the shuttle from this city north yesterday evening, came down with the second section this morning, landing here at 8:15 o'clock.. Pilot J. R. Armstrong ceme down from New York last night on the regu- lar run, but the weather in the vicinity of Richmond was so bad the north- Imm: mall was put on the train at that point Icy sidewalks yeaterday afternoon were blamed injuries to two pedes- Jordan, 23 years old, was treated at ed foot H streets $10,000,000 Cargo of Gold Crossing Pacific From Japan By the Associated Press. YOKOHAMA, January 23— The liner Empress of Canada sailed for Vancouver, British Co- lumblia, today carrying more than 20,000,000 yen (about $10,000,000) in gold, belleved to be the it wflnulpulflc gold shipment in his- Ty. The National City Bank of New York City shipped 19,800,000 yen. All -yen pieces were con- signed to the San Francisco mint, to which they will be taken in a specially guarded train from Van- Dutch banks ship- ped small amounts, ‘Today's shipment is the second largest consignment of gold since the government lifted the embar- go on gold on January 11. Tues- day the National City Bank ship- rd $2,000,000 on President ackson. HONGER O LD HT FLOOD AREA Arkansas Families Reported -Clinging to Roofs in Snow and Sleet. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., January 23— Rescue crews, defeated in their first at tempts by frozen flood waters, sought today to remove several hundred lce bound and water trapped families from the big lake area of Arkansas. Advices from the stricken territory to ‘Walter Over, national Red Cross repre- sentative at Blytheville. were that many of the families were ill, without fuel and short of food, The mercury hovered around zero. A number of those marooned were said to be clinging to roofs of their sub- merged houses, exposed to the sleet, snow and wind. An airplane was char- tered today to fly over the area and make a survey of the situation. Food will be dropped if necessary. The res- cue crews, equipped with motor-driven flat-bottomed boats, tried to reach the sufferers yesterday, but were prevented by the frozen waters. The area was flooded by the breaking of levees on Big Lake and .lon{ the St. Francis and White Rivers. y families left their homes vhm"flu are levees first gave w 'l'hu{n p cared for by the camps, box cars and tents. Most of the sickness was reported in the Holcomb area. Several l“c in that vieinity were flooded, and, while the cold has frozen the water, there was danger of a suddén thaw and an- other rise. In Mississippl the Tallahat- chie River has flooded 20,000 acres in Tallahatehle and Quitman counties and marooned a number of families. Already approximately 400 families have left their hom SECOND HEARING ON REFRIGERATION Code of Installation Will Be Dis- cussed at Distriet Building February 10. A second public hearing on & pro- posed code to regulate the installation of mechanical refrigeration devices will be held in the board room of the Dis- trict Bullding at 10 o'clock, February 10. In spite of the large number of such installations in Waahing there is no code governing the sul i::rt to insure safe installations. The District's engi- neer officlals drew up a proposed code on which a public helrrn' was held last April. Numerous objections de- veloped to various technical details in this an ll:.l the ':nr;ou matter was turn Assist ieer Com- missioner Donald A. mmmon to draw up & new code. This code has been drawn up, modeled .le one in force in ihto eftesy Town Is Moved. La. (#)—This river. the “taxless town" is planning - e Sevee alon { celebrated Teapot Dome LAW GROUP SEEKS POSITIVE REFORMS Wickersham, in Radio Ad- dress, Says Prohibition Is Only Part of Task, By the Associated Press. ‘To bring about reforms which will decrease criminality” is the g:mlry objective of the Hoover Law forcement Commission as outlined by its_chairman, George W. Wi . Delivering a radio address last night, he sald that prohibition was “only & most important ¥ of the commission's general mfi“ , although it had devoted a great deal of its attention to the “dry” statutes. Tells of Survey. “What is the crime wave so constantly spoken of in current and v%‘ is 1t not -more effectively dealt with, the tive he sald, was the first sought A ‘Especially what are the difficulties found in the enforcement of the pro- hibition law, and what improvements may be suggested for speedy adoption, to remove the obstacles to the adminis- tration of this particular law?” ‘Wickersham described the steps which ul“"})h. recommendations m:fih‘hl: weel ess, asserting a an early date “certain things obvious to the commission.” He defended the disputed constitu- gmmy of the it to try minor violations of the prohibition laws. as possibly involving a denial of the right of trial by jury. Look for Public Support. He said that no change aff “s0,| contentious & subject as prohibition” could be effected withou ted. 'bmyeowu' P! Y . ‘There is, he continued, a body of calm balanced sentiment” in the country, which ‘“believes in obedient to the law,” and which at times “ex- ercises a strong pressure upon political opiman,” and said the commission looks to this “body for support for its et AIL DENTIST FACES CHARGE OF TAKING GIFT FROM SINCLAIR either Day or Sinclair. He said he had known both of them while they the jail and had cleaned- their teeth. He sald he performed no other profes- sional services for them. Kling has been the resident dentist of the jall since last July. He has done dental work for prisoners in ‘exchan, for his room and board. Kling is a member of the seniqr class of the Georgetown University Dental School. itgrowth of the case. Day, & lleutenant of Sincl: nt a shorte: time in the jail, ' Octoe spei B He was released last On being asked to appear before the board of inquiry, Ellis agreed. He made it clear, howeve: had been a hed by Ca :&dll had called on him. He explain- ed that he had known Kling only » business way. CIVIL SERVICE TESTS ELIMINATE 1,300 DRY AGENTS IN TWO YEARS (Continued From First Page.) :: “t:\’;nr.nhtm of the Civil Service Com- “The members of the old force who ‘were applicants for retention were sub- Jected to the same tests as those applied to others. “The commission states that there is noticeable imj and it w bly be put | entorcement "atter (he public. hearing. ot system now in opera el & few feet from the business sec- Agenta. " Federa) pronibitian Sgents 3 lon command wider Toepect of the- courts, Juries and the ey A (Continued From First Page.) Hil in |and TESTIY AGENT'S GUN WAS READY Florida Officers " Contragict Statement of Survivors of Prohibition Raid. By the Associated Press, WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., January 23.—Testimony of two officets that they found a loaded gun cocked and clutched in the hands of F. R. Patterson, dry agent, as he lay mortally wounded on the floor of the home of George W. Moore, alleged bootlegger, following an attempted raid on the place last Sat- urday, was presented today at an in- quest into the killing of Patterson and another prohibition officer, James K. Moncure. The “testimony of the two officers, Sheriff R. C. Baker and City Detective H. F. Hazard, was contradictory to that presented yesterday by James 8. Kugler and W M. McNulty, two dry agents, Who survived the shooting. Kugler and McNulty testified that all four officers were armed at the time of the attempted rald, but that none of them drew their weapons from their holsters. Hazard said he was at police head- quarters when a call for assistance was made. He gave the time of the call at 6:17 p.m. The prosecution has attempted to prove, through the testimony of Kugler and McNully, that the attempted raid was made during daylight hours. De- fense attorneys, however, declared that the warrant for the raid was a daylight warrant, but that the rald occurred after. dark. Hazard testified that when ‘he re- celved the call for assistance he stopped & passing motorist and arrived at the Moore home within three minutes. He said that lights were burning at police headquarters when he left, that auto- mobiles were using headlights and that the lower part of Moore’s home was lighted when he arrived. This also was contrary to testimony -offered by Kugler pon_entering the house from the rear, Hazard said he heard a low moan and saw the figure of a man crouched 2 e i ot o "I pul up and saw it wi Patterson—Mr. hmrgon." sald H:.r: In his right hand was an_sutomatic Pistol. 1 saw it was cocked with the *Sher Baker testified that - 8r- rived at the Moore home lvmh ! after the shooting and that dark: had fallen. He sald he joined Chief of Police Frank H. Matthews in the PNtatihe vidusly "had - testifed WS pre that. police headquarters had recels the call for assistance at 6:17 p.m. was notified by & desk sergeant, L 3 and rushed to the Moore home, wherp he found two bodies downstairs. Sheriff Baker testified that Matthews and Moore et who- had been aamnmwmzfl?mm%'.‘" kitchen when he went hu; dowmue'. MRS. JANE E. B. LEACH, : SURGEON’S MOTHER, DIES Mrs. Jane Bliza er of Dr. Frank at Garfield e i vt o Al % da ter, ll-hgx'gll!'lmh. 1320 stz erly oday: Bell Leach, 93, moth- | sy et Walker: of Jonatha: - g i Confere recommendation has been criticized | Leach U. S. ASKS NORWAY AND BRITAIN TO HELP - BYRD ESCAPE ICE —(Continued From First Page.) signs of land with his friend, ‘ln“m it this m’ of ouf year, which, because of the fate season 2e-vy pack, is assuming serious ith Byrd on the ht were Dean Smith, pllot; Harold J'Illgt. photograph- er; Capt. McKinley, mapper, and Carl Peterson, radio operator. . The plane headed out to sea over the bay ice and off the Western cape '8¢ | of the bay turned and followed the Bar- rier wall to the inlet. B; found that 2{“ Ddeprminn lng 'u;é“’“l the head . went south only a short e e o o T was no of land just behind the inlet to show :-:\:G cl‘l‘.l‘tu nl:c‘:' r‘n;rbor between the s Te position almost parallel to the Barrier face because of protection by outcropping land. it seems probable, because of the pres- sure rolls and the dark spots seen by June and McKinley, it 1s ope of four known points where land is ‘apparently holding back the Barrier or nhrdllfi its flow, the other being the Bay ‘Whales, the crevices south of the bay at 81 degrees 10 minutes, south of Dis- covery Inlet. A short the plane Admiral Byrd & high barrier it that g