Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1930, Page 2

A2 ann DISTRICT T0 SPEND §70,000,000 IN 1530 Additions, Improvements and Pay Raises Are Estimated at C. of C. Conference. Official Washington and private en- terprise in the Capital City will spend approximately $70,000,000 during 1930 in additions, improvements and salary increases, it was estimated last night 2t a business conference called by the ‘Washington Chamber of Commerce to present a cross-section of the indus- trial and financial life of the District and of the city’s prospects during the ensuing year, Influenced by this tremendous ex- nditure, business is expected by its ocal leaders, many of whom assembled in the Mayflower Hotel for the confer- ence last night, to enjoy a period of Increased prosperity and expension, de- sp**e the recent stock market slump. The picture presented by Govern- ment officials and representatives of the city's leading institutions and in- dustries was optimistic in the extreme, fulfilling the avowed pu of the conference—to promote confidence, un- derstanding and co-operation as unhe basis for the economic structure of ‘Washington. 100 Millions Real Expectation. President Charles W. Darr of the chamber, in announcing the $70,000,000 estimate for 1930, explained it was an approximation arrived at as a result | of correspondence with officials and business executives relative to the con- ference. Added to this figure, he said, are the amounts which will be spent by the almost innumerable smaller con- cerns, bringing the probable total up to $100,000,000 for the year. The idea behind the conference— that of creating a sentiment of pros- perity as a means for attaining pros- MITCHELL BARS DRINKERS Attorney General Says Enemies of Prohibition Should Have No Place Officially in Enforcement of ¢ Eighteenth Attorney General Mitchell has ad- vised Congress that habitual drinkers and those definitely opposed to prohi- bition on principle are considered un- suitable by the Hoover administration for Federal offices directly connected with the prosecution of violators of the dry statutes. Furthermore, the personal views and practices of applicants for appointment or relgpolntmenl as United States { marshals and attorneys are being thor- oughly investigated before appointments are recommended to the President by the Justice Department. This procedure was revealed by Mr. Mitchell in a letter submitted to the House expenditures committee, which yesterday concluded open hearings on the Willlamson bill to consolidate the Government's enforcement and prose- 3“1{1‘& agencies in the Department of Justice. The letter had been written to a friend of the Attorney General, whose name was withheld, and dealt only with attorneys and marshals. It was as- sumed, however, that Mitchell would follow the same policy in selecting men for the enforcement unit in the event that agency is transferred to his juris- diction from its present place in the Treasury. Attorney General's Letter. The Attorney General's letter follows in full text: “I have your letter of January 15 calling attention to the fact that a special agent of this department has been making inquiries from you about candidates for the post of United States he made inquiries as to whether a can- didate was in the habit of using liquor and as to his views about the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. I am grateful to you for giving my represent- ative an interview and such informa- tion as_you had concerning the appli- cant. I have to depend very largely perity—was the subject of the principal address, which was delivered by Merle ‘Thorpe, ediotr of the Nation's Busi- ness, official publication of the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States. ‘Thorpe characterized the embodiment of this idea in business conferences throughout the country, following upon the national meeting called by Presi- dent Hoover, as “a great experiment which, if successful, will cl the whole course of economic history, and will rele; the cycle of business de- clines to the category of the dodo.” Sentiment or public opinion, he de- clared, cannot be overemphasized in odern business. In this connection e called Washington a ‘“city of the blind” and said her citi ‘were not availing themselves of unparalleled op- rtunities. Sentiment can be made a ms\ness asset, he asserted, and the day of the “cold-blooded, dry-as-dust” busi- ness man is past. He said, “sentiment is written on every store of progress” and pointed out the possibilities of cre- ating a sentiment here based on Wash- ington’s rich traditions and history. The largest portion of the cap! expenditures to be made during 1930 as outlined at the conference come from the United States Treasury, with large sums appropriated in cqnnection with the Government buflding ‘program and the development that comes under the supervision of the Capitol archi- tect, David Lynn. Many D. C. Improvements Due. Lynn said $13,284,806.45 will be spent during the'remainder of the pres- ent fiscal year and the next fiscal year. It will be distributed to pay the ex- penses for the acquisition of land for, and the ing of work on, the new United States Supreme Court Building; the enlargement and development of the Capitol Grounds, which will ex- tend to Union Station; improvement of the Botanic Gardens; completion of the Senate Office Building and con- struction of an addition to the Library of Congress.: Other expenditures to be made by the Government were summarized in a state- ment of the financial situation here by Robert N. Harper, president of the Dis- trict National Bank. His m2ssage was delivered by Joshua Evans, jr., execu- tive vice president of the institution, in the absence of Mr. Harper. ‘The statement reads, in part: “The City of Washington has made great progress in the development of finan- cial service to business; our banks have noticeably increased their assets; they are rendering a service greater in extent and more nearly adapted to actual busi- ness needs, and they enter upon the year 1930 in a better postiton than ever before to perform their functions with maximum efficiency. Four Stability Factors. “Four major factors have contributed to Washington’s splendid financial posi- tion. On the Governmental side we have the Federal building program and the culmination of the salary scale re- vision which resulted from the classi- fication act of 1923. Private business has been responsible for the remarkable real estate and bullding activity, which has added millions to the value of local property, and for Washington’s splendid progress in the development of light :nanufulul’ln‘ industries of suitable ype. “Under present legislation the Treas- ury Department should spend some- where near $30,000,000 in 1930, which total would be increased to nearly $40,- 000,000 by the enactment of the Elliott bill. This total does not include the sums to be spent by the architect of the Capital and the District Commissioners. “The Government pay roll adjust- ments resulting from the building up cf a scientific Government employment system have corrected many existing in- equalities and have materially increased the spending power of Government em- ployes in the District. It is estimated that the total increase in the Govern- ment pay roll for the calendar year 1930 over 1929, will be $4,250,000. This fig- ure includes no provision for the con- templated Army and Navy and other pay increases now long overdue.” For the District, Commissioner Proc- tor L. Dougherty predicted that the ex- penditure in construction would total $3,900,000, exceeding the 1929 figure by $1.748,000. A large portion of this sum will be spent in the building of two in- cinerators and in sewer work. Utilities Prospects Told. Prospects for the year of Washing- ton's public utilities” were related by Hanse Hamilton, general manager of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co: C. Melvin Sharpe of the Potomac Electric Power Co. and Washington Railway and Electric Co; J. Edward Heberle of the Capital Traction Co., and George Whitwell, secretary of the Washington Gas Light Co. Hamilton said that the telephone company will install $3,500.000 of im- provements during 1930, and will spend $22.000,000 in improvement within the next five years. He said that the 159,- 000 telephones now in service in Wash- ington will be increased by 9,000 hefore the year is out. The electric company and its asso- ciated street iailway organizations ex- pect their capital expenditures for 1930 o reack $5900,000, with two of the large items being a new office building and an operating department building. Heberle said the Capital Traction Co. plans to spend approximately $3,- 600,000, of which $800,000 will be for equipment. Whitwell, while indicating that busi- ness prospects for the gas company are bright, said that capital expenditures during 1930 would d‘u:t about equal those in 1829. In that year, he de- they amounted to $50,000 a Charles W. Eliot, 2d, city planner for the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, told of the plans for the acquisition of park land under the Cramton bill, now in Congress, and for the development of the waterfront. John Poole, president of the Federal- American National Bank, predicted Sesumption of n business within izes them for a perso; =Ry upon the members of the bar around the country for accurate information as to the qualifications of men for all classes of posts under this department, and it is very helpful when I have the opinion of members of the bar whom I know and in whom I have confidence. “The inquiries made by our agents about the habits of candidates as to the use of liquor and their views on pro- hibition are made at my direction. My purpose is to obtain all the information that is available about any candidate which bears on his qualifications for the t and his probable efficiency, and ps me to form an opinion as to whether he will be an efficient and satis- factory public officer. All facts which r on these matters are pertinent. United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys.and United States mar- shals have directly to do with the en. forcement of the national prohibition act and the prosecution of cases under it. So far as the personal use of liquor is concerned, I do not believe that any of the men in these posts should drink under any circumstances. Stocks of pre- col ! is quite generally under- stood now that this is so, and that with few exceptions liquor that is served is illegally manufactured or imported. If a United States marshal or other official who has to do with the national prohibi- tion act is observed to have a supply of liquor and use it, it is generally assumed that it is obtained from illicit sources, and I do not think that either wets or drys have much respect for a man who participates as a public official in the prosecution of bootleggers and Iumm- supply of liquor. Views Are Important. “With respect to the views of a can- didate on prohibition, that is also important matter bearing on the prob- able efficiency of the candidate in the prosecution of prohibition cases. No head of any itive organization would think it wise to assign to a ticular task a man who does not believe in what is being done, has no heart in it, and whose activities are constantly REMOVAL OF PLANE WRECKAGE SCORED marshal in ——, and that in so doing|I Amendment. hampered by a strong distaste for and wnspmdislll of the work he has to do. le a United States marshal may have less to do with the actual prose- cution of prohibition cases than the United States attorneys and their as- sistants, he does have a direct relation to the work. He has custody of seized liquors. He is an official of the court and is constantly in touch with jury- men, witnesses and others interested in these cases. If you have had consider- able trial experience, you no doubt have realized what an important influence and clerks have on the atmosphere of a courthouse during a term of court. If the public officials who are charged with duties in relation to the enforce- ment of the national prohibition act are known by bootleggers, witnesses and Jjurymen to use liquor themselves, with the probability that they are patronizing the illicit traffic in llguors, or their dis- agreement with prohibition is such that it becomes known or the subject of ex- pression by them or others, it has a de- moralizing effect on the whole machinery of law enforcement. “Out of some 80,000 criminal cases begun in the Federal courts during the last fiscal year more than half were cases under the national prohibition act. We ’do not. wlatn (na:uu or mlg:: engaged in prosecuting these cases, 8s & mere administrative matter it is uite obvious to me that efficient, orough and diligent work cannot be expected of those who patronize illicit traffic in liquors and have definite and decided opposition to the whole princi- ple of prohibition and make it known. feel, therefore, that it is my duty in passing upon the qualifications of candidates for these posts to know what their habits are and what their attitude is toward prohibition, and that I could not safely reach a conclusion about their qualifications without knowing these facts. No Hard and Fast Rule. “I have not made any hard and fast rule on the subject, and there are many matters respecting & man's abil- nal qualifications that considered, but I believe that no man who makes a practice of drinking intoxicating liquor, or who has de?lnlu or pronounced views in opposition to prohibition, belongs, dur- ing this administration, in any post having directly to do with the prose- cution of cases under the national pro- hibition act. It seems to me that such men had better seek positions in some other branch of the Government or a private occupation. I have not made any blare of trumpets about this mat- ter, but I am not at all reluctant to have it known among those in the serv- ice of this department that the habitual use of liquor and opposition to prohi- bition are very definite handicaps to lppo‘in'.ment or reappointment in this service. “I cannot see any analogy between applying a religious test as & qualifica- tion for public office and the matter of making inquiries as the personal habits and attitude toward prohibition on the part of candidates for posts hav- ing directly to do with the enforcement of the national prohibition act. In the one case a man's religious views have no bearing one way or another on any public activity that he may be required to engage in as a public officer, but in dealing with candidates for United States attorneys and marshals their personal habits in the matter of the use of liquor and their attitude toward prohibition have a direct and undeni- able bearing on their efficlency in the performance of their duties. “I am very glad to have you write me on this subject, as I do not want my attitude misunderstood, and I hope, after this statement, you will agree with me that an administrative officer charged with the duty of selecting men to prosecute cases under the national prohibition act should have accurate rmation about their personal habits and their-opinions on this Subject, to be considered along with information re specting their other qualifications.” WILBUR WOULD END OIL FIELDS' WASTE Coroner Threatens Prosecu- tion Following Death of Five in Crash. By the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, Kans., January 28.— Hasty removal of the wreckage of & Central Air . Lines passenger plane which crashed here late yesterday and burned, killing five persons, today brought threats of prosecution from county authorities and & denial by of- ficials of the company that the wreck- age had been destroyed. Dr. Ben 8. Coffin, coroner of Wyan- dotte County, declared that the wrecked ship had been destroyed by officials and workmen of the Central Air Lines who rushed to the scene. He declared such procedure was “unheard of” in case of an accident and declared he would have those re- Officials of the airline asserted, on the other hand, that they had received permission from Richard H. Lees, De- partment of Commerce aeronautical inspector, to move the wreck, and that :; h.td(‘mti hkcnd'n uld)u;)[lr for the vestigation conduc com) officials today. o g —— a few months. He also made an ap- peal for the Community Chest, of Whlgh he is '.rmll!r‘f;. X Others who spoke at the meetin; were Howard L. Wilkins of Wilkins &‘ Rogers Milling Co., and Theodore C. Lewis of Lewis & Hitchcock, Inc., church organ builders. 2 As a part of his report of the finan- cial conditions here, Harper summar- ized the status of private enterprise generally. He said: “The remarkable real estate and bullding development of the last few years has extended and increased Washington’s facilities as a_residential city and as a place in which to do ess. This fact is illustrated by the increase, from 1924 to 1928, of more than 43 per cent in the value of real estate holdings in the District. “Finally, I wish to call special atten- tion to the rapid expansion of local in- dustrial undertakings. According to last reports, metropolitan Washington has more than 600 light manufacturing plants producing annually val- ued at more than $100,000,000. In this connection it is interesting to note that from 1923 to 1927 the value of locally manufactured products in- creased 23 per cent, as compared with a rate of only 4 per cent for the coun- try as a whole. “These figures, which present a most interesting picture of the local financial situation, are reflected in the statistics of bank clearings for the last two years, which reveal an increase for 1920 of $45,665,127, ““Washington, like all other cities, has, of course, been affected by the stock market slump, but all figures now avail- able tend to show that the effect here has been considerably less marked than elsewhere. Recent reports show de- creasing house and apartment va- cancy ratios and increases in savings Secretary of the Interior Acts to Conserve Kettleman Hills Deposits. By the Assoclated Press. FRESNO, Calif,, January 28.—Having expressed the hope that Kettleman Hills oil operators would “get together and agree on a method of stopping the staggering waste of California’s indus- trial future,” Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur today was on way to Los Angeles to further his plans for conservation. Returning from a trip through the Kettleman Hills north dome, after ad- dressing groups of ofl men at Fresno, Hanford and at the field, Dr. Wilbur delivered his conservation message here yesterday. “A biNion dollars in resources will be wasted unless we can work out a method of orderly development of this great fleld,” Wilbur told the oil men. “The Government is interested—like all of you—as a minority land holder. We want to see an agreement that will stop sinking wells that call for offset drill- ing, w?th ring after ring of offsets. “We want to participate in a volun~ tary plan by which all holders of proven land can benefit. We want to avold ‘drowning’ the line market with the flood of Kettleman ofl, which is really gasoline.” Methods of development he brought forward were: 1. Pooling of all profits from the field according to acreage. 2. Purchase by big companies of all small_holdings. 3. Government purchase of all “non- curtailed” lands. 4. Holding company control of de- velopment for the whole dome. In Los Angeles Dr. Wilbur will dis- cuss engineering problems of curbing output with a committee of technical experts on conservation. SEATS SELL AT 5 CENTS. Door Torn Off Hinges as Crowd Rushes In. NEW YORK, January 28 (@), Broadway theater seats at 5 cents each! Attracted by the foregoing announce- ment, thousands of persons flocked to the Republic Theater last night, causing a jam that required battering-ram tac- tics by 10 policemen to untangle. The seats were for the second balcony, and when the door was opened the crowd in its rush carried it off its hinges. After the available quota of seats was filled the rest of the crowd was dis- persed. The show is & murder mystery that has been enjoying a long run. TRl ik s A SO BISHOP RESTS POORLY. CHICAGO, January 28 (#).—Most Rev. . , passed & ::l‘:ht and :u in a less favorable con- dition today. His physicians still held hope, how- its, wlthfl::?n trade n'; n prevailing American 48 ever, Ignl. the bi heart, seriously weakened by an k 8 might 3 court attaches such as marshals, bailiffs | week 8go, the . __WASHINGTO! BORAH THREATENS DRY FORCE PROBE Idaho Senator Says Office Is Under Observation by U. S. Agents. (Continued From PFirst Page.) Representative Dyer of Missouri, rank- ing Republican on the House judiciary committee, said the Supreme Court had 'held it could not say the one-half of 1 per cent determined by the prohibition statutes as the maximum alcoholic con- tent of beverages was inadequate, in view of the legislation already passed. Dyer has sald Congress had the author- ity to raise the per cent to 2.75, as that percentage was not intoxicating . After Celler finished in the House, Representative Oliver, the Attorney General “In writing that letter,” Oliver con- | tinued, “Mitchell has rendered a dis- tinct service to the American people.” In response to questions from Rep- resentative La Guardia, Republican, New York, and Representative Celler, Oliver said he thought that the posi- tion taken by Mitchell should be adopted by heads of other governmental departments and city judges. Representative Maas, Republican, of Minnesote, said, “The fact that Mitchell has to warn against district attorneys, assistant district attorneys and United States marshals drinking, and thereby patronizing *the very bootleggers they are prosecuting, is, indeed, a sad com- mentary on prohibition.” He added Mitchell's statement did not apply in St. Paul, “because Lew Drill is a total abstainer, I am glad to say.” Maas also said the Mitchell posi- tion would have barred Representative James M. Beck of Pennsylvania from the office of solicitor general he vacated to enter Congress. “It is a hopeful sign, however,” he continued, “that the Attorney General a:s the courage to expose this condi- n.” Representative Williamson, Repub- lican, of South Dakota approved Mitch- ell's stand, saying: “All law-enforcement officers should be in agreement with the laws they enforce.” Denial that Department of Justice agents had inquired into the conduct of Herbert, administrator in Montana, | Fra or had watched the office of Senator Borah or any member of Congress, was made in a statement today by Attorney General Mitchell. “Some one has been misleading Seil;lllwl’ Borah,” the Attorney General said. “No Department of Justice agent or employe has ‘watched’ or followed Sen- ator Borah or any other member of Congress,” the Attorney General said. “Any sort of espionage upon members of Congress or their offices by sthis de- partment is unthinkable and utterly re- pugnant to the sense of propriety of every official in this department.” “I think in fairness to this depart- ment he should disclose the name of that person. I have sent J. E. Hoover, director of the Bureau of Investigation of this department, to state these facts to the Senator and to ask his aid in finding who is masquerading as a-De- parment of Justice agent.” Representative Schafer of Wisconsin, a wet and a member of the committee on expenditures, moved today again to have Clarence True Wilson and Scott McBride, head of the Anti-Saloon League, called before the committee to discuss prohibition enforcement. His motion was lost, however. Chairman Williamson insisted that the committee was not going into the merits or de- n:em.s of prohibition ;lnd ':’hlt it wll: iving consideration only to proposa E strengthen the enforcement of the W, . ‘Wickersham Letter. ‘The Wickersham Iletter to - Repre- sentative Dyer said, in part: “You may remember that in one of the cases which went to the Supreme Court of the United States, a very large amoun® of evidence was educed by the plaintiffs who were represented by ex- Senator Root and Willlam D. Guthrie of the New York Bar, to show that no beverage could be intoxicating that had less than 2.75 per cent of alcohol. The Supreme Court, however, held that that was J:urely a legislative question. They could not say that one-half of 1 per cent was so grossly inadequate that a court could hold that the Legislature might not, in the exercise of its dis- cretion, fix it as the maximum amount which it was safe to permit as the criterion of intoxication. My recollec- tion is that the opinion of the court was unanimous, although I am not sure of this. I am writing from memory. But the real point is that the opinion of the Supreme Court was that the whole question was within the competency of Congress and that the court would not undertake to overrule the exercise of its discretion. That being the law, as established by our highest court, it seems to me that it would be imprac- ticable for this commission to attempt to re-examine that question. I will sub- mit your letter to the commission, which is to meet here on February 5, but in the meantime I simply call your atten- tion to this decision and to what seems to me personally the necessary conse- quences of it.” Dyer’s Statement. Mr. Dyer issued a statement, in which he said: “The letter from Mr, Wickersham would indicate that I did not make myself clear in my letter to him of January 25. The point I desired to bring out in that letter was whether or not law enforcement, so far as the pro- hibition question is concerned, would be benefited by changing the prohibition enforcement act so as to permit the manufacture and sale of a beverage with an alcoholic content of 2.75 per cent by weight. The point was based upon the bellef in my mind that the prohibition act could be changed in that effect without violation of the eighteenth amendment. “I was anxious to secure from the Wickersham commission a report whether 2.75 per cent by weight in bev- erage was intoxicating and then whether the authorization by Congress of a change in the law would assist our Government to enforce prohibition.” Mr. Dyer added that he did not think the decision of the Supreme Court, cited by Mr. Wickersham, touched either 'of these questions. He said that if the Law Enforcement Commission did not take up this question he would ask the chair- ;rlun nl'n'.l;le judlciu’hyul:o‘l.‘nmlltnt:e of the louse ave & public hearing on this phase of the question, Urges Big Fund. Provision by consrm of a minimum appropriation of $300.000,000 for prohi- bitlon enforcement was suggested today in a letter to a House judiciary subcom- mittee by Henry H. Curran, president of the Assoclation t the Prohi- bition Amendment, than| the group for an invitation to appear and pr_efie’nt “""""“u"m e communical was addressed to Chairman Christopherson, whose bills to give United States commissioners the power to try certain prohibition cases and otherwise carry out recommenda- tions of the Law Enforcement Commis- sion llre being considered by the sub- commi “My comment would be” Curra wrote, “that you m;,ht better be con- sidering the repeal of the national pro- hibition-laws than wasting time tinker- ing with the procedure for enforcing them. All the Wickersham bills in the world will not enforce the national pro- hibition laws. “Nobody can gut over upon the Amer- an amazing of ican people suc! denial mht of local law to t American as a D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1930. Will Rogers Says: LONDON, England, January 28, 1930.—Had lunch yesterday in their rooms with Mr. and Mrs. Morrow and elder daughter, Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Stimson were there and he told me, “You back home, Will, and announce that one of America's muchly advertised talents has been overestimated, we are-not the mas- ters of bunk.” He had just come from a five-hour siege Wwith the whole mess of ‘em. Morrow is funny. He pulled a one. We are getting along fine, beautiful compliments, but nobody has men- tioned the word navy. I look for that word to come up some day and when it does I just want to see what the conference will do. England this morning”ordered work stopped on two cruisers, the Surrey and Northumberland. These are the same two Macdonald ordered work stopped on last July when the papers were all full of it, and Mr. Hoover saw his two and raised him one by stopping work on three of ours. If Mr. Hoover sees this raise I hope he does it with the same ships, too. They will keep on stopping work on these two till the first thing you know they will be late building 'em. But all sinking aside, our boys seem very optimistic and feel that scme- thing will be accomplished. They are all crazy about Joe Robinson. Mr. Hoover can feel proud of his lads, but, boy, there is some tough babies here, Talk about taking boats away from them! There is delega- tions here that wouldn't give up an oar to see eternal salvation. ‘Yours, WILL ROGERS. (Copyright, 1930, McNaught Syndicate, Inc.) BARVAN CHARGES WILL BE IGNORED Walsh Announces Lobby Body Will Not Probe Dye Activities of Moses. By the Assoclated Press. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Mon- tana, announced today that the Sen- ate lobby committee would not make an investigation into the deposition of ncis P. Garvin, former alien prop- erty custodian, which said Senator Moses of New Hampshire and others had joined with German chemical in- terests in an effort to influence tariff legislation. 'Walsh said he had examined the dep- osition and had found nothing which “reflects in any manner whatever on Senator Moses or which is a proper ::R{:ct for investigation of this com- The Montanan, a member of the lobby committee, said he had carefully studied the deposition and “letters passing between Senator Moses and his clerk and other parties who in 1922 were opposing an effort to put an em- bargo on the importation of chemicals.” The statement by Walsh, which was made a part of the lobby committee record, said the letters and deposition disciosed that Moses was active in op- posing the proposed dye embargo. “That was no news to any of us who were familiar with conditions at that time,” Walsh added. “It was perfectly understood that Senator Moses was op- posed to the embargo. “He was interested in securing for the textile manufacturers-of his State dyes as cheaply as could be procured.” Walsh added that it was “not at all unlikely that German producers and dye umporters were active in opposing the embargo and it was not unnatural that there should be correspondence between Senator Moses and these inter- ested people, “It is to my mind of no consequence.” ‘Walsh said also that Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, was “opposed to the dye embargo on principle and was vio- lently opposed to a high tariff and na- turally was against the proj 1" “So it would not be at all strange if Senator King should be found acting in concert with those opposed to the dye embargo for selfish reasons.” ‘Walsh asserted the deposition was “no_reflection on either Senator King or Senator Moses." sh also announced that repre- sentatives of the American Importers’ Association and the Free Trade League would be questioned at some future date. iy 1928 DRUG TRAFFIC REPORT STIRS U. S. Observer at Geneva Questions French Representative About Shipments to America. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, January 28.—The Amer- ican observer at the League of Nations advisery committee on opium traffic to- tive about shipments of narcotics to the United States shown in French customs returns for 1928. According to these figures, 232 kilograms of morphine, 170 kilograms of heroin and 179 kilograms of cocaine were sent from France to America. John Kenneth Caldwell, the Amer- ican observer, sald that The opium convention could not have been in force in France at that time, because it required that the countries in the convention should endeavor to prevent consignments of drugs to countries not accepting them. Gustave Bourgeois, French represent- ative, replied that France had not at that time initlated a system of import and export certificates. Drugs for Cen- tral America were often shipped on ves- sels going to New York. He said he did not wish to hide behind the word “endeavor” in the League convention and assured Mr, Caldwell that now that control was in the hands of cen- tral authority similar cases could not occur again. CITY’S WATER DWINDLES. WALLACE, Idaho, January 28 (®).— The Wallace city council has ordered the Consolidated Corporation, owners of the city water system, to “do some- thing” about the water shortage caused by frozen plPes. ‘The council charged that woeful neg- lect had caused a water shortage in the city, resulting in danger to property from fire and to residents by iliness, and threatened revocation of the water com- pany’s license. make every American a teetotaler. The law has aiready failed. “We all favor temperance. Only a few favor such intemperance in Gov- |GEN. DAVID GORDON DIES AT AGE OF 97 Veteran Was Oldest Retired Officer in the Army at Time of His Death. Brig. Gen. David Stuart Gordon, day at a private sanitarium at 804 Flower avenue, Takoma Park, Md. Gen. Gordon had been suffering for many months from the infirmities of advanced age. He was 97 years of age, and had he lived four more days he ‘would have attained the oldest age ever reached by an officer of the Army. Twenty years ago Gen. Daniel H. Rucker died ‘at the age of 97 years, 8 months and 8 days. Gen. Gordon had lived 97 years, 8 months and 5 days. Funeral arrangements were being completed today by telegraph between Robert V. Fleming, president of the Riggs National Bank, a stepson of Gen. late Army officer, both of whom live in California. Interment probably will be at Arlington Cemetery. Gen. Gordon was a well known Wash- ington character and had been ex- tremely vigorous even at his advanced age, frequently going downtown and walking through the streets. He was the last survivor of the famous “Frontier Guards,” was twice brevetted for bra- very, was capfured by the Confederates during the Civil ‘War and served with distinction in many of the battles of the war between the States. He was retired 34 years ago from the active list of the Army and on April 23, 1904, was advanced to the rank of brigadier general, retired. Twice Brevetted. As a captain in the Union forces he was brevetted major July 3, 1863, “for 8!1‘11%;:& meritorious mvice"hmbl'\:e ettysburg campaign, and agal % vetted lieutenant colonel “for gallant service against the Indians at Miners Delight, Wyo., May 4, 1870.” He had served with the famous “Frontier Guard,” which was organized after the inauguration of President Lin- coln to serve as a bodyguard for the Civil War President. Under the com- mand of the late Senator James H. Lane as captain, the guard had fits headquarters in the White House until it entered active service. At the time of Lincoln's assassination Gen. Gordon :u &L;m}m& At ‘Winchester, vn,i :n': earing of the tragedy, posted picke! along the roads leading in from Wash- m;n‘:;. in the hope of capturing the as- sassin. Born May 23, 1832, in Pranklin County, near Greencastle, Pa, Gen. Gordon was appointed a second lieuten- ant in the 2d Dragoons, April 10, 1861. ‘Within two months he had attained the rank of first lieutenant. He opened ht at Fairfax Court House, June 1, 1861, and served throughout the war. On July 21, 1861, he was captured at the first battle of Bull Run, after being wounded in the leg. Incarcerated for 13 months in various prisons in the South, including the famous Libby pris- on, he was exchanged October 3, 1862, at Annapolis, Md. 9 Indian Campaigner. At the end of the Civil War, Gen. Gordon served in the Indian campaigns on the then wild frontler in the West, serving with Buffalo Bill Cody at Fort Leavenworth. Gen Gordon engaged in active service and campaigned with “Gray Fox,” Crook, Custer and other famous Indian fighters. He was a member of unit which went to d ion which relieved Maj. Fetter- man's command at Fort Phil Kearney, after the massacre of that officer by the Sioux under Red Cloud. Gen. Gordon covered many hundreds of miles in all kinds of weather during rigorous campaigns against the plains Indians. On one expedition he reached Fort Phil Kearney without the loss of & man, after a long march, al- though every horse died or was killed. command of Fort Myer in 1896 was automatically retired from service with the rank of colonel. Shortly after his retirement Gen. Gordon moved to San Francisco and was in that city during the earthquake and the fire which followed. After the earthquake he moved to Washington, where he had since made Gen. Gordon was twice married, but both wives have died. He married the widow of Robert I. Fleming, whose son, Robert V. Fleming, now is president of the Riggs National Bank. He 15 survived, in addition to Mr. Fleming, by » son, C. H. Gordon of Los Angeles, and a daug] r, Mrs, Francis N. Shook of Oakland, Calif. AMBASSADOR IS NAMED. Fred Morris Dearing Is New En- voy to Peru. f Columbia, Ambassador Dearing is now Minister to Portug and his transfer, announced today by President Hoover, is in line with the policy established by the administration of filling South American posts with career men, WALTER H. MOORE DIES. Proprietor of Auto and Electric Supply Co. Expires in Hospital. Walter Hinton Moore, proprieto. of Moore’s Auto & Electric Supply Co., at 1012 H street northeast, died Sunday at the Tuberculosis Hospital. Mr. Moore was manager of the Mod- e Auto Supply Co., at 917 H street ortheast. He was a member of the ELvron M. Parker Masonic Lodge. Be- sides his widow, he is survived by five children, Anna, Robert, John, Harry and Walter Moore, jr. Funeral services will be held tomor- row afternoon at 2 o'clock at his late residence, 214 Ninth street northeast. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. M0, Bas et sppoinid & a) day questioned the French representa-| to Peru. GOLD STRIKE REPORTED. Aid to Secretary Wilbur Receives Word From Alaska. LOS ANGELES, January 28 (P).— Ernest Walker Sawyer, assistant to Sec- ref of the Interior Wilbur, said to- day he had received word of an_a mrentky rich gold strike in the wild iver district of Alaska near Bettles. Sawyer said miners have brought out samples which have terest in Fairbanks ernment as compulsory total abstinence. | the Int The question is not one of enforcement but of enforceability. “1 do wish that you withhold your il which furthe upinges upon S0 w p! po; less American liberties as the right of trial by jury, the right of protection against unreasonable searches and seizures and all the other provisions of our bill of rights. There should be no dlckerlanl single word of the bill of rights.” The letter failed to say whether Cur- ran would appear and Garment Workers Strike. ‘TORONTO, Ontario, January 28 . g et on sf over differences with employers - ing and working conditions. ‘Though it could not yet be learned how many companies would be affected by the strike, it was stated the industry, Epring dretess and cosks, wowd be- serlously afle % U. 8. A, retired, the oldest retired| officer of the American Army, died to- | Gordon, and the two children of me| Dead at Age of 97 DAVID _S. GORDON. SNYDER EXPLALS . REASON FOR ORDE U. S. Marshal Avers Ques- tionnaire to Deputies Is in Interest of Efficiency. BRIG. GE! A questionnaire sent to deputies in the office of United States Marshal Edgar C. Snyder which sought infor- #nation regarding their employment be- fore they entered the Government service was described by Mr. Snyder today as merely a method of obtaining more information about the activities of his deputies before their appoint- ment, in the general itnerest of effi- ciency. Marshal Snyder said that the ques- tlonnaire originated in his own mind and not from any suggestions or in- fluences from either the White House or the Department of Justice. He he consulted no one, but he has reason to feel that it met with the approval of the Department of Justice. According to Mr. Snyder, the in- formation regarding the 60 deputy marshals, which has been kept in a card index in the marshal’s office, gives only a brief summary of the in- dividual activities of these officers and Mr. Snyder decided upon the question- naire as a means to make this inform: tion more complete. In the questio: naire, the deputies are asked regar ing their occupation during the World ‘War, whether they saw service in the war, and in what capacity. It also asks the nature of their occupation after the enactment of the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act and the nature of occupation immediately preceding appointment as deputy ma: shal, as well as the nature of occup: tion before entering the United States marshal’s office. ing the last Regardj the | Question, the deputy is asked to furnish the names of former employers and reason for leaving them. The ques- tionnaire asks also who recommended the deputy for his present position. Then it asks the deputy’s age and the state of his physical condition. SERVICES ARE HELD FOR W. L. BUCKLEY Naval Architect and Shipbuilder Buried in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Funeral services for W. L. Buckley, 67 years old, naval architect and ship designer, who died at his home, 2603 North Capitol street, Sunday, after a short 1liness, were conducted at the residence this afternoon. Interment was in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Buckley would have completed 50 years of service in the Bureau of Con- struction and Repair, Navy Department, February 2. He was widely known here and had long been active in the Royal Arcanum, serving as president of Capi- tal Council of the organization for approximately a quarter of a century. Mr. Buckley entered the service in 1880 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, when the wooden ships left on the ways from the Civil War activities were being scrapped. At the close of the Spanish ‘War he was transferred to Washin In his occupation as a ship designer Mr. Buckley saw naval construction pass from wood to iron and from iron to the mammoth steel battleships and airplane carriers of today. He Js survived by his widow, Mrs. Alice E. Buckley; three sons, Harry W., Horace E. and Bradford E. Buckley, and one daughter, Mrs. Edward R. Altman, COUPLE MAROONED IN PACIFIC FOUND Chicago Scientific Expedition ports Discovery on Island Near Equator. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 28.—Dr. Charles Ritter and his wife of Berlin, Germany, stranded in the Pacific, today were re- ported found by Eugene F. McDonald | PO of Chicago and a party of scientists now exploring certain islands near the Equator. A radio report from the e: said the couple had been stranded five months on Charles Island of the Galap- agos group west of Ecuador. gl ship sailed for the mainland for sup- plies, the report said, and had not re- turned. The McDonald expedition pro- visioned the couple for one year. In the same message Comdr. McDon- ald said the party planned to return to Chicago soon. Owner Of Slain Pig Calls Panther Just Plain Ordinary Dog ‘The phantom “panther,” hunt- ed in Washington and nearby Maryland the past few weeks, fig- ured in the official business of the Prince Georges County com- missioners today when Harry E. Fowler, Forestville farmer, on whose land one hog was mys- teriously killed and eight injured, presented a claim for $80 under the dog tax law. O&I:lnty Clerk Blc'lnee lowl; pre~ sented newspaper clippings to the Board of Commissioners showing there was some. doubt as to whether the beast which killed Fowler's hogs was a panther, bob cat, etc., or just a plain dog. Fowler himself said he believed A Under_the Ilu}' .?r;en ‘whose ve stock are dogs obtain damages from the inty ition | 5o ITHO PLANES LEAVE - | ONEIELSON SEARCH & Reid and Young Take Off. Word Awaited From Party in Siberia. By the Associated Press. TELLER, Alaska, January 28.—The Far North today awaltec reports from the searching party near North Cape, Siberia, which has been digging into the ice and snow about the wreckage of Carl Ben Elelson's airplane expecting to find the body of the noted Arctic aviator and his companion, Earl Borland. Meanwhile two other weeks have been l“!fln:’:: i) ‘DE nity to join in the hunt for the long raissing birdmen were at last on their P 3 took their powerful planes into the air here yesterday for a 400-mile flight to th> Siberian Coast, where the Eielson- Borland plane was found. Alfred Lomen, director of the search, expressed the opinion that the bodies :; Eielson and Borland would be found ere. The searching party, composed of four men, was taken to the scene Sun- day by Joe Crosson and Harold Gillam, American flyers, who located the wreck Saturday. Since Crosson and Gillam operated from the fur trading ship Nanuk, frozen in the ice near North Cape, reports from the searching party were expected from that source. Reld and Young were instructed to remain at the scene until “everything is cleared up.” They also will transport valuable furs and possibly some of the passengers of the Nanuk to the Alaskan mainland, and will make other trips to return gasoline borrowed from Russian sources by American fiyers in order to continue their search. BYRD WILL SEARCH ICE-GUARDED ISLAND FOR MISSING FLYERS (Continued From First Page.) bark City of New York, Admiral Byrd’s flagship, in a day or two, the ships will lie to until it can be determined whether they should start through the pack, and, if so, whether both should attempt it or only the wooden City of New York. Admiral Byrd has asked the whalers for a report on the ice conditions, as two of them have penetrated the pack deeply and know of what it consists better than any one else. The captains of both the Byrd Expedition ships also will be able to discuss the situation to- gether and with the whalers. Supplies for Whalers on Ships. ‘There is no_doubt that the pack is still heavy. It lies about 650 miles north of us, in a great arc stretched between Cape Adare and the icefield north of King Edward Land. It seems to be about 120 miles wide at present, with a heavy belt of thick ice in the center. The whalers are all lying on the outside of the pack. xlnot.h ns% u%ty g: Ne;l Yo;’k and the leanor g have brought supplies sct:ut.h ixor t.h: wh.hnlen. mn; meat, cases of equipment, harpoons and mail. The men at Little America are doing what can be done in preparation ‘for leaving, although as yet they have no more idea than the man in the moon how they are going to get out or when. Goes to 6 Below at Night. ‘The bay ice, despite many cracks and continuous signs of movement, s no nearer going out than it was a-month ago, and with the night temperatures ing to 6 below zero the new open- {:’g in the bay freezes over in a short e A chant has been put up here in the mess hall and on it positions of the City of New York and the Eleanor Boll- ing are placed every day so that we can see what the ships are doing and also where the whalers are fishing. O the mail wandering around a few ‘days' sail from us which we would like to see. By the New ot flimes G 7 Lot Post-Dlsoaten AT publication reserved out the world. “PANTHER” TRAILS ARE KEPT HOT OVER POLICE TELEPHONE (Continued From First Page) beast, had become highly indignant and was squawking to such an extent that the people living in the vicinity found sleep difficult. The fowl was released little the worse for its experience. The huntsman could not be found. Police of the tenth precinct were drawn into the hunt last night when a man whose identity they falled to get reported he had seen an_animal re- sembling a panther in Rock Creek Cemetery. The police found some large tracks in the snow u;: followed them on Harewood road. The thawing snow, however, there brought the hunt to a halt, the tracks disappearing in the slush. The police today doubted if the animal trailed last night was more than a ltrse dog. J. C. O'Neill of South Cheverly, Md., this morning reported that he saw a beast resembling a bobcat in a field back of the Anne Arbor Nursery, Cheverly. W. A. Link, fourth precinct liceman, owner of the nursery, took to the woodland back of his farm with a gun, but failed to find anything larger than raccoon tracks. O'Neill declared he saw a spot in the ain road through Cheverly where some animals had evidently staged a terrific battle. While he examined the spot, he said, he noticed a large animal crossing a fleld about 100 yards way. The beast disappeared in the back of the nursery. Pvt. 8. R. McKee, chief panther hunt- er of the eleventh precinct, who has kept on the trail of the beast night and day for more than two weeks, this morning went down to La Plata with two bobeat dogs which have been quar- me'c'lhm - :ltr.:thn ht:g‘"m hopum; panther scare star o getting a clear trail. McKee was out most with the dogs, but failed to find any trail that might be that of & beast large enough to kill & hog. v “We want that panther, or whatever kind of animal it is,” William “Tell those hunters that if they ’fl & chance to hold l.habnn-tw any length of time, or get him not to shoot, but to for the Zoo and we'll come and get him—alive,” Mr. Blackburn said. woul a com) y easy to capture the m alive if treed or cornered in a Choose Successor to Griest. LANC, Pa., Jmulri.fi w).— A 8 elect! is being today in tenth congressional district elect a Representative to Congress succeed the late W. W. Griest, candidates are J. Rol George