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B2 T6TH AMENDMENT: HEARINGS ARE SET House Committee to Open Testimony on Repeal February 12, (Continued From First Page.) of the country, similar to the western district of Virginia. He pointed out that it might be dif- ficult to obtain the proper men to sct as United States commissioners and also that in gections where communities were widely separated it would be diffi- cult to have the cases handled as pro- posed. 5 He also expressed the fear that if such a plan were established it might give the appearance that the Federal Government and not the States would have the responsibility of enforcing the dry laws altogether. COMMITTEE GETS BILL. Howell Measure on District Broadens Powers of Search Here. Embodying rigid provisions for pro- hibition enforcement in the Capital, including a broadening of the powers of search warrant beyond anything in ef- fect elsewhere in the country, and clothing all mev'hers of the Metropoli- tan Police Depa.tment with the right o enforce the dry law, the long-con- tempiated Howell bill today was before Congress in the initial stages of its legislative journey. Introduced late yesterday by Senator Howell, Republican, of ~ebraska, with provisions more tightly drawn than when the draft came from Attorney General Mitchell, the measure 1s due to - the sul of Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washing- ton is chairman. Senator Jones 18 a strong supporter of prohibition atd is the author of the Jones-Walker law, by whicl provided severe ities for certain violations of the diciary committee, Nrris is chairman, when it was intro- - Will Change Committee. Senator Howell said today, however; tifat he had intended the measure to go to! the District of Columbia committee and would take the necessary steps for the change co.l rerennee.b Senator Capper, Republican, Kansas, the District committee, said timt if the bill comes to his committee he thought it would be turned over to the subcommittee of which Senator Janes is chairman. Senator Capper said h4 thought the bill as transmitted by Aftorney General Mitchel was a one. He said he was not prepared at this time to which Senator lowing things: B&gnfl to the four Police Court judges the power now exercised by United States TS to issue warTants in liquor cases, and give any policeman authority to serve such warrants. Would Establish Fund. - Make it a special offense to furnish lish 8 “tund,” with" an of $2,000, be '-thgm( C denee“.:ld:’y Stat Senator Howell went over with Attorney General Mitchell, but before introducing it the Senator ifi- serted several important provisions that were not included in the Attor- ney General’s draft. most important of these addi- tions, and the one that i likely to play a prominent part in the consider- ation of the bill, is the clause placed in the search warrant section, under ‘which a policeman could obtain a war- Bowell hade ‘before. in- | Sume. the bill | léss e THE EVENING STAR, TEXT OF HOWELL'S DRY BILL MCIIH;Q Is Supplimental to D. C. Except Where i National Prohibition Law for t Is Inconsistent With Provisions of Act. "The text of Senator Howell's dry bill for the Capital follows, with those sec- tions which he added to the draft pre- pared by the Attorney General set italics. A BilL lemental to the na- act for the District For an act st tional prohibitd of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in assem- ‘hled, ‘That the term “national prohibi- i tion ," as used herein, shall mean the act of Congress of October 28, 1919, known as the national prohibition act, as supplemented and amended. word “liquor” or the phrase “intoxicat- ing liquor” shall mean intoxicating liquor as defined by the national pro- hibition act. : Section 2. That this act shall a| to the District of Columbia and shall bé oonstrued -as .supplemental ‘to the national prohibition act, which shall remain in-force in sald District, except in 8o far ‘a8 is inconsistent with the provisions’ of this act. $190 and 30 Days Limit. in, the District of Columbia, in any strect or public or private road, alley, or in any public place or building or in or upon any street car or other vehicle commonly used -for the transportation of passengers, or in or about any depot, platform or waiting station, drink any intoxicating liquor of any kind, or if any person shall be drunk or intoxicated in any_street, alley or public or priyate road of in any railroad passenger triin, street car, or any public place or bufld- ing, or at any public gathering, or it any person shall be drunk or intoxi- cated and shall disturb the peace of any person anywhere, a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment for not less than 5 days nor more than 30 days in the work house or. jail of .the District of Columbia, o{ by both such fine and imprisonment. &-cnon 4. That if any person in the District of Columbia while in charge of a locomotive engine, or while acting as a conductor or brakeman of a car or train of cars, or while in charge of any street car, steamboat, launch or other water or air craft, or while in charge intoxicated, he shall be guilty of a :isdemeanor, ‘and if convicted shall be | punished by a fine of not less than $25 Por more than $300, or by imprisonment | for not less than 15 days nor more than thres months in the work house or jail of the District.of Columblia, or by both such fine n;d %p?n:gent o Section 5. af fimfl . owned e rander his. control, to ty 1l tional prohibition act. “‘L‘c&m % That it shall to the man- . -traffic in knov'v sald af: A 3 ¥ solations shall mes ported to the Distric! Office to Be Forteited. “‘K h officer shall fail to com- ly wi m pmlflmnfi this lecuant Ee shall, upon convi , be fined nof than $100 nor more than $500, and shall forfeit the office held by him. The court before whont such convict! is had shall, in addition to the imposi- tion of the fine aforesaid, order and rant to search a private dwelling upon information of the presence of a still, or l:nu:e liquor has been taken to or from Search Clause Purpoe. Senator Howell contends that without, this clause the search warrant section of the bill would be merely a re-enact- ment for the District of the search ‘warrant part of the national prohibition law, and under that la sald, cvi- dence of -a sale is necessary in order to obtain a warrant to search a home. Senator Howell fears that boo\lm could operate stills in private dwel ing. If evidence of a sale is ri d, the Senator says, policemen could not get wacrants upon information of the presence of a still as long as they could not make a purchase. Attorney General Mitchell, in a report to the District committee, opposed the amendment Senator Howell has made to the search warrant section, for the Zfollowing three reasons: That it would ‘meet with general public disfavor, that it would result in the sesrch of many homes of not com.mercially en- gaged in diing liquor, and that it ‘would subject homes in Washington to searches not sanctioned elaewhere. Turnage Issues Warrants. Search warrants bere in liquor law wviolations are now issued only by Need- ham C. Turnage, United States com- missioner, on an affidavit by & purchas- er verified by a prohibition officer when the application ?. to search & home or on an application by the prohibition officer alone to search a store or other business place that has been under ob- Sedvation. ‘fbe commissioner makes an.oral ex- sunination of the alleged buyer in the case of a _home search before prepar- ing an affidavit for the -purchaser to sign. When this affidavit is signed, then thé verifying afidavit of the prohibition agent is taken by the commiss| and the warrant issued. Should the ex- amination of the purchaser . disclose that he saw other liquor on the prem- ises the warrant may be served af any time du the day or night within the following 10 days, eth search is permissible only in daylight. The prohibition agent is required to indorse on the warrant a schedule of the %unr seized and to give & copy fhere6! w the person arrested or to Jeave, such copy, with a receipt for the gocds taken, on the premises, In the case of an application for the search of a private dwelling under the present law evidence of sale is impera- itive except when the building is occ pied in part as a store or other busi- ness. Senator Howell added another section to provide that when a person asks the «court to return liquor on the claim that it was legally seized on an invalid war- rant, or illegally seized under a valid ‘warrant, the applicant must show was lawfull 3 ‘volving fund for olice u‘wn‘mm it unl:r‘ for policemen to evidence wail huknnha!nn‘uwhn!‘ that 8 ection 9. That it shall be unlawful the District of Columbia to have or l;-m any liquor or&wmy used or intended for use in the manufacture, possession, eale or distribution of liquor in violation ;t thkn ‘.a&he‘rmfi:.omt “”l any of s e]f. : to the manufac- possessed, rt shall otherwise order. m.sefi‘llnn '1“0. That, in addition to the officers mentioned in section 1014 of the Revised Statutes, the judges of the Police Court of the District of Colum- bia shall have authority to issue war- rants for the apprehension of persons charged with having committed in said District offenses mgainst this act, the national prohibition act or any other Jaw of the United States relating to the manufacture or l:‘x;:lm:ndo u:r raffic In -intoxicating liquor; , un- tdel' the limitations -provided. in title X1 of the act spproved June 15, 1917, chapter 30, shall-also have jurisdiction to issue search warrants under the said laws, ¥ Federal Dry Agents Specified. Such warrants of arrest and search warrants may be directed to any police officer of tive District of Columbia or to any Federal agent charged with the enforce: t of the national prohibition act. nmfl. hnweverit-"‘mn‘t any l\w:: cer or agent may, without a warrant. :gest violators of the aforcsaid laws in any case where arrests without a war- rant: are -sanctioned by law. - e No - search- warrant shall issue . to search any private dwelling .occupied as such unless it is being.used for the un- lawful sale of intoxicating liquor, or a still or distilling apparatus is unlawfully set up or being used therein, or intozi- cating liquor is unlawfully delivered thereto or removed therefr or unless such dwelling is in part for some business purpose, such as a store, shop, saloon, restaurant, hotel or boarding house. The -term “private dwelling’ shall. be constfued to include the room or rooms and occu] not tran- stently, but solely as & residence, in an apartment house, hotel or boarding house. A "Liguor Return Qualified. Prozrn seized under & search war- rant issued under this act shall not be taken from the officer seizing the same on & writ of replevin or other like ‘pme- ess, but shall be subject to such dispo- sition as the court may order. In any Mprocndi for ' the ‘return of liquor or illegally seized under a valid search warrant such liguor shall not be re- fized w8, 4., Jaction of cous Suc) a8 ired, possessed and used imant. sf section 11 That any automoblle it " water‘or air craft or vehicle, used - i1 the Distriot-of Golumbia for the pos-- Section 3. That any person who shall, | 2% he shall be gullty of |Pr led | cating liquor for beverage pul under an {nvalid search warrant | it 2, oepsrtin o, et transj 7 l, O juor violation of law, together with all lq- in [uor found therein, shall be forfeited to the United States and may be seized by any of the officers enumerated in sec- tion 26, title II, of the national pro- hibition act, or by any police officer of Bneing ot e in any. gehicle. shal ol any vel le a] be prima facle evidence that it was un- lawtull or transported there- in. property so seized shall be pro- ceeded against by libel for forfeiture. Upon the filing of such libel the ve- icle may in the discretion of the court be returned to the owner upon the exe- ‘The | cution by him of a good and valid bond, with sufficlent suret.cs, in a sum doubls the’value of the property, which said bond shall be approved by the United States attorney and shall be: condi- :lnn:c for the r'-e.:.‘urn of the vehicle to o court. n finding that the material alle- gations of the libel are true, the court shall order the liquor destroyed and, unless good cause to the contrary is shown by the owner, shall order a sale by public auction of the vehicle seized. 'he officer making the sale, after de- ducting the expenses of keeping the property and all other costs incidental to the libel proceedings, shall pay, ac- cording to their priorities, all liens which are established by intervention in said proceedings as being bona fide and as having been created without the lienor having any notice that the vehicle was being used, or was to be used, for the illegal purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and shall pay the balance of the pro- ceeds into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. All liens against property sold under the ovisions of this section shall be trans- ferred from the property to the pro- ceeds of the sale of the property. Section 12. That, in lieu of ordering the sale of any forfeited vehicle as au- thorized and required by the last pre- ceding section, the court may, upon ap- plication of the United States attorney, order said vehicle delivered to the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia or to the Secretary of the Treasury for use in the enforcement of this act, of the national prohibition act and of any other law of the United States relating to the manufacture or taxation of or traffic ‘in intoxicating liquor; and, upon the request of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to turn over to the sald Commissioners, for use in the enforcement of said laws ip the District of Columbis, any vessel or vehicle delivered to the said Secre- tal u{yo Marcy 3, 1925, chapter 438. The amogat of all liens allowed by the court oon vehicles forfeited and delivered for official use under this act, together with the costs incident to their seizure and forfeiture, shall be payable from the appropriations for the en- forcement of the laws under which the forfeiture was had. The cost of main- to | tenance, repair and operation of said vehicles shall be paid from the appro- priations for carrying out the lays in ject ' the enforcement of which the vehicles are used. Vehicle Report Mandatory. It shall be the duty of the Commis- sloners of the District of Columbia and of the Becretary of the Treasury to submit to Congress each year in the budget a report setting forth, with ref- erence to all vehicles acquired by them under this section, the items specified in the first provisio, to_section 3 of the resaid act of March 3, 1925. Any véhicle acquired under the provisions of this section shall, when no mger for official use, be d of. the same manner as other surplus property. Section 13. That the power and pro- tection afforded by section 28, Title II. of the national prohibition act shall extend to and be vested in all officers engaged . in ‘the performance of .any duty imposed by Section 14. That the penalties pre- scribed, by the national prohibition act, as heretofore supplemented and amend- ed,” shall, except as herein otherwise provided, apply to offenses against that act committed within the District of Columbia: Provided, however, that b penatty Sl for & AFit of: minimum penalty , for a firt £ fense, b» a fine of $500 and imprison- ment for three months, and for a sec- ond or subsequent offense be a fine of $2,000 and imprisonment for one year. ‘Whoever in the District of Columbia delivers or furnishes to a minor lntox‘l‘- un- der circumstances not constituting a sale thereof shall, for a first offense, be fined not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 and be imj for not less than 30 days nor more than three months: for a second offense, be fined not less than $500 nor more than $2,000 and be imj for not less than three months nor more than one 5:- "y and for any subsequent offense be fined not less $2,000 nor more than $5,000 and be imprisoned not less than one year nor more than three years. All imp: ent for not more than one year imposed under this section in the District Jail or jelan_or pharmacist within Columbia who shall be convicted of a second violation of any provision of the national prohibition act requiring him to do or to abstain from doing any act in his capacity as such hysician or pharmacist shall forfeit is license to practice his profession within the said District for the period of one year: and court before whom such_conviction e had shall cause a certified copy of she judgment of con- victicn to be transmiited to the board having authority to issue licenses to practice medicine or pharmacy in the District of Columbia. $2,000 “Evidence” Fund Allowed. Section 15. There is hereby author- ized to be appropriated the sum of $2,000 for the use of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia as a rotating fund, in accordance with the provisions of this act, in obtaining evidence of violations of this act and of the na- tional prohibition act. Out of the ap- proprial made under authority of this section the disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the chief clerk, Mttrorflh!an Police Department, upon requisitions previously approved by the auditor of the District of Columbia, and upon such security as the Commisioners may re- quire of said chief clerk, sums of money not to exceed $500 at any one time, to be used for expenses incurred in obtain- ing information leading to the arrest and_conviction of violators of this act or the national prohidition act, all such expenditures to accounted for to the accounting oficers of the District of Co- lumbdia within one month on itemized d. When such poid sums marmmnfl advances from such rotating fund shal be returned thereto. Section 16. That the act entitled “An act to prevent the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors in the District of Colum| and for other pu ’8,” Ap- proved 'ch 3, 1917, reby re- pealed: Provided, that such repeal shail | not affect the prosecution of any of- ; fense against that act committed prior to. the passage of this act. o One Killed, 2 Hurt in Auto Crash. PALEMBANG, Sumatra, Sunda Isl- ands, January 20 (#).—One American was killed and two others injured when & motor car containing five American | e | ment, ursuant to the provisions of the . VISITT0 SENATE | [t rrm syt PANTHERESEAPES | [ on- ] [DF RIVERA RESIENS URGEDONW.C.T.U. Dr. Wodd, in Greéting-Mem- bers, Advocates Glimpse at Prohibition Fight. Members of the Woman's Christian ‘Temperance Union were urged to visit the Senate galleries to watch the pro- hibition fight there and “to fight the Insinuating cocktail in. the home” by Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, former pastor of the ‘Church of the Covensnt, in an address at the quarterly convention of the District of Columbia W. C.'T. U. in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church today. Referring_to the elghteenth amend- Dr. Wood declared that ¥some feel it they. could get rid of a certain law they would be entirely emancipated” from law violation and lack of.freedom, but asserted the opposite would be the case. The delegates were welcomed to the church by Rev. Dr. Joseph R. sm&.fl“’ tor, yho declared it was particularly fitting that they should be meeting there, where President Lincoln wor- shipped. He asserted that Lincoln said following the Civil War that “the next great conquest will be prohibition.” Response to Dr. Sizoo's address was made by Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt, member of the W. C. T. U,, and president of the District of Columbia Federation of ‘Women'’s Clubs, who pledged her whole- hearted support to the prohibition cause and said: “The closing of the saloons in the country was the greatest accomp- lishment of modern times.” Mrs, Mina C. Van Winkle, chief of the Police Women's Bureau, praising the W. C. T. U. attributed the estab- lishment of police women in cities as largely due to efforts of the W. C. T. U. members and emphasized that sobriety makes for morality. Mrs. Van Winkle expressed surprise that the Police Women's Bureau “hasn’t received the support and power that lies in the churches.” The session also was addressed by Rev. Dr. John C. Palmer, pastor of the ‘Washington Heights Presbyterian Church, who also led the assemblage in prayer at the opening of the meeting. Dr. Palmer spoke strongly in support of the prohibition cause. The session was called to order by Mrs. N. M. Pollock, president. Song service was led by Mrs. Ernest H. Fret- well. Reports were made by Mrs. H. E. Rogers, corresponding secretary; Mrs. George A. Ross, treasurer, and by Mrs. M. C. Bennett, auditor. Greet- ings were extended by Mrs. C. O. Goodpasture, president of the Woman's | Missionary Society, and by Mrs. Alvin Day, president of the Eckington W. C. T. U. A vocal solo was rendered by Mrs. Curtis C. McDonnell. COL. JOHN H. FINNEY DIES HERE SUDDENLY Curator of Washington Cathedral, 64, Victim of Heart Attack at Home, [ Lieut. Col. John H. Finney, 84 years old, died early this morning at his home, 1701 Oregon avenue, from a heart attack. Col. Finney, & prominent layman in the pal Church, had long been associated with the Washi Ca- thedral, and at the time of his death ‘was. curator. He was for 25 years Southern repre- sentative of the Aluminum Co. of ‘Amer~ ica, with his headquarters in Washing- ton. During the World War he served with the 30th Division. He was a mem- ber of A. P. Gardiner Post of the Amer- ican Legion and of B. B. French Lod of Masons. Mary Eveleth Whiting Finney, and two daughters, Miss Minna Booker Finne; and Mrs. Paul W. Evans, wife of Maj. Evans, military attache to the London embassy. Puneral arrangements are being com- pleted. PN, BRIBE-TAKING LAID TO EX-DRY CHIEF Former Wyoming Commissioner Had Fixed Protection Price, Prosecutor Charges: By the Associatec Press. CEHYENNE, Wyo, January 20.—A. D. Walton, Federal district “attorney, charged Monday in Federal Court here that $50 a month for proprietors of speakeasies and $1 a gallon for still operators was the price of protection from arrest under the administration of William C. Irving, former Wyoming law enforcement commissioner. Walton’s charges were made at the trial of Irving and 22 other persons in- dicted for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law in Wyoming. The United States attorney charged Irving obtalned protection money from bootleggers in Cody, Thermopolis, Kirby, Basin, Kemmerer, Greybull, Rawiins and in other towns. 400 ARE INDICTED AS CONSPIRATORS IN RUM REBELLION] (Continued From First Page.) ous conspiracy charges, a Federal grand jury stood adjourned here today sub- ject to call for the remainder of this term of court. Among those indicted were George Musey, W. R. Schuits, former boatswain {in the Coast Guard service here, and 4;,'5 members of the Galveston police orce. ‘The Musey indictment, brought under the customs laws, alleged the existence of a well organized ring here to import foreign liquor alang the Texas coast. { | GOVERNOR GIVES TESTIMONY. Charges Widespread Corrup- jon Revealed by Probe. » CHEYENNE, Wyo, January 20 (#).— Trial of a former State law enforce- ment commissioner and 22 other men on charges of conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws continued today, with | testimony of Gov. Frank C. Emerson cast in ‘the balance against the de- fendants. 3 Gov. Emerson related yesterday how an investigation initiated by him vealed wi :re.d corruption that re- sulted in_indictment of Irving and others. 8ix of the indictments were dismissed. . Emerson e FILIPINO VOTE NEARS. Bingham Announcés Program on Independence Move. A vote in the Senate on Philippine . | iIndependence during the present ses- Petroleum Co. Mr. injured and Andrew MacDermott slight- ly injureds W w ot o } sion of Congress &) likely today tee, that the committee would re al’ bill s soop after February 10 < sible; Lo WASHINGTON, D. He s survived by his widow, Mrs. | da; C., WEDNESDAY, SENATOR PORTER H. DALE. DALE WILL EXPLAIN RETIREMENT ACT Senator, Speaker in Radio Forum, Will Tell of Pend- ing Legislation. Legislation pending in Congress to improve the Government employes’ re- tirement law will be explained to a Na- tion-wide radio audience by Senator Porter H. Dale, Republican, of Vermont, chairman of the Senate civil servico committee, when he speaks in the Na- tional Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System, at 10:30 o'clock Thursday night. The speech will be broadcast through station WMAL in this city. Through his position as head of the civil service committee Senator Dale has become one of the authorities in Congress on detafls of the system by which Uncle Sam retires veteran work- ers in all parts of the country, and he will explain how the present law would be liberalized by the Dale-Lehlbacn bill, passed by.the Senate January 6, and now awaiting House action. The main features of the pending legislation are that it would raise the present average annuity of retired Gov- ernment workers from $740 to $860 and the maximum annuity from $1,000 to $1,200. Government employes con- tribute 3% per cent of their salaries toward the retirement fund. would liberalize the retirement e Mmits for those who have served 30 years. Robert H. Alcorn, chairman of the Joint conference on retirement of civil service employes, has written members of the conference calling their attention tg‘.t;he forthcoming address by Senator Senator Dale, a member of the House from the Sixty-fourth to the Sixty- eighth Congresses, has been & member of the Senate for nearly seven years. FEAR DIVER, TRAPPED AT BASE OF DAM, IS DEAD Rescuers Push Attempts to Free Him Witk Little Hope, Due to Coldness of St. Lawrence Water, By the Associated Press. QUEBEC, January 29.—With little hope that they would find Peter Trans, & diver, alive, rescuers today renewed their efforts to bring him from the depths of the . Lawrence River where he had been trapped since Mon- y. Trans went down to inspect the base of a cofferdam at Riviere des Qutardes, where a dam is under construction. Soon after submerging, he became clu%ht on a spike gz:{ecunl from the cribbing. When e s to bring him to the surface failed, a call was sent to Quebec for a rescue diver. The divers started in an airplane, but were delayed yesterday by snowstorms. Air has been pumped tinually, but it was cumbed to the exposure in the cold water. WHO WANTS-.A CEMETERY? ROCK ISLAND, Ill, January 29 (#). —Who wants to buy a cemetery? ‘The city of Rock Island confidently believes nobody does, but nevertheless at a session of the city council City Attorne; struc to take foreclosure steps, which means that Chippiznnock Ceme- tery, long a landmark, will be offered for sale. action was taken to compel the association to pay an .ssess- $1,000 due for paving. cemete: ment of It also | 1 Robert R. Reynolds was in- | throt JANUARY 29, 1930. HUNTSMANES SHoT Beast Returns %Northeast; Area, Leaving Few Clues on Ice-Crusted 'Snow. A panther-like beast appeared again last night in thé Benning-Deanwood area of Northeast Washington, receiving its usual welcome of buckshot, and slunk silently away, apparently unhurt. The animal left no evidence of having been wounded, nor were there any reports of depredations indicating the beast ate last night. His gun loaded with a “special” shell containing autemobile parts, George Kenney of Fiftieth street and Fitch place, blas:d away at the beast shortly after midrtighe when, he says, he saw its stealthy form in she shadows of shrub- the grounds of the National School for Girls at Fiftleth ortheast. s n At the report of the shot, Kenney told eleventh inct police this morning, the beast ded high into the air and disappeared in the shrubbery. Four more shots were fired by Kenney's companions. Fails to Leave Trail. The beast left no distinguishable trail on the ice-incrusted snow. A few tracks were found near where the men saw the beast leap into the air, but this morning the tracks had been so walked over by curlous residents of the section that there was nothing to ::dlnh what sort of animal had been ere. The scene of the shooting was gone over carefully by S. R. McKee, the eleventh precinct’s chief panther hunter, but the evidence of the visit of the beast was not strong cnough for McKee to bring out the hounds now quartered at the station house. McKee made a thorough search of the grounds of Suburban Gardens, an amusement park nearby, which has been held by tome to the hiding lace of the animal. Several large oles were found beneath buildings, all evidently dug by large animals. but no trace of a panther or any other cat- like beast was found in any of them. All Quiet on Maryland Front. ‘The “panther” situation in Southern Maryland, in the Forrestville and La Plata sections, remained quiet. No reports of further depredations had been received in the Capital this aft- ernoon and the residents of both sec- tions believe the animal has been driven out by hunters. The panther hunt took a serious turn yesterday afternoon when Earl , 11, colored, of 713 Irving street, contemplating vast rewards and glory or capturing the beast, acci- Gen. Primo de Rivera (top), Spanish dictator, who resigned last night, and his successor, Gen, Damaso Berenguer. WILL BUCK ICE PACK or mlyms dentally discharged a revolver in his home and sent a bullet crashing into the shoulder of his younger brother, Gerson, 8. Gerson is in Freedmen's Hospital in * Heeping copiavnly. Earl, sho ‘eeping coplously, Earl, shortly after the shooting, told tenth precinct {:ollce- men that the rumored reward of $500 for the animal dead and $1,000 for it alive pmmg:ed him to g{m a panther hunt in the Soldiers’ Home grounds. Going to a bureau on the second floor of his home with his younger brother, he obtained the &I:!ol. examin- ing the weapon, 1 says, it accidental- Iy 1“’)::‘ ofl.l revolver was reported to have belonged to an uncle o!p&a boys. Ptitsiadiiy SEARCH FOR BODIES GOES ON IN ARCTIC Eielson and Borland Still Believed Buried Beside Wrecked Plane. By the Assoclated Press. NOME, Alaska, Janua: 20—In a bleak Arctic lagoon 90 m southeast of North Cape, Siberia, searchers today still were df into the icelike snow in an effort to find the bodies of Pilot Carl Ben Efelson and. his mechanic, Earl Borland, whose plane crashed in a storm November 9 while flying to the fur-trading ship Nanuk, icebound at North Cape. ‘The plane, badly wrecked and neatly buried in a snowdrift, was found by Pilots Joe Crosson and Harold Gillam last Saturday. Some of those searching for the bodies were taken to the scene by Cros- son and Young on later trips, while others arrived by dog team from the Nanuk.' As the plane evidently struck the earth while flying at high speed, it was beuee:ed ihr t::‘ occupants were wn clear of and buried in the snow. s Interment of Elelson's body in Arling- ton National Cemetery was proposed Alfred J. Lomen, manager of rescue operations, in a message to Graham B. Grosvenor of New York, president of the aviation corporation. ICE BELT BETWEEN BYRD AND HOME ‘with relal Stretch of. open e pack dividing ‘waters- of Anf Scale of Miles a0 Ocean, and Ross Sea Is taretio tive position of expedition’s two-ships, l = Eleanor Bolling to Leave Part of Coal for City of New York to Use in Fight. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Radio to The giar and the New York LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, Jan- uary 28-—Admiral Bryd has just re- celved & report from Bendik Johansen, ice pilot for the expedition’s two ships, the bark City of New York and the steamer Eleanor Bolling, showing how eerious a barrier is the present pack- ibe. Johansen formerly was a N¢ sealer and had much mm heavy pack ice off the east coast of Greenland and in the White Sea. has conferred with the whaling captains who have been in the pack as well as those who have been outside of it this ONLYONE BYRD SHIP2 (] P v ENEMY TAKES POST Police Battle Students, Who Celebrate Fall of Premier in Madrid Streets. By the Assoclated Press. MADRID, January 29.~FPolice today battled crowds of students boisterously celebrating the resignation of Gen. Primo de Rivera, for six years premier and dictator. Almost 200 were arrested. and many were injured, several seriously. Clashes occurred in many parts of the ¢ity. One demonstration near the royal palace was dispersed when police fired over the students’ heads. . Drawn sabers were used to force back the manifestants in some downtown streets. There were many fist fights between the offioérs and students, who shouted “Viva Rey! Muera Primo!”— “Long live the King! Death to Primo!” Police quickly suppressed shouts of “Viva republica,” or “Long live the re- publie.” De Rivera Confers With Enemy. Manwhile Gen. Primo de Rivera, ‘whose rellgmuon was accepted by King Alfonso effective as of 10:15 p.m. last night, conferred with his successor— and perennial enemy—Gen. Damaso fififig"&"fiigfd’m{a Al;onw'n VIII's. 0 a - mncnednr ld: laomcco. N S n. ivera, bidding farewell to King Alfonso and to the country as hm: of the mernment and explaining reasons for resignation, issued an official note, which concluded: ‘And now to rest a little, to recover my health. Two thousand three hun- dred and twenty-six days have been filled with inquititude, sibility and labor! But rested, !h:mod wishes, ;l el[lllll return to serve Spain until I He then expressed the bellef it would | be necessary for the government to have some form of dictatorship -during the next few years. He pledged his per- sonal loyalty to King fonso and de- clared 2' welcomed incoming gov- o Praises Successor. his successor he said: “The Kin intrusted formation of the new [ov.mE ment to Gen. Damaso Berenguer. I was very highly pleased with this designa~ m, for he is a man of great serenity of ju of much discre- tion and dearly beloved throughout the country. There is no better man for the place.” Gen, Berenguer's statement: “I shall form & cabinet com; mostly of civilians, none of whom, how- ever, is as yet selected. For minister of finance I shall choose a person the qualifications of prudence and tech- al:"howledn without entangling “From this moment until my govern- ment in- and Deputies in a with the laws which still. stand for re-establishment of Parlia- ment.” Duke Accepts Portfolio, Later the premier-designate an- nounced that the Duke of Alba, one of Cebteq. the portiols of puble educatin. e o lc educa 3 The selection is likely &'e popular. Francisco Cambo, & I Industrials ist, and Juan Ventosa, & close associate” of his, were mentioned as possible selec tions for the finance ministry. Streets and cafes were crowded year and it is evident from his report | oojets that the situation is one which has never before faced an expedition so late in the season. “The ice pack is very heavy from 68 degrees south to 70 south and ex- tends west toward the western shore of the Balleny Islands,” Johansen stated in his message to Admiral Byrd. “From 68 to 60 it is heavy, old dangerous ice, with hard ice foots. South of 69 it is only year-old ice to reckon with, also heavily packed, but less dangerous.” Ship Advised to Wait for Break. So that shows a stretch of 120 miles of pack ice still remaining heavily massed at the point which long ex- perience has shown to be the best place to cross it, Long. 178 E. to 180. ‘This must break up to some extent before a ship of low horsepower such as the City of New York ean force her ;lyw'.hrmiljh, and Jo)ll’l.‘lxxun' Mcku :: going roug eAvYy Pas and knowing the value of time so late in the season, advises Admiral Byrd that in his opinion not even the City of New York should start through at resent. So she will walt for some time out- side the pack until it opens and then attempt to work a way south. ‘There is still, of course, a chance that it will break up, and as we have 4 blizzard here today with & high wind, the first bad one since last Spi we are hoping it is hitting the However, the whalers agree with Ad- miral Byrd that if the City of New York entered the pack now she might be stuck and not be released for months. Eleanor Bolling to Leave Coal, The delay causes another difficuity because if the ships lie there 10 days or two weeks they will use up their iuel reserves for emergencies necessary for a round trip of 4,400 miles through these seas. The Eleanor Bolling, therefore, will leave coal as a reserve for the City of New York on one of the whalers, which were enabled to give Admiral Byrd only & small quantity, and go back to New Zealand in the hope that when she again reaches the pack she may find it open. Coal has always a problem in femnx in and out of the Antarctic and ying to for days outside the pack, as well as spending some time in it, would be too E,"“ a handicap, for steam must be .maintained. “I know Capt. Brown of the Eleanor Bolling would come through at once if he could,” Admiral Byrd sald today. “He has always shown a splendid spirit and fine seamanship, and to go back to New Zealand now will be a great disappointment to him and his crew. He 18 a hard man to stop.” (Copyright. 1630.) o ep SRRt e pul g oush- BISHOP BLAKE MARRIES. Miss Mary Jane Eaton Becomes| ! Bride of Indianapolis Divine. COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 20 (#).— Miss Mary Jane Eaton, =Circleville, Ohlo, formerly a teacher in Crandon Came the ‘bride-of Blahep Edgac Bieke came e e o . of Inmnm}u. Bishop Blake is in charge of Indiana Methodist - copal Church. He is a native of Maine became a bishop in 1920 and served several years in Paris. Cigarette War Ends. NEW YORK, January 29 (#).—There Clashes Start After Midnight. ‘The clashes here did not get started until after midnight. As demonstrations were quieted in one sec- tion they in another, with in many cases helpless to combat the’ turbulent mobs of geonh ‘The events which led to resignation Gen. De Rivera still were not clear: ¥, Sunday the dictator, excited by con-. L e rs he was g gh army. md navy officers to say if he should resign. He conferred later with King Alfonso and was understood to have ‘met criticism, tacit perhaps, from both the crown and his colleagues in the cab- inet, it being pointed out that he had in a sense gone over the King's head. In Spain as in no othér constitutional monarchy of is the right of the King to name or supersede cabinet recognized as supreme. Replies Surprised Him. Some of the military figures to whom Gen. Primo De Rivera resorted replied that while they d alwa) support any government designated the crown they believed it inadvisable for that of Gen. Primo De Rivera to w’i"x’zn“ muu surprised the ' premis e replies s e ' premier, who had counted upon the loyalty of the military heads, all of whom owed their posts to him. Gen. Berenguer was com! sloner in Moroceo in 1921 1923, re- signing in July, 1922. In following June the Senate, of which he was a member, voted to impeach him on the ground that he was responsible for the Melilla disaster. He was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. The sen- tence later was commuted. Gen. Berenguer was born in Cuba on August 4, 1873. He entered the Spanish Military Academy at the age of 16 and o Cuba 1o 1895 nd served throueh the and ser’ e War of the Rebellion. After the Spanish-American War he Was sent back to Spain, a captain, and he held that rank until 1909, when he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He served thereafter for a time in Morocco and in 1912 was promoted to colonel and then to brigadier general before go- ing to Morocco as high commissioner. With rise of Gen. Primo De Rivera - to the dictatorship, enmity of the dic- tator and Gen. Be: of imis- served more to heighten the test at the regime than allay it, oy “ADJOURNER” GETS JOB. Kentucky Legislature Recognizes Ambition of Louisville Senator. has been a big o te two department, siores. war between | Senator to the