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A-2Z =* CHISAGD COUNCIL ACCEPTS RELIEF Thompson and School Chief Must Approve Plan to End Money Muddle. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 5—The road out of Chicago’s money mess was open today, but it was trestled with “may- bes” and “ifs.” ‘The City Council last night voted unanimously in effect to lay the burden of paying its employes their long over- due salaries upon the citizens' rellef committee, headed by Silas Strawn. It pledged the city to meet all the condi- tions set up by the committee; condi- tions that give the committee the right to oversee the expenditures of all moneys it is able to raise for the city's empty treasury. 5 Acceptance of the Strawn offer was in the form of resolutions instructing the city controller “to find purchasers for tax anticipation warrants.” The citizens committee offers the only pres- ent market for these warrants. The Tesolution went on to say: “The mayor, the corporation counsel and the city controller are hereby di- rected and authorized to co-operate with the citizens’ committee. * * *” Thompson’s Attitude Awaited. ‘The resolution also “urged and in- vited” the board of education, the library trustees, and the trustees of the municipal tuberculosis sanitarium to adopt similar resolutions, “so that relief may be afforded to all municipal- ities within the and for the prompt meeting of pay rolls and for carrying out the provisions of the appropriation ordinances.” It remains-to be seen what action Mayor William Hale Thompson will take toward the council’s action. “The resolutions will be given due considera- tion.” he said. ‘The mayor was quoted by the Tribune today as having said to s fend : “Do you want me to co-operate with that batch of phoney reforme.:2" There was no indication that H. Wal- lace Caldwell, president of the school board, had changed his mind about co-operating with ‘he Strawn cogmit- tee. Addressing 2 group of kers, whom he sought financial aid for I Forum Speaker l SECRETARY WILBUR. ORTIZ RUBIO PLEDGES IN INAUGURAL SPEECH TO WORK FOR PEOPLE (Continued From First Page) being transformed from an absolute and private one to a social privilege and today the interest of collectivity is predominant in the minds of the governors and the pcople. Referring to the agarian problem, he said the gevernment would work for the adoption of modern methods of cul*i- vation so as to increase production and perhaps the government would i establish some sort of economic control Tto_help this work. He laid emphasis on the existence of nation-wide peace, and recommend- ed “the immediate establishment of the institutional system broached by President Calles in his memorable ad- dress before Congress in September, 1928,” in which Gen. Calles, announced that he would not run for President again, Mexico at last could get away from the idea that only strong military chieftains could govern, by united ac- tion of the executive departments. Strong Guard Patrols City. ‘The Mexican military today adopted extreme precautionary measures to safeguard Senor Ortiz Rublo. They the schools yesterday, Caldwell charged that the Strawn committee was moti- vated not by the city’s emergency. but by a desire to harm the present admin- istration and eventually bring about a city manager_forr: of government for Chicago. He charged also that the committee hoped by its action to obtain 8 reduction in assessments on Loop property. Acceptance Still in Doubt. Until Mayor Thompson and Presi- dent Caldwell announce themselves ready to accept the committee’s the committee has declared it will ad- vance no monies to any of the local tovemmenu. The county and the san- itary district already have indicated their willingness to co- te, and last night’s action revealed the City Council as welcoming way out of the city’s difficulties. President Caldwell, how- ever. said he hoped to raise sufficient funds from Eastern banking interests. He has suggested formation of a new citizens’ committee, to be headed by James Simpson, presicent of Marshall Field & Co, insteady of by Mr. Strawn. HERBERT IS CLEARED .OF CHARGES MADE BY TWO SENATORS (Continued Prom First Page.) gponsibility entered into the formulation of these complaints, War Service Is Recalled. “Col. Herbert served with distinction for 19 months in France, from captain to colonel with a regiment of fleld artillery, combat troops, and was in five major engagements. He helped organize the American Legion in Parls and in St. Leuis.” The only complaints_received from any source about Col. Herbert, it was explained later, were those through Senators Borah and Wheeler and, it was further explained, these tallied with the charges that previously had been filed by Capt. Frank S. Flynn of the prohibition service at the White House and referred to the Treasury. Flynn has been suspended and will be dis- missed from the service for fallure to report, as ordered, to his Baltimore of- fice, where he was a clerk, and for other reasons. The complaints ccncerned only mat- ters in the Eastern office and did not apply to Col. Herbert in his new post as prohibition edministrator at Helena. Alcohol DPrive in Prospect. Another angle of the prohibition sit- uation centering in the prohibition en- forcement unit itself came today also ‘when Commissioner Doran announced that the Government might take legal action as a result of an investigation of the industrial alcohol situation. Intimation that a drive against diver- tors of industrial alcohol might be made was given by Doran in a statement in which he reiterated that his men prac- tically had stopped illegal diversion. Doran said that the principal indus- trial alcohol problem was centered in lacquer, thinners, solvents and low-grade toilet waters, but that diversion was not a fourth of what it was three years ago. He added that the closing of indus- trial alcohol plants would have no ma- terial effect on the liquor situation and asserted that drinkers got most of their supply from corn sugar distilleries. FLYERS SAVED FROM SEA. Two Rescued After Escaping From Blazing Plane. | MIAMI, Fla., Pebruary 5 (#.—Two | men were rescued 15 miles off Cape Florida late yesterday, after they had escaped from their burning airpiane. ‘The men were Alonzo Green and John E. Pinder, both of Miami. They were rescued by the yacht Mary Susan 11, bound for New York, and were €. Richard L. Dwanning, master of the yacht, who said the two men were picked from the sea while they swam about after the burning airplane had sunk. Capt. Dwanning said passengers aboard the yacht saw the plane fall and catch fire. The yacht was headed in the direction of the plane, arriving within a few minutes, he said. BAND CONCEkT. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra this evening at 8 o'clock at the auditorium, Marine Barracks. Tay- lor Branson, leader; Arthur §. Whit- lined the route of march from the National Palace to the great stadium, scene of the inauguration. Federal district authorities recently uncovered an alleged plot by followers of Jose Vasconcelos, defeated candidate, to assassinate Ortiz Rubio and the re- tiring President, Emilio Portes Gil; ter- rorize the city and seize the reins of government. It was believed 19 arresis made at the time frustrated the plot. About 2,000 visitors from the United States were here for the inauguration. Hotels were crowded and railway sta- tions were converted into sleeping quar- ters. Dozens of Pullman cars were spotted on various sidings about the city. They were decorated with bunt- ing, the American colors being dis- }flxyed prominently alongside the Mex- ican U. S. Governor Is Present. Among the_prominent visitors from the United States were Gov. R. C. Dillon of New Mexico and Mrs. Dillon, Mrs. Theodore G. Bilbo, wife of the Governor of Mississippi; Maj. Edward Woodford, representing Gov. Harvey Parnell of Arkansas; L. W. Baldwin, president of the Missouri Pacific lines, and L. F. Hungerford, general manager of the Pullman Co. President Portes Gil, Senor Ortiz Rubio and members of the incoming and outgoing cabinets met just before noon at the National Palace and drove to the stadium for the ceremony of in- auguration. President Portes Gil assumed office as Provisional President shortly after as- sassination of Gen. Obregon in July, 1928. Senor Ortiz Rubio wazs elected last November 17 by an overwhelming majority to fill the unexpired term of Gen. Obregon. Portes Gil will be minis- t,eg f‘ tntzrlor in President Ortiz Rubio's cabinet. President Ortiz Rubio is an example of the type of leader built up during the hectic revolutionary period in Mex- ico following the overthrow of the Porfirio Diaz dictatorship in 1911. Born March 10, 1877, at Valladolid, now Moreiia, Michoacan, he was in the prime of life when Francisco I. Madero took office as the first revolutionary President, and under the rapidly chang- ing succeeding governments he occupied various important civillan posts and rose to the rank of general of brigade in_the army. He has served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, Governor of Michaocan, he made great strides toward g_the state of banditr; and instituted financial reforms as weil as distinguishing himself in the educa- tional field. Besides founding .a uni- versity, he built up a chain of public elementary schools which made Michoa- can at the time a model for the country. His military career began to Gen. Venustiano Carranza’s army, in which he was a captain at the time Gen. Vic- toriano Huerta was forced out of the presidency. Later he turned against Carranza and was made a general of brigade in Obregon’s forces, command- ing an important division in the army which overthrew Carranza. Appointed by Portes Gik. He was made secretary of communi- cations and public works by Provisional President Emilio Portes Gil following | Obregon’s assassination, and was offered the portfolio of the interior. Instead of accepting the offer, he announced his candidacy for the presidency. Ortiz Rubio is a direct descendant of Tzintzicha, last of the 19 Tarascan monarchs, ruling over the second strongest kingdom of the Aztec empire, conquered by Hernando Cortes in the sixteenth century. QUEBEC TREASURY NETS $8,043,752 FROM LIQUOR QUEBEC, February 5 (#).—The pro- vincial treasury of Quebec was enriched today by $8,043,752 from the sale of liquor during the year 1928-29, it was shown in the eighth annual report of the Quebec Liquor Commission. To this was added $1,644,515 in revenue from seizures. It was the biggest year in the history of the commission. ‘The report of the commission showed gross receipts of $27,007,430 from sales, with purchases of stock, operating charges and other expenses totaling $0,629,059. Customs, excise and sales taxes pad to the Dominion govern- ment amounted to $9,334,619. From 1927-28 the turnover to the | treasury was $6,500,000, the previous record. Sales showed an approximate increase of $3,000,000 in 1928-29 over the previous year. STEAL STATUE’S GOLD. Robbers Take Crown and Figure of Infant Jesus. comb, second leader. “March of the Dwarfs" Grieg agner Alr,” Preiude to “Meistersingers”. Old Irish melody, “Londonderry arr. Grand scenes from “Rosenkavalier,” Strauss “The Break of Day, “Khovantchina” Moussorgsky “Slouching Along ," from the suite, “Sketches of New York,” Riesenfeld Finale, “Fourth Symphony,” Tschaikowsky 2-arines’ Hymn, “The Halls of Monte- o zZum “The Star Spangled Banaer,” from . MEXICO CITY, February 5 (#).— Robbers have climbed the famous Aztec Pyramid, at Cholula, state of Puebla, and stripped ‘the statue of the Virgin De Los Remedios of its gold crown, jewels and ccstly robes, says a dispatch to El Universal. The vandals even made off with the figure of the Infant Jesus in the virgin’s arms. The statue was brought from Spain by the Conquistador Hernan Cortes in the sixteenth century, and since has occupled a place in the temple built by the Spaniards at the summit of the pyramid, THE S TAR, WASHINGTO D6 WILBUR T0 SPEAK ON RADIC FORUM Indian Lands to Be Subject of Secretary of Interior To- morrow Night. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of | the Interior, who has been an inti- mate friend of Herbert Hoover since | the days when they were undergradu- ates at Stanford University, will again speak in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Washington Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcast- ing System, over a Nation-wide hook-up. Secretary Wilbur's address, which | will deal with the important problems facing his busy department at this time, is scheduled for 10:30 o'clock to- morrow night. This will be the second time he has addressed the National Ra- | dio Forum, the first occasion having been soon after he took over the man- agement of the Interior Department. | He will be heard in Washington over Station WMAL. Secretary Wilbur's public utterances | are necessarily looked forward to with | more than ordinary interest, not only because of his wide experience ahd his long association with Herbert Hoover, but because of his recognized ability and the capacity which he has always shown in handling big affairs. President's Adviser. Moreover, Dr. Wilbur 1s looked upon generally as President Hoover's closest adviser and one whose opinions upon national and governmental affairs are always sought by the President. There is one thing certain about this cabinet officer—no matter what subject or subjects he may touch upon during this forthcoming radio talk, he will have a first-hand knowledge of his sub- ject and will be able to express himself in a clear and interesting fashion. If it is Indians, he will have a compre- hension of his subject gathered from a hundred visits to as many Indian reservations. Wilbur_is not alone familiar with the law on Boulder Dam, but is familiar with the Deep Black Canyon where it is to be built. Last Summer, braving temperatures which ranged up from 100 to 120 in the shade, he clambered over volcanic rocks with engineers to inspect the site, and finally took a small boat and rode through the can- yon. It took 10 minutes for the boat to go from the landing to the dam site downstream, but two hours were spent getting back up against the powerful current of the Colorado River. Attention to Indians. ‘The Interior Department chief has devoted particular attention to the problem of the Indian Service since he took office. After a careful study he announced that he was going to try to get a man for the job of Indian com- missioner who would be so good that he would work himself out of a job. He feels that the Government should place the Indian out into the life of the country, instead of shutting him up on a reservation, A commissioner who could work out such a problem, he felt, also would work himself out of a job, because if the Indians were taken off the reservations there would be no need for an Indian Service. Charles J. Rhoads, a Philadelphia banker and a Quaker, has undertaken to carry out the policies outlined by Wilbur. Secretary Wilbur is head of President Hoover’s Child Welfare Conference, which will be held in Washington some time within the year, and has been busily engaged working out the pre- liminaries incident to this important conference. Also he is head of the commission appointed by President Hoover to return lands in the public gtzmm to the so-called public-lands s, CROSBY CONSIDERS NO ABRUPT CHANGE _ INPOLICE AFFAIRS (Continued From First Page.) and that he intends to wait until he can look into the situation himself be- fore reaching and expressing any defi- nite opinions. “Did Not Seek Position.” “I did not seek this position,” he said, “and until a few days ago did not even know I was under consideration. Nat- urally, therefore, I have not formed any definite plan of procedure.” Gen. Crosby lives with his wife and family at 2540 Massachusetts avenue. He has maintained a residence here for the last seven years. He has three children, one of them, Lieut. George C. Crosby, being stationed at the IMeld Ar- tillery School at Fort Sill. He inherited republicanism, he said, from his father, but has not been a close follower of politics. “I have never voted for anything in my life except a club secretary,” he said smilingly. He said that he was an Episcopalian, but “doubted if the Episcopalians knew it.” He has no hobbies which he deems worthy of mention. Gen. Crosby is only 58 years old and has had 37 years’ experience in the Army, having entered West Point at the age of 17. Has Served With Cavalry. Upon his graduation he was assigned as a second lieutenant to the 8th Cav- alry and has since, with the exception of the World War period, been identified with that branch of the service. He saw service in the Philippines and on the Mexican border, having dis- tinguished himself on several occasions. During the World War he was placed in command of the 351st Infantry of the 88th Division, and was highly com- mended for the superior discipline and training of his regiment. Since the World War Gen. Crosby has served as a student instructor at the General Staff Schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., and assistant com- mandant at the Army War College here, He is a member of the Columbia Country Club and the Army, Navy and Marine Country Club. OLD REFRIGERATOR COIL FUMES AFFECT TENANTS Disused Apparatus Said to Have Been Thrown From Window. Four Women IlL Fumes from a refrigeration coil, sald to have been carelessly tossed from an eighth-floor apartment at 933 L street last night, penetrated a first-floor apart- ment and brought sickness to four women, who later were removed to hos- pitals. Miss Zulah Purvis, 28; Mrs. Frances Purvis, 65, her mother; Miss Ruth Horn and Miss C. M. Mitchell were the first-floor occupants who suffered tem- porarily. The coil was dropped from the apartment occupled by Misses Peal and Bessie Eaton by a refrigeration company employe, who had called to make repairs. 5 A caller at one of the apartments, Daniel Fisher, Miss Purvis and Miss Mitchell to Garfield Hospital, and later Mrs. Purvis and Miss Horn were taken to Emergency Hospital. The fumes from the piping resulted in nau- sea, but the women were said today to be all right. Other occupants of the building, ap- parently fearful that the escape of the fumes was general in the structure, left their apartments when the incident was reported. The inconvenience was 4 | efficiency among the men under him. IndianaWoman, 70, Takes Rum Blame And Goes to Jail By the Assoclated Press. OSGOOD, Ind., February 5.— Mrs. Anna Walter, living south of Osgood, was to go to Indiana ‘Woman’s Prison, at Indianapolis, on this, her seventieth birthday, for making and selling liquor to dance hall habitues hereabouts. Her sentence was 30 days, with a fine and costs totaling $141. The aged woman shouldered all the blame when haled into court, saying her 80-year-old husband, almost too feeble to get around, had nothing to do with manufacturing the intoxicants or selling them. The husband was discharged. HOOVERANNOUNCES CHOICE OF CROSBY Cavalry Officer to Be Named City Commissioner on Re- tiring to Private Life. (Continued From First Page.) Gen. Crosby enjoys a wide reputation in the Army as & good disciplinarian, for inspiring loyalty and promoting Gen. Crosby was represented as getting results, not as a driver, but as a leader, and by being fair and loyal to the men under him he has received fairness and loyalty in return. His theory has been that loyalty on the part of soldiers serves as a lubricant in making duty a pleasant task. His World War com- mand, the 351st Infantry of the 88th Division, was regarded as a well trained and disciplined organization. Although some question has been raised as to the legality in appointing a retired Army officer as a civilian Com- missioner, President Hoover was repre- sented today as being wholly satisfled that there are no legal entanglements m such an appointment. He referred this question to Attorney General Mitchell and after receiving his advice felt satisfled that such an appointment would be within the law. Governing Statute Is Cited. In chapter 180 of an act providing for a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia, it states regarding the appointment of Commis- sioners “the two persons appointed from civilian life shall at the time of their appointment be citizens of the United States and shall have been actual resi- dents of the District of Columbia for three years next before their appoint- ment and, during that period, claimed residence nowhere else.” A technical point involved is whether a retired Army officer is recognized as a civilian in the eyes of the law. Another question that has arisen is whether Gen. Crosby will be entitled to draw his $6,000 annual pay as a re- tired major general as well as a $9,000 annual salary as Commissioner, making a total of $15,000. In his statement, the President men- tioned that Gen. Crosby had been a resident of the District for the past seven vears, but Gen, Crosby, while discussing the matter of his residence in the District today, said that he has been, here nearly eight years. He has served three years and eleven months as chief of Cavalry and before that three years as instructor and assistant’s commandant at the Army War College and two years as a student at the Army ‘War College. As was stated in The Star of Monday Gen. Crosby was not keen to accept the offer of the lflpolntment. but made it very plain to the President that he was an old soldier and had spent many years taking orders from his superiors and was ready to do whatever the Pres- ident requested. That was the only as- surance given to the President during their first interview that Gen. Crosby would accept. He thought it over, how- ever, and gave the President the definite answer yesterday. Brown Promises to Accept. ‘While President Hoover is known to have a promise from Herbert D. Brown, chief of the Bureau of Efficiency, to accept an appointment as the other civillan Commissioner of the District, the President has given no indication that he will make this appointment for the present. ‘The understanding is that Mr. Brown by no means wishes to become a Dis- trict Commissioner and that he pre- fers to remain in his present position, and that he agreed to accept the ap- pointment when formally tendered merely to satisfy the President. It is thought likely that the Presi- dent may cast about some more for some one else and if he is successful in landing the type of individual he has in mind to name as the second civillan Commissioner, he will relieve Mr. Brown of his promise and permit him to remain at the head of the Bureau of Efficiency. However, in the event that he is not successful in find- ing some one else, he will want Mr. Brown to go to the District Building. ‘The nominations of Gen. Crosby and the second .civilian Commissioner will not be sent to the Senate until Com- missioners Dougherty and Taliaferro, who have promised President Hoover that they will continue on i office for a month or two, have completed their work incident to the passing of the various District appropriation bills for the next fiscal year. HOUSE PASSES MEASURE. ‘The Wood resolution to appropriate $5,386,000 to finance the pilgrgnlge of Gold Star Mothers to European battle- fields and cemeteries was adopted unanimously today by the House and sent to the Senate. KING MAY EXPLAIN CAMPAIGN GHECKS Senator Robinson Informed Utah Senator Would Answer Charges, By the Associated Press. Presenting a report to the Senate to- day on the lobby committee's investiga- tion of New York importers, Senator Robinson, Republican, of Indiana, said he had been informed that Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, might wish to appear before the committee to ex- plain two campaign contributions made in 1922 and 1928 by Herman A. Metz. president of the General Dyestuffs Corpuration. Robinson said Chairman Caraway of the lobby committee had informed him that King had “suggested he would like to be heard by the comimttee and that he has a statement he would like to e id later off Caraway said later off the floor that King had said he wanted to seo a copy of the testimony when he returns to Washington from a Baltimore hospital and that the Utahan might possibly wish to appear. He added tht no defi- nite request to be heard by the com- mfimie ;:ad ttm:‘x;‘ xgnge by King, etz has testified he gave Kin in 1922 and the same amount i‘n‘ig)loflo. but that the latter contribution was not used. King said the 1928 check was destroyed and that he had never heard of any contribution in 1922. Samuel Russell, former secretary to King, testified that the money was %\V;fl to ll-)lm:,hmd Ih‘e-h!ent it to Samuel . King, brother of e Senat 1t Lake City. NE Discussing the investigation of im- porters, Robinson said the National EDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1930. [BAKER IS SEEN AS HUGHES' SUCCESSOR ON WORLD COURT| Former Secretary of War Ap- | pears to Be Logical Selec- tion to Fill Vacancy. Has Served on Court of Arbi- tration Since 1928 and Is in | Favor in League Circles. 1 BY WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT. ewton D. Baker, former Secretary of o direct line. for election as a nternational Justice, at The Hague, ;xx:pulnly known as the Wgrld Court. Tollowing the resignation ®f Charles Evans Hughes to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court- of the United States. The election of judges will take place at the session of the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, next Septem- ber Even if Mr. Hughes had not been | appointed to succeed Mr. Taft, the pos- sibility existed that Mr. Baker would be a strong contender for the World Court berth, inasmuch as Mr. Hughes had signified his intention to retire from the bench at The Hague by the time of the Autumn election. He is filling the unexpired term of John Bas- M While_there is no rule that judges of the World Court are elected fr::n any given nation, the court has had an American member from the beginning, and now that a positive step toward adhering to the court has been taken by the Hoover administration it is con- sidered that an American will be elected to succeed Mr. Hughes: Jurist Is Usual Choice. ‘The procedure usually followed, but d | not obligatory, is to elect to the World :nethrod ?f lobbfln{1 known” in advocat- ng foreign valuation and lower m‘l:llle tdn;lfdf bill. e b le added it was “almost amazin, note the number of men -:lho )’lvuz) lobbled for the organization who at one time or another were in the Govern- mel;nrt heservlce." T “They were employed directly a from the Gavemmpen{." he uld.’ Sy Robinson continued that the commit- tee also had completed its report into an investigation of dye importers but that it would be held up pending the return of Senator King to guhmmn. King is a member of the Senate finance asmmmee which handles tariff legisla- ion. The report, prepared by Senator Rob- inson, gave first attention to the National Council of American Im- during coun- lve ands through its personnel and various branches ex- pended large sums both in Washington and New York.” The report added that the council Wwas “particularly successful in its effort to employ men who had been connected with the customs and other branches of Government service.” A letter sent out by the council soliciting funds to carry on the “lobby activities”. was put in the report. Some members were asked for $100 and others for $250, the report disclosed. ‘The cost of the publicity bureau set up by the National Council was re- ported by the committee at $5,676. The committee also reported that Samuel Kridel of New York City spent $18,000 in 1922 “to keep down the tariff on silk and expected to spend the same amount this time.” The committee report stated that Arman C. Stapfer was employed by the silk defense committee for $12,500 and expenses to assist “in keeping down tariff on silk.” “All he says he did,” the report said, “was to submit some facts and figures and data. He made some 15 trips from Chambersburg in 1920 and 2 trips in 1930, for which he has charged an expense of $4,000.” The report listed Harry S. Radcliffe of Montclair, N. J., as spending for the National Importers’ Council $16,800 in behalf of lower tariffs. The report showed expenditure of $16,000 for maintenance of a Washington office for l{leflNluunlI Retail Dry Goods clation. GROUNDED SUBMARINE IS PULLED OFF ROCKS U. 8. Naval School Craft Is Driven Into Trouble by Heavy Storm at Portmouth. By the Assoclated Press. PORTSMOUTH, N. H.,, February 5.— Driven aground during a heavy snow- storm near the entrance to the harbor and resting on the rocks for four hours, the submarine O-3, a school ship, was pulled off by a tug last night. The submarine was little damaged and came to the navy yard here early today under her own power, with her crew of 30 men and three officers unharmed. Small boats from nearby Coast Guard stations and several tugs and Navy craft here rushed to the stricken craft after radio calls for help were sent out. A civilian tug pulled her into deep water at 11 p.m. The O-3, bound from New London, Conn., to Portsmouth for repair§ grounded while proceeding at slow speed betweeqn Odiorne Point and P; sons Point off the Rye shore, Bank Robbed of $8,000. LUMPIN, ., February & (#)—The Farmers’ Stnteinnnk here was robbed last night of dpproximately $8,000 by burglars who boke the front door and cut into the sqfe with an acetylene torch. The banik opened for business today through istance of its corre- spondent in Columbus, Ga. All the cash gnd securities in_ the main vault were faken by the robbers, but the loss was {reported to be fully protected by insurance. Entire Community, By the Canadian Press. POINT AU PIC, Quebec, February 5. —Probably in no other community is there more sincere concern felt for the health of Willlam Howard Tzaft, whose serfous illness forced him to resign as Chief Justice of the United States, than in this little North Shore village on Murray Bay. For 30 years, with the exception of the four years when he was President of the United States, Mr. Taft has been one of the first of the Summer colonists to arrive here in the Spring and the last to leave in the Fall, In all those years Mr. Taft, by his kind and constant interest in the lives and. thoughts of the habitants, his benevolence and hospitality, has won a group of “subjects” whose loyalty and devotion are unusual and who number every man, woman and child in the comrnunlt{l. ‘When he returned to his Summer home atop the point over- looking Murray Bay, after his period in of at the White House, he still ‘was referred to as “the President,” and that is the title he has held her since, And today all the e ever who } TAFT IS STILL PRESIDEN_ TO CANADIAN RESORT (COLONY Devoted tol Former Chief Justice, Hopes for l\‘lis Speedy Recovery. had heard that Mr. Taft was serlously ill were expressing fervent hope that “the President” would ‘vanquish what- ever 1ll was besetting hign and return to Point au Pic in the Spring. Mr. Taft, with Sir} Charles Fitz- patric, former Lieutenaht Governor of Quebee; Rodolphe Lemipux, Speaker of the House of Commonsy and G. Amyot of the Quebec legislativetcouncil, formed that pioneer group of §iose who have established what has Wacome a large Summer colony at Murlly . He has remained the most congfant visitor. For the first time sindd he commenced making his home here §uring the Sum- mer months, Mr. Taft #vas not seen on the golf links last ye: He was in ill health almost through@ut his stay, but had recovered sufficiglitly toward the end of the Summer@io enjoy drives about the village. e celebration of his birthday, for yeagll a red-letter day among the villagers g¥point au Pic, was overshadowed for th@i:ame reaosn. Mr. Taft’s brother@-harles also was St"Vears: up' 5o haflioes ‘s hus o 3 last year. e th A third waited in Court a jurist, or expert on interna- tional law, who also is a member of the older Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. Mr. Hughes was ap- g:lnmd one of the four American mem- s of the Court of Arbitration in 1926, and in 1928 was elected a World Court judge. Mr. Baker was appointed to the Court of Arbitration in 1928 and would therefore appear to be the logi- cal selection for the World Court ancy. The other two American members of the Court of Arbitration are Mr. Moore and Elihu Root, neither of whom will be considered for election to the World Court, according to information here, Mr. Moore having resigned and Mr, Root precluding the accept- ance of a tion calling for protracted stays in Europe. Thus Mr. Baker is left as the only choice, unless the resignation of Mr. Hughes from the Court of Arbitration, as well as from the World Court, with an appointment to the Court of Arbitration by Presi- dent Hoover, should put two Americans ::{::e the e of Nations as candi- Favorable opinfon is held of Mr. member of the Permanent Court of | f NEWTON D. BAKER. —Underwood Photo. Baker in World Court and League of Nations* circles because he has been a consistent friend of both organiza- tions. The fact that the United States deemed Mr. Baker worthy to be named to the Court of Arbitration will weigh in his favor among members of the League when they come to elect an American as judge of the World Court. There is full freedom of selection of ‘World Court judges, so that an Amer- ican not connected with any interna- tional body could be successor to Mr. Hughes, but it is required that any person so elected shall have eminent standing in the knowledge and practice of international law. The politics of a judge is not considered. Mr. Baker is a Democrat and Mr. Hughes a Re- publican. HUGHES' LOSS FELT. No Similarly Qualified American Be- lieved Available to Succeed Him. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, February 5.—Something approaching consternation was pro- duced in League of Nations headquar- ters yesterday by the receipt of the news that Charles Evans Hughes had been appointed Chief Justice of the United States and consequently would be lost to the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague. It was felt that Hughes' retirement from the World Court bench would be a particularly heavy loss to the court atia time when the adhesion of the United States is still a delicate mat- ter and reorganization of the court is about_to take effect. In League circles it was felt that at present there is no similarly outstand- ing figure among American jurists whose name naturally suggested itself for the vacant post. TRADE BODY PLANS TO HONOR LEADERS Theodore W. Noyes and John Joy Edson to Be Rewarded for Services. ‘Theodore W. Noyes and John Joy Edson are being honored this after- noon at 4 o'clock, when the Wash- ington Board of Trade formally opens its new offices in The Star Building for their half century of varied and con- tinuous civic endeavor. Each has been a member of the trade body since its founding 42 years .and both are former presidents of the organization. They also have served as directors during most of its e. 1if Engrossed testimonials setting out the long record of their accompli ents were being presented to them. One hundred and fifty guests, com- prising an impressive roster.of persons prominent in the governmental, civic and business life of the District and the Nation, arranged to be present. Following the exercises the new and elaborately furnished offices of the trade body will be open for the inspection of A mersbers of the Board of ‘rade s members of o e are invited. LEADER IN SPAIN PLANS NEW PARTY Francisco Cambo, Noted as Finan- cier, Heads Movement for Or- ganizing Conservative Group. By the Associated Press. MADRID, February 5—Francisco Cambo, one of Spain's f 4 cial , authorities, who °§'e'c'1m¢“"fie finance ministry in Premier Berenguer’s cabinet because he considered himself “the man of tomorrow rather than the man of the hour,” is leading a move- ment toward the formation of a new ¢ Stabilization of Spain’s currency and balancing of the government budget will be the chief aim of the new party. Cambo and Maura hope to gain the support of the bankers, merchants, manufacturers and noblemen, who heretofore have been identified with the Liberal Conservative, ‘The announcement of Premier Beren- guer that he would try to restore par- liamentary government has resulted in much political activity in Madrid. Ever since Primo de Rivera resigned the dic- tatorship former Senators and Deputies have been flocking to the capital to discuss plans for organizing new po- litical Auruu Besides the budding Conservative rty an agrarian “bloc” also is taking orm. Meanwhile Santiago Alba, foreign minister in the cabinet Primo de Rivera overthrew in 1923, is to unite the extreme and liberal groups into a TAFT IMPROVES AFTER GOOD SLEEP, BUT STILL SERIOUS (Continued From First Page.) the middle of the street to get pictures of visitors or of the home itself. Numerous cars stopped at the entrance to the home while their chauf- feurs delivered messages of greeting to the stricken former President, but few persons were admitted to the household. There was no police guard, because the quietness of the neighborhood itself made that an unnecessary precaution. Mr. Taft’s home is on a corner lot. A block away Associate Justice Stone of the Supreme Court has his home and a few doors removed from the Taft residence is that of Stanley Harris, manager of the Detroit American League base ball team, who was an athletic idol in Washington during his stay here with the Washington American League club. ‘There was no gathering of the curious about the Taft lawns today. Pedes- trians and automobiles passed, knowing the serious condition of the sick man inside, looked or pointed to the home and went their ways, The nurses, on entering and leaving, were tight-lipped about their patient, leaving inquirers to look elsewhere for information. Numerous friends in Washington kept close touch with his home for informa=- tion regarding his condition and ar- rangements were made for the White House to be informed of any change. Among the first callers was Oliver Wen- dell Holmes, the 89-year-old associate justice of the Supreme Court. Despite I GROUP APPROVES . PUBLICLAND STUDY Senate Committee Orders Favorable Report on Bill for Commission. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | 'The House bill authorizing the Presi- | dent to appoint a commission to study and report on the conservation and ad- | ministration of public domain was ordered favorably reported to the Sen- ate today by the public lands commit- tee of the Senate. Senator Nye of North Dakota, chair- man of the committee, said he would |scek to have the measure considered land passed by the Senate at an early | date. The bill calls for report by the | commission which shall be sent to Con- gress by the President not later than the first Monday in December of this year. Because the problem is one of great importance, those supporting the pro- posal are anxious to have the commis~ sion get to work as soon as possible. ‘The commission is to hatc 25 members and selections for the commission have already been made. In the Senate itself the bill may meet some opposition. The Upper House has undertaken to criticize President Hoo- ver because of his plan of having pub- lic problems studied by commissions. This_commission idea is not popular in the Senate. Only recently the Senate struck from the House resolution au- thorizing the appointment of a commis- sion to study conditions in Hait{ a" reference to & commission, merely giv- ing to the President $50,000 to make & study of conditions in Haitl in any way he saw fit. The action of the Senate public lands committee today was a victory for the President. Refused Commission. The foreign relations committee headed by Senator Borah, brought in a report on the Haiti resolution authoriz- ing the President to make a study of Haitian conditions through a commis- sfon or any other agency he desireq ‘The committee declined to go on recore as being in favor of the appointment of a commission. In the Senate itself an amendment offered by Senator Mc- Kellar of Tennessee, a Democrat, was adopted striking out all reference to & commission, in order to signalize the Senate's opposition to commis- sions. The upshot of the mafter has been, however, that the President is authorized to spend $50,000 with no strings tied to it, and he is going to appoint a commission to investigate conditions in Haitl, just as the Senate knew he would do. What will happen when the House bill for the public lands ission is called up in the Senate remains to be seen. Prediction was made today that the bill would be passed since it has strong lumnn of many of the Senators representing public lands States. It has become a practice of the Senate, | however, to attack presidential -com- missions since Mr. Hoover has been in office. The law enforcement commis- slon, which was authorized without a great deal of difficulty, has been at- tacked in the Senate because it has not held open hearings and because it seemed to be taking longer to do its work than some of the Senators be- lieved it should take. There was no division in the public lands committee today over the bill creating the public lands commission. No proposals to amend the bill were made. Senator Walsh of Montana, & member of the committee, has declared himself in favor of the appointment of the commission, believing that such s study will be of value to Co . Sen- ator Pittman of Nevada is ranking Democratic member of the public lands committee. $50,000 Authorized. The House bill authorizes an l?fltfl- Eommission I mRking & stidy of a public domain problem. The publie domain of the United States embraces &n area in excess of 190,000,000 acres of land. With few exceptions, it was said, no supervision or control is exercised of this vast area. The overgrazing of these lands has greatly depreciated :ltllteel.r value. The mc'g:lty b’l‘l’r d‘ defi- policy regai public domain has been recognized for many years. President Hoover some mon! Congress could base with the public lands. Some of the op- nents of the commission idea contend t the committees of well able to deal with the themselves, But this is not en his years and his own infirmities, Mr. | tak: Holmes journeyed through the rain leave a message for his former chief. Despite his years and the or’cnnic trouples with which he was affl , the former President and Chief Justice traveled to Cincinnati only a few weeks ago to attend the funeral of his half brother, Charles P. Taft. Apparently this aggravated his ailments, and short- ly after his return, Mr. Taft was forced to give up his duties on the Supreme Court bench while he went to a hospital here for treatment. After a few days the Asheville trip was decided upon. MERCHANT REACHES 22D DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE Prisoner Appears Emaciated, but Refuses to Give Up Protest of Sentence. By the Associated Press. WARREN, Ohio, February 5.—Rich- ard Stewart, Warren rug merchant, reached the twenty-second day of his self-imposed hunger strike at the county jail here today. He appeared thin and somet t emaciated, but unflagging in spirit, The prisoner’s “strike” is his form of protest to a $200 fine imposed on him by Judge Charles B. Perry, who found him guilty on a charge of mo- lesting a womai Stewart refused to pay the fine and was sent to jail to work it out. Relatives have endeavored to suade Stewart to eat the food that is brought to him three times a d Y by the jaller, but instead he gives it to fellow prisoners and berates the court for what he calls the “unfairness” of party of the left. Mrgnel de Unamuno, thor, exiled because monarchistic activities, arrive soon in Madrid. BOOK TALK LISTED. Miss Iva Swift Schedules Review Tomorrow Night. ‘Miss Iva Swift of the Public Library staff will review three books—Preface to Morals,” by Walter Lippmann; “Scraps of Paper,” by Marletta Minne- gerode Andrews, and ‘“Grandmother Brown's 100 Years, 1827-1927," by Mrs. Harriet Connor Brown—tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the Mount Pleasant Library, Sixteenth and Lamont streets, in the second of a series of book talks being given this Winter by members of the staft of the c Library and guest speakers. Bank Bandits Terrorize. CHICAGO, February 5 (). —Two rob- bers held up the Hubbard Woods Trust Sa Bank as it was opened for business today, terrorized several em- ployes and customers by firing sawed-off shotguns into the floor and escaped with cash and currency estimated at $3,000. an automobile to ald- celebrated au- of his anti- , is expected to - = ), his sentence. Stewart says he should not have been fined because the woman who brought the charge against him, he alleged, had “led him on.” . BLAST IN STROMBOLI. Italian Volcano Showers Country- side With Cinders. 8 STROMBOLI, Italy, February § (#), —A slight explosion in the Sciara crater of the Stromboli volcano last night rained cinders on the surrounding countryside for 15 minutes. No damage ‘was_done. oy The explosion was accompanied by dense clouds of smoke and subterranean rumbles. ‘The crater was brilliantly illuminated all night. The volcano has been almost perpetually active for 2,000 years. e s Fires School for Vacation. ALEDO, Ill, February 5 (#).—A 14~ year-old Loy confessed, the State's at- torney said yesterday, that he set fire to a dormitory at the Illinols Military School, where he is a student, because lull class room routine boy 15 Dr., Eu: of philoposy at - RNl i d 3 Robert Gills o Chicago, son of = Gills, p:lum et Congress, _alf h a::num has been agitated for some FOES OF PROHIBITION PLAN TO MEET IN SPRING Resolution Calling for General Par- ley in Baltimore Is Adopted by Associations. By the Assoclated Press. % Ntvv.l 1’1’!3“;‘ February ng.vA ur:wlu- on ci for a general meet of the Association Against the Prohlhffinu Amendment some time next Spring in Baltimore, Md., was adopted yesterday at a meeting of the association’s exec~ utive committee.” The action followed discussion of a letter written last week by former United States Senator Wil- liam Cabell Bruce of Maryland to Plerre S. du Pont, chairman of the association’s executive committee, pro- posing a national convention to seek a reform in the K:’vhlbmon laws, This is the first time the assoclation has called a general meeting. The executive committee comprises, besides Plerre S. du_ Pont, Benedict Crowell of Cleveland, Ohio, former As- sistant Secretary of War; H. H. Curran, st S0 i, S nt of n, 3 n MP Murphy of New York City; rC‘If:!- H, Sabin, New York banker; William H. Stayton of Washin, chair- board tors, and gton, D. G, man of the of direc James W. Wadsworth, jr., of Geneseo, N. Y, former United States Senator. THREE PLAN FLIGHT FROM MAROONED SHIP Girl Will Accompany Party From Ice-Locked Nanuk to Alaska Mainland. By the Associated Press. POINT BARROW, Alaska, February 5.—Provided the weather Miss Marion Swenson, her ither, Olaf Swenson, and Capt. Milovzorov, master of the ship Nanuk, will take off today from N‘;‘r‘m Ci-pe. ?llbzlh.w(m ‘Teller, Alaska, in a plane pilof Capt. Pat B B st Sapt. Milovaorov Rit-trading ship NAUE st North anuk af since early last Autumn, i After ret the Alaskan mainland Capt. Reid planned to return to the ship with a plane load of gasoline for aircraft operating near the Nanuk in the search for the bodles of Pliot Carl lBer:’ Eielson and Mechanic Earl Bor- and. — With sides, floor and concrete, reinforced "gp IWMIMI‘I’E way car is being tested in