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A2 % SERUM INPROVES PSITTAGOSIS CASE Armstrong Better After Inicctions—Baltimore Bac- teriologist Dies. Dr t hopeful step apparently has in the conquest of parrot m from the blood of convalescent t ‘Daltimore, administered yes- Charles Armstrong of the ‘atory staff, who is seri- mysterious malady at the seemed to have brought improvement this morn- ab b orry cver the condition of Dr. trong. who contracted the disease g 0 isolate the organism igator co: g the of the Virginia State Health Department that two new cascs of )sittacosis in Newport News were not contracted from parrots at all, but from This, added to the recent diagrosls in Kansas City of a case ap- parently transmitted by a love bird, leads to the suspicion that the organism can be transmitted from a parrot. to any her bird and from any bird to a hu- being. Baltimore Victim Dies. iries believed responsible for tbreak b other sick birds. This, d out at the Public Health bably would make it ad- 1spect any pet bird which have come in contact {isease. > same time that Dr. Armstrong d_improved came word of imore of Dr. William s and relapses. He also ihe disease while trying to 1sm responsible for it. “convalescent serum,” doubtful, is the only dical profession knows t, is almost impossible to | 4 today i probably worth its welght in gold. > are recovering. So far body has entirely recovered. that blood must be taken s who are still weak and dose. administered to_ Dr. day was obtained from with great difficulty. _ g= Not Affected Yet. carned, a Public Health 1 s again in Baltimore g for a little blood with nt of Dr. Armstrong . For the bacterio- s encouraging improve- cheerful attitude, still gs begin to that the real fight starts. v, use of the u s based almost supported by obser- gress of other infec- especially those due When a patient means that some- ed in the blood stream cks of the invading it was explained, 1at defending organ- cruited somewhere in new e body of another vic- ce the personal normal ¢ definite predictions. Three Injections. mstrong was given a dose of * was explained, in three in- o the muscles and one < one of the most skillful n the Public Health robably was better ac- any one else with the parrot fever, yet all his vere fruitless, and when he feeling ili Saturday he to the Naval Hos- To Wed Senator | MRS. ANDREW B. F. SMITH Of Camden, N. J., whose engagement to Senator David Baird, jr., of New Jersey became known recently. —Assoclated Press Photo. 1, 750-ROOM HOTEL FACES PADLOCK 13 Arrested on Liquor Charge in Manger, in Gotham The- atrical District. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 11 (#).—The Hotel Manger, one of the newest and largest hostelries in the city, situated in the heart of the theatrical district, faced padlock proceedings today as the result of a raid by Federal prohibition agents. A squad of 25 Federal agents de- scended upon the hotel last night and arrested 13 men. The prisoners con- sisted of two bootleggers, six bell boys and five waiters, Maj. Maurice Campbell, prohibition administrator in the New York dis- trict, said warrants had been issued for eight other bell boys, a head waiter, a captain of waiters and two other boot- leggers. The raid was conducted under war- rants obtained from United States THE EVENING PRESIDENT GOES AFTER TABLE FISH Rests on Sailfish Laurels, Having Landed 45-Pounder in 30-Minute Fight. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspondent of The Star. LONG KEY, Fla, February 11.— President Hoover today is out fishing with the hope that he will return with a catch sufficiently large to fill the larder of the cruiser-house boat Saun- terer, upon which he and Mrs. Hoover are living while on this vacation. The Saunterer, which had anchored for the night in the Gulf of Mexico, about half a mile from Long Key, was under way shortly after daybreak this morning for Pawnee Creek, about 18 groupess and Lingfish sre sald to Le plentifl. If the fishing is not favor- able, the President will move further up emong the keys to Angel Fish Creek, about 40 miles south of Miami, which is a popular fishing ground for bonefish and mackerel, The Kilkenny, the Dixie and the Tarragon, the boats upon which are living the members of the President's party who are not aboard the Saun- terer, followed in his wake. . Lines Are Out in a Hurry. ‘When Pawnee Creek was reached the President, accompanied by Harlan F. Stone, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and Mark Sul- livan, newspaper and magazine writer, and Lawrence Richey, went aboard the Arco, the little fishing boat which the President is using while down here, and soon had their lines in the water. Mrs. Hoover's good luck while out fishing for an hour or two yesterday afternoon for red snappers off Duck Key, a few miles below Long Key, is thought to have inspired the President today in his determination to go after fish for the table in a big way. Mrs. Hoover's fish graced the table at the evening meal aboard the Saunterer last night. Rests on Saiifish Laurels. The President ran into such real luck in such a short time yesterday when he went after sailfish that he evidently felt that he could rest on his laurels today as a fisherman for game fish and give his attention to those of the edible variety. The thrill Mr. Hoover received land- ing that sailfish yesterday was such as to prompt him to remark later that it alone pald him for his long journey to these waters. The sailfish, the largest caught off Long Key for more than a week, measured 7 feet and weighed a fraction over 45 pounds. The fish put up a wonderful half- hour fight, but the President had hooked just right at the right second and played the line like a vet- the prohibition law and aiding and abetting the maintenance of a nuisance were charged. Proposes to Close Hotel. “Maj. Campbell said padlock ed- ings wnuldpl?: instituted ll’lmcme management with the purpose of clos- ing the entire 20-story hotel, with its 1,750 rooms, and its elaborately fur- ni , dining rooms and other adjuncts. He said he had evidence that the management was aware of the zon- ditions. After the raid Maj. Campbell issued a statement saying: “About two years ago I called a con- ference in my office of hotel proprietors and owners of the principal hotels in New York. City in an effort to get their co-operation to prevent the sale of liquor on their premises. “That time I said I hesitated to make a case against a hotel with its great investment, but that if the hotels did not stop the sale of liquor to its guests I would not hesitate to make a case against them. “So the time came when I had to correct the conditions myself and to make a case because this particular hotel apparently made no effort comply with the law. Previous Padlock Attempts. Two previous attempts have been made by Federal authorities to padiock large hotels for alleged violation of the prohibition law. On 1924 action was brought against the Ritz-Carlton after Federal agents said pus liquor from walters in the Japanese roof garden. After efforts to padlock the entire hotel as a nuisance failed the action was narrowed down 1w ihe not knowing how to against the fatal e continuing the work, tehing themselves care- ~ of {llness. ‘tself, possibly one of ite “fllterable viruses,” mysterious 8s ever, device of the bac- be.ng used to isolate it. ie likelihood that the or- be transmitted to human canaries, the Public Health 5 not want to start any fear of these common house- apprehension concerning ewly-purchased or sick ible source of infection be considered lightly. FTULOGY TO ANDERSON. Representative Griffin Terms Him “A Myrtar To Suicide.” Reprasentative Griffin, Democrat, of ew York, :oday delivered in the House an eulogy °n Harry A. Anderson, the recent par-ot fever victim as “a martyr Lof science” and called attention to his bil! whie’ > reintroduced to award a « medal of “wonor and a monetary award ‘o Goveriment employes for distin- guished work in science. He has of- fered one amendment which would al- tiow postrumous awards. He called at- rticularly to the achieve- { ments of the Public Health Service and ! recited the martyrology of that service, 12 in rumber, to which Anderson's name is now added. Representative Griffin said, in part: | iRICH FARMER ACCUSED “Yesterday there was interred in Ar- lington Cemetery the mortal remains of one who may be truly said to have given his life for the benefit of hu- smanity, He made the supreme sacri- fice—not in the midst of stimulating alarms of war, but in the silent labora- tory—with no hope of praise or rewards fother than the consoling sonsciousness of to'ling for his fellow men. “Who was this man with the heart of the soldier, of the soul of the martyr? His name is Harry Anderson. He was a soidier, too, for he served in the ‘World War, from which he came un- ! scathed, only to meet his end as a { humble laboratory assistant in the | United States Public Health Service. “His task—the task in which he died—was that of seeking the origin and cure of the so-called parrot dis- ease (psittacosis), which has recently appeared and taken such a toll of hu- man life. “He passes on to join a noble band whose lfves were dedicated to the 2ause of science. He leaves behind him a bereaved wife and devoted son upon whom this casualty in the warfare of ce most heavily falls. " that hope it is not presumtions to say they have the profound sympathy of all true-hearted men and can feel hat his noble cxample entitles him to | 11 (#).—At the roof garden, but this also was unsuc- cessful. e A simi action was brought against the Brevoort, one of the old historic hotels, after the management had ad- mitted charges that liquor was :fis- pensed to certain J-tmm A com- promise was effected whereby the din- ing room where the liquor had Leen served was padlocked for six months and L:;: rest of the hotel permitted to operate. CASHIER OF PRINTING OFFICE FREE ON BOND Lawrence M. Hurdle Pleads Not Guilty to Charge of Embez- zling $600. Prom the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star. Lawrence M. Hurdle, cashier in the office of the Superintendent of Docu- ments of the Government Printing Office, was released on $1,000 bond by Commissioner Needham Turnage following his arrest on a charge of embezzling $600 of a Govern- ment funds. Hurdle entered a plea of not guilty and demanded a preliminary hearing, which vas fixed for Friday. The alleged embezzlements are said to have occurred on different dates be- twen July, 1928, and January 31, 1929, according to the warrant, under which he was arrested. Assistant United States Attorney Willlam A. Gallagher swore out the warrant on information furnished in a letter from the office of the Public Printer. e IN POISON CANDY PROBE Sent Deadly Sweets Through Mails to Former Partner, Postal Inspector Charges. FORT WAYNE, Ind., February 11 (#). —John Carroll, 63, wealthy farmer of near Bryant, Ind., was arrested by Fed- eral authorities yesterday charged with sending poisoned candy the mails with intent to murder W. L. Ger- rard, Gaston, Ind., hardware merchant, hi.; msrmer“mmme:..xl rtner. o . 8. Kelly, postal inspector, who con- duct.® an investigation, sald Carroll confessed sending the candy, but in- sisted he only meant to make Ger- rard {ll. Gerrard said last night he received a box of gumdrops on January 32, but that his suspicions were aroused by the Bryant postmark and that an analysis revealed a half grain of poison in each plece of candy. Exhibits Paintings at 95. SOUTH NORWALK, Conn., February of 95 Alden Sol- age the profound respect in which we shall i mans, retired banker, is showing paint- cver hold his memory. Reqnli‘u at in ings at an exhibition in New York. took up art at the age of 80. o7 eran. The presidential brow and cheeks were wet with perspiration and his arms were tired when his efforts finally were crowned with success. He was ready to call it & day then and the little fishing boat was soon heading back to the Saunterer. Mrs. Hoover was waiting at the rail of the houseboat to acclaim the fish ing hero when he came alongside. Justice Stone Loses Fish. Justice Stone did not get very far with a tale of how he had a huge sail- fish hooked and was hauling him in nicely when a shark came uo?lng llonund tore the justice’s prize from the % The President was the first to give the justice a questioning look as the tale b'e“ er;démd. However, one of the members of the grou happened got in his work, verified the story. Mark Sullivan's account of his day was interesting, but he had to admit he caught nothing. Lawrence Richey, the of the President’s secretaries Dr. Vernon Kellogg, another member of the Krty, had nothing to report. After about half an hour of fish talk the President excused himself and went to his stateroom and slept soundly for more than an hour. After the evening meal the President and Mrs. Hoover and their friends sat out on the deck and enjoyed the beauty of the semi- tropical moonlight night. Yesterday Thirty-first Wedding Day. Yesterday was the thirty-first anni- versary of the marriage of President and Mrs. Hoover, but no one would have suspected it so far as they were concerned. They made no mention of the occasion themselves and arranged in the way of an anniversary observation, One or two members of the party recalled it. The President and his wife were offered congratulations from mem- bers of the party and appeared pleased. All Go to Bed Early. All hands in the fishing party turned in for the night before 10 o'clock. ‘The presence of the President in these waters has attracted a number of visitors from other points of Florida. Long Key is looking forward with interest to an expected visit from Mayor Walker of New York. Word reached here today from Sarasota that he was fishing yesterday at Useppa Island and last n'ght left for Boca Grande on board Barron G. Colller's yacht. Mr. Hoover has heard little from ‘Washis n, although the telegraph and telephone lines connecting the island with the White House are in constant use. Most of the business transacted is routine and is cared for by Mr. Richey. DRY LEADER SCORES WALKER IN ADDRESS New York Is Wetter Than Before Prohibition, Campbell Tells Brooklyn Clergymen. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 11.—Maj. Maurice Campbell, prohibition admin- istrator for New York, yesterday said fhat New York has less prohibition than 1t had before Federal prohibition. He accused Mayor James J. Walker and Police Commissioner Grover A. Whalen of refusing to invoke State laws which they are sworn to enforce and ridiculed a crusade against crime, which, he sald, falls to attack the speak- easy as a crime condition. Maj. Campbell made his charges be- fore 50 Brool cl 'man, meeting as form mmission of the Brooklyn Federation of Churches. COLLEGE HEAD RESIGNS. DECATUR, Ill, February 11 (#)— Dr. Mark E. Penn.y, for the past seven : Sl liken Uni- versity, resigned night. 'ney bou‘-snot directors accepted his resignation, effective June 30. Differences between the president and the board, largely over administrative eral years. L3 * =iles zorth of heve, wiets bomefisk, | STAR, WASHINGTON, Chicago Is Cited In Filipino’s Plea For Independence Student Witness Avers Such a Condition Could Not Happen in Islands. As Felipe Mabilangan sees it, the Philippines have as maich claim to in- dependence as the Ciy of Chicago. “I see by the papers that Chicago is the most progressive city in the United States,” Mabilangan, a student witness, remarked yesterday before the Senate territories commmittee. “I also see that the city is ‘busted’ That could not Lappen in the Philippines, or our leaders would have to take to the mountains " Offering a list of comparisons to show the educational fitness. of the Philip- pines for liberty, the witness told the Senators with “great reluctance” that Filipino _legislators were of ‘“higher {type” than their American colleagues. | _“Take the State Legislature of New | York,” he said. “They arc boxers, fis] undertakers, business m , lawyers and what not. Our 2 Righer in- lawye:,” | 2t least, Y'm not 2 Chairman Binghsm observed. BYRD EXPECTS SHiP Men in Camp Sledge Boxes to Other Side of Bay to Hasten Loading. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Radio to The Star and New York Times. LITTLE AMERICA, Antartica, Feb- ruary 10.—Boxes and bags are going out of the houses here today in a stream. As fast as possible everything is being sledged to the other side of the bay so that there will be no delay in loading. The wind is blowing from the south, and it is a litle below zero. Although the ice is not going out of the bay, much has broken out on the Western side, so there is hope that a cove may be formed there” between the bay ice and the Barrier side of the bay in which the bark City of New York can e protected from the easterly storms. ‘That would aid greafly in loading, for at this time of year it is often necessary for a ship to pull away from the ice and cruise up and down until the swell permits tying up to the ice again. That would complicate loading. ‘The strong southerly winds and sm: packs around which the ship has to sail are delaying the City of New York somewhat, and it does not seem prob- able now that she will get here before ‘Thursday. But when she does heave in sight, everything to go aboard will be on the other side of the bay walting for her, and loading will not take long. ‘opyright. 1930. by the New York Times Co. O B L1y Pont Disgaten. "l sights for publication reserved ihroughout the world.) LANKFORD MEASURE WOULD PRESERVE HISTORIC CHURCHES (Conf From First Page.) tended by President Coolidge and other prominent persons. Friends Meeting House, Irving and Thirteenth streets, which President Hoover attends. ‘The Lankford bill provides that in case it becomes necessary to secure title to such property it may be for church purposes to the people now using it or it may be used for other purposes in keeping with the spirit of the pro- , | posed legislation. Representative Lankford calls atten- tion that the only two church build- ings in danger of immediate destruction are those between Pennsylvania avenue and Judiciary Square, fronting on John Marshall place. ‘The Presbyterian Church was the church of Grover Cleve- land and the Metropolitan Church was the church of Presidents Grant and Mc- Kinley. “I would be glad to have both of these preserved,” sald Mr. Lankford, but it occurred to me that it would be best for only one building of each de- nomination to be saved and that the Presbyterian Church attended by Abra- ham Lincoln, on New York avenue, would be preferable as & memorial than the one on John Marshall place. A pretty circular driveway could be ar- ranged with the Metropolitan Metho- dist Church as a center and with sev- eral monuments to great men, includ- ing one to Cleveland on or near the spot where he attended church and one to McKinley between his church and Pennsylvania avenue.” Mr. Lankford protests that the de- struction of both of these church build- ings would be an irreparable injury. “The old churches and missions in every land are sought by visitors and have a peculiarly sacred charm when they contain the pews where great men and women worshipped,” he said. Mr. Lankford declared that he cannot be- lleve Congress will consent “to destroy our sacred old church buildings, one of the very greatest legacles of the Na- tion's Capital.” CAPITAL AIRPORT GROUP IS CALLED INTO SESSION Joint Congressional Commission to Meet Friday Morning to Study Air Needs. The joint congressional airport com- mission, created by Congress to study the needs of the National Capital for airport facilities, has been called by Chairman Bingham to meet in execu- tive session Priday morning. This will be the first meeting the commission has held since the present session of Con- gress began. Following the hearings last year, the commission recommended a resolution to appropriate $500,000 from the Fed- eral Treasury to be used in purchasing options on a site or sites. The resolu- tion was introduced in the House, but up to the present time has not been acted on. & — UNEMPLOYMENT GROWS. New York Official Reports 100,000 Laid Off Since October. ALBANY, N. Y. February 11 (#).— Unemployment in New York State con- tinued to grow during January to such an extent that factories were employ- ing fewer workers than at any other . time since the Summer of 1928, Miss Frances Perkins, State industrial com- missioner, reported yesterday. More than 100,000 persons have been lald off since the middle of October, she said. The decrease in employment that comes annually from Ocf T to Jan- uary was much greater than usual, Miss Perkins reported. The employment fig- ure for January probably was the low-! dam: ¥~ matters, have been developing for sev- est for that month ever recorded, her statement said, AT BASE THURSDAY D. C., TUESDAY SENATE 10 DEVITE TIV T0 TARF Watson and La Follettie De- clare Other Measunes Must Wait. Inquiries as to the prospect: of the Senate considering departmental ap- propriation bills while the tariff bill is pending prompted emphatic statements today from Senator Watson of Indiana, the Republican leader, and La Follette of Wisconsin, an independent Republi- can chieftain, that all other legislation, even the supply measures, must wait in the ante-chamber until the tariff bill is passed. If this program is adhered to, Wat- son, said, the tariff should be out of the' way by March 1. Asked If it was planned to have a morning hour at an early date for con- sideration of misccllaneous bills, th ader s2id if this were a ue to talk al T T isizess alte: 23d expired and aldded. ‘Nobody cam put 3 muzleion sensi- torial mouth.” Asserting, “some Senators have loct interest in the tariff bill, Senator; La Follette sald he would object to injec- tlon of extraneous legislation in order to “bulld up a pressure behind the tariff bill to force the Senate to act.” The Senate today returned to consid- eration of individual amendinents to the earthenware and glassware sched- le. Democrats lost on a,division vote an attempt to restore the 'present duty of 45 per cent on toys of earthen- ‘ware, which the bill increases to170 per cent. Immediately after this another Demo- cratic proposal to lower existing tariffs on window glass, which were prockaimed by President Hoover last June, began what promised to be a lengthy debat: Senator Barkley, Democrat, of tucky, proposed the amendment would reduce the glass rates to the of the 1922 act. “This is an attempt to strike another blow at business,” asserted Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connefcticut. “I'm not Ing to strike a blow at anybody,” Barkley replied. “I'm funder- taking to strike a blow for the Armerican consumer.” i ‘The Kentuckian contended the Tariff Commisison findings, upon which the President acted, were based on 1926 conditions, or when American producers were using the hand blown and{cylinder blown process. Both of these processes, he. added, were costly and had now been displaced by modern sheet-drawn process. Asked by Senator Fess, Republican, of Ohio, if he would put out of business those companies not yet operating by modern methods, Barkiey said producers who “stubbornly refuse to adopt new methods to meet competition at home should not ask Congress to provide arti- ficial stimulation when they ultimately would fail by refusing to meet /domestic competition.” ‘DODGING’ CHARGED IN LOBBY HEARING Caraway Irked as Head of Ten- nessee River Body Fails to Appear. ich level By the Associated Press. Investigation into reports of lobbying activities in connection with Muscle Shoals legislation was hardly underway today before Chairman Caraway of the Senate lobby committee charged that J. W. Worthington, of the Tennessee River Improvement Association, was “dodging” the committee. Caraway added that when the com- mittee was ready to question Worthing- ton “he disappeared.” The committee was informed today that Worthington, who is chairman of the executive com- mittee of the association, is ill at Tate Springs, Tenn. The fire witness before the lobby committee as it resumed sessions after a recess of several days was Earl Cooper, stenographer for Worthington, —who testified he was paid $400 a month. Asked About Contributions. Caraway questioned Cooper about contributions to the organization and about its support of bids for Muscle Shoals by Henry Ford and the Ameri- can Cynamid Co. Apparently dissatis- fied with Cooper’s replies, he then as- sailed Worthington. Cooper testified that one of those who had contributed to the improve- ment association was Henry Parsons ‘1’{1 New York, who finances public util- ties. In addition, he said, Worthington had sold some property for Parsons at Shef- fleld, Ala., and received a $12,000 “an- nuity” for this work. Letter to Gray Read. He said he did not know how much Parsons had contributed to the associa- tlon of which Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican national committee, is a former president. Cooper saild the association had fa- vored the proposals of Henry Ford and tshl:cA‘;neflcln Cyanamid Co. for Muscle als. A letter from Worthington to Chester Gray of the American Farm Bureau Federation was read before the com- mittee. It said Worthington was op- posed to making money out of Muscle Shoals, although opportunity “had been knocking at my door for 10 years.” SALARY RECEIVERSHIP REPORT IS CORRECTED ‘The judgment which Mrs. Olive McGrew was seeking to collect from her former husband, John L., McGrew, for $7,620.75, was not for arrears of alimony, as stated in The Star's report of a recent decision of the District Court of Appeals denying the right of the District Supreme Court to appoint a recelver for the salary of a Govern- ment employe. The judgment was ob- tained on notes given by the husband for the purchase of his wife's interest in a tract of land prior to their di- vorce. ‘The opinion of the appellate court merely stated that a judgment had been rendered in favor of the wife against the husband. Such judgments are rarely entered, except in alimony suits. This led o the presumption contained in the story. CAR BURSTS INTO FLAMES. Detective and Partner Forced to Leap From Machine. Up until this morning. Headquarters Detective Hubert E. Brodie was willing to swear by his automobtle, It functioned perfectly, going and coming, on a hunting trip to the detec- tive’s home town of Florence, S. C., several days ago. ‘The officer returned to work last night and this morning offered his partner, Detective Frank A. Varney, a lift home. The two men seated themselves in the car, and just as it left the Four- teenth street curb before the District B;Ig’dlnz, flame broke out under the h Both men were forced to leap from the machine, and the fire was put out, with one of Chief George S. Watson's extinguishers, only after it caused $100 age. Detective Varneygiald he thought he would go home un’§ street car. ., Fi BRUARY 11, 1930. IREALTORS ADVISED ON;SALE METHODS {MdeasiBased on Facts, Data and Charts Urged to Interest Investors. § The /exodus of investors from the stock 1narket during the stump of last Fall will not alone help the real estate market, although it points the more investments based on earnings ratherj than gambling on sensational appreciation, A. John Berge, sales counselor of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, declared last mghthhe(cre more than 300 Washing- ton, ‘Maryland and Virginia realtors in the /theater at Wardman Park Hotel. TAdeas based on facts, creative selling ernploying scientific data and charts relative to business and other prop- | rties on the market, he declared, must 'bc cmployed if real estate salesmen are /to interest investors, advice was delivered & dress by Quy W. =i !usa:ma: with MF. Serge i the sales- demonstration tour taking them through l:ng Eastern seaboard section, in which ihe cited scores of ways in which im- | portant real estate sactions were made in Detroit last year, despite the weakness of the realty market there, all because of the employment of scien /| data, surveys, charts and other sales ialds which convinced pi cts of the advantage of buying or leasing new lo- cations for their business. Many deals could be made here in Washington that never will be made unless the realtor makes exhaustive studies showing the possibilities of new locations for business establishments, Mr. Berge declared. He urged the em- ployment of scientific surveys, showing all data regarding buildings, trans. portation, trends of trade, trade areas, competing business and the general complexion of neighborhoods, all set down In concise and clear charts and tables, so that prospects can see almost at_a glance what is offered. It was declared that a survey made by the national association showed that approximately 50 per cent of business establishments were improperly located. If proper locations are sold to pro- | prietors of these places, Mr. Berge de- clared, there will be ample business here to keep all intelligen busy for a long time. Mr. Ellis, illustrating the point by citing definite cases, showed that the realtor should consider a deal primarily from the point of view of the man buy- ing or leasing property if he is to con- vince the prospect of the advantage of closing a transaction. A. H. Lawson, president of the board, presided. INSURGENTS WEIGH CHANCES IN FIGHT TO BLOCK HUGHES (Continued From First Page.) read to & well filled chamber late yes- terday. He reviewed the circumstances of Hughes’ resignation from the Supreme bench when nominated for the o dency in 1916, and said that now “he is not only reappointed to the Supreme Court, but he is promoted to the posi- tion of Chief Justice.” He went on to say that he did not object to Hughes' resignation from the court, and asserted he “freely conceded that a judge has an honorable right to leave the domain of the judiciary and enter into political life.” Teal estate | b A. P. STECELER, Twezty-sevex, lw student 18 ths Loulsl- 3z State Uciversity, wes spmolzted wardem of QL:“" pestiteniitry by Gev. Huey ». g —Assoclated Presc Photo. CONSIDER OFTEDAHL AS NEW DRY CHIEF Official Information Lacking After Conference With Youngquist. Alf Oftedahl of California, who has had about 18 years in the Government service, including the post of assistant prohibition commissioner, was reported today to be under consideration by the Department of Justice for the new post of prohibition director created by the fll which would transfer prohibition enforcement from the Treasury De- partment to the Department of Justice. No offer of any kind has been made to Oftedahl, it was learned, and the whole question is still believed to be undetermined, in view of the fact that the bill, which %-ued the House, is still pending in the Senate. No information whatever was forth- ftedahl conferred yester- day with Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, who is in ch: hibition prosecution. Oftedahl today also returned to the Department of Jus- tice and was in conference with officials there, but so far as could be learned he had not seen the Attorney General. While it would not be admitted offi- cially, it was reported outside the De- partment of Justice that Oftedahl had come at the request of the dej and he was one of those be! con- xm for the new post of prohibition di r. Oftedahl entered the Government service in 1912 as an agent of the Spe- cial Intelligence Unit, Internal Revenue, He became special agent in charge at San Francisco and was later transferred to become assistant prohibition com- missioner in July of 1927. President Hoover nominated him to be collector of internal revenue at San Prancisco to succeed Joseph McLaughlin, but this appointment was opposed by Senator ent But, he added, “after he has made | Johnson of California, sald to have the campaign for a higher political of- | been behind McLaughlin, and President fice he ought to be, by political power, | Hoover withdrew the nomination. Ofte- put back again on the bench which he | dahl now is internal revenue agent in voluntarily left to enter the political | charge at the Los Angeles office, super- world.” Norris argued that Hughes' re- | vising the work of about 300 men, who turn to the bench “must inevitably en- | examine income tax returns. He is courage and stimulate political activity | known to have a very high reputation on the part of judges of the Supreme |among all who have become in touch Court,” which, “carried to its logical conclusion will mean that judges who desire to follow the course pursued by Mr. Hughes will be influenced to disre-~ gard justice in rendering their decisions and cater to the wish of politiclans in power in the political world.” Corporation Career Is Cited. Referring to his objection regarding Hughes’ associations with large cor- porations, the Nebraskan said he had been counsel in 54 cases before the Supreme Court since his retirement from public life, representing, largely, “corporl:gam of untold wealth.” a: He added: “Without charging Mr. Hughes in any way with being dishonest or un- conscientious, it is only fair to say that the man who lives this kind of life, whose practice brings him wealthy clients and monopolistic corporations seeking governmental favor, it is rea- sonable to expect that these influences have become a part of the man. His viewpoint 1s clouded. He looks through glasses contaminated by the influence of monopoly as it seeks to get favors by means which are denled to the common, ordinary citizen.” BARGERON EXPLAINS OPPOSITION TO HUGHES Political Writer Tells “¥” Forum of “Economic Basis” for Senate Division. Reasons for the minor opposition that has developed in and out of the Senate to.the appointment of Charles Evans Hughes as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,_ were discussed last night by Car- lisle Bargeron, political writer of the Washington Post, in addressing the weekly forum of the Y. M. C. A, Bargeron referred to statements of Senator Norris of Nebraska and Henry L. Doherty, ol magnate, express opposition to Hughes' appointment, and explained that most of the criticism had an ‘‘economic basis,” although Senator Norris also assigned political reasons why he thought the nomination was unwise, = The speaker estimated there were about 30 Senators who did not approve of the nomination and predicted that perhaps a score of these would vote against confirmation. completed the program. o FAILS IN SECOND TRY TO COMMIT SUICIDE Former Policeman Found in Plaza Apartment and Taken to Gallinger. Claude Ezell, former third - precinct Ppoliceman, yesterday failed in a second attempt at suicide by hanging within two months. He is being held at Gal- The Evening Star-Universal news reel | Poc! with his work. “FOOL PROOF” PLANE IS TESTED IN BERLIN Craft Refuses to Tip Over or Go Into Spin at Either Full or Slow Speed. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, February 11.—A “fool proof” plane which refuses to tip over or go into a tail spin was demonstrated be- fore a large group of aeronautical ex- The test was made by Herr von Koep- pen, director of the flying section of the German Aeronautical Testing Institute. Although Von Koeppen tried every conceivable stunt, the machine refused to tip over or tail spin either at full or with the motor retarded. He ipped the plane right and left, but the machine always returned to a horizontal position. The plane, which was developed by b Focke-Wulf Co. andis known as “Habicht A-28," is & regular five-pas- senger machine with a special wing construction. It looks much like an ordinary plane and the wing differences | are apparent only to experts. TWO TAXICAB.DRWERS ARE HOLD-UP VICTIMS Both Relieved of Small Change by Bandits in Robberies Within an Hour. Armed with a rifle, two colored men held up and robbed two taxicab driv- ers of small amounts of money within an hour last night. A similar robbery was reported to police Sunday night. Emest B. Lyon of 811 Tuckerman street was the first victim last night. He sald the colored men hired his cab at Fourteenth street and Rhode Island avenue and ordered him to drive to Tenth and W streets, where they got out and forced him to turn over to thelkl‘l;l, which was all he had in his ets. About 45 minutes later the same men are believed to have hired a taxicab operated by Willlam Bedford, colored, of 1939 Thirteenth street at Seventh and R streets and ordered him to take them to an address in the 700 block of Girard street. There they pointed a rifie at him and took $1.65 in change, COLLEGE TEAMS DEBATE. Ohio Wesleyan and American U. Meet at Hurst Hall. Ohio Wesleyan University men's team will debate American University tonight linger Hospital today for mental ob- servation, Ezell, who was dismissed from the police force on a charge of intoxication, was_discovered hanging from & noose in the bath room of an apartment in the Plaza, Pennsylvania avenue and Twenty-second street, by a colored maid. He is sald to have gone to the apartment several days ago to live with & friend, James Williams. Ezell was taken to Emergency Hos- pital in the ambulance. When it was found that his condition was not seri- December 19 in a cell at the first pre- cinct, where the former policeman was being held for intoxication, He is sald to have tried to Bang himself with his shirt, at Hurst Hall on the local campus, Massachusetts and Nebraska avenues. ‘The visitors, who are Donald Shet- bonoy, Joe Rinnert and Philips Moulton, will take the affirmative of the perts and n men at the Tem- pelhofer Axrpo:f. yesterday. the ARRESTS DUE SOON. IN GIANT RUM WAR Government Seeks Speedy Action Against Alleged Big Liquor Sources. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, February 11.—The Fed- eral Government, in Springfield, IIL, and Chicago, moved speedily today against two alleged sources of the Na- tion's hybrid highballs, In Chicago the United States district attorney announced that speedy trials would be sought for the 156 persons and 31 corporations indicted yesterday on charges of conspiring to violate the prohibition law by diversion of Spe- clally denatured alcohol to bootleg channels. Bench warrants for the ar- ggfi of those indicted were sought e and corm sugar were ts that brought t Springfeld. Yeasy Co. 2nd the Co: fining Co. were charged h furnishing large shipments of yeast and sugar to ilicit distillers. S.xteen individuals, allegedly purchasers of the yeast and corn sugar, also were indicted. Should the Government's interpreta- ton be upheld the Department of Jus- tice would be in a position to prosecute manufacturers of stills and other ap- E:rntuu used in the making of whisky, er and wine, attorneys said. Spokesmen for both the Corn Prod- ucts Co. and the Fleischmann Yeast Co. declared their firms had no deal- Ings with bootleggers or illicit distillers or brewers. J. L. Butler, manager of the Chicago plant of the Corn Products sald he was confident no ecorn sugar has been shipped to boot] TS from the plant here. . Representatives of the yeast com- pany stated that salesmen were under strict instructions to sell only to reputable concerns, Prohibition Commissioner James Doran was expected today to confer here or in Milwaukee with E. C. Yel- lowley, in charge of prohibiton enforce- ment in this territory. The investiga- tion on which the Chicago indictments were returned, Nowever, was made by Alexander C. Jamie, chief special pro- hibition agent in this district. The Chicago indictments, Federal of- ficials said, concern themselves entirely with the alleged conspiracy. None of the alleged bootleggers, into whose possession, it is charged, alcohol estimated at from 7,000,000 to 20,000,000 gallons went, was indicted. LIVELY CONT.INUATION OF LIQUOR FIGHT SEEN AT HOUSE HEARINGS (Continued From Pirst Page.) and_Post Office 108,528. Departments, $1,150,= Chairman Graham of the House judiciary committee, has announced that all who so desire will be heard, and a long list of witnesses, speaking for the anti-prohibition side of the argument, has been announced, including Plerre 8, du Pont and W. W. Atterbury. The investigation will be incidental to hearings on proposals for the repeal of the elghteenth amendment. A subcom- mittee is to conduct hearings on meas- ures to modify the anti-liquor laws. Representative Schafer, Republican, of Wisconsin intends to demand an inves- tigation of prohibition administration in the district of Chicago and in the State of Washington. He exfim to ask such an u:sulry of the judiclary committee Thursday. The Wisconsin wet says he is in pos- session of information indicating the existence of a “liquor diversion in Chicago” and that a widespread con- spiracy to violate the prohibition laws exists in Washington. Conditions in tkat State have been the subject of an exchange of communications between Senator Jones of Washington and Rep- resentative La Guardia, who are promi- nently identified, respectively, with the dry and wet forces. Meanwhile, a resolution for a general Senate investigation of prohibition con- ditions rested in the judiciary commit- tee, to which it was referred yesterday after its _ introduction by ~ Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, who voted dry in his home State a few years ago. ‘The prospects for committee action are indefinite, but Wheeler says he in- tends to get behind the measure and demand consideration at an early time. However, if the committee makes a fa- vorable report, it is highly improbable that the Senate will take up the meas- ure until after the tariff bill is out of way. Authoritative Data Are Sought. ‘The Wheeler measure proposes that the judiclary committee inquire into “the activities of the Bureau of Pro- hibition in the Department of the Treasury and all matters in any wise pertaining to the enforcement of the prohibition laws of the United States and to report to the Senate as soon as practicable the results of its investiga- tion, together with its recommend: tions, if any, for necessary legislatio; In its preamble it says that “Congress should have authoritative information as to whether the complete breakdown of the prohibition enforcement is due to inefficlency, corruption or lack of sympathy on the part of the majority of the people with the law before en- acting other laws or appropriating huge sums of mam{ for its enforcement.” A subcommittee of the House ju- diel committee was called into ses- sion lay by its chairman, Christo~ pherson of South Dakota, to_consider the proposal of the Hoover Law En- forcement Commission to broaden the powers of United States commissioners, S0 that they may try minor violations of the prohibition laws. McPHERSON ON CAR LEWARK REPORTED WAS “ATTACK” TARGET (Continued From Pirst Page.) also ascertained that the same machine crossed in front of the car at inter- sections several times as it proceeded up Upshur street, the explosions occur- ing as it passed. Kenneth Sole, of 3 Rock Creek Church road, another ‘passenger on Lewark's car, also heard the reports, but he Is convinced an automobile exhaust was responsible, it was sald today at his hn“r:e. Sole was questioned by police last night. Young McPherson's trip on Lewark's car early Sunday morning is said to have brought the two men face to face for the first time since the second grand Jury exonerated McPherson of con- nection with the death of his We A report made to the police by an informant, who believed he saw the gun battle, follows: “T was awakened by the sound of sev- eral shots, apparently between the entrance to the Soldiers’ Home and the question, “Resolved, That the policy of providing a college of liberal arts edu- cation for all high school students who seek it is sound.” The American Uni- versity team consists of: Bruce Aftchi- son, James Swan and Arthur Murphy. Ashes Strewn on Broadway. dy /] wish, the f Willlam Howard Lan actor, have been strewn on Bi n{', where he, worked and played. wido d them 3,000 feet from a pla_.. 11 (@) —In|sl cemetery. That is about a block away from my home. I ran to the window and stuck my head out just in time to see two automobiles going west on Rock Creek Church road. When they were about & block past me the occupants again opened fire and the shooting con- tinued until they reached Georgia ave- nuei 'r:e;: must hdve been at least 25 s 3 “Neither one of the cars were going very fast and one was a short distance ahead of the other. The rear car was & brown sedan. I couldn't make out the license plates on elther machine nor how many men they contained,” k4