Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1930, Page 2

INSULL MAY AID IN CHICAGO CRISIS Utility Magnate Among Mil- lionaires Awaiting Pay Conference Today. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 15.—The parade | of the payless quickened today to the gestures of the rich. In court, evictions of destitute city employes were denied: in the conference chamber, those who control prepared to listen to the pleas of those Wwho want cash for the unpaid. ‘The payless centered their hopes on today's meeting of Mayor William Hale Thompson’s committee and Silas H. Strawn and his relief group. However, a new figure climbed aboard the debt-laden financial cart as it Jum- bered conference-ward—Samuel Insull, utllity magnate, who is said to head a group of millionaires ready to come to the aid of Strawn if Thompson's ad- visers enter into accord with the rescue group. Agreement Is Foreseen. Lewis E. Myers, Thompson’s selection as chairman of today’s conference, fore- saw an agreement, but blocking the path was an old stickler. Strawn has declared that sh will be loaned only for employes of “essential departments™ d ating the police, firemen and health department employes; Mayor ‘Thompson was just as emphatic in de- manding that all cmployes receive full back pay and assurance of the same in the future. Local banks, loaded with 1928 and 1929 tax anticipation warrants, have heretofore refused to loan on the 1930 scrip, but Strawn and Myers disclosed that two of the city’s largest banks have indicated a willingness to co-operate if today's conference ends successfully. Checks Bring Joy. Some joy dispelled the general despair rday with issuance of checks for 5 days pay to 20,000 city employes; this was accomplished through a trans- fer of city funds. Some got their checks rday; others were to be paid today, and still others, including policemen and firemen, will be paid next Monday and Tuesday. In Judge Joseph F. Haas' Rent Court, & blind street sweeper, behind three months in his rent, was saved from evietion; although he is . city employe, he was given food and coal from the county rity fund. This was only one of many similar cases—for days, the parade has changed little. HOLLYWOOD INCOME ADVISER IN PRISON Marjorie Berger, Convicted of Mak- ing False Tax Return for Client, Begins 2 1-2-Year Term. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, February 15.—J. Marjorie Berger, Hollywood income tax | counselor, aj red at the United | States 's office here today and surrendered to n a prison sentence of two years and a half for making a false income tax return for Dorothy Mackaill, screen actress. Six nt:thzr mu fls{gigceunmtu{ anh‘x.slt Tger, n n set for trial. “hiss gained several stays of execul of - sentence while Fed eral income tax agents continued inves- of returns of Hollywood motion ? rsonages. A last-minute ef- ort of her counsel to obtain another stay today, on the ground that she needed further time to care for her millions | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, [ | | 'Seeks Nomination | WILLIAM M. BUTLER Of Massachusetts, former Republican national chairman and ex-Senator, who is a candidate for the senatorial nomi- mation. VOTE FOR DISTRICT STAND REAFFIRMED Interfederation ~ Empowers Executive Body to Advise Congress of Action. ‘The Interfederation Conference, at its meeting last night, held in the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, re- affirmed its previous position in favor- ing national representation for the Dis- trict of Columbia and again empowered its executive committee to so advise Congress. The conference took this action upon the motion of James G. Yaden of the Federation of Citizens' Associations of the District of Columbia. The motion was carried unanimously, after it had been seconded by W. B. Armstrong, secretary-treasurer of the conference. The subject was brought up out of order and so thoroughgoing in sup- port of the program were the delegates that they disposed of the topic in a few minutes. The conference at a prior meeting had gone on record as favoring national representation for the District and indorsing pending leg- islation designed to bring this about. ALLEGED BUYER WILL FACE TRIAL IN NEW LIQUOR TEST (Continued From First Page.) the country several times since the en- actment of the national prohibition act to fix equal guilt with the seller upon the liquor purchaser, but so far courts have not been able to affix this guilt. There is but one previous ruling under this section. Lower Court Reversed. The United States Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, in a case not exactly similar to the one now before the Dis- IBUTLER AGAIN RUNS FOR SENATORSHIP National Chairman Seeks Nomination. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, February 15.—William B. Butler, former chairman of the Re- publican = national committee and United States Senator, is a candidate for the Republican senatorial nomina- tion in the primaries next September. His announcement, published today, said he would seek to build up and pro- tect the business and industrial pros- perity of New England from a compet- {ing South and West. He said prohibition was one of the |great issues of the hour and he would meet the problem “squarely in another statement and within a month.” Butler served in the Senate by ap- pointment in November, 1924, to com- plete the unexpired term of the late Henry Cabot Lodge. He was defeated in 1926 election for the remaining two years of the term by Senator David I. Walsh, Democrat, by 55,000 votes. One other candidate, Eben S, Draper of Hopedale, former State senator, son of the late Gov. Draper, and an avowed “wet,” has announced® his candidacy. The two seek to succeed Senator Fred- erick H. Gillett of Springfield, who has anuoounced his retirement at the end of his present term. Former Gov. Alvan T. Fuller, who re- cently criticized Butler's political affili- ations and _who is at Belleair, Fla., challenged Butler's loyalty to President Hoover on hearing of Butler's an- nouncement. “In view of the fact that Mr. Butler { Former Member and G. 0. P.! D. C., SATURDAY, {ELIHU ROOT, PEACE ADVOCATE, Was Secretary of War and| Secretary of State Under McKinley and Roosevelt. Awarded Nobel Prize in 1912 and Received Wilson Foun- | dation Award in 1926. | By the Associated Press. | | g NEW YORK, February 15.—Elihu | Root, cabinet member in two adminis- trations and distinguished authority on | | international law, celebrated his eighty- | fifth birthday today. He was guest of honor last night at | a dinner at the home of Dr. Nicholas | Murray Butler, president of Columbia University. The guests included sev- ! eral who attended a similar function at Dr. Butler's home 10 years ago on the eve of Mr. Root's seventy-fifth birthday. . | Mr. Root was Secretary of War under | President McKinley and Secretary of | State in the cabinet of President Roose- | velt. During the past 20 yeats he has been | prominently identified with every im- portant movement looking toward in- ternational peace, In 1910 he was chosen as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. He was a member of the commission of international jurists. which on the invitation of the League of Nations reported the plan for the new Permanent Court of International Justice, established in 1921, Last year he attended a conference CELEBRATES 85th BIRTHDAY ELIHU ROOT. of international jurists to revise the statutes of the Permanent Court of International Justice. He returned from Geneva with the draft of a plan for entry of the United States into the court, which has been signed in behalf of this country and needs only ratifica- tion of the Senate to become effective. Mr. Root's efforts in behalf of world peace have brought him singular recog- nition. He was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1912 and received the Woodrow Wilson Foundation award of $25,000 in 1926 “for the most outstand- ing contribution toward world peace. He also has been awarded numerous degrees and honors both at home and abroad. was opposed to President Hoover as the candidate of the Republican party for the presidency,” said Fuller, “his failure to pledge himself to support loyally President Hoover's policies is noticeable.” REPRE&ENTA?IVE BUSBY AND CHAUFFEUR ROW AFTER NEAR-COLLISION (Continued From First Page.) utes, when some one brought a police- man to the scene. Both men got out of their cars, and the debate began all over again before an_enlarging circle of spectators. The policeman ordered the disput- ;;luu to pull over to the curb. They The argument was continued and members of the crowd were becoming partisans. Several angry voices called ou the Representative to use his fist on the chauffeur and others offered to do it for him. Both Told to Drive On. “I'm not interested in your personal grievances,” the policeman finally was able to put in. “But they told me you two had been blocking traffic up here for 10 minutes. I think I ought to run you both in for blocking traffic. But | since no damage was done and there was no collision, I'll let you go. Drive on, now!"” ‘The dispute ended with the refusal of the chauffeur to give Mr. Busby his name and a remark from the Congress member that he would look him up. ‘Then both drivers took their seats and drove away, leaving the audience to carry on the debate among them- selves before a final adjournment sev- eral minutes later. trict courts, ordered a reversal in the conviction by & lower court of & man who had made a liquor purchase. The case was that of Alfi!}.'ll. Norris of New York, who in a lower court had been found guilty and fined $200 after he had bought alleged liquor from Joel D. Kerper. Kerper was convicted of sale, fined $20,000 and sentenced to three months in jail. business, was denied by United States District Judge William P. James. ‘was cheerful and smiling when she surrendered, and preserved until she entered the women's of the Los Angeles County jail, ‘Where she broke down and wept. Miss Be: s trial attracted much at- tention and included testimony of many film notables, including Miss Mackaill, Dorothy Sel n, King Vidor, Eleanor Boardman Vidor and Tom Mix. COL. STANLEY D. EMBICK SENT TO FORT MONROE| Many Army Officers Assigned to| New Stations by War Department. Col. Stanley D. Embick, Coast Artil- , has been relieved from duty on the War Department general staff and detailed as assistant commandant of the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Va.: Lieut. Col, William P. Banta, retired, has been relieved from l’!fl'fllun%duly at New York City and ordered his home: Maj. Edward J. Abbott, retired, at White Plains, N. Y., Bas been assigned to recruiting duty at New York City: Maj. James H. Ash- craft, Medical Corps, at Fort Benja- min Harrison, Ind., has been ordered 1o this city for duty at the Army Med- ‘Acl.rl School: Maj. Herbert A. Dargue, , has been transferred from the Nava] War College at Newport, R L, to Langley Field, Va.; Maj. Prank Royse. Pleld Artillery, from National Guard duty at Aurora, Ill, to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind, and Capt. Lowell H. Smith, Air Corps, from Buf- falo, N. Y., to Bristol, Pa. First Sergt. George 8. Crowell, Ord- hance Department, at Fort George G. Meade, Md., has been placed on the Army retired list on his own applica- tion, after more than 30 years’ active service, THOUS]NDS WALK AS QUEER ACCIDENT HALTS STREET CARS (Continued From Pirst Page.) Hart explained today, however, that considerable legal entanglement was in- volved in this case, making it neces- sary for the court to accept a rather involved interpretation of the law. In the present case before the Dis- trict courts, Hart believes he has a clear-cut prosecution before him, with- out relying upon the -vidence or testi- mony of either of *he principles in- volved. In the actual surveillance by the two policemen, R. S. Bryant and J. M. Wil- son of the second precinct ot the al- leged transfer of .noney and liquor, he believes that he can successfuly prose- cute Wayland under the purchase pro- vision of the prohibition act. Anxious te Get Ruling. ‘The general use of this provision, Hart believes, would not be practical. He is anxious, however, to get & sub- stantial ruling under which cases of this sort might be prosecuted and on which the police could throw the fear of the Volstead act into the ranks of whisky buyers. Wayland and the woman pleaded not guilty and demanded jury trials when arraigned this morning. Wayland was !reegollndel’ $1,000 bond and the women Officers Witnessed Transaction. Policemen Bryant and Wilson de- clare they were standing in an alley outside of 82 P street, last night, and witnessed the passing of money from one of three men inside the house to the Schools woman. Then, they say, they entered the house, seized the whisky and money, alleged to have been passed in the transaction, and arrested | Wayland and the woman. With Way- | and also were arrested John R. Harris | and Thomas J. Daily, also of Clarendon. Harris and Daily are being held as wit- nesses. Could Not Press Earlier Case. AIRPORT PROPOSED NEAR BRIDGE END BEFORE COMMISSION (Continued From First Page.) years would be required for the proper settlement of the fill. ‘The chairman declared that the engineers have stated a fill of 16 feet would be necessary on some portions of Gravelly Point. The Senator also repeated testimony given at the hear- ing that fog would be more prevalent at Gravelly Point, which would project into the river, than at sites further away from the water. | In his attack today, Hinton also | voiced opposition to the bill fostered by Senator Bingham to appropriate $500,- 000 for the purchase of options on an airport site for the District. “Why should we buy a pig in the poke?” Hinton said. “The people of the District of Columbia have given unmistakable evidence that they are in favor of Gravelly Point. “Senator Bingham says that the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce are trying to tie up the hands of his com- mission because they are objecting to the plans of some of his fellow Senators to spend District tax funds for the pur- chase of sites outside the District of Columbia which the District taxpayers do not want. “Why doesn’t Senator Bingham call an open meeting of his commission and let the public in on the secret of this opposition to the wishes of the District taxpayers?” ‘The Washington Chamber of Com- merce, Lieut. Hinton said, stands shoulder to shoulder with the Washing- ton Board of Trade in its opposition to Senator Bingham's program. ‘Wishes of the District. “The chamber,” he said, “feels that some attention is due the wishes of the District in this matter. The Gravelly Point site has been repeatedly approved by the Chamber of Commerce, Board of le and other civic bodies; by prominent fiyers, airmail operators, Earlier this week the Government had a test case lined up, but could not press it when it developed that the pu‘\]lce had failed to arrest the alleged seller. In that instance Assistant Secretary Lowman of the Treasury Department announced that the case would be taken to the Supreme Court if necessary for a decision, as this particular phase of the national prohibition law never has been tested. o work because it was “pay da; tnust get to the office because the ghost walks today,” a highly excited clerk ex- lained on asking a ride of a more for- motorist. te 3 Engineers disclosed five huge 650- wer boilers were in operation ‘when the feed line air pocket was dis- tovered. Seven other bofilers were idle. Ten or fifteen minutes were required %o obtain the necessary steam again once the feed line was cleared. Engi- neers declared this was an almost un- kr::‘d accident n:d :mm;:nch 1‘.; to guard against. C r acci- dent never had occurred at the George- town plant. More Than 250 Cars Stopped. The tle-up involved about 250 cars of the Capital Traction Co. and numer- ous cars of the Washington Railway & , where the two systems use the same W. R. & E. cars were re- wouted where possible. The cipal points at which cars ©of the W. R. & E. were delayed were in the vieinity of the itol, near the Union Station, on usetts avenue ween North Capitol and P streets end at Ninth and U streets. FINLEY GIVEFEDGE TO SUCCEED ROBSION 11th Congressional District, Made Up of Kentucky Mountaineers, ‘Will Elect Buccessor Today. By the Associated Press. FRANKFORT, Ky. February 15— Voters in the eleventh congressional the aeronautics branch of the Depart- Aeronautic Association, of which Sen- ator Bingham is president, and in op- posing Gravelly Point, Senator Bing- office. “Unblased investigation shows that Gravelly Point is the best site in this standpoint of th~ flyers who will have to use it, but also from the standpoint of the District. “Gravelly Point is so situated as to allow for unlimited expansion and for a seaplane base. It is the only site avail- jurisdiction. It alreadys belongs to the Government. “We have the site, and it has been approved by those who'are in a position to voice an intelligent approval. There is no defensible reason why the tax- payers of this city should be taxed to develop In another State an airport district, comprising a large portion of the Eastern Kentucky mountain sec- tion, went to the polls today to elect & successor in the national House of Representatives to John M. Robsion, Pikeville, appointed to the Senate when Senator PFrederic M. Sackett was con- firmed as Ambassador to Germany. As the district has never departed from its traditions of rock-ribbed re- publicanism, the Republican nominee, Charles Pinley, WAlliamsburg, was con- sidered to have the advantage in the expected light vote over his Democratic opponent, Nat B. Sewell, London. Wampus Baby Star to Wed. HOLLYWOOD, February 15 (#).— 'fir Chosen for Underworld Play. Ethlyne Clare, wampus bady star, and over which they could exercise no Jurisdiction.” OIL FIND ON POOR FARM HAS PROMISE OF RICHES 30 Barrels a Day Production of ‘Well Drilled for Water in Wyan- dotte County, Kans. By the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, Kans., February 15. —It sounds silly, but the Wyandotte County Poor Farm may become a rich farm. A Tulsa oil producer has offered to NEW YORK, February 15 (#).—Inez | Ernest Westmore, motion-picture studio | lease the oil and gas rights at the farm Norton 15 to appear in a play dealing with the ‘thelln(otfln slaying of Arnold Rothstein.| 21, ‘She will be billed as “the sweetheart of actress underworld.’ empl will be married on February announced yesterday., ‘The ughter of Mr. and Mrs, of Hollywood. Edwin Willia1 A 1‘3‘: following discovery of oil Monday in a well being drilled for water. The well is producing 30 barrels a day in sand at 410 feef able within the District and under its PREDICT CROSBY CLIVAX TONIGHT Commercial Leaders Watch- | ing Citizens’ Federation in | -D. C. Head Fight. | ‘The attitude of organized citizenship | of the District toward President Hoo- | ver's selection of Maj. Gen. Herbert | B. Crosby to succeed Commissioner | Proctor L. Dougherty is expected i@ be disclosed tonight by the Federation of Citizens' Associations when it meets| in the board room of the District | Building. | Ever since the storm broke over Gen. Crosby, the position of the iederltlon‘ has been in doubt, and the stand it takes probably will have a decided in- | fluence on the proposed plans of com- | mercial leaders for a united city-wide | protest against his appointment. Resolution Already Drawn. ‘The Crosby case is not on the fed- eration’s calendar, but there are strong indications that it will come up as a special order of business and precipitate a lively discussion. A resolution ll“ ready has been drawn up for introduc- tion, indorsing Gen. Crosby’s appoint- ment, but at the same time opposing any change in the District’s organic act, except to extend the franchise to the residents. The organic act pro- vides that two of the three members of the Board of Commissioners shall b~ | civilians, and the fight against Gei. | Crosby is based on the contention that he will not have a civilian status when he retires from Army March 21. The resolution, however, ignores this point because of the Department of Justice’s recent ruling that Gen. Crosby would be eligible to serve as a civilian Commissioner upon retirement. ‘The civic, labor and commercial lead- ers who discussed Gen. Crosby's selec- tion for a commissionership at the| Board of Trade three days ago will meet again Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Washington Chamber of Com- merce offices to decide on a definite course of action. By that time the group believes public sentiment will have crystallized sufficiently to guide it in its plans. ‘The board of directors of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Association considered Gen. Crosby’s selection yes- terday afternoon, but withheld definite action pending the outcome of the sec- ond conference of the civic, commer- cial and labor leaders. Mark Lans- burgh, newly elected president of the organization, represented it at the in- itial conclave and gave the directors a resume of the proceedings. Labor Opposition Expected. ‘The Central Labor Union is expected to take a firm stand in opposition to Gen. Crosby's appointment when it meets Monday night. The feeling of organized labor already has been re- flected by the Trades Unionist, official organ of the union, through its editor, John B, Colpoys. GLIDER IS DéCLARED BEST STUDENT MEDIUM D. C. Air Legion Instructor Shows Women's City Club Members Soaring Advantages. ‘The * glider probably is the best medium for teaching young people to learn to fly, Lieut. W. C. Buell, flying instructor of the District of Columbia Air Legion, told members of the avia- yesterday evening. There is no doubt, nt of Commerce. The site has been | Lieut. Buell said, that the student of | quite beyond the fx‘)finned repeatedly by the National |gliding will get along better in a power | build or maintain airplane than without ~ such training. T would like to see any future stu- one ing direct] ter to the |dent pilot start gliding at the age of | that the thnu“oz'?m:e wheocelyecfeoé";;m to that | 14 years and continue up to the timeon the Virginia side of the he ‘takes up airplane training” Lieut. Buell said. Glider activity at Cape Cod, Mass., part of the country, not only from the |8nd in the Navy was discussed by Lieut.|to the Ralph S. Barnably, U. 8. N., the onl Navy glider pilot and the first licensel soarer pilot in the United States. Other speakers were Alva Sole, presi- dent of the District of Columbia Air Legion, who told cf the history of that organization in training student pllots; Lieut. Noble C. Shilt, ground school in- structor of the leglon, who described the ground school course ‘wen: T. J. ‘Waggy, chairman of the glider unit of the legion, and John A. Shaw, editor of the legion paper. Mrs, Edgar T. Brown, chairman of the aviation sec- tion of the Women'’s City Club, presided. Coolidge Can’t Rest InPajamas; Sends for Old-Fashioned Shirt By the Associated Press. ly in packing former President Calvin Coolidge's baggage in Florida, m: sleeping garment was left out. After spending a restless night trying to sleep in pajamas in a New Orleans hotel, the former President called a bell boy and sent him out lhogpin‘, The boy returned with a bundle. Mr. Coolidge opened it and proudly lifted out an old-fash- foned nightshirt. Foi 'm TOLL BRIDGE WORK IS PUT UNDER WAY BY 'GREAT FALLS CO.| (Continued From First Page.) constructed within the time limit of their permit and before the George Washington Memorial Parkway comes into existence, the way is open for us to take over such bridge and make it a free bridge. Such private toll bridge, if not built before the George Washing- ton Memorial Parkway comes into ex- istence, cannot be built at all. Free Bridge Assured. “I would have been very sorry to see the first Schafer amendment, provid- ing for repail of the private bridge act, {80 into the bill, repealing the right granted that company without any hearing. Such repeal would not have been proper as a part of H. R. 26. The Schafer-La Guardia amendments which did become part of the bill gwperly care for this situation. As the bill now stands, while construction of a free bridge at or near Great Falls is specifi- cally authorized as a part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, co-op- eration by the States affected or by subdivisions thereof in financing such construction is not provided for, and so far as H. R. 26 is concerned the bridge would be chargeable entirely to the Federal Treasury. The proviso in the bill requiring co-operation in the acquisition of lands and construction of highways was not amended to in- clude and does not include the bridge. “Of course, the Government would not thnik of erecting a bridge at Great Falls until the acquisition of the iands necessary for the parkway is assured. The expense of that program is coi siderable, and if Maryland and Virgiria or interested persons give us cuch co- operation as to make it possible to bring the parkway into being, I would md- vocate construction of the bridge at Great Falls without contribution by those States. Further, any productive expense which has been incurred by the private company in engineering studies, preparation of plans, and so forth, might be reimbursed in that even by the Federal Government to the ex- teat that such studies and pllns should prove of use in our project.” FEDERAL OR TOLL BRIDGE URGED Inter-Federation Conference Asks Amendment to Cramton Bill. A request to Congress to amend the Cramton park-purchase bill, now pend- ing in the Senate, 80 as to restore the charter of the Great Falls Bridge Co., which is planning a toll bridge, or to authorize funds for the financing and erection of a free bridge by the Federal Government was made last night by the Inter-Federation Conference, compris- ing the civic federations of Montgomery County, Md.; Arlington Count, Va., and the District of Columbia, in a meeting at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Connecticut avenue and H street. In passing this resolution the con- ference gave its executive committee authority to confer with the Maryland and Virginia congressional delegations. The conference adopted articles under which it will be governed, and these will be placed before the component federations. Impasse Solution Near. A proposal solution of the impasse in the development of the Virginia ap- gruuhu to the Arlington Memorial iridge is now pending, Dr. 8. M. John- son, reneral director of the Lee High- way Association, informed the confer- ence in a 10-minute address. He said it is proposed that northwest corner of the Fort Myer reservation be given up for a part of the boulevard approach, and compensation in land would be secured by the Army near the radio ww:n at the southwest corner of the st po: Dr. Johnson “ent into an explana- Army and Navy experts and officials of | tlon section of the Women’s City Club | tion of the recently introduced Swan- son-Moore bill and insisted that “it is pow):'r' :1 Virginia :a a way, properly landscaped, d to be a continua- tion of the Mall into the countryside of the Old Dominion.” He pointed out roposed boulevard approach Potomac River would balance the boulevard ap- gm‘ch to the Arlington Memorial ridge along B street, from the Capitol Lincoln Memorial, which the Federal Government pro) to con- struct at a cost of more than $3,000,000. ‘This boulevard approach on the Vir- inia side, to form “an appropriate setting for the jewel of the beautiful bridge,” Dr. Johnson said, would be north and west of the Fort Myer reser- vation. The Vlrflnll highway would start in the vicinity of Porter's Woods, west, of Fort Myer, and be known offi- cially as Route 711—project 501—of nulsuu Highways Commission of Vir- . Following Dr. Johnson's presenta- tion the conference voted to indorse the Swanson-Moore measure and left to its executive committee the details of getting in touch with the interested congressional delegations. This high- way, on the north and west sides of rt_Myer. would be constructed by Federal Government. In adopting its articles the confer- enca ’n the lflu n of Mr‘.h.Y:den. wrote in a provi requiring new business should be put in the hands of the secretary in ample time to notify the ai:‘ug-m of the agenda of a forth- com! A Present at the meeting were Col. A. B, Barber, the chairman, who presided; W. B. Armstrong, secretary-treasure, Col. J. L. Gilbreth and Charles S. Moore, all of the Montgomery County (Md.) Civic Federation; Mz. Yaden, rceprfin‘rl\'nnt the District, and William . Hul C. 8. Semones of the Arlin (Va.) Civic Federation, ‘The_conference ,will meet again the third Monday in M FEBRUARY (CHINESE FAMINE | | Robert E. Plymale and Mrs. | portation, 15, 1930. 1 TARES HUGE TOLL Death Is Believed Certain for Entire Population of Shenshi Province. By the Assoclated Press. | PEIPING, China, February 15— Famine conditions in Shensi province are described as growing worse each | day in a special correspondence from Sianfu, Shensi, to the vernacular news- paper Takung Pao. The advices pant pictures of conditions which are un- precedented, due “to the natural calam- ities and civil wars of recent years.” “Indeed,” the correspondence said, “the day is not far distant when there will not be a single soul in the prov- ince, where famine stalked for four long years.” | Scenes of- utter desolation everywhere | are described. Entire fields are cov- ered with bodies of those who e died of starvation. In the Fenghsiang dis- trict, with a population of 203,485, 99,814 died; 1,900 families were wiped out in another district. Women in another district were saia to be willng to marry for 8 or 10| cents, with the hope of gaining food. | “The most tragic part of the situation,” | the advices said, “is that those formerly engaged in relief work now are them- selves seeking relief.” PATROL REPORTED FIRING ON CROWD Coast Guard Shots “Uncomfortably Close” During Salvaging of Rum, Spectators Tell Deputy. By the Assoclated Press. EASTHAMPTON, N. Y., February 15.— Deputy Sheriff John P. Jensen of Suf- folk County said he has forwarded a report to District Attorney Alexander G. Blue that two Coast Guard patrol boats twice fired machine gun shots toward spectators clustered on the beach near here watching a stranded rum runner. Jensen sald no one was hit, but that eight witnesses examined by him said the bullets whizzed ‘“‘uncomfortably close.” The shootings are alleged to have occurred last Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning _after the trawler Notus ran ashore in Block Island Sound. Adolph Steinfeldt, alleged owner of the craft, was arrested by men from the Coast Guard boats Eagle and Mag- nolia. Coast Guardsmen wading in the shallow waters were said to have sal- vaged about 400 cases of liquor. It was while the salvaging was going on, said Jensen, that the guns of the Coast Guard boats were put into action. . ZERO WEATHER FORECAST FOR WESTERN SECTIONS Protracted Cold Wave Not in Sight, However-—Duluth Coldest Spot X at 18 Below. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 15.—Chills are | agamr running up the Middle West's back and mercury, after several days in the higher sltitude of thermometers, is ;l(l:kln: down toward the ball at the tol m. The Government forecast here saw | zero for many sections of this territory by tonight and there were subzero readings in the Northwest. But no pro- tracted cold wave was in sight. Duluth, with an 18 below, was about the most mild spot in this area. ero had been predicted for Chicago , but it was 12 degrees away PLANES BURNED. $125,000 Loss in Lansing Airport Blaze of Unknown Origin. LANSING, Mich., February 15 (®).— Nine airplanes and the hangar of the Wolverine Flying Service were destroyed in a fire of undetermined origin which broke out at the Capital City Airport shortly after midnight today. The damage was estimated at $125,000. There are three other hangars at the airport. JOHN A. HULL. DAVIS NAMES HULL AS LEGAL ADVISER Former Judge Advocate Gen- eral Will Leave Soon for Post in Manila. Maj. Gen. John A. Hull, who was judge advocate general of the Army from November, 1924, to November, 1928, when he was placed on the retired list after 30 years’ active service, has been appointed legal adviser to the governor general of the Philippine Islands will go to Manila in a short time to sume his new duties. ‘The appointment was made by the governor general, Dwight F. i former Secretary of War, with the a) proval of the War Department. Gen. H‘ull recently returned from the Philip- pines. Gen. Hull is well known in this city, where he has resided at 2356 Massa-~ chusetts avenue, since his return from France after the World War. The son of the late Representative John A. T. Hull of Towa, he was born at Bloomfield, Towa, August 7, 1874. At the outbreak of the Spanish War in 1898 he was appointed a lieutenant colonel and judge advocate of volunteers and served as such throughout that war and the Philippine insurrection. In 1901 ! he was appointed a major in the judge advocate general's department of the Regular Army and served in various military departments in the United States. During the World War, by which time the had reached the grade of col~ onel, he served in France as judge ad- vocate of the service of supplies and afterward had charge of the renting, requisition_and claims service of the American Expeditionary Forces. In recognition of his work he was awarded the Distinguished rvice Medal, the British Order of St. Michael and St. ozolge, the French Legion of Honor and the Serbian Order of the White Eagle. EX-SENATOR JOHNSON OF MAINE DIES AT 71 Retired Judge Served on Court of Appeals at Boston After Leav- ing Washington. By the Associated Press. WATERVILLE, Me., February 15. —Charles D. Johnson, former United States Senator, died early today at St. Petersburg, Fla. He observed his seventy-first birthday yesterday. His body will be brought here for burial. He had been in St. Petersburg since January 18. Mr. Johnson retired last May after |be 12 years’ service as a judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals ! at Boston. As a Democrat he represented Maine in tllfi_’l’nltefl States Senate from 1911 to ; ek Students Insult Writers. MADRID, February 15 ().—Advices from Oviedo today said a group of 150 students last night staged a manifesta- tion in front of the newspaper Region, shouting insultingly at the editorial force and breaking windows of the building. Police finally routed them. ‘There were no injuries. SOCIETY LEADER INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING WATERWAYS Mrs. C. Montague Irwin of St. Paul Here to Give Information. Advocates Erie Canal Devel- opment as Boon to Farmers of Middle West. BY GRETCHEN S. SMITH. Inland waterways—not bridge, parties or dances—is the hobby of Mrs. Montague Irwin, wealthy and pro: inent society leader of St. Paul, Minn,, who has arrived at the Mayflower, where she will remain for several weeks. | Mrs. Irwin has come to Washington for the purpose of placing at the disposal of the commerce committee any in- formation or knowl gained from five years of exhaustive study and work, which might assist in the furthering of work on the inland waterways of the country. Mrs. Irwin served for four years as vice president of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association and, with the suspension of work on that enterprise, turned her interests toward the furthering of work on other inland waterways, among which is the securing of a 9-foot channel in the upper Mis- sissippi. Advocates Erie Development. “Completion of an outlet to the sea through the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway is a matter which now rests wholly in the hands of the President and the diplomats,” remarked Mrs. Irwin. “However, I feel that consider- ing 40,000,000 people, one-third the pop- ulation of the United States, are in- terested in a waterway outlet to the sea, 1t suspension of work on the St. Lawrence project is to be carried over a long period of time, that a develop- ment of the Erie Canal should be un. dertaken. The Erie Canal only requires & 12-foot channel to permit the naviga- tlon of vessels from the Middle West'to the sea. Such a waterway route would render untold rellef to the farmer of the Midwest. The cost of transporta: tion has been one of the farmer’s greaf est expenses, and a waterway sysytem would greatly reduce the cost of trans- thus affecting the entire gton County | country by a reduction of farm prod- lained her unusual cts.’ Mrs, Irwin e hobl of years of travel by as the res . C. MONTAGUE IRWIN. and study with the desire to do some- thing which would be of service to the country. Studied European System. “I have traveled throughout Euro) frequently and extensively,” Mrs. lrw‘l: said, “and I have always been inter- ested in the way the European coun- tries have utilized their waterways. No water route is permitted to go unused, and even mere streams are made navi- flb]( and used as trans) tion routes. t has seemed deplorable to me that in our country, which has the ibilities in the world in re nland waterways, that we have done 80 little with the great network of water {oum extending over the entire coun- ry. At the dedication of the Ohio River nine-foot stage system last Fall, which was attended by President Hoover and accompanied with g‘elc ceremony, Mrs. Irwin was sent by the St. Paul Chamber to rurruent that _city. g , Who before her marriage lived near Erie, Pa., tells you that her interest in waterways is herwurfi “My grandfather,” she explained, “was one of the first citizens of our part of the country to realize the advan of the Erie Canal and was one of the first to utilize those advantages by oper~ ating a system of tow barges for haul- ing coal and lumber. The benefits of & completed waterway system through- out the country cannot be overesti- mated—the Great Northwest will be emancipated if the waterway systems are completed ’m carried out.” stug d | Poll greatest | a peti LANSBURGH CHOSEN MERCHANTS' HEAD Succeeds Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan—1James Colliflower Elected Vice President. Mark Lansburgh, for several years vice president of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association and active in its work, was elected president of the organization to succeed Maj. Gen. An- ton Stephan at the annual meeting of the board of governors of the organiza- tion, held yesterday afternoon at the headquarters in The Star Building. Mr. Lansburgh is secretary of the de- partment store of Lansburgh & Bro., and as a governor and vice president of the merchants’' body for some time has been prominent in its activities. Gen. Stephan, whose term expired erday, had served as president of the body five times, holding the office for the past three successive years. He declined nomination for re-election. As | & token of appreciation for his lengthy | service as president members of the board of governors presented Gen. Ste- phan a large radio. James E. Colliflower was elevated to the post of first vice president; Ford E. Young_was elected second vice presi- dent, Gen. Stephan was named third vice &umdem and Edward D. Shaw, executive secretary. Louis Lavay, tre: urer, and M. D. Rosenberg, general counsel, were re-elected. Under the plan of organization of the Merchants and Ma turers’ Associa- tion, the various aMliated trade grou elected thelr representatives on the board of governors, which in turn se- lected the executive officers. The board went on record urging the carly extension of New York avenue from its present terminus to Bladens- burg road northeast, to provide an ad- ditional traffic artery from Washington to Baltimore. The president was - thorized to appoint » committee to dy the reorganization of the District proposed by its ice Department, officers. GERMANY DISCOUNTS TARDIEU OFFENSIVE Holds Attack on New Type Cruisers Is Move to Increase Own Naval Strength. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Wirelesg to The Star and Chicago Dally BERLIN, Germany, February 15— French Premier Andre Tardieu's offen- :t‘v: tn:: w London Nlanl Cunreren:; e new erman_arme cruisers is considered here as a move to increase France's own naval strength with ships stronger than those of the Washington treaty class rather than an attack against Germany. The argu- ment that France is forced to build ships of a stronger type unless Germany refrains from building the new type is discounted here as a mere pretext, since German naval strength even with the whole Yronun allowed by the treaty of Versailles leaves it far below that of france, m:w::hn‘tfl: whfim the Ger- 0 ecuted, in view of budgetary di . iN-v-l ic‘,ll:“clu, ’:n thad‘;thl?uhfl?lm campaigning for com| gram, which under the :-m t:vonhmmm- tions would take from 10 to 15 years to complete. An invitation to Germany to pate in the conference is believed to be out of the question, according to a statement emanating from the foreign office, which maintains that the Ger- man fleet is too insignificant. Germany desirous of entering the ference. The newspaper Deutsche Al legemeine Zeitung comments: rua:e reduce :ur n;vu rar:um::g 0 Germany’s sf nnfi , &s spec! the mn;n:l Versa % 'n'h“:r%;:: shall on eommon nd for argu- ‘This m« general sentiment JAPAN STILL SEEKS 70 PER CENT RATIO OF AMERICAN SHIPS (Continued From First Page.) !n? on the whole complicated Franco- talian problem with its many ramifi- cations. One of the first developments of next week, it is understood, probably will be the issuance of an Italian statement outlining Rome's naval requirements. Thus the series of pronouncements by the five powers in the conference will be completed. It was said this state- ment will again present Italy's desire for a radical reduction of armaments, but at the same time will make clear that she insists on having the right to equip herself with naval armament to that of any other continental power, For preparation of this projected state- ment PForeign Minister Grandi aban- doned his usual week end trip to the country in order to spend tomorrow consulting with his advisers and draft- ing the document. Another important event of next week will likely be a meeting between Foreign Minister Gandi and Premier Tardleu of France. This probably will be immedi- ately after the French premier returns from Paris on Wednesday. The possi- bility of this meeting has somewhat strengthened hopes that a solution may be found for the parity problem. ‘The conciliators in approaching this Franco-Italian problem are taking into consideration the whole range of sub- Jects involved and are exploring the possibilities of a political compromyse. Such a political agreement might take the form of & pact of security of some sort. It might even deal with adjust- ment of the ndaries between French |and Italian territory in Northern Africa. HIGHER WAGES SOUGHT FOR POOR PROFESSOR Love of Work Only Hold on Many Educators, Northwestern Busi- ness Manager Says. By the Associated Press. “.EVAAN!TDON. ., P':lbnury u.—wu; m_ A, ess manager Northwestern University, is o to the board of trustees situation is not only unfair to nrh::::ffw :‘:ho“:-l’“vmy’ AGRARIAN BANK ASKED. , Pebruary 18 (P).—A MEXICO CITY, rl:opu_-l to petition the governm