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A2 wokok, r® EVENING ¥ WETS T0 RESUME | [_rronec o mees ] QUANTICO CRASH GIVING TESTIMONY -Four-Day Limit for Each Side in Dry Law Hearings Is Abandoned. By the Associated Press. The House judiclary committee will resume its hearings on measures to re- peal the eighteenth amendment next Wednesday, with the wets still present- ing their side of the argument. The plan to limit the hearings to four days for the wets, an equal period for the drys and brief rebuttal testi- mony has been abandoned, so that op- ponents of the dry laws may present witnesses who could not be heard in the four days that the inquiry has already been in progress. However, Representative Linthicum, Democrat, Maryland, chairman of the unofficial House wet bloc, who is in charge of the anti-prohibition side of the case, expects his testimony to be completed in one more day of hearings. Hundreds of prominent people, he says, have asked for an opportunity to appear in support of repeal measures. However, he adds, “I am afraid we will have to end our argument next Wed- nesday.” Dr. Church Witness. Prior to Chairman Graham of the committee declaring the recess yester- day, Dr. Samuel Harden Church of Pittsburgh, president of the Carnegie Institute, appeared as a witness. Dr. Church said there is a “swelling wave of evidence on hand that, in the opinion of many millions of the American peo- ple, prohibition, after 10 years of trial, is unenforceable ble]clu.se it is opposed the ular will.” hy’l'he P‘(’tot:bur[h educator asserted the dry law was a social and legal failure and had resulted in an increase of in- thodis! ‘Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals, Bishop James Cannon, jr., of Virginia, the Anti-Saloon ue, the Ku Kiux Klan and the Lord's Day Alliance were dictating to the legislators laws to enforce prohibition. Another witness was Frederick Clark of New York and Cleveland, a leader of “the Crusaders,” as an organization of young men terms itself. He ex- Upper: Lieut. Joseph Leon Wolfe. Lieut. William R. Ostertag. Marine fiyers who were killed in a fall at Quantico yesterday. plained that the association's member- ship is recruited from all sections of the country with the avowed purposc of bringing about the repeal of prohibi- As an organizer of it, Clark sald the ‘members were determined to “substitute real temperance for prohibition intem- perance” He said that while “the Crusaders” was a young organization, it had more than 50,000 members and was constantly increasing. Norris Resolution Up. “The youth of America,” he declared, “having fought the World War, now tises up to fight for temperance to sub- stitute for the present chaotic state, a condition under which the children of those who fought in the late war, in- cluding those who died in service, may Mve and enjoy the inalienable rights guaranteed to them under the Declara- of Independence.” Before the House group returns to its uiry the Senate judiciary committee | again der Chairman Norris' vesolution for a general investigation of :bh!.blflon enforcement. Norris said te yesterday that he favored prelim= inary hearings on the advisability of undertaking the investigation. The com- mittee is scheduled to meet on Monday UTILITIES CONTROL BILLS ARE SHAPED Couzens Hopes to Get Meas- ure Providing New Set-up Through This Session. By the Associated Press. After weeks of intensive investigation two important pieces of legislation looking toward Government regulation of utilities in interestate commerce are on their way to the Senate. Senator Couzens, Republican, Michi- gan, who with othey members of the Senate interstate commerce committee laid the foundation for the méasures, hopes to get one of them through this session, setting up a new Federal Power Commission in accord with President - | Hoovet's desire. The Couzens proposal He received unanimous | in_the Congressional Record the rt of a Federal grand | Jjury that he claimed proved that none | of Liggett's ‘was “capable of be- sustained. Liggett's testimony also had an echo | last night in the publication of a com- munication forwarded to the House committee by G. D. Eaton, the editor of Plain Talk, a magazine for which Liggett writes. This had to do with charges Liggett made against Gov. Green of Michigan and four Detroit Circuit Court judges. Liggett said they for Federal control of communications also will be pressed. “We want complete information,” he said today, “but we hope to finish our investigation of the present commission | with dispateh. We shall do everything possible to speed passage.” Two Others Contemplated. In addition, the committee contem- | plates a measure further regulating power generation and distribution and a fourth looking to railway consolida- tion along lines laid down by the Inter- attended a plfl{.:t which liquor was served. Green denied this asser- tion. Eaton challenged Green's denial with the assertion that the governor had de- clined to go before the committee and be questioned. He and Liggett, he said, Were ready to swear to the details about the party. PURCHASE OF RAILWAY GIVEN'I. C. C. APPROVAL Great Northern Pacific to Take Over Great Northern and Northern Pacific. By the Associated Press. Acquisition by the Great Northern Pacific Railway Co. of control of the Great Northern Railway and the North- ern Pacific Railway was approved toda: by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Under the order the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy Railroad, now owned Yointly by the two roads, but assigned by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion in its consolidation plan as head of a trunk line system of its own; would be divorced from the unification o©f the two Northwest systems. SHOOK RITES ARRANGED. Funeral services for‘ Henry Clay | Shook, 81 years old, retired clerk of | the Bureau ot Internal Revenue, who died in Sibley Hospital yesterday fol- b\'lfl an operation, will be conducted at lurray’s, undertakers, Anacostia, this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment will be at Clyde, N. C, his former r‘odm!. Mr, 8hook resided at Oxon Hill, Mr. Shook retired from the Govern- ment service about two years ago. He was & member of the Masons. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Clara Grimes Shook; three sons, Wood~ sin Shook and Walter S8hook of Ciyde, N. C, and B. F. Shook of Knoxville, Tenn., and one married daughter, H. OPPENHEIMER BURIED. Funeral services for Herman Oppen- heimer, 84 vears old, local meat mer- chant for more than 60 years, who died Wednesday at the George Washington University ‘Hospital, were held at 10 oclock this morning from the chapel of Bernard D‘n-nll! , 3501 Fourteenth street. Burial was in the Wasl n Hebrew Cemetery. He is survived by two sons, Max mheimer and Jacob Oppenheimer of Washington. PRIZES TO BE AWARDED. ‘The Chevy Chase Pen Women will award tonight six Evelyn S. Hawley winners in an essay aud Three prizes of $12, ded for the bast A dra and an equal number will be state Commerce Commission. Because of the legislative jam behind in this Congress. There is some doubt also, it was indicated to- PROBE I 0PEND {Bodies of Two Victims Are Recovered From Wreckage of Planes in River. Formal inquiry to determine the cause of the double crash which yesterday cost the lives of two Marine Corps pilots at Quantico, Va., was begun today by a board of inquiry, which is hearing the report of witnesses of the accident. The bodies of both pilots, Lieut. Joseph Leon Wolfe of Coeburn, Va. and Lieut. William R. Ostertag of Co- lumbia, Pa., have been recovered by rappling from the wreckage of the | planes in which they were tangled after piunging into the Potomac River in a power dive at 2:30 p.m. yesterday. The two lieutenants had been flying close formation with four other planes, divided into two flights of three planes each. Lient. Wolfe was leader of the flight in which Lieut. Ostertag was fly- ing. The formation work had been completed and the order given to break formation and land. Crash Almost Simultaneously. Lieut. Wolfe, coming down in a hurry, made a steep power dive over the river. Lieut. Ostertag did not break forma- his flight leader. Lieut. Wolfe flew headlong into the river at high speed, Ostertag following him in almost at the same instant. Maj. Roy S. Geiger, in command of Marine Corps aviation at Quantico, sald unofficially today that he is inclined to believe that Lieut. Wolfe misjudged his | altitude above the surface of the water, | which was glassy smooth, and flew in | while still thinking he had sufficient altitude to pull out of the dive. Lieut Ostertag, apparently relying on his leader to pull out in time, flew forma- tion on the first plane so close that he | had no time to pull up when Lieut. | Wolfe struck the water. One of the most difficult things for a pilot to do, it was pointed out, is to judge his altitute over perfectly smooth water, unless there are floating objects or the shore line is close enough to give a reference point. Many accidents have resulted from this cause, including a fatal crash off Alexandria last year during the speed tests of a civil trans- port plane, which dove into the river channel. Planes Are Demolished. Lieuts. Wolfe and Ostertag were flying P7C-1 Curtiss Hawk single-seater fight- ers. The planes were demolished. Rescue operations were by Maj. Geiger. After considerable dif- ficulty a line was made fast to Lieut. Wolfe's plane, and it was pulled to the surface, where the body of the pilot was removed. Grappling for the body of Lieut. continued far into the night under the light of searchlights and electric flares. Recovery of the body was r:fiorwd to the Navy Department early this morning. The board of inquiry, appointed last night, is composed of Col. William B. Sullivan, Maj. Louis M. Bourne and Lieut. George M. Tower, all of the Marine Corps. The board is expected to be in session all day today. The re- port of its findings will be sent through the commandant of the Marine base at Quantico to the Navy Department. Lieut. Wolfe was the son of Dr. J. E. Woife of Coeburn, Va. He was a grad: uate of the Naval Academy at Anna lis, Md., in the class of 1926, and was commissioned in the Marine Corps. He served a year in China, and then was on t the naval air station, Pensa- awu.m.mmhuumhw- ico. Lieut. Ostertag graduated from the Naval Academy-in 1924, but after serving for a short time as & - tenant in the Marine Corps. He re- turned to his home in Columbia, Pa., Where he later was commissioned in the Marine Corps Reserves. He had re- turned to Quantico for a year of active :::a‘ though remaining on a reserve | ‘HOOVER DEATH PLOT’ REPORTED IN LETTER Mexican Student Congratulates Friend on Attempt to Slay Ortiz Rubio. day, that the second power bill will | By the Associated Press. get beyond introducgion. The interstate commerce committee, however, has completed hearings on the communications bill and likely will re- port it shortly after the first power measure is ready for presentation. Drafted by the Michigan Senator, the first power bill would reorganize the Power Commission to meet difficulties the present body has encountered in performing its duties. It would make the commission a bedy of three civilians working full time for $10,000 & year with full authority for employiny - sistants, " Bt Little Opposition Appears. ‘Virtually no ition to this meas- ure has appeared, but it is expected that some lerences of opinion within the committee will arise before discus- sion is wphh& Over aceounting and engineeri; departments of the Wmmlfllon";nlfl:‘l! companies devel- df er, there is dis- 1 of matters ommwnon, This ney's business deals with navigable streams in which the War Department has jurisdiction, and with national forest lands, over which the Agricul- ture Department has supervision. Consequently there appears to some question how far Congress should B0 In ereating a set-up under which the commission would act inde ently, through its own staff of en, and other experts. It is recall - ever, that this difficulty might be han- dled through control of appropriations allowed the new commission. Complaints of insufficlent personnel have gone hand in hand with charges against officials throughout the Senate committee’s investigation this week. They have been expressed repeatedly by officials in published reports virtually since the commission began to function. Provisions Meet Opposition, Senator Couzens drafted the com- munications measure to establish con- trol of all companies dealing in inter- state commerce. Bitter opposition has been presented to provisions which would rhu telephone and telegraph companies under control, but this has been met by other witnesses, and by Senators cross-examining oppo- sition representatives. Little objection has been raised to the proposal to put radio comm: tion “under control of the suggested the present Radio Commission. ‘The second power bill must have ex- tensive - tion before its drafting is completed, but work upon it already is ':nn. forward. It would accomplisi m' p::cr companies, ‘gmnunng. sell- al ml“l!’. same “degree of control embodied in the communi- cations measure, including supervision n for the best essay on “My Life's t Ambition.” resentations be made at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. A_mo picture entitled “The Thief of " will be shown followin, the awarding of the prizes. of rates to the consumer. Delegates from Syria, Turks ma‘n‘;:r‘mh :M'M nmr.e’ e g cently in Jerusalem to copsider the lo- cust menace. “ MEXICO CITY, February 21.—A La. Prensa dispatch from San Luis Potosi today stated that Nicolas Alcorta, a former student there who is wanted in Mexico in connection with the investi- gation into the shooting of President Ortiz Rublo, has been arrested in St. Louis, Mo. Alcorta is alleged to have sent a letter to a friend in San Luis Potosi con- gratulating him on the attempt against the President's life and saying that plans were virtually completed for a similar attack on President Hoover. The paper said Alcorta would be re- commission, alf it is clear that | ped: the m‘hfl con! ited would be more ugh than it exercised by turned to San Luis Potosi for investiga- tion in the Ortiz Rubio shooting. MRS. WILLEBRANDT PAYS $10 ON GUILTY PLEA TO SPEEDING (Continued From First H!.)‘ sistant ‘Attorney General, in the same be | tone of voice. Then Policeman Willlam B. Hopkins, third precinct, took the witness stand and told how he arrested Mrs. Wille- brandt on K street, near Nineteenth, last Priday night after pacing her ma- hine for five blocks at a speed of 38 miles an hour, Mrs. Willebrandt was hurried from the court room to the chambers of Judge John I'. McMahon, the only Democratic judge at Police Court, where she sought shelter from the photographers, while Bailif Bernard Baruch was settling her account with the court financial clerk. The eourt attache took a brand-new $20 Dbill to the financial office and re- turned two fives to Mrs. Willebrandt. Then, while anxious photographers waited, she dropped from sight. A battery of cameras was still in front of the court house a full hour after Mrs. Willebrandt was comfortably seated In a chair in her office in the Investment Bufldw. Yesterday Mrs. Willebrandt called on Judge Given at his chambers in court and spent & half hour talking over the case with the magistrate probal learning all about Trafic Court lure. :y It was then that the strategy, uuld at court this morning, was it out. At one time after Mrs, Willebrapdt was slated to lpmflr in court last Mon- day the informal papers ‘were reported as “m court files of continued cases. A later they were reported to be in proper places. da unli 8 Cardinal Perosi Under Operation. VATICAN CITY, February 21 (A).— b e ST S an operation in an " effort 0. combat #eneral blood infection, 3 " tion, but continued in the dive after |ary, dinrely by aions mere begun Imme- | on retirement and inside of six months STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, Women Are Barred From British Army Boxing Contests By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 21.—The Daily Express today said .that women henceforth would be bar- red from attending boxing tour- naments organized by the British Army Boxing Association. The paper said that heads of the as- sociation had decided that box- ing was “not an edifying spec- tacle for women.” LEHLBACH TO TAKE RETIREMENT BILL OFF OF CALENDAR (Continued From First Page. stantial relief to many thousands of employes now on the retirement roll and to those who are to be retired in the near future.” “‘Our prlmilrn objections to this new idea (the Lehibach bill) are the tontine feature and forfeitures,’ he stated. “The tontine feature or the setting aside of $1 per month by each and every employe to the fund is no little item. This item alone which the em- ploye forfeits amounts to something like $4,000,000 annually, but while I shall not attempt to go into details of the bill I do wish to call attention to sec- tion 4 of the bill, beginning on line 21, page 9, and closing at line 10 on page 10: N t the total annuity paid shall in no case be less than an amount equal to the average annual basic sal- y or compensations, not to ex- ceed $1,600 per annum, received by the employe di any five consecutive years of allowable service at the option of the employe, multiplied by the num- ber of years of service, not exceeding 30 years, and divided by 40: And, pro- vided further, that an employe at the time of his retirement may elect to re- ceive, in lieu of the life annunity herein described, a reduced annuity of equiva- lent value which shall carry with it a proviso for the return of the unpaid principal upon the annuitant’s death. For the purpose of this act all periods of service shall be computed in accord- ance with section 5 hereof, and the an- nuity shall be fixed at the nearest mul- tiple of 12." Idea Called Undesirable. “This idea is to our minds quite ob- jectionable, that is, the forfeiture op- tion therein. In the first place we will say an employe retires having, say, $5000 to his credit, or some like amount, and when the employe reaches retirement age as provided in this sec- tion of the bill, and decides to take the full annuity on retirement instead of the lesser amount, what happens? This is what happens and what would bap- pen in many cases—the employe goes he dies. All of his contribution with interest is forfeited to the fund, instead of being returned to his family or estate as is now provided by law. There have been some tables presented with reference {o the amount which would be provided, which is known as the re- duced annuity, but so far as I know, the amount of that reduced annuity can only be approximated at this time, and when the matter is finally deter- mined it may be far less than any esti- mates submitted. There are other phases of the bill which I shall not go into as there are others who desire to be heard, but I do wish to call attention to the benefits and protection of the employes under the present law and as proposed in the Dale-Lehlbach bill— that is to say, employes are fully pro- tected with regard to their contribu- tions, which are returned to them, or to their estate in case of death, with interest compounded—and to my mind this is a very important phase of ch_: law, and thousands of employes lovi upon this as & life-saver—something in the form of & nest egg or saving as it might be called—even though they may never receive other benefits from the law. Many die & short time after re- tiring, and if they have elected to take the full annuity all their deductions with interest are forfeited under the new bill.” John M. Kline, president, and George G. Hoover, secretary of the National Association of Retired Federal Em- ployes, urged the committee on behalf e Bate b, The Tetred employes Are the Dale bill. e retires most interested in immediate relief, Kline said, adding that his organiza- tion felt that increased annuities might better be had under the Dale bill. Letters Read Into Record. Hoover, who also is editor of the association’s publication, the Annuitant, read into the record letters from several retired employes, in which they de- impoverished conditions of lv- mm}b‘dscmuz the writers advised him they were being paid $22, $22.60 and $37 a month by the Government. complained that while they could buy food and pay rent, they were unable to provide clothing or shoes. Commenting on the condition of high-salaried employes, and referring to one witness before the committee, & young man in the biological research division of the Agriculture Department, who testified earlier in the week that he received $5600 a year, Hoover told the committee that at the present rate of relief to the retired the grandchildren of the high-salaried employes would be establishing banks before the desti- tute men and women could buy shoes. Another objection to the Lehlbach bill, he said, was that it would tend now to “muddy the legislative waters’ “When we read that the House could adjourn in & month if it were not for iff,” he said, “it is beyond our finite minds to understand how the Congress would consider a controversial measure such as this when it would take a month to have the committee prints studied and acted on, not to mention getting the two Houses to- gether on the bill."” Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell, presi- dent of the League of the American Civil Service, whose membership is made up of employes in the lower and middle grade salary groups, also urged the committee to report the Dale bill. ‘Obseure Wording Claimed. “Three bills have been introduced in Congress,” sald Mrs. Worrell. “They are the Dale bill, the La Guardia bill and the Lehlbach bill. The provisions of the Dale bill and the La Guardia bill need no explanation, as they fol- low the policy laid down by the Govern- ment and provide benefits to be reaped at once. The Lehlbach bill is an in- surance bill instead of a retirement bill. Its wording is obscure and its interpre- tation is susceptible of intrigue, while its benefits are largely for future gen- erations and high-salaried employes.” Mrs. Worrell said that if it is the “de- sire of Congress and our President to liberalize the retirement act, as Mr. Lehlbach says it is,” then Conj should enact the La Guardia bill, whi provides & minimum annuity of $365 and a maximum of $1,500, with op- tional retirement at 60 years of :ge after 30 years' service, and other lib- eralizing features. But, all things considered and espe- clally in view of the legislative situa- tion, Mrs, Worrell asked the commitiee to report !lvauhl&.m Dale bill, ready by Senate. of the committee to the M‘ll. she held, Mrs. Worrell read into the committee record a ulmn she ceived from United Assoc urging en- actment of the Dale bill. The telegram concluded with the ession, “Luther eXpre teward playing heads of departments s usual.” in her case |at this " from the ‘The committee laughed, as did Stew- | y; ard, who, as president of the National Federa! tion of Federal Employes, is sup- »ofl.hl:flulch!lilcl’:btll.pl oy NEW PARIS CABINET IS PROMISED TODAY Chautemps Fills Main Posts, but Tardieu’s Party Re- fuses Support. By the Associated Fress. PARIS, February 21.—Camille Chau- temps, French premier-designate, after completing a tentative cabinet, ran into difficulty today and at noon asked Pres- ident Gaston Doumergue to give him more time. ‘The radical Socialist president never- theless told M. Doumergue that he was quite confident he could arrange mat- ters. He promised to report with a cabinet list late this afternoon. A full cabinet had been formed, with the exception of a few of the under- secretarial positions, but the apple cart /8. upset by retiring Premier Tardieu's party, the “Republicans of the Left,” who refused to support the projected new government by a vote of 26 to 3. Their action, which was taken at a party caucus this forenoon, eliminated three of the projected cabinet—Francois Pietri, minister of colonies; Pierre Eti- enne Flandin, minister of commerce, and M. Ricalfi, minister of pensions. ‘The premier-designate, therefore, had to make some last-minute switches. He went to the Elysee Palace at noc. and spent & half hour with the President, announcing af >rward that he would have a cabinet formed laier in the day. ‘There was widespread prediction that while he probably would present & min- istry to President Doumergue during the day it would last only long enough to be voted down in the Chamber of Deputies when the ministerial declarations are read. ‘The complete tentative cabinet fol- lows: Premier and minister of interior, Camille Chautemps; foreign affairs, Aristide Briand; justice, Jules Steeg; marine, Alber. Sarraut; war, Rene Bes- nard: labor, Louis Loucheur; finances, Charles Dumont or M. Lamoureaux; education, Edouard Daladier; commerce, Pierre Etienne Flandin; public works, Jean Durand; agriculture, M. Queille; colonies, Prancois Pletri; merchant m rine, M. Danielou; post, Georges Bo net; air, M. Laurent-Eynac; pensions M. Ricolfl. Undersecretaries announced by M. Chautemps are: In the premier’s office, Aime Berthod; dnterior, M. Cathala; war, M. Barety; ‘aganon; finance, M. de colonies, M. Archim- baud; health, M. Marchandeau. Physical education, agriculture and fine arts will be filled later, HOOVER BELIEVED FIRM IN RESOLVE TO NAME CROSBY __(Continued_From Pirst Page) Washington Chamber of Commerce; Mark burgh, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Associ- ation; John B. Colpoys, representing the Central Labor Union; Barnum A. Levitan of the Columbia Heights Busi- ness Men's Association, and H. M. Welsh of the Georgia Avenue Business Men's Association. Text of Letter. ‘The text of the letter follows: & ~Prugezk the White House, “Dear 3 t: ¢ivic and trade organizations of n::fim« of Columbia listed below de- sire to express to you their deep gratitude and sincere appreciation of interest you have taken in the development and government of the City of Washington, and to thank you for your efforts, noted in the press of this city, to se- lect from among its ablest citizens Commissioners for the District of Co- lumbia. “It is with deep regret, however, we note press reports to the effect that you have tendered the appointment as one of the civilian Commissioners of the District of Columbia to a majdr general of the United States Army. “We most respectively call to your attention the organic act of June 11, 1878, providing for a Board of Commis- sioners, one of whom shall be an Engi- jneer officer of the United States Army, and the other two of whom shall be appointed from ecivil life, with the ualifications set out in the act, and in it connection call to your attention the numerous court decisions which we feel bear out this contention, namely: and | That & member of the military arm of the service of the United States is not eligible for appointment as a Commis- sioner of the trict of Columbia from eivil life and this status is not changed by his retirement from the service. “We believe the letter and spirit of the organic act that requires two per- sons to be appointed civil life should not be set aside. “Please be advised that this com- munication is not in any way to be deemed as a reflection upon the char- acter and ability of the Army officer whose name has been suggested in the Ppress, nor upon any other officer in the United States military service. “In view of the foregoing, may we earn~stly urge that you appoint-to the malnom of clvilian’ Commissioners of e District of Columbia bona fide resi- dents who can legally qualify, with full confidence that you will grant our request.” Kramer Calls at White House. Harry C. Kramer, a retired lawyer, who has been living in Washington for several years, and who was reported as bclnr under consideration by the President for appointment as Commis~ aloner, called at the White House to- day. Mr. Kramer's name had been suggested at the White House early in February by Representative Wolverton of New Jersey. Mr. Kramer did not see the President today, but one of the Iatter's secretaries informed him that he had reason to know that he was not being considered for the place. Mr. Kramer said that was not a candidate, although some of his friends, Representative Wolverton being among them. had attempted to prevail upon him to accept the place in the event it were offered. Mr. Kramer said he was anxious to have it understood that he was not seeking this appointment and that he much preferred to remain in private life. o NOTED AUTO RACER DIES ALONE IN CRASH Body of Man Who Was Second in Pikes Peak Test Found Badly Crushed. By the Assoclated Press. LITTLETON, Col, February 21.—The mysterious crash of his speeding racing oar brought death to Joe Unser, auto racer who for the past four years in succession drove his machine to second place in the annual Pikes Peak auto race. Unser died at a hospital here last night four hours arter he was found, mscious and crushed, at the which stood upright | grow between the United Stal 1930, WAR BAN IS SEEN IN FOREIGN TRADE Sir Esme, at New York Din-| ner, Says U. S. Friendship With Britain Grows. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, February 21.—After al vivid description of the changes that had come over Anglo-American relations | in the last 35 years, Sir Esme Howard, | retiring British Ambassador to the | United States, declared last night that | considerations of overseas trade were | the surest guarantee against war be- | tween the two countries. He spoke at a farewell dinner given in his honor at the Plaza by the Pilgrims of the United States. War between any two countries, he suggested, was fomented largely by’ the secretaries of state and “a baker's dozen of the most belligerent journal- ists” on either side. The basis of his belief that even closer friendshi woulg an Great Britain lay in the abandonment of the English attitude of indifference toward and ignorance of the United | States, and in the fact that twisting the lion's tail was no longer a popular | pastime here, even during presidential elections. Scoffs Tdea of War, He scouted fle idea that the two nations would #mperil by war a foreign trade amounting to nearly $20,000,000,- 000 annually, and points out that the| A disastrous economic results of the loss of that trade would far outmeasure any possible economic or territorial gain, Sir Esme said that when he first vis- ited the United States, 35 years ago, he found hospitality and friendliness for the individual Englishman, but an open and undisguised suspicion of England and everything British. On the other hand, to the ordinary British politician, diplomat and journalist of that time the United States vas as far off as Mars and the general attitude toward the United States was one of “complete ig- norance and incredible lack of interest.” This attitude was well summed up, Sir Esme said, in a remark in a letter from Sir Arthur Hardinge to Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, who had applied for an exchange to Washington, that the Unit- ed States was “so off the line.” “That was a distinctly dangerous sit- uation,” Sir Esme said, “but it has ma- terially changed in the last 15 years, owing, I think, largely to the at war. That terrible earthquake shook us up together as perhaps nothing else could have done.” “Then the settlement of Ireland and | Revolution and the [HOOVER TO WITNESS | WASHINGTON EVENTS TO BE IN ALEXANDRIA (Continued Prom First Page.) Columbia Society Sons of the American Sons of the Revo- lution in the District of Columbia, who will meet jointly for anniversary ex- ercises at 10 o'ciock in Memorial Con- tinental Hall, with the Daughters of the American Revolution and Children of the American Revolution also par- ticipating in the program. This is the first joint observance by these organ- izations since 1924. Another meeting of more than usual interest will be the annual session of the Washington National Monument Asso- ciation at the annual session in the Metropolitan Club at 12:30 o'clock. President Hoover is the president ex officio of the society. Justice Willis Van Devanter of the United States Supreme Court, as the first vice president, will preside. There will be no formal ad- dress and the business of the meeting is to elect officers. The city will be in holiday attire to- morrow with all Government depart- ments closed and most of the business life of the Capital at a standstill. Be- cause the anniversary comes on a Satur- day, when the public schools are closed anyway, no_additional holiday will be granted to Washington's younger popu- lation. During the week, as contitions permit, exercises in honor of the First President’s birthday have been con- d‘ucmd in the various schools of the city. ator Fess to Speak. Senatol Simeon D. Fess of Ohlo will make the principal address at exercises in Memorial Continental Hall and a letter from Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador who left Washing- ton Wednesday on his return homeward, has sent a letter to be read. Dr. Edmund . Walsh, 8. J, vice president of Georgetown University and regent of the School of Foreign Service, will de- liver the benediction. Music will be ;urnéshed by the United States Marine and, Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty will conclude the greetings, in which }:rumunu and vice presidents of the four patriotic organizations will join. Rev. James Shera Montgomery, chap- lain of the House of Representatives, will give the invocation, The exercises will include the massi, of the colors, su by C. Y. mer of the Sons of the American Rev lution, with Minute Men constituting !h;e l;“"ds“ hono'rl. ore Senator Fess speaks, two gold medal winners in recent historical c':n- tests will be announced. Murray Bern- hardt of Eastern High School will re- the | of the property. BILL INTRODUCED TOBUYMT. VERNON Representative Treadway Wants Government to Own National Shrine. Acquisition of Mount Vernon, the home and tomb of George Washington, by the Federal Government is directed under a bill introduced in the House today by Representative Allen T. Tread- ‘way, Republican, of Massachusetts, who desires that the gates of this grea American shrine shall be thrown op: free to the public for the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Washington's birth in 1932, ‘This legislation proposes that the di- rector of ‘public buildings and public parks of the National Capital, who hap- pens to be Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, one of the assoclate directors of the bi- centennial celebration, shall negotiate with the Mount Vernon Ladies' Associ- ation of the Union, who many years a0 Emhuea the estate from the ‘ashington family, under a charter fnnted by the State of Virginia. It nstructs him to take such action as may be necessary to secure a release from the State of Virginia of any limi- tation against this association disposing As a last resort it proposes that he shall “condemn” the property under right of eminent domain for the United States Government, Representative Treadway's bill would m;flcunuw Vlemon maintained as a pul national memorial to e Washington, but would allow theomd council of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union to continue to manage the property for five years, sub- fi:: to regulations by the Federai offi- Thinks Time Suitable. the people of the country the subject very serious cons tion. ‘““There ld be no more suitable , ‘l':f ‘filnleu upw the subject ¥ b 3 home and bui on n- lace tha - niversary of his o T P e For about 45 years the question of the ownership of Mount Vernon by a ceive a medal for the best essay on “Contribution of Massachusetts to War of Revolution.” It will be presented by Representative Edith N. Rogers of Mas- sachusetts on behalf of the Sons of the Revolution. The second medal will be awarded to Miss Elizabeth Drewry of George Washington University for the the funding of the British war debt contributed not a little to improve the sentiments of most Americans toward my country,” Sir Esme sald. “I be- came aware of this improvement when I first arrived here as Ambassade It lor. was just one of those imponderable elements of political life which one breathes with the air. I remember mentioning my belief tn the general improvement in our relations to a most distinguished American at the height of the controversy over the Geneva naval conference of unhallowed memory and | Th, saying that I did not for that reason regard the aftermath of that confer- ence as 5o serious as.many newspaper writers seemed to think. He smiled and sald, ‘T believe you are right. I re- member my old grandfather never had a word to say for the British.'” After pointing ‘out the direct de- pendence of the two countries on each other’s exports and imports, Sir Esme went into the possible grounds of con- flict, declaring that industrial competi- tion and the struggle for foreign mar- :eu ‘were “simply fantastic” as grounds for, War, ““What other grounds for conflict ex- 1562" Sir Esme asked. “Does any one in this country believe that Great Brit- ain any hankering for territories of this country? If he does, he is qual- ifying for the nearest lunatic asylum.” Doubts Sea Rights Are an Issue. Sir Esme was not prepared to grant that neutral rights at sea could be a war issue, and insisted that “other pressure would be sufficient to make belligerents desist from improper inter- ference with American sea-borne trade. Sir Esme commended his successor, Sir Ronald Lindsay, to the good graces of his audience, as once who also had sat at the feet of Viscount Bryce. Sir Esme and Lady Isabella Howard sail for England Saturday morning on the Majestic. TREADWAY ASSAILS TARIFF COALITION AS TRADE FACTOR (Continued From First Page.) article, and I had about six copies of it run off in my office to show to some best essay on American history. It will be presented on behalf c.?qthc local by Mrs. David D. Caldwell. Tickets Will Not Be Needed. ‘The public is invited by the organi- :lt‘:'on "fl klt{:ndmthuex;trlouc observ- . Tickets will n .m:‘l:bn l of necessary for T the joint meeting the Sons of the American Revollmon' will hold 1?4 annual meeting and election of offi- cers at the Mayflower Hotel at noon. . lgzuml Ixauo;:r president is Wil- wles 3 secretary general of the Y, u.r c.‘T . The Association of Oldest Inhabitants, Whose members always mark Washing- ton's birhtday, will conduct special ex- ercises in the Western Presbyterian Church, following a business session there at 10:30 o'clock. Members are in- vited to bring their families to hear an address by Representative Henry Allen R e T ences of e various it the city will be conducting their individual programs durin; floral pleces will be ced in their Monument, following the annual ceve- mony at the Monument in the morning. Lieut. Col. U, Grant, 3d, director of g,llhll: build! and mlbllc parks of the ational Capital, is in charge of these arrangements. Col. Grant’s office will place a wreath at the base of the Monument and others will be received up to noon from the varlous triotic, ternal and clvic organizations which make this tribute an annual custom. The Monument is to be open to visitors from noon until 4 o'clock. A feature of the morning exercises, Col. Grant announced, will be the raising of 48 flags representing the States of the Union, on poles surrounding the Monument. Altho de) be will tional holiday. the the Public Library, at Eighth an streets, will be open from 2 to o’clock. Branches and subbranches will be cl tomorrow and Sunday, although the central building will open 2 to 6 o'clock. Sunday School Program. of my colleagues.” p Grundy spent many months in Wash- ington advocating a high tariff before his appointment to the Senate. He was outspoken in his opposition to rates being written into the measure by the coalition. “Of course” sald Senator Harrison, “we have tried in every way to get from the leaders here the views of the President on the rates in the tariff bill s it was received from the House and from the Senate finance committee, They have told us they didn't know. “It would seem from this article that there are people who are closer to the President than the senior Sen- ator from Utah, Mr. Smoot, the chair- man of the finance committee.” Highest Farm Schedule. The Senate yesterday completed i deliberations on the agricultural rates and made sure that the measure to be sent to the House will ca the high- est schedule in history on the products of the farmer. The Senate's farm schedule, as a whole, hands back to the House a considerable increase over the latter body's recommendations. Against cautioning advice of Sen- ators Harrison, Democrat, of Mississip- pi, and Blaine, Republican Independ- ent, Wisconsin, that the administra- tion's opposition to the debenture might weight if higher levies, which obviously were unjustified, were added to the bill, the Senate yesterday made seven additional increases in farm rates, but turned down four recom- mended increases. o Increases included almond rates, 5% cents a pound on unshelled, against the present duty of 4% cents; 162 cents on shelled, against 14 cents; 18} cents on preserved almonds and sub- stitutes, against 35 per cent ad valorem, and 18 cents on almond paste, against 14 cents; vegetable oil and oil cake meal of all kinds, now on free list, given rate of three-tenths of a cent & pou mustard seed, raised from 1 to 3 cen! & pound; alsike clover seed, from 4 to 8 cents; crimson clover seed, from 1 to 2 cents; sweet clover, from 2 to 4 cents, and crude horseradish, from the free list to 3 cents a pound. Bread Duty Proposal Scored. runk we e become. Isn't there any limit to our greed?— to put a tax even on the crumbs for the poor,” The was not PRSP LSr bt aw now Manas: onsc ries higher rates on many forms of products—dairy, ecattle, vegetables, poultry, horticulture and seeds. ‘The Vaughn Class of Calvary Baptist Sunday school will celebrate Washing- ton's birthday Sunday evening, at 6:30 o'clock, in its auditorium, an patri- otic observance also has been arranged for laymen of the Brotherhood of the ‘Washington Hebrew Congregation at 8 o'clock that evening. George Washington's birthday will be celebrpted tomorrow night by American University College of Liberal Arts with @ special celebration dinner and dance at the college dining room. A com- mittee of students, headed by Miss Betty Jacoby, is in charge of arrange- ments. . FIVE RADIO BOARD NOMINEES APPROVED Committee Votes Separately on Each—Couzens to Seek Con- firmation on Floor Today. By the Associated Press. ‘The nominations of the five members of the Federal Radio Commission were approved today by the Senate interstate commerce committee, after a separate vote on each neminee, Chairman Couzens, Republican, Mich- igan, declined to give the record votes 3| of the committee, although he asserted there was “a substantial majority” for each nominee. ‘The following members were absent: Howell, Republican, Nebraska; Brook- hart, Republican, Iowa; Smith, Demo- crat, South Carolina; Pittman, Demo- crat, Nevada: Hawes, Democrat, Mis- lmm. and gs, Democrat, Mary- *Coutens then announced he would make an effort to bring the nomina- tions to the floor for confirmation te- ‘.{nmhn of the Radio Commission, Y T T —— years; Harold A. L% five ; Eugene O, Mississippl, six years; Willlam D. L. Star- Connecticut, four years. g gt 0il Ship Runs Aground. Tows, buck, NEW ORLEANS, La., thll 21 (#).—The Standard Oil tanke: !‘;‘z;th; e at ol o (e BB e refinery oll for S he seawaté end of the west ety o seaward en Y South Pass, the mouth of the nuts, in Mississippi River. < names at the base of ghe ‘Washington | ham Sunday for reference work only from |ing private corporation has been discussed and debated periodically throughout the country. Washington is becoming more and more the mecca of visitors. 'No citizen can visit our Capital without a . Per- test surprise and shock riences is when he learns ‘ernon is closed on Sun- ‘Daughters of the American Revolution o th ‘the United States and th State of Virginia had ‘the :cn'."m n ‘become owner of ;‘;‘ue’ l!’:fl],l 4 jount Vernon amily. John A. Washington, th elder, in & codicil to his will July b, ‘l,lw. provided for the of the to the United States, should the desire to possess it. Nothing came of this proposal. i Congress Asked to Act. “In 1846 Co Was m to purchase vaemon..m'l{n“m‘.fi The Bpeaker of the. Hasey Sort ent o louse and other high officials of the Goverl':nm!. as well as the mayors of Washington :ggn Georgetown. Nothing came of this “In 1853 Gov. Johnson of Virginia i !‘:fi:d‘:: the Otnenl Assembly of nt recommenc that the State of ia y E:pvny from its owner. to which the the d-n wreaths and | the IY.I Ipless in. . 8 helpless in- organized the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Unidn for the puzlou of uiring, restoring and g for the home and burial place of Gen. Washington. This organization was concelved by Miss Cunningham purely in a spirit of patriotism, Th: th the efforts ‘of this organization purchase of Mount Vernon was con- Summated under charters granted by the State of Virginia. “From that time until now the Mount Vernon Ladies® Assoclation of the Union, a self-perpetuating body, has owned the property and conducted its affairs. “Thomas Nelson Page and Charles Moore have both written accounts of the mvmumg of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, and are most laudatory in their praise of the man- agement of the Tty by the asso- 6 | clation. e ‘Washington Memorials. “I want now, however, to suggest that the work of the organization hav- been so well ll:coflflhhed. it pro- ceed to perform a still more worthy purpose by turning over the actual ownership of Mount Vernon to the Fed- In'nl uovornnignm. ‘where, in mylupi':non‘ it belongs. oposing this, it is my thought that gu association should continue to exercise such managerial authority as may be mutually agree- able to it and the Government. “Duj recent years Congress has more and more come to a realization of the fact that places having directly to do with our history should be pre- served and ownership placed in the Government. “But let us refer particularly to proj- ects in memory of George Washington. Two years ago Congress authorized an appropriation of $4,500,000 to build a new memorial boulevard from Wash- ington to Mount Vernon. The contract for this road is in process of being awarded. Within a month legislation has this House for the restora- tion and preservation of the birthplace :t‘u wuhin(ut:.n’n hv‘ukenz‘l,:lfi One of arguments for having property owned by the Federal Government was that this would obviate the ibility of an admission fee """,}f . to visit the place. Another bill has recently been passed b&:he House authorizing a memorial parkway and boulevard on both sides of the Potonme from Mount Vernon to Great Falls, and in that bill an amendment was inserted requiring a free bridge, owned by the Government, across the river at Great Falls. ““The Wt gton Boulevard will thus extend from Great Falls to the gate at Mount Vernon, every bit of it owned the Government, to be freely used by its eitizens. I can conceive of nothing more incongruous than to have onc of these wonderful memorials to the memory of Washington, starting almost at the base of Washington Monument itself in the City of Washington, ter- minate at the gate of Mount Vernon where access to that hallowed ground is barred except upon the payment of an entrance fee.” . BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra this evening at 3 o'clock at the auditorium, Marine Barracks, Tay- lor leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, .;PPMDII Musician Robert I.“GAJ‘! ) “Ride of " ! r uma_' hymn, ‘{"::. Hal uw: “The Star Spangled Banner.” ——e Level of the ground and construc- 'lto.n of and nuol,{:"hu."dh for Spaln, Wil sos 8548 . g