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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness, probably fol- lowed by showers this afternoon and night; tomorrow fair and slightly colder. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 68, at 3 pm. ‘The Star is “From Press to Home a Within the Hour” delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by yesterday; lowest, 41, at 3 am. yester- The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone day. Full report on page 7. % i [ a: f ‘ National 5000 to start immediate delivery. 1930—118 PAGES. he Swnday WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION () Means Associatnd Press. FIVE CENTS |TEN CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBES| FLSEWHERE Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. 1,301—No. 31,344. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY * 23, PRESIENTLEADS CLOWIG. TRBUTE PAIDWASHNGTON Hoover Attends Alexandria’s 131st Celebration of Birth- day of Nation’s Father. | INTER-CITY TRAFFIC [ IS DELAYED BY CRUSH| Executive and First Lady, With Virginia Governor, Review Two- Hour Parade. George Washington's home town, which has been celebrating his birthday anniversary for 131 years, surpassed its splendid record yesterday in paymng honor to his memory. It was the big- gest celebration in the history of Alex- andria, the most ancient city on the Pofw?mlc. ‘ashington' Nation joined with the enthusiastic citi- zens of Alexandria to make the 198th anniversary of his birth a day long to be_remembered. President Hoover, with military and naval aides; Secretary of War Hurley and units of the Regular Army, Navy and Marine Corps represented the Na- tion. Gov. John G. Pollard, escorted by the resplendent and historic Rich- mond Light Infantry Blues, represented | the State of Virginia. World Pays Tribute. ‘While Americans the world over, and | many who are not Americans, were | honoring Washington’s memory, it seemed fitting to Alexandrians and to their thousands of guests yesterday that the most elaborate anniversary program of all should be carried out in the place with which he was most intimately as- | sociated, next to his beloved estate of Mount Vernon, only seven miles away. It seemed as if every man, woman and child in Alexandria were on the sunlit streets. Prom many parts of the ‘Old Dominion, from the District of Co- lumbia and Maryland came military organizations, bands, fire companies and civic bodies, to join the big parade and to add to the throngs of persons on the streets. Alexandria was 's home State and the | first to celebrate ashington’s birthday, but it did not wait until his death to pay him honor. Washington himself was present on February 22, 1799, and watched sol- diers of the new Republic march over the same streets that resounded yes- terday to- the tread of American sol- diers and sailors. But .uenngom residents had become accustomed even before that memorable occasion, only about 10 months befare his death. ‘They hr:eted with enthusiastt the youth! Col. Washington when he re- turned, covered with glory, from that disastrous battlefield on which the Brit- ish general, Braddock, lost his life fighting against the French and Indians. They hon Gen. Washington when he returned victorious after a long and soul-trying war for American inde- pendence. They joyously feted Presi- dent-elect Washington as he started on his journey in April, 1789, for New York to be inaugurated as the first President of the new Republic. Celebrations Increase in Reverence. Alexandria’s celebrations in honor of Wi n have increased in rever- ence and magnificence as the years | have rolled by. So many persons from the District and nearby sections of Virginia and Maryland took advantage of the Spring- like weather to visit Alexandria yester- day that an almost unprecedented traf- ;l;’:‘gnm occurred at both ends of the way Bridge and on the two main roads leading there. Thousands of per- sons were nearly three hours getting from the Capital to Alexandria and as long getting home again. Thousands had to park their automobiles a mile or more from the center of the town and | walk to the line of the parade. ‘The parade, almost 2 miles long| and which required more than two hours to pass the reviewing stand on | which President Hoover, Gov. Pollard and other members of the official party sat, was only one feature of the celebra- | tion, but it was the most spectacular. | ‘Three other Presidents—Taft, Wilson | and Coolidge—had gone to Alexandria | HEFLIN REJECTED | Democratic Chairman Sends| | forthcoming primary. | would be an illegal expenditure of pub- smisses PRESIDENT REVIEWS PARADE The reviewing stand at Alexandria | Gov. Pollard of Virginia reviewed the parade, the feature of Alexandria’s 131st | celebration of George Washington's birthday. the governor's daughter; President Hoover, Gov. Pollard and Mrs. Hoover. yesterday, where President Hoover and | Left to right: Miss Sue Pollard, —Star Staff Photo. BY PARTY HEADS Back Check Offered to Qualify for Election. By the Associated Press. SELMA, Ala., February 22.—Edmund | W. Pettus, chairman of the State Demo- | cratic executive committee, today re- fused to accept the qualifications of United States Senator J. Thomas Heflin as a candidate to succeed lgmself in the Democratic primary August 12. In explanation of his action, Pettus told the senior Alabama Senator the affidavit declaring himself a candidate did not meet the requirements of a resolution adopted by the Democratic | executive committee fixing qualifications | of candidates for Federal, State, dis- trict and circuit offices. Didn't_Vote for G. O. P. Although Heflin in his application sald he did not vote ti Republican presidential ticket in the State chairman pointed out that “you fail to state that you did not openly and pub- liely oppose the election of the nominees of the Democratic party, or either of them, and that you did not oppose the election of the Democratic electors for President and Vice President in No- vember, 1928.” “As this particular part of your afdavit probably can not be amended,” Pettus’ letter to the Senator continued, “my duty under the resolution is to re- turn your check.” In his declaration, Senator Heflin de- clared he was “a life-long Democrat” and would abide by the results of the | He made no reference to his activities in opposing the Democratic national ticket in the last general election. Qualified With State Secretary. Before leaving for Washington dur- ing the past week, Senator Heflin qualified with the secretary of State as a candidate in compliance with the corrupt practices act. He said he would awalt the decision of the State Supreme Court of a petition of Horace Wilkin- son, Birmingham, before announcing his campalign plans. Wilkinson’s plan, seeking to restrain Jefferson County from proceeding with | the primary on the grounds that it lic funds, was disi d in Jefferson Circuit Court and was filed on appeal with the Supreme Court. Heflin, a bitter opponent of Alfred E. Smith in 1928, has declared if the Supreme Court fails to uphold the peti- | tion, he will take his case “to the h\gh-] est supreme court—the people,” as a “Jeflersonian” candidate. TAFT'S CONDITION o honor Washimgton on the anniversary e, of birth. When President Hoover Heflin Issues Statement. motored from the White House to Alex-| Scnator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, andria yesterday afternoon he was ac- | tonight predicted that two-thirds of all | companied by Mrs. Hoover, Capt. Allen | Alabama Democrats will “see to it” that | Buchanan, his naval aide; Capt. Camp- | a primary election is provided in that beil: Hodges, military aide; Lieut. Comdr. | State in which all Democrats can vote | Joel T. Boone, White House physician: | or run for office on equal terms, re- Secretary of War Hurley and Mrs. | gardless of how they voted in 1928. Hurley, George Akerson, one of his sec-| ~ In a formal statement issued from retaries; Walter H. Newton, another of | his office Heflin said he had made five his secretaries, and Mrs. Newton. speeches in Alabama to 16,000 Demo- During the almost two hours that crats and at every place “a resolution | President Hoover sat upon the review- | condemning the State committee’s ac- | ing stand he chatted with Miss Susie|tjon in discriminating against and Virginia Pollard, the attractive daugh- | penalizing Democrats Who supported ter and official hostess of the governor | Hoover was adopted.” { (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) | “Those who now strongly resent thc‘ . \ilmuh—Rukoh-'r:mman‘y':ontr:}ll of Atlhe | ' {Alabama State committee,” the Ala- The World Do Move! | baman continued, “and those who are ALLENDALE, §. C., February 22" (). | opposed to Smith for President in 1932 —Although R. H. Solomons, who lives | can by uniting in a real fair-for-all near here, has not moved in 49 years, he | white Democratic primary rid the party has been s resident of four counties—|and the State of the hurtful, obnoxious Barnwell, Beaufort, Hampton and Allen- | and dangerous alien influence which | dale. Changes in county lines account | has already seriously injured the Demo- for it. cratic party in Alabama.” COUPLE TURN BACKS UPON WORLD; TO LIVE IN PEACE ON LAVA ISLAND German Scientist and Wife Narrowly Escape Death! When Plunderer Steals Stores. BY BAKER BROWNELL. | Galapagos, three weeks ago the Rllfle\‘&l | were in trouble. Their stores and imple- thouht, North- Protessor of oo e sty " """ ments, brought from Germany and 'POLICE PICKETING NORRS T0 PRESS FORLIOUOR PROBE Nebraskan Scores Hoover| for “Non-Enforcement.” Promises Revelations. Prohibition developments in the Capi- tal switched to the Senate yesterday, where Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, in an interview charged President Hoover with being directly re- sponsible for non-enforcement, as de- scribed so pointedly at hearings last week before the House judiciary com- mittee. Norris held that a single sen- tence from the President “would wipe out corruption in enforcement,” and that there “is not another way to make the dry law effective.” Norris differed sharply with the opin- ions of witnesses before the judiciary committee, who have declared ‘the law is unenforceable, Probe Demand Aims High. Norris' view of the matter is the more interesting because he, along with Sena- tors W. E. Borah, Smith W. Brookhart and some of the other “drys” in the Senate have decided to press to the ut- most for a sweeping investigation of enforcement or non-enforcement condi- tions. . It is no secret that this inquiry is aimed at high administration officials, including Secretary Mellon, Commis. sioner Doran and Assistant Secretary Lowman. ‘The Norris resolution for an investi- gation will be brought up in the Senate Jjudiciary committee tomorrow, and Noris will ask a preliminary hearing on it in order to convince doubting Sena- ! tors on the committee that a probe is needed. Senator Norris said that he had received, since his resolution was made public, “astounding” information as to failure to enforce the dry laws; that this was sensational and seemingly from reliable sources. He said that it showed “amazing” conditions in Boston and Philadelphia, es) ly. After a week of conferences, there were indications that those favoring the inquiry might attempt to have the Sen- ate judiciary committee go into the situation without seeking formal au- (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) HELD IMPROVED Physicians Declare Alarm Felt for Former President Is Unfounded. Willlam Howard Taft, retired Chief Justice of the United States, showed improvement yesterday, according to & bulletin issued by his physicians, Dr. Thomas A. Clayton and Dr. Prancis R. Hagner, through the White House. The doctors said the return of mem- bers of the family to Washington should not cause undue alarm. Mrs. Helen ‘Taft Manning, Mr. Taft’s only daughter, and Robert A. and Charles P. Taft, his son, now are in Washington. “The former Chief Justice had a good night and is somewhat better today,” the bulletin said. “Alarm expressed in the newspaper of yesterday was unjusti- flable and did not emanate from those in charge.” STORES NEAR G. P. 0. Complaint by Carter of Gambling Leads to Placing Guards, Because of complaints that certain cigar stores near the Government Print- ing Office are gambling establishments, police details from the sixth precinct have ‘been placed on picket duty in the stores. ! one-third of the Senate. HOOVER ENDS YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENTS DESPITE COALITION G. 0. P. to Stand on His Rec- ord in Attempting to Hold | Congress Majority. FARM RELIEF MEASURES | AND TAX CUT STAND OUT| Results Under Past Administra- tions Indicate Democrats May Capture Additional Seats. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Hoover will have completed | his first year in the White House with- in the next 10 days. Despite the hulla- baloo over prohibition, tariff revision | and the Supreme Court which has been raised on Capitol Hill, a survey of the year shows many important accomplish- ments to the credit of the administra- tion and launching of many important projects that promise fruition in the near future. ‘The G. O.gP. must go to the bat in a few months to re-elect the full mem- bership of the House and more than In a large measure, it must stand on the accom- plishments of the Hoover administra- tion. Party leaders, therefore, after the | first year of that administration are taking stock, summing up accomplish- | ments and balancing them against re- verses and to some degree are estimat- ing for the future. Outstanding among the accomplish- ments of the year is the enactment of | farm rellef legislation and the estab- | lishment of the Federal Farm Board. | The Harding and Coolidge administra- | tions had struggled with this problem and with Congress in vain, 3 Tax Cut Is Achievement. Another legislative enactment which has met approval is the law lopping $160,000,000 off the Federal income taxes payable during the present calen- dar year. After 10 years of failure, & bill pro-| viding for the reapportionment of the | House of Representatives in_accordance | with the population and with the terms | of the Constitution has been put| through and provision has been made for_taking the decennial census. Settlement of the Prench debt to the United States, growing out of the World xlll'. finally W"Il: com| l;t!d and {l:tlflafli y Congress, thus winding up the re- ar.unnz of the war debts to the United tes. Of the important undertakings in-| itiated by the administration, the pres- | ent London Conference on Naval Limi- | tation stands out. Reports from Lon-| don indicate that a limitation treaty | ultimately will be negotiated. The Brit- | ish government has been brought to| rfle to the principle of parity in naval rength between Britain and the United States. Steps Leading to Parley. ‘The administration began negotia- tions with Prime Minister Ramsay Mac- donald through Ambassador Charles G. Dawes, early last Summer, looking to the further limitation of naval power. | Subsequently the prime minister visited President Hoover in Washington and such progress was made that it was agreed a five-power naval conference should be called, to deal with all classes of naval vessels that had not been cov- ered in the treaty of Washington. ‘The Chief Executive has taken steps to bring about many important reforms and developments in domestic affairs. From the moment of his taking office, Mr. Hoover has insisted upon a greater measure of law enforcement and has | undertaken to bring the American peo- | ple to a realization of the failure of law observance. ‘The Commission on Law Enforcement and Observance, for which Congress ap- propriated the money, was set up by the President, to study the whole prob- lem and particularly the questions of prohibition enforcement. As a result of a study by this commission, the President has submitted to Congress a rogram of legislation for strengthen- !’n. enforcement of the dry laws, which includes the transfer of prohibition en- forcement from the Treasury to the De- partment of Justice, reorganization so as to give relief from the present con- gestion of the Federal courts, and & unified border patrol. Business Conference Called. ‘The President acted promptly after the stock market crash last Fall to help stabilize conditions, so that Ameri- can business and American labor would not suffer. He summoned to Washing- ton the representatives of industry, labor and agriculture for a series of conferences at the White House. Agree- ments were reached by these groups to turn their faces against wage cuts and to go forward with many great_ con- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Conference Advisor Suffering From Stomach Trouble Must Quit London. Col. Stimson Expresses Re- gret That Retired Naval Officer Must Leave. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE, Staff Correspondent of The Star. By Cable to The Star. LONDON, February 27.—Rear Ad- miral Hilary P. Jones tonight was ordered home by Capt. M. E. Higgins. naval surgeon attached to the American | delegation, for immediate treatment for serious ulcers of the stomach. Admiral Jones I-s been ailing during the last few weeks, including during the voyage to Europe. This week, after having been confined to his hotel rooms, miral underwent an X-ray e amination under the direction of Capt. Higgins. The examination was made |ADMIRAL JONES COMING HOME BECAUSE OF SERIOUS ILLNESS ADMIRAL HILARY P. JONES. by Dr. J. J. Conybeare, a famous Harley Worth, radiologist. The result was a decision_to_detach him from_further (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) TRAINHITS AUTO; WOMAN ESCAPES Close Call When Motor Stalls on Crossing. Dragged from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks at Langdon last night | just in the nick of time, Miss Rose Mc- | Closkey watched & passenger train plough through her stalled automobile after her efforts to push it off the rails had failed. Miss McCloskey, aged 25, of 1121 South Carolina avenue southeast, stalled her new sedan on the tracks at the crossing. Before she could get it started again, the lights of the New York- ‘Washington express flared around the bend a quarter of a mile away. She jumped out and started to push it. Two men, seeing her predicament ran to her and dragged her away. “I don't want to lose my car!” she shrieked, struggling against them. The words were drowned out in the roar as the train struck the machine, splinter- ed it into a mass of torn wreckage, and tossed it aside. The gasoline that had been in the tank exploded, and the Fire Department was called to put out the burning debris. Miss McCloskey’s rescuers were R. H. Romer of 217 E street and Edmund Oliver of 2123 Kearney street northeast. She was taken back to her home, where she was reported nervous, but otherwise unharmed by her experience. The impact alarmed residents for blocks on all sides. From the crossing the ‘train bore the sedan for more than 50 yards down the track. DOG KILLING METHODS FIGURE IN RESCUE LEAGUE DISPUTE Ex-Director Asks Community Chest to Investigate Organ It Is Mis ‘The relative efficacy from a humane standpoint ‘of electricity or chloroform in executing homeless animals is one of the factors involved in a dispute which has brought a letter to the Com- ization, Charging managed. The Star last Friday, criticized the league for executing large dogs by chloroform instead of electrocution, the method formerly employed. Mrs. Minnie M. Blumenberg, who has been active in the work of the league, By the Associsted Press. CHICAGO, February 22.—Alone on| burned and fire-blackened rocks 600 miles west of the Americas, a physician and philosopher, Frederich Ritter of Berlin, Germany, will live his own life ter and with his helpmate, Dore Koervin Ritter, try to find on a desert t & modern civili- zation denies. ‘With a pick and shovel and a bag of seeds in one hand, with a volume of Lao-Tze, the ancient Chinese mystic, in the other Ritter left a brilllant career in Germany, a proffered pro(emorlh!g at Frelburg, a chance for fame throug! his experiments in nutrition and came | six months ago to the No Man's Land | of lava and black beaches that lies astride the Equator far in the Pacific off Ecuador. When the yacht Mizpah of Chicago dropped her anchor a half mile off the ghore of Charl Island, among the | Ecuador and cached beside the sea, had no longer is a vice president, it also been taken by a passing plunderer and to their garden among the hills of the interior bad luck had come. They had gone inland to be near drinking water, but Ritter gashed his arm in a fall on a sharp sickle, injured his leg and his companion suffered from a scarred and torn knee, where she fell on the splintered lava. Their remote Utopia was tottering when the Mizpah entered the open harbor with her com- mander, Eugene F. McDonald, jr., an exploring party of six friends and a crew of 27 men, and a few weeks more of waiting would have found them in desperate need. A note in German told the story. Ad- dressed to the captain of a little trading vessel that sometimes comes from Guayaquil, it asked for help. The note was five days old when found in a bar- rel on the besch, which is used for a (Continued on Pags 32, ?um 4.). Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, said last night that George H. Carter, public printer, had complained to him that several of the cigar stores near the: printing office ran gambling enterprises as a side line, and that the employes of the office were being en- couraged to spend their money in gambling there. Maj. Pratt said that he had person- ally instructed Capt. Martin Reilly of the sixth precinct to station pickets in one particular store, of which several complaints had been made, and that the pickets in other stores were the result of Capt. Rellly's suspicions in other di- rections. The policemen are simply there for observation of the pi and all who uent them, Maj, Pratt said, and for such moral effect as their presence may produce, 5 s munity Chest from Mrs. Marian Stuart Cake, a former director of the Animal Rescue League, asking that the Chest investigate that organization. ‘The result of the letter, which was turned over to Mrs. Truman G. Palmer, esident of the Animal Rescue League, been the promise of an investiga- tion of the animal quarters by the Washington Humane Society. ‘The League is a member of the Chest with ‘an annual budget amounting to $9,000. Mismanagement Charged. In her letter to the Chest, Mrs. Cake chi mismanagement and insanitary conditions the Animal Rescue League home, Four-and-a-half street and Maryland avenue. These charges were vigorously denied last night by officials of the league. Cake, in a letter published In was learned last night, and has sev- ered her connection with the league en- Uirely as the result of action by the board of directors. Mrs. Palmer's Statement. “The Washington Animal League,” Mrs. Palmer declared in a statement last night, “does not stand for cruelties, nor for anything that is not abgolutely humane. All exegutions of large dogs are done under the super- vision of a skilfull veterinary. Small animals are chloroformed. “The use of the electric cage has been discontinued, as there is an effort being made toward obtaining a more humane method for disposing of ani- mal “The Washin Humane Society and_the general public_are cordially (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) Rescue | SCORE ARE BURNED IN STUDENT CLASH |Miss Rose McCloskey Has Fiaming Battering Rams and| Torches Used in Soph- Frosh Battle. | By the Associated Press. | AMHERST, Mass, February 22.— Three students were taken to the col- | lege infirmary suffering from burns re- ceived in the annual class war between sophomore and freshmen groups of Am- herst College today. More than a score of students were treated for burns by physiclans. The injuries were received when freshmen, about to carry out the an- nual battle of burning the first-year green caps. were charged by a mob of sophomores carrying kerosene-soaked battering rams and flaming torches. Many -students found their clothing on fire and rolled in the snow and | mud in frantic attempts to put out the | fiames, while those untouched by the | oil continued the battle with fists. The fray was stopped by faculty member: “Del” Kenyon of Orange, N. J,, pres| dent of the second-year class, and two others were taken to the college in- firmary. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—28 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page B—4. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial _Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. News of the Clubs—Page 8. D. A. R. Activities—Page 5. Girl Scouts—Page 5. Serial Story, “The .Wrist Mark"— Page 6. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Society. W. C. T. U. Activities—Page 9. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 12. and street specialist of London, and H. M. | TARIFF ENACTHENT BY PRI 5 SEE {wmson Believes Senate Will | Finish Work on Bill Five Days Earlier. Passage of the tariff bill through the Senate about March 10 and the enact- | ment of the tariff measure into law by April 15 was predicted yesterday by | Senator Watson, Republican leader. | Watson made this prediction at the | Capitol, following close on a confer- i 2nce with President Hoover. The Senate leader was invited to the White House for breakfast with the President and fhe two discussed the tariff situation and the general legislative situation. {_ It is well known that President | Hoover is anxious to have the ta | olll expedited as far as possible. Watson | is not only in accord with the President in this matter, but he has for some- | time been dotn*] what he could to keep the bill steadily before the Senate. | When asked yesterday what the pro- ;rlldm for the coming week would be, he Hae “Tariff and nothing but tarift.” Sees Faster Passage. | dividual amendments which have been talked about by Senators will not be proposed and that this will tend to ex- | edite passage. He expressed belief that | here would not be many important con- troversies from now on over individual amendments. It is well understood, of course, that there will be a fight over rates on wool manufactures; over sugar; over logs, {lumber and shingles; over ofl duties, and over a number of items in the sun- dries schedule and the free list. The contention over free hides will be brought up again. In connection with the sugar schedule, there will be & re- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. SUSPECT IS ARRESTED AS HOOVER PLOTTER | |'St. Louis Artist Held as Writer of Letter Mentioning Plan for Assassination. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, February 22.—Nicholas Alcorta, 22, was held ‘incommunicado tonight by immigration and Secret Service officers, who continued their investigation of reports he was the writer of a letter in Mexico which is said to have mentioned preparations to assassinate President Hoover. Alcorta continued to assert thatehe wrote the letter to a college companion as a joke. Authorities said the youth would be held incommunicado pending the trans- lation of a bundle of letters seized in his room here. The letters were writ- ten in Spanish. Alcorta, a commercial artist, denied the letter contained any reference to a plot against the life of President Hoo- ver, The youth told authorities he wrote the letter to Vicente Aurrecoeches, a friend, at San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and said the letter was occasioned by him reading in a Mexican newspaper that one of the persons accused of tha re- cent attempted assassination of Presi- dent Ortiz Rubio of Mexico came from that town. In support of his statement that the letter was a joke, Alcorta said he had drawn a bomb and machine gun on ;)r‘l‘: anvelo;:l’e| lgg ’l:idl'eqled it to his nd as the Soviet representative San Luis Potosi. b Watson thinks that many of the in-| CONFEREES TO PLAN RETIREMENT BILL'S COURSE TOMORROW 'Dale Plan Passage, Subject to Change, for Sake of Speed, Is Urged. MAY SHELVE PROPOSAL IN VIEW OF VETO HINT House Committeemen Favor Prompt Relief, But See Little Use of Opposing President’s Wishes. To determine its program in view of President Hoover's declaration that he wants to see the new Lehlbach retire- ment bill passed with an implied veto of the Dale bill if it should be rushed through the House, the Joint Confer- ence on Civil Service Retirement is to meet tomorrow morning. The leaders of the Government em- ployes feel that the greater sufferers under the inequities in the present re- tirement law are the low salaried em- ployes who would be benefitted most by passage of the Dale bill. They are re- luctant to oppose President Hoover and the House leadership. Some of these friends of the employes said last night that practically only 10 per cent of those covered by the retirement law are in- cluded in the group of valuable Fed- eral employes whom the President de- sires to have taken care of under the new Lehlbach bill, and that even these relatively few would, in all probability, have to wait 10 or 15 years more they 8ot any benefit from this legislation, Compromise Is Suggested. It was suggested that the Dale bill might well be allowed to pass the House and that then a conference could be arranged between a small committee from the Senate and House civil service committees to thrash out further desir- able changes which would, in effect, be a compromise between the Dale bill and the pending Lehlbach bill. Individual members of the House civil service committee said last night that they are undecided as to what is likely to happen at the meetipg, which is ex- pected. to be held Tuesday at which time Chairman Lehlbach said yesterday that he would submit the entire situa- tl)t“m to ‘t‘hehcoThr:meemen as it has been change: Y statement from White House. ' While at least 13 of the 21 members of the House committee are eager to riff | have the relief afforded by the Dale bill extended to Government workers as soon as possible, they feel that there is little use in butts their heads Against a stone wall if the President is | ready to veto the Dale bill and the | House leadership, as shown by House Leader Tilson’s statement yesterday, is unwilling to allow the Dale bill to come up for a vote because of the President’s declared preference for the Lehlbach measure, | Representative McCormack of Massa- | chusetts, a Democratic member of the | House civil service committee, who is | Pledged to the Dale bill, said last night that he hopes Mr. Lehlbach will go through with his promise to withdraw his bill and to urge the committee to “;.:f hnu’tedtha lDlle lhul. the of ‘whicl leral employes anxiously have awalted for several years. Immediate Benefits Urged. “There is no reason why the Repub- lican leaders of the House should not permit an early vote after the commit- tee taken fs Mr. McCormack. he tures of the Dale bill would immq benefit those already retired and would also benefit those in the Federal service receiving $2,100 or less. “However, it must be borne in mind that there was complete justification for the feeling on the part of those who believed that a report of the Lehlbach bill would in all probability result in no legislation being enacted this session. It _must be borne in mind that the (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) WOMAN BRUTALLY SLAIN DURING RIDE Victim Slugged With Rock and Run Over by Car Many Times. By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, February 22.— ‘The body of Mrs. Frank Moormeister, wife of a Salt Lake City physician, was found today on a country road near Granger, 10 miles from this city. She had been struck on the head and then apparently run over many time with an_automobile. Several thousand dollars’ worth of Jewelry which Mrs. Moormeister habit- ually wore had been stolen from her person, sheriff's officers reported. The woman's automobile, blood-stained, was found on a street here later. Frag- ments of ore found in her hat led the officers to assume that the rock was the weapon used by her assailant. Officers sald they were looking for a woman whom Mrs. Moormeister had arranged to meet yesterday afternoon. Because of its brutal nature, police believed that some other motive than robbery actuated the slaying. At Community Centers—Page 13. PART FOUR—14 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen and Music. In the Motor World—Pages 5 and 6. Fraternal News—Pages 7 and 11. Aviation Activities—Pages 8 and 9. News of the Clubs—Page 10. Radio News—Pages 12 and 13. District National Guard—Page 14. Army and Navy News—Page 14. Organized Reserves—Page. 14. District of Columbia Naval Reserves— Page 14. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Financial and Classified Advertising. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 11. Spanish War Veterans—Page 11. Veterans of Great War—FPage 12. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. Review of New Books—Page 18. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 19. Cross-word Puzzie—Page 22. GRAPHIC SECTION—S PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—S8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Ras;llr Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Little Orphan Annie; Brutus; Somebody's Stenog; High Lights of History, “BOSSY” GILLIS GIVES CALIFORNIA GIRLS FIRST BREAK IN WIFE HUNT Turbulent Ex-Mayor of Newburyport, Mass., to Look Over San Francisco Brunettes and Red Heads. By the Associated Press. SAN PEDRO, Calif., February 22— The belles of San Francisco are to have the first chance at Andrew J. (Bossy) Gillis, the famed but now former filling station operator-mayor of Newburyport, Mass,, Gillis himself announced today. The one-time sailor who became mayor of the Massachusetts town and then served part of his term in jail for various disturbances, arrived here aboard the Steamship Virginia. His avowed intention, he said, is to find & | wite in California. Mr. Gillis will go to San Francisco and spend possibly & week there looking ove&tme San {fllll:llkfl}':flllhl. gl “It's a great breal some o Gillis admitted. “I've made. up my mind to marry and having heard so much about the beautiful girls in Cali- 1 , I came out here to pick a wife. “I've decided to give all brunettes and red-heads who can qualify as good lookers an even chance. Under no cir- cumstances will I accept a blonde. In the first place it is my observation that blondes are not so good as housekeep- ers. In addition to that they go to s, he was asked. girls, he replied, will be the resrve. In the event he doesn't find the right girl in San Francisco he’ll come to Holly- wood to survey the fleld. Nine years ago Gillls was a sailor on & United Statcs naval destroyer sta- tioned at San Diego,