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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, followed or_tomorrow; slowly ‘Temperatures—Highest, 66, today; lowest, 42, at 7 a.m. today. Full repert on page 3. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 by showers tonight rising temperature. at mnoon Th 31,345, post office, A &2 Entered as second class matter Washington, D. JONER GALLS HALT ON APPROPRIATIONS BEYAND AMOUNT OF BUDGET ESTIMATES Pending Bills Seek Added $1,735,000,000, With But $50,000,000 Available, Conference Reveals. PROGRAM WOULD IMPLY 40 PER CENT TAX RAISE House and Senate Leaders Pledge Themselves to Strict Economy, but Measures to Help Care for Veterans snd Widows Will Not Be Delayed. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Hoover set the brakes on appropriations beyond the budget estimates today. At a Whiter House breakfast conference with Republican lead- ers of both houses, attended also by Secretary Mellon, Undersecre- tary of the Treasury Ogden Mills and Director Roop of the Budget Bureau, he let it be known that after the budget expenditures had been cared for\ about $50,000,000 ‘would be available for further ap- propriations. | Bills pending in the Senate and House, however; call for a huge additional expenditure, totaling $1,735,000,000. Contrary Course Would Raise Tax. The House and Senate leaders were impressed with statement of the President and of officials, and left the White) House fully cogni- zant, they said, witly the need of stick- g to the budget. ) Any other course ne ly will n an increase in taxes next year. Congress has wvided, at the imendation of the ident and Secretary Mellon, for a $160,000,000 reduction in the Federal income taxes to be paid during the present calendar year on incomes de- Tived in 1929. It was explained, however, that the demand now made by 'the President for economy would not interfere in any way with the appropriations’ bill now under- way for the Government, following the budget estimates. Further, it was re- rted, that there is nq disposition to t measures which looked to the needs of veterans of all wamg.and - their ‘widows. Statement Reveals Opinion. After the conference at the White ‘House, a statement was issued by Walter Newton, one of the President’s secre- taries, dealing with the subject of the discussions. It follows: “The director of the budget, under instructions of the President, has pre- pared a survey of the various projects which have been presented fo Congress and the administration, which will in- volve additional expenditures beyond the present authorization and beyond the present budget. “These demands are being made upon Congress and the administration from different, sections of the country and | from different interested groups. The amounts below are a summary of these projects and are given in the amount of additional expenditure that would be imposed upon the Federal budget dur- ing the first year of their operation. Many Would Increase Yearly. “These are not the totals projected, which are very much larger, but simply the annual addition to the budget. Many of the items would be permanent and increasing annually: Public roads, $350,000,000. ‘Rivers and harbors, $35,000,000. “Compensation to property owners for rights of way in flood control, $100,000,- 000. “Loans to levee districts, $100,000,000. “Protection to forests, $10,000,000. ~mracication of pests, $20,000,000. “Expansion of agricultural services, $20,000,000. “Scientific research, $5.000,000. “Development of Columbia River, $45,000,000. “Reclamation service, $100,000,000. “National parks and memorials, $50,~ 000,000 “Indian service, $5,000.000. “Naval construction, $50,000,000. “Military aviation, $25,000.000. “Increased Army and Navy pay, $80,- 000, “Army-Navy hospitals, barracks and gosts, $15,000,000. “Employment services, $5,000,000, “Disaster relief, $15,000.000. “Increase in Spanish War veterans service, $45,000,000. “Increase in Civil War veterans serv- ice, $40,000,000. “Increase 11?0 oworld War veterans COUNT DECLARES HE'LL WED ILEANA Stories That Engagement Has Been Broken Are Called Fabrications of the Government. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, February 24.—A Cannes dispatch to the London Daily Mail to- day quoted Count Alexander von Hoch- berg as saying stories from Bucharest that his engagement with Princess Tleana of Rumania had been broken were “fabrications of the Rumanian government, which wants the princess to marry a crown prince.” He declared: “We love one another. I have done nothing to be ashamed of. My fiancee_knows me well enough to trust me. We are going to be married in and will return to Cannes about March 25 with the . ‘When asked regarding reports of his imprisonment in Germany, the count that there was a certain amount in them, but the affair had boy and’ he | the eleventh Chie! TO OPENING OF BY REID MONFORT. Assocjated Press Staff Writer, DARK HOLLOW, Va., February 24.— Ray Burraker, the barefoot mountain boy who first interested President Hoover in the children in this mountain community, got up at 5 o'clock this morning to be the first to arrive for the opening of the Hoover School and was so excited that he forgot to eat breakfast. Mr. Hoover decided to have the school established after he became interested in the children here as a result of young Burraker strolling into his fishing camp | near here one day last Summer and presenting the President with a possum. ¢ Foeni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION S Ar. Associated service. The only evening in Washington the Press news Saturday’s Circulation, 105,202 Sunday’s Circulation, 119,252 i WASHINGTON, D. C, 20 MOUNTAIN CHILDREN COME HOOVER SCHOOL Young~ Folk and Grown-Ups Rise Early to Be on Hand for Greatest Event in His- tory of Dark Hollow, Va., Community. Besides Burraker, about 20 pupils arrived for the opening of the school, the first in this neighborhood. From the top of the little frame building, perched on the side of one of the steep mountains, an American flag fluttered today in the chilly air. It had been raised at sunup by Bur- raker. His 9-year-old brother, George Harold Burraker, will have the honor of lowering the fidg at sunset, Eleven-thirty was the hour for school work to begin. The classes, however, could have started almost with sun- rise, as here was one group of pupils that had no intention of being late. Besides the children, many grown folks also were on hand. Grandmother and Grandfather L. B. Burraker were among the first to ar- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) HUGHES DONS ROBE AS CHIEF JUSTIGE Taft’s Successor Is Inducted Into Office in Brief Ceremony. By the Associated Press. The oath of office was administered to Charles Evans Hughes at 12:06 p.m. today at the beginhing of the short ceremony attending his induction into office as Chief Justice. The pledge was administered in the robing room of the court in the presence of the other justices. Immediately afterward members of the court filed across the corridor into the court room itself for completion of the ceremony. It fell to Justice Holmes to announce from the bench the resignation of Wil- liam Howard Taft and the appoint- ment of Mr. Hughes as his successor and to direct the clerk to administer a J‘.ue.and “judicial” oath to the new Chief .. Only a short and severely simple ceremony in the historic old chambers of the highest court attended the in- duction. Mr. Hughes took the prelim- inary oath of constitutional allegiance in the court robing room, with only members of the court present. Then, as the black-robed justices as- sembled on the bench for the begin- ning of a new term, he stood at the clerk’s desk in a crowded court cham- ?fl’ lnfltn’gmd the Dledgl !da sit h‘ judgment impartially, and “do equal right to the poor and the rich. Nomination Caused Battle, ‘That ended the ceremony. The court proceeded with the day's work. Chief Justice Hughes' nomination was by the Senate irr the face of bitter attacks upon his economic views. Mr. Hughes stood ready to repeat the oath. prescribed by tradition and be- come the eleventh officer to preside over the highest tribunal of the Nation. Meanwhile, Willlam Howard Taft, the man whom he succeeds and who as President appointed him 20 years ago to an associate justiceship on the supreme bench, lay stricken by an iliness which forced him to relinquish his high office and which his friends fear Il cause his death. Physicians attending the former Chief Justice reported today that their dis- tingished patient’s condition was vir- tually the seme. The bulletin, signed by Dr. Thomas A. Claytor and Dr. Francis R. Hagner and issued through the White House, read: “The former Chief Justice had a com- fortable night. There is no material change in his condition.” In all the highest tribunal had inter- rupted its routine for just six minutes to mark the transition from the tenth to f Justice of the United States The pause included, however, a golemn moment heavy with as Justice Holmes, standing beside the empty chair at the center of the bench, announced formally the resignation of Willlam Howard Taft because of the critical ill- ness which now keeps him in seclusion. Hughes Takes Vacant Chair. His successor ascended and took the vacant place with a firm step, the pic- ture of health and vigor, despite his 68 years. His voice filled the small cham- ber with full, deep tones as he pro- nounced the words of his obligation. His hair and beard, almost black when he left the bench 14 years ago to be- come his party's candidate for Presi- dent, was nearly y_when he (Continued on lumn 5.) MAN SLAIN IN STREET ROW Another Badly Wounded in Mexi- can-Polish Feud in Chicago. CHICAGO. February 24 (#).—One man was killed and another wounded, probably fatally, in a street fight be- tween Mexican and Polish colony mem- bers today. Twenty-five Mexicans were rounded up by police squads after the body of Joseph Sarnowski, 23, was found in the street. Peter Kulick had stab wounds which were expected to result fatally. Alponia_ Castellano, one of those ar- rested, was pointed out by Kulick as the man who stabbed him. The fued, which has been of long standing was renewed early today, Kulick said. after he and a party of friends were set upon by a group of Mexicans. Knives flashed, but there was no gun play. Several others re- ceived minor wounds. FRANCE EXPECTED T0INTENSIFY PLEA Attitude of Government Unchanged. Under New Premier’s Program. Is LONDON, February 24 (P).— Prime Minister Macdonald, through his secretary, authorized a state- ment this afternoon that there was no truth whatever in a morning pa- per article to the effect that the Naval Conference had failed. ‘The article appeared in the Ex- press under the heading “Naval Conference Collapse.” It began: “The London Naval Conference is closing down until 1935.” Arthur Page, at American head- quarters, characterized the article as “rot.” BY CAMILLE LEMERCIER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1930. PARIS, France, February 24— France’s attitude at the London Naval Conference will remain the same, the new French government decided in its first cabinet meeting today. Foreign Minister Aristide Briand will head the delegation, succeeding Andre Tardieu. ‘As M. Briand co-operated at London with Tardieu, the French points of view expressed in the documents is- sued by the former government before and during the conference, particularly. the last memorandum on French tocn- nage figures, must still be, considered official. ‘Will Insist on Security. ‘The only change foreseen in the French naval policy is that M. Briand will probably insist even more strongly than did Tardieu on the fact that for France the naval problem is. above all a problem of security and will use all his exceptional diplomatic skill to ob- tain some smr.t allowing France to re- duce the of her navy hy actually increasing her security. ‘The other French delegates will in- clude Albert Sarraut, minister of ma- rine—who as French delegate to the Washington Conference flatly refuscd extension to other categories of the ratios accepted by Prance for capital and aircraft carriers and who throughout his long political life has identified himself with the French co- lonial policy—and Lucien Lamoureaux, minister of colonies. CONFERENCE IN DOLDRUMS. Enthusiasm Wanes as Situation Con- tinues Uncertain. LONDON, February 24 (#).—The five-power Naval Conference entered its fifth week today very much in the doldrums and with the enthusiasm at its_inception now greatly dissipated. Preparations were begun for resump- tion of actual work Wednesday, but the preparations were somewhat indif- ferent, for unless the French govern. ment weathers its session in the Cham- ber of Deputies tomorrow the forced adjournment of last week may have to be_continued indefinitely. ‘Thers was hope here that M. Chau- temps, the new French premier, would emerge victorious in the Chamber and come here with M. Briand and Sar- raut prepared to plunge into confer- ence negotiations. There was worry enough even in this prospect; Paris dispatches said there would be no change in the Tardieu naval policy, demands of which the other four naval powers considered excessive. Jones’ Condition Worries Americans. Meanwhile, in addition to their trou- bles with the conference itself, the American delegation is worried consid- erably over the condition of Rear Ad- miral Hilary P. Jones, who had been ordered home on the Berengaria Wed- nesday because of a sfomach ailment. While his condition is not described officially as serious, it was known his friends are considerably perturbed. London press is most pessimistic on the future of the conference, but Mr. Macdonald, Secretary Stimson and Mr. Wakatsuki are said still to profess to "belleve that things will proceed speedily toward ultimate limitation of arms, ‘The enforced idleness brought on with the collapse of the French gov- ernment has been irksome to the Jead- ers and they are anxious to reach some agreement ‘as soon as possible. ~But it generally is conceded that ndthing can be done without the French. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 24.—The story of four stowaways, believed to have been United States Navy de. serters, who, after being discovered aboard the Holland-American liner Statendam, braved shark-infested wa- ters to escape, was told yesterday by Capt. William Kroll when he brought * the liner into port The stowaways, who appeared to be FOUR STOWAWAYS BRAVE SHARK- INFESTED WATERS IN VAIN ESCAPE Men, Thought Navy Deserters, Dive Through Porthole, Only to Be Returned to Navy Later. about 20 to 24 years old, were found when the ship was steaming away from Colon, Canal Zone, February 12. ‘The tain locked them up in the hn:'pltul. but they escaped through a g’ hole into the water. Later Capt. roll received a radio from the fruit steamer Metaphan that she had picked up four men from the Staf said the Metaphan to_the Navy. 2 ‘The four gave names as Thomas e % MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 11 KILLED, 100 HURT WHEN AUTO DERAILS 3-GAR TRAIN INMUD Speeding Passenger Piles Up in Ditch After Crash at Kenosha Crossing. AUTOMOBILE IS THROWN INTO PATH OF FREIGHT Rescue Forces, Hampered by.Dark~ ness, Burn Through Steel Coaches to Recover Victims, By the Associated Press. KENOSHA, Wis., February 24 —Eleven persons were killed and at least 100 were injured when a Chicago-bound passénger train of the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Electric Railroad struck an automobile at a grade cross- ing just’ north of Kenosha late last night and was derailed. The automobile was hurled directly into the path of a northbound freight train, as the five-cars of the passeriger train left the track and piled into an eight-foot ditch. Coaches Pile Up in Mud. ‘The first car of the passenger train, which was traveling nearly 60 miles an hour, buried its nose for many feet in the soft mud of the ditch. The car behind piled into it. The three rear cars also went into the ditch, but their passengers were more fortunate than those in the two forward cars. The dead: Frank Buday, 1311 Thirty-eighth street, Milwaukee, driver of the auto- mobile; Norman E. Shinners, 778 East Jackson street, Milwaukee, a passanger in the automobile; James B. Poteous, Racine, Wis.; E. F. Reibe, 1492 Fifteenth street, Milwaukee; George Brofka, 2453 Sunnyside avenue, Chicago; James Fitzgerald, Manistique, Mich.; J. B. (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) e L D.C. GIRL, 17, DEAD, FIVEHURT IN CRASH Miss Irene McKendrie Killed When Auto Hits Culvert in Maryland. One Washington girl was killed and five other Washington girls and boys ‘were’ sertously injured last might when' their automobile struck a culvert on the road near Chesapeake Beach, Md., and overturned. Miss Irene McKendrie, 17 years old, of 1513 Otis place, who was killed, was to have observed her eighteenth birth- day anniversary today. Members of her family were completing arrangements for the event when news of the tragedy was conveyed to them. Among the others injured, Miss Edith O'Dwyer, 17, of 1001 Monroe street and Miss Leah Angerman, 17, of 1016 Spring road were said to be in a critical con- dition. Donald Phillips, 19, of 2203 Monroe street and two other boys, whose names were given at the hospitai as Joseph King, 19, and Leonard West, 17, also were hart. All were taken to the hospital at Prince Frederick, Ma. Outing for Birthday. In celebration of the approaching anniversary, Miss McKendrie and her triends gathered eariy in the afternoon and left for a ride to the beach, They remained there during the atternoon and about midnight siarted for Wash- ington, A dense fog had gathered, making it diflicult to see the way. About 5 miles out on the highway from the beach, the car crashed against the culvert, Miss McKendrie, who was riding in the rumble seat, was crushed against the forward part of the car. All she others were thrown clear. First Aid at Home, Young King and West carried their companions to a nearby farm house. A Dr. Ward, residing at Owings, Md., nearby, was summoned. He gave medical attention, and later all were taken to the hospital. Advices today were that King and West were the only: members of the party not seriously hurt. The parents of Miss McKendrie, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McKendrie, had made plans to observe their daughter’s anni- versary. A program she had set aside for today included a visit to a photo- grapher and the placing of orders for photographs for her parents and three sisters. She was a pupil in the Business High School. The body of the girl was to have been brought to Washington today. Early reports of the accident did not describe who was driving the car. 119,252 Homes The Sunday Star has the at- tention of a vast and intelli- gent audience in 119,252 homes, nearly all in Wash- ington and its suburbs. These people depend upon The Star for the news, and use it as their shopping guide. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) The Sunday Star. . 66409 2d Newspaper-. . . .. 40,342 3d Newspaper. . ... 21,431 Total oer 61,773 The Sunday Star enters 6,688 more homes than at this time- last year. Wise mer« chants are interested in reach- “ing all of these new people., 1930—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. #%% () Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press, LEHLBACH PRESSES RETIREMENT BILL Hopes for Quick House Ac- tion Despite Stand of Workers. Although the joint conference on re- tirement, representing large organized groups of Federal employes, decided to- day to hold to its insistence that the House take action on the Dale bill to liberalize the civil service retirement law, Chairman Lehlbach of the House civil service committee said that he hopes his committee tomorrow will fa- vorably report the new Lehlbach bill re- vising the retirement law. ‘With the President personally de- clared in favor of the Lehlbach bill and threatening a veto of the Dale bill, Mr. Lehlbach said today that in antici- pation of favorable action by the Re- publican majority of the committee to- morrow, he will confer today with House leaders from whom he expects to get a promise of early consideration by. the House on the Lehlbach bill, Alcorn to See Hoover. The conference directed its chairman, Robert H. Alcorn, to endeavor to ar- range for a meeting with President Hoover to acquaint him with the re- tirement views of the employes repre- sented by the conference. If the House leaders give him as- surance he anticipates, Chairman Lehl. bach believes that the Republican ma- jority of his committee would be strengthened to act favorably on the Lehlbach bill, meeting the wishes of the President. Mr. Lehlbach did not go to the White House to confer with the President to- day, as members of his committee had requested him to do, because he feels | very certain of the President’s attitude as expressed to him at a former con- ference. He intends to lay the entire situation before his committee tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. In the meantime the full executive committee of the joint conference on retirement at a conference today agreed to new plans that were intended to remove the objections stated by Presi- dent Hoover to the Dale bill. Their first proposal is to make no deductions from any part of employes' salaries in excess of $3,000 a year. Thus, the higher paid employes would not have to pay the higher contributions assessed against them, which was an objection to the Dale bill voiced by President Hoover. Under this plan the maxi- mum annuity would remain $1,200, as Jois fixed in the Dale bill. ‘The second proposition suggested by the conference is to incorporate into the Dale bill the plan outlined by the Government actuaries in their report to Congress in 1926, under which the higher paid employes would benefit in greater proportion to their contribu- tions. Certainty Replaces Uncertainty. ‘This Flnn provides for a life annuity of $20 for each year of service, not ex- ceeding 30 years, and in addition 1 per cent of the annual salary multiplied by the years of service. ‘This applies equally to every employe and establishes certainty where uncer- tainty, as to the amount of the annuity, exists under the new Lehlbach bill, its sponsors claim, Furthermore, it is also designed to meet the President's views by giving higher annuities to those who appor- tionately contribute more. ‘The joint conference on retirement expressed disapproval on the tontine and forfeiture features of the Lehlbach bill, which are eliminated under this plan. GIRL, POSING AS YOUTH, - ARRESTED IN ATLANTA Easier to Get to Florida From Baltimore as a Man, She Tells Police. lny the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., February 24.—In the early-morning fog a slightly built young person stood under a street light, hands in pockets of a natty tweed suit. Two patrolmen plodded along. They stopped to ask the usual questions of persons found standing on street cor- ners at dawn, The answers were un- satisfactory. At the police station the suspect was presented to the sergeant, with the in- struction, “Take your hat off.” The hat came off, and long, flowing hair fell down. The suspect gave the name Vera Hill. “I am on my way to Florida from Baltimore,” she sald. “It's so much easier to obtain rides when you're wear- ing men’'s clothes.” She tolt e she was an acrobat, out of work. Police held her for questioning. 46th Transfusion Sought by Mother For 4-Year-Old Son By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C, February 24. —Still seeking medical relief for her 4-year-old son, who has had 45 blood transfusions for anemic condition, Mrs. G. W. Proctor last night again carried the baby to Johns Hopkins Hos- pital in- Baltimore, The child has been anemic since birth and the more than two-score transfusions of blood from its parents and others have failed to bring a permanent cure. COYLE SCORES USE OF SOFT COAL HERE | Representative Blames Hood of Bureau of Mines in Urging Anthracite. In urging the use of anthracite coal by. the Government in- the District of Columbia, Representative Coyle, Re- publican, Pennsylvania, charged in the House today that Dr. Ozni P. Hood of the Bureau of Mines, had done more to black the fair face of Washington through the use of soft coal than any one’ man. Coyle said that the use of anthracite coal in Washington instead of soft coal and fuel ofl would restore the beauty of the buildings which have been covered with smudge and smoke. “To the attempts of one mahn, rather strongly entrenched in a bureaucratic chair in Washington,” Coyle declared. “I ascribe responsibility for much of the cloudy of dingy, dirty smoke that dirties our marble buildings of the Na- tional Capital and permeates to the cappillary tubes of your bronchial area. “That gentleman’s insistent work has been to open the floodgates of smoke, boom the business of the laundry and dry cleaning establishments, and tons of paint to plaster on what hitherto would have been white surface except for his dirt, until the fair name of ‘Washi n becomes in fact more smoky wnan any smoky city which for- merly was a by-word.” Recalls Clean Days. ‘The Pennsylvanian said that he knew the City of ‘Washington when the maze of smoke that hangs over the Capital had not obliterated the blue sky, and declared that it was not fair to the peo- ple of the United States to put one man in a position to “blacken the fair faces of Washington and spread a smudgey smoke over Capitol Hill in the way that Dr. Hood of the Bureau of Mines has done.” “Of all the cities in the country,” he said, “Washington ought first of all to take advantage of this ideal fuel for heating and for power generation where smoke is particularly objection- able. If it cost any more for the work it does, then the householder might be excused for seeking to save the differ- ence. But since it is in fact in itself not only the ‘'most economically sound, but the most economically cheap, fuel for use in this particular area, there certainly is no excuse for the pall that daily settles over the city. “There is no doubt in my mind that the Park and Planning Commission would prevent—and rightfully prevent— the installation of tall stacks for fa tory power houses perforating our sk: (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Nations to sig‘n Trade Paot. | ROME, February 24 (#)—A com- mercial treaty between Rumania and Italy will be signed tomorrow noon at the Venezia Palace by Prof. V. N. Madgearu, representing Rumania, and Premier Mussolini signing for Italy. PRECAUTIONS MARK DOHENY CASE PLANS District Supreme Court Trial to Open on Schedule March 10. Discovery of unusual precautions be- ing taken with the District Supreme Court's March jury list today accom- panied assurances from both prosecu- tion and defense that Edward L. Do- heny, multimillionaire oil magnate, will g0 on trial according to schedule on March 10 on a charge of bribing Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the In- terior, in the Teapot Dome ofl scandal,, Fall already stands convicted of accept- ing the bribe. Although drawn last Tuesday, the Jjury list, an extra large one this month, due to the importance of the Doheny case, only today was turned over to the, United States marshal's office, Stephen B. Callahan, chief *deputy marshal, today said he has five days in which to make returns on the list and ited- that the holding of the list from the time of its drawing last Tuesday until today is an unusual procedure in the routine of court affairs, Previous Difficulty. ‘The present care with which the jury list is being handled augments precau- tions of the sort instituted by the court attaches after the question of the eligibility of a woman member of the July grand jury caused District Attor- ney Leo A. Rover to resubmit evidence in a number of cases which were con- sidered by that grand jury. Doheny’s case will finish the o cutions in the Elk Hill and Teapot Dome oll scandals by Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts. Harry Sinclair, wealthy oil magnate, has served a sen- tence in the District jail for offense: growing out of the oil scandal, and Fall, convicted of accepting a bribe from Doheny, is at liberty awaiting his ap- peal from a year's sentence imposed (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) BOWLUS, IN GLIDER, SETS NEW RECORD American Champion Lands at 2:43 AM. After 9 Hours Above San Diego. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO., Calif., February 24. Hawley Bowlus, holder of the Ameri- can glider record, landed near here at 2:43 a.m. today after he had established & new mark for himself. He failed, however, to closely approach the world record of more than 14 hours in Ger- many. Bowlus, whose previous record was 6 hours 14 minutes and 3 seconds, set & new American mark of 9:5:27. Bowlus, who took off from Point Loma, near here, in a sallplane of his own make, at 5:35 p.m. yesterday, landed in a roadway approximately 75 feet from the point where he went into the air, A A west wind of between 18 and 20 miles an hour velocity, which aided him during the early hours of the flight, suddenly shifted to the north after 2 am., and finally forced him down. He made a perfect landing in the narrow roadway. He was cold and weary. Bowlus carried a sealed barograph and was started on his flight by an offi- cial timer. e barograph will be checked to establish the official time in the air, and if found correct the new American record of 9 hours 5 minutes and 27 seconds will be recorded. It was Bowlus who interested Col. C’hltlu A. Lindbergh in motorless planes. RADIO BODY OUT OF EXISTENCE FOR HOURS PENDING FORMALITY Commissions of Four Members Confirmed Friday Arrive After Expiration of Terms. For several hours today the Federal Radio Commission was an organization without directing heads and only early this afternoon did the commission re- sume its existence as an entity, with a quorum of members empowered to con- tinue the work. ‘Terms of office of all five of the com~ missioners expired yesterday, and al- though nominations of four of the mem- bers of the commission were confirmed ! Friday by the Senate, the commissions for their new appointments arrived at the offices of the radio control board only today. The four members whose nominations were confirmed were im- mediately sworn into office for their new terms. They are Harold A. La R ] , Eugene O, ipp! and Charles McK. sffum.n of Towa. The nomination of William D, L. Star- buck of New York was held up in the Senate when Senator Wheeler of Mon- tana announced he wished to pursue certain investigations in the work of the commission, SENATORS T0 QU ATTORNEY CENERAL AND CRINE CROLP Mitchell and Hoover Body Views on Prohibiiion Probe Desired. NORRIS’ INQUIRY MUST WAIT FOR TWO WEEKS First Appearance of Enforcement Committee Before Senators Thought Waiting on Tariff, By the Assoclated Press. The Senate judiciary committee to- day voted to -call Attorney. General Mitchell and the Hoover Law Enforce- ment Commission before it two weeks hence to get their views on the pro- posed Senate inquiry into prohibition enforcement, The decision to defer consideration of the Norris resolution for a prohibi- tlon inquiry for two weeks was reached on & motion by Senator Ashurst, Demo- crat, of Arizona. It carried “almost unanimously,” There was no roll call. Ashurst, was silent on the purpose of his move, but some members thought 1t was to postpone the consideration of the subject until the tariff is out of the way, There was considerable discussion again in the committee as Chairman Norris called up his proposal, but the Ashurst motion brought a quick termi- nation to the debate, all of which was behind closed doors, Senator Norrls announced that the :mmuy‘eenan.l and the Law En- orcement o coomisien gpue by bases would be questioned on their views toward his resolution calling for an in- a}x‘l‘zym of prohibition enforcement con- It will be the first time members of the H:uil\]rerh:‘w b@;lg‘a!cement camlnl.uf ve befor sion ok re & Senate Several of the commissioners have appeared before a House committee, - Norris Calls for Inquiry, Norris has introduced a resolution to provide for the inquiry. It would be conducted by the judiciary committee and would include the activities of the Prohibition Bureau; an investigation of Whether the dry laws have been “faith- fully, fairly and honestly enforced”; the determination of whether any lack of enforcement that might be discovered was due to inefficient or dishonest clals or to the lack of any legislation that Congress could provide; the deter- l{nlnlth;x‘xmn( ;{hmer pglmu has inter- ored orcem : mination to what 5 additional in- ht think advisable, In the House. the prohibition contro- versy was marking time until the Judiciary committee of that branch Tesumes on Wednesday its hearings on measures the repeal orthe Propos! elghteenth amendment. The wets have been given additional time for the pres- entation of thelr testimony, but expect to conclude by Wednesda; after which the drys will come to the defense of the much-assaile > ment. o Curran Reports on Finances. In a statement issued over the week end. Henry H. Curran, president of the Association ~ Against the Prohibition Amendment reported that the receipts of his organization for 1929 were $45 326 and its expenditures $427,213, to- gether with an increase from 103 to 227 In the membership of the hoard of directors, which he described as re- ml:huni Slmft:t;;onlnd organizat more ,000,000 employes and $50,000,000,000 in assets. BT He predicted that many more States would soon join “the legal and peace- able revolt” of the people of New York, Maryland, Wisconsin, Nevada and Mon- tana against State prohibition laws, During 1929, he said, the' association established State divisions in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York and strengthened itself in Cali- fornia, Delaware, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey and Louisiana. There already are, he said, five States with millions of people who “will mot turn in and help national prohibition,” leaving “a self-confessed vacuum in national enforcement of a law which never was truly national and never could be. GIRL SNATCHES $235 FROM BANDIT'S HAND Screams Frighten Man Who Had * Taken Money From Of- fice Counter. vestigation it m Held up and robbed of $235 by a colored man today in the office of G. B. Likens, real estate operator, 1519 M street, where' she is employed as a book- keeper, Miss Harriet Garver, 23, of 415 Shepherd street, snatched ‘the money from the bandit's hands and frightened him away with her screams. ‘The thief, said by police to have at- tempted other hold-ups of a similar na- ture, entered the real estate office, where the young woman was prepar- ing bank deposit slips. He mulred concerning a man whom he he believed lived in the combination apart- ment and office building. Informed by the girl that no such man lived on the premises, he snatched the money that lay on the desk beside her. Miss Garver quickly recovered the money from his hands and 1e Her employer, Mr, in a backroom of the ing ang where the bandit escaped in of traffic. e PERSIAN MINISTER ILL. Mirza Davoud Khan Meftah, Persian Minister to QMKUNM