Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1930, Page 2

*® ' THE SUNDAY HATT) COMMISSION | Cste rr nvera ] WILLYS SELECTED - DEFEATS BOYCOTT Opposition Press Loses in Fight to. Keep Witnesses From Appearing. By the Associated Press. PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, March 1. | | ~—President Hoover's commission to in- | vestigate conditions in Haiti met and conquered ity first oppasition téday ofi’ the very morning after its arrival on the U. 8. Rochester. ‘Whe! e session this morning to hear testimony commission opened its first | from all Haitians, who had been in-‘ vited to come freely and without fear | in the statement issued yesterday, no ! one arrived to testify. The mystified commisisoners finally were informed that the opposition press had advised | the people to stay away, believing the present commission was only “a second McCormick commission.” Boycott Ends During Day. The opposition leaders consider that the McCormick commission, which in- vestigated conditions in Haiti and the Dominican Republic in 1921 under Senator Medill McCormick of Illinois, did no more than hear “all the past misdeeds of the occupation and threw their books into the ocean without remedying the situation.” The boycott ended during the day after the commission had issued statement amplifying that of yesterday. and saying: “We are not another Mc- Cormick commission, but are here looking to the future and not to the past. We want to find from the people how and when the occupation can cease and natiopal institutions be Te-established.” Before drawing up their statement the commissioners conferred privately with Ernest Chauvet, editor of the Nouvelliste, which strongly opposes President Borno. ‘White Proposes Union. William Allen White of Emporia, Kans., one of the commissioners, sug- gested during the first meeting today that a new kind of Pan-American Unjon, of an informal economic type ! without & political character, be formed | for the purpose of advising small nnu, unstable States on the way to stabilize | their governments. Mr. White's nmamn came out dur- ing the questioning of Pierre de Les- pinasse, a Haitian lawyer and historian, who was the first person to appear and make suggestions for the commission. It met with the approval of Lespinasse, Lespinasse declared that Haiti’s mis- {urlunes had beeri brought in from the | outside and from the United States.; American supervision be established. “We hope the United States will not long continue to permit the 21 men who form the Haitian Council of State %o run the country to suit themselves, but will allow us to re-establish gove: mental elections,” Lespinasse told the W. Cameron Forbes, chairman of the commission, said there probably would be no abrupt end to American occpa- tion of Haiti because of possible danger to the economic situation. MISSING NAPOLEON NECKLACE LOCATED Heirloom Arch Duchess Valued at $400,000¥ad Been Sold to Jeweler. By the Associated Press. Michel, refused lace, byt the pf.l;p‘m 1:;1::01::?- , wi been only . 3 - i Harold W. Hastings. ascistant Unite s, assistant United States :nmw today he had the klu-‘e was sold Febru- ary 11 by C, F. '!‘ewmend actin, npr-nntlve of the mmhduc:w Townsend was said to have been a for- mer British secret service agent, and hu wife exhibited what she said was the necklace last November. Sir Harry Armstrong, British eonsul gen- eral, said he could find no record of ‘Townsend in the secret servite. FORGERY SUSPECT POSES AS LA GUARDIA TO GET INTO JAIL, (Continued From First Page.) Ira Keck and B. W. Thompson of the bad cheek squad, the first woman, Irene Wiley, x'u !;n:!:wg wthg; she tried to pass a forg eck af e Hl -Adams House. Lodge is quoted as the detectives that he watched '.hem ring her out of the hotel and followed them almost to police headquarters, watch- ing for a chance to effect’ a rescue. Impelled by his affection for her, the detectives declared, he made repeated | attempts to see her after her arrest, finally resoiting to the ruse of telephon- ing the uu and representing hlmsel! as Mr. La Guardia and then going the jail as an employe of York Representative. He is said to be wanted in Baltimore, Columbus, Detroit, Buffalo, Philadel- phia, Hartford, Boston and Montreal. According to the detectives, Lodge, admitted using both the women to pass checks he forged. szxu{ also are charged with forgery, but said last night that he would recommend clemency ‘when they are brought into court. The six cases against Lodge involve nrpmxlmlmy $400, the detectives de- ared. The checks were passed at local hotels and stores. ‘The officers say he used the names of Charles B. Leet of 100 Raymond street, Chevy Chase. Md., and Ruth Collins of Portland, Me. Barbara Lodge is alleged to have told police she worked her way from her home in California to New York by obtaining work in varions cities as a l"nolr her. Until she as saying, she d l bad check. Lodge he met Irene Wiley in The prlndpll method used in nego- tiating the checks is said to have been for the woman to register at a hotel and pretend to be temporarily out of funds. Four local hotels were vic- timized in this manner, the police re- ported. N!w rn- | documented debate; for the Bureau of | under the Secretary of Commerce. JOHN N. WILLYS. ARMY-NAVY WAGE INCREASE DEMAND WINS RECOGNITION (Continued From First Page.) become that President Hoover, four Government departments, an interde- partmental board, two independent Gov- ernment bureaus,eight standing commit- tees and one special joint committee of the House and Senate, individual mem- bers of Congress generally and the en- tire officer and enlisted personnel of all six services have become involved in it. The publicity which has been given to the question is primarily due to two things First, the policy of President Hoover in dealing openly with the subject and, second, the frank campaign in favor of increased pay that is being conducted by the officers and men of the several services, with the full approval of their superiors. ‘When President Hoover received the report of the Interdepartmental Pay Board, recommending pay increases for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health Service and Coast. and Geodetic Survey, he sent it to the Bureau of Efficiency for study and comment. Criticisms Answered. The Bureau of Efficiency disagreed with some of the findings of the Pay Board, principally with respect to sem- financial advantages enjoyed by Arm: and Navy officers and not by civmnna and the salaries of certain groups of civilians as compared with service offi- cers, the inference being that, in the view of the bureau experts, the Pay Board had not treated the subject with entire freedom from bias. President Hoover permitted the War and Navy Departments to reply to these criti- cisms. This they promptly did. This started an official and well- Efficiency was allowed to answer the rejoinders of the two du ents. Furthermore, it appears that the first comment, or report, of the Bureau of Efficlency was merely “preliminary,” so that it seems to be entirely within the realm of probability that the contro- versy will continue. All of the documents in the debate up to date have been made public by order of President Hoover, presumably 80 that everybody in and out of the six services may know exactly what is go- ing on and mey put in an oar, if he ime, many and enlisted men e Am m m 'rmnl to Senators , and publicity umdu m ments are busy making avail blica- tion in the press masses of —~all supporting the contention’ that there | should be a substantial increase in pay for all six services. In addition to the ‘War and Navy departments, two other departments—Commerce and the Treas- ury—are directly e in the mat- ter. The Coast Guard and the Public lealth Service are under the jurisdic- tion of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Coast and Geodetic Survey is Increase Estimated at $85,684,706. It was inevitable, of course, that the Bureau of the Budget should also be drawn into the symposium. It has taken no part in the controversy, how- i ever, contenting itself merely "l‘thtl;lll; nu.hm; as requested, an estimate o ;qmpflluom that would be eeuury to provide for t.ho increases in pay in the six “services, if .the Pay Board's recommendations should be adopted by Congress. Its estimate is that the total increase for the fiscal year 1930 would be $85,684,706. This would amount to 26.75 per cent of the present total sum appropriated annually for pay and allowances in these six services. This amount is large enough to frighten some members of Col , who are inclined to favor the increase in principle, but want to aid President Hoover and the Republican a record for econ- omy. he Army and Navy contend that there has been a much higher pereentage of inerease xr:mnu ns it the, present military-naval pay law went into effect, and that the increase in the cost of living fully justifies the board’s recommendations. Congress has regarded the whole matter as important enough to be han- dled in & special manner. It is not being left to- the standing commit- tees on naval affairs, military affairs, lppmprhtlons and commerce of the o has been created as the result of the adoption of a joint resolution intro- duced by Senal Pennsyl- vania. Five Senators, Vice President Curtis, and five Repre- sentatives, appointed by Speaker Long- worth, compose this committee. The chairman is Senator Jones of Wash- ington and the vice chairman is Repre- sentative French of Idaho. Reed Return Awaited. After one meeting this joint congres- sional pay committee has decided to awalt the return from London of Sen- ator Reed, who is a member of the United States delegaiion at the Naval Conference. Senator Reed is not only the author of the resolution under which the joint committee is function- ing, but he is chairman of the Senate committee on military affairs. Mean- time, the individual members of the joint committee are studying the numerous documents already available on the subject, and it is reported that Vice Chairman French has requested more information from the executive departments. Many Army and Navy officers have not given up hope that the pay ques- tion lul be settled—and in their favor —before the end of the present session of Congress. If the joint congressional committee deeides to hold hearings, which seems likely, some persons famil- far with the situation in Congress be- lieve the matter cannot be settled, one wy o the other, before next Winter. ut at least one thing seems certain: gtu apparently means to get to tom of the matter and w enact some sort of revhed pay legislation as soon as n LAUNCH CRU CHUISER TODAY. mR woooooo cruiser Louisville, first w-rlhlp of her type ever constructed at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, md the in | first man-of-war the United FORWARAPLST Former Auto Manufacturer to Receive Appointment When Poland Approves. John N. Willys of Toledo, Ohio, who' resigned his connections in the auto- | mobile Industry last Summer, to be | available for service in the American | diplomatic corps, will be sent to War- | saw as the American Ambassador, it | was learned yesterday, if he is accept- able to the Polish government. Formal announcement of his selec- | Houses, but a special committee ped appointed by ture. Waah, March 1 (0~ | O Baker, Peders fechnical information | 52 tion will not be made until assurance has been received that he is persona grata to the Polish government. It was learned, however, that his name had been submitted as the successor to Alexander P. Moore, Pittsburgh puh~ lisher, who died shortly after his ap- pointment to the Warsaw post, recrnuy elevated to the rank of embist | Born at Canandaigua, N. oemher 25, 1873, Mr. Willys began h!.l indus- trial career in the bicycle business there in 1890. Later, at Elmira, he or- ganized the Elmira Arms Co. and en- gaged in selling automobiles, then emerging from the "hofulu: carriage” [ of their devel bfle manufac- turing industry in 1907, with the pur- chase of the Indianapolls plant of the Overland Automobile Co., and expanded his operations with the acquisition two ears later of the Pope Toledo plant at ledo, Ohio. He subsequently became president of the Willys-Overland Co. at Toledo, and the Willys-Morrow Co, at Elmira, from which he retired about the time his name entered discussion for a diplomatic post, during President Hoover’s reorganization of the service. His name was prominently associated at that time with the assignment to Rome. BOLD THIEF STEALS DETECTIVES’ AUTO " Machine Is Taken From Parking Place in Front of District Building Headquarters. Some bold thief has snatched the of- ficial automobile of the Detective Bu- reau virtually from under the noses of police headquarters in the District Building. Now the police, who have generally been so successful in looking for other le's stolen cars, are on the war- patfi looking for their own. Worse luck, it was taken from the curbstone in its official parking space near the District Building, where it could be seen from the windows at detective headquarters. When he first_discovered the car was missing A. D. Mullins, Detective Bu- reau chauffeur, was so belligerent it took some time before he was convinced the whole business was no practical joke after all. Mullins and D. G. Fletcher, pawn inspector, had started to get the car for routine work yesterday morning. Late last night the automobile squad was having no luck at all in looking for the missing pnliu car. When stolen the machine was bearing the letterless license tags of the Police Department cars, SERGEANT WHO SHOT GUARDSMAN 1S FREED * Foot Slipped on Iey w-lky s He Tried to Fire Into Air, Militi man Testifies. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 1.—8ergt. Joseph Poglone of the Michigan National Guard, was acquitted late today by a Circuit Court jury which tried him for the killing of Pvt. Stanley Prusinowski, 16, whom Pogione shot to death Jan- ua; gnlnne -hot cm private as the lat- ter was runnin, uup- Arrest on a warrant Chll’“ln‘ with missing drill, The se: “ dl!mu ‘was ‘that his foot slip) an lcy sidewalk as he was firing in '.he air and that the killing was accidental. Several State witnesses said that he took'deliberate of nine wemen The State of Michigan has awarded ‘Iflo: muflll family of the dead boy, who was the princirnl means of support of his widowed mother. DRY CLASH HALTS FRUIT FLY PROBE IN FIERY PASSAGE (Continued From First Page) be easier to ship liquor than it is citrus fruit.” Then Maguire mentioned something about the motorious “man in the een hat” at ul:!n{wn, El.n: un“n‘h supply his select “customers Con- ”"y if there wasn't any liquor ship- Cramton Hops In. That drew Representative Louis Cram- ton, Republican, Michigan, into the pic- 3 ‘wanted to know what Maguire knew llwut "nu man in the green hat” at_Washin Maguire :dmlmd he knew little about “Well, you're trying to make it ap- rnr that all members of Congress drink iquor and I vigorously cl ge your insinuations.” Maquire said he didn't mean that all Congressmen drank liquor, but added, “I know that some of them do.” Representative Cramton shouted: “Well, if you want to come to Wash- ington to testify to that effect, I think it could be arrrnged, but I am not in- terested in hearing your testimony along that line before this committee, You have made a fine stump speech on the liquor situation, but have given us very little information about the fly.” Simmons Fires Questions. ‘Then Representative Robert Simmons, Republican, Nebraska, took up the questioning, demanding that Maguire tell what knew about “lquer drink- mg‘ Congress.” re lied that he knew noth- ing :fl'fl‘f‘l '-l:ll.P what he had read in the 11, T hope we get more '-ruth about th !rult fly wi hfll ll‘l 'u h!re C en lrlnlinl )luunr." u'arud s?r‘rlnmmm “You are typicsl of many other Joose-mouthed men in this coun- try who belleve cnmhm!ouuy see in u:e c:'m’”' and went to take a rap al n| Much of ire’s testimony, out- t;de of mfleu.::“am the uquor;:::.- s Saceral entmotis, folowed concerning experimental work. @i Navy ever built in drydock, vfll be launched here tomorrow. She will be hauled by a tug from her !looded d n&. ‘The warship will go to await her m ehtnz ordered t for August. Admira] Jones Improved. 8. 8, BERENGARIA, March 1 (. — ghty o ML m‘:‘m be : en rouf - “u':n .o.! lt‘lol:m, today showed slight improvement. The fortable night. STAR, WASHINGTON,.D. C. MARCH 2, 1930—PART ONE. TARDIEU CHOOSES | [ cunms causs o warr | W POLIGE BOOK 65 | BY the Associated Press. GROVER SHUMAKER. VARIETY OF CHARGES FACE MAN WOUNDED AFTER WILD CHASE| (Continued From First Page.) Dixon, although reported by Gallinger Hospital physicians to wounds in both arms, both legs and his left side. was expected to recover. The two women attacked by Dixon were Mrs. Cora Simpson, 53, resident manager of the apartment where Dixon was employed, and Mrs. Nettie Rogers, 23, telephone operator. Mrs. Simpson suffered a contusion to the left eye, bruises of the scalp and back, and Mrs. Ml.ll was bruised on the face and Others assaulted when Dixon found them.in his path were David Harger, 10, of 3115 Mount Pleasant street; Wil- liam P. Verling, 4415 Fifth street, a taxi driver, and Policeman Shumaker, who lives at Hyattsville. The officer suffered a laceration on the ear and face bruises. The boy, reported to have been beaten and kicked as Dixon passed | is him, appeared none the worse for the encounter. Verling was not injured. According to statements pieced to- gether by police, Dixon attempted to Tob the two women employes of the Cathedral Mansions apartments at 9:30 o'clock yesterday when he was relieved from his duty as elevator man. Flees After Beating Women. ‘When they resisted his attempts, po- lice report, he beat them and then fled frém the building. When he encountered the Harger boy in his flight, he paused long enough according to police, to beat and kick the child. Continuing his race, Dixon came upon a taxicab operated by Verl- ing. Into this he jumped to expedite his escape, but the driver, believing the man demented, reached for a wrench. Dixon leaped from the cab and again took to his heels. Finding & parked car on his route, Dixon climbed in and attempted to start the machine. By this time a crowd of pursuers was close onto his trail and he was forced to desert the machine and again trust to his heels. At this juncture, an automobile driven by an unidentified colored man passed by. Dixon leaped into the machine and was taken to Sixteenth and Euclid streets, where he again started off afoo! Policeman Shumaker, on duty in Meridian Park, saw the man runnlnr. ‘scantily tlld. h-v!n‘ lost part of hi clothing in his flight, and gave chase. Overtaken by Shumaker, Dixon is sgid to have assaulted the officer and knocked him down. Dixon then succeeded in hrnllns through a crowd nl men who ha gathered and sped east on Euclid street, with Bhumsker and others in pursuit. Threatens Officer With Glass. At 2727 Eleventh street, Dixon rushed to the door of the dwelling there and upon finding the door locked, smashed the glass panel with his fist. ain threatened with arrest by the officer, however, he is said to have ulud a jagged piece of glass. “1 am going to kill }'0“," Shumaker said he told him. ‘The officer reached for his service fii’.:'al and shot as Dixon rushed at , ‘police say. Dixon again at- tempted to assault him, Shumaker re- counts, and again he shot the man. The two then grappled and Dixori suf- fered other wounds before he was sub- dued. The officer held him until help arrived. bave gunshot | | reach. CABINET MEMBERS Premier Plans to Go Back to London as Head of Naval Delegation. PARIS, March 2 (Sunday) ~—Andre | Tardieu announced early this mornnu that he had formed his second cabinet and would present the ministers later in the day to President Doumergue. The members of the new government are: premier and minister of the in- terior, Andre Tardleu; foreign affairs, Aristide Briand; justice, Raoul Peret; war, Andre Magin ‘marine, J. L. Dumesnil; finances, German Martin: budget, P. Reynaud: public instruction, Pierre Marraud; colonies, PFrancois Pietri; commerce, P. E. Flandin; agri- culture, Fernand David; posts and tele- graphs, Andre Mallarme; air, Laurent Eynac; pensions, Champetier de Ribes; | public works, G. Pernot; merchant ma- | rine, Louis Rollin, and lal r, P. Laval, Seventeen undersecretaries will also be named and two new posts will be created, one for “tourism” and another for national economy. The creation of an undersecretaryship for the encour- agement of tourist travel in France has oeen advocated for a long time, Most of the ministers saw service with the preceding Tardieu government or with the Poincare ministry formed in November, 1928. M. Tardieu announced that the French delegation to the London Naval Conference would consist of himself, Foreign Minister Briand, Minister of Marine Dumesnil, Minister of Colonies Pietri, Ambassador de Fleuriau and Gustave de Kerguezec. De Kerguezec, who was previously It the conference in a minor capacity, is president of the naval commission in the Senate. Dumesnil also accompanied the previous French conference delega- tion, though not as a delegate. ‘Tardieu will probably go before the Chamber of Deputies for a vote of con- fidence next Thursday, and if he gets it he will be able to lead the French dele- gation back to London before the end of the week. He will not, however, have a very much stronger position in the cham. ber than he had tgr:vlomly The !efl., and particularly the Radical Socialists, ready to give him a fierce fight, and seems to be anxious to preecipitate a general election. His domestic policy is lmekld by the Radical Socialists, his naval poliey u, the Socialists and all his policies by the Communists. YOUNG MAN DASHES TO FREEDOM AFTER ROBBING THEATER (Continued From Wirst Page.) upon, wheeled, and bolted into the crowd. Miss Coffelt sounded a bell signal which brought Fallas Brouche, man ager of the theater, md L3 aquad of ushers on the run. pursuit party prepared to chase nu mb-r, but by the time the excited girl gasped out her story the youth was gone. Meanwhile Jack Kenan.of the Com- mercial Hotel, and a waiter of a nearby lunch room who had seen the boy dash away and turn into the alley, had taken up the chase. . The boy, how- ever, outdistanced them and was out of sight when they neared E street by way of the narrow iane, The would- be captors returned to the theater, bringing with '-lm L ducrlpnon of the boy and bat, which had been purchased -t & Washington !uhor ‘d:lhlry Wll?-l the initials “B. T, M.” To excitement, the head- quarters d-kcuve automobile, its siren shrieking, dashed up to.the theater. Detectives John W. Wise and Charles J. P. Weber Juu,lrd out. First Pre- cinct Detectives B. Carroll and A. D. Mansfield also responded to the call and they took charge of the investi- | Juc gation. A few minutes later a patrol wagon load of policemen nlcmu 'o scene, who undertook to clear me. ‘Wwhich hldd“boc!oue l:: by the theu- sands of persons who gathered after the yolmu dash for After the uclunuenl was over the theater officials checked their funds and found lhlt about llD had been taken by young bandit. Much more money t.hnn that which the youth could have grabbed from the counter— stacks of per bills, in fact—were tucked safely in weod- Tanmoned Te- ceivers & scant foot the mlfll None of this was touched. MOTHER OF EXECUTED SLAYER MAY CLOSE BROADWAY DRAMA Texas Woman to Juclge Whether “The Last Mile™ Is Blow at Capital Punish- ment or Merely Thriller. BY GENE HOWE, Writien for the Associated Press. AMARILLO, Tex., March 1.—A gray- haired mother in Amarillo, Tex., won- dered today whether she should close a show which admittedly is one of Broad- way's' biggest “hits” or whether she should permit it to continue as a pro- test against capital punishment. The mother is Mrs. Ella Blake. Rob- ert Blake, her son, died in the electric chair at the State penitentiary at Huntsville, Tex., April 29, 1929, after being convicted of murder. Mrs, Blake reached this decision to- day—she will go to New York and see the play herselr If it is “real” if it in any way creates sentiment “against these murders committed by the States,” she indicated her final decision would be to allow it to continue, Her son's copyrighted article, pub- lished in the American Mercury, is de- clared to be the theme and setting of “The Last Mile,” by John Wexley, now running in New York. The article was appropriated bodily by Wexley without & definite agreement. Has Eight Grown Children. Mrs. Blake, who has eight grown children living in Amarillo, is about 60 years old. She is a sweet-faced, soft- spoken woman. Robert was the only child wuched by tragedy. “Would it be possible for me to close “The Last llu:’l‘ " she asked today. The reply was that -twrn-gu here say Wex- ley took some! ich did not be- long to hzm lnd it was their opinion '.ho wum would sustain an infunction: venul;ylga‘mymnfl"mfl nmuung at- tracts crowds because it is gruesome and terrifying, I will close it if possible. If it is real and if in any way it may create a sentiment inst these Am not thinking of money, llthmuh I need it badly. “Robert,” she said, “begge: d me not to &pend 'the little nwney had trying to save him, and I. know he meant it. He was only 2¢ when they strapped him into the chair and burned out life I had given him. He wasn't d, almost. Would d make a million from this ’play in New York and spend every eem of it in stopping this barbarism. bert, had no experience as a wflur gs -mx:d:d high school, and was onor_student before he uqul:ed the drug habit, until the third term wh.an he bonu to make his own living. arrested he began writing mlelu for the local newspapers about the hmon of prison life. He was only 22 wi charged with that erim comfiz at e he dld noz Lived His Article. “His article, ‘The Law Takes Its Tell,’ Wwas not something written, but some- thing lived and heard and recorded. Those were his mkm words and the spoken words of others. They did not 'ntem&'. to joke and did talk shout the ‘midnight special, which travels in two Ze’cunm (}lne toward Heaven, the other hell.” T hope I am the last one who sits in the electric chair,” he wrot:vierl; the article for Mr. H. L. Mencken, ‘Tell my mother my last words were of her,' They tell me those were his last words.” The mother paused, hardly able to continue, “When I go to New York, T will not See reporters or any one.” I have no friends there. I will go see Mr. Wexley's or Robert's luy. and God give me strength to P _from screaming out nldmonuumla nlnwrov-! later will see Mr. Wexley. I have se )fig plctuu and it looks so much llke BMKII ADMITS WOMAN'S RIGHT. | ok Declares $200 Check Sent Mrs. Blake as “Advance.” NEW YORK, March 1 (#).—James B. Plnnr. plly sald todsy that between John w:xhy. 21-year-old author of the cur~ rent Broadway success, “The Last Mile,” and Mrs. Ells Blake of Amarillo, ‘ru mom“n!flududmm'hnu agagine s Pl‘i partly buut. had bun dlnl or some um Pinker, who lfl|d the Dlly to the ducer, said that, h¥ ‘We agent, he sent a check for $200, he ':‘mad an ‘“advance,” on yl which to Mrs, Blake 21, agreement has not yet er tion in its endea it ginia Forest and. management of State forests. The Vice President, photographed yesterday as he left the home of William Howard Taft, former President, for whom all hope of recovery has been aban- doned by his l!hy!llcl-llll‘ —Wide World Photo. TAFT RALLY SEEN ONLY TEMPORARY Former Chief Justice Better, But No Hope Felt by Doctors. (Continued From First Page) POLICE COURT HIT Police, Meanwhile, Publish List of 730 Raids t® Show Activity. (Continued From PFirst Page.) of how long his ebbing strength could ast. Mr. Taft's vitality in the face of death that might come at any moment was declared by his physicians to be amazing, They warned inquirers, how- ever, that the general condition of the patient virtually was unchanged, and that a sinking spell could take him off !n five minutes. But with his heart tronger, they said, he might linger for fluu or four days. Cheerful Bulletin Issued. ‘The first bulletin that has not report- ed a loss In three days was issued at noon yesterday. It follows: “The condition of the former Chief Justice is slightly improved, as evi- denced by a moderate rise in his blood a;eamre. which had been falling con- uously for the put. three days. R. cLAY'rolL GNER.” ‘The following lddluonll bulletin was mued through the White House at 7 o'cl night: - T Chief Justice has had a uiet day. He has taken nourishment airly well, There has been no change for the better in his general condition f since this morning. “DR. HAGNER, “DR. CLAYTOR." ‘The bulletins, however, sound more optimistic than the doctors feel. They do not wish to forbid friends and rela- uv- & few minutes of faint hope, but it was said, that a rl!ly as Mr. Taft had hdu might be the patfent's last desperate effort for lurvlv-l lun before the end. In such dnv.h might occur within a lt' lwun, Y sall M-t'- Second Visit. ‘The President and Mrs. Hoover called at the Taft home on their way home from the funeral of Mrs. Lawrence Richey, wife of Hr. Hoover's executive It their second visit since Mr. ’l'lft became ill. f occurred a few days after Mr. Taft re- from Asheville, N. C. At that time l.ln former Chief Justice received both in his room and chatted for 10 minutes with the President. N!qur the Pres’dent nor Mrs. Hoover to the second floor, where Mr. 'I\n has his room, during today’s visit. They talked for a few nunut.el with Mrs. A. Taft, the younger son. Herbert Hoover, jr., who is visit- m. his Ennu over.the week end, re- e car, President and l(rl. Hoover offered Mrs. Taft any as- sistance she might need. Vice President Curtis also was & caller at the Taft home. The Vice President and former Chief Justice have been warm friends for years. Archbishop Pietro Pumasoni-Biondi, in the United States, . Mrs. Taft s m. much of the day at her husband's side, but she left the house twice, nnee to visit the Congressianal Library the second time w ) mlrkettnl. MAYOR HAGUE FACES $1,500,000 TAX SUIT!® Jersey City Investigation Reported Secretly Made by Revenue Unit, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 1.—The New York World tomorrow will say that for the past two years the intelligence unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue has made & secret investigation into the income ‘of Ma; Frank Hague of Jer- sey City and that it is reported he faces fines and assessments totaling more than $1,500,000 for filing false income tax reports. Mayor Hague, who is also a vice chair- ml-'x;“c( the Democratic nlluorul com- m! speaking _over -distance telephone from Palm l::n‘ Fla., said “the statement is ridiculous.” ‘They are paying me too acom- pulu_rm = h-:l " Hieiso 3ays that although the Bumu or;nmul Revenue w'ul not iblic its -um. lace Hay E‘ ml L] yoacs mlyo t ween $5, -on unuy wn for flh World enaluu amount, !uu wl.u be the Fishermen to Aid Forests. FAIRFAX, Va., The hl.rln Coul inty Chamber of Com unn 80- the Association of Izaak w-lwn l‘q'ua flll l.n the acquisition 000 ond 312 | A6 ‘l State Senator Emer- m an f Atlantio City re- Governmen! mt'lit of n munu-n- thl tle Printing Office found in an al- leged gambling house near their place of employment when police raided the establishmient two months ago. Job Threatened. Earl Ross, who signed one of the afi- dfi:‘:':& "m:lfmlf . had tele, hnnld al mbling house ln:: the raid and wlrmg In his crfluum of the Police Court Carter wrote Representative Eimmons of the House subcommittee cn District appropriations, that one of the opera- tors of an alleged gami utu.uiurved any time in tter follows in part: r Mr. Simmons: -2 mruum herewith for your con- sideration several letters and afidavits, which I have also submitted to the the prosecution of euu :;:eul:nu taln notorio el us bootlm!r. and that other Ef'm efl- cials have likewise been de] t in rmung pnvuqu ‘which hnu enabled h nmbhr conceal his violations by the ll!o Tho nnu- "T" h-rm g v Fambling and that 40 other pe M.hu found in the had bee; ho::‘w witnesses. police liat, ihleh the preeinet uphln submitted at my re- quest, contains only 35 names of those arrested, five of whom were employes of the Government Printing Office. Case Nolle-Prossed. “The police ca) &""' was informed of our 1num', in case md that the employes arrested had bee: m pending an inves Recelvi in the Police Court. He mllcd th.t hu did not inow but iater 'in the day I received a Tetter | t0 rom him ;uun. that the case had bnn nolle-prossed a few days before for insufficient -vldnnu “After recelving this information I henn an investigation of the record of who appears to have been the prlncinux operator of the gambling place at —— H street. At my request, the precinet captain furnished me his police record, showing. that he and | 2Tested on four charges for violation ot the urohlbmon act and on four for sem tting gambling at — a n three of the n.mbllng c)nml he ‘was permitted to forfeit u collateral ‘for each and "the munn case against him has ‘been nolle- ey s Db ‘ans| g, possessing nnd selling liquor P 1925. He was found guilty and sentenced to 60 days of s fine at llfl !or uuln; liquor -nd laced on s probal on con- m:unn nho id & fine ol OXM Inlg:d of is ununu nr 60 days, and convietion of "‘d r—-—m proman thlt ‘he afterward mmuc hl-l $50 on advice of a precinct detective. “Before the year of probation ex- pired, —— was nnnm again on liquor and nmbl!n( char, He pleaded guilty to the new 1qunr charge and paid a fine of $50. !-ur the gambling charge was nolle-prosses “In the same year ot vrohnlon — was -nln arrested for permitting gam! —— H gtreet, and likewise was releued with a forfeiture of hu $25 collateral, Suspension Not Checked Upon." “It does not appear from the ucord that any effort was made by bation office to enforce thn 8 ndad sentence against —— for violation of his probation, or that he has ever served any jail sentence for the numerous sgait on Kot 33 eat "‘:.r‘;'.?é:.‘ Uy , for but the tender-hearted ‘uamhnnwmmz 1] Ay 8321 uquor tective well, the recent rald, admitted as March 1 (lplnhl)— much in stating to me that the; find more Government i’” Office emplo; deny Mving, INCARTER CHARGES 3 e | While 6 oase w rom'nd IN CAMING RADS Three Estabhshments En- tered Despite Electrical Doors. Three alleged gambling establish- ments, one guarded by three steel re- inforced, electrically operated doors, were raided by first precinet police yes- terday afternoon. The raiders first entered an estab- lishment on the second floor of the Edmonds Building, 917 Fifteenth street. Here they sald they found dice and card tables and horse race betting paraphernalia. Twelve patrons were released after their names were taken as witnesses, Three alleged proprietors were charged with permitting gaming and released for $100 collateral each. They are Edward J. Goldenberg, 25, of the 1100 block Seventh street; Mack J. Cemar, 23, 800 block of Allison street, snd Martin Colburn, 23, of the 600 block L street. Sledges Used on Safe. Carroll Peyton Nuckolls of the Met- ropolitan Hotel, known in W circles as “Nubby" Nuckolls, was arrested at an address in the 200 block of Ninth street, where police were forced to shatter the safe with sledges to obtain evidence of gambling. Entering the place they first came to a | door, the upper half of which was con- structed of shatterproofl Ihu Blows of & blackjack were required to break it. Three other doors, two Inches in thickness, blocked the raiders’ passage to_the second fioor. 'l‘he occupants of the establishment persuaded to open the portals unly after the policemen had threat- ed to throw tear bombs. Fifty Witnesses Booked. Pifty men were taken to the first and booked as witnesses. It g k cha) with setting up & and Iater released on $2, Last night the same raiding pa composed of Detectives R. B. H. nlul.hr and A, D. lunllhld n the 900 l.unth street, whm they sa: found 15 gallons of ‘Illhfll 1i possession of liquor. ‘Walking casually into a barber shop and pool room at 2038 Fourteenth street it Y CITIZENS WOULD MARK SITE OF FORT SUMNER Heights' Association Wants Civil War Lecation Included in Program. Special Dispateh te The Star. GLEN ECHO HEIGHTS, Md., March 1.—A request to the Maryland National Park and Planning Commission for the t anlusum of Fort Sumner in the com- in the future was made in a reso- ul ‘unanimously the eiti- zens’ association hm recen i T Tt " 0= cated within the confines of the terr- the associal raid, They all say that the police no effort to get any evidence from them and that the police sergeant offered to mmnuuen of the men in charge the place would stand for their ap- sider the evldenu luflhdnnt‘g trial, ane case nolle prossed. “It is evident also that in advance of the Police ings that not be nesses I exam! show, stated ‘there wi ing to brazen in his contempt for the Police Court as to urge several of .them not lo respond to the court summons, I.n. that the summons dld not mun —— s sald to have ap- rou: some of the 'luuu- in Apparen! mm‘no‘?flm to protect the witnesses ar inummtlan by — “Mnee ‘lay‘ mpl'fi.::! the ucom- luperlnfendzm of ‘police, thlA mun hn been informed about them by some one. In tall recently to one witneas, —— a statement which the wit- 88 had made to me charging —— vlth urging him not to ohy flu oeun summons. -—— also has been that I did not submit an -fldlvlc trm bond | One witness, as is evident from the tm that he has since been endeavering to t in communication with the witness uestion, “80 far as I know, the only persons 3: ide of my own office that have seen police, to whom they were submitted, and Capt. Reilly and Detective Box- mmu recently with the pa) in hand dhcu- the matter. #lu’:’rh lmr o! nbnury 3 that he vu tor- my correspondence wi lfld:m to Inspector If Inspector Bean ever received the papers, it uclu that he to lnm m auaucv.. 1 Mvo never afdavits are the superintendent of well of the sixth precinet, who of police had T. R. I‘.n "Ill tructions vllunllon them nver to Rell in regard