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A—2 %% LINTHICUM CITES PROHIBITION EVILS Paints Picture of Corruption, Increase in Arrests and More Speakeasies. (Continued From Pirst Page.) ranged that both the wets and drys be given a brief time for rebuttal argu- ments. Linthicum told the committee at the outset that prohibition enforcement had broken down and that it was impossi- ble to enforce the eighteenth amend- ment and the Volstead act. “It has been shown,” he asserted, “that the use of liquor gradually d creased until the approval of the eight- | eenth amendment and the passage of the Volstead act, and that just after the passage of the Volstead act drunk-, enness gradually increased year after | year. Stills and Liquor Increase. “For instance, the number of pieces of distilling apparatus has increased from 95,933 for the first full year of prohibition to 247,052 in 1929. The total amount of liquor -seized has in- creased from 5,805.000 gallons in 1921I to 30,429,301 in 1929. Federal arrests of prohibition violators increased from 34,175 in 1921 to 66,195 in 1929, and convictions in Pederal Courts have in- creased since 1921 from 17,926 to 56,- 546 in 1929.” Linthicum said the result of in- creases in arrests had been that the courts had been crowded, and that in order to dispose of numerous prohibition cases many of the Federal courts had established what is known as “bargain day,” which guaranteed to the offender a fine and no imprisonment if he pleads ilty. ‘““I'.Y has been found,” he said, “that liquor is manufactured by thousands THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ROBBERS RESORT TO TORTURE TO TAKE STONE FROM COUPLE Who Though By the Associated Press. CRYSTAL LAKE, I, March 4—The brilliant stone that Ed Tessendorf's ! spade upturned last August and which he believed represented a fortune has ! been stolen. | ture yesterday before revealing the hid- | ing place of the large uncut stone to the two thugs who overpowered them at their farm home near here. The man and his wife were tied hand and foot to a bed. They were men- aced by guns and threatened Wwith | death. Glowing cigars were held agai st | Tessendorf’s cheeks. With pliers the toughs pulled at Tessendorf’s toenails. Despite excruciating pain, the farmer refused to tell where he had hidden the stone, Shot Misses Woman. | One of the robbers kn~~ on the bed room floor, leveled a shotgun at Mrs. Tessendorf and said he would kill her unless Tessendorf gave up his secret. The 10 count began. Tessendorf would not speak. At the word “10” the gun- man pulled the trigger. The room re- | echoed with the roar of the gun, the | charge tearing harmlessly into the wall | above the woman'’s head. | Then Tessendorf told. Under the clock on the mantel, he said. It was/ Tessendorf and his wife suffered tor- | Crystal Worth $300 Goal of Intruders, t Piece Was Worth $40.000. there and the robbers fled with it. Forty thousand dollars it was worth, said the Crvstal Lake gossif. Tessen- dorf had been digging a well when, in throwing out a spadeful of dirt, the sun glinted on the stone. He took it to the little Crystal Lake jewelry shop. The jeweler did not presume to be an expert | lapidary, but he advised that the stone | be carefully preserved. Even to him it | seemed to be a diamond. Had Stone Valued. The Tessendorfs, who till a 100-acre farm, enthused over the promise of for- | tune that, after years of hard labor, had come so easily from the soil. Mrs. Tes- sendorf particularly delighted in the ad- vantages it meant for the family. Tessendorf made a trip to Chicago. | An expert lapidary examined the stone. Th: farmer came back with the stone and carefully concealed it. Forty thousand dollars it was worth, said the gossip that swept McHenry County. Forty thousand dollars! “Somehow,” said Tessendorf today at the bedside of his wife, who is suffering from the effects of yesterday's experi- ence with robbers, “I"could not tell her. That man in Chicago—that jewel ex- pert—he looked at it under a glass that sort of screwed into his eye. ‘Very beautiful,” he told me. ‘A very beauti- ful lump of crystal, and it may be worth as much as $300." MOTHER CONFESSES POCKETBOOK THEFTS IN LOCAL STORES (Continued From First Page.) of stills throughout the land—the State of Georgia today holding the banner for its number of illicit stills. It has been shown by the witnesses here that liquor can be had throughout the entire land, and that in many places saloons are wide open. It has also been shown that the number of speakeasies now outnum- ber the former saloons by 3 to 1, and that the liquor dispensed by them is injurious, and dangerous for human consumption. “The Government in its endeavor to | prevent the use of industrial alcohol has resorted to all manner of denatu- rants, some of which are destructible poisons, causing blindness, cirrhosis of the liver and at times death. It has been testified that in the enforcement of prohibition that 1,361 American citi- zens have been shot down and killed, sometimes merely under suspicion that they had liquor. The Coast Guard, one of our most honorable institutions of our American Government, has been Trail of Fraud and Corruption. Prohibition, he added, had left a trail of fraud and corruption wherever it had touched the National Government and had become a menace to the people of the Government. He contended foes of the dry law had the same right to work for repeal of the eighteenth amendment as proponents of prohibition had a right to work for its adoption, g “We have the Anti-Saloon League and its friends to thank for the elimina- tion of the saloon.” “Let them now help us to eliminate the speakeasies and the underworld who are profiteering under the Volstead act.” Linthiemum asserted much had been said about the prosperity brought about through prohibition. “No ome is in position to say” he added, “whether the prosperity of the country: “was due to prohibition or whether it is or was due largely to re- construction and increase of manufac turers resultant from the late war.” ‘There also should be drawn, he went on, a distinction " -tween the elimina- tion of the saloon and prohibition, ling adding: “We all agree that the saloon is detrimental to the prosperity of the Na- tion, and the question is whether just as much prosperity could not have been had by the elimination of the saloon ané the regulation of the liquor- traffic. Had this been done, the challenge to American liberty and our flg’l:.u under the Constitution would not have been ‘brought about.” . Approved Sabath Plan. Specifiically, Linthicum said he be- lieved the Sabath resolution proj ing revision of the eighteenth amend- ment to the Government the right to regulate liquor in dry States approach- ed the question in the best way. This, he said, would be a regulation on the order of that now exercised in such cases as barkruptcies. Linthicum said he favored action on the Sabath resolution by State conven- tions rather than by legislatures be- cause in a number of cases in States where there were large cities, the cities were not equally represented. He named New York. Chicago, Philadelphia, De- troit and Baltimore as among the cities he referred to. Denies Smith’s Statement. Liggett wrote at the outset of his le ter that it had just come to his atte: tion that Smith had described his sta ments about Kansas enforcement con- ditions as “‘false, libelous and untrue talnd not bated on any real investiga- ) 1 also understand Attorney General Smith stated that ‘Walter Liggett has 2 long and unsavory reputation in this State, and in my opinion is unworthy of belief; Liggett's letter continued: “Allow me first to refute Attorney Gene eral Smith's unsupported and wholly false allegations regarding my ‘long and | unsavory reputation in Kansas, which, mlhxrs opinion, renders we ‘unworthy of ief.” “The facts are that prior to my re- cent investigation in November, 1929, I never was inside the borders of the State of Kansas but once in my life, and that was in May, 1927, when 1 made three speeches, one at the State Univer- eity, another at lJ)rominent ‘Topeka church and the third at a dinner given by Senator Arthur Capper. At all times during my brief stay in Kansas on that occasion I was in the company of United States Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota—a lifelong dry, by the —and I think it will p Attor- ney General Smith to bring out the slightest scintilla of evidence showing how this brief speechmaking tour col stitutes a ‘long and unsavory reputation in Kansas.’ “Neither can Mr. Smith sustain his allegations that my charges concerning liquor conditions in Kansas are not based on ‘any real investigation.” “I not only stopped in the three largest cities of Kansas, but visited some 16 counties by automobile. I also spent some days in research among the books had disappeared from the Palais Royal and Hecht Co. stores in a similar manner. The descriptions of the women sus- ted of the five robberies corresponded ‘\,neczlch case and Policewoman Clark was assigned to_conduct a search for the suspects. Yesterday she located Mrs. Mannie and her little daughter the Woodward & Lothrop store. Pointed out to two clerks, Mrs. Mannie was identified as the woman they sus- pected of having taken their purses. Maintained Innocence. Mrs. Mannie and her daughter were taken into custody by the policewonian as they left the store.” Questioned at the Detective Bureau, the woman at first steadfastly maintained her . innocence, but police searched her home last night and found the pocketbooks, which were identified by the clerks. This morning, they said, she made a complete confes- sion -of the robberies to Policewoman Clark and Detective Sergts. Clarence Tally, John Wise and Harry Cole. The woman told detectives, they said, that the child had been used to attract the attention of the clerks while she searched the drawers where she had seen clerks hide their purses. Police said the loot recovered was worth more than $1,000. ‘The daughter, ignorant of the whole proceedings, was given into the custody of her father last night. Mrs. Mannie probably will be arraigned in Police Court tomorrow morning. D. A. R. OF DISTRICT CONVENE TOMORROW Officers to.Be Chosen and Reports to Be Heard at Meeting in Continental Hall. The District of Columbia Society | Daughters of the American Revolution will hold its annual State conference for the election of officers and transac- Continental Hall tomorrow. The open- ing session will convene at 10 o'clock in the morning. Miss Helen Harman, vice State regent of the local society, and Mrs. Albert N. Baggs are being supported by two factions for State regent to succeed Mrs. David D. Caldwell. Nomination of a candidate for vice president gen- eral of the national society also is to made tomorrow. bek rts of chapters of the District socle?yo also will heard. ‘The same group will convene in an- other annual session Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock, given over mostly to committee T by the general com- mittees ofl etrl num'c: aemgm o The es are ) days m.:{l members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, it is said. Tenth Earl of Kintore Diés. LONDON, March 4 (P —Sir Alger- non Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, tenth earl of Kintore, died yesterday at the age of 77. He was former aide-de- camp to King Edward and King George, and had a distinguished political career, during. which he was a strong supporter of the. Conservative party. _—_—————————— ated under his direction was composed entirely of ex-convicts and ex-boot- leggers, who frequently got drunk while off duty. . lk Magazine every member of the 3.‘.«. snooping squad has been dis- charged, and as a consequence there are now no prosecuting witnesses in cases where these snoopers paid out hundreds of dollars ‘collecting evi- dence,” which, of course, was liquid and consumed on the premises.” Wets Elated Over Publicity. However pessimistic they may be of obtaining any legislative results—in the face of an overwhelming dry majority ! in both branches of the National Leg lature—the wets are, at least, highly elated at the publicity that has attended the inquiry and consider that it has focused attention upon the prohibition attitudes of the members of Congress. They believe that the question of the dry laws should be made an fssue in the congressional elections of next November and are confident that with this the case, the wets would gain a tion of other business in Memorial | “Since my article appeared in Plain| |LOUISIANA GOVERNOR WHILE CLAD IN PAJAMAS RECEIVES COMMANDER (Continued From First Page.) governor’s visit the incident was closed when the Emden fired a salute of 21 guns. The governor went aboard the cruiser in formal dress, while Col. ‘Weiss was in full staff regalia. Comdr. De la Periere, accompanied by Rolf Joeger, German consul here, called upon the governor at his hotel suite to pay their respects following the arrival of the Emden, Gov. Long, according to the Times- Picayune, received the Germans in a pair ot green silk pajamas, a blue and red lounging robe and blue bed room slippers. The paper quoted Consul Jaeger as having remarked to Col. Weiss after departing that “the governor's raiment to receive the German commander is an insult to the German government and I demand an apology immediately. If the apology is given, then the matter ends right here.” The governor at first was reluctant to apologize, declaring: “Apologize for what? I treated them like home folks.” The spokesman for the commander then threatened that the Emden would weigh anchor and leave port imme- diately and Gov. Long shifted his posi- tion. In making his apologies to Consul | Jaeger just after the impromptu recep- | tion in”the hotel suite, Gov. Long ex- pressed his regret over the incident and declared he was “much embarrassed and humiliated for having given you and the commander umbrage.” Left Matter to Staff. “I have been up late,” the governor said, “and I have been not at all well for the past several weeks. I hope you will excuse my failure to properly be- deck myself for the occasion of meet- ing the commander and yourself. Iam, indeed, sorry. “It is not my fault that this has oc- curred. I left a great deal to the col- onel on my staff. I felt he would have informed me, or at least have warned me against such unbecoming raiment, but he didn't. “You see, I come from Winnfield, up in the hills of Winn Parish, in this State. I know little of diplomacy and much less of the international courte- sies and exchanges that are indulged in by nations. In fact, I only hap- pened to be governor of the State by accident, anyway. There was no‘royal heritage, but simply by chance I hap- pened to receive more votes than the other men aspiring to the same office What can I do to right this matter?” “If you will come tomorrow to the cruiser Emden and call on the com- mander and make apology to him, the matter will be settled,” the consul re- plied. Returns Official Call. The governor willingly assented and the hour was fixed. Gov. Long and Col. Weiss made the formal trip to the Emden, which ended 24 hours of diplomatic misunderstand- ing, aboard the dock board’s boat, Hugh McCloskey, with the American flag gracefully flying from its stern. The governor was dressed in formal morning attire hastily assembled by his friends with the exception of the high silk hat. The conventional hat failed to arrive by the hour set for the governor to return the official visit. Mr. Weiss was in full dress uniform of the gov- ernor’s staff officers. As the Hugh McCloskey approached | the German cruiser the American colors | were dipped in official salute. | _The governor and his accompanying |officer went aboard the Emden as the gangplank was lowered and were greeted formally by the commander and the German consul and escorted to the cabin of the commander. Incident Closed. “I was hoping,” Gov. Long sald to the commander, “that this morning I might have the opportunity here to apologize for the indecorous raiment in which I was attired when you called to See me yesterday morning. I am really very much hurt over the incident. There is a great deal I might say. I under- took to explain to the consul.” He was assured courteously that the incident was ended and while the gov- ernor at the head of the party was ushered to the gangplank the 21-gun salute was begun. The officials then engaged friendly conversation on points of modern history and the distinguished World War career of the German commander. o CARAVAN SERVES AS HOST AT MIDWINTER DINNER Alcantara Caravan, No. 12, Order of large number of seats in the House. Representative La Guardia, Repub. lican, New York, and Representative Sabath, Democrat, Illinois, both active in the wet organization, believe that { members and guests at its annual Mid- winter “ladies’ night” at the Willard | Hotel. A dinner was followed by a cab- |FRENCH PREPARED in a| ‘Alhambra, was host last night to 300! STIMSON 15 ILL, HAS SEVERE COLD Secretary Ordered by Physi- cian to Stay at Stanmore Two or Three Days. By the Associated Press. | LONDON, March 4—A cold from which Secretary of State Henry L.| Stimson has been suffering for several days has grown much worse, necessi- tating his remaining for two or three days at his temporary country resi- | dence at Stanmore. A physician went there today to examine him. Ambassador Gibson was designated to act for Secretary Stimson at a meet- ing of the heads of delegations to the Naval Conference at St. James' Palace this forenoon in the absence of the: Secretary himself, | Capt. M. E. Higgins, American naval doctor, who has been treating the fils of the delegation, made a special trip to Stanmore today in connection with the Secretary’s iliness. Capt. Higgins treated Admiral Hilary T. Jones prior to his departure last week on the Berengaria for the United States. Capt. Higgins said later that the Sec- retary was not seriously ill. He is not suffering from influenza, but has a very bad cold which, however, does not keep him in bed. Capt. Higgins asked the Secretary to remain at Stanmore for two or three days in order thor- oughly to throw off the effects of the cold. TO SLASH TONNAGE CLAIM TO 700,000 (Continued From First Page.) talking with President Hoover at Rapi- dan that in case Great Britain gets into serious trouble on the continent, Great Britain will have the moral support of the United States and that the Ameri- can Navy will do nothing to cripple any | British blockade undertaken in the in- terests of world peace. Meanwhile the statement published | in the newspapers that Aristide Briand, | French foreign minister, on returning to London, intends to propose first an agreement on building programs and then a 25 per cent cut in these pro- grams all around, obviates the pledge of confidence which hitherto prevented the publication of the facts of this matter. The truth is that Premier Andre Tardieu originally came to London with virtually this plan. Hs idea was that each nation should put on paper its building and replacement program and that then France would propose, not a 25, but a 40, per cent reduction all around. Publication of the American and British memoranda early in the conference, however, caused him promptly to abandon his plan and stif- fen the whole French attitude, be- cause these memoranda made it ap- pear—centrary to what the French had been solemnly told in advance by both | Washington ' and London—that an | | Anglo-American agreement already ex- | isted and was being pushed to & con- clusion without consulting France. | RUM SHIPS ARE EXCLUDED. | Decide to Omit Them From Limitation Treaty. LONDON, March 4 (#).—Experts at- tached to the five-power naval confer- ence were understood today to have de- cided that shij with one exception, empolyed by United States Coast Guard to combat rum-running activi- | ties, will not be included among the vessels subject to any naval limitation treaty which will be reached here. Destroyers loaned to the Coast Guard by the Navy will not be exempt. Twen- ty-five of these ships, according to the experts’ decision, will be ranked in the | destroyer class and subject to such limi- | | tation " restrictions as are imposed here. The decision regarding the rum fleet was gratifying to the American delega- tion, who had hoped to exclude de- stroyers also, since, it was contended, | most of them are obsolete. | The decision of the experts will be| presented to the heads of the delega- | tions here at a meeting at St. James, when the report of the subcommittee on the categorical and global tonnage limitations methods also will be re- ceived. In the special ship discussion the Arericans were said to have won & t from Japan on the matter of training cruisers. | Experts J. M. ROUNDTREE REMAINS IN SERIOUS CONDITION Iron Worker Who Fell 40 Feet Suffers Numerous Injuries In- cluding Skull Fracture. ‘The condition of J. M. Roundtree, 28 ycars old, of 229 E street, who fell 40 feet to the ground, while working on the new Department of Commerce Building yesterday afternoon, was still regarded as undetermined today at the Emer- gency Hospital, where he is suffering from fractures of the skull, right arm, both legs, the pelvis and & possible fractured back. Roundtree, an iron worker, who came here only a week ago from Asheville, N. C, was driving rivets in the iron braces on the second floor of the build- ing at Fourtcenth and D streets, when he lost his balance. He. was taken to the hospital in a passing automobile. Has Theatrical Sponsors. LONDON, March 4 (#).—The baby daughter of Gladys Cooper - (Actress Lady Pearson), has personages of the theatrical world as sponsors. Her god- fathers are Sir James M. Barrie and Cream Co., Sir Gerald du Maurier; Countess Hous and Maxine Elliott are godmothers. WRECKAGE All the 65 students at St. Cecilia’s Academy, which is being sponsored locaily by The ing the school contest. Star, 601 East Capitol street, have enrolled in the National Oratorical 'HL The orators are being trained by Sister John Frederic} . who is also direct- BOARD OF TRADE ELECTS MEMBERS W. P. MacCracken, Jr., and Bishop Freeman Among 108 Admitted. Wililam P. MacCracken, jr., former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aviation, and Right Rev. James E. Free- man, Bishop of Washington, were among the 108 new members of the Washington Board of Trade officially | approved yesterday at a directors’ mect- n, The others include: Raymond D. Allison, Clarence Anrys, William M. Ballinger, Earl D. Baker, A. E. Beck, George H. Becker, Howard S. Berger, Eugene W. Bond, M. J. Boylan, James J. Breen, Breyer Ice representatives, Raymond Davis and J. D, Buchanan; Jesse C. Brooke, S. K. Brown, Boyd Burrowes, Ugo J. A. Carusi, Horace C. Chandlee, Marvin C. Clay, P. O. Coffin, Edward O. Conway, Maj. Henry M. T. Cunning- ham, George Dagenais, F. M. Davison, P. E. Deane, Leonard W. De Gast, O. J. De Moll, District National Bank, repre- sentatives, William C. Looker and Theo- dore S. Mason; E. E. Downham, John C. Duke, S. Wilson Earnshaw, Norman G. Ellis, Howard H. Espey, Norman W. Fields, John R. Fitzpatrick, Clarence W. Gosnell, Gude Bros Co., representa- tives, William F. Gude and Granville Gude; James H. Hayden, Karl S. Hoff- man, Edwin F. Hill, George T. Hunter, H. E. Hyde, Emmett W. Hines, John D. Kendall, Russell I. Klopfer, L. Gor- don Leech, Andrew K. Long, Jo- seph H. McAllister, jr.; J. E. Mc- Combs, Joseph J. McHale, Martin Mc- Inerney, W. D. Marshall, L. Emmart Meany, G. A. Mildon, W. J. Mooney, C. F. Norment, jr.; Albert G. Norton, R. M. O'Hara, Albert G. Ober, jr.; Nor- man W. Oyster, W. Frank Person: | David N. Pettit, Marc G. Phillips, Ale: | ander M. Porter, Hardy Prichard, Ed- win N. Lewis, Mitchell Quick, Benjamin F. Raines, Robert A. Ralph, Charles W. Reed, F. LeRoy Richards, W. L. Rickard, Homer M. Riker, George B. Robey, Marion G. Rogers, C. Russell Riordan, James C. Rogers, M. D. Sedam, A. P. Shirley, B. Alexander Singer, G. W. Skavish, John T. Skinner, Conrad C. Smith, H. A. Smith, Louis B. Spen- cer, Chester C. Stepp, James Steven, ir.; Richard Stiles, Jesse C. Suter, John N. Swartzell, James E. Talbert, Richard B. Thomas, Frank A. Varney, George E. Wagener, A. T. Walker, James K. Wallace, C. S. Watson, Webb Bocorsel- ski; Herman Bocorselski, J. W. Babson, John J. Tanclll, Charles M. Weeks, Wil- liam E, Wiley, J. Stanley Williams, John S. Wynne, J. Roger Yates, BODIES OF FLYERS ON AMERICAN SOIL Ed Young Pilots Plane Bearing Remains of Eielson and Borland to Homeland. By the Associated Press. NOME, Alaska, March 4.—The bodies of Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, Arctic flyers, rested on American soil today after having been brought across the Bering Sea by airplane from the motorship Nanuk, icebound near North Cape, Siberia. The two bodies were flown to Teller Alaska, yesterday in a plane piloted by Ed Young. Pilot Joe Crosson and Mechanic Sam Macauley were passen- gers. . The Russian aviators, Comdr. Mavrick Slipenov and Mechanic Farich, followed in their Junkers plane. Eielson and Borland, who lost their lives while flying from Alaska to the Nanuk last November, were engaged in removing passengers and furs from the ice-locked snip when disaster overtook them. Their bodies were found only after months of searching. Landslide Drowns 14. LISBON, March 4 () —Dispatches received here today said that 14 people were drowned and scores injured in a landslide at Funchal Madeira. Husband Fails To Pull Trigger; Wife Asks Divorce By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 4.—Roland Roe (says his wife) was always going to kill himself, but never | | did, so she decided to seek a di= vorce, At least 30 times, as she remem- bers the number, he struck a dra- matic pose, pointed a revolver at some vulnerable part of his anat- omy and announced that for one reason or another he was about to give Old Man Charon a passen- ger on the Styx River ferry. But always he neglected to pull the trigger, or put bullets in the | | pistol, or something equally im- | portant. This caused Mrs. Roe, she said, great mental torture, | | and she wants a divorce, | HAYNES REINDICTED ON BANK CHARGES; CASSIDY ALSO NAMED (Continued From First Page.) Office Building, and John T. Gately, said to be his father-in-law, were in- dicted today under the Jones-Stalker law for alleged transportation and pos- session of liquor, Both were arrested | February 18 across the street from the Senate Office Building. Cassidy is al- ready under indictment for a similar offense following his arrest last Fall Wwhen emerging from the Senate Office Building. His trial has been delayed | awaiting decision by the court of a plea in abatement brought by his at- torney. Other Liquor Charges. Liquor law violations are alleged | against 23 other persons in the report of the grand jury made to Justice Wil- liam Hitz in Criminal Division 1. Similar charges against six persons were ignored. Those charged with sale or transporting of liquor include John C. Posey, Percy Robert Kelson, Julius Henry Jackson, John Morris Johnson, Roseanna_Braddock, Robert Willlams, | Fred Luff Chadison, Willlam Burd, | Lillian Martin, alias Lillian Outlaw; Abe Martin, alies Abe Outlaw; Ken- neth Sterner, Patrick Aduley, alias Patrick Audley; Charles Frank Daneri Lonnie G. Jennings and Etta Logan, | John W. Thomas and Alice Thorn, Al- fred Leuder and Rodney Jones, Mary Lewis, Clarence Theodore, Roosevelt Morton and Carl Connor. Those exonerated of charges of liquor | law violations are Robert Gokley, James O'Connell, Robert Eugen Rucker and Robert Gokley, Willlam Joseph Arring- ton, Robert B. Storey and Antonio De Genero. Ten colored men, formerly employed at St, Elizabeth's Hospital, are charged with larceny of property belonging to the institution in nine indictments filed today. It is stated that several hun- dred dollars’ worth of clothing was tak- en from the hospital and traded to a “fence.” Those accused are said to | have worked in or near the hospital laundry. The alleged thefts are said to have covered sevral months. The per- sons indicted are Jospeh P, Short, Frank Green, Albert B. Butler, Parker, Allen West, William H. Speed, Jesse Richardson, John A. Savoy, David Congers and George F. Ellis, False Statement Charged. An indictment was reported against Okey J. Deskins, alias Douglas, on & charge of making false statements in an application for a civil service examina- tion Deskins was apprehended in Bal- timore and is in jail in default of $7,500 bail fixed by United States Commis- sioner Turnage. The alleged false affi- davit was made March 12, 1929. Among the alleged false statements were that he had graduated from West Virginia University, never been in court on any charge and never served in the Army or Navy. Others indicted, and the charges against them, include James J. Lucas and Cameron C. Merryman, non-sup- port: John S. Poole, grand larceny; Shirley Hutchison, housebreaking and larceny; William Robinson, —receiving stolen property; William Dendy, assault with & dangerous weapon; James Stroud, rape; George S. Washington, knowledge; Charles F. Wilson and Ed- ward J. Stewart, forgery, and Olin A, Hornig, embezzlement. Besides the refusal to indict in six liquor cases the grand jury also dropped 3 ct}(nrze of housebreaking against xfmn ackson. HOOVER MUST ACT SOON ON CITY HEAD Taliaferro Requests to Be Relieved From Post by March 31. President Hoover today faced the task of making an early appointment of a Successor to Commissioner Sidney P. Taliaferro, who formally requested to be relieved of his post-retirement service by_March 31. In a letter to the President asking to be relieved Mr. Taliaferro revealed that he has planned (o reopen his law offices. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, who also is holding over at the request of Mr. Hoover, has not made known his plans, however, but it is believed at the District Building that he will continue to serve until his successor takes office. Since the President has announced that he intended to appoint Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby as Mr. Dougherty' successor upon the officer’s retirement as chief of Cavalry March 21, it is likely that the two new Commissioners will be in office before April 1, and plunged al- most immediately into the task of fram- ing the District's estimates for the 1932 | fiscal year. Change Instituted in Bureau. | A change was instituted in the pro- | cedure of the Bureau of the Budg:t re- | cently, whereby the tentative estimates have been eliminat-d and department heads of the Federal Government and the District Commissioners are required to present but one set of estimates. These final estimates must be submitted to the Budget Bureau on or before July 15, In preparation for the new departure | in budgeting procedure, District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan circularized all Dis- trict department heads and warned | them that they would be called upon to submit_their final estimaes to the budget officer not later than July 5. The forms have not yet been prepared on which the department heads must submit their estimates, but the notice was sent around today as a warning that it would be well for the depari- ment heads to get busy right away. “Heretofore,” it said, “it has been the practice to submit to the Budget Bureau by Julv 15 of each year tenta- tive estimates of appropriations, follow- ing which the Commissioners would be notified by the Budget Bureau of the total amount the District could submit in the final estimates on September 15. Upon the receipt of that information the department heads were then noti- fied of the amount of the estimates for their several items of ap) riation and instructed to prepare theif final estimates accordingly, together with the green sheet statements of expenditures, 50 that the District budget in completed form could be submitted to the Budget Bureau by September 15. The Budget Bureau, however, made a very material change in the matter of the submission of estimates of appropriations. Preliminary or tenta- tive estimates will not be submitted by the Commissioners to the Budget Bu- reau. The final estimates of appropri- ations for the fiscal year 1932 must be submitted by the Commissioners to the 139113%(& Bureau on or before July 15, Fo Make 1930 Estimates Later. Departments of the District Govern- ment will be called upon at a later date to submit their recommendations for es- timates for 1032 on the usual forms for that purpose. Following the consider- ation of these recommendations by the Commissioners, department heads will be notified of the amount of each esti- mate as approved by the Commissioners, and will then be required to file with the budget officer of the District of Co- estimates prepared on the forms pre- scribed by the Budget Bureau, together with the green sheet statements of ex- | penditures. l‘\'fll ke furnished department heads ater. | *“The purpose of this notice is merely | to give advance information to the sev- [ eral Gepartments £ that. thiey may be | prepared to meet the changed condi- preliminary work on the 1930 estimates. “The director of the Bureau of the Budget states that ‘it is contemplated that the estimates of appropriations (for 1932) will be accompanied by ex- | planations and justifications of "each item, and statements showing increases requested over appropriations for 1931, the order of priority for such increases, and probable supplemental estimates for | the fiscal year 1931 | Text of Letter. The full text of Commissioner Tal- | liaterro's letter follows: | My dear Mr. President: | “My three-year term as a Commis- | sioner of the District of Columbia ex- pired February 4, 1930. I am holding over in accordance with your request in a letter to Commissioner Dougherty, president of the board, under date of February 3, in which you expressed the wish that the members of the Board lumbia not later than July 5, 1930, the | More detailed instructions | | tions and if necessary commence their | TARIFF DEBATE END SEEN FOR SENATE {Leaders Believe Measure Soon Will Be Disposed of by Committee of Whole. By the Assoclated Press. The end of the long and rocky road of the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill was be- lieved by Senate Republican leaders to- day to be just around the corner. Senator Snioot, veteran Republican chairman of the finance committee, held the optimistic gpinion that the measure couid be brought to final disposition tonight or tomorrow, but chieftains of the coalition forces of Democrats and Republican independents, who have been generally successful in reducing the rates approved by the House last May, were inclined to be a little doubtful. Much depended, they said, on the length of time spent on attempts to overturn previous votes which denied a higher sugar tariff and rejected pro~ posals for levies on hides, leathers and shoes, now on the free list, but made dutiable in the House measure. Subject to Final Vote. Smoot looked for the bill to be re- back to the Senate today from what is known in parliamentary terms as “committce of the whole.” It has been in this status ever since the Sen- ate began consideration of the measure last. September, but all actions thus taken are subject to a final vote in the Senate proper, Night sessions, begun last as a means of expediting action, rest in an 1l-hour day for the tariff-weary Senators yesterday. Recess at 10 p.m., however, ended a day marked by ac- complishment as well as length, includ- ing elrrpnwllotl‘lunulpound tariff on long staple cotton, now on the free list, and a duty of 10 pet cent ad valorem on turpentine and. rosin, also non-dutiable in the present law. As the final vote neared speculation as to how the ballots would be cast increased. Many Republican regulars, it was felt, would«be found voting for the measure against, their personal wishes because of the coalition’s suc- cess in eliminating scores of House in- reases .in rates, cutting down dozens of others and reducing in many. in- stances—especially in the metals sched- ule—=rates in the existing law. These Republicans, howevér, feel that they stand a good chance of having many of the rates restored in conference with the House and for that reason will vote “Aye” when Vice President Curtis calls the final roll. » The coalition has made many Im- portant .changes in the administrative sections which are now extremely dis tasteful to the regular Republicans. SECRETARY DAVIS THINKS SERIOUSLY OF SENATE RACE __(Continued From Pirst Page.) deal depends in any event on the health of Mr. Vare, who has been recovering slowly from a stroke of paralysis he suffered in the Summer of 1928. The preference of Mr. Davis, however, is believed to be the Senate. With the Vare backing, if such an arrangement might be made, he and Mr. Brown would make a strong combination against Grundy and‘Lewis in the com- ing_primary. One drawback to the candidacy of Mr, Davis for the senatorial nomina- tion is said 1o be the fact that he is placed wrong geographically. His home is in the western part of the State, where Senator David A. also lives. It has been the practice to pick I'a Senator from the eas.ern part of the State and one from the western section, If Grundy and Davis are matched in the senatorial primary race, Grundy is likely to have the practically solid backing of the Pennsylvania manu- facturers. He has been the head of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ As- sociation for years. Secretary Davis is expected to have the support of bor, not only because he is well re- gg:d by organized labor and has been tary of Labor for years, but be- cause organized labor is not friendly to Grundy. Purthermore, Senator Grundy has been opposed to woman suffrage, and is reported to have used his influence against progressive legis- lation proposed for the State. It is difficult, however, to bring labor to | vote s a unit in elections, Silent on Prohibition] Neither Grundy nor Davis is saying anything just now as to what their stand is on prohibition, an issue which Vare made predominant in his contest in 1926 with George Wharton Pepper and former Gov. Pinchot. Vare ran as a wringing wet. It is expected that Grundy will take a strong stand) for law enforcement, but whether nhe’wil come out as a dyed-in-the-wool bon:- dry remains to be seen. Organized labor is traditionally opposed to prohi- bition. Secretary Davis is a part of the Hoover administration, which has taken @ strong stand in support of the en- forcement of the dry iaws. But what he will say about prohibition, if he gets into the campaign, still is a matter ot conjecture. In his book, “The Iron Puddler,” giving his own experiences as a I'l:rl(({er in lhehir%x; mills, he has com- mented upon the benefits of 1 beer to the worker. N Gifford Pinchot, former ve! champion dry, is still welgl’l‘:wm&ré Question of getting into the political race again in the Keystone State. He could seek the governorship, which he won several years ago, or he could try for the senatorial nomination for { which he was defeated in 1926, He {'has been waiting to see the way in Which the lines formed before making his decision. It is no secret that he is ready and anxious to get into the race if there seems a chance of vic- tory. He has a strong following in the State and might be able to drive a wedge between the Grundy-Mellon and Vare forces if he entered, which would make him a winner. Like Mr. Davis, the former governor will have to make up his mind within a few weeks what he is going to do. The sick man of Pennsylvania, Wil- liam 8. Vare, largely holds in his hands the strings which will decide what these rospective candidates will do. Grundy expected to have the backing of the Mellons and the State organization out- side of Philadelphia. If he and Vare eventually come to a satisfactory agree- | i | records at the State Capitol and his- | leaders of both parties should stamp torical library. T found conditions just | the individual candidates as wets or as 1 had the honor of describing them | drys at the outset of the campaign, before your committee. Since my ar-| Representative Mary T. Norton, ticle appeared in Plain Talk Magazine, | Democrat, New Jersey, the author of I have been deluged with letters from | & resolution to bring about a national residents of Kansas who have con-| réferendum on the question of re- gratulated me on my courage, but who, F"“"g the eighteenth amendment, 0 every case. have added that I didn-t | 5avs she will make prohibition an issue tell haif the 'swry m her campaign for re-election, “These letters come from reputable E. men and women in all parts of Kansas REJECT PROPOSALS. and the strongest letter of all comes aret revue with a Parisian motif and | of Commissioners continue for the pres- dancing | % X : |ent, and the thought that possibly The dinner was one of the annual . . . | pending matters would be cleared up series given by the ;n{nvluin, Last, year » . 2 ‘In :lndn‘:onntx or ‘tw&hvnen ti:’e (qultlall tHe scenes were laid in Havana, Last 1 5 4| lcould be given further consideration, | night there were scenes representing . e | “As arrangements with the reopening ' f;fl,::’,fl"y; l'mrfa:‘dt’l;’;"se:.; t:’e“Pehz:e- Deauville Beach and streets and shops A . {of oy Jaw ofcse meke 14 impertant. &S, Pamaries s T Teen o of Paris. The entertairment was ar- that I conclude my service for the Dis- | gy joweh b Goliars. were expended i ranged by Lewis A. Payne, chairman oot Doumbie, by March 31, T 86| ie it o the Fevibiian M ofdhe commitiee In charge. o ey r;gfl:fiesgat-b;f tmvedm::n{}» Nr - Scnatar and for guiershe Entertainers included the Deauville possible, ate of . Sugrue, and Marion Lee. . . - 3 | ‘Sincerely yours, of & semt In the Renate. ¢ | i ment, he will have the backing of the entire State organization. With a senatorial slush fund com- mittee ready to look into campaign expenditures soon to be appointed, in all from Myra McHenry of Wichita, who | Kansas Legislature Votes Down Reso- |~ Officers of the Alcantara Caravan, (Signed) is generally known about Kansas as the lutions on Liggett. under whose auspices last night's en- Served 9 Years in Cabinet. ‘mother of prohibition.” TOPEKA, Kans., March 4 (#).—A | tertainment was presented, are C. P. “Mrs. McHenry has given me consid- | hroposal that the Kansas House of Rep~, L. Moran, grand commander; James E. erable detailed evidence to support her | resentatives go on record as declaring | Divver, vice grand commander; Thomas statements that the prohibition 1aws| .in the opinion of the Kansas Legisla- | F. McKeen, grand scribe; John O. are not only being flagrantly violated | tyre, Walter W. Liggett is a liar Allen, scribe of exchequer; Thomas L. in , but also are being violated | re; today by a vote of 25 to 81. | Costigan, grand chamberlain; Peter M. with the eonnivance of high officlals. | The House also voted down a resolu- | Dorsch, master of oasis; James A. “Attorney General Smith's false and | tion inviting Liggett, a magazine writer, | Purcell, historiographer; Richard Field, unsupported attacks on my veracity are; to appear before a legislative committec | captain of bodyguard; Timothy T. Lane, motivated entirely by personal animus|here and testify relative to his pub- master of wardrobe: Roy M. Perry, sen- created when I charged that the spe- lished statements on liquor enforce- tinel of dessert, and Charles J. Mont- cial State snooping squad which oper- .ment conditions in gomery, sentinel ef tower, * SIDNEY F. TALIAFERRO.” Mr. Davis has been nine years in the cabinet s Secretary of Labor. His Bucharest Express Bombed, . |Siet a8 Secretary, of Labor able BUCHAREST, Rumania, March 4 (®) : to render good service in the Senate The Ploesti-Bucharest express today aifter his long experience in dealing with exploded a bomb which.had been laid both employes and employers. on the rails between Buda and Prahova . Not long ago Mr. Davis visited Mr. | Statlons. There were numerous minor Vare in Florida and talked over the % |lnlul'lfl among the thousand or more Pennsylvania political _situation and This photo, telephoned from San Francisco, shows the wreckage of the plane in whick ison and Earl lulln‘lgflrl‘l'oul "o;;' t":' um.": w’l.‘:u:g‘ eon'l" mlm TR A CH the\:flphmum. - killed when they crashed In the Siberian wilderness. Sy ministi orgta. R was ’ g S