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C, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1930 “AMOS AND ANDY" THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D c Hflfl mmm; [SENATE PAUSES TO PAY HONOR | "BOMB TRUST' RAID ERUNDY DEFENDS - TARIFF AGTIVITIES, Senator Stands Firm on Statement He ‘Has No Apology to Make. it (Continued From First Page) Faubel with that of Mr. Doane, so that he said: “And Mr. Doane prepated the data for Senator Goff's speech.” Senator Goff demanded thaf the Sen- ator yield. . “I want to say right here that no | one prepared all “the data in that speech,” said Goff., “Absolutely no one.” | Senator Norris of Nebrasks, a coali- | $ion leader, rose to remark: | “I heard the speeeh, I am inclined | to believe the Senator is right.” “I don't know Who prepared your speech,” answered Senator -Blaine, "I should have said the. senior e Senator Blaine said that Faubel had festified before the committee that he prepared the famdus -statémient of Grundy’s, which described ‘“backward States whose Senatqrs “should _talk small” on tarift ml:;‘!fli, “‘because ‘i‘:r’ have so few chips in_the game. 3 Doane had stated. that he prepared the statement. Senator Grundy Tose to say: “Mr. Faubel never saw that state- ment until after it was made.” Senator Blaine, without comment, bowed in elaborate apology and smiled. As Blaine continued his l.'eclul of the testimony regarding Goff’s speech, the latter interrupted to demand it “this is Senator Blaine's way to reply to_the speech?” Disregarding the question, Blaine ex- ained that Faubel prepared the data weeks before the speech was de- i, TS, T s 2 “was looking for an 5 &ed‘lpeech fell into the hands of Sen- " Goff then said in explanation of the Faubel: I tors that it | LIEUT. ALFORD J. WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS ENDS NAVAL SERVICE TO DEVELOP SPEED (Continued From First Page. build & racing plane which he was to fly in the Schneider races. Though this plane was financed by private cap- ital, it was built in the Naval Aircraft Factory at Philadelphia, with Lieut. Williams as the chief designer. The plane came out of the factory, it has been reported, nearly 1,000 unds heavier than the weight limit o trials | set by Willlams and as a result which were “conducted at Annapolis, Md., last August,- were not successful and necessary changes could mot be made in time to prepare the plane for the races. The ship was so heavy it could not be lifted from the water. The plane was taken back to Phila- delphia and Lieut. Williams now is at work rebuilding it from the ground up, in preparation for the Schneider con- test of 1931. Experts who have exam- the [ined the plane have voiced the opinion geech and was anxious to deliver it, t that I would have to_leave Wash- ington this week; and if I couldn't get the floor before my trip, some one else ‘would have to deliver it.” . Explanation Considered Perfect. Senator Norris remarked that he con- this a perfect explanation. Senator then launched into his attack on the lobbies and c that their influence could be observed in recent votes on the tariff schedules “No one dares to dispute the plunder- bund,” he said, “the evidence that shows clearly there was & deal on to trade sugar for oil and oil for sugar. That poin m-nl-;ion of l::mber, ofl, sugar, plate glass cemen “It .1: an unholy alliance to drive through by & steam-roller process this bill. the farm agents, every selfish interest, every racketeer combined. That is why the American Tarift wmna Bu- reau moved from the portation room 322 Senate Office that the design was good, but that fail- ure to bring construction down to speci- his | U fied welght were responsible for thit |l was second, with 2128 trials, Britain last | while the District of Columbia was country’s failure to appear which were won by Great September at Cowes, England. Holds U. S. Speed Record. Lieut. Williams has won international fame as & racing of the United States speed record of IN NEW DRY GASE Representative Ba 0 hman Cites Statistics in Plea for Relief for Courts. ‘The National Capital has set a re¢ord for the entire country in the increase of pending lquor law cases, which have doubled over & four-year period, according to statistics compiled by the Department of Justice, Representative Carl C. Bachman, Republican, of West Virginia, and a member of the House Judiciary committee which is conduct- ing the prohilition hearings, disclosed in & speech in the House late yestere day, in which he demanded that prompt attention be given to the situation. He ed that and not the it prohibi- tion s not enforced and held out little hope of clearing away this court con- gestion without an increase in the number of judges. ‘While e District of Columbia headed the list, 16 States showed in- creases in the number of cases pending, with more than half the entire number in the 6 States of New York, Kentucky, West Virginia, Texas and Pennsylvania. Thirty-two States showed s decrease, Representative Bachman stated. “The District of Columbia shows the Iargest increase in the number of pending cases.” he said. “At the be- ginning of the four-year period in 1926 there were 649 cases pending; at the end of the period in 1929 there were 1,300 pending.” D. C. Court Records. He gave the record in the District courts for disposition of cases during the four-year period as follows: Cases commenced, 8,292: convicted, 5,531; pleas of guilty, 4,095; jury trials, 1,383; cases pending, 1,300. Representative Bachman called atten- tion to the fact that the District stood third in the number of cases that went to jury trial, saying: “The largest number of cases tried by juries during this period were tried in the State of Kentucky, where 2,837 rials were held. The State of North third with 1,383, Discussing the question of relief from the situation Representative Bachman warned his colleagues that they will be gllot and now is holder | held responsible. said: “The President, the Attorney Genersl 26659 miles per hour, made at Mitchel | and the Commission on Law Observance Pield, N. Y., November 4, 1923, in & Curtiss racer with a 500-horsepower D-12a engine. The motor Luilt for his Mercury racer and used in the trials last Fall was double this horse- power rating. Lieut. Williams also has won renown in the Navy as an airplane designer an the results of his test flights and de- signing ability are found in many Navy fighting planes. Cleses 13 Years of Service. Acceptance of Lieut. Willlams' res! nation brings 1o a close a military avi tion career of 13 years, which has in- cluded some of the outstanding events in naval aviation history. Aside from his numerous racing triumphs, which include victories and places in several Pulitzer races, as I as competitions in the Schneider races, Lieut. Williams | °F he | }1as won fame as onc of the finest Acro- 1i darkness and from behind closed doors. Sena! his sur- : agen te—should set out an cy of the Sena oul to. cast x!eflecunm on Senators whose tor Goff then ex) that “a committee of views in_accordance with Thetms” 'and jaunched into his attack of | the lobby committee. Caraway Defends Committee. Senator Caraway, hastening from the gellery 1o defend 'his commitiee, de- man H ded: e pave Gevaopeds There i ot a ‘which ve Vel e line in what the committee did which is not a sworn statement under -oath.” Senator Goff replied that the com- plaint he made was its piecemeal re- rts, and then turned to records of its g:onnn in the chemical tariff, which have never been reported to the Senate on the ground that Senator King was & very sick man, and no report of the charges against him should be made until he has appeared before the com- mittee. This attack, placed the critics entirely upon the defensive and broke the line of attack against Grundy and “No reference had been made by this committee to testimony of Dr. Pickerall concerning data for Senator La Follette and Senator King,” insisted Senator “I care not :holmlnhkt ?ld ,llr::l?ni pare my speech. It speaks for 4 object to having my asking for data being singled out when others can ask for what they please. It is unfair to pick out those speeches to which you object and submerge those you like.” enator La Follette interrupted to sy PZX hope when the Senator was draw- ing inferences from testimony he con- fined himself to the testimony. If the Senator will examine the testimony he will see there was only & compllation of data from Government sources and contained only statistics and no lan. guage which could be woven into my own.” Senator Glenn, Republican, of Tili- nois asked Senator La Follette if that was not identically what Senator Goff did. Senator Goff concluded by remarks that he was not in the least embar- rassed by the attack on him, though He could not say he condoned it. Femwr Grundy on taking the floor sl “I gave as concise an snswer yester- day to Senator Caraway as I could. The offices allotted to me der direction of my secretary, Eanne has nothing to do with those ces, “Mr. Doane has been with me for sev- eral years. The only reason he is not in my offices is because there is not Toom.” nator Blalne asked: asn’t Mr. Doane typewriter in the office?” le may have for use when he drops in,” answered Senator Grundy. “Of course, he uses those facilities when he drops by, “When I stated yesterday his head- quarters were in the La Fayet! nd that he only visited my offices, that was the fact. The only reason he there is the lack of room be he 4 duties upon & Senator from JOSEPH E. BARNES DIES, RETIRED D. C. OFFICER "‘”Bflh E. Barnes, retired member of the trict of Columbia police force, died at his home, 905 Varnum street, about 0 o'clock this morning. A na- Barnes came to this city when & young man and was appointed 'rllum July 11, 1 id was retired January 16, 1922, He was 80 years old. He 18 survived by his wife, three daughters and two sons. One of the . H. B. Ellis, 1s a resident , Va., the others Mrs, I, L. Whitney and Mrs. R. F. Crane of this city. Edwin E. Barnes, one of the sons, i8 a resident of Jack- sonville, Fla, Donald F. Barnes, the other son, residing here. Funeral services will be held at his home at 3 o' Interment. -fl" AP ¢ | Lieut. James Doolittle, recently l'fllxneg Government batic fiyers in the world, with only from the Army Air Corps, as & possibl rival in this country. He developed principles of guished Flying Cross and which it is believed will alter the entire aspect of combat between pursuit and fighting planes in the future. His flight test work also has won_ him great credit and is said by Navy fiyers to have saved the lives qf many piiots by developing methods of fighting fatal spins in sev- eral types of Navy planes, Lieut. Willlams, a native of New York, Is & graduate of Fordham Uni- versity, with the bachelor of arts de- gree, and & graduate of Georgetown Law School. He was admitted to prac- tice before the New York bar in 1926. For two years before the World War he was a pitcher for the New York Giants, having been signed up for league base ball following a remarkable career in college foot ball and base ball. JUSTICE SANFORD DIES SUDDENLY AFTER TOOTH TREATMENT ——(Continued Prom_First Page.) ward Terry Sanford was made associ- ate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by President Harding, January 31, 1923. He was chosen to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Justice Pitney, who had been com- pelled to retire by ill health. His ap- pointment restored the numerical rep- resentation of the South on the tri- bunal as it stood at the time of the death of Chief Justice White—Justice McReynolds, also from Tennessee, being the other member whose home was south of the Mason and Dixon line. Before entering the Federal judiciary Justice Sanford had for one year been Assistant Attorney Genergl of the United States under President Roose- velt, who appointed him to the bench, and in that capacity had frequently ap- peared before the Supreme Court the argument of cases, During the Civil War his father, a Connecticut Yankee, went to Tennessee, taking up his residence in Knoxville, where he married Miss Emma Cha- vannes, whose family was among the ploneers of Eastern Tennessee, Justice Banford was born July 23, 1865, and, ~ | after preparation in a private school, entered the University of Tennesses from which he was graduated in 1883. At Harvard he took ter of arts degree in 1885, and four years later re- celved his law diploma there, haviig in the meantime been admitted to prac- tice beiore the bar of his State. . Active in Political Affairs. A Republican in politics, Justice San- :| Inverted | thing sure, flight which won for him the Distin-| ¢nf = have recommended reorganization of the Federal court structure in order to re- lieve the congestion by, first, increasing the number of Federal judges; and, second, by enlarging the powers of the United States commissioners.” Urges Term Definition. He recommended as the first step that Congress should take, “enactment of legislation as suggested by the Com- mission on Law Observance, defining the term ‘casual or slight violations' as used in the Jones law, ‘so that the dis- trict attorneys may prosecute these petty violations upon complaint or by information, and in such cases, when 30 prosecuted, the penaity for each of- fense should be a fine not to exceed $500, or confinement in jail, without h-r:o l‘l‘:?\:o.r, not to exceed six months, He concluded his appeal for relief isiation as follows: » is possible for the Federal 10 rly enforce the Federal prohibition laws there is one and that is they cannot be forced without the aid of the Federal courts, and if there are more cases than the Federal courts can dispose of under the present judicial structure, it is high time that the Congress enact legislation to relieve the situation.” THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair tonight and tomorrow; colder tonight, with low- est temperature about 34 degrees; mod- erate to fresh northwest winds, dimin- ishing tonight. Maryland—Fair and colder, except snow flurries in the mountains tnight; tomorrow fair with slowly rising tem- perature in west portion; fresh to strong northwest winds, diminishing by tonight. Virginia—Fair tonight and tomorrow, colder tonight; slowly rising tempera- ture tomorrow in extreme west portion; fresh to strong northwest winds, dimin- Ishing tonight. Record for Twenty-four Hours, ‘Thermometer—4 p. 12 midnight, 54; 4 noon, 48, Barometer—4 pam., 29.34; 12 midnight, 29.1 8 am, 29.17; noon, 29 Highest temperature, 54, occurred at 11_p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 44, occurred at 7:35 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 41; lowest, 25, Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today—Low tide, 7:38 a.m. and 8:56 p.m.; high tide, 1:22 a.m. and 1:58 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 8:53 a.m. and 10:13 p.m.; high tide, 2:31 a.m. and 3:09 pm. The Sun and Moon, ‘Today—Sun rose 6:32 am.; sun sets n|6:07 pm. m 10:59 a.m.; sets 1:50 a. Weather in Various Citles. ford during the period he practiced law | 1 took an active part in the political af- fairs of his State, and after going upon the bench never lost interest in the per- and the Natlon. TO nguished Jurist Plans to Spend Anniversary at Duties. Disti Youthful Spontaneity Marked by Friends Who Con- gratulate Him. By the Associated Pres The eighty-ninth birthday of Oliver, Wendell Holmes was celebrated in the Senate today, which paused in its con- sideration of the tariff bill to listen to & brief speech of tribute, delivered a short time before the members of the Supreme Court gathered in the con- ference chamber of the highest tribunal to extend personal greetings to the vet- .Tlr'nll;‘.gid the Senate convened this morning before Senator Walsh, Demo- crat, Massachusetts, interrupted the tariff discussion to call attention to the birthday anniversary of his distinguished fellow Bay Stater. Recalling that the 27 years of service by Justice Holmes set a.record for the Supreme Court, Senator Walsh sald: 47 Years of Service. “Few men have been spared to give 50 many years of service to the Nation,” explaining that Holmes had been on the highest courts of Massachusetts, his native State, and on the Supreme Court of the United States for a total of 47 years. Reviewing the career of the Justice, Walsh asserted that his “untrammeled legal opitiions have made him a nation- figure,” and praised him for Fis “vision. culture, courage, sympathy and liberality. Senator La Follette, Republican, of ‘Wisconsin, said he “subscribed to the beautiful tribute” by Walsh anq placed in the Congressional Record an article on Justice Holmes in the current issue of Harper's Magazine. Smile Is Spontaneous. Justice Holmes received the congrat- ulations on his birthday with a smde that was youthful in its spontaneity, and his firm, quick step made no con- cession to age. No ceremonies had been arranged at the weekly conference of the court where the justices, behind closed doors, discuss cases which have been argued and reach their conclusions, Justice Holmes' colleagues gave him their warm congratulations and best wishes. The oldest justice, his fine head crowned by thick, snowy white hair, received them modestly and the business of the court began. Justice Holmes today, however, missed the congratulations of one of his best friends. Willlam Howard Taft, who until a few weeks ago was Chief Justice, was at his home, a very man, A year ago Mr., Taft, smiling even ore genially than usual, congratulated youngest member of the court,” and over that they had their customary es of wit. pair have frequently disagreed 1l questions, but they were the warmest of personal friends. Ppassag ‘The on Ik JUSTICE HOLMES, 89 TODAY JUSTICE HOLMES. It was, so far as his own arrange- ments were concerned, only another day to be spent in attending to pleasant duties. He had arranged to gather wi'h his colleagues in the familiar quarters of the conference room. The rest of the day was to be spent quietly, Mrs, Holmes died only a few months ago, and anniversaries now do not call for celebration. While Justice Holmes attached no particular significance to the day, It did not go unnoticed by hundreds of friends and admirers over the country. ‘Fhe stream of telegrams and letters and telephone calls began early in the morning and continued steadily through | 17 the day. Justice Holmes was appointed by President Roosevelt, confirmed by the Senate on December 4, 1902, and took his seat on December 8. Even before he took the oath, Justice Holmes was known to the legal profes- sion as a master of jurisprudence, and his work, “The Common Law,” pub- lished in 1881, is still regarded as a classic. The principles he laid down there have been consistently followed by him on the bench. Known for his dissenting opinions in opposition to the views of his more conservative col- | p; leagues, his masterly setting forth of his conclusions has earned for him the title, “the Great Liberal.” Son of Oliver Wendell Holimes, known to_every schoolboy as the “The One-Hoss Shay” and sides,” Justice Holmes is the oldest man ever to serve on the Supreme bench, but his energy and clarity of mind does not suffer by comj with any member of the “““"K'&" hest tribunal. He is the only mem| the court who keeps careful notes on every development on court proceedings, whether it is argu- ment of counsél or references to au- thorities cited. ‘Wit Recalls Father. Justice Holmes today had recovered from a slight cold he had a few months ago, and his good health shows signs of continuing indefinitely. One of his few concessions to the years is that he does not leave his home at night. He still, however, is & familiar figure at social functions in the daytime, and his wit has been compared favorably to that of his distinguished father. TEXT OF HOOVER STATEMEN President Cites Improvement in 60 The full text of President Hoover's statement on unemployment, issued at the White House late yesterday, follows: “The Departments of Commerce and Labor are engaged in the usual monthly survey of business and unemployment and especlally of the results obtained from the measures which have been in progress since the last of November, to reduce unemployment and the hardship following the dislocation from the stock exchange crash. The survey is not as yet complete. There are, however, cer- tain conclusions that are evident. “First. Unemployment amounting to distress is in the main concentrated in 12 States. ‘The authorities in the re- maining®36 States indicate only normal seasonal unemployment or that the minor abnormal unemployment is be- ing rapidly absorbed. Gradual Improvement Shown. “Second. The low point of business and employment was the latter part of December and early January. Since that time employment has been slowly increasing and the situation is much better today than at that time. “Third. Nation-wide response to the request for increased construction and improvement work by public author- itles, railroads, utilities and industries | is having & most material effect. Con- struction contracts in these categories in January and February were from 40 per cent to 45 per cent higher than ever known in these months. The total con- struction work for 1930 seems assured to be larger than even 1929. ‘Fourth. The undertakings to main- tain wages have been held. The amount of unemploy- ment is, in proportion to the number of workers, considerably less (probaby only one-third) of that which resuited from the crashes of 1907-08, 1920-22, at this period of the situation, Money Rates Decreased. ness and commercial purposes. One. " | result is an increasing volume of bond issues have been placed for public im- provements. Available money for mort- gage anposen of home bullding and agriculture has lagged behind other forms of credit. But a decrease in de- mands of policy holders for loans on the insurance companies and the ac- tion recently taken by the Federal Re- serve system should result in increased supplies of credit, especially for resi- dential building, which in turn has lag- ged behind other construction. “Seventh. All evidences indicate that the worst effects of the crash upon em- ployment will have been passed during the next 60 days with the amelioration of seasonal unemployment, the gaining strength of other forces and the con- tinued co-operation of the many agencies y | actively co-operating with the Govern- trending to the Manchester school of | Galsescon States in an asasociation or league of is not | free trade and the development of close | Helex se of | international relations, he actively ad- | iuron vocated participation by the United |J ¢l 4 Cloudy ck 50 0 Cloudy i LG8 nations, becoming a lieutenant under | Louis Chief Justice Taft in his fight for a league to enforce peace. On January 6, 1891, Justice Sanford | Okiah married Miss Lutie Mall Woodruff of Knoxville, He was one of the charter members of the George Peabody Col- lege for Teachers and of governors of the Knoxville General Hospital. In both the Tennessce and tive of La Plata, Charies County, Md, | Lo, Aerican B Ao et ot i Honor Court of the Boy Scouts, A fluent speaker and extremely lar personally, he frequently was ons magazine articles on jurisprudence other subjects. Would Chop With Kaiser. NEW YORK, March 8 (#).—Poultney | Gibra Bigelow, septagenarian literateur, m'gu ‘Wilhelm Hohenzol Ealiea to deliver addresses at public func- and was & frequent contributor of and who llern is & much i BE e A B th b b Bhtfudeionia Phoerix, Ariz. Hitaburgh, P 150 of the bonrd | Loriiand, Ore B e o1 B 10. Cil Seattie, i ar ‘Ao 5 O cloua res. elou frent obséivations.) ' v y ment to restore business and to relieve distress.” LAMONT AND DAVIS HOPEFUL. Secretaries Claim Part of Unemploy- ment Is Seasonal. ‘The statement of Secretaries Lamont and Davis, based upon de) ental surveys of the industries and upon in- formation furnished governors and from other sources, follows: “The number of persons engaged lfl 5, ‘whom about 25,000,000 to 26,000, are employes. There are no detailed statis- tics as to the unemployed and they can only be approximated. “The forthcoming census will show the first real determination of unem- per] tainly not more number of persons employ date, as compared with one year ago. To_estimate the total un an ddition to such number m be made in Employment—Sees Relief Days. the total number is cannot be estimated, but every evidence indicates that the volume is one-third to one-half that we suffered in the last two previous great disturbances. “The normal seasonal unemployment in the building trades at this time of year is about 30 per cent, while returns show actual unemployment in this field to be about 40 per cent at this time. or an abnormal number of about 10 per cent. In addition to the building tr-:zn. workers in agriculture and certain branchies of many manufacturers and transportation, which ate of a seasonal character, naturally flock to the cities in Winter and increase their burden of unemployment. For example, a good deal of present unemployment in ports on the Great Lakes is due to Winter closing of lake transportation and will soon be relieved. “Various sufveys show that, based upon all trades, there has been an in- crease in em;lloyment in the country of somewhere from 600,000 to 1,000,000 since the low point at the beginning of this year. In factory industries as a whole employment has increased about 8 per cent in this period. The follow- ing are among the industries which show improvement: Automobiles, car building and railway supplies, iron and steel, agricultural implements and elec- rical trades, millinery and shipbuilding. The situation in some other trades has been either stationary or showing slight declines, the latter “being particularly :hhnlre u:nlgulmn affected by changes in Concentrated in Twelve States. “The distribution of abnormal em- ployment shows that for 36 States the amount is unimportant, and any pres- sure is being cared for by local authori- tles, The unemployment is therefore concentrated in 12 States and is con- centrated in the large industrial cen- ters, “The forces of Tecovery are steadily nlnln1 strength, the Winter seasonal unemployment will soon relax and therefore the next 30 to 60 days should show much further improvement. “It would assist greatly during this period if every business concern and every householder able to do so would survey their situation as to repairs, clean-ups and betterments that must be undertaken sooner or later and have them put in hand now, with a view to relieving the immediate distress in their localities. It s, of course, of para mount importance that the govern- mental bodles, the railroads, public util- itles and industries should continue thelr able co-oj tion toward recovery by every prudent expansion of their construction and betterment programs.” eliciiiin. TWO AUTOS ARE LOOTED OF WEARING APPAREL An enterprising thief cut a hole in the top of a sedan parked in front of Union Station last night with & box of good 'cigar: of pajamas and an overcoat worth $50, all the proreny of E. Ryan, 3901 Connecticut avenue’ Another parked car was looted, with more ease and convenience, parked in the 400 block netted & suit case con wear- ing and a wedding rin Nicholson’s absence yes- terday of silverware and clothing worth Entry apparently had been gained & duplicate key. . ——— B. & 0. PLAN APPROVED, ARRIVE IN CITY Famed Radio Entertainers Are Here in Person and Incognito. “Amos 'n’ Andy,” in person and in- cognito, came to Washington today to entertain President Hoover and the men who write the newspaper stories about him. ‘The time of the arrival of the famous radio entertainers had been zealously guarded by the National Broadcasting Co. for “Amos ‘n’ Andy” are supposed to be shy, violet-like, and wanted to escape & public reception or any other kind of formality. 8o the two “big business men” of Fresh Air Taxicab Co. fame walked through the crowd in the Union Station about 11:30 o'clock and went to o‘:;]:avflower Hotel without being rec- Stay Will Be Brief. Sans blackface and away from the microphone, “Amos 'n’ Andy” are Free- man J. Gosden and Charles Correll. Gosden is the tenor-volced “Amos” and Cortell the big-talking “Andy.” Their stay in Washington will be brief but & P esident. Il greet them esident Hoover w ee at the White House early this afternoon, and National Broadeasting Co. officials gy aross,® ERORE i o B be in the N roadcs Y Co lonal dcasting Co.'s studios in the Press Building, in cl ter, for their nightly broadcast, using WRC as the “key” station. A half an they will be at the Willard guests of the White House Ne Correspondents’ Association, Which 1o giving & dinner 1n nonor of the President. Other Celebrities Promised. An imposing array of other radio celebrities also will be at the dinner, in addition to cabinet officers, members of Congress and prominent Government officials. ‘The star entertainers include William Fox and W. R. Sheehan of the Fox Film Corporation, . (Roxy), Graham McNamee, iness Boys, hour later lotel vaudeville fame, who finds humor in a banana stalk. WOMAN IS CONVICTED | IN SHOPLIFTING CASE Fined $50 as Result of Arrest in Department Store on Wash- ington’s Birthday. Mrs. Emma Williamson, 4800 block Thirty-sixth street, was convicted of !hoglfl"nl by Judge John P. Mc- Mahon at Police Court today and was subsequently fined $50. She was arrested in Woodward & lothl'or by Policewoman Cecelia Clarke, with the assistance_of Fern V. Roberts of the Woman's Bureau and a store de- tective, Police reported that an employe of the store saw Mrs. Williamson put a hat and a blouse, valued at $8.75 and $4.95, respectively, under her coat, and walk hurriedly for an elevator. The wit- ness summoned Mrs, Clarke, who ar- rested Mrs. Willlamson as she reached the first floor. ‘The case came up in court several weeks ago but was continued to allow the Government time for thorough in- vestigation. Meanwhile the defendant was released under $100 bond. Judge McMahon, wishing to become familiar with all details and circum- stances before sing sentence on the woman, personflaly inspected the scene of the alleged crime, during the earlyq part of the week. FIGHTING DETECTIVE BESTS ANTI-HOOVER SPEAKER IN FIGHT| (Continued From First_Page.) Pless. All he could do was kick in & | wild manner, ‘The fight started in front of the ‘White House. By the time Cox subdued Pless the chex Chdse street car_had reached Fifteenth atreet and New York avenue. The detective then dragged the man to the street while women passengers shrieked. Cox walked Pless o a patrol box in front of the Treasury | Building and summoned a patrol wagon. After Pless had been taken to the first precinct, several stylishly dressed women, who had witnebsed the one- sided affray, against Pless when he is arraigned in Police Court on a charge of disorderly conduct. _ Cox has been & member of the police vice squad for the past several years. During his career as a pugilist, he ap- ared in exhibition matches with Jack 'mpsey, ‘“‘Centleman Jim” Corbett, “Philadelph! ia Jack” O'Brien, “Battling” Nelson, and other celebrated baxers. . BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers' Home Band Orchestra, Stanley Hall, this eve- ning at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zim- mermann, r; Anton Point- ner, assistant leader. March, “Under the Double Eagle,” Wagne: Overture, “Athalia”........Mendelssohn Entre acte— (8) “Romanzo Senza Paroles” (b) “Rubenesque” ..., Scenes from musical comedy, “W! Johnny Comes Marching Home,” Edwards Fox trot, “Nobody But You,” Gus Edwards Walts suite, “La Barcarolle”.. Waldteufel Finale, “Saddles and Sabers”...Bennet “The Star Spangled Banner.” “Amos 'n’ Andy,” who are to be the ndents’ Assoclation at a dinner in ite House. On the left is Freeman talking “Andy, C the W) The other, of course, is big ROBERT J. HARLAN. ta) PLEA FOR COLORED RACE VNG PRIE Robert Harlan Judged First in Cardozo Oratory Finals. SBpeaking on “The Negro and the Constitution,” Robert J. Harlan, col- ored, made an impassioned plea yester- day afternoon for equal rights for his race, winning the oratory competition at Cardozo High School and making sure of a place in The Star area finals of the Seventh National Oratorical Contest. Harlan is the first local final- ist to be selected this year. With his victory goes a prize of $100. The winner was one of six students— two boys and four girls—who had been selected by the committee of teachers in charge to take part in the last stage of the contest. Using the low-point total system, under which 3 would be & perfect score with all of the three judges agreed on the best speaker and 18 the worst score with the judges unanimous in their designation of the poorest orators, Harlan received 5 points. Jennie Smith Second. Second place went to Jennie Smith, whose score was 6. The next lowest score, 7, was that of Margaret Austin. There was a decided gap between this and the rest ot‘ gjl’: seonu‘:‘:nul. whg were grouped Wit points of eac! amznm’rll,:eedy were Walter Wheeler, Lucinda Boston and Esther Rich. Department Store February 22| The contest got under way in the school auditorium promptly at 1 o'clock before an audience composed of the en- tire student body of both the junior and senior high schools. Principal R. N. Mattingly presented the speakers in the following order: Margaret Austin, Robert Harlan, Lucinda Boston, Esther Rieh, Walter Wheeler and Jennie Smith. All the contestants had their orations well memorized and not one faltered in his or her delivery. The judges, Chailes Eaton Burch, as- sociate professor of English at Howard University; George E. C. Hayes, local attorney, and Rev. W. L. Washington, pastor of the Zion Baptist Church, were .stationed at widely separated tions in.the audience. - Less than five minutets were required for them to make their decisions and the scores to_be totaled. ‘The contest at the school was under the direction of Mrs, Mary H. Skinner, an English teacher, who also assisted in coaching the youthful orators. ‘Winner All-Round Athlete. ‘Young Harlan is 19 years old and is the son of Robert D. and Nettie L. Harlan of 1238 Irving street. He is a member of the school base ball, foot ball and basket ball teams. Following his graduation in June he plans to enter Columbia University to study ac- countancy. DR. ANDERSON GETS CALL TO PLAINFIELD New Jersey City's First Park Bap- tist Church Unanimously Asks Him to Pulpit. Dr. A. Freeman Anderson, who twice served here as associate pastor of Cal- vi Baptist Church covering a total p::{od of 13 years, has just received a unanimous call to the pastorate of the First Park Baptist Church, Plain- field, N. J., according to word received Dr. Anderson has been serving as stated supply of the church for the past several months. Decision to tender him the call was made at a meeting of the church and parish Wednesday night. Dr. Anderson, it is recalled here, offi- ciated at funeral services for President Harding while serving as associate pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, which the late President attended. His last service as associate pastor at Calvary extended from 1914 to 1924. He also had served in a similar capacity from 1900 to 1903. Leaving this city, Dr. Anderson first went to Orenge, N. J., where he was the pastor of the Fil Baptist Church. He then served for a while in Buffalo before going to Plainfield as stated supply. Dr.” Anderson is expected to make an announcement Sunday relative to the call tendered him, it is stated. J. Gor " whe away from the microphone is _ They were received by the President a¢ Charles Correll. this afternoon. ¢ NETS 11 GANGSTERS Two ‘Pineapples’ Seized as Chicago Detectives Visit Farm House. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 8-—Eleven men were arrested and two bombs, four shot- guns and several pistols seized in & raid late last night on a farm near Melrose Park, which police said was headquar- ters for a “bomb trust.” The farm house was surrounded shottly before midnight by twd squads of detectives. Automobile headlights were turned on the building from all sides and the occupants ordered to sur- render. Several men tried to escape by climbing out windows, but were covered by officers’ guns and captured. Most of the men arrested were found to be former members of the once pow= erful Genna gang that ruled the West Side several years ago. The two prin- cipal captives were Tony Caliendo, owner of the farm, and Tony Giannini, described by police as the lieutenant of Melrose Park’s alcohol chief, Joe Mon- ° tana. Raid Results From Tip. ‘The raid was the result of a tip from undercover men of the State's attor- ney's office that a general meeting of the bomb trust was to be held at mid- night at a lonely farm southwest of Chicago. The raiders said they had positive Information that the gang had supplied & number of bombs that have shaken Chicago recently. Two powerful dyna= mite bombs, wrapped and apparently reagy for delivery, in a secret cupboard in the kitchen. Bomb Expert Leads Party. The raiding party was led by Joseph Altmeier, bomb expert of the State's attorney’s office, who said the prisoners had reorganized the bomb trust that was crushed by a sensational raid e year ago. Among those arrested in addition to Giannini and Caliendo were the lat- ter's son Peter, Joe Jackson, Sam Scott!, Anthony Carle, Guy Eachiaro and John and Sam Nuzzo, brothers. The farm house where the raid oc- curred was the scene of a famous gun fight in June, 1928, when Charles” (Limpy) Cleaver, convicted mail robber, was captured. He had used &s & hide-out, o HOOVER BELIEVED FAVORING AIRPORT SOUTH OF BRIDGE — (Continued From First Page.) mental station property, and for acquisition of the privately owned la;l: He told the President that the area to be included in the p airport would total 280 acres, of which 120 are :g: g;n;:g by ut’l;e Federal Government Wwould necessitate al mgr gl osmy lt:u acres. e e Senator stated that he whip the bill 1nlomgeflm'e shnm shortly and to be ready to place it be- fore Congres at the appropriate mo- ment. He did not care to make any Ppredictions as to an early , but he felt confident that there m‘h ne regeos;‘axsuhn. T nt Hoover is more than ordi~ narily interested in the matter of a municipal airport for the Capital. He demonstrated this while Secretary of Commerce and several times since be- coming President has evinced his in- terest. - His hope is that Congress will provide an airport for this city that will serve as a model for the rest of the en- tire country. He said pains should be taken to make the airport of sufficient :}mmlengl r;’lo‘r’: equlpmoe‘nt to take care needs this city f long time to come. s GRAVELLY FIELD INDORSED. !Daml as Permanent Field Asked by Air Legion. . Following a talk by Lieut. Walter Hinton, pioneer transatlantaic pilot and chairman of the aviation committee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, members of the District of Columbia Alr Legion last night unanimously adopted & resolutlon approving the Gravelly Pai:n. lsir.e {or development as A permanent airport for the National Capital and the leasing or lc:ul.fl:ion of the proposed Washington Airport-Hoov- er eld-Arlington Farms site merely for temporary purposes. Lieut. Hinton declared that while the Washington Airport-Hoover Field site is unsurpassed from the vies it of its proximity to the heart of clty; its development as the permanent mu~ nicipal airport of the National Capital “would not be wise.” Columbia Island Hangar Opposed. ‘The fleld, he pointed out, never could be a first-class fisld. under Department of Commerce regulations, because of its size and it would not meet the re- quirement for seaplane airport devel- opments. “It is proposed to erect a seaplane ramp and hangar on Columbia Island,* he said. “This never would be satis- factory. 'Fhe seaplane activities would be separated from the remainder of the airport by the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard. Even worse than this, how- ever, is the fact that seaplanes using these facilities would either have to land between Highway Bridge and the Arlington Memorial Bridge, which would be dangerous, or they would have to land below the railroad bridge and taxi a mile or more under the two bridges to reach the hangar.. There already have been several accidents caused by seaplanes attempting to land between the bridges and, with larger seaplanes being built all the time, this situation would grow worse.” The Congressional Alrport Commis- sion, Lieut. Hinton said, has admitted that the Washington Alrport-Hoover Field site will handle only a portion of the aerial traffic the Capital may ex- pect within the next few years. Favors Model Airport. 1 hope that when we do get permanent airport here,” Hinton said, “that we will have one that will be & model and will merit the highest ral problem’ which would coun at Gravelly Point. This talk has been. exaggerated. - And if we do have ¢ at Gravelly Point, what is to prevent the same fog extending to the Hoover Pield site, only a half mile away? Fog is not as serious a problem at a water- front airport as at an inland under the saime conditions, because it is easler and safer for s pilot to fol- low a watercourse into a field than to take chances of flying into trees, bufld- ings or hills. Lieut. Hinton contended that Gravelly Point can be filled at & cost of $6,000 per acre and that for the money which ‘would be required to purchase and de- velop the Hoover ite 200 acres of the Gravelly Point site could be use. Gravelly Point immediately and merers lease the Wash fon A{W-meer : work