Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1930, Page 2

FRANCE RESTATES | SECURTY DEMANDS Briand Talks to Henderson| and Stimson Adhering to Tardieu Policy. WASHINGTON, D. €, MARCH 9, 1930—PART ON TRAFFIC LIGHTS FAILED TO AVERT THIS CRASH THE SUNDAY STAR, [soomr mouus v v SO0 RGED FOR FARM BOARD 'Hoover’s Request for Addi- tional Funds Seen as Expansion Move. (OPERA IS BOOKED FOR THREE DAYS Metropolitan Company Will Sing at Fox Theater Dur- ing Holy Week. The Metropolitan Grand Opers Co. of New York will come to Washington for three performances during Holy Week. Dates, as announced by Mrs. Wilson-Greene, for the local “season,” are April 23, 24 and 25. Patrons will be lbll to attend in larger numbers than in previous sea- sons, as the operas will be sung at the Fox Theater, which hn s upu:i of By the Associated Press. President Hoover’s request yesterday that Congress immediately make avail- i able to the Farm Board another $100,- 000,000 of the revolving fund was taken in farm circles possibly to indi- cate a bold expansion of the board’s operations. The board announced only & few hours after the President made his re- By the Asmoeiated Press. LONDON, March 8—France today began to press anew at the Five-Power Naval Conference her demands for na- | tlonal security guarantees by a political arrangement in exchange for any sub- stantial reduction of her naval program. ‘Thus, as the seventh week of the dis- | armament negotiations draws to & | close, the prospects of a treaty on a five-power basis appear to depend as much as before the French oabinet erisis upon the willingness of the| United States, Great Britain, Japan | and Italy to work out some form ot‘ political pledge acceptable to the French, !\mtm Minister Aristide Briand, spokeaman for France in the absence of fer Tardieu, echoed the words of | his leader in two important conversa- tions today. The first was with Foreign BSecretary Henderson of QGreat Britain, and the second with Secretary of smg Stimson at Warren House, Stanmore. Two Visit Stimson. Mr. Henderson drove out with M. Briand to_Secretary Stimson's country | retreat. There in the quiet of the| ‘Buckinghamshire countryside, the French foreign minister explored the | possibilities of obtaining British and American participation in some form | of new political insurance for what | France believes to be mr risks of an attack on the continen ‘Tomorrow he will mnplement today's talks by visiting Prime Minister Mac- donald at Chequers. All these conversations are in prepa- Tation for & m‘m.l meeting of the Brit- ish, French and American delegation chiefs at St. James' Palace on Monday. nlnohcmunummmdmnu I-l'dl ‘MT Prench proposals included ln the mmn- randum. to the British govern- ment's invitation to the conference last ‘November. The of the Japanese with the and all ofim conference work while the uest that George S. Milnor of Alton, ?u had been named vice president and lmeru nunlger o( the Wheat Stabili- zation Corporal Milnor will rellfle ‘Willlam G. Kellogg of the double responsibility of direct- ing both the Stabilization Corporation and the Farmer National Grain Cor- poration, of which he is vice president and general manager. Kellogg is presi- dent of the Stabilization Corporation. It was said unofficially at the board that Milnor's appointment indicated that the Stabilization Corporation now would the actual marketing of the wheat it had bought—an amount close to 25,000,000 bushels, with from 32,000,000 to 3,000,000 bushels being added daily. Depends on Board for Funds. ‘The marketing operation is depended upon by the board for the return of funds used to buy the wheat and take it off the market. Milnor who has had wide experience in the milling and banking business, faces the task of sell- ing the wheat to domestic millers, who are buying wheat for less than the stabilization corporation pald for its stocks, or finding a foreign outlet for it ’«;n an export market it has been Free to give all his time to the grain corporation, Kellogg is expected to seek storage facilities and attempt to bring more co-operatives into the nati gfln marketing organization. A num- of problems ln connection with re- glonal set-ups and rative membership en stabilization upeuflona began. llon to Stabilize Cotton. the President’s re- lditional funds was viewed The associate justice of the Supreme Court, photographed as he left the Capitol yesterday, where his eighty-ninth birthday c!l!bflfi‘n was marred by the announcement shortly after that Justice Sanford had died. Justice Halmu again was shocked during the afternoon by the death of former Chief Justice Taft. ONTED EWIHAD [LAVGDON FRED |~ o= FORRACEISURGED BY TRAL BOMRD S o from 8 t, M. Briand descrfl:ed hh uuu with Secre- 3 SR WMK by Charles G. Henry of ;’ A e matie, menamg | Conference Speakers Appeal |Officer Will Be Reinstated the, '.:‘memn““‘oge ‘z‘g'.f,'. 'o’é:.o;;l."u“v? A b " 2 2 jon, was ore the board last . one is that we must week. said_cotton tmes S pomi et s g o i on Behalf of Destitute Unless Commissioners g »:‘:;‘.:"m o0t of the tunnel. conversations in Europe. Order New Trial. e & begun today are very complicated an cotton co-operatives in various sections Lo ST . o T G SRR e Ade nified action b Believing the defendant was - ns as sub- Americans are I (V0T o e ment | the Jews of America I alding dectituts | tm of & “frame-up,” the Police Trial | sidiaries through Which producers could tions, . ed French in-|Jews of Eastern Euroj and Russis and | Board yesterday acquitted Robert F.[8et loans to finance production. negotistons, the, renewed Prench In-| {75 bporting the upbuilding of Pal-| Langdon, a Arth precinct detectiv, of |, Production credit wag provided tor in e estine as a Jewish homeland featured | charges of transporting liquor. O e e tos live stock fam for & o4 e fwever, it | the opening session of the Nu In ‘ann ren.llumwwqulnmmpl“t’u:gk- 3 Tar oo carly 10 tndioate the O in credit corparations would greatly in- of this influence. t. The conference, W] oon- crease the demands upon the sessions both in the The board has made commitments of i i g B moooooo, which leaves it with or ,000,- stre the attended by ap- his precinct. ‘The detective added that when he went to the Thirteenth street address 5 his automobile was searched by the the plight of ts, He said he wopld not have hm}“";" parked his car. so far -an by o :nmnutotheho\.}umhebee&“mn SRR L Ul v o ‘Walter F. Martin and P. P. 3 4 distinguished | o of the agents who i ixag.| It lawyer who was praised at last night's Hooyer’s request to Congress PACT meeting for his work for the Jewish made within 48 hours after the FOUR POWER people. to recommend additional James Marshall, who also told of con- funds. The request was a GIVEN NINE-TO- ONE emm in ro«;mmsm m-h.“ Md-crlbedh o gvunt.u T mmvu from the ews but expressed the view they ‘Thé House appropriations committee CHl"CE AT PARLEY gnve L3 be ter e!nnne in Russia than in to m?dll’ the request next it P et Bt Sechune o e St S |5 et v of rasetion| B B oo Lt 24 ___(Continued Prom First Page) | Semetic rTa on cl trans; eect. that industrial conditions in Po- | and possessing liquor as a result of the 8 denclency sppropriation bill pending security pact, the French would be told, | land i ntum for A‘mere eom\llvtatllve will press for one providing wnoemd action by the signatory powers in a time of emergency. Briand to See Macdonald. nmtmmwzwbehuneunnu word she will be the death knell for any five-power treaty at Lon- would almost auto- ?‘.“.;"“&. morrow, guest at Premier Macdonald's country seat in Buckinghamshire. The French will have the opportunity o{ British colleague broadcast the French. France, a5 & matter of fact, is in & o political blackmail tain's expense and the t if she cares to main- policy has provided them the greatest Eold Teserve of any country in the world wmmo the umm Btates. The Pr!ne understand full well Britain's 5 not to be compelled w buil e an immense cruiser and subma- program of Prance’s. Reluctant to Pledge Treasure. John Bull is just as reluctant to his_blood for the Fm of France ol'!m!mll‘rd - ‘security America ‘where it 1s, with ln even chance that & five-power pact & . | brew Congre th | man of the .united Jewish cam named have reduced the Jews there to state of poverty, No Fear of Arabs. ‘Touching upon the condition in Pal- estine, Mr. Marshall declared: “I have no fear :f the Arab situation,” MT%: same arrest, Langdon was exonerated recently when tried before Justice Pey- ton ocrdon in Dlsmct suprmu Court. RIVER PARK PROJECT WORK IS RESUMED ‘WANTS WHEAT RESTORED. North Dakota Governor Solicits Ald of Farm Board. BISMARCK, N. Dak., March 8 Gov. George . Bhafler of North kota today asked Alexander uue Board, chairman of the Federal Farm to restore Transformation of Anacostia Marsh | ¥hest. Land Is Object of Operations Under Somervell. by money lenders and others who do not wish to see the old order of things changed. Judge Lewis, who delivered the open- ing address, made a plea for unity in aiding the Jews abroad and upbullding Palestine, Dr. Cyrus Adler, president of the American Jewish committee and of the Jewish Theological Seminary of Amer- touched uel R. McKelvie, representing interest in Farm no-pni the Mm said removal of Government support Work again has been mum dioniihe from the cash wheat market has worked ica, upon the religious situa- ry nve injustice upon farmers tion in Russis. construction wmm men whmewnstn still h ::E Another speaker, Mrs, Robert Szold, | form the An: River mnnhu into | sold lnd who had relied pretentious park land, under direction ‘ ige would o R e mnt'n ':he Government price wmnd be gmnr for the War Department for :u Ho suggested the Farm Board relieve 'ashington area. ation, caused by its withdrawal l’mm the mnrket by announcing that former price will be restored as soon 48 congestion at terminals is relieved :Inhd” I:ynzl:'rc! w:eng for future delivery CO“?}W elevators. o S e governor's statement first official reaction to the Gav:rnmn“ uu‘ withdrawal of its guaranteed wheat price lw-nnc in Non.h D-n Mr. Willys said he had been to ARMY PILOT KILLED IN CRASH IN ILLINOIS Companion Also Loses Life—Lieut. West Was on Way From D. C. to Coast. By the Auulmd Press. LIET, IIl, March 8.—Lier J) West, United "States Army, ::accytdr‘l Johnson, licensed g:lot of Joliet, were instan today when the biplane- in - which they were flying|J. crashed into a plowed fleld 3 miles south of here. rumenf, of the Hadassah, the women's ornm;fuon pl .d':d the co- of on in the work which the conference is sponso: . Rabbi Nathan Kress of New York made a plea for unity and co-operation by the Jews in raising the money de- sired for projects mentioned. Dr. Simon Participates. Invocation was delivered ‘The engineer dredge Dalecarlia start- ed work last week in the vicinity of the culvert on Benning road and will con- tinue on full-time operation during the rest of the fiscal year. Excavation of the marsh area is being . | continued and deposited near Burnham Barrier, a, strip of park land between Lake Kingman and the river. The craft Benning is on 24-hour operation, excavating trenches for the seawall rip- rap and bullding leveel around the de- it basin 1 the dredge spotl, Mr. hmitt asserted. Authomy has been received by Maj. Somervell from War Department offi- ehu w advertise for rip-rap stone to be d in the trenches, as tl Fion for & future sea: gation, and an address of welcome was delivered by Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, chairman of the Wash- ington reception committee for the oc- casion. David A. Brown of New York, chnl.r- was chairman of the quota com- mittee, the entire membership of which was named at the close of the meeting. Dr. Lee K. Frankl, member of the exec- utive committee of the Jewish distribu- tion committee, was named chairman of the committee on resolutions. Jullus 1. Peyser of this city was named # member of the latter committee. CENSUS SHOWS IRISH MEN SHY OF MARRIAGE (o BELFAST ().—The United States is best country for marrying while the Iriah Frec Btate 1s the worst, ac- cording to census returns. mmfi perdee.xat of the men here be- his ang are unm-.rrud wml: only 39 per cent of those in Ama Poland, he sald toda; Pemain’ Gmgle Tak Northern ‘Trelend R I T oo the corresponding figure is 62 per cent, | PO while in England n is 45 per cent. CHINESE USED OLD ARMS. he founda- WILLYS AWAITS OFFICIAL WORD OF CONFIRMATION Anticipates Opportunity for Con- structive Work in Poland. By the Assoclated Press. aywiunu« apparent to bring the hn-ontolu: side slip. w-v.m:llnanhnmz’l VICE GOVERNOR GILMORE TO QUIT PHILIPPINE POST Exact Date Not Determined, But Has Opportunity to Serve West- ern University. Vice Gov. Gilmore of the Philippines will resign in the near future, but the éxact date has not been determined. pnum an structive worl Poland and greatly impressed and interested u'."mun of his vllll there. He plans to sail in the near future. LENINGRAD (#). hies which, it is chlmeg. ‘were used hinese Red army were armed with only me- diaeval weapons. Among the thousands or more ex- hibits were anclent type harquebuses Southern Banker Dies. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 8 (#).— presiden! and culverines, lances, falchions and |Hirsch Morrls, t of the| Mr. Gilmor's intentions were an- missile throwers. Manhattan l-vlnn Bank & Trust Co. | nounced yesterday by Secretary Hurley A rusted pistol weighing 4 pounds here for 31 years, died at his home to- | in a formal statemen with a welded muszle and @ richly en- day. He was stricken Saturday | Mr. Gilmore, whose home is in Wis- graved and studded sword, both marked | and pleurisy developed He ' consin, is now in the Middle West. He Chinese officer, were the best kno offered a post in & Western posts as taken from a was one of mbun among the exhibits, the South, ' versity. FIVE ARE INJURED IN TRAFFIC CRASH Mail Truck and Two Cars Upset in Light-Controlled Crossing. Pive persons were injured, one p(l-‘ sibly seriously, when two automoblles | and a mail truck ran together last night | at the light-congrolled intersection of Fourth and E streets. Three of those injured were pedestrians. Those injured are: Mrs, Jennie V. Wilson, 41, of 607 Fourth street, who suffered a possible fracture of the skull Iacerations, Mrs. Howard P. Wood- :1.;1% 26, of ll‘;lb Staples street north- | streets heflrlfimll: and shock; mdflhn v “enooks erfl“‘:ulnd and Earl of 701 Columbla According to Douglas, driver of the mail 'ruck. :nd Hunrd P. Wood- ring, husband of the injured ‘woman, driving west on E n.reec vhen nnm.hu- automobile, driven by Ca 1‘ of 326 John M-nhlll nln; south on Fourth sf collided with the two cars. All three cars were turned over the force of the impact, the mail truci beln: hufled through a hedge into_Ju- diciary Square. Wilson and Mrs Paulos and her I.l",h boy, all of whom walking al Fourth street, were fht to have struck by the mail truck. All of the injured were removed to Em cy Hospital. Burke was held at the sixth prodncz u‘:.mr $1,000 bond on & charge of driving. SAYS COMMUNISTS BORE FROM WITHIN Whalen Declares Corporation De- partment Heads Are Russian Envoys. By the Associated Press. ELIZABETHTON, Tenn., March 8.— Sheriff J. M. Moreland of Carter County tonight repudiated the resignation he submitted todsy to Attorney General Ben Allen, saying Allen had “tricked” him into making it. The sheriff sald his resigation had been dated March 10 and that the at- torney general had agreed not to make it public until Moreland gave the word, Instead, the sheriff said, Allen mnde the letter of Tesignation public toda: Judge D. A. Vines, , to- mxmu’med;’u\el"mmom grand jury to m e‘nhn(e- against FEW CLUES FOUND TO GIRL’S MURDER .|Seven Keys and Pocket Knife Found in Ashes Where Body ‘Was Virtually Cremated. By the Associated Press. ANTIOCH, Ill, March 8.—Seven keys and & pearl-handled pocket knife were all authorities had as clues today in the bafing murder of an unknown girl. peThe, Gl body, hacked and burned INDIAN WOMAN NAMES |53 BeSmantng e &5 tage at Deep Lake, near here, last night. A dozen men raked the ruins today and from the ashes plucked the keys and knife and a gruesome collection ANOTHER AS SLAYER — of bones Mrs. Nanoy Bowen Admits Killing, n,?“,“,’f,‘:::‘ Lol it umpudwmmtelbln e fire. It But Implicates Model and wu lound E:f a t.mu(h ‘which Ouija Board. Ll The cot'.ue had bee nunoccupled for several months and the reglon, popu- lated in the Summer time, was k- cally deserted. Edward Schramm, caretaker for the owner a! a Tow of cottages, saw an auto speed from the direction of the murder scene shortly before the cottage into flames. Firemen pumped water from the lake in & futile attempt to exunluhh the fire. The torso the girl was dis- By the Associated Press. muo N. Y., March 8—Lila Jimerson, accused ouija board murder woman, tonight in an interview x‘m uu full blame for g . Clotilde mrchmd on Nancy Bowen. Lila insisted that she had no part in the crime other than that she knew the life of the mild-mannered little iwoman, wife of Henri Marchand, ‘Buffalo Museum of Nat- ural Sciences, was to be snuffed out. PFirst-degree murder indictments wlu be mht against both Lila and M Iawm Mrs, !om admitted that she mur- dered the artist's wife. She said she was convinced that Mrs. Marchand was & witoh, because Lila had told her that the oulja board said so. (I HALF-MILLION VOLT LINE CALLED POSSIBLE| Power Transmission of Double That at Present Is Declared Feasible, but Not Yet Practical. UNIVERSITY, Calif. (). —Po"r transmission of half & million ‘more than double that of present 8g0. lln- now h teulble. uyl Prof. Harris Ryan, director of the 2,000,000-volt hbonwry of !ul\!ord ‘University. mlnn huge pow;r. lines, hnnm, are not S0 says Prof. Ryan, “one may ation as to what uses of the half-million-volt } ance Fire ames och said there was no doubt as to the incendiary origin of the blase. SHAW’S PLAYS DRAWING BIG CROWDS AT “OLD VIC” First Appearance as Dramatist Re- calls Earlier Experience as Pianist and Stage Manager. LONDON (N.AN.A.).—The “Old 4 temporarily de s udien 'rhl. is Mr. Shaw's first apj arance & dramatist at “The Vic,” but in & lemr he writes to Miss Baylis, the manager, he states that he went the: m professional capacity over 50 years “Towards the end of the 1870's,” he writes, “I made my debut and also took my farewell, as what the Italians cal tro,’ in the orchestra, under the Samuellf, by Alling lnythln(-but- htnu on l mnd nllno at adn of acts of ‘Faust’ and ° tore' for the improvement of the muaes that my anvil chorus , if ever, gone with more It mn on that occasion; anyhow being organized from Chi. ngn&' Atlantic and Gulf States from Canada to Mexico on the Pa- Coast. oif Executives and enllneeu SHERIFF WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION, CHARGING OFFICIAL TRICKED HIM t,| Tennessee Officer Protests Demand He *“‘Shoot Down” Pickets in Elizabethton Strike Activities. Monday to consider union plekeu and omat the with recent labor dis- mn Staff Photos. turbances at the American Bemberg and Glanzstoff textile mills. b lic today, forced into lnvln his post by “a who wanted him (o out on f.hn ways and shoot down was called last Sunday by Ghe unlun. An order w cease pick was is- sued unnn{ Paul Fuller, southern representative of ‘the Amer- 1un Mmuon of Labor, who declared such M:uon was taken to pruerve peace and “prevent some outcome.” Fuller said, however, u-z the had been recalled only tem) mmth: WOMAN ARRESTED Man Claims She Locked Him in Apartment and Took $18. Miss Ruth Elizabeth Keller, 30 years old, of 420 M street was arrested last Inight by Detective Sergts. Hubert of robbing George Cooper, employe of the Agriculture Department, at the point of a pistol in his apartment, 1212 M street, last October. Miss Keller was identified by Cooper at police headquarters last night as the woman who confronted him with & pistol when he answered a knock at his door. Police said a_woman locked cooper into his apartment and forced him to hand over his packetbook, con- taining $18. l:evellnx a gun at Gooper's head, the woman is said to have informed him that if he moved within five minutes he would be shot. At the time of the hold-up police were puszled as to the identity of the woman bandit. Later & man, whose name was withheld, called the detective bureau and gave detectives v.hn name of ‘hz'lmmthngmmfi led to gation Miss Keller's arrest. When she was it before r she denied the charge. Miss Keller was lodged at the House of Detention. DISCUSSION IS RAISED ON ‘RAINING OF FROGS’ Chicago Woman Remembers Such a Downpour, but Cannot Convince m-mll. “Did CHICA ) it rain !rou?" i up ’fl discussion e o S, o s, e ma y press whether kw ] '.In downpour of frogs in apolis wm years ago. She recalled the phenome- non, but had difficulty convineing friends. Minneapolis memories are still short 1two witnesses, Hulbert says “thou- sands” of frogs fell from the sky dur- call |ing & clouduum at Trenton 30 years s & similar oc- [ J. H. McPhail troit once. g0- currence hlppened at CHICAGO RESTAURATEUR By the Associated Press. lhct and wounded seriously today one of four men arrested in & raid on re” | a South Side restaurant. ilant (Copyright, 1930.) Amer;:m hilul in Cuba. HAVANA, March 8 (P)—Two Ameri- | cang, Frank Orlanko B Rovert. Puller to be given equal g.m. Ilfl the militia and attend s) cial schools for training high police ted here to- of mm jobs g N uuflmm mm mfi:‘.;:fi p‘;;l‘o:;h‘ ;:l:érm that women should Bot be given | hel ol pmon pending pre- physically sf nu 2 acoUsA~ posts usually llmlnn hearing and men. hh His assaj Charles Garcus, own- er of the place, was clubbed into sub- mlnlmh,mr’lmm ‘The three agents entered restau- rant to serve warrants on the four men after an earlier of ligaor. \on Garcus asked upstairs for his overcoat. Loeffler ac- companied him. In his room Garcus smuggled a revolver into hu overcoat and n the Government agent and ran downstairs. Loeffler is 42 rs old and has been a member n( Chicago prohibition force 10 ‘The bui Som ! lndttd hll lplnlll‘ o Brodie and Frank Varney on & charge | o SHOOTS AGENT IN RAID|} 3,500. Poll’'s, where the L Stars Will Be Heard. The operas to be sung will be Puc- cini’s “La Boheme” (l.n Italian), on 23;_“La Juive,” by Jacques Ha- lefl;.;u(ln honch) April 24; and Char- ise,” April 25, also to be Stars in hldlnl roles will include Lucresia Borl Mimi and Louise; Gi Ru:o;‘hmeom Martinelli as Ru mm 3 Juive”; Marion ‘the young wf lar success at the Metro- politan has won al success in the “talkies,” will llnl role of Marcello in “La Bohes Bloom Aldl Movement. Robert Lowe Bacon, chairman of the ‘Washington Opera Association, Inc., announced that Mr. Fox and those assoclated with-him after several sea= sons of hesitation agreed to present fl!l‘ compeny at his ter. ~Efforts Representative Bloom of New York llt achieving this end were not negligible. Mrs. Greene undertaken the mrfi; ARMY AIRMEN ENTERTAIN WASHINGTON RADIO CLUB Amateur Operators’ Assistance Dur- ing “Polar Bear” Flight Recognized by Corps. Ifl radio operators, Ol;?;l.dln':r e 1 sta 1C] several - tions in the Capital area, in co: t- ing with the First Pursuit Grou dlll‘- the recent “polar bear” flight from Pield, Mich., Ar: Spokane, assisted in the Win- urmnln‘m(motmwmm m“’wm A A ON HOLD-UP CHARGE |cz: 5 H 13 £ 33 i+ Inter] wn ‘bombastic Chopslénh'e‘l’flm# in tfil Flat Major” md“k a 20" m er-like b toeum m{m Tbuted February Circulation. Dally. 112,312 {| Sunday, 117,601 lerlfi okffl "’,l- Asslst; m Manager of STAR. do vutlynmlulvlciouleve?‘!n‘ jon mollecumu.sbut Detroit turns up | Less adjustments. ‘Total lation. .‘m by 6:”‘.“2"“‘” el?é“fl.clt ull!lol:‘ nfi,r&fi