Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) PFair and warmer; about 42 degrees ton: ly cloudy, colder in t] {:wm temperature filder tomorrow night. Temperatures— ighest, 50, at noon today; lowest, 34, at Full report on page 9. 6:30 am. today. New York Markets, Pages 13, 44 & 15 ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION No. 31,369. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, HUSTON DECLARES HELL NOT RESICA REPUBLICAN POST National Leader Flatly De-| nies Reports He Is Consider- | ing Surrendering Position. PARTY HEADS FOLLOW LOBBY PROBE CLOSELY Bome Believe Best Interests Would Be Served if He Quit as Chairman. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | Flat denial of a report published in the New York Evening World that Claudius H. Huston would resign to- day as chairman of the Republican | in national committee, because of dis-| elosures before the Senate lobby com- sittee, was made today by Mr. Huston. Republican members of the Senate have followed with keen interest re- ports of the proceedings before the lobby committee since Mr. Huston has been on the stand. Some admittedly have been perturbed. The view of the situation taken by a prominent Republican leader at the Capitol today was that any judgment in regard to the availability of Mr. Huston as national chairman should be suspended until after the inquiry is completed. He pointed out that mem- bers of the Senate have not yet had an opportunity to read the testimony and are not in a position to judge for them- selves what the situation is. Others Favor Resignation. Other Republican Senators, without casting any reflections upon Mr. Hus- ton, said they were inclined to the be- lief that sooner or later Mr. Huston would feel that he could serve the best interests of the party if he resigned. These Senators, who declined to be quoted, said that in their opinion Mr. Huston's usefulness as a my leader in a national campaign become impaired. This opinion, it was said, had been conveyed to the ident. Bellef was expressed at Capitol that Mr. Huston would certainly not resign the chairmanship as long as the iry, in which he has become in- ved, was being conducted by the Senate lob‘t!:f committee. ‘When testimony is in, it was ted out, the question of Mr. Hus- 's availability as a party chairman might be entirely changed and the party leaders might believe that he should be retained. HAGGERSON IS CALLED. Carbide Company Head Will be Ques- tioned About Brokerage Account. By the Associated Press. Determined to inquire fully into the New York brokerage account of Huston, the Senate lobby committee today sum- moned Pred H. Ha of New York, ident of the Ul Carbide Co., and . E. Moore, personal representative of Huston. Thay wre directed to appear before | the committee tomorrow for question- ing in regard to @& contribution of $36,100 the Union Carbide Co. made to Huston for the Tennessee River Im- provement Association. The money was NB:M'I the brokerage firm of Biyt nner. Chhnfu A. Krickl, a member of the ‘brokerage firm, testified yesterday that the account was carried in the name “of Moore and that part of it had been used as margin for the purchase of stocks. Huston has testified that he solicited the funds from Haggerson, but that all the money had been paid over to the Tennessee association of which Huston s @ former president. He also testified today for the first time that the money from the Union Carbide Co. was plld‘ to him for maps of the Tennessee River Improvement Association. | Huston testified today before the Jobby committee that he_ sold maps | (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) COLLECTION OF TAXES PASSES 1929 MARK| Sum Paid on Incomes This Month $40,000,000 More Than Last Year. By the Associated Press. Income tax receipts from the March | 15 collection, as shown by the Treasury, | today totaled $314,200,558, exceeding by more than $40,000,000 collections for the same date last yeaf. This sum was the total for the month of March as shown in the Treasury statement for March 18, made public today. It represented the total amount turn- | ed in at the close of business of the eceding day. | prAthou'gh yesterday's statement show- ed receipts running about $10,000,000 | behind those for the same period in the preceding year, the receipts of .214,5%4,5“ added to the Treasury bll-‘ ance on March 18 more than offset | this shortage. The collection on the same day in 1920 amounted to only about $161,000,000. Receipts so far accounted for totalec very near three-fifths of the budget expectations for the first quarterly in- come tax collection. Treasury officials, however, still held | that this was no definite indication | that the expectation would be met. HUGE DRAIN ON D. C. WATER SEEN IN HOUSE OFFICE PLAN {Local Users Would Pay for 1,350,000 Gallons a Day to Ventilate New Building. As the District Water Department preparec today to spend the first of a series of prospective $40,000 annual appropriations for an exhaustive sur- vey to check the present enormous waste of unaccounted for water, it was learned that the plans for the new House Office Building contemplate the installation of a modern ventilating tem which would draw 1,300,000 lons of water from the distribution system every 24 hours. The pending District appropriation bill increases local water taxes 37.6 per cent to improve a water plant already furnishing free water to the United States Government. The disclosure of plans for the House Office Building was made to Capt. Hugh Oram, assistant District engineer commissioner, and D. W. Holton, supes- intendent of the Water Department, by George A Weschler, consulting engineer, who told them it is proposed to make two connections to an 8-inch supply main in the vicinity of the new build- to furnish water to wash and estab- lis] the moisture content of the air | in the ventilating system. The con- sumption at peak load, according to Weschler, would amount to 929 gallons a minute. The mains in the vicinity of the new building, Water Department officias declared, are entirely inadequateto furnish such a quantity of wateg-with- out jeopardizing the supply 0 build- ings ‘nearby as well as to_hundreds of domestic consumers in the southeast section of Washington. The eight- inch main to which it is proposed to connect the ventilating system, it was said, is on the’ first high-service area, and water .drawn from it at the rate | of 929 gailons a minute would seriously reduce the pressure at all points be- yond the connections. In addition, District water users would bear all the cost of pumping and purifying this | water. Water Department officials feel that | the use of 1,300,000 gallons of water every 24 hours for ventilating purposes would constitute a waste, in view of the efforts being made to stop the exist! ST e g (Continued on Page 3, Column 8.) JURY WILL PROBE COUNTY FUND USE Brooke Lee and Montgomery | Offieials Demand Sifting of Charges. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staff Cofrespondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 20—In- quiry into the insinuations of mal- feasance and misfeasance in public of- fice of the members of the Montgomery County board of commissioners snd E Brooke Lee, speaker of the House of Delegates of Maryland, and Democratic county boss, alleged to have been con- tamed in a weekly newspaper published and circulated in the county will ne un- dertaken tomorrow morning by the March term grand jury. ‘The determination to start the in- quisition followed formal demands laid before the body by Lee and the board of commissioners, in statemen:s which they presented. The county commis- sioners who signed the statement, which was read by their counsel, Capt. Joseph {4ng. C. Cissel of Silver Spring, were Dr. |, : Jagett 0. milton, Benjamin C. Perry, Shaw, president; Dommml and Robert L. Hicker- son. File of Papers Delivered. With the tation of the demand for the tion the officials delivered to the grand jury a file of the paper covering a period of 18 months. .The papers were delivered in their entirety and the informed that they con- tained articies which reflected on the manner in which the government was being run and, it is alleged, charged certain corrupt practices on the part of the complaining officials. The mere reading of the papers for the pu of ascertaining what articles in them were referred to would take a great amount of time. jurymen, it was learned, toild Capt. Cissel and Maj. Lee to go over and to mark the vari- the papers ous articies to which they made refer- | Rit ence in the statements and return them to the inquisitorial body at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning, when it is planned to start the investigation in earnest. pers today for the with the request of the ‘The bomb which exploded with suddenness yesterday with the presenta- tion of the matter to the grand jury has been smoidering in the political camps of the county ever since the last session of the Legislature, when State Senator Eugene Jones and the delegates in the House, headed by Lee, split, causing de- feat of certain legislation sought by the regular wing of the party. Political Aspect. P ‘The controversy which has now been thrown on the court has a decided po- litical tinge, and the move was decided upon to meet the open comments re- flecting on the management of county affairs by the regular Democratic wing which is in power, and on the eve of (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) CAUTION IS SUGGESTED IN AWARDING HONOR Summerall Would “Guard Jealous- 1y” Tributes for World War Service. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, Army "hief of staff, thinks awards and deco- rations for World War service should be “jealously guarded” and is opposed to the extension of time for the awards and for reconsideration of cases acted upon. Appearing before the House military ;ommittee today, Gen. Summerall ex- plained the Army system of awarding World War medals, asserting that “if these decorations are to be worth any- thing they must be placed on the high- est pedestal” The committee is con- sidering complaints against failure ot the War Department to make awards in certain cases. FUGITIVE TRIES TO BITE EVIDENCE ON FINGERS THAT HE’S A CONVICT Chews Right-Hand Digits—Prints From Left Prove He Is Escaped Prisoner. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 20.—The old ad- monition about not letting your ieft hand know about the right may have been all right fop some people, but it headed Ray McIntosh right back toward | the Stillwater, Minn., prison from which ‘Three detectives picked Ray up yes- terday—-on suspicion. At the station they found Ray had gnawed the fingers ot his ht hand, mutilating them beyond identification. “What's your name?" asked the man with the ink pad. / “John Carroll.” l But the BRIAND T0 RETURN T0 NAVAL PARLEY Goes to Paris to Consult Tardieu—Both Expected Back at Week End. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, March 20 (#)—Aristide to the Five-power Naval Conference, left London this forenoon for Parls. His trip was understood to be for the purpose of consulting Premier Tardicu about the conference. He sald he ex- pected to return to England with M. Tardieu at the week end. M. Briand appeared to be in a cheer- ful frame of mind. “I don't see much use in sitting around a hotel looking fxmtnorhl fl;lengu;. at the weather, even 3 Shall come back a6 soon. ab thers s some work for me to do.” He declined any comment on the conference pros- Americans Take Rest. Work of the American delegation was almost completely suspended this morn- . There was further to be i the Japaniss e Suspendcd Do ‘were sus) ing m;r;i from "‘K'ok‘-a 'ul:.nuu the gove ernment accep ive agree- ment which the American and Japa- nese flelrt-t.lond: ll}.vesm out here. an rs. went au- tomobile riding in the vicinity of Wind- sor. bassad Dawes, Secretary gathered in y e 5 ant juent could be heard in memhflu. e Morrow Has Slight Cold. Ambassador Morrow remained in his room with a slight cold. The confer- ence advisers and many of the naval officers who are here planned trips into the country. An American an smilingly summed up the situation for the Associated Press: “Any one who wants to today can walk up and down the corridors of the itz beating drums as loud as they de- It was understood in conference cir- cles t‘l’:.n both u:e:’ British md(‘mrl- cans have prepared suggestions for pos- Sible solution of the Franco-Ttalian dis pute. These may be contingent upon getting the two contestants to face a | each other across the conference table. Impromptu -Meeting Held. An obviously, impromptu meeting of | Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald and Aristide Briand was held at the Hotel Carlton Jdst evening. At the conclusion of the conference, whicly lasted two and one-half hours. M. Briand, smiling and jovial, told Déwspaper men: “We have been talking about means to bring the conference to a successful conclusion and we are going to apply those means as quickly as possible.’ There were those, hearing M. Briand's words who imputed to them prospective solution of the !"nnco-lufl-n naval ratio problem, one of three or so major problems which may bring disruption of the conference activities. Others, recalling that the Prench idea of what would constitute conference success has always been at variance with that of the United States and Great Britain, were dublous. ‘The meeting between the two states- menLlpwently had little prearrange- men Macdonald to See Grandi. Prime Minister Macdonald arranged to meet Foreign Minister Grandi of Italy at the House of Commons this afternoon. It was understood this meeting de- veloped in consequence of the prime minister’s conversation with Foreign day. Minister Briand of France yesterday. Reader Confidence A prominent national ad- vertiser, who has been mak- ing a special study of news- papers, says: “The news- papers that are the most profitable for advertisers to- day are the newspapers whose readers have strong faith in them.” Yesterday’s Advertising, (Local Display) The Evening Star. . 30418 2nd Newspaper. .. . 14,634 3rd Newspaper.... 7,162 4th Newspaper. 6, 5th Newspaper. . Adyvertising in The Star pays to the greatest extent. g charges was expected shortly. Briand, head of the French aexmuanl CROTTS SHOOTING CHARGES PUT UP T0U. S. ATTORNEY Prosecutor td” Decide Today on Counts Against Police " and Two Others. SWORTZEL DENIES HE SOUGHT $30 ‘HUSH MONEY’ Precinct Captains Assert Hold-up Has Not Been Reported to Them by Victims. Assistant District Attorney Charles Murray was to decide today what charges were to be placed against four persons, two of them police officers, | held for investigatien as material wit- nesses in the shooting early yesterday of James Crotts of Lexington, N. C, who i in & critical condition at| Casualty Hospital. Detective Spottswood Gravely, prohi- bition enforcement officer of the third precinct, is under suspension on a charge of unauthorized use of his re- volver in shooting Crotts. ‘The witnesses held in connection with the affair are Ardie Swortzel, a police- man of the fourth precinct, who also is under charges of conduct unbecom- ing an officer in connection with the affair; John C. Elgin of the 1200 block of K street and Hugh C. Hummel of Plainfield, N. J. Murray and Precinct Detective W. F. Burke of the third precinct were in conference and the decision as to the Cornell to Be Questioned. John C. Cornell, who was arrested at the Ebbitt Hotel Tuesday night shortly after the shooting, is to be questioned in connection with the hold-up of a house {n the 1900 block of First street, last Sunday morning M also are held at the House of Deten- tion as material witnesses. There is an additional charge against Miss Fos- ter of having defaulted a $500 bond imposed on a charge of disorderly con- duct last November 13. According to'the stories told by the two women in affidavits made to In- spector Thaddeus Bean yesterday, Swortzel, Elgin and Hummel entered ! the Pirst street address and Swortzel $30 “protection Foster. ‘This was denied in Swortzel's affi- davit, which said that one of the wom- en had made a ition to pay $3 for and that he then left the to report the matter. The women, shortly after the entrance of the three men, left the house and went nearby to Detectives Burke and Grave- ly, who had just then driven up in an automobile, and reported the alleged extortion. Gravely and Burke then drove around to where Crotts’ roadster was parked and Crotts, “according to his com- , thinking that a hold-up was in gmrsl, leaped out of the car and led. Gravely said he shot Crotts when Crotts appeared to be about to draw a gun from his hip pocket. Crotts later was found to be unarmed. Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, head of the homicide squad, said that he had asked Burke to keep a watch on the First street address, thinking that he would be able to arrest somebody who could explain the hold-up last Sunday in which eight men and four women at the house were robbed of $1,555 worth | of jewelry and $165 in cash. He said that Burke had told him about this hold-up Monday night and that he had interviewed Della Great- house on Tuesday night with Burke and obtained the details of the hold-up story from her. Captains Dispute Claim. Burke is one of the men assigned by the Police Department to aid District Attorney Leo A. Rover in his work against gambling and disorderly houses, " (Continued on Column 3.) BANK OF DEL RAY TO PAY ONE-THIRD Depositors to Get Part of Funds Monday—Rest Depends on Liquidation. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 20.—De- positors of the Bank of Del Ray will receive 33%; per cent of their deposits Monday, according to announcement today of Courtland H. Davis, receiver. This will be the first dividend pald since the bank ‘was :losed January 31 by order of its directors for purposes of an audit. Patrons will be required to come to the bank to obtain their funds. This procedure will be followed, it is an- nounced, so that any deductions owed the bank may be explained at the time the money is paid out. ‘The rest of the deposits, Which, ac- co to the last statement of the bank, published January 17, amounted ,048.07, will be d when and if enough money is recelved by the bank from the conversion of the rest of its hn‘ldinn into cash, according to re- cefver. Following the closing of the bank, the directors had nt: audit made and had a appointment of f State e I M el Clay T. Brittle, cashier of the bank, & sum in excess %&nlw;l‘gg o ,000, wi charges are carried in a warrant sworn :bymdhemr-lormm-t.at e in which Figures as tes varied 394 houses were destroyes #n the cxaet mimhar af fa- f THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1930—, s e / CAPONE LEAVES IN PIE WAGON AS CROWD WAITS Brooklyn Friends Langhome and Childhoo BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. NEW YORK, March 20 (CP.A).—|g¢ pie | Al Capone, czar of Chicago gangland, - | accustomed to riding in limousines, was smuggled out of Philadelphia in a pie | truck Monday, when he finished his 10 . | months’ jolt in Lemuel D. Schofleld’s up-to-date jail. He was bumped along the country roads into New Jersey and | distinguish in dusk of the evening tucked away quietly in the back room of a restau- | were rant, overlooking his old Brookiyn | WS sll haunts across the Hudson River. PFrom authoritative sources this writer the inglorious exit of Emn.cmuchlnl behind & pie rack, & protective ing Star. TY-TWO PAGES. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. (#) Means Associated PHILADELPHIA Meet Gangster att‘ Escort Him to d Haunts. screen of apple, quince and raspberry cunningly devised—not by the members official cabinet, but by Brooklyn friends of his youth, who have pulled the scar-faced gang magnate out of more than one deep hole. Eluded Crowds at Gates. While crowds gathered at the Penn- sylvania Eastern Penitentiary exit, while racketeering critics ‘pencils (Continued on Page 32, DOHENY ATTORNEY URGES ACQUITTAL: - IN JOHNSON CASE Calls Address of Pomerene Before Trial Jury Sneer at Patriotism. By the Associated Press. After a scathing arralgnment of Ed- ward L. Doheny by Atlee Pomerene, Government prosecutor, Frank Hogan, defending Doheny on a bribery charge, began his argument today by asserting that Pomerene had “slurred patriotic citizens.” Hogan took advantage of the 15 minutes left of the morning session by launching into a vigorous attack on Pomerene’'s arguments. The defense counsel accused the prosecutor of mis- representing facts. Pomerene charged that the circum- stances surrounding the transfer of $100,000 from Doheny to Albert B. Fall. former Secretary of the In- terior, showed that it was a bribe to influence Fall in his award of the Elk Hills naval oil reserve to a Doheny company. The prosecutor was sarcastic in his reference to Doheny’s testimony that he bid on the oil leases because | of “patriotic motivesy” Says Address Was Sneer. “I thought I knew something about the case,” Hogan said, “but I know nothing about those things the prosecu- tor ke about. “If this case is to be won by sneering at patriotism and sneering at men who served in the submarines in the war, 1 must admit defeat, for I will not sneer or* whine. I will present :g you only (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) BANDIT IS KILLED IN FOILED ROBBERY Second of Trio Attempting to Hold Up Greenwich Village Cafe Is Seized by Patroms. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 20.—An attempt by three masked men to hold up & Greenwich Village restaurant shortly before midnight resulted in the killing of one of the robbers, the capture of another after patrons had beaten him severely, and the wounding of a man > killed grand jury hearing on | prise him holdt men escaped, nred“&vnfl shots after was seizad by Datrons. ird ) DRIVER ACCUSED ‘Operator of Car That Ran Down Ball Player’s Som Charged With Drinking. v H 15" alleged o have Johnson, jram the ‘ashing! manager he Wi ton base ball club, on the |old Georgetown pike several days ago. A warrant was served on Peter by Chiet Alvie A. Moxley of the Rockville Police Department, and the defendant was released on his personal bond pend. gy uries, w] re, fl’pldtlg ull;logg:lh hle received internal injuries an legs were fractured in_the accident.. The information in the warrant was sworn to by Officer Joseph Oldfield of the Bethesda police station before Judge r is of a well known Montgoms Ly family, being the tgu i Judge Robert Peter of n:emgock ille | Circuit Court, and a cousin to ite's | | 9&?,:rney Robert Peter, jr., also of Rock- 'TWO KILLED AS CAR Machine Is Caught on Steel Cables. Woman With Pair Is Uninjured. | By the Assoctatea Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 20— The glum of an automobile over a 40- foot bluff southwest of lndhn?olhbn night caused the death of two un- identified men, while Mrs. Ada Daven- s::tl.h 25, had a narrow escape from The automobile, license 144075, tmbw%m curve where the road crosses a creek and plunged off the bank, to be caught 32{‘-.?:1 cables and left dangling in One man was decapitated, and the body of the other was found in the creek. Mrs. Davenport was rescued was not_injured. Mrs. Davenport said she had never | seen either of the men before she went ridi with them last night. A letter jfound on the body of the man taken from the creek bore the name of Loftin Williams, Atlanta, Ga., and one of sev- | s e ot Sl | | address huy mpson, polis. One was about 30 years old, the other 25. TRIES TO FREE HUSBAND Redio Programs on Page C. } PLUNGES OVER BLUFF ,_w:,d T from the car by passing motorists. She | thre CROSBY TO LEAVE ARMY AT MIDNIGHT General to Await Hoover’s Orders to Begin Work as Commissioner. Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, chief of Cavalry, U. 8. A, who has been selected serving his last hours of active duty in the Army. to At midnight this highest ranking Cav- of alry officer will go on the retiréd list at ice. M ] 3 gl ! i g i3 11 VEEL.§ i art, a ttorn has for & number of years as assistant corporation counsel of the District. and Dr. C. Hav- enner, president of the ration of Citizens’ Associations. Gen. Crosby declined to _make any comment upon the Police Department of the District, over which he has been admin- istration of the police service of Wash- ington. Will Aid Successor. Gen. Crosby’s last day in office was marked by no special ceremonies, but he received many brother officers the s¢ and others who have been associated with him, especially since his term as chief of Cavalry. Gen. Crosby said that he would be ged tomorrow and probably assisting . G fam! his new office and in to the office personnel. WOMAN UNION LEADER INJURED BY BOMB BLAST introducing him Explosive Wrecks Apartment of 5 Cleveland Garment Workers’ Ex- ecutive—Threatened Recently. CLEVELAND, March 20 (#).—The apartment of Mrs. Carrie Gallagher, president of Local 29 of the Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, was bombed | early toda » y. Gallagher, who was asleep, was | slightly injured as the door of her bed | room was blown from its hinges, I~ dows were shattered and the building shaken, but no one else was hurt. Mrs. Gallagher said she had been atened several times beuu::h of her ment industry. A stench bomb was thrown in the same building two weeks ago. his body at the of ‘uilding. o Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,960 TWO “HURRY-UP" YOST, MICHIGAN COACH, FAVORS DRY LAW Daniel C. Roper, Former In- ternal Revenue Head, Also Supports Measure. Press. DESCRIBES DISPENSARY LAW EVILS IN S. CAROLINA Tells Committee Present System Has Destructive Rather Than Constructive Attitude. By the Associated Press. Flelding H. Yost, the veteran foot ball coach at the University of Michi- gan, and Daniel C. Roper, who as com- missioner of internal revenue in 1920° was the first to direct enforcement of national prohibition, today were re- told the committee that a Nation-wide survey in 1927 had disclosed that pro- hibition had benefited the “low wage- earners” as well as business in general. Yost, known to the gridiron followers of the Maize and Blue elevens as “Hurry Up,” wired his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost, that in his opinion the decade of prohibition had resulted in less drinking smong the youtn of the Nation. Mrs. Yost has been in charge of pre- senting the dry witnesses and she had FOUR DEAD, 8 HURT IN KNOXVILLE FIRE district here early today. Eight others were injured. ‘The three bodies were so badly burned Earlior e day. the body of Carl Merchel, 59, had been taken from the in which the fire originated. 'hel lived across the street from the Arcade Bullding, but had gone over to investigate the fire. ihe stats 1 the GRATEFUL BEES DEPART STINGLESS AS DRIVER FREES QUEEN FROM CAR Swarm Follows Leader, Stuck to Radiator, Forcing Autoist to Abandon Machine in Motion.