Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1930, Page 1

“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 WEATHER. Full report on page 3. Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 13, 14 & 15 Entered as No. 31,374 PROPOSAL T0 HAL NAVAL DISCUSSIONS SIX MONTHS GIVEN SERIOUS THOUGHT Adjournment Suggested to Offer France and Italy Further Chance to Settle Differences. THREE-POWER TREATY . WOULD PRECEDE RECESS econd class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 25, MAIL PILOTS, CAUGHT IN FOG, SAFE AFTER NIGHT OF HORROR Treat Takes to ’Chute, While Merrill Lands in Open Field. Conditions Described as Worst in History of Coastal Airmail Line. Caught in an unexpected fog which blotted out the ground along the coastal air mail line through the Capital early this morning, Verne E. Treat and Henry T. (“Dick’) Merrill, Eastern Air ‘Transport air mail pilots, escaped with their lives after hours of searching for a way out, Treat by taking to his para- chute over the historic battlefield of Antietam, Md., and Merrill by landing his plane in a little open field at dawn near Appomattox Court House, Va., Agreement Would Possibly Contain Some Clauses Which Paris and Rome Could Subscribe—Confer- ence of Dumesnil and Morrow Brings New Optimism, By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 25.—Adjourn- ment of the Naval Conference for six months as a means of escap- ing the present impasse was being definitely considered at the con- ference today. The suggestion for such an ad- journment was attributed to For- eign Minister Grandi of Italy and was made to Prime Minister Mac- donald. The idea was that this suspen- sion would give France and Italy a er oppo ty of compos- ing their difficulties without. pro- longing the present virtual sus- pension of the conference. The adjournment would contemplate reassembling of the conference on Octo- ber 1, thus giving an opportunity for & possible agreement before . Plan Pact Before Quitting. It was stated in well-informed con- ference circles that if adjournment was 4 =] i g I i recess the | trary domination of the point where * broken off when the French returned to was said Ambassa to lay before M. Du- for settlement of the ‘These suggestions were the result of slmost four days of continuous study of #he matter %nmhmdor Morrow. B mm'nl.nfx papers cred- 4ted the proposal for a six-month recess to Dino Grandi, Italian foreign min- {ster and delegation head, who, after being vainly besought last night by Minister Macdonald to state Italian naval Grandi told Mr. the six-month interim France and Italy might reach an agreement on Italy’s claim for naval parity with France—or three-power limitation concluded between Great Britain, the United States and Japan. France and (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) WOMAN’S BODY FOUN IN GAS-FILLED ROOM Firemen Labor for 20 Minutes in Futile Effort to Revive Mrs. Clara Garner. Mrs. Clara Garner, 68-year-old widow, was found dead shortly after noon today in the gas-filled kitchen of a home at 3720 T street, where she had resided ‘with her daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Prince, an employe of the Government. |~ The body lay on .the floor. All the Jets in a large stove were open and the ‘windows and door were shut. Police were told Mrs. Garner had been fll. A neighbor, Mrs. Catherine T, Frank ©f 3716 T street, smelled escaping gas and tracing it to the Garner home gave the alarm. No. 2 Rescue Squad and the Emergency Hospital ambulance re- sponded and firemen labored over Mrs. Garner about 20 minutes in a futile attempt to revive her. Dr. Oscar Norell of Emergency ‘Hospital staff said she had been dead about an hour, Coroner Nevitt was notified. SENATE TAKES RECESS TILL FRIDAY FOR REST Debate on Norris Bill, Providing for Government Operation of Mus- “cle Shoals, to Begin Tuesday. By the Associated Press. Worn out by the struggle over the tariff, the Senate recessed today until Priday for a brief vacation. 4 _ Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re- Facet Priday orly long. enough-to ad- mee e - Journ until {he following Tuesday, when fi bmn on the Norris bill pro- Shoals, - dor | don of where the Civil War came to its close. Both pilots saved their mail loads and both escaj without & scratch follow- ing what is regarded as one of the worst of many bad m{{m in the history of the ma! coastal air line. Merrill's plane was undamaged, but Treat's is a total wreck. The fog which trapped the two vet- eran pilots, both of whom have flown the coastal run since it was established two years ago, is said to be one of the most unexpected and unusual since the line was opened. Treat left Bolling Fleld here at 11:35 p.m. for Richmond and Merrill, northbound, left Greens- boro, N. C., for Richmond at about 12:15 am. Line Seolidly Fogged In. At both points and over Richmond there were llglht clouds at heights of from 3,000 to 7,000 feet, through which stars_were visible occasionally. These (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) BRITTEN DESCRIBES PARLEY AS FAILURE House Naval Chairman Urges Recall of America’s Delegation. views held in some work British admiralty failure of the ths’ mean “the continued the seas by Great Above: VERNE E. TREAT. Below: HENRY T. MERRILL. FIROPA LOVERS BRENEN' RECORD Sister Ship Takes Speed Crown by Crossing in 18 Minutes Less. 3,100-3 4 days, 17 hours and 6 minutes. 8he bettered by 18 minutes the rec- ord established last October by the Bremen, which on that occasion bet- tered by 18 minutes the time of her maiden ‘voyage last July when she de- throned the long-reigning Cunard liner ‘Weather Was Adverse. The voyage of the Europa was made under more difficult weather conditions than those faced by the Bremen on her record-] run. Throughout the and | ance, the two ships being built under courts. 2 American public should not be beguiled into the belief that Italy or e 1s responsible for this latest or Britten said the American delegates had “leaned backard in an attempt to preserve the conference.” In the face of news from London in- dicating a recess, however, it was the view of the American Government today that more progress was being made at the parley than appeared on surface. Consultative Proposals Traced. t has been learned definitely that ls for consultative pacts as a means of arriving at some agreement have come from no one of the five wers represented at the London Con- lerence and have been given no con- sideration by any of them. It has been revealed that these pro- have come from outside groups, chiefly from individuals and organiza- tions in this = country, who, it is assumed, have been prompted by patriotic motives, and who, it is also assumed, are trying to be helpful in bringing about world disarmament. As a matter of fact, the proposed consultative pacts do not interest the powers attending the conference. First of all, they would not insure the re- duction of a single ton in naval arma- ment, but they would create a necessity for military guarantees on the part of powers entering such E;m. As for the United States, it is known authorita- tively that this Government would never agree to any pact which would necessi- tate using its fleet to enforce the terms of the pact. Don Postpones Speed Try. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March 35 | disc (#).—Kaye Don, British race driver, to- day postponed his attempt to set a new automobile speed record Iecause Of beach conditions. f | resume his duties at the Capitol. the same broad specifications for size and speed. However, they are the lucts of different designers and dif- erent shipbuilders. Both are built low to elilmnate wind resistance, but the Europa, the con- struction of which was delayed by two fires, contains & number of changes over the Bremen designed to make her speedier and more comfortable. 420 Electric Motors. ‘The- generation of steam is oil- fired, water-tube boilers. The electric power is created by four large Diesel- driven dynamos supplying current to 420 electric motors and an equal num- ber of auxiliary machines. On the sun deck are two large Diesel-driven dy- namos to supplement the electric-driven should the main station cease to ction. ‘To reduce the vibration caused by her great engines, two of her four propellers revolve inward, while all four on the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) HOOVER INVI'I:ES TILSON TO BE MANSION GUEST | P Republican House Leader to Recu- perate From Grip at White House After Hospital Release. By the Associated Press. President Hoover has_extended the hospitality of the White House to Reg; resentative Tilson of Connecticut, ti House blican floor leader, during hxl' recuperation from a recent attack of grippe. 'lfilon has accepted the President’s invitation and will go to the White House laté today as soon as he has been harged from the Naval Hospital. He will ‘remain at the Executive Mansion until he has recuperated sufficiently Hm e became i1} suddenly last week. EARL OF DERBY, PLANNING VISIT TO ATTEND RACE, MAY MEET BORAH Noted British Sportsman Once Accused Senator of Thinking All Englishmen Were “Ogres.” By the Associated Press, LONDON, March 25—The Earl of Derby, noted British sportsman, who is planning to visit the United States in April to attend the Kentucky Derby as the guest of Joseph E. Widener, will spend some time in Washington, where he may meet Senator Borah, whom he invited to visit England some time 8g0. Lord Derby engaged in a rhetorical :frul’lhl "'l',h Se; in the Spring “There is one politician,” said Lord Derby W time, “who al- ways seems to think we 1 refer to Senator Borah. I & him #0 come o this eountry, if 4 wil do nator me the honor, and stay as long as he Senator Borah later denied that he m ever g.\wu'h'. or said that the Eng- were 4 "1,’;‘;&14 “‘U,DS‘I“;J, to visit England, and I hope I may find an opportunity to do so,” he was quoted as saying. “My mission will not be that of hunt- ing wild game, such as ogres, but to know better a people whose highest encomium is that of always having been loyal to their own class, an atti- tude which rather strongly in the United States, Q,M which, I think, is worth 3 Lord to_renew his ac- tance with ‘Wallace, former Ambassador to France. pening Shar. ‘WITH SUNPAY MORNING EDITION ROVERGALLS LY FOR STUDENT G DRIVKING NGURY Jury Investigation of Charge to Depend on Outcome of Conference Today. MAY CLAIM IMMUNITY ON EQUAL GUILT GROUND Kramer, Aroused, Calls on Merger Hearing Witness to Make Good His Charges. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover today announced that he would sum- mon Henry W. Lynn, 316 Sixteenth street southeast, who last night testified before a subcommittee of the House District committee at a merger hearing that whisky is sold to high school boys and girls in the vicinity of Eastern High School. Lynn will be requested to appear at Rover's office at 4 o’clock this afternoon for a preliminary inquiry into what information he has as to the illegal sale of whisky near the high school. On the result of this inquiry will de- pend whether or not the matter is called to the attention of the grand jury. Lynn may be unwilling to go be- fore the inquisitorial body because in his statement he said he was in the “to get & shot” for himself and i being. Fequired o testity against from ‘himself. R ik When this was called to Rover’s at- tention, the gmecuwr replied: “I will put it up to o Clipping Sent to Rover. Rover’s decision to summon Lynn fol- lowed the receipt of a letter sent by messenger from Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, inclosing a clipping from a m« paper of the mg:ony of Lynn before the subcom- first assistant su- % E’y‘:n. calling stimony before istrict subcommittee last night that he had seen Eastern High Schoo! students drin] liquor in a Southeast crossing from Cherbourg in Son diately. “Bound to Find Delinquents.” “This is the sort of that my goat,” Mr. Knmerwu.u Wge: are 2,064 boys and girls in Eastern High School. This man says he saw two drinking liquor. Does that color the whole school? Does that overcome the fact that there are 2,062 children who are pretty good sorts? In any 4 community of 2,000 persons it seems to me we are bound to find some delin- quents, and it is entirely believable that some two or three people out of a crowd of boys and girls between the n,u of 14 and 18 who go to any one of our high schools are delinquent. If evidence is submitted to us by Mr. Lynn, we will go after this speakeasy with all the vigor we have, but without that I think it is time that talk detri- mental to our voung people is stopped.” After John J. Noonan, indomitable campaigner for free care rides for school children, had a: before the subcommittee last night that anemic school children would be able to supply better nourishment with their savings from free street car fares, Lynn, self- styled traction expert, startled the com- mittee with the charge that the savings would be used to purchase whisky in- stead of soup. Lynn, a delegate to the Federation of Citizens' Associations from the xs«aummc Citizens’ Association and a at the Capitol and the District declared that Eastern High students frequent a speakeasy near the school Lynn testified that there is a place “right down by the Eastern School” where they sell “lunches—any- thing from sandwiches to pigsfeet—in the front room” and that liquor is dis- in the back room. He said he had seen two high school boys and two girls [gun:hm a “half pint” and drink it , and that a (Continued on Page 32, Column 8.) — e Why Go to Paris —for smart fashions, when the newest fashions are here in Washington’s shops and stores? Every day in The Star you'll find the news of these smart wearables for Spring. Washington shops and stores are full of fashions and their advertisements in The Star will tell you where to see them. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) The Evening Star. . 2‘.5.3.03 2d Newspaper......12,538 Newspaper. . ... 8457 4th Newspaper..... 6,324 5th Newspaper.. ... 3,242 The Star, which is received into nearly all the homes of Washington, nearby Mary- land and Virginia, offers ad- vertisers a complete cover- age of Greater \glnhington's ever-growing and responsive market. ! « | lies entirely ouf - | nothing in 1930—FORTY PAGES. PP (#) Means Associated Press. GARNER T0 DEMAND PUBLICITY BE GIVEN THE PRODIGAL RETURNS TO HIS FATHER. BYRD WILL CLAIM LAND IN ANTARGTIC Sees No Basis for Dispute in Repudiating Statement He Would Yield Area. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, March 25.—Rear Ad- miral Richard E. Byrd, in a radiogram to his personal representative in New York, H. H. Railey, made public yester- day, announced that he would claim for the United States lands he discovered in Antarctica. He points out that the lands lie outside the Ross Dependency 1 | #nd that there should be no ground for = — e sen! to clear up any misapprehension as to what he hu'l’ u’fii in an interview in Dunedin, N Misquoted, Says Admiral. Rear Admiral Byrd's recting the report follows: 8.8 mmog. BOLLING, Railey: st o There is a d.lsfitch from Washington P AN G T e 1 ; , March 15.—Act Secretary Cotton of “;L‘ ment today expressed the intention of Admiral Byrd not to claim &vh:: A:D':nergcn‘:;nar:d ws ich he discovered e ding :meflgnlO;:erm"qnt." e Agal ve been somehow mis- qltoud. My speech was as follows: I have noted,” said the speaker, “that there has been a tendency in some quarters of America and Eun?e to create a controversy between the British Empire and the United States concern- ing our claims in Antarctica. There is no reason or ground for that. We have considered this expedition a scientific venture and we hope a sporting one and we went down there with the utmost respect for the British who preceded us. Our work should bring us closer together and not further apart, and it would be a pity should any controversy arise. It would go entirely against t‘e feelings ar!lldhm' hopes we have held from the cor- No Ground for Controversy. “We have from the beginning recog- nized the Ross Dependency. Antarctica is big enough for all of us. Our claim tside of the Ross 'nd- ency over to the eastward and there is the situation that could cause a controversy. We are more in- 1 | terested in good feliowship with you in our common investigations down there than we are with any claims in Ant- arctica. It is another one of those cases where the intangible things of the spirit are far more important than material aspects.” The above was sent to the United States. Therefore, don’t .understand how it has gotten around that I said I was not going to claim lands we dis- covered. Acknowlegfingahh election with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard and August Heckscher to honorary membership in the New York Athletic Club on March 12, Admiral Byrd sent to Maj. Willlam Kennelly, president of the club, the following radiogram: 8. BOLLING, March 18, 1930. Major Kennelly, New York Athletic Club, Via R New York: Sorry to have delayed my acknowl- edgment of your cable informing me of my election to honorary membership in the New York Athletic Club. I accept with pleasure and thank you very much. R. E. BYRD. BYRD ENJOYS HIMSELF. Progress Made in “Talkie” Technique ‘Ownerless’ Brewery Revealed at Trial Of Boys for Theft By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, March 25.—Nobody seems to own the old Standard Brewery, out on Roosevelt road. Four boys, arrested for stealing copper piping from the brewery, were in court yesterday and the State appeared to have a pretty good case, except for the fact that it couldn’t prove the piping be- longed to anybody before the boys had it. ‘The brewery used to belong to Terry Druggan, beer baron and racketeer, but Druggan said the Government took it from him for in his income tax pay- . Federal officials said they had not obtained complete title. ‘The boys were freed. 100N 2 LAKE CRAFT IMPERILED BY ICE JRORS CONPLETE CROTTS CASE QU Expected to Be Made Pub- lic Late in Week. Investigation of charges of conspir- ing to extortion, made against Ardie C. Swortzel, a policeman; James Crotts by the grand jury. The extraordinary investigation ended after 12 witnesses had been examined in less than four Coast Guard Boat Sticks|custody 1ast Trying to Free Mail Craft Off Manitou Island. By the Assoclated Press. , Mich, March 25.—After battling in the ice of Lake Michigan for nearly 24 hours, & mail boat with four men aboard and a Coast Guard power boat with a crew of six still were held fast with no relief in sight at an early m\lr d'.hh morning 4 miles off Manitou and. The mail boat, 30-foot craft, in com- mand of Capt. Tracy Grosvenor and carrying as passengers Eli Pirestone of Manitou, Chris Nellson of Norfolk, Mich., and a man named Peterson of Ludington, Mich.,, broke a propeller shaft endeavoring to break through the ice and was rendered helpless. A Coast Guard power boat was sent out from South Manitou to attempt a rescue and became stuck alongside the mail boat. The identity of Coast Guard crew was not known. Late yesterday afternoon the fishing tug Helen S. started from Leland to at- tempt a rescue, but without avail, and it was with much difficulty that she made her way back to port, arriving here at 10:15 p.m. The Wabash car ferry Ann Arbor is expected to arrive at 7 am. and go to the rescue of the icebound boats. In the meantime, heavy blocks of ice were moving about in the vicinity of the stranded craft and much apprehension was felt for the safety of the crews and passeng TUG MARY CLARE SUNK IN BALTIMORE HARBOR By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, March 25.—The cap- tain and eight members of the crew of the tug Mary Clare were saved today when their craft was rammed and sunk by the steamer Calvert in a heavy fog, which blanketed the Baltimore harbol and put a virtual halt to shipping in the Cheél.?elke Bay. ‘The vert and Mary Clare both were proceeding at slow speed when the steamer crashed broadside into the :gml;er vml, l::mwinl the :éln‘;xjeer of e tug engines an uring him. ’i‘ba Mary Clare clung to the bow of the Calvert until the larger ship pulled away and then sank almost im- ‘mediately. ‘The fog was so dense on the Chesa- peake today that all shipping was halt- ed, many and out bound ships an- choring in the bay awaiting a clearing of the haze. Landmarks and lights be- tween the capes and the Susquehanna ‘l’zll‘v;{ twere swallowed in the dense et. suspended while attempting to evad an apartment house in of First street. Crotts rested when he is able to Hospital. Swortzel and liam F. Bur::du!wel! as G been suspen for their part muddled affair. Girl Repeats Charge, X ng examined | i ter told reporters that Swortzel, Crotts and Elgin had called on her shortly before the shooting. e said Swortzel demanded $30 in “protection™ money. The girl added she told Swortzel to go outside and promised to raise a curtain as a signal as soon as she could arrange to have a friend bring her the money. ‘The girl said she went to the kitchen and saw a small car drive up to the rear of the apartment. She recognized Burke as one of the occupants. She signaled to Burke and then ran down the steps and told him n:ol!:emln had just tried to “shake her down” for $30. Burke and his companion, Gravely, drove around the corner of First and Thomas streets, where they saw the three men and a taxi driver who had brought them to Miss Foster's apart- ment. Miss Foster said the shooting fol- lowed when Crotts attempted to get away. She explained the reason Burke happened to come to the apart- ment with Gravely that night was be- cause he had been working on a rob- bery which occurred in her apartment & few nights before. Investigation Detailed. ‘The Police Department investigation was detailed by Inspector T. R. Bean, Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad, and H. E. Brodie, a headquarters detective. They declined to discuss the case with newspaper men. Lieut. Michael Ready of the eighth precinct, who questioned Grave- ly the night of the shooting, also was a witness. Another witness, Dr. John F. Collins, who treated Crotts at Casualty Hospital, declared reports that he had overheard Crotts discussing the case were untrue. He said anything Crotts might have said while he was attending him had not in- terested him enough to remember it. He reported Crotts probably would be dis- mmed from the hospital soon. Gravely and Burke gave their sides of (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) bty Seventh Dies From Bear Ham. STUTTGART, Germany, March 25 (#)—The seventh person died here to- day from eating bear ham sold here by a butcher last week without government tion. Sixty cases of trichinosis have developed. CHERRY BLOSSOMS EXPECTED TO BE IN BLOOM BY SUNDAY 1ooss| Chief of Horticultural Division Voices Opinion Following Warm Rain of This Morning. ica. Anél:ll;cc:m has been here Rear Admiral Byrd has seen two talking pictures. He said he was s ised at the strides made in the cinema since he left civili- zation more than a year ago. i T. S. Delegates Suffer. DON, March 25 (#).—Either the m&fi“\m( of old land and trim- do not agree with American tes ment 5. indigestion. naval parley, or they have but to the Yoo Tast. Their chisf al- |in This morning’s warm rain has helped | the to bring the cherry trees to maturity and insures that the cherry blossoms will be out in full force, with favorable weather, by Sunday. in the opinion of Charles Henlock, chief of the horticul- tural division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. With genial sunshine and rain, Mr. Henlock said, the cherry trees should send forth their blossoms around the Tidal Basin within a few days and this years' crop of buds promises a better display than bl which even on the the green appearance as a result of today’ downpour, and Mr. Henlock looks for a rainbow of color at a very the various flower beds in as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation; 115,164 TWO CENTS. Smoot to Put Question to Conferees When They Meet Next Week. SEPARATE HOUSE VOTE ON BILL ISSUES URGED Sugar, Lumber and Cement Sched- ules Passed by Semate Would Be Considered. By the Associated Press. A determined effort to obtain pube licity of the daily actions of the Senate and House conferees on the tariff bill beginning next week will be made by Representative Garner of Texas, the House minority leader, who will be one of the five House members on the con- ference committee. ‘With one or two exceptions, all tariff bills have been considered behind closed doors in conference, but there have been frequent occasions when the actions taken have been made public as the sessions progress. Garner said today he would endeavor to have this practice followed on the Hawley-Smoot measure passed, 53 to 31, yesterday by the Senate, Smoot to Open Question, Chairman Smoot of the finance com= mittee, who will head the ul Findings in Extortion Probefcs Monday. “We desire to give the Senate a rest and the members of the House an op- and John Elgin, was completed today | PO! that he was pre] rules committee es rule under which the separate will return to with nightfall and then adjo remainder of the week. Yesterday 46 Republicans and 7 Dem- ° ocrats cast their ballots for passage of the measure, while 26 Democrats and 5 opposed the measure. Previously a motion to recommit, with instructions to confine increases to ag- ;:;:ulmrll products, had been defeated, to 9. In addition to the many rate sched- ule amendments adopted by the Senate, two important changes in the adminis- trative provisions must be worked out in conference. These are the amend- ments incorporating in the bill the ex- port debenture plan of farm relief and re! the President's authority to make ¢ in the tariff rates under th. existing flexible provisions. As written by the Senate, the power now vested Chief Executive would be given to whish would act after recommendations by the Tariff Commission and then without a gen- eral revision of the tariff law. U. S. SHIP IS ATTACKED American Wounded as Communists Fire on Steamer. d’mfbhmmlllvpl!h% IR r reaching a vote by 1 and n urning for the Former Cashier Sentenced. MCcRAE, Ga., March 35 (®)—W. M. cashier of the