Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (0. 8. Weather Bureau Porscast.) The only evening paper in Washington with the Auqciated Press news ¢ lowest temperature "yeserday: owess, 36, 4:30 a.m. today, - Pull Teport on Late N. Y. Markets, No. 31371, PACIFIC PACT TY OF SEA AGREEMENT " HIMTEDBYLLS, Would Involve Parleys on Is- sues of No Interest to America, Envoys Learn. CONFERENCE NOW SEEKS ITALIAN COMPROMISE ' Delegation Stands Pat on Parity as Situation With Reference to France Eases. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 28.—The American delegates have definitely eliminated a type of treaty such as the fOUr-pOWer | .. amounts of the concoction. Pacific pact of 1021 as a basis for a consultative agreement to be framed at | the London Conference. It was learned on the highest au- thority in the American delegation to- day that the Americans are convinced commitments under article 2 of the Pacific treaty, if applied in Burope, ‘would cause the United States to par- - CONSULTATIVE PACT page 3. Pages 13,14 & 15 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. DORAN BLAMES COCKTAILS” By the Associated Press. Prohibition nounced today that sold a concoction of creosote or érude carbolic acid, flavored with ginger, were responsible for the several hundred cases of paralysis in the Southwest sections of the country. ‘The commissioner sald the tion, which he termed “sheep dip,” had been tested and found to be poisonous. Hundreds of samples, he continued, had been examined and were discovered to be either creosote or crude carbolic acid flavored with T, From three-fourths to seven-eighths of the solids in the mixture was creosote Drinking the “sheep-dip cocktail,” the commissioner said, would seriously affect any one, and samples analyzed indicated that it had been responsible for many cases of partial pa: i Doran said apparently some shrewd bootlegger had devised a scheme to | get “rich quick” and had amnhm‘e{a e said it was put up in the same sort of bottles as Jamaica ginger and that the first taste was like Jamaica ginger, but after another one or two, the flavor would be of carbolic acid or . He sald there was just r in it to give it a pre- OPPOSES enough dominant SWANSON The American and British delegations y turned their attention particu- Jarly to Italy, with the hope of some tain. “It therefore follows that reports re- garding the activity of any particular American delegate in this sense are fic- titious. Obviously the American in- in the Conference and its suc- in this period of trac communique issued on the Rapidan: “*The part of each of our Govern- ts in promotion of world peace will different, as one will never D | America, it is difficult to understand ta | why the European powers are willing CANADIAN FOUND DEAD Col. Amyot, Former Parliament Member, Heart Victim in Florida. PALM BEACH, Fla, March 28 (®. ~Lieut. Col. George E. Amyot of Quebec, former member of the Cana- dian Parliament, holder of many and foreign decorations, and ent member of the Winter colony , was found dead in his bed today. He was 74 years old. Death was at- tributed to heart disease. e Deputy Exonerated in Killing. WALNUT RIDGE, Ark., March 28 () —A coroner's jury has exonerated C. E. Meadows, deputy sheriff in con- mection with the slaying of Henry Mc- Murcher, a week ago, when the latter fled as Meadows and other officers were Senator Says U. S. Would Do Better in Three-Power Limitation Treaty. Declares Test Reveals Drink Contains| Crude Carbolic Acid Flavored With Ginger. or crude carbolic acid, Doran asserted. | had proven to have an almost immedi- WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Foen ny Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH. 28, 1930—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. “SHEEP DIP . | FOR PARALYSIS| From three-fourths to seven-eighths of the solids in the mixtwre was creo- sote or crude carbolic acid, Doran as- serted. Drinking the “sheep-dip cocktail” the commission said, would seriously affect any one, and samples analyzed indicated that it had been res] ible for many cases of partial paralysis. The commissioner said the Prohibi- tion Bureau was continuing its investi- gation into the sale of the “sheep-dip cocktail” and expected to run down the perpetrators of the scheme shortly. Reports to the bureau, he added, were that the combination of ginger with carbolic acid or creosote and the alcohol ate paralyzing effect. The commissioner asserted that re- ports from various communities indi- cated that the persons who conceived the scheme had made wide distribution of the concoction. The commissioner said there were three focal points of distribution for the concoction and that two of them centered in St. Louis and Cincinnati. A liking for a “hot, biting drink,” Doran said, made the “sheep-dip cock- tail” a favorite in some Southern and Southwestern States. He said that the tests of the samples indicated that there was as much as 80 or 90 per cent alcohol in sowe of the lots. S5 17 DSTRIT DL PASSES HOSE Farmers’ Market and Police Schooling Items Voted After Bitter Fight. Carrying appropriations of $45,333,117, DAV WL STAY ING.0.P.RACEFIR SEAT IN SEMTE Grundy’s Determination to Run Will Not Force Labor Secretary to Quit. FRIENDS MUST HANDLE ELECTION CAMPAIGN Cabinet Member Counting on Vare Organization Pledge Despite Rumor It May Permit Rival's Return. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Secretary James J. Davis of the De- partment of Labor is in the race for the Republican senatorial nomination to stay, he made it clear here today. The announcement that Senator Grundy is to remain a candidate for the senatorial nomination, although Grundy’s selection for the gubernato- rial nomination, Samuel 8. Lewis, has quit, 18 not golng to cause Mr. Davis to withdraw. He is prepared to fight 1t out. Mr. Davis is to go to Philadelphia this afternoon, where he will sign the petitions placing him on the ticket, which must be filled by Monday night. From Philadelphia he is to go to Stuebenville, Ohio, where his brother is in a hospital, following an automobile accident. By Sunday night he will be in Pittsburgh and then return to Washington Monday. Duty Lies in Washington. The Secretary of Labor has declared from the first that he believes his duty at present lies in Washington, where he is working through the Department of Labor to help reduce unemployment in the District of Columbia appropriation bill was passed by the House late yes- terday afternoon after a spirited debate, in which vigorous opposition developed market in Southwest Washington. ‘The fight over the market appropria- tion of $300,000 was precipitated by an effort of Representative Underhill of ts, to strike out the item, i 7 g § % ] g 82 § 2§ BEg T sis ?pis 5 “Those in favor of entering into 8 five-power pact to meet and consult themselves in case any war is threatened i the ::whv:wn seem to take two views as to wl ‘means. “In America it is contended that it| means nothing—that the United States assumes no obligation under such & pact. In Europe it is contended that such a pact would be very effective in furnishing security to Prance and Italy, and co tly they could afford to reduce their "‘:';l n‘zehr;nh Both con- tentions cannof 3 “If it means nothing, as claimed i® to accept it as a guarantee of security. If it means something, as European nations believe, it involves the United States in political obligations in Europe, which it would be honorably compelled to discharge. “If it means nothing, as contenided in America, it is a snare and delusion, giving fancied security to European powers that the United States has no intention of discharging. Great na- tions in their dealings with other na- tions should be frank and "honorable and should not indulge in ereating false hopes. Alliance Warned Against. “A five-power pact of this kind con- stitutes a special alliance, which both Washington and Wilson warned against.” “It is a return,” the Swanson state- ment continued, “to the old concert of power that controlled Europe for many years, and which was the father of many wars and many “injustices. All political alliances of the past have been camouflaged under the guise of meet- ing_for consultation. “Back of them has always been con- seeking to arrest him on liquor ‘charges. (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. BRITISH ARMY DEATH PENALTIES FOR MANY OFFENSES ELIMINATED |z Cowardice, Leaving Guard Post Without Orders and Causing False Alarms in Action Included. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 28.—Elimination of the death penalty for cowardice is smong modifications and regulations the death penalty in the British army which the government ‘will lay before Parliament in the army and air force angual bill, the text of which was published today The death jpénalty will be abolished in the army also as ishment for | & I. upl&lpz“:tujolcywv guard without orders, false alarms in Tepulatly Sepevea Podincations rly rel L textual “alterations, also will apply to the air force. The death penalty wilf be refained for such acts as “shameful abandon- ment or deliver up of any place or garrison,” ful casting away of arms in'the enemy’s presence.” treach- ery, or annoyingly imperiling in active ervice the mm’- of his majesty’s forces, order by Representative Hull of Wis- " | consin, inserted intentionall: fl“:‘:a :cunnnor nhnyrlwn @) Representative Cochran also sought to insert in the bill a proviso that taxicab owners be ¢ d to show financial responsibility, but this effort failed. A clause in the school salary section making kindergarten teachers eligible to teach in the from 1 to 4 was stricken out of the bill on a point of in different e a of the to remair ic the Among several minor amendments accepted was one providing the paving of streets in the vicinity of the Paul Junior High School. On motion of Mr. | Simmons. an item appropriating $20,000 | for equipment for the Bryant street water pumping station was eliminated. As adopted by unanimous vote yester- day afternoon, the bill appropriated just $1,200 less than the total originally re- ported by the committee. The bill now goes to the Senate. Southern Representatives lined up in defense of the southwest market site during the debate on the mart fund. Among those who defended the appropriation were Representatives Green of Florida, Byrns of Tennessee, Hare of Georgia and Quin of Missis- sippl, supported at times by the Northe erners, Representatives Murphy of Ohio and Stalker of New York. The critics of the fund, in addition to Mr. Under- hil], included Representatives Gambrill of Maryland, Cochran of Missouri, Hud- son of Michigan and Holaday of Illinois. Underhill Assails Price. Mr. Underhill asserted that 80 per cent of the farmers were opposed to the southwest site and charged that the $225,000 asked for the site was far above its valuataion. Representative Hudson told his col- leagues that if they voted for the appro- priation they would be voting “$225,000 for the Washington real estate scalpers and $75,000 for a farmers’ market.” Mr. Murphy charged that there appeared to be “something subtle” be- hind opposition to the market, Chair- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) NINE WORKMEN INJURED IN DYNAMITE EXPLOSION Drill Causes Blast in Excavation for New York’s New Water System. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 28-—Nine men of a crew of 15 working 600 feet below ton road and Pelham Parkway, the Bronx, in a shaft of the city’'s new water system, were injured today when a drill caused the explosion of a stick ad iled H of dynamite which explode in a previous blast. BANK CLOSES DOORS NORTHAMPTON, Mass, March 28 ~—The County Trust Co. to the provision for a farmers’ produce | the: this country. It is expected that he will adhere to this view and that the campaign in Pennsylvania for the senatorial nomination will be left very largely to his friend. and supporters re. Rumors started today that the Vare organization in Philadelphia, which is the regular Republican organization there, having succeeded in having the Grundy candidate for governor with- draw, leaving the field free to the Vare candidate, Francis 3hunk Brown of Philadelphia, except for the candidacy of former Gov. Pinchot, would be will- ing to permit Senator Grundy to return to the Senate. In other words, the Vare people ‘would be satisfied with having the gubernatorial nomination and they would not now be active in of the Davis candidacy, to which had committed themselves. This report of a new “deal” by the leaders, however, lacked confirmation. It is known that Secretary Davis be- lieves that he will have the whole- hearted support of the Philadelphia or- ,-nmuon. which has declared for him ollowing the withdrawal of Mr. Vare/, himself from the senatorial race. Vare Backs Davis and Brown. Mr. Vare, in his statement withdraw- ing himself from the senatorial con- test, expressed a hope that his friends would support Mr. Davis for the Senate and Mr. Brown for governor. Whatever the result of the senatorial race, it IFEII’I now that Mr, Vare has succeeded in compelling Mr. Grundy to relinquish his candidate for governor, Mr, Lewis. Whether Grundy will line up with some other candidate for the bernatorial nomination, or whether will tacitly now agree to the nomi- nation of Mr. Brown remains to be seen. On the surface it looks as Mr. Grundy, in his first brush wi Vare and his Philadelphia o ition since he became Senator, been worsted. U. S. MISSIONAIRES’ FATE IS IN DOUBT City 50 Miles From Kanchow Be- lieved in Hands of Bandit Pillagers and Killers. By the Associated Press. CANTON, March 28.—Further con- cern for the 16 American Catholic missionaries at Kanchow, Kiangs! Province was shown today when it| became known that authorities believed | Nananfu, 50 miles from Kanchow, had fallen into the hands of Communists and bandits who have been pillaging and killing throughout the southern part of the province for weeks. Although Chinese officials continued to maintain that the red siege on Kan- chow had been lifted, missionaries expressed doubt, saying missionaries at Kanchow had sald they would report dispersal of the bandits as soon as it took place. iy Mission headquarters reported that three Finnish women missionaries had been captured Pebruary 3 in Northern Kiangsi and reported killed. ‘WHAT THEY Why should women lifters? politan Police Department, . statement by Ralph Hemen- way, ‘pruldzn'. sald savings depositors would suffer no loss. WATCHMAN BALKS HOLD-UP OF BANK Five Armed Bandits Flee Baltimore Concern After Firing at Guard. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., March 28—An attempt by five well armed bandits to hold up the Citizens’ Savings Bank, in the business section, was broken up today by John Simms, a watchman, who swung at one of the gunmen with his blackjack and then sounded the bank's burglar alarm. As Simms pressed the button the bandit he had struck at fired at him with a sawed-off shotgun. ‘The charge spattered against the wall of a vault room, leaving the watchman unharmed. His nerve had spoiled the hold-up. Half hiding their guns under thelr coats, the five hnfiu strode almost leisurely out of the bank while a gong on one of the outside walls was summoning patrolmen and traffic officers from directions. A brown sutomobile with the motor humming was standing at the curb and into it stepped the five gunmen. The machine shot forward and disappeared south on Eutaw street just a moment before squads of police and headquar- ters detectives trooped onto the scene. If the machine followed its course police believe it possibly headed for the Wash- ington area. Police Search for Car. Motor cycle men were assigned to 8 through the city and tried to | same time orders went out over the| police telephone system for all officers to | be on the watch for a car with a Vir- xil"lriggllceme. hold-up men were equipped for usiness. armament they dis- played in the bank included three .45 caliber automatic pistols and two shot- guns with shortened barrels. Their job | apparently had been well planned and was progressing smoothly until Simms stepped up and ruined it. | Only three or four patrons were in | the bank, which is on the southwest | corner of Baltimore and Eutaw strezl&r when the bandits entered. They made | their exit quietly. They were fairly well dressed, did not display their guns (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) WIVES OF DELEGATES TO LEAVE LONDON SOON| Mrs. Charles Francis Adams Forced | by Ill Health to Return Home. Mrs. Morrow Also Coming. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 28.—Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, wife of Secretary Adams, will sail for New York April 3, because of ill-health. She has not been well for some time. Mrs. Morrow also ymbnbw will return home in the near uture, although her departure was said not to be a matter of health. Professor Found Shot. MADISON, Wis., March 28 (#).—Prof. Griffith Richards, 41 years old, asso- clate professor of soils at the Univer- sity of Wisconsin since 1919, today was found shot to death in his office on the campus. Authorities said they believed he killed himself with a shotgun. The body was found by a stenographer. Women Police ARE DOING prisoners in- Washington have good food, beds with white spreads and a parlor with pictures on the walls? Why do ministers’ wives sometimes become shop- Why do good wives, mothers and neighbors fall into the hands of policewomen? Are crimes “accidents”? These questions are answered by Mrs. Mina Van Winkle, head of the Women’s Bureau of the Metro- in a series of articles with case records which will start in the next issue of THE SUNDAY STAR These articles will continue next week in The Evening Star. Capone Invited To Make Home in Black Hills Country By the Associated Press. RAPID CITY, S. Dak., March 28.—"“Scarface Al” Capone, Chi- cago’s outcast lord, has been invited to make home in the thck l}:lls' of Bm'llth tD!tkm.l. “where the stranger is not judged Ry reports of his past record.” Signed by Dan Evans, secretary of the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce, a letter was in the malils today, offering Capone the hospitality of the West, and quot- ing that portion of the Scriptures which admonishes against criti- cism of the crimes of of 3 Capone, not wanted as a resi- dent by Chicago or Miami, Fila., was assured “the glad hand of welcome into a community prac- tically free from crime.” IRISH FREE STATE PRESIDENT RESIGNS feated, 66 to 64, on Op- position Measure. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, March 28. —President William T. Cosgrave and his ministry today resigned their posts after defeat of the government in the Dail last night by a vote of 66 to 64 on an opposition measure. The Dalil, after announcement of the resignation, was adjourned until Wed- nesday of next week, when nomination of a new president will fall to it, and Mr. cmgnvedp]:mbly may be re-elected. lanna l, princi 0] - ment, in the absence J Eamonn de Valera in America, announced that his party would nominate Mr, de Valera as_president. Decision to resign was reached at a party meeting today to discuss the situation created by last night's defeat of the government on a private oppo- sion member’s bill involving an increase in expenditures on old-age pensions. 700 BUILDINGS RAZED BY FIRE IN JAPAN $490,000 Damage Caused as Blaze Sweeps Town Hall, Police Sta- tions and Schools. By the Associated Press TOLYO, March 28.—Seven hundred buildings were destroyed by fire at Komatsumachi, Northwest Japan, today. Damage was estimated at 1,000,000 yen (about $490,000). The blaze swept the town hall, police station and_ schools. killed and three others seriously injured when a fire engine turned over. Ten Thousand More Homes PR service. () Means Associated Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,954 Two CENTS. Press. TORONTO LIQUOR FAILURE DISPUTED Wets Would Bring Premier Here to Refute Ex-Premier Drury’s Views. By the Associated Press. A dispute over the success or failure of the Toronto system of government liquor dispensaries emerged today from the investigation of prohibition enforce- ment and conditions conducted by the House judiciary committee. ‘With the testimony of E. C. Drury, former premier of the province, to the effect that the plan in vogue there has beeh “an absolute failure,” already in the record, the wets proposed to the present provincial prime minister to Washington for testimony before the committee. tches from Toronto, however, | Cosgrave and Ministry De-|indicated that the premier, George H. PFerguson, was disinclined to accept such an invitation, although he offered to give representatives of the committee every ald if they should go to Canada for a first-hand study of conditions there. Representative Linthicum, Democrat, Maryland, the chieftain of the wet bloc, insisted, nevertheless, that Ferguson be asked to appear. He asserted that Drury was defeated by the present premier in an election the fundamental issue of which was the continuance of the gov- minister g to give us the rea: facts either by mail or oral testimony.” Testimony to End. ‘The drys are expected to complete their testimony next Weanesday. when the committe resumes ts hearings and two weeks later the wets are o begin the presentation of rebuttal =vidence. They are planning to present Pierre S. du Pont of Wilmington, Decl, ameng their rebuttal witnesses. ‘The committee late yesterday ap- ved a measure to facilitate proceed- against speakeasies by locking @mflm, through the authorization of absentee service of summonses Such action was. proposed by the Hoover Law Enforcement Commission. Another commission propusal would be carried out under a Dil! introduced late y by Representative Hud- son, ublican, Michigan, this measure would consolidate the customs, Coast Guard and immigration services into a unified border patrol. CITY HEADS 0.K. TRIBUTE TO LATE CHIEF JUSTICE Indorse Women’s Club Proposal to Name Connecticut Avenue Bridge for William Howard Taft. The District Commissioners, in a let- he thought that the “prime %@ be willin, One fireman was | ter to the Women’s City Club, today went on record as “heartily in iyxm- thy” with a resolution adopted by that club urging that the name of the Con- necticut Avenue Bridge be changed to the Willlam Howard Taft Bridge, as a memorial to the late President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. ‘The Commissioners, however, desire to go further into the matter and not only change the name, but signalize The Star is read in the great mass of Washington homes and consequently car- ries more retail store adver- tising daily and Sunday than all- other Washington papers combined. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) The Evening Star. . 55,405 2d Newspaper. ....23.217 3d Newspaper..... 9491 4th Newspaper..... 4,959 5th Newspaper..... 3,557 41,224 Excess Star. . 14,181 lines The influence of The Star in the homes has increased by over 10,000 in circulation witblin d}e past two years. 3 the change by the placing of an appro- priate tablet on the bridge and the dedi- cation by fitting ceremonies. ‘The Commissioners sald that they felt the matter should be taken care of by the introduction of a bill in Con- gress, as the bridge is always referred to in appropriation and other acts un- der the name of the Connecticut Ave- STOTT 0 BE ASKED ABOUT LIQUOR RAID WITHOUT WARRANT Maij. Pratt Requests Detailed Statement on Visit to Al- leged Speakeasy. COULD HAVE OBTAINED PAPERS, HART DECLARES Plans to Prosecute Arrested Man. “Going on Mat” With Attorney’s Office, Precinct Chief Says. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, today instructed Inspector Thaddeus Bean to obtain from Cngt. William G. Stott, commanding the third precinct, a detailed statement describ- ing Stott's raid of an alleged speakeasy on Eighteenth street yesterday without * Pellowing, the. rald ear} da; wing the raid early yesterday afternoon, Capt. Stott, mmpnined about the difficulty of obtaining search war- rants in cases where the police had only “reasonable cause” of violation and said he was on the mat” with the United States attorney’s office in an effort to clear up the whole matter. Meanwhile the United States attor- ney’s office wd:z planned to prosecute Frank J. Smith, whom Capt. Stott placed under arrest, and at the same time David A. Hart, assistant District attorney, stated that Stott could have obtained a search warrant on evidence in his possession. Hart said he would subpoena eve: resident on both sides of Eighteen street in the 1100 block—the raid ing been conducted on a building at 1116—and learn whether any one of them had the liquor was being sold there. Plans Vigorous Prosecution. On behalf of the United States at- % i T B & g a g g o i =8 >R i1 L e il Be ;3 E g E | & g 2 B 4 gt I B g gfi H : | i i : ; it With three policemen and himself on. the end of a battering ram, they (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) FIVE GIRLS INJURED IN DORMITORY FIRE David Lipscombe College Building Is Destroyed Early Today. By the Associated Press. N. , Tenn., March 28.—Five girls were injured early today in a fire that destroyed a dormitory of David Lipscomb College. Damage was estimated by H. Leo Boles, president of the college, at $125,000. Miss Beryl Waldrum of Nashville was believed to be injured seriously. She fell on her back in jumping from the third floor. Miss Jimmie Green Harvey of Mathiston, Miss., and Miss Ruth Forsee of Franklin, Tenn., re- ceived burns about the face and han Miss Virginia Riggs of Albertsville, Ala. and Miss Miry Perkins Bragg of Mc- Minnvill$, Tenn., also were in jumping from the third floor. o Senate Recesses. After a meeting of five minutes, the Senate recessed 'finm today unti Tuesday when it in considera- nue Bridge. tion of Muscle Shoals ition. MAN IN SEMI-COMA 444 HOURS BAFFLES BALTIMORE PHYSICIANS Has Control of All Faculties, but Sleep and Condition Is Described as That Spectal Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 28.—Physicians are still baffled at the semi-coma in which Joseph Culotta, 22, has lain for of *Robot Coma.” It 444 hours, following head injuries re- | he will ceived in an automobile accident. o Culotta, who has been in the hospi- tal since March 9, is described by physicians as being a victim of “robot coma” - All of his faculties except his “sleep control” seem to-be ungnnd. they i ette before lapsing back into his