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s, A-2 % THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 30, 1930—PART ONE. MRS, VAN WINKLE SCRAPS JAIL IDEA Woman Offenders Worthy of Humane Consideration, She Says. (Continued From First P She doesn't belleve that women fall aturally into two classes—human be- | | Lett to right: Representative Ruth B. Pratt, Gilbert Grosvenor and Mrs, Longworth. ngs and criminals—or, as a cynic might say, those who have been caught and those who haven't. One Kind of Heresy. She doesn't believe that the one un- alterable requirement of any sort of a “jall” is to lock like a jail—its utility | 1or the keeping of prisoners being a secondary consideration. This 15 a heresy paramount to saying that the most important consideration in build- ing a church is not ecclesiastical archi- tecture, but provision for public wor- ship, and folks have been burned at the stake by an enraged populace for even hinting such a thing, She doesn't belicve that an ethical accident should cut a woman off auto- matically from all the decencies of life—that a person in the-eyes of the law should be either all good or all bad. She doesn’t believe that there is any- thing in the nature of things making it absolutely impossible for a commun- ity such as the National Capital to take over into its official dealings some- thing of the code of a gentleman— or that the code of a gentleman was never intended to be applied to some persons, She doesn't believe that it is inher- ently against the laws of nature for the District to hold a woman as a witness in a court case, for instance, without shouting in her ears insistently for Tours at a time: “You're a wicked, vile, damned creature.” Eventually, Mrs. Van Winkle believes, some of these heresies may even be applied to the detentiofi of men as well a5 women. In fact, the process is al- ready under way in some cities. But communities don't like to give up their “jail” traditions. Take off the iron bars and the big steel doors of its prison and a community feels as un- comfortable as a man walking down the street without a necktie. The heretical process must start with women and children, so as not to violate beyond endurance a commun=- ity’s sense of proprieties, That is where Mrs. Van Winkle is starting. Violators Have Qualities. n The one fundamental heresy upo: which all the others are established, med. There is such a thin, wavering ine between the sublime and the ridiculous, respectability and disgrace, crime and innocence. There are so l{",lny patches of ice on the roads of e. What to do with this woman? This is the problem which Mrs. Van Winkle and her aides face over and over again. They don’t like to prosecute for an accident. But the Woman’s Bureau is not an extra-legal organization. It can't function as a psychiatric clinic. Its activities are walled in on every side by_the law. In the eyes of the law the woman is a thief. It does not recognize moral accidents. She is as much a thief as the professional shoplifter. The law says that thieves must go to jail. It doesn't bother about the nuances of human behavior. After all her years as a faithful wife, a loving mother, a kind neighbor, & good church member the r woman has tripped over & pro- ruding second and fallen head-first into a legal situation. Fortunately, largely due to the Woman's Bureau, it doesn't usually | turn out that way. Store owners, when the circumstances are explained to them in their true light, seldom want to prosecute. The policewoman can “fix it up,” Wife of Clergyman, Imagine the plight of one of the re- cent cases. She was the wife of a promi- | nent clergyman, in Washington with her husband attending a church convention. The trip to the National Capital had | been quite an adventure to her. She was to give a lecture on it at a meeting of the church women when she got home, She had promised her children and her | friends to “bring them something.” In | her home city she was the head of a social welfare organization connected with the church which did much work lnwn’nlulen women, broken homes, ete. the National Oapital she had attended the meetings of the convention with her husband. She had listened to the most eloquent preachers of the de- nomination. She herself had given a including the Women’s Bureau itself, it that a woman actually can violate a law and be caught in the act, but still remain a human being—a loyal wife, & Joving mother, a kindly neigh- bor, an industrious citizen. In fact, Mrs. Van Winkle believes, being caught stealing does not deprive a woman of her womanhood. She thinks there are other factors in crime than just plain wickedness or ssion by the Devil. This radical doctrine, she insists, gains some support from the detailed case records in the files of the burea some of which trace the lives of prison= ers from earliest infancy and reveal the genesis of their criminal behavior. For the most part these are confidential records and can only be published with- Sheictons ta the tosets. ?“.‘.f#"‘g.-?:'; eletons cl of respected ns and families in Wash- ange as it may seem, all v ‘hobrenknulndoming; pear to be “bad.” Some of them, are quite decent persons, mnot different from hundreds of omvu, mothers, daughters the: As Yor violating the sbsolute uire- ment that & “jail" must look ¥jail,” Mrs. Van Winkle pleads "Fhe justification, she insists, lies case studies, The woman criminal is 8o often the product of circumstances or luck. Into this quiet harbor of the Women'’s Rureau files drift strange bits of wreckage of lives, storm- on mystical seas. The driftwood floats in out of the oceans of all s from childhood with its vague lon and irresistible impulses to senility with its pathetic waiting. And in this driftwood lies whatever e;mnuuon there may be for Mrs, Van inkle's heresies. Problems of the Shoplifter. The ha.neh of h?zmp':\lu woman's ex- tence is the shoplifter. bWa&hlngmn has its gerpetuu offend- ers, with records of 50 or more thefts from store counters. Some of these women are kleptomaniacs—victims of an obscure neurotic condition. They steal because they can't help it. There is something out of kilter in their sub- conscious, or their synapses have been tied wg:thher in an unusual way. ‘The avior of others is not open to quite so charitable an interpretation, They simply are professional thieves who have drifted into this way of making a living, Shoplifting, to them, §s a business. ‘The penalties are part of the overhead. Both these types are clever. Their lice records tell only & small part of he story. Naturally a great number of their offenses are undetected. Police women would need the eyes of files to eatch them in all their operations. But the really delicate situations arise with those who steal only once and are caught—good, stout, homely, motherlv women, prominent in their church cewing circles, whom one nat- urally ascociates with beds of zinnias, meighborhood bridge clubs and the local parent-teacher association. They think thieving is “horrid.” One of them hardly would be suspected of having anything so romantic and mysterious as @ subconscious. Their nerves are in perfect order. When a woman of this type leaves home on a shopping trip she has no more idea of stealing anything than of blowing up the White House. She is intent on bargains. She enters a de- partment store, casts envious eyes on laces, silks and bric-bracs which may be beyond her purse—and suddenly a policewoman’s hand 1s on her shoulder, she is led firmly to a rest room, and search reveals one of the envied articles in her handbag or concealed in her clothing. Apparently, says Mrs. Van Winkle, it happens just like that. There is no premeditation. The woman never has Btolen before. It is an accident, just as if she had slipped on the ice and sprained her ankle. The victim has no explanation to offer. She was caught red-handed. She doesn't know how or Wwhy it happened. Act Scarcely Realized. She picked up the desired article to examine it, intending to ask the price of the clerk. The clerk was busy at the other end of the counter. Nobody was looking. And the next she knew the policewoman had her by the arm @nd was warning her to come quietly and not make a fuss in public. This is the old, old story. Moreover, whatever r:mcs may say, it probably is the true story. It's an accident, like Auppln‘ on the ice or burning one’s fingers taking the pies from the oven. But it's likely to rove a very serious accident indeed for he unfortunate woman. She 'THIEF—caught in the act. Even if she doesn’t go to jail, how the neigh- bors will talk. Every eye will be upon her at_church next Sunday, and for many Sundays thereafter. She never can face her Sunday school class again. Her children will be the children of a ‘THIEF, and the stigma will be upon them as long as they remain in school. Bhe never can explain to her husband. Bhe can never wul}: with the neigh bors over the back fence again. ‘THIEF, , _ THIEF—the very ‘walls shout at her. She is a T} , and she hasn't the slightest idea how it hap- » talk on “social work.” Then on the last day of the conven- tion, she went to a department store to ret her supply of “things from Wash- ington™ for the folks back home. The clerk wasn’t looking. The police wom- an’s hand on her arm—the search and | discovery of the stolen article in her handbag. She hadn’t the slightest idea why she had stolen it. It would be a ng‘cl m for the papers back home. and the folks back home never heard about it. The woman returned as if nothing had ha ed to her children, her church leties, her social work. But she is a_conscientious woman, and her self-confidence has been shaki Mrs. Van Winkle has received many Jet- ters from her asking for advice. The |® Shakespear: words of haun! ‘wom- an’s mind: 2 i flmumomwmmmuun And it must {6110W as the night the Thou can'st not then be false to any man.” What 8 hypocrite she must be, she writes, in her false self-righteousn to gn-dficewmun women and the like. { they only knew what sort of a woman g to them—a THIEF. How can she conscientiously continue in 8o~ cial work with this brand upon her, It :‘fnml:h“;:l: t?&;ll eyes but her own, but of those rare honest with herself, gk And Mrs. Van Winkle has had a hard job trying to convince this woman, caught red-handed at stealing, that she is fit to continue doing good. to others. For the police women krow that there are shadowy spots in most lives—events which folks don't talk about, but go about their business as f they never had happened. Their lence has convinced them, even without self-analysis, that about every body has the makings of a thief. Some never had a good opportunity. Some have never been caught. job to get through life without steall —law or no law. Folks do all sorts things on the lmg:xlu of the moment, literally without intending to do them or knowing why they do them. Another, Wife of Minister. ‘There was another minister's wife— not that minister's wives are any bet- police women “fixed it up,” | ¢, It’s & hard | B EXECUTIVE MANSION WILL RECEIVE 500- VOLUME LIBRARY (Continued From First Page.) sellers Association undertook to pre- sent the White House with a com- prehensive choice. Twenty-five detective stories and as many children’s books will afford en- tertainment for every one from the President to his grandcl en. In addition to a long list of fiction, re will be a wide selection of bio- graphy, 50 volumes on travel, as many on history and a representative col- lection of poetry, drama essays, includ- ing “The Compleat Angler,” by Isaak ‘Walton; philosophy, sclence and arts. The presentation froblbly will be made the last week of April, Frederick Melcher, chairman of the committee on selection, said today. Those who have helped Mr. Melcher pick aprpopriate titles, besides Mrs. Longworth and Mr. Watson, are Repre- sentative Ruth B. Pratt of Now York, George B. Utley, Chicago librarian; Nathan Van Patten, Stanford Univer- sity libraria; Rationa Geoirapine Bocety andJoms ographic ety and Jol Howell of 8an Francisco, % ———— GINGER SALE PROBE TO BE SWEEPING Wholesale Drug Houses in New York, Kansas City and St. Louis to Be Included. By the Assocated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, March 29.—Roy St. Lewis, United States district at- torney, said today that two wholesale drug houses in New York, three in Kansas City and four in St. Louis will be included with more than a dozen local druggists in the investigation be- fore the Federal nd jury conven- ing here April 10, of the sale of Jamaica e paralysis in Oklahoma and 8 an P etaral fvestigators have fin ivest ve finished an inquiry into" sources of allegedly adul- lamed for ysis and today, reported to the b at- torney. The investigation showed, Lewis said, that some of the wholesalers sold more Jamaica ginger to one drug store than reputable distributors ordinarily sell in year. State and city chemists reported that tests of Jamaica ger obtained here did not indicate that noxious ingredi- ents included creosote or crude carbolic acid, wi Prohibition Commissioner Doran announced in Washington yes- terday were. present in mitted to his chemists. Dr. . Miles, city health - director, said he doubted that any .of the samples chi acterised by Doran as “sheep dip,” had come from Oklahoma City. FIRST OF 18 BOMBERS IS READY TO BE TESTED Plane for Navy Is Completed at Great Lakes dircraft Cor- poration Plant. By the Asseciated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Mareh 20.—The first plane of an order for 18 three- purpose bombers for the United States Navy has been completed at the Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation here and will g:dtuud tomggrow, it was an- oun wd:x It will be flown by Charles W. Mey- ers, chief test pilot of the Great Lakes Corporation. The bombers were de- signed to carry a heavy torpedo and & number of bombs. They are equipped with fole wings to Tacilitate storage aboard airplane carriers. After tests here the Initial plane will fly to the Naval Air Station at Ana- cox't‘u. Washington, D. C., for naval ter than other folks, but somehow or | test other they fit into type, cases—who was caught stealing under somewhat differ- ent circumstances. The church was poor. Her husband’s salary was small. He had high ideals regarding the proper attitude of a minister of Christ toward sordid financial matters. When the church needed money he gave it out of his own salary. e Lord will pro- vide,” they sang at the Sunday evening prayer meetings. “Consider the lilies of the field,” he read in St. Matthew. They had a large family with big appetites, marvelous ability ‘at kicking out shoes and wearing holes in stock- ings, and subject to all the maladies of children requiring medical attention. The family must keep up an appear- ance. The minister couldn’t afford to appear in his pulpit without & clean wpfi):r‘ ‘The minister’s wife couldn’t be the shabblest dressed woman in the congregation. The minister’s children coufin'gtabe sent to school in rags. This was dreadfully obvious to the wife. Somehow or other, the bills piled up. The shop-ke became _insistent. There were letters from lawyers. So one afternoon, while the good man was composing his sermon for the next Sabbath, his wife was being searched in the rest room of a department store. She was a THIEF. She told the same old story of the sudden impulse. Per~ haps it was true, but in this case there was plenty of reason for the impulse. Here again the trouble was “fixed up.” The congregation never heard t it. Those women who steal on the im- pulse of the moment, Mrs. Van Winkle says, seldom take anything of muck value. The objects are attractive, rather than costly. They attract the eye rather than the avarice. Wealthy society matrons, to whom price is no ncentive, occasionally are caught and taken, sobbing hysterically, to the House of Detention. A psychological explanation of this impulsive stealing probably would be rather complicated. It is one of those dark corners of human behavior which are not very well understood. But, says Mrs. Van Winkle, it is only common sense to assume that thes: women are not criminals in the ac- cepted sense of the word and they don't deserve the treatment of criminals The plain fact is—and it may be rathe: hard to admit—that anybody's wife or mother or daughter may be caugh! stealing any day. Several wives ot members of Congress, by the way, have felt the arm of the police woman on their shoulders. Are these victims of moral accidents to be locked up behind fron bars, fed on bread and water and given a bed o e etaerty Tndy sippea on- the tee If an ly on e and broke a leg she would be taken to comfortable hospital and provided with all possible comforts, Is the case greatly different when she slips on the more trea us ethical ice? Leap Kills Broker's Wife. LOS ANGELES, March 29 (#)—Mrs. |David G. Rice, wife of a wealthy Beverly Hills loan broker, leaped from the tenth floor of a hotel here today and was fatally injured. She died in an ambulance en route to a hospital. She left three young children. She told an officer she was despondent because of il health, | | | I lifton he caught chase. band in his John E. Eckel, Philadel- | believed to have caused hundreds | Farm mobile wi e stopped to cl GERMAN CENTRIST CABINET FORMED Nationalists Are Stronger in \ New Government—O0Id Members Remain. By the Assoefated Press. BERLIN, March 29.—After more inter-party wrangling than had been at first expected, Dr. Heinrich Bruenling, Centrist party leader in the Reichstag, today got fogether a new coalition government to succeed that of Heinrich Mueller, who resigned this week. The list of ministers submitted by the new chancellor to President von Hin- denburg shows a definite shift toward the right of the Reichstag. Though the political center of gravity in the government now is nearer the Nationalists, the retention of Dr. Julius Curtius at the ministry of foreign affairs gave assurance that Germany's forelgn policy would not be changed from that inaugurated by the late Gustav Streseman In addition to there are only three new faces in Ger- many’s new government. All the other ministers served with ex-Chancellor Mueller. Martin_ Schiele, minister of the in- terior in 1925 and of agriculture in 1927, will have the agriculture t in_the Bruening coalition. His inclusion is re- rded as an important tactical victory for the chancellor. The other two changes from the Mueller cabinet are Johannes Brett, who takes the ministry of justice, and Gottfried Treviranus, who will serve as minister without portfolio. There are now four Centrists, two Populists and one representative apiece from the Democrats, People’s Conserva- tive party, Nationalists, Bavarians and the Economic party. Chancellor Bruening is credited with great diplomatic cleverness in managing to satisfy the friends of the Conservate Treviranus, who was commander of & torpedo boat during the war and has been identified with the Nationalists, without giving him either the ministry of foreign affairs or the ministry of the interior. LIVE STOCK GROUP TALKS WITH LEGGE Farmers Declared Disastisfied With Representation on Market- ing Body. the iated Press, B CAES March 29—The Chicago Tribune will say tomorrow that Alex- ander Legge, chairman of the M:‘r:t: Represen! Live Btock Marketing Association in an effort to adjust differences between members of the Farmers’ Union and the New National Live Stock Marketing Associa- tion. Those attending the conference de- clined to comment on the purpose of the meeting, accordi to the ibune. ‘The National Live Stock Marketing Association, created in co-operation with the Farm Board recently, was de- signed to serve as the commodity sales agency for live stock co-operatives. ‘The paper will say it was today that members of the Farmers' Union contend they were not being given fair representation on the association's board of directors. 1Mn's. EVA R. D. BAIN IS DEAD IN NEBRASKA Nationally Known Educator and Noted W. C. T. U. Lecturer Was Frequent Visitor Here. Mrs. Eva Roseman Danielson Bain, nationally known educator and W. C. T. U. lecturer, died at her home in Lin- coln, Nebr,, Friday afternoon, 12 hours after her daughter, Mrs. J. P, 8. Neligh of the Neighborhood House here, reached her bedside, according to word received here by Mr. Neligh last night. Mrs. Danielson, a frequent visitor to | Washington prior to her long illness, was active in educational circles of Co- lumbus, Ga. Chicago, Nebraska and New York State. assoclated with Mr. Neligh in the Primary Indus- trial School at Columbus, was an active W. C. T. U. lecturer with headquarters in Argyle, N. Y. associated with the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, and prominent in the public school system of Nebraska during her long career Besides her educational work, she also was an assistant pastor of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church at Columbus, Ga. Mrs. Neligh was summoned when Mrs. Bain's lllness took a serious turn last week. Funeral services will be held at the home of a son, Edward R. Danielson, in College View, Nebr., tomorrow after- noon. I SHOT BY FUGITIVE I ight, who' was shot last night by a suspected auto thief, whom the right is Mrs. Wright, who was with her hus- the hase the fugitive, —Star Stafl Photo. his n. Chancellor Bruening, | St HAITI IS PLEASED BY PROBE REPORT Native Leaders Are Satisfied by Commission Policy Hoover Will Follow. By the Assoclated Press. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, March 29. —Haitian leaders in general expressed much satisfaction today at the report of the Hoover Commission and with {the fact that the American President (had accepted the report as the basis for a new policy in dealing with Haitl. All sides responded ~ with new enthusiasm to the work of taking over the government by the Haitian people ulx accordance with the commission's plans. Despite various rumors of the last week, indicat on both the Govern- ment and opposition sides were that the election of Eugene Roy as tempor- ary president would take place accord- ing to plan and that a peaceful politi- cal campaign would follow during the ummer. A _number of American civilian employes - in various depart- ments, believing that evacuation of the lt;hl"d will follow shortly, are preparing eave. Set Great Store in Future. ‘There was some dissatisfaction among Haltian leaders over failure to with- draw the Marines immediately but the belief was generally expressed that the new Haitian policy of the United States based on the report would mean much for the future welfare, happiness and prosperity of the republic. The hope was expressed that the withdrawal of the Marines would take place soon, The section of the Hoover report dealing with the replacement of Brig. Gen, John H. Russell, American high commissioner, by a civilian, caused some mystifiication as he is not serv- ing any specific term but can be re- moved any time that President Hoover desires. The recommendation of the commis- slon regarding the office of high com- missioner that the office be abolished at the close of the “tour of duty” of Gen. Russell. The general's term of office is at the discretion of the President or until the expiration of the treaty in 1936. Some State Department ~officials _indicated that abandonment of the office of high com- missioner would likely be in October or November, after a duly elected presi- dent to succeed mmpn&ry President take Marines away now. “1 am certain the political situation will be such as to warrant an end to American supervision in a very short while,” he said. “I am very glad to see the commission follow the indica- tion given previously to have the mili- a to Cilly that Bugene Roy mrfimmm' e Wi - nized by President Hoover as tempor- ary president, following his election April 14 and his assumption of office , in accordance with the plan )y the ission and ap- proved by President Hoover. I am wm:uu:. ;lnctwm m‘n !dull wlil be peace! nd that no frau will be used.” Spoe ROY PLEDGES BEST. Hopes to Give Haitians Sound Gov- ernment. By_the Associated Press. PETIONVILLE, Haiti, March 20.—In this pleasant village, perched on a cool spot on the mountain side overlooking the capital of Port-au-Prince, Haitl's “man of the hour,” elderly, dignified and new to politics, s working daily long into the night on plans for his “He & Eugens Roy, 69 1d, whe e is igene Y, 'ears ol will be elected April l‘yu tem%fll"rg President under the government plan given the ocountry by the Hoover in. vestigating commission and will take office May 15, the day the incumbent, Louis Borno, gives up the presidential ce. Interested throughout his life in for- eign affairs and politics, but never a halder of any office of & political nature, M. Roy now finds himself swept into the spotlight as the man who, inder the commission’s plan, will have sole Ppower of arranging for the popular elec~ tlons later in the year, and who will be intrusted with the means for turning the government, now virtually a dic- tatorship, back to the people. Somewhat embarrassed by the atten- tion focused upon him, but fully con- scious of what the temporary presidency means to his land, M. Roy has given his written and oral pledge to execute ihe plan faithtully, and has retired to the pri eonnnn: of his home to map hoped to give Haiti an administration in ission the gov- ernment and opposition groups to fib— mit five names of men of unquestioned integrity who would make good as tem- ‘normm u.'Pr t, M. Roy's name headed LAW DEFIED TO SAVE CAT ! Federal Padlock Violated by Sherift Who Wins Cheers. By the Assoclated Press. MENOMINEE, Mich, March 29.— The sheriff violated a Federal dry law padiock today, because of a caf, but he's hoping the Prohibition Department. won't take the matter seriously. ‘Weeks the cat was locked in the Luilding when prohibition agents sealed the place up. ce then, its daily cries, growing weaker and weaker, have been heard by scores of citizens, until the sheriff finally took matters into his own hands and decided that it was time the cat had its liberty. School children cheered as the sheriff broke into the building. DROP SUNDAY CHARGES Wife No Longer Wishes to Prose- cute Evangelist’s Son. LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 29 (#). —District Attorney Burton Fitts an- nounced today that a moral. charge against George Sunday, son of Evangel- ist Billy Sunday, will be dismissed in Superior Court here Monday. e announcement followec a confer- ence between the prosecutor and Mrs, Gearge Sunday, who swore to the com- plaint almost two months ago. Fitts sald Mrs. Sunday had decided she no longer wishes to prosecute her husband, who is in Chicago at present. The complaint also named Mauryne Salle, Hollywood cloak model. o MEN EAT OWN COOKING Students Dislike Theory—They Get Practical Course. AMES, Towa, March 29 ().—Fifteen men students at Iowa State who enrolled in s nutrition course to find it dealt mg:m in calories and pro- teins N something more > tical, and they got it. i was added, with A laboratory ;“uvuhunn ¢ each man must eat l SPELLING BEE WINNER B Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, who acted as schoolmaster for the tri- angular spelling bee held at the National Press Club last night with representa- tives of the Senate, House and press competing, is shown congratulating the win- ner, Raymond Tucker of the press, while on his right is Representative Robert Luce of Waltham, M: HOUSE SUGAR VOTE 1S T0 BE OPPOSED Cramton Leads Against Separate Tariff Amendment Consideration, By the Associated Press. A determined movement to prevent a I | separate vote on the sugar rate in the tariff bill when the measure reaches the floor of the House was organized yester- day by Republican Representatives from 13 States. Representative Cramton, Republican, Michigan, a member of the steering committee, was selected as spokesman. ‘The Representatives of sugar-producing States agreed to support the Michigan member in urging the steering commit- tee to eliminate the sugar rate from consideration for a separate vote. ‘The steering committee, after two meetings which resulted in no agree- ment on the formulation of a rule un- der which the tariff will be considered on the floor, is still faced with the de- mand of a powerful group for separate votes on sugar, lumber and cement. Demands that the House take a direct —Wide World Photo. NEWS WRITER WINS BY A KIMONO OVER LUCE IN SPELLING BEE | aetans (Continued From First Page) on the first word put to them, while others survived but two or three words. Senator Tom Connally of Texas and Representative McClintock of Ohio, in addition to Representative Luce, held on lonfer than the majority of their legislative colleagues. Senator Connally muffed “indigenous,” before the “ous,” and McClintock failed on “I ithm,” in- serting an “e” where the “a” belongs. Representative Abernethy of No Carolina struggled vainly with “lique- faction,” Senator Barkley of Kentucky met his Waterloo on “optician,” Repre- sentative Black of New York sat down on “rhythm,” Representative Byrns of ‘Tennessee spelled his home State cor- rectly but gave up on the second word, “mortise”; Representative Howard of Nebraska left out one of the I's in “tranquillity,” Representative Eaton of New Jersey succumbed to “anesthetic” and Representative Jones of Texas chgke%‘on “‘carburetor.” arlisle Bargeron of the Washi n Post sat down on the first worm foon as Bzhoolm:ldter Fess turned to im and pronounced “salable,” Bargeron mm pis head and muttered “I'm Newspaper men who were eliminated early in_the vote on the increased sugar levy were | Fred A. said by some of those attending yester. day’s session of Republican chieftains to have prevented an t on a rule that would send the measure to conference. The Flouse increased the Cuban raw-sugar duty from 1.76 to 2.40 cents a pound, while the Senate bill provides a rate of 2 cents. A group of Western Republicans also are seeking record votes on cement, lumber and shingles, but whether these or any rates at all will be acted upon before the measure goes to conference will depend upon the steering commit- tee's decision. CI Snell of the rules commit- tee said & good majority of the Repub- lican members of the House favored sending the measure to conference with- out act on any individual rates. Representative Ramseyer of Iowa, a Republican member of the ways and means committee and one of the West- erners favoring & vote on cement, ‘warned of & fight on the floor if the rule agreed upon did not provide for & pre- conference decision on this levy. House Democrats favor opening the bill wide to votes on all Senate amend- ments, but they see little chance of this unprecedented action being permitted by the Republicans in control. HELD AS ‘V00OD00’ DOCTOR HAVANA, March 29 (#).—Serafina Rodriguez, an aged woman acoused of being & “voodoo” doctor, was today ar- rested by the police of Santa Clara Province and charged with ha gused the death of Domingo Chinea of aez. ‘The police, according to dispatches to the Havana Post, assert that Chinea was the victim of a “witch slaying.” The old woman had been watched for two_years, ever since a child of a fam- ily living near her home disappeared in mysterious eircumstances. Tucker and Representative Luce were questioned in their spelling of a word, but were permitted tinue after consultation between Sena- tor Fess and officials in charge of the contest. Tucker was ruled out when he spelled “referable” in the obsolete way ‘“referrible,” but when the cor- fipo'zdenc ‘prowsud that both 4 “stalactite,” but his opponent graciously pointed out that it was “just a slip of the tongue” and Mr. Luce was told to continue. in Among the newspaper men, Price went out on "ucflleglom‘."s Emery put tog many “a’s” in * ; put an “4” in abacus,” Monk left out the “k” in ivouacked,” Roosa left one of the “c's” out of “buccaneer,” Barbee - ted the “e” on Mr. Daguerre's name in daguerreotype, Bell put only ome “e" n “homogeneous,” and Holmes in- serted two “I's” in “igneous.” The appropriate music of “school days,” sung by a girl's quartet from the Marjorie Webster School, opened the program. Lee Poe Hart, of the entertainment committee of the club, introduced the ‘“schoolmaster.” Arrangements were in charge of “Jim” Preston, superintendent of the Senate press gallery, and Willlam Donaldson, of the House press gallery. Three Workmen Killed in Fire. BUDAPEST, Hungary, March 20 ). —Three workmen w'e‘r- killed 'ndny(‘lan YRD'S DEPARTURE . 1S SET FOR APRIL 9 Admiral Will Reach Panama About May 1 to Await City of New York. By _Cable to The ! r and New York Times. ‘WELLING' New Zealand, Satur- day, March 39.—Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd will sail from here April 9 on the liner Corinthic for Panama, where he will arrive about May 1. He will remain there for three weeks, until the arrival of his flagship, the bark City of New York, which he will board for the last leg of the long trip home. With the admiral on the Corinthic will be Charles Loegren, his secretary; Lioyd Berkner, radio operator, and Russell Owens, correspondent of Ths New York Times. Sailing from New Zealand this time of the year is dif- ficult because of the heavy traffic to England, but the steamship companies have done everything possible to pro- vide accommodations for Byrd and his y. Capt. Alton Parker and George A. ‘Thorne, jr., salled with Capt. Ashley MeKinley on the liner Miramar for San Franeisco, where they will arrive about the middle of next month. Dean Smith is sailing from Welling- ton on April 1 for Panama, where he will put in a month's flying before re- glnlnl the City of New York for the ip north. Smith is a leutenant in the Am{om Ca Reserves and is anxious spend his waiting time in the air, for although one of the oldest air-mail pilots when he left the United States, opportunities for fiying in the Antarctic are limited. The steamer Eleanor Bolling, the Byrd expedition’s supply ship, will sail to- morrow from Dunedin for Tahiti and. Panama. After her departure, Admiral Byrd will probably visit Wellington for a day or two to call on government of- ficials and thank them for the cour- tesies extended to his expedition dur- ing its stay here. e is now busy cleaning up the last of business in this country and has had little time for relaxation o New York AR W P R et CIRCUS PERFORMER KILLED BY FALL Brother Hurls Self to Ground Vainly, Breaking Force in DON PLANS TO ATTEMPT TO BREAK RECORD TODAY Daytona Beach Course Is Believed to Be in Best Condition Since His Arrival. By the Associated Press. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March 20— K:.ye Don, speed challenger, announced if beach conditions made an inspection of the beach at low shortly after noon and said he course in the best condi- tion it has been since his arrival here, Further inspection of the beach and A-Jaman.wu'?’nqumm city to T e . lthhnwmhlrunnlo'ude?:t tomorrow afternoon. BABY IN CAB HIT BY CAR Curtis Perry, Aged 38, Hurt as Mother Wheels Him Across Street. Ourtis Perry, 3 years old, of 819% I mnonhmmkwnmmmm a fire at the corner of Racosl street and Josef boulevard, in the center of the city. The material damage was high. Protect Children Keynote of Early Diagnosis Campaign for the discovery of tuberculosis during the month of April. removed the boy from the treatment 350 CHILDREN WALK Early Detection Means Protection OFFICIAL FIGURES of the District Health Depart- ment show little decline from 1915 to 1930 in chil- dren’s deaths from tuberculosis as compared with general reduction from same cause. HEALTH OFFICER FOWLER, referring to this almost stationary children’s death ; ate, says: sence of sanatorium provision for tuberculous childrem, a condition said not to exist in any other large city of the United States, has a direct bearing on the children’s tu- berculosis death record” Association for the Prevention of Tuberculos: Telephone District 6883 1022F11th Street N.W, CALMLY TO SAFETY FROM THEATER FIRE (Continued From First Page.) primarily to the operator's booth. A quantity of films was destroyed and some was done to the motion- picture apparatus, which officials thought could be