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o~ ’;A—Z ok ATTRIBUTES WET “POLL TO IGNORANCE Representative Declares Vot- ““ers Against Dry Law Lack Knowlecge of Saloon. “Most anti - prohibition sentiment comes from people who have had no éxperience with the evils of the saloon system,” Representative Edward M. Beers of Pennsylvania declared this morning, speaking before the quarterly convention of the local Women's Christian Temperance Union at Waugh Methodist Church, Referring to the recent student vot- ing in American universities on prohi- bition enforcement, Representative Beers ascribed the preponderant anti- prohibition vote to the fact that the college student is necessarily ignorant of the character and effect of the licensed saloon. While opinion in the United States is overwhelmingly in favor of prohibi- tion enforcement, Representative Beers said, such opinion is too orthodox, be- ing little more than a facile acquiescence in prohibition principles. Urges Constant Talk. “We must constantly talk prohibi~ tion,” he declared, “not merely regard an acceptance of the law as discharg- ing our obligations to it.” Representative Beers said, in con- trasting positive congressional support of prohibition to the general public in- difference, “There are now, as com- wared to several hundred several years ago, hardly 100 wet Representatives in Congress. “We proved conclusively at the last election,” Representative Beexs con- cluded, “that the country was dry and wished to remain dry.” Rev. Allen F. Poore, pastor, delivered an address of welcome, commending the union for its progress against both the liquor traffic and a skeptical public. Reports on Hearings. Mrs. Andrew McCampbell presented & rt on the recent congressional pro- hibition hearings. A report also was made by Mrs. G. A. Ross, outlining & program of expansion in the local union, . Mrs. W. A. Gaylor, president of the Baltimore W. C. T. U., extended greet- ings to the convention. Mrs, James M. Doran, wife of the commissioner of prohibition, recounted her experiences in W. C. T. U. work in New Jersey. The convention resolved to forward a Jetter to President Hoover commending his advocacy of a progressive prohibi- tion policy. Mrs. N. M. Pollock, president of the local union, presided. Reading of business reports and a varied musical program concluded the convention this afternoon. CREDITORS ASSIST FRAUD DEFENDANT 450 Pledge $9,000 of $32,000 Bond for Her Release From French Prison. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. PARIS, April 4—An unusual spec- tacle was provided today by creditors coming to the assistance of the woman ‘who allegedly had defrauded them. Four hundred and fifty of them have alréady agreed to subscribe $20 each toward a bond of $32,000, whereby Mme, Marthe Hanau, promoter of sev- eral stock speculation concerns, would be released pending her trial on May 15. Mtllions of francs were lost in the collapse of her concerns. The subscriptions are coming in so rapidly that it is hoped the total will be raised by Saturday. Meanwhile Mme. Hanau is a very sick person in prison, unable to digest food after her long hunger strike, Physicians ex- pressed concern over her today because of her high temperature. (Copyright, 1930.) DEFEATED MEXICAN IS ON LECTURE TOUR Costa Rica Pays Greater Honors to Returning Bathing Beauty. Special Dispatch to The St SAN JOSE, Costa Rica., April 4— Jose Vasconcelos, defeated candidate for President of Mexico, who is on a lec- ture circuit of Central America ex- pounding his theories of pan-American relations and criticizing the policy of the United States, and Senorita Julia Salézar Loria, who represented Costa Rica at the Miami beauty parade, are both due to arrive here tonight aboard & steamer from Panama. Local newspapers are not concerned With the distinguished statesman and furthermore, it is thought that the Mexican ‘ Minister here is protesting against Senor Vasconcelos’ tour. But the returning beauty is receiving col- umns of space adorned with pictures of herself and other contenders in the :‘1?{;“‘ contest, clad in nifty bathing Both Senor Vasconcelos and Senorita \. Loria will be guests of the Rotary Club, but the girl, after landing at the port, will come to the Capital in a private car. Receptions arranged for her, in- cluding a performance in the National ‘Theater, will continue a fortnight. (Copyright, 1930.) FIRST RACE—Purse, $1,200: ear-old fillies; 4 !nrgonl ringes Peroxide. 115 Auiularia Saki ... 115 Lit Roly_Poily Black Lula e Miss Dinwiddie. Also eligible— n Grandma Lapp Plaster Cast Overshady Norma C THIRD RACE—$1.400; the Fla 18 Colossal . 12 Inception 1 aGenuine . . 118 My Si aMrs. W. J. Potter entry. URTH RACE—$5.000 added; the Jai we Memorial Handicap: 3-year-olds: 100 ney entry. bAudley Farm en- entry. i o Sen nberg CE-—Purse $1,500: Handicap; 3-vear-oids and bt RACE—] $1.200; claiming; d up"?»f. l'nflu, (Division 11 Tall Grass 02 xVoyage . 01 e of Purse, $1,200; elaiming: 1 mile and a furlons. SEVENTH RACE— -yeas-olds and uj i e Channins” L. el track good. Horses listed. according i post positions. & -, First race 3:30 p.m. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO PRESIDENT'S DOCTOR IS RAISED TO RANK OF CAPTAIN IN NAVY Lieut. Comdr. Boone to Re- ceive Pay From March 4, 1929. Higher Rating Applies to All| Medicai Officers at White House. Joel T. Boone, President Hoover's per- sonal physiclan, now may wear four stripes on his coat sleeves and every other insignia and designation that goes with the rank of a captain in the United States Navy. Shortly before noon today Presi- dent Hoover put his signature to the bill making Dr. Boone a captain, which will give him the pay of that grade in the Navy from March 4, 1929. Until the President signed this bill, thereby making it a law,” Dr. Boone was a lieutenant commander. This bill elevating the rank of the President’s physician was not just merely for the case of the present oc- cupant of that important office, but provides that from now on any medical officer of the Army, Marine Corps or Navy n&‘:\lxla be glvu:‘thle nnll:uuf colonel or captain, respectively, while serving in the capacity of White House physician. Capt. Boone is a native of Penn- sylvania. He was graduated from Mer- cersburg Academy in that State and re- ceived his medical education at Hahne- man College in Philadelphia. He soon CAPT. JOEL T. BOONE. afterward went in the Medical Corps of the Navy and during the World War distinguished himself to the extent of receiving virtually every decoration for courage and valor at the disposal of his Government, He is the only medical officer in the Navy entitled to wear the Congreasional Medal of Honor, which whs awarded him for bra in action while serving with the Marines during the drive at St. Mihiel. He also has the distinguished service cross. Capt. Boone was assigned as medical officer on the Mayflower in 1921 and has been in Washington since. NEW BUSINESS UNIT NOW N LITIGATION Proposed Opening of Store Exclusively for Colored Threatened With Injunction. ‘The proposed opening of a depart- ment store at 820 Seventh street, to be run by a colored sales force for colored patronage, and to be owned, in part, by colored purchasers of stock, was thrown into litigation today when claim was | made that plans of the promoters of | the new enterprise would void the origi- nal lease. The McCrory Stores Corporation, leaseholder, this morning filed an in- Jjunction suit in District Suprenie Court against the Surprise Stores, Inc., andi the Mercantile Trading Co. to prevent | the opening April 15 of the department store to be known, according to an ad- | vertisement in a colored newspaper, as| “The Fair.” McCrory Statement Outlined. | The McCrory Stores tells the court | that in 1920 it leased premises 820 to 826 Seventh street from Moses Golden- berg with a condition that no portion of the property should be used as a department store. Also, the leaseholder | recounts, that on June 24, 1927, it sub- let to the Surprise Stores, Inc., two floors of premises 820 Seventh street with a covenant that this lease should be forfeited if the premises were used | RUNAWAY ROMANGE 1S BARED BY ARREST Man, 62, Is Accused of Em- bezzling $11,000 From Bank in 1915. By the Associated Pro CHEYENNE, W April 4—A run- away romance of a New Jersey bank cashier and his young stenographer that led the principals to the house and the insane asylum and made public charges of their three children, was disclosed here today following the arrest of Abram Cornelius, 62, for em- bezzling $11,000 from the Citizens’ Na- tional Bank of Englewood, N. J., in 1915. Cornelius was in jail awaiting return to New Jersey to face trial. A certified copy of the indictment lrl\nfll him was en route here by airmail. After hiding his identity for nearly 15 years, Cornelius was arrested yester- day by Department of Justice sgents at the county poor house, of which he was an inmate. He confessed and indi- cated he was re: to plead guilty. Loretta Adelgals, the stenographer with whom Cornelius eloped after taking the money from the bank in July, 1915, and deserting his wife and three chil- dren in Englewood, is in the Wyoming Insane Asylum at Evanston. The! three children are being cared for in the Cheyenne Home for Dependent Children. Cornelius related he had been em- ployed by the bank for 25 years when in a manner not approved by the own- ers of the property. On March 21 last, the plaintiff says, { it learned of an advertisement of the proposed department store, and on March 26 was notified by counsel for the Goldenbergs that it would be in violation of the original lease to the | plaintiffs, the McCrory Stores. | The court is asked, through attorneys | Tebbs $ Myers, to enjoin the defend- ants from committing any act that would cause a breach of the lease to | the Surprise Stores. | $10 Shares Offered for Sale. | The Mercantile Trading Co., Inc., on March 21, published an advertise- ment in the World, local colored news- paper, of the plan for the sale of stock in the new enterprise at $10 per share, par value, all common stock, to float | the opening of a store. ‘The project was designed to give ad- | ditional employment to the colored race, the announcement stating that a training school would be started for instructing colored employes as mem- bers of the sales force. PRR— FLYER’S WARNING VAIN, TWO BURN TO DEATH By the Assoclated Press DUBOIS, Pa., April 4—A man and his 5-year-old son were burned to death and five other members of the family were injured in a fire that destroyed their home here yesterday. An air mail pilot bound for Cleveland flew low over the house with the plane mo- tor roaring for several minutes, ap- parently in an effort to arouse the sleeping family. The dead were Joseph Thomas, 42, a miner, and Paul omas, 5. The father was believed to have died while attempting to save the bov. TWO SHOT BY GUNMEN IN HOLD-UP AT CAFE NEW YORK, April 4 (A).—Two men were wounded vesterday by two gunmen who held up 12 patrons of a Greenwich Village restaurant and robbed them of $100. The wounded men, employes, were shot when they disclaimed any knowl- edge of the combination of the safe of the American Tea House and Restaurant. The patrons were lined up against the wall and robbed. One of the employes was shot in the knee and the other in the stomach and back. The robbers ped. on International By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, April 4.—Pravda, official his infatuation for Miss Adelgais caused him to take a package of cur- rency from a vault and flee West with the girl. He was 48 and she was 17 at_the time. He invested $10,000 in a mountain resort, which prospered for a time, but finally failed. Cornelius’ health failed five years ago and soon after he became a county ward at the Cheyenne Hospital. A year ago he was admitted to the county poor farm. Last January they were married Then Mrs. Cornelius’ health broke from overwork and she was sent to the State Insane asylum. o MISSIONARY IS SLAIN BY CHINESE YOUTHS Robbers Drag Him From Donkey, Refuse Bills, but Take Watch, Companion Says. By the Assoclated Prei TIENTSIN, China, April 4—Augustud Peter Cullen of the London Missionary Society arrived here today from Peitaiho with the body of Yorke Scarlett, a fel- low missionary, who was killed by rob- bers Wednesday night, Cullen said that a half hour after ::»"}xnm' the “h':lma station "t’:e rou(: pect mission property, an Mr. Scarlett ‘zere stopped by three well dressed youths armed with rifles. Cullen was dr: d from his donkey and roughly searched. The robbers re- turned b notes, but retained a gold watch which they snatched with such ;Ieolenu Q.hltdfl}e ch:).n braké. h’rhe rnbé s appeared in a desperate hurry an were evidently ine rienced. s:?dmly one of them shot lett, who died in a few minutes. A second shot whizzed past Cullen’s cheek, after which the robbers fled. . TARDIEU SEEMS BETTER Premier May Attend Senate Young Plan Ratification Session. PARIS, April 4 (#).—Premier Tar- dieu was said today to have had a comfortable night. He probably will rest today and save his strength to at- tend at the Senate tomorrow when the Young g:.n ratification may be fought out. was taken suddenly ill yesterday. REVOLUTIONARY FEELING IN U. S. DEVELOPING, “RED" PAPER AVERS Pravda Asserts This Was Proven by Riots Unemployment Demonstration Day. only 15,000. organ of the Communist party, toc v|explains, said that revolutionary feeling is stez - ily developing among the masses in tue United States, asserting that this was proved by the events of March 6, the international unemployment demon- stration day, which caused riots in a number of American and foreign cities. The American Communist party,. it adds, is being converted from a mere propagandist unit into a cohesive group. After telling its readers m.f".’m. American Communist party in the past | has led many bitter ciass'struggles, in- cluding the textile and mines strikes in 1927 and the recent trouble in the announces ¥ an number of neW members have entered lustrial enterprises, 10 per cent of the membership being cells (groups). the party, the present membership being | the brotherly ir | of which 15 supplied 80 per cent of TEAGUE SAYS LET MEXICAN LABOR IN Farm Board Member Testi- fies Produce Will Not Be Grown Without Help. By the Associated Press. Oharles O. Teague, Federal Farm ' commissioner for fruit and vege- restrictior of Mex- lahorers _entering the farming section of the Southwest, as- serting before the Senate agriculture committee that the American people must choose between allowing immigra- tion or doing without l.:e produce. " ioner rm r was called to testify on a joint resolution oy Senator McNery, Republican. Oregon, ym ng & commission to determine he supply of unskilled agricultural labor available. This proposal followed |a movement in the Senate for final enactment of the Harris bill, proposing the extension of immigration quota limitations to Canada and Mexico. Teague told the committee that “the people must decide whether to allow enough of these people (Mexicans) to oduce these products to come into s country or do withoui them,” add- ing: “The white people will not produce it, and I think you can prove it if you appoint the commission.” enator Norbeck asked Teague if he meant to indicate that a large part of California was unfit for the white man ;o :’adrk in, and Teague responded that e did. The South Dakotan then asserted that if the Mexicaas were allowed to come in to work on the farms ihey would soon be found working on railroads in other States. Senator Heflin asked Teague how many Mexicans were coming into the United States, and Teague responded this was “hard to tell,” explaining that many enter without being checked by American officials. Heflin asserted he did not believe there was “a foot of sollk where Americans can't do the work.” SWISS WILL VOTE ON LIQUOR CURB| Beer Consumpton Increases Stead- ily—Breweries De- cline, Special Dispateh to The Star. GENEVA, April 4.—coincident with | the referendum which is to be sub- mitted on Sunday to the people of Switzerland on the question of reduc- |ing alcoholic liquor production, the | point was emphasized by the authori- | ties today that the consumption of |beer is rapidly increasing in this | country. Switzerland consumed 66,000,000 gal- lons of beer in 1929, exceeding the fig- ure for the previous year by 5,280, 000 gallons. Breweries have decreased in number, but not in volume of out- put. There were 340 brewerles in the various cantons in 1891, but concen- tration, consolidation and rationaliza- tion steadily reduced the number until there were only 59 on January 1 last, lul‘.n tg:l;]sd co{munl:zuon of aeer. Wages st ve greatly increased Mithe tast aetie T A large increase in the consumption of beer 1s expected in 1930 if Sunday’s referendum places restrictions on the consumption of drinks of high alcoholic content. (Copyright. 1930.) ' DR. BARTON FUNERAL SERVICES ARRANGED |Rites Will Be Held Tomorrow Morning in Auditorium of Medical Society. | _Pnueral services for Dr. Wilfred Ma- son Barton, who died Wednesday fol- lowing an operation at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., will be held to- | morrow morning at 10 o'clock in the ' auditorium of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, at 1718 M street. Accompanied by his widow, Dr. Bar- ton's body was brought here this morn- ing from Rochester and taken to the family residence, at 1718 Rhode Island avenue. Mrs. Barton had gone to Rochester upon reccipt of news of her husband’s critical condition. Dr. Barton was president of the Dis- trict Medical Society in 1911, and for 33 years was on the medical faculty of Georgetown University. Members of the Medical Society and his fellow profes- sors at the Georgetown school, includ- in Dr. John Foote, president of the one and dean of the er, will attend the funeral services. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Dr. Barton was a native of Washing- ton and one of the .most prominent physicians here. In addition to his widow, he is survived by a sister, Isaac Gans. WIND VEERS, AIDING BYRD BARK IN GALE Storm Shifts to Southeast, Stopping Westward Drift En Route to Tahiti. BY MALCOLM P. HANSON. By Radio to The Star and the New York ON BOARD THE BARK CITY OF NEW YORK AT SEA, April 3—On its fourth day. the storm continues with a velocity of from 60 to 70 miles per hour. It has come around to the south- east, thus enabling us to stop our west- ward drift m‘: n:sn; hopes of slight rogress northward. 2 Accordingly, Capt. Melville this after- noon lowered the after storm trysail and set topmast staysails on. the fore and main masts. The mountaious sea has not let up i ! e e Rgw York Times (os;':.“":finuu:.s'r“:n lkug"kumn& - Throushout the world.) SAVES YEARS FOR CAR; DIES ON FIRST JAUNT Asheville, N. C., Farmer Does 0dd Jobs to Add to Earnings to Buy Auto—Goes Over Embankment. All his life ASHEVILLE, N. C. (fl.— Alexander Vallotton wanted to own an Seasons. he had enough saved and. the he had the bright new sedan L;me wife, With fred to show him the tricks gtarted out on the MIAMI | Rnute Rockne, Notre Dame. faot na D. O, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1930. NON.STOP NEW HAVEN-BUENOS AIRES FLYERS apt. Herbert G. Partridge (left) and Lieut. Comdr. George R. Pond and their plane, K of New Haven, in which they will attempt a non-sto) ‘where plane will be refueled in the air. PRESTON RESIGNS AS GAS CO. HEAD George Wood of lllinois Ex- pected to Be Named to Post April 12. Ord Preston has resigned as presi- | dent of the Washington Gas Light Co. The presidency will be taken over by George Wood of the Central Public Service Corporation of Jllinois. The election of Mr. Wood is expected at the meeting of the board of directors, April 12. ‘The new president ties in with the group which recently acquired the ga: company for outside interests and suc- | cessfully withstood an attack in court | refueling flight from New Haven, Conn.,, to Buenos Aires. Quits Gas Company on the purchase on the ground that it | 8 violated the La Follette anti-merger act. The Central Public Service Cor- poration is held by the Public Utilities Holding Corporation, of which Frank S. Burroughs is president. Burroughs is connectéd with the Harris Forbes | Co. of New York, investment bankers, | which engineered the deal for the pur- chase two years ago. Mr. Preston announced his resigna- | tion yesterday, saying that it had been submitted nearly a month ago, to be- come effective at the will of the board of directors. Although it is freely pre- dicted that other changes in adminis- trative personnel will be made, none of them has yet been announced. Secure Merger Approval. ‘The new owners of the company have recently secured approval from. the Public Utilities Commission of a bill to merge the company with the Gearge- town Gas Light Co., of which it is the sole owner. Mr. Burroughs stated to the commission at the public hearing that the company intended to enter the fleld of gas selling at wholesale rates in order to compete with fuel oil and coal in house heating. Mr. Burroughs promised a reducticn in rates, averaging 10 per cent throughout | the entire schedule, except for those who use very small quantities of gas, whose rates will be increased by a service charge. It is expected that the policles of the company under new ownership will be dictated from Chi- cago on lines similar to those on which the Central Public Service Corporation is run. Mr. Preston expects to take a vaca- | tion soon and said he would go to Florida for the fishing. Became Director in 1910, Mr. Preston became a director of the | gas company in 1910 and was elected vice president on December 10, 1922, ad- ;;;:: ing to the presidency in February, It was under his administration that | the Washington Gas Light $4,000,000 10- year gold bonds, Series A, were issued, this being the first time the customer ownership plan had ever been tried in | the Capital. The issue was put out in | 1923 and the bonds were fully subscribed in five days. Later $1,500,000 Washington Gas Light gold bonds, Series B, were placed on the market. So successful was this sale that the entire issue was oversub- scribed as soon as it was announced. Mr. Preston adopted the customer own- ership method against much opposition, as many people declared it would not be Mrs. | successful in Washington. During his administration Mr. Pres- ton has revamped both the East and West gas stations, the gas distribution system has been great enlarged, especially by the construction of a 24- inch belt line around the city, this work being completed in the Summer of 1927. The main office on Tenth street was rearranged and many ocher im- portant smaller projects carried out. ‘When he took the presidency of the company in 1923 the stock was selling around 50. When the control of the concern was obtained by out-of-town interests more than a year ago most of the stock was rurchased at $125 a share. It sold on the Washington Stock Exchange yesterday at 121. During the bitter contest for control of the com- pany the out-of-town .interests had to obtain a large block of stock which Mr. Preston controlled. He refused to sell this until the buyers had agreed to give all minority shareholders $125 per share. T company and all subsidiaries net earnings for 1929 of about $950,000, or about $7 a share on the out- standing stock. . ROCKNE IN-HOSPITAL Notre Dame Coach Suffers Slight Bronchial Attack. BEACH, Fla. April 4 coach, went to St. Francis Hospital here Mm' for treatment for a slight bron: attack, according to Dr. Wal- ter T. Hotchkiss, his physician. BAND CONCERT, uthe nited States Marine Band ORD PRESTON. —Star Staff Photo. | FRELLY CLEARED | IN APARTENT ROW [ | Shelby Will Recommend That No Disciplinary Action Be Taken. Inspector Willlam 8. Shelby, chief of | the Detective Bureau, said today that | | he would recommend that no disci- plinary action be taken against Detective | Sergt. Arthur Fihelly, who received a | black eye in an encounter with three unknown assailants last Sunday morn- ing. Shelby is drafting a report to this effect, which he will lay before Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police. Shelby said that so far as he could learn Fihelly, a single man, was calling upon a single young woman in her apartment when the fight oc- curred in which he got his black eye. The fight occurred on Fihelly's day | off. This was all there was to the af- fair, he said, and he did not think any | further action should be taken in the | case. He said he would recommend | that the papers in the case be filed. | Fihelly was put under arrest by eighth precinct police when the man- | ager of the apartment house where the | fight took place put in a call to quell the disturbance. He was later released in the custody of his partner, Detective Ben Kuehling. Fihelly stated he did not know who the men were who as- saulted him. He has been on sick leave since the fight, but is expected to re- turn to duty tomorrow. N SUSPECTS FREED IN HORST MYSTERY Wooster, Ohio, Prosecutor Unable to Obtain Evidence Boy Was Murdered. By the Associated Press. WOOSTER, Ohio, April 4.—Charles Hannah and Earl Conold were freed from charges of stealing and murdering Melvin Horst, 4 years old, of Orrville, Ohlo, when Judge J. A. Starn today nolled the indictments against them. Judge Starn’s action was requested by Prosecutor Marion Graven. During the period Hannah and Conold have been in jail they have made an amazing series of accusations, confes- sions and denials of the crimes charged against them, but State has no other evidence. The Horst boy disappeared mysteriously from near his home De- cember 27, 1928, and no trace of him has been found. Fruitless searches for his body have been made in dozens of Banker Kills Self. the Continen Co., committed suicide today at his home in Wilmette, a north shore suburb, by slashing his throat. shows route of flight and points —Associated Press Photo. BLAST DESOLATION LIKE THAT OF WAR Ten Holes Left Where Ten Persons Died and 30 Were Hurt at Devon, Pa. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 4—The site of the Pennsylvania Fireworks Display Co., Inc., at Devon, Pa., where a series of explosions yesterday killed 10 per- sons and injured more than 30 others, today presented a scene reminiscent of the western battle front after a con- centrated bombardment. Ten blackened holes in the ground marked the spots where had stood the 10 small frame bulldings comprising the plant; trees on the 7-acre tract of land were shorn of limbs, and the tract was covered with debris. Every build- ing on the site was blown to bits by dynamite and black powder. After searching the ruins without finding additional bodies, the author- ities said they believed all the victims had been accounted for. All those killed were employes at the plant, but many of the injured were hurt in their homes nearby. State police estimated that at least 200 homes had been dam- aged. ‘The plant was located near the Deven station of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 16 miles from Philadelphia, and sections of buildings’ were hurled 8 miles. Th: explosions were heard more than 100 miles away. Alexander Vardaro, head of the com- pany, said the only thing he could think of that might have caused th: cxplosion was friction. ENGLAND LIGHTENS DESERTION PENALTY Death Sentence Is Abolished as House Approves Army Measure. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 4.—The British House of Commons, voting last night on the army and air force bill, passed the amendment of a Labor member to abolish the death penalty for desertion on active service. The vote of 219 to 35 l&pucnuy settled one of the most debated questions which arose out of the war-time discipline of British forces. The amendment substituted penal servitude for desertion in the face of the enemy and was supported among others by Oliver Baldwin, Labor mem- ber and son of the Conservative leader, Stanley Baldwin. Other provisions of the bill which were passed abolished the death penalty for cowardice in cer- tain eases. In introducing the amendment abolishing the penalty for desertion while on active service, Ernest Thurtle, the author, argued that since the death sentence was no longer in force for cowardice—this provision had been passed previously—there was no logic for retaining it for desertion. He stated that out of 287 men executed while serv..g with the colors during the war, 264, or 93 per cent, were shot for desertion. He argued that the death penalty did not stiffen the backs of the scldiers, for, in addition to those who were shot, 17,000 men deserted. Tom Shaw, secretary of state for war, in his answer said that provisions for execu- tion of deserters should be so hedged around that they could be applied only to those who deserted in cold blood and not «w those whose nerves could not stand the strain, S BURLEIGH GRIMES TAKES STAND IN DIVORCE SUIT Base Ball Player Charges Wife With Buying Expensive Rings and Dishes. By the Associated Press. CANTON, Ohio, April 4.—Purchase of expensive rings and dishes without his consent and refusal to be congenial with his teammates and their wives were charged against his wife by Burleigh A. Grimes, Pittsbi Pirates pitcher, when M'ee;‘ton'.hu:‘lhnflye&rmlnhls heard here. set, a $50 pux'lch bowl, she used as a re- mcu for discarded clothing, he tes- Sttt o i 3 St | pryyT SSOPHER WOULD MODERNIZE PSALM WITH UP-TO-DATE TERMS lor Branson, leader; comb, second leader. Overture, “Der Freischuts”.. Tango characteristic, “Brown Solo for violoneello, “Kol Nidrei”. y Angelo M Suite, “Danses Miniat 5, Ansell Smile”. tto Cornet solo, “A Seccnd leader, Arth ) ur 8. “Dutch Patrol,” fantasla on two - Stoessel “Farandole,” from suite “Arlesierine” Monte- 3 Baots. " | Swarthmore Professor Believes “The Lord Is My Shepherd” Has Lost Its Meaning. NEW YORK, April of the 23d Psalm is urged H. Holmes, of at Swarthmore College, who believes the phrase “the Lord is my shepherd” to be mg:m to the modern city dweller. suggests the following as substi- tutes: * “The Lord is my automobile's low gear to help me in climbing hard hills. “The Lord is my antiseptic in times of dangerous epidemics. “The Lord is my dynamo to charge my run-down batteries. “The 2 nln!l{‘l:t in my room, bringing me health of ultra-violet rays.” SHOALS DIVIDEND PLAN 1S OPPOSED Elimination of Provision to Pay Alabama and Tennessee Asked by Vandenberg. By the Associated Press. Amendment of the Norris resolution for Government operation of Muscle Shoals to eliminate provisions allowing payments to the States of Alabama and Tennessee from the sale of power was proj in the Senate today by Sen- ator Vandenberg, Republican, Michigan. “This amounts,” Vandenberg said, “to perpetual franchise fees to the States of Alabama and Tennessee out of the ‘Treasury of the United States. Do we owe Alabama continuous cash reward for permitting the Federal Government to develop Muscle Shoals? Alabama has fought to get this development.” ‘The Morris resolution provides that 5 per cent of the gross proceeds from sale of surplus power generated at Dam No. 2 be pald to Alabama and 5 per cent of the gross proceeds from the sale of surplus power at the proposed Cove Creek Dam in Tennessee be paid to Tennessee. Vandenberg asserted that the tax- payers of the United States had in- vested $125,000,000 in Muscle Shoals and it was now proposed to invest “many more millions.” “All of these advantages inure to Alabama,” Vandenberg continued, add- ing that he did not complain, but could not “subscribe to the doctrine that the rest of us owe Alabama in addition a cash dividend on our investment in her behalf.” At Cove Creek, 300 miles distant in Tennessee, the Senator said, the primary purposes of the development were flood control and navigation. “We are asked for $35,000,000 or $40,000,000 out of the public treasury and in addition to pay Tennessee § per cent on gross proceeds,” Vanden- berg asserted. “The whole thing" he said, “nar- rows down to this: Tennessee says ‘save us from floods. Give us river navigation. Spend $40,000,000 on us. fin pay us a consideration on the at is a new philosophy of public improvement to which I will not sub- scribe,” he asserted. Members of the Senate were criticized by Senator Fess, Republican, Ohio, for remaining absent from the chamber while shoals legislation was under con- sideration. Explaining that the legislation n- volved an expenditure of $125,000,000 already made and proposing an addi- tional expenditure of $52,500,000 which “may but an earnest of what may be called for,” Fess added, “yet we find here empty seats and little at- tention to a discussion of this sort.” As Fess spoke approximately two dozen of the 96 Senators were in the chamber. Senator Connolly, Democrat Texas, offered to move a quorum call to “get an audience,” but Fess shook his head. o CRAMTON ASSAILS MAJ. SOMERVELL IN POWER ARGUMENT ___(Continued Prom First Page.) Somervell is simply untrue and the | records of the Senate hearings demon- i strated it to be untrue. I know per- | sonally that. Col. Grant has been de- | sirqus of an opportunity to discuss the { Somervell. position before the Senate committee but as yet the Senate com- mittce has not indicated any desire to | 30 fuither into the power questicn. It {Maj Eomervell was not able to suff- cient’ impress the Senate committee | by his nower argument so that they carc? to go into that issue further, it is of course not the fault of Col. Grant. The permanent publication of the Som-rvell argument, with 8 manifest imose of influsncing the Senate, cer- tainly made the newspapers the proper forum. | “The forum being selected by Maj. Somervell, Col. Grant rendered a dis- tinct public service when he replied and thoroughly punctured the Somer- vell $100,000,000 balloon. “The Dempsey amendment to my bill expressly leaves it to future Congresses to determine what, if arny, power or navigation development shall follow in the Great Falls area of the Potomac. That amendment, suggested to Repre- sentative Dempsey by the Federal Power Commission, including the Secre- tary of War and the Secretary of Agri- culture, did not change at all the effect of my bill. As a matter of fact, last August the Park and Planning Com- mission sent to the Federal Power Com- mission a statement of its purposes, in- cluding a_resolution adopted by the Park and Planning Commission as fol- lows: Commission’s Resolution. “ ‘Resolved, That the National Capital Park and Planning Commission favors acquisition of the Potomac Valley from Chain Bridge to and including Great Falls and the development of this area for park purposes as the funds mayiibe made available, leaving it open for Congress at any future time to author- ize the development of the navigation. flood control and power potentialities of the area should such development be- come of greater importance and be justified in the public interest.’ “That _resolution ~emphasized ex- pressly that my bill left it open for Congress at any future time to authorize the development of such power poten- tialities as it deemed justified in the public interest. “The real situation at present is that there is a Nation-wide demand for preservation of the Great Falls and gorge of the Potomac and its scenic beauties for park purposes and this de- mand 1s supported by a local sentiment in Washington more unified than I have ever seen in connection with any other measure of local importance. “Second, there is no apparent need or demand for power development at this time and the economic desirability of such power develorment in competi- tion with power development from coal, 80 easily accessible here, is very dubious. Congress Must Act. “There is no good reason, therefore, why in chasing some power will-o'-the~ wisp that figures so largely in the imag- ination of Maj. Somervell the Nation should permit its great scenic resources to be sacrificed. As a matter of fact, it my bill is defeated, still the power company does not get its permit, as the power commission cannot grant a per- mit to any one until Congress express- ly acts. The wise course in the interest of the Nation, although it may not be in the interest of the Byllesby corpora- tion, will be to preserve this wonder- {ful area for park purposes and leave it for future Congresses to determine what other use to make of it as conditions may change or new emergencies arise.” Mr. Cramton first took cognizance of the dispute between Col. Grant and Maj. Somervell on the floor of the House late yesterday when he called attention to the Dempsey amendment to his bill, pointing out that it provided explicitly that it would be in the power of any Congress in the future to take such ac- tion as that Congress might deem wise as to power, navigation or irrigation development the Potomac Gorge, In reference to Maj. Somervells state-" ment that his bill would involve a waste of $100,000,000 in resources, Mr. Cram- ton told the House that at bost this tement represented only an opinion A d an opinion not supported by acts.’ Mr. Cramton also had inserted in the Congressional Record recent editorfals from .Washington newspapers on the controversy between Col. Grant and Somervell.