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“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. (U. 5. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness and warmer to- night; tomorrow cloudy; colder at night. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 50, at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 36, at 7 a.m. today. g SECURITY DECISION, Full report on page 16. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 lhe Fp Entered as second class matter Washington, C. post office, D. IC. WASHINGTON N ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circ D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1930—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. BRIAND FORECASTS * BY NEXT WEEK END Foreign Minister Departs for Paris After Talk With Macdonald. ADJOURNMENT BEFORE EASTER HELD PROBABLE ,French and Italian Delegates May Leave After Conclusion of Plenary Session. By the Associated Pra LONDON, April 5.—Prime Minister Macdonald and Foreign Minister Briand eontinued efforts today to find a solu- tion to the French security claim. At the end of their talk, at St. James' Palace, the French foreign minister rushed away to Paris for the week end, saying he was returning Tuesday to resume the negotiations. As he was dashing off to the train, he remarked somewhat cryptically: “I think the end of next week will see the finish of it one way or the other.” The assumption was that he was T ferring to the proposed security pact. Pre-Easter Closing Likely. The conference hurried- on today to what generally was considered its in- evitable end. Unless thc situation changes greatly in the next day or two, observers believed, the negotiations will ‘be concluded before Easter. The American delegation has engaged space on the Leviathan leaving England April 22, two days after Easter. The French and Italian delegations may leave as soon as the plenary session is held next week. It was expected that a three-power treaty between America, Japan and Great Britain would be drawn up in the remaining days of the parley. The French and Italians, in unofficial statements, mutually blamed the other for their failure to reach an accord. There was no disposition anywhere, however, to belittle the accomplishment of a three-power treaty, which, it is pointed out, would have been the max- imum possible at the unsuccessful tri- partite conference at Geneva. Probable Principles Listed. As visualized today the three-power treaty which probably will be drawn up will include the principles of a battle- ship holiday, scrapping of five capital ships by Great Britain, three by the United States and one by Japan; adoptior of a big cruiser ratio, con- taining the Rapidan figures, and the Reed - Matsudaira ~ compromise; an agreement on light cruisers, destroyers and submarines and a new definition of aircraft carrier tonnage. There is_possibility &lso of: lldufign of such other points as humanization of submarines and certain technical work which has been done here, which France and Italy would be able to ini- tial without accepting a part in the agreement as a whole. The treaty was expected also to contain an “escala- tor” clause providing for lifting of the various national levels. if building by France or Italy upsets the two-power standard in Europe. It was said at American headquarters this afternoon that the end of next week at the latest certainly should de- termine when the conference will close. ECKENER FAVORS ALEXANDRIA SITE Dirigible Expert Cites Weather Conditions as Factor in Se- lecting Terminal. By the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J., April 5— Alexandria, Va., is generally favored as the site for the United States terminal of his proposed transatlantic dirigible service, according to Dr. Hugo Eckener. The German dirigible expert, however, made it clear no decision had been reached. “No _definite _decision has been reached concerning the location of the terminal,” Dr. Eckener said while on a visit to the Naval Air Station here yesterday, “but Alexandria, Va., is generally favored because of weather conditions there. I have visited all the cities between St. Petersburg and ‘!:eewport. News, but that seems the st.” Announcement of the location of the \gfe will have to come from the com- eny backing the service, he said. Dr. Eckener stated he expected to begin a regular semi-monthly service in July or August of 1931. Freight and mail will be carried first, and later passengers will be taken. The pas- senger fare, he said, would be $1.000. ‘The first Zeppelin for the service is now under construction at Friedrich- shafen, he said. THREE FOUND GUILTY IN JURY BRIBE CASE Defense Attorneys in Utah Lead Mail Fraud Trial Convicted in Federal Court. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 5.—Arthur Sager, Joseph Shalleck and Edward H. Rey- nolds. defense attorneys in the recent Utah lead mail fraud case, were found guilty of jury bribery in a verdict re- turned today by a Federal Court jury. The counts against Sager charged bribery, conspiracy to bribe a juror and defrauding the United States of the fair and just services of a deputy United States marshal. Shalleck and Reynolds were found guilty on only the second count which charged conspiracy to bribe a juror. Judge John C. Knox told the jurcrs the verdict “was justified by the evi- dence,” and deferred sentence until next Friday. Ends Life After Census Quiz. LOWVILLE, N. Y., April 5 (#).—Al- bert P. Davis, 41, restaurant proprietor here, took nearly a half hour to answer questions of a Federal census enumer- ator, then walked into a bed. room and committed . suicide by slashing his throat. He will be listed in as alive. —_—— ‘Rldigl,’rom_ul’ml-lfi | Detroit Traffic Golfer “Whiffs” In Latest Pastime By the Associated Press. DETROIT, April 5.—John Her- man was three up on himself in an absorbing game of trafic golf yesterday when he “whiffed” and the cop got him. Traffic golf, it was explained, is a simple but exciting pastime for the motorist who drives to work each morning through rows of traffic lights. If a green light is passed ~without stopping, the driver is “one up” and if a red light calls a halt he is penalized one, just as in match golf play. The game resolves itself into see- ing how many green lights one can pass without stopping for the red signal. A “whiff,” it developed, is counted when the driver crosses on the yellow signal and things happen just like they did to Mr. Herman. MEMBER OF I.C.C. SAYS RAILS UNIFIED DESPITE DECISIONS Van Sweringens Charged With Operating Through Holding Companies. 1 i By the Associated Press. | The Van Sweringen interests of | Cleveland were charged by Commis- | sioner Eastman of the Interstate Com- | merce Commission today before the House interstate commerce committee with unifying railroads under their control through a series of holding companies despite adverse decisions of the commission. Eastman said that the Allegheny | Corporation and other holding com- panies had been organized by the Van Sweringen interests and had acquired valuable and large holdings in many railroad companies. Previously he told the committee of the holdings of the Pennroad Corporation, a holding com- pany, dominated, he said, by officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Most railroad holding and investment trust companies, as well as certain rail- | roads, the commissioner said, should be investigated by the committee in its inquiry to ascertain who actually con- trols the transportation lines of the country in order that the plan for rail- road consolidation can be carried out under Government control. Principal Companies. Fastman said that the Allegheny Cor- | poration, which is contrelled by the Van Sweringen interests, and the Penn- road Corporation, which controis stock of the Pennsyivania Railroad system, were two principal holding companies to be scrutinized. At the outset of the hearing Eastman told members of the House interstate commerce committee, which is con- { ducting the investigation, that he would give his individual views and that he did not speak for the commission. ‘The 1nquiry, authorized by the House several weeks ago, is expected to con- tinue for several months and subcom- mittees are to hold hearings next Fall in a number of large cities, particu- larly Cleveland, where the Van Swer- ingens have their headquarters, and in New York. The witness continued that the first time railroad holding company activi- ties were brought to the attention of the commission was in 1921. when it was found that the Western Pacific Railroad Corporation had taken over the controlling stock of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. Eastman discussed in detail the formation of the Pennroad Corporation at the instance of W. W. Atterbury, president of the.Pennsylvania Railroad, and gave a list of the holdings of the company which he said had been given to the commission by Pennsylvania Railroad officials. The list as of January 27, 1929, in- cluded 8,000 shares in the Atlantic Coast Line, about 1 per cent of the voting power, and 150,101 of the Boston & Maine, about 17.2 per cent of the voting power It also showed the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Co. itself held a sub- stantial block of stock in the New Haven Railroad, which, in turn, held 290,283 shares in the Boston & Maine, Pennroad’s Shares. ‘The Pennroad Corporation, he said, held 21,973 shares in the Canton com- }nny: 44,722 shares of the Detroit & ronton, the entire issue; 64,588 com- mon and 59,491 preferred shares in the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, about 99 per cent of the voting shares; 10,000 shares of Lehigh Valley, less than 1 per cent of the voting power; 120,000 of the National Freight Co., the entire issue; 98,800 common and 1,200 pre- ferred stock in the New Haven, less than 5 per cent of the voting power. Additional Holdings. Eastman said the Pennsylvania Rail- road Co. itself had 73,025 shares in the New Haven line in 1929, but that At- terbury recently said that it owned 204,- 000 shares. The Pennroad Co., he said, also held 222,930 shares in the Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railroad Co., a little less than 74 per cent of the g power. “Our_understanding is that 220,000 (Continued on Page 2, Column | SENATORIAL RACE INILLINOIS GROWS HOTTER NEAR END Mrs. McCormick Declared in Strategic Position to Defeat Senator Deneen. WORLD COURT IS FORCED AS CHIEF ISSUE OF RACE Woman Supported by Chicago Fac- tions in Primary Set for Next Tuesday. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of the Star. CHICAGO, April 5—Win or lose, Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick has made a remarkable fight to place a woman, herself, in a strategic position to be elected to the United States Senate for the first time in history. | Pitted against Senator Charles 8. |Deneen in the contest which closes Tuesday for the Republican senatorial nomination, the daughter of the late Mark Hanna has pulled a few tricks from the bag which have astonished her apponents and given them cause for worry. Following the elections two years ago Senator Deneen was sitting on the top of the heap in Illinois politics. Len Small, former governor, had been discredited. “Big Bill" Thompson and his city hall crowd had been soundly trouced, Deneen alone had triumphed, of all the Republican fac- tional leaders who had tickets in the fleld. And it was Deneen, veteran politician, ~whom Mrs. McCormick elected to tackle for the senatorial seat this year. It looked like a tough job from the start. But Mrs. McCormick is a resouceful woman. She has been in politics ac- tively for a score of years or more. In addition to being the daughter of Mark Hanna, Republican national chairman and President maker, she was the wife and is now the widow of Medill Mc- Cormick, at one time Senator. Senator McCormick died soon after his defeat six years ago by Senator Deneen. Race a Stepping Stone. Mrs. McCormick did not wait until the Deneen term was drawing to a close to get into politics again. Two | years ago she became a candidate for Representative at large. She won handily the nomination and in the alection she led the entire State ticket. She had demonstrated the fact that in a State-wide election, in the third most populous State in the union, a woman could defeat her male opponents. And that election was merely a stepping stone, a warming-up gallop for the real race she had in mind. Mrs. McCormick had two_ things in the back of her head when she decided to make a bid for the Senate this year. The first and most important was the fact that Senator Deneen has been In politics a long time and in office a number of times and that necessarily he had made enemies. Now an enemy of Deneen might well be a supporter of Mrs. McCormick, if she were op- d to him. The results of the campaign to date have indicated the shrewdness of her judgment. All the Cook County factions which suffered humiliation at the hands of the people and Senator Deneen two years ago are backing her today. The second matter she had in_mind was the fact that Frank L. Smith, running on an anti-World Court plat- form. had defeated four years ago the late Senator Willlam B. McKinley, who voted for American adherence to the Court. Smith was later denied a seat by the Senate. Senator Deneen, she recalled, also had voted for adherence to the World Court. With the Court to come again before at- here was an issue against Deneen. Senator Deneen and his supporters poopoohed the idea that the Court matter could be revived. Nevertheless Senator Deneen had not been in the State for the present campaign more than a few days when it became ap- parent that Mrs. McCormick had suc- ceeded in blowing new life into the Court issue. He has had to meet it. Fights World Court. Asserting that the World Court is the League of Nations Court, Mrs. McCormick has been beating a steady tattoo on that tribual, and through it on the head of Senator Deneen, ever smlce h‘ih!l b:g"ln her s%:lte-wlde cml'x paigning last January. every speec] she has delivered, and she hupedb (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) -—— THREE DIE IN FIRE Trio of Others in Family Suffer In- juries. NEW YORK, April 5 (#)—Three persons lost their lives and three other members of the same family were in- jured early today in a fire that swept their home in Dean street, Brooklyn. The dead are: Mrs. Tessie Antigano, 50, and her daughters, Florence, 17, and Marie, 15. The injured are Vincent Anu%mn, 55, the father, and two daughters, Carmine, 10, and Lillian,"8. HOOVER’S MOMENTOUS DECISIONS CONFINED TO BOX OF TROUT FLIES Chief Executive and Party Whip Streams at Rapidan Camp—Plan to Return to Capital Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. MADISON, Va. April 5.—A rugged | day in the out-of-doors, whipping the swift streams and quiet pools of the source waters of the Rapidan for elusive trout, today brought President Hoover a welcome change from the daily grind of the presidency. Momentous decisions were confined to & box of flies from which he must se- lect the most enticing lures. Seasonal conditions gave the Chief Executive a preference for the “royal coachman” and “grizzly king.” It was Mr. Hoover's first week end visit of the season to his fishing serve in the Blue Ridge and his trip to the camp since he had Minister Macdonald of ¢ here as a guest for a discussion of weighty affairs. ‘With his v, Mr. Hoover reached the camp ortly before sunset last nl{ht and lost no time in letting the wily mountain trout know that ‘their months of security were at an ::I The POLITICAL WAVES MAKE STRANGE COMRADES. LABOR IS DECLARED UNITED ON PARKER Green, First Hearing Witness, Testifies on Opposition to Judge. By the Associated Press. William Green, president of the lAmEflcan Federation of Labor, told a | | Senate judiciary subcommittee today that all organized labor is united in opposition to confirmation of Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Green was the first witness at hear- ings of those opposed to the confirma- tion of Judge Parker, who was named by President Hoover to succeed the late Justice Sanford. Before Green testified, Chairman Overman of the judiclary subcommittee considering the nomination introduced a letter from Gov. Gardner of North Carolina and other North Carolinians indorsing Judge Parker. Righteousness Praised. “I have never known any man,” wrote Gov. Gardner, “who possessed a higher or a finer sense of righteous- ness and _justice than Judge Parker. ¢ ¢ * In my opinion, Judge Parker enjoys the confidence and esteem of an overwhelming majority of the ple of this State, irrespective of party affiliations.” “There is not, in my judgment, the slightest basis in reality for the fear expressed by one group of our citizens that he would not, as a judge of the Supreme Court be absolutely fair and impartial in any case of controversy which might arise.” Mr. Green sald labor was opposed to Parker because of his decision up- holding an injunction restraining the United Mine Workers from soliciting membership in_the Red Jacket Coal & Coke Co. in West Virginia. Attacks Coal Decision. Reading from a letter he had ad- dressed to members of the committee, Mr. Green said the injunction approved by Judge Parker, “in effect reduced the workers employed by these numerous coal companies represented in the Red Jacket Consolidated Coal and Coke Co. case to a condition approximating in- dustrial servitude.” “Trade union representatives were were denied the right to talk to them and to persuade them peacefully to Jjoin a trade union,” he continued. “They could not be asked to join a union and in that way exercise the right of col- lective action comparable to the exer- cise of the right to organize exercised :‘K those corporations which employed em. Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, questioned whether the Parker decision was not in accordance with a decision rendered by the late Chief Justice Taft. Green disagreed. But Borah indicated & belief that it did concur. “I am not passing judgment on the Parker decision,” Borah added. Senator Overman also introduced let- ters indorsing Parker from Plummer Stewart of Charlotte, a former law part- ner of the nominee, and from George Roundtree of Wilmington, N, C. Overman told Green he had letters stating that “labor’s real protest is against the Supreme Court’s ‘yellow dog contract’ decision rather than against Parker as an individual.” Tells Injunction Stand. “We won't want to be placed in that light,” replied Green. “We believe | ago, Republican leaders there are un- derstood to be of the same mind as| Scolded for Late Train, Man in Cab Proves King Boris By the Associated Press. SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 5.—The Plevna express arrived at that city several minutes late today. and the engineer was subjected to a severe reprimand from the station chief. ‘When the station chief had concluded he recognized in the engineer King Boris, who had gone to the station at Sofia un- announced and requested and ob- tained permission to drive the train, which is his favorite hobby. SHOALS MEASURE'S FATE IS UNGERTAIN Action in House Held Doubt-| - ful Following Its"Passage by the Senate. By the Associated Prese. The future of Senator Norris' Muscle Shoals resolution proposing Government operation was cloaked in uncertainty today as the Senate passed the measurc along to the House. Although the latter branch of Con-| gress approved the resolytion two years the administration group in the Sen- | ate, which voted solidly against it when the measure came to a ballot late yes- terday. It was passed, 45 to 23, over its opposition. Roll Call Vote. ‘The roll call follows: For: T Republicans—Borah, Brockhart, Cap- | per, Couzens, Frazier, Hatfield, Howell, Johnson, Jones, McNary, Norbeck, Nor- ris, Nye, e, Robinson of Indiana, S.chlll. Steiwer and Thomas of Idaho— 1 Democrats—Ashurst, Barkley, Black, Blease, Bratton, Caraway, Connally, Copeland, Dill, George, Harris, Harri- son, Hayden, Heflin, Kendrick, McKel- lar, Overman, Pittman, Sheppard, Simmons, Stephens, Swanscn, Thomas of Oklahoma, Walsh of Massachusetts, Walsh of Montana and Wheeler—26. Farmer-Labor—Shipstead, 1. Total, 45. gxllnxb—Democrnu. Steck, Tydings Republicans—Allen, Baird, Dale, Fess, Glenn, Goff, Goldsborough, Hale, He- bert, Kean, McCullough, Metcalf, Oddie, Phipps, Shortridge, Smoot, Sullivan, ‘Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott and Watson—21. Total, 23, Beyond the attitude of the House, there lay, too, a persisting doubt as to what President Hoover's reaction would be if the measure should be sent to the White House for his approval, When the Norris resolution was passed two years ago, President Coalidge submitted 1t to a pocket veto. Norris’ _determined stand for his (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Spring Is Here This is cherry blossom Judge Parker represents the views ex- pressed in the Supreme Court decision. We don't want to strengthen the reac- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) EX-RUM RAIDER CHARGED WITH LEVYING TRIBUTE BOSTON, April 5 (#).—Public hear- ings in Attorney General Joseph E. Warner's investigation of the pension- ing of Oliver B. Garrett, deposed police liquor raider, stood adjourned for the week end today after a day of sensa- tions, which some observers considered had “torn the lid off the Police De- partment.” Chief among other deve! ents was the mumm‘y &t John ’ied“ lg&nh;‘t:f tor e padlo” A E?:m b had forced t Garrett and two others fo1 tribute to them. of the headquar- accused Siount o §100. amoun . Rumors t Police Commissioner mmmm A. Wilson would resign per- ‘The issued a statement at his home last night, saying “I have r—l.ufl“mnlmnmlnlflmm time. People are thinking of new styles, new mer- chandise. The advertising in The Star is full of new thoughts, new suggestions. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) Lines. The Evening Star. .79,155 2nd Newspaper. . ..24,233 3rd Newspaper....11,834 4th Newspaper.... 7,104 5th Newspaper. ... 4,156 ‘Total other 4 papers, 47,327 Star Excess. . 31,828 Lines The increase in The Star’s circulation of more than 10,000 in two years means 10,000 more “Home * Power” for the merchant who wants to put more ' energy in his business. SURPLUS EXPECTED INVIEW OF TAXES President Anticipates Great- er Revenue Than Expense if Economy Is Exercised. By the Associated Press. President Hoover is looking forward | to a slender surplus at the close of this |and the néxt fiscal year if the most | rigid economy is exercised meanwhile by |both the legislative and executive branches of the Government. | His estimate is based upon income |says, “indicate that the unfavorable developments of last Fall did not af- fect individual incomes to the extent that many had feared.” The year's receipts from this source are now ex- pected {o be somewhat less than last year, but substantially greater than in 1928. At the current rate of expenditure, the President said in a statement is- sued for publication today, “it appears that we should be able to close the fiscal year ending the thirteenth of next June with a very moderate surplus.” Text of Statement. ment follows: “The information upon the income tax collections for the month of March s not sufficiently advanced to determine | their effect upon the budget for the | eurrent year. As a rule they furnish a close measure of what collections may be expected from this source in the calendar year. The result is most gratifying. “They indicate that the unfavorable developments of last Fall did not affect individual incomes to the extent that many had feared nor did they prevent the corporations of the country from reporting for tax purposes a net income substantially in excess of that reported for the calendar year 1928. Gefferally speaking, March income tax collections indicate that the collections from in- dividual taxpayers, excluding the tax- reduction factor, will be somewhat less than collections during the calendar vear 1929, but will be substantially in excess of collections during the calendar year 1928. » “In so far as corporations are con- cerned. income taxes paid during the calendar year 1930 will apparently not fall short of collections during the cal- 2ndar yesr 1929, notwithstanding a $90,- 000,000 reduction resulting from lower- ing of the rate from 12 per cent to 11 per cent. Estimates Accurate. “The Treasury seems to have esti- mated income tax collections for the fiscal year 1930 with remarkable ac- curacy, and it is apparent that the tax reduction enacted by Congress was fully Jjustified. “The figures submitted in the budget message estimated income tax revenue in the fiscal year 1930 at $2,480,000,000 without taking into account the tax reduction subsequently provided for. “The march collections indicate that income tax revenues will actually ag- gregate $2,400,000,000, which, allow- ing $85,000,000 for tax reduction, would (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) EVE tax collections for March, which, he | | | | |lice plunged into a room on the sec- {two patrol wagons for the ninth and () Means Associated ulation, 114,766 Pre TWO CENTS. 21 CHINESE SEIZED AS RAIDERS INVADE THREE OPIUM BENS More Than Score of Federal Agents and Police Seize Men and Dope on Avenue. TIP CONNECTS TRAFFIC WITH TONG GATHERING Several Out-of-Town Celestials Here for Convention Among Those Corralled. Staging three spectacular raids early today, Federal and local narcotic agents seized several hundred dollars’ worth of opium and pipes and arrested 21 Chi- nese in dens only a few doors from the tong's headquarters in the 300 block of Pennsylvania avenue. The contraband and prisoners were | taken when the raiders swooped down on two poorly-furnished parlors at 318 | and 345 Pennsylvania avenue in rapid | succession, but word of the police in- vasion quickly spread through Chyna- | town and a third raid on another building, suspected of housing a gang | of “dope” peddlers, failed to reveal any evidence of unlawful operation. The raiding party, made up of six Federal agents, led by Bruce Greason of Baltimore, chief of the Federal nar- cotic forces in this division; Detective' . Robert Sanders and John C. cotic squad, and a detail of 15 uni- formed policemen, waiked into a store at | 318 Pennsylvania avenue about 2:30) am. to make its first capture. Break Three Doors. Breaking through three doors the po- ond floor, in which a number of Chi: nese were lying around on “grass” mats. smoking opium from long pipes. They were quickly rierded together, the “dope” zollected and the prisoners dispatched in sixth precincts. Many small tins of opium were found in the room, and police said that the operators of the den apparent'y had laid in a heavy stock. A few moments later a clever ruse employed by Detec- tive Sergt. Sanders, chief of the Detec- The text of the President’s state- | tive Bureau narcotic squad, gained the raiders admissicn to a den at 345 Penn- vlvania avenue, where more prisoners, FOUR CHLOROFORM GUARDS, BUT FAIL 10 CRACK SAFE Acetylene Torch Is Used in Futile Attempt to Rob Sears-Roebuck. ROBBERS MAKE ESCAPE BEFORE PORTERS ARRIVE Preliminary Check Discloses Noth- ing Missing From Office or From Merchandise Stock. After disarming and chloroforming two night watchmen, whom they trussed together with adhesive tape, four yegg= men labored with an acetylene torch for almost two hours early today in a futile effort to cut their way into a heayy safe at the Sears, Roebuck Co.’s store at 911 Bladensburg road northeast. The safe was understood to have contained sev- eral thousands dollars in cash and a large amount of jewelry. The robbers had learned from the night watchmen that a crew of colored porters were expected in about 3:30 o'clock, and abandoned their effort a few minutes before one of the watch- men, Raymond Mansfield, of 915 Third street, managed to free himself and sever the tape which bound the wrists of his companion, Joseph L. Waters of 1415 G street southeast. Neither of the middle-aged watch- men was_seriously injured, although both received rough treatment at the hands of the yeggmen and were in & weakened condition today from the effects of chloroform administered through handkerchief blindfolds. Wore Stocking Masks. ! All four of the robbers wore cotton stockings over their heads for masks ,and were gloved, while one of them, presumably the operator of the acety- | lene torch, had on goggles, the watch- man reported. Abandoning two large tanks of acety- lene gas and their torch, the robbers | made their escape through a rear door | after the cement lining of the strong | box had balked their attempt to cut | through. by | A preliminery check-up at the store | today failed to disclose anything miss- | ing, either from the offices or from the stock of merchandise. depe and pipes were seized. Walking uj to the front door of the establishment, Sergt. Sanders .apped softly. The voice |of a man stationed behind the barred |dcor inquired n Chinese, “Who is there?” “A frien1,” Sergt. Sanders replied in the native language of the sentry. Bolts rattled in their catches and the heavy door swung back and the police rushed past the surprised doorman and grabbed the astonished smokers before | they had any opportunity to make a break for safety. Men were dound smoking in improvised parlors on all three floors of the building, police said. Prisoners Not Counted. Both raids were conducted so quickly | that police made no attempt to count the prisoners or the amount of opium | taken, realizing that any delay would | result in the news being spread through | Chinatown and their plans for the ap- prehension of the “dope” peddling gangs foiled. The wisdom of this was borne cut when they entered another alleged den, which they had been told catered to the opium trade, and snothing to in dicate that any smoking had been going on_there could be found. Those caught in the first two raids are being held at the sixth and ninth | precincts on_technical charges of in- vestigation. Federal and local narcotic heads were to confer today, after which formal charges will be preferred against a number of the prisoners while the others will be released. Police said today that they had been informed that the Chinatown dens would lay in large supplies of optum for the convention and that the raids were the result of much . careful preparation. Several out-of-town delegates to the On Leong Tong convention, which opens today, were caught in the net this morn- ing, including representatives of the tong from Uniontown, Pa.; Philadelphia and New York. ANSWERS DIéTRESS CALL Japanese Liner Abandons Speed Trial to Aid Mexican Ship. YOKOHAMA, April 5 (#).—The Chi- chibu Maru, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, today inter- rupted her maiden voyage across the Pacific to answer a distress call from an unnamed Mexican vessel off the coast northeast of here. The Chichibu Maru_left Yokohama for San Francisco at 3 p.m. yesterday and picked up the call a few hours later. Radio advices said she had al- tered her course and was standing by the Mexican ship. Hopes of her break- ing the transpacific time record hence e abandoned. CITIZENS OF STATES CAN VOTE IF ENUMERATED IN D. C. Fears of Forfeiting Right “Back Home” Are Calmed by Census Officials. The anomalous position of the Wash- ington resident who, although a citizen, is denied a voice in the governmental affairs of his community, has come to the fore in connection with the taking of the census. Census officials took occasion today to reassure Washington residents that a citizen who maintains legal residence in one of the States suffers no abridge- ment of the voting privilege in that voting residence where the two are not the same. Exception is made only in the cases of members of Congress and such of their employes as remain in ‘Washington only during® sessions of Congress. If every person employed by the Government in Washington gave his home State as the place of i dence, the population of Washington would be cut by half, officials said. Not only would such a record be in- accurate, they pointed out, but the return would defeat the purrou of the census, which is, in addition to showing the actual number of persons in the country, to record the population as it is distributed. “Government employes must be enu- merated where they live and not where nfi{ vote or pay taxes” it was said. o persons who come to Washington and accept employment in the Gov- ernment are recorded on the Civil Serv- p | new motor liner of the,. At 1 o'clock Mansfield, who was mak- | ing his rounds, stopped to punch his | clock at the box in the basement boiler | room. He had just dcne this and | turned, when three men appeared sud- denly on either hand with drawn guns. | “Stick 'em up and keep quiet; stick :'em up and keep quiet,” the spokesman | said, “and you won't get hurt!" | After one glance at the masked men, | Mansfield complied. One man went be= hind him, roughly jerked his arms {down and taped his wrists together, | while a confederate took the watch- | man's gun and keys. i Threaten Mansfield's Life. | _Then they propped Mansfield against | the boiler room wall and demanded to { know when his relief was expected. | The robbers, threatening Mansfield's | life, learned that the relief watchman | was expected about 1:15 o'clock. While one of the thugs remained with Mansfield the two other went to the south entrance of the store and let a fourth into the vestibule with Mans- fleld’s keys. By listening as best he could, Mans- field learned that the three were - ing in the vestibule for Waters, who appeared outside a moment later. As Waters came up, he told police, the door opened suddenly from inside d the men emerged with drawn guns. | Waters, taken unawares, made no re- sistance and was led into the boiler room. There the four men questioned the watchmen as to when the next em- ployes could be expected and after ob= taining this information led their cap=- tives to the furniture department, on | the second floor; made them lie flat on some rugs. and bound their wrists and ankles together with tape and rope. | Both watchmen were blindfolded with handkerchiefs, which were taped to their foreheads, whereupon one robber tapped at the noses and mouths of the lf‘apmves with a rag saturated in choloro- form. Either from haste or inexperience, the thugs failed to render either watch- man unconscious, although both were strongly affected and in a daze for sev- eral hours. Watchmen Notify Police. Shertly after 3 o'clock Mansfield, still a semi-stupor from the chloroform, managed to twist the fingers of his right hand free of the tape and produce his knife from a pants pocket. He cut his bonds and those of his companion, and they telephoned police. Neither man could say how the rob- bers came to the plant or how they made their escape after leaving the building. Police believe, however, they came in a large touring car or a truck, since the acetylene torch and tanks were cumbersome and weighed several hundred pounds. The robbers inforrzed their captives they had been “working on this job for several months” and that the store had been under survillance most of that time. Police later learned that the acety- lene torch and two “bottles” of gas had been stolen some time last night from the welding shop of Wortn w. Gatewood, at 477% C street southwest. Gatewood identified the equipment at No. 9 precinct this morning. ‘The shop had been entered by some one who broke the lock on a rear door. No one in the neighborhood has been aroused by the robbery, police of No. 4 precinct leagned. Entered Through Grating. ‘The three robbers who accosted Mansfield got into the store by break- \na the lock on a grating over the boiler room window in the rear of the building. They left by a frieght en- trance in the rear, using the watche man’s keys to let themselves out. Police today located one mask left by the intruders, de of a cheap cot= ton stocking. Waters' gun later was found on the floor of the cashier’s of+ describe only two of the men. they agreed, were white men. One was about 5 feet 10 inehes tall, weighed some 170 pounds and wore a brown suit and greas; %fip over his mask, He was les. The second was of -u.m!’ou smaller stature and build He wore a gray felt hat over his mask and spoke with L] g:‘mwne.fl racial accent. e of the four was called “Pete” an spparently, was the leader of the