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- THE EVE FINANCIER TRACKS DOWN GANG FOR ROBBERY EIGHT YEARS AGO G_STAR, WASHINGTO D. ©, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1930 MITCHELL FAVORS (34850000 ROAD LEWIS OF LLINOIS CHIANG WILL CRUSH TO RUN FOR SENATE (Former Senator Will Be Nominated by Demucrats in Primary Tomorrow. . (Continued From First Page) mack, the Democratic leader in Chi- cago, for the senatorigl nomination in 1928 and polled more votes down State than did Cermack. The Deneen and McCormick ward and precinct workers have been can- vassing the Democrats daily in their effort to win votes. As a matter of fact, Senator Deneen in the past has hooked up with Cermack both in the fight to control the board of trustees of the sanitary district and in the election of the judges not many months ago. In both’ cases Deneen's effort was to de- feat the City Hall crowd, and the al- liance was successful in doing just that thing in each instance. The City Hall crowd is backing Mrs. McCormick in the senatorial race. It may be that Deneen will, after all, get as many Democratic votes as does Mrs. Mc- Cormick tomorrow, if the Democrats g0 into the Republican primary. ‘The Deneen and McCormick forces are making a whirlwind finish today, with both Senator Deneen and Mrs. McCormick tearing around delivering final appeals to the voters and both scheduled to make State-wide radio speeches tonight. Senator Lewis is no stranger to Wash- ington. He was elected a Senator from Illinois on the Democratic ticket in 1912, when the Republican party was badly split. In 1918 he was defeated by the late Senator Medill McCormick, whose widow Is now seeking the Re- publican senatorial nomination. Large Expenditures Charged. In the final heat ot the campaign both the principal Republican candi- dates for the Senate have been hitting hard at each other. Senator Deneen yesterday and today has charged in his speeckes that Mrs. McCormick has ex- pended large sums of money in every section of the State Mrs. McCormick, on the other hand, aas declared that Senator Deneen hi¥ been using im- properly his influene® with the State’s attorney's office and with the Federal officials in Illinols to bring about his election. Mrs. McCormick is counting on a large vote in Chicago's “black belt.” Representative Oscar De Priest, 1llinois’ colored Congressman, is supporting her, and Mrs. McCormick has declared for his renomination and election. De Priest’s renomination is expected with- out difficulty. But this does not mean that Senator Deneen will recelve no votes in that district. He has his work- ers there, as he has in every other dis- trict, ward and precinct in Chicago and in the State. The Illinois board of the State Federation of Labor in February adopted a resolution by a unanimous vote urging organized labor to support Senator Deneen for renomination &s Senator. Deneen’s record as governor and - Senator has been enurel] satis- factory to labor, according to the officers of the State federation. On the World Court issue, Mrs. Mc- Cormick, who has taken a strong posi- tion opposing American adherence to the court, is expected to recetve a large vote among the German-Americans in Chicero, If they go pretty solidly for ucr their votes will be a factor, for there is a very large group of Americans of German extraction in the city and in the State. ‘World Court Chief Issue. ‘This World Court issue, about_which the rest of the country has been think- ing little for a long time, has been Mrs, McCormick's chief issue in the present campaign. She has been much ap- plauded because of her stand on the court. Senator Deneen, who voted in 1926 for adherence to the World Court with the Senate reservations, has met the issue squarely and has talked it up and down the State constantly. It's an issue which cuts both ways in the campaign and some of the women who believe in the court are going to vote against her because of her stand. In | recent days former Missouri, Democ “Jim" Reed of , delivered a radio address attacking the World Court, largely for the benefit of Mrs. Mc- Cormick's candidacy. Former Repre- sentative Rodenberg, who at one time was urged to get into the race for the Republican senatorial nomination, came to Chicago, too, and spoke for Mrs. McCormick. attacking Senator Deneen. ‘The Senator came back at him with the charge that Rodenberg was in- fluenced by the fact that he, Deneen, had declined to recommend Rodenberg's brother for a Federal judgeship, So there you have it. One of the big rows of the primary, outside of the senatorial nomination, is the nomination of five members of the board of trustees of the sanitary dis- trict, which has millions of dollars to expend every year and which has charge of the drainage work of the Chi- cago district. Mrs. McCormick has been ringing the changes on a Tow which arose between Senator Deneen and Howard W. Elmore, president of the drainage board. Elmore finally came out with a statement a few days ago saying he had split with Deneen because, when it came to cutting down the number of employes of the board, Deneen had objected to some of his proteges being removed and charging that Deneen was seeking to control the patronage of the board. To this Senator Deneen replied that Mr. Elmore had been made president of the board largely through his influence, but that the great reductions made in the drain- age board’s pay roll had been effected, not by Mr. Elmore alone, but by a ma- jority of the board. Elmore has a slate for the five places on the board of trustees. Deneen is backing a slate that has been put forward by some of the civic organizataions, containing the names of prominent business men and engineers. . M Deneen and his organizetion in whicago are beaten in the primary to- Seyrrow, it means a victory for the City Hall gang as well as Mrs. Mc- Cormick. Mrs. McCormick has accepted the City Hall support. If she had not done so, she would have been prac- ti=ally without organization support in the City of Chicago and without a chance for the nomination, probably. NORRiS ACTS FOR INQUIRY. Reveals Nuraerous Complaints on Cam- paign Expenditures. By the Associated Press. Asserting that he had received nu- merous complaints of campaign ex- penditures in the Illinois, Pennsylvania and Nebraska senatorial primary con- tests, Senator Ncrris, Republican, Ne- ‘braska, today moved in the Senate to get his resolution for a Senate investi- gation of campaign expenditures im- mediately before the Senate. Senator Norris resorted to drastic action with a motion to discharge the elections committee from further con- sideration of his campaign expendi- tures investigation resolution. A vote on his motion will be in order tomorrow. Commenting on the proposed Senate inquiry, Senator Norris sald he had received complaints from ‘“‘several re- sponsible citizens” about expenditures of candidates in the senatorial races. “T don’t want it to appear that my resolution is directed at any one par- ticular State,”” said Norris. “I want the Senate to go into all complaints. I have .received complaints from Illinois, from my own-State and from Penn- sylvania.” In Pennsylvania, Secretary Davis is campaigning for the seat of Senator Joseph . R. Grundy. - Senator Norris himself is up for renomination on the Republican ticket in Nebraska. Chicagoan Still Has One More to Locate in Ven- | geance Crusade. Fifth Burglar Is Believed Located in Cleveland After Long Hunt. By the Associated Pr CHICAGO, April 7.—Like another Count of Monte Cristo, Arthur W. Cut- ten, the financier, is running to earth his. enemies, one by one. If the man arrested in Cleveland yesterday . is really Simon Rosenberg, another of the bandit band that robbed the Cutten household March 17, 1922, has been found. He has been called the leader of the robbers, althdugh the man held at Cleveland denies that he is Rosenberg. He gave his name to ar- resting officers as Charles Davis, “When a man comes into my house and robs me and my family, and then locks me in a vault, where I might have suffocated—well, I'll get him,” said Mr. Cutten last night at his Downers Grove, 111, estate. And he has gotten the robbers, one by one; has pushed the prosecution; has sent them to prison. If the man in Cleveland s Rosenberg—and Cutten ANDREW W. CUTTEN. feels certain he is—only one of the six members of the robber gang remains at large, He is Kasper Rosenberg, brother of Simon. The Cutten robbery was at the Down- ers Grove estate. Jewelry valued at $20,000, a small amount of cash’ and 25 cases of whisky were taken, Mrs. Cut- ten and other members of the house- hold were bound and gagged and the financler was locked in a vault. Two servants freed themselves and released Cutten, % PARLEY'S SUCCESS ASSURED BY GIBSON American, in Radio Talk, Hopeful of Definite Results in Few Days. Definite results should be obtained within a few days at the London Naval Conference, Hugh S. Gibson, a mem- ber of the American delegation, de- clared yesterday in a radio address, in which he held out hope for a five-power agreement. ‘We have good reason to hope that a five-power agreement may be signed before we leave here” Gibson said in his address, which was broadcast from London and given out here by the State Department. “Whether this is to be” he added, “we ought to know within a few days. If this is to be, it will mark the most notable testimony to the existence of a more secure confidence and peaceful world than any five powers have given I since the war. Basis Laid for Future. “If the full measure of that agree- ment cannot be had at this session, the three-power agreement can be made on a basis which will welcome in the | other two powers when their difficulties | have been solved. We feel sure of ulti- mate solution, for the work that has been done here and the spirit in which it has been done is such as to spell either immediate or ultimate success.” Referring to the agreement already reached between the United States, | Great Britain and Japan, Gibson, who | is American Ambassador to Belgium, | sald it was “advantageous to all three countries and constitutes an important | contribution to international friendship and good understanding.” Limitations Achieved. “The great achievement of this con- | ference,” he said, “is that it has al rived at & basis for limiting all kinds | of vessels in the three largest fleets, | and the cruiser, destroyer and sub- | marine tonnage under this limitation | Will be far below the lowest limit which | was discussed at Geneva in 1927. “To those of us who have foilowed the efforts for limitation since the Washington Conference the results at- tained here so far are beyond reason- able expectations, but, actually, reduc- tion is not the most important part of this agreement. “If the reduction had been less and level, it would still contain the major objectives for which the conference was called.” VAN SWERINGENS FRAME NEW RAIL MERGER PROPOSAL (Continued From First Page.) tempt to acquire the Chicago & Eastern Illinols. Permission to acquire the Wheeling & Lake Erie, which was assigned by the commission to the Wabash-Sea- board system, also is understood to be part of the program contemplated by the Van Sweringen interests, which con- trol the Chesapeake & Ohlo. The Chesapeake & Ohio was per- mitted to acquire the Hocking Valley under restrictions regarding the financ- ng, the commission ordering that the stock acquired shall not be disposed of except by authority of the com- mission. In carrying out the acquisition the Chesapeake & Ohio was allowed to issue $24,748,875 of common capital stock for exchange for stock of the Hocking Val- ley. The exchange will be made on a basis of one share of Hocking Valley for two and one-quarter shares of Chesapeake & Ohio stock. Commissioner Eastman contended that the so-called acquisition of control was so “patently” consolidation of the two properties that he could not “bring himself to concur in the majority Teport.” WOULD PROBE OWNERSHIP, By the Associated Press. A detatled questionnaire to ascertain ownership of all of the country’s 173 class 1 railroads was prepared today by the House interstate commerce commit- tee is a preliminary step in its investiga- tion of railroad holding and investment trust companies, The committee expects the railroads to file replies to the questionnaire with- in 60 days, placing before it all infor- mation with regard to the actual own- ers of the rail carriers. The railroads also are required to furnish in their answers detailed ac- counts of their holdings in all rail- roads and terminal companies, as well as lists of subsidiaries and their hold~ ings, and the voting power of all se- curities. Officers and directors, capital stocks, contractual rights and other holdings and rights are to be set out in_the replies. The investigation was authorized by the House after the committee found itself unable to formulate legislation de- signed to bring about consolidation ot the 1,500 railroads into 21 great sys- tems, when it was found that holding and investment trust companies were not under the jurisdiction of the Inter- state Commerce Commission. - Egypt Map Prepared. CAIRO (#).—Motorists in Egypt will soon have a topographical map cover- ing the whole of the country put at their disposal by the Royal Automobilc Club of Egypt. This publication in- cludes key mape of ), Alexandria, Upper and m-wm and lists of u\’-, restaurants -garages. the agreement were made on a higher | has letters” in its dating and can- ho~ %&mm pronounced the. t & ‘Success. | PARLEY END NEARS AS STIMSON WORKS ON 3-POWER PACT om_First discussing the matter with Premier Tardieu and the French cabinet and plans to return to London tomorrow. The general prediction in conference circles this morning was that it will be decided there is no use continuing dis- cussions of the French security demand and the Franco-Italian parity dispute at_this conference. Dispatches from Paris reported little prospect of change of the French atti- tude, and return of M. Briand generally was expected to mark the beginning of the end of the five-power parley. Plenary Session This Week. Both he and Dino Grandi, Italian for- [ #ign minister, probably will use the forthcoming plenary session, which is expected to take place the latter part of the week, as the opportunity to make their views public, and then withdraw to permit conclusion of & three-power pact, a matter which may run from days into weeks. Prime Minister Macdonald returned | last evening to London from Chequers, where he spent the week end. He was understood to have become resigned to the intransigeance of the French and Italians, and to be of a mind, unless there is a change for the better very shortly, to push the three-power treaty to a quick conclusion. Interpellations as to Britain’s probable | share in a political treaty such as has | been dallied with to provide French se- curity will be directed at him in the British House of Commons late today. Nine questions in ail have been put, but parliamentarians belleved Mr. Macdon- ald would plead an answer that at this stage would prejudice negotiations, and thus postpone his explanations for the present. Japanese Parleys Continue. Senator Reed and Ambassador Mat- sudaira continued discussions of the Japanese reservations. It is understood the Japanese would like to be able to transfer 20,000 tons of destroyers to submarines, but it was said in well in- formed quarters that the Americans and British had strongly intimated it would be unwise to raise such an issue, It was stated that neither the British nor | Americans agree on such a transfer. Replying to & group of questioners in the House of Commons an the political aspects of the conference, particularly regarding the interpretation of article 16 of the League of Nations covenant, Arthur Henderson today asked the in- dulgence of the House while discus- sions on that point were continuing. ‘The foreign secretary's statement did not satisfy the principal conservative | questioner, Godfrey Locker-Lampson, | who gave notice that he would take | measures to inaugurate a debate on the | subject “owing to the unsatisfactory nature of the reply.” Mr. Henderson said he had nothing to add to the recent statement of Prime Minister Macdonald on the subject. “The prime minister hopes, howeve continued the forelgn secretary, make & full statement at an early date. PARIS SEES END THIS WEEK. Possibility of Prolonging Parley Scouted in View of Parity Deadlock. PARIS, April 7 (#).—Foreign Minis- ter Briand is going back to London tomorrow for what s regarded in French official circles as the final week of the Nvaal Conference. The slight progress made toward an understanding between France and Great Britain as to the interpretation ot the security clauses of the covenant of the League of Natlons is considered by these same sources as sufficient to Justify further efforts toward complete agreement of the five powers, but, with the Franco-Italian parity dispute still deadlocked, it is thought impossible to prolong the conference, especially as the Easter holidays are approaching. Foreijgn Minister Briand at today's cabinet meeting explained the situa- tion, and the cabinet unanimously ap- proved his program. COTTON ISSUES STATEMENT. By the Associated Pr Joseph P. Cotton, Acting Secretary of State, today said the delegates to the London Naval Conference were obvious- ly making plans for a three-power pact in event they could not obtain a five- power pact and that they realized the time was short for a five-power treaty. The Acting Sectetary referred to the radio speech yesterday by Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson as a general guide to the present situation in London. MP. Cotton said tentative plans at present indicated the American delega- tion would sail about Eastertime for the United States. o ENVELOPELESS LETTER DEVICE IS ANNOUNCED klectrlcdly-flpented -Folder Ma- chine Produces Mucilaged Articles at Large Saving. Py the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA., Ga., April 7.—A device to make an “envelopeless letter” is an- nounced here by its inventor, George Dunagin, who is in charge of the local branch of the Bureau of Agricultural Eronomics of tl}: United States Depart- ment of Agriculture. Mr, Dnn‘ir:lcn'l device attaches to an electrically ogented folder and as the letters run through this machine they come out folded and sealed with mucl- lage so that no container is necessary, Lut the sealing is in such a manner that the letters are not defaced by opening. ‘The device already has been put to | work in Mr. Dunagin's office, and he es- timates that it saves.about $1,000 a year on his cotton bulletins alone. The post office also a test of the “en- DRY UNIT TRANSFER Attorney General Urges Early Action on Prison Relief Measures. By the Associated P Early action on the prohibition en- forcement transfer bill and on prison relief measures was advocated before the Senate judiclary committee today by Attorney General Mitchell to help administration of the dry law, ‘The bill for transfer of the prohthi- tion enforcement unit from the Treas- ury Department to the Department of Justice has been passed by the House. Opposes Senate Liquor Probe. The Attorney General regarded un- favorably the resolution of Chairman Norris proposing a Senate investigation of prohibition enforcement and the author conceded after the meeting that he had little hope for the inquiry. Asked about the charges of politics mixing In_enforcement, made by Mrs, Mabel Walker Willebrandt, former As- sistant Attorney General in charge of prohibition prosecutions, Mr. Mitchell said he had declined to comment on this before the Senate committee, Chairman Norris called his attention to Mrs. Willebrandt's series of newspa- per articles dealing with prohibition. The Attorney General excused himself from comment on the ground that her charges dealt with a period prior to his administration, Reporting that Federal prisons were greatly overcrowded, Mr. Mitchell at- tributed this Dl’lnclfil]ly to increased prosecutions under the dry law. How- ever, he said the Dyer automobile theft law, the Mann act and the narcotic act also had contributed to the increase in the number of prisoners, Will Hear Borah and Wheeler. After again deferring action on the Norris resolution, the committee held itself ready to_ hear Senators Borah, Republican, of Idaho, who has charged laxity in _enforcement, and Senator ‘Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, who also has asked a Senate inquiry, before taking a final vote. Senator Norris said he believed a majority of the committee was against his resolution and he was uncertain whether he would carry the fight to the Senate if defeated in committee. Arguing for the transfer measure, Mr. Mitchell said the same Government dpartment which investigates and ar- rests prohibition violators should prosecute them. He opposed, however, the provision to transfer to the Justice Department control over the industrial and medic- inal alcohol permits. He would leave that with the Treasury. Discussing _his resolution, Senator Norris said after the committee session that “I don’t think we have had a fair test of enforcement and I would like to learn the facts about it.” ‘However,” he added, “if the people who are as ardent prohibitionists as I am feel that an investigation would hinder the new administration which seems to be doing_ better, according to its own statistics, I don’t want to spill the beans. “I have thought an investigation would disclose many instances where political influence was brought to bear o prevent prosecutions or to_interfere with prosecutions after they had been commenced.” The Nebraskan sald he had not ob- served an improyement in enforcement under the Hoover administration. Adopts Liberal Parole Policy. Attorney General Mitchell explained that the department was adopting a liberal policy with paroles as one means of relleving congestion in the prisons. The department has several measures pending before the judiciary commit- tee providing for a complete reorganiza- tion of the Federal prison system. Consideration by the House of the bill to legalize 2.75 per cent beer will not be sought by Representative Dyer, Republican, Missouri, until the Hoover Law Enforcement Commission has re- | ported on its investigation of the feasi- bility of such legislation. Taking the fioor of the House today, Dyer, author of the measure, said he had received many inquiries from all parts of the country, as well as from members of Congress, as to what was being done about the bill. Explaining he had been advised that the Law Enforcement Commission was “now giving very carnest study and consideration to this phase of the pro- hibition question,” he said that “in view of this action by the commission I do not wish that either the House judi- clary committee or the House itself do anything about the proposed legislation at this time.” FIND JOBS PLENTIFUL Chicago Census Takers Report Un- employment Relatively Slight. CHICAGO, April 7 (#).—The census takers in Chicago, according to Joseph E. Vesely, supervisor of the census here, have found unemployment relatively slight. “We are finding only a few unem- ployed In every several hundred enu- merated,” he said. BOWIE RESULTS FIRST RACE—$1.200; claiming; 2-year-old maidens; 4 furlongs. My Sweets. Noisy Miss. m Plaster Casi. Vice, ... 109 14 104 109 113 n2 109 08 Maximum . Foolhardy zinn Moderiy ‘Maiden: . a My Beity 100 Star Poly *Fair Esthe 104 aArchibal lie and Dixiana entry. SECOND RACE—$1,200; claiming: 3-year- olds; 6 furlongs. Calome Guilder *a Fair_Orb Little Imp. . 5 Sunview 5 *a Easter . ewton . *Mutual Fri Wrackster aE. M. Duman and J. Collins entry. RACE—$1.400: The Fads and ies and mares; 3-year-olds and Sibylline a Noajoyce Rueful .. 103 Stupendous . Zublena' 103 Pl landa Chattering 100 Biack Patrici FOURTH_ RACE — $1,500; ‘The Midway Handicap: 3-year-olds and up: 6 furlongs. b War Instigator 114 Star o' Morn. Dixon. .. 7 104 Clean Play 105 Pemmant La s Stable entry. mba entry. P RACE—$1,200; olds; PTH claiming; 1) miles. 1s 3-year- *Compa 102 *Naylor 100 *Dimray 104 Magic Carpei. nion uskogee *John Robert SIXTH RACE—$1.200; claiming: 4-year- olds and up; 1% miies. race. Division of seventh *Main_Sheet... *Fasciste 107 T 11 a M. *Mulstto Fair Bill. *Turquoise SEVENTH RACE—$1.200; claiming: 4-year- olds and up: 1% miles. 'air Argument, . SCinfield Slar: track. slow. : 'iécording to post positions. First race, 2:30 Bm. FUND APPORTIONED Virginia Allotted $952,835 and Maryland $421,274 for Fiscal Year. By the Asscciated Pres Secretary Hyde today apportioned among the 48 States and Hawall $48,- 750,000 of the additional $50,000,000 au- thorized by Congress as Federal aid for highway construction in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1930. Vhginia is apportioned $952835 and Maryland $42..54 This supplementary &psropriation was authorized by a bill signed by President Hoover on April 4 which also provided for the appropriation of $125,- 000,000 for each of the fiscal years, 1931, 1932 and 1933, an addition of $150,000,000 yearly over the present appropriation. Congress provided $75,000,000 by a previous act and Sccretary Hyde appor- tioned this among the States and Hawall on December 2, 1929. Apportionment to the States of the additional $50,000,000 for the fiscal year of 1931 follows: Alabama, $1,038,248; Arizona, $708,127; Arkansas, $862,057; California, $1,667,- 447; Colorado, $927,016; Connecticut, $318596; Delaware, $243.750; $1,323,75! $1,273,003; $1,365,723; Kentucky, $943.07: iana, $693,463. Maine, $450,071; M chusetts, $726,682; Michigan, $1,466,785: Minnesota, $1,401,991; Mississippi, $882,598; Missouri, $1,588,255. Montana, 35,2 Nebraska, $1,057.684; Ne- $640,563; New Hampshire, $243.- New Jersey, $624,156; New Mex- ico, $793531; New York, $2403976; North Carolina, $1.148,449: North Dakota, $802,040; Ohio, $1,835685; Oklahoma, $1,167,343; Oregon, $798.- 445; Pennsylvania, $2.209,805; Rhode Island, $243,750: South Carolina, $710,- 070; South Dakota, $821,975: Tennes- see, $1072535; ‘Texas, $3030,554; Utah, $567,168; Vermont, $243,750; Washington, $770,812; West Virginia, $528,550; Wisconsin, $1,232,780; Wyom- ing, $628,303; Hawaii, $243,750. THREE DIE IN CRASH OF DISABLED BIPLANE Pilot and Two Passengers Killed and Bodies Badly Burned at Hays, Kans. By the Associated Press. HAYS, Kans, April failure of a biplane to straighten out of a “wing-over” to Leslie Marshall, 34. the pilot, and Orville Herbert and Melvin Ridgeway, both passengers, and both 19 years old. The men were killed here yester- day at the Hays Flying Fleld. Falling from an altitude of about 500 feet, the airplane burst into flames when it struck the ground. Bodies {of the occupants of the ship were burned badly. Marshall was an experienced pilot and had been employed by the Hays Flying School and Harry Tirk, an offi- cial of the Phillips Petroleum Co. and owner of the wrecked plane. The pilot is survived by a widow and six children at_Anderson, Mo. Herbert and Ridgeway lived in Ellis, Kans. They were unmarried. TWO KILLED IN TEXAS. Stunt Flyer and Student Aviator Perish in Flaming Craft. By the Associated Press. SHIRO, Tex., April 7.—Two men were [killed in the crash of a blazing mono- plane a mile from here late Saturday. The victims were Fritz H. Grifno, Dal- las, stunt fiyer, and F. H. Bernier of New Orleans, a flying school student. The plane apparently was attempting to land when flames and smoke sud- | denly burst from the inclosed cabin. smashed in a cotton field. Grifno, whose daring stunts and parachute jumps had entertained thou- sands of persons, apparently made his last leap when there was none to see it. His body was in a furrow some 20 feet from the smouldering plane. The 1rgs of his parachute were nearby. . M. P. WILL MARRY AT 72 British Laborite Will Take Woman of 42 as Fourth Wife. LONDON, April 7 (#).—Will Thorne, veteran Labor member of the House of Commons, is about to marry for the fourth time. He is 72 years old and his prospective bride is 42. His third wife died in 1926, leaving him with two sons and six daughters. Thorne was working in a barber's shop at the age of 6. With others in 188¢ he founded the National Union of General and Municipal Workers and has been its general secretary since. JUDGE DENOUNCES _ FAMILY BOMBING IN GRAND JURY CHARGE (Continued From First Page.) indict, Lawrence Leroy Brady for murder in connection with the bombing: Joseph H. Blandford, foreman: Milton B. Brooke, Eugene Allen, Willlam D. Bland- ford, Milton R. Whittington, George A. Wyvill, Stewart B. Shaw, Bernard W. Tombs, George C. Taylor, Walter C. Cross, Willlam H. Cusick, Henry T. Baldwin, Francis O. Abbott, Albert R. Brown, Eugene Entwisle, Thomas M. Taylor, Walter E. Hardester, Aaron L. Mehring, Pinkney A. Earnshaw, Theron L. Duley, Charles D. Hessner, John 8mith and James A. Crawford. ‘The evidence which Lieut. Joseph Itzel and Sergt. Charles Schalter of Balti- more and the Prince Georges County police have collected will be presented to the grand jury within the next few days. Should an indictment be returned the case will probably go to trial before the end of the month. ‘The recognizance docket lists 69 names, including that of Herman Bra- dy, as a State witness. There are 16 criminal trials already on the docket, and many will be added as soon as the grand jury begins returning indictments. bcerln;mnl ‘appeals set for the term num- r 31, In addition several score civil cases will be heard. Some of these are given the attention of the court during the first week of the term while the State's attorney is occupied with the grand jury. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band this evening at 4 o'clock at the audi- torium, Marine Barracks; Taylor Bran- son, leader; Arthur S. Witcomb, sec- ond leader. “Les Preludes” ..................Lisgt “The Young Prince and the Young Princes,” from “Scheherazade,” Rimsky-Korsakow ‘American Patrol” . Meacham Duet for xylophones, | and Mac” Alford Musiclans, Wilbur D. Kieffer and Philip Genthner. Excerpts from “The Red Mill"..Herbert dyn” .. = Coates ‘Tone poem, landia ibelius ulflnu'"hymn. “The Halls of Monte- “The Star Spangled Banner.” 7.—Apparent | has brought death ! ‘The ship plunged downward and was | Geographic Society; M. B. chief of the Buregu of MRS. A. C. BRADLEY DIES AT RESIDENGE Brief lliness Fatal to Widow of District Supreme Court Justice. ds and Docks. Mrs. Andrew C. Bradley, widow of Justice Bradley of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, died early this morning at the home of her son, | Charles H. Bradley, 1706 Twenty-first street northwest, following & brief ill- ness. Some days ago Mrs. Bradiey took cold and shortly thereafter pneumonia developed, A lifelong resident of the National Capital, Mrs. Bradley was 82 years of age and was the last surviving member of a large and widely known family here. She was Miss Sue Young and was the daughter of a veteran of the War of 1812. Her father, William P Young of Connecticut ancestry, through- out his life was interested in naval affairs and participated in the Battle of Craney Island, his name being on the commemorative monument at Ports- mouth, Vi Mrs. Bradley's husband, the late Jus- tice Bradley, died in 1902, Her only sister, Mrs. Alexander R. Shepherd, widow of the former Governor of the District of Columbia, died here not quite a month ago. During her .irlhood, as the bride of a rising lawyer and later as the wife of a distinguished jurist. Mrs, Bradley gathered about her a wide and admiring circle of friends. Duting her long life she was promi- nently identified with all aspects and interests of the life of the National Capital—social, civic, charitable and re- ligious. Ripe in years but continuously young in spirit and viewpoint, she con- ! tinued many of her activities until the last. Two institutions in which she took particular pride and interest were the Church of the Covenant, of which shc was a member for many years and of which her husband was an elder, and the Washington City Orphan Asylum, which a few vears ago moved to Hill- crest in the Northwestern suburbs. She was & member of the board of managers of this orphanage for many years. Mrs. Bradley is survived by one son, Charles H. Bradley, an attorney of this city. An elder son, Andrew Y. Bradley, died some years ago. She also leaves four grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afterncon at the Church of the Covenant. Dr. Albert Joseph McCartney, pastor, will be the officiating clergyman. Interment will be in the family plot in Rock Creek Cemetery. MEXICAN LABOR PROTEST PARADERS MEET REBUFF Turned Back at Presidential Cas- tle, They Phone Pleas to Subordinate Officer. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, April 7.—A demon- stration of unemployed workers, expect- ed to number 20,000, whose Jeaders had planned to march on Chapuitepec Cas- tle yesterday, to demand a dole, bread lines and other concessions from Presi- dent Ortiz Rubio, dwindled to 400. At the entrance the leaders were turn- ed back by officials of the castle, who advised them to send a telegram to the President. After a long argument, the delegation telephoned to a subordinate officer tell- ing him the unemployed workers needed relief. -e Rain Prevents Golf Tourney. Rain caused the postponement today of play in the first miniature tourna- ment of the season of the District Women's Golf Association at Chevy Chase Club. The contestants will start at 9:15 tomorrow morning. Plane Pierces Rain With Pittsburghers To See Blossoms Despite heavy rains, a chartered atrplane brought three persons to Washington from Pittsburgh yes- terday to see the cherry blossoms from the air and planes at Hoover Fileld carried 90 passengers on sky excursions around the blossom- lined Tidal Basin. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Burns and their young son flew to the C: ital in a cabin monoplane piloted by Ted Taney, landing at Hoover Field at 1:30 o'clock. When the party started the return flight at 4 o'clock the storm had closed in and, Pilot Taney had to return to the field. The flight to Pitts- burg was made this morning. ‘The largest number of pas- sengers carriéd aloft in one hour were taken up from the fleld yes- terday in the hour before the downpour set in. Officials of the fleld expressed the opinion that but for the rain an all-time rec- ord would have been set. Memorial exercises commemorating the twenty-first anniversary of the | discovery of the North Pole were held at the tomb of Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, the explorer, today at Arlington Cemetery. the auspices of Admiral Robert E. Peary Ship, Veterans of Foreign Wars. the photo, left to right: Capt.'Sydney K. Evans, Chaplain Corps, U. S. Lieut. C. E. Welckhardt, retired, U. S. N.; Gerar Grosvenor and Rear Admiral A. L. Parsons, J AN /7 (A 4 The services were held under In Fruin Hubbard, the Nation: 2 Star Staff Photo. TRIBUTE IS PAID PEARY AT GRAVE Memorial Service Is Held Under Auspices of Vet- erans’ Ship. A wind-swept knoll in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery was the scene this, | morning of a memorial service at the | base of the tomb of Rear Admiral Robert | Edwin Peary on the occasion of the .wenty-first anniversary of Peary's dis- -overy of the North Pole. r'he exercises were conducted under auspices of the Admiral Robert E. Peary Ship, Veterans of Foreign Warg, in ac- cordance with that organizatidn's cus- tom since Peary's death here 10 years| | 2go. | “The explorer was eulogized by Rear | Admiral A. L. Parsons, chief of the | Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks. | Floral tributes were placed at the base !of the memorial which adorns Peary's | grave by Ernest L. Jahncke, Acting Sec- retary of the Navy; by representatives of the National Geographic Society and | by P. V. Templeton, captain of the Ad- | miral Peary Ship, on behalf of that or- | ganization, A detail of sailors from the navy| yard fired three volleys over the grave while the color guard stood at attention. Taps was sounded by a Navy bugler and | & benediction pronounced by Capt. Syd- | ney K. Evans, Navy chaplain. | CHERRY BLOSSOMS_ RETAIN FULL GLORY IN SPITE OF RAIN| ___(Contihued From First Page) _ traffic was at its peak, when a car broke a wheel. Due to the prompt | | service rendered by the emergency car | | of the American Automobile Associa- | tion, stationed nearby at the request | of the United States Park Police, Capt | Montgomery said that a situation that ' might have turned into a serious traffic | | snarl was quickly rectified. This dis- | | abled car was on the street car tracks | | The figure of 20,105 cars over the; | inlet bridge compares with last year's figure of 25,100 at the peak of the| cherry blossom season, but Capt. Mont- | gomery said that last year the Sunday\ was a bright, sunshine day. | Busses galore brought erstwhile pedes- | trians into Potomac Park to view the cherry blossoms, and in the face of adverse weather conditions, did a land office business. The Lincoln Memorial was opened at 8 am, an hour earlier than usual, in accordance with the new schedule, and this was the mecca for large numbers of visitors. ‘While the 1,200 or so cherry trees in Potomac Park of the single blossom va- riety are soon to fade out of the flow soms, most of which are located in Eact Potomac Park, with a few near the Lin- coln Memorial. After an inspection this morning, Mr. Henlock was able to say that these 600 or so trees, bearing the double blossoms, will likely be in bloom for Easter Sunday, provided nothing_unforeseen occurs. Mr. Henlock said that the double blooms this morning looked *very prom- sing.” THANKED FOR TRAFFIC AID. Capt. P. J. Carroll of the United States park police today thanked the Metropolitan Police Force for its “close co-operation” with his command, in handling the traffic of yesterday in the areas adjoining the parks, particularly at Fourteenth and Water streets. All traffic to and from Virginia was han- dled at Fourteenth and Water streets by special detail of Metropolitan officers, which likewise took care of all traffic on Water street, the captain sald. This greatly facilitated the handling of traffic coming out of East Potomac Park and that coming out of the Tidal Basin area Capt. Carroll paid a tribute to the good work of his own officers, also, ex- plaining that they, too, had a difficult job of it, the rain making traffic harder ANTIBRITISH RIOTS Students Will Be Shot Down in Future Disturbances, He Asserts. By the Assoclated Pre NANKING, April 7.—Chiang Kai- Shek, head of the Nationalist govern- ment, conferring with newspaper men, today stated that the anti-British dem- onstration by Chinese students here “has an important political significance because reactionary elements and Com- munists fomented the demonstration, seeking to discredit the Nationalist gov- ernment.” Chiang said the government would take drastic measures against both students and agitators to suppress such activities. “The authorities,” he said, “will not hesitate to shoot a few students and close down the universities if the stu- dents attempt further disturbances.” ‘The head of the government also said the Nationalists’ “friendly ally” soon would undertake military opera- tions against the “northern rebels,” the group headed by Yen Hsi-Shan, gov- ! ernor of Shansi Province, and by Feng Yu-Hsiang, who several years ago be- came widely known as “the Christian general.” Yen and Feng are actively opposing the Nanking government. Chiang failed to state who the “friendly ally” was, but it was belleved he was referring to Chang Hsueh-Liang, governor of Manchuria, who is reported | to be massing troops at Shanhaikwan, inside the Great Wall, and to have dis- patched gunboats to Tsingtao. ‘The anti-British demonstrations oc- curred here yesterday when students appeared before the British consulate shouting and distributing handbills de- nouncing “British imperialism.” SUIT FILED IN D. C. COURT FOR $250,000 DAMAGES Fulton R. Gordon, Realty Operator and Garret L. Brown Jointly Charged With Malicious Arrest, Fulton R. Gordon, millionaire realty operator, 3220 Patterson street, and Garret L. Brown, 2560 Rhode Island avenue northeast, were jointly sued for $250.000 camages today in the District Supreme Court by Oscar C, Thomas, a lawyer, who charges cone spiracy and the malicious abuse of & court_ process. According to the declaration, Brown and Gordon, April 8, 1929, entered into a conspiracy to bring Thomas into disgrace and to charge him with the commission of a crime. In furtherance of the alleged conspiracy it is charged they went together to the office of the assistant United States attorney a\ Police Court and obtained a warrant charging Themas with embezzlement and procuring a policeman. took him to the ‘offices of another lawyer where Thomas was located and identified ‘Thomas to the officer, who placed him under arrest. Thomas says he was de- tained at a police station for some time | before being released. He has been held up to public ridi- cule, the plaintiff says, has suffered great mental anxiety and has been injured in his professional_and social standing. Attorney Harry F. Kennedy pears for the plaintiff. FRANK B. NOYES RETURNS TO U. S. AFTER VACATION Publisher and Wife Arrive on the Roma, Which Fights Heavy Seas and Wind. By the Assoclated Press NEW YORK, April Noyes, president of the A: and publisher of the Washington Star, returned yesterday with Mrs. Nove: aboard the Italian liner Roma from vacation spent in Egypt and Italy. The Roma arrived 1% hours behind schedule, after having encountered rough seas and head winds all the way across the North Atlantic. She brought 1,466 passengers from Genoa and Naples. —_— ON LEONG MERCHANTS DENY OPIUM DEN PART Tong Association Declares Head- quarters or Members Not In- volved in Saturday Raid. The On Leong Chinese Merchants' Association, through its secretary, George Wen, today issued a statement denying that any of its members or representatives were arrested Saturday when the police raided an alleged opfum den on lower Pennsylvania avenue. “An investigation will disclose the truth to be that the raids were con- ducted in two buildings that have no connection whatever with either the National On Leong headquarters, at 344 Pennsylvania avenue, or the local head- quarters, at 335 Pennsylvania avenue,” the statement said. “The places raided were on the upper floors of buildings which house a great many tenants, and have no connections with the association.” . WILLIAM P. G. HARDING DIES OF HEART ATTACK AFTER YEAR’S ILLNESS _ _(Continued From First_Page.) advances from the Reserve system. The policy drew intense ecriticism in po- litical circles. Senators representing agricultural communities were particularly persist- ent in attributing agricultural distress to what they termed the “board's de- flation policies.” Senator Heflin, Dems ocrat, of Alabama, led much of the attack on Gov. Harding over what he termed “the Reserve Board's deadly de- Alt:xuoln policy, engineered from Wall street.” on the wet roads. Today the par] police have sore arms as the result o waving to drivers to keep vehicles moving. DISCARDED CLOTHING IS SOUGHT FOR POOR An appeal for donations of dlscurded‘ men's -clothes and shoes was made to- day by the Central Union Mission. John 8. Bennett, superintendent, reported the number of men seeking aid had in- creased recently, regardless of better weather. Bennett revealed 2,655 men were furnished with free beds in March. ‘This was above the average for the past four months. The total of 3,702 meals supplied men In March was the record for the Winter. Employment was found for only 15 applicants, as compared with | an average af 45 a month throughout | the Winter. Efforts also are being made to obtain contributions of boys’ and girls’ cloth- to handle, because of driving c:u'.‘ousli' "t Gov. Harding retired from the Re- serve Board, and for a time took charge of banking and currency reorganiza- tion in some of European states. Re- turning to the United States, he became governor of the Boston regional bank of the Reserve system. NOONDAY LENTEN SERVICES FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 12:20 to 1 O'Clock Auspices Washington FEDERATION OF CHURCHES SPEAKER THIS WEEK A. Earl Kernahan, D.D. Leader in Campaign of ing for the children’s emergency home of the mission. Wearing apparel may be sent to 613 C street or the mission will call ut“rrinmnalnte!lw Visitation Evangelism ALL CORDIALLY INVITED