Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1930, Page 10

A-10 = CONFEREES LOOSEN BANONLITERATURE Agree on Senate Amendment Liberalizing Regulations on Entry. By the Associated Press. Deferring action on the Senate ex- | port debenture and flexible provisions | and other major controversies over the | administrative clauses of the tariff bill, { the congressional conferees on the measure today agreed upon the Senate | amendment liberalizing existing re- strictions on importations of literature. Under the literature provision cus- toms officials would be authorized as at present to seize questionable foreign books at ports of entry. but final judg- ment would rest with the Federal ceurts. The Secretary of the Treasury aico | would be authorized to admit “so-called classics or books of recognized and e: tablished literary or scientific merit, | but may, in his discrotion, admit such | classics or books only when imported | for_non-commercial purposes.” | The literature prohibition also would | apply to matter urging treason or| forzible resistance to any American Jaw and printed matter containing a| threat against the life of any Ameri- | can citizen. | The export debenture and new flex: ble provisions 1t ovel ter brief di: cussion in_accordance with the unde standing that tr enate conferees | come back to the Se for instruc- tions in event of a disagreement | Another provision on which the con- ! ferces could not agree was the Senate amendment barring after January 1, 1932, goods produced abroad by forced or indentured labor. Convict-made ar- ticles already are denied entry. The conferees approved the Senate amendments authorizing Porto Rico to impose duties on coffee imported into the islands and reducing from five to three years the time in which exporters may get a duty drawback on shipments to the Philippines of goods imported and processed in the United States. Approval also was given the Senate provision authorizing the United States 1o enter into reciprocal agreements with foreign countries looking to free entry of advertising matter sent through the mails to individual addresses. An ex- ception, however, would be made ot foreign 'produced printed matter adver- tising the sale of articles of American make. Another Senate provision accepted would exempt foreign articles from a marking requirement if the Secretary of the Treasury is satisfied the marking could not be made without injury to the article or without making it so ex- pensive as to make its importation prohibitive. Articles_imported by illustrators and photographers for use solely as models in the illustrating of catalogues, pamphlets, or advertising matter, would be allowed free entry under bond if held in this country only six months. All sections relafing to the organi- zation of the tariff commission and valuation bases for the assessment of ad valorem duties were passed over. DAUGHTERS OF 1812 CONVENING HERE Two Thausond Are Invited to At- tend National Society Con- clave Opening Tonight. With 800 registrants, the vanguard of 2,000 invited members, already en- rolled, the National Socity United States Daughters of 1812, convening here for their thirty-eighth annual as- sociate council, will officially open a three-day mecting this evening at the Willard Hotel. During the morning the credentials committee, with headquarters in the cabinet room of the hotel, received a steadily augmenting number of regis- trants. A meeting of the national executive board, at which national and State offi- cers assembled to discuss program plans, concluded the morning business. This afternoon at 1461 Rhode Island avenue, the new national headquarters of the society, an open-house meeting and tea, with Mrs. Samuel Z. Shope, x}'i‘a]l(xinnal president, as hostess, is being e} The formal opening of the council meeting, attended by a flag demonstra- tion and processional march, will be held this evening in the cabinet room. A varied musical program, featured by the United States Marine Band, un- der the direction of Capt. Taylor Branson, will be offered. Addresses will be delivered by Thomas E. Clemens, chairman of the city com- missioners of Philadelphia, and Francis S. Key-Smith, descendant of Prancis Scott Key, author of “The Star Spangled Banner.” SIX TEXTILE WORKERS FACE SABOTAGE COUNT Elizabethton Sheriff Declares Ar- rests Follow Seizure of Dyna- mite From Four Boys. the Associated Press ELIZABETHTON, Tenn., April 21— Six men, members of a textile union, were arrested here yesterday by Sheriff William Fair on a charge of conspiracy to take life and destroy property. Three men, including J. C. Donnelly, president of a textile union local, were arrested Saturday night on the same charges. Those arrested were George Johnson, Harvey Hampton, Robert Williams, Sam Hall, William Cole and Robert Cole. All, with the exception of Johnson, had fur- nished $3.000 bond each to appear for preliminary hearing tomorrow. The arrests, Sheriff Fair said, were made as a result of a sertes of investiga- tions growing out of the seizure of some dynamite from four boys several weeks 2go. By Dead From Spider’s Bite. LEONARDTOWN, Md., April 21 (Spe- cial) —Benedict Hayden, 2 years old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hayden of Medleys Neck, at Leonardtown, died from the effects, it is thought, of a bite of a poisonous spider. You Are Invited to the Spring Exhibit Armstrong Linoleum at 926 H Street N.W. Colors, designs and work- manship can be seen here on the floor for any room in your home, office, church and all in- stitutions. Courtesy extended to you by SUPERIOR LINOLEUM CO. Printcraft Building 926 H Street N.W. Legion Entertainer DORIS ROSEDALE, Thirteen years old, of Landover, Md., who will dance at the American Legion ball at the Mayflower Wednesday night. —Star Staff Photo. WMANAMY FAVORS RAIL MERGER HALT Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Differs From Colleagues. By the Associated Press. Unqualified approval of the Couzens resolution proposing to suspend all railroad consolidations until Congress enacts additional legislation covering them was voiced today by Chairman McManzmy of the Interstate Commerce Commission before the Senate inter- state commerce committee. . Saying the Couzens proposal in f present form “is in line with what the commission has recommended for some five years,” the commission chairman dissented from the position of the ma- jority of the commission. Ten of the eleven members of the commission have declared themselves favorable to legislation to regulate rail- road holding companies, but unwilling to indorse suspension of direct consoli- dations, as directed by the transporta- tion act of 1920. —_— A leading English pipe manufacturer says that pipe smoking is declining all over the world. { ambitious to prepare themselves to en- | joy the sport and fun of swimming THE EVENING 400 BOYS START SWIMMING LESSON First Round of Exercise and Instruction Is Given in Classes of Thirty. Four hundred youngsters, keenly | during the warm days of the coming Summer season, today are going through the first round of exercises in the pool of the boys’ department of the Y. M. C. A, designed to train them in the rudiments of swimming irt the free course of instruction given | this week by the Y. M. C. A. under | auspices of The Star. | In successive hourly classes averaging | about 30 each, the boys enrolled for the | course entered the pool with shouts of glee and quickly were organizéd by expert instructors, all of whom have won Red Cross life-saving and examiner commissions, and started in a system- atic method of training. James C. Ingram in Charge. ‘The program is under the direction of James C. Ingram, director of the boys' department, with the assistance of Marinus De Gast, physical director of the department. One or more swim- ming instructors were assigned to each | class. The instruction is given for non- swimmers between the ages of 10 and 18 years as a means of preparing them- selves to enjoy water sports with a - minimum of ‘danger that accompanies such sport when heedless and untrained swimmers venture upon unguarded swimming or boating haunts. The boys first will be taught “water confidence,” which must be acquired before a novice is prepared to.master swimming strokes. Then will come training in floating, an ability which has saved many a swimmer when caught in a dangerous situation. Other “Strokes” in Program. ‘Then will come instruction in the leg flutter stroke, arm strokes, co-ordina- tion of leg and arm movements, proper methods of breathing while swimming, and on Saturday tests will be given to determine how many of the youngsters have mastered the art sufficiently to swim 50 feet. Last year a large percentage of boys enrolled in the course were able to jump into the deep end of the pool, rise to the surface, get into swimming position and then swim to the other end of the pool, this being regarded as a severe test after but a week of training. Red Cross beginners’ buttons will be presented to all who are able to pass this test. CAPONE AT MIAMI HOME FOR 2 WEEKS Gang Weader. Tells Reporters He Seeks Rest and Fair Break~"‘Will Do Nothing Unlawful.” By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., April 21.—Scarface Al Capone, Chicago racketeer and gang leader, arrived here yesterday from the Windy City to spend two weeks at his palatial home on Palm Island. He was accompanied by his 13-year-old nephew. Capone made the trip by train and was greeted by his attorneys, J. F. Gor- W, M. Moses & Sons Public Confidence Since 1861 F Street at Eleventh Armstrong’s Linoleums You are invited to visit decorated linoleum galley where we show the smartest Armstrong Linoleums cemented on the floors as they should be in your home. Linoleum Gallery, Fourth Floor ‘WoobpwarDp & We Have 40 New Armstrong Designs . . . every one of them a fine quality linoleum in from 4 to 8 combinations colors. designs. 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Ramsay Nevitt and police were questioning witnesses and prepar- ing for a preliminary showing. ‘Two men are under arrest on mur- der charges and a third, the brother of the woman shot, is being held for in- vestigation. Spofford Blackwell of 1861 Corcoran street northeast was shot in the head five times and killed outright in a brawl in the 1800 block of Kendall street northeast Saturday night. ‘This death resulted in the arrest by Sergt. A. C. Belt of Moses Mungo, em= ploye of the Potomac Electric Power Co., 27 years old, of the 1800 block of Kendall street northeast A murder charge was booked against Mungo yesterday. During & fight which resulted when he refused to quit playing & grapho- phone at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, Freddie Cooper, 37 years old, of the 800 block of Twenty-fifth street, was stabbed to death in a house in the 2500 block of I street. Clarence Charles Collins, alias Reds Collins, 25 years old, of Corcoran street, is wanted for questioning in connection with the killing. After a revolver which he said he was examining went off in his hands and killed his sister, Frank Templeton of Twenty-third street near N _street, was arrested at Emergency Hospital yesterday when he brought the woman there for treatment. ), L 4 SHIPSTEAD BILL GIVEN APPROVAL House Subcommittee 0.K.'s Measure Regulating Build- ing Height and Design. After a brief hearing today, the sub- committee on public buildings and parks of the House District committee authorized a favorable report to the full committee on the Shipstead-Luce bill, which had already passed the Senate, to regulate the height, exterior design ‘and construction of private and semi-public buildings in certain areas of the Capital. There was no opposition to the bill Among those who appeared in support of the measure wefe Chairman Luce of the House committee on the Library, Capt. E. 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