Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1930, Page 2

), A—2 t‘r*lfi UNIVERSITY GIVES " $100T0 YORK FUND Sum for Relief of Dry Agent’s Family Reaches Total of $1,343. Led off by a $100 check from Ben- Jamin Franklin University, where Pro- hibition Agent Lamar Watson York had been a student, The Star’s relie fund for the agent's bereaved family mounted to 81,343 today, as contribu- tions continued to pour in from many sources. “Mr. York was remembered by his former instructors at the university with feelings of the highest esteem and admiration,” John T. Kennedy, presi- . “and because of our very terest in him and his nmfly‘ the board of trustees has authorized a donation of $100 to the fund you are now. collecting. Several conu’lhutol's to the ment, checks for which must be made payable to “the York fund” and ad- dressed to the cashier of The Star, ex- pressed the wish that sufficlent money would be raised to lift the mortgage on the modest home at 1244 C street northeast, where the widow is working to keep hgfl family of three young chil- ren together. o “le:a find the enclosed check for 82, one contributor wrote. “I make it with only regret——that I am not able to write in a larger amount.” Others told of their appreciation of the devotion to duty which prompted York, working alone, to follow rum runners into a “tough alley” and seize a whisky automobile in the face of threats—an act for which he was as- sassinated a fortnight ago. Acknowledz!d move- B. Mrs. J. E. R. Benjamin Fr-.nku.n Universit) Mazo Bros. Julia_Stow LOVejoy . Lincoln . Green .... Total suverersscensiosanse $1,343.00 POLICE ARE PRAISED. Homicide Squad’s Work in Capturing York Murderers Commended. High praise for the work ef the homicide squad in solving the murder of Prohibition Agent Lamar W. York, shot in a District alley April 12, was contained in letters received from offi- cials of the Prohibition Bureau by Com- missioner Herbert B. Crosby and Maj, Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, yesterday. The letters spoke ially highly of the work of Lieut. md J. Kelly, chief of *the squad, who went 50 hl:un wuhuut nleep. con- tinuously working on th “I seize this oprnrtunuy. wruu Pro- hibition Commissioner J. Doran to Commissioner Crosby, “to exp ess the sincere 'W tion of the Prohibition Bureau for excellent work done by your Police Department in apprehend- ing the murders of Agent Lamar W. York. Please extend our gratitude, vlr- ticularly to the homicide squad charge of Lieut. Kelly. Their action wu c and efficient. “’-’-’1&1 uilme that- the successful ef- forts of your aeenmnanz in t.hl.s case ral offi- rict of Oolumhu 2 “willlam R. Blandford, depuly ld- of Washington, closes nnrd to the arrest of Mu-un John Logan and Johnnie Borum shooting of Prohibition Agent Lamar W. York with the following statement,” wrote Prohibition Adminis- trator Thomas E. Stone to Maj. Pratt: “‘Concluding this ‘mr:x‘: it :'l‘lg; possible for me to express WOT untiring efforts put forth by the Police Department of Washington, D. C., led by Lieut. Kelly of the homicide squad. The men of the Police Department did not leave a stone unturned. Their efforts were untiring and their activities exceptional, and I earnestly hope that the necessary commendations for them will go forward from the prohibition department.’ "Mr Blandford was in 8 position to know of the splendid efforts on the part of Lieut. Kelly and his men to |pprehend those responsible for the death of Agent York. This was a won- derful plece of work and I wish to add ‘my sincere thanks to you and your men for the results accomplished in con- nection with this very distressing case. NEWSPRINT REPORT GIVEN PUBLISHERS A N. P. A in Session in New York With 500 Members Present. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 23—The annual conveniton of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association opened today at the Pennsylvania Hotel with nearly 500 publishers from the United States and Canada in attendance. Edward H. Butler, president, in his opening address declared that a na- tional organization was an absolute necessity to the newspaper publishing industry and “that it stands as a bul- work to protect. our interests and to further our progress” He declared that the A. N, P. A. had been greatly beneficial in many ways to American publishers and pointed to the special benefits which had come up during the two years he has been president. Newsprint, one of the most important topics to be discussed at the conven- tion, was the first on the program. W. G. Chandler, chairman, read the news- print report and an account of the committee's activities during the past year. The report told how the pub- lishers met in New York early in De- cember to &ausz against a proposed $5 per ton increase in newsprint prices by Canadian manufacturers. The committee, in the report, gave the impression that the publishers must stabilize newsprint price levels over a period of years. The report included an offer from the Newsprint Institute of Canada to increase prices gradually over a period of thre~ years, with the present price remaining in effect throughout 1930. A proposal to increase newsprint prices over a period of years—$2 a ton in 1931, $2 in 1932 and tl in 1933—sub-~ mitted by the Newsprint Institute of Canada was presented today. The pres- ent price is $55 a ton. The proposal was presented in rt of the newsprint committee, ch although it gave its tacit mp P to the plan, made no definite xecommendnlun as to its acceptance. On motion of F. P. Glass of Mont- gomery, Ala., the committee was in- structed to make a definite recommen- dation to the convention tomorrow. Mr Glass’ motion followed a long debate on the floor of the conyention. 1f accepted, the advancing scale of prices would bring the price to $60 a ton in 1933, a price that the news- print manufacturers attempted to put into effect last year without succesd THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, [ srovene roven ows oo [(ATHLEEN NORRS PROBE IS LAUNGHED IN PLANE CRASH Inspector Begins Inquiry to Learn Cause of Trageser Tragedy. Eye-witnesses of the crash of a pri- vately-owned plane in the yard of a home in Lyon Park, Va., yesterday aft- ernoon, which carried 1o ‘instant death Henry Lee Trageser of Shady Oak, near Wheaton, Md., were being_questioned wday by l-hrry M. Agerter, Department ot Commerce inspector, in an effort to dem;mlne the precise cause -of the crash. Agerter's findings will be embodied in a confidential report to the aeronautics branch of the Department of Commerce, under the law governing investigations of airplane accidents, Trageser was taking his examination for a artment of Commerce limited commert ilot’s license when he was killed, . It believed the crash was caused by the collapse of a wing of the plane, which Trageser purchased a year ago. He had put the pllne into a spin, as required by Department of Commerce regulations, and had pulled out when part of the wing collapsed. The vibra- tion and added stress on the remainder of the wing caused complete collapse of the wing structure. LETTERS TO COURT MEMBERS ARE LAID TO WET LOBBYISTS (Continued From First Page.) sistance our form of Government is «doomed.” A letter from Willlam H. Stayton, chairman of the board of the associa- tion, to A. R. W. Wang of New York explained a speech Stayton had made in-regard to the Supreme Court. Stayton's Letter. “I said in effect,” the letter read, “that there were many mnle who did not_think it possible 36 States would consent to repeal the eighteenth amendment and that such people had 8 sort of defeatist complex. “I said that so far as I was concerned I believed that the national prohibition laws are so bad that 36 States will, in a reasonable time, repeal the eighteenth | amendment, but I added that those who did not agree with my judgment in | that particular matter lhnu have in | mind that the Supreme Court had left open the door so that additional cases ml‘h'. be brought to retest the validity of the eighteenth amendment and I ex- pressed hope that in time these new tests would be made and that the Su- | preme Court would declare the eight- eenth amendment void.” * Questioned about this letter, Henry | H. Cum.n, president of the Association the Prohibition Amendment, who wu on the stand, said the associa- tion had “no Pcluy in regard to the Su- preme Court. Sll[flh Test Suit. * Another letter written by Stayton to A. P. Williams of New York in February, 1920, expressed the opinion that the time “will come (in the not-distant fu- ture) when it will be wise to bring a suit and go on up to the Supreme Court of the United States in the hope of get- ting the eighteenth amendment out of the Constitution.” “To bring such a suit now would be almost suicide,” the letter said, adding: “It has seemed to me, and I think it has seemed to the executive com- mittee of our association, that good tactics and common sense require that the test case in the Supreme Court be held off until there has been some change in the personnel of that court and that then the argument be con- ducted by the leading lawyers of the country.” PIEDMONT STRIKERS APPEALS ARE HEARD North Carolina Textile Workers’ Union Members Fight to Escape Sentences. By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C., April 23.—Appeals of seven members of the National Tex~ tile Workers' Union from conviction in Mecklenburg Superior Court, c!mrlolu of second degree murder of O. Aderholt, Gastonia police chief, were lr[ued berore the State Supreme Court yesterda ‘The Ippelll were based on 112 ex- ceptions-made by the defense during the trial of Charlotte. One of the exceptions was on admis- sion in the trial of evidence that the defendants had taught unistic doctrines while conducting n uxmn strike at Gastonia. GUATEMALA ASSURES MEXICO ENVOY IS SAFE By the Associated Press. GUATEMALA CITY, April 28.—An of- ficial statement yesterday denied Mexico City dispatches of April 17, reporting that Eduardo Hay, Mexican Ambassa- dor to Guatemala, was missing during an expedition in Northern Guatemala. Guatemalan authorities asserted that the Ambassador was in the Northern part of Peten Province, accompanied by his military attache, government officials and an escort of soldiers. The Am- or wished to visit La Fama ranch, where Guatemalan authorities last February captured several alleged | Mexican chicle poachers. 30 Injured in Subway Cnlh PARIS, April 23 (#).—Thix sons weu injured and hundredl given a bad shaking in a rear collision of - subway tmm between stations here today. Eight of the injured went o hospitals, o Henry Trageser of Wheaton, Md., who was killed when Ml Jllne erashed at Lyon Park yesterd: ternoon dur- ing a test flight he making pilot’s license. The wrécked pl shown above. EPISCOPAL CHURCH VESTRYMEN NAMED William C. Draper, Sr., Is Elected Senior Warden at St. James’. for a e is A number of churches of the Episco- | pal Diocese of Washington today re- porud their annual vestry elecuons as follows: All Saints, Oakley, Md. Senior warden, J. M. Dent; jumou warden, J. Francis Dent; vexm-ym%e G Reevu A. T. Wible, Dr. W. B. nt, ©. Slingluff, Lieut. 'A. Stuart Burch, J. Francis Dent, J. Marshall Dent, George Knott, Miles Palmer and Edward Youn| crenurer. A. T. Wible, registrar, R. G. Reeves. St. James, Washington. Senior warden, Wiliam Curtis Draper, sr.; junior warden, Paul G. Burton; vestrymen, Henry L. Bryln Capt. M. | G. Cdok, U. 8. N.; Willlam H. Marbury, Wiliam Curtis Dnver ir.; ‘Curtls F. Prungley, Arthur M. Shepherd, H. W. ‘Trueman and Harry 8. Wood; treasurer and registrar, Henry L. Bryan; church school superintendent, Rev. W. W. ‘Wagenseller, St. John's, Accokeek. Senior warden, Henry Xander; junior warden, Lloyd Hurlbut; vestrymen, R. J. Manning, Henry Xander, John Clagett, Clarence Pearce, George Marshall, Mrs. Henry Bealle, Mrs. Nellie Jenkins, Lioyd Hurlbut, treasuror, W. L. Lederer; reg- istrar, R. I. Manning; church school superintendent, R. I. Manning. King George, Oxon Hill, Md. Senior warden, junior warden, J. Earl Thomas; vest: men, James R. Edelen, George M. Kerby. Austin L. Adams, Owen Thorne, George V. von Ostermann, J. Breckenridge Bayne, Owen F. Moore, Guy H. True- man; treasurer, Owen Thorne; Tegis- trar, James R. Edelen; church school superintendent, Owen F. Moore, George M. Kerby. King and Queen, Chaptico, Md. Senior warden, T. B. Brookbank; junior warden, T. Addison Herbu vestrymen, T. H. Thomas, Samuel Ha; den, 8. 8. Reeves; H. G. Garner, J. E. Davis, 8. B. Hayden, T. B. Carpenter, W. Guy Herburt; treasurer, 8. 8. Reeves; registrar, Samuel Hayden. Port Tobacco Parish, La Plata, Md. Senior warden, Henry R. Barnes; junior warden, B. D. Groves; vestry, P. P. Willlams, John Matthews, Frank Cooksey, George W. Adams, W. B. 8. Chapman, Sellman Garner, R. H. Lee Reick, James P. Ryon; treasurer, Har- ris S. Matthews, and registrar, Warren M. Albrittain, Christ Church, Washington Parish. Senlor warden, Charles O. Millar; junior warden, Samuel R. Caswell; vestry, Charles O. Millar, Samuel R. Caswell, Irvin M. Wollett, Edward H. Riecks, Le Roy Cooke, J. Frank Scott, Willlam M. Heinline and Willlam H. Cross; treasurer, Willlam M. Heinline; registrar, Willlam H. Cross, and church school superintendent, Edward H. Riecks. Silver Spring Mission, Silver Spring, Md. Business committee, Henry P. Allen, Samuel Whitehead, Lloyd T. Ralph Harris, Charles E. George L. McCallum, Alfred T. New- bold, Fred N. Oden, Willlam E. Perry and Ernest Sayer; treasurer, Charles E. Leizear; registrar, George L. McCallum, and church school superintendent, H. P. Alden. 8t. John's Church, Mount lhinler. Md. ‘Business committee, well, L. V. Moxley, Ross E. Grly, Wfllhm 8. Freeman and W. H. Church of Our Slvl(mr. Senlor warden, Ralph R. Molster; junior warden, Robert M. Miller; ves- try, Ralph R. Molster, Robert M. Miller, Louis W. Plowman, A. 8. Boswell, James Brannin, J. W. Hiscox, O. F. Ellis and R. L. Ferguson; treasurer, Louis W. Plowman, and registrar, A. S. Boswell. GASOLINE WAR ENDING SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 (P)—A | gasoline price war which has been ra ing on the Pacific Coast for a month seemed near an end today. The Standard and Union Oil companies established a tank w-‘on price of 16% cents a gallon in ‘Angeles, making the quotation 211,3 cents to consumers. Other companies announced they would follow the lead of Standard and Union. Independent dealers, cent or $wa behind WITHDRAWS NAME Retires From Race for Presi- dency of Pen Women Be- cause of Criticism. Criticism of her stand on disarma- ment has caused Kathleen Norris, nov- elist, to withdraw her name as a can- didate for president of the National League of American Pen Women. Mrs, Norris, an ardent advocate of peace, said she had thought of the Pen ‘Women only as a literary group “unaf- fected by politics, religion or personal international ideas,” and that she had come to realize that it was “not so.” Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, former presi- dent general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, an opponent of the World Court and advocate of “ade- quate” national defense, had been men- tioned as a candidate for the presidency onx‘ the Pen Women, opposing Mrs. Nor- Mrs. Brosseau Not a Candidate. Mrs. Brosseau at the session today said she was not & candidate, but her friends were planning to urge her to ac- cept the office if she should be elected. An anonymous paper attacking Mrs. Norris’ stand on disarmsment has been circulated among members of the leaf Mrs. Norris was the only candi for the presidency formally nomin-ud National presidents of the League would no longer be required to make their residence in Washington under an amendment to the national by-laws ready for submission at the biennial convention at the Willard Hotel today. At convention headquarters it was stated that the last convention agreed that the amendment should be taken up for consideration, as it was realized that the league had grown too large and had become too national in' char- acter to permit the continuation of the restricting clause. Two Encountered Difficulty. ‘Two past presidents, Mfl Clnrence M. Busch of Miami, Grace Thompson sem ew York, had both encountered difficuities on account of this clause. With elimin- ation of the clause requiring the presi- dent to reside in this city, one of the most serious obstacles had been re- moved toward the ponlblllty of thu election of Mrs. Norris as the next pruldent., Elections will be ld One hlgh light of today's program was the “shop talk session” this afternoon. Speakers on the program included John Gallishaw, founder of the School of Creative Writing, New York City; Kate Speake Penny, authoress, and Vic- toria Faber Stevenson. ‘This afternoon at 4:30 o'clock Presi- dent Hoover is recelving those in at- tendance at the convention. Tonight at 8 o’clock the poets’ dinner, in honor of William Griffith, prelident of the Poetry Soclety of America, take place in the Willard. At 8:30 o'clock in the palm room the motion picture division of the league will entertain the Pen Women and their friends. Carl E. Milliken, former Gov- emor of Maine and now executive secre- ry of Motion Picture Producers and Dumhuum. will l?e- Last night a color: ful program Was held on the occasion of the poetry eve- ning under the auspicés of the poetry group of the league. Pages were dressed in the costumes heroines from famous poems and included: Edi Natalia Hoisington as Herrick's Cor- rinna, Jacqueline D. Du Puy as Tenny- son’s Elaine, Edna Betty McAndrews as Tennyson’s Guinevere, Kathleen Hous- ton as Poe’s Annabel Lee, Mrs. Lou Berger, Whittier's Maud Muller; Doro- thy Fowler, Longfellow's Laughing Al- legra; Louise Allen as Little Miss Muf- fet; Eleanor Chambers, Scott's “Lady of the Lake”; Bernice Green, Longfellow’s Elizabeth McKelvey, Kip- g's girl “On the Road to Mandalay”; Evelyn Marshall, lnnfi:llown Florence Nightingale; Betty Mil Shakespeare’s Juliet; Elizabeth Rowland, Marcels; Jean Hoch, langellow 's Priscilla; Cath- erine Rowland, iley's “Old Sweetheart of Mine”; hilda Heuser, Calliope, muse of poetry; Mrs. Albert Manly, terpsichore, muse of music. WOULD ADMIT LIQUOR TO VIRGIN ISLANDS Senator Bingham’s Bill Proposes Storage and Sales to Vessels of Foreign Registry. By the Associated Press. A bill to permit the governor of the Virgin Islands to permit storage of liquor at St. Thomas for sale to ves- sels of foreign registry which call at the port was introduced yesterday by Senator Bingham, Republican, Con- necticut. It was referred to the territories com- mittee, of which Bingham is chllrmm He expli\ned that the purpose of the was to bulld ugu!orelln trade, mg thn it was dimtult to get ves- to go there unless they could plznl.uh their liquor supply, ‘The measure is an amendment to t.hg prohibition law which .afllu to_ter: ritories of the United States, but Blfll ham said no change was mnumphmd except in the vlrl Islands. PRIVILEGED PARKING IS HIT BY COURT McMahon Says Police and Commis- sioner Lack Right to Dis- regard Signs. ld re- A District Commissioner or a police captain 1s not invested with authority to give special parking privileges to a citizen, either in front of his home or at his place of his business, contrary to an official police sign, even if the park- ing ban is interfering with the citizen’s business, Judge John P. McMahon de- clared today in a test case ruling at Police Court. Such authority, the court held, is vested only in the Board of ‘Commissioners. th | showed that per Conditions Under Present Laws Depicted to Com- mittee as Deplorable. (Continued From First Page.) of their support or approval either be- O peaking on the worki s on working man's side pemhflmlon. the industri "Mly- liquor bill reached §! 000, but that this was only 21, per cent of the yearly income of the people of the United States.” Working Man’s Efficiency. “Whether or not the.efficiency of the has been materially rohibition is a ques- tion that cannot definitely proved,” du Pont asserted. “In dealing with this part of the subject, pmhlbltlcnhu take the attitude that a large per- centage of working men consumed liquor to such an extent as to interfere with their daily work.” He said that the committee ol fifty that investigated the liquor problem for a decade before prohibition estimated that not more than 5 per cent of the total male popu« lation dnnk enough to cause them- selves injury. “It is certain,” he continued, “that under_conditions pravwlntnduflnz the past 11 years they have been able to indulge themselves in alcohol very freely. Probably no increased efficiency has been arrived at throu(h curbing of the excessive drinkers.” Mr. du Pont sald claims that wealth “has increased and savings and build- ing and loan insurance policies have increased, because of prohibition, are founded upon nothing but the coinci- dence of these increases with the ex- istence of the prohibition law.” “We have yet to prove that prohibi- tion exists to any extent in this coun- try. If it does, we have no reason to assume that all happenings of a bene- ficial nature under them resulted from the change.” Dlscunslnx youth of the country and the liquor problem, the wet advocate said that polls conducted at certain cal- leges showed a majority favored modi- fication or repeal of the dry laws. Disregarded Constitution. Congress has felt obligeddo disregard the Constitution on five occasions as a result of Supreme Court interpretations of the liquor laws, he said, while the enforcement division of the executive de, ent has been embarrassed by permitting violators of the law to en- force it. Prior to Mr. du Pont's_testimony, Representative Tinkham, Republican, of Massachusetts, presented statistics, which, he said, “refute completely the rohibition United working man changed through reiterated assertion that has increased saving in States.” Tinkham presented a letter from Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale University, dated July 9, 1920, in which the economist that he found “evidence tm‘: p{:- nk it as said hibition has materially hel United States, but I do not lm&:nmnl a factor as several others. kham had written Fisher asking to what he attributed prosperity in coun- tries where there was no prohibition, particularly Canada and New Zealand. The Bay Stater also presented a table of statistics prepared by the American Bankers' Association, which, he said, capita_saving in this country !ollwlnl pl’ohlhluon was 14 a similar period pre- be seen from this table,” per cent less than ceding prohlbmon “It will is | he said, "thn the total savings deposits in the United States increased 98 per cent from 1910 to 1919, the nine years preceding hibition, and only 84 per cent from 1920 to 1929, the nine years following prohibition. "xn other words, the increase in total its during the nine years prohibition was 14 per cent ter than during the nine years fol- ywing prohibition, “These statistics refute completely the reiterated assertion that prohibition has increased saving in the United States.” Questions Argument. Du Pont told the.committee that arguments that prohibition was n- sponsible for prosperity were open serious question; that certainly tha peop! were indulging in alcohol “very freely,” and that mnn! rclpect- nb)e citizens, perhaps including some of those who administer and judge the law, were in the ranks of the drinkers. There was so much uncertainty about the prohibition question, said du Pont that no one responsible should refuse to submit the question to the people. ‘The judiciary committee, he declared, should report out a bill to repeal the eighteenth amendment in m-der to give the people an opportunity to express themselves. Representative Yates, Republican, mtnoh asked du Pont which bill he favored. “I favor a bill that would directly repeal the eighteenth amendment,” an- swered the witness. “I stand for direct repeal,” he added. Charges Lack of Knowledge. Gen. Edwards said that the testimony of prohibitionists before the committee “indicates their lack of knowledge of what is going on in this country to- day—it indicates more particularly their rlllure to realize what is happening to our youth.” fi object is temperance,” he said. “Advisedly I say that my conclusions are that t.he most intemperate thing that exists is ‘prohibition.’ " Gen. Edwards said that as a result of the establishment of canteens, where wines and beer were sold to promote temperance among the soldiers and to induce them to abandon saloons and dives outside the military reservations, conditions improved. The soldiers, he said, became “a sober, well disciplined and happy crowd” and many became total abstainers. “About this time,” he said, “came the precedln WETS CONTRADICT OPPONENTS' CLAIMS forerunners of our modern advocates | jn of dry fanaticism—the men and women who “demanded the abolition of the Army canteen. With absolutely no knowledge about the excellent results obtained by reason of the establishment of these canteens, those reformers waged an uncompromising battle in the halls of Congress for the complete elimina- tion of this most beneficial institution. “Let the Army Be Dog.” “The reuult of this campaign” he continued, “was the enactment of leg- islation prohlbmnl absolutely the serv- ing of any beverage of alcoholic con- tent on a military reservation. Let the Army be the dog on which to try this early edition of the eighteenth amend- ment, exmune the results of this re- Pasquale Altimont, manager of the | format United States Tile & Marble Co., on Georgia avenue near U street, was con- victed of parking in front of his place of business despite the fact that he car- ried a “special privilege” card from Capt. R. E. Doyle of the eighth precinct. He also had several letters from Com- missioner Dougherty requesting that the police show him leniency when his trucks or pleasure car were found parked in front of the marble works whlle the parking ban was in effect. Altimont was arrested by Sergt. Mil- ton D. Smith of the Traffic Bureau. De!enu counsel questioned the police to place emerlmc{ (F , M'nl but Judge McMahon ruled use of the signs in times of traffic congestion was lawful. Safety of those traveling the streets is more tmportant than the rights of property for so brief a time, he said. Altimont plans an appeal, although Judge McMahon said that under the circumstances he would take his per- sonal bond. “A reign of mummnce prevailed in every military garr extreme dis- ciplinary methods were Tesorted to in an effort to gain a state of temperance which Army life and regulation de- manded. Punishments were severe and uncompromising, but to our consterna- tion every Army post was surrounded by saloons and dives. “Men would be away for 20 minutes at intervals between their duties and would return intoxicated and unfit for duty. This was the result throughout the ‘Army wherever troops were sta- Ailerunls that the youth of the land had an “idealism, a patriotism, a spirit of self-sacrifice and a vision in crises far greater than that of their elders,” Gen. Edwards said that prohibition had created a crisis which he termed “an- other call to the colors for liberty and common sense.” Disputes Women's Claims. ‘The claims of women dry leaders that more' than 12,000,000 women favored prohibition was disputed in a state- ment from Women's Qraanization APRIL 23, 1930. CARVING TO GRACE ARLINGTON BRIDGE One of the eagles, flanked bLflun, which will decorate the monumental struc- ture now Forum Speaker REPRESENTATIVE DEMPSEY. —Harris-] E'lnl Photo. DEMPSEY 70 TELL OF HARBORS WORK New York Representative to Speak Tomorrow Night Over Radio Forum. River and harbor improvements, look- ing to still greater development, of the inland waterways of America, will be the subject of an address to be delivered by Representative S. Wallace Dempsey of New York at 10:30 pm. tomorrow in the National Radio Forum arranged by The Star and sponsored by the Co- lumbla Broadcasting System. The speech will be heard locally through Station WMAL. Mr. Dempsey is chairman of the House committee on rivers and harbors. His committee has just drafted a new rivers and harbors bill and reported it to the House, providing~ for linking Chicago and the Mluimppl Valley with the Atlantic Coast. The bill also pro- vide:;:r a number of other important wfin Dempsey, & veteran member of the House, came to Washington 15 years ago to enter t,he Sixty-fourth Congress. and !-h!lr l'eln- tlon to the everyday can people. COL. SHERRILL QUITS POST IN CINCINNATI City Manager Resigns to Enter Business as Official of Grocery Company. Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, for- mer officer in charge of public build- ings and grounds in the ?‘6::0‘: :1. resigned as city manager o cinnat Ohio, w becomo vi resident of the ing Co., it was mnounced yemrdly His rEslmltmn will become effective as soon as a suc- cessor can be elected. Col. Sherrill gave up his post in Washington to go to Cincinnati uverll yurs ago, being succeeded by Lieut. Col. S. Grant, 3d. Col ‘sherrill entered West Point in 1897 and was graduated second in his class. for National Prohibition Reform, read by Miss Harris before the committee. ‘The claim was attacked on two grounds—Afirst, the statement said, “the herent improbability that nearly half the total adult female population of the country was enrolled on one side of this political question,” and, second, “the immediate and widespread protest from women and clubs who denied the views attributed to them.” A long list of names of women re- puted to be members of the National Federltlan of Women's Clubs, who said no poll had been taken on prohibition was read together with extracts from their comments. “It is apparent from these brief ex- tracts,” the statement said, “that it has been the settled policy of many clubs formed rnr a :re"lht‘ m “:af useful purposes to keep lon ques- uon out of discussion, because of the admitted diversities of opinion among members. And in spite of this care- ful and deliberated effort—they have been delivered wholesale by certain of their officers to the continuance of a policy abhorrent to many of them. With the cnnclu.slon of the wet re- Imt 1 tomorrow the in tion will be brought to & close. Meml of the committee expect to take no utlon looking to the preparation of a report on any of the bills pmposlnx m tion or repeal of the dry la Wwhich furnished the basis of the hearings. At the outset of the investigation Chairman Graham announced that the submission of a report to the House was not planned and thnt the hearings were conducted for “educational pur- ?ocu" and to enable the sponsors of he wet measures to present their views. Graham is a wet. The investigation has been spread | over a period of more than two months, with two or three days each week, excepting the last three weeks, devoted ing thrown across the Potomac. BRIDGE EMBLEMS UNDER CONTRAGT Award for Carving Eagles on Memorial Bridge Piers and Pylons. The contract for carving the eagles on the plers and the pylons of the new Arlington Memorial Bridge has been let to Grenci & Ellis, Inc., of Peckskill, N. Y, one contract being made for $50,778 for carving the 16-low rellef eagles on the piers and abutments on the main bridge and another contract for $23,169 for the four free standing eagles on top of the pylons at the Co- lumbia Island end of the main bridge and on Columbia Island, on the bridge which crosses over Boundary Channel. Job for Skilled Carvers. Skilled carvers will endeavor to trans- late the spirit of the creation into the rock that spans the Potomac River and the work will be supervised by C. P. Jennewein, New York sculptor, who made the model that proved acceptable to the Arlington Memorial Bridge Com= mission and the Fine Arts Commission. The eagles on the side of the brid, described as ‘architectuhal eagles” ts into the whole plan of the structure and are not strictly “zoological euln.‘ t.hl architects explained, pointing great claws of the mrdn, vhich. uuy said, are not true to real life, but are architecturally correct. som time ago, the question was raised as to whether be placed on the bridge and the answer given by the architect is that it will be an “architectural eagle.” An Instance Cited. To_support this position, it was re- called that some time ago it was desired to have a buffalo head executed and a noted uulmr in Rome was secured to execute ‘When the Fine Arts Com- mmlunuwt.hll'urkor.hhupmon animals the commission said it beautiful but fatally defective, in flnt lC was true to life and not made in pro- portion to the surrounding architecture. Each eagle on the side of the bridge will be framed in a pair of fasces which are already placed, reminiscent of the old Roman sign of authority. Grencl & Ellis will be given about a year and a half in which to complete the carving of the 20 eagles and work- men will start within 30 days. s CAROLYN RUSSELL ORATORY WINNER Daughter of Georgia Chief Jus- tice First in Southeast Zone Final Carolyn Russell, 17-year-old student at the Winder High School, Winder, Ga., has been chosen to represent the Atlanta Constitution in the South- eastern Central Zone finals of the Na- tional Oratorical Contest to be held in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 16, it was an- ::‘:Tw today at contest headquarters Miss Russell, who is_the dl\llh&r of Chief Justice Richard B. Russell of Georgla Supreme Court, and sister of the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, won third place in the Georgla State oratorical finals last year. Her prepared speech was on “Per- sonalities of the mmfltufloml Conven- tion,” and the subject of her four-minute extem neous address was “The Vision and Charitable Attitude of the Framers in Being Able to Compromise Their Own Ideas and Systems of Gov- ernment for What Was Best for the Country.” The Georgla winner was presented with $100 in gold by the Atlanta Con- ltltutwl, sponsor of the contest in her Mls: Russell will compete in Pitts- burgh for the right to speak in the Seventh National Oratorical cantest at which The Star will be host in Wash- ington, i 24, which carries with it an award of a European tour next Sum- mer with the six other national finalists. Crash Details Barred. ROME, April 23 (#).—Newspapers, wpl;lkch in Y.hie words ?( a government esman, give excessive typographical emphasis and unjust abundance 31 de- m to news of airplane ucldznu are subject to sequestration. gemlt.y as been imposed on lome. 1 that is permitted is the mere announcement of a crash. to taking testimony. The wets were heard first and placed in the com- mittee record a lout.hlnl denunciation of the prombmon laws. The drys then presented & vigorous —_— “Wales Plane” Crashes. CAIRO, Egypt, April 23 (#).—The airplane on which the Prince of Wales traveled here from Khartum last week crashed this morning at Heliopolis Air- drome shortly after taking off on its return flight to cupants were ki BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra this evening, at 8:15 o'clock, at the auditorium, Marine Barracks, ‘Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Wit- verture, rande Paque Russe ("The Russian Easter’ Rimsky-Korsakow “Plano_Concerto No. 5, Opus 73" ["!:mpemr"), with orchestra ent Boloh! Pl‘mclpll M Herbert W. Eriesman. “Laideronnette, Imperatrice des Pa- godes,” from the suite “Ma Mere L'Oye” (“Mother Goose”)....Ravel | “symphony No. 4, in P Minor, Gpiis ‘Tschalkowsky ........Beethoven | Judge usician the luxiun or American eagle would | that UNVERSITY GIVES | [—srepexe s s cnnss ] |KATHLEEN NORRIS |WEFS CONTRADIT | Fvine o omac swonvron s ] UNON OF NATINS HELD PEAGE NEED - Catholic Speaker Declares Isolation Policy Bars End of Wars. World peace through a union of na- tions or a world state representing true equality in the coalescing nations was advocated by speakers at the fourth annual conference of the Catholic As- sociation for International Peace, which is holding its concluding session today at_Catholic University. International peace can never come through a policy of isolation, Rev. Linus A. Lilly, 8. J. of St. Louis declared. But in looking toward such a union, he said, the nations of the world are confronted with the same problem of preserving their individual sovereignty as were the original 13 American States, ‘The United States, he declared, is com- mitted to these principles as a nation and could never surrender them in forming a union with other nations, nor could she expect others fo surrender their inalienable rights for the prmec- tion of life, liberty, and nro&e Visualizing & world state, Rev. Joseph P. Donovan of St. Louis said the only juridical form of society conceivable under the premises is a public society perfect in the international jurisdiction as the nation is perfect in the national or domestic jurisdiction. At the luncheon conference the prin- cipal speaker was Dr. Thomas H. Healy, assistant dean and associate professor of international law at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, who emphasized the important role of preparation for foreign service. Sees Russell Regime Ending. An early end of the dictatorship of Brig. Gen. John H. Russell, American high commissioner in Haiti, was pre- dicted yesterday afternoon by William F. Montavon, director in the legal de- partment of the National Catholic ‘Welfare Conference and who accom- panied to Haiti the Forbes Commission, in addressing the conference on Haitien problems. “If the plans of the Forbes Commis- slon are to be carried out into the fu- ture.” he said, “control of the Haitian government by American officials will soon be ended. In 1936 complete har~ mony will be restored.” Mr. Montavon declared that, with President Borno as “a facile tool,” Gen. Russell has put legislation through the Council of State, which gives him su- Pmm control of legislative authority n Haiti. “In simple language,” he said, “the American high commissioner is the milita; dictator in Hailtl acting through a President and Council of State, neither of which represents the people of Haiti.” He declared that the most repre- hensible abuse of power has been in connection with education. Opposition to the so-called industrial schools in the island, he said, was based on the bellef of the natives that they are un- Haitian and anti-Catholic. “I believe there is grounds for charge,” he added. Charles G. Fenwick, professor of ine ternational law at Bryn Mawr- Col- lege, who spoke last night, declared “co-operative defense” is the chief need of nations indulging in a discusu lon of the limitation ot arma- ments. Dr. Ryan Discusses Parley. “Before any great success can crown efforts,” he said, “co-operative defense must be whereby . a :roup agree to protec The Kellog "’%"‘m‘“fi“" 4 e K 1o guarantee of cc-o ive defense.” i lx-. “%hn A. Ryan ot the Catholic niversity, another speaker, ssed the ethical cance of the London wntermeeA [e summed up his point the sentence, “Fear and excessive nlflnnlllm appeared at the conference to & degree centrary to Christian prtnclplu " Dr, Ryan amplified his statement by m{u':a that several of the nations in- had shown undue fear of the countries with which they were con- ferring, while others had adhered to national policies to the detriment of the early conferences. PRINCETON MUSIC CLUBS SCORE HIT Washington Tiger Alumni Spon- sor Concert Presented at the Mayflower. ‘The enthusiasm of the American col~ lege youth was auqum to the full in the ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel last night, when the musical clubs of Prince~ ton University appeared in a concert the | under the luspleel of the Washington Alumni Assoclation. It was a brilliant array of oollefllns who rreunud music both to aj the old “grads” present and of t! mon jazz that has m appeal rm- the younger ernernt.km large audience applauded vigorously. ‘Special arrangements for male chorus were_featured, as were more old-fash- ioned selections. The banjo group played nmngemenm of modern numbers under e direction. of M. Cravens, open! wlth *“Chant of the Jungle.” There were 10 banjos, 3 saxophones, a bass horn, traps and two violins. James A. Gidd mmfleemrmur. 1éd the Glee Club in faultless style. This club won second place in the national intercollegiate contest, held earlier this season in New 'k, when George Wumnmn UniverSity won first place, 'he Princeton singers showed to pare ucuhr advantage in the pianissimo effects. The second bass, carried by nx members of the club, seemed larly good. Of :peem interest amon the numbers sung was “The Chorus ol the Peers” from Sullivan’s light opera, “Iolanthe.” A plano duet by Allan Struck and P. B. Gunther brought two talented young men before the audience. They demon- strated marked ability in their playing of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” They did not give an encore Andl\nve sostenuto; anima. Andantino in modo di canzona. Scherzo, pizzicato ostinato. Finale, allegro con fuoco. Marines’ hymn "'rhe Halls of "'nu'aur Spcnmamw! moderato con although repeatedly recalled by the en- thusiastic audience. e An octet, presented as a special Glee Club feature, gave several comic num- bers that did much to enliven the pro= Prob-bly the most popuhr ‘members of the clubs were the members of the R. F. Brown and W. R. was accom: panist for the Glee Club and J. v. Fere rar for the mnjo B.W. RUM CHARGE AGAINST JURIST IS DROPPED By the Associated Press. 'WILBON N. C, Aprfl 23.—Cha L Y, brought by a &ohlbnhn oflcerm‘ against N. A. Sinclair of the North Caro- llnn Superior Court, were dropped here }rumdly by a Federal court grand jury. The case came before the ind ju: in United States Court wlth'rp‘reux’n:! tion of bills of indictment against the jurist by United States District Attor~ ney W. H. Fisher of Wilmington. The jury returned the bills with the notation "n%th a “::m bill." e charges were brought Judge Blm:lllr by Federal Prohil uon gent C. 8. Coats, who on )hrr.h found a pint bome of whisky in Jjurist's handbag,