Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1930, Page 2

{CTORY CLANED BY WETS AND DRYS House Committee, Conclud- ing Investigation, Plans No Report. By the Assoclated Press. Both wets and drys claimed today to have emerged victorious from the House judiciary ‘committee's investigation of conditions under the prohibition laws, which saw the dry statutes bitterly assailed and stanchly defended by & long succession of witnesses. The committee, with a voluminous transcript of testimony to show for its extended hearings, planned to take no further action as a result of the inquiry or to report any legislation based upon the investigation. ‘The hearings were conducted on pro- ls that the eighteenth amendment E:s:epnled, although their purpose, as phrased by Chairman Graham, was to permit the wet spokesmen to place their views before the country. Interest in Lobby Probe. With the inquiry at an end, interest in the prohibition issue centered upon the sessions of the Senate lobby com- mittee, whi~e is conducting an investi- gation of organizations formed to op- pose or sponsor the anti-liquor statutes. Today it was engaged in tracing out the activities of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. The president of that organization, H. H. Curran, was called to the witness stand for his seventh day of testimony and interrogation. Members of the com= mittee were ready with questions based upon correspondence seized from the files of the association by subpoena after Curran had declined to yleld it voluntarily because he felt that the con- fidential nature of many of the letters ‘which were included bound him to pro- tect them. Beginning its hearings on February 12, the House group heard the prohi- bition laws vigorously assailed by the wets and then spiritedly defended by the drys. Two days of rebuttal by the anti-prohibitionists yesterday and Wed- nesday brought the inquiry to a close. ‘Wets Present Coach. In an endeavor to refute the state- ments of dry witnesses, the wets pre- sented a foot ball coach—William W. Roper of Princeton, and Sir Henry Drayton, who is in charge of the On- tario system of liquor distribution h government dispensaries. As the last witness of the investiga- tion, he testified late yesterday that the overnment séle system was instituted use a bone-dry law had not proved successful. E. C. Drury, a former pre- mier of Ontario, appearing for the drys, had said that the government sale plan re. Henry told the committee that thgueflecurvyeness of the Ontario law depended largely upon the extent of co- operation from social workers. “We find,” he said, “that where we are for- tunate enough to have close co-opera~ tion the results are excellent.” DOOR INTO RANGES IN WHICH. 318 DIED OPEN, GUARD SAYS (Continued From First Page.) '8 firm, snappy ste) llt:koent at the de en, W] ml{ yester- were & howling:mob, refusing to al by the orders of their ki and refusing to heed orders until demands for the removal of Wi ton E. Thomas were met. The ‘warden was not removed, however. Another about face in the “passive Yesistance” campaign was seen when 8 convicts volunteered to relieve 20 con- victs who have shoveled coal in the power house almost constantly since the disaster. men marched wil D- 320th Victim Succumbs. An unnamed convict appeared volun- tarily in Warden Thomas' office ‘today snd said that one of the prisoners in the section which burned had an- nounced Sunday that “this block will be on fire tomorrow.” The fatal blaze occurred Monday night. ‘The convict was said to have named the man who made the statement. He ‘was turned over to the State fire mar- stioning. the name of the informant would be withheld. ‘The death toll of the fire was in: creased to 320 today when Alvin Bar- tezko and James Andrews died from pneurhonia which resulted from expo- sure. The board of inquiry transferred its activitles_today from the penitentiary to the office of Attorney General Gil- bert Bettman. A complete report of the investigation will be placed before Gov. Myers Y. Cooper tomorrow. Until then, the governor will take no action regarding the administrative personnel #t the penitentiary. Two Blame Deaths on Delay. Several witnesses have testified that confusion among the guards was partly responsible for the delay in- getting the doors of the burning and smoke-filled cells unlocked. Two persons, Albert Nice, chief of the Columbus Fire De- g;rtmenc, and Deputy Warden J. C. ‘oodard, told the investigators they be- lieved all of the men could have been saved had been opened promptly. Opposition to Thomas was based on prisoners’ charges that under the pres- ent regime they were treated cruelly. ‘Other prisoners, however, said they had witnessed no brutality. As a means of relieving crowded con- ditions at the penitentiary and thereby ‘removing one of the causes for the un- yest, Gov, Cooper was proceeding with grnl for the transfer of 500 men to the ndon prison farm. Later, a commit- tee of citizens appointed by the governor will formulate & new program for han- dling affairs at the State institutions. ‘The committee will comprise five mem- bers, two of whom already have been named. They are E. A. Anderson, Cin- cinnat! welfare worker, and Julius F. Btone, Columbus, banker, educator and Aclentist. 140 Bodies Unclaimed. L Of the 320 victims of the disaster 140 ies remained unclaimed today at the improvised morgue at the State fair grounds. For those still unclaimed at 4 pm. today the State has provided burial places in two Columbus ceme- teries. The caskets will be placed side by side in one huge grave after a single rite for all. At last night's session of the inquiry board Harry Dillehay, a trusty in the warden's office, said he and Warden ‘Thomas went out into the prison yard after the fire alarm had been turned in and that the warden exclaimed, “My God! What's going to happen next?” 1 Upon returning to the guard room, Dille- Fy said, the warden ordered the guards get the men out of the fire-menaced c ells. J. H. Rhoads, a guard, contra- “dicted part of Dillehay’s testimony, de- claring that Warden Thomas did not go into the prison court. He said Thomas remained in the guard room and in- structed the guards to “get the keys and get them out.” Raskob to Visit Vatican. VATICAN CITY, ‘April 25 (#).—John J. Raskob, American financler, will ar- rive tomorrow to attend the episcopal consecration of Mgr. Pizzardo, under- r secretary of state for the Holy See, Prohibition THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRfDAY, APRIL 25, 1930. IGREATEST AERIAL - NAMIES ARE BARRED Rivals Meet “No two men are farther apart in their views on prohibition. than Henry H. Curran, presidmt of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, and F. Scott McBride, When it was announced they vezed question amicably, the North American ezpress his t. Here are the replics of both men. Saloon Lea discussed t Alliance asked each to opponeni McBride, Anti-Saloon League Head, Finds Curran **Jovial.” BY F. SCOTT McBRIDE, General Superintendent, Anti-Saloon League. T met Mr. H. H. Curran for the first time at the close of one of the sessions | o, of the Senate committee hearing on lobbying where Mr. Curran was a different positions on the prohibition controversy. It was interesting to me—and I p sume equally so to him—to meet and study the make-up of an opponent. Mr. Curran is jo- viai, possesses Irish wit and seems un- usually full of optimism, hope, and faith in the pur- poses of his organization. He seemed to me to represent the type of man who resides in New York and gets his viewpoint from that environ- ment, He has probably not yet fully learned how many people live West of the Hudson River. His optimism is doubtless accounted for in the fact that he has headed the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment only for & few years. ‘The fact that men differ radically on important subjects of this kind does not warrant bitterness of feeling to- ward each other. It was a pleasure to meet . (Copyright, 1030.) POLICE RAISE CUT URGED BY PHIPPS Amendments to Pay Bill Would Reduce Officers’ Increases. F. Scott McBride. Several amendments to the police and fire pay bill, modifying the pro- posed increases in several respects, were prepared today by Senator Phipps, Re- publican of Colorado, and will be ad- vocated when the bill is taken up in the Senate. Senator Phipps would make the new salaries for the chief of police and the fire chief $8,000 a year instead of $8,500 as recommended by the District committee. He also proposes reductions in the amount of increase recommended for euv.her officers of the two depart- ments. Another amendment would provide that privates of class 3 would receive $2,200 a year following the of this bill, and an increase of $100 per year until they reached the maximum of $2,400. As the bill was reported by the committee, all members of the force who had served more than five years would have received immediately the maximum of $2,400. Either Raised or Removed. The bill reported from the committee | 3, contained a clause to the effect that no annual increase in salary could be paid to any man, who, in the judgment of the Commissioners, had not rendered satisf: service. Senator Phipps plans to tighten this section by adding & new provision that any policeman or fireman, who fails to receive such nual increase for two successive years, |trog, would be regarded as inefficient and would be removed from the force by the Commissioners, Senator Phipps would amend the bill further by requiring a 31, per cent de- duction from the monthly salaries of police and firemen for the benefit of the relief- fund. This also would apply to the United States park police and the ‘White House police. Pension Rellef Provisions. ‘The Senator from Colorado offered another amendment providing that no increase shall be paid to persons now on he pension rolls as the result of the salary increases provided in this bill, and the Commissioners would be em- powered to fix the amount of pension relief hereafter granted. In addition to the reduction for the heads of the two departments, Senator Phipps proposes to scale down the high- er offices as follows: Assistant superin- tendents of police, $5,000 instead of $5,500; tors, $4,000 instead of $4500° deputy chiefs in the Fire De- rtment, $5,000 instead of $5,500; bat- lion chiefs, $4,000 instead of $4,500; fire marshal, $4,760 -instead of $5,500, and superintendent in the Fire Depart- ment, $4,750 instead of $5,500. With regard ‘to privates, Senator Phipps does not disturb the salary schedule, except to provide for the grad- ual advancement of men already in the service who otherwise would get the maximum immediately if they had served five years. JAPANESE TREATY FOES CRY “TRAITOR” AS MINISTER SPEAKS (Continued From First Page.) it possible for us to economize in our naval expenditure, while the safety of our national defense is -adequately assured for the duration of the treaty. None but extreme pessimists could possibly contend that the amount of strength to be allotted to Japan during the period ending 1936 will prove fatally short of the needs of our national security.” world conditions are changing con- stantly and that it° was impossible to redict what future naval needs would . He sald the treaty reserved “per- fect liberty” to present to the next conference whatever different clai~s for armament may appear in the meantime. “There is no occasion for apprehen- sion that the treaty of London is to bind us hand and foot for all time to come,” he said. “To show one’s self unduly disturbed under the influence of so mistaken an impression would be an attitude little worthy of a self- respecting nation.” Baron Shidehara included in his address a reference to the customs dutles treaty between Jlrn and hina, which now is ready for signa- ture. Its main features, he told the Diet, are recognition by Japan of China’s tariff autonomy and reciprocal undertakings on various commodity tariffs. “It cannot be neceasary,” he said, “to reaffirm our known policy of fair and square dealing in China.” . Profiles of monarchs on coins instead of the full face are said to have been started by An&'.o"m in 330 B. C, the reason being t this King had only one eye. The forelgn minister asserted that | 1 eneral superintendent of the Anti- b had sat down fogether and “militant views regarding his most Curran, Dry Opponent, Enjoys Quiet Talk; Wishes More. BY HENRY H. CURRAN, President Association Against Prohibition ‘Amendment. ‘Too bad Mr. McBride and I could not 1k a little longer. I enjoyed meeting him and would enjoy talking quietly and considerately with any of the other pro- hibition leaders who would care to discuss_ the ques- tion. It is such a serious affair that sooner or later this sort of discussion must and will take place. For my part I have no quarrel with any one who works_for prohibi~ tion for his own State or commu- nity—provided it is not my own State and community, If the people of Kan- H. H. Curran. 588 want prohibi- lon—of, and for themselves—they have a right to it. But they have no right to put it over on me in New York against my wishes, any more than I have a right to inflict on Kansas a prohibition of coffee or cigarettes against the wish of the peo- ple of Kansas. After all Mr. McBride and I are both for temperance. We ought to be work- ing together for it. It is just a ques- tion of which is the better way. Sooner or later the sensible, patriotic Americans on both sides of this issue of attempted Nation-wide total prohibition will be found working together—and the sooner the better. (Copyright, 1930.) DOUBT THAT GRANT WILL ACGEPT POST Friends Aver He Likes Army and Would Be Loath to Leave Bicentennial Plans. Friends of Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildi d public rks, said today that they doubt if will accept the post of city mana- er of Cincinnati, Ohio, being vacated y Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, the man whom Col. Grant succeeded as director. Col. Grant prefers to wait until he is officially ad fore he makes up his mind on any line of action, as he explained this morn- ing that he knows nothing further of the proposal beyond what he has read in_the newspapers. Information reaching Washington is that Mayor Russell Wilson and Col. herrill will come from Cincinnati on a‘llndl!. -rra:’mhmhtheml:mom Cl&l- on Mon y proposal be- fore Col. Grant. Friends Say He Likes Army. The friends of Col. Grant said that since he has been pointed out that manager of Cincinnati with what he would want. They said, however, that he likes the ‘taak’of ‘pusiing the. George. Washs of pu ash- Ington. bicentennial celebration. in. 1633 on a firm footing, he would likely be loath to quit that job at this time. ‘There is a bill now pending in Con- ess to make Col. Grant a temporary rigadier general. This measure, in- by Senator Fess, Republican, of Ohio, is before the Senate military affairs commif ‘There desires to follow in the footsteps of his ilJustrious grandfather, the Civil War leader, and another Gen. Grant. It u&ndmd in Army circles that some day he will be the chief of Army Engineers, as Col. Grant has devoted his military career to that branch of the Army. MAYOR COMING TO CAPITAL. ’lor ‘ovuuma wmm n Washington, the offer as city more in line Plans to Leave Tomorrow Night to Confer With Col. Grant, Special Dispatch to The Star. CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 25.—Mayor Russell Wilson will go to Washington tomorrow night to confer with Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d. Grant succeeded Col. C. O. Sherrill, who has just re- signed as city manager, when Sherrill left Washington w] he served as officer in charge of public bulldings and public parks. Mayor Wilson will report to the mem- bers of the city charter group secretly the result of his quest when he returns from Washington next Wednesday. He vol regret over the resignation of Col. Sherrill before both Dermocratic and Republican leaders in the charter movement during a secret caucus at his home last night. The mayor explained the serious situation that faces the movement for good government in finding a successor to carry on the work of Sherill. Names 3f many other prospects were mentioned by lay leaders, while city charter coun- eilmen explained the sort of man they are seeking. After the secret session three names stood out among the most prospects. They are: Col. W. Kutz, retired; Col. . A. Dykstra, director of water and electric power for Los Angeles, Cal'f. ‘Will Confer With Officials. ‘The mayor will confer privately with high Government officials. He may see President Herbert Hoover and David Sinton Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of Commerce in charge of aviation and grandson of the late M. E. Ingalls, for- mer president of the Big Four Railroad Te. Leaders of the city charter group lunched at the Sinton Hatel at the in- vitatlon of Victor Heinz, Republican citizens’ committee chairman. They had planned to have Mayor Wilson speak, but he had to cancel the en- gagement because of the unexpected arrival of Col. Kutz from Washington. The former United States division en- gineer here lunched privately with Wil- afll:blnd Sherrill at the Cincinnati He told the mayor he came here at the suggestion of friends, who had ad- vised him he was being considered fo the place. Kutz, at 59, looks younger than when he left his United States Ineers’ divisional offices in the Federal Build- ng here two years ago fo. Hawall, He remain here a few days. Fred O. Eichelberger, city manager of Dayton, Ohio, also mentioned as a possible appointee, sald today, “I know nothing about it and have nothing to say about such speculation.” Col. Sherrill was chosen city manager here in a Washington conference be- tween Newton Baker and the late Chief Justice Willlam H. Taft. ht on_ record between leans, on The longest glove lasted 7 hours and 19 mi Bowen and Burke, at New April 6, 1893 REVIEW SCHEDULED| N LOBBY RECORDS Battle Fleet Squadrons of | Documents Citing Members 160 Fighters at Anacos- tia May 24. The greatest aerial review ever held on the Atlantic Coast is to be a feature of the Curtiss Marine Trophy races to be held at the Anacostia naval air sta- tion the afternoon of Saturday, May 24, 1t was announced today. All the avia- tion squadrons from the battle fleet, comprising 160 fighters, observation and torpedo and bombardment planes, are to be concentrated at the naval station and Bolling Field, the first time such a concentration has been held anywhere in the United States except on the Pa- cific Coast. The squadrons, regularly stationed on the three Navy aircraft carriers, the Lexington, Saratoga and Langley, prob- ably will fly here from Hampton Roads the morning of May 24, and will be parked by squadrons on Bolling Field until the time for the review prior to the start of the races at about 3 p.m. Squadrons Pass in Review. All the squadrons will pass in review over the Anacostia station in close formation, taking off from the field in three-plane sections and forming in squadrons at designated points over the city and nearby Maryland and Virginia. The sight of 160 planes in the air at one time, in close formation, will be one such as the National Capital never has seen. according to Navy officials. This will be more than three times as many planes as were seen in the aerial re- view held in connection with the in- auguration of President Hoover. Following the review there will be demonstrations of formation flying by one of the famous Navy fighter squad- rons, probably either the “High Hats” or the “Red Rippers,” both on duty with the battle fleet. The “High Hat” Squadron is said to be one of the most famous military squadrons in the world. It gets its name from the squadron insignia, a gleaming silk “topper,” painted on the fuselage of each plane. For demonstration purposes the High Hats specialize in a forma- tion flight in which the planes of each he has received several attractive offers | th, ttee. . is a feeling that Col. Grant of the three sections composing the squadron are tied together with ropes. Planes Tied Together. Three planes compose each section. The plane of each section leader is tied to the two planes of his section by a 50- foot length of rope. Tied together in this manner, the entire squadron takes off in formation and goes through an intricate program of formation flying, including simple acrobatics, ating in a series of nine-plane loops. They land still tied ether, ‘The “High Hats" perfected this bit of demonstration flying as a part of their regular g for military formation work while on the West Coast. It never has been seen on the Atlantic Coast, though the demonstration was one of the features of the national air races in Cleveland last Summer. The “Red Ripper” squadron, thou developed a demonstration maneuver as sensational to watch as that of the “High Hats.” Either one of these noted squadrons may be called upon for a special flight on May 24. Picked Pilots to Compete. Picked pilots from the squadrons are | to compete in the Curtiss races, an- nual seaplane and flying boat classic. ‘This year's races are to the best in the 15 y history of the event, in the opinion of naval authorities. Th entry list, now comprising 28 planes, is e largest ever received. The Anacostia Naval Air Station will hold “open house” on the day of the | races, with Comdr. A. H. Douglas, com- mandant of the station, and Lieut. J. J. Clark, executive officer, acting as hosts to the public. Reviewing stands and grandstands are to be constructed on the station, in front of the start- ing and finishing line for the races. BAKER CAR THIEVES PLEDGED IMMUNITY IF THEY WILL TALK (Continued From First Page. are two soothsayers having the same name living in Southeast Washington and it is now believed that the officials may have seen the wrong woman and that there is a possibility that Miss Baker got a reading from the other one. Detectives will be sent to interview her. Since all arrests and clues thus far have led to nothing, the investigators, as & final resort, have turned to an ac- cumulation of letters that have poured in by the score since the murder. Some of them. it was said, obviously are the work of cranks, but in the absence of better information all are being looked into. Information about the case has come from cities hundreds of miles away from Washington. Included among the reports which have already been investigated and dis- carded as worthless, were those that Miss Baker had been secretly married to a jealous Army sergeant; that three soldiers said to be missing from Fort Myer may have been con~ected with the crime, and an anonyme .s letter naming the murderer. In adr.tion there was a report from M. J. Mozarch, an emplove of Hoover Field, near Highway Bridge, that on the night Miss Baker was mur- dered a man, highly excited, parked his machine at the flying fleld about 9:15 o'clock and later boarded a bus bound for Alexandria, Va. Car Gone by Morning. Mozarch told the police he did not attach any importance to the incident until he read of the murder of Miss Baker. He said he was under the im- pression that the car may have been stolen, but that the next morning it had been driven away. Miss Inez Eyre, confidential friend of the slain woman, branded reports of & secret marriage as an “absolute false- hood.” The mvunfi:.mm pointed out that if Miss Baker d been married secretly she would not have told a stranger about it. Despite the unsuccessful result of the investigation thus far, the investigators the crime eventually . “We'll get a break some sald Inspector Shelby, who the Baker case as the “most difficult” he has known in his nearly 30 years of police work. The biggest handicap in the investigation, he ex- plained, has been the receipt of much “worthless” information, which defi- nitely slowed down the search. e BAND CONCERT. Bcfiethe United States Marine Band Orchestra this evening at 3 o'clock, at the auditorium, Marine Barracks. Ta; lor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, second leader. Overture, “La Grand Paque Russe” (Russian Easter), Opus 36 Rimsky-Korsakow Concerto for planoforte, No. 5, Opus 73 (The Emperor) ... Beethoven (Principal Musician rlerben W. Eris- man. “Laideronnette, Empress of the Pa- " from the suite, “Mother . Ravel Symphony in F r, No. 4, Opus 36. ‘Tschaikowsky Andante sostenuto, moderato con Znima. Andante in mod} di canzune, Scherzo, Pizzicati ostinato. Pinale, Allegro con fuoco. Marines’ Hymn, “The Halls of Monte- zum; o ‘'The Star Spangled Banner,” of House Taken From Files of Wet Organization. (Continued From First Page.) month was $1,500, Robinson said. He read a large number of items for meals and hotel bills. Amounts Reasonable. Curran said that if the reports were analyzed the amounts would be found to be “reasonable.” Another item was for entertainment of “Senator Starr,” whom Curran said he thought was a member of the Illi- nois Senate. Robinson said the expense account of Hooke last year apparently was $4,427, based on a hasty computation. Curran said he would like to have the association check the figures. He in- sisted that the money had been spent “properly.” Robinson then brought out that ex- penses of Hooke for the first three months of this year were $1,789. Blaine, after looking over a list of contributors to the association, . said brewers had donated money in 1928 and 1929, but no money had been con- tributed by them this year. Curran said it was decided last Janu- ary not to accept contributions from brewers or distillers, so that there would not be “one-half of 1 per cent of com- mercial interest.” Contributions Dropped. He added that the brewers in 1928 contributed 7 per cent of the total raised, while in 1929 it had dropped to 1% per cent. Robinson asked if the association ac- cepted contributions from producers of industrial alcohol. “I don’t know,” Curran said. “Don’t the du Ponts make industrial alcohol?” Robinson asked. “I don't know,” Curran said. Robinson said he understood they did, and he would attempt to check up definitely. A letter from R. R. Kennedy, now of Cleveland, Ohio, to Curran, dated Oc- tober 13, 1928, was read. It suggested that the association not press Willlam C. Martin of Monroeville, Ohlo, for a public statement on his prohibition views. Martin was running for .the House of Representatives. “If he should take an attitude agree- able to our views, it might defeat him,” the letter said, “whereas, if he preserves silence he has good prospects of success. “I can give you my personal assurance that Mr. Martin is 100 per cent with us. I not only am personally familiar with his position, but have assurance from many of my old friends who are equally close to him. “My suggestion is that you do not &ress him for any public statement, also you could aid him in a financial way, you can be assured that his response in Congress will be agreeable if his vote will be of any value.” Curran replied that Martin would not be pressed. that he He said today, however, i0ki00 well ko hee. 42 e A0 Bah e TS BAGTE WOy Wt s ;! Curran added that Kennedy is now Ohia secretary of the association. Letter to Wadsworth. A letter from Curran to former Sen- Wadsworth of New York dated 1929, said, in part: inclose the letter from Capt. Strayton (chairman of the board of the association), which I showed to you here last week, asking that you send a suggesting the advisability of postpon. ing t.heulyro sed suit by the State of Rhode Island looking toward the throw- ing over of the eighteenth amendment as unconstitutional. { “Generally speaking, we all believe, in the executive committee that it would be better to wait before brlnfih? any further important suit of this kind. “The United ites Supreme Court has been extraordinarily curt and dog:- matic in the unwn',ngmmulnc nature of its decisions and the absence of sup- porting reasoning by written opinion. “The nnel of this court is the same as it has been for soime time past. ‘Waiting for Break. “The growing objection of Americans to our Federal prohibition laws will probably reach a greater degree of ge eral disapproval later on, thus provid- ing a tter background for court action. “When the break in the game comes, it may possibly be by court decision, but it may just as easily come in any of a dozen other ways. “All in all, we believe we are in for a four-mile race and are still struggling through the first mile, with plenty of time ahead to lift the stroke and do it with better effect than could be ac- complished just now.” ‘adsworth replied that he had writ- ten Eppley urging “postponement of any | proceedings before the Supreme Court and that their efforts be concentrated in securing the repeal of the Rhode Island enforcement act.” Union League Discussed. Another letter from Curran to Wads- worth on March 14, 1930, discussed the Union League Club and the National Rtp\lhltlf:un Club of New York. It said, in part: “The Union League Club poll is all right, but you and I know the diff ence between that outfit and the N: tional Republican Club. The real pol- itics are played in the latter. There is more patronage in the latter and there is more consequent cowardice. “Interesting contrast between a club of nice old gentlemen who hap to be Republican and a curious collection of the regulars—it was among the latter that we won our victory.” — COURT ACTION EXPLAINED Woman’s Suit Against Husband Involved Property Jointly Owned. Stating that there is a discrepancy in fact in a news story appearing in ‘The Star on April 21 concerning a suit which she unsuccessfully prosecuted to attach the salary of her former hus- band, John L. McGrew, a Government employe, for payment of an alleged debt, Mrs. Olive 8. McGrew has just given her explanation of the case. The Star’s account of the case said that “Mrs. Olive S. McGrew alleged that she loaneq her former husband, about the time they were married, $7,000, on his promissory notes, he at that time owning real estate in Wash- ington and Virginia.’ According to Mrs. McGrew, this error, as she says what she did charge was that when she and McGrew were married, in 1896, neither had any means, but that by “hard work and economy and by taking paying guests in the home she managed to save the eater part of McGrew's salary and nvested it in real estaf When they separated, in 1914, she says, they had equities of about $25,000 in different properties. In a division of roperties at the time of their divorce, 1916, according to the former wife, McGrew purchased her half interest in Virginia land which they owned to- Em“ and gave promissory notes. It on these, explains, that she now holds judgment of over $12,000, which she declares records will show. o An hour or so of complete relaxation dally, with the feet higher than the head, is recommended to women by an eminent European woman doctor, who says the practice benefits the heart, helps to combat varicose veins and also keeps the ankles trim, SENATORS APPROVE e e e o] T l’ "LINDBERGH HERE ON NEW TASK NDBERGH LEAVES BY AIR FOR MIAW | | |Plans to Inaugurate Rapid i Airmail Service Between " U. S. and Argentina. After an overnight visit in the National Capital, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh took off from Bolling Field at 9:45 o'clock this morning on a non- | stop flight to Miami, Fla., in his new , low-wing Lockheed Sirius monoplane, | in which he and Mrs. Lindbergh have | just established a new elapsed-time | speed record of less than 15 hours from | the trip from the Pacific to the Atlantic coas t. Tomorrow Col. Lindbergh is to in- augurate a new airmail service, which will cut mail time between all the principal cities of the United :tates and the distant capital of Argentina and zthtr South ‘American cities to seven ays. Plans Trip Over New Line. Lindbergh is to fly the first mail plane over a new line which will in- volve' the world's longest':over-seas flight on regular scheduled service. From dawn to dusk on Sunday he is to {fly over the open sea, except for a 50- mile stretch of the Central Americai Coast which will be skirted from Cape Gracias a Dios toward the South. After leaving the Cuban Coast early Sunday morning the plane will be out of sight of land during the 600-mile hop to the Central American cape. They must rely on radio and their own navigation to carry the big plane across. The new airmail service, which in effect reduces the airmail distance be- tween North and South America by 1,000 miles, was celebrated at a brief ceremony on the steps of the District Building this morning, under the au- spices of the Washington Chamber of Commerce. Accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Evangeline-. Lindbergh, Col. Lindbergh flew to the National Capital from New Bohing Pica st 341 Geloel pesisrday eld at_6:47 o'c NIy h _returned evening. ~Mrs. to New York by train last night, while her son spent the night with Clarence M. ‘Young, it Secre of Com- merce for Aeronautics, at his apart- ment in the Hay-Adams House. Visits Naval Air Station. Lindbergh stopped for a short time at the Naval Alr Station, Lakehurst, N. J, yesterday afternoon to obtain weather data from the meteorological officer there for use in his long ocean fll{gt Sunday. hile in the Capital Col. Lindbergh had a brief conversation with Harry Ft' Guggenheim, Ambassador to Cuba, avaga. ‘ol. Lindbergh will be aided by favor- able winds and clear weather on the non-stop flight to Miami, a distance of 923 miles, according to weather reports at Bolling Field. The big-scadet and black monoplane the colonel i flying has a cruising speed of 180 miles per hour and on the transcontinental flight hi was approximately per Lindbergh is to leave Miami tomorrow afternoon in a mail plane of Pan-Amer- ican Airways, carrying the first batch of mail on the new seven-day service. Leaving Havana Sunday morning, he will arrive at Christobal, Panama, Sun- day evening, remaining there for sev- eral days. He will fly the mail plane back to Havana some time next week. Inauguration of the new seven-day service between. leading citles of this country and the fl’nt cities of Bouthern South ~America has been one of the dreams of President Hoover since his South Americap trip prior to his inauguration. Will Concentrate Mail at Miami. Mail from American cities destined for South America will be concentrated every day at Miami, Fla., and Browns- ville, Tex., over the existing dumestic# airmail lines. From Miami and Browns- ville it will be flown over converging lines of Pan-American Airwa; to Cristobal, Panama, from which it will be flown over the Pan-American-Grace line down the West Coast of South America and across the Andes. ‘The first movement of mail over the great converging network in this coun- try is to begin tomorrow night. pilots will relay the mail along the Atlantic coastal route through the Na- tional Capital, operated by Eastern Air Transport, and will connect with the Above: The famous fiyer, photographed at Bolling Field yesterday, where | Pan-American plane which Lindbergh he landed with his mother. will fly the airmail route from Miami The colonel is en route to Miami, to Cristobal. He is scheduled to leave Miami Saturday for Havana (b), spend the night there and Sunday fly to Cristobal, stopping off at Puerto Cabezas (c) for fuel. is expected to fly without a stop from On his ret: Puerto Cabezas to Mia Il.r' line in the map shows the overland route airmail planes have been using. Below: new line. Left to right: sistant Postmaster General. DRY TRANSFER BILL in|of industrial alcohol permits in the Judiciary Committee Elim- inates Provision Affecting Employes. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The House bill transferring prohibi- tion enforcement from the Treasury to the Justice Department was favorably reported to the Senate today by the unanimous vote of the judiciary com- mittee. Only one amendment, giving the At- torney General a free hand in selecting his enforcement staff, was made in the Willlamson measure as it was passed by the House. Little opposition is expected to the bill in the Senate. The judiciary com- mittee voted to make the transfer ef- fective on July 1. The House provision transferring all employes and attorneys in the prohibi- tion unit under Secretary Mellon to the new bureau under Attorney General Mitchell was eliminated. Chairman Norris explained “we want to put full responsibility for enforce- ment upon the Attorney General and we want to give him a free hand in the selection of his staff.” Permit Clause Is Retained. The committee retained the House language continuing the administration ‘Treasury Department, but allowing the Attorney General a veto power over these permits. Business interests ob- Jected strenuously to this veto power. The prohibition transfer legislation has been urged by President Hoover, Secretary Mellon, Attorney General Mitchell and the Hoover Law Enforce- ment Commission. There is no opposition in sight to it in the Senate. It is the first prohibition lefilatlnn to get before the Senate at this session and it is the only prohibi- tion legislation which leaders believe will receive congressional sanction fore adjournment. Senator Norris emphasized that the committee was a unit in its determi- nation to give the Attorney General all that he asked in connection with the transfer in order to give him “full and | complete responsibility for enforcing | this law.” Senator Hebert, Republican, Rhode —P. & A. Photos. ‘The District Commissioners deliver mail for the first trip over the Gen, Crosby, Dr. Reichelderfer and Irving Glover, As- —Star Staft Photo. HOWELL BILL AGAIN UP IN COMMITTEE Woman’s Prohibition Reform and Other Organizations to Be Heard. ‘The Howell local prohibition bill is before the Senate District committee this a‘(lmmoo:‘lz:&;me lecnnddllm!’., with several organ| ns prepared to appear in opposition to ‘the measure. Among those scheduled to testify are members of the Women’s Organization for Na- tional Prohibition Reform, the - saders and the Associatiom-Against the Eighteenth Amendment. Lee P. Warren, executive committee- man of the Crusaders, issued a state- ment this morning, describing the bill as “highly dangerous” and declaring it would intensify wet and dry antag- onism. A committee from the District of Co- lumbia Medical Soclety has asked to be heard on one section of the Howell bill which relates to doctors and druggists. That section would suspend for one year the license to practice in Wash- ington of any physician or pharmacist convicted a second time of violating those provisions of the national prohi- bition law which relate to the practice of medicine or pharmacy. Igoe Doesn’t Know Hooke, but Remains Wet Just the Same By the Associated Press. Advised of the reading into the Senate lobby committee record by Senator Robinson, Re- publican, Indiana, that Walter G. Hooke of the Association Against the Prohibition Amend- ment, had entertained a Repre- sentative Igoe of Illinois, Repre- sentative Igoe, Democrat, Illinois, a wet, today sald: “I do not know Walter Hooke, and he may be referring to Michael L. Igoe, the minority leader in the Illinois House of Representatives at Springfield. “But, do not misunderstand, I am a wet and I'll accept wet Island, was instructed to report the measure to the Senate on behalf of the committee, entertainment. I don't care who gives it.* 3 May 1, he 'The dotted Fla.,, where he | Will fily tomorrow at Miami. At 9:10 o'clock tomorrow night Pilot John R. Armstrong will take off from the Eastern Air Transport terminus at New York, c: g airmail from Mon- treal, Boston, Albany, Buffalo and other New England and upper New York points, beginning the flight that is to end in Buenos Alres, 7,000 miles to the South. * Armstrong will pick up mail at Phil- adelphia and Washington, continuing to Richmond, where his plane will be taken over by Pilot Earl Potts, who will continue to Atlanta. Two other pilots will relay the mail to Lindbergh at Miami. SENDING SPECIAL MAIL. Officials and Others Send Messages to South America on Inaugural Flight. Specially stamped mail to be carried in the new seven-day airmail service from New York to Montevideo, Uruguay, from Latin American diplomatic repre- sentatives, District of Columbia officials and heads of District civic and trade organizations was handed to Irving W. Glover, Assistan charge of airmal at 11:30 o'clock tonight, when the plane stops here on its way from New York. A special cachet of mail from Wash- ington will be one of many similar | consignments from various parts of the United States, dispatched to the South- ern republics on the inaugural shorten- ed ail trip. Letters from seven Latin American diplomats, addressed to Presidents of the Central American and west coast republics of South America, on the mall route, were in the Wash- ington cachet. They were -~ddressed to the Presidents of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. 3 Letters are being sent also by the District of Columbia Commissioners to the chief city officials of Buenos Aires and Montevideo and by the Washington Chamber of Commerce to presidents of the Chambers of Commerce at Lima, Peru; Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Pan- ama City, Panama; Bogota, Colombia; Quito, Ecuador, and Santiago, Chile. The mail sent by the diplomatic heads was handed to Mr. Glover - by P. E. D. Nagle, District representative of Pan-American Airways, over whose routes the new service runs. Charles W. Darr, president of the Washington ‘Chamber of Commerce, handed him the letters sent by that organization, and the District of Columbia officials their mail for the southern a 3 ‘The letters all bore a special stamp and designation, which Mr.~Glover ex- lained had prompted a wide demand or the envelopes by stamp collectors. “Pirst Flight Direct Air Mail, Washing- ton, D. C, to South America, April 25, 1930,” is the distinguishing mark car- rl]e‘(in b’b luu envelopes, in u%flon to a lue stamp, bearing the words, EPII‘ Avion by Alr Mall” i Dirigible Circles Wilkes-Barre. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., April 25 (#)— The naval dirigible Los Angeles circled over this city today on a training fiight from the Lakehurst Station. e e The Chinese classics grade the duties of man into five catgor! to the Em. * peror, to parents, to elder brother, to wife and to friend. /