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L2 2 HOLDS BRAIN NEEDS - BUT LITTLE FOOD Half a Peanut Supplies Fuel " for an Hour of Thinking, Scientists Find. (Continued From First Page.) measurements when the subjects’ minds were at rest. They found that thinking really involved considerable activity of muscles and glands inside the body. In the body, as in any other engine, work changes fuel into heat. The heat pro duced is s measure of the food con- sumed by the effort. 1 Dr. Benedict expressed surprise at the yemarkably small fuel requirement of the “thinking machine.” He found also that there is no cumulative effect of heat production, the increases follow- mfl; and subsiding immediately upon the effort. ort. A new microscope, wWhich makes use of invisible ultra-violet light, by which the scientist can photograph the inter- ior of living cells with a magnification of 5000 diameters, was_explained by Francis F. Lucas of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. The average living cell is about one- three-thousandth of an inch in diame- ter. With the penetrating ultra-violet radiation, Lucas is able to take about 30 interior photographs of each cell. The sections photographed are spaced about one-hundred-thousandth of an inch apart. All this is done without in- ring with the normal living activi- r;‘:l L e efficacy of this e method, it was stated, is about twice that of any other known means. It is expected to prgve fl)i{' g‘rel",. vlcx.u: ui‘r’: study of sucl ases s :lhhslch uydue to obscure abnormalities of the cells. Fish Aren't Deaf. are far from deaf, the academy ':;‘8 ayld by Prof. Karl von Frisch of the University of Munich, Germany. Ex- enting Wwith minnows be found m‘!mw\fld%e trained to react to tuning forks and whistles, The sounds were made simultaneously with feeding them. Then the fish were blinded. After & fl'dlylthzymmwmlpiorun soon &s the eg\ln:. t:r“ given, ore it was put in the 3 bemf have I;O;lln ht.he ldmu.x:enmun‘ teness, sch said, - dor vqln'hu minnows were trained sounds, one mean! unishment by tapping them m'h‘.‘u rod and the other meaning e best fish, he said, could dis- perfectly between two sounds. Some have maintained that fish have practically no sense of hearing, but re; act to sound because of the effect of Sound waves on their specially developed gense of equilibrium. ~ Von Frisch re- moved the apparatus by which the sense of equilibrium operates, including the semi-circular canals, and found «“that they could be trained to scunds as easily as normal fish, in the same time, within the same limits and with the e acuteness.” “l’;‘lhere'l ‘something mysterious about ‘mackerel, said Dr. Oscar E. Sette of the Cambridge _ Museum of Comparative Zoology. During the last century, the food. tinguish ined in the past, he been explal 3 -l‘:;l‘i“ l“‘l“fll-ll 1o txh’; fact that the fisher- Ten were not fishing in the right places during poor years. Recent investiga- tions of the Bureau of Fisheries show there is actually an enormous dmeur&e in the number of these fish in the ses. Spawn Survival Is Cause. erence, Dr. Sette said, seems fn“;‘d\d}eflw the survival of the spawn. Some years great numbers reach matur- and the next year the fishermen reap a harvest. Other years someth unexplained happens in the sea W) causes an_enormous mortality. K The tuberéle bacillus, one of man's animal kingdom, worst enemies in the said 5. A, veral varieties, mo’? ga Trudeau Sanitarium at Trudesu, N. Y. Some variations are more virulent than others, possibly ex- plaining why the disease is more deadly at one time than another. Hitherto all ‘bacilli have been considered the sam of micro-organisms. n: :;’flnckm he found three breeds. One looks like s moth ball. When it gets into a flock, there is an enormous death rate. Another is flat and ‘moist with & smooth surface. Still another is fiat and dry, its center looking like & Jot of tiny pebbles. Neither of the latter are extremely virulent, like the first. found approximately the same typfla: in hovme,gxbercubm. The moth. ball type almost always produces tuberculosis in rabbits and guinea plg, The others seldom have this effect. The breeds have not been isolated in human tuberculosis, he said, but it seems likely exist and must bet tgiken into con- deration in further studies. nA remarkable flowering plant from the sandhills of Southeastern Call- fornia, which lives on the roots of other plants, and which may become of com- mercial importance, was described by Dr. Walter T. Swingle of the Depart. ment of Agriculture. This is the am- mobroma. It is found nowhere else in the world and is practicslly unknown among botanists. The plant has a stem 3 or 4 feet long, which is good to eat. It grows almost entirely undergr- und, only the tips appearing above the sand- lls. Takes “Food” from Others. It makes use of the roots of other plants, some of them about a twentieth of its size, to get carbohydrates and other food materials from the soil. In addition, it has a root system of its own for water and mineral salts. The victimized plant does not seem to suf- fer, Swingle said. Possibly the ammo- broma, like a benevolent tyrant, gives it water in dry seasons. The plant is known as “sand root” by the nearby Indians, who used to eat it in great quantities. Everybody who has eaten it says it is delicious. Swin- gle said it might be canned like as- p-ufi and made an important com- mercial crop. Some of the filterable viruses, the smallest known living organisms, which cannot be detected with a microscope and whose existence is known only be- cause they will pass through walls of rcelain in a test tube, attack especial- y the human nervous system, said Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Insti- tute. They produce diseases, he said, in many plants and in almost all forms of animals. Sclence is just beginning to learn, he said, the frequency with which the nervous system is attacked by these mysterious little organisms. ‘The hypersensitiveness to a micro- organism which accompanies recovery from a disease is nnnecessary, said Dr. Arnold R, Rich of Johns Hopkins Medi- cal School. Products are mobilized in the blood stream to resist the invading organism, he explained. Thereafter they mobilize instantly when similar organisms get into the blood stream, causing [ o Lo § P 33 2y MAJ. GEN. GEORGE BARNETT. GEN. BARNETT DIES AT NAVAL HOSPITAL War Commander of Marine Corps Under Treatment for Nine Months. Maj. Gen. George Barnett, who as commandant of the United States Ma- rine Corps during the World War helped write vivid pages in the history of that conflict, and under whose com- mand the American sea soldiers came to be known as the “devil dogs” of Belleau Wood and the Argonne Forest, died yesterday afternoon, shortly after 4 o'clock, at the United States Naval Hospital. Suffering from heart trouble, Gen. Barnett had been under treatment at the hospital for about nine months. condition became critical last ‘Thursday, when he contracted pneu- monia. ‘With the veteran fighting man at his bedside when the end came were his wife, a Mflmon. Basil Gordon; & stepdaughter, Mrs. Henry Suydam, and a sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Nixon, of Minneapolis. Gen. Barnett’s death had been expect- ed for many hours. Funeral services for Gen. Barnett will be held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock at the Church of the Epiphany, the Rev. Z. Barney Phillips, rector, of- ficlating. Burial in Arlington. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery with military honors. The body will be laid to rest in the plot re- served for the members of the class of 1881 of the United States Naval Academy. ‘The pallbearers will include all the available members of the class of 1881 and in addition these officers of the Ma- rine Corps stationed in Washingto: Brig. Gen. Charles L. McCawley, tired; Brig. Gen. George Richards, Brig. Gen. B. H. Fuller, Brig. Gen. John T. Myers, Brig. Gen. Rufus H. Lane and Brig. Gen. Hugh Matthews. Other names will be added, the announcement said, as soon as the officers are heard - from. Dr. Phillips will be assisted Capt. Sydney K. Evans, chief of chapiains of the Navy. Mrs. Barnett has requested all close friends of Gen. Barnett to come to the home at 10:15 Wednesday morning. Gen. Barnett had spent many of the years of his later life in Washington and at the time of his death main- tained a residence at 1712 R street. Stricken Last August. His heart trouble necessitated treat- ment gt the Naval Hospital last August. He entered the hospital December 9 and, except for brief intervals at home, been confined there up to the time of his death. Gen. Barnett was born in Lancaster, Wis., December 9, 1859. He sought ap- pointment to West Point, but was un- able to get it, and entered the Naval Academy from Wisconsin, completing his course in 1881. He served in Prlcuully every Marine post in the United States, spent many years aboard the fighting ships of the Navy and saw service in Marine out- posts in Panama, the Philippines, Cuba, China and Porto Rico. ‘When he took over the command of the Marines it was a small force of ap- proximately 10,000 enlisted men and less than 400 officers and under his command it grew to 80,000 enlisted men. Decorated by France. Gen. Barnett was awarded the Legion of Honor Medal of France. For his war service the United States awarded him the Distinguished Service Medal. He also held the Cuban Campaign Medal, the Spanish Campaign Medal, the West Indian Campaign Medal and the Victory Medal. He served as commandant of the Ma- rine Corps from February 25, 1914, to June 30, 1920. Later he was com- mander of the Marine Corps Pacific Department. He was married to Mrs. Basil Gordon, formerly Miss Lelia Montague of Balti- more, in 1908. In the World War Gen. Barnett also was & member of the General Board of the Navy and of the Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Council, and in those two positions had a big part in the mapping of plans to win the war. . BROWN FUNERAL RITES TO BE HELD TOMORROW Eastern Star funeral services, to be conducted by Lebanon Chapter, No. 25, for Mrs, Mary B. Brown, 67 years old, who died suddenly Saturday at her home, 15 Bryant street, will be held to- morrow morning at 11 o'clock at the residence. Interment will be in Glen- wood Cemetery. Mrs. Brown, a native of Virginia, had resided in Washington since 1890. Dur- ing the past 10 years she had been as- soclated with the Masonic activities of Lebanon Chapter. She was the wife of John Thomas Brown. Besides her husband she is survived by a son and daughter, Leland F. Brown and Mrs. Elsie N. Wauchler of this city; two brothers, Flave and Elbert in-| Johnson of Washington, and a sister, flamation and destruction of tissue in|Mrs. Mae Williams of Florida. the process. This is o serious problem in such diseases as tuberculosis. The organ is defeated by the intensity of its own preparations for war. Recent experiments have shown, Dr. Rich said, that hypersensitiveness is not necessary for the operation of this ac- quired immunity and that the tissues can be strengthened against it without r;;dermg the body more liable to the ase. Eight-Meteor Yacht Launched. GOSPORT, England, April 28 (#).— | The eightemeter yacht Vidian, bullt for | hald Wednesday, the syndicate of the Royal Cana Yacht Club to compete for the Canada Cup, was launched today. It was de- signed by Charles Nicholson of Sham- rock fame, and is said to be the only one ever built in this country for Canadian Cup competition. 'MRS. KATHRY N MOORE DIES AFTER ILLNESS Mrs Kathryn Moore, 37 years old, died early today at Columbia Hospital following an fliness of 10 days. Mrs. Moore, whose home was at 3714 T stre came here from Brooklyn, N. Y, a number of years ago She served as a Yeoman “F” during the World War. Funeral services will be with interment in Arlington Cemetery. The time has not been set. Mrs, Moore is survived by her husband James Moore; a_son, James Moore; a brother, Daniel E. O'Connel], and_two sisters, Mrs. J. J. Roache and Mrs. F. B Bloom. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO 15 PERSONS KILLED |ADM. BYRD STARTS IN PLANE MISHAPS|RETURN TO AMERICA Eight Die When Craft Hits Crowd—Record Flyer Is Victim. By the Assoclated Press. Airplane mishaps took the lives of 15 persons in four cities over the week end and another death resulted from in- juries suffered Friday. ‘The largest toll was taken at Fayette- ville, Tenn., when a stunt plane piloted by Milton Cobert was caught in a gust of wind and plunged into a crowd of spectators, killing 8 and injuring 20. At Alvord, Tex., James H. Kelly, 25, once co-holder of the endurance flight record, ran into a storm at low alti- tude and fell to death with two com- panions. ‘Thrilled by their first plane ride, a boy and girl at Portsmouth, N. H,, per- suaded a pilot to take them aloft again. ‘The ship hit an obstacle in attempting to land on a road and they were burned | St. Louls to death, the pilot escaping with in- Juries. A jammed rudder sent a pilot and a friend to death at Milwaukee, and Her- bert J. Fahy, widely known fiyer, died at Grayling, Mich., from injuries he re- ceived at Roscommon, Mich., Friday. WAGNER DEMAND RELIEF OF JOBLESS Three Bills, Two Years in Committee, Declared Ripe for Action. By the Associated Press. Senator Wagner, Democrat, New York, today launched his threefold un- employment relief program on the floor of the Senate with an urgent plea for action on all three measures, “the first three steps,” he declared, “on the road to stabilized prosperity.” The New Yorker asserted that “only this morning” the Labor Department announced that March had brought “a further increase” in the number un- able to find work. “President Hoover has made his position unmistakably clear,” he added, calling attention to several public dec- larations of the Chief Executive, which he said were “in favor of the principle of this legislation.” Only two of Wagner's unemployment measures were taken up by the Sen- ate, but he had served notice that if necessary he would move consideration of the third, which would set up a Federal employment system to co-oper- ate with State agencies. The other Wagner bills would provide machinery for collecting complete un- employment information and create a stabilization board to plan public con- struction on a long-range basis, the lat- ter with a view toward synchronizing Government work with general employ- ment conditions. g On the basis of “meager figures,” ‘Wagner sald he computed that during the month of January wage earners in manufacturing plants alone lost $200,- 000,000 in wages. “Idle men invariably mean idle machines, closed factories, overhead ac- cumulating unproductively, savings used up, and capital ass:ts consumed,” he added. On the social side, he said, it means child labor, for when the head of the family is out of work, “first the monther, then the minor chil- dren” seek sustenance. On th: politi- cal sides, Wagner warned, “unemploy- men: breeds discontent with govern- ment.” Recalling that his bills had remained two y:ars in committee, the New York- er sald that “public opinion has grad- ually crystallized in favor of their enactment.” FUNERAL CONDUCTED FOR MRS. E. F. REDFIELD Native Washingtonian, Graduate of Business High School, Buried in Congressional Cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Ford Redfield, who dled at Garfield Hospital Friday, April 25, were conducted at the S. H. Hines Co. funeral home this aft- ernoon, with interment in Congressional Cemetery. Mrs. Redfield was a native of this city. She was a graduate of Business High School, a ,former member of Esther Chapter, O. E. S.; a member of the W. C. T. U, and an active member of ‘Wallace Memorial Presbyterian Church, She was the wife of Arthur H. Red- fleld, mother of Jessie lu Bant, David H. and Arthur H, jr.; the daughter of George W. Ford of St. Petersburg, Fla., and the late Jessie du Bant Ford. She also leaves two brothers, George Lee Pord of Boston Mass. and Raymond H. Ford of this city. NATIVES VISIT SCENE OF LAND BOOM IN 1820 Led by James F. Duhamel and Wash- ington Topham, representing the So- clety of Natives of the District of Co- lumbia, and A. C. Clark, president of the Columbia Historical Soclety, a score of native Washingtonians visited old homes and buildings on Indiana and Louisiana avenues, C street and John Marshall place which soon are to be torn down to make room for Govern- ment building projects. Mr. Duhamel pointed out today that there was a building boom in the sec- tion in 1820, during which plans for most of the present buildings were made. Nearly all the butldings in the section are more than 100 years old, and it was the desire of the group visiting them yesterday to see them again and freshen their memories on the part the buildings have played in the history gf Washington before they are torn own. CONSULS ARE ASSIGNED Recent changes in the United States foreign service include the assignment to duty in the State Department of William W. Adams of Washington, D. C, vice consul at Havana, Cuba; William K. Ailshie, Idaho, vice consul at Havana; Edward Anderson, fr., Florida, vice consul at Nassau, - hamas; C. B. Chiperfield, Ill, vice consul at Windsor, Ontario; Bernard Guffler, Kansas, vice consul at Van- couver, B. C.; Thomas A. Hickok, New York, vice consul at Toronto, Ontario; L. J. Knowles, Massachusetts, vice consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and J. M. Wright, Missouri, vice consul at Vera Cruz, Mexico. Winfield H. Scott, Washington, D. C., consul at London, England, has been transferred to Bucharest, R\'mu. Explorer Members of Party Leave New Zealand for Home. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Radio to The Star and New York Times. ABOARD THE RANGITIKI, April 28. —Admiral Byrd and the remaining con- tingent of his expedition left New Zea- land yesterday aboard the steamer Ran- gitiki for Panama, At sea he recelved messages from Gov. Gen. Lord Bledisloe and Sir Joseph ‘Ward, prime minister, wishing him bon voyage and thanking him for his ex- rflmfl of good will toward New Zea- and and for their help afforded his ex- pedition. ‘The first days out were cool and con- ducive to sleep and relaxation, the first opportunity Admiral Byrd has had to rest since arriving in New Zealand. Among those of the expedition aboard are Lloyd Berkner and Mrs. Berkner, Richard Konter, Charles Lofgren, Wil- liam Haines, meteorologist, and myself. (Copyright, 1930, by New York Times and . Louls Post-Dispatch. All rights for pub- Tication reserved throughout the world.) -— HUSTON WON'T QUIT WHILE UNDER FIRE Situation Reported Frankly Discussed at Session With Party Leaders. By the Associated Press. Claudius Huston, chairman of the Re- publican national committee, informed party leaders at conferences here over the week end that he would not con- sider resigning his post under the fire of the Senate lobby committee. A group of the Republican chieftains, including Joseph R. Nutt, party treas- urer; Secretary Hyde, Postmaster Gen- eral Brown, Senator Watson of Indiana, the Senate leader; Charles D. Hilles, New York national committeeman; Da- vid Mulvane, Kansas national commit- teeman, and Jeremiah Milbank of New Jersey, talked with Huston. The party’s situation as it relates to Huston was reported by some of those at the sessions to have been “frankly discussed.” Opinion Is Divided. Some division of opinion as to the course which should be followed is un- derstood at the Capitol to have been revealed. The Republican chairman left no doubt that he would remain at his post. Huston disclosed in testimony to the Senate lobby committee that he so- licited $36,100 from the Union Carbide Co. as president of the Tennessee River Improvement Association at a time when both organizations were interested in a private lease of the Muscle Shoals power property. He also divulged that he used this contribution as part of his brokerage accourtt before turning it over to the gennessee River Improvement Associa- jon. It was reported at the Capitol that complaints were voiced at the Repub- lican conference that as a result of Huston's lobby committee testimony, there have been some difficulties in raising funds for party expenses. Leaders Maintain Silence. None of those present would discuss the situation and there have been no indications of any immediate move on the part of the Republican leaders in an attempt to oust Huston. ‘The lobby committee probably will make its report on Huston to the Sen- ate in the near future. Since his appearance before the committee, the Senate has adopt- ed the Norris resolution providing for Government operation of Muscle Shoals. No attempt was made by administra- tion leaders during discussion of that bill to offer the proj 1 of the Amer- ican Cyanamid Co. for a leass of Mus- cle Shoals. That lease was favored by the Tennessee River Improvement As- sociation. Party men who have discussed the situation with President Hoover he is deeply interested, but has no i umon of asking for Huston's resig- nation. CHURCH ASSOCIATION WILL MEET TOMORROW Congregationalists Announce An- nual Session to Open at 2 P.M. Speakers Listed. ‘The Washington Association of Con- gregational Churches will meet in an- nual session in the Ingram Congreg: tional Church, Tenth street and Mas- sachusetts avenue northeast, tomorrow at 2 p.m. ‘The principal speakers in the after- noon will be Mrs. D. E. Brown of New- ark, N. J., whose topic will be “Women's ‘Work,” and Dr. Ernest M. Halliday of New York, general secretary of the Con~ gregational Church Extension Board. Following a young people’s service at 7:30 o’clock, evening’s principal speakers will be introduced.® They are Dr. Bolivar J. Lloyd of the United States Public Health Service, who will speak on “Problems Threatening Our National Life,” and Dr. William E. Gilroy of Bos- ton, Mass., editor-in-chief of the Con- anuonum and Gospel of Herald Lib- WIDOW OF DRY AGENT TO GET APPOINTMENT Treasury Position Authorized for Mrs. Moncure, Whose Husband Was Slain During Raid. President Hooyer has authorized the appointment to a position in the Treas- ury Department of Mrs. Liza B. Mon- cure, widow of a former Washington liceman, Robert K. Moncure, who ater became a Federal dry agent and was shot to death with a fellow officer last January 18 while raiding the home of an alleged bootlegger at West Palm Beach, Fla. Mrs. Moncure was recommended for the post “without regard to the require- ments of civil service rules” by Secre- tary of the Treasury Mellon, SUIT- ASKS $130,000 The Orange Crush Co. of Chicago is named as defendant in & suit to re- cover $130,000 damages flled today in the District Supreme Court by Stephan D. Lefas, 911 Second street northeast. Through Attorney Alvin L. Newmyer the plaintiff says he entered into a contract with the defendant for an ex- clusive and perpetual franchise to dis- tribute Orange Crush and other bev- erages of the company. The defendant and’ Remaining | i ! i Riot and rebellion of convicts are fermented at gatherings such as shown in this unusual picture taken in the Ohio State Penitentiary. The inmates of the prison are listening to a convict orator tell of some of the causes of the fire that took 320 of their fellow men’s lives. HERBERT ). FAHY | DIES OF INJURIES Body of Noted Aviator Will Be Brought to Capital for Burial. By the Associated Press. GRAYLING, Mich, April 28.—Ar- rangements were made today to take the body of Herbert J. Fahy, widely known aviator, who died yesterday of injuries, to Washington for burial. He was a native of the Capital and prob- ably will be buried in Arlington Ceme- tery. Fahy, who was 33 years old, was in- jured when a piane in which he was attempting to take off from a fleld on the estate of Cliff Durant, near Ros- common, Mich., turned over last Friday. He did not regain consciousness. His wife, Mrs. Claire Fahy, a well known aviatrix, was in a different cabin in the same plane. She escaped injury. Among Fahy’s accomplishments was a solo endurance flight of 36 hours 56 minutes and 36 seconds, which_ estab- lished a record in May, 1929. He was employed recently as a test pilot and saleesman for a Detroit aircraft manu- facturer and had gone to Roscommon to sell Durant a plane. BODY ARRIVES TOMORROW. Services for Flyer Will Be Held Here ‘Wednesday. Fahy's widow will bring his body to Washington for funeral tomorrow, ar- riving at 6:30 pm. The body will lie at Gawler’s funeral parlors, 1754 Penn- sylvania avenue. Mrs. Bertha Fahy, mother of the fiyer, who lives at the Embassy Apart- ments, 1613 Harvard street, announced today that tuneral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Gawler's chapel. Burial will be in the Fahy family burial plot in Prospect Hill Cemetery. FAINT CLUES HOLD LITTLE HOPE IN PROBE OF BAKER SLAYING (Continued From First Page.) in & hotel in Alexandria, Va. Police- man Ray Cobean, who investigated this phase of the case, discovered that the owner had left the hotel on the night of April 10. Miss Baker was murdered the following night. Cobean said he learned from ques- tioning employes of the hotel that the man who left the clothing had been behind in his bill and failed to return for that reason. An effort is being made to locate him, however, to find out whether he knew Miss Baker. ‘This man is said to have told several conflicting stories to explain his pres- ence in Alexandria. To one group he is sald to have represented himself as an employe of a chain store firm which sent him there to arrange for the open- ing of a new branch. To another he posed as an agent for & lumber company. The investigators spent a major por- tion of the week end retracing the earlier steps of their investigation. Maj Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of po- lice, and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad, spent Sunday afternoon surveying the Arlington Ex- perimental Farm of the Department of Agriculture, trying to definitely estab- lish the movement of Miss Bake slayer on the night the crime was coi mitted. Other members of the homi- cide squad, with the assistance of the three witnesses who saw the Navy De- partment clerk struggling with a man in a car at Seventeenth and B streets, re-enacted the attack. The survey of the experimental farm merely served to puzzle more deeply the offictals as to how the keys to Miss Baker's car and the key to her home in Lyon Park, Va. with a receipted doctor’s bill, got to a lonely spot about one-fourth of & mile from the culvert where the woman's body was found and her clothes in a manhole sewer about equal-distance from this spot. Contrary to former reports, the offi- cials sald Miss Baker's sedan could not be started without the ignition key. For this reason they cannot account for the finding of the key ring with the ignition key about a mile away from the abandoned car. The only ex- planation advanced for this is that if the murderer drove the car into the secluded lane he did not cut off the motor, otherwise he would have been unable to have started it again and driven it to the point on Military road where it was found al ‘The key may have fal during the struggle in the car without cutting off ignition, it was pointed out, and later been kicked or dragged out of the machine when the clothes were removed. Another explanation offered is that the person who removed Miss Baker's hat, coat and pocketbook from the abandoned car may also have taken the key ring and drogped it while on the way to the sewer where the woman's pel sonal effects were found with a collec- tion of stolen jewelry and a novel. Of one thing, the investigators are certain—that the same person who hid the jewelry in the sewer also put Miss Baker's clothing there. The three men who found the articles were questioned is charged with canceling the contract again yesterday and said the stolen March 22. Jeweiry and the book were wrapped up REVOLT IS RENEWED BY OHIO CONVICTS AS POLICE WITHDRAW (Continued From First Page.) ropes for an escape, & machine gun was mounted on top of the cell block. Other guards went into the cellar to prevent any underground escape. About 1,300 convicts were in the idle house today. Prison officials claimed a majority of these were not involved in the passive resistance campaign, but leaders of the prisoners said most of the men were participating in the campaign. Charles (Chuck) Quinlan and Mur- ray A. Wolfe, two convicts serving long terms and ringleaders of the ‘“passive resistance” committee, were taken from White City this morning. When the deputy warden, J. C. Woodard, called the men from the idle house those remaining began hooting and cat calling. Quinlan and Wolfe admonished them to “cut it out” and keep quiet. Quinlan is serving a term for robbery and Wolfe for forgery. Quinlan and Wolfe were removed to a dungeon called “the hole,” there to be kept in solitary confinement. The third leader of the revolting con- victs to go into “the hole” was Joe Muzeo of Wauseon, Ohio, who is serv- ing from 1 to 15 years for robbery. Guards took him from the idle house. Hope that persuasive methods would put an end to the “passive resistance” movement was abandoned last night when another disturbance broke out after a day of comparative quiet. For a time it appeared that a break was imminent and National Guardsmen stationed outside the walls trained ma- chine guns on the cell blocks in which the convicts were milling about and shouting. Quiet was restored, however, after 1,000 gallons of coffee had been distributed. Deny Violence Intended. Leaders of the convicts have de- clared they seek nothing but the re- moval of Thomas, whom they charge with brutality, and have insisted they would not resort to violence. Last night's uproar followed an- nouncement that 40 new guards would be placed on duty today. Night Capt. H. E. Laukhart said the disturbance was not the result of an escape plot, but that the convicts ob- Jected to being locked in their cells. Numerous conferences were held yesterday between Warden Thomas, city officials and National Guard officers and once during the day Thomas ad- dressed prison guards privately in the guard offices, indicating that plans to top the passive resistance campaign were considered before the disorder. Before daylight this morning, convicts were seen pacing their cells in apparent excitement and it was belleved they had learned through their mysterious grapevine telegraph that today mifl;tl ol- climax the week of bedlam that lowed the fire. ‘While the atmosphere of uncertainty pervaded the prison, Gov. Myers Y Cooper was preparing to study the re- port of his board of inquiry which has | completed its investigation of the dh-l aster. The governor has not indicated the action he plans, but it was believed t¢that no individual would be held re- sponsible for the tragedy since the in- vestigation failed to reveal the actual | cause. In this case, the blame would be laid at the door of the State, which the governor has declared is directly at fault for overcrowded conditions at State institutions. ASKS OBSERVANCE Jahncke Directs Navy Men to Re- member Mothers. Acting Secretary Ernest Lee Jahncke today sent a circular letter to all naval ships and stations directing that Sun- day, May 11, be observed as Mother’s day and calling upon service men to co- operate in this observance. “Every man who has a mother living should write to her on Mother’s day or, if possible, be at home on that day,’ Mr. Jahncke urged. “Where circumstances permit, special shezl'l\c'lil;fs suitable to the occasion may be HOOVER NAMES THREE President Sends Nominations of Examiners-in-Chief to Senate. President Hoover today sent to (.he' Senate the nomination of three exam- iners-in-chief of the United States Pat- ent Office. Paul Preston Plerce of Maryland. Frank Petrus Edinburg of Kansas and Elonzo Tell Morgan of West Virginia. in the woman's coat, with her hat and pocketbook. Another mysterious element about the case which the authorities cannot understand is if the man seen with Miss Baker in the car at Seventeenth and B streets struck and choked her there, as witnesses reported, why he drove over a heavily congested route after leaving that point. The machine. it was definitely stated, last was seen turning north into Seventeenth street at B street. At that time of the eve- ning traffic was heavy on Seventeenth street. The cherry blossoms were still in bloom around the Tidal Basin and scores of motorists were passing en route to Potomac Park. ‘To get into Virginia over the route| belleved to have been taken by the driver of Miss Baker's car, it was ex- plained, it would have been necessary for the machine to have passed through Georgetown and across Key Bridge, where traffic is always heavy between —A. P. Photo. TWOINDIANS KILLED RAIN' THREATENS 10 HIDE ECLIPSE Weather May Balk Attempts of Scientists to Obtain Photographs. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, April 28.—The United Statss Weather Bureau here early today forecast unfavorable condi- tions of the mountain area where scientists gathered to watch the solar eclipse at 11 a.m., Pacific standard time. More favorabie conditions for the val- ley areas in the path of the eclipse were indicated, however, the Weather Bureau said. Rain was falling at Camptonville, Calif,, at 7 a.m., Pacific standard time. where the largest group of scientists gathered, and G. R. Roed, weather forecaster here, said that conditions likely would be unfavorable there for observing the phenomenon. Mist was reported hovering over the path of the eclipse along the Cali- fornia-Nevada line at dawn. The moon, passing in front of the sun, will cast a shadow a half mile wide on the earth, and scientists, with the aid of radio, tekescope, airplane and spectroscope were prepared for an at- tempt to record the event for posterity. The path of totality will start about 300 miles at sea and sweep eastward Just north of San Francisco across the Slerra Mountains. Totality will occur at approximately 11 a.m. (Paclfic stand- ard time). Ingenuity of scores of scientists will be taxed by efforts to photograph the shadow, which will speed at the rate of 1200 miles an hour. The total eclipse will last but 1.3 seconds. Thousands of dollars have been spent in minute preparations by scientists, who stood beside sky cameras, aviators prepared to soar aloft 15,000 feet to regfix;d :he pl;enor;l:dnon. le_largest expedition of scientists, from Lick Obeervatory of the Univer- sity of California, was at Campton- BY SHOTS OF POLICE Madras Mob Stones Officers, Injuring Several, in Riot at Mass Meeting. By the Associated Press. BOMBAY, India, April 28—Two Indians were killed and three wounded in Madras Sunday, when British police opened fire upon an unruly mob. The rioters stoned the police, injuring both the commissioner, his deputy and others. Orders to disperse were answered with more stones and finally the police open- ed fire. The trouble at Madras began with a meeting addressed by members of the Non-Brahmin Party, a Theosophist, and members of the All India National Con- gress Party, the meeting adopting a resolution condemning police behavior in connection with dispersal of a civil disobedience gathering at Madras Fri- day. Prior to the mass meeting there had been a number of disturbing incidents. Elsewhere in India there was a week end of comparative quiet seen by some observers as the lull before the storm. Mahatma Gandhi himself, marching with devotees to capture what he says are the government salt pans at Dharasana, continued to preach his doctrine of non-violence, and to deplore rioting at Chittagong, Peshawar and Madras. At Simla, Summer capital, Viceroy Lord Irwin issued a statement in con- nection with re-invoking the press cen- sorship laws of 1910 for suppression of alarmist native papers, wh siders spread alarmist rumors and keep the people in a state of ferment. PATRON OF RESORT IS SLAIN BY BANDIT | Six Robbers Hold 17 at Bay, Kill- ing One Who Offers Resistance. By the Associated Press. BELLMAWR, N. J, April 28.—Six masked men shot to death a patron in the Bellmawr Country Club, a road house near here, during a hold-up early to- day. The gun men escaped after robbing the guests and rifling the cash register. The victim, Willlam- Weirman, 39, of Camden, N. J., was shot near the heart when he offered resistance. Seventeen persons, including em- ployes, were mn the road house when the armed men entered. Flourishing pistols, the men ordered every one to “stick 'em up” and line up against the wall. all. ‘When Weirman refused to obey, one of the robbers fired at him at close range. Hugh Gildea of Upper Darby, Pa., another patron, became the target for a second bullet when he jumped to his feet and tore the mask from the face of the leader. The bullet went wild Gildea grappled with the man, but was overpowered and lined against the wall with the others. After rifling the cash register and searching the pockets of every one present, including those of the dead man, the robbers escaped in an auto- mobile owned by a guest. VANDERBILT YACHT WRECKED BY BLAST Crew of 20 Escapes Injury, Though Bits of Boat Are Hialed 100 Feet. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 28.—A terrific ex- plosicn in the engine room of Cornelius Vanderbilt's yacht Winchester, lying off | the New York Yacht Club in the East River at Twenty-sixth street, today blew | part of the deck high in the air and set ' fire to the boat. ‘Witnesses said pieces of wreckage were blown 100 feet in the air. The yacht's aft deck, the after mast and the deck awning were thrown high | into the air, and a column of flame shot through the hole in the torn deck. The yacht, a 225-footer, formerly was owned by Vincent Astor. It was built at Bath, Me,, in 1916. She was of 466 gross tons. Bellevue Hospital and other buildings along the water front were shaken by the explosion. ‘The yacht is valued at more than $500,000. | showed. | year were shown 40 per cent greater ville, Northern California, as it was through the small town, once a pros- perous mining community, that the shadow of the eclipse will pass directly. At Camptonville, intrieate mirrors and cameras were trained on the sky, and radio signals from Mare Island Nlfl:‘.oblleflmwryh vu!ne‘e to start the cameras clicking when moon begins to blot out the sun. . The last eclipse cast a shadow from 75 to 105 miles wide, but the present eclipse will be about 3,000 feet. For this rlelum Pl’otmmn had set up several cameras the space of a half mile. & CLOUDS MENACE VIEW HERE. Clouds were expected today by offi- clals of the Naval Observatory to pre- vent a partial eclipse from being visible here this afternoon. Weather conditions were such that astronomers said it was unlikely that the phenomenon would be seen from ‘Washi, n through even the most powerful instruments. They added, however, that if the clouds should clear up, contrary to Weather Bureau predic- tions, the moon would be seen partially :%vlfig the sun from 2 until 4:20 {NATIONAL COUNCIL OF C. OF C. HOLDING ANNUAL MEETING (Continued From First Page.) National Council of the Chamber of Commerce met this afternoon for the presentation of awards to the six win- | ners of the inter-chamber fire waste | contest held in 1929. The contest was conducted in 382 cities through the Na- tional Fire Waste Council. grand the class of cities Albany, Ga., which won the i s under 20,000 population in she the greatest decrease for the yem the | Dumber of fires resulting in losses of |m)‘.rr:‘e t.hn';1 ll.&)o.m other winn cities were Ro- chester, N. Y.; Erle, Pa.; Lakewood, | Ohio; Watertown, N. Y., and Philadel- | phia for cities of more than 1,000,000 population. Vice President Walter F. Abbott of Chicago presided at the nominations of directors representing the chambsrs of commerce, while President Butterworth was chairman of the nal meet- ing that nominated national councilors from trade associations. The council is composed of one representative from | each organization member of the cham- | ber. A councllor for each of the nine districts, with the exception of two from the seventh district, are to be elected |0y, the chamber of commerce dele- | gates. Eight councilors are to be chosen by the trade association group. The nominees from each district or section are to be reduced to two from each in the preliminary balloting. From districts where only one nominee ap- p:a:’ on slate, another is to ge added. Barnes Outlines Business Status. A summary of business conditions was issued last night by Julius H. Barnes, chairman of the board of the chamber and head of President Hoover's national business survey conference. It reported that “American industry |1s fully carrying out the construction program forecast last December,” and | placed the total of building contracts for the first quarter of 1930 at $1,100,000,- 1000. Further, it computed assured State and local highway construction for the year at $1,601,000,000. survey Showed, corperations. threughoit 'y showed, corporations thout the country obtained new capital total- ing $1,584,000,000. Call and time money were listed as having reached new low levels and savings bank deposits were reported as increasing in virtually every **fnNew York port n New York State, the re, con- tinued, savings deposits for the first quarter of the year reached a total of $79,670,000, as against but $14,549,000 d"'k,'fl the same period last year. Although holding generally to an op- timistic note as it touched briefly upon conditions in the major lines of in- dustry, the survey showed many of ths totals given as below the marks set e bilio e n and a half dollars of new capital so far obtained by corpoxo'nlonl was exceeded by 2 per cent in the first quarter of last year, the survey Bond offerings so far this than last. Rail Expenditures Increase. Capital expenditures oy railroads for the first quarter likewise were shown to have increased over the same period last year by approximately 4C per c:nt, while those by telephone corporations were listed as increasing 30 per cent. Automobile production tn the United States and Canada, althougn pussing the million mark, fell 500,000 short of last year, the survey contimued, while used car sales and the automobile parts Industry both experienced substential increases. Summarizi; Mr. Barnes satd the survey sugg:sted a “manifest adjust- ment of production of goods to current consumption,” and a continuation of The flames were extinguished within an hour, tugs and other river craft aiding fireboats. | Marine police said no one aboard the | yacht had been killed and it wms be- lieved all members of the crew, which ! was quartered forward of the engine 4:30 and 7 o'clock. Surely, the detec- tives belleve, some one would have ob- room, were unhurt. At Bellevue Hospital several hundred “‘cautious merchandisi; licies in re- tail distribution.” elivyis A partial survey of internationai business conditions, included in the report, said: “Briefly, world business, with a few exceptions, has not becn in a prosper- ous condition during the Winter months, but appears now to be on the served the condition of the woman if | patients were made panicky by the ex- mend, as underlying economic factors she was beaten badly. plosion, but Lw were quieted by nurses. % show slow but steady unpru;vunenm"