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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow fair; slowly rising temperature. ratures—Highest, 66, at 2 pm. yesterday; lowest, 50, at 6 b Full report on page A-9. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 today. No. 31,409. post office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, c D. BORAH CONTINUES ATTACK ON PARKER IN SENATE SPEECH Western Senator Declares 28 Republicans Are Against Jurist’s Confirmation. OSCAR DE PRIEST ATTENDS DEBATE ON NOMINATION Idahoan Goes Into Details on “Yel- low Dog Contract” Ruling of Carolinian. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The second day of the Senate battle over the nomination of Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court opened with Senator Borah of Idaho continuing his attack upon Judge Parker. Oonflicting claims of strength are being made by the proponents and op- ponents of Judge Parker, Opponents of Judge Parker insisted that there were not enough votes to prevent the con- firmation of the Parker nomination. A Republican Senator from the Middle West, who plans to vote against Judge Parker, insisted that 28 Republicans were opposed to his confirmation. If that were true, only 28 Republicans would be left to vote for Judge Parker, and if the whole Senate were counted it would be necessary to have 21 of the 39 Democratic Senators voting for confirmation. The debate on Judge Parker’s nom- ination crowded the Senate galleries ‘with visitors and also kept a full mem- bership of the Senate in attendance. One of the criticisms of Judge Parker has been that during his campaign for Governor of North Carolina in 1920 he declared that the negro should not par- ticipate in political elections. De Priest Visits Senate. Representative De Priest of Illinois, the only colored member of the House, came into the Senate chamber to listen to the debate on the Parker nomination. Senator Borah, who is opposing con- firmation of Judge Parker’s nomination because of a decision handed down by Judge Parker as a member of the Cir- cuit Court of Appeals in the Red Jacket Coal Co. case, today discussed in further detail the implications of that decision. ‘The decision in the Red Jacket case, he ocontended, upholds the so-called “yellow dog contract” of the mine own- ers with mine workers. This contract denies the right of a mine worker to Join a union. It has been contended on behalf of Judge Parker that in his opinion in the Red Jacket case he was compelled to follow the decision of the Supreme Court in the Hichman case, more than a decade ago. Senator Borah referred to a later opinion of the Supreme Court in the ‘Tri-City case, which, Senator Borah contended, considerably. modified the ruling of the Supreme Court in the Hichman case. In support of his con- tention he pointed out that Justices Brandeis and Holmes agreed with the majority opinion in the Tri-City case, although they had supported a minority opinion in the Hichman case. Have Right to Solicit. ‘The Idaho Senator declared that in the Tri-City case the Supreme Court had held that labor unions had a right 10 solicit membership among the mine workers if there were no threats and intimidations and peaceful persuasion was_permissible, “I do not know why the Tri-City case was ignored,” said Senator Borah, “by Judge Parker. I do not know why Judge Parker should have gone back to the older case unless it was to establish a ruling which he had in mind. I would not care to say that he was not a good enough lawyer to realize that the Tri-City case bore on this Red Jacket Coal Co. case.” Senator Overman of North Carolina, ‘who is supporting the Parker nomin: tion, interrupted Senator Borah to cal attention to the fact that there had been threats, the use of force and vio- lence, as brought out in the Red Jacket case. Senator Borah replied that, of course, the court had a right to restrain where there were threats and violence. “But the court went too far when it also sought to restrain peaceful per- suasion,” said Senator Borah. “The court had that very point before it.” Regards Issue Fundamental Senator Borah said it was his conten- tion that the Red Jacket case went fur- ther than any other, and that, in his opinion, the sustaining of the Yellow Dog contract was not necessary in order to protect the property and the prop- erty rights of the plaintiffs. The Sen- ator from Idaho declared that persua- sion to breach that kind of contract could not be regarded as unlawful in and of itself. In summing up the argument, Sen- ator Borah said he regarded the issue as 8o fundamental that he could not give his vote to place on ‘the court a man who had taken this position on the question. Senator Borah said the court is divided and this question is be- fore it again and that if the Senate puts Judge Parker on the bench “it would be in effect a decision by the Senate in favor of the Yellow Dog con- tract.” He closed his speech by saying that @ sacred duty rests on the Senate in the matter of acting on nominations. He said the President makes appoint- ments, but that the obligation of the Senate is greater “because from our de- cision there is no appeal.” He said the Senate must take into consideration everything that goes to make a great Judge. SENATE BODY TO WEIGH TAXI RULES BILL TODAY Public Utilities Commissioners to Appear at Hearing on Proposed Extension of Powers. The bill to extend the powers of the Public Utilities Commission in regulating Local Fans Reserve Tickets for Coming Fall World Series Two weeks don’t constitute a base ball season and the pennent race is decided in September, not April, but so far as a goodly number of District residents are concerned the American League championship already is settled— and with the Nationals trium- phant. ‘This is indicated, at least, by the mail being received at head- quarters of the Washington Ball Club. Following the Griffs’ three straight wins over the world champlion Athletics, letters re- questing world series reservations at Clark Griffith Stadium began pouring in. . In the three mails yesterday some 100 missives containing bids for approximately 300 seats reached the club officials and on the first mail today 35 additional communications were received, all expressing confidence = Walter Johnson’s team will retain its league leadership ard meet the National League winner in the diamond classic next Fall. « TRANSNEPTUNIAN PLANET DISCOVERY CALLED AGCIDENT Brown of Yale Says Truth of Lowell’s Prediction Was Coincidence. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. The recent discovery at the Lowell Observatory of a new planet beyond Neptune was described as “a most re- markable accident” and not the result of mathematical prediction, the Nation- al Academy of Sciences was told today by Prof. E. W. Brown of Yale Univer- sity. The late Percival Lowell has been credited with predicting the existence of the planet from deviations in the orbit of Uranus, which demanded the gravitational attraction of some un- known body. Prof. Brown has repeated his calculations. The orbit of Uranus, calculated from observations of the one and a half revolutions around the sun since its discovery, he said, actually does not require such a body. When the observa- tions are corrected the deviations fall well within the range of probable error. It will be impossible, he said, to make any such predictions from Uranus for another half century. Says New Planet Is Small. ‘The new {.tllnet, he said, appears to be of about the mass of earth, many times smaller than that predicted by Lowell. Observations within the last few days, Prof. Brown explained, have shown that it has a very ec- centric orbit and never has ;rprolched close enough to Uranus or Neptune to have had any observable effect on either of them. Prof. Lowell had predicted that large planet would be found in a cer. tain place at a certain distance away. The small planet was actually found there, but, Prof. Brown said, this could be nothing but a chance coincidence. If the transneptunian planet had been discovered in 1900 it would have been 40 degrees away, or in 1875 90 degrees away from the position predict by Lowell. The apparent marvelous co- incidence, he said, was due to Lowell's accidental selection of data. If he had made use of the apparent deviations of Neptune for 30 years longer he would have located his planet far from where it actually was found. Discusses Ottawa Discovery, Within the last few weeks, it was re- vealed, observers at Ottawa have found what appears to be another planet on some old photographic plates which is temporarily known as planet Y. This was_described by Prof. Harlow Shapley of Harvard University as a most re- markable body which might turn out to be & planet, a comet or an asteroid. While denying Lowell the credit of discovering mathematically the new planet, Prof. Brown said that he de- served a great deal of credit fom inspir- ing the long search which finally ended in a discovery so far from what he had predicted. “The value of a scientific hypothesis,” he concluded, “is not to be Jjudged by its truth, but by the impulse which it gives to the search for truth.” Recent tests have established the theory of general relativity more firmly than ever, said Dr. Charles E. St. John of the Mount Wilson Observatory. He explained that the original Michel- son-Morley experiment, designed to de- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) —_— FRENCH FLYER ANXIOUS TO MAKE OCEAN FLIGHT Coste Reported Warming Up Ques- tion Mark as Southern Cross Trip Is Rumored. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 20.—Reports at the Villacoublay Field today were that Dieudonne Coste, noted French fiyer, tomorrow will begin trial fiights in his renovated plane Question Mark in prep- aration for a transatlantic trip to New | York. It was said Coste hoped to take off shortly after the full moon, May 12. Coste’s test flights were said to have been spurred on by a report that the airplane Southern Cross, commanded by Capt. Charles Kingsford-Smith of Aus- tralia, was expected in Le Bourget from Amsterdam in a few days and would be ready to take off for New York at the same time as Coste. LEAGUE DISCUSSES MOVE TO OWN PLANES FOR USE IN TIMES OF CRISIS German Asserts It Should Use Comnlurcial Craft. Poland Seeks Outright Possession. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, April 29.—The possibility of the League of Nations some day own- the taxicab business is being considered | ing its own airplanes for use in times by the Senate District committee this |of crisis came before the League's arbi- afternoon. Representatives of a number | tration and security committee today. 1 taxicab operators are expected to be Teard, as well as officials of the Utili- ties Commission. The committee may also consider | commercial lines. The Polis some of the other pending measures’on the other hand, decl h:l.\'mhhlve been held and initely in favor ready for disposition, owning on_which Siiel are ‘The German delegate insisted that the League should not own its own planes, but should employ the ships of h delegate, o e ulti- ita own, piges, although The £ WASHINGTON, D. C, WATER RATE RAISE CUTFROMD.C.BILL BY SENATE GROUP Proposed 5-Year Extension Program May Become Conference Issue. INCREASED TAX LEVY IN 1932 HELD POSSIBLE Committee Recommendations Must Be Adopted and Approved to Bar Advance, Experts Believe. ‘The increased water rates for Wash- ington consumers, ordered by the House, have been stricken out of the District “ appropriation bill as reported by the Senate appropriations committee, it was disclosed today. Assuming that the Senate sustains the action of its com- mittee, the question of the best method of providing for the proposed five-year ‘Water Department extension program will become one of the more important issues to be settled in conference. This and other recommendations of the Senate committee in the bill were looked upon by municipal government officials today as a boon to the tax- payers of the District. The increase in the Federal contribu- tion from which the committee urged, coupled with the reduction of $1,422,000 it or- dered in the 1931 appropriation, it was pointed out, will set up a surplus of nearly $5,000,000, probably forestalling the predicted increase in the tax rate in the 1931 fiscal year and permitting the development of the Municipal Cen- ter without borrowing funds United States Treasury, as proposed. 20-Cent Raise Possible. Unless the recommendations of the Senate committee are adopted by the Senate and however, the Dis a tax levy of at least $1.90 in 1932, a 20-cent increase over the present rate, according to the careful calculations of those charged with the District’s finances. The 1931 appropriation bill as passe by the House, together with the salary increases propose men, would completely wipe out the surplus revenues to the credit of the District in the Federal Treasury and throw the municipality on its own re- sources in revenue to meet the ever-increasing ex- penses. In other words, the 1931, on the basis of the House would spend $4,000,000 more than income in that year. Without the sur- plus to draw on, the tax rate would have to be increased to $1.90. Tax Increase Seen. But in 1932 the surplus will be ex- hausted, unless the plan of the Senate appropriations committee is finally ap- ving the District in the proved, lea sition of either drastically reducing its ‘budget or else raising the tax le: Senate committee’s recommendations, however, will give the District the $3,- 000,000 additional from the Federal ‘Treasury, plus the cut of nearly $1,500,- 000 from the House bill to augment its depleted reserve, and thus prevent a higher tax rate. A graphic picture of the District’s financial condition as would exist on 3 basis of the 1931 appropriation bill| This indication of a drive on the criminal rings of big cities from the Federal powers followed closely on the heels of President Hoover’s special mes- sage to Congress late yesterday. this message the President asked Con- gress to uphold his hands in the en- forcement of law. The Chief Execu- tive mentioned several pending meas- ures, including the one for transfer of prohibition from the Treasury to the Department of Justice. The administration is also hoping for relief from congestion in the courts and it was learned today the administration will not oppose any means which prom- ises to give adequate relief from this The administration feels, however, that ro one should be denied the right of trial jury. Taking further steps to handle the the administration has also, it was learned today, decided to take over three more Army camps order to use them for relieving tion in the Federal prisons, which are overcrowded. The Federal Government should set a standard in the treatment of Federal prisoners instead of allow- the as action of committee. d by the Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer, at a meeting last night of the Mid City Citizens’ Associations. Donovan did not touch, however, on the changes that would result in view of the the Senate appropriations Donovan pointed out that if the $43,- 000,000 carried in the appropriation bill as passed by the House had to be paid entirely out of available revenues, plus the $9,000,000 lump sum contribu- tion of the Federal Government, the tax rate in the coming fiscal year would have to be jumped from $1.70 to $1.90. Otherwise, he declared, the District would be confronted with a deficit of $4,000,000 at the beginning of the 1932 fiscal year if it did not have more than $4,000,000 in surplus revenues to draw on. “In 1931 on the basis of the general revenue charge would take a $1.90 tax rate to raise the amount necessary in current revenues,” said Maj. Donovan. “If the proposed in- crease in salaries for police and firemen $9,000,000 to $12,000,000, from the lp%oved in conference, ct will be faced with d for police and fire- 1932 to provide sufficient ict in bill, its tion as well. e po- vy. The House was given by congestion. in the House bill it (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. 15,000 SWISS THREATEN u. s. Resolution Urges Action if an “Un- duly” High Levy Should By the Associated Press. BERN, Switzerland, April 29.—A res- olution threatening reprisals against American goods if an “unduly” high tariff should be adopted by the United | States was voted by an assemblage of | 15,000 persons at Bienne, the center of the watch industry in Switzerland. Resolutions also were sent to the gov- ernment asking it to inform the Ameri- can Government of the excited in Switzerland by proposed in- creases” in the American tariff. The Geneva Chamber of Commerce is considering calling an assembly of all industries to consider action regardin; the American tariff, particularly thai affecting St. Gall, where the iron, man- ganese and lace industries are central. ized. ying that provisional arrangement for of commercial craft might be made. Lord Cecil of Great Britain tried con- clliation by suggestini 58} the use no serious views and then threw :rdlg spectators into hearty laughter by . "(1;;‘ course, T tum)o-e ence everybody wi shall all of 1 sincerely trust that when that is true, 1 aball be in another aphete, b criminal situation, ening Sta ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TUESDAY, APRIL THINK OF You ARE \RoBBING! DRIVE IS PLANNED ON RAGKETEERS President’s Message Seen Behind Move of Justice Department. The Government is planning to launch a new drive on criminal rings or so-called racketeers in the large cities through the Department of Justice, it was learned today. Every possible factor in the situation is being canvassed and it is the hope of the administration that Congress soon d{will place large additional powers for this purpose in the hands of the De- partment of Justice through the bill to transfer prohibition enforcement from the Treasury to Justice Department. This bill has passed the House and is now being considered by the Senate judiciary committee. ittee. Not only will prohibition viclators be included, but other phases of law viola- While the word racketeers does not appear in administration circles, it was underestood today that this name for the criminal ringleaders in the large cities will be among the tar- gets for the Government's drive. Recent Attack Recalled. In the Department of Justice it is known that the fleld of possibility is being carefully scanned with a view to developing every means of co-operation among the forces of the Federal Gov- ernment for this purpose. It was recalled today that recently the Government has been attacking from the angle of the income tax per- | sons who the Government charges have been evading this law. ing overcrowding such as exists today, according to_the attitude of adminis- TARIFF REPRISAL Be Adopted. “indignation | County Jail. prohibition law, spiracy. there was really tween the two the committee conflict 15 or 20 yeras own airplanes—we St us be using our own, but ar. daily. Florence yesterday. As the result of their appearance in court, an indictment has been returned against Andrew Kar, Edgar Sanchez, all of Georgia; 8. P. Sirtle of Nova Scotia, and Cleve Hay- ward of Bermuda, by whom the iour men alleged they verr employed and whom authorities,say they believe to be the principals in & rum-running con- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) FOUR OF BRITISH SHIP’S CREW ARE SENT TO JAIL All Plead Guilty to Charge of Run- ning Liquor Into U. §.—5 Sought as Leaders. By the Associated Press. ST GEORGE, 8. C., April 20.—Four members of the crew of the British | Hind schooner Dorothy and Autrey, captured when it entered Winyah Bay, at George- | town, March 15, loaded with 800 cases of fine liquors, today were under sentence of six months each in Washington and the Bicentennial Celebration A series of articles on thi undertaking in 1932 and some of the plans now being made for it begins on page 2 of today’s The articles will continue { popular In in | might prevent further information from conges- the Dorchester The men, A. H. Zinck, Gilbert Zinck, William Jackson and Samuel J. flood, all pleaded gullty to violation of the Federal Court at Henry C. and THE THOUSANDS Banker, 96,Who Won Fame by Art Done After 80, Expires By the Assoclated Press. NORWALK, Conn., April 20.— Alden Solmans, president of the South Norwalk Savings Bank and believed to be the oldest active banker in the United States, died at his home here today. He was 96_years old. Besides his banking career, Mr. Solmans was widely known for his art work. At the age of 80 he began painting and last Jan- uary exhibited some of his work in the art center in New York, where it won favorable praise. THREAT OF MUTINY ALARMS: ENGLAND Observers See Menace in “Unsatisfactory Conduct” of Sepoy Troops. By the Associated Pri LONDON, April 29.—Behind a bare announcement of unsatisfactory conduct by Garwahli native troops in the riot- ing at Peshawar last Wednesday, ob- servers today saw a threat of mutiny, with consequent danger to peace in India. Until now there has been no word that loyalty of the native troops, or Sepoys, had ever been questioned, de- spite their having been called upon at various times to put down disturbances growing out of Mahatma Gandhl’s civil disobedience campaign. An official India office communique published today, however, said: “In view of the possibility of exag- gerated and misleading rumors the government of India thinks it advisable to make known that during the recent disturbances at Peshawar, when troops to be employed, the conduct of a small element, namely, two platoons of the second battalion of the Eighteenth Royal Garhwal Rifles, was found to be unsatisfactory. Details Are Withheld. “The battalion has been sent to Abbottabad, where an inquiry will be conducted in due course.” No details of the ‘“unsatisfactory” conduct were to be obtained here, and it was believed the censorship which has been imposed on news out of India sources there. Loyalty of native troops to the Brit- ish in the present critical time is of cardinal importance. The Sepoy mutiny of 1857 is still too fresh in British memories not to make people here wor- ry at anything implying of disci- pline among the native soldiery, &n- ticularly since hitherto there has been no suggestion of their loyalty failing uugder the strain of the general agita- n. HINDU CASTES CLASH. | Untouchables Are Bombarded With Stones and Dirty Water. BOMBAY, India, April 29 (®).— Orthodox Hindus and “ uchables” clashed before the temple at Nasik Sun- day. The untouchables engaged in a demonstration against the higher caste us, finally drawing from them a bombardment of stones and dirty water. There have been several reports re- cently of similar conflicts in other vil- lages. It is said that many untouch- ables are determined to embrace Mo- hammedanism in the hope of securing relief from high-caste Hindu oppression. A considerable effort has been made to have Mahatma Gandhi and the All- India National Congress promise an im- [ provement in their condition. Two Dead in Fight at Village. The Bombay Times of India, today in a dispatch from Secunerabad, said that Hyderabad police Monday raided houses of persons suspected of writing threatening letters to high officials and spreading seditious literature. Papers, books and typewriters were seized. ‘Two Pathans were killed and five seri- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) PLAN AIR-RAIL SCHEDULE Pennsylvania Railroad to Link Texas and Pittsburgh in 17 Hours. PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 20 (®).— The Pennsylvania Rallroad tcday an- nounced Inauguration of 17-hour ait- rail pessenger service between Pitfs- burgh and cities in Texas. Passengers leaving here early in the morning may reach Fort Worth, Dallas and other points late in the afternoon. Rairoad officials sald fares would be less than the combined rall and Pullman costs. Radia Brograms gn Page G2 “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,426 29, 1930—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. NAVAL DELEGATION LANDS IN NEW YORK Stimson, Adams, Robinson and Morrow Given Official Welcome of City. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 29.—The United States delegation to the London Naval Conference, headed by Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson, was home to- day. Escorted by the Navy dirigible Los Angeles and three destroyers, the Humphries, Dallas and Barry, the liner Leviathan, bearing the delegation, ar- rived off Ambrose Light at the entrance to New York Harbor last night. ‘Then, followed by the battleship Texas, the liner proceeded to Quarantine, where Secretary Stimson and his associates became the official guests at a municipal welcome today. With Secretary Stimson are return- ing Secretary cf the Navy Charles Fran- cis Adams, Senator Joseph T. Robinson and Ambassador jht W. Morrow The party includes the wives of some of the delegates, together with their official staffs and corps of secretaries. Mrs. Morrow preceded her husband home. Recelved by City. Police Commissioner Grover A. ‘Whalen, chairman of the mayor's com- mittee for the reception of distinguished visitors, arranged to have the municipal boat Macom leave the Battery, at the foot of Manhattan, at 7 am. bearing the reception committee. Official greeting of the delegates aboard the Leviathan, according to the program which had been approved by gemwy Stimson by radio, was fixed at am. Secretary Stimson, responding to the address of welcome given the delegates at City Hall today, said: “We are very grateful for this wel- come. “Some of us are natives of New York and have the peculiar happiness of be- ing welcomed by old friends and neigh- bors. But whether native New Yorkers or not, we all appreciate the warmth of a New York welcome. “It is very gratifying to us to be met at the gateway of home with the knowl- edge that our efforts have met with your approval. We do not take this welcome as a personal tribute, but as an indication of your sympathy with the great cause of international good will and peace for which we have labored. Good Will Purpose. “The American delegation went to London with the primary purpose of promoting good will between the na- tions of the earth. We belieye that naval limitation is one of the most direct and potent steps toward achiev- ing such good will. For just as naval competition between nations leads to rivalry, suspicion and ever-increasing competition, so, on the other hand, (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) R — HUGE PLANT TO CLOSE Western Electric to Give All Em- ployes Simultaneous Vacations. CHICAGO, April 20 (#).—The Haw- thorne plant of the Western Electric Co. has announced it will be closed for two weeks in July to permit its 35,000 employes to take their vacations simul- taneously. The plan was agreed upon to elim- inate the necessity for spreading vaca- tions throughout the year and thus low- ering efficlency. . | defense of compulsory insurance came () Means Associated TWO CENTS. Pr VOLLEY HALTS MASS BREAK FOR LIBERTY BY OHIO Two Wounded, PRISONERS One Probably Fatally, as Mob Storming Guard House Is Repulsed. MILITIA COMMANDER IS PLACED IN CHARGE WITH IN PRISON WALLS Report on Fire Investigation Indicates Incendiarism and Not Defective Wiring Was Cause of Blaze. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 29.—Open mutiny by scores of Ohio Penitentiary convicts today forced guards and National Guardsmen to fire upon a mob of prisoners who stormed the guard house in a mass attempt to escape. Two convicts fe! one being wounded seriously. 11 before the bullets of the guards, The convicts, since the fire when 320 prisoners were killed, had “passively” resisted attempts to con The two wounded convicts wer Joffa was wounded in the leg. Only a short time before Gov. at the prison must be restored. U.S.C.OF C. SPLITS ON INSURANCE LAW Two Defend Compulsory Auto Crash Liability Plan in Discussion. An ant outbreak against the stand taken by the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States in opposi- tion to the principles of compulsory automobile insurance, developed in dis- cusslons on the floor today following the keynote speeches of the opening general session of the eighteenth an- nual meeting of the chamber. The controversy arose during con- sideration of various public questions{ which are to be submitted later to the national chamber for action from the resolutions committee. The principal from W. A. Cloud, president of the National Association of Taxicab Own- ers and a delegate to the convention, and P. W. A. Fitzsimmons of Detroit, chairman of the chamber’s insurance division. Mr. Cloud said that the taxi- cab owners represented in his associa- tion not only favor compulsory insur- ance, but also approve the resolution, which will be brought before the na- tional chamber. Recognizes Basic Principles. ‘This resolution, while it reiterates the opposition of the national chamber to the principles of compulsory automobile insurance, nevertheless recognizes the basic principles involved in so-called financial responsibility laws as equitable and conducive to improving safety con- ditions on streets and highways. Delegates who opposed any action of (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) HUSTON DENIES EXPOSE THREAT Holds Implied Knowledge or Ap- proval of Acts Injustice to Hoover and Party. By the Associated Press. Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican national committee, issued a statement today saying he had not “threatened to expose conduct on the part of Republican party leaders or organizations leading either to the nomination or election of President Hoover which were in the sligthest ileme reprehensible or violative of any a is complete statement said: “Recent publication to the effect that I am aware of and have threatened to expose conduct on the part of Repub- lican party leaders or organizations leading either to the nomination or election of President Hoover which were in the slightest degree reprehensible or violative of any law are wholly without foundation. “The implied knowledge or approval of any such acts is a gross injustice to the President, to the Republican party and to me, and it is only because of the far-reaching importance of such insinuations that I feel called upon They were serving terms for larceny. trol them, but today they dropped their passive attitude and mutinied. e George Tonoff and Jewell Joffa. Tonoff is not expected to live. Cooper had announced that order ‘When the* mutiny provoked firing, Col. R. S. Haubrich, in charge of the National Guard troops, was placed in command of the situation within the walls. The governor issued orders that martial law was not necessary, but that the military would co-operate with Warden P. E. Thomas in restoring order. Situation Quickly Quieted. The situation quieted as quickly as it had flared up, and within an hour after the shooting started the two wounded men had been sent to the hospital and the revolters were in their 118, ce Many of the convicts took no part in the rush for freedom. Outside the walls the prison lawn bristled vm.r:t m;%mne n‘xéx; oommmg; ing every exit. The convicts apparen refmm“' the utter futility of resisting further, Protected by leveled machine guns, Col. Haubrich® ventured up to the en- trance of the cell block.and talked with several of the prisoners for a few min- utes. When he emerged he said he was satisfled that the convicts had been subdued. Convicts to Be Disarmed. Gov. Cooper announced that he had given instructions to the military to dis- arm every convict in the idle house and to use such means as were necessary to obtain this end. Coi. Haubrich indi- cated that he expected to do this with- out further resistance. “The prisoners have promised me that they will do anything I ask them to,” he said. A report was made by the Ohio In- spection Bureau today indicating that the Easter Monday fire was the result ;)1 incendiarism and not defective wir- ng. Work Started on Stockade. The break for liberty came shortly after National Guardsmen started erec- tion of a barbed-wire stockade in the prison yard, in which it was proposed to hold the revolters until the hundreds of cell locks had been repaired. Columbus police reserves, summoned when_the disorder started, were clear- ing all the streets in the vicinity of the penitentiary. Glass in'the guard room door and in small windows of the cell block was shattered by the convicts, who carried such weapons as clubs and bars of iron. Ordered by the warden to go back to their cells, the convicts continued their rush. They retreated at the first burst of firing, but a moment later had re- massed and made a second rush. Auto- matic rifles spat bullets into the mob and this time they fell back and took refuge in cells. Four additional companies of Guards- men were ordered to the penitentiary: Company A, Marietta; Company B, Marion; L of Athens and a howitzer platoon armed with one-pounders from Ironton. There are now 500 National Guards- men at the prison. Troops Replace Guards. All prison guards in the guard room were ordered removed.and were re- placed with National Guardsmen, who were armed with machine guns, auto- matic rifles, side arms and tear gas bombs. The effective putting down of the re- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) - ROGER PEACOCK WINS IN QUALIFYING ROUND District’s Junior Golf Champion Turns in Score of 7§ to Head Field. emphatically to repudiate them.” NONCHALANT NAG STUBBORNLY SITS, BLOCKING BUSY STREET Name Is Lacking, but It’s Called Plenty as Sidewalk Jockeys Give Sage (?) Advice. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 20.—It was a horse on Clark street, no less, and sitting down. A performance of this kind is most unusual in Chicago, especially on Clark street, and particularly in front of the | Jnq “eo) County Building on a busy Monday aft- ernoon. ‘The horse’s name probably was Maud, but this is purely guesswork. She was called many names. Experienced horse- men were heard to observe that she was the sittingest nag they ever had seen. Crowds gathered and gaped. Hustli lawyers halted. Learned jurists ran themselves among the bystanders. Or- dinary le stood on tiptoes, peer- ing through the crowds to see wha they could see. Street cars were blocked. ‘hanied wiihoub aoythiog the happening. The windows of office build- ings were hung with human heads. nAll eyes centered on the seated na to look as though Sitting Bul was being challenged for a place in history by Sitting Horse. ‘The express wagon driver to whom the animal belonged did a lot of plain ncy around, trying to figure a way to get the horse into a walking stance. From the gathering crowd came frequent nhn suggestions, mostly persons whose re- vious uaintance with horses had been in dice games. ‘The crowd grew to such proportions that it was quite a task for any one to get into the Clark street door of the County h!ulldlnl. even if they had ‘wanted to. Finally the Humane Society got busy, and the horse was assisted up. No one ever did find .out for what cTeAtuze BAS Allling down. Roger Peacock of Indian Springs, the District’s junior golf champion, led a large fleld today in the first half of the qualifying round of the Washington Golf and Country Club invitation golf tournament with a score of 75, five over par. Peacock was out in 37 and back in 38, including & 6 on the fifteenth hole for his card of 75. In second place was a clubmate of Peacock’s, a youth named L. Hill, who played with Peg- cock. Hill registered a 78. Other lead- ing scores follow: V. G. Burnett, Beaver Dam, 81; Dr. L. 8. Otell, Indian Spring, 81; E, W. Cushing, Washington, 82; Jack Clancy, Georgetown University, 82; J. L. Carron, Congressional, 83, dard, Manor, 85; M. Kraft, Argyle, 87; G. C. Bill 87; Robert Dougan, Washington, 87; R. M. Brown, Beaver Dam, 88; J. C. Putnam, Manor, 88; L. E. Flaherty, Bannockburn. 89; G. J. Richardson, Indian Spfll‘lfl. 90. The other half of the &1 field will play tomorrow, with five fiights scheduled to qualify for the match play rounds starting Thursday morning. oo Helen MacKenzie Marries. LONDON, April 29 (#).—A large num- ber of prominent ne:!p!e filled Brompton Parish Church this afternoon when Miss Helen MacKenzie, niece of Randolph Bruce, lleutenant governor of Columbia, was married to Julian I. Pig- [ Britisn Mz, Bruce gave the bride away,