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A—2 D. C. POPULATION PUT AT 485,716 Metropolitan Area Total Is Estimated at Between 600,000 and 700,000. * (Continued From First Page.) | the seventh and fourteenth precincts | and. in 1930, has a population of 52,542. | The ninth and tenth precincts, which | in 1920 had a population of 1854.120, encompassed what is now the ninth, tenth, twelfth and thirteenth precincts, with & total 1930 population of 209,032. | The percentage of gain for the Dis- | trict is 22.2 per cent less than in ‘he decade ending in 1920, and 7.8 per cent | less than in the preceding decade. In 1900 the population was 278,718. years later the total was 331,069, a gain | of 18.8 per cent. ‘War Causes 1920 Increase. ‘The outbreak of the World War in the next 10-year period, which resulted in the centering of activity in Washing- ton, brought thousands to the Capital in Government work with a result that the census of 1920 showed a population of 437,671, & gain of 32.2 per cent dur- | PeO ing a decade when the Nation was ex- Periencing & gain of 14.9 per cent. The increase of 11 per ceht in the last decade indicates & normal, healthy growth, in the opinion of Mr. Moran. Mr. Moran expressed gratification that the people, the press and varlous organizations co-operated with him in taking the census. “I1 wish to express my appreciation fot the hearty co-op- eration of the various business, social and educational organizations of this city, as well as of the 404 enumerators, who put forth their best efforts to obtain a complete census of the people of the District of Columbia,” he said. Urges Uncounted to Tell Him. “I wish to urge again that all persons ‘who have not been enumerated should communicate with my office and I shall appreciate it very much if the organi- zations will co-operate to the end that every loose end may be caught up.” “It must be borne in mind,” he said, “that whereas a great many cities have shown an increase of 100 to 150 per cent, this has been only because it has been possible for them to enlarge their corporate limits by annexation of new territory. The City of Washington is limited in its bounds by the Constitu- tion, which prevents an_enlargement of its corporate limits. The population shown does not in any sense represent the population of the metropolitan dis- trict.” Mr. Moran and his office staff worked 15 hours yesterday tabulating the re- turns for the various precincts. Early in the day the total population was Ten | & Mzt. Taft in His Shirt Sleeves Informal Sidelights From a Reporter’s Notebook. “The Loneliest M BY WILLIAM HOSTER, Few Jemew the human side of former President Taft better than Mr. Hoster, who. as @ newspaper correspondent, was assioned o the White House and who made many long trips with Mr. Tajt. r. ing many interesting ciose-ups of Taft and his administration. that Wiliiam Howard Taft was not the most bitterly disappointed man in the United States on the morn- ing after his defeat for re-election to the presidency in 1912. With that sublime lack of political judgment which was characteristic of him, he had had a vague idea at the be- ginning of the campaign that he would win in the impending three-cornered ght. g In a letter dated August 14, referring to his chances, he wrote: “I think they are getting better from day to day, but I am ready for the fight.” Defeat, however, did not blunt Mr. Taft’s sense of humor. A few days after the election, when I saw him, he was smilingly resigned. “Bill,” he said, “the emphasis the ple have laid upon the verdict indi- cates that they simply don't want me any more.” Intensely human, Mr. Taft didn't de- spise the honor of the office; and his sense of duty and responsibility sus- tained him in his task. But it never seemed to me that his heart was wholly in the job. In spirit he was always else- where. He was never happy in the White House in the sense of that calm a.d peace which entered his soul when the robes of Chief Justice finally en- veloped him. Six Places to Fill. There was an evening I spent with him in the White House at the time when he was facing the problem of fill- ing six vacancies on the Supreme bench—of making over, in fact, the rsonnel of that august tribunal. I g:d asked an appointment, over the telephone, in connection with & current news matter. 1 “Come over and we'll talk about it,” Mr. Taft said. He was in rather low spirits. He had not changed to evening clothes, and when 1 arose to leave and apologized for having intruded upon him, he said: “Never mind about that, old man. Do you know, I am abominably lonesome in this job. I imagine the President must be the loneliest man in the Na- tion. All my life I've been accustomed to having friends drop in on me casu- ally for a visit during the evenings. But no one ever drops casually on the President. There was real regret in his tone. He seemed to be hungering for those little intimacies of which the formality of his available on the basis of indicated totals and the figure was a surprise to the supervisor as well as to other officials at_the Census Bureau. ‘Moran himself expected that the total would run beyond 530,000. Disposed not to analyze the figures beyond noting that the downtown area has experi- enced a decrease, he commented that “the people are just not here, that's all” Returns to Be Rechecked. Although the members of his office staff were not directly concerned with the total, in so far as deriving any ‘benefit from a great population, the enumerators did have a personal in- terest because they were paid at the rate of 4 cents for each name. Mr. Moran will feel the. difference, too, in- asmuch as he receives $1 for each 1,000 names. The difference between the total of 485716 and the 530,000 esti- mated is the difference between $485 and $530. It will be several weeks before the final announcement is made. Mr. Moran now will devote himself to a re- check of the returns and the tabula- tion of additional supplemental reports. made by enumerators. PRINCE GEORGES GROWS. Preliminary Figures for Towns County Bhow Gain. Bpecial Diepatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., May 17.— Incomplete reports of Prince Georges County's population, released by Joseph A. Wilmer, supervisor of the census for thern Maryland, shows a marked growth over the 1920 population in the incorporated towns and suburban sec- tions and for the most part in other sections of the county. The llso'gwuhtwn. the number of farms and the lation for 1920 in }hcvsrlouldu jcte. s0 far reported ollows: Marlboro, 417, 2, 385; district 3, 1,798, 117, 1,494; district 4, 1,513, 207, 1,532; district 5, 2,207, 170, 1,848; Piscata 50, 6, 38, Fort Was farms reported, . 187, 1,134; Eagle Harbor, 3, no farms, 1920 figures not announced; district 9, 1480, 174, 1,111; Laurel, 2587, no farms, 2239; district 12, 1,807, 134, 1,528; Bowle, 694, 3, 677; Mount Rainler, 3797, no farms, 2462; North Brent- wood, 640, 1, 1920 figures not an- nounced; Capitol Heights, 1,610, no farms, 1,104; district 19, 2889, 16, 1,809; Riverdale, 1,530, no farms, 1920 figures not announced: Riverdale Heights, 405, no farms, 1920 figures not announced; district 20, 1,134, 17, 1920 figures not announced. Smsmmeas LU BISHOP IS INVITED TO SPEAK IN LONDON Carnival at Canterbury Cathedral June 14 to Mark Three Sig- nificant Anniversaries. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, has been invited to preach at a festival service June 14 at j Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, | England, in observance of the 800th .anniversary of the dedication of the jcathedral, the 750th anniversary of the [first service in the present choir of Canterbury, and the 600th anniversary of the birth of Edward, the Black Prince, one of the early benefactors of the cathedral. i, The invitation was extended in be- ‘half of the dean and chapter of Canter- bury by the vice dean of Canterbury, Canon T. G. Gardner. Bishop Free- man will sail shortly to fulfill this en- gagement and to attend the sessions of the Lambeth Conference. He also is scheduled to preach in Winchester and Chester Cathedrals and at Halifax. {Telephone Census , Shows Capital Is | Second in Country San Francisco Declared First City in Number of Installations. telephones for each 100 persons, follow- ed the National Capital with 30.5 phones for each fivescore persons, ‘was made blic yesterday by the Chesapeake Potomac Telephone Co. Of the American cities, Chicago, with 298 telephones for each 100 persons followed the two leaders. Seattle had 120.5, Omaha 27.7, Los Angeles 27.4, New high office deprived him. For Mr. Taft was not naturally & formal man. In fact, there were times when his in- formality in personal relations had rather startling expression. I once arranged to introduce to the President a friend formal almost to the int of austerity. At the appointed our we were ushered into the execu- tive chamber. The President, we were as he cabinet coated friend d in the center of the room awaiting the coming of the great man. Suddenly the door swung open and the President entered. Striding forward, while my friend bowed low, Mr. Taft hit me a resounding whack on the shoulder. “Hello, Bill,” he cried. “How's your liver?” Reflected His Loneliness. On this night in the White House— mn was il at mtum.'h:ld v‘.:e were away at. _school—the President’s whole manner reflected the feeling of loneliness to which he had referred. One could him sit- ting alone there ‘in the historic man- sion, ablaze with lights, longing for a tinkling bell which would announce the dropping in of a “casual” friend. On_the threshold of the small study on the second floor—the room which had once been Lincoln’s private office— Mr. Taft directed my attention to a large framed photograph which hung on the left wall just inside the door— a memento of his Circult Court days. “Did you ever see that?” the Presi- dent asked. I replied that I had not. “The man on the left,” he sald, “is Lurton. I hope some day to make him a justice of the Supreme Court. On the right is Severanee; I would like to put him on _the bench, too. The third you know. He only became President.” The third man in the himself. Mr. Ta{t made tion simply, almost wistfully. “What's to prevent you from appoint- them both, Mr. President?” I asked. “You have the power.” He looked at me quizsically and slow- 1y shook his head. Then, resuming his seat, he waved me into another. “I used to think that 80,” he said, after reflecting a minute, “but I have discovered that in many important re- spects the President is probably the most helpless as well as the lonesomest man in the country. Wanted to Name Judiciary. “No, I mean that,” he insisted, noMn{ my smile. “Long before I ever though of becoming President I used to think, as a lawyer and a judge, that I would like nothing better than to have the power of making judicial appointments. When the presidency did come to me I determined that I would not concern myself much, all things considered, about the other offices. “Where it was necessary, I sald to myself, I would share that responsi- bility with the politicians. But the Jjudicial appointments, I determined, would be mine, and I would shape the Judiciary as I believe it should be con- stituted; that is, without regard to party fealty, geographical boundaries or anything except conspicuous fitness for the office. I told myself that I would make all my judicial appointments on the basis of the best men obtainabl He paused, looking at me with grave {‘lce. and again shook his head nega- vely. “But T find it can't be done. The President hasn't even that power. This is what happens: I have judicial ap- pointments to make, and I look about the country and select carefully the men I believe are fit judicial material, ‘Then the fact that I am considering these men for appointment gets into the newspapers. Instantly I am de- luged with %rou-u by mail and tele- graph, and the office swarms with Sen- ators and members of the House object- ing to the appointment of this, that or the other man because of politi gllutlnm‘ of business connections, or ecause the State or section in which he lives is already amply represented in the Federal judiciary. e regulars storm, the so-called Progressives pro- test, the fence-railers object, the Senate judiciary committee scowls. Well—-" Mr. Taft shrugged his bulky shoulders resignedly. “Power! Can't you see what hap- pens? I have to bargain, dicker, com- p';’xmm'” ith t ? disgust. e rose with a gesture of 3 “No, old man, the President can't even make his own judicial a) ments unmolested.” Tariff Started Troubles. The incident recalls another of a similar character which occurred dur- ing the making of the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill in the Summer of 1908. tariff fight marked the start of Mr. Taft's troubles as President, which eventuated in the break with Roosevelt and the schism of 1912. It was charged against the President e observa- af- old foes, “the interests,” or at least ork 37.1, Minneapolis 26.3. ‘The census showed that on April 3, 1930, a business man in almost any of the United States could talk th 26 different nations without leav- his office, that he was supinely Aldrich of Rhode Island and Spesl Cannon to draft a tariff bill wholly committed to the desires of the Eastern manufacturing interests. ‘THINK it may be said with truth | would This| ciation that could in such affairs rmitting Senator| cially to the League, a i L ker | tween European astates m THE SUNDAY an in the Nation” On a particularly hot August after- noon, after listening for two hours to the tariff debate in the Senate, I made my way to the White House. The | President was looking out of the win- {dow of his office upon the Itennis eourt of the old AS8-grown eveltian days. He wore a thin black suit, and his collar had wiited down to the con- sistency of a wet rag. His hands were locked behind him, and he stood there motionless. pondering. At length he turned, and, noticing me for the first time, said: s “Hello, what's on your mind today?” “I've been listening to the tariff de- bate.” “What about it?"” “I'm wondering if you know what those gentlemen up there are trying to put over on you.” He swung around suddenly and hit me a blow on the chest that almost threw me off my balance. “Damn you!" he cried. “You're an- other of that crowd of carpers who come here to tell me about Cannon and Aldrich. it down and let me tell you something.” Method of Working. “Bill,” he resumed, his expression slowly softening as he twisted a pen- eil in his fingers, “I know just how you feel, and I want to tell you just what the situation is. I am President and I am charged with getting things done. Very well, Congress is one of the agen- cies with which I have to work. ow, this has been my experience a dozen times over. 1 have something I want done, #o I send for half a dozen mem- bers of the House and Senate, stand them up before me here one at a time, and explain what it is I want done and that I want them to do it for me. “Invariably they shift from one foot to the other, hem and haw, and finally say, ‘Mr. President, that is splendid. STAR, SOLDIER CHANGES STORY OF MURDER Denies Shooting, But Gives Other Details—Two Parti- ally Identify Him. (Con!thued From First Page.) | the road in the exact spot where the abandoned murder car was found the following day. The couple passed this spot at 7 o'clock. Masters said there was no one in the car at the time and that the head- lights had been extinguished. He said he remarked to his wife that it was an unusual place to park a machine. Continuing along Military road, Mas- ters sald he drove into Arlington Ceme- tery, entering by the south gate, and as he neared the Maine memorial he saw a man running wildly along the road ahead of him with a bundle under his arm and his hand in his pocket. When the headlights of his car shown full upon the man, Masters declared he turned around quickly toward the ma- chine and pointed his hand in his })oeket at the car, The man's actions rightened his wife, Masters sald, and he “stepped on the Lfiu“ and went out of the cemetery by the Fort Myer gate. The man, he sald, was running in the direction of the wall which separates 'fih?dumd‘r’ from the Fort Myer drill eld. Didn't Connect Incident. Masters' explanation for failing to relate his story to the authorities earlier was that he at first believed Miss Baker's abandoned car had been found near Rosslyn and he did not connect anything he had seen with the murder. Later, however, he said, he discovered that the machine he saw I am for it. But why don't you send for Senator Aldrich (or else it is Can- non), he’s the man that can put thi through for you. I'll help, of course. ‘The President paused with a gesture of helplessness. “Invariably this is my experience,” he repeated emphatically. “Now, a8 President, 1 have to get things done, and to do that I have to work with the tools I have been provided with. What do _you suggest?” One might have urged him to fight. But a man must have his heart in a fight. One could imagine Willilam How- ard Taft standing out for a principle of law in the council chamber of the Su- preme Court. But the discordant at- mosphere of political strife amid which he was called upon constantly to make decisions of the gravest importance irked him. I remained silent. (Copyright. 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) (The next article, “Mistakes Which Split a Party,” will appear next Sun- day.) BRIAND UNION PLAN UNLIKE RELATIONS OF STATES IN U. S.! (Continued From First Page) and place with the League Council meetings. M. Briand starts out with the funda- mental principle that political consid- erations must ironed out before economic questions can be handled by the centralized advisers. Suggests First Step. Reaching the stage of practical ap- plication of the idea he goes into some detail, suggesting that the first ques- tign that might be taken up is the ef- fective realization in Europe of the program outlined by the last economic conference of the League of Nations dealing with tariffs between members of the federation. Departments of economic co-opera- tion which M. Briand thinks the European federation could foster are improvements in interstate communi- at the triangle near Military road was Miss Baker's car, and thought his in- formation would be of value to the investigators. Lieut. Kelly sald he considered the information furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Masters of “great value” and that if the man who was seen running through Arlington Cemetery was the one who killed Miss Baker the time of the slay- ing could be definitely fixed between 6 and 7 o'clock. The authorities have assumed, on the basis of other informa- tion, that she was killed between 8:30 and 9:20 o'clock. Miss Baker's wrist watch stopped running at 9:20. Brewster's movements on April 11 have not been completely checked. Army_records show, however, that he was off duty that afternoon and evening. Aside from the details of Brewste: story that fit in with the known facts in connection with the crime, the authori- ties cannot reconcile other conditions which the investigation has developed. For this reason some of the officials do not believe that the soldier had any connection with the murder, but cox fessed to killing Miss Baker to gain notoriety. Need More Evidence. “The investigation of Brewster's con- fession,” one of the officials said, “has develpoed more or less into a case of trying to prove that he had no connec- tion with the crime. confession, it would be impossible to get & conviction in the courts unless some corroborative evidence develops.” In quest of evidence, the officials will renew their search along the Cemetery road for & gun. Brewster, in his first confession, said he threw the weapon away not far from the culvert where he placed Miss Baker's body. Among the details of Brewster's story which the investigators cannot recon- cile with the known facts in the case are these: Brewster 1§ left-handed. The posi- tion of the two bullets removed from Miss Baker's body showed conclusively that if she had sat beside the driver ‘when she was shot the gun was fired by a right-handed man. Found Face Down. Brewster told the officials that when he placed the woman's body in the cul- vert it was face up. He sald he was confident of that because he looked down into the culvert before he drove away in the car and saw her face. The cation by rail, water and air and co- ordination of public works so that each country may profit from what the others are doing. ‘The financi of European regions less developed than others also is sug- r ‘The memorandum seems to ave avoided expressly suggesting any- thing resembling a charter or consti- tution. The idea of a European parlia- ::‘nel.lh d, blu.l‘ 'lthlm\t th!T or regulations, lea t for further discussion to evolve “”& - nite link, if any ever can be welded be- tween European states of different lan- guages and customs. foreign minister 8t question is not in effect to build, in all its parts, an ideal edifice responding abstractly to all needs of the European federal mechanism,” adding in conclu- sion, “But to endeavor to bring about the first practical step and the first contact and constant solidarity between Europe: vernments for the settle- ment of all problems of interest to the = ag'"mn Mt pi-ee“ln lturc:pe and e devolopment of rational forces vif to lurwl:E " Suggestions Invited. The governments concerned are in- vited to present suggestions concerning the memorandum and to offer any original ideas they may have for the m,-nluuon of the European federation before July 15. ‘The memorandum, after recalling that the League Assembly had asked M. Briand to prepare a questionnaire on the federation, continues: “The proposal, the study of which is undertaken by 27 European govern- ments, has found its justification in a feeling of collective responsibility in the face of dangers that menace the peace of Europe from the political, as well as the economic and social points of view. ‘'Nobody doubts today that the lack of cohesion in the grouping of the material and moral forces of Europe constitutes a most serfous obstacle to the development and the efficacy of all the political and juridical institutions upon which there is a tendency to establish the first un- dertaking for an organization of univer- sal peace.” ‘The memorandum then calls attention to the fact that 12,000 miles of new cus- toms barriers were added to Europe by | the treaty of Versailles. Might Face Obstacles. “Even the action of the of Na- tions, whose responsiblities are all the heavier in that they are universal, might be exposed to serious obstacles in Europe i1 that eutting of territory into fractions did not find at the_earliest possible mo- ment in its compensation in a tie of solidarity itting the European na- tions finally to take cognizance of the unity of European geography and to realize within the League of Nations one of those onal ententes that the covenant formally recommended.” Specifically making reserve for the functions of the League in the settle- ment of international disputes, the mfcx:lndum pnl-»:fieuc:.s wl ilhnborlu the Tespons! s of the proposed federation, 5 “Far from constituting a new tribunal for the settlement of litigation, the European federation an asso- utilize its good offices only in a consultative capacity. It would be without jurisdic- tion in problems of which the sel hn'hunbwgdm.by the ulu\u cove- nant or by treaties to special procedure the Leagu “But even in cases belongi - e, that he had gone over to Roosevelt's| by very useful role in prej able atmosphere for peace ments by the League itself.” ‘The | minutes, body, however, was found face down in the water. Three times Brewster took the in- vestigators over the route he said he followed when he drove Miss Baker's car into Arlington County and each time he went a different way. The first time he drove across the P street bridge, the second time across the Q street bridge and the third time across the M street bridge. The M street bridge was not open to traffic on April 11. Given the keys to a sedan of the same type which Miss Baker owned, Brewster was unable to start it for 15 in the meantime fumbling with the ignition switch and turning on and off the headlights, indicating that he was unfamiliar with the oper- ation of the car. Later, however, Brewster could mnot find the headlight switch when told to turn on the lights. But when the in- vestiagtors had his attention concen- trated on some other phase of the case and suddenly shouted to him to turn on or off the headlights he obeyed without delay. The officials declared that the soldier had experience in driv- ing motor vehicles as he was attached at one time during his service in the Army to the Motor Transport Corps. MINISTER PLEADS FOR BIRTH CONTROL Needed by Church in Fight Against Poverty, Disease and War, He Says. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 17.—Addressing the annual joint meeting of the Ameri- can Eugenics Society and the Eugenics Research Association today, Rev. Ken- neth C. Arthur, rural secretary of the Massachusetts Federation of Churches, sald the church needs the ald of eugenics and birth control in its fight on poverty, disease and war. Bome eccelesiastical bodies look upon birth control as a sin, he said, but “the church’s burden because of poverty would be greatly lessened if poor people did not have so many children,” He advocated the sterilization of con- firmed alcoholics, mental defectives and criminals in the application of the doctrine of raising the standard of the human race. Eugenics, he said, aims ;: the p;cl»ducnm of a super-race, free prejudice, ignorance and emotional muhxfny. ol Representative Albert Johnson of ‘Washington, chairman of the House immigration committee, tonight advo- cated passages of the bill to restrict immigration from Mexico, recently ap- a’meu by the Senate, as a forerunner legislation to restrict the influx of other parts of the Canada or anywhere else,” he demanded, “when the United States has unemp! deaths of mearly 1,000,000 a year?” S & e of of : who he n’d are ‘‘creat! another lation elected Clarence G. Campbell of New York, president. WASHINGTON, Even with the | 10 oK BUSINESS TRAILS HOOVER 10 [}AMPQ Affairs of State Subject of; Informal Talks on Rapidan. MAY 18, By the Associated Press. ORANGE, Va., May 17.—The lure of | trout fishing brought President Huover to his Rapidan River fishing lodge to- day, but problems of state trailed along. ‘The Chief Executive had as his guests the largest party that has visited the camp since Premier Macdonald was entertained there last Fall. In the group of 13 were officlals with whom the Chief Executive had an opportunity, during the three-hour drive and to- night around the big log fire in the community hall, to chat ir.formally about the problems of his administra~ tion - Congress approached adjourn- men Guests at Camp. Secretary Stimson, head of the Amer- ican delegation to the London Naval Conference, and Attorney General Mitchell were the cabinet's representa- tives. From the Senate, President Hoover had drawn Senators Capper of Kansas and Fess of Ohio, from the House came Representativ>s Ram- seyer of Towa, Blackburn of Kentucky and Free of California. Ogden L. Mills, Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury, and Thecdore Roosevelt, governor of rto Rico, filled out the list of officials. The trip was a stag Affair, Mrs. Hoover not, having sufficiently recoyered from a wrenched back to begin the Summer journeys to the mountain re- treat. Arriving at the camp early tcday, most members of the party turned al- most immediately for the trout streams, and good catches wers general, despite the recent rain. ‘Wilburs in Orange. Late today Secretary Wilbur and Mrs. ‘Wilbur arrived at Orange and tomor- Tow they will drive up the mountain to inspect the lodge which is kLeing built for them about twc miles below that of the President. ‘Work has been going forward rapid- 1y upon the Interior Secretary’s camp and he expects it to be completed by July. A short distance away Secre- tary Hyde also is having a lodge buiit. ‘The President’s party plans to spend Sunday resting, or riding horseback and hiking over the mountain paths about the lodge. The return ¢rip probably will be made late tomorrow afternoon, the President arriving home after dark. He will spend but 24 hours at the White House pefore he starts to Hamp- ton Roads, Va., to board ‘he cruiser Salt Lake City and - the naval fleet off the Virginia O0CCUPATION ARMY T0 QUIT RHINE SOON Last of French Troops Are Or- dered to Leave German Territory. PARIS, May 17.—The last Rhine bridgehead held by the French army of occupation was today ordered progres- sively evacuated. Premier Andre Tardieu, who has been discussing evacuation of the third occu- pied zone with Ambassador Von Hoesch of Germany and high French military authorities this week, announced in a communique that Germany had car- ried out all the necessary conditions for acceptance of the Young plan. Under the plan, it was provided that the French troops should leave the Rhineland by June 30, 1930, but in case Germany ratified the plan with the other countries earlier, the way was left open for speedier French withdrawal. Two important steps in all were today to efface survivals of wartime policy. While Premier Tardieu was giving orders for the evacuation of the last slice of German soil ocoupied by the allies, the Reparations’ Commission de- cided that everything necessary had been done to substitute the Young plan for the Dawes plan. It agreed to destroy the old papers connected with the original reparations obligations, which Germany had turi:ed over to it. After the destruction of these the commission's existence end. The commission was one of the most important organizations set up by the treaty of Versailles. At the outset, it had such large powers as that of fixing the total reparations Germany owed her war creditors. ‘This it set at 132,000,000,000 gold marks, which was progressively reduced ul) about 36,000,000,000 in the Young plan. ‘The commission today provided for turning over to the Bank of Interna- tional Settlements such of its papers as would be useful in the execution of the bank’s task of handling German pay- ments. Germany has deposited with {lie bank a hc!ertlflclte acknowledging its total lebt. SWARMS OF RODENTS BEGIN MYSTERIOUS MARCH IN NORWAY (Continued From Pirst Page.) 1930—PART ONE. OUTE OF GRAF ZEPPELIN I . GRAF TO TAKE AIR FOR SEVILLE TODAY Zeppelin Expects to Start for Pernambuco on Tuesday. By the Associated Press. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, May 17.—1f weather permits, the '0\‘-( Zeppelin will float upward ata 5 o'clock, tomorrow afternoon (11 a.m. Eastern standard time), and turn its nose in the direction of Seville for another flight to the New World and return. The first stop will be the Spanish city, where a 50-foot mooring mast has been erected. The great German diri- gible expects to reach there late Mon- day and remain all night, taking off early Tuesday mornm;l for Pernam- buco, Brazil, in its first flight across the South Atlantic and across the Equator. It will stop at Rio Janeiro, then head northward for Havana and Lakehurst, N. J., where it will prepare for the re- turn fiight to Seville and Friedrichs- fen. b“l‘wenty-twu assengers, including four Americans, "flrm e the voyage. Best known among the latter are Mrs. Mary Plerce of New York, who was on the Zeppelin will float upward at 5 o'clock when the big airship became crippled and had to land at Cuers, France, and George Crouse, a Syracuse, N. Y., busi- ness man, who also has ridden on the Graf before. Mrs. Pierce will board the dirigible at Seville. e other Americans are ?“tl ::: ‘Wiegand, newspaper correspondent, Cl‘;?. Harry ’EA Shoemaker, United States naval observer from the air sta- tion at Lakehurst. Although the entire passenger list has not been divulged, it is understood that those booked for the entire trip are Jeronima Megias, physician to the King ico Garcia Sanchez, Corpus Vargs, norvespom‘gm of Nacion, Buenos Alres; Prof. Licinio Cardos, Rio Janeiro; | disobe Capt. Joachim Breithaupt, retired Ger- man naval officer; Martin Wronsky, & director of the German Lufthansa; Gustav Kander, & newspaper corre- spondent, and Lady Grace Drummond- Hay, newspaper correspondent. ‘The passengers on the trip from Se- ville to the Americas include Prince Alfonso of Orleans, cousin of King Al- fonso; Lieut. Col. Emilio Herrera of the Spanish air forces, and Duchess Vic- toria. ‘The flight is intended not only as & demonstration of tht serviceability of the Graf Zeppelin, but also for study purposes. “We are especially interested in studying aeronautic conditions in the Tropics,” Dr. Hugo Eckener, the com- T0 VIEW PRESIDENT NAVAL GAME Demonstration 30 Miles Of Vir- BIGGEST ginia Capes Tuesday to Show Many Craft in Action. By the Assoclated Pr st ngval demorstration ever ‘The greatest naval demons on eve atmnged by a President of the United States will be held 30 miles off the Vir- ginia capes Tuesday, when President Hoover reviews the United States fleet from the decks of the cruiser Salt Lake City. Battleships, crulsers, destroyers, sub- marines and airplanes will participate in spectacular battle maneuvers, both offensive and defensive. The review will take place as the fleet enters the capes Tuesday morning, following a trip from New York. The glant aircraft carriers Sa and Lexington, now in Hampton will meet the incoming vessels at and join the procession as it passes be- fore the commander-in-chief. The entire proceedings will be direct- ed by Admiral W. V. Pratt, command- ing the United States fleet, from his flagship, the U. S. 8. Texas. five inches lon{, with yellowish brown fur. It looks like & small guinea pig ln% 1}]1: a 'bi‘;'lk llklz a little dog. ‘elling of e migration of 1924, Mr. Wel’)‘a said; i “No obstacle is great enough to sto) them in their eager rush !g the lllp They climb mountains, swim rivers, Jump over precipices and even rush through barriers of fire that have been fll‘;eplred for them by the natives in elr endeavor to destroy them. Lem- mings eat as they travel and breed with amazing rapidity. They drive away all other animals in ther path, attacking cows, reindeer and even man fearlessly.” May Cover Several Years. The lcmmln;rhmllrlllon may take several years. e rodenty travel in straight line and refuse to go around any obstacle. It has been suggested that instinctively they are seeking some ancestral home and that their march is a survival from the old times when there was dry land over the Bal- tic and North Seas. Lemmings have been followed nine miles out to sea and when left, were still swimming toward some goal which man as yet has been unable to deter- mine. Presumably they drown, but there are always enough left to start a new migration. HERD HALTS PRESIDENT e ORANGE, Vi ay 17 (P).—The ings and_comings of a President of United States mean nothing to the herds of cattle which roam the country- side near President Hoover's fishing camp. ‘Today the presidential t) automobiles encountered pa“hyer’: :‘:g 8t & spot which usually provides a clear High officialdom meant nothi the animals, r, and lll"n u‘: ver's car, as the others, was forced to a halt while the cattle moved slowly toward their pastures. SIX ARE KILLED IN QUARRY BLAST Three Children, Near Scene of Ex- plosion, Are Victims—Two Workmen Perish. By the Associsted Pre e UNION, W. Va, May 17. - sons, two workmen, & youth and chree children, were killed today by an explo- sion of dynamite at a rock quarry near MFD'( cases of dynamite in & blacksmith shop used for road construction work on the Seneca Trall exploded. The two workmen, Paul Shires of Union and Oeear Johnson, Jacks Mills, were in the shop. ‘Their bodies were blown into 'nT'l'\gemies of three children of Mrs. Bella. Wiseman, a widow living near the quarry, were found near the build- ing. A son of Frank Weile of Salt Bulphur Springs, Who was employed as 2 water boy in the road construction, was the other victim. He lived for & few minutes after the blast. BABY SWALLOWS PIN Efforts to remove an ol safety pin from the stomach of lyn Mary Carl, 4-year-old dlugwer of Mr. and Mrs. John Carl, 1626 B street southeast, will be made today by physicians of the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Evelyn unfastened the pin from her nightgown after she had been ut to bed Iast night by her mother, and while playing with it put it into her mouth and accidentally swallowed it. She was first taken to Casualty Hospital, where an X.Tay revealed the pin in her stom- ach. Her conditiop is not regarded as serious, T | PROPOSED R | CRISIS SEEN NEAR ININDIA SALT WAR Volunteers Gather for Raid on Wadala as Police Pre- NDIA NATIONALISTS TOASKU. S. ACTION Campaign to Be Conducted Here for Recognition of Belligerent Rights. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Washington is about to become the scene of a drive for American recogni- tion of Indian independence. The ecru- sade will be launched by the “Indis National Congress of America,” whose chairman is Sailenda Nath Ghose, and ;hl:h maintains headquarters in New ork. ‘The immediate purpose of the cam- paign to be waged at Washington on behalf of the movement now in violent progress in India is to secure “belliger- ency rights” for Indian insurgents from the United States. This particular project appears to aim at facilitating the return to India of Hindus, Moslems and other support- ers of Mahatma Ghandi, who desire to rally to his fighting support in their native land. Hope for Recognition. ‘The ultimate purpose of the Indian drive here is to bring about the recog- nition of Indian independence by the United States Government. This would be sought at the hands of Congress and eventually from the President, under s resolution introduced during the pres- ent session by Senator Blaine, Republi- can progressive, of Wisconsin, It reads as follows: “Whereas the people of India are spontaneously moving toward the adoption of self-government under a constitutional form with popular ap- pare for Them. By the Associated Press. BOMBAY, May 17.—The “salt war” in Bombay presidency tonight appeared to_be working to a crisis. While successive groups of civil resistance volunteers poured into Dharasana to carry on the campaign against government salt depot there begun by Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, 400 other volunteers assembled this afternoon in Bombay and planned to march tomor- row on the salt depot at Wadala, six miles away. A large force of police has been called out to frustrate the attempt, the nucleus of their concentration being at Jacob Circle, on the line of March to Wadala. The volunteers changed their plan of marching en masse and de- cided to split into small groups so as to spread out the police. It was believed they planned to reassemble at Gowari, which 1s near the salt pans, and launch & raid from there. A third raid is projected at the Shiroda Balt Works and the police have made preparations to meet any contingency there. ‘The third attempt to capture the Dharasana salt pans, made by followers of Mrs. Naldu without her personal leadership, was stopped by police today. The volunteers were halted in the road, as they were in the other forays, and surrounded by a cordon of officers. ‘They showed passive resistance in the other attempts, spinning cloth and sing- ing religious songs. It is understood that Mrs. Naidu, having begun the Dharasana campaign, feels that she needs no longer stay at her camp, Untadi. That place will re- main her headquarters, but she will tour the country to further the civil dience campaign and leave the Dharasana movement in the hands of her council of war. The immediate - objective of Mrs. Naidu, who heads the entire civil diso- bedience cam now that Mahatma Gandhi and Abbab Tyabji have been arrested, is declared to be Sholapur, the city torn by riots last week and now under martial law. The wearing of Gandhi caps has been banned in Sholapur, and the re- sistance leaders are said to consider that ban a challenge which should be taken up. Meanwhile police guards have replaced a large number of troops in Sholapur and the city appears to calming down. Contrary to previous reports, the 225 volunteers who were arrested yester- day at Dharasana have not yet been released. One hundred and ninety of them are charged with being members of an unlawful assembly. The other 35, led by 8. S. Batliwala, son of Dr. Batliwala, former president of the Bombay munlcl?d corporation, are charged with violence in addition. Thirty of the latter group have been on a hunger strike since yesterday and charge that they were insulted by a police officer. The officer in charge today offered an apology in behalf of an absent colleague, but Batliwala would not accept it. Bail was offered for all the volun- teers but they declined it. A magistrate has arrived from Bulsar to conduct thelr trial. FINAL DAWES PLAN TRANSFERS ARE MADE Young Plan in Force With Repara- tions Account of Gilbert Ap- proved by Berlin. By the Associated Pr BERLIN, May 17.—Final transfers on the reparations account under the Dawes plan were made here today by 8. Parker Gilbert, agent general for reparations. With a joint report pre- sented by the Reparations Commission and the German War-burdens Com- mission. the Young p! as in The Hague agreement of 20, came into force. A special committee examined the accounts of the transition period and notified Mr. Gilbert that the repara- tlons account with the Reichsbank had been found correct and approved. With the reimbursement to Germany Mr. ilbert of about 389,000,000 marks, accounts between the agent gen- eral and the German government were finally closed. A sum of 109,000,000 marks in foreign currencies deposited in England, France and New York, has been nsferred to the bank for in- ternatiohal settlements at Basel. Accounts hitherto maintained by the agent general with the Reichsbank, and the banks of England and, France, and banks in New York, have been closed, as well as all other banking ac- counts, The offices of the agent gen- eral and of all other organizations es- tablished by the Dawes plan now are being ligquidated. provided January PSS M " Architect's Daughter Suicide. CHICAGO; May 17 (#).—Miss Doro- thy Ellen Brown, daughter of A. G. Brown, wealthy architect for the Pure ., shot herself to death in her Glencoe home proval and seeking national independ- ‘Therefore be it “Resolved, That the Senate of the United States, mindful of the struggle for independence that gave birth to our Republic, participate with the people of the United States in the deep interest that they feel for the success of the people of India in their struggle to es- tablish their liberty and independence. And be it further “Resolved, That the Senate of the United States pledges its constitutional support to the President of the United States whenever he may deem it prop- er to recognize the sovereignty and the independence of Indla, and recommends early recognition thereof.” Chairman’s Statement. In a special statement supplied to this writer by Sallendra Nath Ghose, the chairman of the “India National Con- gress of America,” who will shortly arrive in Washington, he says: “Apart from securing belligerency rights for Indian insurgents from the United States, and recognition of our independence, we are very much in- terested in the recruitment of Ameri- can citizens in the British auxiliary forces. We have been given to under- stand that most of the ‘able-bodied” American citizens now residing in India have been enlisted in the British auxil- iary units—that is to say, virtually con- scripted into the empire’s armed forces. “Cables to the American press for In , as recently as this week, re- port that British auxiliary forces re- cruited from among civilians include the u}\nv-um of a troop of light horse entirely composed of American citizens drawn from the business quarter of the community. Most of them are em- ployes of the General Motors (accords ing to & New York Times correspond- ent), which has & assembly plant on the outskiris of 5 “The object of these volunteers is in no sense aggressive, their main pur- pose being the d:fense of the white community against native violence. ‘There arc also several Americans in the motor patrol, according to the same correspondent. I am certain that the use of American citizens by the British armed forces in India will be de- plored by every true American.” Join Crusaders. ‘The Gandhi leaders in this country evidently hope to emulate the sucoess of the Irish, who for so many years in- cited American public sentiment against Great Britain. One of the best known of former Irish-American leaders in the United Statcs, Daniel F. Cohalan, & one-time justice of the New York State Supreme Court, has identified himself with the “India National Congress of America,” and spoke at its recent big mass meeting in New York. A colored organization, “‘Universal Negro Improvems Association” of New York, has also pledged the Indis independence crusaders its support. The Congress of the United States has gone on record in the past in favor of both Irish and Egyptian independ- ence. It is apparently on these prece- dents that the Indians base their hopes of action at Washington favorable to their own cause. Senator Borah, chairman of the foreign relations com- mittee, says he has lively sympathy with their independence aspirations. (Copyright. 1030.) THREE HELD FOR JURY ON 50 THEFT CHARGES Colored Trio Accused of Carrying on Crimes for Last Five Months. ‘Three colored men arrested by police of the fourth precinet wers held for grand jury action yesterday afternoon when arraigned in Police Court on 50 charges of housebr 3 The men are Ollle Vincent, 2¢ years old, 112 Quander street southeast; Charles Vincent, 29 irs old, of the same and mas Lucas, 47 yea old, 52 N street southeast. y were arrested seversl 3} Policemen R. J. Mdm 7Y ayer and John Auffenberg 6 X G matlon furnished police by s p foee being held on another charge. prisoner Police sald the alleged robberies were com- mitted during the last five months. Police said the men worked exclusive- ly in houses occupied by colored per- sons located in every section of the city. A T s ARMENIAN LITERATURE PROGRAM SCHEDULED Writings of Avedis Aharonian, Author and Statesman, to Fea- ture Evening at Y. M. C. A. Ar evening with Armenian literature will » held tonight at 7:45 o'clock in the ¥, W. C. A, Bullding, with Fred- eric A. Delano presiding. The meet- ing will X.nlc arly honor the writ- ings of Avedis Aharonian, great Ar- menian author, orator and statesman. The life and work of Aharonian will be the subject of an address by A. D. Manuelian. Others who will speak on Armenian literature lng. fol hases of lore are today. belief she killed herself while despondent over the failure of a dress shop project she undertook several nths ago. Her parents ex- months Will Attend Convention. Dr. Lewis H. Kraskin, chairman of the clinic committee of the District of Columbia tometric Soclety, will at- tend the re; al congress of the Amer~ lcan Optometric Association at Winston- Salem, N. C., May 19 to 31, He will present a paper on “Blood Pressure as an Aid to Eye Diagnosis.” Dr. Edwin H. Bilver, who Is cnairman of the as- soclatio: r vision commission, is accompan; Dr. Kraskin snd will mk of the activities of mis- Armeni; m{:fy"iau’f'w gt and a recitation “0' a, by Miss Grace G. Meyer. Miss Maude E. Aiton will tell of Armenia’s contribution to Americs. were “mads 3y Souren K. Hansssian 5 n, chairman ot“u A R. F. committee. . Disabled Trawler in Tow. BOSTON, May 17 (#).—The Coest 1 _boat Gen. Greene has wier Amherst in tow and is bringing her to this port, the Coast Guard headquarters was told mw The Ambherst sent out a call for ald night after a had become entan-