Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1930, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star's exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer today and tomorrow. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 69 at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 47 at 4 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page 8. ~ Ssunday Star, - WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION h (#) Means Associated Press. TEN CENTS ELSKWHERE FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS SIX IN FAMILY PERISH IN GLEN ECHO FIRE Entered as second cl post office, Washing! No. 1315—No. 31,442 ST WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1930—122 PAGES. se / ITS NOT OUR IDEA OF WHAT ATHE FoLKS WANT BUT WE'LL GO AGREEMENT 1S SEEN ONFLEXIBLE TARIFF WITHHOOVER'S 0., Conference Action to Come Before Senate Again Tomorrow. OPPONENTS PREPARE FOR VIGOROUS BATTLE Close Vote Is Expected, With G. 0. P. Leaders Confident of Victory, if Only by 1 Ballot. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The conference agreement on the ; flexible provision of the tariff bill comes yp for consideration again in the Sen- ate tomorrow afternoon. Senator Smoot, chairman of the finance com- mittee and in charge of the bill, pre- dicted last night that the agreement ‘ swould be accepted by the Senate, al- though several days of debate may in- tervene before a vote is taken. The TUtah Senator sees final action on the tariff by the middle of June. He ex- pected the bill to be passed, sent to the President and approved by the Chief Executive. “The bill as finally drafted will be & good measure,” said the veteran chalrman. He believes that it will benefit American business and that once it has become a law the country will find it to the advantage of the American farmer, American business | and American 1abor. Democrais See Dire Results. In this he differs radically from the Democratic leaders, who are predictin, dire results to all three from the effect tariff bill. They plan to make it main issue in the coming congres- elections. It is an issue, how- which many of the Republicans el and iblican leaders are coumting, N.A.N.A)—Bobby Jones has done it. putting it through, if only by &|What is more, has done it handsomely vote or two. mmfie;l;? 'fll&hlve to W“tm mmly .en erente agreement on the flexible provision and administrative . this first re- are four items against which ts of order are now threatened— e duties on rayon, cheese, watches and cherries. The claim is made that the conferees exceeded their authority ; in dealing with the rates on these items, in their report increases which go beyond the Senste or the House bill. Senator Smoot admitted * that the points of order on two of these items at least would be sus- tained. This will have the effect of sending the measure back to confer- ence yet again. In that event, how- ever, Senator Smoot does not expect much difficulty in obtaining an early ent in conference, which will do away with the features objected to and make it possible to get a final agreement on the entire measure. ‘Watson Hopes for Fast Action. Because of the various steps which must be taken, however, and the pro- ity to debate the tariff at every the time for voting on the meas- ure finally in the Senate still is un- certain. Senator Watson of Indiana, Republican leader, gave it as his opin- fon that 10 days should see the final disposition of the bill, but in this he is more hopeful than is Senator Smoot, ‘who fixes the middle of the month as the more likely date. ‘The Senate has a busy week ahead. Under agreement already entered into, & vote is to be taken.at 3 p.m. tomor- row on the President’s veto of the 8 h-American War veterans' bill. President vewed1 the meu‘ure o; the ground that it gave pensions * thl’!.rgflt in need, to those with dis- abilities arising from viclous habits and lowered the period of service re- quired for a pension. It has been planned to bring the bill into the House tomorrow framed to meet the | objections of the President and still give_the Spanish-American War_vet- HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE hree Colored Men Alleged to Have Made Bale in Hospital. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 31 (#).—Act- ing upon complaint that liquor was being sold to patients the United States Veterans' Hospital here, Federal officers today arrested three colored men and charged them with violation of the prohibition laws. A deputy marshal joined the hospital staff and reported that some of the patients “pooled” their funds to buy wl . e investigator said he saw liquor purchased from a bootlegger who dellyered his wares across a fence sur- rounding the hospital grounds. ¢ | Superiority in 36-Hole Match ‘REVOLT’ ABOARD THE GRAF OVER CHANGED ITINERARY Trip Feel Outrage Stop at Havan 80 successful, was characterized on the haps it was not at all justified by the the cancellation of our visit to Havana the best of humor. We were ordered to rain delayed the start until 11 o'clock. get two or three breskfasts and many results this would have. Nothing in Sig] Soon we had and soon we lost sight of land. hadn't found the tail-winds as favorabl shortage of fuel would prevent the long Almost immediately the passengers (Continued on Page 'REVEALED BY PASSENGER Air Tourists Who Paid $6,000 Each for d When Promised a Is Canceled. BY GUSTAF KAUDER. Who Made the Trip in the Zeppelin. NEW YORK, May 31.—The Graf Zeppelin's Pan-American voyage, otherwise Pernambuco-New York lap by a revolt among the passengers against those directing the destinies of the airship. Per- final misfortune which brought about : but there was also the fact that for several days passengers had been complaining about the manner in which their wishes were disregarded. Wednesday morning apparently all started out still in the field of Pernambuco for 7 a.m., but . We took advantage of the delay to unexpected smokes in the small bar- restaurant of the camp. But meanwhile the poor Graf got soaking wet and heavy in the pouring rain, and the result was that we had to leave with 4,000 kilograms less fuel than intended. None of us knew then what disagreeable ht But Water. passed the last city on the South American continent, Natal, ‘Everything seemed all right till Thursday morning. Everybody was already longing for the exotic scenery under the Caribbean moon but then came the news from the bridge that started the passengers’ discontent, first that we le as hoped for and second, that the detour to Havana, started to protest. If under the pre- vailing apparently splendid weather conditions the ship couldn't reach Havana, CAPT.PAGE SES RECORD 10 i CURTSS TROPHY Marine Pilot Averages 164.08 Miles Per Hour in 100- Mile Race. INVERTED FALLING LEAF EXECUTED BY GARDNER Glider Launched From Los Angeles| and Plane Is Taken on in Flight. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON, Flying a splendid race from the start to finish as the only representative of his corps agalnst 24 Navy pliots, Capt. Arthur H. Page, brought victory to the United States Marines yesterday after- noon in the Nation's foremost seaplane classic, the Curtis Marine Trophy race. In winning the Marines’ second victory in three years of the classic, Capt. Page set & new Curtis race speed record, averaging 164.08 miles per hour for the 100 miles. then the whole trip must be beyond the sailing faculties of the Graf and the excursion never should have been announced they sald. , Column 7.) Things be- JONES' PAR MOTTO' HELD SUCCESSFUL Observed in Defeat of Roger Wethered. BY BERNARD DARWIN, British Golf Expert. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, May 31 for he beat Roger Wethered 7 up and 6 to play. We have always known here that Jones was a different man in a 36-hole match from the comparatively human and vulnerable Bobby that we knew in the 18-hole matches. Today we had full proof of it. He began by completely missing & pitch to the first hole, so that the ball actually stopped short of Swilcan Burn and he got his half with a good run up and putt. That was just abcut the only sympton of human frailty we were destined to see in during the entire 30 holes. He scon settled down to his vic- torious stride and gave such an ex- hibition of flawless accuracy in strik- ing as I have never seen before. He clearly had two mottoes: One, “safety first,” the other, “shoot par at them and they all crack,” he seemed s0 fond of old friend par that he could hardly bear to beat him when he had the chance. If he had a shortish putt to get a par figure he always holed it, but three times at least he had a four- footer to beat par and each time missed it. After playing 16 holes in the morn- ing he gud fourteen 4s and two 3s. Could he get round this famous St. Andrews without a 52 ‘Wethered Took Risks. Wethered being at the time 5 down, rightly took every risk and played his second shot straight at the tiny road hole green that is beset by trouble. Fortune favored this brave effort for the ball hopped past the bunker with only inches to spare and lay_ four yards from the hole. So now Bobby had every incentive to try for a four. He too went straight to the green, but was caught in a road bunker under the green. The crowd solemnly moved away from the edge of the green for hundreds of balls had been dislodged from that bunker only to trickle over into the road. Bobby smiled at these preparations to expedite his doom and then played & most wonderful shot, half blasting and half careening, and left the ball four feet from the hole, Then! He missed that little putt and a 5 had crept in his score after all So in the end he was around in 71; fifteen 4s, two 3s on two short holes and that one 5. He had holed one putt of eight or nine feet and missed three short ones. It was a most_sublimely effortiess " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) | TORNADO KILLS YOUTH WAGONMOUND, N. Mex., May 31 () —Alfred Holbrook, 18, was killed, 14 persons were injured and thousands of dollars of damage to property was caused here tonight by a tornado, which swept away about two-thirds of this viliage. WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL SECRETARY QUITS POST AFTER LONG SERVICE Miss Mary Randolph First Went to Mansion as Aide to Mrs. Coolidge. Miss Mary Randolph, who has for six and a half years been social secre- at the White House, has resigned the position, it was announced tary from yesterday afternoon. It is nmot her intention to resume sister, Miss Anne Randolph, will remain in Washington until they leave for the Bummer months. Miss Randolph ing Der duriog the ST to Mrs. Calvin = time w{?fil was Vice President. She went to the White House with Mrs. Cool after the death of President Harding and Miss Laura Harlan, who had idge in that capacity. iss Randolph is an authority on White House ette and her service there was invalusble, She is the daughter of the late Gen. Randolph, and she and her elder sister, who is to Becretary of the DR. DORAN BLAMES STATES FOR LAXITY Prohibition Commissioner Says U. S. Alone Can’t - Stop Liquor Flow. ‘The Prohibition Bureau of the Treas- ury Department places the blame for unsatisfactory conditions under the eighteenth amendment squarely on the States, in & for publication today. ‘The statement is one of a series of monographs issued Dr. James M. Doran, commissioner of prohibition. Its subject is “State Co-operation in the Enforcement of National Prohibition Laws” and in some respects it is the most candid statement touching on en- forcement problems yet to come from a Government source. “There are now on the statute books of 43 States adequate laws, which, taken in conjunction with the national pro- hibition act, and adequately enforced by the present peace officers of the cities, counties and the States them- selves, can accomplish enforcement of the prohibition laws,” the monograph states. “It has been shown that where close co-operation between city, county and State officials with the Federal officials exists there is good enforcement. Where co-operation does not exist, for any reason whatever, enforcement is not so Burden Too Heavy. “The burden put upon the Federal enforcement machinery is too heavy. “The legal machinery has been set up. 1t is ready for use. Whether it is used or not depends in the last analysis on public opinion.” The statement asserts that “many citizens of the United States have over- vigorous statement issued | ! looked or forgotten the fact” that be- fore the Volstead law was passed 32 States, the District of Columbia and Porto Rico and Alaska were under bone- dry prohibition laws, and that they comprised three-quarters of the ter- ritory of the United States and a popu- lation of about 51,000,000. “In the other 16 States,” the state- ment says, “there were counties and sections comprising over 14,000,000 in- habitants that had prohibition under local option laws. “This fact must be borne in mind constantly in any discussion of State co-operation with Federal authorities. Many States have liquor laws more strict than the National prohibition act. “If the inforcement of these laws is not what it should be the blame can- not attach to the legal material at the hands of the enforcement authorities, (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) SECOND PEDESTRIAN HIT BY CAR DIES Charles J. Fisher, Struck May 12 by Car Operated by Vincent Buettner, Succumbs. Charles J. Fisher, 48 years old, of 619 Eighth street southeast, died at Provi- dence Hospital last night, the second victim of an automobile accident at ‘Thirteenth street and Massachusetts avenue southeast, on May 12, when a machine driven by Vincent J. Buettner, 21 years old, of 313 South Carolina ave- nue southeast, ran down two pedestrians. ‘The first to die as the result of the accident was Mrs. Mary G. Koller, 45 years old, 1249 B street southeast, who died at Providence Hospital on May 22. Buettner, who was arrested by police of the fifth precinct on a charge of reckless driving, was held for grand {ury action by a coroner’s jury follow- bl:;:dM". Koller's death. He is out on An inquest into the death of Fisher is expected to be called by Coroner J. Ramsey Nevitt Tuesday morning at 11:30 o’clock. Quake Felt in Tokio. TOKIO, June 1 (#).—(Sunday) An earthquake, the longest and strongest of this year, was felt in this city at 2:59 am. today. Clocks were lwg’p:fl d frightened people ran from ir uses. A half hour later there had been no reports of serious damsage nor of casusitiss, Capt. Page’s victory came as the cli- max of an afternoon of thrills for one of the largest throngs which ever turned out to witness an aeronautical event in the National Capital. Not only did the race upset precedents but the spe- clal aviation events staged by the Navy included several feats never before seen here and two which have been per- formed only once before in the history of world areonautics. Executes Inveried Falling Leaf. Lieut. Matthis B. Gardner, operations officer at the Anacostia Naval Air Sta- tion, took his place among the country's greatest acrobatic pilots, climaxing a wonderful demonstration by performing the inverted “falling leaf,” achieved for the first time in aviation history less than a month ago by Lieut. Alford J. Willlams, jr. Williams and Gardner are the only pilots who have performed the feat, regarded as the ultimate pos- sible acrobatic achievement with air- planes as they exist today. Lieut. Thomas G. W. Settle, 8 native of the National Capital, provided an- other he made the world's second glider descent from a cutting loose from the Navy ip Los Angeles at an altitude of approximately 3,000 feet and spiraled down in the face of a stiff westerly wind to a perfect landing at the local air station. Only one other man has ever made such a flight. Frist Trip in Glider. Settle's flight was regarded as re- markable, as it was the first time he ever had been in & glider. Despite his lack of experience, he made a good fll{ht t0 the field and & perfect landing. Settle has qualified as an airplane pilot, balloon pilot and dirigible pilot and yesterday added the fourth type of aircraft to hi ccomplishments. Capt. Page’s closest contender was Lieut. Aaron P. “Putt” Storrs, 3d, of the flight test section, Anacostia Naval | Air Station, one of the famous Navy “Three Seahawks,” who also flew a magnificent race, though handicapped by a weaker engine, to roll up an aver- age speed of 152.96 miles per hour for the 100 miles. Seven of the 25 planes starting in the race were forced out, two by cutting turning pylons, one of these to avold a crash with another plane on the turn and five dropping out because of motor (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) RACE BOAT JINX WINS AS CHAMPION BURNS Gloucester Fishing Schooner, Hold- ing Speed Crown, Is Believed Victim of Fire. By the Associated Press. NAHANT, Mass, May 31.—The jinx which has pursued racing Gloucester fishermen today was believed to have claimed the most recent champion, the little schooner Progress, which last year won the fishermen’s championship off that old seaport. Advices reaching Coast Guard headquarters were to the effect that a schooner reported burn- ing off Cape Cod was the Progress and that her crew of 22 were rescued. Radio messages stated the schooner was drifting in a southwesterly direc- tion and still burning. The steamer Jowan, which took aboard the schoon- er's crew, asked the Highland Light Coast Guard station to send out a boat to take off the men. The Progress was at the Boston fish pler Monday and left for a haddocking trip. THRO R ,v-—#_” p COMING CIRCUS STUNTS! IF THEY INSIST! SEMINOLE LEASE TILES ATTACKED Robert L. Owen Heads Group Suing for 2,000 Indians in Oklahoma. By the Associated Press. MUSKOGEE, Okla, May 31.—A new sult attacking the legality of all titles to oil leases in Seminole County, Okla. was filed in Federal Court here today by a group of attorneys headed by Rob- ert L. Owen, former United States Senator, sald to be representing more than 2,000 members of the Seminole In- dian Tribe. More than $100,000,000 in ofl lands 1s involved. ‘The action attacks the constitution- ality of a section of a 1908 act of Con- gress, which took title to mineral rights of the county from the Seminole Tribe and remitted title to individual allot- ment holders. The petition alleges that the section is a violation of the four- teenth amendment to the Constitution, in that it would give mineral rights to white owners of 44,000 of the 375,000 acres of land in the county. ‘The suit sets up about the same grounds as those in the case of Harvey | Moore and others against the Carter Ofl | Co. and others, which has already been decided in the Federal District Court here adversely to the Indian claimants. Judge Robert L. Willlams held in this case that the lawyers could not sue on behalf of the Seminole Nation without a contract signed by the President of l.heh United States granting them that right. Owens and his associates claim to represent more than 2,000 Seminoles, but not as a nation. recover the value of all ol taken from | Seminole’ County, but asks that all fu- ture royalty payments be made into a fund to be divided equally. “OLD STOGIE” IS NABBED Cigar-Smoking Burglar Scattered Stubs on Carpets. MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 31 (#)—A robber, nicknamed “Old Stogie” be- cause he smoked cigars as he worked and left the stubs scattered on costly carpets in numerous Memphis homes, was believed identified with the arrest and confession here today of James H. Calloway, 24, of New Orleans. He was found by police in a hotel room and the first thing he did after being arrested, the officers said, was to confess that he robbed the home of Claude J. Tully, wealthy Memphis lumberman, of $1,200 worth of jewels last night. HEAR YE, HORSESHOE HURLERS! ANNUAL TOURNEY SET JULY 7 More Than 5,000 Expected to Compete for Honors and Prizes in Play in Washington Area. Hearken, ye horseshoe pitchers! ‘That scrap for the eh-mplmflfi& of Congress on Friday only started things. The big event in barnyard golf here- about won’t get under way until July 7. On this date, a Monday, will open the second annual tournament conducted . | winner and runner-up to advance into finalists in | Veterans of the Great War—Page 10. ton a nelghborhood tournament will be played on each playground, with the & divisional play-off, the this to pass on to a sectional play-off and sectional winner and runner-up to carry 03. in a city final. by The Washington Star and it promises - to be one of the largest ever held in the United States. Five thousand, or thereabout, from 200 towns and communities within the | chi metropolitan area of Washington part last year and since then the legion of horsesl pitchers has grown. e grand old fume, which had waned al- most to dormancy until The Star's tournament, has taken on the propor- tions of a major sport. Representative Fred G. Johnson of Nrebrukl, who vhlzn m:ha Ch‘:?eml::ltp of Congress, cai ‘horses) pitch- ing fever dufl:: the boom by 1ast Summer’s tournament. ‘The general scheme of that event will be followed this Summer, lt"uhinc- Maryland. Suitable prizes for petition will The Indians’ suit does not attempt to | Pass Anglers, After Bass, Catch Whale Off Coast of Florida By the Associated Press. 8T. AUGUSTINE, Fla, May 31.—Gilbert Phillips and Leon Canova went fishing for sea bass and caught a whale—the first ever landed here. For 12 hours these disciples of Izaak Walton battled with the 3,000-pound mammal after it had become entangled in their surf lines. At low tide they succeeded in passing & cable around the whale’s tail and by use of an automobile wrecker they dragged it ashore. FIFTH PERSON DIES INACCIDENT SERIES Mrs. Nellie Eck Killed When Car Turns Over on Balti- more Boulevard. ‘The toll of dead in traffic accidents in the Washington vicinity in a 48-hour period mounted to five last night with the death of Mrs. Nellie Eck, 50 years old, of Chester, Pa, who was killed when the automobile in which she and her husband, Walter F. Eck, also 50, were riding, overturned on the Balti- more boulevard near Berwyn, Md., and struck a telephone pole. Mrs. Eck was pronounced dead at Casualty Hospital and her husband was in a critical condition with a fractured skull and internal injuries. The fatal accident occurred in front of the garage of George Phillips, jus- tice of the peace, of Berwyn. Judge Phillips said the Eck car attempted to the machine of Charles Teste of Hollywood, Md., sideswiped it, and over- turned. Both occupants were thrown through the top. The Teste automobile was not damaged. Four Others Killed. Four other accidents in the 48-hour period claimed the lives of James T. Flanigan, 626 Twenty-third street; Phillip Mullin, 23 years old, brother and business associate of George B. Mullin, jr., prominent Washington contractor; Robert Curry, colored, 2400 block .of Benning road, and Alonzo Barnes, colored, of Sixth street northeast. Mrs. Eck and her husband were traveling in the direction of Washing- (Continued on Page 5, Column 6.) TODAY’S STAR Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Pages B—4, B—5, PART TWO—I12 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 5. Spanish War Veterans—Page 5. Serial Story, “Journey’s End"—Page 8. District National Guard—Page 9. D. A. R. Activities—Page 9. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 7. Marine Corps Notes—Page 8. Society. Community Center News—Page 10. Girl Scouts Activities—Page 12. PART FOUR—12 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen and Music. In the Motor World—Page _’5 Organized Reserves—] 3 District _on ColumMAP!.W‘l.ul Reserve— Army and Navy News—Page 7. Aviation Activities—Pages 8 and 9. Notes of Fraternities—Page 10. Radio News—Page 11. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—10 PAGES. Pinancial and Classified Advertising. Notes of the Clubs—Page 10. W. C. T. U. News—Page 10. PART !val.fi—fl PAGES. Magazine Section. irginia | Reviews of the New Books—Page 18. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 19. Cross-word Puzzsle—Page 22. GRAPHIC SECTION—I12 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Pellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Little Annie; Brutus; Somebody’s High Lights q History. 4 SQUALID ALLEYS HERE BREED CRIME Underworld Characters Find Refuge in Hundreds of Crude Hovels. Note—This is the first of a series of articles on the alley problem in Washington and_the pr | its_elimination. The second article will appear tomorrow. Much of Washington's underworld is scattered in squalid, hidden villages | where crime, vice and disease flourish | —sometimes under the stained glass | windows of churches or just across the rose-covered brick walls of mansion gardens, For almost a century the National Capital has been sweeping her dirt into the closets and shutting the doors 50 that visitors—or even uninquisitive members of her own family—do not see it. ‘This underworld is composed of some of the inhabited alleys. They are nar- row, concealed little networks of streets lined with crude brick and wooden hovels, which have no place in the plan of the city and do not appear on many maps. Some of them are malig- nant growths in the anatomy of the city which thus far successfully have re- sisted all efforts to remove them. At the latest count, according to a recent report to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, there were more than 250 “alleys,” with approxi- mately 2,400 dwellings and a la- tion of between 11,000 and 13.06’3.”“ Are Breeding Places of Crime. Some of them are communities of considerable size. O'Brien’s court, in the area bounded by Twentieth, ‘Twenty-first, E and P streets, contains 40 houses. Snow's court, bounded by ‘Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, I and K streets, has 41. Navy place, in the Southeast section,. has 70, sizable villages they range communities of three or four houses. Only the newer sections of the city are free of them. They are picturesque in their very squalor, especially when viewed in con- trast to their surroundings. This pic- turesqueness has made some of them Bohemian resorts with studios among the miserable tenements. For the most part the alley communities are hidden from the public eye. They are cut off from the life of the city—some of them without water, sewerage, gas or electricity. Naturally they are breeding places of crime. Into the worst of them police go at night only in pairs, with their hands on their revolvers. Their facili- ties for concealment make some of them centers of vice. The lowest elements of the city’s population drift into them. Of course, a great many respectable families live in the alleys, but they have scant incentive to stay respectable mu.muelé}'rlroml!l;gw :r‘hfl‘s every stim- ec m: the, feel their inferiority. ke = Problem Is Peculiar to Capital. The problem of the alley dwellers is almost peculiar to Washington. No other American city has the same situation to as great an extent, never (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) FIVE CHILDREN DIE, TRAPPED IN HOUSE WITH MOTHER AND CRIPPLED FATHER William Moxley, One-Armed Night Policeman at Park, Leaps to Safety From Sec- ond Floor of Home. HUSBAND IS AROUSED TOO LATE TO RESCUE Makes Vain Effort With Wife, Who Gave Her Life, to Save Children—Second Residence Is Also Destroyed—Father Tells of Hearing Screams Silenced. Mrs. Willilam Moxley, 40 years old, and her five children were burned to death early this morn- ing when fire destroyed their home at Glen Echo, Md.,, adjoin= ing the amusement park there. William Moxley, 42, father of the children, a one-armed night po- liceman at the park, was the only member of the family who escaped with his life from the flames which had entirely enveloped the frame house when the alarm was sent in shortly before 2 o’clock. Moxley jumped from a second-story wine dow and was injured. He was taken to Georgetown Hospital. The dead children are George, aged 15; Linda, aged 11; Gordon, aged 8; Eileen, aged 5, and Bessie, aged 3. The flames spread to the home of Andrew A. Riley, which was practically destroyed before they were brought under control by fire companies from Bethesda, Kensington and No. 29 from Wash- ington. The District fire rescue squad also responded to the alarm. At Georgetown Hospital Moxley iwas found to be suffering from burns about the left arm and lacerations. He said he came off duty at the park at midnight and went to his home and immediate- ly to bed. Husband Tells of Tragedy. “My wife and I suddenly awoke some time after 1 o'clock, but the entire second floor of the house was on fire,” Moxley said at the hospital after he had been carried there by Bethesda, Md., firemen. “We rushed to the two bedrooms at the rear of the house occupied by three of our children. “Flames were leaping through the doorway of the room in which two of my children, Buddy and Linda, were sleeping, and also from the other bedroom occupied by my son George. “I tried vainly for some time to get to them, but finally was so badly burned I had to give up the attempt. “Telling my wife that I would help her and my two other chil~ dren, Gordon and Eileen, who were sleeping in the bedroom with my wife and I, to escape, I drop- ped through the front bedroom window to the ground below and shouted for my wife and children to come to the window. “I heard my wife scream and then all was silent. “ I was told that all of them had been burned to death when fire- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) ACTS TO END REVOLT President Pessoa Sends Police to Capture Rebel Stronghold. RIO JANEIRO, May 31 (#).—News agency dispatches from the northern State of Parahyba, where fighting be< tween political groups has produced a casualty list of 251 dead and wounded in three months, today said that State President Joao Pessoa was sending & large body of police to capture the ret;ll h:uonch:‘lg o;eznnu-. ceza n held than three months by ldhum"z: om Federal deputy, Jose Pereira, who is & political enemy of Senhor Pessoa. PATROLMAN HAS BUT IS GLAD I “DOGGY” JOB, T SOON WILL END Must Make Hourly Check Because Canine Ownet’s Neighbor Protests Howls. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, May 31— Patrolman Nissel has a very “doggy” | the residen Job, Once every hour he must ride his | and motor cycle past 166 West Sixty-sixth street and stop and listen for dogs barking. If the canines are quiet he may go about his business, but just one howl will be the cause for him to dismount and stop the noise. The resident at 206 West Sixty-sixth street complained to the authorities that his neighbor's dogs at 166 West 'mmmmnmurm; . insists he is not deaf to extent that ¥ - & dog's bark could not be