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« amended bill or nothing.” WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. ‘Temperatures—High yu'-!r&‘y: lowest, 52, Full report on page 4. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 est, 83, at 5 pm. at 5 am. today. ah No. , 31,443. post office. Entered as second class matter Washington, D, C WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1930—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. ‘POLICE PAY RAISE /10 BE APPROVED TODAY BY HOUSE 1 Simmons Is Condemned by Committeemen as “Usurp- er of Rights.” « LEGISLATIVE GROUP ADJOURNS IN PROTEST Increase Bill to Be Taken Up Under Suspension of Rules After Agreement. The police and firemens’ pay increase bill is to be passed under suspension of the rules late this afternoon, under an agreement between House leaders, mem- bers of the legislative committee on Dis- trict matters, and Chairman Simmons of the subcommittee on District appro- priations, who had threatened to defeat the bill unless amendments that he of- Yered were accepted. The agreement was followed by the District committee’s announcement that 4t would adjourn sine die for the rest of the session as evidence of its dissat- sfaction with a situation which they said had forced it to surrender in order that some measure of justice might be done for the 2,000 police and firemen of the District. The committee directed Acting Chair- man McLeod when recognized by the Speaker today to make the motion to , strike out all after the enacting clause and to substitute the bill as rewritten by District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan at the request of Representative Sim- mons. Bowmsn Urges Resignation. Every member of the committee who was present at the meeting today pro- tested against surrendering their juris- dictions and suffering domination bi who is not even a member O Yimh: :l:;!nmltm. Representative Bowman, Republican, of West Virginia declared that in self-justification the entire mem- bership of the District committee should resign, since their rights as members of the committee had been taken away hem. ‘m'll‘lll‘let discussion in_the con::nt:tuefl‘ts‘- as started by Representative , g:};;uzuun, of Wisconsin, who declared that the District committee . have nerve enough to answer the threat of flibuster against this bill by a dec- Jaration that the committee would fili- ‘buster against everythu:nx else that the House attempted to do.” Re] tative Tarver demanded to know who controlled the committee and why the committee should surrender its rights on the demand of one man who was not even a member of the commit- tee. Representative Reid, Republican, of Tllinois declared that “this shows the decay in which our District committee has sunk.” Representative Lampert, Republican, of Wisconsin declared that “this is the rawest thing I have ever been forced * 1o swallow. I am doing it only because of the poor fellows who need the relief that is in this legislation and since we * have found out that we must take the Tarver Challenges Chair. resentative Tarver challenged the chmlkl;'mn: “If I'm to be controlled, I t to know whom.” ":cfinl Chl\n:yln McLeod explained that the House leaders, after confer- ences, had been adverse to allowing the day to be wasted and had counseled that if an agreement could be arrived at regarding the proposed amendments Mr. McLeod would be resoznized to pass the compromised measure. Representative Reid asked: “Is this a compromise or a surrender?” ~And when Mr. McLeod answered that jt was a compromise, he wanted to know: “What did you get?” . Mr. McLeod explained that the meas- ure as now agreed to in conference is “acceptable” to the police and firemen because it is the best that they can get at this time, and he recommended Tavorable action by the committee. Again, Mr. Reid wanted to know: “Who got up this report?” Mr. McLeod replied that it had been done by Dis- trict Auditor Donovan at the request of Mr. Simmons. Mr. Reid, continuing his protest against the usurpation of authority vested in the committee, asked Mr. McLeod: “Did you take up with the House leaders as to why they treat the District as a stepchild instead of a favored son?” Lampert Calls Move “A Crime.” Representative Lampert broke in with N the statement: “IUs a crime, but it's} this or_nothing.” Mr. Reid egain questioned: “Who is this fellow Donovan; is he dictator for the National Capital? Representatives Bowman and Tarver of Georgia, almost simultaneously de- clared their attitude as desirous td let Representative Simmons make his filibuster if he chose, while the District committee stood on its rights to bring up legislation that it believed proper and that Mr. Simmons should be forced to take the consequences. Representa- tive Tarver then said: “If this commit- tee is going to surrender its exclusive rights in the face of such dictation, I believe that the whole committee should " do it and not a few members.” He made a point of no quorum, stat- ing that the committee should stand on its rights as having jurisdiction in such legislaton. Representative Lam- pert told Mr. Tarver: “I feel just as strongly and as bitterly as you do, but for the sake of,2,000 police and fire- men, who need the increases provided in this bill, I hope that you will with- draw your objection and allow the bill to_be passed today.” Mr. Tarver” declared that the com- mittee itself had voted that the amend- ments ought to be rejected and that having so acted after proper delibera- tion that they ought not to submit to outside dictation. Tarver Withdraws Point. Finally, however, Mr. Tarver agreed to withdraw his point of no quorum, but insisted that he should be recorded as most bitterly opposed to dictation and emphasizing that the committee | of Government_executives. Finance Expert Dies B BRIG. GEN. HERBERT M. LORD. BRIG. GEN. LORD DIES OF ILLNESS Former Budget Director Had Been Confined to Bed for Month. Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, U. 8. A, retired, second director of the United States budget and often referred to as “the greatest paymaster in the world,” died at 8:30 o'clock this morning in his apartment at the Woodley, Mint- wood place and Columbia road. Gen. Lord had been confined to his bed for more than a month, suffering | the from a nervous breakdown and com- plications ensuing from an attack of influenza about a year ago. He was in his seventy-first year. Gen. Lord’s wife, Mrs. Annie Stuart Lord, and his daughter, Mrs. Ruth Van Rensselaer, were at the bedside when the end came. A son, Maj. Kenneth Lord, recently returned to his post at Fort Leavenworth following a visit to his father's home. It is understood the son will return here at once.. Full Honors to Be Paid. While funeral arrangements have not been completed, it is known that interment will be in Arlington Ceme- tery, with full military honors. Gen. Lord had been in poor health since his retirement, July 1 a year ago, as director of the budget. He spent part of the past Winter at St. Peters- :::& ill.. in an effort to regain his At the request of President Hoover, Gen. Lord retained office as head of the Nation's budget system until the end of the last fiscal year. He was succeeded as director by J. C. Roop. During the less than 20 months in which the United States participated in the World War Gen. Lord, as di- rector of finance for the War Depart- ment, theoretically paid out more than $24,000,000,000. And when his mili- tary career was at an end later he became director of the budget, where the chief function was to keep down Government expenditures. Memory Was Notable. Gen. Lord was named to the budget directorship July 1, 1922, succeeding another man famous in the World War, Brig. Gen., and later Vice President, Charles G. Dawes, the budget's first director. Hardly had Gen. Lord taken up the budget duties until Govern- ment officials learned of “the man with the remarkable memory,” who could literally quote figures by the yard. The general public had its opportunity to observe the general's powers of mem- ory several years later, when the radio was employed to broadcast a meeting Hundreds of thousands of persons heard him quote figures, but did not know that he spoke without a. manuscript and that careful check of his quoted figures had revealed that they were correct down to the cents. No n was more proud than Gen. Lord when, during successive years, re- duction was shown in the amount of Government expeditures. He spent long hours in his office in the Treasury, cal- culating, counting, considering where a few dollars or a few thousands or a mil- lion might be trimmed from the esti- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) DUKE OF CONNAUGHT WILL ACT FOR KING Peer Will Receive Salute at Troop- | ifig of Colors in Ceremony | Tomorrow. ; By the Associated Press. | LONDON, June 2.—The Duke D!‘; Connaught, who will take the salute| for King George at tomorrow's trooping of the colors, still is the erect com- manding, figure the public long has known him to be. despite his 80 years. The royal duke, formerly Governor Gen- eral of Canada, sits upon his horse as firmly as he did in his middle age. The two hours of tomorrow’s ceremonies will be far less of a strain upon him than they would be upon the monarch, re- covertng from an attack of rheumatism in_his hip ‘Their majesties and the Duke of Con- naught were central figures in yester- day’s _Albert Hall reception after the New York Philharmonic Symphony So- ciety Orchestra’s concert. ‘The court Jeaves London Saturday to spend Whitsuntide at Sandringham. NEW CHICAGO BEER WAR FEARED AS SIX ARE SHOT T0 DEATH Six Others, Including Woman, Wounded in Attacks Dur- ing Week End. POLICE START SEARCH FOR MACHINE GUNNERS Unidentified Victim of “Ride” Is Found Propped Against Bank Building. ) By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 2.—Six dead and six wounded in gang attacks over the week end started the police of all the Chi- cago area into thorough search for ma- chine gunners for fear of reprisals. ‘The police believed the gunnery pre- saged & new beer war, and they were taking every precaution to prevent the usual swift vengeance in_gangdom. Three gangsters were killed early Sun- day morning as they sat at a table in a road house at Fox Lake, a resort north of Chicago. In the same attatk George Druggan, brother of the no- torious Terry Druggan, and Mrs. Vivian Ponic McGinnis, wife of an attorney, were wounded. The shots came through windows, and the slayers escaped. About the same time a burst of ma- chine gun fire on North Clark street, near the scene of the St. Valentine's day massacre, wounded three men, one of them mortally. Saturday already had a score of one dead and two wounded in an attack on Southwest Side. One of the wound- ed was a boy, who got in the way of a stray shot. The dead man was Philip Gnolfo, reputed professional killer, who was slain in his car as it dashed over the curbing into the side of a window. The last slaying was that of an un- l‘dentdmw ride, victim, whose body was found early tod ropped against a bank building. R ISIEsany A puzzling angle of the Fox Lake assacre was the fact that all three 8 ters slain and one of the wounded were members or leaders of separate The e husband of the wounded woman declared she was sitting at another ta- ble with Druggan, whom sh since chlldhgo'(;. #e liom DISTRICT BOARD OF PAROLES ASKED Senator Capper to Introduce Bill for Appointmetn of Three Local Residents, A parole board for District prisoners would be established under a bill pre- pared for introduction this afternoon by Chairman Capper of the Senate Dis- trict committee. The bill was recom- mended by a special committee of the | Chamber of Commerce. ‘The new agency would be known as | & board of indeterminate sentence and parole, composed of three local resi- dents, to be named by the District Commissioners. The board would ob- tain reports on the physical, mental and moral records of prisoners and recommend proper treatment. A sys- tem of determining the proper time for the release of prisoners and their re- habilitation would be worked out by the board. A prisoner would have to serve six months, or the minimum sen- tence, before being eligible for parole. The bill would authorize the Board of Public Welfare to appoint parole offi- cers for the various institutions, and one of these officers would be clerk to the parole board. FATHER POISONS SON, DAUGHTER AND SELF Wife Lays New Mexican’s Act to Tl Health, Brought About by Overwork. By the Associated Press. RUIDOSO, N. Mex,, June 2—G. R. Farmer, Roshwell, N. Mex., oil man, poisoned his two children, Betty, 7, and Billy, 4, and then took his own life, a coroner’s inquest has determined. Bodies of the trio were found yester- day in the woods of the Ruidoso River district, where Farmer, his wife and five friends had gone on a week end fishing trip. Mrs. Farmer said her husband had been in ill health, having overworked himself while conducting experiments in cil lubrication. _SAILS OCEAN ALONE Portuguese Reaches Cape Verde Islands on Way to Brazil. ST. VINCENT, Cape Verde Islands, June 2 (#).—Antonio Gomes Viegas, 50-year-old sailor, on a lone voyage across the Atlantic from Portugal to Mananos, Brazil, in a 27-foot craft, ar- rived herc today. Viegas, whose boat is a cutter of his | own construction, left his native village of Sao Martinho May 3. COLLEGIATE DRINKING WANES, 257 PREXIES Student Opinion Against ADVISE W. C. T. U. Intoxicants Is Ascending, Union Is Convinced by Survey. By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, I, | posium ot the views of 257 American June 2.—A sym- J 146; no drinking among students, 44. About the same amount of drinking \now[‘u before the eighteenth amend- ment | 8. had surrendered its particular rights|college presidents has convinced the | “congitions are bad, 7; worse, 3. to a rank outsider. A, Representative Bowman then made the motion, which was seconded by Representative Patman of Texas, that after today, the House District commit- tee should stand adjourned sine die as a protest against dictation and usurpa- tion of its rights. national Woman's Christian Temperance Union there is less drinking among students today than ever before, and that student opinion against intoxicants is on the ascendant. ‘The W. C. T. U. solicited ogLnlonl of liquor the Nation’s educators on situation, and today made public the | mittee resulf = Radio Programs on Page W_"'i- h&hln wnvohmm The answers came from 45 States. Symming up the results of its ques- tionnaire, the W. C.°*T. U. observed: “The presidents’ views coincide with the statements by the two famous foot ball coaches, Alonzo Stud of Chicago Uni- versity, and 'mm'{d Yost, Michigan umm‘:)tl" who tol Jjudiciary com- the House ves tha! t drinking 3 of :..e.pruwm since prohibitiom, -~ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. % \\ ,‘* \ ¢ MEeBBE Commanded Ship on Hoover Trip From South America. 1900 Annapolis Graduate and Son of Rear Ad- miral Train. President Hoover has appointed as his naval aide Capt. Charles Russell Trgin, who commanded the U. S. S. Utah, which brought him back to the United States following his South American tour as President-elect. Capt. Train will succeed Capt. Allan Buchan- an, who goes to the Navy War College, at. Newport, R. L, as its chief of staff. Capt. Train is scheduled to report for duty at the White House by June 10 and Capt. Buchanan will take up his new duty at the Naval War College class there by July 1. Capt. Train, who was born in An- prior to the assembling of the new-had a career in the CAPT. TRAIN APPOINTED PRESIDENT'S NAVAL AIDE CAPT. CHARLES R. TRAIN. —Harris-Ewing Photo. napolis, Md., September 18, 1879, has Navy.,that. has brought him into close contact with DAVIS-BROWN FUND REACHED $358.000 Labor Secretary Holds Small Portion Spent on His ' Campaign. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. An expenditure totaling approximate- ly $358,000 for the Davis-Brown ticket in the recent Pennsylvania primary was testified to before the Senate campaign investigating committee today by treas- urers of various committees supporting that ticket, Secretary James J. Davis of the De- partment of Labor, the successful can- didate for the Republican senatorial nomination on the Davis-Brown ticket, told the committee that he did not con- sider it fair to hold that all this ex- penditure or even a major part of it was in the interest of his campaign. “You'll find little of it was spent for me,” said Secretary Davis when he was called to the stand by Chairman Nye of the Senate committee just before the hearing closed. Mr. Davis pointed out that there were candidates for seven offices on the Brown-Davis ticket. Senator Dill of ‘Washington asked if it would be fair to describe the total by seven and say that one-seventh of the amount was spent for Mr. Davis. Satisfied With One-seventh. Mr. Davis said that he would be con- tent to be responsible for that amount of expenditure. He insisted, however, that he had no idea such a consider- able sum had been expended for the Brown-Dawls ticket. “It is really more than I thought had been expended,” said Mr. Davis. Last week the testimony before tHe committee showed that there had been expended for .Senator Grundy, Mr. Davis' principal opponent, a total of about $332,000, of which Mr. Grundy contributed himself $291,000. { Walter A. Bonitz, a manufacturer of fire brick, living in Pittsburgh, was re- vealed today as the principal “angel” to the Davis-Brown ticket. It was tes- tified that Mr. Bonitz had contributed something like $96,000 to the campaign. Secretary Davis told the committee that he had met Mr. Bonitz about a year ago, during the mayoralty cam- ign. He said Mr. Bonitz had told B et o Seet, 5 Jotp I e coming campaign. e, Mr. Dlvl.s.ulld, ey were discussing run- ning Mr. Davis for governor. After it had been determined that Mr. Dayvis would be a candidate for Senator, he said, mu umr: to him again and fleres sul S o ;Ilyne W. ll’a‘l’:akley of Franklin, Pa., vice president of a trust company there, and treasurer of the regular Republican organization of Western Pennsylvania, which supported the Davis-Brown ticket, testified that Mr. Bonitz had agreed to ses that the Davis-Brown campaign was financed in that part of the State. 2 Says Funds Hard to Find. The witness told the committee that Mr. Bonitz had found it dificult to raise money for the campaign largely because most of the wealthy men were Grundy. He said that In his_word, ited _the vastly less given ,_coptribuf e ? (Continued on r‘ 3, today. EUROPE WATCHES FRANCE AND ITALY Duel Threatens Between Tar- dieu and Mussolini Amid War Hints. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 2.—All Europe is watch- ing with interest’ and some anxiety a political situation which promises to develop into a duel between two European Statesmen, Benito Mussolini, premier of Italy, and Andre Tardieu, premier, whom France regards gener- ally as a worthy successor of men like Clemenceau and Poincare. Mussolini has attracted attention again because of his recent series of political speeches in Northern Italy, wherein he warned the world that Italy’s independence and Italy's future cannot be neglected and that, if ocea- sion necessitated, the world would find that the Itallan people would form themselves into a solid mass to defend Italian rights. In another speech he declared that there is nothing more insulting to the pride of the Italian people than to sup- pose that Italy’s fecent naval program is & thing which will not be brought tc its consum ion. And he continued with the phrase that has rung around Europe, “Words are beautiful, but gat- ling guns, war ships, airplanes and cannon are even more beautiful.” Believed Aimed at France. Frenchmen generally believe that Mussolini’s addresses were directed against their country, first, because of the French refusal at London to grant naval parity to Italy and also because of the failure of negotiations concern- ing Tripoli and Tunis to materialize in a manner pleasing to Mussolini. But French leaders have intentionally sought to minimize the effects of Mus- solini’s _speeches. Foreign' Minister Briand has ignored Mussolini’s utter- ances, replying only in the form of announcing hi$ great peace move for the creation of a federal union of Europe. Tardieu indirectly answered Musso- lini by ordering the evacuation of the last zone of the Rhineland. And then on May 18, in a speech at Lyons to former soldiers, he called upon France’s veterans to devote themselves hence- forth in the,cause of peace. dead have given their all,” he . “Let the living give their all. Let us le against the powers of decadence, of disorder, of routine and of inertia, for there is a great battle to be won along the road of a worthy, proud and fraternal peace. Comrades, (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) U.’S. GOLFERS WIN Jones and Johnston Beat French-| men, 1 Up. SAINT GERMAIN, France, June 2 (#)—Coming from behind in the sec- ond nine, Bobby Jones and Jimmy Johnston defeated Andre Bagliano and Marcel agne, French amateur chlmmu. Te- mateh and professional golf spectively, in an 18-hole best o Their margin was 1 in Washi Associated service. FUND OF §3,000,000 ASKED TO ABOLISH ALLEYS IN CAPITAL THe only evening ‘pnpu' with Press news Saturday’s Circulation, 108,080 Sunday’s Circulation, 116,610 TWO CENTS. MOXLEY TRAGEDY LAID TO ELECTRIC IRON LEFT IN PLUG Measure Proposes Revolving Fund for Purchasing and Replatting Property. USE OF FLIMSY SHACKS AS DWELLINGS IS HIT Hidden City Within a City Is Held Morally and Physically Undelinble‘ Note—This is the second of a series of articles on the alley problem in Washington and the proposals for its elimination. The third article will appear tomorrow. A bill approved by the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- | sion, which is designed to wipe out SENATE OVERRIDES PRESIDENTIAL VETO Adopts Connally Resolution on Spanish-American War Pension Measure. ‘The Senate today overrode Presi- dent Hoover's veto of the measure liberalizing Spanish War veterans’ pensions. A motion by Senator Connally, Demo- crat, Texas, to override the President’s veto of the Spanish-American War pension bill was scheduled, for a vote in the Senate this afternoon, with a close vote in prospect. Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re- publican leader, after a check of the membership, indicated that a possibility existed that the Senate would approve the motion. It will be-the first vote on & veto by President Hooyer. ‘The veterans’ organization sent to each Senator a letter taking issue, point by point, with the President’s veto mes- sage and expressing resentment at the “demand that there shall now be a requirement of proof of poverty, #f not of pauperism, before a veteran of the Spanish-American War may Teceive a pension.” ‘The letter set out that previous Civil War pension legislation made no refer- ence to “viclous habits” as a bar to drawing compensation; said the lower- ing from 90 to 70 days of the minimum service period had been added to avoid discrimination resulting from many acts dofng this for the benefit of individual veterans; and concluded the require- ment of poverty “would itself be a new basis for veterans’ pension.” “If it is to be applied at all it will, of course, be applied to all veterans,” the letter said, “and if that new and licy is to be adopted it means that hereafter there is to be no compensation to any soldier for physical disabilities unless and until he proves to the satisfaction of the Pension Bureau that he qualifies as a pauper. “Let no one be deceived by the state- ment that a new bill is to be prepared and introduced that will meet the ap- proval of the President. The veto message definitely and imperatively de- mands that any such bill must conta! & pauper clause. Spanish War veterans resent any suggestion that their patriotic Mrvl‘v:ui be b:ax;:lrchedflb.y any require- ment of proof of pauperism.” A revised bill to meet the President’s t;:]ecuon is being prepared in the ouse. unprecedented DAWES TO STAY AT POST Ambassador Scouts Rumors That He Intends to Resign. LONDON, June 2 (#).—Ambassador Dawes, who is preparing to sail for the United States Saturday, today reiterated that despite all rumors of his intention to resign, he would be back on the job in London after a month'’s vacation. The Ambassador will be accompanied by Sir Henry W. G. Cole, who is going to the United States in connection with his lrpolntment as director general of :lxhlb its at the coming Chicago exposi- lon. i His Name Saves Him. ATLANTA, June 2 ().—A colored driver of a motor car was in court for parking overtime. The judge made sure thaf the name of the culprit was correct, then let him go. It happened on the day of the final round of the British amateur gold tourney. The name was Bobby Jones. Child Born Aboard Ship in Canal. COLON, Panama, June 2 (#).—For the first time a child has been born on a ship passing through the Canal. It was on the Dutch steamship The mother is Mrs. M. Panama. forever. Washington's alleys, now is be- fore the House and Senate District committees. It asks for an appropriation of $500,- 000 a year for five years. These appro- priations, together with $500,000 now standing to the credit of the United States Housipg Corporation, would form a revolvingetund to be used by the housing corporation in’purchasing and replatting alley property. The appro- priations are to be in the nature of loans that will be repaid when the property has been replatted and sold. ie bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Capper of Kansas and in the House by Representative Bowman of West Virginia, prohibits the use of an alley house as a dwelling after July 1, 1940. Under the bill t8e housing corpora- tion, under the President, would be authorized not only to obtain alley property through gift, purchase outright or by condemnation, but “to lease, rent, maintain, equip, manage, exchange or sell any such lands, buildings or struc- tures and to aid in providing, equipping, managing and maintaining houses and other bulldings, improvements and gen- eral community utilities on the property by loans to limited dividend corpora- tions or to home-owners who will undertake not to sell during tie period of the loan, provided that no loan shall be made at a lower rate of inter- est than 5 per cent.” ‘Want Menace Removed. It long has been this dark old hidden city” of crime and pestile t- | Kens! con betfer only makes them worse. From the first there have been two| part difficult factors in the problem, human nature and vested property hts. As real estate investments the alley prop- erties have been in the past—and some g;;l them are today—immense.y profit- e. (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) DOUBLE KILLING ENDS COUPLE’S LONG FEUD Wife Shot After Selling Auto and Filing Divorce Suit, Husband Taking Own Life. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, June 2.—Domestic strife which for years caused David G. Borst, 67, and wife, Anna, 64, to live in the same apartment separated by locked doors and without speaking, in | had been ended today by murder and suicide. ‘The Borsts, apparently in comfort- able circumstances, were married in 1912, but neighbors said that disagree- ment apparently marred their marria; from the start. Mrs. Borst recently filed suit for divorce, and only an hour before her death yesterday sold her automobile for $500. . Borst's body was found plerced by two bullets. Her hand held the check for the A few feet away Borst, a bullet through his brain, stiil clutched a new pistol. Police decided a quarrel over the money for the automobile merely has- tened an act Borst planned after the divorce was filed. —_ AAE RS L WALES HOLDS LEVEE FOR KING GEORGE, ILL Throng Cheers as Prince Drives in State From Buckingham to St. James’ Palace. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, June 2—The Prince of Wales drove in state today from Buck- ingham Palace to St. James' Palace, where he held a levee in behalf of King George, who is ill with rheumatism. The prince wore the scarlet full dress of colonel of the Welsh Guards. A big crowd cheered him heartily as he drove in a gilded state coach along the mall \escorted by the sovereign’s life guards. There also was a brilliant scene inside the throne room, where the prince was seated on the golden throne attended Niezes of king. by the Duke of York, Prince Arthi the Duke of Connat t.hrozhu?lm . They received together a lopg stream of l!oprennut!vu. . AUTO DRIVEN INTO PROPELLER HALTS SMUGGLING AIRPLANE Two Aliens Captured at Detroit by Inspector Seizing Seventh Flying Craft. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, June 3.—Stanley Zerambo, senior inspector of the United States immigration patrol at Detroit, yester- day drove an automobile into the whirl- ing propeller of an to it oamape ot e Sip AD3 ha b aens gL mobile rdiator and windshield were broken. Zerambo was cut and bruised, but escaped serious injury. and exchped o 105, DU BIS PRGengSr: on .his passengers, Ayriazo Taled, a Greek, and Zwa Ri were captured them | of the other three c And to many persons, the major- | H Glen Echo -Fire Probe Bares Owner Had Difficulty in Shutting It Off. ESTABLISHES ORIGIN OF BLAZE IN KITCHEN Lone Survivor Tells of Futile Ef- forts to Rescue Wife and Five Children. A faulty electric fron, loaned by a relative to press the Sunday dresses of the little girls, today is believed to have been the cause of the fire which early yesterday morning wiped out the family of William Moxley, killing his wife and five children in their home adjoining the Glen Echo Amusement Park. The iron was one which Mrs. Katle Moxley had borrowed from Mrs. Daniel Etzler, a niece of Mr. Moxley and a neighbor. Mrs. Etzler said today that she has hall considerable trouble with the iron in the past, finding it difficult to shut it off. Mrs. Etaler believes the iron, after being used by Mrs. Moxley Saturday night, was left attached to an electric Plug and not properly turned off. That it slowly overheated and set fire to the kitchen of the Moxley home long after the mother and her children had gone to sleep is the belief of Mrs. Etzler and the family’s only survivor, Moxley, who is a night watchman at Glen Echo. Three Children Trapped. Montgomery County authorities have definitely establisned the fact that the blaze started in the kitchen of the house, where Mrs. Moxley is known to have done her ironing Saturday nigh Three children, George, 14; Beynsle.'lg: and Valinda, 11, were sleeping in the back part of the house, over the room in which the fire is believed to have started. They had no chance to es- cape. It is believed the flames, licking hungrily u& from the kitchen below, suffocated them before they could flee to safety. Mrs. Moxley and the other two chile dren, Gordon, 8, and Eileen, 3, suf- focated in the smoke and flames while Moxley. who had jumped from a sec- ond-story window, waited below .the window for Mrs. Moxley to LhmwAg children out and jump herself. the fire had been brought under con= trol by fire companies from Bethesda, n and Washington, Mrs, Mox= ding the two younger children her arms, was found dead a few her husband had jumped. idren were found among the charred remains of the back the house. The floor of the room in which they had been sleeping, eaten away by the flames, had fallen to the ground and the children’s bodies were burned almost beyond recognition. Moxley did not escape unscathed. le was badly burned about his left arm and received many cuts in his jum He was treated at Georgetown Hospli! Last Evening Described. As his relatives:in Maryland, with whom Moxley has been staying since the tragedy pieced the story together from broken bits from the father’s lips, the family of five children spent their last evening together with their mother enjoying a bit of recreation at the park where their father worked. Through his position at the park, Moxley had seen to it that they all had passes for the attractions. The family went over to the gayly lighted park happy in anticipation of an evening of pleasure. George stopped by the shooting gallery while Bessie and Linda had a fine ride on the roller coaster. Gordon and Eileen were led by their mother to the ice cream parlor, Mrs. Moxley and the .youngsters re= turned home early and the children were tucked away in their beds while Mrs. Moxley busied herself with getting their clothes ready for Sunday, using the iron which is believed to have caused the fire. Moxley said he was awakened about an hour after returning by the sudden dealization that Hb was smothering. He started up and looked about him but could see nof g in the dense smoke that filled the room. He aroused wife and admonished her to look out for little Eileen and Gordon while he went to back of the house to look after the other children. . Rendered Almost Unconscious. Moxley ran to the bedroom door and wrenched it open and was met by tongues of flame, which swept through the door and almost rendered him un- conscious. Seeing that the rear part of the house was a mass of flames, in which the three children must have already perished, he turned back toward the mother and the two youngest children. “Katie, follow me,” he cried. “Bring the two children and follow me,” he repeated. Moxley, who had lost one of his'arms in a sawmill accident several years 2go, thrust his remaining arm through a bedroom window and kicked the sash (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) HONAN PROVINCE TAKEN BY NORTHERN ARMIES 30,000 Nanking Troops Reported Disarmed and Entire Air Force Imprisoned. By the Associated Press. PEIPING, China, June 2.—A gens eral advance of northern armies into the province of Honan, following a vig= orous offensive launched on the night of May 30, was claimed in Chinese official dispatches published in war extras to~ night. ’ ‘These reports stated that northern cavalry in a surprise attack ulg:ured 12 pursuit planes believed to be en- tire N Nationalist air force on the Honan front. Fifty pilots and me- chanics were taken prisoners: The northerners declared least 30,000 Nanking troops were dis- armed. The northern forces were stated to have reached a point about 50 miles the Shansi ley, in