Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1930, Page 2

A2 " DR . W, WILEY DIES AFTERLONGILLNESS Fought 30 Years to Protect Pubiic Against Food Impurities. (Continued From Pirst Page.)_ career that had made Dr. Wiley's rame and public services known throughout the world. Up to within a few hours of his death this morning, his mind had retained that alertness that had char- acterized the last vears of his life. His widow, who had aided him in his work to the last, was at his bedside when he_died. Despite his advanced years dnd the malady that had more or less incapaci- tated him during the past year, Dr. Wiley's interest in the life around him continued throughout his ilingss. Since June 4, when he attended a director’s meeting of the Washington Loan & Trust Co., he had been confined to his bed room. His strength began to fai rapidly during the past week, and he was aware that he did not have much longer to live. Was Faithful Base Ball Fan. The last time he attended serviees at the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, on June 1, Dr. Wiley felt so well that he went to the base ball park in the afternoon. For many years he has been a faithful fan of the Washing- ton team and seldom missed an oppor- tunity to attend a local game. Shortly before, he made his last visit to the National Press Club, where he was al- ways & welcome figure and frequent guest on special occasions. One of Dr. Wiley's two sons, John Preston Wiley, an accepted candidate for the United States Naval Academy, was at Annapolis, Md., at the time of his father's death. He had gone there yesterday to take his physical examina- jon. qu’znlly, Dr. Wiley, who was chief chemist of the Department of Agricul- ture for almost 30 years, in leading his fight for the enactment of pure ‘cod and drug laws, appeared before the Senate Agriculture Committee to testify on ite investigation of the administ:a- tion of the pure drug act. After giving his views, he returned home weaker and later decided tne opinions he had expressed had not beea applicabl> to the inquiry in progress. He was un- able to leave his sick bed again, so he wrote Senator McNary, the chair:aan, that he had testified under a misap- prehension. “I am & very ill man at the present time,” the scientist wrote, “and I can- not prepare what I wanted to say, even if it were in order for me to do s0.” Rites to Be Held Wednesday. Last week, Mrs. Wiley made the letter public. She appeared in the investi- tion, saying her husband—so widely g\own in his prime as a vigorous man —had been too ill in the weeks im- mediately past for her to repeat the progress of the committee’s work. Word of Dr. Wiley's death was not made known until late this morning and the affection with which he was held by all who knew him was evi- denced by the many persons who called and left their condolences. ~Funeral services will be held Wednesday after- noon at 2 o'clock in the Vermont Ave- nue Christian Church, of which Dr. Wiley was a member. Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley, the pastor, will officiate and THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, |CONTINUING RESOLUTION PASSED BY HOUSE AS (Continued Prom First Page) would be thrown out of employment. Representative Frear, Republican, of ‘Wisconsin, asked if there was any ob- jection to having the people of Wash- ington pay the same taxes as other peo- ple throughout the eountry pay. In re- plying to him, Mr. Simons said that that raised the whole question of fiscal relations, and that he hopes later to propose a resolution setting up a com- mission to make such a study. In reply to Mr. Hall, Representative Simmons said that the hardship that would result to many employes in the | District had been considered. | “What we are doing now is to try to | make sure that there will not be further unemployment by putting through this continuing resolution to take care of the usual pay roll of the District gov- ernment.” he said. Representative Hall called attention that the discussion was entirely asid from the question, and asked Mr. Sim- mons whether a way could be found for & continuation of work on public pulid- ings, streets and other improvement work during the Summer. Mr. Sim- mons said that he was proposing to take care of the pay rolls and current| expenses beginning tomorrow, and that after this measure is passed the House | conferees may still continue, “as I hope we may,” to settle the dispute on the District bill. Stafford Favors Compromise. Representative Stafford, Republican, of Wisconsin, asked how far apart the | conferees were on the amount that the Federal Government should pay and whether the Senate has proposed any lower amount than the $12,000,000 written into their bill on the Senate side. “I think in view of the size of the appropriation bill and other large amounts that we are appropriating that it would not be unreasonable to allow another million dollars at the request of the Senate conferees. I think a million dollars additional is a fair pro- posal for compromise,” he said. Representative Cramton, Republican, of Michigsn, emphasized that the pas- | sage of the continuing resolution does not prevent further conference on the District appropriation bill and is only to meet an existing emergency. Again Representative Stafford in- sisted that when the Senate and House conferees are no further apart than $1.- 000,000 on the $45,000,000 appropriation bill that $10,000,000 Federal contribu- tion would be a fair compromise. | Representative Prear insisted that il the District residents are paying their fair share of taxes the Government should pay all the rest, and that if the District is not paying a fair amount x( taxes it should be made to pay, and that should be the only basis of settle- ment. Representative Bowman demanded heatedly: “If that is your attitude, why do you advocate the $9,000,000 lump sum?” It was at this point that Mr. Bowman objected to unanimous consent. Rep- resentative Simmons then made a mo- tion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, which would require a two-thirds vote. Representative Bowman de- manded a second, which parliamentary g‘n‘)mun called for a 40-minute de- te. Claims Responsibility Passed to House. Representative Bowman assured his colleagues that his purpose was not pri- marily to oppose the continuing resolu- tion nor to insist that the House con- fevees yield to the Senate, nor that the Senate conferees yield to the House. He was not advocating $9,000,000 or $12,000,000 or any other amount. The | interment will follow in Rock Creek Cemetery. Arrangements for the fu- neral have not yet been completed and honorary pallbearers will be chosen from among Dr. Wiley's friends and former associates. Dr. Wiley was admitted to member- ship in the Christian Church during the latter years of his life. Only re- cently he received a copy of resolutions adopted by the Christian Church of Kent, Ind, his former home, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. For many years Dr. Wiley had been a bene- factor of the church, which he had re- tored before its anniversary date. He also caused to be erected in it two memorial windows to his parents,” His father had atfended the little church. Dr. Wiley lived to see his autobiog- raphy published last Spring. In it he relates his early struggles and his final successful campaign for the enactment of pure food and drug laws, which was the high tide of his notable career. Praised by Magazine. Owing to failing health, Dr. Wiley on January 1 had retired from his many years of service as director of the Bureau of Foods, Sanitation and Health, conducted in Good Housekeep- ing and became its director-emeritus. The magazine at the time, paid a wruclnngl tribute to his services, the bureau having been created in 1912 for him to continue his campaign for pure food in the homes of America. responsibility for this deadlock has been shifted from the conferees to the House, he declared, since they have come to | the House and declared that it is not | possible to reach an agreement in re- gard to what the Federal Government should pay. Representative Bowman then launched into an attack on some leaders on the| appropriations committee, who, he said, took advantage of the Holman rule and broke into the substantive law, provid- ing for a 60-40 ratio, and fixed the Fad- eral contribution at the $9,000,000 lump sum. He declared that the House and Sen- as professor of Latin and Greek at But- ler College, Indianapolis, but turned | soon to teaching scientific subjects in | various colleges, which led him to his | Federal post. The controversy that preceded his resignation grew out of the charge that Dr. Wiley, Dr. L. F. Kebler, chief of the bureau's drug laboratory, and Dr. W. D. Bigelow, assistant chief of the bureau, permitted an arrangement to be made with Dr. H. H. Rusby of Co- lumbia University, whereby Dr. Rusby | was to receive a salary of $1,600 a year, with the tacit understanding that he was to do only enough work to secure this amount at the rate of $20 a day. ‘This was declared to have been a viols tion of the act, which held that no cl sified scientific investigator should re Dr. Wiley is survived by his widow, who was Anna Campbell Kelton of ‘Washington when they were married in 1911, apd another son, Harvey Wash- ington Wiley, jr. A brother, Judge W. Z. Wiley of the Court of Appeals of Indiana, died a year ago last January and left four children, Carl C. Wiley of Charles Town, W. Va.. Maxwell H. Wiley of Bay Shore, N. Y.; Mrs. J. Hanzelman of Santo Domingo and Urich Weir, who lives in Cuba. They were notified to- day of their uncle’s death. Another nephew, Harvey W. Corbett, one of the leading architects and builders of the country, resides in New York. Mr, Corbett is the son of Dr. Wiley's sister, Dr. Elizabeth Wiley Corbett, who was one of the pioneer woman phys- icians of the country. She began prac- ticing medicine in 1851, briore the days when women were admitted to medical schools, and died in San Francisco after ing prominently known in the medical world. Vindicated by Taft. When Dr. Wiley became chief chem- i85 of the Department of Agriculture in 1883 and took charge of the little cubby-hole laboratory in the basement from which the present far-reaching Federal agency was developed, probably he did not know that he was embarking on a 30-year-war of his own. But 30 years brimful of battle and controversy under the “pure food” siogan began for him that day; conflicts that were to de- mand repeatedly action by the Presi- dent himself, and to end only when, vindicated and upheld by President Taft in his last clash, the scientist resigned after stubbornly refusing to be dis- missed from the Federal service. There are a score of bitter battles, history of which might be written on Dr. Wiley's honorable discharge from the official pure food army. There was the “what is whisky” campaign in 1907 which revolved around him as the storm center; the “battle of benzoate of soda,” which still was rumbling in 1909, and finally the “board of personnel offen- sive” in 1911. The board, in what was known as the Dr. Rusby case, recom-. mended that Dr. Wiley “be permitted to resign.” Secretary Wiison of the Agriculture Department and Attorney General Wickersham approved . the woard’s report. but President Taft sus- tained Dr. Wiley and praised his work. ‘Then only did the scientist tender his resignation because of “irreconcilable” differences with his superiors and the consciousness of an “essentially in- hospitable” official environment. That ‘was in 1912, and President Taft having expressed regret at his retirement, Dr. Wiley turned to the more peaceful pur- sults of contributing editor of a na- tional monthly magazine that deals with food problems for the home. He getired from this work on January 1 of this year. Taught at Butler College. Dr. Wiley was born in Kent, Ind. October 18, 1844, and Hanover College of that State was his alma mater, al- though ~Indiana Medical College, vard and Vermont later awarded degrees, His active career began seive more than $9 a day. President Taft, after lengthy cor- respondence, instead of carrying out the recommendations of Attorney Gen- eral Wickersham, asking ‘“condign punishment” for the chemist, vindi- cated the food expert and his accociates completely. Dr. Wiley then felt that he could resign with honor. The “what is whisky” fight came with enforcement of the food and drugs act in 1907. Dr. Wiley rendered his much talked-of decision declaring there was only one kind of whisky, that made by the pot still method of distilling the mash, and the liquor aged in charred wood. This process produced chemical changes and gave the liquor its “char- acteristic” flavor, he said, while the “rectifying” method produced some- thing that was not straight whisky. ‘The question of the labeling of vari- ous brands of whisky led to another long controversy with Warwick M. Hough, counsel for distilling and recti- fying interests, taking part and carry- ing his fight to the Secretary of Agri- culture, Congress and the White House. President Roosevelt ended it by order- ing that straight, blended, compounded and imitation liquors should be cor- Tectly labeled as such, which was con- firmed later by President Taft. Won in Benzoale Case. In the benzoate of soda case, & referee board of experts headed by Dr. Ira Remsen reversed a decision by Dr. ‘Wiley, who had pronounced the sub- stance harmful as & food preservative after tests by a “poison squad.” The wrangle dragged ils way through the usual course until President Taft up- held Dr. Wiley. Dr. Wiley's way of settling some ques- tions has left many tales of readiness of tongue. It is told that on one occa- slon when he was to address a col- legiate body he appeared in a silk hat and longtail coat and was refused admission by a watchman who said: “Stephen Girard laid down in his will that no minister of the gospel be permitted to enter these grounds.” “The hell you say!” Dr. -Wiley re- torted. “Walk right in,” said the watchman. Addressing a seminary graduating class, Dr. Wiley advised the students to get married and avoid domestic dis- cord. “Take my case for instance,” he said. “My wife handles the minor problems and I the major onmes, No trouble ever breaks out; not a single major problem arises.” ‘While a member of the faculty of Purdue University Dr. Wiley risked ex- pulsion to ride an old-fashioned high- wheel bicycle of a vintage antedating “safeties.” The other professors thought it too radical a departure from the staid policies of the Institution. Dr. Wiley was the author of sev- eral books, including “Songs of Agri- cultural Chemists,” “Foods and Their Adulterations,” “Principles and Practice of Agricultural Chemistry,’ 1,000 Tests” and “Not by Bread Alone.” At the age of 67 he married Miss Anna Campbell Kelton and had two children, DEBATE RAGES ate ought to have some say on the laws placed on the statute books. The same gentlemen have advocated $9,000,000 ever since during the past six years, while the District appropriation bill has grown from $30,000,000 to $44,.- 000,000. Al this is in violation of the law placed on the statute books some years ago fixing the Federal contribu- tion on a 60-40 proportion, sald Repre- sentative Bowman. “On other occasions you advocate enforcement of the law,” he challenged some of the Republican leaders, “but now you refuse to let the House carry out the substantive law, which provides for a 60-40 proportion. You do not know what the proper Federal propor- tion should be, and you will not take steps to find out what it should be. I am opposed to the method and spirit in which these conferences have been held. They were not disposed to compromise. They have been stubborn. They denied orderly procedure of the House, and that is why I am opposing this legis- lation.” Cramton Charges Bill Smothered. Representative Cramton _explained that the lump sum had originally been put into the District appropriation bill in the House by a vote of 20-to-1 and sustained under the Holman rule. He complained that he had a measure providing for fixing the Federal con- tribution at this fixed sum, pending be- fore the District legislative committee, where he charged it has been smoth- ered. Representative Hall told his colleagues that the present situation proves con- clusively that the plan for legislating for the District of Columbia is unsound and untenable. when neither side will vield to the other. He declared that at a meeting of the House District com- mittee today he had been instructed to urge the House conferees to work out some compromise with the Senate. He hopes to inaugurate a change of the existing program and said that his measure will at least cause some sen- sible discussion of the subject. He charged that Congress is now proceed- ing on & wrong basis in regard to Dis- trict legislation, especially in fiscal affairs. Declares Lump Sum Untenable. He insisted that the Federal Govern- ment is responsible for the activities of the District of Columbia and should guarantee them, and said that after raising a fair revenue in local taxes, the Federal Government should meef Whatever surplus cost there may be. The present plan of lump-sum contribu-. tion in any amount is untenable, he argued. Representative Patterson, Demiocrat, Of Alabama, asked that if the $9,000,~ 000 amount was infallible in 1925, how it could be claimed that it is infallible | now, when the District appropriations have been increased so greatly. Representative Cramton told his col- leagues that the $9,000,000 lump sum was put into the District bill in order to make it possible for the District of Columbia to get needed improvemcnts without placing a heavy additional bur- den on the Federal Government, and that the District under this system has been able to get extensive improvements, Bianton Cites Tax Rate, Representative Blanton reviewed a length what he claims in an “un!’ nswerable argument,” citing the tax Tate in the District as one of the lowest in the country, claiming that assess- ments are only at one-half what prop- erty can be sold for. Representative Bowman accused Mr. Blanton of attempting to treat the Dis- brict o ,Columbla as one other city in e Unitey tes, Ins Nation’s Capital. Ay, Representative Holladay, Republican, of Illinois, one of the conferees on the | District appropriation bill, spoke briefly | on the unfortunate condition which has| arisen, and he referred to the sugges- tion made by Chairman Simmons of the House conferees for arriving at a fair | determination of what- the Federal| Government should pay, | Critiolzes Garner for Statements. Representative Moore, Democrat, of Virginia, appealed to the House that there ought to be a judicious determiny tion of what is a fair and just partic pation by the Federal Government. of the debate on the subject and the resulting deadlock does not advance one step toward cleaning up this problem for the future, he said. He criticized Minority Leader Garner and others by saying that it was a mistake in speeches on the floor to say something that would affront members of the Senate, and asked how under such circum: E 'S e Senal stances e could be expected “We are forgetting,” he said, “that In politics compromise is called’ for at | every step” ‘and he quoted from his- torians and great political leaders to prove this. “When Representative | Garner and others sent a hot challenge to the Senate,” he said, “there might have been an’ opportunity for & com- promise on the $9,000,000 lump sum for the next fiscal year, with a com- mission set up to make a fact-find- Ing study of what the Federal contri- bution should be in the future.” Chairman Wood of the House Appro- priations Committee told his colleagues that Justice Hitz had called him up on the telephone today to warn him that he would be unable to try another case in court unless Congress passed the continuing appropriation legislation, He pointed out that street laborers | would have to be laid off. “All this is aside from the question of fiscal relations,” he declared. Chindblom Tired of ‘Wrangling, Representative Chindblom, Republi--| can, of Niinois, said that aside from all | t has been said about the people of the District of Columbia, the trouble now lies between the two houses. That trouble should be remedied, he declared. The conferees for the Senate and House should act as reasonable men, he said. He appealed to the House to pass the bill and then to find a.way to get away from interminable wrangling on the subject of fiscal Telations. Representative Coyle, Republican, of Pennsylvania, contributed the observa- tion that it is impossible, pernaps, to compromise where princople is involved, but that where there is arithmetic in- | volved there can be compromise. | Representative Simmons, in conclu- sion, said that the present question is not what the fiscal relation should be, but whether tHe District shall con- tinue to function. He repeated his offer for a joint conference with the Senate, stariing November 15, in an| effort to determine for the future what is an equitable Federal contribution and that in the meantime the Bureau of | Efficiency, the District assessor, the Census Bureau and other agencies can | be preparing facts for consideration by that conference. Hoover Expects Bill to Pass. President Hoover was represented as | feeling hopeful that the appropriation | bill would be passed. The President’s optimism was known to have been based upon the advices he received during the forenoon from the Capitol that the Senate and House conferees would reach an agreement and would get the bill through without further delay. Mr. Hoover has been closely watch- ing the development of this appropria- tion measure ever since the conferees arrived at what was described as a virtual deadlock more than a week ago. He has been in touch with leaders in both bodies in an endeavor to bring the conferees to some agreement. Walter Newton, one of the President’s secretaries, who visited the Capitol last week for the President and talked with several of the conferees in the interest of the District appropriation bill, went LABOR FEDERATON FAVORS NENORAL Maryland State and District Executive Council Gives $25 to Project. The Maryland State and District of Columbia Fedération of Labor executive council has indorsed the local campaign here for $20,000 to complete financing of the District of Columbia World War Memorial, and has taken the unusual step of making a contribution, of $25, out of its own treasury. Report of this action has been brought to Washington by R. A. Dickson, & member of the council, who is also sec- retary of the Central Labor Union executive committee in charge of the campaign. The federation council met recently at the Colonial Hotel in Hagers- town, where the action qn' the local memorial was taken. The-motion for approval was made by J.'E. Toone of this city, and seconded by James Brehany of Cumberland, Md. The presiding officer. was Irvin C. Hamilton of Cumberland, Md., who is president of the federation. The Maryland State' and District of Columbia Federation of Labor is the parent body for all the organized labor bodies 1n this city. A generous contribution of $150 has been made by the Steamfitters and Helpers' Union, No. 602. In a recent meeting at Typographical Temple the organization, over which the president, B. L. Harris, - presided, approved the campaign and appropriated $150. Other labor organizations to meet soon are understood to be planning to consider the memorial campaign. The Central Labor Union is undertaking to raise $20,000 to increase the $135,000 funds already in the bank to the $155.- 000 needed for construction of the memorial. PRESIDENT’S WEEK BUSY AFTER REST AT CAMP Mrs. Hoover Greatly Improved, but Will Remain Longer in Virginia Mountains. President Hoover faced a busy week when he returned to his desk this morn- ing after a refreshing week end at his fishing camp in the Virginia mountains. The President appeared benefited by the brief change of air and scenery. Mr. Hoover did not arrive at the camp Saturday afternoon early enough to per- mit him to indulge to any great extent in fishing. He found Mrs. Hoover, who has been convalescing in the camp for several weeks, greatly improved. She did not return with him yesterday, it being her wish to remain in the quiet cool of the mountains for at least another week. ‘The President arrived at the White House last night. COLLADAY TO SPEAK Association of Oldest Inhabitants Plars for Independence Day. Edward F. Colladay will deliver the principal address &t the annual Fourth of July patriotic exercises of the Asso- ciation of Oldest Inhabitants at Epiphany Church Hall on G street near Thirteenth street. ‘This will be the feature of a twofold session of the association. The busi- ness meeting will start at 10:30 in the morning, and will be concluded in time for the patriotic exercises at noon. ~There will also be other numbers during the patriotic services, including a musical program. Washington Top- ham is chairman of the committee in charge. LINDY TO GET MEDAL Hoover Expected to Fix Date of Ceremony This Week. By the Assoclated Press. ‘Arrangements for the presentation to Charles A. Lindbergh of the medal awarded to him by Congress are about complete. President Hoover is expected to an- nounce a date for the ceremony this week. The Treasury Department and the Bureau of the Mint are ready to strike the gold die impression which will go to the famous aviator himself. Copies stamped by the original die will be available for sale to the public. tinue consideration of the 1932 es- timates. Chairman Capper of the Senate Dis- trict Committee will endeavor to have a meeting this afternoon to consider the two pending- resolutions for the crea- tion of commissions te work on the fis- cal relations problem after Congress adjourns, with .a view to eiving Con- gress information that would tend to settle the problem in future vears. Some of the members of the commit- tee discussed these resolutions informal- ly this morning, but it was not possible to get & quorum of the District com- mittee to take action, and Senator Cap- per sald he would try to have a meet- ing later in the day. One of these resolutions is by Sena- tor Bingham of Connecticut, chairman of the District subcommittee of the Senate appropriations committee, and contemplates a commission that would study the problem in its entirety and submit to the President recommenda- tions embodying & solution, This re- port, under the Bingham resolution, would be transmitted to Congress next December as a part of the District of Columbia budget. The commission suggested by Sena- tor Bingham would consist of one Senator, one member of the House, the director of the budget, one Dis- trict Commissioner, two residents of the District of Columbia, and an economist who would come from out- side the District. Of the two local citizens, one would represent the com- mercial life of the city and the other the civic interests. The other resolution is by Senator Jones, of Washington, chairman of the appropriations committee, and contem- plates a commission of three members who would confine their work to sub- mitting to Congress annually a valua- tion of the Federal and private prop- erty in the District, as one of the factors to be taken into account by Congress in determining _itself what the Federal contribution should be. Senator Jones does not believe that the value of the property is the sole basis for settling the guestion, but he thinks that if such a valuation were available annually, it would help the appropriating committees in arriving a the Federal contributicn, taking into account all of the other factors involved. During an informal discussion this morning some members of the District commlittee discussed various possibilities as to how the personnel of a fiscal re- lations commission might be selected, but no conclusions were reached. Dr. George Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, was at the Capitol today to urge that the citizens of the District be given some representation on any commission that may be appointed to study fiscal rela- to the Capitol today for this same purpose. Just what information the President had received today to cause him to Yeel 50 sanguine - regarding ‘the conferees getting together was not learned at the John Preston and Harvey W., jr. The family made its home in Washington, White House. I The Commisslgners met todsy ta con- Velvet Hat Now the Style. PARIS, June 30 (#).—Velvet hats are indicated for Fail and Winter. They were worn when the Grand Prix race at Longchamp attracted display of latest modes., D. C, MONDAY, ATLANTIC FLYERS ARRIVE AT BOLLING FIELD JUNE 30, 1930. 5 Flying the largest American airplane, Capt. Charles E. Kingsford-Smith and the three companions on his east-west flight to North America, arrived at Bolling Field this morn ing. In the photo, left to right: John W. Stannage, radio operator on the flight; Anthony Fokker, famous airplane builder and designer of the 32-passenger plane which brought the fiyers to Washington; Everett Van Dyk, Capt. Kingsford- Smith’s co-pilot; Ca) ford-Smith and Capt. Ernest Clark, temporarily in charge of Bolling Field. pt. J. P. Saul, navigator; Capt. Kings- " —Star Staff Photo, CRIE STUDY FUND DEADLOCK ARSES Senator Glass Threatens $250,000 Demand by House. By the Associated Pre: The Senate and House became dead- | locked today over the amount of money | to be allowed the Hoover Law Enforce- ment Commission for next year, and the quarrel threatened early adjourn- ment. Chairman Wood of the House appro- priations committee left the conference with Senate representatives on the second deficiency, saying the House would be asked to allow $250,- 000 for a continuation of the general inquiry by the commission, as requested by President_Hoover. Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia, who sponsored the Senate move to limit the fund to $50,000 for a prohibition | study alone, left the conference with the observation that any increase by the House would be subject to & point of order in the Senate. “I have an idea,” he added, “that such a point will be made.” The Senate and House conferees falled to finish adjusting the differences be- tween the two branches on the bill, and | it will not come up in the House until tomorrow. Meanwhile, President Hoover is ready to accept private contribution to com- piete the commission’s investigation into law enforcement in the event Congress stands by the Senate's restriction: ‘Three House bills included in the Law Enforcement Commission’s program were reported favorably to the Senate Judi- ciary Committee today by subcommittees and will be considered tomorrow in a special committee session. ‘The measures are those amending the Jones act to provide for lesser punish- | ment to petty offenders and defining petty offenses. However, little hope was held out for action on 'the dry bills at this session. There is some opposition to the legis- lation in the Senate. Nickel Is Found Clutched in Hand of Hoodlum Slain by Nine Bullets. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 30.—A nickel grip- ped tightly in his hand, the body of Michael Gallichio, 24, young hoodium, was found shot to death along a lonely stretch of the Joliet highway southwest of Chicago early today. Nine bullets had pierced the body. Police sald the nickel was a brand of cheapness placed in the hoodlum's hand by the killers, He was identified by his fingerprints. MILLION IN GOLD LANDS Precious Bars From Colombia Are Received in U. 8. NEW YORK, June 30 (#).—Thirty- six crates, consigned by the government of Colombia to the Chase National Bank of New York were met by special guards as they arrived on the 8. S. Ecuador of | the Panama Mail Line today. ‘They contained $1,030,000 worth of gold bars to be placed in the bank to| the credit of the Colombian govern- ment. SHOT KILLS CAR DRIVER Slain When He Stops After Crash Injuring Woman., LAKE CITY, Fla., June 30 (P).—H, ¥. McDonald, 34, & cafe worker of Jacksonville, was shot to death on a highway near here yesterday soon after his automobile struck and injured Mrs. W. S. Boone of Manatee, and today au- thorities were holding her husband for the slaying. Officers sald they had learned (hat McDonald stopped after the accident and_approached the prostrate woman to offer ald, but was killed instantly by Boone, who opened fire with a revolver. DRY AGENT KILLED Companion Officer Is Hurt Seriously in Crash. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 20 Roy W. Shafer, 42, Columbus, Federal prohibition officer, was killed and Joseph Wolf, 27, Columbus, another Fede: officer, was injured seriously near Leba- non, Ind., early today when a truck in which they were transporting secret records of the prohibition department from Columbus to Chicago was wrecked against a telephone pole, Charles R. Hurlburt, deputy administrator of the Southern Ohio district, said he was advised. Sweden Is Yacht Vietor, By the Associated Press. GOTTENBURG, Sweden, June —Sweden won the final race in gold cup yachtigg series today, feating America $ind Denmark, PROMIBITION SHIFT DUE AT MIDNIGHT Justice Department Taking| Over Enforcement Task From Treasury. By the Associated Press. Responsibility for enforcing the pro- hibition lJaws will pass tonight into the | hands of the Nation's legal agency. | At midnight the Department of Justice, following President Hoover's | plan for strengthening the administra- tion of the dry statutes, will take over the Prohibition Bureau from the Treas- ury and inaugurate its enforcement campaign. ‘The move will place Attorney General Mitchell in the command of the dry forces and he will be aided by Assistant | Attorney General Youngquist, as the | administrative officer and Amos W. W. | Woodcock, and Howard T. Jones, also |lawyers, as directors and assistant director of the division of prohibition. State Help Sought. Calling for State co-operatives, Mr. Mitchell last week said that when the eightegnth amendment was adopted it was not contemplated that the Federal Government would create an enormous police force “such as would be nece: sary to enforce the law if State author- | itfes did nothing.” He added he would put forth a spe- cial effort to confer with authorities of each State “to secure that degree of law observance and enforcement” the united efforts of the State and Fed- | eral Governments.” 1t is reported he will seek to have conferences called between Governors of State and dry officers to evolve methods of more rigidly enforcing the law. Other reports have it that the attorney general will seek an incrcase in the number of prohibition agents with & view to tightening the enforce- ment in wet districts of the country and will concentrate upon those spots. Takes Treasury Task. The transfer of the Prohibition Bu- reau will take away from the Treasury for the first time the handling of the liquor problem. Before the adoption of | the eighteenth amendment the Treasury administered the internal revenue law which collected taxes from the liquor business and since that time has not only had the enforcement of prohibi- tion, but the handling of the industrial alcohol and medicinal liquor manu- facture. Under the transfer the Treasury will retain control of the industrial aicohol and medicinal liquor, though the De- partment of Justice is given equal au- thority over the issuance of permits for manufacture dnd use of industrial al- cohol. 2,700 Workers Shifted. The change will take approximately 2,700 employes from the Treasury to the Department of Justice. Of this number 1,700 are prohibition agents who are expected to concentrate their efforts upon the capture of large illicit distilleries and rings which are han- dling intoxicants rather than devote at- tention to minor bootlegging. Physically, however, there actually will be no transfer of the personnel from their present offices. Both the in- dustrial alcohol division of the Treas- ury and the prohibition division of the Justice Department will retain their present offices in the Southern Rail- way Building here and the only change will be for Director Woodcock and his assistant to take over their offices in that building. EX-KAISER IS EAGER TO FACE WAR TRIAL ON QUESTION OF GUILT taken,” Bigelow replied. “You can take German history with a fine tooth comb and you will not find an example of & German monarch who kept peace as long as Wilhelm II. He gave to Ger- many in those days a prosperity un- equaled by eny other country in the world, with the exception of the United States. It wasn't in Germany's interest to go to war. It might have been to Russia’s and England’s. Cause of War Uncertain. “If you read 75 years of German his tory you realize that you cannot deter- mine’ who or what started the war. There were too many forces and factors which, he sald, could come only through | HUNTER BROTHERS ARE STILL IN AIR AFTER SETTING MARK (Continued From PFirst Page.) was necessary to remain aloft an hour longer to be clocked officially by W. P. McFarland and Maj. Luke Christopher of the National Aeronautical Associa- tion's contest committee. The cheers of thousands burst the suburban Sunday stillness at Sky Har- ber Airport when the plane came through the dawn with & new record on its wings. Half of this crowd had come early and the other half stayed late. Two score Army planes—pursuits and bombers, here for the Army show— went up in the afternoon in salute for- mation. More than 40,000 automobiles honked through the heat of the day to the field and nearby roads. There are four of these Hunter boys, all from Egypt—that part of Southern Tilinois named for the land of the Nile John is 27 and Kenneth, 21; then Al bert, 33, and Waiter, 24, make up the ground crew that had contacted 165 times with the plane up to the last refueling last night. Their sister, Irene, also & pilot, cooks the meals. From Sparta, TIl, where the Hunter boys were born to the farm, hundreds of congratulatory messages poured into the Hunter camp at Sky Harbor—and more hundreds of people chartered busses, rode trains and drove automo- biles to keep Sparta represented at the record-breaking. Most of the messages were opened by the brothers’ mother, Mrs. Ida Hunter, and then sent aloft. “Everytime we. go up John and Ken- neth stick their head out the cabl windows and grin from ear to ear, sald brothers Albert and Walter after one of their refueling trips yesterday. Walter Tautht Brothers. ‘The four brothers practiced aviation in the cow pastures back on the farm. They first rode motor cycles, they drove automobiles; then came the airplane obsession and they augmented their farm cash by working in coal mines to scrape enough together to buy a second-hand plane. It was an old standard—then ready for the scrap- heap. Walter learned to fly first—he went alone from St. Louis to Sparta and then taught his brothers. Then came barnstorming tpurs—with ‘Walter and Albert piloting the ship and John and Kenneth doing wing-walking and parachute jumping at county fairs, John finally entered the airmail serv- ice; Walter got a transport plane; Ken- neth became an instructor; Albert stayed in Sparta. The “City of Chicago” is a second hand, 2-year-old Stinson-Detroiter cabin monoplane, powered by a 300 horsepower Wright whirlwind motor. The ship had been flown more than 75,000 miles previously to the inauspic- ious beginning of the present flight 19 days ago. The refueling plane is of the same type. An unestinfated fortune awaited the landing of the Hunter boys. The record itself will be worth many thou- sands to them. There will be emolu- ment for indorsement of instruments used. There will be a percentage of the profits made by other planes at Sky Harbor which carried passengers at- tracted to the fleld by the endurance performance. Altogether the profits promise to run more than $100,000, Crowd Surprises Mother, “The fiyers' mother, 62 years old, and & widow for 18 years, seemed surprised that thousands of persons should come to the airport in the early morning hours to witness the record-breaking by her boys. ;‘;rhey do seem real excited,” she said. Some one asked her how it felt to be standing there in the dawn, looking up and seeing her sons establishing a new world record. “Well,” she said slowly, “it felt——" here she paused, searching for some word to express her emotion and finally ending, “real good.” A message of congratulations from the hometown chamber of commerce at Sparta, I, brought a grin to the face of Albert Hunter, and he remarked, “Yeah? They're the ones who used “Those Hunter boys will break d in them new- last’ night uneasiness gripped the airport officials and ground crew. On the last refueling at 9 o'clock & petcock in the gasoline hose became stopped up and the tank in the City of Chicago was not filled. MRS. JENNIE I. WILLIAMS DIES AT WALTER REED Widow of Indian and Civil Wars' Officer Accompanied Him Through Campaigns. involved. Who started the Spanish- Americaii War? McKinley said he did not. No one knows who blew up the | Maine. When they tried to try Jeffer- | son Davis after the Civil War they could not_even find definite charges to| bring against him." | Bigelow sald he spent three days and | nights at Doorn, “talking the hind legs off a mule” He and the Kalser split| “Who won? Modesty forblds me to| said Bigelow. tories that the Kaiser is immensely wealth are all wrong,” the historian | said. “He is comparatively a poor man. He did not salvage great wealth for himself when Germany collapsed. He has 19 families to support.” Bigelow said that if the German peo- ple should call on him to do so, Wil- helm would be willing to resume the age. . wood to see who could cut the most. | W throne as a matter of duty, in spite of ably will ! his .. etery, ' Mrs. Jennie Iverson Will widow of Col. Willlam N. Williams, died yes- terday at Walter Reed Hospital after a long iliness. She was 88 years old. Mrs. Willlams & native of Indiana, had traveled extensively among the early Army posts of the West, accom- panying Col. Williams through three Indian War campaigns and the Civil ar. With the declaration of war in 1917, Col. Williams, then retired, was ap- pointed a first lieutenant at the age of 81 years being the oldest officer in the service. He died here in 1925, Mrs. Willlams is survived by a daugh- ter, Miss Lucia Williams, with whom she had resided at the Cathedral Man- sions for the past five years. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Inte. ment, however. prob- 12 Ariington National Cem- PRESIDENT HONORS KINGSFORD SHITH Fearless Australian Flyer and Crew Are Guests at Luncheon, (Continued From Pirst Page) lmmlvrdownwwn'w ingsford-Smith and Stannage went directly to the British embassy, Vi to the Netheriand lfii.ml Saul to the Irish Biate The Army escort which met the Fokker outside the National Capitel was composed of three of the latest type A-3 attack planes, plloted by Lieuts, Ronald A. Hicks, William A. R. Robert~ son and C. W. Cousland. Before setting down to the White House meal, President Hoover was pre= sented to the airmen in the blue room of the White House, and it was during 'fhhltb“:or period that he hu?. OpPOT- unity express his appreciation ' their great feat, s °‘ ‘The President's guests at the lunch= eon were Sir Ronald Lindsay, ti British Ambassador; Kingsfor: smnu Radio Operator Stannage, Capt. Saul, Co-pllot Van Dyk, J. H. Van Royem, Minister of Netherlands, Willlam J. B, Macauly, in charge of affairs of the Irish Free State, George Akerson, one of the President's secretaries; William R. Castle, jr. Assistant Secretary of State; Assistant War Secretary Davison, Assistant Navy Secretary Ingalls, Rear Admiral Moffett, Maj. Gen. Fechet, Wing Comdr. L. J. E, Twisleton-Wyke~ ham-Piennes, aviation attache of the British embassy; Col. Rickenbacker, Edmund L. Zacher, Capt. Charles R, Train and Col. Campbell B. Hodges, naval and military aides, respectively, to the President; Lieut. John E. Upston and Lieut. Stanhope C. Ring. y After the White House visit the fiyer; were escorted 1o the Capitol, where they were guests of the legislators in an informal reception. 3 The F-32, in which today's flight was made, is a four-engined monoplane somewhat similar in appearance to the famous Southern Cross, bu. much larger. Planes of this type now are be« ing used in the transcontinental air transport service, equipped with berths for 16 passengers. The plane has & wing span of 100 feet. The pilots are stationed in a control room in front of the leading edge of the wing, with a luggage compartment and radio room beneath them. Approximately 250 policemen and sol~ diers were detailed to handle police ar~ rangements at Bolling Field and along the route followed by the party from the field to the British embassy a the White House. Soldlers from Wash- _ ington Barracks augmented the Bolling » Field troops under personal command of Capt. Ernest Clark, Army Air Corps, acting commandant of the field. Al motfisr cycle escort of six moter cycle policemen and a sergeant wi ordered by Lieut. L. I. H."m“rd.:. Police Department personnel officer, to accompany the party during its stay in , the city. A police detall from the eleventh precinct, under command of Capt. Charles T. Peck, directed traffic on the roads between the Bolling Field reservation and the Anacostia Bridge, Saul Brings Hoover Message. Capt. Saul carried to the White House with him a message from - ident Cosgrave of the Irish Free State Which he brought in the Southern Cross for delivery to President Hoover today. After the White House reception the party was invited to luncheon by the President. The luncheon was to be in- formal. From the White House the Southern Cross heroes were to go to the Capitol to be received on the floor of th;ms'nm n::‘:& "clock. i w-n’- o return. to Boll Field from the Capitol and again boar the’ big Fokker transport plane which brought them down from New. York. ‘They are to take between 3 and 4 p.am. for the return flight to New Vork, where the Southern Cross is ‘being groomed for the last stage of its flight around the world. 95 DEGREES PROBABLE ' Temperature Expected to Rench’ Figure This Afternoon. L) A possible maximum temperature of* 95 degrees is in prospect for Washing- ton late this afternoon. Officials at the Weather Bureau re- ported a temperature of 92 degrees at 2 o'clock this afternoon and expected the thermometer to climb to 93 or 94, and possibly higher. ‘Thunder showers tomorrow are ex- pected to bring some relief, but it will be only temporary. GRANT NOT TO MAKE TRIP Mi!l(nlemenfi!oneernin[ Bicenten- nial Trip Abroad Corrected. It was incorrectly stated in a head- line in The Star yesterday that Lieut. Col. U, S. Grant, 3d, would make a trip to Europe this Summer in behalf of the George Washington Bicentennial. Representative Sol Bloom, who is an associate director of the bicentennial with Col. Grant, will place the plans of the commission before American Dr*lhhlllfil‘ll abroad, but Col. Grant will not make the trip, it was stated today. . SRS AR COLONIZER TO SPEAK Co-operative Settlement President ’ to Describe Methods. » George T. Pickett, president and '° general manager of the Llano Co- operative Colony in Western Louisiana, will speak next Monday evening at AN Saints' Unitarian Church on the meth- ods and success of that enterprise. An announcement of Mr. Pickett's lecture as taking place tonight was an error. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Navy Band Or- chestra this evening at the east front of the Capitol at 7:30 o'clock, Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, assistant leader, “The Washington Evening Star” S tannard Overture, ‘Pest”. +vso . Leuterer Selection, “Sweethearts . .Herbert Turkish march.... Beethoven Waltz, “Blue Danube” Strauss Ballet Egyptian. .. -Luigin{™ March, “On the Mall .Golaman By the United States Army Band Orchestra this evening at Michigan Park at 7:30 o'clock. Wiliam Stan- nard, leader; Thomas Darcy, second leader, March, Spanish, “I Am From Maded.” Overture, “Mignon”. Solo for cornet, “The Musiclan Birley Gardner, Grand scenes from the opera The horn call, played by Musician D. ‘Monnette. Valse, “Natursange Capricelo, “Espagnol, Rimsky-Kor Dance of thec Louis Goucher. Excerpts from “The Count of Lux. March, “Gladiators’ g Blankenburg “Anchors Aweigh." “The Star Spapgled Banney,” Xylophene _solo, Regiment” . Musician f