Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1930, Page 2

v ¢ Southern political 8 - the ultimatum he “bel HOOVER S READY FORFOES N SOUT lann’s “Revolt” Is Held of .Little Convention Weight, but Interesting. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Hoover is ready to do bat- 4le with those Republican leaders in /the South who are threatening him with a loss of delegates in 1932 because he failed to recognize them in the mat- ter of appointments and patronage generally. The statement issued by Col. Horace A. Mann, one of the Hoover campaign managers in the South, that he would favor “uninstructed” delegations from the South in 1932 obviously was hostile to the Hoover administration and was one of the effects of the President’s Tefusal to re the various Mann organizations as well as his insistence on the resignation of Huston as chair- man of the Republican National Com- | mittee. Patched Up Huston Fight. Col. Mann and Mr. Huston had some differences of a political nature, but they were patched up and the colonel was one of those who did not think it was n ry for Mr. Huston to retire. The public announcement of Col. Mann's attitude is perhaps one of the most interesting _events in national politics since the Hoover campaign, be- cause it reavels the smoldering feeling between some of the men who or- ganized the South in the pre-conven- tion campaign and some of those who carried on the battle which in 1928 broke the solid South and gave the electoral votes to the Republicans in 8tates they never before had carried. “Mr Hoover did not realize until he got into office just what some of these organizations meant HAWKS LOWERS EAST-WE 1 THE EVENING Capt. Frank Hawks, shown here just after setting a new transcontinental non-stop record from Los Angeles to New York recently, yesterday clipped fonr hours from the East-to-West record, fiying to Los Angeles from New York in 14 hours and 50 minutes. He plans an assault in his new low-wing plane on the West-East mark, to start within the next few days. in respect to the demands for appoint- ments. Such ings s those in the Perry-Howard case and other stances in which charges of selling ap- pointments to Federal offices have dis- turbed Mr. Hoover very much, and he determined that whether it cost him his re-election or not, he would have no more to do with Republican organiza- tions of that sort in the South or any- Where else. Ku Kilux Kian Enters. sorme 5% thuse ‘Republioun organisations can o lons. South_ha wbeen on rather inti. te terms with of the disagree- nti-Smith cam- the situation is tes, s0 many of one allegiance to an- test persuasion, ting factor in the next n national convention in 1932. always more important in -all, a8 in 1916 or 1920 or 1928, himsel! g up for renomination, the legates never hold the bal- rds, if the Northern dele- ! 85 of blican Ni not be of a Hoover regime ehairman into aotion in the South, i (Copyright, 1930.) # ¢ MANN WARNS BROWN. Southern Republicans Will Brook No Meddling, He Asserts. Ool. Horace A. Mann, in & statement night warned Administrator Forbes in" general and Postmaster General in particular that his “little band” of followers below the Mason- Dixon line would stand for no further “outside int " and henceforth md conduct Southern political af- in_ their own way. A statement by Mann, explaining the of last week’s Savannah, Ga., mu his followers, rang with such 5 ing political high- ” and “interioping element of 't _bagge: “fimmr General Brown replied to with the statement that it with power to se Federal patronage throughout the South and that his sole purpose in setting up advisory commit- tees in four Southern States was to “get the best possible postal service, not subject 1o barter.” e said he handled only post-office +@ppeintments, that other cabinet offi- cers selected men for their departments and that the Savannah meeting of the “eight _disgruntl men” would not make the “slightest difference” to him. Mann said the “leading Republicans” Slening political high ackers. inv o ers” VA the Ewtphnhnd every four years to her of the right 0 a legitimate repre- séntation at Republican national con- ventions.” “This practice has existed in the past and -every worthwhile Southerner has the answer to it,” he said. “But a new day has dawned in the general order of . and a process of purification has beén brought about, and if any one doubts the accuracy of this statement, let him attend the next Republican Na- tional Convention, and get the proof first hand.” Mann emphasized that Claudius Hus- , the retiring national chairman, “bas had nothing to do with this,move- ment, which has long been in process of development, and has already enlisted the co-operation of a vast preponder- s Erir i A “Hard to Believe,” Says Hawks Heat Bothered Him, So He Climbed to 11,000 Feet. Dodged Storms and Slowed BY FRANK M. HAWKS, Special Dispatch to The Star. LOS ANGELES, August 7 (N.ANA). —I had breakfast with my wife Edith in New York yesterday morning. I ar- rived in Los Angeles yesterday after- noon, bathed and dined and played round of golf. It still wasn't dark. When I left Curtiss Fleld at 6 a.m. (E. D. T) it _was just breaking day. I got off easily, with 109 gallons of gasoline aboard, and headed for In- dianapolis. My course carried me over the skyscrapers of lower Brooklyn and ugper Jersey and on toward the Alle- ghenies. Shows How Line Could Be Run. ‘The gas supply, I figured, was enough to get me to Indianapolis, but since I was flying & new ship and was not any mad rush to get to the Pacific Coast, I decided to make five landings en route. I wanted to give as many dea of how and seconds tiss Field—the trip was practically un- eventful, excepting for peculiar weather over New Mexico and Arizona and a headache born. of long hours in. the 210 Miles-per Hour at Start. T averaged 210 miles an hour for the first half hour out of New York. Then I ran into some choice head winds. They blew on my nose about 30 miles an hour. Then came some rain alls, which I had to fight clear across In- sylvania. Despite these conditions, I elimbed over some of them, but was forced to ey Obto. amieai or" teog luml . of trying to make Indianapolis I dropped down at Columbus and made a quick landing and refueling, losing 16 minutes. Adverse weather conditions did not let up until I got over Terre Haute. Prom there to Bt. Louis it started to get _hot, but I could stand the heat as long as the visibility was good. 1 sad Red Jackson and Dale O'Brine geircling over St. Louis and I sent them AP & note of greeting. Wonder if they ot it? icked up again from Head winds St. Louis to Wichita, but they were in | Tequested irin, Fought Winds That Speed. about 10 miles an those I had at firs Climbs High to Keep Cool. I was plenty hot by the time I had landed and taken off at Wichita and I climbed to 11,000 feet to get some cool air. Out of Wichita I saw some cumulus clouds ahead. They devel- oped into more rain and I had to dodge several squalls. Within three hours after leaving Wichita I glided over the Lower Rockies and came to a landing at Albuquerque. After the long fight against rain, winds and heat and the .teady beat of m‘x 400-horsepower motor, I had a ter- rific headache when 1 stopped at Al- bu%l;lerqu& e mayor of Albuquerque, when I pulled a tin from his pocket and I was off again, with aspirin and more gas. Warned of Storms Ahead. T received a weather report at Al- buquerque that warned of storms ahead. Instead of these moving north- ward, as well regulated storms should do, they were scooting southward and 1 had plenty to do keeping out of the way until I reached Ki an. More gas here and 1 was off on the last lap. The weather cleared at Nee- dies and all I had to do was sit back and head for town., I was glad to see’ the Los Angeles port come in sight, but I was not par- ticularly tired. After a Mtood meal I felt fine and beat my dad at & round :kf: lmf. played while the sun was still 1t is hard to realize T was in New York yesterday morning, but seeing is believing, and I kfiow I am here, Rabbit’s Foot Goes Along. ° That rabbit's foot, by the way,that got its start as a lucky charm when it was carried on the endurance flight of the Army's Question Mark plane, was right with me. I also carried it on my two non-stop hops from . coast to_coast. m}, g.lr:.:e;ed a l‘l;lt o{ n;nerhl from the 'm goi 0 do some figuring before I start for New York .g.ug“ s It is my dream to fly from here to New York in 10 hours, but I believe it is no dream to make it in 12 hours, and that's the mark I will shoot at d'.hyb‘n 1 leave here within the next three (Copyrisht, 1930. by North Americ - Baper Alitancey o oY tlwm' slower than licans of the South are amply able to manage their own political affairs; that the 1932 Republican national conven- tion shall have a solid delegation of men and women, uncontested and unin- structed: that the party in the South has no less a right to participate in the councils of the Nation than any other section or group of States, to stand unitedly for the betterment and gen- eral welfare of the Southiand and all her people.” ‘The selection of delegates from the South to national mvmm “has been nothing short of disgraceful,” he con- tinued. 7 “Every self-respecting native South- erner, regardiess of his or her political affiliations, will not challenge statement,” dded. “What caused such & condition in the past to exist? My answer is Federal patronage used to build up personal political ma- chines. ““The impression seems always to have existed that Southern delegates for con- ventions were to be secured only by manipulation of Federal patronage, an in a very high measure this practice succeeded up to the preconvention cam- paign of 1928, at which time a new order of things was inaugurated and carried out.” has ance of the real working forces of Southern Republican and” independent sentiment.” Leaders Are Surprised. ‘The statement came as.a surprise to leaders who have been anxious t smooth over factional differences over retention of Chairman Huston and get down to the long-deferred business of organizing for the congressional elec- “There is a principle involved, on which this organization will stand,” “and for which it will fight, of vastly greater importance to the Bouhern Republicans and, in fact, the Southern peofle as a whole, than the dispensing of Federal patronage, the bulk of which has been passed out to an interloping element of carpetbag- ‘The organization had no challenge to make, he insisted, lddln’: “The long and short of this story is that henceforth we are going to handle our own political affairs in our own way and without outside interference from any source whatsoever. I have volun- teered my wholehearted service in this movement and shall give to it the best there is in me. Mann Explains Purpose. “This Southern-wide organization,” he eontinued, “is but a welding together of that noble band of men and women who constituted the personnel of the Bouthern States’ organizations_set up by me in the 1928 campaign. Its pur- pose is to create a leadership of men and women in all congressional @istricts of each State; to stabilize a party of unity; to conduct a cam- paign of education which will for all HUSTON QUITS JOB CHARGING UNJUST FACTION ATTACKS (Continued From First Page.) organization leadership went through as forecast many weeks ago when agita- tion was ai its height for Huston to step aside. e Tennesseean'’s testimony before the Senate Lol Committee that he deposited in his broker’s account $36,- 100 he had collected for the Tennessee River Improvement Association before turning the money over to the associa- tion started the uprising against his chairmanship among “Young Guard” Senators and House Republicans up for re-election. Sounds Keynote. Interviewed by newspaper men short- ly after his selection as the new chair- man, Senator Fess sounded the keynote of & vigorous campaign to retain con- trol of both the House and Senafe by substantial majorities in the coming Congressional election this Fall. Senator Fess said: “1 have accepted the chairmanship of the national committee in the bellef that there is a great work to be done. ‘The problem in a am?-un is to gel the facts before the public. The public that | Buildin, | Mrs. our country less than others, will cause some disaffectation with the admin- istration. This will necessitate a cam- of education that the public may informed. 1 anticipate continued control of the Republican party in both the House and Senate by safe majorities. The country is Republican and will continue to be so as long as Republican principles are courageously continued.” Wants Executive Director. Pointing out that his chief field of activity is in the Senate, Senator Fess said he requested authority to appoint an executive director, so that the na- tional hadqun;uu here in the Barr g can open and activi all' times, leaving the chairman: free to_outliné plans and policies. Immediately following the meeting which was held at the Barr Building, all the members of the executive com- mittee who were able to come to Wash- ingten for the meeting went to the White House, where they were invited to lunch with the President at 1:15 o'clock. Those who attended the ex- ecutive committee or were represented by proxy were: r. Huston, retiring chairman, Ten- nessee; Daniel E. Pomeroy, vice chair- man, New Jersey: J. R. Nutt, treasurer, Ohio; James Francis Burke, general counsel, Pennsylvania; Charles D. Hilles, New York; Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer, Mnassachusetts; Mrs, Grace Semple Burlingham, _Missouri, Mrs. Ellis A Yost. West Virginia; Worthington _Scranton, Penn- sylvania; Miss Martha McClure, Iowa; Mrs. Guy P. Gannett, Maine; J. Henry Roraback, Connecticut; William G. Shelly, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Manley L. Fosseen, Minnesota. Those represented by proxy were David W. Mulvane of Kansas, by Willlam E. Lamb; Earl 8. Kinsley, Vermont, by George 8. Kins- ley; Senator Patrick Sullivan, Wyoming, by F. W. Mondell; Mrs Alvin T. Hert, Kentucky, by R. W, Hunter, Miss Doro- thy Cunningham, Indians, by Mrs, Louise M. Dodson: Maurice Maschke, Ohio, by Thad Brown: Mrs..O. P. Clark, California, by James H. MacLafferty, and Clarence C. Hamlin, Colorado, by Charles D. Hilles. Has Motorist Right to Talk? NEW YORK, August 7 (#).—Has a motorist the right to talk back to & traffic officer? That is the much-moot- ed question two former justices will at- tempt to settle in fighting the arrest of one of them. The policeman had objected to the former Justice permit- ting his two children to ride on the 1 runboard of his automobile. is not inclined to refuse to see the facts as they are, and the problem is to pre- sent them so a decision may be easily Modest Maidens Rescue Three. BUFFALO, N. Y. August 7 (@).— time put an end to the former practice | reached. The committee will be active | Modest heroines are Jane Danahy, 15, of trafficking and trading in delo'gu- from certain sections of the South at Republican national conventions.” He sald its purpose also was to “serve not notice on all outsiders that the Repub- world: . . in educational and organizational work. “While this is an off year, during which National Committees are ex] to be very active, the -wide de) which affects and Dietrich, 13, aid of their canoe they from. drowning .in Lake days and never said a to their parents. ‘With the ed three men in three about it [McCARL DEC STAR, WASHINGTON, szoono ] |CAPT. HAWKS CUTS MANUEL HERRICK EAST-WEST RECORD| S SEIZED IN RAID Los Angeles Flyer Clips Tur- ner’s Mark by Almost Four Hours. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 7.—Frank Hawks, Los Angeles aviator, today held the record for the quickest East-West crossing of the United States. Flying at an average speed of 179 miles per hour, Hawks yesterday drove his low-winged monoplane from Curtiss Field, N. Y., to Municipal Airport, Los Angeles, in 14 hours, 50 minutes and 43 seconds. It was the first time a trans- continental flight had been made in full daylight. The travelair plane touched the ground here 4:50:43 p. ‘;P 8. T.) gt.grr leaving New York . T), (] ). Hawks lowered by 3 hours and, 52 minutes the recent East-West record set by Roscoe Turner. Hewks made re- fueling stops at Columbus, Ohio; St. Louis, Wichita, Kans.; Albuquerque, N. M, and Kingman, Ariz. Turner made but one stop on his fiight. Encounters Stormy Weather. _Hawks encountered stormy weather during most of the 2,600 miles. He flew through rains between Pittsburgh, Pa., and Terre Haute, Ind, and severe storms from Albuquerque to the Ari- zona-California border. Over Arizona, Hawks said, he was forced to fly high and off his course to avold thunder- storms. Subtracting the time taken for the five stops, wks actually flew across the country in 13 hours, 35 minutes and 43 seconds. About 200 aviation enthusiasts hailed the fiyer as he flashed across the finish line at better n 200 miles per hour. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Hawks, the flyer's parents, and Turner were on hand. Headwind Cuts Speed. Hawks said he was “tired and glad to get here.” The aviator said his plane made a top speed of 240 miles an hour, but that he rarely kept it over 200. A 20-mile headwind cut his speed most of the way. He sald the trip was “a pleasant one except for the bad ‘weathe A collapsible cockpit cover protected him during the rainstorms. Hawks turned his plane over to & force of mechanics immediately, in- structing them to put the ship in shape for a return trip as soon as possible. He sald he expected to start back to New York in a “few days” in an effort to better the present West-East créss- ing record of 14 hours, 45 minutes set Easter Sunday by Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. Hawks said he would stop at Albuquerque, Wichita and In- dianapolis on the return flight. ‘With favorable tail-winds, Hawks predicted his return flight could be made in 12 hours. He declared he hoped to Frove it feasible to establish a fast aerial pony express through his transcontinental experimental flights. Hawks is 33 years old and has heen fiying 13 years. LINES 12TH AND B BUILDING FOR ACCOUNTING OFFICE | (Continued From Pirst Page.) by either the General Accounting Of- ;lu n; m‘e &C’.ns.. and it wn':nex'- lained a asury Department, which has charge of the construction, that plans are going forward. Whoever uses the building, the outside, the cor- ridors, the ays and the elevators can be completed according to orginal plans, and later on the floors can be subdivided to suit the agency housed therein. McCarl now is located in the old Pen- sion Office, in a block adjacent to the Court House on Fifth street. This old building, which was the historic scene of many presidential inaugurations, was constructed originally to house the Pen- sion Bureau, but this office has been moved to the Interior Department and more recently, while remaining in the same building, has had its jurisdiction placed by Congress under the so-called new veterans’ administration. The Na- tional Guard has been making efforts for years to obtain the old Pension Of< fice for an armory. No formal statements were forthcom- ing from anywhere on the McCarl pro- test, but it was learned definitely today that his ition is unalterably OFDMCH to going into the executive triangle. He would rather stay in the old Pension Office. In that place he is separated from the Government departments and he is closer to Congress, to which alone he is responsible. Scheduled for Early Work. ‘The new building is understood to be among those scheduled for early con- struction in the triangle. It is adjacent to and will connect with the new Post Office Building, which will run from the corner of Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue south along Twelfth street to connect with the other structure. The Government is acquiring the land for this ground between Twelfth and fhirteenth, B street and Pennsylvania avenue and probably will acquire title to it sooner than to any other piece of ground now under condemnation. o CAMPBELL CHANGE APPLICATION TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT (Continued From First Page.) in Washington between 4 and 6 p.m. the day Miss Baker met her death. The statement also sald witnesses had given Kelly information convincing him Miss Baker was slain by Campbell in the District. ~ Before retiring to his chambers after the 30-minute hearing, Judge Groner uested both Jones and Smith to pro- vide him with the citations of cases bearing on the subject at issue. Campbell was not present at the hearing. He has been in the Alexandria City Jall since a_conference between at- torneys and J. Barton Phillips, ‘United States commissioner, in Alexandria, yes- terday, which resuited in today's hear- ing. ‘K’he defendant’s brother, Frank G. Campbell, a Washington attorney, at- tended the hearing with Smith. A crowd of several hupdred persons were disappointed yest>rday when a hearing scheduled for 2 o'clock in the Alexandria corporation court room was cancelled. Instead of arguing the point of law before the commissioner in open court, the lawyers retived to the judge's chambers, and thrashed out the matter there. Smith based his case on the conten- tion that the prossiution should show .b'y eye-witngsses the site of the crime. e made capital of the statement made at the conference by Lieut. Kelly, to the effect that he had no actual know- ledge of the spot where Miss Baker met death. Lieut. Kelly® explained however, that witnesses had told him they had seen a man who resembled Campbell strug- gling with Miss Baker in a parked tomobile at Seventeenth and B streets, Washington, at dusk April 11. He said other witnesses had heard three pistol reports a short time after the car in which the tussle took place was driven away. Jones cited numerous authorities in support of his ition that it was unnecessary for the commissioner to go into the merits of the case. He argued the only question before the magistrate was whether Oampbell was the person Th named in the Federal warrant under which he was arrested. Former Member of House Tells Dry=Officers He Is Special Agent. (Continued From First Page.) highway to Point Lookout. Maintain- ing & watch before closing in on the still, the agents said they saw Herrick fire the boiler and dip mash into the still, which was of 1,000 gallons ca- pacity. Still Is Destroyed. In addition to Herrick, & man giving the name of Willie Airey, 26, and an unidentified colored man were arrested. The still was destroyed, and & truck oontllninsoso cases of fruit jars and 12,000 gallons of mash was confiscated. ‘The agents loaded their prisoners on the truck and drove to Upper Marlboro, with Herrick, the picture of dejection, riding high in the bouncing truck. The party remained in the Maryland town last night and continued to Balti-, more this morning, Herrick, Airey and the colored man, Pious B. Ennels, were arraigned before Harry N. Abercrombie, United States Commissioner, there this morning on cha of possessing and manufactur- ing liquor and operating a still. Herrick entered a plea of “not guilty.” Airey and Ennels were admitted to $1,500 bail. A request that Herrick's bail be set at $2,500, reported to have come from the district attorney’s office, caused Commissioner Abercrombie to withhold a decision. A preliminary hearing on the charges will be held a week from today, August 14. Dressed in Denim. Herrick, wearing blue shirt, blue den- im_trouseres, and Army shoes, and with a three-day growth of whiskers on his face, tol dthe Commissioner he didn’t think he could make bail. Protesting mildly against bail higher than set for the other two, he remarked: “You couldn't run me off with a shotgun.” Each of the men said his residence was the Great Mills section of 8t. Marys County. Herrick was elected to the Sixty-sev- enth Congress from the eighth Oklaho- ma district and served from March 4, 1921, to March 4, 1923. He was de- d for re-election. The Federal age: sald he was living alone in a one-room shack neac the still and that he was working as boiler tender and general handy man for $15 a week. Silent on Long Ride. At first he described certain high connections, the agents said, and volus teered to take them to other stills in the vicinity, but was unable to make good his c{nlms when given an oppor- tunity. He gave no further explanation of his connection with the still and the agents said that he made the long ride to Marlboro -silent and abashed. Herrick came to wuhlnfinn from the “Cherokee Strip” country in Oklahoma, where he had been farmer and stock. raiser. His residence in the Capital was marked by exploits that frequently found a way into the newspapers. 1921 a threatened breach of promise auit for $50,000 by the guardian of Miss Anna _ Elizabeth Niebel, 18-year-old New York girl, brought him into the newspapers. Mothet of Girl Complained. ‘The claim made in behalf of Miss Niebel was that Herrick ed on her at & time when she was a contestant in a beauty contest arrdnged by a Washington newspaper and told her that he was rich &nd that if she mar- ried him she wouldn't have to work. | Herrick’s_salleged attentions to-Miss Elizabeth Storey, another contestant, caused her mother to ask the Washing- ton police to keep him away from her daughter. He was sued also by his stanographer, Miss Ethelyn Chrane of Oklahoma. She charged he made statements that re- flected upon her character. In turn, sued her for slleged breach of romise. Most of the litigation went against him and he chartered an airplane and hurried back to Oklahoma to campaign for_renomination. The former Representative dm%znd out of the Washington picture about five years ago. Last , however, his name was put forward in Okl homa in a three-cornered race for ti Republican nomination for the House of Representatives. He ran a poor third, polling 168 votes. ‘The scene of his labors in 8t. Mary's County was described by Federal agents as one of the most carefully guarded stills raided in the vicinity. ¢ of the IECONOMIC UNITY R. Hanson Weightman, weather forecaster, inspects the official rain gauge of the Weather Bureau record some precipitation. daily. He is hopeful that some time it will e & A Photo. Ex-Teacher Leaves Estate to Help Central Graduates Halstead Plerre Hoover, for- mer teacher of music at Central High' School, by his will filed for probate leaves his entire esate, the value of which is not disclosed, to the American Se- curity & Trust Co. for the edu- cation in college of students from Central. Mr. Hoover died July 27. The will directs that the trust company shall pay out of the income $5 per month for life to his housekeéper, Nannie B. Kelly, and use the rest of the income toward the tuition and board of a graduate of Central, selected by the principal, who shall be attending & college or university. On the death of the housekeeper, the entire income 15 to go to the support of the student. The principal of Central is given full discretion in selecting the student from time to time and may direct that payments from the fund cease should a student prove unfit. The trust company is also to act as execu- tor. PROFIT TAKING CUTS DOWN GRAIN PRICES Pro.feuioml Traders Are Heavy Sellers in Pits—Market Closes Lower. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 7—Grain traders scooped their profits from the pits toda; and wiped out an early advance, leaving prices of both wheat and corn below the high closing marks of yesterday. Waves of buying orders had swelled wheat prices 4 cents a bushel and corn 21, cents early in the day, but at the close wheat was J, to 1% cents under yesterday’s last prices. Corn ended the day with losses of 1% to 3% cents. Trading, as yesterday, was in im- mense volume, with the public evinc ing an interest aroused by the startling advance of the last few days. Today's news from the dry grain belt showed little change, the scattered showers be- ing only of regional benefit and too ll:’n generally to freshen the burning crop. From Baskatchewan came esti- mates that a quarter of the provincial wheat crop would make only seed. ‘The market had started with ai other bullish demonstration and prices varied quickly, but selling by traders anxious to take their profits erased all the initial gains. ttle support was shown on the reaction. Corn was still 3 cents above wheat at the final hour. September wheat end- ed at 96% to '2 and September corn at 99% to l»; December wheat, &t agents described the capture. Logs Guarded Road. “We went 20 miles out of the way in order to approach it from an un- guarded angle,” he said. “The entrance used by the operators was near a sawmill and the road ran through an area piled high with logs. There was just room enough for the truck to get through and once an en- trance had been made, logs were dump- ed off the pile at each side so that the road was concealed. “Raiding the place in the daytime was futility. At the sign of anybody coming in, somebody At the sawmill would pull a whistle. OT course, we knew it was a but what could we do? Everybody around the mill would stop work and get out lunches and eat until whoever it was near had cleared away. Regardless of the time of day that whistle would blow. If en- trance was made from another direction the tip-off would go out from some farm house neu:fi. Doubling on their trail, the agents made An unsuspected approach to the fringe of the clearing where the still was in operation. They looked on as the two white and two colored men fired the boller and prepared the mash. An 1 tion Indicated that only one run of liquor had been made; that the men were warming up to their task of fill- ing the 50 cases of fruit jars that were brought up as the agents looked on. Seize Second Still. ‘The Federal men went from the scene along a circuitous route that brought them to another still, nearer the settlement of California than the one where Herrick and his associates held forth. The agents destroyed an- other 1,000-gallon still at this site and confiscated 30,000 gallons of mash, but made no arrests. The “grapevine_tele~ graph” had functioned in the short time since the earlier raid and oper~ ators at the other base had vanished —e s NOTED ARCHITECT DIES J. E. SBperry Designed Some of Baltimore's Outstanding Buildings. BALTIMORE, Md., August 7 (#).— Joseph Evans Sperry, architect, who designed some of the outstanding build- ing in the city, died last night at the age of 76. Mr. Speery was born at Georgetown, 8. C, and came to Balti- more in 1868. He designed many of the buildings of Johns Hopkins Hospital and University and the Union Memo- rial Hospital. His widow, who was Misy Lee Wilson of Virginia, whom he mar. ried in 1888, surviv Tugs to Aid Freighter. BALTIMORE, August 7 (#).—Two tugs summoned by radio from Hacketts Point, several miles north of Annapolis, today went to the assistance the freighter Exminster, a 4,958-ton steam« er owned by the American lxron Oo. ight fog ger. The ship ran ound in a I to be in no was due to dock and was believs e after a vo, from Genoa, Marseille, New York and Philadelphia. fire | had paid 3 1.017% to 1.02% and December corn at 95% to 96. WHITACRE GRILLED ON ARSON CHARGE Denies Knowledge of Gore Fire and Asserts He Was Not in Town. Special Dispatch to The Btar. WINCHESTER, Va., August 7.—Fred- erick County Aauthorities today con- tinued thelr grilling of Welby Whitacre, 30, who was arrested yesterday at his Ebenzer Church home on a charge of arson in connection with the $500,000 fire at_Gore, Va., early Tuesday morn- ing. Whitacre steadfastly denies any knowledge of the fire and even asserts that he was not in the vicinity of Gore gurln. the progress of the conflagra- jon. The arrest of Whitacre followed yes- mm{ after residents of the Gore vicinity had stated they saw him leav- ing the scene of the fire, shortly after the blaze started, carrying a sack on his back. Another resident is reported to have said he saw Whitacre hidin, along the roadside while the fire swe) the town. Bondell Larrick, postmaster and in whose bullding the fire origi- nated, made known that he had had Whitacre arrested several weeks ago on a bad check charge. Whitacre 18 incarcerated in the county jail and is under grilling by authorities. Other Frederick County officers continued to make an extensive search of the vicinity of his home in the hope of locating the sack which he s alleged to have carried from the ;Irle‘,l ‘Thus far their efforts have been utile. ‘When Whitacre was arrested early yesterday by Sheriff Luther Pannett and Deputy Sheriff Bageant he was seated on the front porch of his home, apparently asleep, with a fully loaded double-barreled shotgun across his lap. His home, at Ebenever Chureh, is located about four miles northwest of the village of Gore. Local officers stated today that White acre was Arrested several years ago on & charge of stealing wool. He was tried in Magistrate Rinker's couri and was given three months in jail for the offense. —— 11 FIRE VICTIMS DIE 15 Others Suffer From Injuries in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 8AO PAULO, Brasil, August 7 ( The number of children who have as the result of a fire at a child'’s mo- tion picture show Sunday reached 11 last night. Fifteen others are suffering from burns. occurred when 40 children P} S s el a_new ect y brothers. Onz“c’hud touched a match to & pile of film and the flames spread. ENGLISH DISPATCH TROOPS TO HANKOW AS REDS THREATEN (Continued From First Page.) Army under the promise of $15 & month for medical services. But the delegation which went to the hospital to enlist the staff found that the members had already fled through URGED BY CUBAN Scientific Study of Problems of Western Hemisphere Is Advocated. B the Associated Press. HAVANA, August 7.—8el or- ganization of business men in the 22 countries comprising the Americas, with the elimination of selfishness and petty jealousies in the interest of common progress, is the somewhat novel plan offered by Dr. Miguel Varona y Guer- Tero as a solution to the present eco- nomic crisis. Dr. Varona is one of Cuba's best known economists and in his longr career has been civil judge, consulting attorney to the department of public works, chief of the national secret police and for the last three years direc- tor of customs. Eight Regions Involved. He proposed the organization, on a technical basis, of the private actions of business men e Americas territorial divisions, technical associa- tions, technical functions, consultative technical bodies, specialized univer- sities and technical experts trained in a central institute. Eight “natural regions” would be created as follows: North region, Can- ada and the United States of America; south Pacific region, Chile and Bolivia; and Ecuador; Southern region, Argen- tina, Uraguay and Paraguay; Atlantic region, Brazil and Venezuela; Central American region, Panama, Honduras, a side entrance. A few missionaries remain in Kuling, Summer resort near Kiukiang. These have sent their heavy baggage Shanghal and are camping out, pre- paratory to evacuation. (Copyright, 1930.) TROOPS MOVE TO MEET REDS. Soldiers and Marines Sent to Points in Yangtze River Valley. SHANGHAL August 7 (#)—More than 500 British and Japanese soldiers and marines were en route to Yangtse Valley cities today as the result of un- certain Communist conditions. Carrying 400 marines, four Japanese destroyers arrived- here from Sasebo, Japan. The vessels were to proceed to Kiukiang, Kiangsi Province, which re- cently was reported threatened by an army of 10,000 Communists. , Fifty British soldiers Friday will fol- low 110 troops dispatched to Hankow today. The arrival of additional Chinese troops at Hankow relieved the tension there somewhat, but dispatches from the Hupeh Province industrial center sald foreigners had completed plans ‘fl‘;s evacuation should an emergency arise. Communists were reported approach- ing Hankow and its sister cities, Wu- chang and Hanyang, from the south. Areas vacated Chinese troops moved into Hankow r{n the government were sald to be suffering increased Red disorders. The Nationalist foreign office was re- T in Nanking dispatches prepar- | ln' uteme&t éur the powe o 1 ing Communi epreda hang- ’hxhu, Hunan Province capital, and else- where, RANSOM IS AUTHORIZED. London Church Society to Pay $50,000 for Release of Missionaries. FOOCHOW, August Ohurch Missionary Socief today authorized its local tive to dpay Chinese bandits the ransom demanded for release of Miss Edith Harrison and Miss Edsh Nettleton, who have been held captive more than & manding $50,000 for their release. note threatened further torture for the missionariés unless the ransom was forthcoming. GEN. WANG AIDS REDS. Message of Northern Leader Made Pub- lic by Nationalists. NANKING, China, August 7 (#).— The nationalists government has issued & lengthy communication giving ver- batim two recent wireless messages from Gen. Wang Ching Wel, to substantiate charges that Wang is wuruns‘m.nd 5191!./; with Chinese Oommh . e message urged closer co-opera- tion with_the Communists, who are ravaging Bouth Ohina. One message was sent to Gen. Lit Sun-Jen, July 31, urging him to co-operate with the - munists and make trouble in Hunan and the Southwest and thereby assist in dealing a death blow to Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces. In a message to Gen Feng Hsu-Siang August 2, Wang noted the Communist victories in Hunan and Hupeh, which he declared would be disastrous to Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek's forces. ‘Wang states that according to a message he has received from Com. rade Kwei, “Communist troops are now prew%w launch a general of- fensive on Wuhan, on August 10, and gther important cftles on tbe Yangtas River are e; ted to fall by the dle of August.” Gen. Wang, who has assumed the position of a virtual eivil head of the northern coalition, according to the’ Nationalist government, thus is assum- ing the role of directing genius of the disruptive Communist forces through- out China. FIRST LADY VISITS D. C. GIRL SCOUTS AT CAMP IN MOUNTAINS (Continued From PFirst Page.) the program arranged, promise to be quite an event. Oitisens from Harri- sonburg, 20 miles away, and other | nearby sections ‘are expected to be on | hand to participate. The fact that Mrs. Hoover is expected to be on hand no doubt will increase the number of visitors. ‘When Mrs. Hoover arrives this afters noon the girls will be standing at attene tion in company formation and after the customary salutations the mistress of the White House and national leader of the Girl Scouts will be shown over the camp. Mrs. yesterday for the Rapidan Cam, the intention of not returning to Wash- ington before next Monday. She was qceomfnhd by Mrs. Stark McMullin Tinie House suest” for several wegks ouse or s and her three personal secrei Miss Ruth Pessler, Miss Mildred and Miss Helen Green. triends, il #o.io the Rabiden r] wi 80 late tomorrow afternoon to remain unti early Monday morning. Refused Entry Permit. MEXIOO OITY, August 7 (#).—The with department of immigration today re-| Avera fused to permit entry into Mexico of Benedicto Tolnes, chief of Boy Scouts, of Recife, Brazil, who is traveling on l;;lm!m South America to the United The lommment explained $hat Holnes had not Slled immisustie yequirements. Nicaragua, Salvador and Costa Rica; region of the Guif of Mexico, Mexico, Cuba and Guatemala; Antillian region, Banto Dominican Republic and Ha! Control Board Is Urged. Pan-American universities ‘and hnical drawn the personnel of a continental economic community which would serve =“:;:g superior board of the organi- This board would be non-political in character and would work onvz basis of co-operation among private corporat and ess men; its objective would be the knowledge and solution of economic problems, local and general; and it weuld work in accord with a specially outlined “code of civilized economy.” Harmonize Whole’s Efforts, It would “harmonize the economic whole of the reglonal divisions, study and resolve on its own initiative after hearing resolutions offered by the re- ,mu, and its rulings would take the form of recommendations binding to the letter, the unlimited autonomy of the affected nations notwithstanding, when there is & matter of vital interest .o Tt 0l postulate,” Dr. says, “that physical force is & declining in civilized countries. No ma it the world is arming, the real forces of {:lurfedlcflvgy ‘will be .Wm scientific OW] commerce, industry and lnw&:;t al H:lltbru.u i o America presents a proper fleld for their application, and pan-Ameri- canism app} on scientific principles to economics will be, with the co-opers- tion of all the nations of America, the z%n‘,eet force of civilization we have "FIRST-AID WITHDRAWN Government Rationing Ceases in Italian Earthquake Zone. ; ROME, August 7 (#)—~The minister of public works today rej Pre- mier Mussolini that all first-s had been withdrawn from the sone of the recent earthquake in Southern Italy. The report said ent rationing had ceased, and 5,000 workmen were ‘t;\'l'lnd in the new housing undertak- BAND CONCERTS. evening & = van Theater, Wi n uonumaynv. _ Grounds, at 7:30 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur Witcomb, second s March, “The Marine Corps Institute,” Branson Overture, “Morning, Noon and Night,” Cornet _solo, “Flashes of Gold”. AO‘m (Musician Winfred Kemp.) in | Walte, “The Beautiful Blue Danube,” Strauss (Requested.) Grand scenes from “The Gailety ?m:' ones Incidental music to “The Merchant of Venice" Selections from Grace,” Finale, “The Stars and Strij Forever” . . .. Bousa Marines' hymn, “The Halls of Monte- “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band this evening at the band- stand at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zim- mermann, bandmaster; Anton Point- ner, assistant. March, “Boostin’_the Basses”.Chenette , Schindelmeisser “Andanté Celebre”..Lemare .. Herbert .- Donisett! ‘White Dove,” Lehar Finale "H‘ Time Is Your Time" . Dance ‘'The Star 8 Bann Entr'acte, “Cangonetts . July Circulation Daily...105,395 Sunday, 110,474 D‘% P W RGN Advertisi annger . s of ‘vlk&%'}% ALY VAR does -ola‘mnly r thAt thé actual : of of the paper named soid a; during the month of July, A.D. s follows: DAILY. ies. p. Hoover left Washington early |1 Total a erae. dan service, & Daily average net eireulation. SUNDAY. Dars. mm E . 184z 20 lg . .311 . Total Sunday net_cireulation. g8 net id Sund Average iy eircii . ies for serv- Average Sunday net cireulatior " LEROY W. Subscribed and swiry 7th dav of August, AD.