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temperat tures—Highest, 97, pm. yesterday; lowest, 74, at today. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13.14 & 15 31,510. post of Entered as second cl lass matter ingts D. C. OFCHAN TRBESHEN - MDVING T0 ATTCK PESHAWAR TRODPS British, With Bombing Planes Ready, Prepare to Fight Force of 10,000. NORTHWEST FRONTIER DEFENDERS CONFIDENT Youth Leagues, Supposedly Con- nected With Red Organizations, : Blamed for Disorders. By the Assoclated Press. PESHAWAR, India, August 8.—Ten thousand savage Afghan tribesmen to- day advanced against Peshawar in an increasing effort to break through the northwest frontier. British advance troops were in contact with the Afridi warriors this forenoon and bombing planes were in readiness to repel a general assault. There was no lack of confidence among the defending forces, however, whose officers asserted every precau- tion had been taken and that every move of the tribesmen was being made known quickly to the British com- mand by reconnoitering scouts of the Toyal air force. Communistic Connections Alleged. BOMBAY, August 8 (#P).—Afridi tribesmen to the number of about 10,- 000 were reported moving at dawn in the Bara Valley in an intended as- sault upon the Peshawar frontier. Their activities were reported to be due to the Afghan Youth League of the Burhankhel district, combined with rumors circulated by the new League of Youth of Peshawar. Both of these organizations supposedly have Com- : paunistic connections and are said to be responsibie for the persistent circu- | lation of rumors among the tribesmen | that Peshawar and the surrounding dis- | tricts were in the hands of National | Congress members and undefended. ‘The Afridis are the most powerful of the Pathan tribes which live in the mountainous borderland mnear where Kyber Pass leads to Kabul. Government forces have been con- centrated heavily at strategic points beyond Peshawar. It was stated here that the Peshawar city gates had been closed last night and residents forbidden to leave their homes. The government has upward ‘©f 50 military airplanes ready for action, many of them of the bombing type. Two Killed in Rioting. KARACHI, A 8 (P).—Two ns were killed and seven wounded a new outbreak of communal riot- | ing at Sukkur early today. Looting was reported ;nd the fighting is spreading | IWar 1 WAITRESS KILLED, COMPANION SHOT Suicide Pact Suspected in Death of Margaret Limerick and In- jury of Earl Turner. e t Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., August 8. =In what appears to have been a sui- eide pact, Earl Turner, 42, shot and killed Miss Margaret Limerick, 20, this morning at 8:10 o'clock, then turned the pistol on himself, inflicting two injuries which may prove fatal. The girl was shot four times in the head, dying instantly, as she sat in Turner's sutomobile parked on a side road near the Washington highway, about five miles from here. Turner then placed the .25-caliber sutomatic pistol against his head and fired two shots which failed of their rpose. With his ammunition ex- g:uned. Turner walked to the main highway and collapsed on the road. When discovered by passing motorists, he was conscious, and told them he had just slain his sweetheart, whose body was found in the automobile. Turner was brought to Mary Wash- ington Hospital here, where it is be- lieved he cannot recover. Turner told physicians he and the gfl were tired of living. ft the boarding house here, where Miss Limerick was employed as a wait- ress and where Turner was rooming about 6 o'clock last night and did not return. The whereabouts of the couple during the night are unknown. A number of love letters from the girl to Turner were found in the car and indicated that the desire of the couple to marry was thwarted by Turner’s wife and children, supposed to | be living in Philadelphia. Turner was employed here last year in factory con- struction work, but had been away for several months. He returned recently, saying he was going to Colorado to join his father. At the boarding house it was said the couple had been on friendly terms and frequently went automobile riding to- gether in the evening. Miss Limerick was the pretty daughter of Joseph Limerick of this city. She is survived by her father, two sisters and one brother. ‘ Portugal Approves Attache. LISBON, Portugal, August 8 (#).— The Portuguese government today assented to the appointment of Lieut. | action adopted by the board in the last |{land men and dynamited an elaburate IMPROVEMENT \Anti-Saloon League, By the Associated Press. LITTLE POINT SABLE, Mich, August 8.—The exccutive board of the Anti-Saloon League of America has challenged opponents of prohibition to offer a better plan to bring temper- ance and sobriety to the Nation. The challenge was included in the declaration of policy and program of session of its two-day biennial confer- ence yesterday. McBride Calls for “Showdown.” “In view of the loose talk by the wets about repcal or modification of the pro- hibition law, the time has come for a showdown,” said the challenge made public by Dr. F. Scott McBride, na- tional superintendent of the league. “We must insist upon specific state- ments and enlighten the voters as to merits and demerits of any proposed plan. The public has a right to know exactly what is P In a preamble to the declaration of policy, the board placed blame for much of the anti-prohibition agitation upon metropolitan newspapers. “We are gratified over victorles of the past,” it said, “and the fact that we have held our lines although confronted WASHINGTON, Foen 3 4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ng St Associated service. D.; i FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1930—TWENTY-EIGH “WETS" CHALLENGED TO OFFER ON PROHIBITION Announcing Educa- | tional Campaign, Demands “Showdown” | and Specific Substitute for Temperance. with an extraordinary situation in that we now face a highly financed and well organized wet movement creating an | erroneous impression, chiefly through access to metropolitan dailies.” The league inserted in its declara- tion of policy a threat of opposition for the wet candidates and a promise of support for drys, regardless of party, in forthcoming elections. “Within the rights of citizenship and democracy,” it said, “we will use every endeavor to elect a dry Congress, in both branches, and keep an ‘vowed dry in the White House. “We accept the suggestion of Presi- dent Hoover and others that respective States do full duty in the matter of law enforcement. We pledge ourselves to an aggressive movement in every State for adequate enfcreement meas- ures.” Educational Campaign Intended. A five-year educational campaign to lay responsibility for success of prohi- bition before the voters and instruct the younger generation in the effects ot Jeohnl in the human system was tures, radio, the 3 press, debates and oratorical contests. AGENTS FIRED UPON DURING NIGHT RAID Officers Escape Injury in Ex-| change of Shots—3 Men Held—Still Destroyed. Surviving a pitched battle with boot- | leggers at & still within 13 miles of Washington, Federal prohibition agents | last night captured three voung Mary- whisky-making system. ‘The action took place about 10 miles from the Capital, near Beltsville, Md. | An undertermined number of bootleg- gers opened fire on two of ihe agents | as they sat around their flashlights at | the still, waiting for their leader to re- | turn with explosives for the demolition. None was hurt, although tne action was brisk and lasted for about 30 minutes. Entering the elaborately concealed still site about dark, the agents set up a two-man when the place was found to ve apparently abandoned, in the hope that visitors weuld put in an appearance some time during the night. While the leader traveled 1o Upper Marlboro for dynamite, the two men | whiled away the hours and at 10.40 o'clock, when the first shots rang out, each man was opening a can of beans, | thinking to have a light meal at the ex- | pense of the bootleggers. About 50 Shots Exchanged. Their plan was short-lived, however. At the first shot, the beans went in| one direction and the men in another, behind trees. About 50 shots were ex- changed with the attackers, who came in from a southerly d'i-;:ctfign ;thdhz:';d upon them against s - ground of the ashlights. When the action was over the two agents located 15 bullet marks on the trees, several of which were within inches of where they had been. The two agents kept in hiding, and at 12:55 a.m. a light truck came out of the dark and on a hillside at the entrance to the still, within 10 feet | of the hiding place of one of the Fed- | eral men. Three men got out and flash- ed their lights over the trees and down toward the 24 great vats which con- tained 12,000 gallons of reeking mash. The agent in hiding jumped from behind a tree almost in their faces.| The men ran, but the agent gathered | them in after giving one a light tap | at the base of the skull with the flash- light and jumping on the second as he stumbled into an 8-foot ditch. Taken to Baltimore. were sitting quietly somewhat remgved from the cleared place where thel;mtud opened their beans when the leader (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) FILIPINO CHALLENGES ROOSEVELT TO DUEL The three men and the two agents| INDIANA MOB HANGS 2 COLORED YOUTHS One Had Admitted Attacking Girl of Man Killed, Police Say. By the Associated Press. MARION, Ind, August 8.—A fren- zied mob of 1,000 persons which stormed the Grand County Jail late last night snatched two colored youths from their cells and hung them on the court hcuse square. The victims of the mob's fury were Thomas Shipp, 18, accused of fatally shooting Claude Deeter, 23, of Fair- mount, Ind, and Abe Smith, 19, who, police said, admittel attacking Deeter's girl companion after the shooting on & lonely country road east of here. Using sledge hammers after they were tear: bombs, hole in door,_ to reach the cells of the pair. Shipp's clothing was torn from his body by the maddened men, and he was borne in a blanket to the court house yard and hanged from the bars of a window in the building. Smith, borne from the jail by a group of men after they had knocked him uncon- scious with their fists and hammers, was_thrown on the ground, where a horde of screaming women trampled on him and tore his body with their finger- nails. He then was hung on a tree in the court house yard. Third Youth Is Beaten. ‘The mob dispersed early today after it had taken from the jail and severely | beaten Herbert Cameron, 16. Today 50 State policemen and police officers from surrounding towns, armed with sub- machine guns, maintained order in this city, while Gov. Harry G. Leslie said he stood ready to recall the National Guard from its training quarters at Camp Knox. Ky., if further trouble developed. The vengeance of the mob was ap- peased after Cameron was returned to the jail, It was discovered the men had intended taking Robert Sullivan, 19, who was implicated in the killing of Deeter, instead of Cameron, whose connection with the others was only that of an.accomplice in several recent robberies, A move toward Sullivan, after the mistske was discovered and Cameron returned, was thwarted by a man who sald he was an uncle of the girl at- tacked. He harangued the mob, say- g the two men directly involved had been punished and advised against fur- ther violence. Soon after the crowd ::;ke up' mhthmfl groups, and ths ger of another outbreak - ies of Shipp and Smith lett where they were hanged, the lynch- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) —_— OFFICIALS PROBE DEATH Vice Governor Receives Defl Through Press Association Fol- lowing Book Episode. By the Associated Press. MANILA, August 8.—Nicholas Roose- velt, president Hoover’s recess appointee to the Vice Governorship of the Philip- pines, today was challenged to a pistol duel by Narciso Lapuz. The challenge was issued through a press ascociation. Several days ago two young Filipinos hurled into Manila Bay a package which they said contained a copy .of Roosevelt's book “The Philippines: a Treasure and a Problem.” This bool has been widely criticized here. OF 3 POSSIBLY POISONED Samples of Food Eaten by Chil- dren Victims Are Examined by Chemist. UTICA, N. Y., August 8 (P).—With the death today of Edward Hand, 4, third child of Joseph Hand to die of &n undetermined cause within a week, officials revealed they are investigating the possibility that all the deaths re- sulted from accidental poisoning. Dr. Robert K. Brewer, professor of chemistry at Syracuse University, is examining ssmples of food the children At first the disorder was diagnosed as Intestinal ~inflammation. Subsequent abdominal tests, however, failed to man for one peso (50 cents) and went a-grappling for the widely advertised gackum ©On fishing it out of the bay e found a book, but not Roosevelt’s. The book stores took advantage of the Comdr. Calvin H. Cobbe as United States naval attache at Lisbon. publicity and ordered a large number of copies from the United States. RETURN FROM UNCLE’S “FUNERAL” TO FIND HIM ALIVE ON CORNER [Prominent Business Men Attempts Nephews and Nieces of Baltimore Man Learn They|,, ., Buried an Unknown Man. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, August and nieces who yesterday believ had attended the funeral of their uncle came back from the cemetery to find they had buried a stranger. They dis- eovered their uncle alive and wel ctanding at the intersection of & busy street. Police to whom they appealed for gliel were only able to change health 8.—Nephews they | coroner could do no more, and | in department records to show an um- known man had been buried. The th the) m‘“ s em there was no Way regover funeral expenses. Last Monday & man was found dead Carroll Park, and Charles Howser identified it as Willlam L. Lewis, uncle who him A news photographer hired a boat- | gp ow that germs were present, Frank Hand and anr}ory Hand, 12, are uu‘."' l"nr;k belgg in rmm ‘con- . Their cousin, Hazel Bowen, 10, of Hamilton, also is 1ll, ik I0WA VIGILANTE KILLED AMBUSHING ROBBERS | the to Wayley Trio After Drug Store Hold-Up at Davenport. Assoclated Press. TIPTON, Iowa, August 8—R. G. Sproat, prominent business mam and Cedar County Vigilante, was shot and killed by three robbers today. 8] t was in ambush with Sheriff C. H. Elwood and John Carey, await- ing the men, who had held up a drug store at Davenport an hour and a half earlier. The vigilantes attempted to stop the robbers’ car, but its occupants began e, P e St E n thaaed In- thelr "aulomobile’ ‘aad OF, BAGK HONE RECOUNTS WERD TALE O KDNARIG Laundry Superintendent Says Man Took His Car and Money, Asking Ransom. STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE STARTED WIDE HUNT Tells Police Traveler Choked Him and Kept Him Prisoner Within “Four Blank Walls.” A weird story of being held prisoner for four days within “four blank walls” by & man who kidnaped him, took his automobile and $140 in cash and then released him when he refused to sign demands for ransom was related to " | police in the early morning hours today by Joe Coe of 3122 Monroe street northeast, superinterdent of a laundry at Montello avenue and Raum street northeast. Coe dropped from sight Jast Saturday and his continued absence prompted members of his family to-report the affair to police, who broadcast descrip- tions to the various precincis and to neighboring cities. ‘Telephoned Employer. Nothing was heard from him, how- | ever, until Coe telephoned his employer about 4 o'clock this morning, saying he had just-been released from an au- tomobile on Bladensburg road near Mount Olivet Cemetery and that he had walked the remaining distance to his_residence. When Coe's employer heard details of the former’s story he notified police of No. 12 precinct and Lieut. J. W. Mc- Cormack, in charge there at the time, went to the man’s home, on Monroe strect northeast. Coe explained to the lieutenant that he was cn his way to Annapolis Sat- urday night to spend the week end there with his wife and children, who had gone on ahead to visit relatives. Turning his light sedan from Blad- ensburg road into Defense Highway, Coe said he stopped his car at the hail of a mapn on the roadside, who requested and was granted a lift to- ward -Annapolis. When the two men came to & point on the highway where it crossed the Pennsylvania tracks, Coe said another machine pulled up from behind, forced. him over to the side of the road and | to & hait. Choked Into TInsensibiity. His machine had hardly stopped, Coe | sald, when his companicn seized him | about the throat and choked him into | insensibility. Coe said he had a hazy | impression of other men emerging from | the second car, though he did not see | them again. He woke up, Coe went on, | inside the “four blank walls” of a room which had a concrete floor, no windows, and whose only furnishing was an Army cot and blanket. Coe said the man darkened the single electric light in the room when he: came from time to time to bring food. | He declared the other insisted on | numerous occasions that he write a| " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) STOCKS DEPRESSED IN HEAVY SELLING | Prices Drop $3 to $9 on Batch of Unfavorable Business By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 8.—Share prices were driven down $3 to $9 to the lowest levels in a month in a fresh wave of liquidation on the New York Stock Ex- change today. Although the volume of trading was moderate in comparison with the 5,000,- 000 to 6,000,000 share days during mid- June, the turnover during the early hours of trading indicated that the g‘y;s sales would be the largest since time. Selling of stocks was influenced by such developments as reports that U. 8. Steel had reduced mill operations from 64 to 61 per cent of capacity this week, the passing of the Warner Bros. divi- dend and a break in cotton market on publication of the Government's August 1 crop estimate, which in turn influenced a reaction in wheat. Warner Bros., Bullard, Auburn, Case, Vanadium, Westinghouse Electric, American Tobacco and Worthington declined $6 to $9. U. S. Steel, Ameri- can Telephone, Eastman, Dupont, Stone & Webster, Goodyear and North Ameri- can lost $4 to $6. Radio, Atchison, Rock Island and Standard of New Jer- sey lost $3 or more. i ADMITS RACK THEF Colored Youth Is Fined $5 for Tak- ing Paper. John Prancis Barper, 17 years old, colored, 1000 block Twenty-ninth street, pleaded guilty to stealing a newspaper from an honor system rack in Police Court and was fined $5 by Judge Ralph Glven. Barner was arrested yesterday noon when Policeman W. T. G. of the seventh precinct saw him take & paper from a rack at Twenty-elghth street and Pennsylvania. He took after- . Mills this down and ran. The policeman overtook the fugitive after a two-block chase, He was es- corted to the Treclnn station and locked up over night. Judge Given severely reprimanded Barner today. Sought Water, Got Beer. NEW YORK, August 8 (#).—The day was hot and Detective Alexander sought rellef in a drink of cool water from a faucet attached to a pipe in the rear yard of a Brooklyn garage. A clear, brown beverage poured forth which. much to the detective's surprise, proved to be beer of good quality. Now 17 men found in the garage are in jail. Radio Programs on Page A-12 d PAGES. #¥ . COMMIT NCHAIRMAN S The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,516 TWO CENTS. BABY BAMBERGER ORDERED T0 COURT Writ Requiring Couple to Produce Child Is Obtained by Watkins. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 8.—A writ of| habeas corpus requiring Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bamberger to produce in court | the infant given them by the Engle-| wood Hospital as their child but claimed by Mrs, Margaret Watkins as her baby | instead of the one given her, was grant- | ed today by Judge Robert E. Gentzel.: The writ also restrains the Bambergers from leaving the jurisdiction of th2 ! court. | The alleged baby mix-up case re-| sulted from the finding by Willilam | Watkins, one of the fathers, of a, “Bamberger” tag on the back of the| child given the Watkins by the hospital. Investigation revealed the Bamberger's baby wore a “Watkins” tag. A jury of scientists said the infants | had b=en switched, but a group of phy- | sicians disagreed. In behalf of the baby in the Watkins' care & suit has| been filed asking the court to deter- mine its identity. Also a $100,000 dam- age suit has been filed against the| hospital in the name of Mrs. Watkins. ‘The bill in today’s action alleged that Baby Bamberger was wrongly christened and was the son of Mrs. Watkins. It also alleged the Bambergers planned to Jeave the city with the child and asked that they be restrained. The Bambergers have been certain all along they have the right child, while | the Watkins believed the babies were | mixed. 2 e HOSPITAL ROBBERY SUSPECT IS NAMED| Police Broadcast Lookout for Wal-| ter 0. Jones, Wanted as Pay-Roll Bandit. Search for the bandits who staged | the Children’s Hospital pay roll hold-up | eight days ago assumed definite shape | today when the police oroadcast a look- out for Walter O. Jores, 30 years old, as & suspect in the robbery of Miss Eleanor Page, assistant cashier of the hospital, ot $7,000 on July 31. The man has been identified accord- ing to Inspector Willlam 8. Shelby, | chief of detectives, as one of the men who figured in the hold-up and a United States commissioner’s warrant, in which Jones is charged with the rob- bery has been sworn out by detectives investigating the case. Police are also reasonably certain of the identity of the other two bandits, according to In- spector Shelby. Jones, police say, is 5 feet 11 inches tall. weighs 150 pounds, has dark brown hair, brown eyes, and two small moles, . one back of the right ear and the sec-| ond under the left jaw. | Sgace o BAY STATE MAY LOSE MEMBER OF HOUSE| Indiana, Believed Doomed to Yield | Two Seats, May Retain One, Census Discloses. By the Associated Press. Massachusetts will probably lose one of its House delegation in the reap- portionment of the figures announced today by the Census Bureau. Previous estimates based on prelimi- nary official figures had given the Eny\ State more than 100,000 persons over the 4,253,646 made. public today. Some comfort was seen for Indiana in the official announcement. The State probably will Jose only one repre- sentative. On earlier census figures, it had been thought Indiana would lose two. COAL-LADEN BARGE i WATCHED FOR LIQUOR| By the Associated Press. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., August 8.— The barge Frederick, laden with 4,500 tons of soft coal and suspected of hav- ing a cargo of rum, was under Government surveillance at the T. A. D. Jones Co.'s ‘wharf. Work of unloading the cargo, which the barge brought to Bridgeport from Norfolk, Va., was started today and is expected to’ require a week. In the | meanwhile the vessel will be kept under | surveillance and later searched for liquor. ‘The. Frederick was followed by Coast Guard cutters during the entire trip from Virginia to Bridgeport. and then seized on suspicidn by Federal officials. MOUNTS STEADLY Carroll -Reece, Favored by Hoover for House, Is Piling Up Lead. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn, August 8 — Cordell Hull, veteran of 11 terms in the House of Represefitatives, today re- ceived reports of his seadily mounting majority over Andrew L. Todd in yes- terday’s senatorial Democratic primary for the six-year term. Returns from 1,689 precincts out of 2,251 gave Hull 110,206 and Todd 62,014. Gov. Henry H. Hbrton was nominated for another two-year term on the face of unofficial returns, but L. E. Gwinn, Memphis and Covington attorney, re- fused to concede defeat and declared he was awaiting the complete figures from all counties. Returns from 1,789 pre- cincts gave Horton 122,382 and Gwinn 85,283. Brock Defeats Neal. Senator William E. Brock defeated Dr. John R. Neal, 79,915 votes to 20,717, in 1,429 precincts for nomination for the_short Senate term, from November to March. In the Republican primary J. Will Taylor, second district, the other Re- publican Representative, was renomi- nated over Judd Acuff, and C. Arthur Bruce, Memphis, defeated Harry T. Burn, Sweetwater, for the gubernatorial nomination. Six incumbent Democratic Repre- sentatives were unopposed in the party primary, and Edward H. Crump, Mem- phis political leader, was named with- out _contest for the tenth district sea made vacant by the retirement of Rep. resentative Hubert Fisher. J. Ridley Mitchell defeated two op- ponents for the Democratic nomination for the fourth district congressional seat, relinquished by Hull. Paul E. Divine, Johnson City attor- ney, and F. Todd Meacham, Chatta- nooga lawyer, were without opposition for the Republican nomination for the long and short Senate term, respec- tively. Reece Dele;l:’rlce Decisively. JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., August 8.— Carroll Reece, the congressional Rep- resentative from -the first district of Tennessee, whose campaign for . re- nomination received the personal in- dorsement of President Hoover and other party leaders, won a pronounced | victory vesterday in the hottest cam- | paign_known in this district. Reece’s majority is expected to be in excess of 5,000 Unofficial returns show that he carrier his native county, Johnson, by more than 1,300 majority, while his opponent, Sam W. Price, his home county, wnshm&on by only 500. Nomination in this district is equiva- lent to election. . COTTON DROPS $2 BALE Higher Government Crop Forecast NFhan Expected Sends Prices Down. NEW YORK, August 8 (#).—Cotton futures declined approximately $2 to $3 a bale on the New York Market to- day as trading resumed after suspen- sion for the readin gof the Government crop report. 4 The Washington forecast of 14,362,- 000 bales was about 300,000 bales higher than was generally expected. It was reported in brokerage circles, however, that there was good trade buying on scale down. The decline was checked after all . positions had ' sold off from $2.50 to $3.00 a bale. ~ -~ TWOSUSPECTSHELD INMCRORY HOLDUP Owner of Get-Away Car Is Taken in Baltimore and An- other in Alexandria, Va. With two suspects under arrest, one in Baltimore, local police today intensi- fied their efforts to apprehend four white men who late yesterday staged a daring daylight holdup in front of the McCrory 5 and 10 cent store, 416 Seventh street, and escaped in an au- tomobile after robbing two employes of $1,200. John Irwin, the Baltimorean to whom police say the tags on the get-away car were listed, was taken into cus early this morning when he into & Baltimore police station to re- his automobile stolen. Later in he day James W. Callen, 23, of - Va., was- to here for qus 3 Cal was a Government witness in the Busch murder trial. At 1:15 o'clock this morning Trwin informed the Maryland police that his car had been stolen from a bathing beach near Baltimore some time yes- terday. He was immediately arrested for the Washington police, who had asked Maryland authorities to on the watch for him. Leave to Identify ¥rwin. Accompanied by Earl Flory, 34-year- old assistant manager of the store, and Harvey W. Smith, 20-year-old messen- dits’ victims, Headquarters Detectives Thomas Nally and L. M. Wilson left for Baltimore this morning. If the two store empioyes are able to identify Irwin, he will be brough! Washington for further questioning. The license number of the car in which the hold-up men escaped was secured by Smith. Police also say that a bystander recognized two of the ban- dits. One is said to live in Alexandria and the other in Washington. One of the pair is said to have a long police record. Flory and Smith left the store shortly after 6 o'clock to carry the day's re- ceipts, $1,200, to the Second National Bank, at Seventh and E streets, . Ming- ling with the late shopping throngs. they failed to notice four men sitting at the curb in a parked automobile, its motor running. Ordered to Hand Over Bag. As the pair drew abreast of the car, however, three men stepped out. Cov- ering Flory with automatic pistols, they ordered Smith over to the car. “Give us that bag” they said, “or we’ll drill you.” Startled, Smith hand- ed over the satchel in which he was carrying the money. Jumping back into the machine, the bandits sped away at high speed, and disappeared after turning east into D street. Smith jotted down the license num- ber on the car, while Flory ran to a telephone and notified police. Of the hundreds of men and women on the street at the time, only one man realized that a holdup was being staged before his eyes. And, by the merest chance, he happened to rec- ognize two of the bandits. Unable to communicate his information to police t the scene, he walked to police head- quarters and there told detectives who the men were. Familiar With Store Routine. ‘The manner in which the robbery was executed, police say, indicates that the perpetrators were familiar with the store routine. ‘The actual holdup was carried through 50 smoothly that the persons in the vicinity, except for the one man, had no inkling of it unill the headquarters’ car, its siren screaming. drew up to the curb. ‘The holdup was the third of its kind staged in Washington during the past two weeks. The others were the rob- bery of the cashier of Children’s Hos- pital and the kidnaping and theft from a Mount Vernon Savings Bank mes- senger. PRESIDENT GIVING CABINET DROUGHT RELIEF PLANTODAY Calls Farm Board Heads to Conference Pending Com- plete Report. SOME HOPE IS IN SIGHT, WEATHER MAN REPORTS Red Cross Plans Action if Nation- ‘Wide Survey Shows Human Suffering Requires It. President Hoover virtually has put aside all other business to give his full attention to relief of the drought- stricken sections. Pending receipt of definite informa-. tion from the 'Agriculture Department Monday on the damage done and threatened, he called three members of the Federal Farm Board and its gen- eral counsel Stanley Reed, to the White House for a conference. The board members were Samuel R. McKelvie, Willilam F, Schilling and Charles 8. ‘Wilson. ; Relief Measures Expected. Secretary Hyde also saw his chief for the second time in two days and it was | announced at the White House that at the cabinet meeting today Mr. Hoover would present relief measures under consideration. Later he expected to talk over long- distance telephone with Alexander Legge, Farm Board chairman, who is in the West and in direct touch with the situation. In order that no time may be lost in laying the basis for relief work, the President was considering canceling his proposed trip to his Virginia moun- gnn lodge today and not leaving until ‘omorrow. It was reiterated at the White House | that, because of the many conflicting | reports, nothing could be done until the report of the Department of Agriculture is compiled Monday, showing what aid is needed. nl addition to the measures contem- plaetd by ‘the Government, the Red Cross also is ready to take a hand if the report shows s large extent of buman suffering. ‘Some ‘Hopeé in Sight’ ‘The Weather Bureau said today “some hope is in sight” for a break in the prolonged drought. R. H. Weightman, forecaster, ex- plained that no immediate relief was in sight, but added pressure conditions in the Far North now prevailing have been generally followed in the course of a few days by showers and lower tempera- tures in the upper ufipfll Valley and Plains States. He alleviation for the corn and wheat belt might come about the middle of next A high-pressure area attended by lower temperatures exists in the Mc- Kenzie Valley area and the Great Slave Lake regions of Canada. Weightman made it Dlain, however, that he was unable definitely to predict rains from present conditions or to tell when it would come or the amount of precipitation. Dry Heat Predicted for District. For the Washington district dry heat will prevail again tonight and tomor- row. Despite higher early morning temperatures, it was said the maximum this afternoon would hardly equal the 97 ‘degrees registered at Weather Bu- reau station yesterday. A minimum of 74 degrees was reported at 5 o'clock this morring. By 9 o'clock the mercury had risen to 88 degrees and at 10 o'clock it was registering 91. This was 4 degrees higher than the correspond- ing hour yesterday. The humidity how- ever, had dropped from 67 to 32 per cent, which served to counteract the higher temperatures. Slightly Itwered temperatures will prevail in the Washington district to- night, according to expectations, but to- morrow will be continued fair and hot. Inhabitants of sections where 100-de- gree temperatures are now common- place and where J. Pluvius has forgot- ten to rain upon scorching flelds for wgeks might like to know that the weather hasn't changed permanently for more than 200 years. In fact, C. F. Marvin, chief of the Weather Bureau, believes there has (Cntinued on Page 2, Column 1). BIRTH CONTROL ESCAPES CHURCH CONDEMNATION Failure of Bishops to Censure Practice Is Held Victory for King's Physician. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 8.—The Daily Herald today says the Anglican bishops at the Lambeth Conference have de- cided not to condemn uncompromisingly the practice of birth control, refusing to go further than to suggest it”has mo part,in “the perfect Christian’ married ‘The decision, the Herald adds, is considered a great victory for Lord Dawson of Penn, King George's physi- cian, who has been striving to prevent any outstanding condemnation of the principle. e Hindenburg Sees Poling. BERLIN, August 8 (#).—President Von Hindenburg today received Dr. Daniel A. Poling, International Chris- tian Endeavor Union president, and others of his delegation to the world convention here, in a private audience. WOMAN PUSHCART VENPOR SENDS JUDGE LETTER AND BEATS CHARGE Italian, 70, Unable to Speak English, Cleared on Count of Parking in Restricted Area. Marie Profeta, an 1talian push cart vendor, unable to speak a word of English, was cleared in Police Court today of “parking her cart in a re- stricted zone” without a word of testi- mony spoken in her defense. She wrote Judge Robert E. Mattingly a let- ter. He immediately dismissed the charge, *1 really hate to bother you with these letters, but as it is I do not speak your language, so I must have a way o explain to you. This is what hap- pened: I was walking in the street © wit ‘my little cart, and as you know as old lady like me can not walk fast, s0 now and then I stopped, either for the automobiles or to get my breath. It was during this moment of resting (as I call it) that T was arrested. I do not know the reason why, but as a plain fact that all officers are after me. What have I done to them? What can 1 do to them? They seem to be always after me. That is all, your honor, and I hope you will use a little consideration for me and this letter, I thank you kindly for doing so.” Mrs. Profeta gave her age as 70 years. It tock her over two hours to scrawl the letter,