Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1930, Page 1

No. 1,339—No. 31,610, SFGHTING SSUES MAY FORCE EXTR CONGESSESS0 Navy, . Shoals, Debenture, Tariff, Prohibition and Others May Start Rows. GETTING SUPPLY BILLS PASSED CHIEF CONCERN ‘With Jobless Aid, They Are Ex- pected to Need Parties’ Co- operation to Become law, BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Congress, when it meets December 1, must have its latest style ‘‘co-opera- tion” clothes on if there is to be avoided a special session of the Sev- enty-second Congress in the Spring. Enough “fighting” subjects are due %0 come before the Congress, in one form or another, -to swamp the three March 4, 1931. “First, there is the emergency pro- Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, C. JURORS CHARGE THREATS SWAYED TWO IN VERDICT Foreman in Veteran Case Alleges Law and Evi- dence Disregarded. HAD SLEEPLESS NIGHT Sign Affidavits Which Will Be Presented as Basis for New Trail. Charging that they were threatened with bodily injury and forced by 10 other members of a jury to sit up all night until, weakened by lack of, food and loss of aleep, they agreed to jdin in & verdict for $8,000 against the United States Veterans' Bureau in favor of Paul Beale, a veteran whose case has been pending before them for several days, the foreman and another juror have made affidavits which will be presented to Justice Frederick L. Sid- dons by counsel for the bureau as a basis for a new trial. The afidavits are signed by Howard L. Wilkins, 3261 K street, the foreman, and Donald J. Parsons, 909 East Cap- 1 ":_l gr.ut, the other juror vbg::e)d out ) HOWARD L. WILKINS. —Harris-Ewing Photo. sion_in the jury room until 6 o'clock on the morning of November 5, when a sealed verdict was signed and the jurors separated. The case had been submitted to the jurors before the usual hour of ad- Journment of the court, and Justice Siddons had directed the deputy mar- shal to take the jurors to dinner if they desired and had not reached an (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) SHPSTEAD DECRES . LACK OF LEADERSHIP Some ot | Both. Parties Missed Chance | H i g i ¥ £ | X i geis § | ; : 2§ 5 : % § 0 2 5 f £ i | g 3 + gfi' s § § | ] i i o il i Egks fss ¥ E s to fold its (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) $42,000,000 SUGAR BILL APPROVED BY MACHADO Chadbourne Plans to Release Prod- uet Gradually—Aid of Europe to Be Sought. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, November i | r | after 1 o'clock he lighted & to End Depression, He Says, Urging Action. Eégfgg A T Emphasizing that he ?okl “neither for the iblicans nor for the crats, neither for the the the | sponsible for the disorders f OFFICER IS STONED BYMOB INHAVANA Three Arrested After Attack on Cavalry Captain and Guards. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, November 15.—Three men were arrested today after an attack on & captain of cavalry and eight rural guards on duty in Havana, where martial law has been in effect the past two days. The officer was knocked down from his horse by heavy stones but escaped serious injury. The affair took place in the down- town section in front of a cafe. A government communigue said night that several other disturbances besides the one in front of the had occurred over the island in the l;‘nuboun,mtlumdueflhdn inor. Fire Hose Routs Demonstrators, At Moron demonstrations were routed atanzas and Santiago - | were described as quiet. Business men and others today united in an appeal that those re- vances and work for the common fit of the republic. A petition being circulated says that unless differences are forgotten the Cuban tourist season may be ruined, with a loss of at least $30,000,000 and , | the consequence that Cuba will be de- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) i SIX IN FAMILY OVERCOME prived of Winter employment. FOG DELAYS FLIGHT Nettleton May Not Resume Record Attempt Until Tomorrow. NEWARK, N. J, November 15 (#).— BY ILLUMINATING GAS | Today's scheduled start of Gerald P. Il Are Revived by Fire Depart- ment Rescue Squad, Including Four-Month-Old Baby. Six members of a family, including a 4-month-old baby, were overcome by gas early today. All were revived by members of the Fire Department'’s res- cue squad one hour after they arrived at the scene. Humbert Fondane, 40 years old, of 1217 Florida avenue northeast, told lice that when he returned to his e from work this morning lh:;fly ve. said he went immediately to bed had turned out the gas. Twenty minutes later he was awak- ened by one of his children. He smelled gas and investigated, find his wife, Helen, 38 years old; Emanuel 5 years old; Michael, 4 years oiG: Marfe, 2 yeArs old, and Anna, the baby, un- He opened all windows Fire Department, and then required hospital conscious. notified the Nettleton's attempt to break the junior transcontinental East-West flight record was postponed by rain and fog. The 20-year-old Toledo aviator awoke | try. this morning and viewed the fog and low-hanging clouds and decided to wait for better weather. If it improves suf- ficiently, he said, he will start tomor- row, but weather reports indicate he may not have good flying conditions until Monday. i COMPLETE BOAT TRIP Women 8ail From New York to Miami Aiming at Record. MIAMI BEACH, Fla, November 15 (#).—Miss Maude Hughes, New York, and Miss Radcliffe, Philadelphia, completed a 12-day runabout boat mg from New York to this point at 2:2i p.m. (Eastern standard time), in an at- and | tempt to set s record. An official of the American Power Boating Association accompanied them tment. over the 1,250-mile course. $100,000 ESTATE GIVEN MASONS FOR HOME FOR NEEDY MEMBERS High Acre Farm, at The Plains, Va., Consisting of 283 | Acres, Presented i : to Grand Lodge. TWO WOMEN KILLED IN TRAFFIC; ONE BODY UNIDENTIFIED Name “Maggie 0’Brien” on Watch Furnishes Only Clue to Identity. MRS. IDA ADAMS DIES AFTER TROLLEY CRASH Motorman and Truck Driver Placed Under Bonds; Accidents Occur in Same Area of City. ‘Two elderly women were killed in traffic accidents last night which oc- curred almost simultaneously within two blocks of each other. The first, who died instantly when a delivery truck knocked her down at Tenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, still lay unidentified at Emergency Hos- pital early today; the second, Mrs. Ida Adams, 65 years old, died shortly after midnight at the same hospital, where she was taken after she had been crushed under a street car at Ninth and E streets. Mrs. Adams lay at the hospital for several hours before she was identified by a cousin, Mrs. Hannah Martin, 322 Fousth street northeast, after Mrs. Mar- tin had heard her description broadcast over the radio. Mrs. Adams resided at 905 Longfellow street. The fire rescue squad had to be called to extricate Mrs. Adams from beneath the street car which felled her. Watch Furnishes Clue. A name, “Maggie O'Brien,” inscribed on a watch found on the first woman is the only clue to her identity. The police last night broadeast her descrip- tion as about 55 years of age, 5 feet 3 inches in height, weight 175 pounds. Bhe wore a dark , dark Spring coat, black hat and gray’ gloves. She wore glasses. The watch, a gold hunt- ing case Waltham, was attached to a chain around her neck. The watch ‘woman internal | B¢ SQUASH CENTER FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS FEDERATION FIGATS PROPOSED RAISE IN GASDLINE TAX HERE Citizens Also Oppose = crease in Motor Vehisle - Fee for Registration. PREFERENCE IS VOICED * FOR LOCAL CONTRACTORS Home Owners to Be Canvassed o Aid Jobless of District Find Employment. COMMENTS ON THE RECENT ELECTIONS. SATURDAY HOLIDAY COST BEING SOUGHT Questionnaire Sent Out on Half Day Off All Year for U. S. Workers. A survey is being made by the Bureau of the Budget to determine the cost of & half holiday for Government workers every Saturday afternoon throughout year. A questionnaire has been sent to the heads of all Government departments and establishments asking for a report, i{it was learned yesterday, and this is crossing the street in the 'hq:l h: was stree 900 bloc! of New York avenue. Kennedy suffered a broken right leg, possible 1 ire of the ?ht arm and shock, physicians L Lacgra Isl: avenue. Brown was felled, police say, gg a taxi e)dlb dhdov;n;‘y Chl:ex\d Nelson, years old, ! nding the outcome of an'snfnjunu?! A 77-year-old pedestrian, William Andrews of 810 K street northeast, es- caped with slight shock when struck by an automobile at Eighth and I streets northeast. e Sacred Eow- Shut Up in Stables. BOLZANO, Upper Adige, Italy, No- vember 15 (#).—The sacred cows of St. James were shut up in their private stables today on the heights of Mount Pitch, in Val Gardena, in commemora- tion of a rnn ceremony which per- sists in this mountainous North coun- . Every year they are shut up in their luxurious stables until the follow- ing May. TODAY’S STAR PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Feaf and - | Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 6. News of the Clubs—Page 5. Reserves—Page 5. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Society Section. PART FOUR—10 PAGES. lon—Theater, Army and Na Page mz{\ct‘of Columbia Naval Page 8. Radio—Page 9. PART FIVE—6 PAGES. Section. 8. Reserve— PART SIX—12 PAGES. PFinancial News and Classified A | Serial _ Story, Case”—] 12, Veterans P‘gm ‘Wars—Page 12. . A. R. Notes— 12. f the through this session of Congres. Dallinger's Support Expected. Representative Dallinger of Massa- chusetts has been one of the proponents | of the legislation in the House, and is expected to support the measure in the Mr. Vallance said his organization has found that 38 States dismiss their employes and officials on Saturday aft- ernoons. All lawyers’ offices in the Na- tional Capital are closed on Saturday afternoons, he said. The movement for half holidays is rapidly growing among business concerns, he said, and the feeling of discontent among the Gov- nrm::::t workers uumt‘:nvm. to work on Saturday afternoons is growing also, he said, amounting almost to a ‘“de- moralization” of work and efficiency on Saturday al n’.;‘ Mr. Vallance feels positive that work of the Government would be accomplished | con in shorter time, and that the move wu_xq.l:hl n‘adr.ll benefit all around. 1, ernment workers’ organizations. BOY FATALLY SHOT BY HIS PLAYMATE Youths Were Shooting Target Near Hunters Station—Accidental Verdict Returned. fired from the rifle of his playmate, Jack Nightingale, 11 years old. {Coast Guard Captures Rum Sports Highlights h:.::d“;}:u lacing St. Mary's COUNT OF JOBLESS WILL EXGEED 3,000) === Most of Unemployed in Dis- trict Willing to Take Any Kind of Work. odist University and Penn State’s 19- to-0 defeat by Iowa were other losses suffered by Eastern elevens in intersectional games. Penn beat Georgia Tech, 34 to 7, how- ever, and Army swamped Ken- tucky Wesleyan, 47 to 2. Michigan remained in the race for Big Ten honors by vanquish- ing Minnesota, 7 to 0, as did Northwestern with its 20-to-7 win ‘Wisconsin. Holy Cross DOUBLE BLOWS GUT NEWYORK S LIQUOR i i Fg. fit i | %izgg- 2=f H A B ; i 2 Boats and Dry Agents Raid Warehouses. : § (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) it s TWO HELD AFTER CHASE IN “ROARING FORTIES” Alleged Bandits From Texas and Beattle Investigated in Res- taurant Hold-Up. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 15.—Chase | the Ehlfi m‘o‘d throug! the By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 15.—The ax of the prohibition department and the cannon of the Coast Guard struck simultaneous blows today at the source of some of New York’s liquor supply. Two boats, the High Strung and the Patricia, were snared by the Coast Guardsmen, upsetting plans of the two boats’ skippers to land liquor under cover of the dense fog. A shell from the gun of a Coast Guard boat cut a tiller rope and stopped the High off Block Island. Three men aboard the speedboat were arrested and 400 cases of liquor were seized. 500 Cases Discovered. ‘The Patricia was heading for the Brooklyn shore in Gravesend Bay when the Coast Guard, whose approach was i i g e 5 ¥ H represen for . | system of electing members council. A report submitted by & cial committee under Mr. pe: Ashore prohibition liquor valued at $120,000 in two places | B raided. Sixteen persons were arrested, and a hunt for half a hundred more . The persons LIQUOR CASE HINGES ON FOREIGN OIIIB!I Prosecutors Must Prove Whisky Involved Was Imported and Is Not Domestic. of their liquor-laden craft. ‘The sudden attack on the organized (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) LONE BANDIT, WITHOUT WEAPON, TRIES HOLD-UP OF CHICAGO BANK | the case s to Nervy Robber Captured After Teller Sounds Alarm While Pretending to Read Demand for Cash. : to the floor, the mnom ‘:-'s’f'mu them. Sanford dashed for tHe street. guards started MANY SHIPS FOGBOUND: sE! 2 3 | o e i £ i #