Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1930, Page 2

., INARMAL PLAE ~Jortuous Mountain Lands for Missing Trio. - s the Assotiated Press. ‘.maun:, Callf, November 1.~ Twostore of searchers, traveling by . on horseback and afoot, scanned frosen, fog-blanketed Tehachapl tains today for & missing Pacific Alr Transport mail plane and the three Persons who rode the Portland-bound hip out of Burbank early yesterday. £ A faint glimmer of light, sighted late night by an airplane pilot-as he Mount Frasier, eight miles south Gorman, kindled the searchers’ hope s they fought against time and the ffowledge the woman passenger, the A new photograph shows Frederick =2 INDIAN AUTONOMY Eggaii DEMAND I3 VOIGED Moslem Warns British to Give Dominion Status or Lose Oriental Power. By the Associated Press. , November 19.—Muhammed Al, famous Moslem leader and until a -3 | few years ago Mahatma Gandhi's closest FENN WILL OPPOSE * CHANGE IN HOUSE ¢ UNDER NEW CENSUS . (Con r-{pumvnmem of H represent about 280,000 constituents. | 5 the first census, 90, in 17 iber ally, today announced to the Round Table Conference that he was com- mitted to complete independence for Indis. At the close of an impassioned speech, o Ali, addressing Prime Minister Mac- “I take my seat and I hope I shall not be called upon to speak again untdl | sky. you announce that Indis is as free as CHILD’S DEATH HELD DUE TO ACCIDENT Coroner's Verdict in Case of Bryant Engle, Who Was Run Down by Automobile. death was A verdict of accidental & today after returned by an year-old Bryant Engle, automobile Monday it while cross- ing the street in front of his home at_1620 Columbia road. The child’s mother, Mrs. Mary Engle, had been awarded his custody on the afternoon of the accident in a divorce Joseph W. Engle, a Washingion base ball Several witnesses said the .driver, Eldridge Edmund Keedy, an automobile salesman, of 1701 Park road, was , Tun down by scout for club. Ihis | biameless, as the child darted suddenly § ] H and it was enlarged after until 1830, when it l’uchad'm Membership Cut in 1840, After 1840 there was a bellef the Was While others "have gained i, Tor tnstance, had t, | alse pretenses was sworn out into the path of his car $1,500 FRAUD CHARGE " FACES COUPLE HERE Man Arrested in New Jersey Ex- pected to Arrive in D, C. Today. + Woman Already Here. Charles Howe, 53 years old, in custody of Detective Sergt. Eugene Davis, was expected to arrive in Washington this afternoon from Mountville, N. J., where he was arrested last night at the re- quest of ital police. Howe join Mrs. Zors Emma Howe, 63 years old, sald to be his wife, already in here on & charge of conspiracy in obt ing $1,500 in cash and an automobile from a trained nurse. Police officials sald formsl charges will be preferred against the man and woman late today. A warrant charging the courle with for their Miss Jane Plerson, a nurse arrests by living at 142 R street, who told police | ing Mr. and Mrs. Howe ple in order to as rich ud Ter ot her jane Plerson and to police as having been the second wife of the late Henry Flagler, bullder of the Florida East Coast Railway from Jacksonville to Key ‘West. Police sald records failed to re- veal any such took place in 189! —— RECEIVER HEARING SET “|F. H. Smith Co. Case Will Come Up January 7. WILMINGTON, Del, November 19 .—By agreement of counsel the hancery Court today fixed January 7, d 9 for a final hearing on the mo- for the .g:‘o‘mhum of a receiver . H. ith Co. of Washington New York. radie beacon station, which will guide into the National Capital, was formally opened today at Hunters Point, Va. The C. Hingsburg, chief of the Airways Division, Depart. ment of Commerce (left), and Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Com merce for Aeronautics, inspecting the station. coroner’ zmmng”murynto-‘ lmnlrmn, ‘Which she said | Nd T NJAR, g and storm blinded pilots —Star Staff Photo, NEW RADID BEACON STATION TURNED ON Will Aid Airmail Pilots to Find Way Through Fog and Storms. ‘The airmail pilots who have stumbled through fog and storm at night search- ing for the National Capital today were given the latest aid of science in aerial navigation when a new Department of Commerce radio beacon station at Ab- l‘l'll'don. the old Custis estate on the through fog shut out every trace of ground and An unusual feature of the sta- A uni ::auhnmmotwnuolhyam Y the signals tehed on or off, or the station put out of operation. Provides Beams for Three Points. inauguration of radio beacon service today at Hunters' Point marks the completion of radio beacon in- stallations along the Atlantic Coast from Boston as far south as Spartan. g to the chain now are located at Boston, Hadley Pleld, N. J.; ‘Washing- ton, Richmond, Greensboro, N, C., Bpartanburg. E The beacon at Hunters Point is the twentleth sural-type radio beacon sta- tion to be established by the aeronautics branch 05" th"bep.nmenb of Com- merce under program of providing radio aids to air navigation alo Federal airways, o b Controlled by Dial Telephone. The local station will be controlled by dial telephone 1;::0':}]1{ radio room at the airways division of the seronautics branch in th - Wright Building, ] Eighteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, from where weather broadeasts over the Depart- ment of Commerce airway radio sta- l-\OX‘I, near Silver Hill, Md, also are made. The radio beacon station, like the ‘Amlrwuux z: l‘tllltzfl‘l hz“ul remain in contin- rvice s a day. The pilot fiying the llnvnm marked out bypthu beacon “ray” will receive the signals through ear phones. When they are di- merdly & series o long daches in he oee ly of long his ear phones. If he to one side course he will hear the letter . code signal; to the other side he will hear the letter “N.” At nter- vals the course signals will be broken 'n‘nr in:hn:mfef‘m Mu casting of the let- g, fyigg signal 1 local station, b Five Tall Masts Form Cross, The plant at Hunters Point is com- . d of :he nno~roomuwooden bullding using generating plant and broadeasting equipment. The outside ;z:xslamem ;0;:5‘1': ’al five tall aerial 3 uj form & cross, f3 which 'f: signals are broadcast. i The station is located on a hill sev-~ eral hundred feet from the new Mount Vernon M vard, overlook- both the boulevard and the river beyond. * A. W, Armuon’,.junhr radio m-vgr. Pennsylvania avenue, will The party which took part in the formal opening of the station today included Clarence M. Young, Assistart Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics; Frederick R. Neely, chief of the divi- :'llolla nt:‘l u;po{hu and umnu::mc infor~ of e aeronau branch; Frederick C. , ehlef of the air- aeronsutics branch, an: nee | 44 & | manager sald that Bowles and the | the eonditions under w in | magerial for storage. I told him and WASHINGLUN FISH“RAID" STAGED T0°FIND RED DATA Baltimore Visit of Represent- ative and Officers Explained by Secretary. ‘The alleged fruitless “raid” by Rep- resentative Hamilton Pish of New York, chairman of the House Communist In; vestigating Committee, on a Baltimore warehouse yesterday was not a raid at all, but & brief “visit” to the place by Mr. Pish at the urgent invitation of certain prominent Baltimore lawyers, who contended that important Com- munist dociiments were stored thers. This, at least, was the explanation of the mysterious incident given at the House Office Building today by Walter L. Reynolds, secretary of mx:vunndvn Fish's committee. Reynolds sald he accompanied the committee chairman on the “visit.” ‘The secretary declared the committee would take no further interest in the in the first place that the found, would prove to be relatively un- important. Has Similar Cireulars. “They are probably just Communist circulars and similar papers, of which the committee already has an abund- ance,” Reynolds stated. “If the papers are found, I'm sure Mr. Pish will be glad to look them over, but he isn't going to waste any time looking for them." I The so-called “raid” was conducted in the rear of ‘a large warehouse on West Lexington street, in the presence of a guard of Baltimore policemen. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the United States Bureau of Investigation, today denied reports that his agents took part in the inquiry yesterday. Lawyers Were Urgent, “Several prominent Baltimore lawyers told Mr. Fish they knew of some docu- ments in Baltimore that would be of interest to the committee in its Com- munist investigation,” Reynolds #ald, “Mr. Pish told them he would be glad to Jook at them if they brought them to Washington, but the lawyers explained it was not possible to take them away from timore, and were very urgent in their request that Mr. Fish go to Baltimore to see them. “These lawyers are well known influential citizens there, and they evi- dently were of the opinion that the pabete wers ve important. Mr. Fish isted he would not have tim to go to Baltimore, as he had to go to York yesterday, but the la ited that he stop over in for half an hour. "'nuly‘ said the papers were easily available, and that the parties who had them in their possession would be to show them to us. Neither Mr, nor I knew anything about their the conditions under which except th I lieve, & receipt of some kind pro- duced. I don't know whose name was on the receipt. Papers Are Not Found. “Mr. Fish and I went to Baltimore and we were taken to the where the were supposed to be stored. But there weren't any papers there. When they could not found Mr. Pish was fmpatient and departed quickly to eatéh the train for New York.” Th we_know about it.” olds that the had been ittee, as He sald no pa) are missing from the come mmoevlufl‘hl. 80 far as is known. Reynolds sald he had no knowledge connection with the incident ton B. Means or Norman 8. Bowles may have had. Dispatches from Baltimore today quoted the warehouse New sug- itimore der appeal in the had visited the warehouse last week to discuss ements for storing some trunks, but declared the trunks never arrived. Means 15 a former the Department of Justice, a former inmate of Atlanta Penitentlary and agent of |- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1930. Ruini honte of Daniel J. Sullivan, at Colvin Run, in Fairfax County, Va., which ‘was totally destroyed 1ast night: e Sl irs Toind (8 the coiar, te whick ‘they were precipitatod when the Nitle bungalow oofia ing; the fire. fire dur. —Star Staff Photo. BAR ASSOCIATION AGAINST DRY LAW Referenda of Members Show 13,779 to 6,340 Favor Repeal. By the Associnted Press. CHICAGO, November 19.—The atti- tude of the American Bar Association d | toward the eighteenth amendment, as determined by referenda. of its mem- bership, is in favor of repeal. With approximately three-quarters of the organization’s membership vot- ing, the vote was 13,779 to 6,340 in favor of repeal. In the opinion of Hon. Orie L. Phillips, chairman of a subcom- mittee which counted the votes, how- ever, the question whether any definite steps will be taken toward urging repeal probably will not be determined until the next annual meeting. This will be held in Atlantic City next September. The results of the assoclation referen- da, although known for some time, were not made public until last night. It was learned they were withheld so they could have no effect on the results of the November elections. Some of the association's membgr- ship have expressed themselves as op- 'd to the balloting on the question. eir position, as outlined &t the annual | the convention in Chicago last August, was that prohibition was a question of na- uonal policy rather than a legal fssue. 3,000 ARRIVE HERE FOR NATIONAL STUDY OF CHILD PROBLEMS (Continued Prom First Page.) President to Write Introduction for Washingten Volume By the Assoclated Press. An engineer who turned to politics with some success has consented to write an introdyc- tion to writings of another engi- neer, who also held office a couple of times. The \engineer who will write the Introduction is Herbert Hoover, President of the United States. The other engineer was QGeorge Washington.” Senator Fess of Ohio, chair- man of the George Washin, Bicentennial Commission, which has charge of the arra ents for a celebration in Washing- ton in 1032, announced the President had consentéd to write the introduction to a compilation of Wi n's papers. It will include many which are being published for the first time. CREW IS RESCUED FROM SINKING SHIP BY ENGLISH VESSEL (Continued From First Page.) Atiantic and the United States Navy Department awarded him the Navy At the time sent the Assoclated Press a brief bt graphic account of happenings and for his feat and his simple story of it was made an honorary rej of the tion and awa Nearly three steamship Flofida, in distress in mid- atjantic, an ued 32 mariners, Again he onored at home and abroad for his feat, and after a munici- pal reception was giveri medals and a scroll commemoral his _feat by Mavor Walker, at the New York Oity of wages due to accidents, ‘she said, | pq]), was a billion dollars a year, while the estimated expenditures under compen= sation laws for awards and 1 benefits is placed at $150,000,000. This means @ loss to the workers of some $850,000,000 & year. & Quoting studies made of ustrial accidents, Miss Abbott said thaf indus- try adds more than 14,000 children to the number of the fatherless each year. “We rro the richest country.in the world, but actually how rich are the of iae United States, or how author of & sensational book on Presi- dent Harding. Means Not Subpoenaed. The committee secretary denied re- ports that Means is under subpoena to appear as & witness before the Fish Committee. The reports asserted that Means had been investigating Commu- nist activities for a New York league, an official of which later refluted the statement. lds declined to divulge the names of Baltimore attorneys who invited Chafrman Fish to o’vmo to tho:‘r, ;(0.1;‘ they were “just trying elp the commitiee in its work." At the Commodore Hotel here it was said today that Means is registered there, but was “out.” Warehouse Manager’s Version. Adolph Myers, manager of the ware- house, today told Baltimore reporters the following story: “On Thursday of last week a man came here and asked me itions about h we took he left the Dlace, giving me a card bearing the name of G. B. Means, Com- modore Hotel, Washington. “Later Mr. Bowles came here and I showed him the card. ‘Oh, yes' sald he, ‘That’s Gaston B, Means.' Means had told me that he had some trunks and crates stored at Laurel which he wanted to store here. He obtained from me some storage blanks. Means Returned Later. “Last Saturday Means came back again and met Mr. Bowles here. Then yesterday Mr. Pish came with other gentlemen and they searched the build- ing. Mr. Fish had a receipt for certain mrticles supposed to have been stored here by G. B. Means. The receipt was signed by Norman 8. Bowles. They hunted for the stuff but did not find jt. They said they were coming back agal today, d I am waiting for them, but ;hey on't find it. It has not come in ere.” Police Commissioner Charles Galther o! Baltimore said today he had no idea what Representative and who accompanied him were look- ing for. He said he Was merely asked H. J. Walls, chief of the radio section of the airways division, TRADE BOARD OFFERS AID TO LEGISLATORS New Members of Senate and House Invited to Use Facilities of Organization. Members of th l'lfi Ay e Senate and H tulated upon their the use of the oasy By those | was made vy Sudge T, Ptwardin He '";’vnd bll‘ ing & public had & 1 for, that were looking they did yesterday was entirely the las D. A. R. SCHOOLS OPENED Mountain Children in South Caro- lina Given Chance for Education. TAMASSEE, 8. C., November 10 (P —Two buildings of the Daughters of the American Revolution School for Mountain Ohildren in this little town th national e R, made & tion of D: A h ¢ | Pickens, 8. C. A large amount of the funds for the was subscribed in Ohlo, of which 3 a native, and one of the named Ohio- Buildings s Hobart - or | George M. people rich wefe they before the market crash?” Miss Abbott questioned. “An investigation maderby the Federal T'rade Commission in 1026 showed that 87 per cent of the 24,000,000 families in the United States own only 10 per cent of the wealth, while 13 per cent of the people own 90 per cent of the wealth of the United States. We have great extremes of wealth and poverty in the United States and this creates a condi- tion in which the germ of dependency grows. “Hundreds of thousands of American parents are unable to provide for their own children without assistance. Vari. ous estimates have been made of wage levels, Taking into account the un- employment which occurs in normal years, the average annual earnings of wage workers in 1927, according to esti- mates by the National Bureau of Economic Research, was $1,205. Thit ranged from $533, the average per year in agriculture, to $1,644, the average in struction. ‘'Using as & measuring rod the esti- mate of $1,600 to $1,800 as the amount necessary to provide minimum of health and decency for s family of five in an American city, we find that large part of the population of the United States does not livé in health and decency. In normal times s very considerable proportion of the children of the United Btates are reared in homes in which the family income is less than $1,000 & year. This means that loss of work, sickness, aceident, or any of the many things that can happen, will render the family immediately de- pendent.” Among those who will head dinner and luncheon meetings are: Dr, Willis Sutton, president of the National Ed cation Association; Homer Folks, sec: retary, State Charities Ald Association; Mrs. F. Louls Slade, director of New York League of Womens Voters; Wil- lam J. is, commissioner, State De- partment of Institutions and Agencles; Miss Prances Swain, president of the American Home Economics Associa- : Dr. Louise Stanley, chief of the United States Bureau of Home Eco- nomics; Miss Abbott, Dr. James Ford, executive director, Better Homes in ; . Binford, director, Juvenile' Protective Association of Chi~ cago; Oalvin Derrick, superintendent, New Jersey State Home for Boys; Judge . Read, Proba nile division, Detroit; Frank of Jull.llv other distinguished guests ha T ve accepted the president’s invitation -to NAVY PICKS UP CALL. Coast Guards Await Word Whether They Could Aid. The distress call which today sent the America lm'flfi to ald the Ovidia avy radio was ked U stations at g‘l'cnhdflpgllh’md Boston. Some confusion was caused at first by mistaking the sinking craft's name, the Coast Guard having taken messages recelved at Its headquarters to indi- cate that two ships were sending 8 O 8. Interchange of messages soon developed, however, that the Ovidia was the only source, Coast Guard crews at Boston awaited word whether they could aid in the rescue work, 550 SAVED FROM SHIP, British Liner Goes on Rocks Off Coast of Portugal. LISBON, Portugal, November 19 (#). —Riding through thick barriers of fog, lifeboats today carried to safety 550 pas- sengers and crew of the British steam- ship Hlfhlmu Hope, which ran on the black cliffs of Berlengas off the coast of Portugal today. b The only casualty was & Spanish emigrant, who lost his balance and fell into the sea, being seriously injured. The Highland Hope, owned by the Nelson Steam Navigation ©o., was en route from London to Buenos Aires. She was canstructed last year and was of 14,000 tons, Holds Are Flooded. With her holds flooded after crashin, on the treacherous rocks, the Hlxhllng H was sinking late today. crash at 5 am, which 0] the ship's zuen s from their hs in the itk hours of this morning, the order was given to take tothe lifeboats. This was accomplished despite the fog and darkness. Although many of the passengers had no time to dress, there was no panic and perfect order prevailed. The salvage boats, Lisbon and Gibral- tar, rushed to the scene and took the boats junder tow, landing them safely at ‘he. Heré the passengers were taken by motor busses to Sao Mamede and from there they came on to Lisbon by special train. Other salvage boats tried to get the stranded liner off the rocks, but were unsuccessful, their efforts being hin- dered by the densc fog. "Boats Rash to Ald, The 8O sent out by the Highland Hope when she fouled on the ugly rocks off the coast sent numbers of rescue sc toward her and the water soon Was dotted with boats her. P ga & few members of the crew stuck the ship to the last, but presumably had come ashore this afternoon when nothing further could be_done. Peniche is about 40 miles from Lis- attend the conference, virtually every | bon. line of endeavor having notable repre- sentation. UNDERHILL COMFORTABLE Massachusetts Legislator Under- goes Major Operation Here. Representative Charles L. Underhill, wdv was reported resting comfortably aval Hospital, where yesterday he dnrv;mt & major operation of the gall The Massachusetts legislator had boeu in il bealth for nearly & year. He was unable to take to any in his recent at uni FEAR FOR SWED) SHIP, Vessel Unheard From Since It Left 10 Days . STOOKH! 8 , November 19 () fear is entertained here for the Swedish steamer Tanja, of 715 tons, which mdy have sunk in the South Baltic. Nothing has been heard of the vessel since it left Danzig 10 '.Tu:e! Tanja mlclp-red in the M: Expedif in the Summes of 1928. British Yacht Is Safe, FUNCHAL, Madeira, N ber - 19 it ‘Walf, “BAD FATH" LAID Senate Committee Gets Crit- icism of Arch Coleman in $t. Paul Hearing. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn,, November 19.—In the growing record of the speclal Sen- ate committee mve-unung postal leases today was & charge by L. L. Drill, United States District attorney for Minnesota, that Arch Coleman, First Assistant Postmaster General, acted in “bad faith” in connection with litigation surrounding & local postal station, Drill, testifying before Senator John J. Blaine, Republican, Wisconsin, com- mittee chairman, said that when Cole- man lpgnnd as & witness for owners of the St. Paul station. he Jmsmmd lucgga of me‘um Dfl“”e:l "oe:l was making an aj an ;:nd o(‘d‘:”ml:m condemnation of the aumundlnfi_‘ the leasing of the postal station, including & none cancellable clause now held by Postal Btatlons, Inc., controlled by Jacob Kulp of Chicago, were sought from two other witnesses today. They were Otto N. Raths, former postmaster, and Charles J. Moos, present . The Office agr 000 annual rental for the stat a Federal ogma jury held was worth only $290, in & statement in which it charged that the leases involved :g:gd, misrepresentation and corrup- 'LEADERS ARE GUESTS Lee Jin Serves Banquet for About 100 Before Opening of Fan Tan. . Lee Jin, prominent Chinese merchant, was host last night to about 100 leaders in the Capital's business and profes- sional life at & blnnuo’hpnmfln‘ the formal opening of hisfnew Fan Tan e public optning of e e public opening of ranf which will offer patrons Ohrl:::e“ -nfi American dishes, . restaurant, the interior in Chinese style, Last night Jin, dmmu over {M banquet table, buted Chinese souvenirs to his guests. Souvenirs mark- ing the public opening of the restaurant also are being given patrons this after- noon and ton! SPEAKERS CLINIC HELP Community Chest Will Train Workers—Large Class Already Enrolled for Campaign. The BSpeakers’ Clinic, organized by the Community Chest for the training of unfiflm in the art of public speaking, will open tonight at 6:30 o'clock with its first class in quarters rovided by the Chesapeake & Potomac lephone_Co. W. W. Wheeler is originator of the clinic, A iarge class already has en- rolled, but more are needed, it was sald, since the work is one of impor- tance to the Chest in training persons how to address meetings and present facts, as will have to be done in the '&“n"e‘:?' oampaign of the Community Those taking part in tonight's z who will instruct the cmfldn"el e’h‘::l to address an audience, are Trsey Hyde, jr., secrétary of the Washington Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Homer fnwncgo{uetpcun;y Baptist Church; s. Hettle P. Anderson, secretary the Y. W. C. A; Mrs. W. W. ol‘ Federation of Women's Clubs; J. O. n):-mn. !dl“fl: o{eth‘: ‘Transmitter, and r. Wheeler, w) chairman of Bpeakers’ Clinc, b BISHOP IN PULPIT Dr. Freeman Conducting Preaching Mission at St. Mark’s Church. Right Rev. James E. Freéman, Bishop of % is _co ing miasion at ot Marc's Bploen: preaching n.l‘Ohumh. ‘Third and A streets south- east. His subjects for the rest of the Services of Life's BI?;‘? “The Fullfiliment of Total of $17,400,000 to Be Sought for Enforcement During Next Year. g% 25 g 23] LT TOP.0 (FA 5= DR. WALSH ABAIN HITS SOVIET RECOGNITION AT NEW RESTAURANT| seoaior bl . Of the Latin-American nations, Dr. ‘Walsh Uruguay alone maintains glvlo::uoc' relations with Russia. - A tions have - o e s T FOR CHARITY APPEALS |, an . David R. Francls, to the new Russian republic. NEW HIGH SCHOOL _ T0 BE BUILT WITH WASHINGTON LABOR (Continded ¥rom First Page.) allowed to continue to mfnm local lnx:f.“ \ie Council, and John of Central Labor Union, is a member of the mfl that local interests E rs would be gratified over the of the Commissioners, since the awarding of the contract locally and the circulation of the building cost money here would “go a long way" in bettering economic conditions in Wash- Means Big Saving. Mr. Colj further pointed out that the lwm of the po“nnzru& and the use of limestone instead marble in the constru ot Relief Group Planned. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., November. 1o (Special) —A of civic or- to J¢ fare Association m a CO iy Wel- Telleve distfeag will