Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1930, Page 2

SUNERAL Y ORI Report Declares Net Strength +Insufficient to Serve as r ~Mobilization Nuoleus. Ma). Gen. Charles P. Summerall, who last week as ‘chief of staff, has President Hoover that while Regular Army “is entirely inade- ded, as he says, “solely int of its sufMiciens tating, & general m: analysis of the American milit ustion was one of thé most outspol statements made by & ml.muy leader eince the war. Re- military activities in other &hc former chief of staff in statement said that should be prepared to equip an of ,m 000 mer within a year, countr y should become involved ar., His statement is a rfpon which the Secretary ‘War makes every year to the Presi- it to be l!l.ml"‘d in turn to Con- 53,954 Mobile Troops. Speaking directly of - the Regular W statement said: > G ol the Army of } the United States, by the service schools, for duty with the civillan components and for overseas ns, is subtracted from the total strength of the Regular Army in the continental United States, there remains a force of 53,954 mobile trooj and 2,694 Coast Artillery for the devel- opment of all elements of the several ts of our forces. Regarded from the viewpoint of its sufi- clency ta serve as an agency for facili- s general mobilization, the fore- nlu review of our present military 1s sufticient to demonstrate that nm. the lqulu Army is en- the Regular Army urv- as o basis for the wm of & war ‘time Army has defense including ’A"r'?m units mm e;_:"nvmed in tl. for a ml Mdth of th of 165,000 men, or an |n- L M- | In a tiny monoplane with a wing spread of 25 feet and Edward Wingerton of Newark, N. J,, and set out from Caldwell, N. J., on an 8,000. . THE EVENING. STAR.. WASHINGTON, ylinder engine, h L. Jones, verside, Conn., flight to !ontll America. BEER SMUGGLING IS CHARGED T0 20 Warrants Issued in Detroit Name Former Canadian Border Patrolmen. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, November 26.—Charges of engaging in a conspiracy to smuggle beer and liquor from Canada were made against approximately 20 men, some of them former customs. border patrolmen, in warrants issued by Federal authori- ties today. Nine of the men named are under arrest. They were ordered arraigned today before Commissioner J. Stanley Hurd. Six of them are former customs border . inspectors and the others were described as down-river bootleggers. “Nearly & dozen” other men were hamed in the same warrant, Gregory H. Prederick, chief assistant district at- torney, said. Their names were with- held pending arrest. = ‘The invest! ‘was conducted se- cretly and no announcement made here s to the nature of the charges which may be preferred. It was learned, how- ever, that charges had been filed with the Customs Bureau that the patrol- men under suspicion had appropriated confiscated liquor to their own use. Await Arrest of Agents. In Washington it was sald that the | basis for the arrests will be I i i | g 3 25.5 | £ § i i : §. B | | o £ 58 i B2 sy | ] : ; E E 8 =¥, 1] BgEY 8 12 3 i . Lewis directed the in- which resulted in the in- ol 23 hnrngr pnrolmen m‘fl e o mlmm 1M|ct¢¢ “withir | amounted 1o 16.000.00,000 FARM MARKET ACT i UPHELD BY GROUP!.z:: Leading Amculturlsts Ask | tion $250,000,000 Additional for Stabilizing Operations. Prepared to back the Federal Farm Board to the limit, leaders of three national farm organizations awaited the short session of Congress today, hopeful that the Senate Agriculture Committee would accede to their request that mo attempts be made to amend the farm marketing act this Winter. The farm leaders, testifying before the committee yesterday at the con- clusion of a. two-day hearing to de- termine the mt for additional farm relief Farm Board $250,000,000 to e‘lz marketing stabilization openmms next year. McNary of the BSenate Committee, sald he would favor giving the board entire $250,000,000 re- Tnainiog of the ofiginal nalf-bilion doi- lar appropriation. He called a meeting | Prinel of the committee for next week to de- termine that point. Views of Three Leaders. nt of the : L. ‘Taber, master of the Natio and C. E. Huff, for the Na- Farmers’ Unhn um they would back the Farm to the limit. Taber, however, said fllll did not mean his M‘"nl.'«hn was side-tracking its favorite plan—the export debenture— and he believed it would be revived in the sennu n the short session. m went on rec- lqllllwm 1o curb short in_ cotton and ‘grain futures, but stil wmmnz they termed “legiti- mate g” In Chairman Legge of pointed out that wheat sales ht that only 800,000,000 were produced. Better Understanding Reached - lon, lvu! lling. Senator McNary said after the hear- ‘he |ings that the sessions had resulted in establishing warehouses and itting trucks, ‘Evmc:mamn warehouses, to be verted to the water front. ‘When it was disclosed yesterday that nts were mvuunnn. the service Teports were that D otwerics Tad been bribing Da- trolmen to allow boatloads of bee said know the exact m for the investi- gation. WOOD HITS SHOUSE ON NEWARK SPEECH| Charges Democrat With Attempt to Rehabilitate Partisanship Despite Promises. Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Dem- ocratic National Executive Committee, “obviously sought again to rehabilitate Democratic partisanship” in his Newark it was declared by Representa- ve Wood of Inaiana in a statement issued through the Republican National Commif ittee. “In attempting this,” Wood sald, “‘hl Chation'of ‘the Democn ‘Zx’锓"‘zm i re- eration of the mocn - leving the will be .| much like that whh:h he has given in of fleet action within the zone -based aircraft is subject to the | same principles of co-operation that .%' Joint Army IM‘N-vy op- RESIDENCE PARKING the sn:‘u- sald Monday night that the recent statement by nvz:zwfemmn'g: leaders pledging co-opera with lflnln p in constructive mh- d!d not mean that “Democratic pflnclplu would be sacrificed or that organization would become & party of yes-men for the President. Volcano Displays Activity. BATAVIA, Java, November 26 (#).— The volcano Merapi, in Java, has been showing a greatly increased activity since Sunday. Subterranean rumblings can be heard at a great distance, and a stream of redhot lava is slowly pour- of mm. came alone crowd ing down the mountain slope. “better understanding all around.” e - POLLARD ORDERS TROOPS TO STRIKE AREA AT DANVILLE|™%, ] [STIMSON DISCUSSES WORLD COURT IDEA Senator Borah at Lunch to Talk Over Procedure in Short Session. Forelgn affairs were discussed at length by Secretary of State Stimson and Senator Willlam E. Borah, chair- man of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, at & luncheon conference yesterday. Hold Opposite Views. Mr. Stimson and Senator Borah hold opposite views on the proposed adher- ence by America to the World Court and it is understood they discussed their differences frankly. Mr. Stimson would not say following the conference whether the administration will submit the revised protocol for American ad- herence to the Court for Senate ratifi- eation au the coming session. og:nmun to the revised romised to give the Iul!km lmnndlaee attention the Relations Committee should Prosident Hoover submit 1t I.y Delay Issue, mmnm- doubt in the t Mr. Hoover w\l.l hnu into the approaching !ouh informed the Secretary l.thnmn treaty with South America which is the lone measure of imj ce now wnfl.ln. in the Senate. BT LINDSAY DISCUSSES Senate, Inlm uu ANGLO-U. S. TRAITS| British Ambassador Defends Indian Polioy, Favors London Treaty. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 26.—Guest of honor last night at a dinner of the English-speal Union of the United States, 8ir Ronald Lindsay, British Am- bassador, called the relations between Dacifi i the Bistory of their saparete pacific . r saparate political existences. o He defended briefly his country's pol- icy in India and urged extension of the iples of the London naval treaty to further the cause of international disarmament of every kind. In his optimism over Anglo-American relations Sh Ronald was joined by a fellow speaker, Alanson B Houghton, former American Ambassador to the Court of Bt. James, and Sir Ronald’s de- fense f Britain’s Indian policy was elaborated upon Sir Harcourt But- ler, former high tish officisl in In- din. J W. n-m prruimt of the English Speaking U presided and ‘some filnled e 800 persons The dwelt on ecommon Onnc of the British and American peo- les, using 23 example the common en- d:mnt. of institutions of learning and charity. hnnn Ambuudor Houghton urged and dhcuulo of mflun and lrmsh naval relations. i B Pa s LEGIONNAIRES PROPOSE CIVILIAN POLICE HELP!1 Sections of Lincoln, Nebr., Patrol- led by Ex-Service Men Would Pay Bach $00 a Month. By the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr. November 26.—Le- icoln yesterday here as civilian p.trol forces oo-omuu with the police depart- vn«rmmlmh«-mfi (Continued Prom Pirst Page Tesident ance in oourt to face misdemeanor For ‘he_ first time this morning mill officials were interfered with. BupL George Robertson, who spent an anx- e dinating proasion o the mit of the m! through the dense u. 7 o'clock. His car was Mad up by the crowd, which jeered at aim, and one striker hit the car with his fist, rect. assault. Hotel Riddled By Rocks. J. V. Winn's Hotel at Schoolfield was | riddled with rocks last night and most | [ of the wincows were seen to be n today. He has housed many non-union workers. Scores of the other houses were rocked durlx:fl the Jeering dispersed zl:_m,ly just as 20 officers from Danville rove up in to a riot call. 's Attorney P. J. Hund- hyeslkd!ormpllutn ht after a | the conference with Sheriff Charles A. llurphy. but from Richmond came the t during a telephone confer- ence ‘m,h the Governor, who was drawn from his bed in the executive mansion, )lund.lsy was persuaded that there was 0 immediate occasion for the use of t.h- soldlery, since the menacing School- field situation had dissipated at about midnight. Jeering Crowds at Gates. before daylight today jeerin omw "a ‘ositions at. the mil ates and effe vely prevenufl any one, t was sald, from entering the mills. The mill whisties blew as usual and it ‘was said that there was a skeleton force within the mills, men and women who for weeks have been housed and fed within the confines of the cyclone fence which surrounds the large textile property. % {ou! union held a meeting late last night and laid the blame for tur- bulency at Schoolfield on “Danville cit- izens who have tted the industrial dispute here to drag al ing sudible protest” " ment m?-ud mass meeting izens to force intervention and to hear the union side of the dispute. RESTRICTION SOUGHT PRESIDENT TO OBSERVE HOLIDAY AT CHURCH AND DINNER PARTY lqn-‘.l‘hnnu Circle Association ¢ Objects to Obstacles to Coal : Delivery. Will Attend Central Presbyterian Services and Entertain Friends at Evening Meal—Son Comes Home. President and Mrs. Hoover tomorrow IVery | will observe their Thanksgiving day at mwmulloulelntqulnlndfllvle mm special :hureh serv- forenoon in the Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, with their son ‘who is home from Harvard, ‘“A;.!or 8 drive in the nearby mnpl;; the afternoon. Edgar Rickard of New York, who has been & business associate and in Mrs, but there was no dl~l BANDIT ROBS TWO GAS STATIONS HERE; . KIDNAPS MANAGER (Continued From First Page.) end before the machine swung around a bullding 20 yards away, Kfln‘ in the dlneuvn of Washington on ning Robber Missed $130. Limerick sald he heard s crash of llll! although he did not believe he hit the robber. A man living near the filling station, C. E. Culver, was fll!n! A tire beside the office, but Wwas aware of the hold-up until he heard shots. The customer was served and left without identifying himself. Limerick had $130 of the previous day's receipts in his pocket at the mn: of the hold-up, but the bandit been so intent on the cash register he neglected to search the filling station man. Limerick obtained an automobile and set off in pursuit of the bandit, but could see no trace of either the man or automobile. Headquarters detectives and police of No. 11 preecinct arrived on the scene s few minutes later. AMMMNnvfltwtn(hlllu- hmobtu Johnson on foot to » garage at Largo and honod Mary- land md wumnmn was informed by w mzn um 0 car answering the -mwwmlnthnmnetlmo‘lm- ning. Found Siation n—u. ‘When_Johnson's relief reported for duty at 7 o'clock this morning, he found streets deger Wi oors and lights on, He also notified pouu Authorities believe the man abandon the car, alnce Johnson, 'hn recently came ncn 1rmn Nurth Caro- llm wn able to dn ription of the vel ele wmg rnea the Carolina tags, and is helleved to be bullet-marked. A general lookout has been sent out. W. P. Sweatnam Dies at 93. NEW YORK, November 26 (#).—Wil- lis P. Sweatnam, well known old-time minstrel, died last night at the Lambs Club. He was 93 and had been in fail- ing health for the last six months. CDINING OUT on THANKSGIVING DAY is becoming more popular each year. morning in the kitchen, Mother and the family will attend Church Services and enjoy a These are the folks who and menus which appear in The Star today under the heading “Where to Dine on On Page A-S. D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER- 26, 1930. TO EXPLORE ANDES’ LOFTY PEAKS FROM THE AIR will set out to CHRISTEN PLANES FORPERU FLIGHTS Wife of Secretary of Peruvian Embassy Officiates at Ceremony. The ftrail to lost cities of the an- cient Incas of Peru, deep in the wilds of the Andes Mountains, began for what is sald to be the most youthful selentific party ever to undertake a major e: tion, when two planes of the ition were ch.fllbenad at Boll- | ing Pield at noon The two planes yllced nose to nose, with propeller hubs touching were | christened simultaneously by Senota | Juan Mendosa, wife of the first sec-| retary of the Peruvian embassy, who | broke s single bottle on the Joined hubes, christening one plane Washington and the other Witnesses of Ceremony. i ‘The ceremony was witnessed by mem- | bers of the expedition. the Peruvian Am- de Preyre y San- of the American Geographical Society, Government officials and officers of the Army Air Corps. ‘The five youthful adventurers Who vfll participate in the vemun ranging {'I from 20 to 30 ¢ ational Capital lut nl(h!. m flu '.wo lanes from the expedition head- quarters at Red Bank, N. J. Members of thlorny are George R. Johnson, 30 years old, former New York Mlnmfin i hllo" of dtl';z tAm"“’n‘ Geographical Soclety and for two years | chief photographer of the Peruvian | m today's christe: cere- m Y'“ nfil‘ lanes To et ‘Bank tn pukup et Thquu'nwulbe flown to pvel! Field, N. Y., where they will be taken and crated lwrl ment by ler on December 5 The hmvlubemuembm-t An;rhgl"lnn' Oeo‘r“ "“.mhlh l‘;:ccklzt wd the e cal t Harvard oeelonegl Bociet; TR ; BAN UPON POISON IS AIM OF WETS | Benator Tydmg- to Continue Drive to Eliminate Dangerous Denaturants. Br.the Assoclated Press. In spite of all the flurry and discus- sion over prohibition in congressional circles, & number of wet leaders are eonvlnced there is mo chance of alter- dry laws at the comin nulm of them are or ] posals in the next Congress. t, however, he intends to continue anti-prohibition .drive this season. ‘That is the elimination of any pol- soning denaturants from industrial al- cohol. He favored also “some effort to soften the more harsh and stringent pmu\;l'agnm of u;e l::;ea law. rances of ers in both Repub- lican and Democratic parties eon!l:nue to display the menlnc spaces between wets and drys in their respective ranks. Meanwhile unemployment and drought relief measures “ore put at the top of ohinkon | Drograr. yesterany " Bensie” e flfin‘]‘lfi: y nate Demo- g over their plans for the session, the Democratic v)ud-n said ;m: was "dwt‘;:e"m the economic m” an ve N the administration tha '/ " fi‘::cu'fi the same ¢0-o} Lhn mr their policles in this dlmtlan a8 President Hoover has asked of the minority uny Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader, In initiating lhe informal party conferences upon return to the Capitol, said he would uel 'o avold an extra session in the Elbumn chieftains who are busy fram| unemployment and mulm rellef measures reiterated their vows of co-operation and sent word to the Re- publican independents that they are 4150 to see votes on the legisla- tion latter are demanding. Juivdosds fhonesvns i Girl triplets were born recently to the wife of a workman at Fuenteove- juns, Spain. Rather than spend the entire drive. will read the announcements Thanksgiving Day” Members of the Shippee-Johnson expedition, who will Andes by foot and air. the | to il soon frem Brooklyn, N. Y. for Lima, Peru, where they explore They are equipped with twe airplanes and sclentific instruments and hope to reveal secrets of Inca and pre-Inca clvillzation. Left to rmn Max Distel, mechanic; Robert Shippee, geologist and | historian; Valentine Van Knnn. civil engineer; Irving Hay, pil R. Johnson, sameraman. EDISON TRYING TO AID AVIATION; MASTER PERIL OF FLYING IN FOG THOMAS A. EDISON. PERMANENT ARMS BODY PROPOSED Government May Name Rep-| resentatives Who Will Act Independently. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, November 26.— The Pre- paratory Disarmament Commission to- day decided that the general treaty for Jimitation of arms, which it is now en- Baged in drafting, shall be administered by a permanent dsarmament body with its seat at Geneva. The constitution of this bedy, both as regards members and states repre- sented, will be determined by the gen- eral armament conference. Its mem- bers shall be appointed by their gov- ernments, but shall not represent their governments, thus giving to the con- trol board a of independence. They may be d by experts. Adopt “Escape Clause.” The commission also adopted an “escape clause” to permit a state which deems its national security. menaced to suspend temporarily the provisions of the treaty in order to defend éuelf. measure was proposed by Hugh 8. Gibson, the American r(p!flen“t‘:"l, who explained the United States was willing to accept very rigid rules cov- ering derogations, but was ready to con- sider fears of other nations. He declared the treaty would not survive “imperious demands of self- preservation” and it was necessary to take account of this factor. He said present fears and future must both be provided for. “By ing Lh! possibilities of escape,” he said, “we increase the poesibilities of observ- ance of the treaty.” Russia Offers Opposition. Russia alone opposed the clause. M. | Lounatcharsky declared it was unac- ceptable to the Soviets, who were con- vinced the treaty ought to be absolutely | rigid and binding under all circum- stances. IL was generally understood the clause designed to qulet the fears Ewhdly felt by some of Russia’s neigh- MACHADO'’S POWEH TO OPPOSE HIS FOES EXTENDED IN CUBA (Continued From Pirst Page.) published today revealed that his en- tire cabinet offered nmx resignation to him six days ago as a courtesy move facilitate his hlndfln[ situation. PAPER IS SUPPRESSED. o! the Havana Joint Edition Is Seized by Government Officials. ‘The joint morning edition of three Ouban newspapers, which appeared for the first time last Sunday in an eflon to lift the government censorshi] news, has been supgressed by Pres| em Machado, accor to word received here today from E. N. Robaina, New York representative of El Pais, one of Pubuaherl of the papers have re- of the President to t edition with the com- y d El|abducted this Guidance of Plane by Signals of Sight or Sound Suggested. Radio Believed Too Delicate at Present Time for Such Work. By the Assoclated Press. ‘WEST ORANGE, N. J., November 26. —Thomas A. Edison is trying to bring | aviation out of the fog. ' He has been experimenting with ' rockets to circumvent flying's greatest ' enemy. His rockets would give off light by pight and a black smoke by day to locate airports and determine the depth of the fog. “It seems to me that aviation un‘t see the mountain for the molehill,” remarked in stating his belief that thn solution of the problem was much sim- pler than it aj De:nd “Radio, at the present time, is & bit too delicate for fog work,” he said in disapproval of the io beacon for blind flying. “I, personally, prefer to ‘rk up something more simple, in- vlngcpemar sight or sound.” Edi- is experiments in a talk -uh Richard Aldworth, director of the Newark Alrport. Among other things, the inventor asked: What color are various degrees of !op' How soon before you emerge from the Lodm the color lighten? | How does it look from the top? If you | know the depth of the fog, can you land safely? On the subject of sound as & to blind flying, Aldworth sald the drone of the motor would drown out such sig- “On the contrary,” replied ’dlfl)fl distinctive sound could be which would cut through the mnd of the motor and reach the aviator.” Answers to the inventor's quelunnl covered 25 closely written pages, and Edison lald them in of & top drawer hlllduk o ok ¢ . “I'm goin{ ive a deal o thought to !hb matter,” nld KING TO HONOR TOWNS French fo Be Docantod for Help in R-101 Disaster. PARIS, November 26 (#).—The Brit- ish embassy Momuy night announced that King George of England has de- cided to decorate the city of Beauvals, the town of Allonne and the Beauvais Hospital in gratitude for their meri- torious work in the R-101 disaster. Mixed With Bandit | ¥ throu‘h a side door wif SAYS VICE CHARGES AGAINST 40FRAMED Paid Polioe Informer Declares . Innooent Women Convioted on Fake Charges. By the Assosisted Press. NEW YORK, November 26.—A paid gouu informer told a court inquiry irite ew York's magistrate courts wdl’ mt he had helped to “frame” ahnrm 30 or 40 innocent wumn on. hom is atill in prison. 'cnme" Acuna, sleek, mustached and nicknamed for the South American country of which he is a native, told an appeliate ocourt referee he had earned ua 0 350 aplece for mwm women on trumped-up vice charges. said a police inspector had fimmw perjure aneu whmumumu e casts 50 no complicity between himself and pollee would be apparent. He said he himself had been railroaded 1 jail because he refused to go through with one “framed” oase. Many of the cases of which the in- former told were listed in the diary of Jdohn C. Weston, process server and “‘prosecutor” in Women's Court, who testified Monday that he had received 000 in bribes over a period of sev- eral years for moving the dismissal of cases against women brought into the ocourt on immorality and other charges. One innocent girl, Acuna said, pleaded guilty because police sald they would tell her parents i she didn't. ‘Women were from the oourt m'“""'m:"'“' it of :3 “Rn‘..".’-'.‘.fi account of o " against -w money was nw for M release. When he concluded the referse ad- journed the inquiry subject to call. tea eourts in Mlnnnmn lnd lhlanl‘w‘lu\l R AT SRS MISSING BYRD BARK ANCHORED OFF COAST City of New York Had Been Ex- peoted at Charleston From Wilmingten, N. C. By the Associated Press. SOUTHPORT, N, O., November 36.— The bark City of New York, flagship of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, over- due at Charleston, 8. C., from Wil. mington, N. C., was reported todsy by the Southport Pilote’ Association o be. anchored in Lockwood Folly Inlet, on the North Cerolina coast, 12 miles mth or here. Q.hclnlot nw-n:i-mmh\c from Wilmington, to await faverable ;'h. craft was I M .:' conditions it was umma lhl had not ““mp'.‘ o mflhgm 'nul' of Allln\le unbou-a Mnnday n 2 .m Fourteen men, four of them veterans of the South yenture of Ad- il Rihasd B By1d, were on board 'nn &ty of New York, I?flul.- ords show, wullaflth o | of ta sengih apd m"“ ; ‘—bv—-Q—v——- MRS. 'ANNA SMITH DIES Resident of Cify fer'40 Yoars 9 pires dt Age of 85. Mrs. Anna aomn % : ome. un old, for the thl.l clly, ris, pastor of Foun M. E. Church, will officiate. mm::gn will be in Port Lincoln Cemetery. it 5 LITTLEPAGE TO SPEAK Will Address Citizens’ Body om “National Representation.” “National tation” will be the. theme of & POOL PLAYE.RS ROBBED Bandits Force Group to DIml;o. Then Escape With $500. buneh, of the B0y were whooping 1 up of the s were wi in s Curtievlie pool room lasé um.“x{ i day! lu«enl.v : 'h armed with two u‘k coarse stick ‘em patrons were wall and forced to disrobe, tied in bundles and sca mand that “Eve 'rvcnty-mve bom the the b-nflm took $500 from heir victims and fled in an sutomobile. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band W. Victor Johnson (Ig-). me man, and (lower) another vietim, who nnl on the ¥ —Star Staft this evening, at the Marine at 8 oclolgk‘ ‘Taylor Bnlumw Arthur Witcomb, second leader. Overture, “Russlan and Ludmilla,” Glm'hu Finale, “Second 8; Fhmy X Minor, New mh'll!’ Omll B "'n'n Star Spangled Banner.” 10,000 May Lose Jobs. BUENOS AIRES, November 36 (9).— defloft Faced with a about $130,500,000 year's expenses, the