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3 BORDER PATROL INDICTMENTS DUE Discharge of 45 Others in Detroit Liquor Scandal - Is Forecast. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, November 29.—Secret agents who have been investigating conduct of the service which maintains the blockade against Canadian liquer on the Detroit River estimated today that indictment of 30 present and suspended ‘members of the customs border patrol and the discharge of 45 others would result from their quiz. The force here includes 150 men. ‘Warrants were out of 13 patrolmen end twice that many alleged bootleg- gers, charging them with conspiracy to bring in contraband Canadian liquor and beer, bribery and acceptance of bribes. The Federal grand jury, which has been hearing evidence for two days, was in° recess until Tuesday. Then Gregory H. Frederick, chief assistant United States district attorney, will resume introduction of the testimony which is expected to result in more than 50-indictments. Many of the alleged bootleggers who have figured in the investigation have fled to Canada. In order to make their extradition possible, District Attcrney Frederick said he would attempt to have conspiracy included in all indict- ments against liquor runners, since that is an extraditable offense under Canadian laws. At least seven officers are under arrest and five of them have been arraigned. ‘Warrants against six others were issued yesterday at the conclusion of testimony of Charles Basile, suspended patrolman, who was before the jury for six hours. Their names will not be disclosed until they are arraigned. Only three alleged bootleggers are said to be in custody. HOOVER TO FORCE WORLD COURT ISSUE ON THIS CONGRESS (Continued From First Page.) World Court protocols to Congress at once. - For some weeks observers here have been doubtful that the administrationr would undertake to push the protocol through the coming short session of Congress in view of pressing domestic responsibilities, but League supporters are deeply gratified at this evidence of the President’s energetic interest in the move for adhesion. The fight for ratification will be fol- lowed at the seat of the League of Nations in Geneva with great concern. It was felt here that the presence of Frank B. Kellogg, former Secretary of State, on the World Court bench would influence American opinicn favorably toward the Court. Support Is Pledged. League officials said that everything in their power would be done to remove the technical difficulties in the way of American ratification. They wili seek to expedite ratification by a number of states which for one reason or another have not yet recorded their finai appro- val either of the United States adhesion protocol or of the revised statute pro- ; n'a!'!lhm is 1o t;b!eeflt:: n which has not 1 ; 1 b bl t the? it possible " re- wvision protocol. Cul tatives at Geneva are searc diligently, it ‘was said today, for some way o over- come a Cuban constitutional objection, the Cubans reiterating their wish not to obstruct American entry into the court. Priends of the League of Nations and | the World Court are pleased at the| stand the American delegation recently took in the disarmament commissipn regarding the operation of the pro- jected disarmament convention. Am- bassador Gibson approved an article, which the commission adopted, provid- ing that any dispute arising out of the interpretation or application of the convention shall be submitted to the ‘World Court or;any other juridicial or arbitral procedure in force between the contracting states. CABINET OF AUSTRIA RESIGNS PORTFOLIOS Former Chancellor Johann Schober, Parliament Leader, May Be in New Ministry. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, November 29.—The Aus- trian cabinet headed by Chancellor ‘Vaugoin resigned today, and President Miklas accepted the resignation. ‘The Christian Social Party, of which Chancellor Vaugain was a prominent member, decided Thursday that he should resign. The new chancellor prob- ably will be Dr. Ramek, a former holder of that post, or Eduard Heinl. Both are Christian Social adherents, It was Vaugoin, then vice chancellor, who brought about the resignation of Johann Schober as chancellor several months ago. Schober then formed the Economic party bloc, and holds the balance of power in the present Parlia- ment. Schober is co-operating with the Christian Social Party now, and in all likelthood will be in the new ministry. ! saltais S DIRECTOR'S ALIMONY CUT | HALF AS SUIT IS DROPPED | | By the Associated Press. i LOS ANGELES, Novembtr 29.—The | alimony of Luther Reed, film director, ! was reduced by half when his first di- vorced wife, Naomi Childers, dismissed her contempt of court case brought be- ! cause of a thousand-dollar arrearage in | her alimony. Reed has to pay Miss Childers $250 montply, and Jocelyn Lee, his second wife, who has a divorce suit pending, $100 monthly. The director has suea Miss Lee on a cross complaint and filed | actions to reduce the alimony of both women. ADOPT AMUSING DESIGNS Bweaters Now Have Patterns Knitted Into Main Body. PARIS (#).—Sweaters, to be really new, must have amusin Enncrm Cro- cheted or knitted into their main body. Patterns take the form of outlines of collars, of yokes and of drop shoul- rs, Belts are knitted where outside belts would naturally go. Pockets are pictured in the pattern where they do not actually exist. Black sweaters with an overmixture of some paler color like turquoise, rose or jade are ameng the newest. N More Apples on Hand. BOSTON (#).—Cold storage holdings of apples on Boston mn':tet are .cuts on the head and many body yet | House leaders were attempting to side- ,order to re:cver his prop: than Jennie Wrght. & colored neighbor. is certificate of death THE EVEN NG STAR, WASHINGTON, | One wing of the world’s largest airplane, the German-built DQ-X, was burned away in the harbor at Lisbon, Spain, today. Her owners planned a trip to Brazil aiter abandoning. a flight to New York. REPRESENTATIVE McLEOD HURT INAUTO CRASHNEAR WARREN. O. Injuries Are Not Believed Serious—Friend’s Con- dition Critical. State Senator’s Skull Frac- tured at Base—Car and Truck Collide. By the Assoclated Press. WARREN, Ohio, November 29.— State Senator Cass J. Jankowskl and Representative Clarence J. McLeod, both of Detroit, were seriously injured in an automobile accident at Lake Mil- ton, west of here, late yesterday. . Sloan of Detroit, former se;"e’a'g o snepresenutive McCloud, suffered a slight injury. Senator Jankowski suffered a frac- ture at the base of the skull, while Representative McLeod suffered severe bruises. The Senator's condition was critical, while it was sald Mc ‘would recover. Their automobile collided with & truck loaded with lumber and was de- molished. The men were brought to & hospital here. ‘Was Called “Baby” Member. Representative McLeod first ltulcleg attention in the House as the “baby’ member, the youngest ever elected. He promptly took leadership in advocating measures for improvement of condi- tions at Walter Reed Hospital. He was 24 years old at that time. He is acting chairman of the House District Committee and led the opposi- tion to the stubborn fight waged by Chairman Simmons of the House Sub- committee on District Appropriations against inclusion in the District appro- priation bill of increase in pay for the police and firemen. With the defeat of Representative Zihiman of Maryland in the recent elec- tions, Representative McLeod will, un- der the seniority rule, become chairman of the House District Committee in the next Congress, the Seventy-second. It was Representative McLeod who | organized a strong _reapportionmen: | bloc in the House, demanding action on - the reappprtionment bill when | AN, 3 SONS HELD N WOMANS DEATH Relatives Accused of Killing| Mother After Fight With Constables and Aides. Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘WINCHESTER, Va., November 20.— H. Blanton Orndorff, 56, and his three sons, H. H., Precious and Willlam Orn- | dorff, were being held in jail here to- day in connection with the shooting and killing of the former’s wife, Mrs. Caroline J. Orndorff, at their home near Mount Williams, Frederick County, 8 miles southwest of here, late yester- day. Orndorfl and his sons refused to make any statement in connection with the tragedy. Consiable George Bageant, Chester Hockman and George Pingley, the lat- ter two specially deputized officers, had gone to the Orndorfl home yesterday afternoon to arrest a fourth 'son, Ar- thur Orndorfl, on a charge of resisting an officer some time ago. Met by Family. ‘They were met at the door by Orn- dorff and his sons and Mrs. Orndorff, who were armed with weapons of vari- ous kinds and attacked the officers and injured them so badly with clubs, glass Jars and a tea kettle that two of them, Hockman and Pingley, were brought to a hospital here for treatment. Shortly thereafter ‘Woodrow Orndorfl reported | to & neighbor, J. W. Fauver, that his Mother had been shot and was lying | REPRESENTATIVE McLEOD. TARDIEU T0 quiT, PARIS RUMOR SAYS Poincare to Be Named if Premier Resigns. 8y the Assoclated Press. PARIS, November 29.—Reports were current in Paris today that Premier Tardieu would surrender his leadership o fthe cabinet to his political \tutor, Raymond Poincare, former President and premier. Paris seethed with rumor, but M. Tardieu, who knew the answer to the questions which were being asked every- where, held his tongue. ‘The most widely circulated report was Soniy 6t onty 14 Yoies on_a qusstion jority of only 14 votes on_a question of confidence in “the mnn;‘wf of Deputies yesterday, would not wait for a possible vote of lack of confidence as an outgrowth to the financial scandals, but would present his resignation to President Doumergue at once. Political wiseacres, who claimed to know whereof they spoke, said that if this happened M. Poincare would agail be asked to take the helm of state, and forming a ministry of “sacred union,” as he has done before in perilous mo- ments, would include M. Tardieu in its roster. 3 There were renewed indications that the opposition parties will try to force Tardieu out by & policy of passive re- sistance. Some of the premder’s friends, however, predicted that he would prefer to go down fighting rather than quit by resignation. This afterncon Premier Tardieu held a long conference with Henri Cheron, his new minister of justice, and with M. Maginot, minister of war. LONGWORTH FIGHTS SPECIAL SESSION; (Continued From First Page.) gestion by juryless trials and the bills to create a unified border patrol and to place motor busses under regula- tion are prominent on the Senate calendar. ‘While Republican leaders plan to ex- pedite action on the annual supply bills for operation of the Government, they are anxious for early approval of sev- eral unemployment and drought relief measures. Through larger appropriations the | public building program and federally | alded highway bullding are to be ac- celerated and expanded to furnish more employment. Further restriction of im- migration also is to be sought. A $60,000,000 seed and fertilizer loan fund s the aim of those sponsoring re- lief of farmers in drought areas. There is little expectation of changes in the | Federal farm act, although there still on the floor of her home dead. Com- monwealth Attorney T. Russell Cather summoned a posse who went to the Orndorff home to make an investigation. Constzble Bag:ant, who was injured, | declared no shots were fired while he was at the house, but it was reportgd to the State's attorney that Chester Hockman was armed with a double- barreled shoigun when he approached the house. One theory was that one of the Orndorfl sons attempting to wrest the shotgun from Hockman caused it to be discharged, and both loads struck his mother in the stomach, killing her almost instantly. Dog Caused Trouble. The original trouble with the Om- dorfls arose over a dog in a court pro- ceding some time ago, Chester Hock- man was declared to be the owner of the d-g. which s being held by the Orndorifs And he was given a court ty. When Constable Clowser went to the Orn- dorff home recently to obtain the dog under the court writ he alleged he was attacked by Blantcn Orndorfl and his son, Arthur. The constable procured & warrant for their arrest on a charge of assault and Blanton Orndorfl was fined in court, but Arthur escaped. The officers learn- ing that Arthur Orndorff was in the vi- cinity, had gone to the Orndorff home late yesterday to arrest him and recover the dog when they said they were at- tacked by the Orndorfl family and the fatal shooting followed. Mrs, Orndorfl was the mother of 11 children. She was 45 years old and a daughter of Mrs. Thomas Orndorfl of Gravel Springs, Va. St RSN N;n, 75, Found D;nd. William Brown, colored, 75 years old. was found dead on the floor of & room !in his home yesterday afternoon by rom natural causes are some desiring adoption of the ex- port debenture plan. An additional ‘8100.000.000 at_least Is expected to be | furnished the Farm Board. Reapportionment Contest. Representatives from industrial States have determined to resist efforts from agricultural regions and from prohibi- tion leaders to change the present House reapportionment rl-n. either by increasing the number of seats or elim- inating aliens from representation count. A cortest over appropriations for pro- hibition enforcement and the National | Law Enforcement Commission appears ceer.aln on the basis of statements by | wets. An effort to obtain consideration of a | plan to pay in full adjusted compen- | sation certificates held by World War voterans 1s under way, but now meets slizht likelihood of success, Some of the other measures on the pLrogram are a one-year naval construc- ton budget. the Capper-Kelly fair trade ractices bill, modication of the Jadwin ficod control plan on the Mississippi and the granting of a bill of rights to the Samoa BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra in Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock, March, “Col. James S. Potit, U. 8. A" Zimm Overture, Mercadante Suite romantic, “Sigurd Jorsalfar,” Gr (1) “Introduction.” (2) “Borghild’s Dream.” (3) “Triumphal March.” Excerpts from musical comedy “Sweet o Oy Black rust is damaging wheat in parts of Argentina this season. Political Circles Look for, GARNER IS AGREED CRISSINGER'S PART IN SMITH 0. TOLD Ex-Clerk Charges Order Not to Make Letter Copy for Associate. (Continued From_ First Page) special assistant to the Attorney General asked him if he had ever seen any of the company's records placed in these trunks. The witness said the trunks of records were taken away from the Smith Co. Building in a truck driven by Anthony Senes, who, he said, was employed in & confidential capacity by Pitts. After instructing the jurors to keep open minds during the week end, Justice Hitz adjourned court until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Testimony was given by Richard G. Davis, a former mail clerk of the firm, that he frequently had deposited large sums of money in the Southern Mary- land Trust Co. at Seat Pleasant, Md., for the defendants. Defense counsel made several objec- tions to the manner in which Davis was questioned. Nugent Dodds, an assistant to the Attorney General, insisted, how- ever, on drawing a detailed account of the transactions from the witness. Davis testified that during his pe- riod of employment by the Smith Co., from February, 1927. until September, 1929, he made numerous trips to the Seat Pleasant bank to deposit money to the personal account of Pitts. He sald he had sometimes made two or three such visits to the Maryland bank each month, while at other times he had made two or three trips there each week. “How much money was it your cus- tom to depasit on such occasions?” Dodds inquired. “Always $10,000,” Says Witness. “Always $10,000 in cash,” the witness responded. “In what denomination was the money you deposited?” “There generally were nine $1,000 bills and $1,000 in paper money of the smaller denomination.” ‘The testimony of Davis was in line with the plan announced yesterday by Dodds in his opening statement to the | jury to scek to prove the defendants had conspired to embezzle funds of the Smith Co. by sending a messenger to-a | Washington bank to cash a check and | then sending another messenger with the proceeds to deposit it in the South- ern Maryland Trust Co., or some other | bank, to the personal account of Pitts. Davis declared he made the deposits at the instructions of Anadale and A. | Manning Shaw, private secretary of | Pitts. He explained he always had taken a duplicate deposit slip with him | to the Seat Pleasant bank as well as Pilts’ pass book. Tells of Packing Documents. ‘The witness also told of aiding in the purchase at a downtown store in May, {1929, of a large number of trunks, | alleged by the Government to have been | used in removing from the jurisdiction ledgers and other records of the com- | pany. He added he had assisted Ed- | documents. |~ 'The first witness of the day, Theodore L. Weed, new president of the Smith company, was on the stand only a few minutes.” He was asked by Dodds whether he was in & position to_pro- in October, 1927, by officials of the company, as directed in his* subpoena. He declared he had been unable to find the checks or any record of them in the general journals. i ‘The five checks involved were for an was for $4,000. Another was for $2,355.81, a third for $1,265.81, a fourth for $1,234.91 and the fifth for $1,200. Frank G. Raichle of defense counsel asked Weed on _cross-examination | whether certain records of the company | had_been submitted to the Department | of Justice prior to the date on which | he received a subpoena. He answered in_the affirmative. ‘The defense attorney then demanded to know if Weed knew whether any rec- ords had been removed during & period when the company was in the hands of receivers. Hitz Interrupts Defense. Assoclate Justice William Hitz inter- rupted at this point with the remark: “We don't want an explanation of what he doesn’t know.” Defense attorneys soon desisted in ords might have been removed by oth- er persons than the defendants after Justice Hitz informed them their line of questioning was such thal it would be necessary for them to call Weed as continue. Charles Coflin, a deputy District Su- | preme Court clerk, 1identified several | subpoenas he had issued for witnesses. | Coples of the certificates of incorpora- tion of the Smith company and asso- ciated firms were introduced in evi- | dence by Neil J. Burkinshaw of the | prosecution, over the objection of de- fense counsel. Testimony of Gerald R. Trimble, for- mer Smith company secretary, that during one year he cashed some 30 checks for larg> sums and turned the mon"y over to Anadale and Edwards, | was outstanding at_the session yester- day afterncon. Tiimble said thes e made payable to “beare and wer: for several thou- of do’lars each. H~ also testified that he had packed five trunks with a set of records known as loan files on or about May 9, 1929, at the direction of Edwards. About 30 other trunks were packed by other.em- loyes, he said, and taken to & Mary- nd farm. Certain documents, said to relate to bank accounts of one or more of the defendants, were identified by Allen McCullough, secretary of the Southern Maryland Trust Co., and Grover Lee Michael of the Central Trust Co., Fred- teg | erick, McCullough said that certain records of his bank were destroyed last Winter by a flood. It was brought out, how- ever, that a note register was missing from the bank, and that it was not among those docum:nts destroyed by the water, they may be sold to the public. . | wards in packing the tiunks with the | duce certain checks or debit slips drawn | aggregate sum of $10,056.53. The largest | their efforts to prove the missing rec- | | their own witness should they desire to| Argentina has decreed that all cos- fnll in love. metics must be analyzed, approved and cans were taught to registered by the government before Nowadays the moderx | mountains. 2 FLYERS MISSING Two Ships Drift in Atlantic. Deaths Blamed on Weather Are Above 50. (Continued From First Page.) were there expecttations that intense cold would return quickly. With the temperature expected to go over the freezing point during the day, it was said the minimum tonight would be about 30 degrees, which represents quite a change. Tomorrow will be cloudy, still warmer and followed by a light rain. The change from extreme cold to more or les moderate November weather was due to the gradually rising tem- peratures drifting eastward over the country. While 14 degrees was be- lieved to be a low record for November 29 in Washington, the al-time record for November occurred last year on November 30, when the mercury regis- tered 11 degrees. Last year also saw the highest temperature. FREIGHTER REACHES PORT. Lake Ship Unreported Since Being Sighted in Distress Yesterday. CLEVELAND, November 29 (#)— Ploughing through a Lake Erie snow- storm, the Canadian freighter Simcoe arrived here today and proceeded to her bertn after being unreported since she was sighted in distress more than 24 hours _ago. Nothing had been heard of the Simcoe, which was running from Buf- falo to Cleveland, since yesterday morn- ing when Capt. L. C. Kirk of the Mid- land Prince saw her listing 25 miles northeast of Fairport, Ohio. Capt. E. Greisbach of the Simcoe said he never was in distress and had laid to near Rondeaux, Ontario, to ride out the storm, which accounted for his being overdue. Capt. E. H. Cahours of the E. M. Young on arrival at Ashtabula today said his ship had stood by another ship which apparently was in distress, but that in the darkness he was unable to make out the ship's name, Capt. Cahours said two other ships also were standing by the distressed vessel but he also was unable tb make out their names. A forlorn search was in progress to- day for William E. Griffin, Berea, Ohio, pilot, who has been unreported since he headed his homemade monoplane west from Buffalo in the teeth of Monday's blizzard, Although officials at the Cleveland Airport had little hope that Griffin would be found alive, Pilot Barney Rawson said he would take off today on gmsenrch of the Northeastern Ohilo s. Coast guardsmen patrolled the shore from Buffalo to Cleveland yesterday in the belief that Griffin's body would have been blown ashore had he fallen in the lake, but found no trace of him. Mail pilots on eastward runs also were instructed to watch for the miss- ing man. There were reports that a plane had been in trouble over Chester- land and Bainbridge in Geauga County Tuesday night. Griffin, who is 28, had been flying for four years. SNOW PREDICTED FOR MIDWEST. May Bring Temporary Truce in Severe Cold of Week Past. CHICAGO, November 29 (/P).—Snow, signaling a temporary truce in the cold wave's November raid into the Middle ‘West, was predicted for much of the area today, along with moderated tem- peratures. ‘The Chicago Weather Bureau fore- cast indicated the probability for snow for the Great Lakes region, Minnesota, Iowa, parts of Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and possibly North Dakota. ‘The western fringe of the Plain States, embracing the Dakotas, parts of Ne- braska, Western Iowa and Western Kansas, however, was to remain under the dominion of the cold wave which sent subzero temperatures as far East as Alliance, Ohio, where it was 3 below yesterday, and an eactward movement of the cold was indicated again for tomorrow. Casualties yesterday in the Mid- west, attributed to the cold wave, to- taled nine. Ohio had two, Indiana, one, and Chicago, six. Eastern roads were reported cleared in Ohio and the air mail was resumed from Cleveland, after an interval of discontinuance from the cold. Duluth, Minn,, was the coldest spot {in the United States yesterday, with 12 below. SHIP FEARED LOST IS SAFE. Grain Carrier Escapes Damage in Stormy Lake Superior Seas. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, No- vember 29 (#).—The grain carrier Maple Bay, of Montreal, which was feared to have been lost in Lake Superior yes- terday, passed through the locks here today. The vessel was not damaged and officers aboard said she had been lying in the shelter of Keweenaw Point to escape heavy seas in Lake Superior. POTOMAC FROZEN OVER AS COLD RECORD IS SET Hagerstown Official Mark Is Cold- est November—Wires Reported Down Near Cumberland. Specia! Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., November 29.— With an official temperature of 1 degree above zero registered at the Govern- ment station at Chewsville, today be- came the coldest November day on rec- ord in this vicinity. The previous low mark according to Observer D. Paul Oldswald, was 3 de- grees above zero, reccrded on Novem- ber 16, 1908. | Reserve Board, who died in his office The Potomac River was frozen over at | willlamsport at a polnt where it is about one-quarter of a mile wide. It is believed this never happened before in November. The * extreme cold was blamed for considerable wire trouble in the nearby ‘The Western Union cables were reported out of service about 10 miles east of Cumberland. NOBEL AWARD TO LEWIS HELD INSULT TO AMERICA By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November 29.—The Nobel literature award to Sinclair Lewis was characterized today as “an insult to America,” by Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Princeton University, in an address to the Business Men's Assoclation of- Ger- mantown. Dr. Van Dyke was former rnhwd States Minister to the Nether- lands. Referring to the Swedish Academy's selection of Lewls, he said: “They handed Lewis a bouquet, but gave America a very back-handed com- pliment. Award of the Nobel prize to the author of ‘Main Street,’ ‘Elmer Gantry,’ ‘Arrowsmith’ and the rest of those novels that scoff at America and its traditions is an insult. It shows the Swedish Academy knows nothing of the English language.” Dr. Van Dyke objected to Lewis’ novels because they ‘“scoffed” and be- cause of thes characters depicted. “In ‘Main Street, ” he said, “there isn't a irl in the story with whom you could It used to be that Ameri- ponor traditions. idea I8 to scofl at them.” - | was secretary ta the Iowa Farm Bu- D. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1930. COLD TOLL HEAVY | MRS. J. M. KEITH-MILLER, Australian aviatrix, missing on s Suddenly VDWARD H. CUNNINGHAM. Farm member “BD'I.:': Federal Reserve CUNNINGHAM RITES HERE: TOMORROW Farm Member of Reserve Board Will -Be Buried- in Newell, Ohio. Funeral services for Edward H. Cun- ningham, farm member of the Federal vesterday shortly after being stricken with a heart attack in the corridor of the Treasury Building, will be con- ducted in Hysong's funeral home, 1300 N street, tomorrow - afterncon at 1 o'clock. The funeral party will leave by train tomorrow afternoon for Newell, ©Ohio, where burial will be Tuesday. Mr. Cunningham was 61 years old. He was appointed in 1923, and his term would not have expired until 1933, His death caused a second vacancy in the Reserve Board, pointing to a necessity for -eorganization of the agency by President Hoover, in view of the expiration of the term of George R. James of Memphis, Tenn., next April. Only recently President Hoover appointed Eugene Meyer, jr., of New York, to succeed Roy A. Young, who re- signed, but has not yet named a mem- ber to replace Edmund Platt of New York, who gave up his post about six months ago to enter commercial fields. Fought Speculation Inflation. Mr. Cunningham, as a member of the board, participated in the effort which it understook several years ago to com- bat the tide of speculative inflation, which engulfed the securities market last Fall. He also had a part in the “easy money” ;ollcy which character- ized the boal activities in recent years, through which it has attempted to make credit available to industry, commerce and agriculture at low in- terest rates. Death came to Mr, Cunningham at 4 o'clock yesterday after two members of his staff in the Treasury Department had picked him up from the floor of the corridor near his office. Dr. George R. Huffman, his physician, was called and was with him until the end. Served in Jowa Assembly. Mr. Cunningham, a native of Bur- lington. Wis., had engaged in farming in Towa for many years. He served three terms in Iowa State House of Representatives from 1909 to 1913, act- ing as Speaker in his last year. Prior to his appointment to the board, he reau Federation. He was a Mason and | a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is survived by his widow, the for- mer Miss Ida F. Scovel of Newell, Iowa, whom he married in 1893, and a ;on, Lloyd Cunningham of Cresco, owa. > The Cunningham residence is at 1870 ‘Wyoming avenue. ———e NEW X-RAY TUBE IS HELD IMPORTANT DISCOVERY By the Assoclated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., November 29.— A new X-ray tube has been developed by Dr. Dimitry E. Olshevsky, & Sterling Research fellow in physics at Yale University, he made known yes- terday. Inherent disadvantages of the pres- ent commercial “tubes were that the intensity of the X-ray radiation was greater in the direction away from the source of the electron beam, and the spot of X-ray generation was in an inaccessible position. ‘The result, he said, is poor localizar tion of the beam, impairment of defini- | tions in radiographs and imj in- tensity of X-ray radiation. With the new tube, he said, areas irradiated can be brought to within the thickness of the target from the X-ray generation spot. Localization of X-rays becomes in this way easy and natural, resulting in increased safety and efficiency. A low atomic weight layer represents an efficient safety filter for the injurious soft radiation. a flight from Havana to Miami. MRS, KEITH MILLER HAD PREMONITION Braved Death on Cuba-U. . Flight Rather Than Be Thought a Coward. (Continued From First Page.) make a flight like that in an old ship without any of the usual equipment, it ought to be an easy matter to get some company interested in using me as a regular pilot.” Many of those who came in contact with Mrs. Keith Miller during her week’s residence here remarked at her preoccupation and at her comments of not having been able to eat or sleep properly. —She admitted to some that she was “worried about the water hop,” but she refused to consider the idea of not making the return trip in her plane alone, and finally, after being held up by weather reports for three days, insisted upon starting even though the weather was still bad. Experience in Fog Recalled. “Every one gives me credit for being brave, and to make a go of it I never let them think otherwise,” she con- |fessed. “But really I am afraid, des- perately afraid, when I'm over water, or mountains, or rough country. I got lost' in the Alleghenies not long ago and the fog seemed to hang over me ll{el; death shroud. I was terribly afraid. | because I know it’s eventually going to (get me. But I can't—people would think me a coward. I guess I've just got to keep on until it does get me. Life at its best is short anyhow, so I guess I have no complaint coming.” She commented that what worried her most was that she had no blind- fiying instruments or turn and bank in- | dicator. Asked why she had not equipped her plane with the latter in- strument, she said: “Frankly, I could not afford one.” Aviation officials, returning aboard the until darkness forced their return last night, declared that “not even a scout seaplane could stay aloft in those waves. The Bullet—so her plane was called— lived up to its name; it went straight cdown if it had to make a pancake drop to the sea.” Carried Collapsible Boat. Mrs. Keith Miller had with her a collapsible rubber boat which she hoped to use in case of an emergency, but she expressed doubt at her depart- ure of her ability to inflate it. Mrs. Keith Miller late in October established a two-way woman’s trans- continental record flight from New York to Los Angeles and return, making the return trip in 2134 hours. Since com- ing from Australia three years ago she had acted as a demonstrator of small planes and amphibians and had been instrumental in popularizing aviation among women. She also gave exhibi- tions in gliding. Her husband is a newspaper man in Sydney. She hoped to fly her tiny moth plane, the Bullet, in three hops to Pittsburgh yesterday, landing first at Miami. While she told & Cuban newspaper man, prior to her departure, that if she were going well at Miami she might keep on for a while, others more conversant with her plans scouted the possibility that she may have done so and come down at some isolated spot in the interior of the United States. (Copyright, 1930. Al rights reserved by Assoclated Press.) DRY TORTUGAS SEARCH TODAY. MIAMI, Fla, November 29 (P).— Search of the dry Tortugas Island group lying to the west of the Keys at the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula was the objective today of a scaplane seeking Mrs. J. M. Keith-Miller, Aus- tralian aviatrix, missing on a Havana- to-Miami flight. Officials of Pan-American Airways expressed the belief that the missing plane was blown over the Gulf of Mex- ico or along the west coast of Florida. Mrs. Keith-Miller is said to have set a bee-line course from Havana to Miami despite a strong east wind. Sea craft were advised to watch for the plane, LONDON SHOCKED BY NEWS. LONDON. November 29 (#)—A wide circle of friends in London was shocked today at dispatches that Mrs. J. M. Keith Miller, Australian aviator, appar- ently had perished in an attempt to fly a badly equipped and decrepit airplane from Havana to Miami. Mrs. Keith Miller, the wife of an Australian newspaper man and the daughter of English parents, arrived in England jn 1927 with money she had saved for the express purpose of study- ing aviation and acquiring an airplane in which she could return to Australia. She worked here and secured an air- plane which she christened the Red Rose and in which she and Capt. W. N. Lancaster started a 13,000-mile flight to Sydney on October 14, 1927. Their flight was full of adventure. Once, while in the air above Rangoon, they crawled in the plane. The ship in the East Indies and Mrs. Keith Mill- er's nose was broken. Capt. Lancaster received a cut in the lip. Another mishap caused a further de- lay, but they reached Australia in March, 1928, Mrs. Keith Miller becom- ing the first woman ever to fly from England to the . lest continent. Capt. Lancaster d come a good mechanic “I feel many times like giving it up | regim two planes which flew over her route | GREEN ASKS AID FOR MILL STRIKERS Asserts Men, Women and Children Are Without Food in Danville, Va. By the Associated Press. President Green of the American Fed- eration of Labor today aj led financial Va. Asserting that “men, women and chile dren are without food, shelter and adee quate clothnig” in Danville, Green said in the weekly bulletin of the federation, “These workers are making a sacrifice for the cause of trade unionism, for de- cent wages, the exercise of an American right to join a union and to bargain collectively.” PROTEST TO GOVERNOR. Union Officials Assert Troops Exceed Authority in Strike Area. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., November 29.—The Danville Textile Union, prevented from seeking to dissuade workers from entere ing the mills because of the rigorous dispersal of all crowds around cotton mill property, continued today to fire verbal salvoes at local civil authorities for urging the sending of troops in the form of telegrams to Gov. Pollard, Every act on which a complaint might be pinned was noted, and the effort was to make the Governor bellieve that the troops here. under Col. H. L. Opie, are exceeding their authority. The union's purpose in seeking to bring about the speedy withdrawal of the soldiers, which are costing the State between $3,000 and $4,000 per diem, received a setback late last night, however, when Gov. Pollard stated in Richmond that the Militlamen would not be withdrawn from the strike area immediately. ‘Workers Unmolested. ple emerged from the Schoolfield mills yesterday evening than at any time since the strike began and this morning with the thermometer down to 18 de there was an equal- ly substantial quota going in. The fear of having to run the gauntlet of jeers and insults through union crowds gathered outside the gates has for the time being since the soldiers permit no gatherings, and the steady tramp of squads with rifles and the bayonet provides a sense of comfort to those who have wanted to work but who have feared to do so. It was reported this morning that on Monday there would probably be & great turn-out of workers. Union Claims No Loss. According to C. W. Garrison, pub- licity agent of the union, there has been no loss in strength by the union since the strike began. One of the alleged acts complained of by C. W. Bolick, organizer of the mills, to Gov. Pollard is that troops off duty entered a restaurant at Schoolfield yes- terday and ordered union men within to disperse. This may have resulted in Col. Opie ordering all troops not on patrol duty to remain in barracks at Hylton Hall unless armed with a spe- clal permit. The union leader termed as “too silly. to talk about” the telegram sent by Magistrate R. S. Fitts, who has held the judicial scales at Schoolfield for 30 years, to Gov. Pollqrd yesterday him to keep the troops here and to give full support to the present mili More e. Mass Meeting Scheduled. ‘The protest of the union to the troop movement is expected to become voeal tomorrow afternoon when a mass meet- ing is held either in the City Park or at Union Hall. The soldiers at Hylton Hall, a girls’ dormitory and welfare building closed since early in Septem- ber, are not finding life dull. It is well heated, they are getting good food, there is overstuffed furniture and the wisecraks of Amos and Andy as well as other ether entertainment is avail able through radio sets in the building. There is also a heated swimming pool which is highly popular. Just what steps are to be taken if or when the troops are withdrawn in the way of coping with the situation, was & matter given deep consideration today by both city and county civil authori- ties. The Danville Police Commission was to meet to act on a proposal al- ready made to the county to co-ordi- nate officers of the city and county under one head during the present emergency, as a better way of handling the situation should it again become menacing. Given Jail Term. Thirty-one men, said to be strikers, arrests Tuesday night in connection with the stoning of the home of John A. Anders, a non-union mill worker, were convicted by Magistrate C. K. Carter this morning, and were sen- tenced to 30 days in jail and fined $25 and costs for unlawful assembly. An appeal was noted and bonds set at $100. A number had given bond late this morning, at which time it was not known what number would be unable to do so and go to jail. HIGHER HUMAN STANDARD MAKES PEACE, SAYS ROOT By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 29.—Elihu Root believes that civilization and world peace advance not at treaty tables, tut mn the hearts of men. Speaking extemporaneously at the dedication of the new building of the Council of Foreign Relations yesterday, the former Secretary of State said the promotion of disarmament was bound up with the elevation of the people's standards. “No improvement comes by compul- sion,” he said. “No improvement comes merely by intellectual understanding. But you have got to get the same change in the standard of conduct which each man carries in his own breast and which has made a change Irozn the recognition of private war ¥ * into the recognition of judicial decisions.” In support of America's adherénce to the World Court, which he helped to found, he said: “And now the tribunal has proved itself, and by its work for the gln 9 or 10 years has won universal confl- dence and respect, and the dream of half or a quarter century ago has now become a reality.” - Shoppingdays till Christmas journey. . Prior to this trip been inithe air only a few tim Dr. Olshevsky i;el. native of Lodz, Russia, and holds degrees from Charles Unlversgly, Prague (1926), and Uni- versity of Pittsburgh, in 1928. & She. went to New York shortly after- gu'.dllfluv!dfimmn I