Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Rain this afternoon and tonight; to- morrow cloudy and slightly colder; mini- mum temperature tonight about 33 de- grees. Temperatures—Highest, 40, at 3 &?;. yesterday; lowest, 34, at 12:30 a.m. y. Full report on page B-5. om Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION he Foening Start. Yesterday’s Circulation, 100,638 Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 No. 31,650. post office, Wa. Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. BOOM FOR NORRI AS LEADER OF NEW PARTY FALLS FLAT Prof. John Dewey’s Appeal Rouses Little Progressive Enthusiasm. PRESIDENT BEING*URGED TO ACT IN LUCAS ROW Prospect Stronger He Will Be Kept on G. 0. P Committee, With Another Chairman. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Prof. John Dewey's plan for & third political party with Senator George w. Norris of Nebraska as lts leader met & | cold reception in Washington today. Progressive Republican Senators who stand by Mr. Norris in his Senate fights do not think much of the idea at Ppresent. Senator Norris himself, when found at the Capitol today, laughingly sald in reply to a question as to whether he would accept the invitation of Prof. John Dewey, former professor at Co- lumbia University, to head a new politi- cal party: “T do not suppose any one seriously thinks I will.” The Nebraska Senator added that he have something to say later today regarding his reply to Prof. Dewey. Senator Norris' attitude was inf as unfavorable to any at- tempt to set up a new party with him- self as the leader. However, he may undertake to say some sharp things about the present leadership of the Republican party. Overshadows Lucas Row. The demand of ’PmL Deweyt 100:“1 liberal party for a momen e :h’:dowed the cor{m! which has arisen in Republican ranks over the retention of Robert H. Lucas of Kentucky as executive director of the Republican National Committee. But only for a moment. The Lucas matter simply simmers. If Mr. Lucas is kept on the job the flames threaten to break out anew. There leelmfiir 'fu be my a strong prospect of Mr. Lucas re- tained, with a definite deflance of Sena- tor Norris, whose defeat Mr. Lucas sought to bring about at the polls last November. President Hoover, hm'v;:er. ubbeu:. importuned to revamp Republican Committee. Senator Fess of Mulvane Is Favored. The President has been advised to k as the next national chairman vid J. Mulvane of Kansas, who for many years has been a member of the Republican National Committee from the Sunflower State. The selection of Mr. Mulvane, who at one time served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce under Mr. Hoover, it is insisted. would politically. Mr. Mul- known to the leaders y and it is said would be able to reconcile some of the differences which have arisen in the party in recent months. Mr., Mulvane is not the only one, however, who has been sugested to the President to lead the National Com- mittee. Another is Ambassador Charles G. Dawes, former Vice President during the Coolidge administration. Several Republican members of the Senate have conceived the idea that it would be a ten-strike to bring Mr. Dawes back to this country from London to take the job of running the Republican National ttee In the meantime Ray Benjamin of California, who ran Senator Shortridge’s campaign, is in Washington and is also being urged upon the President as the oper selection for chairman of the publigan National Committee. Some of Mr. Benjamin’s friends go so far as to insist that Benjamin has already been picked for the place. Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa of the Republican progressive group in the Senate was asked today what he thought of Prof. Dewey's plan for a third political party. Senator Brook- hart said: “When a new political party, with liberal leanings, is formed it will be because of an uprising of the people, not because of what any leaders may do. Not even Theodore Roosevelt with his strong personality was able to bring about the permanent organization of & new political party. “However, if agricuture is constantly driven back when it strives to obtain equality with industry: if labor is d down with ‘yellow dog’ con- m; if little business and small banks continue to be destroyed by big combinations, chain stores and chain ~(Gontinued on Page 2, Column 2) DIES IN BALTIMORE FIRE Engineer of Building in Factory District Victim—Several Hurt. BALTIMORE, Md., December 26 (P).—One man lost his life, several others were injured and 60 employes in » building in the manufacturing district were forced to flee today when spread through the structure. The body of Paul Gross, building en- gineer, was found in the basement after the flames had been controlled. | fatally injured in the wreckage of their WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1930—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ##% LINDY SAYS FLYING HAS MADE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 26.—Aviation has come a long way since a young fel- low from Misscuri took off from Roose- velt Fleld four years ago next May and flew to Paris, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh belleves. The world’s best known flyer talked today of aviation as it was five years ago and as it is now; of low wings and high wings; of engines and speed and radio—topics that are the very breath of life to him. He said this: “We have had more progress in the development of aircraft in the last five years than could have been foreseen af that time. “In 1925 a good cruising speed was 90 miles an hour. Today we have planes of the same class with cruising speeds as high as 140 miles an hour. The airmail de Havilands we used in 1925 had a carrying capacity of about 400 pounds. Planes today of the same horsepower cruise ai least 20 miles an hour faster and carry from three to four times that load. “The same with the business or sport plane flown by the non-professional pilot. It is more stable, it is easier to STRIDES SINCE HOP TO PARIS Speed. Capacity and Travel Increased Dur~ ing Phenomenal Four or Five Years, * Famous Aviator Asserts. operate and it is much simpler to learn how to fly one. The cost of operation of a privately owned plane today is only a fraction of the cost of a few years back. “The small, private plane of 85 to 100 miles an hour cruising speed can be op- erated today at practically the same cost as & medium-priced automobile. “For example. Let’s take a 100- horsepower plane. It sells for $3,000 to $5,000. You can get from 10 to 15 miles on a gallon of gas; that's with a pilot and two passengers. After 300 or 400 hours—which is about 25,000 to 30,000 miles—it will need an overhaul. Afterward it is ready for another 300 or 400 hours, and the total life of a good plane is 2,000 hours or more, which is 170,000 miles of flying.” Passenger air travel is increasing—in 1930 it was substantially greater than in 1929—and in many places it is be- coming a part of everyday life, Col. Lindbergh said. Most of the airlines of the United States are unable to operate without loss on passenger revenue alone, he continued, and it seems that for some time to come at least mail and express (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) HOLIDAY DEATHS INU. 3. PASS 200 More Than Two-Thirds Are Caused by Traffic—Ten Killed in Maryland. By the Associated Press. Two hundred or more deaths marred Christmas joy yesterday as accidents took a heavy toll from coast to coast. Fires, drownings, hunting tragedies and poisonous liquor cost lives, but au- tomobiles, running in many sections on slippery roads, were-the greatest agent of destruction, causing more than two- thirds of the deaths. In the Middle West about 80 of the fatalities were recorded. Flames trap- ped lodgers in a rooming house at Whiting, Ind., and seven men died. Gun fights claimed five lives in the South; one victim was a woman. Poison liquor claimed between five and ten lives in New York. In Call- fornia three were belleved to have drowned when a launch capsized. In Missouri two died when a bridge col- lapsed. Two children were fatally burned in Montgomery, Pa., when their father poured gasoline on the kitchen fire. A man froze to death in Indiana and another in Pennsylvania. Hundreds were injured in accidents. Ten Deaths in Maryland. Ten persons were killed in accidents in Maryland and many injured. Auto- mobiles caused seven fatalities; two men_were drowned and one in a fall in a quarry. The trail of death extended from the Eastern Shore across the city and into Frederick County, in the central part of the State. Christmas eve two men were found automobile in Baltimore County. A few minutes later a colored person run- ning from a street car was hit by an automobile windbreaker and decapi- tated. A 6-year-old boy, riding in a wagon brought by Santa Claus, was hit v a car and instantly killed. The two drowned were approaching a | ducking blind as their boat was swamp- ed by large waves. Accidents in which 13 persons were killed or fatally injured marred Yuletide rejoicing in the Southwest. ‘Automobiles figured in 11 of the deaths, fire in 2. Woman Dies of Burns. Mrs. D. W. Bennett, 29, of Dallas, Tex., died from burns suffered when her husband, also injured, tried to start a fire with coal oil. In a similar fire at Eldorado, Mrs. B. A. Whitten was fatally burned. Three of her family were burned. Run down by automobiles and killed were Robert E. Biechele of Kansas City, father of 10, on his way to bring home (Continued on Page 2, Column 8) DRIVER USES REVOLVER TO HOLD CROWD BACK Colored Man Then Flees From Scene of Accident—Victim Dies in Hospital. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, VA. December 26— An unidentified colored man, truck driver, held off a crowd with a drawn revolver and made his escape today after he had run into and fatally in- jured Charles Douglas Gentry, 54-year- old city employe. The driver climbed out of the truck after striking Gentry. Police sald he was apparently frightened by a crowd that quickly gathered, and, drawing the pistol, ordered spectators to stand Gentry died at a hospital a short time after the accident. Hospital at- tendants said Dr. 8. J. Baker, coroner, would hold an inquest later today. HOTEL OPENS CANTEEN TO FEED DESERVING UNEMPLOYED MEN Salvatiorr Army Workers to Aid Mayflower by Distributing Cards for Meals. A canteen for the feeding of hungry members of the army of the unem- ployed was opened today by the May- flower Hotel in & garage in the rear of director loyed iven & Cards ng, Teal is an emergency situation. becomes aside while he withdrew and fled. The fire | truck was left in the street. Arizon: POLIGE GIVEN CLUE INTROWERSEARC Taxicab Dtiver Called for Missing Woman With a “Mr. Cox.” A lead which is expected to prove vital to police in their search for Mrs. Katherine E. Trower, 41 years old, former narcotic investigator and one time matron at the District Jall, who has been missing from her home at 3310 Twenty-second street northeast since early yesterday, was uncovered this afternoon. A taxicab driver, who read newspaper accounts of Mrs. Trower’s disappearance from home, told detectives at head- quarters shortly after noon that he had been hailed by a man in Georgetown about 1 o'clock yesterday morning and was ordered to drive to the Twenty- second street address. “Mr, Cox From Headquarters.” Arriving there, the driver said, he was told to go to the door and inform Mrs. Trower that “Mr. Cox from headquar- to see her. He said he carried out his instructions and the woman, clad only in bed room slippers, a gown and a robe, joined his passenger in the taxi a few moments later. The hacker told detectives he drove the couple out the Baltimore pike near- 1y to Hyattsville and was then told to return to an address in the 200 block of C street, where he waited for nearly 10 minutes while the man called at the home of a friend and borrowed the money to pay the fare. The woman, who had been waiting in the cab, then joined her companion and they entered the house together. A detective was sent to the C street address this afternoon to question oc- cupants of the home regarding the taxi driver's story. Mother Fears Kidnaping. Mrs. Mary E. Mitchell, her mother, fears that one of those her daughter has helped send to jail may have kid- naped the woman to obtain revenge. An investigation disclosed that neither Lieut. Clement Cox nor Sergt. Richard J. Cox, the only two officers of that name stationed at headquarters, had called for Mrs. Trower. Mrs. Mitchell says that her daughter told her last week of seeing a man whom she helped to convict on a robbery charge several years ago. Mrs. Trower is said to have told her mother the man recognized her and eyed her strangely. Mrs. Mitchell believes this man might have something to do with her daugh- ter's disappearance. Mrs. Trower has been unemployed for several months. LITERARY MASTERPIECE 'SELECTION IS ATTACKED Quission of Spanish Authors Hit. Dean Doyle of G. W. U. Pre- sides at Boston Meeting. By the Associated Pre . BOSTON, December 26.—The list of 60 novels selected last Summer by Prof. H. E. Lamont of Rutgers as the world's literary masterpleces was at- tacked today by speakers at the meet- ing of the American Assoclation of ‘Teachers of Spanish. Prof. Lamont failed to include the work of any Span- ish author in his list. About 200 delegates are attending the annual convention of the association. Dean Henry Grattan Doyle of George Washington University, president of the association, presided. Other speak- ers were Profs. C. E. Kaney of the University of Michigan, C. P. Wagner of the University of California, Esther J. Cooks of Goucher College and John D. Pitzgerald of the University of a. Com R KANSAS BANKS CLOSED Drought Blamed for Failure of Three Institutions. ‘TOPEKA, December 26 (#).—Closing of three small banks in Southeastern Kansas with deposits it $274,000 was announced today by H. W. Koeneke, State bank commissioner. He attributed the closings to last Sum- mer’s drought and inability of the in- stitutions to realize on their farm paper. ‘The banks are all in Allen coB“:x:; | those implicated NETHODIST CHURCH BULDING MAY BE ACDURED BY U, §. Keyes Predicts Purchase of Squares on Capitol Hill ; for Improvements. CONSIDERS PROPERTY _ GOOD SITE FOR PARK Senator Believes Some Congress Members Consider Time Ripe to Negotiate Deal. Purchase by the Government of the area bounded by Maryland avenue, D street, First and Second streets north- east, including the Methodist Building, was predicted today by Senator Keyes of New Hampshire, chairman of the Senate Public Buildings and Grounds Committee, as a step in rounding out the Federal improvements program sur- rounding the Capitol. Additional legislation would be neces- sary to authorize the inclusion of this area in the program, and a bill on the subject has not yet been introduced. Senator Keyes expressed the belief that sooner or later the Government will acquire these squares and he indicated some memb:rs of Congress feel this is an opportune time. Would Be Used Partly for Pagk. ‘The Senate chairman said this ground could be used partly for open park space and partly for some Government building. He said he thought that if it is decided to place a Government building in this section it probably would go on the square just east of the ‘Senate Office Building, between B and C streets. This would leave the triangle in which the Methodist Build- ing is located as a park area, Senator Keyes said, pointing out that it is adjacent to the site for the United States Supreme Court Bullding. The other square, from C to D streets, also probably would be left open to round out the plaza development extending to Union Station. Senator Keyes pointed out that in extending the Capitol grounds to Union Station the double car tracks are to be moved from Delaware avenue to Pirst street northeast, between Union Station and B _street, and that the acquisition of the squares referred to alorg First street would make it pos- sible to widen that street in view of the placing of two car tracks in the center of it. Decided to Delay Action. The New Hampshire Senator said the taking of the triangle between Mary- land avenue and B street, First and Second, was discussed when the site for the Supreme Court Building was being selected, but it was decided to postpone consideration of its acquisition at t time. Discussing the public building pro- gram generally, Senator Keyes said there is no need for additional authortzations for new buildings, in view of the amounts already anthorized, for the time being, but he expressed the hope that Congress would pass at this session the Keyes- Elljott bill to speed up construction by enabling the Treasury Department to shorten the procedure in preparing plans, making ground tests on sites and in awarding contracts. The bill not require additional appropriation, but would enable the Treasury Depart- ment to take shorter cuts in getting buildings under actual construction. STRIKERS ASSURED OF KEEPING HOMES Gov. Pollard Says Only Lawbreak- ers May Be Subject to Evictions. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., December 26.— Assurance that no more textile strikers’ families at Danville, Va., would be evicted for non-payment of rent, except in lawbreaking, been received from Gov. John Garland Pollard, Miss Elisabeth Gilman, relief worker here, said today. Miss Gilman wrote to Gov. Pollard recalling that Gov. Albert C. Ritchie halted the eviction of Western Maryland coal miners in a 1924 strike. “I have been assured that there will be no more evictions at this time ex- cept of those guilty of unlawful acts,” Gov. Pollard wrote. Miss Gilman, the daughter of the first president of Johns Hopkins University, was Socialist nom- inee for Governor in November. recalled to Gov. Pollard that Gov. Ritchie declined to send troops to the coal strike area in 1923, despite a rec- ommendation to this effect by President Harding. SLEET FALLING IN SOUTH IS NOT EXPECTED HERE Aviators Report Freezing Rain | yesterd: Moving This Way Between Spartanburg and Atlanta. Although aviators reported sleet in the South was moving toward Wash- ington, Weather Bureau forecasters pre- dicted today that it would not be cold enough for such conditions to prevail here tonight. ilots on the Eastern Alr ‘Transport line passing through the Na. tional Capital re] a Tain between Spartanburg, 8. C., and At- lanta, Ga. The rain, freezing on contact with every ot?ect it touched, was sheath- ing trees and ground in ice, they said. All scheduled airmall flights were completed, however, except the last southbound trip this morning which ended at 8 burg when ice faled 8 Soeariu o 5 e titles. The mail was sent by train that point south. RS VIRGINIA BANK SUSPENDS RICHMOND, Va, M. E. Bristow, State insurance wmcuumun’nxotw'fi' mmmmv.mw’ business pending a meeting of de- She [ SEE WHAT SANTA SENT! () Means Associated Press. GOTWALS 0 MEET DELANO ON SIGNS Engineer Commissioner Plans | Conference on Objections to Proposed Law. Befqre taking any further steps look- ing to approval of the pending legisla- tion for the control and regulation of outdoor advertising signs in the District, Maj. John C. Gotwals, Engineer Com- missioner, said today he wished to con- fer with Frederic A. Delano, president of the American Civic Association and chairman also of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Maj. Gotwals previously had given his own approval to the redrafted form of the bill which passed the Senate at the last seslon of Congress. He believed it represented the best restrictive leg- islation obtainable under existing con- ditions. Simultaneously with his fa- vorable recommendation to the Board of Commissioners, however, there came & letter from Mr. Delano setting forth ob- jections to certain features of the bill The Commissioners, all of them heartil in favor of restricting the indiscrimi- nate use of adve signs and bill- boards, deferred approval of the pro- posed amendments until they had an zgponunuy to go into the matter more oroughly. Voiced sTwo Objections. Maj. Gotwals explained that his own position was unchanged and he ho) to be able to persuade Mr. Delano t the objections he had pointed out are would | matters which should occasion no feel- ing of apprehension. Mr. Delano, whose American Civic Association is sponsor- ing the anti-billboard campaign in the metropolitan area of Washington, had stressed two pertinent matters in con- nection with the proposed legislation. The first of these, he said, was the power given the Commissioners to keep existing billboards in a state of repair which would prolong their maintenance indefinitely. Next, in the way of objections, was the omission of an amendment to pro- vide for public hearings on regula- tions. Such an amendment previously had been proposed by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public’ Buildings and Grounds in the National Capital, and officers of the American Civic Association. Mr. Delano felt some apprehension, he informed Dr. Luther H. Reichelder- fer, president of the Board of Commis- sloners, that any provision in the bill permitting billboards to be kept in a state of repair would be “a distinct step backwards.” Maj. Gotwals, however, looks at it Gold Nuggets Used As Marbles by Boys NearBandit’sHome By the Assoclated Press. HOLLISTER, Mo, December 26.—Schoolboys near here have been playing marbles with gold nuggets. Authorities believe the nuggets were found near the home of Jake Fleagle, Western bandit, who was shot to death at Brandon, Mo., several months 2go. ‘The boys refused to divulge the location of their cache. Clyde | | Chapman, a railroad - station agent here, said his son was one of those who found the nuggets. | Al'de!t proved the nuggets were gold. | At the time Fleagle was killed by officers there was much specula- tion here as to a cache in which it was believed he had hidden loot taken in a number of robberies. | Chapman said there was as | | much as a double handful of the nuggets in possession of the boys. PONER DISWISSALS SURPRISE NI Commission Member Had Not Expected Changes Until After January 1. Frank R. McNinch of North Caro- | lina, member of the Power Commission, | expressed surprise today in a telegram to friends in Washington, at the dis- missal of the commission employes, Solicitor Charles A. Russell and Chief Accountant Willlam V. King. He said he had an understanding there would be no meeting of the commission before January. King and Russell were disrhissed aft- er a meeting of the commission attend- ed by Chairman Smith and Commis- sloners Garsaud and Draper. In his telegram today McNinch said he left Washington with the under- standing the commission would not or- ganize until after the first of the year and expressed surprise that any move had been made to ohange the personnel of the commission’s staff in his_ab- sence. The dismissal of King and Rus- sell was protected by the Progressive faction in the Senate. Some members of this group have threatened to seek reconsideration of the confirmation of Smith, Garsaud and Draper. Frank E. Bonner, former executive secretary, apparently is out of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) SMUGGLING CHINESE CHARGED TO OFFICER Arrest of Immigration Worker on Mexican Border Follows Auto Crash. | By the Assoclated Press. INDIO, Calif, December 26.—Fred- erick Schnell, a Federal immigration of- ficer, was in jail here today, charged with hnmlml aliens into the United States over the Mexican border. Schnell's arrest followed an accident ay in which his machine was wrecked and one Chinese fatally in- jured. The car crashed into a bridge guard rail in turning out for another Mmachine driven by R. W. Little, deputy collector of internal revenue. Little, according to Francis A. Koehler, police chief, found Schnell in uniform near the wrecl of his car and four Chinese hiding Schnell admitted, Koehler said, tift he was smuggling the aliens into country. Fletcher Amhardt of Los Angeles, riding with Schnell and the Chinese, also was arrested. PRI STRANGER GIVES BLOOD Orphan’s Life Saved Through Gift for Transfusion. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., December 26 (#).—A 16-year-old homn!ulorphl& , lived today because gift of a pint of stranger's e Slier Dhiviibiand doclies (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) THREE ARE BELIEVED DROWNED IN LAUNCH | Ten Persons Reported Saved When Boat Capsizes Off Califor- nia Coast. By the Associated Press. SAUSALITO, Calif, December 26.— Three men were belleved to have drowned here late last night when a launch capsized, throwing its 13 occu- pants into the cold waters of Richard- sons Bay. Ten were rescued by & ferry’s life boats. The party was on its way from Sausalito to the yacht Janidore, owned by Isadore Zellerbach, San Francisco capitalist. Sam Bowman, a member of the Janidore's crew, was the host. All members of the party lived in ito. & Auhtorities said the launch was over- - nearby. Sausall this | crowded. Search was continued for the miss- X a stevedore; A Van Scoy, & as “Bill.” Bowman was among the MISSISSIPPI BANK CLOSES Tupelo Institution Had Deposits of About $1,700,000. ‘TUPELO, , Miss., 26 ) — People's mxn:s% On.mhue branchés at Nettleton and COURT CONGESTION LAID TO DRY LAW Association Against Prohibi- tion Amendment Also Ac- counts for Prison Increase. By the Associated Press. U the dry laws the Association t the Prohibition Amendment TWO CENTS. DISTRICT AIRPORT 15 AGAIN URGED BY D.C. PLANNING BODY Annual Report Favors Gaso- line Tax Raise for Park Road Program. SCHEME TO ELIMINATE ALLEY HOMES OFFERED Revolving Fund Suggested to Aid Transfer of Undesirable Proper- ties to Different Uses. Establishment of & public-owned com- mercial atrport, to be controlled by the District government, on the sitd now occupled by Washington-Hoover Alrport, was recommended for the second time by the Natlonal Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission in its annual report, submitted today to President Hoover. This step was recommended as a solu- tion of a badly muddled airport situs- tion for the National Capital. Estab- lishment of an airport under Federal or District control and at Federal or Dis- trict expense or with a division of own- ership and cost has been the subject of controversy for several years. The Question of establishment on the pres- ent .commercial airport site has been complicated by legal difficulties over ownership of lands on which the pres- ent commercial airport is located. Alley Dwelling Cleanup Urged. The commission also recommended elimination of Wu.hl;mn' dwell- ings, an increase in the % tax today heaped the blame for all Federal made these court congestion and for iber the _entire increase of Federal hlet released by the the number It contended prison and pen.xf is tentlary statistics did meas- ure of the crime })robl}ut .‘l!: -“only a small proportion of those convicted are given felony sentences.” Two-Thirds of All Cases. It termed “an example of misinforma- tion” an made last year President Hoover that only & m:fl proportion of felony cases could be attributed to the eighteenth amendment, for, it added, “88 per cent of hibition violators sentenced courts ~are eanants and not felons.” “Prohibition cases now account for two-thirds of all crimingl cases in the Federal courts,” said the association, adding the total last year was 56,455. The increase civil cases, United States participating, since 1920, was set at 347 per cent, but exclu prohibition actions the gain was it “From 90 to 95 per cent of all the criminal convictions secured in prohibi- tion cases are on pleas of guilty,” sald the association; “from 8,000 to 10,000 nding prohibition cases a year have n ‘nolle prossed,’ yet in spite of this wholesale weeding out of inactive cases, pending cases still number between O lcatas that.the whole procees ical e Wl is futlle and costly.” Estimate Costs. ‘The pamphlet presented an estimate of the cost of “adequate prohibition enforcement” totaling $100,000,000 & Zer;rl,.vm.h lboll!;m"lz :é Jury trials in all W cases an ,000,000 with hearing. ey “Apart from war-time cases, based on the esplonage act and selective draft as well as prohibition,” it said, “the in- crease in normal criminal cases froj 1920 to 1929 is shown to have been Onr; 3.9 per cent—Iless than half the rate of ‘sngé:v_g in the population of the United BRITISH SEND SOLDIERS AFTER BURMESE REBELS Killing of Government Ranger and Police Causes Punitive Expedition. By the Associated Press. RANGOON, Burma, December 26.— British soldiers with machine guns have been sent into the Tharawaddy district, 65 miles north of here, where more than a score have been killed in tax-resistance rioting during the past two days. Considerable feeling throughout Bur- ma has aroused by reports of the murder of H. V. M. Flelds Clark, a forest ranger in the government serv- ice. He had returned from an inspec- tion tour to his lonely bungalow in the |J village of Weya, the reports said, when native rebels closed in and killed him. Four police have been killed and sev- eral wounded in engounters with the rebeis who thus far have eluded cap- ture by taking advantage of the wild character of the country. plan to jor of a thoroughfare guide the velopment of maj p.'h:‘é S e g, S it The adoption by the pa ln‘he flm‘ vision with_the | to) street portions of the city, cution of such pro, of jogs in Harvard streef Vermont avenue, ernments. Alley Dwelling Revolving Fund. The elimination of inhabited alleys by the progressive transfer of dwelling properties to other uses, revolving fund by United States H suggested as a buile width of the street. The District Commissi discourage appl ilege to eézlll: E’o , etc., above the S T e o mesingy i Luce act should include lands as in- dicated by a plat, grneplud under the . commission’s direct those ;fllfiem to public buildings and public Provision should be made for the of sites for systematic acquisition schools, chase of k and e erent Government offices trolling lands in the District of 001%:‘: bia should have authority to transfer jurisdiction of areas among themselves when mutually agreeable and subject to all such transfers being lald before Con- 5;:‘ for three months before taking An increase in the gasoline tax makes of possible the enlarged program P (Continued on Page 2, Column b.) MISS DOHERTY TO MAKE DEBUT AT LAVISH BALL HERE TONIGHT Almost a Thousand Guests Invited to Function for Which ‘Whole Hotel Floor Is Reserved. ! 3 i oyl M a8, g; | i i i i ] i ? i i s‘; ] g i i :5t T i in o 1] o8 #e5 !