Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1931, Page 2

| RULING MODIFIES | | PACKERS' DECREE Bandling of Vegetables, | Fruits and Other Products I 1o Retail Stores Permitted. B the Associated Press. ‘The packers' consent decree Wwas odified today to allow the four lead- groups of packers to handle vege- les, fruits, milk, coffee, teas, cereals Bnd a number of other products up to ghe doors of retail ery stores. They were not allowed, however, un- Ber the decision of Justice Jennings Bailey in the District of Columbia Su- preme Court, to engage in the retailing ©f meats or other products. These were the high points in Jus- tice Bailey’s ruling in a case which Bas been in the courts in one form or. @nother almost since the decree was entered into between the packers and $he Government in February, 1920. \ No Evidence of Monopoly. Justice Balley held there was no gvidence that Swift & Co., Armour & lson & Co. and the Cudahy king Group had any monopoly in meat packing. The Government made this charge when it began proceedings @gainst the five leading packing groups, one of which, Morris & Co., has been erged with Armour & Co. since the tigation began. The ruling added that it was thought finwise to allow the packers to own in whole or in part stock yards, market Dewspapers and terminal railroads. The ckérs were ordered to comply with ose portions of the decree which were pllowed to stand. Frank Hogan, counsel for the packers, Baid he could make no statement as to the action his clients would take with vegard to the opinion. Representatives of Bwift & Co. authorized an announce- ent by Louis F. Swift, company presi- ent, which said: “We prefer not to comment on the decision until we have Bad an opportunity to review it.” No U. S. Comment. Neither was any commepqt forthcom- $ng immediately from the Justice De- partment. Government counsel during Argument contended Justice Bailey had no authority to modify the decree. The inion said the Government had in effect acknowledged the jurisdiction of the District Supreme Court. The National Wholesale Grocers' As- #ociation and the American Wholesale Grocers' Association intervened in op- position to modification. ‘The packers under the nflglnll‘mm- ment were confined almost exclusively to the packing of meat and were for- bidden to handle in any way unrelated lines. They took the case to the Su- e Court of the United States, but decre¢ was upheld there. BROAD QUESTIONS DECIDED. New Economic Circumstances Appear as Reasons for Ruling. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Some broad questions of -iblic policy fwere decided by Justice Bai3y in modi- fying the famous packers’ co-sent decree. Pirst, the decision meays that new #conomic circumstances have appeared #s logical reasons for changing the orig- inal court decree. This introduces the fdea that the Federal judiciary may some day take into account similar logic fn handling statutes like the Sherman anti-trust law, about which it is now being contended that there has been a pto(nund change in economic facts. Second, the packers obtained the right itherto-denied them of going into the of products other than meats. i king eats. Fhis is'a substantial victory for all the ers, even though the brunt of the Mfll was borne by Armour & Co. It means an opportunity to enlarge on the wholesaling side so as to use the facil- ities of the packers for the general dis- gributiog of fruit products. Third, the packers were denled the it to ,0 into the retailing busifiess use of a fear that this would mean serious competition if not -monopoly ®s against the independent grocer. Justice Bailey did not attempt to de- cide whether consolidation of units all the way from the producer to the con- sumer is a good thing, indicating this was something for Congress to handle. Important Precedent Set. Fourth, it establishes a_precedent so that all -consent decrees hereafter will be regarded as subject to modification by the court upon the hearing of tes- THE EVENING “ENJOY LIFE WHILE IT LASTS,/ | .: IFY Beulah Limerick’s Diary Is Composed of Views on Admirers. Wondered How Long Her Various Favorite Boys Would “Last.” In Beulah Limerick's little leather- hflrglld diary her motto in life is set for Only two weeks or so before the fatal 25-caliber bullet entered her head she Wrt in the diary, “Enjoy life while it lasts, if you can, is my motto.” The diary, comj d of the views of her many admirefs, contained the last entry on December 10. Says Liar Interests Her. ‘On November 30 she wrote: “Decided to start writing agajn. I've had quite a few thrills since my last entry. —— is still a favorite. Imag- ine, I met a couple of new ones. Not 50 bad. —— is a puzzle. I wonder how much I care for him. ——is a —— liar, but still interests me.” ‘The next entry was made Decem- ber 1: | “—— and I went to the cemetery. |—— was supposed to come over, but his car was on the bum. —— and I stayed home and played cards and lis- tened to. the radio. Sad, eh? I can't get up early. I stayed home and gabbed with —— until —— came. Played cards. is really a darling. I be- lieve he is ace high now. I wonder how long he will last. % “December Some day I'm going to get up early. I'm going to stay up all night and I will be up early. Oh, well, enjoy life while it lasts if you can is my motto. I don't care. got | drunk last night, but and I had a | Iot of fun. I cleaned up and prepared | for the party. —— came by and there | was a large crowd at the party. I did | not_have a good time. “December 5: Martha came over and we drank beer. It would have to rain. Went to Ma’s and got the gossip. Visited Again by “Cops. “December 6: Went to the ceme- tery. Returned and got dinner, danced a little bit. It rained again. Martha and I stayed up all night. Had lunch, met——and——. Had dinner and lots of fun cleaning the chicken. Met—— and went to a cafe and to a theater. Later saw——and——. Oh, my, the cops visited us again. “December 8: ——is just a passing fancy. But there is——left. I hope he lasts longer. I'll see how he is. I got some shoes. Had a good time. ——came over for me and——saw me. Also— and his gang. ——and I went out and ——came back and I heard something so silly. Went out to. inspect the dance hall and——bawled me out. ‘December 10: I embroidered all day and later——came by.” That was the last entry made in the dead girl's diary. MORE BONDS ASKED T0 TAKE UP LOANS Mellon Would Profit by Low- ered Interest Rates Ap- parent Now. By the Associated Press, ‘With $20,000,000,000 in bonds already to take up second Liberty loan bonds, Secretary Mellon today as| to authorize issuance of $8,000,000,000 more. Chairman Hawley of the House Ways and Means Committee said the proposed increase would not increase the public debt, but would permit the Government to refund maturing bonds at a lower rate of interest. Preparing for Refinancing. ‘The Secretary is preparing for re- financing of the outstanding Liberty timony, and not necessarily as contracts | loan bonds issued during the war which equiring the consent of the original | are callable in the next two years. les to the decree before there can A total of $1,933.545,750 of First Lib- modification. erty loan bonds, which bear interest at | The Government conceded this point | 474 per cent and 3, per cent, can be and Assistant Attorney General John c-fled in June, 1932. In addition, | Lloyd O'Brien, who argued the case for | $6.268,241,150 of 4%, per ‘cent Fourth | the Government, is responsible for this | Liberty loan bonds are callable in Oc- broadening or rather clarification of the meaning of consent decrees. There are some doubts whether the 'kers actually wanted to engage in retail business. The testimony showed clearly that they were not pre- ed to enter the chain store business, t that they wanted potential leverage 80 85 to be able to bargain with some of thelarge chain store purchasers. The court was unwilling to grant them this zight and the question is really scademic. If new circumstances should develop requiring that the packers ob- tain the right to go into the retail business as & means of self-protection they can go into court at any time and upon a showing of new facts obtain a geconsideration of this particular issue. Broadly speaking, however, what the packers really wanted was a clarifica- tion of the old decree and an Oppor- tober, 1933. If the Treasury had authority to issue new bonds to take up the out-y standing Liberty loan bonds, the Treas- ury could take advantage of interest rates which promise to be lower than ’I‘!sl:lde time the Liberty losn bonds were ued. Small Balance Left. Under the second Liberty bond act as amended the Secretary was auth ized 10 issue bonds not exceeding $20,- 000,000,000 Under that authority, $18, 107,942,750 in bonds has been issued, leaving 4 balance of only #1,892,057,250. Secretary Mellon also recommended legislation amending the second Liberty bond act, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to exempt iurther icsues of securities from the surtax as well as the rormal tax. The legislation would exempt the | tunity to go forward in the lines of business products other than meats. Some of the remarks of Justice Bailey his opinion will probably be gquoted ery often in_the future. In discussing, for example, the ques- tion of giving the packers complete pights, Justice Bailey said “Whether such complete integration #n merchandising from the producer to the consumer would produce better conditions as a whole Is an economic question which is not for the court to decide. The policy of Congress as ghown by the statutes enacted by it gnd as interpreted by the Supreme Court is to preserve and stimulate com- petition and to permit the defendants o engage in the retailing of their own | » products would, in my opinion, have| gy the Associated Press. She Siues reslt it of| NEW YORK, January 5.—Pifty-seven Probably the most tmportant result of [ "1 FI e SUEATY i the decree will be to revive discussion @s to the functions of Government in| sinking Army dredge Raritan, which geference to distribution problems. | settled to the bottom of New York Har- rticularly as they affect the retail \usiness. The main ground upon which | Por 30 minutes after it was rammed by modification of the decree was granted the liner City of Montgomery today. by Justice Bailey was “that conditions| The ship, inward bound from have s0 changed since its entry as to| Savannah with passengers, ran down render it inequitable to further enforce | the dredge in a heavy haze that lay | fertain of its provisions.” over the harbor. The mail boat Pres- | The original purpose cf the decree | ;dent and & police launch, which were | was to end the monopoly alleged to have | nearby, rescued all but two of the crew bonds from taxes on both principal and | interest, except estate and inheritance | taxes. — 57 SAVED IN CRASH THAT SINKS DREDGE Army Craft Goes to Bottom When Hit by Liner in New York Harbor, OU CAN,” WROTE SLAIN GIRL BEULAH HOOVER NOMINATES TWO 70 D. C. BENCH Hitz and Groner Names Sent to Senate for Court of Appeals. LIMERICK. President Hoover today sent to the Senate the nominations of William Hitz of this city and D. Lawrence Groner of Norfolk, Va., to be associate Justices of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Both of these nominees are at pres- ent in the Federal judiciary. Justice Hitz for 15 years has been on the bench of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and Justice Groner for nine years has been a United States district judge in the Eastern district of Virginia. At the same time the President sent to-the Senate the nomination of George C. Aukam of this city for another term of three years as judge of the Munic- ipal Court of the District of Columbia. Judge Aukam has been a judge of this court since its origin in 1909, when he w-la first appointed by President Roose- velt. Fills Two Vacancies. By appointing Justices Hitz and Groner to the Court of Appeals of this city, President Hoover has filled two vacancies which were created when the membership of that court was incre by_an act of Congress & year ago. Both of these elevations in the per- sonnel of the judiclary are known to have been made upon the recommen- dation of Attorney General Mitchell and are in line with the President’s policy of promition within the service. Justice Hitz, who is §8 years old, was lp&lnled by Woodrow Wilson and is a Democrat. Justice Groner i3 57 years old and was originally appointed to the judiciary by President Harding. Justice Groner has been active in Republican politics in his State and in 1901 was his party’s candidate for attorney sene al of the State. He has been a delegate to Republican National Conventions five times. Successors Not Named. Successors to these two elevated Jurists ‘will not be appointed until the latter have been confirmed by the Senate. There are a number of aspirants under consideration for each court. Both the President and Attorney Gen- eral Mitchell have intimated a prefer- ence on their part to select some one from the District of Columbia to take Justice Hitz's place on the local Su- {)remc Court bench. At the top of the ist_of local attorneys known to have been proposed and who are believed to be under serious consideration is James M. Proctor. Mr, Proctor is a native of this city and was recommended for the bench appointment by the Bar Asso- ciation of the District of Columbia as well as by Republican National Com- mitteeman Colliday and other Republi- can leaders and others, Within the past week or so & strong move has been started for Represent- ative F. Dickinson Letts of Davenport, Towa, who was defeated for re-election last November. n advocating Mr. Letts’ appoint- ment, much stress has been laid on the fact that before coming to Congress in 1924 he was a judge of the seventh judicial district of Iowa, in which capacity he served for eight years, The impressien is that unless con- siderable political pressure is brought to bear the Supreme Court appoint- ment will go_to a Washington lawyer, possibly Mr. Proctor. Among the others who have been considered are Prescott Gatley, Frederick de Faust and Paul Sleman. ATTEMPT TO ROB ENDS IN WRECKING OF PLANE Men Posing as Bootleggers Unable to Pilot Machine ahd Nose Into Bmash-up. By the Associated Preg WAUSAU, Wis., January 5.—Wiscon- sin’s first attempted airplane robbery vesterday ended in a crash which wrecked the plane, Two men, posing as bootleggers “in a hurry to get a load of liquor at Green Bay, Wis, and run it to Chicago,” forced Meivin Johnson, watchman for | the Northern Airways, to open a hangar | at the airport and wheel & plane out. | Johnson said the men made him start the motor. They got in, but in taxiing the ship down the field nosed into an encumbrance and crashed up. The robbers escaped. STAR, WASHINGTO DELEGATION BACKS OUTDOOR AD CURB Prince Georges Legislators Unanimously in Favor of Beautifying Roads. A unanimity of sentiment in favor of beautifying the highways leading into Washington in accordance with the movement of the American Civic Asso- clation to improve conditions before the 1932 bicentennial celebration was ex- pressed today by the members of the Prince Georges County delegation to the Maryland Legislature, which convenes Wednesday. ‘There is still some divergence of opin- fon among them, however, as to what legislation is necessary to ‘“clean up” the highways, but to date no confer- ence has been held on that subject. The leaders belleved that when the county’s delegation gets together to go over the matter an_agreement will be reached without difficulty and the delegation will act in unison. Steps looking to the restriction of billboards in Maryland will be consid- ered Friday at a meeting of the heads of women’s organizations of the State in the Southern Hotel in Baltimore. Miss Lavinia M. Engle, research direc- tor of the Maryland League of Women Voters, which is sponsoring the confer- ence, would be selected to introduce a bill in th islature, it was said. Miss Engle is legate from Montgomery County. Mullikin Gives His Views. Kent R. Mullikin, chairman of the Prince GPOI‘%GS delegation, pointed out that the highways belong to every one fand should not be exploited by the bill- board companies. Mr. Mullikin intro- duced an anti-billboard measure at the last session of the Legislature. It was gresenud near the close of the session, lbwever, and was never reported from the committee, Inasmuch as the general public pays for the roads, Mr. Mullikin said, it is the duty of the Legislature to see that the public can enjoy both their con- venience and their scenic beauty with- out being endangered or harassed by clusters of billboards. Because of the unfayol conditions, Mr. Mullikin, ical anti-billboard me: be attempted this year. who are ‘up against it" ceive a small but needed income from otherwise unproductive land when rent- ed for billboards. So it Is against the clusters of billboards that line such im- portant traffic arteries as the Washing- ton-Baltimore Boulevard and the Na tional Defense Highway, rather than the occasional signboard in the rural communities, that the Legislature should direct its activities, Mr. Millikin said. Marbury Takes Interest. * The Prince Georges chairman also believes the matter can be handled most effectively if dealt with by each county individually, rather than as a State- ‘wide measure. Charles C. Marbury, junior Demo- cratic member of the Legislature, is another who has taken an active inter~ est in the American Civic Association’s campaign, having attended some of the group’s meetings. He heartily approves the “educational campaign” being conducted by the association and The Star to focus at- tention on the need for beautification of the entrances into Washington. Mr. erbur{untnus that the removal of {llegally placed signs, as has been done in some nearby communities, could well be undertaken in Prince Georges County. A noticeable improvement in the appearance of many important highways would be accomplished, he says, if some agency such as the State Roads Commission, or the State police force, were empowered and directed to remove signs now illegally placed within the right of way, on trees and fences and various buildings without the con- sent of the owner. Wants State Agency to Act. He believes many farmers whose barns are now cluttered with signs ad- vertising patent medicines, cigarettes, le economic candy, etc., “intend” to remove them, | but never get around to it, and wduld consider it & favor to have a State agency take them down, Delegate Marbury also pointed out that the people pay the taxes for the roads while the signboard companies, in most instances, capitalize the highways to their own advantage without paying any tax. In a few cases they own the land on which their signs are erected, but these are the exception, he said. State Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer believes the highways entesing Wash- ington should be made as beautiful as possible, but warned that sny le%lshthm on the subject should be handled “sanely.” Delegate William F. Keys, along with most of his colleagues, is of the opinion that taxation is the most effective method of regulating the billboards. Agreement Is Predicted. Delegate-elect Oliver Metzerott, a former member of the State Senate and experienced anti-billboard legislator, is anxious to capitalize the sentiment in favor of having the highways made as pleasing in appearance as possible in :llme for the 1932 bicentennial celebra- jon. Delegate-elect Richard C. Zantzinger, the junior Republican member of the county’s delegation, stressed the need for improvement of the highways in the suburban area of the county. He is of the opinion that the delegation can agree on a measure that will prove highly effective in eliminating many of the unsightly billboards from the highways and thus directly contribute to_the county’s advancement. Delegate J. Guy Bell of Bowle is in accordance with the sentiment of the rest of the delegation and believes some attention should be paid to highways now comparatively free from biil- boards to safeguard them from the “fate” of the Baltimore Boulevard. GIRL PILOTS DEFY LOWERING CLOUDS Bobbie Trout and Edna May Cooper Seeking to Set New En- durance Mark. By the Assoclated Press. January 5.—Bobbie Trout and Edna May Cooper, girl pilots, to the United States since 1922. Dr. Ricardo J. Alfaro, new President of Panama, photographed at the Panama legation here. In the photo, left to right: Ivan, Yolanda, Dr. Alfaro, Semora Alfaro (seated), Armelita and Rogelio. Dr. Alfaro has been Panama Minister —Harris-Ewing Photo. MRS. HART PLANS 10 HOP TOMORROW Trade Wind’s Damaged Sex- tant Replaced—Mechanics Work on Motor. By the Associated Press. * NORFOLK, Va, January 5-—Mrs. Beryl Hart and Lieut. W. 8. McLauren said at noon today that, weather per- mitting, they will hop off at 6 a.m. to- morrow on their pioneering transatlan- tic freight flight to Paris. The damaged sextant that resulted in their failure to find Bermuda, the first stop of their projected flight Saturday, at the Hampton Roads Naval Air Sta- tion were overhauling the motor pre- paratory to the take-off tomorrow. Both McLauren and Mrs. Hart watched ‘work on their ship after nearly 12 hours of sleep. They awoke to find that & sextant had been procured from An- napolis with ~ financial arrangements made_through friends of McLauren in New York. “We are going to take off in the morning,” Mrs. Hart said, with her Gyes sparkling as she spoke of the trip, “fand we are going to get there and fly back.” She said that the motor had been running beautifully and that she had no fear that the gasoline capacity of the huge tanks of their white mono- plane Trade Wind would be_insufficient for their longest hop from Bermuda to Azores. She estimated that the trip from Hampton Roads to Bermuda would re- quire about six hours. “We'll be there for lunch, with fa- vorable weather,” she said. SEXTANT TROUBLE SETTLED. Weems Guarantees Payment for Instrument. ANNAPOLIS, Md., January 5 (#).— The difficulty over a sextant which threatened to halt the transatlantic flight of Mrs. Beryl Hart and Lieut. William S. MacLaren has been settled, it was announced today by Comdr. P. V. Weems of the Naval Academy with the guarantee of payment for the new instrument sent them from here. Payment of $400 for the instrument was guaranteed today by Col. H. L. Copsey of the Newark Air Service, Comdr. Weems said. The sextant was being used at the academy, but it be- longs to a private corporation. Comdr. Weems said the sextant was not the one which he used to teach | navigation to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, but a later model. NYE PLANS BILL TO BAN EXCESSIVE CAMPAIGN FUNDS (Continued From First Page.) Comdr. Illinois and Pennsylvania in the Senate primaries of that year and made re- ports to the Senate, which resulted finally in the Senate’s denying to seat the Senators-elect from those States, Smith and Vare. The Reed commijt- tee, however, did not draft proposed amendments to the corrupt practices act. In the case of Truman H. Newberry, Senator from Michigan, elected in 1918, the Supreme Court held that the Fed- eral corrupt practices act went beyond constitutional limits in dealing with State primaries. The problem is not an easy one, but Senator Nye hopes to be able to draft a law which will stand the test of the courts. ‘The story from Montana in regard to the fund supposed to have been raised to defeat Walsh has it that a Republi- can leader of national prominence car- ried the money to Montana and turned it_over to a Republican leader there who has since died. If the money was not actually taken to Montana, it is said that a promise of that amount was made. With that in mind, workers were sent out and every effort made to line up the voters for Galen against Walsh, Local Republicans put up cash which they expected to have refunded to them out of the larger fund. But before the Montana campaign was over, the national Republican leader had left the State and so had his Montana associate. The latter died. And now the Republicans are said to be facing & $40,000 deficit for the umpnlqn‘ ‘The Nye Committee is anxious to learn if had been replaced, and naval mechanics | been acquired over certain commodities by which the control of the supply and rices of food was supposed. to have Been maintained. The court now in- sists that all the other parts of the de- cree not now modified but which been held in abeyance pending lit’gh- tion shall be complied with promptly in every respect in which the packers may ROt heretofore have complied. (Copyrisht, 1931.) CHARLES SEGER, 31, DIES Blood Transfusion Fails to Save Hospital Patient, Long IIL Charles Seger, 31 years old, of 1144 | the ta Seal street northeast died in y tal Saturday night after a long Db A blood iranstusion given him S S effort to save , Provi 3 e arters detectives blood the efficiency of puplls the “vm Iwnv’-‘w& gfi.mcummuu heated places, | manship rotates grom his A number of headqu folunteered after Lhk{ took off from the damaged craft in lifeboats. The City of Mont- | gomery docked with her bow damaged. | ‘The last two, who clung to the main- mast as the dredge settled into the | water, were rescued by two sailors from | the President, who rowed to them in | & small_boat. The Raritan, built in 1908 at a cost | of $191,000, was 290 feet long and had a displacement of 3,911 tons. She was a sister ship of the Navesink, w] sank two years ago off Staten Island with & loss of more than 20 lives. Most of the rescued men were scan dressed when taken from the lifeboats. They had been in their bunks when the crash came and ran immediately to task of launching the lifeboats. ' Raritan’s captain, John Peterson of Brooklyn, suffered contusions of the shoulder abdomen in the collision and was treated at a hospital. Lack of warmth in school rooms re- to_only fueling ship, ot | 1n order o circled their small monoplane through | there was a secret $100,000 fund, how it was expended and where it came lowering clouds today, undaunted in| it wes exPeRdee el BOUTe, Me Sald, their effort to set a new endurance| whether the fund had any connection flight record. with the activities of Ku Klux Klan The girls took off at 2:30 p.m. (Pacific | leaders in Montana against Walsh and Coast time) yesterday in an effort to| i favor of Galen. break the 42-hour-16-minute woman's Lucas and Nutt to Testify. endurance record mow held by Miss| The Nye Committee is slated to hold 4 meeting tomorrow morning, With Trout and Elinor Smith and hoped to | 0'5¥ 1 ycag evecutive director of threaten the men’s record of 645 hours, | {he Republican Nationa' Committee, and 28 minutes, 30 seconds held by Dale|Joseph R. Nl‘é:: treasurer nrH Ll'ée Na- Jackson and Forest O'Brine of St. Louis, | tional Committee, an ‘ade H. Cooper, They went aloft with a light load president_of the Commercial Bank, be- fore it. Further inquiry will be made and made three refueling contacts be-| ing, the use of the “special account” of fore dark. During the second contact | the I;Regxbh%m Nmox;:l t‘:‘o%m:&ue o used 3 which Mr. Cooper referred during basker from ':‘i.."",’&’.,.‘,{':,";,‘:n.“ Diew | testimony before the holidays, and part back and fouled the controls of the|of which u‘e“(’n rpteh:g:gpgm ,:r:t &"fi'fo.": A a guaran nhl“l ol the Lady Rolph, the endurance of‘:&,(mo fndtib i et ghnhyln: iron nerve, Miss Trout, at | of which Mr. Lucas paid for anti-Norris the controls of the Lady Rolph, and |campaign literature. Budd Hussey, at the controls of the re-| Later in the week Senator Nye hopes flew onward, close together | to have a final hearing in the Pennsyl- keep the rope slack, while | vania election case, and then to make Miss Cooper, a former actress, a report to made a daring trip along the catwalk Senator James J. FRANK H. PIERCE, SR. F. H. PIERCE, SR., DIES; ADVERTISING PIONEER Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow, With Burial in Oak Hill O Cemetery. Prank Hutches Plerce, sr., 66 years old, ploneer advertising man of this city and at ope time advertising man- ager of the Washington Post, died at is home, in the El-Caser Apartments, yesterday. He had been falling for sev- eral years, it is stated, but his death came unexpectedly. Heart disease was ascribed as the cause. Puneral services will be held at Hy- song’s funeral home, 1300 N street, morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Inter- ment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. A native of Hebron, Ill, Mr. Pierce came to this city as a boy. After serv- ing for 18 years as advertising manager of the Washington Post, he entered business for himself and at the time of his death conducted a printing estab- lishment. Active in Masonic circles, he was a member and past master of Federal Lodge No. 1, F. A. A. M.; a member of Washington = Commandery, Knights Templar, and a member of Areme Chap- ter, Order of the Eastern Star. Fe aiso was past illustrious master of No. 1 Council. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Marie Helena Pierce, and & son, Frank Hutches Plerce, jr. INTERNATIONAL DAY’ HELD AT AUTO SHOW Luncheon and Trade Conference Is High Spot of Today’s Program, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 5.—Automobile manufactures, dealers, and engineers of the Nation were present in legions today for “international day” at the thirty-first National Automobile Show, which opened Saturday at Grand Central Palace. The high spot of the day was an international luncheon and trade con=~ ference. Executives of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce and officers of the National Automobile Dealers’ Assoclation and the National Association of Finance Companies de- livered addresses on highway and traf- fic problems, auto financing and re- lated subjects. It was estimated by show officers that upward of 25,000 persons viewed the more than 300 models on display yes- terday. Ford Motors, following its traditional policy, is exhibiting at its own show rooms on Broadway, although Lincoln cars are included in the regular show. The Ford exhibits depict the making of automobile from the eJml'mms of raw materials to the finished product. to- | Freighter Reaching Istanbul Re- CAREY AND CROSBY 10 DISCUSS POLICE Senator Seeks Commission- ers’ Views on Need of New Legislation. m&a&hr C:‘rey. Re&lfilcs{,\.‘n( wy; , Tecently ap] airman o the police and fll’e?::lbcommllue of the Senate District Committee, will have a conference within the next few days with Commissioner Crosby to find out whether there is any new legislation needed to handle personnel matters in the Police Department. The Senator said he would talk to the Commissioner about developments that have arisen’in connection with the lah Limerick. Senator Carey said he had confi- dence in Gen. Crosby and was inclined to leave the handling of police per- sonnel matters to those in charge of the department rather than by conducting committee investigations. He said he would have a talk with thhe”go i hdnef in ofl:er to fldnd out whether the department regards any additional legislation as necessary. The rouee and fire subcommittee had before tllthehltsmknorcongl;:lul printed resolution sponsored by ator Blease of South Carolina for an investi- gation of police affairs. The subcom- mittee, then headed by former Senator Robsion of Kentucky, made a study of the * laws nmtn!o fo gambling and drafted two bills amend those laws. Nothing has comé before the subcom- mittee since thelast session. U. 5. SKIPPER KNIFED AS CREW MUTINIES veals Attack and Disap- pearance of Men. By the Associated Press. ISTANBUL, Turkey, January 5—A mutiny in the crew of the American freighter Hopatcong was disclosed to- day, when she reached here from Odessa with her captain wounded and her crew missing. The crew deserted at Odessa and the officers navigated the ship here from the Black Sea port. She put into Odessa with a cargo of machinery from New York and the crew of six men went ashore after the cargo was unloaded. When they came back they piled aboard shouting they had turned Communists. Roaring into the skipper's cabin, they knfles Chlipt Bergsten and scrambled off the ship. Bergsten spent 10 days in a hospital and when he was discharged he and his officers brought the ship here and collected a Turkish crew. They will sail for New York. ‘The Hopatcong left New York Sep- tember 18 and was anchored in the Istanbul Roads on the night of De- cember 21, waiting for a heavy fog to lift. She was struck by the British steamer Rio Azul and had a hole stove in her stern. The Rio Azul also was damaged. When repairs were effected the Hopatcong went on to Odessa. Originally she was a Shipping Board vessel and now she is operated by the Jersey American Steamship Co. of New York. Ordinarily she carries a crew of about 45 hands. MURDER CHARGES FILED Ex-Missouri Sought Slaying of Teacher Sisters. NEWKIRK, Okla., January 5 (#).— ‘Two charges of murder were filed today Convict in against Earl Quinn, 29, former Missouri convict, sought as the slayer of Jessie and Zexia Griffith, school teacher sis- ters, of Blackwell, December 28. ‘The charges were brought by Bruce Potter, county attorney, who has ex- pressed confidence he has a strong case against the fugitive and that Quinn will be arrested shortly. SCIENCE LEADING SOOTHSAYING IN WEATHER-GUESSING U. S. Expert Rated .800 Against Barnyard Forecaster’s .600 in Comparative Accuracy. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 5—Sci- ence led soothsaying by a windvane and & couple of gadgets today in the weather-guessing sweepstakes between George S. Bliss, Government Weather Bureau expert, and Sam Brunner, vet- eran goose-bone prophet. The contest is being conducted by & Philadelphia newspaper to determine the comparative accuracy of scientific methods of forecasting as opposed to the barnyard variety, involving goose bones, groundhogs, your Uncle Dudley’s “rheumatiz” and similar rinkiboo. It began January 1 and is to continue for one month. ‘The news, r's scorecard, giving the daily forecasls, shows Bliss predicting e at an .800 clip and Brunn the Senate on the case of elected in the last . ftamorro CONTEST Bliss has won four and lost one; Brun- inquiry into the fatal shooting of Beu- i BANK BANDITS LOOT 30 DEPOSIT BOKES Assistant Cashier of Chicago Institution Held—Other Funds Taken, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 5.—The lotting of between 20 and 30 safety deposit boxes of the Lawrence Avenue. National Bank, with a loss that may reach $100,~ 000 in cash and negotiable bonds, and the apparent theft of between $10.000 and $20,000 of the bank's own funds, was revealed today es examiners pre- pared to push an investigation of the institution’s affairs, The robhery was discovered late yes- terday when two vault doors. were opened in the presence. of Federal, county, police and bank officials, The time locks had been set last Thutsday to open in 71 hours. John E. Malloy, assistant cashier, who told police that four bandits, posing as bank examiners, had looted the vaults and kidnaped him last Thursday, told officials thai the robbers had forced him to set the time locks. Police Clubs Check Mob. A thousand depositors, both men and women, milled around the bank whilc police used their clubs effectively to keep them in check. Malloy, who was charged with conspiracy to embezzle, following his return from Milwaukee, where he said the robbers took him, was not present when the vaults were opened. He was held in a detective bureau cell, a Federal prisoner, while the depositors s'touted his name with epithets. The first glimpse within the vaults revealed chaos. Ledgers and other books were in disorder and a cursory inspection showed thmt page records hudmn torn out or otherwise muti~ Chisel and Hammer Used. One report sald that less than $200 ° remained in the box which the bank maintained in the vault for its llmy of cash. There were indications 13 some of the boxes had been opened with a chisel and hammer. There was no way of making a defi- nite estimate of the loss because the owners of the looted boxes had not had time to prepare and submit lists of their valuables. s It could not be learned whether any bearing on the bank's tentative merger with another bank were missing. It was cstablished, however, that the proposed merger was com- pleted last Thursday, but was up by Malloy’s story of the robbery. FOOD NOW ASSURED TO HUNGRY FARMERS Arkansas Situation Steadier as Re- sult of Relief Measures Undertaken. By the Associated Press. ENGLAND, Ark., January 5.—Food was available today to allay the hunger of 300 or more drought-ridden farmers who made sanguinary threats against merchants on Saturday. Adthorities estimated the immediaté allowance would not last longer than tonight, but.with a view to future policy, Albert Evans, Red Cross relief %ecmr (eL’Arhnu-l. and Henry M. er, special representative of the.na- tional organization, came to 5 st was Srsea' plies was ied by local relief authori- ties. Albert Walis, county Red Cross chairman, assured needy “No- body was going to starve.” These assurances from reljef were believed to have a lmm fluence upon farmers in this section, many of whom are destitute a combination of economic _condif drought and virtual failure of the money crop, cotton. DROUGHT AID FUND MEASURE ADOPTED BY BOTH HOUSE (Continued From First ) It has reached the people in the towns and near the towns, but the most abject cases are in the country. The allocation of funds by the Red Cross is such that no_human being can survive on them.” Farmers near England, Ark., Caraway said, once were prosperous. He added it conditions are bad there “you gan imagine how much worse they are in less favorable localities.” Representative Blanton, Demoer: Texas, issued a statement assailing policy of the Federal Lank Bank in not granting extensions of loans, while Representative Tilson of Cox the majority floor leader, said: “In making available $45,000,000 of public funds for loans to farmers, - gress is making it possible for the af- flllcu"(iln flrrmal;!ktg p‘:lbceed with the planting of their Spring crops through furnishing money for fenmm. seed and feed as well as fuel for farm ma- chinery. In addition, provision is made for the taking care of feed for cattle and other live stock during the Winter months,” fim fgflflmcfiz bes(:re the Aj lons Committes, Secretary Hyde said, “We feel since Congress huyle! the figure we would like to have the amount appropriated as rapidly as possible.” He made it clear that he would not construe the language of the law to include loans for food for human be- ings, but only for seed, feed, fertilizer and fuel incident to production of crops, Dr. Warburton testified that before loans could be procured from the fund farmers would be required to state they would be unable to farm during 1931 unless funds are advanced by the Federal Government. Apportionment Elastic. As to allotting the fund to the dif- ferent States, Warburton said an elastic apportionment was made. “If we find there is a beyond the estimate,” he continued, “we hold a reserve to supplement that, or we cut down what has been allotted sflx{_xcwtl;e{a e]s;." 2 ‘entative plans of the department call for offices to mmtnuurerhe fund acdsmm‘. Ol:’.lnd Fotks, N an ly in the Southern Mississip) Valley, in addition to the office hel‘gi. “We will probably want one for the Southern Mississippl Valley States,” Warburton said, “the location of which has not yet been definitely decided. The volume of work there, including the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, Missis- sippi and Tennessee, will be so very great that really we would like to have two offices rather than one.” Local advisory committees, coi ner has three wins and two losses. Each was scored with a win and a loss yés- terday. Bliss said it would be mostly cloudy, with moderate winds; Brunner that -1t would be clear and cold. The day was clear, with warm winds. The contest has divided a consider- his disposal, issues the more complete forecast 24 hours in ad- vance, while Brunner hits the high spots only. &m his complete pre- mo after ks ago, s weather aloft and the old goose bonegnd a tat- anac. l‘nd mild temperal . B\ , consisting of a prominent banker and two leading farmers, are to aid agricultural agents in making the loans, the maxi- mum to one psrson amounting to about $2,000, with the average about $250. All of the loans are to be Secretary Hyde revealed that in'han- dling previous loans of this nature the collec from 170 to more than 90 per cent, with no reimbursement for the overhead. Installation Arranged. Arrangements have been made by members of the Policemen’s Association for the entertainment of those who at- tend the annual installation of officers at Odd Felicws' Hall tomorrow night. It B SRt the eisk wil w'n:_: AR '