Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1931, Page 2

A-2 = ARMY-NAVY AERIAL CONFLICT IS ENDED Land Forces to Be Respon- sible for All Coast Defense, Including Islands. Several years of controversy between the Army and Navy over the important matter of responsibility for aerial coast | prisoi defense have been settled by ‘a decision the place of naval aviation is with fleet and that the Army Air Corps 1s responsible for all land areas, includ- ing _defense of the sea colsts not only of the Nation but of its island posses- ns. ‘The controversy has disturbed those charged with the national defense ever since aviation began to play an impor- tant military role. Prolonged congres- stonal hearings have been held and special Army and Navy boards have labored long and diligently over the matter. Pratt and MacArthur Confer. The decision, which was announced just as the War and Navy Departments closed for the day yesterday, came as @ result of conferences between Admiral Willlam V. Pratt, chief of Naval Oper- ations, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chief of staff of the Army. Formal announcement of the agreement was made by the Navy Department yester- day evening. ‘The agreement is regarded as one of the most important aviation policies since the close of the war. Under the newpolicy, the naval air force will move with the fleet as an important element in solving the pri- mary missions confronting the Navy sea forces. ‘The decision to make naval aviation an arm of the fleet and nothing else, automatically makes the naval aviation squadrons unavailable, except under ex- traordinary conditions, for operation solely in coast defense. Such land stations as are maintained by the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics in the future will serve only as training astations and as ports, but will not be led as coast defenses. re’;::ng'reement. however, will not re- sult in the abandonment of any of the Navy's air stations ashore for the pres- ent, it was announced. Pratt Policy Unchanged. Under the new agreement, it was announced, the naval air policy enun- ciated by Admiral Pratt on December 8, | yig; which is to take effect April 1, will re- main unchanged. The new operating policy outlines in detail war and peace operations of naval aircraft, subject to new developments in aviation or to “circumstances which cannot now be foreseen.” TUnder this policy the Navy accepts the general principle laid down by the Morrow _ Aircraft that there should be three ajr arms—military, naval and civil—functioning through “co-operation” rather than through central control. In announcing this policy, Admiral Pratt expressed unalterable opposition to plans for a unified air service, de- claring that such unification “looks well on paper and in theory has many vir- tures, yet in practice it is suited best to small and more automatically con- ducted tional THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. IFIVE PRISONERS ARE WHIPPED:; IT'S AN OLD DELAWARE CUSTOM Waraen Lays Lashes on Bare Backs With Cat-o'-Nine-Tails—Dates Back to Dutch in 1656. By the Associated Press. WILMINGTON, Del, January 10.— Five men, convicted of larceny and serving terms in Newcastle County Workhouse, were marched out into the n court yard a few mornings ago and submitted to a punishment as old as the State of Delaware. Stripped to- their waists, they were tied to a whipping pcst and a prison officer with a cat-'o-nine-tails carried out the sentence of the court. Two of them were given 20 lashes and the other three 10 lashes each. Only in Delaware of the United States in 1931 is a punishment formally ad- ministered which was general all up and down the Atlantic Seaboard nearly 300 years ago. ‘Whipping Done Carefully. It is done as humanely as possible. ‘The lashes are laid on so carefully that they rarely break the skin and the limit, 60_lashes, is seldom administered. But Delaware believes the whipping post is an excellent deterrent against crime. The legislators say that once & professional crook has been whipped he disgraced befcre his fellows of the underworld and loses caste. As recently as 1923 a movement to abolish the whipping post was defeated in the Legislature. yer:t:swomnn has been whipped for many The law prescribes 40 lashes for high. way robbery, 20 to 40 lashes for breal ing and entering, 39 lashes for counte: feiting, not more than 20 lashes for arson or petty larceny and from 5 to 30 lashes for wife beating. In addition, of course, the offender is fined or im- prisoned or both. First Used in 1656, The whipping post is known to have been used in Delaware in 1656, when the Dutch settled there, but the oldest written record goes back to April 9, 1688, when an innkeeper in Sussex County was sentenced to be whipped for an offense which is not named in the l'“!:]“‘t’fl 1905, when ff lish i , When it was abolished b; the Legislature, the pillory also Wli used in Delaware. The limit was one hour in the pillory, after which the prisoner usually was whipped. The task of administering whippings is extremely distasteful to Warden El- mer J. Leach. POSTAL BRBERY GASE N PROGRESS Department of Justice Pre- pares Case Against Indiana Member of Congress. ‘The case against the Indiana mem- ber of Congress, who has been charged by the Post Office Department with ac- cepting money from four postmasters for their appointments, is being pre- pared in its final details today by the Department of Justice criminal di- ion. George R_ Jeffrey, United States attorney at Indianapolis, is in Washington today following his con- ference yesterday with Nugent Dodds, newly appointed Assistant Attorney General in charge of the criminal di- vision. Meanwhile, Justice Department offi- cials stuck to their contention that the name of the member of the House in- volved should not be made public until formal action is taken by the Govern- ment. The four postmasters, sum- marily dismissed by Postmaster Gen- eral Brown after being accused of buy- ing their appointments, lived in the district of Representative Rowbottom, Republican, who was defeated in the November elections. & . Attorney General Mitchell, although pledging the department to swift action in the case, would not disclose the ac- tion contemplated. He said the normal course would be for Jeffrey to place the units, and under stress of na- from its overload. charges before a grand jury at the earliest possible moment unless facts are uncovered to preclude this move. MARYLAND U. C. V. COMMANDER DIES Maj. Gen. N. D. Hawkins, Vir- ginia ‘Native, Was Il for Short Time. Maj. Gen. N. D. Hawkins, com- mander of the Maryland division of the United Confederate Veterans' organiza- tion, died at his home, 3431 Fourteenth street, this afternoon after a short dlness. Born in Bedford County, Va., July 26, 1849, Gen. Hawkins was the son of John . and Lucinda Campbell Hawkins. In i\a youth he served in the Confederate Army. Foliowing the Civil War he attended Virginia Military Institute, from where he was graduated with high honors in June, 1872. At 'the time of his death, Gen. Haw- kins had the distinction of being the last surviving member of the guard of honor detailed by the Virginia Military Institute commandant to mount guard over the body of Gen. Robert E. Lee upon the latter's death. ‘Gen. Hawkins was married Augus! 30, 1874, to Miss Janie Sydnor Smith of Campbell County, Va. He was & ent farmer and business man of Bedtord County for nearly 50 years and for 11 years of that time was county superintendent of schools. He is survived by his widow, two sons, J. H. Hawkins and N. D. Hawkins, jr., both of this city; five daughters, Miss Mamie F. Hawkins and Miss Evelyn Hawkins, both of this city; Mrs. J. K. ‘Walker of Bedford, Va.; Mrs. J. M. Mc- Chesney of Abingdon, Va., and Mrs. Henry G. Ellis of Petersburg, Va. He also leaves 14 grandchildren and two brothers, Edgar Hawkins of Salem, Va., nd John ¥. Hawkins of Booneshoro, Va. Funeral services will be conducted at the Francis Asbury M. E. Church to- morrow_afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev. Dr. J. J. Rives, pastor of that church, | will officiate. The body will be taken %o Bedford, Va, for burial. PURSE-NET FISHING S HIT BY LEAGUE! Tzaak Walton Council Also Pro- tests Shipments of Maryland Bass. | & Asks for Legislation. ‘The annual convention of the Mary- land and District of Columbia Regional Council of the Izaak Walton League of America held yesterday at the Lord Baltimore Hotel, in Baltimore, unani- mous'y adopted resolutions urging the General Assembly of Maryland to pass legislation abolishing purse-net fishing in Maryland waters and to stop the sale and shipment of black bass in that State. ‘The convention was called to order by E. Lee Le Comte, State game warden | of Maryland, and William F. Broening, mayor of Baltimore, made the welcom- ing address. Col. C. Seymour Bullock, repr<senting national headquarters of the league, responded in behalf of the delegates present. ‘The convention went into session at 10 a.m. After hearing the report of the secretary-treasurer, 8. Edward Shaw of Prederick, Md. addresses were made by Abel Wolman, chief engineer State Department of Health on Pollution, and M. E. Towner, president of the Mary- land State Game and Pish Protective Association, for abolishment of purse- Retting in Chesapeake Bay. Lewis Radcliffe, deputy commissioner diana Representative came as a of information given the Post The case against the unnamed ’I-rlll- result Sttce rtment by Senators Watson and inson, both Indiana Republicans. YOUTH, 18, IS CLEARED OF ROBBERY CHARGE Stephen Henry Folk Found Not to Be Implicated in Theft From Drug Store. Stephen Henry Folk, 18 years old, of quarters detectives yesterday when cleared in complicity in the robbery of a Connecticut avenue drug store early Monday. Folk and two other youths were taken into custody on Thursday in connec- tion with the robbery. The other two, Morris Carlton Beck, 18 years old, of 2523 Fourteenth street, and James L. Carpenter, 18 years old, of 1816 Kil- bourne street, are still being held. L. C. STEPHENS’ FUNERAL : | SERVICES ARE CONDUCTED War Department Clerk Buried in Fort Lincoln Cemetery This Afternoon. Puneral services for Lloyd C. Steph- ens, 45 years old, clerk in the War Department, who died at his home, 3002 South Dakota avenue northeast, Thurs- day, were to be conducted in the W. W. Chambers funeral home, 1400 Chapin street, this_afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, with Rev. Dr. Frederick Wenchel offi- ciating. Interment was to be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Stephens had been a resident of this city since 1918. He died after an liness of three months. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary H. Stephens; a daughter, Miss Geral- dine Stephens of this city; two sisters, Mrs. Ralph Bretz and Mrs. Edgar Acker, 2nd a brother, Harry K. Stephens, all of Pennsylvania. Marriage Licenses. Prank C. Disney, 25 and Eva May Nichol- son. 2 : ev. George F. Dudley. er. 34 and Gertrude E. 30, both of Baltimore, Md.; Rev. Poore Nicholas T. Redman. 74, and Lura K. Hen- derson, 68; Rev. Norman C. Harrington. 31, Townse b 22, Brandywine, Md.} v is. Robert D. Lake. 37, and Mary E. Pewell, 24, both of Wellington, Va.i' Rev. Allan F. sore. John J. Green, 24, and Helen Wheeler, 20; Rev. Elijah Coléman ©f the U. S. Bureau, spoke on “Pederal Ald 1l_l‘ Enforcing Black Bass Legis- The banquet at night was attended by ‘The lnflker’l“:eu Dr. M. D. Arcy o land-Dis- Saer o ‘Towner, president of the 3 State Game and Pish Pro- i%fln&,m toastmaster, Work has coplies of the latest Photo shows 1935 Park road, was released by head- | RED CROSS LISTS AID FOR ARKANSAS $192,930 Used for Relief in State Since January 1, Report Shows. By the Associated Press. Hungry Arkansas farmers have re- ceived $192,930 from the National Red Cross since January 1. This sum brought to $485,214 the total Red Cross relief there, exclusive of what {)oecral chapters have spent’since Decem- 31. De Witt Smith, assistant director of domestic operations, reported today the natfonal relief fund was being more heavily drawn upon not only in Arkan- sas but in other drought States where the Red Cross has taken charge. Up to the first of the year, he pointed out, the localities concerned have borne their share of the burden, local Red | Cross chapters in Arkansas contributing $107,086, as against cash grants of $185,197 from the national organization. Smith said that even now, in many cases, it was only necessary for the Red Cross to give many families small grants to supplement their own food to bring it up to normal rations. He emphasized that each family is con- sidered as an individual case, and helped according to its need. Of $849,965 spent prior to December 1, $202,284 was in the State of Arkansas. NEW TURKEY ADVANCES IN SPITE OF HANDICAPS National Geographic’ Society Lec- turer Attributes Marked Progress to Homogeneous Popnln!on_ The new Turkey, defeated in the ‘World War, diminished in area, virtually eliminated from Europe, has made marked strides in modern progress and stability by reason cf the fact that its remaining population is one of the most homogeneous of the post-war countries, according to Dr. Maynard Owen Wil- liams, foreign correspondent of the Na- tional Geographic Society, who lectured before the soclety’s members at the Washington Auditorium last evening. Western ideas are bemg introduced rapidly, the speaker said, and his pic- tures, taken on a 2500-mile tour through Anatolia, showed amazing con- glomerations of old and new, such as a train of camels laden with gasoline from America and huge packets of matches from Sweden. [ — FORMER D. C. WOMAN DIES | Mrs. Mary Halbert Lewis of Nash- ville of Prominent Family. Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Mary Halbert Lewis, for- mer resident of this city, in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday. Mrs. Lewis was member of an ol and prominent family of Nashville. Surviving Mrs. Lewis are her sons and daughters, Mrs. Charles R. White of Chevy Chase, Mrs. Frank A. Butler and Mrs. Henry C. Stockell of Washing- ton, Bentley Lewis of New Orleans, La.; Rush T. Lewis and Mrs. Lucille Dugan of Riverside, Calif. Mrs. Lewis spent several years with her daughters in Washington, but re- turned last Summer to her old home. STAR EMPLOYE DIES Slyvanus Camm, 61, Had Been Em- ployed by Paper Quarter Century. A long illness resuited in the death yesterday of Sylvanus Camm, 61-year- old colored laborer, who had been em- ployed in the composing room of The Star for a quarter of a century. Rev. H. T. Gaskins will officlate at funeral services Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, in Murray's chapel, Twelfth and V streets. Interment will be in Lynchburg, Va. A mourning session will be held tonight at the colored Elks’ Home, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Woman Leader Arrested in India. KARACHI, Tndia, January 10 (#).— Kiki Bhen, woman dictator of the Na« tionalist Committee, was arrested last night charged with delivering an un- ‘a | “running around late to dances” might D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1931. CITIZENS APPROVE | ~ BILLBOARD FIGHT Brightwood Association Com-i mends Civic Group Waging Fight for Beauty. The Brightwood Citizens' Association at a meeting held last night in the Paul Junior High School adopted a resolution commending the work of the American Civic Association in advo- cating the removal of unsightly bill- boards. The association commended William McK. Clayton, a member of the asso- ciation, for his presentation before the Senate District Committee a few days ago of the 60—40 plan for financing the District of Columbia. ‘The approval of H. R. bill 12571 was given by the association in the interest of reduced fares for school children on the local street railway and bus lines. The unsightly dump at the north end of the Piney Branch Bridge on Six- teenth street was called to the atten- tion of the members by President Charles W. Ray. It was pointed out that it is being used as a central point for storing cinders and not for filling-in purposes. The attention of the Dis. trict Commissioners is to be called to the situation. The association indorsed the candi- dacy of Miss Etta L. Taggart, daughter of the late Hugh Taggart, for the posi- tion of judge of the Juvenile Court, on motion of John A. Saul. Traffic lights will be requested at the intersection of Rittenhouse street and Georgia avenue and also at the inter- section of Park road, New Hampshire and Sherman avenues and Monroe street. A. W. Foster invited the attention of the association to the fact that while there hed recently been permitted a re- duction in the butter fat contents of milk sold in the District there had been no reduction in the price of milk. ‘The meeting conciuded with an ad- dress by J. Newton Baker, representa- tive of the National Society of Sons of the American Revolution, who spoke on the subject of “Immigration.” MOTHER OF GIRL DENIES BODY WAS ON CLEAN BEDDING (Continued From First Page.) sister Christmas day. Earl Reed, & roomer at Mrs. Limerick’s home, tele- phoned her while she was at work in a downtown department store on the morning of December 31, saying Beulah was {ll. Mrs. Bywaters took a taxicab to her mother’s home and there joined Mrs. Limerick, Earl Reed, Vernon Lim- erick and another man who had offered to drive them in his automobile to Miss Limerick’s home. Saw No Blood Stains. Marion 8. Ashford, a contractor, was the last witness to take the stand be- fore the recess was announced. Ashford testified that he drove Mrs. Limerick and her son Vernon to Beulah's home on the morning that her death was discovered. He said that when he arrived at the home he felt the girl's body and found it to be warm. He then sent for the rescue squad. Prosecutor Collins questioned Ashford as to whether he noticed any blood on the pillows or bed clothes, and he an- swered in the negative. He also testified that he noticed coal on the floor near the stove, but did not notice a shell, which police say was later found at that point. Detective John Flaherty testified yes- terday that Langdon volunteered the information he questioned the under- taker on the night of January 1, some 24 hours after the latter found a bullet hole in Miss Limerick’s skull. “Would Have Faced Music.” Flaherty further went into detail with regard to the various telephone hoxes on Langdon's beat from which the patrolman reported to his precinct on the morning of the girl's death, Flaherty said Langdon, in response to a hypothetical question which sug- gested he might have killed the girl accidentally while investigating a com- plaint of disorderly conduct, replied he would not have “stepped out of it,” but would have “faced the music” in such an eventuality. Langdon was smiling and confident during yesterday's hearing. At the ad- journment, his wife hurried to his side and the two were clasped in an emo- tional embrace for a brief moment be- fore the officer was led back to his cell. Detective Flaherty testified yester- day afterncon that two witnesses have admitted they falsified to police at the request of the dead girl's mother, who explained to them she was afraid of stories of Miss Limerick’s drinking and invalidate the latter’s life insurance. Flaherty testified that Vernon Lime- rick at first insisted he accompanied Beulah, William Paddy and another girl to a dance at Capitol Heights, Md., on the night preceding Miss Limerick’s death. Paddy, Flaherty said, corrorborat- ed Vernon. Questioned later, Flaherty told the ful’y both young men admitted “they fed.” Both agreed that Vernon went to the dance in another automobile and returned shortly before his sister. RUBY BLAC;( TO SPEAK Newspaper Writer to Address Southern Club Members. Miss Ruby Black, former teacher of journalism and newspaper writer, will speak before the Southern Club mem- bership tomorrow at 5 o'clock at the club house, 1701 Massachusetts avenue. Miss Black will discuss the subject, “Hazards of a Woman.” A native of Texas, Miss Black for- merly taught journalism at the Univer- sity of Wisconsin. She is now & news- paper representative in Washington. Abandons Transsiberian Flight. MOSCOW, January 10 (#).—Amy Johnson, the British aviatrix, arrived here today by train from Warsaw and announced that she had given up her ‘liulrul speech. She will be tried Mon- ay. been started on the new approach to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery. corrected architectural drawings show how the tomb and amphitheater will Jook when completed. Three walls and the roof collapsed as from new Arlington Bridge, with tomb and amphitheater in background. ) plans to fly to Peiping across Siberia, at least until next Spring. ‘These —Wide World Photo. THREE HELD IN THE LIMERICK DEATH INVESTIGATION Three of the youths held by the police in their investiga tion into the death of Beulah Limerick, terday at the inquest. Left to right: William Paddy, V¢ A K ‘ernon Limerick, the dead Richard Reed, who iived in the house with Vernon and Beulah. i s & girl's brother. On the extreme right is —star Staff Photo. HOOVERT0 SPEED REPLY T0 SENATE Indicates Refusal to Return Nominations of Three Pow- er Commissioners. (Continued From First Page.) missal was a routine operation of law applying to all employes of the com- mission; that no power policies were at stake and that the recall move was be- yond the Senate’s rights, since th~ com- missioners had taken office. If President Hoover stands pas, the difficult course of impeachment would be the only path open for any Senate attempt to remove the commissioners from office. ‘Thirteen Republicans, 30 Democrats and the 1 Farmer-Labor member voted for recall of the three commissioners. Five Democrats joined 32 Republicans in opposition. Only one record vote was taken, that on recall of Chairman Smith’s nomination. The other names were considered by viva voce votes. The dismissed men, Russell and King, figured in extensive conflict with the old commission, opposing the policies of Executive Secretary Bonner, who also was not retained. Senator Walsh, Dem- ocrat, Montana, author of the recall motion, contended they were let out “for doing their duty.” Other Suggestions Made. ‘The opposing forces were led by Sen- ater Goff of West Virginia and Sen- ator Couzens of Michigan, both Re- publicans. Senator Bingham, Repub- lican, Connecticut, protested that the action constituted “irregular impeach- ment proceedings,” since it was based on action taken by the men in office, rather than on their qualifications be- fore assuming the duties. Alternative suggestions were advanc- ed, one for an investigation by a Sen- ate committee, another for a resolution requesting the President to dismiss the commissioners, but the recall forces would not be turned from their pur- pose. Until the President replies to the Senate demand, last night's action clears away one of the most engross- ing topics, which have served to de- lay enactment of leigslation. Other issues, however, are in the way and al- ready Senators have insisted that the Jones maternity aid bill, a long-stand- ing source of conflict, be taken u;: - fore proceding to consideration o lfi- propriation bills. The maternity bill was made the order of business today: Smith Indicates No Surprise. Action of the Senate in asking for the return of their nominations met with silence on the part of the three members of the Power Con¥nission concerned. Smith, who has been indisposed sev- eral days, was in his office for only a few minutes this morning and upon departing, left word that he would not be back today. He indicated that the action of the Senate did not come as a surprise. Draper and Garsaud, who have been busy familiarizing themselves with the details of their office, were at thelr desks early, working as usual, and there was no indication that they anticipated any departure from custom. In the meanwhile, Russell and King also appeared at the commission, where they still maintain offices, and spent the best part of the morning in con- ference. While they have insisted all along that their removal was {llezal—that Firm Is Fined $100 On Charge of Tllegal Sign Maintenance Special Dispatch to The FRONT ROYAL, Va., January 10. —Charged with unlawfully maintaining billboards in Warren County, the General Outdoor Ad- vertising Co. was fined $100 and costs by Judge Walter G. Olm- stead following a hearing of the case in the local court. ‘The evidence showed that the defendant advertising company is maintaining one sign near the underpass of the Norfolk & ‘Western Railway in Riverton and another a short distance south of the corporate limits of the town of Pront Royal in violation of section 4730 of the Virginia Code. Citizens of this community are co-operating in efforts to expose all signs illegally maintained. Counsel for the General Out- door Advertising Co. made a mo- tlon to appeal the case for the purpose of testing the constitu- tionality of the law and an ap- peal has been granted. FILIPINO KIDNAPED AND ROBBED OF $26 Freed in Monument Grounds After Being Held Blind- folded Six Hours. Abducted by two men as he stepped into his car early last night, Gregoria A. Soria, 34-year-old Filipino, of 1824 Thirteenth street, was blindfolded and held prisoner for nearly six hours after | being robbed of $36, he fold the police tod: ay. Soria was released by his captors in the Monument Grounds about 4 o'clock this morning. A look-out was broad- cast by the third precinct station, where he reported the case, but the two men were still at large today. Police were told by Soria that he was getting into his machine parked near the Columbia Hospital at Twenty-fifth street and Pennsylvania avenue about 8:30 o'clock last night when the men leaped into his car. One pushed a revolver into his side, Soria said, while the other affixed a handkerchief over his eyes. His money, about $56, was taken and the pair then drove him to a house in an unknown section of the city. Soria said the men did not remove the blindfold until they left him in the Monument Grounds in his own car and he had no idea of the loca- tlonlo( the home where he was held captive. The victim of the robbery described his captors as being about 6 feet tall and wearing grey overcoats and caps. He sald it was too dark at the point where the men entered his machine to determine whether they were white or colored. o S BETHESDA WOMEN TO WAR ON SIGNS AT CITY’S ENTRANCE (Continued From First Page.) their position s were continued under the new law reor%nnlzlng the Power Commission—both have made applica- tion for reappointment, but Russell said this morning that that was done merely to conform to the resolution re- cently adopted by the commission. un- der which all employes whose services it was contended would be ended with reorganization of the commission (King and Russell included), were invited to apply for retention of their places. Commissioner McNinch is the four- year man and Commissioner William- son the three-year man. Neither of these participated in the removal action. NYE WILL PROPOSE OUSTING OF DAVIS Senator's Election Cost Too Much, Says Chairman of Prob- ing Committee. By the Associated Press. Pennsylvania’s Senate seat, now held by James J. Davis and long vacant while the conflict over William S. Vare raged, again is threatened. Because expenditures of the Repub- lican ticken upon which Davis was elected reached a sum placed by Chair- man Nye of the Campaign Funds In- vestigating Committee at about $1,200, 000, the North Dakota Senator has nounced he will introduce a resolution to_unseat the former Labor Secretary. His action, sald Nye yesterday, will come probably in a little more than a week, as soon as the committee has completed its Pennsylvania investiga- tion and report and after other press- ing business is disposed of. “On the record as it stands now, I don't see how I could be consistent and refrain from offering such a reso- lution if others do not do it,” he said. “It is not a pleasant thing, but the only thing to do. This will be a de- termined move and more than a ges- ture. The Senate at least should be given an opg:nunlty to vote upon it.” Davis withheld comment. Nye asserted there was a “slight dif- ference” only between the Davis case | Miss Ha and that of Vare, who was denled a seat on the grounds of excessive ex- penditures and other charges in con- wum with his 1926 primary cam- gn. One Killed in Chemistry Blast. MEXICO CITY, January 10 (#)— . mktl..!nede;;fl another nle-“ verly injured in a chemical products factory in the downtown district during the night. the result of the explosion. g mine how the club could best co-operate in the campaign. Waldo Burnside, corporation counsel for Hyattsville, gave an interesting talk on “The Government and Laws of In- corporated: Towns.” It was voted to co-operate with the Chamber of Commerce of Hyattsville in staging a banquet, January 26, at which George A. G. of the Washington Gas Light Co., will be_the guest of honor. Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, president of the Women’s Club of Bethesda, re- ferring to the campaign to clean up conditions in that section, said: “‘Outdoor advertising may have its lace in the modern business scheme, ut that place, I feel, is not on the landscape along the rural highways.” Mrs. Edward M. Willls, chairman of the department of applied education, under whose direction the meeting will be held, has invited prominent mem- rs of other clubs in the metropolitan trict to hear Miss James and see the motion pictures which she will show, in the hope that this district will be the first to make presentable its roadsides into vhe Capital. ‘The Twentieth Century CI at its meeting on Thursday, & resolu=- tion approving the anti-billboard cam- paign, in which The Evening Star is co-operating. Mrs. William Walter Husband is president of the club. BILL TO BE DRAFTED, State-Wide Move to Regulate Billboards On in Maryland, Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., January 10.—A committee to draft a provisional bill regulating billboards for submission to the Maryland Legislature was appointed at a meeting held here yesterday, under auspices of the Maryland League of ‘Women Voters. Mrs. Charles E. Ellicott, president of the league, was named chairman and the committee was authorized to report back its recommendations to another conference, Legislation will be proposed, it was understood, with a view to levy- ing a State tax on billboards. Presidents of about 20 women's organizations attended the conference in the Southern Hotel. This is the first concerted State-wide movement to initiate billboard legislation this year. rlean James, executive secretary of the American Civic Association, and Mrs. W. L. Lawton, chairman of the National Council for Protection of Roadside Beauty, attended the con- ference and told about what is being done in the Washington anti-billboard campaign. y AR Two Killed in Mail Plane. BRUSSELS, January 10 (#).—A pilot and mechanic, the only occupants of the night airmail plane from Brussels Croydon, were killed when the planc crashed at midnight at Mell ‘Wood, president |- BANDIT SENTENCED T0 SIX-YEAR TERM Two Men Ordered to Prison Five Years for Snatching Woman’s Purse. Convicted of attempting a hold-up while armed, Lindsay Bunting, 36, of 115 Allegheny avenue, Takoma Park, was sentenced to six years in the peni- tentlary by Justice Peyton Gordon in District Supreme Court today. ‘The principal witness against Bunt- ing, Abraham B. Barnhardt, 49-year- old manager of an Atlantic & Pacific grocery store at Fifteenth and P streets, reported he had overpowered Bunting and beaten him into unconsciousness with a pipe after the man had | brandished a pistol in demanding the store’s receipts. Charges Man Struck Him. Gordon Matthews, alias Matthew Gordon, colored, was sentenced to serve 10 years in the penitentiary for rob- bery. Harry Vititos said he asked Matthews the way to the Benning Race Track when he met him in that vicinity November 17 at 9:30 o'clock at night. The cclored man, he declared, struck him over the head, took his cap, lumber jacket, sweater, watch and $45 in money from him. Arthur I Danlels, colored, was ordered to serve five years in the penitentiary on a charge of house- breaking and larceny. the store of Myer Herman, 3543 Hert- ford place, on the night of November 26, and stole 15 suits of clothes and two overcoats. Five Years for Snatching Pocketbook. For snatching the pocketbook of Miss Catherine O'Donmell in front of 1628 Nineteenth street November 24 Robert McFarland and John W. Caves, both colored, were sent to the penitentiary for five years each by Justice Gordon. Archie Nash, colored, also drew a term of five years in the penl'en‘t'hry 1030 Euclid street, April 12, | stole property valued at $119.50. A term of four years in the peni- tentlary was imposed on Tony Rivera on each of two indictments for house- breaking. The terms are to run con- currently. November 2 he broke into Walford’s sporting goods store and stole 13 watches and on December 4 he stole watches from the store of 8. Kann's Sons & Co. PERSHING’S TRAIN OFTEN UNDER FIRE; LIFE ON IT RELATED (Continued From First Page.) affairs and each man was seated ac- cording to rank. The overflow, if there happened to be any, ate with the aids in their mess car. More than once a brigadier general, found that there ‘were s0 many excellencies ahead of him at the chief’s table that he had to be content with a place with colonels, ma. jors and captains! “During the Meuse-Argonne drive, our special was parked in the shelter of a grove near the village of Souilly. All about us the terrain was shelled day and night, but for some reason the enemy artillery and aircraft never spot- ted our n. “There, no matter how hard it was raining, Gen. Pershing would step out of his car and walk up and down the train’s length for an hour or more, se- lecting one of his aids as a walking companion. Although I was many years his junior it taxed my endurance to keep up with him on these vigorous hikes. Baker Visitor in 1918. “During the big German push in 1918 Secretary er was a guest Col. Thornton re- Mr. Baker to Count de Chambrun of the general's staff, ‘what all the excite- ment is about.’ 3 retary,” the count replied, ‘the enemy is shelling the railroad station.’ In another mo- ment we were rolling past the station, with its shattered roof and broken windows. “When the general was bound on an official visit to Belgium the train ran into a heavy shower of metal near Dunkerque. Pershing was forced to transfer secretly to a motor car and proceed by an indirect route, while the train backed out of the danger zone. “The lighter side of Gen. Pershing’s character, in contrast with his austere dignity during trying days, scarcely made itself manifest until after the armistice. Then his young son Warren came to join us and the atmosphere brightened. Once, at Le Mans, the general ran a foot race with his boy the length of the train. When he crossed over into Germany, Yo ‘Warren, in his little suit of khaki, with a toy gun, mounted guard over his father’s car. “Throughout 20 months of service with Gen. Pershing I did not receive a cross word from him or anything approaching a reprimand. He was kind and considerate, but quickly moved to wrath by failure to carry out his or- ders precisely.” (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- paper Alliance.) THREE TO TAKE COURSE Washington Naval Officers As- signed to Study Construction. Three Washingtonians have been se- lected by the Navy Department for a Ppost-graduate course in naval construc- tion. This was made known yesterday with the publication of the lfa? of 12 who will take a one year's course at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., :“n': t;m T:{:el:‘ol“ M:léuhumu Insti- of logy at Cambridge, Mass. The three Washingtonians are En- sign Victor B. Cole, 226 Indiana ave- nue; Ensign Thomas E. Kent, jr., 2304 Tunla; and Lieuf am H. | miral ° Buresu or | par@ment. AR RECORD IS SET BY WO FLYERS Bobbie Trout and Edna May Cooper Forced Down After 122 Hours, 50 Minutes. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 10.—Bobble Trout and Edna May Cooper, both in their middle twenties, rested today after having established & new women's en- durance flight record of 122 hours, 50 minutes. ‘The girls landed unexpectedly at 5:20 o'clock last night, ending their flight, because of a cracked cylinder in the 170-horsepower motor of their small monoplane The Lady Rolph. They al- most tripled the former women's record of 42 hours, 16 minutes, set by Miss Trout and Elinor Smith of New York. Black Smoke Indicated Trouble. As fresh as though the five-day flight had been only a pleasure spin of a few minutes duration, Bobble and Edna each had a “glad to be back” and a “hated to come down"” for the startled crowd. The end of ine flight came 80 sud- denly that those on the ground did not realize it was over until The Lady Rolph_had coasted to a quick halt on the sluggish runway and the fiyers Jjumped out into the mud. The first intimation they were hav ing trouble came at noon, when ob- servers noticed a tail of black smoke wagging behind the plane as it circled the Municipal Airport. The girls, how~ ever, admitted they discovered evidenca f motor failure 10 hours before the end, Motor Falters After Storm. “The motor wouldn't turn enough revolution to gain altitude,” Miss Trout, ane of the few women who hold a transport pilot license, said, it began missing, so down we came.’ The motor began to falter just after they had ridden out one of the most severe storms ever to beset endurance ers. nyl’l'm‘l’mhl‘l of the flight said they ordered the girls to land Pocaiias house. holders near the airport were objecting to their low flying. “I wouldn’t want to go up again to- morrow,” Miss Trout said after the landing, “but I feel fine.” Refuse to Discuss Hardships. Miss Cooper said she hated to come down short of the 150-hour mark of the Army plane Question Mark, but added brightly “it was a pretty good ht at that.” either would talk about the hard- ships im| d by the storm, which pro- vided rain for nearly 50 hours of their He broke into [ Aying. ‘It wasn’t so bad, 3 “nor hard either,” Miss Trout added. Asked how they managed to keen their faces free from smudge and their clothes clean, the girls said it was a feminine secret. < COURT EXTENDS MERCY TO ESCAPED PRISONERS Four Boys Under Suspended Sen- tence for Breaking Out of Na- tional Training School. Justice. Peyton Gordon in Criminal Division 1 today suspended the imposi- tion of sentence on three white boys and one colored boy recently indicted under the new law it a felony to escape from a Federal prison. The boys were in the National Training School on B tences from other ji had portions of specific sentences to serve. To punish them for their escape the court would have to pen- alty to be served at che expiration of their present sentences. Justice Gor- don decided to hold the possibility of an added sentence over their heads in the nature of a deterrent to prevent further attempts to escape from the institution. He remanded them to the National Training School. Two of the white boys, Austin Hearell and Central Norton are only 16 years and Harvie Pritchard, the white boy, is 19. Herman Norman, colored, is 18 years old. Some of them had made as many as four escapes from the institution and others had left two or three times. manage= ment of the institution reported the matter to the Attorney General and recoursed was had to the mew escapa felony statute to have them removed, but, the wording of the statute interfered with the accomplishment of that pur~ pose and Justice Gordon was disin< clined to add an additional sentence without giving the boys another trial. PET POLICE DOG AWAKES FAMILY AS FIRE STARTS Howls and Scratches at Bed Room Door When Smoke Begins Coming From Cellar. Laddie, German police dog pet of hing | Helen Donnelly, 14 years old, got an extra large bone for breakfast yester- day and just a bit more affection than he is customary to receiving. l;.:ddle, it seems, became a hero over~ night. ‘The dog bounded up the stairs of the Donnelly home, at 1249 Evarts street northeast, when the odor of smoke assailed his nostrils and aroused the family by howling and scratching on the bed room door. An investigation disclosed the cellar m beTgn ;\ll;e and an alarm was turned . The blaze was quickly extinguish with little dlm!l&q i o VISITOR TO CAPITAL DIES Miss Clara A. Bridgman of Am« herst, Mass., Victim of Pneumoniay Miss Clara A. Bridgman, 67 years old, of Amherst, Mass., died in Emergency Hospital here yesterday after a short illness, Death was ascribed to bron< chial pneurxlnonh. Miss Bridgman was spel the Winter here with her lhhr,wfler. trude L. Bridgman, 3337 Eighteenth street. She is survived by four sisters, Miss Bridgman of this city, Miss Amy F, Bridgman of Winchester, Mass.; Mrs, Herbert W. Boyd of Bridgewater, Mass.; and Mrs. Helena Lamson of San Ber« nardino, Calif. Miss Bridgman had been active in Travelers’ Aid work in Boston. Puneral services will be held in Winchester, Mass., at a date to be announccd later, BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening :cssumvy Hall at 0 o’'clock. John assistant. March, “International Peace”.Safranek Irish overture, Innesfallen’ Koppita “Moonlight Sail to the Lovers Isle.” Scenes from musical comedy, i “Monsieur Beaucalr 3 Fox trot, “A Little Kiss Each Morn- lence’ In“‘ .. Wood «Waldteufel Finale, “Indian Sagwa”. ‘Ieen “The Star Spangled Banner. ¢