Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1931, Page 2

A2 w¥» SENATE CONFIRMS FOUR APPOINTEES Borah’s Fight on Fletcher , for Tariff Commission Is Futile. (Continueu Fyom First Page.) next best selection would be such an appointment as Mr. Fletcher, mature in judgment, patriotic and intelligent and disinterested. Mr. Fletcher is a lawyer, & soldler with a superb record in the Spanish War and a diplomat, who has learned to look at internation- al relations from something other than & parochial point of view. Held to Be Unblased. “He has no bias because of his own selfish interests. He has never lobbied and he has never been on either side of - case, I cannot imagine a bet- ter choice for chairman of the Tarift Commission if we wish the commission to function as & court functions.” The effort to override the President’s appointees to the Tariff Commission comes immediately on the heels of the controversy between the Senate and the President over the members of the Fed- eral Power Commission, whose nomina- tions the Senate last week sought inef- fectually to have returned to it by the President in order that the Senate might reject the nominations it had earlier confirmed. It has been understood for some time that the President's selections for the Tariff Commission would be under fire when the nominations were laid before . the Senate. They came up today under a unanimous consent agreement entered to some time ago. msenswr Borah, in arguing_sagainst the confirmation of Chairman Filetcher, ared further: 3 de"Ell'nere is a broader question,” said Senator Borah, “and that is what are we doing with these important com- missions that we set up. A few days ago we confirmed—I suppose we aid— the Federal Power Commission. Yet the chairman of that power commis- slon knows nothing about the subject of power, although it is & subject of greatest importance to the people. And now we come to the Tariff Commission, Which is really a_tax-levying commission, and we place at the head of it a man Who knows nothing about the tariff. ‘What kind of a hibred adjunct to our Government are we setting up in these commissions? Congress is repeated: surrendering its powers -nd”dclmnni duties to these commissions. Senator Borah said that these com- missions, although they are not r;: sponsible to any constituency, are sul ject to influences brought upon them by the executive and legislative branches of the Government. Recalls Coolidge Plan. “president Coolidge felt the necessity | of hnvtndfl:ome control over the Tariff | e e heving the i the plan of rmfi! ‘dt?:n':d of the commissioners placed in his hands, & rather stro influence, I think, on the members ol the Tarifft Commission. I suppose it was done so the President would be able to reorganize the commission ‘when it was found necessary to do 8o, when, I take it, the commission ran, counter to the views of the President. the trust question, the tax gquestion :‘M the w';' problem. The executive branch of the Government and mt‘ legislative branch ought to keep their hands off of these comm! and men should be appointed to the commissions who are experts and who have given their lives 10 M: of the questions come hem. o tor Bingham of Connecticut Senator Borah whether the Sen- ate had kept its hands off the Power Commission and what it was dolng when it voted on Friday to rec the confirmation of three- members of that commission because they had let out of office employes of the old Power Commission whom the Senate wished retained in office. Benator Borah replied that if he had considered the power commissioners had been properly confirmed by the Senate, he would not have supported the resolution for reconsideration. Smith Not Worried. At the Power Commission, mean- while, Chairman Smith said he was not worried by Senate threats to cut off funds of the commission as part of the campaign to remove from office himself and Commissioners Garsaud and Draper. ‘The commission has funds to meet all expenses, including the salarjes of all five commissioners, until June 30. The salaries of the commissioners for the six months total $25,000. Pleased by Hoover Action. Chairman Smith estimated an $118,000 balance remained in the commission's treasury. He said he was pleased by the stand taker. by President Hoover. Senate leaders of the movement to recall the nominations were considering returning the names of Smith, Garsaud and Draper to the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee for an inquiry into the dismissal of Solicitor Char! A. Russell and Accountant William B. King. The names of the three com- missioners were back on the Senate calendar “‘.mn& action today, al- though President Hoover had held they were legally in office. The Vote to put the names back on the calendar was taken after President Hoover had refused to resubmit the nominations on Saturday. Walting on Walsh, Bome Benate advocates of sending the names back to committee were waiting for Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, leader of the recall motion which car- ried the Senate, 44-37 last week, to make the first move. Benator Dill, Democrat, of Washing- ton, said he thought “the thing to do” would be to have the names re- turned to the committee and find out who was responsible for tre dismissal of Russell and King. Dill sald he un- derstood Chairman Smith was chiefly responsible for the dismissals, ‘Walsh withheld his deoision on the plan, but said he was inclined to favor an investigation by the committee of the row between the two employes and Frank E. Bonner, former executive sec- retary of the commission. Yesterdar Senator Walsh sald he saw no way of halting the com- mission from functioning since the President had refused to return their Massachusetts Bank Reopens. SPRINGFIELD, Mass, January 12 MISSING FOR TWO DAYS & finishing the hop from Virginia. MRS. BERYL HART AND LIEUT. WILLIAM 8. MACLAREN, Missing since Saturday morning with the Atlantic running rough seas, are shown here on a pontoon of their plane Trade Wind at Hamilton, Bermuda, after THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, . JANUARY 12, 1931 STARTLING LIMERICK WITNESS i . {mankind —A. P. Photo. ORY LAWSREPEAL INTHO YEARSSEE Anti-Prohibition Leader Says 24 States Now Favor It. Wet Propaganda Hit. By the Associated Press. From either side of the prohibition fence spokesmen delving into statistics presented today new claims for their causes. A prediction that in two years the necessary 36 States Wwill be ready to vote for repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment was advanced by Henry H. Curran, president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. Dr. Emmest H. Cherringtan, general secretary of the World Lcague Against Alcoholism, ‘blamed an increase in the slcoholic death rate upon “widespread wet propaganda,” but concluded that even this had not lifted the death ratio to the preprohibition mark. 24 States Ready, He Says. Curran issued a statement saying 24 States now are ready to vote for repeal. He claimed the delegations of 12 States to the next Congress contained 19 out of 24 Senators favoring submission of the repeal question to the people and 113 out of 160 Representatives taking the position. Besides the delega- tions of these States he said there were several more Senators and at least 42 more Representatives ready for submis- sion. Of the 12 States, he sald, Massa- chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Wis- consin would have two Senators each ready to vote for submission, and Mary- land, Ohlo, Louisiana, Montana and ‘Washington would have one each. Result in House Forecast. ‘The combined House delegations of New York; 1llinols, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ohio, Connecticut and Maryland, he/ claimed, would have but 32 Representatives opposed to submis- sion, out of a total of 122. The Benators included in his list were Walsh of Massachusetts, Coolidge, | Hebert, Metcalf, Bingham, Walcott, Copeland, Wagner, Glenn, Lewis, Kean, Morrow, Tydings, Bulkley, La Follette, Blaine, Broussard, Wheéler and Dill CRAMTON MAY SERVE ON BICENTENNIAL BODY Representative Considered by Com- mission as Successor to Lieut. Col. Grant, Who Resigned. Representative Louls Cramton, Re- publican, of Michigan, is one of four men who are under consideration by the George Washington Bicentennial Com miss! for appointment as successor 1o Lieut. Col. U. 8. has tendered his resignation as asso- ciate director. It was Jearned today that Represen- tative Cremton received consideration at the meeting of the Executive Commit- tee of the Bicentennial Commission which met last Wednesday in the office of Willlam Tyler Page, clerk of the House, executive secretary of the com- mission. Representative Cramton was defeated in the recent election. Because of his work, especially in fur- thering the George Washington Memo- rial Parkway proposition and the bufld- ing of the Mount Vernon Highway, Rep- resentative Cramton is understood to be particularly interested in the plans for pm&er celebration of the bicentennial of Washington's birth in 1932, when the | development projects around the Capitai | City In which he has taken an active in- terest will be nearly completed. The executive committee of the Bi- centennial Commission is to meet again on Wednesday. CLUB ASKS FOR BEER Louis Group Sends Petition to Speaker Longworth, By the Associated Press. ‘The Industrial Club of St. Louls wants beer. It sald so in a petition today to Speaker Longworth, maintaining that Congress “by a few words can imme- diately so amend the Volstead act as to once more ltgalize the manufacture and sale of non-intoxicating beer.” ol Dies in Auto Plunge. MIAMI, Fla., January 12 (#).—Harold . Roberts, 20, formerly of Pittsburg, .y med ln)’n canal near nto to- is the opinion of the of St. Louis that the President should immediately request Congress the peti- QGrant, 3d, who| from Mexican President Will Play at Polo Only for Generals By the Associated Press. ACAPULCO, Guerrero, Mexico, January 12.—A polo game in which nothing less thag & gen- eral can play has been arranged here as & vacation diversion for the President. The game will be played when the contestants, who include the President himself, the secretary of war and a State governor, can get in trim. Playing on the Red team will be Gen. Pascual Ortiz, President of Mexico; Gen. Adrian. Castre- Jjon, Governor of Guerrero; Gen. Manuel Beltran, chief of the 1ith Battalion, and Gen. Jose Cortes Ortiz, chief of the 30th Regiment. Playing on the Black team will be Gen. Joaquin Amaro, secretary of war and the father of polo in Mexico; Gen. Agustin Mora, chief of the presidential staff; Gen. Benito Garcia, chief of the plaza barracks, and Gen. Manuel Ma- dinabeitia, military chief jof the State of Guerréro, i = SENATE TO0 TAKE'UP PROHIBITION FORD. C. Howell Measure to Be Considered After Disposal of Tariff Nomina- tions and Interior Bill. The Howell prohibition bill for the District probably will be taken up in | the Senate about the middle of this week, after action has been taken on the Tariff Commission nomination and the Interior Department appropriation bill. The .Howell measure is the next bill on the program of the Steering Committee, but the tariff nominations and the Interior bill are to be disposed of first. A staterient deg]orin' the effort to obtain action on the Howell bill was is- sued yesterday John F. Dryden, ex- ecutive commander of the Washington Crusaders.’ . Mr. Dryden called attention to the position taken by the Attorney General against that section of the bill which would extend search warrant au- thority of existing law. The statement also contended that the elections last November indicated that the people are tiring of legislation along this line. WOMAN VOTERS TO PLAN WELFARE LEGISLATION Montgomery . County League to Meet in City on Friday Moraing. The Montgomery County League of ‘Women Voters will meet Friday morn- ing at 11 o'clock at the club house of the American Association of University Women, 1634 1 street, at which there will be a discussion of welfare measures for introduction in the Maryland Leg- islature. Miss Lavinia Engle, delegate Montgomery County, will be the speaker. Among the measures proposed is one for the restriction of billboards. At a meeting in Baltimore last week, spon- sored by the Maryland League of Wom- en Voters, & committee was named to draft such legislation. SPECIAL STATUS TO SPEED DROUGHT RELIEF IN HOUSE ___(Continued Prom First Pag ) have clamored for and against a $15.- 000,000 appropriation for food loans to drought sufferers. Mr. Hoover made known his approval of the Red Cross funds campaign in & letter to Chairman Payne. In it he pointed out it had been anticipated that the $5,000,000 the Red Cross had lable in the Fall might prove in. sufficient to ¢arry the burden of per. sonal relfef throughout the drought States. He recalled it had been de- DIES N NEW YORK Philanthropist Best Known as Children’s Benefactor. Palestine Backer. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 12.—Nathan Straus, patriarch of Americhn Jewry and the benefactor of liftle children the world over, died in his sleep yesterday in his eighty-third year. After the death of his wife 10 months ago, his health sank rapidly and he had been restricted to a wheel chair since his return from Europe last year. ¥or his philanthropies in the con- servaion ¢ scfant life, the establish- ment of a Jewis homeland and the relief work of the World War, the name of Nathan Straus was revered wherever suffered. In the United States, Germany, Palestine, Cuba, Po- land and the Philippines particularly he poured forth his resources to aid the under-privileged of every race and creed. Born in Bavaria. Born in Rhenish Bavaria on January 31, 1848, Nathan Straus was brought to America as a boy of 14 by his father, Lazarus, and settled in Talbotton, Ga. When the Civil War ruined his father's business, the family moved to New York and the elder Straus and his two sons started the crockery business of L. Straus & Sons. From that beginning, the brothers forged a brilllant business partnership that lasted until Isidor Siraus was lcst in the sinking of the Titanic dn 1912. Heavily interested in department stores and otfer lines, Nathan Straus re- signed his last directorate in 1925 to devote his time to the work of mercy. He championed the use of pasteurized milk for babies in 1892, establishing plants here and abroad for its manu- facture and distribution; donated an ice plant to Santiago, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War; founded the first tuberculosis preventorium at Farm- ingdale, N. J,, in 1909; ministered to the unemployed of New York in 1893 and 1914; contributed thousands of dollars and raised millions more for reconstruc- tion work among the Jews of Palestine, and sald always his ambition was “to die & poor man.” The funeral will be held at Temple Emanuel. Gifts Exceeded $2,500,000. It is said that Mr. Straus speat more than $2,500,000 in philanthropies, mostly in relieving the poor. Nathan and Isidor Straus became members of the firm of R. H. Macy & Co., eventually obtaining sole ownership. Several years later Nathan Straus and his brother bought an interest in the department store of Wechsler & Abra- ham of Brooklyn, and the firm name was changed to Abraham & Straus. In 1875 Mr. Straus married Lina Gutherz at Mannheim, Germany. Four children were born to them. ‘While passing through a dairy stable in the Adriondacks at one time he heard the cows coughing, became convinced that they had tuberculosis, and, in spite of publie opinion to the contrary, de- cided that rouch human tuberculosis was transmitted in way. A storm of protest assailed the enter- prise on the grounds that sterilization of milk devitalized it in & way to make it less nourishing. Mr. Straus per- sisted in his work which later was char- acterized by the Rockefeller Founda- tion’s International Health Board as “the beginning .of organized effort to combat infant mortality by providing abrolutely safe milk for ariifically fed infants.” Aided Poor in Palestine. After a trip to the Holy Land he spent approximately a quarter of a million dollars in ‘establishing health centers in Jerusalem to combat malaria and trachoma, and in installing soup kitchens where 1,700 people were fed daily regardless of race or creed. He was honored in connection with the silver jubllee of Greater New York in 1923 when he received the largest number of votes for having in the pre- ceding 25 years done more than any other citizen for the benefit of the public, Mr. Straus, who was a spare, bearded man with keen eyes, was described late in life by a friend of long standing as, A Verliable patriarch of the Jewish race virtually impossible to change his mind.” Mr. Straus was particularly fond of horse . xacing, and during his career owned & number of track favorites, lmm:g them Majolica and Cobwebs. Although political life always was open to Nathan Straus he accepted little in that line. Once he was Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, but was defeated. He served as park com- missioner and also as president of the Board of Health, in the latter finding l;x‘xlslnnan for his campaign for, saving es. PRAISED BY PRESIDENT., President Hoover last night issued the following statement on the death in New York of Nathan Straus, leader of American Jewry: 3 “The death of Mr. Nathan Straus re- moves from our national life a veher- able figure which will be sadly missed, & Jewish leader whose vision of service transcended all limi's of race or creed and a philanthropist whose benefactions, especially in behalf of children, were of permanent value.” PHILADELPHIA, January 12 (#).—A series of gas explosions today wrecked three homes and drove several fright- ened families to the street in night clothes, Fire followed the explosions, which police said were caused by gas leaking from a street main. Although the fire was quickly extinguished, authorities sald the blasts had so shaken the foun- dations of the structures they would have to be torn down., sirable to withhold any appeal for funds until Jocal organizations of the larger cities and the community chests advanced their own fund raising. ‘The present problem, he said, exceed- ed supply of food, clothing and personal care among farmers because of the in- ability of small rural and industrial towns to organize their own relief. The President expressed 'confidence that “every one truly deserving will be looked after with care and without waste.’ ‘The power commission situation, while offering unprecedented legal problems through the Senate actlon in the of three to 50 amend the, Volstead act,” tion sald. It was signed by Samuel W. Fordyce, president, and Chauncey B. Adams, sec- e it In 1930 Germany shi) h”ri'nuu many agri- | with and When he got an opinion it was | INATHAN STRAUS, 8 BEULAH LIMERICK FRIEND TESTIFIES Tells Inquest Mother of Slain Girl Asked Her Silence on “Gun in Stove.” (Continued From First Page.) nation of the floor for a possible bullet hole at that time. Cross-examined by Langdon's attorney, Harry T. Whelan, Beck said the floor under th: cot was “very dirty.” He also assured the jury that there was _enough coffez in several cups the kitchen of the death house to have hidden the presence of a revolver shell. Langdon found such a shell in one of the cups and this, too, he turned over to police. Brother Gives Version. Outstanding in the testimony of Earl Reed, a brother of Richard Reed, held 2 investigation, was his version of the Limerick girl's account of how she had met Robert F. Langdon, the police= man _held in the case. The witness testified the girl told him some two weeks before Christmas that Langdon had entered her room on several occas~ sions late at night without knocking. Reed said she, asked him whether he had read about Langdon In the news- papers. He explained, he replied, in the negative. “She sald Langdon told her one night,” Reed declared, “that he was supposed to ‘bump off’ some woman. She said, ‘He must be drunk or c to go around telling prople suc things.’ " Reed told the jury he was present at the home of Mrs. Limerick when her son Vernon came in and told his mother that Beulah was d-ad. He added he accompanied Mrs. Limerick and other members of the family to the room where the body was lying. Saw Body Lying on Bed. “The first thing I saw after I got there,” Reed said, “was the body lying on the bed. 8he looked like she was dead. Some of the others thought she might not be dead and asked me to call an ambulance. I called the ambulance and the fire rescue T:u‘ I waited on it five minutes, the ambulance for when it falled to come, I called and again. Collins insisted that the witness at- temfi to refresh his recollection af he had testified he remembered no con- versations between members of the Lim- erick family concerning the cause of the girl's death and any time after they were notified. declared he had overheard no remarks of this nature, Asked About Conversations. After Reed testified a doctor had told members of the family the girl had died of hemorrhage, Collins asked him whether there was any discussion with reference to how the hemorrhages might have been brought on. Reed paused to look at the celling, whereupon Collins demanded: “You've been all over this stuff before with the police and everybody, haven't you? Why do yoy hesitate s0 much in answering questions?” Evading Collins’ reprimand, the wit- ness said there were no conversations %0 far as he remembered that had any bearing on the hemorrhages, “How did her hair look when you entered the room?” Collins inquired. “It was not combed,” the witness re- sponded. On cross-examination, Reed was asked by Harry T. Whalen of counsel for Langdon, how he could remember various conversations concerning Lang- don, but could mnot ember any of the conversations whic day the girl was found dead. & e witness had no explanation” to er. Sister Called to Stand. Mrs. Ethel Anadale, a sister of the | Limerick girl and the next witness, said | she went to her sister's room in a taxi- cab on learning of the girl's death. She said she went in and kissed Beu! “I tried to talk to her,” the girl ex- plained, “but she didn't answer. I then went into the kitchen. My mother was in there crying. I tried to console her and suggested she might not be dead.” Collins asked Mrs. Anadale whether she ever had any conversations with Beulah concerning men. She answered she had not. The inquiry was recessed at 2:30 tomorrow morning. Ashford Is Recalled. ‘The first witness at today’s hearing was Marion Ashford, who described himself as a contractor farmer, living at 327 Allison street. Ashford was re- called to the stand after Langdon's at- torney questioned a statement which the witness made to the jury during Satur- day’s hearing. Langdon, according to Attorney | Whelan, informed him that he had seen (Ashford in Beulah Limerick’s residence some time around Thanksgiving. Ashford insisted Saturday and was firm in his repitition of his statement today that the only time he had ever been to the Nineteenth strect address was when he drove the Limerick girl's family to her death bed in his auto- mobtle. Asked by Whelan if his automobile to December 31, Ashford replied that it had not ever been to that address to his knowledge before. Ashford denied & direct question by Assistant District Attorney William H. Collins, who asked it Ashford was connected with the liquor business, Friend Takes Stand. Ashford explained that he rented an apartment on a floor below that occu- pled by Beulah Limerick’s mother, at 116 North Carolina avenue southeast. Ashford explained he went there to see & friend about taking a trip to Phila- delphia. The friend, Hugh H. Edwards of Gold Vein, Va. a farmer, next was called to the stand. Edwards explained that her had boarded with the Limerick family for some four years before he went to [vxrguu. last year. He said he went to the North Carolina avenue address to meet Ashford by prearrangement. Both men explained that Ashford’s car was pressed into service when Vernon Limerick came running to the North Carolina avenue address with news of his sister’s “iliness.” Jury Visits Scene. The coroner’s jury was escorted by headquarters detectives to the scene of the death house this morning, where they made s metriculous examination of the premises. The physical arrangement of the squalid little room in which the girl was found dying on the morning of New Year eve was restored as nearly as possible to that which existed when she was pronounced dead. The mat- tress and a blanket and quilt from the cot on which Miss Limerick died were brought from headquarters and put back in place. Tiny Hole Pointed Out. Furniture and kitchen utensils were placed as nearly as possible in their original positions, Capt. Edward J. Kelly, assistant chief of detectives, pointed out to the jurors the spot where a first police investigation disclosed an e.pml’.“a .25-caliber shell of the type from which the death bullet was fired. ‘The attention of the jury was directed 10 & minute perforation under Miss Limerick's bed through caliber steel-jacketed bullet had passed. ‘This find was made after the o examination by headquarters d ves when lon made & personal investi- gation early on the morning of Janu- *adigdon, who 5tk beka neld for tn- took place the | o'clock this afternoon until 11:30 o'clock | had ever been seen at the house prior | which a .25 | bein “about the gun in the stove.” 1 MARTHA BARGFREDE, Who testified at the inquest today that Mrs. Limerick told her to say nothing —Star Staff Photo. X-Ray Properties Are Shown by Use As Screwdriver Scientist Illustrates Idea That Power Is More Like Bullets Than Waves. By the Associated Press. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif. January 12.—The mighty X-ray ha: been put to the lowly task of driving screws. And all just to prove it isn't what we thought it wa. Perley Anson Ross, physics professor at Stanford University, inventor of the X-ray screwdriver, uses the machine 10 demonstrate that the rays have prop- erties similar to bullets rather than waves, as is popularly believed, All he does is hook up a little machine known as an X-ray spectometer, aim it at the screw, and the job is done. Despite the ease of operating Prof. Ross’ screwdriver, it isn't likely to be- come a household article. | place it costs $5,000. And, anyway, you { have to have an ordinary screwdriver to start the screw. $20,000,000 PAID IN YEAR Demands for Pictures and Statues in 1930 Largely Exceed Record for 1920. By the Associated Press. NEW. YORK, January 12.—American artists recetved $20,000,000 for their Pictures and statues last year. And that, said F. Newlin Price, presi- dent of the American Ari Dealers’ As- sociation, is considerably more than they received in 1929. His statement | was preliminary to an annual financial summary compiled by the association's Business Relations Committee. “Many collectors whose interests in the past have lain in the old masters and the French modern schools have been made aware of the values to be found in American art by economic pressure which forced their ever-present collector’s instinct into less costly chan- nels,” he sald. “Others have been drawn simply by their admiration for the work of the younger American ar- tist into including & large number of these paintings in their collections of contemporary art.” “The figure $20,000,000 is not stag- gering as figures in surveys of indus- tries go,” Mr. Price said, “but due to the comparatfely low price which painting and sculpture by living American artists fetch in the market today it represents a vast quantity of individual sales.” o Ohio ;i;vemar Inaugurated. COLUMBUS, Ohjo, January 12 (#).— George White Now is Governor of Ohio. The reins of the State government passed from the hands of Republicans to Democrats immediately after noon today when Myers Y. Cooper stepped aside and Mr. White assumed the duties of Ohio’s chief executive. vestigation since Friday s week ago in connection with the shooting, was detailed to guard the death house when he made the discovery. Langdon also reported finding a second exploded shell in & coffee cup in & kitchen adjoining the death room. ‘Thess cups were restored to their original position on the kitchen table. Police explained to the jurors at the scene, it was said, that the flight of an ejected shell would not carry into the kitchen from the point near Miss Lim= erick’s bed, where it presumably was exploded. Coroner Nevitt did not accompany the jury to the scene this morning. He had inspected the house, it was said, in company with Capt. Kelly yesterday afternoon. The jurors also were accom- panied by Detective Sergt. John Flaher ty in charge of the homicide squad. After leaving the death house about 11 o'clock this morning the coroner's jury was taken to Anacostia and sworn in there over the body of Bettie Jane Bennett, 5-year-old automobile accident victim, in preparation for another in- quest tomorrow. The jurymen were taken to and from the scene of their activities in the patrol of No. 5 precinct. Spectators began to file into the board room at the District Building shortly after the doors were opened about 9 o'clock. An hour later the room was thronged with persons who occupied every vantage point. ballistic comparison of two .25 au- tomatic guns taken from a pair of al- leged bandits Saturday afternoon will be made sometime tomorrow with ex- ploded shells and a bullet found in the death Nouse by Lieut. John Fowler of No. 10 precinct, the department’s fire- arms expert. ‘The guns and skells have been turned over to Fowler for the tests. Beyond the fact that the guns were of the cali- ber whi¢h fired the death bullet, police have nothing to link the bandits with the Limerick case. Fowler said he ex- pected to make a report on the tests to the homicide squad tomorrow after- noon. Mrs. Robert F. Langdon, wife of the trolman being held for investigation Em death, probably will not be asked 1o take the stand until near the end of the inquiry. Earl Rfed probably will testify late today. A brot?ler of Richard Reed, the roomer in Miss Limerick’s home who is g held for investigation in the o it was Earl who summoned the ambu- Mrs, ick told the jury Saturday that Earl brewed coffee in cups where the "aser g i i Tanpdon In the first!| TO AMERICAN ARTISTS | PARENTS DISCOVER THREE BABIES DEAD One Strangles and Two Ex- pire of Natural Causes in Nearby Homes. ‘Three babies in nearby Maryland and Virginia were found dead yésterday, one from strangulation and two from nat- ural causes, Lying in his carriage on the porch of his home near Burnt Mills, Md., 4- month-old James Allen English, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. English, strangled to death yesterday afternoon while his parents and a visifor sat in the next room, unaware of the tragedy. The child is thought to have been unable to breathe when milk he had drunk a short time previously to being | placed on the porch for an airing en- tered his air passages. Mr. English said today that he last saw the baby alive about 5:05 o’clock, when he trundled the carriage to the porch. A few minutes later, th> parents and Mrs. Charles Y. Latimer of Takoma Park, who was visiting the English home, heard the baby crying, but did not think anything was amiss. At 5:40 o'clock the father brought the child into the house. As soon as Mrs. English lifted the little boy from his carriage she percelved that something was wrong. Mrs. Latimer took the baby and Mr. and Mrs. English in her car to the office of Dr. W, R. Haynes of Silver Spring, who pronounced the child dead. Mr. English is an incéme tax expert in Washington. Besides his parents, James is survived by a sister, Elaine, 2 years old. The body was taken to the funeral establishment in Rockville of Warner E. Pumphrey. Funeral services will be held tomor- row afternoon at 3 o'clock at Mr. English’s home here and interment will be in Arlington Cemetery. Mrs. George Braumbach of 330 Com- merce street, Alexandria, Va., reported to police yesterday morning that she nursed her 1-day-old baby about 4:30 a.m. and laid the baby down and drop- ped off to sleep. When she awoke about 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning, she found the baby dead. Robert Lyle Mahoney, 3-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Mahoney of 26 Linden avenue, Alexandria, was found dead in his crib yesterday morn- ing by his parents, according to the report received by police. The two cases were investigated by Detective Sergt. Edgar Sims of local | police and Coroner Jones, who certified in each case that death was from nat- ural causes. UP AGAINST LICENSE LAW AFTER 600-MILE DRIVE Allen K. Steinberg learned about license plates today, after driving all the way from Augusta, Ga.—a distance of approximately 600 miles—without any. Steinberg, a clothing salesman, was taken into custody by Sergt. O. R. Reese and Pvt. R. Howell on Pennsylvania avenue southeast. He was taken to the fifth precinct police station, where he ‘was identified by Washington clothing dealers. Agreeing to place his automobile, » maroon sedan, in a garage until tags are obtained, Steinberg was released. Al e FEDERATION TO MEET Session of Prince Georges Body at Cheverly Tomorrow Night. Bpectal Dispatch to The Star. CHEVERLY, Md, January 12.—Of- ficers will be elected at a meeting of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations of Prince Georges County tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the school here. A re| e progress being made toward Bladensburg .of its riodic floods is schedyled to be made i: Clifford L. Johnson of Bladensburg, [2 n of the committee working on this matter. STAMPS MAY AID RELIEF Representative Proposes One Cent N Overpayment for Farmers. By the Associated Press. An_opportunity for letter writers to pay 3 cents for a 2-cent stamp, the added penny to go for drought relief, was proposed today by Representative Ackerman of New Jersey. ‘The Republican prepared to introduce & resolution calling upon the Post Office Department to overprint several billion 2-cent stamps with the words “drought relief” and to turn over the added postage to relief organizations. He estimated that should 25 per cent of the individuals and firms using 2- cent stamps purchase the rellef issue, $5,000,000 would be realized in 10 weeks. * TRANSFUSION MADE young women patients at Wash- Sanitarium were reported dol recelving transfusions g by students of the . Colles Two ington nicely ASK S200000 MORE FOR ARBORETUM Land to Be Purchased to Protect Site—Expect Passage of Bill Soon. The House Committee on Agriculture today received expert scientific testi~ mony from Government specialists, rep- resentatives of the largest horticulture forestry assoclations and leaders in the Garden Club of America regarding the necessity for increasing by $200,000 the appropriation for establishment of a na- tional arboretum in Washington. It was emphasized that this is not an increase in the estimated cost of the property, but represents the cut- down made by the Congress when the National Arboretum act was approved, and that with it will be purchased ad- ditional land to protect the site selected for the National Arboretum. Senate Has Passed Bill. Th: House Committee is conducting this hearing on the bill which has already passed the Senate in the last session of Congress, Representative Robert Luce of Massachus:tts, who is sponsoring an identical bill in the House, was one of the principal witnesses. The others included Dr. A. F. Woods, direc- tor of sclentific work of the United Stat's Department of Agriculture; Frederick V. Coville, head of the office of botany, who is ac national arboretum; of West Grove, Pa., representing the So- ciety of American Florists and Orna- mental Horticulturalists, and the Amer- ican Association of Nurserymen; Henry Hicks of Westbury, Pa., also repressnt- ing the American Association of Nurs- erymen; George H. Collingwood, repre- senting the American Forestry Associa- Hon ‘and the Socicty of ~American Forestry. Those present representing the Gar- den Club of America who have been working zealously for years to secure an adequate arboretum in Washing include Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Mrs. Fair- {;x I’i‘mfiznm Mrs. Charles ucmr;' rs. Ham Fish and Mrs. T. H. B McKnight, Confidence Is Voiced. The scientific experts impressed upon the committee that an l%raqulte na- tional nrboremn; is essential so that it may serve as a bureau of standar trees and shrubbery. g dor The committee accompanied by some of the leading advocates of this legisla- tion plans to view the sites which are sought to be acquired with the addi- tional appropriation as well as the land already acquired tomorrow morning. Members of the House Committee on Agriculture after the hearing expressed their eagerness to do all that they can to further this legislation and expressed confidence that the bill can be passed during the present session. VESTAL COPYRIGHT BILL COMES TO VOTE Eight Years of Discussion Precede { licensee—such as movie maker, Measure to Protect Creative Workers. By the Associated Press. After eight years' discussion, the Vestal blil to revise copyright law af- fecting creative workers and the in- o Bna] debate “withan ‘Agens e le] an a vote today in the House. - Chiet pa:;'l.slm of the measure are: cop; con{ - clusive .ights to the artist thm:fi he converts melody into notes, paint into tures, or words into written com] tion. Divisible copyright, permitting the maga- protect. acquires zine or theatrical producer—to independent; it o Gontive wok SOt D5 nations, ot nuhagist BILLBOARD STUDY PLANNED BY HOUSE D. C. SUBCOMMITTEE (Continued Prom First Page.) ;L;:unuuncel warrant such exercise of er. Members of the subcommittee will be supplied with the report #] Entrances to wuht:pmn:.ihem by City,” based on the survey made Mr. and Mrs. W. L. uwwg and lished by the American Nature ciation. "While this does not deal with billboard conditions in the National Capltal itself, it contains a com n- sive statement by Charles W. t, 2d, director of planning for the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, showing what is being arrang:d for the artistic treatment of the entrances to the District of Columbia. At most of these entrances billboards abound on the Virginia and Maryland sides, and the situation is nearly as bad just in- side the District line on some of the roads. One of the aims of the pro- posed legislation is to clean up such conditions before the Wa: Bl- centennial celebration in 1932. Sponsored by Association. This particular survey was sponsored by the American Civic Association, of which Frederic A. Delano is president. He is chairman also of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The association is co-operating with The Evening Star to improve the high.: way entrances to Washington. Mr. Dolano is sending copies of this report to all advertisers and firms who are making use of roadside signs, to- gether with a letter urging their co- operation in the campaign. ‘His letter says, in part: “At the time the survey was made your company displayed advertising signs within the Washington region. We are writing to ask if you will not make your contribution to the Bices tennial celebration in 1932 the nation of all your advertising signs along rural highways within the of- ficial Washington region set ug by the National Capital Park and Commission (rcughly 20 miles from the District of Columbia line). This would be recognized both in Washington and throughout the country as a fine patri- otic act. that “I assure you our organization would be glad to make known in every way within our power such a public- spirited contribution, though we believe that your company could thereby crente much good will ~Surely in this case en- lightened self-interest and patriotism would go hand-in-hand. “I hope very much that you will de- cide to co-operate with us to improve the highway entrances to Washington.” ansSBE R bt GET WEATHER SERVICE Telegraph Typewriter Planned to Assist Airmen.