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“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s cairier system cover: every city block and the regular edi- tion i3 delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. Forecast.) (U, 8. Weather Bureau temperature about 20 degrees; fair and continued e¢old. . 43, at 3:30 p. ‘ K . , at 6 a.m. lowest, 25 Full on page Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10, 11, 12 5. he No. 31,669. post oflice, FEDERAL POLICIES | FAGTOR IN SLUMP, RITCHIE DECLARES Too Much Interference Cited by Governor in Inaugural i Address. ISSUE UP TO BUSINESS, NOT STATE, HE ASSERTS « High Tarif Wall and Dry Law Called Mistakes—More Glori- ous Future Is Visioned. By o Staft Correspondent of The Star. | ANNAPOLIS, Md., January 14.—| Blaming excessive governmental lmer-{ ference in business and domestic life for much of the present economic trouble, Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, deliver- ing his inaugural address before a joint session of the House and Senate today, hailed Maryland's docfrire of toleraticn and local governmert as the principles which will, during the coming decade, lead the Nation through drought and depression to “a future even more | glorious than our past.” With the frankness and forcefulness that has proved so popular with the people of his own State who have elected him four times to the governor- ship Gov. Riwchie laid the blame for the present depression chiefly at the door of the national administration, reiterated his belief that the prohibition question should be disposed of by the individual States, and concluded with an appeal for unity and harmony be- tween all classes. His speech was broadcast over a Na- tion-wide hook-up, and Gov. Ritchie, often mentioned as a presidential pos- sibility, did not confine himself to local ssues in Maryland, but discussed cur- rent problems of national and inter- national interest. Too Many Experts, He Says. He declared that business must realize i the problem of unemployment as its own and not the State's, and rapped the “inflationary statements and ac- tions which incited, or at least inten- sified, the crash of 1929.” “By undertaking too much, and step- ping in too often where it had better stayed out, Government itself has helped to create the present crisis,” he de- clared. “There have been too many experts and advisory commissions. There have been too many noble experiments. ™ There has been too—much. regulation and supervision in realms where the oper forces, if left free to work, could to a better end.” into an exposition of the present busi- ness situation. “If it be true that this is a period to try men’s souls,” he said, “it is also one o open their eyes. 1f it seems in- credible that so complete a collapse of prosperity and so far-reaching a break- | down in law observance has come upen | us, it is equally incredible that we should have so long been blind to our litical and economic mistakes, which ve at least contributed to this re- sult, if they have not caused it. High Tariff Wall Cited. The replacement of men by machines, he said, has resulted in an incre: flow of goods from our factories with a consequent need for additional export trad | < e. “Yet, in place of increasing our ex- port trade, the Federal Government did everything that could well be imagined 10 destroy it, and built a tariff wall so high that it has flooded our domestic markets with an unmanageable sur- plus, started the migration of Ameri- can industries abroad and is bringing Teprisals and retaliations from other nations with which we trade and whose | ship and good will we ought to “What aid is it, let me pause to ask, that .our country is dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” if our men and women are without em- ployment, which is necessary for food, | lodging and self respect, and if our | boys and girls who left high schools| Jast year are unable to realize the op- | portunities for which they studied and | worked, because jobs for them do not | exist?” “There has also been developed the conception that law is a scheme of 5o~ cial control to regulate human conduct | by forcing upon all people -the social precepts and ideas of some of them. “The high-water mark of all this was national prohibition as imposed by the | eighteenth amendment, and no mattef what the findings of the Wickersham Commission may be, they cannot end, nor can they minimize, the injury to the case of reasonable temperance. the { unhappy_temptation to_the youth_of | (Continued on Page 2, Column 8) MALLONEY ON TRIAL ON ASSAULT CHARGE| Police Lieutenant Accused of Push- ing Camera in Face of News Photographer. Lieut. John C. Malloney of the ninth precinct went on trial in the jury branch of the Police Court today for an alleged assault on Joscph Roberts, a photographer for the Washington Herala. The policeman was arrested last week Fintered as second class matte: Washington., ased | training of the National Guard and the men to come in under the draft. D, £ WASHINGTON, D. C, ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1931—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. PERSHING ALMOST STUMPED BY LACK OF MUNITIONS Finds Nine-Hour Supply of Shells, No Combat Planes and Unusable Type of Infantry Rifle. BY GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING, Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in the World War. CHAPTER IIL UR deplorable situation as to munitions was fully discussed at a con- O ference called by Secretary of War Baker, May 10. A general survey of cur requirements for the immediate future was made as to rifles, ma- chine guns, light and heavy artillery, ammunition and airplanes. It was brought out that we had for issue, not in the hands of troops, fewer than 285,000 Springfield rifies, cal. 30, only a féw more than 400 light field guns, 3-inch, and 150 heavy field guns. As it was impossible because of manufacturing difficulties of our factories to turn out enough Springfield rifles within a reasonable time, the Secretary de- cided to adopt the Enfield rifle for our infantry. It was then being manufactured for the British in large quantities at private factories in our country and a The total production of this rifle exceeded 2,000,060 during the war. Nine-Hour Supply of Shells. As to machine guns, it was reported to the conference that we had a few less than 1,500 and these were of four types. Congress in 1916 had appropriated $12,000,000 for machine guns, but the War Department had not decided definitely to adopt any particular one for our Army, although an order had been placed late in 1916 for a quantity of the heavy Vickers-Maxims. Of artillery ammunition, except for the 3-inch we did not have enough to provide more than nine hours’ supply evén for the limited number of guns on hand, firing at the rate ordinarily used in laying down a barrage for an infantry attack. The situation at that time as to aviation was such that every American ought to feel deeply chagrined to hear it mentioned. Of 65 officers and about 1,000 men in the air service section of the Signal Corps, there were 35 officers who could fly. ‘With the exception of five or six officers, none of them could have met the requirements of modern battle conditions and none had any technical ex- perience with aircraft guns, bombs or bombing devices. 55 Planes—None War-Worthy. We had some 55 training planes in various conditions of usefulness, all en- tirely without war equipment. Of these planes, it is amusing now to recall that the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which had been conducting an alleged scientific study of the problem of flight, advised that 51 were obsolete and 4 others obsolescent. ‘We could not have put a single squadron in the fleld, although it was esti- mated that we should eventually need at least 300 squadrons, each to be com- posed on the average of some 24 officers, 180 men and 18 planes, besides a large reserve of planes for replacements. ° The expectations of the allies as to aviation are shown by the following uble‘. May 24, frcm the French prime minister, Alexander Ribot, which formed the basis of War Department effort: “It is desired that in order to co-operate with the French aeronautics the American Government should adopt the following program: The formation of a flying corps of 4,500 airplanes—personnel and material included—to be sent to the French front during the campaign of 1918. The total number of pilots, including reserve, should be of 5,000 and 50,000 mechanics. “Two thousand airplanes should be constructed each month as well as 4,000 engines, by the American factories—that g to say that during the six first months of 1918, 16,500 planes (of the latest type) and 30,000 engines will have to be butlt. “The French government is anxious to know if the American Govgrnment accepts this proposition, which would allow the allies to win the supremacy of the air.” . nition. “Qur Pitiful Deficiencies.” This message, in its appeal for such a large number of aviation personnel and airp! wnes, was really a most convincing confession of the plight of the allied of our pitiful deficiencies, not only in aviation, but in all equipment. Congress understood the predicament that confronted us, but what a commentary it was on the lack of that wisdom which should have prompted both the people and their representatives to earlier action. Thus the deeper we went into the situation the more overwhelming the work ahead of us seemed to be. As the degree of its accomplishment within a reason- able time would be the measure of our aid to the allies, extreme haste in our preparation was urgent. ‘We were called upon to make up in a few months for the neglect of years during which self-satisfied provincialism and smug complacency had prevented the most elementary efforts toward a reasonable precaution to meet such an emergency. . Training Delayed Six Months. Among other subjects considered with the Secretary was the assembly for The organization of our Army had never been based upon the tactical requirements of battle, but w= still retained our troops at small posts, as in the days of Indian warfare. Some of these were convenient enough, and although they lacked suffi- clent barracks and training areas for units as large as a division, they could have been advantageously used in the earlier stages of training up to the limits of their accommodations. In lieu of any previous plan, the Secretary contemplated the construction of cantonments in different parts of the country, and May 7 the commanding generals of the several departments were directed to select sites. The actual construction of cantonments was not begun until nearly three months after we were in the war, and so great was the task of erecting buildings and putting in water works and sewers that some 90 days more elapsed by the time these centers of instruction were ready to receive troops. Thus it was, with some exceptions, practically six months before the training of our Army was under way. Even then several of these camps were not favorably located, and training was seriously handicapped during the Fall and Winter months. Sought Americans to Fill Gaps. About this time the allies brought up the question of utilizing our men to build up their armies. As we shall see, the subject arose from time to time in one form or another, and we had to fight against it until the end of the war. Both the Prench and British missions, under M. Rene Viviani and Mr. Arthur G. Balfour, respectively, then in our country, were very keen to have us consent to fill up the ranks of their armies with Americans. The French really wanted us to send small, untrained units for incorporation in their divisions. ‘Their views were clearly set forth in & memorandum by the French general staff which was presented by their military attache. Marshal Joseph Joffre of the French mission, however, evidently learned that such a proposal would not appea! to us, so he suggested that we also organize our own divisions and urged that one division be sent over immediately to stimu- late French morale, which, they frankly confessed, was then at low ebb. In addition, he asked for 50,000 men for service on their railways and in the shops, including trained personnel for their medical units. Asked 80, Workmen. ‘There was another proposal, known as the Gen. Neville scheme, in which it was requested that we send 80,000 men to perform various kinds of work. The following paragraph will indicate the French attitude as to command as well as their view regardjng the urgency of their requirements: “s ¢ * In order that there may not be any officers of higher rank than the French officers with whom these auxiliary troops will be called upon to work, it is preferable that in the different units there should not be for the present any officer above the rank of captain. When the units will become sufficiently numerous to require superior officers, these can be chosen from the captains of existing units.” A definite proposal that our men should be drafted into the British Army was also pressed by the military representative with the British mission, Maj. Gen. Tom Bridges. He wrote Maj. Gen. Scott as follows, in part: “If you ask me how your force could most quickly make itself felt in Europe I would say by sending 500,000 untrained men at once to our depots in England to be trained there and drafted into our armies in France. This is the view alike of our commander in chief in France and the chief of the imperial general staff (Sir Douglas Haig and Sir W. Robertson), their reasons being that we are short of men, the war is at a critical stage, when we may yet be able to turn the scale and force a decision during the Summer, and every day counts. * * * “You will have the language difficulty to contend with if your divisions go on an assault warrant which United States Attorney Leo Rover ordered is- sued after a Police Court subordinate had refused to hold the officer. Mal- Joney is said to have pushed Roberts’ camera_roughly against the photogra- pher's face when he was endeavoring 10 get a picture of a Limerick murder case suspect at headquarters. Roberts said that he had obtained permission to teke the picture from a higher police official Several newspaper reporters and pho- tographers were waiting to testify in the trial, which is being heard by a jury before Judge Ralph Given this after- to the French. The French have very few English-speaking officers; not so many as they think. A good idstructor can, indeed, seldom speak English, and men will soon get tired of being instructed through interpreters. “We have been told that the sentiment in this country is in favor of fighting with and for the French. We understand the sentiment. * * * I think I have made it clear there are serious military disadvantages, and you will be sacrificing some of your efficiency for this sentiment, and making, in my opinion, the task of your commanders and stafl more difficult in the field. Once you had a sufficient force in France, however, it would be quite feasible to place your army between the French and ourselves, where it could, if so desired, be under French direction, and supplied by us. * * * “We would be glad if you would consider the question of allowing recruiting of American citizens for the British, Canadian and French armies, from the sur- plus you will have over your requirements, We are all going to suffer from a shortage after this Summer's fighting. * ¢ *" (Continued on Page 4, Column 33 slight modification of the chamber only was necessary to make it fit our ammu- | armies. But more than that, it strikingly brought home to us a full realization | The appropriation in July, 1917, of $640,000,000 for aviation indicated '.hll‘ BEULAH LIMERICK'S MOTHER AND SISTER PUT UNDER ARREST Mrs. Bywaters Has Played Only Minor Role in Probe of Slaying So Far. MELTED METAL FOUND IN STOVE BEING TESTED Husband of Martha Bargfrede to Be Called to Stand When Cor- oner's Inquest Resumes, The mother and a sister of Beulah Limerick, who was found dead with an | unexplained bullet wound in her head | two weeks ago, were taken into custody | today by police for questicning. The mother, Mrs. Dora Limerick, has figured prominently in the investigation of the girl's death, but the sister, Mrs. Julia Bywaters, has played a very minor | part so far. Mrs. Bywaters' testimony at the in- quest was confined to a description of the death room when she reached the| scene. Police at the fifth precinct, | where she was taken for questioning, refused to disclose what was responsible for the decision to re-examine her. Mother Denies Report. The mother was removed from her home to the- fifth precinct station house, where she will be examined in an effort to learn whether she asked Mrs. Martha Bargfrede “not to say | anything about the gun in the stove.” Mrs. Bargfrede told police the weapon was supposed to have been in a coal stove in the house at 18 Nineteenth street, southeast, where Beulah met her death. Mrs. Limerick has denied making such a statement. Later Mrs. Bargfrede and her hus- | band were taken to the precinct station, | where they were questioned in front of | Mrs. Limerick and Mrs. Bywaters. | The Bargfredes were closeted in the | room with the two women and police | officials only for one-half an hour. Mrs. | Bargfrede was taken back to the De- tention Home, where she was ordered confined late vesterday, and Bargfrede was taken back fo the tenth precinct station house, where he has been con- fined since early yesterday. It was learned, however, that George Henry Bargfrede, husband of Martha, confirmed his wife's statement when questioned last night by Assistant United States Attorney William H. Collins. Capt. Edward J. Kelly, who is in active chasge of the investigation of the girl's death for the police depart- | ment, said he would not decide whether he would hold Mrs. Limerick until after he had finished her today.. Statement Held Important. The alleged statement with regard to the gun in the stove is regarded by police as an important feature of the | case. | Further examination of a piece cll melted metal found in the stove in the | death house resulted in an announce- | ment today by police that they did not | believe it was a gun.* When first dis- | | covered, it was thought possible that | the piece of metal might be the re- mains of the weapon with which the girl was shot. The pilece of metal, which had been greatly distorted by |the heat of a fire in the stove, was | classified as a door hinge this morning, but Collins said the metal would be analyzed to make sure it could not have | been a gun. \ Mrs. Bargfrede, shortly before she was placed under arrest in connection with the case yesterday, told police she went to the house on Nincteenth street { as s00n as she learned Beulah was dead While there she claims to have over- heard Mrs. Ethel Limerick, sister-in- law of Beulah, tcll the mother that “the gun was in the stove.” She said Mrs. Dora Limerick then turned to her and asked her “not to say | anything about the gun in the stove.” Bargfrede Is Grilled. In their effort to clear up this point, police said they also expected to ques- tion Mrs. Ethel Limerick some time today. | Bargfrede was grilled for three hours by Collins last night, and told the | prosecutor that h: was standing near his wife at the time and overheard Mrs.] Limerick make the request. | Police declared they secured little additional information from questioning | Bargfrede, who was placed under arrest early yesterday. He said he objected to his wife's as- sociations with Beulah, but denied they had quarreled about this matter. Mrs. Bargfrede said they did have a “little | fuss” about Beulah. Bargfrede denied he ever owned a .25- caliber pistol, the type of weapon with which the fatal wound was_inflicted, | and insisted that he was in his home, 447 Luray place, on the night the girl met her death. Bargfrede to Be Called. Collins said that Bargfrede would be | called as & witness when the coroner’s inquest is resumed tomorrow, but indi- cated he did not believe the man had any knowledge of the girl's death. The prosecutor also said that all of the per- sons now_under arrest in_connection | (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Fire Sweeps Seven Stores. TIMMINS, Ontario, January 14 (#) Fire in the business district early tod: destroyed a block of seven shops. ca ing damage estimated at $150.000. Fire- {men fought the blaze in below-zero weather. $100,000 in Washington ($10,000, rellef of the drought sufferers. street and Pennsylvania avenue. | eration. pening Sfar. * ¥ (UP) Means Associated Press. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 119,333 TWO CENTS. RO 4 OH, JOHNNY DONT TALK LIK'ETH AT, REMY \Mvggmcxer' . GENTER MARKET SWEPT BY FLAMES Origin of Blaze in Upper Sec- tion of Main Wing Is Disputed. Fire of disputed origin this afternoon swept through the upper section of the" main wing in the old Center Market Building, which was being razed by workmen. The flames destroyed that section of the building, but firemen were unable to make any estimate of dam- age because that section of the struc- ture was unoccupled and had been | partly torn down. Fire Chief George S. Watson said the blaze started from an exposed live wire. He sald his men were told that a col- ored workman saw the wire sputtering and that as he tried to pick it up with a stick it slipped into a pile of trash, ‘hich. immediately ited. wl 5 This was denied, however, by repre- sentatives of the H. Herfurth, Jr., Co., which is in charge of the razing work. They said the electric current had been cut off and tha ‘in the building. Four Alarms Turned In. One official said he had been in- formed workmen had started a small | fire to keep warm and that coals from this caused the main blaze. Another report, he said, was that the fire start- ed from a cigarette. The first of the four alarms was turned in by Al Fields, foreman in charge of the work. Fields said a workman on the roof saw the flames and called down to him that the build- ing was on fire. Despite the confusion attending ef- forts of firemen to combat the flames, workmen on adjoining whgs continued their task of tearing down the structure. ‘The fire was confined to the garret of the main structure, which was empty. The refrigeration plant, immediately in the rear, was damaged by water, but escaped the fire. More Than 1,000 Gather. Firemen had the blaze under control within an hour after the first alarm was turned in. Attracted by the dense smoke and sheets of flame which broke through the roof, more than a thousand per- sons gathered at the scene and were frequently endangered by falling pleces of timber. Police reserves were called out, however, and threw a cordon around the market building to keep civilians out of the danger zone. WALSH WOULD BRING COURT ISSUE UP NOW | Montanan Asks Committee to Re- consider Vote Postponing De- bate Until December. Reconsideration of the vote post- poning consideration of the the Senate Foreign Relations Commit- tee today by Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana. Walsh was absent when the commit- tee made this decision by 10 to 9. - The question was laid aside by the committee until next week. Then the issue again will be before it at a hear- ing of Ellhu Root, who participated in drafting the modified formula for American adherence. Walsh is powerless to move reconsid- It was the opinion of com- mittee members that the action would stand, although as a matter of courtesy It was intimated the Montanan would be allowed to cast his vote against post- ponement, The Red (Cross cAppeal As usual, The Star will be glad to receive and to acknowledge in its columns, by the daily publication of the names of the donors, contributions to the American Red Cross in its special appeal for ,000 is the National quota) for Contributions to the American Red Cross may be mailed or brought direct to Mrs. M. H. Robins, treasurer, District Chapter, American Red Cross, 1740 E street northwest, or mailed or brought to the Cashier of The Star, street floor, Star Building, Eleventh Those who wish to make their contributions anonymously, or in some other name, will so or. checks. indicate in letters accompanying cash t there were no live wires | ment & Securities Corporation, —of World | Court until next December was asked of | Woman’s Back Hurt In Accident on Way For Hospital Tests By the Associated Press, KANSAS CITY, January 14.— Miss Pauline Smith started to a hospital for a general physical examination. She reached it as a patlent with a severely sprained 'k, suffered when her motor car was struck en route. D. C. FIRM AGREES 0 REMOVE SIGNS |Head of Hotel Group Pledges Co-operation in Effort to - Beautify Highways. Co-operating in the campaign to | beautify the highway entrances of the National Capital, operators of Wash- ington’s largest chain of hotels and apartment houses, the Hotels Manage- which J. Reed Lane is president, have agreed to remove all their billboard ad- vertising within two miles of the Dis- trigt line as scon @5 the present con- Upon the order of Mr. Lane, this definite assurance of the willingness of the corporation to help restore the or- derly " appearance of roadsides before the 1931 bicentennial celebration was followed by the cancellation of pending negotiations for the erection of 28 ad- ditional billboards within the designated area. The properties of the Hotels Management & Securities Corpora- tion, representing an investment of $30,000,000, with a 7,500-room capacity, are advertised on 62 billboards in the Washington Tegion. All of these are large, it was said, no small boards being utilized. Contracts Expire in 1931. Contracts for most of these billboards expire December 31, 1931, In the cases of the féw billboards whose contracts run into 1932, the corporation said it would assume whatever loss is involved in having them removed at the end of this year, so that not one of its.bill- boards will be standing at the begin- ning of 1932, prior to the opening of the bicentennial celebration. “The George Washington Bicentennial Commission can count upon our whole- hearted co-operation to the extent of our giving our personal time and any- thing else we can do in helping with preparations for this celebration,” M.r Lane said. The fact that the corporation had vol- untarily dropped negotiations for addi- tional billboards was made known after assurances for co-operation in the re- moval of outdoor advertising signs was transmitted by letter to Representa- umn 2.) TROOPS IN NICARAGUA AROUSE NO PROTEST | President Declares His Forces Have | Responsibility of Fighting Bandits, However. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, January 14.— President Moncada does not object to continued presence of United States Marines in Nicaragua, but believes that the Nicaraguan National Guard should direct its efforts toward extermination of insurgent groups, which he charac- terizes as ‘“bandits.” In a statement to the local news- papers today the President said: “I do not object to continued pres- ence of United States Marines in Nica- ragua, for they have aided the cause of liberty and order in my country. We Nicaraguans appreciate this, but I be- lieve that we are the ones responsible for carrying on the fight against the bandits. “I do not want to see the bodies of any more slain Marines leave our coun- ‘We Nicaraguans are responsible for re-establishment of peace. = The Marines could guard the citles of the northern sector and some of the in- terior while the Nicaraguan National with banditry. saddes the last ‘They fell in a coun- them. They were as- die in true, open combat. ned by | the sassinated and were not permitted to| ploded. SENATE CONTINUES PAY RAISE FIGHT Inserts $223,820 in Agricul-! ture Bill to Aid Employes Under Average Grade. Standing by its position in favor of making a start this year on promotions for Government employes in under- average grades, the Senate Appropria- tions Committee today added $223820 to the agricultural appropriation bill for salary increases. This amount is in accordance with the general recommendation of the Budget Bureau that the appropriation bills for the coming year should con- tain 30 per cent of the total amount required to increase all of the under- average positions. ‘This is the third of the annual sup- ply bills to which the Senate has added the salary increases after the House Appropriations Committee in each case had decided not to do so this year. Showdown Due_Soom.. ‘The same issue regarding salary in- creases is involved in all of the ap- done in orie case is expected to be fol- lowed genezally. - ‘The showdown between the two branches of come on the Treasury-Post Office supply bill, which is in conference. Before Christmas the conferees on this bill knocked out the Senate salary increases, but the Senate rejected the conference report. ‘The conferees have not had a meet- ing since their previous report was re- jected, but they probably will get to- gether withinr a few days. The Treasury-Post Office bill also contained the Wood amendment, whigh would have prevented the use of any funds next year for increasing salaries Wwithin grades of the classification law. ‘The conferees knocked out this restric- tion, but, at the same time, struck out the additional money for which the Senate had voted to carry out the bud- get recommendation. Interior Bill Unfinished. The elimination of the Wood amend- ment wcuid have permitted some in- creasez by using unexpended balances of lpmprhflans. but would not have complied with the budget program to grant 30 per cent of the under-average Ppromotions this year. The interior appropriation bill is still unfinished in the Senate, but the Sen- ate already has added the 30 per cent for salary increases. In reporting the agricultural supply bill the Senate Committee also allowed the Weather Bureau an increass of $10,160 for airway work between Boston and the District of Columbia. Approxi- mately $20,000 also was added to the xv'enher Bureau fund for other activi- es. Aside from the salary increases of $223,820, the Senate Committee added $680,148 for other purposes, or a total increase over the House bill of $903,968. ‘This made the total for all activities of the Department of ulture for next year $213,959,670. This bill will be in charge of Senator McNary, Republican, of Oregon. o 32,500 TRAFFIC DEATHS ARE ESTIMATE FOR 1930 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 14.—There were 32,500 motor vehicle deaths in the; United States in 1930, the National Safety Oouncil estimated today. This figure represented an increase of 4 per cent, or approximately 1,300 deaths, cver the 1929 period of 31,215. Reports from 32 States formed the basis of the estimate. “The new figure,” the council said, | “is the highest in history, but there may be a grain of consolation in the fact that the increase is really the lowest annual percentage increase since motoring became a safety problem. In 1929 there was an increase of 12 per cent and in 1928 an increase of 8 per cent.” States with the largest rural popula- tions showed the greatest increase and those with “strong drivers’ license laws” had the best records, the council said, adding that there were fewer highway grade crossing deaths than in the previous year. SAVED BY F.ISHER' BOAT SANTA BARBARA, Calif, January 14 (/)—J. J. Plunkett, Santa Barbara architect, and his wife, were rescued yesterday after floating several hours in Santa Barbara Channel in an oar- less skiff. Tne Plunketts were on a their launch p its gasoline tank ex- 3 to take w0 oarless life B Let us ple ourselves to avoid these misfortunes ¢l our tactics. Let us fight the its with their own weapons, in the same jungle warfare they use.” . the flim Fred p to shore t. The d_and ed In his valued at an b“é“;’"? uni Iating sank. propriation bills, and whatever is finally | Cross RED CROSS PUSHES DSTRCTS 10000 RELEF FUND DRVE Officials Expect to Raise Sum Readily for People in Drought Areas. COMBINATION PROPOSED WITH COMMUNITY CHEST Question Will Be Discussed by Leaders of Both Groups—U. S. Responds to Appeal. Executives and campaign workers of the local unit of the American Red Cross today were engaged in whipping into form plans for raising the local quota of $100,000 of the national bud- get of $10,000,000 for the thousands faced with starvation as a result of the national drought disaster, for which President Hoover yesterday sounded a call nationally. ‘While local Red Cross officials declare they anticipate no possibility of failure of the drive for the Washington quota, every possible means of assuring quick success in “going over the top” in col- lecting the $100,000 fund is being studied. One suggestion, for the combination of the local Red Cross appeal with the budget cam January 26, as a means of avoiding confusion or competition between the two causes, will be the subject of con- ferences this afternoon between leaders of the two organizations. Further Discussion Due. Brig. Gen. Frank R. Keefer, United States Army, retired, head of the Dis- trict Chapter, American Cross, sald today that while no final cam~ paign arrangements had been con- cluded, he had conferred with Elwood gt;;ett:. 1:;:“" gl the Community W rd to combi the two local lpp::!!‘, T ‘Telegrams to the National Red Cross organization from various sections of the country indicate that some chapters already have begun work -on their quotas and a few already have sent in their full quota funds, John Barton Payne, national chairman of the Red Cross, announced this morning. Judge Payne terms the drought relief “’T '?;e du’;n“m ed to -nevm “the ce-time emergency Red m"hu ever been called upon to Suffering resulf from the it conditions over . areas of '.hdem‘hm- try presents condi creating an even iter emergency than that m\lmz rom the i Valley flood 1927, when the Cross expended $16,994,868 for the % )’E’d- mately 600,000 tyyne declared in urfinl the necessity of Nation-wide public support for the Red More ‘elu Aided Now. “While at the Ettl of the Mississi] Valley flood work we were feeding -1:5‘1 providing uvilsgo quarters in nw:e camps for 325, le, we find y that we have already given drought assistance to 405,000 persons,” Judge Payne declared, “and calls are increas- ing daily, indicating that the Kel.l of the emergency is not yet in sight. In the Mississippi River flood we cared for people in 170 counties. We are now feeding drought victims in 350 counties, and had previously given seed to families in 238 counties.” Telegrams coming in from workers and county chairmen in the drought areas indicate that conditions are grow- ing worse daily. A wire late this morn- ing" from St. Louis told of dropping temperature and snow over souggzm Missouri and Northern Arkansas to add to the suffering of the drought stricken. Kentucky workers tell of hundreds of - homes visited where no food is in the house and no fire in the stove. In many of these areas the only way of discover- ing the want is by a house-to-house check, as, in some instances, the suffer- ers are too proud to ask aid, and others ll;:kt clot‘hlngdlnd shoes to go into the wintry air and walk over the icy ground to the Red Cross centers. i3 Record of Past Campaigns. Discuss.ng the local Red Cross budget campaign, Gen. Keefer said today: “We feel no apprehension of our abil- ity to raise our $100,000 quota in the District of Columbia. During the Mis- sissippi flood emergenicy of 1927, when our quota was fixed at the same amount, we were able to raise $149,000; at the time of the Japanese earthquake emer- gency we raised $125,000, when our quota was fixed at $100,000." Gen. Keefer will give a five-minute address over radio station WRC tonight, appealing to the people of the District (Cqntinued on; Page 2, Column 5.) QUAKE AND VOLCANO HIT ARGENTINA AREA Two Reported Killed, but List May Be Swelled—People Flee From Mud Torrent. By the Assoclated Press. SAN ANTONIO DE LO& COBRES, Argentina, January 14.—Volcanic erup- tions and earthquakes shook Western Argentina in the La Poma region today. ‘Two persons were reported killed at Cobres and it was feared many more may have perished in the series of erup- tions which began last Thursday. Difficulty of crossing the rough ter- rain in the vicinity of the eruptions was increased by heavy rains which have :;mumrmrllm me;‘:ns to the propor- ons of rivers. Fragmentary reports received here indical izt three vol- canoes were in erupuioy. two of them in the vicinity of Cobres and El Po- trerillo and the third near Abra de Chorrilo. \ rts from Cobres and El Po- trerillo said the inhabitants were shaken from their beds on Thursday night by a violent earthquake and that immedi. ately thereafter there came shock and a deafening explosion as one of the mountain peaks shot forth a tor- {‘etlet of water, rock and mud upon the e It was in this same region that earth- quakes and landslides struck on Chris- mas eve, destroying one of the little villages in the Andes foothills. . Radio Programs on P.uc C3 >