Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1931, Page 2

SENATE T0 TABKLE| s v | MEYER NOMINATION Last Important Controverted One After G. 0. P. Victory on Tariff Board. By the Associated Press. Peeling distinctly better about the outlook, the Republican Senate leaders sought today to follow up the confirma- tion of the six Tariff Commissioners with quick disposal of the last im- portant controverted nominaton. They were confident approval would be won for Eugene Meyer of New York, named by President Hoover as chair- man of the Federal Reserve Board, just as soon as they can obtain con- sideration Yet they must overcome the determined opposition of Senator Brookhart, Republican, Jowa, and Fletcher, D-mocrat, Florida The contests on the tariff men were disposed of in a protracted ses yesterday. The Senate voted, 45 to 36, to approve Edgar B. Brossard, Rg‘pub- lican, Utah, and then without dissent confirmed L'ncoin Dixon, Demoerat of Indiana. The other four members ran the gantlet the preceding day. Brookhart to Speak. Meyer's nomination was a_standing order for consideration today. but a motion to reconsider the $30,000,000 battleship modernization bill had the same status. The latter also bore an agreement for a vote by 4 o'clock Fri-| day, and Senator Brookhart has pre- | parcd a speech against Meyer that | might consume much of the remain ng | time between now and that voting hour. | However, Senator Watson of Indiana, | the Republican lcader, had decided (o | ask the Meyer nomination be taken up | first. ype drinking fountain for use ks of the city, which has just approved by the Fine Arts Com- 0.JADAVS HEADS CTZENS ALLIANEE | Constitution Is Adopted and Organization Made Per- manent. George J. Adams last night was | ed president of the Citizens' Al- Despite the intensity of opposition | liance of Washington at a n?r‘c!?ng in Meyer's foes expect to muster, ther:|the headquarters of the Washington was no prospect of a coalition bloc such | goar4 of Trade, in The Star Building. as fought the Brossard appointmen pe name of the organization was Support for Meyer has been premised | changeq from the Junior Citizens' Al- by both Senator Wagner of New YOrk|jiance o the Citizens' Alliance of ang Senator Glaes of Virginia, Demo- | Washingion and a contsitution _was orwis. adopted. The prime purpose of the or- Even at that, the legislative calendar gm{fmnm Fros prom%tcpthe Ay containing the steadily growing number | o ngtional representation for the Dis- of necessary bills awaiting the Senate | o MEEGEN IHEHS action is pretty far off, and its consld-| * otner officers elected were Gladys B. eration ran the chance of being still | xadier, SOCTR TR TN Bobelt 5. further delayed if Chairman Jones of | gotire, treasurer, and Ross Haworth, the Senate conferces on the drought!cecretary. The following were elected loan appropriation decided to seek dis- |4, the “board of directors: Jesse C. position of his report of a disagreement | gyger, Richard P. Schulze, Jennie O. with the House at today’s session. | Berliner, Jchn D. Fitzgerald, George J. Eiz>* Democrats Help. iAdnms. Robert J. Cottrell and Mrs. - Clara Wright Smith. The roll ;i on Brossard yesterday | ~Theodore W. Noyes, chairman of the showed eig™® Democrats lining up With | Citizens' Joint Committee for National the regular Republicans who had | Representation for the District of Co- stoutly defended the Utahan against|lumbia, was elected an honorary mem- | charges of being too close to sugar in- | ber of the group. It was decided to terests and attacks on his “official In- | hold regular_meetings, either .in the| tegrity.” The 26 opposing Democrats | Washington Board of Trade rooms or were joined by nine Republicans and | at the Chamber of Commerce. the Farmer-Labor member. It was sub- | The Junior Citizens’ Alliance was or- stantially the same line-up that clashed | ganized in June of last year, on a| over increasing the sugar tariff during | temporary besis. Mr. Adams was elected last session’s consideration of the gen- | president at that time. With thé adop- eral rate revision. The Democratic | tion of a motion to incorporate at last | leader, Robinson of Arkansas, was in the | night's meeting, the organization will Torefront of those seeking the Utahan’s | function in definite form, according to | defeat. | its officers. The Senate managed to duck for ai time the peculiar mix-up over the Pow- er Commission nominations. Tr-ty | came up for consideration again 1 € terday, for after President Hoover ‘e-| fused to send back the appointmshts | the names were reinstated on the Ren- | ate calendar as unconsidered nomina- tions. They wers passed over for fu- ture consideration. and Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, indicated he would move at a later time to have the names Tef k to committee. MANEUVERS FOR 1932 SEEN. ROCKETS MISTAKEN FOR TRADE WIND CLUE! One of Several Sent Up by Ship Gave Rise to False Rumor of Ocean Plane's Fate. By the Associated Press. | 'HORTA, Island of Fayar, Azores, January 14—A British cruiser engaged | in gunnery practice off Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Sunday night unwit- tingly gave rise to a false hope of & Fight on Power cammiu\bn Nominees Viewed in That Light. BY MARK SULLIVAN. ‘The resistance by Democratic and Progressive Republican Senators to the | confirmation of one out of President Hoover’s five appointees to the Tariff Commission was less vehement than their outcry against his appointees to the Power Commission. This differ-| ence in attitude arises from their dif-| fering conception of the issues in the 1932 presidential campaign. The Democratic Senators do not ex- pect to make the tariff more than a| minor issue, if that. Their subordina- clue to disappearance of the airplane Trade Wind on its flight from Hamil- ton, Bermuda, Saturday. The cruiser sent up several rockets. One of these which disappeared into the ocean about 20 miles off Mcsteiros Point, Sao Miguel, was mistaken by | some of the Trade Wind falling into the sea, and a radio station there is said to have broadcast an appeal to ships | tion of the tariff is the more signifi- | to keep a lookout in the vicinity. cant since it is done without myi Portuguese admiralty officials order- particular deliberation, as a spontaneous | ed the destroyer 1bo to the scene, but expression of their state of mind. They | withdrew the order after learning the] don't think of the tariff as being ¢he | facts. Meanwhile the steamer Nuolia | best kind of political ammunition in | 8nd others are continuing the search . 4 | for the Trade Wind and its two occu- | 1932, eopecially 1f good times should| )\, “Mrs. Beryl Hart and Lieut. Wil- | It is the “power trust” that the liam A, MacLaren, but with alm:st no Democratic Senators expect to empha- | hope of finding them. size as the leading economic issue nex year. It is as a contribution to the| campaign next year that the fight was made against President Hoover's ap-| pointees to the Power Commission by | Year's Jail Sentence Given the coalition majority in the Senate. | Y x ‘The emergence of the “power trust” as Driving Without Permit. Convicted of driving without a per- GETS HEAVIEST PENALTY | | for an issue in nmext year's campaign can be counted on as confidently as if the | oOTrcied of driving without & pers campaign were already under Way. plock of Gordons alley, was sentenced e | hoavicer. pecaity svet givan m The constituticnal aspect of the re- n€ AcAVIES e in an cent Senate fight on the Power Com. | Washington for an offense of this na mission is completely over. The Sen- W& v qd g a 4 Tson, police of the e Commi fight against ¢! second precinct Saturday for six other othey DeWher | yrafic violations. as well as “ynauthor- “ K VeS| ized use of a motor vehicle s sen- nor do they anticipate anything from |y, ;004 15 14 months' additional jail time any source \?‘ha't('\f‘r ::?)(Hll the ccnsti- | by Judges Hitt and Gus AXSchuldt. A tutlonal part of the fight. = Reference | oporgq “of reckless driving, which the of the constitutional issue to the courts, police also placed against Anderson hicn was universaly andiipated while | Vas™ncle prossed by the corporaion not. desired by the Senators and im- | COUnsels office. possible anyhow = 5 It is not too much to say that the. HEAVY SNOW IN ERIE constitutional point never did weigh | much with the Senators who made the v R g fight. Senator Borah says he never Drifts believed it was possible for the Senate | to oust the new Power Commission What Senator Borah fra said was | tacitly thought undoubtedly by practi- cally all the Senators w Borah, voted for a proce to oust the commission o The fight was made by the coalition | Benators as a contribution to and prep- e afij-’“fldi';]'“;]"(m were blocked and many highways were ower trust” § res e | o2 blaok i | impassable on pext year I this aspectthe ght | "I sty were busy today dig: “arried forward on even & broader scale | Siog, Ut (Helr cars, abandoned las e ‘:"p‘fi:"';hf‘;’e’m;‘; Game soclety officials said thousands s f pheasants were starvin being inserted in the record the ma-|°% PP s iy o terial which partisans on both sides can send out under their franks as campaign material next year. Nature of Material. Democratic Senator Dill of Washing- ton inserted newspaper comment from Hearst papers, Scripps-Howard papers - = and others, asserting. among ~other |question embarrasses some of the more ti:%.es, that in the Power Commission | conservative Democrats. e Muscle matter, as the Hea papers put it, ! Shuals project as it now stands is an “President Hoover * g0 to ,l)!:}r\r:‘ "1[“". lhm'oul;‘hgoin‘g Golvcmmenl- support of the ‘power trust Against | ownership enterprise than it was in this. Republican Senator Hastings of |the form i which President Coolidge Delaware counters by inserting com- | declined to sign it two years ago. ment from 20 newspapers throughout Many of the Democrats do not like the country, including some Southern |to be identified with Government own- Y, Half as High Block Highways. BUFFALO, N. Y., January 14 (#).— - For the third ‘time " this Winter the like Senator | [ aye Erie section of Erie County was designed | purieq today under more than two feet now. the height of houses f Drifts half formed at many points. All cross roads as Houses Spain Sends Gold to London. SANTANDER, Spain, January 14 (®). | —Spain_today shipped £1,000,000 in | gold to London in accordance with the program for stabilization of the peseta. Democratic ones, supporting President Hoover and asserting that, as the At- nta Constitution put it, “the action of the Senate * * * must be alarming 1 every devotee of orderly govern- ment.” Both these sets of arguments will | be distributed ir hurdreds of thousands under senatorial frank in the presi- dential election next year. ‘The next move to put forward wh Pemocratic Senator Dill of Washingto: calls “the power octopus” as the cam- solidly in favor of Government opera- ed previous paiin fssue for neet, year will come in A action on Muscle Shoals. This the ousting of the Power Commission. versy. ] ership. They all believe heartily in put- ting forward “power trust” as an issue for next year and in striving to identify President Hoover with the ‘“power” side of the question. Those who do not like tn go so far as outright Govern- ment ownership are gravely troubled abovt what to do on Muscle Shoals. THE 'EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MM DEBATESEEN | ONSDNEV AGENTS Request for Funds to Increase Dry Force Will Bring Issue Before Congress. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Indications today were that despite efforts to kecp the prohibition probiem from becoming a paramount issue in the present Congress, wets and drys are going to have a good deal to say on the question when the appropriation bill carrying a request for 500 new ageais comes up for consideration. Testimony before the Subcommittee of the House of Representatives tonsid- ering the Depertment of Justice appro- priation bill has now been revealed and will furnish the basis of cross-examina- tion and debate. ‘The policy of the Federal Govern-; ment as at Dresent outlined is to sirfke at the large violators rather than the petty cases. Although the Wickersham report has not been made public it is evident that the administration is depending upon that document to bolster up its re- quest for more money to handle prohi- bition violators. Whatever else the Wickersham report may say, it is fully expected to argue for more enforce- ment machinery. The request being made by the De- partment of Justice for more agents is proof of the belief of the Attorney Gen- eral that irrespective of the general discussion about prohibition, the duty of the Department of Justice is to go ahead with its program of enforcement and make it as effective as possible. Increased Personnel Needed. Attorney General Mitchell testified that the keystone of the whole request for funds is the prohibition personnel. Detailed analysis of the need for in- vestigators to check up the material furnished by prohibition agents was given by the Attorney General to the House Appropriations Committee. It was an executive session, but the com- mittee later made available certain in- formation as to the views of the Attor- ney General. “There are large commercial viola- tions,” he testified, “that are not brought to book. I do not think there can be any differcnce of opinion abhout the fact that judging from what we all know of the situation we need at least 500 additional prohibition agents. We cannot reasonably absorb and train more than 500 new agents in our force in the coming fiscal year. We are trying to improve the quality of the force, to improve their efficiency | and their ability to do their work promptly, economically, and in such a way as to avoid eriticism.” Wets Favor Increase. ‘The wets are inclined to grant the increases because they want to prove that prohibition is unenforceable. It is already apparent that more prohibition agents are going to be required in the wet States, particularly those which either have or expect to repeal the State .enforcement statutes. Representative Tinkham of Massachu- setts, one of the wet leaders, has pointed out that more agents will be needed in the wet States and the Attorney General | in his testimony dgscribed conditions in the vicinity of the District of Colum- bia and the fact that there was a large amount of liquor coming into the ‘city of Washington from the neighboring wet State of Maryland. “Right here in the District of Colum- bia,” said the Attorney General, “more liquor is being handled than there should be. It all boils down to the fact that over in Maryland in certain coun- ties where there is no State assistance, the liquor is being manufactured and it gets into what I call the channels of trade in such quantites it can be put into automobiles for transportation and the law does not allow us to stop motor cars without a warrant, based on prob- able cause. Automobile Problem Difficult. “The automobile problem is a diffi- cult one. The result is that in order to protect neighboring territory the Pederal Government has to try to get at the sources of the liquor and in- crease the number of agents in wet States to prevent the manufacture of liquor there to be transported into neighboring States. It is like the drug business, only to a less degree. I think those that have been interested in the drug conditions realize that once nar- cotic drugs get into the channels of trade it is very difficult to control them. You have to get back to the source” ‘This line of argument by the Attorney General unquestionably will be the basis for an attack by the drys on those who were advocating a repeal of the eight- eenth amendment so that the States may decide for themselves what they will do about prohibition. Mr. Mit- chell is emphasizing the difficulties that would arise if certain States were per- mitted to be wet while others had dry laws. Before the present session of Congress is over prohibition will be found to have consumed as much time as any of the other issues, and while it |is not expected to delay the appro- priation bill carrying more funds for enforcement, it will furnish both Houses with an opportunity to discuss the whole prohibition question. NEW DELAY IS FACED. Only Three Members Appear at Wick- ersham Board Meeting. Another delay appeared in prospect today for subfpission of the Law En- forcement Corgg1ission’s prohibition re- port to Presidgit Hoover. The commission was scheduled to meet today, but only three members appeared and the session lastei little more than 10 minutes. Another meeting was set for tomor- row, but it was problematical whether a quorum could be gathered at that time. No indication was given at the White House or at commission headquarters as to when the report would be pre- sented. Aside from Chairman Wickersham, only Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard and Kenneth Mackintosh of Tacoma, Wash., were present today. Henry W. Anderson, who has been completing his opinion, to be attached to the report, arrived a few minutes after adjournment It could not be guaranteed that six or more of the 11 members would be present tomorrow. There was little doubt, however, that the report was completed. BRIEF BACKING CLARK READY. Lawyers Plan Its Presentation to U. S. Supreme Court. By the Assoclated Press. Two New York lawyers have prepared a brief for presentation to the Supreme Court upholding the decision of Federal Judge Clark of New Jersey, that the prohibition amendment is invalid be- cause improperly ratified. They are Henry W. Jessup and Aus- ten G. Fox. They plan to seek the court’s permission to file the brief when it hears argument on the Government's Motor Hearse Carries Body of Farmer Who Barred Gas Vehicles By the Associated Press. AMBOY, I, January 14 —David Doan, 75, ploneer settler, who never rode in or permitted a gasoline propelled vehicle to en- ter his farm, was burled yester- day after his body had been taken from his home in a motor- driven hearse, At one time he tried to get air- mail planes to take some route other than over his farm, con- tending that the noisy motors kept his hens from laying eggs. BRDE PORTRAYS EDYPTS PROCRESS In Radio Address Reviews Nation’s History Since Days of the Pharaohs. The remarkable extent of Egypt's progress since the days of the Pharaohs was discussed in a radio address at 8 o'clock last night over Station WMAL by W. W. Bride, corporation counsel for the District. The speech was made on the occasion of the opening of the tourist season in Egypt at the sug- gestion of Aly Ismail Bey, charge d'af- faires of the Egyptian legation. Mr. Bride touched briefly on the romantic past of Egypt, “the home of culture and birthplace of recorded his- tory,” and then discussed that country as it is today. Capital's Population Cited. The capital of Egypt, Cairo, he said, with over a million inhabitants, is near two and one-half times the size of Washington. Next in importance is Alexandria. whose history goes far beyond the Christian era and whose mu- seums are filled with relics, the works of the Great Alexander and the beau- tiful Cleopatra. It is about ihe size of Washington and has one of the finest harbors in the world. There are 40 other cities in the kingdom, each of which has a population in excess of 10,000 people. The government, a constitutional monarchy, is headed by King Fna I and to h's paticnt endeavors and fine diplomacy is due the recognition of the government as a sovereign independent state. 2 * ¢ Evidence of Prosperity. Egypt is a prosperous country. Its exports exceed its imports by nearly twenty-five million dollars each year. Nearly three hundred million of dollars in goods are exported annually. of which nearly two hundred and forty millions is in cotton. Our American exports to Egypt, particualrly in electrical and transportation necessities, show enor- mous Increases and the field is ready for rapid development in these lines. Egypt welcomes heartily our commerce, our good will and inspection by our citi- zens. The shipping authorities realize plain- ly that the field is growing—that more and more Americans are visiting Egypt. Just a couple of-weeks ago a new pala- tial steamship called “President Hoo- ver” was launched particularly for this trade. Let us in our fancy forsake our Wintry land, sail across the beautiful Mediterranean with its wonderful blue, to land in Alexandria, and make that our starting point to visit both the old and the new Egypt. Although there is much of the ancient, which will thor- oughly interest and entrance us, there also is a modern Egypt, which is more and more becoming the playground of Europe. It is a Winter haven for those who desire to combine with their stay under a comfortable sun a trip that will give them more to see of extreme inter- est than can be found at any place in all the world. Classed as Luxurious. “Pirst of all, let me say that in Egypt there is a chain of fine hotels that is unsurpassed in_all America for luxury and comfort. In Cairo the Semiramis, right on the banks of the intriguing Nile, is the very. last word in luxury. Shepheards Hotel is t0o well known and 00 highly regarded to need any in- dorsement from me, and the Mena House, beneath the shadows of the pyramids, has a charm and color all its own. Every pocketbook has its corre- sponding hotel and one will find in each of them a cameraderie that only Egypt in Winter can bring. The tourist trade is growing year by year because Egypt brings all that is modern with all of that which the centuries have seen. 1In Cairo one merely needs to turn about face to transport himself from the most modern of today's progress to the yesterday that covers nearly 200 generations. At no place in all the reachable world Is the transition so great.” AN s S ICY WATER USED TO HALT RIOT IN POLISH PRISON 400 Convicts Stage Row in Pro- test Against Alleged Bad Food. Fire Brigade Summoned. By the Assoclated Press. KORONOVO, Poland, January 14— Streams of icy water from fire hose were used by authorities here today to quell a riot of 400 criminal convicts over alleged bad food being served them. The prisoners had been unruly for several days, the prison director finally withdrawing the privilege of walking in groups during their daily constitu- tional as a corrective measure. At 10 am. the prisoners in protest started yelling and demolishing the fur- niture of the prison, smashing windows and the like. The director telephoned nearby Bydgoszez and a fire brigade was rushed to the prison. At the end of the battle every window in the institution was broken. 260 SPEAKEASIES FOUND Chicago Grand Jury Told They Are in Loop District. CHICAGO, January 14 (#).—Testi- mony that 260 speakeasies were found in Chicago's Loop was reported before the special grand jury investigating the police department ioday. C. A. Harned, an investigator em- ployed by the “Secret Six” Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, named to investigate crime, testified he be- lieved there were 200 to 300 more speak- easies he could not find. Ten police officers and detectives have been summoned to testify, pre- sumably in connection with the in- vestigator's statement. They were called yesterday, but their testimony was delayed when it was discovered that funds to continue the grand jury investigation were lacking. An ap- propriation of $50,000 to carry on the work was asked of the county board. appeal from the Clark decision next Wednesday. They contend the Constitution and its framers contemplated two kinds of amendments, and supported Judge Clark’s view that an amendment af- fecting individual rights must be passed upon by State conventions rather than by State Legislatures. ‘The probabllity is, nevertheless, that both the Democrats and the Progres- sive Republicans will vote almost as tion of Muscle Shoals as they voted for They insisted the discretion of Con- LEGION PLANS DANCE Strawn Post of the American Legion, composed of District firemen and police, will give a dance tomorrow night at the Winstcn Hotel, First street and Pennsylvania avenue, inaugurating a series of social events through which the post hopes to raise funds to erect a gress in selecting the mode of ratifica-} hoi tion was subject to review and contend- ecisions did not preclude a decision on this phase of the contro- 2 me. 1”74 Seat Pleasant real estate firm re- cently donated the Legionnaires a lot in the Maryland community on which to build their new headquarters, ISENATE CONTINUES | 100010 DEBATE Caraway Assails Action of Conferees in Disagreeing on His Amendment. By the Assoclated Press. The Senate returned today to disput- ing over the $15,000,000 it adced to the drought-loan appropriation bill to be | used for food purchases. Assailing the action of the Confer- ence Committee in disagreeing on his amendment, Senator Caraway said “there hasn’t been a plece of legislation before this Congress that's been the sub- ject of such hostile propaganda.” The Arkansas Democrat spoke after Chairman Jones of the Senate conferees had reported the disagreement with the House managers preparatory to mov- | ing for recession on the $15,000,000 amendment or for another conference. Caraway revealed he had been denied a request to appear before the conferees. House Conferees Opposed. Senator Jones immediately denied this, saying he pointed out to Caraway that the House conferees opposed any one appearing before the conference | who was not a member of either the i Senate or House conferees. “I have known of professional lobby- ists being permitted to appear before | conference committees,” the Arkansan replied. He said the recent statement of Chairman Payne of the Red Cross that the drought presented the emergency” in peace times in the Na- | tion’s history and the biggest peace- |time fund was needed to be raised, proved Payne was not acquainted with the situation a while ago when he said before the Senate Appropriations Com- mittee that the organization could take care of it. Pleads for $15,000,000. “Pleading for the $15,000,000 in the name of God and humanity,” Caraway | said, “we have the money to keep | American cities from starving.” “Children who are forming ragged | food lines in the schools are just as| good as the grandchildren of President Hoover, who had eight Christmas trees on Christmas day,” Caraway said. The Arkansas Senator said: “We might just as well let them starve now,” as to give starving people $1 a month, as the Red Cross is doing in Arkansas. “I will have lost my faith in Gov- ernment if you let thousands of men, women and children suffer from hunger | and become the prey of disease, simply | because you are unwilling to extend | $15,000,000,” Caraway said, calling at- tention to a bill now before the Senate | to appropriate $30,000,000 for modern- ization ef battleships. “gravest | |RED CROSS PUSHES DISTRICT’S $100,000 RELIEF FUND DRIVE | (Continued From First Page) to aid in the relief of the situation caused by the drought. Pive national officers of the Red | o see if the local c! e organizations were ting the relief and to confer with officials. William C. Hunt, assistant manager of the Eastern | area, is in Alabama today and will go to Georgia, North Carolina and Vir- ginia. Maurice Reddy, assistant man- ager, will go to the Kentucky and Ten- nessce areas; Walter Dayidson, assist- ant manager, will survey conditions in West Virginia; Richard Thrush and | Ernest Krick, disaster field, directors, | will go to Mississippi and Louisiana. ‘These five men are veterans in dis. aster relief work. In each State they | will confer with the Red Cross field | representatives, county chairmen, Gov- ernors and State drought relief chair- men. Chapters which have already re- sponded with their full quota, in an effort to be first, includc those at West Branch, Midland and Iowa City, Mich- igan; Logan, lowa; La Crosse and Harrington, Kans ; Sioux Falls, S. Dak.; Lames, Tex.; Devil's Lake, N. Dak.; Fort | Morgan, Colo., and Carlsbad, N. Mex. Telegrams in response to the appeal sent out from national headquarter: yesterday, embracing President Hoover's proclamation, in general “accept the quotas and indicate enthusiastic will- ingness to do their best in filling their quotas,” Judge Payne said. Continuing his comparison of the Mississippi Valley relief work and the present emergency, Mr. Payne pointed out that seven States were involved in the flood area—Arkansas, Illinois, Ken- tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Seventeen States are now being given drought relief by the Red Cross. They are Alabama; Indiana, Kentucky, Louis- iana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Car- olina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia. West Virginia, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma and Texas. Four | other States, Wyoming, New Mexico, | Georgia ard Pennsylvania, are in the drought area and Red Cross chapters may require help. The International Association of Lions Clubs, Chicago, today wired the Red Cross as follows: “We congratulate and commend your organization on the comstructive work accomplished in areas affected by the drought and wish to assure you that you have the support and co-operation of our association.” Another telegram received today from a Red Cross disaster field worker in }(entucky describes conditions as fol- | lows: “The mountain families number | usually frowe six to eight children and many live in almost inaccessible places in remote districts. Families are in many instances almost without clothing, little children being clad in rags, roughly sewed together. None of these families had food. Eight and ten in family were sleeping on floors with a few sacks for cover. Many mountain families are accustomed to want and { hardship, but not like the present ap- palling conditions.” P.-T. A. JOINS CAMPAIGN. School Organization Unanimous in Favoring Sign Regulation. Another organization joined the anti- billboard movement yesterday when the District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers unanimously adopted a resolution favoring more rigid and control and regulation of ad- vertising signs in the District. The organization gave its approval to the pending House bill which aims at this more effective control through the District Commissioners. Miss Harlean James, executive secretary of the Amer- ican Civic Association, addressed the organization on the purpeses of the Washington campaign to improve the highway approaches to the Capital. A resolution also was adopted in sup- port of the pending bill to eliminate alley dwellings in Washington. Mrs, Stewart of the Council of Social Agencles spoke on this matter. The meeting was held at the headquarters of the Parent-Teacher Congress in the Burlington Hotel. RAI\;KIN WILL SPEAK Representative John E. Rankin of Mississippi will be the principal speaker at the celebration of the birthdays of Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, to be held at Confederate Me- morial Hall, 1322 Vermont avenue, next Monday evening at 8 o'clock. The serv- ices will be under auspices of Camp 171, United Confederate Veterans, assisted by the Sons and Daughters of the Con- federacy of the District of Columbla. & MRS. LIMERICK AND DAUGHTER ARE HELD Upper: Detective Sergt.Carlton Talley mother, and Mrs. Julia Bywaters, sister southeast. Lower: George Henry Bargfrede (I Iatest to figure in the investigation. Cross left today for the drought areas | held, has charged that Limerick beat his sister. pters and field | that her husband warned her to keep away from Beulah and her brother. BEULAH LIMERICK’S MOTHER AND SISTER PUT UNDER ARREST (Continued From First Page.) vith the case would be held until after the coroner's jury has returned its verdict. Both he and Inspector William §. Shelby denied published reports that Policeman Robert F. Langdon was “out of the case.” _Collins said the detectives investigat- ing the case would be kept busy today running down various clues clared, however, that no ne secured from the examination of Mr. and Mrs. Bargfrede. Eight Now Held. Mrs. Bargfrede, known as Beulah's “best friend,” was arrested as the cor- oner's inquest adjourned yesterday and | is being held at the House of Detention. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Bargfrede, police are still holding Langdon, Vernon Limerick, 18, a brother of the dead girl; Richard Reed, 23, who posed as her husband, and William E. Paddy, 22, one of her admirers. It was also understood that Reed was | questioned at length last night, but po- }k‘s- said they learned nothing new from him. Case “Chinese Puzzle.” Detective Sergt. Jochn Flaherty, chief of the.homicide squad, said he talked last night to Policeman Clyde Rouse and that he denied ever -saying Mrs. Bargfrede might be “bumped off be- cause she knew too much about the Limerick case.” A denial was also se- cured from the woman to whom the remark was supposed to have been made. Mrs. Bargfrede testified at the in- quest yesterday that she had been told the policeman made such a statement. Police also talked last night to Robert Merchant, Alexandria radio announcer, whose name appears frequently in the diary kept by Beulah. The officers said, however, that they learned nothing from him. Inspector Shelby, who described the case as a “Chinese puzzle,” said that every person whose name appears in the girl's diary has béen or will be questioned. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Band this evening at the auditorfum, Marine Barracks, at 8 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur Witcomb, second leader. Marche, “Grotesque” ....Sinding Overture, “The Yellow Princess,” Saint-Saens ‘Trombone solo, romance, “The Flower Song,” from “Carmen’ “Gavotte,” from the Minor” . Selections from Madonna” “Nocturne” 'Jupiter,” fou suite, “The Planets Marines' hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma “The Star Spangled Banner. By the United S| Navy Band this evening, at the Navy Yard, at 8 o'clock, Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, assistant_leader, March, “Light Cruisers” Overture, “Die Meistersinger Nurenberg” .. Solo for cornet, “Dy “Rondo Capriccioso Intermezzo from the Spanish Revue, “The Merry Miller Maid”.....Luna Song, “Body and Soul”.........Green Duet for flute and clarinet, “Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark”. .. .Bishop Dance, “Danse Des Bouffons,” from the opera, “‘Snegouotchka Rimsky-Korsakow Valse, “Voices of Spring”. . Strauss Rhapsody, “Second Hungarian”...Liszt “Anchor’s Aweigh.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” Tschaikowsky wels of the . Wolf-Ferrari ‘Will Discuss National Parks. ‘The Park Ranger Service will be dis- cussed by Horace M. Albright, director of national parks, in a speech tomor- row at a luncheon of the Dartmouth Club of Washington in the University Club. | is shown with Mrs. Dora Limerick (right), of Beulah Limerick, on their way to the | fifth police precinct station today for questioning. Mrs. Limerick and her daugh- | ter were taken into custody at Mrs. Limerick’s home, 116 North Carolina avenue left) and David Limerick are among the Bargfrede’s wife, Martha, who is also being She also admitted to authorities —Star Staff Photos. HOOVER CAMPAIGN . OPENED BY LUCAS Letter to Gotham G. 0. P. Precinct Leaders Urges Energetic Drive. By the Assoclated Pres: NEW YORK, January 14.—A letter from Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the Republican National Committee, to Republican precinct leaders of the Natfon, launching President Hoover's campaign for re-election in 1932, was published by the New York World today In the letter, dated December 24, Mr. Lucas appeals to party aldes to “defend the President” and join the National Committee in conducting “an aggres- sive, active, determined campaign from this day until the polls close in 1932, President Hoover, experienced n ways of business and expert in handling big things, in spite of the world-wide depression and unemployment, has sus- tained the American scale of wages, maintained the American standard of living, prevented a Nation-wide money panic and kept thousands of men and :Jgg}r&n :t‘*x wor‘k "k‘\ every community who otherwise have bees Mg ‘e been listed among Charges “Smear Hoover” Plan. “The past year, however, has disclose a well-daid plan by the Democraty 1 embarrass the Republican administra- tion and to discredit the President of the United States. And there has been no let-up in Raskob’s ‘smear Hoover' campaign. To win in 1932 the Demo- crats must destroy the Republican lead- er. By subtle innuendo and insidious propaganda, which is being carried on by Raskob's organization in every com- munity in the United States, they hope 1;;: ?{r:r.bl:r;m}:& the p;o;;l;:‘ confidence ver an & Democrat in 1932, % Slect “As precinct leader c great assistance 10 your - parly Sng your administration if you will keep your precinct = organization active throughout the year. Talk to your neighbors. Stand up for your party. Defend the President. We are looking to you fo protect the Re) in your precinet, W party Tl:]rl!l Lincoln Day Observance. “The National Committee will ca; on an aggressive, active, determmr:év campaign from this day until the Ppolls ;Lo:: xg ‘lsazbfiwnh your assistance— advice—before th, y L iy ‘e the people, victory Accompanying the letter was an in- closure suggesting that precinct leaders ;:l;u:ge ;o: m;ren?gx on Lincoln’s hirth- ear President Hc X over the radio. S “There is magic in the name of Lin- coln,” said the inclosure, “and the co‘r‘:- ing together of Republicans under these auspices will surely reinforce the party spirit and fire anew our en- thusiasm for the task ahead of us.” FEDERAL POLICIES FACTOR IN SLUMP, RITCHIE DECLARES (Continued From Pirst Page.) RELIEF BILL ASKED 0 SPEED BUILDING Mitchell Pleads for Aid for Jobless by Action on Condemnations. Attorney General Mitchell appeared in person today before thé House Dis- trict Committee asking for relief legis- lation in pending condemnation pro- ceedings in the Distriet of Columbia as part of the administration program to expedit2 Federal building as a relief to_unemployment. The Attorney General pointed out that under the amendment to the con- demnation laws enacted March 1, 1929, the acquisition of sites for public build- ings in the District was expedited and that the present act is extremely fair and liberal to the land owners, but that it does not relieve the situation regard- ing a few pending cases where the pro- ceedings were started prior to that date. He asked the committee to take the earliest possible action on the Reid bill to make the present law applicable to those proceedings which are still pend- ing under the old law. Serious Consideration Promised. After considerable discussion the committee .told the Attorney General that they would give serious considera- tion later to his proposal. The Attorney General explained that the pending condemnation covers sites for the Post Office Department and In- terstate Commerce Building, for relo- cation of the Botanic Gardens and for the extensible building of the United States Department of Agriculture. Un- der this legislation the Government would be allowed to deposit the amount of the award already made and to al- low the property owners to go ahead with their litigation if dissatisfied with such a loss. In reply to questions, he explained that_another bill has been passed by the House and is now pending in the Senate to make this same law of March 1, 1929, for the District of Columbia applicable throughout the entire coun- try and that he had sent an assistant to the Senate Committee today asking that that measure be expedited. Amendment Is Suggested. George W. Offutt, representing a number of property owners in the pend- ing case, said that, while they had no intenlion of embarrassing the Govern- ment and delaying its building program, under the new law a jury would not be given an opportunity to view the physical property as it represents value to them but would only see a hole in tne ground. Me sugrested an amend- ment which the Attorney General thought was too binding upon the Fed- eral Government and would shut the Government off from subsequent action if the Government thought the awards were too high. The Attorney General explained that there is a safety clause in the present statute which gives the court authority in its discretion to do what is considered right in each par- ticular case. TWO CITED FOR CONTEMPT. Obstruction to Court Order In Con- demnations Charged. J. Raymond McCarl, controller gen- eral of the United States, and his as- sistant, Frank L. Yates, were cited to- day by Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of the District Supreme Court for con- %\hiellnd "ler:‘d'the hmesmeu which ave resul rom putting prohibition in the Constitution where it ought not to be, instead of leaving the question to the States, where it ought to be. Ultimate Solution Seen. “The inability of the Federal Govern- ment to shape or control the forces, or cure the ills which brought the crisis about, and its palpable impotence in the hour of disaster, are awakening the people to the defects of over-central- ized power, and to the virtues of a larger measure of self-help and local- Lledx glovemmenb. “I do not mean to convey any sense of sympathy with those who lyl‘e op- posed to the necessary regulation which Government must exercise over the operations of such public utilities as the rallroads and the giant combines of power companies in order to protect the public interests, nor do I mean to comfort those who would thwart the proper and effective application of such necessary regulatory measures by ob- structive tactics. What I am referring to are those excursions of Government into flelds in which Government does not properly belong.” “I entertain no doubts that in due course we will find a way out of our difficulties and emerge from the present crisis all the better for it. It cannot be that a Nation should be poor because it is too rich, and that we should long bave an excess of business disaster, un- employment and even suffering when we have an excess of commodities, of production, 'of money and of real wealth. Something' has gone wrong temporarily with our economic and financial and political machinery, or with its en= gineers, or both, but it is foolish to think that the whole plant has been wrecked or permanently crippled. “The foundation on which real pros- perity must build are sound and will prove even more sound because of our present experience. Here is a Nation of 120,000,000 people with an infinity of wants and desires; ambitious to succeed; believers in the gospel of work; filled with the spirit of courage, initiative and enterprise; determined to maintain and hl!fl, the standards of life; willing to labor, to buy and to sell, to use the railroads and utilities, to spend their substance on - luxuries and diversions and livings. land with unlimited re- sources pportunities. He must have lit® in his country, or little vision of the*future, who cannot fore- see a prosperivy greater than ever. Economic Values Not All “It will, I believe, be a prosperity allied with the economic restoration of Europe. The world now is to closely knit together for even this great land to contemplate its own destiny alone, The countries of Europe are our debtors. — Our permanent economic progress involves helping them, and the time is near when further considera- tion should be given to the status of our international debts. “The question need not be approached on the basis of world responsibilities alone, although certainly some measure of international leadership is required of a country with the power and the resources of our own. But even on the basis of profit and loss, we should not forget that sometimes present loss may be ultimate profit. “After all, economic values are not the whole of life. It is well to re- member that in the last analysis most of the major ills of society are prob- ably due less to bad economics, bad politics, bad government or bad laws than to such elemental weaknesses as human greed for wealth and power and human indifference to the rights of others. The catch word of the hour is ‘economics.’ We speak of economic laws as if they were part of the order of nature, even though there is almost universal disagreement as to what they are. Perhaps we test life too much by the economic_yardstick. “Anyway, I enter upon my fourth term as Governor with the conviction that in spite of drought and depres- sion our future will be even more tempt of court in obstructing com- pliance with a court order to make pay- ment of certain awards in a condemna- tion case for the acquisition of squares 263 and 264 for an additional building of the Department of Agriculture. ‘The order requires the presence of the two officials in court Friday to show cause why they should not be adjudged guilty of & mpt and why a The King of Spain will sell his racc rses. fine should not be ass against them or tha# they be incarcer: until the obstryetion to the court's er is re- mov glorious than our past. There is so much that can be done to make this a greater and better Nation, and more and more is being done. In the doing of it I like to feel that Maryland is both an example and an inspiration.” - Gives Birth to Quadruplets. ABERD! , 8. Dak., January 14 (#)—Quadruplets were born to Mrs. F, A. Scheuse, farmer's wife of Aberdeen, in a hospital last night. There were tWo boys and two girls, . v i il ]