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p— 4 70. GOAL OF $1,950,154 IS DECLARED MINIMUM Red Cross Share to Be $100,000. Total Sought Is $388.C20 Over 1930 Call. The National Capital today stood as, & united force in the face of two im- perative calls for aid—the ope in behalf | of the less fortunate in its own ranks, as represented by the Community Chest, and the other from the country where the drought has laid its blight. The consolidation of effort—a move calculated obviously to bring about bet- ter results than two separate pleas for assistance, was decided upon yesterday afternoon’ in a meeting at the United States Chamber of Commerce between officials of the Chest and the Red Cross, which will administer the national fund. Formal announcement of the plan, which had been under consideration for some time, was made by Gen. Frank R. Keefer, chairman of the District of Co- | lumbia Chapter of the Red Cross, and John Poole, president of the Community | Unitesd States Forces “Separate.” WEATHER. tempera fair with rising temperature. Tempera- tures—Highest, 36, at 2:30 p.m. yester- Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 Entered as second class matter WILSON’S FULL SUPPORT FUNI]S [: UMBI NEI] General Surprised That President Asked BY GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING. Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in the World War. Than Two Pleas. occurred May 24, 1917, when I called on him with Secretary of War Baker. After some conversation with Mr. Baker on shipping, Mr. Wilson President. “Perhaps s0,” I replied, “but that is what we are trained to expect, Mr. my acquaintance with France. I had expected him to say somthing about the part our Army should play in the war, but he said nothing. sibilities it entails, but you can count upon the best that is in me.” Pershing Chosen Upon Record. fidence that you will succeed; you shall have my full support.” ‘The President then asked me to convey to the King of Great Britain and His assurance of confidence in me was gratifying, but in the difficult situa- tions that arose later regarding the manner of aiding the allies, he was inclined respect was to enjoy an experience unique in the history of Arerican wars. Given Complete Control. $1,950,154 to Be Sought. As a result, when the Community |, p;one which is quoted in full: “The President directs me to communicate to you the following: of Washington will be asked for $1,950,- 154.40. Of this, all but $100,000 will Sl Great Britain and Ireland, including any part of the Marine Corps which may t. The $100,000 will be incorpo- 2 rated as the District's quota in the be detached for service there with the Army. From your command are excepted mrfleh:uc;g: ll‘{udget was approved by “2. You will proceed with your staff to Europe. Upon arrival in Great | Britain, France or any other of the countries at war with the imperial German tion can operate. With the inclusion of the Red Cross the forces of the United States may be sent. Statessent 36 Trned. “3. You are invested with the authority and duties devolved by the law, A brief statement on the fund was “We believe that this amount is jusii- | ner devolved upon department commanders in peace and war, including the spe- fizd, in view of the situation both hore | cial authorities and duties assigned to the commander of the Philippine depari- mmmpnnzspercen:necwww‘ meet thé emergency of drought and | P T e e e 4. You will establish, after consultation with the French war office, all count on reaching this goal. these t . which otherwise ! “5. In military operati~ns against the imperial German government, yow would have interfered with each other.” |are directed to co-operate with the forces of other countries employed against oy bined forces, the identity of which must be preserved. This fundamental rule organization. The ly exception is i that in 'vtew of |Eu ?::gygn', .,,Ea, it is | is subject to such minor exceptions in particular circumstances as your judgment its $100,000 quota. Th: Red Cross will, ready for action is confided ta you, and you will be paid whatever part of this sum 15|mining the manner of co-operation. But, until the forces of the United States (U. 8. Weather Bureau ture about 18 degrees; tomorro day; lowest. 21, 7:40 a.m. today. Full report on page 3. post office, Wasnington . Nothing About Part Army Should . Play in World War. Efforts United With Aim of Getting Better Results CHAPTER 1V, M Y first and my only meeting with President Wilson until after the armistice turned to me. ' “General, we are giving 'you some very difficult tasks these days,” said the President.” The President then mentioned my experience in Mexico and inquired about Upon leaving, I said: “Mr. President, I appreciate the honor you have con- ferred upon me by the assignment you have given me, and I reslize the respon- To this the President replied: “General, you were chosen entirely upon your record, and I have every con- ito the President of France his greetings and best wishes. His manner was cor- dial and simple, and I was impressed with his poise and his air of determination. to yield to the persistent importunities of the allied representatives in Washington. In the actual conduct of operations I was given entire freedom, and in this Chest. May 27, 1917, the day before I was to sail from New York, Secretary Baker jéent me a letter of instructions concerning my command, authorities and duties Chest drive gets under way on January 26 to run until February 4, the people “l. The President designates you to command all the land forces of the g0 to the more than three score local | United States operating in Continental Europe and in the United Kingdom of cies holding membership in the $10,000,000 drought fund for which|the military attaches and others of the Army who may be on duty directly with President Hoover on Tuesday issued & {our caveral embassies. the trustees yesterday. It is placed as o [P et i crgAnisn. government, you will at.once place yourself in communication with the American jembassy and through its agency with the authorities of any country to which fund, it bocsts last year's call $388,000, . or 25 per c:nt. regulations, orders and customs of the Uni‘ed States upcn the commander of an issued &):lfr;:_ly“h; Pr!:l_dmt Poole and |army in the fleld in time of war and with the authority and duties in like man- :fi.‘:“'s;.:mfi;:"fien'fif;' .‘i“’,:l ment in 5o far as the same are applicable to the particular circumstances of your command. unemployment at home and throughout | count Wi always .hes | fidently ing necessary bases, lines of communication, depots, etc., and make all the incidental We also believe tha: all Washingtonians | arrangements essential to active participation at the front. will approve of the combination of w0 - | ton he Hed Cracs reliet_ will be. in- |that enemy; but in o doing the upderiying idea must be kept in view that the cluded in forces of the United States are a separate and distinct component of the com- explained, the Red Cross is guaranteed | may approve. The decision 25 to when your command, or any of its parts, is g!!‘cl&e full discretion in deter- m;‘ md‘lpa&:‘q‘r‘gx:flln’é; are in your judgment sufficintly strong to warrant operations as an independent within 20 days. Thom Offers Report. Gifts received direct by th> Red Cross for this will be credited toward the total Red Cross drought relief bud- get of $100,000; but the Red Cross will not eolicit separate gifts, encouraging every one fo make their subscriptions ' through the Community Chest, and to add to what they otherwis: would give | to the Chest, the extra- amount for | drought relief. The nameof the Red Cross tin full: Tietge B o e oMUty Gt | In compliance wi:h the orders of the President assigning you to the com- will be encouraged. If th> campaign mand of the United States forces in France, the Secretary of War directs that goal is oversubscribed, the Communicy | You proceed, with the neccssary staff, to Paris, France, via England. Chest and the Red Cros= will share the | “The Secretary of War further directs that, upon your arrival in France, oversubscription in proportion to their | Tespective budgets. The Red Cross will | sentatives of the British government now serving in France as will enable you ?;.’ evernljmlf within its PO“:lvf‘h“’ g‘;:: jeffectivei, to plan and conduct active operations in conjunction and in co-opera- Wi a0 s e thicush ite 7500 | tion With the French armies operating in France against Germany and her allies. ¢ oty ilal. waclg i ol suiared ‘As a preiiminary step, the Secretary of War de>ms it desirable that you the campa‘an goal, it was emphasized. | have a thorough study mase of the available bases, lines of communication and In offering his budget report for ap- jcamps of instruction, so that vou may direct preparaticais for the arrival of suc- proval, Chairman Corcoran Thom de- |cessive cuntingents of our troops in Prance. The equipment and training for clared the amounts granted the various | active service of the troops under your command in the trenches or on the firing agencies had been agreed upon only|iine should be carried on as rapidly as possible. While the entrance of our forces :g':t" l‘;‘: s :;;;‘;“’“:‘Z“f,‘:’e’-";g:‘“ ;:‘sd;mw the theater of active cperations will be left entirely to your judgment, it sible upon which the Chest organiza- | Should not be unduly hastened. tians could: pdequately perforta the | “Yet it is believed that the purpose of your presence in France will be tasks confronting them in 1931 aterially advanced by the appearance of our troops upon the firing line. He said the bulk of the increase ove “The Secretary of War desires that you keep the department fully advised “(Continued on Page 3, Column 6. |of all questions of importance concerning the operations of your troops and | tha you submit your vicws from time to time upon such questions, as well as | upon matters pertaining to the general situation in Europe. He also expects that, {as the superior military representative of the United States in France, you will {exercise such general au'hor'ty as will best contribute to the fulfiliment of your missicn in France. Signed) army you may be assigned to by the Prench government, ! “6. You will keep the depar.ment fully advised of all that concerns your command, and will communicate your recommendations freely and directly to the department. And in general you are vested with all necessary.authority to | carry on the war vigorously in harmony with the spirit of these instructions and towards a victorious conclusion. (Signed) “NEWTON D. BAKER.” Staff Chief’s Instructions. At the same time the chief of staff handed me a letter, which is also quoted you EARTHQUAKE KILLS THIRTEEN MEXICAN People in Panic as Walls Tumble. Capital City in Shaken Zone. “TASKER H. BLISS, “Major General, “Acting Chief of Staff” Orders Never Changed. I have never understood why there should have been two letters of instruc- tions emating from the same authority. However, they are both admirable ex- | amples of the powers that should be vested in a commander in the field and were | never changed or amplified in any esscntial. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, January 15.—Dis- leiter regarding the identity of our forces was prompted by the efforts which had patches 10 the newspaper Universsl| bi;:lr: m;de by boih the Bnlz:;r:;;‘dul',racn::emllfimnssm l:;ve t:;e Ur;lwd slmfis Iv { utilize her manpower as rep! r the allies. e policy of eventually s welve per- o O:X'ck'u,"f’ym‘:;:’:;'mzd hers | building up an independent American Army had been discussed and was fully s s R < °7® | understood by the Secretary of War and mysIf. by the earthquake which shook all of | As to co-operation, the instructions contained in the two’letters are appar- Southern Mexico last night. Much of | ently in conflict. According to the Secretary’s leiter it might be that our armies the city of 40,000 population was in|would actually serve in conjunction with any of the allied armies. According to ruins, many buildings having collapsed. | the letter of the chief of s'aff it would be limited to service in co-operation with Th city was in panic, the dispatches | the French Army. said, and despite intense cold many of | However, the general character of our mission was such as to indicate clearly the inhabitants remained throughout | our forces should operate in conjuncticn with any of the allied armies in France, the night in the parks, afraid to sleep | according to circumstances within walls or use their homes had been destroyed. i ‘The earthquakes rocked Mexico City | for more than four minutes early last night took 1 life, injured 25 persons, knocked down 50 walls and houses and did other damage. Fifteen states and the federal district were affected. They were Oaxaca, Pu- ebla, Guerrero, Tlaxcala, Southern Ta- maulipas, Vera Cruz, Mexico, Michoa- can, Jalisco, Guanajuato. Queretero, Hidalgo, Tabasco, Ocampeche and Chiapas. -Both Vera Cruz and Tampico b strong quakes, but with only age. Inhabitants of both cit- ses fled into the streets terror-stricken. ‘The generally were believed to be most severe since June 7, 1911, when most of Mexico was shaken by tremors which were estimated to have taken as many as 2,000 dead. More than 100 persons were killed in the City of Mexico alone and wide crevices ‘were opened in the streets and build- ngs. I S SRS Skt Radio Programs on Page D-4' Sailed in Secrecy. Island, N. Y. All had been instructed to proceed with the utmost secrecy, even wearing civillan clothes until they were aboard the steamship Baltic. Although we ourselves stole silently out through the fog and down the bay, the large number of quartermasters and other officers stationed near New York announcement something out cf the ordinary was happening. But it must be said to the credit of the press representatives that they were most di creet, as the papers gen°rally published notb'ng about us until we were in Europe. During the voyage most of my time was spent in conference with the heads of staff d:partments vegarding their duties and plans. The study of French was taken up by many officers, and classes were in session at all hours. June 6 the Baltic began to zig-zag and we realized we were in the danger zcne. Nex* morning an escort of two American destroyers gave us something of a thrill and fully restored vonfidence. No submarines were observed, however, and the weather was perfect throughout the voyag:. We steamed into Liverpcol June 8. A cordial reception awaited us, with a guard of honor from the Royal Welch Fusiliers. This selection had a senti- jmente’ sigrificance in that the regiment not only fought aginst us at Bunker Hill but fought b-side us during the Box:r Rebellion in China. As we stepped off the gangplunk the band played “The Star Spangled Banner” to welcome us, . S N w— (command, it is understood that you will co-operate as a component of whatever | establish such relations with the French government and the military repre- | The insertion of the directions contained in paragraph 5 of the Secretnry'sl On the day of my saliing May 28, 1917, my party assembled at Governors | dashing around in uniform rather ostentatiously that day really amounted to an | eninm ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ISTREET RAILWAYS | TORELOCATE LINES ON CAPITOL PLAZA Traction Companies to Make Changes to Speed Work, but Protest Expense. FIRMS HOPE TO COLLECT COSTS AT LATER DATE Plans for New Tracks Part of Im- provement Extending to Union Station. The two local street rallway com- panies will pay the cost of re-locating car tracks between the Capitol snd Unicn Station in order not to delay plans for the improvement of the city, but will do the work under protest, in the hope that Congress later will adjust their claim, they notified Congress today in a brief filed with Vice President Curtis, chairman of the Commission on Enlarging the Capitol Grounds. The companies recently appeared be- fore the commission, requesting that they not be required to meet the ex- pense of these track changes, on the ground that they are being made pri- marily as part of-a Federal improve- ment project and that the cost will re- vert to the stockholders and street car | riders. The commission a few days| later announced it would not recom- mend any change at this time in the law, which requires the companies to move these tracks at their own expense. Changes to be Made. ‘The track work referred to is ex- recrcd to be started this Spring, and includss the following changes: Removal of tracks from Delaware | avenue and from B street between | Delaware avenue and First street east; | laying of new tracks on First street east from B to Union Station; lower- ing of the tracks on C street into sub- way between New Jersey and Delaware avenues, and extension of these tracks eastward to connect with the new line on First street. The brief, signed by John H. Hanna, | president of the Capital Traction Co., and Willlam F. Ham, president of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., points out that when Congress ordered the rebuilding of th: south end of Highway Bridge recently to tie in with the George Washington Memorial Boulevard, it provided that no part of the cost of changing the bridge should be assessed against ths trict gov- ernment or the street railway company using the bridge. The companies con- tend that the enlargement of the Capitol’ grounds is a similar Faderal project and that it is discrimination to assess the track work against the com. fes in te “'hr'!n e -n‘%‘t»fifae’fi%’*’ as =2 Tearral of tracks will not increase street car travel, but, on the contrary, may re- duce the revenue by moving street cars a greater distance from the Capitol and make them less desirable for reachin the Capitol, “particularly under present conditions of unregulated taxicab oper- ation to the very doors of the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings.” Will Avoid Delay. ‘The companies say that they realize that any resort to litigation to deter- mine the validity of requiring them to pay the cost would put off a final set- | tlement of the matter, and they have |decided to proceed with the work in order not to obstrutt the improvements that have been planned. They say the work will place a burden on their re- serves for ordinary and necessary re- placements of approximately $400,000 and that the work will disarrange their program for general track repairs. In conclusion, the companies say: “The companies proceed upon the theory that Congress will, in due course, award to the companies the just treat- ment which has been accorded else- where in similar situations. Legislation is pending in Congress, directing the Public Utilities Commission to reduce street car fares for school children in the District of Columbia. The enact- ment of such legislation will materially | reduce the current revenues of each company. | “We feel warranted in mentioning the fact that the street railway companies now pay the salaries of ossing police- men, maintain at constantl, increasing costs the pavements between their tracks, and other paving in addition, the wear and tear of which is largely augmented by the very taxicabs and other unregulated carriers whose com- petition depletes the companies’ | Tevenues.” | The brief was filed by Attorney | Levi Cooke. BUTCHER KNOCKS OUT {HOLD-UP MAN WITH STEAK% Would-Be Robber Until They Arrive. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, January 15.—Butch- er Hyman Roth had just cut off a big slice of steak when a man walked into his shop and demanded: “Stick 'em up, I want your money.” Hyman grabbed the steak and let it fly. " It hit the intruder on the chin and he hit the floor—out cold. Then Hyman telephoned the police and was sitting on the would-be robber when the officers arrived. Police said the man was unarmed. o it Legislative Headquarters to Then Phones Police and Sits on | Teachers and i il Il / /// | WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1931—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES Yesterday's Circulation, 118,966 (®) Means Associated \ y\\\\\\ AR NN AN QAW NN Essentially BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Effects of the unpr:cedented 1930 drought threaten to carry over, so far as agriculture is concerned, into an- other crop year Essentlally anbroken, the drought now is entering its fourteenth month in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland and its tw:lfth month in the Ohio Valley. While there have been Winter rains over all this territory they have NEW CROPS IN EASTERN STATES MAY BE AFFECTED BY DROUGHT |Dry Spell North of Carolinas and East of Mississippi River Found to Be Unbroken. been insufficient to alter the funda- | mental conditions of ths soil upon which crop growth will depend in the | Spring. 3 Very heavy late Winter and early Spring rains will be necessary, accord- | ing to J. B. Kincer, chief of the Division of Agricultural Meteorology of the Weather Bureau, to, bring about .an adjustment. Thus far the rainfall over this area has been about normal for the Winter months, which is far from (Continued on Page 2, Golumn 4.) A.F. OF L. 70 SEEK DRY MODIFICATION ¢ Be Established Here to Fight Present Volstead Act. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., January 15.—President William Green of the American Fed- eration of Labor today confirmed re- ports that the Executive Council of the body had approved campaign plans for modification of prohibition “by the Labor Legislative Committee for the modification of the Volstead act.” Ira N. Ornburn, president of Cigarmakers' International Union, ‘pmned the plans. Will Open Headquarters. Approval of the campaign was given | by the counci! of the American Fed- | eration of Labor in executive session here yesterday. Headquarters will be J‘cuhhlllhed in Washington under the general direction of Mathew Woll, vice | president of the federation, with Mr. Ornburn in charge of the office. Final details will be worked out at a confer- ence in Washington February 23 and 24. Mr. Ornburn said the Modification Committee’s program would “bring back real, true, honest temperance.” The campaign, he added, would be conducted through the 48 State federa- tions of labor, the 778 local central labor unions and the 32,000 local unions in the country, using the journals of the various international unions. The labor press, he said, has a paid circula- tion of 800,000. Organizations friendly to the move- ment will be invited to join- in, Mr.| Ornburn added. ‘Will Seek No Funds. “The committee will not seek funds | to carry on the drive,” he explained. the | “The workers will be paid from the in- | ternational unions and no funds will be solicited.” Mr. Ornburn said modification of the Volstead act would affect many workers in all unions. He cited figures showing that in 1918, 133,000 freight cars were used in the transportation of coal and farm products alone for the consump- tion of breweries, then in operation. President Green said he had no com- ment to make. “I said yesterday there would be a story for another day. The action of | the council on the plan was to have I been today's story. There is nothing more to say,” he declared. ( 47 You probably already have learned that the story of America’s World b Sc o_pl Children! War activities, written by Gen. John J. Pershing and now appearing in The Eve- ning and Sunday Star, is invaluable in your school clipped by many school children Manager of The Star or calling hi 7 Supplies sufficient to meet class room needs will be delivered to the schools on request. 4« This story, being the most authentic record of America’s partici- pation in the great struggle, already is being used as text and being @7 If you did not start the story with the first chapter, you will be able to get the first six installments by addressing the Circulation work. for scrapbooks. im over the phone. National 5000. of the HODVER WILL MAKE NO DRY COMMENTS Expectéd fo Send Wicker- sham Report to Congress Without Expression of View. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Widespread expectation that Herbert Hoover is about to give the country an indication of his present-hour stand on prohibition, along with the Wicker- sham Commission’s report, will not realized. Unless the President changes his mind in the interval, he purposes submitting the report to Congress just as he gets it and without recommenda- tions or comment of any kind. A for- mal letter of transmission—a sort of “inclosed herewith please find” com- munication—is all Mr. Hoover plans to dispatch to Capitol Hill with the long- awaited survey on law enforcemsnt and observance. Just what is holding up delivery of the voluminous work of the Wickersham Commission to the President remains a mystery. It is understood to be com- plete—a prodigious tome of anything between 60,000 and 70,000 words or more. One estimate by a metropolitan newspaper, which usually prints public documents in full, is that it must ar- | range to devote six full pages of one edition to the verbatim text of the re- port. In the belief that only one man out of a thousand is likely to read the report, from A to Z, ths commission pur- poses supplying, with the full text, a comprehensive digest of several thou- sand words. It will be a digest not only ot the main, or majority, report, but of the dissenting opinion or opinions = confidently foreshadowed. Jam on Senate Side, There is less emotion visible in Con- gress over the alcoholic content of the Wickersham masterpiece than there is over the possibility that its submis- sion may prove one more reason for a special session. Already there are enough logs in the jam, especially on the Senate side, to make it extremely improbable that apropriation measures will all be out of the way by March 4. To date the upper House hasn't passed 8 single “supply” bill, owing to the time that has been consumed over drought | relief, power commission and other mat- ters. Those elements bent upon a spe- cial session—Senators Borah and Brook- hart are mainly named in this connec- tion—would, it is feared, gleefully seize upon the Wickersham report as a pre- text for debate. Once the lid is off the “noble ‘experiment,” discussion would be endless. Senators anxious to (Centinued on Page 2, Column 8.) CHILD BURNS TO DEATH | Mother, Seeking Rescue, Taken | From Flaming Baltimore Home. BALTIMORE, January 15 (P)—| A three-year-old child, Jack Hudson, was burned to death, his father so seriously seared he was taken to a hospital and his mother carried from | smoke inhaled in a vain attempt to rescue the child. A second child was saved by a patrolman. Munitions Found in Havana. HAVANA, January 15 (#).—A po- liceman entering a residence here last | night in search of a man wanted on | suspicion stumbled upon a quantity of | ammunition and explosives. Several ‘hundred rounds of shot and some dyna- mite were found. resigny The owner-occupant the fs some —e DEMOCRATS REN FOOD FUND DRIV Prepare to Attach Proposal for $25,000,000 to Agri- culture Bill. By the Associated Press. Driven back from their $15,000,000 food loan demand, the Senate Demo- crats reformed their lines today in a new stand for appropriations to feed those threatened with starvation. The leader of the minority, Senator Robinson of Arkansas, set as the price of completing the legislative program for this session, a $25,000,000 fund to be administered by the Red Cross, with- out provision for repayment. Seeing the hopelessness of their earlier position, the food appropriation spon- sors ylelded yesterday to let the $45, 000,000 drought relief loan -appropria- tion go to the White House, stripped of the Caraway amendment which would ture Department supply bill. Two-Thirds Vote Needed. 'To do this they have to muster a two- thirds vote, and Robinson believed he could get it. If not, he warned: “Much other relatively unimportant leglslation is going on the scrap heap.” And if they succeed when the vote | qu comes, Robinson's forces were deter- mined to hold fast even though the would leave the Agriculture Department without appropriated funds to carry on its multitude of activities and might be sufficlent to force the extra session & the new Congress which the admini- sfration is determined to avoid. The Dgmocratic opportunity to at- tach the food appropriation to the agri- culture bill was expected sometime dur- ing the remainder of this week, just possibly today. The Republican leadership, however, sought to put through the Interior De- partment supply bill, which has been pending since before Christmas, and tomorrow a vote is promised on recon- sideration of a bill to spend $30,000,000 on modernizing battleships. Regional Limits Removed. ‘The new food provision, besides omit- | ting repayment requirements, had no regional limits, permitting the Red Cross to use it either for farmers or unemployed of the cities, wherever persons might be found without money to buy themselves supplies. This would meet objections to the previous pro- posal raised by Representatives from city districts. VETERANS IN SENATE REFIGHT WORLD WAR Tydings Assures Brookhart Armi- stice Would Have Come Sooner if He Was General. Two veterans fought the World War over again today in the Senate and one finally conceded the other should have been the American genert Senator Tydings, who participated in the Argonne offensive, complained at the lack of preparedness of the Nation at the start of the war and demanded adequate defense now, after recit:ng his own experiences. ¢ Senator Brookhart, an expert rifle shot and trainer in the war, once more told the Senate how he disagreed with | dacks, was the coldest town on the the general staff on training methods | record in the United States today, but and how former Secretary Baker over- ruled the staff. “If it hadn't been for that,” added Brookhart, “we would still he proceed- ing on the theory that In battle an un- trained shooter is just as likely to hit | C4Me Up to greet a frigid day. It was as a trained one.” “Wars are not won on the target range,” it ga e e ‘mm‘;:‘nuntered Tydings. “but. on the battle- eld, and as a matter of fact there is ‘When Brookhart said he was “ready to stand up and tell the War and any one else” how trgining shoul be carried Senator Tydings con- Senator from Iowa Rg war w2 woul in 5 montM¥ ad of 18. Best_training Gen. Ygrant cver id Brookhart, “was Ywhen he from the Army, wei to and went broke. got sense. Pres, . TWO CENTS. BARGFREDES FREED INLIMERICK DEATH AFTER QUIZ FAILS Husband Declines to Admit He Quarreled With Wife About Slain Girl. OFFICER SAYS LANGDON VOLUNTEERED AS GUARD Released Witness Testifies Rela- tives Mentioned “Gun in the Stove” and Asked Silence. George H. Bargfrede and his wife, Mrs. Martha Bargfrede, close friend of Beulah Limerick, were released by the police today after Prosecutor Wil~ liam H. Collins had failed in his ef- forts to wring an admission from Bargfrede that he quarreled with his wife because of her friendship with the slain girl. Bargfrede's testimony concerning ‘the gun in the stove” was the high point of the fifth day of the coroner’s inquest into the death of the Limerick girl, who died of a bullet wound at her home, 18 Nineteenth street southeast, December 31. The “gun in the stove” was first brought into the case by Mrs. Bargfrede several days ago. The disclosure was followed by the arrest of the Bargfredes and the seizure Says Langdon Volunteered. R i, e nce by rt C. Plerce of ecinct that Policeman '.h:‘rbulhllnthg L, " t 15 minutes trying to wring from some kind of admission that he become angered at his wife Martha because of the lat- ter's friendship for Bargfrede steadf: such thing took E ;iy P! T *EE Eg Fee F g £ i Ee§ 1} = next witness . 1 o r-in-law 1. T n cy carried by Beulah in conversat with Mrs. Limerick or other relativi “Don’t Want Him in It.” Relating the high points of a conver- sation she had the day Beulah was found dead, Mrs. Dora Limerick and the le girl, she said that when Mrs. frede learned Beulah had died from a pistol wound, she had warned the others not to mention Rob- rt Merchan es. Mrs. Limerick quoted Mrs. Bargfrede : }l:.y\n: declared, “We don’t want him William Limerick, Beulah’s brother, Wwho testified several days ago, was re- called for examination in connection with his conversations in arranging for the funeral and burial. He declared he had paid these ex- g;_ggu himself. He said they totaled “Did you,” Collins demanded, “go up to Redding (Virginia undertaker) with a lot of money on you and say, ‘Come and get the body quickly’?” “No, sir,” Limerick responded. He then was excused. An hour-and-a-half recess was taken at this point for lunch. Testimony given by Sergt. Pierce of the fifth precinct also brought out the fact that Langdon had been instructed not to touch anything in the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) |ALL EASTERN U, S. GRIPPED BY COLD Adirondacks Town, With 21 Below Zero, Coldest on Record Today. By the Assoclated Press. Tupper Lake, N. Y., in the Adiron- its during-the-night reading of 21 below z:ro was merely the nadir of a fairly countrywide thermometric depression. From St. Louis to Boston the sun below freezing at 8 am. Even in New Orleans, where the temperature was 30 degrees; Jacksonville, Fla., with 28, and little actual rifle work for the infantry | Norfolk, Va,, with 24. in_battle. Owlshead, N. Y., another hamlet in upstate New York, had a reading of 20 R}"n’%mmm‘mu [t was ton, 12 in New York and Chicago, 16 in Philadelphia, St. Louis and St. Paul, 18 in Kansas City and 20 in Washing- Many New England communities re- ported the coldest temperatures of the ‘The al forecast for the shivers ing was.“slightly warmer