Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1931, Page 2

1 'BALLOU PLEADS FOR AGENCIES k| DAWS IS BAEKED WHICH BUILD FOR CHARAIESTER ~ ONCOST OF RACE commnty oret oecires LABOR WIL PRESS FGHT ON LOW PAY IVORE FIRMS JOIN'~[TAX ON BILLBOARDS BILLBOARD WARIIN MARYLAND SEEN Not “One Penny” Spent for Senator in One County, Says Witness. By the Associated Press. Vincent R. Smith of Greensburg, Pa., testified before the Senate Campaign Punds Committee today not “‘one penny” was spent to advance the candidacy of Senator Davis, Republican, of that State, in Westmoreland County. Smith, who was active for the Davis- Brown ticket in that county, said Davis and Gov.-elect Pinchot were “popular eandidates” in Westmoreland and sur- rounding counties. “It wasn't recognized in our county that Davis had any fight,” he said. Senator Davis, appearing before the committee yesterday, vigorously denied excesgive campaign expenditures in his half. belle said that he had “always stood for clean and wholesome elections” and Te- sents vigorously the “unfair and unjust attempt” to charge him with the ex- penditures for the entire Republican ticket in the 1930 Pennsylvania primary and election. The former Labor Secretary read a prepared statement to the committee in which he repeated that he had person- ally spent only $10,646 to gej the nom- ination and had turned over $9,100 in contributions from other sources to the Allegheny County Committee. Has Nothing to Conceal. “That is all T had to do with fij\ln— cial matters with my campaign,” he "!fi’i Yidh o restate emphatically that 1 have nothing to conceal, that I have not spent a dollar corruptly or con- trary to law or collected any money other than that which was lawful and which I have reported above. Describing himself as a litical orphan” and not identified with any faction in Pennsylvania, Senator Davis said he was indorsed by organized labor throughout the State, together with agricultural, patriotic and other socie- ties whose membership ran into the hundreds of thousands. il “These men do not vote for money,’ he said, “Neither can their votes be purchased.’ Nearly 20,000 Candidates. He sald nearly 20,000 candidates were efinden! upor‘n-t'l'\le support of the Re- ican on. Bt Course." he added, “such & con- test resulted in the expenditure of quite a sum of money, but it is utterly unjust to charge me with the responsi- bility for the expenditure of such a “’um' Do Tt 1 Dave any fear 10 page ;‘-:M“ n( T have never been charged with corruption or dishonesty in my life.” said he “admonished every one 'i?h‘vrhom I came in contact that I would not stand for any improper, ex- travagant or unlawful use of mon Unfairness Charged. uently wit- nesses members of the and uy"m Davis counsel to charge unfairness. James B. Drew of Pittsburgh, who -was elected to the State Superio Court on the same ticket with Davis, and Edward Msr:;not ‘Washington, Pa., cl Devis was & popular candidate and the- only centered on the Brown- :ne':.!or Governor, which split -the organizatit 'REED ASKS DELAY OF SENATE ACTION ON $25,000,000 FUND (Continued From Pirst Page.) “The starving Porto Ricans were fed by the Red Cross through voluntary ifte.” Difference in Situations. McKellar asked Bingham if he ap- proved the $150,000,500 Congress had appropristed to relieve starvation in after the war. is a great difference between Joans for those starving in for- lands who are not voters and can- | not bring pressure on politically minded Iawmakers x&ed"mz the ce,’ BRI e e Cross had care of wounded soldiers. Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Ken- tucky said he found “difficult to un- derstand” how efforts by the Senate over a period of six weeks to obtain “a modest sum for relief” could have handicaped the Red Cross in its pres- ent campaign, as opponents of the amendment have declared. The complaint taken to the White House by officials of the Red Cross that the appropriation prcspect was imped- ing their own $10,000,000 drive for public subscriptions left the Senate un- moved. Leader:Robinson of the Demo- crats put it down as an effort to em- barrass passage of his proposal. Will Be Poor Excuse. “It will be a poor excuse for those who can afford it not to contribute be- eause the Government also proposes to give,” he observed. Earlier the Senate had heard that ‘Western communities felt unable to re- spond to the Red Cross appeal and take care also of local relief needs. Seeing disposal of the time being of the relief issue, the Senate projected #s program further, planning to take up the disputed nomination of Eugene er as chairman of the Federal Re- serve Board. And Senator McNary, as- sistant Republican leader, decided to ask also unanimous consent to ordering three night sessions weekly, beginning next week. ‘The House departed for a while from debate on appropriations to receive the report of the special Communist In- westigating Committee, headed by Rep- resentative Fish, Republican, New York. Ordered Bread Probe. It was to receive also a statement by Ohairman Legge of the Farm Board, in- dorsing & temporary embargo on wheat, feed grains and butter as a measure of farm protection. Such & proposal has introduced by Representative -Burtness, Republican, North Dakota. Yesterday the Senate orderea an in- westigation of bread and sugar prices. Senator Capper, Republican, Kansas, ‘was selected chairman of the investigat- ing group. He plans to start Monday fo ascertain why the dive taken by wheat and flour prices has not been yeflected in retail bread prices, which have remained unchanged. Baking combines will be studied. ‘The Capper group may spread its questioning to other foodstuffs, such as meat. The Kansan said there was ‘widespread complaint concerning failure of food prices to come down in relation to the diminished returns paid the farmer. An additio: authorization of $100,- 000,000 to forward the Federal program throughout the coun- was sought in bills introduced by Keyes and Eilliott of the Benate and House Building Committees. _ The measure has administration sup- China accoun! of profits should begin three %w’m time the been relied upon to take| Means of Developing Good Citizens. Children of Today May Bei Producers or Gangsters of Tomorrow. BY DR. FRANK W. BALLOU, Superintendent of the Washington Public School N ‘Those of us who are in constant touch with the youth of the city keenly | feel the importance of character build- ing agencies which receive support from the Community Chest. ‘This year, when there is imperative need for relief for fundamentals, as food, clothing and shelter, we are likely to subordinate those appeals which are chiefly concerned with the training of youth. It is a trite saying that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” but it applies here. The young people of our city are its most investment for the future. Prison wardens assert that few in- mates of penal institutions were ever members of character building organ- izations for boys such as the Commu- nity Chest supports. Neglected Children Become Criminals. Neglected children of today are the criminals of future years whose crimes will be a boomerang against the com- munity which falled to come to their aid when they were young and plastic. Youth's natural inclination is to meet in groups. It is our responsibility to | determine whether results are for good or evil. Foundations for good citizen- ship are not laid in the environment of street corner gangs. Are these young people to be permitted to roam the streets or shall we provide them with centers of wholesome recreation where | their surplus energy can be directed | into constructive channels? ‘The answer lies in the attitude of all of us toward this problem. -When we help through our contribu- tion to the Community Chest to support preventive and corrective agencies we | are helping to keep the children off the | Chest. DR. FRANK W. BALLOU. streets and make them clean in mind and body. ‘These neglected children are asso- ciates of our own children in schools, hence we are protecting our own homes against possible vice when the Chest organizations fulfill their misison of guiding these youngsters aright. A few dollars spent in prevention today will | save a good many expensive corrections tomorrow. Most of us Washingtonians are busy people. Few of us have the time or | ene; or training to investigate these problems’ personally and effectively. We mean to’'be kind and good neighbors, but we have not always a clear under- standing of what is happening to our fellow-beings in other sections of the city. None of us would deny that these problems exist. We must delegate to the trained workers of the Chest agen- cles the task which we as individuals cannot perform. They know the facts. They know what is to be done. At all times they stand ready to give an ac- count of their stewardship. We must give them our whole-hearted support through the medium of the Community The boy or girl at the crossroads of life; the runaway; or the children of broken homes——these can become good citizens or gangsters; which shall it be? Our support of the preventive agencies may determine the answer. COMMUNITY CHEST BIFTS INCREASED Two Large Donors Double| .and One Trebles Sums Given Last Year. Advance reports of the Special Gifts Committee of the Community Chest | today revealed several residents of ‘Washington already had come forward ‘with greatly increased contributions. It was disclosed that a couple leav- ing for Europe, distressed by the unem- ployment situation, had sent in a check for $10,000, exactly double the amount subscribed by them last year. | A third person donated $1,000 as | compared with $300 the year before. Anoiher subscriber explained his action | was based on the Red Cross drought reliefl camj in ine “his con- tribution m’n‘l,m to $1,100. School Unit Enthusiastic. Enthusiasm predominated at a meet- | ing. of the school unit in the Cosmos Club. Leaders outlined plans to have speakers appear in the various insti- tutions and to have each child Who‘ makes & contribution, regardless of the size, rewarded with a Chest button. | ‘This phase of the drive will be carried | on in public, private and parochial | schools. | More than 300 members and guests attended a meeting of the speakers’ unit yesterday in the Raleigh Hotel. | Those present were requested by Joseph D. Kaufman, chairmap. to be prepared | to speak whenever called on. He ex- plained no more meetings of the unit, would be held prior to the opening of the campaign January 26. Teamwork Need Stressed. The need for teamwork was stressed by Bishop W. F. McDowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ed out that the Chest no longer is an | experiment, having operated with suc- | cess here for two years. He sald sim- | llar organizations had proved of %flt value in' 400 other cities throughout the country. | The structure of the organization was | reviewed by Edward F. Colladay, cam- | paign chairman. He announced the | duties of the special gifts, group solici- | tation, metropolitan, governmental, pub- licity, information and speakers’ units. He said 7,500 persons had been as- sembled to aid in the drive. He added these men and women not only would work without compensation, but would contribute their own funds to the Chest | and pay for their own luncheons as| the movement progressed. | Important matters will be discussed at | a luncheon of the special gifts unit | Monday at 1 o'clock | Hotel. FILM COUPLE ON CRUISE AFTER WEDDING NOTICE| Whether Kay Francis and Kenneth | MacKenna Are Eloping or on By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 17—Like in their romance, Kay Francis and Kenneth MacKenna, featured film fa- vorites, were at sea today. The couple, after having filed notice of intention to wed, were somewhere on the Pacific aboard the actor’s yacht, Pamet Head, bound presumably for | Ensenada, Mexico. And their public was figuratively just as much at sea as to whether the cruise was a honeymoon or an elope- ment. The veil of secrecy covering the ro- mance was penetrated yesterday, if only enough to disclose the legal names | of the couple. At the Marriage License | Bureau Miss Prancis was revealed as | Katherine Gibbs and-her intended hus- | band gave his name as Leo Meil- ziner, ¥ WIDOW’S SHARE LIMITED Sued Corporation for Plagiarizing in Producing Movie Picture. LOS ANGELES, January 17 (#).—Mrs. | Sadie Witwer, widow of H. C. Witwer, | writer, will share in the profits from | the Marold Lioyd motion picture, “The Freshman” only from April 11, 1926, under an order issued by Federal Judge George Cosgrave. | ‘The Lloyd Corporation was foumd to | have plagiarized “The Emancipation of | Rodney,” & Witwer novel, in- producing the film. | Lioyd's attorneys contended the stat- ute of limitation should apply in the case, and Judge Cosgrave ordered the sutt years was fled. He point- Honeymoon Is Mystery. | | that portion of the public interested | HEARNG IS CALLED ON SEABOARD BL House Group to Study Meas- ures to Strengthen Adver- | tising Regulations. Representative Albert R. Hall of Indiana today called a public hearing | before his District subcommittee for | Monday morning to consider the Com missioners’ recommended changes in a bill for the regulation and control of | advertising signs in the District of Columbia. | Mr. Hall is chairman of the subcom- | mittee to which proposed amendments ' to the pending House bill were refer- red. In submitting these amendments, | | which would enable the Commission- | ers to put “teeth” in regulations au- | thorized under the bill, Maj. John C.| Gotwals urged that action be taken by the House as early as possible. | The bill already has passed the Sen- ate and amendments by the House would necessitate its being sent to con- ference. Its purpose is to give the Commissioners suthority to promulgate | more stringent regulations, under which thousands of signs of the “tack and | hammer” variety might be removed and | more effective control gained over the organized billboards. The hearing will be conducted at | 10:30 o'clock in the House District | Committee room. Miss Harlean James, | executive secretary of the American | Civic Association, which is conducting ' the anti-billboard campaign in the Greater Washington area, will be heard. Maj. Donaid A. Davison, assistant Dis- trict Engineer Commissioner, and Ro- land M Brennan, chief clerk of the Highway Department of the District, who were instrumental in framing the legislation, also will appear before the | subcommittee. MILK POISONERS | PUT ON PROBATION :Smyended Sentences of Six Years Given Three Who Strove to | Serve Unionism. ‘ | Suspended sentences of six years to- day were given to Elmer C. Rayford, Harry M. Rothgeb and Richard Conte, who recently entered guilty pleas to an attempt to poison a quantity of milk on November 16, by Supreme Court Justice | Peyton Gordon. Rayford. secretary of the Chauffeurs’ | Union; Rothgeb, recording secretary of the Milk Drivers' and Dairy Employes’ Local Union, and Conte, a taxicab milk being delivered by the Chestnut | Farms and Thompson Dairies at Con- | | necticut and Cathedral avenues. They | were indicted on two counts each. | The execution of the sentences, | which were allowed to run concurrent- ly, was suspended and the men were placed on probation. | Conte told the court that Rayford,| Rothgeb and Conte had suffered mentai | torture in appreciation of what might | have been the result of their misguided | action in the cause of unionism. They |bad no intention, he sald, to poison | any one, but sought only to prevent the | delivery of the milk in the hope of win- | ning over the drivers to the union. Rothgeb explained to the court that he had resigned his position with the union and was sotry for what they had | done. | Rayford, in asking for probation, in- | formed the court that his position in |the union was elective, and that last Monday he had been selected for a| | new term if the court should see fit to | place him on probation. |OPPOSES ARMY RESERVE PLAN IN AID OF JOBLESS | By the Associated Pre: | A plan to relieve unemployment by | organizing a special Army reserve of | 250,000 men was opposed today by Sec- | retary Hurley. In"a letter to the House Military Committee, he reported adversely on ihe Celler bill' to eniist a quarter million men for one year as an emergency | measure. “The cost of the bill is estimated at $226,805,000, & very large amount, which, if available, could be used to se- cure lasting beneficial effects as well as | for the relief of a greater number of un- employed,” Hurley said. . 2 Four Slain in Indian Riot. LONDON, January 17 (#).—Dis- patches to the Evening News from Calcutta today sald 4 persons had been killed and 20 others injured in nce ot Bongal, The reports seid patice ce of X said police used to defend . which refused to Stores, Cafes and Inns Added to List—Further Acces- sions Expected. Further evidence was given tcday of the earnest desire of Washington busi- ness men to co-operate in efforts to beautffy the highways within the metropolitan area before the 1932 bi- centennial celebration, which is ex- pected to bring upward of a million tourists to the National Capital. Lansburgh & Bro., one of the largest department stores of the city, was one of several firms to notify the American Civic Assoclation of its entire accord with the campaign to eliminate bill- board advertising along with other un- sightly structures and roadside nui- sances within a 20-mile radius of the District line. “We are pleased to advise further that in view of the stand of your assoclation, with whose aims we unhesitatingly approve, we shall not again use outdoor billboard advertis- g,” Mark Lansburgh wrote in behalf of the to Frederic A. Delano, president of the American Civic Asso- clation. Did Not Renew Contract. In reply to Mr. Delano's communica- tion regarding billboards used by the department stcre, Mr. Lansburgh said he was “pleased to advise that Lans- burgh & Bro. did not renew their con- tract for a number of large sign boards in and about the city which we used for advertising purposes.” Very few of Washington's depart- ment stores advertise on the landscape except in & minor way as local dis- tributors, and most of these establish- ments have indicated their determina- tion to abandon even this form, which Woodward & Lothrop and S. Kann i Sons Co. explained had been done with- out their knowledge. From the management of Olney Inn, at Olney, Md., the American Civic As- sociation « likewise received assurances of co-operation in the elimination of road signs. Mrs. Clara May Downey, proprietor, wrote: “We have never cared for the signs, but while others used them we felt it was necessary for us to have some means of directing guests to our inn, since we are not on the main route, which is No. 27. Could you advise us what kind of directional signs would be permiited? We particularly refer to the distance between Baltimore and Ashton, Md."” Cafe Owrer in Line. The Wallis Cufe, Twelfth and G streets. in Washington, is another user of billboards which has directed the abandonment of this form of advertis- ing on the public highways. “We most surely agree with you in regard to your campaign to clean up the highway entrances to Washington,” | Edmund C. Wallis assured Mr. Delano. “Under date of December 10, 1930, we instructed the General Outdoor Adver- tising Co. to terminate our contract at the end of the next yearly period, which is June 20, 1931. They have also been instructed to reduce our monthly show- ing as they see fit between now and the expiration date.” Both the American Civic Association and Representative Sol Bloom, associate director of the Washington Bicentennial Commission, believe that the question of competition is one that forces a ma- jority of billboard users to resort to this method of highway defacement. With firms sending in assurances dally that they will eliminate or resrict their use of outdoor advertising, competitiors in their lines of business also will be in a position to do likewise, they believe. AUCTION OF ‘OUR. CAR’ PROPOSED IN HOUSE Money From Sale Would Go to Red Cross—Longworth-Garner Debate Canceled. By the Associated Press. A solemn settlement of that merry | dispute over the officiai automobile of the Speaker of the Houss was proposed yesterday—Ileaving out boll Republican and Democratic pretenders to the own- ership. Democratic Leader Garner refers to the sleek limousine as “ours.” Longworth sometimes invites Mr. Gar- ner to ride with him. Representative Parks, of drought- stricken Arkansas, today introduced & resolution reading: “Whereas it is not known whether a | Democrat or Republican will be Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Seventy-second Congress, and “Whereas a controversy has arisen between Hon. Nicholas Longworth and J. N. Garner as to who will use the Speaker's automobile, which is fur- nished by the Government, and “Whereas millions of people are out of employment and hundreds of thou- sands without food, “Therefore, be it resolved, That on the 5th day of March, 1931, the au- tomobile furnished to the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be in the Willard |driver, admitted attempting to poison |sold at public auction at 12 o'clock noon, at the east entrance of the Capi- 1ol and the proceeds given to the Red Cross and the Speaker hereafter shall furnish his own automobile or walk.” ‘The discussion grew so warm that Speaker Longworth and Minority Lead- er Garner canceled their engagement to publicly debate the question over a Nation-wide hook-up from the Na- tional Press Club. LEGISLATORS OF GEORGIA PROTEST COLD WEATHER Resolution to Meet in Bouthern Part of State Referred to Aviation Committee. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., January 17.—Two South Georgia members of the State| Legislature, in special session in At- lanta, Thursday decided the weather was too cold for them. Representatives Thomas of Wayne County and Rgtten of Lanier County introduced a resolution in the House calling for the next Winter session to be held in South Georgia. 2 Speaker Richard B. Russell, jr., re- ferred the resolution to the Aviation Committee. The temperature here yesterday morn- ing was 18 degrees. H. N. TAYLOR DIES Aviation Enthu it Was Associat- ed With Cumberland Firm. PHILADELPHIA, January 17 (#).— Hollingshead N. Taylor, 54, widely known aviation enthusiast and chairman of the Aviation Committee of the PHiladelphia Chamber of Commerce, died suddenly Thursday at his home in Bethayres, near here. He was a member of N. & G. Taylor Co., manufacturers of steel and tinplate, with a plant at Cumberland, Md. He was at one time president of the Aero with Club of Pennsylvania and had been a member of the State Aeronautics Com- mission. you | Speaker Miss Lavinia Engle, House Member, Confident Legisla- ture Will Order Levy. Confidence that a law levying a tax on billboards in Maryland will be passed at the present session of the Legislature, wa$ expressed by Miss Lavinia Engle, member of the House of Delegates from Montgomery County, yesterdey at & joint meeting of the Montgomery and Prince Georges League of Women Voters in the club house of the American Association of University Women, 1634 I street. Such an act is being prepared by representatives of a number of inter- ested organizations and will be intro- duced by Miss Engle, who sald the draft will be completed within the next two weeks. The law to stand the test of the courts must be for the purpose of tax- ation and control rather than confis- catory, Miss Engle ppinted out, and because of this, extreme care must be Iexerelaed in its drafting. Billboard Lobby Cited. The billboard interests have one of the best organized and financed lobbies in the State, the speaker declared, and even now are making a desperate fight in the Legislature, but despite their efforts, backers of the measure confi- dently expect the measure to pass. “A bill taxing billboards was intro- duced in the Legislature two years ago, but was lost,” Miss Engle asserted. “Since then,” she continued, “‘support of the movement has grown by leaps and bounds until now there is a long list of organizations back of it, the latest recruit being the Southern Mary- land Association. Trafie Hazards in Billboards. “Besides defacing the roadways, bill- boards create a real traffic hazard by distracting the attention of the motor- ist from the highway. There is one aspect of the question which we often disregard and thata is the tremendous financial responsibility of taking care of accident cases in our State and coun- ty hospitals, and biliboards c contribute to accidents. “You pay large sums of money in taxes for the construction and main- tenance of hard-surfaced roads through- out the State, while the billboard in- terests pay practically nothing. Yet the billboard companies are capitalizing on your expenditure for roads, since their signs would be of no value if not lo- cated alongside a State highway. “It is for this reason that we are entirely justified in taxing them and making them pay their just share. Would Protect Capital Approaches. “The movement against signs should not apply only to the approaches to the National Capital, however, or to the of George Washington Bi- centennial Celebration, but should be State-wide and permanent. Elimination of signs only along the immediate ap- proaches to Washington would have the effect of concentrating them in other portions of the State, while appeals to advertisers to take down their signs for the period of the bicentiennial could be zed' &8 an argument against legisla- n." Miss Engle also discussed legislation for establishment of two State alms houses and juvenile courts. She told of the work of the two com- missions appointed by Gov. Albert C. Ritchie to study the advisability of two alms house, one on the Eastern and one on the Western Shore. These alms house would be better fitted to care for cases requiring medical treatment than woujd county institutions, she said. Juvenile Court Bill Proposed. A State-wide jevenile court bill is to be introduced at the present legisla- tive session, Miss Engle declared, ex- plaining that it is needed as a cog in the comprehensive proj for the pre- vention of juvenile delinquency. Mrs. Green of the Connecticut League | of Woman Voters urged women present at the meeting yesterday to seek the recommittal of the Kelly-Capper retail price-fixing bill now before Congress to the Committee on Interstate Com- merce. She condemned the measure as viclous, urging that it would result in a general increase in prices of most manufactured articles. It was decided to hold the next joint meeting of the Montgomery and Prince Georges Leagues two weeks from yes- | terday at Sflver Spring, M¢), when Dr. Carrie Weaver Smith, rintendent of the Montrose School for Delinquent Girls, will speak. 'GOVERNOR EXPECTS OUSTER ATTEMPT “Alfalfa Bill” Says Foes Will Try to Kill Him if Move Fails. By the Associated Press. | OKLAHOMA CITY, January 17— Fatalism has entered the philosophy of | Gov. William H. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray | and cxpectation of an atiempt at im- | peachment has swelled his list of guber- natorial cares. The man who rose from & cotton | patch to the highest office of the State | asserted yesterday his enemies would | stop at nothing to defeat his new ad- | ministration. “I am not afraid of bullets,” the Governor told the Oklahoma Press As- sociation. “God has willed that I live 61 years so far and when my time comes I'll go and not before.” Gov. Murray said he expected an at- 'tempt to impeach, a weapon used against several Oklahoma Governors. “When that fails,” he said, “they will not hesitate to try to assassinate me.” He charged his ?ponenu had em- ployed spies and said: “T have mine to keep me informed.” “They will try to defeat my policies. “When impeachment is mentioned, I'll have 100,000 citizens at my side in 2¢ hours.” s Murray told of interceding with an oil company when he was informed the concern was about to lay off 25.000 men last December. His informant, he said | told him of plans to blow up oil tanks | and get rid of surplus oll. Murray sald he was assured the men ‘would not be laid off. He took credit for “saving the State from anarchy which was brewing owing to oll proration.” ‘The Governor praised the State's weekly papers, but charged the metre- politan dailies were dominated by ad- vertising interests. NEVINS SENTENCED Three-Year Term Given for Theft of Beized Liquor. DETROIT, January 17 (#).—James G. Nevins, former United States customs border patrolman, was sentenced to three years in Leavenworth Penitentiary yesterday, following his conviction on a two-year-old indictment charging o as arresi 'y s *Novem eluding Federal ‘Testimony was ted 13_cases of last November, after $420, splitting the confederal Joseph Lantry, a feliow officer, who was indicted with Nevins, is stil] st whisky sel sold it for three Upper left: Charles M. Wesson, 34, shot and seriously wounded by a pulicey man after a wild auto ride, during which he fired shots through the winds} leld of the taxicab shown below. Upper right: J. R. Jensen, driver of the taxi, \wwho deliberately wrecked his machine so that police could capture Wesson. —Underwood and Star Staff Phoios. PRESS CENSORSHP | INCUBA PROTESTED IWorld Congress Objects to | Methods Employed by Pres- | ident Machado. By the Assoclated Press: | NEW YORK, January 17.—Suppres- | sion and censorship of Havana news- papers were protested yesterday by the Press Congress of the World in com- munications to President Machado of Cuba and Secretary of State Stimson ot ' Washington. The protests were made public by James Wright Brown, president of the Editor and Publisher {and: Executive Committee member of | the Press Congress. Message to Machado. ‘The message to President Machado, | signed by President Walter Williams | of the University of Missouri, honorary president of the Press Congress, sald: “On behalf of the members of the ess congress of the world and under ' the authority of the governing and | executive committees, I desire to file with your excellency a formal and vigorous protest against the suppression and censorship of Havana newspapers. Censorship of newspapers in any form disturbing or restraining dissemination of news or freedom of comment on news, to say nothing of suppression of all such publication, is inconceivable in this day of enlightened education. “No matter what the objective may | be, the continued suppression of news- papers of Havana is not merely unde- sirable, but unwarranted and consti- | tutes an archalc, ineffective method of | righting a wrong. Indeed, the employ- ment of such methods does extreme harm in aggravating any political or social condition. “Leaders in the press of this country find it encumbent to protest vigorously the autocratic policies of dictatorship as exercised in the case of the suppres- | sion of these Cuban newspaper.” Nine Papers Suppressed. The communication to Secretary Stimson, similarly worded, added: “The first amendment to the United | States Constitution, adopted December 15, 1791, guarantees our press freedom. Surely our interest in the welfare of the people of Cuba well justifies vigor- ous representations by our State De- partment to the government of Cuba.” Nine Havana publications—five dailies and four weeklies—were closed a week ago by a decree of the Cuban secretary of the interlor, charging them with “indirectly encouraging acts against the government by glving prominent space to anti-administration activities.” A tenth publication was suspended -Thursday for publishing an article criticizing former President Mengcal, leader of the oppositionists. | ORDERS INCOME PROBE Revenue Official Says Financier Failed to File Returns. | CHICAGO, January 17 (#).—Robert E. Neely, chief deputy collector of inter- | nal revenue here, has instructed Charles | D. Leop, deputy collector at Rockford, to inv te the income of Albert W. Benham. the Belvidere, Ill, financier, | who is reputed to pay interest rates of | 20 to 50 per cent on sums borrowed | from his neighbors. Neely told Loop yesterday that Benham failed to file in- | come tax returns for 1928 and 1929. | Benham, from his office at Rockford was quoted as saying he “paid his in- come tax for 1929, and had until March to file & return for 1930.” IT RAINED INSTEAD Snow Defense Fails in Parking Case. ! By the Associated Press. | EVANSTON, Ill, January 17.—Re- member the story of how Abraham Lincoln won the acquittal of fendant by looking up the alma and finding there was no moon on & certain night? It was the other way around with Magistrate Harry H. Porter yesterday when Mrs. John W. Kiplinger came into eounonugrrxeot'pu;unlhnlub- mobile on lake front grass. “I didn't know,” she said, “that it . You the ground was covered with snow.’ Woman’s MRS. ENID DE LIMA, Who, with her twe children and two other women, was led down ladders to safety early today during a fire at 24 Kalorama road. D. C. FREMEN SAVE FIVE FROM FLAMES Three Women and Two Chil- dren Rescued on Ladders at 2025 Kalorama Road. Three women and two children were rescued and four other persons—two men and two women—fled early today, when fire damaged an apartment house at 2025 Kalorama road. ‘The occupants of the building were asleep. when the blaze broke out. Two middle-aged women—Mrs. Lucian_ 8. Tilton, who occupies the first-floor apartment, and her sister, Mrs. Louls G. MacMullan of Williamsport, Pa., who is visiting her—were partially overcome by smoke and were carried to safety by firemen. Smoke Rouses Owner. Mrs. Enid de Lima and her two chil- dren—Judith, 10, and Virginia, 6—who live on the second floor, also were rescued by firemen, who carried them down a ladder. ‘The owner of the structure, J. B. Es- cribana, who, with his wife, Mrs. Dam~ iana Escribana, occuglea an apartment in the basement, in the rear of the fur- nace room, was awakened by the odor of smoke. After arousing his wife, he went to the upper floors of the building to warn his tenants. Mrs. de Lima, however, alrendy had been awakened by the smoke, which filled the entire structure, and had tele- phoned the Fire Department. Confined to Basement. Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bark- meir, occupants of the third-floor apartment, also had been awakened by the smoke. They climbed to safety down a ladder raised by firemen. ‘The blaze, which is believed to have been caused by an overheated furnace, was confined to the basement. WASHINGTOfi.CALLéD CITY OF MANY BOOKS “Washington is a city of books, for it has 17 books per capita, as compared with 1.3 in the country at . sald William D. Boutwell, editor-in-chief of the Office of Education of the Depart- ment of the Interior, in an address be- fore the class in journalism at George ‘Washington University, yesterday after- noon. “It is easy to get information here,” added the speaker, remarking that “one can get, even hiofln simple process of using the telephone, strange and un- 'I‘hl ncu.;‘ took for his ral sub- e speaker for his general sul Ject the relation between news work and the headquarters of the. National that from the All of which sounded reasonable enough until the magistrate taxed his memory and concluded there was rain instead of snow. He added fine would be 1 5 —Star Staff Photo. Law for Prevailing Wages on Federal Projects to Be Sought. | By the Assoctated Press. MIAMI, Fla, January 17.- Legisla- tion to obtain relief from low wage rates which the executive council of the American Federation of Labor says were paid by certain contractors doing gov- ernmental work will be sought in Con- gress. Willlam Green, president of the federation, said yesterday after an ex- ecutive session of the council. Mr. Green said he had received an answer to the protest sent by the coun- cil to President Hoover against the pay- ment of wage rates below rates prevail- ing in the various communities. he answer by W. N. Doak, Secretary of Labor, sald the President’s statement of December 23, relative to maintenance of prevailing rates on Government con- was prompted by complaints made as to rates paid on projects al- ready under construction. Conditional Contracts Banned. “Prior to the issuance of this public statement the President personally in- structed heads of departments and in- dependent establishments concerned with construction projects to exert every effort under the law to have contractors | maintain prevailing wage rates and ;orkl;tll conditions,” the answer sald part. “The controller has ruled that under the present law the Government can make no conditional contracts. * * * This can only be accomplished through new legislation. Bills have been intro- duced in Congress along the lines sug- gested. These bills have met, with strong legal objection, but the Secretary of Labor, as well as the executives of other départments, are co-operating to secure satisfactory legislation at this session | which will overcome legal objections.” Sessions o Resume Monday. Mr. Green sald the council did “not concur in the view expressed by the con- troller,” because the law under which the contracts are awarded mrruvide- they shall go to the low a responsible bidder. He said the council interpreted Pl o i HL who pai prevailing wage, although the controller ruled the con- tractor who the required bond "ru%omlmel' “We propose to secure relief through legislation enacted through Congress to require contractors to pay the pre- valling wage,” Mr. Green said. Concerning the five-day-work-week plan, Mr. Green sald the council had would take up pens junctive relicf din, solidation, followed by measures and the SBouthern campaidn with reference to the Danville, Va strike at sessions next week. SON. OF ARMY MAN, SHOT AFTER WILD RIDE, MAY RECOVER (Continued Prom First Page. 5 said, his passe) me plug it.” and the windshield. remarked, shots Jensen ““Watch through Jensen then He complied er wav- ing & gun, sped up Seventeenth street to Connecticut avenue, over t Twentieth street and Pennsylvania ave nue, running through s light. Revolver and Belt Seised. Here Jensen said he received. orders Masonic ‘Tem| to drive to the me sald he was site. There, - structed to alight. The passenger amused himself for awhile, Jensen said, by making him stand in first one spot, then another. The commotion attracted Schneider, but the latter was forced back in building there when he make inquiry. Jensen Wessor, a moment later, its on & h was formerly the Dean estate, missing them all. On hearing the police car siren, Jensen said, Wesson ordered him back into the cab and commanded him to speed away. Police said they seized a new .38 caliber revolver, holster and partially filled cart: belt after Wesson was hit. They said the gun contained thre: exploded shells and two cartridges. Col. Wesson recently returned from London, where he served as military attache at the American embassy. Young Wesson lives on Twenty-sec- ond street, while the residence of his family is at 1406 Thirty-fourth street. ‘Wesson and Miss Catherine Lawrence of Philadelphia el to Rockville, Md., July 16, last, and were married by Rev. Bertram M. Osgood, pastor of the Pirst Baptist Church. B PROTECTIVE OIL TARIFF DEMAND WIRED HOOVER Telegram From cnll’lornh Meeting to Wilbur Insists He Retract Gasoline Statements. By the Assoclated Press. BAKERSFIELD, Calif., January 17.— A telegraphed demand upon President Hoover for a protective tariff or an em- bargo on oil imports was sent to Wash- ington today from a mass meeting of ol men of the San Joaquin Valley. ‘The telegram said that “if continued inaction and ignorance of this matter is to be policy, such as heretofore evi- denced * * * complete repudiation of this policy will be effected at the very earliest opportunity. * * *" | _ 'The oil men also sent a telegram to Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur demanding he retract statements | attributed to him to the effect American gasoline should be conserved for the | next war. FLAMESAKILL 3 CHILDREN 0il Stove Explosion Blamed for Tragedy in Idaho. TWIN FALLS, Idaho, January 1Y (#) —Three children of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brown are dead as the result of an ex- plosion in an oil stove. trapped by flames in ‘The v{cd.ms were Phillip, 3, and Vir- -year-old twins. An- other child, Ruth, 9 months old, was rescued the mother, who vered the tragedy when she retu: from the home of a neighbor. BAND' CONCERT, By the United States Soldiers' Home Band Orchestra this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zim- merman, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “The Grenadier Guards,”. . Losey Overture, “Jean de Paris,”...Bojeldieu Ballet suite from “Rosamunde,” ness,’ “ena Waltz Suite, “Spring and Lovs,” Von Pinale, “Go._Get Em”,.. ‘"The Star Spangled Banner.