Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1931, Page 1

WEATHE! R. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Falr and slightly colder w:‘t;k with - tem) y-tcrz' lowest, 33, at m'dta Full report on page 7. today; tomor: ture. 52, at 3 am. 10 pm. yes- e e e e e e e _No. 1,350— No. 31,687. G.0P.T0PUT BLAME ON FOES IF SPECIAL SESSION 1S CALLED Relief Contention Blocks Ac- tion—Bill Attacked as “Socialistic.” COMPROMISE UNLIKELY DESPITE FLEETING TIME Delay on Bonus Also Looms—Ap- propriation Continunqc:s May Be Last Resort. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Republican leaders in Senate and House last night declared that if the Democrats insist upon forcing a special session of the Congress after March 4, “the Democrats would have to answer to the country for it.” Referring to the demand by the Eenate Democrats that their relief pro- gram, including as its principal item the $25,000,000 Robinson amendment to the Interior appropriation bill to buy food and other necessities for the drought stricken and unemployed, Ma~ Jority Leader Tilson of the House said Hie saw no compromise possible. Principle Is Contested. “A matter of principle is involved,” said Mr. Tilson. “Either the Federal Government is going to begin handling the charities of the country or it is not. If it enters upon this course there is no end in sight. “The House will not yield on this on of prineiple. If the Senate 'mocrats are prepared to go ahead and through a filibuster against ap- propriation bills force a special session of the Congress they can do so. The :%un!.ry does not want a special ses- n.” The House leader apparently was quite satisfied with the situation, as he sees it, with the Democrats placed in a position of forcing a s session. He said that the members of Congress werz utterly opposed, as individuals, to ® special session. - At ‘the Senate .end of the Capital, View of the situ- ation as did Majority Leader Tiison. Senator Watson admitted that it Jooked as though a special session were un- avoidable, if the Democrats are to insist ‘upon such a session. “They are apparently will to have = does. Mm.n. I “lec;n the uy . challenge.” . g “Secializing Called Outrageonis. Amplifying his statement ‘Watson asserted “we are mg be driven into a soclalistic feeding people wu!’ of h'lch; o ury—a am to wi e &nlmmm has never subscribed. “It is ‘an utter impossibility for the Senate to coerce the House by such threats, and to do so makes im| any compromise that might be out to settle the Chairman treas- ht differences.” Snell of the House Rules Committee, like Mr. Tilson, said that the Hous: was ready to continue the fight with the Senate over 1 pro- riation of Federal funds for the ution of food. “Tha attempt to soclalize the Govern- ment is outrageous,” was the comment. “We are not going to abandon our prineiple as the price of avoiding a special session.” Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, said he had nothing to add to the statement hes made Friday on behalf of the Senate minority. Senator McNary of Oregon, the as- sistant. Republican leader, entered the tense situation with a mors hopeful | view. 4 E House Denounces Plan. | “I believe there is enough ability in Congress,” said_McNary, “to work out this problem. I don't think the coun- try wants on. and. I dont e BT is necessary or uld be heipful. I am still confident ~Feave can do our business before te | 4 adjournment LY M?fi:‘m was every indication that the whole controversy wohld be aired in| the Senate tomorrow. Semator Cara- way, Democrat, Arkansas, gave notice last’ night he would sp:ak then on | % nsistencies. R o Eouse M eaders predg:led hat u roposal is broug e 28 e again Tar action the vote | ronger lh“ln ufi; Friday, when the House rejec 31.: plan byy a substantial vote. In some quarters there was talk of » possible compromise which would make it possible to avold a special ses- sion, but what kind of compromise could be worked out was not indicated. The fact that the great majority of the members of the House and Senate, whether Republican or Democratic, are rsonally against a special session still f the m!r{ldb;ln‘:? l’m‘{)a1 ‘:; cial session ul ately wi B oled and Congress will get through all the necessary appropriation bills by March 4. They are regarded, however, as optimists. Differences Seem mmo;h‘ i3 nator Watson and other Repul e cn?ludcrs say that if a session of the hew Congress is to be called President Hoover probably will wait until June 1 or even later before calling it. If the President should follow such rse the Red Cross will be expected go ahead with the relief of the drought-stricken areas as it has been doing for some time past. The hope is expressed that by the time June comes the present emergency in those areas will have passed. In that event the Democrats will have forced the special session for a_Government_contribution 4) extra s: ~(Continued on Page 2, o | Vs of Fntered as second -lass méftte post office, Washington, D. C. he Sundiny WITH DAILY EVENING FD‘I‘I’IOH / WASHINGTON, D0k Premier Enhances Mystery of Visit By Evasive Words Newspaper Men Given No Direct Answers on Busi- ness Discussed Here. By the Associated Press. The confusion and uncertainty which has surrounded the visit to Washing- ton of Prime Minister Bennett of Can- ada deepened last night as he prepared to return to Ottawa. A conference with newspaper men, arranged to give the premier an oppor- tunity to talk frankly on the discussicns he has had with American officials, served only to add to the speculation over the visit. Evading every question put to him, the premier concluded the conference with newspaper men at the Canadian legation with a brief statement, of which he forbade publication. Questions relating to the proposed St. Lawrence waterway, liquor, the| Josephine K. incident, wheat and " (Continued nn 4) RS 5 SO0 SHRTOFTSEIAL Efforts Are Redoubled to Off- set Discouraging Reports Yesterday. Faced with the task of raising nearly $600,000 before Wednesday night, in Community Chest solicitors made plans last night to spend most of today inter- viewing prospective contributors. Yesterday was the poorest day of the campaign proper, the day's gifts total- ing only $91,001.44. Donatibns came from 7216 sources. The grand total was advanced to $1,370,451.46, includ- ing 49,057 subscriptions. ‘The week end was expected by leaders to result in more substantial reports ata luncheon tomorrow in the Washington Hotel. Appeal Made to Pastors. McDowell of the Church told the against do hlhl,’ln uch time as possil ;fiznthldvenoluu mands made orgapizations affillated mthem:a.u-rumof'um- work for humanity, for the sole object of the organization is the promotion of hul:-n welfare. i tters requesting assistan sent to eva iminister in the city last night by F. Colladay, chair- man. Every one must help in every possible way if the goal is to be reached, he wrote. He asked the clergymen to impress upon their the necessity of more widespread support for the chest. The workers were warned by Newbold Noyes, chairman of the special gift unit, the drive would end in unless they improved their “We started out fine,” he declared, “and then slowed down. I have made appointments for myself for tomorrow morning and am going to make some more for the rest of my outfit. Sunday should be the day to go around work- ing the non-worl sections to the nth degree and we should be able to make a report Monday at least four times the size of that today.” Banners Are Presented. Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes, wife of the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart, celebrated novelist, and Mrs. Prederick Brooke were guests of honor of Mrs. John Jay O'Connor, chairman of the information unit, at the luncheon. Banners were presented as follows: For the highest percentage of quota in the governmental unit, J. Wilbur Carr, vice chairman of the State De- | partment, which has raised 230 per cent of its quota: for the highest percentage of giving in any Government depart- ment with 500 or more employes, Reid Martin of the General Accoun! Office which raised 144.8 per cent of its quota from 80.7 per cent of its employes; for the highest average gift in any firm in the group solicitation unit, C. E. Steidell, keyman for W. T. Galliher & Bros., which has an average gift of $121.66. James E. Anderson, grocer division of the group selicitation unit, continued to hold the banner for the highest percentage of quota, and Arthur Adelman, who has held the banner for the highest percentage of quota for any division in the metropglitan unit since “(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) BUS RATES REDUCED Recent Railroad Cuts Cause Change in Fare Schedule. MEMPHIS, Tenn., January 31 (#).— All bus companies operating out of Memphis to St. Louis on the north and Birmingham to the south an- nounced today that passenger fares would be reduced at midnight tonight to meet rate cuts announced by several railroads. order to attain the goal of $1,950,154.40, | 8age JURY 1S EXPECTED | T0 PROBE FALURE OF SWARTZELL CO. Justice Department Agents Preparing Report on Books of Mortgage Firm. SECRETARY HURLEY ONE OF SHOREHAM OWNERS Cabinet Member Says Only Ex- pense He Faces Is in In- stalling Partitions. ‘The District grand jury is expected this week to begin an investigation of the affairs of Swartzell Rheem & Hensey, mortgage banking house, which went into the hands of receivers sev- eral days ago, it was learned yesterday. Whether the grand jury will inquire into some particular phase of the com- pany’s activities, or whether it will make a general investigation was not disclosed. It is expected, however, that the inquisitorial body will make a thorough study of the complaints made to the receivers by persons holding se- curities sold through the bankrupt con-| cern. It was also disclosed yesterday that Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley is part-owner of the Shoreham Building, financed originally through the mort- gage house. The receivers for the mort- house yesterday said the first mortgage on the Shoreham had been Teleased. The building is nominally owned by the Shoreham Building Investment Co., of which Secretary Hurley said he was a shareholder. Secretary Hurley told The Star last night the only possible loss he faced was the expense of installing partitions which Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey had | agreed to put in, but was now unable to do because of their bankrupt condi- tion. He sald a title company had been paid to search the records and had guaranteed a clear title to the property. Robert McKeever, secretary of the owning corporation, said the original mortgage had been paid and released, but that the funds were deposited in a local bank in trust for the note holders. If the money is still on deposit, it was pointed . ut, the holders of the notes do not face any loss. It was learned authoritatively that the expert accountants of the Depart- ment of Justice, who have been examin- REVIVAL SOUGHT FOR HOWELL BILL D. C. Enforcement Debate Is Expected to Arise in Senate Tomorrow. Suppcrters of the District prohibition enforcement bill will continue the effort tomorrow to have the Senate resume consideration of the measure, a recess having been taken yesterday without a vote on the motion of Sen- ator Howell of Nebraska to proceed with the local bill. For three hours yesterday Senators debated the dry law from a national standpoint, with occasional references to the Howell bill. There is no appro- priation bill ready to be taken up in the Senate tomcrrow, so that the day is likely to be devoted to a continua- dng the ’s books, have com- pleted ‘their tr; tion -n; are preparing a report for submission Nuj p;t Dodas, Assistant Attorney Gen- eral. It is belleved this will reach Mr. Dodds early in the week. Requested by Rover. ‘The Justice Department investigation was made at the request of United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, who said he had received “reliable information of possible law violations growing out of the conduct ot the company’s affairs.” The study was made by Charles T. Malone and E. J. Armbruster, account- ants with the rank of special agents of the Bureau of Investigation. ey are working under Mr. and Assistant Ubn.ll.ed States Attorney Neil Burkin- shaw. An “outside” investigation has been in the hands of Special Agents Louis Loebl and Aaron W. Jacobson, the nature of which has not been disclosed. It was announced yesterday by Julius I Peyser, who is serving jointly with Henry P. Blair as receiver for the mortgage banking house, that the Hurley-Wright Building, at Eighteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, prob- ably wil be taken over by the receivers this week. This property was dis- of by Secretary Hurley in con- necticn with the purchase of the Shore- ham building. Property in Good Shape. Mr. Peyser said he had not been able to identify the present owner of the building and that it was being taken over merely as a precautionary measure. He said he thought the property was in excellent shape financially. Mr. er also suggested the pos- | sibility that note holders who were not | paid when the mortgages were released may be able to-recover from the title companies involved, if the companies glve warranties of good/title. He said e believed this had been done hy some out-of-town concerns, but that he did not know of any local title com- papy that gave such a guarantee. The receivers yesterday reiterated their warning to note holders not to part with their securities at this time. They also urged the note holders on each project to form ccmmittees to act in concert for their own protection. “We will help, and give them all possible information toward this end, Mr. Peyser declared. ‘The receivers said the liabilities of the company may not be so large as first suspected. It was pointed out that in some instances the existence of duplicate receipts for the same note have been discovered. Seven Mortgages Released. “In other words,” it is explained, “we have found cases where, although the company apparently has two notes for $500 outstanding, there is, in fact, but one such note. We do not yet know to what extent the duplication of receipts prevalls, but it may result in a decided reduction of the firm’'s liabilities when fully disclosed.” Mr. Peyser sald that mortgages had been released on the following proper- ties financed by Swartzell, Rheem & Representatives of the bus companies announced today the fare for travel by bus will be cut to meet a new rate based on a 2-vents-a-mile fare, au- thorized by several Southern and Southwestern railreads, and effective at midnight tonight. ESCAPED RUSSIAN PRISONERS SWEAR TO LABOR BY CONVICT: 19 Affidavits Given State Department on Enforced Work in Soviet Prison Lumber Camps. By the Associated Press. An eye-witness description of condi- tions inside Soviet prison camps lo- cated in the huge Russian forest dis- trict was before the State Department (8 yesterday in the form of 19 sworn aff- mitted as proof of the use of prison labor in Soviet lumber production. Under existing tariff law the impor- tation of competitive goods is bit- ed if produced by convicts and hal dozen moves have been made to ex- fl:&zfl Russian goods under this pro- davits from escaped Russian convicts. Gathered by & of the National ‘Manufacturers’ Association, the afidavits were sub-. m:fi:hl investigator (Continued on Page 2, Hensey: The Tomlinson, Broadmoor, West- chester, Shoreham Building and “three smaller properties.” He said he did not know the names of the latter. It was sald the question of whether the makers of the mortgages could now be held liable for the notes outstanding depended upon the interpretation of the clause which made the mortgages payable at the office of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey. This clause appeared (Continued on Page 5, n 5.) —_— STEALS GUN AND CANARY Police Bearch for Robber Horatio Garren’s Home. Police seeking the robber of Horatlo of Garren’s home at 2330 Branch avenue ||/ southeast early yesterday morning can nhoflue their own character—Dr. Jekyll or Mr. 9 At any rate he knew his business— cul & screen, breaking a window and around the house like a real, Then be left the Garren home with u_o‘nm"&-ummmm Garren's canary birds in the tion of the oyer the Howell bill. The local enforcement measure was laid aside early last week after it had been partially considered. The motion which will ‘be pending when Senate convenes tomorrow will, if adopted, bring the local dry bill back before the Senate for further consid- eration. Morrison Defends Prohibition. The debate yesterday on national aspects of prchibition was featured by the speech of Senator Morrison, Dem- ocrat of North Carolina, who sounded a warning that dry Democrats will fight any attempt by opponents of pro- hibition to commit the party to a wet licy. Wsefi-wr Morrison, who was appointed to the Senate recently to succeed the late Senator Overman, vigorously de- fended the eighteenth amendment, after the law had previously been at- tacked by Senators Blaine, Reppblican, of Wisconsin, and Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland. After Senator Morrison had concluded, Senator Walsh, Demo- crat, of Massachusetts, argued for reg- ulation in place of prohibition and at the same time voiced objection to the pending bill for the District of Co- lumbia. “I am a party Democrat.” said Sen- avtor Morrison. “I am also dry, and I believe millions of the Democrats of this country feel, as I do, that if the great city organizations in array against the eighteenth amendment and the prohibition laws should capture the Democratic party and put a wet plat- form In it they will not drive many Democrats in my country out of the party, but we wifl never submit our consciences upon that matter to the decree of any party captured by any group who undertake to forget that in their consciences the great millions whom make up the Democratic party are divided; and whenever they un- dertake to do it, even if successful, they will never change enough vdtes within the Democratic party to give it any effect. The prohibitionists in the Democratic party are not without courage. As a new representative from my State I want to give warning now that we will fight to the utmost of our rights under the rules of the party against undertaking to bind the con- sclences of the Democrats of the country about this matter.” Public Drinking Clause Hit. 1In reply, Senator Tydings said he pre- ferred 40 fight out legislative matters in the Serfate,” and party matters in other meetings where they belong. Earlier in the debate Senator Tydings said he objected to being called “a wet Senator.” The Maryland Senator de- clared he !s not contending for beer, or wine or liquor, but for the principle of local responsibility in this matter. Turning to_discussion of the Howell bill, Senator Tydings said the author of the measure did not seem interested in the proposal the Marylander made sev- eral days ago for a referendum on the question in the District. Senator Tyd- ings said he did not believe the ple of Washington want the pending bill. In the closing argument of the day, Benator Walsh of Massachusetts object- ed to the section of the Howell bill fix- ing penalties for drinking in public. He said _he thought the importance of SUNDAY MORNING; St FEBRUARY 1, THATS NOT FAIR, 1931118 PAGES. = Morrison Is “Scared To Death” in First Address to Senate By the Associated Press. Making one of his fir: hes in the Senate yesterday, Senator .Mcrrison, Democrat, of North Cdrolina, admitted he was “scared to death” and asked his col- leagues not to interrupt him until he had gotten started. ‘Taking the floor to defend pro- hibition, Morrison refused to yield to Senator Tydings, Demo- crat, Maryland. “I'm scared to death anyway, he said. “I hope you'll at least let me get started.” COTTON CROP PLAN OUTLINEDBY SMITH Senator Gives Suggestion to Aid. Farmers in Radio “ ~Forum Address. Although the Federal Farm Board has declined to put into operation a plan proposed by Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina, to avoid over- production of cotton, responses from the country to Senator Smith by “mail and otherwise,” he said last night, have been “overwhelmingly” in favor of a trial of his project. Speaking in the National Radio Forum arranged by The Washington Star, and broadcast by WMAL over a coast-to- coast network of the Columbia broad- casting system, Senator ith said, “T’ do=att see why this plai, “put into ration, would not be a solution of all subsequent overproduction. “If carried out successfully,” he pre- dicted, “it will convert an impending disaster into a blessing. It would guarante: a reduction in acreage, a re- duction in surplus, diversified farming and a profitable return on staple -orops:t—- Haven't Purchased Cotton. Explaining what he claimed was fhe necessity for action in the matter, Sen- ator Smith said in all probability the carry.over of American cotton in Amer- ica August 1, 1931, would be very large. ““Therefore,” he said, “it is of vital importance, not only to producers of cotton = the South, but to the entire Americah commercial world what is to be done to avoid the certain disaster that must follow the production of an- other average cotton crop. A stabiliza- tion corporation has been set up,” ex- plained the Senator, “but it has not purchased the surplus cotton. It is to aid In solving this situation that I have suggested a plan. “It is very probable that there wjll be six or seven million bales of old cotton to carry over to add to the crop of 1931, he said, “and as the present rice of cotton is from $20 to $30 per le below the cost of production, my plan is that the corporation should purchase this surplus, as the law con- templates its doing, and in place of holding it until there should be a crop small enough and a demand great enough to justify a reasonable profit, that the corporation should contract with the land owners who produce cot- ton to finance it out of this old cotton | in an amount equal to the production of the producer in 1930, the producer agreeing to enter into a contract with the corporation to the effect that as the corporation is holding for him at and around the present level of prices an amount of cotton eqyal to his 1930 pro- duction that the lahd owner will not plant cotton on any land owned by him in the year 1931. Would Release Acreage. “This will give the producer an equity in the amount of cotton he would make in 1931 at a price less than he could ake it for,” explained the Senator ‘This would avoid the danger of repro- duction of an additional surplus and relieve the danger of an accumulative surplus, and relieve the corporation of (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Begirmingi Next Tuesday in The Evening Star ‘Turn to the Editorial Page *THE CONSTITUTION IN 1787 AND TODAY” By Randolgh Leigh, M. A. SO The story of the making and growth of the Constitution told with swift eloquence by the Director General of-the International Oratorical Contest. These articles are designed spocifically to aid participants in the contest. BRITISH LEADERS STAND ON RIGHT Churchill and Simon Bolt Parties as Matter of Principle. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 31.—Two out- standing figures of British political life, one Conservative and the other Liberal, have served notice that they intend to fight for what they consider right, re- gardless of party policies. First Winston Churchill, witty Con= servative, who had held about every im- portant government post but that of prime minister, engaged in a sharp dif- ference with Stanley Baldwin, and as a result withdrew from his party’s Busi- ness .Committee, which decides the party’s parliamentary policy. Then Sir John Simon refused to obey the Liberal party’s to refrain measure voted night in a speech he urged the to maintain their independence, voting as. they believed right and avoiding being put in a position whereby they would be merely “fetching and carry- ing” for the Laborites. Oppose Labor Policies. Both Churchill and Simon made op- position to the policies of the Labor government bases for their revolt from party discipline. Churchill's dispute with Baldwin arose through the latter's virtual acceptance of the government's Indian policy, and in his letter to his leader notifying him of his withdrawal from the Business Committee he an- nounced that he would continue to support_the party in opposing the “So- cialists.* ST “I believe that socialism,” Sir John sald in his speech at South Molton, Devonshire, tonight, doctrine which saps enterprise and | I see the Liberals |4 character. patronized as lagging sheep who will be safe within the Socialist fold I am bound to separate myself definitely from the plans and policies which would lead to this humiliating disaster.” Pleas for Merit Vote. He told Liberal members of Parlia- ment that in cases of principle they should forget partisan tactics and “vote boldly on the immediate parliamentary issues” according to their merits. Conservatives faced further dis- ruption in their ranks today through the ultimatum of Lord Beaverbrook, a powerful influence, that if the party does not adopt the policy of free trade within the empire “it is my purpose to break up the party.” Lord Beaverbrook was one of the founders of the united empire group within the Conservative party which adopted as its platform higher tariffs for foreign goods, but absolute free trade within the units of the empire itself. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—32 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Pages B-4, B-5. Y. W. C. A. Notes—Page C-5. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page C-2. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. At Community Centers—Page 6. Marine Corps Notes—Page 6. Spanish War Veterans—Page 7. PART THREE—14 PAGES. Society Section. PART FOUR—8 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen 1n"the Motor World n the Motor World—Page 4. Aviation—Page 5. i Fraternities—Page 6. American Legion—Page 6. Radio—Page 7. Serial Story, “Jilted"—Page 8. Army and Navy News—Page 8. District National Guard—Page 8. Organized Reserves—Page 8. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 8. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX- News of the Clubs—Page 11. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 11. D. A. R. Activities—Page 11. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 11. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Section. Magazine Reviews of the New Books—Page 18. Notes or ‘A u‘:’c&—hnmz}" an . Cross-word Puzzle—] 3 GRAPHIC SECTION—$ PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Orphan k against the bill. To- | ten Liberals JOSEPHINE K. DEATH BY COAST GUARDS HELD UNAVOIDABLE Rum Boat Capture Upheld in Report by Lowman to Canadian Legation. BOATSWAIN COMMENDED FOR HURRYING FIRST AID Killing of Rum Runner's Master Declared Incidental to Legal Overhauling of Craft. By the Associated Press. Capture of the Canadian rum-runner Josephine K by the Coast Guard patrol boat CG-145 off New York last Saturday night, resulting in the death of her captain, was upheld yesterday by the Coast Guard board of investigation. The report of the board was made public by Assistant Secretary Lowman and transmitted to the Canadian lega- tion by the State Department. It contended that the Josephine K was landing liquor, was within the 12- mile limit, and that the patrol boat acted properly in chasing and shelling &e rum-runner when she attempted escal pe. Boatswain Commended. ‘The board recommended that Karl Schmidt, boatswain in command of the patrol boat, be commended for his “From Press to Home Within the Hour” P) Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS l TEN CENTS FLSEWHERE 14000000 FARES LOST 10 TRACTICN FIRMS DURING 1330 Public Utilities Commission Amazed by Findings of Accountants’ Survey. COMPARISON IS BASED ON TWO RATE PERIODS Heavy Decline in Closing Months _ of Year Regarded as Par- ticularly Significant. ‘Washington’s two street rallway sys- tems lost nearly 14,000,000 revenue p sengers in 1930, in comparison figures for the previous year, it was vealed yesterday in a statement 'pre- pared for the Public Utilities Commis- sion by B. McK. Bachman, its chief accountant. ‘These losses were the greatest ever suffered by the companies in any one year. The closest approach to them oc- curred in 1920 when the revenue pas- sengers dropped 11,381,737 under the total for 1919, due to the exodus of Government war workers. The Washington Railway Co., with twice the trac the Capital ifh & Electric of its rival, was the capture and his prompt action in secur- Captl ing medical attention for the fal wounded captain, William P. Cluett. Stories told by members of the crew of the rum-runner that Schmidt was intoxicated when he boarded the rum- runner were described as false. Lowman's statement, which contained the report of the board, said Schmidt hoisted his Coast Guard ensign and pennant, whereupon the rum-runner immediately fled in the dark without lights and was pursued by the CG-145. Fired Blank Shots. The patrol boat, Lowman continued, then hailed the rum-runner, sounded ti three blank '-hounnw.mln(wmm. ‘When the rum-runner continued her effort to escape, he said, the patrol boat fired four solid Abeu'e!ldu{not sea. the master of the K was re- 5. was unav and unin- SOUTH CAROLINA PLANS THREE-YEAR COLLEGES High Schools Would Add Year to ‘Work Under Plan Approved by General Assembly. By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, S. C., January 31.—Re- duction of the standard four-year course in State colleges to three years, as a step toward the cost in taxes of higher education, is a measure that has won its initial victory in the South Carolina General Assembly. # : The University of South Carolina Columbia, Wmthromm for Women at Rockhill, C! College and the Citadel at Charleston. Under the bill, the B. A. or B. S. de- gree would be conferred after three years of satisfactory work, and the M. A. degree would be available after four years of college work. All these posals are being actively opposed by the Teachers’ Association, which has the ih:gln‘ of the State Federation of T, AIR TRAVEL INCREASES Aeronautical C. of C. Reports Pas- senger Traffic Up 133 Per Cent. NEW YORK, January 31 (#).—Air- plane passenger traffic under the American flag increased 133 per cent in 1930, the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America T today. “Thirty-four major air transport lines, operating regularly over more than 50,000 miles of airways in the United States, Southern Canada and a score cf Latin American countries, car- ried 385,910 passengers during 1930,” the report says. “These lines flew 28,833,967 miles during the year, a 42 per cent increase over 1929." ‘The report, drawn up for inclusion in the forthcoming Aircraft Year Book for 1931, says there was a material increase in safety and efficiency during the year, 3,900,000 passenger miles be- ing flown for each fatality. Less than 7 per cent of the 53,000 trips sched- uled by airplanes were canceled or not completed. CAPONE SOUGHT IN CUBA Police Informed He Left Miami by Plane. HAVANA, January 31 (#).—Police were looking all over Cuba tonight for |steady Al Capone, Chicago gangster, after e hearing he had left Miami by airplan for the island. months, beyond the 4,500, geember losses, at present unknown to the commission, are added. Commission Is Amazed. her claxon repeatedly, lighted her dis- | were flag and fired of i i i ! i I i Er §g i i g % B¢ % % i o i | ti i g ¥ regarded the: fact 1 b i i | g i i Esi it g § ix i 59 5% : Capi August, September, October and No- vember was 13.7 per .cent under these same months in 1929. with the er rate of fare prevailing, was $7,044 less than the corresponding period of 1929. figured that had the lower rate of fare prevailed in these five months, the reduction in income would have amounted ta.$259,- In other words, the fare aided this company to the extent of ‘25231'} in the five-month. period. August, September, October and November was $487 under that for the same months in 1929, and had not rate of fare been in- creased, the income for these five months would have been $182,840 less than in 1929. In this case, the higher fare put $182,353 into the coffers of the Capital Traction in the four months. Decline Since 1919. Ever since 1919, the revenue passen- gers of the two companies have been on a steady decline. The losses, how- ever, have been heaviest in recent years, with the exception of 1920. Bachman’s records show that the losses from 1924 to 1930, in cdmparison with the passengers carried in e mediate preceding years, wete-"as follows: 1924--7,303,285. 1925—1,949,557. 1926—2,622,473. 1929—2,705,939. 1930—13,439,847, excluding the Cap- ital Traction figures for, December. ‘The cheap rate taxicabs, coupled with the increased fare, are sharing the blame for the unprecedented drop in In the years, 3 Pmm le was held responsible for the decline—the companies con- tending that the gradual increase in automobile registration was reflected in the number of passengers they carried. POLICEMAN THINKS HOLD-UP JOKE; Piancil Nevs and cusea aaver- RICOCHETING BULLET WOUNDS HIM *“Aw, Quit Your Kidding,” He Tells Bandits, Who Herd Firm’s Employes Into Closet and Get $1,600 Pay Roll. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 31.—Hold-up alinost like fairy tales to iy his. 1 that happened “Aw, quit ‘aside. P ur kidding,” said Conk- th a comic of the guns