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WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Cloudy, not quite so cold today, slightly colder tonight; tomorrow, part- ly cloudy. peratures—Highest, 37, at 3 pm. ‘Tem) yesterday; lowest, 31, at 8 yesterday. Full report on and 10 am. page 7. No. 31,694. 1,351—No. Entered as se post office, he Sundwy Star, WASHINGTON, CANNON NOT GUILTY OF CHARGES, HOLDS BOARD OF PASTORS; VERDICT IN 2 HOURS GALE DRIVES 21 ON ICE INTO OPEN WATER OF ERIE Fickle Wind Snhatches Fishermen From Almost Certain Death on Rocks, But Peril Continues. By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., February 7T—A| fickle wind snatched more than a score | of fishermen from almost certain death Victory for Methodist Bishop Comes After Vigorous De- fense of Self Against Grave Accusations Kept Secret #JURY” REJECTS ALL 48 SEPARATE COUNTS| Second Triumph Within Few Months Over Opponents—Goes to Hospital Before Decision, ‘Which Is Brought to Him by Son—No Comment Made. Bishop James Cannon, jr., mil- itant leader of the Methodist Epis- eopal Church South, last night was exonerated by a board of 12 clergymen of his church of charges on which he had been on trial since last Tuesday. The charges, while never dis- closed, were known to be of grave nature, conviction of which might have meant an end to Bishop Can- non’s clerical career. The verdict of the board came after more than two hours’ de- liberation, and followed a vigorous 15-hour summation of his de- fense by Bishop: Cannon, who had fought bitterly every foot of the way since the hearing started at the Mount Vernon Place Church ‘Tuesday morning. Had the “jury” hearing the casc found that the charges had sufficient merit, Bishop Cannon would have b-en suspended from office pending trial be- fore the next general conference of the church in 1934. Such a suspension is sweeping in its scope, inasmuch as it would have barred the dsfendant from performance of any clerical duties whatever until the general conference had passed on his case. Charges Remain Secret. With Bishop Cannon cleared, the ex- act nature of the charges preferred ! inst him_by four traveling elders ! will remain hidden from all but those | directly concerned with the case. The hearing was conducted with the test sccrecy, and at its conclusion the. verdict was made known in the following statement issued by Bishop W. N. Ainsworth of Birmingham, Ala., who presided: A commitiee of investigation in the case of Bishop James Cannon, jr., con- cluded its hearing in Washington to- day. The committee found no triall necessary. Personnel of Committee. “The committee of ministers who conducted the investigation consisted of Rev. H. B. Porter of the North Caro- lina Conference, Rev. T. G. Herbert of the South Carolina Conference, Rev. R. E. Stackhouse of the Upper South Caro- lina Conference, Rev. A. M. Hughlett of the Florida Conference, Rev. W. L. Duren of the North Georgia .Confer- ence, Rev. E. M. Overby of the South Georgia Conference, Rev. W. E. Arnold hi of the Kentucky Conference, Rev. B. P. Taylor of the Western Virginia Con- ference, Rev. A. T. McIlwain of the North Mississippi _Conference, Rev. R. H. Harper of the Louisiana Conference, Rev. W. P. Whaley of the North Arkan- sas Conference and Rev. J. S. Barcus of the North Texas Conference. “Bishop W. N. Ainsworth of Birming- ham, Ala., before whom the charges were filed, presided over the investiga- tion and B?ahaps W. F. McMurry and U. V. W. Darlington ;lt wflh“!ilim. at his 8! unofficial councillors. Feauest, &5 U N, AINSWORTH.” Bishop Ainsworth had but !Hsht‘ amplification to make orally. It known that there were 48 separate counts preferred against Bishop Can- non and that these had been grouped under six general headings. Find No Counts Meritorious. ‘When Bishop Ainsworth was asked by newspaper men upon issuing his| statement if there would be anything said concerning the charges he replied with an emphatic negative, but added | that the board found that on none of | the counts was there any ground for holding Bishop Cannon for trial. None of the principals was on hand as the final chapter was written in a| case which made history in the South-| ern Methodist Church. Concluding his defense shortly after 7 o'clock last night, Bishop Cannon. leaning on the arm of his son, James Cannon, 3d, a professor at Duke Uni- versity, emerged slowly from the church | and entered his car to return to Sibley Hospital, where he is under treatment for arthritis, which has crippled him %o badly that he can walk only with| the aid of crutches. As he left he confided to friends that | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) CHICAGOANS SUGGEST)| FIRING ALL OF POLICE Citizens Committee Quiz Hints Re-| course to Wholesale Replacements. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 7.—An entire new police force for Chicago was sug- gested in the report of the Citizens' Police Committee, made public today. ‘The report said the committee is considering seriously the feasibility of seeking dismissal of the present force in- its entirety, enrolling a complete force to operate under new statutes. “It is quite within the range of pos- sibility that the shortest road to police rehabilitation would involve mustering out the entire police personnel and substitution of a new force under new [m fragments with its living freight. ‘| which he declared against Federal cen- tonight and whirled the ice floe on which they were trapped out into the open waters of Lake Erie once again, raising fresh hopes of rescue if they could only hold out until dawn. Only a few degrees, from north by northeast to east, did the treacherous wind that sweeps Lake Erie shift, but it was enough to drive the ice floe away from the black rocks of Sturgeon Point, where veteran sailors of the Great Lakes had feared it would be smashed 21 Fishermen Missing. Twenty-one fishermen were missing | from their homes tonight and all were | believed to be drifting helplessly several miles off shore in the grip of waves lashed to fury by a driving wind which blew throughout the day. The wind died down late tonight, but long hours still must_elapse before the turbulent waters of Lake Erle would sink to their normal swell. Fifty-seven men in all were trapped on floating ice’ when a blizzard swept down upon the lake out of the-north- east, cutting them off from shore by & blinding curtain of snowpwhich, for se eral hours, was made more intense by fog. Thirty-six of these hardy Great Lakes fishermen fought their own way to shore over miles of broken ice and open water or were rescued by Coast Guard crews who fought their way through the treacherous waters of the lake to reach them. FOUR FISHERMEN RESCUED. Were Marooned on Lake Michigan When Ice Pack Broke. CROSS VILLAGE. Mich., February 7 (#).—Four men marooned on an ice floe that broke away from the main pack while they were fishing off the Lake Michigan shore here, were brought ashore this afternoon by fellow fisher- men who put out in an outboard boat and a skiff. The men are Ansel Cetas, 23; Jacob Crona, 25: Walter Venzle, 25, and Andrew Venzie. BOOM FOR RITCHIE ENTERS 12 STATES Friends of Maryland Governor Say He Will Be More Than “Favorite Son.” By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, February 7.— More than a year before the national party conventions, friends of Gov. Albert C. Ritchie are attempting to set up or- ganizations in every State to further | his candidacy for the Democratic nom- | tnation. | Today it was announced that Ritchie- | for-President League branches had been formed in four additional States, bring- ing the number organized since the first of the year to 12. “Free men and free women again” has been adopted as the slogan of the| campaign for the Maryland Governor, | an avowed opponent of the eighteenth | amendment and advocate of States’ rights, who took office for his fourth | consecutive term last month. Organized by Friends. The inaugural address, in which Gov. | Ritcnie outlined his position on a num- | ber of national questions, was broad- cast on a_ Nation-wide radio hook-up. ‘The Ritchie-for-President League was organized and is financed by! friends and supporters of the Gover- nor, it was stated today by Lawrence Lockwood, Baltimore political leader, who is the executive secretary. Edward | A. Gabler of Philadelphia is_president, | William A. Powell of New York vice president, and Leonard Sycle of Rich- mond, Va., treasurer. i Senator Millard E. Tydings, Demo- crat, of Maryland, urged in a recent| address that organizations be formed in every State. Lockwood said today that printed copies of Gov. Ritchie's inaugural address would be widely dis- tributed. More Than Faverite Son. , “Gov. Ritchie will be more than a| ‘favorite son’ candidate in 1932, such| as he was in 1924 and 1928,” Lockwood | said. “We consider that Owen D.| Young's announcement this week that | e is not a candidate was a factor dis- tinctly favorable to Gov. Ritchie.” The slogan was taken from a section of the Governor's {naugural address in tralization, and spoke of “a demand that the country return to the safe| harbor of the Constitution and the bill of rights, and that we be free men and free women again.” The newest branches of the Ritchie League, Lockwood said, are in Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan and Georgia. Other branches have been formed in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Vifginia, New Jersey, Florida, Connec- | 16| ticut and California. | FUNERAL COS 10,000 See Cortege of Joseph Ca- tania, Bronx Bootlegger. | NEW YORK, February 7- (#).—Ad- miring friends sent $25,000 worth cf | flowers which filled 40 cars of the funeral cortege of Joseph Catania, Bronx bootlegger, today. Mourners filled 85 more cars and the body was moved in a $10,000 casket of statuary bronze. The casket was placed in a temporary receiving vault at Woodlawn Cemetery until a $20,000 vault in an- other cemetery is completed. ® ‘Ten thousand persons lined the streets, while scores of detectives watched for disorders. The police searched some 30 of the mourners for weapons. TS $55,000 | | e s 2 Fifteen Hurt in Bus Wreck. JONESVILLE, Mich, February 7 —TFifteen persons ‘were injured, three of them seriously, when a Chicago-bound bus skidded and left the pavement on U. S. 12, seven miles east of here, at 1 pm. today. .| FERY N COLLSON INBLNDING STORM 200 Passengers Thrown Into Panic, but Only Three Seriously Hurt. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 7.—Caught in a blinding snowstorm in midstream be- tween the New York and Jersey shares, the ferry boat Elmira and the freighter Marion of the Colonial Navigation Co. collided tonight. More than 200 pas- sengers aboard the ferry boat were thrown into a panic and three of them were injured so seriously they were taken to a hospital. A gaping hole was torn in the side of the Marion, bound from New York for New Bedford, Mass, and she was forced to return to her berth. The ferry boat, owned by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, was towed to its slip in Hoboken. Three Go to Hospital. Many passengers of the ferry boat was believed to have suffered minor in- Juries. The three suffering more sericus in- Jjuries were taken to St. Francis Hos- pital in Jersey City. The crash was seen from both shores and tugs put out immediately to the rescue. The 200 ferry boat passengers were with some difficulty transferred to the tugs and taken to Jersey City. ‘The injured are Charles Munson, 55, Union City, lacerated left ear; Walter ‘Webster, 48, East Orange, fractured left leg and rib, and Thomas Hallernan, 39, Jersey City, abrasion right hand. Capt. Harry Angell of the Marion said the Elmira was crossing from the New York to the Jersey shore. He gave one blast of his whistle, he said, as a signal to the captain of the ferry- boat that he was going to continue on his way and that the Elmira was to cross the Marion's stern. Instead, he said, the Elmira contin- ued to approach the Marion at right angles and struck the freighter amid- ships, tearing a hole 10 feet long and 4 feet wide in the Marion’s side above the water line. Capt. Angell said it would take three days to repair the damage. The extent of the damage to the ferryboat was not determined imme- diately. ‘The snowstorm also caused the grounding of an oil tanker in New York Harbor and laid a 1.8-inch fall on city streets, somewhat hampering traffic. Several thousand snow removers were called out by the street-cleaning de- partment, from the ranks of the unem- ployed. They reinforced scores of ma- chines struggling to keep ahead of the snowfall, so far the Winter's heaviest here. Covers Two States. ‘The storm, Weather Bureau officials said, was general over New York and Pennsylvania and might be expected to delay rail and other traffic. It was predicted to continue with diminishing | force until midday tomorrow, the snow | probably turning to rain, with tempera- tures slightly above freezing. ‘The tanker Gulf Bird of the Gulf Refining Co went on the Fort Hamil- ton mud flats, but was released in an hour. Co-Eds Adopt Cotton Clothes to Aid | COLUMBIA, Mo., February 7 ().— Co-eds of the University of Missouri have come to the Tescue of the dis- tressed Southern cotton planters by adopting a resolution that they make their Spring wardrobes out of cotton, including their stockings. MOUNTAIN FOLK FLEE FIRES + SWEEPING BIG FOREST AREAS Drought-Dried Pines in North Carolina Feed Flames as Many Cabins Fall Prey. By the Assoctated Press. MARION, N. C, February 7.—Feed- ing on drought-dried pines and under- ‘brush, and occasionally preying on the home of some mountain family, two forest fires raged today over thousands of acres of virgin forest lands in Mc- Donald County. To the morth of Marion mountain | roads were dotted here and there with | men and women, some carrying chil- leadership and guided by n°w statutory arrangements,” the report states. The Citizens' Police Committee was formed in January, 1929, to make & thorough study of Chicago's police prob- lems and report on possible remedies. Frank J. Loesch, member of the ‘Wickersham Commission, and Walter - DIl Scott, president of Northwestern University, are among its members. dren or personal effects, others leading live stock, and still others driving carts Joaded with household goods, all flee- ing from spots where heaps of ashes and bits of twisted iron utensils marked what had been their homes. Just how badly hit the mountain folk cient to save them, but still others are built right in the brush. Streams large enough to check the path of the flames are few, and offer little protection to the homes of a peo- ple who depend on grazing cattle or sheep and raising a little corn for a living. uth of Marion another fire of smiller proportions was raging, but was not doing such great damage, since the forests there are less dense than in the area betwe:n here and Spruce Pine. Volunteers and firefighters employed by the State, the latter having re- turned to work after a period in which no money was forthcoming, sought to quell the flames, with little success. Hope for rain, absent for several weeks, are could not be determined. Many of the cabins, situated in the rugged coun- try, are surrounded by clearings suffi- was aroused as this morning dawned damp and dreary, but the fog gave way to more sunshine, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1931—106 PAGES. *- ISENATORS DIFFER INDISCUSSION OF STIMSON'S SPEECH Robinson Charges He Went Out of Way to Attack Woodrow Wilson. BORAH INTERPRETS TALK AS §TATEMENT OF FACT Praises Utterance as Restatement of Policy Established by Jefferson. By the Associated Press. 2 | Secretary Stimson's New York speech on America’s foreign policy was vari- ously interpreted in Senate debate yes- terday as a return to “traditional American” principles and “a somewhat stupid attack on Woodrow Wilson.” ‘The speech praising the administra- tion's foreign policy was debated for more than an hour, with Chairman son. Mr. Robinson said Mr. Stimson “went out of his way to make a somewhat stupid attack on Woodrow Wilson,” and pointed out what he called “incon- sistencies” in the Secretary's praise of the administration. A He sald Mr. Stimson had ‘‘repudi- ated” the Latin American policies of Harding and Coolidge. Senator Borah interpreted the speech, not as critictsm of Wilson, but as a historical statement of fact, and praised it as a ‘“restatement of traditional American policy” established by Jeffer- son and tested for more than 100 years. Debate on Recognition. ‘The debate focused on Secreta: Stimson's statement that “as soon z it was reported to us, through our diplomatic representatives that the new governments in Bolivia, Peru, Argen- tina, Brazil and Panama were in con- trol of the adminfstrative machinery of state, with the apparent acquiescence of their people and they were willing and apparently able to discharge their international and convention obliga- tions, they were recognized by our Government.” “How does the Secretary escape the well known historical fact that his predecessors, Mr. Hughes and Mr. Kel- logg, prompted the Central American States to enter into a treaty binding themselves not to recognize any gov- ernment established by revolution or coup d'etat?” Robinson asked. “No doubt the Harding and Coolidge administrations attempted to put into effect the policy pronounced by Wil- son,” Mr. Borah replied. “b‘]e’l‘h.en;ru(h is they XOI‘lndbl: \l:nwork- X We are now gof traditiorial American ;ol:‘e‘y. l:r ‘:h% I am very glad.” Robinson Charges Partisanship. Senator Robinson criticized Mr. Stim- son, with whom he sefved as a member of the London naval delegation, for in- Jecting politics into foreign relations by criticizing Wilson for failure to recog- nize the Huerta government in Mexico. “No great Secretary of State,” Mr. Robinson said, “who was profoundly impressed with his responsibilities, would seek an opportunity to inject E.fl"l‘:;n politics into international airs. “When he does so, justice requires that his criticism should be fair and :l"n’ltn?’.ud on feeling of mere partisan- Senator Borah replied that in his opinion the headlines which said Stim- son had “scored Wilson policies” were not supported by the body of the address. “The Secretary states what he con- ceives to be Wilson's departure from established American policy as a_mat- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) . WITNESSES MISSING NEW YORK, February 7 (#).—Moves to indict policemen charged at a magis- trates' inquiry with vice graft received a setback today when the district at- torney learned 40 women who were to have been witnesses before the grand Jury were missing. Two detectives and “Chile” Acuna, former vice spy, searched a week in vain for the missing women. James G. Wallace, assistant district attorney, was instructed to prepare for immediate trial the cases of seven po- licemen already indicted for perjury in connection with alleged “framing” of vice cases. He hopes to have the first of the trials underway by February 16. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—26 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Educational News—Page B-4. Army and Navy News—Page B-4. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page B-5. Spanish War Vets—Page B-5. At Community Centers—Page B-5. Organized Reserves—Page B-9. PART TWO—8 PAGES. and { Editorials and Editorial Features. District of Columbia Naval Reserves— Page 5. Serial Story, “Jilted"—Page 5. D. A. R. Activities—Page 5. !of the various agencies interested in Gold Star Mothers—Page 7. Y. W. C. A. Notes—Page 7. Marine Corps Notes—Page PART THREE—10 PAGES. Society Section. PART FOUR—8 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen and Radio. In the Motor World—Page 4. ‘Aviation—Page 5. American Legion—Page 5. W. C T. U. News—Page 5. Fraternities—Page 6. Radio—Page 1. News of the Clubs—Page 8. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 8. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—10 PAGES. Pl{l‘:flfhl News and C! ifled Adver- District National Guard—Page 10, PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. News of the Music World—Page 18. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 19. Reviews of the New Books—Page 20. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. ‘World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Little Orphan Annie; Brutus; the Smythes; g;l‘nr“num: Mr. and Mrs.; High- A % Cayt () “From Press to Home Within the Hour™ ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by ‘The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone SISz ' 7 National 5000 FIVE C IN WASHINGTON to start imimediate delivery. (#) Means Associated Press. oy cEe® ELSEWHERE ENTS AND SUBURBS A THE MOUNTAIN AND THE MOUSE. TRAFFIC BILL WINS HOUSE APPROVAL Centralizes Control in Com- missioners—Nine Other Measures Pass. On the first “District da House during the present session of | Congress, 10 bills were passed yesterday | after a filibuster had been averted, four measures being withdrawn by Chair- | man Zihiman of the District committee when opposition developed, and one ' measure on the program not being called up. | Outstanding among _the measures | passed was the new traffic bill central- | izing control of traffic in the District Commissioners. This bill is the out- | growth of the exhaustive study of traffic | conditions by the committee appointed by the Commissioners. Its introduction in the House was preceded by a contro- versy_between the Commissioners and the Public Utilities Commission over several of its features, with the result that 1t was revised eight times before it received the unanimous indorsement traffic regulation and control. Traffic Director Abolished. Aside from placing trafic control in the Board of Commissioners, the bill also abolishes the office of the director of traffic, and provides for the titling of all vehicles before they are permitted | to be operated in the District. The bill | further provides for the creation of a Joint board to be composed of the Com- | missioners and members of the Public Utilities Commission to pass upon any conflicting regulations regarding the operation of public carriers. Two amendments were made to the | traffic bill, however, before it was passed. These were propos:d by Rep- | resentative Gibson of Vermont. The most important is an outgrowth of the expose in the House during considera- tion of the District appropriation bill for the 1932 fiscal year of the abuse of | special privilege ‘“congressional” auto- mobile tags, when it was stated that they could be bought at the 10-cent store and that bootleggers were using them and claiming immunity. The amendment directs that such “congres- slonal” tegs must be numbered and that policemen are to grant every con- sideration to members using them on official business—the only prohibition being that they must not park in front of a fire plug. Other bills passed were: Changing the name of B street from Lincoln Memorial past the Mall to the Capitol to “Constitution avenue.” ‘The so-called “billboard bill” to regu- late exterior advertising. Elimination of Michigan avenue grade crossing, which has already passed the Senate. Authorizing the widening of the Piney Branch road northwest. Authorizing the District Commission- ers to sell two parcels of land to the trustees of Howard Universi Amending the corporation-law of the District, which has already passed the Senate. 2 Permitting & conduit for refrigera- tion purposes across E and F streets southwest. Regulation of Healing. Clarifying the definition of ‘“natur- opathy” and the intention of the att to regulate the practice of the healing art. Authorizing the Commissioners to compromise and settle a suit resulting from the forfeiting of the contract of the Commercial Coal Co. with the Dis- trict of Columbia. The four measures that were with- drawn from consideration due to op- position were: The so-called “small loans bill,” which would legalize a 3 per cent a month rate of interest. To sauthorize the District Commis- sioners to close certain streets, roads, highways or alleys rendered useless or unnecessary. To establish a Lincoln Memorial Museum in the building known as Ford's Theater. ‘To require financial responsibility of taxicab owners in the District of Co- lumblia. The one measure that was on the program which was not called up by Chairman Zihlman was: ‘To regulate the erection of structures on the Potomac River adjacent to the proposed George Washington Memorial Parkway. o WIND DISABLES AIRSHIP Semi-Dirigible Puritan Dashed to Ground in Miami Landing. MIAMI, Fla., February 7 (P).—Slight damage to the semi-dirigible Puritan resulted today as a sharp downward gust of wind caught the airship as it was about to land at the Viking sea- plane base here. Forced to the ground, the Puritan struck on its right side. The under- Shift in Ocean Bed Seen as Cause of New Zealand Quake By the Associated Press. ) SAN FRANCISCO, February 7. —Capt. T. J. J. See, Government astronomer at Mare Island Naval Station, said today the New Zea- land earthquake was caused by a shifting of the ocean bed inci- dent to the formation of an enor- mous new mountain range in the Western Pacific similar to the Andes of South America. “Running diagonally from New Zealand almost to San Francisco there is a trough of water about four miles deep,” Capt. See said. “The pressure of this water is pushing up the ocean floor in one direction and leakage of water {from the trough into the hot lava below creates steam which shoves the lava up under North Island.” See said a similar condition ex- isted off Alaska. He first an- nounced his theory of the cause of earthquakes in 1906 in an article in the Journal of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia, HOUSE PASSES D. C. BILLBOARD BILL Amendment to Senate Meas- ure Gives Commissioners Power After Hearings. An amended Senate bill with suffi- cient “testh” in it to empower the Dis- trict Commissioners to order the re- moval of thousands of small advertis- ing signs plastered over the exterior of buildings in the District of Columbia and otherwise regulate and control the established billboards of the organized industry was passed by the House late yesterday. Action was taken after various mem- bers of the House had stressed the fact that with the Federal Government, ex- pending hundreds of millions of dollars in the development of the Capital Beau- tiful, it is tmperative that such legisla- tion be passed to protect the landscape framing of the beautiful picture of the Capital City for admiration of the peo- ple of the whole country. Supporters of the billboard measure expressed confidence yesterday that the Senate would accept the House amend- ments, thereby avoiding a conference be- tween the two houses and expediting the promulgation of regulations which the bill authorizes, in ample time for the District Commissioners to correct existing sign evils before the opening of the 1932 Bicentennial. The action of the House also was regarded as an answer to some outside criticism that the District of Columbia should strive (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. B Thieves Get $30,000 Gems. MIAMI BEACH, Fla., February 7 (®). —Mrs. Louis Rothenhal of Detroit, re- ported to Miami Beach police today thieves broke into the bed room of her Winter home while she was away and took jewelry valued at between $30,000 and $35,000. Her loss included three large diamond bracelets, a pearl brace- let with diamond clasp, a diamond brooch, two diamond rings and other articles. BANDITS GET §237 IN SIX ROBBERIES Chain Store, Laundry Office, Pedestrians and Occupants of Autos Held Up. | Six hold-ups, all committed by | youthful armed bandits in widely sep- arated parts of the city, kept the police radios popping last night. A chain store in which were a dozen customers and four clerks and a laundry office oc- cupled by a lone girl clerk were held | up and robbed, the bandits in each case | walking away unmolested with the con- tents of the cash registers. In the third case the bandit posed as a policeman and robbed a 65-year-old colored man. The fourth netted a lone bandit 56 cents after he had compelled his victims to drive their automobile from the Mayflower Hotel to Lafayette Square. ‘The Sanitary Grocery Co. branch store at 404 Thirteenth street northeast was held up shortly after 7 o'clock by two young bandits, who threatened a dozen customers and four clerks with drawn revolvers while taking $145 from two cash registers. They escaped down & dark alley beside the store. A lone young bandit walked in the Palace Laundry Co.’s branch office at 314 Twenty-first street shortly after 6:30 o'clock, held up Miss Majorie Boatwright, 706 E street northeast, alone in the store at the time, robbed the cash register of about $22 and fled to safety into the Navy Department Building a short distance away. Customers Unmolested. ‘The grocery store robbery was com- | pleted quietly, none of the frightened customers or clerks offering any re- sistance to the bandits, who walked into the store with drawn revolvers, ordering the occupants of the store: “Stand back, keep quiet and we won't hurt you. Don't try to get out.” ‘While one of the men rifled two cash registers, taking $70 from the till in the grocery department and $75 from the meat department, the othej man threatened the silent occupants of the store with his weapon. He seemed to be nervous and the hand holding the revolver shook noticeably, several of those present reported. No effort was made to rob the custonters, though one woman had money in her hand, and after cleaning out the cash registers, the two men backed out the door, turned into the alley and disappeared. They were reported to have gotten into an automobile, the license number of which was reported {o detectives, at the far end of the alley. The store manager, R. L. Berkebile, had gone out of the place a few minutes before the robbery, leaving Robert L. Swann, 1714 Massachusetts avenue southeast, in charge. Among the customers in the store were two women, Mrs. Walter Fuller, 323 Ten- nessee avenue northeast, and Mrs. Irene Deane, 412 Fourteenth street northeast. “There wasn't much confusion dur- ing the robbery,” Mrs. Fuller said. “The men walked in with guns in their hands and told us to back up and keep quiet. I did just what they told me.” Elude Radio Cars. Both bandits were described as being young men, each about 25 years old. One was described as weighing about 170 pounds, 5 feet 6 inches tall, with light hair and thin face, gray suit, cap and no overcoat. The other weighed about 165 pounds. was 5 feet 8 inches (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) U. S. MAY GO OUTSIDE SERVICE FOR SPECIAL STAMP ENGRAVERS Demand for Designs for 1931 and 1932 Taxing Capacity of Three Government Experts. By the Associated Press. ‘The _little commemorative postage stamp has become a considerable \chore for the Postmaster General. Four such stamps suffice in any or- year, but Postmaster General Brown may have to turn out five times that number in 1932. And he also has 1931 troubles. The George Washington Bicentennial and the Olympiad to be held in Los Angeles each call for a series of stamps, not to mention other events with claim to_commemoration. ‘With but three engravers qualified to do the highly technical job of making stamp plates, the Postmaster General said he might have to turn for addi- tional engravers to the commercial money-making field — United States concerns that engrave paper moneys carriage was forced around in such a wuwum one of the to & rent in the bag. | testmal scrolls, for certain foreign governments. They know mlmfifin of intricate, infini- Twelve stamps have been definitely promised to celebrate the 200th anni- versary of Washington's birth. On these the Postmaster General has struck sn: ags. “Our first idea was to run portraits of wumnzmn at different significant periods of his life,” he said. “But the collected portraits of Washington bore too little family resemblance. “We didn’t want to send out stamps supposedly Washington and have peo- ple writing us we were mistaken. = So the series we are now designing will in- clude only easily recognizable portraits and some scenes from his career.” ‘The Postmaster General said that in so far as mecl difficulties could be surmounted, he d supply the Olymplad series. N Cross%and Corn- ki, the Red wallis constitute the 1931 list to date, with 20 applicants con! fourth place. FINAL DISPOSITION OF RELIEF 1S SEEN DURING THIS WEEK Conferees Adopt Agreement on Compromise Providing $20,000,000 Loan Fund. CONSIDERATION OF BILL EXPECTED TOMORROW Hodges Reports Red Cross Meeting Needs in 168 Arkansas Counties. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. An effort to deal finally with the re- lief measure which has tied Congress into a knot will be made this week. The conferees of the Senate and House on the Interior Department ap- propriation bill adopted - yesterday afternoon the agreement for a $20,000,~ 000 loan to persons in the drought, storm and hail stricken areas which had previously been given approval by Senate and House leadess and by the President. The report of the con- ferees was filed with the Senate by Senator Smoot of Utah, who is ex- pected to call it up for consideration tomorrow. At the same time Secretary Hurley of the War Department received from Lieut. Col. Campbell B. Hodges, mili- tary aide to President Hoover, who was sent to the drought-stricken area in Arkansas to make a survey of condi- tions, a telegram saying that the Ame can Red Cross and the local charitable organizations and other agencies were taking care of the suffering in 16 counties of the State. Hodges Telegraphs Report. Col. H and-Maj. Oliver 8. Wood of the Bureau were ordered to Arkansas to make the survey by Secre- tary Hurley to investigate and report on conditions there and to ascertain whether the relief being given those in distress was adequate. lXd‘he telegram sent by Col. Hodges said: “Survey has covered 16 counties ine cluding hardest hit sections of State. Red Cross and local agencies are now adequately meeting situation. Careful search fails to reveal any presence of suffering from hunger and cold. Hope complete job by eighth and to return to Washington tenth.” Despite the action of the conferees on the Interior Department appropria- tion bill and the adoption of the so- called compromise agreement as a sub- stitute for the Robinson amendment pro $25,000,000 for the relief of the destitute in all parts of the coun- try, and despite the reassuring telegr: ot Col. H the storm clouds gath- ered over the Senate late yesterday. Two P! ve Senators, one a Demo= crat and the other a Rej , an= nounced their opposition e _agree- ment on the floor of the Senate, Wheeler of Montana and La Follette of Wisconsin. Senator McKellar of Ten- nessee, Democrat, declined to sign the conference report on the Interior De= partment bill. He is one of the con- ferees on the part of the Senate. Later he said he had not made up his mind whether to vote against the conference report or not. He added that he was impelled not to sign the conference report because the Senate ylelded to the House on salary increases for Gov= ernment employes as well as because he was not satisfied with the compro- mise on relief. Others Dissatisfied. Still other Democratic Senators in- dicated their displeasure with the relief agreement. It was reported that Sen- ator Thomas of Oklahoma and Senator Bulkley of Ohio both would oppose the conference report. The general impression last night ‘was, however, that the conference re- port would ve adopted, although it would be preceded by a debate which might be bitter. The two Arkansas Senators, Robinson, the Democratic leader of the Senate, and Caraway, who have taken a leading part in the demand for additional relief for the drought-stricken areas, have announced their support of the agreement. If the agreement on relief is put through. efforts will then be made to speed all the annual appropriation bills through so as to make unnecessary a special session of the next Congress this Spring. Such a program does not meet the approval of some of the Re publican Progressives and a few of the Democrats in the Senate who wish & (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) Rt i W BEARS GET PANICKY AS MARKET SPURTS Better Political News, Steel Indus- try and Other Factors Aid Stoeks. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 7—The bears did some fast back-tracking in the stock market today. Reports of conciliation in the tional political situation, as well as estimates of . continued gains in the basic steel industry set a-boiling the bulls’ kettle, which had been simmering since Monday. Shorts covered hastily, Net gains of $1 to $6 were general, although the best strength appeared i so-called specialty shares. Chemicals; office equipment issues and. motors were particularly strong. Bonds main- tained their upward trend and wheat and corn rose a cent. Cotton and bar, silver, both of which eased, kept the’ day's advances in the financial markets from being unanimous. Auburn Auto's rise of $6 was the ¢ largest for the active stocks. Allled Chemical, United States Industrial Al- cohol and National Lead closed from $4 1o $4.75 higher. International Business Machine’s gain amounted to $2.75 and there were rallies of $1 to $2 in United States Steel, American Can, General Electric, Westinghouse, Johns-Man- ville, American Telephone, Consolidated Gas, North American, New York Central and several of the motors,’ _General Motors was strong, rising $1.25 net. Atchison gained $3.37. N The strength extended to the eurbr exchange where Electric Bond & Share jumped about $2.50 to the best price of the new year. Vacuum Oil made an :t.{:.ms advance of §5, holding most e