Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1931, Page 2

TA-Z # NICARAGUA MUTINY FEARED BY FULLER Keep Marines There, Chief Asks as House Gets 13 Millions Cost. By the Associated Press. Marines should be kept in Nicaragua, in the view of the corps commandant, as long as American officers are in charge of that country’s national guard because of the danger of mutiny. “It would not do to take all the Marines away,” Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller told the House Appropriations Committee during hearings on the Navy supply bill, reported today, “leav- ing American officers in charge of those Indians, because they would be very likely to mutiny and chase the Amer- ican officers out.” The cost to this country to date of the recent Marine foreign occupations —China, Nicaragua, Santo Domingo and Haiti — was set by the quartermaster general, Brig. Gen. Hugh Matthews, at $13,456,223. Millions Are Itemized. The expense of keeping the Marines in China, over the cost had the forces been at home, was $4,514,352; in Nicaragua, $5,517,832; in Santo Do- mingo, $1,231,491, and in Haiti, $2.- 192,553, Supervision of the 1930 Nicaraguan election entailed the ox- penditure ot $184,340. The larger figure covers expenses in Santo Domi Haiti and Nicaragua since July 1, 1 and in China since February, X ‘The Santo Domingo expense included maintenance until August of 1924. Gen. Fuller indicated more difficulties had been found in Nicaragua than any of the other countries. He pointed out that in the last year six Marines had been killed and two wounded ther: He did not include the eight killed and two wounded there recently. At present, | the commandant said, there are 85 offi- cers and 979 enlisted men in the coun- | rY'The present number of Marines,” he testified, “is about the least number that should be kept there to support the Nicaraguan guard or the national guard, with American officers in charge of the national guard. = They must have American backing as a support and as & reserve.” Question of Policy. The commandant added that al-! though the Nicaraguan National Guard “probably” could be depended upon to keep peace in the country, withdrawal of Marines “is a question of policy eof the State Department.” “There are plenty of men in Nic: ragua who would be willing to take ! job of general or colonel, would not necessarily have the ability to take those jobs and keep the na- tional guard in the same state of ef- ficlency in which it is now,” he ex- Pplained. “It takes a good while to make a good soldier out of anybody, and it takes much longer to make one out of a Nicaraguan,” he replied. CHICAGO EVENING POST RECEIVER IS NAMED George F. Getz Takes Control of Paper as John C. Shaffer Retires From Business. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 9.—George F. Getz, wealthy business man and sports- man was appointed receiver for the Chi- cago Evening Post today and authorized to continue publishing the paper. John C. Shaffer, publisher of the Post for 30 years, retired Saturday at same tim ivershi) emphasized other business interests is involved in the affairs of the Chicago Evening Post.” He is publisher of the Indianapolis Star, the Muncie Star and the Terre Haute Star. The appointment of a receiver was the result of action started by th Arthur Dixon Transfer Co., which took a $500 judgement against the paper. ‘The bill said the liabilities of the Post ‘were $2,000,000 and the assets less than that amount. Getz is head of a large fuel and building materials company and is chairman of the Governor’s Commission on Unemployment. He is a member of the Illinois State Boxing Commission, & big game hunter, and one of the romoters of the Demsey-Tunney fight Rescued Tell Boy Boxed With Father THE KVENING of Suffering on Drifting Ice Floe to Keep From Freezing—Ate Fish Bait to Fight Off Hunger. Special Dispatch to The Star. BUFFALO, February 9 (NANA)— A stinging blast, which blew all night Ssturday and all day Sunday, biting through the heaviest clothing and chill- ing to the bone, made the 33-hour vigil of the 17 fishermen rescued from the ice on Lake Erie yesterday one of almost unbelievable suffering. Huddled together behind a make- shift windbreak, eating the fish they had caught and even their bait, with hopes alternately raised and lowered and looking landward, always landward, for the help that finally came, they mustered all of their energy to fight off cold and hunger. Buffeted about during the night and drifting helplessly, with only the shore lights as beacons of reassurance, each of the 17 told a story of suffering while hurrying shoreward across the ice after being taken from the Coast Guard boats. Boy Survives Ordeal. One of .the first to set foot on the main bady of ice and eventually upon |safe ground was little Elmer Shriver, | 9-year-old schoolboy. who was trapr d on the -ice with his father, Charles only A Lackawanna. Elmer was the juvenile in the party on_the ice. drawn freckled face when he reached safety. His gratitude was too great to permit him to say much. “Aw, I had’ a lot of fun!” he said bravely, when first questioned. but his expression of relief, so obvious when he landed safely after an hour's hectic boat ride through the slush and ice, belied his words. He was a badly fright- ened boy. . As he starteq across the ice with his ather he gave some details of the n” he had had. 1 was awfully eold, more so than I have ever been before in my life," he sald, “It was dark, and I was fright- |ened but I knew that help would come. Daddy has been on three other floes and has always come through all right. s0 I didn't see why we wouldn't this time. But it didn't feel so good, just the same. to be drifting out in, the lake, miles from shore. All night long 1 watched the lights on the shore and wondered how it would be to be home and comfortable. Boxed to Keep Warm. “I had to keep moving to keep warm. Daddy and I boxed a few rounds one time, and the excitement helped to keep our minds off our predicament. The worst of it was the cold that came up from the ice. When I dodged the wind by huddling down close behind the windbreak, the cold camé up from beneath Perhaps the most experienced and Shriver, 43, of Orchard Park Junction, | happy smile lighted up his wan and | the least frightened of the 17 taken from the floe was Elmer's father, Charles Shriver, who has been a fish- erman for 32 years, ever since he was a boy of 10. “My son and I went out onto the ice early in the morning to fish, planning to spend the greater part of the day,” he said. “I thought it would be_some- what of a lark for the boy. It was shortly after 8 o'clock, I think, when I | firstdiscovered the break and tried to get back with my son. Our efforts were | useless. The gap between the floe and the main body of ice grew wider and | wider as we watched it. The floe was | heading_straight out into the lake. “At first we waited for a favorable | wind to blow us back: but when we | continued to drift out, I knew then the | ments ~ Having been on three other | floes, 1 was certain that we would be rescued. My greatest fear was for the boy. I thought that the exposure would be a little 100 much for him, but he | stood up quite as well as any of the | men. (Copyright, 1931.) BUILT FIRES ON ICE Drifting Men Divided to Keep From Breaking Floe. BUFFALO, N. Y., February 9 (#).— Anthony Gutkowski, 28, of Lackawanna, one of the first of 20 fishermen brought | ashore last night from the ice floe on which they nad drifted in Lake Erie for 36 hours, told a vivid story of the |long hours of waiting in the darkness for rescue. he ice seemed to go faster as we went along. We thought we were mov- ing toward Canada; and that would | have been all right, because we prob- ably would have moved against ice strong enough to get us to shore with- | out busting up our own piece. ’ | “The only thing we were worried | about was that the wind might shift | from east to southwest and send us | in toward the American shore and crack |us up there. If that had happened, we | were goners. | “As soon as we knew we were there | to stay for a while we divided in groups | of 10 'so as not to put too much strain on the ice where we were standing. The men took their pike poles and made tents out of them. Then we built bon- | fires near the tents. | “Nobody had much food, and we were hungry, so some of the boys thought | they'd try and catch some fish. They got about six*fish—a couple of perch ana_some bass. | “The happiest sight in my life was | that airplane coming over us. Every- | body cheered and waved. When the 1‘ plane returned with food, we knew | everything was coming out O. K.” INJURED AT CANNES Mrs. Henry Hooker of Baltimore Hurt in Auto Accident. PARIS, February 9 (#)—The Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune today said that Mrs. Henry Hooker of Balti- more had been injured in an automobile accident at Cannes several days ago. She is now slowly recovering at the American Hospital at Neuilly. Randolph Burke, also of Baltimore, was in the same accident, but was not sufficiently hurt to require hospital treatment. BESSBOROUGH GIVEN POST IN CANADA New Governor General Succeeds Willingdon, Who Will Be Vieeroy to India. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 9—The Earl of Bessborough today was appointed gov- ernor general of the Dominion of Can- e | ada, succeeding Lord Willingdon, who is to be viceroy of India. Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, ninth Earl of Bessborough, Baron Ponsonby and Viscount Duncannon, is deputy chair- man of De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd.; chairman of Sao Prulo Rail- ways, Ltd., and was a member of the House of Commons for Dover from 1913 to 1920. He was educated at Cambridge and was admitted to the bar in 1903. Dur- Chicago. FOREIGN MISSION GIFTS AMOUNT TO $2,681,213 Beventh-Day Adventists Report That 12 Local and 1 Union Con- ferences Went Over Goals. A total of $2,681,213.22 was given in 1930 for promotion of foreign mission enterprises of the Seventh-day Ad- ventist Church, an annual financial re port disclosed today. Twelve local conferences and one union conference contributed more than 60 cents a week per member for the entire year, exceeding the denomina- tional goal. The Atlantic Union Con- ference, composed of the States of New York and New England, with a mission in Bermuda, topped the list with an average of 715 cents a week for evey one of the 9,394 members, The total amount given by this union was $349,477.06, or. $56,384.26 more than the goal set at the beginning of the year. ‘The highest amount given by a single local conference or mission was from Alaska, $2.20 being contributed by the 24 members there, the total being $1,997.54. The Potomac Conference, which in- cludes Virginia and the District, stood eighth among the local conferences on the honor roll with a total of $84,116.16, or 62.1 cents per week for every one of the 2,605 members. In the wcek of sacrifice offering a total of $108,012.51 was received, or $13,672.56 more than ‘was received in 1929, —_—_— REPUBLICANS MOVE TO SPEED WORK TO AVOID EXTRA CALL (Continued From First Page.) bill, provided the committee took no action on it during the present week. Senator Smoot told Senator Caraway that he expected the committes 11 dn something with the matter. Senator Barkley of Kentucky called attention to the fact that the Pinance Committee on Saturday had voted not to go ahead ‘with the bonus bill, but to wait until the House had acted on this matter. Senator Couzens of Michigan, who is in favor of a cash bonus legislation, said that he had sought to have the committee act on the proposed legisia- tion, but had been overridden. He sald that Senator Watson had told the r~m- mittee that he expected the House Ways and Means Committee to act on & bonus bill by Tuesday or Wednesday of this week, he Michigan Senator that the Senate Committee should be given another week, prob- until next Tuesday, to take some #atian on brnvs Je~islation if the House Commiiice fafled to act, and the mat- ter was left in that situation. Meanwhile the relief proposal was as- salled today in the House by sentative Parks, Democrat, Arkansas, m‘ to provide funds for the ing the war he served in Galipoli in 1915 and was on the general staff in France from 1916 to 1918. He is a chevalier of the Legion of Honor and holds the orders of St. Ann, Russia; Leopold II, Belgium; SS. Maurice and Lazarus, Italy, and the Redeemer, Greece. He is 51 years old. In 1912 he was married to Roberte, only daughter of Baron de Neuflize, of Paris. two children, Frederick Edward, Vis- count Duncannon, 17, and Moyra Madeleine, 12. A third child, born in 1915, died at the age of 10. e TWO ROBBERS SLAIN Third Man Captured After Trio Leave Chicago Store. CHICAGO, February 9 (P).—Two unidentified men were shot to death early today by two detectives as they left a United Cigar Store they robbed on the West Side. A third man, who attempted to escape as his companions fell, was captured. He gave his name as Edward Wolf, 38, said by police to be an ex-convict. Charms the Prince { MISS ELEANOR NICHOLS, ‘The preity, dark-haired, brown-eyed | American girl who captivated the Prince of Wales at a dance given in his honor at the Union Club, Panama City, Pana- ma, February 6. She is the daughter of Comdr. Newton Lord Nichols, in charge of the Balboa naval radio sta- tion. and Mrs. Nichols. The prince ’:u her his undivided attention as they nced beneath a tropic moon shining over the Bay of Panams. —A. P. Photo. ‘They have | STIMSON'S SPEECH ON DOCTRINE HIT Latin American Press Caus- tic, but Respectful, in Com- ments on Policy of U. S. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, February 9.— Caustic but respectful comment that if the Monroe Doctrine is excellent in hory it is functioning badly inn prac- tice was made in the Latin-American press today in editorials discussing Secretary Stimson's address in New York Friday night on United States foreign policy. La Nacion, Buenos Aires daily, said that no one would ever doubt that the action of the illustrious President, James Monroe, was directed against the holy alliance and in protection of the young Latin-American republics. Holds Conditions Changed. But, the paper said, “The 1823 for- mula cannot be adjusted to 1931 needs. Politics which then were restricted ‘to Europe now are world-wide. One by one the thrones against which Monroe di- rected his anathema have fallen, and none of them is surviving today. How then, can such a weapon still be used without injuring the civilizations from which we have inherited so richly?” Excelsior at Mexico City, qucAng Secretary Stimson that the Monroe Doctrine is a pronouncement againnst Eu‘rape and not against Latin-America, said: “While the White House now de- clares that the doctrine is against Eu- rope, history plainly shows that it has been one of the international instru- ments applied by the United States against Latin-America.” Reason for Shunning League. ‘The paper proceeded to say that the viewpoint of “well acquainted persons” was that Mexico’s reason for never hav- ing solicited League of Nations mem- bership was to be found in the clause of the treaty of Versailles which recognized the Monroe Doctrine. Diario da Noticias of Rio de Janeiro, discussing the embargo on arms to the Brazilian revolutionaries on the eve of the insurgent triumph, says: “It would have been better for Senor Stimson to have waited a few days more in order that he should not have felt obliged to_justify himself so much.” Cuban papers, publishing again after several weeks suspension by the government, did not discuss the ad- dress editorially. CARL CASEY RITES T0 BE FROM HOTEL | Former Head of Stone Straw Co. Stricken and Dies at Ward- man Park. Funeral services for Carl Casey, 62 years old, retired business executive, who died of heart disease at his late residence in Wardman Park Hotel Sat- urday, will be conducted there tomor- row morning at 11 o'clock. Interment will be in Loudon Park Cemetery, Bal- | timore, Mr. Casey was formerly president of the Stone Straw Co. here and at the time of his death was chairman of its | Board of Directors. He had retired from active business several years ago. He was a member of the Chevy Chase Club, the Sons of the Revolution and the Baltimore Country Club. Mr. Casey was the son of the late Senator Lyman R. Casey of North Da- kota. He had been a resident of this | ity for more than 30 years. | He is survived by his widow, Mrs, Annie L. Cascy; his mother, Mrs. Har- riet M. Casey; a sister, Mrs. Theodora Ceasey Topliffe, and a brother, Frank Casey. ———— Ship Hits Iceberg Bow On. JUNEAU, Alaska, February 9 (#).— | The motor ship Norco struck an 4ceberg bow-on three miles south of Juneau yesterday and 40 minutes later her cargo u;d erltue;'sh w:'re being un- loaded af port. The Norco was ceeding to Seattle from Alaskan wg'o- { only thing to do was to await develop- | STAFL ALL OF 63 ADRIFT INLAKE ERIE SAVED Ten Rescued Today From Ice Floe Included Seven Coast Guardsmen. By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., February 9.—Ten weary men walked ashore over the ice hummocks of Lake Erie today and wrote the last word in a tale of 50 hours of battling with cold, exposure, hunger and imminent death on the drifting ice floes of a wind-swept lake. ‘Three of the men had spent the en- tire 50 hours on the ice, drifting help- lessly at the mercy of the changing wind. Four times they had seen safety | almost within their grasp, only to have it snatched away by the elements. The other seven were Coast Guards trapped late last night by a sudden shift of ice as they sought to rescue the last three men. Located by Planes. ‘The 10 were located this morning by airplanes chartered by the Coast Guard and the Buffalo Evening News. The fyers dropped food and coffce to them and then sped back to shore to guide rescuing parties to the marooned me. Fifty-six fishermen in all were sent adrift on huge ice cakes early Satur- day, when a blizzard swept down upon the lake out of the northeast, cracking off miles of floes from the main body of shore ice and whirling them out into the open water of the lake before a 50-mile-an-hour wind. Twenty of the marooned men were rescued during the day by Coast Guards. Sixteen others found their way ashore at various points where the drift ice touched for a few moments. Twenty Out During Night. Nineteen fishermen and a 9-year-old boy still were drifting helplessly far out on the lake when darkness closed down Saturday night. Throughout the long hours of darkness they huddled about tiny fires and ate half-cooked fish while they waited and hoped for rescue. Yesterday morning an airplane char- tered by the Buffalo Courier-Express, morning newspaper, located the little group of exhausted men, clustered be- fore an impoverished windbreak. The words, “Eats, help, charcoal,” spelled out in that order on the ice with pike poles and bits of driftwood, told their story to the fiyers, who dropped hot coffee and sped back to guide the res- cuers. Then begun the long struggles through miles of slush ice, across drift- ing floes and over open water. Five hours after they were first sight- ed four of the men and the boy were brought to solid ice and guided across the two miles of ice hills to shore. The rescuers went back for more, and all but three had been brought ashore when the ice suddenly shifted, and the Coast Guards found themselves in the same plight as those they sought to rescue and obliged to remain on the ice until rescued today. PLANES HUNT DRIFTING MAN. Fisherman Out in Lake Michigan on Ice Floe. PETOSKEY, Mich., February 9 (#).— ‘Two Army pursuit planes from Selfridge Field today joined in the search for George Kruskie, fisherman who was washed out into Lake Michigan on an ice floe last Priday. ‘The planes stopped here on their way to the scene to pick up packages of food mwb: dropped to the man if he is lo- cated. RETURN OF POLICEMAN TO VIRGINIA REQUESTED Pollard’s Requisition Leroy F. Batchelor to Come Before Justice Wheat. Gov. Pollard of Virginia today sent to the District Supreme Court a requi- sition for the return to Arlington County of Leroy F. Batchelor, a policeman, whose dismissal from the force was recommended Saturday by the Police Trial Board. Batchelor is charged with shooting | Ruth Harney, a daughter of his father- | in-law, Lieut. Harney of the harbor pre- cinct, when he visited the latter's home | in_Arlington County in an effort to see | his wife, another daughter of the licu- tenant, January 15. He is said to have ;becn shooting at the lieutenant when | the child was shot. | Howard B. Fields, sheriff of Arling- ton County, 1s named in the requisition as agent of the State to return the risoner. Chief Justice Wheat set the earing on the requisition for Febru- ary 17. Pt IR, JAPANESE BOY BRINGS DEAD U. S. FLYER HONOR Bronze Wreath to Mark Grave of Lieut. Caldwell, Who Bore Naval Treaty Over Rockies. Gov. for As a result of the voluntary action of a Japanese school boy, a bronze memorial wreath will mark the grave of Lieut. William Caldwell, Army Air Corps, who lost his life in a Rocky Mountin snowstorm while aflying an es- cort plane when the Japanese instru- ment of ratification of the London Naval Treaty was flown across the United States. The American Embassy at Tokio has sent to the State Department a postal mopey order for 70 sen, about 35 c:nts, reciived through a Japanese newspaper as a voluntary contribution from Shige- yoshi Fukushima, a pupil in the sixth year course of an elem:cntary school in a suburb of Tokio, it was announced here tody. The contribution was offered in memory of Lieut. Caldwell, The State Departm:nt has conferred with the War Department and it has been decided that the 35-cent contribu- tion will be augmented by other funds to permit purchase of a bronze wreath, which will be inscribed with the Japanese school boy's name and laid upon the grave. TICKETS HELD FORGED Metdl Worker and Two Others Ar- rested in Basket Ball Probe. NEW YORK, February 9 (/).—Samuel Luck, 19, a sheet metal worker, was out of luck today. Police held him, with a New York University senior and another youth, on a charge of having forged 450 tickets to a university basket ball game. Luck admitted he was implicated in the scheme, police said, but insisted Max Reles, 26, a senior at the university, was the director. Aaron Cohen, glazier, was the third man held. - PULPIT TOPIC APROPOS Pastor Robbed of Auto While Preaching on “Thieves.” JACKSONVILLE, Fla, February 9 (P)—Rev. A. C. Shuler, pastor of a Jacksonville church, preached a sermon last night on “Thieves and Robbers,” and then walked home. Some one had stolen his automobile parked near the church during ‘sermon. D. C, MONDAY, FE} SCENES First pictures to come out of the poverty-stricken drought section of Arkansas, bringing with them a graphic of the suffering and privations to which the farmer and his family has been subjected and the relief measures now DROUGHT-STRICKEN SRU AREA OF ARKANSAS story being taken by the Red Cross. The upper picture shows a family typical of those residing in the town of Ward, Ark., as they gather outside the shack they call home. The child on the right and the two in the back are relatives of this peverty- stricken famil The low Consolidated Public School. They are all living together now due to lack of funds. picture shows young drought sufferers being fed at the Red Cross volunteer station cutside the El Paso —Wide World Photos. ROGER KAHN AND STAGE BRIDE CELEBRATING SE CRET MARRIAGE Son of Otto H. Kahn, Wed Since January 26 to Former Hannah Williams, “Hard- Hearted Hannah,” Met at Night Club. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 9.—Some- where on Honeymoon Lane, Roger Wolfe Kahn, wealthy musician and_aviator, and the former Hannah Williams, daughter of the stage, were celebrating their secret wedding today. His father, Otto H. Kahn, interna- | tional financier and chairman of the | Metropolitan Opera Co., announced that | the couple was married January 26 on the family estate at Cold Spring Har- | bor, N. ¥. | The witnesses were Mrs. Addie W.| Kahn, mother of the bridegroom, and Gilbert W. Kahn, the groom'’s eldest brother. The elder Mr. Kahn was not | present due to illness. The ceremony was performed by Justice of the Peace John Deans. The couple left on an ex- tended trip to an unannounced destin- ation—possibly to Florida by airplane. Mr. Kahn gave his age as 23 and his bride’s as 20. It was his first marital adventure and her second. Her first marriage to Charles Kaley, a band- master, was annuled June 30, 1927, in Chicago. She was 16 at the time. Her parents are Mr .and Mrs. Thomas E. Williams of Taylor, Pa. The news of the marriage was not disclosed until Billy =Rose, theatrical manager, anncunced that Miss Willlams had left the cast of “Sweet and Low,” a current musical production, in which she had been giving broadway a “Cheer- ful Little Earful” as a starred performer. Otto H. Kahn gave his approval to the union, it was understood, only on the condition that she forsake her stage career. When each was 16, young Kahn spurned the world of finance to become an orchestra leader and Miss Williams left a voal mining hamlet to put her name in lights. He became the owner of a night cltb and the leader of 10 orchestras. She became a dancer and singer—the original of “Hard-Hearted Hannah.” He minored in aviation and became a transport pilot. She captured Europe as well as New York with her singing and dancing. They met at his New York night club, Le Perroquet ce Paris, where she became the featured dancer on a glass floor. ‘The romance flowered swiftly and their engagement has been rumored for a year. Broadway knew it all the time. Baltimore Markets Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., February 9.— Potatoes, white, 100 pounds, 1.25a1.90; sweet potatoes, barrel, 2.00a4.00; yams, barrel, 2.50a3.50; beans, bushel, 2.50a 4.00; beets, crate, 2.25a2.75; cabbag ton, 16.00a20.00; carrots, bushs caulifiower, crate, 1.50al.7: celery, crate, 2.50a3.25; eggplant, crate, 2.00a 3.50; kale, bushel, 75a90; lettuce, hamp- er, 50a1.35; peppers, crate, 1.50a3.25; parsnips, bushel, 1.00a1.20; spinach, bushel, 40a50; tomatoes, crate, 1.00a 4.00; bushel, 60a2.00; 1 grapefruit, box, 1.50a2.75; oranges, box, 2.00a3.25; tangerines, box, 1.00a2.00; strawberries, quart, 20a45. Dairy Market. Poultry, alive—Turkeys, pound, 36a 40; old, 20a32; chickens, Springers, 25 a33; Leghorns, 18a20; bareback, 14al5; old hens, 15a20; Leghorns, 13a16; roosters, 12al4; capons, 28a36; ducks, geese, 16a25; guinea fowls, each, pigeons, pair, 15a20. Eggs—Receipts, 362 cases; nearby firsts, dozen, 17%; current receipts, 17. Butter—Good to fancy, 19a21; fancy creamery, pound, 26a29; ladles, 19a21; rolls, 16a18; process, 25; store packed, 13al4. per _box, Hay and Grain. Wheat—No. 2 red Winter, export, 78 No. 2 red Winter, garlicky, spot, 787 ; March, 81. . 2, domestic, yellow, old, 80a 81; cob corn, new, 4.25a4.35. Rye—Nearby, 60a65. Oats—White, No. 2, new, 42a43; No. 3, 41a42. Hay—Receipts, 11 tons. General hay market strengthening. Drought has seriously curtailed nearby crops, chang- ing the entire situation. Sections here- tofore shipping are now asking for of- ferings of %ny. ‘Good clover, mixed, and timothy new hay will bring from 24.00a 28.00 per ton. ‘Wheat straw—No. 1, per ton, 9.00a 10.00; oat straw, No. 1, per ton, 9.00a 10.00. PETAIN MADE AIR HEAD PARIS, February 9 (#)—Marshal Petain, defender of Verdun during the World War, today was appointed head of the defense of all French territory. The 75-year-old veteran asked that he be relieved as vice president of the Superior War Council and inspector the general of armies so that he might have assignment more time for the new it. MAJ. McCOY, VETERAN OF WORLD WAR, DIES Native of Ohio, Recently Engaged in Building, Had Been Ill Several Months. Maj. Earle U. McCoy, World War vet- eran, and recently engaged in the build- ing contracting business here, died in Walter Reed Hospital today after an illness of several months. Maj. McCoy served here in Washing- ton as a commissioned officer during the world conflict. He was born in Steubens- ville, Ohio, in 1886, and was prominent in various Masonic bodies in Ohio. He had been engaged in the con- tracting business here since shortly after 4 the war, He resided at 1401 Columbia road. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Grace P. McCoy, and his mother, Mrs, Dora Q. McCoy. Funeral services will be conducted at the S. H. Hines Co. funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street, tomorrow at 4 p.m. Interment will be at Steubensville. e GEN. EDWARDS WEAK Physicians Say Army Veteran’s Strength Slowly Ebbing Away. BOSTON, February 9 (#).—Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards was reported in an “extremely weak” condition by attend- ants at the Phillips House today. The general has not taken any nour- ishment for several days and his strength has been slowly ebbing away. He has been a patient at the Phillips House since January 15, when he was operated on for an intestinal disorder. TWO KILLED IN HOLD-UPS NEW YORK, February 9 (A).—A thwarted bandit and one of his in- tended victims died yesterday as the result of a hold-up which turned into a battle royal in the office of the Inter- national Baking Co. Jose Prado and Emanuel Sena entered the bakery last night, police said, and attempted to rob its three owners and three other men. The victims laid down a barriage of chairs, tables, shovels, tongs and bags of flour while the bandits emptied their pistols. Police came on the run and find both robbers unconscious and four cof the bakery men wounded. Prade and An- thoney Carriera, one of the owners, died today. HONEYMOON IGNORED BY AMELIA EARHART Noted Woman Flyer and Spouse Found at Desks Following Marriage Saturday. By the Associated Pres: NEW YORK, February 9.—When Amelia Earhart, fiyer, and George Putnam, publisher and explorer, were married Saturday they announced they'd be at their respective business desks as usual today. This is to report that, contrary to the frequent custom of distinguished honeymooners, they told the truth. At their desks they were. Miss Earhart was most concerned about attending a meeting of the Traffic Committee of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, and she was only a few minutes late. She is trafic manager of the Ludington Line, operating hourly planes between New York, Philadelphia and Washington. Mr. Putnam carried on business as usual at the publishing house of Brewer & Warren. He and his bride, he said, had received no toy airplanes or parachutes as wedding gifts. “We didn't announce that we were to be married,” he explained, “and thus took an unfair advantage of our friends. . Or, maybe, in these depression days, it was a fair advantage.” Miss Earhart—and telephone calls to her office still come for Miss Earhart and not for Mrs. Putnam—planned to g0 to Washington late today to be guest of honor at a dinner given by newspaper women. McALEER TAKES BRIDE Former Manager of Washington Ball Team Weds Ohio Girl. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, February 9 (®).—The marriage of James, R. M Aleer, former manager of the Washing- ton Senators and St. Louis Browns, and owner of the Boston Red Sox until 1913, to Miss Georgianna Rudge, local musi- cian, was announced today. Weds Lindy’s Pal Miss Eulalie Cook of Webster Groves, Mo. (above) and Maj. Philip R. Love, close friend of Col. Charles A. Lind- 100 AT NAVY YARD TOLOSE J0BS SOON Admiral Leahy Says Reduc- tion Will Be Made to Sta- bilize Working Forces. By the Associated Press. More than 100 men are about to lose their jobs in the Washington Navy Yard in the department program to reach a stable working force. This announcement was made by Rear Admiral Willlam D. Leahy, chief of ordnance, in testimony on the annual supply bill reported to the Hoyse today by the Appropriations Committee. “We have been trying our best to get & stable load,” Leahy testified January 20, “and to get the number of employes at the Washington yard reduced to & number that could be maintained with- out material change. “There will be further discharges at the Washington yard within the next two or three months of more than 100 employes; perhaps 60 within the next month and possibly some 70 or 80 with- In two months after that., That will get the number of employes down to some- where near what has been spoken of as a normal number.” Representative French, Republican, Idaho, in charge of the Navy bill, said that 3,300 is about the normal figure. Leahy explained that the load of fab- ricating thdgm:cf for the 15-cruiser program had increased this fi lfl%gl to 4,750. Wi e normal figure can be maintai Leahy said, unless new building or mn:g ernization programs are ordered by Congress, NAVY BILL SLASHES FUND BY $36,310,000; PERSONNEL IS CUT (Continued From First Page.) —_— ) from whom no commissions are avail- able,” French said in his !emft. “The Navy Department can and should look to the :!'::i“ ml!eservr e Officers Training luat or their staff corps Demu:; f ‘were man of the Air Service gt Rt bl e T o Navy * for line nrmvc’m." PSRy Provides Two Dirigibles. “Why should this course be con- tinued ‘when we are reliably inform: that college graduates in abundant numbers, educated at their own expense, are ready and willing to qualify and serve on extended details as - sioned Reserve aviators?” committee report. Under the lighter-than-air division the question of building the second of the giant dirigibles contracted for was settled. The measure carries $675,000 to complete the ZRS-4 and Slmnflflut‘g begin mlk on the ZRS-5. rovision was luded to it the Secretary to expend ‘lfl.mm necessary to protect the naval petroleum reserves in Western States. Naval Reserve expenditures were set at $4,394,000, a cut of $325,000, but the officer personnel of 7,224 and the en- listed force of 18,993 were retained. The sum of $1,695,000 was allowed two bureaus with which to carry on a sub- marine safety device program. The Naval Training Station at San Diego received $190,000 for maintenance and improvements; Newport, R. I, $271,000; Great, Lakes, in Illinois, $275,- 000, and Hampton Roads, Va. $235,000, while the Naval War College, on 'leustoe&'g Allilldfl:gre gllnd,fll. I, received X aval Hom: - delphia $195,000. r. .z. e CASH BONUS ACTIVITY DENIED BY LEGION Two Prominent Officers Tell Boston Meeting Relief of Disabled and Dependents’ Objective. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, February 9.—Twq - nent Legion officials rtA’)ld umo tatives from 300 Massachusetts Posts here yes- terday that demand for an immediate cash payment of bonuses is not part of the program of the American Legion. National Vice Comdr. Neil D. Wil liams, representing Ralph T. O'Neil, na- tional commander, and John Thomas Taylor, legislative agent for the Legion at Washington, were the speakers. Both said that the major objective of the Legicn was “relief for the disabled and his dependents,” and that any at- tempt from the “outside” to Tush the Legion into demanding something it dh:l.nt want would not be tolerated, ‘The men who constitute the Legion are not of the type which primarily is concerned with ‘what can we get out of this?' but whose interest is rather to do better for their communities and the y’:;ig]r;d m‘eywwrved through aid to the veterans. to the disabled be!orew,e It e sation,” Williame ui;fi!mwd compen- His opinions were echoed Who said: “Our main job is to c: those who suffered as a direc of their service, and to let Congresa know what the Legion wants.” INCOME TAX FACTS. No. 8. Of the millions of tax who will be required to file cos turns for the year 1930, the vast majority are ‘entitled, in addi- tion to the personal exemption of $3,500 for married persons and heads of families, $1,500 for single persons and a $400 credit for each dependent, to a further credit of 25 per cent of the tax on the full amourit of their earned net income. Earned income is defined as “wagcs, salaries, professional fees and other amounts received as compensation for personal serv- ices actually rendered.” How- ever, all net income up to $5,000, whether actually earned or not, is considered earned income for the purpose of this credit. A taxpayer who in 1930 received a salary of $4,000 and a profit from a real estate transaction or other business venture, of $1,000 may treat the entire amount as earn- ed income. When it is shown by statistics that out of a total of approximately 4,000,000 returns filed more than 3,000,000 report- ed incomes of between $3,000 and $5,000, the far-reaching benefit of this reduction is understood. Following is an example of how a single person with no depend- ents should compute his tax on a net income of $4,000: Net income..... . .$4,000.00 Less personal exemption 1,500.00 Balance taxable at 1% per cen $2, 00.00 132 per cent. 7.50 Less 25 per o $37.50, earned income credit . $28.12 The maximum amount that may be claimed as earned in- come is $30,000, although the taxpayer actually may have earned an amount in excess or that sum. Balance of tax payable. .