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VANDERBILT SUIT THREATENS BUTLER: Action Would Disclose Issues = Hidden by Canceling of Court-Martial. By the Associated Press. 108 ANGELES, February 13.—Cor- nelius Vanderbilt, jr. today told his version of the Mussolini hit-run story for which Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler was ordered to face court martial, and asserted the anecdote would have “proved merely a squib compared to issues which testimony taking would have made public” had the court mar- tial not been called off.” Vanderbilt said Gen. Butler “took & story of mine, twisted it around to score a point for himself and made me the goat.” Naval Pact Held Violated. “Testimony I would have given at Butler's court martial,” Vanderbilt said, “would have brought out statements made by the general at a gathering of members of the American Affiliated Lecture Bureau last November. ““These statements,” he said, “concerned fail- ure of a foreign power to live up to the terms of the naval pact entered into last year between the United States, Great Britain and Japan.” Vanderbilt said the third speaker at the November meeting of the Lecture Bureau in New York, at which he and Butler spoke, was “an official of a foreign government.” Vlnderbllt 's story of the Mussolini in- cident was as follows: “I was riding with Mussolini, who drove. A small child ran in front of the machine at a sharp turn in Jhe road and was hit. I looked back to see if the child was hurt. Mussolini placed his hand on my knee and said, ‘Never fin¥1IWk' ‘Vanderbilt, always look ahead Sues to Reveal Facts. Butler heard the story in a confiden- #1al meeting, Vanderbilt said. “If I had been called to the stand T should ‘have been prepared with 40 af- fidavits from persons bunns me out in my contention that Gen. Butler mis- quoted me. I shoyld have been forced to tell what the other two speakers, in- cluding Gen. Butler, said in November. “One overt act on the part of Gen. ‘Butler will result in my filing & legal action that will bring all these facts to light. I will not sue to collect mone- tary damages. The suit will be for the of disclosing the manifold angles arising out of the Mussolini in- cident and the other issues.” BUTLER UNINFORMED. Counsel Says General Has Not Heard Vanderbilt Threat. By the Associated Press. at _his Qu-ntieo. counsel, Maj. Leonard, said had heard nomuu of Vlnderbflh Te- ported plans to sue Butler if there is ‘one overt act” on the latter's part. So far as 1 know, Gen. day has never sald any- him the Mus- STATE SOCIETY ELECTS Io'runntlun McMillan Named Head of South Carolina Group. New oflcm were elected at the re- organization of the South Carolina !oelet held last night at the Hamilton Hotel. ‘was elected and Hugh vice pres t vmh ldnr Morris Phillips, first second lents, respectively. Hrl Rod- L. Carmichael L'“ named sec- E. Boykin and R. J. Cheatham. Charles E. Jackson was named publicity chairman. SEVERE TEMBLORS ROCK NEW ZEALAND Napier Ruins Totter—Quake Halts Razing and Debris Hurts ‘Workers. By ™4 Associated Press. NAPIER, New Zealand, February 13. ~Severe earth shocks which rocked the Hawkes Bay district at noon today did considerable damage in the town, al- ready virtually destroyed by quakes of & week ago. ‘Walls left standing in the ruined busi- ness area fell, inflicting minor injuries upon workers. All further work of cleering the town was halted. There Were many narrow escapes as returning residents leaped from beneath tottering masonry. ‘The coast to the south of the town was hidden in clouds of dust. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Febru- ary 13 (®)—A large section of New Zealand was rocked today by severe eartnquakes. In the Hawkes Bay re- gion of North lsland the tremors were much more intense than those which devastated the district last week. Bhocks of varying intensity were re- corded also throughout the Otago Prov- ince of South Island. Chimneys fell at Queenstown and household goods were disiodged in Dunedin. Communications with Napier and the Hawkes Bay area were disrupted, but later re-established. The directors of the Geological Sur- vey, after inspecting the Hawkes Bay district, reported that the quakes there, February 3, raised the coastline 3 feet I: Napier, 7 feet at Petane and 6 feet ~ergaic The shocks were felt as far north as Hamilton and as far south of Inver- They were very strong at Takaka lnd at beuer Wellmlwn ATTORNEY IS ACQUITTED OF ASSAULT CHARGE Defense Holds Attack on News- paper Photographer Justified to Protect Client’s Privacy. (From the 5:30 Bdition of Yesterday's 8¢ After deliberating for two hours, a Police Court jury late today acquitted Harry P. Kennedy, local attorney, of a charge of having assaulted Augustus C. Chinn, photographer for The Evening "’l"lio defense contended that Ken- g e e v trusion by vhn cited 10 Fed- t the pl pher was within his rights in uuk the Nl!‘l was the second trial - - | necessity fly to anarchy and despotism.’ Resigns ASSISTANT SECRETARY HOPE TO LEAVE TREASURY. By the Associated Press. ECRETARY MELLON today an- nounced that Walter E. Hope, Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury, had resigned, effective March 1, ta resume the practice of law. He said Hope had come to the Treas- ury only for a short time when he was appointed November 1, 1929, and that since the time had passed the Assistant Secretary felt he must return to private business. Hope, whose home is in New York, was Eastern vice treasurer for the Re- publican National Committee in the 1928 campaign and is a friend of President Hoover. HYGE RIDICULES PARTY DISSIDENTS Departs From Text of Lin- coln Day Speech to Praise Ability of Lucas. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., February 13— Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde departed from the prepared text of his uneoln day address last night to remark litics in America. e referred to an oration by a come- dian named “Senator McGoof” and eaid “he'd make a corking good Senator from Nebraska or Wisconsin.” He said Robert H. Lucas, executive director of - the Republican National Committee, was a man “who has three speeds forward, thank God, and no reverse.” Comments on Shouse. Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Dem- acratic National Executive Committee, Secretary Hyde said, “never won a horse race or failed to offset his income tax.” Describing Lincoln as a party man, Secretary Hyde made a plea for a tight- ening of the party harness which he said hangs loosely from many shoulders !I political parties in America disin- tegrate into blocs and cliques it would | He be difficult !.o attain & majority for any program,” the Secretary said. “This would result in Government by minority compromises—or by coalitions. History is replete with instances of chaotic and intolerant action of minorities. This Lincoin denominated ‘anarchy and des- “Lincoln Was Party Man.” “Abraham Lincoln was & y man, ‘A majority held in constraint by con- stitutional checks and limitations,’ said Lincoln, ‘is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of Mr. Hyde said that from the ranks of the men who followed Lincoln “have come the men who for 5& of the last 70 years have steered our ship of state.” He added, “it is fitting that we, the successors of those early should celebrate the Lincoln, gather inspiration from his life, and rededicate ourselves and our party to the service of the Nation he preserved.” Holds Tariff Views Unchanged. ‘The principle of the protective tariff, Mr. Hyde said, was adopted by Lincoln and “the very same tariff declaration upon which Lincoln was elected cmllfl have been written into every Republican | platform since 1860, without changing | a word and without violating any | declaration or deed of the party of Lincoln during those 70 years.” Referring to the eighteenth amend- | ment, Secretary Hyde sald that while every one has a right to his opinion of it and to agitate for its repeal, “no man has a right to violate the Con- stitution or to advocate its violation.” | “Neither wealth, nor social flair, nor pride of opinion would have justified in Lincoln’s mind, the violation of the| | American Constitution, or any amend- t ment thereof,” 8Secretary Hyde as- serted. CHARGES AGAINST HERMAN BRADY TO BE NOLLE PROSSED: —(Continued From First Page) next week, if not sooner, the State at- torney added. Meanwhile, Leroy will be sentenced tomorrow, Judge Moss announced. The convicted man faces a possible sentence | of 18 years in the penitentiary, the max- | imum penalty for sscond degree murder. | Judge Moss had delayed sentencing him r;’n;lln; the completion of Herman's a) Announcement that the charges against Herman would be nolle prossed came as a surprise, as State Attorney Allen Bowle of Prince Georges County, in whose territory the blast occurred, previously had declared he would insist on prosecuting the young man. Children Die in Blast. Naomi's little sister and brmher—l Dorothy, 4 18 months: plosion, which occurred in the kitchen of the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hall. Mrs. Hall lost an eye and several teeth in the explosion, in which several other persons were in- Jured. Herman and Leroy were arrested & short time after the explosion, investi- gators charging the brothers had plotted to kill Naomi because Herman had become her husband unwillingly. Leroy was accused of having made the bomb and placed it on the porch of the resi- dence of Mrs. Anna Buckley, not from the Hall hom he bomb, wra to resemble a Christmas gift, n to the Hall residence several days later and Naomi, thinking lt a belated gift, opened it. Hung Jury Last June. Leroy was tried at Rockville, Md. last .mne but the jury was unable to reach a decision. At the request of the prosecution, his second trial was held here, and a jury found him guilty of ma-dmn mur- der after five hours' deliberation 8—M. pton Magruder, Nlnholu H. Ontn moe lflll G. Basscer lnd motion_for but uvumerruud oss. nn m Republicans. birthday — of | assista iLuther B. Litte, 71, . | Successively Iu was & THE EVENING ARKANSAS FRIEND AIDS PRESDENT Drought Compron;ise Partly Credited to Harvey Couch of Flood Days. BY REX COLLIER. President Hoover's sympathetic 'J!ll- ment of Mississippi flood refugees in 1927 so impressed one Arkansas Demo- crat that he has comé forward now as an effective mediator between a Repub- lican President and Demoeratic antag- onists in the drought relief controversy. Harvey Couch, as chairman of the State flood relief organization in Arkan- sas four years ago, spent many hectic weeks at Herbert Hoover's side during the height of the flood cmergency and !hmughouu the rehabilitation period. ‘Together the then Secretary of Com- meree and the distinguished Arkansan | tramped over weakened levees, min; with refugees in the camps at Memp! Vicksburg and elsewhere along the swollen river, rode the crest of the flood waters in large and small craft and knitted their brows over crayon-shaded maps and harrowing reports from Red Cross investigators. In hot and stuffy office cars loaned by the railroad companies they ven- tured to beleaguered settlements over rails lapped by the yellow back-wash from broken levees to lend personal en- couragement to those in iress. On one occasion their train passed over a trestle a short while before it collapsed ;:Inag!r the weight of another relief rain. Means of Understanding. Under the strain of such conditions men grow to know and understand each other fairly well. Harvey Couch and Herbert Hoover became fast friends. Couch is a Rotarian and during a brief stop in Pine Bluff, his home city, his club made Hoover an honorory member for life. The Couch rustic lodge near Hot Springs, Ark., was used for a tri- State conference on flood relief and the Hoover party members were quartered a8 Couch’s guests during the week end parley. During these associations Hoover learned first hand why Couch had been selected as head of the State Red Cross and chairman of the Governor’s Relief Committee. From Couch’'s host of friends he learned many other things about this remarkable Southerner. He learned that 30 years Harvey Couch was a struggling farm k- ing his first “city” job in a v\lhge drug store. Young Couch was intensely in- terested in electricity and in spare mo- ments he rigged up the first telephone line in his section of Arkansas. It con- sisted of crude instruments by which he was able to talk to a nearby farm, and the transmission lines were the barbed wires of a fence connecting the two places. ‘The barbed-wide telephone line soon was extended, by popular demand, to other farm houses. The barbed wires later were replaced by copper wires. The system grew until it extended into other counties. A company evolved, with Couch as head. Finally, the sys- tem had grown so big that it was taken over by a great corporation—and Har- ey Couch was on “Easy street.” Reaches Bigger Business. The telephone business started Couch in the light and power business. He organized the Arkansas Power & Light Co., the Mississippi Power & Light Co. and the Louisiana Power & Light Co. He became chairman of the board of the Louisiana Gas & Puel Corporation. He bought the Louisiana & -Arkansas Railway Co. seve: years ago,Jand is now its president. ‘He became a- direc- tor of many allfed rations and sev- eral banks in New Arhnu: South’s most powerful industrial lhn'l Despite his phenomenal successes, he Temained the same modest individual he had always been; known everywhere in Arkansas as plaid “Harvey.” Although Couch never has taken an active part in politics, he has been regarded as one of the most influential members of the Democratic party in Arkansas. ‘There are those who say that Couch nearly succeeded in swing- ing Arknasas into the Hoover column in the 1928 elections. If such are true, his campaign was not conducted from the platform or the stump. Flood or drought, Arkansas turns in- stinctively to ch for counsel and ince. When the drought emer- gency became acute he was appointed chairman of the State Relief Commit- tee. His sole concern, his friends say, has been to prevent starvation among his fellow citizens, and when the big relief fight started at the Capitol he realized the deadlock threatened to in- crease the suffering about him. In Arbitrater Role. He decided to come to Washington and see if he could do anything about it. Being a friend of those on both sides of the relief fund controversy, he was able to approach both in the role of arbitrator, without incurring the re- sentment of either side. He visited the ‘White House, it is said, and learned that President Hoover was willing to make “certain concessions in order to facilitate needed relief measures. He visited the Capitol and talked over the situation with his old friend, Senator Caraway. Out of these extraordinary negotia- tions by the unofficial ambassador from | Arkansas hes come the now famous | DE. compromise relief arrangement, Opponents of the compromise in the Senate have suggested that Harvey Couch should be “investigated.” ‘To which Senator Clnwly in effect has replied: “Go_ahead and investi- gate.” Knowing Harvey Couch as he does, it is pointed out, he has no qualms at all about the outcome of such an inquiry. ATLANTIC FLEET READY FOR START OF WAR GAME Bcoutin‘ Vessels Pass Through Canal to Pacific to Await Zero Hour in Annual Maneuvers. By the Associated Press. PANAMA CITY, February 13.—All of the Atlantic Scouting fleet, with the exception of the cruiser Cincinnati, yet to arrive here, has gone through the Panama Canal and is grouped at the Pacific entrance in readiness for be- ginning of the war e maneuvers. The larger vessels are in the outer harbor and the smaller vessels in Bal- boa Basin, but these latter are ex- pected to move to outer nnchoruu in order to avoid delay in s the war game pests when the zero hnux arrives. The Navy Department officers who will act as umpires ana observers for me chie( umpire, Admiral Chase, are on ‘nm 'd the flagship of the major Blue 8. PR S eEY LUTHER B. LITTLE DIES Newspaper Man Once Correspond- ent Here Was 71. YORK, February 13 former Albany correspondent and political writer tor the New York Times and later director of publications for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., died at his home here last night. He had been ill & year and a half. Born in Webster, N. H., Little was gndunnd at Dartmouth College and ined the staff of the Chicago News. mber of the ne a became the Bt NEW () — staff of the polis t.ha 8t. hul olobe ufier ;-ul Pioneer-Press. He join t.lu New York Times in 1801, '-b'ml had been there STAR, Heads Group MRS. SAMUEL ARENTZ NAMED RS. SAMUEL ARENTZ of Reno, Nev,, wife of the Nevada Representative in yesterday was elected national president of the Children of the American Revolution at a meeting of the national board held in the Memorial Continental Hall. She will fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Percy Edwards Quin of Mississippl, who re- cently resigned. ~n-rm -Ewing Photg. HIGHWAY PRO]ECT IS THREATENED BY MONEY SHORTAGE ___ (Continued From First Page) of the Capital or beautiful stretches of the river or the Virginia countryside may be obtained there will be provided a novel type of parking space for au- tomobiles. These parking places will consist of a widening of the roadway in graceful curves rather than the con- struction of formal parking areas jut- tln,’ lbrurlly from the side of the road. ear Alexandria, where an industrial area extends nearly a half mile along the river front, the boulevard will be protected by thick screening of trees and shrubbery, which will block off en- tirely the unsightly areas. Vistas will be provided through the shrubbery of ints of interest, such as the George ‘ashington Masonic Memorial Shooters Hill. A great circle will be constructed at the approach to Alexandria to form “the logical point of transition from a I high to a low speed zone.” This circle is to be at the point where the boule- vard crosses Second street between St. Asaph and Columbus streets. Washing- ton street, which the boulevard will fol- low through Alexandria, will begin at the circle. The area around the circle, exundln, to Third street on the north and halfway to Pirst street on the south, will be developed as a park. Given Woodland. “One of the most important recent events in the boulevard and parkway development,” Mr. MacDonald said, “is the turning over to the Government by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of some 200 acres of beautiful woodland completely surrounding Mount Vernon for parkway purposes. There will be no expense to the Government in prepar- ing this area beyond the cleaning out of underbrush. It will make a splendid terminus for the parkway on the Vir- ginia side of the river and insures perpetual preservation of the beautiful countryside adjoining she Mount Ver- non grounds on all sides.” The Mount Vernon Memorial Boule- vard will embody several unusual methods for controlling trafic flow. In the vicinity of Wellington Villa, a resi- dential development skirts the boule- vard for a mile or more. Direct access to the boulevard from a compact resi- dential section, it was decided, not only would slow up traffic, but would be a constant source of danger. To provide for this situation, a system of border roads has been planned through this residential development so that traffic will be picked up on the border roads and de!lvered to the highway at the mast favorable points of access. A thway grade separation at Wellington xl la also I’lll help the general traffic ow. At points where roads from the boule- vard to the waterfront are required a grade separation plan will provide ac- cess to the river area without cross traffic. Easy Alignment Obtained. Provision for turning around on the boulevard and for a small amount of cross traffic at grade has been made on curves where the roadway can be widened to permit the placing of cen- tral islands or parks. “Pleasing and easily flowing align- ment is obtained,” it was explained, “and also a safe means of surface cross- . On a heavily traveled four-lane highway it is almost impossible at times to get sufficient break in traffic to per- mit crossing at grade. Divided road- ways, separated by islands, facilitate crossing at grade by permitting it to be done in two operations. A break in-the traffic flowing in one direction permits a crossing to the island, and the cross- ing is completed at the first break in traffic flowing in the opposite direction. Even on heavily traveled roads crossings of this character may be M',comp"lhtd in the space of a few minutes. An ex- tra traffic lane is provided on all divided roadways, so that the inside traffic lane mly be used by vehicles desiring to where it has been necessary to pro- vide crossings at grade and the curvature of the road is too slight to rmit dividing the roadway with pleas- rl:l lines staggered outlets have been used. This tem permits traffic to cross the traffic lanes on one-half of the highway and then flow with and weave across the trafic on the other half to an exit. The distance provided for the weaving of traffic across the half width of the pavement is approxi- mately 400 feet, or the equivalent of a | city block. Will Beautify Waterfront. Provision has been made at Fort, Hunt for access to the military reser- vation and to the wharf. The roadway to the wharf passes under the boule- vard. At a high point, where the road- ‘ways fork, there will be a widening of the road for “overlook parking.” One of the finest pleces of llndlc. ing rovide for views of distant poln'.s Kmterest from the boulevard will be -t Hunting Creek, just south of Alex- andria. Under the terms of the Fess bill it is lanned to purchase narrow strips of f: water front completely around the wide bay which forms the mouth of Hunting Creek. This will permit beau- tification of all the water {ront visible from the boulevard and the planting ot “screens” of trees and shrubbery w block out undesirable sections. Throug! the screen will be openln&provlum views across the water of flemoflnl and other points of interest. “Our intention,” Mr. MacDonald ex- plained, “is not to make a formal park- way of the boulevard at any point. is to be as close an approach to nature as can be managed, with planting di- nd | rected toward the end of the maximum If the entire project does not it is eomn' e as chou;“ or many years I be greatly disappointed.” beauty. look w! WASHINGTON, D. C, on| 1t | Pau CHARGED TO BLAINE Brown Says Senator Tried to Spread Belief in Postal Lease Fraud. By the Associated Press. Senator Blaine, Republican, Wiscon- sin, stood charged today by Postmaster General Brown With a deliberate at- tempt to decelve the American public into believing there had been wide- spread fraud in making leases for postal buildings. Brown engaged in a sharp clash with Blaine two days ago when the latter as chairmen of the Senate Postal Lease Investigating Committee sought to cb- tain some department records, which the witness refused to produce. Heavy Contributions Denied. ‘The Postmaster General denied in a formal statement last night that postal lease beneficiaries had made heavy con- tributions to the Coolidge and Hoover campaign funds, asserting on the con- trary that though they numbered thou- sands they had contributed but $500 to Republican funds since 1924. Blaine replied today he would pro- duce evidence of large political contri- butions by post office lessors “at the proper time.” despite Brown's state- ment they have only contributed $500 since 1924. Blaine said he did not want to place the evidence in the record until some of those concerned have been called to testify. Replies to Assertion. Replying to Brown's assertion that he has “not a scintilla of evidence” to support his charges of corruption in postal leases, Blaine said the Postmas- ter General, “after the testimony is all { in, will have ample opportunity under oath to rebut it.” “I decline to be drawn into a per- sonal controversy with him,” he added. “Senator Blaine charges the present administration of the Post Office De- partment with failure to co-operate with his committee,” Brown continued: “The fact is that the department has afforded —Senator Blaine’s agents and investigators every facility for doing their work. “It has made available to them the complete files concerning all existing lease contracts. It will continue to make such records available. ‘Wasteful Policies Deplored. “The department does not intend, however, to make any disclosures of information which is related only to its future policies, and which, if made public prematurely, would embarrass and handicap the transaction of public business.” Characterizing the Government’s past policy of renting post office quarters as “wasteful and extravagant in the ex- treme,” Brown sald every Postmaster General for the last 15 years had urged Congress to provide for acquisition and ownership of such bulldings. The Blaine committee, he said, could have aided im enacting legislation to this end. But, he continued, “its ener- gies have been devoted to efforts o discover fraud and corruption in the incepticn of certain lease contracts made many years ago, particularly the St. Paul commercial station lease, upon which the department nearly three years ago suspended rental payments pending a judicial determination of the controversies involved.” | COMPROMISE BILL - FOR BONUS LOANS OFFERED IN.HOUSE (Conti From First' Page.) face value of their certificates, the vet- erans have already borrowed $325,000,- 000. This makes the new borrowing power, if the Ways and Means Commit- tee bill is passed, $1,386,500,000, and if all the veterans made loans that would m the total amount required to pay em. ‘The House committee figured that perhaps 60 per cent of the veterans would make use of the new borrowing power. Forty-eight per cent of the veterans have made loans under the existing law. ‘The interest rate to be charged under the new loan would be 42 per cent. The law as it stands today provides the interest rate on loans made to veterans on thelr bonus certificates shall be 2 per cent in excess of the rediscount Tate charged by Federal Reserve Banks in the Federal Reserve district. Under this law the rate of interest has gone as high as 5!, per cent. ‘There was l'peflllluan on Capitol Hill today as to whether President Hoover would attempt & pocket veto of the bill if he disapproved it. The President is given 10 dny- in which to approve or disapprove the bil). At the close of a Congress it 18 ible for him to put a bill in his pocket and not sign it. In that event, with Congress gone, it is not possible to pass it over his veto. How- zvet, advocates of the bonus bill sug- ted that one of the annual appropri- IMDI'A bills might be held up until the President had either approved the bill or sent it back to Congress with his disap- proval, thereby giving Congress an op- portunity to pass it over the veto. The | failure of one of the regular supply bills might force a special session of Congress, at whlch bonus legislation could come P ag f‘ approval of the measure, put forward for depression relief as well as to ald veterans, was anticipited. Chair- man Hawley called the committee to give formal assent after a unanimous agreement yesterday settled the contro- versy which raged for weeks. General satisfaction was expressed in the House at the compromise, along with hopes for Senpte approval without modification. The committee composed differences between advocates of re- demption in full at the expense of a $3,400,000,000 bond issue, and opponents of any additional veterans’ aid. Democrats voiced satisfaction. Representative of Texas, stanch advocate of payment in full, said if it came up under suspen- sion of the rules, he would make no complaint. Democratic Leader Garner also approved. ‘The House Veterans' Committee re- ferred a proposed pension for World War widows and orphans to a subcom- mittee today. The committee acted after Veterans' Administrator Hines pleaded against | hasty enactment of the proposal. The subcommittee was instructed to report next Monday. Acting Chairman Luce named on the subcommittee Representatives Perkins, Republican, New Jersey; Swick, Re- E;:lllcln. Pennsylvania, and Jeffers, ocrat, Alabama. Hines estimated the cost of the pro- posed pension, which carries $20 monthly for widows and 86 for or- phans, at $17,946,000 for the first year, $39,248,000 for the second year and in- creasing amounts to $57,194,000 for the fifth year. —— Marriage Licenses. as V. Olnn 30. and 15; joseph M. M l"l. u‘ and Ells Kline, 85; veily. 3. and Lillie V. Gb A o V. Va.:'Rev. ' Joseph Even illy, ‘Harrisonbur ‘Van Leer. ir.. 24, thig eity, and o 31, Oitumwa, Towa: Rev. and Julla M. U T o L hd Atberts O. Half- ‘Baltimore; d; Rev. Eara Hill 3¢ Rev. & 5 &'21“! A Rev. M enter 3 Dnnn. penny, hoth Alan P, Ponr Burts, ll‘ rlll nckl FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 199). IPUBLIC DECEPTION “Gold Brick” Loot Found $800,000 MUTILATED BILLS DUMPED IN ALLEY. Headquarters detectives loading inte an automobile $800,000 in mutilated currency, the logt of bandits who held up two The bills, which hat Reserve Bank of New York before they were consigned to the Treasury here, concourse early yesterday. em| in Union Station been cut in half by the Federal were ln-l in an Alky at the rear of the Taylor Motor Co., Fourteenth and T streets, by the three em) Sehmidt, l’hn loyes of the motor company shown below. Left to H‘hl ‘Walter !Mly lld l‘wlrl T. Smith, ——Star Staff Photos. WAR MEMORIAL WILL BE PUSHED Temple to Honor District’s Men and Women May Be Completed Before 1932. Completion of the District of Colum- bia World War Memorial, on the south side of the reflecting pool of the Lin- coln Memorial, in time for the George | Washington bicentennial next year, is proposed by the Pine Arts Commission. ‘The Office of the Public Buildings and Public Parks is marking the trees that will be eliminated in the area near the reflecting pool, so that the public may be able the better to hear the band concerts from the memorial. Warehouse Plans Given. ‘Maj. D. H. Gillette, assistant director of public buildings and public parks, 2d to the commission the plans or the proposed warehouse, which will | be used by the-Federal and District governments and erected at a cost of about ll 700,000. The commission ap- proved the design for the structure, which is to be erected below the Mall, between C and D and Seventh and Eighth streets southwest. The building is to be seven stories in height. The commission likewise approved the design of ‘a hydraulic laboratory for the Bureau of Standards, to be built on the south slope of the bureau's grounds. Pylon Markers Urged. The commission urged that the E_‘ylom at the Virginia side of the Arl Memorial Bridge be adopted as an a) proved type of columns to mark entramces to the District of Columbia. ‘This pry of having memorial markers at the various entrances to the city is indarsed by the committee of the National Capital of the Garden Club of Am!ncl, of which Mrs. Prank B. Noyes is chairman. MARINES ORL ORDERED OUT OF NICARAGUA, BEGINNING IN JUNE|cash (Continued From First Page.) MUTILATED MONEY TAKEN BY ROBBERS IS FOUND IN ALLEY (Continued From First Page.) up the alley to U street when they Inspector L. A. De Waard, handling Post Office Department’'s end of the CI-! he has one man who asserts m.ld identify one of the partici- Dnecuve Sergt. Oscar D. Mansfield, who is in*charge of the police investi- ;mon is going on the assumption the robbery must have been by h-ndm who are making their head- | quarters here. It they were from out of town, he out, they would likely have ept moving after the would have been out of Washi l\ belou they found their loot was Pnsumlb the bandits went rations and then, dis- rs Nad been useless, their base of of night to get rid of the proceeds. discovery of the discarded am- munition added a rat! h-r ing turn to the case, unless pe; u consti- tuted what the banflm lleved was the last of the possibly incriminating evidence in their pns:uslon STAR RED CROSS FUND NOW TOTALS $1,103.76 Seven Additional Contributions to Drought Relief Received ' Today. Beven additional contributions re- ceived today increased The Star's fund for Red Cross drought relief to $1,10: ‘The latest donations: Previously acknowledged. ‘W. F. Brown . B H.. Cash Mrs. Caroline B. Stephens Total .uvevvevnrnansnannas. .$1,103! will have been reduced from over 5,000 men, which was the size of the force in January, 1929, to prcbably not over 00 men. Larger Training School. “The Nicaraguan government by this arrangement has also secured funds to increase the school in which Nica- raguan officers are being trained to completely replace the Marines now of- ficering the national guard. “In addition to this the Nicaraguan | been government has obtained further funds which it has agreed to spend in the construction of long-needed roads and trails in the bandit provinces. ‘These roads will greatly facilitate the future work of its national guard |§ in that area and make it much more effective and protective to the sur- rounding country. “The department feels that the fore- going steps will greatly expedite the completion of the task of this Govern- ment in instructing the national guard of Ni and that they have paved the way for the ultimate removal of all the Marine forces from Nicaragua immediately after the election of l.fl " About 1,200 There Now. - The Navy Department reported the number of Meyines in Nicaragua last month as 147 * men. Efghty-# officers and 979 men were on duty viih the 2d Brigade and II officers md“:,oa lmen r";ere with the |1 un(um national ‘They were the mnnnder of the lorcu sent there in 1928 at the request of the ers and 1,085 enlisted | d ‘Warrant Charges Murder. CLEVELAND. February 13 (#).—A warrant charging “Pittsburgh Hymie"” Martin with first de murder of former Councilman Potter was issued today. Kiwanis Aiée Named. , Bruce Baird, assistant trust officer of ' the National Savings & Trust Co.. has elected treasursr of the Ki-ans Clllh succeeding George Winslow, re- Nica an lov:n;g::{l’lt.mfl;h ek spent $5,517, n keept vil Dogs in that country July 1, 1919, to December 31, 1930. operations of insurgents have not been entirely quelled, however. Only last December 31 eight Marines were killed in a clash with d!.ulflmt forces govern- znu were apparently pwnflunnmy supplied with arms and am- Al sent in” letachiments bave been in {l since 1019. ‘The Navy Department in m itures since lll’ t 2 hlv.belnu it home on it country pub- rep- lic an it woul robbery ' and MARGARET SANGER SCORES BIRTH LAW lSenate Hearing Room Pack- ed’ With Contraception Bill Advocates. By the Associnted Press. Scores of advocates of birth control packed the committee room today as hearings on the Gillett bill to legalise dissemination of contraceptive informa« tion opened before a Senate judiciary subcommittee. The day was to be devoted to hearing proponents of the bill, with tomorrow give o its opponents. ‘The bill of Senator Gillett, Repub- lican, M tts, was described “‘as the most important piece of soctal I lation to come before you at this or any other time” by Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn of Hartford, Conn. She de- clared the question of birth cnnh'ol is at the bottom of all prevailing social ul.s lndudln( poverty and unemploy- Mrs. Bnu. Testifies. Mrs. Margaret Sanger of New York, the countrys foremost birth control ad- vocate, was introduced by Mrs. Hepburn. A woman of middle age, quietly dressed in brown, Mrs. Sanger traced the history 0! birth control in the United States. Speaking” in_an earnest voice, she contended the Federal law now in force “interferes with laws in 47 states that permit a physician to sve his patient scientific contraceptive information.” Says Law Is Harmful. "The effect of the law is keep alive hypocrisy and emflw rted. “The harm that it has done 0 nation or unscier ormas - ntific info tion and Devices Dr. J. Whitridde William of Johns Hupkmu“vnl;'.r‘nty declared “s huge bootleg grown in contraceptive de‘v‘leeu &nd information.” emnflmmmwmelnnle number of children in a family has de- clined from 5 or 6 to 2. “The average doctor,” he said, “ob- to the present law against birth control for the same reason he objects to the prohibition and narcotic laws— because it attempts to tell a physician ho'uag prescribe treatment for his pa- Clergyman Takes Stand. “Birth control,” said Rev. R R war. Naf yond the tbfl.lq of their own hndb:o for "ntou kfi?l acoess o . Mr. Potter said. wedn Junior League Favors Bill. Mrs. Douglas Moffatt of New York, representing the Junior city, said her organization was “over- Whelmingly in favor” of the Gillett bill, “Our work in uewammh and hospitals of New York,” she said, “has shown us L &oo:m%"%emnhwfih Prof. Roswell H. o burgh sai Itu outweighs the 1% s mreaned crime, the dissemi- t, birth control is not laws of God, alf h u:e Bihle says to increase and multiply.” e remarked that this injunction was llvennnumew Mnnsndxve were the earth, and again after the flood. when there were only eight persons alive in the world. BRYAN U. BOARD ELECTS DAYTON, Tenn., February 13 (#).— Twelve new trustees for William Jen- nings Bryan University were elected here yesterday at the annual mcem of the Board of Trustees. Seven members of the board were re-elected. The new trustees include: Dr. Howard A. Kelly, Baltimore, Md.; Grace Bryan BABY sAms' STRENGTH Son Born Prematurely to Mrs. Har old Lloyd Improving. HOLLYWOOD, Calif,, February 13 (#).—The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lioyd, born prematurely Janu- tain when the child could be taken from the incubator to the film comedian’s home. He has gained eight ounces since birth. INCOME TAX FACTS. No. 12. Several factors are involved in determining whether a person who files a return as the head of a family and claims the personal exemption of $3,500 is to be thus classified. The element of either legal or financial dependency must exist. A parent who sup- ports in his household dependent minor children, over whom he exercises family control, is en- titled to this classification. More- over, if he supports and exercises family control over them, even though they have an income suf- ficient to support themselves, he still is classified as the head of a family. If, however, he does not support them but exercises fam- ily eontrol, the common home be- ing maintained, he can not be classified as the head of a family. In the absence of continuous pends upon the character of the separation. If a father is absent on business, or a child away at school, or even on a visit, tbe eommon home being maintained, “ usoo’:xemptkm I.lhulnwed oreover, if a pnrent obliged to maintain his dependent chil- dren with relatives of in a board- ing house, while he lives else- where, the exemption still ap- plies. If, however, without ne-