Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1931, Page 2

WA-_2 ® : THE EVENING . STAR, WASHING TON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1931. ATLANTIC SHIPPING DISRUPTED IN GALE Storms Lash Eastern Half of f Ocean—Wales Coast { Is Inundated. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 7.—Wild storms, which lashed the Bastern Atlantic into & turbulent fury, today disrupted ship- ping as far north as Iceland and as far south as Northern Africa. J. P. Morgan’s yacht, Corsair, upon which the Archbishop of Canterbury, convalescing after an attack of neu- ralgia, is accompanying the financier to Palestine, had to put in at Gibral- tar to escape the gale. Liners Delayed. The Ile de France and President Harding were many hours late on the way to Cherbourg because of the storm. @Phe President Harding de- veloped Ytopeller tsouble and may have to be drydocketl. A northeasternly gale whipped up high waves in the North Sea and broke over defenses on the southeast coast of England, flooding a ln}: section of inhabited &t country known as Romney Marsh. Two small coast resorts, Littlestone and Dym- church, were battered and flooded at high tide. Ships Run to Shelter. flflpfln‘ in the ‘Channel ran to shelter” Anglo-French steamers had the worst experience of the Winter and all arrived late. A schooner was stranded at Holyhead and the crew rescued. The South Wales and North Devon coasts were swamped in places and many houses flooded. The tide fl“w m,ht in the Thames was z} ‘was feared and passed harm- y. A Reykjavik dispatch said the sto had been blowing there for several days, accompanied by heavy snow and FRENCH RIVERS RISE. PARIS, March 7 (#)—French rivers, swollen by heavy rain and snow during the past week, have flooded a large area and today were doing considerabl d..muh:.d ‘The Seine was rising steadily & threatening aspect because of the tremendous volume of water l'ulh.ln;:fln:o it from tributaries. At the Seine has risen more £ prairie were flooded and the highway ‘Was cut between St. Remy and Moncetz. Outside Bordesux the Garonne has interfering the river region. The Rhone was rising miu-i near Nimes and flooding ot TAGUS INUNDATES BANKS. LISBON, Portugal, March 7 (#).— |j Swollen by heavy rains the above the normal level, flood- the territory along its banks. a laborer at Lavre was killed by and at Torres V. & woman was badly burned by light- PROGRESSIVE PLANS LA FOLLETTE’S TOPIC Wisconsin Senator Will Discuss Coming Conference in National . Forum Tonight. of the past two i ‘The conference of progressive ccl leaders to be held in this d"";‘m w and Thursday next will be by Senator Robert M. La , jr., of Wisconsin tonight in National Radio Forum arranged The Washington Star and broadcast over the coast to coast netwark of the &: S g53% Columbia Broadcasting System. The forum will start at 9:30 pm, and will be heard locally through Station ‘WMAL. Senator La Follette is one of the committee of five Senators who sent out the call for the progressive confer- ence. The announced purpose of the conference is to formulate a of "'“'"""J. tion to ad- vanced in venty-Second Con- g:;m'b:tn the latter body meets next’ River Tagus has risen con- |, |STONE OF KENTUCKY SUCCEEDS LEGGE AS FARM BOARD President Hoover Makes Ap- pointment Immediately Upon Receiving Resignation. Retiring Chairman Urged by Every Farm Organization to Continue Work. Immediately following acceptance by | the President of Alexander P. Legge's “mlcnltion as chairman of the Federal i Parm Board yesterday, Mr. Hoover ! named James C. Stone of Kentucky to | succeed him. Mr. Stone has been vice | chatrrgan of the board, which post in turn was filled through the appomizaens by the President of C. C. Teague, & member of the board. The vacancy on | the Federal Farm Board will not be | filled for two or three weeks, it was stated at the White House. Expressing himself as reflecting “the | view of the agricultural community when I volce intense regret upon the retirement of Mr. Legge,” President Hoover said: “Chairman Legge has been urged by every farm organization in the United States to continue his work, and I have urged him with all the force I could command. He, however, feels that h2 must go back to his business.” Twice Drafted for Service. Once drafted by & Democratic Presi- dent and again by & Republican Presi- dent to handle big_ Government jobs, | | the retiring Farm Board chairman is going back to selling farm machinery. He quit cattle raising and farming in Nebraska to sell and repair farm | machinery for the old McCormick Reaper Co. By the time the World War came he was an executlv: of the en-| 0., larged International Harvester dlncmung sales to farms throughout the ‘world. President Wilson drafted him for the War Industries Board. After that job was over he became president of the International. At President Hoover's call he left & $100,000 & year salary to get the Farm Board whfll‘, 192:‘. He took the for a year, but upol White Huue’otbnlwnce. stayed eight months beyond that time. Became Storm Center. He has been a storm center since the €| Hoover agricultural policy was put into opération. On numerous occasions he has become involved in controversies. In & statement at the Farm Board about the time the President named his successor Legge expressed “greater confidence in the ultimate success” of the agricultural marketing act than when he undertook the work. The chairman termed his resignation as “a mere formality.” “As & l_fixathc;l flcé" the statement | continued, “ ve been working on overtime for nearly eight months, it be- ing clearly understood when I accepted the position that it was for a one-year in helping to get the organiza- tion set up and the work started. “The program has progressed to e point where the organization may be safely classified as a going concern. I sincerely believe the plan of ope to be sound and that the test of time will prove this to the satisfaction of all interested. “While results may seem slow, it is ot reasonable to expect that the con- dition which has been developing over generations, could be corrected in any brief period of time, particularly when you take into account the fact that the industry affected rep: its some six and one-half million ffdividual pro- ducing units. Cenfident of Success. “Personally I have a greater confi- dence in the ultimate success in the program laid down by Congress in the agricultural marketing act than when | I llnd:r'nokd "u!he m' mm 20 monlh; ago an: co-operate in every way may as a private citizen to bring this about.” The chairman said those opposing the board “are making & lot of noise, but really represent a very small per- centage of the AMmerican public.” ‘The real difficulty the board has to contend with, he added, is n the slow- ness of farmers in acting collectively for “their own good.” ‘The chairman incorporated in his farewell statement an appeal to the farmers to give the board “an even greater measure of support than in the To those disposed to criticize the board's actions, Legge suggested “that each and every industry in the country is directly affected and that any im- provement in the agricultural income will react to the benefit of all.” “I would also offer the suggestion that in the future more attention be given to the young folks, particularly the boys' and girls' clubs, who in their competitive contests are learning the value of teamwork,” he said. “It does muyk:mdg alleged need of pro- EXILED INDIAN TRIBE AUCTION GIRLS, KILLS WEAK BABIES AT BIRTH much as do the Patagonians of the Ar- gentine. The average height of the male is &ix feet. They hate white people beyond all reason. Col. s ago an expedition sent to the island captured two boys who were taken to Mermociloo and edusated the hope that when they returned to m? Teturned they were promptly Girl Sold on Block. | ‘When a girl reaches maturity there is & grand celebration to advertise her readiness for marriage. Her father then accepts bids, which range from 100 to 150 pesos ¢between $50 and $75) depending upon the girl's beauty. ‘Youthful males, who for the most part are pearl divers, have to work long and hard to collect that much money to, pay for their bride. ‘There is no potable water on the island, and the tribesmen have to tap a water-giving cactus in order to drink. ‘They have an amazing love of gambling, games on the seashore sometimes con- tinuing for days, during which time a Joser often gambles away even his wife’s shoes. The favorite game is called 3 and is nothing more than a form of the old shell game. Pour hollow stalks are used, a bean be- ing placed in one, the idea being to pick the three empty stalks. ‘Weak Babies Slain. According to the Italian there is & tribe doctor who determines which of 'spring should live, only the hale Jeft to .“h"‘"' Masturzi says that | 38€T not matter much- what becomes of us old fellows, who will soon be out of the picture. lems of the fu- ture must be met by the coming gen- eration.” Forecasts Improvement. Legge expressed belief that “the m&efl general depression on record” reached the bottom, and from now on improvement would be shown. ‘To his fellow board members the chairman directed a word “of sincere appreciation for their untiring efforts.” ‘The new chairman of the board has had many years’ experience in co-opera- tive marketing, the fundamental prin- ciple on which the Farm Board works. He organized and was general man- for a number of years of the | Burley Tobacco Co-operative Associa- | tion of Kentucky, his native State. | Board since its organization and has been active particularly in organizing cotton and co-operatives, | financed and directed by | corporations under the direction of the | Farm Board. Characteristic of his aciiviiies as chairman, Legge worked at his desk until shortly before official announce- ment of the acceptance of his resig- nation. | Attaches of the board then gathered | flowers. | Legge was accompanied to the sta- tion by all members of the board, ex- | cept the new chairman, who was at the 1 ite House. ‘; LAID FIRM FOUNDATION. | Farm Federation Head Praises Legge ! for Accomplishment. | CHICAGO, March 7 (P)—Sam H. Thompson, ¢ of the American | Farm Bureau Pederation, last night de- | clared that Alexander Legge, in_ ac- | cepting the chairmanship of the Fed- jeral Parm Board, from which he signed yesterday, had undertaken task worthy of & Hercules’ and had “laid deep and firm the foundations on phich, his successor will continie to | Thompson’s statement said: “The farmers of America will be for- ever to him was It required him enf & Hercules. the old order of ister & plan which at the start worthy of to uj things and existed only line, face in the most y out- It was inevitable that he must bitter criticism of those who turbed, and would be encounter m:a-um has “The Tequired & man of the He has been a member of the Farm | stabilizalion | in his office and presented him wllhl HEAD strongest character and the wisest judgement. And it is to the everlast- ing credit of Mr. Legge that, despite the difficulties besetting his way, he has in a comparatively brief time laid deep and firm the foundation§ on which his successor will continue to build.” RESIGNATION REGRETTED. CONCORD, N. H, March 7 () — George M. Putnam, New England mem- ber of the Board of Directors of the American Farm Bureau Federation, last night said he regretted the resignation of Alexander H. Legge 88 chalrman of the Federal Farm Board. “I feel that Chairman Legge has con- scientiously tried to serve the agricul- tural interests of the whole country,” Putnam said. “Mr. Legge and his as- sociates have made substantial progress toward the solution of the marketing problems of farmers. We have always found the board anxious to assist the farmers of New England just as will- ingly as to help those of other sections. “Before New England farmers, how- ever, can obtain the fullest advantage of the marketing act it will be necessary for us to organize more completely our agricultural groups for that purpose.” VETERAN OF MARKETING. LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 7 (#).— James C. Stone, appointed by President Hoover yesterday as chairman of the Federal Farm Board, has worked for the last nine years on co-operative marketing projects. Born at Richmond, Ky., in a part of the State famous for its bluegrass and burley tobacco, his efforts at co-oper- ative marketing were devoted entirely to banding tcgether the tobacco growers until he became vice chairman of the Federal Board when it was in 1929, Business Increases. He was one of the organizers in 1921 of the Burley Tobacco Association, which included growers in Kentucky, Ten- nessee, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri. On its establishment he became its first president and general manager and by 1925 it had approxi- mately 180,000 members and ils an- nual business was $50,000,000, ‘The association flourished for five or six years, then growers began to sell outside the pool, whose backers claimed it caused the rise in prices. Finally year and it had to be dissolved. decided drop in the price of tobacco followed. Mr. Stone, who was 53 years old last January, went to work in the State in- surance department, of which his father was head, after graduation from college in 1896. His father later organized a tobacco warehouse company and young ness was sold in 1902, young Stone be- came s warehouse manager and later for 10 years was director of the Louis- ville Tobacco Warehouse Co. In 1912 he became president of the Lexington Tobacco Warehouse Cp. and continued his connection with tobaceo warehouses until the burley pool was organized. In addition to his connection with the tobacco industry he was a director of the Fayette National Bank at JLex- ington and of the Kentucky Joint Stock Land Bank of that city. 65 WOMEN iN INDIA FREE First of Nationalist Prisoners Re- leased Under Pact. POONA, India, March 7 (#).—Sixty- five womer)\were released from Yeroda prison here today, the first batch of Nationalists imprisoned for offenses of non-violence to be freed under the terms of the agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin. They stood in silence for two minutes outside the jail in honor of Gandhi and then, after hoisting a_Nationalist flag, departed in lorries, which the British provided. the association dwindled away as grow- | ers ceased to sign up for the coming | | Stone worked for him, After this busi- | GERMANY ISOLATED BY NAVAL ACCORD Italy Seen Aligning Self With Nations Opposed to Revi- sion of Treaty. (Continued From First Page.) to bring Germany's military power to something like equality with that of the other big states. Germany’s secondary aims are annex- ation of Austria, which has again_be- come actual owing to the visit of For- elgn Minister Julius Curtius to Vienna, and reacquisition of lost Upper Silesia, The Germans believe that the best way to achieve their aims lies in & close understanding with France. They know that the majority of the French desire this understanding. But tbe Germans demand, first, treaty revision and then an understanding. The French say, first, moral disarma- ment, meaning relinguishment of Ger- many’s {llusionist plan, and then a close understanding. Both Standing Pat, Today neither side is willing to ac- | cept the other's viewpoint. | eral naval agreement seems to be & | point lost for Germany. But the Ger- | mans will not lose heart, since funda- mentally they believe that no lasting settlement without them is possible. Should the French definitely prov equality, the Germans believe that they have another card in a Soviet Union alliance. This card has laid for years face down, with none to say whether it was an ace or a deuce, But with the apparent slow but sure development of the Soviets along the lines of their five-year plan, the Ger- mans believe that the betting odds on the face-down card are growing in their favor. Some believe that Russian development will even force them to take a vital decision before they would ideally care to do so. ‘The argument runs thus: the Soviets grow industrially stronger, Western European hostility, particularly that of France, will grow accordingly. The day will come when this hostility must take violent form. ‘Then Germany will direct her last appeal to the Prench— Will you accept our friendship on our terms?” If the Prench then refuse, Germany will be compelled to seek a solution of her problems, which means treaty revi- sion, with the help—even the armed help—of the Soviets. ‘This, again, involves Poland—a fact which explains why the warmest Ger- man adherents of friendship with the Saoviet Union are officers of the Reichs- wehr, Dislike Forced Hand. Germans would not care thus to have their hand forced, since, except for Te- duction of Young plan payments, none of their demands is urgent. They would prefer to “give the French more time to think the matter over,” meanwhile | trying to obtain local, temporary ad- van! tages by an opportunist policy of seeking friends on individual issues wherever they can be found. Tn fact. Nationalist newspapers clamor 50 loudly that Germany must not yield her revisionist claims in exchange for financial concessions that it would seem to show the presence of some Germans who are prepared to do just this. But the official policy to date up- holds the fundamental German claims for revision as & cardinal policy no con- ceivable cabinet could sacrifice. The fudamental problem may prove to be one of nerves—namely, whether the Germans, faced with the necessity of sctually fighting beside the bolshe- viks against the civilized world, would not change their minds before the French, faced by Italian hostility and a rapidly growing Soviet Union, de- cided to purchase & German alliance by treaty revision. (Copyright, 1931.) BRITISH WARNED ON NAVY. Baldwin Says Rigid Ecenomy Plan Is Undesirable. LONDON, March 7 (#).—Stanley Baldwin, Conservative leader, in a national economy and expenditure said that there was only one excep- tion to a need for rigid cuts—the Brit- ish Navy. He deciared that the government had cut down expenditures for the navy to a dangerous point. stopped naval building last year, he said, contending that it was undesir- able to build_until the London Con- ference was finished and the results were_known. “We know that an agreement has been made for the limitation of navies,” he said, “but we must never forget that with our world-wide responsibility what we are entitled to is naval building, and we must take care that in quality our navy shall be the best in the world.” Five Drown in River. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, March 7 (#)—Five persons were drowned today when _the river steamers Karageorges and_Franchet D'Esparey collided on the River Danube. Four of the Yictims were passengers and one a member of & crew. $250,000 Harpers Ferry Bridge Fire The gen- | deaf to German claims for restoration of | speech at Newton Abbott last night on | JAPAN CELEBRATES BIRTH OF PRINCESS) Disappointment Veiled as Sirens and Radio Announce Daughter of Empress. \ By the Associsted Press. TOKIO, March 7.—Japan sang praises today to & new member of une imperial family, born to Emperor Hiro- hito and Empress Nagako at 12: pm, but Prince Chichibu, the Fm- peror's younger brother continued to be the heir presumptive of the oldest unbroken royal line in the world. Birth of the little princess, the fourth daughter born to the mperial couple, was heralded throughons the empire by the National Radiocasting system, with broadcasting of the natioual anthem, “The Kimigayo.” In Tokio citizens were apprised of the event by the municipal sirens, while the | Official Gazette, the government organ, sued one of its rare “extras.” Disappointment Veiled, Although the imperial family and the | nation were thankful for the safety of the mother and the little princess, who were reported doing well late to a slightly veiled disappointment that the new arrival could not be welcomed as | the crown prince attended the rejoicing. Only male descendants of the sun god- dess may occupy the throne, ‘Three ceremonies, performed at the shrines of the imperial palace, ex- pressed the religious significance of the imperial birth. Announcement of the Toyal birth was made before the shrines— the Kashikodokoro, or “holy of holies,” in which the mirror, one of the three sacred treasures, is enshrined; the Korei-Den, dedicated to the ancestors of |the imperial house, and the Shin-Den, |in which the “eighty myriad” dieties | of the Shinto Pantheon are worshiped. ‘The tiny princess shortly after her birth was honored by the first cere- mony of the elaborate and detalled ritual which governs the entrance of a member of the imperial family into the world. The infant was presented a sword nine and one-half inches long, wrapped in waite brocade and inclosed in & wooden box, marked with the 16- petaled chrysanthemum of the imperial crest. The sword, a gift of the Emperor, is symbolic protection against evil. She also was presented a small purple hakama, the skirt of the Japanese cere- monial costume, as a token of her femininity. The infant will not be named |for a week, for the age-old ritual pre- | scribes that the ceremony of bestowing {the name shall take place the seventh day after birth. Thousand Census Clerks Classifying | Data on U. S. Homes Size of Families, Financial Status and Other Facts | Given First Time. A composite picture of American family life is taking shape and color | at the Census Bureau, where 1,000 | workers are busy classifying data rela- tive to domestic groups in the United States. For thé first time the census has concerned itself with the human rather than the “economic” family. The latter “family” may be a hotel or a regiment of soldiers. “The results will show whether the | American family owns its own home, or whether it lives in a rented house,” | | sald Census Director Steuart today. | “It will show families group as to | value of holdings—for instance, the number having homes worth $10,000 or more, and the number living in homes worth less than $5,000. Families will be classified aiso according to the rents they are able to pay. “The data will reveal how many | families can limit_their circle to their own members, and how many have to | keep lodgers. ' It will show unemploy- | ment as related to family groups. “The number of familles having radios, and whether they own them or rent them, will be another phase of the study, And, of course, we will continue our decennial analysis of the number of persons per family.” Family data for seven States on which announcement already en made | shows the size of the family group, con- tinuing its consistent decline since 1850, the first year such study was made. ‘The 1850 family averaged 5.6 per- sons; the 1860 family, 5.3; the 1870 family, 5.1; the 1880 family, 5.0; the 1890 family, 4.9; the 1900 family, 4. the 1910 family, 4.5; the 1920 family, 4.3, At present the New Hampshire and Colorado family numbers, 3.9; Vermont and Delaware, 4.0; Arizona, 4.1; Ar- kansas, 4.2, and Alabama, 45. Al show decreases since 1920. (WO _volunteer firemen are in a critical condition in the Charles Town General Hospital today, suffering from injuries sus- tained yesterday while speeding to the fire which swept the $2,500,000 bridge of the Baltimore & Ohjo Rall- oad under construction at Harpers causing damage estimated at Fourteen other firemen were 1,300 FEET OF NEW B. & 0. STRUCTURE DAMAGED—TWO FIREMEN NEAR DEA-T“. Halltown, midway between Charles Town d Harpers Ferry. The two seriously hurt are Clarence C. Perks, 45, and Fillmore Davis, 22. They were caught beneath the truck and crushed. ‘The fire, which is thought to have been kindled by a workman dropping a hot rivet on a creosoted railroad tie, broke out at the West Virginia end of PFanned by a high wind, it kly spread to the Maryland side of bridge, which spans the Potomac ‘The structure, which was to have been opened April 15, has fourteen spans and is of concrete and steel con- struction. So intense was the heat that lthe rails and other metal work was melted ang twisted. ‘The flames con- sumed the ties. The bridge is 1,300 feet in length, Its opening will be de- layed indefinitely by the fire. ‘An investigation into the origin of the blaze is being comducted today. Holmes to Talk on Radio ASSOCIATE JUSTICE'S DEBUT TO MARK NINETIETH BIRTHDAY. “Associate Justice Holmes (right) recelvii= congratulations of Hughes. Justice Holmes tomorrow By the Associated Press. LIVER WENDELL HOLMES, associate justice of the Su- preme Court, makes his de- but as a radio speaker tomor~ row—his ninetieth birthday. In his second-floor study today work- men tiptoed about installing a micro- phone. There is not_even & radio set in the house. One will be connected after the microphone is put in. The speech by the oldest man ever to serve on the Supreme Bench is the first public notice he has taken of a birthday. They have been events for a long time to those about him. For years a deluge of requests from newspaper men for interviews and a series of plans by admirers for public demonstrations have preceded each anniversary. Public Eulogies Disliked. The newspaper men get no farther than his secretary and the admirers are always forced to bow to his pronounced distaste of public eulogies. Several times fellow members of the court have felt a timely tribute was due, but even a proposai o place a vase of red roses before him on the bench remained a proposal because it was felt he might not like t. There is no frigidity and little austerity in his consistent aversion publicity and display. Court members in getting to the bottom of cases be- fore them often ask counsel penetrating and sharp questions. Many a lawyer | York. Chief Justice will celebrate his ninetieth birthday. —A. P. Photo. retains an affectionate memory of Jus- tice Holmes as he leaned forward with a friendly smile and helped the bar- rister out of a legal morass with a sug- gestion. His friends say his logical mind can see no reason for a fanfaronade over birthdays. His concession on his nine- tieth anniversary is regarded as re- Juctant yielding to the desire of sincere friends to honor him. The day, however, will be anything but a succession of handshakes and huzzas, He plans to remain at home throughout. Dean Clark ‘ntfoducer. ‘The radio program in his honor be- gins at 10:30 pm., Eastern Standard Time, Sunday night. Dean Charles E. Clark of the Yale Law School, from the studios of the Columbia Broadcasting System in New York, will introduce Chief Justice Hughes. The Chief Jus- tice will speak from the studio of the system. erward will introduce Charles A. Bos- ton, president of the American Bar As- sociation, who will speak from New Five minutes, beginning at 10:55, have been reserved for Justice Holmes. He may have more time if he wishes, but the probability is he will not take to|the five minutes allotted. Even so, there may be a sentence or two that will live. He is one of the few who hf"hlme knack of making literature out of law. PLAN T0 ABOLISH PROFITS OF WAR Cabinet Officers Hear Ba- ruch’s Idea of “Freezing” Prices. A way by which America could mobilize its material resources and stabilize prices in any future war with- out drafting capital and labor was out- lined to a governmental commission at the Capitol yesterday afternoon by Bernard M. Baruch, who was chair- man of the War Industries Board in 1918. Mr. Baruch was testifying before the commission of cabinet officers and members of Congress, appointed to study and report on methods of equaliz- ing the burdens and minimizing the profits of war. Mr. Baruch opposed draft of labor because it would constitute slavery, and said the so-call draft of the dollar would be impossible Decause money would go into hiding if such a pro- posal were advanced at the outbreak of war. After hearing Mr. Baruch the com- mission adjourned until Monday morn- ing, when it is expected Newton D. Ba- ker, Secretary of War during the World War, will give his views. Taking the view that no claborate legisiative program is necessary in ad- vance, Mr. Baruch told Secretary of War Hurley he was in accord with the present plan of the War Department, under the National defense act, for keeping in touch with the pregress of industry. The witness, however, recommended legislation under which, in the event of a war, the President could issue a proc- lamation at the outset that would “freeze” the whole price structure on a pre-war level immediately ard keep it there by the same principles of indus- trial mobilization and control that were developed in the World War “I take it that we are of the com- mon belief that war ought to be avoided if possible,” said Mr. Baruch, “but that we must plan in such a way that if war comes we shall meet the enemy with our maximum effectiveness, with the least possible injury and violence to our peo- ple and in a manner which shall avoid inflation and waste. Our plans should eliminate war profiteering, and they ought to provide that each man, thing and dollar shall bear its just proportion of the burden. ELLIOTT TO TAKE OATH OF OFFICE ON MONDAY Recess Appointment as Assistant Controller General Given by President Hoover. Former Representative Richard N. Elliott of Indiana, given a recess ap- pointment yesterday by President Hoo ver as assistant controller general of the United States, will be sworn in and wi assume his duties 9 o'clock Monday Mr. tt, defeated for the House in the November elections, was nominated by the President several weeks ago, but the nomination failed of confirmation because of a Senate filibuster. Since the nomination was favorably reported to the Senate, the White House feels there is no doubt but that it will be ap- proved when Congress convenes in De- cember. All of Mr, Elliott’s salary of $8,000 a year will be held up until he has been formally confirmed. The appointment is for a term of 15 years. Business Failures Fewer. By the Associated Press. ‘There were fewer business failures last week as their change was calcu- lated by the Department of Commerce. In the averages that follow the index is given for comparable periods, based on respresenting the 1923-25 level as 100: Week ended February 28, . :_6,;2 SIR CHARLES ROSS FACES TAX CHARGE = Ordered to Appear in British Court for Collection of $430,000 Income Levy. (Prom the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) Sir Charles Henry Ross, British baro- net, whose marital troubles recently found their way into.the District Su- preme Court, was served late today with a summons to answer a suit brought against him by British authorities for collection of $430,000 income tax. Sir Charles was served with the sum- mons by Deputy United States Marshal Jobn J. Clarkson at his Washington home, 1619 Massachusetts avenue. He accepted service without protest. Summons From High Court. The summons, from the high court of justice, King's bench division reads as follows: “George V to Sir Charles Henry Au- gustus Frederick Lockhart Ross, Bt., Washington, D, C.: “We command you within 34 days from the service of this writ to cause an appearance to be entered for you in the King's bench division of our high court of justice to answer us concerning cer- tain articles l?‘ln!t you, and take no- tice that in default of your doing so we shall proceed thereon to judgment and execution.” Dated February 19. ‘The summons was dated February 19. It was issued by Sir John Houlds- worth Shaw, British solicitor of inland revenue. Clarkson, with the subpoena bearing the official stamp and seal of the Brit- ish court, waited at Sir Charles’ home | i, from 11 o'clock this morning until 3 o'clock this afternoon before he could | pe obtain service. Sir Charles is now out on bond of $60,000, which was posted following his arrest here on a maintenance action brought by his estranged wife, Lady Pa- tricia. He was arrested here a fortnight ago and held in custody overnight at the Mayflower Hotel. BROOKLAND CITIZENS TO FETE NEW SCHOOL D. C. Officials Will Attend Dinner to Celebrate Appropriation for Junior High. The District Commissioners and other high public officials will be guests of the Brookland Citizens' Association at a dinner meeting Tuesday night in the lecture room of the Methodist Fourteenth and Lawrence streets northeast. The association is celebrating the se- curing of several major improvements ill | to its community, and notably an ap- propriation of $200,000 for a new junior high school at Eighteenth and Perry streets. Dr. George C. Havenner, pres- ident of the Federation of Citizens’ As- sociations, will also be a guest of the association. George R. Ellis is president of the ‘body. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at_Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster. Anton Pointner. assistant. , “Come Out-of the Kltchse:l tzer Melan; t, “Mocking the Moc! Bird® B llen Valse gnole, “Mercedes' liro nalé, “Operatic Rag" _Lemiierg Star Spangled Banner. ‘Washington Dean Clark aft-| ga; MOTOR REGULATION URGED BY RAIL AIDE Rental Charge on U. S.-Aid Roads Demanded as I. C. C. Adjourns Hvearlnc. The motor-rail co-ordination hesring before the Interstate Commerce Com- mission was adjourned today until Monday, after a three-day session in which the testimony turned more on the thare of highway costs pald by com- mercial carriers than on any plans for co-ordination. Out of this discussion evolved & de- mand late yesterday by C. H. Barham, vice president and traffic manager the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louls Ratlroad, for rigorous Federal to govern the operation of interstate buses and trucks, fmeluding the pay- ment of a rental charge for moving on gontract routes aver Government-aid Toads. Mr. Barnham, whose line has been badly hit by motor lm!mflnfl-ul:; cording to his testimony, asserted the Government aid for was nothing more than a “subsidy,’ with which the private rail could not compete. railroads, including supervision of rates. It was the first since the hear- ing got under way at the Willard Wed- nesday that an idea of this sort had been advanced. Other witnesses be regulated in its principal phases, but that trucking, generally performed 3 private instead of & common carrier, should not be regulated beyond the de- mands of public safety and convenience. Mr. Barham sald what the raflroads wll:t is “equality.” mfl""f, uke:fil! ‘what Mr'.hfllrhlm advo- cal was “raising the rates to the shipper?” s Barham Denies Charge. ‘The raflroad man denied this, assert- ing Ahmmn using trucks now were paying “hidden costs” in the way of taxes for heavier roads which the mo- w;t"mdv?mmh' one time during the excha tween the two, Chairman Ezra A who is conducting the heax . i, tected a note - — - of heat entering ‘cau- Representatives of several other rail- ro-yd- are scheduled to be heard E:- The hearings will last several days yet, and will conclude a Nation-wide Series started last Fal by Comunissioner Brainerd and Examiner Leo J. Flynn. VICE GRAFT KILLING SEEN AS “UNSOLVED”; TWO VICTIMS BURIED (Continued From Pirst Page) Cemetery, W Iatter at U here. The private del authorised 0. procecd . Sremmaien s cost,” and to concentrate on what were c;ll!& ‘h; “world-wide of e slaying of the demi-mondaine and had been evidence to back her :m:hln;h “framed” her .uvih: - eight years ago. e e her body was tossed into a Bronx :1:;:: m.‘ht‘lmJ ago, but m h-dnlym:l McLaughlin said today. He explained onn porkeh it cxpcied e et B 7 - vate detectives have been in many crimes in the Mwmflly jewel robberies, but police no outstanding mur they were used. Although McLaughlin said the detec- Vas found, Mufooney seid e bny was found, Mul he kn¢ nothing about it. ik The voluminous diaries of the slain woman, who had contacts with the underworld and the realm of finance, were be‘nem contain names persons in . Europe and distant parts of the United States. The detective agency has a far-flung or- ganization suited to distant clues, McLaughlin said. One of the first tasks is to discover ¥ frike Meanwhile the digging out of the woman's past a strange mixture of racketeers and play boys, mother love and fear of murder and such names as Arnold Rothstein, gambler who “got his,” and the bull- necked Vannie aside as y brushed worthless the story of Leonora Halsey, Cuban masseuse from Mount Vernon, who told of taking a with Miss Gordon and two stiff-shirted men the Wednesday night of the slay- g. “She cannot identify Vivian Gordon,” id, “and she Pight and not Wednesday. with & wom night and nof y, with & wom- ey ‘efore” the Y was ore the jury today. o February Circulation Daily...1 15,892 Sunday, 122,051 District of Columbia, ss.. 8. H. KAUFFM. . H. ANN, ~ Assistant Business Manager of THE 'VENING AND Si STAR, does solem: Y swear that ‘Mureullll 1 number of copies of the paper named sold and dlstribyted during the month of Peb. Tiary, AD. 1931, ‘was as follows: DAILY. Days. Copies. Davs 1o E ” i 18 ‘1:?{&:’:‘ 4 ‘l;:g;' 5 118,335 _" ;}Ll". E i 11 . 11 12 1194 13 1u % 1is Less adjustments..... net circulation. Daily average net circulation........ 115,802 SUNDAY. Das $: Less Total A adjustments..... Sunday net_circulation. e ald Sunda: r of coples net a num} ice, etc. Average Sunday net, circulation. 8. H. Assistant Busi Subseribed and sworn 10 belors me othday of uuc?. AD L. : )