Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1931, Page 2

» WORLD DISASTERS KILL HUNGREDS 200 Dead in Balkan Quakes. = Storms Take Heavy £ Toll in U. S. ‘(Continued From First ) the route to Stamford, Vt.,, and 25 per- sons were forced to spend the night in farm houses. The main highway from ‘Willlamstown to Bennington, Vt., was cut off. Many persons took to smow shoes and skis as means of travel. The snow was still falling today. An unusually high tide switched the mouth of the Goose Fair River, di line of Old Orchard and Saco, Me., 100 feet to the south. Tons of rock were washed over beach roads in the vicinity. SEVEN DIE IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, March 9 (#)—Lashing the Atlantic Seaboard from the Caro- linas to the tip of Maine, a snow-laden gale left in its wake today death, in- Jjuries and property damage. A total of 30 deaths were reported in the East and Midwest. sumng Saturday night and con- tinuing unabated through most of Sun- day, snow and rain centered their fury on New York State and on New Eng- land. Seven were killed in New York City in automobile accidents attributa- ble to the storm. Four were killed in an automobile accident at West Hawn‘ Conn,, and three at Glens Falls, N. mny were hurt by falling signs, h‘tet and telephone poles. Long stretches ol water front were gnawed away on Long Island and Summer homes were swept out to sea. A snowstorm laid a white mantle over Northern New York—as deep as 8, inches at Rochester. The storm S‘iifl through the Adirondacks, block- roads and stalling automobiles. had snow plows out north nf Alblny It was not entirely an ill wind, how- ever, for the rain dropped billions g:nnl of sorely needed water in New City reservoirs and put snow shovels in the hands of impoverished men up-State. Summer places on the Long Island sound shore of Connecticut were dam- aged by watez, in mua]enem mu. e "m‘} Toads. - Dritts In Vermont cat torists to appeal for shelter. 16 KNOWN DEAD IN WEST. By the Associated Press. CKJ'CAOO March 9.—S8ilver linings zd in mrm clouds that two-day blizzard to the corn ht6s of the Middie wu;c-nduu been without em| y- ment. While no definite figures were |v|n~ as to the benefits to agriculturists believed that '.h benefits would far out.wflscol:‘ property. Speaking for ithern il- consin alone, Prof. R. Alm of the Sity of Wisconsin suid It would mean undreds thousands of that reached a height some localities, but normal for the storm ha | A2 x» - : THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, MARCH 9, : Elliott Takes Oath FORMER REPRESENTATIVE IS ASSISTANT TO McCARL. Former Representative Richard N. Ellictt of Indiana, who recently was given & recess appointment as assistant took the oath of office here today. right: Controller General J. R. McCarl, who administered the oath, and Mr. Elliott. controller general of the United States, He formerly was chairman of the House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. In the photograph are, left to Miss H. R. R8uche, appointment clerk, —Underwood Photo. near Guevgeli there were 29 dead and 22 wounded. The railway staticn in Demirkapu was raged by the shocks, which killed two children and injurec two adults in a_ Bulgarian border * - Houses were dest-cyed in Neyrokop. Afraid as restdents were to Bo back into such homes as were left standing, the gquakes occasioned real suffering the stricken areas. The shocks yesterday cceutred in exception- ally bad weather, stormy, black night. Supply and relief work is apt to be slow inasmuch as the railroads have suffered with spreading rails and dam- roadbeds. aged Water mains were ‘broken in many places. iph and telephone lines were out ARG the txtent of the damage in isolated ‘without region came anconfirmed reports that several had been rased, with the dead Geysers rpoul“u:; :'t“ ter and stea 0t Wal m lupuud in the foothills, and as- the rain fell upon them clouds of neun rolled through the valle: their homes and many of the homes huw reports sald. Troops elter tents and tempo- “sald the town of Strum- been partially destroyed. It prominently in the Balkan At § ocloek this morning the seis- mograph a violent shock, .lm an_epicenter about 5,655 miles away. nmnsoxnm and rd | lasted until 6:3| in Tilinols, , Missouri and Indiana were in the drifts, farmers gave shelter, howeve even- clally side roads, were ed to- day. In Chicago the snowfall was more than 15 inches, WINTER RETURNS TO DIXIE. gh! m%’;m night as far South as Atlanta. forecast throughout the South ;:: generally fair today, with continued It was not An unusual drop in tem- the month in Sout usually warm February, had about made up its mind Winter was over. It was generally clear in Florida to- day, except that Tampa reported an zetun sky with a brisk northwest Nashville, Tenn., awoke to find snow one and a half inches deep and & hmhl sun. ‘The low point in the drop temperature at Nashville came at mid.nisht. with a 30. At Memphis, in the extreme western part of Tennessee, the mm-nm: low was 32. The weather ted & low of wind blowing MobUe was looking for frost to- . New Orleans had a minimum of 40 degrees. Skies were clearing at Richmond, Va., and the temperature was dropping today, with s forecast for subfreezing T tonight for all the State save along the coast. About an inch of snow had fallen this morning in Southwest Virginia, Chariotte, N. C. reported a heavy snow falling at Asheville, with a tem- perature of 23. TWO BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED BELGRADE, Jugoslavis Between 80 and 150 dead were counted today in Eastern Jugoslavia and ad- jacent Bulgaria, rocked before dawn Saturday and yesterday by seves juakes. More than 900 buildings and other structures in Eastern Jugo- slavia were demolished and 800 persons are estimated to have been injured. The quakes, both Saturday lnd yes- terday, extended from Eastern lllvll Across ‘Bul(lnl to the lhm’el of the Black Sea. The epicenter was near Drama, Bul‘lrh ‘The quakes were le in Greece, where 70 houses were umyad !n the village of Kavallion, IM Thrace and Adrianople. 'rhe mm severe shocks knocked the seismograph needles from the dials at the observatories here, Chimneys fell King M!nnlu reaching the quake zone at Demirkapu, visited a dozen vil- Iages, talking With the terrified inhabi- tants and supervising distribution of food and su An official communique this mnrnln] announced that the would meet all relief expen subscriptions would be raised among the people and no contributions accepted from abroad. RECORD SNOW IN LONDON. LONDON, March UP) —Bitter ‘Winter weather which swept most of Europe over the week end closed in on London and Southern land today. ‘With temperatures very low, a high wind drove a heavy snow before it | today with indications that it would continue. Elsewhere in Britain the storm abated, leaving the Eastern Scotland deep in the year’s worst snow. Some sheep farmers lost half the lamb yield and rabbits and pheasants were destroyed. Northeastern England also was under Lucky HAS NARROW ESCAPE & thick white blanket with the most bitter weather of the Winter prevailing. Northern France, Germany, Belgiu C:andinavia, Austria and Poland were affected by the unusual cold. Snowdrifts blocked highways and de- layed trains, while where it was warmer swollen rivers threatened serious flood- Snow _continued for 46 hours River Seine at Paris was one Austerlitz Bridge yesterday and lower sections of the city were evacuated. It is not ex- pected to go much higher. The rivers of Burgundy and Southeast France swelled steadily, inundating the meadows and riverside quarters of several towns, but there was no great Gamage. Seaside towns were hard struck in some cases. High tides and giant waves neEt away structures considered far from the water line. In the North Sea the steamer Tern collided with the City of Malines and sank, all 16 of the Tern's crew being saved. The Weather Bureaus expect no let- up in the extreme conditions for several 8. d‘;‘hh afternoon London itself was blanketed with the snow which had | fallen steadily since early morning. It was an unusual sight, for London snow, like that In other citfes, usually melts almost as soon as it falls, ‘The snow came on the heels of the coldest weather London hes experi- enced in 15 years, the mertury drop- ping to 15 degrees. the oflhlndtmthefl“'ll heavy, but Ireland and west Eng- land had none. Along the. el to the east the natives called it a bliz- nrr:dnnd shipping was seriously ham- lnndon'a snowstorm, the worst in 20 years, tied up traffic. \the chidren and even some of the grown-ups had snow ball batties in the shopping centers of Fleet street. Horses, unaccustomed to nppm-y pavements, crawled at & sna through the narrow, crooked uneu sl g and sometimes falling. e forecast was for continued cold l'flm SNOW. shlppuu was inconvenienced all around the coast even as far as the orkmyl. where the trawler Washington aground with a steamer lrom lrkw-u proceeding to her as- ‘l‘hc trawler Loch Lon‘ ran aground near Aberdeen and knocked a hole in (r):!er“?otwm. Lifeboats rescued the crew TRAINS DELAYED IN FRANCE. Battlefields Subjected to Coldest March Weather in Years. PARIS, March 9 1&’; ~Although the Seine has risen eight and two-thirds inches since yesterday, today's cold snap, with the wmperlmrv down to 23 above zero Fahrenheit, was expected to kee& the river from the danger mark. ttlefields are being subjected to t.he coldest March weather of recent . It was 10.4 at Nancy today. mnn from the Seine made it necs- sary to curtall use of the Invalides rail- road station today and steam trains were _di to Montparnasse al- | though electric locomotives could stiil ;use the Invalides. | There was heavy snow all night in central and southeastern France ac- companied by unusual cold. Drifts were so heavy at Roanne that train service to the Cevennes Mountains was delayed. Driver FROM FALLING POLE. HOOVERS REVEAL SON IMPROVED President and First Lady Back at White House After Asheville Visit. Delighted at the marked improvement in the health of their son, Herpert, jr., whom they visited yesterday at his home on the outskirts of Asheville, N. C. President and M. Hoover re- turned to the White House this mern- ing. “The President and Mrs. Hoover ar- rived at Union Station a few minutes after 7 o’clock and motored immediately to the White House, where they found i breakfast awaiting them. Hoover Goes to Office. Mr. Hoover went directly to his office after breakfast and was busily engaged with accumulated business. He made no personal engagements for the day, but sent for Secretary of Labor Doak, with whom he conferred for nearly an hour. It is understood they @ plans for expanding the Icflvfllfi of the Pederal employment service, the view of increesing its usefulness m cunnscumg‘ with the present unemploy- ment em. Mr. plr!?saver spoke most enthusiasti- cally of the moticeable change for the better in the condition of Herbert, jr., who has been living in Asheville with his wife, since last October, while re- cuperating from incipient ‘tuberculosls. Capt. Joel T. Boone, White House physician, who has been in charge of the treatment prescribed for ywnger- bert, and who accompanied the 8i- dent and Mrs. Hoov:r on this visit, issued the l’ol!o‘flnfi statement : not seen Merbert Hoover, jr., in several months. I do not see how he could have made more gratifying progress. Definite Improvement. “His improvement is very definite, and there is every indication he is on the road to permanent cure. His con- valescence, of course, has to be very guarded, and care at this stage must be just as careful as during the last four months.” Dr. Bermr)(ll Sm:&“nf Asm '1;0 has personally attended since he has been in that city, said during the President’s visit that the latter is gaining in strength and weight. He stated that the latter now weighs 147 pounds which is a gain of 18 pouhdl since the illness was first diagnosed Summer. ‘The Hoovers left Washington at 8:40 Saturday night, arriving at Asheville at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. They were greeted by a snowstorm, but this did not prevent nearly one thousand eiti- zens of the city gathering about the station to accord a cordial welcome. Mayor Harry W. Plummer of Asheville, formally greeted the President and Mrs. Hoover. ‘The latter then motored directly to Blue Briar Cottage when they remained until time for them to depart. They left Asheville at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. — . J. ROBERT BEUCHLER IS DEAD AT AGE OF 93 One of Loudoun County’s Last Con- federate Veterans Vietim of Apoplexy. Special Dispatth to The Btar. LEESBURG, Va., March 9.—J. Robert Beuchler, 93, one of Loudoun's last survi Oonfederate veterans, retired business man and dairyman, died at his home here Sunday from apoplexy. He had been in ill heaith for some time. Mr. Beuchler was born near Leesbutg @nd was the son of the late John Beuchler. During the war between the States he served in Company D, 2d Virginia Cavalry. He was captured and held “I had | pedition Antarctic Dog Tragedy Blow to Children 1931 LETTERS TO BYRD ON VIEW HERE REVEAL "l“ MUTUAL INTEREST IN POLAR ADVENTURES. crafk of a pistol in the Antarctic, which spelled the doom of one of Rear Admiral Byrd’s sled dogs, echoed around the world by radio, stirred the hearts of 50,000 Ametican school chil- dren. Much of their sympathy and com- miseration was conveyed in letters writ- ten to and now on display at headquarters of the National Geographic Society as ome of the strongest testi- monials to the significance of the ex- 8P was the husky leader of dogs that in harmess and through hardship for the explorers and his fate loomed large to the children. complimented Byrd upon the fact that no man lost his life, that in- formation of great value to .cience was obtained, but almost without exception |of they moi the loss of Spy. In Spy’s sacrifice, made upon the ice wheh he leg, :; nm"am ‘when the party had t8 press to see much of theperil and {il‘dlhb of the expedition. Incident Grips Children. Spy fell in a crevasse and there was nothing to @o but shoot him, able leader of dogs that he was. This incident, more than any othér, gripped the t | imagination of the children. Many of them labored under the im- pression that it was Igioo, Byrd’s per- sonal pet terrier, who @ in the Antagetic. But Igloo, very much alive and kicking, came through the aetlal jaunt over the South Pole with flying colors. Mn‘ veteran of a pervious journey over the r«mn Pole, he seemed to enjoy the expe e children AM eondbl!fl Byrd upon !he lou of Moody, a husky, who was run down by an Gutomobile in New Or- ln,n:d shortly before the expedition sailed. rather typical. want to congratulate yeu on,” he Wrote, “and that is your kinhdhess to dumb animals. You could easily have left those dogs down there and brought the airplanes back, but deep down in your heart those dogs were worth more to you than all the airplanes i the wortd.” Among the 50,000 communications which Byrd received from school chil- dren were mahy unusual gifts. One boy fashioned with mrpfls!hislfl| A model Mmtnyon«ew York, Byrd's flagship, from a cake of soap. He equipped the minfature craft with salls and rij Drawing of Camp Sent. Another class of scheol ¢hildren sent l 15-foot draw of the polar setting d’s camp. T gifts Were hand- Kkerchiets vmrlefl with airplanes and sled.fisiml’onouo!mrlmnlm coyers ouxmed by pupils. From the snooo letters, 5,000 wg! softed and bound In 12 volumes by National Education These were formally pruenud to Bm in Detroit last month durifig a con- vention of the department of superin- ::mee. tional Education Asso- The jetters and gifts, together with me of the instruments of the air- ane and two flags which Byrd car- h:bdh ;r!r the Scu:h gole WALl be on ek- for & week at headquarters of Nal Geographic Soclety, M -n! memu- streets. Every State in the Unioh was fep- resented in the gift volumes. The Jet- ters Were about divided between essays oh the value of exploration ahd en- thusiastic personal notes. Am Most unusual were Eev- in ralsed Braille charpeters by bllnd chl‘dm ot Ckv!l\hl Ohio. Whole they fevealed an un- 'VIVIAN GORDON'S BROTHER STRICKEN Pierre M. Franklin Suffers Mental Collapse After Bury- ing Slain Sister. I*ot«her of strangled Vivian Gordon, tossed fitfully in a hospital today under he;x gubrd pari lifeless form of his 18- -old niece was found in a gas. kitchen— Jin suffered a mental collapse and was taken forcibly to the psychopathic ward of the Bellevue, strapped to stretcher. rly In the morning he dashed haif- clad into the hall from his room in a s | hotel—shouting and crying. Five house usual knowledge of Byrd's life and four major explorations, from articles in newspapers, books and megazines and from motion picture versions of Byrds adventuares. Mlny children pointed out that Byrd and Lind America’ were young s heroes, since by their personal courage and inftiative théy had demgonstrated the valwe of modern inventions. They showed an enthusiastic interest in airplanes. radics and the scientific equipment which accompanied the Byrd expedition. Yearn for Exploring. Almost all the boys and no few of the girls expressed the wish to go ex- ploring. One youth was quite frank about his reason. said you only had to wash your face and hands once while you were down there,” he wrote. “* * * If it were not 50 cold, I think that would be & splendid place to live in.” Another was certain that thermome- ters. broke automatically when exposed | Still. to_peolar umpenturel He felt sure, however, it the dogs would llm beeause nature gives them heavy fur ilsagiother youngster, Millle Pear- son ® Madison, N. H, broke mto verse— “Into the snows of the Northland Pushed a chosen few, D to the Hp of Snowiand, Sought things no one knew. Out of the snows of the Ncrthland Oame the chosen few, Back from the tip of Bno'hnfl Brought things ho one knew.” ”The le".er clofld wiut'h “Hero TRy S T088—! il e e kind ol , A nevet ilfl!" o l’hu BILLBOARD APPEAL BRINGS RESULTS Nationa] Oil Concerns Agree to Co-operate in Plan to Beautify Highways. h members hf |ll Pederal c“’ prisoner for six months. rejoining his | board commend upon being reieased. After the war Mr. Beuchler e ed in the bakery and confectionery busi- hess in Leesburg for 55 years. He at one time owned and operated several large dairy farms and was A charter member of the Holstein Breeders’ Asso- ciation of New Yotk. He is survived by two daughters, Miss Ida Beuchler of Leesburg and Miss Ellen Beuchler of Washington, and three sons, Harry and Ernest of Mlami, Fla, and Robert of Washington. Funeral services will be held at his residence tomortow afternoon, Rev. W. M. Compton of the Methodist JChurch, of which he had been a member for 50 years, officiating. the Union Cemetery. DENISON LIQUOR TRIAL POSTPONED TWO DAYS ‘The trial of former Representative Edward E. Denison of Illinois on liquor possession charges, scheduled for today in District Supreme Court, was it~ poned until Wednesday by Justice Pey- ton Gordon at the request of defense attorneys. Denison, who last week completed eight terms as Republican Representative from Illinois, was de- | stated. feated in the 1930 election. He was indicted in November, 1929, after prohibition agents found a leaky suit case in Union Station addressed to his rooms in the House Office !uud- . On investigation, it is alleged, & trunk containing whisky was found in his office. Justice Gordon postponed the trial today after defense counsel informed him they had other cases set for trial today and tomorrow. BANDITS GET $10,000 Two Robbers Escape After Connec- ticut Bank Hold-up. BERLIN, Conn,, March 9 (#).—Two men held up the Berlin Savings Bank as officers and customers arrived today, forced Assistant Treasurer James Fitz- simmons to open the vault lnfl escaped with beétween 10,000 and $12, The men had gained admittance dur- ing the night by jimmying & window, and covered George Kanupka, janitor, when he opened the bullding at 7:30. Six subsequent callers at the bank, in- cluding officers and "customers, were herded into one room, under the threatening pistol of one of the men, while the oher seized the funds. GAS HOLDING FIRM FACING INQUIRY IN Interment will be in | Baltimo: , 18 begin initial suctess in negotiations with na- tional oll companies to reduce or dis- continue outdoor Aadvertising within the metropolitan area of the National Capital before the 1932 Bicentennial Rlebl‘ltlbn. Letters have been addressed to oil comph nu- using this form vm.mr.. on m hllhvul n&. X:"‘“"”" and clared to be very enmnm from the viewpoint of those who Sre tn- .4. New York and Dh re. Do Not Oppose Removal. The Wolverine-Empire Co. wrote that the signs to which their attention had been called were erected some time ago by their Washington dealer and are “probably now in bad eondition.” “We have no objection to their re- o B0 SRR ol are e lon. this effect.” ‘The Autoline Co. explained that it ll under contract with one of the outdoor advertising companies for its road signs. “This contract does not expire until 1032, the communication . “If it is possible to make & satisfactory arrangement with the com- y to remove the signs from the ashingbon_territory, we will Reangs to t;nve them eliminated by January*l 1932.” ‘The American Civic A-oclnian. in its letters to members of the Federal City groups, explained the purpose of the clmwmltow lmm condm:zm in and outside of Wasi 8- tion for the 1032 anunn and urged the support of members. Find Readly Response. ‘The association explained that it has been In communication with ail the ad- vertisers who use billboards along the highway entrances to the National Cap- ital and has found :udy responss on the part of many of thé local adver. tisers who have uromhed to discon~ tinue advertising on these highways. “But we na‘g hel m worlc oflen&rs sre %0 the ‘iembers of our Federal City committees, as well as to other friends of our native scenery, m write 10 these col o8, prmninl against &hMr ldv! ments ‘Washington region re(rnemnx thn the company place et e favored The American Olvie Association du- claims that its PF’. is anything more than “an effort to CHANGING OF NAME o (Oontinued From First Page.) of the La Follette act. For that reason Mr. Bride is to be directed to make the commission’s ,383’70 ‘The new $6, benu issue is due in 1941. The bonds med ‘I with lnunn w l(r the I.uue u mhed by the same of Boston bankers, headed by Harris, Forbes & Co., who were behind the Sea- board Investment Trust. Speculation at the commission was to .the effect that the new bond issue may have been floated to finance the con- templated l.mpnvmenh in the w aylum. due to the fallure of the in the last orising & mer- MAJ B. F. FRIDGE DIES Medical Corps Officer !xpire\ at Hot Springs Hospital. Benjamin F. Pridge, jr., Army Mediéal died at the o:ln:_.‘f:l Hos- ,w.nza , Ark., Ba p P‘cordlng%o mgeptmmmu Born at Wilson, La., March 9, 1891, Maj. Fridge servéd in the Mississi l National ouud and the Medical strve Corps for several years and wj er Dpolnted a first lieutenant in the M ln.-l&corps of the Regular Army in June, to the grade of ”m‘ on dut llllJfl\‘:A::nfl.‘l’ ) ':ua uyf m.m:.munm wlth the nlflnflll led to 1 Indicted _COL. LUKE LEA. TOKIO FEELS QUAKé we | Temblor Causeés Property Damage on Island of Hokkaido. TOKIO, March 9 (#.--/n earth- quake today shook Hakodate, on the Island of Hokkaido, causing minor damage, but no casualties. Two ehim- ney stacks crashed into the streets, and overhead telegraph and telephone wires to various séctions of the city were broken, and several houses were slightly damaged. The shock was felt slightly here, causing a general temporary CALDWELL, RAMSEY AND LEA INDICTED IN BANKING DEAL |57 o (Continued From First Page.) district mm would be Conviction on all of the ehms would carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $10,000, Carter pointed out, Col. Lea is one of the most spectacu: 1ar pacwons in Tennessee. Since young 31 he has taken an Activé itles and journalism. At one time he controlled five newspapers in the State. He now operates an evening and morhing paper ih Nashville. He alarm, in the United States Senate in the ;fi son administration and then changed his senatorial toga for an nmoeu uni- form and organized & it Caldwell, as a millie ganized th of luring ‘market emnded operations until it was regarded as one of the strongest finan- clal institutions ih the South. Its fail- ure last November was felt in many of fln South. resident of the Holston tinn.l nk and its afiliated Holston Trust Co., Knoxville from Kentucky, where he hh banking career as a d:glwhmimnuycl:fixp:&lhn’gh was Sseized by creditors, and he went to Jacksonville, l’ll to visit his brother. TWO GIVEN LIFT KILLED WITH 2 OTHERS IN CRASH By the Associated Press. WEST HAVEN, Conn, March 9. Two men who were being given a lift were among four men who were killed | train when an automobile crashed into & tree on & eurve here early today. Three others were injured, two of them so setiously that hospital authorities did not expect them to live. The dead are Joseph MeGrail and Gerald Daly of New Haven and E. N. Gormley and Abram 5. Foss of New London. The New London men had beéen picked up just before the accident. 24-Inch Water Main Bursts THIRTEENTH AND PARK ROAD AREA STREETS FLOODED. erew succeeded 'lflr.hll'-l.hnhl “One of my friends | and an nes O. Moore, ani mln'oflnuflw The mwl_n_uw-un detectives and & nurse labored with him for three hours before they could subdue him. When police arrived, they found him lying on the bath room flocr, gibbering. Had Case CHppings. His n;?mmwu Hl'l:;"e: with news- paper clippings _reve g the sordid \xnd!r'dflg life that led Vivian Gordon to her death and shamed her daughter, Benita Bischoff, into an untimely grave. ‘aphs of his sistér, a nnkm' auburn-haired woman, in & variety of poses and of his niece in her first dancing costume lined the walls. Hospital officials said he was not in & serious condition, but would require constant care and observation to restore his mental state to normal. He weighs well over 200 pounds and is of a hearty, ‘healthy type. Buried His Sister. Sayimg Montreal was his hotfe, Pranklin came here several days after the crime and claimed his sister’s body, flylnl his kinship in afidavits. He unidentified woman, the only mourners, buried her Priday in West- chester County. He paid his hotel bill a-urfl-y night and said he was re- turning home next day. Meanwhile, the hunt for Miss Gor- don\ slayers virtually was at a stand- . With professional detectives and 18,000 of New York's ‘“finest” operating, not a single clue has been turmed up which peints toward a solu- tion of the eity's most engrossing mystery since the murder of Immm Rothstein in 1928, TURKS AND SOVIET SIGN BLACK SEA NAVAL PACT Neither to Increase Armaments Without Notifying Other Six Months in Advance. By the Associated Press. Turkey, 5 —The text of & Iimif the 'n:tsh lvance. w‘ of identical with between Turkey and Greece m attorney, said bond of | age. e orts to universal ments, ment.” CHILD, BOUND ON TRACK BY BOYS, BARELY ESCAPES Youth, 8, Wriggles Fiom Path of Train—Gives Names of Pour Tortufers. By the Associated Press. I, March D—El‘hb lanson was in & of being unmmemhouw "‘h oy wiggied o e track o few e ‘em“ mepmd. and m!.num from Lhe embankment by a Mm !Inployt who heard his w - M g his story, the T collap: yn ve the names of four boys who d!dh to the track as a “scare.” The boys &: ed to juvenile authorities today they thought the next train was luei.l:ndvbulflmnnthemmnn M feet #way. Instead, it was a through PETER H. MOORE RITES WILL BE TOMORROW Capitol Gallery Attendant Dies at His Residence After Short Illness. Peter H. Moore, attendant at the Senators’ private gallery at the Capitol, died at his home, 217 Tennessée avenue nmhent. Baturday after a short ill- ur Moore had been on duty at the door to the Senators’ gallery since 1918. !Alemvm.ulfl have been 74 years old on Mr Moore was at one time head of & division of the United States Census Bureau and :bout 1900 wu post office inspector. He resigned from the Gov- érnment_service to enter business at Pelican Lake, Wis. He returned to this f!lztey in 1.10 to accept the position at Capitol He is lurvlved by his widow, Mrs. Aa- and a son, Howard P. Moore. Funerl services will be held in Holy Comforter Catholic Chure¢h tomorrow mornlnl at 9:30, following brief sery- ices at the residence. Interment will be in Mount Olivet; Cemetery. DANCER DIES IN FALL NEW Match 9 (P, mount. Police listed it as accidental. Aroused her screams and the