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A—2 #» WARDEN REIECTS PRISONERS' OFFER Joliet Men Threatened With “Solitary” if Petition Is Presented. By the Assoclated Press. JOLIET, Ill, March 18.—Warden Henry C. Hill of the State penitentiary, scene of recurrent disorders since Sat- urday, today emphatically rejected an informal offer of prisoners to restore good behavior in return for milder treatment. Hill said he would lock up the first man who presented such a petition into “solitary” and keep him there in- definitely on bread and water. “I intend to run this prison without any help frem prisoners,” he declared. New Outbreaks in Da; Reports of the demand for “home rule” came to the warden as an after- math of a crowded day. While a cor- oner’s jury conducted an investigation into the deaths of two convicts—two of the three wounded during the Sat- urday riot—disturbances broke out in both the old prison and the new peni- tentiary at Stateville. The coroner’s jury exonerated Guard Frank Cutchin for firing the bullets which - proved fatal for convicts Albert Yarbeck and George Jakowanis, but their verdict was not returned until after Yarbeck's sister Irene attacked Cutchin, scratched his face and scream- ed “murderer” at him and Warden Hill. Debate Over Riot. The disturbance in the new prison began when 20 members of the convict band debated whether to start a prison- wide riot. It was practice period and no guards were present. The debate became an altercation, in which band instruments were used as weapons. Before guards could restore order five were injured. Three mutineers began shouting invectives during the dining period in the old prison. They were hustled away to their cells before the outbreak had a chance to spread. Meanwhile, at Springfield, legislators, who were charged with investigating prison conditions, announced that they would call guards and prisoners alike during their inquiry Friday. 2 AMERICAN WOMEN MURDERED IN CHINA; SERVANTS BLAMED (Continued From First Pase) Miller, is director of the mission. She was brought up in New Jersey, the daughter of R. H. Martin, now pastor of a Seventh-day Adventist Church in Spokane, Wash. Rev. Martin was well known in church work along the East Coast and has often been in Washing- wn. Although no confirmation of the re- ports of the murder had been received at the General Conference this morn- ing, it was said by M. E. Kern, asso- ciate secretary, that the affair will probably be taken up with the State Department later. The Whites went to the Yunnanfu t on December. 21, 1926, and were followed the next year, on August 30, 1927, by the Millers. WENT TO CHINA IN 1926. Mission Receives Telegram Saying Slay- ing Took Place March 15. SHANGHAI, March 18 (#).—Mrs. Vera Mosebar White and Mrs. Victoria Marian Miller, American missionaries slain at Yunnanfu, came to China with their husbands in 1926, and were at Nanking during the incident of 1927, in which undisciplined soldiers besieged a house occupied by Americans and were driven off only after two United States destroyers opened fire in defense of the foreigners. Local headquarters of the Seventh B otey saying M3, White and Mrs gram today g Mrs. Miller were murdered during the night of March 15, Mr. Miller and Mr. White and the latter’s two children are at present in ‘Yunnanfu. REPEAL IS PROPOSED FOR EVOLUTION LAW Young Legislator in Tennessee to Offer Bill to Kill Cause of Famed Scopes Trial. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March Legislators squirmed in their seats ye terday as a bill to repeal Tennessee's anti-evolution law was announced ready for introduction and the law- makers saw the prospect of taking a stand approving or disapproving the measure that brought on the famous Scopes trial. A bill to repeal the act was pre- pared for introduction yesterday by young Robert M. Murray, Representa- tive from Carroll County, but he de- cided not to submit it until today. Murray said the anti-evolution act had “never prevented the teaching of evolution.” Four members of the present Legis- lature who voted for the act when it passed in 1925 declined to reveal their attitude. From Dayton, ,Tenn. scene of the trial of young John T. Scopes, who violated the law voluntarily in order to provide a test of its constitution- ality, Dean Willson Spindler of Willlam Jennings Bryan University said he pre- ferred to say nothing. This is the first attempt to repeal the law, and Murray said he had been assured of “considerable support.” The Scopes trial, which drew to Day- ton Clarence Darrow, Dudley Field Malone and other noted attorneys for the defense and Willlam J. Bryan and | others for the prosecution, was followad almost immediately by Bryan's death in_Dayton. Many persons attributed his death to his violent exertions at the trial, and Bryan University was creaated as # memorial to him. Three Killed at Crossing. WINDSOR, Ontario, March 18 (#).— ‘Three men were killed and two seri- ously injured last night when a Pere- Marquette freight train struck their automobile at a crossing in Kingsville, The men were employed by a local onion growers’ association. OLLLI LI LTI 2L LI L1 L2 LTI, A Noonday Lenten Service New York Avenue Presbyterian Church | Left: Henry Jackson Sargent of the sealing ship Viking, which was torn to pieces by explosion off the coast of Newfoundland. He was rescued last night. Right: A. G. Penrod of Brooklyn, the party, who is still missing. Boston, one of three Americans aboard N.'Y., moving picture camera man with —A. P. Photos, MONUMENT GETS PERMANENT LIGHTS Air Navigation Beacons Prove Aid to Flyers in Tests Made by Officials. The Washington Monument carry permanent air navigation lights, tonight, as the result of test flights last night that convinced offi- cials of the imperative need for a bea- col n. Lieut. F. B. Butler, assistant director of the office of public buildings and public parks, who made the flights with Col. H. H. Blee, director of aeronautical development of the aeronautics branch of the Department of Commerce, said today he never before realized the great need for these lights, as the Washing- ton Monument looms up suddenly out of the night for the airman. The spot- light thrown on the top of the Wash- ington Monument from the east end of the Navy Department Building, at Sev- entcenth street and Constitution ave- nue, is of little value when seen from an_airplane, Lieut. Butler asserted. Four standard airway obstacle lights, two on each of two sides, will be placed in operation tonight located b hind the windows near the top of the Monument. When his office can develop a satisfac- tory box in which to locate the lights, Lieut. Butler said, they will be so installed. None of the lights will prcirude from the building line of the Monument, he said. This would be dangerous, due to the likelihood of parts becoming dis- connected and falling on persons be- neath. The box arrang>ment, he ex- plained, will be of particular value in inclement weather. Last night airplane flights with «the ‘Washington Monument lights in posi- tion were described as entir:ly satisfac- tory and showing that the arrangsment of ‘the lights will be an aid to aerial navigation. Experiments will be carried forward in the near future, Lieut. Butler said, with flood lights to fllumjnate the Washington Monument. This will be done as soon as suitable lights can be HUFF’S FATHER ASKS NEW SLAYING PROBE Grand Jury Inquiry of Shooting by Dulaney Sought Following Indictment Failure. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover last night was asked to reopen the case of Hurtha Ira Dulaney, 34 years old, whom the grand jury recently refused to indict for the murder of Willlam L. Huff, 25, of Hume Springs, Va. man’s father, Albert A. Huff, who asked that the case be presented to the next grand jury. Under the District law, the ceeding grand jury for an indefinite period. statement concerning the request, other than to say it would be given “due consideration " Huff was shot when Dulaney, a street car conductor, returned home unex- pectedly and found him with his wife, Mrs. Mary E. Dulaney, 27, in their apartment at 1317 H street northeast. He died at Casualty Hospital a short time later. Dulaney was released from the Dis- trict Jail immediately after the grand jury upheld the “unwritten law” by refusing to indict him. He went to the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Madeline Johnson, 1204 H street north- east, where he effected a reconcilia- tion with his wife. The Dulaney's have four small children. LABOR WRITER CHOSEN T0 STUDY EMPLOYMENT | Hoover Names John J. Leary, Who Will Go to Europe to Be- gin Work. By the Associated Press. A study of government employment | organizations in Europe will be made | in connection with the reorganization | of Federal employment agencies in this country. ‘Phe study was ordered by Secretary | Doak with President Hoover's ap- proval. John J. Leary, former labor writer for the New York World, has | been chosen to make the study. Leary will leave for Europe soon to begin the work. John R. Alpine, & former vice presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, is_directing the reorganization of the Employment Service, which | President Hoover asserted in his veto | of the Wagner bill would be carried | out. The Wagner bill was designed to provide Federal aid and State con- trolled agencies. | | U. S. CITIZEN JAILED Automobile Representative in Chile Involved in $2.160,000 Suit. SANTIAGO, Chile, March 18 (). — L. K. Bethune, geaeral manager in 12:20 to 1:00 O’Clock Speaker This Week Dr. Carl C. Rasmussen Memorial Lutheran Church Ausplces Federation of Churchex Open to All You Are Invited to Aftend I717 7171 I I I I LI IO N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N T Tl S777errrr 770707 X i Chile of the General Motors Acceptance , was put in prison today in connection with a suit for $2,160,000 brought yesterday by Brusadelli & Manni, automobile distributors, against the American firm. ‘The Chilean firm claims commissions on 5,500 automobiles which it has sold. The American corporation says the claim has no foundation in its contract with the distributors. will | The request was made by the slain | case could be presented to each suc-| | Mr. Rover declined to make any ALEXANDRIA LINE Seeks to Prevent Destruction of Tracks to Make Way for Triangle. ‘The Mount Vernon, Alexandria and Washington Railway Co., by its presi- dent, Robert L. May, today asked the District Supreme Court to enjoin An: drew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treas ury, from destroying or otherwise in- juring any of the tracks, works or struc- tures of the company, or from closing any of the streets occupied by the com- pany's tracks, or from interfering with the company in its operation under its federation charter and franchises, Triangle Work to Start. Through Attorneys John S. Barbour, C. B. Garnctt and Gardner L. Boothe, the court is told that Secretary Mellon, in pretended reliance on section 2 of the act of May 5, 1926, has announced his intention to commence excavations soon for the foundaticn of buildings within the Federal triangle, which he claims will require the closing of Ohio avenue from Twelfth to Thirteenth streets, Thirteenth street from B street to Ohio avenue, D street from Twelfth to Thirteenth-and-a-half street, and Thirteen-and-a-half street from Ohio avenue to B_street. Directions have been given the Public Utilities Com- mission, it is stated, to serve notice on the company to remove its tracks on these streets, such removal and diver- sion to be without expense to the United States, Claim Destruction of Business. The company claims its business will be destroyed within the area, and the cost of reproduction of such track- age will be $183,105. Such removal will also render useless, it is averred, the system of railway tracks of the com- |pany into Virginia, which it values at $690,000. In additicn, it is claimed the investment of the Arlington & Fair- fax Railway Co. will be rendered useless and its investment destroyed. No provisions of law has been made for relocating the company’s tracks, the |court is advised, and no authority has | been vested by Congress in the Secre- tary of the Treasury or in any other governmental agency to acquire the rights and privileges of the company by condemnation or purchase, and it wiil suffer irreparable injury unless the court extends its aid. FIRM ORDERED TO REPLY TO HUGE LOSS CHARGE Continental Shares, Inc., Accused by Stockholder of Dissipating $38,305,171 of Assets. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, March 18 —An answer to the injunction suit brought here by a stockeholder against the officers of Centinental Shares, Inc., charging “dis- sipation of assets totaling $38,395,171" must be filed by March 23, it was an- nounced today by Chief Judge Samuel | | K. Dennis of the Baltimore Supreme | bench. Judge Dennis yesterday granted a | temporary injunction preventing the | annual meeting of stockholders. The | investment trust is a Maryland cor- | poration. | " The suit, filed by Gesrge L. Gugle, | Cleveland stockhclder, charged that in | the last six months of 1930 the officers | inadvisedly increased assets by $29,700,- 298 to keep Cyrus S. Eaton, a figure in | the recent Youngstown &l.et & Tube- | Bethlehem merger fight “in an appar- ent dominating position in certain parts of the industrial business of the | country.” | Mr. Eaton is chairman of the board of Continental Shares. Assets of the | concern which controls the Continental | Allied Corporation and International Shares Corporation, and is the largest | stockholder of United Light & Power | Co., according to its recent annual | statement, were $147,899,348 as of December 31. | { e ASSERTS DEMOCRATS FAVOR UTILITY CONTROL Senator Connally of Texas Discusses Party’s Policies in Radio Address. Senator Connally, Democrat of Texas, described his party as a liberal and pro- gressive factor in national affairs dur- ing an address last night over the Columbia_ Broadcasting System. The Senator said the Democrats ad- vocated “a moderate and reasonable tariff” which would “lay no hardship upon the consumer.” He attributed a foreign trade de- cline of $500,000,000 to the Hawle: Smoot tariff and condemned “exorbi- tant tariffs” as fostering monopolies. The Democrats, Conally said, wanted regulation of natural monopolies, such as utilities and raflways, and govern- ment operation of Muscle Shoals. WILLIAMSON RITES HELD Native of Capital Dies Sunday While Visiting Fort Bragg, N. C. Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie J. ‘Williamson, 68 years old, native of this city, who died at Fort Bragg, N. C. Sunday while visiting her son, Lieut. George McK. Willlamson, were con- ducted at the Church of the Epiphany today at 10:30 o'clock. Interment was in Arlington Cemetery. Mrs. Willlamson was the widow of Col. George McKnight Willlamson. She resided at the Fairfax Apartments. She is survived by her son and three brothers, Gen. W. H. Johnston, U. 8. A, retired, of ;ll’:. France; Col. E. M. | | \ | Bethune is an_American citizen and it was believed that the American em- bassy might be asked to intervene. io D i “u:?dfin:l New ork, an untineton Johnston of Yakima, Wash. BELIEVE DEATH CAR FOUND IN VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY, CORRUPT POLITICS | ASSALED Y COLB MARCH 18, 1931 || Liberals M LLOYD GEORGE-S! Chicago Police Get Clue in|Former Secretary of State] Slaying of Woman in That City. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 18—Search for the slayers of Miss Norma Newby, 37, whose body was found half buried be- neath a coating of snow in a lonely clearing in a forest preserve last night, suddenly shifted to the State of Vir- ginia today. The woman had been missing since March 2. ‘While police were questioning Frank J. Murray, Chicago representative of an Eastern engineering firm, who had been an admirer of the woman for 17 years, his brother, D. J. Murray, arrived at the station with a special delivery let- ter from Sheriff Thomas B. Fleanor of Jonesville, Va., saying that Murray's car was found there. Abandoned Car There. In a subsequent long-distance phone conversation, Fleanor told Chicago police that two men abandoned the car there either the morning of March 3 or 4. They were attempting to steal another automobile when Fleanor dis- covered them. They fled when he tried to arrest them. ! After talking with the Virginia sheriff, police announced that Murray and Arthur Dorion, to whom Miss Newby was reported to have been en- gaged, would be held only to appear at the coroner’s inquest this afternoon. Murray’s brother, D. J. Murray, and Dorion's brothers, Omar and Albert, who were held with Murray and Dorion, will also be released after the inquest. The woman apparently had been v automobile wrench, which lay a few feet from her clenched and outstretched left hand. Over her left ear was the mark of a heavy blow. Told of Kidnaping. F. J. Murray had previously told the authorities he had been kidnaped March 2 while riding in an automobile with Miss Newby by two men who forced him to drive to the forest preserve, where he was slugged and robbed. Wil- liam F. Collins, chief of the county highway police, said the wrench was of the kind with which the type of auto- mobile used by Murray was equipped. Murray said he did not report the woman's disappearance until nearly a week after it occurred because he did not want his wife to learn of his affair with Miss Newby. Miss Newby’s body was discovered by Henry W. Bahe, a farmer, who had | heard of the kidnaping and had set out on an independent search. il PRESIDENT TO SAIL FROM HAMPTON ROADS TOMORROW MORNING (Continued From First Page) the capital of Porto Rico, the landing | will be made at Ponce de Leon, on the other side of the island. % | Although the Arizona will arrive in the Ponce Harbor, the President and | his party will not go ashore until Mon- day morning. There they will be met by Col. Theodore Roosevelt, governon of the island. and a committee com- | posed of high officials and proinent citizens, who, after extending a cordial | greeting, will accompany the party on | a motor ride across the island to San| Juan. The President will take other motor trips about the island to see the work | dene in reconstruction and rehabilita- | tion since the havoc wrought by the| hurricane of 1920. The President also will inspect some sugar and tobacco plantations and look closely into the work being done in the way of child welfare and education. The presidential visit to Porto Rico will consume two days. The following day will be devoted to visiting the Virgin Isiands. The President will land at St Thomas, capital of the Virgin Islands, where he will be greeted by Gov. Pear- son and a committee. Departing from | St. Thomas on Wednesday night, the | Arizona with the presidential party will | head for home. There is & possibility the ship will cruise along the south shore of Cuba before heading north, which will give the President an oppor- tunity to see the great battle fleet now engaged in target practice in Guan- tenamo Bay. No landing will be made, nowever. Due Back March 30. According to Mr. Hoover's schedule, the Arizona will land him &t Old Point | Comfort during the forenoon of Mon- day, March 30. A special train will be awziting him there and Washington will be reached that same night. While aboard the Arizona 1he President will occupy the cabin suite which is| designated as belonging to the squadron | commander. Accomodation on this big | ship, however, are limited in view of the | necessity for taking along a full comple- ment of officers and crew for this cruise, which, in the eyes of the Navy, is a trial trip for the Arizona, since its modernization. Because of the restricted number of cabins and “bunks” for the presidential party, some of the mem- bers of the party will be called upon to sleep on cots tucked away in con- | venient places. This will be the first real vacation | President Hoover has had since Feb- ruary a year ago when he went to Long | Key, Fla., for a week's deep-sea fishing. | Evidently the Fresident does not antici- | pate any fishing on this trip as he is not taking along with him his fishing paraphernalia. President Hoover's party will be en- tertained with “talkies,” thanks to the enterprise of the Navy in installing. ahead of schedule, a sound motion picture_machine. - The Navy Department said today in an announcement that the iatest type of machines, designed for maritime service, have now been installed aboard the Arizona, although original plans f called for ~the Installation around | April 15 PEOPLE PLAN GREETING. Porto Ricans Anxiously Await Arrival| of President. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, March 18 (). —While Gov. Theodore Roosevelt and a committee headed by Chief Justice Del Toro yesterday made plans for the offi- clal reception «f President Hoover on; his forthcoming visit to Porto Rico, in- habitants of the islands were looking, forward with enthusiasm to the event. ‘The road from Ponce to San Juan, over which the visiting party will travel, 18 fringed with a number of towns whose inhabitants are waiting to greet the President An official dinner and re- ception will be held in La Flortaleza. On Tuesday it is hoped President Hoover might deliver a brief address on the Capitol's steps, before returning to Ponce in the afternoon for his de- parture from the island. LODGE 40 YEARS OLD B'nai B'rith to Mark Anniversary at Community Center. Argo Lodge, No. 413, B'nai Brrith, will celebrate its fortieth anniversary ‘Wednesday night, March 25, at 8:30 o'clock at the Jewish Community Cen- ter, it has been planned by the lodge. A program has been arranged for the ‘celebration to which many non-mem- bers have been invited. | Nicolo Constantine, | A. Hernan, secretary, Speaks at St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. Mobilization of public sentiment against “organized minorities” and po- litical corruption was urged by Bain- bridge Colby of New York, speaking last night before the Washington So- clety of the Friendly Sons of St. Pat- rick at the Hotel Mayflower. The for- mer Secretary of State in the Wilson administration attacked what he term- ed a general decline of “the old con- ceptions of civic responsibility and duty.” Three other prominent St. Patrick’s day gatherings were held last night, the members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians gathering at the Mayflower, ‘Washington newspaper men and many officials _assembling in the auditorium of the National Press Club for a gala entertainment with a Broadway revue and dancing and the Massachusetts State Soclety holding a celebration. Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley headed the list of prominent guests at the banquet of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Urges Public Cleansing. “American public life needs quicken- ing and redemption,” said Mr. Colb “Our institutions need cleansing. Our citizenship needs rousing. Our stan- dards of public conduct need lifting. “In some of our larger cities it is obvious that some members of the judiciary are sitting not only on the bench, but ‘on the lid,” screening wrong- doers from punishment and interpret- ing not the law, but the wishes of dominant and corrupt political organi- zations. “In the seats of legislation the forces of ‘privilege and special interest arc solidly massed. Legislation in the gen- eral interest is pushed aside to make way for legislation demanded by private interests. Assails Political Blocs. “I sometimes wonder who is repre- senting America at the seats of Gov- ernment. I can identify the spokesmen for the railroads, and for the utilities, the textile manufacturers and the vari- ous importing interests. The Senators for sugar and ol are easy to locate. 1t is a simple matter to identify these interests in the State capitals as well as in the Nation’s Capital. But it is not so easy to find the spokesman for America. “It almost seems at times as if the America of history and tradition had been disfranchised in its own house. Almosteverybody has his Congress- man except Uncle Sam. Almost every point of view has its exponent except the plain American viewpoint.” Swager Sherley, former Representa- tive from Kentucky, and Col. Arthur O'Brien, president of the Society, also spoke. ‘The invocation was pronounced by Rev. Dr. George W. Atkinson and the benediction by Rev. Dr. W. Cole- man Nevils, S. J., president of George- town University. “Levi Cooke was toast- master and Will P. Kennedy eulogized the departed members, Among the guests were the Minister of Albania, Solicitor General Thomas D. Thacher, Senators Alvin W. Barkley, Thomas P. Gore, Harry B. Hawes, Cherles L. ‘McNary, Key Pittman and Burton K. Wheeler; Jouett Shouse, Ad- miral H. V. Butler, Justice Jennings Bailey, Justice Fenton W. Booth, Joseph P. Tumulty and Everett Sanders. President Attends. ‘The Hibernians' banquet was at- Cleveland, national president of the order. The speakers included Rizht Rev. John M. McNamara, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore; Miss Agnes G. Regan, executive secretary, National Council of Catholic Wcmen; Rev. T. Vincent Fitzgerald, District chaplain of fary. Patrick J. Haltigan acted as master of ceremonies, as host, with Lee Poe Hart as chairman of the Entertainment Committee. Among the nearly 700 guests were Gen. John J. Pershing, Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, former Ambassader Henry Morganthau, Senatcr Tom Con- nally of Texas, who, with others, were introduced by Eddie Dowling, stage star. He is president of Famous Artists of portion of which was broadcast by the National and Columbia systems. Entertainers Listed. The entertainers included Henry Dowling, composer: Lee Morse, singer: the Yacht Club Boys, Hal Skelly, Al Shayne, Louise Burnhardt, the 'Trade Twins and J. Fred Cootes, composer; Allan 'Jones, the Cordova_Sisters—Anita, Angelita and Lolita—Louise Groody, Evelyn Herbert and Bill Coty. Dance music was rendered by Harold Veg's well known radio crchestra The Massachusetls State Soclety, largest of State societies in the Capital, held a party in the ball room of the Shoreham Hotel, with more than 300 couples participating last night. The_entertainers included Miss Dor- othy Skinner, Miss Virginia McComber and Charles Demma. The committee in charge included Stanford Bates, supervisor of Federal prisons and_president of the society; William T. Simpson, treasurer; George and Robert H. Committee. The Entertainment Committee in- cluded Louis W. Hart, chairman; John L. McDonald, Charles F. Sharkey, Miss Eleanor Carleton, Miss Ruth Noyes, Mrs. Patrick Murray, Willlam R. , John F. Nesline, Wilson M Cray, John F. Slatfery and Mrs. Bar- bara Butler. The Jast reception of the season will be held Tuesday night, April 21, in the Shoreham Hote: KENTUCKY FARMER ASKS HOOVER FOR $100 LOAN Offers 200 Pine and Poplar Trees and Twice That Amount in Ash as Security. By the Associated Press. A Kentucky farmer needing cash to make his next crop would like to borrow $100 from President Hoover. ash.” as security, so he can “make my family something to live on.” Furthermore, he wrote the President that “if you don't believe I have got timber you can send any man you want to come and count the trees.” He added the loan would be a great accommoda- tion to him and “will make you safe.” Bureau Has 10 Tons of Grass Seed for Capital Parks. Spring finds the park division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks preparing to push its planting program. The division now has on hand some 10 tons of grass seed that will be used to make Washington's parks greener. The recent rains and the week-end | cownfall cf snow have proved of ines- timable value, it was said today. The water has been able to penetrate into the soil and offset to & marked degree the effects of the drought. < tended by Judge Martin L. Sweeney of | Hibernians, and Miss Elizabeth Lynn, | District_president of the Ladies’ Auxil- | At the National Press Club festivitfes ! Eugene 8. Leggett, the president, acted | the Air, who furnished the program, a | Kempton, chairman of the Reception ; In a letter to the President he offered | a lumber stand of 200 pine and poplar | trees “and three times that amount in! PLANTING PI:ANS PUSHED | SIR JOHN SIMON. By the Assoclated Press. ONDON, March 18—Widespread stories today of new British party alignments, Which would _lead David Lloyd George to the Labor fold and Sir John Simon to the Conservative standard, greatly excited political circles. Sir Archibald Sinclair resigned today as chief whip of the Liberal party, and it was believed in political circles he took the step to show his disapproval of the action of the Liberals in the House of Commons vote Monday night in which the Government was defeated. The report that David Lloyd George was_contemplating resgning as leader of the Liberal party for the same rea- son was flatly denied Sketch and a Liberal organ, appeared to be the outgrowth of defeat of the Labor overnmer.t Monday night by four votes on a minor clause of the electoral re- form bill, principally because Sir John and 10 fellow Liberals refused to follow Lloyd George in voting with the min- istry. The Daily Sketch said that Mr. Lioyd George, disgusted with faflure of the party to stand with him in maintaining ‘The reports, published in the Daily | ay Quit Party IMON SPLIT SEEN. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE. the Liberal-Labor alliance, would enter the Labor cabinet as lord privy seal succeeding Vernon Hartshorn, who died a few days ago, and Hartshorn's pred- ecessor, J. H. Thomas. The post car- ries with it an unofficial unemployment portfolio, which would give the Liberal leader opportunity to advance his pet schemes on that subject. Liberals, Conservatives and Labor Party alike are badly split, with the leadership of the nominal heads of the parties in question by insurgent fac- tions an each. Only 19 Liberals voted with Lloyd George and the government on the elec- toral reform measure Monday night: 23 were absent and unpaired, 6 were paired against the bill and 11 voted outright | against it. | Prime Minister MacDonald is said to | have taken Laborites who were absent, and unpaired at the time of the division, severely to task in a meeting of the par- liamentary Labor Party last night, con- siderably more than enough having been absent to have staved off a govern- ment defeat. It was understood he will reintroduce the clause on which he was defeated, providing for abolition of uni- versity seats in the Commons, and make it a confidence measure. STEVEDORES FIRE ON POLIE N RiT {150 Colored Strikers Arrest- ed in New Orleans After Battle on Water Front. By the Assoctated Press NEW ORLEANS, March 18.—Colored longshoremen, on strike along the New Itodny during a riot in which 150 ar- | rests were made. None was reported wounded by bul- lets, but several persons were treated for minor injuries received in the clash. Those arrested were charged with of- fenses ranging from loitering and dis- turbing the peace to carrying concealed weapons and violating a Federal in- | junction against disorderly econduct in the strike. Weapons were taken from a | score of the prisoners. March Is Organized. Police said the men, part of the group of river front workers which went on strike about a month ago in protest against a wage cut of 15 cents an hour by four steamship companies, met after midnight at a hall and formed a march- {ing body of about 200, which headed for the river. Officers sald the march- ers intended to intimidate strikebreak- ers, who are taken on guarded tugs each morning to the ships being worked in the harbor. The marchers were sighted at a dis- tance by a detail of dock police. The officers called out the riot squad and 21l available police from precincts through- out the city were concentrated at the river front. Arriving at the cocks shortly before dawn, the marchers were met by the police, ,who ordered the crowd to dis- | perse. Retreating to neighboring strects, | the marchers broke up into small groups, | hissing and booing the police. Snipers | at strategic points then opened fire on | the officers, and the officers, withhold- | ing fire, rushed intc the crowd to make | arrests, disarming several members. of | the mob and rounding up toe smali| groups in patrol wagons. | Major Clash at Monument. The major clash occurred at the foot | of Liberty Monument, which stands near | the river in memory of New Ori¢ans cit- izens killed in the overthrow of carpet- bag rule after the Civil War. Minor clashes were reported ut several other points along the river front. In >ne instance, a colored man was arrested after standing in the street and firing at approaching officers. In a nearby street, 10 were arrested as they were found beating up a pie seller, who was taken to a hospital with a’ fractured skull. Inquiry at Rivertront precinct police stations later showed 103 under arrest for loitering and disturbing the peace, 15 charged with carrying concealed | weapons, several held for violating the Federal injunction protecting the docks and several tentative charges of as- sault and battery and shooting at with intent to kill. BULLARD RAPS SOVIET ON INHERENT FAILURE Communism Unsatisfactory to Human Nature, Says Retired General. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, March nisms, Lieut. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, retired, said last night in a radio ad dress, never have been successful an never will be, because they do not sat- isfy human nature. Gen. Bullard said Russia’s Commu- nism is falling far short of its original intentions. Out of a population of 150,000,000, he asserted, but 1,200,000 are numbered in the Communist party. Contrary to Russia’s plans, Gen. Bul- lard stated, an oligarchy functions in- stead of government by the p.ople. Class distinction remains, a great stand- ing army is being built and banks and paper money are continued. WILL ADDRESS BAR William A. Roberts and William R. Vallance to Speak Tonight. ‘William A. Roberts, assistant corpora- tion counsel of the District, and Willlam R. Vallance, assistant solicitor of the State Department, will address a meet- ing of the Federal Bar Association in the University Club tonight at 8 o'clock. « Mr. Roberts will speak on “The Work of the Corporation Counsel’s Office® Mr. Vallance's subject will be “Prin- cipies of International Law Applied to Radio tion.” 18.—Commu- | STILL SEEKS CHIEF {Three Men Considered, but No Selection Made by District Group. An executive director for the District of Columbia Bicentennial Commission will not be appointed before March 25, the j Orleans water front, fired on policemen | probable date of the next meeting of | | the commission, it was announced by the commission’s Executive Committee | at the regular breakfast meeting in the University Club at 8 o'clock this morn- ing. Three men of local and national prominence, it was explained, still re- main in the field of candidates for the position, although their names were not ‘made public today. Waits Marvin's Return. The Executive Ccmmittee declared it expected to have its report on the appointment of the officer at the next meeting of the commission, which will be held immediately following the re- turn of Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, chafr- man of the commission, from Mexico. Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, advised the commission this morning that he had urged the delegates and presidents of every citizens’ associa- tion in the federation to attend a meet- | ing in the board room of the District | Building at 8 o'clock Saturday night, | when plans for the co-operation of | the citizens’ groups in the Bicenten- | nial celebration will be outlined. Dr. | Havenner explained that efforts are be- | ing made to have the Bicentennial cele~ | bration a city-wide affair, in which | every resident of the District will feel | he has an active part. Consider Rail Rates. Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian of the Public Library, told the com- mission he is preparing a special bibliography on George Washington for school children and school teachers, The question of railroad rates to Washington from various parts of the United States during the Bientennial celebration has been placed in_the hands of a Special Committee of Rail- road Executives whose offices are in Washington, it was announced today. This committee will consider the rate question with the Trunk Line Associa- tion and with their own companies in an effort to secure advantageous rates for visitors to the National Capital. |WOMAN ALPINIST TELLS TRAIL CLUB OF CLIMBS Members of Potomac Appalachian Group Hears Miss Mirian E. O'Brien's Experienues. Members of the Pctomac Appalachian Trail Club, Inc, were entertained last night with a colorfully illustrated lantern slide lecture by Miss Miriam E. O'Brien, mountain climber, who has achieved fame among European and American ~Alpine enthusiasts for her difficult feats in the Italian and Swiss Alps. Miss O'Brien’s talk was deliv- ered in the auditorium of the United States Department of Interior Building, Discussing the subject, “Skiing and Rock Climbing in the Alps” Miss O'Brien presented a serles cf slides made from her own photographs and hand-colored by her depicting scenes visited by 'her_during her latest ven- ture. Miss O'Brien conquered her twenty-eighth _“four-thousander” last Summer. which means she has ascend- 28 pealk: er an 4, or 13,000 feet. 0 Miss O'Brien described to the club members her experience on the perilous ascent of a peak which had never be- fore been climbed by either man or woman, and also told of climbs to peaks never before visited by a woman. ‘The speaker is the daughter of Mrs. Robert Lincoln O'Brien, herself a mountain-climbing _enthusiast, whose husband at one time was the Wash- ington _correspondent of the Boston Transcript. TWO IN BANK INDICTED Charged With Embezzlement. WILMINGTON, N. C., March 18 (). —Embezzlement of $30,696.50 from the Defunct Home Savings Bank of this City was charged against Jesse F. Roache, vice president and cashier, in bills of indictment returned yesterday by the New Hanover County grand jury. The trial date has not been set. Other of indictment charged che with tances of juggling the records of tht.}m T ink. Douglas Clark], assistant cashier, was charged with embezzling :;,910.50 from the mltnfilm‘ wil false entry. He will be \-,. n BICENTENNIAL BODY) DRVERISCLEARE INWONAN'S DEATH Whose Car Killed Mrs. Electa Richardson. A coroner's jury today exonerated Henry W. Heine in the death of Mrs. Electa Richardson, 87 years old, mother of Seth W. Richardson, assistant United States Attorney General, who died at Emergency Hospital yesterday of in- juries received Sunday night when she was struck by an automobile operated by Heine. The accident occurred at Connecti= cut avenue aad Livingston street, near her home at 5430 Connecticut avenue. She was on her way to church at the time, and according to testimony at the inquest, conducted at the District Morgue by ‘Coroner J. Ramsay Nevi she stepped into the path of Heine's car. It was raining at the time, and Mrs. Richardson was carrying an ume brella, which is believed to have obe structed her vision, witnesses said. After the accident, In which Mrs. Richardson suffered a compound leg fracture, a pelvis injury, scalp cuts and shock, Heinie took the 'injured woman to the hospital. stepped from behind two parked m: chines into the path of his automo- bile. He said he swerved his car, but could not avoid striking her. Mrs. Richardson had lived in Wash- ington about a year and one-half, com- ing here from "Fargo, N. Dak. Where she had lived for some time. Her hus- band, who died several years ago, was a Methodist minister. She was born in Indiana, ‘but lived for some time in Towa and Minnesota. It is understood that Mrs. Richardson will be buried in Ortonville, Minn. The funeral of Mrs. Richardson was held at 1 o'clock this afternoon in the chapel of Joseph Gawler’s Sons, unde takers, 1750 Pennsylvania avenue. Rev, J. T. Sticknall, pastor of the Chevy ghsé«} Methodist Church, and Rev. E. ark, pastor of the Chevy Ch Baptist Church, officiated. .~ r Following the services the body will be shipped to Ortonville, Minn., where burial is scheduled Friday afternoon. RAYMOND T. BAKER PLANS BIG MANSION $310,000 Residence With $38,000 Garage to Be on Foxhall Road. Specifications for a private residence, estimated to cost $310,000, with a pri- vate detached garage estimated to cost $38,000 additional, to be erected at 2300 Foxhall road, were filed with the office of the District bullding inspector today by Raymond T. Baker, former director of the Mint during the Wilson administration and president of the Scheeline Bank & Trust Co. of Reno, Nev. The home, which will be of stone, brick and concrete construction, was designed by Horace Traumbauer, arch:- tect, and will contain 30 rooms in the first and second floors, with an aitic containing 14 more rooms for servants. ‘The garage will have sufficient ca- pacity for four automobiles, while on its second floor will be eight rooms for chauffeurs’ and servants’ quarters. Contract for the construction of the dwelling has been awarded to the Wil- liam P. Lipscomb Co. of this city. Work will commence as soon as the plans are approved. ‘The house, the exterior of which will be limestone, will have a frontage of 142 fect on Foxhall road, with a depth of 59 fiet. The garage will be 76 feet long by 30 feet. Among features to be embodied in the construction of the home will be an air- cooling system, a cold storage room for rugs and furs and facilities for storing cut flowers and bottled water. Mr. Baker, once a Democratic candi- date for the United States Senate, was prominently identified with mining de- velopment in Nevada. In 1918 he was married to Margaret Emerson Vander- bilt. In 1928 he was married to Mrs, James H. R. Cromwell. He is a member of the uewfomn Club, Chevy Chase Club, National Press Club and Montgomery County Club here, and a member of the Bohemian Club in San Francisco., MRS. NIXON-NIRDLINGER ACCUSATION MAY BE CUT Magistrate Indicates Former Prize Beauty May Escape First De- gree Murder Charge. By the Associated Press. Wilmington Cashier and Assistant | e, NICE, France, March 18.—Magistrate Vachier indicated today at the close of his first examination of Mrs, Cha- lotte Nash Nixon-Nirdlinger that tha former St. Louis beauty would not be charged with first degree murder for the slaying of her husband in tbeir apartment here a week ago. Her arraignment was expected W mark the first of several appearances which she will make in court before the judge decides whether she will be cbarged with murder for the shooting of the Philadelphia thegter owner whom she says she shot in self-defense when ke tried to cheke her. It developed today that rej & a trepan operation which might have some bearing on the case referred to an operation performed on Mr. Nixon- Nirdlinger. He was said to have un- dergone the operation some weeks be- fore the fatal shooting to relieve a skull injury resulting from an automobile ac- cident, but Charles Loeb, attorney for his family, said today he doubted that the operation was performed. —_— PHOTO MEN TO DINE Finishers’ Meeting to Be Attended by Baltimoreans. A business meeting, followed by a banquet, will be held at the Hamilton Hotel Saturday afternoon by the Dis- trict division of the Master Photo Fin- ishers' Association of America. The Baltimore division of the organization will attend. Guest speakers will be Guy E. Bing- ham, executive manager of the group, and J. G. Naylor of New York. Anthony Ludwig is president of the District di- vision, while Paul Folkemer of Balti- more is head of the Maryland section. S SR, BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band, this evening at 8 o'clock; at the audi- torium, Marine Barracks; Taylor Bran- fon, leader; Arthur S. Witcomb, second ler. Overture, “A May Festival,” thur Norton Violin solo, “Symphony Espagnol Allegro non troppo. Andante. Wight le,"” Finale-Rondo. Musician Willlam P. Santelmann. “A Victory Ball”......Ernest Schelling “Symphony, No. 2, in' D Major, Opus 73" .......Johannes Allegro non’ troppo. Adagio non troppo. Allegretto grazioso, quasi andan- o tino-presto. Finale, Allezro con I”:lmrln “The Star Spangled Banner/* . N S