Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (V. 8. Weather Bureau Rain tomorrow; somewhat ' colder this sftemoan and . ; lJowest, ), at 7 .§'nwnwm7_ No. 1,357—No. TAX RAISE TO MEET GROWING TREASURY DEFICIT 15 DOUBTED Watson and Borah Expect| Other Means of Covering | $700,000,000 Shortage. 31,736. EXTRA SESSION MOVE ALSO BELIEVED DOOMED “People’'s Lobby” to Hold Confer- ence Here Tomorrow to Urge Call to Congress. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Unemployment conditions and the prospective Treasury deficit, which may Tun to $700,000,000, are causing de- mands for’ a special session of Con- gress. However, despite the falling off in the Government tax receipts, as shown by Treasury statements regarding the income tax returns and tariff duties, Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, Republican leader and & member of the Senate Finance Committee, said yester- day that he did not believe there would be legislation increasing Federal taxes| at the next session of Congress. | In this view of the probable legisla- | tive situation Senator Willam E. Borah of Idaho, who has allied himself with the Progressive bloc, concurred. Election Coming On. ‘While Senator Watson, however, took s hopeful view of the situation, declar- Porecast.) 54, at 5 pm. . yes- Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Che WASHINGTON, D. C, JUSTICE STAFFORD BECOMES ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE O Has Served on. Supreme Court of District for Past 27 Years. Dean of Local Branch Last of Personnel in Office at Time He Was Named. BY THOMAS M. HARVEY. Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford will be eligible to lay aside his judicial duties May 1, after a service of 31 years, of which 27 have been spent on the Su- preme Court of the District of Colum- bla and four on the bench of the Su- preme Court of Vermont. Justice Staf- ford will be 70 years old on that date, and since he has had more than 10 years' service, may retire or resign with full pay for the balance of his life. While he has not announced just when he will take advantage of the right to retire or resign, it is generally expected that.he will do so shortly after the celebration of his seventieth birthday anniversary. The condition of N MAY 1 JUSTICE STAFFORD. the court docket on May 1 may have something to do with the fixing of the | time for his departure. - Justice Stafford took the oath of office on the local bench June 9, 1904, just three days after his resignation from the Vermont Supreme Court be- came effective, and he is the last mem- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) DEBUTANTE HURT AS CAR OVERTURNS Four Returning From Country Club Suffer Cuts as Auto Leaves Road. A 19-year-old debutante was critical- | ly injured early today and three of her| companions suffered lesser hurts when their automobile hit a culvert on River | road and overturned down an embank- | ment, while returning from the Con- gressional Country Club. Lucy Sharp, daughter of Dr. George T. Sharp, 3200 Highland place, was severely cut about the neac and neck tion coming on. Senator “Tom” Connally of Texas, a Democratic member of the Senate #inance Committee, PAROLE BOARD TRID GALLED AT JOLIET | Legislative Committee to Sift Charges of Discriminat- ing Against Poor. By the Associated Press. JOLIET, Il., March 21.—Blamed by two prison chaplains for the seething unrest in Illinois’ twin penitentiaries, three members of the State Parole Board were subpoenaed today to ap- pear before a special committee of the Legislature investigating prison condi- tions. Both Rev. Eligius Weir, Catholic time increase. May Ask Surtax Raise. If there is a demand for tax increases, it probably will come from the Progres. sive groups in the Senate, some of whom contend now that rates on the larger in- surtaxes, should be circumstanoes, on big incomes in the country are en- Wl:.hm argumen vanced, however, that the Government if it becomes nge-'l:Lhun fioat additional bond is- sues, ‘would be speedily subscribed wmtfl’ndlmim:vwwamop- pul Census Bureau, showed that employment in many industrial establishments had in- creased since January, his estimate that | first month of this year the un- had reached a total of ,000, with another 200,000 to 300,000 laid off their jobs was hailed by members of the Progressive group in the Senate as an indication that conditions had been much worse than the administration was willing to admit during the last sesion of Congress. ‘Wheeler Is Critical. Senator Wheeler of Montana, a Demo- crat and one of the sponsors of th: recent Progressive Conference held here, insisted that if official figures such as those now produced by Secretary La- mont had been available before Cong- ress adjourned, there would have been no adjournment without some further measure of relief being taken by the National Legislature. He was one of those who insisted that an appropria- tion should be made by the Federal Ooz; tem Federal appropriation to help feed the unem) and those in distress in the t area, said yesterday that the n’um now given out by the Secretary of Commerce corroborated the state- ments made during the Senate debate by Senators who supported the Federal contribution, which was opposed strong- ly by the administration. The Idaho Senator has insisted right along that Congress should be in session this Spring in order to meet the needs of the country. He said, however, that he did not believe that a special session of the Congress would be called, unless, indeed. conditions became so alarming as to force such & call. Republican Leader Watson does not (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 'zlhl;:n hurled into the windshield by impact. Others in Car, Another debutante of last year, Miss Eleanor Walsh, 20, formerly of Angeles, was slightly cut and bruised. The car was being driven by Robert Rodenberg, 3501 Macomb street. Miss Sharp was sitting next to him in the front seat. ‘The cther occupant of the automobile, | Douglas K. Huntress, 3515 Newark the Huntress pulled the two girls from ol the door. He wreckage, kicking open said afterward that Rodenberg swerved the car to avoid another automobile and hit the culvert, losing control of his ‘machine. Passing Motorist Helps. The two young women and Huntress were picked up by another motorist re- turning from a dance at the club and taken to Emergency Hospital, where Miss Sharp's condition was undeter- mined early today. Miss Walsh was treated and discharged, as was Hunt- Tess. The men and their companions were dressed in full evening attire. Dr. Sharp hurried to the hospital when notified of the accident. Rodenberg taken to Georgetown Hmflullll for treatment for minor in- uries. | BOYCOTT SUSPENSION BY HYDE RESTRAINED Court Prevents Secretary's Penalty of Commission Firms Put Off Exchange. By the Associated Press. DANVILLE, Iil, March 21.—Three Federal judges sitting en banc today issued a° temporary order restraining Secretary of Agriculture Hyde from suspending from the East St. Louis Live Stock Exchange 50 commission firms alleged to have boycotted two live-stock marketing ratives. ‘Today's order did not alter Secretary Hyde's order against the alleged boy- cott, but emasculated it by removing hi: proposed penalty for violation. Hearing o2 permanent order will be held in une. Judges Lindley, Wham and Alschuler heard the case. ‘The co-operatives were the Producers’ Co. of St. Louis and the Commission National Order Buying Co. Girl Rodeo Rider l;end. TORONTO, Ontario, March 21 (#)— Christinia Carr, like her brother, was a well known rodeo rider. Like him, too, she died—while performing. Word of “Chic’s” death in Johannesburg, South Africa, was received today by her sister, Dora. Clarence, the brother, was killed at the Chicago Rodeo in 1929. Former Judge Acquitted. ARDMORE, Okla.. March 21 (#).— A jury tonight acquitted A. J. Hardy, former county judge. accused of mur- dering his young wife last November. The jury was out an hour and a half. ‘GUILDER’ HELD ONLY REMBRANDT IN METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM Dr. Toch, Chemist, Tells Microscopical Society He’s Convinced Trace of Master’s Brush Is Lacking. e oax.u‘ P\'; h 21 —With th NEW . rel ~ e - of “The Guilder,” oatatiry Jabeied Rembrandt. in milian Toch, mist. He made t.m-dn‘-efl.wn in an addr before the New York ical So- Museum of , Dr. Toch said, that they show “any traces” of the Dutch artist’s brurh | artist. he said, and “Pilate Wi His Hands” | Samin Altman. Dr. John C. | the history sity, said in 1923 e of Which | sirect, escaped with lesser cuts and | ney’s office bruises. Her Nails,” was the work of Nicolaes Maes, an understudy of the Dutch as] ey peles B, ) 55 sl i v e m o tus” were y compe! stu- spurious in the estimate of Dr. Maxi-| dents of nnm works of old masters other than Rembrandt. They were pre- ess | sented to the museum by the late Ben- an Dyke, professor of at Rutgers Univer- that none of the works hly authenti- | uine. | priest, and Rev. George L. ‘Whitmeyer, | resigned Episcopal chaplain, agreed that the week of disturbance which Los | brought three deaths and a million dol- lars’ damage was due “to the Parole Board and the Parole Board only.” Discrimination against poor convicts, attempts to force prisoners to inform on friends outside the prison as » condi- tion of release, and interference by the | Cook County "(Chicago) State's attor- paroles were among the specific charges. Three Members Summoned. Consequently, the second day of hear- ings by the committee was interrupted while Chairman Roger Little sent sum- mons to W. C. Jones, ol chairman H. Cannon, the trio who comprise the 1. 8 | the ley. a convict, in solitary confinement. Dayton E. Beasley, kecper of the soli- and | | ‘Then Robert Johnson. the bars. Mr, Whumeyem by the warden to } “Well dressed relatives of inmates get politicians also get consideraticn. But | ;my amounted to little—they get little Father Weir said: “Neither the parole attitude here has caused the trouble. the State reformatory, bullt for way- should be in the asylum at Menard.” (Continued General News—Local, Nationa! Editorials and Editorial Features. Page 6. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 8. PART FOUR—10 PAGES. Screen In the Motor World—Page 4. | Praternities—Page 6. News of the Clubs—Page 7. tary prison, related his version of how Coakley died and the treatment ac- Coakley's ceilmate, related a story that Coakley had died while handcuffed to But it was the charges of the chap- Jains that e the committee. resign and charged with “fomenting trouble,” said: every consideration by the Parole Board. Inmates represented by lawyers and if the relatives who come here to plead are poorly dressed and look as though inge from the board.” i Blame Laid to Board. | law nor parole regulations are at fault. ! 1t is the Parole Board members. Their “There are boys of 16 imprisoned here_with hardened criminals. And at ward youths, there are men cf 30. And there are insane crimmals here who __His charges regarding conditions at Column 4.) Kl TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—24 PAGES. Foreign. Schools and Oolleges—Page B-4. PART TWO—10 PAGES. D. A. R. Activities—Page 5. Serial Story, “Manhattan Night"— PART THREE—12 PAGES. Soclety Section. Amusement Section—Theater, and Radio. Aviation—Page 5. Marine Corps Notes—Page 5. Gold Star Mothers—Page 6. American Legion—Page 6. Army and Navy News—Page 7. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 8. Page 8. Spanish War Veterans—Page 8. At Community Centers—Page 8. Radio—Page 9. W. C. T. U.—Page 10, Y. W. C. A—Page 10. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Fh‘llnflll News and Class! The Home Gardener—Page 12. District National Guard—Page 12. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. In the Music World—Page 19. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 20. Reviews of the New Books—Page 21. Cross-word Puzzie—Page 232. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—$ PAGES. Board : R. Keen Ryan and Thomas ring interest with the testimony of flery Rev. Whitmever and the young, soft-spoken Father Welr, a member of the Franciscan Order, was a detailed explanation of the circumstances which accompanied the death of Joseph Coak- | District of Columbia Naval Reserve— E WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION SUNDAY MAY RETIRE POLIGE AT 64 UNDER PLAN | PROPOSEDFORD.C. Suggestion of Gen. Croshy Would Also Apply to Fire Department. 23 MEN TO BE AFFECTED IF NEW RULING IS APPLIED Present Retirement Law Provides Members Can Quit at 60 After 25 Years' Service. Automatic retirement from service of all members of the police and fire departments upon reaching the age of 64, is contemplated in a plan under consideration by District officials. The proposal is designed to increase the efficiency of these two departments through the replacement of the veter- ans with younger men. The plan will be put into effect July 1, if approved by the Commissioners. ‘There are approximately 20 members of the police force who have passed the age of 64, still on active duty, who; would be immediately affected by the retirement plan. Four of them are un- derstood to be captains. Proposed By Crosby. The fire dej ent would not bej so drastically hit. There are only three | firemen, it was , who are over 64 vears of age, and none is among the higher ranking officers. ‘The automatic retirement pfan, it is understood, was conceived several weeks ago by Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, commissioner in charge of the police and fire departments. He is known to have discussed it with Maj. Henry G.! Pratt, superintendent of police; Fire Chief George S. Watson. and Corpora- tion Counsel William W. Bride. MaJ. Pratt and Fire Chief Watson are said to have favored the plan. It has not,, .however, been formally submitted to the Board of Commissioners for their consideration. ‘The sudden death several months ago of two veteran police officers while patrolling their beats is sald to have given Gen. Crosby the idea for auto- matically retiring policemen and fire- men when they reach the age of 64. Both of these officers were over 64. Many Carried On. Members of the Police and Pire De- g:rtmmu, under existing law, may now retired at the age of 60, providing they have had 25 years of service. past many men past this age and eligible for retirement have been continued on active duty as long as thelr physical condition met the re- quired standards of the demnmenu As a result both the Police and Fire Departments carried on their rolls a number of men, who because of their| advanced age, were not regarded efficient as the younger men in the| service. Under the new retirement plan there would be no man in either the Police or Fire Departments over 64, irrespective of his physical condition. Maj. Pratt and Fire Chief Watson are sald to look with favor upon the wud MORNING, MARCH 22 22, 1931 -112 PAGES. x ME “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by National 5000 to start immediate delivery. eans Associated Press. FIVE CENTS ‘TEN CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS| ELSEWHERE MACHADG CUARDED AS WOMAN TELLS OF TERRORST PLOT Additional Troops Placed in Havana—President’s As- sassination Feared. WATER AND LIGHTS TO BE CUT OFF, OFFICIALS HEAR | | Bt 5 AR P | Report Says Reign of Bloodshed Is to Be Climaxed by Murders. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, March 21.—The Cuban government today threw additional troops into Havana and made prepar- ations to guard against violence during the next few days. A woman, who claimed to be the wife of one of three men chosen to assas- sinate President Machado, Clemente Vazquez Bello, president of the Senate, and Gen. Alberto Herrera, chief of staff of the army, was the informant TEN LASHES, "WITHOUT BLOOD,’ PRESCRIBED FOR WIFE-BEATER Pleas of Friends for Changed Sentence Un- availing—Maryland Anti-Whipping Law to Be Introduced. on whose suggestion extra preca were taken. o i riems Tells of Terror Plot. The woman, whose identity was not revealed, came to a friend of President Machado with a startling story of “72 g::‘: o{ terror” whll:lh she said were to lomorrow mi ht and wg‘d;hnud.ly. g i e city was to be cut off from elec- tric lights and water to make the trouble more complete, the woman sald, confusion was to reign, blood was to be shed and destruction was to be caused on every side. During the terrorism, the assassination of the three officials MAN HAILING AUTO BELIEVED RUNOVER Woman Says Her Car Struck plan because they believe it will in- crease the efficiency of their respective departments, and at the same time pave | the way for a larger number of new | and younger men to join their forces | each year, BODY OF KEEPER ORDERED EXHUMED Additional Agents Act in Effort to Solve Holland Bar Mystery. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., March 21.—Two additional Department of Justice agents were sent today to Crisfield, Md., to try to solve the mystery of the death of Ulman Owens, keeper of the lonely Hol- land Bar Lighthouse, in Chesapeake Bay. Owen's body was found Sunday in the living quarters of the lighthouse after residents of nearby sections re- ported that the light had not burned for two nights. The room was in dis- order and blood stains were found, but a coroner returned a verdict of death from accidental causes. A heart attack was given as the cause of death. ‘The decision to send two more agents, al iced by District Attorney Simon E. Sobeloff, followed the return here yesterday of two agents who made an investigation and ordered Owen's body exhumed for & post mortem exam- ination. ‘These two operatives told the district attorney they were disinclined to accept a theory of foul ;hy advanced by Owen's relatives and friends, however. they were told, knew much of | tivities of rum runners in the bay and nearby Tangier Sound, and his life had been threatened. ‘The Holland Bar Lighthouse is 12 miles from the mainland and 30 miles | from Crisfield. 'A report from the gost- | mortem examination is expected inj about ten days. BYRD’S POLAR VESSEL TO COME TO CAPITAL City of New York Will Be on Ex- hibition Here Throughout Month of April. Rear Admiral Richard E. d’s_his- taric polar ship, the City of be on exhibition in Washington ified Adver- Wi over the country. City of New York will be t of M street in the Channel. school By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md, March Despite the pleas ‘of friends and rela- tives, Joseph Kawalski, convicted of beating his il wife, is to suffer 10 lashes here probably next week, it was indicated today. Judge Eugene O'Dunne, who sen- tenced Kawalski, agreed to suspend an additional sentence of 30 days and recommended that the lashing shall not be “unreasonably severe,” but he refused to change the penalty other- vise. wise. A move to appeal to Gov. Albert C.| Ritchie has been abandoned. Priends of Kawalski who interceded with Judge O'Dunne in his behalf, said today. Kawalski will be the third person to In|be lashed in Maryland in 11 years. Wife beating s the only offense for which the penalty is provided. Ka- walski is the second man to be sen- tenced to the whipping post by Judge O'Dunne in five years. 21.——’ In & letter to Sheriff Joseph C. Deegan, who is required by the 1888 statute to carry out the sentence, | Judge O'Dunne recommended that the | whipping be done if possible “without drawing blood, which gives it a touch of brutality.” No date has been set for the whip- ping, but Warden Harry Martin of the City Jail has requested the sheriff that he be given 24 hours’ advance notice of the time so he can make prepara- tions, such as installing the post and | arranging for witnesses. Judge O'Dunne suggested in his let- ter that Kawalski be allowed to re- ‘mlln in jail for five days after the lashing “to cool down” if he so desires. In removing the jail sentence, he the condition that Kawalski be recon- | ciled with his wife and family and as- | sume the duties “of head of the fai | ily in a manner becoming that station. | A bill to outlaw’y whipping post in Maryland will be introduced in the | Legislature next week, it was said. LT. COMDR. WINSHIP COMMITS SUICIDE Army Judge Advocate Gen- eral’s Brother Takes Life in San Francisco. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 21 (#).— Lieut. Comdr. Emory Winship, 59, U. 8. N. retired, San Francisco capital- ist and member of a prominent Ameri- can family, shot and killed himself to- day, presumably to avoid meeting his estranged 30-year-old wife. At the moment of the suicide Mrs. Winship was entering the couple’s fash- ionable apartment that she might col- lect and take away a few personal be- | longings. ‘The Navy officer, retired a quarter- century ago for disability, was a brother of Maj. Gen. Blanton Winship, Army judge advocate general. Mrs. Winship, until their marriage in 1928, was Miss Dorothy Lamar Blount, of Macon, Ga. She collapsed when told her husband was dead. They have a year-old son and separated a week ago. ¥ ‘Winship’s first wife, Katherine Dillon Winship, left him millions when she died in Macon in 1920, and he was owner of & number of downtown build- ings here. Two children by his first wife, Henry Dillon Winship and Miss Katherin Winship, are in the East. Miss Winship is at Bryn Mawr and her brother in Macon. Winship left no note, and authorities believed gz had committed suicide on the spur of the moment. The single shot fired was heard by Winship's col- ored valet, who found the former offi- cer lying on the bath room floor. T. M. BALDWIN RESIGNS Thomas M. Baldwin, jr., District su- perintendent of insurance, resigned yesterday, effective April 28, to accept a position with an insurance concern. Mr. Baldwin, who joined the District service as a deputy and examiner in the insurance department on July 25, 1922, was promoted to superintendent of the department on March 29, 1924, and has served as such since. His resignation was accepted by the Commissioners, but no successor has yet been named. The Lost Battalion Holds It's Ground Until the Germans Are Driven from the Argonne Read Pershing's Account of the Clos- ing Days of the War This Week in | The Evening Star ||| Grace Giniland, 21, and_wounded CLARTY F ISUES “ASKED BY RASKDB Democratic Chief Calls on Parties to Define Social and Economic Policies. By the Associated,Pre BALTIMORE, Md., March 21.—John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic National -Committee, tonight called on | bcth majfor political parties to state | their stand on economic and social questions prior to the 1932 presidential campaign “in language a l4-year-old child could understand.” Mr. Raskob made his declaration in an address at the annual dinner of the | Southern Maryland _Society. during | which he castigated Federal and other police for “unwarranted” searches of private parties under the Volstead law. Hits Warrantless Searches. In this connection he said he was “shamed into mortification” when his | party was searched by Federal officials while he was returning from a trip to Nassau. He described such r.arches without warrants as “indecent.” “I cannot belleve American soclety has sunk to such a level to tolerate that sort of thing without piotest,” he de- clared. This condition, Mr. I'askob sald, was an outgrowth of the eighteenth amend- ment and Volstead act, and added that suspicion and distrust would continue | as long as officials are permitted to “search without question.” ‘The Democratic chairman said the people of the Nation would be given an opportunity to say whether they want a continuance of .the eighteenth amendment and Volstead act, or whether they wanted a change. Honest drys who have the courage of their convictions and who insist that popular sentiment is on the side of continuance, should have no hesitancy in glving such an opportunity, he added, unless they are hypocritical. Lewis Pleads for Parity. Sir Willmott Harsant Lewis, Wash- ington correspondent of the London Times, also a speaker at the dinner, de- clared that England stood as the great- est force for peace and called on the United States to assume parity and re- sponsibility with that nation’ in ing world peace. The success of the 1932 Geneva con- ference, the recently knighted news- paper man said, depended largely on this Nation accepting some part of the bility. ~ But, he declared, if America continued to remain aloof, England was prepared to carry on. YOUTH WOUNDS 2 GIRLS " AT HIGH SCHOOL PARTY By_the Associated Press. Tenn., March 21— years old, was held It he shot and critically wounded Miss w Vi ia Morrow, 24, of Dallas, Tex., at a hi hll:hlvlgll’tlhml&llmld ht. Sheriff W. W. Rcberts said Chlnl‘twood and Miss Gilliland were former sweet- hearts, and he believd jealousy was the cause of the shooting. M w‘uflrs::mwm-hawukedmm-m o s held Jittle hope for re- e S, Morrow is & co-ed at the Univer of ‘Knoxville, {ngston, Tenn. today on |Sa8% iss Morrow | I Accoster, Thought Bandit, in Rock Creek Park. | When two colored men she believed | to be bandjts stepped before an auto- mobile driven by Mrs. Grace Sweeney, | 5338 Thirty-second street, in Rock | Creek Park yesterday, and ordered her to stop, she stepped on the gas, knocked one of them down, ran over him and | sped away, she reported to police last | night. | | ney, an attorney in the State Depart- ment, said sh: was driving slowly along Broad Branch road in the park when the two men stepped in front of her machine. One of them held up his | hand and she slowed down, thinking he was seeking information of some kind. As she slowed down, Mrs. Sweeney said, nB‘:npm’m who had signalled yelled “It flashed through my mind,” she continued, “that I was being held up. I didn't know exactly what to do, but jammed down the accelerator and brushed the man down. I felt one of the front wheels of the machine pass over his body, and as I sped away looked in the rear vision mirror and saw his companion stoop to pick him up Mrs. Sweeney drove to her home and told her husband of the incident. He reported it to the park police, and they in turn.made a report to the teenth precinct police station. Police began a check of local hospitals in an effort to learn whether or not a colored man answering the description of the man struck by Mrs. Sweeney's automobile had applied for treatment. Mrs. Sweeney said ‘she felt sure she could identify the man. FOUR HURT AS AUTO KILLS TWO HORSES Girl’ Expected to Die After Ma- * chine Strikes Wagon on Highway. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. Mrs. Sweeney, wife of Paul A. Swee- | any was to take place, the men who were - to perpetrate them being ed to the task under pain of death, she said. Machado Takes No Chances. Although numerous ‘“‘cranks” “have come to the government with similar stories of plotted violence and blood- shed, and all Imve invariably failed materialize, President Machado felt it wise to take no chances. There have been several disturbances recently, to- lc’;:hgr with an attempt or two upen his Machine-gun squads were barracked on busy prado and extra 'l}l.l:ced at strategic points throughout capital and its suburbs, ready for they had been led on another false alarm or whether there had been real cause for At Guira de Melens, ¢ Governor of Havana President Menocal, charge of sedition. DENY CUBAN CRUELTY. Officials Declare Political Prisonefs Are Being Well Treated. NUEVA GERONA, ISLE OF PINES, March 21 P —Sixty-three men aad boys, described by the Cuban govern- ment as the most dangerous prisoners "in the principal f Havana, have been accorded privileges since their transfer to the ancient prison of the island last week, but their ‘opposition-to the Ma- chado regime has not , Most of them are students and sev- eral are professional men. They range in age from 15 to 38. Officials, denying the prisoners’ charges of mistreatment, sald they were permitted to fraternize, ‘were not obliged to wear prison elmm.n= and were spared menial tasks usually: fall to prisoners. Books are supplied, there are radio sets and visi- tors are admitted on Sundays. Some of the prisoners complained to the Associated Press correspondent of poor fqod, overcrowding and bad sani- tation, but they agreed their jailors were “mild.” Some sald they believed their lives in danger and others lieved some of the political arrested in recent weeks had put to death. An army lieutenant detailed to the group . said complaints regarding the food were unwarranted, adding that ners were permitted to receive delicacies from friends and those who Co;l'l"d afford it might send out for meals. ers ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 21.—Four persons were injured tonight when an automobile struck a horse-drawn wagon on the Franconia road in Fairfax County, & short distance southwest of this city. Those hurt were Flora Dyer, 16; her mother, Mrs. Thomas Dyer, 43; Miss Mary Barrington, 20, and Frank Tol- bert, 22, all of Fairfax County. Miss Dyer suffered a fractured skull and is not expected to live. An opera- tion was resorted to at the Alexand: hospital in an’ effort to save her life, but physicians expressed little hope for her recovery. Mrs. Dyer received back injuries and severe lacerations. She is a patient at the same hospital. Frank Tolbert, driver of the automobile, and Miss Barrington received cuts and bruises. After treatment they were able to leave the hospital. Two .horses which were drawing the wagon were killed. The wagon is sald by Alexandria police to have been driven by Ephriam Brown, colored, of Spring- field, Va., and is said to have been un- lighted. Detective Sergt. Edgar Sims and of- ficer A. W. Mills of Fairfax County, in- vestigated the accident. . STATE DRY AGENT SHOT West Virginian Wounded in Raid on Drink Place—Owner Held. CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 21 (#). —W. C. Smith, 42 years old, a State Erchlhmon agent, was in a Charleston ospital today suffering from & bullet wound received in a raid near Fayette- ville Jast night. Clem Lyne, proprietor of a small refreshment stand near Fay- etteville, was under arrest and officers said he would be charged with shoot- ing with intent to kill. Magistrate R. E. Kelly of Oak Hill, who issued a warrant on which prohi- bition officers raided Lyne’s place, said Lyne admitted the shooting. SRR o B Seaboard Claims Date Extended. NORFOLK, Va., March 31 (#).—Time for filing claims against the Seaboard Alr Line Railway, now in hands of re- ceivers, was extended one month—until April 23—by Federal Judge Luther B. Way today. The railway into receivzrshg December 23 and the dead- line for filing claims was set at that time for March 23. Flight With By the Associated Press. them anti-toxin from Fairbanks re- ceived & sore throat from his vocal ac- tivities. Pilot Joe Crossen, who flew the 540 Fairbanks to Barrow in 5 CROSSON’S THROAT SORE TELLING NEWS TO DIPHTHERIA STRICKEN Point Barrow Residents Keep Pilot Up All Night After Anti-Toxin. July, .i:d navigation in- the Arctic for only a month, so n , | Barrowites welcomed Crosson, not alon for the medical aid he brought, b :!]‘m(ormemnmloodhlm em. . ut