Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1931, Page 1

Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 No. 31,739 VIRGIN ISLANDERS GREET PRESIDENT WITH ENTHUSIASM Hoover Receives Petitions and Memorials From Peo- ple in Council Chamber. CHILDREN HOLD PARADE TO HONOR EXECUTIVE V. 8. 8. Arizona Sails at 4 0’Clock This Afternoon for Home—Party b Due Back Monday. i By the Associated Press. ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands, March 25.—President Hoover came ashore 6n -the Virgin Islands this morning through a line of hoats decorated with flowers and flags to receive-an ovation from & large crowd gathered on the docks. Going immediately to the Governor’ house, he entered the reviewing stand to watch a colorful and interesting parade. As the President stepped ashore he was greeted by Leroy Nolte, chairman of the Colonial Council, who said: gives me intense joy as & son of the Entered as second class matter post office, "Washington, D. C. D. Spinster Admits Poisoning Baby to Cut Use of Milk Woman Assumes Blame After One Child Dies and Other Is Il By the Assoclated Press. HARRISONVILLE, Mo., March 25.— Martha Kennedy, middle aged, married farm woman, today confessed causing the death of 21-months-old ‘Winfred York by placing poison in milk supplied to the children of her farm tenants, Mr, and Mrs. Elmer York. “I wanted to make them sick so they wouldn't drink so much milk,” Miss Kennedy said. She pleaded guilty to a murder charge at her arraignment &dnm lbound over to the Circuit urt. Miss Kennedy and her two bachelor brothers, Alexander and William Ken- nedy, were placed under arrest yesterday in connection with the death of the infant whose life ended in convulsions 30 minutes after drinking milk from the Kennedy dairy. ‘The child’s brother Donald tasted the milk and became ill. 3 Mr. and Mrs. York, South mountaineers, tenants on the 200-acre farm of the Kennedys, were arrested Sunday in connection with the infant's death. Mrs. York ds 19 years of age, an .expectant mother. The charges against them are expected to be dropped. HENDERSON WARNS BERLIN AND VIENNA Tells of Apprehensions Felt by Other Nations Toward Customs Union. PARIS, March 25.—Foreign Secretary paade. | Arthur Hendefson of Great Britain in- number | formed Foreign Minister Briand of ‘independence. MARTIAL LAW QUIETS LIMA AFTER REVOLT Court-Martial Probes Guilt of In- fantry BRegiment Quelled A by Cannon. By the Associated Press. LIMA, Peru, March 25.—Martial law continued to prevail in revolt-torn Lima today following the bloodshed Monday night when the cannons of the Sama- nez Ocampo government troops swept the barracks of the 5th Regiment of | Infantry, which had rcbelled. | A summary court-martial was grind- ing away in an effort to establish guilt for -the rebellion. It was' announced t quick jubtice would be meted out|_ ty. The cdurt-martial tely by the cab- THREE DIE NEAR CHICAGO AS TRAIN CRUSHES AUTO Father and’ Two Children Killed and Son Critically Injured ut i R g il E§E They prof ite conceivably may oy qui scribed as a 'mmur’%nlw of made while Briand is dealing i words i Negotiations Suspended. Official French quarters sald that their government might decide to de- nounce the Prench commercial treaty and abstain in the future aid to Germany and Jn via 3 who have been seeking favorable re- vision of expired trade treaties. It was, understood in London that Hungary is the only one of the four favoring entrance into the projected union. Responsible observers at Rome said today that Italy, in view of the possi- bility of jolning in the union, hastened its study of the text of the accord. ‘The opinion was that it (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) — " Crew Picked Up at Sea. FUNCHAL, Madeira, Masch 25 (). — French steamer Ve steamer Ruta Odessa, which was sbandoned southwest of the Madeira ¥ The abandoned vessel was bound for timore. he WASHINGTON, D. C, TANANY, RE 1P, WL FIGHT PROBE OFWALKERREGIE Mayor to Hurry Béck for In- quiry Ordered by State Legislature. GOVERNOR STILL AWAITS ANSWER TO CHARGES Asserts Corruption System in New York City Is “Beyond Control.” La Guardia By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 25—Tammany made plans to meet the attack launched in Albany by the Legislatur's decision to investigate the city's official life. Mayor Walker is to- leave Palm Springs, Calif., Sunday and return home five days before he planned. Gov. Roogevelt is expected to regard the charges of the City Affairs Committee against the mayor as independent of the impending legislative inquiry. Fhe Governor still is awaiting the mayor's answer to the charges. Samuel Untermyer, counsel for Dis- trict Attorney Thomas C. T, Crain in the Governor's investigation of Crain’s S alker In a sebcis Just Bight. belors a :hc League for Political Education. There were laughter and boos. He ar- to be held breakdown in prohibition enforcement. La Guardia Hits System. tative Plorella H. La Guardia declared ashington investigation would “unearth a 80 corrupt as to be beyond control and curbing of any one city official, even if he wanted to break it.” Untermyer and Max D. Steuer are mentioned as likely possibilities on committee of attorneys to guide Tam- has & plan for a board of office holders who may tuate & ] mdmmemn.wwevm had th: injunction of the WRIT DISSOLUTION ASKED BY MWLEAN &%i.f N Publisher Declares Mexican Di- vorce Suit Is Not Effort to Evade Alimony. tyi\m. he tells the court, has nothing to do with the question of all- mony to his wife and cl 3 ‘WITH gunn MORNING EDITION STIMSON TO BREAK | SILENCE ON PACTS Secretary of State Will Dis- cuss Naval Agreements Saturday Night. “The completion of the work of the Naval ™ Conferences” will be the sub- Will Discuss Pacts BY OKYGEN PUNP s |Fire Rescue Squad Works Hours to Force Air Into Lungs. 51‘5 Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., March 25— nage | OXV8en Was still being administered this afternoon in a desperate effort to by | save the life of 15-year-old George Crompton, son of Lieut. R. D. Cromp- ton, of No. 24 Engine Company of the District ‘Fire Department, who is’ suf~ fering from a severe attack ‘of pneu- ot | monia. armament QGeneva in 1932, at Jeast. A conference the British are expected to further intowthe matter of naval tion with France and Italy. Senator Morrow of New Jersey, who ‘was a member of the American ldren, in proof | be ed 8 certi- ', Italy and Great Britain, but that they will merely give their ap- his | proval. Be Mexico to have the s0 far as it had power, ratify and con- firm the decree of the local tribunal. The Mexican suit, he contends, was not in defiance of the local court, or an attempt to interfere with the admin- istration of justice or to «While he was born in gton resided in the District of Columbia, cLean says, within the meaning and contemplati of the laws of the City of Cuernavaca, State of Morelos, Mex- ico, covering divorce actions, he @ legal right which bave been halted by wurt,& for the publisher, will ask the court for a hearing on the application = ction in the h":w‘ n the court to deny the I&p;l- cation and to dissolve the present porary injunction. Three Baby Bodies Found. CHICAGO, March 25 (). —Discovery of the bodles of three infants in a ditch near a Northwest Side highway inter- section started a coroner’s search today for the operators of a suspected clinic. $5,900 SWEEPSTAKES TICKET : ) LOST BY LABORER AND WIFE Baltimore Couple Hunt Frantically for. Stub ‘Which Drew Consolation Award in Dublin. the Assoclated Press. March 25. = Pejer | dispatc] Guards at Prison Continue ments now reacl g:em and the effect world. JOLIET UNREST PERSISTS Close Surveillance of Men. JOLIET, Ill, March 25 (#).—An air bad | of unrest still hung over the two State to institute the divorce | prisos re today as authorities pre- inquest into ns hes pared “to_hold an death of RAymond Barney, colored con- cfiz they ‘n:; kept and thus force guards fo release them 80 that they might run-riot in the yards again, State highway police continued to patrol the prison grounds. Ten Colored l;z'lsoneu Escape. LILLINGTON, N. C., 25 UP).— Ten colored prisoners ‘window bars, knotted blankets into ropes and escaped early today from the second floor of the Harnett County jall here. One, was serving & short sentence for smhda emeanor and the others were held for trial ‘on minor charges. L T Z LTI T L LA LA L T TL T Wilson cives Pershing N His Terms for an Armistice The District Rescue Squad, No. 2, was summoned to the Crompton home in Bilver Spring yesterday afternoon about 3'o'clocic and commenced foreing oxygen | into the boy's jungs. This continued until 9 o’clock last night when the fire- e | Men suspended their efforts on advice of the attending physician and s by until 3 o'clock this morning w] it ::: thought to be safe for them to e, This morning about 6 o'clock, how- ever, the congestion in the boy’s lungs Wi o kmedmm fi rep) suj of the life-giving gas. - SLAIN COUPLE DEAD IN HOTEL TWO DAYS Detroit Police Believe J. C. Ken- nedy of Toledo Killed Wife and Committed Suicide. By.the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 25.—A man and & ‘woman, registered as Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kennedy of Toledo were found shot to death in their rcom at the Grant Hotel at 2031 John R. street today. tative of the coroner’s of- had slain the woman and then taken his own life. WOLVES: MENACE MEN Hungry' Animdls Invade. Frontier | ot ‘Ontario for Food. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1931—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. s*% SWEEPING POLICE CHANGES PLANNED Shelby Duties to Be Broad- ened; Inspector for Each of 3 Territories. Plans for extensive changes in per- sonnel of the administration of the Police Department, and for a few changes in methods of administration fidently expected that mest of them will *° psst, Bupt. Wiliam 8, Shelby 1s to be shifted from command of the Detective Bureau to an 1 Hie the ¢ (Continued on Page 2, Column & *|CAMDEN CRASH JAILS 3 BALTIMORE WOMEN Auto Driver Given 90-Day Term and Companions Are Held in Default of Fines. after led with another car on King’s Highway e L was com- oy for 90 days in default of ree gave bruises. | as Henry Carter, John Mann ‘:Boobld. n fine, and Mrs. Mason, 32, West Monument street, 45 . del for to New Jersey. bening Stwe. every P Means Associated Declares Charge Recent Boost Has Caused Revenue - Loss Is Not Justified. ZONE RATE SUGGESTION’S VALUE IS MINIMIZED Laid to Utilities Commission in Stinging Reply. ‘The Public Utilities Commission’s sug- gestion that street car companies eon- sider a reduction:in fares in order to stimulate business and that the ecom- panies reconsider the merger proposal, met with & stinging reply today in & statement issued by the Capital Trac- tion Co._ Declaring there is no justification for any suggestion, that the increased fare has caused loss in revenue of the com- pany in favor of street car companies and blamed the commission for defeating the proposed merger in Congress, Student Loss Held $2,000 Weekly. ‘The also declared that un- dnm%fim&mll shal (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) $1,000,000 BREWERY PROPERTY IS SEIZED Three Men Held in Raid on Al- leged Capone Beer Plant in Chicago Suburb. and truck was a 2,500-gallon tank. The their names and Steve Reds Storm Ministry. PARIS, March 25 .—The ministry of and several win~ mmmmnurmmc ANDY FIVE OTHER FELLOWS ON AIR, BUT AMOS IS EIGHT AND A WOMAN Post Office Department Ends Long Controversy as to Versatility of Two Broadcast Artists. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s cairier system covers tion i3 delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,443 regular edi- printed. Press. TWO CENTS. Downtown Area Affected by Decision Becoming, Effec- tive by July 1. OLD LEFT-HAND TURNS DUE TO BE RESTORED N 5 § & g!’& § 35 ; §§i§ i} LE 4 gsa i ik I i b2 ; H i i i 'y | E E f i ‘ i gf i f i z gk gi ! ] 2 5 E iy i & F i il iefli ) k4 i1 ;El ¢ 7 e gits 3::5? 4 i 2 : i i i B § i g L g 3 1 i § | HH g 1 i it Hit g > i £ o EsEif ’§§§5§ _ 'EE?EE Ea&éefi 1] EED