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WEATHER, (U, 8 Weather Buresu Porecast.) this afternoon and tonight, prob- tomorrow; lowest tempera- ‘Temperatures—Highest, 58, pm, yesterday; lowest, 41, at 7 g shot $a day. Full report on Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 8,9 & 10-B Entered as No. * 31,742, Toe"Shee cond class matter Washington, C. at 3:30 m. to- page 7. The D. Dy m——— Coenm ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION \ TARIFF COUP STIRS EUROPE 70 DEPTHS AS FACTIONS FORM Austro-German Customs Ac- cord May Become Biggest Issue of Decade. COUNTER MOVES STUDIED | BY OFFENDED NAT!ONS Britain Plays for Time, While France Cautiously Explores Pos- sil es of Agreement. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cablé to The Stas. PARIS, France, March 28.—The pro- Jec Austro-German economic union is now regarded, not in France and Great Britain alcne, but throughout Europe, as perhaps the most important international event of the last 10 years. Only general principles are laid down | in the agreement secretly reached and sensationially announced by Germany and Austria. Completion of the union will require; it is said, at least two months’ more work. Similarly, no formal protest has yet been made by any power. .All the in- terested countries, however, have re-| quested additional information from Berlin and Vienna and have been actively exchanging views among them- Selves. Britain Seeks Delay. Great Britain, after conversations with France, has asked Germany and Austris to delay completion of the union | until the question can be examined by the Council of the League of Nations next May. Germany and Austria have replied that they see n> reason for such con- is understood repetition of its request in terms. This is the present situation. But in Teality the affair seems to be only at its beginning and bids fair to dominate European politics for some weeks $o come. Germapy and Austria declare firmly that they intend to pursue their plans . Eduard Bencs, { country or . They 3 indeed. elready to have sounded Hun- Rumania and Jugoslavia to this | But in general the Austro-German | thesis is not accepted by the other The argument of its main ad- versaries may be summarized thus: dhion is really a polit- fcal ‘economic sheep’s clothing. Its real aim is to prepare the way for the complete union of Ausiria to Ger- , ve-establishment of “Mittel-Eu- ropa” snd recommencement of the “Drang Nach Osten,” which were the major foreign policies of old imperial Germany. See Czechs Coerced. In other words, Germany, through Austria, would exiend its influence first agd then Rumania and Jugoslavia. Czechoslovakiz, surrounded, would be forced to join the Germanic bioc and the way would be oj d once more for Germany to the Adriatic and, via Bulgaria, to the Black Sea. It was precisely to prevent this that the former allies inserted in the St. Ger- main peace treaty a clause forbidding | Austria to alienate its independence. A | similar clause was inserted in the 1922 agreement wherzby Austrian reparations were reduced fo almoet nothing and| loans were granted to Ausiria under the supervision of the League of Nations. | Germany and Austria are accused of international bad manners and du- Meity because they negctisted the | (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | hanian et BATTLE RUM SLEDGES | Finnish Police Capture Contraband | After Plane Is Driven Off. HELSINGFORS, Finland, March 28 () —Rum-runners, with a caravan of 16 horse-drawn sledges. seeking to bring Jquor into dry Finland over the ice, engaged in & gun battle with an aviator in s plane today. The airman was driven off by the fusiiade of bullets, but a large force of police and customs cfficials sallied out and ' captured the caravan. Several thousand gallons of liquor were seized. BAN JOHNSON FOLLOWS E. S. BARNARD IN DEATH American League Leaders Expire in Hospital Beds 1, One Day Apart. VETERANS OF GAME First President Brought Base Ball to Present Com- manding Position. By the Associated Press. i ST. LOUIS, March 28.—Ban Johnson, | 67, former president of the Am:rlcm‘ League, who built base ball to its com-: manding position as the national | pastime, died at St. John's Hospital here at 8:10 o'clock this morning from diabetes and complications. The death of the staiwart., and at times stormy, old figure of bas: ball ended a six-year quest of health, in which Johnson went from hospital to hcspital and sanitarium to sanitarium in search of relief from his dread enemy diabetes. - 7 His final illness had kept him in a hospital bed here since last September, except for a few weeks in January when he apparently was on the road to re- covery and was able to go to Hot Springs, Ark. There he suffered a re- lapse and physicians advised amputation of a leg because of infection. He re- turned to St. Louis. Amputation was ayoided, but a blood transfusion was resorted to February 19. For a day or two after. the trans- fusion, Johnson's condition seemed im- proved, but h? and his Dhylll.lchm mn ve up hope for recovery. He was un- gnsdugm and del!drwus much of the time before the end. His death followed by 18 hours that of Ernest S. Barnard, who succeeded him as president of the American Barnard died suddenly at body will be taken to for burial. Mrs. Jennie_Johnson of Spencer, Ind S8 witow, Mrs. Jennis Johnen ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) JUSTICE BUILDING SITE TOBE CLEARED Contract Just Awarded Calls foF Razing During Aprit and May. . BAN JOHNSON. WILLEBRANDT SUIT FOR $1,000.000 OFF Says Service in Libel Case Could Not Be Obtained. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, March 28.—A $1,000,000 libsl sutt Gus O. Nations, former pro- hibition agent, filed against Mrs, Mabel and ‘May, under a contract let todsy Walker ‘Witlebfandt, former ~Assistant | by the Treasury Department to Leon | Attorney General in 1929, in connection A. Harris of . | with a series of articles she wro‘e about The ll‘i. which is to be used for The entire ar:a of all buildings hounded by Ninth and Tenth streets, Censtitutional and Pennsylvania ave- nues will be torn down during April prohibition enforcement, today was stricken from the docket in Federal | Court here for failure to prosecute. Nations said he could not proceed any further with the suit in Federal Court breause he had been unable to oblain rvice on Mrs. Willebrandt. He sald commission merchants on the Consti- o tutionel avenue side of tae block have | Sults for 820,000 demages each were already gone. | pending against her in New York and In the meantime it is expected the | Washington for allegzd injury done to 'I:nuug Demt _r;mg{;:, will pk";,cm with | him by the articles. plans put on the market the job of excavation and fourdation con- STATEMENT SURPRISE HERE. struction for the big building, so that| PR FAT the work can go forward es soon as the | old buildings are cdown, about the first | of June. ‘This will tear open a big hole in the huge Federal triangle from Pensylvania avenue to the Mall. because wreckers are already demolishing the old Center Market, which is adjacent, between Scventh and Ninth streets, Constitution and Pennsylvania avenues. Harris received the contract for clear- | ‘Justice site and was the low offering to do the job for | ‘The other bidders submitted 1, ac present prospects, as all | tenants in this lot are to be out by that date. Many of them, including all the Mrs. Willebrandt's Whereabouts No Secret, Associate Says. Surprise was expressed at the law office ‘here of Mrs. Willebrandt at the reported statement of Gus O. Nations that his million-dollar libel . suit had been withdrawn because .he could not obtain service on M ‘Willebrandt. “Everybody knows where Mrs. Wille- brandt is,” an associate stated. “Just now she 1s appearing before the Board of Tax Appeals in a law case, and her movements have been no secret during Former Dry Agent Nations g | State’s highw SGNCONTROLBL PASSES ANNAPOL HOLSE UNOPPOSED Maryland Highway Advertis- ing Measure Goes to Upper Body. EARLY REPORT EXPECTED BY SENATE COMMITTEE Delegate Lawrence P. Williams of St. Marys, Co-Author of Legisla- tion, in Chair When Adopted. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 28.—With- out a single diss2nting vote, the House of Delegates late yesterday passed and sent to the Senate the bill to place Maryland’s billboards under the super- vision cf the State Roads Commission, require the outdoor advertising com- panies to pay a $200 annual liccnse fee, ard tax eath individual sign at the rate of one-half cent a square foot a year. As was the case when the measure passed its second reading not a word of debate cr comment greeted the bill when it was announced for third read- ing and the formal roll call, which fol- lowed recorded all members present as voting in favor of the bill. St. Marys Delegate in Chair. ‘Through a coincidence, D:legate Law- rence P. Williams of St. Marys County, one of the four delegates who intro- duced the measure, literally engineered its final passage, having been called to preside a few minutes before it was reached on the calendar. It was the first time during the session that Egflk» e{n ll’nncls A. Michel relinquished the chair. The unanimous vote in favor of the bill was seen as an indication not only of the almost universal sentiment in favor of billboard restriction and regu- lation, but also of the actual need for such legislation. ¥ The passage of the bill through the House without a ripple of opposition on the floor was only accomplished, how- ever, through days and nights of work m’:‘l-he part of those who 5] the Every effort was made to insure its constitutionality before it was -intro- duced. After being printed and dis- tributed in the files of every member, the backsrs of the bill invited criticism and comment. As a result of the sug- gestions then advanced it was amended in committee in such a way that it quickly received a favorable report, which was. adopted Tuesday. Principles Not Sacrificed. Although the amendments in a measure weakened the.; of the bill they did not, in the lon _of the Delegates ing it, sacrifice the principles fht, and the bill as it now stands is to accomplish much toward the improvement of the de- rllgflhk condition of the State’s road- es. Among those who saw the bill adopted by the House yesterday was Mrs, Ed- ward H. McKeon, State chairman for billboard restriction of the Garden Clubs of Maryland. Encouraged by the favorable reception the measure has received in the lower branch, Mrs. Mc- Keon yesterday foresaw no serious oppo- sition 'in the Senate. . 1If, as is confidently expected, the bill becomes a law, Mrs. McKeon declared the Garden Club and all of the many other women's organizations in Mary- land backing the measure would insist that it be enforced. An appreciable im- provement in the appearance of the should then be complished in time for the George W‘adshxngwn Bicentennial next ycar, she said. When the bill reaches the Senate Monday, it will be referred to the Pinance Committee, headed by Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer of Prince Georges County. As two Prince Gecrges County Delegates helped introduce the bill in Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1931—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. »*» (@ Means Associated By the Associated Pre | region Thursday. | Eads. their lives. FIVE PUPILS DIE AS SNOW IMPRISONS 23 IN BUS | HOLLY, Colo., March 28.—Five children were frozen to death in & school | bus stranded in a blizzard 45 miles northeast of Lamar. Eighteen other children, occupants of the bus, were in a serious condition today. The st:rm swept the 1 Efforts were being made in Towner, Colo., today to get two airplanes from | Lamar to fly to Eads, Colo, and get the 18 who survived. Advices sald all the survivors had been gathered in one farm home near Several are believed to have contracted pneumonia and fear is held for RUM RUNNERS USE $0S 70 FOOL U. S, Search for Ship in “Distress” Called Ruse of New Jersey Ring. By the Associated Press. Laurjat, in command at Coast Guard headquarters, declared tcday the S O 8 messages that sent rescue craft racing 30 miles seaward early this morning apparently were sent by rumrunners | who wanted to draw away the ships | speedboats. The messages gave the position of the “ship” in distress to be about 30 miles off Barnegat, N. J. According to | Capt. Lauriat, the signals actually were | sent from Hoboken, N. J. This is the first time liquor import- | ers here have resorted to the 8 O 8 method of getting the Coast Guard out of the way. Guard vessels were searching the ocean off Barnegat and aplane was about to take off from pe May to help them, Capt. Lauriat received a mes- sage from the steamer Pan-America, which had picked up the distress sig- nals 10 hours earlier. ‘The Pan-America reported the radio NEW YORK, March 28.—Capt. Philip | | that guard New York against their | At 11 a.m. today, when seven Coast | Special Dispatch to The Su rangirg all the way up to| | S ot MAN BURNED TO DEATH | AS VAN AND CAR CRASH| En Route to Jail to Get Belong-| ings, Middleburg Resident Is Killed in Collision. ! MIDDLEBURG, Va., March 28.— | the past months. Why it shouid have been difficult to obtain service on her is something of a mystery, because I'm sure she hesn't been hiding.” At the United States marshal’s office it was said that on September 17 last a deputy marshal called at Mrs. Wille- | brandt’s office with a subpoena for a de- position received from the 8t. Louis | court, #nd that on finding Mrs. Wille- brandt to be out of the city the paper wes left at her office. This procedure is | usual wkere only depositions ere in- volved, it was explained. No further re- quest for service was received by the marshel from Missouri, according to the the House and the entire delegation | bearing of the “ship” was approximate- gave its active support to its passage,|ly 150 degrees. This was checked with Senator Sasscer has shown particular | the bearing reported from the Manas- interest in the measure and is expected quan Naval Radio Station—180.5 de- to have his committee return a favor- | grees—and the ship's charts showed by able report as promptly as possible. | the triangulation method that the sig- ik Wadk 16 Adt. nals must have come from Hoboken. las Week to Act. | Coast Guard officials were suspicious Should the Senate follow the example | of the S O S, but, on the chance that of the House and pass the bill without | the need might be real, the seven de- comment, it will easily avoid the danger | stroyers, power life boats and cutters of being caught in the legislative jam | at the scene were ordered to continue which marks the closing days of ‘the | their search, and at Cape May Lieut. session. The upper branch now has an | Comdr. C. C. Paulsen and Lieut. H. M. entire week to act on the bill, as the | Nelson impatiently waited for the fog current session does not end until|to rise before taking off in a seaplane. { when his auto collided head-on with | Curtis Withers, colored, 25, of Middle- | records of Chief Deputy Marshal Cal- burg, was fatally burned yesterday | lahan. Personal service was secured on Mrs. 8 dslivery van of the Pidelity & Storage | Willsbrandt on August 11, 1930, in a Co. of Washington, D. C., 1 mile east |local suit filed by Mr. Nations against of Middleburg. The gas tank in front | Mrs. Willebrandt, Current News Fea- of Withers' car exploded enveloping | tures and others, Callahan said. him in flames. | . James L. Bray, secretary of Current Withers had recently completed s | News Features, a syndicate, also was| sentence in Leesburg jail for violation |served- January 7 of this year in a| of the prchibition law and was on his | suit by Natlons, it was Jearned. Whlen e Tad et thére when the ac. MAN GETS 5 YEARS IN PAY ROLL CASE cident occurred. The van, which we ington, was on its way to Mount Jack- Sentenced After Confessing Com- son, Va. Sloan received minor injuries and was treated by a local physician The van was slightly damaged by the re. FIRE DEPARTMENT HERO FIRED FOR RESIGNI driven by George Hughes, accom- | panied by George Sloan, both of Wash- plicity in Robbing Chil- dren’s Hospital. NG FROM HIS JOB/ mitted complicity in the Children's | Hospital pay roll robbery July 31 last, | was centenced today by District Su- | Walter O. Jones, 30, who recently ad- | ™ April 6. Beside Delegate Williams, the House members who introduced the bill were Miss Lavinia Engle. Kent R. M and Oliver Metzerott. —_————— BANKER DIES BY GAS Auto Exhaust Kills Head of Firm Under Probe in Failure. INDIANAPOLIS, March 28 (#).—A viztim of carbon mcnoxide gas, J. Ed- ward Morris, 52, president of the de- funct Washingtcn Bank & Trust Co., Indianapolis, was found near death in the garage at his home, north of here yesterday and died before medical aid could be summoned. Mrs, Helen Johnson, Morris’ sister, found the banker lying on his side be- hind the automobile. The motor was nning. ‘The bank president’s death followed by a little more than 24 hours announce- ment by Herbert E. Wilson, Marion County prosecutor, that a grand jury | A | |SPANISH GENERAL PUT OFF OF COURT-MARTIAL ‘ By the Associated Press. MADRID, March 28-—Gen. Ricardo | Burtuete Lana, president of the supreme | court martial, was dismissed from that | post today because of an interview given the press yesterday in which he ex- | pressed political opinions. | In the interview he said a military | dictatorship was improbable at the | present time and thit army officers | themselves desired to avoid a dictator- | ship if at all pcssible to maintain peace | by any other method. | 'He acknowledged widespread ecriti- | cism of the sentences of six months and | one day prison assessed aga | Niceto Alcala Zamora and other Re- [puhhun leaders, commenting: “Any- how the court delivered its verdict | against Alcala according to the con- | sclence of the judges. I deny repol that outside luences affected us.” The interview caused considerable surprise, such statements from an army L. C. Kengla, Cited in Knickerbocker Theater Crash, | preme Céurt Justice Peyton Gordon to investigation would be made of the|officer in his position, being considered PRESIDENT DOFFS WHITE FOR BLUE Arizona Plows Homeward Off Georgia—Naval “Battle” Is Staged. By the Assoclated Press. U. 8. 8. ARJZONA, March 28—Over- night the President and members of the presidential party. haye changed frcm Summer whites, suitaple in the tropical climate of Porto Rico and the Virgin Lslands, to Winter blue. The Arizona, about 300 miles off the coast of Georgia today, plowed steadily northward into & northeaster, which kicked up waves over its bow and onto | the quarter deck and made rough sail- ing. Most of those aboard have been good sailors, howsver, and there has been no considerable discomfort. President Up Eafly. The President was up and about early and for the first time in a week wore a heavy overcoat as he walked about the deck. The speed of the ship has been lessened, but it is still expected to arrive at Norfolk Sunday, with the party reaching Washington before bedtime. In the midst of the rought weather last night a mimic battie was staged between the Arizona and the destroyer Dupont. The Arizona's big 14-inch guns were swung into position but were not fired. The Dupont used a red flare to mark the trail of a torpedo which probably would have sunk the Arizona. The President, at his breakfast table today, had a burlesque ship newspaper edited by the correspondents aboard. President Hoover witnessed a naval “battle” last night when the Arizona was theoretically torpedoed by the de- stroyer Dupont. The destroyer previously had Been “ghelled” by the portside guns of th President’s battleship during the man- euvers of the mimic battle. Picked by Searchlights. With lights out, the Dupont had been pickec out of the darkness by the Ari- zona’s searchlights some 6,000 yards Both ships fired signal guns by of stimulating the battle. he Arizona put over the “death blow,” thereby ending what Cn%t. Charles S. Freeman, commander of the ship, described as the first problem. ‘The destroyer then quickly turned and flanked the battleship with a red flare chowing the course of the supposed tor- With both ships hit, the battle con- tinued for 10 minutes, while Capt. Freeman explained the significance of | in. the maneuvers to President Hoover. The sea became stormy late this afternoon, waves breaking over the forecastle. The speed of the battle- ship was cut down to minimize the dis- comfort of the presidential party, but arrival in Norfolk, Va., is nof to be delayed. ANTI-DREYFUS GROUP STORMS PARIS THEATER expected | PARTY LEADERS SHY AT TAX INCREASE T0 OFFSET U. . DEFICIT %Congressional Action Seen Unlikely Due to Nearness of Presidential Election. By the Associated Press. | the Government will go d:eper into the pockets of its citizens | to meet increasing expenditures and a | prospective $700,000,000 deficit, was the subject today of discussions in the Cap- ital. tors and tions alike g in the um%n ‘was con- party would push a proposed tax increase at the next session of Congress because of the nearness of the presidential elec- Treasury to Ask Loan. tht prepared to issue on way, the Treasury | Monday $10%,000,000 in 90-day to ! nelp counterbalance the deficlt & Fay | veterans loans. | "Aligned in favor of a tax increase | were at _least three Progressive Repub- licans—Sznator Norris of Nebraska and Borah of Idaho, and Prear of Wisconsin. Senators Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, and Walsh, Democrat, Montana, asserted they were against the posal. should Nortis nd’rge believes money atice gressives generally would support a roposition in that direction. prm“ said u:.’hle qb%vemlendent ‘:'h,o't'fld t be operated on borrowed money. m’“!vzr‘;p:r,hzr governméntal unit raises its obligations by taxation,” he said yes- terday. “We must do likewise.” Reed Hits “Handouts.” But Reed said that instead of in- creasing taxes Ci ess should refuse “handouts to the soldiers and farmers. He advocated abolition of the Farm Board. “The )are;:lr:t tax rates will ,yle}l‘g enough for ordinary expenses,” uuur’ed. “If Congress will develop the courage to say no it will not need to in- e Statement was avaited from Rep A statement was - resentative La Guardia, Republican, New York, one of the House Progres- sive leaders. La Guardia and Norris have agreed on a legislative program for the next session, but the New Yorker has pot said what position he would take on a tax increase. The United Bbfilt;lsu Ch:‘mber :eta CoTt; merce opposes r tax rates. Federal Taxation Committee said “higher rates do not necessarily yield larger revenues.” SMOOT NOT ALARMED. SALT LAKE CITY, March 28 (#)— Senator Reed Smoot, Republican, of Utah, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, holds the Government will not be embarrassed by the tremendous drop in Federal income tax collections this year, nor is it necessarily an indica- tion the tax rate will be increased next year. “I am not at all surprised at the' amount of the decrease,” the dean of the .Senate said when informed last night the deficit under last year stood at $580,609,848, with neqrly all returns “When the Treasury Department esti- | mated the deficit at $350,000,000,” he said, “I publicly anounced it would be half a billion or more and I am still of that opinion.” A tax rate increase, he said, would nd entirely on business conditions t year and the problem would need to be considered until the next session of Congress. Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,556 TWO CENTS. BAN ON RODSEVELT BY TAMMANY SEE SHITH 199 CHOCE Fight to Wrest Staté Organ- ization From Governor - Reported Due. DEFENSE OF WALKER ALSO HELD PART OF AIM Senator Caraway Repeats Approval of Albany Executive if Robin- son Fails to Win, By the Assoclated Press. ALBANY, N. Y, March 28.—The Knickerbocker-Press today sald it had learned from “unimpeachable sources™ that “Tammany is ready to support for= mer Gov. Alfred E. Smith for the Dem- ocratic presidential nomination in 1932 and discard Gov. Roosevelt."” The newspaper said this was learned after the two-day conference of former Gov. Smith, John H. McCooey, Brook- lyn leader; Edward J. O'Connell, Al- bany; Joseph Murphy, Rensselaer; John J. Curry and Mayor Burns of Troy, at the home of Mr. Murphy. “The combination has agreed to to the front in detense of any lnnl'g—, gation of the tration of Mayor James J. Walker,” said the “Further, it will -«mfi from Gov. Roosevelt his on the State Democratic tion and seek its absolute cuntm?'!‘u- CARAWAY CHOICES GIVEN. For Rooscvelt If Robinson Loses Nomi- natien, Semator Says. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 28 (®). —Regardless of who the Democrats se- the farmer. Eries St n is e 3 been ths case. The present m"un which I'm glad to say I didn't has not_helped its would. The equalization ures plan apparently is will have fect.” Mr. Caraway said Senator Robinson was his choice for fi: m dential nomination and that he the had chance Representative 9"" $32,000,000 SOVIET BONDS UNCOLLECTED Holders Unaware of Maturity as Lottery Is Used to Decide Retirement of Issue. By Cable to The Star. MOSCOW, U. 8. 8. R, March 28— The holders of more than $32,000,000, computed at the legal exchange of the ruble, of matured bonds of the Soviet Union have neglected to collect them, according to a government announce- ment. Most Scviet bonds instead of maturing on stated dates are retired by means of lotteries. The uncollected millions are due to holders who have never learned that their lucky numbers had been drawn. The first drawing on the “Five Years Plan in Four” issue, totaling $500,000,- 000, will be held at Rostov-on-Don April 8. Out of 20,000,000 subscribers, 244,470 will have their bonds retired. Since 1922 the government has float- ed 18 issues of bonds, all internal and scme bearing no interest, for an amount undisclosed in the Soviet state bank statement. Under the law the holders “unemployed,” the intes that there is no_unempl Soviet Union. Those not working are either permanently unemployed, be- cause they belong to the disfranchised caste, or temporarily unemployed and liable to secure work any day. (Copyright, 1931) Spanish Pilot and Soldier Die. in, March 28 (®)— SEVILLE, Spal not | Capt. Manuel Arizo, pilot, and Antonio Duran, & soldier, were killed when their airplane crashed today in La Barqueta. SCULPTORS LAUNCH MOVE TO SAVE AMERICAN CITIES FROMDOUGHBOY serve five years in the penitentiary. failure of the bank. unallowable. By the Associated Press. Quitting to See Iil Father, Is Discharged. Private L. C. Kengla of No. 10 Truck | Co. was dismissed from the Fire De- | partment by the District Commissioners | yesterday. Kengla had been with the department 11 years. His efficiency rating was 84 | reason for the above resignation is that | prehended: cent. He had been awarded a rib- decoration in connection with his | work in the Knickerbocker Theater dis- | aster, . another ribbon dscoration for ‘meritorious work in 1924. He was given s speeial tio! Com. missioners found _unconsc from He had bren officlally thanked again the same official for his work in connec- Jones was errested F:bruary 17 in San On Pebruary 16 he wrote an official communication to the chief engineer: sign my position in the D. C. Fire De- | partment to take affect this day, Peb- | with Earl Roberts, who has been in- ruary 36, thanking you for same. The my father is seriously ill in Florida and 1 have :mml:ed him that I wculd re- sign ane ‘That is the last the records rhow of Kengla. Apperently he left for Florida. The ru'ss sre thet firemen mu:st give 's | 30 days’ notice of en intention lo re- sign. He had given no notice. He was ordered to report to the bcard of sur- geons for physical examination. . | order was returned beceuse Kengla was not found. He was charged with withdrawal from the service, disobedience of an order, failure to report for duty and failure to remain on duty. 'Somebody called his name three’ times in the hall at his trial. There was no answer. So he was | wife and two children after receiving L. C. Kengla, No. 10 truck, re- | come to him immediately.” i Diego, Calf., where he had taken his | portion of the money stolen from the | hospitel. Jones admitted to Probation Officer | Steele that he had planned the Tobbery dicted with him, but has not been aj | Jones seid he did not ze- company Roberts and a third ma | whose name he says he did not kno to the scene of the robbery, because bhad been form:rily employed in the hospital and feared he would be rezog- nized by Miss Eleanor Page, who had charge of the pay roll, and who was attacked by the two confederates as she was returning to thy hospital with & pay roll of $3,289, Jones said he was waiting in the public library, when Roberts returned and gave him $700 of the proceeds. Co!m‘:n Duckett, colordd, was tenced to five years in the penitent: for breaking into the store of Isa Rosendorf, 923 G street, February He admitted $471 worth Ty T 23. of Einstein to Reveal Opinion of America The famous German scientist, after many weeks in the United States, will tell of his impressions of America's life customs and habits, in an exclusive in- tervirw in the EDITORIAL SECTION OF The Sunday Star PARIS, March 28.—The Dreyfus flasco, which placed the stigma of treason upon a French army officer later d innocent, is still a burning ques with many Frenchmen. Last night anti-Dreyfus demonstra- tions interrupted a performance of “The Dreyfus Affair” at the Ambigu Theater by catealls and other disturbances. ‘Tear gas bs were released and th audience had to leave. Because of the disturbance and a vio- lently phrased list manifesto call- ing for dem: Fet*tre” theate et the theater and adjacent streets against disorders. ‘The t manifesto urged that and all patriots ny P as Was Case Al By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, March 28.—A move- ment to save American cities from the American doughboy was announced to- doughboy in question isn't flesh and blood. He's either in cast metal or concrete, set in the public square as a war memorial. The National ture Society, whose membership includes the Natlon’s most eminent sculptors, doesn'l momenf ro- claimed an ecopomic union with Austria, | ing whizh was a pre'ude to 12 cf Central Bur: itizel doming. Radio Programs em Page B-5 uments after the rbert Adams, former p Seek to Save Country From Becoming Laughing Stock fter Civil War. tional Sculpture Society assigned to the mkql‘;?!uawumlmm- m”#‘mfl-fa dismay that we “We our uundyv-.hl and