Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U, B Weather Bureau Porecast.) colder today; tomorrow, fair cold. No. 1,358—No. - 31,743. 12 DEAD, 4 MISSING, MANY STRICKEN AS BLIZZARD SWEEPS . BIG WESTERN AREA 5 Children Lose Lives When 23 Are Stranded in School Bus 36 Hours, 15 of Others Suffer Pneumonia. DRIVER EXPIRES IN VAIN EFFORT TO GET HELP Hundreds of Cattle Found Standing Frozen to Death in Huge Drifts. Teacher and 20 Pupils Marooned Two Days and Night in School House at Horace, Kans. By the Associated Press. A tragic story of death, suf- fering and widespread damage began its revelation today in the wake of the blinding bliz- zards which have swept the Rocky Mountain and Plains States. Twelve were dead, including five children found frozen to death in a stalled school bus near Towner, Col. Four persons were missing, sbelieved to have perished. » Scores were in a serious condi- tion from frostbite and ex- posure. Stockmen found hundreds of Untiedt, 8, and , 1. Mary was the daughter of the bus driver. = ‘The children undergoing treatment at Lamar are Blanche swubrntenr, 13; John Doll, driving & school bus from heridan Lake, several miles east of ‘Towner, was caught in the storm with four children, but he turned about and managed to reach a farm house, al- though his hands and face were frozen. ‘The blizzard mi the teacher and 20 students in'the school house at Horace, Kans., for two days and a night. ‘The other dead included Levi Doty, 58, sheepherder near Riverton, Wyo.; Pred Snydef, 44, who died in a tourist cabin at Kit Carson, Colo.; Miss Fern ‘Terrill, 72, frozen in & one-room shack Cheyenne Wells, Colo.; an uni- bal, Mo.; 8. E. 8. of Mankato, Minn., who perished after his ear was wrecked in the blinding storm. Near Max, Nebr., a hundred searchers were trying to find Boyd Edwards. 7, (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. 40, at 8 pm. 6 am. yes- ‘Entered as second class matter post office, Washingt D. C. DAILY EVENING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, LT. PICKETT DENIED RIGHT TO REMOVE BODY OF HERO Custodians Threaten to Lock Cemetery Gates if Grandson Persists. LEGAL ACTION SEEN Descendant Now Wants to BuryGeneral and Widow at Arlington. Two huge locks that guard the gates of Gettysburg Hill, 4t Richmond, Va., the last resting place of Gen. George E. Picket$ and his men, will remain locked to Lieut. George E. Pickett, 3d, if he persists in his announced intention of removing the remains of his grand- father, the famed Civil War general, from Hollywood Cemetery in the Vir- ginia capital. ‘There will be no disinterment of Gen. Pickett, if Jegal means can prevent it, Mrs, J. F. Bauer, president of the Holly- wood Ladies Memorial tion, tl Richmond organization which has juris- he | Pickett would remove the , 4 LIEUT GEORGE E. PICKET, 3d. diction over Gettysburg Hill and Gen. Pickett's grave, declared last night in Richmond. Her assertion came on the heels of the earlier announcement that Lieut. Temains to (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) SHIP'S WRECKAGE BEARS OUT $ 0§ Debris Found in Center of Oily Patch After Supposed Fake Call Is Sent. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 28.—Wreckage mysterious S O S messages they earlier thought to be & rum runner’s fake. Just as Coast Guards had decided that their mission of “rescue” was due to be & blind so that a cargo of liquor la L. o operator failed to give the name of his ship. This, and the Radio Grows Faint. Capt. ip Lauriat, chief of staff at Guard headquarters here, at one time was convinced the service had been outbound from New York. ‘When the first call came the Pan- America was about 25 miles from the position given—30 miles off Barnegat. Bhe sped to the rescue, but her radio officer noticed the nearer he got to his destination the fainter were for help. When the Pan-America reached the scene she found neither ship nor wreckage. Radio has been used by rum-runners for several years on both the Jersey and Long d coasts for the purpose of directing ships at sea. Commercial stations went off the air when the dis- tress messages were received. 21 Children Survive Virginian. HONAKER, Va. March 28 (#).— Corneltus Ball, 100-year-old resident of Buchanan County, who died yesterday, ! was buried today. Twenty-one of his 29 children. survive BONUS SLIP IS BURIED WITH SON, SO MOTHER SEEKS DUPLICATE)| Poverty Prompts Request, But Colored Family Fears Evil g Spirits If Grave Is Opened. Special Dispatch to the Star. DANVILLE, Va., March 28—Waver- as 4 2 nal the World War. ’| Dr, Riedl i i § BRIAND SEES PERIL IN GERMAN TARIFF Says France. Will Not Go Down the Path of Peace Blindfolded. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 28.—Foreign Minister Aristide Briand said today that France's prompt’ action in protesting the pro- posed Austro-German ‘union and in notifying other powers to do like- &hwfidoflnnflwflumm mkhmm‘ ends. .'1:‘& maintained, "ll:"c'cver, u:m m e no sympa throug! l"’:e’l‘!d' being disapproved in Genmany Not . Blindfolded, He Says. “There remain precautions to taken. We are not going down the path to peace blindfolded, but despite dis- tments we should persevere,” & B i i g - &gi i i ; B gs i EEEE EE s'EE‘ § Eg& & DISURDER BANNED INGERMAN POLITES BYDRASTCDECREE Hindenburg Provides for Set- ting Aside Personal Liberty in Times of Crisis. SUSPENSION OF PRESS THREATENED IN UKASE Radical Organizations May Be Or- dered Disbanded—Fight Seen Against “Rowdyism.” By the Associated BERLIN, March 28.—Millions of Ger- man citizens tonight were studying in their evening newspapers one of the most far-reaching decrees ever promul- gated in the young German republic. It was “Father” Hindenburg's Ukase for squelching disorder. Those Wwho read radical papers didn't know but that this might be the last lssue of their paper for some time, for amid the drastic ns of the decree is one empowering the authorities to sup- press dailies for as long as eight con- secutive -weeks if it were found neces- sary, Radicals Face Dispersal. ‘Those who bels to such - tions as Adolf Mm’. Bmw:rm at the government's discretion while the decree is in force. Organs of the middle parties saw in the presidential decree, 48 hours after the adjourned for the Summer, an effective counter measure against “political rowdyism.” Radicals, on the hand, were excited at what Chancellor Bruening's “draconic Easter message.” See Threat to Liberty. ‘They regarded it a serious threat to press allay any !nn" b‘;‘ undue in- freedom of ting ]: decent, orderly activity is not the decree is di- against abuses. result of the decree tonight on a gh-:lnnonneeum procure explosives. mmm places outside Berlin and there were several arrests. BANK FAILURES BOOM U.S. POSTAL SAVINGS posits in New York Doubled in Short Time, Totaling $20,239,815. o By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 28.— Postals savings deposits in New York have dou- bled in the last nine months, and 25,000 ister | #dditional persons have turned to the RIEDL DEFENDS TARIFF. Former Austrian Ambassador Says Plan Is 20 Years OM. BY LOUIS LOCHNER. 1931, by the Associsted Press.) 28, Richard Germany and Austria’s leading thority on foreign trade, told the Asso- ciated Press toda Austro-German customs years old and lly was prevented by the outbreak 5 is the Austrian delegate to the International Chamber of Com- merce and a foreign trade specialist for Austrian ' . League. Credited with being its author, he is visiting here to confer with German in- dustrialists relative to the proposed trade accord. First Move in 1912, “As far back as 1912 I was requested to submit an expert report on & cus- toms union ":}1‘ g:e Amn‘k monarchy lumania 3 but_careful feclers showed of (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) psetatei i S, U. S. JUDGE STUDIES ' COUNT ON SEYMOUR By the Associated Pres LINCOLN, Nebr., March 28.—Federal Judge T. C. Munger today took under ’nlvlum’zm. Aamunnmvm M:'r‘ or again; ictor Seymour, Nebr:krlu{!ycpllbllcln leader, and George W. Norris of Alva, 8., United States Government for custody of their cash. ‘The phenomenal rise of deposits from $20,239,815 on June 30, 1930, to more than $40,000,000° this month is attrib- uted by post office authorities to bank M fod e same period, post office au- revealed, the number of de- mgzz‘ had grown from 97,167 to The Post Office Department publishes e 30, e T~ mine whether the rise in New York de- posits is a criterion. ‘The rush has come from small savers. e Government pays 2 per cent interest and deposits the funds in designated local banks on collateral security. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—26 PAGES. General News—Local, National ana Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page B-4. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. PART THREE—16 PAGES. ety Section. Marine Corps Notes—Page 10. Organized Reserves—Page 11. D. A. R. Activities—Page. 12. Army and Navy News—Page 14 At Community Centers—Page 16. PART FOUR—10 PAGES. t Section—Theater, d Radio. the Mstor W.efld—mc 4 e 5. lumbia Naval Reserve— Ecreen PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. News and Classified Gardener—] 12. Nfi.—,lnmfl. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1931-116 PAGES. * IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS STRANGE PHENOMENA OF LIFE SHOWN TO PHYSICIANS HERE ew|Medical Men View “Living” Viscera Re- moved From Cat and Hear of Rare Mental Cures. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Strange phenomena of life were shown members of the American College of Physicians in Washington hospitals yes- terday. ‘The heart and viscera removed from a kitten and kept alive for 12 hours in a glass case and a heart transplanted from one dog to another and continuing to beat for four days were shown at the town University Medical School. the utmost difficulty once her fingers are closed on it. Here also was announced for the first time what promises to be one of the most notable advances al in mcdern psychiatry—the apparent cure of catatonia, & sort of living death, whose victims may lle in a stupor for years and from which there have been few recoveries. Catatonia is one of the four types of dementia praecox. Patlents in the advanced George At_St. Elizabeth’s Hospital the phy- | Within themse! sicians saw & man who has “lai continuously for 25 years because he cannot help it, although. much of the time he has wanted to cry, and & woman who can drop & plece of ice only with to talk and communicate in any way. They refuse to eat and must be fed. They will remain in practically (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) GAS, SOLD AT §1.40, MADE FOR 33 CTS. Kephart Gathers Data in Fight to Lower Ratés in Arlington County. Statistics showing that gas sold in Arlington County, Va., as high as $1.50 a thousand cuble feet. is manufactured at & cost of 35.2 cents a thousand cublc feet. were complled at the Public Utili- ties Commission yesterday for C. I Kephart, secretary of the Arlington County Public Utilities Commission, who is directing a campaign for & re- duction in rates, Gas used in Ar] County is dis- Gas Co., a sub- 20-Cent Profit Seen. Pigures devel at the commission from the records of nieh.wuhlnmn orgetown companies show bare cost of production, including plant maintenance, is 35.2 cents. Overhead expenses, it was said, increase the cost to about 40 cents, giving the George- town company a net profit of 20 cents & thousand cubic feet on gas delivered Object to Service Charge. One of the cipal objections to the !u schedule is the $1.50 domestic rate for the first 1,000 eubic feet. It is con- tended the average consumer is nos benefited because he does not _use fl‘llem'h gas to get on the 90-cent sched- RUSSIA REFUSES T0 EAT WhEAT | | AUDITORIUM MAY lTENGENB WHEAT AND DEFIT WATING T0 GREET HOOVER ON RETURN Farm Board's Large Holdings Present Perplexing Prob- lem for Executive. . FESS AND WATSON HIT REED’S ABOLITION PLAN Republican Committee Chairman- ship and Vice Presidential Ques- tion Also Brought to Fore, BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Hoover returns to Washing- ton tonight with problems of both gov- Outstanding is the wheat situation, brought to the front by the announce- ment of the Federal Farm Board that it does not intend to buy wheat of the 1931 crop. Just what the board will with the 200,000,000 bushels of Biraine qusstion, & President will have ‘There is also BEREDBYL S 2 Huge Opera House to Make Way for Army-Navy Build- ing Project. ‘The Washington Auditorium, erected a few years ago to provide a huge opera house for the District, will be bought by the Government and razed to provide space for future development of Army and Navy bullding projects in the area west of Eighteenth street and- Consti- tution avenue, under plans disclosed yesterday. Delegate to Rome Conference m':h Takes Defiant Stand on Acreage Reduction. By the Associated Press. ROME, March 28.—Russia threw her according to present F}am. will two squares north af lew York avenue to E street, between Nineteen and Twenty-first streets, ‘Development of the War-Navy would be started first in the romen gauntlet down at the World Grain Con- afternoon. is the ference this reducing country would increase it this year and | 50 instead of giving up her policy of so- called “dum; ,” she intended to in- crease her wheat exports to pay her im. ports, which now exceed $500,000,000 year. Kissin criticized the speech of Argen- tine Ambassador Perez, made conference et;uld o i d proportion. of a sense o an . king for the larger wheat wing countries outside of Europe, “Any proposal to exclude from eco- nomic intercourse a nation occupying one-sixth of the world's surface is fore- the movement for its | elected t of Garden m%f'w contain better ties. Its cost 3 obert . I leading spirit in . Harper, & for i eonmm - o , Was ‘ashington Auditorium omrmfian and civic or- ganizations an invested in stock and bonds by wi the devel ment was financed. The auditorfum, however, did not re- (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) g e | GEN. GOMEZ, MEXICAN FLYER, AT HOPKINS|t tion as a wheat exporter that she oc- cupied before the war, Kissin pre- dicted. Canada will be unable to reduce her Sir FPerguson, mm: m.; commissioner at Lon- don, told the conference. TONY VOLPE FACES Seeks to Save One Remaining Eye, Threatened by Infec- tion. By the Associated Press. AL’ NEW FEDERAL TRIAL | i Howi e Deportation Proceedings to Be Reopened by Officials Francisco s the Mexican embassy, came to Balti- more to arrange entrance into hospital. 'Ezdthuummmumml-— the agricultural States gress had a the revolving fund $1,500,000. for the ad- ministration of the market- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) USHERS IN THEATER WALK OUT, INSPIRED BY oxk | Youths Desert Posts With Patrons to Find Own Seats Unaided. STILL BLAST HURTS 8 mantling Plant. N. J, h 38 EFFICIENCY TALK Military Precision, Leaving