Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1931, Page 1

WEATH™ . (U. 8. Weather -Bures ecast.) Partly cloudy and colder tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 40 degrees. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 170, at 4:30 Paiiyesterday: lowest. 57, at 7:a.m. to- The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Full_report on page 16. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13, 1'4 &15 @b WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION ¢ Foening Star. Yesterday’s Circulation, 116,810 No. 31,749. post office, Enterea as second class matter Washington, < WASHINGTON, COURT TEST FACES | RIGHT T0 CONTROL | POWER PROJECTS: Non-Navigable Water Enter- prises Held Amenable to Federal Supervision. NEW RIVER DEVELOPMENT | IS BASIS OF D!-:cnsmui' “Major Project” License Ordered. Five States Join in Fight Against Commission. A court fight loomed today for the new Federal Power Commission, which yesterday, in a decision of viial impor- tance to the power industry of the United States, held that it was vested, with the right to assume full control | over hydroelectric developments on non-navigable waters whose flow affects navigable streams. The ruling came on the 6-year-old application of the Apbalachian Electric Power Co. for an $11,000,000 project on the New River near Radford, Pulaski County, Va., and its importance lies in the fact that the bulk of the pote.url water-power development of the country Is surrounded by the same physical cor- ditions as govern in this instance. In assuming full control over the Radford development, the Power Com- mission would have positive rights over the entire financial set-up, including fixing valuation, the recapture of e:- cess earnings and setting a 50-year limit on the leasehold. In addition, it might eventually exercise supervision over rates and issuance of securities. Vigorous Opposition Develops. ‘The Appalachian Electric, backed by five States, vigorously opposed _the exercise of such authority by the Fed- eral Government, contending that sole Federal interest in a case of this nature is in safeguarding navigation. It of- fered to accept a “minor part” license making this provision, but asserted that to apply “major” licensing provisions, such as are invoked on navigable | stream developments was unconsti- | tutional, Virginia and West Virginia inter- vened as particularly interested parties, inasmuch as the development would bc | located in the former State, and the New River flows into the Kanawha in | West Virginia, while Kentucky, T""] nessee and Arkansas came in on ac- cgunt of the principle involved. In its ruling the commission ordered the Appalachian Electric not to proceed with construction until it had obtained a “major project” license. The com- pany, however, already has spent nearly $2.000,000--0n. ry work £t the site and s mot expected to surrender | ‘12'0“1:;, a fight. gain, while the present project is 155 miles from the junction with the Kanawha, the Union Carbide Co. has gone ahead without a license and con- structed a Jarge development much (x;m.hn dcm;u«fl. and some action is prospect here, although the commis- sion ruling made no reference to this in its decision and there was no word this as to what steps would be taken in that case. The Appalachian also has a couple of smaller develop- ments upstream from Radford which ‘were put in without a license. Act Obscurely Worded. ‘The present difficulty is traceable to the admittedly obscure wording of the water power act of 1920, under which power projects are licensed. The old cabinet commission in the Coolidge administration held that while New River itself was not navi- gable, its flow could affect the Kanawha and that consequently a major license must issue. The dispute finally went to Attorney General Mitchell for a rul- ing. Admitting that the law was not clear, Mitchell said a “mincr part” | license could be issued, adding that | such construction “appears necessary | in order to avoid serious question re- Kl‘rd!nz the constitutionality of the | wct.” The Attorney General's opinion wn_sr handed down just before the new Power | Commission came into cperation as an | independent agency of the Government, | and instead of accepting it, & public hearing was ordered. Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvanta, | filed a brief in the hearing, calling for | exercise of full Pederal control at New | River, on the ground that the New River itself is navigable. The commission, in its decision, not pass on the navigability of the River. WINSHIP'S WILL GIVES WIDOW $250 MONTHLY Copy of Document Filed in Macon, Ga., Today Reveals Bequest by Naval Officer. Br the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO. April 4. —The will of Emory Winship, former naval officer, who committed sucide here. filed in Macn, Ga. tod>y. provides a $25 Iy ellowance for the widow Blount Winsh.p, it was rev in @ copy of the cocument released ere M.ss Helen Eilzab:th Thompson of Los Angeles, attractive actross, who do- cared rh> had lived with Winship a Iong time, wes not mentioned in | th testament. Two-thirds of Winship's 7 is left to b> divided equally o children by a former mar- | Emory Dillon Winship Mary Winship, who are ot The: and Krthers ia New York IP REPORTED SUNK IN CRASH WITH CUTTER Coast Guard Boat Reports Freight- er Wrecked Off Nantucket After Collision Yesterday. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 4—Coast Guard beadquarters today received a messag saying the British freighter Symor had been sunk off Nantucket in a collision | with the Coast Guard cutter Legare. | ‘The information came from the L gare Th: collision, the cutter reported, took place at 8:10 pm. yesterday. No further detatls were received, but it was assumed by Coast Guard officiais | that th> cutter had taken on the crow of the freighter and was making for its base at New London, Conn. Radio Programs i Qu i Page B-4 | President Hoover ! pressed and moved by the stories Hoover’s Guest BUS HERO INVITED TO COME TO VWHITE HOUSE. BRYAN UNTIEDT. —A. P. Photo. Bryan Untiedt, the 13-year-old boy who was the hero of the school bus tragedy at Towner, Colo., in which five of his school mates lost their lives, is to be a guest of President and Mrs. Hoover at the White House as soon as he is able to leave the hospital in Lamar, Colo., where he is now under treatment with the other survivors. In announcing this at the White House yesterday it was stated that as tremendously im garding that tragedy in_the Colorado (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) HOOVER VACATION PLANS UNSETTLED White House Fails to Confirm Report for Summer Home in Teton Mountains. Reports reaching Washington today "to the effect that a “Summer White House” is being erzcted near Brooklyn Lake, in the Teton Mountains of the Jackson Hole secticn, for the use of President Hoover on his vacation this Summer, could not be confirmed at the White House. At the same time, the White House did not say President Hoover would not go to e Jackson Hole section. ‘The announcement emphasized the fact that no authorization has been given to any ome to build a Summer White House for Mr. Hoover. More- over, it was explained the President’s plan for the Summer are entirely up in the air, and it s not expected any- thing definite will be reached for sev- eral weeks. It is understood that Mr. Hoover in- tends to go West this Summer. He is hopeful of carrying out the plans he made for last Summer, which had to be abandoned because of the drought|_ situation, which n-cessitated his re- maining in Washington. Th-se cluced visits to Yellowstone Natlonal Park, Glacier National Park. Yosemite Park and a visit to the Prosident’s home in Palo Alto, Calif. If_the President does go as far as the Pacific Coast on his ramblings this Summer, it is thought likely that h> migat return to Washington by way of the Panama Canal, ewhich place he is anxious to visit. If he took such a trip he would again use a battleship, inas much as he found this means of travel to his liking during his recent voyage to the Caribbean. MOUSE MENACES PLANE Tiny Rodent Gnaws Fabric Loose From Wing to Make Nest. RALEIGH, N. C. April 3 (P.—Add the mouse to the hazards of aviation. A large section of wing fab.ic pulled loose from his plane while Oscar Daw- son was making & flight here. He landed safely. Workmen ripped ! the wing open. found a mouse huddled in a nest of threads gnawed from the fabric. French Manufacturer Dies. PARIS, April 4 (#) —Andre Michelin, 78..a partner in the firm of automobile o | tire manufacturers, died last nigh in-! PINK7CHER\RY BUDS MAY BE OUT WONAN, VOUNDED NHILDAPOF T SHOP, NEARDEATH Cashier, 57, Finds Out Hour Later She Had Received Abdominal Wound. BANDIT IN 2D HOLD-UP KNEW OF EARLY CRIME Cafe Manager Near Scene of First Robbery Also Victimized. Pratt Offers Reward. | Shot by one of two armed bandits who !ast nizht held up and robbed the Gardsn T Shoppe. 1835 Columbia road, Mrs, Elizabeth S. Jaynes, 57-year-old | cashier, was in such a eritical condition at Garfield Hospital today that physi- cians would not permit detectives to question her about the robbery. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, this afternoon annocunced $100 reward would be paid for information leading to the arrest of the bandits who shot Mrs. Jaynes. Despite the seriousness of her wound, however, it was nearly an hour after the robbers had fled before Mrs. Jaynes realizzd she had been shot. She was | telling_her husband, W. B. Jaynes, of | the hold-up, when one of her legs sud- denly became numb while she was at her home, 1316 New Hampshire avenu’. | Jaynes summoned Dr. W. P. Reeve: Stoneleigh Apartments, Connecticut & |nue and L street, and the physician {found Mrs. Jayn's had been wounded in the abdomen. She was taken to the hospital, where Detective Sergts. H: K. Wilson and Richard J. Cox endeavored to questlgn her this morning. Prods Her With Gun. At the time Mrs. Jaynes was being examined by Dr. Reeves, a lone bandit held up E. Emmett Mullen, manager of a restaurant at 2463 Eighteenth street, a few blocks away from the tea room, and robbed him of $85 after commenting on the earlier robbery. Several customers were in the tea shop when the two robbers, both of whom | were described as being about 6 feet tall. entered last night. Masked, the bandits strode to the | cash register and ordered Mrs. Jaynes | to give them its contents. She opened the cash drawer. and one of the rob- bers, prodding her with his revolver. scooped up the money—about $90 in all | —and jammed it into his pockets. Meanwhile, stepped behind the counter and ap- dred Colt, 20 years old. 1712 Summit place. He asked Miss Colt if there was any more money in the place and she shook her head negatively. ‘Weapon Goes Off First. Suddenly, the pistol in the hands of the robber was discharged, but Mrs. Jaynes did not flinch. “Did you hit her?” the bandit stand- ing beside Miss Colt asked. “No,” his “Let's companion replied. o "®“The robbers backed slowly out, | stepped into an automobile and drove | away. A pedestrian noted the license be: number. Police were called and searched the city, but no trace of the car, described as tan with a red stripe around the oody, was found. The license plates had been stolen from a machine owned by Edward Wilson, engineer at the On- tario Apartments, Ontario road and Eighteenth street. Refused Medical Aid. The automobile used by the robbers was stolen from Leo V. Finn, 3832 Gramercy street, from a parking space at Thirteenth and Belmont streets, po- lice believe. lice reached the tea room d on Page 2, Column 3.) i e MIRONESCU CABINET | IN RUMANIA RESIGNS Nicholas Titulescu, Once Foreign Minister, Expected Back to Re-Form Government. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, April 4 — | Prime Minister George S. Mironescu | resigned this morning, with his whole | cabinet, because of parliamentary dif- ficulties. | Nicholas Titulescu, former foreign minister, is expected to be summoned from Lcndon to form a new govern- ment. WORSHIPERS WOUNDED BUDAPEST. Hungary, April 4 (#). Four worshipers were wounded last night when an escaped lunatic rushed into the largest synagogue here %nd | fired his revolver into the crowd. A | panic followed until the man was over- | powered. He said he did the shooting in order to save himself from persecution by Jews, Free Masons and lawyers, whom he holds responsible for his having been declared insane. FOR FAINT SHOWING TOMORROW Blossoms Are Expected by Wednesday, Presenting Fine Appearance by Next Sunday. While the single blossom cherry trees cround the Tida} Basin will not be in bloom tomorrow, Eester Sunday, D. E Saunders, chief of, the horticuitural jon, park division, Office of Public Bufldings and Public Parks, said today | that there may be a showing of pinkish buds for Easter, as the vanguard of the blossoms due about the middle of the coming week. The cherry blossoms should be out by Wednesday, Mr. Saunders asserted, and by a week from tomorrow they thould make a fine showing, if the weather continues favorable. The forerunner of the heavy traffic in during cherry bl-ssom | scason came t day when large numbers Potomac Park of, czrs beeen h-ating in the diection of the Tical Basin. Capt. R. C. Mont- gomery, U. S. A., superini-ndent of the United Statcs par traffic officer this morning at the busy corner at Seventeenth street and Con- stitution avenue. to keep a watchful eye on 2 > police, detailed a| The_superintendent’s aseistant, Capt. P. J. Carroll, arranged | weeks con- | we ditions tomorrow, with a large number of policemen, ps tourists are expected in force in the city and will go around the Tidel Basin to see for themselves the condition of the blooms. The proposed new method of divert- ing Virginia bound traffic at the | Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Fourteenth street so that it will proceed by a park road toward the Highway |where whole vil Bridge, leaving the corresponding por- | by the dreaded onchocercosis, i | D. SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1931 ROOSEVELT IF JOE DROPS OUT, —TWEN TY-EIGHT PAGES. *p (P Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. MANAGUA'S 60,000 REDUCED 70 15,000, ADMR. SMITH SAYS Naval Officer Gives Vivid Pic- ture of Disaster in Of- ficial Report. 1 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS UNHARMED BY QUAKE Message Says Every Building in Stricken City Must Be Re- built. 1Jf Managua’s 60.000 customary poj ulation only about 15,000 remain, ti others having been evacuated to nearbs cities or having voluntarily left, Rea Admiral Arthur St. Clair Smith, com- mander of the special service squadron, who flew to the stricken city from Corinto, has reported to the Navy De- partment. > The message, made public today by the department, gave a vivid picture of the condition of the city, after Admiral Smith had surveyed it. following his flight from Corinto, where his flagship, THRONGS TO JOIN IN EASTER SERVICES ALL OVER WORLD American Cities Pla nies— Yaqui India n Elaborate Ceremo- ns to Stage Dances. Trouble Feared in Jerusalem. By the Associated Press. Along the avenues—and in hell's kitchen—among the stalls and carts of South Halstead street—and along the babbling sidewalks of Harlem—on Pennsylvania avenue, Olive street, Mar- ket street, Euclid, Commonwealth ave- nue—in all America, Easter comes to- morrow. In Piccadilly, too, on the Venetian | canals and Unter Den Linden and in Paris, in the shadow of tenements where bread is a luxury, and in green rolling meadow lands where they feed the other robber had|milk to the dogs—Easter comes. In San Prancisco thousands will wind f stand beneath the lighted cross that tops it and greet the Easter sun. Organ | music will flow to them from below on telephone wires—and the ceremonies will be radiocast to those who greet the nniversary of the risen Christ in their | homes. Yaquis to Stage Dances. Arizona’s Yaqui Indians will dance |in paint and masques to shrill piping of flutes and the weird roll of thunder | drums, m:klnf the observation of | Easter' a week long instead of a single | day’s event. Tiny crosses of white in Indian villages will mark the via dolo- | roso Christ trod. | "Four hundred white-robed children, grouped in a Greek cross, will send their voices _ ringing __through _ Hollywood | "(Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) prosched another employe, Miss Mil- | up the foot trails of Mount Davison to TEMPLE CONTRACT GIVEN BAIRD CO. War Memorial of Danby Mar- ble to Be Reared Near Reflecting Pool. ‘The District of Columbia World War Memorial Commission has authorized the awarding of a contract for consiruc- tion of the white marble temple memo- rial in West Potomac Park, near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, to James Baird Co., it was announced to- day by Frank B. Noyes, chairman of the commission. ‘The beautiful temple, which is to serve as a memorial to those members of the military and naval forces of the United States from the District of Co- lumbia who served their country in the ‘World War, will be built of marble from the noted Danby quarty, at Danby, Vt. Only the highest quality of this stone will be used, similar to that re- quired for statuary. Construction is expected to get under way as soon as terms of the contract are completed and signed and the contrac- tor can push the work along. Mr. Baird was the low bidder. He is well known in Washington, has put up many of ‘Washington’s fine structures, including the new Internal Revenue Building. As the principal owner of several buildings here, he is known to be one of the largest taxpayers :in the National Capital. Located in Grove. The location of th- temple is in West Potomac Park, between the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial and Tidal Basin, on about the line of Nineteenth street, in a grove of tre:s. ‘Union labor will be employed by Mr. Baird in the erection of the temple, and it is understood local artisans will be used entirely, to make the memorial even more & tribute from the city of Washington to her own heroic dead. Union labor, through the Central Labor Union, has been active in raising funds to finish the financing nec:ssary to com- plete the temple, and plans to carry forward its campaign this Spring, in various ways, under direction of a me- morial executive committee, under the chairmanship of Frank W. Lec. The contract for construction of the | temple itself will have to be supple- mented by further contract costs later, ARREST OF BAKER | Wife Slayer Believed Hiding | Near City—Suicide Plan i Reports Scouted. Police predicted today they would have Albert C. Baker in jail on a charge of murder within 48 hours. Investigators indicated they had ob- tained information they were confident would lead to the wife slayer's arrest.| They intimated he had left the city, but had gone only a short distance away. Detectives discredited reports that Baker would commit suicide rather than face trial Meanwhile authorities mailed to dis- tant_citles circulars containing photo- graphs and finger prints of Baker on the off chance that he might have slipped through their net. It was be- lieved, however, possess sufficient money to cover his | expenses on a long journey. ! Virginia Authorities Notified. | Authorities of Richmond and Spotsyl- | vania County, Va., where Baker has relatives also were notified. Baker's arrcst had been expected yes- | terday, but failed to materialize. Two men representing themselves 8s his | friends called at the home of his neigh- | bor, Robert I. Miller, an attorney, and promised Baker would visit Miller's office sometime yesterday and surrender to police in the presence of his lawyer. A guard was maintained in the neigh- borhood of Miller's office throughout the day, but the man failed to appear. He was thought to have changed his mind when he learned his wife fatally wounded. Children Saw Tragedy. Baker shot his wife Thursday night in the presence of three of their four | children at their home in the 300 block f O strect. He then disappeared, after | warning his children not to follow him. | The slaying resulted from the refusal of his estranged wife to agree to & reonciliation proposal. The children—Victor, 12 years old: | Albert, jr., 10, and Jack, 8—were cared | for at’the District Receiving Home for Children. A fourth child, Edris, 5 BXPECED SO0N that Baker did not| had been | ! the U. 8. 5. Rocheser, arrived early yes- | terday. Admiral Smith's Report. Admire] Smith’s dispatch follows: “Made personal visit to Managua to- day by Mane. Earthquake which de- | stroyed Munagua was of local character |and as far as can be determined did | little or né damage outside of a circle HOOVERTO ATTEND TOMB OF UNKNOWN aged than the business portions. 100,000 Holiday Visitors in “The streets, paving, curbing and sidewalks are practically undamaged. Capital Assured of Dry Weather. There is reason to hope that water ana sewer connections are little damaged. Water in mains is cut off due to de- struction of pumping stations, and city |is without water except as can be hauled in tank wagons. Probable period of repair for water supply, 10 days. City is without eléctric lights and all wires are down. All Buildings Unsafe. “Above ground there is practically . no bullding. business er residential, that Despite intermittent showers today,| 't s, damaged that it is unsafe for | Weather Bureau forecasters have as- | entry. et sione occupency. Practically sured Washingtonians and approximate- | every building in the city must be re- | 1y 100,000 visitors already arrived that | Dullt before further use. “dry” at least. records of claims commission. Amer- | Earlier reports of “generally fair” lcan legation burned and destroyed, to- 3 » gether with archives and all personal | weather tomorrow were recalled in the | affects of Minister Hanna. New face of weather conditions generally in | Presidential Palace will require com- this section, and the official forecast | Plete rebullding, = = S - A, es O ea ant ‘woun Jfpeioany S EReas Ik Sloudy '““I-bout as has been previously reported. | colder” weather would prevail here to- | Service deaths have already been re- |night and all day tomorrow. It was {"’"{,‘t of fl'l’e ‘oo,::o ulS;lllly Weull:: n Managua, but about 15,000 remal ]:l‘(pec'::nthc rain would stop during the | the m, ‘I having ted to i LeTDOON. i of visitors are expected to | DAIDY Cities or have voluntarily gone away. Those remaining are occupying 180 to Arlington National Cemetery to- shacks on lake shore or in suburbs, morrow for the special sunrise service, or are being housed in tents by Ma- | which President Hoover will attend.|Fi"®}a% T Loma Fleld =—The number This service will be held at 7:30 o'clock of Nicaraguans fed here has been 1 8,000 per day for the last two days. in the amphitheater, under the au-|There are about 2,000 in the navai splces of the Grand Commandery, | field hospital Knights Templar, in the District of ‘Women Evacuated. Columbia. It will be preceded by a pro- | “Most service and foreign women cession, with Knights in full regalia, | 0d children will be evacuated on April 4 in U. S. 8. Chaumont, which arrived headed by the United States Marine | . 1o am. today, and this will help the situation greatly. | Other Special Services. “All legation, Marine and Guardia | activities are now centered in the tents Other services particularly appealing | and wooden buildings on the Campo de | to out-of-town visitors will be held dur- | Nfarte The city is patrolled and con- ing the day at Washington Cathedral, | stantly guarded by Guardia and Ma on Mount St. Alban: the Franciscan | rines.” There is no disorder and all Monastery in Brookland and in the | hands are cheerful and active and in | crypt of the National Shrine of the Im- | ;mueh better condition than would be { maculate Conception at Catholic Unl- | expected considering that they have versity. These are places which kold | peen through a very terrible experience. e g tourists and are| “There is no doubt that the Marines among the most beautiful sights in|— _P0_CONO S e AT Washington. At Walter Reed Hospital,| (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) the great institution maintained by the | United States Army, also will be open to the public, with a colorful outdoor | | service in the gardens at 7{3(:1 o'clock | |in the morning. A feature of this serv- |ice will be the formation of & “living DIG WHE cross.” The committee in charge of the Ar-| lington service has suggested that the best Toute to take to the cemetery is | over Key Bridge, through Fort Myer.| | Besides President’ Hoover, and probably | Mrs. Hoover, members of the cabinet, | | diplomats and other prominent officials | | are expected to attend. Ample parking | | space will be provided on the parade | ground. The historic Arlington House, home | of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which the Gov-| 4 _a; z . Grmment ey HEWIY, fisalsnea awitiy A xectedibyithe mimor that 8 fecge | | original furniture and relics of the Lee | sum of money may have beeri lost in | | family, will be opened during the day | the wreckage of the airplane which | to the visitors at the cemetery. crashed Tuesday near Bazaar, Kans. | Bishop's Sermon at 4. killing Knute Rockne and seven others, | Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Epis- treasure hunters followed in the wake | copal Bishop of Washington, will | : : s ‘pr‘e)nch at the Washington Cathedral at | Of souvenir hunters, who carried away 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. There | Mmany bits of the wreckage. also will be a service av 11 olclock In| Guards were removed last night from the morning. Members of the clergy T o | the scene of the tragedy and immediate- the Cathedral for visitors after each|ly the hunt began for $58,000, which TREASURE HUNTERS RE PLANE FELL $58,000 Supposed to Have Been! Carried by One in Crash That Killed Rockne Sought. | By the Associated Press. COTTONWOOD FALLS, Kans., April 15 | service. At the National Shrine of the Im- maculate Conception, the great Catho- lic cathedral in course of construction. there will be solemn high mass at 10 o'clock, with Mgr. Bernard A. McKenna as _celebrant. Vesper services will be held at 3 o'clock. Five services during the day will be held at the Franciscan Monastery, where the famous catacombs will be open to visitors. | one of the crash victims, H. J. Christen, was reported to have withdrawn from a bank shortly before the fatal journey. The holes in which the plane’s en- gnes had been buried were the focal points of the treasure-hunting activities These were enlarged and deepened by diggers. who even carried away wires used by authorities in selting off charges of dynamite to further their search for scattered bits of the wrecked plane. 4 for carving the names of the dead, ' years old, remained at the home of Patients in Emergency, - Garfield, ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) BLINDNESS THEATENS 20,000 IN MEXICAN STATE Health Department Receives Call for Reliet From Attack by Dreaded Onchocercosis. B3 the Associated Pres: MEXICO CITY, April 4—Urgent calls for relief have been received by the Health Department from Chiapas, iages have been attacked & malady tion of Fourteenth street free for city | which leads to blindness. bound traffic, is not expected to be The government recently sent several put into effect until Monday or Tues- | medical brigades to the afflicted zone in day. This plan has been ted by | an effort to stamp out the disease, but sugges Representative Frank L. Bowman, Re- | messages received in the last few days publican, of West Virginia, as a means | said it was still spreading at an alarm- et Fouri~enth street, where the cars outbound from Hains Point usually cause a te While the svgle-blossom cherty rees ment and it of relieving the customary treffic jam | ing rate. Cases were cited of Indian villages in the interior of the state where not a single inhabitant is free from the ail- was estimat d that 20,000 are exvected to be in bloom in a few persons would be blinded if rapld relief blooming of the double-blossom trees, | largely located in the vicinity of Hains days, the horticulturists look for the|steps were not taken on an extensive scale. The germs form in lumps under the Point in East Potomac Park, about two skin and work their way to the optic from now, dependent upon the nerve, the only cure being to cut out J the It they appear, lumps as fast as they i Telatives, where she has been staying for several weeks. Funeral services for Mrs. Baker will be conducted Monday afternoon at Nichol's undertaking establishment in the 4200 block of Ninth street. Burial | will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery, AIRMAIL FROM B‘RFTAIN TO AUSTRALIA IS BEGUN Plane With 50,000 Letters Hops Off at Croydon on 15-Day Route Via India. By the Associated Press. CROYDON, England, April 4—Fif- teen-day airmall service from Eni land to Australia was inaugurated to- day with departure of an Imperial Air- ways liner carrying 50,000 letters for India and Australia. Australia’s 15,000 letters will be trans- ferred et various points so as to reach | Fort Darwin, on the W:stern Australian |ceast, April 19. An Ausiralian plane | will pick them up there and carry them easiward across the island continent. Return mail from Port Darwin will leave there April 27 and reach Croydon May 14, about 17 days en route, or & saving of about 13 days over the sur- face route, George Washington and the Homeo- pathic Hospitals will be given rotted plants tomorrow by the Washington Federation of Churches. Groups of young people connected with the various 1 churches will visit other hospitals to sing for the patients and leave especially written letters of Easter cheer. S e American Is Exonerated. CANNES, France, April 4 (#)—Dr. Joseph Fisher of Oakland, Calif., whose automobile ran over and killed an aged woman here yestreday, was exonerated today of all blame for dent. 'FARMER AND SON PULL WAGON 70 MILES IN SEARCH OF “CROP”| Wife and Baby Ride as Fi ve Children Walk; Planter Comes to Rescue. By the Assoclated Press. KEISER, Ark, April 4.—Creaking dolefully as if in echo of last Sum- mer’s drought, a farmer’s wagon moved along the highway between e1sville, Mo, and here. A far- mer end his 15-year-old son pulled it. Atop the wegon and its pile of house- hold goods the farmer's wife and her 5-month-old baby rode. Five children walked. | They had Caruthersville P. M. Barton, come 70 miles from | in_that manner. Lepan! ito, Ark., planter, who met them on the highway and told the story, learned that the old tenant farmer was “locking for a crop.” Drought robbed him of one last year and he had no chance to make one this He had no mules or horses. He had put_traeter whee!s upon the axie; of an old wagon'tagaose his family and goods. Mr. Barton placed mother and children in his car and\brought the family here. He is helping them “find & erop.” > 3 MACHADO APPEARS GERTAIN TO' SERVE FULL TIME IN CUBA Revolution Seems Ended With Opposition to President Crumbled. BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AID TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE Bitterest Foes Admit Leader Is Best Island Republic Has Ever Had. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. HAVANA, April 4 (NANA).—The Cuban “revolution” has dled of vocal xhaustion. For nine months a determined and eloquent minority has raged at the ad- ministration of President Machado. Its fulminations have been dire and threat- ening. It has set date after date as the fateful day when it would overthrow the government. ‘Today nothing is left but the faint schoes of loud protestations. These are made fainter still by the weariness of the Cuban ear—the rattle of machine guns was expected, and it has heard only the clamor of voices. Machado's juggernaut has ridden down his opponents, and today his gov- | ernment moves with instant power and force to every objective. Thousands who & few months ago denounced the gov- ernment and took part in demonstra- tions against it have disappeared from the opposition for no better reason than that the influx of American tourists has brought millions of dollars to Havana and provided employment for large numbers of people who theretofore had nothing to do and little to eat. Apparent Machado Victory. Also, in the country districts, the be- ginning of the grinding season provided employment for tens of thousands who had been idle nine months. A long day of sugar-cane cutting under the Cuban sun leaves little surplus energy for po- litical agitation. ‘The political situation has bolled down to what is apparently a complete victory for President Machado. The as- tonishing collapse of the movement against him may be attributed to any or all & four reasons: First, strong measures taken by the aaministration to protect itself; second, lack of outstanding opposition; third, gradually impr economic situation, and last, under&t‘:l admission by all Cubans, even > most eager for revolution, that Machado is the best President Cuba has ever had. ‘This last is a strange complex of the Latin temperament beyond the ‘understanding of Anglo-Saxons. Op- nents of Machado admit readily that s administration has bullt more good R g X uba e 400 years E grant that the President has an efficient public _schocl system, done everything possible to eliminate graft in government departments, m - ized prisons and asylums for the insane, initiated a fine pro,nm for the diver- sification of agriculture and the pro- motion of industries, beautified Havana and built up the shattered prestige of the courts. ‘Then they make the statement: “This agitation is bad for the country. Ma- chado should resign because that is the only way to put an end to it."” Dislike Opponents. If you questioned a hundred Cubans who oppose Machado on their cholce for a successor, 99 will not cnly tell you frankly that they do not know of any one who could handle the situation, but they will immediately embark on a list of the demerits of all of the leaders of the opposition. . In the beginning the leaders of the cpposition were a small group of po- ical leaders who organized the Na- tionalist party. A year ago this party probably consisted almost entirely of the efght or nine organizers. Prcminent among these were Col. Carlos Mendieta, Cosme de la Torriente and Mendez Penate. Within six months these leaders had created a tremendous ve of popular criticism of Machado and his govern- ment. At the very moment of the max- imum success of their campaign they enlisted the active support of a former Pr]zsldent of Cuba, Gen. Mario Meno- cal. _ This admission to their ranks, hailed (Continued on Page 4, Column HYDE SEES OPTIMISM BY DROUGHT STRICKEN Says He Was Impressed by Num- ber of New Gardens Seen on Tour of Arkansas. By the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, April 4—Secretary Arthur M. Hyde says optimism has arisen in drought-stricken areas of the South, “I found the section I visited” he said on his arrival here last night, getting back in shape in good fashion. The mental attitude of the people shows a_vast improvement.” The head of the Department of Agriculture said he was impressed by the number of new garden fences he saw on a 300-mile drive through Ar- kansas. A garden, he said, had been planted by practically every farm family. Franco Reported in Spain. MADRID, April 4 (#).—Police are investigating unconfirmed reports that Capt. Ramon_ Franco, ncted Spanish aviator, who fled from Spain after the | Docember revolution, had secretly re- turned from France to Spain. Reports from San_Sebastian said a man re- sembling Franco was seen there. Find No Trace of Quake. SAN FRANCISCO. April ¢ (F.—Al- though rwidents in various sections re- ported tables rocked and dishes rattled, seismographs at the Santa Clara Uni versity and the University of Califor- nia failed to register an earthquake shock last night. Gas company authorities and police investigated a possibility of an explo- sion, but reported they found nothing. BiLIefi Stolen From Church. CHARLES TOWN. W. Va., April 4 (7.—A thiet broke into the First Methodist Church here and investiga- tion discloses that the only thing stolen was the big the pastor had left on the