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MANAGUA'S 60,000 REDUCED T0 15,000 Admr. Smith Gives Vivid Pic- ture of Disaster in Of- ficial Report. (Continued From Pirst Page.) and Naval Medical Corps have met a very difficult situation in a manner to reflect great credit on themsclves and on the Navy. Praise for them came from all Nationalista, and President Moncada today expressed to me his great indebtedness to them. Complete co-operation exists _throughout. ~ Mr. Swift (Red Cross representative) ar- rived today. Contents of all previous dispatches as to conditions are sub- stantiated.” Plane to Carry Anti-Toxins. An emergency relief flight from Philadelphia to earthquake-stricken Managua, Nicaragua, to carry large quantities of anti-toxins sorely needed to check the spread of epidemic dis- eases was ordered today by the Navy Department. The emergency flight will be put up to the Marine Corps, and it is hoped the big tri-motored transport plane, with its load of precious medi- cines, may reach the Nicaraguan cap- ital within 24 hours. Request that large quantities of anti- toxins be rushed by air to Managua was received by the Navy Department late last night from Ernest J. Swift, Red Cross director of relief work there. Though two big Navy tri-motored cargo planes are waiting at the Anacos- tia Naval Air Station for emergency service in connection with the relief of Managua, it was decided to send a Ma- rine Corps plane because of the greater familiarity of the Marines with condi- ns in Nicaragua and because Marine aviators have on several occasions made rush flights from the East Coast to Nicaragua in connection with their campaigns there during the past two years, Hero to Pilot Plane. ‘The big plane will leave Philadelphia with_Lieut. Christian F. Shilt, hero of the Nicaraguan air fighting, at the con- trols as soon as the Red Cross completes the loading of the necessary medical supplies, it was announced at the Navy Department this morning. Shilt is to fly direct to Quantico, Va., passing over the National Capital. ~At Quantico he will turn the ship and its medical cargo over to Maj. Roy L. Gelger, Marine Corps, Who is to fly the plane to Nicaragua. Maj. Geiger took a Marine transport plane from Quanti- =5 to Santo Domingo on a similar mis- sion of mercy last Fall following the disastrous hurricanes which resulted in great loss of life and property. The plea for help came from Managua last night following a conference of Red Cross relief workers there with United States Minister Matthew E. Hanna, W NEW YORK, April 4 (#)—The names | transport Chaumont (for San Fran cisco) and the U. §. 8. Relief (for New | York) awaited them. En route to the | morthern cities they will have to make B ) I | ome arrangements for warmer clothing, since they had none here and could have carried nothing with them by plane and they possessed anything. One of the first acts of the Red Cross director in taking charge of the situ- ation was to assist in formation of an American Red Cross Relief Committee, headed by President Moncado as hon- orary president, and including Matthew E. Hanna, American Minister; Col. F. L. Bradman, commanding Marines, and two others to be named by President Moncado. SANDINO ORDERS PEACE. Insurgent Declares Army Will Not Attack During Disaster, MEXICO CITY, April 4 (#.—Dr.| Pedro Jose Zepeda, forelgn representa- | tive of Gen. Augustino Sandino, Nicaraguan insurgent chieftain who | has combated American Marines in Nicaragua, has received a copy of | Sandino's ' order calling off hostilities | there. ! ' The order, transmitted by some “grapevine” source from the wilds of Segovia, where Sandino makes his head- quarters, said: “All divisions of our army will abstain until further orders from any offensive action against the enemy, no matter what strategical advantages such action 1d result in. “Our army will limit its action for | the time being to maintaining its posi- | tions and repelling any attack which may be made against it, without taking advantage of any case of disorientation or panic which could lead to our triumph, abiding in all cases by the principles of rectitude, equity and patriotism.” AMERICANS LEAVE SCENE. Gives List .l‘ | Pan-American Airwa; Those Evacuated. &Y the first American refugees from the | Managua earthquake evacuated by air- plane to Corinto were made public yes- terday at headquarters of the Pan- American Airways here. They are: Mrs. Winter and two daughter, Shi mokin, Pa. Mrs, Vieit and son, Chicago. Mrs. Dickey and two daughters, Val- lejo, Calif. Mrs. Whitney and two children, Maplewood, N. J. Mrs, Mansfield and two children, 391 North Fourteenth street, San Jose, Calif. Mrs. Irwin and two children, River- dale, Me. Mrs. Claude Phillips and two chil- dren, Watertown, N. Y. Charles Davis and two children, ad- dress not received. Mrs. Yowell and three children, Buf- falo. Mrs. H. C. Snyder and four children, San Diego, Calif. Mrs. G. J. Boyle, 5242 South State street, Chicago. Mrs, Hardin, Ashmont, Va. Mrs. Merkle, jr., and three children, York, Pa. Mrs. Salzman and _daughter, 824 Capitol street, Vallejo, Calif. Mrs. Hepburn, 3203 Carlisle street, Baltimore. Mrs. Slick, Sublerville (Sudlersville), | Md. Mrs. Stevens, Bulgor (Bangor), Me. Mrs. Keil and daughter, Bank of Rear Admiral Arthur St. Clair Smith and’ Marine Corps officers. Admiral Smith transmitted Swift's request for 7.500 cubic centimeters of anti-typhoid toxin, 8.000 cubic centimenters of small- pox anti-toxin and 20,000 tubes of chloride of lime. Four Stops Planned. The flight from Quantico l 0 be made with only four intermedffte stops for fuel and oil, according to tentative naval operation plans. If the plane is loaded this morning it is expected Maj. Geiger will be able to reach Managua by tomorrow night. One of the most famous of all emer- gency flights to Nicaragua was that made early last May by the late Capt. Arthur H. Page, Marine Corps, who & few days later won the Curtiss Marine Trophy race here. Capt. Page was sent to deliver a new plane of the type to be used for today's relief trip for use in the campaign against insurgents. Capt. made the trip from the National Capital to Managua and return in an- other plane in 6 days and 20 minutes elapsed time and 55 hours of actual fiying time. Lexington Ordered to Corinto. ‘The aircraft carrier Lexington, which dashed across the Caribbean and launched flights of planes carrying medical and other supplies to Managua, the department added, has been directed to leave Greystone, Nicaraguan Atlantic coast port, for Corinto, on the Pacific, via the Panama Canal. There she will pick up her medical officers, all of whom are at the disaster scene, when they no longer are needed, then join the fleet at San Diego. Her performance in getting five planes carrying medical personnel and supplies to Managua 24 hours after leaving Guantanamo Bay in her 700- mile dash at 30 knots brought forth a “Well done” today from Admiral William | Manhattan, New York. Mrs. Moore, Nassau, Bahamas. Mrs. Gleory and three children, San Diego, Calif. Mrs, Mayfield, 535 National avenue, National City, —. Mrs. Leonard, 615 Balen avenue, Houston, Tex. Mrs. Mann, Brooklyn. Mrs. Curtiss and daughter, 983 Ham- ilton street, Allentown, Pa. Mrs. Stamper, 403 Washington street, Jackson, Ind. Mrs. Crawford, Wartrace, Tenn, Mrs, Connelly, Philadelhia. Mrs. Deakinn, Quantico, Va. Mrs. Jackson, High Park Park?), Mass. Mrs, Hughes and two children, New York. Mrs. Thurman and two children, 2613 Scventy-third street, Kenosha, Wis. Mrs. O'Connor, Donora, Pa. Mrs. Closky and child, 125 Sixth | street, Washington, D. .C. hild, 4610 EI Cajon, Mrs. Clark and c! ——, Calif. Mrs. Kyle and three children, San- tiago, Calif. Mrs. Ryder, town?), N. Y. Mrs. Carlson, South Portland, Me. Mrs. Harkey and child, Bloomfleld (Bloomville?), N. Y. Mrs. York, Portsmouth, Va. Mrs. Davis, Peekskill, N. Y. Mrs. Ingleseider, Peekskill, N. Y. Mrs. Gerey and child, Rogersville, Ala. Mrs. Muldin, 1669 Elmhurst street, | Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Crawford and two children, 531 Fourth strect, Earlington, Wash Mrs, Greer and two children, Atlanta, (Hyde | Littletown (Middle- Ga. Mrs. Ashley and two children, Byra- cuse, Ind. Mrs, Slack, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Horn, Whitehaven, Pa. Mrs. Dunkelberger and two children. V. Pratt, chief of naval operations. RED CROSS IN CHARGE. Swift Moves Toward Rehabilitation of Stricken People. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 4.— The Red Cross today took charge of relief work in Managua, razed by earth- quake Tuesday and gutted by fire in the hours that followed. Aided by the United States Marines and Nicaraguan constabulary, Ernest J. Swift, Red Cross official, who arrived late yesterday by plane from Miami, set in motion relief and salvags ma- chinery which will aim toward eventual 1 e city’s 43,000 st fon of e to a city of ruins, de- of its residents 1 the remaining third living in nd t ary shelters on_the 0 oking the debris. Swift never in his experience with has he found one where the v s0 complete Two persons lost their lives in 20 Looters Executed. covery of bodies of victims tment of injuries continue, r ) patrols are meeting cer- tain emergency situations which have developed, Guard details have carried out unhesitatingly orders to shoot loot- ers, and dispatched Thursday night are und the total executed to 20 Anotacr patiol is shooting at sight all caught roaming the streets, for lack of water and heat epidemic refugees. Several cases of rables have ben reported. Another patrol follows form r and buries the slain animals. Congquistadores, ¢ clotaing to smen_of this section cothes in the lakes Forty who w-re thus t a small lake in the no above the city wer: lawar a landslide pre- by the quake and tarown into the luke, where they drowned. Wash as Bodies Are Removed. Marine patrols recovered the 40 bodies near the edge of the lake. The Marincs reported that other women w re wash- ing at the other side of the lake as they took the bodies out, just as if nothing had happened With their wives and children safely at Corinto, where Navy ships will take to an them to San Francisco and New York, | Marine Corps officers here entered the task of relief and rehobilitation happy that their dependents had been spared the further horror of epidemic and hardship | stood to have brought! Mrs. Barnby and daughter. | Mrs. Keimling and two children. Mrs. Huches and two children, Sergt. May, wife and daughter. Mrs. Schoenefeld and son. Mrs. Manley and daughter. Mrs. French and three children, Mrs. Buckner and child. | , The aviation company also was in- | formed by radio that the following | refugzes, whose addresses wers not con- tained, were evacuated in a Marine Corps plane: Maf. Murray and daughter. . Gamble and daughter | Mrs. Fleming and son Hardy and daughter. Stack and son Donohue and daughter. . Hurst and son . Tabor and son Livingston and daughter. . T. Trippe, president of Pan-Amcri- ( can Alrways, said arranzements had been made to evacuate urgent cases at | the rate of 40 every two hours, BUREAU CORRECTS STATEMENT ON COAL Director Says Preliminary Investi- | gation Was Inaccurate and | Unfair. Louis Rothschild, director of the Bet- ter Business Bureau, today lssued the > atement regarding a state- in connection wi to the new 2,000-pound unit of issued by the bureau yes- hed in The Star: “The statement issued yesterday by the director of the Better Business Bureau relative to coal prices was based upon a preliminary investigation, which since has been found to be inaccurate rect and unfair, particularly ence to prices of coal in May, | | | tion The Better Business Bureau, in issu- ing a retraction today, announces that the survey, which is being c ntinued, has revesled, contrary to the inference contained in the statement yesterd: that compensatory reductions in pric | have been made by the coal merchants of Washington in connection with the change from the long ton to the 2,000- pound unit. ‘Upon completicn of a thorough sur- vey accurate average figures for the classes and types of coal will be made public.” Spain Prepares for Election. MADRID, April 4 (#).—Politics will ¢ mpete with Easter services through- out Spain tomorrow. Political meetings lof the numerous parties have been Four Marine Corps planes and three scheduled to be held in all towns and of the Pan-American Airways carried cities preparatory to the municipal elec- the 200 refugees to Corinto, where the tions April 132, h the investiga- | reflecting pool and the Tidal P HOTOGRAPH of model of the Greek-Doric temple to be erected in Potomac Park, between the Lincoln Memorial 1 Basin in memory of District of Columbia participants n the World War. for construction goes to the James Baird Co., which will build the structure of Vermont marble. reveals an improvement on the original design, a base four feet in height, around which will be carved the names cf the heroic dead. The temple is to be 47 feet in height, 44 feet in diameter and large enough to accommodate | an 80-piece band. There are 12 columns. WOMAN SHOT BY PAIR IN TEA SHOP HOLD-UP; LONE MAN ROBS CAFE (Continued From First Page.) _ Mrs. Jaynes insisted she had not been injured, expressed the belief the shot fired by the robber was & blank and refused to go to a hospital, they said. The lunch room bandit * time about it.” according to ullen, who was alone in the lunch room at the time, although a dish washer and a cook were in the rear kitchen and Wililam S. Johnson, owner, was asleep on_the third floor. The robber purchased a cup of coffee, carried ‘it to a table and drank it leisurely. He then .approached the counter and ordered fruit salad. spoke on the tea shop robbery. “Yes, I've heard about it.” the bandit re- marked. “They'll get caught, though— you can't get away with that kind of stufr.” The robber returned to his table, but soon he was back at the counter. Drav- third street, to “come across with all the money in the place.” Mullen ‘opened the cash register and placad all the bills on the counter. The bandit pocketed them. Then, the safe,” he demanded. ‘The safe is opcn,” Mullen replied And. besides, there's no money in it.” “Well, how about the cigar box you keep in the safe? Let's have that.” Robber Makes Escape. Mullen_removed the box. pointed. “it's empty.” Just then a colored bus boy entered. The bandit whirled and ordered the boy to lie on the floor. Then he forced Mullen and the youth into a rear room When Mullen heard the front door click shut, he ran to & telephone and summoned police. Mullen, declaring he had seen the robber before, described him as being about 23 years old. 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing about 130 pounds. Ten Die in Train Wreck. CHELIABIANSK, Siberia, April 4 () -~Ten perscns were killed and 51 in- jured in a train wreck near here last night. This picture, sent by special plane from Managua to Atlanta, Ga. gives a graphic insight into the great damage to property caused “Open his | As he doled out the salad Mullen ing a revolver from his pocket, he or- | dered Mullen, who lives at 1426 Thirty- | E. EMMETT MULLEN. —Star Staff Photo. CHURCH JOF BRETHREN “Immortality” Is Sermon Subject of Dr. F. F. Holsopple. “Immortality” is the sermon subject | tomorrow of Dr. F. F. Holsopple, pastor | of the Pirst Church of the Brethren, at | the Easter Sunday morning services, 11 o'clock. The Dramatic Club will present a pageant, “Ordered South,” at the eve- ning service. Decision day will be ob- served in the Sunday school depart- ment, | | bank examiner, The bank was cap- | talized at $100,000. New Jersey Bank Closed. ELIZABETH, N. J., April 4 (%) —The Linden National, Bank & Trust Co. was closed today by its board of directors at the direction of the United States | EMEMORIAL TEMPLE D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1931 VEYEAR SENTENCE 5 GIVEN BROTHERS Lingle Killer to Seek New Trial—Chicago Civic Heads Hail Verdict. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 4—The responsibil- ity for the murder of Alfred Lingle was placed today on the broad shoulders of | Leo V. Brcthers through -his conviction by 8 jury, which decided on 14 years' imprisonment as his punishment. Breaking what appeared to be & hope- less deadlock, the jury in Judge Joseph Sabath's court found the tall, blond | st. Louts gangster guilty of the crime late yesterday afternoon and gave him the lightest sentence possible under Il- linois law. Twenty-seven hours of | stormy deliberation preceded the verdict. Thus ended the first big gangland | case to reach a jury in Chicago, but there were indications that the legal | fight to save Brothers was not over, as defense coursel announced they would | ask for a new trial and said they felt confident a rehearing would be granted. They described the result as a compro- mise. April 17 was fixed as the date for hearing their arguments. “We have by no means given up hope | | Contract ‘The picture CONTRACT AWARDED TO JAMES BAIRD CO. grading, and planting, s0 that more { money will be needed than the payment | of tbe original contract to the Baird | company. Greek-Doric Temple. The memorial takes the form of a Greek-Doric temple, which will be 47 | feet in height from the ground to the | top of the dome. This dome and en- | | tablature will be supported by 12 fluted | | columns. The dlameter of the floor of | the temple will be 44 feet, and this floor | | 15 to be raised about four f-et from the | ground. About this base of marble will be carved the names of those from this | city who died in service during the | World War. The floor is to be reached | by two stairs on opposite sidcs To prepare this official list to bel | carved on the base of the memorial, the | memorial commission appointed a com- | mittee consisting of three military mem- | bers of the commission to act in con- | junction with the architect—Maj. Gist | Blair, Dr. B. C. MacNelll, commanding | the District of Columbia Department of | the American Legion, and Maj. Gen. | Anton Stephan, commanding the Na- | | tional Guard of the District of Colum- | | bia. This committee of three also will prepare a full list of those who served in the World War from the District of | Columbia. This complete list is to be | placed in the corner stone of the temple. | Four new members were elected to the | memorial commission: Dr. MacNetll of the American Legion, Frank W. Lee, | vice president of the Mount Vernon ( Savings Bank, who is chairman of the | | Central Labor Union Executive Com- mittee engaged in raising funds for the memorial; Edmund F. Jewell of the | Washington Times and Lowell Mellett of the Washington Daily News. | Other members of the commission be- sides Chairman Noyes and these new members are: John Poole, treasurer; Charles A. Baker, Maj. Blair, Edward F. Colladay, John Joy Edson, Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis, Isaac Gans, Edward B. McLean, J. R. McDonald, Julius I. Pey- ser and Gen. Stephan. The architect of the memorial temple is Frederick H. Brooke, Horace W. Peaslee and Nathan Wyeth, associated. | I quake in the Nicaraguan capital. { | the testimony | heart of proving that Brothers had nothing to do with the Lingle murder,” said Louis Piquett, one of Brothers' attorneys. Civie Leaders Hail Verdict. Civic leader: the hailed the resuit as a to Chicago gangs, and the prosecuting attorneys said they were satisfied that the ver- dict was just. Patrick Roche, chief investigator for the State’s attorney’s pleased. sald Roche, “should stand as a rebuke to the hostile inter- ests of Chicago, which have continually attempted to impede and obstruct our investigation. Throughout the long in- vestigation we have been assailed and embarrassed by those who wished us ill, and their efforts, marked by the spreading of much false propaganda, have been defeated only because we had a firm foundation in truth and justice.” Brothers himself took the verdict calmly. He paled a little when it was read, but otherwise remaincd as much unperturbed as he did during all the while the prosecution was piling up of witnesses who said they recognized him as the man they saw near or fleeing from the scene of the Tribune reporter’s slaying last June 9. His mother. Mrs. Rose Jessen, how- ever, became hysterical, and his sweet- Miss Betty Cock, cried bitterly. “Let's duck,” was all that Brothers said, as he turned to his baliff, dodged photographers and started back to jail. Twenty-four Ballots Taken. ‘Twenty-four ballots in all were taken by the jury, whose membeys said they started out 7 to 5 for acquittal, gradu- ally reaching 11 to 1 for conviction. H. W. Crotzer said that at no time was the electric chair, demanded by the prose- cution, given any consideration. The maximum considered was life imprison- ment Philip Hagerman. who held out for 26 hours for acquittal, was quoted by the Herald and Examiner as saying he “still believed Brothers innocent.” The trial, lasting nearly three weeks, resolved into a question of the identi- fication of the man seen fleeing from the vicinity of the Michigan avenue pedestrian tunnel in which Lingle was shot in the back of the head while en route to a race course. No attempt to prove an alibi for Brothers was made by the defense, which described the case a “frame-up,” nor did the prosecu- on try to prove a motive as an answer to the oft-repeated question: “Why was Lingle killed?” There have been lots of unofficial ver- sions. however, assigned as reasons why the $65-a-week reporter with an income of $60,000 or more a year was killed. One was that he mayv have ‘“double crossed” his friend, Alphonse Capone the gangster chff, while another was that his death was decreed by the North Side Moran-Zuta combine be- cause he presumably ordered the clos- ing of a North Side gambling house operated by “Potatoes” Kaufman. No on other hand, | mention of these or any other theories was made during the trial RECEPTION TO MEMBERS Children Also Will Be Baptized at Eastern Presbyterian. The Easter service in the Eastern Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning will include the baptism of children and reception of new members. Dr. A. Barrow's subject will be “The | ing Christ.” An Easter service will {aiso be held in the evening. The men’s Bible class will hold fts | fellowship meeting Monday evening. The Ladies’ Aid and the Westminster Societies will meet Wednesday evening. Thursday morning and afternoon the District W. C. T. U. will hold meetings in the church, the Ladies’ Aid Society serving a luncheon at noon. That | evening the annual congregational | meeting will be held. Managua a City of Debris as Result of Quake NICARAGUANS WADE THROUGH RUINS TO TAKE STOCK OF DAMAGE AND DEATH. by the recent earth- —Wide World Photo. I Helium in Liquid Form Produced in U.S. for First Time Accomplished by Bureau of Standards at 456 De- grees Fahrenheit. Liquid helium was produced last night at the Bureau of Standards for the first time in the United States. Liquification of this rare gas, next to hydrogen alone the lightest of all the elements, was accomplished in the bureau's low temperature laboratory at a temperature of 456 Fahrenheit. This | is only three points below the hypo- | thetical lbs’nlube zero at which all movement of gasses stops. The liquid was produced by boiling helium at low pressure. The boiling point was 450 Fahrenheit and once this | was reached the point of liquification was found only 6 degrees lower. ‘The liquification was accomplished by Dr. H. C. Dickinson, chief of the heat and power division; Dr. F. G. Brick- wedde, chief of the low temperature laboratory; J. W. Cook and R. B. Scott. Liquid hellum has been produced be- fore at the University of Teyden in Holland, at Berlin and at Toronto. Hardest Substance to Liquify. Helium, the strange gas first discov- ered in the sun and now of immense | practical value in filling airships, be- cause it is non-combustible, is the hard- st substance on earth to liquify and freeze. Hydrogen, which is also used to inflate dirigibles, liquifies at a higher temperature than helium. The first step in making liquid helium was to produce liquid hydrogen, which is accomplished by subfecting the gas to & pressure of 2,000 pounds to the square inch, after which it was cooled by liquid air to a temperature of 310 degrees below zero. Then a supply of helium as pure as could b2 obtained by refining processes was compressed to a pressure of 200 pounds to the square | inch, after which the compressed gas was cooled with liquid air and liquid hydrogen to the temperature of the latter, 423 degrees below zero. The helium was & gas even at this low temperature. The next step was to allow it to expand, thereby producing additional refrigeration and lowering the temperature of the hellum to 456 degrees, at which it liquified. In mak- l ing liquid helium it was first necessary to insure a plentiful supply of liquid | hydrogen, which was produced in the same laboratory. Will Be Used for Study. ‘The liquid helium will be used for scientific purposes to study the nature of matter at such low temperatures. Some weird effects have been observed which science is unable to explain. For instance, certain materials at extremely | low temperatures lose their resistance to an electric current which, once | started through them, would flow for- ever if the low temperature could be maintained. Actually matter is not kept in such a condition very long. The materials which thus become perfect conductors at such low temperatures are the poorer conductors at ordinary tem- peratures. Good conductors do not become superconductors by such treat- ment. ‘While man never has experienced a temperature of 459 Fahrenheit, accord- ing to Dr. Brickwedde, it is far from a mere speculation to say that it is ippossible to go any lower. Cold, ac- cording to the laws of physics, cannot be infinite. If it were possible to at- tain lower temperatures one might build an engine, similar to a steam engine, | capable of operating at such low tem- peratures, which would give cut more energy in work than was put into it to operate it. This, like perpetual motion, would be contrary to the established principle of the conservation of energy. Although the construction of such an engine wculd be impossible, Dr. Brick- wedde says, the conclusion is sound. REVENLE AGENTS PROBETAXLOSSES Believe U. S. Missed Levies| From $200,000,000 Paid to New York Racketeers. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 4.—The Federal Government had its first contingent of special internal revenue agents at work | today on the theory that it lost millions | in income taxes last year from the $200,000,000 to $400,000,000 racket trib- ute which the State Crime Commission estimated is levied annually in New York City. More than 50 agents are expected io be in the city next week to mull over the material already produced by the inquiry into Magistrates’ Courts, and to await what illegal incomes may be uncovered by the impending legislative investigation into the city administra- tion. Brooklyn Also Included. That the Federal drive to jail rac- keteers and grafters who failed to pay taxes upon their illegal gains will cover Greater New York was indicated when the Federal district attorney at Brook- lyn came into the conferences being held by Manhattan Government officials to map plans. Detalls of how the Federal Govern- ment will interweave its investigation with the inquiries launched by the Governor and Legislature were undis- closed. ‘The nature of the defense Mayor Walker is to make to the charges filed ; against him by the City Affairs Com- mittee was expected to be revealed today when former Judge Daniel F. Cohalan_speaks at & luncheon of the League for Industrial Democracy. Cohalan Seen as Defense Aid. Cohalan is expected to assist Walk- er's defense in collaboration with Sam- uel Untermyer. Two of the mayor's staunchest opponents were on the same rogram. Paul Blanchard, executive secretary of the City Affairs Committee, said he was prepared to present new data. Norman Thomas, Socialist lead- anned to discuss the city govern- ment under Walker and Tammany a&s “an organized racket.” ‘The appointment of Robert 8. John- stone, prominent criminal attorney, as a deputy district attorney has given rise to surmises he was being groomed to succeed District Attorney Thomas C. T. Crain, whose conduct in office is being investigated for the Governor by Samuel Seabury. LOSES RACE Woman Expires Reaching Daughter's Home. CINCINNATI, April 4 () .—A race against death was lost today somewhere bet;r:en Greensburg, Ind, and Cincin- nati. Mrs. Thomas Hayes, 48, Chicago, had expressed a wish to die at the home of her daughter, Mrs, Maurice Hillmeyer, Columbus, Ohio. The woman’s physi- clan warned her such an undertaking | probably would cause her death, but WITH DEATH Hour Before MASKDB WOULD AD ORY, SOUTH TLD Advises Against Straddling, However, in Reply to Democratic Query. By the Assoctated Press. CENTERVILLE, Md. April 4—John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, yesterday assured Southern Democrats favoring prohibi- tion of his support of the party’s nom- inees in 1932 regardless of the stand taken on prohibition in the Democratic platform. Mr. Raskob before leaying New York this afternoon for a week end at his home replied to a telegram received from the Prattsville (Ala.) Progress. The telegram, asking the Democratic chairman what his position would be if the party nominees in 1932 were for prohibition and the platform was for prohibition, follows “Will you support the next Demo- cratic national nominees if they are for prohibition and the national platform is for prohibition? Thousands of loyal prohibition Democrats wish to know this?"” Opposes Straddling Issue. Mr. Raskob answered: “Certainly I will support our nom- inees strongly. “We should all insist that our plat- form clearly and honestly define party position on prohibition and resist any dodging of the issue through silence or through adopting any innocuous plank such as law enforcement. “The people whose suffrage we are soliciting should not be deceived and are entitled to know the party position. Of course, as you know, I strongly urge and advocate that our national plat- form support the view, but after 12 years of practical experience with the greatest social experiment ever under- taken by the civilized world this ques- tion should be decided. Favors Vote by People. “Not by representatives, but by the people themselves, and the simplest manner of giving the people this oppor- tunity is for Congress to vote favorably on a resolution proposing & - tional amendment to be submitted to the respective States for approval or rejection, not by the Legislatures, but by the people themselves in each re- spective State in constitutional conven- tions especially called for that purpose. “The home-rule plan fully respects this honest conviction of both the wet and dry elements in our party and coun- try, and should receive most careful, thorough and consclentious considera- tion by all.” PRESIDENT HOOVER INVITES BUS HERO TO WHITE HOUSE (Continued From First Page) snows. So impressed was he at the genuine heroism shown by Bryan that he expressed a wish to get acquainted with that kind of boy and to talk with him. As a result of long-distance tele- phoning between the White House and the parents of the boy and hospital au- thorities, for the Bryan will be able to leave the hospital for Washington within two weeks. The courage and manliness of this youngster was demonstrated when Carl Miller, the driver of the school bus, after a long wait in the snow drift for belp, went in search of assistance Miller selected Bryan, who was the old- est of the children, to take cl in his absence. He told the boy of the seriousness of the situation and re- minded him that it was doubtful if any of them would be saved, but to do what he could to keep their spirits high and to make them comfortable. According to the stories, Bryan handled hig diffi- cult task like a veteran. He- in his comrades in games and contests which were physical activities with & view to keeping their blood in eircula- tion. He was assisted by his brother, Orlo, 9 years old, who hed with four others. Finally help came and information the President has received is that the surviving children are re- covering. THRILLED BY INVITATION. Hero of Bus Tragedy Would Like Other Kids to Go Along. LAMAR, Colo., April 4 (#).—Propped up in bed at a hospital, where he is recovering from exposure and freezing, the 13-year-old hero of the Towner, Colo., bus tragedy, Bryan Untledt, last night thrilled to the prospect of a visit with the President of the United States. “Gee, won't that be great!” he told a nurse after his mother, Mrs. H. A. Un- tiedt, had consented to his trip alone to Washington on the invitation ef President Hoover. Hospital attendants said it would be at least 10 days before the boy could leave the hospital. Both arms and legs were badly frozen during his 36-hour vigil last Thursday and FPriday in Southeastern Colorado, where the worst blizzard in 40 years paralysed trans- portation and claimed the lives of six occupants of a stranded school bus. Hero of Tragedy. Bryan was the hero of the tragedy. He stripped himself of all clothing ex- cept his shoes and overalls, which he gave to other children, while he minis- tered to the dying. It was Bryan who kept the other 19 children in the bus on the move to prevent their going to sleep. Carl Miller, driver of the ill-fats bus, who lost his life braving snow drifts attempting to get aid, had left Bryan in charge of the children. The younger child passengers were hardest hit by the terrific cold, three dying in the bus and two others succumbing after taken to a farm -house. Boxing ard wrestling matches among the boys were ordered by Bryan to keep them from getting cold and sleepy. Books, tablets and even the bus seats were set afire to provide warmth, After this improvised fuel was exhausted, Bryan mauled and kicked his school mates to keep them awake. Father Discovers Bus. Late Friday Bryan, utterly exhausted, slumped down in the pile of sleeping children. Several hours later the bus was discovered, all the children uncon=- scious. Awakened, Bryan asked that all the others be taken out first. It was Bryan's father who first dis- covered the marooned bus. “I'm all right dad: I knew you'd here. Take the other kids first, I can make it all right.” Bryan had been telling his school mates his father ought to be along any time, “That certainly is mighty nice of President Hoover to invite me back to Washington,” Bryan told his ini = ers. “I never expected anything Hke this. I don't see why the rest of the kids cannot go along, but I guess they can’t take us all.” BAND CONCERT, By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zi n, Symphonic poem, “By the Sea,’ “‘Coquette” Medley, “Songs of the Old Folks,” Lake Fox Trot, “Ro-Ro-Rolling Alon, Brewste Mrs. Hayes insll Mrs. Lee Jewett, Lexington, Ky., sisteFragho accompanied her, said ‘upon arrival%here that Mrs. g:ya:kd about an before reach- ' A Rapl Waltz Song, “Sing Your Way Home,” Monaco Finale, “Comfy and Cozy" “The Star Spangled Banner”