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¥ THE s 5 L] IN MURDER FOUND yeapon Offers New Clue to " the Slaying of Marine Private Thorne. (Continued From First Page) nd, 8. C. identified the body at the tchie, Md., undeftaking parlor in *4rhich it is being kept. He said he Yas sure the corpse was that of Thorne, even before he viewed it, because of the initials “E. T.” on a wallet found in the dead man's pocket and the le initial “T" on his belt buckle. - itive identification of the body “was.made today by metropolitan police and Navy Department officials. . W. R. Enyeart, one of the identifica- tion experts at police headquaters, went to Ritchie, Md., yesterday and obtained <the skin from the right middle finger -ef the dead man. After hardening the skin with chemicals he was able to obtain & print, from which identifica- tion was made by comparison with offi- cig] Marine Corps records. The identi- fication was made by W. B. McKelden, .civillan fingerprint expert for the “Marine Corps, who said the marks tallied beyond question. The body rre- aiously had been identified as that of Thorne by a fellow Marine who worked with him in the kitchen at the Marine Barracks. Listed as a Deserter. . Thorne’s murder resulted in his being entered on rolls of the Marine Corps as a deserter. The records show Thorne disappeared from the Marine Barracks 8t 8 a.m. January 17 last and had been classed as a deserter since. - His service records show he was born August 1, 1908, at Hagan, Ga., and was +on his first enlistment, having joined <the corps July 18, 1927, at Savannah, Ga. He received his recruit training at Parris Island, and came to the Marine “Barracks here on February 23, 1928. He “was. promoted from private to private “first. class, April 1, 1929. . Police here are searching for a former Maring, who is said to have been sent 1o naval prison on testimony given #gainst him by Thorne. This Marine, to be an oil station attendant in ‘ashington, was accused by Thorne of ving embezzled money given him to deposit in Thorne’s account at a Wash- ington bank and of forging checks t Thorne’s bank account. § e reported the matter to his| periors, and the accused Marine was ven a general court-martial and sen-| ced to nine months in the naval n at Parris Island, largely on the ngth of the testimony given by Jorne. “"h Returned to Washington. # The Navy Department approved the $entence, and the accused was impris- ed on October 24, 1929. The Secre- gry of the Navy remitted the balance {of the man’s sentence for good behavior, | d he was discharged with bad char- ter on February 15 last, after which is said to have returned to Wash- sefer, cornetist in the United tes Marine Band, and one of the came to the at- heid up in his home at 653 Hamil- street and robbed of $117, radio and Ten days later he reported having attacked by a colored man at the of his home and robbed of about He thought the same colored man in both cases. Native of Washington. # Marine records show Schaefer was Porn in Washington September 11, 1905, Lo S e T 23, . He exten enlistment for two years and re-enlisted on September 23, 1929, at Cleveland. He holds the rating of thi~d-class musician in the Marine Band. Selbicky, also under arrest, holds rating of first-class musician in the Marine Corps, and in recent years has been on duty here with the Marine Band. He was born in Jowa City. Iowa, Mareh 13, 1891, and enlisted in the Armay on January 11, 1908, serving with an Army Infantry Band until May 7, 1917, when he was discharged. Selbicky joined the Marine Corps on 12, 1917, and has served con- tinuously since. ~ He last re-enlisted May 132, 1929. His record shows his services in both Army and Marine Corps has been excellent, each enlistment terminating in an honorable discharge. ‘Thorne's mother, authorities said, lives in Augusta, Ga. She has been | notified of her son's death, but other | members of the family are expected to #0 to Ritchie to claim the body. FALL’S SENTENCE ON BRIBE CHARGE UPHELD BY COURT (Continued From First Page.) found gullty the court assessed his fine on _each case at $30,000 Upholding of the Walsh act permits the Government to compel witnesses needed in criminal cases to return from abroad, even though the witness is outside the jurisdiction of the court, Blackmer's counsel contended the law was unconstitutional because it per- mitted him to be tried in his absence and extended the power of the court beyond the territorial limits of the country. Tried to Trace Bonds. Blackmer was summoned as & Gov- ernment witness after it was found that he, as well as Sinclair, had re- ceived Liberty bonds in a deal through which the Contifental Trading Co. of Canada had bought ofl and resold it t> companies which the group repre- sented. The Government wanted to know where Sinclair got the bonds which later went to Fall, former Secretary of the Interior Fall, after Sinclair was found not guilty of conspiring with him, was con- victed and sentenced to one year in 1‘“ and to pay $100,000 for accepting hribe from Doheny. Toheny, a wealthy oil promoter, was charged with bribing Fall to induce the Secretary to give Doheny's company a lease to the Elk Hills, Calif. naval ofl reserve, but he was acquitted by a jury in the District of Columbia Su- preme Court. FALL'S FAMILY WEEPS. Former Secretary at Ranch and Inac- cessible for Comment. EL PASO, Tex., April 6 (#) —Albert P B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, was at his Three Rivers, New Mexico, ranch today and could not be reached immediately for comment on the affirmation of his sentence of one year in jail and $100,000 fine. Informed of the court decision, mem- bers of his family here wept. They said they would leave for the ranch to com- fort Mr. PFall. “I can't believe it.” said Mrs. C. C. . Chase, Fall's daughter, “my father is innocent.” Mrs. Chase and Mrs. Jouette Eiliott, | % snother daughter, said Fall had been expecting the decision for several days and had gone to the ranch for the ex- press purpose of escaping newspaper | *Drusi men. GUN THOUGHT USED | Church Corner Stone Placed CURTIS SPEAKS AT IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES. Center group, left to right: Curtis and Rev. James Shera Montgomery. 'MRS. MARY L. MURPHY | HE corner stone of the new Metro- ‘politan Memorial National Meth- odist Episcopal Church was laid yesterday during impressive serv- co avenues, by Vice President Charles Curtis, a member of the congregation. The edifice is rising rapldly, with steel structure in_ place, and stonework half way up on the north side, so that dedi- cation services may be held around Thanksgiving, it was indicated by the pastor, Dr. James Shera Montgomerr. Names of the donors of the r organ for the church were disclos” i for the first time. They are Mrs. W. Washburn, widow of Gen. Washb former member of the United St Civil Service Commission, and Misses Abbie and Jennie Graves. organ is to cost about $20,000. Distinguished List Participates. A distinguished list of leaders in the church participated in the services, and the Vice President laid the corner stone with the gavel and trowel used by George Washington in laying the corner stone of the Capitol Building. icss, at Nebraska and New Mexi- | o8 the The Vice President paid tribute to| the statesmen who had been members of the congregation, praised the present | pastor, and predicted a promising fu- ture for the church. ‘The dedicatory services were presided over by Dr. Montgomery. The call to worship was by Dr. Benjamin Weeks, assistant_superintendent of the Wash- ington District Methodist Episcopal Church. ~ Devotional prayers were offered by Dr. Montgomery and the scripture was read by Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of Foundry Meth- odist Episcopal Church. Greetings and brief addresses were given by Bishop Willlam Praser McDowell, resident Methodist Episcopal bishop: by Bishop Prank M. Bishop of this city, who was pastor of Metropolitan Church when President William McKinley was member of the congregation, and by Bishop John Hamlilton, former bishop here, and former chancellor of American University. Children Put Card in Stone. Children of the Sunday School filed by the cornerstone and placed in it me- morial cards bearing their own name: stone, Dr. Montgomery passed it to W. F. Dewhirst, nresident of the Board of Trustees of the church, who passed it to Vice President Curtis, who in turn gave it to Bishop McDowell, who placed the box inside the stone. former Senator Rice Means of Colorado and Richard N. Elliott, former chairman of the House Public Buildings and Grounds Committee, and now assistant controller general of the United States. ‘The trowel was brought from Alexan- dria-Washington Lodge, No. 22, of Ma- sons at glexandria by E. J. Skidmore, master; Dr. 8. N. Gray, senior warden; Dr. R. 8. Barrett, junior warden; Philip Heisley, past master, and George W. Zachry, custodian. ‘The gavel was brought from Pc‘omac Isaac Birch, W. Dowden. . Waddy and W. C. John Q. Slye. REAPPOINTMENT SET G. R. James to Be Named Again to Federal Reserve Board. By the Associated Press. It was announced at the White House today that George R. James of Memphis would be reappointed a member of the Federal Board when his term expires on April 27. Mr. James' office announced that he had notified President Hoover that he would accept the reappointment. He was first appointed to the board in April, 1923, BOWIE ENTRIES FOR TUESDAY. RACE_-Purse, $1,200 rlon| Justamaid FIRST oy maiden 32- Ma Ma, aHometime aD. C. Bands-Cary T. Grayson entry. SECOND RACE—Purse, $1.200; claiming 6 furlongs. g 108 al 103 Goldsmith 104 114 102 100 110 Purse, $1.400; the Martha and ‘mares 3 years old 100 108 ey Gull J'Ad‘l‘bhl;r 5i 'OURTH RAOC] hington: il Rork t Gl e Little Gyp 108 Toney Princess . 103 Lady Capulet ACE—Purse, $1,200 7 turlones FIFTH R. the Capitol | 3-vear-olds Seafox .. Levante . 108 Korax No. Three | Eignty Twenty Royal Guinea ... 1 Royal Mysiery aHold Hard 1 b i1 i tt 1 0 1 o King Boggen rva ; claiming; 4- d ' furlons. Punishment | Fall in Tallest Building Fatal. NEW _YORK, April 6 (#) —From an ‘upper r of the Empire State, the world's tallest building, an unidentified [an fell to his death today. The body, ved 40 ‘be that of a Jaborer, landed an the ty-first floor extension, RACE-Purse. $1,200; claiming: 1)y miles 2 Hedgesence .10 Neslon Kay 1o Bright Dav Nursery Rhymes *Tang *Buddy Basil : S Fal p e *Luck Plece ... . *Hanrahan . crack M nder Homelike *Tommy . Also Bunny Port |1\ 100 My Davy ' zApprentice “sllowance cinimed.’" Wedibier loudts track fasts o and up’ Seasrll 10 104 114 Bishop William F. McDowell S. | Holly, The | Helping to spread the mortar were | Iodge, No. 5, Masons, cf this city, by | Music for the services was by | the Masonic Military Band in charge of | Vice President __ —Star Staff Photo, DIES AFTER ILLNESS Funeral of Virginia Native to Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon From Yeocomico Church. Mrs. Mary Louisa Murphy, 71 years old, widow of Robert Murphy, of Mount Va., died at _the home of her | daughter, ‘Mrs. S. Downing Cox, 2615 | Thirteenth street, today after an ill- ness of several months. Born at Lothian, King George | county, Va. Mrs. Murphy was the daughter of the late Edward Poinsett Tayloe and the late Mrs. Louisa Carr | Tayloe. She was twice married, the {first time to Lieut. Hiero Taylor on November 18, 1879. Lieut. Taylor died in 1892. Later she was married to Rob- ert Murphy, who died December 5, Mrs. Murphy is survived by three ]duugnurs. Mrs. Cox of this city, Mrs. | Frederick’ G. Newton of Orange, Va, and Mrs. Oscar B. Fitts of Cherrydale, Va.; five sons, Edward J. Taylor of New Orleans, H. Louis Taylor of Char- lotte, N. C.. Edwin Bowie Murphy of Mount Holly, Va.; Robert Murphy of | Mount Holly 'and William Tayloe Mur- phy of Emmerton, Va., and two brothers, | Benjamin _Qgle ' Tayloe and Lloyd | Tilghman Tayloe, both of this city. She | also leaves 14 grandchildren. | _Puneral services will be held at Yeocomico Church, Westmoreland Coun- | ty, Va., tomorrow afternoon. 'KIRKLAND GRANTED RETRIAL IN ATTACK | Judge Assails Charge That Youth Killed School Girl With His Fist. By the Associated Press. VALPARAISO, Ind, April 6.—Virgil Kirkland was granted a new trial today | for the murder of his Gary schoolgirl sweetheart, Arlene Craves. Judge Grant ‘Crumpstker in Porter County Circuit | Court ruled that evidence on the first count in the indictment—that of mur- der by striking the 18-year-old girl with his fist—was insufficient for conviction. Judge Crumpacker’'s decision was | rendered after studying the evidence for several weeks. Kirkland's punish- | ment had been fixed by the jury at life | imprisonment. The court said there | would have been “no question about it" | if the jury had voted for conviction on the count charging murder while com- | mitting a criminal attack. A crowdled court room heard the Judge read his lengthy decision. Judge Crumpacker expressed sym- pathy for the family of the Gary girl, who died after a drinking party there last November 29. He said a higher court would surely have reversed the jury’s decision had he refused Kirk- land a new trial, and instead granted him an appeal. “I recelved more mail regarding this case than any other in my experience | on the bench,” he said. “Ninety per cent of it was from Chicago and most of it from women Kirkland, year-old Gery Mill | worker, was convicted March 10, after | a trial lasting 12 days before a male jury. He was not sentenced pending decision on his petition for a new trial. Feur of his companions on the liquor party are awaiting trial on charges of attacking the girl. PROBE OF SLAYING | OF MARINE SERGEANT | IN MANAGUA BEGUN | __(Continued Prom First Page) that he was President of Nicaragua, & | reminder to which Hetfield made what | was understood to be an undiplomatic answer. Lieut. Comdr. Hetfield left for Corinto, seaport cn the Pacific Coast, by a spe- cial United States Marine Corps air- plane at noon Sunday, leaving the surgi- cal work whici he has directed in the | hands of others. No official statement has been made by Col. F, L. Bradman, | commanding Marines, other than that an inquiry to develop the facts in Pigg's | death was under way. | _Managua spent a sad Easter Sunday. The city’s churches all were destroyed in the quake which leveled the city and ok 2,000 lives last Tuesday, but masses were said at s2veral improvised chapels. | Martial law of the strictest type pre- | vailed, and to most of the 15,000 inhabi- | tants remaining in and about Managua | the day was merely another in an end- | less_quest for food. | _'The correspondent, driving in from. | Puerto Zuelo after dark iast night, found Managua deserted and dark, with the atmosphere of a cemetery at mid- night. United States Marines and Guardia members stood on every corner, | watehful for looters, of whom 20 or | more are understood to have been shot | in the past few days. The relief work, taken ln charge by | the Red Cross, is proceeding. President Moncado has ordered that all must work ‘[nc clearing the refuse and debris to ‘ll"‘l‘ydo‘ the food which 1s being distrib- | uted, | 'Three more names were added last night to the list of dead. Mrs. Louis R. Rossich, wife of a gun- nery sergeant in the Marines, died of a | fractured skull in the Red Cross Field | Hospital. | termaster Mora of the Nicaraguan Na- | tional Guard, died of injuries, at & hos- pital in Granada. 109 | Wil Rogers, sometimes called Amer- |ica’s Ambassador at Large, is comin | ¢own hen: by afrplanc next Tussday, i announced today. ook~ -| Commerce, chairman; Dr. Louise Stan- t | years with Shannon & Luchs, Inc., and | Lieut. Humberto Castillo and Quar- ;-é:‘u EXPERTS TO-DIRECT | STAR HOME EXHIBI | Silver Star Homes Group to Decide on Model Residence for Monthly Honor. ‘The Silver Star Homes program, soon lto be set in operation, under which the “homs of the month,” selected as most meritorious ip design, plan and cen- struction, will be sponsored by The Star during a month of public demonstra- tion, will be under the direction of an eminent committee of specialists. This committze has been at work for several weeks formulating arrangements for the program and will meet soon to consider first applications by home builders for inclusion of new dwellings jin the public exhibition. Application forms ars being prepared for this purpose to facilitate means by which home builders may enter into the contest for the selections of the series of Silver Star Homes. ‘This committee is as follows: James S. Taylor, chief of the division of building and housing, Department of ley, chief of the United States Bureau of Home Economics: Gilbert Rodier, president of the local chapter, Ameri- can Institute of Architects; Miss Har- lean James, executive secretary American Civic Association; Rufus S. Lusk, real estate statisticlan and secretary of the Operative Builders’ Assoclation; W. Waverly Taylor, vice president Opera- tive Bulilders' Association; John H. Small, 3d, landscape architect: Arthur Carr, president Washington Real Estat. Board, and a representative of The Star. Chairman Taylor, born at Roches- ter, N. Y., won an A. B. degree from Harvard University and served for three years in an executive capacity with the Federal Shipbuilding Co. Kearny, N. J. He came to Washington in 1921 to serve as & secretary to Herbert Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce. He was named an assistant chief of the division of building and housing when that bureau wae estab- lished in the Commerce Department, in July, 1921. In September, 1928, he suc- ceeded Dr. John M. Gries as chief of that division. He supervises techincal research studies of building code regulation, city planning and zoning, economic prob- lems of building materials and home finaneing and general problems of home building. This division of the Govern- ment is co-operating with the Presi- dent's " Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership. This and other activities of the bureau gives Mr. Tay- lor & wide background of knowledge of home-building problems. Mr. Taylor also is a member of the President’s Emergency Committee for Employment. Stanley’'s Work Noted. Dr. Stanley is internationally known in her profession. She has been chief of the United States Home Economics Bureau since its organization, in 1923. She was for 16 years affiliated with the home economics department of the University of Missouri, and her wovk\ brought_her elevation to the head of that_college department and later to the Federal post here. Dr. Stanley was born in Nashville, Tenn., lngo l)lmldx - d‘ S. dm r!Ir?m Peabody ege, & degree of elor of education from the University of Chicago, a master’s degree from Co- lumbia University for research in food | chemistry and home economics and a Ph. D. degree from Yale University for her investigations in human nutrition. She was an official deley to the In- ternational Conference of Home Eco- nomics Teaching in Belgium and in 1928 and 1930 resetned the Btates at the n-Pacific Women's Conference in Hawaii. She is well known for her radio talks and maga- zine articles. Career of Miss James. Miss James also is nationally known through her work with the American Civic Association. She is recognized as a champion of better physical and living conditions through the association’s work in connection with city planning, | extension of parks and general im-| rovement of the environment of the ome. She is afliated with the Com- mittee of One Hundred on the Federal City. Miss James has had an active part in the recent expanded campaign of the American Civic Association and other | organizations against desecration of landscape and community beauty by billboards. She was executive secretary of the United States Housing Corpora- tion throughout the war period. Following the war Miss James was | general manager of the Government | Hotels here, which housed some 2,000 | war workers. She also is the author of writings on land planning. She was| born in Mattoon, Ill, and holds an A. B. | degree from Stanford University. Rodier Well Known Architect. Mr. Rodier is a well known Washing- ton architect. He is a graduate of the Corcoran Art School and the School of | Architecture of George Washington | University. He has been practicing | ! his profession here since 1906. Start- |ing as a draftsman, he worked his way to an accepted position which lead to his election as president of the local chapter, American Institute of Architects. He is affiliated with the‘ Allied Architects of Washington and | collaborated in the designing of the new House Office Building. Mr. Rodier is vice chairman of the Zoning Advisory Council and is an official of the Architect's Advisory Council, & voluntary jury sponsored by the local chapter of the American In- stitute of Architects. Mr. Rodier, fol- lowing war service, planned the Sures- nes Cemetery near Paris and served also in an architectural capacity with the War Department. Mr. Lusk is engaged in statistical work related to real estate and building and also is_executive secretary of the Operative Bullders' Association. He has a wide background in better homes demonstrations, having served in the previous five years on The Star Model Homes Committees. Mr. Lusk is a na- tive of Washington and a graduate of Georgetown University, having an A. B. degree. He served in the war at St. Mihilel and in the Argonne, rising to the rank of captain. Later he engaged in real estate business for two years and for the past seven years has been assoclated with the Operative Bullders’ Association, last year establishing his own business as a real estate statisti- cian. Mr. Lusk also is professor of debating of Washington Coliege of Law and is a member of the Zoning Advisory Coun- cil. Last year he compiled the data contained in the Washington Survey published by the Board of Trade. Taylor Also Architect. Waverly Taylor, head of the local real estate and bullding firm bearing his name, 1s an active builder, a reg- | istered architect and member of the local chapter, American Institute of hitects. He was associated for 15 the Shannon & Luchs Construction Co., rising to the position of vice president in both corporations. Mr. Taylor also for several years has been vice president of the Operative Builders' Association and has been an active member of the Washington Real . Several years ago he was eral chairman of the Ideal Homes Exposition Committee of the Realty Board, which staged a homes demon- stration at the Washington Auditorium, which attracted thrusands of visitors. i resident of Washin, He represents the Operative Builders' Association on the Zoning Advisory Council and is the delegate of the Real Estate Board on the advisory council Nationa} Cepitel Park and Plan- EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, APRIL Experts Directing Silver Star Homes’ Program M 6, 193! IOPPOSE WET PLANK APPEAL OF RASKOB Most Democratic Congress- men, Including Some From North, Against Plap. (Continued Prom First Page.) as well, are thoroughly conversant with these and other phases of our party and personal affairs, and as one Demo- crat I shall await with confidence the:~ judgment. touching the wise, sane ar EMBERS of the Silver Star Homes .Committee are: Upper, left to right—James 8. Taylor, chief of division of building and housing, Department of Commerce, chairman; Dr. Louise Stanley, chief, United States Bureau cf Home Economics; Miss Harlean James, executive secretary, American Civic_Association, and Gilbert L. Rodier, president, Washington Chapter, American Institute of Architects.. Lower—Rufus S. Lusk, statistician; W. Wav- erly Taylor, vice president, Operative Builders' Association; John H. Small, 3d, landscape architsct, and Arthur Carr, president, Washington Real Estate Board. The ninth member is & representative of The Star. VERDICT AFFIRMED AGAINST TAXI C0. Justice Groner Holds Owner| Liable Though Driver Disobeyed Order. The District Court of Appeals in an opinion by Justice D. Lawrence Groner today established a new measure of re- sponsibility of owners of automobiles for injuries sustained when drivers are not actually engaged in the employer’ business, and in so doing modified a former decision of the court in Lucas vs. Friedman 58 Appeals 5. The court held that an employer may not escape | liability on the plea that the driver had disobeyed his instructions. It affirmed a verdict for $8,000 dam- ages awarded in the District Supreme Court to Mrs. Delia Flaherty against the Wardman Park Taxicab Co., in which the defense was that the cab driver was driving a woman friend to dinner when he struck Mrs. Flaherty and was not engaged in the master’s business. Dangers of Traffic Worse. “We are asked to hold,” says Justice Groner, “in effect that defendant can- not be held liable because the driver of his cab was at the time of the injury to plaintiff using it in violation of the master's rule, and this, too, notwith- standing that it is not contested he was then in the master's employ and rightly in possession of the cab. ) we think, is not and should not be the . We cannot shut our eyes to the fact that an automobile, in the crowded conditions of street traffic as it exists today in large cities is, as was declared by Justice Sutherland in the Colts case, ‘potentially a dangerous instrumentality’ nor to the further fact of universal knowledge that the fatalities due to its use, as shown in the published state- ments of State bureaus and insurance companies, lpfl‘olch those of modern warfare. Nor likewise are we unmind- ful of the fact that conditions in this :stpcct are growing worse rather than ter. Would Require Supervision. “In these circumstances it seems to be the duty of the courts to indulge no subtle reasoning in extending the doc- trine of non-liability to the owner of such an instrumentality who in search of gain and profit places one of these in irresponsible hands, but rather to res quire of him such supervision of his servant as will avoid disobedience to and disregard of his rules.” MELLON PLANNING LUNCH FOR NORMAN TOMORROW Bank of England’s Governor May Discuss Price of Silver ‘With Secretary. Arriving yesterday as the guest of Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, retired, Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England, will lunch with Secre- tary Mellon tomorrow. ‘This i5 one of many trips the gov- ernor has made to this country and, as in the past, both the visitor and Treas- ury officials declined to comment on the nature of the visit. Since the an- nouncement that the governor would come to this country there has been|go much_ speculation on’ the topies which may be considered, chief among them being ways and means to stabilize a deflated silver market. —_—_— ning Commission. He served in the Aviation Corps during the war. John H. Small, 3d, is widely known as| & landscape architect. He was born here and won a B. S. degree from Cornell | University and holds a master's degree in landscape architecture. He played important part in the design of Government parks here as landscape architect in the office of pub- | lic buildings and grounds. During the war he was in the Fleld Artillery serv- ice and was detailed as an instructor | in the Camouflage School at Columbia, 5 C Mr. Oarr has been engaged in ap- praisal work here for a quarter century, representing banks, bullding associa- tions, trust companies and life insur- ance companies. Much of the time he has served as an expert witness.for the Government in appralsal matters. He has been an officer of the Real Estate Board for & number of years, serving for a period of vears on its Appraisal Committee, of which he has been chairman. He has been a mem- ber of the Executive Committee of the realtors’ organization for a number of years, serving also as vice president of the board prior to his election as presi- dent last &u Mr. Carr is president of the Real Estate Mortgage & Guarantee Corpora- tior and for a number of years has been a director of that concern. He was born in land and has been a n_ for about 40 years. He is a member of the advisory council of Riggs National Bank gnd member of the board of managers ¢ the Mutual Fire Insurance Co. He al is a member of the board of the Juv nile Pmtze'.gl:‘ Assoclation and l(: l;m eral an officer of Trads, N |AL SMITH TO NAME | OPPONENT OF HOOVER IN 32, MOSES THINKS (Continued Prom First Page.) is still the strongest single force in the Democratic party, and the Democratic rominee must be satisfactory to him. The recent pregressive conference in ‘Washington proved that this group must compose their differences before they | can be effective in a national campaign. The Senator is confident of his own re-election in 1932, Thess cbservations, and more, which are off the record, he made in moments between receiving delegaticns | who journeyed to Concord today to dis- | cuss with him local political affairs of vital interest to the party and the Sena- | tor’s future political activities as théy | political interests. | Outspoken as Ever. | Soms of his callers came to lay the | 1aw down to him, but in not a few in- stances they fcund Senator Moses as peppery, independent anc outspoken as cver. Some of them falled in their mis- sion, but even these left with a whole- some respect for their representative in the Senate. “You always know where George stands, at any rate,” remarked the head of one delegation which didn't get what it came for. I asked the Senator if he expected the Republicans to ol ize the next Cong:m and he replied, “I hope not.” “What do you mean by that?” “I mean,” he replied, “that if the Democrats should organize either house by their own votes it would present a definite cleavage between the parties, which Congress very much needs. Th bloc system, especially in the does not fit into our constitutio: of government. Authority should go with responsibility—and since 1925 the Republicans have had responsibility without authority. It is an irksome situa- tion and I would gladly see it changed.” Gives Views on Progressives. “What is your reaction to the recent ive Conference at Washington?” “My knowledge of that gathering is wholly second-hand—that is to say, gained from the newspapers and corre- spondence. I think it developed exactly what most gatherings of that kind de- velop—namely, differences of opinion, which must be comj fore a group can become highly effec- tive in a national campaign.” “What is the outlock for 1932?” “You mean as to my own re-elec- | tion2” es.* ell.” sald the Senator, medita- tively, am not_thinking so much about that now. 1 have no fears on that score.” “Are you thinking of the national campaign?” ‘With much emphasis he answered: “I am thinking of little else litically. I know, of course, that 3 Hoover will be renominated easily. There are elements in the pa-ty, or, at any rate, elements bearing the Repub- lican party name, who don’t like him and who would make him a one-term President if they could. Phey cannot do it. They have no spearhead for any attack upon his nomination and they will probably find themselves in a situation where they will be unable to lend effective aid and comfort to the Democrats.” : “Meaning that?" “Meaning that the Democrats, as shown by the recent meeting of their National Committee, have as many points of difference to be ironed out as both the Progressives and Repub- licans put together. To be sure, the Democrats have high hopes for the next election and these hopes are rea- sonably justified. Accordingly, they will into " convention with a big field of candidates to select from. Smith Strongest Single Force. “I look for the leaders in the fleld to kill each other off. There may not be as many ballots as in the Madi- son Square Garden Convention, but the time will come when the tired delegates, with depleted pocketbooks, will want to settle the question on a compromise candidate. One thing is certain. They will select nobody re- pugnant to Gov. Smith, who, in Spite of his slender showing in the electoral college, remains the strongest single force in his party.” During the coming eight months | Senator Moses will visit the New Hamp- shire hinterlands, touching elbows with his constituents and repairing his po- litieal fences, where and when needed. He is not worrying about the Pro- gressive movement to dislodge him as President pro tem. of the Senate, satis- fied that if & move is made in that di- rection the law is on his side and he will hold on to the place during the rest of his term. But that is not his only card up his sleeve. For the pres- ent, he is not showing his hand to his opponents. ‘When the subject you hear mentioned every time New d business men get together—the r ds—was brought gives his views“as follows: “I was interested Eastman's letter to Gov. of sachusetts on the railread situation in that State, as what affects Massachu- setts rallroads affects all New England. Says Appeal Must Go Further. “In his letter Commissioner Eastman appealed to the New England spirit to ~ontrol New England railroads with Tew England people. If it could be at- “ined, I would welcome it joyfully. But seems to me that the appeal must ) further than the New England pirit: it must reach the New England tbook, ol . | S0 28 o Bagiand Falloads b3 Rew too, | affect their communities and their own | WALKER, AT HOME, PLANS HOT FIGHT |Mayor Says Tammany Has Nothing to Fear From “Political Attack.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 6.—Mayor Walker was back home today to begin his counter attack on the critics of his ad- | ministration. ‘Tanned and energetic, he returned yesterday from his vacation in Califor- nia and spent the day resting at his | apartment. He saw only & few friends, but those who talked with him were convinced that he intends to strike back vigorously and quickly. ‘Two immediate tasks confront the mayor. First, he must draft a reply to the charges filed against him with Gov. Roosevelt by the City Affairs’ Committee. The material on which the answer will be based was assembled during his_absence by his assistant, Charles F. Kerrigan. The second prob- lem involves the reorganization of some of the city's departments, a reorgani- zation which anticipates an investiga- tion of the city government by a com- mittee of the Legislature. Cameramen Given 20 Minutes. In line with Tammany's decision not to stage a demonstration, Police Com- missioner Mulrooney and Thomas F. McAndrews, secretary to the mayor, were the only officials of rank to extend welcome when the mayor arrived home. Photographers were out in force. The mayor spent 20 minutes posing for various “shots.” Into the microphone of one of the sound movie machines he made his only formal statement: T am happy to return to the city of my birth, which has honored jme. I return with renewed health and vigor t:n :Re cleanest and best city in the rid. Speaking of his critics a bit later, he remarked: No Doubt of Outcome. “They've asked for this fight. We'll give them all we've got. Te’s no doubt in my mind of the outcome. It's a political attack—nothing more. Tams many has nof to fear.” Meantime, with the inquiry into the lower courts of New York City nearing its end, Harland B. Tibbets, chief coun- sel for appellate division, said it was e: ely unlikely that any in- stance ol a purchased appointment to the bench would be disclosed. though the investigation has brought about the resignation of three magis- trates,” Mr. Tibbetts said, “it has been ;.lmout impossible to get cogent evi- ence.” JEWS DIE IN AMBUSH JERUSALEM, April 6 (#).—Two Jew= ish men and one woman were killed and four injured when a party of 11 Jews, returning in a cart to Yaggour, near Haifa, were ambushed last night. The Jews were proceeding quietly, it was reported ‘here, when suddenly a heavy fire was opened at them from both sides of the road. Jerusalem was like an armed camp over Easter, with machine guns placed about #he city and armored cars patrol- ling the streets because of expected riots between Mufti and anti-Mufti forces during a procession of 2,000 Moslems. The parade, however, was concluded without disturbance: England people mean financial sources from New England equally. “We all know that New England con- tinues to be a plenteous reservoir of money, due to the thrift of our people, as witnessed by the continued growth of deposits in our savings banks. This money, however, is by no means in- vested in New England enterprises to the extent it should be. Even the new enterprises in New England are not very largely financed at home, in spite of the wide distribution of the securities of, let us say, New England public utilities. "Accurding])’. the realization of Mr. Eastman’s ideal—and a highly desirable ideal it is—must be preceded by a proc- ess of education which will teach the accumulated dollars of New England to leap from their strong boxes into the treasury of a New England system of railroads. Differ on U. S. Operation. “Eastman possesses an unexcelled knowledge of the railroad structure of the country, but he and I do not share the same views regarding some founda- mentals of railroading—notably Gov. ernment operation; but I feel sure that the original grouping of railroads under the Esch-Cummins, act, which I assume re- sound party cost.” Like Morrow's Idea. Senator Walsh of Montana was askc: what he thought of the Raskob pro- posal and letters to the National Com- mittee. “I have'no comment to make,” said Senator Walsh, “on the wisdom or un- wisdom of the eourse s lrl!ed by Mr Raskob. But iis implications ought to be plainly understood. He proposes, as 1 understand it, not the repeal of the eightcenth amendment, but an amendment of it, under which each State would enjoy the right to deter- mine whether it should be dry or wet. That is exactly the result which would follow if the amendment were repealed and the proposal is plainly a proposal to repeal the eighteenth amendment. In that respect it is quite like the Morrow idea, much lauded. Mr. Mor- row, according to my recollection, pro- posed likewise not that the amend- ment be repealed, but that it be amended 30 as to give the Federal Government the power to legislate only in relation to importations and expor- tations of intoxicating liquors for bev- erage purposes and the transfer of the same from one State to another. Corruption Phase Cited. “But in the same manner:if the eighteenth amendment were repealed, the Federal Government would have the authority, as it had and exercised it before the eighteenth amendment, to deal with importations and exportations terstate comm intoxi: makes a strong appeal. legislator will have in min¢ the un- limited sums of money which would be available, on one side at least, and be expended in such a contest, the cor- rupt influence of which would be beyond measure.” Senator Walsh of Montana has been regarded as a dry in the past and pre- sided as chairman over the Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden in 1924, when the lquor is- sue faced seriously split the Democratic party. The only comment of Senator Walsh of Massachusetts on the Raskob letter to the National Committee was that he thought it within the rights of the chairman to poll the committee on this question. COMMITTEEMEN POLLED. Rascob Moves for Definite Stand on Prohibition Question. By the Assoclated Press. Another suggestion that Democrats &void straddling and adopt a definite 1932 platform on controversial sub- jects—including prohibition—was be- fore that party today in a letter from Chairman Raskob o! the National Committee. He asked each nationsl committee- man to make individusl recommenda- tions for the 1932 platform and give “particular” attention to prohibition. Once more he advanced his home- lan as what he believes to be a of liquor questions, Then, answering accusations that he was at- tempting to dictate to the party, he re- called t the last Democratic con- vention chai the National tee of which is chairman with mak- ing “recommendations of policies or procedure for the consideration of the convention.” It was with this instruction in mind, he said, that he called the recent Na- tional Committee meeting, at which he advanced the home-rule plan and other suggestions. Clear Platform Urged. “Whether we like it or not” he ‘wrote, “prohibition is a critical question in many of our States.” The voters, he asserted, will support “the party “whose policies and conduct appeal to them as being sincere, honest, courageous, best guaranteeing the preservation of our democracy and pre- moting freedom and happiness as against a life of tyranny and strife.” “If this line of thought is sound, the Democratic party can profit therefrom ugh the lduf"-lon of a platform which will enunciate simply and clear- ly, without equivocation and in a lan- guage a l4-year-old child can under- stand, the principles it proposes and promises to enforce in the conduct of our Government if its candidates are el ,” Raskob added. “If the Democratic party is inter- mm"fi’ — ool °lfc :‘:"‘r ‘f argus & great deal of force that we should avoid or straddle all controversial issues and resort to every expediency to gain votes, not through courageous leadership on our Fart. but through promoting djssatis- action with the Republican party every conceivable way.” ‘The 4,000-word letter also dealt with Raskob's suggestions regardi tarift, business, rm _ relief, une; ulirment. the fiv week and public utilities. “Dangerous Complication.” But he saw prohibition as the out- standing question on which the party should come to “a common and definite understanding. His home-rule plan—which would call for retention of the eighteents amendment, but adoption of another constitutional change hfivtn; States control of liquor—is, to mind, prob- ably the best solution, he said, but added: “Perhaps some of you may have a better solution.” “It is important that our friends in the dry States clearly understand,” he wrote, “that home rule could not be- come effective until a majority of peo- le in 36 out of the 48 States vote in avor of such an amendment.” Other Recommendations Made. “And, furthermore, if the unexpected should hlg'pen and the new amendment be a 1ly adop! through a vote of the majority of the people in 36 States, the eighteenth amcndment would con- tinue to be the law in every State until the people of a particular State should desire by popular vote to take over their own liquos contol problems.” His other recommendations presented for consideration of the National Com- mitteemen were to— “Take the Government out of busi. ness and relieve trade from unnecessary :‘nd unreasonable governmental restric- Py “Clearly define our tariff policies.” "DCIJI’¥' policy of governmental fixing schemes and attempts to maintain prices artificially " “Develop some plan of tion between our National Committee and up, the Senator was alert. In effect, he | o more recent proposals which have been H{ the rallroads themselves and 3 !ou: pose, ‘l’: might designate tbe power plan. “The railroads og New land will need money—a great deal of money— in the next 10 for equipment and roposals e man Who can answer this will deserve at the roa: w England more mem than now in Old Engiand marking journey of the body of the famcus jeval Quean. (Copptizht, 1031 by e erican No the duly elected tic members of u:.e Senate and House of Represent- atives.” “Realize the absolute strong leadership.” e —— Farm Relief Tncluded. y WP some scheme of farm relief which redound to the benefit of our " B evetop, old-age and unemployment and unem) enf insurance based co-opera effort, between capital u;nd labor.” 3 “Advance the movement for a fi 3“ week without diminution of 'nu:'.. ge.” Correct an Injustice in the Sherman law™ beneficial mergers may be con- “UTeh the States exercise “polion, Gole e exercise “| X : oblia mi, i