Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1931, Page 2

‘Dramatist LAD PLAYS LEAD IN “MASTER SKYLARK.” :Tfl TAlK BUSINES Large Delegations to Cross Atlantic for Chamber of Commerce Congress. BY A. R. DECKER. ' By Coble to The Star. PARIS, France, April 7.—About 1,000 representative business men are ex- pected to attend the Washington Con- gress of the International Chamber of Commerce in May, the first congress 1o be held in the United States. Great | Britain will send abount 60 delegates, | ‘Germany 40 or 50 and France and Italy also will be represented by large dele- gations. There will be about 200 or 300 Europeans making the trip. More busi: ness leaders would cross the Atlantic to establish contacts with Americans and discuss world trade problems, but | {he pusiness situstion requires that the | who will play the title role in “Master . | Skylark,” to be given by the Junior many feel that they cannot leave at This time even to take shory vacations, | Theater Players at Wardman Park to- ‘Tomorrow officials of the lnt“nm-‘mormw morning and afternoon. " REPORT SATURDAY, arrangements for the congress. Among Results of Unofficial Probe to those in the group are H. C. McLean, head of the American section and Be Included in Printed Pamphlet. GEORGE S. VEST, 3D, American admin’strative comm Edotard Dolle secretary g Pierre Vasseur,” director of "the trade and industry group; Virgilio del Rio, director of the finance group; Rene Amaud, director of the legal group; Willard Hill of the information service, Harold King, manager of World Trade, | the chamber’s quarterly publication, and | Joseph Zoltowski, Polish administrative | commissioner. Although protectionism is now at its/| peak, with ecch country trying to be self-sufficing, Chamber of Commerce | Jeaders say there are signs that business men feel all countries and peoples are interdependent, so that a tendency away from trade restrictions might be wel- e, and the Chamber of Commerce ‘The results of the unofficial investi- should lead the van in starting the movement. The chamber investigation on rela- tions between the United States and Europe shows that there is no clash of vital interests between the two conti- mnents—that, indeed, each needs the Olher It is ho that the Washington will bring frank discussions ludmg to better trade relations. vcnpm.m. w31 SUSPECT MURDER RING OF INSURANCE PLOT Probers Seek to Link Slaying of Japanese in Vancouver With 20 Other Killings. By the Associated Press. { VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April | 7—With three of his countrymen in Jail accused of slaying Naskichi Wata-| nabe, a Japanese, police strove today to learn whether thé killing was re-| lated to the mysterious deaths of 20| other members of the Japanese colony gation of the liquor problem, carried out during the past few months by members of the Women’s National Committee on Law Enforcement, will be reported to the national chairman, Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, at the Saturday morning ses- sion, and the luncheon that day, of the annual conyention of the organization, which opens Friday at the Hotel Wash- ington. The Friday session will be a private one, at which the State chairmen and the 21 members of the unofficial in- vestigating committee will compile their individual reports to be made in brief form to the national chairman and delegates attending the convention at Saturday's sessions. Shortly after the findings of the ‘Wickersham Commission had been made public the Women's National Committee on Law Enforcement, while satisfied with the findings as a whole, expressed dissatisfaction with certain detailed statements, declaring they gave an er- roneous impression of the views of the women of the country on the prohibi- tion question. Didn’t Present Viewpoint. Commerting on the Wickersham Commission and its plan, Mrs. Peabody "Whlle the decision of the Wicker- am Commitsion was in the main as the work of a murder syndicate. \zml!ylnc there was wide disagreement among members as to the remedy for | Watanabe was, siain. with &n aX,|improying enforcement in certain cen- which police said they had recovered ters. It did not present the woman's at the bottom of a water hole in which | Viewpoint. which is an important one.” _| With the purpose of presenting the they were directed by one of the sus- opinion and views of the women of the country, the Women's National Com- The au!hnrmcs are working on the | mittee for Law Enforcement appointed theory that the suspected murder ring 21 members from all parts of the coun- operated to collect irsurance on the try to make an investigation on certain llves of its victims. Insurance com-|phzses of ths liquor problem not pre- gfl representatives are taking plrblsented in the Wickersham re) the investigation. “Mr. Wickersham knows of this com- Among the deaths to be tnvcsuattedlmlsdun‘s appointment,” said Mrs. Pea- are several which occurred in a private | body, “and has characterized it as an hospital, Three of the deaths occurred | ‘excellent plan.’ in cne family. Wide Representation. “These outstanding women are not| s JLERDED e L (o, e IN THORNE SLAYING; | represent enforcement sgencies. ~They TWO TO FACE QUIZ| are specialists from both parties, qual- ed Prom Plrlt Page.) ified to speak with authority, presenting | the viewpoints of woman. doctors, law- | yers, teachers, authors, legislators, Judges, industrial and weifare workers, club women, voters, mothers and grand- ¥ho had ]:)een held for tnvestigation, .zr'“‘fif,‘éj" 0 TE S Orglr DO 4 oclock yesterday unless specific| liquor charges are based on the alleged | £0n'Cr. S Baforcengent, thar 12,000,000 discovery of a quantity of home DIEW|women are represented by our organi- 2nd whisky in Selbicky's home following | yutior e o e arrest. : 3 o | Tembers of the national societies and Seipicky, who i 45 Jeams Ol %A% | organizations affllated with the Wom- visited at the jail yesterday by his| estranged wife, Mrs, Beulah Selbioky. | (5 National Committee on Law En- ‘Washington and Prince Georges Coun- | ty authorities last night questioned a| 25-year-cld employe of the Potomac, lxdxe:mc Eower Co. “hoedislnltcrmer arine. name entered the investi- | ot the “loyalty luncl gation when Marine Corps records dis- | i the hell of natime st che® hocid clcsed he had servedia jail sentence| A composite report, based on individual end had been dishonorably discharged | statements of members of the Investi- from the service on the strength of | gating Committee, will be read at the testimony offered by Thorne. Tincheon. The detalled report will be Convinced of Innocence. incorporated in a pamphlet. After questicning the man for about Expect 800 to Be Present. three hours the investigators released | Seating for approximately 800 dele- him, explaining he had convinced | gates and guests have already been ar- them he was not implicated in the!ranged for tbe luncheon Saturday. murder. Many prominent members will arrive The machine held by the investi- | in Washington Friday to attend the gators was found abondoned on Crystal | convention. Among these will be Mrs. Spring road. about two blocks from the | Gifford Pinchot, Wife of the Governor woods in which Thorne’s body was |of Pennsylvania, who has long been an | found. It bore “dead” license tags, but | active member of the Woman's Na- a check-up of the cngine number re- | tional Committee for Law Enforcement. vealed it had been sfolen here. The| The busiress ressions of the conven- automobile, se until an examina- | tion Wil close Saturday evening. Sun- tion can be mads for fingerprints, is | day, the final day of the convention, | held at a garage in Capitol Heights. will' be a “day of prayer.” MOTHER, 70, AND SON BOWIE ENTRIES DEMAND JURY TRIAL | A old woman, Mrs. Anna Seabright d ))l‘r son, W; Seabright, 43 3 block of H stre in P (Conti ‘Y\:r”emen! declared Mrs. Peabody. The reports of the State chairmen will be made Saturday morning. Mem- i bers of the Investigating Committee or their alternates will be presented | { | TOMORROW. FiRsT, RACE. F O R0 Yo: claiming; | 3 year-olds. ¢ furiongs. ed 02 70 e Mary | Clarence | i1 < of the 1300 | ek were today | H h possession | itation Laddie o, eligiple by ¢nnessce Gal They de Vr'.tlwr by ry trial, the 2 $500 bond and | 44 000 ‘bond, as » :ond offense possess rday. on a viee | raid after a policeman said he Z.4 wade a “buy” in the home +defendarts were represented by | rney Louis Whitestone. iey Goldmen, Benjamin Goldman and Evelyn Cochrén also errested by | the vice squad, requested jury trials charge of maintaining a nuisance n the 2500 block of Pourteentn street, | LILY PONS WINS SUIT NEW YORK A[)r!l ’T (’) —Injunc- | ticn. procezdings started against Lily Pcrs, soprano of the Metropolitan Opsra, by Maria Gay, her manager, were dismissed today by Supreme Court Justice John A. Ford. Miss Gay, who had a contract en- 1itling her to 15 per cent of the singer’s gs, sought to prevent the singer from appearing under the management of any one else. Fos 2 1 Rosenvers * and . D RACE--Pure | pIHIED RACE Purse, s, o 3-vear-old Fellow Flat ACE—Purss, i the Cen- u-oxn. and up! < miles. Eiarenn " ig: Sandy Ford William™ T, 001 T FTH RACEPurse, 31,200; claiming; 4- year-olds and up: 1 iniles “Morapuft i | 108 *Com tesion RACE rnm, $1,200; claiming: 21 Kll]ed in Paris Easter. PARIS, April 7 (P).—Twenty-one !harmful to us, 97| Congress nowadays. THE EVE /OPINION DIVIDED ON RASKOB PLAN Ex-Gov. Byrd Reiterates Be- lief Committee Should Not Establish Policies. (Continued From First Page.) the home rule suggestion an “ideal so- lution,” saying: “I can't think of anything I could add to Mr. Raskob's plan.” Georgla's commltteeman. Maj. John H. Cohen, said “I do not think it is within Mr. Ras- kob's province * * * to be dictating & platform for the next Democratic convention or candidate.” Some leading anti-prohibitionists in the Capital privately expressed the view that Raskob had erred in stressing pro- hibition. Opinion as to the outcome of the dif- ficulties was divided. Some, however, held it was unlikely any group would decide definitely to bolt the party until they were convinced Raskob's plan would be, made a plank at the na- tional convention. Even then, it was party regularity might be en- courmged by the hope that a unified cam :aign would mean victory and re- store Democrats to power, and patron- age, for the first time in 10 years. Comment from other members of the Democratic National Committee follows: W. T. Kemper, Missouri—Mr. Ras- kob's request is untimely. It is entirely too early for us to attempt to write a pllfiflm'm on prohibition or anything else. Mrs. Bernice S Pyke, Ohio—It is not the business of the National Committee to frame platform or make recommend- ations. Silence Is Golden. Elizabeth Marbury, New York—The convention manua! was compiled for the use of the National Committee during the convention. It stands for informa- tion and not for inspiration. I feel that at this time silence is golden. As re- gards prohibition I begin to fear that as a Nation, we are rapidly losing all sense of proportion, despite the pro- nouncement of certain individuals that th isis to be the all-important issue in 1932. God forbid! Archibald McNeil, Connecticut—I do not consider it the province of the na- tional committeeman to at this time in- terpret the wishes and views of the ‘Democracies of the several States. Edward W. Quinn, Massachusetts— Prohibition is certainly very much of an issue and I think it a very important one and should not be shunted aside by the party. Sedgwick Kistler, Pennsylvania—No Democrat believing in Jefferson's fun- damental principle of State's rights will see any reason for or fear any danger of a split within the Democratic party as a result of th® discussion now under way regarding prohibition. The great issue of the campaign of 1932 will re- volve around economic conditions and preblems. R. F. Mitchell, Towa: “There’s no split in our ranks. It's 2ll in the viewpoint. The Southern Democrats fear it will mean liquor for the Negroes and Northern Democrats are trylng to break up the cause of gangs and crime. Raskob is trying scmething politically new. He is giving thz people a chance to write their own liquor plank instead of waiting until the convention and forcing his own views through.” Mrs. Anna O'Dea Murphy, Pennsyl- vania—"“I am in hearty accord with {Chairman Raskob’s proposal for solu- tion cf the prohibition problem. I be- lieve regulation shculd be left to the States. In Pennsylvania we arc just as much in favor of temperance as the | people of the South. Our viewpcint is different. Federal prohibition has been in that it increased crime and disrespect for law. Mr. Ras- kob has proposed what I believe is a working plan and cne on which therc can be, if the disposition is there, full agreement. Mrs. James J. Billington, New Jer- sey—I am in hearty co-operation with xo‘f’lr. Raskob and approve of his meth- s. Robert Jackson, New Hampshire— While I am not prepared to say that Mr. Raskob's proposal is the best plan which can be devised for remedying the cbvicus evils of the present situation, he certainly earnzd the respect and grati- tude of every American who admires courage and candor in public life. Pro- hibition is a great issue which cannot be evaded. Scott Ferris, Oklahoma—Let the idictic prohibition question lie and de- vote our energies to economic rehabill- Elizabeth R. Menefee, Mary- agree with Chairman Raskob's program in its entirety. W. A. Julian, Obio—After Wicker- shem and others failed to solve the liquor question it's a big job for Raskob to tackle. J. Bruce Kremer, Montana—The liquor question should be left to the States. There isn't a chance for a split in the Democratic party over pro- hibition or any cther question. James M. Tunnell, Delaware—With- out commenting upon any of Mr. Ras- kob's suggestions, which, however, does not mean disapproval or commitment, I will say that Mr. Raskob is, in my opinion, within his rights in polling the membership of th> Democratic Na- or are likely to become, issues. It is commendable in him to endcaver to find out public sentiment. I think the | party is fortunate in having a man as ! chairman who will do this. STIRS UP CONTROVERSY. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Entirely apart from the merits of pro- hibition, - Chairman Raskob's proposal that the Democratic naticnal commit- teemen and committeewomen shall ex- press their personal views on the next national platform is stirring up a con- troversy as to the function of party leaders Mr. Raskob has a naive approach to party politics which may be the means of focussing attention on the absence of party responsibility and party disci- pline, which is giving the minority groups and blocs so much power in Mr. Raskob has never been a practi- cal politiclan and has viewed with amazement the pow sumed by na- tional conventions every four years, not only in drafting party politics, but in rccognizing just who are entitled to represent the varicus States as bona fide delegates. What a anyway? Mr question- of thos is_a national committeeman askob has asked this der in_political ex- f. . Who are the Democratic the members of Congress and the national committeemen end committeewomen. This group is supposed to be responsible for party affajrs. Up to now both the Republican and Democratic parties have proceeded in Cert2inly - 198 very much the same way, leaving it to the individual members of the Natiorial Committee to act more or less as party bosses in their respective States, with a veice £8 to appointments and the dis- bursement of party funds in their lo- calities. Mr. Raskob thinks the National Com- mittes members should also be spokes- men of public sentiment in their States, ‘This is by no means a new concept, bui it is decidedly novel to see anybody uylnf to elevate the importance Dl Na- tional Committee members in party councils, especially since members of Congress have usuaily availed them- selves of thé privilege of speaking for the'r constituencies on party matters. Mr. Raskob’s ¢ffort t5 poll the Demo- mnom were Inued nnd 81 anured in | tHades France over | (3SR un Mer haudnys. A.'l unofiicial ' a Vow'd Veng'nee lni thc numher pf m.mfi . W, 1ion cratic National Committee has led to 3| varied commenis and differences of oninion as to the true place of the n 1 ON‘{" commiit in the making pasty, policies,, Some members hold the Nafional Com- an tional Committee on matters that are, | i Veteran Dies ARRIE W. H. W. NEWMAN DIES IN CAROLINA HOSPITAL Former Advertising Manager of the Bulletin, War Veteran, Succumbs at Oteen. NEWMAN. Harrie Webber Newman, 32 years old, World War veteran and widely known in this city, died in the Veterans' Hospital at Oteen, N. C., yesterday after a long illness. Mr. Newman was formerly advertising manager of the Bulletin here. He was a member of Mount Hermon Lodge of Masons, at Hyattsville, Md.; a member and- former vice president of the Eldo- rado Club, member of the J. Morgan Read Council, Junior Qrder of United American Mechanics, and the Schneider- Farmer Post, American Legion. Mr. Newman Tresided at 3415 Bunker Hill road, Mount Rainier, Md. The body is being brought to this city. The services will be conducted at the residence Thursday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock. Interment will be in Arlington Cemetery. Mr. Newman served in the Navy dur- ing the war. He is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Hildur E. Reeves, Mrs. Lina Crown and Mrs. Annie H. Brigman of Mount Rain- ier, and Mrs. Louise F. Thompson of this city. CITY NEWS IN BBIEF TODAY. Meeting, North Clevziand Park Citi- zens' Association, 3923 Windom place, 3 pm. Card party, Waneta Council, No. 6, 500, 1012 Ninth street. Dance, Capitol-Lodge, No. 3, O. S. of B., 808 I street, 9 p.m. Lecture, Dr. I. S. Ketchum, Business Wemen's Ccuncil, Church of the Cove- nant, 8 pm. Meeting, Alpha Chi Delta, 1705 P street, 7:30 p.m. Meeting, Botanical Soclety of Wash- ington, administration building, Depart- ment of Agriculture, 8 p.m. Mesting, Writers Rendezvous, Thomp- sor: School. Bcwling party, Red Triangle Outing Club, Lucky Strikz Alleys, 7:45 p.m. Concert, Princeton Glee Club, May- flower Hotel, 8 p.m. Dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Loesch, Chiness room, Mayflower Hotel. Dinner, Chevrolet Motor Co., fower Hotel, 6:30 p.m. Lecture, Teachers' Guide Talking Pictures, Hotel, 8 pm. May- Ald and Parent Mayflower Card party, Esther Chapter, Eastern Star, Willard Hotel, 2 p.m. Meeting, Southern Cross Chapter 804, U. D. C., Willard Hotzl, & p.m. Rehearsal, Rubinstein Club, Willard THotel, 7:45 pm. Dance, Dixie Chapter, U. D. C., Wil- lard Hctel, 9 pm. Buffet supper, Women's _ National Press Club, Willard Hotel, 6:30 p.m. Meeting, Admiral Coontz _Chapter, American War Mothers, Willard Hotel, 8 pm. National Oil ~Conference, Hotel, all day. Meeting, New York State Willard Hotel, 8 p.m FUTURE. Dance, Lamda Zeta Gamma Gamma Chapter, Beaver Dam Club, April 17, 10 p.m. Luncheon, Rotary Club, Willard Hotzl, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, District of Columbia Bank- ers’ Association, Willard Hotel, tomor- row, 12:45 p.m. Rehearsal, Gridiron Club, Willard Hotel, tomorrow, 2 p. Card Party, Women's Relief Corps, Department of the Potomac, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, 1015 § street, tomorrow. Luncheon, Wa.shlngmn Lions Club, Mayflower Hotel, 0 p.m., tomorrow. ‘Willard Society, Sorority, Country Card party, Ways and Means Club of Martha Washington, 2146 Georgia ave- nue, tomorrow. Operctta, “Peter Rabbit.” Sunday school choir of St. Mark's Church, Third and A streets southeast, Thurs- iay, 8 p.m. Luncheon, Exchange Club of Wash- ington, Carlton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. s BAND CONCEBT By the United States Soldiers' Home | Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 0 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmer- mann, bandmaster; Anten Pointner, assistant. March, “Massachusetts Bay Tercen- tenary Overture, Entr'acte, “On the Riviera”.. Ba Melenge, “Gems of Stephen Foster,” o “Cheerful Little Earful,” Warren Waltz song, “Lonesome Lover”, . Monaco Finale, “Ole Virginny .Zamecnik “The Star Bp-nglcd Banne Fox trot, mittee merely executes party policies in matters of selecting delegates and cam- paign management, but that the com- | perature, D. C., TUESDAY WAY 15 SEEN CLEAR | FOR NAVAL PARLEY Italian Ambassador Reported Satisfying Briand on Cus- toms Union Stand. 'The prospects for an early resump- tion of the Franco-Italian-British naval negotiations appear again fa- vorable, according to news received here in well informed quarters. Conte Manzoni, Itallan Ambassador at Paris, has visited French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand and informed him that the Italian government has in no way approved the Austro-Ger- man customs union and that it was glad to hear from the an govern- ment that the whole matter will be submitted to the League of Nations Council. This, he is stated to have said, wold give Italy a good chance to examine the matter thoroughly and in an impartial and unprejudiced spirit. M. Briand is reported to have de- clared himself amply satisfied with the Italian official declaration and it is believed here that the drafting of the naval treaty, which has been suspend- ed since the French government sus- pected Italy to be unduly friendly to the idea of the Austro-German cus- toms union, will be resumed in the course of this week. It is believed here that the question of the 65,000 ton’s replacements, which was the technical cause of the break- down of the naval negotiations, will be settled, the French government agree- ing to leave the whcle matter In sus- pense until the end of the naval treaty, in December, 1936. RUMANIAN CABINET SEEN HINGING ON PARLIAMENT King Carol and Liberals Want Gen- eral Elections, but Peasants Insist Upon Control. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, April 7.—The opinion was expressed 1n circles here in close touch with the cabinet situation in Bucharest that the formation of a new cabinet hangs largely on the quesilon of the maintenance of the peasant party’s con- troi of the Rumanian Parliament. The peasants now hold a five-sixths majority in the Chamber of Mandates and a two-thirds majority in the Sen- ate. Party leaders, it is belleved here, have declared themselves to be willing o sanction a new cabines only on con- dition that the complexion of Parlia- mcnt remains as it now siands. King Carcl and the Liberals, however, it is believed, are determined to insist on a’general election. King Carol, Vienna hears, has been ccnferring with party leaders from morning to night with little progress thus far. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Cloudy, with lowest temperaturc about 36 degrees tonight; tcmorrow fair and warmer, moderate northwest winds. Maryland—Cloudy, with snow in ex- treme west and rain in northeast and north central portions tonight; gen: erally fair tomorrow with rising tem- moderate to fresh northwest winds. Virginia—Cloudy, with snow in north- west portion tonight; generally fair and warmer tomorrow; probably heavy frost in south portion tonight; moderate northwest winds. West Virginia—Partly cloudy in south and west portions and snow in north- east portion tonight; generally fair and warmer tomorrow. Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 42; 8 p.m., 40; 12 midnight, 39; 4 am., 39; 8 am, 38; noon, 36. Bnrome(er—4 pm., 3002; 8 pm, 12 midnight, 29.93; 4 am, 29.81; B am 29.76; noon, 29.73, nghcst temperature, 47, occurred at 2:30 p.m. yesterday: lowest temperature, 38, occurred at 7:30 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 64; lowest, 43. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 5:51 a.m. p.m.; high tide, 11:35 a.m. Tomorrcw—Low tide, 6:45 am. and 7:21 pm.; high tide, 12:09 am. and 12:28 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 5:45 a.m.: 6:36 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:44 am.; sets 6:37 p.m. Moon sets 8:40 a.m. Automobile lamps to be thu'd one- half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Comparative figures of the monthly rainfall in the Capital for the first four months against the average is shown in the following table: Average. January ..3.55 ins. February. .3.27 ins. March 3.75 ins. April 3.27 ins. Record rainfalls months were:* January, 1882, 7.09 inches; February, 1884, 6.34 inches; March, 1891, 8.84 inches; April, 1889, 9.13 inches. “ellher in Various Cities. fl-rempmuu o3 Coast and and 6:26 sun’ sets sun for the first four 159M0 wegol Y Stations. **-fup121sak “-qysu_asep Abilene, Tex.... 30.12 Albany,’ N. Y. Atlants. Ga Atlantic Cit Baltimore, ) Birmingham Charleston, §! Chicago, ... 30. Oincinnati, Ohio Cleveland, ' Ohio. 3 Columbia, S. C. Denver, " Colo Detroit, Mich Ei Paso, Tex. . Galveston, Te Helena, " Moat, Huron, 8. 20.88 Tudinniapolis.Ind 3018 JacksonvilieFia. 30.20 New Orleans New York, Gklahoma_ Cit; Omaha, Nebr. Phlhdtlnhll £ oenix, Ariz Pittsburgh, Fa Portland, mittee is no more entitled to speak for | Son the party than a former campaignman- San_Francisco.. 30.00 ager or any other orgnmnmm omcer g Lsulls‘"uo when once the campaign is over. Keep Machinery Going. Most members of the committee have held to the theory that in between elec- tions they simply keep the machinery of the party going and that untyl a can- didate is selected they have no right to enunciate policies. Mr. Raskob's point, however, is that each national committecman should 30.3 2076 FOREIGN. (7 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Stations. Temperature. Weather. London, England. 44 Clear Parls, France. 035 Raln o enunciaie his “personal recommenda- | Stocknoim, tions,” but with a subject as contro- yersial as prohibition there 18 apt 10| roria CFaygb. Asaves be very litile personal or officia Prestion until the party convention has assembled _and concreie platform pro- posals are up for consideration, atn Guirrent observations.) ud: 0 . | vear ago. APRIL | 7, 1931. ERE B. BRABAZON PONSONBY, 4, to take the oath as Canada’s \Y by, 13-year-cld daughter of the earl; Takes Over Reins in Canada NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL ARRIVES IN HALIFAX. ninth Earl of Bessborough, with mem- fourteenth governor general. P. Photo. CAPITAL'S QUAKE SURVIVORS LISTED Washington Residents to Sail| This Week From Nicaragua on Transports. A number of Washingtonians are ' bound for the National Capital from the Managua earthquake zon2, and the Navy Department today made public the list of persons who will be on the ship designated to return them to the United States. Seventy-five of these | members of families of officers and en- listed men of the Navy and Marine Corps on duty in Nicaragua will be transpoited on the U. S. S. Chaumont, naval transport that is scheduled to leave the Canal Zone tomorrow and is due at Hampton Roads, Va., next Mon- day. Aboard the U. S. Army transport Grant, due to leave the Canal Zone Sat- urday and arrive in New York April 17, will be 50 persons. The U. S. Army transport Somme, sailing from the Canal Zore Priday and due to arrive at San Francisco April 20, will carry ps.“!ngen being returned to the West Coast. Mrs. A. E. Buckner and her daughter, the family of Gunnery Sergt. Buckner 1of the Marine Corps, are returning to their home, 10 Seventh street north- east. Mrs. J. D. Erwin and two children, the family of the chief pay clerk of that name in the Merine Corps, are return- ing to their home, 1819 G street. Mrs. H. H. Fleming and son, family of the Marine Corps captain, are | coming to thé National Capital, t no street address is given for them. Mrs. T. J. McQuade and two children, | the family of the first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, are coming here. Mrs. B. O. Salley and son, the family | of Chief Pharmacist's Mate Salley of | B street southeast. N5 E 3. Donnélly. wite of the chief | pay clerk in the Marine Corps, is com- ing here. of Capt. Stack of the Marine Corps, are coming here. All these people are scheduled to come to the East coast aboard the| U. 8. S. Chaumont, except Mrs. Don. nelly, who 15 to embark on the trans- port Grant. MISSING EDITOR'S Widow Says Suicide, Known as Lee, Was Her Husband, Hutton Bellah. By the Assoclated Press. YUMA, Ariz, April 7—Mrs. Hutton Bellah of Los Angeles today identified the body of a man known here as Wil- liam A. Lee, publisher-editor of the Yuma Sentinel, as that of her missing husband, Hutton Bellah, who disap- peared from Altus, Okla., more than a Bellah committed suicide by sending a bullet through his brain yes- . | terday. Relatives and friends of Bellah said they believed from the circumstances surrounding the suicide yesterday and from Lee's description that he was the missing Bellah. Mrs. Bellah agreed to view the body to verify or disprove the belief she held with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bellah of Hollis, Okla., her husband's parept: Lew Wentz, Ponca City, Okla., oil 3 and Harrington Wimberly, now editor .| of the Altus paper. Lee came here from Madison, Wis., last Summer and bought the Sentinel. Bellah disappeared shortly after he had sold his interest in the Altus news- paper to Eugene Pulliam of Lebanon, Ind.. and moved, with his wife and two children, to Los Angeles. Oklahoma friends said he lost heavily in the stock market crash of 1929. French to Release Slayer. NICE, France, April 7 (#)—Magis- trate Vachier said today Mrs. Charlotte Nixon-Nirdlinger of St. Louis, Mo., will be released temporarily within five days on the charge of slaying Fred Nixon- Nirdlinger, Philadelphia theater owner. . B. DANIELS DIES OF HEART ATTACK | SUSPECT THIEVES IN SCHOOL BLAZE Authorities Trace Origin of Saturday Night Fire to Incendiaries. Evidence that the fire which threat- ened the Carbery School late Saturday night was of incendiary origin was found by school and Fire Department authorities in their official investigation late yesterday. According to Robert L. Haycock, assistant superintendent of schools, two cans of shellac had been poured on the floor of the school in a “snake line” leading from the cloak room of the kindergarten, through the kindergarten class room and out into the main corri- dor. The shellac had been contained in two of three cans which were delivered to the school on the last class day be- fore the Easter holidays. One Can Found. Miss R. L. Dick, senior teacher of the bullding, accepted the three cans of Sirucica dnat they be biaced an'a pupils struc B 's desk in her room, where mufl could get them at his leisure ‘M stow them in the paint locker of the manual training room in the bullding. After the fire, investigating authori~ bers of his family, shortly before he landed at Halifax, Nova Scotia, April | ties found one of the three cans still on He is the |the desk. Beside it were the caps of first to ascend the high Canadian post by appointment of the Canadian |the other two. Evidence of the poured prime minister rather than the King. Left to right: Lady Moyra Ponson- | shellac was found across the hall in the Earl Bessborough, Lady Bessborough and | kindergarten cloak room, its route out- Viscount Duncannon, 18-year-old son of the governor general. -A. lined by the progress of the flame. luthnrltles belleve '.he fire was es believe the fire was started by '.he mleves who, since Thursday, stole the automatic savings bank tcHer from its place in the Carbery School carrl.dor Yeeterdny- inv«untlon, hc ited in the finding of of me nvlnn :umns which chlldren buy in making their bai deposits u“iylrearlotldj mn&nm hmue The 'gl‘l:;r itself, an instrument ewing ma~ chlne, hu not yet been ft“wl:lwd. Entered Through Window. School authorities believe the thieves set fire to the building in a crude at- Lemm to cover their theft. They added that the machine probe ably contained small amount of money in nickels and pennies, although no estimate of the actual amount has yet_been made. . Firemen said entrance to the build: ing tad been ed through a main- Insurance Man Falls Uncon- scious at Soda Fountain. Had Been Indisposed. A heart attack was fatal late yester- day to Willlam B. Daniels, 36, as he | i1 hiad been mfig hrough s |stood at a soda fountain in the St. |00 % e | Alban's Towers Pharmacy, 3700 Massa- | 1Y, ";f:d“};,'rh'm:lfln”n fm‘ fl-t chusetts ave. He was general agent eves 't bulld]n. by wa; .. | & basement window leading from h :gx g the Pacific Mutual Life Insur- | £ e G o Sehoo! 15 on rm.‘ According to relatives, Mr. Daniels | Street northeast near E street. The | previously had complained of feeling ill, | 2% was discovered about 11:30 orclock and had asked a clerk at the soda foun- Saturday night and '"”'cd"’ tain for a dose of sodium bicarbonate. | Were turned in it was qui ‘"g‘ Before 1t was prepared, he slumped to | Uinder control and confined to the the floor, unconscious. He was taken | d€rgarten room and its to Georgetown Hospital, but was pro- oo where kindergarten su | nounced dead on arrival. stared. Mr. Daniels was born in Jefferson County, W. Va., and had lived i Wash- ington about seven years, residing at | st. Alban’s Towers. Mrs. Robert Lee Thomas, 5036 Mas- sachusetts avenue, a cousin, was noti- fied, and she in turn notified Mrs. Dan- lels, who was visiting at Harpers Ferry. Mr. Daniels was to have met his wife at the Union Station later in STORM POSTPONES CHERRY BLOSSOMS; BUDS ESCAPE DAMAGE Mrs. F. E. Stack and son, the family | BODY IDENTIFIED, the evening. Besides his widow and cousin, he other cousin, also of Wfl.shlnglan | Funeral services and burial probably ’wlll be held at Shepherdstown. {LEADER OF VETERANS | EXPIRES AT AGE OF 60| York, Was Head of Two Service Men's Organizations. | ~ Francis C. Huhn, 60, department | commander of the Veterans of Foreign (Wars and commander of Richard J. Harden Camp, No. 2, United Spanish War Veterans, died Sunday at short {llness. Funeral services will be held Thurs- and R streets, with burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Born in New York City, Mr. Huhn several years. plate printer at the Bureau of Engrav- 27 T street. Lodge, No. 20, F. A. A. M. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cath- erine E. Huhn; three children, Francis C. jr; Helen and Richard; two brothers Henry Huhn of Jacksonville, Fla., and Fred Huhn of Long Island, N. ¥, and two sisters, Mrs. Daisy Guil- foyle and Mrs. Minnie Crawford of New York City. . EXPEDITION GOES TO AID Bachimba Canyon, Reported in Dire Straits. By the Associated Press. TORREON, Mexico, April 7—A re- lief expedition was en route today to! Bachimba Canyon to aid & caravan of | repatriated Mexicans whose automo- biles stalled there when their fuel ran out. They are in dire straits through lack of food and water. Hundreds of Mexicans returning from to furnish relief to the travelers, many of whom, attempting to cross the desert between Bermejillo and Jimenez afoot, have run out of water and fallen by the trail side. Reeves Chuckles as Size of Henry Clay preferred to be “right” than be President, but William Reeves, head gardener at the White House, who has his own opinion about the matter, would rather keep thou grounds beauti- ful than be Pruld & ac- Which ex? wh; cused of actually chuckll.ng wth glee when the rain o{lu reduced the size of the egg-rolling crowd and conse- quently saved his precious lawns from additional trampling. All day yesterday when mothers and their children stood around the rear grounds of the White House, looking sad as the rain beat down upon what otherwise would have been a beautiful Easter festivity, Reeves dis- p‘ifl conterited 1ook. RAIN REDUCES LAWN TRAMPLING, WHITE HOUSE GARDENER PLEASED Egg-Rolling Crowd Prevents Additional Damage. In the gardener’s behalf, it might be said that he saw some hope of saving the tender young grass he has been the United States have taken this route | to Central Mexico in search of employ- | ment, It has been necessary frequently ' 3 is survived by a brother, Hendricks Dan- [ normal. iels of Shepherdstown, W. Va., and an- | Fainfall was recorded as 1.41 inches, .76 the United States Naval Hcspital after a :h‘flk fiying weather and * Coming to Washington, he became a | tri-motored transport OF CARAVAN ON DESERT‘ | Mexicans, Whose Fuel Ran Out in ! Fooroay, Nowton, the cente ] 1 (Continued From First Page.) Up to 10 am. the amount of being the normal record for the period. Sterm Disrupts Air Mail. Verne E. Treat, hero of two para- chute escapes, when trapped in bad storms, while fl the night llmlll throug nigh the Navy, will make their home at 125 Frnncu C. Huhn, Native of New umu in North Carolina and were o send their mail on by trah beyond that point and his to Washington by rail. ‘Treat picked up At ‘the train and got away from Field at 5 o'clock in w succeeded in etting through Richmond, Va., where the mail was turned over day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the {Pilot Johnson, on the Richmond-Atlanta United Brethren Church, North Capitol | Fun, who took off in an attempt to break through the storm which downed the two night planes. Because of the thick weather, lmd lived in Washington for the past | Frederick H. Payne, Assistant 130 years. He joined Company H of the | of War, was unable to get away from st New York Volwnteer Infantry in |Bclling Field this morning as he had 1898 and was sent to the Hawaiian | planned on an aerial Islands in that year, serving there for | which will carry him as far as Panama and which will require a manu;. ‘The plane an Pflm‘ Lieuts. Frederick H. Kimble ing and Printing, and continued in that [ Louis M. Merrick were standing by lt position until his death. He resided at | the fleld, ready to take off u soon as He was a member of Hope | the weather showed signs of lifting to the south. It had been planned to go through to New Orleans toda; Revolt Convictions Upheld. JACA, Spain, April 7 (#).—Capt. Gen. Fernandez Heredia approved ‘the ccurt-martial sentences against military leaders and officers convicted of negli~ rence in connection with the revelution. Five minutes before the end of a foot ball game at Andover, Exgbl:nd. halfback, fell dead and the contest was imme- diately abandoned. March Circulation Daily... 115,726 Sunday, 123,231 Digtrict of Columbia, c3. FLEMING 'NEWBOLD. ' Business Manager of THE EVENING AND “BUNDAY STAR, does solemnly swear that the actual number of coples of the paper named sold and tributed during the month of March, A.D. 11931, was as follows: B Soanmews Less adjustments.........., Total daily net circulation.. .. nursing so carefully and which suffers| terribly under thousands of romping feet each Easter Monday. Besides the injury to the grass, his esthetic soul shrinks from the general messed-uj appearance of those grounds im which he takes s de. For ha 0 When day is brig small #rmy of laborers is clean @way the debris of brofen shells, Dlpe boxes and n- “spapers. Yot the grass saved yesterday, Byt as Htue debplg to clean up a: 0 Ao egg-rollin pd sunny, a quired to here 1 8 15 Less adjustments... Total SBunday net_circulation. Average net paid Sunday circulation. M Average, number of copies for serv- ice, etc.. raseen Average Sunday net circulatiol Bhsogss Manager. only _ Subscribed and sworn io bofors me this Tigday of April, A.DJ 3 mrd, 58l