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E A2 san PRESIDENT PRAISES SPEAKER'S RECORD Official Washington Shocked‘| by News of Death—Flags Half-Staffed. (Continued From First Page) elegraphed to Mrs. Longworth SOl Just brior to the lssuance of his statement, was not made public at hite House. e heral committee will be named by Sergeant-at-Arms Rodgers and William "Tler Page, the House clerk, after con- sultation later. It has been suggested it consist of personal friends, one Rep- resentative from each State and the Onio delegation. Final rites will be in 1 Cnnt Hoover, upon learning of eath of Speaker Longworth, or- td)(:(r‘(‘tfcm. Campbell B Hodges, his mil- ftary aide, to leave for Alken at once by airplane to ;;sm Mrs. Longworth in y way possible. i he mows spread rapidly through & Capitol still crowded with holiday vis- itors. ‘Tourists passed the word from outh to mouth aong the crowded cor- ridors. The news was received in the Speak~ er's office by a force that had kept a il e Mondav. mzb:ilisssm)ffl dred Reeves, secretary to the Speaker and his employe for 15 years, Yeard the word from the White ‘House by telephone. A moment later & R>ore- sentative walked in, asked: “Is there anvthing I can do, Mildred? “Not a thing,” the secretary said. She turned then to ans' er one of two telephones thet had been ringing 1 morning. in the office Sergeant- - s Rogers, two men of the office T, Mrs, Lucille McArthur, a member of the staff for about six years. Took Blow Bravely. Mrs. McArthur snlid Mrs. Longworth blow bravely. ‘o?ksh'i“m just: wonderful,” Mrs. Mc- Arthur said of her repeated telephone conversations with Mrs. Longworth in Alken. The Speaker was ill when he left last Monday. Mrs. Longworth tele- phoned the Speaker's physician on Monday morning. - On Tuesday after- noon she told the women in the office he had bronchial pneumonia. Thenceforward they knew the iliness s very serious. 'aVVhe;y Miss Reeves telephoned Mrs. ZLongworth last night, the connection Was broken. Mrs. Longworth, she said, took the trouble to call back and in- form her of the Speaker’s condition. Rogers, immediately on receiving the sad news this morning, ordered all flags on the Capitol and the Senate and House Office Buildings lowered to half staff. Memorial services in honor of Mr TLongworth were conducted by Rev. J. Freeland Peter, canon and chancellor, from 3 to 3:30 o'clock this afternoon at Washington Cathedral. The exercises were broadcast over a coast-to-coast hook-up of the Columbia Broadcasting progtam included the singing of hymns by the Boys' Cholr, prayers and scriptural readings. There was no eulogy. Tributes to the Speaker sprang im- mediately to the lips of 'his friends. Death Shock to Curtis. Vice President Curtis declared that Speaker Longworth's name is “indel. ibly inscribed on the pages of our N: tion’s history.” Upon learning of the Speaker's death, the Vice President said: “The sudden illness and death of Speaker Longworth was a great shock ;.g fl!llmmohlnn:;n d!ll?nt“uhed and e a :lb = ’p;‘irrl'fl:nelm;ilfillm et ways fal 5 “l‘hl" country has lost a faithful legislator. His name is indelibly in- scribed on tne pages of our Nation's history. The Nation mourns with his ‘wife and family.” Senator Wesley L. Jones, Republican, of Washington, chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee, said: “To have been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives three times and named by his party for a fourth term, stamps Nicholas Longworth as a man of great ability and capacity. His death is a real loss to his party and to his country.” Senator Joe T. Robinson, Democratic Jeader, T})omullhm dutl‘kll‘ Rfick ‘gl Speaker Longworth’s death, sald “an- nouncement of Mr. lflnlwonh'l;' de- “For many years he had been a prominent factor in national political affairs. Since he became Speaker he had been especially influential in the enactment and defeat of legislation. Mr. Longworth ‘enjoyed many intimate friendships and was respected and ad- mired by all of his colleagues.” Senator Davis of Pennsylvania said: “The House of Representatives has lost & fair and consistent presiding officer and the party an able exponent of its prineiples.” Representative Ayres, #as, said: “The Nation has grave loss at his death.” Representative La Guardia, Republi- can, New York, a leader of the pro- gressive bloc in the House, said: “It is hard to realize Speaker Longworth has passed away." Senator Trammell, Florida: “His death is a great loss to the Nation and to the House of Representatives, over which he so ably presided.” Attorney General Mitchell: “I was Ve fond of Longworth. Every one liked It was a great shock to me to him taken away so suddenly. He had a long and fine public career.” Senator Sheppard of Texas: “He was an outstanding, brilllant and patriotic American and American people regard- less of party will sincerely mourn his passing.” Senator King of Utah: “His services have been important and valuable and There were al Democrat, Kan- sustained 2 as Speaker of the House he has won | the commendation, indeed the affection, of members of his own party as well as those of the Democratic party.” Senator McNary of Oregon: He was an sble parliamentarien, a student of public guestions, and he left a lasting impression upon the history of his time.” William Tyler Page, veteran clerk of the House: “His personal qualities made him great. My relations with him, offi- cial and personal, were very close. Some one has said that the best that can be s2id of any man is that he was huma Mr. Longworth was splendidly human. Called Able Parliamentarian. Chairman McFadden of the House Banking Committee: “He was an able perliamentarian, and impartial.” Representative Bacharach from his home in Atlantic City: “We have been intimate friends and boon companion I owe him much for his friendly cou Senator James E. Watson of In- d]m‘zn, majority leader of the Senate, said: “He was a genuine partisan and in the heat of debate dealt vigorous blows, but he was so constituted as to be able to take punishment as well as ad- minister it with a smile and no scars were ever lefi after the battle was over. He was incapable of long continued yesentment and some of the warmest friendships he formed throughout the §ears were with stalwart Democrats, “While he believed in his party and understood that he was always ad- ‘vanced to the speakership by his party associates, he wielded the vel with absolute impartiality and with unfafl- ing . courtesy, and history cannot fail to Bft him among the great presiding afimu of the House of Representa- News Distresses Stimson. @ecretary Stimson: L * am profoundly | | Widow Doesn’t Want Longworth Death to Halt Social Events Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, it was announced at the Speaker’s office today, following a conver- sation over the telephone with Mrs. Longworth in Alken, 8. C,, is desirous that plans already made in Washington for entertainment shall go forward without change because of Mr. Longworth’s death. This is understood to include the annual Spring dinner of the Gridiron Club, which is to be given Saturday night. The fam- ily feels that Mr. Longworth him- self would wish that such affairs with which he was so intimately connected for 80 many years, should go forward without inter- ruption. Longworth’s Last i Speech to House Was a Prophecy Responding to Tribute, He Said His Reply Might Be Last. By the Associated Press. The House paid spontaneous tribute | to Nicholas Longworth when he ad- dressed the last Congress with a prophetic observation that it might be the last time he addressed that branch from the Speaker's chair. Applause, spontaneous and unani- mous, welcomed this tribute fran Rep- resentative Crisp, Democrat, Georgia, & former parliamentarian of the House: “I desire to say that in every in- stance, in my judgment, the Speaker impartially and fairly construed the rules of the House ‘and ruled in ac- cordance with them. “I recall that when our distinguished Speaker -first assumed the chair he said that as a Representative from one of the congressional districts of Ohio he was @ partisan; that as the Speaker of this House he would know no partisan- ship, but would be the Speaker of the entire body and faithfully, fairly, courteously and impartially discharge the duties of that great office. “I desire to say that he has kept faith and lived up to that promise. He will take rank as one of the great Speakers of this House.” news of the death of Mr. Longworth. He was a man of great ability and great | personal charm. No one in public life wes more widely liked then he. As Speaker of the House he will be deeply missed. He was always just in his de- cisions, firm and invariably fair-mind- ed. In'his death the country has lost one of its outstandipg public men.” Secretary Wilbur: “Mr. Longworth ran always true to |form. * His loyalty to his own ideas and plans bred loyalty in others. His ca- reer as House leader will be considered as of great historical importance. “The passing of Speaker Longworth is a great shock to me personally. He was an outstanding statesman and legis- lator, admired and respected by all. His death is a loss, not only to his native State, but to the whole country.” Fess Pays Tribute. Senator Simeon D. Fess, Ohio: “The Nation mourns the death of one of its distinguished citizens. Speaker Long- worth has made a place for himself that extended beyond the realm of public in- terest. His varied ability and long ex- perience eminently qualified him for leadership in many lines of human activity.” Former United Statés Senator Rich- ard P. Ernst, Kentucky: “Longworth was one of the most ad- mirable and greatest of American states- men and parliamentarians. Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith: “I hear with great regret of the death of Speaker Longworth. For years he has been a prominent and commanding fig- ure in our national public life. His loss will be mourned by hosts of friends throughout the United States.” Senator Robert F. Wagner: “I am greatly shocked by the news of Speaker Longworth's death. His passing is an immeasurable loss to the Nation. He loved his country and was devoted to its welfare. He was a statesman, an attractive personality and enjoyed the affection as well as the respect of all who knew him.” John W. Davis, former Democratic candidate for President: “I learn with sincere sorrow of the death of Speaker Longworth. His passing is a loss to the country, to the Congress and to a host of friends. In his long life of public service there is much to commend, nothing to regret.” lerick H. Gillette, ex-Speaker cf the House: “I am deeply distressed. He was a remarkable man. I think his reputa- tion as & gocd fellow and a charming companion rather obscured his real ability, which was very great. Gov. Pincoht of Pennsylvania: “Washington will never be the same without him. His death will be de- plored by hundreds of thousands who never saw him, but to whom his genial character and his high efficiency as Speaker are intimately known.” MOS] DEPLORES LOSS. Calls Longworth One of Outstanding Figures in High Office. CONCORD, N. H., Aprili 9 (®).— United States Senator George H. Moses, President pro tempore of the Senate, today said “the loss of Speaker Long- worth is not only disastrous to Re- publican leadership in Congress and throughout the country, but it brings immoeasurable sorrow Yo friends whom he numbered countlessiy everywhere.” During the six years of his speaker- ship,” Moses said, “he made himself ope of the outstanding figures in the long line of distinguished men, who have held this high office.” WHITE VOICES REGRET. Governor Sends Messages of Condolence to Speaker’s Family. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aprii 9 #)— Gov. White expressed regret when in- formed of the death of Speaker Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati today. The Governor said he had served with Speaker Longworth on the House Ways and Means Committee during the World War and had become intimately ac- quainted with him during that time. Messages of condolence were sent the Speaker’s family and friends by Gov. ‘White. and a public servant” the Governor said. “This public service included ac- tivity as a member of the Ohio House of in_the national Congress. “1 first became acquainted with Mr. Longworth in the Sixty-second Congress and was familiar with his leadership on the floor of the National House of Rep- resentatives. “I was more closely associated with him as fellow member of the House Ways and Means Committee during the strenuous days of the World War. There was no man on that committe: who gave more of his time and ability distressed at tbe B. C. in those stirring days than Mr. Long- worth.” MRS. McCORMICK GRIEVED., COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,, April | Vi 9 () —Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, former Illinois Congress member and close personal friend of Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, sald she was “shocked and deeply grieves at the death of Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House. She sald she would not be able to attend the funcral and would not leave here, where her son Medill is attending school, until next week. She talked by telephone to Mrs. Longworth in Aiken, “Ohio has lost a distinguished citizen | E Representatives and Senate as well as !’ SPEAKER PLANNED CINCINNATI VISIT Secretary Reveals Intention to Return Home After Leaving Aiken. By the Assoclated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 9.—Nich- olas Longworth had planned to return to Cincinnat! after completing his Afken, 8. C, visit, Carl Rankin, the late Speaker's secretary sald today just before the Representative’s death. Longworth, an attorney, loved Cin- cinnati, and spent most of his time at his home here when Congress was not in session. The Speaker’s home was in one of the city's fashionable residential dis- tricts, known as Rookwood Drive, and it was there that President and Mrs. Hoover had luncheon & year and a half ago, when the Chief Executive visited Cincinnati to dedicate the canalization of the Ohio River. Although he belonged to the Queen City and University Clubs, Mr. Long- worth usually went home for his lunch- eon, preferring to be with his wife, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and daugh- ter Paulina, rather than dine with ac- quaintances. Liked to Gaze at River. Mr. Longworth, a wealthy man, gave much of his time not occupied by politics to managing the Longworth estate. He had offices on the sixteenth floor of the First National Bank Build- ing and it was there he made appoint- ments with friends and business con- stituents. Associates said one of his characteristics was to rise from his desk, walk to a window and for long periods of time gaze down upon the Ohio River winding its way for miles along the Ohio and Kentucky shores. A sister of Mr. Longworth's, Mrs. Annie Wallingford, also lives in Cin- cinnati. The Speaker was devoted to her and frequently was found at her home. Longworth also had another sister, Clara, who became the Countess de Chambrun, wife of Gen. Adelbert de Chambrun. Admitted to Bar in 1894. Speaker Longworth was the third of his familv to bear the name Nicholas. His father was Judge Nicholas Long- worth and his great-grandfather also had the same name, the latter be one of Cincinnati’s early settlers who owned vast tracts of land. Mr. Longworth was graduated from Harvard and the Cincinnati Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1894, but instead of practicing law de- voted himself to menaging his estate. He entered politics when a compara- tively young man and always was a staunch Republican. LONGWORTH RITES TO BE SATURDAY IN CINCINNATI (Continued From First Page.) morning with Miss Elizabeth Nelson, & nurse from Baltimore, to supplement the four nurses already assigned to the case. The physicians treating _the Speaker have employed an “oxygen tent,” which is described as one of the newest remedies for pneumonia. The Curtis home is a rambling Co- lonial structure foiled with a mass of deep shrubbery and wistaria-laden trees and fenced by a high brick wall. “Princess Alice” Bears Up Well. “Princess Alice” of the wide smile and strong _self-control, despite the long hours of vigilance, bore up magnificently under the blow of her loss. She was a Roosevelt, it was expected of her and as always, she was equal to it. Mr. Longworth knew little that trans- pired in and cut of his room from early last night. He was fighting his last battle, losing, but still fighting with such vitality that his physiclans mar- veled. He krew how to fight. He learned that when he was elected to the Board of Education in Cincinnati in 1898 and through subsequent political victorles to the speakership of the House, one of the most important of American official posts. Newspapermen stood with bowed heads in the flowered portico of the Curtis Colonial marsion early in the day as Dr. R. H Wilds, one of Mr. Longworth's physiclans, told them he would live but a few hours. Vigil Is Continued. The doctor would not give up hope, but Mr. Longworth didn't have a chance, he said. Back to their typewriters went the men of the press, their hearts heavy with the task, to tell a walting world what they feared and hoped against. Both inside and outside of the cur- tained window of the sick room the vigil continued. Doctors and nurses and loving hands administered to the losing fighter inside, newspaper men watching the moving figures in white, awaiting the inevitable. Then the doctor stepped out of the | house and told the newspaper men the end has come. Throughput the world the news of his death flashed. Thousands of words @escribed his career. ‘The vigil was over. FOR TOMORROW. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1.200; maiden 2-year-oids; 4 1 el y claiming *Good Fortune *Roy Squires Magic Dreamer .. 4 aBonfire ... Ta. Fauliconer-Mrs. Robert Heigh entry. ND RACE—Purse, $1,200; claiming; o6 furlongs. 8 2o 1 . 10 ir Byron *Your Flag. a g Tchadex .. Cogwheel "1 Prim Bun Tourist ... Yarrow 3 Duffer Gilded Arch RACE—Purse, 1, 200; clal 3 d up: 1 furlongs ik 108 The Doctor “Brigh Fiash “Bliver scepter FOURTH RACE-—Purse. $1.200; the Blos- som, Bovear-oid fillies: 57 Turipuge® BIo% nehor Liht.-.. 105" Pofylith Redoubtable T e Morheart 105 Peace Dove. Poach Baskei | 108 TH RACEPurse. “oids ‘and_up; 1 *Bidet FIr | $1.400; the Highway; yea Y mailes. SIXTH RACE—Purse, $1.200; claimin Arolds: 1rs mile Yalented Prince. 112 *Petabit | Airliner 102 *Cupidity "1 erve .. 102 +Kenkling . 19 eNobie Sy *Korax ... d *San_Presto. Number ~ Thiee. 5 Also_eligible— Sci S undale o Frances Cooper. *Appren ce allowance clatme, ‘Weather clear; oy % track g % | Strategy of ' police 6. 0. P. FAGES FIGHT 10 HOLD MAJORITY First Ohio District Party Man and Speakership Are Problems. (Continued From First Page.) to pick’ a Speaker from the North and East at this time or one from the West. They will have to consider also the qualifications of the man to take that position. ~ Presiding over the House at the coming sesslon of Congress will be no sinecure. The Speaker will have to be a man of judgment, fairness and courage. Both Mr. Tilson and Mr. Snell were out of Washington today, the former in Asheville, N. C., and the latter in Potsdam, N. Y. Mr. Wood would not discuss the question of the selection of a new Speaker. It is understood that he is well satisfled with his present job, chairman of the Committee on Appro- priations. However, the speakership is a great honor, and if the Republican members of the House shculd desire Mr. Wood to become their candidate for Speaker, he undoubtedly would accept the designation. Loss to Nation. ‘Mr. Wood spoke feelingly of the death of Mr. Longworth. He said: “The death of Speakcr Longworth is a dis- tinct loss to the Nation. His long serv- ice in the House of Representatives fit- ted him as but few men have been fitted for legislative service. He was a man of splendid judgment. He weighed pub- lic matters well before acting. Once his mind was made up he was positive in his convictions. He commanded the respect of all his cclleagues. To know him was to loveshim.” Mr. Tiison sent the following state- ment to his office here regardidfg the death of Speaker Longworth. “Mr. Longworth will go down in his- toky as one of the great Speakers of the House of Representatives, with such men as Clay, Reed, Cannon and the very few others who have left an in- delible imprint on_our legislative and national policies. He was a statesman in all that word implies. Holding high office and exercising great power he never used his office or power other than for the best interests of the coun- try, so far as he could determine what those interests were. I knew him in- timately for more than 20 years and in | |all that time I never observed any act which could be attributed to selfish in- terests or to motives other than the purest patriotism. “In his death the country has lost an eminent and able public officer, a man with courage togface any crisis and with tact and g handle any situation however difficult, and those of us who knew him per- ?ofmlév have lost a warm and loyal riend.” Ever since the results of the 1930 election were announced it has been a question as to which party, Republican or Democratic, would organize the next House and elect a Speaker because of the narrow margin of Republican con- trol. Death might change the situation overnight, it was realized. At the close of the last Corgress Speaker Longworth spoke almost prophetically when he said at it was “only an All-wise Providence who is going to determine which of the ;;rn major partles will organize the next ouse.” Five Deaths in House. ‘There have been five deaths of House members. Two of the vacancies thus created have already been filled, both Tammany districts in New York, and Democrats were chosen to fill the Democratic vacancies. Three vacan- cles exist today, caused by the deaths of Speaker Longworth, Representative Aswell of Louisana and Representative Ccoper of Wisconsin. The actual count in the House today is 216 Republicans, 215 Democrats and 1 Farmer-Labor. There are two Republican vacancies and one Democratic. The sole Farmer- Labor member of the House, Represen- tative Kvale of Minnesota, has not said definitely whether he will join with the Republicans or the Democrats in the vote for speaker. He has indicated he will be for the candidate who sup- ports the Progressive program laid down | by Representative La Guardia, Repub- lican, of New York. The Democratic leader of the House and candidate for the speakership is Representative John Garner of Texas. When prominent members of the House died in the past, since woman | suffrage became national, their widows have been in several instances chosen as their successors. Serving in the House today are Mrs. Kahn, widow of the late Representative Julius Kahn of California; Mrs. Edith Nourse Rog- ers, widow of the late Representative John Jacob Rogers of Massachusetts and Mrs. Effiiegene Wingo of Arkansas Mrs. Oldfield of Arkansas succeeded the ‘late Representative William Old- field, Democratic whip of the House, after his death. Whether the Republicans in the first Ohio district will insist upon Mrs. Long- worth's taking the place so long held by her distinguished husband is not known. Mrs. Longworth in the past, while taking a keen interest in public affairs, has never aspired to public office and is understood to have refused to be considered for the office of Re- publican National Committeewoman for Ohio. As the widow of Speaker Long- worth and the daughter of the late President Theodore Roosevelt, it was suggested here today Mrs. Longworth would make a strong candidate if she could be persuaded to run for office. —— RHEEM FOR RETURN OF $162,000 IN NOTES BY TRUST COMPANY (Continued From First Page) addition to the $162,000 item, to ap- proximate $50,000. The majcrity of these missing notes are also on the Shoreham Hotel and are held by the Washington Loar & Trust Co. It was understood the bank is holding these notes as the representative of six estates. These notes may also be returned, it was said, if the trustees of the estates concerned consent. Rhesm is alleged to have substituted the unreleased notes for a like amount in released notes when the bank de- | manded that the released securities be replaced. Liquidating Assets. The trustees—Jucge M. M. Doyle, Henry P. Blair and Maj. Julius I. Pey- ser—are now engaged in returning un- released notes to the proper owners and in liquidating the assets of the bank- Tupt 5o the relcased notes may be paid off on a pro rata basis. The investigation by the United States attorney's office and the Department of Justice of possible criminal phases of the firm's failure has been completed. Some action is expected in the near future. Rheem is now at liberty under $25,- 000 bond. e f STRATEGY WHIPS REBELS RANGOON, Burma, April 9 (#).— . A lodee]‘Y ttux-r:"e;il a seeming_victory of re at a villa in lhe'Thlrawlddy district into Lhe'i: rout, with 11 dead and many wounded left behind them. ‘The head man of the village, heark that the rebels planned a raid, hande his arms to the nearest police post and, acting upon police advice, allowed the 05" raid to take place. When the rebels withdrew the police head prepared an ambush for them and inflicted deadly punishment, d judgment to | additional | A N Albanian, James Panos, was killed as this car left the road and struck an electric light pole on Connecticut avenue near Bradley lane, at.Chevy Chase, Md., last night. Michael Hendricks, & companion, suffered a skull fracture, Walter Hatton, a third occupant of the car, was slightly hurt. —Star Staff Photo. ONEDIES, TWO HURT AS AUTO HITS POLE {Everett Robey Succumbs to Injuries Sustained in Earlier Wreck. One man was killed in an automobile crash early today and another died of injuries suffered in a wreck yesterday. The victims were James Panos, an Albanian, of 1131 Tenth street, and Everett Robey, 23 years old, of Silesia, Md. Panos w fatally injured early struck an electric light pole head-on at high speed at Connecticut avenue and Bradley lane, in Chevy Chase, Md., Michaei Hendricks, 38 years old, 1300 block of Massachusetts avenue, a pas- senger, sustained a fractured skull. A third occupant, Walter Hatton, 19 years old, 3317 N street, escaped with slight cuts and brulses. The automobile was demolished, bursting into flames when the gasoline tank was shattered. Hatton pulled his companions from the wreckage before the fire reached them. Rushed to Hospital. Edwin J. Sackett and Donald Reed of the Chevy Chase Volunteer Fire De- partment took the trio to Emergency Hospital. The Albanian was pronounced dead upea arrival by Dr. S. L. Tabb. Hatton told police he did not know the names of any of his companions. He said he met them in a pool room and lunch room in the 700 block of Ninth_street. He picked up the dead man, Hendricks, and a youth living on Bradley lane near Ccnnecticut avenue during the course of the evening. Le Roy Rodgers and J. S. McAuliffe, Montgomery County policemen, learned Hatton took home the boy who lived on Bradley lane. Hatton said Panos took the wheel at the Bradley lane ad- dress and headed for Washington. He |added they had just crossed Connecti- |cut avenue when the driver lost control | of the automobile after striking a rough place in the road. Hatton said they | Wwere traveling about 40 miles an hour. Police held Hatton pending a de- cision by Stedman Prescott, State's attorney, as to whether an inquest would be necessary. Robey Hurt Yesterday. Hatton seid the car involved be- | longed to his brother, Charles Hatton. | Police learned the former’s driver's | license had been revoked. Injured yesterday, Robey died Emergency Hospital early today. He was riding in a light delivery truck driven by Ernest Jackson, colored, 31, of Broad Creck, Md., when the mishap occurred. George W. Trevener, 51 years old, of 1428 Taylor street was the operator of the ing_ to police. Coroner J. Ra 11:30 o'clock tomorrow morning at the District Morgue, a% which both Treven- er and Jafksonrw_g sppear. The vision o ‘even: s police to have been obscured by a car parked in front of a stop sign at mi ingersection of Seventcenth and M streets. The owner of the parked car, George C. Fowler, 40, of Annapolis, Md., was arrested for illegal parking and re- leased on collateral. Jackson, who with Robey, was em- ployed at Harmony Hall Farm, in Southern Maryland, and Trevener escaped with slight cuts and bruises, while Dorothy Hall, colored, of Har- mony Hall Farm, also an occupant of Jackson's truck; Walter Baddy, 524 Tenth street northwest, and Gordon, 1925 Twelfth street, passengers in Trevener's auto, were unhurt. Fractures of both kneecaps were suf- fered by Motor Cycle Policeman Marvin Carpenter, 34, of the Traffic Burcau when he was knocked from his motor cycle n¥|d Florida avenue northeast yesterday. He is being tl’el'fd] for his injuries at Emergency Hospital. Ths driver of the car which struck the officer’s motor cycle was arrested and beoked at the ninth precinct station cn a charge of reckless driving. He gave his name as J. C. Davis of Ball- ston, Va. Nine-year-old Pauline Paul, 623 Fourth street, was treated at Casualty Hospital for slight concussion of the Lrain, cuts and bruises yesterday aftel | noon ‘after a taxicab driven by Jehn E. | Harding, colored, of the 900 block Third { street southwest, struck her in front of her home. Others hurt in traffic accidents yes- terday included Liam Barbour, 41, of the firsu block of L street; William Green, 13, 97 Fenton street nortneast, d Lucille Manns, 7. 600 block K street southwest, all colored. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock; John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. Program: March, “The New Ebbit! z ‘Preciosa” (a) “I'm Goin’ Home,” White (b) “Toy Soldiers’ March,” Fritz Kreisler Excerpts from musical comedy, “The Gondoliers™ Sullivan Fox trot, “Forgive Me' . Morcaldi Waltz song, “Sing Your Way Hon,:te," onaco Finale, “On the Go". Overture, Entracte— Goldman “The Star 5})‘“1‘%3‘”"." today when a car he was driving | second vehicle, accord- msay Nevitt has sched- uled an inquest into Robey's death for | sald by | Harvey | by an automobile at Tenth street | hPrTldent Hoover's cabinet is going on the air. Starting May 2 and continuing for |10 consecutive weeks, members of the | cabinet will appear in the | Radio Forum arranged by The Wash- ington Star and carried over a coast- to-coast network of the Columbia | Broadcasting System. They will | heard each Saturday night at 9:30 |o'clock. It is expected that more than 50 radio stations will be linked together |in broadcasting this special cabinet | series, which will be heard locally from WMAL. Members of the cabinet are not | strangers to the microphone, having ap- | peared repeatedly in programs arranged | by the National Radlo Forum.. They | have carried directly home to the people | the great Government issues that con- stantly are arising. | In the forthcoming series President | Hoover's cabinet will tell the people of the Nation about the operation of their respective departments and deal with | some of the more outstanding problems |faced by this country at the present | time. At no time in a decade has there | been more complex problems of gov- | ernment than those of the moment and it is the belief of official Washington that when the cabinet series will have ended people generally will have fuil | comprehension of the workings of Gov- ernment departments. - Two Have Lots of Experience. Legic, rather than attempts to sway | the audience by oratory, characterizes the radio activities of the Hoover “Big | Ten.” Most of the members have become veterans before the microphone. Oth- ers, less frequently heard on the air, survived the first stages cf ‘“mike fright” on a coast-to-coast hook-up by displaying rare courage and eagerness to become better acquainted with radio. Two members, Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson and Secretary of In- | terior Ray Lyman Wilbur, share the dis- | tinction of being the most experienced | radio talkers in the cabinet. Direct and | matter of fact in his delivery, Se-retary | Stimson speaks with exceptional vigor | on the air. | 'The other vetcran, Secretary Wilbur, |1s the most fearless cabin-t officer he- | fore the microphone. Qualified to speak |on practically any subject, Dr. Wilbur | can begin talking on the air after only a | few moments’ preparation. Like his | cabinet brothers, he also has learned | the knack of precicely fitting his talks {to the allotied broadcast time—a car- dinal point in rad'o—and he can ex- | temporize without faltering. | _He is virtually the only cabinet of- ficer who cver ad libed on the radio. |Often when he has finished his pre- pared address or notes ahcad of time, | the air, how stations received it and | Dr. Wilbur continuss without a break National | |[HOOVER CABINET TO GO ON AIR IN NEW RADIO FORUM SERIES| Members Will Speak on Governmental Problems, Beginning May 2 and Continuing for 10 Weeks. extemporaneously. Radlo intrigues the Interior Secretary. i Mellon Speech Widely Ileralded. _Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the | Treasury, though a controlling genius of the financial world, is nervous before |a microphone. He sits on the edge of be|a chair all during his broadcast and | resorts to bus!ness logic rather than elo- ; quence to put across his speech. Secre- | tary Mellon has addressed the radio | audience_three times in the past two |years. His speech In the National | Forum was one of the widest heralded in the history of special broadcasts. Secretary of War Hurley, debonair, friendly, talks into a mike as if he were chatting with a friend. His clear- | cut delivery always interests and com- pels the attention of his auditors. Secretary Hurley's first speech after as- | suming his official position as Assistant | Secretary of War was made in the Na- | tional Forum. Like Secretary Mellon, Secretary of Commerce Robert P. Lamont, another business leader, drives his speeches home with business logic in a matter-of-fact wey instead of depending upon spell- binding oratory. A real orator, ffom the radio stand- pgnt, is Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M Hyde, whose talks on the air have marked him as a man exceptionally fitted for broadcasting. He has a very effective radio voice, deep, melodious | and with a pleasing delivery. | Al!hou;h quite at home in the court | rocm and before a jury, Attorney Gen- eral Willlam D. Mitchell is not ‘}:llw as much “at home” when approaching |a microphone. This, perhaps, is be- cause he has spoken less over the radio than any of his brother cabinet officers. | But Mr. Mitchell, in his speech in the | National Forum, made an emphatic | impression on the country at large. Adams Reminiscent of Coolidge. Secretary of Navy Charles Francis Adams, descendant of the famcus New | England family, is reminiscent of for- mer President Calvin Coolidge in his | manner of speech and delivery over the | radio. Very matter of fact, Secretary Adams, however, drives his points | home with precision and interest. | Secretary of Labor William N. Doak, | while the newest member of the cai | inet, rapidly is becoming its ablest ve! | eran on the air. His two presentatio have been marked by sincerity and | earnestness. | _Postmaster General Walter F. Brown made his first and only radio network speech in the National Forum. He Wi as calm and deliberate in its deliver as one of his postmen delivering a let- ter. Interested in the mechanics of radio, Brown spent some time after his broadcast inquiring about how it got on transmitted it. VIVIAN GORDON’S MURDER BELIEVED SOLVED; FIVE HELD (Continued From First Page.) | Gordon dairy of the names “Harry | Sanders” ‘and “Sol Lubin,” both of | which Stein admitted to police are names he hes used as aliases. | . Throughout last night New York's | highest law-enforcement officials ques- tioned the men. They included Police | Commissioner Mulroony, District At- torney Charles 8. McLaughlin of the | Bronx and Inspector Henry Bruckman, | in charge of Bronx detectives. After formal charges had been placed against the prisoners they were turned over to the homicide squad to be placed in the morning police headquarters. Private Detectives Called. The immediate thought upon the dis- ccvery of Vivian Gorden's was | that her murder had been done tc si- lence her threatened tcstimony in the police vice squad investigaticn. She had written Isidor J. Kresel, the prosecutor | of the probe, shortly before her death, | offering to testify. | This theory never gained great cre- | dence among investigators. Scme be- lieved her death was the result of per- sonal vengeance, and others suggested her alleged blackmailing activities may Lave brought about an accounting. Private detectives were call:d into the case—an unusual procedure. The arrest of the five men last night, however, was made by police officers. Just who obtain- ed the evidence on which the arrests were made, whether it was gotten by private detectives or members of the police department, was not revealed. Vivian Gordon was known to feel very bitter toward the police, especially vice squadsmen, because cf her insistence that she had been “framea” and sen- tenced to the Bedford Reformatory for Girls in 1923, | J. Radeloff, whose name or initials | appeared in her amazing diary, was ar- rested and held for several weeks as a material witness. He was released finally under bond. notation in her diary said Radeloff could ‘“get Cohen or his henchmen to do away with me.” John C. Bischoff, former husband of Vivian Gordon, was questioned, but could give authorities little help. Their 16-year-old daughter, Benita Bischoff, killed herself, presumably from the no- toriety that surrounded her mother. A brother of the Gordon woman, Plerre M. Franklin, suffered temporary nervous collapse while 1n York ar- ranging for his sister's burial. ' reference to Stein, Greenhauer line-up at | | and Levine in the slain woman's diary | was to the effect that they were “look-~ ing over a bank in Oslo, Norway. S'ein told police he went to Oslo on & bootlegging expedition and Greenhauer and Levine admitted having been there | “on a pleasure trip.” Miss Gordon's diary reference to Oslo | was dated about the time the three men | admitted being there. | Holdcroft, police said. admitted de- serting a vessel on which he sailed from Sydney, Australia, in San Fran- cisco in 1926 and said he had been here since. NON-FLYER TO RECEIVE MEDAL FOR AVIATION AID ‘,Dr. James H. Kimball Will Be Re- warded for Charting Weather for Ocean Pilots. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 9.—A man who never flew an airplane will be honcred | tonight for what he has done for avia- | tion when a Distinguished Service Medal |1s awarded Dr. James H. Kimball of the | United States Weather Bureau. | _The award, given in recognition of Dr. Kimball's work in charting trans- atlantic weather for ocean flyers, will be made at a dinner given by the air- men his weather predictions have served. Seven European nations will have offi- cial representatives at the dinner, and the speeches will be broadcast by the ‘WJZ nstwork at 10 p.m. Among flyers having part in the tes- timonial will be Byrd, Balchen, Cham- berlin, Fitzmaurice, Ruth Elder and Amelia Earhart. TWO DIE IN COLLISION Husband and Father of Victims Is Hurt as Bus and Auto Crash. Claude Epps of Kansas City and her daughter Kathleen, 14, were killed today in the collision of their automobile with a bus of the Pickwick-Greyhound Lines at Blue Springs Junction, east of here. S L Reserve Commissions Issued. Commisisons in the Reserve Corps of the Army haye been issued by the War Departme! Gregor? 'man, 2812 Quarry rofid northwest, as a'sgcond leu- tenant of Cavalry, and to MW Fried, at Boll Field, Anacostia, D. as a second Heutenant in the Signal Cgrp KANSAS CITY, April 9 (P).—Mss., HUNTING SEASON - GUT BY HOOVER Presidential Order Will Close Migratory Bird Shooting. 15 Days Earlier. An order just issued by President Hoover reducing by 15 days the shook- ing season on migratory birds will close the duck hunting season in mnearby Maryland and Virginia two weeks ear- ller than last year. The season, which opened last year on November 1 mnd closed January 31, will closs in 1932 on January 15, 3 The mandate also calls for s year- round ban on shooting of three species of geese to save them from extermina- tion. The species affected are the greater snow goose, the Ross goose and the cackling goose. In 17 of the Northern States the sea- son will open 15 days later than last year, while in 9 others it will close 15 days earlier. The Southern States in general will close their season 18 days. earlier, The geese had a T spmdmg'inm V;’lnurs 'S’n':’m’::flf: ?x: a limited area and the effect has been I'ke sending massed bodles of troops against machine guns. The greater snow goose, in appear- ance much like the common snow goose, gathers in a 6-mile along Back Bay, Va. e The Ross goose, a pocket edition of the snow goose, and the cackling goose concentrates in the San Joaquin and Sacremento Valleys in California. Off- cials of the Bureau of Biological Sur- vey decided after a survey last year that something had to be done. RIOT IN MARYLAND PRISON IS QUELLED Hagerstown Police Called to Put Down Uprising of Fed- eral Prisoners. Special Dispatch the The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., April 9.—City police, called by the sheriff, entered the Washington County Jail here yesterday at dinner time and, with drawn ‘guns, forced half a hundred menacing Fed- eral prisoners back into their cells, quelling for the time being what might have been a serious riot. A letter smuggled out of the jail by one of the prisoners told of the riot, which was admitted today by Sherift W. Bruce Downin. The note promised that if conditions complained of were not remedied other riots would take place. All of the men were locked in their cells today. Bedlam broke out in the jail shortly after noon yesterday and when dinner was served at 4 o'clock the prisoner: threw down their plates and assumed menacing attitude. Sheriff Downin acted promptly in summoning city po lice and the men were herded back into their cells. In his letter to a newspaper today, the prisoner said the men had rioted be- cause of poor and insufficient food and the lack of proper sanitary conditions. The prisoners stated if the conditions were not corrected more serious riots would take place. ot Forty-eight Pederal prisoners” are quartered in the jail, most of them - hibition law violators sent up from - timore City because of crowded jail condiitons_there. Sheriff Downin said the Federal pris- onsrs come to the jail here flushed with money and expect unusual privileges, such as being allowed to roam outside of the jail at night and visit movie theatrs and take automobile rides. He £aid the prisoners informed him such treatment was accorded them in other Maryland jails. The sheriff said he had allowed the men many liberties, such as stoves on which to ccok their own food, radio sets, and permission to roam freely about the cerridors. He said the county was given, only 75 cents per day to feed each pris- oner, of which 65 cents went for food. Grumblings and cat-calls per- sons who approached jail today. \GARDEN JUDGING | COURSE AT Y. W, Instruction Classes Will Be Con- ducted Tomorrow and Saturday. A course in “flower show and garden judging” for members of the National Capital Federation of Garden Clubs will | be given at the Y. W. C. A., Seventeenth and K streets, tomorrow and Saturday, the initial instruction to be tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The course has been planned by Miss Margaret C. Lancaster, newly elected president of | the federaton. Mrs. Balthazar Meyer is chairman ef the committee in charge of arrange- ments for the course, with Mrs. Clarence G. Carr, Mrs. Truman Abbe and Miss Laura Wadsworth assistants. Mrs. Wheeler Peckham, honorary curator of iris and narecissus collections |of New York Botanical Garden, will be the speaker tomorrow morning. M. F. L. Mulford of the Department of Agriculture will s tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock and at 2:30 Miss Lancaster will speak. Saturday morning at 10 o'clock R. W. Rogers, landscape architect of the Na- tional Capital-Maryland Park Planning Commission, will speak and at 1i am. Saturday Mrs. Willlam Funter Leomer, New York State Federation of Garden Clubs, will talk. An illustrated lecture on "Jt&nne!e @ardens” was given by Dr. R. K. Beattie under the auspices of the fed- eration last night. FINANCIAL MEN MEET Investors' Syndicate Has Banquet at Hotel in Capital. & Addresses on aims, purposes and ac- complishments of the organization fea- tured a banquet of the Investors’ Syn- dicate, financial house, in the Hotel Mayflower last night. . J. R. Ridgeway, president and chair- man of the board of the institution, was the principal speaker. Addresses also were delivered by C. E. Abbett, man- ager of the E‘%“m division for the syndicate, and James Sherrill, State manager of the Washington office. Mr. Sherrill also was toastmaster. A program of eéxtertainment, consist- ing of musical numbers and character sketches, was provided. 13 on Boat Given Up as Lost GRIMSBY, England, April 9 (#— The trawler North Cape, with a crew of 13 men, has been given up as lost by her owners, since nothing has been heard of the vessel since she sailed for Iceland 34 days ago.