Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1931, Page 2

"AZM‘ WOMAN DRYS URGE EDUGATION DRIVE roup of 22 Recommend "Plan for Improving Prohi- bition Situation. X - < - 2y the Associsted Press. » A Nation-wide educational campaign, ed by “good example in the home,” named today by an unofficial law @hforcement commission of 22 women & its chief recommendation for im- @oving the present prohibition situ- jon. + This was the conclusion of a com- fosite prohibition report presented yes- | tdrday to Presidenf Hoover and de- gribed as a “womdn's postscript” to e Wickersham Commission's study. e report was made public todsy at| = luncheon ob the Woman's National Gommittee for Law Enforcement. *In one of the 22 individual studies m which the consensus was drawn . Clement L. Shaver, wife of the rmer chairman of the Democratic | tional Committee, urged women to ferget they were Democrats or Pepub-, ns and vote only “to overthrow ihe uor traffic.” She said President er was in a “strong position” be- m of his prohibition stand. . H 3 “Tough Nut to Crack.” Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of the ylvania Governor, cont en- Tercement was “a tough nut to crack,” ding that if the drys did not want it :ougn to fight for it the amendment “gight just as well be repealed.” IMrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, woman sufirage leader, said she had never ob- ved a liquor law that was enforced, t that prohibition was “a better law and better enforced” than any system sBe had seen. ‘ »Mrs. Irving Fisher, wife of the Yale efonomist, quoted her husband as say- ing prohibition had “raised productivity by at lcast three billion dollars a year.” % Better Chance With Bandits. SComdr. Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army cited statistics to sug- ghst the conclusion that a man “has a better chance of life in this country With her bandits than in Britain with her brewers.” =“We believe,” said the composite sfatements of the 22 women, “that the of the Wickersham Commission done much to strengthen opinion favoring the eighteenth amendment. *“We believe their conclusions, arrived af in spite of the personal preferences of at least llul.f hfiane ‘:!"se testify re strongly than anything we done to the social and economic Center Market Burns Again . THIRD FIRE IN DEBRIS PROVES STUBBORN The damage was negligible. HE third fire since wreckers started tearing down the old Center Market to make way for the Government buildings to go in the Mall Triangl broke out in the remains of the famous old structure yesterday afternoon and gave firemen considerable trouble before it was finally extinguished. —Star Staff Photo. Presides W. T. WOODSON, Superintendent of Fairfax Ve %eflu already evident as a result of eighteenth ‘hfl'::dmi mL""h *The report st its authors were obposed to the revision of the amend- nt suggested by the Wi jon, as well as to modification, repeal, a national referendum and the control plan put forward by joner Henry W. Anderson. " the report said, “that has been referred to the every congressional election, the result that after five such “We lic not only misin- ‘misinformed because formation. “We find the opponents of prohibi- tion, while voicing their of an educational training for the dis- ‘professor: t doctors do mnot even apply amount of liguor they are en- ,|in The Star territory, and in eddition | ty of no offense ding nesses in the enforcement of the law is the impressive lack of men and money.” Miss Edna Barnett, Chicago lawyer: “Much of the present congestion in the Federal courts could be done away with even under present conditions if the of- ficlals in charge would adopt the policy of g‘mu after the big offenders instead of the small fellows.” Mrs. Willlam R. Pattangall, Augusta, Me.: “Any one who thinks that ‘letting the States handle the liquor business, inflependent of Federal eontrol’ is & solution of the problem never lived in a prohibition State surrounded by wet | States.” | Dr. Jennie Callfas, Omaha: “The very thing that will destroy the youth of our is being flaunted in their faces | K. OF C. WILL MEET General Assembly of Fourth De- gree Gathers Tomorrow. The monthly meeting of the Wash- ington General Assembly of the Fourth ee Knights of Columbus will be held at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in the Mayflower Hotel The program includes addresses by Sif Knight Anthony J. Scullen and Charles W. Darr, faithful master for this dist and the report of Sir Knight Michael J. Casev, chairman of the Membership Committee. VENEZUELA PEACEFUL | | tion Malicious. Assurance that Venezuela is at “per- i fect and unalterable peace” was given | at the Venezuelan legation here yester- day following rumors that a revolution ‘was brewing in the Latin American country under the leadership of the #o-called Gen. Arevalo Cedeno. “Such reports are but malicious in- wventions of certain Colombian news- rs and of a few political enemies of the Venezuelan government residing in Trinidad,” Pr. Pedro Manuel Arcaya, ‘Venezuelan inister, declared. He characterized the reports as ‘“simply Fidiculous.” U. S. CARS ENTERED Compete in Italy's “Thousand-Mile’ Boad Race. ‘BRESCIA, Italy, April 11 _(#).—With $wo American cars entered, Italy's fifth eonual “thousand-mile” ~ automobile road race classic started today. The 152 cars m:u: nxunuu apart, beginning shortly r 1 pm., over the route which runs from Bologna through Florence, Rome, Perugia, An- cona, Verona and finishes at Brescia, schools, who presided at the Fairfax finals of The Evening Star’s area in the National Oratorical Contest. FAIRFAX ORATORY - FINALIST CHOSEN J. Francis Jones of Jefferson High Wins at Falls Church. Acclaimed by the audience and chosen by unanimous decision of the judges, J. Prancis Jones, 18-year-old senior in Jefferson High School, Falls Church,Va., was designated last night as the orator who will represent Fairfax County in the Virginia district finals of The Eve- ning Star’s area in the National Ora- torical Contest. medal awarded to each county winner ;:wven a $15 special first prize do- clation. Miss Louise Arnold of Frank- the $10 second prize provided by the association. Speakers Will Poise. Speaking with unusual poise before the audience of 600 persons, Jones ex- pounded the topic of “The Expansion of the Constitution in Our Natlonal Progréss.” His delivery was notable for the quality of his voice inflections and easy manner. Jones is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Jones of East Falls Church, His father is employed in the ‘While in school the Jefferson High speaker has served as president of the athletic ossociation, a member of the basket ball and has participated in T. Woodson presided over the cere- monies, opening the event with a brief talk in which he mentioned the pur- poses of the contest and the efforts of The Star, as sponsor, to further the interests of education in citizenship for high school students. The six speakers, representing each of the 100 per cent high schoois in Fairfax County, were introduced in the order determined by lot drawings made in _Washington, Judges were Mrs. Hilda M. French of American University, Col. Allen W. /. B. McGroarty te Jeflerson High . assisted by members of the Falls Church Orchestra, ren- dered musical selections as a prelude when the judges' ballots were counted. Private and Parochial Finals. Next week the privae and parochial finals will be held on Monday at 3 p.m. in the National Museum auditorium, opening a ceries of preliminary events which will continue throughout the week, with the Prince Georges County, Charles County, St. Marys County and Montgomery County finals following on successive nights in the order named. Announcement has been received at Jocal contest headquarters of the selec- tion of Genevieve Everett, 14-year-old daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Willlam W. , Md, to represent the School, and Vesta Pearl year-old daughter of Mr. Owen Grimes, Cedarville, Md., to t for the Baden High School in the Prince Ge:rges County finals. MRS. ELLEN H. MORRISON Widow of Former State Depart- ment Officer Will Be Buried at Mount Sinai, N. Y. Mrs. Ellen H. Morrison, widow of as Morrison, former State De- partment official, died at her home, 1612 Riges place, early today. The fu- neral will be held Tuesday afternoon at Mount Sinai, N. Y. . Mrs. Morrison came to this country from Durham, England, as a young girl with her brother, Rev. David an Episcopal clergyman of Stamford, Conn Before her last iliness she was actively | probably at dawn tomorrow. ‘The yAmeflz:m cars were driven by Jtalians. Eleven contesting cars are French, 3 British and 5 German. The ryemainder are Italfan. ‘The fi an hour for 1,635 st time heretofore was 100.45 kilometers. | County Young Jones will receive the gold | by the Fairfax Teachers' Asso- | ron United States Treasury Department. | ) base ball and track teams, manager of | ies. Supt. of Fairfax County Schools W. Eh to the meeting and during the period | being | EXPIRES AFTER ILLNESS THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair tonight | and tomorrow, slightly colder tonight; | gentle to moderate northwest winds. | Maryland—Fair tonight and tomorrow, slightly colder in east portion tonight; moderate west winds. Virginia—Fair, somewhat colder in south and east portions tonight; to- morrow fair, gentle to moderate west | and northwest winds. ‘West Virginia—Fair tonight and to- ‘morrow; rising temperature tomorrow. Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 82; 8 p.m,, 74; 12 midnight, 66; 4 am., 57; 8 am., 56; noon, 62. Barometer—4 pm. 20.92; 8 pm, 29.92; 12 midnight, 30.00; 4 a.m., 30.10; 8 am, 30.20: ncon, 30.21. Highest temperature, 82, occurred at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 55, occurred at 7 a.m. today. ‘Temperature same date last year— Highest, 91; lowest, 47. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today—Low tide, 9:46 a.m. and 10:14 p.m.; high tide, 3:04 am. and 3:30 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 10:46 a.m. and 11:07 pm.; high tide, 4:02 am. and 4:27 pm. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 5:39 am., sun sets 6:40 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:38 am., sun sets 6:41 p.m. Moon rises 2:58 a.m., sets 12:40 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Comparative figures of the monthly rainfall in the Capital for the first four months against the average is siown in the following table: Average. January ..3.55 ins. February .3.27 ins. 1931. |1884, 6.34 inches; March, 1891, 8.84 inches; April, 1889, 9.13 inches. Weather in Various Cities. Stations. Abliene, Tex... Albany, N, BussusheRResnToktLERE Kansas City, Mo Angeles Loussville, ‘qlee Club and Dramatic Club activi- | Pitt | Portland. e 29. | Portiand, Orég. | Raleigh.’ N, C: 30.2: Balt Lake Cit San _Antoni 30.22 | Ban Diego, Calif 20.82 | 8en Prancisco. 29.92 | 8¢ Louis, Mo. 8t. Paul, Seattle, | Bpok . | Tampa, Fia.... | WASH) D.°¢ . 30, | FOREIGN. | (7 am., Greenwich time, today.) Temperature. Weather. B -4 Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy time, today.) 60 F\oufly 014 . Cloudy Cloudy 002 Cloudy | stationt. | London._England. | Paris, | Beritn, Geneva, | Btocknoim, | Gibraltar. (Noon, | Horta ‘(Fayan. | Hamuton, ar uba Cloudy | Canal | | HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES I Zone. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1,200; maiden; year-old filies; 4'; furlongs. Hotwizk . i3 | Vagaries ce Good Fortune... Fairest ase SECOND RACE—Purse, 3-year olds and uj Dunfer 07 *Our _Johiiny Holdy' . Rozidu *Siive; Keys *Port Codine 6 furlongs Joha Mackler *Bcatter ... .. ollector. . “Everytime : Curtsey 0 Sun Craiz -year olds and ux:‘va'l_urlflnu 63 Kl .| Mother and Two Children at Nanse- | " Part cloudsy Part cloudy Part cloudy | $1.200; claiming; | \_108 thie " Glen engaged in charitable work. he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. A. B. Sessions of Sioux Falls, 8. Dak., and Misses Emily and Margaret Morrison of this city, amd a son, Thomas Morrison of Keyport, N, J, Oaks. a n Sunuy La: Eaquinole ssie » Fox... 105 Aeis FOURTH RACE—Purse. $1. 3.vear olds; @ turion. John Dunst Serst Dark Hers... P1I year RAC) ear olds and PTH RACE—Purse, $1.200: claiming: olds and 1 ibivision of sev bt BIXTH 7 Division of ok Piect Scott, now | ¢ VENTH RACE—Puri and up: 1 mile b according p.m. r [ o o ‘mile ace.) up; enth ri .. 109 108 12 E- up: 1 se. § Gotham _........ right Day . . eform ..., Purse, 41200 00; E F. an Donald and s turlong a‘min 1,201 d 4 105 My Scoop allowance clal lear: track post positior imed. e, g Pirst Tace, ... 108 108 son 108 ' ‘- 10 ing . 105 ted 130 IWAKATSUKI SOUGHT T0 FORM CABINET Present Ministry Holding on Until New Premier Can Be Determined. By Cable to The Star. TOKIO, April 11.-—-The Japanese cabinet has decided to resign in a body and give Reljiro Wakatsuki, who led Japan’s delegation to the London Naval Corference, an.invitation to head a new Minseito party cabinet. Pending Mr. ‘Wakatsuki’s answer, the cabinet mem- bers have decided not to resign until it is definitely known who will be the next premier. Every indication pointed to accept- ance of the premiership by Mr. Wakat- suki. Railway Minister Yoki Egi and Home Minister Kenzo Adachi called upon him late last night to sound him out as to whether he will agree to form a cabinet. . Mr. Wakatsuki reserved his decision until today. Baron Harada, secretary to Prince Salonji, who is the real power in times of political uncertainty, came to Tokio to inform himself of the situation. He returned this afternoon to OKkitsu to ask the elder statesmen's approval of Mr. Wakatsuki's nomination. A Wakatsuki cabinet would mean virtually reconstitution of the present cabinet, with but few changes. Two of the strongest men in the Hamaguchi cabinet, Foreign Minister Baron Kijuro Shidehara and Finance Minister Inouye, are expected to continue in the new combination, but War Minister Gen. 1. Ugaki and Overseas Minister Matsuda will probably be replaced. ‘The cabinet’s decision to resign came following the third operation suddenly performed on Premier Yuko Hama- guchi late Thursday night, with the prospect that his recovery may be long delayed. (Copsright, 1931) BUSSES MAY OPERATE | ON REDUCED SERVICE Commission Opposed to Abandoning Foxhall Village-Potomac Heights Line. | ‘The Public Utilities Commission has decided to deny the petition of the ‘Washington Rallway & Electric Co. for abandonment of its Foxhall Village- | Potomac Heights bus service, but final disposition of ‘the case remains in doubt. It is believed the commission will allow the company to operate on a one- hour basis during non-rush periods if the company agrees to bring the busses all the way downtown, instead of stop- ping them at Thirty-fifth and Reservoir streets as at present. The present non- rush hour basis is 30 minutes. It was pointed out that with a| through service, patrons would be able | to get downtown just as fast with the longer headway than with the combina- tion of a more frequent service and a transfer. | The company is expected to submit | several tentative schedules to the com- | mission next week, and the case then | will be finally decided. | BURNS KILL THREE IN OIL EXPLOSION| mond Succumb From Flames. By the Associated Press NANSEMOND, Va. April 11.—A mother and her two small children were | dead today and another woman was in | a critical condition as the result of two | explosions of kerosene occurring when | the women were starting kitchen fires. | Mrs. Mary C. Amos, 30, wife of John | Amos, a farmer, and her 4-year-old | daughter Bernice died a short time after the explesion in the Amos home last night. John Amos, jr, 6, died this morning from burns. | Mrs. Letcher C. McClemmy, & resi- dent of Franklin, near here, suffered serious burns in a fire resulting from the use of kercsene in her home. Her | husband was slightly burned in extin- | guishing the flames that enveloped her. | CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Card party. Auxiliary Home Board.| Martha Chapter, No. 4, O. E. 8., Naval Lodge Hall, Fourth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue southeast, 8 p.m. | | Dance, In-Com-Co Club, Mayflower | Hotel, § pm. Card party. W. B. A. Club, 1750 Mas- | sachusetts avenue, 8:15 p.m. Dance, Phi Delta Nu Fraternity, Alpha Chapter, Mayflower Hotel, 10 p.m. | Dinner, Society of Founders and | | patriots, Mayflower Hotel, 7 p.m. i | Lecture, Prof. S. M. Smith, League r the Larger Life, 1336 I street, 8:15 | pm. 1 { | | | FUTURE. Hike, Red Triangle Outing Club, meet | Thirty-sixth and M streets tomorrow, “12 pm. | | Spring dance, Lambda Zeta Gamnma Sorority, Gamma Chapter, Beaver Dam Country Club, April 17. | here Confesses Sla);ing EX-TEACHER FAGES | BRAINEXAMINATION Mrs. Thomsen, Confessed Killer, Says Spinster Held | Strange Power Over Mate. By the Associated Press. ‘WILKES-BARRE, Pa., April 11.—Mrs. Frances Thomsen, 29, Pittsburgh, the former school teacher, who yesterday confessed the slaying of Miss Minnle Dilley, 76, eccentric and wealthy spin- ster, will be arraigned at a preliminary hearing here today, but authorities ex- pressed doubt whether she will face trial. While attorneys for the college grad- uate and daughter of a former minister indicated today they will not raise the question of sanity, District Attorney Thomas M. Lewis intimated a request will be made for a sanity examination. Evidence as yet undisclosed is ex- pected to play an important part in to- day’s hearing before Judge W. 8., McLean. Taken to the Forty Fort home, where the battered body of the spinster was found last Saturday morning, Mrs. Thomsen yesterday told authorities she killed Miss Dlllehln self-defense. Arrested in ttsburgh Wednesday night, Mrs. Thomsen said Miss Dilley had “a strange influence” over her hus- band, Carl Thomsen, and that she tried to have him assume the leadership of a “love cult composed of former school | teachers.” Mrs. Thomsen, in re-enacting the tragedy yvesterday, sald she had hitch- hiked from her home in Pittsburgh, had beaten the spinster over the head with a filled gingerale bottle, and after ren- dering her unconscious had taken a large bread knife from her umbrella and slashed the throat of the prostrate woman. Then she returned to Pitts- burgh. Letters authorities said Mrs. Thomsen had written to Miss Dilley, and which led to her arrest, are to be produced at the hearing today. BIG ZEPPELIN LEAVES EGYPT FOR HOLY LAND Crowd at Nile Delta Field Drenched by Firemen to Give Big Ship Clearance for Take-off. By the Associated Press. CAIRO, Egypt, April 11.—The Graf Zeppelin, slim gray world traveler, was drawn by British soldiers to a landing at dawn today at Almaza Airdrome, near the head of the Nile delta, site of one of the oldest civilizations in the world. An hour later, after debarking and taking on new pasesngers, it roared aloft again and, allowing those aboard one last look at the Pyramids, turned toward the rising sun for a visit to the Holy Land. Despite the early hour, 25,000 persons were at the airdrome. As soon as the Graf touched ground they broke police lines and thronged about the ship, which was unable to make its depart- ure until firemen turned hoses on them and cleared & space around it. A member of the Graf's crew de- scended by parachute a short while be- fore it was drawn to the und and instructed a force of 350 British sol- diers, who acted as a landing crew. They were in charge of Flight Lieut. Luck, who came to Efypt to arrange the mooring of the {ll fated R-101. When Dr. Eckener heard that he was he had him come aboard for a long chat. Dr. Eckener's genial face was at a window of the gondola as the Zeppelin drew close to the earth and the crowd gave him an ovation as he stepped to earth after the dirigible had been brought down. The Zeppelin will return here tonight, debark its passengers and take off again for Priedrichshafen, where she will ar- rive Monday morning. s PARIS PLANS FETE Micarme Festival, Postponed by Cold, to Be Held Tomorrow. PARIS, April 11 (#)—The Micarme festival, postponed from its mid-Lenten date for the first time in many decades, will be held here tomorrow, with the promise of warmer weather for the parade of the city's beauty queens. The festival was to have been held March 12, but Paris was in the midst of a cold spell then and it was feared that the girls taking part in the parade, wearing only costume gowns and other scanty attire, could not brave the cold without ill-effects. Mile. Clair Hebrard, 21-year-old brunette stenographer, has been de- clared Queen of Paris for the occasion. RICHARDSON TO SPEAK Assistant Attorney General to Talk on Hunting Grizzlies. Seth W. Richardson, Assistant Attor- ney General, hunter and sportsman, will address the Federal Bar Association at a dinner in the University Club Wednesday on the subject, “Hunting Grizzly Bears in the Rocky Mountains.” The dinner will be at 7:30 p.m. Other u‘)eukers on the program in- clude Willlam H. McReynolds of the personnel classification board and James Grafton Rogers, newly appointed As- sistant Secretary of State. WOMAN HELD AT PITTSBURGH FOR MURDER. 2 RS. FRANCIS THOMSEN, 29, M being questioned by D. O. Coughlin Detective John Moses, charging her with the slaying of Minnie E. Dilley, 76, at Forty Fort, Pa. to which she confessed. She told officers Miss Dilley wanted her hus- band to become head of a “love cult” for former schcol teachers. At!or is, of course, a matter depending on Col. first she insisted she knew nothing of the slaying.. She is shown here the statistical arrested in Pittsburgh on a_warrant (left), assistant ot attorney, and —A. P, Photo. Longworth Will Rest Here BURIAL PLOT OF DEAD SPEAKER IN OHIO CEMETERY. \HE Longworth burial plot in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio, where Nichclas Longworth, Speaker of in Aiken, 8. C,, will be buried today. the House of Representatives, who dled —Wide World Photo. POLITICAL RESULTS OF DEATH CITED Mrs. Longworth Held to Be Outstanding Candidate for Seat in House. BY MARK SULLIVAN. 1t Washington seethes with discussion | of the political consequences of Speaker Longworth’s death, at a tume so early as to raise a question of taste, the rea- son, if not the justification, is that the consequences, whichever way they turn out, are so fundamental. ‘The suggestion is made that as one way of determining some of the conse- quences Mrs. Longworth may be asked to accept the Republican nomination in the Cincinnati district held by her late husband. It is certain she can have the nomination if she is willing to take it. It is almost equally certain she would be elected. It has become almost a rule for districts, partly as a matter of sentiment, to elect widows as the immediate successors of their husbands. Of the 14 women who have been mem- bers of the House since the adoption of woman suffrage in 1920, eight have come as widows and one has come as the daughter of a deceased member. They do not always remain for sibse- quent terms. The two widows who have remained and through experience and seniority have become important mem- bers are Mrs. Florence P. Kahn of Cali- has s since here steadily ith in 1925, and Mrs. Rogers, who has repre- eented & Massachusetts district contin- l;g;\;ly since her husband’s death in Mrs. Longworth would be an out- standing member of Congress by al- most any conceivable test. As I daughter of a former President and widow of a former Speaker, her back- ground in this respect would be un- paralleled in American history. She understands politics to an extent prob- ably not much exceeded by even her father or her husband. Her personality is one cf the most vivid and salient in Washington. On public questions she has views more definite and forthright than Congressmen ordinarily permit themselves to entertain. It would be difficult to think of any person in pub- lic life whose introduction into the House would add so strong a quality of tonic to that body. It is certain she will be given the chance to be a member and certain that many persons will she accepts. Democrat Stands Chance. A related consequence of the Speak- er's death has to do with whether his successor as Representative from the first Ohio district will be a Republican or & Democrat. Competent judges think it quite possible that, barring Mrs. Longworth as the Republican nominee, the successor may be a Democrat. The importance ot this lies in the now fa- miliar fact that both parties are within one of having a majority of the House. Whether the successor of Speaker Longworth and the successors of others who may die befcre December will swing the majority to one party or the other is, of course, fundamental and dramatic. On this point, however, there has come to be among leaders of both parties in Washington & new psychol- ogy. It is pregnant with important consequences. About half the Republicans hope about half the time that the Democrats will have the majority and control the House. About half the Democrats hope about half the time that the Republi- cans will have the majority. The situa- tion is almost at a point where the con- test for contrcl of the House consists not in striving for the majority but in edging away from it. The situation may become like one of those card games in which the art consists in so maneuvering as to force your opponent to take the undesirable card. Intricate Situation Cited. ‘The reason for this point of view ex- isting among leaders of both partles is apprehension about what the next ses- slon is sure to be. With the two parties divided so nearly equally, the one that happens to hold nominal control by a majority of one or two will have respon- sibility without power. Any program or policy attempted by the party having nominal control can be frustrated by he | Hoover and his HOOVER'S SPECIAL 1S MET BY THRONG President Goes to Longworth Home Before Attending Rites at 2 P.M. (Continued From First Page.) the former President and mother of Mrs. Longworth; Mrs. Kermit Roose- velt, Mrs. Archibald Roosevelt and Mrs. Ethel Roosevelt Derby, who came here for the funeral, were occup the ninth floor of the Alms Hotel, W] had been reserved for them. Vice President Curtis and a congres- sional delegation of Senators and Rep- resentatives arrived this morning before the Hoover special reached Cincinnati. Simple but impressive funeral services were arranged. The body of the late House Speaker will rest llm‘glide those of his ances- tors in Spr! Grove Cemetery. Soldiers on Duty at Home. No escort was provided, but a de- tachment of soldiers from Fort Thomas, Ky., was on duty at Rockwood. There '-bemy was to lle in state until the funeral. ‘The funeral cortege prepared to leave the home at 1:15 for 'B: church, arriv- ing a few minutes before 2 o'clock. The briet memorial service, during which Buh:? Hobson planned to read the rit- ual the detd, but was e to be concluded by 2:30, when funeral cortege, including the presidential party, was to leave for the cemetery. ich Brief Services at Grave. Brief commitment services were scheduled at the grave. After the Long- worth family has departed, President party will be escorted to the station and immediately board the special train for the return trip to Washington. Because the housing capacity of Christ Church is only 750, it was neces- sary to limit many organizations which made application for places for honor- ary 1 bearers, to six seats. Only those who had cards were admitted. ‘Those pecelving cards were to enter the church between 1 and 1:30 o'clock, {o:l:md by the presidential party at The family and intimate friends planned to enter at 2 o'clock and after that as many others as could be ac- commodated. Mrs. Longworth requested that the services consist solely of musical num- bers by Emil Heermann's string quar- tet and the reading of the Episcopal service for burial of the dead. She also made arrangements to have those who wished to visit the bler of her husband admitted at the home between 9 and 10:30 o'clock this morning. FIVE POLICEMEN LEAVE FOR CRIME STUDY COURSE Group Headed by Capt. F. 8. W. Burke to Take Instruction Under Col. Goddard. Fivg representatives of the Metro- politan Police Department were en route to Chicago today to study sci- entific methods of crime detection under Col. Calvin Goddard, prominent bal- listics expert, at Northwestern Uni- versity. ‘The party, which left yesterday after- noon, was headed by Capt. Frank S. W. Burke of No. 1 precinct, who will be- come chief of detectives here when the force is reorganized July 1. Others in the group were Lieut. John Fowler of No. 10 station, department ballistics expert; Detective Sergt. Floyd A. Tru- scott, Ira Gullickson, civilian photog- rapher, and Dr. Edwin R. Donaldson, police chemist. They will study for one month under Goddard and his aides, returning to ‘Washington the middle of May. GAS VICTIMS RECOVERING Boaz and Wife at Emergency Hos- pital After Rescue. the opposition with the aid of deserters who are sure to appear. If the Repub- licans should have the nominal con- trol, they would, for example, try to keep appropriations down and prevent an increase in tax rate. The Demo- crats, according to ordinary political motives, would try to frustrate that pul . On the “other hand, if the Democrats should have the nominal control, they would be conscious that the country would look to them as re- sponsible. In that condition, the Demo- crats would have a motive for keeping appropriations down and preventing increase of the tax rate. The psychol- ogy created by the evenness of the two parties is extremely intricate. As_Tes) the successor to the late Speaker, it is almost universally taken, for granted that John Q. Tilson of Con- necticut will be the successor in the sense of being made the Republican nominee. There will be talk of alternatives, but Mr. ‘Tilson is almost as sure to be the Repub- lican nominee as Representative Garner of Texas to be the Democratic nominee. Which of the two will be elected Speak- a- [ e les. "volx}n:hp two ‘Thomas Boaz, 29, and his wife, Blanche, 31, who were overcome early yesterday by gas in their apartment, at 171 Seventeenth street, were reported recovering by Emergency Hospital of- ficlals today. Fire rescue squad, No. 1, broke through the door of the Boaz apart- ment, after another tenant detected the odor of escaping gas and found the couple lying unconscious on the floor. They were revived and rushed to the TRADE PACT SNAGS 1932 ARMS PARLEY Customs Union Seen Reply to Alleged Naval Deal Iso- lating Germany. (Continued From First Page.) Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain going from one delega- tion to amother telling each something different, thus creating irreparable mis- understandings. The choice now seems to lie among tz, Barcelona and Geneva. 8Sir Eric_Drummond, secretar; general of the League of Nations, is visiting in Blarritz, and will go nex:i week to Rome and Berlin, presumably to prepare an agreement on the plac>. Great Brilain's fundamental policy, the more # as Mr. Henderson is a candidate for the presidency of the disarmament, conference, is to hold an equal balance between France and Italy and France and Germany. In order, therefore, to reassure Germany and to try to prepare the ground for a dis- armament agreement, Mr. Henderson seems to have invited Chancellor Hein- rich Bruening and Foreign Minister Julius Curtius of Germany some time ago, with the full knowledge of M. nB‘rh-ng. 0 a week end in London about ay ‘Then suddenly came the Austro-Ger- man union project. It annoyed the British because they considered that, after all the friendship they had shown Germany since the World War, the least Germany could have done was to in- form them in advance as to what was contemplated. The Germans seem to have replied that they also would like to have been kept better informed regarding various matters by Great Britain. They asked whether the week-end invitation still held good. Upon Mr. Henderson's re- plying in the affirmative, the Germans and British both published the news and the Germans suggested May 1 88 a more convenient date. The German press becameé trium- phant. The projected Anglo-Germany ;veek end was tr:lely ini ted as loreshadowing Anglo-German agree- ment, both on the Austro-German af- fair and on disarmament. ‘Week-End Meeting Postponed. But the reaction of the French was equally vigorous. Great Britain was promptly accused of a return e- war diplomatic methods,” of infringing on e League of Nations it of th and of prejudic! the case by private talks with the ‘g'z/rmlm Jjust prior to the meetings of the European Union Committee and the League Council, which on May 15, in Geneva is to discuss the Austro-German affair as well as the Disarmament Conference. Great Britain, therefore, to France's satisfaction and Germany's disgust, postponed the Anglo-German week end to June 5. At the same time, how- ever, it is announced that a British naval squadron for the first time since June, 1914, plans a visit to Kiel at the end of June, while a German squadron will return friendly visit seems to 1. To retard ciajons on all dis- armament questions, including the presidency of the conference and solu- tion of the French-British-Italian naval agreement, pending discussion of the Austro-German union project at Geneva. 2. To place the European powers’ assembly at Geneva before two alterna- tives, either to seek :satisfactory solu- tions in a friendly spirit in common, in which case France is ready to offer substitute ‘economic proposals in_ place of the Austro-German pians, or France will feel indisposed toward any dis- armament concessions whatever and will insist on the stricf 't enforcement of the peace treaties. Briand’s Policy Attacked. Foreign Minister Briand is more and more accused in France of being too conclliatory, thereby encouraging France's adversaries to take an in- ly aggressive attitude. dent Gaston Doumergue's strong speech on Thursday against disarmament and against the Austro-German plan was the result of calm deliberations by the French government. On Wednesday M. Briand and Pre- mier Plerre Laval had a long confer- ence on_the subject of an alternative nroject France may off in Geneva. It recognized that France's narro nationalistic economic policies are in compatible with France's supposedly conciliatory foreign policy. Some French leaders, including Louis Loucheur, Jacques Letrocquer, Etienne Fougers and M. de Peyerimhoff, head of the coal syndicate, propose a full FPranco-German customs union, but, falling this the French apparently in- tend to propose a system of preferen- tial tariffs to Germany, Austria, Hun- gary and the Little Entente countries. France would probably also welcome direct negotiations with Germany on the disarmament conference without British mediation. As for Ttaly, it still has not declared itself. It apparently is willing to con- sider offers from either side. Diplomatic activity continues and the next few weeks promise many develop- ments. (Copyright. 1931.) ITALY STUDIES ACCORD. Will Support Discussion of Proposed Union at Geneva. ROME, April 11 (#).—The Italian government was understood today to have decided to support a discussion of the proposed Austrc-German economic accord at Geneva either before the Pan European Committee on May 15 or be- fore the League Council on May 18. Meantime Italian experts have been studying the possible economic conse- quences of the accord to Italy and pre- liminary estimates are that the proposed pact would benefit Italian agriculture, but that manufacturing might suffer. ‘With the study still incomplete, how- ever, Italy was continuing to suspend judgment at least until after the dis- cussions which are looked for at Geneva. BAND CONCERTS, 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. March, “Old Comrades” . Overture, “Poet and Peasant” Von Duet for flute and elarinet, * ORI L T S .. .Saint-Saens Messrs. Prezioso and Darby. Scenes from grand opera, “Il Trova- tore” .. Verdi ‘Waltz song, “Tears” ..Uhr Finale, “Along the Highway of Love,” Ston “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band. this evening, at the auditorium, Marine Barracks, at 8 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur S. Witcomb, second hespital. The gas was sald to have es- caped through a leaking pipe. WILL ELECT OFFICERS Founders and Patriots of America ‘Will Meet Tonight. Officers of the District of Columbia Scclety, Order of the Founders and Pa- triots of America, elected at & banquet#meeting of the 7 o'clogk tonight in the Ma; soctegt will s % Prof, ArthurPAdams, lovemor.?enl of the order, will speak, B . leader. “Les Preludes” “Canzonetta” . Duet for clarine Musiclans Henry Weber and Luis Guzman. Selections from “Robin Hood".DeKoven Meditation from * Waltz, “Secretos’ Suite, “Caucasian In the mountains. In the village. In the mosque. Procession of the Sardar. anes;hymn‘ “The Halls of Monte- suma.’ “Zhe iex Spangled Baonen” . pralfww-lmnw