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- TILSON IS SKENT ON SPEAKER POST G. 0. P. in House Want to Let Nomination of Successor to Longwerth Wait. BY 6. GOULD LINCORN. 'Was Noted Throughout World as Specialist in Child "7 Mealth. Estoblished Reputation Many Lines.of National in| Republican leadevs today twrned to the consideration of the problem which | confronts them becruse of the death; of the late Speaker Nichelas Lowg- worth. | Representative John Q. Tiksen ol‘ Connecticut, majority leader of the House and ackmowledged to be the| “logleal” selection of the Republicans for Speaker of the next House, was in his office at the Capitol teday. He neither announced his candidacy for| the speakership nominetion nor did be | deny that he wou'd be a candidat It is understood to be the desire o Republicans in the House to _let the matter of the speekership nomination drift along for a time In all probabilily there will be no meeting o?rth! House until the regular session which meets the first Monday of next December, and in all_prcbability there will be no caucus of Republicans of the House until a short time before Congress opens. The Republicens will | choose their candidate for Speaker at B! If Mr. Tilson is the pick his suce jority lead | While there is opnosition 2mong some to the | of the Repub'icans fr-m the V/o: = selection of Mr. Tilzon for Speak: is understood that Mr. Tisom is re-| garded with some favor by Progressive- Republicans in the House. The Progressive Republicans in the Senate, frequently opposed by Mr. Til- son during the last Congress in legisla- tive matters, are dead set agalnst Mr. Tilson’s election to the speakership. They may seek to exert their influence with Progressive Republicans in the House against the Connecticut man. The claim is made in some quarters | that the speakership should go to the Middle West. It was ‘pointed out today, ! however, that Ohio had the speakership | during the last thrce Congresses, and | that it might be considered the East’s: turn for that honer. Before the late Speaker Longwerth was elected to that office former Sena- tor Gilletie of Massachusetts was the Republican Speaker for three terms. Ohio Election .Distant. Mr. Tilsen was the unanimows choiee | of the members of the ' House for majority leader at the last ! 1 Justice, the nomination. & member of t 10 side his routine work was in the field . valuable articles to the National Geo- | blican, although Mr. Long- n last Fall by only about 3,600 es. If business conditions grow worse of better during the Summe however, the Democrats undoubtedly :bm have a better chance for victory en. ‘The Democrats apparently have made no choice of a candidate for the House seat in the Ohio district. Pattison, son of the former Governor of Ohio, was the candidate last Fall against Mr. Longworth. It was not certain that he will be a candidate again, however, and some of the Democrats think that a stronger nominee can be found. CLOTHING RACKET KNOWN TO OFFICIAL New York Assistant Attorney Tells Crain Probers Inquiry Is Handicapped. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 13.——An assistant district attorney, Vincent Impelliterri, told Referee Seabury today the district attorney’s office knew “racketeering was rampant” in the New York City cloth ing district and knew also that saveral men been assaulted or killed Impeliterrt was a defense witness at the Seaber, inquiry into Thomas C. T. Crain's conduct of the office of distriet attorney. Racketeering in the millinery, cloth- ing leather goods and window cleaning trades was discussed. Impelliterri said the work of tracing down racksteering coxplaints was made more difficult because of the unwilling- | ness of eom:auine: and the refusal of witnesses to testify. “We attempted to interrogate a rep- | resentative list of clof manufac- turers as to their experierces with racketeering,” Impelliterri said. “We | assured them of full police protection, | but they would not talk. “The results of our efforts along this line were nil.” into stories that ‘muscle on the newsstands went for naught, the witness raid. Many newsstand operators said they hcd been approached concernng & newsdcalers' association, but said no threats had been enies Grain by the O his wants the district attorney { { poinied its dean in 1927, the same year | | his skill as a practicing thealth last year, he represented the | | American Child Health Congress held ;\lth Activities. After a critical ilines of several weeks, D:. John A. Feote eminent authority on the discaces of children and dean of | the Ceorgetown University Sehool of medicine, died early yesterday morning of heart disease at his home, 1861 Mint- wood pl where he had practiced in Washington for 25 years. Iuter r Dr. Foote had undergone a strain during | the pact few years that had aggravated | the malady f.om which he died. Two months ago acted the gribpe and reently his sizians despaired of his ery. ‘ Scrvices to Be Tomorrow, Funeral services will be conducted to- | | | | cont: phys morrow morning at 10 o'elock in Dahl- | Thomas, gren Chapel at Georgetown College, whe:e Dr. Foote had graduated in his youth. Mass will be celebrated by Rev. Dr. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J., president of Georgetown University, and interment will follow in Holy Rood Cemetery. Dur- ng the 25 years of his p: ice in Wash- ingion, Dr Foote had been connected comtinucusly with the Medical School at Ceorgetown, where he reccived his | medical degree in 1906. He was ap- of his election as president of the Medi- cal Society of the District of Colunkia. At the services tomorrow the aetive pallbearers will be Dr. John F. O'Brien, his associate in practice; Dr. Robert A. Moran, Dr. Wallace M. Yater, Dr. Wil- liam P. Argy, Dr. Willaim F. O’Don: tell, Dr. William J. Cusack, Dr. Jerome Crowley and Dr. Maurice A. Selinger. Was Known Internationally. Dr. Foote was internationally known as a child specialist and combined with the ideal qualities of studemt and teacher. He had attended many _international medicad congresses and despite his ill United States Government at the Pan- at Havapa, Cuba, and also atiended the Intemnational Comgress on Podiatrics L Stockholm, as a member of Presi- dent Hoover's Child Health For his researches and translations of early Italian medical histery, a subject | in which he was greatly inierested, the Congress, | Italian government last November con- |« ferred upon him rank of Officer of the Crown of Italy, one of the oldest orders | e kingdom. | For many years Dr. Foote served as pediatrist on the staffs of th - town, Children's, Adenes ant Gl n | colm, State vel of London and the Geographic Scciety of Paris. But his chief interest out- of medical research. He contributed two graphic Magazine which are considered authoritative. One of these was “The eography of Medicine” and the other | ‘Medicine Fakes and Fakers of All| Times.” He was editor at one time of Mother and Child, a child hygiene magazine and made frequent ccniribu- tions to medical and seientifie_journals. During the World War Dr. Foote was a member of the Council of National Defense and lecturer on social hygiene tor the Bureau of Training Camps and the Public Health Service. In addition to aforementioned medi- | cal socleties, Dr. Focte was a member | of the French Society of Medical His- tory, the Medical History Club, of which | he ‘was at one time a president, and the Georgetown Clinical Society. |,_He was one of the most active mem- | bers of the Georgetown Alumni Asso- | ciation, and likewise belonged to the | | Cosmos Club, the University and Chevy | Chase Clubs of this city. i widow and two children, Miss Mary Virginia Foote and William Dyer Foote, survive him. He also is survived by three brothers and two sisters, Joseph Foote of Niagara, N. Y., and Ernest and Richard Foote, Miss Catherine Foote and Mrs. Mary Cawley, all of Archbald, | Pa. | Honorary Palibearers Named. The Medical Soclety of the District will be represented at the funeral by a | committee appointed by the president, | to & climax Saturda; Dr. Foote was married to Miss Lois | Gibson Dyer of this city in 1910. His | THE DR. JOHN A. FOOTE, G. U. DEAN f OF MEDICINE, DIES AT HOME HERE DR. JORN A. FOOTE. —Harris-Ewing. niel K. Shute, Dr. E. A. Balioch, Dr. Jobn B. Nichols. Dr. Edward Y. David- Dr. Henry C. Macatee, Dr. John D. Dr. Thomas A. Groover, Dr. Charles S. White, Dr. Oscar B. Hunter, Dr. Harry H Kerr, Dr. George T. Vaughn, Dr. Willilam Hird and Dr, Charles Crawford. CATTLE WAR HALTS, GOVERNOR AWAITED Reports Iowa DMilitia Has Been Ordered Out Denied at State Capitol. By the Assooiated Press. TIPTON. Iowa, April 13.—A group of Cedar County farmers who objected forcibly to State veterinarians making tuberculin tests of their cattle today marked time in the “siege zone,” await- ing the arrival of Gov. Dan Turmer and Attorney General John Fletcher. Reports t-at the militia had been sent from Towa City and Cedar Rapids were denied at the Governor’s office. The tests were conducted in accord- ance with a law passed by the 1927 General Assembly. The validity of the law has becn uph®id by the Towa Su- preme Court, but farmers in several vicinities have expressed continued op- position to the law. te Tipton out- break has beem the first organized re- sistance against it. At attempt to repeal the law was tried in the present Gemeral Assembly and the bill is now in the bhands of a sifting committee. A group of 1,500 farmers came to Des Moines a few weeks ago to appear in suj of the repeal at a public legisiai hearing. The epposition of the farmers came when thev gath- itchell farm and ered at the E. C. prevented earlier in the weel Malcolm and State and county lay officials were or- dered off the place ‘and pickets were stationed about the farm. The farmers announced they would also post guaras at any other farm where tests were attempied. Mitchell and several other farmers were jailed for opposition to the law, but still refused to submit and con- tinued their opposition as soon as re- leased. The protesti farmers maintained the law was un, scientific and that tbe indemnity pro- vided for the cattle destroyed was in- sufficient. An allowance of approximately $70 a head is made for cattle condemned, a portion of which is paid by both State and Governments. Sheriff Poster Maxson of Cedar County later that the cattle on the E. C. Mitchell farm here had been tested for tuberculosis and that On;a mflmmr was found. sald everything was quiet and although protesting far-wu had been asked by their leaders to gatier at another Mitchell farm near here, nc domonstrations was ma @ small crowd had gathered. “CARRIE” EXPLAINS HARDING LETTERS « ntinued Prom First Page.) entirely with expressions of anxlety over @ woman called “Carrie.” There is no internal evidence to id<ntify the woman, and since the envelopes are missing, the identity of “Jim” also is a mystery. Dr. Rosenbach declined to disclose the name of the person who sold the letters to {him and said he had no information other than that which appeared on the surface. Written on the stationery of the United States Senate, the letters em- phasize the necessity for Carrie’s re- maining away from Washington when “feelings grow intenser and prejudices are more pronounced as the casualty list grows.” Quotations From Letiers. “She forgets,” ome letter states, “we are in war—hellish war—and she for- gets how Germany treats those who are against the government.” The other letter remarks that “most $cf the stuff said about Carrie is all rot” and that “I know she is no Ger- manymloxmtr—muldn't be.” “Yet,” the letter goes on, things have been repcred. never doubted her ability to square herself with a reasoning Government agent, but I haven't wished her to un- dergo the annoyance of such a visit. The great peril is some unheeding, im- passioned, self-appointed sponsors of Justice and patriotism, who might hu- miliate or harm her. It is a pity that | there can be such danger, but war is ?:111 ,And sanity dces not always pre- Later the same letter adds: “Now, | about Washington. I must not, can- { not, say it to Carrie, and I had rather | she did not know I am saying it to you, because she could misconstrue it, “these I have ! Dr. Willlam H: Hough, consisting of Dr. Joseph S. Wall, Dr. Edgar P. Copeland, Dr. James A. Gannon, Dr. H. H. Don- nelly and Dr. Prentiss Willson, and by 17 past presidents. ‘The honorary pallbearers include the fo'lowing Georgetown deans: George E. Hamilton of the Georgetown Law School, Dr. W. N. Co?zn of the School of Dentistrs, Dr. W. P. Notz of the S-heol of Foreign Service, Dr. Gaorg: M. K-ber, dean cmeritus of medicine; Dr. Hugh J. Prgan, essistant dean of law, and Dr. Thomas H. Healy, assist- ant dean of forcign sarvice. Dr Luther H. R-ichelderfer, president from Dr. Foote’s friends as follows: Dr. Joel T. Boane, Dr. Edwin Behrend, Dr. ‘Thomas M. Foley, Dr. Prancis R. Hi ner, Dr. Custis Lee Hall, Dr. Thomas S. Lee, Dr. R_M. Le Conte, Dr. Benjamin C. Pen’l. Dr. James M. Moser, Dr. J. C. Wynko« J. Lawn Thompson, Hough. Dr. James P. Mitchell, Dr. Wil- liam Cerry Morgan, Dr. Frank Leech, Dr. Joseph 8. Wall, Dr. Reginald R. 3 Prentiss Willson, Dr, Ed- tford, Dr. Willlam Thorn- Joszph J. Mun4>l', Dr. Henry W r, Dr. Edgar P. Cope- lrnd, Dr Willlam L. Clark, Dr. Jossph J. McCarthy, Dr. James A. Flynn, Dr. Dr. John A. Talbot, Dr. James Cahill, r.; Dr. C. Augustus Sim) Nd Ny s g 8. Ridsdale, A. calu Grosvenor, . | but _she and Isobels ought not come |to Washington now. Ner ought they 80 to New York. I had some inquiry | made about things said, and the Wash- | ington trip last | about acting as informer (ridiculous, of | course!) and the suspicion was con- | firmed by the long stay at Port Jef- ferson.” | Only cne surname is mentioned in 1(he letters—that of an unidentified | “Judge Moner,” who was to be asked to help In a “hostess appointment” for | Carrie. The letters are considered valuable to a collector, not because of their ‘s i come forward of the Board of Commissioners, heads | contents, but because President Hard- | the other honorary pallbearcrs chosen | ing Wrote few letters in longhand. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine leader, “Memories of the World War,” v: | March, “Gen. Ben Puller” Danza Negre. “Le Bananier Romancs. “M: March Excerpts March, “Lights Out”. “Reminiscences of Juliet,” Dr, EVIiald | i t, the tests were un- | de and only IN NEWS ARTICLE Jand this evening, at 4 o'clock, 8¢ the audl. torium, Marine Barracks: Taylor Bran- op, Dr. James A. Gannon, Dr. | son, leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, second Dr. William H. | - Alexander STAR, WASIiiN¢ IUNCLE, WHO AIDED HOOVER AT 7, DIES Maj. Laban J. Miles, 87, Then; Osage Agent in Pawhuska, | Took Boy Into Home. | By the Associated Press. PAWHUSKA, Okla,, April 13.—Presi- dent Hoover's Uncle Laban, Maj. L. J. Milos, is dead. Maj. Miles, 87, former Indian agent, ! who opered his home to the fatherless | Herbert Heover here 49 years ago, suc- | cumbed vesterday. Both the President and Vice President Charles Curtls were “his boys." Mr. Hoover, following the death of his father in West Branch, Iowa, spent a yeer in the big stone residence, from which the Osage Indians were ruled. Mr. Curtis, on the rolls of the Kaw Tribe as a vouth, was under the guard- fanship of Maj. Mil:s, ‘Took Boy, 7, in Home. Maj. Miles, a Quaker, whose title was one of courte: of the President's mother, Huldah Mint- horn Hoover. His wife, Agnes Minthorn Miles, who preceded him in death four years ago, was her sister. They sought to relieve the burden of the widow in persuading her to permit the 7-year-old future President to live with them. The journey was made by train to Coffeyville, Kans. From there the party traveled by mule-drawn buck- board and horseback. Hoover was welcomed into the Quaker family. He enmjoyed its sports. He rode and explored the countryside, where, as a freshman on vacation from Stanford University, he later discovered and named the Pawhuska limestone deposits. The mutusl regard of the boy and the Miles family continued, but Mrs. Miles ordered abatement of the eas familiarity of youth as public honors were won by Mr. Hoover. When he became national food ad- ministrator in the World War his Aunt Agnes called a family conference at the ranch home near Pawhuska. | “Our nephew and eousin,” she said, “now is ome of the great men of the country and of the world. I do not believe it proper to do anything or say anything that would imply familiarity. | So I ask thee all never to refer to him agein as Bert. He is to be Mr. Hoover or Herbert Hoover.” Appointed by Hayes. Maj. Miles rode with Mr. Hoover on !a special train from West Branch to | Kansas City in the campaign of 1928. | President Hoover invited the major to attend his inauguration, but iil bealth ! prevented. |~ In office and out, Maj. Miles worked for the Osages and won their. esteem. He saw oil make them wealthy. He came to the Osage reservation in 1878 | by appointment, of President Hayes, but was removed in the Cleveland adminis~ tration. In 1889 he was appointed superintendent of the Osage agency and held office again until 1893, when he and 40 other agents were replaced by military appointees. Funeral services will be held here to- i morrow morning and burial will be at | Arkansas City, Kans. Surviving are two | sons, Theodore and Oakley. and two daughters, Mrs. Blanche Hopper of Pawhuska and Harriet Odell, of Topeka, Kans. HOOVER GRIEVED. President Hoover will be unable to at- tend the funeral of his uncle, Maj. j Laban J. Miles, who died at Pawhuska, Okla., yesterday, but he was deeply grieved by his death. President Hoover lived with Maj. Miles for a year when he was 7 years old. A wreath from the White House con- servatory has been sent to Pawhuska for the funeral. BAKER, WIFE SLAYER, TIRED OF DODGING POLICE, SURRENDERS (Continued Prom Pist Page) brother to Washington on business, he said, and the fact he was so near his children gave him the necessary eourage. From Weber’s office was taken to the headquarters of the homicide squad by Scrgt. George Darnell, a mem- ber of the squad. ere he was held for questioning by Shelby and other members of the squad. After the quiz Baker will be asked to sign a written confession of the shoot- ing, which occurred when his wife re- fused to heed his pleas to return to him. When he was questioned by Weber im- mediately after his arrival at headquar- ters, Baker said: “I can't talk very well now, because I get too excited whenever I think of wy children.” Shortly before Baker's surrender, Shelby was ask>d by reporters if there were any new developments in the case. His reply was that he understood the fuzitive was hiding in Caroline County and that Darnell was to be sent there to search for him. Mrs. Baker, who was 40 years old, left her husband about a month befbre the shooting, leaving three of her four chil- dren with him. The other child, a 15- year-old girl, had gone to live with an aunt about a month before. Cared for Children. ‘Mrs. Baker visited her husband’s flat nearly every day to care for the chil- dren, but always left before his return. He arrived unexpectedly cn the day of the shooting, however, and a guarrel —caused, according to the children, by their mother’s refusal to “make up' with their father—followed. Mrs. Baker went to the kitchen, leav- ing her husband and #he children in the front room, where the youngsters were dyeing Easter eggs. She was standing beside the sink when her husband en- tered and fired a bullet into her back. ‘With the small-caliber revolver still in his hand, Baker fled. A moment later bis wife ran screaming into the street and collapsed on a bench in front of a house a few duors away. Not realizing thelr mother had been shot and wondering why their father was fleeing, the children ran from the house. Baker paused long enough to warn them not to attempt to follow him and then continued his flight. The children were found several hours later in the W. B. & A. station, where they had gone to seek refuge from the cold ! Meanwhile, Mrs. Baker had been taken to Emergency Hospital, where she ‘was pronounced deas The next day Baker was reported to have sent two emissaries to the home of Robert I Miller, an attorney, at whose office the fugitive promised to give himself up later in the day. Although members of the homicide squad watched Miller's office all day, Baker failed to app:ar, rted seen in, Vir- He later was re ginia, but suc in eluding his’ pur- suers. Baker, who s 45 years old, is in a ‘very poor mental condition,” accord- red, | makes the Red hie to think only of his children.” During the interrogation, Shelby added, Baker muttered over and over again: "On, this i+ a terrible thing. m or 3 akévs reasan. for going to his Baker’s reason for brother's home, he told elby, was to borrow money to send his children. His brother left headquarters after see- | kind, sharin; hat he had dered. surren A Baker with mur- NGTON, {a city where ev | suburbs and only { of self-government, that it, for our peo- D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1931, RED CROSS PRAISED ; Hoover at Red Cross Meeting ONNON-DOL U. S. Aid Spelt Destruction of Voluntary Spirit, Hoover Tells 1931 Meeting. —(Continved From Pisst Page) ing the soil™ he said. “The country is again under cultivation and will play an important part in the establishment of mational prosperity.” Junior Red Cross’ Scope. ‘The Jumlor Red Cross, Mr. McDuffie told the delegates, is unquestionabl the largest in its membership, in it field of endeavor and in its purpose of any sueh group in the world. It em- braces 48 similar organizations, repre- ting as many countries of the mod- tn world. be said These countries comprise the International Junior Red ! Cross. The watehword of the organization, he said, is “sarvice.” He stressed as the primary purpose of the Junior Red Cross educatiom or training in service. “Child’s Bill of Rights” Secretary Wilbur, in his address, out- lined “The Child’s Bill of Rights,” a comprehensive program for the educa- tion, health and care of the child from the viewpoint of the Government. “The American city has forgotten the child during most of its growth.” Dr. ‘Wilbur said, “and that is a thing we are trying to chamge.” He declared he would lik~ to visualize yone lived in m> into the city to work in explaining what has to be done now for the outdoor reereational facili- ties of the average city child, Safety measures involve an important part in any program for the child, Dr. Wilbur said. “If anything else but an automobile killed as it does. we'd drive it out of civilization,” he said. “But it is time to stop even automobiles from killing.” Objects to Term “Delinquent.” The Government owes & duty to the underprivileged and crippled child who cannot be cared for out of private funds, Dr. Wilbur told the Red Cross. “We want them to be society’s charge,” he said » uThore is another class of defective children for whom “we have a mean | and ugly name called delinguent,” the | “Don't use that name. Secretary added. It is not fair to the child. I don't like for any court to put that stamp on a child.” By upanimous votes today. Col J. Pranklin McFadden of Philadelphia was named convention chairman and Dr. Thomas E. Green of Washington, the convention secretary. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishon of Washington delivered the invocation at the opening meeting. This afternoon the sessions were continuing with round table conferences for the adult and junior members. Text of Speech. The text of President Hoover's speech before the opening session of the an- nual eonvent'on of the American Cross here this morning follows: “I am particularly glad to welcame this annual convention of the Amer- ican Red Cross. During this past year this great mutual institution of the whole people has put agaim to severe tests, not only as to its practical ability to meet national disaster, but a test involving its whole moral and spiritual purpose. You have, most difficult handicaps, again demon- it can meet and relieve any national ster. ““The drought presented a mew type of problem for the Red Cross—the problem of famine in over two millions of people. Your leaders, alive to the ?oum y of suffering which would he inescapable result during the Win- ter, began as early as last August to mobilize the Red Cross to meet the in- evitable burden, It was that far-sight- ed action and that early action which enabled the saving of this multitude of people from infinite suffering. Un- fortunately, men less familiar with the resources the ability and the courage of the American people in mutual action under their own Red Cross, men no doubt genuinely cen- cerned over the growing seriousmess of the situation, were skeptical of your abilities and ‘the forces which give it strength, and were insistent that the Red Cross should abandon its voluntary character, should abandon its independ~ ence and its foundations in service which are part of the spiritual life of our country, and become in effect a Government bureau through Fed appropriations as the source of its funds. They did not realize that the Red Cross represents a vital and preeious force in our people—their abil- ity and strength in voluntary action and their semse of service and of moral responsibility. ~For the Red Cross springs from the people; it is of the people—it is a part of their spiritual expression. It was a momentous deci~ sion which confronted yom, to refuse the easy course that was proposed, and it has been due to you, officers and members of the Red Cross in every city and hamlet of the United States, to your courage, your resolution, and de- votion, that it has been possible even in a time of extreme economic diffi- culty to prove your strength and abil- ity to meet national emergencies, by finding from your members the financial resources on the one hand and the abil- ity and the sense of service for dis- tribution on the other. If your officers had yielded on this occasion the Red Cross would have been rendered im- potent in the face of every future na- tional emergency, for it would have been inevitable to turn to the Gov- ernment and the taxpayer; it would have meant the destruction of the spirit of the Red Cross and it would have been the destruction of something | even greater than voluntary service— it would have injured the spiritual 1 responses of the American people. It would have been a step on the path- way of Government doles. Dealing With Intangibles. “In problems of this kind we are deal- ing with the intangibles of life and ideals. We are dealing also with the highest thing in our ecivilization, that is, the sense of personal responsibility of neighbor for neighbor, the spirit of charity and henevolence in the indi- vidual, the hoiding alight the lamp of voluntary action in American life. A voluntary deed by a man impressed with the sense of responsibility and brotherhood of man is infinitely more precious to our national ideals and na- tional spirit than a thousandfold poured from the Treasury of the Government under the compulsion of law. Your or- ganization is' indeed the highest form ple to organize themselves without the force of law. “The spiritual question is not solely a problem of giving and raising funds; it is equally a question of their distri- bution—for here again is mobilized the sense of voluntary service, There is within it the solicitude and care given to the individual in distress based upon his need and not uj his claim of right or influence. The very spirit that Cross possible assures it & probity and devotion in service o | Which no government can ever attain. Cites Spiritual Ideal. “In all this there is the imponderable of spiritual ideal and spiritual growth. It is indeed the spiritual in the indi- vidual and in the Nation which looks out with keen interest on the well-being of others, forg:tful of ourselves, beyond our own preoccupation with our own seMfish interests and gives us a sense of belonging to the greai company of man- in the great plan of the the hich ESTANDI' the | Red | | Right, Chairman John Barton Pa: of the Red Cross here this morning. yne of the Ameriean Red Cross, with President Hoover, who addressed the opening session of the annual convention —A. P. Photo. DOCTORSCOST 50 ON PHILADELPHIANS Yearly Sum Paid to Doctors Totals $103,743,939 There for '28, Reporf Says. | Philadelphia expends $103,743,939— ;more than $50 for each inhabitant—{or | medical care each year. according to a survey, the its of whica were an- | nounced today by the Committee_on Cests of Medical Care, of which Ray | Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Inte- rior, is chairman. In 1928, tie year of the survey, Phil- adelphia had 3,260 physi the fe- | port showed, or 197 for each 100,000 of | the population. There were 1,523" den- | tists. The average doctor, it was ‘found. | | works more than eight hours a-day.| | Nearly one-third of the doetors Who | { answered questionnaires said -they | j Worked more than 70 hours & week: | _The average net income fox generel | practitioners was only ,744 @ year, | while for all physicians it was:$5,156. | | The_highest net income: reported; was 336,500 General practition>rs incdan~ tistry earned an average of $4,983'an~ nually. In Detroit, it was found, beth phy- sicians and dentists fared betier than in Philadelobia. The #verage met in- | come in Detroit for the fortner 'was $5,596 and for the latter, $6,075. In both citics, the Mpoit showed, much medical care was given grasis or at reduced rates. RUTH NICHOLS SETS NEW SPEED RECQRD, 210 MILES AN HOUR| Pirst Page) ___(Continued & 1 | ord last month, sped over an official ! | | course laid out mear the fiying field. Harry H. Koepper of the National Acronautical Asscciation checked the . A. Leav:ll, another aero- nautical official, timed it. Miss Nichols made two round trips over the course and the speed was of the four timings. In against the wind she was timed at 191.036 and 202814 miles an hour, and with the wind the times were 221.825 and 226.880. A barograph certification will be necessary to determine if she main- tained the required 1,000 feet altitude. The plane used was rebuilt last Sum- mer by Willam S. Brock of Detroit and was used by him to set two | transcontinental speed records between Jacksonville, Fla., and San Diego, Calif. Miss Nichols was surprised to learn she had broken the record. She said/ the instruments in the ;::)bm registered only about 185 miles an hour. "}émd records like this, I think, boost commercial aviation,” she said, “by showi how easily a plane can be hmdlmg by a woman, even at extreme speeds. I think I could have got 10 miles an hour more out of this plane if the propeller had been pitched dif- ferently. DEMPSEY SAYS WIFE SENT HIM TO NEVADA Estelle Taylor Wants Divorce and Operatic Career, Ex-Champ Says Through Manager. By the Assoclated Press. RENO, Nev., April 13.—Jack Demp- sey, former heavyweight boxing cham- pion, admitted :hrough his manager today that he is in Reno for a divorce and that he was sent here by his wife, Estelle Taylor, motion picture actress. Dempsey, "ho left his hotel early this morning and was not due to return until later in the day, authorized his man- ager, Leonard Sachs, to make the state- ment regarding his divorce plans. “Dempsey is still sincerely in love with his wife,” Sachs said, “but she de- sires a stage and an operatic career and she felt that he was in her way in this respect. She asked for a divorce, so he politely stepped out of the scene and came here. His divoree complaint will be of a very mild character, probably alleging incompatibility. It is expected that Mrs. Dempsey will file an appearance and make no contest and the whole af- fair will be over. to these who give from the thankful heart, who give because of their sensi- bility to suffering. It is this spiritual value, which is exemplified in the Red | the Fede: SPIRIT OF DRY LAW OPPOSED TO SALE OF “JUICE” FOR WINE (Continued From First Page) a};‘nzu in the law to @arify the situa- Mr. Lusk, for the Crusaders, in his queries to Col. Woodcock recalled that toe Wickersham Commission found “in- consistent provisicns” in the law con- cerning homemade wine. “Fruit Industries, Ltd., which, we are informed, is assisted by Government subsidy in excess of $2.,500, | " wrote Mr. Lusk, “has just established a sales office at Seventeenth and H streets northwest, two blocks from the White House, for the sale of grape juice concentrates and kegs especially adapted for the purpose of home wine making. what they may properly do within the law, we ask you to state whether the sale of this product is legal, and if so, whether it is also leg the ?urpose of making wine which will devel } The keg bhas been treated as a part of the apparatus for making liguor and the press has reported many raids in which kegs were seized which had been offered for sale. “The report of the Wickersham Com- mission points out inconsistent pro- visions in the national prohibition law which, while forl the home manufacture of beer, permits at least by interpretation the home manufac- ture of wine (sec. 28). The commission recommended to correct inconsistency. “As responsible head of the bureau charged with the en: ment, of the national prohibition law, we wish to know whether you agree with the com- mission as to the present inconsisten- cies of the law and, if so, whether you intend to recommend to Congress a re- vision of the law to make it consistent with itself? That is, do you intend to recommend that the home manul of beer be made legal or the home manufacture of wine be made illegal? “One further question—Do you lieve that the sale of a produet on the expectation that it will develop 12 to 20 per cent of alcohol is in keeping wim‘t’hl spirit of the eighteenth amend- ment? In his reply ‘Col. Woodcock referred to the question: “You asked me first whether the advertisement and sale of grape juice concentrates and kegs by Fruit Industries, Ltd., is unlawful. “I am sure,” continued the prohibi- tion director, “that you are entirely miliar with sections 18, 25 and 29 of the national prohibition act. If these an intent that they be used in manufacture of a beverage which is in- toxicating in fact, then such advertise- ment and sale are unlawful. I am sure that you, as a lawyer, will appreciate the practical difficuity of the proof of such wnlawful intent. We have prose- cutions against somewhat similiar en- terprises under way in Los Angeles, Calif, and Kansas City, Mo. Such prosecutions will be made whenever the evidence of such unlawful intent is available to convince a petit jury be- yond a reasonable doubt. “You asked me secondly whether I agree with the Wickersham Commis- sion’s report wherein it points out al- inconsistent provisions in the na- tional prohibition law respecting the manufacture of beer in the home and the manufacture of wine in the home. There is no saving exception in the na- tional prohibition act in this respect as to homemade wine. The saving ex- ception is as to non-intoxicating fruit juices and cider. I have no comment to makee upon the law, my duty being to enforce it as Congress enacts it. I have no intention of recommending to Con- gress any change in the law in any respect, “You finally ask me if I believe that the sale of a product on the expecta- tion that it will develop 12 to 20 per cent of alcohol is in keeping with the spirit of the eighteenth amendment. I do not.” Mr. Lusk had written previously to Attorney General Mitchel), asking simi- lar questions. He received from Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, in charge | of prohibition, an answer expumml{' that “in view of the fact that lega I opinjons may be given only to the President and to the heads of depart- ments of the Government, it is not Pproper that any opinion be given you by this deparm:’x;: nor v;.nuld it be appropriate to uss with you any Ppossible_recommendations to Congress.” “In order that the citizens may know | " bu , this | Patterson, “but that she is facture | the - | their group articles are advertised and sold with | YOU the 5k Evnflfi:}lfl&flwth of the ra; progress Elbitwn. WOMAN DEMANDS RASKOB REMOVAL Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson At- tacks Chairman Before Enforcement League. A demand for the resignation of Chairman Raskob of the Demacratic National Committee was made today by Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson, chairman the National Woman’s Democratic Law Enforcement ; In her keynote address before the Bi- ennial Convention of the league, Mrs, Nicholson asserted a drive would be made to have organized Democratic women desert the net Jeader were chosen. ) it & new Call Upon President. More than 100 of the Democratic women went to the White House later to pay_their respects to President Hoover. “We are constitutional Democrats go- ing to pay our respects to a constitu- tio;al President,” Mrs. Nicholson said as she mustered the women into line at the executive office, Mrs. Nicholson added the women's purpose was “to indorse the President's xuxnd';]n tkhe past on pr:h;bmon." n the keynote s fore - vention, Mrs. Nicholson aw;flbe? withe out naming, four “disqualified wet cans didates” for the Democratic nomination, She later told reporters they were Gov. Ritchie of Maryland, Gov. velt of New York, Alfred E. Smith and former Senatar Reed of Missouri. _ The attack against Mr. Raskob was initiated shortly after the meeting con- vened, by Dr. Jennie M. Callfas of Omaha, Nebr., who resigned asa Demo-~ gratic Nautma‘l Committce woman in 128 in protest against the of (;q‘ovz Smith, b g “Mr. Raskob is not a true Demo- " Dr. Callfas said, “and one e et B of these Uni tates the elems of the party will oppose.” i - Mrs. Nicholson said: “We demand the resignation of the National Demo- cratic chairman, John J. Raskob; that a competent leader may be appointed Wwho can unite all factions in the party.” :1‘; unnocg and will net support a candidate fered us Tammany leadership.” i Fears Party Division, The women cheered a statement that we want to support a Democratic can- didate for President, but it can only be done on the basis we s t.” S:me fid%zd '.hn!hhr the Tatio party “to become the liquor party would tend to divide Tather than 1o unite Jbo The morning session was concluded by h2 election of officers, at which Mrs, Nicholson o the gal to sell kegs for | 12 op a greater alcoholic content | M than is permitted by the Volstead act. ! chaj At the luncheon held at the Hotel Shoreham by the Mrs. Patterson of Was and New York tement of Mrs. took excepticn to the staf Chlhli];‘luc ‘ll)én of I‘W:w York that “No L1 have elieved the head ’ ve of the or- ganization that opposes prohibition to be sincere but ” sald Mrs. not entered my head. seviral arduous years organize women away eenth” amendment, bl with the power of the the East could foresee the mext dential candidates’ wet or dry ne::t.s, unless this unf ln;:r of t.h.: wet ecrusade makes tement without giving much solid thought ereto, and which would be dubbed by the musculine members of clusion fathere mothered by a strong desire?” Sends Open Letter. . Mrs. Peabody, chairman of the Wom-= én’s National Committee for Law En- forcement, also took exception to Mrs. Sabin's statements in an open letter addressed to the latter. addressed to the latter, who had dis- puted the charges of the “drys” that 'nts 12,000,000 women. “The fact that no great tion of American women has affiliated with r ‘m\lc may account for state- ment published this mq . Mrs, Peabody declared in her letter. “The General Federation of Woflfll Clubs has a membership of three - lions, The Church Federations for For- ]Elgn and &gfi Hhslsmonl u}’l:ve much arger mer ips, since include all Protestant denomlnldnu’ The Y. W. C. A. and the W. €. T. U., which you mention, are also affiliated, as are the Woman's National Democratic League, the King’s Daughters, the Lend- a-Hand Society and the National Coun= cil of Women,""n i e The convention wi concluded to- night, when addresses will be made Mrs. Edi ‘Th ith, of Texas an Bamett of Illinois. END PARLEY HERE. Law Enforccment Organization Prays for Hoover. ‘The Women's National Committee for Law Enforcement and Law Observance ended its three-day session here yester- day afternoon with a service af the Washington Hotel, where prayers were ofl:ream ((;r Presldel:: nl‘iuvu and for “misguide nen prohibition.” Dr. W. L. by, executive secretary of the Federation of Churches; Dr. J. R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Ave- nue Presbyterian Church; Rev. W. H. Brooks, pastor of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, who represented the colored churches of the Capital, and Lieut. Col. C. E. Wheat, Army chaplain, were among the speakers, A message was hv&n Camdr. vation Army le under pro- Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, ch&-n& session marked presided at the coneludh the conference, which had by presentation to President Hoa Mr. Lusk then wrote to Director ‘Woodcock, and received his reply. . Col. Woodcock's replies to Mr. Lusk are entirely in line with his previous discussion of the whole problem of fruit juices and homemade wine. When fruit industries first began placing its product on the market the prohibi- lan director was closely quizzed ;gard- ing his policy on the matter. He ex- RN plained the law regarding the situation, B ety admived the aimeutes | WAN DIES AT QIL FIRE enforcement. Contrary to much popular opinion and resort. however, Col.! Heart Fails Him—TLoss Is $200,000 Woodcock never said that it was lawful to make intoxicating wine in the home.|as 500 Barrels Burn in Wisconsin. ver of & report on prohibition drawn m prominent group of women, and enthusiasm with which it met a plea Mrs. Clement L. Shaver, wife of the former chairman of the National Demo« cratic Committee, to bolt party ties if necessary next year to support a dry for the presidency. Cross, that is of transcendent value to our Nation. It is because of the courage and maintenance of this spirit and this value that I wish on this occasion to pay tribute to each and every man of you and to your board of governors, ;nd ou more especially to your c} ¢ have not alone served our coun distress but you have contributed to ‘eserve & great ideal in our people. Fou have proved yousssives net only & practical ll‘n‘al'm nt eoé me‘r‘o'in and mltleé but, ve renewed an vigorate Toir life of the Nation, d Spirttial growth of " our | o | & hapter of couniey, - oo His letter to Mr. Lusk, made public to- day further 1 WISCONSIN RAPIDS, '6!'1.. outlined his pol in| W greater detail, and was the subject of gx”i "‘"‘fm‘m Pt much interest and peat bog blaze GRAF ZEPPELIN ENDS HOP “mmfi 2| Passengers Landed at Cairo on|ber of smaller butldings leveled or damaged. departmen Mediterranean Trip, ;rou'xl tIV:l nearhbydwm\s tmuhtfl:a‘ih: for five hours befcre gaining c Sermany, APl Cnartes Krueger, 16, kd‘}cdwum a by the exeite- o0 et | heart attack induced &an, Egyp! ment., e Graf Zeph ! it