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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, with rain beginning late to- night or tomorrow; not quite so cold to- night, lowest temperature about 44 de- grees. Temperatures—Highest, 50, noon today: Full report on page Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 ; lowest, 37, at 6 a.m. today. 3. Noi 31769, . Eriersd as Entered as second class matter Washington, : D, € - PORT INNEARACUA REPORTED TAKEN BY SANDIN' WEN Unconfirmed Radio Message Tells of Cabo Gracias a Dios’ Fall. U. S. WEATHER STATION DECLARED DESTROYED Outlaws Believed to Be in Neigh- borhood Since Attack West of Puerto Cabezas. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La, April 24—An unconfirmed radio report was received here today that the Sandino bandits had taken the town of Cabo Gracias a Dios, Nicaragua, and had destroyed the United States Weather Observatory there. Official confirmation of the report was lacking because the Tropical Radio has not been in direct touch with Cabo Gra- cias a Dios since the bandits, on a pre- :“I‘o\u raid, dismantled the radio station | ere. Outlaws have been reported in the meighborhcod of the town since their first attack west of Puerto Cabezas, some 60 miles south of fhe cape. Great Excitement in Ports. ‘Ten refugees from Nicaragua and five from Honduras reached New Or- leans today aboard the steamship Con- tessa with accounts of great excitement prevailing in ports of their embark- ment because of banditry and revolu- tionary out! 5 W. G. Kost, business man of New Orleans, said the populace at Tela and Laceiba, Honduras, had been apprehen- sive for three weeks before the revolu- tion started on the Northern Coast, and when first reports cf fighting were heard they removed their valuables and fled to safety. During Ssturday and Sunday, which brought reports the revolutionists were coming toward the neutral zone, prop- erty of the Standard Fruit Steam- ship Co. at Laceiba, was overrun with families and household effects, he said. night the inhabitants were peginning to get over their fright. Mrs. Margaret Jones of Fayettesville, Tenn., said she was forced to leave by her son, who feared for her safety in the revolutionary zone. Many other ‘women and children also left Laceiba, she said, although no had oc- curred there before she quit. Others aboard from Laceiba were Mrs. A. Newell and her beby ‘of New Orleans, Mrs. Honduras and Mrs. Marion Mouton and baby of New Orleans. Bodies' Found by Searchers. ‘The Nicaraguan refugee lists included the last three American women left in Puerto Cabezas and Mrs. Prancisco Bedner of Panama, the nurse who cared for kthe wounded after the Logtown battle. They said searching parties had found the bodies cf the Americans slain in the Logtown massacre by Sandino’s bendits and they ‘qu buried cll: the spot, as required by Nicaraguan law. p?rhey said all of the bodies had been hacked by machettes except two and they were decapitated. They brought further details of the slaying of Pedro Blandon, leader of the Logtown bandits, and quoted A. Murphy, an Irishman wh> went into the bandit territory, as saying he and Pedro Perrone, succes- sor to Blandon, had found Blandon's body and burned it. A. R. Beardsley, a Canadian who killed Blandon, was said to have been warned by the bandits that they would | “get” him, but he remained in Puerto Cabezas as wharf superintendent. As the ship left, the refugees said, reports were received at the port that 200 ban- dits were at Sachlin and another band of 72 close by. ‘Washington Woman Aboard. Some of the women aboard the Con- tessa contended they were forced by their husbands and employers to leave the troubled areas against their own wills, Mrs. Edna Benson of Washing- ton, D. C., wife of a Marine, said she “dared anybody” to refer to her as a “refugee.” She said she was not afraid of “any bandits.” Others on the ship from Puerto Cabezas were: Mrs, Mabel M Taylor of Omaha, Nebr.; Mrs. Mar- tha Baxter and three children of Bax- terville, Miss.; Mrs. Imogene L. Hurl- ston and baby of Jamaica and Blaise A. Bomboce 6f New Orleans. The ship brought definite news of the safety of Charles W. Phelps of Fort Worth, Tex., who had been reported wounded by bandits Mrs. Taylor said he had been kicked by a mule, but was well enough to be at the wharf to see the boat leave. | i FEW AMERICANS AT PORT. | Latest Reports Indicate U. S. S. Roch- ester Was at Cabo Gracias a Dios. By the Associated Press State Department officials said tod their latest rep-rts indicated the U. S. ! S. Rochester was at Cabo Graclas a | Dios. | The number of Americans in the locality was said to be very small,| possibly limited to two radio operato 1t was added, however, that the whery abouts of these operators was not definitely kncwn and they might have left the vicinity. HONDURAN Message to Legation Here Says Move- ment Is Suppressed. | By the Assgclated Press Official declaration that the revolu- tionary movement in Honduras was terminated was contained today in a| cammunication from its government to the Honduran legation here. | A terse message from the relations department said: REVOLT OVER. foreign | This followed an earlier messa, relating briefly that the revolut'onists ' had concentrated their forces at| Chamelecon and were defeated after 48 hours of fighting. That was con- | sidered here as the decisive engagement. | Dr. Carlos Perdomo, charge d'affaires sald he would communicate @he 1in formation to the State Department. Plans for Capt. Lisandro Gar: Honduran flyer, to return with a ma- chine gun equipped plane recently pur- chased in the U nited States, were unchanged. ‘The maximum penalty which faces Gen, Gregorio Ferrera, leader cf the ye- volt, was said today by Dr. Jose Duron, Honduran health director, to be 15 years in prison and confiscation of his property. ‘M. Yescas de Uribe of | { The caller said: “If you're looking for | | 1 | testify | ney | curities, testified that Mr. Woman Flyers Plan Corps to Aid U. S.! In Time of War Final Arrangements Be Made at Meeting Here May 9. to The last step in the creation of a reserve corps of American woman pilcts for non-cambatant aviation duty in | case of national emergency will be | taken at a meeting in Memorial Con- tinental Hall May 9. At this meeting the members, including scme of the country’s most noted woman fiyers, will be sworn in and the organization will be ready for active duty on call, it was announced here today by Mrs. Opal Logan Kunz, New York woman pilot, national commander of the organiza- tion, which is known as thc “Betsy Ross Corps.” The corps will open a West Coast | training camp in the Army 9th Corps | | Area ncxt June, under command of Mrs. Florence Lowe Barnes, California | woman fiyer, and an East Coast camp | will be cpened near New York next | September. At these camps the woman pllots will undergo fiying and field | training, ambulance and first aid in- struction and general training. Rear Admiral Willlam A. Moffet, chief | of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, and | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) | FOUR RACKETEERS | HUNTED IN ATTACK New York Probe Witness| Sent to Hospital and Sea- Lury Told on Phone. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 24.—Pclice hunted today for four men described by Lu- drico D. Ferrari, labor union officlal, as members of the racketeers’ reprisal squad that attacked him aftcr he had given information to Samuel Seabury about extortion for laborers on the Em- pire State Building, world's tallest sky- | scraper. Ferrari, business agent for the Hod | Carriers Building and Common Labor- | ers’ Union of America, was questioned , several times in private by Mr. Seabury, | who is Investigating charges against | District Attorney Thomas C. T. Crain. | One of the grounds on which the re- | moval of Mr. Crain is asked is that he | falled to suppress racketeering. Anonymous Phone Call. call was recelved at Mr. Seabury’s office. Ferrari, youll find him Hospital.” Police found him there. He told | them four men entecred his office last | Wednesday, demanded $1,800 in cash, and, when he refused, clubbed him and sleshed his face. His condition is not critical. | Detectives found a revolver in Fer- | rari’s office and arrested under | the anti-firearms law. He was re-| leased in $500 bail. | Ferrari is reported to have told Mr. | Seabury that racketeers took $50,000 | a month from men working on the | Empire State Bullding. | The Crain inquiry marked time to- day, Mr. Seabury having granted an adjournment until Monday. It was | rumored that he had decided he ob- | tained about encugh Information for | his report to Gov. Roosevelt, in which he will recommend either that the in Harlem | district attcrney be kept in office or | that the Governor oust him. Co-operation Is Offeced. | James A. Higgins, city commissioner | of accounts, has called on Seabury, counsel for a legislative committee in- vestigating the city, and offered his co- operation. As a result, Mr. Seabury as- signed his assistant, Jacob Gould| Schurman, jr, to examine the records of Mr. Higgins' office and determine what material was needed. At various times the commissioner of accounts has conducted examinations of city affairs. His inquiries, however, are not related to the present invesiigations. Newspapers reported today that the | Tammany board of strategy had de- cided to attack the legislative investi- gation on the ground that the reso- lution authorizing the committee's work gives it powers in defiance to the | constitution. Testimony Compulsory. The part of the resolution on which | Tammany is prepared to appeal stipu- lates that no witness may decline to on the ground that it may incriminate or degrade him. The New Ycrk Herald-Tribune said the first wit- ness who believes his constitutional privileges invaded will find himself | protected by a staff of attorneys. | In the ouster proceedings against District Attorney Crain yesterday Wat- son Washburn, former assistant attor- in charge of the Bureau of Se- Crain had | obstructed the prosecution of stock racketeers who swindled New York res- idents out of $100,000,000 last vear. | The charge wes made after Mr. | Cram, taking the stand in h's own | defense, had defended his own inquiry | into the Magistrates’ Courts. He said | that his work had made possible the present investigation. | —. 40 Burmese Rebels Killed. | RANGOON, Burma, April 24 (#)— | Forty Burmese rebzls were killed today | in a fight with Punjabi troops at Inbe, | in the Thayetmyo district. The troops | had no casualities | VESSEL 550 MILES AT SEA SWEPT BY DUSTSTORM FROM CALIFORNIA SRSl movRtant “““""v"‘e[Huge Cloud Driven Out Over Pacific as Winds Carry Away Surface of Thousands of Acres of Wheat Fields. By the Associated Press. | SAN FRANCISCO, April 24—End- | ing In as unique a manner as it| startzd, & storm which routed a well advahced Sprng fr'm the Pacific Coast and St'tes adjoining was well on its way to sea today, pushing bee fore it a huge dust cloud. ‘The liner Maui, 550 miles out from San Francisco en route to Honolulu, radioed the Federal Weather Bureau that it had & heavy yellowish powder resembling volcanic #sh. Maj. Edward H. Bowie of the b WASHINGTON, Yesterday an anonymous -telephone icuh'cd ten mililon copies and then add- | | now declares he was misquoted by a | today, George Bowies of Barber, Va., FESSSHOLSE ROW CRONS AS OHOAN REPEATSCHARGES Republican Leader Declares Democrat Tried to Raise Religious Issue. HOLDS RIVAL'S ANSWER IS “HALF CONFESSION” Says G. 0. P. Sent Out Copies of Frank Kent Article, Which Did Not Mention Catholicism. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Fess-Shouse controversy waxed in heat today when Senator Pess of ©Ohio, chairman of the Republican Na- ticnal Committee, reiterated his charge that in a San Francisco speech Jouett Shouse, .chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee, had sought to raise the religious issue. Referring to the Shouse statement is- sued last night, In which Mr. Shouse | denied charges made by Fess, Senator | Pess sald: “If Mr. Shcuse believes that & per- | sonal attack on me either justifies or | covers up his action in attempting to | rouse religious prejudice and charging the offense to the Republican National | Committee, he is welcome to that! cuttlefish defense.” Called “Half-Confession.” | The Ohio Senator said that Mr.| Shouse’s statement had been a “half confession and half denial of the report of his San Francisco speech by the San Francisco Chronicle.” In that re-| port_Shouse was said to have asserted | the Republican National Committee had | purchased 10,000,000 copies of a maga- zine article by Robert Cruise McManus attccking John J. Raskob because he was a Cathclic. When Senator Fess heard of the Chronicle report he put out a statement saying that the Repub- ! lican National Committee had done no | such thing and offering $10,000 to Mr. | Shouse if he could prove it “He hangs h's half denial on that! newspaper's statement that the maga- zine article he referred to was written | by Robert Cruise McManus,” sald Se ator Fess. “Shouse asserts that an ticle written by Frank Kent and pub- lished in September Scribnei’s Mag- azine was the one he discoursed npon at the Democratic gathering in that city. But whether Mr. Shouse referred :n his speech to the Scribner’s article or some other magazine article is immaterial. “The San Francisco Chronicle reports Mr. Shouse saying the committee cir- ing: ‘Raskob is one of the most emi- | nent Catholics in Amer| If he were a Methodist, for instance, would the Republican Nat'onal Committee have ordered those 10,000,000 copies?’ Believes Press Report. “Here is the vice of Mr. Shouse's | action-—an attempt to imply that the Republican National Committee clrcu-‘ lated a pamphiet containing an attack on Mr. Raskob because of his religion. “Our concern over this story was oc- casioned by the charge made by Mr. Shouse that this committee circulated the McManus article and a direct at- tack on Mr. Raskob because of his religion. “Clearly and unquestionably Mr. Shouse did inject the religious issue. He newspaper and that the newspaper was in error. But in this case the misquot- ing seems to have been so general as to admit of no doubt that the news story was correct and Mr. Shouse said ths "things he was reported as having | said. Not one newspaper but others— | having no editorial connections—printed | the same betraying facts. And if that| were not enough, there was, in addition, a large radio audience which overheard and remembered the Shouse “confiden- tial” speech. { “Mr. Shcuse offers his denlal, alone | and unsupported, while even a number of Democratic leaders in San Francisco have gone 8o far as to publicly repudi- | ate Shouse in his attempt to inject | the religious issue into politics. i Quotes Democratic Leaders. “J. W. Ehrlich, one of the leaders of ‘the younger Democracy of San| Francisco and the party nominee for attorney general last Fall, declared ‘It | would have been better left unsaid (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Gyt ONE DEAD, TWO SHOT IN ‘TRIANGLE’ FIGHT Man Wounds Woman and Friend,| Then Turns Gun on Self, Police Declare. By the Associated Pre: COVINGTON, Va.. April 24 —Charles | Hawes, jr., 28, a truck driver, was dead was in a hospital at Cljfton Forge with dangerous gunshot ®ounds and a woman was recovering from a minor wound as the result of a shooting af- fair here last night. ! A coroner’s jury today found that | Hawes came to his death from pistol shot wounds inflicted by Bowles. Police sald they learned that Bowles shot and killed Hawes, wounded Mrs. Cecil Brown in the arm and then turned the weapon upon himself. Officers said Bowles, a married man, had become jealous of the attentions chown Mrs. Bro Haw ‘Weather Bureau sald it was dust from the storm which swept the c-ast. Winds carriel away sced wheat from thous:nds of acres in Eastern Wash!s n and fanned fcrest fire over otber thcurands of acres in that and other Stat-s. jof ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. €., TRIDAY, h APRIL “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- e Foening Star. tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 119,127 "I'M WITH L Yt')aquN AR THAT, MR 7 SECRETARY P\ PARDON ME, 24, 1931—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. X (#) Means Assoc ed Pre: TWO CENTS. SENATOR., S92 01% Py IIIMFMIS e DR, GEORGE KOBER FATALLY STRICKEN National Leader in Campaign‘ Against Tuberculosis Was ‘ Creator of Foundation. Dr. George M. Kober of Washington, | a national leader for more than half a | century in crusades for the prevention | tuberculosis and creator of the Kober Foundation, whose annual awards in recent years have done much to pro- | mote medical research, died early today of & heart attack at his residence, 1819 Q street. | An invalid during the past year from | heart disease, Dr. Kober was too ill to | take part in the award of the Kober | Foundation nonors last month Georgetown University, with whosc School of Medicine he had been idenii- | fed as professor and dean for 31 years. | Early this week his condition seemed slightly improved, but for the last three days he sank rapidly. Shortly before 9 o'clock this morning he suffered & stroke | which caused almost immediate death Served on Charities Board. Few men in the medical profession have been more prominently identifizd tkan Dr. Kober with the promotion of public health in the District of Colum- bia and throughout the country. For years president of the Tuberculosis As- sociation of the District and member of the District Bcard of Charities, Dr. Ko- ber left the imprint of his work during the 58 years of his residence in Wash- ington. | He was a member and leader in the National Tuberculosis Association since its founding and was equally promi- nently lcentified with international health movements. A former assistant surgeon generaf of the Army, Dr. Kober had been closely assoclated with the Public Service and other branches of the Go ernment medical service, first as an Army surgeon and later through his activities with the American Medical Association, the Association of Amer- ican Physicians, of which he formerly was president, and other organizations. Big Loss to University. { His death, following closely on that of the late Dr. John A. Foote, dean of | the Medical School of Georgetown, was | a severe blow to that Institution. Flags | were at half staff today at Georgetown College and the Medical School in his memory. Dr. Kober was graduated from the Medical School at Georgetown in 1873 and served on its faculty as pro- | fessor of hygiene until his appointment as dean in 1906. He served in that capacity until ill health and advanced years compelled him to ask relief from | those duties. | In August, 1928, Dr. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J., president of Cecrgetown University, appointed him dean emeri- tus of the Medical School and a regent of the university. | It was in_honor of the fiftieth anni- versary of his graduation in medicine at Georgetown that Dr. Kober endowed the foundation in 1923, which is wide- Iy recognized in medical circles through- out the world. Through the agency of the Kober | Foundation for lectureships and awards, | the physiclan whose achievements have | been of greatest importance to the ad- | vancement of medical research during the year, is honored annually. Among noted medical scientists who have achieved the Kober awards in Tecent years are Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Foundation of New York and Dr. Willlam H. Welch of Johns Hopkins University ~ Honored at home and abroad for his own researches in medicine and sur- | gery, Dr. Kober was credited with hav- ing been the first to publish notes on the use of tincture of iodine in a gun- shot wound of the kneejoint and first to point out the agency of flles in the transmission of typhoid fever. Born in Germany. A native of Germany, Dr. Kober was born March 28, 1850, at Alsfeld, Hessen-Darmstadt. His father, Jacob Kober, was a revoluticnist, and had vowed that none of his sons should serve under the German flag. Accord- ingly, he prevailed upon George Kober to emigrate to the United States, which he did in 1867. Upon his arrival he found that his brother rles had se- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) CITY IS STARTING POINT Sacramento Named With Capital for Air Races to Mexico City. Washington, D. C., and Sacramento, Calif., today were announced as the twin starting points of air races to the International Aeronautical Industrial Exposition to be held at Mexico City May 15-24. Prost nipped buds in fruit districts of Washingt'n, causing damage esti- mated by officials at_$1,000,000. A storm bearing half an inch of rain to the low lands and as much as 2.8 inches to the hills definitely termi- rated Southern California’s unsea- sonable drought. ‘The announcement sald 20,000 pesos would be %ud the winner of the race from Washington and 15,000 to the winner of the Sacramento flight. Radio Progu# on Page C- Child Dies After Heroic Dog Gives Own Life to Save By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 24.—Firemen were called yesterday to extin- guish a fire in the rear of a cleaning establishment. Inside the building they found Marjorie Torode, 2, badly burned. Beside her was the body of her dog. Laddie, an Afredale, burned to death. Rents in the child’s clothing, firemen said, proved the dog had dragged the child from her bed and out of a blazing room. Last night the girl died. CRITICISM OF BYRD GALSES FLURRY Fokker Besieged for Amplifi- cation of Remarks in | Autobiography. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 24.—The River- |side Drive apartment of Anthony H. | G. Fokker, “the Fiying Dutchman,” as he calls himself in his autcblography | { juct published, swarmed today with re- porters, all seeking from his own lips some further words from the airplane maker amplifying his comment on Rear | Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Fokker’s book, written in collabora- tion with Bruce Gould, criticized Byrd's | technique in his transatiantic flight and | praised the skill of Bernt Balchen, both {as pilot and navigatcr, on some of | Byrd's most famous fiights. Byrd so |far has declined to comment on- the Delay Called Unnecessary. The book said Byrd might have flown to Paris ahead of the ‘“unscientific Lindbergh,” if he had not delayed what | Fokker regarded as an unnecessarily long _time. “Bernt Balchen took over both navi- gation and piloting when they reached France,” Fokker wrote, “and brought the ship over Paris in a dense fog. He v one or two flashes of a beacon, but ost them immediately and realized it Byrd seemed cont fused and entirely lost; Bert Acosta was a physical wreck; Noville, by dam- eging his radio, had destroyed his sole usefulness. “Through the black night, whipped by storms, Balchen stecred resolutely (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) g = MAN BADLY BURNED AS FIRE IGNITES OIL Isaac N. Hull, 35, of Seat Pleasant Enveloped by Flames—Wife Injured in Aidin‘g Him. Health | His entire body enveloped by flames | when kerosene he was pouring on a fire | 2t his home at Seat Pleasant, Md., early | this morning exploded, Isaac Newton | Hull, 35 years old, an automobile me- chanic, received first-degree burns of the entire body. Doctors at Casualty Hospital, where he was brought for treatment, described his condition as critical. Hull's wife, Muriel B. Hull, 32, a clerk | at the Veterans' Bureau, attempted to beat out the flames which fired her hus- band’s clothing and severely burned her hands. She was also treated at Casualty Hospital when she came in later to see about her husband's condition. Hull was brought to the hospital here | by Mack Farr, a neighbor, and is being attended by Dr. A. §. Grosberg. The ac- cident occurred as he was building a fire at his home shortly before 7 o'clock. FIVE DIE AS AUTO HITS TRAIN, DERAILING CARS Crossing Accident Toll in Chicago Is Within 24 Hours Brought to 10. CHICAGO. April 24 (#)—Five men were killed early today at Antioch, I, when their automobile struck a freight train with such force that five cars were derailed. Herrick C. Harring- . & graduate of Marquette Uni- 3 Daniel Eaton, 24; Gus Gustafson, 22, and Ed- gar Lindroth, 21, a bank clerk. Eaton is & stepson of the Lake County coroner. The deaths ht to 10 the num- ber killed in automobile crossing acci- dents in the area wi 24 ‘Wigham, 24; George H. | ETHOISTS PLA APARTIENTHOUSE Board Drops Proposal for Addition to Office Build- ing Due to Zoning. The Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals has | abandoned plans to erect a combination office-apartment as an addition to the | Methodist Building, at First street and Maryland avenus northeast, and instead will construct an apartment as a sepa- rate bulding on the site, it became known today. | cost $500,000, was given up because the | board was balked, by zoning restrictions, | from rearing it to the same height— 72 feet—as the office building. The height Jimit in that area is 60 feet, and, taking the stand that a 12-foot drop | would “break” the cornice line to a | point where a harmonious affect would | not be possible, the plan was dropped. | Will Cost $350,000. | ‘The apartment will be confined to the 60-foot limit, and while the plans have nct been considered in detail, the cost is expected to range around $350,000. It will be to the rear of the present building, running through from Mary- land avenue, opposite the site of the new Supreme Court to B street, thus taking in all the land owned by the |board in that block, which comprises "'l:lfinlly the entire area of the block | tself, | In connection with the change in | plans, it was sald that the board had | approached Government officials who, |1t was thought, logically would be in- | terested in such a proposal, to inquire |1 the Government desired to take over the Methodist holdings for its own ex- | pansion program, but a negative an- | swer was received, and the board told to go ahead with any plans it might have, In constructing the apartment, it | was said, the board will be able to in- | | vest less’ than originally proposed, and 2t the same time will have a proposi- tion that will prove more remunerative. i Tenants to Be Moved. | The additional office room that the | addition would have provided, it was | explained, will be obtained by trans- ‘ ferring tenants from the apartments now. in the office building into the new | structure. | _ The zoning barrier was placed in the | way of the Methodist Building expan- sion several months ago. To have built up to 72 feet it would have been neces- sary for the zoning regulations to have been shifted to 90 feet, the next step-up which the law provides above 60 feet, |and the Zoning Commission, | unwilling t> grant this change. | 2 'DENIES MLLE. LUPESCU Rumanian Government Takes Offi- cial Steps to Set at Rest Rumors of Political Intervention. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, April 24. —An cfficial denial was issued today ports current here for several days that of King Carol, was sojourning in Ru- mana. The denial added that current re- ports which pretended that “the forma- tion of the new Jorga government was infiyenced by intervention of a certain oft-discussed outsider are naive and stupid and, seeing that the person of the King was drawn into the reports, they ‘“assume the character of in- decency.” The proposed addition, which was to | after | | hearing arguments on both sides, was | ‘ IS WITH KING CAROL ' by the Rumanian foreign cffice to re-| Mille. Magda Lupescu, red-haired friend | POLICEMEN TAG 100 MOTORISTS UNDER NEW PARKING RULE Defiance Expected to Cease | as Result of Widespread Arrests. \CONDITIONS BETTER AFTER THREE DAYS ;Drive in Congested District Brings Many “Courtesy” Tickets for Visitors. Approximately 100 motorists today de- | fied the new regulation prohibiting | parking between 8 and 9:30 am. in the | downtown congested zone, and were | given tickets by the police calling for | the deposit of $3 collateral. | Eighty-one of the tickets were issued by officers attached to the Traffic Bu- reau. The number given out by officers of the first precinct will not be known | until 4 o'clock this afternoon, but police officials estimated that they probably | found at least 20 violators. | Tramc officials were at a loss to un- derstand the reason for the large num- | ber of violations, especially in view of the widespread publicity given the new | regulation. coupled with the warning is- | sued yesterday by Inspector E. W. | Brown' that arrests would be made for | future violations. Conditions Seen Better. 1In spite of the violations, traffic of- ! ficers declared there was a marked im- provement in conditions in the no-park- | ing area over the first three days of the parking ban, and that traffic moved freely and swiftly. Now that arrests are being made, officlals expect greater compliance. Again officers observed a number of violations in the vicinity of hotels, where cars of visitors had been parked oyernight. “Courtesy tickets” are being left in these cars calling attention to the violation. Police also are noting the tag numbers on these machines, and instructions will be given to arrest those who repeat the violation. The $3 collateral required for failing | to obey the new regulation, Inspector Brown explained, is the minimum under | the scale for parking in a restricted zone. Drivers who repett the violation, however, e ¢ w’be directed to deposit a larger collateral. l;znspecwr Brown pointed out that he had observed a far better compliance with the regulation by delivery trucks than he found on the first day of the parking ban. Trucks are permitted to park in the restricted area to load and | unload, but they are required to park parallel to the curb whenever le. ‘A truck backed into the curb, he said, causes too much interference with mov- ing traffic. Bus and Car Changes. Although the parking prohibition was expected to increase street car and motor bus business, officials of the transportation companies have been unable as vet to detect any perceptible change. The traction companies have added equipment for the morning rush hour service in antcipation of more passengers, but the revenue returns, it was said, do not indicate that more persons are riding. Officials of the traction companies, however, point out that it is far too soon for the downtown parking ban to reflect accurately just what the effect will be on their business. Weather con- ditions and other uncertain factors, it was explained, have an influence on public transportation, so it is virtually impossible to determine in three days whether the restriction on parking will nure to the benefit of the companies. The Washington Rapid Transit Co. also is unable to see any immediate benefit from the parking prohibition. In fact, the total number of passengers carried yesterday, according to E. D. Merrill, president, was below the normal average. | Morning Rush Hour. Mr. Merrill said there may be a slight | increase in the number of bus passen- | gers carried during the morning rush hour, but this probably will be offset by a decrease during the non-rush hours. | People who heretofore used busses to get downtown on shopping trips, he said, may now drive their own cars, knowing | | that there is a likelihood of finding a | place to park after 9:30 o'clock. The same situation, it is believed, may also apply to the traction companies, although _the transportations officials believe they will be unable to analyze the effect of the parking prohibition for several weeks or longer. BOMB HURLING AROUSES PHILADELPHIA SECTION Explodes Outside of Bakery Warn- ed to Restore Bread Price. Windows in Homes Broken. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 24—An en- tire nelghborhood in West Philadelphia ‘was aroused today when a bomb, hurled from a speeding automobile, exploded outside a bakery. Many windows in surrounding dwellings were shattered, but no one was injured. Angelo Landolfi, owner of the estab- lishment, police said, had been warned in letters from a secret organization that he would “be taken for & ride” un- less he restored the price of bread, which he cut 1 cent several weeks ag Caught, Say Police, “Midge,” who is about three feet tall and colored, fits very conveniently into chutes in the doors of local laundry | branch offices. So “Midge” was “head | man” of a quartet of small colored boys | who are accused of robbing 10 laundry | branches of $30 in two months. On all 10 occasions “Midge,” who is 9 years old and apparently double- jointed, doubled himself into an intri- cate knot, placed himself in a doorway laundry chute, balanced precariously on the wooden release and finally was de- posited inside. aul , while his three Cautlously, compan- ilons acted ;" lookouts outside, “Midge” [BOY CONTORTIONIST-IS CHARGEIS |WITH ROBBING SHOPS VIA CHUTE] | Ten Branch Laundry Thefts Laid to Young Quartet in Unique Entering. made his way to the cash registers of these 10 laundries. Again ‘“Midge” managed to slip into the chute, which was 2 feet by 10 inches in size. “Midge” had just made his way into a laundry office at 1613 Seventeenth street via the chute route when Officer E. C. Hartman of the t:nth precinct passed by. “Midge” was safe inside for the present, for Officer Hartman was | incapable of duplicating “Midge’s” en- 1 trance. But t] for sisted alrea e was no of e,” 50, crestfallel om the chute by the had captured the “lo y the quartet will be ry charges before llers in Juvenile Court. means of exit on lryn POLICE PROTECTION GIVEN D. A R. FOR COMMUNISM TALK ‘Special Guards at Doors | Keep All But Members Out | During Fish Speech. SIMILAR PRECAUTIONS REPORTED FROM PAST Representative Acceeds to Censor Work on Address to Avoid Criticizing Hoover. Special police guards were placed at | all doors of Constitution Hall this after~ noon as the hour approached for an ad- j dress on Communism by Representative | Hamilton Fish, jr., of New York before the annual congress of the Daughters | of the American Revolution. 1 The officers were instructed to exclude every one except members and aceredit- ed representatives of the press. They also were told to guard against disturb- ances of any nature. D. A. R. officials said the police was not unprecedented. 'f":ley -dmm similar precautions had been taken in the past when speakers discussed na- tional defense and similar topics. Representative Fish originally had intended to attack the policies of the State Department in Nicaragua, but D. A. R. officlals to It was explained the or- ganization wished to avert befs m&d in the light of sanctioning cfl‘fi: of the administration. Congress Demands Navy Building. Resolutions demanding thLat Congress appropriate funds for extensive expan- sion of the Navy were adopted today by the Congress. The organization called on the law- making body to set aside sufficient funds to build up the Navy to the limits pro- vided by the recent London treaty, “so that at the conference of 1936 we shall not be in an inferior position and un- able to assert our rights ai the confer- ence table.” It was pointed out that other nations participating 1n the London parley are availing themselves of the opportunity to “build to the limits.” It was contended that the United States “is being placed at a it disad- vantage” in the matter of its national defense. The resolutions declared Congress had fatled to authorize construction of bat- tleships, cruisers, destroyers, subma- rines and aircraft carriers to the extent conceded to be necessary for the de- fense of the country under the terms of the treaty. Would Strengthen Immigration Laws. Amang fiheu;'. relomluum.l was one plac organization on record as advocating legislation for strengthening immigration laws: Existing political, social and eco- nomic conditions were found to dem- onstrate the ne for stringent laws | restricting immigration. ““We advocate,” the resolutions read, “the reintroduction of a House bill which did not reach the Senate in tine for consideration last session, together with legislation for registration of aliens for protection of all lawful entrants and enactment of more strict laws sup- ported by deportation of foreign-born Communists and the thousands of crim- inal and undesirable aliens who have illegally entered the country.” Support also was given in the form of resolutions for the American mer- chant marine. The D. A. R. urged patros of American ships whenever possible in mrdelr to encourage and develop the service. Military Training Favored. Opposition to proposed I ation to curtail or prohibit continua of mili- tary training also was expressed. ‘The resolutions pointed out such bills have been prepared by the Committee on Militarism and Education and other pacifist organizations, ‘“‘together with subersive groups, including those ad- vocating the abandonment of national- ism and patriotism for internationalism and the slackers’ oath.” “‘Chemical warfare in the World War,” said another resolution, “proved itself & powerful weapon of modern warfare, and therefore a method which must be j reckoned with in any national defense policy; and whereas various nations, and in particular the Soviet Union, are train- ing vast numbers of people in chemical warfare, therefore be it resolved that the fortieth Continental Congress re- affirms its previous recommendations in support of chemical warfare and again emphasizes its vital importance in national defense.” Longworth Death Deplored. ‘The organization adopted resolutions deploring the death of Speaker Nicholas W. Longworth of the House. He was com- mended for his outstanding service. Belief the foreign trade problem might result in the United States being drawn into another war was expressed by Thomas H. Healy, assistant dean of Georgetown University Foreign Service School, in cone of the principal speeches of the day. “Any attempt of the League of Na- tions in the future,” Healy declared, “to interfere with our foreign trade by in- voking the economic sanctions of the covenant of the league may be mus:: with great significance for us and e\ result in our being drawn into another war to protect our trading rights _Heal: Amer] (Continued on Page 4, COAST GUARD BLAMED IN FATAL SHIPWRECK Petition Forwarded Here From Seattle Charges Failure to Investigate Distress. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, April 24.— Fishermen charged the Neah Bay, Wash., Coast Guard Station with responsibility for the fatal wreck of the boat Alvenes at the mouth of the vute River, April 12, in a petition fc to the Coast Guard commandant at ‘Washington today. ‘The Alvenes crashed on James Is- land in a storm and Capt. Albert Mar- vold and C. Jacobson, both of Seattle, lost their lives. ‘The petition was sponsored by the Trolling Vessel Owners’ Association. It charged the Coast Guard boa rv'lr“ it Alyenes was sk