Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1931, Page 1

- Star \WEATHER. (U. 8, Weather Bureau Porecast.) Showers tonight, probably ending to- ‘morrow morning; somewhat cooler late tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures— Highest, 73, at 2:15 p.m. yesterday; low- est, 61, at 3 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. * ¢ Foening i ; l WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday's -Circulation, 118,1 Closing N.Y. Markets, No. 31,782, post_office, Fintered as second class matter Washington, : Pages13,14&15 D; C. WOMAN TREASURER OF CANNON' FUND BALKS COMMITTEE Miss Ada L. Burroughs Re- fuses to Answer Queries on Anti-Smith Campaign. HOLDS NYE INQUIRY LACKS JURISDICTION Chairman Indicates He Will Ask| Senate to Cite Her on Con- tempt Charge. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Nye Senate Campaign Ex- penditures Committee ran up against a stone wall today in its effort to go further with its investigation cf the handling of the $65.000 Jameson con tribution to the anti-Smith Democratic campaign in Virginia in 1928 by Bishop James Cannon, jr The stone wall in this case was Miss Ada L. Burroughs of Richmend, V2 who was treasurer of the anti-Smith Democratic Committee, headed by Bishop Cannon, in’ 1928. Quietly and courteously, but with sbsolute finality, Miss Burroughs de.f clined to testify or to answer the ques- tions propounded to her by the chair- man of the committee, Senator Nye of North Dakota. Will Seek Contempt Citation. Chairman Nye said after the com- mittee meeting: “7here seems to be nothing for the committee to do but to call the at- tention of the Senate to the refusal KENTUCKY TROOPS ADVANCE ON MINE Defies Inquiry Armed Men Reported Ready to Meet Militia as All Wom- en Are Sent Away. |GOVERNOR HOLDS REDS TO BLAME FOR TROUBLE Guardsmen Sent to Scene After Conference With Union Heads. Company Police Disarmed. By the Associated Press. HARLAN, Ky, May 7.—More than 300 National Guardsmen, equipped for | battle, were quartered temporarily in |the Harlan County Armory this morn- ing while their leaders conferred with BURROUGHS. —Star Stafl Photo, WAR DEBTS FIGURE INC. OF C. PLANS SS L. 1l b it Ition of Evarts, nine miles away. Under orders ta take any steps | necessary to restore law and order in during the past few months, the of- |ficers expected to move into Evar | momentarily. { While these plans were under way reports continued to Teach Harlan of {armed men perched atop houses in and {around Evarts, apparently awaiting the | trocpers. All women and children have been moved out of Evarts, the reports said. Biggest Movement Since 1921. The soldiers reached Harlan from 15 Kentucky cities in the biggest military movement in the State since 1921 when 1750 soldiers were sent to Newpcrt to British and German Dele- gates Said to Be Planning Resolution for Body. War debts were understood today to SECTION AT EVARTS | i ! | lcivil authorities on plans for occupa- la community torn with labor strife ! | [Waghorn,Schneider Cup Win- ner, Landed on Shed During Storm. Death Is 41st Fatality in | WASHINGTON, D. (., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1931—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. ¥ (#) Means Associate d Press. TWO CE) MEASURE BACKED till to- Put Penny-a-Pound Chairman Levy on Values Due for Long Controversy. L.OYD GEORGE THROWS | | | | | SUPPORT TO LABORITES Former Premier Scoffs at Idea Law ‘Would Lead to Nationaliza- tion of Estates. By the Associated Press LONDON, May 7.—The House proving Chancellor Philip : whether it becomes law. | starting in 1933, was adopted by a vote | Former Prime | Minister David Lloyd George swung the BUTLERASU.S, SPY. TRICKED HUERTA jGeneral Tells of Representing Wilson in Gaining Access to Garrisons. | | { [ | | | The resolution providing for a levy of a penny a pound on land values of 289 to 230 last night. Liberal strength behind the plan. The measure is now in the “report stage.” during which amendments will | | be considered and proposals discussed | | for the framing of the completed bill. After this, the completed bill will be brought up for first reading. Conservatives Plan Amendment. e Conservatives plan to submit. an amendment excluding from the valu ition of land affected by the bill any |4 value that may be due to improvements made by the owner or his predecessors. Some of their leaders expect to argue in behalf of this move, but the general expectation is that the government will again triumph with Liberal help. anks or in of Commons was on record today as ap-| Snowden's ;b\nd tax resolution. but will determine !by a series of parliamentary steps I3RITISH LAND TAX DISRESPECT OF LAW HELD AS WORLD'S - INVOTE OF HOUSE GREATEST MENACE Wickersham of Crime Board Says Commis- sion’s Work Must Continue. TALKS TO DELEGATES TO INSTITUTE MEET Urges Lawyers to Take Over Bur- den of Hoover's Group—Chief Justice Hughes Talks. Reiterating that the work of the Na- tional Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement must be carried on after the life of the commission ends June 30, George W. Wickersham told the American Law Institute today the Rreatest present menace to our civili- zation is widespread disrespect for law.” The members of the institute, meet- ing in the Mayflower Hotel, also heard Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes recommend that “an adequate organi- 7ation” be maintained in the Depart- ment of Justice for the collection and arrangement of crime statistics. The Chlef Justice pointed out that the statistics published by the Govern- men had been severely criticised in a report of the Wickersha report. of 4 m Commission Asks Aid of Institute. Mr. Wickersham, who is pres; o e institute, said that noflp lvd::'v.hi | body qualified to carry on the work of ilm commission after June 30. ‘ml?:!?n"hue‘:d:a ‘;hehlwork of the com- ixhun L heg v himself, Mr. Wicker- “Two years is all too short a time in Nelther in Conservative ri | the party press has any strong opposi- !tion to the measure been expressed yet, | By the Associated Press. 3 P it - = P! PHIA, —Maj {but tl s ely to ensue when the HILADELPHIA, May 7.—Ma} Gen. ..\ is available. Indicaticns are that Smedley D. Butler served in 1914 inione of the main lines of attack will be i quell disorders, and 1926, when a simi- | lar number went o Lexington to guard | a colored slayer. | Hundreds of persons were on the streets and in the railrcad station as| of Miss Burroughs to answer its ques- tions and to ask the Senate to cite her for contempt.” The Nye Committee has several other which to make thorough investi |into the effect of ]lw.‘or bcku:;‘::‘: | or into the soctal problems involved in the present unsatisfactory condition of observance and enforcement of our | be figuring importantly in informal con- | versation among delegates to the in- ternational Chamber of Commerce, with | an effort being made to draw up a sat- Royal Air Force Since First of Year. criminal law. witnesses in addition to Mr. Stevens to isfactory resolution to be presented for question in the Cannon investigation. One of the principal witnesses has been serfously ill. The plan of the commit- tee is to go ahead and hear these wit- mesées as soon as they are able to be | | adoption to the final plenary session of the chamber Saturday. British and German delegates were the troops moved in by bus, automobile | and special train. There were no dem- | onstrations during the arrival. Adjt. Gen, W. H. Jones, jr. came to Harlan to personally supervise plans | By the Associated Press. ALDERSHOT, England. 7- May Flight Lieut. H. R. D. Waghorn, winner | present. | If the Senate determines to proceed | against Miss Burroughs for contempt, the Senate will order the matter re- rted to the United States attorney or the District of Columbia with in- structions for him to proceed against Miss Burroughs. Senator Nye said also that the com- | mittee will take under consideration re- | porting to the Senate that there had | been a violation of the Federal corrupt | practices act in order to ask prosecu- tion. He that the committee would probably meet sometime next week to consider these He indicated the committee would seek no further testimony in its search for the use of money by Bishcp Cannon in the 1928 campaign. When Harry F. Sinclair, millionaire il operator, refused to testify to a Sen- ate commiftee, the Senate cited him for contempt, and he was subsequently sent to jail by the court. . Denies Committee Power. At the outset of the hearing Miss Burroughs submitted to the committee a statement which she sald she had prepared, but for which she had ob- tained legal advice, denying the juris- diction of the committee. Bishop Cannon himself, who hss pro- tested against the investigation by the Nye Committee of his handling of the | Jameson or any other couiributions made to the anti-Smith campaiga, was | in the committee Toom when the com- mittee assembled this morning. Rising upon his crutches, Bishop | Cannon asked that his letters of protest, | »ddressed to the committee, be made part, of the committee record. To this Chairman Nye assented. The bishop then resumed his seat across the table | from the committee and awaited de- velopments. They were not long in coming. Miss Burroughs was called to the witness chajr. Dressed in black and | with a black hat and wearing llrge horn-rimmed spectacles, Miss Burroughs did not appear a formidable antagonist | of the Senate committee. She spoke in | a low but distinct volce, With a soft | Southern accent. Warned of Prosecution. Chairman Nye and other members of | the committee, however, were unable| 10 shake her determination not to sub-| said to be principally interested and to! be holding meetings at their hotels to thrash out the question. Because of conflicting international viewpoints any resolution will be a compromise. It is understood that con- sideration now is being given to an ex- pression which would point out the ef- fects of the further decline of commod- ity prices on war ‘debts. Phraseology Chief Concern. The “phraseology” of the resolution was said to be the principal matter of concern. In this connection it was emphasized this morning by Silas H. Strawn, chairman of the American | committee of the international cham- | ber, who also is president of the Cham- | ber of Commerce of the United States | that “there will be no difference of opinion when it comes to & showdown.” Despite the fact that the debt situa- tion has been projected into the de- liberations of the International Cham- ber only in mild form, applause greeted speakers who brought up this svbject on the same day that Secre for the placing of the soldiers. They are commanded by Col. Dan Carrell, commanding the 138th Field Artillery, a veteran of the Mexican border trouble in 1916 and of the Werld War. Five Have Been Killed. The order. for the troops' movement was issued yesterday by Gov. Flem D. Sampson after a conference with labor leaders and requests from civil au- therities and residents of Harlan. The Governor termed the Evarts situation as a “state of terror and law- lessness” and added “This must stop and stop now.” The disorders in Harlan County have been blamed on unemplcyment due to economic conditions and to dis- agreements between coal mine opera- tors and employes. Five men have been killed, a number ot stores and mine commissaries have {been looted and 16 houses have been burned. The situation has been the subject of investigation by Red Cross workers, tary of the Treasury Mellon was re- /mine union officials and civil authori- cmphasizing the American policyjties, Several crganized demands for against reopening the debt matter. food have been made by unemployed Not only war debts, but all important | miners, some of whom have been factors involved in the world depres- |eyicted from mine-owned houses. sion are expected to be covered i1 a, composite resolution which will go be- | Governor Blames Reds. fore the Chamber Saturday. Thus far.| ., sampson charged the trouble “Undesirable citizens from other however, it was said by Mr. Strawn, o, the resolutions are only in the “em- n B C States.” He based his charges, i P - on reliable reports made to him. “Some are said to belong to those societies Views Given Airing. Right now, as conferences are being |called ‘Reds’ and ‘Communists,’” the started _ last held on various issues, the spokesmen | Governor added. for the several naticns represented are The troop movement being afforded opportunity to Air their | night and included a Military Police views_that differences may be har-) Company, Infantry, Cavalry and Medics] I I SR T T the congress apparently was smoothed | (o Bampson said the troop out this afternoon, when & group of |.protect those who behave themselves conferces on silver agreed in principle e o ? those who do not.” on s resolution to be presented to the | 815 take ChATEe B arlan County chamber, calling for an international | o 13 D asion investigating conference of interest to governments | 5rang Je¥ WAR S SO, T n s 1n- to discuss measures of relief in connec- | i/ otions to the jurors yesterday.:Judge | i | tion with the decline in the price of |’y "™y oo said” “the only things thatj silver. The British delegation, headed by Sir Arthur Balfour, who have been | considered in some quarters to be op- posed to the idea of an international conference presented a resolution in | favor of such a meeting. A similar resolution coming from the Indian and Chinese delegations, who have fought will follow conditions like these are grief and sorrow, widows and orphans and bloodshed.” e Shortly after daybreak this morning a few shots were heard in and around Evarts, but civil authorities said this was not unusual Civil authorities today were still un- s would | mit to investigation in this matter. She | consistently for the conference, Was was warned by members of the com-|already up, and at the suggestion of mittee that she might find herself sub- | Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, who ject to prosecution and punishment for | has interested himself in the subject of her refusal to reply to the Senate com- | a silver conference, it was decided to mittee questions. Miss Burroughs an- |consolidate both resolutions. swered that she understood this. But| Some of the details as to the ideas ihat did not shake her determination |as to just how the conference should be not_to answer the questions. | sought remain to be worked out, but | Chairman Nye explained later that if | agreement was anticipated on these. | the committee determined to take any | —~The banquet of the chamber will be action against Miss Burroughs it could | held at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the co rothing until the Senate was again | Washington Auditorium, where the in session. Congress will not convene | speakers will be Georges Theunis, a until December. | former Belgian premier, who is the Te- After the committee had sought for | tiring president of the chamber, and more than half an hour to shake the | Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrialist, and determination of Miss Burroughs not| Willis H. Booth, a New York banker, 1o answer questions, she was excused by | both of whom are honorary presidents Chairman Nye. The chairman an-|of the chamber. nounced that a second witness sum-| An agreement among agricultural moned in the Cannon case, C. D. Ste- | nations, including Russia, to govern Tens a merchant of Charlottesville, Va,, | farm production by consumption was would be excused for the present. When Miss Burroughs took the stand, she immediatcly asked leave to present | 4 written statement. At first she even declined to give her name and resi- dence, until Senator Dale of Vermont insisted that he wished to know who the witness was before she was heard. She finally went to the extent of giving ner name and address, and then read | proposed before today’s plenary session of the chamber by Alfred Falter, chair- man of the Polish delegation, and Dr. H. L. Russell, former dean of the Wis- consin College of Agriculture. Russell, who pictured Russia as figur- ing more and more important in the wheat and cotton trade, said: “Each of us may have his own ideas as to what will be Russia’s influence on the rest of the world. We may flout her philosophy of government: we may deny her recog- nition in the family of nations, but this | ~(Continued on Page 3, Column 5. her prepared statement to the commit- tre. This statement was similar in many respects to the arguments ad- (Continued on Page 2, «Column 4.) -PliINCIi’AL REFUSES TO TURN OVER| BOYS SOUGHT BY DETECTIVES| Woman Doesn’t Believe in Helping Police; Refuses to Appear Against Other Suspects. detectives, saying she didn't believe in Pr the Associated Pre helping police to arrest her boys. She NEW YORK, May 7.—Police had a able to explain two loud blasts in the Evarts section last night. An investi- gation was started, but no traces of the explosions were found. Assemble at London. Most of the troops assembled at Lon- don last night, then proceeded to Pine- ville, where they were joined by de- tachments from other cities. The decision to send troops Was reached at a conference of representa- tives of Gov. Sampson and organized labor. Willlam Turnblazer, district president of the United Mine Workers of America, said the agreement pro- vided mine guards be disarmed and their commissions revoked. The conferees said the agreement also stipulated that no additional laborers or strike breakers be sent into the coal field. The Red Cross has promised re- | lief to unemployed miners, they said, after the region is patrolled by the troops. Col. Dan M. Carrell, Louisville, is in { command of the troops, Under him are | Lieut. Col. Sidney Smith and Maj. c:lelaru M. Chescheir, both of Louls- ville. Maj. A. R. Perkins, Morehead, is commander of an Infantry battalion composed of companies from Barbour- ville, Williamsburg, Booneville, Ashland and Olive Hill. Maj. R. Carey Graham, Frankfort, is leader of a Cavalry squad- ron, with troops from London, Spring- fleld, Frankfort, Monticello and Glas- gow. Gges oot BAKER'S WILL KEPT SECRET BY FAMILY Testament Disposing of More Than $200,000,000 Said to Have Been Opened. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 7.—The New York also refused to appear against two other new problem today in Mrs. Sarah M.|) 4, “arrested for breaking into the Goodhart, a school prineipal. Detectives called at her school with warrants for arrest of two of her puplls, 2nd asked that the hoys be turned over. Mrs. Goodhart refused tn turn over the bovs or to point th'm out to the | school, The police retreated to headquarters, whence a lleutenant called the prin-!was opened by the family yesterday, cipal by telephone. She was ada- mant. and now police want the Board of Education to act on the matter. 3] American says today the will of George F. Baker, leaving an estate vllued'!l between $200,000,000 and $500,000,000, but its contents kept a secret. Attorneys for the family said the win vould not be robated for some time. of the Schneider Cup trcphy in 1929, died at Cambridge Military Hospital to- day from injuries received when his plane crashed near Farnborough Tues- | day. Lieut. Waghorn and a fellow pilot, E. R. Alexander, took to their plnchum( when their ship went out of control in | a high gale. The former landed on the { roof of a shed, sustaining injuries to his head and limbs. Alexander was Dot as | seriously hurt. The fiyer underwent an operation last night, but he gradually grew worse. His wife maintained a ceaseless vigil by his bedside until he died. He is also survived by a son. Lieut. Waghorn attained a speed of 328.63 miles per hour in retaining the Schneider Cup for Great Britain two years ago. Starting to fly at the age of 18, he was early nicknamed “Daisy.” in recognition of a descent into a daisy field, and later was heralded as one of FLAMES !Buffalo, N. Y., Bul Field Artillery Equipment Lost—>50 Firemen Hurt. By the Associated Press BUFFALO, N. Y., May 7.—Pire which | swept through the 106th Field Artil- llery Armory here and caused damage estimated by Capt. William Speidel, regimental supply officer of the 106th Artillery, at more than $7,000,000, was completely under control early today. Capt. Speidel said that, with Capt. | Joseph W. Becker of the 174th Regi- ment, he made an appraisal of the armory and its contents three years ago. He said they appraised the value of the Armory alone at $3,000,000, and the equipment at $4,000,000. Capt. Speidel sald that little equipment was saved and that the Armory would be a total loss. Capts. Speidel and Becker are both real estate dealers. The blaze spread during the night to a nearby church and destroyed the structure. Fire offiicals estimated this Joss at approximately $50,000. At 8:30 a.m. the ruins were still smoldering, but most of the suburban companies summoned to the scene were ordered back to their stations. Of more than 50 firemen overocme by smoke all but two had been discharged from local hospitals. Minute Men of an American Legion post were drilling when John D. Marvin, a city fireman, off duty and a member of the Minute Men, discovered smoke DESTROY FATHE ST000000 ARMORY ~ ILLING 4 BY FIR LIEUT. H. R. D. WAGHOR; England’s premier acrobatic aviators. Lieut. Waghorn's death marks the forty-first fatality in the Royal Air Porce since January 1 closely the tragic end of Lieut. Comdr. Glen Kidston. who crashed against a mountain in Natal, South Africa, Tues- day. Other distinguished airmen who have |lost their lives this year are Wing | Comar. ‘Tucker, commander of the Mount Batten Air Station, who was killed, with eight others, when a sea- plane dived into Plymouth Scund’ Feb- ruary 4, and Air Vice Marshal Hoit, who fell to his death, on April 23, when two army planes collided in midair near FATHER CONESSES iiding and | Colorado Sheriff Says Hus- band and Parent of Victims Blames Crazed Mind. | By the Associated Press. { coming out of cracks in the floor of the armory and sounded the alarm. RADIO LOTTERY BAN Broadcasting of Games of Chance, @ift Enterprises or Similar Schemes Forbidden. By the Associated Press. The Radio Commission served notice today on all radio stations that com- plaints against broadcasting lotteries by a station would result in hearings on that station’s application for renewal of license. The American Newspaper Publishers’ Association in its recerit annual meet- ing adopted a resolution condemning the conduct of lotteries or games of chance by radio stations, and com- laints have reached the commission rom other sources against this prac- tice. Radio ~P"F—.m on l’uige D-4 ) A | ORDERED BY BOARDi | GREELEY, Colo., May 7.—Sheriff W. W. Wyatt said today that James V. Foster, 49-year-old salesman, had con- fessed sctting his home on fire here early last Tuesday, causing the death of Foster's wife and three children. “I planned this thing for a month, Wyatt said Foster told him. “At first I planned to use acid. I wanted to make it look like my wife had smoth- ered the children and then committed suicide. Then I changed my mind and decided to use gasoline. I thought it would give the same impression. “I bought the gasoline the night be- fore. 1 woke up early, went into the children’s bed room and poured gaso- line in the beds. I set them afire and then threw gasoline on Margaret (Fos- ter's wife). She woke up as I threw & bucket on her. ‘My God, Jim, what are you doing!’ she screamed at me. “Mildred ran into the flames to her mother after she had escaped them. I don’t know why I did it. I must have been crazy. The devil made me do it.” The district attorney’s office an- nounced murder charges will be filed. NEW ENGLAND MEN Governors' Committee Asks Roads to Be Freed From Pennsy Control. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, May 7.—The New England Rallroad Committee today recommended to the Governors of the six New Eng- | land States that the Boston & Maine and New Haven rallroads “be freed from the present excess ownership of their stocks by the Pennsylvania.” After such action had been taken, the com- | mittee would have a plan formulated for consolidation of the two roads. The committee, which was appointed by the Governors to study the railroad problem in New England, recorded strong opposition to entry of great Eastern trunk lines into the New Eng- land area. It sald “the interests of New England industry and commerce would mecessarily be of minor impor- tance to the trunk line systems.” Mexico as a spy. obtalning information | on the ground of public economy. crit- and follows | for President Wilson at & time when | | relations with the Mexican government ! hedded by Victoriano Huerta were! strained. The general posed as a bibliophile, | { an eccentric entomologist, a capitalist, | a secret, service operative, an author and an accountant. While intoxicated, Huerta signed an| order giving the Marine cficer power to enter every army barracks in Mexico ! City. The mission won Butler his first Congressional Medai or Honor. Gen.| Butler told the story last night in ad- | dressing the annual dinner of the Unity | Stores Association. Sits on President’s Bed. | Posing as a detective looking for a | | murderer from Ohio who was belt | to have joined the Mexican army, Bul ler sald he gained the confidence of on of Huerta’s aides. This aide finally ob: | tained for him an audience with Presi- | dent Huerta. | “Huerta was lying in his bed atl | Chapultepec Palace. drunk,” Butler | | declared. “I actually sat on the edge of his bed, and I prepared an order, | which he signed, giving me free access | to every cne of the 23 or 24 garrisons | in the city and to examine every man at close range, examine the equipment | and count the guns. “This yarn hasn't hitherto been pub- | lished, so I don't know whether the! | Mexican Ambassador to the United States will take a shot at it or not. 1| suppose before telling it, I really ought |to jump down to Mexico City and see | if the palace really is there.” Recalls Haitian Incident. | The general referred to the recent “Haitian incident.” in which the Hai- | tian Minister to the United States said he did not know of the existence of| Fort Riviere, a Haitian bandit strong- hold, for whose capturz Butler and | | two of his men received congressional medals of honor. Gen. Butler said his secret mission in | Mexico was ordered by President Wood- row Wilson and that it was necessary because the exact military strength | which Huerta could put in the field, to- gether with the defenses of the city, was unknown to American Mililary | commanders. He saild war with Mexico was imminent because of the “Vera Cruz incident,” and that the American fleet | ay in Very Cruz Harbor. Gen. Butier said that Nelson O'Shaugh- nessy, then charge d'affaires at the | United States embassy in Mexico City, had assisted him in his mission. He stated that he had gone on the mission at the special behest of President Wil- son, who had wanted information about | the “enemy” that would make possible the protection of Americans if there was actual fighting. Called Protection Days. hat,” sald the speaker, “was in the | days when this Government would pro- H:L American citizens in foreign coun- ries.” In the guise of a “capitalist” he went to Mexico City. There, O’Shaughnessy introduced him as “Mr. Johnson” to Mexican officials and newspaper men. He said he told Huerta President Wilson might recognize his government and this sounded good to him, so the order was signed. While in the garrisons he found time to note all the arrange- jcs having declared that the plan is extravagant. Scofts at Nationalization. Although the proposed tax, aimed particularly at large landowners, is ex- pected to become a highly controversial | jssue between Conservatives and Labor- ites and between Lords and Commons, it was approved with few fireworks. Mr. Lioyd George was frank in his support, of the plan. “The case for the taxation of land values is overwhelming,” he said. He scoffed at the idea that the bill meant the nationalization of land. “A penny in a pound is going to bs a slow process of nationalization,” he sald. Replying to an by Lady Astor, he s I assure the honorable lady on my word of honor that I haven't seen the bill.” YOUNGER, SMARTER DRY AGENTS SOUGHT inaudible comment id: Prohibition Bureau Asks Change | to Get Away From “Deputy Sheriff Type.” By the Associated Press. Younger men and higher mental tests for applicants are desired by the Prohibition Bureau. Seeking to improve its personnel. the bureau today asked the Civil Service Commission to reduce the maximum age limit from 50 to 35 years and to raise the standards of intelligence. It also recommended elimination of the requirement of previous experience as an investigator, holding that if given the proper raw material, the bureau itself can supply necessary training in enforcement methods. It was said that increasingly cessful efforts had been made to away from the deputy sheriff type” of new agent. A number of college men already have been admitted to the service and more are expected amon the 500 additional agents authorized for service July 1. When prohibition was placed under the civil service in 1927. admittance was open to men up to the age of 70. It will require consider- | able time to probe the various causes of the public attitude toward the law of |the land and to prepare and submit ;s{aecd‘:: wglch 'kfll withstand the and attacks of ‘by’them." these affected n urging the institute to as | least part of the burden of ur‘::t:‘: :v: | the commission’s work. he emphasized that nothing should be permitted to gxel:;(ex;' with thellmdtuu'n primas —the preparation of | of the common law. R | Classes Work Without Parallel. Mr. Wickersham sald that in th |eight years of its existence, the 1nsfl: ’::uml;hgwmtfin of its restate- a worl . without paraliel 3 . constru:ctive legal work,” he said, “there has heen nor:gn to compare with it since, under the di- | rection of Justinian, the Roman law was given systematic n.” Declaring “constitutions and laws are { vain things unless back of them lie the determined will of a free people to re- spect and compel respect for law.” Mr. Wickersham said, “if punishmgmt fol- |lowed swiftly and more surely upon ;fflme, there would be more respect for | law.” In citing the need for proper han- dling of crime statistics, Chief Justice Hughes said “there are major defects | with respect to classification.” | " “There are serious omissions in rela- tion to the disposition of cases,” he continued, “The bases selected are such |as frequently tend to mislead rather than five an accurate view. The rec- | ommendation is made that there should | be a central statistical bureau. | (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) 'SEARCH FOR SLAYER T AND GIRL CONTINUES Trail of h‘;l;i; C:owl;y and Helen Walsh Is Lost by New York Police. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, May 7.—Police wera | engaged in a two-fold quest today, seek- | Ing Prancis Crowley, 20-year-old gun- jiman, wanted for two killings, and a 16- In 1928 the maximum was 57 years and | year-old girl, who they fear may have in the last examination in December, | peen a third victim s 50. Sl e i Crowley was identified by associates as the man who shot and killed Patrol- COL. WOODS SAILS | man Frederick Hirsch yesterday morn- Siedain | ing, when the officer sought to question | him as Crowley sat with a girl in an automobile near North Merrick, Long Island. ‘The car was found yesterday in Queens, but the girl, Helen Will Study European Unemploy- ment Situation. | NEW YORK, May 7 (.—Col. Arthur ; Jamaic Woods, chairman of President Hoover's| Walsh, has not been seen since Crowley Unemployment Commission, sailed for | drove 'away from the scene of the Furope on the Aquitania foday for a|shooting. Two bullet holes in the front two-month study of European unem- door led police to believe that Crowley ployment conditions. | had slain the girl to dispose of a wit- | ness ‘against him and hidden the body | somewhere on Long Island. Crowley Is wanted also for the slay- Pushkin Manuscript Found. | ments, munitions and artillery. MOSCOW, May 7 (#).—Discovery of ing of Virginia Brannen, 23, whose body | _Later Gen. Butler wanted to enter Chlspulupec Castle outside the city. | “O'Shaughnessy and 1.” he said, “final- ly bluffed officials into letting us in. While there I got a good look at the silver furniture in the rooms formerly occupled by Archduke Maximilian.” Butler said he also had gotten into | the fort in the rear of the palaee by a ruse he had used on several oc¢asiors. He pretended | chi tt (Continued-on’ Page 2, JAPANESE FLYER HELD'BY STORM ON FRISCO. HOP ' Yoshihara 'Awnaits Kindlier Skies to Continue Long Journey From Murotan Bay. By the Associated Pre NEMURO, Japan, May 7.—Forced by stormy weather to return to this port after taking off today for Murotan Bay in the Kuriles, Sélji Yoshihara, Japanese fiyer, awaited kindlier skies to continue his flight' to' San’ Prancisco. Yoshihara, delayed here since Tues- day, started shortly after noon for Murotan .. Bay,. planning to skip one scheduled stop in the Kuriles. He re- turned soon after, however, reporting he encountered severe storms. Yoshihara left Tokio last Monday. eight original manuscripts by the poet, | was found two weeks ago'in Yonkers. Pushkin, was reported today at!N.Y. She was a dance hall hostess and Ulinovsk. | came to New York from Bangor, Me. ARMY AERIAL TRAFFIC7POLICE TO DEMONSTRATE METHODS HERE 12 Planes With Cameras to Spot Violators Will Keep Way Open for Huge 1s ‘Washington will get a glimpse of how the aerial traffic cop of the future will jwork when the Army, during the latter part of this month, undertakes to po- lice the 1st Air Division over the Na- {tional Capital and chase interfering private flyers out of the air. In addition, the aerial traffic cops of the 1st Air Division will keep the regu- lar passenger and mail planes operating into out of the Capital out of the way of the planes in war maneuvers. With & sky full of planes, the aerial trafic patrol, composed of 12 two- seater observation planes, will buzz about looking for non-military and leasure planes which might be “off eir reservation” and gumming up the maneuvers of thc Army flyers. ‘The acrial traffic cops won't be able to hand out tickets to violators of the 2. t Division Concentration. special traffic regulations. but they will be equipped with cameras, which will photograph the numbers of violators’ planes, and thus identify the offenders and furnish evidence for disciplinary action. The Army’s air cops have picked out quite some job, for on Memorial day . they will have the job of policing the entire air division of 672 planes, in addi- tion to the hourly passenger planes en- tering and leaving the Capital, the sightseeing planes and any other ships that might be in the air and apt to gum up the Army's maneuvers. The aerial traffic police will operate with the 1st Air Division throughout its maneuvers over the various cities at which the division will appear d has been assured the co-operation of all | private pilots and airlines.