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- PATERNALISH HIT BY INDIVIDUALISTS Federal Aid to Assist States| Help Themselves Is Goal for Character Buildiryg. This is the last of a series of arzllcm on paternalistic trends in government. BY ASHMUN BROWN. Can the benefits of the system of individualism on which this Govern- ment iz organized be retiined in the face of the ever increasing demands on the public treasury and can the Fed- eral sthority contribute to soiving the soclal problems of : ml'fll‘v'llx" uen"rl‘;l;- t becoming hopelessly bureauc ? oum n‘:‘ pertinent questions which emerge from such consideration as the preceding ' articles” in this series have given to the clash N!Wml'h:dimlfl\':?‘:; h ternalistic ideals B soupie 40 much ‘of national thought. It would appear inevitable that i demands on the National Treasury for cash benefits to groups, such as ex- emplified in the mounting costs to the Veterans' Bureau, continue-to be grant- ed, the spirit of self-reliance and inde- that has been so proud s possession of t} e American people will be sacrificed. Benefits to, one group surely will invite agitations for benefits to other groups of political importance. Succeeding Congresses subservient ' to group demands cannot be relied upon to deny them. ‘Would Stifie Initiative. Likewise, the further: projection of government into business in competition with private enterprise would certainly o discourage injtiative and stifie | that open opportunity that has con- tributed so much to making the Nation the envy and admiration of all others. Between those who' xk the ]mfld“ dollar as s means of taking a joy ride through life and those who would put ‘monopoli now occuples 50 listic hands of the Gov- government. But mranlfl lies the shadow of the dollars-and-cents cost, and likewise the shadow of an impoverishment of na- tional character. Paternalists Defend High Taxes. vernment gratuities, Government oonmu of gm stability in all gd\uh'y trade and commerce; Govern- of utilities and busi- the Mn: [ -mm “redistribution of he national income” and result in an elevation of the average material stand- 4 tional life. o °'nn|3|mm¢. on the other hand, ‘The et S 5 s ‘woul ent L r~ b e ©. ing | in ‘They poise tions not merely on material, but on tual values as well. They o] the creation of a pation of dependents. it of such a nation, would, dominated by groups until we shall become a syndicalist nation on & gigantic scale.” Alarmed by Trends. Individualists are alarmed by the long government, State, local and national taxes, or 15.46 per cent. That is of every $100 earned $15.46 had to be taken off before :enI individual profits could be calculated. Parenthetically, the Federal tax ogr.h- erers could find only $34,000,000, of income on which to levy taxes, leaving more than $49,000,000,000 not it- ed in income tax returns, being the earnings of those below the Federal income taxing standard. ‘The multiplication of Government’ functions and Governme; brought with it that the individualist still. more than the actual money cost, mm‘l{ & _seeming deterjoration in nation: charaeter. ‘This has been, exhibited in the past year in the e with which- groups, States, communities and iduals have sought what has been termed "hnr;d-ouu from the Pederal Govern- ment.” “The realist in politics appreciates. fully that the tendency so exhibited cannot be ignored. Nelither can be ignored the fact that the Federal Government has an obligation upon it to preserve that which is best in existing American in- eituations and scheme of government. ‘What is that best? Is it not the principle of self-govern- ment, independence of the individual, free opportunity to terial and spiritual riches in a race in which the Government is the umpire 10 guarantee fair play, and is it not found in the traditional spirit of self- Teliance? Must Cure Abuses. ‘Where, then, should the line be drawn in an appraisement of the mounting demands on the Federal Government, the line separating the evil from the | ‘The determining test, it would appear, 1s that which would measure the pro- posals by the degree to which they contribute to the retention of those 2.4 just mentioned, which, in sum, @pell the American character. That the Government can and must cure abuses of the existing tem is axiomatic. That it can give leadership to and serve to bring together divergent elements and secure co-operation in de- velopment of ideas, measures and in- stitutions, 1s ‘mnnt, and actions do not cripple initiative and en on the part of the people, the whole foundation of the Nation for self-government outside of political government. Duties of Government. 1t is also apparent that both State and national governments, in order to it the citizenship both physically and mentally to itself of that open - opportunity that is one of the funda % mentals of the American scheme, have an obligation upon themselves. Presi- - dent Hoover his expanded upon this subject from time to um‘.‘ Tl EVENI NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. FRIDAY, C., CAROL DESTROYS OBSTACLES TO MARRYING MME. LUPESCU King’s Companion Reported Hiding in ' Palace at Bucharest. Banishment of Queen Helen Seen as Evidence of Determination. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, France, May 8.—Private dij lomatic advices just received here di clos: a curious situation behind the re- cent political events in Rumania. It is reafirmed that Magda Lupescu, King Carol's friend, with whom he lived and | traveled during his years of exile, is now secreted in the royal palace at Bucha. rest. . King Carol's determination is said to | _ be to marry her. He is therefore be- | lieved to be directing the entire ma- | chinery of state to this end. Despite the fact that her littie son, Crown Prince Michael, is still ill, King Carol's divorced wife, Princess Helen of Greece, left Rumania two days ago and the implication is that her departure was not wholly voluntary. Punished for Opposition. ‘The real reasons why King Carol re- fused to allow Nicolas Titulescu to form a government recently are said to be, first, that Mr. Titulescu objects to the con- | stitutional changes mecessary to permit | Carol to marry Mme. Lupescu, and sec- ond, that Mr. Titulescu objected to the inclusion in the cabinet of King Carol's friend an dalleged henchman, Constan- tine Argetoiano.. King Carol then a) pointed his: old tutor, Prof. Nicolas Jorga, premier, with Mr. Argetoiano as minister of finance. Various party leaders are now seeking understandings with Mr. Argetolano in the belief that he will be luential in the forthcoming elections. It is alleged that the Duca faction of the Liberal 18 to receive 80 seats in Parliament return for throwing its support wl King Carol. - | Prof. Jorga is also said to have tried to dissuade King Carol from ma: Mme. u, for Princess Helen is L n‘;, with Jg'nh“um:: people ant com) might ensue, but Carol has turned a deaf ear. Refuses to Be Deterred. It is further suggested that the.true reason Why Carol’s brother-in- law, Kl.lz Alexml l;ll';;; .'Yalllvsllm‘ has just made a specia see mcsrol th'e" m ‘his influ- ence King Carol, however, refuses to be terred, it is said. Even policy involved. . Germany, .r.flhl wants & new comme " the inclusion in the cus- Rumania of Rumenia and - / QUEEN HELEN. King commented on President Hoover's speech linking the world economic crisis with the cost of armaments. * “Of course,” King Carol said, “Ru- mania is In a special position in Tegard to disarmament. We hope for success of the conference next year, but we must remember our geographical situ- ation and presence on one df our fron- ters of a huge unpredictable neighbor. Our armament is strictly defensive. Evades Economic Pacts. King Carol denled any political sig- nificance t5 his recent meeting with King Alexander of Jugoslavia. “It was the first time we had had an opportupity to meet since my return and we talked as fellow Kings and brother-in-laws, but most of all, purely as friends,” he said. King Carol emphasized the Rumanian alliance with Jugoslavia. He said that no plans have yet been made for his sister Tleana's wedding. Questioned about the Austro-German plan and the economic concentration of the little entente, King Carol would only say that he believed there must be collaboration on an international basis if the economic crisis is to be ended. (Copyright. 1991.) ONLY TWO HOURS TO LEAVE. Queen’s Attendants Claim King Gave Orders to Depart. VIENNA. May 8 (®),—Midnight depar- ure of Queen Helen from Rumania and the bedside of her son Michael, 10 [ the Grand Voivode of Alba Julia, was described in Belgrade today by members . | of her erntourage. They sald the master of ceremonies of King Carol, her handsome former husband. had come to her at 10 p.m. on the night of her departure and “in- vited”™ her to leave within two hours. She ‘actepted the invitation. From Belgrade, where the beautiful Grecian princess who became an un- Hungary o e Rnettia, - Prance | amis Qu 4 7 G e | willing Queen of Rumania h: e, Rumania fafthful to the |she is traveling, it is under!.t!ood'.onw Bled, where she will reside with her juire both ma~}" "ot Dbl | Shesans sister, the Queen of Jygoslavia, for two weeks and then go {o Paris. Arrangements for this were under- stood here to have been made by King Carol and King Alexander of Jugosla- via in a meeting last Saturday. Carol is said to have asked his brother-in-law- to endeavor to induce Helen to re- side abroad on the condition that she|ing be permitted to visit Rumania every Summer and spend several months in . | the mountains with Michael. resenting that bank, is said now to gm‘u‘::n at Mr. Argetolano's house ‘harest. ~. (Copyright, 1991 ' AGAINST DIGTATORSHIP. King Carel Pledges Support for Par- Hamentary Regime. BY JOEN GUNTHER. BUKHAREST. Rumania, May 8 D. N.)—King Oarol of Rumania, an interview yesterday, denied vig- orously any dictatorial ambitions and pledged himself to a parliamentary | Tegime. 7 o0t o " Interview” by businesslike tou lew by & '.': I show it to him be- e n insisting that the elec- tions mwvmld z free and the constitu- | tional regime under Parliament re- “I do not merely say this. T repeat! it and I repest it vigorously,” Kini Carol said. Solution of the crisis is the unt Rumanian g:oblem, he Rumania, despite | natural wealth, finds marketing its surplus grain. Sees Armament Need. “But we must find & solution,” King oo e toweatmen. . We. Tnurt. i but_for the . We | work ther and work hard—myself not the st.” | Questioned about disarmament, the succeed only through an instructed glectorate,” “The more complex the problems of H‘I:“N;’!‘hn mfl . the greater is the n ‘more and more advanced education,” maintains. “Moreover, as our numbers increase and #s our life expands with science and invention, we must discover more and more leaders for every walk of life. We easingly compier Svdisation uoless ine y ¢ tion raw all-the talent of leader- fimrmw has bee: o ck‘:& after as been wrec! upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single p or class. 1t we would prevent growth: of class distinctions and would constantly refresh our leadership with the ideals of our people we must draw constantly from the general mass. The full op- portunity™for every boy and girl to rise through the selective processes of edu- cation ean sitne secure to us this leadership.” But neither. President Hoover nor other leading advocates of the indi- vidualistic _system ~countenance the ht, which is in some minds, of men suthority over these ters of public health and ldmmt make for & better citizenship. Menace in Centralization. “It seéms to me,” sald Dr. Ray Ly- man Wilbur, President Hoover's friend and Secretary ‘of the Interior in his cabinet, in addressing an educationsl council, “that there is a distinct menace in the centralization in the 1 Government of any large educational scheme with extensive financial re- sources available. Abnormal powet to mold and s crystaliize education which would go with the dol- Jars would be more damaging to local government, Jocal aspiration and self- r.a:.p':ct, l?nd to State government u: self-respect, than any that t come from the fund.” Likewise, this same Dr, Wilbur, at the White House Conference on Child Wel fare last November, remarked: “We must go back to the local units for effective education or health or wel- fare ‘work. We want & minimum of na- tional legislation in this field. No one should get the idea that Uncle Sam is going to rock the baby to sleep.” And that last sentence symbolizes the itude of the individualists in their | contest with the lplumlllllt Their vision of a national government is one which will belp the local units to help | themseives, bub not dominate them; to groups and varlous tlon to bring order, that there of self- upon American iy in| difficulty | disel Helen, although divorced from Carol in Absentia in June. 1928, was pro- claimed Queen of Rumania in the official Gazette of June 12, 1930, which conferred upon her the title of “majesty.” instead of the ‘“highness” with which she had been addressed. MILITIA LEADER HOLDS COAL MINE PEACE CONFERENCE __ (Continued From First Page) the protection of its - people from further disturbances. The will operate on an impartial and “unblased basis, he said, to aid in working out the coal fleld’s problems. Five Killed Tuesday. Police Judge Bradley Burkhart of Bvarts, who has figured prominently in the community and | negotiations between the factions, ex- plained the general situation. The mine operators, hié said, were averse to recog- nition of the unions. The workers are opposed to the armed guards the oper- ators have employed to protect the mines and say some miners have been for union affiliations and for failure to purchase supplies at company commissaries. These differences 'ed to gun battles. Two deputy sheriffs, a commissary clerk and a miner were killed just out- side of Evarts Tuesday. Another dep- uty sheriff had previously heen killed. Several have been wounded. Sheriff W. H. Blair of Harlan County, when asked if he intended to disarm his deputies serving as mine guerds, &s the | miners ‘ask, said, “Nebody Js running this sheriffs department but me—nct the miners.” The guards are employed by the mines and given commissions as deputies. - Only 10 Per Cent Working. ‘W..B. Jones,: secretary of the local anton of, the United Mine Workers of America, estimated today 5000 men are out of work in the Harlan area. Only 10 per cent of the population is at work, he said. The union planned to meet. today to discuss the situation. Conditions as to food and lodging for the unemployed were described as acute. Miners have made trips to nearby com- munff to solicit food and other ald. Families that have moved out of com- pany-owned homes have crowded into the lodgings of their more fortunate fellows. Jones sald there were approxi- mately 5000 persons now living in rts, which has a normal population of_1,500. ‘Several merchants have been pro- viding lunches for school children. There are approximately 87 mines in the Harlan region. About 35 of these ‘were sald to working part or full time, while the remainder have closed because of the disorders or business depression. Evarts is in a valley be- tween high mountain ranges, and is surrounded by small mining communi- t les. Col. Carrell said he understood the Red Cross would send a relief worker into the area as soon as the situation quieted down. SEEKS WORLD TRADE PORT MORESBY, Papua (#).—With vast acres of cheap land, ample sup- plies cf willing black labor and an ideal tropical climate, Papua hopes to become a factor in the world rubber Although the present production - | amounts to only 1,000 tons annually, the acreage under rubber is being ex- tended rapidly. Papuan planters say they have so many factors in their favor that they can compete success- fully with all comers. Fireman Hurt Fighting Blaze. Pyt. Mederia P. Corbett, 31 years old, of No. 4 truck company raceived lacera- tions of the hands while fighting a fire in a hcuse in the 400 block Fourth street yesterday. He was taken to Casualty Hospital for treatment. Damage caused by the fire was negiigible, fire officinls declared. Automobile trations in Colombia than times as great as CHOOL BUS CRASH KILLS & CHILDREN Driver and 24 Otber Students Hurt in California Grade- Crossing Accident. | By the Assoctated Press. MERCED, Calif., May 8.—Six ele- 'menlnry school children are dead as |the result of a achool bus-train col- | lision at & grade crossing here late yes- terday. Onpe other child and the bus driver, Douglas Creggar, 59, were in a critical condition today. ‘The bus, crowded with two-score small children on their way from school, jmotive of a slowly moving freight train struck it broadside. The dead: Robert Fuller, 10; Dolores Epsen, 8; Billy Epsen, 8, twin brother of Dolores, and Janette Ahr, ‘Marshal Pirtel, 9, and Mural Keller, Twe Expected to Die. Hospital physicians said Creggar, who suffered a broken back and internal injuries, and Helen Fogleman, 9, might die. - ‘Twenty-two children were in hos- itals. & Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wickland, Merced motorists, reported the bus slowed up momentarily as it roached the track, as if the driver shifted gears, and then moved directly in: front of the loammnve. Traffic officers said Creggar, just be- fore lapsing into unconsciousness, said he tried to stop and thought he was putting the gears in neutral. Other witnesses sald Creggar denied he saw P scorge. Clark, train engineer, and J rge Clark, train engineer, A A. Holmes, conductor, said the freight was moving about eight miles an hour. WESTERN HIGH BOY CHOSEN DISTRICT’S CHAMPION ORATOR ___ (Continued From Pirst Page. filled the circular auditorfum with re- sounding tones. Pieking up his extemporaneous speech on “How Are ‘Tears and Sorrow’ Portrayed in the Constitution?” young Walker delivered an oration fraught with color and marked by literary quality. Speaking a little longer than time allowed, however, he was halted by the official timekeeper. Girl Discusses Citizenship. Miss Lillian Pepper, Notre Dame Academy spokesman for the private and parochial schools, concluded the National Museum phase of the finals, which were presided over by Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintend- ent of schools. Miss spoke first on “The Citizen; His vileges and Duties Under the Constitution.” Her delivery was strong and her voice sturdy, but, she, too, was halted by the expiration of time. But instead of losing her command- poise by the halt, Miss Pepper seized upon hér extempore oration on “How Is Equality of Opportunity Se- cured Under the Constitution?” with an admirable determination. to a mlud oration that completed her bid with distinction. Visit, Cardoza High, Frdm thH§ Museum ghe judges jour- ineyed- to the Cardosa High School | where leman Holmes, _18-year-old | spol for that .chooL“MM-‘& prepared oration on ‘““The Constitution as a Parent.” FHolmes' oratory was flexible and well controlled, while his stage presence was perfectly poised. In his extémporaneous speech, Holmes | proved his right to compete in The Star finals. There was no hesitancy and there was. .practical knowledge of his subject: “The Constitution's Safeguards for the Proper Relationship of Citizen to Citizen.” At Dunbar High School Miss Jessie V. Hol delivered her pared oration on ¥The Citizen—His vileges and Duties der the Constitution.” In her oratory Miss Holloman was intense in the feeling she displayed. Discusses Supreme Court. When the applause of her school- mates had subsided, Dunbar's champion returned to the stage to discuss “How Congress Acts as a Check on the Su- preme Court.” Here was a concise re- view of the construction of the Su- preme Court and its relation to the other branches of the Government. Continuing on its way the board of judges reached Armstrong High School on schedule time to_ hear Ridgeley, winner of third place. Young Ridgeley’s oratory carried conviction, stressed by & pleasing vehemence. As he spoke, he stood before an illuminated American flag, hung against s velvet background. Returning to speak e: eously he defended his characterization of |Wumnnon and Jefferson as average citizens, which was made in his pre- pared speech. K Uses Gestures. Carrying forward the pro{:m the judges next visited McKinley High School, where Roland Kirks, spokesman for that school, was heard first in his prepared orstion on “Lincoln, the Sa- viop of the titution.” Kirks' was the first oratory of the day to use ges- tures to emphasize his speech and he elected only to raise his right &rm in infrequent movements. Continuing with his extemporaneous oration he was required to ‘“Justify Your Statement That Lincoln Bullt on the Basic Principles of Jefferson.” Here was ‘a stern assignment which McKin- ley’s orator undertook cautionsly by tracing the similarities between Jeffer- son and Lincoln, includi incidents in the lives of both men. marked the lad’s justification, which was ended when the timekeeper's whistle sounded. Eastern Last on List. After a speedy run across town in the wake of the police escort, the con- test officials reached Eastern th School, where they heard the final oratorical bid of the day. Miss Rut Critchfleld, Eastern’s spokesman, Wi the concluding orator, and in her pre- rlred oration she spoke on “The Polit- ical Parties in the Functioning of the Constitution.” Her oratory was deliberate and well ordered. In her 4-minute extempora- neous address, in which she was re- uired to “compare your term ‘Repub- lic’ with your term ‘True Democracy’ " Eastersi's orator lost none of her self- command. The judges of todsy's contest were Frank J. Loesch, member of the Wi~ ersham Crime Commission and presi- dent of the Chicago Crime Commission; Albert W. Atwood, editorial writer for the Saturday Evening Post; Wade H. Ellis, attorney and president of the ‘Washington Chapter of Phi Beta Kap- pa; Prench Strof , administrative as- sistant to President Hoove former editor of World' 3 George F. Bowerman, librarian of the Public Library. Richard Ham of the Americen Automobile Association was the official timekeeper. Hoover Field Fined $10. The State Corporation Commission of Virginia has impased a fine of $10 on the Atlantic Seaboard Airways Corpora- tion, operators of Hoover Pield, recently bined with Washi com! wi ington for “faflure to domesticate,” it was learned here today. Thi panies ~ charter, however, °§3-. the was announced. was thrown into & ditch when the loco- ; CROWLEY ANDPAL . QUGKLY IDETED Murder of Policeman Is Charged to Two-Gun Bandit | | Taken After Battle. —__(Continued Prom First Page) though he first told police he tossed them out of the window. “What's the idea of fooling us?” a detective asked him. Crowley snarled back, “Well, I'm go- ing to the electric chair, ain't I, what did you expect me to do?” Vanity, superstitution and bravado of the girl and Crowley are revealed in a series of notes police found scattered on the kitchen floor of the apartment. Ref- erence to “bulls outside the door” indi- cated that the notes, penned in ink with & shaky hand, were written during the slege. One note, signed by Helen, said: “I| was born on the 13th of Octcber he was born on the 31st. If I die wave my halr, make my face up. Do my nails all over. Don't this kind of polish, I use pale pink Crowley is credited with authorship of an unsignéd note which said: “I had | nothing else to do, that's why I went | around bumping off cops. It is a new sensation.” In another Helen defended Crowl “Everybody thinks he is hard. He can't be hard when he cooks my breakfast and washed a pair of pajamas for me.” . Reference to visiting resorts in Green- wich Village is made in another note, apparently written by Crowley. Helen wrote one regretting that she never would see the rest of the world | and asking that the note be shown to }‘;‘a‘r”mur “s0 she’ll know I died sing- Tells of Marriage. | In a note to “Dear Mom,” Helen wrote: “I am all right, and don't worry about me. We were married tcday. He is taking me to Canada tonight.” Most of the notes were “To whom it may oAy | Crowley and Duringer slept soundly, | lice said y. Crowley said he “didn't mean no harm to nobody,” but that he started “Kkilling cops” because “it was about the only sensation left." “Sure 1 killed Hirsch,” he said. ‘T took his own gun and used it in stand- ing off you guys last night.” rniger told of slaying Virginia | Brannen. “I used Crowley's gun,” he sald. “I was sore at her.” | Two detectives in a restaurant learned | yesterday noon that the apartment—on | 'the top flocr at 303 West 90th street— been used by Crowley as a hideout. | They went there and found a note on the bell in the hallway addressed to | “Murray and Red” saying, “I've gone | out to do some sl ' Additional police were called and planted in an apartment adjoining Crowley’s. A aqueaking floorboard alarmed Crowley and his companions and they began shooting through the Thus began a siege and fight such as upper Manhattan never had seen. Every means of escape was cut off— fire escapes, hallways and windo! Police detalls went to the roof, chop- ping holes in it. Volleys of shots poured up 8t them as their axes smashed openings, but no officers were hit. As police chopped the first hole over the bedroom the youths retreated to the living room. Another hole was opened | over them there. With a volley at the | gy!mn( they retreated to the kitchen. hen another hole was made, Crowley called out that he would “glve up.” District Attorney Edwards of Nassau County, where Policeman Hirsch was MAY STIMSON TO DISCUSS NAV/ ARMAMENT. SITUATIO} SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY L. STIMS: | work of the System. (From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) | Suit to enjoin the removal of the | chattels and equipment from the Hay- Adams House, Sixteenth and H streets, and for the appointment of a receiver | to continue the operation of the busi- ness was filed late today in the District Supreme Court by Mae Butscher, 3620 Sixteenth street, and John C. Maynard, e, 1225 Eleventh street. The plaintiffs are noteholders under »|a deed of trust for $650,000 secured on a leasehold interest in the property, the - former holding notes aggregating $1,500 and the latter holding a note for $500. The claim is made that $650,000 trust by which their notes are securred is in dinger of being foreclosed and the court is asked to decree a sale of the lease- | hold interest in the property for the benefit of the noteholders. The plaintiffs assert that as a re- sult of their investigation they are of | the opinion that the operation of the Hay-Adams House has been a financial failure since its erection. The ground rent has seldom been paid promptly, it is stated, and taxes have constantly 94| Who tomorrow night will discuss recent | measures taken to reduce the naval | armament of the world in the National | Radio Forum, arranged by The Star | and broadcast over a coast-td-coast net- Columbia Broadcasting 'INJUNCTION ASKED IN HAY-ADAMS SALE Note Holders Seek to Block Re- moval of Furnishings Under Foreoclosure. .4 S¢S bas L ' Throng Sees Police ‘(;apture “2-Gun” Crowley PPER: Scene looking down on Ninetieth street and West End avenue, New York, showing police seeking to keep crowds At a safety point while 100 others, armed with achine guns, rifles, pistols and tear gas bombs, stormed apartment of Francis (Two-Gun) Crowley, wanted for the alleged murder .of Patrolman Pred Hirsch. Inset: Hirsch. Lower left: Helen Walsh, believed to] have been with Crowley when Hirsch was killed® in eustody of police after the shooting and capture of the self-styled “two-gunman.” Lower right: Crowley. — A. P. and Wide World Photos, PENNSY PLANS TRAIN FROM N. Y. TO D. C. IN 3 1-2 HOURS’ TIME ___(Continued Prom First Page.) by the company, the new rails will weigh 152 pounds per yard and are de- signed to withstand the tremendous strain fneident to higher speeds. End Work Iin Two Years. ‘The new fast service is provided for under the $175,000,000 improvement programi announced recently by W. W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsyl: vania. Gen. Atterbury said that his road will endeavor to complete elec- tricification of its lines within two years, as a contribution toward the un- employment problem.. The original plan called for a four-year reconstruc- tion program. ‘The present plane time from Hoover Fleld to the Pennsylvania station is 2 hours and 40 minutes. That includes the bus trip from the Newark airport to the New York rallroad terminal, which consumes about 40 minutes. AL WEIGHT TEST GASE IS ORDERED Commissioners Tell Bride to Take Action Despite Deal- ers’ Option Plan. coal the sale of a short ton of coal in spite of Mr. Bride’s written opinion that such a sale is legal where the customer has election to purchase a short or long ton. The Commissioners read Mr. Bride supplemental opinion today after he in- formed them that the recent action of the coal dealers, Ing to sell coal to those desiring to purchase it by either system of weight. They order&d him to bring the prosecution nevertheless. Roberts to Prosecute. The case will be handled by Assist- ant Corporation Counsel William ‘A. Roberts, who differs with his chief in the interpretation of the weights and measures act and holds that under any conditions a sale of coal otherwise than :{"::.e long ton of 2,240 pounds is Mr. Bride’s memorandum to the Com- missioners today read: “This is supplemental to my memo- randum of April 28, 1931, with respect to the prosecution of coal dealers for the sale of units of 2,000 pounds of coal. Holds Doubt Removed. “Since the date of that memorandum, the coal dealers have agreed to sell coal by the ton to those desiring to purchase it by that unit of weight, although they will continue still to sell units of 2,000 pounds to those who will contract there- for. In my opinion, this change of atti- tude on the part of coal dealers has the effect of remo¥ing doubt of the legality of a sale of & unit of 2,000 pounds since the purchaser has the election either to purchase by such unit or by ton. If the purchaser prefers to purchase a un‘l‘;. :{, :tl:uhud“ = weight it cannot be sa; at he any way misle: defrauded. 1357 o it RADIO LICENSE CASE IS SET FOR JUNE 15 1,400 Petitions of One Corporation to Be Reviewed by Federal Commission, ‘The Radio Oommlsfi" n's policy toward renewal of more than 1,400 radio licenses held by the Radio Corporation of America and its reputed lubaidllr;:‘h to be determined at com- ‘mission rings beginning June 15. At these hearings, it was announced yesterday, the commission is expected to decide whether it should refuse re- newal applications of the companies in- volved, in view of the recent court decl- sions holding the Radio Corporation's license contracts with other companies were {llegal. radio act provides that licenses shall be _denied any company or its subsidiaries finally adjudged to have created or attempted to create a mo- nopoly. The United States Supreme Court recently refused to review a New Jersey case charging the Radib Corpora- tion's tube contracts constituted a viola- tion of the anti-trust laws. Radio Commissioner Lafount, predict- ed yesterday that regardless of. the course decided upon - at the hearings some interested party would carry the case to the Court of Appeals. PTG N W EX-JUSTICE EMPLOYE ACCUSED OF BRIBERY Charged With Paying Clerk Here $35 to Remove Suspect’s Finger- prints From Files. (Prom the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) Prank T. Plowman, a former em- The projected electric service would come within 50 minutes of equaling the air time between the National Capital and Manhattan. Pennsylvania officials | this hope in this to _recover some of the passenger traffic which has been lost to the airlines since establishment of hourly, low-fare plane service between the two cities. Ludington Line Lower. Round-trip rates by air to New York on the Ludington line are slightly less than the extra-fare rates by railroad, including Pullman. Eastern Air Trans- ?011 rates are higher than the raliroad are. It is estimated the planes carry more than 5,000 passengers a month, a slice of business that has cut heavily into the railroad traffic. Possibly indicative of the speed con- templated with the electric locomotives is the fact that the Pennsylvania has arranged to install. a new block signal system designed especially to take care of 90-mile-an-hour speeds. This means, of course, that the safefy maximum will be 90 miles an hour, but it is un- derstood there will be maintained a ’mn:(orublg margin under the safety imit, Plan Two' New Tunnels. ‘The reconstruction of the Washing- ton-New York line will include two new tunnels under the City of ' Baltimore and new terminal facilities “in Phila- delphia, The 130-pound rail, at the time of its adoption -by the Peénnsylvania, was heralded as the heaviest of its kind. The work of substituting it for lighter rails was completed only recently. ‘With the demand for more speed, however, - engineers decided a still heavier rail was advisable, with the re- sult that the giant 152-pound type was adopted. Announcement of the pro- posed change was made several weeks ago before the American Soclety of Civil Engineers by Elisha Lee, president of the Pennsylvania. Mr. Lee said the new rail will meet the strain of 100,000-pound axle load |8t speeds of 100 miles an hour, as com- pared with the maximum requirements now of 80,000-pound axle losds and speeds of 80 miles an hour. A cross-section of the new rail dwarfs a cross-section of the present rail and is more than twice the size of the 60-pound rail used half a cen- tury ago. A new type of splice bar, providing resiliency at the rail joint and thereby lessening noise and in- cmlnlng comfort of passen has been adopted for the new rail. become overdue and interest payments made to the noteholders have been ad- Rbeem vancements from Swa Hensey. Through Attorneys Walter B. Guy, William E. Furey, Paul V. Rogers and Louis Mann, the plaintiffs say that rr:nnt security for their immediate danger of being totally that if removal and sale a the notes 18 lost; be made of the equipment of the bullding all in- come from the present operations of the hotel will cease and the security of all parties concerned will be irreparably impaired, Named as defendants in addition to the trustees in bankruptcy of Swart- ta zell, Rheem & Hensey, and Hugh H.| fastest “freight flyer” ever operated be- Obear and Edmund O!mgbell, trustees who recently asked for sal and remov- al of the equipment, are Harry Ward- man, ington Loan ’mutncn. Trust Co. ‘Thomas P. Hobbs, Swartzell, Bones, Rheem, James B. , the Wash- Co., the Union & Trust and the National Savings. & ing in have found their Revenues Reduced. Sagging passenger traffic, due to plane and bus inroads, is said to have led to the decision of the Pennsylvania to take drastic steps to meet the in- creasi com " business a nt source of warry. Most of the Tevenues are coming from freight serv- ice, and even this has'felt the effect truck competition. The Pennsylvania also is planning to speed up its freight service between Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston. Within the past two weeks the road has established what it claims is the tween those cities. The new train, known as the “Speed Witch,” runs on a regular daily schedule and cuts ap- proximaiely 24 hours off the former train 15 «;-ubd 1 :é.}'"u’f.:"‘-%&‘ n 1s - in junci thé New York, New Haven & Hartford 4 loye of the Department of Justice in ew York City, was committed to jail n by United States Com- missioner Needham C. Turnage in de- fault of bail of $10,000 for attempted bribery of an employe of the Depart- ment of Justice here. Plowman is ac- cused of having given $35 to Edward E. Lockart, an employe of the Bureau of Identification, May 6, to ence him to withdraw from the files of the department the fingerprints and identi- fication card of Arthur J. , Jack Klein, and to deliver them to Plowman. He pleaded gullty. Klein is said to be wanted in Great Britain to answer a fraud charge. Plowman is said to have taken, the fingerprints of Klein while he was working for the department and knew that the card was in the files of the bureau. He came to Washington and pald the clerk $25, it is said, to get the card for him. Lockart reportéd to the head of the bureau and when. the sec- ond payment of $10 was made, there were witnesses, it is stated. Plowman was taken into custody Deputy Marshals John J. Clarkson and ‘Thomas R. East and brought before the commissioner. Assistant Uhited States Attorney John J. Sirica represented the Government at the hearing before the commissioner. LAW LEADERS HIT PROPOSED BAN ON DRY AGENTS’ GUNS (Continued From First Page.) treason, murder, voluntary manslaughter, mayhem, arson, robbery, common law rape, kidnaping, burglary or an at- tempt to commit any of these offenses, or an assault with intent to murder, rape or rob.” State are reserved the right to enlarge the scope of offenses. : “5. The person killed or wounded is the person named in the warrant, or, if the arrest is without a warrant, the offense was committed by some one and the officer reasonably believes it was committed by the person killed or ‘wounded.” . With regard to arrests by private per- sons, & majority of the group reported: “No private person is justified in kill- ing or wounding with a firearm or other deadly weapon for the purpose of effect- ing an arrest or preventing an escape from arrest unless the offense was com- mitted in his presence and the pro- visions of sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the foregoing are complied with.” Another Testatement dealt: with the of witnesses from one State to testify in another. opinion of the council was that mate- rial witnesses in criminal prosecutions should be subject to summons from one State to another, the distance not to exceed 1,000 miles, and that such wit~ ness should be exempt from arrest or service of process while complying with such summons. The other proposition dealt with com- ment on the fact the defendant did not testify. The reporters and advisers sub- mitted six different provisions, the council favoring No. 6, which stated the Judge, the prosecuting attorney and the counsel for the defense may comment the fact the defendant did not tes- tify. All six pi ite. Prosident, and Mrs. Hoover were. cei-e the deleqates this attemooms .,