Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) ‘Mostly cloudy, followed by showers late tonight or tomorrow; warmer tonight; cooler tomorrow. ‘Temperature—Highest, 78, at noon to- day; lowest, 63, at 4 a.m. today. Full report on page B-9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 31,794, The only eveni in 'Wuhinm service, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday's Circulation, 117,575 g RACKET SHOOTING e Foening Star. No. 5 Entered as second class matt post office, Washington, D. * FUSSANS EVADE _|CE. DUNEAP. RESCUING WOMAN. WASHINGTON, C HENDERSON BACKS & D. ¥ , TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1931—FORTY-TWO PAGES. BURIED BENEATH WALL IN FRANCE FILING PLAN T0 EAT WHEAT RGP U. S., Poland, Australia and Danube Exporters Lay Schemes Before Parley. McKELVIE TELLS .LONDON SESSION OF DANCZRS Soviet Believed Waiting for Other Nations t, Take Action First. | Marine Officer, Accompanied by Wife, Was Visiting Chateau Near Tours. |Mrs. Corcoran Thom Accom- panies Maj. Walsh to Scene of Accident. By the Associated Press. ‘TOURS, France, May 19.—While his | wife looked on in horror, Gen. Robert | H. Dunlap, U. 8. M. C, today was| buried under a collapsing wall of thz| Chateau de la Farinitere, about 10 miles | from here, which had been undermined | by heavy rains. | Rescuers began digging in the debris | within a few minutes after the acci- _BRIG. GEN. ROBERT H. DUNLAP. HOOVER ON EFFECT OF SLASH IN ARMS Briton Calls Atmosphere of Security First Requisite- for Economic Stability. IDENOUNCES HIGH TARIFF IN ASKING RELIEF PLAN Briand's Levity Ends League Dis- pute—Formal Vote Sends Cus- ‘ ENATE S| REePUBLICAN LEADS TO DRIVE ON CRIME HERE Maj. Pratt Renews Pleas for Vagrancy Law With “Teeth” in It. POLICE INFORMER NEAR DEATH FROM BULLETS Jack Cunningham Refuses to Give Names of Men Who Fired on Him. toms Fight to World Court. dent happened, but carly this evening|eral and Mrs. Dunlap recently took up o AU By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 19.—Expert views on the world wheat crisis today were | emptied into the mill of the interna- | tional conference after an address by Samuel R. McKelvie, head of the| United States delegation, at its first | open meeting today. ! ‘The conferees went into committee | session to analyze the various plans| for relief before submitting reports to | the full conference. In rapid succes- sion the United States, Poland, Aus- tralla and the Danublan exporters filed their views, but little detail was avail- able. Russia and Canada have not et placed themselves on record and ob- servers say Russia intends to hoid back until she sees what the other powers propose to do. U. S. Situation Reviewed. Mr. McKelvie's speech was a resume of the situation in his country. He ‘brought no “American plan,” but advo- cated reduced production as the surest solution. The Russian view is fraught with | possibilities unless she recedeés from her position, announced at the recent wheat conference in Rome, that Russia is en- titled to her previous place in the sun as the world’s largest wheat exporter. The discussion seemed to be drifting toward a means of securing reductions in wheat acreage, as a prerequisite to any agreement which may be reached. The Russians may submit their pro- Conference delegation, said he was not certain whether Canada would advance proposals of her own or agree to the general plan which finally is advocated. McKelvie Speaks. McKelvie said in his speech outlining the United States’ stand: importing protective tariffs, and preferential prices wheat. . “Apart from such extraordinary in- tervention in the wheat market as was felt justified curing the past year," he said, “the effect of marketing methods on the level of wheat pirces can easily be exagge! “It would be folly to assume that the solution of the world wheat crisis can be found in marketing channels. best they can alleviat:, they cannot cure a serious situation, When supplies are patently excessive, in agriculture as well as industry, nothing short of an adjustment of production will serve to correct, the difficulty at its source.” The former Nebraska Governor, said the Farm Board does not intend to au- therize throwing upon foreign markets the large stocks of wheat held by the Grain Stabilization Cesporation. Dumping Discouraged. “As we seet it,” he said, “exporting countries which increase wheat acre- age and exports, in the face of the situation that exists are defeating their own aims and injuring their own growers. We see no prospect that ex- port bounties or wholesale dumping into the exgon market, in such 2 situ- ation as the present, will result ad- vantageously to the exporting country concerned. Persistent zelling below cost, by governments is just as disastrous @s selling belcw cost by wheat growers. “We have come here primarily be- cause we would leave no stone un turned to accelerate sound reccve: from the severe agricultural depress that has gripped our country an others; yet we have no expectation that any grand magical scheme can T found to solve it simply and eas! Whatever specific results may or m: not come from this conference, it will be of great value if the representatives from the wheat-exporting countries can come to an agreement on the causes of the severe depressicn in wheat prices. He sald United States growers had be:n urged to cut acreage and were tak- ing steps in this direction. He empha- sized, however, that th: United States is not out of the export market because of existing surppluscs” and inability to make rapid reductions, and probably will always continue “in some degree” 1o be an exporter of wheat and flour. [ DANIEL N. MORGAN HURT BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 19 (). —Daniel Nash Morgan, 86, former treasurer of the United States, was in a hospital here today with a possible fracture of the right thigh, sustained when knocked down by an automobile. | His condition was regarced 2s com- | .fortable, although the exact extent of his injury was undetermined. Herbert Hoover, 3d, Indulge.in Party Mrs, Hoover was hostess at a circus party this afternoon, VOIGT ADVANCES they held little hope that the general would be brought out alive. First reports had indicated that it was the historlc tower Cing-Mars la Pile which had collapsed or that it was the general's own villa. & On Way to Visit Tower. ‘The Dunlaps were on the way to visit the tower when the accident occurred. ‘The Chateau Fariniere is a large property extending along a hillside be- side the Loire. The chateau itself is a country boarding house, where the gen- | quarters. Nearby are the buildings oc- cupied by the farmhands, By the Associated Press One of the hands, Denis Briant, was| GENEVA, Swizerland, May talking to Gen. Dunlap while Mrs. | Denouncing the high-tariff system as B o B8 ey orn, adicin- | the biggest contributor to the world's o eccnomic crisis, Arthur Henderson, stones fell from the roof, and the | British foreign secretary, today called woman shrieked for help. | upon the Pan-European Commission to Briant and the general ran into the barn, but just then came an avalanche iadopt some common plan to save Europe from economic disaster. of earth, dragging trees and huge blocks of stone and burying everything in its “We are faced with a great inter- noticnal dispute,” he sald, referring to path, including a horse and wagon. the proposed Austro-German customs IN BRTISH 0LF American, Wearing Woolen Mittens, Defeats Abercrom- bie at Westward Ho. | By the Associated Press. WESTWARD HO, Devon, England, May 19.—George Voigt, New York, con- | ‘When neighbors arrived they found accord. “It is the first dispute of the ~(Continued on Page 2. Column 8.) great powers before the League of Na- tions.” He proposed creation of & subcom- mittee to weigh all the projects sug- ORATORY CONTEST !all the nations might engage. “I agree with President Hoover,” sald Mr. Henderson, “that success of the general disarmament conference will be {a great contribution to world recovery. Walsh, Couzens, RoWe, ! an atmosphere of security, a_ freedom ¥ from the fear of war, is the first requi~ Nevils and Marvin to Choose |site for economic stability. Tarifft Walls Condemned. U. S. Champion. “But tarift walls are the worst sin- ners against economic welfare. are barriers to prosperity. Because of ! them creditor nations demand gold. of Educators, legislators and interna- | yhich there is none, instead of goods, tionalists, each a scholar in his own {of which there is abundance, right, will determine the victor in the “The debtor must bet allowed to sell 19.—| They | tinued his march through the British|Ngional Oratorical Contest finals in amateur golf champlonship today, Win- | constitution Hall Saturday night, it was | ning his third round match from J. R. | revealed today when the names of five Abercromble of UVQYWL 2 and 1. ipmm!nent men were announced as offi- The Liverpool player, who defeated cial judges of the contest. Douglas Pairbanks yesterday in the first| They are Scnator Thomas J. Walsh of round, gave the New Yorker a battle| Montana, Senator James Couzens of from the first hole to the end of the| Michigan, Dr. Leo 5. Rowe, director | at which were| meteh. . Voligt started off by winning the first bole in par against the Liverpool play- er'’s five. ‘Wears Woolen Mittens. George was wearing woolen mittens to protect his hands from the chill breezes. Abercrombie won the second hole to square the match when Voigt sent his long second into a bunker and then took three putts for a six. The third was halved in par fives. Voigt won the fourth and fifth to go two up. George again sliced his num- three iron shot into a bunker on the fourth but the Liverpool player's tee shot caught a trap and he took four to the green and conceded the hole. Vcigt's birdle two on the short fifth won that one, an eight-foot putt dropping. Voigt lost the sixth hole after being bunkered to the right of the green, won the seventh with a fine iron shot of 170 | yards to the green to go two up again, | won the short eighth with a par three ! and then lost the ninth by knocking a | partial, stymie laid by Abercrombie, | into the hole, | Their cards out: Voigt ...... 46552543539 Abercrombie ....5 556 3 45 4 441 In every round played Volgt has | taken exactly the same score for the first nine. Abercromble squared the match at | the eleventh. He had holed a birdie 3 at the tenth to make Voigt only 1 up and then got away a good drive on the next. The American drove into a thick bed of rushes and after a futile effort to blast his way out, con- ceded the hole. Voigt came back to win the twelfth when Amercrombie went into e ushes and failed to get out with three (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) McALEER, EX-MANAGER OF NATS, HELD SUICIDE Death Certificate Sayu—cun Wounds Caused Death of Base Ball Man. By the Assoclated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohlo, May 19.—A death certificate signed by Coroner M. E. Hayes and found in the Board of Health office here today said James A. McAleer, former major league base ball manager, whose death was announced April 29, committed suicide The certificate gave the cause of death as “gunshot wounds, self-inflict- | The shooting took | ed in the head.” place April 28 and McAleer died the next day. It was announced then that he died from a lipgering illness, fol- lowing an operation. Priends said to- day that McAleer had been suffering from cancer and quoted him as say- ing: “If it doesn't get better, I'm go- ing to help it along.” McAleer had been manager of the Cleveland, Washington and St. Louis ball clubs Friends said McAleer had been listen- ing to a base ball broadcast April 28 with companicns and iliness forced him | 1o leave several times. Finally he went into the bathroom of his apartment, stood before the mirror, and shot him- self. Death occurred 10 hours later. DMINISTRATION CIRCLE CHILDREN| GUESTS OF MRS. HOOVER AT CIRCUS| and His Grandfather Unable to |t This Afternoon. ton, another of the President’s secre- taries, and one of the small children of Secretary of War and Mrs. Hurley. Peggy Ann, the eldest of the Hoover| ““Herport Heover, jr., and his wife, who | ven, and & number of other have been staying at the White House | for three weeks, also were in | Among the children in this little plfl{ | the party. Herbert Hoover, 3d, 4-year- ‘were Suzagne Boone, daughter of .| old son, was not able to enjoy the treat Joei T. Boone, White House physician; | because he is confined to his bed with Robert Joslin, son of Theodore G. Joslin, | a cold. Pressure of business prevented one of the President's secretaries: John! President Hoover from indulging in the Marshall Newton, son of Walter H. New- | party, " general of the Pan-American Union; | | Dr. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J., president of Georgetown University, and Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, prasident of George ‘Washington University. In making public the names of the judges, Randolph Leigh, director gen- eral, explained that each member of the judging board will be seated apart from the othcrs, so that each may write his own ballot at the conclusion of the {finals without regard to the influence |of his fellows. If, when the five indi- vidual ballots are compiled, a contest~ lant receives a majority of first-place ratings, as well as the low-point total victory, h> will be proclaimed winner, provided he has not been penalized for | | 1ailing to credit proper authorities for | quotations of more than four words. Tie Considered Unlikely. If, however, no contestant receives | both a majority of first-place ratings and the low-point total, the judges will reballot on the three contenders having the best ratings. They will not be called into consultation unless an unbreakable tie occurs. With five judges, such a tiz 15 50 remote a possibility as to be prac- tically left out of consideration, Mr. Leigh explained. Th> qualifications of the judges are broad. Senator Walsh, in_addition to his wide knswledge of world affairs, has been an educator and a practicing law- yer. Educated in the public schools of Wisconsin and at th> University of Wis- consin from which he received the de- giee of bachelor of laws, Senator Walsh first taught in the public schools of | that State. Later * he became high school principal of Sturg-on Bay, Wis., | and after that he undertook the prac- | tice of law. Entering politics, Senator | { Walsh has been a_member of the Upper | {House of fhe National Congress since | : i | _Senator Couzens also was schooled in | public schools and his career has been | rich in civie experiences, Serving as :ommander of th- police of Detroit, Sen- | |ator Couzens later bacame mayor of that city. During the war he was fuel administration chairman of his county. | He first was appointed to the Senate by Gov. Groesbeck to fill tne un<xpired | term of Truman S. Newberry, and later was elected to another term, Dr. Rowe Has Many Degrees. ' Dr. Rowe h lds many educational degrees, including that .f doctor of | philotophy from" the University ' of | Halle: bachelor of liws and bachelor | of phil“sophy from the University of | Penncylvania, and doctor of laws from | the Natlonal University of La Plata, Argentine. Dr. Rowe was admitted to the bar and taught at the University of Pennsylvania as instructor in mu- nleipal government; assistant professcr | of political science and finally as head | of the political science department, Dr. Rowe has been a leading influence in | the activities and relations between the | countries of North and South America. Dr. Nevils holds the degrees cf bach- elor of DX‘L.< and master of arts from St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia; the degree of doctor of philosophy from the Woodstock, Md., College, and that of doctor of divinity from George- town University. Dr. Nevil;' educa- tional experiences ude the regency of the Georgeto versity School cf Foreign Service addition to years ! of tzaching in the fleld of rhetoric and | philosophy. Dr. Marvin t-ok the degree of bach- elor of arts from the University of Southern California and the degrees of master of arts and doctor of philosophy frm Harvard University. He also holds the degree of doctor of laws from the University of New Mex- ico: He has taught economics at the University of Arizona and commerce at he University of Scathern California. He has been president of George Wash- ington University since 1927, NATIONALS RAINED OUT | | | { |Game With White Sox at Chicago is Postponed, CHICAGO, May 19 (#).—Rain forced the postponement of the American League contest scheduled here today between the Chicago White Sox and the Washington Nationals. It was to have been first contest of a three- game series his goods if he is to pay his debts. This tariff system is undermining the very foundations of our economic struc- ture. “The waters of credit which should inundste the European plains are dam- med up in unproductive reservoirs.” He expressed the wish that the com- mittee he suggested fqr drafting a com- mon relief plan should be named today and should bring in its report tomor- Tow. LEVITY ENDS DISPUTE. Briand Steps in After German and Jugostavian Clash. GENEVA, May 19 (#).—The League of Nations Council today voted formally | to submit the prcposed Austro-German customs accord to the World Court, but before the vote was taken Aristide Briand’s suave diplomacy was needed to dissolve a threatening tension. ‘The harmonious atmosphere was broken during presentation of opinions by Dr. Vovislav Marinkovitch, the Jugoslavian foreign minister, and Dr. Julius Curtius, who occuples a similar post in Germany. The Jugsslavian challenged the Ger- man view that the League Council is not competent to deal with political aspects of the Austro-German arrange- ment, asserting that the League may consider any politiéal question calcu- lated to disturb international peace. He suggested, furthermore, that Germany was pursuing a “policy of prestige.” It might be unpleasant, he said, for a great power to inform the Council of its plan, but even that must not be permitted to interfere with the Council’s responsibility under the League covenant. Curtius Is Displeased. Dr. Curtius, obviously displeased by | the repeated suggestion that Germany. in seeking the union with Austria, had | constituted herself a disturber of the peace, launched into a sharp retort, in which he rejected with unmistakable esentmient the imputation that his country was engaged in a course cal- culated to upset European harmony. After Germany had shown her good intentions by agreeing to submit the issue to the World Court, he said, “it| is intolerable to suggest that we are disturbers of international peace.” Both Curtius and Marinkovitch were growing angry when Briand stepped in, his old conciliatory self. No one questions the right to bring any disturbing fact before the League Council, he began, but he expressed doubt that the principle of that right was applicable in this instance. Statesmen Roar With Laughter. The assembled statesmen began to smile and finally to laugh as Briand rec-lled that during the debate of yes- | terday and this morning speakers had | inveked Metternich, the Austrian, to at- tack the customs union and Guizot, the Frenchman, to support, it. Here Curtlus broks into a laugh, and ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) LOTTERY BACKERS LOSE Hospital Aid Proposal Blocked in! House of Commons, LONDON, May 19 (#).—The House of Commons came down hard today on advocates of legalization of lotteries in support of hospitals, defeating by 181 to 58 an application by a Conservative member for leave to introduce a bill! authorizing the operation of such lot- teries. There has been considerable agitation in favor of loosening up the English laws in this respect in view of the great sums which have gone out of the country into the Irish hospital sweep- stakes on horse races while charitable institutions at home need money. READY TO FACE TRIAL Ex-Convict Waives Extradition in Slaying of Girls. KANSAS CITY, May 19 (P). rl Quinn, 30-year-old ex-convict, charged with the murder of Jessie and Zenia Griffith, Oklahoma school teachers, to- day signed a waiver of extradition, clearing the way for his return to Ka County, Okla., for trial. Quinn’s unexpected action halted preparations for an extradition hearing at Jefferson City tomorrow. He will be returned to Oklahoma. Radio P SCHOOL BUILDERS !Inspectors Testify Contrac- | tors Were Warned Before Laborer Hurtled to Death. Testimony by two District buflding ! inspectors that they had twice warned | contractors to reinforce the scaffolding | at the Stuart Junior High School prior to the fatal accident there Priday marked the coroner’s inquest into \lhe ldel!!.h of Nathaniel Mozon, 23-year-old { y. Building Inspector Benjamin Pleat, in charge of the Stuart job, at Fifth and E streets northeast, testified he had instructed Raymond N. Rouse, super- Intendent of construction for W. B. Rose & Co., contractors, to have a num- ber of old and cracked boards on the lurmnc seaffold which collapsed re- | placed. ‘The scaffold, Pleat told the jury, was ! made of 1-inch rough planking. He sald that shortly afier the accident, when he made an inpsection, the board- ing at the pcint where the scaffold is supposed to have given away, “had besn covered up.” Describes Covering. “Do you mean that the damaged boarding was concealed?” asked Coroner J. Ramsey Nevitt. “The boards had been covered up with newer planks,” Pleat, replied. Pleat’s testimony was corroborated by Peter M. Hart, mechanical inspect-r for the District, who said he made an inspection with Pleat on Thursday aft- ernoon. At that time, he said, they warned Rouse to have several planks replaced, as some were split and some were broken. Priday morning, Hart said, they again made an inspection of the scaf- { folding and noticed their instructions { had nct been followed out. Rouse was then told that the scaffolding should be repaired “before some one gets hurt.” Unchanged, He Claims. Pleat testified he made a third in- spection by himself about 10 a.m. .of tge day of the fatal accident. The boards at that time, he said, remained unchanged. The building inspector said the first implication he had of an accident on the job was when two newspaper men | of the Stuart job and asked about the mishap. It was at this time, he said, mishap. _ Assistant District Attorney Milford F. Schwartz asked Pleat about { the condition of the boards when he | made his first examination. “There were some boards on the run- way which were in very bad condition,” | Pleat repliea. “I warned Rouse in the (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) MANEUVERS WILL TEST Army and Navy to Participate in Joint Attack and Defense of Atlantic Seaboard Area. | Combined Army and Navy maneuvers | designed to test the detensz of ‘the water approaches to Washington, Bal- timore, Norfolk and Newport News will be held off the Virginia capes and around Hampton Roads from Tuesday to Saturday of next week. ‘The “enemy” forces will include three light cruisers, nine destroyers and six naval planes. The “Black,” or attack- ing, forces will be commanded by Rear Admiral O. G. Murfin, cn the flagship Omaha, a cruiser of 7,500 tons, while | the defending forces, or “Blues,” will be commanded by Brig. Gen. S. D. Embich, commanding the 3d Coast Ar- lllllcry District, with headquarters at Fort Monroe. The Army also will have the aid in the water operations in- vclved by a few surface vessels and naval aircraft, commanded by Rear Admiral G. H. Burrage. Fort Story, at Cape Henry, admit tedly one of the strongest coast de- fense forts in the United States, will bear the brunt of the “enemy” attack and will be assisted by two Army blimps and several Army planes based |- on Langley Pleld. REVOLT PLOT BARED Former Mexican General and Three Cthers Are Ordered Arrested. MEXICO CITY, May 19 (#).—The Sixth District Court today ordered formal arrest 61 Mario Sanchez Mar- tinez, retired general, and three others accused of plotting to overthrow the government. Charges against five alleged fellow conspirators were dropped for lack of evidence. They have been held under gmmmn detention since their appre- ension 10 days ago when police raided & house where they are alleged to have held subversive meetings. colored laborer, at the District morgue | toda; called at his office at the opposite end | he made his first examination after the | - : 'Jeans Sees Answer | To Blast Theory Regarding Universe | 1 | | Tells | D. C. Audience Solution Will Come in Two or Three Years. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. | 1Is creation exploding like a shell, with the universe, of which the earth is a part | only, one of the innumerable flying frag- | ments which are being hurled with | incredible speed into the infinite vast- ness of nothing? This question, which is the most diffi- cult of the major problems before | astronomers, will be answered within | the next two or three years, Sir James | | Jeans, former secretary of the Royal| Society and one of the world's foremost | | mathematical astronomers, told a dis-| tinguished audience which packed the | National Museum to its doors last night. | Sir James, a research assoclate of | the @arnegie Institution of Washington, had just come from a conference at Mount Wilson, Calif., with Dr. Edwin R. Hubble, whose recent observations of the ap?arcnl behavior of spiral nebulae— universes of billions of stars comparable to the Milky Way system, which in- cludes all the visible stars and of which “ (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) i 1 G000 WILL MEETING DS WITH DICORD { 1 :Hisses Follow Gerard’s Re- 1 fusal of Resolution Against Maneuvers. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, May 19.—A meeting of 500 persons in celebration of “Interna- tional Good-will day” ended in disco: last night. | It broke up with hisses, cheers !Hd; organ music when James W. Gerard, | formerly Ambassador to Germany, who | was presiding, refused to put a motion offer=d by John Haynes Holmes, clergy- | man, condemning the current Army air | maneuvers as “monstrous, arrogant and | shameless.” ! Denounce War. | The meeting was at Town Hall, a | civic forum on West Forty-third street. | | For several hours George Gordon Bat- | tle, Channing Pollock, Rabbi Israel SECRETS OF NEW. PLANES REVEALED Fast Ford Bomber and Flying | Torpedo Are Among Ex- hibits at Dayton. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON, Aviation Editor of The Star. | FIELD HEADQUARTERS, FIRST AIR DIVISION, FAIRFIELD AIR DE- POT, Ohio, May 19.—The veil of secre- cy which has surrounded some of Uncle Sam’s fighting planes of tomorrow was partly lifted here today, revealing aerial ! weapons unlike anything in the skies| today, some of them well on the way toward production, others still in the early experimental stages. ‘The first glimpse was given of an all-metal bombardment plane, designed and built after months of effort by en- gineers of Henry Ford, erstwhile zealous advocat? of international peace. If Mr. Ford’'s new bomber lives up to expeota- tions when Ittd(:k; the air ltmllml!d ve a most deadly wea) ¢ ,000 pounds of bombs, full crew and full Joad at 2 speed of 160 miles an hour, 12,000 feet above ths surface of | the earth and capable of climbing with full load to an altitude of 4 miles. In many respects it is cne of the mcst interesting bombers yet devised, | reflecting in warlike gea: genius which has marked Ford's peace-time developments. Mountings are provided for three guns, two sweeping above the top of the fusilage, one covering tho approaches from below. The bomb bay opening resembles the working of a| double-doored roll-top desk. Entirely New Throughout. ‘Though the plene represents in gen- eral appearance the Ford tri-motored | transport, 1t is an entirely new plane throughout, Army officers point out, and it would be impossible to convert any of the transport planes into bomb- ers. The Ford bomber is powered with three supercharged radial engines | which do not begin to deliver full pow- | er until tne plans reaches an altitude | of more than two miles. At this point | Jack Cunningham, who bears a reputation as a police informer, lay near death at Emergency Hospital to- day, the latest victim of & small-time racketeer's gun, as Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, declared the department is doing “everything legally p]oomble" to cope with the crime situa- tion Maj. Pratt at the same time renewed his plea for a vagrancy law with “teeth” as a means of ridding Washington of its unlawful element. He belleves the re- cent series of hold-ups, shootings and murders could have been precluded, certainly to a la degree, if the po- H_ce md some nt weapon to deal ::x‘:uhwl;l zuebr:i nn::len .and other les before the; “’X'“ . ; y commit an stringent vagrancy law such as he advocated upon taking office several years ago, he thinks, would be effective. Cunningham, who is 50 years old, was returning home from the first pre- cinct police station early today when a murderous fire was leveled at him from a g motorist, a bullet cutting the md‘l‘n:xm At t':l,e police station he talking Precinct Detecti J. A. Mostyn of the vice ad. i Questioned by police, ham insisted he did not know who shot him. “I'm too sick to talk,”-he ted in response to the questions of the detec- tives, who fear he may die before they can get his story. “I don't know who | did 1t.” Five Bullets Fired. Cunningham was shot at the back steps of his apartment, near I Fourteenth streets, by on‘é of five bull‘: fired at short range from a roadster o T e S ween H ane - Meglfll lm’e‘:m B unningham had started up the stee! mmuum the mbul.ldln'“pwhw th: roa passed. cour. the bullet, which el 81 it of the abdomen entered at the pit of al and shattered against the backbone, he must have wheeled to face ::hx:a“ Jjust as the shots were Although the automobile was little more than an arm's length away, the injured man denied he occupant or that a m him as he was m%. the steps. In the second-floor ' it just above, the victim's wife, Mrs, Helen Cunningham, heard the shots and a moment “ later her husband’s cry for nlhrt“mce. ‘When h:he ran downstairs, sevel persons d thered about Cunningham, where h': landing. Police were holding five men for questioning today, although they ad- mitted none of them was a likely sus- pect. g’ld-h": :rle‘u mu::? when they appeared a e hospital to inquire m Cunningham’s condition, and the other two later. nningham went to the precinet about midnight and left 20 minutes later to go home. Police were working on the theory that a “personal enemy” of Cunnin 's saw him walking home and trailed him to the alley. No evidence has been developed to link the attack with the fatal shooting Sunday night of Talley Day, although the speed begins to rival that of the little single seaters. At that height it can fly with full load on two motors. | Another startling development is a | little radio controlled plane which has | been flown experimentally with a view | to sending it out without a pilot at the controls. If the idea can be developed | is _belie &) Al PRESID_EN?’S BARGE DUE TO REACH CITY TODAY‘ Boat Will Be Given Berth at Navy | Yard to Await Orders From ‘White House. CHESAPEAKE DEFENSES | Goldstein and Mrs. James L. Laidlaw | The 50-foot motor boat, formerly the | ate barge of the captaln of the U.| _ policz admitted that angle will be vest'gated. The first trio arrested identified them- selves as George W. Mattingly, 31, of the 500 block cf Sixth street; Joseph Harvey, 34, of Great Falls, Va., and Hy- man Novoselsky, of the 3300 block of B street southeast. All Deny Knowledge. ‘The fourth man, who gave his name as Arthur Thomas Sheehan, 28, of the 800 blcck of Eleventh street, was picked up near the scene of the shooting. Po- lice also arrested Shockey Yudelevit, 31, of the 1600 block of Allison street, after one of the suspects had remarked he might “know something.” * -All were bocked for investigation at No. 1 precinct station, where they denied knowledge of the shooting. Sheshan, Novcselsky and several oth- ers in the vicinity heard shots and ran to_the scene. Edwin H. Connick, employed at a sub- | denounced war as brutal and uncivil- | Priv I iaed . 8. Arizona, which has been recondi- | g | toned for the use of the President and | Then Mr. Holmes offered & resolu- | Mrs. Hoover, is expected to arrive in | | Chesapeake Bay area embracing tre | ;-SLOD the air maneuvers and to prevent | this “desecration of international good | will” and “wanton expense in a period | of acute economic distress.” | Heckling Starts. | In refusing to put the motion Mr. | | Gerard said that the audience should | | have faith enough in America to real- | |ize that the maneuvers were not hos- | itle_gestures. | “We are at war right now with a nation of murderers who have destroyed | religion,” he added. | ganterruptions here became frequent. One heckler called for a rising vote on the resolution and many in the audience | stood up. The organ was played in an effort to stop the verbal confusion. 400, MOSTLY CHILDREN, | STRICKEN BY POISON| | | I ! Milk Supply for Asylum Found| g Adulterated—Two May Die. | By the Associated Press. GUADALAJARA, Mexico, May 19.— Four hundred children and employes of | | the Guadalajara Orphans’ Asylum to- | day were suffering from poisoning be- ;Hev!d to have originated in adulterated | milk. Pifty of the poison victims are in serious condition, and two of them | may die. | _All available doctors were rushed to the asylum when the poison began to affect the inmates yesterday, and Gov. |Isnacio de la_Mora personally took | charge of the situation. | It was found that milk regularly sup- plied to the asylum had been mixed with formol. Although they protested their innocence, the concessionaire and 10 employes of the asylum, through whose hands the milk passed before be! given to the inmates, were app! pending & 3mfl¢lmm | tion petitioning President Hoover to| Washington late this afternoon. It will given aberth at the Navy Yard, | where it will be constantly kept .n readiness for orders from the White House. | This_eraft was reconditioned to re- | place the luxurious though small motcr { launch which- has been at the Navy Yard for the President’s use since he | abandoned the presidential yacht May flower upon entering office. The IAtter | boat was found to be too small for the: presidential purgoses. President Hoover, used this launch only once during the past two years, but Mrs. Hoover fre- quently used the boat to take friends on short cruises on the Potomac River. | ment, (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) EX-BANK HEAD CHARGED Detroit Warrant Alleges Misappli- cation of $200,000. DETROIT, May 19 (®P).—Robert M. Allen, former president of the American State Bank, was charged with embezzle- , abstraction and misapplication of $200,000 of the bank's funds in a war- rant issued today. Allan is charged with transferring $2,360,000 from the bank's general re- serve to his own personal account. The $200.000 mentioned is claimed to com- prise several specific transfers. GAS COMPANY LOSER IN APPEAL FROM §85 AWARD IN BILL SUIT | Writ of Error in Municipal Court Verdict Denied. Edward Taylor Claimed Charge Excessive. The District Court of Appeals has denied the Georgetown Gas Light Co. a writ of error .in a Municipal Court verdict that awarded them only $85 of a gas bill for $246 which Edward E. Taylor, 5120 Thirty-ninth street, had not paid because he belleved it exces- | t. sively high A fury before Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly on April 14 granted the gas company approximately one-third of the bill sent Taylor follo testimony introduced by the defense that the bill for the year in question was for more than t - it requested the Favioraf heating._plant e award aylor nt awa the ;efien"‘m'l b brough “for -the the exact amount of o raylbr received bills totaling ¥ onsumed by the heatel ir for ‘Ta! for August 24, 1928, to May 28, 1929, defense déclaring that the heater was run 24 hours me:ch da this com) conces the size of fi. hepn‘nntg. but t’-nxtlg to receive satisfaction. Evidence was inf