Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast). Local thundershowers tonight morrow; slightly cooler tonight; cooler tomorrow and tomorrow night. ‘Temperatures—Highest yesterday; lowest, 67, at 4 Full report on B-7. New York Markets t and to- t, 90, at 4 pm. am. today. Closed Today. No. 31,805. post_office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. b WASHINGTON, - GO ARMY PLANES GVECAPTAL VW OFAERALTACT Column 20 Miles Long Passes | in Review as Climax of Record Maneuvers. GIANT BOMBERS IN WAR PAINT OPEN EXHIBITION Air Attack, Squadron Dive and “Dog Fight” Are Features of Program. BY JOSEPH 8. EDGERTON. Fresh from the triumphs of the great- est air maneuvers the world has seen, | more than 1,000 fighting pilots, fying eadets and National Guard aviators gomposing the 1st Air Division today wrote the final chapter in the account of two weeks of heroic endeavors in a woaring Memorial day salute from the fmotors of 600 combat planes to the Na- #lon's dead in Arlington National Eemetery. In & close-massed aerial column 20 niles long, the Nation's fighting squad- yons, bearing the insignia of battles and victories in France and of glowing achievement in peace-time aeronautics, passed in review early this afternoon above the Potomac between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington Cemetery. Upon the soaring yellow wings which passed over the Capital today in the world’s mightiest aerial review the Na- tion must depend for the aerial defense of its coasts in case of national emer- gency. ‘There was symbolism in rich profu- sion in today's huge aerial demonstra- tion. As the squadrons passed in review they cast their shadows across the Lincoln Memorial, erected to the memory of the President, under whom the first military aviation unit in the United States functioned, during the Civil War, when balloon observation first played a part in military operations. Passes Over Mount Vernon. Continuing on down the Potomac, the column passed above Mount Vernon, heme of the first President, who ex- pressed a belif that part of man's future lay in the air. The review, seen by Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley from & span of the sti!l uncompleted Arlingion Memorial Bridge, followed a spectacular demon- stration of modern aerial warfare by three cf the most famous squadrons in | the Army Air Corps, representing the three aerial combat branches. ‘Tha combat demonstration started at 11:30 o'clock, when nine it Condor bombardment planes, largest military planes used by the Army, took off from Bolling Field, where they stopped for Tefueling after a morvung flight from Langley Field. The great bers com-~ pose the 11th Bombardment Squadron, Rockwell Field, Calif, under coramand of Lieut. Charles H. Howard. Colorful in their war paint, including the famous “Jiggs” insignia and fero- cious “fighting faces” painted over the noses of the great planes, the squadron demonstrated formations used for high | and low altitude bombardment and for defensive fighting. While the formation circled ponder- ously over the river the swift single- seaters of the world-famous 95th Pur- suit Squadron, one of the original La- fayette Escadrille, were taking off from Bolling Field under command of Capt.: Frank O'D. “Monk” Hunter, victor over nine enemy planes in aerial combats in France and leading war ace in the active mervice. Fighters Attack Bombers. The 95th, 18 plan:s strong, also hails from Rockwell Field, and was selected by competition from all the pursult ' squadrons of the Army to demonstrate pursuit combat tactics. » Climbing swiftly, in close battle for- mation, the little fighting planes, whoss sole mission is the destruction of enemy aircraft, first appeared high above the lumbering bombers. Capt. Hunter wag- led his wings, droppsd his nose and, ollowed by the 17 screaming planes of his squadron, dove at terrific speed on the bombers. Pulling upward with the deep- throated roar which marks the close of s pursuit attack, Capt. Hunter split| his squadron into three flights of six | planes each, and down they came on' the bombers again in the famous “split” or “three-way” attack, which envelops the target in a flailing torrent of lead from all directions. As the bombers withdrew the pursult; FIVE BILLION BUILDING STABILIZES BUSINESS Statistical Expert Considers An- nual Construction Outlay Im- portant Trade Factor. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 30.—The Nation's annual outlay of $5,000,000,000 for new eonstruction is an important aubmnr} in the balance sheet of American busi- | wess, in the opinicn of L. Seth Schnit- Shan, cafer statistician or F. W. Dodge Corporation. ‘Writing in the current issue of Gen- | eral Building Contractor, he finds the “future not without hope.” “Revival mneed not wait upon all those further mecessary adjustments which will doubtless occur,” be says. “In a com- | plex economic scheme where the price of silk at Tokio affects the sale of auto- mobiles in Detroit, or where the price of steel at Pittsburgh dictates the de- mand for housing, no precise just- ment may ever be completely effected. “None the less, with many of our world commodities such as cotton, rub- ber, tin, copper and the like selling below production costs, it is reason- mble to expect that this condition mey soon bring about its adjustments. “After all, an annual $5,000,000,000 outlay for new construction in the United States is, in these trying times, an important stabilizer in the balance sheet of American business.” “Whether the end of the current de- pression be closé hand is now diffi- cult to determine,” he says. is sure and that is that the forces making for revival in business are now more closely attuned than they. have been at any other time since the Ground Assault,| ¢ Directs Air Review] BRIG. GEN BENJAMIN D. RAIL DEPRESSION SEENNEARING END Historical Other Slumps Shows Two Years Is Term. FOULOIS. Note—This is the second of a series of articles on the condition of the railroads and possitle methods of relie). The third article will appear tomorrow. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The depression in business, beginning in the Fall of 1929, hit the railroads terrifically hard. The record shows that from the year 1921 until 1929, with few recessions, the freight busi- ness of the roads was constantly on the increase, reaching in 1929 the highest peak in the history of the railroads. The freight traffic in 1930 declined about 14 per cent under that of 1929, or to the level of 1924. The decline in the loading of revenue freight in 1931 up through the middle of May, as com- pared to a similar period in 1930, amounts to 17.9 per cent, and when this loading of revenue freight is compared to that of a similar period in 1929, the decline averages 24.7 per cent. Rallroad officials will tell you that railway traffic statistics proved them- selves a faithful index of general busi- ness conditions in 1930. that be the case, the results so far of the freight business of the roads in 1931 is not a hopeful indication for business in this year. Going back over a period of 40 years, however, and ° studying the revenue ton-miles of all the steam railroads of the United States, statisticlans find five major downward movements, in 1894, 1908, 1914, 1921 and 1930. While these reactions varied in intensity, none of the earier four lasted longer than two years and some of them no more than one year. From this, they argue, 1f history repeats itself, while the freight trafic may or may not show an increase in 1931 over 1930, it should be well on the upgrade by 1932. They say this in the face of the fact that the railroads are now facing keener and greater competition from motor trucks and busses, pipe lines and waterways than ever before, feeling that the roads must still play & major part in the transportation system of the country. Passenger Traffic Declining. ‘The rallroads have been forced more and more to rely upon their freight traffic for their great source of reve- nue and less upcn their passenger traffic. For example, a study of the curve of revenue passenger mile, which is just a shorter way of saying the number of miles passengers were carried on the payment of fares, from 1920, the peak, to 1930, shows a con- (Continued on B-7, Column 6.) GOLD MINTED BY MEXICO $1,000,000 Added to Circulation in Hope of Boosting Silver. MEXICO CITY, May 30 (#).—About $1,000,000 in gold h2s been minted by the governm:nt during the last 10 days in an effort to supp’y the pubilc demand end to impiove the exchange value of the silver peso. ‘The government feels that with an increased ratio of gold in circulation taere will be a corresponding increase in the value of silver, The normal velue of the silver peso is 3 per cent below gold, but it now is quoted at 27 per cent below. Record of Five| SMALLG.A.R. UNIT JOIN PROCESSION INHONOR OF DEAD Parade Precedes Ceremonies in Open-Air Amphitheater at Arlington. ADDRESSES BY DRAIN AND R. C. JOHNSON LISTED National Memorial Day xeynote‘ ‘Will Be Sounded by Hoover From Valley Forge. | Where thourands of younger men in | blue gathered on historic Pennsylvania avenue for former observances of Me- | morial day, today only a small de- | tachment of the Grand Army of the Republic mingled with the sturdier veterans of later wars in the annual pligrimage to Arlington National Cem- etery. Dept. Comdr. Samuel G. Mawson gathered about him on the south side of the Avenue between Seventh and Ninth streets only a few of the 119 Grand Army veterans remaining in| Washington who were physically able to | withstand the rigors of an all-day pro- gram. Others of the diminishing num- bers purposely stayed out of the pa- rade because of duties assigned them at other cemeteries. Headed by the United States Marine Band, the small ceiachment of Union | soldiers, augmented by veterans of the Spanish and Indian Wars and khaki- clad boys and men of the World War, marched up the Avenue to Fifteenth | street, rounded the Treasury and turned south in Seventeenth. At Constitution avenue the march ended and the ranks dispersed to assemble again at 12:45 o'clock for the official ceremonies of the day in the open-air amphitheater at Arlington. Charies W. McCaflrey acted as chief marshal of the parade. Drain and Johnson to Speak. ‘The G. A. R. posts assigned to other cemeteries, where memorial exercises | will be held during the day, were: Kit| Carson Post, No. 2; Lincoln Post, No. 3; | Phil Sheridan Post, No. 6: Burnside Post, No. 8, and Charles Sumner Post, No. 9. They are all that remain of the former 20 active G. A. R. posts in Washington, whose rolls once boasted | of thousands of members. At the National Cemetery, across the Potomac, in Virginia, once the home of| Gen. Robert E. Lee of the Confederacy, 10,000 American flags, placed by Boy Scouts yesterday, waved over the graves in Ariington. There, Jaxes A. Drain, a former national commander of the! American Legion, and Reprasentative Royal C. Johnson of South Dakota, chairman of the last House Vaterans' Committee, are scheduled to deliver the principal Memorial day addresses to the assembled thousands. President Hoover is in Valley Forge, where he is to sound the national Memorial day keynote, and Vice Presi- dent Curiis is the speaker at the an- nual Gettysburg exercises. Another impressive service at th> Tomb of the Unknown Soldler, at| Arlington, is scheduled for today. when Greco-Americans will join in a tribute. C_Simopoulos, Minister of Greece, was among the representatives of the Arer- ican Hellenic Educational Progressive Association who were to present a bronze memorial tablet for the white sepulchre. Wilson Tomb Decorated. As President Hoover traveled toward Valley Forge the White House sent & military aide to the Washington Cathedral early today, who placed a wreath on the tomb of Woodrow Wilson in Bethlehem Chapel. Wreaths also were placed on the tomb of Admiral George Dewey in the same chapel, and at services later Right Rev. James E. Freeman, bishop of Washington, deliv- ered a Memorial day sermon. A delegation from the George Dewey Camp of the Spanish-American War Veterans placed the wreath on that naval hero's tomb and also a wreath upon the tomb of his widow, who died recently. Later other wreaths were placed by the Capt. Joseph B. Coghlan (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) CRACK-UP KILLS THREE Pilot and Passengers of Plane Die! in Airport Crash. MADISON, Wis., May 30 (#).—Law- rence Fischnick, 39, pilot, and two pas- sengers, indentified by police as Ed Rastree and Ed Briby, all of Madison, | were killed at the Madison Airport today as their plane crashed in an| attempted landing. 1 Fischnick and his companions had ' taken off for the automobile races at Indianapolis shortly after 4 a.m. After rising several hundred feet in & heavy fog, witnesses said, Fischnick apparently decided to return and awalt more favor- able flying conditions. The plane circled the fleld once, nosed sharply from an altitude of about 100 feet and struck the ground, bursting into flames. 'POFE’S “BLACK CAT” MYSTERY PLOT RELIVES IN MURDER OF WOMEN! Wife and Adopted Daughter of Prominent Educator Found Buried Under Concrete of Fish Pool. 7 the Associated Press. BELVEDERE, Kent, England, May 30.—Scotland Yard today was seeking the solution of cne of the strangest myst:ries it has hed in many years, the discovery last night of the bodies of a mother and her d2ughter buried under an artificial fish pond on a fine suburb:n estate here. The women were Mrs. Meude Lewis, handsome 50-year-old wife cf Cl Frederick Lewis, a prominent educator, nd their daughier, Freda, a Ilcvely, vi- vaclous girl of 20, whom they adopted after her parents had died in the Lusi- tania disaster. ‘The police are looking for Mr. Lewis, but so far they have been unable to find him. The women were buried in their nightclothes and beside them was inter- red their pet dog. They had been dead several days when the bodies were rwdnd. “There w:re no signs cf violence an ice were inclined to belleve the; n polsoned, J 4 4 manifest.” had Last Tuesday, the neighbors said, everything seemed normal at the Lewis home. The next day the house was silent as though the family had gone away. Yesterday friends of the family re- celved & number of extraordinary I ters, one of which said that Mrs. Lewis ;::“mda had been killed in an acci- The police were notified and last night they searched the house and grounds. Under the concrete of the new fish pond they made their grue- he Lewis family was lar. Mr. Lewis is a tall, d!stinml‘::gg man of 60. one of the assistant directors of edu- cation for County Kent, the choirmas- ter at the local church and active in the civic affairs of the district. Mrs. Lewls was described by those who knew here as the ideal wife and mother. Freda, one of the most - h:nrhmwwn,m-wdylnlm- come & teachesy ¢ Foen A, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, MAY 30, DECORATION DAY, 1931. 1931-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ing Star. * FRENCH WILL SHIP GUINAN GANG BACK White Horse and All Ordered Out on First Liner—Gay Boat Parties Blamed. By the Associated Pre PARIS, May .— Texas Guinan and her “gang” of 30 Broadway Blondes cannot enter France for busi- ness or for pleasure. The director of the Surete Generale, responsible for policing France, told the Associated Press today that the French g-vernment had refused ad- mission to the American night club hostess and that the decislon was finzl. No reason was given. Officials of the French line tele- phoned from Havre that they had re- celved Instructions from the govern- ment to eend the party and their white horse back to the United States on the first bcat. They probably will sail on the liner Paris Wednesday for New York. Would Plead Case. The queen of the Broadway night clubs told ths Associated Press today et Havre that her manager, John Sten, already had gone to Paris and an Harry Pilcer, manager of the Paris night club in which she and her P had expected to appear, would try to arrange for her to go to Paris to plead her case there before the highest au- thorities. Texas left the third-class hotel, in which she and her girls had been quar- tered since their arrival at Havre from America yesterday, to lunch at the Ho- tel Frascati. There she told of her new plan,of campaign. “I cannot believe that I will be re- fused permission to go to Paris alone to plead my case with the premier,” she said. “I am not asking to bring my girls yet. All I ask is a chance to speak fcr myself, and I will bet any amount and give odds that when they have heard me they will let me in with the rest of the gang.” ‘When she was told that the directors of the Surete Generale, responsible for policing France, had announced that she would be refused entrance and that this decision was final, Texas grinned and declared: ‘Withholds Plans. “A good architect never talks about his plans until they are finished. I have dozens. If I cannot get into Paris, I will go to Berlin or Italy. If that fails, I can start my club on one of the transatlantic liners. Two steam- ship companies already have made me offers.” Texas scoffed at reports that she was uncomfortable in the Hotel Trans- atlantique. Miss Guinan, who served as a camp entertainer in France during the World War, was asked if she was going to make a plea for admission to France on that basis. “That is my idea of poor sportsman- ship,” she declared. “I am not coming into France on any sob-sister story or on what I did in the war. I will come in on my record as an entertainer or not at all.” Contract Not Visaed. Havre police said they understood that the contract under which the entertainers were to perform in a Paris cabaret had not been visaed by the Ministry of Labor before they left New York. La Guinan and her “pals” will be ellowed to remain in the waterfront emigrant hotel in which they were quartered last night. She said yester. day she might take the girls on a world tour to broaden their viewpcint or t> some port on the Mediteranean. The officlai reason given was that the party left New York with tourist passports which specified the period for which they could remain, whereas, in order to work, they should have been given special visaes by the French consulate general. 7 It was understood also in official circles that information telling of gay parties aboard the Paris on the trip across the Atlantic had reached the French police. These stories, together with reports that the British govern- ment had refused them entrance, were believed on authority to bave entered into the decision. ————— RAIN HITS RACE Light Drizzle at Indianapolis Not Expected to Last Long. INDIANAPOLIS, May 30 (#).—A light, drizzling rain began to fall at 4 o'clock here this morning. The weather is turning slightly cooler. Indications were that the rain would soon subside. e 7 It Takes a Goed Man |To Know Own Coeat {Hoover and Patterson | Switch Garments Twice to Solve Problem. | By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, May 30.—President Hoover and George Stuart Patterson, | president of the Union League, in the | matter of overcoats, were right for the | Airst time. Although they know this now, their uncertainty last night caused a mix-up in the cloak room of the club which afforded many witnesses considerable amusement. The situation came about when Mr. Hoover put on an overcoat and de- | cided it was not his. The President | and Mr. Patterson exchanged garments. ‘They_started again for the door, when the President placed his hand in a pocket of the overcoat and found a can of tobacco. Realizing he had been ht in the first place, mu:rufli‘tl’\:. la:hn slvnflicdl'elfl: coats, rently enjoying the incident as uenfyp:a those about glm CATHOLIC CLUBS N ROME CL0SED |Government Action Taken in Fascism’s Controversy With Vatican. By the Associated Press. ROME, May 30.—The government to- day closed all the Catholic clubs in Rome as the first official step in the controversy between Fascism and the Vatican, which has resulted in disorders over the past several days. Police who were gent to the clubs re- to vacate immediately. They tcok inventories of the contents, giving one copy to the ecclesiastic as- sistant of each club, then sealed the premises. The first club closed was the noted “Scaletta,” attached to the Church of St. Ignatius, where police told the at- tendants that the closing order would remain in effect for several days. ‘The police would not comment on their orders and it could not be learned whether the measure would be applied in other Italian cities. In some circles it was believed that | the government may have acted to pro- tect the clubs from violence by remov- ing the attendants and placing the | premises under official seal. DIAMOND IS TAKEN Hospital to Await Trial June 8. By the Assoclated Press. ALBANY, N. Y, May 30.— Sur- rounded by seven troopers, heavily armed, in four open cars, Jack (Legs) Diamond, gangster chieftzin, was taken from Albany Hosrital today and started back to the Greene Ccunty jail at Cat- skill to await trial June 8. Diamond has been in the hospital since April 27 when ambushed at the Aratiga Inn near Cairo. TOLL OF MINE BLAST RISES TO FIVE DEATHS Tunnel Explosion at Mount Car- mel, Pa., Injures Trio. Four Escape. {In Depression Days| quested the secretaries and attendants | - TOJAIL UNDER GUARD Gangster Chieftain Leaves Albany o jured, | Here, in the DELAYED BY WIND. ASH MAY HOPTODAY American Figures Lull Period | in G:tting Heavy Plane Off Ground in Japan. By the Associated Press. | SAMUEHIRO, Japan, May 30.—Un- favorable winds caused Thomas Ash, §-.. to postpone his take-off tsdey on e projected non-stop solo flight across the | Pacific, but sfter consulting villegers he tentatively decided to start between 4 and 6 o'clock tomorrow morning (2 to, ‘4 pm. Saturday, Eastern standard time). Villagers agreed that the prevailing wind was quietsst during those hours jand would give the ycung Americen fiyer his best chance to get his he: | lcaded plene off the beach. The sa'p will camy 1,020 gallons of gasoline, = load of sbout 3,000 pounds. | Landing Time Figured. | Barting by daylight, Ash figured h- | would reach Puget Sound b:fore day- light of the third day, but with a take. | Off here at dawn he probably would ar- | rive off the American coast during the | darkness of early Monday. He decided | {to chance this and rely upon flarss to guide him over the great circle stzam- | ship lane to a landing in the Puget | Sound region. A cold, strong west wind swept across the beach at 7 o'clock this morning, “Any attempt to take off in this cross-wind with my load would have | been suicidal,” Ash said. Eager to Get Started. ! Ash seemed eager to get started on his attempted conquest of one of the | ‘stormiest regions in the world. From | :the Bering Sea storms sweep over the | Aleutian Islands, extending wes.ward i from Alaska onto the Pacific. Typhoons are not unusual along the Kurile Is- | lands, north of Japan. He announced that he had decided to land at Seattle, in the hope of re- celving a $25,000 prize offered by busi- ness men there for the first non-stop fiight from Tokio to Seatile, sceking modification of the rules requiring a start from within 30 miles of Tokio. SI;nm.hlro is 380 miles from the cap- | ital. TWO SHOT IN HOLD-UP OF POOL ROOM BY TRIO | Pittsburgh Robbers Flee in Auto | After Lining Up 25 Pay-Day Patrons and Taking All By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, 'May 80.—Twenty- | five men were lined up, their faces to the wall, by three robbers in a Renton pool room early today. = One of the holdup men singled out "GEMWI,ZS and shot him in e throat. As Pokuski lay writhing on the floor, one of the robbers announced: “That's just in case any of you guys think we don’t mean business.” Then the trio took money, jewelry and other belongings, even lead pencils, from the men. As they were leaving, John Ronaco, 22, remonstrated with the holdup men. One of them turned and shot Ronaco. Pokuski and Ronaco are in serious condition in a hospital. The robbers fled in a automobile. Police were unable to learn the| amount of the loot, but yesterday was | | pay day at the Renton Mines and all the men were carrying considerable sums of money, detsctives sald. ! gre unempioyed, all kno the hour originally set for the start. | Ul Associated service. UP) Means Associated PRESIDENT ASKS COURAGE INVALLEY FORGE OF TODAY Washington’s Example Held Up to Vast Memorial Day Gathering. RESPONSIBILITY SEEN FOR EVERY CITIZEN Ovation Marks Conclusion of Me- moriel Day - Addres=—Sun Causes Discomfort. . By the Associated Press. VALLEY FORGE, Pz, May 30— President Hoover today called on the country to extricate itself from an economic Valley Forge by showing the qualities of steadfastness and resource- fulness shown by Washington and his men on this camp ground during the bitter Winter of 1777-78. Spcaking to a vast Memorial day crowd gathered under a blazing sun, the Chiet Executive warned against seeking an “easy way out” of present diffizultes | and emphatically expressed the belief | the country would meet the challenge cf hard times with the same courag: shown by Washington and his men. The crowd vhich the Pres'dent ad- dre-sed was flung cut far along a hill- theater around the decorated speakers’ stand. cide were members of the famous Phila- delphia 1st Troop of City Cavalry, the charier members of which acted as bodyguard to Gen. Wash'ngton. Their brilliant_colonial uniforms added color to an already colorful scene. Thousands in Shirt Sleeves. ‘Thousands of men stocd in their shirt sleeves and many wemen carried multi- colored sun shades, and found need for | i them. As the President spoke perspiration formed on his forchead znd trickled cown his face. He was annoyed eral tim~3 by airp'anes dron ng overhe “This pzculiar ificance of Valle: Forge in our Amecrican annals should sirike us 2]l with especial force in this ca;‘t‘:’vlar moment of our national life,” he said, The American people are going through encther Valley Forge at this time. To each ¢nd every on 5 an_hour ot unusual stress end trial. 5 enziety . 8o, t on is ke 3 o' cct Mculties insi- 12 a world-wice cepressicn. These rary reverses in the march of progress have been in part the ;analty of exce's ot grecd, of failure of crops nalign inheritances of the d a storm of other World ‘War forces beyond our control. Far-Reaching Effect. “Thelr far-reaching effects have fallen it vho were in no oir causes. Many savings cf a lifetime, many w the misgiv- ings of doubt and grave concern for the future.” The War for Independence, of which Valley Forge was a giorious part, he have lost tie | said, "is still being fought, but at this time the aitack is again:t the “clam that government is the source of all wisdom " “We know,” he declared emphatical- “that the scurce of wisdom is in people: that the people can win ancw the victory.” It is the common sense of the com- mon man, he added, and the traditions and memories of all those who fought for American independence and its preservation which will meet present difficulties 2nd rescue the country from its_trial and stress. Time and again the President was (Continued on Pags 3, Column 1) Ceccipis 'TENNESSEE FACING EXECUTIVE PROBLEM Senate Speaker, Who Would Suc- ceed Govermor if Im- peached, Resigns. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn.,, May 30.—While members of the Lower House of the legislature today considered impeach- ment proceedings against Gov. Henry H. Hcrton, Senators directed their at- tention to providing for a successor to the executive should he be ousted. Since Tennessee has no lieutenant- governor, the speaker of the Senate is next in line, and Speaker Scott P. Fitz- hugh resigned yesterday simultaneously with presentation of one article of im- peachment against Horton. No action was taken on either the impeachment article or election of a successor to Fitzhugh before the week end adjourn- ment last night. ‘The impeachment article accused Horton of entering into a conspiracy with Col. Luke Lea, newspaper pub- lisher, and Roger Caldwell, financier, to use the machinery of the State govern- ment to promote their financial gain in exchange for their political influence to keep him in office. The committee reporting the im- | peachment article said it was only one of several to be submitted. The others are to presented Tuesda: the end of the week befc Agile Sportsmen—~Catches . | By the Associated Press. SANTA MONICA, Cal the shadow of are 1if., May 30— the to “run” ‘There is rejoicing nmn& of this incredible fish with the queer a myth to the uninitiated, GRUNION “HUNTERS” ANTICIPATE BOUNTEOUS YEAR AS RUN STARTS Fish Come to Beach Sands for Spawning and Are Prey to Are Measured by Bushel. the hunters | sands. Flenking the stand on_each! Y| Additional of us it - - ‘The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,833 TWO CENTS. 1450 TAKE T0 BOATS AS STEAMER HITS ROCKS IN PACIFIC Excursionists Were on Way From San Francisco to Los Angeles and San Diego. ORDERED NOT TO LAND BECAUSE OF DANGERS Prepare for Rescue at Point Ar- guello, Where Seven U. §. De- stroyers Went to Pieces. LOS ANGELES, Calif, May 30 (#)—The Navy cruiser Louisville at 7:45 am. arrived alongside the coastwise steamer Harvard, which went ashore early today at Point Arguello, 50 miles northwest of Santa Barbara. Work of transferring to the cruiser the more than 450 pas- sengers who had been lowered in lifeboats was begun, radio advices to the Los Angeles Steamship Co. said. By the Associated P: | SAN FRANCISCO, May 30.—Wire- ;lm reports from the coastwise steamer ‘le\'lrd. which went onto the rocks | 220 mil:s scuthwest of here early today, |said all her 450 pas:eng:rs had been |side which formed a natural amphi-!Put out in lifeboats, but that the boats | hed been crdered not to land because jof the danger of rocks. The Hervard, loaded with excursion- ists cn their way from San Francisco to Los Angeles and San Diego, struck the points of Point Arguello, 220 miles fouth of here at 3:30 a.m. Ordered Not to Land. Early reports from the Mackay Radis & Telegraph Co. said all pnssenxs;rs m: n lanaed safely in lifcboats, but later messages from the same source jstated Capt. L. B. Hillsinger of the | Harverd, nu'er putiing out the pas- | sengers in lifeboats, ordered them not to land becausz of canger. : Mackay Teports sald ! Lnes were put out holding the life boats near tce ship pending the ar- rival of the cruiser Louisville, which : Wuscx"?"“d alcngside about 7:30 a.m., AT Southern Pacidc special train was v 8L ta Barbara to go parsicians and nu ine train. ] May Go Aboard Cruiser. i Although us: of tie_train incicated ofii~ia’s of the sicamsslp linc intended j 10 1and the passengers rear the scere | of the wresk, the radis reports | cuggezied th: pa might be | taken eboard the ! The ship was wedged on the rocks near the point wierc s=ven American cestroyers wers dasted to pieces in 1921, after running onto the promon- in a fog. cless o ices said the sea was jecam. There were no repor.s of ccn- {fusicn. A signi [ g was reporeed to heve hampercd res.ue operations at the outse 1 The Harvard, of 3,800 gross tons. is operated by the Los Angoles S saip Co. 'STILL DISCOVERED | “BEHIND” PERFUME {Raid and Arrest of Fcur Men Fol- low Investigations at Ben- senville, Illf By the Assoclated Press. BENSENVILLE, Ill, May 30.—The scents that were wafted about the greenhouse of John Otte were sweet, but not from flowers. County sleuths wondered why this was so until they discovered that the reason was because there was an epparatus in the place rigged up in such a way that perfume was3 sprayed about at certain intervals of the day and night. This, the cfficers said, was to coun- teract the odors of cooking mash, 35,- 000 gallons of which were seized. A still, described as the largest ever found in the county, with a capacity of 500 to 700 gallons of alcohol a day, was |found. Four men were arrested. Farmers neer Bensenville noticed & queer looking fluid flowing through their ditches and reported to Allan Meyers, chief investigator for the State’s attorney, who traced it 2 miles to & drain pipe leading to the greenhoure. The rald followed. DAYS LEAVE ENGLAND ON WORLD PLANE HOP New Jersey Couple Will Fly Across Europe, India and China and Sail Across Pacific. By the Associated Press. HESTON, England, May 30.—Charles H. Day and Mrs. Day of Ridgeweed, N J., took off from Heston Aircrome to- day on the first lap of a projected world air tour. ‘They planned to fly in easy stages across Europe, the Near East, India, Indo-China and China, taking a steamer from Shanghai across the Pa- cific to California. The'z {mmediate trols, Mrs. Day will operate the part of the time. “My machine is pretty nearly fool- proof,” Day said. “We're not out to break speed reccrds. All we want is to promote safe flying. I'd call the plane boratory.” He said he expected the trip would cost less than $3,500, including hotel