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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau “Partly cloudy, dershowers Temperatures—Highest, ufl?; lowest, 66, 2t Full report on page 7. probably scattered thun- today and tomorrow; much change in temperaturt Forecast). not ¥ WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION The Sunday Star. No. 31,820. 1,369— §90000000 DRIVE T0AID UNEMPLOYED No. iy NEXTWINTER URGED| Concerted Campaign of Na- tion’s Relief Agencies Is Planned. ADMINISTRATION BACKS MOVE TO RAISE FUNDS Measure Similar to That of War Time—Red Cross Decides Against Support. A concerted country-wide drive for as much as $90,000,000 to alleviate un- employment hardships next Winter has been proposed under administration auspices to private welfare agencics. 1f the plan is accepted, the National Association of Community Chests and Councils, and possibly the Red Cross of America, will be linked in one great campaign next Fall which will be similar to some of the drives which were staged by soclal organizations during the World War. Officials of the Community Chests have already signified their willing- ness to combine and expand their ef- forts in individual communities and to attempt to make the various local drives simultaneously, so as to drama- tize the project. Officials of the Red Cross last night were said to have de- cided mot to join in the plan. Would Prevent Suffering. “The relief drive would be purely to prevent the suffering that might other- wise take place during the Winler months, despite a slow upturn in busi- ness conditions. However, it would also have in administration eves the virtue of being a means by which vol- untary private co-operation might stave off renewed demands for various forms of doles during the next session. ongress. or?‘l:n:szr call for the raising of at least $80,000,000 by the Comm:‘mty fa‘rl::; if possible sn! the Red Cross should undertake to ta of in the campaign a Quol ]s%l,{)‘no,t?oo to $10,000,000 might be set for it. Wish to Avoid Alarms. i ir plans the SpODSOTS T eal have no desire o alarn the proposal :}f" mupnuy and take into account the fact that there favorable indications trade. On the other out that the revivi of a revival of hand it is p«)flmed al may be :qllow l:l:‘ ing into full fledged prosperi y a o Dloyed M toulder their burdens because of past drains upon their resources. - The plans for a Fall relief campaign were first, suggested to the officlals of the ‘Community Chgsls at a r‘neetvn‘xjg CD which they were invited by Fret s Croxton of Columbus, Ohm._lcE g chairman of President Hoover's .11" ergency Committee on ‘Unemploymen! Chests Favor Propoflls.h i cials of the Community Chests, ‘!gcfll‘l Mr. Hoover has long taken a per- onal interest, were attracted by the pro- posals and on thelr own behalf volun- teered to make available some of their experts and staffs for use in those clties in which their organization is not rep- Tesented. The Community Chests them- Solves cover a very large part of the country and number some 370 dlflcrevnt cities of a population of 25,000 or over in their scope of activities. One obstacle to the program of si- ‘multaneous drivers in the various cities, it was pointed out, lay in the fact thad some cities were accustomed to welfare collections in the Fall and others in the Spring, and that some people might find the Fall drive inconvenient. ‘he hope wa's expressed that this could be raightened out. “ngth the sanction of Mr. Croxton, Allan Burns, executive director of the National Association of Community Chests, has been_conducting negotia- tions with John Barton Payne, chair- man of the Red Cross, to bring that organization into a concerted move- ment for a relief campaign. James L. Fieser, vice president of the Red Cross in charge of domestic activities, said in the absence of Judge Payne that no announcement, as to the attitude of the Red Cross can yet be made, but he con- firmed the fact that Mr. Burns and Judge Payne with the approval of Mr. Croxton, had been discussing a joint campaign. Strange to Red Cross. hould the Red Cross decide to agree tnsthe proposals it would be something of an innovation in policy since its activities have usually been confined to natural catastrophes. It did widen its field of action during the Winter and Spring, when it engaged in a success- ful $10,000,000 drive for drought relief. The argument of those who wish the Red Cross to participate in unemploy- ment relief is that an emergency of this character is on a par with other disasters and that in many parts of the country no adequate Welfare or- ganization exists to meet the needs. During the last few months gains in employment have been made, according %o all official estimates, but a large number of people remain out of work. william Green, president of the Amer- jcan Federation of Labor, on May 27 estimated that there were 5,800,000 un- employed, a reduction of 1,500,000 from the January peak. He urged at that time that steps be taken to meet the possible emergency of next Winter. *We must begin planning at once if we are to prevent widespread suffering,” he saild, warning that “next Winter's suffering may be worse than last.” Barrier to Dole. Voluntary relief efforts on a scale large enough to win general recogni- tion of its efficacy, it is pointed out in administration circles, will be neces- sary to strengthen . the President's hand when the next Congress meets if doles or huge bond issues to provide relief in indirect form are to be fore- stalled. It was against proposals of this sort that the President fought dur- ing the whole of the last session of Congress and he Is likely to face an even more difficult task in keeping the Government out of any dole system at the next session, when he will have only & slim and probably unruly Re- publican mafority behind him. A relief effort by private agencies ahead of the convening of Congress in December would” do much to lessen the possible demaand for Government action, it was believed he | face #s many as 18 men at one time. have been some ver)’I Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. VVASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, '1931—-118 PAGES. INAVY TESTS DEVICE TO SAVE 18 AT TIME FROM SUBMARINE New Bell Will Be Tried Out| on lil-Fated S-4 at New York Navy Yard. Tests Designed for 100-Foot Depth—*“Lung” Still to Be Used—Success Seen. BY REX COLLIER. A new submarine rescue device, em- bodying principles of the diving bell but with novel improvements designed to correct inherent defects of former types, has just been completed by the Navy and will be tested shortly at sea on the salvaged S-4. The bell, known officially as a sub- marine rescue chamber, can be at- tached readily to a sunken submarine | under most adverse conditions and is capable of bringing safely to the sur- Quick returns can be made for remain- ing survivors. ¢ If_the forthcoming tests, to be made | off New London, Conn., are as success- ful ‘as Navy officials anticipate, five of the devices will be built for distribytion to the submarine bases at New London, San Diego, Pearl Harbor, Coco Solo (Cansl Zome) and Cavits, Philippine Islands. _ The rescue chamber will not be a (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) Super-telescope Of Record Range Being Made Here Savant’s Device to Take Photos at Distance of 60 Sextillion Miles An instrument that is expected to 000,000,000 miles into space is under here. It is a 40-inch reflecting telescope | designed on a different principle than jany of the large instruments now in | American _observatories. Prof. G. W. ACAINST CANTON gents Announces Loyalty to Chiang Government. penetrate at least 60,000,000,000,000,- | construction at the Naval Observatory | Ousted Governor of Insur-| HARDING RITES DUE AFTER LONG DELAY Hoover to Dedicate Memorial at Marion, Ohio, in Tribute Awaited for 8 Years. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. After the lapse of nearly eight years the memory of Warren G. Harding of | Ohio, twenty-ninth President of the United States, is to be honored suitably. Herbert Hoover, now President, who sat in the Harding cabinet as Secretary of Commerce, and Calvin Coolidge, who succeeded to the presidency after Hard- ing’s death in 1923, will be the central figures in the dedication at Marion on | Tuesday of the magnificent marble tem- ple memorial erected by popular sub- ! seripticn to the memory of the great- | hearted Chief Executive whose adminis- tration pagsed into history under so | many clouds. Through the medium of the radio’s tion will be able to participate in the Marion ceremonies. These will be fea- tured by the addreses of President Hoo- By the Associated Press. HONG KONG, June 14 (Sunday) - Gen. Chen Ming-Hsu, ousted governor of Canton, announced his loyalty to President Chiang Kai-Shek of th Nationalist government today and tele- graphed Mang Ching-Wei, leader of the southern insurgents, a warning that he personally was leading his i army against Canton. Gen. Chen returned to China from | Japan last week, joining his two divi- sions of troops, which were moving into Central Kiangsi Province. At that time Chen, in return for pay- ments from both the Nationalist gov- ernment and the new insurgent gov- | ernment at Canton, was reputedly plan- | ning to remain neutral. He was ex-,‘ pected to use his army against Com- munists and bandits in Kiangsi Province. The Nationalist government today confronted active rebellion in the great southern provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangsi, depredations by Communist and bandit armies in several other provinces, and industrial depression | throughout the country. With negotiations and concessions it attempted to placate the insurgent gov- ernment leaders at Canton, and by threats and show of armed force it tried to suppress banditry and red ter- ror which have gripped much of the country for several months. BRIGANDS SLAY HUNDREDS Foochow Is Threatened by Advance of Outlaw Hordes. FOOCHOW, China, June 14 (Sun- day)—((#)).—Despite official efforts to reassure the populace of this city and the presence of foreign warships in the harbor, apprehension was felt here to- day with reports that outlaws at the headwaters of the Min river were threatening the key city of Yenping. It was felt that if Yenping should fall into the hands of the renegades a pathway to Foochow would be opened. Dispatches indicated the brigands continued their advance eastward through Fukien Province, capturing towns and villages in their path and apparently sweeping everything before them. Captives were ruthlessly exe- cuted by the hundred. Troops were reported fleeing before the invaders. The murder of the German priest, Father Gesr, by the bandits last Friday apperently was confirmed today. Re- ports said he was captured and shot while attempting to reach Yenping on horseback. - SEEREIIEIEEREREER PP ERLE TIT PR T to take what you could get. Now the; and some of 5 | sor in the White House, | that Coolidge was the natural one to | play the stellar role in the dedication. WERSEERENANENERINEN ver, former President Coolidge, George White of Ohio and former Sena- r Joseph T. Frelinghuysen of New Jer- president of the Harding Memorial | Asociation and one of President Hard- | ing’s closest comrades in Washington. | Public interest in the Marion event is bound to revolve largely around the personnel of the men who will take, | part in it. The long delay in holding | the dedication under presidential auspices caused President Harding's |fellow townsmen in Marion _and Ohioans generally to describe Wash- ington’s hesitation in the matter as “a national scandal.” They demanded action in order as soon as possible to | clear the Harding name of stigmas which they held were wrongly attached it. Coolidge Refused to Dedicate. President Coolidge was approached on more than one occasion with a view to dedicating the memorial while he was stall in office. As. Mr. Harding's Vice ®President and immediate succes- it was felt He did mot choose to do so, and the affair was one of the inheritances which the Hoover administration was bequeathed by its predecessor. At the end of 1930, in consequence of more or less incessant pressure by interested parties, President Hoover announced that he would go to the dedication at some suitable future date. It was un- derstood that he laid down as a con- dition, however, that former President fi‘oolidn should be at Marion with m. Outside of Messrs. Hoover and Cool- idge, there will be only- a handful of President Harding's official family in his old home town this week. The Harding cabinet, for various reasons, has been steadily “breaking up.” Three of its members, Secretary of War John W. Weeks, Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby., and Secretary of Agri- culture Henry C. Wallace, have passed on. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes, now Chief Justice of the United States, has a speaking engage- ment at his alma mater, Brown Uni- versity, which will require his presence in the East. Secretary of the Treas- ury Andrew W. Mellon, the sole survi- vor, as a cabinet. officer, of the original Harding household, sailed for Europe a few days ago. ‘Will H. Hays, Harding’s first Post- master General and 1920 Republican national chairman, must attend on the dedication day a New York quarterly meeting of the board of directors of ghe (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) NERZEERERINEN Out of the Stratosphere ‘When prices were up in the stratosphere you had have fallen from those high altitudes the things that used to hang on the horn of the moon can be picked up at low levels. They are resting for another climb and many signs point to the fact that the climb is beginning. Ome soon may have to reach, instead of pick, There are advantages ‘One economist has estimated that retail r cent in the first five months o ashington department store sales for riod—in dollar amount—are ahead of the com- parable period of last year. making up in volume of sales for the difference in Per sale. They are helping everybody. They are helping the buying public, they are helping their dropped 25 ) year. Yet this profit own employes, they are hel mnchlngll:g speed. Washington is good. You will find what you want at a to pay in the advertmn}; columns of of merchandizing operating at a healthy ey are helping themselves, and business in in the present situation. rices this Wise merchants are Iping to keep the complex 'P;l.ce you want Star. coast-to-coast networks the entire Na-| REALTY /REVENUES DUE FOR INCREASE OF S40000IND. C. Assessment Total Estimated for Fiscal Year 1932 Boosted $18,800,000. PROPOSED NEW ‘TAXES MIGHT NET $3,800,000 Inheritance, Income, Extra 2-Cent Gasoline and Auto Weight Levies Are Suggested. ‘While local officials and taxpayers were endeavoring to figure out how much more revenue would be demanded from local sources if all the new forms of taxation suggested by the special House Committee were enacted, it de- veloped yesterday that there will be an increase of $340,000 in revenue from real estate taxes in the fiscal year which begins July 1. The real estate assessment for the current fiscal year was $1,211,162,618, and produced a real estate tax of $20,- 589,764. The exact total of the new sessment for the fiscal year 1932 is not known, because new buildings are be- ing added, but the assessor’s office esti- mates it will be about $1,230,000,000. This would be an increase of approxi- mately $18,800,000 in the total assessed value. The assessor’s office calculates that half of the increase in the total assess- ment represents new buildings added to the books during the year, and that the other half is enhancement of land val- ues in suburban arcas. In the business section, it was stated, there were some reductions in assessments.- Otherwise, there were no general revisions. In the District the real estate assessment is on an annual basis and the books are open for review from January 1 to June 1. $3,800,000 More Possible. - Rough estimates gathered from vari- ous local officials indicate that if all the proposed changes in taxation recom- mended by the House group or sug- gested for further study were enacted into law, the additional revenue col- lected from local sources might reach $3,200,000. Definite calculaticns as to the total that would be involved in the whole program are difficult to make at this time, it was explained, because with respect to some of the new channels of taxation suggested, the determining factors would be in the detailed pro- | visions of the proposed legislation. Based on a certain degree of assumption as to what the details probably would be, local officials indicate the additional revenue might turn out about as follows: From an inheritance tax, $600,000. from an additional 2-cent taX on gaso- line, $1,500,000; from an automobile tax based on weight of the vehicle, estimates varying from $1,200,000 to $1.400,000, assuming it would be in lieu of the pres- ent personal tax on autos; proposed changes in taxes on public utilities, approximately $500,000; from an income tax in lieu of the intangible personal tax, about $300,000 additional, depending, however, on the rates and exemptions. Estate Tax Deduction. If the tax on automobiles by weight is figured at $1,400,000, these various estimates would amount to $4,300,000. In figuring the net increase of taxation which would be paid out by local resi- dents, however, a deduction must be made from the estimate on inheritance tax, because Washington already is sub- ject to the Federal estate tax, and the Federal Government allows taxpayers to deduct similar taxes paid locally, but not to exceed 80 per cent of the Fed- eral tax. If this 80 per cent credit on Federal estate taxes now being paid in Washington amounted to $500,000 a year, as one official estimated, it would bring down to $3,600,000 or $3,800,000 the net increase in taxation from local sources under the various suggested changes in the District tax system. The Federal estate tax, effective in Washington as elsewhete, allows an ex- emption of $100,000, whereas it is under- stood the local inheritance measure might carry a much lower exemption, in which case it would take a tax from smaller estates not reached by the ex- isting Federal tax. With the present gasoline tax at 2 cents per gallon, the gasoline tax fund for the fiscal year now drawing to a close is expected to amount to slightly more than $1,690,000, with May and June estimated. The House Committee proposal is to raise the gas tax to 4 cents, which would mean a total annual collection of more than $3,000,000 from gasoline. ‘The present gasoline tax law requires this money to be spent on street work. If the tax were raised to 4 cents, thereby producing $1,500,00 more, the law would have to be amended to permit some of this additional gasoline tax money to be spent for some other mun- cipal activity. Although the District is now spending $1,750,000 out of gen- eral revenues for repairs to_streets, if (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) CAR BEARING LIQUOR OF ENVOY IN CRASH Driver Arrested While Taking 16 Cases to Greek Minister's Newport Villa, By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn, June 13.— Charles T. Fletcher of Washington, D. C., driver of an automobile laden with 16 cases of liquor, which police said were the property of Charalambos Simo- poulos, Minister from Greece to the ted today after examining papers in Fletcher’s possession authorizing the transportation of the liquor from the Washington headquarters to the port, R. I, Summer ville of Minister Simopoulos, released the liquor. Fletcher was also released without bonds some time after the accident and permitted to proceed to Newport. He was ordered to appear in town court Monday. Sergt. Steven Lawrence, who arrested Fletcher, said one of the cases of liquor had been broken into. wArth Davis, who said he came from His | Tarzan form the | YOUTH IS KILLED, 3HURT IN CRASH EWilliam Gibbons Loses Life. | Daughter of Dr. Tewksbury Seriously Hurt. \ One youth was killed and three com- panions were severely injured early to- | day in an automobile accident on the Conduit road near Little Falls road. ‘William Gibbons, 1202 Delafield place, the man killed, died of a broken neck when the automobile driven by him | and occupled by two young couples ran off the road while making a sharp curve near the National Training School and crashed into a tree. They | were returning from a party at the | Congressional Country Club, police said. The injured were taken to George- town Hospital. ‘The Injured were: Miss Helen Tewksbury, 101 East Lenox street, Chevy Chase, Md., broken right arm, cuts and bruises. Miss Betty Conlon, 2637 Garfield street, cuts and bruises. | ‘William Beers, 4821 Jowa avenue, pos- sible fracture leg, cuts and bruises. All are expected to recover, hospital attaches said. ‘The injured persons were brought to the hospital by Myron Scribner, 4108 | Md, a Maryland drive, Brookmont, passing motorist. Both the injured girls were said to | be former students at Western High | School. iss Tewksbury is the daugh- | ter of Dr. William Davis Tewksbury, | noted tuberculosis specialist and medical | director at Tuberculosis Hospital. $500,000 OIL BLAZE DAMAGE IS REPORTED Tug and Two Barges Destroyed. Fire Fought For Four Hours. | | By the Associated Press. SEWAREN, N. J. June 13.—A spec- tacular ofl fire which raged for more than four hours in the Kill Van Kull tonight destroyed a tug and two loaded oil barges causing damage estimated at_$500,000, ‘Three men who were reported miss- ing were accounted for after a check- up_late tonight. ‘The barges were loaded with more than 150,000 gallons of gasoline. The flames damaged the 485-foot dock of the. Shell Petroleum Products Co., Inc., and endangered a small tanker, the Irene Allan, which was being loaded at the dock. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—32 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. D. A. R. Activities—Page B-4. PART TWO— 8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. ‘The Home Gardener—Page 6. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 6. Y. M. C. A. News—Page 6. W. C. T. U. News—Page 6. PART THREE—14 PAGES. Soclety Section. PART FOUR—12 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Radio. In the Motor World—Page 4. Aviation—Page 5. Fraternities—Page 6. Screen n 7 Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 8. Public Library—Page 8. District National Guard—Page 8. terans—I 8. Disabled Ve je 8. rial Story, “The Lucky Lawrences"— Page 10. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Plt:hlo. Spanish War Veterans—Page 10, Radio—Page 11, PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Financial News and Classified Army &nd Navy News—Page 4. Organized Reserves—Page 4. Adver- PART SEVEN—20 PAGES. e Section. 18. ‘The Boys' and Girls’ Page—Page 19. ‘Those Were the Happy Days—Page 20. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures, COLORED SECTION—S8 PAGES. ; Moon Mullins; Mr. and the Timid Soul; Reg’lar Felle tle Orphan Annie; * National 5000 P) Mea GOP HARMoNY MEETING iy i Scientist Risks Life In Snake Pitto Study Ancient Indian Race New Smithsonian Curator Finds Relics of Little Known Tribes BY THOMAS R. HENRY. A Smithsonien Institution Archeolo- gist, and five Mexican laborers hired for $2 & day, have just completed ar exploit the most modest account of which sounds like a War Depariment citation for a distinguished service cross. They worked for two week in a sub- terranean chamber in the Tierra Vieja | mountains of Western Texas, the Toof | | of which was a loosely integrated struc- | ture of tons of rock which might come tumbling down with the slightest jar. | Inside the perpetual dust cloud was | 50 thick that chemical masks had to be worn all the time. ‘The cave was totally dark. infested with rattlesnakes and antu- las. The chamber could be entered cnly by a 20-foot passage about two leet (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) 2 A A R ADAMS OUTLINES SAVINGS BY NAVY It was Cuts Through Reorganization and Greater Efficiency Told in Forum. Naval expenditures were reduced by $15,000,000 during the last fiscal year and further savings are expected during the year ending June 30, Secretary of the Navy Adams declared last night in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and broadcast over the coast-to-coast network of the Columbia Broadcasting System. ‘The Navy has operated with increas- ing efficiency during the past two years, | he said, and is “daily striving to efect new and better methods and to adopt permanent economies.” “The forces afloat have reduced very materiaily their operating costs, beth by reorganization and by improvements in operation,” Secretary Adams told his audience. “Many obsolete vessels have been stricken from the active list and sold, and many more have been piarcd out of commission, to be held in re- serve. “In the interest of economy, several naval stations have been placed in an inoperative status, and studies are be- ing made in an effort to eliminate :ny stations which are not vital in the maintenance of the Navy or the uses of our country.” The Navy Secretary’s address was one of a series by cabinet officers who have to tell the country by radio of lumn 7.) SISTER QUIZZED INFATHFULL CASE Inspector Says Talk Was of Starr’s Men Friends and Diary. | By the Associated Press. MINEOLA, N. Y., June 13.—Nassau County officials questioned Tucker | Faithfull, sister of Starr Faithfull, for three hours late today in an effort to shed new light on the death of the! | Greenwich Village beauty. | At the end of the conference, which was secret, Police Inspector Harold | King said their talk had been about | Starr’s men friends, her diary—on the | possibility that there had been a later volume than one discovered in the family's apartment—and Tucker's own whereabouts from last Friday until her ter's body was found in the surf at ng Beach on Monday morning. He sald little progress had been made toward clearing the mystery surround- ing Start’s death. Tucker entered the | police station by a private. way and | | made her exit there also, without being | | questioned by reporters. Murder Motive Lacking. King indicated he felt there was not ! much in Starr's diary to provide a mo- | | tive for murder—elusive factor in the | case which the State has been pursuing intensively for a week. “The diary was evidently begun in 1927 and ends at about the beginning of 1930, the inspector said. “It adds little to material already in hand. If there was a second diary, which seems likely inasmuch as Starr was rather diligent about keeping the first one, we may discover it tomorrow when de- tectives will search the Faithfull home thoroughly.” Inspector King said his searchers | had found a coat today, almost fitting the description of that worn by Starr | when she vanished last Friday, but that it “obviously was not hers”—this latter | statement bearing upon an unrevealed | telegram found in one of the pockets. Probe Family Income. ‘The income of the family of Stanley | E. Faithfull, father of the dead girl, was | scrutinized today. The inspector said | he had traced the father's connections | back to pre-war days when he was with |a Boston chemical concern. Faithfull | still has an income, King said, but the | father was “hazy ‘about the’ detalls” | of it. The Faithfull sisters, King disclosed, | had a weekly allowance out of which | their parents expected them to pay for books, amusements and personal effects but not their meals. __The inspector said he had managed | | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star's exclusive carrier service. Phone to start immediate delivery. ns_Ascociated Press. FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS EN CENTS . ELSEWHERE FEDERAL INQUIRY IND. C. GAMBLER'S INGOMES RUMORED Possible Aclion Reported Fol- lowing Ruling Upholding Warrantless Raids. IT JUDGE HITT’S DECISION POTENT POLICE WEAPON Raiders Find No Activity After Visit to 30 Suspected Places Last Night. Upholding the legality of warrantless raids, Police Court Judge Isaac R. Hitt yesterday gave the police a potent weapon for their crusade against boot- legging and gambling, and they im- mediately set out to make use of it, but failed to find any victims. Closely on the heels of Judge Hitt's ruling, reports were heard that the Internal Revenue Bureau was making an effort to check up on the income of ‘Washington's “big shot” gamblers to determine whether -they have evaded any income tax payments—tactics used in Chicago which resulted in the in- dictment of “Al” Capone on tax fraud charges. Two of the ringieaders in the gam- bling fraternity who are credited with controling a majority of Washington's gambling houses are said to be under investigation. The two men are under- tood to have operated the gambling places for years, and are reputed to have amassed a fortune. Evade Prosecution. ‘Throughout their long careers as gambling house operators these two men, and several others at the head of the gambling “racket,” have escaped prosecution because of the inability of the police to get sufficient evidence against them. Federal authorities, however, it was pointed out, can pro- ceed against them if there is any evi- dence of evasion of the income lax laws. Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, Com- missioner in charge of police, who was instrumental in initiating the present police crusade against gamblers and bootleggers, said he was unaware of any action on the part of the Internal Revenue Bureau to aid in the campaign. Judge Hitt's ruling put the stamp of legal approval on the recent activities of Detective Sergts. Arthur Fihelly, Larry O'Dea, Oscar Mansfield and Howard Ogle, who, in their zeal to find & “couple of fellows” for questioning in connection with the theft of liquor from the El Salvador legation, went into speakeasies and gambling houses, saw evidence of law violations and raided the places. Find 30 Places Closed. Thus, with the support of the court, the four officers started out anew & few minutes after the decision was announced. They visited 30 suspected gambling places and speakeasies, but found no signs of activity. Then they went to Griffith Stadium, but saw no 3 er, are mot convinced that the places are closed permanently and plan to go back very soon. The week end exodus to Po- tomac River and Chesapeake Bay re- sorts, coupled with the recent reopen- ing of the pretentious gambling house just across the District line in Mary- land, they believe, made it unprofit- able for the gambling houses to keep open. ‘While three of the four raiders, De-* tective Sergeants Fihelly. Ogle and Mansfield, were investigating activities in a Ninth street pool room last night. their automobile, which was parked in front of the establishment, was ran- sacked and papers scattered about the machine. Some personal correspondence be- longing to Fihelly was taken from a side pocket of the car and torn up. The officers were unable to locate any one who could furnisk any information concerning the incident. Judge Hitt made his decision on the legality of the warrantless raids when asked by attorneys for four of the men arrested last week to rule on their motion to suppress evidence in the cases. He held the alleged gambling houses were public places and that the police, as citizens, had a right to enter. He also contended the excuse used by the four detectives of “lookihg for & couple of fellows” wanted in com- mission of a previous crime, was a good one, even though the crime took Pplace several weeks prior to the raids. (Continued on Page 5, Column 6.) THREE HURT IN CRASH. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., June 13 (®)—Three persons were injured, one seriously, in an automobile collision here early today. Michael George, Mrs. Mary George, his wife, and their daugh- ter Alice, all of West Palm Beach, Fla were taken to a hospital, where Mr: George’s condition was pronounced se- riauos. Carlos Jones, 18, Negro, was ar- rested. Officers said he fled from the scene, NEW ROCKET MOTOR DECLARED TO GIVE PLANES SKY FREEDOM = Acting in Performance of Duty. Upon entering a place where gam- bling is in progress and observing at first hand evidence of ihe violation of the law, Judge Hitt declared, the polic2 ‘were only acting in the performance of their duty by arresting the persons they believed to be in charge, as well as any others whom they considered to be able to give valuable testimony in court. Attorneys Harry Whalen, Louils ‘Whitestone and George Boden, repre- senting the four men arrested in raids last week, noted exceptions to Judge Hitt's ruling and announced their inten- tion of taking the cases to the Court of Appeals. In the meautime, the men are scheduled to be tried before juries in Police Court Wednesday, along with Prof. R. H. Goddard Claims Invention Employing Gas Blast Operates in Rare Air—Patent Given. By the Associated Press. WORCESTER, Mass, June 13.—The Worcester Telegram, in a copyrighted story, says Prof. Robert H. Goddard. of Clark University, who now is working in a secluded part of New Mexico un- der Smithsonian and Guggenheim fountlation patronage, has been granted & patent on & revolutionary type of air- plane propulsion motor. It embraces rocket, turbine and propeller and is designed to enable a Sm to travel in rare atmosphere hitherto beyond reach. ‘The patent was issued at Washing- June 9 and has been before the Patent Office for about two years. Experimented 20 Years. Prof. Goddard has been e; ent- with rocket for about 20 years, and at one time was credited with a rocket to shoot to the mmmthc always denied that. says: “Stripped of its y';ehnlellmu Prof. S0t ordipary piane and i utiize the and to ul blasts emitted by the 1 engine, which 's propellers. itudes the craft ion, except that instead of a gasoline motor the engine will be fueled by rocket gases. “In higher altitudes where the at- mosphere is thinner and the power of propellers is greatly diminished, the Goddard invention contemplates part of the rocket gasses shall be released so that of their own direct power they will propel the plane and the other part will act on the propellers. Rockets Operate Alone. “Then in the third stage when the plane is in the upper ether and the pro- pellers are useless the rocket gasses are to be entirely cut off from the engine and the plane will be driven by rocket propulsion alone.” Prof. Goddard went to New Mexico to seek seclusion for his experiments and is working under the combined O.mm‘ age of the Smithsonian Institution, the Guggenheim _ Foundation and Clark University. Shortly before he went he was quietly visited at his Clark labora- tory %ry Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who ted one of his model rockets. United States turned over to him Camp f u\lr;:nl others arrested in the gambling raids. ‘The cases on which Judge Hitt based his ruling were those of Joseph Lewis and Frank O. Davis, arrested in a raid at 518 Tenth street, and Thomas W. Simon and Steve J. Nichols, who were taken when the officers raided 915 Ninth street, The legalky of anothet method re- cently used by the police in their anti- gambling campaign, the arresting of suspected gamblers on vagrancy charges, also will be settled Wednesday when the victims come to trial in Police Court before Judge Robert E. Eatfln‘l’. CURTIS’ AUNT DIES Mrs. Sarah Brown Was Kansas Resident 72 Years. ‘TOPEKA; Kans., June 13 (#).—Mrs. Sarah E. Brown, 94, aunt of Vice Presi- dent Charles Curtis, died here tonight. Mrs. Brown came to Kansas in 1859 from Indiana. A son, Frank Brown, ‘Washington, D. C., survives. b deibey Heat Claims Four in Spain. CIUDAD REAL, Spain, June 13 (#).— Dispatches from Sotuellamos today said four persons, of whom two were chil- '?kn!'uu heat unt:zmth%f_m e at wave. the whlla n\tlmkl' of dn&l:ml: the pre- five. Several hundred cases of prostra- have been from many &