Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1931, Page 2

-~ . 0FC. 0 0PPOSE INCREASE IN TAXES.asras Federal Rates Too High Now, Strawn Says in Outlining ©" U.S.Chamber Plans. BY the Assoeiated Press. * Stabllization of employment and op- position to any inerease in Federal taxes were given foremost positions yesterday in a program for the coming year drawn up by the Board of Directors of the United States Chamber of Com- ! merce. In making this announcement, Sijas N. Strawn, president of the chamber, #aid the organization’s studies indicated at least $1,000,000,000 could be saved in public expenditures during the next fiscal period. “Any increase in the rates of Fed- eral taxes in the coming year will be stoutly resisted,” he said. Seek to Curb Unemployment. Other major subjects selected for the chamber's attention were: “Banking, (ransportation, _agricul- ture, commercial policies in foreign re- 1ations, problems resulting from over- Production in the natural resources in- dustries, distribution problems and trade relations between Government business. A erican’ business has & vital in- terest in the stability of employment and in the possibilities of minimizing the disturbing effects of seasonal and oyelical fluctuations.” Strawn said. “Bmployment regularization _experi- ments have demonstrated unmistakably that the management of every type of business enterprise can exert some measure of control over the economic forces which produce intermittent em- joyment. fl e special committee of the cham- now giving attention to this sub- ject is exploring the possibilities of p emenm\( individual efforts at sta- tion with a wider co-operative association effort. Undoubtedly, pleasant successful individual methods oan be applied on & much wider scale and with much greater effect by whole thdustries.” Terms Taxes Too High. “ Discussing taxation, Strawn said the - in‘ Federal expenditures has become & question of “resl and grow- concern. ‘..!‘l'hc exndum:h of the r!der:'l ?%v‘- ernment U & revenues indi- luals -nm business firms are al- t00 high,” he said. L “To say these taxas are too high is chly another way of saying the Gov- ernment is spending too much. Any imcrease in the rates of Federal taxes in the coming year will be stoutly re- sisted. “The Jmummy of securing modifi- % b0} the capital gains tax and of &prgnmn mp‘ms tax structure will examined. " “The ehamber will urge in the case of the Pederal Government, as well as of State and local ments. that all proposals for additional public ex- penditures be tested rigorously as to their w t necessity.” Stra said the views of bankers business men would be sought need for ]modm';auons \n‘ the wational banking law, the Federal re- atve law and the banking laws of the i.'A.:nl m_ sttention gm:&‘i - = in the oll, coal and: timber industries.” . to in' te, AT 2 anti-trust laws may be an obstacle action through x agree- ments the industries to bilize thelr &-m particularly through control of production.” iy PRIVATE INITIATIVE GIVEN AS DEPRESSION CURE BY SECRETARY LAMONT (Continued Prom First Page) the Commerce Secretary pointed out that past experience has shown that the country always recovers. “From eech trough, industry and commerce and the general well being of the people have risen to a higher crest than ever before,” the Secretary #ald. ‘‘Nevertheless there is no deny- ing the fact that although much ess has been made in methods of relieving hardships during depressions, weé have not succeeded in preventing them or in making them shallower or fewer. As we become more and more of an industrial nation. with 56 per ot of our people living in cities, a business depression brings greater diffi- culties than when the great majority lived on farms. Balance is Required. The difference between “good times" and “bad times,” he explained, is one of balance only. In good times most of the workers are employed and there is balance b:itween production and con- sumption. The demand for higher lving—the desire of business exécu- tives to incréase production—lead to glutting of the market and result in upsetting of the balance. “We have been going through these cycles for more than 100 years,” Mr. Tamont stated. “From each great de- fluslan we have learned something. [any of the earlier onés were brought about by financiai and monetary pan- 68, Alter the depression of the 90 we learned the advantage of a sound monetary system. The lessons learned in the panic of 1907 bore fruit in the Pederal Reserve system. The depres- slon of 1921 taught us the danger of large inventories and we adopted hand- to-mouth buying. _ “From our present difficulties we shall Iéarn the necessity of maintaining a bagter balance in economic affairs, of venting & too rapid diversion of cap- el into unproductive forms, of insuf- ing through proper distribution of in- come that consuming power will ex- pand in step with advancing production city, of accumulating ample Te- sérves in prosperous years to carry us through depressions that may come .in future years in spite of every effort to avoid them.” Faith in People. ZMr, Lamont expressed faith in the | ahility’ of the American people weéather the present storm. L %luve that the people have not enly the' brains but the heart which justifies entrusting to them this task” he said. “There are, of course, men of 1l will in our economic life, but in field and in every rank they are © “There has never been zmp- with fellow man, the spirit service, the desire to do justice, have &M such a part in the conduct of as they do today. Let us all, , enter on this great task of sta- g prosperity with these motives, and we may all look forward with con- fidence to the outcome.” . ~ The full text of Secretary Lamont's address will be found in the editorial section of today's Star. FILIPINOS CHEER HAWES MANILA, June 27 (#).— Senator yry B. Hawes of Missouri toured filtm Province yesterday urging Fili- Pinos-to persist in their independence rampaign and to send another inde- nce: mission to the United States year. Z The crowd responded with: “Long Live Hawes.” | tection ~ will CRIME THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE >28, 1931—PART _ONE. DETECTION BUREAU AIDING POLICE OF NATION ry Has Already Won Official Approval of Government. Details From Eight Cities Have Taken Course at Northwestern U. This I8 the first of A series of #ix daily articlet describing the work done By the Beientific Crime Detection Lab- oratory at Northwestern University. BY REX COLLIER. Staft Correspondent of The Btar. CHICAGO, June 27. — Sherlock Holmes, scientific anaiyst of crime and master of mysteries, has stepped from the intriguing pages of fiction into the realm of present-day actuality. The late Conan Doyle's remarkably gifted detective has become more than the figment of a vivid imagination. He has become the prototype of & new or- der of eriminologist, schooled in the fine processes Of investigation made famous by the estimable Holmes. Sherlockian methods of crime detec- tion have received the official stamp of approval of Uncle Sam, as well as one of America’s leading universities. Desk sergeants and police detectives of the old school have been wont to smile at the exploits of Doyle’s inter- esting character and to_join with Dr. Watson in remarking “Incredible!” Admirers of Holmes. Not 8o incredulous, however, are such modern criminologists as J. Edgar Hoover, director of the United States Bureau of Investigation, or Col. Calvin Goddard, head of Northwestern Uni- versity's unique Scientific Crime De- wtgg Laboratory, relcenny al‘:.lhlhhed icago. Not only are they pro- found admirers of Mr. Holmes .n&"fi: his curious methods of deduction, but they have undertaken to carry on his work to heights far beyond the limits of Bherlock's wildest flights of needle- stimulated fancy. In short, the ultra-modern detectives of this scientific age are aspiring to out-Bherlock Sherlock Holmes — and they are succeeding. A notable forward step in the direc- tion of that goal since science became an ally of society in the war on crime is that taken by Northwestern Univer- lll‘g“ifl creating its extraordinary “crime clinic.” ‘Taking shape quietly out of a definite crime emergency, the Scientific Orime Detection Laboratory has come into being with a minimum of ballyhoo but with a superabundance of efficiency. It was born of the St. Valentine's day gang massacre in Chicago. 1In_that atrocity seven followers of ‘“‘Bugs” Moran, racketeer, were lined up against a garage wall and mowed down with machine guns by rival gangsters. Identified Death Weapons. An outraged citizenry, aroused to de- cisive action, called on Goddard for aid in solving the ghastly case. dard showed that the rain of lead had spurt- from two Thompson submachine guns (“Tommies,” the gangsters call them) and later identified two captured guns of that type as the slaughter weapons. The initial move in the creation of the laboratory was taken by Dr. Her- man N. Bundesen, then coroner of Cook County, but now Chicago's commissioner of health. In conference with a num- ber of the city's leading citizens, the coroner proposed a permanent crime detection bureau, the chief purpose of which at the outset was to secure God- dard's services on a vear-round basis. “My first thought,” Dr. Bundesen ex- plained to the writer, “was 10 establith | a crime laboratory under the munici~ . but I soon realized this would Such a laboratory, to be effec- tive, must be outside the pale of poli- tics—divorced from all petty and nar- row influences. “I talked the matter over with & number of prominent citizens who had interested themselves in the city's ef- forts to abolish gangland. I may men- tion particularly Bert A. Massee, aot.? company _executive, and Walter E. Olson, rug manufacturer. Mr. Massee and Mr. Olson had been members of the coroner's jury which investigated the Clark street massacre, the former having served as foreman. “It was the consensus of all that the laboratory should be set up as a part of a university. Arrangements eventually were made with Northwestern, and the | laboratory now has become a fact.” Government Becomes Client. Uncle 8am was one of the laboratory’s first clients. The Bureau of Investigi tion enlisted Goddard's professional a: vice in connection with its investigation of Washington's most sensational mur- der mystery, the slaying of Mary Baker. The young Navy Department employe was attacked by a man in her parked car near the White House, and her mutilated, bullet-torn body was found the next day in a culvert outside the Sheridan gate of Arlington National Cemetery. A revolver turned over to police by a Virginia real estate man was identi- fled by Goddard and also by Dr. Wilmer Souder, Government ballistic expert, a8 the one used in the murder. Its owner, who had contended the gun was stolen from him and surrepti- tiously returned after the killing, was tried for the slaying, but was ac- quitted by a jury. It was during the ballistic tests con- ducted at Goddard’s laboratory that two of Director Hoover's special agents obtained a view of the crime clinic at Northwestern. Their report stirred Hoover's curiosity. Hoover, long a student of the erim- inological sciences, had known of the Iplans for creation of the laboratory, and he readily accepted an invitation to inspect it and to take part in a novel crime symposium, during which stra.egins in the war of science versus erime were discussed. . The director also designated two of 'his inspectors to attend, with a view to adapting the latest devices and pro- cesses in scientific crime detection to | |the work of the Government’s pro-| gressive Detective Bureau in the De- partment of Justice. Laboratory Fills Need. ‘The university’s adventure in the virtually unexplored field of crime de- ave the earnest moral support of Director Hoover. He has often deplored America's lagging inter- est in European standards of scientific crime investigation. London, Berlin and Vienna for years have had their “police scientists” and their “scientific police bureaus,” adequately staffed with micro- scopists, chemists, medico-legal ex- perts and other specialists. America, until MNorthwestern Uni- versity stepped into the picture, was far behind the times in these respects, Prejudice against -“new-fangled ideas” has had much to do with this back- wardness, but reluctance of munici- palities to provide necessary funds has played an important part. That the counury is awakening from its lethargy, however, would seem to be indicated by the reception accorded a special course in sclentific crime de- tection established this year for the benefit of police departments of the Nation's cities. Police detectives from many parts of the country atiended Goddard's course, which consisted of lectures and labora- tory experiments covering virtually all phazes of advahced criminology. Among police departments represented were those of Washington, D. C.; Philadel- phia, St. Louis, Pasadena, Miami, Chi- cago, Rochester, N. Y., and Portland, | | | COL. CALVIN GODDARD. | Oreg. 'The Bureau of Investigation of ;hf D:plnmem of Justice also sent a leley 8. Climaxing the three weeks of study was & “murder mystery” test in which the students were brought suddenly upon & “murder scene” in the labora- tory and instructed to “solve it.” How Test Was Made. Goddard described the expériment as follows: “A murder scers# was set up in one of the rooms of the laboratory and nu- | mercus clues, tending to cast suspicion |on at least three different members of the staff, were strewn about. Students were admitted to the ‘death chamber’ in groups of five and allowed one hour to make observations. Each group then | retired to discuss its individual esti- | mates of the solution. “On the next day reports were submit- | ted by all groups, in which opinions were expressed as to how, by whom and | for what motive the murder was com- mitted, and explanations given as to the | lines of reasoning followed in reaching | conclusions.” While Goddard did not disclose the percentage of accuracy,” he character- ized all of the reports as bein, high order of merit” and added t “some were almost uncanny in their accuracy.” So enthusiastic were the students over their work that they organized them- selves into & permanent association, to b‘p! kn:lwn l‘s cAhe N‘onh-'uum Univer- sity Alumni Association for Criminal | Rasearch. | Thus. apparently, has been formed the nucleus of what may become a Na- | tion-wide organisation of professional “Sherlocks,” “united in & formidable, | revolutionary War on gangsters and | racketeers. (OKLAHOMA JURY FREES EX-DEPUTY IN RUBIO SLAYING (Continuéd From First Page. Guess thanked the jurors And declared he atill felt justified “in what I did.” | He remains under $25.000 bond for the | slaying of Gomez. and his fellow deputy. Cecil Crosby, still stends charged with the murders. Guess took sole responsi- | bility for the actual slayings. | _ Sheriff Elmer Byrd said he did not | know yet if Quess, wno resigned his | commission as a d;guly sheriff, would | go back to work. at. he said, would ic:ap:s“ on the outcome of the other |, County Attorney Shilling previously had indicated no charges would be die~ | missed. He was to confer with other prosacutors. (Copyright, 1031). | handful as compered to the throngs | that had packed the trial since Wed- | nesday morning—heard the verdict The Mexican youths, on their way to | their homes across the Rio Grande | from colleges in the United States, lost their lives when they stopped their mo- |tor car along the United States High- |way 77 in the eity limits of Ardmore. | Beeing the youth's companion, Salvader Cortes Rubjo, standing near a motor ar, Crosby and Guess drove up, Crosby lighting and questioning Salvador. said he disarmed Emilio, <8 alighted from the of- ficers’ car, and as he approached met Gomez. He said he saw & pistol in QGomez’ hand, and fearing the youth |was a “young hijacker.” killed him. A | second later, the officer claimed, he shot |Emillo as the student sat in the car, | because Emilio was in the act of draw- |ing a small pisiol from his pocket. | Move for Pistol Denied. At QGuess’ trial the State contended and his hands were upraised or on the wheel. M. C. Gonsales, attorney for the Mexican consul, claimed Guess | “planted” & pistol on Gomesz after he | had slain him. | President Hoover telegraphed his re- | grets to the distinguished relative of | the slain boy, and Gov. W. H. Murray |of Oklahoma ordered a rigid inquiry | and prosecution. | Gonzales declined to comment on the | verdict, but movéed At once to advise the consul' general at San Antonio of the jury's action. Guess walked to the | jury” box when Judge John B. Ogden | had dismissed court and thanked each man. He kissed his 11-year-0ld son Ed- B ke Opden expects to pa Ju R 23 0 88 ON Te- ,muni‘:: matters Monday. Guy Sigler | of the defense counsel said trials would be deéemanded in both cases. No trial is expected immediately, however. the court’s funds having been de&)le&d. Crosby has insisted on being tried. MEXICANS ' ARE INDIGNANT. MEXICO OITY, June 27 (#).—News of the aequittal at Ardmore, Okla., to- day of former Deputy Sheriff William E. Guess, who shot and killed Emilio Cortes Rubio, nephew of the Mexican | President, and Manuel Garcia Gomes on June 8, was received here tonight with indignation. Genero Estrada, foreign minister, was not available for comment, but attaches of the ministry described the news as “terrible.” There was _considerable scribed as a “demonstration of Ameri- can injustice. MEXICAN ENVOY SILENT. By the Associated Press. Ambassador Tellez of Mexico made no | comment last night by the Associated Press of the acquittal uslg‘ Ardénoreefig:l:; m E. Gue Cortes of former Derutgmviln o B & charf ol Rublo, "Kinsman of President Ortiz ve no_ indication Rubio of Mexico. ‘The Ambassador of what effect the jury verdict might have on the international aspects of the shooting early this month of Rubio and a fellow student, Manuel Gomez, while they were én route to their homes in Mexico from school in ,the United States. The former deputy still is un- der charges of fatally shooting Gomez. and his fellow former officer, Cecil Orosby, has not yet been tried for the 8l for which Guess assumed the responsibility. The Ambassador indi- cated he would await a full report on the trial. The embassy immediately after the shootings requested the State Depart- ment to investigat> the incident, which the department replied it was doing, and that it would supply the embassy with the full report desired for.the Mexican ernment. It was made clar at time, however,- that the: embassy's action was in no wise to be considered a protest and that'any fur- ther action in the matter’ h bassy would depend upon ctions from its goverament. | An orderly crowd of 150—scarcely a | Emilio had not moved to draw a pistol | comment, in which the verdict was de- | % | Meeting SPAIN WILL GIVE ALFONSD ANSWER Voters to Elect Assembly to Draft Constitution for Permanent Government. By the Associated Press. MADRID, June 27-—Spain's politi- cal stump speakers wound up the pre- clection campalgn tonight in an atmos- phere of tension not unlike that which preceded the overthrow of the Bourbon dynasty two months ago. Tomorrow the voters will elect & National Assembly whose first duty will be to draft a constitution and establish a permanent form of government to re- place the present provisional President and his cabinet. The electricity in the air struck sparks today at the Tablada Airdome when a column of troops marched in to put down what had been reported as a revolt by officers of the army air force in sympathy with Maj. Ramon Franco, the picturesque transatlantic fiyer whom the government has de- posed as head of the air corps because of his political activities in opposition to the present regime. Troops Control Situation. There was excitement for a while, but the troops quickly had the situation under control and their commander in- formed President Alcala Zamora that there never had been any real danger of rebellion. At the same time Maj. Franco, who | is in a Seville hospital with a broken | leg, suffered when a platform collapsed under him during & political speech, in- terrupted his siesta to announce he was not at the head of any rebellious movement nor did he and his sympa- thizers contemplate open revolt. | Nevertheless he reiterated his creed that “Spain is worse off under the| present government than in the worst days of the monarchy.” Not the least interested figure in the | current developments is the former King himself. Alfonso XIII, now liv- ing in exil> as the Duke of Toledo, was | lagt reported in England. His family is at Fontainebleau. Alfonso Will Get Answer. ‘When he left his capital last April | he told his people that he would stay away until Spain could decide at a general election whether they would | establish a republic or restore the | monarchy. Tomorrow he will have his answer. | The government professes to be con- | fident of a Republican-Socialist victory | tomorrow »which would bs tantamount | to an indorsement of its policy, but neutral observers agree it i8 uncertain haw far to the left the Assembly may ingline. Meanwhile in Seville there were troops in the streets and precautions were taken at other pointe to hold the expected eléction day demonstrations | down to A minimum. Nevertheless | hundreds of Spanish aristocrats and their families fled across the botder into Gibraltar this evening to be away from | the troublés which they fear will come | tomorrow. POLICE ARREST 91 IN SERIES OF RUM | AND GAMBLING-RAIDS | (Continued From First Page) | sgession when the officers found two | ialf gallons of alleged whisky. | ‘The largest liquor seigure of the night was made when a 18-year-old colored | girl, Margaret King, 1248 Tenth street, was orrested in a raid at her home and charged with illegal possession of | three gallons of whisky. Nine arrests were made in a raid at 415 L street. Mackie Williams, colored. 27, of the L strest address, was charged with illegal possession of one- half gallon of whisky while seven others were booked for ditorderly conduct and one for investigation. Tilegal possession charges were placed against the following last night: Her- bert William Carter, colored, 34, of 921 Fourth street; Jeneiva Reddick, colored, 42, 35 Hanovef street; Alfred Alstrom, colored, 23, of 807 R street: Joseph Green, colored, 29, 202 Seaton court. Entering the place through a narrow fiight of steps from 1003 E street, Sergt. Ogle hurried around to another én-| trance at 500 Tenth street when he| heard the crowd of men inside hurrying | Hathi » their exit at that entrance. crowd of them at the door he herded thom back into the bullding. Then, backing his way to a telephone booth inside, he asked the operator to summon aid. Several additional men were dispatched from police head- quarters and patrol wagons summoned. Meanwhile Ogle stood guard, but due to the huge crowd of men inside, he ! could not keep all of them "covered"‘ and several made & get-away after jumping from a second-story window. A crowd of several hundred persons | watched the raid from the street. The men were taken to police head- quarters and marched into the squad room. and called out one at a time for questioning. All but two of the meén were colored. One of the white men, Jake Ehrlich, 31, who gave his address as 300 I street southeast, was charged with permitting gaming and placed under $500 bond. while.all the other prisoneérs were booked s Government witnesses and their bond set_at $100 each. Sergt. Ogle stated 1ast night that a warrant was to be sworn out for an- other man éonnected with the estab- lishment. Steel doors, sald to have been elec-| trically operated, with which Sergt. Ogle had to cope while making the raid, were torn down and a quantity of gambling paraphernalia -conflscated. ineluding dice and racing slips. Loud-spéaker equipment ‘also was taken. sflfim Ogle decided to enter the es- tablishment, he said. when. he saw roups of colored men golna up the steps from the E street side. . to ma Bicentennial Group to Meet. ‘The Executive Committee of the Ar- lington County, Va., George Washing- ton Bicentennial Commission will meét Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the home | Hathatay left the girl's | to the night cold, lyin | the of Mrs. Sabe Catherine Coles, 62 Pres- ton avenue, Cherrydale. Found Guilty ELLIOTT R. HATHAWAY. HATHAWAY GUILTY INNURSE'S MURDER Jury Returns Verdict in First Degree—Slayer’s Emo- tions Slight. By the Associated Press. NEWPORT, R. I, June 27.—Elliott R. Hathaway, 28, son of a Fall River (Mass.) State Representative, was con- victed today of the murder of pretty Verna Russell, 20-year-old student nurse. Deliberating an hour and 43 minutes a jury decided that Hathaway strangled the girl while she was resisting his ad- vances and was guilty of murder in the first,degree. verdict carried a mandatory sentence of life imprison- ment which will not be pronounced for s week at least, during which time de- fense counsel may file motions for s new trial. Shows Slight Emotion. Hathaway exhibited little emotion as the verdict was announced. His head was slumped on his chest as the jury came in. When Ernest R. Pish, fore- man of the jury, made the announce- ment he merely raised his head. He was escorted by deputy sheriffs from the court house to the State prison at Crans- ton to await senitence. ‘The defendant’s Yly~h‘\nd parents, R!gnkn(lnve AN Mrs. Louis Hathaway, and his twin brother, Alden, who had testified in his behalf, had left the court house shortly before the jury came in. His older brother, Dr. Louis Hathaway, had remained with the de- fendant while awaiting the verdict. Attorney George Hurley, chief of de- fense counsel, declined to comment on the verdict or to indicate whether a move to upset it would be made. He had formed Hathaway's defensé around a small fragment of artificial tooth found in the girl's throat at an exhumation and second examination more than & month after death. Highly qualified medical witnesses were called to sup- port the defense contention ti . gitl choked to death on that small fragment, described by oné of the pros- ecution’s witnesses a$ no larger than & quarter of & pea. Choking Held Cause. Attorney General Benjamin McCly- man, . chi Hathaway's right d on her throat, during their first “date.” He dréw 4 word picture of cold-blooded cruelty. The evidence showed. he said, that body, expos in the rubble beside a lonely lane in Tiverton, donned his fur coat and drove back to Fall | River. Hathaway's boyhood chum, Vernen V. Galvin, who led police to the body on the morning of March 24, said Hathaway roused him from bed the pre- ceding night and told him a fantastic tale of a hold-up, in which the girl was taken from him, while, h pistol point, was told to “beat if Galvin said Hathaway told him he “struck 1 in aAn Argument over an in- terne” at Truesdale Hospital. Fall River, where she was training, and that he knew she was dead, Galvin went with aAway to the scene and viewed the body. e i e SOVIET NAVY CHIEF OuUT Muklevite Succeéded by Orlov, Black Sea Commander. MOSCOW. June 27 (#).—M. Mukle- vitch, chief of the Soviet navy and a member of the Revolutionary Military Oouncil, has been relieved of his naval post and M. Orlov, sommander of the Bllx;ck Sea fieet, appointed to succeed At the same tinfe M, Baranov, mem- ber of thé Revolutionary Military Coun- cil and chief of the military aerial forces, was rélitved of his post and ap- pointed & member of the dium_of the Supreme Economic Council. His assistant, M. Alksnis-Astrov, was ap- ?otnted his Successor as head of the air orce. WHEAT LOSS TO BE PAID Canadian Representatives Bankers Confer on Plan. OTTAWA, Ontario, June 27 (#).— Western province representatives and bankers in conference here today formu- lated a plan to adjust losses on guaran- teed advances by banks to the wheat and ! pool in connection with the handling of the 1929 wheat crop. ‘The adjustment ‘is understood to be | .. by way of bonds and, though the plan will be returned for approval to the governments of the thrée provinces, no mmamy 1is expected in cléaring up the matter. Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta guarantéed the banks against any losses from advances to the wheat pool in the handling of the 1929 crop. The losses have béen estimated at $22,000,000. You Know It Was Hot! Steaks Broiled in Packing House Blaze—Tar Entraps Chickens—Bootleg Evidence Blown Up. Sun Hatches Chicks. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO.—Combustibles in a rub- bage heap, set off by the brofling sun, caused a fire at the Wilson packing plant, in which several thousand dol- lars worth of steaks were fried. WEST LIBERTY, Iowa.—Tar, boiled from & barrel by the sun, ran into a chicken 4t the home of Mrs. Mary Sloan. _Fifteen chickens were mired and died in vain efforts to release them- selves. VALPARAISO, Ind.—Heat caused ex- plosion of & bottle of moonshine liquor in Municipal Court, thereby destroying evidence in a bootlegging ense. DAVENPORT, Iowa—H. 8. Th son he found two o hatched by sun rays in a crate of dis- carded eggs at the city dumping grounds. INDIANAPOLIS.—Asphalt pavement on a northeast side stroet exploded un- der the "t:r;mn nl;luuumn u'm-n arme ICk CA ing & mone; 54 B S B s T 'own onf was strewn the scene. E |son to do their utmost to encourage who personally prosseuted the € ed that the girl died with |2 ed | variety in the [WICKERSHAM BODY HAS 2 MORE DAYS Official Life Will Close Tues- day—Details Left Until Later. By the Associated Press, Exactly 35 months to a da fter initiating the most extensive lélfly of crime and its antidote ever undertakén, the Wickersham Commission has all but reached the end of its tasks. Completion Planned. Only two working days remained of its offcial life, as u{urmm came from members that the last of the welter of T Teports had been ap- proved and that only details remained of the assignment given them by Presi- dent Hoover on May 28, 1920. Nevertheless, these details cannot be mm&l‘;ud within the commission's deadline of midnight, June 30. Although its offices in the Tower Building here must be abandoned at that time, because after that date there will b no money to phy the rent, plans have been made to establish a Hote headquarters near the White Another Report Filed. Simultaneous with news that the commission's task was virtually com- E::e, word came from within the mem- hip that one of its most important studies, that on “lawlessness in law enforcement,” already had gone to the White House. No definite. date. has been sét for the release from the White House of the forthcoming reports. U. S, HELP 1S SEEN NEED OF LATIN C. S. Smith, Assoociated Press Foreign Chief, Holds Aid I8 Self-Interest. By the Associated Press. UNIVERSITY, Va. June 27.—Charles Stephenson Smith, chief of the Asso- clated Press foreign service, in an ad- dress at the Inetitute of Institutes din- ner here tonight said that the United States has every reason to create the best possible feeling in Latin America “in this period of real trial.” ““The prosperity and happiness of Latin America iz so closely allied with that of the United States that this country and its people have every rea- the southern republics in their struggles with financial and political problems and to create thc best possible feeling in this period of real trial,” Mr. Smith &ald in his address on the “Responsibili- of the Pan-American Press.” Europe Complaining. Asserting that European powers now are grumbling because the basic news of the world is filtering through Amer- fcan channels in New York to the southern half of the New World, Mr. Smith mentioned the Prince of Wales, who recently made a speech about his tour of Soutly America in which he complained thai a British agency does not sérve South American papers and urged that such a service be started. N this econnection, the speaker said the greater intérchange of news daily between the northern and southern continents fs, in the opinién of news- paper men, bringing about mutual un- anding of the problems which the republics of the New World must “Gives Complete Picture.” “It 18 interesting to watch the great tes of editors and newspapers,” he said. “The Associated Press and other American agencies handling this intérchange of news seek to give a complete picture of world news, good and bad news alike. On the ‘whole I believe a very good job | is being done by American agencies.” Touching upon North American and European competition in Latin Amer- ica, Mr. Bmith sald: “It should be borné in mind that even the bitterest Latin American enemy of the United States is not a friend of Europe. All 21 of the republics in the New World followed the footsteps of Washington and Bolivar. Until the Great War gave the United States Navy a poeition which makes Eur n on in the Americas unll 3 e Monroe Doctrine was more highly regarded by many of our neighbors than they eared to A&’mm Spirit Most Important. “The spirit in_which the Monroe Doctrine and the -Platt lx:nmnt ge interpreted is more importan an the writtén worde of thote documents. Our | country éan afford to be generous and patient in dealing with the differences which arise in our relations with our sister républies. And I am sure it will be. President Hoover's visit to our southern neighbors before he entered the White House was a friendly act which did_much to reassute Latin- American léadérs who weré doubtful about the good will of the sister re- blie m‘:men led m‘e ‘zly o freedom cm European domination.” g Concluding his address, Mr. Smith sald: “Sustained dally exchange of in- ternational news by cable is relatively new in the United States. The Asso- clated Press was the pioneer in this field in 1893. Thirty-eight years is not a long time even in our short history. Until the late Melville E. Stone con- ceived the idea of having American newspapers organize and collect their OWN news the world around, the forelgn news brought to the United States was very sketchy and under the control of individual papers. ““There are few corners of the earth which American news ncies do not cover today, and it is cult for im- ant events to-be kept secret very ong under |m‘|‘mwed communications . This i8 a bit embarr statesmen trained in the old school of secret_diplomacy. But it is mdlyln= to publics which insistently deman they must know what their govern- ments are doing.” Other Subjects Discussed. Law enforcement—including rack- and uor a muns‘in the ter Monday night. ' actually starts tomorrow evenlntuflth a service, at which Dr. Luther A. Weigle, dean 6f the Yale Divinity aehool will speak on “Religious Educa= on.” hours, 35 minutes, accordi schedule mmuuumsunwm!m- don to Karachi, in § days, 2 ing to & new to Stricken on Ship ‘wiLBUR C. WHITEHEAD, Noted bridge whist authority, who died on liner bound for Europe. BRIDGE AUTHORITY, WHITEHEAD, DIES Noted Player and Instructor Stricken on Liner Bound for Europe. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, June 27.—Wilbur C. Whitehead, noted bridge whist expert, died today on the 8. 8. Ile de France, on which he was bound for Europe with his granddaughter. Mr, Whitehead was one of the coun- try's most prominent bridge authorities and, author of numerous books of whist. He was & native of Cleveland, Ohio. He was at one time president of the Knickerbocker Whigt Club of New York and a pioneer in the field of contract bridge. Word of Mr. Whitehead's death was received by Sidney 8. Lenz, also a noted bridge expert, and for many years a | close friend, at Hanover, N. H., Where he was playing in the American Whist League tournament. Mr. Lenz telephoned the news to the Cavendish Club in New York. which was founded by Whitehead eight years ago. ‘Whitehead was taking his 17-year-old g‘ndduughm, Dorothy Williams, to ance for a-Summer vacation. He also planned to visit his wife in_Paris and daughter, Mrs. Stanley Fargo, who lives in Neullly, France. Whitehead was 65 years old. Lenz eaid the radiogram which in- formed him of his colleague’s death gave no details, Mr. Whitehead was traveling as a representative of Lenz,| X?COrIporl ; mmiygatru‘zuon bureau, to give lessons in ige passengers on board the Tle de France. Bridge first interested Mr. Whitehead in 1912, He was gresidln! of an auto- mobils company then, but gave up the business to devote his entire time to development of the game. Bridge Standard Issued. In 1018 Mr. Whitehead published an auetion bridge standard, presenting for the first time his famous Whitehead system, which in many respects revo-| | riously. ILIGHTED SPARKLER SETS CITY ON FIRE Thirty Buildings Burn as Boy Ignites Fireworks—Loss Put at $2,000,000. By the Associated Press. SPENCER, ITowa, June 27.—A lighted sparkler in the hands of a small boy ignited a fireworks display in & corner drug store today, starting a fire which razed 30 buildings, virtually wiping out the business section of Spencer, a city of 5,000 persons. Swept up the block and Across the street by the wind, the blaze, ene couraged by occasional bursts of fire- works in other stores, razed four blocks of business buildings, causing damage estimated at $2,000,000 by Leo C. Dailey, secretary of the Commercial Club. The store in which the fire started was located below the telephone office. Several operators were endangered, but firemen hoisted ladders and carried three to safety while others came down the stairway to the open ai ‘The water supply gave out seven fire companies joined with the regulars and volunteers or Spencer. The Little Sioux River water was pumped to the soene and dynamite was used to blast & clear space between the burn structures and adjoining buildings. ‘Then the firefighters tore down the blasted walls and cleared a wide path to check the flames. Two persons were burned, neither serously. NIGHT CLUB HOSTESS CHARGED WITH FRAUD Belle Livingstone, En Route by Motor to Reno and Coast, Stopped in Rochester. By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, N. Y., June 27.—New York detectives, with a warrant ch: ing grand larceny, were on their way here tonight to take cus of Belle Livingstone, former New York night club hostess, who was arrested hers this afternoon 8t the request of New York authorities. ‘The complaint charged her with fraudulently obtaining five gowns from Helen Meyer, a New York modiste Miss Li tone sald the charge was absurd and did not take her arrest se- She submitted to finger print- ing to obtain bail and continued her Jjourney. ‘The former night club hostess was on her way to Reno and Hollywood and had stopj here with her chauffeur and maid to rest overnight., she said. She wisecracked and joked with re- Of the fln::ru"fln she satd printing, she sald: “This 18 old stuff to me. I can do it with my eyes shut.” Miss Livingstone recently was re- leased after serving a 30-day term in !:lr;l?m prison on a prohibition eon- viction. — g e HOOVER REQUESTS DEFINITE POLICY ON FARM BOARD GRAIN ___(Continued From Pirst Page) domestic cereal would advance at least 10 cents a bushel immediately if a new agreement is announced. Would Adhere to Policy. A week ago. in response ‘to Kansas lutionized the game and contributed ( pleas. the board said it would adhere largely to its subsequent popularity. He became an outstanding authority on brit almost overnight. few weeks ago his book “What to Do and Why Is Contract” was published. Mr. Whitehead made frequent trips to Paris. He spent séveral months of each year in America, mostly in New York, where he was & member of the Knick- erbocker Whist Club, among other af- filiations. Shepard Receives News. E. V. Shepard, bridge expert, tonight said he received a radiogram from the Ile de France this afternoon, from which he got the impression Mr. White- head had died early yesterday. ‘He said hé had played hundreds of h g tehead—"pérhaps 68 —and considered him one of the most useful men the game has ever had, because of his origi- n&l and positive ideas. MODERATE ADVANCE RECORDED IN STOCKS Market Undergoes Profit-Taking With Gains of From $1 to $4. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 27.—Stocks polished off an eéxuberant week with a flourish of strength today. The advance was moderate, as meas- ured by the averages, for the market had to take considerable profit-taking; nevertheless, the bulls sat solidly in the saddle and applied the whip when- ever the pace la . Net gains in most cases measured $1 to 84, but there were a few larger advances. Sales to taled 1,919,240 shares, thé largest Sat- urday volume since March 28. Some profits were taken at the open- ., but the sell lasted less than f an hour. en United States Steel common easily weathered an ini- tial decline of $1.25, prices picked up weight n‘lll}yl:arwnd ‘:‘A}a the market was soon merrily. Steel t to $104.75, up s!l,'lb. i Bethlehem, American Telephone, Allied Chemical, Johns-Manville, West- inghouse, Du Pont, American Can, Loew’'s, American Smelting and North American showed advances of $1.25 to about tgc.M! lr(l;l Ralls, although sober com) with Friday's demonstration, finished higher. Gains in the bond market were most noticeable in the railroad iss and corn both advanced moderately, m in to weather news. dropped about & dollar a bale du the éarly in stocks.- At the closs it was 35 cents lower to 25 cents higher. Silver and zinc prices proved. P -|COLORED PETITIONERS HIT AMOS AND ANDY Radio Entertainers Tend to Hold Race in Ridicule, Says New- port News Objectors. By the Assoeiated Press. air because their mannerisms and the material of their skits are regarded as tending to hold their race Similar petitions are heing circulated bers. of the in other 4‘ 7 movement or sta to its present policy, adopted March 23, of handling the stabilization sup- plies “in such a way as to impose the minimum burden on domestic and world markets.” ‘The board has felt it wanted to be frée to take advantage of any favorable trade development to dispose of ths stocks and contended the March 23 policy did not imply that wheat would be “dumped” to depress prices. Stone has said wheat will be sold abroard if there is & market and its sale does not affect prices adversely. ‘Those who have asked for a new polioy, however, are not concerned so much with foreign selling. Watson Urged Action. Senstor Watson of Indiana, Republi- can majority leader, conferred with Stone Friday and later with President Hoover, urging withholding of the sup- plits until the new erop movement is over, He said Stone had indicated no such promise would be made. and added that Mr. Hoover had intimated he would not intervene. The Grain Stabilization Corporation b:fi n buying wheat to steady fast- falling prices in February, 1930, and ed in the market until June 3 of this year. With a heavy 1981 crop in prospect, its holdings early last Winter bscame a target for attacks. It wi claimed the corporation’s wheat co stituted & depressing threat to already low prices. HUEY LONG'S FOE TO ENTER 1932 RACE Lieut. Gov. Paul Cyr Will Seek Governorship Next Year in Louisiana. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, June 27.—Lieut. Gov. Paul N. Cyr, political enemy of Huey P. Long today announced candidacy for Governor in the 1082 Democratic primary. Cyr, & dentist and business man of Jeanerette, was Gov. Long's 1928 run- ning mate. He sald today his entry into the 1032 race was “with hope of’ undoing to some extent what I helped to do in 1928.” * He and Long broke openly and bit- terly early in the Long administra- tion and have since added color to an already colorful politicel situation with frequent personal attacks. 5 When Gov. Long was elected to the United States Senate last Fall, he an- nounced he would not take his seat several months after the next Coni convenes, in order to prevent Cyr from succeeding to the executive's chair. Two other candidates are already acitvely in the fleld for governorship, ey, _an o, of the Publis Service Southwest Louisians. 1 STORE BOMBING MYSTERY, British Columbia, June 27 day the buf with 4 loss estimated at $6,000. ice e the belief amateur en had endeavored to blow the safe, but used too heavy a charge. However, they also were investigating a theory that the explosion may have been caused by disgruntled Sons of Freedom Doukhobors in me for re- cent prosecutions for to give census data.