Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1932, Page 2

JUDD WILL PURGE HONOLULU POLICE Speeds Legislative Plans in Effort to Forestall Con- gressional Action. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, January forestall congressional action which might result in changing the Territorial government, Gov. Lawrence M. Judd today speeded completion of & program for the special sessioi of the Legis- lature which meets Monday to enact measures intended to strengthen law enforcement here. Bills to purge the much criticized Police Department of politics and in- efficiency were formulated. One pro-! vides for reorganization of the depart- ment under an appointive instead of an elective head. Officials prepared to receive Seth Q. Richardson, Assistant Attorney General sent from Washington to investigate crime conditions which were climaxed by an asssult on Mrs. Thomas H. Mas- sle, wife of a naval lieutenant, and the slaying of Joseph Kahahawai, an Ha- waifan accused as one of her assailants Inquiry Welcomed. James F. Gilllland, city and county attorney, labeled the visit as a move to force him from office. Other officials said they welcomed the prospective in- quiry. Deputies under Gilliland prosecuted the five youths charged with the attack last September on Mrs. Massie. The jury disagreed and was dismissed. Gilliland's office is expected to prose- cute Mrs. Granville Fortescue, mother of Mrs. Massie; Lieut. Massie and two enlisted naval men on charges of killing Kahahawal. A grand jury, which is to consider the case of Mrs Fortescue, Lieut. Massie and the enlisted men, Albert O. Jones and E. J. Lord, organized last night. It took up routine criminal matters. Authori- ties have announced the Kahahawal murder evidence will be presented the grand jury “early next week.” Stanford B. D. Wood, Federal dis- trict attorney, said he believed Rich- ardson’s inquiry will “be a good thing.” Complexion of Jury. “So many contradictory statements have been made regarding conditions,” ‘Wood said, “that there should be an investigation to ascertain the facts.” As originally drawn, the grand jury nel consisted of 18 Caucasians, 1 awaiian, 1 Chinese and 3 part Ha- walians. One man was excused be- cause he was supervising work under Government contract. Another could not be found. The remaining 21 com- prise the inquisitorial body, of which Harry Franson was named foreman. PRATT REBUKE ASKED. New York Group Attacks Alleged “Lynch Law” Defense. NEW YORK, January 16 () —Sec- retary of the Navy Adems was called upon by the National Associagjon for the Advancement of Colored People to rebuke Admiral William V, Pratt, chief of naval operations, for what the as- sociation termed his defense of “lynch law” in Hawail. The association’s letter also censures the Subcommittee of the.House Com- mittee on Naval Affairs for urging com- mendation of Navy offitials involved in the Hawalian situation. Maj. Granville Roland Fortescue was reported in ‘“very satisfactory condi- tion” by his physician at’ the Colum- bia Presbyterian Medical Center Hos- pital, where he is ill with pneumonia. His wife and son-in-law are held fn Honolulu for the slaying of an Hawailan, following an attack on the major's daughter. NAVY MEN SEEK T0 PROTECT WHITE FAMILIES IN HAWAIL (Continued From First Page.) plans for the Justice Department in- quiry “Do you think these Navy people (Lieut. Massie and two enlisted men) will get a fair trial if tried in the civil courts?” asked Senator Robinson, Re- publican, of Indiana “I wouldn't like to discuss that” Mitchell said. “Preparedness” Hearing. Today's hearing was described as a preparedness affair, to collect informa- tion against the possibility of having to dea) later with a resolution by Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, for direct Senate investigation of island conditions Chairman Bingham was responsible for having the Justice Department undertake an inquiry after widespread agitation over the Massie-Fortescue as- sault and murder case The Justice investigation will get fully under way when Seth W. Rich- ardson, Assistant Attorney Geheral, who is in charge, sails for Honolulu late this mon| BLAST WRECKS HOME; MAN BURIED IN DEBRIS Philadelphia Realty Dealer Serious- 1y Hurt—Convent, Three Blocks j 16.—Hoping to | | ing TON, First Pictures of Mrs. Fortescue’s Arrest WOMEN T0 PROTEST FEDERAL WAGE CUT Committee of One Thousand Democrats and Progres- sives Meets Today. With a strong protest against | threatened cut in the pay of Federal employes as its objective, the National Executive Committee of One Thusand Democratic and Progressive Women was scheduled to meet at the Williard Hotel | at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon to perfect | an active campaign in opposition to congressional attempts at salary slash- | ing in the Government departments. Speakers against reduction of Federal workers' salaries at today'’s meeting in- | clude such prominent leaders as Senator Smith W. Brookhart, progressive Re- publican, of Iowa; Representative John W. McCormack of Massachusetts, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Edwards, chairman of the National Executive Committee of the sponsoring organization; Miss Ger- trude McNally, secretary-treasurer of the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes, and Representative James Fitzpatrick of New York. Mr. McCormack will speak on his proposed legislation for a five-day week; Mrs. Edwards will stress the inescapable effects of salary reduction upon the business life of Washington and Miss McNally will present the | viewpoint of the Government workers themselves. | Work for Common Cause. | With an organization network in 19 States, the Committee of One Thou- sand Democratic and Progressive Women, less than a year old, already | has laid the groundwork for a national | campaign to arouse sentiment in/ Congress against the injustice of a salary cut for Federal employes, the great majority of whom are stationed in Washington. The purpose of to- day’s meeting is to point out this in- justice; to demand the same consider- ation for Government workers that any other unified group of wage-earners would receive, and to make that de- mand effective by working together as a unit for the common cause. Assurance of support are coming from scores of Democratic members in both the Senate and House, where efforts thus far to enact legislation reducing the pay of Government employes have been sidetracked. The women’s organi- zation also is pledged to work in the interest of a five-day week and better employment conditions generally. Wires Protest of Reduction. On the eve of the meeting a message was received from one of the vice chair men, Miss Mary Curley, daughter of Mayor Curley of Boston, protesting that Government employes, due to the high cost of living in Washington, are en- titled to liberal compensation and urg- ing the organization to vigorously op- pose salary slashing. Her telegram read: “The movement to decrease the wages of employes of the United States Government deserves the strongest character of national re- huke. We are the richest Nation of the earth, and Federal employes have been for many years underpaid. The cost of living in Washington is prob- ably higher than any other metropol- itan city of the country, and the Fed- eral employes for the most exacting character of work are entitled to liberal compensation. Your organization should demand all Democratic members of the Senate and House of Representatives Unite and vigorously oppose by public protest this i1l advised, economically un- sound proposal.” ieter ouncing the meet- In a statement ann Mrs. Edwards, national chairman, e fact that the called attention to th only reason for choosing Government work, with its low pay and long hours, is the security it affords in times of Away, Damaged. | By the Associated Press | PHILADELPHIA, January 16.—John Zdanowski, a real estate dealer, was buried in the debris of a three-story | house Thursday when an explosion wrecked the structure. Police and fire- | men searching the wreckage found him | four hours after a mysterious blast had jarred the neighborhood and demolished the house. Zdanowski had recently purchased the house and had gone there to do | some repairs | Firemen and police rushed him to a hospital, where his condition Was sald | Peter A, Drury, national vice chairman; | to be serious. The blast shook houses for more than & mile and broke windows in dwellings within & radius of several blocks. The convent, school and church of the Mater Dolorosa, an_Italian Catholic institution, three blocks away was damaged and parishioners in evening prayer fled in terror. | Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schwieker, who | ltved next door to the wrecked house, | were slightly injured when they were{ thrown by the force of the explosion. An automobile three blocks away Was | blown across the street. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Generalissimo” . Lincke Overture, “Light Cavalry ... Sippe Morceau, “Chanson d'Amour” (Song of Love) . S Scenes from grand opers Reminiscent, “Tiger Rag"”.. Waltz song, “Tell Me With a ‘Lohengrin,’ Wagner Billy Moore Love stress. “If that security is to be taken from it, what is left ” she asked. Proceedings to Be Broadcast. The meeting this afternoon is open to all Government employes and oth- ers interested in the movement to safe- guard their salaries. The proceeding of the meeting, which will ‘be held in the Willard Room, are to be broadcast Jjointly over Statians WJSV and WOL In addition to Mrs. Edwards, officers the Executive Committee include Edward M. House, national vice Mrs. Duncan U.. Fletcher, vice chairman; Miss Mary national vice chairman; Mrs. of Mrs chairman; national Curley Mrs. Helen R. Knighton, national treasurer; Miss Patricia V. Dorn, na- tional secretary and chairman of the Arrangement Committee, and Mrs. Wil- liam G. Dowd, national recording sec- retary. SCHOOL NEEDS CITED Ballou Gives House Committee Program in Writing. After 2 conference with Chairman Norton of the House District Committee regarding the legislative needs of the public school system of the National Capital, Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin- tendent of schools, yesterday submitted a program in writing covering four principal measures for the attention of the House District Committee. These are: Interim appointments in the public schools; leave of absence with part pay, so as to provide opportu- nity for educational improvement of the teaching force: improvements of vocational schools and legislation pro- viding for a teachers’ college. that these Song sessss ......Arlen Finale, “I Can't Get the Mississippi Off My Mind” Akst y “The Btar Spangled Banner Mrs. Norton told Dr. Ballou measures would be brought to the at- tention of the House District Committee st the earliest possible date. between two city detectives. San Francisco. (A. P. photo.) U TELEPHOTOS OF PRINCIPAL IN HAWAIIAN TRAGEDY. PPER: Mrs. Granville Fortescue en route to the police station in Honolulu after finding of the body of a Hawailan in her car. at extreme left and her daughter, Miss Helen Fortescue, is shown This telephoto was sent to New York from The lower picture shows Mrs. Fortescue Mrs. Fortescue is waiting beside the road for the arrival of Honolulu authorities. (Wide World photo.) sioners Authority on U. S. Land Outside District. That the District Commissioners be given powers properly to police and nforce the law on United States Gov- | ernment property outside of the Dis- | trict, at the Virginia end of the Key and Highway bridges and at institu- | tions they administer, is recommended | by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, execu- | tive officer of the National Capital ssion. Park and Planning Commi: | This recommendation is made in a letter to Chairman Norton of the House District Committee, suggesting | an amendment to the bill already be- | for the committee, submitted by the | Commissioners and’ introduced by Mrs. | Norton, which provides for extending the powers of the Commissioners to make all municipal regulations and ordinances as such power may be dele- gated by Congress consistent with the Constitution, Col. Grant, however, emphasizes that he “would not want to make any sug- gestion not agreeable to the Commis- | sioners, but on the condition that they | may concur would it not be advisable | to add” the grant of such authority as | described above. He suggests that this language be added to the bill increasing the police powers of the District Commissioners— | “or on United States land and prop- erty outside the District of Columbla placed under their control by law.” He explains that “such an addition would permit them to handle matters of traffic and crime prevention at the Vir- ginia end of the Key Bridge and of the | Highway Bridge and at institutions they administer. but for which they appear not to have explicit legal au- thority to make Tegulations and o en- force them “I am impelled to make this sug- gestion,” Col. Grant explains, “only by observation of harmful conditions aris- in from inadequateness of the exist- ing law as the Commissioners interpret it and the opportunity your bill seems to offer to remedy that.” He suggested that if she welcomes his proposed amendment Mrs. Norton confer about it with the corporation counsel and the District Commissioners. | TWO MILLION PERSONS | KISS FEET OF ST. XAVIER Body Replaced After 40-Day Miracles Reported. in Sarcophagus Ceremonies. | B the Assoctated Press GOA, Portuguese India, January 16.— The embalmed body of St. Prancis URGES D. C. POLICE CREW DESCRIBES POWER EXTENSION - DESTROYER CRASH |Grant Would Give Commis- |Disabled Coast Guard Vessel at New London With 15- Foot Hole in Side. By the Associated Press. NEW LONDON, Conn., January 16.— A vivid story of the ccllision between the Coast Guard destroyer Herndon and the collier Lemuel Burrows was brought here today by officers and crew of the disabled destroyer. The service vessel, with a jagged 15-foot_hole torn across her port side near the bow, arrived at ! Guard base shortly before 8 am., in. | Xavier was replaced in its silver sar-| | cophagus yesterday after having been exposed for 40 days, during which 2.- 000,000 pilgrims from all over the world filed past it and kissed the feet. Thousands of miracles were reported |to have occurred during the 40 days, and the church officials will publish a full list of them after verification. it Japan is considering an upward re- vision of its tariff. | one of those arrested tow of the Coast Guard tug Acushnet, after a €0-mile journey from yester- day's collision. None of the destroyer's crew of 17 officers and 92 men was serfously injured, but all were badly fatigued by their trying experiences and a sleepless night when they arrived here. “We are lucky to be alive,” Comdr. Charles G. Roemer, commander of the Herndon, said. “It was a most dangerous and try- ing experience, but the officers and crew behaved admirably. Five seconds more and the-collision would not have occurred, for we would have been out of line of the Burrows by that time.” Lieut. A. C. Richmond, executive of- ficer on the destroyer, said: “The men were just going astern after lunch when we were rammed. We started lowering the boats. The ward room and the fore quarters of the ship were flooded, but we immediately shut 1l the bulkheads.” 200 HELD IN PLOT TO KILL CARMONA Army Officers and Former Priest Accused of Portuguese Conspiracy. By the Associated Press LISBON, Portugal, January 16— Two hundred persons, including a num- ber of low-ranking army officers, were arrested today in connection with what was described as a plot to assassinate President Carmona and his minister of finance. A former priest named Fuarec, said to be the leader of the plot, was Police said they had found him in the home of a high government official talking about plans |to kill the President and Antonio Oli- veria Salazar, the finance minister. Police also seized a number of docu- ments, from which they took the names of most of the others who were arrested. The former priest has been in trouble before. The last time he was deported to the Azores, but escaped and re-en- tered Portugal secretly. Noted Sea Captain Dead. MOBILE, Ala., January 16 (#).—Capt. Eldridge B. Semmes, 60, widely known in maritime circles, died here yester- day. He commanded the transport Bernard, which raised the battleship Maine after it sank in Havana Harbor in 1898 following an explosion that precipitated the Spanish-American War. the Coast 4 DG (OFFERS TRIANGLE TRAFFIC AID PLAN Inspector Brown Suggests That Federal Departments Stagger Work Hours. SATURDAY, Staggered hours for opening and | closing Government departments as a means of relieving anticipated traffic | congestion in the Federal triangle was suggested by Inspector E. W. Brown, acting superintendent of police, in a radio_interview last night over Sta- tion WOL. The police department, Inspector Brown declared, views with concern conditions already developing in the Federal area. “The problem is” he said, “where will the thousands of Federal workers who use their cars in coming to and from their places of em- ployment park while at work, and the relief of the congestion that will neces- sarily follow in this area with the in- flux of thousands of cars that hereto- fore were scattered throughout the District when the Federal departments were located some distance outside the | congested area.” Favors Cab Restriction. “The thought occurs to me that when the Federal building program is com- pleted and the employes move into the new buildings, if consideration will not necessarily have to be given to stagger- ing the hours of the several depart- ments, as it will be almost physically impossible to bring in an out of this area the thousands of automobiles which will be used by the Government workers.” Inspector Brown also advocated a re- striction on the number of taxicabs in Washington, based on public con- venience and necessity, and a require ment that all public vehicles carry financial responsibility. Program Arranged by Post. The increasirig number of busses and the lack of off-street terminals, In- spector Brown said, is developing con- gestion on the streets. This situation will be improved, however, he declared, August 1, when the order of the Public Utilities Commission becomes effective, providing for the establishment of off- street bus terminals. Inspector Brown appeared before the microphone in a program arranged by the Washington Police Post of the American Legion. MEMORIAL BRIDGE AND NEW HIGHWAY | (Continued From First Page.) reading of reports upon the progress of work and rlans for the celebration. These reports were made by Rep- resentative Sol Bloom of New York, associate director of the commission, which dealt with the program being made for the celebrations here and throughout the country; T. H. McDon- ald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture, on the Mount Vernon Boulevard; Col. Grant, on the Arlington Memorial | Bridge; Horace M. Albright, director | of national parks, on the Wakefleld | Memorial, and Dr. John Pitzpatrick of | the Congressional Library on the writ- ings of George Washington. Members Listed. [ The members of the commisison be- | sides the associates who read reports, | who met with the President today, were | Senators Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, vice chairman; Arthur Capper of Kansas, Millard E. Tydings of Maryland, Rep- resentative John Q. Tilson of Connecti- cut, former Representative R. Walton Moore of Virginia, Mrs. Anthony Wayne JANUARY 16, 1932. WILLARD EXPLAINS PAY CUT PROPOSAL Presents Rail Executives’ Side to Organized Workers at Chicago Meeting. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 16.—Daniel Wil- lard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio, told organized railroad workers today why the managements thought they should accept voluntary wage reduc- tions of 10 per cent. The white-baired executive, leader of the Committee of Nine Presidents, had the floor at the second session of the negotiations between managements and organized labor on wage reduction and unemployment problems. The proposal, he explained, was this “Ten per cent to be deducted from each pay check for a period of one yea™ Basic rates to remain as at present This arrangement to terminate auto- matically 12 months after the plan be- comes effective unless extended by mutual agreement.” Secrecy 1s Maintained. Yesterday David B. Robertson, of the labor delegation, presentes program of the brotherhoods and unions aimed at relieving unemployment and assuring employment to an “average force” for one year. Strictest secrecy surrounded the meeting. with guards placed at every entrance. Only two spokesmen were permitted to reveal any of the happen- ings in the conference room. They were Willard and Robertson. Both cheduled press conferences day. head d the Desire for Accord Voiced. The presidents, who were outnum- bered 20 to 1 yesterday, swelled their numbers today. with a few secretaries and three advisory experts on labor matters. These men were J. W. Hig- gins, chairman of the Western Asso- ciation of Rallway Executives; E. J McClees, secretary of the Bureau of Information of the Eastern Rallways, and C. P. Neill, manager of the Bureau of Information of the Southeastern Railways. The workers asked the presidents “to join with us in perfecting plans to take care of diminishing employment. We believe the working day of railway labor should be changed from 8 to 6 hours, so that men thrown out of employment with the advent of machines may be re-employed.” $ Both sides expressed a wish for an amicable agreement. “BOMB” FOR DR. KLEIN SENT 8Y HUSTON, G. 0. P. FORMER CHAIRMAN | (Continued From First Page.) the greatest of care, the detectives took it to Dr. Charles E. Monroe, chief of the explosive division of the Bureau of | Mines. He immediately detected & strange odor from the box. He said the fumes bore a resemblance to ace- tone or decomposed smokeless powder. He ordered strong twine tied around the package to prevent a possible spring from setting off the “bomb.” Dr. Monroe was calm and business- like. He told reporters the box might contain “anything.” He said it would be foolhardy to open it without taking every precaution to prevent any one from being injured. He suggested that the package be taken to the Naval Re- search Laboratory at Bellevue, D..C. The detectives acquiesced. On arriving at Bellevue the detec- Cook of Pennsylvania, Mrs. John Dick- inson Sherman, C. Bascom Slemp and Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart of this city, | John N. Garner of Texas, Speaker of the House, ex-officio commisisoner, and William Tyler Page, former clerk of the | House, executive secretary. Members of the party accompanying| President Hoover on the inspection trip | will be Mrs. Hoover, Vice President Cur- | tis, who is an ex-officio member of the | Bicentennial Commission; Senator Keyes of New Hampshire, chairman of | the Committee on Public Buildings and | Grounds; Representative Lanham of | Texas, chairman of the House Commit- | tee on Public Buildings and Grounds; Senhtor Fess, vice chairman, and Rep- resentative Bloom, associate director of the Bicentennial Commission; T. H. McDonald, chief of Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture; Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d.; Maj. D. H. Gillette, his assistant; Walter H. New- | ton and Theodore G. Joslin, presiden- tial secretaries; Col. Campbell B. Hodges, chief White House military | aide, and Capt. Joel T. Boone, White House physician. TWO BANDITS MENACE VICTIM AND TAKE $43 One Carried Knife, the Other a Pistol, Bays C. E. Sterner—Col- ored Pair Also Robbed. Two armed colored bandits held up and robbed Clarence E. Sterner of $43.45 early this morning in the 100 block of B street. he reported to police. Sterner said one of the men brandished | a knife and the other a pistol. The one with the gun, he said, kept it pointed at him while the other took the money. Sterner is foreman of a force of laborers employed in the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. Two colored men told police they had | been robbed by another colored man armed with a pistol, at Fifth street| robbed pair, George Wilson, 714 Third | street southeast, and Daniel Murray, 416 Third street southeast, said the! robber got $7.50 and $6.50, respectively, from them. . Britain Bars U, S. Actor. LONDON, January 16 ().—Ben| Welden, an American, is the latest| victim of the ministry of labor’s ban | on foreign mctors. Welden, who has been acting here for five years and is married to an English girl, was in- formed yesterday that no more ap- pearances will be permitted. tives exhibited the box to Lieut. Comdr. A. B. Dorsey. He handled it cautiously. A detail of Marines was summoned. They carried regulation rifies. Those in charge, followed by nearly a dozen reporters and photographers, walked to a remote spot on the bank of the Poto- | mac River. The “bomb” was placed in a huge testing vat containing concrete sides a foot and a half thick. A Marine then was stationed behind an iron screen to protect him from {ragments. his audience retreated 50 feet, he opened fire at the box through & peep- hole in the screen. ‘The witnesses clapped their fingers to their ears, expecting an explosion. Every shot hit the target, but it falled to explode. Still uncertain, the experts removed the bullet-riddled package to a laboratory nearby. A teaspoonful of the powderlike contents of the box was placed on a steel drum and struck with | a sledge hammer. It did not explode. Then another teaspoonful was ignited with a fuse. It sputtered in what the chemists called a strange manner. At_this point the box, still virtually | intact, was placed behind & steel screen. A workman adjusted mirrors so he could see the box without being unprotected | should it explode. With the aid of pincers, he removed the top. Then the mystery was solved. It be- came evident that the box contained no mechanism. Instead, it was filled with tiny white tablets. Careful ex- amination of the tablets convinced Dr. Monroe they were not made of ex- plosives. GANG MURDERS LAID TO TAPPED PHONE LINES By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 16,—The Herald and Examiner said today that confi- dential telephone conversations from the racket office of the State's attor- ney's organization probably supplied information which caused racketeer- | gunmen to commit several murders, in- cluding that of Benjamin Rosenberg. | Rosenberg was shot to death in subur- ban Maywood last Monday night. ‘The newspaper said officials of the State's attorney’s staff admitted that the telephone lines from the racket of- fice had been tapped by gangsters. Other slayings attributed to the tele- phone spy system were those of Albert Courchene, leader of insurgents in the plumbers’ union, who was shot to death last February, and Jacob O. Kaufman, a member of the Moving Picture Oper- ;wn' Union. Kaufman was killed last une. twice a After | | Rites Today | i GRAHAM B. NICHOL. GRAHAM B. NICHOL * RITES HELD TODAY Press Club Issues Eulogy on | Man Who Helped Found | the Group. Funeral services for Graham B | Nichol, veteran Capital newspaper man and one of the leaders in the founding of the Natlonal Press Club, who died | Thursday at Garfield Hospital, are being held this afternoon at All Souls' Memo- rial Episcopal Church, Cathedral ave- nue east of Connecticut avenue. Rev H. D. Sterrett, rector of All Souls, will officiate. Burial will be private in the tamily plot at Oak Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers Named. Honorary pallbearers will include for- mer friends and associates of Mr. Nichol, from the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the National Press Club. He had been public relations counsel for the Internal Revenue Bureau since 1918. The pallbearers will include David Burnet, commissioner of internal revenue; George J. Schoenman, deputy commissioner; Elmer L. Irey, Joseph Moyer, James Hay, jr.; A. J. Montgom- ery, Frederic J. Haskin, H. O. Bishop, Theodore Tiller, Daniel E. O’Connell Joyce O'Hara, Benjamin Meiman and James Willlam Bryan. Statement Issued. In a statement issued today, Eugene S. Leggett, president of the National Press Club, says: “The National Press Club owes & debt of gratitude to him, for he was one of the principal organizers of the club 23 years ago. In 1908 when 32 newspapers gathered to discuss the pos- sibilities of a club, ‘Nick’ was appointed | chairman of the organization. | “Since that time he has been a leader of the club. He has given much time and much effort to further the club's |interest. He has been a hard worker, |a loyal club member and his death |18 a great loss to all of us. Committees to Attend. “Everybody in the Press Club knew and liked ‘Nick." He was admired and re- spected. In his death, the Press Club | loses one of its most active members and workers.” The committee appointed by Leggett to attend the funeral follows: W. H. Atkins, Norman Baxter, Ulric Bell, Ira E. Bennett, H. O. Bishop, T. W. Bra- hany, Harry J. Brown, W. L. Bruckart, Walker S. Buel, Vincent F. Callahan, Otto Carmichael, George H. Carter, A. J. Clarke, Edward B. Clark, Clinton Cof- | fin, Ralph A. Collins, Leland S. Con- ness, Donald A. Craig, Willlam L. Crounse, J. H. Cunningham, George E. Durno, Thomas F. Edmunds, Fred A. Emery, M. W. Flynn, A. L. Geiger, Strickland Gillilan, Mark L. Goodwin, Ralph A. Graves, Harry Gusack, Charles A. Hamilton, Lee Poe Hart, Prederic J. Haskin, James Hay, jr.; Charles S. Hayden, A. E. Heiss, J. R. Hildebrand, G. G. Hill, James P. Hornaday, Wil- liam H. Hottel, Granville M. Hunt, Wal- ter C. Jacobs, Theodore G. Joslin, D. J. Kaufman, John J. Kennelly, Russell Kent, Charles E. Kern, Thomas Kirby, E. A. Knorr, John Lorance, Frank B. Lord, Louis Ludlow, Horace A. Mann, Edgar A. Markham, C. G. Marshall, | Lorenzo Martin, Jerry A. Mathews, Benjamin Meiman, Morton M. Milford, Henry Miller, A. J. Montgomery, Frank P. Morgan, Frank P. Morse, Elmer Murphy, K. Foster Murray, John Ed- win Nevin, Dan O'Connell, Joyce O'Hara, Carl D. Ruth, Leo R. Sack, Thomas E. Shipp, W. J. Showalter, Maurice Splain, Fred Starek, Francis M. Stephenson, H. C. Stevens, John L. Suter, Henry L. Sweinhsrt, Aubrey E. | Taylor, Mark Thistlethwaite, Robert S. | Thornburgh, . Theodore Tiler, Bascom N. Timmons, Eugene V. Van Veen, Ernest G. Walker, John J. Walsh, Harry Ward, Everett C. Watkins, Gladstone Wil- liams, John O. Williams, Paul Wooton and J. Russell Young. 'POLITICS BLAMED FOR JOB MARCHES | Republican Clip Sheet Says Last Unemployed Hike Was Sponsored by Hoover Enemy. | (Prom the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) | By the Associated Press. | The Republican National Committee | clipsheet today carried a statement that the recent unemployment marches on Washington had their inception in poli- tics and not in economics. The statement sald “any child should | know” that the first one was inspired | by Communistic agitators and the sec- ond one had its genesis in the activities of a powerful political figure opposed to President Hoover. Destroyer Rammed by Freighter VESSEL WAS ON LOOKOUT FOR RUM RUNNERS. MASHED by s coal freighter as she was slipping through fog on the lookout for rum runners, the Coast Guard de- stroyer Herndon, with 85 men and 8 officers, was towed to New London, Conn., January 15 after a period of floundering helpless and unseen 60 miles off New London. The photograph is of @ destroyer in the same class as the Herndon, the types of all vessels of that class being almost exact duplicates, —A. B, Photo. IMother of Thr DEATH OF WOMAN INPLUNGE PROBED ee Falls Out of Window on 12th Floor of Press Building. An inquest was being held at the morgue today into the death of Mrs. Edith M. Strout, 32-year-old mother of three children, who died shortly after 10 o'clock last night in a 12-story plunge from a window in the office of the Christian Science Monitor at the National Press Building. Mrs. Strout, wife of Richard Lee Strout of the Moni- tor's staff here, was dead when her body was picked up from an alley in the rear of the building. Mrs. Strout, police were informed, had been in poor health since she was overcome by carbon monoxide gas while a garage behind the Str “5 Alton street. Pl e s Mr. Strout told Coroner Joseph D. Rogers his wife accompanied him to the buiding last night about 10 o'clock and waited in a twelfth floor corridor while {;e went i the office of a newspaper ureau adjoining the office v] was employed. g Returns to Adjoining Suite. Finding he must remain longer tha he expected, Mr. Strout saxd,g he r: turned to his wife and let her into the Monitor office, going back to the adjoin= ing suite then occupied by Harry F, rnl(‘i“i":hm l‘zflisNoflh Capitol street ur N kipper of 182 }!;s‘;,nmhlre avenue, - Y ile conversing there, Mr. Stroi said, he heard a scream and, r\mmx‘:: 'to a rear window, saw people hastening ‘toward a body in the alley below. The husband ran into the adjoining office, saw that his wife had disappeared and cescended to the street, where he icirinlfied her body. eadquarters detectives who investi~ gated were unable to say if-Mrs. Strout leaped or fell from a window which had been opened above the spot where her body struck. The force of the impact tore both shoes from her feet, and the body was badly mangled. Heard Body Strike Areaway. Gordon A. Lee of 1338 Monroe Street said he was standing near the stage entrance of the Fox Theater when he ;he&rd the impact of a body striking ithe areaway. He rushed to the spot, he said, only to find that death had been instantaneous. The body was removed to Emergency Hospital in the ambulance of the fire rescue squad, where a staff physician pirorlmunced Mrs. Strout dead on ar- rival. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Strout is survived by three children, Allan, 6 years old; Phyllis, 2 years younger, and a 7-months-old infant, WEATHER “WHIMSIES” CONTINUE PUZZLING U. S. METEOROLOGISTS (Continued From First Page.) no explanation of the whimsies weath= er is indulging in. “It just can’t be explained,” they say. PLANES TAKE INDIANS FOOD. Navajos “Look to Skies” for Help Amid Snow Drifts. WINSLOW, Ariz,, January 16 (P).— The Navajo Indian, who has for.cen- turies implored aid from the sun and rain gods, looked to the skies today for airplanes that will bring food to his snowbound home in Northeastern Arizona and Northwestern New Mexico, Hundreds of the tribesmen are with- out food, it is estimated, due to the most_severe Winter the Indian country has known in years. Isolated Indian villages are marooned by snow drifts 2 to 10 feet in depth. Indian Department officials in Wash- ington yesterday authorized the use of airplanes to take food to the snowbound Navajos. Winslow will be made the headquarters for the relief work, the rplanes flying over the snowbound vil- lages and dropping packages of provi sions. The relief work was to start with the arrival of Government planes from March Field, Calif. MILDER WEATHER SEEN. SAN FRANCISCO, January 16 (#).— Californians welcomed promises of milder weather today in the wave of a storm which swept the State 48 hours, leaving snow in its wake. The Weather Bureau forecast clouds for the northern half of the State and clouds, with probable rain and low tem- perature, but no probability of snow for Southern California. _ The first snowstorm in this section in the 54 years Weather Bureau records have been kept here struck yesterday. An inch or more fell over Los Angeles and other Southern California areas. Only a trace, however, remained today. With Washington State blanketed under the heaviest snowfall of the Win- ter, forecasts offered little relief for the Pacific Northwest from its present siege WIFE OF GEN. COLLINS DIES AT WALTER REED Daughter of Late Col. James J. Van Horn Spent Most of Life in Capital. Margaret Elizabeth Van Horn Cole lins, wife of Brig. Gen. Edgar T. Col- lins, U. S. A, died at Walter Reed Hos- pital today after a long {illness. Gen. Coéllns is Commln;iti;’ of the 6th Bri- gade, U. S. A, with headquarters ‘Washington. 2 = Mrs. Collins was the daughter of the late Col. James J. Van Horn, U. 8. A, and spent most of her girihood and early life here. She was a graduate of Geprgetown Convent here. ~Gen. Col- lins was stationed here, first as a mem- ber of the faculty of the Army War College and later attached to the War Devartment general staff. Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Arrington, Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Barnett, wife of Capt. Allison J. Barnett, now stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kans.; a sister, Mrs. H. G. Bishop, wife of Maj. Gen. Harry G. Bishop, U. S. A,, Washington, and two brothers, Col. Robert O. Van Horn, U. S. A, Berkeley, Calif., and Lieut. Col. James H. Van Horn, U. 8. A,, Washington. Funeral services will be held at St, Margaret's Episcopal Church, 1826 Con- necticut avenue, at 11 o'clock Monday morning, with burial in Arlington Na=- tional Cemetery. JAIL 7 FOR TREASON Havana Police Link Youths With Slain Student. HAVANA, January 16 (#).—The se- cret police, headed by Capt. Muguel Calvo, raided a dairy shortly after mid- night and arrested seven youths who, they sald, are members of the 1927 student directory and former associates of Julio Mella, student who was assas- sinated 'in Mexico City three years ago. The seven were taken to Principe Prison on charges of military treason and conspiring against the government,