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-y v wems v s peE g e THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D, ¢ BRIDAY,; "EBRUARY 1932, SOUGHT FOR CHEST ‘Workers Hope to Reach Goal: Before Final Count Tuesday Night. & b : to atta withheld t e W d as unusua aders, H metropolitan tors 1 of the Wilsor ™; Lloyn B. Miss Dor ss Helen 0 oc s Beall, aged 16 (left), and Andrews, 18, who were shot upants of a mystertous black Takoma Park last night aped and & half hour later are d to bave shot Gordon T. Backus, in the back as he was walking down i street near his home, 3433 Mount i Pleasant street. Star Staff Photo ctor Hanson, Mrs. Frank P. Har- A_J. Harnett, Col. and Mrs, Hatch, Frazier D. Head er, H. J. Heintz Co Mr. and Mrs. Vernon John Van Rensslaer f v and Mrs. Theodore J Added Donations Listed. | Jewell. Edmund L. Jonas. J. B. Hyde. \ donat /. C. Kendall, H. R. Freeman King nsburgh., | Siggie Leese, Lock- Loomis 5. Guy Mason ng Co. Mrs. nna McGowan, i Mrs. James P. McKinney. Contributions Received. Frederic D. McKennell, Charles C. R. Massey, John G. o). J. Miller Kenyon, August an, Mott Motors, Inc. H. F. nd Leon Williams, Mr. and Ms. Moore, Joseph B. M h Na- Institute, Dr. Thomas Neill L. Olmsted, Dr. J. R. Palkin, Mr ternak, A. Harding Paul, J. J. P Mrs ry P. Pearson, Mr. and Frederick M. Pelzman, W. Frank Mr. and Mrs. Lee L. Price, S Eugene V. Pugh, Ransdell Flizabeth Reilly, Miss L. James A. Richmond, H Rothstein, Mrs. H Dominic’s A. Bell, 85 Jacob Blemberg, o Lighbown, M d Mrs. He Mr. T W ry M . | pa. ette. ;| Mrs. Persons R. Price 1 Miss | Grace Rhades R. Robinson, Robert H. Rousseau, St | Mr. E. C. and Mrs. Clara A. Sasser, L | F. Schmeckebier, James Brown Scott, ‘| J. R. Sherrod, Dr. and Mrs, W. M. Sim- kins, Mrs. Louis Simon, Skinner & Mary $10. Sarah irginia H. Elizabeth son, $5. Edgar Malcka R Frank S. Smith, Joseph P. Smith, Soroptomist Club of Washington, Luther | . Speer, Standard Coal Co., Standard | Engineering Co., Sulpiclan ' Seminary, Swift & Co., Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Thomp- son, Walter N. Tobriner, Fred Van Dol- Warfield Motor employes, Misses Anna P_ and Rebecca P. Warner, Weaver Bros, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Wert, West End Laundry Co. Inc.; Lynde P. Wheeler, John J. Whelan, Otis L. Williams, jr.. Mrs._Nellie G. Woodbury, Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Zantzinger, &NONYMOUS, ANODYMOUS, anonymous, ANONYmOUS, ANODYMOUS, NONYMOUs, ANONYMOUS. 47 BUSINESS HEADS MEET TO WAGE WAR ON HOARDING Wagener Wino W Anonymous, $2 Other Gifts Announced. Woodward; 2,000 Rust, Mrs Martin Wiegand ntury Ciub 0, $400, Mrs Smit Loose 1 Co.; Ernest N Mrs. J. I resident of the National Associa- of Commercial Organizaticn ies; Warner S. Hays, clation Executives; D. J. Woodlock, 8t Louis, manager of the National Retail Credit Associations; Redfield Proctor, Boston, president of the New England Council; Hugh MacRae, N. C, president of the Southeastern Economie Council; Lacklan MacLeay, Louis, secretary of the Mississippi lley Association: Col. Joel E. Spin- garn, New York, president of the Na- tional Association for Advancement of Colored People; Edward A. O'Neal, Chicago, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation; L. W. Wal- lace, executive secretary of the Ameri- can Engincering Council; Miss Herriet C. Righards, Chicago. executive secre- tar R. Knuebuhl, ,| the National nal nymot { New York, secretary of Federatir of ren C. Platt, New York, president of the Associated Business Papers, incorpor- ated. In addition, officials s=id. 1cpresenta- from the Na- Mrs Conrad Mr homas, Mrs. 4 tives would be present e Whitaker tional Publishers' Association, the Na- son, | tional = Assoclation of Real Estate the Brotherhood of Lovomotive | Engineers, Railway Firemen. White House officials later announced Tepresentatives to the conference weuld Inc.; $150. and Mrs., Gregg Butler, Dr. R. Mr. and Hartz, Federation of America, the National In- % dustrial Conference Board. the Motion Arthur Marks J. Murphy Co., Mr. and Mrs, Ottenstein, Richmond, M. Swing liam L. Yacger ce Choaie sociation, the United States Building and Loan League, the Investment Bank- ers’ Association of America and the Association of Life Insurance Presi- dents One of the President’s secretaries sald plans for the conference are not com- 0., Mrs. Doug- | plete anti that more organizations prob- d Mrs. Charles W.ably will be added. iberg, A. Jordan | 5 ke Dr | DOUBTS HOARDING Harold G. = P. Scide- | By the Associated Press ST. LOUIS, Febr 5.—Jay Morri- son of Seattle, president of the Savings Bank Division of the American Bankers’ 1S SERIOUS. Mouiton, Hen mann Lewis H ary ciation, who is in St. Louis arrang- | ing for the April meeting of his organi- $100, Mc 4 !{ zation here, took issue last night with Ansell, Mr b, y & N ering & rgman’s La Betts, - T. Borger, Bazzure Engincering Kingn Brewster, T. D. Caison, Jefferson S. Ocgge, Columbia_Lodge, No. 85; Angus McD. Crawford, J. Blaise de Libons & Co,, Inc.; James M. Beck, Mr. and Mrs Charles Conr Inc M V Richard Smith Co., Mi Evans & B H. W. Fitch V. Preudberg P, Gatti Roofing te Co. o ing of money by Americans. o The depressing effects of hoarding, Morrison said, have been greatly exag- gerated. He held that failure of the Federal Government to institute the economies by ‘which alone it can bal- ance the budget, is what really is delay- ing business recovery. “If the people want to hoard, how- ever foolish their desire, it is their own business,” he said. “After all, the thing is to keep the people from going broke.” Citing the shrinkage in commercial loans, brokers' loans and installment papers, Morrison said: “Beside all this liquidation, which has made money available for new credit, the hoarding of $1,500,000,000 is only a drop in the bucket.’ adis, Daly-Hopper _Co. Devine. Donohoe Bros., Doyle, Eagle Bedding ohn J. Earley, O. R E. B. Farren, Mrs F. Flyn Beall & Sharp Mr. and Mrs. M. J Mre. Edward H. (Florence M.) L._W. Gillette, Richard B Grlmrffii R. Heas, Mr. and Mrs, John ik Mysteriously Shot The | Church, | Garrets, W. and J, Sloane, James and | Continued From First Page) | president of the American Trade Asso- | Wilmington, | of Zonta International; Miss Emily | Busincss | and Professional Women's Clubs: War- | and the Brotherhood of | be sent by the National Association of | Mutual Savings Banks, the Advertising | Picture Producers and Distributors’ As- | President Hoover's plea against hoard- | l 'PATROLS TO HUNT MYSTERY GUNMEN IN CAPITAL TONIGHT ___(Continued From First Page) | Beall. “I felt a stinging sensation in | my leg, and Helen started screaming. | T grabbed her to keep her from falling | at the same time turning and looking at | the machine. A man sitting beside the driver was still pointing a gun at us.” Five Shots Fired. After firing five shots at the girls the | men fled, their automobile roaring as | ¢ sped away The gunplay was seen by Mrs. R | Wilson, 6607 Fifth street, who was “\unklnil on the other side of the street. She said “I saw the girls walking along, then noticed the black sedan, which attract- |ed my attention because it had no |lights. The automobile slowed down when it got opposite the girls, and then I heard a rapid succession of shots. The | car sped north on Fifth street and dis- | appeared.” A somewhat similar statement was e by sse L. Heustis, 20 Woodland enue, akoma Park I had )ust stopped my mi street Aspen wife and I were getting ou ial call, when I heard the s! to the ene. hine on id, “and to make hots. 1 Fift my A S ral Pocketbook Saves Life. Meanwhile Mrs. Wilson had reached the girls and found Miss Beall sup- | porting Miss Andrews. Heustis placed both girls in his automobile and took them to the office of Dr. Arthur Shan- non, 113 Carroll street. Takc ark. | The physician found that one of | bullets had passed through Miss drews’ arm and lodged in her pocket- | book. which was clasped to her breast | at the time of the shooting. If the rse had been thinner, it was pointed out, the slug probably would have en- tered her heart An ALLENS COUNSEL DEFENDS SLAYIG Outlines Case for Jury After Prosecution Closes Its Evidence. By the Associated Press NORRISTOWN, Pa., February 85— Counsel for Edward Allen, charged with the murder of Francis A. Donaldson, 3d, told the jury in Allen's trial today that “It is the right of any individual in defense of his life to take the de- fense methods necessary for that pur- pose.” So declared William T. Connor, coun sel for Ednard, who killed Donaldson with a shotgun in the Allen apart- ment in the fashionable Green Hill Farms Hotel November 9 last Allen killed Donaldson after a quar- rel over Donaldson's alleged relatio with Allen’s 18-year-old sister, Rose £ W Allen. In a statement to the police read in court vesterdry, Allen said Don- aldson had betrayed her. State Ends Case. The commonwealth closed before noon and the defense imm diately plunged in to present its side of the circumstances of the killing “We will show that the Aller,” said defense counsel, “w caused by an intense love for Aller old father and an intense desire to pro- tect & sister and save her good name. “We will show the Allens lived in Philadelphia in peace and contentment. Mrs. Allen died last April. Rose was a sweet, respectable daughter of the household ‘And then Donaldson came. A change came over Rose and conditions changed in that house. We will show that as a result of that change, on the afternoon of November 9 Eddie said to his sister: ‘Rose, there's some- thing we got to talk about. You know father is not in good condition and I want to talk over what happened last Friday about 2 oclock in the morning ' “The father had gone to Rose's room at that hour and found Donalgson there. He asked Donaldson to withdraw and Rose slapped his face and Donald- son beat him and tore his nightclothes. Told Her It Wasn't Right. ddie said to Rose. ‘That and she answe! ‘What its case do you ny out of here her with us longer i m. “If I tell Skinny vou said about keeping him out of v will make you look sick. Then he said, ‘Well, Rose, 1 tell you one thing, I'm not going to let Dad be treated in the he has been » made some remark to Rose he'd do if this man per- keep fatk ed, “He talked then with his father and n to dinner. Just then she was 'going ssed and s to Rose Sykes' house After recelving treatment, both girls| were questioned extensively by Detec- tive Sergts. B ® Lewis and J W. S mon. Neither girl was able to throw any light on the mystery Wh in the doctor's Andrews is said to have Miss Beall: “Please don't on me! Backus told police he had just round- ed the corner of Newton street and was walking toward his home when the black sedan appeared. As the car passed him, he said, one shot was fired, and he | fell to the sidewalk | Despite the seriousness of his wound, | | Backus erawled nearly half a block to |the home of a neighbor, Mrs. Helen | Brundage, 1733 Newton street Mrs, | Brundage notified pelice and the wound- | ed man was rushed to the hospital His Son Hears Shot. His son, Gordon, jr. 16, who was in the front room of the Backus home,| heard the shot, but thought it was the | backfire of an automobile. Other resi-| ;dems of the neighborhood also mistook | | the report for backfire | A-possible motive for the attack on Backus was given police by John W McDonald, 3417 Mount Pleasant street McDonald, & narcotics inspector, ex- pressed the belief the shot may have been intended for him because of his activity in drug cases “The gunman may have thought Mr. | Gordon was 1,” he seid | Clephane. a civil engineer, told police he had just stopped his car and was about to get out when a man stepped | from behind a tree and leveled a pistol | at him. The stranger pulled the trig- ger. Clephane said, and he heard a “click,” but the gun failed to go off. | Hastily throwing his machine into | gear, Clephane added. he drove away. | He was unable to suggest a possible motive for the attempted shooting. ‘Woman Shot in Wrist. Less than two hours after Backus and the girls had been shot, Henrietta Lloyd, colored, 4477 C street, was wounded under similar circumstances She was walking on Benning road near A street southeast. she told police, | when a colored man fired at her from an automobile. The bullet passed through her left wrist. | Louls Perkins, 4439 A sireet southeast, | took her to the office of Dr. W. W. Jones | 409 Pifty-eighth street, where she was | treated and permitted to go home. She | was unable to furnish a description of { either the car or the gunman. | ‘The first three numerals of the Maryland license number of the sedan used by Backus’' assailants were turned over to the police by the wounded man | The number, beginning with 290" was said by police to belong to the Montgomery County series Although two men figured in the | attack on the girls, only one man is thought to have figured in the Backus shooting, Nevertheless, police, working | on the theory both shootings may have been perpetrated by an escaped luna- | tic, began a check-up of local institu- tions for the demented. Their object. they explained, was to learn whether any mental patients had escaped i - cently. office Miss | remarked to blame this | | Jealousy Probed. Working on the Jjealousy theory. Brown and Shimon, accompanied by Detective Sergt. John C. Dalglish, went to Indian Head, Md., early today to interview a grocery clerk said to have known Miss Andrews. He succeeded | in convincing the detectives he had no connection with the case, however. Mysterious telephone calls were re- ceived at the homes of both the girls, police were told. A short time before the shooting. Miss Andrews’ mother, Mrs. D. M. Andrews, received two such calls. In each instance. she said, a man whose voice she did mot recog- nize, asked for her daughter. Her reply, she added. was that the girl had gone to the library. This morning & man telephoned Miss Beall's home and offered to “clear up the case” if the family were willing to “pay enough.” He gave the family a name and address, which was turned over to police, and promised to call at the Beall home at 1411 G street southeast and “talk the matter over. He falled to appear, however. Leighton Hubard Dead. NORFOLK, Va. February 5 (P .—J. Leighton Hubard, 66, & native of Balti- more and a prominent attorney, died here today after a long illness, He had resided in Norfolk nearly all his life. Plays Wrong Song. CONCORD, N. H. (#).—Maybe the bell ringer forgot. While Concord ob- served the opening of the Geneva Dis- armament conference he plaved *Co- lumbia, the Gem of the Ocean.” on the chimes. And the last words in- clude “the Army and Nl.l forever,” |in a | to frighten Failed to Return. ¢ expected her to con dow “Th air g > take Bellevue-Stratford Hotel “They finished their dinner and sat down to read. “While they were there, bothering no one. the two men, bent on aggression saving they were going to fix things up, came i and act of Eddie | back that | i wasn't | o her | | fact “Tnis boy Eddie was rnoken to by | Donaldson. who said ‘at last I've got L here.’ Lucas (A. G. H. Lucas) said. ‘We've come to settle something and we'Te going to do it “Eddie sald, ‘I'm sorry we can't talk about this. Il have to ask you to go, and Mr. Allen also asked them to go. “Eddie knew, as he told his sister. that he had as much chance with this | 2go boasted he had 1 ble and went to the telephone in the | Donaldson grabbed him by the coat lapel, threw him around. punched bhim in the jaw. and then this man. with his_prowess, began to beat him. Says Lucas Helped. hall took that old man arms behind his back and struck his knee into him and threw him bodily chair. The boy got up, hit at Donaldson and ran to the telephone in distress calling for help.” Attorney Conner told how men refused to leave at the of the hotel em| gument, Conner effort to get at young stopped him Then, in distress, Conner said. Allen rushed to the telephone to call the prietor of the hotel, Mortis Wood. “While there in a defenseless posi- the receiver in one hand boxer came up and smote him twice, as hard as he could, on the jaw. causing blood to spurt from his mouth and go on the telephone in- strument.” Connor said that young Allen then sought to find Wood or & policeman the two request He was dissuaded from bringing a po- | | liceman into the hotel because of the disturbance it might cause and the notoriety it might create. Describes Shooting. Not knowing what to do at the instant, he remembered the gun at the home of his friend Roberts, said Con- nor, and thought that if he could gel the gun he would frighten these men out. p After telling of the 12-mile trip to the Roberts’ house to get the gun, Con- nor said Allen thought the men had left the apartment by this time and wes proceeding to put the gun in a closet when he was “startled to learn that these men hadn't left the apart- ment. “He heard Donaldson say, ‘There Is the —— there now,’ using & vile nam ‘Now let's get him and give it to him. aud they came on him. He backed away and he thought he was going to be beaten again and his life would be in danger and he pulled the trigger. “He didn't pull to shoot, he pulled those brutes away from him, to save his home and to save his life, and that’s how Donaldson was shot.” 100 GIRLS, STAMPEDING FROM FIRE, ARE RESCUED Carried Down Ladders as Smoke Pours In at Windows of Brooklyn Dance Hall. By the Ascociated Press. NEW YORK, February 5.—About 100 girls were carried down ladders to safety as fire caused & near-panic among dancers ata Brooklyn dance hall called Erin's Isle last night. The fire was in a downstairs store, but heavy smoke filtered through floor crevices and poured in at windows of the hall, causing & rush for exits. The girls’ es- corts and the hall manager could not stem the stampede. ‘The firemen arrived in time to carry the hysterical young women to the street. It was found none was seriously hurt, though about 20 had minor scratches. The fire was extinguished speedily. R Marsh Film Suspended. PANAMA, February 5 (A).—A_mov- ing picture starring Frederic Marsh was suspended yesterday by Pana- manian authorities on the grounds it contained dialogus objectionable #o Panama. Santiago Eartllquake Takes Heavy Toll FIRST . PHOTO SHOWING GREAT DAMAGE TO CUBAN CITY. HIS first photo of the Santiago earthquake, which devastated the Cuban city on February 3. was flown from San- | frce, but the tiago to Atlanta, Ga., and then telephotoed to N morning quake, which leveled many of the city's large buildings VOORHIS, TANMANY SACHEM, SUCCUNBS Veteran New York Politician Retired Only Last Year on Full Salary. the Associated Press YORK, February 5. John R 102-year-old grand sachem of many Hall, Gled today at his hom Despite his advanced age, Mr. Voor- his had continued his work as president of City Board of Elections until October 20 of last year, when he wa retired by the Board of Estimate at his full salary of $8,000 a yea He made his for retirement on October 8, lature last Sep- tember having enacted & law permit- ting his retirement on full salary for the | uite. Always Lived Moderately. He celebrated his 1 t occasion rac s ripe age to clean and moderate living. Voorhis had been grand sac Tammany Hall for 20 years desp the rules of the soclety prov t & man in this office may not re-elected Despite his great age Voorhis enjoyed unusually good health and not long d a headache for 50 years. Recently, however, his waning_strength had necessitated his giving less and less time to his duties as head of the board of clections and he finally came to the conclusion that it was time for him to retire. Set Political Record. Voorhis had been grand sachem of | amateur boxer as he would with him | ne Tammany Society since he was 83 { in & race, so he wanted to avoid trou- | o s old holding that office so long. Mr. by-laws of the society provide that the | Voorhis established a record, since the fell upon him and | after two consecutive y | ma brute Lucas went over and | o ¢or himself and pinned his | choice icceed himself ars. The Tam- v sachems, however, as a tribute to their veteran presiding officer, got around the rule annually by each vot- Thus there no and the incumbent held over from year to years Mr.” Voorhis began his long service in 1873, when he was appoin excise commissioner by Mayor Have- grand sachem may not | meyer of New York. Other positions to During the ar- | gocks and police justice Lucas made 8N |yas named a commissioner of elections llen, but Forbes | for New | | Miss Lucinda Lefferts | ters. hich he was appointed later included commissioner of police. commissioner of In 1901 he York City and was chosen president of the board. He remained on the board until 1908, when he was appointed superintendent of buildings He was in the State service from 1911 to 1915 as State superintendent of elec- tions, having been appointed by Gov John' A. Dix. Returning as a member of the New York City Board of Elec- tions in 1918, he was again chosen chairman of the board and continued in that position thereafter. Born in Jersey. Born at Pompton Plains. N. J., July 7, 1829, Mr. Voorhis had lived in New York since childhood. Financial pres- sure cut short his school days when_ he was 13 and he went to work in the law office of John Jay at $1 a week. Later he was apprenticed to a carpenter, be- | came & journeyman at 21, and after- ward a contractor, continuing in that business some time after he entered politics In August. 1850. Mr. Voorhis married of New York They had three sons and two daugh- Mrs. Voorhis died in 1907. Associates of Mr. Voorhis attested to his keen mentality and the brisk- ness with which he executed his work even when he was nearing the century mark. “He's a wonder,” said. “He can put his finger on any- | thing in his desk, day or night, on a minute s notice.” Asked in his ninety-ninth year when he expected to retire, Mr. Voohis an- nounced that he had “no expectation of retiring.” He seldom took time off from his duties, being a firm bellever in work for keeping & man fit. He at- tributed his long life to his unceasing activity and the fact that he “always had & good time" as he went along. In his later years he formed the habit of standing erect by his desk for minutes at a time so that he would not “'get bent over like an old man.” Mr. Voorhis was a lean man of me- dium height and was a firm believer in exercising moderation in everything ex cept work. ~After passing his ninet eighth birthday anniversary he con tinued to do the daily marketing for his family. “Life,” he often said, “should be a constant climb toward Heaven. But you don’t want to try to climb too fast. Do it in moderation.” MACDONALD RECOVERING AFTER EYE OPERATION Prime Minister Had Good Night, Physicians Report—Rceives Many Messages of Sympathy. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, February 5.—Prime Min- ister Ramsay MacDonald, who is con- valescing from an operation on one of his_eyes, received a number of mes- sages of sympathy and good wishes to- day from friends in Great Britain and abroad. Among the senders Benito Mussolini of Italy The prime ‘minister had & good night last night. The bulletin issued by his physicians said, “The conditien of the prime minister gives nfiumlm." was Premier a co-worker | ew York. Eight persons Dead at 102 JOHN R. VOORHIS. ROOSEVELT FOES RELY ON SMITH TO HALT STAMPEDE (Continued From Pirst Page.) Gov. Smith makes such a declaration, that if Gov. Smith was a bona fide condidate for the nomination he would | g0 further and frankly declare himself in the race. It will be urged that if he is not a bona fide condidate—an open candidate the nomination—then his effort must be regarded as a desire to obtain delegates in those States and districts where his friends are particularly ong, as in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, in New Jersey and New York. not to mention Pennsy.vania and New Hampshire, 50 that those delegates may not be counted for Roosevelt when the convention convenes, There seems little doubt that Roosevelt Democrats would w statement by Gov. Smith which not close the door to the selection of Smith delegates Oppose Nomination. At the same time many of these anti- Roosevelt Democrats have no desire at bottom for the nomination of Gov Smith; some of them do not believe that he desires to become a candidate again for the presidency. On the other hand, such a statement by Gov. Smith as has been suggested would not make it impossible for Gov Smith eventually to support the candi- dacy of Gov. Roosevelt at the conven- tion and after the convention. The Roosevelt people might find comfort in that direction. But in the meantime the the Smith adherents in New Hamp- shire, Massachusetts and elsewhere might be electing Smith delegates to the national convention where otherwise Roosevelt delegates might have been chosen. The “Stop Roosevelt” movement in the lnst week seems to have taken on | added life. more open and apparent. In addition to placing reliance on Gov. Smith to | aid in the halting of the Roosevelt | band wagon, the opponents of Roose- | velt are suggesting that Speaker John | N. Garner may be a powerful factor, too, in settling this question of & presi- dential nomination. Garner Faces Handicap. Suppose, it is said. that the Demo- cratic members of the House | undertake to “control” | from their congressional districts. Un- der such conditions, the Garner boom | might develop strongly in the national convention. Furthermore, Mr. Garner have the Texas delegation, the t from a Southern and South- ern State in the convention, if he | wishes it Speaker Garner faces the handicap, however, which other Southern presi- dential possibilities have faced since the Civil War disinclinaton of the Democrate part | erner, a disinclinafion which has been | marked among the crats themselves. It is urged in his | behalf that is is more Western than | Southern. |LAW URGED TO PERMIT | ROADS TO RUN TRUCKS By the Associated Press. | operate motor trucks and to make joint rates with passenger and freight motor lines was recommened today by R. C. Fulbright of Houston, Tex. The chairman of the Legislative Committee of the National Industrial Traffic League, advocated this at hear- ings before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee on the Couzens bill to regulate bus and truck traffic. Both bus and truck lines, under Fulbright's plan, would be placed under Interstate Commerce Commission juris- diction in making joint rates. “Rail, motor and water services would be permitted to file joint through rates subjects to commission approval. Fulbright emphasized that separate companies should be required for opera- tion of trucks by railroads. He said, the league opposed Federal regulation of rates for truck transportation alone. Photo shows It is becoming more and | loyal to | their Speaker, in considerable number | the delegates | .o nominate a South- | were killed and 300 injured in the early ruins in San Prancisco street. —A. P. Photo. CUBA EARTHOUKE * DEATHS REACH 13 More Bodies Are Sought in Wreckage—Supplies on Way to Santiago. By the Associated Press SANTIAGO, Cuba, February Volunteer workers joined 300 e of the Cuban department of public works probing pil eckage today to establish defl dead from the wrenched the town The official death It today to 13. and Col. Luis Del ary chief of Oriente Province, ex- pressed the belief many more bodies might be found Supplies, medicines, and quipment were on the wa g0 today In response to the request icipal officials. Food kitchens der construction and it w ndreds of needy who too the hills back of Santiago fed shortly. b= shelter refuge in would be Eighty or More Deaths Forecast. Treatment of injured ons con- tinued. Physicians said needed additional quantities of anti-tetanic serum light earth shocks that vesterday alarmed officials in charge of rehabiltation work, but apparently did little to add to the almost com- plete wreckage of the city ome business houses expected to reopen today. but generally business was at a standstill. All group gather- ings are forbidden by military authori- s, and congregation in churches, schools or theaters is not allowed Del Rosal said he believes the known death toll might be increased to 80 or 100 when all the bodies are found. Gov. Jose Barcelo of Oriente Province ed an appeal to the United States for aid, while Cuban government and United States agencies co-operated The United States Navy destroyer Williamson brought 2,000 "tents here from Guantanamo for shelter. The Cuban government sent $1.000 to pro- vide soup kitchens for feeding 2000 persons. anti-tetanic serum to treat 2,000 persons and other medical sup- plies sufficlent for 1,000 injured. Additional damage was reported. The Bacardi Co.. liquor manufacturers, esti- mated their loss in the neighborhood of $400,000. The Orphans’ Home and the Home for the Aged were destroyed A government commission of engi- ers. appointed by Secrtary of the In- Onetti, started a sweeping survey of the destruction, estimated in excess of $10,000,000. “FARM STRIKE” | IS IMPENDING CONGRESS IS TOLD (Continued Prom First Page) occurred predicted Russia would take from the United States its European wheat market | "I am convinced Russia is going to take the European wheat market,” said Howard. “I think our export wheat | market is a thing of the past. I think we should recognize wheat as on a purely domestic basis.” | " He made his statement in reply to a question from Chairman McNary as to hlo“ he proposed to dispose of the sur- plus He said the board urged acreage re- duction, while the Department of Agri- culture was trying to show the farmer how to raise more He criticized the Board of Agriculture Department. Howard read a statement which he said had been sent to foreign buyers last September by the Secretary of Ag- riculture saying the administraticn would persistently oppose agricultural “hounty proposals.” “I interpret this to mean," he said, | “that the foreign buyers of our own | disastrously low cotton feared the ex- port debenture, the equalization fee or a measure such as this would be en- acted “They were assured that there was no need for them to hurry up and buy cotton and that the administration would stamp such proposals out. to San- | MILLS HAS RECORD AS HARD WORKER |Grandfather Founded Fortune in Goid Rush Era of California. By the Associated Press. The truth of that comment on suc- cessful American families—from sh sleeves to shirt sleeves in three gene tions—is exemplified in the case of Og- den L. Mills, for he takes off his coat often as he works at his Treasury desk The much-used phrase. indefatigable worker, really applies to the man named to succeed Andrew W. Mellon, and with Mills the case is clearly one of choice. Grandfather Organized Bank. Mills’ grandfather, Darius Ogden Mills, prepared the way for an immense for- turne by organizing a bank in the 13403 to receive the gold dust which other men found glittering in Califor | streams. Mills' father, Ogden Mills, money Darius Ogden made, ver worries young Ogden Liv- d on getting out of Harvard in 1904, they weren't financial. Young Ogden, like many an ambitious but poerer man, inclined to the hur burly of politics and later to govern- mental service, where criticisin is equally opportunities for replying to it are somewhat limited. Defeated in 1912, | Mills was defeated in his first attempt to become a House member in 1912. He started a little lower down, serving two terms in the New York State Sen- ate and then going to war before he | galned a House seat in his second at- tempt, in 18 He was still there in 927 when he was named Undersecre- tary of the Treasury. He has been Melion's fleld marshal enunciating and_explaining the Treasury position and frequently visit- | ing his old colleagues at the House to defend or advocate. | If a grass plot grew between the Treasury and White House and Mills | walked the distance, his feet would have | marked a firmly beaten path long ago. President Hoover is firmly convinced he knows his business. He is a good-natured man and is aided in being so by a reputation for being able to use his fists forcefully and | scientifically, The reporters who cover | the White House and Treasury include him on their list of fave He talks humor and leav 3 narily, that he has told them MELLON APPROVED AS BRITISH ENVOY BY SENATE GROUP | (Continued From First Page) firmed with little difficulty. Of all Mel- lon's critics in the Senate. only the | newcomer, Long of Louisiana. promised a fi He self opposed to . | support there. but the adr predicted approval of both over- 8ly is preparing to turn his duties over to his undersecretary and close as- sociate very scon. He hopes for at least a week's vacation in fome W | ern spot. and then will have business affairs to settle. He said he did | the transfer Mills' place by {Arthur "A. Balian | take place on a bas Assistant e expected business as LONDON 0. K.’S MELLO! Nomination Meets With Approval of Government and Press. LONDON. February 5 ¢P).—The Brit- ish government gave its formal ap- val late this afternoon to the ap- pointment of Andrew W. Mellon as United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James, succeeding Gen. Charles G. Dawes This formality put the final seal of approval on an appointment which was met with expressions of the highest faction from every section of the sh public, including officials and the press “Nothing could be more welcome to this country.” the Times said Commenting on his experience and qualifications, the paper likened him to earlier Ambassadors, such as Choate | and Whitelaw Reid. The appointment,” the Morning Post said, “is an evidence of fruitful co-operation between Great Britain and the United States, without which the world's sickness must remain chronie.” “President Hoover paid this country a great compliment in appointing Mr. Mellon.” said the Daily Mail. “It would be difficult to imagine a better choice, in the interests of both coun- tries, at this time." The News-Chronicle said the appoint- ment would be regarded here “with im- mense satisfaction SUGGESTS MRS. GANN AS KANSAS GOVERNOR | By the Associated Press. | LAWRENCE, Kans., February 5—Mrs. | Dolly Curtis Gann, sister and offieial | hostess of Vice President Curtis, was | suggested for the governorship of Kan- sas yesterday by Dr. H. D. Patee | The Lawrence physician, who was a schoolmate of both the Vice President and Mrs. Gann, predicted she would be | elected if nominated on the Republican ticket. “Her nomination would be progres- sive,” Dr. Patee said. “She is both na- | tionally and_internationally acquainted with the affairs of the present-time | Government. She is popular in both | State and Nation.” Mrs. Gann recently gave a series of political addresses in Kansas and near- by States in support of the Hoover= ! Curtis administration. Southern Demo- | | Legislation to permit railroads to| “NONE BUT THE BRAVE” Deserve the decorations bestowed by the United States Government upon its soldiers who show extraordinary valor on the field of hattle. The District of Columbia had many heroes during the World War. The stories of the battle experiences which led to their decorations are fascinating, thrilling. “District’s Heroes in the World War” By Sergeant L. E. Jaeckel Brings you each day the account of how some District soldier won a decoration in France. Many of these names are familiar to you—relatives, friends, business acquaintances. Read about the District’s own heroes daily in The Star starting February 8.