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A2 #» SOLDER HOSPTALS CALLED SUEFIGENT Wilbur Says Government Has | Bufii Erough to Care for Veterans’. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, February 15.—Secretary ‘Wilbur said today he believed the Fed- feral Government had built enough veterans' hospitals. The Secretary of the Interior, speak- ing before the annual Congress of Medical Education of the American Medical Ascociation, suggested more complete use of the beds already avail- . able i ready enormous capital expenditure in this field.” Wilbur association After the enormous is a past president of the war, Wilbur said, with “the wealth at hand there was oom growth of vet- hospitals and as exuberant rowth of legislation, opening the doors L e hospitals to more and more f patients.* e Veterans' Admin- !-lrnnu-x as a “b aucratic organiza- and ventured the opinion that there is another war, or & 1 methods of there will be s as the result ith_con- due respect,” Wilbur said. “Congress is not selected on a basis that < makes it an ideal board of directors for : & national h The practice of medicine.” he added, “must stil ter around the patient, not arn'n-d * bureaucratic administra- tion of a physical institution. “We must not let too many things come in between the doctor and the as little red tape our hospitals as is We want to keep them re- sponsible and responsive to local needs and alert to changes and emergency.” The problem of the care of the sick “he said. in the various States should be handled locally and methods found for co-ordinating what is done with the national plans for needy veterans. “Further enormous capital expendi- ture by the Federal Government in this field” he said, “will be a constant handicap in future planning.” JERSEY PIER RAZED BY $500,000 FIRE Huge and Costly Electric Sign and Six Stores Destroyed at Atlantic City. B the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY. N February 15 —The Steeplechase Pier, a resort Jandmark since 1892, was demolished by a spectacular fire last night. William C. Fennan, manager, esti- mated the loss at $500.000. A huge ad- vertising sign, containing 27.000 lights, described as one of the most expensive and elaborate electric signs in the world, and six stores were destroyed. Only the fact that the wind was blowing off shore prevented the flames from engulfing the Haddon Hall and Strand Hotels and numerous other stores. The six stores destroyed were the Boardwalk Flower Shop, Radio Rifle Gallery, the Leather Gift Shop, Kohr Bros. Ice Cream Store and two unoccupxed shops. DANIELS WON WON T ENTER GUBERNATORIAL RACE Former Cabinet Member Says He Can Serve State Best as Newspaper Editor. ssociated Press RALEIGH, N. C. February 15—Ex- pressing the opinion he could best serve the people of his State as a news- or, Josephus Daniels, edtor ews and Observer and former of the Navy, yesterday for- lined to seek the Democratic Governor. Mr announced his decision in a 2.500-word statement. Mr. Dan- dels said that in refusing to become a candidate. “I shall serve them (the public) and thg State more effectively and acceptably 1¥an I could dare hope to_do in the exYutive mansion.” For months i‘ Daniels had been regarded as a $robable gubernatorial candidate. Lieut. Gov. R. T. Fountain, Rocky Mount: J. C. B. Ehringhaus of Eliz beth City, and A. J. Maxwell of Ral- eigh, State commissioner of revenue, are already in the Governor's race. FRENCHWOMEN HULD RALLIES FOR VOTES BILL Electoral Before Senate Develops Con- Reform Measure Now siderable Cppotition. the Associated Press PARIS, February 15 — Suffragists, determined to force a votes-for-women bill through the French Senate, met vesterday in rallies at Marseille and ‘Tours. The electoral reform bill, which wauld permit wemen to vote in elec- tions to the Chamber of Deputies, was adopted by the Chamber Friday and now is before the Senate. in which considerable opposition to it has been indicated A week of intense political activity was in prospect in the Senate, with Premier Laval facing questions regard- ing his policy in the Far Eastern dis- pute between Chim\ and Japan. PHOTESTS BY POWERS ON SETTLEMENT USE REMAIN UNHEEDED (Continued From First Page.) Chinese and the other nations of the world. The Jepanese, however, were deter- mined tq prove to the Chinese the futility of relying on outside help, and the demonstration they are giving in Shanghai is calculated to prove defi- nitely they were right in what they were wwyiiis. The Western world is telpless. The Chinese suggested mildly to the League an international boycott. The economic interests of the Western pow- ers and the dangers connected with such a step prevented the Western na- tlons even from considering the Chinese waggestion. Today if the Japanese military force succeeds in driving the Chinese out of Shanghaji Tokio would= have proved amply to the Chinese that the best thing they can do is to come to terms with Japan direct. For this reason it is confidently ex- pected in the chancelleries of the big powem that the occupation of Shanghai will put an end to the Simo-Japanese * “rather than to increase the al- | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, Shoe Store’ Safes Blown and K streets, the doors of the safes, which we the cabinets prevented windows the blast believes the job was pulled late Saturda BOVE is pictured one of the two large safes In Hahn's shoe store, Seventh found blasted open this morning. The explosion wrecked and files inside were strewn over the business office. The photo shows J. L. Walter, a clerk, examining the wreckage. under the leadership of Detective Sergt. prints, from which they hope to establish the identity of the cracksmen. YEGGS GET NO MONEY, LEAVE FINGERPRINTS. re used only as filing cabinets. Ledgers Cloths hung over in the office from being shattered by Police, Michael Dowd, found several finger- Dowd y night. —Star Staff Photo. ROOSEVELT LAUDS RELIEF EFFORTS Telegram Read to Senate Giving No Choice of Meas- ures Considered. By the Associated Press A telegram from Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York commending ef- forts for Federal unemployment relief was read today to the Senate. The Governor's message did not refer specifically to any one relief measure. Sharp division is evident in the Senate on the La Follette-Costigan bill for di- rect relief and road construction to the extent of $750.000,000. Substitute legislation is backed by the Democratic leadership for advancing icans to States for relief. Message Lauds Move. The message. addressed to Senator Wagner (Democrat) of New York and read at his request, said, “I am glad you are working for the unemployment relief bill." Gov. Roosevelt called the legislation “an important factor in the present cmerfizl’nc) and as calculated to “equalize the burden throughout the Nation." He said that while it should not be regarded-as a permanent policy, it rec- ognized the Government's obligation to relieve distress in an emergency Senator Wagner has presented a plan pmudmz for advancement of the re- lief money to the State and its repay- ment out of future highway appropria- tions sums Alternative Relief Favored. Failing this, however, Wagner would vote for the La Follette-Costigan bill rather than have Congress pass no re- lief measure at all. Senate leaders were hopeful the final vote on the La Follette-Costigan $750.- 000,000 relief bill would come during | the day. | The relief outlook has been muddled by the nwmber of alternative proposi- tions offered, much sentiment for un- employment aid but little agreement as to methed, and counterclaims of victory, by all sides. | BAKER IN NEW YORK | SILENT ON POLITICS Willing to Talk Only About Bean- ties of Mexico as He Ends { Vacation Cruise. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February 15—Newton D. Baker came back from a vacation cruise yesterday eager to talk about the beauties of Mexico. but grimly shaking his head when asked anything about | politics. Or‘ly once did he break this silence. | “Are you definitely not a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomi- natlnn?” he was asked. “I have repeatedly said I am defi- nitely not a candidate,” he replied | “Is there likely to be any change in | that attitude between now and-—:" .| Baker cut short the question. | “I am not going to discuss any po- | litical subject. I have been out of the country for three weeks and I don know what is going on.” “Do you think delegates should.go to the Democratic National Convention instructed for particular presidentail : candidates?” ! “If you mean the national political convention, then the question is a po- litical one and I cannot answer it." he replied. RAILROAD IS CLEARED | IN TRAIN GUARD’S DEATH Supreme Court Sets Aside Finding of Negligence in Slaying by Bandits. ‘ By the Associated Press. The Supreme Court today held a rail- road was not liable for damages because | it had failed to notify one of its train | guards that a robbery in which he met | his death was impending. James L. David, & train rider for the| Missouri Pacific Railroad, was killed by | train robbers at Leavenworth, Kans,, in | May, 1923, One of the robbers’ gang had informed the railroad an attempt would be made to rob the train at Leavenworth, but it failed to tell David, who was riding the train to guard freight shipments. The lower court held the railway was negligent in not telling the guard of preparations for the robbery, but the Supreme Court today reversed that de- cision and said the Missourl Pacific was not liable for David's death. | behaif CHEVY CHASE FONT MEASURE DELAYED House Second Time in Two/ Weeks Passes Over Sol Bloom Resolution. For the second time when reached | on the House's consent calendar the! joint resolution fostered by Represent- | ative Sol Bloom, Democrat, New York. | for improving Chevy Chase Circle with | a fountain in honor of the late Senator | Newlands and appropriate lindscape | treatment, was passed over today with- out prejudice. Similar action was taken when the bill was called up February 1. | Sponsors of the legislation, including Representative Bloom and Chairman Gilbert of the Library Committee, which had favorably reported it to the House, expressed themselves as being dum- founded today when this motion was made by Representative Collins of Mis- sissippl. who said he was acting on of Representative David F. Lewis of Maryland. Both Representatives Gilbert and Bloom had explained the purpose of | this legislation to beautify one of the principal entrances to the National Capital and had emphasized that the fountain would be a contribution with- out cost to the United States Govern- ment Representative La Guardia, Republic- an, New York, who protested that the memorial foundation should not be dis- figured with the names of the donor: has been assured by Representative | Bloom that there was no such attention. | Collins Not Opposed. Representative Collins made it clear he personally was not opposed to the legislation, but had acted at the re- quest of Representative Lewis, who was not present when the measure Wwas called up. Representative Bloom was much Incensed that no notice had been given either to those interested in this legislation or to the House Library Com- mittee that there was any opposition to this measure. Representative Bloom declared that the proper thing for Representative | Lew.s to do would have been to give some notice of his opposition and to register it in person so that his ob- jection might be explained away. i Representative Bloom said the donors of the fountain are ready to go ahead immediately with the work, so that en- trance to the Capital City could be beautified during the Bicentennial pe- od. - County Group Protests. Representative Lewis' secretary ex- plained this afternoon that the objec- tion was based on a protest from the | Montgomery County Civic Federation, comprising 22 organizations, which de- sires to be heard before a congressional ! committee in advance of any legislative | action. He said thet this federation | does not consider the proposed foun- tain adequate and sufficiently impressive | | to ornament such an important en- | trance to the National Capital. The protest is also based on the ground that half of the circle is in Maryland and half in the District of Columbia, so that the county federation feels that it | should be allowed a voice in the matter | | before the proposed fountain is placed by Federal authority. 'HOOVER TO REVIEW ARMY DAY PARADE! Invitation by Bicentennial Com- mission and Military Order Accepted. President Hoover today accepted an invitation to review the parade to be held here Army day, April 6, under joint auspices of the Bicentennial Com- | mission and the Military Order of the World War. | The invitation was formally extended | today at the White House by Brig. Gen, \ John Ross Delafield of the general staff | f the Military Order of the World War. | Gen Delafield told the President that Army day, which was inaugurated by the military order, will be celebnted, throughout the United States by pa- rades, proclamaticns and display of t.he The President previously had lndomd the Army day observance. The celebn-‘ tion here will be in the form of a pa- rade with troops appearing in continen- | tal uniform, units of the National | Guard, High School Cadets, Reserve | Corps units, as well as organizations | from the Reserve Officers’ Association, | American Legion and various other vet- | eran and patrictic organizations. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chief of stafl, U. §. A, will be.n.n marshal. 100 erdl Rescued. One hundred or more birds in a pet store at 612 F street were saved from mtble asphyxiation yesterday, when | ce gained entrance to the building Jnd mpped the flow of from & broken valve on & BLAGDEN'S FAMLY- EXPECT HIS RETURN State Police Say “There Is Something Wrong” With Kidnaping Case. By the Associated Press. LAKE PLACID, N. Y., February 15.— Harry H. Blagden, wealthy sportsman, reported kidnaped, was still missing to- day, but his family had announced the case would be cleared up before night- fall. The l’e’llh’es of the man, missing| since Thursday night, appeared deter- mined to make the case strictly a family affair after blaming publicity for the failure of the kidnapers to keep a ren- dezvous at Tupper Lake yesterday, at which the $1,000 ransom was to have been paid for Blagden's release. They clamped a lid of silence on develop- ments, merely saying everything would be cleared up today. State troopers added to the mystery by saying, “There is something wrong with it." The troopers did not add to this statement, except to say they were ;3itting tight &nd waiting for things to s Disagree on One Point. On one point the troopers and the | family disagreed When Blagden's | disappearance was reported on the tele- | type by the troopers the notice said he | had suffered a head injury in an auto- mobile accident and might be suffering from loss of memory. This was de- nied hv Edward N. Cady, cousin and ner of the missing man. ry of the family went to 2 placc designated in a letter from the missing man, which said he was kidnaped and asked $1.000 ransom Tom Blagden, the oldest of Harry's five brothers, went to Tupper Lake with the $1,000, but the kidnapers did nol meet him. ‘The family and the troopers were not working together. When the brother went to Tupper Lake with the ransom money. troopers trailed him | ‘What the authorities could not under- | stand was that Tupper Lake should have been the place oot for the paymem of the ransom. They said & man “absolutely could not get out of the place” once it was paid; that | troopers could easily guard the few roads. The place was reported well guarded. [ Taken From Cottage. Blagder, one of five brothers and socially prominent. was kidnaped from a cottage at the exclusive Lake Placid Club on Mirror Lake. He planned to attend the Olympic games with Mr. | and Mrs. E. Roland Harriman and | Knight Wooley of New York. Harri-| man is & son of the late E. H. Harri- man, railroad builder and financier When they arrived at the club Friday | morning, Blagden had disappeared Blagden, 45. a bachelor. lived on Upper Saranac Lake, where he operated a camp for boys He also was inter- | ested with Cady in a sports good store st Saranac Lake No fear was felt for Blagden's safety when his disappearance was first re- ported. although the State troopers and forest rangers, here to assist in con- ducting the Winter Olympics. beat tne foothills and passcs of the Adirondacks hat he might have been . however, was an experi- enced woodsman and knew the moun- tain regions of Upper New York as well as many guides. Seizure Termed Daring. The seizure of the man was daring. | ‘The cottage assigned to him. Midknoll, is surrounded by other cottages and day and night during the mpic games there have been people passing |to and from their quarters in the club grounds. Near Midknoll were the quarters of Mrs. Alfred E. Smith, wife of the former Governor; Mayor James J. Walker of New York, and Mrs. D. W Dunont. Blagden, with Mr. Wocley, was to have been the guest of the Harrimans over the week end. He arrived early Thursday night, deposited $5.000 in a Lake Placid bank and took up quar- ters at the club. A maid. who was the last person to see him, said he was pre- paring to retire. When the Harrimans received no answer to their call the following dav a club attendant went into the esttage. he bed had not been occupied. There were many foot- prints in the mud and snow outside a window. o HANCOCK BANK REOPENS | IN WASHINGTON COUNTY 95 Per Cent of Depositors Sign Agreement and Additional D. C. Moxn,\'v Skaters Brave Snow to Receive Honors FFBRI' ARY 15, 1932. OLYMPIC AWAI-I)! PRESENTED DURING STORM AT LAKE PLACID. l Brave Suow to Receive Homors | BLLYFSKEWNS OLYMPIC SLEDDING American Beats Off Final Drive of German Four- Man Champions. By the Associated Pres LAKE PLACID, N. Y., February 15— Billy Fiske, American lving abroad, successfully defended the four-man Olympic bobsled championship today by beating off the final drive of Harry Homburger and his world record-hold- ing team in the last two heats of the delayed title event, Going into the final two heats with 2 margin of slightly over three seconds, Fiske piloted his team down the mile- and-a-half run over a much faster course than yesterday in two runs of 1:57.41 and 1:56.59. "His total for the m}'{nu was 7:53.68. ng a bad slew in dangerous Whiteface on his first run, Homburger, driver of the world reccrd holding team, was clocked in 1:58.56 for his first run and needed to break his own world record mark of 1:52 in the final run to catch the champion. Homburger made a spectacular ef- fort, riding the curves high and taking every chance, but the best he could get out of his sled was 1:54.28, the fastest run of all the heats, but not enough to catch Fisk Homburger's final total time was 7:55.70. The mark gave him second place. Hanns Jilian, last of the first-string German drivers, two of whom crashed with near-fatal results in practice, cap- tured third place with a total time of 8 minutes 4-100 seconds, the flrst of the foreign riders. In fourth place was Reto Capadrutt, young Swiss sensation of the two-man N a setting fantastic as & Winter painting, the winners of the women's skating events at the Olympic Winter games i bob event last week, with 8:12.18. Count were presented with their medals in the stadium during a raging snowstorm Saturday. Austria, Soja Henie of Norway and Maribel Vinson of the United States. Left to right: Fritzi Burger of ! —A. P. Photo. DEBATE ON BANK BILL IS LIMITED House Assures Prompt Vote as Senate Studies Home Loan Discount Plan. By the Associated Press. The House agreed today to limit debate on the Glass-Steagall banking bill to two hours in order to expedite passege before nightfall. The agreement was made in the face of an announcement that other n mpt would be made to suspend the rules and thus cut debate to less than half that The rediscount ions of the FPGA‘Yal reserve act, carries amendments in th Senate which the administration o poses. Secretary of the Treasury Mil Mld several administration Senators are to have them withdrawn or whi Would Exclude Big Banks. They would exclude banks with & cepitalization of more than $500,000 for the liberalization and would Trequire that banks exhaust their acceptable se- curities before Tesorting 1o those not now eligible to rediscount Another banking measure took form before a Senate banking committee with the appearance of advocates of a system of Federal home loan banks. A prediction that the Glass-Steagall bill will have “easy sailing" thr.ugh Congress was given President Hoover tody by Representative Snell of New York mp ablican floor leader in the Hotse, SI \nJ pass (m.s m. if Curgnw A dozen prispective witnesses appear- ed before the Senate Committee to testify on home loan discount bill Walter S. Schmidt of Cincinnati, representing the N S of Real Estate Boards, said his organ- ization felt it was a matter cf perma- nent necessity to create such an agency. Schmidt_was Senator Couzens, L 2 gan. as to whether the bill should not provide that the home builder must have actually sold the houses before receiving | advances. Capital Is Raised. | HAGERSTOWN, Md., February 15— | The Hancock Bank, the first of five banks that closed in Washington County last Fall, reopened its doors this morning. Receivership was dis- missed by Judge Frank G. Wagaman when Attorney General William P. Lane of Maryland and John P. Hos- pelhorn of the State Banking Depart- ment appeared before the court. Ninety-five per cent of the depositors had signed an agreement and addi- tional capital had been raised. Mr. Hospelhorn said that today's opening was the seventh Maryland bank of 14 to close that has now opened. The agreement signed by the depos- itors permits the setting aside of a certain percentage of the deposits as a guarantee fund to maintain the sol- vency of the bank. C. H. Locker is president of the bank. 2 Would Limit Overbuilding. Couzens contended this would pre- vent overbuilding and speculation Schmidt agreed such a change would imoprove the bill. Couzens criticized the measure on the ground it does not provide for the Government getting a return on the y put into the system by it. Meanwhile legislation to set up a $10,000.000 revelving fund to assist in financing agriculture credit eorpora- tions was approved today by the Housc Agriculture Committee. The bA, drafted by Chairman, Jones with the assistance of the Agritulture Department, the Intermediate Credit Banks. The Secretary of Agriculture make loans from the fund up to 75 cent of the capital stock of credit cor- porations with at least $10,000 capitali- zation. Actors in Quaker Pageant FETE HELD AT HOOVER CHURCH. ARBED in old-fashioned Quaker costumes, these children participated in a pageant held yesterday at the Quaker Meeting House here, the church of President and Mrs. Hoover. Left to right, they are: Helen Cather and Snowden Stabler. Standing—Mary tha Lupton, Heririetta Taylor and David Seated— Cather, Mar- Waterbury.—Sj§gs Stafl Photo. is designed to make avail- | | able_additional credit to farmers from 5,000-Pound Fish Drags Jay Gould’s Boat for 5 Miles By the Asyociated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla, February 15.—Jay Gould told a good fish story here today and exhibited the fish—all 5,000 pounds of it—to prove it Gould's fishing party took the monster, & manta, or “sea bat," off the coast here after a ter- rific tussle, in which every one of the group lent a hand. Gould's hands were cut and his right arm bruised in the battle. The fish, he said, towed his boat for five miles. sternward against the engines. before it was finally subdued. The city crane was used to lift it from the docks. CUMMINGS' PLANS HELD “INFORMAL™ Rocsevelt Aide Denies Ex- choose their candidate in the light of Chairman Heads Organized Group to Back Governor. B the Associated Press NEW YORK, February 15—A state- ment intended to correct the “erroneous plan impression” that a formal organization headed by Homer S. Cummings of Con- necticut had been formed to direct the presidential candidacy of Gov. Frank- Jin D. Roosevelt was issued today from the offices of the Democratic State Committee. It was given out by Louis Howe, close- ly associated with vears. who said he acted on behalf of Mr. Roosevelt's friends. and that he had submitted it to both the Governor and | diate aim is to bring into a militant, | James A. Farley, Democratic State Committee. Mr. Farley, the statement is in control of the Roosevelt house” reiterated. States. has been thought necessary, ment said. Once Backed McAdoo. Mr., Cummings is a of the Democratic National Committee and was once active in behalf of Wil- |ham G. McAdoo for the presidenc; Asked what his title was in the Roo: velt campaign, Mr. Howe indicated un- certainty whether any specific title could be applied. Mr. Cummings, he said, was a supporter and adviser in the campaign. There would be others, he indicated, in other sections of the country. Asked whether the statement indi- cated friction in the Roosevelt camp, he said: “There is no friction. I wish you would nail that as hard as possible.” Mr. Howe declared Mr. Cummings himself had denied he was the head of a formal Roosevelt organization of na- tional scope. Conferences Were Informal. “In spite of the very clear and ex- plicit statement given by Mr. Cummings in Washington regarding his visit to | the Capitol in the interest of Gov. Roosevelt,” the statement said. “there part of the public press that the highly informal conferences of Mr. Cummings and such other friends of Gov. Roose- velt as visit Washington. marks in some way the creation of & formal organiza- | nor’s interests throughout the country | generally. it is perhaps well to make clear the at- titude of both the Governor and his |friends in this matter.” | Other Talks Planned. At another point the statement said | “Mr. Cummings has been in consulta- | tion wtih the congressional group dur- ing the last few days and Mr. Farley has just returned from Washington, where he reviewed with them the re- sults of their conclusions. group in Chicago this week and there will be a number of such conferences during the next two months—some of them in the West, some at Washington, some at New York and possibly some at Albany itself. “Mr. Farley will supervise in may be requested by the Governor's friends in different localities. That is the extent of the present organization of Gov. Roosevelt’s friends and there is no present intention of making any radical change.” e TWO INJURED BY AUTO Amelia ‘Winkelman, 45, of 1242 Jef- ferson street northeast, and Catherine Davis, 15, of 1333 Lawrence street northeast, were slightly injured ycs terday when struck by an automobik at_Sixteenth and Varnum streets. ‘The car was operated by Edgar Mc- Coy, 35, of Takoma Park, Md., police say. seems to be a persistent belief on the | irect and vi - | tion to direct and supervise the Gover- | it to Barbourville. Police Chief May- “To correct this erroneous impression, | It is Mr.| Farley's intention to meet a Western | | DEMOCRAT SPLIT | important elements of the Democratic | party and the prospect for harmony in | now stand between Franklin D. Roose- | vel the Governor for Mmen chairman of the what scattering spontaneous local move- | “clearing | dividing the play on the other side of | here, which aims to insure co- | operation and exchange of information | delegates or among the Roosevelt backers in various | States previously claimed No more formal organization | velt's column the state- | though he declared himself no candi- former chairman | several States. | men and’ special |BOND THEFT SYNDICATE SPOILS HARMONY Clear Break Exists in Party on Question of Instructions of Delegates. By the Associated Press A clear-cut rift now exists between the vear of presidential election has faded to a shadow. Definite statements of opposing posi- tions over the instruction of delegates and his supporters on the one hand and that section of the party leader- hij ch agrees with the views of house, director of the Demo- cratic national _headquarters Chairman John J. Raskob i Wants Free Delegates. Sho\m has advocated that delegates nstructed. but be left free to conditions at the moment the conven- tion is held and the ballots are cast Gov. Roosevelt saw in the plan dis- franchisement of the party's rank and file with the decision thrown to the dickering of powerful leaders. nothing more than a backroom nomination. Shouse and Raskob disclaim any in- tention to stop Roosevelt or any other candidate with the non-instruction but Roosevelt's candidacy, now rolling up a mounting total of votes all over the country, is the one most threatened before convention time, hav- ing most to lose. Yet the New York Governor has not questioned the sin- cerity of the Shouse-Raskob disclaimer. Plan Militant Campaign. His supporters. however. are working intensively to roll up the kind of snow- ball that will travel on its own mo- They are striving for that wholesale dash for a ride on the band wagon which well defined prospects of | success can and do bring. The imme- | well co-ordinated campaign the some- ments in his behalf. Half a dozen other candidates are the fence, either working for instructed | seeking the support of in Roose- | Alfred E. Smith, al- | date, is the conspicuous figure in the | | field, with slates of delegates favoring | | him " entered in the primary races of 'KENTUCKY MINERS BARRED FROM TOWN Barbourville Acts Prevent Demonstration in Killing of Organizer. to By the Assoclated Press. BARBOURVILLE, Ky.. February 15 —With orders to keep out of the city any striking miners coming here for a scheduled National Miners' Union dem- onstration, Kentucky National Guards- Policemen patrolled the city limits today. Police Chief Ralph Mayhew banned the union gathering after Barbourville was flooded with circulars calling for a mass protest against the killing of Harry Simms, alias Symes, a National Miners’ Union organizer, who was fatally shot by a mine guard last week. Upon request of County Judge Frank Baker, Gov. Ruby Laffoon ordered 30 members of the Harlan National Guard hew swore in 50 special officers and issued them arms. ‘The examining trial of Arlin Miller, mine guard who shot Simms, was set for today before Judge Baker. TRAILED BY SECRET SIX Discovery of $42,000 Securities at Chicago Leads to Suspicion of National Ring. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 15—Investiga- tors for the police and the secret six say evidence against a national ring n | of securities thieves has be 1 the preparation of such literature as| i et their hands through the discovery of a packet of bonds worth $42,000 in loop hotel room. Two men were under arrest today as the result of the find. Oscar Mohr, who says he is a New York bond sales- man, was taken last week after a search of his room disclosed the securities. Art Rosenberg of Chicago, who sup- posedly visited Mohr at the hotel, was selzed last night. The authorities expressed belief the bonds had been stolen in New York. Alexander Jamie, chief investigator for the secret six, said the alleged syndicate, whlch has been under scrutiny before, jppeared responsible. Mohr claims he was given the bonds for safekeeping by & stranger and that he did not hm‘ they were stol>n. Rossi di Montelera of Italy was fifth with 8:24.21; Lieut. Al Papana and his Rumanian aviators' crew sixth in 8:24 22, and Bamé\ ‘w-nelr von Mumm, German reserve driver, last with a total 8:35.45. of The course, tremendously speeded up after the slow runs of yesterday, nearly got the defending champion and his crew at deadly Shady Corner, where one German team crashed in practice, but PFiske. riding up to the top of the wall at 70 miles an hour, managed to hold his sled on the curve and pull out safely. The running of the bob run cham- pionships, three times delayed, cl out the Olympic program. alth: games closed officially Saturd: gave the United States the unofficial team championship with a fine total of 103 points. The final standing, figured on a point score basis of 10 for first, 5 for second and 4, 3, 2 and 1 for the remainder of the first six finishers in each cham- plonship event in that order, was United States 103 Switzerland. Norway Canada Sweden Finland Austria Germany France .. Only 2 of the 17 nations that 331 athletes in the games, starting February 4, failed to score a point T“N were Japan and Great Britain. RECENT BEAR RAIDERS SCORED AT HEARING Short-Selling I.xke P‘-’v ng With Dice Loaded, House Committee Told by Arons. Czechoslovakia. . By the Associated Press A House Judiciary Subcommittee was told today that 20 men dominate the bear raiders on the New York Stock Exchange This statement was made by Harold Arons. lawyer and banker. connected with the International Trust Co. of New York City, who appeared before the committee 'in behalf of legislation to prohibit short-selling. He said the defense of short-selling made by Richard §. Whitney, president of the New York Exchange. “has not ipported by the facts Arons said recent bear drives c stituted “the ruthless eflorts of spect s to recoup fortunes lost in 192 “It is not even gambling.” he saif “It is playing for huge stakes with loaded dice.” Representative Sabath. Demo Iilinois. author of one of the bi consideration, said if short-sellir been stopped in 1929 half of the bank: and industries now closed would have | been saved. 'NEW RICKETS CURE REVEALED IN TALK Prof. Bunker, Arts and Science So- ciety, Tells of Organic Compounds Use. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, February 15— Development of a new cure for rickets by means of synthetic organic peroxides, was announced yesterday by Prof. John W. M. Bunker at the Society of Arts and Seience lecture at Massachu- setts Institute of Technology. These new compounds, which can be prepared in any laboratory from a va- riety of chemicals, were developed in joint research by Prof. Bunker and Robert S. Harris, both of the depart- ment of biology and public health, and Dr. Nicholas A. Milas of the research laboratory of organic chemistry. Heretofore the cure of rickets, a dis- ease which weakens the bones of grow- ing animals and children, has been ef- fected by the use of cod liver oil and ultra-violet light. The antrachitic syn- thetic substances developed at tech- nology are entirely different, Prof. Bunker said. They contain no oils, nor do they have any relation to ultra- violet light. They are organic com- pounds of definitely known structure, and may be prepared from such mate- rials as camphor, succinic acid, or lauric acid from butter. HOOVER WINS SUPPORT Financial Advertisers Pledge Sup- port of his Program. NEW YORK, February 15 (#).—Sup- port of the various constructive agencies formed to stimulate confidence in busi- ness was promised President Hoover in a resolution adoptea yesterday by di- rectors and officers of the National Financial Advertisers’ Association at their Midwinter conference. ‘The annual convention, September 12 to 15, will be in Chicago. Charles H. McMahon, Detroit banker, is president. MARY TISE NOMINATED President Hoover today sent to the Senate the nomination of Mary W. Tise to be postmistress at Hyattsville, Md. At the same time, the President sent the following nominations for postmas- ters m Maryland and Virginia: William J. Lyon, Hughesville, Md., and Na- poleon T. Nelson, at Trappe, Md. Henry P. Holbrook, Castlewood, Va. Claude T. DeBusk, Saltville, Va.: Jamea O. Humphreys, Goshen, Va.; Louise 4, Merrihue, &mory, Va