Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1933, Page 2

" A2 ek HINDENBURG OPENS REICHSTAR SESSION German ' Assembly Expected to Adjourn Four Years After Giving Hitter Powers. (Continued From First Page) they never forgot the responsibility for mutual co-operation of European na- tions.” He declared that neither the Kaiser nor the government wanted the war, which nonetheless was a fight for Ger- many's freedom. Hitler rejected the charge of German war gullt as & lle and appealed to the people to rally behind President von Hindenburg, call- ing him the symbol of the indestructi- bility of the life of the German na- tion.” Reviewed Military Parade. As a choir sang. the President, ac- eompanied by his son, walked to a vauit behind the altar and placed a wreath on the tomb of Prederick the Great while artillery fired a salute. The assembly reviewed a brilliant military parade past the church, The Reichstag was to assemble in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin at 5 pm. for its first business meeting. The opera house is opposite the massive Reichs- tag Building which was mysteriously burned a few days before the elections and which Is now under repair. Capt., Herman Goering, minister with- out portfolio in Hitler's cabinet and the latter's chief mide, was to make the opening address. The council of elders decided to abandon another republican tradition by not having this honor go to the senfor member of the Reichstag. although this time it is a Nazi, Karl Litzmann. The enabling act to give Hitler dic- tatorial powers until April 1. 1937, would empower his government to make laws even conflicting with the constitution. It would remove control of the Reichstag and the Reichsrat, the state's council which assents to all bills introduced in the former body, over such legislation. Enabling Act Assured. Sole responsibility for forelgn trea- ties would rest also with the govern- ment, taking that function from the Reichstag and Reichsrat. (Passage of the enabling act and any other measures desired by the gov- ernment were believed assured. The barring af the 81 Communist members of the Reichstag gave Hitler's 288 Nazi members complete control without needing support of their 52 Nationalist allies. e were 647 members elected) The Stock Exchange in Berlin was closed for the day. Greeted ltke conquering heroes by immense throngs filling the garlanded and be-flagged streets, President Von Hindenburg and Chancellor Hitler rode at the head of a string of limousines bearing notables of the new regime as they made their entry into this historic town for the ceremonies intended to signify the rebirith of the martial “Potsdam spirit” in Germany. The pageantry attracted a multitude of visitors, outnumbering by many times the town's population of 7.300 . The military character was emphasized by huge signs across the streets with patriotic slogans such as ‘“no honor | without battle.” Hitler was the author of many of them. Uniformed Nazis, Steel Helmeters and Veterans' Leaguers were conspicuous. It was a clear, cold day and the profuse decorations recalled the victorious days of the German armies in 1914. President von Hindenburg was given a tremendous Nikolel Church, opposite the palace. for the Protestant divine ser- vice attended by Protestant members of the cabinet and Reichstag includ- ing Capt. Goering. Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen and former Chancel- Jot Heinrich Bruening, now a Reichstag member, worshipped in the Catholic Parochial Church a few blocks away. ‘They were tendered a similar ovation. Pastor Dibelius, preaching in Nikolal | Church, recalled the disappointments after the hopes of 1914. “God's grace is still for us and this grace creates free men, not slaves” he said. Occupied Kaiser's Chair. To the triumphant peals of an organ, President von Hindenburg entered the hallowed garrison church followed by the chancellor and members of the government and the - newly-elected solons. As the church bells rang, the Presi- dent drove in an open car from Niko- laj Church to the Garrison Church, | heading a procession of the Reichstag members along streets lined by a cheer- ing populace, 25.000 Nazi storm troopers | and | and steel helmet Nationalists, men, women and children of patriotic societies composing a guard of honor. ‘The Garrison Church ceremony - fell upon the sixty-second anniversary of the meeting of the first German Reichstag founded by Bismarck. In the church, the President occupied the chair with the carved emblem of Kaiser Wilhelm 1I mounted on the dais, facing the altar. Chancellor Hit- ler and Vice-Chancellor von Papen were seated directly behind him. FOOT BALL OFFICIAL IS WOUNDED BY SON Dr. F. A. Lambert Was Probably Fatally Injured During Family Quarrel. By the Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 21.—Dr. F. A. Lambert, nationally known foot ball official and member of the Advisory Council of the National Rules Commit- tee, was shot and probebly fatally wounded by his son Samuel, 17, early today during a family quarrel. At a hospital, where Dr. Lambert underwent an emergency operation, he absolved his son from all blame. Young Lambert described the shoot- as accidental. He said he had been called by Mrs. Lambert, who told him his father had choked her and twisted her arm. Then, the youth said, his weapon was discharged accidentally. Dr. Lambert’s condition was de- scribed by physicians as ‘“extremely serious.” The bullet grazed his lung and plerced his liver. Mrs. Lambert told police her husband had been drinking and that she called her son to her aid. When the son entered the bed room, she said, her husband picked up a revolver and that the youth grappled with his father for the weapon. As Lambert backed away the gun was discharged. .Dr. Lambert is secretary-treasurer of the Columbus Serum Co. and has writ- ten several books concerning foot ball Tules. DUKE OF ABRUZZI BURIED Cousin of King of Italy Given Full Fascist Honors. MOGDISHU, Italian Somaliland, March 21 (#).—The Duke of Abruzzi, cousin of King Victor Emanuel of Italy, Saturday was buried as he wished, wit! ful Fascist honors, at Abruzzi City, near here, of which he was the founder. Thosands of natives and Italians wit- mnessed the ceremony. The Italian monarch snd Pgemier ‘Mussolini ;ere n:nmx :;I: hundreds of persons who sent wreaths. Duke of Abruzzl died in Somafi- turdag, > ovation as he entered | town | h | have asked for a review FRENCH ATTITUDE EASES SITUATION Acceptance of MacDonald- Mussolini Peace Plan Cheers Washington. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Political and diplomatic quarters in | Washington were relieved todsy when it became known that the French| premier Edouard Daladier, had not | turned down the Mussolini-MacDonald | peace plan. | While nobody expects seriously that | this particular plan will yield any posi- | tive results, it is hoped that with the | | arrival of Ambassador Davis in Europe | | next week the general outlook may im- | prove. "For the time being the limitation of arms conference has been left in the background. By common consent of | j all the participants, it has been decided | to avoid discussing any important issue at the present time. Europe realizes fully that as long as the Kollllcll ques- | tions which have brought about the | new war scare are not settled it would be useless to proceed discussing figures | and ratios of armies and navies. | But even the political conference pro- | Posed by Mussolini has at preseny, but scant chances of success. Agreed to Study, Treaty. | Mussolini and MacDonald have agreed {in principle to discuss the revision of the Versailles treaty. which s consid- | ‘ered the principal obstacle to peace in | Europe. | The French are reported not to op- | | pose such a discussion, since the qu | tion of Alsace-Lorraine and other terri- | tories acquired by France under that| | tgeaty are not likely to be brought®up. | But they do not see how they can make any decision on the Polish Corridor, for ! instance, which 1s considered by the' British and the Italians as the chief reason for the present tense situation between Poland and Germany. | The French cannot take upon them- selves, they say. responsibility for forc- | ing Poland to give up = territojy which | has been given them by the common consent of all the powers which have signed the Versailles Treaty. It is up to Poland to decide whether she wants to abandon that strip of land which | forms an unnatural barrier between | East Prussia and Germany. Prepared to Fight. ! As far as it 1s known so far, the | Polish government has not the slightest | intention of giving up the corridor and | the French say that from the commu- | nications they have received from Wal saw, the Poles are prepared to fig | single-handed, if necessary, for -the | corridor. | The other allies of France, Yugoslavia and Rumania, are belleved to be in the same frame of mind regarding their newly acquired territories. To attempt to solve this problem | without consulting these minor nations. | would be neither just nor likely to bring | | any concrete result, the French foreign office says. |~ Consequently. the French government {1s of the opinion that the four-power conference suggested by Mussolini and accepted by MacDonald should be ex- | | tended to a seven or more powers con- | | ference bringing in any nation that has Againet Large Parleys. | For the time being the whole thing {is still in an embryonic state and no | decision is likely to be taken in haste. | But it is known that neither MacDonald | nor Il Duce favor these large confer- ences because thev have proved in the past complete failures. With the arrival of Mr. Davis in Europe, the leaders of the European na- | | tions expect that the whole matter may | assume a different aspect. It is believed | !in Europe that Mr. Davis has from | President Roosevelt some definite plan ! which may prove so constructive as to | ease the entire international situation. Whether this will be the case or not remains to be seen. So far the Presi- dent has been very cautious about Ameri foreign policies and it is be- | lieved that he will not take any spec- | tacular plunge in the field of interna- tional politics without first being cer- ‘uln of success. S 'STOCK MARKET PROBE| 'COMMITTEE IS NAMED i | Bodies Also Appointed for Glass Banking and Agricultural Finance Problems. | By the Associated Press. Appointment gf three subcommittees | of the Senate Banking Committee to | deal with the stock market investiga- tion, the Glass banking sand deposit | guarantee legislation, and the agricul- | tural finance and farm mortgage rob- lem was announced yesterday by Chair- man Fletcher. Fletcher, a Florida Democrat, will be chairman of the new stock market inquiry subcommittee, taking the place of Senator Norbeck, Republican of South Dakota. Other members are Glass, Virginia; Barkley, Kentucky, and Costigan, Colorado, Democrats, and Townsend, Delaware: Couzens, Michi- gan, and Norbeck, Republicans. Glass was named chairman of the banking subcommittee with the follow- ’ing as members: Buckley, Ohio, and McAdoo, California, Democrats, and Walcotf, Connecticut, and Townsend, Republicans. Wagner, New York Democrat, heads the farm subcommittee, with these to assist him: Gore, Oklahoma; Byrnes, South Carolina; Bankhead, Alabama, {and McAdoo, Democrats; and Norbeck, Goldsborough, Maryland; Carey, Wyom- ing, and Couzens, Republicans. No date has been set for resumption of the stock market inquiry, although | indications have been given that when (it .does start again it will delve into | operations of private banks and trust | companies. 'ROOSEVELT WANTS DEBTS COMMITTEE ‘Prelident to Ask Congress to Give Him Advisory Body on War Obligations. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt expects Congress | to give him an advisory committee on war debt negotiations, but he was said at the White House today to have no intention of asking any power to defer debt payments. In fact, it was said that debt pay- ments are expected on June 15 ‘when the next instalimeénts are due. Before salling on his fishing cruise last February, the Pres t announced he wanted Congress to give him & com- mittee - which he could advise of the progress of the debt negotiations. He still wants that committee, ‘While somé of the Eur debtors their cases, Mr. Roosevelt is standing pat awaiting some moves by them which could be re- garded as compensatory for debt relief. ‘The President has made it clear he expects the other powers to make some- motions in the direction of tariff agree- ments and sfabilization of the mon excl in ‘return for debt ald. 'Y walting for them to : ’ PPER left: General view of the Ohio River overflowing its banks at Covington, Ky., and inundating hundreds of homes. Upper right: Canoeing down one | of the main streets of Marietta, Ohio. Lower left: A familiar scene in the flood area, showing citizens in & flat boat removing belongings from a residence in Newport, Ky. Lower right: Showig residents taking refuge from the flood waters of the Ohio River on & porch roof in Cincinnati as they await a to rescue boat —A. P. Photos. VALKER DNORCE - HEARNG 5 BREF Master Prepares Report After Wife Testifies to Separation. By the Associated Press. | MIAMI, Fla, March 21.—Master in| deserted her despite her efforts at a reconciliation. | Benjamin Cohen, attorney for Mr.i Walker, who is spending & vacation at Cannes, Prance, sald Mr. Walker in-/ tended to introduce no witnesses. | Master Dowdell said he expected to make his recommendations to Circuit Court tomorrow. The recommendations of masters usually are accepted in Florida divorce cases. Case Proved, He Says. Cohen said he would file no exception to the master's report when it was| made. “It appears she has proved her | case.” he said in reference to Mrs.| Walker. Mrs. Walker testified emphatically she was not seeking alimony. She said | her husband has continued to con- tribute to her living expenses. “He has never been anything but kind in that Tespect.” she said. Mrs. Walker wept frequently as her | attorney, A. Frank Katzentine, ques- i‘l;med her about details of her married . 8he broke down momentarily when she told of her wedding on April 11, 1912, and again when questioned about her separation in 1928. | Sought Reconciliation. Mrs, Walker testified her husband | left her in October, 1928, and that she game here to live “because I liked it | ere.” “Have you ever made efforts at rec- oneiliation?” she was asked. “I certainly have.” she replied, “but even this Winter, when I begged him to come down here, he refused.” After she had concluded her brief testimony two real estate dealers, Louis | | . Snedigar and J. J. Pretwell, jr., testi- | fled they had known Mrs. Walker | through real estate dealings with her. | and they had never seen Mr. Walker in her Miami homes. Mrs. Cornelius Fellowes. who lived { with Mrs. Walker, testified she had | known the plaintiff for 15 years and | | she also knew Mr, Walker. She testi- | fled Mrs. Walker made repeated and | “continued efforts” toward reconcilia- tion with her husband and that they had not lived as husband and wife for more than two years prior to the filing of the divorce suit JOURNEYS ON SNOW PLOW TO PERFORM OPERATION Surgeon Is Taken Through Heavy Drfts to Aid Victim of Appendicitis. By the Assoclated Press. FAIRMONT, Minn, March 21.—A lumbering snow plow with a surgeon | aboard bucked the biggest drifts of the | year in this section and yesterday Rob- ert Applequist of Dunnell had prospects for recovery from an ap- pendectomy. Applequist, 28, son of a Dunnell,| Minn., merchant, became seriously ill from appendicitis Sunday. Dr. John Folta of Ceylon, 10 miles away, was the ‘nearest surgeon. Members of Ap- plequist’s family called C. N. Krosch, county highway engineer here, who sent out the plow. It drove through the piled drifts to| Cey] for Dr. Folta, then took him to the Applequist home at Dunnell, where | an emergency operation was performed. { OIL MEN DEADLOCKED | Motion to Shut Down Field Be- lieved Pamaged by Quake Rejected. LOS ANGELES, March 21. (®).— Failure of producers to reach an agree- ment resulted in the tabling todsy of | & proposition advanced by the Oil Producers Saies Agency for & 15-day shutdown of petroleum production while an_ investigation is made of Southern California flelds which may have been damaged in the recent earthquakes. or 3 the y_to it adequate inspec- tion of rennerg.n.ululn;hud gasoline plants and oil 3 good | situation. had shut down production in certain ved damaged by the east pipeline systems. I Previously a group of major produce! flelds belie shocks. RED CROSS T0 GET WHEAT AND COTTON Morgenthau Announces Plans ' for Disposal of Stocks of Relief Holdings. By the Associated Pres Henry Morgenthau, jr., Farm Board | claims under the Versailles treaty. | Chancery T. J. Dowdell adjourned his| chairman, announced today that the | hearing tn Mrs. Janet Allen Walker's | Red Cross has agreed to take over the | divorce action today after she had testi- palance of stabilization relief wheat | fled the former New York mayor had held by the board by August 1, and the balance of stabilization cotton by October 31. | Congress made avallable for rellef | purposes & total of 85,000,000 bushels of stabilization wheat and 844,000 bales | of stabilization cotton, of which a~large amount still remains undelivered. Of the cotton, 295580 bales have been delivered and of the wheat, 70,- 016,510 bushels have been turned over to the relief agency. Disposal Is Arranged. The Red Cross has made arrange- ments for the disposal of 10,119,371 bushels of wheat and expects to com- plete arrangements for disposal of the Test well before August 1. Morgenthau, who completed the new arrangement with John Barton Payne, chairman of the Red Cross, indicated the transfer would make it possible for the Grain Stabilization Corporation to recuced its Chicago office to a skeleton | organization “within a short time.” Savings te U. 8. Government. “Since the operating costs of the Stabilization Corporation are paid out | | of money loaned by the Farm Board from its revolving fund, the negotia- | tion with the Red Cross will result in substantial savings to the Pederal ! Government,” Morgenthau's announce- ment said. | The agreement does not affect the | disposal of Farm Board wheat futures, | of which it had more than 30,000.000 bushels on hand on March 6. These are being disposed of now in a way that Morgenthau hopey will not disturb | the market. FIRST LADY SHOWS INTEREST IN HOUSING, Mrs. Rooesvelt Reveals She In- spected Alley Dwellings Here. Keen interest in tenement housing conditions in Washington is dispiayed | by Mrs. Roosevelt as the result of a visit she mage ta a number of the city's alley dwellings last week, it was dis- closed yesterday during the First Lady's weekly conference with newspaper women, The hitherto undisclosed trip made by Mrs. Roosevelt in her own biue roadster, accompanied by Mrs. Archi- | bald Hopkins, who for many years has | been identified with local social welfare activities. In her interest in this phase of the city's dwelling problem, Mrs. Roosevelt Trecalled the first wife of President Wil- son, who also interested herself in this was | BANK RECEIVER INDICTED Embezzling $1,200 ‘Is Charged to North Carolina Man. SHELBY, N. C.. March 31 (#).—Earl| W. Jones, who disappeared and later was discovered in Wilmi while acting as_receiver of the ercial | National Bank of Statesville, was in-| dicted by a Federal grand jury here today on a charge of embezzling and | misappropriating $1.200. | Tom McCoy, assistant district at- | torney, said Jones would probably be tried at the next term of Pederal in Statesville. Jones disappeared last December 5. After being missing for two. weeks, he was located in a Wilmington hotel. Friends snnounced he was suffering BOY, 5, KILLS VISITOR CRUZ ALTA, Argentina, March 31 P).—A of §, Ricardo Pignon, tolay shot- and killed a tax collector, Pedro Bernsola, when the collector Jobless Message President Asks No New Funds in Three-Point Program. (Continued From Pirst Page.) work, not interfering with normal employment, and confining itself to forestry, the prevention of soil ero- sion, flood control and similar proj- ects. I call your attention to the fact that thig type of work is of defi- nite, practical value, not only through the prevention of great present financial loss, but also as means of creating future national wealth. This is brought home by the news we are receiving today of vast damage caused by floods on the Ohio and other rivers. Control and direction of such work can be carried on by existing ma- chinery for the Departments of La- bor, Agriculture, War and Interior. I estimate that 250,000 men can be given temporary employment by early Summer if you give me su- thority to proceed within the next two weeks. I ask no new funds at this time, The use of unobligated funds, now appropriated for public works, will be sufficient for several months. This enterprise is an established part of our national policy. It will conserve our precious natural re- sources. It will pay dividends to the present and future generations. It will make improvements in the na- tional and State domains which have been largely forgotten in the past few years of industrial development. More important, however, than the material gains will be the moral and spiritual value of such work. The overwhelming majority of un- employed Americans, who are now walking the streets and receiving private or public relief, would in- finitely prefer to work. We can take a vast army of these unemploved out into healthful sur- roundings. We can eliminate, to some extent at least, the threat that en- forced idleness brings to spiritual and moral stability. It is not a panaces ofor all the unemployment, but it is an essential step In this emergency. I ask its adoption. (Signed) FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. TESTIMONY COMMENCES IN TEXAS MURDER TRIAL M. Edwards, Aviator, Faces Charges of Killing "Former © Stage Dancer. By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., March 21.—Intro- duction of tesimony was begun yester- day in the trial of H. M. Edwards, 37, Reno, Nev., aviator and engineer, on trial for the murder of Miss Ivy Young, former stage dancer. Miss .Young, who ,was registered in a hotel as the wife of Edwards, plunged from a seventh-floor window of the hotel February 19. Details of a quarrel between Edwards and Miss Young at & night club short- ly before the tragedy were laid before the jury. 4 R. C. Patrick, who performed the autopsy on Miss Young's body, said her throat was not bruised and if she had been choked during a scuffie with Ed- wards marks might have been visible: The State proposes to introduce testi- mony from hotel officers and employes, who clamored cutside the Edwards {:om“ tlor ‘:g;tnuthnce while said e girl wi WaS screaming ‘‘You're choking me!” They said Edwards unlocked the door rt after she had fallen. BILL AIDS JOBLESS Californiss Assembly Passes Five- Day Week for State. sflmwp’mh‘fx‘m’ém = sent Senate yesterday an urgency bill pro- viding for a five-day working week for State 68, to an extent deemed practicable by the Governor. If enact- ed, the act would be in effect until July 1, 1935, unless terminated sooner by proclamation of the Governor. Michael Eureka, author of the bill, said it was designed to relieve the unemployment attuation, by J. Burns of 55 J0BS ABOLISHED BY MISS PERKNS ‘Sweeping Reorganization of Labor Department Is Planned by Woman. | By the Associated Press. | Secretary Frances Perkins today out- lined a sweeping reorganization of her Labor Department, including complete ' overhauling of the employment service. | & sclentific survey of the statistical service and a consolidation of the im- | migration service. | "Miss Perkins said she had discon- tinued the posts of 55 special immigra- | tion investigators and had put on fur- | lough 18 others because of the immi- | nent exhaustion of the $200,000 appro- priation under which they operate. ‘These were the operatives. scattered | all over the country, to be used by the Secretary of Labor in determining if | laborers were being brought into the | Unfted States under contract. in viola- tion of the immigration law. Miss Perkins said she discovered that only $12.970 remained of the appropria; tion on March 15 to cover a monthly salary set-up of $11,166 and $4,000 | traveling expenses. | Meager reports were on file. she said, | as to how the appropriation had been | expended. but the totals were $107.574 for salaries, $62.695 traveling expenses | and $8.243 for “‘confidential expenses” | not_itemized. The 16 on furlough, she said. were men who had been transferred to the | regular immigration servige shortly be- fore she took office, and’ she had de- | cided it was “not fair to allow the 16 preferential treatment.” | The duties of the men who were dropped were placed upon the district directors. {ROOSEVELT URGES THREE-POINT PLAN . FOR UNEMPLOYED (Continued From First Page) Senate. The membeship there followed the words without demonstration. ‘The reforestation phase of the three- fold Roosevelt jobless-aid program had been presented to congressional lead- ers at & White House conference last night along with agriculture, banking and rajlroad proposals for the special session. The conferees gave Mr. Roose. velt the word to send his plans to Capi- tol Hill as speedily as they are pre- pared. Statement Follows Pariey. After the two-hour conference last night, Speaker Rainey, speaking for the congressional leaders. said: “We are going right ahead with the President’s reconstruction program without adjournment.” A statement issued by Stephen T. Earlv. a secretary to the President. said: “The subject discussed included, among others, farm relief through ef- | forts to raise crops prices and legisla. tion to prevent the foreclosure of mort. gages on both homes and farms; a pro- | gram to improve and co-ordinate ral- road operations; another program re. Iating to the general problems of trans. | portation: and the immediate unem- | ployment relief efforts divided into three and a future program of public works. | “In the field of banking, correction of | existing abuses was discussed.” i railroad and banking problems, they might go over until the January session. BREW JOBBERS MEET Supply and Equipment Men Form Organization. BOSTON, March 21 (#).—Repre. sentatives of supply and equipment con- | cerns catering to the brewing industry met yesterday and formed a chapter of what is intended to be a national insti- tute of manufacturers and distributors. ‘The primary object of the organ- ization is to co-operate along con- structive and economical lines with the brewing and allied industries. Similar organization meetings will be held later in the week at Iphis and Buf- 5 Gen. Calles Plans Sea Trip. | parts—immediate work in national and | | State forests, Government aid to States | Rainey said if progress is not made on | OHIO RIVER FLOODS CONTINUE MENACE Snow, Sleet and Rainin Many| Sections Greet First Day of Spring. | of its banks and inundsting thousands | of acres in city and country with un- | estimated ‘mge At least nine per- | ir lives. Already suffering from its worst flood in 20 years, Wheeling, W. Va., | was expecting & fresh inundation, and Cincinnati was bulwarking a levee to prevent the waters from I'eepln‘:v“er | the lower east end of the city. - | ?louth, Ohio, continued efforts to rein- . force a wall protecting the eity. | _Mutional Guardsmen were called to Portsmouth, Batavia and Manchester, Ohio. Several feet of water covered | the business district of Manchester. At Washington the Red Cross pre- pared to aid the sufferers while two naval amphibian planes were made available for relief work, | Families were driven out of their homes from Huntington. W. Va, to Evansville, Ind., as the Ohio continued to rise. The angry waters od toward Cairo, I, and the Mississippi. whose residents were preparing for flood stage. Residents of the harassed towns along the Ohio River drew some en- | couragement from the prediction of | colder weather, for they believed this | would stop the heavy rains which have been sending the big steamboat artery and its tributaries out of their banks. The Ohio was nearing its crest of 64 feet at Cincinnati, the rise having dropped to a twentieth of a foot an hour. The river stood at 63.1 feet, 11.1 above flood stage. Of the hundreds cities that dot the banks of the Ohio. the little towns |of New Richmond and Ripley. Ohio. perhaps were hardest hit. The water | was 10 feet deep in some places at New | Richmond Food was being brought in | | by boats. Of the 30 business houses in Ripley. only two grocery stores were free from water. Situation in Towns. Here is the situation in various river wns : Cincinnati—Rise checked to 1'20th . foot an hour, with crest of 64 feet ex- pected late today. This morning the river stood at 63.1 feet, 11.1 above| flood stage. i Portsmouth—Flood wall bad leaks | holding, but ppurlnl in cinder levee adjoining w Greatest danger now lies in heavy winds. Thousands of sandbags piled on levee. Marietta—Ohio and Muskingum Riv- | ers both rising steadily. Reached 35.6 | feet. at 10 o'clock this morning. Flood stage of 36 feet expected to be passed by 2 or more feet late tonight or Wed- nesday. Thirty-eight feet would flood entire business district and part of resi- | dential section. Heavy ~rainfall last | night and snow this morning. Zanesville—Muskingum River fell 2!; feet in last 24 hours, but heavy rainfail | last night expected to start rise again. Pomeroy—River still stationary at 53 feet. High wind and storm last night caused several thousand dollars of camage to shops in flooded area. Many windows along Main street business section broken by waves. Rising at Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh —An all-night rain_sent the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers upward sgain today and a stage one foot below flood stage at Pittsburgh is predicted for tomorrow. The stage at 9:30 am. was 22.6>-24 feet below flood—at “the Point,” where the two rivers join to form the Ohio. | Wheeling. W. Va.—Climbing steadily | upward as the rate of 4 inches an hour, the Ohio River reached 31 feet at 10 a.m. today. Flood stage is 36 feet. River- | men predicted a crest of about 34 feet | tonight. | Ashland, Ky.—About 100 families | have been forced to leave their river- front homes. All roads out of Ashland | except United States No. 60, south, and ! United States No. 23, east, have been blocked by high water. | Vanceburg, Ky—Part of the busi- ness district was flooded today and all highwavs blocked except one. Newport, Ky —Two thousand families | were homeless here today because of | the flood, and Army troops were fs- sisting in relief work. Louisville, Ky. — Several hundred families forced from homes and 500 more threatened as the Ohlo River | slowly spread out to become a vast ' lake, its waters whipped by a stinging | northwest wind that brought sub- | freezing temperatures. The crest was expected by Wednesday night. | Owensboro, Ky.—There was no ap- prehension of flood damage here as the | river rose today, because of the city's high elevation, But farmers in the low- lands moved their cattle to higher ground. Paducah, Ky.—The flood crest i | expected Saturday. | Martins Ferry—The Ohio River had | reached 31.4 feet and was rising about an inch an hour. Crest expected late | today at 35 feet. | _ New Richmond—Lieut. Forst Ely of Batavia, in charge of the National Guard detail on duty here, reported today that the soldiers had evacusted | 175 families from their homes and | moved them to bulldings on high ground. He said sufficient food was available to feed the refugees and that there was no suffering among them. | Falling at Gallipolis. | Qallipolis—The Ohio River had re- | ceded one inch today, after reaching a crest of 54 Teet 4 inches. New York Central trains will resume operations this afternoon between Charleston, W. Va. and Columbus. A large force of men worked all night to replace a washed-out trestle and roadbed st Kanauga, four miles from here. | MADISON, Ind.—Ohio River about 10 | feet below stage reached during 1913 |flood and rising rapidly. Many river- | front factories forced to suspend oper- ations and 100 families moved to higher | seek Flood River |ground. 'Today's stage, 54.3. | stage. 46 feet. EVANSVILLE, Ind—Ohio | reached 40-foot stage, bove flood stage, & rise of about 3 feet |, in 24 hours. Mood crest expected tomor- row. Many lowlands already flooded. MOUNT CARMEL, Ill.—Wabash River continues its rise, reaching stage of 17.7 feet this morning. & rise of 1.4 feet since yesterday. stage is |16 feet. | EXPECT PEAK TOMORROW. | “Posket District” of Southern Indiana | Prepares for High Waters. INDIANAPOLIS, March 31 (#).—The “pocket district” of Indiana —that | southwest portion of the State hemmed |in by the Wabash and Ohio Rivers— | today “made ready to meet the crests of floods advancing down its bordering | Cha | streams. | Lowlands along the two rivers have | been under water for two days, but the full effect of the flood will probably ‘?n{:“ tomorrow in the district down From Aurors, just around a bend from Cincinnati, down to Mount Vernon, near the Illinols border, the Ohio River | Taced along over lowiands and crept up““lfve- built to protect the river cf At Lawrenceburg & huge levee rTe- inforced last Summer held the water back and there apparently was no dan- ger. At Madison factories along ‘the river front were forced to and 100 families fled their lowland homes. ‘The Wabash River from its upper reaches down to its junction wi'n the Ohio below Mount Carmel, Ill. con» and there { BALL LOSES: PLEA T0BAR PROSECUTOR Judge McCarthy Declares As- sistant Attorney General I8 Eligible. By » Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURY HOUSE, Va, March 21.—The defen:c lost the opening skirmish in the tria today of E. Wade Ball, former treasure of Arlington County, on an indictmen charging misuse and misappropriatic; of county funds. Crandall Mackey, represent; Bal asked the court to rule that ‘x‘nmu Attorney General Collins Denny, jr could not act as prosecutor in the cas since State funds were not involved. Circuit Judge Walter T. McCartl decided, however, that the objection not been “in the proper forum” overruled it. The task of selecting Jury for the trial then began and ‘was expected to take all of the first da Thirty-six jurymen were called du ing the session this morning. Sixtec of them were disqualified. ‘The court recessed at 1 pm. and v to meet again at 2 pm. Indictment Is Read.+ As the trial opened, Clerk John Petty read an indictment charging th the defendant, when he resigned Fe. ruary 26, 1932, should have turned ovc to the county clerk the sum of $515. 959.92 of the funds of the county. bu instead of doing so. he had “feloniousl m and misappropriated sai Ball pleaded not guilty. Judge McCarthy then asked the 2. i\_‘.m:n in t‘:w bl;}x whether any of then formed a bias either for or a; 5. the defendant. il Joseph Haley sald he had discussed the case at least 50 times since it had appeared first in the newspapers anc that it seemed funny to him how such & big shortage could occur. C. A. Toomb said he did not have an open mind and could not honestly ms'on th]c Jury. 'veral other members of the asked to be excused for bulmt-mr:‘:-l sons. One of them said he had been out of work all Winter and had just 8ot a job. Special Panel Called. A special panel of 96 talesmen wa: summoned on account of the difficulty expected to be encountered in finding jurors who have not already formed un- shakeable opinions on the merits of the case. Previously a motion of the Commonwealth attorney for a special panel of jurors not residents of Arling- ton County was overruled by Judge Mc- Carthy. A demurrer filed by defense counsel, attacking the sufficiency of the indictment, was likewise overruled, The latest indictments were returned by the October grand jury after an audit by State Auditor T. Coleman Andrews had disclosed alleged shortages in_the accounts of Ball and other Arlington County officials. REMOVAL ORDER GIVEN FOR ALLEGED EXTORTER Clifford Latimer Sought From Alabama by Michigan Federal Officers. By the Assoctated Press. MOBILE, Ala, March 21.—An order for removal of Clifford Latimer, alias Pone 8mith, to Petoskey, Mich, for trial on charges of attempting to ex- tort money through the mails yester- day was signed in United States District Court by Judge Robert T. Ervin Latimer was arrested at Bay Minette, Ala., near here, last week on the indict- ment charging that he attempted to extort money from D. M. Weakly, super- intendent of the Alabama Industrial Schools for Boys at Birmingham, Ala. The indictment was returned against Latimer at Petoskey, February 17. Latimer formerly was an inmate of the industrial school. SENATE COMMITTEE TO RESUME LOUISIANA PRIMARY INVESTIGATION (Continued Prom First Page.) | and other Senators privately expressed | the view nothing had been developed |s0 far to Jjustify efforts to unseat Overton. Bratton sald “future developments” would guide the committee after the coming hearing or hearings, and sald “the turn of those hearings will deter- mine what the committee will do.” | He said the committee had $10.000 or $11.000 on hand and would not need y more money, for quite & while, at least. Asked if the committee planned to employ counsel or re-employ Brig. Gen. Samuel T. Ansell, Bratton said it dic not at this time contemplate hiring an attorney, but would not comment or | Ansell. Holland to Remain as Alde. John Holland, active in the Teapo Dome investigation, will remain as th paper men that there were no commit- tee agents now in Loulsiana. Ansell, assailed on the Senate floor has sued the Senator for In a statement issued after the committee, then under the late Senator Howell, Republican, of Ne- braska, had concluded stormy hearings in New Orleans, Ansell urged a con- tinuation of the inquiry. Bratton told newspaper men the committee did not discuss whether to to hold in contempt of the Senate Seymour Weiss of New Orleans, hotel man, identified in the hearings as a | financial agent of the Overton-Long | organization. ‘Welss, despite repeated requests from Ansell, Howell and committee mem- | bers, refused to answer questions abou' | what he did with the funds. Sl T BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Hom Band this evening at Stanley Hall, » 5:30 o'clock. John §. M. Zimmermann bandmaster: Anton Pointner. assistant. March, “Under the Double Eagle.” ‘Wagner ceeeseeness Herok | _ “Intermezzo Escapade’ | Scenes from musical comedy, “The Century Girl” ‘Herbert racteristic, “The Peanut Vendor,” | Simon ‘Walts suite, “Sweet Reflections,” | Carl Fischer | Pinale, “Under the Texas Moon,” Perkins “The Star Spangled Banner.” Lenten Service Each Wednesday From 1:30 to 5:30 O’Clock Continuously —in Epiphany E al Church, under the Emu of the Washington Federa- tion of Churches. Eight each :el;.vl put%%lpnmi ‘l: 1 ce. e public cordially invited. r 7