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WEATHER. (V. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy, continued cold tonight; minimum temperature about 17 degrees; tomorrow partly cloudy. Temperatures; Highest 29. at 7:35 p.m. yesterday. Lowest 21, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 'W' ri QfJ 077 Entered as second class matter u * *•* post office. Washington, D. C. TACNA-ARICA SOW ENDED AS CHILE AND PERU AGREE Former to Get Arica, Latter t Tacna, Official Announce ment Says. DISPUTE, BORN IN WAR, THRIVED FOR 45 YEARS Agreement Is Result of Diplomatic Negotiations Underaken at In vitation of Secretary Kellogg. the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, February 21.—The Tacna-Arica boundary dispute, born in war and thriving through 45 years on international strife, has been settled j by peaceful means. I Official announcement here today says : that an agreement has been reached j between the governments of Peru and ; Chile, the two countries Involved, by ; which the Province of Tacna goes to Peru and that of Arica to Chile. The boundary between the two prov- j inces is fixed slightly north of the rail- j road leading from the Port of Arica to La Paz, Bolivia. This railroad, of the utmost importance to Bolivia, since it is her sole outlet to the Pacific, re mains in Chilean territory until it crosses the Bolivian frontier. The railroad from Tacna to Arica will be in Peruvian control, while a spur which is to be constructed at Arica con i. necting the two lines will be under Chilean control. The agreement is the result of diplo matic negotiations undertaken just four months ago, after resumption of diplo matic relations between them at the in- I vitation of the United States Secretary of State, Frank B. Kellogg, last July. The Tacna-Arica dispute has its birth In 1879 when Chile occupied the two provinces in the course of a war with Peru and Bolivia. The treaty of Ancon ended the conflict in 1884, and provided they should remain in Chilean control for 10 years when .a plebiscite would be undertaken to determine their future state. Peru maintained the Chilean govern ment attempted unfair nationalization of the two provinces and the plebiscite was not held, the argument between the two countries continuing furiously for more than 25 years. War was often threatened, the nature of the conflict 'being such that it might have involved nearly all of South America. In January, 1922, the United States Government, seeing the dangerous as pects of the situation, offered its good 1 offices. President Harding became ar biter in July, 1922. He was succeeded by President Coolidge, who, in 1925, handed down his own decision which upheld the necessity ®! a pl<?bjaciJe, the northern boundary of Tacna and provided for a boundary commission to decide the southern Tacna boundary, or that which borders on Arica. Negotiations Fail. Gen. John J. Pershing headed a com mission which was dispatched by the United States Government to the dis puted territory to make arrangements for and oversee a plebiscite, but the quarrel between the two countries was such that this was never held. Maj. Gen. William Lassiter succeeded Gen. Pershing in 1926, his negotiations for a plebiscite failing also. A boundary commission, headed by Jay J. Morrow of the United States, was formed. On October 10 of last year this boundary commission, at the sug gestion of Secretary Kellogg, adjourned for four months to permit direct nego tiations between the two governments. On February 10 an announcement was made that the resumption of the boundary commission’s work had been postponed until February 22. There were intimations from various quarters that an announcement of concord be tween Peru and Chile would be forth coming before this meeting. Os No Great Value. The territory which has been in dis pute has no great actual or potential commercial value. Chile’s famous nitrate fields lie to the south. Arica, the chief town, has dwindled greatly in population in recent years and now probably has not more than 5,000 population. It is, however, important as the seaport through which most of the Bolivian trade with the Pacific is handled. The region is of volcanic origin and has sulphur and borax as practically its only minerals. It Is richer in agricul tural products, however, growing large quantities of coca plants, while along the Sama River, northern boundary of Tacna, the world famous Moquega raisins are produced. PERSHING IS PLEASED. Cites “Admirable Example” of Peaceful Settlement. PARIS. February 21 (/P).— Gen. John J. Pershing, one-time head of an Amer ican commission to Tacna-Arica to make arrangements for a plebiscite ' there, today expressed pleasure at news of the Tacna-Arica settlement. “It is deeply gratifying to me that the governments of Chile and Peru have reached a settlement of the long-stand ing dispute,” he said. “That a plebis cite was impracticable became evideftt soon after the commission met in Arica about three years ago. It was always my conviction that the common sense of justice and fair dealing of these two progressive peoples would lead to a mutual understanding of this really difficult question. lam sure the admir able example of resolving international differences by conciliation will have a far-reaching effect upon the relations among the American republics.” GIVES ALESSANDRI CREDIT. PARIS. February 21 (A 3 ).—Augustin Edwards, president of the third Assem bly of the League of Nations, and former Chilean Minister to Qreat Brit ain, today expressed himself at greatly pleased at the settlement of the Tacna- Arica controversy. “Every patriotic Chilean cannot but welcome the settlement of the serious and long standing dispute,” he said. Edwards was once a member of the Tacna-Arica Plebiscite Commission. He added: “Without in the least diminishing the credit that belongs to the present government for this settlement, I think it only just to remember that former President Alessandri is entitled to great recognition because it was he who, in 1921, after he assumed the presidency, destroyed the deep-seated opposition in Chile to the idea of arbitration of the Tacna-Arica problem. It was he who made possible a solution by accepting arbitration, although at the V no he did it against great opposition. V CAPITAL LEADERS LAUD NATIONAL RADIO FORUM Cabinet Members, Officials and Congress men See Great Educational Worth in Star-Columbia Broadcasts. Cabinet members, high Government ! officials and prominent members of Congress today were enthusiastic in their acclaim of the arrangements com pleted by The Evening Star in co-opera tion with the Columbia Broadcasting Co. whereby a weekly radio forum for the discussion of questions of outstand ing import by men of national promi nence will be inaugurated on the eve ning of Saturday. March 2, at 10 o’clock, when Senator William E. Borah of Idaho will go on the air. The programs, which will be broad cast over a nationwide hook-up of 50 radio stations, will be available to the Capital through Station WMAL of the Columbia system, \ Secretaries Mellon, Janies J. Davis and Wilbur, Attorney General Sargent | and Postmaster General New today took ] occasion to praise the plan which will i bring to hearthsides over the Nation | the discussions of topics close to the j hearts of those interested in the wel ! fare of the country, i With one accord, they and prominent I members of the Senate see in the plan i the inauguration of an educational institution of Inestimable value through the utilization of one of the broadest fields of human communication. The Inauguration,' the special session BYRD CLAIMS AREA NEAR POLE FOR D.S. 40,000 Square Miles in Ant arctica Pre-empted as American Domain. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Wireless to The Star and the New York Times. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, Febru ary 19 (By Dog Team to the Bark City of New York, February 20?) —A new territory in Antarctica has been claimed for the United States by Comdr. Byrd as the result of his latest flights, and particularly those of yesterday. Two new mountain ranges have been discovered. The Rockefeller Range to within the territory claimed by* the British and known as the Ross De pendency, but the other -and larger range, peaks of which 'tower 8,000 to 10,000 feet, is apparently outside the limit cf the British claims and at the border of a new land of limitless possi bilities lying between the Ross Sea and Graham Land. Other peaks to the east of the Rocke feller Range have been seen, and every thing indicates that Comdr. Byrd In his flights next season will be able to chart a land greater in extent than the known territory of the Ross Dependency and possibly equally majestic in character. Virgin Area for Explorers. None of this territory to the east ward has ever been seen by another ex plorer. Capt. Scott, who discovered King Edward VII Land and the Scott Nunataks, was not able to reach the shore beyond. Prestrud, Roald Amund sen’s lieutenant, reached the Nunataks In 1911, but failed because of the limi tation of his method of travel to sight the Rockefeller Range. Now not only have about 40,000 square miles of Antarctica been ex plored, due to the amazing visibility gained with an aeroplane, but the Rockefeller Range has been mapped by aero camera and a sketch of the entire sector has been made by Capt. Ashley C. McKinley of the Army Air Service. Also the uncharted stretch of coast line east of the Bay of Whales has been mapped by camera. This great new land, which has so aroused the enthusiasm of Comdr. Byrd and the other members of his ex pedition. has been named after a wom an who has been little known to the public in connection with the com mander’s exploits. He has had the mat ter in his mind for a long time, and talked of it one day while walking over the sunlit stretch of bay ice toward the base. "I have named this land after the best sport and noblest person I know,” he said after the flight yesterday, “one who has borne the brunt of all my ad ventures and to whom the credit be longs for anything I may have accom plished. This new land will be Marie Byrd Land.” Value of Base Indicated. The glimpses he and his other pilots have had of it as they have scouted swiftly, sometimes at 100 miles an hour, over the desolate snow hills of Ant arctica have indicated how important may be the result of the selection of this quadrant of the continent as a field of operations and the strategic value of a base at the Bay of Whales. Wherever they have flown they have found mountains or the suggestion of mountains in the distance. New flights have confirmed conclusions from for mer trips; and at the end of yester riay’s two flights, one an exploration (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) I ; Tower Bells Stir Boks English Birds, \ Thinking 'America' Is God Save the King' Special Dispatch to The Star w NEW YORK. February 21.—Down at [ Mountain Lake, Fla., where Edward c Bok’s bell tower recently was dedicated r by President Coolidge, there is a story, * doubtless apochryphal, about Mr. Bok's English nightingales, illustrative of in i creasing insularity in the esthetic world. ' A year or so ago jM" Bok imported , about two dozen of tie nightingales, he i being the first to surlccd, although the merchant princes of V c world had been ®k SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929—FIFTY-TWO PAGES.** of Congress, farm relief and the per plexing problem of tariff legislation, In order, are the earliest topics to receive attention in the weekly forum discus sions. Care always will be taken to see that the subjects discussed will have a distinct and timely bearing on the lives of the citizens of the country. Indorsements of the forum received by The Star today follow: Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury. At the office of Secretary Mellon It was stated today in the Secretary’s be half that Mr. Mellon is favorably Im pressed with the radio forum of The Evening Star and the Columbia Broad casting Co. He feels that It Is a good activity and will result in benefit to the American- people. Mr. Mellon said he thought it would be helpful for na tional questions of importance thus to be carried to the homes of the country by radio through the discussions of leading citizens. Harry S. New, Postmaster General. “The radio forum program of The Evening Star Is a highly commendable enterprise and a most wonderful in novation. Obviously the radio has given the people the opportunity to get flrst hand views of public men on public (Continued on Page 2. Column 6.) Hoover Will Take Office Oath Despite Custom of Quakers Mr. Hoover will be sworn in as President regardless of the fact that he is of the Quaker faith. It has been learned that Mr. Hoover has no intentions of asking to be affirmed when the time comes for his taking the oath of office as previously reported. It was point ed out that the Quakers have been taking oaths for more than 50 years and that Mr. Hoover sees no reason why he should not take the oath on inaugural day. Moreover, he took the oath when he was sworn In as Secretary of Commerce. BORAH WILL NOT BEJ CABINET Idaho Senator Will Remain in Upper House, High Au thority Says. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator William A. Borah of Idaho is not going into the Hoover cabinet, either as Attorney General or Secretary of State. That statement is made on the highest authority. Senator Borah has never said he was offered either post by the President elect. But the belief that he might have had either of these cabinet offices is widespread, and it has never been denied that the tender of these posi tions was made to the Idaho Senator. Senator Borah will remain in the Senate, chairman of the Senate for eign relations committee, a dominant figure in that body. The Idaho Senator entered the Senate 22 years ago and Is now serving his fourth term. He will come up for re-election next year. If he chooses to run for re-election, there Is no doubt but that he will be returned to Congress. The announcement that Senator Borah will not become Attorney General will be a disappointment to many of the dry leaders. The opinion was ex pressed that Senator Borah, as head of the Department of Justice, would have been an influential factor in the enforcement of the prohibition laws. Aided Hoover Campaign. During the Kansas City convention and later. Senator Borah played a prominent part in the Hoover campaign for the presidency. Mr. Hoover, It is known, has the highest confidence In the ability es Mr. Borah, and it is out of this regard, it is understood, that he has sought to have Mr. Borah enter the cabinet. Certainly the offer of two of the most important posts in the Gov ernment must be considered a recogni tion of the high esteem in which the President-elect holds the Senator from Idaho. The office of Attorney General, it was said today, is still a problem on 1 which Mr. Hoover is working. Sev- j eral men are under consideration for the appointment and the selection may \ be made very soon. So far as the office of Secretary of State is concerned, the best information i obtainable is to the effect that Henry j L. Stimson, Secretary of War under Taft’s administration, is to have the place. . Posts Considered Sure. Other posts in the cabinet that are considered settled are those of Secre ■ tary of the Treasury and Secretary of the Interior. Secretary Mellon Is to ; have the first and Dr. Ray Lyman Wil bur. president of Stanford University, the second. i _While no official confirmation has (Continued on Page 2. Column 7.) trying to get them out of England for more than 400 years. It was a great victory for Mr. Bok, but the nightin gales, on American soil, refused to sing a note. All the blandishments and in ducements of their Florida paradise were futile. There was never a peep cut of them. At the dedication of the bell tower, the imported Belgian carrilloneur—duty free—played “America." Then, so runs the tale—to which this chronicler does net set his hand and seal—the nlghtin : "'Vo thought it was "God Save the ’ and burst into songs, in full choir. COMMITTEE VOTES SWEEPING REVISION OF SALARY LEVELS Would Correct “Inequalities” Brought About by McCarl Decision. HOUSE GROUP SPRINGS SURPRISE WITH REPORT Balancing of Entire Structure of Classification Which Was Dis rupted Would Be Kestored, The House appropriations committee sprang a surprise when it included in the second deficiency bill, reported to day, a legislative provision “to correct the inequalities brought about by the controller general’s decision, to restore what it believes to have been the intent of Congress under the Welch act, to relieve the Treasury of the approxi mately $2,000,000 of unintended cost, and to restore the (balance of the entire structure of classification insofar as it has been disrupted by the McCarl de cision.” This bfi 1 carries a total of $17,299,616 in supplemental appropriations to meet salary increases under the Welch pay act. Allocations Would Be Amended. The appropriations committee's legis lative provision in this bill directs that? the “Personnel Classification Board within 30 days after the enactment of this act shall review the allocation of all positions vvhich, on June 30. 1928, were allocated in grades 4, 5. 6 and 7 of the professional and scientific service, and grades 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the clerical administrative and fiscal service, of the compensation schedules set forth in the classification act of 1923 covering sal ary rates from $3,800 to $7,500, and which have not been allocated, with thp approval of such board, to the grades of such compensation schedules as amend ed by the act of May 23, 1928, covering salary rates of $3,800 to $9,000. Such allocations,” the proposed legislative rider directs, “shall be amended by the Welch pay act. and shall have authority to ascertain the facts as to the duties and responsibilities of any such position, and to review and change allocation thereof whenever, in its opinion, the facts warrant. This legislative provision, which is in order under the Holman rule, is recom- ; mended by the committee because the Holman rule provides for the incorpora tion of legislation in an appropriation bill if on its face it shows a reduction in expenditures or in the numbers or compensation of the persons paid out of the Treasury of the United States. In its report to the House today, made by Representative Wood of Indiana, the committee expresses its belief that this is "very necessary remedial legislation to correct injustices growing out of in terpretations of the Welch act by a de cision of the controller general which has required the allocation of positions contrary to the intent of Congress In passing the law.” Directed Higher Ranges. The legislation is directed to those positions in the grades of the profes sional and scientific service and the clerical, administrative and fiscal serv ice, where the salary ranges are $3,800 and above, and where many increases in compensation, ranging as high as $2,000 per annum for individual, were brought about by the controller’s de cision adversely to what the committee understood to be the intent of Congress. “A general situation brought about by the Controller General’s decision may be tersely set forth by the state ment that under it, instead of the Personnel Classification Board being the allocating body, as the classification act of 1923 provided, the allocating power by his ruling was split three ways, partly to the heads of depart ments, partly to the Controller General and partly to the board. The confusion and harm to any system of classifica tion by such a confusion of authority Is readily apparent. “In addition to the excess cost of $780,600 in the District of Columbia, it is estimated that the projection of this same ruling to positions in the field service has added approximately $1,250,000 to the field pay in these upper grades, giving a grand total of excess cost of approximately $2,000,000.” TWO LAKE SHIPS AND TUG BURN TO WATER’S EDGE Another Boat Damaged in Fire Laid to Carelessly Tossed Cigarette. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., February 21.—Fire, believed to have been started by a carelessly flicked cigarette butt, last I night burned two Lake passenger ships and a steam tug to the water’s edge and 1 seriously damaged another excursion I steamer, with estimated damage of | §250,000. The ships were tied up on j the Detroit River at Ecorse. j The Sapphp, a ferry boat owned by 'the Nicholson Universal Steamship Co.; ! the Erie, a steel ship owned by the White Star Line: the Dover, excursion vessel, and the tug Annie Moiles were the ships concerned. Fire Department officials said they believed the fire was started by a look out tor rum runners who had gone aboard one of the craft to watch for a signal from the Canadian shore. KING TAKES FIRST WALK. Eritish Ruler Uses Cane in Saun tering Around Room. BOGNOR, Sussex, February 21 (A 3 ). King George has achieved his first real walk since the beginning of his illness. His majesty walked around his bed room with the aid of a cane yesterday. He was weak and his nurse hovered close, but he negotiated a turn suc cessfully. Maryland and Virginia News Pages 10 and 11. can be recomputed mmrn DRY FUND OWED Second Deficiency Measure Submitted to House by Committee. By the Associated Press. Embodying the desire of House ad ministration leaders to circumvent the controverted proposal of $24,000,000 ad ditional for prohibition enforcement in the first deficiency bill, a second meas ure omitting that item was submitted to the House today by its appropriations committee. Every other item in the first bill, now j lying dormant in the Senate since the j House refused to accept the increased ; prohibition fund, is incorporated in tha I new measure, which would provide $191,599,000 for emergency uses of Gov ernment departments. One of the lar gest items is the $75,000,000 for tax j refunds. $11,195,500 for Buildin} - The total includes $11,1! SOO for public buildings, $2,150,000 more than was recommended in the proposal sub mitted to Congress a week ago by Pres ident Coolidge. The increase is to take care of additional projects. The only reference in the measure to prohibition enforcement is an item of $589,010 for salary increases in the Pro hibition Bureau. A warning that, a fili buster might be waged against the bill in the Senate unless it includes more money for enforcement has been sound ed by Senator Glass, Democrat, Vir ginia. Divided Into Three Sections. The new bill is divided into three sections, the first covering $78,677,229 of emergency appropriations recom mended by the President. The second would provide $17,299,000 for salary in creases for Federal employes under the Welch act, and the third, $95,622,000, represents the items that were in the first deficiency measure. The tax refund item is the largest single one carried in the measure. Among other large items are $19,000,- 000 for Army and Navy pensions. $15,- 000,000 for railroad transportation and messenger service in the Post Office De partment, $3,530,000 for general ex penses of the Marine Corps, $3,250,000 for purchase of new airplanes for the Army Air Corps, $2,494,152 for salary increases in the Veterans' Bureau and $7,130,000 for Porto Rican hurricane relief. WOMEN ASK SEPARATE DOMICILE UNDER LAW Feminists Urge Passage of New York Bill Granting Individual Legal Residence Status. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y„ February 21.—Fem inists. carrying proudly the banner of equal rights, and with Mme. Ganna Walska as their chief spokesman, have placed before New York legislators their arguments for separate domicile, compulsory jury service for women and equal guardianship rights for both par ents of minor children, Ganna Walska told a joint session of the Senate and Assembly judiciary com mittees yesterday that the Pitcher- Jenks bill, granting a woman the right to a separate residence for voting and office holding, had her approval and suggested that the bill be amended to include legacy rulings and taxation. The wife of Harold McCormick cited how she recently was held liable by the i United States Customs Court for certain | effects on the ground that her hus band’s home was her own, although she had declared Paris as her separate home. Earthquake in Jugoslavia. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia. February 21 , f/P).—Sharp earthquake tremors were felt today at Milanovitch, about 65 miles south of Belgrade. Furniture, pictures and crockery were displaced, but there was no great material damage. Catholic Priests List Addresses. MEXICO CITY, February 21 <>P).— About 200 Catholic priests have inform- j ed the government of their addresses, ; I- compliance with a recent order of j the secretary of interior. Sixty-two filed their addresses yesterday alone. Bank Statements — —-J i Washington clearing house, $4,894,- j 124.10. New York clearing house exchanges. $1,564,000,000. New York clearing house balances, I $174,000,000. ■ Customs receipts, $32,835,865.39. . * Senate Bill Urges Giving Police Reins Os Chicago to State By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, 111., February 21.—A bill to take control of the Chicago Police Department from the my's hands and give it to the State has been placed before the Illinois Senate. The measure, introduced by Senator Adolph Marks of Chi cago, would replace Police Com missioner William E. Russell and his deputies with a commission appointed by Gov. Emmerson. In presenting the bill Senator Marks declared the Chicago po lice force "needs a houseclean ing.” Under the system now effective by which the North, South and West Park Boards of Chicago are State operated, that city at pres ent has a large area policed under State direction. FIRES IN 2 HOMES TARE TEN LIVES I One Mother Burns With Five Children and Another With Three. By ths Associated Pres*. PITTSBURGH, February 21.—Ten persons, members of the two families.were burned to death in fires which destroyed their homes in Western Pennsylvania early today. At Ebensburg, Mrs. Leo Mangold and her five children perished, and at Hillsboro, Mrs. Zenas Berkey and her three children died. The five Mangold children ranged in age from 8 months to 6 years. The three Berkey children were aged S weeks and 3 and 4 years. Both fires apparently were caused by overheated stoves. Man and Brother Escape. The only two other occupants of the Mangold dwelling were Mr. Mangold and his brother Donald, who occupied sleeping quarters on the first floor. Both escaped uninjured. In the Hillsboro blaze Zenas Berkey, lone survivor of the family, suffered severe burns about the face and hands. Tne Carrolltown fire was discovered by miners on their way to work. They broke into the house and aroused Man gold and his brother, but the blaze had gained such headway that rescue of the mother and five children on the second floor of the dwelling was impossible. Perishes Aiding Baby. One of the miners succeeded in fight ing his way to Mrs. Mangold’s bedroom, but the woman, her night clothing on fire, pushed him away and struggled to the side of a sleeping child, where she perished. At Hillsboro, Mrs. Berkey, who was nursing her 6-week-old baby, smelled smoke and awakened her husband. Go ing to the kitchen, he discovered the room aflame. Becoming panic stricken, Berkey dashed through the flames to the outdoors, where he collapsed in the snow and was unconscious while his wife and children burned to death. The charred bodies of Mrs. Berkey and her children were found by firemen. Although Henry Naughe, father-in law of Berkey, lives but 200 feet from the Berkey home, a cabin, his family was unaware, of the fire until summoned by Berkey when he regained conscious | ness. REPAIR FUND ASKED. Sought for U. S. Property at Mount Weather, Va. An item of $48,000 for rehabilitation of the Government property at Mount J Weather, Va., for use as a "Summer White House’’ was asked in the defi ciency bill, reported to the House today. Invited to Baltimore. HAMBURG, Germany, February 21 (/P).—Prof. Wilhelm Blashke, professor i of mathematics In the University of ; Hamburg, has received an invitation ] from Johns Hopkins University, Balti more, to hold a course of lectures as Speyer visiting professor in 1930-31, No 5:30 Tomorrow i ! There will be no 5:30 edition of The Star to morrow, George Washing j ton’s birthday. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,526 (A>) Meant Associated Press. 7-INCH SNOWFALL SLOWS UP CAPITAL Depth Is Greatest Since 10- Inch Record on January 28 Last Year. Washington and the Virginia and Maryland suburban districts suffered acutely today from the effects of the first traffic congesting snowfall of the j Winter. With a snow depth of V/ 2 inches within the city limits, officially recorded as the heaviest since the 10-inch fall on January 28 of last year,'managers of the city and suburban transportation facilities struggled under difficulties dur ing the early morning rush hours to keep the arteries of traffic flowing. While weather reports indicate relief from further snow for Washington to day and tomorrow, reports from the farthest Virginia suburban districts tell of continued snow and a depth ranging from 12 to 18 inches between Purcell ville and Bluemont on the route of the Washington & Old Dominion Railway. One Accident Reported. Despite the fact that everything on wheels floundered during the traffic rush of the early morning, only one mishap was recorded early today. A bus of the Alexandria-Barcroft & Washington Co. skidded at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue, ran over the curbing and crashed into a lamp post. No one was injured. Fortunately for the thousands who left their automobiles at home, and de pended upon bus and street car trans portation, there were no lengthy tie-ups of traffic during the morning. Many trudged their way on foot to offices through the snow. Thousands Walk to Work. Every available street car and bus was hurriedly put into service. At that the demand for seats far exceeded the sup ply. Hundreds of pedestrians waited long minutes at car stops on the main traffic routes only to have car after car pass them by, passengers packed in so tightly it was difficult to close the platform doors. Good-naturedly, for the most part, these hundreds and thousands of pedestrians plodded their weary way to work. Fortunately, there was ample warn ing of the depth of the snow upon which Washingtonians awoke this morn ing. With the light fall of early yes terday the present snowstorm com menced at 10 o’clock last night. Bus and car companies were able to keep the snow plows working during the night. By 7 o’clock this morning the snow changed to sleet. With the sun shining brightly later in the morning it appeared that nature soon would solve the chief difficulty of motorists. The Washington Rapid Transit Co. handled a record number of passengers this morning, it was said, and most of the busses made extra trips along the most congested routes. With the ex ception of delayed schedules, no mis haps were reported. Two new busses were put into service for the first time and the various routes were kept cleared of deep snow during the night and day. At the Washington Bus Terminal on Pennsylvania avenue it was reported that delayed schedules were the only ill effects from the snow. Most of the trains coming into Union Station from the North and South averaged only a few minutes behind regular schedule 1 time. With the lower Potomac River prac tically free of ice. the Norfolk and Washington steamboats encountered no difficulty in keeping to schedule. The storm came up from the Gulf of Mexico, passed over the Carolinas and lower Virginia, reaching Washington about 10 o’clock last night. Between 7 and 8 inches of snow fell during the nine hours until 7 o’clock, when the snow gave way to sleet and rain, which froze as it fell. The storm this morning centered ever the Virginia Capes, and was moving in a northeasterly direction. The Weather ' Bureau ordered storm warnings posted from Atlantic City to Eastport, Me. Fresh winds blowing-up the Atlantic (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Tracks in Snow Found by Firemen Lead To Youth s Arrest on False Alarm Charge Tracks In the snow found by firemen when they responded to an alarm at i Twelfth and G streets southeast at 11:36 o’clock last night led to the arrest of Joseph Lee Pebbs, colored. 18 years old. of the 700 block of Twelve-and-a-half street southeast, on a charge of turning in a false alarm. Although the youth denied he pulled the box, police say they found tracks leading from the signal station to his home. No. 18 Ermine Company answered the TWO CENTS. PALMIST EXPECTED HERE IN TIE TO TESTIFY AT TRIAL Collins and Two U. S. Agents Due in Chicago Today With Subpoena. MRS. BLALOCK LOCATED THERE BY OPERATIVE ( District Officials Proceeding Plans for Burlingame Hear ing Saturday. Located in Chicago by special agent* ° f 7 the m department of Justice, Mrs. Helen F. Blalock, accuser of Capt. Guj XV Bprlmgame, suspended commander 01 . . second P° llce precinct, Is ex pected to return to Washington in time £. y s at the trial of Burlingame, which begins at 10 o’clock Saturday morning in the sixth precinct station. .v. , ed with a Federal subpoena for the long missing palmist, Will.am H. Collins, assistant United States attor ney for the District, and two Depart ment of Justice operatives, were due k° have reached Chicago this morning. Although officials admit they cannot force the woman to come back and face Burlingame, they are confident she will return. Collins and the two agents left here yesterday afternoon. In the meantime. District officials are proceeding with plans for Burlingame’s extraordinary trial just as though Mrs. Blalock had not been found or was not expected to return In time to confront the pohee officer. Corporation Counsel William W. Bride, who will prosecute the case, said he probably would confer with the woman when she returns and that any alteration in his original plans would depend on the outcome of his in terview with her. Second Trial Could Be Held. Bride pointed out that the trial of Burlingame could proceed on the for mal charges preferred against Bur lingame of conduct prejudicial to the good order, reputation and discipline oi the police force and conduct unbe coming an officer, and that a second trial could be held later on any charge that might grow out of his conference with Mrs. Blalock. If Burlingame should be convicted and dismissed, Bride also explained, then the United States at torney’s office would take over the case for any further action that might be warranted. The fact that Mrs. Blalock has been found was announced at the Depart of Justice yesterday afternoon, but the city in which she has been hiding was not disclosed because of a fear that the woman’s friends and rela tives would have too much time in which to communicate with her before the arrival of Collins and the two agents. Mrs. Blalock has not been placed under arrest, it was pointed out, for there are no charges pending against her. She is merely a Government wit ness and cannot be returned to Wash ington against her wishes without vari ous legal proceedings which would take considerable time. In Chicago Two Weeks. Mrs. Blalock, however, has been in Chicago two weeks. It was said, and during her stay there she has been kept under close surveillance by a large group of Department of Justice oper atives. She apparently did not have the slightest suspicion that her every move was being watched. Although the palmist has a brother in Chicago, she did not stay at his home, but sought refuge In a small rooming house far from the “Loop” district. This made it difficult for the agents to locate her after they learned that she was in Chicago. The Department of Justice operatives first picked up Mrs. Blalock’s trail in Abilene, Tex., the home of Representa tive Blanton, where she went early in January to tell her story to the Texan. She stayed at a hotel there for some tirre. and after Blanton came back to Washington she also left. Following up reports that she had gone to Dallas and then to New Orleans, the agents next picked up her trail in Chicago. She never visited St. Louis or came back to Washington, as far as the agents could ascertain, before going to Chicago. Agents Puzzled for Time. While Mrs. Blalock did not know, ap parently. that the Federal opera tivet were on her trail, she undoubtedly hac a fear that some time she would b| sought, it was said, for her movement** shrewdly executed, kept the agents bas« fled for a time. And when she was re« ported to be In Chicago there was a at the Department of Justice headquar ters here that some time would be re quired in locating her hiding place. Chi cago is said to be one of the easiest cities in the United States for a person to hide, and its many railway terminals and motor bus lines make it compara- • tively simple for a person to leave with out being seen by Federal agents or the police. At any rate, the Chicago agents con tinued their search, having only a gen eral description of Mrs. Blalock for identification. An inquiry among her frirnds in Washington and vicinity had failed to produce a picture. The agents knew, however, that in the course of time Mrs. Blalock would be short of funds and they would probably find her when she appeared at a bank. That is exactly what happened. All of the banks in Chicago were notified to be on the lookout for a person answering Mrs. Blalock’s de scription. One day she went into a bank there with a check, drawn on a Washington bank, and requested that it be cashed. The check, incidentally, was sent to her from Washington while an extensive search for her was under way. and no one admitted knowl edge of her whereabouts. Refuses to Cash Check. The cashier at the bank refused to cash the check because. Mrs. Blalock could find no one at the time to identl f.v her. The Chicago office of the De (Continued on Page 2. Column 5.) alarm, but upon arriving at the scene could find no sign of fire. They went to the box, which they found open. In the newly fallen snow were a single set of footprints. The firemen telephoned the fifth precinct police and Policeman C. R Burr was assigned to investigate. He followed the tracks to Pebbs’ homo and-placed him under arrest. Radio Programs— Pa&e 3$