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WEATHER. <tt. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast ! Fair tonight and tomorrow, colder to night. with lowest temperature about 42 degrees: Saturday probably showers. Temperatures: Highest. 62. at 11 a.m. today: lowest. 45, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, i>. C. V _ Ol 019 ■*-' o. CAPITALISTS TURN DOWN CHANCE 10 GIVE FARM VIEWS Rockefeller. Schwab and Young Refuse Invitation of Senate Group. VARIETY OF AID PLANS OUTLINED BY EXPERTS Secretary Hyde Accepts House Committee Bequest to Help in Studying Proposals. 8y the Associated Press. An almost unanimous refusal of invi- | tations sent to capitalists and business : leaders to appear before the Senate Ag riculture committee to present their views on farm relief was recorded to- j day with the announcement by Chair- ' man McNary that John D. Rockefeller. ' tr.. Charles M. Schwab and Owen D. Young would not appear. j Onlv Henrv Ford remains to be heard from as J. P. Morgan’s inability to at- , tend previously was reported. The House agriculture committee, en- j tering its second day of farm relict hearings, heard a number of experts outline a variety of possible method - • for aiding agriculture. The Senate committee heard the bn. of its chairman indorsed by Hallvard j Kloster. who appeared on behalf of a ! group of farm loan organizations of lowa. Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wy- ; oming. . . . .. I Kloster said he had supported the \ McNary-Haugen bill containing the j equalization fee. but that he thought< the present McNary bill would give the needed relief. Canadian Wheat Pool Idea Urged. j Anson Marston of Ames. lowa, presi- i dent of the American Association of; Land Grant Colleges, told the House in quirers that he favored Federal aid to; continue search for new methods of utilizing farm waste. G. W. Connell, secretary of the Minnesota Wheat Growers’ Association, proposed an or ganization patterned after the Ca nadian wheat pool to handle marketing of wheat under a Federal farm board. The Canadian pool, he said, now owns 1,300 elevators and 12 terminals. Representative Jones. Democrat, of Texas, in questioning Connell, inquired if he saw any reason why the Farm Board should not be given the power to close the commodity markets if it was found advisable. He said he believed that a stabiliza tion corporation could maintain prices on a higher level without losing money., “The stabilization corporation." ne added, "would have on the market ex actly the same effect as a policeman on j the comer has in inducing law ob servance.” Floridan Advances Plan. William H. Marshall, a Fort Lauder dale. Fla., farmer, advocated establish ment of regional distributing plants for bundling perishable crops, aided by co operative marketing associations, with a view to eliminating some of the mid dlemen and facilitating shipments of mixed carloads. The plants, he said, should be equipped for canning and pre serving, if products were not immediate ly marketable. . A Federal farm board with broad powers to regulate production and mar keting was advocated by S. J. Cotting ton, president of the Farmers’ Grain Dealers' Association, before the Senate committee. He said his organization was opposed to an equalization fee or any other form of tax and also to the stabilization agencies unless they were empowered to deal with the produc tion problem. No farm program, he said, would suc ceed and. in fact, the farmer would be ruined unless the Government under- . took to curtail production when the! emergency demanded it. Hyde Will Appear. Acceptance by Secretary Hyde of the House agriculture committee’s invita tion to appear at Its hearing on farm relief has revived hope among some | members that they may yet be able | to get a more detailed statement of the j administration’s views than President j Hoover thus far has been willing to : advance. The Secretary, now in Missouri, noti fied the committee yesterday that he expected to return to Washington about April 1 and would be willing to lay before it any information from his department which it might want. He was informed that the committee planned to conclude its hearing, begun vesterday. on April 3. and was asked to appear at his convenience before that date. The House committee's desire to hear from the Secretary was made known to President Hoover several days ago by Representative Dickinson, Republican, | lowa. Subsequently Chairman McNary of j the Senate committee invited Mr. Hyde j to appear before his group, which began ! its hearing Monday, but he replied: that he had found it necessary to go ' to Missouri on personal business. OKLAHOMA JUDGES FACE SENATE VOTE Action on Impeachment Charges Against Supreme Court Jus- i tices Ready for Today. B- the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY. March 28. , Thirty-one articles of impeachment ; against three members of the State I Supreme Court were ready today for ! presentation to a Senate court follow- j ing their adoption by the House of j Representatives. Chief Justice Charles W. Mason and Justice J. W. Clark each face 11 charges and Justice Fletcher 9. All three jurists are charged with incompetcncy and “unethical, illegal, unlawful and terroristic acts of op pression. ’ The majority of the articles deal with specific instances of alleged corruption in court opinions. PRISONER DIES IN FIRE. KETCHIKAN. Alaska. March 28 (/P) —a George Alexander, brother of C J. Alexander of Seattle, general su perintendent. of the Alaska Pacific Salmon Corporation, was burned to deeth when fire destroyed the Inside of th® Ketohikan City Jail. Alexander had been arrested on a charge of being intoxicated. Jail offioials expressed belief,.that h£ started the biajf himself. Naval Aides I Above: Capt. Allen Buchanan, who j | has been appointed chief naval aide to : President Hoover. —Underwood Photo. ! Below: Comdr. William R. Munroe. | who will art as naval aide from April j 15 until Capt. Buchanan reports, about [July 15. BUCHANAN NAMED HOOVER NAME Comdr. Munroe to Act Until t July 15, When New Ap pointee Reports. Capt. Allen Buchanan, commander of the cruiser Omaha, has been appoint- i ed chief naval aide to President Hoover. Capt. Buchanan is at present aboard his ship in Pacific waters and will not j reach Washington for some time,- and. ’ therefore, will not enter upon his new duties before July 15. Between the time of Capt. Wilson j Brown, the present naval aide, whose term expires April 15, and the time Capt. Buchanan assumes his duties, Comdr. William R. Munroe, who is at present assigned to the war plans division of naval operations at the Navy Department, will act temporarily as the aide. With the appointment of Capt. Buchanan, President Hoover has com- | pleted the task of selecting Ids principal i Army and Navy aides, the former be ing Col. Campbell Hodges, commander of the Cadet Corps at West Point Mili tary Academy. President Hoover first met Capt. Buchanan when he was commander of i the Army transport Henderson, which j carried President Harding's party to I Alaska. President Hoover was a mem- \ ber of that party. j Cited for Distinguished Service. Capt. Buchanan was born in Evans j ville, Ind., December 22, 1876, and was I appointed to the Naval Academy from ! Indiana September 6. 1895. During the , | World War he was on duty with the : destroyer force at Queenstown, Ireland, : and commanded the U. S. S. Downes. For this duty he was given the Navy cross. He also holds the Medal of Honor for distinguished conduct at Vera Cruz in 1914. The Navy Cross reads: “For dis tinguished service in the line of his i profession as commanding officer of j the U. S. S. .Downes, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of patrolling the waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, in es corting and protecting vitally important convoys of troops and supplies through j these waters and in offensive and de fensive action, vigorously and unremit ' tingly prosecuting against all forms of | enemy naval activity.” In 1920 Capt. Buchanan was recruit- | ! ing inspector in Chicago. He served on ! 1 the staff of the Naval War College at ; Newport, R. 1., 1921-1923, and later commanded the U. S. S. Henderson. He was attached to the office of naval | operations from 1924 to 1927 and then j commanded the U. S. S. Omaha, the ! light cruiser which was the flagship i j of the destroyer squadrons of the battle I fleet. He is still on that duty. Capt. Buchanan was awarded the ■ Medal of Honor with this citation: I Distinguished conduct in battle, en gagements of Vera Cruz, April 21 and I 22, 1914; commanded first seaman j regiment, was in both days' fighting ' and almost continually under fire from i : soon after landing, about noon of the | j 21, until we were in possession of the J city, about noon of the 22. His duties i required him to be at points of great i danger in directing his officers and men ; and he exhibited conspicuous courage, (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) 20 SHAKEN IN WRECK. | Five “Owl’’ Express Cars Leave Rails on Boston & Maine Road. \ NORTH CHARLESTON, N. H„ March 28 (A s ).—Twenty of the sixty passengers aboard "The Owl” express, bound from Montreal to New York over the Connecticut River division of the Boston & Main Railroad, were shaken up early today when five of the eight cars of the train left the rails. Two of the cars, a sleeper and a coach, plunged down an embankment. The others tore across the tracks, tying up the line. The accident oc ' curred shortly after 5 o'clock. Railroad j officials said the cause was undeter- I I mined. The train consisted of four ■ j day coaches, two sleeping cars, a mail ■ and a milk car. ,— T \ Radio Programs—Page 42 z Mie Mtuenina §kf. V y J y WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION \^/ WASHINGTON, D. C M THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1929-SIXTY PAGES. * POLICE SHAKE-UP NOW EXPECTED TO AFFECT FULLY 20 I Announcement of New Chief by Commissioners to Be Made Tomorrow. I HESSE TO COMPLETE DUTIES BEFORE GOING : Speculation Rife as to Pratt's Suc cessor if He Is Made Superintendent. The impending reorganization of the metropolitan police force will be far more sweeping than at first indicated, it developed today at the District Build ing. as the Commissioners prepared to make their long-awaited announcement of the successor to Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, the retiring superintendent, who ■ ends his 35-vear career in the service | of the municipal government Sunday. The changes will follow the appoint- I ment of the new police superintendent, j who is expected to be named tomorrow |by the Board of Commissioners. In- ' spector Henry G. Pratt, chief of the I I central detective bureau, is still re- I j garded as the probable choice of the ; j Commissioners. How many men will be involved In 1 . the reorganization is as yet undeter : mined, but those in close touch with 1 i affairs at police headquarters intimate I ! that the number may exceed 20. Six ' changes already have been approved and others are being considered. Would Complete Work. It Is Maj. Hesse's intention to com plete the reorganization before he steps out of office, so that his successor can take over the helm of the Police De partment Monday morning with a smooth-functioning force. The delay of the Commissioners in appointing the new superintendent, however, may in terfere with these plans unless the changes to be recommended hy Maj. Hesse are acted upon Saturday. After tomorrow’s meeting the board of Commissioners will not gather for an other regular session until Tuesday, but if they regard the impending changes with as much importance as Police De partment executives a special meeting! likely would be called Saturday to act j on Maj. Hesse’s recommendations. The plan of reorganization now in j contemplation would not be carried out, i however, if the Commissioners should * do the unexpected and select a candi date outside the ranks of the Police De partment to succeed Maj. Hesse. In such an event the changes under con sideration would be held in abeyance until he takes office and passed on! them. Pratt Successor Question. Speculation is still rife within the department as to who would succeed Inspector Pratt as chief of the Detective Bureau If he is promoted to the super intendency. Reliable reports indicate ; that Inspector William S. Shelby, an assistant superintendent, and personnel officer, would be assigned to this post. This would make it unnecessary to create an additional assistant superin tendency. as the police regulations require that the chief of the Detective Bureau should be an assistant superin tendent. The transfer of Inspector Shelby would leave a vacancy in an inspector ship which most likely would be filled I by the promotion of a captain. SIX MEN CONVICTED OF ALCOHOL PLOT Found Guilty of Conspiracy in Diversion of Eleven Cars of Liquid. By the Associated Pres*. BALTIMORE. March 28. Six men I were convicted in United States District j Court today of conspiracy in diversion of 11 cars of pure alcohol from the Curtis Bay plant of the United States Industrial Alcohol Co., declared by the district attorney to have valued at $2.- ; 500.000 after going into illegitimate I trade. i After the verdict was given. Judge Morris A. Soper “suggested” to Sam uel Greenfield, one of the defense at torneys, that he bring into court $7,000 of the bribery money in the case which : it had been reported to the court had I been given to him as a fee by a sev | enth defendant who had turned State witness. I The men convicted were Bpnjamin I Nipont, George J. Moffett. Harry Clark. ! Adolph Volny, Felix Volny and Edward i Wills. SHIP FIRE PROBED. | Police Unable to Find Evidence of Malicious IncendiAiism. HAMBURG. Germany. March 28 W). —Hamburg police, who have been investigating yesterday’s fire aboard the steamship Europa. have been unable to discover any clues indicating malicious investigation, but are continuing their ! nvestigation a.s to whether it was 1 caused through negligence, i First reports that the fire started in j several places have proved unfounded, i it being definitely established that the fire broke out on “E” deck immediately below the main deck. It spread so rap idly that an erroneous impression was created that the fire had started at I several points simultaneously. DYNAMITE KILLS THREE. SALEM. Oreg., March 28 OP).— I Taking his two small daughters. Charline, 4, and Gladys, 6, on his knees in the kitchen of their home at Grassy Pond, Oreg., Charles Stetter, 38, touched off nine sticks of dynamite he had placed benpath his chair. All three were instant); - killed. Ship Burns, Loss $65,000. MOBILE, Ala., March 28 OP).—The steamer Bay Queen of the Eastern Shore Transportation Co., laid up here for the Winter, burned to the water’s edge early today with a loss of $65,000. The vessel formerly operated around Long Island. N. Y„ and was 35 years old. She was engaged in the coast, trade during the Summer months, i The fire started In the engine room ' from an undaUrmlned EARLY SPRING CLEANING. LA GUARDIA ADMITS LIQUOR IN BAGGAGE New Yorker Claims Whisky Was Bought in U. S. on Prescription. By (he Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 28.—Representa - tive F. H. La Guardia, who returned from a honeymoon in the Canal Zone on the liner Crstobal. said today that other congressmen on the ship were not ! on an official mission any more than he and so were not entitled to entry free I of baggage search. His statement was a comment on a I report that liquor was found in the bag- I gage of one congressman, but when it was learned the courtesy of the port had been ordered for the congressmen, the baggage was closed again and noth ing was done. La Guardia said that, he had asked to have his own baggage expedited and that the request had been refused and his baggage searched. He said one pint of whisky was found in his effects, but that he was allowed to keep It when he explained that he had obtained it on a prescription before he left this country. He said he took other liquor aboard the Cristobal, but used it up during the voyage home. He did this, he said, because of an experience he had last Summer on the Leviathan when he took no liquor, but discovered that he was the only one aboard who had none. He then decided, he said, that drinking aboard United States ships was proper and something he would do in the future. One Accused of Bringing Rum Into U. S. The Evening World said yesterday it had learned from reliable sources that one member of a congressional commit tee of 15 arriving from Panama Mon day admitted carrying liquor into the port with him and was allowed free entry. The Panama Railroad Steamship Co.'s liner Cristobal brought back the congressional party, which had been studying isthman affairs. Out of cour tesy to them their baggage was tinder orders to be expedited and was entitled to free entry. Through some error, however, the name of the congressman was not in cluded on the free list and he was asked the usual perfunctory question (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) I SPANISH FLYERS HOP FROM BAHIA FOR RIO Aviators Hope to Leave Soon for New York to Inspect New Craft. By the Associated Press. BAHIA, Brazil, March 28. —The Span ish aviators, Capts, Ignacio Jimenez and Francisco Iglesias, took off at 8:30 a.m. (6:30 Eastern standard time) for Rio Janeiro to complete the flight from Seville, Spain, interrupted when they were forced down Tuesday morning. The two aviators, prior to their de parture, said they hoped soon to fly to New York, where they would inspect a type of airplane, models of which the Spanish army has acquired. From Bahia to Rio Janeiro the dis tance is 800 miles south and west along the Atlantic coast. The Spaniards’ plane, the Jesus del Gran Poder, can make better than 100 miles an hour, which might put it into Rio Janeiro at 4:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. standard time). Completion of the flight would bring the plane's total mileage since it left Seville to about. 4,800. - • —i Rabindranath Tagore Sails. TOKIO. March 28 (A 3 ). —Joseph Avenol, deputy secretary general of the League of Nations, and Rabindranath Tagore. Indian poet, sailed aboard the Empress of Asia for Canada after visits in Japan. Wine and Bobbed Hair of 1100 B. C. Among Canaanites Found by Scientists By the Associated Press. JERUSALEM. March 28.—Resump tion of excavation work at Tel Nasbes north of Jerusalem, by Prof. William F. Bade of the Pacific School of Religion, alreadv has resulted in the unearthing of a dozen Israelite houses built be tween the years 1,100 and 1,200 B. C. The remains of a continuation of the Canaanite city wall on the north side. 18 feet broad and showing traces of an old tower which apparently pro tected the gate were discovered. Finding of this of the wall showed that the wall wh£J was- diseevewd last $25 Buys Dickens’ Desk, Where Most of Writing Was Done By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 28.—Charles ; Dickens' writing desk, on which he wrote all his greatest works from the age of 21 until his death, is worth only an infinites imal part of the value of the manuscripts written upon it. Just $25 was paid this morning for Dickens’ desk at Sotheby’s auction rooms, where a copy of the first edition of his novel. “A Tale of Two Cities” yesterday brought $6,500. The desk was given him when he was an ob scure young man and he used it constantly until his death JENSEN STILL UP; FLIGHT IS BUMPY j On Last Leg of Race to Get New Solo Endurance Record. By the Associated Press. * ROOSEVELT FIELD. March 28. Though the air was rough as a ploughed field and the special gas he was using prevented his slowing down to take the bumps gently, Martin Jensen was in the third and last leg of his race to set a new solo endurance flight record today and still going strong. Jensen went up at 6:01:34 o’clock yesterday morning to beat the late Royal V. Thomas’ record of 35 hours and 33 minutes, which would keep him in the air until 6:35 this evening. Has Chance to Win. Through a miscalculation early this morning he decided that he was going to lose his fight, but a later check showed that he still had a good chance to win. Between 6 and 7 o'clock, when he was circling Long Island no more than 80 feet from the ground in a sodden rain, he dropped a note saying he had only 60 gallons of gasoline left, enough for about five hours. He ex plained that the automobile gasoline he was using would not permit idling his engine and that at full speed the cou sumption was 12 gallons an hour. Emil Burgin, chief pilot for the oil company that is sponsoring the flight, went aloft in a plane on the fuselage of which was painted advice to Jensen to test his tanks again, as observers would not believe there was so little fuel left. Shortly after 10 o'clock Jen sen dropped a second note saying that he found he still had 70 gallons. Conditions Improve. The sun was then shining and con ditions generally had improved and aviators estimated that the 70 gallons ought to last from eight to ten hours, or just about long enough to set a new record. In his 10 o’clock note Jensen said that the air was still rough, but that he was not tired yet. Ever since he went up he had been driving through a bumpy sky, a note telling yesterday of one bounce that threw him out of his seat and bumped his head on a cabin crossbar. Jensen is flying a Bellanca cabin monoplane with a Whirlwind engine. COMDR. SCHAFFER DIES. Naval Officer Succumbs to Heart Attack at Dispensary. Comdr. John L. Schaffer, attached to •he judge advocate general’s office of the Navy Department, was stricken with a heart attack today while at the naval dispensary and died within a few min utes. He was born in Reading, Pa., in 1886. During the war he was navigator of the U. S. S. Salem and for most of’ the period since the war he has been at tached to the judge advocate general's office. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Alice L. Schaffer of Reading. season on the east side encircled the whole hill. Among the houses was found a wine press excellently preserved and a cistern containing much pottery in several stra ta. This is expected to give evidence from the Canaanite period to the time of the city's latest occupation. The pottery included two excellently preserved astartc heads showing bobbed hair. Whole baskets of pottery are still awaiting examination. The representa tion of bobbed hair was not unusual for Prof. Bade in June. 1926, found indications that that custom was prac ticed te- leeael-. STIMSON ASSUMES i DUTIES TOMORROW Kellogg Relinquishes Post as Secretary of State at 5 P.M. Today. ! By the Associated Press, Frank B. Kellogg came to the end i of more than four years of service as Secretary of State today, ready to re linquish his post at the close of the day's work to Henry L. Stimson, former governor general of the Philippines and close student of international affairs. Mr. Stimson arranged to take the oath 1 of office at 5 o'clock this afternoon. When Mr. Stimson takes up his of ficial duties tomorrow morning, it will be his second experience of the kind. He was Secretary of War In the Taft „ cabinet, and. recalling that association, ! j he was particularly pleased to be able to have the oath of his office in the Hoover cabinet administered by his former leader as Chief Justice of the United States. Kellogg Is Disappointed. Although looking forward to a vaca tion in Europe, Secretary Kellogg is re linquishing his office with some disap pointment. He had hoped to see the Ke-llogg-Briand treaty to renounce war. on which he has worked for more than a year, put into force before his retire ment. The death of Marshal Foch delayed , final action by France and Japanese ratification is not expected for several days. The 13 other original signatory : governments have deposited their rati i fications with the State Department. ( Belgium acting yesterday, but the treaty [ cannot become effective until all have been filed. Three different aspects of the Gov ernment's international affairs will i claim a large share of Mr. Stimson's im : mediate attention when he goes to work ; tomorrow. Problems Include Mexican Revolt. They include developments incident i to the Mexican revolution, preparations ■ for the preliminary disarmament con ’ ference at Geneva and the problems 1 growing out of the sinking of the Ca > nadian schooner I'm Alone by a Coast i Guard patrol boat in the Gulf of Mex . ico. In addition, he had an engage ment today with Chairman Borah of [ the Senate foreign relations committee . to discuss the World Court and other ■ questions. ! U. S. TOURISTS GET THRILL ON LINER i Transylvania Grounded in Fog. Floated by Dumping 500 Tons of Oil. * ' j By the Associated Press. CHERBOURG. France. March 28. i! The Cunard Anchor liner Transylvania, ; with American tourists aboard, came : into Cherbourg shortly after 11 o'clock j this morning listing sharply at her port * bow and well down after running ! aground near Urville-Hague. | The passengers debarked immediately, J none the worse for their experience ex | cept for the shock of the sudden j grounding, which threw some of them i i i out of their berths. ! The accident took place in the midst j , of a dense fog at 4:10 am., while the Transylvania was proceeding at very , low speed. Capt. Robert Erskine finding ' 1 her fast, immediately emptied a tank i j containing 500 tons of fuel oil and was j able to get off without assistance, al j though three tugs stood by. 1 : Contrary to first reports the vessel • ! was not beached after getting clear and [ j proceeded to Cherbourg under her own I I power. j The Transylvania, owned by the 1 Cunard Anchor Line, was returning i ! from a Mediterranean cruise. The pumps were keeping abreast with I the inflow of water this afternoon and it I was expected that the vessel would be | put- into dry dock late this evening. | i Seventy of her passengers leave to- j night for New York aboard the Carin- , 1 thia. One hundred and thirty left at; noon for Paris and others were planning ; to leave for England tomorrow on the i .Scythia. j Maryland and ; Virginia News • The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday's Circulation, Jf0,672 MP) Mtans Associated Press. Passengers Save Sleeping Man Who Snubs Fire Warning j By the Associated Pres*. EVANSTON. 111, March 38. | “Mister.” said a lady on the street, car to Francis Bowman, who had fallen asleep there last night, “you are on fire.” Bowman opened his eyes, glanced up, said, "Oh. all right,” and closed his eyes again. Os a sudden, however, he yelled and leaped. The lady had been right. He was on fire. His pipe, stuck into his coat pocket, had done it. Everybody in the car fell to, and among them the flames were extinguished without much harm resulting to Bowman. “Ordinarily,” he commented, "I'm not so hot.” INSISIS I’M ALONE IN 12-MILE LIMIT Coast Guard Headquarters Quote “Responsible Gov ernment Officials.” By khe Associated Press. Coast Guard headquarters announced today it had received information from “responsible Government officials at New Orleans,” who had investigated the i sinking of the Canadian schooner I’m Alone, that she was within 12 miles of ; i the American coast when first sighted ! by Coast Guard cutters. ; The statement said the I'm Alone j “was squarely within treaty limits” i when the chase, which was a hot, con- I sinuous and unbroken pursuit, was be gun. The Coast Guard statement said: “Coast Guard headquarters today re ceived information from responsible Government officials at New Orleans, not belonging to the Coast Guard, who have thoroughly investigated the I’m , Alone case, that there was no doubt ! whatever that the I'm Alone was within j 12 miles of the American coast when j first, sighted by the Coast Guard cut ter. and that, there is no doubt what- | ever that there was hot. continuous and j unbroken pursuit of the smuggler from j the time she was first sighted until she was sunk. The master was repeatedly ! warned to heave to, but obstinately and arrogantly refused. “A statement has been obtained from the captain and crew of the I’m Alone clearly indicating that on two occasions during November la6t liquor had been unladen from the I’m Alone at about the same place where she was first sighted and pursued by the Coast Guard cutters on March 20 and that Capt. Randall and the same crew, with the exception of one man, were aboard the I'm Alone at the time of these unladings. “Not only was the I’m Alone within i four leagues of the coast, but she was \ squarely within treaty limits.” INCIDENT IRKSOME TO CANADA. Adds Fresh Grievance to Long List Already Experienced. nr FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Canada is to be allowed by Great Britain to bear the brunt of any diplo matic controversy with the United States over the I'm Alone affair. After the full facts regarding the Coast Guard’s ] sinking of the Montreal rum-runner j have been ascertained, it will be for i Ottawa, rather than London, to nego tiate with Washington whatever settle ment is made. Canada since February, 1927, has en joyed full and unrestricted diplomatic status in this country, with an accred ited Minister of her own. the Hon. Vin cent Massey, in our Capital. It goes without saying that the Canadian Min ister wil lact in close co-operation with and rely strongly upon the experience ind counsel of his British ambassadorial colleague. Sir Esme Howard. But there is no restraint upon Mr. Massey’s au thority to deal with the State Depart ment. and he is now doing so in con nection with the I’m Alone case. United States Is Held Ruthless. The rum-runner incident off the Louisiana coast happens to be the latest of so-called American pin-pricks of 1 which Canada has been the victim dur- 1 ing the past couple of years. It is not going too far to say. as this writer does j say on the authority of well informed Canadian residents of Washington, that! American stock in their country is lower than it has been in a long time. The United States nowadays is subjected to bitter criticism, and even violent attack, as a regular thing in either the Cana dian Parliament or the Canadian press, or both. “Ruthless” is an adjective commonly applied to us. “Inconsiderate” is an other. ’’Ungrateful” is still a third epithet hurled at us. Finally, the American Government and people are pilloried as “hypocritical.” that taunt being a reference to our official and popular protestations of .friendship for “our great neighbor to the north” and to the Inconsistent way the Canadians think we have of exhibiting brotherly \ love. The I’m Alone affair episode adds ; fresh fuel to the fire of dissatisfaction j which long has existed in Canada re garding the American prohibition laws, j There are already two Canadian- ! American liquor treaties in effect, one providing for the control of bootlegging in Canadian-American waters and the other covering smuggling operations along our far-flung border. Many Can adians feel that the American Govern ment expects Canada to do most of the policing provided for by these two con ventions. especially along the frontier | line. Recently the Ottawa government i appointed an official commission to j make an exhaustive survey of ways and means to tighten up liquor control at possible smuggling points on the border. ■ The survey cost much money and tim-\ I i Ottawa is not aware that the United ’ States has taken the trouble to do any | thing of that sort in its own behalf, apparently being disposed to “let George j do it.” Asks Canada to Do Work. j At present the American prohibition I authorities are seeking to have Canada i do still more prohibition work for the i United States, by refusing clearance to i Great Lakes vessels suspected of carry -1 ing booze to American ports. There is great reluctance to take such steps. They could only be ordered by action of the Dominion Parliament, in which ■ Quebec predominates, and Quebec is ! wet. Moreover, many Canadians, both | wet and dry. look askance at the idea | of Canada deliberately, for the sake of “obliging” a friendly Nation, moving against an industry which is entirely legal under Canadian laws, viz., the manufacture and export of liquor. In cidentally, Canada rather resents being asked to do these things by the Ameri can prohibition authorities, instead of by the United States diplomatic offi- I cials. Indignation over prohibition matter? In Canada is pqualed only by the bit terness aroused over 'our proposed in- TWO CENTS. ITRAFFIC VIOLATORS MAY POST FORFEITS AT POLICE STATIONS Minimum Collateral for Va rious Infractions of Code Fixed by Commissioners. REGULATIONS WILL GO INTO EFFECT MAY 1 !New System Is Intended to Save Time for Motorists, Police and Courts. The District Commissioners today or dered placed into effect May 1 a system whereby violators of minor traffic reg ulations may deposit specified amount? of collateral at police stations without the necessity of going to Police Court. The Commissioners drew up a list of all of the minor offenses and established for each the minimum amount of col ; lateral which would be required by the ! police. They left the commanders of the in ] dividual precincts free, however, to as ! “m greater sums than those set in the ; regulations in cases of flagrant vio ( lators or frequent repeaters ; Such offenses as reckless driving, speeding, drunken driving and colliding are not covered in the regulations. For those, the same procedure as now ob tains will be followed. The most serious offenses dealt with in the new regula tions are obtaining operators’ permits by misrepresentation, operating a ve hicle with inadequate brakes and loar.- ! “J* an operator’s permit to another. For j these, the collateral required is $25. For other offenses the collateral scales ’ downward to $2, which is the lowest. Forfeiture I* Provided. Under the new system, a driver given I a ticket for one of the offenses covered | in the regulation may report to the P r f i^ r \ c * : in which the offense was com ™itted - There the station clerk asks him if he intends to forfeit collateral or if he will insist on a trial at court. If the driver is willing to forfeit, he is given a receipt for his money and is not required to report at court. Duplicate forms of the receipt are made out and sent to Police Court and to police headquarters. The collateral forfeiters under this plan will be called out In Police Court each morning, but the corporation counsel at Police Court will not be required to make out ln , formations and the arresting oflleer will s*. required to go to court unless i j? i rlve L ) h , as h l* Intention of standing trial. This is intended to save time for the police, the corporation !3£ the oMrt -«£ s !'r7 C K re fu m S ended to the Commission h-H 1-5* Bure ™ ot Efficiency, which ■*? d * n exhaustive study of the * T 5w Comm iaaioners referred the corporation counsel and i judg i s J of / 01lc * both of v nom reported adversely upon It. The matter was then pigeon-holed until the i last session of Congress, when criticism - by ce J tain legislators that the Commissioners failed to act upon many of the bureau’s suggestions. Plan Was Amended. The Commissioners again took up the matter and the corporation counsel’s office went over the Bureau of Effl ciencv plan and proposed several amendments. The amendments dealt In me main with the amounts of collateral a ?, d a,so omitted a few offenses from the list suggested by the bureau. T ,hc revised plan was sent to the judges of Police Court several weeks ago and Judge Gus Schuldt on March 22 re ported favorably. T he judge’s approval, however, was conditioned on the schedule in no man ner affecting the determination of any case that might come before the court. The judges reserved the right to aet I as J de forfeitures and issue attachments i whenever in their judgment they believe j ?!* ch «ction right and proper arid in the | interests of justice. 1 exceptions were taken care of in rne draft of the order drawn up by th* Commissioners to the chief of polief After giving details as to the routine work required, the order reads: "Nothina in this procedure will prevent the re quiring of a higher collateral in flagrant cases nor in the cases of persistent vio lators than that suggested nor is there anything in the plan to interfere with the Police Court judges requiring at tendance of the particular offender.” Judge Schuldt in his letter also asked that before the blank forms necessary to carry out the order be approved that tContinued on Page 4. Column 2) :u. S. MONEY is INVOLVED IN SAXON FORGERY PLOT , Dresden Police Arrest Nine Men on Charge of Counterfeiting American Securities. DRESDEN. Saxony. March 28 ifl*).— The local police have arrested nine men charged with engaging in the forgery of dollars and other currency. Investigation by the police indicated that the group was planning the whole sale issuance of spurious dollar bill* and American stock certificates from New York, where is is reported to have had a local agency. ENGLISH REACH MOSCOW. Industrial Visitors to Study Econ nomic Data in Russia. MOSCOW. March 28 UP).—An Eng lish delegation representing various industrial and commercial firms ar rived in Moscow today and was met at the station by representatives of the foreign office and the trade commls siariat. A number of receptions and special gala performances have been planned for the delegates. During its three weeks’ stay the delegation will study economic data, particularly in matters of interest to Russo-British trade. Bank Statements Washington clearing house, $5,421,- 031.33. Treasury balance. $424,733,934.88. New York clearing house exchange, $2,285,000,000. New York clearing house balaneb. *1 *f\