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A-2 SMOOT WINS BOOK CENSORSHIP FIGHT igenate Adopts Amendment Whereby Federal Court Passes Judgment. Mr the Associated Press. The Senate today returned to the ■lore humdrum details of the tariff bill after a spirited discussion of salacious literature, which ended In the Imposi tion of a modified censorship upon Im ported reading matter. For two days charges of Intolerance, denunciations of the principle of cen sorship and pleas for the protection of the morals of young America rang through the Senate chamber, and then, without the formality of a record vote, the Senate acted last night. It adopted an amendment to the tariff bill under which foreign litera ture considered “obscene, Immoral or treasonable” may be seized at the port of entry, but cannot be destroyed until It has been judged In a Federal Court and decisions appealed. A proviso permits the Secretary of the Treasury to admit, in his discretion, such books as may be considered lit erary classics, but then only for "non commercial” purposes. The debate ran the full gamut of senatorial oratory, now fiery, vigorous and shouted and again sinking to a half-audible murmur provoking to the crowds In the galleries and the alert Benate shorthand reporters. Pompous statements uttered with all the weight and solemnity of senatorial dignity contrasted vividly with Jocose and whimsical remarks from a lew light hearted members who took the discus sion less seriously. Smoot Leads Fight. Senator Smoot, the chairman of the finance committee, led the fight for cen sorship and held his ground stead fastly despite charges of Intolerance and assertions that Immoral passages may be found In the literature of the Mormon Church, of which he Is a prominent member. Senator Cutting, Republican, New Mexico, was In the vanguard of the opposition. He had previously suc ceeded In having the Senate strike a censorship provision from the tariff bill and struggled valiantly to prevent the reversal of the former decision. The amendment finally adopted was ■ a modification of one offered by Smoot, giving custom officials authority to pre vent the entrance of salacious or trea sonable literature. This ran Into op position on the ground that It placed In the hands of their agents a power that should be exercised only by the courts. Much of the debate centered upon a lofty stack of books, brought Into the Senate chamber by Smoot, which had been seized as obscene by customs agents under authority given them by existing law. These found a wide circulation among the Senate members, Smoot urg ing them upon his colleagues as ex amples of the type of literature he was attempting to bar from the country. Text of Smoot Amendment. The text of the Smoot amend ment as adopted follows, in part: "All persons are prohibited from im porting into the United States from any foreign country any book, pamphlet, pa per, writing, advertisement, circular, print, picture, or drawing containing any matter advocating or urging trea son or insurrection against the United States or containing any threat to take the life of or inflict bodily harm upon any person in the United States, or any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, writing, advertisement, circular, print, picture, drawing, or other representation, figure, image on or of paper or other material, or any cast, instrument or other article which is obscene or Immoral or any drug or medicine, or any article whatever for the prevention of conception or for causing unlawful abortion, or any lottery . ticket or any printed paper that may be 1 heed as a lottery ticket, or any adver- 1 ttsement of any lottery. • • * “Provided futher. That the Secretary 1 of the Treasury may, in bis discretion, : admit the so-called classics or books I of recognized and established literature 1 or scientific merit, but may, in his dis cretion, admit such classics or books only when Imported for non-commei cial purposes. “Upon the appearance of any such book or matter at any customs office the same shall be seized and held by the collector to await the judgment of the district court, as hereinafter pro vided, and no protest shall be taken to the United States Customs Court from the decision of the collector. “Upon the seizure of such book or mat ter the collector shall transmit Infor mation thereof to the district attorney of the district in which is situated the office at which such seizure has taken place, who shall Institute proceedings In the district court for forfeiture, confis cation, and destruction of the book or matter seized. “Upon the adjudication that such book or matter thus seized Is of a character the entry of which is by this section prohibited, It shall be ordered destroyed and shall be destroyed. • • • “In any such proceeding any party In Interest may upon demand have the facts at Issue determined by a Jury and any party may have an appeal or the , right of review, as In the case of , ordinary actions or suits.” LINDSAY UNDECIDED ON EMBASSY LIQUOR i New British Ambassador Sees Dis armament as Major Problem Before Him in XJ. 8. Mr the Associated Frets. NEW YORK, March 18.—Sir Ronald Lindsay, newly appointed British Am- : bass&dor to the United States, believes disarmament and the abolition of war the two biggest problems confronting him in his new post at Washington. Held overnight aboard the Cunard liner Aquitanla at Quarantine by fog. Sir Ronald upon landing today expected to proceed at once to the Capital, With regard to the outcome of the Naval Conference In London, he said: "It Is not practical to expect unlimit ed success or to hope for It In any conference, but It will make a step toward disarmament. Further confer ences can be held at Geneva, In which all the world can take part and where the United States Is interested in the work of the League of Nations. In London only five powers are represent ed at the Naval Conference." Asked whether he expected to follow the precedent established by Sir Esme Howard of not Importing liquor or wines .tor consumption at the embassy, he 'said: “It Is rather a severe question and X would rather have the time to look .around first before discussing such a : personal affair. I have not made up my mind about It yet." Later Sir Roland said that he was “not a teetotaler.” He has received no Instructions from the foreign office re garding the status of liquor, he said, land added that he believed the de cision of Sir Esme not to import liquor for the embassy was a “personal one." “I can tell you that I have bought what remains of Sir Esme’s stock of liquor at the embassy," he concluded. Prince Wins Damage Suit. PARIS, March 19 (A*).—Prince DanUo , of Montenegro, brother of the Queen ,of Italy, has been awarded 100,000 1 francs’ dsmages (about M. 000) against ! Metro-Ooldwyn for an alleged libelous \ picture of him under the title of “The I Prince of Monteblanco." [Radio Forum Speakerj i/ffllllWiP -m. J ROBERT P. LAMONT. LAMONT TO SPEAK IN RADIO FORUM Commerce Secretary’s Activ ity in Reviving Business Sharpens Interest. Robert Patterson Lamont, who, as Secretary of Commerce, has been one of the principal contributing factors in the efforts of the administration to stimulate business and to Improve the employment situation throughout the country following the stock market crash last Fall, will address the Na tional Radio Forum, arranged by The Evening Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System, tomor row night. Secretary Lamont has made public addresses only on rare occasions, and therefore his radio forum address is being looked forward to with great In terest, particularly because of the prom inent position he occupies in the ad ministration. It has been through the medium of the minute surveys made of business activities by Secretary Lamont’s depart ment following that stock market col lapse that President Hoover has been kept Informed and thereby was In a position to act with such decision when the crisis arrived. Start of Program. Secretary Lamont personally repre sented the President in bringing about co-operation of the industrial, business and public utility heads, as well as the State and municipal authorities, in starting In motion a general gigantic construction program, which has done much in the way of reviving business and providing employment. Through out the two months’ period when busi ness depression was at its lowest ebb, Secretary Lamont spent many hours dally and night at his office and was In conference with the President several times a day. Before entering President Hoover’s cabinet Mr. Lamont was president of the American Steel Foundries, one of the large corporations of the country, as well as being an officer in a score or more of Industrial or business concerns. Probably no other man In the Presi dent’s official family has had a wider experience In the business world than he. Like the President himself. Secretary Lamont is an engineer, having been grad uated from the University of Michigan. It is understood that this fact had con siderable to do with Mr. Hoover’s choos ing him to take over the management of the Department of Commerce, which he himself handled for eight years. Mr. Lamont’s training as an engineer and his rare experience as a business man and executive are known to have much to do with the successful manner in which he has coped with the major problems which have confronted him since he became the head of the De partment of Commerce. First Personal Contact. President Hoover had known Mr. La mont by reputation for a long time, but It was not until their work in connec tion with the Mississippi flood relief and rehabilitation three years ago that they came into personal contact and became well acquainted. It was during that emergency that President Hoover had an opportunity to watch Mr. Lamont In action and to recognize the real ability and resourcefulness of his fellow engineer. Mr. Lamont has lived In Chicago the neater part of his life. He had never held public office until he entered the cabinet and has never been active po litically. During the World War he was commissioned a major and after pro moted to colonel in the National Army. Besides the tremendous responsibility ae has had In connection with the resus citation of business. Secretary Lamont has been actively engaged In priming the machinery for the starting of the taking of the fifteenth census. It Is understood that this vitally interesting and important subject will be the prin cipal topic of this cabinet officer’s talk tomorrow night. Secretary Lamonts speech will go on the air through Sta tion WMAL at 10:30 o’clock. queeFvictoria sinks. King Gustave Absents Himself From Special Mass. ROME. March 18 (/P).—Queen Vic toria of Sweden, who has been seriously ill here for some time, was somewhat worse today. King Gustave and his granddaughter. Princes* Ingrid, who are now here, had planned to attend the special mass In St. Peter’s this morning, but were pre vented by the Queen’s condition. BURGLARS GET $24,700. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 19 (A*).—Cash and Jewelry valued at ap proximately $24,700 were stolen yester day from the home of I. M. Engle of Chicago, police announced. Detectives said the theft took place between 9:50 and 10:45 o’clock yester day morning, while Mrs. Engle left the house to go to a grocery store. CHICAGOANS SWAP CARS "WISELY”; LATER FIND THEY’RE NOT SO WISE More Careful Attention to Vaudeville Gags Might Have Helped These "Business Men.” Br the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 19.—The old vaude ville joke about the bootleggers who wore badges so they wouldn’t try to sell to each other has made some impres sion among followers of other lines of business. Maybe Joseph Weglarz and Stanley Madziarczyk never heard the Joke, al though that seems hardly possible: At any rate, Weglarz had an automobile he didn't care to keep. Madziarczyk was in exactly the same position—he. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1930. CAPONE’S REFUGE MYSTIFIES CHICAGO One Paper Says He’s in City, While Another Declares Haven Is in Indiana. Br the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 19.—Chicago won dered today what had become of Its notorious bad man, Alfonse Capone. Rumors varied widely as to the where- I about of the scar-faced overlord of gangland since his release from a Penn sylvania prison Monday, where he had pent 10 months for carrying concealed /eapons. The Herald and Examiner said it had definitely learned that Capone arrived yesterday by plane and immediately slipped Into hiding with his lieutenants. After these “business conferences ’ arc over, tne newspaper said, Capone in tends to leave Chicago—destination un known. The Tribune said Capone was in one of his hideouts In Indiana, waiting until the publicity, and police vigilance, died down. His henchmen, the newspaper said it had learned, presented their chief with a new automobile. In which he was to make his entry into the city In style befitting his gangland eminence. Status With Police Changes. Capone’* status with the police changed somewhat overnight. Chief of Detectives John Stege said if “Scarface Al” had entered the city quietly yesterday, he would not have been molested. Later, Stege added. It was decided that Capone should be taken Into cus tody and turned over to the State’s at torney under the general order that hoodlums should be arrested on sight. The detective chief said at first he merely wanted to tell Capone that no resumption of gang warfare will be tol erated and that any murders that bear the semblance of “Capone handiwork will Just be too bad for Capone.” “I decided, however, It would be more effective If I told him behind the bars,” Stege said. Now an Ex-Convict. Throughout the night and on Into the day squads of police maintained their vigil at the Capone home and at the Lexington and Metropole hotels, South Michigan avenue strongholds of the notorious gangster, who for the first time in his career may now be called an ex-conviet. » Aided by newspaper reporters and pho tographers, detectives searched through the underworld last night for gang land’s ruler, including in their search the Cotton Club, opened recently by Al fonse’s brother, Ralph Bottles) Capone. Other reports of the gangster’s where abouts ranged from hi? taking a steam er from Baltimore to Miami, to sneak ing In the kitchen door of his home while police weren’t watching. • At the Capone home, where it was said a feast of turkey and spaghetti loaded the welcoming table In vain, the day’s vigil was enlivened when “Bottles," Capone’s small son, gathered his play mates and attacked police in a snow ball fight. X-RAY FILM SAFETY SURVEY LAUNCHED Public Health Committee of Board i of Trade Sponsors i Move. A survey of Washington's hospitals and clinics to determine whether In flammable X-ray films similar to those which caused the disastrous Cleveland explosion last May are used Is being undertaken by the public health com mittee of the Washington Board of Trade, of which Dr. D. Percy Hlckllng, District alienist, Is chairman, It became known at a meeting of the committee last night at The Star Building. Although the consensus appeared to < be against the sacrifice of the advance ! of diagnostic science for the added safety of non-explosive films, action was deferred until the results of the survey could be presented to the committee. Dr. William F. Hemler, local X-ray expert, said that the inflammable type of film gives better results. Questionnaires have been sent to all local hospitals and other users of the X-ray to determine what type of film is used and how It Is stored. Answers to the queries had been received last night from three hospitals, Emergency, Garfield and Georgetown. All three of these institutions were said to use the acetate base film and as an added pre caution store It In fireproof vaults. The committee, In addition to taking up this subject, indorsed the bill provid ing for an Increase In the appropriation for a children's tuberculosis sanitarium. YEN PLANS INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT IN PEIPING Steps Begun to Form Cabinet After Nanking Agencies Are Taken Over. Br the Associated Press. NANKING, China, March 19.—The Official News Agency today said that Yen Hsi-Shan, governor of the Prov ince of Shansi, was planning to estab lish an Independent government In Peiping. The agency said that Yen had In vited Wu Pei-Fu, one-time powerful military leader, to become his war min ister. Field Marshal Tuan Chl-Jui, who was provisionally chief executive in 1925, was Invited to become minister of the interior and former Premier Liang Shl-Yl to become minister of finance. Dispatches from Peiping yesterday said that all Nankin government of fices, organs and other administrative bureaus had been taken over by the lo cal authorities. Yen, with Feng Yu-Hsiang, once known as the Christian general, is the leader of a Northern group which has taken an Independent stand against the central Nationalist government at Nanking. too, was tiring of his car, bright and shiny though it was. When the two met It took practically no time at all to consummate the trade. Each found a willing customer In the other and each drove off thinking what a “sucker" the other had been. Yesterday they met again in court, where Weglarz was held to the grand jury and Madziarczyk, who Is only lg, was turned over to Juvenile authorities. “I got mine In front of a house on South La Salle street,” confided Mad ziarr-rvic “Where’d you gete yours?” “In - ' r *'»t on X lT*-e avenue.* 1 Storm in Southwest Subsides, With Fair | Weather Promised Three-Day Rain Reaches Climax in Waterspout Over Santa Ana Airport. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 19.—Reaching Its climax in the formation of a water spout, the three-day storm which has swept all of Southern California and Arizona apparently had spent Its force today and the return of fair weather was promised by the United States Weather Bureau. Swinging in from the Pacific Ocean between Long Beach and Huntington Beach, the waterspout yesterday hov ered over the Santa Ana. Calif., Airport and In less than 10 minutes dropped one and a quarter inches of rain. The area Is barren of structures and no damage was reported. Light rains were general over Los Angeles and Orange Counties through out the day. The three-day rainfall total in Los Angeles was reported at 3.42 inches, which brought the season's total to 10.33 inches. More snow fell in the mountains near Los Angeles and electrical displays pre ceded rain and snow at the summit of Mount Wilson. Reports from Arizona indicated the fury of the storm had subsided some what, although rain and snow continued to fall in the northern part of the State. newsWerfaces CHARGEOFFELONY New York Daily Mirror and Publisher Are Accused in Schroeder Case. By th« Associated Praia. NEWCASTLE, Pa., March 19. Charles J. Margiotti, special prosecutor In the trial of Irene Schroeder for the killing of a highway patrolman, today announced he had informed A. J. Kob ler, president of the New York Dally Mirror, that an information was being prepared charging him, the Daily Mir ror, James Whittaker and others with compounding a felony and conspiracy to compound a felony. The Daily Mirror has published a “life history” of the defendant. The prosecutor directed Kobler to send Whittaker with the original story imme diately. Prosecution Questions Woman. “You have chosen to Ignore our tele gram of the other day,” a telegram to Kobler said. “Irene Schroeder, hav ing taken the stand In her own defense, withholding of this Information re quested of you and James Whittaker constitutes under the Pennsylvania law a crime of compounding a felony.” “As soon as an Indictment is found,” the telegram stated, “extradition proc ess will follow.” The 21-year-old former Wheeling, W. Va., waitress, who took up crime for a livelihood, today was re called to the witness stand for further State crobs-examination regarding the slaying last December 27 of a State i highway patrolman near New Castle, j Her fight against being sent to the electric chair drew Its greatest strength from her statement that she did not know if the ballet she fired had hit Corpl. Brady Paul. Already she had admitted from the stand that she par ticipated In the hold-up of a Butler, Pa., chain store that December day. She has admitted, too, that she fired at Paul when he halted the automobile bearing her and two men from the i scene of the hold-up. Today Special Prosecutor Charles J Margiotti was prepared to grill the de fendant further concerning the swift events at that roadside spot where Paul was killed and Pvt. Ernest Moore wounded in the gun battle with the woman, her friend, W. Glenn Dague, Wheeling, W Va., automobile salesman, ! and a man believed to have been Tom Crawford, brother of the woman. Tells of Auto Flight. Last night Marglotti’s cross-exami nation led the blonde woman through a review of the early events of her life. Including a fall at the age of 10, when she said her head was so badly Injured that she had suffered constant ly with headaches ever since as a re sult. She told, too, of her automobile flight with Dague, following the hold-up and shooting, across the continent to Arizona, where the two were captured, following a series of gun battles In which a Maricopa County, Ariz., depu ty suffered wounds from which he later died. She told of “taking” several auto mobiles as the flight progressed through West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri and other States. Previously Dague, awaiting trial in the same case, had testified regarding the flight and the purchase “for pro tection” of numerous guns, one of which the State charges spouted bullets at a St. Louis policeman during a gun bat tle there, although falling to wound him. plansTor'llective EDUCATION BOARD Parent-Teacher Demand Not Meant as Criticism of Present Member ship, Mrs. Bannerman Says. Sponsors of the movement to create an elective board of education offer no criticism of the present members of the body, Mrs. William T. Bannerman, chairman of the department of legisla tion of the Federation of Parent- Teacher Associations, declared last night In an address over radio station WOL. Mrs. Bannerman contended no effort was being made by friends of the pro posed legislation to replace the mem bers of the present board. She added “the sole purpose in supporting it Is to place the public schools of the Na tion’s Capital on a scientific legal foun dation which harmonizes with Ameri can Ideals and supports. In actual prac tice, the American theory of constitu tional government.” The speaker asserted the National Education Association and the Denver Teachers’ College have made scientific studies of numerous city school systems which revealed elective school boards provide many advantages without any higher tax rate or per capita cost. Advantages cited Included better build ings, larger playgrounds, higher paid elementary school teachers, smaller classes In elementary grades and a larger percentage of 18 and 17 year old students. “Biologically, intellectually, spiritu ally, the relationship between each parent and his own individual child It an undisputed and basic fact,” Mrs. Bannerman argued. "Failure to recog nize the fundamental nature of this re lationship in the enactment of laws governing the operation of our social and educational Institutions Is quite as dangerous to those institutions as fail ure to recognise the law of gjayitation could possibly be to our material strue ’ tures.” M’NAMEE TO TALK DURING NEWS REEL Noted Radio Announcer En gaged to Describe Events in Sound Film. Graham McNamee, the talking re porter of the Evening Star-Universal Newsreel, through special arrangement with National Broadcasting 00., will give a glowing description of the spec tacular events in the latest sound film which will open at the Metropolitan Theater on Friday. An excellent or chestra accompaniment adds to the j attractiveness of this reel. The news- ' reel also will be shown at the Earle and other Warner Bros, houses of Washington. j There are many thrilling events In the world of sports shown In the film. The cameraman caught an excellent view of the trial flight of the first American-built boat glider off Port Washington, N. Y. It Is the first time that a glider has been lifted off the water into the air by a seaplane. Th< glider, with Capt. Frank Hawks, speed champion, at the controls, was raised to a height of 40 feet and sailed through the air for half a mile. Helen Madison, a Seattle girl, Is shown breaking the world’s champion ship 500-yard free-swlmmlng style for women at Miami Beach, Fla. She low ered the record by 15% seconds and also set two other marks in m many days. Speed Test Shown. Kaye Don, the English speed demon, is also seen trying to smash the world autoomblle speed record In his Bilver Bullet at Daytona Beach, Fla. Un fortunately, engine trouble developed and he was forced to come to a halt before the grandstand. Before he could fix the engine the tides had risen so high he was forced to forego his trials for the day. But he will make an other attempt. One of the inspiring sights Is the re launching of “Old Ironsides” at Bos ton Harbor. The gallant frigate Con stitution was saved from the Junk heap, where she was about to be consigned a few years ago, by the pennies collected by school children. They gathered $400,000 in all to refit the historic boat. The boat was first launched In 1797 when she was fitted out to fight the Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean. Later she added to her laurels In the War of 1812. Miracles with blllard balls were per formed by former Chaplon Otto Relaelt at the Elks’ tournament in Philadelphia. He made the ball loop the loop, do the snake engllsh, jump bridges and cues and other stunts on the green table. From Switzerland comes a film of a St. Moritz waiter who keeps the guests entertained while they eat. He claims to have the strongest jaw and teeth In the world. At any rate, he lifts tables and carries them about the room in his teeth. He stacks them up and does all sorts of other tricks and without ex tra cover charges to the guests. Gorgeous Flower Show. The seventeenth annual International flower show, held at Grand Central Palace, New York, proved a veritable riot of colors. The millionaires from all over the world sent priceless blooms to the gorgeous exhibit. One hundred judges were kept busy and awarded $40,000 in prizes in 300 competitions. The growing unrest of the Hindus Is seen In the film where thousands gather to greet the Nationalist leader and mys tic, Gandhi, who Is marching to Jalal pur with his followers, urging the vil lages to join the disobedience drive against the Indian government. In California is found the man with the shortest name in the world, he be ing known as Mr. X, while from Chi cago comes a boy with the longest name. He is Joe Marchettisanglnese diluccatoscana. If you don’t believe It try to gargle it. Joe also says he is the champion ravioli wrestler of the world and challenges all comers both as to name and profession. The newsreel also Introduces Sue Gottlieb, a Brooklyn girl, who was chosen as the most beautiful New York Jewess at the Jewish National Workers’ contest. She gets a trip to Palestine as the prize. TINY DOG FACES DEATH IN DEFENDING MASTER Spitz Pup Distracts Bandits At tempting Hold-Up and Is Twice Wounded by Pistol Shots. Br the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE. Wis., March 19.—A tiny dog, seeking to defend his master, instead brought himself near death to day. Nigger, a Spitz, distracted two ban dits who were holding up Gustav Lehnert, bachelor proprietor of a filling station, on the Janesville road last night. While Lehnert held out currency and coins to them, Nigger snsrled and snap ped at the bandit’s heels. One of them fired. Lehnert fell wounded, probably fatally, the money strewn about him The bandits fled after pumping another bullet into his body. MEMORIAL TO WORLD WAR WOMEN TO BE DEDICATED Gen. Pershing Will Preside at Ceremony and President Hoo ver Will Accept Building. In the presence of President Hoover, Gen. Pershing and a large gathering of other distinguished guests, the hand some marble Red Cross Chapter House, erected on E street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth street* as a memorial to women of the World War, is being formally dedicated this afternoon. Gen. Pershing, as chairman of the committee which handled the funds for this memorial, presides and ad dresses are being made by President Hoover, who accepts the building on behalf of the Federal Government, and Senator Fess of Ohio, who speaks as chairman of the building committee. Among those who will Join In this dedicatory evercise will be men and women active ten years ago In civilian and military service in tne successful prosecution of the World War at home and abroad. The exercises start at 4 p.m. HUSTON RECALLED IN LOBBY INQUIRY TO EXPLAIN CHECKS (Continued From First Page.) crat, Montana, if the account had been used for purchasing stocks. Huston said It was used for the purpose as other money that wks in deposit. “I did not identify is after it had been deposited," he added. After a controversy before the com mittee yesterday the committee di rected the records of deposits of the Union CarbideCo.be subpoenaed and Krickle brought them here today In answer to the summons. Huston ob jected to a proposal that committee go into all his personal accounts, but did not object to an examination of the Carbide deposit records. AIRPORT CHARGES DISSIPATED * * w* m fr jAgg^..—.—■" t, MmMM -. v Cm / 'V i dj M ?• : '' ' J|| m IN HSUS aSSt?"'- 9^ j| ■ Harold E. Tonne (left) as he appeared before the Senate airport subcom mittee this moraine. With him is his lawyer, B. H. McNeill. —Star Staff Photo. YOUNG DISCLAIMS INTENT TO REFLECT ON ANY SENATORS (Continued Prom First Page.) public character and fatally undermine public confidence In the public service. I dare to express the hope that there may be some small measure of ad monition In It to others in this com munity and elsewhere who may find themselves tempted to Indulge them selves In this reprehensible and poison ous practice.” When the subcommittee met at 10 o’clock, with Senators Vanderberg and Jones present, Mr. Young arrived in company with Attorney Robert H. Mc- Neill, who, he said, assisted him in pre paring the statement he wished to sub mit. Mr. Young then read as follows: “If anything I have been quoted as saying at the meeting'nf the Federation qf Citizens' Associations recently held unjustly reflected upon any member of Congress, I am sincerely sorry, and wish now to disavow any intention so to reflect upon any one In Congress. Information “Hearsay.” “I also wish to state that I have no personal Information with respect to the proposed airport in Virginia which In any way Involves or reflects upon any member of Congress. All the In formation which I have Is that which I have obtained from others and which would be legally called ‘hearsay.’ My um of the report which came to me was casual and my state ments were made more to empha sise the existing points against the pro posed airport for consideration by the association and not as an expression of my own views. In my statement before the Federation of Citizens’ As sociations I distinctly came out in favor of the purchase of the airport south of the Highway Bridge, and I stated among other things that unless Congress : would purchase it as recommended by the special airport committee it ! would probably be five years before Washington would have an airport at all. From this it seems that it should be clear to every one that X was in no way reflecting upon the integrity of any Senator. I only referred to the \ report as a matter for consideration by the opponents of the proposed air- 1 port, never dreaming that it would become an Issue as to whether or not there was such a report current or as to my authority for making the statement which is the subject matter of this investigation.” After Mr. Young had completed the reading of his prepared statement. Senator Jones recalled that the witness had mentioned two former Senators in the statement, and asked Mr. Young if they were the names he had heard mentioned by the persons who discussed the airport problem with him. Meant No Reflection. Mr. Young replied that they were, but he emphasised that he had no intention of reflecting on them. In bringing his prepared statement to a close, Mr. Young said: “I should add that in the statement which I made before the Federation of Citizens’ Associations I used no word indicating that I believed any member of Congress, or especially any member of the Senate or ex-Senator, was in volved In any transaction or had any interest in the airport proposition in the nature of a ‘graft’ or ‘grab,’ as indicated by the headlines in some of the newspapers by their accounts of my statement, nor did I ‘lnsinuate’ any thing to that effect. The information upon which my statement was based was obtained from a personal friend in confidence and it may be that I mis interpreted his statement as above, but in view of Its confidential character I respectfully request that this commit tee do not require me to disclose It, as no public interest is Involved and no matter is pending before this committee which would make it desirable or neces sary that I make such disclosure, and it would only result in personal embar rassment to me and to the person whose confidence I had." Huston also testified he had not known that the funds In his brokerage account had been used for purchasing stocks until Krlckl had given the lobby committee the information. "I never knew anything about it until I heard the testimony this morning,” he said. Krlckl said the $36,100 was deposited by W. E. Moore, whom Huston had identified as his personal representative. Asked if the Tennessee association had been credited with the profit, Hus ton said It probably would have been charged against uncollected Interest on money he had advanced to the asso ciation. Asked if any other money had been used to purchase stocks. Huston said: ”1 wouldn’t know about that.” Every cent of the money, he tes tified, had been paid over in .install ments to J. W. Worthington, chairman of the executive committee of the as sociation. The Republican chairman said funds belonging to the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers also had gone into the brokerage account, but that he had accounted for every cent of the money. Huston added that he used the ac count for emergency purposes. “I have run my business In my own wajMsnd I expect to continue,” he as “ You got no Interest on the funds?” Walsh asked. “No,” Huston answered. BOMB WRECKS THEATER GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. March 1$ (A*).—The Wealthy Theater and adja cent stores were damaged and windows were shattered over a mile radius to day by a bomb which exploded in the rear of the theater. It was the fourth theater bombing here within a month. The only person Injured was Ix>ma Kennedy, 16, who was cut when thrown from bed In an apartment nearby. Two men, former employes of the theater, were arrested near Lansing for questioning. BUREAU DESCRIBES TAXICAB TRAFFIC IN D. C. AS “CHAOTIC” (•Continued Prom First Page.) the act of July 1, 1903, under which the H and L tag vehicles, respectively, are licensed, are ambiguous and have been of considerable confusion due to the loopholes left whereby the L tag vehicles evade the laws and regulations governing the use of the streets," the report declared. “It is believed that a large number of vehicles now using L tags should be assigned H tags and be required to pay the additional fee, but due to the ambiguity previously men tioned and to the construction of these paragraphs on the part of the licensing authorities for many years past, it is not practicable to attempt to change the present practice under the existing licensing act.’* Hack Stands Take Up Space. The report pointed out that there is approximately 170,600 feet of curb space on the public streets in the con gested area, of which 20,020 feet, about 17 per cent, is not available for park ing purposes, this being taken up by hack stands, bus stops, shipping en trances, fire hydrants, driveways, car stops and other purposes. "It is con cluded that the various cases of offi cially designated ‘no parking’ and ‘re served’ spaces in the congested area,” the report said, "are either essential or desirable, and that they are not un reasonable in number or extent, utiliz ing, as they do, less than one-fifth of the total available curb space. "Present conditions are not satis factory as regards the parking of busses in ‘no parking’ spaces, the operation of special busses, the loitering of taxicabe, and the uses to which the so-called ' iivery vehicles are being put.” COLORADO BANDITS SHARE DEATH BLAME Three Robbers Are Warned That Straightforward Story Is Only ! Hope to Escape Hanging. the Associated Press. i DENVER, Colo., March 19.—Warned | , that they probably will hang for the ] fatal shooting of Deputy Sheriff C. A. ; Hickman of Eads, Colo., and that a I straightforward story was their sole hope for escape, three confessed robbers of the Manter (Kans.) State Bank have admitted they all are equally guilty in the slaying. Denying previous statements that Claude Rhea killed Hickman, the three men—Rhea, John Walker and Andrew ■ Halllday—signed a statement that all participated in the fatal shpotlng affray. The latest story of the officer’s death was told in the Denver County jail. The trio was brought here, yesterday from Johnson, Kans., following their arrest Saturday by possemen in a shack near Jetmore, Kans. driftlngshipcalls HELP OFF BERMUDA Greek Freighter's Engines Dead and Craft Cannot Be Steered. By tha Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 19.—The Mac kay Radio Station here today picked up an S O S call from the Greek freighter 1 Eugenie, which listed her position as 200 miles northeast of Bermuda. The Eugenie said her engine had stopped, and she was unable to steer. The Eugenie’s message was Intercept- 1 i ed by the American Freighter Byros. which was about 75 miles south of the Eugenie. "Drifting southeast, our engines are < stopped, cannot steer; came near to us,” was the message sent to the Syr os by ! the Eugenie. The Eugenie, of 2,312 tons, is bound from Baltimore for Marseilles. , The Syros left New Orleans March 10 for Havre. Stations WRC and WMAL went off ! the air shortly before 11 o’clock when the distress signal was first picked up from the Greek Steamer Eugenie. Radio listeners deluged the stations with telephone inquiries as to the cause. ■■■— —•■■■■ * MRS. COLPOYS DIES , Wife of Trades Unionist Editor Had Lived Here 95 Tears. ] Mrs. Ellen Frances Colpoya, 62 years \ old, wife of John B. Colpoys, editor of i the Trade Unionist, official publication i of the Central Labor Union here, died ] at her home, 1479 Harvard street, today after a lone illness. i Mrs. Colpoys was a native of Boston. ] She had been a resident of this city for about 25 years and was a member of the Daughters of IsabeUa. She is survived by her husband and < three daughters, Miss Margaret M. Col poys, Mias Helen B. Colpoys and Miss ] Anna B. Colpoys. Funeral servioes will be conducted at i ’ the residence tomorrow afternoon at 5 1 o’clock. Interment will be in Boston, 1 Mass. JURY INSTRUCTION SOUGHTBYDOHENY Defense Asks That Fall Guilt Be Ruled Separate Issue. By th« Associated Press. Counsel lor Edward L. poheny this afternoon asked Justice Hits, in District Supreme Court, to instruct the Jury that under the law Albert B. Fall, con victed of accepting a bribe from Do h*ny, eould be guilty and the wealthy oil man at the same time be Innocent of giving the bribe. The Government at the same time asked that the Jury be instructed that in Doheny gave SIOO,OOO to Fall In tending it to influence his award of the Elk Mills naval oil reserve he be found guilty. The pleas were made with the Jury absent only a short time before final arguments in the case were to begin. As the trial drew into its final I stages the defense Introduced witnesses in an effort to corroborate testimony given by Doheny yesterday that be personally had nothing to do with the preparation of bids for naval oil re \ serves. Danziger on Stand. J. M. Danziger, vice president of the Pan-American Transport Sc Petroleum Co., owned by Doheny interests, test l bed that he signed the Pearl Harbor contract for his company. J. J. Cotter, company counsel, he said, told him of the alternate proposal which contained the preferential clause to Elk Hills. Danziger said Cotter told him he would wire Doheny about the alternate proposal and the preferential clause, but that he (Danziger) told Cotter it was unnecessary, as he felt he had ample authority to handle the matter without Doheny’s approval. "Mr. Doheny had turned the matter over to me some months before. He said he had promised Rear Admiral J. K. Robison that he would bid on storage tanks at Pearl Harbor,” Danziger said, "and Instructed me to see that the agreement was carried out.” "I told Mr. Doheny that the proposi tion (Pearl Harbor) looked like one the company ought to stay away from,” continued the witness. "Mr. Doheny became very heated and said he didn’t give a d what any body thought; that he had promised to make a bid and if our company didn’t bid he would.” Danziger said Doheny explained the reason for his attitude was the story Admiral Robison had told him of the menace to the Pacific States from the Japanese Navy. Witness Admits Handling Deal. The witness added that he handled "every single thing” in connection with the contract, but that he had no per sonal contact with any Government official. J. C. Anderson, former president and general manager of the Pan-American Petroleum Co. of Los Angeles, testified he was general manager of Doheny’s California activities in 1922. He said he first heard of the Pearl' Harbor project late in December of 1921 from Doheny. He said Doheny told him he had promised Robison that if the Navy wanted bids he would submit one. In January, 1922, he said J. Foster Bain, director of the Bureau of Mines, con ferred with him in Los Angeles regard ing the project. Bain, he said, left him a set of specifications for the Pearl Har bor project, asking that they be treated as confidential, as they were part of the Navy’s war plans. Bain also told him he Intended to ask the Standard, Associated and Urfion Oil Cos. to bid on the project, Anderson added. DON WILL ATTEMPT | NEW RECORD TODAY British Automobile Bacer An nounces Intention to Try to Bet ter Mark of 231 Miles. i ————. By the Associated Press. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March 19 Rsft Don, British automobile racer, announced today that he would make an official attempt to better the world automobile speed record of 231 miles an hour on the ocean speedway this afternoon, weather permitting. NARCOTIC AGENTS TO SEARCH 21 SHIPS False Tip on French Liner Be lieved Blind to Protect Others. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 19.—Believing a tip that the French liner France carried $633,000 worth of narcotics was a blind to divert suspicion from other liners Federal agents today were pre pared to search 21 ships due here from Europe this week. More than 100 Federal Narcotic Bu reau operatives went through the France from hold to superstructure searching for the shipment which they had been informed was to be brought in on that liner. They found nothing. Orders from Washington also were issued for the search of vessels making port at Philadelphia, Boston and Balti more. Canadian authorities were noti fied to be on the lookout for the ship ment on ships touching at Halifax and St. Lawrence River ports. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra, Taylor Branson leader and Arthur 8. Wltcomb second leader, this evening at S:ls o’clock at the Audito rium, Marine Barracks: Overture, "In Bohemia,” Opus 2«, _ Henry Hadley Flute solo, “Poem for Flute and Or chestra” Charles T. Griffea Principal Musician Clayton Lindsay. Second Indian suite, Opus 48, Edward Mac Dowell "Legend.” “Love Song.” "Dirge.” “In War Time.” Last movement of second symphony in Bb minor, "New England,” Opus . 33 Edgar Btillman-Kelley Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Monte zuma.” s “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, John 8. M. Zimmer - mann bandmaster and Anton Pointncr assistant leader, in Stanley Hall, to morrow evening at 5:30 o’clock: March, "The Spirit of Independence,” Abe Holman Overture. "Cosi Fan Tutti” Mozart Entr’acte: "Twilight Muaings” Langey “Dolce far Niente” (Sweet Idle ness) Hosmer Gems from musical comedy "The Boys and Betty”. Hein F x-trot, “Say That You Love Me," r Meyers Waltz suite, "Je t’Aime” (I Love You), Waldteufei Finale. "Yankee Grit” , "The Star Spangled Ban*'*.’/ '