The Washington Post
January 11, 1930

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— 4 * ecg one, —— A Ld oy Kili oom — — ment? * i — — High- est, 60; lowest, 46. Weather detatia on page 16. $y y PLS) NO. 19,567. ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER. POSTOPPICE, waseinaen. © S WA SHINGTON : SATURDAY, JANUARY 11; * 1930. COPYRIGHT. 1930. BY THE WASHINGTON POST CO. ~~ GRIME SURVEY HUTS LAXITY OF ENFORCEMENT Wickersham Group Says Law Machinery Is Inadequate. INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL SALE BEING STUDIED Special Attention Given ' to Dry Proposals, Report Hints. 11 SUBCOMMITTEES PONDER PROBLEMS ; Expense of Investigation to Date Is $70,000; Many Work fér Nothing. > (Associated Press.) A pretiminary survey has convinced the Law Enforcement Commission | that “unquestionably” the criminal Jaw enforcement machinery is entire- ly inadequate. | Chairman Wickersham, in the ofily wtatement “trom the commission ‘on ita meeting thie week, sald yesterday that prohibition, automobile theft, white slave traffic, immigration vio- ations and other offenses . against criminal laws of the Federal Govern- ment have overtaxed the capacity and effectiveness of the national machin- ery of enforcement. Alcohol Sale Studied. Special <@ttention, the chairman @aid, is being given to the administra- tion of the law with respect to the manufacture and sale of Industrial alcohol. He added that “a consider- ale portion of the activities of the committee has been given to de- velopment of proposals for action on most urgent questions” in connec- | tion with prohibition. The question of the better organi- gation of responsibility and coordina- tion of Federal agencies has been given careful consideration, together | House With measures for relief of congestion an the courts, hé continued’ Mr. Wickersham pointed out that the of the commission had been “into eleven phases, and that under the direction of each subcommittee, “exhaustive examina- tion of the situation has been in- itiated through wide correspondence, conferences by members of the com- mission with scores of leading men @nd officials and by the -appoint- ment of qualified research experts of whom about fourteen have been engaged o date.” Other Activities Told. He also cited cooperation with erime commissions and similar agencies through the country, and gpeveral advisory committees have been set up for the pursuit of vari- jous phases of the problem. ‘Expenses of the commission during the seven months it has been in ex- Estence now total $70,000, and the Btatement cited that members of the pommission and eleven of the four-.; teen experts in charge of the inves- tigations are serving without com- ppension. : i Valley Miscisstn _ Faces Cold Spell . Freezing Weather Brings | Relief From High- | Water Threat. ' Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 10 (A-P.).— fhe Mississippi Valley today wel- ‘pe a cold wave which promised Felief from. threatened serious high water stages. Siew rains Sinaia to sleet and fnow in many sections and freezing temperatures were expected tonight in the lowlands of Tennessee, Ken- bucky, sou Missouri, Arkansas end There was no sign of any more rain in the Mem- phis area and the thermometer was expected to go below 20 degrees be- fore The high-water situation in the . Jower vatiey was net acute. Affected towns are accustomed to winter freshets, and residents of this sec- tion, who include river gauge read- in their childhood education, are alarmed, although several small givers are at flood stage, and the Wississippi still is rising. ‘Steamer Answers Ship Distress Call Liner, Steering Gear Lost 600 Miles From Land, Asks for Aid. London, Jan, 10 (A.P.).—Lloyds re- tonight the receipt of a wire- | from the British liner Transyl- ia stating that she was going to Business Confidently Marks Turn of Year Volume of Production Normal for Season, Reports Received by ‘Survey Conference Indicate. and Distribution Near (Associated Press.) Reports. received by the national business survey conference, called by President Hoéver last month, indicate “that business has rounded the turn of the year with the volume of pro- duction and distribution approaching normal for this season ahd confidence in the immediate future unimpaired.” This was the conclusion announced last nightby the chairman, Julius H. Barnes, in the course of @ study of re- turns available from inquiries that have been made all over the country. An upward turn in gavings bank depositgy —* of ilfe insurance business “éxpansion \in the total of stoc fm standard corpora- tions were amOng the’ points cited in the summary..It was said that re- cessions had been experienced in tex- tiles and in some food producing lines, © while the rate of increase “In | use of gas and electricity had slowed down. Taken as a whole, the summary added, “the reports indicate that readjustments are being made in an orderly way with definite signs that credit is flowing back to productive enterprise.” Chairman Barnes said “the energy of America’s trade and commercial organizations is being earnestly de- voted to the task of maintaining eta- bility in our various fields of busi- ness,” and that in view of the data available, “confidential and mutual support grows naturally among the directors of indutry.” He predicted “the ever expanding requirements of 120,000,000 people leads prudent business judgment to Make now the necessary extensions, replacements and. betterments of plant and equipment in preparation for the future.” jion over procedflrre only. OTT MADE BY HOUSE REBUFF OF HOOVER Leaders Rush In to Explain| Joint Committee Ban Is | ' Only Slight Rift. | BOTH CAMPS SENSITIVE By CARLISLE BARGERON. The widely published fact yester- day that the House leaders had re- fused the President's request for a joint congressional committee to carry out his prohibition enforcement re- form almost scared both the House and the White House to death. At the Capitol end of the Avenue, leaders made haste to point out that there was simply / difference of opin- fon over preliminary procedure in which they were, of course, more skilled than the President, and the White House put on e pale grin and oid tara Vhat,. of course, the leaders. were right, that. tire White ‘Housé didn’t care much about ‘the joint-committee after all. So sensitive did both the White Hous® and the House seem to be to the suggestion of a rift, in fact, that some commentators who had not em- phasized this phase of Thursday's de- velopments began to wonder if they had overlooked something. There were gracious statements by Speaker Longworth and Majority Leader Tilson, both saying, in effect, that when they woke up yesterday morning they were startled to see by the papers, &c. It is quite true, they said, that the leaders had deemed the better procedure in handling the President's. reform legislation to be through the House standing commit- tees instead of a joint committee, but this was but a difference of opin- In so far as the reform legislation is concern- ed, the House is prepared to pass whatever the President recommends. “In fine, the majority party of the House,” said Speaker Longworth, “stands firm in its support.of the President upon all measures which he deems necessary for the proper-en- forcement of all laws of the Ufiited States.” Mr. Tilson said about the same thing, and Representative Cramton, of Michigan rose on the floor and said that if anybody got the impres- sion from the difference of opinion over ~rocedure that the House was not dry and not prepared to go along with the President, he was barking up the wrong tree. Messrs. “Longworth, Tilson and Cramton are absolutely right. There is little question but that the House will pass most any proposal that the President makes. In view of this, there was consid- erable speculation in politigal circles Continued on Page 3, Column 4. . LATER DENIES AFFAIR ATTACK ON OFFICER LAID TO COLLEAGUE — — — — Detroit Detective Accuses Inspector of Plotting Garvin’s Death. — — — (Picture on Page Three.) Detroit, Mich. Jan. 10 (A.P.).— Roundups of underworld characters suspected of connection with the shooting of Inspector Henry J. Gar- vin, head of the poliee crime and bomb squad, were overshadowed to- night by alleged revelations by a de- tective of the black hand squad which directed the investigation against the police themselves. The Detroit News today published am account of charges sald to have been made by this officer that the at- tack made on Inspector Garvin was engineered by another high police official and was the outgrowth of years of ill-feeling and jealousy. The same story included = complete. mial by the detective of these charges.” The detective, according to the story, is Adolph Van Coppenoile, who is claimed to have revealed how he and an inspector of police sat in an automobile six weeks ago and plotted to take Inspector Garvin's life. On this occasion the detective is claimed te have quoted the inspector as say- ing about Inspector Garvin: “I’m tired of hearing about him and I'm going to have him bumped off and you're going to help me.” Then, according to the story at- tributed to the detective, the two drove to an East Side saloon, where the latter went in to arrange mat- ters with gangsters. Instead of do- ing this, the detective is quoted as saying, he “double-crossed” the in- spector and laid the whole matter before Inspector Garvin. The story was then told to William R. Rut- ledge, commissioner of police, and the information was turned over to James Sprott, superintendent of po- lice, with orders for an investigation. The matter was subsequently dropped when Superintendent Sprott reported the charges groundless, the story said. Fears of revenge on the part of the police officer are said to have pre- vented the detective from making an affidavit. He even refused to have his story taken down down by a ate- nographer. The name of the inspec- tor is being withheld as no formal charges have been made. After the Matter ‘was dropped the attack om Garvin occurred January 2. In this attack not only the inspector but also Lois Bartlett, an i11-year- old schoolgirl, were wourtded by the broadside of revolver bullets and shot- gun slugs fired by the officers’ as- sailants, who came alongside him in Continued on Page 3, Column 5. Dog Helps Girl, 12, Obtain Signatures at White House TO SALVAGE A CONTINENT The achievement of some such engineering miracle, through the aid of an ocean, is about what the project of building the Boulder. Dam imposes upon those engaged in one of the greatest recla- mation works ever under- taken . ..: The purpose of the’-dem‘ and the. conse- quences of its completion are fascinatingly, set. forth - by Lucy Salamanca in an in- teresting article in the Sun- day Post— TABLOID ad President and Mrs. Hoover LORD OF ADMIRALTY PLAN WOULD SERVE =| Write Autographs for Tearing of Dress. It was through the good offices of Yukon, Alaskan husky, residence the White House, that Miss Dolly Fitz- gerald, 12, is today the proud pos- sessor Of the autographs of the Pres- ident and Mrs.. Hoover. Miss Dolly, who resides with her mother here, had a prized autograph album in which she had often visual- ized the signatures of the President and the First Lady. She had a camera, too, and as autographs were out of the question, shé thought she would just go down to the White House and take some “snaps” of the rooms in which the President lives. Accompanied by -hér mother, ‘and with the camera tn full view s0 as to proclaim the nature of her errand, —— — Great first lord of the admiralty, ‘made l|is first public move in precise figures | toward reduction in naval armaments. Kellogg-Briand peace pact had ible miniimum of cruisers at 50 instea of the 70 considered necessary at the question. ments following the lines of the speech TOGUT CRUISER NUMBER 10 40 First Public | Move Made | Toward Reduction of | | Naval Armaments. | | REVEALS PROPOSAL, | Kellogg Peace Pact Has Rendered More Ships Unnecessary, View. | — — —— UNTIL 1936 PARLEY) Nation Also Wants Capital Vessel That Is Less Ex- pensive to Build. — — Sheleld, England, Jan. Britain tonight, 10 (A.P.).— through its | oO al- | tered the situation that the admiralty | felt warranted im setting its irreduc- time of the Washington conference. This was the firat time the British people at large had been authorita- tively informed of the exact position of their government on the éruiser Allegedly inspired state- by Mr. Alexander have been circu- lated, however, in England during the past few months. The&e reports were that the total of 50 would be made up of fifteen G-inch gun vessels of 10,000 tons and 35 vessels of a smalier type to carry 6-inch guns. Another ⸗* Anticipated. Mr. . Alegander .. thet these figures would — be ative pending a further naval rence in 1836, which he hoped would ¢on- firm and extend the present agree- ment. The first lord of the admiralty made another important announce- ment in reference to capital ships. He declared that his government would like to see, “if replacements are to take place as they must, a capital ship which would be less ex- pensive both to build and to main- tain than the ship which is involved in the maximum tonnage rule laid down in the Washington treaty.” Mr. Alexander also expressed the British hope for reduction in de- stroyers and ultimate complete abo- lition of the submarine. The first, he said, was predicated on partial accomplishment of the second and the latter upon winning the con- sent of other powers. Text of Statement. Mr. Alexander said: “I want to acknowledge that up to the present the press in this country has maintained an attitude of great friendliness and helpfulness with re- gard to the forthcoming five-power conference. But with the emergence of some of the main problems to be considered, and particularly the prob- | lem of cruiser strength, I have ob- served a tendency for the press to ask, “What is the attitude of the admi- ralty with regard to fixing the mini- mum requirements of cruiser strength for the British empire at 50 ships in- stead of the 70 ships asked for in 1927?’ “Let me say at the outset that in decisions of policy on matters of this kind it is the government which is responsible and which must answer to the nation. But in view of the na- Continued on Page 4, Column 2. —8 ——— UINDSAY IDENTIFIED IN ANOTHER HOLDUP A: V. Alexander, speaking in his | —— own constituency, announced that | the — at the coming five-power | Abbottstown, Pa. Robbery Is conference intended to propose re- ducing her requirement in cruiser | Laid to Man Accused in strength from 70 to 50. He said the. Hamilton, Va., “lob.” -| PROVES NOT TO BE HAND. Leesburg, Va., Jan. 10 (AP.).— William F. Lindsay, 26, of Lovetts- ville, Va., arrested Monday ¢vening as the alleged robber of a bank at Hamilton, Va., has been identified as the man who robbed the Abbottstown State Bank, in Adams County, Pa,, on November 6. Identifica*ion Was made by Wilson Bream, casbier of the Abbottstown bank, and Miss Helen Dehoff, a clerk | | sala. in a Hallam bank, where Lindsay is siid to have been folled in a second attempted hold-up.in Yerk Ogunty. |Both Bream and Miss Dehof! were positive tn “ber ’ seion, Mice = S «Fy - —— ‘ge Lindsay.. who is accused :‘/ robbing the Hamilton bank of $4,264 lar Fri- day, was captured at New Midway, 10 miles from Frederick, Md. The robber who held up the Ab- bottstown bank obtained $1.115 and shut Bream in the bank vault. The Hamilton January 3 and was followed by «a chase in which Lindsay's #utomo- _into the ‘bile and part of the money taken from the bank were captured that night near Frederick. Lindsay fied mountains, but was caught at New Midway and Leesburg two days later, when he emerged from his hiding and tried to telephone to his wife. Willlam Francis Lindsay is not Wilbur W. Hand, alleged bank rob- ber who escaped from the Fifth Pre- cinct Jalil in Washington several months ago, local police declared last night after investigating the report that Lindsay might be Hand. Inspector Headley and Capt. San- ford saw Lindsay at the Leesburg Jail yesterday and satisfied them- selves that reports that he might be Hawd were erroneous. Shipment Puts France In Front on Gold Held — — — Cherbourg, — * Jan. 10.—With the arrival aboard the Cunard liner Berengaria of 216,000,000 francs in gold (approximately $43,200,000), France today took the lead of ail the nations in the world tn the gold ratio per capita. Every Frenchman, man, woman and child, now theoretically may boast of possessing $40 tn the vaults of the Bank of Prance. French records place | the United States second, with $37.50 ‘for each of ite citizens. 1 robbery occurred | returned to. Features in Tomorrow’s Post Gallery here. in the tabloid magazine, in the 60's." Jane Cowl, in city government. a were from far and near. David Rankin Barbee, writing in his entertaining style, will give readers of The Post two remarkable yarns. unusual tale about an unusual art gallery, the Phillips Memorial This one will be in the news section. is entitled ‘‘Washington's Gay Life Methods of Federal sleuths in solving crimes is the topic for a story which tnclades interesting data on the BRurean of Identification of the Department of Justice where 1,600 finger- prints of felons are added dally to the files. Among the many other featured writers who will contribute are Rupert Hughes on modern: women and their luck; Buck Bryant with another “By-Paths of the Nation’s Capital,” and who will tell of her life of ease, inclade an interview with Gabriele d'Annunzio, Malian poet; a story of a king coming to America to seek a queen; an account of an inquiry into the Palestine riots; the story of how Lincoln's widow was forced to ask Congress for a pension and a particularly timely article on Washington's hope for a ehange The rotogravure section will contain a beautiful double-page of winter snapshots; unusual “shots” of the Nation's great skyscrapers; timely photos of news events and many intriguing Ome ts an The other, / Other stortes William Porsythe. Post Staff Photographer Scene in Martboro courthouse dur- ing Brady hearing yesterday. Standing In rear (left to right), Sherif Charies Harly and Deputy Sherif Harry Robinson. Fore- ground, defense attorneys, Frank Hall, Hampton Magruder and Lans- dale G. Sasscer. Center, Lerev Brady and his wife. Lower, Her- man Brady on stand FOR 6.00P. HARMONY |McMaster Registers Stout Protest at Being Left From Committee. BUT PROMISE CLEARS AIR | (Associated Press). Senator McMaster, of Sotith Dakota, one of the rebel Western indepen- dents, upset the harmony program for the Republican organization in Senate yest@rday with a stout protest against banning him for the place on the interstate commerce comm|ittee in favor of Senator Hastings, of Dela- ware, his junior in service The independents have won recog- nition in the appointment of Senator La Follette, of Wisconsin, to the pow- erful finance committee, and in other major committee assignments. this in mind, they decided after a conference late in the day that if McMaster should be promised the next vacancy on the interstate commerce committee, they should not oppose made to the path That promise has been McMaster and last nicht party's committee line-up today The faction-split Republicans did unite long enough at the party's con- ference yesterday mously Senator McNary, Oregon, aghistant to Senator Watson, of Indl- ana, as floor leader. to elect unanil- of Continued on Page 7, Column 5. {POET PLAN the | With | | she told the committee that the newly revised organization set-up | | Dr. seemed ciear for final approval of the | ; It was Senator | 3 Senate committee with playing politics LOBBY COMMITEE SCORED BY WOM avedintiors Are’ Playing Politics, Says Publicity Agent. (Picture on Page Three.y (Associated Press.) An outspoken young woman terday charged the Senate yes- lobby in ita investigation of Cuban sugar in- terests and precipitated a battle Of | man’s statement may have om ghe case. words which ragéd for more than tWO! of nis brother, Leroy; but as geounsel, we felt obliged to insist thet. | he be given the full benefit his truth- ‘BRITAINGFFERS BOMB WIDOWER WON’T TALK * BROTHER’S HEARING DELAYED D | Herma Brady Ref HABEAS CORPUS MOV HELD UP TILL Mona | Agreement With State to | LAUGHTER ROCKS ROOM) ' made of him | hours. Wearing a chic blue ensemble, Mrs. Gladys Moon Jones, Washington | publicity representative of the United | ables him to receive,” took ad- | ' States Sugar Association, vantage of every aan to @xX- preg. ms — — committee. Laughte trea’ tbe crowded cdahinittes | In a statement placed Record, she asserted that into the | so-called lobby committee have been to create political difficulties for President Hoover and the 25 years’ the | court foom at Upper “appar: | ently the two chief purposes of the | to whitewash | activities in Washing- | ton of the domestic sugar interests.” | She also charged that the com- mittee had violated ‘the amendment of the Constitution by obtaining correspondence from her office files. Startied et firat by the woman's frankness, Members of the committee soon began to chuckle and then joined in the general laughter that greeted her thrusts at -them. tor Walsh (Democrat, Montana), who seldom has smiled during the hearings, burst into laughter a num- ber of times. sr Heeds Counsel's Advice. * sgt Herman was brought from the courty jail to the coufthouse Ene fourth | | Leroy was brought in later. Sena- | It was the firat time a woman had | been questioned at length and Mrs Jones proved one of the moat out- spoken witnesses examined during the lobby investigation As the session was nearing an end treated her nicely. “Your treatment of other people on the Cuban aside.” added, made me act this way.” The committee adjourned yesterday until Tuesday. Then it will question Edward R. Pickrell, of the General Dyestuffa Corporation of New in regard to reports that he had uscd the Office of Senator King crat), Utah, as comsideration of the tariff bill Asked yesterday he would pear before the committee, King said, nis nou ahe if Senator “IT have no interest in the Continued on Page 4, Columa 2. ix From Germany and One | 8 | | in Toledo, Ohio. Md | Mrs..Loulse Schaeffer died | what hospital believed to be psittacosis, “parrot fever.” Report of the woman's death, incorporating the belief that it was caused by the comparatively rare dis- ease, was made officials of the State Health Department Mrs. Schaeffer was taken to the hospital on Monday with symptoms of pneumonia, though her condition failed to respond treatment for that malady. Physicians say that psittacosis resembies both pneumonia and typhoid fever in its actions: , It was learned by health officials that Mrs. Schaeffer had been in con- tact with the parrot several days Be- | fore ohe became il) u ana en autopsy 10 (A P.) today Trom said or Raltimore Jan physicians they to 10 dane Bs J Fatal Cases Reported — — — Baltimore Woman’s Death Blamed on Parrot Disease —— — it had | | State's York, | (Demo- | headquarters during | / made the statement he has madé thay ape | | evidence to try him c~ ’ 'to Herrlan Brady that you will give him immunity from prosecution if be ‘rence Leroy Brady. Washington sute- ty" - — — — — to Testify on Advice - of Counsel. — c iv" — — Be Sought in Meantimer — —* on His Behalff. oa. — — — — J * ATTORNEYS PROFESS. : NO FEAR OF HIS TALE © Neighbor Who toa Bomb on Doorstep First on Stand - as Hearing Opens. - ere xs 3 The preliminary hearing of Law- mobile mechanic, on charges of mur- er, came to an abrupt end when his brother, Herman Mitchellville farmer, who is in connection with the case, to testify on the ground a incriminate himself. Defense counsel conferred last’ and decided not to file oat s a * u - a writ of habeas corpus on Herman Brady until Monday i® ° hope that some agreement cam reached with the State’s attorney garding what disposition & t @ Counse) stated they have no objection to the brother of Leroy Brady testifying provided — that he is granted immunity — further prosecution. “We are not in the slightest die- bed about any injurious effect. Het- ae tur ful statement as a State witness €B- — his lawyers Herman Brady was the second ness to be placed on the st heating, which was held tot ws * _— Justice of the 2* —* | Gore presiding. He is the widower of Mrs. — Hall Brady, 18. who was killed whem « bomb, disguised as a Christmas Bod! exploded at her Seat Pleasant home New Year's Day. given a seat at the prosecution ; were more than 500 persons im. courtroom. [ @ofte “I refuse to testify if Mr. MagPide? says not to.” Herman éaid with he was arraigned, and the crowd @e@ia- tered visible disappointment. 44 *#9n M. Hampton Magruder, Maryland attorney, is counsel two Brady brothers. sca Leroy sat at the defense ta Bec side him was his wife. Seated courtroom were his mother and #is brother, Emmett Dina ‘oe Woman Neighbor on Stand. ii., Mrs. Annie Buckley, of Seat ant,,who found the . bomb killed three members of the Hall faiee lly and wounded five others, was thé first witness. As she left the stand Attorney J. Frank Parran cailed Herman Brady “Just a minute. Do you propose to Mr. Herman Brady?” Mr, Ma- gruder asked. “Yes,” Parran replied “Have you promised Mr. Herman Brady immunity if he testified?” Mr. Magruder asked. | “I told Herman Brady after he had cal! our Investigation showed he had Bo part in the placing of the bérib,” Parran said, “and that we had no Insists on Promise. * ‘Do you reaffirm now the promise testifies now. even if, after further testimony, he should be indicted by the grand jury?” “IT can’t tell,” Mr. Parran After repeated demands that Perk. TAXPAYERS MILLIONS Comptroller General McCarl and his small army of assis- tants contrive to save the taxpayers millions of dollars a year... Why Mr. McCarl is termed “That pesky, penny-pinching tyrant” and is snarled at by those whose extravagance he curbs, is pointed out by William 5. Odlin in an informative ar- ticle in the Tabloid Maga- zine of tomorrow’s— SUNDAY — — — — ee — — NEWS of SUBURBAN | Washington and the Surrounding States