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The Washington times., 1929-09-20


Millar, Kelley believes, will de-
velop into a capable field general,
while oxley's ball carrying capabiIi.
ties can be used to best advantage
at halfback.
Not only is Millar to be considered
ball-running threat but he also Is
punting well and likely will prove
valuable all-around man with the
light blue and white.
The regular and reserve fac.
tiOns of Eastern will clash In
regulation football game at the
Lincoln Park Stadium today.
Four 12-minute quarters will be
reeled off, and an official appointed
to handle the contest
The regular squadron likely will
include the following players: Ends.
Beard and Smith; tackles, Montague
and Nally; guards. Shorb and Mades;
center, G. Miles; quarterback, Mil
lar; halves, Mccullough. Burns and
OXley; fullback. j. Hayden.
Joe Healy, veteran guard, has
withdrawn from Eastern and win
be lost to that school for the 1929
gridiron year. Healv was expected
to Gll a regular job with Mike
Kels,y's team. He may enroll at
Emerson.
Lack of worthwhile reserve ma.
teriaF may. prove disastrous to the
1929 Central High School football
team. So says Coach Ty Rauber.
80 81 SxA Hnf
cut" Rauber admits, "but
they're mostly green and un.
tried. fny winning team must
have its shock troops and that's
what We lack. II I can develop
several more good men between
now and the opening Of the in
ter-high schedule our luck may
change. As it is we're looking
pretty bad"
Harding Zimmisch, 1928 center at
Central, may, not be able to go
through with this seasons schedule.
Last year Zimmisch sustained a
badly fractured leg early iE the
series and saw little service. While
he reported for training at An
napolis last week he must first re.
ceive parental consent before he
can fit into the lineup.
Carl MacCartee, fast-stepping end,
has returned to Tech High Schools
gridiron squad after an absence oc-
casioned by illness. MacCartee re-
ported yesterday but has been in
structed by Coach Elmer Hardell to
take things easy.
Hardell admits that his candidates
are showing to better advantage
after their two-day lay-off but in.
sists that they still have far to go
II they expect to get anywhere in
the 1929 championship pursuit.
st. Johns College gridirOn
The Washington times., 1929-09-20
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Representatives will travel TO
and from games in q brand.new
bus this year. This purchase
was announced by Coach PauIIy
Byrne last night.
Gonzaga Colleges alumni is to get
together for a smoker on the night
of September 26, 8 o'clock. All
graduates are invited.
Five home football games are 10
be played on Gonzaga's new grid
iron at Thirty-fourth Street and
Benning Road this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
Mexican Flyer Dies
Trying to Prevent
Insult to Morrow
Aviator Slain by Band
Putting Up Posters At
tacking Ambassador.
by the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, April ia Mexican
army aviator has lost his life in pre-
vention of an insult to his country's
President, Emilio Portes Gil, and United
States Ambassador Dwight w. Morrow
And. by a peculiar twist Of irony, the
insult which he sought to avert mate
riat.:--:, anyway just as his life ebbed
and became extinct.
Wednesday night Lieut.. Joaquin Gar
ella Bolanos saw q group of men paSting
some posters to walls on the outskirts
of Mexico City. He stopped to read one
dent ,Portes Gil and Ambassador Morrow
werei conniving Ito destroy Mexico" a
subsequent sentence describing Mr..
Morrow s5 the enemy Of this country.
Lieut.. Bolanos demonstrated with the
men and attempted to take the posters
from them. One then drew his pistol
and shot the young aviator, infiicting
wounds from which he died early today.
The entire group escaped.
Police. at about the time he was
dying, discovered walls about, the city
had been covered with hundreds of the
posters. and Immediately set about re-
moving them.
Ambassador Morrow said nothing of
the affair at his usual weekday press
conference Thursday evening, and 1t was
not until late last night that the refer
ence to him and to President Portes Gil
was revealed by the police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
WOMAN, Is, AND FIVE
CHILDREN SURROGATE
Perish as They Sleep When Defec-
tive Kitchen Stove Sets
Fire to Home.

BY the Associated Press.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, April l9.--An
old woman and fve children were suf-
located as they slept when defective
kitchen stove set fire to the, home Of
Harvey Purucker on the outskirts OF
this city last night.
The old woman was Mrs. Mary
Cooley, rs. The children, all sons of
Mr.. and Mrs. Purucker, and Mrs.
Cooley,s grandsons, were Aloysius, Is;
John IS; Edward, 10, and Louis, 8. A
girl, an orphan cousin, Katherine Guard.
IL years old, also perished.
Fred Gertner, q neighbor, saw red
glow IN the windows OF the house, .
fwo-story frame dwelling, shortly before
III O'Clock, He tried to enter by break
ing 4 window, but finding the smoke
too dense summoned the fire depart
with the blaze soon under control
the firemen found the bodies IN sleep
ing rooms on the upper floor. Their
features were composed, indicating they
had died In sleep.
The parents had left the place early
IN the evening, taking their youngest
child, Rita, 8. The oldest sdaughter,
Mary, who is 10, had been left to look
after the house, but LETT to meet Q
friend after the others Of the household
had retired.
Mr.. and Mrs. Purucker and Mary
had returned to their home as the fire-
men were carrying the bodies Of Pur-
ucker's mother and children through
TIE crowd that witnessed the tragedy.
Coroner G. b. Crumpacher called IN
inquest today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, China, April 19,-With
drought, earthquake and flood added to
the disasters Of religious wars and
famine, the population Of Kansu
Province has been reduced from 9,000,-
600 to 100000 within q year. Straw,
dried leaves, bark. cotton seed and
thistles have become staple articles of
food in the famine districts and those
who have survived hunger have perished
in thousands by the sword welded by
raiding, fanaticai Mohammedans
Eighty thousand troops, Intellectual in
checking the uprisings, remain In the
province helping to depour the small
supply Of food which remains.
Even Earth as Food.
In one city the people, unable to find
even grass. ate the earth on hill. Their
appetite was appeased and word spread
that the gods had answered the prayers
for help. Hundreds Of others fiocked to
the hill. ate. of the earth and died.
The price Of grain in the stricken
areas has gone up to $100 picui, or
I53 pounds. The highest price reached
hi any previous famine was $50 picul.
It Is estimated that $50, ,000, 900 win be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
CAPITAL AIR MAIL
SERVICE DOUBLED
Additional Plane to Operate
Between Washington and
New York.

Air mail service between New York
and Washington will be doubled. eff
fective May S, and stopover at Balti-
more will be added II suitable field is
provided in that city.
The increased service, according to
Assistant Postmaster General w. !.
Glover, in charge of air mail, Is being
inaugurated as shuttle" due to the
doubling of the transcontinental service
between New York and San Francisco
beginning May /.
Capital Airport Is Urged.
Washington is assuming an i'm
portant place in the air mail picture, -
Mr.. Glover said, land 1t behooves the
District of Columbia to establish an air
port as early as possible"
The new schedule provides that an
additional plane leave New York at 5
an, arriving in washington at 4 am.
The return trip will be from Washing
ton at 6:45 pm, arriving In New York
at Q pm. In. time to connect with the
transcontinental line.
Baltimore Prospects Bright.
Mr.. Glover said that the prospect of
new municipal airport in Baltimore
seems bright. The department has asked
the city officials at Baltimore and the
Pitcairn Aviation Co., which operates
the mail line, to provide a temporary
landing place at Logan Field until Bal
timore can be made permanent stop
over.
The Inauguration of the doubled serv-
ice from Washington means direct serv-
Ice to New York, since this city now is
used as a stop-over for planes coming
to and from Richmond It will not in
terfere, however, with the through serv-
ice to Atlanta and Miami. connecting
with the South American line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
PROBE OF MELLON
IS GIVEN SETBACK
Senate Committee Gets Let
ter From Secretary Explain
ing Business Relations.

An opinion by Attorney General
Mitchell to President Hoover, rul-
ing that there Is no question of the
right of Secretary Mellon to con-
tinue in Office was placed before
the Senate judiciary committee to-
day by Senator Reed, Republican,
of Pennsylvania.
BY the Associated Press.
The Senate judiciary committee de-
cided today not to call Secretary Mel
lon in connection with its inquiry into
his right to hold Office after it had re-
ceived statement from him that he
had resigned all executive connections
before entering the cabinet and that
his only business interests today were
those of stockholder.
The committee adjourned, however,
without taking final action on the reso-
luton of Senator Mcclellan, Democrat,
Tennessee, which questioned the right
of Mr.. Mellon to hold Office because
of an old statute forbidding the Sec
retary of the Treasury to be interested
in trade or commerce.
Secretary Mellon volunteered his
statement on the extent of his busi-
ness interests in a letter to Senator
Reed, Republican, of Pennsylvania, a
close friend. Reed laid it before the
committee.
Inquiry Is Narrowed.
As a result Chairman Norris said the
inquiry had narrowed down to whether
stockholder constituted an interested
party in trade or commerce within the
extent of the statute under considera-
ton.
Adjournment was taken after a two
hour discussion to permit members to
study the law on this point. Another
meeting will be held next week.
Chairman Norris said the committee
accepted the letter of Secretary Mellon
to Senator Reed on his financial affairs
as final
Letter Not Made Public.
The letter was not made public. but
it said that before entering the cabinet
Mr.. Mellon resigned whatever director
ships he held In corporations and all
other executive positions in the business
world. His only business today, it added
were those Of stockholder in various
enterprises.
Apparently the only questions now
before the committee. the chairman in
| dicated, was determination whether q
stockhoider constituted. a person inter-
ested in trade or commerce within the
meaning Of the old statute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
TWO-EDGED STAND
SEEN ON JONES LAW
Government Not to Risk Ac-
quittaIs on Weak Cases.
Fight on Traffic.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Instructions to the Federal district
attorneys to select for tests under the
Jones law only strong cases involving
commerc:alism" has double signif-
canoe.
First, it means that the Federal Gov
ernment Is not going to risk series of
jury trials and acquittals on ADMITTEDLY
weak cases, and second, it Is taking
note Of an aroused public sentiment in
vet centers, which thus far has failed
to distinguish clearly between the ef-
forts Of the Federal Government to get
the bootlegger and gangster guilty Of
felonies and the prosecution Of minor
offenders.
No Signs OF Abandoning Law.
The Department of Justice in asking
Federal attorneys to use discretion does
not show any signs of abandoning the
Jones law but Is using 1t for that which
1t was originally intended--the COM
mercial side Of the liquor traffic Boot
leggers heretofore have paid fines and
deducted them as part Of the ex-
pense Of doing business Conspiracy
statutes were dif1icult to handle. And
the courts have been congested with
both major and minor offenses. The
new move Is aimed to prevent conges-
tion and to concentrate the attention
of juries on those who actually make
a business Of violating the law.
The Federal Government is really
issuing a challenge to those lawyers in
New York and elsewhere who have an
nounced their intention of defending
persons charged with violation of the
Jones Law. Would those same lawyers
undertake to defend bootleggers and
gangsters against the severity of the
Jones law? That Is the question for
the moment and when the full effect
of the Jones law is thoroughly under
stood there will be time enough in the
Judgment Of ofilcials here to appeal to
public sentiment to handle persons
who encourage violation Of the law by
patronizing those who make business
Of selling liquor.
Against Commercial Gases Now.
Offenses for possessing liquor, viola
ton of the terms of a permit and
probably individual cases of transporta-
ton will not for the present be brought
under the Jones law to court so that
much of the discussion for the time be-
ing of the far-flung effect of the new
statute has been brushed aside as pre-
mature. Ultimately, however. If the
Jones law is successful In soaring the
Continued on Page 2, Column %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
NATION WILL HEAR
WILBUR AND NYE
Problems of West viii Be
Discussed by Secretary
and Senator.

Problems Of the West, which in recent
years have been increasing and demand
ing attention Of Government officials,
will be discussed tomorrow night by DR..
Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of In
terror. and Senator Gerald p. Nye of
North Dakota. chairman of the commit
tee on public lands. who will be heard in
the National Radio Forum = program
sponsored by the Columbia Broadcast
ing System and arranged by The STAR
These speakers will be heard through
out the country on a Nation wide
hook-up.
DR.. wilbur is one of President
Hooyef,s most intimate friends and
trusted advisers. The two have been
closely associated since their college
days at stanford University, of which
DR.. Wilbur later became president.
President Hoover regards the Interior
post as one Of the key positions" Of
the cabinet, and was gratified at secur-
ing it for man OF DR.. Wilbur's caliber.
The new Secretary is physician of in
ternational repute and an executive of
demonstrated ability. His career as
president of Stanford University has
been marked by many administrative
achievements, including the mastery Of
fiscal entanglements that threatened
the financial stability Of the university.
His executive capacities came to light
further when he served under Mr..
Hoover as chief Of the division of food
conservation In the Food Adninistra-
ton.
Demands OH Conservation.
His more recent efforts In conserving
the Nations oil supply have focused
public attention upon him once more.
One of his first acts as head of the De-
partment of the Interior was the pro-
mitigation Of q drastic policy Of oil con-
servation, emphasized by cancellation
Of many permits for prospecting already
issued. He has stood his ground in the
face of bitter criticism from affected
interests.
Among Secretary Wilbur's other
duties are supervision of the national
park system. the Indian Bureau. Recla-
nation Service, Pension Bureau, Bu-
reau of Education and similar services.
DR.. Wilbur was honored by President
Coolidge in 1928 by appointment as
one of the delegates to represent this
country at the Pan-American Confer
ence to be held in Havana, Cuba. DR..
Wilbur is a brother of Curtis D. Will
bur, who was Secretary of the Navy
under President Coolidge.
For many years DR.. Wilbur has been
interested in educational and welfare
work. and 1t Is understood that one of
President Hoover's reasons for appoint
ing him to head the Interior Depart
ment was to bring about the orgaDiza-
ton of bureau of welfare and educa-
ton. It has been suggested that should
Congress create new department to
take over public education and welfare
President Hoover would appoint DIR.
Wilbur to head such a department !.
Few young men in this. country have
gone as far as Senator Nye, who at 81
years Of age has been member of the
Senate for four years. Few young Sem
ators have advanced to such important
committee assignments in so brief a
Continued on Page 2. Column p
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
ID KILLED, 20 INJURED
IN WRECK IN CHILE
Locomotive Loses Wheels in Unex-
planned Manner and Cars Are
Piled in Disorder.
nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO, Chile. April 19.-Four-
teen persons were killed and twenty in
jured In a railroad wreck between
iquique and Antofagasta late last night.
The locomotive of the train lost its
wheels in some unexplained fashion,
and the cars which 1t was drawing piled
into It and overturned. A relief train
carrying physicians and Red Cross
equipment was dispatched from Baque-
dano station to aid the injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
MARION TALLEY DECLINES
16O-ACRE FARM OFFER
Parsons, Kans., Banker Proffered
Tract on Condition That
She Live on It.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARSONS, Kans.. April 19.-Marion
Talley has declined with thanks the
offer from Harry A. Bryant. Parsons
banker, Of q 160-acre farm to which
the Kansas City soprano might retire
from the Metropolitan Opera tage.
The offer was made on condition that
Miss Talley live on the farm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
PERSH|NG QUARREL
DENIED BY tiger"
Reply Is Made on Story He
Sought to Gust A. {. F..
Chief.
By the Associated Press.


PARIS. April l9.-Georges Clemen-
ceau. wartime premier Of France.
declared to the Associated Press today
that Gen. Pershing and I are friends
and that he did not wish to be forced
into debate before a coffin" in con-
nection with an interview between
himself and the late Marshal Foch
printed yesterday by French writer,
in this article the French journalist,
Raymond Recouly, quoted Foch to the
effect that the Tiger" had attempted
to persuade Marshal Foch to remove,
or have removed, Gen. Pershing from
his command of the American Army,
towards the end of the war;
"Pershing and had the same aim,
which was to employ the American
Army to the best advantage" M. Glenn
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
Mail Man Answers
s'Kick'' by Picture of
SnOw-COvered Home
BY the Associated Press.


The Post Once Department
recently forwarded a complaint
about mail deliveries on the route
from Paradise, N. D., to Watagua,
s. D., to Carrier c. e. Mexican,
and has received in reply a pic
ture and a caption which are
considered an adequate answer
to the complaint.
The picture was of Mr.. Mexican
sitting on the roof of his house
trying to scrape the snow of the
chimney top. The caption read:
Weather AZ below zero-arrow
points to where chimney ought
to be-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
Bank Statements

Washington clearing house, $4.425.-
544.95.
Treasury balance. $500, ,ege ,8o2.55.
New York clearing house exchange,
81, ,319, ,000, 900.
New York clearing house balance,
$l33, ,o00, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
WIN Draw Up Report.
Graf zeppelin Tests New compass.

FRIEDRICHSHAFENs Germany, April
10 lPI-The Graf Zeppelin this fore
MON started q short flight over the
Rhine cities to southern Germany with
the object Of testing new gyroscope
compass. The ship was commanded by
Capt. Lehman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
BRAVES BEAT DODGERS.
Boston Puts Across Run in Ninth
to Win.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON. April 19.-The Boston
Braves defeated Brooklyn in morning
game as part of a Patriots day double
bill by score Of 6-to-5, showing across
the winning run in the last half Of the
ninth inning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19

Continued on Page 2, Column b.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-02-21
QUEEN IN PORT; SOUTH TONIGHT
 WITH HALIBUT

Returning from the ports on the Triangle route, the Admiral Line steamer Queen, Capt. Frank Landstrom, docked at the Pacific Wharf at 9 o'clock last night.
 Capt Landstrom reported that the weather in Lynn Canal and outside of Barancf Island was fair with some snow.
 Passengers for Juneau from the ports called at were: w. E. Feero, George McGail, Mrs. F. l.. Goddard, E. H. Sherman, John Campbell, and one third class.
 The vessel is remaining in port until tonight and will take fresh halibut, the first of the season, to the south.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-02-21
FLORYS ARE LEAVING
 WASHINGON FOR OHIO

Distric Forester and Mrs. Charles H. Flory left Washington today for Ohio and will proceed from there to the Pacific Coast, according to word received today at local headquarters. of the U. s. Forest Service. They are expect ed to return home during the lat. ter part of next month.
 MT. Flory, who is Alaska Com, missioner for the Department of Agriculture, has been in Washing ton for about two and one-half months on official business. He and Mrs. Flory will visit his motn- CT and other relatives in Ohio and then go to Los Angeles. San Fran. cisco, Portland and Seattle and then proceed to Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-02-21
MRS. GOss RETURNS

Mary Norris Goss was a re- turning passenger on the steam CT Northwestern arriving last night. While in Seattle Mrs. Goss attended the Pacific Coast Con- vention of Beauticians employed by the A, J. Krank Manufactur- ing Company, of St. Paul, where the latest and improved methods of caring for the face, scalp and hands were fully explained and demonstrated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-02-21
FIRST ARRIVALS

New o T A T 0 E s and New GARDEN PEAS. Fresh, clean stock. Also shipment of Spark ling Strawberry Rhubarb at if teen cents per pound. WHY PAY MORE?"
 adv. Seattle Fruit and Produce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-02-21
NORTHWESTERN FROM SOU I H;
 MA NY ON LIST

With an exceptionally large nassenger list, three days mail End general freight, the Alaska Line steamer Northwestern, Capt. Jock Livingston, arrived from the soutlT last evening at 2 o'clock. The vessel was delayed by Wran- gell Narrows tides.
 Leaving Seattle last Saturday fer the norsn the slip had aboard capacity list of passengers for Southeastern and Westward ports of call. About 65 persons were discharged at Ketchikan and the following were for Juneau: Ger aid U. Smith, Dave Dishaw, Mrs. h, Delzelle. w. c. Dibrell, Nal tplfn Elliott, Nora Graves. Mrs. Graham, J. w. Gucker and baby, k. N. Payne, w. E. Nowell. Der i1ice Graham. Pat Davis, E. M. Basse. Frank Meredith, Ethel Bibby, Alfred Dishaw, Ralph Stevens, J. V. Davis, Bert Dishaw. B. e. Felch, Marie Goldstein, Mrs. M Goss, c. J. Graham, J. c. Thomas, Mrs. w. E Newell, and five third class.
 Sailing for the Westward at. 8 o'clock this morning the North western had aboard the follow ing passengers from Juneau:
 For Seward-J. A. Ramsey, R 8. Hugh, E. ]. Johnson, Richard Wakelin, Miss Emilia Vanclef Rose Johnson, Mary Thomas and Howard Lee.
 For Cordova-O. Chatham, Ed. ward Jones, J. A. Peterson, and Charles Newman.