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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10
|MRS.A.R. SHEPHERD,
D. C. NATIVE, DIES
Husband Served as Governor
When District ! Id Ter
ritorial Government.

Mrs. Alexander Robey Shepherd
widow of the former governor of the
District of Columbia who off1ciated un-
der the territorial form of government
for the National Capital. died early
this morning after a lingering illness
at the residence of her daughter, Mrs
Francis D. Merchant, Is Grafton street
Chevy Chase.
Mrs. Shepherd was a native of Wash
ington, as was her husband, having
been born here in 1912. She was Miss
Mary Grice Young and was the
daughter Of veteran of the War OF
1912. Her father, william P. Young
who was Of Connecticut ancestry and
throughout his life interested in naval
affairs, participated in the battle OF
Craney Island and his name is on the
monument commemorative of that en-
counter at Portsmouth, Va. A shot
from gun aimed by him sunk the
British barge Centipede on that oc-
casion. Her mothers family came to
Washington from Philadelphia in 1900
Educated in Private Schools.
Mrs. Shepherd was educated in locaI
private schools and at the age of le
married Mr.. Shepherd at time when
he, though himself youthful, was be-
ginning to take a prominent part In
local business, political and adminiStra-
tive affairs. When he was made gov
ernor Of the District she was still a
young woman of 80. Mr.. Shepherd was
one Of the original incorporators of The
Evening Star Newspaper Co., but sew
cred that connection shortly afterward
During the period of Mr.. Shepherds
tenure of office the couple were famed
for their regular hospitality. Such &C.
casions were made memorable, not only
because Of the governors official posi-
ton, but also because of the charm and
personal popularity of Mrs. Shepherd
The circle of admiring friends she made
at that time remained close to her al
ways and these friendships we're CRATE
fully inherited even to the third and the
fourth generation.
In 1880 Mrs. Shepherd accompanied
her husband to Mexico whittier he went
to embark on mining operations. Not
withStanding the fact that she took he1
several young children with her; that
the scene Of his endeavorS was and still
Is in an inaccessible region and that
frequent hardships and depriviationS
were daily part of the family life, she
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Henderson Willing to Study
Mediterranean Treaty Draft,
but Is SkepticaI.
BRAND BASES ARGUMENT
ON WORLDWIDE PEACE
May Suggest Consultative North
Atlantic Agreement as Conees-
sion to U. S. and Britain.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.
BY Wireless to The Star and Chicago Dali
News, Copyright, 1880.

News. Copyright, 1880
LONDON, England, March 1O.-Im-
portant conversations between heads of
the naval cations, which were pur-
sued over the week end and continued
today, have not broken the deadlock In
the London Conference.
The French late Saturday presented
to Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson
and British Foreign Minister Arthur
Henderson tentative draft for Med
tterranean pact. This pact would be
open to all powers having interests In
the Mediterranean, including the United
States, and would provide for mutual
assistance in case any one of them were
attacked.
Secretary Stimson Immediately stated
that the United States could enter no
Mediterranean pact whatever Mr.. Hen.
derson said that he was willing to study
the text-the British cabinet met to
discuss it this morning-but that his
feeling was that Great Britain should
accept no additional commitments and
that Frances price was too high.
Foreign Minister BRAND replied that
France was asking nothing from any
body.
Selfish Aim Is Denied.
Frances present naval program Is
calculated to enable France to in
sure its own security. But France is
being asked to reduce this program.
France replies that it is willing to do
so provided an increase of security Is
afforded by other means.
M. BRAND emphasized that the
French pact proposals were being made
not. for the French interest alone. but
also in the interest of the organization
Of world peace. He implied that it was
at least as likely that Great Britain
might need Frances help under a new
Mediterranean pact as that France
might need Great Britain's, and conse-
! quently France would be paying the
same price" as Great Britain.
He added that economic disorders
had frequently caused wars and that
the present economic situation Of the
world was by no means reassurins, In
which statement Dwight w. Morrow
and Foreign Minister Henderson con-
CURED.
NJ. BRAND insisted further that the
British were making q mistake In
seeming always to consider the French
fleet as q possible enemy, when the
fact was that 1t was more likely to be
an ally. He further suggested that If
The French pact were adopted, it would
increase not merely Frances security,
but Great Britatn'S as well, and that It
ought to enable Great Britain to make
further naval reductions.
Following this conversation, the
French yesterday seem to have decided
to propose also the text of North At
lantic pact, purely consultative and re-
sembling the four-power Pacific, pact to
which the United States is already q
party. The French aim in this seems
to be TO offer in addition to the Medi-
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BY the Associated Press.
Parting tokens of affection and
respect were heaped high upon
the bier of William Howard Taft
today as the Nation prepared to
give him honored burial.
The house on wyoming avenue
where he lived and died was filled
like a mammoth Spring basket
with a wilderness of flowers. A
procession of messengers carried
to the sorrowing family the con-
soling words of friends in many
lands.
Congress and the Supreme
Court decided to recess until after
the funeral tomorrow. President
Hoover personally directed that
the executive branch Of the Gov
eminent should show every fitting
honor to the only man in history
who had been both President and
Chief Justice.
While the guns of neal and distant
Army posts doomed their requiem, plans
were completed for removal of the body
tomorrow morning to the Capitol ro-
tunda, to lie in state for a few hours,
Washington church which Taft at
tended.
At Arlington, across the Potomac, on
q knoll overlooking the White House
and the Capitol, the family marked
out the plot where the departed states
man will rest at last, amid the graves of
the Nations war dead.
Services to Be Simple.
For all of this preparation, the &C.
tual funeral service tomorrow will be
one Of the simplest that ever marked
the passing Of a great popular figure.
It will be held IN All Souls Unitarian
Church, at Sixteenth and Harvard
streets The pew where Taft sat will
be decorated with flags and flowers.
AS the church bell starts to toll, Rev.
Ulysses G. B. Pierce, Taft's pastor for
a quarter of century, will stand at the
door to meet the procession.
Within the church, with its plain
white-painted pewS and pillars, the cas-
ket will be taken to the chancel while
the great organs play the professional.
Memorial chimes Will play the hymns
"Abide With Me" and Lead, Kindly
Light" and two of Taft's favorite poems
will be read.
At Arlington the committal service
and prayer will be concluded with
Tennyson's Crossing the Bar" and the
military salute.
A military escort was chosen today
to accompany the body from the home
to the Capitol, thence to All Souls
Church, and from there to Arlington.
Mai. Gen. F. w. Sladen, commandant
OF the Sd Corps Area, will command 1t.
The route from the Wyoming avenue
home to the Capitol is expected to lead
through Pennsylvania avenue, past the
White House.
President to Attend.
President and Mrs. Hoover viii go
directly from the White House to the
church for the funeral, and do not
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BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEOUL, Korea, March 10.-One hun
dred and four persons were killed and
more than 100 injured today in a fire
which broke out at a motion picture
show at the Chinkai naval base, in
Southern Korea. Most of the victims
were Japanese naval men and their
wives and children.
The snow was being held in a ware
house at the naval base in observance
of the twenty-f1fth anniversary of the
capture by the japanese of Mukden in
the Russo-Japanese war. The anniver-
sary was celebrated throughout the en-
pire today.
600 Were in Building.
The film, which ignited and caused
the fire, was patriotic reproduction OF
scenes in the Russo-JapaneSe conflict
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10000 USE dead"
DRIVERS PERMITS,
HARLAND ASSERTS
Renewal Records Fail to
Tally With Number of
Cards Issued.

Approximately 10000 District motor
lists are driving with dead permits,
Traffic Director william H. Harland es-
timated today after checking the per-
NIT renewed records of the Trafic De-
partment.
All of these drivers, Mr.. Harland
pointed out, are operating Illegally and
are subject to arrest and punishment
under the general penalty clause Of the
traffic code, which prescribes fine
ranging from 81 to $500, or 10 days
imprisonment.
Mr.. Harland arrived at his estimate
on the basis of the drivers permits re-
newed since July /, last, when the first
of the permits issued under the three
year renewal plan expired. Accord
ing to the records $4,000 Of the permits
expiring since July l have not been
renewed.
Says $4,000 Disposed OF.
OF this number, the traffic director
said, he is satisfied that at least 10000
are in the possession of motorists who
are operating motor vehicles in Wash
ington. The remaining $4,000, he be-
lieves, may never be renewed, since
those to whom they were issued have
died, moved out of the District, or dis
posed of their cars
Fifty-seven thousand seven hundred
and eighty-two permits have been re-
newed since July /. Mr.. Harland's
schedule showed that 78,01S should have
been renewed between July and March
/, and that to date the renewal figure
had passed the 10000 mark. Conse-
uuently all permits issued three years
400 having a number under 10000 now
are dead" according to the traftic
director.
There were 1os,471 outstanding per-
mits July when the renewal was
started. All of them will expire before
July next.
Many to Be Picked Up.
Although Mr.. Harland has not
planned a special drive to round up
the operators with dead" permits, he
said the police would eventually pick
up a large number of them, since 1t
is the practice of the officers to ex-
anime the expiration date on every
permit when they stop a motorist for
infractionS Of the traffic regulations.
The courts, he pointed out, have not
been lenient in the past with drivers
caught with expired permits.
Mr.. Harland also revealed that ap-
plications for new permits from $50
drivers are being held up at the Trafhc
Department pending an examination OF
the applicants on their knowledge OF
the traffic code These drivers, he said,
have been arrested number of times
In the last three years for traffic Of
lenses and the permits would not be
renewed until they passed an examina-
ton.
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lO4, MAJORITY CHILDREN,
PERISH In FILM BLAZE
Tragedy Stalks Japanese Celebration OF
Victory Over Russia in Fire at
Naval Officers Show.

About 900 persons were in the building
when the film burst into flames and
fired the structure.
Most of those who persisted were
trapped in the building.
The blaze broke out at o'clock in
the afternoon and ragged for two hours,
The majority of the victims were
small children.
Flames from the warehouse for a
time threatened to spread to nearby
ammunition magazine. The blue jacket
fire fighters barely managed to prevent
this.
Celebrate Victories of 1905.
japan is now holding "silver ami
yersary" celebration, recalling memo
ries of her year of xaltation-1905-
when her forces crushed the Russians
on the sea and defeated them on land.
Today's celebration, the twenty-fifth
year after the capture of Mukden, was
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BY REX COLLIER.

Sorrowful hands have closed the old
fashioned desk and Strengthened the
array Of papers and law books in the
Nations most interesting judicial
chambers.
This sanctum sanctorum Of American
jurisprudence is just above the bed
room in which the late Chief Justice
Taft passed away on Saturday.
1t was the legal workshop Of the for
mer President and jurist. embracing
the whole third floor of his spacious
Wyoming avenue home.
There, far removed from the public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10
ARREST FOLLOWS
FIRING ON VETERAN
Herman D. Robinson Object
of Second Ambush il Three
0ays-Fr,end Held.

An unknown gllIman, firing from the
darkness of an alley near Tenth and X
streets, last night made the second at
tempt in three days to shoot down Her
man D. Robinson, World War veteran,
according to police.
Early this morning three oflcers from
the first precinct arrested James Cody,
80, for investigation. He will be ques-
toned in connection with the official
investigation Of the shootings.
Robinson was fired upon shortly be-
fore 9 o'clock last night as he was walk
ing from his home in the 900 block OF
K street to drug store at the corner
of Tenth and K streets. He did net
see the man who fred the pistol, but
ran into the drug store and called the
police.
Three shots were fired at Robinson
Friday night by one Of the occupants
of a stolen roadster after he had been
lured from his home by a telephone
call.
NlSit 70 apartment
Cody, who is well known in local
sporting circles, was arrested when Pre-
cinct Detective r. B. Carroll, Sergt. H
w. Lineberg and Pvt. Uel M. Gale en-
tered his apartment in the 1400 block
of K street at o'clock this morning
Police had been looking for Cody since
Friday night.
The mans apartment was visited
earlier last night but, according to the
officers, Cody escaped by jumping from
a window to the alley, which runs
alongside the apartment building.
Cody told Detective Carroll that he
was with his wife in local moving
picture theater at the hour Friday night
when the shots were fired at Robinson.
The shot last night was heard by sew
eral persons, who corroborated the story
of Robinson.
Robinson at one time was friend OF
Cody'S, police say. Cody told Officers
at the first precinct that he had be-
friended Robinson until the man caused
him trouble. Robinson denies that he
has been responsible for any domestic
riffs In the Cody household.
Answers Telephone Call.
The shooting Friday night occurred
after Robinson left his residence to meet
friend" in answer to a telephone
message. AS he approached the corner
of Tenth and G streets roadster with
drawn curtains drew up to the curb be-
side him. One of the three occupants
leaned out and fired three times, all of
the bullets going wild. Robinson ran
into his house as the roadster sped
away.
A short while later a car was found
abandoned by Precinct Detectives Wan
oynakar and Mansfield who learned IL
had been stolen from Charles Claggett
of the 1900 block of Connecticut avenue.
Prior to the shooting Robinson said
he had been warned by woman that
an attempt would be made on his life
If he left the house.
He believes the shot last night was
fired by a man standing in an alley
near the corner. Robinson said his as
sailant fled before he had an oppor-
tunity to recognize him.
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Thousands Applaud From
Docks as Antarctic Adven-
turers Reach Civilization
SIGHTS AMAZE CREW
AFTER MONTHS ON ICE
Leader Declares Discovery of Marie
Byrd Land and Mapping Tour
More Important Than Pole Flight.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
DUNEDIN, New Zealand, March 10
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Amer
lean explorer, and the members of
his Antarctic expedition returned to
Dunedin today after spending more
than year in the scientific exploration
of the frozen regions at the bottom of
the world.
All Dunedin turned out to greet the
discoverer, whose death-defying flight
to the South Pole evoked just two SEN
fences from him.
Asked how it felt to fly over the South
Pole, Byrd said:
VERY much like flying over the North
Pole, except the North Pole was
BUMPER.
Enthusiasm Grips City.
Tumultuous enthusiasm held sway as
the expedition, borne by the barque
City of New York and the steamer
Dunedin. Dunedin was the last city
to bid Byrd good-by when he set out
for the Antarctic in December, 1928.
Thousands of persons lined the water
front to witness the return. Bands
played 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
and 1.-THE Cenquering Hero" Scores of
small craft scurried out and escorted
the two ships to their docks.
Byrd'S comment on the accomplish
ment of the expedition was brief. He
said:
Surely the South Pole flight was not
more important than the flight during
which we discovered the new land to
the east on the other side of the Ross
Dependency. This have named Marie
Byrd Land.
THE six scientists with us worked
seriously and the results should prove
square miles Of hitherto unmapped
country"
Byrd H0nOrs Other Explorers.
Dunedin, often called the Pearl City
Of New Zealand" has in other times
cheered intrepid explorers who preceded
Admiral Byrd into the ice foes that
long held fast the secrets of the South
Pole-an unknown region of continental
size.
To these explorers, including Road
Amundsen, Admiral Byrd paid tribute.
"They had difficulties to overcome, |"
he said, many more than We These
gallant men did not cease after seeing
the many things they had to overcome.
Because of aviation and our dogs, we
did not undergo the difficulties and
hardships of those pioneers. They de-
serve our utmost respect.
"Monotony" Wa Worst Evil.
I'VE got used to the cold and our
houses were warm enough. The mon
otonyswas the worst thing we had to
encounter"
A representative Of the New Zeal
and government, in a brief address of
welcome, paid tribute to Admiral Byrd
as the first man to fly over both the
North and South Poles and the only
one who has conquered the South Pole
by air.
Byrd replied briefly: I'VE have been
fortunate in a great many ways" he
said, land without that good fortune
we would never have accomplished what
we did. All that we set out to do has
been done.
"If I said all think of the men Wild
accompanied me into the Antarctic
you would think I was Boosting
Other members OF the expedition were
reticent about their achievements. The
explorers will remain here about 10
days and then will sail for New York
via the Panama Canal.
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TAFTS LEGAL WORKSHOP AT HOME
IS CLOSED BY SORROWFUL HANDS
Judicial Chambers ON Third Floor of Wyoming Avenue
Residence Seen by Privileged Few.

eve and from the dignity of court for
malities, the late head of the Supreme
Court could make himself comfortable
In a large armchair, while he turned
over in his mind the arguments Of the
day and weighed the factors which
were to guide him in the formulation
of an opinion.
Few See Famous Once.
Few persons were privileged to see
this famous law ONCE. They were on
Gals of the court, attorneys in inpor-
tant cases and close friends of the
anliable Justice. -Four or five rooms
there were In all, with wide corridor
cluttered with filing cabinets.
The room in which Mr.. Tafts desk
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GIRL PILOT FLIES $4,000 FEET
TO SET NEW ALTITUDE RECORD
EIinor Smith BetterS Old
Mark by 5000 Feet
in High Wind.
Goes Far Inland Before Start
to Keep From Being
Blown to Sea.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y, March
10.-Elinor Smith, 18-year-old girl pilot.
today attained an apparent altitude Of
$4,000 feet in an attempt to set a new
altitude record for women. The previ-
GUS record set by the late Marvel Cros-
son, was 24,600 feet.
Heading into strong west wind, she
turned the nose of her plane toward
New Jersey so as to 60 far inland before
starting her climb and to prevent being
blown too far TO sea.
Capt. George Haldeman, who Dew
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THREE DIE FROM FIRE.

NEWARK, Ohio, March 10 P).-An
explosion and fire at the farm home of
Lawrence Thompson, Is miles north of
here, today had resulted In the death
Of three young girls.
Pauline Thompson, IL, died last night
Of burns and her sister, Mabel, 8, died
shortly after midnight. Mary Thompson,
8, another sister, died here early today
The accident occurred last evening
when Pauline attempted to rekindle a
fire In a kitchen stove with kerosene.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-10
FLORIDA CLUBS RAIDED.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, March 10
R).-A book containing names Of 40
residents of Palm Beach and West Palm
Beach, many of them said to be prom
inent in business and professional cir
cles, was being held by Federal authori-
ties today after a raid on a reputed
speakeasy here yesterday.
The place was known as the Arrus
patrons were listed as members and car
ried keys to the place, Federal agents
said, Il
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Taft Funeral Schedule
Tomorrow

Body will be taken from home
to Capitol at 900 am.
1t will lie in state in the huge
rotunda for three hours. Sc
lected Army, Navy and Marine
detail will stand guard over the
casket.
Passing in single file, the pub
lie will be permitted to pay
tribute.
Services at All Souls Unitarian
Church at 2 pm.
Leaders of the nation will ac-
company the body to Arlington.
Salute of 81 guns at military and
naval posts during the funeral.
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LiptOn's Shamrock v Soon Ready

BELFAST, Northern Island, March
10 R.-B. A. Barbour, secretary of
the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, YESTERDAY
announced that work on Sir Thomas
Lipton's Shamrock v was progressing
rapidly and that launching Of the chal-
lenger for the Americas cup was ex-
pected April IA. The ceremony Is to be
performed by the Countess Of Shaftes-
bury.
Sir Thomas was elected commodore
Of the club.
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BRAXTON SIGNS UP;
REPORTS AT BILOXI
Portside Hurler Having Trouble
With Teeth-Cronin to Reach
Camp Wednesday.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BILOXI. Miss, March 10-Garland
Braxton, left-hand pitcher who reported
at the training camp of the Washington
Base Ball Club here yesterday, this
morning signed a contract that had
been sent him at his Greensboro, N. c.,
home several weeks.
Braxton is not in good physical trim,
he said this morning, due mainly to
trouble with his teeth.
Word was received from Joe Cronin,
shortStop, that he would land in camp
Wednesday ready for hard work.
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BYRD MEN RELATE FEELINGS.
Find 1t Hard to Believe There Is No
More Snow Patrol Duty at Camp.
BY RUSSELL OWEN.

BY Radio to The Star and New York Times.
DUNEDIN. New Zealand, March 10
Ont of drilling rain that swept across
the sea, the dirty sails of the City of
New York, Admiral Byrd's flagship,
hove in sight this morning. The stubby
Scared vessel, her sides gnawed by ice
and heavy seas, came around the heads
and rolled into the broad mouth OF
the estuary that leads inland few
miles to Dunedin.
The Antarctic adventure was over for
Admiral Byrd and his men and as they
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Reds Clash With Police.

PARIS, March 10 R.-Three police
men were badly bruised today when dis
persing meeting of 20 Communists
who sang the "Internale" in the en-
trance to1a subway station. Two Of the
Communist we're arrested.
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widow of Johann Strauss Dies.

VIENNA, March 10 (P.-Mme. Adele
Strauss, rs, widow of Johann Strauss,
famous composer, died here today.