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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13
YANCEY AND CREW
ESCAPE IN CRASH
Trio Stranded in Bahamas.
Plane Is Total Wreck,
Message Says.
ny the Associated Press.

NY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 13.-Their
plane wrecked and burned, Capt. Lewis
A. Yaneey and two companions were
stranded today on little island in the
Bahamas on the way home from a tour
Of Latin America. AL escaped unhurt,
News Of the accident was received
here in radiograms from Yaneey to his
wife and to Isadore Goldberg, president
of the Pilot g. Radio Tube Co., spon-
serS for the flight.
ship cracked up and burned. No
one injured" Yancey said in his mes
sage to Mrs, Yancey.
His message to Goldberg said:
Forced landing Exuma Island, Turned
over the burned plane. Complete loss
No one injured"
AS the message was sent by way Of
Georgetown. friends assumed the forced
landing had been made on Great Exuma
Island.
Yancey, zeh Bouck, radio operator,
and Emil Burgin, pilot, departed May
IL from here. They few to Havana;
Merida, Yucatan; Vera Cruz. Mexico;
over Central America to the Canal Zone,
then down the west coast of South
America, across the Andes to Buenos
Aires from where they began the home
ward flight.
During the flight Yancey expert
mented with long -diStance radio CONF
munication from the plane, sending
and receiving messages from New York
and on one occasion establishing radio
telephone communication with Sydney,
Australia,
The last point they were heard from
until yesterday was port OF Spain, Trini-
dad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13
EVERY SATURDAY
HELD HALF HOLIDAY
Corporation Counsel Advises
District Heads of Code
Ruling in Report.

The law in the District of Columbia
Is that every Saturday after IL o'clock
noon is "a holiday inNthe District for
all purposes" Corporation Counsel viii
liam w. Bride advised the District Com
missioners in his annual report today
This being the case, any Official act of
the Commissioners done on a Saturday
afternoon may be attacked in the courts
as null and void. The Commissioners
therefore. viii probably either shut
down the municipal establishment at
noon Saturday or ask that the law be
repealed.
Bride quotes section 1889 of the Dis
support OF his argument. After setting
out number of public holidays, the
section concludes: Every Saturday
after IL o'clock noon, any day appoint
ed by the President of the United States
as a day of public fasting or thanks
giving, and the day Of the Inaugural
ton of the President in every fourth
year, shall be holidays in the District
for ell purposes"
Bride reported the continued success
Of the elect to forfeit system in vogue as
to minor traflc offenses at Police Court.
Over $4,000 persons took advantage of
the system during the past fiscal year
in excess Of the number who forfeited
their eollateralS In the previous fiscal
year under the old system, This meant,
Bride found, that in more than 80
per cent OF all the cases the arresting
policeman was not required to 30 TO
court, and in q very large number Of
these instances he was able to remain
on duty. It has considerably cut down
congestion In Police Court.
Bride strongly recommended the APP
plication Of the traffic collateral system
to other minor offenses and set up q
list OF N of them and suggests estah-
lishment of various eollaterals, ranging
from So 10 $40, Among these coll
lateral crimes, he suggests playing ball
on the street, first offense intoxication,
first offense drinking in public places
and first offense shooting of dice. For
the latter three he recommends the
maximum collateral Of $40, but playing
ball on the street, he said, vas worth
only 50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13
HURLEY REJECTS
LOUISIANA PLAN
Asks Board to Make Revision
After Considering 800, 900
Excess Water Feet.
nv the AssocIatad Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ABOARD u. S. s. MISSISSIPPI ON
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BELOW
HELENA, Ark, September 13.--Most
important of the decisions made since
he began his inspection trip of the
Mississippi, Secretary Hurley yesterday
overruled the so-called Louisiana plan
of flood control.
On the advice of Army engineers. the
Secretary rejected the plan of the State
Board of Engineers of Louisiana, ex-
planned to the party by Harry Jacobs,
chairman of the board.
The Secretary has asked the board
through Jacobs to revise the plan after
it has considered the question of the
100000 excess water feet.
Joining at Helena the packet Missis-
sippi on which the Secretary is inspect
ing the river. Jacobs laid before the
party the purposes of the plan.
The plan calls for extensive revision
of the present flood control plan de-
vised by Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, re-
tired, while he was chief of Army Engi-
neers. Under that plan three flood
ways and one spillway would be con-
structed along the Mississippi to carry
away excess waters during exceptional
food periods.
Work in two hoodways has already
been suspended on account of litigation
over compensation for owners Of the
land. The original food control project
did not contemplate remuneration to
land owners,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13
M'BR|DE TO FIGHT
STATE rum PLAN
Head of Anti-SaIoon League
Brands Proposal "Impos-
sibIe and Ridiculous"
BY The Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Fresh talk Of submitting the prohibi-
ton question 10 the States or the people
for q new decision caused the Anti
Saloon League today to reafirm It's OPP
position to any such project.
p. Scott Mcbride, superintendent Of
the dry organization, characterized
such n proposal - impossible and
Ridiculous"
We'll oppose resubmission Of prohi-
billion to the States or the people," he
said. ANY such proposal would be inn
possible and ridiculous. II would take
a two-thirds vote Of the Senate and
House for Congress to propose such an
amendment and the Congress Is now
more than two-to-one dry. Three
fourthS of the States would never ratify
such an amendment"
Mcbride made the statement in dis
cuSsing letter written by Senator
Jones. Republican, Washington, IN
which the sponsor Of the stringent AVE.
and-ten law said he would be willing
to work for the submission to the people
OF q proposal for repeal or modiflca-
ton If the voters of his State desired.
NCaAAiInhS EaAtu HI AAaWSe
The letter largely was reiteration
OF views expressed by Jones several
months ago. Then, as in his recent
letter to an editor of the Longview
(Washington) News, he afarmed his
faith In prohibition and said he would
do everything he could to induce the
people to reject a proposal to repeal
or amend the law.
The letter by Senator Jones indicated
h. Ak
voters Of his State, either through
popular referendum or action Of the
Legislature, asked Congress to submit
q proposal for repeal or modification Of
the eighteenth amendment.
Should such request be made Jones
indicated he would vote for submission
by Congress of poposal for this new
amendment to the Constitution, but
that his vote would not be cast In favor
of the amendment itself. He would
then use his influence TO have the State
refuse the amendment
Amendment Not Considered.
The Senator pointed out that amend
ment of the Constitution by means of
national constitutional convention was
not being considered.
Publication Of the Jones letter fol-
lowed closely the announcement of SEN
ator Wheeler, Democrat, Of Montana, In
which he asserted he had voted for pro-
hihition in his Safe, but that since this
administration and the previous admin
istrations" had been unable to stamp
out bootleggers and speakeasies he had
been forced to the opinion that ma
| ttonal prohibition is q failure and that
each State should be left to regulate the
liquor trafie as majority Of It's citizens
deem advisable.''
While these statements were being
made public, Director Woodeoek Of the
Prohibition Bureau besought the Budget
Bureau for an increase of 81, ZOO 900 for
the work of his ONCE during the coming
year. The money would be used to add
| 500 agents to his star of l,475 and
! would bring the total cost of all dry en-
forcement agencies, including the Coast
Guard and the Industrial Alcohol Blu
reau, to well over the s16.00o,0O0 now
provided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13

repealed or modified that is the method
to be pursued This can be followed
In the State as I understand 1t either
by a resolution of the State Legisla-
ture asking that the question of the
repeal or modification of the eighteenth
amendment be submitted to them or
this may be done by referendum brought
about regularly in accordance with the
provisions OF our law.
Would Favor Submission.
eff such q request should be made by
the people of the State either through
the Legislature or by means of refer
endum asking Congress to submit such
proposal, I would feel justified in
voting not for the adoption Of such an
amendment, but for the submission of
such proposal to the people of the State
to be passed upon directly by them.
ct would not vote for the adoption
Of such an amendment. but would do
everything could to induce the people
to reject it.
"YourS very truly,
(Signed) WESLEY l., JONES"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13
.|R|GOYEN REFUSED
PERMIT TO LEAVE
Cruiser Holding Ex.President
Prisoner Is Anchored off
BuenoS Aires Roads.
BY the Associated Press.

by tne Associated FreSS.
BUENoS AIRES, September 13.--An
official government communique today
said the deposed President, DR.. Hipo-
Tito Irigoyen, was under arrest and
would not be allowed to abandon the
country.
The cotnmunique cleared the status
of the aged former ofticial, who was
taken from prison last Thursday and
placed aboard the cruiser Gen. Bel
grapo, presumably for transportation to
MonteEtdeo or other place Of exile,
The Gen. Belgrano did not reach
Montevideo despite offieial notification
of the government there from its AM
bassador ut Buenos Aires that 1t was
en- route to Uruguay, Later outgoing
steamers reported that the cruiser was
at anchor OF Buenos Aires Roads.
Decree Excuses Use Of Army.
Arrest Of the deposed President
aroused some speculation as to osten-
sible change of heart in the new chief
executive, Gen. jose Francisco Uriburu,
who, in earlier interviews, had said Or.
Irigoyen would be allowed to go where
The National Supreme Court issued
an extraordinary decree today affirming
legality Of the de factor government
and excusing its use of the military as
necessary to assure peace and order in
the nation. The government was said
to have dedicated itself to maintenance
OF the constitution and fundamental
laws of the state.
The finance ministry said today that
a $50,000,000 loan from the Chatham
Phoenix Corporation of New York expir-
ing october would be renewed in ac-
cordance with terms of a contract with
that or any other corporation which
offered more convenient terms.
Former Minister Arrested.
In renewing the obligation the min
istry said 1T would take into account
offers OF money received from various
institutions this week, including some
from the United States, at the same
time giving the Chatham Phoenix Com
pany preference.
Admiral Hermelo, new chief Of po-
lice of Buenos Aires, has indicated that
all former Radical party legislators un-
der the depoSed administration will be
given their liberty They have been un-
der arrest as Q consequence of the re-
cent events.
The former minister Of agriculture,
Fleitas, was arrested today aS q mate
rial witness in clearing circumstances
around discovery of q cache of arms
and ammunition in social club few
days ago.
CUBA FEARS OUTBREAK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13
COLUMBIA DEPARTS
. FOR HARBOR GRACE
Braves Bad Weather in Hop
on First Leg of Flight
to London.
BY the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
ST. HUBERT AIRPORT. Montreal
September lS.--Capt. Enroll Boyd and
Lieut.. Harry Connor hoped on at
7:ss am. eastern standard time) to-
day in the monoplane Columbia for
Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, on the
first leg of g projected Transatlantic
flight to England.
The start was made despite reports
from Or. James H. Kimball, mete-
geological expert at New York, that
weather conditions were not the best.
The flyers expect to reach Harbor
Grace before dark.
Prom Harbor Grace we viii ny due
east, making our departure from St.
Johns and intercepting the great circle
course between New York and Fastnet,
Ireland, along which we expect to pick
up the ocean liners" Lieut.. Conner, the
navigator, said.
At Harbor Grace $50 gallons Of fuel
will be taken aboard. The flyers expect
to cover the distance Of 2,4l4 statute
miles between eHarbor Grace and
Croydon. England, In Al hours with
favorable winds.
Capt. Boyd has been planning the
transatlantic flights for years.
ut was Sir John Alcoek who taught
me to nv in 1914" he said, and two
years later we discussed the possibility
of making a flight across the Atlantic"
he said. In 1919. In company with
Sir Arthur Brown, he new from Ireland
to Newfoundland"
Boyd is SO years old and was a men,
Der Of the Royal Flying Corps during
the war.
Take-off formalities today were sim
pie. Capt. Boyd shook hands with .
few friends and climbed into the cock
pit. Lieut.. Conner clambered into his
cabin behind the fuel tank in the cock
michael, weather expert ct the field.
handed him few Iast-minute weather
reports.
Arthur Studies, mechanical expert for
the flight, swung the propeller and the
motor which carried Clarence Chamber
lin and Charles A. Levine to Germany
roared as Capt. Boyd opened the throt-
tie. The plane moved down the field.
rose in a wide circle to 1000 feet, then
turned East and was lost in the mist.
The flyers expect to remain at Harbor
Grace only few hours If the weather Is
favorable.
The Canadian Marconi Co. viii trans
NIT 10 Lieut.. Conner at Harbor Grace
the latest list Of vessels along his course,
with their positions, speed and course.
The plane does not carry radio, Lieut..
Common relying upon his sextsnt and
the ships below.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13
SHOREY DEFEATS
PITT IN TOURNEY
Enters Final Round of Ban.
nockhurn Invitational
by Victory.

Playing the first 10 holes in one be-
low par, John g. Shorey Of hammock
burn to-day defeated Harry O, Pitt OF
the Manor Club, to enter the final
round In the Bannockhurn Golf Club
invitation tournament today.
He probably will meet Martin +. Nc
earthly of Beaver Dam, who was up
and 5 on William p. Di Este Of Argyle
Out In 35, Shorey was up on Pitt and
won the next four holes TO annex the
match by and 5 margin.
the final round in the second flight
when he defeated John Holzherg of
Columbia, and 4, Finalists In the
third flight are j. Doyle of Bannock-
burn and Carl Noetzel of Argyle. Doyle
defeated DR.. W. w. Mari Of hammock
burn, and 4, and Noetzel defeated 9,
Buck of Washington, up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13
HIGHEST HONORS
PLANNED FOR ACE
Col. Rickenbacker viii Be
Awarded Congressional
Medal by Hoover.
NJ the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
Americas premier fighting flyer, Col
Edward " Rickenbacker, is to receive
next month the highest decoration OF
his country from President Hoover.
Almost IL years after the arTnlStice
brought an end to the valorous career
in the skies above France of the former
king of the automobile speed tracks,
he Is To have bestowed upon him the
Congressional Medal of Honor. In rec
IGNITION of his Observation-Disclosures
ing the bringing down Of 81 enemy
planes. oficially credited-one OF the
most elaborate ceremonies arranged To
honor an American war hero is being
planned.
instead of the usual brief ceremony
at the White House, arrangements are
being made for President Hoover 10
present the medal at Boiling Field be-
fore an assemblage of Army and gov
eminent notables. At the same time
Army airplanes will stage overhead an
air circus recalling the flying deeds
Of the ace of aces.
Leaving his career on the racing
tracks soon after this country entered
the War, Rickenbacker enlisted and
went to France rs chauffeur for Gen,
Pershing. Two months later, he was
transferred to the Air Corps at his own
request and later, as commanding OH
Ger of the g4th Aero Pursuit Squadron,
led the first American air unit to par
ticipate actively on the western front,
The units record of SO victories in the
air was never equalled by another
American squadron.
Col. Rickenbacker already holds the
distinguished service cross with seven
oak leaf clusters.
The citation for which Congress
voted him its medal at the last session
sets out his conspicuous gallantry and
intrepidity above and beyond the call
OF duty"
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=
had failed, that customs barriers, In
stead of erumbling, actually had grown
more formidable In several states, and
that continuation of the growth OF its
proteetioniSt spirit was threatening to
drive the remaining free trading ma.
tions Into adopting that very high tariff
policy which all loudly deplored.
Beelaefts Van Bloekland of Holland,
Peter Munich, foreign minister of Dem
mark; Premier HertEog Of South Africa,
Foreign Minister Schober of Austria
and Paul Hyarns. Belgiums minister of
foreign affairs, raised their voices In q
composite demand that "shoft-sighted
nationalist policies" in the economic
field be abandoned for some form Of
concerted international action.
The Assembly was exhorted to press
forward the disarmament program
through its preparatory commission and
lay q sound base for the general con-
ference next year.
The Council today extended an invi-
tatton to Soviet Russia to take part
In the contemplated conference ON drugs
and narcotics. The conference will be
held October ~.
The FIRST American citizen ever to
address the League Council in person
stepped before that body today and be-
fore the delegates realized what was
happening, had said his few words and
left the room. He was Charles D. Eddy
of New York, chairman of the Leagues
Greek Refugee Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13
SENATOR JONES GIVES MEANS
OF EFFECTING DRY LAW REPEAL
Convention or Amendment
Cited as Methods of Bring
ing About Change.
Declares He Would Favor
Referendum, but Would
Not Support Vets.
Nv the Associated Press.

~ the ASSOelAted fIehS.
SEATTLE, September 12--The fol-
lowing letter, written by United States
Senator Wesley L. Jones Of Washing
ton, to John Rea Of Tacoma on Sep
tember Q. was made public yesterday
by Rea:
1T do not consider the declaration of
the Republican Convention at Belling-
ham with regard to prohibition aS bind
ing on any Republican.
prohibition is. and ought to be, .
non-partisan question, There are about
as many Democrats proportionately
who favor prohibition as there are Re-
publicans who favor IL.
MY position, a. have often stated,
Is this:
"The policy Of prohibition is laid
eral Constitution and 1t 10 Just as much
q part Of 1t as any other part Of that
Constitution.
Two Means Of Action.
at can be changed only in one of
two ways. First, by national con-
vention called pursuant to the terms
Of the Constitution itself to revise II.
"No one thinks Of or has suggested
anything Of. this kind. The other
method is 10 modify or repeal the
eighteenth amendment in exactly the
same way. that 1t was adopted; that Is
by q constitutional amendment sub
mitted to the various states and rati-
ned by three-fourths of them.
eff the people Of the State OF Wash
ington want the eighteenth amendment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13
CUBA FEARS OUTBREAK.
Government Takes PFecautiOn to Guard
Against Uprising.

HAVANA. September Is (P.-Fear-
full of a revolutionary outbreak, the
government of President Machado has
Instituted heavy guards about railroads,
highways and government buildings
throughout the island.
Military forces have been placed at
strategic points to watch for the first
symptoms of an uprising. Minor dis
turhances have been reported in various
Cuban provinces during the last two
weeks. but nothing of serious nature
has occurred so far.
The government is not allowing any
stores of ammunition to accumulate at
any point and ownership of all firearms
of more than .38 caliber has been
checked carefully.
The state department has been caused
no little concern by reports emanating
yesterday from Mexico, Honduras and
from Peru that . revolution either was
near or already had broken out: Al
ministration spokesman aver that with
the precautions taken an armed out
break of any significance would be i'm
possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13
Special Honor Paid to Einstein.

NEW YORK, September 10 (P.-M-
bert Einstein is the only living notable
to be represented in stone figures on the
tympanum of the doorway of the new
Riverside Church. Emerson Is the only
American represented among religious
leaders, philosophers and scientists of
the ages. The explanation of the
church Is that Einstein could not pos
sibly be emitted from any list of the
IL leading scientists Of all time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13

Continued From First rage
any member on the force as relieving
him from the responsibility of taking
immediate action in cases where the
conditions are such as to warrant 1t,
but that in all such cases full report
must be submitted to Inspector Bean.
Shift Has Been Rumored.
The shift In the vice squad activities
has been reported on the calendar for
some time, but it was not generally
known that the change would be as
comprehensive as the one finally de-
cided upon. Commissioner Herbert B,
Crosby Is known to have taken keen
interest in the matter, particularly re-
Gently during the agitation over the
bonds required by defendants in liquor
cases.
He has made frequent visits to In
spector Pratt at police headquarters
and has had long talks with him, al
most daily,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13
CAPITAL THEATERS
WILL STAY OPEN
AS TRUCE REACHED
Continued From First Page.l

IConUnued FTum FIIsk Fa8S,y
present at the meeting here Monday.
It Is believed that the truce insufing
continued operation of the protection
lists here Is q direct result OF his visit
to Washington.
Meanwhile, the campaign of the local
musicians union to enlist public SYM
patty to its cause was making rapid
progress today. according to John e.
Birdsell, secretary of the Musicians
Protective Union. More than $500
names have been enrolled in the Music
Defense League under the pledge OF Il
will not patroniZe any theater that does
not use adequate living music"