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ran to summon, help. Chief of Police
Matthews walked into the mouse and
called to Moore, who answered from
upstairs and told the chief to come
up" Matthews said he reached the
stairway landing and was covered by
Moore's gun.
Police discovered that Mpore's wife
and small daughter were In the home AT
the time OF the slaYings.
Police said 1t had been alleged that
Q truck load of liquor had bean taken
into the house Friday night. They said
Moore has been known TO them - .
bootlegger.
A cousin of Moncure was killed on
q dry raid in Baltimore three years
ago, having been shot as he went around
q house he intended to search.
Patterson is survived by his wife and
three small children.
Formal reports had not reached ON
Gals of the Treasury last night, and
in the absence OF such reports they
declined to comment.
Moncure was grandson Of Judge
T.. C. L. Moncnre Of Stafford, Va, judge
of the Supreme Court of Appeals of the
State OF Virginia, and son of Will
liam Eustaoe Moncure, attorney, of
Fredericksburg, Va.
FIRST word of the tragedy reached
Moncure's family here last night
through q representative OF The Star,
whose press dispatch accounts we're
followed shortly by private telegrams to
the family. ~ ,1.o c,,,,,
street. q sister of M0ncure, was the firSt
relative here TO learn Of the death. An
other sister Is Mrs. Frank Glenn OF
Cathedral Mansions. Another brother
and sister, Richard Moneure and MRS
Houston K Sweetser, live at Frederieks-
burg.
Moncure leaves wife, formerly Of
this city, and son, Robert Moncure, 1r.,
Il years of age. They made their home
at Lake Worth, where, In addition to his
activities as prohibition agent. the lam
lily was conducting the washington
Inn"
Moncure was born In Fredericksburg
in the family home, one Of the his
toric residences e the city. He served
one enlistment in the Navy, making .
trip around the world with the feet
and during the World War was In the
merchant marine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moncurs had been in
Florida for several years. He was Q
truck farmer before purchasing the
hotel and joining the Federal prohibit
ton forces.
He was known as 9 fearless agent
and made many raids, it was said
without his gun. He was severely
| sealded sometime ago while serving "a
| advance guard in q raid when he was
precipitated into vat Of stesminR
mash at an Illicit still. He was in the
hospital for some time following the
accident, but was not permanently in
jured. Moncure was 8 feet tall and a
powerful man physically.
Funeral arrangements had not been
completed late last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
ByRD'S FLAGSHIP
NEARS ICE PACK
Whether Vessel Can Get
Through Is Major Topic
in Camp.
BY RUSSELL OWEN.


BY Radio to The star and New York Times.
LITTLE AMERICA. Antartica, jan
uary 1.-THE bark City Of New York,
Rear Admiral Byrds sturdy little rag
ship, which is coming tn take the eS-
petition home, was 444 miles north eft
Scott Island yesterday and should reach
the ice pack in few days.
What she will find then and whether
she will be able to get through the ice
is the major topic of conversation In
camp. The unusually heavy Ice pack
this year has made us doubt many times
whether the City OF New York and the
supply ship Eleanor Boiling can pene-
trate it. Everything depends on the
rapidity with which the pack disin-
tegrates in the next few days.
Ordinarily there would be no doubt
OF the ships coming through easily, but
this year the pack was wider at she
l80th meridian than any time since the
whales have been coming South.
Whales Scared in lee Passage.
This Summer the whales did not
appear in any numbers south Of the
pack and the few which were found
were badly Scared by Toe.
Admiral Byrd, however, Is not at all
concerned about the situation. The
only disagreeable aspect of it is that the
ships may arrive here so late that load
ing will be hurried and possibly cur
tailed to some extent in order to get
out before the pack begins to consol-
idated and freeze again. That started
soon after the middle of February last
year.
The Summer season Is short in the
Antarctic. Already the days are lit
tie cooler and the wind nips. Our stay
here, we hope. Is now only Q matter of
little more than three weeks longer.
The meteorological kites which broke
loose few DAYS ago and disappeared in
the south have been found at the bot
tom of the bay. about miles south
west of Cape Manhead. They were
found by Or. Francis d. Conan, who
has been helping in the making of
surface survey of the bay to check up
with the aerial survey.
The kites were apparently uninjured.
although they were hall buried in the
snow which had drifted over them in
the strong winds since they were lost.
The meteorograph, which records
temperature, humidity and pressure.
was brought hack. The meteorologists
we're delighted to recover it. for IL is
| their best instrument and is the one
that was carried on the plane during
the polar fight.
Flew for "a Hours.
Much to their establishment they
found that the kite holding the
meteerograph had Aown for at least
"a hours after the wire snapped. The
lower kite must have caught on the
snow surface and held the upper one
flying until it was brought down by
snow or rim forming on it by the
wind dropping.
IT hit the surface of the frozen bay
with bang which showed on the re-
velVing record sheet, but the instru-
ment was not injured
The kites can now be recovered al
though it is doubtful II they will be
Aown much more because our de-
parture is so near at hand.
Copyright. 1899, BY the New York Times
riEhts for publicstion reserved through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
DUTY INCREASED
ON HAT BODIES
Miiady Chiefly Concerned by
Tentative Raise Voted
by Senate.

~ the Associated Press.
Finished for the time being with the
dispute over the American housewife S
sugar bowl. the tariff ridden Senate
spent an hour on the Smoot- Ha wiley
bill Yesterday and voted an increased
duty on milady's hats-or rather the
wool felt forms that ultimately lead to
the finished article.
The increase. which would apply also
10 the relatively few mems hat bodies
that are imported, was approved only
conditionally, however. Senator George,
Democrat, Of Georgia expressed OPPOSE
ton, but allowed it to go through
without a roll call with the understand
ing that later he would have a record
vote on proposals not only to cut this
duty, but also other protective rates in
the wool schedule to the levels OF exist
ing law. Several increases In these
rates, including that on yarn have been
approved.
Rate Tentatively Accepted.
The rate tentatively accepted yester-
day was 80 cents a pound and so per
cent ad valorem on all values OF wool
felt hat bodies, Al 600 900 of which were
said to have entered the United States
last year under the present levy rang
ing from "a cents and 40 per cent ad
valorem to IS cents and so per cent, de-
pending on value. The new duty would
be far below that approved by the
House-40 cents pound and IS per
cent.
The Senate rejected an additional levy
Of as cents, which was proposed in the
House bill and the pending bills for each
article of blocked wool felt hat bodies
and finished wool hats imported.
Senator Gillett. Republican, Massa-
ehusetts, argued for the higher duty on
hat bodies He said that while imports
had increased 3.75 per cent in the last
three years the domestic industry had
Jagged. with mills refraining from pro-
ducing more than as per cent of their
capacity because Of the cheaper i'm
portations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
MEDICAL CENTER
FOR NAVY URGED
Representative Britten to In
troduce Bill Authorizing
$3,20O,OOO Structure.
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so-called modern" hospitals The de-
sign would not be considered up-to-dste
at the present time, Representative
Britten emphasizes.
1t is not fireproof. though perhaps
resisting, and Its facilities. he points
out, are not sufficiently concentrated for
convenient and economical administra-
ton There are four wards, each Of
which accommodates a. patients: also
the administrative units, operating
rooms, x-ray department, etc.
subsequently there was additional
construction on the reservation-thCee
buildings providing 81 beds for sick Of
flcers, accommodations for conta yiouS
and mental cases and quarters for hos
pital corpsmen. There are also three
sets of quarters for officers and 2 nome
for the nurses.
The total number of beds available
in permanent buildings is l93. which
would be generally sufacient for Navy
requirements alone, but the sick offi-
GERS quarters are habitually oveTtaxed
and there are no rooms for 0ffiCer pa
tients received from the Veterans Ru-
resu, hence they are assigned to the
open wards, which Is contrary to the
custom Of Walter Reed Hospital and
elsewhere.
Cemmissary Inadequate.
The eommissary department in the
main building is inadequate for the
total number of patients, inclusive of
those from the Veterans Bureau, Rep
resentatiye Rritten says.
He points out that there are six
wooden structures erected during tn
war, and now constant source Of dill :
f1culty and expense for up-keep and
maintenance. The fire hazard is Sc
rious problem, he stresses particularly
in the largest of these temporary
buildings, which is H-shaped and con-
tsins four wards of approximately IS
beds each, accommodating almost ell
of the medical cases, both those from
the Navy and the Veterans Bureau.
Fire escapes have been provided and an
effort is made to avoid putting bed
ridden patients on the upper floors, but
this is not always practicable, the hos
pitable authorities have advised Mr..
Britten.
The distance of these temporary
buildings from the main kitchen and
the diet kitchen on the top Of the hill
also is 9 source of serious inconven-
fence and some hardship, since meals
must be cooked and then transported
on readways equivalent to nearly three
city blocks before being served to pa
tients unable to leave their wards
Usually there are 80 or more too Ill
to do 30.
Representative Rritten says that his
building program would restrict new
building construction to the top Of the
hill, where most of the permanent
buildings are already located. The
Bureau OF Yards and Decks has made
studies and sketches ut his request,
with these points in mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
DEATH RIDES billiards..
Two Dead Each in Ohio and Illinois -
Temperatures Slump.


CHICAGO, January Is (P.-Misery
and death rode here and there and dis
comfort went everywhere today on the
crest of one of the most extensive cold
waves in history.
North, South, East and West expert
enced either blinding blizzards, chilling
wind or temperatures shrunken TO un-
bearsble depths.
Two persons died In Ohio and two in
Chicago of the extreme cold, and death
counted IL Others in blizzard ridden
Southwest States.
Temperatures reached as low as II
degrees below zero in the flooded areas
of Indiana, Missouri, Illinois and Ar
kansas. The homeless families along
the st. Francis River in Southern Mis-
souri, and Northern Arkansas reached
700.
NEW ORLEANS, La, January 10 ~.
A frigid blast blew over the South
today, bringing death to five persons,
injuries to hundreds and SuffeTings to
thousands. 1t hove out of the North
west with startling suddenness and
stretched down into the Gulf of Mex
leo, where cold weather is q novelty
The high wind was accompanied by
snow. ice and sleet, and transportation
In the Middle South was crippled.
No part Of the South save Southern
snd Central Florida was spared by the
cold wave.
The coolest temperature in the South
was recorded at Fayetteville, Ark. where
thermometers read le degrees below
zero. Four deaths were reported from
Tennessee and one from Louisiana.
Thermometer readings stood at de-
erees below zero at Shreveport, La; {
degrees above at Florence. Ala: 1 below
at Little Rock, Ark: 2 below at Nash
Miss; above at Alexandria. La;
below at Dallas, Tex; 3 above at Mem
phis. and 80 degrees at New Orleans.
RELIEF PARTIES RUSHED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
MORE ARBORETUM
LAND FUNDS URGED
/ Landscape Architects Favor
immediate Appropriation
by Congress.

A congressional appropriation for i'm
mediate acquisition of additional land
for the National Arhoretum, the eutdaer
laboratory for scientific research on
plant life, established In 1927, was
recommended by the American Society
of Landscape Architects at its last con-
vention meeting here yesterday.
DR.. Frederick v. CoVille, batanist of
the United States Department Of Agri-
culture, the acting director Of the
arboretum, In presenting Q comprehen-
sive description of the institutions work
before the society, explained that 26S
acres OF an authorized / geo had been
acquired, and that the Secretary Of
Agriculture planned to make additional
purchases.
The Importance of this institution to
the Nation Is SO great as to justify the
enlargement of the present area" the
society said In resolutions. In urging
acquisition of additional land, the
society recommended that provision be
made "for establishment OF an approved
policy of administration and for the
preparation of q comprehensive plan of
development for the entire area"
The National Arboretum ut present
comprises Mount Hamilton, Hicky Hill
and the water-lily gardens at Kenil-
worth, where laboratory studies are con-
Quoted under supervision Of Or. Covills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
ATTACkER is SENTENCED,

KANSAS CITY, January 10 ID
Russell @. Arnold, So. encs liberated
from q death sentence imposed In Kan
sas and confessed attacker OF q IA
year-old girl, whom he held prisoner
In an underground chamber last De-
cember, tonight was convicted of the
statutory charge and sentenced TO life
imprisonment BY jury in Circuit Court
here.
Dorothy Van Camp. tn girl was
chained 10 q bed in the underground
room by ArnolAs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
FOUR MEN FREEZE TO DEATH.

KANSAS CITY, January 10 (P.-
Although a break in suz-zer0 tempera-
lures today brought some relief to the
Southwest and Rocky Mountain areas,
the icy hand of Winter, which has
exseted a toll of nearly q score of lives
and caused untold suffering, still main
tanned its grip.
Todayx cold fatalities included an
unidentified man who froze to death in
. tourist camp at Clinton, Okla. Alhel
johnson wandered from his home at
independence, Kans., and relatives
found his frozen body. c. e. King was
found dead in his uRheated cabin near
Tecumcsri, NJ Mex. r. A. Parks died
from exposure and injuries after being
struck by q motorist at Pampa, Tex
Fourteen deaths from cold we're re-
ported previously.
nm nnnSS IN ACmInN
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homes in Dunklin and Pemisquet
Counties in Southeast Missouri and
CLAY and Green Counties, Ark, by
water from 6 inches to feet deep.
Waters from the Aood will pass down
the Old River and Humphreys Slough
through Claunch and eventually regain
the St. Francis.
Relieved by the Ave breaks, the st.
Francis River at other points was fall
ing rapidly and danger of threatened
breaks in other sections materially
lessened.
SubZeTo temperatures prevailed
throughout the hood area, on the heels
Of an overnight blizzard.
Conditions along other interior
streams in the Midsouth we're reported
improved.
The Mississippi River along the CEN
trail reaches of the lower valley APP
preached a crest at stages under the
f3eod mark Levees at all points along
the Mississippi are capable Of with
standing all of the water in sight,
engineers say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
AVIATRlX TAKES HUSBAND
Miss Huylsr WEEDS Executive of
Aeronautical Firm.

Elizabeth Huyler, aviatrix, and B. AL
Iison Gillies, vice president OF the aero
nautical firm Of Grover Loening, Inc,
were married here today. The bride Is
the daughter of Mrs. @. Scott Findlay
of Stony Point, N. ". and the late
Frank de Klyn Huyler, candy manu-
facturer. She has taken part In many
aviation meets and is aging sales
woman" for the Curtiss- Wright aging
service.
Her husband . graduate Of the
Massa chusetts Institute of Technology.
is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John W.
Gillies, also Of Stony Point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
RED CROSS IN ACTION.


ST. LOUIS, Mo-, January ls.-The
American Red Cross had marshalled its
disaster relief forces tonight to bring
relief to Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois and
Indiana communities stricken by Mid
winter foods.
Headquarters here announced that
relief organizations were set up in Carmi
and Mount Carmel. Ill. and Vincennes,
Ind, to take care of $50 to ! 900 fami-
lies estimated to be affected by foods
Of the last week on the Wabash Ohio
and smaller rivers.
other relief workers were sent into the
Southeast Observation-Disclosures Arkansas
,Aood belt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19

Continued From First Rage.)
on the drive for funds to be underta ken
by that organization, urging the feder-
stion's support.
Prolonged discussion greeted a report
Of the committee on police and fire pro-
tectien, which opposed any sll-night
parking restriction here.
B. A. Bowles of Georgetown, urged
rule limiting the use Of streets for park
ins cars at night to Ave hours. A mo-
ton to recomRit the report to the caEn-
mittee lost, 30 votes to II. and the re-
port as submitted was adopted without
record vote.
A report adverse to any new legisls-
ton on pedestrian control was also
made by the COMMITTEES, and unsni-
mously adopted
Lewis Geibman of Congress Heights
called attention to the general apathy
Of delegates toward their COMMITTEES as
signments, pointing out that the cem-
mittee on fiscal relations had made two
attempts to hold meetings, and that
only two delegates had been present on
each occasion.
President Havenner admitted that
such indifference was being shown on
q number of committees and offered to
change the committee assignments Of
any delegate not satisfied. Grover w.
Ayers of West End promptly took DR..
Havenner at his word, and Havenner
forthwith changed him from the COM
mittee on public celebrations to the
committee On fiscal relations.
=. s. Hege OF Chevy Chase introduced
? resolution asking the federation
urge the removal from the 1891 District
appropriation bill of $4,000 recon-
mended for the purchase of wholesale
-
ington.
The motion was adopted and then
MT. Yaden suggested that Mr. Heee,
who Is chairman Of the declarations
special market committee, be instructed
to present the federatien's views to
Congress.
WANTS END PUT TO Ran.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
Zee Following Levee Breaks HsmPeFs
Rescue EG0rts.

VINCBNNES, Ind, January 10 (PD-
Rescue parties made their way through
watery wastes of Southern Knox Coun-
~ TODAY to succor- the people who
were trapped In their homes when q
White River levee broke yesterday and
10000 acres.
Ice which formed when the tempera-
ture dropped to IL degrees below zero
retarded the rescuers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19

After living for 80 years with 3
broken back. Fred German. SO, died
recently at Matlock, England.
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CRUMBLING lEvEES
R0UT RIVER FOLK
IN SUB-ZERO COLD

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WANTS END PUT TO BAN.

With two appointments soon to be
made on the Board of Commissioners
interest in the forthcoming nemina
lions was quickened Yesterday by the
proposal OF Senator Jones, Republican.
OF washington. that the law be amend
ca TO make eligible for the once OF
commissioners persons who retain q
vstlng residence In State, provided
Iney nave lived or maintained q place
OF business in the District for three
years.
senator Jones explained shortly after
ne had introduced the bill that its pur-
pose was to widen the field from which
selections might be made. In response
10 questions as to whether he thought
IL would be possible to enact the amend
ment In time to make 1t effective In
connection with the forthcoming ap-
polntments, Senator jones said he
could not predict how soon the measure
would be acted on, but that he would
snoeaVor to have it considered when the
senate District committee meets
Ne date has heen set for the next
meeting of the committee, and Ssna-
TOR Jones said yesterday evening he
nad not yet discussed the subject with
Chairman Oapper.
The terms of Commissioners Dough-
erty and Taliaferro expired February I,
nut the law Is so worded that q Com
missioner holds once until the appoint
ment for the ensuing term is made and
connrmed. Under this provision the
forthcoming nominal tons would not
nave TO be submitted to and acted on
Dy the Senate by that date. There
were some indication yesterday that
appointments might not be made prier
70 the expiration Of the present terms
The existing law defining the resi-
eence qualiheatinns Of civilian Com
miSsloneFs Is part OF the Districts
follows:
The two persons appointed from
CIVIL life shall at the time of their APP
polntment, be citizens Of the United
states, and shall have been actual resi-
dents OF the District of Columbia for
three years next before their appoint
ment and have, during that period,
CANNED residence nowhere else ="
senator Jones said yesterday 1t was
ms understanding that the law had
oeen construed to mean that persons
VINO retain the right to vote in one of
the States are not eligible to be Com
missioners, even though they had re-
sided here or been In business here for
the preceding three -year period.
Inc amendment to the law which he
proposes reads as follows:
Two persons appointed Commission
ers OF the District of Columbia from
civil life shall at the time of their APP
polntment be citizens Of the United
States and shall have been actual resi-
dents OF the District of Columbia, or
have actually maintained therein an
once or place of business, for three
years next before their appointment.
provided, that maintaining . voting res
idence elsewhere shall not prevent such
appointment. Any provision Of Law in
consistent herewith is hereby repealed. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
TWO DRY AGENTS
ARE SLAIN IN RAID
AT WEST PALM BEACH

(Continued Prom First PageD
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COMMERCIAL BANK
C0NS0LlDATES WITH
CONTINENTAL TRUST

Continued From First Page)
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CITIZENS DEBATE
JONES' RESOLUTION
ON COMMISSIONERS

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ANY motor vehicle concerned in or
involved in an accident or collision rem
dering such motor vehicle UNIT for
operation in It's intended service, OF
which results In serious personal injury
or fatality, shall be Immediately taken
to the garage or shop of the company
and held not more than a. hours after
notice of such accident or collision has
been given to the commission. Ne re-
pairs or adjustment shall be made to
any such motor vehicle during such "a
hours without permission from the COM
mission or Its authorized representa-
tives"
This provision, according TO trafilc
authorities, Is contrary to present pro-
cedure. All vehicles involved In seri-
Gus accidents under existing practice,
1t was said, are held by the police
pending an examination Of brakes,
headlights and ether equipment. or
until . corners inquest can be held.
4 number of such vehicles. 1t was said
also have been held by the police at
the request af the traffic department,
until assursRce had been received that
the vehiefef had been repaired and
tested At the traffic bureaus testing
station before being restored to service.