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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-01
OIL CONSERVATION
POLICY OF HOOVER
UPHELD IN COURT
District Appeals Ruling Holds
Wilbur Had Right to Reject
5000 Applications.

President Hoover's oil conservation
policy, announced in press interview
in March, 1929, and interpreted by
Secretary Of the Interior Wilbur in an
order to General Land agents to reject
5000 pending applications for permits
to prospect for oil on Government lands,
was upheld today in majority opinion
Of the District of Columbia Court of
Appeals. The opinion was written by
Justice Charles H. Robb and concurred
In by Chief Justice George e. Martin.
MIR. Wilpurss action was held to be
valid exercise of Executive power in
the public interest, TO be interfered with
BY the court only in "clear" case. The
majority opinion Is based on decisions
of the United States Supreme Court,
including the Midwest OIL case, in which
IL was held that the Executive is en-
powered TO make temporary withdraw
ais of public lands without formal
proclamation. Congress has the right to
disafnrm such action, it was pointed out.
Mandamus Nature Defined.
In reversing the Judgment Of the
lower court, which had granted a man.
damus against Secretary Wilbur, the
majority opinion points out that man
damus Is not awarded as matter OF
right, but in the exercise of a sound
judicial discretion, to remedy and not
to promote wrong, to compel the per-
Torrance of an actual duty rather than
to direct the performance OF an act
which viii work public or private mis-
chief.
THE President was in a position"
says the majority opinion, ito know
when the public interest required par
ticular portions of the peoples lands to
be withdrawn from entry or location:
his action inflicted no wrong upon any
private citizen and, being subject to
disafflrmance by Congress, could occa-
sion no harm to the interest OF the
his orders, issued through Secretary
Wilbur, were intended to meet an
emergency occasioned by the great
oyerproduction of oil and gas, the
waste incident thereto and other public
considerations. It would take very
clear case to Justify a court In arrest
ing and suspending the action OF the
Executive taken in the public interest.
The record does not present such
case"
Van Orsdel Dissents.
A lengthy dissenting opinion was rem
dered by Justice Josiah A. Van Orsoel
holding that a mere statement by tine
President at a press interview that
there will be a complete conservation
of governmental oil in this admins
tration" is merely the statement OF a
future policy which may or may not De
adonted and would have to be put into
erect bv a formal proclamation by the
President before it could justify IN the
remotest degree the action taken by
Wilbur" ,,s
van Orsdel claims that Wilbur acted
outside the scope Of his power In Inc
suspension Of the oil-leasing act, since
he was totally without power to act
until certain statutory conditions had
been complied with--namely, the issu-
ance of q proclamation by the Presl--
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DAVIS INQUIRY KEEPS
DOAK FROM OFFICE
Former Secretary's Resignation Is
to Taxa Effect When He
y Becomes Senator.

BY the Associated Press.
There was confusion at the Labor
Department today as TO who was
Secretary Of Labor, II any one.
william N. Doak OF Virginia went
through the form Of taking the oath
OF ONCE, with pictures being taken and
the other usual formalities carried
through. Inquirers were told he was
actually Secretary of Labor: and his
predecessor, Senator-e James j.
Davis. said he (Doak) had assumed
the Office"
It developed, however, that the resig-
nation Of Davis was written to become
effective when he became Senator from
Pennsylvania. His assumption of the
senatorship is being held up pending
further inquiry by the Nye Committee
into his campaign expenditures.
Yet another complication was pro-
vided by an understanding at the Labor
Department that Doak could not be
sworn until his appointment was con-
6rmed by the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-01
FIND DEAD WOMAN
IN ROOM WITH MAN
Police Called by Neighbor
Who SmeIIed Gas and
Heard Commotion.

Summoned by neighbor, police
broke into gas-filled room at 7o1
Newton street early this morning and
found the body of MRS. Florence Muir
ray, 40-year-old proprietess' of grocery
at Newton street and Georgia avenue,
slumped over q table beside couch
on which sprawled a middle-aged man,
partially identified as Jack Cook, an
automobile mechanic, said to, room
there.
On the floor beside the pair was a
blood-stained pint bottle, half full Of
gin. Coroner J. Ramsay hewitt ordered
an autopsy. An inquest viii be held at
1880 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Woman Dead About an Hour.
The woman had been dead about
an hour when her body was discovered.
A cursory examination disclosed no
marks of violence.
Cook was unconscious, but responded
to first-aid treatment and later was
taken to Emergency Hospital, where
doctors expected him to recover. So
far he has been unable to give any
articulate version of what occurred.
A neighbor living on the floor above,
Robert Fl. Thornton, told police he
heard the couple In a noisy argument
about o'clock this morning. He said
he heard mans voice cry out threat
and unInistakahle sounds Of scufiie.
Man Attired in Underwear.
The furnishings Of the meager room,
however, we're in good order when police
arrived. Mrs. Murray's body, clad in
a bathrobe. was seated at the table, and
Cook. attired In his underwear, lay full
length upon couch.
A small gas heater was beside the
pair with all the jets open. Coroner
hewitt said the heater was defective and
that the flame might have gone out of
its own accord. Doors and windows
were tightly closed but there had been
no attempt to stop possible leaks, nor
were. any notes found in the room.
Thornton smelled gas when he arose,
about 1880 o'clock this morning. and
traced the scent to Mrs. Murray'S room,
TO which he called police.
Neighbors said 1t was their under
standing that Cook was married. Sew
eral times, they said, his daughter and
several grandchildren visited with him
at the Newton street address. Police.
however, were unable to obtain their
names.
Mrs. Murray's body was removed to
the District Morgue, where an inquest
may be held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-01
N. S. B0WLES CONTEMPT
PENALTY is AFFIRMED
Was Accused Of Representing Him
self as Attorney After Dis
barment.

The action Of the District Supreme
Court in holding Norman s. BowIes. a
former member of the bar who had
been disbarred by that tribunal. in con-
tempt OF court for holding himself out
as lawyer after the disbarment. was
sustained today by the Court of Ap-
peals in an opinion by Justice Charles
n. Robb. The lower court sentenced
BoWleS to pay fine of 500 or be COM
mitted to jail for 80 days.
The attorney had been disbarred
July 2, 1921 following charges by the
Grievance Committee of the bar after
ne had been convicted with Nicky Arm
stein OF charge Of bringing stolen
securities into the District and served
a sentence of two years. Bowles was
granted full and unconditional pardon
October is, 1928. In the following De-
cember the Grievance Committee called
the attention of the lower courts to
letters said to have been written by
Bowles threatening the institution of
suits IL the persons addressed failed to
make settlement of certain claims, and
asked that Bowles be cited for contempt
of court.
The citation was made, and his con-
viction and sentence by six justices Of
the lower court followed.
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Senes Testifies in Smith Co.
Trial About Removing
Trunks of Records.
COLORED WITNESS TELLS
OF DESTROYING BOOKS
Former Servant Describes Trip to
Florida and of Efforts to Hide
His Identity.

Testifying he had been discharged as
the personal bodyguard Of one of the
defendants because he knew too much,
Anthony Senes was the outstanding wit
ness today at the trial of the F. H
Smith Co. conspiracy case In District
Supreme Court.
Marked interest was displayed by the
defendants-G. Bryan Pitts, G. Albert
Anadale and John H. Edwards, jim
several sharp verbal exchanges between
Senes and Frank G. Raichle of defense
counsel. The witness and the lawyer
glared and shouted at each other
throughout the cross-examination.
Holds Resignation Forced.
The former bodyguard declared he
was forced to sign a letter of resigna-
ton addressed to his employer, Pitts,
by his successor, Emile Linedorffs in
December IL, 1929. He said he signed
under similar circumstances at the
same time statement in which he re-
leased Pitts from all responsibility in
financial transactions between the pair.
els it not fact that you were dis
charged because you got Pitts valet
intoxicated" Raichle demanded.
He got drunk automatically" the
witness responded. II was discharged
because knew too much"
Have you any grievance against Mr.
Pitts now?"
mo. I kind of feel sorry for him"
SeneS told the jury he had signed
his resignation and the release because
there was no other way for him to OBJ
tain money with which to move his
family. He said his salary was 500 q
week.
The witness. called by the Govern
ment. testified. on direct examination.
(Continued on Page 2. Column Sd
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IS MEN ARE SOUGHT;
MISSING IN 2 BOATS
Pacific Coast Guards and Naval
Forces Conducting Inten-
sive Searches.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN PEDRO, Calf, December L.
The fate of is men and 2 boats was
yelled by the Pacific today as Coast
Guardsmen and naval forces prepared
to conduct searches for them OF the
Southern California coast.
The purse seiner Fidelity, and her
crew of IL. missing since November 81,
were objects Of search of the Santa
Barbara Islands by two Coast Guard
patrol boats. The Fidelity disappeared
in a windstorm.
A small boat carrying four internes
OF the San Diego County Hospital was
missing off the Coronado Islands, 90
miles west of San Diego. The four men,
Jules Matherman, Byron Zaning, Charles
A. Foulks and A. H. Fogg left San
Diego early Saturday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-01
W. T. PAGE, HOUSE CLERK, ATTENDS
CONGRESS OPENING FOR GID TIME
Recalls 1881 Session When Flock of Potential Presidents
Was in Stones Throw

William Mckinley was there, with
Uncle Joe Cannon and, to mention but
little car" candidate for the Republi-
can nomination in 1895; Samuel j.
Randall of Philadelphia, who held the
floor for ~ hours to defeat re-enact-
ment Of the force bill In the forty
third Congress, and had received io2
ballots for the Democrats nomination
in 1880: and Abram D. Hewitt, who
OVERRIDE Theodore Roosevelt and Henry
George 10 the niayorship Of New York
IN 1885.
The clerk OF today was then page,
'iffr4 from che stAtSan Of printers devil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-01
BIG SHIPS PASS CANAL

Fewer Vessels, but Gains in Indi.
vidual Tonnage shown.
BY the Associated Press.
Either bigger ships are being built or
the smaller ones are staying away from
the Panama Canal
Secretary Hurley's annual report to-.
day showed during the last fiscal year
the average net tonnage OF ships pass
ing through was 4,047 tons. In 1893
IL was Ass tons.
Tolls collected, however, dropped $780,
900, the total being S27, O00, 600. The
6,7a5, compared with 7,Ozp III 1929.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-01
PISTOL VICTIM FOUND
IN WRECK OF AUTO
Chicago Police Probe Sunday
Morning Tragedy, summoning
Ballistic Experts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December IA battered
motor car careened crafty down a
street here yesterday, in full sight OF
many motorists and early morning
church goers, and then jumped over a
curb and plunged into tannery build
ing. zurrying 70 the scene, passers-by
found John Roman, SO, at the wheel,
dead, with two bullet wounds in his
heart.
In tlae street, 500 feet from where
the automobile finally came TO its stop.
police lieutenant d -overed pistol.
with two cartridges discharged. A
theory Of suicide was advanced, but as
no one In the vicinity heard any shots,
hallistic experts weis summoned 70
exenire the Y p3Ts to f@ssTmfne II q
v-s.-st-s. --~s-stt -@-s-nftted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-01
THIRTY DAYS" PENALTY IN RADIO
STATION MINOR OFFENSES URGED
Federal Commission Would Like to Sentence in Manner
of Police Court Judge.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The Radio Commission wants per-
mission to say go days"
just like the Police Court judge gives
the minor offender a months time to
think over his misdeeds, the aerial
regulating body would like to give rule
breaking hroadcasting stations four
weeks of silence in which to resolve to
do better.
This request, forwarded today to
Congress in its annual report, was
sought by the commission as an effective
method of dealing with recalcitrant
broadcasters. Under the existing law.
said the report, She only corrective
r"ssure is the complete revocation Of
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the license or refusal to renew. Many
infractions. the report said, do not war.
rant revocation.
The commission also requested at-
thority to compel the painting and
illumination Of radio towers menacing
al navigation.
Another accommodation was that
"the Virgin Islands, Porto Rico, Alaska
and the Hawaiian Islands be not in
that their quota of radio facilities be
indep<ndent Of those allotted To con-
tinen1al United States" This pxDbably
would provide additional chanIa s for
the North Atlantic and Far-V stern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-01
lists Fly as Mob of Alien Sym
pathizers Storms East Front
of Building
SEVERAL DEMONSTRATORS SEIZED.
PLACARDS TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT
Legislators Watch Battle Following
Protest of Hundreds Against
Discriminatory Legislation"

While Senators Representatives watched from the canos
poco police of the Capitol metropolitan after
staged hundred Communists
who attempted to hold demonstration against discriminatory
legislation"
Tear bombs police finally were brought into play
when it appeared the police would cope with
reigned for more than half an hour
about the Capitol fought with their
the ad ee bv
aH1ns the hectic
ards raised by the agtators. go
Fight Begins at Noon
III was nss
by stuart @ n sns e an
was taken to the first precinct station to face charge
5 o ss ssons
Protection Of the Foreign Born arrived the Capitol groups
cp ap Spse over heads
with legislation Down With Finger
oh IS to s .Bs ssss %
led into gas mysteriousIy liberated
they as i5O John 2 z Il Years old blacksmith q
at Sc He d S
Rose Stein who said in she as G D n lived At aa
Heath az e,d New YORK city
gas and broken os y s aE s rom tear
Charged by Police.
the sn d e os on s ap a STEPHEN
disorder began leaders the assembly hurting epises u
o ahe IL he aa9 soued u ss
their colleagues resisted the orcbe efforts of the police pe
Inspector William Shelby chief Bureau who
tail of metropolitan police Capitol
49, The police mixed with resisting
With struggling groups arroundsd By
@ saosas e ss s svs p1 ss @
s eGs and Ct @
hss % e s % E
the G Of f s
steps and platforms the building while answering
with imperialism dirty arose from
the radicals
Called Out.
Several with tears streaming their
was still milling at the
monument and lettering in adjacent streets,
form into compact Police had
leased them after crossing the marking the Capitol grounds
ROBERTS Old Batmore She was eco n
by a man who r
carried their taunts against the police
ing from Garfield Monument and slowly the surrounding
Almost deserted demonstration was
started. was Uttered with torn and ramped pacards
The fighting between the police the
slowly down the driveway leading to the foot Of the Capitol
where Maryland ntersects and here the
stand against the officers Traffic tied while police
knocked down and their
comrades soon pitched and waged fist fights with the police
After the demonstration reassembled at
1887 Seventh street and that they would
the North.
Petition to Be Presented protests racial
Early today National in the me
i that sr so0 a report -
ing 900 organizations with muni and OF bills to restrict in
GOO would converge the dept aliens and otherwise
the United States abolition
Senate petition foreign born elimination of tngra
ALTY IN RADIO aliens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-01
Removal of Army
Stables Is Blow
To Officers Here
Mounts Brought From
Fort Myer Lack Spirit,
They Declare.

The quartermaster stable at Nine
tenth street and Virginia avenue, where
recently were quartered such famous
steeds as those of Gen. Pershing and
that ridden by Mrs. Herbert Hoover,
quietly passed out of existence on Mo-
vember 20 under one of the last orders
issued by Gen. Charles P. Summerall,
chief of staff, just before he retired.
AT Fort Myer today it was stated
Gen. Summerall long had cherished the
idea of doing away with the town stable
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Brokers Get 8 Years.

ST. LOUIS, December C4).-William
and Fred Young. investment brokers,
who failed last March for approximate
ly $2,300,000 were sentenced today by
Federal Judge C. B. Faris to serve six
years each In Leavenworth Prison for
using the mails TO defraud. The broth
ers pleaded guilty October 30.
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protests against racial discrimination
and terrorism"
Demands" enumerated in the me-
mortal include rejection of the forth
coming Fish committee report on Cora-
munism, and of bills to restrict irnrni-
grafton, deport aliens and otherwise
discriminate" against foreign elements
in the United States; abolition of nm
gerprinting and surveillance OF the
foreign born. elimination of immigra-
ton bars against Chinese, Japanese,
Hindus and Mexicans, and lifting of
laws against entry Of aliens opposing
organized government.
Inspector Shelby and a detail of 40
detectives appeared at the Capitol half
an hour before the demonstration was
scheduled to begin, in response to q
Continued on Page 2, Column A.
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Earthquake Recorded.

NEW YORK, December ! (P.--An
tensity was recorded at 4:37:4S pm.
eastern standard time) yesterday on
the seismcgraph OF Fordham University.
A second shock came at 4:43:23 pm
F0rdhana scientists believed the quake
occurred about 2,500 miles from New
York. ~ badly OF the coast OF Guate-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-01
BY the Associated Press.

One man stood In the Chamber OF
the House of Representatives today
who had watched Congress convene
81 times.
He was William Tyler Page, clerk
Of the House, who first saw Congress
meet in Capitol draped with black
bunting, mourning for President Gar
field in the Winter Of 1881.
As he went through the opening
duties today his memory returned to
the beginning Of his 20 years in the
House.
you could throw q stone az random
and hit potential President whep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-01
Tramps Find Hams
Growing on Trees
After Truck Wreck

By the Associated Press.
ASHLAND, Wis, December /.
-Tramps, encamped near here,
awoke yesterday morning to find
pork sausage and picnic hams
growing" on tree branches.
Investigation revealed that a
meat truck had been wrecked
during the night with such force
that the sausages and hams were
hurled into the air, many of the
bundles sticking on the branches
of nearby trees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-01
Diplomat-Newspaper Man to Be
come Uruguayan President.

MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay, December
tP.--Returns Of yesterdays national
elections indicated that DR.. Pedro Ma
mini Rios, leading candidate of the Col
orado party, will be the next President
of Uruguay, to succeed DR.. Juan B,
Campigteguy, whose four-year term
ends next March.
DR. Pedro Manini Rios is q former
cabinet member, with record OF IS
years of political and diplomatic actfv-
ity. He has served on the Jaw school
faculty of Montevideo University and
has been active In newspaper work since
he was 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-01
Petition TO Be Presented.

Petition TO Be Presented.
Early today leaders of the National
Conference" arranging the demonstra-
ton, said that 500 delegates represent
ing 1000 organizations with a total of
10000 members would converge on the
Capitol individually"
A committee of so demonstrators was
designated to present to the House and
Senate copies of the petition, which
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Radio Programs on Page &C
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WEATHER.

60. %. weather Bureau Forecast.1
Partly cloudy and colder tonight;
minimum temperature about % degrees;
tomorrow fair and colder
Temperatures--H Highest, 81, at 3 am.
today: lowest, Il, at BIS pm. yesterday.
Full report on page 9.
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DR.. MANINI RIOS ELECTED

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HILLTOP BASKETERS
TAKE ON MANHATTAN
Hoya Trackmen Will Compete in
X. of c. Games-Monaghan
Is Gallaudet Grid Pilot.

Georgetown University's basket ball
team will meet Manhattan College to-
night at New York and then tomorrow
night will move over to Brooklyn to
face st. Johns College. These games
will wind up four-game invasion of
Manhattan Island by the HoyaS who
have lost both the matches played so
far on the trip, bowling to the Brook
Ign knights of Columbus and Cres-
cent A. c., both at Brooklyn.
Leading the 1881 Gallaudet foot ball
team as captain will be Biblo Mona
CHAN, stellar end for the past two sea-
sons. Monaghan will be senior next
year.
Six members of the Georgetown track
squad will take part in the annual
knights of Columbus games Saturday
night at Brooklyn, N. Y. They are:
Capt Vic Burke, Artie Briggs, John
Downing, Paul Connolly, Jack Mara
and Jimmy st. Lawrence. Burke,
Briggs and Connolly will compete in a
special 5O0-yard race, while the others
viii take part in a l,000-yard run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-29
ANDREWS, SANDLOT
LEADER, DIES AT so
Former Big League Ball Player
Made Many Friends as
Circles Manager.

William E. (Willie) Andrews, one of
the most popular figures in local sand
lot base ball and basket ball circles as
manager of the National Circles, died
last night at his home, 800 Fourth
street northeast, after an illness OF
three months
He was so years old
For seven years he piloted the Ma
ticnal Circles and made a host Of
friends
Horse racing, however. was Andrews
favorite sport. At one time he owned a
string of horses. Andrews was first
baseman on the Brooklyn Robins over
20 years. ago.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Catherine Andrews, and three children,
John Nellie and Mary.
Andrews was born near Elmira, N. Y.
and moved to Washington 20 years ago.
Lacrosse also came in for share OF
attention from the veteran sportsm m,
who pioneered a movement to establish
independent lacrosse hereabout.