My name: Joseph Scott Arnold: 1985-02-11
My father: Donald Melvin Arnold: 1950-09-26
His father: Peter Marinus Father: 1906-04-14 - 1953-08-14
His father: maybe Edward Peter Rasp
Erie County
My dad's mom: Mary Margaret Hocking: 1925
Born in 0501-0750
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; " r r r tv." 4 1 . . : i . . 1 -- - in - 111 .... VOL. CX THREE XENTS SUNDAY, TEN . CENTS , OAKLAND; CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1929 24 PAGES NO. 75 D REELS HOOVER GETS 21,000 LEFT To Wed Again Constance tal- MADGE, moving picture ac-trew, will embark on her third matrimonial venture toon .with Townsend Netcher, Chicago merchant, Hollywood hears. VrSTjRickest Heiress Is Married to P o o r Clerk ADVIGEFROMHOMELESS POLICEWAR ON SHEIKS; ARREST 39 WORLD GOUFIT REVISION IS COMPLETED Police-Find Siam Liquor Truck Real Elepjiant Washington, D. C., Enforcers of Jones Law Get Bogged Down. . IN BY it - 1 ' OiW Chief Marshall Directs Drive On Auto v Mashers ... in Business T District After Hearing Many Complaints Campaign .--Will ; Continue Until Practice Ha8 Been Broken Up, Says Marshall; One Youth Fights Officers The nollce war, 6n "automobile ,lhelks," which netted 39 arrests last night In the rirst drive in the Bowntown theater district, will be fcontinued tonight,' Police Chief Donald Marshall announced today. Plain clothes officers win mingle ' With the crowds, hunting for Vmashers" on sidewalks,-as well M In automobiles. All the 89 alleged "sheiks" arrested last night and held In jail ' Were released today except Eddie Rittler; 814 Forty-sixth street, who tattled with Patrolman L. C. Tlce 'hen the latter arrested him at (Twelfth and Washington. He is to fce charged with resisting an of-' ticer. All the "sheik suspects" promised to stayt out of the downtown Wlstrlct at night unless there on definite business. . They assured police they are done with - anything that even looks like sheik-tng. On that promise, after a severe reprimand, they were allowed Ho go free. But "sheiks" arrested tonight will fee Jailed and charged with disturbing the peace, Marshall announced jfter a conference with Ramsey, f'aptaln B. A. Wall man, and Prose-. cutlng Attorney Theodore West-jihal. And those 'arrested last night will be . prosecuted if they Ire picked up within a year on a iimllar complaint, the police chief Announced. - , Every "sheik" suspect' was fmugged" and his finger prints taken at police headquarters. , "This Is only the beginning of a Var against sheiks," said Marshall today. "We are going to carry It tn until the street of Oakland are kafe for women and" girls at any lime of day or night." . MARSHALL DIRECTS DRIVE IN PERSON , The drive was carried on by Police Chief Marshall and Sergeant William Ramsey of the dry squad, With Patrolmen 'H. George Morrl-fcon, H. O. t'fsher, Garrett Kyle, L. C. Tlce and Harry Conway. Shortly after 10 o'clock Marshall nd Ramsey 'posted their nen In a tlistrlct covering Washington and ttroadway from Twelfth to Four tee nth street. This' is the section from which most of the complaints have come. As the alleged. "sheiks" drove up to curbs and honked horns at Women, or attempted to hall them pn-the-side-walk, the plain cloth ea .. officers gathered them in CITY. BREAK Insurrecto Leaders' Claim Many Federal Soldier Slain, Many Captured, in Fall of Aguas Calientes Revolutionist Messages Deny. Durango in ' Government Hands; Collapse of Portes Gil 'Rule Is Forecast BY ASSOCIATED PBESS LEASED WIRE TO TBITOKE JUAREZ, March l. lapture-by tho rebels of .the . City of -Aguas Calientes In the state of same name, about midway be tween MexliKJ City and Torreon,' was reported In a bulletin Issned ' from revolutionary headquarters here today. ' '. , Federal lines of communication with the army of General P. Eliaa Calles, the government commander In chief, whose forces have been threatening TorVeon", were severed through the victory. The revolu tlonlsts claimed the advance 'of the Calles army will be hindered by the fall of Aguas Calientes. .' f .. Many federal soldiers were killed In the fighting for possession of the city and a large number of prisoni. ers were taken, said the revolu tionary bulletin, which came . to rebel headquarters here -via Chi- huahua City. The attack on the city was made by combined revolutionary forces , from Coloplan, Juchitila, Teocal-tlche, Tlaltenango.' Alvillo and Mochistlan. . ' v. . .' CAPTURE OP CITY ' i ; OF DURANGO DENIED. Headquarters of the revolti-tlonary forces here announced receipt of a message from the ' rebel general operating In the , . State of Durango declaring reports of the capture of the city of Durango were unfounded. Rebel leaders . also announced the capture, of Leon, Guanjuato, and the cutting of communication lines with the vanguard of the Cal-Iista forces." V'"-: '- -; -The revolutionary bulletin de-, - dared the latest victories by the : - rebellious- forces shortly would i give the "coup de grace" to the government of Portes Gil..; Telephone and telegraph -" com munlcatloh between Mexico City and the United States was inters rupted yesterday by revolutionary forces in Coahuila and Nueva Leon. 1 Several towns of importance In Queretaro have fallen into rebel hands, the revolutionists rcHrted, and there were per-0sistent rumors here today that the 'capital of the state had been ' captured. . ' : i . 600 REBELS CROSS f U.- S. LINE FOR WATER. " NOGALES, Ariz., March 16.-W Six hundred Mexican rebel soldlera cut through an international Una fence near an American ranch house- a mile and a half east of here today, , obtained water , from the ranch and returned to the Mexican side. The-soldiers claimed they did not know they had crossed-the border. ' .. . , BY ASSOCIATED PBESS , ' 1 LEASED WIBE TO TRIBUNE The. long Itapending battle .of Torreon grew Vcloser today aa strong federal armies crept IB steadily upon the rebels In an ever tightening circle. , Strong federal columns were n,,.,tr.a u.llliin t() mllnfa nt llm Insurgent stronghold' this morn- Ing, while General taiics mm- self w-os- reported In rtio city oJ Durango, having taken It after H. bloodless entry.- : The rebels who had held 'Du rango were reported as .iieeing; northward along a spur line leading to Tepehuanes. Thts would leave' them facing a long overland trek on. foot and horseback to reaoh the next railroad point. - - The federal army closing In on Torreon Is estimated as high ns . 30,000 while , General Escobar, ; the rebel chieftain, is stated to , have only 6000 men. , - l ONLY LINE OF RETREAT i IS TOWARD CHIHUAHUA I The only line of retreat apparent ly left him is northward to- Chi huahua. ' 1. 5 ' :' w' While rebel quarters tate defi nitely that Escobar will .hold Tor reon and even has been advancln-J to mi?et the federals, General Calif Informed the government that air scouts had noted apparent prepara-tlons "for a retreat. t lThe Insurgents claimed that the railroad Junction of Canltns was occupied by - revolutionists ' yesterday, however, an Associated Press atnff correspondent . wii ' the federal army filed a despatch rrom that place,' giving no Indication-that the rebels, were anywhere near It . .--; Reports from the west coast con. fllct sharply.. The insurgents r ported ,that Maiatlan was vlrtH" surrounded. The government, the -other '. hand, stated that t rebeis- have- retreated as far m-as San Bias, a railroad Junction northern Sinaloa;. Cullacan, o pled by the rebels for alm weeit, was again claimed in federal ranks. . . V AMERICAN ENVOY ON BOMBED TRAIN A train bombing took' p' the.' small ' town of Ut r. Guanajauto,' but no dsmii . caused. Among those on : was Arthur Schoenf i. counselor of the Amen. In Mexico City, v ho i i CALLES- LINE WASHINGTON, March 16.-(P) The Siamese legation today Is In full and . legal possession of Its annual supply of 60 cases of choice liquors and wines. Prohibition . authorities are In possession of a five-ton Baltimore truck which brought It to Washington and spent the night' stuck .in the moist soil of the legation's back yard. District of Columbia law enforce ment authorities are in possession of the bonds -of the truck driver and his assistant, who are charged wjth Illegal transportation ,of the legally lmpofed liquor, But they have none of the liquor. Just what Is to be done about It remains to be worked out. Whatever the outcome may be, it Is expected to clarify the police department's Interpretation of Uie'i Jones law as it affects the transportation of diplomatic supplies, which- are immune to search and seizure. PRIVATE TRUCKS ARE SUBJECT TO SEIZURE. . The - trucking , concerns which have been patronized by the foreign embassies and legations " to bring -their ifubnlies from norta of entry werehotlfied recently that privately driven conveyances carrying liquor were subject to seizure and drivers, lacking diplomatic credentials, were subject to penal ties under the Jonea law. Striving to comply with the wishes of tha District authorities, the diplomats promptly adopted the practice of having accredited mem bers of their staffs drive or at least ride in the trucks hired to trans port their liquor. Several ship ments have been brought in since men without molestation. The Sldmese shipment was halt ed near the legation , yesterday, however, and ordered to the nearest police station where the drivers were confined. 1 - , ' Recognizing that the llauor be longed to the legation, Prohibition Agent Qulnn and a policeman then drove the' truck to the door of Its wine cellar. " UNLOADING MUST BE DONE BY TRUCK CREW. There : the question of unload ing arose. Polite Siamese shrugged their shoulders. That was the truck crew's Job, under the arrangement with the Baltimore.' concern. But the truck crew was in Jail, so Qulnn and the policeman did It themselves. ...Then came the problem of get ting the truck, out of the -lega tion s yard. It takes a lot of truck driving experience to ftack a big ciosea van aown a narrow drive way, and that was : something wuinn didn't feel up to. So he decided to turn it around with the Idea of heading it out.- He almost got It around, but he didn't get it out. - , Thats where yesterday's pro ceedings ended, leaving a number of- questions open for the consideration today of trained truck rtrou ble 'shooters, Slam ese diplo mats, state department officials, prohibition authorities, the district attorney's office and Wash ington police. i PROFIT-TAKING t Selling Pressure and Higher Money Forecast Reduce Price of Leaders. . By STANLEY VV. PRENOSIL Associated Press Financial Editor NEW. YORK, March 16 (M-y- Heavy week-end profit taking caused considerable Irregularity In today's Btock market. Selling pressure ' was particularly effective against the motor and chemical, shares, while the coppers, oils, and' rubbers gave the best exhibitions of group., strength. The belief is widely entertained In Waft Street that next week will witness another stringency in call money, sortie observers forecasting rates as high as 12 to 16 per cent. Call money held steady yesterday at 7 per cent, but the time money rate was stepped up to 8 per cent.-even for the 90day maturities. - Now that the mid-month tax payments and government financ ing are out of the way, many bankers would not be surprised to see an increase In -rediscount rates, particularly If stock specufatlon continued at a, 6,000,000 share, dally rate. . ' Restaurant Bombed For- Second Time CHICAGO," March" 16. OP) A restaurant ion the northwest side was bombed early today for the second time in six weeks. 'Damage was estimated at $200. The owner, H. Hanson, sald he blamed .competitors.. . '' ' '. :::-'T-'"-vi rr I STOCKS Mrs. Barbara. Johnston Wed Childhood Sweetheart On Jan. 1. BY ASSOCIATED PKES8 LEASED WIEE TO TRIBUNE aesv i ORK, March 16. The New York American today carried an announcement of the marriage of Mrs. Barbara Guggenheim Law-soh-Johnston, heiress to one of the largest fortunes In America, to Fred Wettach Jr., of Deal, N. J. a sweetheart of her childhood, em. ployed as a clerk. ( The marriage, says the news paper, took place last January 1, out was Kepi secret to avoid publicity during -their honeymoon from which they . have Just re turned. - The American says Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Guggenheim,, parents of the bride, made the announcement and are thoroughly in accord with their daughter's marriage. 1 Mrs. Wettach Is 26 years old and became acquainted with her husband when the Guggenhelms had a home at Elberon, N. J... not far from Deal, where Wettach Sr.. conducted a riding academy. The two young people soon became friends and often rode together about El beron. . Wettach is a man of modest means and -is a part owner in the packing company of his uncle, A. J, Wettach & Co., of New York. He Is 27 'years old and is prominent In . horse show circles, having owned some of the best hunters In the east. . Mrs. Wettach's, previous mar- ria,ge to John Robert Lawson-John- aton, an Englishman, ended In di vorce. Her former, husband has arrled Miss Bert McCor a former cloak model of and New York. Participants in Chicago s Y Magi5 Barrel Case Fined and Jailed. CHICAGO. March 16. UP) Ten supporters of Homer K. Galpln former chairman yof the Cook county ; Republican Central Committee and a leader, of the JMayor Thompson faction of the party, were convicted ,t today - of .vole frauds In the "magic barrel" case Punishment fixed by the Jury ranged from 1500 fines to a year in Jail and 81000 fine. - ..: , . .. The men. Republicans and Dem-ocata, were convicted of using a barrel to cast 401 'fraudulent bal lots in the 11th precinct of the 27th ward in the April, 1928, primary election, It was charged that the fraudulent ballots were cancelled In the barrel which was produced late election day, and that the leg itimate ballots that had been cast were dumped Into the barrel with the fraudulent ones. Those convicted were: Adolph Abernathy, 70 years old, election Judge; Barney Solomon, 24, election judge: Frank Harkelspod, 23, elec tion Judge:- William McLaren. 88, clerk of elections; Bernard P. Cooney, 40, clerk; Frank Whlttier, 62, .precinct captain; Llnder wuk-lnson, 60, precinct captain; Frank Smith. 66, former municipal court bailiff; James Dpraey, 39, political worker; John Huntzinger, 56, jam. tor of the building In which voting took place. Maximum sentences of one year's Imprisonment and a 31000 fine were given Whittlch ,and Wilkin son. The first five named were fined 8500 each, with no Jail sentience. Smith, Dorsey and Huntzinger were given, six month sentences and fined $500 each. Nine Ball Players Ruled Free Agents CHICAGO, March 16. CP) Nine-major and minor league baseball players were declared free agents today by Baseball Commissioner K..M. Land Is. The players are Guy Cantrell and Melburn Simons, Washington; Ernest Wln-gard, Philadelphia Athletics; Claude Jonnard, St. Louis Browns; Roy. Spencer of Indianapolis; Kyle Anderson of Columbus, and Charles Glazner, J. B. Partridge and Ralph Judd of Birmingham. . : -V. Americans, Germans r N earing Auto Pact BT ASSOCIATED PRESS -LEASED WIBE TO IBIBUHE " ;WEIS8ADEN, Germany, March 16. Alfred Sloan, Jr., of Detroit, president of General Motors; James D. Mooney of New York, president of the General Motors Export company, and Keith A. Wood, Berlin director, arrived here today for the final negotiations ' of the ' General Motors-Opel agreement. It was announced that the result of the negotiations wilj be made public on Monday. '.' Lew Cody, Still Jll, t Departs For Li: A. BY ASSOCIATED PBESS LEASED WIBE TO TEIBUBE f i CHICAGO. ; -March 16. v Lew Cody, screen actor.' left last nlgnt for California. . still,, in the words of his friends, a very alck man. Cody was' moved from his hotel -to the train In a wheel chair. It was explained that complications following influenza had greatly an dermlned" his strength .1 since Til mlck, Albany i Of' CONVICTED VOTE FRAUD . Hundreds Feared Lost as Toll of Known Dead Mounts td 12 ; Doctors Fighting for : Sanitation in .Camps 3500 Saved' From Alabama Town as Water Submerges 'Houses; Planes Take Food to Marooned Victims BY UNITED PEESS LEASED WIBE TO TBIBUNE The flood disaster that has left 20,000 persons homeless In Alabama, and possibly hundreds dead, spread to Georgia and Northwestern Florida today, sending additional thouaJBda. from their homes. THr situation remained too copr fusing to know the actual number of dead.. 'But a few first hand reports of drownings were made. Thousands of lives remained in peril, and hundreds of victims were missing. There were unconfirmed reports of one hundred dead at Elba, seven near Andalusia, one at Geneva and another at Doth-. an. Ala.' c-;-..' The only identified dead early today were Benjamin Lee, 90, of Elba, - drowned; Brown Harper, Negro fireman, killed when a traliv went Into a washout , near Manchester, Ga., and George Grycei 21, Dothan, Ala. Among the missing were Mayor R. L. Cooper and Chief of Police Russ Paul, Elba, BY ASSOCIATED PBESS ' LEASED WIRE TO TBIBUNE . MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 1 8. Governor Bibb Graves this morning announced that the National Guard planes had taken off for the Geneva flood area with food and serum for tlio refugees. Tho planes were expected to reach the. Florida line by mid-afternoon. BY ASSOCIATES PRESS " LEASED WIRE TO TBIBUNE MONTEGOMERY, -Ala., March 16. South . Alabama's rivers con tinne to wreak havoC oday 'under clearing skies, and disease, dread aftermath of floods, had broken out In a refugee camp on Big Creek in the southeastern corner of the state, r ; Rjimijuglng Pen River, which lind covered .Elba with Its murky overflow, today bore down on Geneva, on the Alabama-Florida - state . line, which already was flooded to some extent, by the Clioctnwhatchec River. -'Reports reaching Dothan said water was 20 feet In the business district of Geneva and , that the one-story postoffioe was Completely submerged. A radiogram from a National Guard plane to the, Max well field liase tiers sala boatmen were paddling about in the torrents and that the situation was very bad.- All of Geneva's 8600 residents have been evacuated to refugee camps. 12 KNOWN DEAD AND OTHERS FEARED LOST. , So far as confirmed reports In dicated, the death list from the floods of the last three days today stood at 12, but it was believed many others were drowned In communities which have not yet been restored to communication. The report of disease outbreak came from the National Guard refugee camp on Big Crock, north of Elba. Measles broke out among refugee children and serum was given by Dr. , T. R. Gill and Dr. A. H. Graham of the state health department. Steps were taken. Immediately to transfer the camp to Troy, where sanitary conditions were normal, and Dr. Gilbert started by boat with serum to use on children in - Isolated refugee quarters along Big Creek. Montgomery today' began to cope with Its own flood problem and to rush aid to South Alabama. Four outlying sections, of the city were submerged by the. mountain Alabama River last night and today, and scores of families were carried to safety by police. The River was expected to reach a crest of 65 feet or more late today. Bureau estimates were undergoing revision this morning. The Red Cross laid plans today to send food for 1000 persons to the refugee camps at Big Creek and Troy, as well as Enterprise, where 66 more Elba refugees we.re taken during the night. ... v v. SURVIVORS TELL' , STORY OF HORROR. v - Five are known to have lost their lives at Elba, two at Flomatlon, three at Geneva and two at Andalusia. There are numerous unverified reports of other deaths. Half the population' of Elba had been brought out this morning, while those rem-lnlng are not considered j Immediate danger but In need of food and supplies. National guardsmen at a rescue base south of Troy said the waters at Elba ? were receding rapidly and that they hoped to reach there by noon with trucks. . .'.., .. ' f .. Refugees arriving from Elba last night told of.a night and day of horror spent in- attic and upon house tops, away from' the swirling water in the streets,, while they watted for rescue.. Dr. R. A. Smith, mayor of Brew-ton, said over the telephone that Murder and Burnt creeks -would be within their banks by noon today. - Brewton's - business 'district waa under ten feet of water at the crests Dr. Smith estimated damage Elihu Root and Sir Cecil Hurst Warned to Submit Final Report to Jurists On the Accession of U. S. President of Geneva Body Says It's Merely Question 1 of Drafting; One Provision For Advisory Opinions BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIBE TO TRIBUNE GENEVA. March 16. Prellml-nsry work for the revision of the statutes of the World Court of Justice was completed today. Ellhu Root and Sir Cecil Hurst were named to submit a final report on the question of the accession of the United States to the court. The jurists, leaving the counfil room, said that no new difficulties had arisen, but that the commission wanted to have before it a final Acceptable text of the protocol of 1926, which relates to all aspects of the American reservations, including the question of the council's . right to request advisory opinions. President So ialoja loft for Rome, saying: "We have finished. It In now merely a question of drafting." QUESTION OF BRITISH DOMINIONS RAISED The question of the British do minions was rajlsed by Sir Cecil In a manner which Interested all the Jurists. He recalled that by article 31 of the statutes, when a state has an interest Involved in a, dispute submitted to the oourt, it possesses the right to appoint a . national judge, to. sit during consideration of the dispute in event that it has no Judge on the bench at the time. Sir Cecil explained that the Brit ish Empire Is an association of autonomous ' self-governing states which are independent members of the league, and he wanted to make sure that if a case Involving, for Instance, Canadian Interests arose, Canada would not be prevented from--appointing a Judge Just be cause an Englishman already was on ine nencn. The drafting committee probably will, refer to this question in Its report. AUTHORITY GIVEN FOR ADVISORY OPINIONS Another decision wag to put a tiausee in the court statutes au-clauso In the court statutes au-udvlsory opinions. The only mention of advisory opinions is in the league covenant, nml several Jurists thought Hint the court should be given specific authority to do something which it already is doing in practice. Moreover, It was pointed out Hint the American reservations directly touch advisory opinions, and that the statute should be clear on, this.. point. . .. Senator Walsh of Montana Is un derstood to haye been a strong ad-vocata.jafaniendlngjthestatuteln this direction. ', Adopting -the system of rotation. the Jurists-have decided thut eleven of the fifteen Judges should always be. at The Hague to hear cases. . -H..-. Coast Freight Boat Is Ashore in North The Norton Lilly freighter A. L. Kent, bound from British Colum bia - ports to San Francisco and Philadelphia, 'is ashore on Tender Island, Johnson straits, British Columbia, and Is requesting assist ance, according to a message re ceived by the marine department of the San Francisco chamber of commerce. The A. L. Kent Is loaded with 2,600,000 feet of lumber. She car- riesa crew of approximately forty men. j . ' The A. L. Kent is of 3664 net tona register. After-taking On ad ditional cargo at San Francisco the vessel was to have cleared for Philadelphia,' ' Premier Poincare Has Confidence Vote BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE PARIS, March 16. , Ravmond Poincare, premier. - guided his 'armistice day cabinet" across an other parliamentary shoal this morning, and. as dtfwn broke, was voted confidence In "the chamhnr of deputies, 8ff8 to 262. On a second motion, taken at th end of an all-night session in which me war ministry of Paul painleve had been attacked, the government majority rose to 68, the vote being 314 to 246. The minister of war nrnmlxsil to punish two generals nnri a ninnai who had been charged with derelict tion of duty in connection with an epidemic of grippe among French soldiers In the, occupied territory. Thrge Appointed For Utt Lease Survey """WASHINGTON, March 16. CP) secretary Wilbur - today ap pointed Commissioner finrv of tha land office. George. Otis Smith, director of the geological survey, and Solicitor Finney of the interior department to. survey all oil leases granted -by the' Interior department 10 carry out policies announced yesterday by President Hoover. .'. U ?$t Publisher o t Resume 'African Hop BROKEN HILL. "Northern Rho- desia, March 1 6. (f) Van Lear Black Baltimore publisher, whose return flight from Cape Towri to Ungland has Tlbeen interrupted by the illness of hU crew, expects to resume his trip ' on March 20. Black's pilot and mechanics are In a local hospital suffering1 from ra- In Addition, to Members of Cabinet, president Hears Views of 'Elder Statesmen' On Important Questions Curtis, Hughes, Root and . Taft Among Those From Whom Knowledge Sought On ; Administration Plans By JAMES L. WEST. Associated Press. Staff Writer. WASHINGTON, March 16. President Hoover neither Is playing a lone hand in the conduct of the affairs of the national government lior Is he relying largely upon the counsel of a single adviser as have some of the chief executives of the past. .- "With' the engineer's insatiable desire for all the facts of a situation,, he is consulting with those whd can supply them and whose opinion and advice- can- be of material assistance to him in solving -the manifold ' problems with which a;- president constantly is faced." . Hoover has placed In his cabinet men upon whose Judgment lie relies, especially In the enrry-Ing out of administration policies in the conduct of their own de-pnrtmeiits, nnd he Is in frequent consultation with a number of Oicm outside of the regular, cabinet session hours. , ADVICE SOUGHT FROM "ELDER STATESMEN." - It was to avail himself more readily of the, fund -of experience and knowledge in legislative and governmental affairs possessed by Vice-president Curtis that he Invited that official to sit In on cabinet meetings were major policies of administration are discussed and frequently worked out., , ". . But the President la not limiting his circle of advisers to those within the publio service. There are many men on the outside to whom he has turned or is apt to turn as vexing problems arise. Some of these might be termed the-"elder statesmen" of the country an well as of his own party, while others are his personal friends with whom he was associated lnthe many endeavors whr" halftgrt to form the whole picture of hls,,colorfuI career before he attained to -the presidency. - ; . HUGHES CONSULTED ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS. Charles Evans Hughes, former secretary of state and internation ally known Jurist, Is one of those upon whose counsel the President Is believed to rely. They were associated together In both the Hard-Ing and Coolldge cabinets, are close friends, and beyond that each has the projective type of mind which studies the major problems of the time. Hughes frequently Is in Wash ington, and often has been"' a guest at tho He over home on S street. By invitation of the president he recently spent the night at the White House, and discussed with the President the world court, the proposed law-enforcement inquiry, and undoubtedly many other sub jects. ROOT AND TART ARE ALSO HEARD. Another former secretary of state with whom Hoover, has consulted often Is Ellhu Root, who now Is overseas in an effort to work out a basis from which may be realized an ardenfTdesIre of the chief ex ecutiveadherence of . the United States to the world court. Root has had a wide experience In governmental, diplomatic and International affairs, and his counsel has been'Asought not alone by leaders of hlrt party, but also by several presidents since the- days when he served as secretary of. war In the McKlnley cabinet and sec retary of state In the Roosevelt administration. Another ,of the "elder states. men" who generally, has been credited with a place In the Hoover circle Of counselors Is William Howard Taft. .the first man to be both president land chief Justice of the United Stares. . Fqr years Taft and the. President were, neighbors who dropped in upon each other for Informal . calls and. sociable chats. 'and their friendship dates buck .before the time Jthe former president was appointed chief justice, v PATltM RELIEF HEARING WILL BEGIN MARCH 25. Chairman McNaryj of the senate agriculture committee, issued a call today for - the committee to open hearings March 26 on farm relief. He said his purpose was to have ready a farm relief bill for presentation to the senate at the opening of the special session beginning April 16. . .Representative Douglas, Demo crat, of Arizona, discussed the Boulder Dam projeqt today with President Hoover., lie refused to disclose, the details of the conversation., Douglas opposes tha-, pro ject.-;-ir--it - r r'r: rf-'-r r State from a visit at Mexico City was felt here today,- The colonel flew here yesterday from Browns-vllle and took off at 4:16 p. m. for an unannounced destination. Attempts .to locate him, had been futile at noon mm Film Star to Play Third Role As Wife in Real Life, - Friends Assert. - ! Bt ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE HOLLYWOOD, March 16. W) Friends -of Constance Talmadge, one of JJie most reported engaged movie actresses In Hollywood, to day had set May 8 as the date of her marriage to Townsend Netcher, young Chicago merchant. The wed ding, It was said, will be held In the Beverly Hills home of Buster Keaton, film actor, and his wife, Natalie Talmadge Keaton, film actress, sister of Constance. Dispatches similarly quoting "friends" but not the principals. as announcing the impending wedding of Netcher nd the film actress, have been carried from various parts of the country for the last year, but this waa believed to be the first time a definite date has been set, even by "friends." Miss Talmadge has' been married twice, Netchecjnce. It was said present - plans call for a "quiet" wedding. FLIER HEADS FOR PANAMA Eak'er "Crosses Mexico in Dawn-to- Dusk Mail ' ( Flight. TAMPICO, Mex., March 16. Ad vices to-the newspaper El Mundo said that' Captain Ira C. Eaker, who Is on a da,wn-to-1usk flight, from Brownsville to Panama, landed at Mlnotllan in southern Mexico on his second scheduled stop at 9:30 a. m, (10:30 a. m. eastern standard time.) Mlnatllan is about . 150 miles southeast of Vera Cr'uft His next scheduled stop Is at Guatemala City. Between Tamplco and Mlnatllan, an airline distance of approximately 400 miles, Captain Eaker kept well up to his schedule, which called for an. average speed of 135 miles an hour. . BROWNSVILLE, Texas, March 16. W) Captain Ira Eaker ar-rived at Tamplco at 6:20 a. m. today on his flight to Panama; In the army plane Pan-Amerlcari. .He left almost immediately,; Lieut. Dunton, his advance man there, informed' airport-officials here by telephone. ', - ' The Pan-American had left the air field here at 4:08 a. m. central standard time today beginning an attempted dawh-to-dusk. flight to France Field, Panama. ; Captain Eaker carried 1 diplomatic mall, somft of It letters of felicitations from the American government for' representatives of the four , countries which ' the wheels of his plane will touch. After Tamplco and Mlnatllan stops are scheduled at Guatemala City, Guatemala; Managua, Nlcar? agua, Nicaragua, and David, Panama. ' The ship will be . refueled as speedily as possible under plans atreaay 1 prepared by American army avlatoea, and the captain will forge on. 'i- - , ; : , .. . Captain Eaker wore a" fur-lined flying suit and carried for lunch a iew cnicKen sandwiches and a bottle of orange Juice. .-- , , The famous pilot asked no aid from .luck In his attempt. "v-,. "Weather and r my 400 horse power motor will decide tlieTe-: suit," : ne said. ,"i have great faith in the motor and hope for ' favorable weather." , , ; i. - , '';Th' distance-' between' Brownsville arid Colon, 18 .1950 miles,- ' V : y.' Captain, Eaker .plnror. tcf leave Colon on a return flight at a. m.. Sunday, reaching Browns.. vUlo by a-4o o'clock that. .eve,-nlng. After, a "brief slop here ylie will continue on 1 to Kelly fleld, San Antonio, where he will , take orr Momlny on a dawn-o dusk flight to Washington,' Thus bringing- th,e notional cnptlnl ; wlfhlst twn rtnvs cf t l't- '-' ' In each arrest last night, police :' Said today, they caught the masher fcuspect actually trying to "pick up" i Klrl or woman. The 39 men arrested were riding In 27 automobiles. The men were Jl taken to the city hall and the cars were sent to garages to be held (Until released by police.- ,"" Here are.-.the names' given by those arrested: - . Robert Hemmelstern, 2423 College avenue: Irving Hlenlmen, 2426 College avenue; Harold Hummers, 1101 Thirty-second street; H. B. Gottschalk, 201 McKlnley avenue, Berkeley; William McKenzie, 663' Twenty-second street; Roland An-drae, 739 Seventeenth street; Rus-eel Francis, 1026 Twelfth street, Apartment 1; Herbert Turner, 924 Twenty-fifth street; David Hitchcock, 2204 .Telegraph avenue; Millard, Schoonover; Louis-Joseph, 76i Kaunders street, San Leandro; Bert Hughes, 2415 Eagle avenue, Alameda; Peter Rasp, 2614 Eagle avenue, Alameda; Floyd Flair, 2870 Sacramento street, San Francisco; - Frank L. Underwood, 82, Roselle avenue; James Fait, 642, Twenty fifth street; Arthur Kelghbaln, 814 Fourteenth street; William Flnne-gan, - 1032 Forty-seventh- street; Ernest, Richards, 1048 Sixty-eighth - avenue; Clyde Capfcenter, 3738, Fourteenth avenue-f Louis Moffett, no address; Albert. Raldo, ' 380 Fifty-first street; Monty ; Betten-court, 1336 Cornell street, Berkeley; Walter Colin, 6590 Tenth ave- , nue; Ernest Saddler, 2441 Grove; Earl Taylor,. 486 North street; William Franklin, 2007 Pacific street, San Francisco; John McTouch, 470 Joaquin, San Leandro; Bill BIgle, 2231 Rosedale avenue; Eddie Iewln, 498 Twenty-fifth street; Irv. 1 tng IejVin, 2324- Waverly street; ' Charles Ltiz, 1414 East Fifteenth; Harry . Montero, .2044 East Fourteenth; Henry Bruno, 6133 Miles avenue; Manuel Freitas, 1451 Eighty-fifth avenue; Don Nunes, 9637. Walnut; Alfred Dumbers, .1019 Fifty-seventh street; Yester Soto, 1139 Sixty-fifth street; Edward Rlttler. 814 Forty-sixth street. Princess Martfia -'Ji'i: 4; Picks Bridesmaids OSLO. Norway. Iarch 1 6. (AO princess Martha of Sweden has paid Norway a graceful ' compli-,"- ment by choosing four : of 'her bridesmaids from among Norwegian girls. Miss Irmeilin Nansen, , daughter of Professor FitJof Nan-sen, the Norwegian -Arctlp, explorer, is one of the retinue who will ac- cbmpany her to -the altar when she marries-Prince Olav on Marctf 21. ' MALMOE, Sweden, .March 16. (p The Duke and Duchess of 'Tors; arrived here aboard a special train from Trelleborg at 11 a. m. today, en rout to Oslo for the wadding of Prince Olaf of Norway - and Princess , Martha of Sweden, - Haxes IU - m oumain r usni i n i e x a s BT ASSOOIATXD FBE6S LEASED WIRE TO TKIBU7IE MIDLAND, Texas, .'March IB. Mild apprehension that Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh mlgrU have met trouble In crossing thk Davis mountains after his return to tha United V'anftl by air.. UJuenxa., ; ;'r . . ... (Continued on Pag 3, Col. 1.) . . , ' 'I
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