The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 1

1111 V111 "p1 -'V V' ion iu i I -tv r'-- 1 i i i 1 "M1 -V 'J4t WV lf Vry V' VhS e1 VOL 0X1X-NO 72 MEMPHIS TENN THURSDAY MORNING MARCH 13 1930 -TWENTY-SIX PAGES Mwli i tannic rxHo I liilhl Ttai Tho 4 UM DlllEI TIKES STUD the weather 1IN1III HI WEST lEIEOlinilECIIICE CTIOH ON HN0ER5QH OURT IRREGULARITT GHAHGES DUE FRIDAY lPtfeM55S5K- Tomuwioo iiBwHi ilnllai ENFORCE PROHIBITION II WOMEN DEMIIND Big Parade" of Witnesses Goes Before Committee Held On Bond For Pulaski vf County ArkrS 4 ably followad by ihawani ilala Tb matey iflrnonR nr ulNbt solder Thamlay nlahl Friday ebnidy and eoktert possibly 1 sbswera Inrrsailna rloudlnsas ably followed by llyhl rain and raldrr Thursday sfurnosa ar aichti tttday i mostly cloudy and colder Partly cloudy: warmer I aircms east poriisa Thursday: Friday unasttlcd coidar 1 Fartly 1 cloudy aoldsr la want and north portions Thursday: Frt- day partly rtouuy solder la' a sad south jmrllona kimTasIppi and Iaulidana Partly cloudy warmsr Thursday: Friday partly cloudy colder In northwest potiwaa Hast Traam-Farlly olondy probably shuorors In astrsmo south portion warm-' er In nouttiwsst portion Thurkdsy: Friday partly dandy north portion Alabama and ralromo Northwast Plosu Partly cloudy warmer Thtwaday Friday partly cloudy North f'aroliiia anu llamh Fair and warmer Thursday I cloudy and colder probably ohowan- Fair la sxtrems south possible showers In central sad showers or snow flurries In extreme north portion TSuiw ilsy colder oscopt In oxlrtmo ooutb portion Friday mostly unwilled powlMy rain In sou III amt eenlral portions coidar la estrema couth pcrtlcn lacroaalns cloudlnoos Thuis-- day pnaslbly sc mo rain In north portion! unasttlcd niurodoy nlfht: Bad Friday with rots coidar Thursday aawawmwso Ctaar wsathsr prevails over' 'the Youn-Iry wxrapt la south porltos of fhs Woat Gulf tal-S north Atlantia slops sod I north portion of thratt Plains Blairs and Itocky Mount In nylon when It Is naer ymrMert Juflyo t- I In iho North Hochy Mounts rrslos Ini JaGuardia Indicates Com' mlttee Will Speed Inquiry! 1 's DEMANDS V-INFORMATION udges' Nemesis Seeks A partment bf Justice Data 'I'V1' 'OLLOWSSECRETPROBE siw- 1 Almost Certain Ssh-ConinilUeo Wilt Cosm to' Mexsphls to Seek Impeach most: Proceed lags t-' Forecast la resethlei wades Actloa mam-' JiifeUr Cbmiharelaf Appoot Staff CorrospondmL K- ef'i i -Blrf- 'V rt Keck this afternoon eferiinR wHh A etrcem of cheracter wUnoerc And rioelnf wth two desperate so' and partially successful attacks on Jg-Ythe carefully built case of the state prosecutor Xo Giadteb finish-fed hie lest -witnete before noon and after a morning dnrinc which tbn etate proved that Walk-1 or had turned up In Greenville ''Mlsa the morning of Dec tl with blood -epettered suit of elothlnr I poaaeaslon and had told a friend that that ho was npi' th' 3Urkd Tre affolr 5S5? -r Vw i aesiiite 'A' tr 0 Manhsl Also fired Shots 7 '-i -v' A eV1' Tho coup of the defense this Afternoon came when Wtls Darla Memphia chief1 defenae eousrl if? eaUed Klyht Marshal Wecma v'triets's witness beck -to the gtend i and made him admit that- be hsd 0 Tired three shots with hie pistol -je near tho end of the It Francis -w4 i 't y-f' '4- 'Vs fV GNORE WETS' QUESTIONS Vra Henry Faahady Bata Teel I- s''- 1 sway at Tvra Dasoa Heard Blatcanat ml Dr Claraara Trar urttaaa Boady TatUy I s-i Ve-V''1' THE DAT IN' WASHINGTON Senate continued tariff dy- rlwm of WUliawi Howard Taft filed for probate 1 Renata passed first dev 1 ficiency bill for 1171000609 to test guilt of llq- nor buyer laid- before upreme court- i 4 W-fjnrr aelected for i bribery J- trial ofEdward Doheny Wealthy sit House Judiciary commit-V tea heard dry advocates urge retention of 'Eighteenth "i I 7 lobby committee haard Claudius Huston1': chairman of Republican na- i tiqnal committee on Muscle i- ty- Jr" -Fi ay The Aoooetaud Prooa WABHINOTON March 11-Tvo dosen woman leaden who said they represented 12000000 of their sex throughout the' country- today maintained that the womanhood of America stood four-square 'behind prohibition' I 'r0 Under the lendenhip of "Mr Henry of Beverly chairman of the woman's national commltee for law enforcement they succeeded in presenting all their testimony before- the House Judiciary committee in opposition to repeal before a single -question could be asked by members of the committee v- i-iV-'v 1 Boshed Through Parts -r i In rapid mocesslon the women ho wera rushed onto the witnees stand by Mrs Peabody who limited tbelr time curbed the applauee of enthusiastic drys ln the crowded committee room and combatted every attempt at interference or do-lay" v- It was tho third "day for theo'diT tfterara wrote tnupwbtekrara Her had heard seven days of argu-ment by wets for repeaL With the exception of A few cross-examination eras completed at a prolonged afternoon session to male way for a statement by Dr Clarence Trite Wilson general secretary of the Board ef Temperance Prohibition and Public Morale of the Methodist Episcopal Church It will bo read tomorrow by Deeta Pickett secretary of the' organisation aa Dr Wilson waa obliged to leave tho city this afternoon The hearing today was opened by Mrs Peabody who presented to tho committee tho polities! creed of the woman's national committee for law enforcement the -general organisation linking many affiliated women's groups In the prohibition movement This creed held the buyer of liquor equally guilty with the seller advocated personal liberty for'women who have personal slavery through drunken husbands" and railed for organisation of cltlsenF public safety groups to observance and enforcement of law" BnlM as ImpeovnaenL' mi icvery angle and type of organisation and from nearly every section of tho country tho argument! were assembled by Mr Peabody and they all declared that prohibition oven though not well enforced In some regions constituted a vast Improvement over pre-prohibition conditions Mrs John Plppel of Baltimore president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs was the first witness She came to Washington accompanied by three men presumably to guard her She said she had been threatened If she should appear Her organisation has It-(00 clubs In the United Ftates and willed that the Eighteenth Amendment be carried out Among the other witnesses were Mrs Florence Fralm legislative chairman ef the General Federation: Mrs Johnson ef New Tork president of the Federation of Women's Boards of Foreign Missions of North America Mrs Orrln Judd of Now York- president counsel of women for homo missions Mrs Jeme Nicholson of Chevy Chase Maryland of the national woman's Democratic law enforcement committee and Miss Hilda Olson of Cambridge Miss treasurer of the woman's national committee for law pnforcement MEDITATIONS By JFABcy VSM NEW SHOES JE5 nacmIy per sprouts CAtMNJ OH MAM FEET Si River bridge At Merited Treo on V' fho night of Den 1 or Dee it Two witnesses bed previously testified shots In the vicinity were fired the night of tho eleventh and the state contends those ahots ended the life ef Iena Walsh Previously Mrt Davis had moved 'Aifor directed verdict on the grenndy thet the state bed utter ly failed to prove the that the crime was committed la Potn-dolt County- Ho was overruled 'Hie success with Weems wee not ''V- complete for the night marshal -V-ho is alee attendant at' Marcus Mlllert filling station stuck to his Vm story that he cashed a check for tivi Willie Walker the morning of Dee 4 rr of Car iaSuTJfrPrj? itv-i- 'iVThi defense next attempted to t-show by testimony of Hudg Jerked Jtee end Skrltewell Ipente that the automobile from Ji which tho body of Mrs Wateh ehen and deposited In tho i thicket wao traveling northward when it stopped on tho highway for tho gruesome purpose in othfr words was coming from tho 'f Crittenden Comity line but 200 yards away Hudsene aad Powell who visited the scene the morning of Deck II based their opinion on tho way the dirt was thrown up by the car when It pulled ever to the side of tho reed end because the deflection of tho tracks on the south end was fCoartaucd on Pays Two) PLANS NEW SENSATIONS I td HhtU nt Move Wilt Ro taj Astura of tferpriae DUNEDIN New Zeeland March Rear Admiral Richard J1 Byrd who has flown over both tho North and South poles and INDICTED LAST AUGUST rmlmmLm Ktuyklii Donlcn Attempt Iw-flacacu Badnc Blit In lwlnla-tsit i Waurtnw But Bair Karrh IB Bcfasw Byalra Mahsr Ceofyn rertln IndlcUd ln Pulaaki County AiV laat Auyuat for the Attempted bribery of member of the Arkansas arrested at hia home 1(77 Galloway Avenue at 1 O'clock by Deputy Sheriff RablnOvtta from Sheriff office farlta's arrest- followed receipt earlier iq the dsyoCa cy of tho indictment (ut AwarrAnt from KjPartUt will wfll bo given a jteajrlng on Msrch II before Squire John Maher rj life1 Declares lauoceecskW' Met at ths' Jail by Charles Bryan attorney Partin declined to discuss the case further than to say he wae not' guilty'-Partin Is alleged to have been Involved In the attempted payment of tLQ to Influence fhs passage of a bill permitting hone and dog raring in the state is -its: 1 Partin wao released under a fugitive from Justice bend oTl(0( shortly after his arrest Hia jhear-tag was set for March 19 at 1( aan- before Squire Maher An indictment against Reece Caudla mernber of tho Arkaneos Railroad Commission in connection with' an alleged attempt to Jbrlbo John Quarles Helena' to vote for a bill to legalise pari-mutuel betting on hone racea Caudle went to trial several weeks ago but the case was nolle proceed Sheriff Knight received a letter from Sheriff Cook yesterday morning In which tho Arkansas official said: ft- Unt Request Says Depaty have been Informed that he (Partial lives In your city and has a telephone In hie own name Deputy Simmons states to me thet ho has taken this matter tip with you on numerous -occa- dona to arrest this man for ns but np to this time he claims be has had no results I wish you would give this matter your personal attention as there are a great many people In Little Rock that era wondering whythte man baa not been arrested'? Thera have -been-parties here that' have-talked to hie wife Over the phone- but she always qtates that Pertain Is out of town" I'gThewfefram tsr iwsetuW sivus was received this afternoon' Charles Garibaldi chief deputy to Sheriff Knight said toot night was Immediately placed in the hands Of a deputy for service Previous to this we had received no order of any kind for Partin's nr -v Thai -letter from Sheriff Cook dated March I aad postmarked March It was shewn to newspaperman by Deputy Garibaldi It was received DETAIN SOVIET VISITORS rsofftcisis About Communist AcUvIcsl NisW TOrK March With 20 newly arrived emissaries from Soviet Russia detained at Sills Island federal immtgratlcn officials today added a freak complication to New Tork'o current antl-Commun-let ellr While Police Commlmlener Grover A Whalen wee testifying In person against William Poster Red leader whom tho police nought to keep in Jail government Inepectora jwere qtlal th 20 Rusatana It wns learned Bundled off tho White Star liner Majestic almost as soon as ths vessel docked the 20 were taken to Kills Island despite their protests that they were bora wUh proper credentials to rtudy American In duatrial methods and to purchase machinery for tho Soviet govern' OlfftL Late this afternoon 17 of tho 20 were permitted to enter the coup ma" three who were not permitted to enter the country on tho ground that they might becoma publie charges were a husband his wits and their child CONVICTED OF HERESY dinned With interfwetlag Story as raratde CAPS TOWN Union of South Africa March 12 Tho commission of the synod ut tho Dutch Reformed Church highest reurt of tho church today found Professor Duplessis guilty on four charges of heresy Ths action was an appeal by the Stellenbosch Theological Curator-lum against a previous acqultUL Tho matter now wlU go to the synod for a vote It lo considered almost certain that the verdict win be against Professor Puplessla Tho professor a teacher at the theological college was accused fundamentalists of regarding the story of Jonah aad tho whale as a child's story merely Illustrating tho divine (ruth 1 VALUED PAINTINGS LOST LONDON March Mystery today surrounded reported disappearance of II paintings which tho owner of Carlton Houm Galleries here announced had been stolen from him Police asked to trace tho picture were told they Included four Rem brandta besides the work of Ru bens Van Dyke Gainsborough and other famous painters Tho total value wae said to bo many thousands of pounds the exact amount unstated Their owners allegedly placed them In tho gallery for sale on commission Police Inspected the premises but were unable to find signs forced entry and they wera reported saying that tf the pictures were stolen they must have taken while the building waa open Their lnvoeGgatlon continue Chargee made the Housed day against- FedetVjudge--pirrj Anderson Memphis will be gondvp Into Friday Jt wm Indicated herar tonight by Rep'1 F- Republican ''New'' York'-' The- sentatlon of tie chargee may be preliminary- to' impeachment artU' Representative LaGuardla' vh' has been-responsible -for'-: the re moval of two federal Judgca the censuring of a third and the pises tng of a fourth In Jeoparby Intro duced a resolution calling On- tho Department of Justice to transmit to the House Judiciary committee all the data it has to the Anderson A-case- -V- f-v i mm mmv 'k Conducted Secret Inquiry 1 -'r Tho department' la known to have had several secret service op eratlvra to the Memphis territory fnd elsewhere recently lnveetlgat-ng a series of charges against the'- Jurist- Several members of tho Ju- dlciary committee have already ex amlned the-reports-of the agents of the department and foresee ee rtous trouble for Judge Anderson unless he can refute this testimony- Representative LaGuardla who has been to conflict with the' De-partment of Justice to some of tho other cases where he has Initiated movements to oust corrupt Judge criticised tho department today ter-c-- its Uck of diligence to pressing for WJj action to the Anderson rase said he had -watted patiently ter the department to act on -qvldence ho knows la In Its possession j- Independent Inquiry develop that the department has been In a '-ty Suardary what to-dor With the-An--'' Jt 4s understood ulKw Attorney-General Mitchell ha per sonally studied the report submit-ted by "the operatives of hls dp----partmehtaild has boon amaaed by their -Character The attorney general has' contemplated hereto- fora shifting the responsibility to N- tho House of Reprraentatlves whence all Impeachment 1 charges -must originate under the conatttu- tion Qukdc Action IbKCiat In view of this attitude and the familiarity of some members of tho Judiciary commute with the -chargee It appears certain that tho committee will act without delay at Its next executive session Rep-resentative LaGuardla after con terring with some of hta associates -aid that he expected commltte action Friday It is believed the Judiciary com mlttee will authorise tho appoint- -ment of a sub-committee- to study tho data from the Department' of Justice and any other proof sub- mltted Whatever course Is then adopted wilt be based on tha find -Inge of the sub-committee Repre- eentattve LaGuairdia will be a member of the snb-committee It is almost certain the sub-commlt-teo wlU go to Memphis to gather further praor Major LaGuardla the author of the resolution was recently tha Bo- publican nominee for 1 mayor Now York City He hae established a reputation as an investigator and ae a fearless enemy of judges he regards as corrupt Ie waa tho (Continued on Pago Three) HOLD DRY LAW ILLEGAL: Lawyer's Committee to Present Ar gnmente to Supreme Court NEW YORK March The special committee on 'tno Eighteenth Amendment of tho New York County Lawyers' Asm elation after two deliberation hae decided by a vote of to -1 that the prohibition amendment was illegally ratified The committee by a like vote moved to present Its argument before the United States supremo court Tho argument advanced hy the committee Is that the Tenth Amendment to the constitution was adopted to safeguard the to dividual rights of tho people be yond the rtarh of any expansion In the national government except such as might be granted by tha people themselves -The committee held that at tempts by Congress and the court to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment prior to Its ratification by tha people and not by the legislator the very foundation of all our constitutional rights and liberties as American eltlsena" WASHINGTON- Mreh: nnHIiwostcm mtei thorw-hao bon a dfeidU drop In- tsiapsralurt aad llyht I snow wan rrpurtrd at Shsrtdaa Wrote- I Iny Oyor iho romalndor of ho country oscopt Iho North 'Atlantic slopa whore It lo oily tally coldon there bao seem a maUcrwto Use -In tomporaiurs O' A DXrASTUKNT OFAOBIOTLTPWi 'VWBATmR'BUBWTAVi V-VaTimfywtnraiuihleifc' last it last it- rngMmmmn Tarn High rw Sl5itii -kl at at A Atlanta ctaar giw- ciw 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1 MSTSOROLOOICAL hEFdhf 'tia Itamnorsture ttl '(Idv erfeU' Vim Alrrcflsa 41 Wlad volooliy IssiipeeSviH 31 VC Ipll Al tMI iwi'sqea 44 11 State el weather CloBr ie '-e Ctaar Maximum temperature 3 digraas minimum morin II: normal II Precipitation alaee Iia 1 1UI two Sun rw sets Moos rlaro 1:41 pm1 moon solo 1:41 am -Hrlolive fcumUltri I tu IS 11 sa I pJM it TEMPERATURE Midnight II I 44k 41 4 ee 41 lb 44 5 La It 'IS ODL New pm 4 a 1 sa THIS DATE LAST TEAR Maximum trmpemtur IS Mulsiuui II Rotnfall 14 rtecipltatiau Jos 1 to thlo data HI luchoo fecncimcy to tMs data i -44 luekoa OlinY AGAIN' SHOWERS IULUIIUI RURIIIf OnUfiKltD Temperature Will Drop Tonight and Tomorrow Says BrM Increasing cloudiness probably followed by showers late today or tonight with drop In temperature Is the official forecast from Meteorologist Rriat's of flea Cloudy end colder with probable showers in tho menu for tomorrow ADMITS PART IN ROBBERY TINE It LUFF Ark March 12 Officers tonight declared I Kmry Majoe Shreveport La talesman had confessed he received the (1000 In diamonds taken from I QuatHebaum wealthy line Bluff plantrr end banker who was abducted last week by two men Bradley Jobe candidate two years ago for a state office alee under arrest was named by a third man held In connection with tho kidnaping an being the originator of a plot to kidnap rob and extort money from Qusttlebaum I Man Chokes to Death I Attempting to Swallow Half Steak in One Bite An attempt by Reginald "Jack" FoweH 21 to swallow half of a steak at ono bits In a cafe on South Main Btraet ended fatally lMtt night when Powell choked 10 ruwrtl cut a large steak In half and after telling eustomera In ths restaurant to watrh attempted to swallow ono of the halves Charles Markov proprietor of tho taumnt said After a eonpls of rheurs Powell fhMng and grow frantle In his efforts to dislodge the piece of meat from his throat An ambu-lanes carried ths man to II Joseph's HospItoL While physicians strove vainly to remove the steak Powell died on the operating tabic Thompson Brothers took rharge of ths body and are holding It pending direr tlona from Powell's wife Mrs Emms of Xew Madrid Ma In addition to his wife he to sur- vtved by ono brother 1 Powell of tit North Main RtreeL Powell had been employed In the office of Frank Gsllor county trustee far the pest three year Ho came to Memphis from New Madrid hie birthplace i I minyirp DOHEHYBRIBERtTRIAL ThreeWomenTA tatemeete ef Beth tides Expert-' eg to Take t'p latest of Day 4 Charge He Gavfe rnB $100000 1 fee Lea rdVj J-r By Tb Aweriated WASHINGTON March Three women and iiihe men wera selected today -to decide the guilt or Innocence of Edward Doheny of bribery' The wealthy oil operator is oii trial ou an indictment 1 charging that he gave (100000 to Albert Fall -former secretary of the interior for the award to his company of lease to iho Elk Hills California naval oil reeervS QueMJoa (2 Jurors Justice William Hits presiding over the trial in the District of Columbia Supreme" Court ordered the jury kept under guard and together until Its verdict la handed doom As toon an It waa sworn he recessed the court until tomorrow morning when the government will make its opening statement and will be followed by the defense The statements era expected to require the entire day and lf they do not documentary evidence will be introduced The Jury was finally chosen near the end of the afternoon session after counsel for both rides had questioned It men and women Its average age Is over (0 years The members are: -ZiUther James negro automobile mechanic 21 Lawrence McWilliams chain store manager 41: Clarence Cantor street car conductor 41: Archibald Gill chauffeur 12: Mrs Cbrlajsis Voll-mer housewife 40 Isaae Dangler laundry worker 42: Miss Jean Yeagle stenographer 21 Bernard Becket hotel clerk SS: Emory English office worker 45: Mias Margaret Mennlx stenographer 21: Conrad Fitts construction company employe 47 and Chelsey Ray transportetlon agent 47 MCAT COMPLETED i Life Becae Over Kitty NEW YORK' March A Mack rat which knocked over a telephone helped to Impose Richard Mandril 40 a life sentence to prison which wae Imposed today Summoned to a spaghetti factory In Third Avenue by a false alarm detectives returrtng to a police station found Mandril and Victor Edwards armed lounging In a doorway It was Mandell'a fifth offense and life term waa mandatory HE BLOWS "OUT TONSIL Mayes's Thrust Is Cora Who BcMevra II CHAMPAIGN RL March 12 Miyslctans wouldn't believe this neid tonight until they looked but for all that Howard Frick University of Illinois student Is minus ono of his tonsils and an operation had nothing to do with It Frick while practicing on trumpet raid he Mew so hard trying to ranch a high note that one of his tonsils rams out Roctora aid It wan possible but (lot probable Frick with one side of his threat sore replied that he didn't rare whether they believed bin or BRIIND IS WltiliHlilmiET Pt Angered Failure to i Ge REFUSES T0GIVE FIGURES Assails Sttmsoa la Meeting With Delegation Leaders Going Haaia When Tardlea" Arrives Increase Danger of Fnllsre 0 y0- 7 BY1 JOHN STEELE Special Cable to Tbo Chlesso TrlbuM sad i The Commsrelsl Appeal-LONDON March French Foreign Minister -'Aristide Brian having failed to seen re his security pact Is through with tho naval conference He made this declaration today at his meeting with Secratary of State Henry Btlmeon and Prime Minister MacDonald Tha occasion for Jt was when Mr MacDonald turned to him and demanded that he produce his real figures Briand replied tartly: have no figures I came over here to get a pact If you want figures you must talk to Premier Tardleu when he comes over this week-end I am finished" Briand Brady to Leave Later on Briand declared to Intimates that he would probably go home when Tardleu arrives and leave the French premier -to make whatever arrangements he likes Official comment by the British delegates on II Hand's defection is not Obtainable tonight but they have not totally abandoned the hope of Including Franco to some sort of a five power pact They ding to the hope that when Tardleu cornea to London he may take a more reasonable course with regard to France's final figures and that may be possible on the basis of these to frame some sort of an agreement that will limit naval construction among the five powers represented at the conference Stormy scenes marked the pri-(ConMaaed on Pago Four) CANT ROW STANDING UP Coach Asks Ftotcralllm to Quit Paddling Crow Men MADISON Win March "Dear fraternities: Urate paddle crew men They can't practice" This waa the title of a plea addressed to University of Wisconsin Greeks today by Coach Mike Murphy whose labors with the Badgers oarsmen have been seriously Interrupted by "injuries" to hte candidates during the current week" Initiation ceremonies Half a dosen aspiring crew candidates have been obliged to forsake the rowing machines on ae-rornt of lusty treatment with paddles CHEWNING QUITS BANK Senator Cou seas' Koa-U-Law to Enter Brokerage Uurfncas WASHINGTON Msrch William Jeffreys Ckewnlng who came Into prominence recently by eloping with Senator Cou-xens' daughter llxrao has resigned his clerical post with a Washington bank to enter the Investment brok erage business He la to become associated with Murphy Ie Company In the capacity of maa STAPLBBODY ACCEPTS 1 gi VJ 4T-e -04 ttA- T- -m rx S12JOI9DOLflAliDFFER IT -i 1 ISdOOd'BALES 'INVOLVED E-eV vi -J-- Hoaey- Shoolii Ba A va liable lo Two- Weeks aya Cxr-seed" Foods' to 4 pirtrlko4 to Heoibeeo- "I-' i v-- Spclal (o The OimBffetal" Appeal GREENWOOD Miss March 12 of ths Staple -j Cotton Co-pperaRve Association here today accepted terms of the Federal Farm Board -for a loan bf more than $12000000 on the '1(0000 bales remaining In the warehouses which -will be distributed to 1U members as advances on the cotton Acceptance of tho association brings to a climax several weeks of conferences with members of the term board In which a prior offer was declined May Bun Higher 'According to Garrard manager the money will be loaned the association on a basis of 1( cents a pound for middling seven-eighths Inch staple -with due allowance for customary premiums commanded by the choice cotton of the delta At the rate of (SO per bale (IS cents a pound) tha loan will represent a minimum of (12(00000 with the possibility of It running close to (11000000 when additional allowance Ie made ter the premiums Mr Garrard said It Is anticipated that negotiations for tho loan wilt bo completed in two weeks and the money should be made available for the association's members Immediately after that the mansger said The terms as offered will be "highly to the sociatton's members Mr Gerrard declared Details will be settled upon the return of Oscar Blcd- Continued on Page Four) REFUSES KENTUCKY POST Geo tr Slbert Unable to Serve Ob New Highway Ootntnlsrioti MOBILE AUu March (AP) William I gibert chairman and chief engineer of the state docks commission announced this afternoon that he will be unable to accept appointment as Kentucky road commissioner -Notified that he bad been ap pointed to the poet General gibert made the following announcement "My other engagements prevent me from accepting Superstition Regarding -April Fool Day Causes Delay In Census Taking ATLANTA March Enumeration of the decennial federal census wilt start April 2 to trad of April because the superstition of some persona yarding April Fool's Day Dr William Bteuart renoua director told district eupenrleora from five southeastern states to two-day school ending hero today The government ho explained has certain rules and regulations that cannot be deviated from yet there are mutters which arise to connection with enumeration of the nation's population where common senes of eupenrleora must be relied upon driven a piano acrosa the Atlantic i planning another sensational test were to say what I am go-teg to do next" he said today remarks would causa a sensation" Byrd whose hair has become gray within the 'months Just ended smilingly declined to say whether he contemplated a return to the Antnrctlc Pointing out that the American claim In Antarctica lay entirely outside Ross Dependency a n-mi i- was nothing In tho situation likely to cause controversy It was pointed out that there stilt were vast unexplored territories beyond tho great barrier of the Antarctic TELLER ROUTS BANDIT Draws From Cssh Drawer Shoots IYom Hip NEW TORK March II (UP) 21-year-old honk 'teller who draws from tho rash drawer and shoots from tho hP routed a bandit today in ths Flatbush Savings Itank In Brooklyn Tho teller Georgs Martin was In ths rags when the bandit walked up trust a pistol Into tho window and growled: over the whole works or shoot your head off!" Martin reached Into a rash drawer Jerked out a pistol and started shorting Hia aim was not so good however and the robber fled after firing several shots Detectives John Tsfft and Frank Ashley raptured tho fugitive Tafft was nicked on the cheek of tho bandit's bullets Evince Little Interest bi Maa Who Tho irany which playa such odd pranks In tho Uvea of men brought In the rote of convict to Ran Quentin prison today Asa Keren who as district attorney at I -os Angeles for a quartet of a rentury sent half this penitentiary's 40(0 population here Keyes took hie place here after on all-night Journey from 1am Angeles where he recently wss convicted of accepting upward or 1 100000 In bribe Keyes sent more than 1000 per eons to Male prison Nearly 2000 ef thaw have served their term or been paroled There waa much curiosity as to bow 2000 still bare would (receive him It was found ther virtually Ignored him I i I WAR ACE DIES IN CRASH Canadian Officer Brought Down 22 Pisan Daring Conflict OTTAWA Oof March I2-S Col Barker who brought down (2 enemy airplanes end was Canada's fecund ranking air ace of the great war was killed here today when a plane he ws putting through a demonstration crashed Colonel Barker had been In 4ho air only IS minutes and wee fly Ing at a low altitude when the ma chine suddenly tailed The plane remained suspended momentarily at the top of the up ward loop and thn plunged headlong to earth The pilet'n body eras pulled from a mass-of twisted vr- I 2 7 I A 2.