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WEATHER. Fair tonighty minimpm temperature about 25 degrees; tomorrow fair and warmer; moderate north and north- west winds, Temperature for endini at 2 p.m. today: Highest, noon today lowest, 2. today. Full report on p “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION | Ohe Foening Star. 55 No. 29,422, Entered as second class matter post_office Washington, De PRESIDENT WARNS * - NATION MUST ACT 10 SAVE FORESTS | Declares Exhaustion of Tim-| ber Looms, Before National Society Here. POINTS TO DIFFERENCE OF CUT AND GROWTH 25.000,000,000 Cubic Feet Used Yearly While New Footage Is 6,000,000,000. ific program of ti sident Coolidge, ad- National Conference on I Products, today warning that the Na- gion faces timber exhaustion. The #ituation must be met, he said, by ¥iminishing waste and increasing the Eupply, The Nation's resources are u trust, Pir. Coolidge declared, subject to use v the present generation. administer- #d free of monopolies and from those #who wille unwisely permit them to %o dissipated,” but there must be re- gtoration as well as use. Approximately 745,000.000,600 Ric feet of timber is left ia Tuited States, he pointed out gzainst this supply there is an nual drain of 25.000,000,000 cubic while the er growth only 6,000,000,0 feet. In the juce of this situation, he lared, the nation must turn to the problem of grow wood from the fice @uy other erop. tlization of st sounded the a cu- the and an- fee ! expires, in the Nation Must Take Action. “To bridge this fatal gap between eut and growth.” however, Mr. Cool- fdge sald suflicient action had not ¥t been taken and the vountrs must consequently adjust itself immediate- Iy to reduced per capita con- sumption. The Pr in Fede dent saw “hopeful signs” legislation s enacted in the Clarke-MeNary Lill passed at the 1a8t session of Congress, making pro- vision for fire protection and restora- tion, and in tie Weeks Law author ing Government purchase of numer cus forest tracts. These inust be Supported, he declared, by a polley wvhich will, “in the hands of private ! individuals ; tond to the this already well d #dopted principle So vast an enterprise eet-using industrics must not be al-j lowed to deciine for lack of raw ma-| torfal,” the President continued. “We | have abundant soil to produce it | urels | | g 1008 R We have the encrgy and the InteflfeT e ifive use our forests This conference foundation of a effort for for- | to learn to without waste. ought (o lay the fur-reaching and effective est thought.” The text of the follows in full: “This confer gence President's speech | nce hias beeh called for | the purpose of further attempting to| @eal with the problem of cur ma-| tional timber supply. Une of the chicf | items in that problem is the present| :ppalling waste. Some of this waste ! riay be unavoidable, but to a large! extent it is unnecessary. The time is | ot hand when our country is actually | confronted with a - timber shortage. | 7hat can be remedied in only two ways: by diminishing the present vaste and increagns the present| supply. | “It is significant that this confer- ence was called by the late Secre- tary of Agriculture, Henr Wal- | lace. It was the outcome of a broad | Jorest policy which he was engaged | 1u_developin 2d to which he con- ' tributed so much ability and energy It was, be hoped, io lead to such! care in the manufacture and use of i our forest products that we could| sreatly lessen the severity of thes yrolonged timber shortage, of which | v @ are entering the first stage. If this conference can forward his purpose, tilere could be no more worthy trib- | ute to his devotion to forest conser- vation. Others may have equalled Lim, but American forests have had 1o better friend than Secretary Wal- | Yace. | “Busy men and women tueir personal affairs and lend their counsel to a public conference come with the expectation that they can wecomplish some tangible results. The wvernment is going to ask you to| consider definite plans for reducing timber waste. It is going to suggest | that out of this conference shall emerge 4 program of specific action for timber-saving rather than a mere | expression of ideas. Containing, as it does, leaders from every branch of | forest industry and from many in-| terests closely allied with forest in-| dustry. this conference has, I know, | the ability and the will to create such | & program. It is not my purpose to| discuss those specific measures, but | 1 give as a background for your| consideration some of the facts that force us to adopt a drastic program of forest thrift. who drop | Free Era at An End. “The era of free, wild timber is reaching its end, as the era of free, wild food ended so long ago. We «can no longer depend on moving from one primeval forest to another, for already the sound of the ax has penetrated the last of them. We like to think that it took three centurles to harvest these immense forests. 1t is comfortable to belleve that they will last- indefinitely still. But in yeality we have cut most of our tim- Der, not in the past 300, but in the past %5 years, to serve the great expansion ot population and industry, and there 35 nmo reason to expect a decline in the: rate of cutting as long as the forests last. “What has given us this illusion of permanency? First, our stored timber which could be drawn on with jncreasing speed and with the ap- pearance of plenty until the last stick of it skould be dome. -Secondly, a transportation system that has .per- snitted our sawmills to follow the vetreating forests and to ship their yroduct to distant buyers. Our mar- Jets have been full of timber. Only | in the higher cost, the long haul, the near exhaustion of certain kinds of wood and the sharply falling per apita consumption have we dimly sonsed the dwindling” of our forests. “We do not know the forest situ- ition down to the last acre and board Toot, but we know it well.enough to \.ake us think and got. Of the old 1orest the first explorers met we have o only one-sixth feft, and In Continued on Page 3, Column 1) Electric Currents | Pro WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, Of Heart Measured, Before Physicians, By the Associuted Press STADY, N. Y., Nove -The port: ble clectro- cardlograph, used to measure the electric currents of the heart, was demonstrated before 150 phy cians at x meeting under the auspices of the Schenectady medi- cul association in the Ellis Hos- pital here last night. The demon- stration was conducted hy offiei of laboratory of the General Electric Company _ Contraction o it was or festation tracts its differs from the heart muscles, con- clectrical — potential that of a muscle ut *st. The voltake differenc b fore and after the heart beat is approximately one thousandth of W volt. In the electrocardiograph the electric pulsation causes & small spot of light to move back nd forth over a calibrated ground s rvation, or this can photographed on moving film such as is used in motlon picture camera. From the film important facts concerning the rhythm and e ductivity of the heart are ascertained, it is ted. RENT FIGHT AGTION * PLANNED BY BALL May Seek Remedy in Evolv-| ing Change in Method of Realty Finance. There will be no need to extend the Ball rent act after May 27, when it opinion of the author the Lill, Senator L. Helsler Hall of Delaware for a short time today. Senator Rall made it plain, however, that the rent situation in the Naticnal Capital would he questions taken up Ly the Senate | District committee. R sul ant re saning very much on said Senator Ball, “I would talk matters over with the 1 certainly shall is brought up in to 1dent it befora mittee. Doubts Housing Shortage. that there fs ng space in W controversy now raging. I think auestion of evolving under * which the real no actual shington, which lack of hou despite the understand that it is more sem®> plan ATTEMPTT0 SCRAP SECURITY PROTOCOL DENIED IN LONDON Baldwin Explains Plea That League Forego Discus- sion at Present. SEES SAME END GAINED BY DIFFERENT METHOD Indicates Substitute Will Be Of- | fered if Present Pact Is Not 0. Ki'd. the Associuted Press, LONDON. November uthoritative the British governmen i Geneva protocol on security and rmament be not discussed at the coming mecting in Rome of the League of Nations council does not mean that Great Britain desires to 19.—It ircles i that | request that | iscrap the protocol. but that the ac-| tion is simply in line with Premier {Buldwin’s desire to discuss the mat- | i t i | who was in Washington |Win with all of his ad one of the firstiund secu the that | I cstate men can Le made 40 be at least | reasonable in dealing with the ques- believe fhat a big cle- igh rents is the method of financing bulldings. “Appropriations have 1 mission until the latter part of May. It # my understanding that an ap- peal from the decision of the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia will be taken by the commission, to enable it to carry its work until tha time.” Thinks Law Beneficial. nator Bail said thatyhe 1 that the rent act had had a ficial effect on the situation Distriet. in some cases, straightened out com- panies which were in_danger of go- ing bankrupt duc to the system used in financing different buildings. Senator Ball will take a short hunting trip, but expects to return to Washington next Wednesday, to stay here until his term expires on March eved in_the PLAN MASS MEETING. Tenants From All Parts of City to Discuss Apartment Situation. While Terrace apartments are planning to ignore new notices from the man- agement threatening them with evie- tion unless they sign new leases and have redfirmed their intentions of | “being evieted and put out on the street rather than pay increases,” meetings are being planned by ten- ants from all parts of the eity to| discuss the situation. { According to Mrs. Margaret Hop- kins Worrell of the Clifton Terrace committee of 12, a mecting will be held by the tenants of the Plaza apartments, at Washington tonight. the At this meeting she d@c]a[cn rep- (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) | GERBAULT AT BERMUDA. HAMILTON, Bermuda, November 19.—Alain Jacques Gerbault, French tennis star, who is making a voyvage alone from New York to the South Seas in hiz 30 foot sloop, the Fire- crest, arrived at Bermuda today the first lap of his journey after having encountered severe weather which badly damaged the craft. bault will be delayed here several days making repairs. Mellon Asks Plea To End Publicity of |+ Taxes Be Rejected Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and David H. Blair, commissioner of internal revenue, today asked the District Supreme Court to dis- miss the =suit for Injunction” brought by Gorham Hubbard of Boston to prevent publicity being given to his income tax return. The officials declare there is no equity in the bill and that they are not threatening to interfere with any property right of the petitioner. /" The officials also set forth that under section 257 of the revenue act of 1924 the commissioner of internal revenue is required to make available to public inspeetion in such manner as he may de- termine the amount of the income tax return, together with the ad- dress of such person. This enact- ment, they claim, is within the constitutional power of Congress and binding on the executive officials, No reference is made to the other act of Congress which forbids publicity of income tax reparns. He pointed out that it had, | on | Ger- | ! agal P n mada to ! j earry om the work of the Rent Com- f bene- | | { | | 1 tenants of the Clifton Tl FRENGH W cirele, ter thoroughly with his cabinet and the Dominions, It is considered that the between now and December 8, the date of the Rome meeting, is too rief to wdmit of sufficiently thorough canvass of the situation. interval Rejection Is Denied. It Qs al has been scheme of evolved at without the stated that there never any desire to reject the security and disarmament the last league assembly substitutiou of con- structive plan and that the whole matter requires the most thorough 1nsel the part of Fremier Bald- a The government, it was tinues its policy of vorably -re- garding @ny attempt by the Leagie of Nations to settle disarmament ity question and the pres- protocol, o far as the ment now in office usderstands will form a sound basis for an ternational conference Great Dritain will be willing to uss the question after the meet- the comncil or at any other after the cabinet arrives at sion on its policy, it is stated ent t, in- Seeks Same End. Oficials that their be connected today denied staten etion in any w with the international aspect of the disarmament and ity problems. It was pointed out that Great Britain means to allow France and other nations to st aggression, if not directly by means uf the protoeol, then by other measures which will attain the same result, namely, the protection of France against aggression on her borders or upon her colonies. The ecabinet i= understood to fe. that the public opinion of Creat Brit- ain favors urity for France and other European nations, and in re- spect to this its attitude on the se- curity problem will be congenial with opinion here. The letter from the British foreign office to the League of Nations re. questing postponement of the discus- sion is understood to have been dis- patched by the government on the as- sumption that it would arrive in Paris and be communicated to the members of the council before the agenda for the council meeting was issued and thus place the British forelgn office opinion on record be- fore the agenda was made up. Letter Too Late. The letter accordingly was scnt to Paris before the departure from Lon- don of Sir Eric Drummond, league's secretary general, from his recent visit here, but it did not ar- rive in the French capital before the council had issued the agend.. Sir Eric Drummond, secretary gen- of the League of Nations, left London yesterday for Geneva, carry- ing with him the request for an in- definite adjournment of discussion of the disarmament protocol. “The Geneva protocol is scrapped,” is the_interpretation placed by the (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) 6 PER CENT Herriott Holds Claims on _Germany Were Lowered to This Extent. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 19.—FPremier Her- riot’s attitude on the war debts of France will be the same as that of Poincare when he was premier, accord- ing to information from official circles today. 5 If the question comes up at the con- rence of finance ministers next month the French delegate will declare France intends to deal with the debts as a business matter without any appeal to sentiment, and will say that France cannot consent to be treated on a basis different from Germany. Asks Same Proportion. The French debts, it will be hela, must be reduced in the same propor- tion as. the French clatms. .Germany's reparation obligations have been cut down 66 per cent, according to the French figures, and the French will ask a similar reduction when it comes to funding their debts, it s declared. This was always Poincare's contention. Premier Herriot, who appeared at the time of the Chequers Court and London conferences to be inclined to make the question partly a matter of sentiment, now is said to have gone back to the position of his predecessor. It is thought now that the question of the war debts, it discussed by the 4 forthcoming finance ministers’ confer- ence, must, in any case, be made the sub- ject of a separate conference which may Closely follow the meeting held to divide the reparation receipts. There is, how- ever, an inclination in political circles to demand that any final action be postponed until it is seen just what the Dawes plsy is going to yleld. o L SARTER af secur- | have security | the | ANT DEBT | | | i | { { ded, codt- | govern- | | | | i | { | i ! gress cannot bind another i alleged offense committed by scores STONE DISGUSSES INCOME PUBLICITY Newspapers in Test Cases May Not Be Punished. If Convicted. BY DAVID LAWRENC Attorney General Stone was ut the White House early today and informal- ly discussed with newspaper men some of the pending cases’ being | brought by the Government to test whether the law was violated when the income tax returns were published Mr. Stone is not given to curbstone opinions and would no con- cluston us to the construction of the ! statuto, but indicated clearly that the law is £o full of conflicts that only the courts can strulghten out what Congress intended should he the scope of the act. One of the interesting questions which will be raised by the Govern- ment s whether the provisions un- der which income tax returns were made available for public inspectio should apply to any returns except those for the vear 1924. Treasury Showed 1823 List. Jt so happens that the Treasury | Department permitted the public to look at returns for the vear 1923, though these returns were made un- | der the terms of the law of previous | vears, in which publication was strictly forbidden. 1f Congress in- tended that the public should be al- lowed to gaze at the 1923 return: did Congress not mean also that all returns for previous vears, extending, indeed, back to the very beginning of the income tax Jaw's coperation, were to be thrown open? One Con- to and 0ld records are frequently pubifc long after the law originally requiring sccrecy is considercd out of date and repealed. The newspapers that are defendants in the Government suits will naturally reply that the ‘Treasury Department itself furnished the 1923 returns to the public, which, of course, will miti- gate the offense. The whole thing, however, is not 2 prosecution for punishment but a test: Indictments will be brought by grand juries in at least six instances and then the trials will be expedited with the hope of getting a clear ruling from the low courts which’ might exonerate the newspapers from blame and the case would be appealed by the Govern- ment to the Supreme Court of the United States for final decision. Won't Go Back of Laxt Year. Meanwhile, the newspapers, which have looked into the legal aspects of the controversy thoroughly, know that to publish returns for years pre- ceding 1923 means a greater risk and liability to punishment than for the venture of newspapers in printing the re- turns made available recently by the Treasury Department itself. | It is not likely, that any returns will be published for years preced- ing 1923 even though there is grave doubt among some Government law- yers that a prosecution even for that could stick. | Should the Government win its| suits and the newspaper publishers be found gullty of violating the stat- utes, the chances are the Government | itself would move to abandon any punishment, for the few that are| selected would hardly be punished and scores of other newspapers be permitted to escape any penalty. The Government is not primarily inter-| ested in punishing anybody but in finding out what Congress really mz“o';!'éress itself didn’t know when it passed the law, for it put in all sorts of contradictory provisions, but the courts are constantly engaged in telling_the country the meaning of contradictory legislation and the in- come tax laws are no exception to the rule. The litigation may be long drawn out and another set of returns available before the decision is reached, In which case the Govern- ment may be compelled to seek a temporary injunction to restrain newspapers from further publishing returns until the cases now being started are settled. . (Copyright, 1924.) TEST CASES ORDERED. Congress May Change Law Before Publicity Clause Is Settled. = Although it is virtually certain that Congress will be asked during the short session to consider a change In the income tax publicity section of the new revenue law, the Department of Justice has directed United States District atttorneys to present six or seven cases to grand jurles, one of ~(Coutinued on Page 2, ¢ x Column 4. WARREN T jof the 12 Cadets Drilling Struck By Truck; One Likely to Die 4 Press. Va., No boys were injured, fatally, when a motor n by a white man, who police allege, was intoxicated, struck a column of John Marshall High School cadets while at drill during the iuncheon recess today By the Assoc RICHMONI Twelve probably truck dr mber 17.-— one 0 LEAD G.0.P. IN SENATE Senators Look for Wyoming Conferere to Succeed to Mr. Lodge’s Post. Stnator Warren of Wyoming will succced the late Senator Lodge of Massachusetts tepublican leader of the Senate, the judgment of Washington. Senator Warren said today that he is ¢till considering whether he should he @ candidate for the Republican leadership of the Senate. Under the senlority rule which has applied many years in the selection Republican leader of the Sen- Mr. Warren is entitled to the place. The fact that he is now chalr- man of the committee of appropria- tions, a position that requires a vast amount of work, and the fact that he is in his eighty-first vear have been advanced reasons why Senator Warren might wish to step astde and permit the selection of another to act #s Republican leader, But Senator Warren has been one of the most members of the comple ampaign for election. which carried him from one end of his State to the other. be a candidate for leader, other po- Should Senator Warren decide to tential candidates would not their claim, it is tion Ly the Republican conference would he accomplished without con- test. This is one reason advanccd in some quarters for his taking the leadership. Because the Army and Navy foot ball game ‘ix to be plaved in Balti more Saturday, November, 29, and many of the Senators are 'planning to attend, Senator Curtis, mssistant leader of the Republicans, has de- cided to call the Republican confer- ence to select a new party leader on Friday, November 28, instead of the 29th as originally planned. PRESIDENT IS HOST in “nators no ate, He has just i TO BARUCH AT DINNER Visit of Intimate of Late Presi- dent Wilson Believed in Farm Question Interest. President Coolidge had as a dinner guest at the White House last night Bernard M. Baruch of New York, wartime chairman of the War In-! dustries Board and author of some of the economic clauses of the treaty of Versailles. ' In view of Mr. Baruch's intimacy with the late Presoident Wilson and his activities in Democratic national politics his visit to the White House to dine with the President created more than usual interest when it be- came known today. No announcements were made of what might have been discussed by the President with Mr. Baruch. It was probable that the farm relief pro- |gram was one of the subjects, be- cause the New York financier has been active in working for farm re- llef- measures and most recently concelved the idea ot having the farmers organize their own grain corporation, which since has been done. 2 THREE KILLED IN-AUTOC. LEXINGTON, Ky., November 19. Three persons were killed and one injured seriously when an automo- bile in which they were riding plunged from the Dixie Highway into Little Eagle Creek at a point 11 miles from Georgetown last night. Mrs. Vernon Forman, Lexington; Mrs. Irvin Ralley, Versailles; Miss Lillian Razor, Versailles. Forman's_daughter Agnes was ctive and hard working | | | | | i i | i i | | { NOVEMBER 19, 1924—FORTY-TWO PAGES. KING GERMAN SPY, [BANEZ DECLARES Author Says Alfonso Gave Berlin French Secrets During War. By tie Ancociated Pres PARIS, November 19—V ic Bla Ibanez's manifesto agai King Alfonso of Spain, a pamphle 100 pages, published in ¥r En land and the United States today, charges the King with being directly and personally responsible for the Spanish military disaster at Annual. in Morocco, in 1921, in which Gen. Stivestre and several thousand Span- ish soldiers were killed and thou- sands of others'made prisoners. The mnoted Spanish author also chargos King Alfonso with betraying the French by glving secret infor- mation to the Germans during the war. Ibanez accuses Alfopso of having | written Gen. Silvestre a letter com- manding the Morocean army to “do as [ may,” and adding: “Don’t bother about the instructions of the minister | of war, who is an imbecile.” Army Annihilated. * TWO CENTS. Auto With Smoke Screen Is Likened To Combat Vehicle “A combat conveyance of the touring automobile type, with de- fensive smoke device and armored gas tank,” is the descrip- tion given by United States Attor- ney Gordon and Assistant United Stutes Attorney West to an al- leged rum-running vehicle against which they have filed a libel in the District Supreme Court. The zure and destruction of the contrivance is requested. The ar was seized by revenue agents ptember 27 as the property of Samuel G. Allen. The suit fs the tirst filed here against car cquipped with a smoke screen. ANGLOEGYPT ARMY sereen | i Gen. Stack, Target of As- sassins, in Grave Condition. Three Others Wounded. 15 the Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt, November attempt to assassinate Maj. Lee Stack, sirdar of the army, by means of a bomb followed up with a fusillade from revolvers, | just outside of the minfstry of war to- i day, resulted in the serious wounding of the sirdar. His aide-de-camp, P K. Campbell; the chauffeur of sirdar’s motor caf and a policeman ulso were wounded. The three four men involved in the attack caped. The attack began with the throw- ing of u homb, which hit Gen. Stack’s motor was driving in it *The Bomb failing harmlessly ! 19.—An { Gen. Sir | | car the as hie war explode, gutter. The assatlants the ter ar, opening up with their revolvers and firing continuously, the Lullets flying so thick that the pas- sengers In a passing street cu ompelled to dive down and cover. from failed into the nistry. F of sirdar ran take Policeman Is Shot, One of the party of assassins ran across the road, reloaded his w with & magazine handed him confederate, and then 'fired seriously w nded policeman gave chase. The assallants entered waiting taxicab, after firing at & motor xt, who had slowed up te P the cal’s number, and then drove off unhindered. During the shooting the sirdar was struck by three bullets, inflic ing wounds in the stomach, the hand and the foot. Aide-de-Camp Camp- bell was struck in the chest, chauffeur was hit in the arm {legs. Tue sirdard’s physician | nounced his condition seriou: Egyptian government ecirc mediately manifested their grave concern over the attack. Premier Zaglo Pasha and other of the cab inet ministers called at the resi- dency and expressed their profound horror and sorrow at the outrage | The premier was greatly affected a who and pro- oS Gen. Silvestre advanced agiinst the | advice of Madrid, says Ibanez, and surrounded and his army annihi- ncerning the alleged betraval of the French, Ibanez charges that King Alfonso, who had boasted of being Francophile, one day discussed the war situation with the French mili- tary attache and afterward when the Freuch had discovered the secret of Germany's code, it German agent had reported everything the French said to the King. The French attache subsequ gave the King as a test, adds [ information which had no foundation, and this was foupd to have been transmitted within a few hours to Berlin by the German Ambassador. ¢ The title of Ibanez's hook Al- fonso Unmasked.” verbatin attache had ntly MRS. HARDING SINKING. Patient Shows Signs of Going Into Coma, Says Doctor. MARION, Ohio, November 19.—M Warren G. Harding, who has been critically fil for two weeks, has become worse and is showing signs of sinking into a coma, according to a bulletin sued by her physician at 2:30 p.m. today Fa I s DOG’S BARK SAVES FIVE.| Minister Roused With House Afire by Pet’s Cries. ROCHESTER, No Y., November 19. —The barking of a fox terrier today saved the lives of five persons trap- ped in their bedrooms when fire swept the home of Rev. Jacob Crow ford in Genesee street. Dr. Crawford was aroused from his sleep when the animal began® bark- ing. Finding the house filled with smoke and flames, he awoke his wife, | two children and his mother-in-law. They were taken from the house by firemen. o GEN. DAWES RECOVERING. | All Danger From Operation Report- ed as Ended. CHICAGO, November 19.—The con- dition of Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, Vice President-elect, in an Evanston |. hospital recovering from an operation Sunday for hernia, continues to im- prove, according to his surgeon. All danger is past and he may leave, the hospital next week. German Banks to Pay Up. BERLIN, November 19.—The Amer- jcan pre-war deposits in _German banks will be refunded on the basis of the dollar rate at the outbreak of the war, it was stated here today, | the banks being assessed 10 per cent of the amounts due, while the gov- ernment contributes the balance. The present settlement involves a total of 100,000,000 marks. Spanish Mine Strike Grows. OVIEDO, Spain, November 19.—The strike of coal miners, which has been in progress for several days, has be- come general. The strikers are malntaining a peaceful attitude. Radio Programs—Page 34. 13 found that a | anez, | SHEARER TO FIGHT ON T0 SAVE BATTLESHIP Appeal to Supreme Court Probable in Effort to Prevent Sinking of the Washington. Th action of the District Court of Appeals in denying an injunction against Secretary of the Navy Wilbur to pre- vent the destruction of the battleship Washington will not deter William B. Shearer, uaval expert of New York, from proceeding with the litigation, a. prding to Attorney Wilton J. Lambert, his chief counsel Mr. Lambert said today the appeal taken from the decision of Justice Hitz will be prosecuted, and when the case reaches the Court of Appeals In regular order, should the court hold to the opin- ion expressed by Justices Robb and Van Orsdel yesterday that Shearer has | not sufficient interest to maintain the | proceeding, application ean then be | made to the United States Supreme {Court for a review of the findings of the local courts. Only in this can the case reach the highest court in the land, he safd. “If Secretary Wilbur proceeds with the blowing up of the Washington,” said Mr. Lambert, “he will do so in | the face of the pendency of the mecting of Congress and of litigation in the courts.” i | | { i | | i i {TRUCK AND AUTO CRASH. A truck belonging to Chevy Chase Dafry and the automobile of E. J. Comean, 1316 King street, Alexandria, collided this morning st Hunt e and Minnesota avenue north- east, both vehicles being badly dam- aged. Hugh Costello, 1121 Prince street, Alexandria, Va., passenger in | the automobile, was cut by. broken glass and had two teeth broken. He wi taken to Casualty Hospital. Herman Nash, colored, 14, 307 Van street southeast, was mounted on a bieycle that collided with a horse and buggy at Maryland avenue and Sixth | for a slight injury. Confidence Vote Refused. By the Associated Press. LISBON, Noavember 19.—A motion ernment was rejected by Parliament Jtod‘dy, 46 "to 43. Premier Gaspard | will visit the president this after- noon to discuss the political situ- atlon. e Hangar and Four Planes Burn, MUSKROGEE, Okla., November 19.— Fire destroyed the main hangar, four planes and a big stock of United States Army airplane repairs at Hat- box flying field here shortly after 9 am. today. Origin of the blaze is undetermined. . o Flyers Off to Dayton. BELLEVILLE, 1il, November 19.— The six Army world flyers hopped off from Scott Field in three planes at 10:57 a.m. today for McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, on the last leg of their JArip to Washington, COMMANDERHOT Egyptian | the ! or! and the| im- | ! street. southwest early this morning. ' { The boy refused hospital trcatment | for a vote of confidence in the gov-| S0 FINEFAVRED FORDRVERFLEEING STENE OF ACDDEN Hart Believes This Step Necessary Until Jail Term Is Possible. | , CONGRESS TO BE ASKED FOR DRASTIC STATUTE Law to Make Abandoning of Auto Victim Felony Sought for District. The rded gned tlonal Distr governme itself for “drz to eradicate Capital > th a week si the stic actio from the “traf has cost an « £ Dar run its cour: gress probably wil he asked to take @ hand as soon a it convenes, and in the meanti th local authorities took steps to go “t1 t” of their power in punishing tl driver who strikes down his victir with his car and leaves him ¢ injured helpless in the street Wants $300 Penalty. inittal made The was move ward this d today by Assistant Corpo. ration ( nse<l Ringgold H I member of the Con issioners’ ¢ | board, who indicated he will recom: | me to Maj. W. H. Holcombe, chalr, man of the ard, that, pending help | from Congress in ma ® the fleei driver an out- 1 under {the statutes, the uning aw from the lent be { raised sharply { *The pres situation call |drastic steps,” Mr. Hart oune d “I am of the opinfon that t who fails to stop aft a4 commen criminal, s act is, in fact. a under pres. egulat the most be with jail sentence L favor of urging Congress to enact this offense long jai penalt of ar 2 $40 to $500 for r a col Jailing Not Poss I belie for this le. Teanwhile, | penalty fi that the offense under he police regulations should be {raised to a maximum fine of $300 |The District cannot prosecute a vio- lation of its regulations with a J sentence, but it could impose such sentence if Congress 1d enact ¢ | special law covering these cases rJ F. Oyeter, in leharge of the police department, an- nounced further that the Commis- isioners will bring the sltuation to the attentio of Congress at the carliest practicable moment after it lconvenes, presenting recommenda tions that adequate laws be {immediately to curb the crimin ldriver. H id thut Congress would ibe asked to make penalties more !severe for various major traffic of fenses, including the T leaving the of an uccident without making the jdentity know: “The police department is doing its |utmost to handle the situation, |spite of the hundicap of an cient personnel” he stated |spector Headley, chief of the !bureau, is to be commended fy efforts under the conditions imposed ! Curb Speed Mani: the same time Maj. Ds livan, superintendent of police. sued a hulletin to his men, “Curb the Speed Maniac | “The speed ma | menace to the safety ‘Ilnll no effort should be { prehending and bringing | persons who habitually evidence | disregard for the safety of ot Make the streets of Washington s He followed this general bu with a detailed order to the taing of ever precinct to “Work motor cycle men in plain clothe daily. during the daytime, until further orders. | The order continues: | struct all members ! Heutenants, and as foot privates, in enforcing the {‘especially such as {‘not having proper lights, ‘number | not properly lighted ‘numbers ol- | structed by bumpers,’” ete. In view of the large number of complaints Beinz | received the major and superinten- dent cxpects every member of the department to be deeply interestsd in enforcing the regulations.” ; Courts Are Jammed. While the municipal and police uu- thorities were thus doing all in their power to dam the wave of traflic crimi ity, the courts were being jammed with rapid Increments serious traflic es, and were bei hindered in disposing of the charges by an incessant demand by offenders | for jury trials. | The slowing up of the wheels of | justice bronght foreibly to the notice iof officlals the need for a separats court and judge to try the fast-ac jcumulating cases of persons arrested | for driving while Intoxicated. | Out of 24 cases of driving | intoxicated, awaiting jury trials, | Jury rendered a verdict of guilty in two vesterday. Sente 8 Will be im posed by the court Saturday. The defendants were John B. Freemun jand Vincent Mari The fact that these two charge e originally made May 23 and April 19, respec tively, also tends to show the long time these cases lapse before they | reach final judgment. | Sixteen chargos of driving wh | intoxicated and one charge of reck- | less driving were continued indefi- | nitely. These es will he set for trial at a later date. One case yes- terday, that of Conrad S. Burrichter charged with _driving ile intoxi | cated. was nolle prossed, insuflicient evidence being the cause. ° Remch Warramts Inxued. Philip C. Buckler, Clyde C. Dun- nipgton and R mond Beach, all charged with driving while intoxi- cated, wers given continuances to November 29. 25 and 29 respectively Bonds were forfeited in the cases of George W. Manley and Roger Mills, both charged with driving while in- toxicated, and bench warrants issued by the court. | “According to court officlals it is ldue to the system now being used I that tends to such a del and not due to any lack of efliciency or o {operation on the part of tha corpora- tion counsel office or individual po. licemen. All these cases must wait calendar {Continued on Page 3, Column &) uffi At 1s- headed " as follows constan trians d in ap to justice etin cap “You will in- of your command ergeants as well to be on the alert traffic regulations, ‘cutting corners i i while |