Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1924, Page 1

— WEATHER. (. s Fair and owly risir h H Wy rday 1 Weather Bureau Forecast.) colder tonight: tomorrow, g temperature, Temperature ended at 2 pam. to- at 2:30 p.m, yes- . 33, at 6:30 a.m. today. on page 7 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Pago 28 7 P No: 29443 o che T Entered as secord class matter shingion, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION * RAISES IN POSTAGE PROPOSED TOMEET HIGHER PAY SCALE Senator Sterling Having Bill| Drafted to Provide Addi- : tional Revenue. | who JOW DOUBT PASSAGE | OVER COOLIDGE’S VETO| Opposition to Such Course Growing Daily. Congressional Lead- ers Report. LINCOLN. Depar G Goren Office ment, at the of South nat t of th draftin st S post bill to tal | { various pos L major por- the $68,000,000 re- | increased salaries | i aqu 1 in the President Coolidie wction in the Sen-| by he purpose of Senator Ster- bill the proposed as soon will seek t session. | econd by the on, in the it would bill over the the rsed elec I in e changes Opposition Is Growing. ugh only three nate at the Senators voted | bill when it| last session | rling was upported the to passing | lent's | spposition tted that the for such | oming | that stre € the thirds vote unless per- post w nderstand- shall dealt with f. will adopted 1 Senators which will pr until March 4} cffective in tactics rt session ne inced Presid inter and the e veto, it they ecannot| veto, it| st to send the For if a vote bill failed to would be dead far more difficult to measure_then than if it | t back to the the Were now that action | the session. Be Referred Back. | heing made to reach an | with the proponents of the it shall be referred back mittee, instead of havin on the Presis veto hese g are will nt's negotiations i it be they ith the postal its report £ the criticised in some d to wait mission should ascertainment varion ihead with the postal pay b ' now reported exclusive of the first- s mail service and the postal sav- the other services are In round numbers, the to the Government on d shows that The in about costs, raport, about The first-class mail service more the postal brings than it commission’s savings serv- than it losses to the Govern- the nd-class mail , third and fourth classes, for- rvice, registry, In the cond-class mail serv for exam- e, the loss amounts more than £,000.000, third-class more than fourth class more than 6.000.000, " and registry more than 10,000,000, £80,000,000 according to d t $4 big in to 16,000,000 | N ¥air Increases Planned. The purpose of Senator Sterling is | bring in a bill which will o re- | the losses on these various ! of mail vices that it w possible to meot the increases in the pay for postal em- 1o kinds proposed In the the Senator it might be possible to reduce the rates on first-class mail, in the adjustment | that service makes and above the . But! considered doubtful that .the t Office Department would approve h a reduction. The department is riving always to cut the deficit and | 10 eliminate it. Therefore, proposals 1o reduce the rates on the serv “which is making the big excess over «xpenditures are not likely to be| smiled upon. Senator Sterling has fought to the postage on ‘“drop’ Jetters—Ilette that are delivered in the same city in which they are anailed—reduced to 1 cent, instead of | & cents. But this has been opposed. nator Sterling belleves that it be possible to draft a bill that be fair to tb users of the 1 rious services which will mal it rossible to ralse practically all of | ‘e money needed to pay the in-| ses to the postal employes. Edge Is Reassured. | Senator Idge of New Jersey, who as had charge of the postal pay 1 to some extent on the floor and ho has been sceking to have it yassed over the President's veto, to- <ay during the session of the Senate rund that opponents of the measure were seeking to have the Isle of Pines | treaty made the unfinished business | of the Senate after the disposal of | the Muscle Shoals bill. He questioned Senator Borah, chair- man of the foreign relations commit- ire and a strong opponent of the pay 1ill in its present form, and ascertain- «d that a motion to go imto legisla- “ive session could be made af any e during the consideration of the @ of Pines treaty, and so did not ~ Continued much over o will will | Rumania, | Speransky | embra Visit of Royalty Recasts Society; 500° Replaces “400° Lines Are Drawn to Save ‘Dignity and Breeding’ By New York Club. Iy fhe Associated Press. NEW YORK paign of drawing “dignity has been ival of December 10.—A cam- social selection, with a of the social lines so nd breeding may be saved, inaugurated here with th the Grand Duchess Cyril, e husband some time ago pro- claimed himself Czar of Russia, the New York World says. The movement, instituted Monday Opera Club, which the grand duchess to this as its guest, has resulted choice of a new “500" to place of “400" chosen Willia party 32 ye The wer de, by the invited in take for the the Mrs. ago. club the Asto selections m the | »xplained, “along the lines of fastidious “Society in Kurope,” it was ex- pfiined on Lehalf of the club, “looks cross the with hope to the cial life of our vigorous new nation. The Monday Opera Club must uphold standards.” The « first honorary to visit the club’s guest bers who a later as sea irand Duchess member United States as the Other honorary mem- expected to come here guests are Queen Marie of the Duchess de Vendome, of the Bourbons in Duchess Xenia of Russ < ter of the late czar; Grand Duke Michael, cousin of the czar, and the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Ha- ven, granddaughter of Queen Vic- toria of England. Among those on the executive com- mittee in charge of the club's general polley —are Princess Cantacuzene- (nee Grant), Mrs. Richard Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Henry H. Rogers. TAX PUBLICITY BAN BACK INCONGRESS Court Decisions Clearly Indi- cate That Problem Is Legislative. Cyril s of the the club head Grand Mortimer, and Mrs, BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Decision against the Department of Justice and in favor of the City Journal-Post and New Herald-Tribune, two Kansas York newspapers | Which were selected for test cases be. | thereby evading the tax. Cause they published income tax pay- ments, means the probable collapse of | the’ whole effort to secure secrecy by | if the advocates of the court decision and transfers the prob- | least lem back to Congress. For several leaders in the House and Senate have been dodging the issue of pub- licity on tax payments by saying they preferred to await the outcome of the pending in the courts. Enough has ‘been indicated by the es pull the Gov of the fire. Once upon ernment’s chestnuts out a time a constitutional amendment was adopted which for- bade Congress to make any law abridging the freedom of the press. Although there have been numerous cases brought to test the validity of laws passed which seemed to in- hibit the press, the Supreme Court of the United States has usually taken the position that about the only things that can be prohibited from publication are those which Inter- fere with the public welfare, such as the printing of obscene literature and items calculated to damage the Gov- ernment, though the latter as a rule ced wartime activitles Almost never has there been any thought that newspapers printing the facts taken from Government docu- ments were violating any possible law. It has been assumed that they country | GAS TAX INQUIRY HERE ORDERED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE Failure to Yield Estimated Return Convinces Group Law Is Evaded. AVERAGE DRIVER USES SEVEN GALLONS WEEKLY Loophole in Statute Sought—Street Extension Measures Are Reported. | i | | | Convinced that some means has | been found to evade the law, the | House District committee, at a meet- ing today, appointed a special sub- committee of five to go thoroughly into the gasoline tax situation in the District of Columbia. This action was taken after Representative Fred- erick Zihlman of Maryland had sub- | mitted statistics of gasoline tax oper- s in various States which showed | _"]li\lnc( revenue to be small in com- | parison. | Mr. Zihlman, in bringing the mat- {ter to the attention of the commit- tee, asserted that while he did not charge violations of the law, he | wished to point out that the small | revenue in the District was ‘sus- { picious,” and that, in his opinion, | the matter should be investigated. | “There may be some loophole in the {law,” he said, “whereby individuals or ! firms are finding it possible to evade | payment of this tax. The present aver- | 'age if continued throughout the balance of the year shows only 7 gallons of gasoline a week consumed by the more than 100,000 automobiles in the Dis- | trict. 10 Gallons Estimated. “In the original estimates it was fig- ured that each car would use more than 10 gallons a week, thereby bringing in a tax of more than $1,000,000 a year. When the law was enacted it was my opinion that ‘' the returns would reach as high as $1,500,000, while at the present rate they will only be a little over §700,000. “The average consumption gallons per week per car in the District is ridiculously low. It is im possible to understand. There must |be some reason for it when country- | wide statistics show the average to ]ba over 10 gallons. “It is possible that big firms, using a great may be importing it in of 7T some of the deal of gas, tank cars, ever, is specifically guarded against [in the bill, and it should he easy to | spot any one who is doing it. “I am confident that there are at 100,000 automobiles In the | District. The last check-up showed {104,000. The figures for Californla |show that each passenger car uses |an average of 517 gallons of gas a | year, each commercial auto 1,250, | each stage bus 1,750, and each tax lcab 2,000 Compare that with the average in the Distrfct and it is committee f courts to show that the latter will not | obvious that there is something the matter.” | Representative Thomas Blanton of { Texas agreed with Mr. Zihlman that | there must be some loophole in the |law and urged appointment of the | subcommittee. | Ankx Post Office Exemption. A letter from Postmaster General New asking that postal drivers be made exempt from municipal regula- tions in regard to traffic was referred to the subcommittee probing the traffic laws In the Dis- trict. : “We must watch closely any action | taken on this matter,” said Represent- ative Blanton. ‘“There is no reason why postal drivers should be released on the streets of the city without having to conform to the trafiic laws. All automobile drivers, no matter in which department of the Government they are employed, traffic This, how- | observance | Tegular |y, imeetings and explaly the Seiss should abide by the general rules. Supposc a postal driver leaves his car with the engine running and it starts away What redress has the person it 1 hold that every driver in the City of Washington and in all other places for that matter, should be | compelled to observe the laws. “Representative Louls Cramton of E the com- Michigan appeared before Imittee to urge that the bill regulating BOY OF 16 SLAYS 1 School be reported. Mr. ’(r::l‘\:‘l‘:ng pointed out that although | the proposed institution had been { provided for by appropriations, there I no law for the admission and | care of inmates. He safd that the | bill was acceptable to the District | Commissioners and urged that imme- diate action he taken. The commit- tee reported the bill. Extension Bill Reported. | The bill providing for the exten- | sion of Rittenhouse street from Blair | Road to Sligo Mill Road was also reported by the committee after A. S ‘urtis, 16-year-old sc Leftwich Sinclair, appearing in be- :;“;:‘:V;,‘::“,‘}m‘:,:\:,',’Idlq fu_m"""’y}mu of the Eastern Star Masonic . O loday, accord-| e, had asserted that Ing to Prosecutor Wescott, that he|yiin' of the street would not only shot and killed Betsy Ross, his 16-!,;ovide an adequate thoroughfare to year-old schoolmate. The girl was the home but would enable the in- found dead in the home of her sister, |stitution to acquire the proper amount with whom she lived in Gloucester, [0 Water, gas and electricity. and when Curtis was questioned he first said she had shot herself, According to Prosecutor Wescott, the boy broke down after an all-night cxamination. Curtis said that he and the girl had quarrelled over some im- proper pictures she found in his pos- session. He put a bullet in the pistol he had in his pocket, walked toward her and pulled the trigger. He sald he did not know why he did it, but admitted he was angry. The boy and girl were alone in the house when the shooting occurred. The body was found by the sister,| Mrs. Margaret Bell, when she return- ed home. Curtls was arrested at the home of another schgolboy and taken to the Bell home and accused of the shooting. He denied it, explaining to the police that the girl had picked up the weapon from a table, pointed it at the ceiling and snapped the trig- ger. It missed fire, he said, and then she pointed it at him and it again missed _fite. Next she pointed the pistol at herself and this time the weapon worked. The boy could not explain why three of the pictures were clutched in her hand when she was found dead. Curtis and the Ross girl had been friends for two years, and he was almost a daily visitor at her home. He ix the son of Mrs. Anna Mathis, were performing their duty not only | in_disclosing the details of a law, " (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) ==y Sitar Lad Admits Shooting After Quarrel Over Improper Pictures. the Associated Press. CAMDEN. N. J., December 10. {Mercury to Drop To 26 Tonight; No Snow Apparent It isn't going to snow, despite the somewhat wintry temperature and lowering heavens. 5 At least, such is the chilly out- look handed the kiddies today by Uncle Sam's forecaster, who has a penchant for sticking to ®id facts. He expects the cloudy skles to cleat up considerably by nightfall, and as the clouds rise the mercury will fall rapidly. Automobile radiators will be greeted with a temperature around 26 degrees above zero tonight, it is predicted. Tomorrow will be unsettled, but no snow or rain is expected during the next 36 hours. Parts of Maryland may see a few flurries of flakes this evening, however. | | | | | | |Radio Programs—Page 38. and_runs over somfe the exten- | \ l | | | IAPANESE RETRE FROM PARLEY ROW Withdraw From Subcommit- tee for Control of Opium Traffic. By the Associated Prose. GENEVA, December 10.—Japan startled this forenoon’s session of the second opium conference by nouncing that she would take no further part in the deliberations of the subcommittee which is endeavor- ing to fix the status of the central board for control of the opium traffic Delegate Sugimura, in a crisp state- ment, said the subcommittee was get- ting nowhere with the problem and he and his delegation were convinced it was useless to proceed as it had been doing In tie face of the op- POSIUBN™ {6 The Americans’ proposed system of basing allotments of opium supplles to ine various countries on estimates of their legitimate require- ments. This opposition, he sald, came notably from Holland and France. Edwin Neville of the United States delegation, Leon Bourgeols of France and Dr. H.'S. Beland of Canada, urged Mr. Sugimura to remain on the com- mittee, but the Japanese: was ada- mant. an- Names Representative. “This subcommittee cannat get any- where without new blood,” Mr. Sugi- mura declared, adding: “We propose that Senor Buero of Uruguay serve in Japan's place. He has been dis- tinguished throughout the conference by notable impartiality.” After the other delegates had joined in the request that he remain, Mr. Sugimura only reiterated his decision, which had been reached in agrecment with Mr. Kaku, head of the Japanes delegation, and which he declared was | irrevocable. The subcommittee, from which the Japanese withdrew, finally adopted his suggestion to invite Senor Buero to sit with it. The committee also invited the Swiss deiegate to attend viewpolnt “regarding the central board. Switzerland yesterday served notice that she would have nothing to do with such an organization, and the purpose of inviting the delegate Wwas to get the Swiss views into the minutes of the conference. A clash between Mrs. Hamilton Wright, American delegate, and T. AL Clayton, the new head of the dele- gation from India, enlivened another subcommittee session where article 1 of the American proposals was being discussed. Mr. Clayton had just fin- ished a lengthy survey of India’ needs for oplum, particularly in the treat- ment of cattle for colic and other ailments, when Mrs. Wright inter- jected: "It has always seemed strange to me that India of all the oriental countries, should be the sole one needing opium so much while all her eastern nelghbors were endeavoring to_stamp it out.” Mrs. Wright followed with refer- ences to India’s infant mortality and the alleged debasement of the popu- lation through the use of opium. Mr. Clayton asked for specific references and Mrs. Wright replied she would bring the documents later. “The opium consumption of India is just a trifie below that of the nited States,” Mr. Clayton: retorted. “Mrs. Wright has told us that they cannot control the drug trade in the United States because of the contra- band problem. In India there is no contraband problem. All' the opium produced and consumed is covered by our government figures, which India has published for 60 years. It seems to me the delegates from the United States should examine the documents @ little more carefully or keep a little more up to date. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, “From Press to Home . Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and thegregular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes ny Star. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 98,891 1924 —FORTY-FOUR PAGES. * TWO CENT SEE IF YOu Can GET A DOVE OF PFACE N DOING STUNTS AT Atlantic-Pacific 12-Minute Flight Made by Army Pair A flight has just been made from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast in 12 minutes, says an announcement today by the Army Air Service, but before time is given to question the authenticity of the statement, it is hastily explained that the scene of the new record-breaking airplane trip was in the Panama Canal Zone. Nevertheless Lieuts. Reld and Kennedy in standard MB-3 pursuit planes covered the 36 miles at a speed of 180 miles per hour. “France Field,” says the report to the Air Service headquarters here, “has hung up three or four unofficial records in the past and it has always been her luck to find that the timekeeper has gone on furlough or to the hospital, which fs why we don't get any credit, but it's a consolation to know that our records remain unbroken even to having th shattered unoffi- clally HERRIOT TAKEN I REFUSED TOREST Confined to Room and Doc- tors’ Announcement Causes Apprehension. By the Ascociated Prass. PARIS, December 10.—Fremier Her- riot was confined to his room today with a serious attack of grippe. A physician’s bulletin sald the malady was accompanied by a swelling of the leg. The premier has been ailing for more than a week. He saw his doctor about 10 days ago, and was told to take a rest. He insisted upon going on with his engagements, however. His friends hoped his fron con- stitution would enable him to hold out through this particular trying period, but he was taken ill early this morning, after last night's try- ing sesslon of the Chamber of Deputies. A bulletin issued from the premier's ministerial offices read: “The premier is affected with grippe, with pains in the legs. (Sign- ed) Dr. Henri Block, Prof. Sicarhd."" The first the public knew that the head of the government was ailing was the publication of the doctors' bulletin. This caused some alarm, as it was regarded as unusual that such a bulletin should be issued for a simple attack of grippe. M. Herriot has been regarded as strong constitutionally, but'he has lately showed himself unable to stand up under the strain as well as did Premier Poincare, although mak- ing a gallant effort to rival and even surpass Poincare’s activities in speech making as well as in other public duties. . .. LORD JELLICOE RETIRES. LONDON, December 10.—The admi- ralty announced today the retirement of Admiral Lord Jellicoe on December 5.ast. Admiral Jellicoe, Viscount of Scapa, commanded the British grand flect in the battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916, and afterward was first sea lord of the admiralty and chief of the na- val staff. In 1920 he was appointed governor general and commander-in- chiet of ‘the Dominion of New Zea- land, serving as such until last Au- gust. The retirement of the admiral became effective on. his ' sixty-fifth birthday anniversary, as he was.born December 5, 1859 a Half Holiday for Federal Workers Christmas Eve, Decreed by Coolidge Employes of the Federal and District Goverpments working in the District of Columbia -are to have a half holiday the day before Christmas. An executive order to this ef- fect was Issued today by. President Coolidge. It was stated. by of- ficers of the White House, how- ever, that there is very little likeli- hood of a corresponding order be- ing issued to grant & half holiday the day preceding New Year day. The President’s order follows: “It is hereby ordered than on December 24, 1924, beginning with the time fixed by the heads of the executive establishments for enter- ing on duty, and exclusive of time for luncheon, four hours shall con- stitute a'day’s work for il clerks and other employes of the Federal Goverriment and the Government of the District of Columbia, in the sald District of Columbia. 5 “Provided, however, that this order shall not apply, to any bureau or office of the Federal Government, or the District, of Columbia, or to any of the clerks or per diem employes thereof, that may for special public reasons be excepted thersfrom by the head of the department or establish- ment having supervision or control of such bureau or office, or where the same would be inconsistent with the provisions of existing law.” THE WHITE - HOUSE FAVORS TWOSITE FORNATIONAL PARK Appalachian Committee to Meet Here Tomorrow to Make Choice. The Southern Appalachian National ’ark Committee, appointed by Sec- retary of Interior Work to select the most typical mountain area available s a for the East's first great national park, will hold its first meet- g here tomorrow, to choose the out- standing area from the dozen or more | It has inspected. Before the end of committee will submit Secretary Work, containing recom- mendations of an ideal site for the park, and it is predicted by persons close to the commissioners that the Interior Department head will draft a bill immediately and present it to Congress before the first of the yea: setting aside as a Government reser- | vation. : site the week, the its report to Two Sites Likely i As the time for the selection draws | nearer, it becomes even more ap-| parent, according to persons im- mediately in touch with the com-! mittee, that it will recommend two ! sites to Secretary Work—the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and the | Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. | Whether Mr. Work will ask for the aequision of both areas has not yet been determined, however, Secretary Work probably will re- ceive the report Friday evening, when he entertains the committeemen at| his home. It is expected that he will | make the selection known in the newspapers Sunday morning. Mr. Work has indicated that he will wish | at least that much time to study the| report and draw his owhn conclusions | before submitting the decision to | public discussion. = | Members of the committee believe | that the Fast is entitled to at least two national parks. The West already | has 17, distant Hawali, 1, and there| is another very small ndtional reser- | vation up just off the coast of Maine. ntx Two Parks, | the | maladministration | were that Commissioner Burke per- Radio Will Carry Wilson Memorial Speeches Monday The official m the Federal G, to the late morial services of vernment in tribute President Woodrow Wilson which will be held at a Joint session of the Senate and House in the House Chamber next Monday with President Coolidge, members of his cabinet and the official representatives of other natlons as special guests will be broadeast so that it can be heard by listeners in the entire Eastern section of the United States wanl even overseas. The exercises will be broadcast in Washington from WRC the sta- tion of the Radio Corporation of America, which will be hooked up with WJZ in New York, also a station of the Radio Corporation of America, and with WGY, the Gen- eral Electric station at Schenectady. As this latter station is very powerful and is heard regularly in England it should be possible for listeners overseas, as well as listeners in a wide in Amer- ica, to hear the ad dresses. MALTZAN NAMED AS GERMAN ENVOY rea memorial ;’Former Dragoon Officer Will Replace Wiedfeldt at Washington. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 10.—Baron Ago Von Maltzan has been appointed Ger- man Ambassador to the United States to succeed Dr. Otto Wiedfeldt. Offi- { cial announcement of his appointment was made today. Baron von Maltzan is 47 years old, and a native of Metklenburg. He educated at the Universities of Bonn and Breslau, starting on a mili. tary career he became a lieutenant of dragoons in 1%9%, but entered the foreign office as an attache in 1906, IHe served as secretary of legation at Rio de Janeiro, Christiania and St. Petersburg, and in 1912 became coun- cilor of legation at Peking, where he remained until China entered the war against Germany. He has been an undersecretary in the foreign of- fice for the past three years He accompanied Foreign Rathenau and Chancellor Genoa conference and fluential in framing the Rapallo. ecretary Wirth to was in- treaty of BURKE, ATTACKED. DEMANDS INQURY Indian Commissioner Says He Has Been “Assailed by Grafters” Before. Indian Commissioner Charles Burke today addressed a letter Chairman Snyder of the House dian committes requesting imme- diate investigation of charges of of Indian matters in Oklahoma, which were presented to the committee yesterday The charges, contained in a sworn statement by former County Judge Hugh L. Murphy of Okmulgee, Okla H. to In- mitted unlawful diversion of Indian funds, fn one case amounting to $1,000,000 “This is not the first time 1 have been assailed by grafters,” said the commissioner, who added he was not 160 CENTS NETS 10 YEARS. The contention is that unless both of|disturbed by the charges. His lettor | the areas under most serious con-| ' Rebresentative Snyder said: sideration are acquired immediately | “Having been warned that s they will be spoiled for natlonal park | WOUld be attacked if we continued to purposes through commercial ex- | DSISt upon the enactment of legis. | ploitation of their forest wealths. | lation, now pending, with a view of It has been pointed out by the com- | StOPPINg graft by dishonest missioners, all experts in the matter |?*YS and others who have of national parks, that whatever|lndians and in many instances Indian money Congress appropriated for the | children, I assume that these charges | reservations now would eventually be | 4T¢ CAITYing out the threat.” { returned to the Treasury, Wit inter- | “There should be an immediate in- | est, through the millions of dollars | estigation, and, as your committee fu | that would be spent in them every |clothed with full authority to investigate, | year by the tourists who would make|] Most respectfully and earnesly. re. | them their playgrounds. {Quest not only an investigation of these | In the proposed Blue Ridge area|charges but of every phase of the con. only 90 miles from Washington over |duct and administration of this office | the newly built Lee highway, which |during my incumbency as commissioner, | begins at Luray, with the famous Fortunately, sufficient authority ix given | Stony Man Mountain, and ends near your committee, under the yesomution | Staunton, rich historic memories, there |adopted by the House of Representatives | would not be a month of the year|on June 4, 1924, to make the investign. that the park would not be open for!tion that I urge you to make, I ask | the use of the public, {(I’;z( the one purporting to be the author | of the charges filed and the witnesses Fight Is Looming. | he named be fmmediately called before It is generally conceded that there | N Committee.” il be a determined fight between | T | rginia and Tennessee before Con- 1 £ress over the matter of whicn arca |4 MISSING IN PLANE FALL.| Will be developed first, should both | be recommended by Secretary Work | in addition to the commissioners, for it is the approval of the Interior Department head that will count most on that question with Congress. There is slight doubt in the minds of informed persons, however, but! that the. Blue Ridge Mountain area will be developed first, unless land- owners in that section demand ex- orbitant prices. Not only will Con- gress be persuaded by the fact that the Blue Ridge Park would be avail- able as a week end resort spot to 35,000,000 persons, but also by the fact that it can be converted into a national park at. far_ less expense and in much less time. Yet it does not lack any of the majestic beauty national park experts demand in abundance in all such reservations. attor- | defrauded | SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 10.— Four men are missing, one is listed |as possibly missing and three are! | more or less seriously burned as a result of an aviation accident today | at the entrance to San Diego Bay, when a blg Navy seaplane fell Into the ocean. P Most of Reward | For Boy Slayers; By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 10.— Two* reporters and six other men to- day shared in the $6,000 reward which had been offered for the solution of the mystery of the murder of Robert Franks, for which Richard Loeb- and Nathan Leopold, jr.. rich men's sons, are serving life sentences. The reporters, Alvin H. Gold- stein and James W. Mulroy, re- ceived the larger shares—$1,500 i each. 1 The others were Robert Minke, | Texas Bank Robber Gets Added Decade for Auto Theft. AUSTIN, Tex., DecembBer 10.—W. C.| Thunderburck, who robbed the Ac- | quilla State Bank in Hill County of 80 conts several days ago, vesterday was given 10 years in the penitentiary who found the body under a rail. road culvert; Paul Korff, John Ko- leska, and Walter and George Knitter, members of the railroad signal crew, and Robert Hunt, a watchman, in district court here. He was in- dicted, tried and convicted in less| than two hours. | Thunderburck was sentenced to merve another 10 vears on a charge of stealing an automobile. | Veto it even {ing Great DRIVEONRADICALS BY BRIAIN, FRANCE ANDITALYLODMS ;‘Chamberlain and Mussolini | Believed to Have Discussed United Action. | MEDITERRANEAN NAVAL AGREEMENT FORESEEN Spanish Position in Africa Is Be- hind-Scenes Topic—Pope Re- ceives Delegates. BY HIRAW K. 'y Wireliss to The MODERWELL. Star and Chicago Daily Nows. ROME, by | France Decerm Ttaly, against agitation is the to —*United Britain internal bolshevist of the day hers result of Foreign Mi Au ten Chamberlain’s recent conversa- tion with Premier Mussolini. Source close to the government insist that this subject was undoubtedly dis cussed by the Italian and British for eign minist that con measures are being taken the police of the nations concernec Fascist Italy hailed the e British a moral indors ment of Mussolini’s conservative policy. The Baldwin government i regarded as a natural ally of Italy in the struggle against international radicalism. Italy that Premier Herriot's ernment in France must the serio of the propaganda, which the policy French Socialists encouraged. er ac | tion and as a nister s, and now rec elections as Facist also asserts racical gov realiz Commun now ness May Agree on Refugees. It is noted that the French n the course of the last few have arrested numerous Italian Comi- munists living in France and hav {sent them back to Italy. It is ex [ pected that the “united front” wil {result in an agreement to exchangz !information concerning refugee r: fcals and to extradite those | with criminal offens { " In this connection | fact that Italy never the Russian Soviet | supporting the alleged bolshevist prop- aganda. The government authori ties insist that the Russian behavior here has been correct and that Ital {1an relations with Moscow are cordial It is also considered certain that | Mussolini must have broached the question of Italy's position as a Medi- terranean naval power. Although Great Britain certalnly would veto ny specific deals concerning spheres of influence in the Mediterranean, it must always consider the protection of its naval route to India via the Suez (anal. An entente on this b has long been the dream of Italiar politicians. While no deal has been made concerning concrete spheres o | naval activity official Italy hopes that | the Mussolini-Chamberlain conversi- | tion has facilitated an inderstanc {by which Great Britain wiil apprecia | Italy’s peculiar position in the Medi | terranean. U. S. Acceptance Pleases. Much satisfaction was expressed in league circles over the American notec accepting the league's invitation to attend the conferénce next March on the limitation of the arms and muni- tions traflic. It is understood that the | United States does not consider the | question of the manufacture of muni- { tions a proper topic for this confer ence. but ft is hoped that her first step will lead to a second. e | " The sessions of the league counci |nave again revealed that the topic of | prevention of war by arbitration is Dery miuch alive. Aristide Briand for | France said ihat the Geneva peace | protocol which has been accepted by his country and many other natio will be on the program of the council meeting in March. While it is generally supposed that Great Britain and Italy able to the principle of compulsory arbitration of international disputes it is clear that the idea has taken such a hold upon the European peo- ples that the governments dare not if they wish to do s The discussion concerning the limit tion of armaments related only to the question of procedure, but it showed respect for the popular demand for military demobilization charged is a curiou suggests tha government i< it next Spanish Riff Disxcussed. An agreement for succession to the Spanish Riff is being discussed here behind the scenes by the diplomats assembled for the League of Nations session. Though the topic is not yet ripe” for a formal agreement, it is probable that a preliminary under- standing is aiready being arrived at. France is the chief candidate, hav- Britain's conditional con- If France were to be selected, would demand compensations elsewhere on the Mediterranean. Beginning today, all delegates to the council of the League of Nations will be received individually by the Pope. Even the .special emissaries of Austria and Danzig. who have made their reports.to the council on their territories, are being received. Though the Vatican states that these audiences have a strictly pri- vate character. it is regarded as in- evitable that the conversation there will concern those international ques- tions which particularly touch the Vatican's spiritual interests. sent. Italy Chamberlain Sees Pope. It is considered significant that be- fore he received Austen Chamberlain today, the Pope talked with Mgr Maglione, the apostolic nuncio, who presented to the League of Nations the Vatican's proposal that it be givelt the custody of the holy places in Palestine. Mr. Camberlain’s visit with the Pope lasted 20 minutes. Little cere- mony was made of it, but the British foreign secretary was constantly sur- rounded by a battery of English and Ttallan detectives until he was inside the Vatican doors. This was to pre- vent his assassination, attempts at which have been feared from the Egyptian nationalists. Later, the secretary spent 15 min- utes with Cardinal Gasparri Sunday Funerals Opposed. Speeial Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., December 10.—Ministers here are making an effort to discourage Sunday funerals, saying they attract the morbidly cu- rious, necessitating at the time abap. donment of church services.