Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1925, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain or snow tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight; minimum temperature about 34 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 46, at p.m. yesterday; lowest, 24, at 7 a.m. ‘The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi tion is delivered to Washington homes toda Full report on’page 7. ch ¢ Foening Star. as fast as the papers are printed. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 27 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 100,473 No. 29,473, Entered us socong slasa mattor WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1925—FORTY-TWO PAGES. . TWO CENTS. post office W. hington, D. C. MANUEL'S CROWN ECLARED IN PERIL N AR SIS of Aosta as Trump Card if Balked by King. Y QUICK CONSENT TO END PARLIAMENT SAVED RULE | Moderate Policy of Throne Held to | Irk Fascisti—Foes May Re- Enter Chamber. | “Candidate” for King 1. 5. ENVOYS SEEK APPROVAL HERE OF DEBT PARLEY MOVE Decisions of Moment Cabled for 0. K. Before Further Action in Paris. SECRECY OF NEGCTIATION CAUSES STIR IN FRANCE Conference Delayed While Home Governments Consider Reports of Delegation: =SKE o NO KIDDIN, ———— — THOSEDSTRCT OF CoLuMBiA FOLKS! STUDY BY EXPERTS |COOLIDGE ASSURED MAY WINOVER FOES OF NAVY PROGRAM Complete Reassessment of Situation Might Follow Re- port to President. COMMITTEES MARK TIME PENDING COOLIDGE ACTION | Final Decision of Administration | Is Waited to Clear Atmosphere. CURB WL B PUT ONUNFARRENTALS Special Committee of Realty Men and Bankers Act on President’s Suggestion. QUARTERS TO BE FOUND FOR ANY ILL-TREATED Joint Senate and House Body to Begin Hearings on Bill Next Monday. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By the Associated Press. Although for the present the ad- Notifying President Coolidge that By Cable to JThe Star and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, January 9.—The principal ministration is withholding approval | they can and will make those who = problems connected with the division of the Navy modernization and bulild- | indulge in improper real estate trans- ROME, Ja gent to the have been given 9 sary —Quick royal con- of Parliament m King Victor Em manuel in order to prevent a dramatic cl | development which might have cost him | | | by DUKE OF AOSTA, of German reparation payments which the finance ministers and dip- lomatic representatives of the allied and associated powers came here to solve today are apparently in the hands of the Ing program favored by naval ex- perts, a reassessment of the whole situation may follow completion of a report now belng drafted by the Navy | General Board | actions in the District “change their minds and their attitude. of a committee representing of the District members ban the Washington Build- ers and Owners' and the Association his crown | y B < 4 various governments for solution. i An extended inquiry has been made | Washington R tate Board de Public opinion is watching anxious); o i h PRl e o b g Winston Churchill, British chan | by the board into the relative value |clared today they would form a defi - o . 3 g o | of battleships, subma - | nite plan 1. n cases - fhe Dopdlas s Ahsiitne ks et cellor of the exchequer, remained all | {of battleships, submarines and air plan for controlling cases of ur the morning at the ritish embassy | craft, and the results probably will |just and unfair treatment of tenants Aosta is Mussolini's trump card. The Duke of Aosta, the King's cousin, re- cently has been the subject of street rumors and cafe gossip. This is always a certain sign of profound excitement of | Italian public opinion. | Seen in Dictator's Role. Fascist and an admirer of Mussolini, the DENIES BRIBE TALE Mortimer, at Forbes Trial, and has been in telephonic communi- cation with London. The American delegations sent a long and important cable message to Washington, while Finance Minister Clementel of France was in a lengthy and serious ccnsul- tation with Premier Herriot. HUNT FOR THRILLS |Tokio Is Rocked be in the hands of President Coolidge | before the end of next week. | Whether anything in the report will} outweigh the President's desire to! FIVE-YEAR GROWTH | avoid further extensive naval ex-| penditures is a question yet to be determined. as they arise. The committee, which was formed yesterday at a meeting held under auspices of the Washington Real Es- tate Board, drafted a letter today and delivered it to the President, ad- | vising him of its plans, declaring that One of the latest rumors says the Th . ‘] | Meantime the naval committees of | real estate men z ank y says £ cere the obvious develoy-| arthquakes | a state men and bankers in Wash- Duke of Aosta is preparing to head a 80 icre 0t T Senate and House are virtually mark- | in B = Soh the 2 { Se se v | ington 11 use suc L 2 military dictatorship. ~ Since ne 1 a| 9ayS F. E. Pope Was Of- |ments of the first day in which the | B i) Faabiicls memhisthmva i et i e lid was supposed to have been nailed| | v . . pressure as they have at their disposal Mount Aso Erupts dicated that the modernization pro- to alter the minds of those [} /i | significance of this rumor is evident. | down tight on the proceedings of | e A | bl sihpR M k| SwdSIEEEE . Seoms hoemme s | L o 4 s o 2 P igmac | 7 | ss s comes | or “shady” real estate deal tionalistic tendencies. | CHICAGO, January 9.—Francis E.| sulting their governments is that = i earthquakes of high severity, the - _ | to consider questions of more or less| ey will see to it, they told the King Victor Emmanuel, on the other | Pope of Spokane, Wash., a cousin of | the negotiations have reached the Ex-Butcher, Deserting Study first of which rocked the city at 6 Superintendent Says Pro {."’““_"’ SEAp e Bl ls e b'““&f{:”fi“;' (E=c 1T Diey failitolfiing hand, is a man of moderate tempera- | Former President Harding, was called | point where decisions of moment | am. The last temblor this aft- in some quarters that a detailed|about desired results by such pres- ment and democratic convictions. He | must be taken. of Wooden Indians," Gets ernoon came at 3 o'clock and caus- vision Must Be Made for | delineation of the administration’s sure, they will see that available as a witness for the defense today in | | Vi i ; uarters 1 2 is reported to have said frequently e d A 5 2 s | | naval policies may soon be forthcom-| 4 ers are provided at a fair and ar hrted dp have =aid frequently |ty Forbes-Thompson Veterans' Bu- I N Ditatsion Aplerit ed many persons to leave their | 5.270 Punil ing to clear the atmosphere of many |Teasonable rental for lli-treated ten- whenever he was convinced a wmu.|Treau comspiracy trial. bt s kit i plenty. abodes. y upils. of its present uncertaintiess. ja The committee infomed the jority of the country no longer| Pope denied he ever had been offer- ere is a tendency in French polit-| Mount Aso, a volcano located 600 | While no definite information from | President it would be glad to submit wanted him. His influence always has ed $1,000,000 by ship contractors as ical circles to attribute the silence of miles southwest of here, has been official sources has been available as'| to him memoranda of all such cases been exerted In behalf of Internal|*a bribe to help influence the sale ;r;i“z;z:::::;;‘::ll[*:,ek‘i-:‘p\r:mflnlwf:lfI Refusing to join in a game of| in eruption since Tuesday and is Accommodations for 0 pupils | to the form of the general board’s re-‘h:htd:;‘fz» e 2 : : that among his most trusted advisers | 1€ also emphaticaily denied that he | fact that it was M. Clementel who 3% SA® AN b ;I LurosA he s s base. five years to remedy the congested |y} " oin element of naval power. It|Senate District committees appointed are Giolitti and other leaders of anti. | V€T had talked with Former Presi-|asked for secrecy is much commented | District line, George M. Lang, local P are e A conditions in the Washington high|is held to be equally certain, how- |t0 consider the proposed rent legisia- Fascist liberals who appear to re.|d¢ént Harding about having been of-|upon and is construed by the opposi- | butcher, residing in Cherrydale, Va., Wi . SO MEAsUres | schools, Supt. Frank W. Ballou points | ever, that the board will lay great|tion announced that hearings on guard themselves as the political body- | fered a bribe in connection With the | tion as meaning the French are unce| was overpowered last night by hir( 18 miles from north to south and |out in the final section of his compre- | stress upon the auxiliary value, not |Mmeasure would begin at 8:30 o'clock guard of the royal family. sale of the fleet. more on the point of giving way on|flashy but angered “hosts,” robbed of | has an opening 10 miles in width |hensive report on *“The Fact-Finding |alone of aircraft and submarine, but Monday morning. A time allowanc. King’s Mildness Resented. Admirers of the Duke of Aosta in- sist that the King’s mildness has only produced an unusual amount of blood- shed. They insist that Itallans need and desire a strong master. It is gen- erally believed the Fascistl were pre- | pared to make the Duke of Aosta) king at the time of their march on Rome if Victor Emmanuel refused to accept Mussolini as premier, Similarly, in the present -strigsl Elias H. Mortimer previously had testified for the prosecution that Pope had been offered $1,000,000 by a syndi- cate which sought to purchase the war time wooden fleet, comprising approximately 250 vessels. Pope identified a letter signed by President Harding, offered in evi- dence by James S. Easby-Smith, coun- sel for Charles R. Forbes, former di- rector of the Veterans’ Bureau. The prosecution objected to the introduc- er{flon"of the President's letter, and the some of the leading questions in con- fiict. Prominent delegates declined today to indicate what the program was for the immediate doing of the conferees. This increased the mystery surround- | Ing the negotiations and accentuated the note of pessimism which has de- veloped in political circles despite the optimistic notes given out yesterday by the heads of the delegations. Expectations are that r allied financial conference will close the. Inter- a bankroll of $225 and held prisoner until 4:30 o'clock this morning, ac- cording to the story Lang told the police today. During his confinement, ‘he de- clared, he was glven “courteous” at- tention, including the serving of sandwiches and coffee, and early this morning was “invited” to return to the city in an automobile. As he ‘Was put out of the car ut Pennsyl- from east to west. In eruptions during recent years the volgano sent off a mass of reddish yellow clouds and the mountains and flelds were mantled with a thick layer of grayish ash. Numerous cattle and horses ate the grass on the fields and died from polsoning. The ashes from the volcano contain a large per- centage of poisonous element and when_tmbued with molsture kills ~ all plants and animals that feed Basis of a Five-Year School | Program for the District of C: | made public today. Scattered over the five-year period. | accommodations for 1,054 pupils | should be available annually, the | report states. The superintendent arrived at his figures by estimating | the annual enrollment increment in | | the high schools at 750 a year and | adding 304 pupfls each year to this Building lumbia,” also of modern cruisers. Test Results May Be Given. | 1t is understood also that by mak- | ing public a summary_of the report the administration is considering par- | tial removal of the seal of secrecy which surrounded the recent tests with the battleship Washington. There have been intimations that| the Navy Department wants funds for the modernization work amount- ing in all to more than $20,000,000 and | of eight hours will be given pro- ponents and opponents of the bill Monday the committees will hear representatives of the DiStrict as- sessor's office and the Rent Commis- sion. Tuesday morning at 10:30 and | Tuesday night at 8 o'clock those in favor of the measure will bs heard and on Wednesday opponents of the measure will be given their hearings. Those at Today's Session. Members of the House and Senate the duke looms up In the PODUIAF | gourt sustal bicots by next Wednesday. vanla avenue and John Marshal number, or one-fifth of the total excess # - attending today's session were: Sena- imagination as possible dictator and | ““mne Heodie Toctor) aeion’ i The Anglo-American negotiations | place his assallants, he sald, handea| % the poisoned grass. number of pupils now -in the high ,‘::.Lngn“.1‘:,1.-ncgin’(,uy:’cef:‘f;;n:a]!& theltors Ball of Delaware, Copeland of ;.:2:““’“‘;::;e;'}:“‘hf"ne supported by | 1921, was addressed "My Dear Forbes.” | continue to make headway, many|him two one-dollar bills and ex- et % schools. all of the elght cruisers already| " YOrk and Jones of Washington e S L B (o1t 58id Forbes had been considered | questions of detall already being | pained to him the street location. Urses Building Plas, authorized. but for which no appro- | {ar nehr 5 4vives Blanton of Texas . | for varlous places in the Government, . e 2 : iations hav : i 5 sconsin, S latest demands of the Fascisti. Including & post on the . Snipping | Of those remaining, the principal is| Then they drove away, but not be The five-year building program now ‘"D:‘r',‘;’; C::‘sled:::lri‘n;(n?;?’e(he regular | NeW York and Hammer of North Car- (The Ereat popularity of the Duke | Board ~and the governorship of |understood to be whether extension |fore Lang succeeded in obtaining the before Congress will relieve the high | naval appropriation bill by the Somate | 0lina: of Aosta with the army would offset | y1aska. of the time of the Wadsworth agree- | a8 numbers. olioe = LodRX ¢ weTh school situation, the report explains, | committee, it was disclosed today,| ;L0¢ teXt of the letter to the Presi- the resentment with which the of- ficers regard the “Fascist militia. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) MAY RE-ENTER CHAMBER. Pope said he knew Mortimer. He was asked if Mortimer had reserved his hotel accommodations when he went to Washington for President Harding's inauguration. Easby-Smith objected to the ques- tion, and the court ruled the witness ment for repayment of the American occupational Army costs should be to 24 years or to a_longer perlod, even up to 40 years. It is hoped that this and the other points will be settled by tonight. Dificulty Lessened. hunting the owner of the car on the basis of the information. Had Sold Store. Lang told police that he disposed ot his grocery business near Seventh and E streets northeast yesterday and - DENIAL OF WATER through the following provieions: | Construction of a new school building {for McKinley Manual Training School | on a site now owned by the District a | Joining the Langley Junior High School Construction of a new school building | Navy officials testified that, while the United States is behind the arms treaty ratio on capital ships, aircraft carriers and cruisers, the American Navy is substantially ahead in de- stoyers and submarines. Admiral Eberle, chief of naval op- dent forwarded today follows: “Following the suggestion at- tributed to you in The Evening Star of January 6, that ‘the best way for local real estate interests to preclude the necessity for rent legislation in Washington is for them, with the Anti-Fascisti Deputies Consider | need not answer. deposited in a bank all but $225 of | District Cannot Lay Addi- | for Business High School on a site now | erations, as follows: of the banks, to unite in remedying ik e Pope said he had been invited to| Indeed, the Anglo-American con-|the proceeds, With which he set out to | owned by the District adjoining the | Battleships, 5-4-3. the abuses of the few whose actions IES X ACHet: participate in a syndicate sponsored | troversy over the right of the United |hunt a new location. tional Mains Unl c Macfarland Junior High School. Alrcraft carriers (including those | fould Make necessary such legisla- By the Associated Press | B3 the Chesapeake Engineering Co.|States to share in the Dawes plan| While atill engaged in the hunt, he ional Mains Unless COn- | " rranster of the Shaw Junior High |building), 5-4-4. {ton. we, the Washington Real Estat ROME: Fantacs bttt ¢l to salvage the fleet on a cost-plus |annuities, which was at first regarded | oxplained, he was attracted to the School to the building now occupied by | Light cruisers, 5-1-3. | Board and the Washington Associa- ME, Y, 9= &0s were not|, . " and had approached Chairman|a8 the principal obstacle, now is|wooden Indians in front of a hotel gress Grants Funds. McKinley Manual Training School. Destroyers, 2 |ton of Building Owners and Man- wanting today that the Aventine op- vosition to the Fascistl, despite its action yesterday in declaring for | continued abstention from parliamen- | Lasker of the Shipping Board with a rather indefinite offer under which the vessels would be dismantled for placed as third in order of difficulty among the questions on the program. First comes that of Belgium's per- centage of receipts from Germany. near Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue, and, while making a close serutiny of the warriors to determine was approached by the The District Water Department will Transfer of the business department | from the Dunbar High School and the organization of a business high echool bmarines, 5-7-6. Secretary Wilbur told the commit- tee the United States would be on a agers, acting in co-operation with th bankers of the District of Columb have appointed a strong committee to act on a definite plan for controlling ary p: c { lumber. their tribe, A | for colored pupils in the building now | g o " : , x;h’,)ra,rur‘llm.::lnon,) ngm. _;‘ff-r all | "'y asker, he continued, stated the|This is particularly delicate because |driver of a touring car parked nearby | be forced to stop laying mains to sup- | pccupied by the Shaw Junior High '\f“jm;“"jpai‘:‘ “V‘D“r‘)’(“:‘n :;"DSFIO‘:?;: cases of unjust and unfalr treatment ody meets next Monday. | 2 o sposal of the Dawes plan proceeds. | tertainment a little more enlivening. v ss Congress pro- |~ pyrchase of land in the vicinity of FEL = mas, ol Both the Glornale D'Italla and the | 204 that he could do nothing for 8. | vides a deficiency appropriation. 1t | 4Lurchas Tioo1 | Feady authorized, had been compieted. ! Pressure Is Promised. Sereno, two of the leading opposition | three or six months. Second comes the question of divid- ing the receipts from the Ruhr oec- Lang, six weeks from Detroit, didn't mind if he did, especially when the was learned today. Armstrong Manual Training School | (Continued on Page 4, Column Admiral Eberle sald he believed the | Navy stronger today than a year ago, | “This committee, through the in- newspapers, reflect the apparently Tells of Syndieate Plan. cupation. This is of such complexity | word “cabare: was mentioned, so he Although many new houses are in - fluence and pressure that it can and growing {dea that the opposition will| A. M. MacDonald, Seattle shipbuilder, | that it is possible that it may be|entered the car, in which four other |cOUrse of construction and will be G —— | but said that as time goes on and| will bring to bear, will correct or remain sterile so long as it limits it- | testified that he had invited Pope to|postponed as proper examination of | men, also tired of looking at wooden | Feady for water connections within I until replacements are started in|prevent most of the cases of unfair self to written protests, such as [heipirllcimh— in a syndicate formed in|the books will, it is believed, require | Indians, were seated. the next five months, the Water De- HOUSE PA ll "9\“ all of the ~world power fleets | treatment of tenants as may arise lengthy one issued yesterday, without {1921 to purchase the fleet. months. Littlo' was sald on the drive over|Partment has a balance of only $8,000 will become weaker. Should the pressure and influence of any tangible action to confront the| MacDonald testified he had offered | The American claims come third,|rough roads to the “cabaret,” but, as | for such extensions. 3 FOR ADDED PENSIONS Secretary Wilbur disclosed to the | this committee, supported by these government with its accusations. $2,300 for approximately 250 vessels in | the costs of the occupation, fourth:|they entered the house, located a| _The ~Water Department, through committee that the general board had | organizations, fail to accompiish the e W o A the fleet, later increasing his bid to|the recovery of amounts collected in |short distance off the State road, he|Supt. J. S. Garland. has asked for a drafted a plan for complete replace- | desired result, the committee will Thie Borens Sectaces. € reiosat ot | VEEDN st oxcess of claims, fitth: the Belgian |expressed surprise at the novel char. | Aeficiency of $50,000 fo tide the de- |ment of the Navy within 20 years with | make available to the tenant other the Aventine. oppositfon. has' Pro- |—ohe-cet project ltimd War debt, sixth, and restitution of in- | acter of the Tesort. Instead of jasz |PATtmEnt over until the mew abpro-| oo Measure Carrying $161,- |21l 27ms on the 5-5-3 ratio. The plan | quarters controlled by a member or duced the desired effect and that the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) dustrial machinery and the like re- |music he heard peculiar rattling and | Priation ac Foly & T e i - organization referred to at a time now has come for action; that SR g moved from the occupled region by |shuffling nolses, interspersed by pleas Demands Are Heavy. 000 Grants Increases to not placed in the public record. | fair and reasonable rent, and will 5 ctton; . thiat | B e aitn |of excited men that their “babies NaT oW T ke, cariat ‘This building program,” the Secre- ! submit to you, should you so desire the country must have placed before Germany, seventh. i ", The to Wid Ay i, s 1 Fok o Hovel e e it the alternative of Fascism ,,,jTWO MEN ARE TRAPPED z PRI 1cnme, seven strong, “to papa. law for extension of water service to Many Widows. tary said, “is inten ed to deve “"'h, oz dn o such cases as may b : judgment 3 2: s claimed. heavy have been demands that more Z b: a ries, esults of the January survey "‘5,.,_’“."{":‘:“:']”“ SN e AS VAULT SWINGS SHUT prfi‘;:r";;mffi‘e ':xz'em‘:n“"“r‘e“‘::g( d Phes $140,000°alraany had hasninget: Without debate an omnibus pension | upon the capital ships which' we con-| Will be consincing evidence of how newspaper, the opposition must re- by the principal delegates so they can AL D W M Garland explained today: that e DUy hichiwould dncreanc Gogcrument [alder nscedmary. A o arcomplian the above enter chamber. | Firemen, Police, Safe Experts and |pe dealt with at the plenary confer-| “Correct” his new-found friends|does not attempt to extend water|expenditures $161,000 annually = was \:-A\(vlmlrul Eberle said the Amen(‘anIi:(:_r‘lu:ri!‘dv““ would appreciate an op- st mains to new residences until they passed today by the House and sent was now far inferior to the| of discussing this matter Chis eme hicl 3 fond ith th d him, with an invitation to & 4 ; St SO e i e L A I S e L has asked for only $50,000 for the _The measure would increase by $10, | would be approximately 40,000 tons|your advice and commands.” HOE oty Qie Fitan wE At ik et ) Free Selves. e e e o Tare oo | Ca L Lane is no gambler, and he told | remaining five months of the fiscal|$15 and §20 monthly the pensions of | behind when the two carriers now | The communication was signed by ' CEmE the A ranting deintint - b Mr. Garland pointed out that|584 widows of Civil War veterans now |under conversion were completed. Thomas E. Jarrell, president of the absentees to parliamentary work, but By the Associated Press. beginning of the week, although ex- them so. They then bet him he year, he has applications for water exten- recelving ‘$30, would grant a pension The Navy has 143 airplanes, he said, Washington Real Estate Board, and the determination of the opposition BOSTON, January 9—Two men at |traneous to the conference, the ex-|didn't have any money. | 5 f $30 th to 172 widows wh vhich t h t i Robert F. F; o fight desperately Stiee o 5 E : 3 he did, and lost both ways. | sions aggregating $150,000. of $30 & month to 172 widows who | which are not enough to equip the | Robe . Freer, president of the ‘eu?"flfc:lLx‘,:“lxc»]n’ulx,?sl:?u:l;;»gezr’ it ""J‘ ,M e dmfl,d'"l :—:‘:cnegde:h:rd‘ul:s:u‘::; t’)gp);fx‘.celpcnol?y :‘I:el.;::z “that the evening ' was| In the new District bill now Deans '}"‘"mf’ IO S eul plaos o s ;mlr? fl"fli e zw,lnla,noo 0“ ashlngmg Managers. OF Pullding Baxs i for Sav! t 2 « i i w v a Hous beommitt | June 27, , and would place on the r aircraft construction and replace- | Owners and Man. s. pressed in opposition quarters, how. | InStitution for Savings today were |, .gteq powers that the question is | Somewhat wasted, he is going to let|written by a House subeo et s ¢ enaion,Tolle We heinless snd dapesd | st s T4 ever, as to the possibility of holding the elections before next Fall. | imprisoned when the vault door swung shut and for more than an neither ripe nor suitable for treat the local police, the Maryland au- thorities and even Congress, if neces | Budget Bureau has recommended an | increase from the current allotment ent children of war veterans and 12 The admiral estimated that with the | Oppose Whaley Bil ment at a general conference. | 1 5 75 v veterans of the Civil War previously | light cruisers now being built § i 5 loyes, assisted by safe | ™ ry, know about it. If Maryland |of $150,000 to $175,000 for water serv- e lig] X & built in| At a full meeting of the District of Absentees Called to Rome. ::“:r:’:“‘ér:‘,::‘:n“»and oltoe m’bo"d 1lhle 'rf;flfl.fil hfllg_e ?lf'e:‘!aley D:i:figf‘;oe;n'g take suitable action he is|ice extensions. denied compensation. Great Britain and Japan, it would |Columbia Bankers' Association yes- Ao E AR e st e s rexuentas g iosrinharid Imestingilst thet ibw Siien e |going to appeal to Senator James| The present situation indicates that B TR SR take 22 cruisers to bring the Amer- | terday, vigorous opposition was made sentees are planning to re-enter the |t free them. 9y _Werssralsasedfment ok dhnalat i pr oo iome wh < -|the amounts being allowed the de- ican Navy up to a 5-5-3 ratio in that he ed Whaley v & re-enter the | o : v form its agenda, will be created a favor- | Couzens of Michigan, he declared to JAPANESE SLAIN IN RAID ¢ [to the proposed Whaley bill for the Chamber Is seen In an urgent call | finally when they discovered the form its agends wil be created a favor- | SO0 partment annually are not adequate. . | classification if no new British or | permanent control of losal renty. in o from their leaders to be in Rome|“trip clock” insido the vault which e Mosto of interallled debts. | As Lang often has remarked with PJaghueRat s axe s d doyen. | resolution which was adopted, and a Monday without fail and to remain | released the time lock and opened the . f dlsortiination ‘whils. buying > e s of conductin, .| fine o | VEW: s = | Atadisii pledge to support local realtors and on’ hana "subseauently. This 1 in: | door conamad o mverations bewesn tne | meat, “Its tougn No cabaret: no| SQUTHERN METHODISTS |rovee, “mcscicior'at” a” Tapunecs | Bridee i : [ Building owners. In heir efforcs and terpreted as meaning that no decision | 4 large crowd assembled outside| SSTRES T ST ERII OIR A8 NCL ed | bank Toll, no sleep, no store, nothing. | boarding house in Brooklyn, was snot | Bridge Bill Hearings Announced.!pians for the checking of any evi has yet been reached as to whether | when the word spread and police | AR ONS & 000 " i Pp iy 0N ‘Bal- | At that he claims he made out bet-, PROTEST UNIFICATION !ana killed last night by a policeman | Hearings will start next Wednes- | that might arise was unanimously the entrance of the Aventine mem- |grew a cordon about the place. Physi- | SE0¥e (AT "8 P Fa0 N0 O | ter than a whole lot of other gam-| |who entered the house to investigate | day morning at 10 o'clock on the bill | Biven. bers Into the Chamber should take | cjans with pulmotors, an ambulance | {io quring the morning, and it was: Pling hou!ulviill‘gr; dv, st niving T {charges that Fouzita was harboring | recommended by the Arlington Bridge { The resolution adopted by the Sk ay or later—at the mo-janq nurses awaited. Work was begun | snnounced that Premier Theunls of N8 overcoat, jewelry e Plan to Mobilize Forces Against|wnhite women. The policeman said|Commission for erection of the me- |bankers point out that the proposed considered most opportune to produce the desired effect. The opposition leaders declared themselves satisfied with the impres- sion produced upon the country by cutting through the masonry about the vault o that holes might be drill- ed through the steel walls to admit air. The two men, J. C. Whittaker and Robert Johnson, employes of the Belgium would confer with Finance Minister Clementel of France and Winston Churchill, British chancellor of the exchequer, this afternoon. The French delegation spent a good part dollars. - THIRD MAN IS JAILED | Proposed Union With Northern Branch of the Denomination. | By the Associated Fress. that Fouzita attacked him with a | hatchet. Three white women and 1% | Japanese were taken from the house |to a police station. morial bridge stretching from Lin- coln Memorial across the Potomac River to Arlington National Ceme- tery legislation will substitute a Govern- ment agency in the place of the local owners of property, and that the pri- vate relations of landlord and tenant | will, in effect, no longer exist between their manifesto, which charged that | % v | Ihe Eovernment “owes its sscension | American District Telesraph Com-|of the morning conferring with Pre-| |N MRS. EVANS’ MURDER| ATLANTA, Ga. January 9.—Plans to % them if the bill is made law. It fur- to power and its permadence there|Pany. said later they. suffered only | mier Herriot at his residence, where mobilize the forces of the Southern| [l ontion Clerk Declares He Ran ther points out that the proposed 1o illegalism and violence and de. |from the heat of their confined quar-| he is still confined to his room con- MEsthodlat: Churah: agaloat: the, DKos]| il s bl clared that “the eytreme phase of | ters: yalescing from his recent illness. By the Associated Press. posed plan of unification between the conditions rather than eliminate the conflict between Fascist domina- tlon and the country has begun.” Rights Declared Nullified. The manifesto issued yesterday | says, in part: | “The extreme phase of the conflict | between Fascist domination and the country has begun; the constitutional mask for normalization has fallen. The government has trampled upon the fundamental laws of the state, suffocated with unheard-of arbitrari- ness the free voice of the press, sup- pressed all rights of assembly, mo- bilized the armed forces of its party | Skid Chains Cause $10,000 Damage To Streets, Melting Snow Reveals Damage done to the surfaces of ‘Washington highways by the re- cent snowstorm will amount to more than $10,000, C. B. Hunt, en- gineer of highways, estimated to- day. gate safely while the snow lasted. Engineer Hunt said that he would send out gangs as quickly as possible to make repairs, taking the worst holes first. One official of the highway di- MEXICO CITY, January 9.—Fran- cisco Perez, alleged to be the third of the assassins of Mrs. Rosalie Evans, has been captured by the police, ac- cording to dispatches from Huejotz- ingo, Puebla. Mrs. Evans, American: born widow of a British subject, was killed last August near her hacienda in the State of Puebla. Perez_will be taken to Puebla for trial. The death sentence is expected, the dispatches say. Alejo Garcia and Francisco Ruiz were sentenced to death in November Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South were formulated at a meeting of rep- resentative Methodists from all parts of the South, held here yesterday. Bishop Warren A. Candler called the meeting and presided over the ses- sions. < After the meeting Bishop ‘Candler stated that the primary object of the meeting was to complete an organiza- tion to fight the unification plan, un- der the name of “an assoclation to pre- serve the Methodist Episcopal Church South by defeating the pending pl of unification.” He declared that By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 9.—Dub- bing himself the “original ballot fixer,” George Rosken, youthful election clerk, who yesterday de- clared the re-election of Nathan D. Perlman to Congress wi {llegally accomplished by himself, today announced that for 10 years he had conducted a lower East East Side “Ballot Fixing School”| expert use of his for the surreptitious marking of ballots, he personally cared for politicians seeking office in tightly contested districts. His occupa- tion, he asserted, had netted him more than $30,000. Rosken made his recital to news- paper men in the anteroom of the grand jury while awaiting a call to return before that body and re- sume his testimony concerning his “magic ring" them, in that those who have hereto- fore provided the finances necessary for the construction will not use their money for this purpose if the project thus created by their money is to be taken from their hands and admin- istered by the Government. The full text of the bankers' resolution reads as follows: Text of Resolution. “The effect of this measure, if it be enacted into law, will be to substitute a governmental agency in place of the lawful owners of property now rented or hereafter rented for do- and persecuted citizens and assocla-| Ay the gradually melting snow | Vision pointed out today that bn |for their part in the murder of Mrs.|there is a steadily growing opposi-| Side “school for ballot fixers.” counting out of Dr. William L. |mestic purposes, to the end that the tions, while it has tolerated and left| .. jce reveals the buried concrete most of the busy streets traffic | gyans. The crime followed a con-|tion to the plan of unification and His puplls, he said, came to him Sirowich, Democrat, who ran |private relation of landlord and ten- unpunished devastations and incen-| 70 SOOI Lol L Ty “Hunt's | Was concentrated in narrow lanes | troversy between Mrs. Evans and the | that figures in hand show that the| from Boston, Philadelphia, Jegsey | 28ainst Perlman for Congress |ant shall in effect, no longer exist so diary fires which have damaged its opponents, thus degrading Italy be- fore the clvilized world. “The entire country can bear wit- “(Continued on Page 4, Column 43 R men are taking stock of the ruts and ridges left by the skid chains /that had to be used on thousands of vehicles to enable them to navi- in the middle of the streets, caus- ing damage to that part of the street surface, while the rest of the roadway, banked high with snow, was not Injured. Mexican ‘government over efforts to confiscate her hacienda. It resulted in the Mexican government obtaining the recall of the British charge de: archives, H. Cunard Cummins. plan is defeated already. Radio Programs—Page 36. City and Hoboken, N. J, as well as from all parts of New York. In additon, he assured newspaper . men, to teaching his pupils the from the fourteenth New York district last November. He smiled and smoked as he talked, and fre- . quently interrupted his recital to pose for photographers. far as the right to contractual rela- tion between such parties, now rec- ognized by law, is concerned. “The District of Columbia Bankers' (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.)