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4 FATE OF TROTSKY HANGS IN BALANCE Central Communist Commit- tee Starts Session Expected to Take Action. By the Associated Press MOSCOW, January Trotsky, Soviet is expected to be few days by the of the Communist its sit < in much rotsky f the ipate in by active politics, and unless to appear in his own nvited by his adv s presence at the committee is scarcely expected the face of the bitter and precedented campaign against him in and out of the Communist party and Communist International, believed it would be fu r n to attempt to allay the storm which has all but engulfed him Political observers believe that nothing short of unequivocal retrac- tion of the views expressed by the war minister in his book, “Lessons of the 1917 Revolution,” followed by his promise to abstain in the future from factional discussions. will sat- sfy his opponments. As Trotsky is hardly ready at this moment to adopt either of these alternatives, it thought he will k refuge in complete silence, awaiting the abate- ment of the present political ferment | speak his mind There is, however, not the slightest doubt that, whether the war minister present at the meetings of the committee or mnot, a resolution of be passed against him The fate of within committee which Moscow toda speculation as himself. although central committee the He every t ¢ ds Leon re i ister cen zan There vhether rember will part considered ense aries to sittings of do so the In un- e is Retires to Country. Menwhile the military leader has re. tired to a rural estate at Archangels- koye, 25 miles from Moscow. This estate, which, prior to the revolution, belonged to Prince Youssopoff, is noted for its splendid scenery and salubrious climate. It now serves as e of rest for tired members of the government In this quiet spot, in the midst of soothing natural surroundings far re- moved from political strife and party squabbles. Trotsky Is nursing his | bronchial trouble, and at the same| time engaging in fresh literary work 1t is problematical whether he will £0 to the Caucusus health t originally planned, even after meeting of the central comr which is expected to decide ture. Tt is believed that a formal vote of censure by the committee which frames the Internal and external policies of the Soviet government will be accepted by the war chief's ad- versaries as sufficient punishment for the alleged heretical views expressed by him in his recent book and wit the councils of the Communist part is his fu- FOREIGN ISSUES DUE FOR SENATE AIRING; FEAR LEASH ON U. S. (Continued from S Soniat age) action on very soon privileg stead said the court matter avail_themselves to do 0. Senator Ship- that We had “been unable to see how this proposed plece of legislation will accomplish what its Pproponents claim for it.”" Neverthe- | less, he continued, hé believed that any proposal in which so many per- sons are interested should have its day in court, and should be voted upon by the Senate There has been strong opposition tc bringing the World Court matter up on the floor of the Senate; first on the part of Senators who are against the Tnited tes taking part in the court: second, by Senators who fea that it will lead only to long debate | and may prevent action on appropria tion bills, possibly thereby forcing an extra ion of Congress. do not of the Might Have Extra Session. As Senator Jones of Washington | pointed out last week, the Senate might consider the World Court issua at a 1 executive session mediately after March 4. But then again it mightn't. Senators are noi anxious to remain in Washington after the House members have shaken the dust of the Capital from their| feet and gone home for thelr long re- cess. Furthermore, the opinfon is expressed that the World Court is not such a burning issue as to de- mand the calling of a special execu- tive session of the Senate. At the White House it said that while a special executive mession of the Senate probably will be held to confirm cabinet officers and other officiale appointed by the President immedliately after March 4, and while the Senate would be at liberty to taks up the World Court matter then If it destred to do so,| the President likely would leave this| decision to the Senate ftself. Friends of the World Court pro- posal are redoubling their activities in interest of consideration of the matter by the Senate. Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania, for example, has recelved a letter, signed by 63 of Pennsylvania’s lead- ing citizens, urging prompt action on the court issue and asking him to stand- squarely behind the President in his desire for the passage of a resolution providing for adherence | of ‘the United States to the World Court. speci has been Signers of Letter. signers are former C. Sproul, Samuel Rea. president of the Pennsylvania Rail- road; Edtward W, Bok, B J. Garland, Cyrus H. K. Curtis, presi- dent of the Curtis Publishing Com- pany; Agnew T. Dice, president of the Reading Company, and Gen. W. W. Atterbury, viee president of the Pennsylvania Raflroad Company. The letter says “It is the President's expressed wish that the question of the par- ticipation of the United States in the Permanent Court of International Justice on the Harding-Hughes' con- ditions shall be presented to the full Senate for action. “In spite of the pressure of the appropriation bills, we believe that an earnest effort on the part of the for- eign relations committee could result in action on this question at the present short session. We, your con- stituonts, ask that you, as a member of the foreign relations committee, employ your personal energy to this end “Since the participation of: the United States in the Permanent Court of International Justice has never been a partisan question, and since there is no partisan controversy concerning the Harding-Hughes con- ditions, we have signed this letter to vou without regard to party afli- ations. “We earnestly ask squarely behind the President in his desire for the enactment of a reso- lution providing for our adherents to the court on these terms.” Among these Gov. William you to stand Market in 2,000,000 The famous Billingsgate fondon deals with nearly }§ pounds of Sah dailys | chief problem of prohibition ble | | per {sat throughout the day hop Thomas |* [IBANEZ MAY BRING FALL | OF HERRIOT GOVERNMENT Retreat From Stand on Prosecution of Spaniard Seems Only Alternative. the Associated Press. PARIS, Januagy 17.—The offensive against the present regime in Spain waged by Vicente Blasco Ibanez, the | Spanish author, has placed the French | Kovernment in a moare embrassing situation than the Spanish directorate. Recent deve pments in the French | Parliament have made it seem clear that | the Herriot cabinet will either have { to make a complete retreat from the stand it has taken on the prosecu- ton of Ibanez under the French law for his attacks on King Alfonso, or fall The entire Soclalist party of 105 members is pledged to vote for the bill introduced in the Chamber Deputies vesterday calling for repeal of the law under the provisions | of which the prosecution of Ibanes | was begun. i DRY RULES SOUGHT FORALCOHOLCLRB Diversion to lllegal Uses De- clared Chief Problem of Enforcement. of alcohol the nforce. counsel for the Enforcement Unit, has recommended to the Senate investi- | gating committee two amendments | to the Volstead act designed to rem- edy the situation. One amendment would limit de- naturation plants to alcohol distil- leries and to distill:ry premises and the other would give the enforcement agency complete supervision of the denatured alcohol until it goes to the consumer. John 8. Pyle, counsel for the com- mittee, disagreed as to the extent that pure grain alcohol is diverted at the distilleries, the latter claiming that it was relatively small and gen- erally could be accomplished only through collusion with the Internal Revenue agents stationed at all dis- tillerie: Cites Ethyl Solvents Case. disclosed .that one of the of getting denatured alcohol bootlegging channels |Is through “cover-up house, waich under. the law may not be Inspected by prohibition agents, Illustrating what he termed the operation of “cover-ups.” Mr. Pyle referred ‘to the case of the Ethyl Solvents Corporation and the Standard Sales Company, both of Philadelphia The records show, Pyle said, that the Solvents Corporation, a denatur- ing concern, sells all of its products to the Standard Sales Company. Prohibition agents who investigated the transactions made this report: “It is our bellef beyond a reasona- doubt that a great amount of denatured alcohol that is sold to the Standard Sales Company is delivered as pure non-beverage alcohol and further disposed of illegall Another report of agents presented by Mr. the Glenwood Industrial Co. of Philadelphia does only a 30 cent legitimate business. Pro- hibition officers told the committee that efforts had been made to revoke this company’'s permit, but that they failed through insufficient evidence. FRENCH REDS SILENT ON PARTY SESSIONS Bar All But Representatives of Revolutionary Press and Own Members at Parley. Declaring diversion ment, James J. Britt Prohibition 1t chief was means into prohibition Pyle! said Distillery By tie Associated Pross. PARIS, January 17.—The congress of the French Communist party opened its sessions today in the community building of Clichy, a suburb of Paris. | The meeting was shrouded with the greatest secrecy, journalistic inquirers | being politely informed that attend- ance at the congress was permitted only to representatives of “the revolu- tionary press.” Delegates from all parts of France in the cold, barn-like hall and warmed themselves with heated arguments for the ex- tension of “seed planting” in fac- torles rather than, as one speaker argued, “with short jolts of white wine in neighboring cafes, as Yisually | is the case.” | So closely were the proceedings| guarded that the Communist organ, L'Humanite even refused to give out the list of speakers and the subjects | discussed. It was learned, however, that the arguments and appeals were along the same lines as at previous gatherings of Communist organiza- tions. A big streamer with, the Inserip- tion, “proletarians of the world unite yourselves,” was suspended above the hall, to which admission was had only upon presentation of a red mem- bership card. Two bicycle policemen stationed a block away from the meeting hall were the only repre- sentatives of the government in at- tendance, and they confined their efforts to polite direction of Com- munists who did not know the way to the community building. FASCISTS’ REFORM CARRIES IN ITALY; CHAMBER ADJOURNS (Continued from First Page.) familiar with it, but affirming, on the other hand, that the Holy See was not even approached on the subject. “It is impossible to deny, how- ever,” adds the paper, “that the measure is in accord with the prin- ciples of law, because political au- thority has the right and the duty to know the activities of individual citi- zens and the socleties they may form, in order to be certain that such ac- tivities are not Injurious to the public weal. Secrecy would prevent the ex- ercise of this duty of political au- thority which therefore can justly prohibit organizations founded on secrecy. “The canon law also prohibits secret societies, no matter what their object. We condemn secret societles as_implicitly dangerous.” The bureaus of the Chamber of Deputies met today and approved the bill for the suppression of secret societies, but opposed that enfranch- ising women. Accounting Office Changes. Frederick B. Kitterman, who since July, 1921, has been chief clerk of the General Aceounting Office, has been promoted to the position of attorney in the office of the solicitor general of that office. John K. Willls, for- nerly in charge of the Interior di- THE SUNDAY GRAND DUKE HALTS FIGHT ON LINER Borié, Here for Good Time, Gets Reputation as Regu- lar Fellow. Ry the Associated Press NEW YORK, January 17.—Boris Viadimirovitch, Grand Duke of Russia and second in line of succession to the Russian throne, should the Ro- manoffs ever regain the government, arrived on the Olymplc today for “a Jolly good time” in the United States. The duke entered port with a re- putation among his fellow passengers as a “good mixer” and a “regular,’ largely as a result of his part as peacemaker in an altercation which closed a party given aboard ship in his honor last Thursday night, New Year eve, by the Russlan calendar. At least, two other male guests got discolored eyes and other visible evi- dences of the fray. The story, gath- ered piecemeal, was that the party. organized by Col. J. L. 0'Conor, D. S. 0., coming here for British oll inter- exts on a mission to Mexico, and Willlam H. Halligan, an actor and vaugeville booker, started at 10 o'clock Thursday night and broke up at 5 o'clock Friday morning. The duke and the grand duchess were Ruests of honor. Much champagne was reported consumed before the dinner ended at 1 am., when several of the guests left, leaving 30 men and women to continue the celabration A toast was proposed to Halligan and the party, with one exception rose to drink it. The exception, who sald he was Alexander Grows of Miami, Fla., but who appeared on the passenger list as “A. Gross.” remained seated; he was sald to have remained in his chair despite continued shouts to rise. Finally, Halligan and Grows engaged in an altercation, which ended when the actor was struck by a champagne bottle across his fore- head. The grand duke intervened, quelled the trouble and sent Halligan to the ship's doctor. Arrival Unnotlce, The grand duke this morning held an informal reception for newspaper men in his cabin, a small one and plainly furnished, in contrast to the quarters occupied by his sistar-in-law, the Grand Duchess Cyril, wife of the man:who recently proclaimed himself heir to the Romanoff throne, when she came here a few weeks ago. Also in marked contrast was Boris' entry into the country. Whereas the Grand Duchess Cyril had been the object of much attention by society folk, her brother-in-law and his wife were met by no one at the ship and proceeded to the Ritz-Carlton u escorted The grand duke flashed ready and witty answers to an avalanche of questions. There was no financial or politital significance to his visit, he sald. “Just here on my own hook. he said. The phrase was a cut-back to his American visit of 24 years ago, he said, a visit which brought him much publicity, notably on the oc- casion when 'he drank champagne from a chorus girl’s slipper In Chi- cago. He personally had no aspiration to the Russian throne, he sald, adding that he supported the claims of his brother, his elder by more than a year. The “thinking Russians thought, desired the return of mon- archial government. He added that he Delleved recent events in Russia were signs ‘avorable to his party. He spoke with obvious istress of the plight of many of his noble fellow countrymen in Europe. many of them in menial tasks—street sweepers, cooks, chauffeurs OFFICIALS DENY STORY OF ISLE OF PINES RIOT By the Associated Press HAVANA, January 17.—Feeling be- tween Americans and Cubans in the Isle of Pines over discussion in the United States Senate of the Ha Quesada treaty has caused no mani festation other than talk by certain Cubans against an American-owned newspaper there which has taken the stand that the Isle of Pines is Amer- fcan territory, said Dr. Iknacio de la Torre, under secretary of interior, to- day. Reports published in Havana that certain Cubans had “tried to destroy” the newspaper were declared by the under secretary to be without foun- dation At the United States Embassy noth- ing had come from the American con- sul in the Isle of Pines to indicate any disorder. Feeling is admittedly high between many American residents and certain Cubans in the Island, but Dr. de la Torre sald that the situation had not even made necessary the issuance of any special order and that the report of the mayor of Nueva Gerona was only a casual one recelved today. NEAR-BEER RUIN SEEN. Counsel for Brewer Complains Here of Liquor Laxity. Laxity in the enforcement of pro- hibition brought about the ruin of the near-beer business in this coun- try, according to the complaint at the White House yesterday by Lawrence Cads, general counsel of a large brewery In St. Louls, which since the amendment has manufactured near- beer. Mr. Eads did not see the President, but will probably have a conference with him later. He discussed the mat- ter with Secretary Slemp, and told the latter that because of the ease with which alcoholic liquors can be obtained In practically every section of the country, there is little demand for imitation beer as a beverage. MINISTERS ARE PRAISED. Work in Outlawing Liquor Trafic Specially Commended. The Churchmen’s Club at its regu- lar weekly luncheon at the City Club Friday passed a resolution strongly commending the ministry of America for its successful efforts to outlaw the liquor traffic, and for their pres- ent work in creating sentiment for law enforcement. In discussion of the resolution it was said that the Capital and the coun- try were to be congratulated on hav- ing a President who both enforced the law and Constitution and lived up to it personally. 8. D. Shankland of the National Education Association addressed the club on “What the Layman Expects of the Preacher.” Dr. A. C. Christie presided. CANON W. H. NEW YORK, January 17.—Canon Wwilllam H. Bliss of Seattle, Wash., who has been critfcally 1l in St Luke's Hospital here, died early to- night of heart disease. Canon Bliss had been in the hos- pital since December 21, when he re- turned from Europe on the Léviathan. vision and later of the check division of the tieneral Accounting Office, suc- coeds Mr, KitteImada He attended the opium conference at Geneva, Switzer'and, as &n unofficial obaSIVER % he | STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, JANUARY 18, ARVZONA N, The Dstrict of Columbla pays more eral Treasury from individuals_on per ten States combined, and pays more fawali This s based on official as tabulated and compared by Ackerman of New J who, House appropriations committee Government money goes, has for ‘the Interested himself in a special study the money. ey as of Columbla, which is really only dot on the map, are: Mississippi Utah, Wyoming. Arizona, ldaho, Nc Mexico and Nevada. All together th while the District of Columbia pays The 33 States (Including Hawali) dividually than the District (in order contributed), are: Oklahoma, Towa, ton, Virginia, Nortt tucky, West Virginia Kansis, Nebraska, Alab Delaware, Mississippi lina, Montana, Utah Idaho, North Dakota on, Georgla, Oreg Arkanea rinont, Ha ming, Arizo Mexico v Wyo! New Representative Ackerman has small number of the populatio bills of government, and the preponde lation anded by those who do against those who do For example, the Dist government and is wholly at the mer garding legislation affecting the Dist States that all together pay less than has no vote in Congress), have 20 Unf and 23 Representatives. The 32 State of which pay less than the District all the way from three to 13 zress. The population of the 1922 was 43 or 4 per cent of th of the countr The percentag all States in 19 VIRGINIANS ROUSED BY NEW PARK PERIL; WILL MEET TUESDAY (Continued from First Page.) of ine over 1 the 19.6) case in 21 was expense. In the meantime additional areas would demand that tgeir sites be inspected and before the time ar- rived for another Congress to con- slder the proposition it at ail, more money would have been spent in that way than Con- gress is now asked to appropriate for the Initiale steps to ard making the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia the Shenandoah National Park. Virginia officials and business men who had been fighting to have the park established in the Old Dominion State were surprised when two speak- ers from Washington informed them last Friday at the annual meeting of the Shenandoah Valley, Inc., just ex- actly what the conditions are in Con- BT Immediately the subject be- came the outstanding consideration of the convention, which was attended by nearly 2,000 influential men and women from all parts of the State. Surprised by Hitch. The people of Virginia, it was pointed out, thouzht that the Southern Appalachian National Park Commis- sion’s indorsement of the Blue Ridge site, especially when that committee made its choice so definite and unques- tionable, had clinched the proposition for Virginta and that any interference perfluous. It was ignorance of the true situation, not lack of interest, leading speakers declared that was to blame for their stand. Gov. Trinkle had just address when the speakers from Wa éngton made. their announcements. The governor immediately declared he would set aside any and all engage- ments to come to Washington and do everything in his power to save the situation. Within less than an hour arrangements had been made for a highly representative committee to ac- company him and press the Virginia members of Congress to make the national park their outstanding fight. Senator Swanson was reached over long-distance telephone, informed of what had happened, and declared he would call the Virginia members of Congress together Tuesday morning. At that time the situation wil be put squarely up to them and they will be urged to give the Shenandoah National Park bill right of way from now on. Alllance May Result. In the meantime, plans are being laid fro an alliance between the Vir- ginla, North Carolina and Tennessee delegations to work together. Under this agreement Secrétary of Interior Work would have an amendment in- troduced providing that the commis- sion appointed under the bill to in- vestigate the cost of the proposed park and report it to the next Con- gress, would at the same tffne look into similar matters in the area in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. This area was recommended as the site for a second national park, to be created after the Shenandoah tional Park was established. It was declared to be too distant from the great centers of population in the East and too Inaccessible even within its own boundaries to be given first consideration. While the Southern Appalachian National Park commit- tee is willing to have such an amendment adopted, members made plain that they would accept it only upon the distinct understanding that the Blue Ridge area be made a na- tional park first, as they recommend- ed after an impartial investigation of both. Time Factor Emphasized. North Carolina has been boosting several areas, and under the pro- posed alliance it would drop all but the Great Smoky site. Such a peace- ful combination, however, would as- sure the three contending States la national park within their bound- arles—and under plans that were drawn up by experts who were not Influenced by State pride. Engineers who have examined all of the sites finished an | Government returns for 1922, Representative watching The ten States that combined pay less than the District Vermont, Loulsi Caroling, Tennessee, Colorado, Ken- District Lacks Spokesman. been in the record that these tabulations show of what a rela- | tively spokesmen District of Ce if 1t considered | on their part now would have been su- | h- | Ew MEXICO taxes into the Fed- sonal incomes than than 32 States apd i ates aRd | tpan the Federal ( Ernest member of the Where the last five years also | of the source of R. a Missiswippi Ve e city and a mere Montana, Dakota, New pay $5,310 806, $8,336,587 which pay less of the amount they Washing- New Mexico Nevada orth hey Tota 1621 totals (includes in-| South Dakota) . ' Florida, Maine, New Hampshire, wali,_ South Caro- ona, ‘South Dakota, 1 Nevada < Olatoma Towa Louisiana Washington Virginia orth Carolina Teunessee Colerado Lentucky | West Virgin n actually pay the | Georgia o omr rant voice in legis- | Oregon pay this tax | Elonds deeply interested ict of Columbia has no voice in | of Congress re-| ct. Yet those ten | the District (which | ted States Senators and Hawaii—all individually—have | each in Con- | stppi ont Routh Carolina Montana Ctah Wyoming Arizona Routh Dakota olumbia on July 1, e whole population total 9 per \OFFICIALS OF PARKS TO MEET AT SKYLAND Will Be Shown Over Parts of Pro- posed Shenandoah National Playground. tax paid for ent | Jonn Barton Payne, | the National Conference on State arks, has announced the selection of land, in the heart of the proposed Shenandoah National Park, as the place | for the next gathering of State park | country. The conference will open May 26 and continue for four days. At that time the delegates will discuss, among other things, sanitation, bond issues for the creation of State parks, per- manent and temporary camps and | expansion of the movement | During their stay at Skyland the delegates will be taken over the Stoney | | Man Mountain section of the Shenan- | doah National Park, one of the most | beautiful of the entire reservation. On | these tours they will be the guests of | the State of Virginia. Stephen T. Mather, director of the National Park Service, who is also an officer of the State Parks Conference, will attend the meeting. Miss Bea- trice M. Ward of this city, is secre- tary and treasurer of the conference. |CATHOLIC BUILDINGS T0 COST $10,000,000 Program in Baltimore Includes | $5,000,000 Cathedral and | Seminary. | | Ry the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, January 17.—A build- ing program which will entail the expenditure of more than $10,000,000 on Catholic edifices in the northern suburbs of Baltimore, was outlined by Archbishop Curley of the cese of Baltimore. It includes the erection of the new St. Mary's Sulpician Seminary buildings at Roland Park at a cost of between three and four million dollars, with work to start not later than 1926, and the building of one of the most beautiful cathedrals iu thls country at a cost of more than $5,000,000. Although stating emphatically that while he was interested in cathedrals he was “far more interested in the erection of &chools, where young | American citizens may receive the benefits of sound religious training.” Archbishop Curley declared that “the time has come when St. Mary's Seminary should be housed in build- ings measured by the marvelous Sulpician spirit thl'h!l grown and expanded during the 135 years since the seminary was established in 1790.” Three Women Taken in Raid. A raid of the vice squad last night on apartment 3, at 930 Fourteenth street, resulted in the arrest of three women on charges of keeping a dis- orderly house, and in the tempo- rary detention as a Government wit- ness of a man who gave his name as Chester Martin and his address as a fictitious house number on Oregon avenue northwest. declare that the Blue Ridge area could be made a great natlonal park in two or three years at the most. The Great Smoky site would require many more years, they assert. With this in view, It has been point- ed out, the North Carolina and Ten- nessee delegations could well afford to give Virginia the first choice, as urged by the commission, and still be assured of getting their park as soon as they would even If they had been’ chosen first. The othe: areas that North Carolina submitted could never be made national parks, anyhow, ac- cording to members of the committee, so that their boosters would have nothing to lose and all to gain in such a trade. chairman of officials and experts from all over the | sity Amount of $7.604,583 The comparative figures for the 33 States (including Hawall) which individually paid les Amount of $0.414.336 | | i 1 The percentage of increase District of Columbia in 1922 over 1921 was 5.20 per cent Tal The figures for the ten States that together paid less with his wi 1925—PART 1 District Residents Pay More Income Tax Than Those of 32 States and Hawaii DISTRICT PAYS MORE TAX THAN THESE 10 STATES BY WILL P. KENNEDY. lation of Staten. are Perfent Per cent of of tax. popuplation. Popy 2 168 i 3 12 1 08 08 w8 tax paid 468 861 77,407 % 189 107 548 Per cent Per cent of of tax. popuplation. Popu 4 1.04 8 w2 tax paid 5,460,397 =B £33 328523883 T O ¥RaEETEE 28 23 50 bt i 34 v 07 Somebody Gone Wrong. From the Corpell Widow. Nurse—There's a man outside who wants to know if any of the patients have escaped lately. Why does he ask? somebody has run in total tax paid for the 1,790,618 2% 5,350,236 5,822,937 than District are: ISLE OF PINES PACT IS UP T0 COOLIDGE Opponents and Proponents Say Wishes of President Would Decide Issue. ‘Whether the Isle of Pines treaty is to be ratified or rejected by the Senate depends in large measure upon the wishes of the Coolidge administration. in the view of leading proponents and opponents of the convention. President Coolidge can obtaln fa vorable action if he throws the weight of his personal influence in the scales, they said yesterday, adding that in the absence of such action the treaty probably would fail to muster the necessary two-thirds majorit Debate on the 20-year-old pact with Cuba was renewed yesterday, with Senator McCormick, Republican, 111i- nols, urging favorable action. He de- clared that the title of Cuba to the Island s so clear that rejection could republic unable to assert thos against the mighty Colossus North."” rights of the Dixputed by Borah. The lllinois Senator was frequently ment. Chairman Borah of the foreign relations committee told him that it required “candor and great courage’ to state the premise that the United States held out the Isle of Pines to drive a better bargain with Cuba for |a naval base at Guantanamo |~ Senator Norris, Republican, Nebras- | ka, declared. that if there was any “deal” relating to the naval basa every Government official from the | President down would have had to be | “a party to the secrecy,” and that vet | there was nothing in the printed record |to indicate such a thing on. BALLOT BOX IN FRAUD CHARGE TO BE EXAMINED Pecora to Submit Evidence in Elec- tion Probe to Grand Jury on Tuesday. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, Januar A g | on the request of Representative Na- | than Perlman, named by a forn employe in connection with alleged ‘\ifly\fll tampering, Assistant District | Attorney Ferdinand Pecora today de- | cided to submit for grand jury exam- | ination the district ballot box about | which the charges thus far have cen- ;{erea | Inspection of the questioned b; the grand jurors probably place on Tuesday, Mr. Pecora said. At the same time there will ap- pear before the grand jury, | the result of Mr. Periman witnesses ¢ the who! exam ots by take - also as request se, in- district have seven new cluding the members of election board, all of been given preliminary by Mr. Pecora While Mr. Pecora declined to | close the nature of the new testim in advance of its formal presentation to the grand jury, it was reported or &ood authority that all the nesses he examined had made ments tending to refute the sions” of George Rosken, employed in Mr. Perlman's of the effect that he had frau marked a number of hall Perlman's interest and against off | the latter's opponent, Dr. 'L Sirovich nation e new wit- state- “confes- formerly f to ulently in Mr that of Willlam E. F. DROOP & SONS CO.—1300 G STREET Last WEeEK’ be construed as “a callous indifference | on our part to the rights of a sister | interrupted in the course of his argu- | will | BARNETT ILL, HOUSE PROBERS ADVISED Indian, Principal in Inquiry, Cannot Come, Guardian Tells Committee. A telegram signed Barnett, guardian Jackson Barnett,” notifled the House committee investigating Oklahom Indlan conditions, that Jackson Bar nett is ill and will not be able to ar | swer the subpoena served on h | appear in Washington to | fore the comm T | asked the comr tion required fron be given in a stater or affidavit This telegram was considered the committee yesterday in executiv Though no official statemen wsa issued after the meeting, it is understood that the committes feels that the chief object of making Bar | nett appear in Washington was to er e the committee declde self whether Bar was | capable of com | sfons of a legal contract | statements on Jackson Barne his case have already been recelved, the committee considers, from the varfous witnesses who have alread appeared. Tk mittee came to no decision as to ure action on t Other questio nected with the considered the executive sion stant United yesterday r 1= atear @ sideration artha and was ed the Okla “Anna Laura of the person of gra the informa Barnett could no | sesziorn fu s and phages c vestigation n by in h State F the stand. Chairn. committeemen, h | letters and telegra Interior Departmer ade Wallen, superintendent of t | Five Civilized Tribes, M. L. Mott, M | Bas and others, read into t record by the cor responden and Fall pointment in O | secu Associati > nd e ever, objected to A 'series of ween - nett guard in California, and the | vestment of $136,000 fund rem: to Barnett after the distribution | $1.100,000 from his estate—in 4 | Liberty coupon bor | LEGISLATOR ON DOLE. | Former British Labor Member | ! 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