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WEATHE [ Mostly cloudy row; slowly morrow. Temperatures—Highest, tonight rising yesterday; lowest, 39, at 7 Full report on page Weather Bureau Forecast.) temperature and tomor- to- 50, at 2 p.m. am. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered post_office, No. 29,556. as second class matter Washington, D0 MINISTER PLEDGES N SENATE SPEECH Manner of Meeting Debts| Still in Air, Clementel Declares. GRAVITY OF FINANCIAL SITUATION IS REVEALED| Statement Made in Connection With Decision to Circulate New Currency. Rum Sus—[;e;Crew Rescues Pursuers Wrecked by Blast By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., April 2 —The of an alleged rum runner, being chzsed by a Federal patrol boat last night, turned about and rescued their pursuers when an explosion occurred on the latter's craft. The three members of the “dry navy” boat had been forced to leap for their lives after u gas ex- plosion In the engine room of their craft In the midst of the pursuit. The Federsl men were taken to the Atlantic City Hospital, suffer- ing from burns on the ce and hunds. NEW DRY SEIZURE erew By the Associated Press i PARIS, April 2—After explaining | the gravity {he French financial | \ation in the Senate today, Finance | Clementel declared that a| idation of the problem | d an arrangement French war debts he declared. “She determine | | ral lig involy of the honest.” payment h it remains only t manner know we mean to pay.” lementel continued “We lv.’l\?,‘ red Mr. Hu s and Secretary! Kellogz. We have found in considering the matter with them| 1hat the old fraternity of arms has!| not heen forgotten and we are on| the road a satisfactory arrange- ment.” | M. Clementel explained that he had merely made nominal mention of in the inventory of France’s resources and liabilities, be- at the time it was impossible o fix the exact amount France would | hove to pay i The announcement was made in} connection with the government's de- | currency cireu- Americans N to war debts cision to increase the lation | | New Currency Announced. He avoided mention of any figure | further than to remark that, count-} nz lost bills, which have rfi:u‘hedi mous figures e 1914 and of| which no account taken in the| bank statement, together with a half| hillion franes in paper money in the | Ruhr, which must be regarded as Xos(; 10 the uses of French commerce, there | «<ould be an increase of 2,500,000,000 francs without a new law, { He declared that the measure in| view could not be regarded as infla- | r, and said J. P. Morgan & Co. and | other Americans and British con- | xulted by him had made the distinc- ion between an increase in circula tion for commercial purposes and an/ issue of paper money to pay the ex- penses of the state. i He appealed to all parties to forget | strife on other guestions and unite to| 1ift France out of her financial dlmcu\-‘ ties is Spenker Interrupted. | The announcement that circulation | would be increased, but that the gov- ernment’s determination to resist all 1emptation to inflate remained unabated, brought skeptical interruptions from all parts of the Senate, which received the finance minister's proposals on the whole with coolness. The extreme left of the House cheered him when he left the spea s stand, but three-fourths of thel senators remained silent. | M. Clementel reviewed the whole financial situation, going back to the | consequences of the war for the chief | cause of the present trouble. He de- clared that the French public was ired of government loans, and since 0 had turned toward foreign se- curities that offered opportunities for | peculation through fluctuation in change | PRIEST WILL PUT UP $1,500 BOND TODAY | Warrant Received Here for Father| Hayden in Atlanta Prison Bribery Indictment. ov. Thomas chaplain of Atlanta, Ga., P. Hayden, former Federal Penitentiary | will give $1.500 bail | afternoon before United States Commissioner Turnage to answer an indictment on a charge of conspiracy with Leoney J. Fletcher, former| Asputy warden the The | Lwil will provide for the appearance | of Father Havden at Atlanta early in| when the next session of the begins there. Charles J. Cas- Washington builder, will quali-| on the bond. Attorney Daniel president of the Ba counsel for the priest. He said today that Father Hayden has been in Washington for a couple of days, and | on receipt of word that a request for | his arrest would come from Atlanta| made immediate arrangements for render and for the bond. I'nited States Atlorney Gordon re- creived vesterday a copy of the in- dictment with the usual bench war- yant, and this morning had Detec- tive Sergeant Frank M. Helan of his office appear before United States Commissioner Turnage and swear out 2 warrant for the priest. The war- rant will not have to be served, it is stated, in view of the arrangement made between the United States at iorney and Attorney O'Donoghue. I'he warrant issued by the United ates Commissloner charges that lLooney J. Fletcher and Thomas P. Havden at Atlanta, Ga., December 23.°1923, entered into a conspiracy to | eceive $2,500 from Emanuel Kessler 2nd Manna Sweetwood to influence “he decision and action of Fletcher in official capacity as deputy warden. the This of prison. June court sidy 1y W. O'Donoghue, Association, is | | { GAS HEATER KILLS THREE NEW YORK, April 2—Three 75- year-old men, companions for several vears in the German Evangelical Home for the Aged, in Chauncey street, Brooklyn, were found asphyxi- ated today in their room. Gas es- iping from a heater, the flame of which had been extingulshed, caused their deaths. Thirty other elderly men in an adjoining room were unharmed, although the gas seeped throughout the building. The dead men are Adam Meuser, Michael Hemrich and Julius Hengst- ler. They had been inseparable com- panions since they entered the home. | 1aws ! ficials from the various services con- | Gen. Stephan Fears Money Made LAWPUTIN FORCE Allows Use of Forfeited Ve- hicles and Vessels in En- forcing Statutes. ulations reasury Strict re were by the Department customs and prohibition officers. ing in effect provisions reaching law passed by the last Con- gress which allows the use of for- feited vessels and vehicles in the en- forcement of customs and prohibition issued today to all plac- of the far- This follows a new regime at the Treasury, in which all activities con- cerning prohibition—customs, Coast Guard and the prohibition unit—were placed yesterday under the direction of the new assistant secretary, Lin- coln C. Andrews, 4 former brigadier general of the Army. The regulations were drafted by of- cerned some time ago, and were issued today to the officers charged with en- forcement of customs and prohibi- tion, The new system of control over pro- hibition matters, with Gen. Andrews haring to handle only the customs, Coast Guard and prohibition uni: together “with the new regulations, which will be placed in effect as soon as received, are expected to result in | more stringent enforcement of prohi- bition. « on Abuses. | The lines are drawn tightly, how-| ever, in the new regulations, in order| that there may be no abuse of the system, such as was feared by those| opposed to the law. One opponent of the law had declared it would pro- vide every prohibition agent with a private yacht and automobile. The regulations provide that re-| ports must be made in detail to the Treasury Department of suth ves- sels and vehicles as may be heeded in the enforcement of prohibition or customs, in order that their use “may be authorized if desired. The regulations are so drafted that no vessel or vehicle may'be placed in the hands of a field officer without approval from the Treasury Depart- ment. The name of the officer who is to be responsible for the use of the conveyance is designated by the Treasury Department itself. Provisions also are made whereby the Secretary of the Treasur upon request of the heads of the services concerned, may transfer forfeited vessels and vehicles from one service to another in the same or different districts or States, ““the necessary credits and debits belng made on the records of the officers charged with the custody thereof. Definition of vessels and vehicles (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) SEES FEWER DRILL PERIODS FOR GUARD Available Is Not Sufficient for Entire Schedule. Respite from drills before the end of the cuirent fiscal year will be forced upon members of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, despite the allowance by the Presi- dent of the appropriation for drill pay which he temporarily held up, according to Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, commanding the 29th Na- tional Guard Division, comprising the troops of this city, Maryland and Virginia. He pointed out that the President has limited the drills to 48 a year, and that while two drills came out during the Christmas holidays, these were counterbalanced by target practice. Some of the companies have had more drills than others. If it is found necessary to cut out three or four drills, Gen. Stephan said, it will not be done unti! June, the last of the current fiscal year. Even if this is done, the men will have the month of July and part of August to get in some Intensive arill training, particularly the recruits, before the organization goes to camp at Virginia Beach, Va, late in August . —— Hermine Back at Doorn. BERLIN, April’ 2.—Princess Her- mine, wife of the former German Emperor, has returned to Doorn, She has been undergoing treatment for the past few months in various sani- tariums in German Earth Drops Foot a Quarter Mile Long in Mississippi By the Associated Press. BROOKHAVEN, Miss,, April 2.— Thousands of persons are visiting the vicinity of Union Church, a vil- lage west of here, where the earth is cracking and sinking in an area a quarter of a mile long and about 40 feet wide. Some of the cracks were described as “bottomless,” while parts of the strip have sunk from 1 to 15 feet.” The dropping of the earth continues at an esti- mated rate of a fcot a day. 4 i ch WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TRAINMEN DENIED PAY INCREASE ON CAPITAL TRACTION Arbitrators Advise Employes to Wait Until Next Year to Press Issue. HAD ASKED 70 CENTS AN HOUR FLAT, IN PLEA W. R. E. Workers Not Involved‘ in Present Findings—Cut Was Counter Proposal. Trainmen of the Capital Traction Company lost their plea for higher wages today when the board of arbi- tration, which has been considering the question, decided there would be | no change at this time iif the present ! pay scale i Announcement the arbitration | board’s decision was made in the form of a statement signed by John Hays ' Hammond, John J. Manning and Stan- ton €, Peelle. The statement follows “In view of the fact that wages, hours of employment and other condi- tions of labor are subject to modifica- tions in March, 1926, the period at which the present agreement expires, the undersigned agree that wages (the only subject now under discussion) should continue as they are now until | the above date, Conferences Favored. “In the meanwhile, there should be frequent conferences between the| n nagement of the Capital Traction | Co. and the representat s of their employe members of Division 6!9‘ of the Street Raflway Employes’ Union, with the object of reducing, working hours and adjusting the| wage scale to insure fair compensa- tion to employees The scale of wages. tinued in_effect by follows: First three months, cents an hour; next nine months, 56 cents an hour, and thereafter, 58 cents an; hour. The union applied for a flat wage! of 70 cents an hour. The company| countered with a suggestion that lhfl“ present scale, instead of being in-| creased, should be reduced to that “Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) | BORAH ASKS RETURN | OF GERMAN PROPERTY which is con-| this agreement, | 52 Says ~Holdings._..Confiseated . »1 United States Constitute Treaty Violation. By the Associated Pres: BRIDGEPORT, Conn., April World peace and establishment of al World Court are contingent upon the | return by the United States of mil-| lions of dollars of confiscated Ger- | man property and recognition of the Russian government, Senator William | E. Borah of Idaho, chairman of the Senate committee on foreign relations declared last night in an address at| the annual banquet of the Manufac- turers’ Association. Under treaty with Germany, dat- ing since 1825, the United States is bound to return the seized l.armanl property and upon its action hinges the questions of whether treaties are | to be adhered to by the nation that | is seeking to lead in establishing the integrity of treaties, respect for in-| ternational law and international| peace,” he asserted MACMILLAN TO SEEK TRACE OF NORSEMEN Arctic Expemon Hopes to Find Evidences of First Visit of | European Explorers. { i By the Associated Press CHICAGO, April 2—Traces of the | first explorations of the Norsemen in | Greenland and Labrador will be sought in an Arctic expedition headed by Comdr. Donald B. MacMillan, the explorer, leaving this country June 1. Accompanying MacMillan will be Eugene F. McDonald, jr., president of the National Association of Broad- casters, who will make radio experi- ments and endeavor to keep the party in touch with the world. Short wave lengths will be used for daylight transmission. The expedition will travel to| Labrador, skirt the shores of Green- | land and return by way of Labrador, where MacMillan plans to establish A permanent. scientific experiment station. 3 TURK TROOPS ADVANCE. | Reach Cente'r of Kur;sh lnsurrec-! tion, Reports Say. CONSTANTINOPLE, April ish troops are reported in advices from the front to have pushed their advance to the center of the territory affected by the Kurdish insurrection. It is expected that Palu (55 miles north of Diarbekr) will fall shortly, it s stated in the messages, which add that the Turks have occupied a number of important position: —Turk- Day Over Area One years theory is that hundreds of ago aborigines inhabiting the country dug large underground chambers beneath the hills, the entrances subsequently being fillea and the earth only now caving in. Arrowheads - and broken bits of pottery have been found in iarge quantities in the territory. Radio Programs—Page 34. {ald | corn’s | witness, | man, | exception of one case, ¢ Foening Star. 1925—FORTY-E1GHT PAGES. Traffic Director ]{Idridg; Says Pedestrians Will Have Right of Way at Street ( rossings. CHAPMAN DENIES MURDER ON STAND Makes Cool Witness, Speaks Musingly of Long Crim- inal Record. By the Associated Press. HARTFORD, Conn., April 2-—Ger- Chapman this morning took the stand in his own defense on a charge of having murdered Patrolman James Skelly in New Britain last October 12. Chapman, cool and collected, speak- | ing in clear tones, denied he had been in the Davidson & Leventhal store in Britain at any time. It was in this store that Skelly was murdered. His direct examination was brief. Under questioning of Frederick J. Groehl, he told of having met Walter F. Shean of Springfield, Mass, who first accused him of the Skelly mur- der, through the agency of “Dutch” Anderson, his palowf(he New York mail robberg. . - Refuses to Be Rushed. Under cross-examination he re- fused to be rushed into answers at the hands of State Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn. Alcorn went into the pris- oner's past life over the objéctions of Groehl, .which Judge Jennings overraled. Coolly and candidly he discussed his spectacular criminal record under Al- urging. He admitted four previous criminal convictions and dis- cussed them dispassionately. When Alcorn asked the unflinching witness if he had a gun_when he held up the malil truck in New York in 1921 he said he had not. “Ander- son had, but I had not,” he said. Alcorn disagreed with Chapman’s version of the mail robbery, and the looking straight into the ecutor's eyes sal “I don’t want to argue this mat- ter with you. I don't wish to go into the case at all. It has nothing to do with this charge of murder.” Thought Policeman Bandit. He had fired a shot at ew pr a Muncie | policeman at the time of his arrest because he thought him a hold-up he said. He sald nothing be- fore “he poked a gun under my heart.” ““(Continued on page 4, Column 3.) o HOLD FILM DIRECTOR ON PERJURY GHARGE New York Judge Declares Suit Against Lillian Gish Flagrant Breach of Trust. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 2—Charles H. Duell, head of a motion picture com- pany, was held for grand jury action on a charge of perjury today after Federal Judge Mack had diemissed the bill of complaint filled by Duell in his suit to compel Lillian Tish, screen star, to make pictures: )nly far his_company. “Never in 22 years of judicial ex- pertence,” sald Judge Mack, “have I had before me a case of such a flagrant breach of trust as has been shown in this. = With the possible 1 have heard no other case wherein “there was more perjury In connection With both afidavits for preliminary injunctisns ana the testimony offered to the court.” Bail for Duell was fixed at $10,000, but Judge Mack later released him in the custody of his counsel and brother, Holland S. Duell. Duell was undergoing -cross-exain- ination when the trial was halted. The trial began on March 23. Duell - admitted that..he consulted £lihu Root's firm last year- concerning possible libel proceedings against a newspaper for publishing that he and the actress were engaged. Duell ‘had clalmed throughout his testimony. that he and Miss Glsh were engaged, explaining that there were two phases of the romance—one when they were “unofficially” en- gaged before his divorce and another when they were “officially” engaged after his divorce. The engagement was broken by consent, Duell avers. Miss Gish has denled it ever existed. When Duell admitted yesterday that he had asked legal advice con- cerning libel proceedings; counsel for Mfss Gish sald Duell ‘had furnished Root's firm with a note denying the engagement. Counsel produced the note, signed by Miss Gish.' The law- yer ‘contended the body of the note was in Duell’s handwriting. It read: “I_am not engaged to marry Charles Duell or any other man.— Lillian Gish.," VETERANS’ HEAD SEEKS TO “CLEAN OUT” BUREAU Says Some of Forbes' Ring Hsve Retained Jobs Under Pres- ent Director. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash.. April 2.—Frank J. Irwin of New York, national com- mander of the Disabled Veterans of the World War, said in an address Lefore the Seattle Post of the order last night that a campaign is being waged “to clean out a ring central office at Washington.” We do not belteve that Col alone was responsible for conditions found In the bureau” sald irwin. “Some of the men who served under him are serving under Brig. Gen Frank Hines. The opinion through the East s that these men should go. Conditions in veterans' hospitals have shown marked Improvement There has been some fmprovement in the bureau, but not as much as we would like PACIFIG SHIP SALE - UPHELD'BY BOARD Effort to Block Consumma- tion of Dollar Deal Beaten by Vote of 3 to 2. Forbes An effort to delay consummation of the sale of the five California-Orient steamers to the Dollar interests pending a ruling by the Attorney General as to the legality of the tran- saction was blocked today at a meeting of the Shipping Board By a margin of a single vote—the same majority which recently ap- proved the sale—the board rejected motion by Vice Chairman Plummer proposing that the legal questions involved be referred to the Depart- ment of Justice. The motion declared the service maintained in the California-Orient line, which at present is operated for the board by the Paclfic Mail, is dif- ferent from all others under the board, in that a part of it, between Honolulu and the United States, is coastwise and that the ships sold were of a type of which the Govern- ment had an insufficient supply. The vote was 2 to 3. Those vot- ing against it were Chairman O'Con- nor and Commissioners Lissner and Haney, and those supporting it were Mr. Plummer and Commissioner Ben- son. Commissioners Thompson and Hill were absent. Expenses Cut $14,000,000. President Palmer,of the Emergency Fleet Corporation had a long talk with President Coolidge today but de- clared afterward that his visit to the White House had nothing to do with the Shipping Board row over sale of the Orient line to the Dollar interests. The fleet corporation head added, however, that he had gone over the shipping situation generally, and pre- dicted that - more of the Shipping Board vessels would be bought by private interests as additional lincs begin to show profits. Increased efficiency of operation and reduction of personnel, Mr. Palmer said, probably would mak possible a saving of $14,000,000 this fiscal year .and $8,000,000 for next year. He predicted that the corpora- tion would operate at a loss this year of about $36,00 The Cherry . Blossoms. Several of the . finest photo- graphs ever made of Washington’s Springtime glory—the Japanese cherry ‘blossoms—are contained in the < . Enlargéd Gravure Section of - Next Sunday’s Star The pictorial ‘section for Sun- day contains - twelve pages—pic- tures selected for their excellence and special news value. Order your copy of ‘neit Sunday’s Star from your mewsdealer today. in the| PROPOSE INTERVAL SIGNALS FOR TURNS Eldridge Considering New Plan to Simplify Traffic at Intersections. A plan for simplifying the ment of traffic at busy intersections by having a separate’interval of time for vehicles making a right or left hand turn is being considered by Di- rector of Trafic Eldridge and his aide, Col. 1. C. Moller. If the proposal is would be a yellow Itght or signal flashed in-between the red and the green. During that pprl%«]l no trafic would move except the vehicles turn- Ing to the right or left Under this system, Col. Molier said, parking of machines would not move- adopted lel with the curb from each corner to the point where parking begins. Machines approaching the intersec- tion and wishing to turn right or left would fiie intp this marked lare alongside the curb and wait for the yellow signal before turning. Greater Pedestrinn Safety. One of the problems of the past has been how to safeguard the pedestrian against vehicles making a turn at an intersection. This scheme is intended to obviate that danger. Pedestrians would cross, Col. Moller sald, when traffic is moving in the direction in which they are walking. The traffic officials also are consider- ing a clause for the revised traffic reg- ulations stating that pedestrians have the right of way at crosswalks and vehicles have the right of way between intersections. This question is closely related to that of juy-walking, Mr, Eldridge hav- ing announced several days ago that he was inquiring into the advisability of a regulation requiring pedestrians to cross at the intersections in con- gested sections. No Final Decisxion Made. Although these and many other sug- gestions as to brake testing, head- lights and similar phases of traffic regulation are being discussed by the traffic officials, it was mad (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) ERIEHE TAX OF_F_ICIALS EVICTED AFTER REFUSAL TO QUIT New Mexico Governor Has J. E. Saint and Twq Others Ejected From Capitol. By the Associated Press. SANTA FE. N. Mex, April 2.—Joe E. Saint, RepubMcan member of the executive committee of the National Tax Association and for the past six years chief tax commissioner of New Mexico, was ejected from the commis- sion offices in the State capitol yes- terday by Adj. Gen. Skipwith under order of Gov, A. T. Hannett. Commissioners George Ulrick and Martin Chavez, Democrats, also were ejected, all three being declared re- moved | by the governor following their réfusal to accede to his request to resign. The order to ghe adjutant general declared the ~ hree’ were illegally nsurping_and’ fntruding upon the offices. They verbally resisted evic- tion, but no fordk was used tojeject them. | the amount of there be | permitted within 50 feet of the corner. | A white linc would be painted paral- | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city biock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,565 T§ Will Test Theory That MenWith Long Legs Are Smartest By the Associated Press CHICAGO, April Sheldon, University psychologist, v answer the question man with long legs has more brains than legged blond Prof. of Columbia Unfversity advanc theory that rule long- men had the greatest brain capac Scientific trends tend to sup- port the theory, Dr. Sheldon said today. He will measure 400 wmen at the University of Chicago, as “anthropological indexe who, also will be graded for mental ca- pacity, and the physical and men- tal indices compared SEVEN ARE HELD ON GRAFT CHARGE Deputy Collectors of Rev- enue Indicted for Alleged Extortion of Bribes. w. H Chicago to 2.—Dr of undertake whether d red hair short- Naccarati d the man iy the Associated Press NEW YORK, April jury indictments returned today against seven deputy collectors of ternal revenue on charges that they ex- torted “hush” money from men of West Che tie The specific charge was that the dep- uties solicited and accepted bribes from citizens under thr of obtaining against their firm’'s income tax assess- ments, fines and criminal prosecution. The indictments named Charles H Green, Albert O. Neilson, William Snowden, Saul C. Stemthal, Henry Mayer, David Benjamin and Charles Tremonti. Green, previously indicted Mathew Jr Cannon, another collector of the district, pleaded gui and -awaits sentence. He was raigned with Neilson on today's in- dictment, and both were held in 2,000 bail for trial. The others will be arraigned tomorrow Two months of investigation, ing which Assistant United States District Attorney Millard examined 50 complainants, brought forth the seven indictments. Prosecutors said ash™ money per vic- tim ran from $30 to $2,000. ~—Federal grand were business with = ar- dur- PROBE IS CONTINUED. Three More Arrested Yesterday in Investigation of Revenue Bureau. The enue Bureau, headed by Elmer L. Irey, continues to make progress in its campaign against persons sus- pected of income tax irregularities of various kinds. Three men new cases arrested in two and two more Column §.) BONES IN OLD HOUSE TANGLE DEATH CLUES Scotland Yard Faces New Mystery in Strange of Inventor-Poet. were Demise By the LON toda death sociated Press April Yard strange —~Scotland stery to story that engaging British crime experts. Detectives rummag- ing in a gloomy old Bloomsbury man- sion built over a graveyard, in which were found recently the Granville Cooke, aged 50, a poet and inventor, and Selwyn Foster, a son of a wealthy family, number of human bones. The mansion, which Cooke used os- tensibly in connection with engineer- Ing experiments, was formerly a school of anatomy, operated by Cooke's father, & noted surgeon. Io- lice say that the bones fcund today may have been left over from the days of the anatomy school, but officers wrapped them up carefully for expert examination Ly Sir Be nard Spilsbury, the home office pathologist. Deaths Bafl, The deaths have baffled police. to establish that Cooke died of gas poisoning, Foster apparently died sev- eral hours earlier. Cooke was known ag a brilliant engineer and inventor. He was graduated from Bonne Uni- versity, and had perfected several in- ventions which brought in good royal- ties. He also wrote a number of poems, one of which was accepted by Queen Alexandra. Both he and Foster, how- ever, had criminal records, and the police had been watching Cooke's movemeiits for some time before the mysterious deaths occurred. Scotland Yard agents also are in- vestigating a report that Cooke promised two girls he would teach them stenography at his Bloomsbury establishment, although the authori- ties say it is known that he was ig- norant of that work. bodies of aged 21, found. a Police. of Cooke and While it Foster Paris Students’ Strike in Quster Of Professor Leaves Schools By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, April 2—The Latin Quar- ter, the intellectual center of Parls, which usually is crowded on week days with thousands of young men coming to and leaving the univer- sity buildings, was deserted today. The heavy gates of the varlous faculties were guarded by a, strong force .of policemen, while "strong detachments patrolled the streets in the melghborhood.of the Uni- versity of Parls, * A general strike of all French students- was proclaimed Wednes- day afternoon as a protest against the appointment to the chalr of in- ternational law of a political pro- tege and the dismissal of the presi- dent of the law faculty because he refused to allow the police force to penetrate, the university to protect the leqturer against students who did not want him. Empty Reports from other French u versities at Nancy, Bordeaux, Cler mont, Ferrand, =Strasbourg and Caen indicate that a majority of the students are joining their Paris colieagues In their strike. Some 80 per cent of Paris stu- dents are obeying the strike order. Most of the professors sympathize with the students’ movement and announced that they would not de- Itver lectures until the strike was ended. Hundreds of cafes and small res- taurants in the neighborhood of the Sorbonne were filled this after- noon with students, who planned a huge manifestation later in the day. It is intimated in government circles that the movement was or- ganized, not by students, but by members of opposition papers, who see a good chance of creating a difficult situation for the Herriot oubinet. r and Bronx coun- | deputy | intelltgence unit, Internal Rev- | the | seems | TWO CEN WINS 3-YEAR FIGHT “FOR CLARA BARTON HOME IN GLEN ECHO Dr. Hubbell, Red Cross | Founder’s Former Secre- tary, Awarded Decision. ;CHARGED SPIRIT CLAIMS { BACK OF “ILLEGAL DEAL” | Mrs. Mabelle McDowell in Posses- sion of Property Since Trans- | ferences in 1914. An | Home | tainea opinion that the Clara Barton in Glen Echo, Md., was o illegally, and denying Mrs. Mabelle Rawson Hiron McDowell the right to its possession, was handed down by Chief Judge Hammond Urner of the Circuit Court at Rock- ville today. The refers to Mr McDowell as Mrs. Hiron, that belng her name at time it was filed It was a for Dr. Julian I | Hubbell, private secretary of the under of the Ame Red after five vears Both Hubbell and Mr. j live on the Barton proper He con- { veved deeds to her in 1914, affecting lots in Glen Echo, including the home, and lots in nearby communities, a bill of sale covered taxed at $2,000 and Glen water bonds to the value of The lots and their improve- were valued at about $30,000, 0 in funds are involved | suit vietory late an Cro McDowel ments nd $3 Asks Deeds In May Be Set Aside. 1920, Dr. Hubbell filed suit to have the deeds set aside, alleging fraud and deceit. He said that he acquired possession o e Barton property and was to built a Ereat memorial to her. ving in piritualism, as did Miss Barton Hubbell said that when Mrs. McDow- 1, as Mre. Hiron, came to him short- the death of the Red ¢ . claiming to be a spiritualist interested in his project for a he yielded to her plea for hand in th airs. She claimed t have come from Massachusetts, h said, and to have owned considerable Top. Mexico, Nebraska and have Beli i frer | founde 1d “Claimed Rich Suitor.” said she repres T. Cla the had asked her to that she was willing the plan for a would make ton what Washin With t said he ington messages ed to him that former Senator multimillionaire, mar to take him torn. memorial len Echo to Clara Bar- Mount Vernon is to George ton e then Mrs visited a medium in W3 D. C., and they both accepted from the spirit world as authentic, and she herself claimed. cccording to the plaintiff, that she ceived personal communica- from Miss Barton, approving of the transactions. The the v done Memorial, five years ago Hiron came numerous Barton holdings to Hubbell, the memorial | was allowed to be forgotten were made of lots for which conveyed deeds. After failing in numerous alleged efforts to induce the defendant to comply with the Hiron, Hubbell sh- conveyance. iderstan the de upon was to be inte of the Barton rding to the suit filed After the former Mrs into the according propositior t possession mn 1.) “(Continued on Pagy 'WALL MARKS LEAD ' TO ALLEGED LIQUOR | Police Had Nearly Abandoned Hunt When Discovery Is Made. Four Arrested in Raids. | ‘ A few little atches on the brick | wall next to seven steps leading into | the rear basement of the home of George Miller, 110 Riggs road north- | east, proved to be sign posts which led eleventh precinct policemen to a cache of 11 gallons of alleged rye whisky today The raiders d searched the house for liquor under a warrant and were | about to leave, convinced that there vas none on the premises, when Po- | iceman H. L. Dull decided to make a closer inspection of the basement. He walked up to the steps, which were constructed with wood flooring and concrete backing at the point to- ward which the toe points when as- cending, and saw some curved | scratches on the brick wall beside | them. { He put his hand on the bottomimost step and jiggled it The flight of | seven steps moved on a hinge, and | raising it they located the liquor be- | nesth in an ingenidus, snug and | weather-proof little storeroom. Miller wa arrested on charges of ale and illegal possession of liquor. Two other raids resulted in three ar- rests in the eleventh precinct today. About_45 gallons of liquor, alleged to be green rye, were found, according to the police. The other arrests and charges follow | Edward A. Duckett and his wife, M. Ethel, colored, 107 Ridge road, charged with illegal possession of 45 | gallons of allezed rye whisky; the | former also is charged with sale; | Maud C. Lee, colored, 1019 Fiftieth | street northeast, arrested at 4800 | Sheriff road northeast, charged with | sale and illegal possession. The other raiders were C. A. Berry, M. J. Rowen, Guy Rone and Vincent Osterman. Prohibition Agent J. Lo | Asher accompanied the raiders. SEES AUSTRIA AT WAR. | VIENNA, April 2—A sensation has | been caused by an address delivered | by Dr. Bauer, Socialist member of the National Assembly, before a_meeting | of Republican soldiers. After dis- | cussing an amendment to the law ex- tending lun‘ period of military service, the deputy sald “The hour is approaching when danger threatens from Hungary, and every soldier will be needed. The hour is also coming when reaction will again raise its head at home unless held In , check Dby fear of yout bayonets. ¢