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WEATHER. w Unsettled tonight and not much change in temperature. ‘Temperatures—Highest, yesterday. Lowest, 50, at day Full report on page 7. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow; 71, at 3:30 7 am. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 The 96. wost oce, Wa Entered as second class matter shington, D. G WASHINGTON, D. C, Thoenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TUESDAY, MAY 12, The Star’s Star. Yesterday’: “From Press to Home Within the Hour> carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed s Circulation, 99,815 JAVEAR BOOTLEG BUSINESS SMASHED BY FLEET Baffled Rum Row Trying to| Dump Cargoes Abroad at Bargain Prices. PACIFIC COAST ALSO BECOMES AN OBJECTIVE Whisky at $12 a Case Available in Nova Scotia, But It Can- not Get Through. By the Associated Press. Sentenced to Prison A. GARRETT. Ploto by Harris & Ewing. NEW YORK. May ness that has appre a vear smashed by blorkade Tantic their car 12.—With a busi ched $40,000,000 the dry vy's the At beginning to offer zn ports at bar- Meanwhile an effort is being made to pour liquor 5 into the United States ic coast. Five 10,000-ton | flying British and Belgian | ind stocked with well orted | PRESIDENT HOPES NEW DEBT PARLEY | GARRETT 1S GUILTY; GETS 17 YEARS AS HE ASKS LENIENGY Rockville Prosecutor, Con-| fessing, Sentenced for Em- bezzlement and Forgery. PLEADS IN FIVE CASES; 49 OTHERS ARE HELD UP Says He Made $30,500 Restitution, | and Will Pay All Other Obligations. By a Staff Correspondent ROCKVILLE, Md., May 12.—Stand ing before the same judges who had| since 1923 been sentencing law vio lators whom he prosecuted, John A.|{ Garrett, until today State’s attorney of Montgomery County, pleaded guilty to four indictments charging em- bezzlement and .one charging forgery | today and was sentenced to 11 years in the Maryland Penitentiary. Two tensely dramatic situations presented themselves during the pro. THIS /“‘E‘?‘s ROAD HAS 2 A1 GOTTEN AWRUL - TROUGH SINGE | W) (LAST WeENT 1925-THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. * TWO CENTS. L. JOINS ATTACK 10 STOP SALES OF LEWD MAGAZINES Acts to Bar Not Only Mails, But Express to Obscene Writing and Art. JUDGES ALLEGED LAXJTY DRAWS P. 0. AGENTS FIRE | Prosecutor Plans to Bring Local Dealers Before District Court Completes While Assistant District Attorney | Ralph Given was completing plans| today for his first legal barrage into | the ranks of dealers in salacious lit-| erat ire and obscene “art” here, the| Post Office Department has begun to | put into operation machinery intended | to deny the publishers of such ma terial not only the use of the mails, but the right to transport their maga- zines and pictures by express, too. Although it is commonly believed that the publishers of “‘unmailable” | HINDENBURG TAKES DATH AS PRESIDENT INCALM INAUGURAL Brief Shout by Communists in Protest Only Mar to Ceremony. LAUDS ARMY AND NAVY AS NEW COMMANDER “Deutschland Uber Alles” Is Sung by Thousands When Rites Are Over. By the Associated Pre BERLIN, May 12—Field Marsh von Hindenburg was inaugurated President of Germany today xcept for a brief shout of protest from the Communists, the inaugura. tion was carried out according ta hedule, the field marshal being sworn into office by Reichstag Presi dent Paul Loebe before a crowded house Oath is Taken. President von Hindenburg, in taking ibed text reading matter and photographs Can|the gath, preceded the pre circumvent the law by distributing| with the mame of the D their questionable wares through ex-| ' “In the name of the 2 press companies, officials ! nowing Got ' ¥ v Office Department declared today that | my energies to the welfare of the Ger it is illegal to put such material in}man people, to increase their pros interstate commerce in any manner ' perity, to protect them S inre o whatever, and those found engaged in| preserve the constitution and laws of such practices are to be prosecuted to | the commonwealth to perform my the limit. duties conscientiousiy and to deal just 30 of 32 Convicted in 1924 i oy . e e To thi added the re Thirty-two publishers of ribald mag-| firmation “So help me God," azines and venders of obscene pictures, Setting a new precedent for C most of which were photographs from | Preside actual life, were arrested last year for ceedings this morning. The crowd; of 400 spectators which jammed the | courtroom was given a’ shock when | . are 40 miles off San Diego, | Calif. Their presence has been re-| ported by the Coast Guard cutter| Tamaron. and officers of the cutte are quoted as say that ,boats of | customers of the rum fleet are too| speedy for the dry navy there, as at | present equipped, to overtake | Up in Glace Bay, N Scotia, | whence have come many of the craft | that have sold liquor for thirsty New | Yorkers in the last fou vea i r could be bought schooners, if the Can ties would permit it. Wh . sayir mighty r to devote all WILL SETTLESSUE Counts on Conversations Bringing Definite Plan of Loan Repayment. BORAH TO BACK WORLD COURT IF IT IS DIVORCED FROM LEAGUE Law Creating Body Must Be Rewritten, He Tells Uni- tarians—Reservations Proposed by United States Declared Ineffectual. Garrett quietly pleaded gullty urleri ,' the first indictment had been read.| ’ Gy the former State's attorney delivered a short and eloquent plea for clem- ency during his open confession in court of wrong-doing. The second! tense period came when Judge J.| Hammond Urner announced the sen-| Later, before a hushed tence. : 3 | Increase Over First Forecast ious af. hereby rman | By the Associated Press authori-| President Coolidge hopes the con- ky was of- | versations now in prograss in Pa Faces 5 Faces 54 Indictments. Mainfesto to People. and interstate fered on board sterday at 12 a case, and cham e correspond low rates. Presumably the ves came from off the New York| driven home by lack of S- | and need of food and watel did no business, however. as | nadian revenue cutters stood by. | ‘eport of the Depart- | rce, published today, Secretary Hoover, in statistics on the'| country’s foreign trade last year, 40,000,000 as an estimate of the | of 'bootlegged foreign liquors als connected with the customs wre said to regard this as a two C: In the annual ment of Comm Blockade Expanding. Presumably the Coast Guard will extend its activities to prevent the thirst of Californians being satisfied in an lllegal manner. When there were indications that the rum fleet | was heading south to seek customers | from Baltimore and Washington the dry navy promptly met the situation. | Latest advices say -that Coast | Guard craft are maintainii ticht blockade off the Virs s, the dry n aving been dc since the blo New York and New Jersey bezan a week ago today Rear Admi of the Coast Guard, is planning further activiti He re- gards it as certain to be a long siege, | and in the \Washington office there ix a big map with pins of various colors representing the rum craft and those of his own forces. Fog has failed to aid the die-hards of the rum flect that still linger off | New York. No running of the block- | ade has heen reported in two days of | heavy mist. To prevent the fog help- | ing rum row the dry navy sent 14| additional armed craft out of New | London. ! The increasing activities of the st Guard are being supplemented by considerable sponging up of liquor | leaked ashore. Michigan State | police have seized 360 cases of Ca-| nadian becr in boathouses near Mount ! Clemens. Eight more saloons have | Teen closed by Federal padlocksmiths | in New York, and a plant that did a | large business in cutting and distrib- | uting rye whisky has heen raided. | SERIOUS COAST PROBLEM. '; -ommandant nown to be Superior Speed of Rum Runners Ham- pers Pacific Blockade. | DIEGO, if., May 12.—Offi-} cers of the Coast Guard force here admitted today that they were badly hampered in their efforts to stop the work of five large ships, four of them | carrying British ind the other flying the Belgian colors, which now cruising off th nia coast read SAN ships_are all Guard cutter which go out are faster th The Coast now in_port, Santa Ro: Santa Barl night of May 4. the Tamaroa large freightes with cases of w ky, only a short dis- | tance from the island. With them was | a score of fast motor launches, sup-| posed to have come from San Pedro. The speedboats immediately began | Tacing at full speed in the direction of | San Pedro, while the rum-carrying | ships began weighing anchor. | One of the British rum runners | steamed out to sea, followed by the | Tamaroa. Another headed south, another north. The Tamaroe followed one of the liquor ships for 160 mile off shore, when it gave up the chase. | Returning to Santa Rosa Isiand, the | cutter found that some of the liquor | ships had returned. Again it gave| chase, this time following one of the | vessels until it was in Mexican ter- | ritorial waters. Later the Tamaroa ' ran into another flock of big rum run-! ners. Short of provisions and fuel, the | cutter finally was ferced to come back | to San Diego, le. ving the duty of keeping an eye on the rum fleet to the cutter Vaughan. | That the rum fleet is receiving able | asistance from conferedates ashore was the statement made by officers | of the Tamaroa. i While chasing vessels of the rum | fleet the Tamaroa sighted floating | about 15 miles off San Clemente | Island fifty fuel tanks lashed to- gether. These tanks, filled with much. needed fuel oil for the British rum ships, had been towed out to sea by a | launch. 1 Coast Guard officers said two British rum runners were at anchor yester- day near the Cortes Banks, 60 miles due west of Point Loma, and two others were off Santa Rosa Island. The Belgian steamer Gertrude, first of the New York rum fleet to appear | (Continued pp Page 3, Column 5.) ster than nd_the for illicit ¢ n the Government craft. | uard cutter Tamaro: ound the rum fleet off . which is one of the | nnel group, on the | When daylight came | officers the five | piled high | the C 1l D | inte: | Dawes plan annuities that land as long {a small i solidated Short term nd Washington on the French debt definite plan for a ment 1t apparently is too early to make positive predictions whether this hope to be realized, but Mr. Coolidge re- ards the discussion. having at least entered the’stage of “negotia tions”—a term applied in diplomacy to desc refunding agree- ational exchanges. White House and other offi would not say today whether the garded the statement made by nance Minister Caillaux to the French parliamentary finance committee as indicating that the negotiations had entered a more definite phase. he American viewpoint on that subject probably will not be formed until offic reports of the state- ments are received from Paris. CAILLAUX REVEALS PLAN. ibe only definite and conerete | | by | | | % | turned against Gi settlement question will lead to some ! All told 54 indictments had been re. rrett. Of these, 2 alleged forgery, 19 charge embe: ment growing out of the same tran-| actions as the forgeries, and 6 other | indictments alleged embezzlement in | colection of judgments and fines. After five indictments had been read the clerk of the court, C ett | pleading guilty to each, it was an-| nounced that the other 49 indictments | would be docked on the “spet files in | the clerk's office, which is a practical | abandonment of prosecution on these | counts, although they could be called up if urgent necessity arose. | Special Prosecutor ,L. M. Bouic! summarized the cases outlined in the | five indictments at the request of the | court. First Case Involved $5,000. | The first case was the embezzlement | of $5,000 from Lucien T. Walters, who | was a second cousin of Garrett. Mr. | Bouic said that the evidence showed | that Walters gave Garrett a $5,000 ! Said Due to Heavier Revenue Returns. »r Lord of the Budget Bureau told President Coolidge today he was confident there would be a Govern- ment surplus for the fiscal year end ing June 30, of $108,000,000—the amount by which the Executive has been hoping receipts will ‘exceed ex- penditures. This estimate by the director great- 1y exceeds his prediction, made last Autumn, of a $67,000,000 surplus. He | attributed the increase to heavier re?- | o | enue returns, and receipts of the Post Office Department. Looking ahead to the coming fiscal year, the budget director predicted a surplus of $373,000,000, the figure on which administration and congression- —{ ¢heck, understanding. that it was ta |ai-leaders are basing their.estimates Would Apply Annuities to Recon- struction and Debt. PARIS, May 12 (A.P.)—Finance Min- ister Caillauxannouncedtoday that the revert to France must be used for the comple- tion of the reconstruction of the devastated . regions, and for the amortization of interallied debts, under some form to be determined later. Caillaux made the statement to the finance committee of the Chamber in outling his financial plans. Caillaux declared that three and one- half billion francs must be raised to balance the 1925 budget, and he added that France- must be prepared to make heavy sacrifices which he hoped would be only momentary. Is Silent on Plans. The finance minister informed the Chamber committee that he had evolved a plan for the rehabilitation of French money and for the refund- ing of the domestic debt, but “would not go into details or even consider doing so as long as France is not cer- tain of having a fully balanced budget s the problem of inter- which the government is to solve, has not been allied debt: £oing to ry Settled.” Cafllaux said that among the re- ceipts shown by the 1925 budget was 1,240,000,000 francs from the Dawe: plan, of which, owing to the heav proportion of deliveries in kind, only proportion in cash was re- 1 by the French treasur: The first effort of the government, Caillaux declared, would be the imme- and final liquidation of war dam- through loan annuities, which aranteed by the payments ex- rom Germany. Caillaux gave the French internal debt as 150,000,000,000 francs and con- loan at 130,000,000,000. paper issue and the in- “ome tax cannot be increased, he said, but fraud will be eliminated. Anxiety Is Allayed. The anxiety caused by newspaper dispatches from America to the eftect that the United States was about to prevail upon France to settle her war debt has been allayed by corrections issued in Washington and Paris. The explanation of the cemmotion appears to be that M. Caillaux is con- tinuing the negotiations started some time ago by his predecessor, M. Cle- mentel, but in a more practical and ef- fective manner. There is less talk now of an eventual scaling down of the amount to be re- aid to America. It is said in diplo- matic circles that the Herriot govern- ment, which preceded the Painleve ministry, abandoped all claim to eventual reductions. cei Food Prices Here Steadily Increase; | Range Higher in Only 2 Other Cities| Retail food prices in Washington have increased 11 per cent during the past vear, showing a steady upward progress since April, 1924, until a few days ago food prices in the Capital were 57 per cent above the average cost of food in 1913, The latest compilations do not go beyond April 15, but on that ‘date prices here ranked among the high- est in the country. According to Department of Labor figures only 2 of 23 of the large cities of the Nation showed a greater increase over 1913 prices than Washington. Food prices here reached their peak in the middle of 1920, when Washington showed the largest in- crease over 1913 base prices cf any of more than 50 large cities. In the Fall of 1920 food prices in the Cap- ital began to decline, reaching thelr i be loaned on realty owned by Kenyon | Wormsley, but that Garrett took the | money obtained on Walter's check | and used it to pay a deed of trust on | the home in which Garrett now re- | sides. The second case was somewhat sim. ilar. Garrett was charged with ap- propriating to his_own use $1,500 which Mrs. Ida J. Rabbitt had given him to invest. He was supposed to have loaned it to a Stanley Hall Bur- dine, on the latter's property. Mr. Bouic said that search of the land records of the county showed no such name as Burdine, and no property assessed to him. . Another indictment alleged the forging of an $800 attorney’s bond, | which Garrett was required to put up in administering the estate of Eliza- beth Scott. The other two indict- ments charge embezzlement from Josephus Terry of $833.33 and em- bezzlement from Charles H. Rabbitt | involving $4,000. i Total Is $52,200. After summarizing these cases, Mr. | Bouic said that in the 54 indictments, | a total of $52,200 was involved, of which $1,900 was money alleged to| have been embezzeled from clients in | connection with the collection of judgments. Mr. Bouic said that he understood Garrett had returned $7,- 200 of this amount. Garrett was asked if he wished to | make a statement. He stood up. With | one hand in his right hip pocket, the | other with thumb in lower vest pocket, | he spoke in a low, quit Voice, in part, | as_follows: | “If your honors please. It is al-!| most impossible for me to talk. I/ did not come here to attempt to evade | the law or to abuse any one. I know that the duty which is imposed upon | your honors is just as painful to you | as my position is to me. T know I have broken the faith im- posed in me, but I want to tell you | that at least $30,500 of my securities | has been put up to take care of these things. After all my estate is disposed of, I expect there will be a deficiency of $15,000 or $18,000. Pledges to Repay AllL “I pledge you that I will pay all this back. I have given my pledge to my friends and relatives that not one penny will remain unpaid. “I have been unhappy in a number | of different ways since these things | came up, not only since they became | public, but ever since their very be- | ginning. I am broken, not in heaith, but in the position that I have held. | Not one of these creditors of mine | wants to prosecute me, wants my | blood. There is not one who has not | come to see me and offered to help me. But_fate has decreed otherwise. I (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) 1 | lowest point late in 1923. In the Fall of that year they began to rise slowly, with the upward progress in prices being accelerated during the first part of 1924. and finally stopping last Fall. Since last Fail | prices have dropped slightly here, the Labor Department figures show, “but are still far above the generai average. ¥ In April a vear ago Washing- ton, Baltimore and Birmingham topped all of 24 cities with the in- crease shown over the 1913 base. In April this year Birmingham was | the city with the largest increase | —61 per cent—over the 1913 base, | while Washington showed a 57 per cent rise. Radio Programs—Page 22. lin & sto the possible extent of tax reduc- tions. States Following Policy. Director Lord told Mr. Coolidge that the Government's example in curtailing expenditures is being re- flected in various States. He returned to Washington today from a trip to New England and expects to go into Indiana and Illinois later this week, explaining the Federal Government plans for reducing expenses. Hopes for future tax reduction will lie principally with the States and municipalities, the director said. In a number of the speeches he has made regarding economy and the hope for tax reduction, President Coolidge has reminded his hearers that the Federal Government has been alone this effort. He called attention to the fact that all other governments in the United States are still running along on their war-time basis, all of which, he contended would naturally tend to keep up the taxes of the com munities in question. Federal Expense 33 per Cent. This point has been stressed by others speaking on the subject of economy and its relation to tax re- duction. While discussing it today Gen. Lord declared that in 1921, the Federal Government’s share of the total Government expense was about 60 per cent. At this time the reduc- tions in expense have placed the Fed. ral Government's expense at only 33 per cent of the total—the States, coun- ties and municipalities spending the remainder on operation. He said that the Governor of Maine requested him some months ago to address the Legislature on the subject of economy and, as a result, that State has slashed its running expenses several hundred thousand dollars. Michigan also has effected some re. duction, he said. But the real tax burden 1s not going to disappear until more States come to the realization that the war is long since over and that this country is again on a peace- time basis, and should economize. SHORT-SESSION BAN APPROVED BY DAWES Vice President, However, Does Not Think Senator George’s Pro- posal Goes Far Enough. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., May 12.—In a tele- gram to the Atlanta Constitution, Vice President Charles G. Dawes agrees in part with a suggestion of Senator Walter F. George of Georgia, made in an ‘interview Sunday, but does not think the Senator’'s suggestions go far enough. The Constitution today quotes the Vice President: “I have the highest respect for the ability and character of Senator George, and agree with him that the constitutional amendment assembling Congress in January after - the No- vember election should be adopted. “But I do not agree that the aboli- tion of the short session of Congress | will afford proper protection against the power of a minority or individual Senator, under the Senate rules, to thwart the majority in its constitu- tiorial right to legislate. “The Senate rules should be amend- ed s0 as to protect the constitutional rights of the miajority without depriv- ing the right of a Senator to be heard fully upon any subject.” Senator George had suggested that abolition of the “short term” of Con- ress would bring about the revision Senate rules sought by the Vice President. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, May 12.—Adherence by the United States to the World Court, unless the statute providing for the urt is amended, means the entan- ement of this country in the league and the political affairs of Iurope, Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman of the Senate foreign relations com- mittee, said in an address last night to the Unitarian Laymen’s League. The World Court today is the League of Nations’ court, a “‘depart ment of justice” of the league; it is “dominated at last by the politics of foreign offices of the different govern- ments,” Senator Borah insisted, de- claring his opposition to the adher- ce of the United States to the court WOMEN ARRAIGN JUNGLE' MORALITY Quinquennial Delegates De- clare for Equal Standards for Both Sexes. The International Council of Wom- en today turned its attention to the oldest and newest issues affecting the status of women in the world— morality and suffrage. Mme. Avril de Ste. Croix, veteran French apostle of equal moral stand- ards to replace the jungle code by which women are crucified ard men unpunished for the same offense, had passed a series of resolutions de- signed to hélp forward th> work. The suffrage resolutions, presented by Fru Betzy Kjelsberg of Norway, and which called for a feminist bloc in the parliaments of the world, stirred an animated discussion, in which German and Scandinavian del- egates were lined against British and American. \ The morals resolutions follow: “The L. C. W. urges that measures be taken for suppression of such newspaper advertisements as are cal- culated to incite immoral behavior. “The I C. W. urges the institution in all countries of woman nolice, with the same status and responsibilities as men in the same service. Geneva Plan Indorsed. “The 1. C. W. urges taat the ave of consent be referred to a future conference to enable a mor= compre- hensive study to be made.” “The International Council of Women urges all women in_countries not yet having ratified the convention of Geneva for the protection of women and children to use all their in- fiuences to obtain ratification.” ‘Considering the .great benefit that would accrue if the international socleties established a common plan of work for the protection of immi- grants and for the campaign against the traffic in women, the committee against the traffic urges that the na- tional councils endeavor by their in- fluenfe with their affiliated socleties to establish a more effective and eco- nomical organization.” “The International Council of ‘Women urges that in those countries in which there is still state regulation of prostitution the national councils should continue to work for the sup- pression of regulation, which, by de- grading a whole class of women, per- pétrates an injustice and is an out- rage against womanhood.” The suffrage resolution, which aroused the discussion, was: To Disrupt Parties. ““Resolved, That in order to get the | best results from their voting power women, when they are enfranchised, should join political parties and should | form groups within their own parties for the discussion of the special wom- an’s point of view on all political ques- tions, and through which they can unite to influence them.” This was passed after a move to withdraw it had been defeated by a narrow margin. Fru Kjelsherg ex- plained that this system nad been used by the Norweglan women. Mrs. J. H. Cowan, delegate from Aystralia and former member of the Australian Parliament, spoke against the resolution. “The evils of party government,” she said, “are well known. Parties usually are more of a curse than a help to movements of this kind. But once women are in parties then party loyalty is the (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) unless it should be completely di vorced from the League of Nations. If the World Court should be given complete independence with no league attachments, Senator Borah would be ready to support it, and support the entry of the United States into such | a tribunal “It is claimed,” Senator Borah said, | “that we (who oppose the court) are | prejudiced against this tribunal be- cause the league created’it. Speaking for myself, T have no objection to it be- cause the league created it. I do not care about the fact that the league created it, if the league will give it its independence after it is created. I_think it is in the interest of ntinued on Page 3, Colamn I GEN. MANGINDES WAS VERDUN HERD French Warrior Won Fame for Brilliant Attack on Germans. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 12.—Gen. Charles Man- gin, French hero of Verdun, died today. Gen. Mangin received the last sacra- ments last night. He died at 11:20 o’'clock this morning, with his wife, his eight children and other members of his family at the bedside. Charles Marie Emmanuel Mangin, born at Sarrebourg on July 7, 1866, was one of the military leaders, with a lifelong training as a soldier, who proved a bulwark of strength for France in repelling the German in- vasion during the World War. Saw Colonial Service. | His subaltern days were spent on active service in Senegal and the French Sudan, and he saw service later in China, West Africa and Mo- rocco. Shortly after the outbreak of the World War he was placed in com- mand of the 5th Infantry Division and later of the 11th Army Corps. His temporary rank of general was made permanent just before his brilliant at tack at Verdun in October, 1916, which resulted in the recapture from the Germans of Fort Douaumont. Later he became involved in the bitter controversy which followed the costly victory on the Aisne in the Spring of 1917, and was deprived of his command of the 6th Army. A commission of inquiry, however, exonerated him from blame, and he was reinstated by Clemenceau. In July, 1918, in conjunction with Gen Degoutte, he carried out the great counter-offensive against the German right flank, which brought the first of the final series of allied successes. After the war he was made a mem- ber of the superior war council and was decorated with the grand cross of the Legion of Honor. He was one of those who favored the creation of a buffer state between France and Germany along the Rhine. Heads Italian Na:y. ROME, May 12 (A.P..—Premier Mussolini has appointed Vice Admiral Baron Alfred Acton as head of the general staff of the Itallan Navy. Baron Acton served as the Italian naval delegate at the Washington Armament Conference. violating the posta commerce laws. Only two of this num- ber succeeded in establishing their in nocence, the others being found guilty and sentenced to fines or imprison- ment by courts in various parts of the country. It is believed this number will be exceeded this year The Post Office Department, inspec- | tors pointed out, is handicapped in its campaign against salacious publi- cations by an insufficient force to more carefully examine the mails for violations of the law. In the past, it has been obliged to Mevote its activi-| ties to looking up publishers against whom definite complaints have been made. As a result, many others have been slipping through, which accounts for the startling number of question- able magazines that are to be found for sale on Washington newsstands. 50 Tons Seized in Year. More than 50 tons of magazines were seized by postal inspectors last vear and destroyed arbitrarily. A score or more sacks of “unmailable material, all magazines and pam- phlets, are reposing in the office of local inspectors now, awaiting a s'm- ilar fate. Some of these tain current editions of that have been offered s Washington newsstands for months, appealing largely to the irade of the younger boys and girls schools. Bitter complaint is made by some of the inspectors over the ‘easy” sentences imposed by judzes in some of the States on the pubiishers of several magazines. In one case. after a publishr had pleaded guiity to a number of counts the court fined him one-half of the minimum fine and sentenced him to 30 days on each count, but promptly placed him on probation. The azent had worked for weeks to maks a com- plete case against this puuhisher. Close Inspection Ordered. Such instances, it have encouraged publishers to increase more and more the fieldeof licentious literature until today, inspectors say, the magazines that are plainly beyond the pale of common decency can be counted by the scores. As a result, plans are being made to tighten in- spection of mails in every city, with the hope that eventually the mails may be completely closed to such pub- lications. Express offices, too, are to be diligently watched, and any inde- cent publication that is brought to the attention of the postal inspectors will be thoroughly investigated. Assistant District intends te make his prosecution sweep- ing. He feels that the very manner in which some local news dealers dis- played lewd pictures puts them out of the realm of “art.” He cited one case in which one dealer had opened a magazine to two pages filled with nude pictures and placed it in his front win- dow to attract trade. He does not believe a plea on the ground that the drawing represented “art” would hold before any jury. Plans Test Cases. He plans to make a definite test with the two cases for which he has asked that warrants be issued, Should the courts. sustain him, which he confidently believes will follow sub- mission of the evidence he has accu- mulated, he intends to sweep Wash- ington clean of licentious literature and put an end once and for all to the practice of dealers in “lewdness” deliberately catering to the trade of high school boys and girls. Indica- tions that even children in the graded schools have been spld some of the literature have been Yound. District Attorney Peyton C. Gordon declared that the section of the Dis- trict code which forbids the sale of lewd or indecent magazines is not only clear, but is sweeping in its scope. He sald it takes in all types of magazines and even books, of which a number also_are under scrutiny. The law (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) N . . . Beg‘mnmg’ n The first of the series of in America during the past By Samuei authors, and they will appear Sunday Star, “More Statcly Mansions™ This story will be followed by others; all by prominent Beginning Today on Page 37 Toclay's Star' best short stories published year— 1 Merwin serially in The Evening and - |wehrmacht. s | deterred, it has led the eG in the high | was declared, | Attorney Given | In & nifesto to the German people this afternoon President von Hinden burg said “True to, the oath, I will devote all {my energies to guarding the consti | tution and laws. Let us strive through hon peaceful work to gain the rec ognition of other nations to which we agle entitled, and to free the German name from the unjust stain which still lies on it today.” The President added that his office “did not belong to one clan, one re ligious persuasion or one party alone but to the people in its entirety Takes Over Army and Navy. President von Hindent after his inauguration, issued a manifesto to the army and navy. In it he said { “To the wehrmacht (defensive pow er): The German pecple have placed me at the head of the reich. Accord ing to the constitution. 1 take ove this day the chief command the wehrmacht. 1 greet the army and {navy with pride. From my seclusion the the in Hanover,” President, 1 have development of the Straight ahead and un man people ion the only road upon which recon struction was possible, namely, through hard discipline and loyalt detail to accomplishment an “It is built upon the old principk of duty and sacrifice. Its activity is {intended, for the present and the fu {ture, for the service of the people and | the state, true to its symbol and the | tas 3 stitution “With unswerving they upon the German wehrm iwork for the fatherland’s peace and | prosperity.” | Left Palace at 11: President-elect left the palace, where he had spent {the night, at about 11:45 a.m. for th Reichstag Building, where the inaugu ral ceremony W held. His route through the Wilhelm strasse and Unter den Linden, by way of the central arch of the Dranden burg gzate, which was formerly re served for the Emperor and through which also President Ebert’s funeral procession passed, to the short street connecting with the Reich ild ing. This street | Friedrich Ebert { continued watched rely | The cellor's chan was recently named asse in honor of the late President, and the govern !ment announcements of the official i program today for the first time des ignated it as such At_the door of the Reichstag Build |ing Von Hindenburg was greeted by the Vice Presidents and the admir itrative director, who conducted him |to the waiting Herr Loebe. The mar Ible steps leading to the chamber were |decorated with deep blue hydrangeas {the new President’s favorite flower with liurel trees on either side | At noon Von Hindenburg, accom | panied by Loebe, entered the chamber, {which was bare of decorations except |around the President’s table. Behind !the President’s chair hung a huge tapestry bearing the German coat-of- arms, which was incased in laurel wreaths interwoven with the Repub. |lican colors of black, red and gold The President’s table, at which Von Hindenburg stood while being sworn |in to office, was covered with a large | Republican’ flag and was flanked on | either side by hydrangea Communists Shout. “Down with monarchism; long live {the Soviet republic,” was the shout raised by the Communist deputies as | the president-elect entered the Reich | stag chamber. They withdrew imme | atately afterward and the rest of the ceremony proceeded without a hitch The inauguration took place in the presence of the members of the Reichstag, whose Socialist members wore red carnations. Many of the | other Republican members wore the Republican colors. The entire diplo matic corps, headed by Mgr. Pacelli the papal nuncio, and including Lord | D'Cabernon, British Ambassador; M de Margerie, French Ambassador and the American charge d'affaires also was present, and the galleries were packed. Ludendorff, war com patriot of Field Marshal von Hinden burg, in chargg of Germany’s military affairs, was in_ his place as a Reich stag member—the first time he has been present since the new Reichstag assembled. Responds to Welcome. The President-elect, voice, was heard throughout the large chamber. He began his re sponse to the welcome extended by Paul Loebe, president of the Reich- stag, by addressing Herr Loebe as “Herr Reich President,” instead of “Herr Reichstag President.” Herr Loebe had addressed the field marshal briefly, expressing the hope (Continued on P Column iy in excellent