Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1925, Page 1

. Ll W Weath and cold temperature about vow fair, rising temperatur ATHER. Bureau Forecast.) tonight, minimum 30 degrees: tomo (U s Fair Temperature—Highest, am today at 10:30 0 am. vesterday; lowest, 35, at Full report on page ] | Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 @ h ¢ Foening The every city bl * tion is delivered to Washington homes “From Press to Home Within the Hour” Star’s carrier system covers ock and the regular edi- as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Sunday’s Circulation, 96,282 Circulatios 107,662 29 777 Enterea as second class matter = 006 jost office. ‘Washingten, D. C No. D. WASHINGTON, ', MONDAY, N OVEMBER 9, 1925—-TH IRTY-SIX PAGES. * P Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. MILLIONTONSLYING INCOAL FIELDS TIED UPBY CONTRACTS Operators Say All Has Been? Paid For and Awaits Orders to Ship. T | | MIGHT LAST ALL SEASON | IF USED DISCRIMINATELY | Evidence of Impatience With! Strike Seen in Some Parts, While i 4 DR. HAROLD E. BLAZER. Others Are Still Determined. * BY HAROLD K. PHILIPS. Staff Correspondent of The Star POTTSVILLE. Pa ovemher 9 Juet as many little draps « water combine 1o make the mishty eeean. | 0 the numerous little nuggets of pre fons anthracite that are scattered from nne end of this great hard coal | = field to the other would make a most | comforting fuel, pile if they. too. were | Hammond Urges Body to permitted to colonize and were judi ::1\\.:5‘“ latributed to the public’s Oversee Distribution of It is safe to say that there must be | | P considerably more than a million tons Substitutes. of coal, all of it in tne much needed domestic sizes, stored here and there along the rallroad lines from Potts.| The District Commissioners at Sille to Seramton. The operators, | (Neir ‘board session tomorrow morn- however, persist n minimizing this | INE may consider the advisibility of supply, asserting that “what coal is taking some steps to supervise dis- left” has long since been bought ,(nd‘lr-lhll"n" of coal in Washinzton this Paid for. \\an- in view of the anthracite A strike. No Coal for Washington. The city heads. it developed today o Apparenily the owners of these |pave already discussed the question e 2 MAsoR in a general way without arrivin and Dixon line. Up in Scranton all ; 2 T e caltine o he soippea | 3t any. coneluslons, M was inal- was destined for high-priced distribu cated that they would give further consideration 1o it tion in New York State. Down here. | tomorrow he southern tip of the anthracite | Following a visit to the Whiu field, it is zoing to Philadelphia. There House 3Saturday, John Hays Ham- apparently is no coal, not & ton, for | mond. head of the governors' coal the people of Washington. ommission of the New England To the stranger who first comes ;States, suggested the desirability of fnto. the anthracite field in search State and municipal authorities ap- of coal it seems that the supply Is | pointing fuel comfhitiees to assist really exhausted. Of course, there |in a fair distribution of the substi- are quite innocent-looking strings of iutes for hard 1 which will have cars here and there, all loaded with |10 be used later in the Winter if ‘furnace and stove sizes of anthracite. : the anthracite strike continues Such a supply seems insignificant at | Several vears ago during an an- first, in comparison to the demand. a | thracite strike the Public Utilities { Commission established BLAZER, ON STAND, DESCRIBES PITEQUS DAUGHTER HE SLEW | Stricken at Age of Six Weeks, | She ““Had No Mind,” Says Accused Physician. ) BODY TWISTED LIKE S; : Could Not Turn in Bed, Grunted ‘When Hurt—Beset by Many Illnesses, He Declares. Ry the As | LITTLE An Dr. b today Jated Pre FON, November 9 hioned country doctor old k. Blazer. took the stand the opening of court in his own’ defense at his trial. where he |is charged with slaving his own |davghter, Hazel, the 34-vear-old “child o, woman." | The courtroom was jammed Dr. | Blazer walked to the siand with a| firm tread. In a low but distinct | voice he answered tHe perfunctory questions of defense counsel, H. W Sprangler, relatinz his education for the medical profession. “Hazel was born at Dillonvale, | | HOPE THE SENATE LL NOT_CONCUR I GOT So MUCH REAL PLEASUR QuT OF IT} LAMENTS PEEPING TOM | Ohio, in May, 1891, he testified. *'At | 6 weeks she was stricken with spinal ' meningitis that left her a hopeless in MORE HELD IN PLO | help herself. he could roll about the | Hloor—that was @l | “She couldn’t even indicate if she was in pain. And often I couldn't dis- | ver where it was. Then she would 0 into convulsions and become rigid. he had mouth and teeth, but could not successfully masticate her food. | in Round-Up of Suspects | It had to be liquid o else soft. chop: in Conspiracy. | “Her legs. feat. arms and - hands — | were less developed than those of a | f-vear-old child. Her body was larger, | | but greatly malformed. and the spine | was twisted almost into the shape of | | the letter . '“ | valid-—without a mind. as near as 1 could tell.” he said. He spoke with- out visible emotion as he described Government Not Easing Up By the Associated Prees. ROME. November f.— heen no easing There has their efforts to gather in persons “‘Her chest. bones and ribs protruded ' Who are believed to have been con S0 as to be visible through the skin. | nected with last week's attempt to he could rattle a piece of paper and | assassinate | occasionally would amuse herself by | with the | tearing the paper to pieces. She did | the Savey dynasty. Premier reported plot Mussolini to « and | verthrow up by the authorities | |WOMAN, 79, GIVES LIFE | TO SAVE GRANDCHILD, 2, Jumps in Front of Auto to Push Little Girl to Safety. Unable Save Self. i | By the Associated Press | GAINESVILLE. Fla. November | 9. —Mrs. J. H. Goss. 79, was instantly | killed on a highwayv near here when | she jumped in front of an automebile and pushed her. two-vear-old grand daughter out of its path, | | Mrs. Goss had been riding with het lauzhter and son-indaw, Mr. and Mrs. D. Guerry. A tire had blown out, and while ‘the repairs were being | made Mrs. Goss and the child got out i the car and walked along the road. | Just as a rapidly moving was | about to pass, the child started to run | ‘:(...m the road. Mrs. Goss ran after her and pushed the child off the re but was unable to escape hersell. which Irs. Goss i Thv‘ was | driven by Mrs. Muriel Shay of Wildo. | car struck A ery for hard coal that is increasing special | {his T D hourly. bureau from which & systamatic | \hen mutiee s o b jhe Paper and | “purther arrests have been made . | ~ " {e k kep . £ i i re E "l W s T, check was kep( o all deliveries of | "“{ithough ‘sne weighed ‘about so|%nd sl othera are itkely. The gos ) But the Tarcher ome travels the | (U€L (v insure fair distribution Amon | pounds she was as heipless a4 an In.| eraMmeNt remains siient with regard | | more impressive these little strings | COTSUMers. fant of two months.” | to the ramifications of the affair, but | T e e, ey Mbecoma e | PLEA UP TO PRESIDENT. | “At night she couldn’t turn in bed. | throughout the country the homes | tirely too numerous for mental com- ! | ihe made an unintelligible sound that |and business places of suspected per fort. A number of them were parked . dicated that she was in distress or | sons are being searched for evidence i atbund’ Sorantop and [anek Gnly o | owers ipresemtativé Mot |ovintenl uitentions | 3 ! glance to tell that there was a hand Asks Coal Strike Inquiry. Although the defendant’s voice | Court-Martial for Zaniboni. Somie “upplv there awaiting orders for | Mrs. John Jacobs Togers, Repre. | [OKe SUghtly earlier In his testimony. | It s rumored that former Deputy | release for somebody. Plttston has | sentative-Elect frong Lowell, Mass., |N¢ apparently regained his composure | zaniboni, who was arrested in a hotel quite a quota. Wilkes-Barre. too. | called upon President Coolidge today |3 his recital continued. “T slept In | yoom opposite the balcony of the| B — o And then on down the line, Just jas the representative of citizens and | iime amae,J00M with Hazel from the | opisi pajace, and who, it is alleged. | a dosen or a score Tere’ and industries of Lowell to acquaint him 17 S S And pneumonia were num.| Was to shoot the premier as he stood | COFporal of Guard Ordered ore, @ at the Honey Pot scales |wi istress . s |t 5 - ¢ ® Gony At Schusikill Haven and ' scores|urge him to appoint an impartial|beset the ‘child woman” frgm in.|ILie eaid he Wil b Charges ith Br etained Despite Military of other places. Quite unconsciously |commission to inquire into the justifi-| (2NCY. the ‘witness said. Whig her [FINEINE = Dol ageingt ob, mn o Ser B e e e ot the aaobteith salTicra o hi| (§ther -was \tedlitying. ira Erancdd| o0 WAt (tia peetroliofon b Leader’s Action i ew cars begin to multiply into cation 3 Blshop. & vounger daughter, sat with | Mussolini also holds) with the inten s T Iy thoussint of thow | Bive. Roxers, saldl attexwards. (hat) 15T, heat: bowed, shlslding Nt fach!| ton of stmssinatine i 55 here are literally thousands of them | Mrs. Rogers said ards that | S50 "TEL Jands as occasionally her | The indignation. of the people over scitterad from the northern end to|she gained the impression that the |ith her hands as o | the conspiracy to Kill MUssolink ex-| o\ goio bl the southern end of the strike-bound | President, while deeply interested.| " We came to Colorado in 1910 set. (tends even to the prisoners In fail. |, p "l ) o (LA™ O0 S0 GOm0 districts was ot dnolined lo ook vk tling at Montevista,” He said. “We | When Gen. Capello, the allesed leader {5y J3 "0 ‘the. action of the grand| Nor are coal gars the only places In jupon the request for an inauirs. © | moved to Englewosd, Color in De. 0f it. wax taken to the Regina Coeli [be held for ihe action of the grand Wwhich this supply is being parked Mrs. ‘u;.:ex.l Nd' l_Px "‘lev et | cember, 1924, several months after | Prison. where several men accused .}yrl e inection ith the fatall The gread hoard around Scranton has | community already a eling the | the' Geath of mv wife, After {the killing of Deputy Matteotti are shooting of Pvi. John Ban, 20-vear-old | alieady been described. It was by far pinch of hard coal shortage: that the | g, GECt B, MY WIS (ATEE MUS |incoreerated. they raised such a row marine. because the latter failed to the Tarzest found by this writer in |industries are suffering and that the | TOIt over the fact that the wardens re-|.rise promptly after reveille at the the field, but there are numerous |householders have been unable to get moved Capello to & wing In the build: | A4 rina Boreaske sesterds s naller piles in possibly half a dozen {uny anthracite and manv of them Describes Tliness. ing far distant from them. e e T e ’“'"'J”"'"- Iitional storage plants this side of |cannot use soft coal In their ranges| .o thought often what might be was reached by a coroner's jury. Sors At Schuylkill Haven near |and furnaces. come of Hazel when I died. I never | Duecl s Amestsd. et e el e b here, instance. the Philadelphia e talked the matter over with my wife | 11 Tevere. Fascist paper, reports the | (N District Al L"‘i“l"‘“ -'f""""fl""- | md Reading Coal Co. still has a little before her death. | arrest of Ulisse Ducei, former head o | quest was held in accordance | MAJOR BATTLE OF FENG e e Tl Bty o | Wit @it Toaw B9 Coneuer 3. -Resns Bins Hold Big Supply. It i< said this plant had tremen < Qo L SO aeeks 450,20 Already Fighting at Shantung and vere sev bins full. Most of it Engagement Is Expected Near has been moved. however. But just = #x the apparently negligible supplies Peking—Japan Neutral. 1 the cars would make a mountain By the Associated Pres TOKIO, November f.—Dispatches to the foreign office here by Japanese consuls in @ number vi Chinese cities if all dumped together, so would these emaining tons in the storage plants i 1ce considerable enthusiasm from he thousands of AND CHANG NEAR IN CHINA| | “Once when I was away on busi- The arrest fol- of papers in Libera (Kree Ttal the discovery ness Hazel was stricken ill and other 1 doctors said she would die. When I, lowed returned home she looked up at me | Ducci's home alleged to reveal his and almost Jaughed. well within 24 hour: i She was almost | complicity in the plot against Musso- n stopped practicing in Apmi An official announcement today savs 1 when T had spells of numbness, | the newspapers hereafter will be al which made my head feel heavy and | J0Wed to publish only official com- {1 couldn't see very well. I could |muniques concerning the conspiracy | think at these times, but 1 could | This measure, it is explained, is taken never be sure my conclusions were | {0 Prevent the spreading of “fan right dnd T was afraid I might make | 18Stic” rumors. a mistake ir: preseribing for patients, | housekeepers whose - 7 declare that there is prospect that s A Y= Sliacs are empis e o Cengarement between the armies|S0 I quit practicing. These spells| SAYS QUAGLIA GAVE DATA. Then there is Coal in the collieries. | |ty 51 Chang Tso-lin and General | Started coming on six or eight years e Ihe enly way to find coal in these o n UGN e" iy legin svon in|ago. They were the same as those Friend of Zaniboni Bared Plot to Jlieries is to zo and really look into (e hicinity of Peking I suffered during the last two years, | i ose towering siructures. That i Consideruble fighting has already but not so pronounced. Thev got Police, Paper Says. t always comfortable or even pos. | yjken place ai Shantunz. worse after Mrs. Blazer's death and | S i 5 sible. Most of the collieries around ' “rphe foreizn office has telegraphed | occurred oftener. pr;(:r‘;‘-:' l;n';‘l.a (“‘:lll}l;li(‘:(l\o:‘lr:\.'*:nll; this field are zuarded by watchmen, (, ;)| Japanese representatives in Sometimes they lasted for a day ;e ™ “gisnatch from Rome saying who are none too trusting of the mo- (hina that the strictest maintenance |and a night and 1 unable to | (PhESE nm’,"quag“,l éaitor Gt 11 Po- tives ol curiosity-stricken investiga- o neutrality on the part of Japan is | articulate, think or see. I have “i:m?o PRe iy Danesiii s s tial ors necessary cataract over one eye and do not z F y All ¢ W\e{u-]l];nr» Ansnec [):’Ll};““l\ SR {see well anyway. l;‘;’;‘.’,\‘L"'wi?;(‘xi‘f'»’.?\'}s«l‘]‘x‘.fi l‘!‘l_:i nlr‘;l ever, were foynd to be cock-a-blocl 1 LA TR il of ac | wn. | | Skull Fractured When Y . |leased because he gave the police As 2 ed 1t most o 3 | vas 26 years old ‘my skull | &, iracy. Ink. Tt as agmitied that mastot the ATTENDANT AND CAMEL | was fractured b a faing. mn: out | RIS ia had been a politica zorged. The United Mine Workers, it — - |t e e e Hazel's deatn | [riend of former Deputy Zanibonl, the was also learned. would offer no ob. i thesyear prior:to Harvel s death)j i | figure in the plot, for a o ek Ve ffer b obi Beast in England Attacks Cage|! had 3 or 10 spellsseveral afier | fong. time. the dispatch says. and Aistributed, since it was agreed be- Cleaner—Indiana Circus [ came {orMrslewood. learned of the latter's plan when it fore this strike was called that the 1 don't know whether or not I|hag progressed no further than aim- union wonld not interfere with the sale Animal Escapes. of coal mined previous to the begin- ppi- Ind. November 9 (P).—A nins of hostlities. The coal in the | gmel is dead and an aged elephant 1= ’“1.“.”'.'\ vas minedbecorathe Swallc snsiderably the worse for an assault oR made upon the pair by a tiger. when Towns Using Soft Coal. it escaped from its of the Win- ircus here yester- ptured. ter quarters of lay. It was r MANCHEST! her P).—AL Bellevue Zoological of | Gardens, in Manchester, vesterday woman keeper, Mrs. Lambert, ente It might be argued that these seat tered stores are being held for do consumption or the use of pub. lie utilities through here or even that | they ave bituminons coal. None hese would be true. The biggest wer company up here owns its own | a section of the tiger's den to cle mine, and a4 look at thé pthers showed | jt, but forgot to close the trap door them to be well stocked up with buck- | shutting off the section containing the wheat or tice coal. Bither of (hese | tiger. The beast pounced upon her sizex may be had in plentiful quan- | from behind and with one blow of its tities, it seemed, but bein unsuited | forepaw laid her dead. ngland, Novem ever lost my mind during these spells. 1 rely ate during them. ! “1 have a faint recollection of a' conversation with my son-in-law and less talk. When the plot reached such a point, however, that its accomplishment seemed imminent, Quaglia found him- thing about it. “I don’t remember when they came home."” | termined, as soon as he arrived in | Rome, to go to the central police of | fice and give the authorities informa- Before giving the i | While Dr. Blazer was telling of his | tjon of the plot. “spells and numbness,” the State’s | attorneys took notations on his tes- timony ‘and prosecutor Stone injected asked that the police promise not to S | arrest him, but allow him to go his first objection—about the witness’ | abroad, as was the case “‘on the analo- loss of memory after the slayving. At-!gous occasion which concerned Pep- torney Spangler changed his ques-| pino Garibald (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) | The police, however, as soon as they | learned the nature of the plot, revoked to furnaces were not included in the| ~ tonnages estimated above. ! their promise and pressed Quaglia to ! give the full details under threat of Later, after he my daughter on February 24, 1924." | qaif faced with the dilemma of either | 1t was this day that Hazel was found | gnowingly permitting the assassina- dead in the room with her father.!(jon or of denouncing his friend. He “I'm not sure I remember any-|chose the latter alternative :nd de-| details, however, he is said to have| town in the anthracite fleld, except I'otisville, is now burning soft coal, ctually importing its fuel from out- o demestie conumpiton, evers| Golfers, Autoists, Newsboys Listed : Alfiong Host of Blue Law Violators |arrest for complicity {had been released, the dispatch savs, |he made an extensive deposition to} i the authorities. Side districts, although this country s fairly bursting with anthracite. And | )l of the cars filled with bituminous ’ “oal are parked around the local re.|B7 \he Associated Eress. s iail vards, mot out along the main| PERTH AMBOY, N. J., November lines. Furthermore, -the contents of | 9. —Police today have a list of i cars ere examined ad found | (i ucands of violators of a Sunday \lthough this supply is quite a blue law, framed in €olonial days, to formidable one. statements made re- present to the grand jury Friday. cently that there is plenty of coal| phroughout Middlesex County 3 " the mines are not justified. /If | erdny mames were taken of persons Who drove motor cars, played golf, walked elsewhere than to church, ken from the control of the forces that are hodlding it here at the mines ! nd distributed with care among the | ited nmews or hootblack stands, people whose heating plants cannot ! ers, drug stores, or engaged in rn bituminous coal. this supply her ivities hibited by the yonld_last nearly through ‘he \Win o mrnorality Sael ._4Continued on PagedeColimnaly | Premier Mussolini sent word that | he would like to recelve him and ex- ,movement started recently by the|press his gratitude. | Perth Amboy Ministers’ Association to have replied that he had noh‘d:sl;;e i ' | for such attention, because what he |10 close motion picture theaters that | fOr, Stch Altent on, BeCt e N po- | were open on Sunday. Theater pro-ijjfjcal sympathy for the premier, prietors protested that it would be |phyut by his conscience as a Catholic. | discriminating to act against them | e added that he would never cease | and not again&t other vio- lators. Sunday to be an opponent of Fascismo. The newspaper dispatch asserts that | Doubht is expressed that the grand |zaniboni had been aided financially | Jury will act on the charges. It is|for a long time from a French source, | generally understood that the whole |the money coming through Peppino proceedings is another attempt to|Garibaldi - and Gen. Capello. This | have the law stricken from the books | aid apparently ceased recently, but, ax obsolete. the dispatch adds, “‘presumably, A similar_campaign ‘money - continued -to he was conducted J 2 Quaglia is sald | Nevitt. regardless of the fact that | Marine authorities refused to surren- | der Kulick. The District Atterney’s loffice was represented at the Ban in- auest by Assistant District Attorneys Rebekah Greathouse and Michael both of whom indicated that mpt action will be taken to bring Kulick to justice. Marines Conduct Probe. The Marine authorities had no rep- resentation at the inquest this after noon. but Col. Frederic L. Bradman, commandant of the barracks, is con- tucting 2 board of inquiry to deter- mine what charge to place against Kulick. An eyewitness account of the shoot ng of Ban was given the coroner's ury by Pvt. Donald Hilton, who was imong seven Marines who were in he squad room when Ban was shot. Neither Hilton nor any of the other evewitnesses who saw the shooting minced words, but told direct tales of what actually happened. “I was on duty in the squadroom when reveille sounded yesterday | morning,” Pvt. Donid Hilton | testified. “While the reveille is sounded the men were still in bed, as | it was Sunday. | waking.the men. When he came to Ban's bed he jokingly threw the covers off. He then tried to turn the bed over, but it was fastened to the floor. Next Kulick became angry and | struck Ban with his fist. | “The blow caused Ban to spiing to his feet. Ban struck Kulick twice in the face. Kulick walked away and Ban | turned his back. thinking it was all jover. Kulick, however, walked six paces. loaded his gun and came buck and held it to within three or four inches of the back of Ban's head and pulled the trigger as he called him a {name. Ban dropped.to the floor and another marine and myself carrier I him to sick bay.” Says Others Threatened. | Pt shot Ban that he turned to face the seven marines in the room and sort gun, but as none of them moved he turned on his heel and left the room. The three other marines who took the stand to tell of the killing told | practically the same story as Hitton except two of them ‘said that the men were suposed to get up on Sun- day the same as any other day. The others who testified were: Pvt. L. C. | Harkins, Pv J. A. Burns. It is presumed by the Distriet At- | torney’s office that the marine authori- | ties promptly will turn Kulick over to them, following this afternoon's board of inquiry session. but should they refuse it = intimated the case will be taken to the Secretary of the | “Corpl. Kulick went on his rounds | Secretary Melion. | | Italians who feel that prospects for Iilton said that after Kulick | Shrouded all { of threatened them'as he menaced m;,'"x their passage for November 18 Daniel J. Dile’and Pvt. | the Americans. i TALIAN DEBT BODY DELAYS DEPARTURE Postpones Tentative Date of November 18—Rumania ¢ Opens Parley. Postponement of a tentative sailing date, set for November 1%. by the Italian Debt Commission and opening of negotiations between the Rumanian and American Debt Commissions marked the twofold activity of the American Government today looking toward a funding of war debts The ltalians, who have heen here for a week, were understood this morn Ing to be prepared now, with their salling postponed, to meet the Amer- ican commission in negotiations which i may lead either to a sudden break or protracted discussion. Although the Italian-American parley is unaerstood to be in a serious stage, with the two parties far apart, every effort will be made, beginning at a joint meeting of subcommittees scheduled this after nocn, 1o compose the differences. Rumanians Open Parley. The Rumanians opened formal con versations at the Treasury this morn- ing on the funding of their $46.000.000 debt to the United States. Opening statements were made by Chairman Mellon of the American commission, who welcomed the visitors, and by Nicholas Titulesco, president of the Rumanian delegation. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. according to an official statement aft erward, welcomed the Rumanians and expressed the belief of the American commission that an amicable settle- ment would be reached, fair to both nations."” The president of the Rumanian del- egation replied as follows: “On - coming in touch with the United States World War Foreizn Debt Commission the first task of the Rumanian delegation is to expr our deep gratitude for the help re- ceived from the United States in the difficult years we had to pass during the great war. Intend to Pay. ““The second task of the Rumanian delegation is to tell you that we have come here in the firm intention of | reaching a settiement which will al-| low Rumania to pay her debt to the United States Government on terms | o be agreed upon between us, which | will take into account, among othe: factors of the problem, our present possibilities and their future develop- rent, so that both countries will be mutually satisfield. I wish to end by assuring the hon- orable commission that you will find in us, delegates animated not only by the consciousness of out obligations | and exigencies of justice, but also ne gotiators of a practical turn 6f mind, Who will endeavor to remain all the time on the solid ground of reality, which, in our opinion. is an essentiai condition for the successful outcome of our mission.” ‘The Rumanian commission prior to its opening meeting with the Ameri. cans made official calls of courtes: upon Secretary of State Kellogg and | i | ' Session Prolonged. At the conclusion of the joint meet- ing the American commission con. | tinued in session for some time, to| consider, it was understood, both the Rumanian and the Italian negof ! tions. No time has been set for the next meeting with the Rumanians, it was announced. ‘hese Italian negotiations, it vas admitted on both sides, are passing | through a critical time. Some hope | Is being expressed on both sides that | an agreement may be reached. On ' the other hand, there are close ob. servers -among both Americans and | an accord are slight. Thi silence, which since e o mclal the beginning has details of t s tions continued today. '1¢ Negotia The action of the Italian in cancell agreement if all possible, even to the extent of p:; longing sessions indefinitely. learned, however, _that the ’fiafi:: ; commission feels that it has gone as far as it can go in its offer to settle the $2,000,000,000 debt and that any further concessions must come from | How far the Ameri | cans would go was not forthcoming. {from any American quarter today. Hope for Concessions. | The hope which has been persist- | iently expressed by some members i of the American delegation and by ! | President Coolidge in the face of a | | known wide divergence of opinion ! | Navy, particularly should Ban's rela- tives volce dissatisfaction over the between the two national viewpoints, has _been reflected to_some extes e b A ke Sl 04 Ao M 300 CoUR A AR ) (hrouE {hocialion Bason a ACRRINUSE- o ok A ONmR). A (CARLInGeS on. Pag 7, Column. 71 :44 Hurt in Freak | casting_from | crease in power and the rapid muiti- . Whatever the limit may be, I believe 3-in-1> Accident in Spanish Capital| By the Associated,Press MADRID, November 9 —A suc cession of accidents followed the | collision of two street cars in Ma drid yesterday. In the collision 41 persons were injured. eizht of them seriously. An ambulince going to the scene ran into a lamppost and three doctors fn it were hurt. An automobile taking sbmagistrate to the scene to make an investigation of the collision got out of control and ran into the wrecked street cars and was badly damaged. The magistrate and his chauffeur, how- ever, escaped uninjured. RADIO CURB VITAL, HOOVER DECLARES Industry Faces Inevitahle Regulation to Save Self, Leaders Are Told. Radio, full zrown to its stature of a vital force in American life. has de. veloped problems which must be solved with governmental co-operation, Sec retary Hoover declared today in an address opening the fourth national radio conference. More than 400 delegates, represent ing national and international inter ests in the radio field, were on hand to hear the Secretary present to the conference, meeting at his call, his views on the vital problem of ether congestion Dby the multiplication of broadeasting stations afd suggestions for their solution. “We must face the actualities frankly,” he said. “We can no longer deal on the basis that there is room for everybody on the radio highways, There are more vehicles on the roads than can get by, and if they continue to jam, all will be stopped. . Must Act. While disclaiming any fixed view as to the best solution. Mr. Hoover de- clared there must be “Federal respon sibility”" in traffic control on one side of the problem, and on the other he suggested a large share of control for the community i\~€l(>:|~ to who shall serve it in broadcasting “In other words, the ideal situation, as I view it he said. “would h“ traffic reg tions by the Feder: Government to the extent of il\]rv(: ment of wave lengths and control of power and the policing of interference, leaving to each community a large voice in determining who is to occupy the wave lengths assigned to that com munity."” The Secretary also warned that a growth of “too obtrusive” advertising | in connection with broad sting pro- grams would in the end defeat the Dest interests of radio enterprise itself. On the question of advertising, the views of 300 members of the National sociation of Broadcasters, here for the conference. were expressed in resolutions adopted at a preconference ! meeting last _night, in which they declared agairist any limitation of ad vertising. The public i elf is the best judge of what it wants to hear the broadeasting interests held. and can instantly shut off undesired pro grams. Says U, Klugh Also Speaks. The association meeting heard an address by Paul B. Klugh, executive chairman, in which he declared gov ernmental control on a basis of limita tion was the only thing to save broad- hopeless chaos. but it opposed in its resolutions any fnr_l“ of governmental or other censorship of | radio programs. It also opposed licensing of any additional stations, and amendment of the copy right by Congress to end the | chaos™ in the relations between copy right owners and broadcasters. In his discussion of broadc problems, Mr. Hoover declared the ' ‘most profound change during the vear has been the tremendous in i of i urged laws sting | ation of powerful stations.’ a whole.” | pli “Taking the situation he said. “we find that a vear ago all station of 500 watts and over were using a total of 67.500 watts. Today they use 236,500 watts, or a 230 per cent increase. ““Power increase eral rise in broadc s meant a gen asting efficiency that substantial power increase has come to stay, and the public is the | gainer. “The problems in broadcasting are, as ever before in these conferences, of two categories. Those on the one | hand which the industry can ana should solve for itself in order to safeguard the public service and its | own interest, and, on the other hand, | those which " (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) BOY, 15, BECOMES SULTAN IN MOROCCO' New Khalifa in Spanish Protec- | torate to Have Supreme Author- ity in Native Affairs. 8 By the Associated Press. TETUAN. Spanish Morocco, No. vember 9.—A 15-year-old boy yesterday was installed as Khalifa, or Sultan, of | the Spantish protectorate in Morocco. | He is Sheriff Muley?Hassan Ben-el. | Ehdi, and his word will mean law as| | far as it concerns native civil affairs. The installation of the Khalifa oc- | by truthfulness SHEEPING CHARGES MADE BY MITCHELL AS DEFENSE OPENS Reid Lists Great Mass of Accusations Against Con- duct of Air Service. ATTACKS “PROPAGANDA” OF WAR DEPARTMENT Hints He May Ask Citing for Con- tempt Because of Alleged Is- suing of Statement. Convening this morning after a re six days. the military trying Col. William Mitchell of the Air Service on charges of con duct to the prejudice of good order ind military discipline, heard the de fense make its opening statement out lining what it intends to prove In refutation of the charges and was in formed by Representative Frank R Reid. chief counsel for defense, that he may move to have the War De partment cited for contempt of court for its alleged release of a statement to the press during the course of the trial Representative Reid declined to zo into dezails at this time as to the na ture of the statement issued at the \ Department, but let his threat rest with the declaration that such press release was issued “during the course of the trial regarding its con duct and in an endeavor to influence public ~ opinion, and, perhaps, _the court.” This trial, said Mr. Reid ~hould be conducted without the aid of propaganda from the department After the delivering of the opening tatement by defense, which con sumed one hour and 20 minutes, the court took a l5-minute recess. coss of count martia Gen. Fries First Witness. When it resumed the defense placed first on the stand, as its Maj. Gen. Amos A witness. chief Mr. Reid's lengthy s Iy showed that the defense is going 1o make every effort to go into almos every angle of the administration the War and Navy Departments, par ticularly with regard to the air de. fense. He indicated that he woull attempt, by evidence to be adduced to fix responsibility for certain death in the Air Service, and told the court that by evidence he would prove almost treasonable administration of the War Department in not forestall ing an attempt of a foreign flight corporation to get a foothold in Cen tral America within striking distance of the Panama Canal. He will prove Representative Reid said, that the de partment ignored the request of the chief of the Air Service in this re quest " He will. his statement showed.” o into what he called propaganda of the War and Navy Departments to prove the country safe from air attack through the use of anti-aircraft guns. and that Col. Mitchell only issued the statement he is charged with making in order to awaken the pubiic to the dangers of this air Gormancy after other means to zet it before Govern ment officials and the public in gen era! had failed. Through this evidence, Representa tive Reid told the court, Col. Mitchell expects to prove much of the present existing ignorance, by revelation of the truth, by pointing out “that it is wrong and stupid to censor what is commendable and to commend what is censurable.” Defense Scores Point. The defense scored a strong point in the course of the examination of Gen. Fries when it got into the record statements of Gen. Hugh A. Drum, *hief of staff, before a House investi- sating committee and sought from the witness to prove that the state- ment of Gen. Drum made there re- | garding the number of planes needed to gas an area the size of the District of Columbia were incorrect. Col. Sherman Moreland, trial judge advocate, sought to have all of the witnesses’ testimony expunged from the record as irrelevant, but later withdrew thi and the court, after hearing Representative Reid tell them that the purpose of the testimony was to prove the inaccuracy of the state- ments, admitted the testimony. Reid's Opening Statement. Immediately after the convening of court today Representative Reid set about the reading of his prepared statement. “A nation is adorned by good citi zenship, the body by beauty, the soul by wisdom, acts by virtue and speech Representative Reid began. “But the opposites of these virtues are a disgrace. Man and woman, word and deed, departments and gov ernment we ought to praise, if praise worthy, and blame, if blameworthy “For it is equally wrong and stupid to censure what is commend- able and to commend what is censur- able. Now, I conceive it is my duty. in the interests of justice and in the proper presentation of the defense of the accused, to produce direct and positive evidence which will not only convince Col. Mitchell's accusers of their error, but remove much igno- rance by a revelation of the truth. “Therefore, T will now proceed to u statement of the facts which we ex pect to prove in defense of the charges. Hopes to Prove Statement. He said that the defense would prove that the statements were issued in the hope that it would arouse the curred with much ceremonial. It took | conscience of the American people, place in the great mosque in the pres-| ;nq that they, knowing of his knowl- ence of Gen. Primo De Rivera, head|edge of the subject would, through of -the military directorate in Spain, and his staff; Alexander P. Moore, the | ‘American Ambassador to Spain; 1° . | Hodges, military attache of the em-| bassy in Madrid, and numerous Mus. <ulman dignitaries. Native troops lined the route over whigh the new Khalifa went from the palace to the mosque and back. The Khalifa is the political and re. | glous authority in the Spanish pro. | tectorate by virtue of the treaty of 1912. This treaty provides that his | functions cannot be maintained nor stopped without the consent of the! Spanish government. + iiggig Programs—Page 22. | their representatives, cause the evils to be corrected. Touching on Col. Mitchell's charges of -incompetency, criminal negligence and almost treasonable administration of the national defense by the Navy and War Departments, Mr. Reid said, we wili prove that his opinion was not only well founded, but that his statements were true, as a matter of fact. ° He then cited items in connection | with the structure and destruction of the Shenandoah, which he would offer evidence to prove, as well as inci dents subsequent to her destruction, such for instance, “that an officer of (Continued -on Page 4, Col