Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1925, Page 1

and ton tempera Rain _tonight much change in tonight about 35 degrees tures: Highest, 51, at day: lowest, 40, at “ull repor on page WEATHER. (U, S. Weather Bureau Forec: 5 a. ) morrow: not ature; lowest Tempera- p.m. vester m. today. ¢h WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers ry cit block and the regular edi- Saturda; Sunday’s i ; e tion is delivered to Washington homes ’ as fast as the papers are printed. s Circulation, 98,428 Circulation, 108,876 second class Washington, D. C. matter EVIDENGE OF PANIC APPARENT IN PARIS AS FRANG PLUNGES Public Alarm Manifest in In- | . creasing Disrepute of Political System. MOVEMENT TO DEFY LAW FINDS WIDER SUPPORT Financial Crisis Solution by Dis credited Methods Still Hoped Box's statement to the committee : was 1 Bradley conducted the by Briand. | zambilng house in partnership with s e | his brother, J. R. Bradley, and that P it Ao atea e | an examination of the partnership for Do cember 14 France's| the vears 1919, 1920 and 1921 was BRI, DeCOer o wnd ! made by C. R. Spillane, a revenue finaneial plight daily grows worss SEant of the Mtlants office! the public is beginning to show SiENS | iy hig report,” Mr. Box said, “the of <omething like a panic, which i zent stated that the beach club is a heightened by the serfes of jmost exclusive restaurant and cafe gharp drops in the value of the franc | patronized by prominent and very N e haire miasiel | Well-to-do Northerners, not for the Ti the son of some observers | Purpose of dining, but to gamble, for | e 4 T the polit. | 1his is thelr main feature and drawing izns are multiplying that the pollt-}.,.4 " He gtated that no books nor 111 system is falling more and more | Lololq " ra it Yo the gambling 41 0 discredit. These sizns, however, | t aver. are Parliament, | \hich continues the slow and even| tonor of lts way. oblivious to thel movements for the sacred union,”| committees of financial public safety | #nd the like, which are more uml} we drawing the attention of the| &-neral public, impatient and alarmed | @ the continued postponement of a | golution of the financial erisis. l Money Is Converted. | R he franc now stands at a lower| LAMpert Committee Favors level than it ever has reached hefore, | ~and every Frenchman who is in pos-| v session of any quantity of them is| One Defense Department histening to convert the money into ! £omething tangible—houses, diamonds and even raw gold and platinum Minister of Finance Loucheurs reven bills, with which he hopes to bridee the financial situation, seem- fnzly are disliked by evervbody, ir- vespective of political creed. This dislike is beginning to find outward expression. As an instance, the mer chants and manufacturers at Car sonne assembled in solemn conclave and bound themselves to withhold pavyment of all taxes should M. Y.oucheur's bills be adopted while all attempts to speed up'a solu- tion of the situation, be it good, bad or indifferent, is being hampered by | Polit consideration. Indeed. it is rharged that the root of the whole €vil is that what is purely and sim- Iv a financial crisis is dominated by lities. Advisory Body Passes. The advisory committee to pass on ®ll financial plans, announcement of which was made at the time of the yformation of the new Briand ministry and which made an execllent impres- £ion, has vanished, and nothing more 1= heard of it. One thing séems certain—that M Loucheur's principal bill—the rev- enue bill—which {s in the hands of the finance committee of the cham- ber. will not pass as it stands. Con- sequently it is believed either M Toncheur will withdraw from the ministry and that there will be a fresh set of proposals, or the bill will he remodelled by the finance commit- tee. or M. Loucheur himself. In either case, political observers opine more importance will be attached to volitical considerations than to the views of the fin experts. ® Senator Victor Hen Berenger, newly appointed Ambassador to the Trnited States, in an address here to. day intimated that he was going to Washington to negotiate a new com mercial agreement as well as to settle the war debt Many problems are up hetween the two countries,” he told the friends of France, at whose luncheon he was the zuest of honor. “These problems are colonial maritime and economic and I am going to Washington to grapple with them, with the feeling that I will have backing at home, yather than having machine guns fir: ing in the rear. This was taken as a veiled allusion to the strings attached by the preced ing government to the action of its debt mission in Washington. “It s a decisive moment for us,” Senator Berenger added. Sees Stability Retarded. “In spite of the efforts we have made and in spite of the prodigigus activities of the country and its « prodigious production the financial Kituation threatens to plunge us into ® whirlpool of inflation, and financial stabllity is impossible until the debt guestion is settled “The French government has only recognized its war debt but has announced its determination to Eettle them in a spirit of cordial collab- oration.” The American not Ambassadcr Myron 7. Herrick, who preceded Senator Rerenger, declared: “The eternal re- lations between the two countries need ot be disturbed by passing difficul tes. THe assured his hearers that the real Yeart of America was not sordid and that Senator Berenger would find more good will in Washington than the manifestations of certain indi vvidual Americans might indicate The present week is likely to prove a momentous one in French political history, as extraordinary changes in the manner in which Frs ‘e has been governed for the last are regarded as imminent by press of all political shade: Public anxiety is being fanned by extremely daring articles in the news papers. Some. of these demand and others plead for changes in the governmen- 1al regime, ranging from the establish ment of a dictatorship or “committee of public safety” to the more con- \ stitutional proposal that Parliament sit in secret while the financial bills | ure being discussed and voted. Midi Asks Union. The Paris Midi, one of France's foremost noonday papers—of which jrinance Minister Loucheur is reported 10 have acquired controling interest yme months aga—in a leading arti- today asks for the creation of ministry of national union and the ppointment of a committee in which all cla of the nation would be rep- c@mmittee would collaborate with the finance minister in framing financial ~decrees. These decrees wonld become effective withont rati (Continued on Page 4, Column 5. Mean- | WASHINGTON D. (., MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, ! | B the Associated Press “ment of $2 against E. R. Bradley, owner of Louisville, Ky., be- of the operation of his cele gambling house at Palm Beach, has been recommended by in- revenue agents. 1s disclosed in testimony pre- to the Senate investigating race cause brated Fla., sented comittee and made public today with its presentation to the Senate. In presenting the case, George B. Box. chief auditor of the comittee, said Bradley had contested the legality of “this gambling income” and had stated | that he would take the case to | Supreme Court. The case has not yet | been closed in the Internal Revenue reau. the | ,000 in aditional | destroyed all memoranda early eve: |$215,006 TAX ON E. R. BRADLEY’S | FLORIDA GAMBLING HOUSE ASKED | SN | Famous Palm Beach Resort Owner Should Pay on Income From Gaming Place, U. S. Revenue Agents Tell Senate Probe Committee. | operations were kept, as the taxpayer when the gambling was over, and that he advised the taxpayer that unless he could produce some records the total deposits by him at the FFarmers’ Bank and Trust Co. at West >alm Beach would be considered his income, against which would be al lowed any legitimate losses, and the computed on the difference.” The committee was told by Box at this case had been referred to Alexander and (. T. Hoffman in e bureau and that on last Janua 5 they had recommended that the r quest for an investigation in Florida should be recalled, as it would he of no use in closing the e since no Looks were kept on the Palm Beach transactions In connection with the Palm Beach transactions, there was placed into the committee record a from Internal Revenue Agent Burch, which said, in part “Mr. Bradley tion that it is a felony to operate a game of chance in Florida, and that the season for play covers a period less than three months each vear during January, February and March —and that ft is only occasionally that the house makes a profit. He stated E. R | further that, owing to the unfriendly attitude of State officials, they were (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) in Its Report. | The declaration that “an alarming ! situation” exists in the Army and | Navy Air Services, due to shortage of | fiving personnel and equipment and | “due further to a failure on the part {of these services duly to appreciate” | the importance of air power, was made |in the report of the Lampert aircraft | committee, announced last night. The report, which was unanimous, charged | “the Army and Navy are and have bheen very conservative, if not back- | ward. in recognizing the great im- portance of air power. Aircraft, the committee said, would i be the first resort of our country in | case of a war emergency,” adding that | “it is one of the most essential arms | of our military defense. Aircraft has | introduced an element of mobility in military operations that compels a re- vision of all military plans of pre-air- {craft days. It has lessened the rela- { tive importance of the battleship, but | has not eliminated the necessity of it. | The airplane becomes the necessary |auxiliary and defender of the battle- ship.” i Reid’s Recommendation. | Although the report, recommending {creation of a “single department of ! national defense” and expenditure of | $20,000,000 annually on aviation, was concurred in by all members. Repre- ntative Frank R. Reid of Tilinoi: Col. William Mitchell’s court-martiai | defense counsel, filed a_ supplemental | brief - advocating establishment of a | department of air pending the crea- | tion of a defense department. | The department proposed by the -ommittee, Mr. Reid sald, was a step looking toward glving aviation co- | eaual status with land and sea arma- ments, as details of the department “would be assigned, naturally, to as sistants, one for the Army. one for the Navy and one for the air.” The special committee, before which Col. Mitchell first attacked existing r policies, was created after Repre- | sentative Nelson, Republican, Wis- consin, in a speech in the House, d investigation of the relations existing between the Government and |the aviation industry. In this con- nection it found “no evidence of corruption.” Disagrees With Air Board. The report showed the House com- mittee in disagreement with the Pres- | ident’s Air Board in several impor- | tant particulars. The latter opposed tcreation of a deparument of national | defense, favoring, instead establish- | ment of additional aviation secretary- !ships in the War, Navy and Com- | merce Departments. The two groups were agreed, how- ever, on a number of puints in a gen- eral 'way, particularly with respect to increased representation for aviation in the directing agencies of the War {and Navy Departments, elimination of Government competition with com- merclal aircraft manufacture, as- sistance to commercial aviation, and the taking of steps to remove pay and promotion difficulties complain- ed of in the Air Services. The House committee’s report. which recommended creation ‘of Bureau of Air Navigation in the Com- merce Department to regulate encourage commercial aviation, “the essential relation of the airer industry to the national defense™ was generally recognized and its im portance was “‘undeniable. Air Mail Service sisting materially The work of the was found to be “a to bring into being commercial avia tion,” the use of Governors Island, New York, and Grant Park, Chicago, (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) | COMMITTEE VOTES Senate Elections Group De- cides, 9 to 2, Appoint- ment Was lllegal. By the Associated Press An unfavorable report on the seat- ing of Gerald I’. Nye as Senator from North Dakota was adopted today by the Senate elections committee. voted in favor of seating Nye, who was appointed by Gov. the vacaucy caused by Senator Ladd. the death of Nine Opposed It. A subcommittee consisting of Chair- man_ Ernst and ator G Virginia, Republicans, and Senator ieorge, Democrat, of Georgla, was appointed to prepare the report for submission to the Senate, Those who voted to seat Mr. were Senators Smith of South Caro- lina and Neely of West Virginia, Democrats. Those voting in_opposition were Chairman Ernst, Senators, Watson, Indiana; Shortridge, California; sreen, Vermont; Deneen, Illinois Goff, 'West Virginia; Republicans, and King, Utah; George, Georgla, and Stephens, Mississippi, Democrats. Senator Caraw Democrat, Arkan- 1s, the other member of the commit- tee was absent. The committee sustained the find- ings prepared at the direction of the committee by Senator Goff, who held that the governor did not have Jexal authority to fill the vacancy by appointment. The case will now be taken up on the Senate floor. where it is expected to be the subject of prolonged debate. MEXICO CITY ELECTION HELD DESPITE COURTS Hours Disregarded Under. Instruction of Calles. By the Associated Press MEXICO CITY, December 14. withstanding a court ruling postpon. ing the municipal elections for 72 hours, balloting took place yesterday under instructions from President Calle: There were no disorders. It is probable that the balloting will involve a legal contest which may go to the Supreme Court. Only La- borites voted. The adherents of the opposition parties did not go to the polls. The Laborites are expected to con- tend that the election was legal and that the Labor ticket was successful. On the other hand, the opposition, it is presumed, will maintain that the balloting was illegal and institute court proceedings. BOBBED GHOST APPEARS. Not- Famed Wraith of Three Centuries Follows Latest Fashions. LONDON, December 14 (#).—Ru- reappeared, this time h bobbed the south of Englan, The famous appari has appeared for more than two cen turies to succeeding generations in the same family. Her long, flowing hair and white robe were outstand. ing marks of identification, so folks Who had made her acquaintance said, This time the lady in white is re. ported to have stopped off at a bob shop before materializing. District Government departments cere astir today with intensive prepa- rations for the impending offensive against the thousand of starlings that roost in the sycamore trees along the north side of Pennsylvania avenue be- and Fourteentf tween Thirteenth streets. " Lieut. O. R. Moxley, detailed by Fire Chief George S. Watson to rout the birds, was busy corraling a special corps of firemen to assist him in wash- ing the feathered pests from the tree- tops, while the police department noti- fled Capt. Flather of the first pre- cinct to divert pedestrian traffic from the block when the big fire hose is turned on. Capt. Flather also will o to it thal motorizts do not park 14 Firemen to Rout Flocks of Birds From Trees Along Avenue Tonight in the vicinity while the firemen are bird-fighting. Fire Chief Watson is guarding the time of the battle with utmost secrecy, but it is understood tha Lieut. Mox. ley will lead his gallant band with several hundred feet of hose to the Avenue front about twilight this evening. Capt. Moxley observed the habits of the birds closely vesterday and learned that they seek thelr roosts just before twilight. He also was advised by the Department of Agri- culture not to wait until dark to turn the hose on the birds as they would only fly to adjoining trees. The campaign to rid the Avenue trees of the birds was initiated by Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning, who_received complaints concerning e Dirvds, snfidential report | states in this connec- | NOT TO SEAT NYE Only two members of the committee | Sorlie to fill | Nye | Ruling Postponing Balloting 721 mors that a celebrated lady ghost has | hair, are attracting wide attention in | c i on. presumably, 1925—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. VIGTORY ON COURT 1S CERTAIN, WILLIS TELLS PRESIDENT Senator Confers at White House on Plans for Conduct- ing Fight in Chamber. OTHER PARTY LEADERS WILL EXPLAIN PROGRAM to Be Invoked If| Threat of Filibuster Be- comes Evident. | Cloture Rule President Coolidge feels hopeful on | the outcome of<the World Court bat | tle, which will start Thursday, White | House spokesmen made clear today, and he is much interested at this |time in just how the administra {tion leaders will handle the situa- | tion. To satisfy himself that the { leadership has properly planned for | {this fizht, he has arranged several | | conferences with Senators between |now and the time the World Court { resolution comes up for consideration | | | in the Senate. ! The first of these was held at the | White House today with Senator | Willis of Ohio, who is & strong sup- porter of the proposed American ad- i herence to the World Court. While Mr. Willis said he could not discuss tor publication the nature of this con- ference, he said he assured the Presi- dent that there are enough votes now | pledged to give positive assurance that the resolution will be adopted. The President is understood to be especially anxious to know just what the Republican leadership in the Sen- ate intends to do in the matter of | guiding debate and to ward off pos-| sible filibustering on the part of op- | ponents. Guard Against Filibuster. Very recently the President dis- cussed the important phase of the matter with Se or Lenroot of Wis consin, who will be one of the par leade: in maneuvering the fight Since this conference, Senator Len- !root has let it be known that when | the fight opens, the leadership will invoke the cloture rule in case there jis any threatening filibustering | Whether or not this step was decided upon after learning the views of the | President is not known in quarters ! where the subject was being discussed ! today. But those close to the Presi- dent have no hesitancy in saying that | it would be natural to suppose that ! ! President Coolidge, while desiring a free discussion of this protocol, is anxious to see the leadership pre. pared to meet the attacks of the op-| ponents, particularly if their tactics | | suggest filibustering. H Opponents of the World Court | protocol give evidence of welcoming | ithe invoking of the cloture rule. Muz- ling is what they call it. They rea- | son that to put this rule into effect {would at least result in bringing out an early test vote. It is their con- | | tention that there are a large num- | | ber of Senators who have expressed: | their intention of voting for the pro- tocol, but would be opposed to chok- ing off debate, because they are of the | opinion_ that the protocol should be | adopted-only after full and complete | { discussion | Claims Votes to Spare. | Senator Willis said with emphasis | that the administration has votes to | {spare over and ahove the required | two-thirds needed to adopt this reso |1ution. He said he looked for plenty { of speaking upon the subject when it [comes “up.”but_as for invoking the | | cloture rule he had nothing to say. The Ohlo Senator is of the opinion that the World Court protocol has | | won many friends during the past | few months, because some Senators !who were reluctant to support the iidea at first have come to the con-| i clusion that there will be no connect- ing link between adhesion to the | World Court and the League of Na- | tions. Entering the court cannot be taken as a gesture of acceptance to- I'ward the league. i | Senator Willis, while ardently ad.| { vocating the World Court, is himself | an opponent of the league idea, as| are a number of other Senators, most- |1y Republicans, who have lined up | with the administration in connection | with this protocol. In their opinion | the league does not enter this prop- | {osition, and they assert that those, who are declaring that the World| Court is tied up with the league and | our entering the former will result! in our entering the league are merely | arguing to defeat the court. KUNZ LEAVES HOUSE D. C. COMMITTEE POST| Illinois Democrat Takes Assign- ment to Rivers and Har- . bors Body. Representative Stanley H. Kunz, | | Democrat, of Illinois, has left the | House District committee to accept | an assignment to the rivers and har- | bors committee, before which im-| portant legislation affecting Mr. | Kunz's district in Chicago will be con. | sidered during the present session of | Congress. 1 No other Democrat will be appoint- ed to succeed Mr. Kunz on the House | District committee because the Demo- {crats in the presert Congress are to have only elght places on the District committee, where they had nine in the last Congress. The three new members, Repre. sentatives Norton of New Jersey, Lit- tle, Kansas, and Whitehead of Vir. ginia, already have been named as successors to Representatives Jost, Missouri; O'Brien, New Jersey, and Kent, Pennsylvania. The Republican committee® on com- | mittees, after conference today, ad- | journed until tomorrow without an- nouncing any committee appointment. . C. Bascom Slemp III. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.,, December 14 (®#).—C. Bascom Slemp, formerly secretary to President Coolidge, was stricken ill here yesterday with an attack of ptomaine poisoning and was confined to his room in the Mason Hotel. Physicians said his condition was not alarming and that he would | ' be fully recovered in a few days. [ | will begin its consideration January 2 |lief from SECRETARY WILBUR SAYS ENFORCED ECONOMIES REALLY AID THE * (P) Means Associated NAVY.| HOUSE PASSES TAX RATE REDUCTIONS Cuts Approved, With Increase in Limit of Deduction for Earned Income. Reductions in the income tax rates proposed in the new revenue normal Dill were accepted today by the House | without debate. The new rates are one-half percent on the first $4,000 of taxable income, 3 per cent on the next $4,000, and 5 per cent on the remainder, instead of 2. 4 and 6 per cent, respectively, as| in the present law The new rates are 1'% per cent discussion the section of the bill pro viding that the limit of income on which the 25 per cent deduction for “earned income” applies shall be in creased from $10,000 to $20,000. Surtax Schedules Hit. The surtax schedules providing cuts in the maximum rate from 40 per cent to 20 per cent were the target f the first real attack on the measure. Representative Rainey, Democrat, of Tllinois, offered an amendment to make the maximum rate 25 per cent. He proposed rates of 20 per cent on incomes between $110.000 and $120, {000, 22 per cent on incomes between 1,000 and $130,000, 23 per cent on incomes between §130,000 and $140,- 000, 24 per cent on incomes between $140,000 and $150,000 and 25 per cent on all over that amount. He estimated this would bring in be tween $30,000,000 and $50.000.000 addi tional revenue, which could he sorbed by the repeal of the automo bile levies. Final Vote Friday A final vote probably will he reached Friday, and the bill then will go to the Senate, where the finance committee with 2 view 1o a report by the mid dle of the month. The fight over the passenger car tax has been reopened by the Ameri can Automobile Association. which demands repeal of this levy which the new revenue bill cuts from 5 to 3 per cent. Would Prevent Fight. Chairman Green of the ways and means committee expected to prevent this fight through an agreement | reached with leading automobile man ufacturers of the country. Under this agreement, Mr. Green said, the automobile industry, which receives a cut of more than $80,000,000 {in the $325,000,000 tax reduction pro- gram, accepted the 2 per cent reduc tion In the passenger car tax in return for a provision allowing automobile dealers refunds of the difference be tween the old and new taxes on cars in stock when the latter go into ef fect, 30 days after enactment of the measure, Letter to Chairman Green. The request of the American Auto- mobile Association was set forth in a letter to Chairman Green by Thomas P. Henry, president of the organiza- tion. “The American Automobile Associa- tion is receiving anxious inquiries from its members,” the letter stated, ‘due to an impression throughout tfe country that a_compromise has been effected with the ways and means committee whereby the owners of 18,- 000,000 motor vehicles in the United States will be deprived of the total re- war excise taxes to which they feel they are clearly entitled. “We are responding that we, who still continue to pay the war taxes on (Continued on I HALF OF TAGS ISSUED. Only about one-half of Washing- ton’s motorists have taken advantage | of the early identification tag shop- ping plea of District officials. Fig- ures compiled today by Wade H. Coombs, superintendent of licenses, show that approximately 40,000 of the orange and black 1926 tags have been issued, and only 15 days remain for the remaining 40,000 to get the necessary plates. - The Commissioners are nof likely to grant an extension of time this year to procrastinating motorists. Drivers of machines who venture on the streets after January 1 with 1925 tags will be arrested. Asks Wilson Holiday. A joint resolution providing that ‘Woodrow Wilson’s birthday, Decem- ber 28, be made a regular legal holiday was introduced in the Senate today by Senator Neely of West Virginfa and referred to a committee for re- port. Radio Programs—Page 34 ab- | olumn 8) | Flood of Measures In House Continues; 5.500 Are Recorded Tha flood of bills and resolutions | being introduced on the House side of Congress continues unabated and is far in excess of last vear. Already 5.500 have been record- ed by the clerk and assigned to committees, which have not yet been organized. At the close of husiness Saturday more bills had Leen introduced than were put in | up to January 12 a year ago, so that the reeord stands a full manth ahead on the introduction of bills. 'MAN SHODTS TWO - AFTER FIST FIGHT William Bell Rushes From Scene, Buys Pistol and Fires at Opponents. Roused to uncontrollable passion after engaging in a fist fight with two other colored men, William Bell, 30 years old, of 712 Pleasant court, rushed frox the scene of the conflict to a | nearby store, purchased a pistol and shot his adversaries. Both victims will live, it is said, but one may be crippled for life. The tragedy occurred at Four-and- a-Hy)f and F streets this morning. it is said, st crippled man, ind James H. 20 Groff court northeast, and Harris Jackson, 29, 619 Gordon avenue northeast, in- terfered. Second Best in Fight. In the fight that resulted, Bell said to have come out second best. He issaid to have admitted he in- tended to shoot seven men when he ran from Sixth street and Virginia avenue southwest, where the quarrel started. to a store where he paid $12 | for a pistol Returning to the vicinity of Four- |and-a-Half and F streets southwest, it is charged, Bell shot Gross in the left arm and hip, and before an am- bulance reached there from Emer- gency Hospital he is alleged to have shot Jackson in the arm. Bell went home and barricaded the front door. He released the bolt when he realized that Detective Kelly (hreatened to break down the door. ‘‘Another case of a man, in the heat of passion, being able to buy a “un in the open market without any \uestions being asked,” said Inspector nt. “It is just another illustration ol the necessity for a law governing the sale of deadly weapons.” NAMED is TO TRADE POST. C. C. Miller Made Assistant Com- missioner to Rome. 1 . Appointment of Christian C. Miller of Washington as assistant trade commissioner to Rome, Italy, was an- nounced today by Director Klein of the Bureau of-Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The new assistant trade commissioner will sail for his post | January 5. Mr. Miller is a native of Dubuque, lTowa, and was educated in the public schools and Columbia College of Du- buque and the Catholic University { of Washington. Before becoming as- sociated with the Commerce Depart- ment in 1920, he served with the con- sular service foe flve years, stationed at various posts throughout Italy, Honduras, Argentina and Canada. Vigorous attack on Dr. Willlam A. ‘White, superintendent of St. Eliza- beth's Hospital, was made on the floor of the House today by Representative Thomas L. Blanton, Democrat, Texas, who declared that Dr. White has no right to sell his services for hire. Mr. Blanton emphasized that Dr. ‘White has testified in the defense of the Leopold-Loeb case for $250 a day and that testimony in this case show- «l that he had received $250 a day for 10 days. He said that in response to a letter he had sent to Dr. White the latter admitted having received $250 a day for two weeks. ““He has no right to sell his services in this way,” lared Mr. Blantom, “testifying to keep two men from be- - Dr. W. A. White Assailed by Blanton For Leopold-Loeb Case Testimony GREECE MUST PAY, COUNCIL DECREES Adopts Report on Unjustified, Violation of Bulgarian Frontier. GENEVA, Switzerland, December 14.—Greece violated the Bulgarian frontier in the recent incident between the two nations and must pay repara- tions of 30,000,000 leva (about $219.000), I the League of Nations council today decided. The councll adopted a report by Sir Austen Chamberlain of Great Britain, M. Hymans of Belgium and Viscount | Ishil of Japan. This report found | Sreece’s invasion of Bulgaria unjus-| tifiable, maintaining “the broad prin- ciple that, where territory is violated | i | | By the Associated Press. [ | | | | without sufficlent cause, reparation is | due, even if at the time of occurrence | It was belfeved by the party commit- ting the violation that circumstances | justified the action.” i The report thus rejected Greece's | reference to the Corfu incident (in which Italy temporarily took posses-! sfon of that island) on the ground that it was “justifiable azzression.” i The council also adopted a proposal | by Sir Austen that two Swedish off cers act as arbiters of border disputes ! between Greece and Bulgarfa. 1In order to eradicate causes of friction, recommendation was made that per- sons of Greek origin living in Bulgaria be transferred to Greece. The Chamberlain report was identi cal, except for minor details, with that | the commission of inquiry sent to the | scene by the league council. Its adop- tion is regarded as completely liquida- ting the incident, with the consent of | Foreign Minister Kalfoff of Bulgaria and M. Rendis, the Greek represent.| ative. MANDATE RIGHT CONSIDERED. | Turks Sheow No Enthusiasm Over Mosul Mediation. i GENEVA, December 14 (). —Article of the covenant of the League of Natlons, which provides former Turk ish territories, should be handed over to a mandatory power until they are able to stand aione, is being considered in connection with the dispute between | Great Britain and Turkey over the| Mosul boundary line. | The Turks still evince no enthusiasm over mediation in the dispute. Tewfik | Rudshi Bey. head of the Turkish dele- | gation which has refused to continue | the discussion here, is in Paris, where | he conferred with the Turkish minister | and possibly may have a talk with Premier Briand before he returns to | Geneva. Meanwhile from Angora | come advices saving Ismet Pasha, the | premier, in-an address to the Assembly i denied that the Turks were preventing a_settlement of the controversy. He| added that no serious offer of media- tion had been put forward, and de.| clared that no offer which would act | as the basis for an understanding had | been proposed. AUTO FATALITIES GROW. CHICAGO, December 14 Automobile accident deaths in P).— nine | middle Western States reached the unusually large total “of 120 last| week. Casualties in Ohio were 33. Eighteen persons were killed in | Tllinols, while the Missouri total stood at 16. Other States were Michigan, | 15; Indiana, 14; Oklahoma, 10; Texas, | Minnesota, 4, and Kansas, 1. | Three deaths in Chicago Sunday in automobile mishaps brought number of fatalities in_the city and vicinity for the year to 750, far above | any previous year. | ing hung who ought to have been hung.” Representative John J. Kindrid of New York, an expert in mental dis- ease, briefly defended Dr. White, say- ing that he was recognized every- where as an authority on mental cases and that it was perfectly proper for his expert knowledge to be made use of in such important cases. Dr. Kin- drid declared that the St. Elizabeth institution goes along just as well with Dr. White away. Mr. Blanton asserted that all sorts of scandals are connected with the in- stitution and said that Dr. White “‘must stop that sort of work if he ex- liage.and ! por i chairman | the the | Pr TWO CENTS. b.0.P. LOSES FIGHT ON SHIP BOARD IN HOUSE COMMITTEE Democratic-Insurgent Coali- tion Votes Continuation Un- der Existing Conditions. OPPOSES CABINET RULE OF MERCHANT MARINE Three Democrats and Cooper Sign Report—Republicans Present Minority Statement. Two reports on the American mer. chant marine and the Shipping Board were filed today by the joint selec committee appointed in March, 1924 to investigate the shippuing situation The majority report was filed b Representative Davis of Tennessee Democrat. It is signed by a coalitio of the Democratic members and Rep resentative Cooper of Wisconsin, pro gressive Republican The minority report was filed I Representative White of Maine, chair man of the select committee, and w signed by Representatives White Lehlbach of New Jersey and Line berger, California The majority report recommend that the present organizati witl the Fleet Corporation appointed b and responsible to the Shipping Board, be retained. Backs Coolidze Recommendations The minority report bears out th "ommendations of President Cool uld seps the Flaet Cor tion from the Shipping Board transfer to the Fleet Corporation en tire control over operations of the Government “fleer. It would leave to the Shipping Board the regulator: functions it now has and control of the construction loan fund The minority r discusses the advisability of Government aid to American merchant ships and points out that eventually such aid will hae to be given or else many of the trade routes must be permanently operate by the Government. It makes r recommendations, however, for spe cific Government aid Representative Lehlbach todayv troduced a bill to carry into effect the recommendations contained in the minority report. Tt is somewhat sir flar to a bill which he introduced the last session of Congress and tc a bill which already has been intro duced in the Senate by Senator Jone of Washington. Mr. Lehibach eaid that he would urge the House mer port {chant marine committee to . take up his bill and act upon it promptly. “We believe that tne Shipping oard.” the majority report said should be retained, except that the of the Shipping B should be elected by its members. “We believe the ships should onerated by other officials than the Shipping Board, and that such off should be given a free hand i be administrative features and de- tails of operation ‘Such officials, however. should be appointed by and answerable to the Shipping Board for the execution of general policies.” Independence Is Urged. The report also declared that the Shipping Board should be independer and not subservient to the Executive, and that the board should determine the general policics, prices and terms for the sale, charter or operation of ships. “In the very nature of things.” the report said. “the President could mot familiarize himself with the many and comprehensive features of the prob lems relating to our merchant marine and would he compelled to rely upon the advice of somebody. “We deem it better for these ma ters of policy to be determined by a board coming from all sections of the country as is prowided in cxisting law. “If the board should be deprived of all power and authoritv except its so-called regulatory functions, the board may as well be abolished. “We recommend abolition of the United_States Shipping Board Emer- gency Fleet Corporation. and in lieu, the enactment of provisions permit- ting the Shipping Board to sue and be sued as a private corporation in matters pertaining to ship operations. The report urged discontinuance of the so-called M. O.-4 contracts. Such contracts, the report stated, have but “few defenders except operators who are the beneficiaries of such con tracts Other Recommendations. ‘The majority report also recom mended— ‘That foreign organizations of the Emergency Fleet Corporation consist exclusively of American citizens, ex cepting perhaps menial employes. The competitive handling, as far as possible, of bids for dockage, steve doring, tuggage and other services. Operators of Shipping Board vessels should be prohibited from represent ing any foreign steamship lines or | other interests. Creation of local corporations in varfous ports to take over ships and maintain trade routes. Patronage by the Government and Government officials of American ships whenever possible. Patronage by the American public to the American merchant marine. Adoption of “a simple, uniform ocean bill of lading” ahd a “uniform through-export and import bill of lading between connecting rail and water carriers.” Regulations to prevent preferential arangements between railroads in |the United States and foreign ship | lines. Removal of restrictions upon rail- road-owned ships in international trade. Establishment of free zones in our ports. Enactment of a load line law. Repeal of tariff duties on all ship. ‘buflding material and repeal of all re strictions against the use of imported materials in “our ship” construction. Points to Results. The minority report filed by Chair- man White declares in support of its proposal that the Fleet Corporation shall be made independent of the Shipping Board, that in the last year when President Coolidge’s plan for operation by the Fleet Corporation was attempted without a separation pects to hold his position with this Government. by law the result had been good. It (Continued on Page 2, Column 8) 3