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ATHER. Weather Bureau Forecast.) " ir tonight and colder tonizht; low ibout 26 degrees. Temperatures: tiignest, vesterday: lowest, 81 at Full report on page 7. tomorrow; somie- est tempers 40, at 2 p.m. a.m. today. Clos'ng N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 29 o. 29,815. [heThEE We MITCHELL REFUSES T0GO ONWITH CASE AND CHARGES PLOT AGAINST AIR FIRCE! Halting of Defense Dramatic Preface to Vitriolic Attack on Flying Colonel’s Actions by Maj. Gullion. Prosecutor. DISMISSAL OF AIRMAN IS ASKED IN ARGUMENT ’ Former Assistant Aviation Head Sees No Purpose in Proceeding Further Without Ruling on Ad- missibility of Evidence to Up- hold His Statements. Mitchell today abrupt- Jlans for his further Army general court- rtial ‘proccedings and refused to in the case any longer. d airman per- 1 in open court just v par D that his trial | he effort my and of the Navy to r power and position ur onal defense. , he declared, because e court had refrained irom ruling whether the truth the case con- stitutes an absol to proceed further would serve no ueeful purpose. He, therefore, an- that he had directed his sel to entirely close his part of the proceedings without argument. Dramatic Preface to Argument. o the sccused cou he announcement ame as a dramatic openlng argument for the pros delivered by Maj. Allen W. Gullio hich he violently upbraided Col Mitchell, his chief counsel and defense witnesses, and demanded “in the name of the American people, whose fears Le has played upon, whose hysteria he | has fomented, whose confldence hLe has beguiled and whose falth he has be- trayed,” that the accused officer be dis- missed from the service. Before Maj. Gullion began the de- livery of his argument, Col. Mitchell ‘umped from his chair and declared in 2 loud volce: “May it please the court, T desire to make a statement as pr- vided in the manual for courts-mar- sial *ol. Blanton Winship, the law mem- wssured Col. Mitchell it was within chts. and the alrman read from a wper as follows “May it piease the court: Mv trial before” this court-martial is the cul mitnation of the efforts of the general staff of the Army and the general board of the Nu to deprecate the value of airpower and keep it in an auxiltary position which absolutely compromises our whole system of na- *tonal defense. Began When War Ended. These efforts to keep down our air- power were hegun as soon as the #ound of the cannon had ceased on the western front in 1919, When we v the battleships the Virginia in 1921 ag 23, and rpower hnd es of national were redoubled has been proved “nt evidence hefore this court, not n who gained their knowledge of aviation by staying on the ground and having their state- uents prepared by erous staffs to holster up their predetermined ideas, but by actual fivers who have gained their knowledge first-hand in war and n_peace. “T wis tion to letter of former Secretar Weaks to the Pre: States. asking I be not reap- nt chief of the tdence given itree \-ks Case Be Closed. tesiiiled that the Alr serviee tad only nine modern airplanes fit for war and that all cihers were obsolete and many dangerous. The evidence hefore thix court bears out thess facts in thefr entirety. It has'been shown that at present wg have only one standard plane in the service. “Secretary Weeks and, indirectly, the President of the United States were wrongly and untruthfully in- condition of our natlonal defense by persons furnishing the data on which his letter was hases “This court has refratned from rul- g whe the truth in constit dafense or not “To pro further with the case 10 serve no useful purpose. 1 have therefore directed my coun- el to entirely close nur part of the vroceeding without argument. After the statemient was delivered Maj. Gullion inquired if 1t was svorn or unsworn and Col. Mitchell replied it was the latter. Tense silence relgned for & few mo- ments and then President Howze di- rected that the case proceed. Begins Argument. Mad. Gulllon spening arzum o rose and began his t for the prosecution e much headway Sherman Moreland, the dvocate, interrupted and “Tf the defense doesn't desire to ad- th t. we won't take its thne irgument. ; the sense of the court ihat proceedings go ahead,” replied President Howze. Gullion then began his violent on Col. Mitchell, his chief and defense witnesses, Gullion's argument, confined io the Navy feature of the case, was rhe second step in the day to lower he curtain on what has been heralded + the court-martial of the age. All idence the prosecution =nd defense ntinu te defense or not,} to invite particular atten-| ent of the United | Afr | this case | Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. ! l Aceusey and Accused | Above: Maj. prosecution. Col. William Mitchell, whose | dismissal from the Army he asked PLOT T0 MURDER STRESEMANN FALS ‘Two Fascist Sympathizers Jailed in Scheme to Kill Minister. | B5 the Associated Press. { BERLIN, December 17.—"“That pig | Stresemann must be killed,” is a passage in a letter the discovery of which led to revelation of the plot to assassinate Germany's foreign minister. Two German Fascists, named Kalt- dorff and Lorenz, are under arrest | They are alleged to {their plans to the point of providing tor disguises and a getaway in motor :d an alrplane after the assassi- That this was not the first attempt | ™ the foreign minister is re the Taeg- ! against ! vealed by his newspaper, i lische Rundschau. | Other Effort Revealed. | On the anniversary of the assassi- | natfon of Dr. Walter Rathenau (who | was killed June 24, 1922). the paper | says, several persons hid in the gar- |den of the forelgn ministry and fired |a number of shots at Dr. Stresemann, "but without effect. Police who searched the garden and neighborhood were unable to tind the criminals. Another plot revealed a few fore the departure of the Ger egation for the recent Locarno curity nfe but the vigilance the Munich and Berlin police pre tempt. Kaltdorfl is 1 to have confessed that he Is a foll er of Adolf Hitles renowned as one of CGerman: fore- most ra 1s, and who led the fa “beer cellar putsch” in Munich | Lorenz said he was a member of the Nationalist party. Just how the assassination ! was to be carried out has not been made publie. Outbursts Numerous. years ago. were brainstorm net Dr nd other over the described as suffering from a du to cent outburets Stresemann by reactionary e tion of the which the « prominent p in the Bava n die enclation of A s broughl up ag | one of the deputiex declared that 7 foreign minister who renounced Ger- | many’s title to that territory “de- | “erved to be beaten to death lke « | mad_dog.” t This was generally acecpted as the | current German Fascist sentiment. i = e BABY CHRISTMAS GIFT. SEATTLE, Wash., December P).—Included in tons of presents which left Lere yes homes in Southeastern Alus | Pacific Steamship Co.'s stea miral Rogers, was Buddy, sged 17 {1nonths, on his way to u_childless | family [n a $10,000 home in the North. |land. | Mre. J. E. Briggs of the Seattle | police department, who found a home for the baby at the request of his destitute parents, said, “We have promised not to tell just where Buddy is going in Alaska. He i3 a Christma: { present to a family who can give him {e comfort."” | Recentl 1., many’s T 17 istmas 0y for on the er Ad- ch have perfected | At the forelgn office the two men | ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1925—FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES. SENATOR SWANSON OPENS COURT FIGHT Asks for Ratification of Protocol Without Further Reservations. DECLARES OPPONENTS ARE CHASING SHADOWS Tribunal Absolutely Distinct From League of Nations, Vir- ginian Declares. BY G. GOULD LINCOL With gallerles packed 1o their most capacity, the Senate gan consideration of the props have the United States adhere World Court. The Swanson resolution, providing for the ratification of the World Court protocol, with the Harding-Hughes- Coolidge reservations, was before the Senate and its author, Senator Swan- son of Virginta, ranking Democrat of the foreign relations committee, opened the debate in favor of ratification. Supporters of the court proposal es timate that if « vote were taken more than the necessary two-thirds for rati- fication would_be fortheoming. But a determined opposition though small In numbers h to arouse public opinion und the Senate against the court during the debate. Taking advantage the unlimited dJdebate which prevails in the Senate and of | the necessity of enacting tax reductior land other tmportant legislation in the near future, the opposition plans to stave off a vote for some time to come. Women predominated in the gal- leries. Some of them urrived as early as 9 o'clock this morning to be sure of seats. A quarter of an hour be- fore the session opened there were still vacant seats In the men's gal lery, although lines had formed in the corridors outside the women's gal lery and the special card Delegations of women from Penn: vania, New York, Illinois and Mar land were on hand to give thelr mora Supoprt to the court proposal and to | urge Senators 1o support {t. Thers | was a sprinkling of diploiuats in the zallery reserved for the diplomatic | corps. Before the Senate session be ! gan the women and men in the gal leries were warned by the dvorkeepers not to dlsturb the Senate proceedings ut tod 0 after the praver was ance with special order of business, lald before the Senate the Swanson resolution for adhesion to the World | Court. Reasons for Adherence. In o carefully prepared address, Senator Swanson set forth the ons why the United States should re to the court without further Mhasized the independence of World Court and denied that it d be rightfully consldered a crea tire of the League of Natlons a: ‘harged by the opposition He 1a{d stress upon the vital need | of such a tribunal to avert future world wars, and declared the interest of the Unlted States iu international peace was greatest because it had the most to lose in the event of war. He gave in detail the accomplish ments of the World Court since it be- gan to function, covered by some seventeen opinions and judgments in- volving many natlons. And finally he declared that it was a question of this World Court or none that the opponents of the court in this country, who wonld set up & court rhich was y American, were chasing a will.o'-the-wisp. Borah to Speak Tomorrow. The World (*ourt will continue to be Subject of debate in the Senate until | the Christmas holidays begin Decem | ber 22, and the debate will be resumed | m, {uary 4. Senator Lenroot of Wiscon- | sin, who will have charge of the pro tocol and resolution in the Senate, will kesp them as constantly befors the Senate as possible enator Bo- rah of Idaho, chairman of the foreign relations committee, leader of the op- position, plans to speak on the court proporal tomorrow. While asserting the Independence of the World Court from the League Nations, Senator Swanson de ed his own personal admiration the league and eulogized the work Woodrow W on {n the interest of international peace. He sald, how- ever, that the United States had de- clined to enter the league, and that issue was not now bhefore the Senate. Need of Court. Vever before in the history of the world,” sald Senator Swanson, “has it become more paramount that means should be devised by which interna- tional differences should be settled { amicably without resort to force. Those who ardently desire peace should cease contentions among severe criticism of those engnged In the work and try to obtain some mmon ‘plan upon which they can hably unite. he existing World Court {s the effort of 4% nations to accomplish . s been organized wor:d-wide in its scope and in its aspirations. The question is submitted to us to deter- mine whether we shall be one of the aations alding the peace and prog- | ‘ess of the world by adhering to this court, and thus give it our moral "~ {Continued on Page 3, Column 6, Roosevelt Party’s Trophies, Lost ' In Russia, Object of Wide Search | By the Associated Press | CONSTANTINOPLE, December 17. | —George K. Cherrie, & member of the | Simpson-Field-Roosevelt Museum ex- | pedition, which recently hunted in Central Asia, has requested the Near Fast Relief to search for trophies of the expedition which have been lost ! in South Russia while on the way to | the United States. The Near East relief has sens mes- | sages to all its transportation experts in an endeavor to trace the shipment { which Mr. Cherrie says was loaded « Andinn, Asiatic Rusefa bt dieap. | peared before reaching Krasnovodsk. Mr. Cherrie is in the American Hospl- tal here suffering from injuries to his head received aboard ship during the stormy passage from Batoum. Unless the Near East workers find the trophis Mr. Cherrie plans to return to Russia when he re- covers and join in the search for them, Suydam Cutting, photographer of the expedition, passed through Constantinople on his way to .the Tnited States. Theodore Roosevelt |and Kermit Roosevelt, with | wives, will return home by way of the Vst WITH FERVID PLEA offered, the Vice President, in accord- | when the Senate meets again Jan-! themselves as to the plans and cease | It ix the first court that ever| thelr | ! S ) — fl:.t—\m/ = | e , | { l WAR OVER MOSUL IS HELD REMOTE | Neither British, Turks or ,League See Hostility as Result of Award. By the Amociated Press. LONDON, December 17—\ m peful view n here regarding e situation growing out of the tu by the Leag tion Britain’s positio «ul houne 1t is that Ly s given 1 tors to sttemnpt nge ndly emderstanding o n Turkey da 1t Britaln Armed hosti between !and Great Brits ing secured the mandate for the rich ofl-and agricultural region- are not | considered probable, either i |don or in League of Nations circles In Geneva. This, desplte the fact {that the chief Turkish delegate Geneva still is filled with wrath over the award by the council of the 4 and notwithstanding the re- 1 the Turkish mh as gone to Rus | jorsement espec Kins tic ostensibly to 10 negotfate Russian rurkey in the event of war. tut real) Britain Wants Turkey to Prosper. In some quarters in London government’s attitude toward Turkey is said to embrace u desire to wee Turkey live and not he stified or para Iyzed. Tt is reported that reassuring communications regarding Mosul al: ready have passed between London land Angora, and it ls expected that | Premier Baldwin will make a state- | |ment to Parliament on the situation lat an early date. Untll he does so the line the governmeni proposes to take is likely to remaln pure gue: work. At Geneva Great Britaln acepted the council's decision that she must ta up the 25-year mandate nd Sir Austen Chamberl assurances that Great desirous of Uving on terms of and anbty with Turkey and would be glad to enter into conversa- ions looking to an improvement in the relations between the two | tries n also | Cites Chief Value of Verdict. | _The Times thinks the chief value | of the league’s verdict is that it en- ables Great Britain to open direct | friendly negotiations with the An- i gora government, which it could not | [ do while the Mosul question was in the hands of the League of Nations. It suggests that a wise Englishman, miliar with the East, be sent as soon s possible to Angora to discuss the outstanding problem. On the other hand. the Dail | Mail | w111 be received with universal indigna- tion by the British people. It warns Mr. Chamberlain that “the bouquets | of Locarno may be transmuted into | brickbats of Mosul.” Sees Friendliness. GENEVA, Switzerland, 17 (). —"Our relations with England will continue to be friendly.” This was almost the last remark made by Tewflk Rushdi Bey, Turkish foreign | minister, before boarding his train | last night to return to Angora. SEES OVERTURE TO RE i ST Angora Correspondent Thinks Turks Seek Aid in Moscow. LONDON, December 17 (#).—The Westminster Gazette's Angora corre- spondent savs he learns from a reli- able source that the Turkish minister of agriculture, Sabri Bey, has gone to Moscow, ostonsibly to study Russian agriculture, but that he is really charged with a mission to negotiate Russian support for Turkey in the event of war over Mosul. ‘The correspondent adds: ““There is a th'ck atmosphere of sus- | picion here which is difficult to dis- slpate. The situation must be taken most serfously. Many Turks profess Great Britain, but quick | sion are essential if the hostile eie- | ments are to be disarmed.” e Asks Christmas Amnesty. SOFIA. Bulgaria, December 17 (). —Premler Tzankoff has asked the Na- tional Assembly for authority to grant general amnesty on Christmas to all political offenders. The amnesty would be of the widest scope, includ- ing even Bulgarian subjects who have fled the country and since partici- | pated in armed incursions into Bul- zarfan territory . | Recess With No Turkeyr | n over the latter hav-| Loa- | in} study _agriculture, | sup- | the | over | Britain | coun- | declares that the decision at Geneva | December | ardently a desire for friendship with | friendly | methods following the league's deci- | ; Reichstag Takes | Cabinet in Sig | By e Associated Pres AN Decemnt £ has decided to re as the Dr. Erich Koch has notified Pres! dent von Hindenburg of his inabil- ity to form @ cabinet. This action had been forecast by the dectsion of the Soctalist Deinocrat party that it conld not tal rt in a coalition government | Vorwaerts, the i res distrus and falist dec ON SUBCOMMITTEE Body to Consider D. C. Appropriations. new members have been named r the District committee of the | nate ppropriations smmittee for this sessfon, it hecame known today | when Chairman Warren of the ap- propriations committes announced the personne!l of his various subcommit- tees. The new men who wiil consider the | District appropriation bill are: Sena- tors Ralph H. Cameron, Republican, Weller, Republican, | m H. King, Demo- { Utah, nd Senator John B. Democrat, of Wyom!ng. Tawrence Phipps, Repub. | Colorado will remain As | of the District subcom- mittee and the othi embers who | ill continue to sey re: Senators | Jones of Washington. McKinley of 1llinois, Glass of irginia, Jones of New Mexico, and Capper of Kansas. Two on D. C. Committee. Senators Weller and King also are members of the District committee of the Senate and Senator Capper is cha'rman of the District committee. Two of the new members, Senators Cameron and Kendrick, succeed Sen- ator Spencer, who died, and Senator | | Neely, who resigned from this sub- committee. The other two new merm- bers, Senators Weller and King, are Srom the District of Columbia com: | nittee, and succeed Senator Sheppard nd former Senator Ball. enator King alws tive Interest {n affairs of the District of Columbia and will be familiar with his new dutles. He is a native of Salt | Lake City and was graduated by the | University of Michigan. He served at |one time as an associate justice on | the Supreme Court of Utah and was a member of the House of Representa- tives for a number of years. He was elected to the Senate in 1916. Weller Well Fitted. ‘enator Weller is also fitted for serv- = on the District subcommittee, since { he Is a citizen of the neighboring city | of Baltimore and atudied law at the | National Law University In this eity. | Prior to his election to the Senate in 1920, he served from 1912 to 1915 as chairman of the State Roads Commis- sion of Maryland, spending large !sums of money on_ the highways | which now traverse that State. Senator Cameron, the third new member, comes from Phoenix, Ariz., and a number of years ago served as a member and chairman of the board of supervisors of Coconino Coun- ty, Ariz. He has been a Senator sinco 1920. Senator Phipps, who reamins as chairman, has always taken an ear- nest interest in the development of the National Capital and is thoroughly familiar with the bandling of Dlis- trict appropriations. Other Subcommittees. Other subcommittees announced to- day by Chalrman Warren of the ap- | proporiations committee follow: Department of Agriculture—Sena- , chairman, and Senators Lenroot, Mc- Kinley, Overman, Harris, Kendrick, Capper and Smith. Deficiencies—Senator Warren, chair- man, and Senators Curtis, Hale, Phipps, Lenroot, Overman, Glass, McKellar and Bayard. Independent offices—Senators Wi (Continued on Page 2, Column Radio Programs—Page 48. Four | jtor McNary Jones of Washington, | Ccongress | tor | it is th has taken an | | recommend to the Congress additional | ARPLANES SOUGHT N NEW RUM WAR Congress Will Be Asked to| Fill Need of Coast Guard. The administration short to augment fits wrees with the nuclen Th: rned toda. re may ask antl-rum n by de of the Guard to res ise of alrplanes To combat this weapon in the ha f the lawbreakers, the administr it own, Is mapping out a program to meet the situation. Details Are Withheld. Detalls of the program are with- lield, but definite indications have come from several other sources pointing directly toward strengthening the Gov- croment’s war on rum through the ir. Prohibition administrators are known to have made numerous re. g Coasi to the tates | ciuests for the use of afrplanes in their vork. Secretary Mellon has gone so r as to recommend for a start “two L 1l aviation statlons, with four planes each,” to take care of “quirements.”” President Coolidge h: said he would ask Congress o tional appropriations for t suard for the remalnder of this fiscs Year,” probably meaning items in the deficiency bill. ~ With the Mitchell trial entering its final stages. a public sentiment aroused to more interest in the ef- fectiveness of aircraft, and with ap- propriation blills before Congress for the fiscal year 1927 providing for larger expenditures on alircraft, the administration, it is understood, has not as vet definitely decided just how to handle the problem of airplanes ' to chase the rum smugglers, but virtually determined upon a poli using them in some fashion. the (oast Guard is charged with re- sponsibllity of stopping s only uniformed, armed branch of the Federal service having need for airplanes, without appropriation for them, it is belleved this organiza tion will be chosen to handle the situ- atlon. Already the Coast Guard is is understood the old prohibition unit had a few available. Position of Coolidge. President Coolidge in his bhudget message to Congress gave intimations that he would ask for further re- sources for prohibition enforcement this year. gress that the activities of the Coast Guard “should be enlarged and le. dded, To this end," significantly, the President “I propose to | appropriations for the Coast Guard for for the next fiscal year. Every avahiabie resource of the vernment will be employed for pro- Libition enforcement. The recom- mendations which I propose to make to the Congress are for the purpose of increasing this avallable force. Such reinforcement is needed. It should be provided.” As It {s known that the Bureau of the Budget is now considering items to be Included in the deficlency bill, it was predicted in some quarters that the administration may send some recommendation on airplanes through this bill to Congress. One seaplane now used by the Coast Guard 1is being piloted by Lieut. Comdr. C. C. von Paulsen, who has flown it over practically the entire field of operations of the North Atlantic rum fleet, with much success. The Coast Guard already has au- thority for the establishment of 10 aviation stations, under an old law (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) operating one borrowed plane, and it | The Presidént told Con- | strengthened at the earliest date pos- | the remainder of this fiscal year and | service. Yesterday's * () Means Associated COMMISSIONERS OPPOSE | DEATH PENALTY IN D.C.| Advocating | ‘Write Zihlman olition of Capital Punish- ment to by Congrese. Thae District Commissicners are strongly in favor of abolition of capi tal punishment, they advised Repre.| sentative Frederick N. Zihlman, chair- | man of the House District committee. | Writing to Mr. Zihlman in response | 10 his request for a report on the re- form bill which has been introduced | in Congress, the Commissioners d: | “This object is in harmony with pro gressive and humanitarian thought of the present day and the Commission. ! ers are in favor of a bill which would accomplish the result.* ] Electrocution was o 1g in the Distric last ess, and the Commissioners hope the abolition of capl punish- | ment will make the purchase of un clectric chair unnecessary DOUMER EXPEDITES " FRENCH BUDGET | | i | Agreed That Whole Cabinet| Will Stand by Plan When Compieted. tuted the Ey the Associated Press. PARIS, December Pa mer, the new minieter of finance, has been duly {nstalled in office and begun | his work to ald France in making its way out of the financlal slouxh His first care will be to acceler the voting of the budget by P ment. He will leave other fi yroblems to be dealt with later in roper order The original plans of M 5 understood, will be mod ight of varlous votes in the chan ce he first prepared eeks ago. He is convinced that noth | ing can be gaine by precipitate ac tion. Therefore b T T I will give the cabi- net, at A meeting on Saturday, a gen | eral outline of his fnancial progr and will submit the bilis based upon 1o the Cham! st Deputic New Ye One SR rew eld its ranks s pabillitol | the budget. far, how | forts have met with little & radical left, Raoul Peret " keeping out of the lef! | rking for a bre | The fdea is displeasing to the bu the members of the cartel, wh | opposed to anything savoring sacred union 'WORST COLD SPELL IN YEARS HITS FRANCE Even Riviera Suffers—Bulgarian Blizzard Drives Wolves Down { to Plains—Sheep Suffer. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December Franct suffering from the most intense cold spell in 30 years. The thermometer in Parls last night dropped to & de grees above zero Tahrenhe the favored 15 feeling Winter. that fts { gandists can of iuggling, and | reom | This {dozen raliroad character, but great delay on the only partis fects of Tuesday's blizzard. SOFIA, December heavy snowfall has driven wolves from the mountains plaina west of the town of Vidin, where they are playing havoc among the sheep folds. All available troops have been called out to ey the wolves and ravenc cred he GOLD RUSH |§ STARTED. Miners Dash to Reported Find in National Forest. PUEBLO, Colo., December 17 (#).— Advices received by forestry officlals here state there has been a rush of miners to Manzanares Creek, in the San Isabel Natfonal Forest on the east slde of the Sangre de Crlsto Range, because of a reported place gold strike. Many Americans and Mexicans are staking out claims along the creek bottoms, the advices added. ponsd aceiden! hiel The sheer losses. This section of Colorado has heen the scene of several gold ki Most notable of the early gold fi were those at Wiiliams Creek and a Silver CUff. At the latter place miners a score of years ago claimed to have unearthed traces of mining | operations carried on by Spaniards at | an early date. The reglon lies south- west of the famous Cripple (reek district and east of the Silverton and Ouray mining centers. Brothers Wait 15 Years to “Beat Up”» Cousins; Get 30 Days to Think It Over By the Associated Prese. KALAMAZOO, Mich., December 17. | —Auburn and Frank Steele, brothers, of Traverse City, will have 30 days in jall to muse over the question of whether it pays to carry a grudge. Judge Carl Blankenburg today sen- tenced them to a month in jail after they pleaded guilty to assault upon their cousins, Guy and Frank Worden, Tuesday. ‘The Steele brothers said they had waited 15 years to “‘grow up” so they could make good their promises to glve their cousins “good beatings” in reciprocity for "bullying” by, the two 1 Wordens when all were Joilet, TIl. “Many of us, when we were kids, made the same resolve and that in- cludes myselt,” Judge Blankenburg sald, “but we changed our minds as we grew older. If you gained any satisfaction from your acts, you should both be men enough to take vour punishment. The law does not permit people to go around the coun- try beating up their relatives to settle old sores.” The Steeles admitted they had stop- ped off in Kalamazoo Tuesday for the & v aom of trouncing thelr in. chiidren in The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Circulation, 101,413 TWO CENTS. 305 INE CONTRL STAKEN OVERBY NEW YORK G North American Company Ac- quires Majority Stock of W. R. T. Co. Press. ACTION HELD TO END OPPOSITION TO MERGER Traction Companies’ Finzl Objec- tion to Consolidation Removed Observers Believe The rth York today ac ast in the Amerfcan X New quired controlliug inter Washington Rapid Trans ind experts on local utilities, wi © what is considered the last siection of the et ral 2y companies to a merger First intimation of the ame when Roswell (. & Co. New York rokers, and Frank J #ey for the same company settlement of the suit t t b; Potter firm against Leon Arnold s recently to compel the de n option, of the it cor settl Tripp of Pot ter Lankers ar Hogan, attc \nounee: controlling Yo Juncement 1 been settled controllir sed over to Bugene when consulte » took over the ve for the N ug in the me cor n Wasl ic stock. b Iway and El erstood to have be tien stock. Approved by Covell. i1, Assistant I igned to pub ngton Bai 1 rth American (¢ controiling interest »n Rapid Transit ¢ rd confidently to a unifie bus t ed by ey Willlam ing one of Arnold's a alleging that | stock 'from Spicer | tainted with frand transfer of Arnold was Case Hinges on Option. ! The case, which is belleved nea: out-of-court settlement, was hinged or “tentative” option entered into I Arnold with Potter & Co.. whereh: leged to have agreed 1o ds 3 hich would gi the hrokers roliing interest in t ansit Co. Fallure this stock, afte I chased some of it from Spi | the basis of the suit for spectfic | formance. | Spicer claimed that he asked Arno at the time whether there were an: | negotiations pending for the transfer lof this stock, but that Arnold con | cealed from him this material fact ind on this basis Attorney Kelly filed !a cross-bill in this same specific per | tormance suit aileging that the trans {fer of stock made by Spicer to Arnold was tainted by fraud, arlsing from | the sald conceaiment. Tha price fixed under the option was R.51 per shar | " Evidence was adduced in the litiea | tion tending to establish the fact that Arnold had contracted to deliver h stock as he could to the broke house, mounting substantially ) at least the controlling interest, Coolidge Congratulates Shah All doubts &s to whether t United States would recognize th regime of tha new Shah of Pe were set at rest today when the Statr Department made public a cablegram of congratulations President Coolidge { had sent the ruler. The action paved | the way for Hoffman_ Philip, new] | appointed Minister to Persia. to pru caed from Paris to his post . ;House Members Consider Charges The House judlciary subcommitter investizating charges againat Feder: Judge G. W. English of the easter) | Tilinois district, considered the case in executive session today, but reached no conclusion. The comm | tee ts called to meeet tomorrow nigh: wnd it seems probable that a fina! decision may be arrived at then Two Killed by Gale in Mexico. MEXICO CITY, December 17 (#).— .5 persons were killed in a severe gale wiich ewept Mexico Clty yes terday A partially constructed mov- ing picture theater collapsed 1