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5 W it Increas night; tomorrow cloudy an cold, probably rain p.m. vesterday; low. today ATHER. . Weather Bureau Forecant.) & cloudiness and colder to- Full report on page nd continued Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 No. ),936. post _office, ARGTICLAND CLAIM Wa: " BY RUSSIA PUZZLES AMUNDSEN'S PARTY May Mean Addition of Fourth Flag to Norge on Dash Over Pole. COMMANDER OF AIRSHIP EXPEDITION’S MAIN HOPE Nobile’s Genius Apparent — Reds Accuse U. §. of Plot to Freeze England Off Map. BY JUNIUS By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dails News. | LENINGRAD, April 17.—Russia si announcement of priority claims upon | any land discovered in the vicinity of | the North Pole, whether that land be sprinkled with Summer forget-me. or populated with flat-footed | hears, places in a quandary the crew of the Amundsen-Ellsworth dirigible Norge, with tt flags of three na- tions fastened to spiked poles ready to | drop whenever land is sighted Russia_cites the pre-empting all possible subdiv! of the South Pole as a precedent for its declaration. In connection with the recent boom In the Arctic land arket, Soviet newspapers print long articles explaining how America pro- noses to retire England from world 2 virs by building an immense jetty off “lorida and diverting the Gulf Stream until Albion freezes solid. This change of nature’s gmmutable course would make Murmansk a glacier bed, while | the present below-zere quotations of Polar realty would sink even lower. May Before B. WooD. l | nots lean Fourth Flag. the & Norge at the tehine pme, the name of the expedition had heen changed to include that of (ol. Nobile, commander of the Norge. Moscow's ! announcement may mean adding a | fourth hyphenated name and adding | to the flags of Nor Ame Ttaly another whose warm red tainly would make a picturesque, not material, appeal to the inhabit- ants, if any. of those chilly regions. Suc of the expedition, if the North Pole is reached. s entirely on the shoulders of Col. Nobile. The Norge's commander not only fathered the ship until she was launched and knows her every whim, but his in- ventive genius can be seen in nearly every piece @f her equipment, from motors to the dublous, untried device for anchoring to ice floes. Col. Nobile so far has had charge of the expedition, which will continue until Spitzbergen is reached with its makeshift triangular hangar. His judgment in deciding on the sudden fiight from Oslo to.Leningrad in an effort to beat an_approaching storm was justified. The storm struck Leningrad a few hours after his | arrival. i Accommodations Poor. i‘ tripped to the st ounce of extra | weight, the Norge does not appeal to hoosters of dirigible passenger . The navigating cabin accom modates _only the commander and pilot. and the radlo cabin has space | only for the operator. Three men are provided for in the motor gondolas. The others remain inside of the bhailoon frame where there are no | chairs and no bunks. Each member of the crew carries his rations in his pocket-—a couple of sandwiches. According to Col. Nobile's dictum, if a start is not made before May 15, When the polar fogs begin, gasoline | must replace a part of the personnel. Amundsen, Ellsworth, Col. Nobile, a | pilot and three mechanics then would be the only members to make the azardous dash across the pole. (Copyrizht. 1926 by Chicago Daily News Co.) THRONGS WAIT HOURS. Hope About Abandoned by When Norge Arrives. BY WALTER DURANTY. By Wireloss to The Star. LENINGRAD, April bleak and anxious Thursday at the Trotsk airdrome, three miles from the little town of Gatchina. where the Emperor Paul I, in fear of assassination, built himself a chateau and fortress, and where, nevertheless, he was murdered. It was white and desolate, the airdrome cov- ered with snow three feet deep in the blank expanse over which the steep hangars loom in black relief. The Norge was expected first at noon, but 4, 5 and 6 o'clock passed, and the darkness came without news from the dirigible in which the Amund sen-Ellsworth-Nobile _expedition pro- poses to fly across the North Pole to Point Barrow, Alaska. The crowd of 2000 or more that had trudged through the snow from Gatchina and the neighboring villages slowly dwin- dled. They were cold and weary, but unwilling to abandon hope of the air- ship’s con For hou scoured the around. Thet and the at Kronstadt a no answer to Announcements Are False. Crowd 17.—It was a ay of ting rdrome squadrons hundred miles gn of the air- Po? dio stations nd Metskoiselo reported nquiries. there was that in the afternoon aphoned the airship was approa crowd huddled closer toward the big wooden hangar, but each time it was se alarm. About 4 o'clock there was a sudden flurry of excitement when one of the places signaled to clear the way for a forced landing. Like a falling leaf the airplane fluttered earthward, then suddenly flattened out and made a perfect landing on its ski runners, and stopped within 15 meters and so close to a group of reporters and photog- raphers that the wingtip smashed one camera to pieces. The pilot naively explained that he was tired of flying around doing noth- ing and wanted to amuse the crowd, but M. Khalturin, the Red commander of the airdrome, did not see the joke at all and the young man went back to quarters with a severe reprimand. At 6:30 p.m. several of the foreign consuls and diplomats decided that it was useless to wait longer, and their special train was ordered to return to Leningrad. But 20 minutes later, be- fore they had gone, came A message from Kranstadt that the station was in_touch by radio with the airship, |ing and their rescue. | received the following lac | was | bill Entered as second class matte: shington, D. C. Capt. Estevez and Aide Located in Wastes by Another Plane. Manila Flight Leader Had Left Ship and Was 40 Miles Away. Calvo, ha been found. Messages re- ceived here say they are In “fairly | good conditio: despite their wander- ! ings In the Syrian desert since last Sunday, when their airplane was forced down about 100 miles from Amman, Palestine. ! Capt. Estevez was found by Flying | Officer Coghill of the British air force | 40 miles from his abandoned machine. His feet were blistered but otherw his condition ‘Wwas said to he He was taken by airplane to the ne est_medical station. Mechanician vo miles farther away the plane. It his condition per: he will be taken by airplane for medical treat- ment. The British are at loss to explain how the airmen subsisted during the | long period between their forced land was found Note Left on Plane. British alr force this morning | onic wireless e from Amman: “Pilot found.” Early dispatches reporting the find- ing of the plane of Estevez said it deserted about 100 miles from ' The ¢h LOST SPANISH FLYERS FOUND | AFTER FIVE DAYS IN DESERT| WASHINGTON, | Estevez and Mechanician Calvo were walking to Amman, which is in Pales- | tine, on the east bank of the Jordan River about miles northeast of Jerusalem. Kstevez was on a leg of the Spain-Manila flight from Cairo to Bagdad, and was about one-third the | distance when forced to come down. Other Flyers Wait in India. AGRA, United Provinces, India, apts. Lorgia and Spanish aviators, vesterday from ght from Madrid poned_their de- Their next Amman. A note attached to it sahl‘f who arrived here Karachi on thelr fii to Manila, have po parture until tomorrow. destination is Caleutta. BRUCE DENQUNCES BUILDING PROGRAM, Pleads for Original Plan of Beautifying City—Vote Expected Today. Language in the public buildings which would require structures in Washington to be of a standard ized type rather than monumental was denounced on the floor of the Senate this afternoon by Senator Bruce, Democrat, of Maryland, who made a fervent appeal for the carry ing out of the original plan for the beautification of Washington along architectural lines. Senator Bruce was explaining the possibility of an attractive develop- ment of new public buildings flank- ing the Mall between the White House and the Capitol, when Sena- tor Kendrick, Democrat, of Wyoming called his attention to the phraseology regarding standardized buildings. Senator Bruce declared he would offer an amendment to strike out this language before the bill is voted on. declared it would be a mistake erect new public buildings in shington that would resemble v zoods boxes. Vote Expected Today. vote on the bill is expected this oon. When Senator Fernald, Republican, of Maine, chairman of the public buildings and grounds committee, asked unanimous eonsent yesterday to lay aside temporarily the Italian debt settlement to consider the building program, Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi, objected, and it looked for a moment as though the bill would be deferred. Carried On Roll Call. Chairman 'Fernald, however, made a formal motion that the buildings bill be considered and on a roll call vote it was carried, 55 to 16. In openlng the debate Senator Fernald explained that the first thing to be done under the bill is to com- plete about 65 buildings remaining from the Federal building program of 1913, which will require about $15.- 000,000. This would leave $100,000,000 to be used to take care of the most urgent cases, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster General. The 000 (Continued on CHINESE ALLIES DEMAND SOVIET ENVOY’S RECALL Fengtien Group Says Karakhan Aided Internal Strife With Communist Propaganda. . April 17.—A wireless dispatch received here today from Mukden, Manchuria, says that the Fengtien allies have jointly demanded that the Russian government recall L. M. Karakhan, envoy to PeKing, in order to strengthen the traditional friendship between China and Russia. It is reported that Mukden previ- opsly had made representations to the Soviet consul, who refused to transmit the demand on the grounds that it conflicted with international decorum, alleging also that the mo- tion had been instigated by a third party. Mukden contends that Karakhan displayed scandalous contempt for Chinese amour propre by abetting in- ternal strife in China and conducting Communist propaganda. “Where the Roosevelts {Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) § Features of the Big Graphic Section | of Tomorrow's Star A Full Page of Photographs of the Opening of the Base Ball Season in Washington. full page of pictures of this intensely interesting subject. “The Japanese Cherry Trees in Bloom.” Twelve Pages of Pictures in Tomorrow's Star ORDERS AIR PATROL. Mexico to Use Planes Against Bor-| der Smugglers. BROWNSVILLE, Tex P)—Airplanes will be Mexican government as a means to check smuggling across the Rio | Grande, A. C. Vaspuez, Mexican con- sul. announced yesterday. | should result in and less liquor being s the border into the United States, and likewise check the flow of smuggled merchandise intg” Mex he sald. April 17 used by the | CATHOLIC BISHOP ACCUSED INMENICO Prelate to Be Tried for Try- ing te Incite Disorders and Slander. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY. April 17.—Attorney General Ortega has instructed the dis-- trict attorney of the third district court in Mexico City to prosecute | Bishop Jose Jesus Martinez Zarate of Huejutla, State of Hidalgo, be- cause of his recent pastoral letter in which he opposed the religious clauses of the Mexican constitution. It is said that the bishop notified the state legislature that he declined to accept the limitations placed on Catholic priests, The attorney general asserts that the langauage of the bishop consti- tutes a violation of the law and he has instructed the district attorney to seek severe punishment for the prelate if he is found guilty. Senor Ortega declares the letter is an at- tempt to incite the people to dis- order and disobedience of the law and also that it slanders high government officials, Delegate Carries Point. Apparently the Right Rev. George J. Caruana, apostolic delegate to Mex- ico and the Antilles, has satisfled the Department of the Interior that he entered Mexico recently in conformi with the laws of the country. Mgr. Caruana, who is an American citizen, produced before the Department of the Interior documentary proof to this effect. “I in no way attempted to conceal my identity when 1 came to Mexico," said the prelate to the newspaper men when showing his passport and other papers. I have no intention of vio- lating the Mexican laws or constitu- tion,” he added. It is announced that it is the pur- pose of the government shortly to close all schools which are violating the provision of the constitution which prevents religious instruction. The pupils of the schools are to be transferred to government schools “where they will be given first-class education without religious teaching.” ixcitement Is Revived. The government campaign of en- forcement of the religious sections of the constitution Is causing renewed excitement. 1t is declared by the newspapers that from 140 to 150 Catholic schools in which there are 8,000 pupils, may be closed in Mexico City, but these figures have not been verified. The government's statement says the authorities intend to carry out a strict inspection of schools, closing all where religious instruction is given. The puplls of such schools will be transferred to government schools, “where they will be given first-class education without religious features.” i i il Hunted the Ovis Poli” A Order your copy from your newsdealer today. | Raney, | Provinoe of Ontario du: | determine what action shall be taken | additional light shed on the matter | beer drinkers said there wasn’t enough {them have beer parlors as they call ‘Radio Programs—Page 33. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D, ¢ =) FEDERAL CONTROL OF RUM IN GANADA CALLED A FAILURE Former Attorney General of| Ontario Offers Testimony in Senate Inquiry. DRY LEADERS TO MEET TODAY TO MAP COURSE Will Consider Action Against Buckner and Andrews for Evidence They Offered. BY G. GOULD The cofitrol by the Government of | liquor traffic in some of the Canad provinces has not improved condi- | tions, but rather has added to crime | and vice and evil, was the burden | of the testimony given by W. E. attorney general of the & 1919-1923, at the Senate prohibition hearings toda { Furthermore, Mr. Raney told the committee that the experiment with per cent beer which has been tried out in the Province of Ontario has proved a failure—that the beer | drinkers declared there ‘“wasn't | enough kick in it.” The Anti-Saloon League legisla tive committee is expected to meet this afternoon after the hearings to regarding Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews head of prohibition enforcement ‘n this country, and United States Dis. trict Attorney Buckner of New York, because of their testimony durina the hearings of the “wets" by the Senate committee. Censure Is Forecast. It is expected that the Anti-Saloon League leaders will censure Mr. Buckner and probably demand his official head. There me inclina- tion to wait further before acting on n. Andrews, it said today, be- Jieving that possibly thers might be Mr. Raney, the first witness before the Senate committee today, said: “The suggestion is made that law enforcement in the United States would be made easier by the legal- ized sale of a non-intoxicating beer. Well, we are trying that experiment in Ontarfo right now. The beer is of the strength of 2.5 per cent ab- solute alcohol by volume, which is the equivalent of 4.4 per ceni of proof spirits. “Hotel men spent thousands of dol- lars in fitting up premises to make them comply with the law. And then the whole thing fell flat—-the kick in the government’s healthful, invigorating, non-intoxicating beer. The permits were in fact useful to the holders chiefly as disguises for| the sale of something stronge! ““The government control provincew are Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. These are the only systems of government control in an English-speaking coun- vhere in the world. Three of them “Less than a year ago Montreal paid $75,000 to hear the truth about it- self. A police probe was held which produced 200 witnesses and 10,000 pages of evidence. Much of the evi- dence about the drinking (under gov- ernment_control) and social vice and about the protection of crime and wrongdoing was sensational, and the community gasped. But not for long. The report of the investigator, Judge Coderre, condemned the interference with the police by aldermen, the tol- eration of vice and the lack of disci- pline in the police department and | recommended the appointment of a new chief. Some minor changes were made. Yet things are going on now pretty much as before. “ Vice shows i LEGAL MOVE TO BLOCK CLAIM ON CLARK ESTATE Children of Late Senator Formally Demand Proofs of Three Women Who Assert Heirship. By the Associated Press. BUTTE, Mont., April 17.—The sons and daughters of the late Senator Wil- liam A. Clark have made their first legal move to block efforts of Alma E. Clark Hines, Effie Clark McWil- liams of Missouri and Addie L. Clark Miller of Denver to secure a share of Senator Clark's estate, valued at $50,000,000. Charles E. Clark, Willlam A. Clark, jr.; Mary C. de Brabant, Katherine L. Morris and Hughette Marcelle Clark, the Senator’s children, yesterday en- tered a statement in the district court here denying relationship claims ad- vanced by the Missouri and Denver women. They also filed a motion re- questing the women file an amended complaint setting forth the facts and circumstances upon which they base their claims. Mrs. Hines, Mrs. McWilllams and Mrs. Miller recently filed action in the court, declaring that they were daughters of Senator Clark by an early marriage in_ Missouri. .. 27 OF 34 FIREMEN QUIT. Resign When New Anti-Klan Mayor of Joplin Issues Statement. JOPLIN, Mo., April 17 (#).—Twen- ty-seven members of the Joplin Fire Department yesterday sent a blanket resignation to Mayor-elect J. F. Os- borne, carried into office on an anti- Klan platform in a recent city elec- tion. = In a statement accompanying the resignation, which is effective Monday, the firemen explained that their ac- tion was taken in accordance with a published statement by Osborne that all firemen and policemen who sup- ported the Klan, were expected to re- sign. Only seven experienced men will be left in the department. Reorganiza- tion work will commence today. SATURDAY, ¢ Foening APRIL 17, NOT Star. 1926—FORTY PAGES. A WORD OF CHEER! “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,235 TWO CENTS. FENNING PROBERS SELECTION PUT UP TOHOUSE LEADERS Action Follows Democrats’ Charge That G. 0. P. Tac- tics Are Blocking Inquiry. ®) Means Associated Press. BLANTON RENEWS FIGHT ON OFFICIAL IN HOUSE | RS Is Prevented From Inserting Com- mission Data in Record by Snell Objection. | ] | | | Hurling charges into the House war | veterans’ legislation committee that | the name of Commissioner Fenning is inspiring opposition to an investiga | tion of guardians of disabled veterans in the District, and attacking Repub- | lican tactics of making points of order | azainst lack of quorum, Democratic | members of the body today made an | other unsuccessful attempt to begin | the inquiry which was voted Wednes \'day. | The concrete result of the two-hour | wrangling session was the decision by MDORERULATIN SUPTOCON “Air Piracy” Ruling Takes Al Curbs Away, Hoover’s Ride Says. By the Associated Press. The futnre of radio broadcasting regulation apparently rests with Con- gress, in the opinion of Stephen B Davis, acting Secretary of Commerce, after a telephone talk with officials in Chicago regarding the decision of Federal Judge Wilkerson, adverse to the Government's contentions in the “alr piracy” case against the Zenith Radio Corporation The Court of Appeals of the Dis- trict of Columbia has handed down a decision precisely opposite to the Chi- cago ruling, he said, so that “ap- parently we have two opinions which are in hopeless conflict.” U. S. Cannot Appeal. The Government cannot appeal from the Chicago decision, because it | was based on a criminal information. | “While T have not seen the text of the decision, and therefore cannot have any final opinion on it.” said Mr. Davis, “it seems from reports to be a definite holding that the 1912 radio act confers no authority upon any one to assign either wave lengths | or time to radio stations. If this is the view of the law, it neither broadcasting nor other form: of radio_communication are subject to any Federal regulation. but that station operators may select wave lengths and time at their wish g s has real- . and frequently expressed, the insufficiency of the 1912 law. and largely for that reason has dealt with the entire subject through annual conferences of all persons interested in radio communication, whether as transmitters or listeners. The con- clusions of these conferences have almost untversally been put into practice, so that radlo has been largely a self-regulated industry. “The future would seem to depend entirely upon the attitude of Congress toward legislation and its determina tion as to whether or not KFederal control of the situation shall be con- tinued.” - ACCUSED MAN RENOUNCES PREVIOUS CONFESSION Thomas Fernandez Alaiza, Held for $48,000 Bank Robbery in Cuba, Pleads Not Guilty. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo., April 17.—Repudi- ating his previous confession that he had absconded from the Sancti Espiritu, Cuban branch of the Royal Bank of Canada, with $48,000, Thomas Fernandez Alaiza, alias Rodriguez Fernandez, late yesterday appeared before a United States commissioner here and entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of larceny pending against him in Cuba. Alaiza was arrested here last Saturday and a large sum in currency and Cuban gold coins was found in his possession. Alaiza was committed to the county jail pending advices from the State Department at Washington regarding his extradition, which has been re- quested by the Cuban government. . CREDITORS ALLEGE ‘LOSS’ OF $700,000 TO $800,000 By the Associated Pres: PHILADELPHIA, April 17.—An in- vestigation to determine what became of between $700,000 and $800,000, said by ecreditors of the Music Master Cor poration to have been lost within the Jast three months, will be made by Melville G. Baker and David S. Lud- lam, who were yesterday appointed re- celvers for the corporation. In making permanent the appoint- ments, Federal Judge Thompson em- powered the receivers to employ ex- pert acocuntants to examine the books of the firm and also instructed them %o continue the business of the organ- ization for 90 days. Liablities have been placed at $1,200,000, with assets of about $400,000. Rail Board Members Confirmed. The Senate late vesterday confirmed the renomination of Ben W. Hooper of Tennessee. Samuel Higgins of New York and Walter L. McMenimen, Massachusetts, as members of the United States Railroad Labor Board. RESS | By the Associated Press. means that | | | | | | | | | enforced. | men UTAH CHURCH MEMBERS FAVOR MODIFICATION Episcopalians Reply to Questions Declaring Belief in Futility of Prohibition. PROVO, Utah, April 17.—More than four-fifths of the members of the P’rot estant Episcopal Church of Utah be- | lieve the prohibition amendment can- not he successfully enforced. This is revealed by a questlonnaire survey made_under the direction of Archdea con William F. Bulkley. local pastor and Utah diocese social service com mission secretary. S nty-seven per cent of the men and 723, per cent of the women think the Volstead act cannot be fully while 68 per cent of the and 67 per cent of the women favor modification by legalizing light wine and beer. The survey indicates a majority of the members favor entrance of the United States into the World Court. CHANGE IN PARKING RULES CONSIDERED Return to Parallel System and Abolition of Rush-hour Ban Studied by Officials. Abolition of the rush-hour par restriction in the downtown congested |zone and the return to parallel park- | francs ing on streets where angle parking is now required were considered at a conference today between Traffic Di rector M. O. Eldridge and Chief of Police Edwin B. Hesse as one means of reducing arrests and improving traffic conditions The rush-hour parking restriction is one of the regulations which Maj. Hesse regards as unnece: suggested its elimination The police chief also parallel parking on all reets will not only be in the inter- est of safety, but will decrease the number of automobiles that can park in the congested zone, and at the same time cut down the number of potential overtime parkers. Mr. Eldridge returned to Washing ton this morning from Harrisburg and Baltimore, where he made a_compre- hensive study of the drivers’ permit systems in Maryland and Pennsy vania. Immediately he set to with Maj. Hesse to carry out the order of the Commissioners to determine if there are any superfluous traffic regu- lations in the District .code that can be eliminated. The Commissioners have requested these two officers to submit their rec- ommendations at the semi-weekly board meeting Tuesday morning. So far, however, no definite agreement has been reached between them as what their recommendations should contain. Holds Measure Useless. Maj. Hesse told Director Eldridge that he believed the rush-hour park- ing restriction now in force on F, G, H and other downtown streets could be stricken from the traffic code with- out interfering with the movement of traffic over these streets in the morn- ing and afternoon. At present park- ing is banned on_these streets be- tween 8:30 and 9:15 a.m. and from 4 to 6 p.m. Elimination of this restriction Maj. Hesse explained would have the de- sired effect of reducing the number of arrests for parking violations and give the banks an opportunity to transact considerably more business earlier in the morning. The police chief does not have figures showing the exact number of arrests mad 'FRENCH RUSH AD TOFALLING FRANC r i each. work | | Chairman Royal C. Johnson of South \pany with Representa- | tives Gibson of Vermont. Republican, jand Hayden of Arizona, Democrat, to | confer this afternoon with the major- lity and minority leaders of the House | for a ruling on” whether the veterans' or District committees should under- | take the inquiry. Reopens Shortly after Floor Fight. the veterans' com- e A {mittee meeting the Fenning row P ¥ ) broke out again on the floor of the House, when Representative Blanton, easants, Princes, Children joue. t, of Texas endeavored 1o o < ’ | put into the Congressional Record a | and Officials Contribute !certiicate from the auditor of the | | Supreme Court of the District show- i iz, he declared, that since 1917 Mr. Share to National Fund. enning has been paid in guard s ! ship cases for former service men of {all the wars a total of $98,909.18, and | that in some of these cases the per. 17.—The franc was | centage ran up to 12, 14, 18, 20, at 20.82 to the | 30, 46, and even as high as 50. This certificate was prevented from going into the Record by Chairman Snell of the rules committee, who ob- jected to granting unanimous consent. Mr. Blanton had emphasized that he By the Associated Press PARIS, April quoted this morning dollar. This new Jow record nonplussed | the French public, which by gifts of | jewelry and checks has heen re- spondinz to the appeals of Minister | would merely insert the certificate of Finance Peret and Marshall| without any argument or statement | Joffre, following the example of Pres- | of his own. ident Doumergue and Premier Briand | _ Besides Mr. Sneil, House Leader T f.';a':f‘:l::;"fzf;:!?'r‘;nfi""“"""” bl { and Representative Johnson of Wash- tn th . il - | ington, all Repubficans, were on their n the present circumstances 1o | feet reserving-the right to object and hesitation can be tolerated,” said | arguing against this matter going Marshal Joffre, quoting from his |into the Record. Mr. Blanton stated Marne battle order of 1914 upon | that this court certificate gave the suming the presidency of the na- | Percentage, the yvears and the amount tional committee which is inaugurat- | Fecelved iIn each case. He sld this s. 8 2 in| that the subject matter all ran back from persons in all walks of life. the | to 1903 and that in most of the cases gifts ranging from the Prince of | he received only 5 per cent. Monaco’s 50,000 franes to a peasant’s | S gold watch and chain ' e i Child Gives Up T |, “This is a certificate from the court hild Gives oy. [ 5 | | Mr. Blanton. telling exactly what he received,” said 1,000 " \hen M. contributions include francs from a pair of newly-weds | who were desirous of celebrating | | their happiness patriotically, 10,000 | came from the French Asso- The Johnson asked Mr. Blanton why this certificate should not be laid before the committee handling the Fenning investigation, Mr. Blanton replied, “Which one? a rom | 3 They are all balking.” He explained on Foot Ball Federation and one | that many members of the House are s wages was given by the em-|asking him for information on the of the prefecture of the Orne | pauns Bim_ for = tment. A Handtul of sotis: fromi | Looni0& charies ‘And *‘hg;m}:: (:E',s} n 2 child came to M. Peret with a | ! serawled note informing the minister = > | that she had decided to forego the | BRITISH MAY DEPOSE SPENDTHRIFT RAJAH | purchase of a long-sought toy in Mir Ali Accused of Causing Unrest order to help France. The president of the Paris Municipal Council sent in Indian State by Ex- travagances. le | | plo; | De (Continued on Page 1,00 fran and the councilors 500 | The committee, headed by Marshal | | Joffre, is non-partisan. It comprises | Cardinal Dubc Archbishop of Paris Dr. Blanc, a leading Protestant minis ter; Grand Rabbi Levi, Jules Cambon, the veteran diplomat; Admiral Lacaze and other leading men from every walk of life. A suggestion that American tourists henceforth be obliged to pay in gold francs instead of paper in view of the rate of exchange fs launched today in a leading article in the Paris Midi. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 17.—Closely follow ing the abdication in India of the Maharajah of Indore, because of his connection with Mumtaz Begum, a Nautch dancing girl, once a member 5f his household, another ruling Indian prince is_in trouble. He is Mir Ali Nawaz Kahn, ruler of the state of | Khairpur, a small native state in the Sindh region. The brand of moral turpitude alleged against Mir Al, who rules over a population of about 220, Demands Situation Remedy. The author, Maurice de Waleffe, who, for a long time, has been con- ducting an anti-American campaign, headlines his leader: “The Invasion of | 000, is different from that of the Ma- the Dollar,” with the subhead, “An |harajah of Indore. Intolerable Situation—and a Remedy.” | According to a dispatch to the Dafly With the franc at 16 centimes, M. |Mail from Bombay it consists of in- de Waleffe argues, France is given [sensate and wanton extravagance, over to a foreign invasion. Pointing |Which has brought his state to the to the rapid fluctuation in the franc, |verge of bankruptecy and produced with new low records frequently estab: | much unrest among his subjects. lished, he adds: The Bombay government, which is “Who said we repulsed the invader |the controlling power under the im- in 19187 Perhaps it was the German |perial government, is considering the invader, but not the American or Eng- |question of deposing Mir Ali, who is lish. The latter has only changed its |alleged to have appropriated all of the costume. He was in khaki; he has re-|state revenues to his ~wn usT. turned in tourist’s costume and dinner | _ Mir Ali succeeded his' qher in 1921. jacket. He has laid down the rifle for | He made a tour of Europe in 1911. ::e tnrktm_u he_continues to live on . o “During POLISH OFFICER SLAIN ON LITHUANIAN SOIL “During the war, at least, he paid League Secretariat Is Informed of for what he bought: now he throws us 3 sous for 20, and people still tell Another “Incident” in Border Line Controversy. us we should continue to thank him By the Associated Pres humbly " GENEVA, April 17.—The League of " (Continued on Page 13, Column 4.) Describing the tourists as “devour- ing locusts.” the writer continues: Nations secretariat today received an official report of another incident on Northern New York and New England Swept by Record-Breaking Blizzard By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 17.—Maine and the northern parts of Vermont, New Hampshire and New York today were digging from under a snow blanket left by a blizzard that established a new record for the tenacity of Winter in the section. The storm came as the climax of several days of near- zero weather, and oldest inhabitants are searching their memories for a precedent to match the exchange of roles between January and Midapril. In some places in Vermont drifts are piled five feet deep. News of two deaths for which the storm were Indirectly responsible came “Then the Riviera became an Anglo-American colony that annoyed only the Riviera inhabitants, but all Parisians cannot turn into hotel keep- ers, and if they be reduced to feed- ing themselves on foreigners’ left (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) the Polish-Lithuanian _border. The communication, from the Lithuanian government, said a Polish lieutenant who crossed the border had been shot dead by a Lithuan‘an sentinel. It adds ed than an inquir2 is under way. The secretariat forwarded the com- munication to the Polish government and the members of the league coun- cil. This is the second incident re- cently along the frontler, and fear is expressed that if the boundary line not definitely fixed there will be fur. ther trouble. from the Canadian border of Maine. At Rockwood station two men boiling maple sap were crushed when the snow-laden roof of a sugar house collapsed. In the Adirondacks three inches of snow piled in drifts. One lone sign of Spring came with the storm reports, while Auburn, N. Y., was shivering with the unseason- able cold, the ice in Owasco Lake staged its annual mysterious disap- pearance. Thursday evening the lake was frozen solid. Friday morning there was no trace of the ice. Indian Uruguay Accepts Loan Terms. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, April 17 (®).—Parliament sanctioned yesterday the 91.53 bid made by Hallgarten & Co., New York bankers, for a $30,000,- 000 loan to the Uruguayan govern- ment. The issue will bear 6 per cent legend tells of a huge underground |interest and may be raised by an ad- channel through which the ice leaves | ditional loan of $15,000,000 if the ne- suddenly at the beginning of Spring. ' cessity should arise. A