Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1926, Page 2

2 ARBITRATION URGED 10 PROMOTE PEACE Conference on Cause and Cure of War Considers U. S Mexican Affairs. Arbitration as a means of promot- ing peace was considered today by} the second Conference on the Cause ! and Cure of War, which will employ | its_information in the creation of a definite program for world peace to he presented to the conference for ap- ! proval at the closing session Friday. It will then be referred back to the nine national women's organizations | sponsoring the conference, for sepa- rate adoption and practical further- ance, H Speakers the session this! morning-—James G. MacDonald. chalr- man execut committee. Foreign Policy Association, and Den; P. Myers, librarian World Peace Foun- dation—agreed that the United States is relatively backward in promoting arbitration and that the ultimate solution must come through study and action by the people themselves. The Senate is the key to realizing | any degree of what the rest of the world accepts as progress in arbitra- tion, declared Mr. Myers. “Characters Like Dickens.” “American foreign relations | conducted by a firm akin to the| characters of Dickens.” he said. “The President and his diplomatic officers meet the agents of other countries and reach agreements with them on a level of equality, fairly defending the national interesis and courteously striving for mutual satisfaction. The conduct of public business breeds respect and understanding on both | sides, and espec y impels the ex- mination of underlying principles. The Senate takes the product of the President and his advisers into the north end of the Capitol, where no representative of the other country or countries ever comes except to listen silently from a gallery. “To read the Congressional Record is perhaps to understand why the diplomatic gallery i practically always empty. The Senate in this hack-stage position does not and can- not address itself to the other party or cven the merits of the document in many cases. It addresses itself to its constituents, with whom every Sena- tor desires to make a convincing rec- ord. Too many Senators postulate | dangers, unperceived by the better- informed President and Secretary of State, in order to convince their con- &tituents that they are statesmen. Moreover, constituents get a vicarious | satistaction in being saved from the | ional death—on paper. H he United Stat not adopted ! iited arbitration because treaties dv" not go through the Senate. If you like the story, you have no complaint. 1t u do not like it, do not blame the enators. They a Senators only be- ciuge people elect them. 1If, to par: phrase Lincoln, they are the kind of Senators people like, why that is the | kind we have. Given the voting and part, ystems we use, the Senate is probabl ir spmple of what people want or are induced to think they | want. If that is true, the problem 18 to make the people want what is right and proper in arbitration.” | Situation With Mexico. 3 Mr. MacDonald referred to the pres- ent situation between Mexico and the | United States and declared that the | treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo, in 1848, between the two countries contained An arbitral provision which if applied now ought fo be the means of settling amicably the outstanding differences between the two governments. Just prior to Mr. MacDonald’s ad- dress Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, gen eral chafrman of the conference, pre- sented a plan to send a representative delegation to Mexico on December 29. Action on this proposal will be taken probably at the final xession Frida leaders ‘intimated. and further consi eration will he given to the Mexican fituation on Thursday morning, when Carleton Beals, former principal of the American High School, Mexico y: are Heat Wave Drives Argentines Into Cold Drink Cafes| By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, December 7.— While some =ections of the United States are suffering from snow and extreme cold, the capital of Argen- tina is broiling under a heat wave. The thermometer is stationary around 95 degrees Fahrenbeit and there have been several cases of sunstroke. 'he population of Buenos Aires vesterday drank many thousands of gallons of water. Soda water fountains and bars were thronged with thirsty souls clamoring for soda, ice-cold beer, ice cream and the like. are {n the matter of sea commérce, the use of this canal, or port toll and the hundred and one questions that come up. We intend to act purely defensively. All we ask is the right to be the judge in that dispute between us and to possess such preponderance of power over you 28 to make it im- possible for you to resist the execution of our judgment.’ “Should we accept that solution if it were demanded by foreigners? We sohuld resist it as a monstrous viola- tion of right—that the party to a dis- pute should also he its judge. We should point out, very truly, that all claims to good will and fair-minded- | ness were irrelevant, since the clajm- | ant was himself the judge dn that very point also. “The question which the friends of disarmament have to answer is whether we can expect disarmament to go very far unless we lay at least the foundations of an international society and have the theory at least in prospective by general consent to submit disputes to this party judg- ment. “We can only get peace hased on order and justice, between the nations as we have got peace within the na- n itself—hy creating institutions | heir maintenance. Laws. courts. tures, police are burdensome things, but they are the price of civili- | zation. We could not keep peace! without them. The idea that if only | each citizen just attended to his own business we would not need them is an oversimplification of the problem of soclety. It is just as much an oversimpiification to suppose that we shall ereate an orderly international society, which is the problem of peace, if each nation just leaves the problem alone and does nothing about it. “W shall not win our salvation as cheaply as that.” Mrs. John D. Sherman, president of the General Kederation of Women's Clubs, presided. The conference will take up the problem of arbitration to- day, and the night session will take the form of a round-table d(scusmn.l which will deal with problems of se- curity, economic values, arbitration and disarmament. COLORED CATHOLICS GRATEFUL TO POPE Resolutions Adopted Expressing Thanks for Encyclical on Behalf of Native Clergy. Gratitude of the Federated Colored Catholics of the United States for the | Pope’s encyclical on behalf of native cle was expressed in resolutions adopted at the end of a two-day con- vention held by the organization here Sunday and vesterday. The express slon of thanks also contained renewed fealty and devotion to the head of the Catholic Chureh. The organization extended thanks to Archbishop Curley of Baltimore, to the Society of the Divine Word. to Bishop Gallagher of Detroit. and Archhighop McNichols of Cincinnati for their work in assisting the Car- dinal bons Institute and their in- terest in the development of negro clergy. An editorial board was appointed vesterday for gathering data and dis- seminating publicity on the purposes of the organization. This also was the City, will speak on the policy of the United States toward Mexico and the | Mexican attitude toward the United | States i A twoday study of the general for- | eizn policy of the United States and | the foreign policies of this country | oward specific nations will begin to-| mor W morning. a | i Hope for Disarmament. i Speaker Ast night. a United Stat Representative and an Enzlish pub. . took up the general subject of progr international disarma- ment, both expressing the hope that some sort of an international court will be definitely and permanently es. | tablished X Representative ton, member ve Theodore I Bur | of the House committee | on foreign affairs, stated that on the | whole the attitude of the United States has been favorable toward dis. | armament and constructive in that be half, and Norman Angell. English | publicist and lecturer. pointed out i | organization of a real international | society I8 essential before any disarm- | ament project can be accomplished, and advocated an international insti tution for peace among nations. After tracing the history of partial disarmament policies of this Naton, all of them with the proviso of a rela- tive standing in militury strength, Representative Burton discussed aif ferences of opinion arising at the | Geneva conference. and ed that “notwithstanding the idealistic views of many who favor disarmament. frre spective of the action of other nations, this view has not met with acceptance. and in the very nature of the ca cannot be, hecause if one nation were to disarm. irrespective of the aetion of the others. it would he at the mer of those who refuse to join in the| movement.” Poisonous gas should be | restricted for defense purposes only, he said, and denied the idea that the use of poisonous gas in uggrrs:«x\'nl warfare is “humane.’ Favors Court Adherence. The whole question of disarmament Is interwoven with the movement for the amicable settlement of interna-| tional controversies, he said. The United as taken a leadjng part in movements looking toward arbitra- tion, Mr. Burton added. and declared that T stand here to steadfastly ad- vocate the adherence of the United States to the World Court.” Mr. Angell pointed out that military and political problems are not neces- wrily separate factors, and explained hat the term “defense” may mean defense o_ national interest as well as the mere protection of any specific bit of territory. America. for example. he said, has Jought several wars, but 1il of them have arisen out of disputes 2% to the country’s rights in the world rather than on account of territorial invasion. So long as defense means being our own judgze of our own rights in our differences with foreigners, war will be inevitable,” he stated, “for the simple reason that it means asserting for ourselves a right which, by its very terms, we deny to others. “The fact that defense means really the assertion of the right to be our own judge in disputes compels us to 2handon another fundamental assump- tion all but universal in this discus- sion. It is assumed that if a nation’s armaments are honestly and genuinely “detensive,’ they any one. Let us see. A foreizn netion savs to us, ‘We Liffer as to what out respective rights cannot threaten { president, | ing and for many years a resident of | theme of a_ paper read by Rev. John La Farge. Victor Daniel, president of the: Cardinal Gibbons Institute, was appointed chairman of the editorial board. A drive was authorized for $30,000 to build a new girls’ dormitory at the institute. i The delegates yesterday visited Walter Reed Hospital, the Soldiers’ Home and the Franciscan Monastery. he convention next year will be held September 4 in New York City. The new officers elected were: Thomas W. Turner. Hampton Insti. tute, president; W. J. Reid of Colum.| bus, Elmer Anderson of New York, Joseph Wilkinson of St. Louis and Frank L. Mitchell of Brooklyn, vice | W. A. Prater, field agent and organizer; H. M. Smith, secretary; Caroline Cook of Baltimore, treasurer A. R. Feliciano of Detroit, recorder and Peter M. Quander, sergeant-at:| arms. | MRS. BROWNING DEAD. Mason Browning. old, widow of Livingston Brown- | thig city, died at the home of her son, Rev. Robert Evans Browning, in Bal- timore today a‘ter a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Dr. War- wick Evans, who was a practicing an in this eity for more than Through her mother she was related to the Washington and Mason families of Virginia. She is survived hy three sons, Rev. Mr. Browning of Baltimore, William L. Browning of this city and Dr. An- drew J. Browning of Portland, Ore.: a_daughter, Mrs. Frederick W. Payne of Berkeley, Calif., and 15 grandchil- dren. Funeral arrangements will be made soon as word is received from her son and daughter in the West. In- terment will be at her late home “Mel- rose,” near Riverdale, Md. | Today in Congress SENATE. Reading of the President’s message occupied the early part of today's session. Walsh resolution seeking an inquiry into charges made against Senator Gould of Maine in the recent election is scheduled to come up during the afternoon. Many new bills were introduced in the Senate and referred to appro- priate committees, HOUSE. The President’s annual niessage was read by Willlam Tyler Page, clerk of the House. Resolutions on death of former Speaker Cannon adopted, providing for memorial services, and House adjourned out of respect to his | memory. | Subcommittee on naval appropria- | tions continued in execytive session drafting a bill for support of the Navy and department during the coming fiscal year. Post Office committee in executive sessfon considering many bills which have heen offered. Immigration and reclamation com- mittee in executive session on Colo- rado River project. . Judiciary committee in executive sexsion on contractors bill, | beseiged force were wounded before | thir iwould be mailed { mail already Lamond grade crossing done away with as B. & 0. tracks were swung across viaduct foday. Upper: Moving connecting link of bridgework into place. Lower: How completed looks. structure TWO DIE AS POLICE BATTLE ALIEN GANG Two Others Wounded as Gasl Bombs Rout Besieged in: P Freight Cars. | By the Associated Press, | CHICAGO, December Police and posses from a dozen West Side suburbs participated in an attack with gas bombs and guns on the freight ear stronghold of foreign track workers in a desolate railroad| vard early today after two men, in- cluding a policeman, had heen slain in a preliminary skirmish. The dead are Policeman Lyman J. Stahl, 28, of Melrose Park, a suburh, and an unidentified railroad worker, said by police to he of Mexican ex- traction. Policeman Charles Kol- wintz and a third member of the the marauders crawled from filled cars and were captured. Cars Used as Homes. The scene of the fight is in an solated area a mile and a half west of Melrose Park, in the provision township railroad yards. A settle- ment of foreign workers used seven freight cars on a siding as homes. Iirst news of the trouble came in an alarm_over the telephone to the Melrose Park station that a woman had been assaulted by a group of intoxicated men in the vicinity oliceman Stahl and his partner, Kolwintz. sped to the scene in a police car. As they moved toward the camp a volley of pistol shots was directed at them. The siugs came from two freight cars standing apart from the other five. Stahl's body was riddled by lead and he fell, mortally wounded. Two men ran toward the policeman waving smoking pistols. Brings Down Foes. Kolwintz dropped one of them, but was himself wounded by the other. The officer dropped to the ground and emptied his pistol at the other attacker, killing him The barrage of shots aroused the neighborhood and as the word was relayed from suburb to suburb, rein- forcements began to arrive in numbers. Three squads of Chicago detec- tives, armed with tear gas bombs and shotgung, aided in the assault, which resulted in the capture of about ¢-three men and one woman. gas- ASKS EARLY MAILING OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS Postmaster Mooney Appeals to Shoppers to Quickly Complete Shipments to Distant Points. Tostmaster W. M. Mooney today ap- pealed to Washington shoppers to complete their list of presents to be shipped to distant points so that all during the current week. The full Christmas flood will begin to descend upon the post office next week, Mr. Mooney said, and he is anxious to relieve the strain as much as possible. The “last call” for certain types of approaching, he added. Packages destined for Europe must be in the post office not later than De- cember 14. A single week remains for malling packages to California and other Pacific Coast points, if they are to reach their destinations by Christ- mas. ' “Why wait until the last minute?"’ Mr. Mooney asked. “All the world recognizes and honors the ‘not-tn-he- opened-until-Christmas’ sign now.” Mr. Mooney highly praised Wash- ington merchants for putting _their complete Christmas stocks on the counters earlier than usual this year. He predicted that it would result in a much more orderly Yule season. PURCHASE OF LAND NORTH OF AVENUE URGED BY BRUCE (Continued from First Page.) tee will hold its first meeting a week from * tomorrow, specifically to con- sider a bill with regard to a post office site in_Pennsylvania, but at that time several members of the committee in- tend to start a discussion in favor of prompt action on the Mellon plan to purchase the entire triangle now. Senator Bruce's bill will co-ordi- nate plans for the improvement of the area. hetween the Capitol and the White House along Pennsylvania ave- nue. The proposal of the Public Buildings fon to take in_ the triangle erection of new Feders ings within the next few years would remove the many small and unpreten- tious shops that flank Peunsylvania avenue, and the strip on the north side, which Senator Bruce wants the Government to buy, also is lined with small buildings that he believes would e out of harmony with the program for the future beautification of Wash- ington. It is understood that the area: on the north side in Senator Bruce's proposal would call for about $1,- 000,000. Senator Bruce was the au- thor of the amendment to the public building act at the last session, stipu- lating that new Government buildings be placed between Pennsylvania and Maryland avenues, with the exception of a home for the United States Su- preme Court, which is to face the east front of the Capitol, and the enlarge- ment of the Government Printing Of- fice. Senator Bruce sald today that he might at some later time urge the ac- quisition of other squares on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue. Provides for Deeds Office. The draft of the bill authorizing the acquisition of the Southern Rail- way Building. at Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, to provide additional ‘accommodations for the :ramped municipal activities, contains 1 specific provision for the location of the office of the recorder of deeds in this bullding. A letter of transmittal accompany- ing the bill_explained that the Com- missioners Would prefer to acquire property immediately south of the present District Builidng for an addi- tion and included an item of $750,000 for its purchase in the budgetary es- timates for the next fiscal year. “The present plan of the Public Buildings Commission contemplates psing this area for a Federal-Govern- ment building,” said the letter, “and unless the commission is willing to change that plan so that the square may be acquired by the District of Columbia, it will be necessary for the District th acquire some other site. The Southern Railway Bullding ap- pears to he the next best proposition.” The Commissioners pointed out that additional space is urgently needed to relieve serious congestion in the District Building and to pro- vide suitable quarters for the re- corder of deeds and other municipal activities. The bill would authorize the Commissioners to acquire by pur- chase or by condemnation the South- ern Railway property, which now has a total assessed valuation of $1,583,- $05. The proposed assessment for next vear is $1,749.240. In connection with the approval of the bill for purchase of the Southern Railway Building, the Commissioners announced appointment of a commit- tee to study rehousing of the activi- ties of the District now located in Six Survivors of Crew of 12 Rescued After Drifting 3 Months in South Seas By the Associated Prees. MANILA, December 7.—After drift- ing in a disabled motor boat for more than three months in the south seas, six young sailors from Celebes Island. a_British possession south of here, | were brought to Manila today aboard the steamer Shurruca following their | rescue off the coast of Mindanao Island. Originally a party of Celebes last July for the neighboring | island of Siuaw to sell_merchandise and take gifts to a couple flmm to be they left | married here. On the return trip the engine broke down and a heavy gale blew them far off their course. The food supply dwindled until nothing was left but rice. This diet failed to sustain six of the men, who died about Noyember 1. After drifting from July 25 to No- vember 16, the six survivors were picked up by am interisland steamer off the coast of;Mindanao and taken to Suriagao, the northernmost 1ip of the island, froj where they em- barked for Manil the triangular area south of Pennsy vania avenue which will be taken over by the Federal Government for its proposed new buildings. The com- mittee was instructed to submit a report with recommendations. District activities located in this area include the Traffic Bureau, at 1414 Pennsylvania avenue; the House of Detention, at Fifteenth street and Ohio avenue: the first precinct police station, at 316 Twelfth street; No. 3 fire truck company, at Fourteenth street and Ohio avenue; No. 16 fire engine company, on D street near Twelfth street; the Central Garage, at 1316 D street; the Health Depart- ment _clinic, at 409 Fifteenth street, and the District Employment Bureau, at_1410 Pennsylvania avenue. The committee is composed of MaJj. Kdwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police; George Watson, chief en- gineer of the Fire Department; Tax Assessor Willidm P. Richards, Audi- tor Daniel J. Donovan and Albert L. Harris, the municipal architect. ‘Will Study Transportation. Another angle of Washington's huge building program today when preparations were started by the Public Utllities Commisison for a conference between representatives of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Public Bullding Commissjon and the trans- portation systems to consider the transportation problem that will in- evitably arise when the proposed new Federal buildings are opened in the triangular area lying south of Penn- sylvania avenue. The commission helieves that the concentration of the Government buildings in one area undoubted will change the transportation prob- lem of the city and that it should be solved In advance of the construction of these buildings. Those who will be invited to the conference are Lieut. Col. U. §. Grant, 3d, director of the office of public buildings and parks; Maj. Carey H. Brown, his assistant; James E. Wet- more, supervising architect of the Treasury; Harland _ Bartholomew, transportation expert from the park and planning commission; John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Trac- tion Company: William F. Ham, presi- dent of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., and E. D. Merrill, presi- dent of the Washington Rapid Tran- sit Company. = e RAIN AND WARMER - WEATHER IS DUE (Continued {rom First Page) temperatures and snowfall. Ice blockades threaten to up lake and river shipping for the Winter. There were 12 dead in New Eng- jand, while New York recorded three and New Jersey one. Considerable suffering was also reported. The larger cities spent thousands of dollars for the removal of snow, which in places reached a depth of 12 inches. Rail and automobile traffic |was rapidly approaching normal, however. Fourteen steamers were ice-bound in the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, seven vessels were wrecked off Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and fish ing and harge fleets in several ports were badly crippled. At Lockport. Y. an ice jam blocked canal gates and held up west- bound barges, probably the last fleet of the season, until a tug succeeded |in breaking through. At Whitehall, |near Albany, 26 boats bound south from Lake Champlain were ice-locked and 40 other craft were tied up at { various points along the Barge Canal. A passageway was broken through, but rather than risk being frozen in {the canal, skippers had their craft towed back into the harbor in Lake | Champlain. The port of Bangor, Me., was offi- cially closed and ferry service from | Bangor to Brewer suspended for the | Winter. Moosehead lLake, Me. was | closed to navigation, also. ‘The Cana dian schooner A. F. Davidson has been ahandoned by her crew in the | Bay of Fundy, while at Islesford, Me., the three-masted schooner Emile F. | Northam lay broadside on Cranberry | Isle after she broke adrift in a gale and smashed through a fleet of 22 fishing craft in the harbor. A new Coast Guard boat was carried along with the Northam, but not damaged. Old-time canal and lake men said that not for many years had the water- ways heen closed by ice so early in the Winter, ¥ | {the disaster. {d#neo of the ferocity of the blizzard received attention | NINELIVESLOST INATLANTIC STORM Eight Victims on One Vessel! Driven Ashore—$500,- 000 Damages. By the Associated Press. ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Decem- Eight lives were lost when the schooner Ella M. Rudolph was driven ashore at Brook Cove, near Catalina, during the height of a storm last night. Duke Blackwood, a =on of the owner of the vessel, managed to reach shore today and reported 13 OTHER SHIPS ASHORE. Blizzard Drives Big Liner Into Hali- fax Harbor. HALIFAX, December 7 (#).—Litter- ing the shores of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick today was the wreckage of 10 freight and fishing schooners and of three small steamers, mute evi which has been sweeping the coast for more than 24 hours. Mountainous sea, worked havoe among the small craft and coated large vessels with ice and held them outside their ports of call. Only one death was reported. The damage to shipping was estimated at $500,000. ’ Lighthouse Swept Awa) l ‘Waves near Lunenberg swept away | a small lighthouse. The Cunard liner i Antonia, with 3500 passengers on Dboard, at last reports was lving off Halifax waiting for the weather to moderate to come into port. The Pennland, bound from New York for Europe, managed to make harbor here. The vessel resembled %n ice- berg, due to the spray from the waves freezing as it envelopd her. The New York tug Western. which xrounded near Shelhonrne a week { ago, disappeared in the storm. She bad 2,000 cases of liquor aboard "Ehe British steamer Hilleroft was drifting 300 miles off Newfoundland, whh no coal. All the woodwork had been used for fuel. The Dutch steamer Stolwich, in balMast, threw the Hilicroft a line”in an endeavor to tow her. The cable parted, and the Stolwich disappeared in the\ storm. The liner United States reported that she had in tow the schooner Bessie Fowler, which she was pilot- ing toward land. The liner by wire. less requested that she he relieved 1of her tow. FLEET CAUGHT IN ICE | STARTS MOVEMENT AS | . TEMPERATURE RISES (Continued from First Page.) | - jand fuel, joining the fleet of 22 moored temporarily at Mocal docks, while the { remainder proceeded to Lake Superior, { where more difficulties may await { them in the viciniy of Round Island. H Cutter Is Damaged. A steel Government cutter assisting the Sainte Marie sustained a badly | damaged prow and a crumpled propel- ler while bucking the blockade ves- jterday. She will attempt to make port here for repairs. The work of rescue is proving a se- vere strain on the ice breakers as well as their crews. After pRIEINg away {at their task for several davs all the ships are sadly battered by the numer- ous charges against formations which jar them from stem to stern. On sev- eral occasions hoats have left the water entirely in their charges and | slid up and over the ice until perched | high and dry. On those occagions it | has been necessary for tugs to pull them back into the water. 5 The crews of the marooned ships ( are standing by and keeping up full steam for an occasional lurch and strain against thelr shackles. The men are kept in readiness to man the hoats at & moment’s notice should the elements make for a break of the jam. Other Ships Halted. The continual churning of the im- prisoned hoats, lake engineers believe, will assist in a break-up should the rescue fleet crush the main barriers or a change to warmer weather make in- roads in the ice, ‘While the rescue work went on shipping officials were broadcasting orders to Soo-bound boats to turn back and winter at avaflable ports. The premature arrival of Winter which froze the St. Mary's is believed to have put an end to all lake naviga tion for the season. Owners of scores of vessels en route to home ports, both Canadian and the United States, have been ordered not to attempt to pass the Soo, even should the block ade be temporarily cleared. Several Canadian ships put hack for Lake St. Clair and will winter off Detroit, while a number of others, downbound, will find herths on Cana- adian shores. Every man has some kind of re- ligion, and perhaps no two people think exactly altke about it. It is worth while for all men to find out where they stand in their religious convictions, whether they, traveling one road, stand alone in some of their fundamental convictions, or whether others traveling the same or different roads have arrived at the same or other conclusions. The results of the questionnaire be- ing printed this week by The Star un- doubtedly will be very illuminating to those interested in the religious life of Washington. WIill these answers show us that we have much in com- mon in matters of religion, or will QUESTION ve in yer as with Godfw 4. Do you believe tl was_divine? Do ‘au regard the of Jesus was 6. Are you an active member of 8. Would you be will community in which th 12. Do you think that element of life for the iudividual THE QUESTIONNAIRE 2. Do_you believe in_immortality? Bible as inspired in a sense that no er literature could he said to be insp ? Kidnaped Dry Office from a crude gr i | . B. MATTHEWS. ELUSIVELIQUOR SHIP REGAPTURED Members of Prohibition Crew Retake Schooner After Be- ing Made Prisoners. | By the Associated P NEW ORLEANS, Captors and captured in turn December = the French rum schooner Arsene .. | prohibition | | | | J. B. Mathews, assistant administrator of the Gulf zone, and Petty Officer Handley today were once more in charge of the elusive liguor running crew which for a week had defied the united pursuit of Govern ment vessels and merchantmen The ship lay at anchor in Puerto, Mexico, where a customs officer had custody. Further word from Mathews was awalted regarding the adventures | of the Federal men and the crew who fought a duel of wits which involved | the aid of the elements and the re sources of the United States Govern ment and foreign agenci The only information lable to- | day was a brief cablegram dispatched by Mathews from the Mexican port, in | which he reported that the ship was in custody and that he and Handley were safe. A week ago Government forces took over the schooner in the Gulf of Mex ico, near the month of the Mississippi. Mathews and Handley were sent aboard to guard the cargo of 10,000 | gallons of liquors and alcohol As the Arsene J. was heing towed to New Orleans a gale arose and the | rum ship was ordered to drop anchor while Government vessels proceeded | to Port Eads to refuel. When the Coast Guard vessels re. turned, the rum ship was missing. AMERICAN. KILLS WIFE AND SELF IN PARIS| William Howell Payne of Ameri- can Colony Also Slays Governess With Pistol. | Wisconsin Coroner’s | rving her hetor | marria [ e 1A | Luthe English By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 7. Payne, an American resident of is, today shot and killed his wife and a governess and then committed suicide. Mr. Payne shot his wife first and | then turned the revolver on the gov- rness, Mile. Adrienne Henry. = All three were dead when the police ar- rived. The Paynes have lived in an apart- ment on the Avenue des Champs Ely- sees for a number of years. lle was a | member of the St.” Cloud Country Club and the Travelers' Club. Mr. Payne and his wife were both ahout 60 vears old. After an investi- gation police said that Mr. Payne re- cently suffered an attack of .neuras- William How- ell | imposed thenia. RUM CHARGES DROPPED. | SEReNE | Alabama Governor and 8 Others| Freed When One Pleads Guilty. | BAY MINETTE, Ala., December 7 | (#).—Charges of violating the prohibi- | tion law against Gov. W. W. Brando seven of his friends and a negro se nt were nolle prossed in County | Court here yesterday, after .Jack Daniels of Birmingham, the eighth member of the Governor's party taken | in a raid on a fishing camp, where he was a guest, had pleaded guilty to ownership of 13 quarts of whiskey seized in the camp. i YOUR RELIGION What Do You Believe? they reveal a great diversity of opin- fon? The answers will give us a com- posite picture of mme of the most im- portant phases of life im our city. In order to get the hest results, it | will be necessary to have a fairly large number of “hallats.”” We there- fore urge all of our readers to vote and to induce their friends to vote— but to vote only once! The answers must be confined to “yes” or “no,” in order to make pos sible an accurate tabulation of all the | votes cast. Any other notation will compel us to throw out the ballot. Fill out the blank a it to the Chursh Hditor of The It is not necessary to s means of personal rels- divine as no other man | ired? i any church? | 7. Do _you regu attend any religious services? g to have your fami is no_church' ly grow up in & | | turbation. form is a necessary and for community? SLAIN GIRL BURIED AS BOY IS SOUGHT Jury Holds Student Deliberate- ly Plotted Death. By the Assacia PRATRI cember bLeen placed college sty as its part Olson’s death Clara’s body, r d Press, DU CHIEN, Wis. De- harge of murder has dman Olson, missing by a coronet’s the drama of nt in Clara rovered last weel ve in the hills, will burfal today in rd of southwestern Wis ceive Christian little church onsin. Erdman, Clar 18-year-old sweetheart of ra, who was four vears his senior was accused vest jury concluded that erately plotted her ¢ from her home on & shie Letter Outlined Plans. The evi featured by ter nd body was man to - of ma wesmne @ mother at the ingque introductior tlin and . instruct meet him the night of Sept He told her to “hring all the m. you ean if you want to m. trip of it.” warned her to burn letters and eautioned her that “it 1 do not do vour chanee w shot and | he a searce hubby.” Claru, s 1 say might testimony indjeated, obeved him to the letter Erdumn's whereghio ‘n known since Sep he quit his studies and fled W after « visited him Wl dems where the girl could S father to k mple Fu meed of comf his daughter Olson, gathered his three sons vl Finding ability to give bhuvial, Christ him today his wife his five surviving daughters. Through the snow which across the roads relatives bors came from over the co in sleds and motor cars. I were upon the coftin houses flourish in the v munity near the Olson farm. but the family laid a wreath upon the hier nd several neighbors sent flor Aple ice_at the hom ‘elock the family portunity fe gathering ahont he casket 1 miles awa public funeral was held in the Ut an Church, with a sermon \d another in Norwesia arif no 1dless oo MARIE MAY GOVERN AS REGENT DURING KING'S INCAPACITY (ontinued from Kirst Page.) perso and ambition could nevew submit to a secondary rule. The Queen has shown that she has great influence in Rumania, and her hast return means the opening of her cam. paign to thwart Bratiano and others | Who desire to eliminate her from the situation. Queen's Power Is Fac Jon Bratiano, former nier. rushe ed the regency act through parliament and changed the constitution after Prince Carol was eliminated and e pelled. At the moment, Bratian who is leader of the Liberals, ia in coalition with Premier Averescu, leader of Popular Party. Averescu, Kowever, is chafing under the restraint by alition and it will way, especial possible, to himself with Queen if able arfe. t the ment ence must be considered. real struggle begin with and Averescu on one side Bratiano brothers on the other, will_likely the Queen's influs Should the Queen and the thera PEOPLE UNEASY. Not Allay About King. December 7 () tending surgeons ass med on ions BUCHAREST Although the zert that the operation perfe King Ferdinand by the French tmann, was a minor failed to allay public unt . Ha this has easiness ven the gnnouncement after i family council, composed of Quecit Marie and her daughters and Prince Nicholas, that Ferdinand's conditior did not warrant the return home off the wayward former Crown Prince Carol, has not eased the minds of the % ’ | people. information given by the doctors is that the operat was the common treatment for he rhoids. Some weeks ago it w ted that the ailment of Ferdinand had been diagnosed as recto-sigmoiditis, or inflamation of the lower section of the large intestine. Fatal Disease Hinted. recent dispatch from Belgrad )slavia, said reports received ther from Bucharest Were the effect that the disease of the monarch was that s condition was The official ot s st cancer, and ctors remained in palace throughout last night. Dur the evening report from the bedsid a Ferdinand was “doing as well a the | could be expected for a man of h age, whose physique is*enfeebled b; long illness. The latest reports this morning sail the King was rallying well from the effects of the operation. There is feeling among the populace, howeve: that while the medical bulletins true as far as they go, they do n tell ali; that it is not stated in the bulletins that the operaticrn, ihe s ond of ine kind the King has under- gone in a year, was a slight one cause the patient was unable to stand a severer one which would go to the | root of his ailment. Ferdinand is loved and respected b all classes of the populace, and hi4 fllness is thelr sole preoccupation. There are no signs of political per- Reports from Vienna and Berlin that former Crown Princo Carol has some idea of starting a movement in Rumania are not taken seriously here. Carol hax a certaln number of suj- porters in the urmy, but Premier Averescu has taken what he deeis the necessary precautions agalnst coup. Outside the urmy Carol appears to be thoroughly discredited and r garded with something akin to con tempt. In any case it is not believed Carol will attempt anything while his father is living. Those close to him maintain that never at any time will he do a. thing to fnjure the interests of the country. Carol has given an underd taking not to enter Rumania without permission for 10 years. BAND CONCERT. TONIGHT. By the United States Marine Band, at Marine Barracks, 8:15 o'clock, Wil- i 1. Santelmann, leader; Tnylor' . Branson, second leader.