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it U ASKED TOAD ‘NCARAGUAN ARNY War Department Considers Suggestion That Americans Help Train Troops. By the Associated Press. A suggestion ths n American mili- tary mission be sent to Nidaragu® 10 ald Managua authorities in instruc- tion work of their my is under con sideration at the War Dep: Tentative inquiries whether w terials of various kinds might be pro- cured by the in the United States also have received here. Special licens been would ! n government | be necessary for such exportations, as | an embargo is in effect on arms ship ments to Central America. Information available here ind that the T zovernment of Nicaa ragua, which »een recognized Ly the United States, in no immediate danger of being ov: hrown by the Sacasa revolution. Whether it could maintain itself unaided in a prolonged struggle, in which the Sacasa faction was recelving assistance from outside sources, is another question with which the Washington authorities mdy have to deal. So far as can be learned, the direct employment of American naval other forces for any other purpe than to protect American lives and property in Nicaragua has not been It was said today at tate Department that Rear Ad- miral Latimer’s departure f raguan waters today from Pa was on his own volition, his standing instructions being to safeguard Ameri- can lives and property in the event of serious hostilities. WOMAN AND DAUGHTER ASK PRISON RELEASE Plea Made for Pardon by Couple ‘Who Held up and Robbed Bank. By the Associated Press. SIOUX FALLS, S. Dak., December 21.—Contending that a year in the penitentiary has heen sufficient pun- ishment, applications for pardons have been made by Mrs. Katherine Rogers and_her daughter, Zera Crumb, who, on November 27, 1925, held up and robbed the First State Bank of Renner. They were sentenced to serve three years. Mrs. Rogers' application contends that she was insane at the time of the Tobbery, to such extent that she was incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong. The daughter states that through fear for the safety of her mother she accompanied her and took part in the robbery. SHADOW OF DOUBT CAST ON “MISSING LINK” SKULL Relic Unearthed by Dutch Scientist Suspected as Fragment of Pre- historic Elephant’s Leg. By the Associated Press. AMSTERDAM, December 21.—The “missing link” skull which was re- ported to have been discovered at Trinil, Java, in September by the Dutch professor, Dr. C. J. E. Heber- 1&in, may not be a skull after all. . Prof. Eugene Dubois, who in 1892 unearthed part of an ape-man’s skull in the ' Trinil region, writes to the papers that recently received photo- {raph- of Prof. Heberlein's find lead im to believe that part of a leg bone of a stegodon (a prehistoric species of elaphant) has been mistaken for a skull. " Remains of these animals, he says, are often found in Java. - EX-KAISER’S AGENT. Former Aide-de-Camp to Superin- tend Hohenzollern Property BERLIN, December 21 (#).—The former German Emperor, who resides in Holland, has appointed Col. Von Kleist, once his aide-de-camp, succes- gor to the retiring administrator of the Hohenzollern properties, Herr Von Berg. The ex-Kaiser, in a letter to Von Berg, accepting the latter's resig- nation with regret, said that in recog- nition of past services and as a token of esteem, “I am pregenting you with my portrait in oil, by Prof. Schwarz.” He signed the missive “Your well dis- posed King, Wilhelm, Rex.” BAN ON FIREWORKS. BATAVIA, Java, December 21 (P). ~—Total prohibition of the sale and use of fireworks is one of the measures taken to counteract radical activities 4n consequence of the recent outbreak in the Dutch East Indies. This means the stoppage of an in- dustry which is chiefly in Chinese hands and involves several millions of dollars a year. Natives let off fireworks on every concetvable occasion 1o scare evil spirits, and the prohibition measure i8 designed to prevent them from bandling explosives of any kind. Today in Congress SENATE. Passage of the $60,000,000 rivers and harbors Dill by evening oxpected. ‘Vote due this afternoon on the amend. ment to buy the Cape Cod Canal, Interstate commerce committee post. poned action on nomination of Cyrus E. Woods for the Interstate Commerce Commission until January 6, when hearings' will be held Agriculture commitice held meeting on a dairy bill. Committee on Territories considered legislation for the Virgin Islands Commerca committee continued hearings on proposed sale of Shipping Board vessels. Public lands committee held execu- tive session to consider bills on the calendar. Conferees resumed deliberations on the divergent views of the Senate and House on radio legislation, the differ- ence being whether radio control should be under the Secretary of Com- merce or a separate commission, HOUSE. House discusses desirability of ad vance notice to members on measures that are to be taken up for considera- tion in the House House continu agricultural consideration of ation bill, with it will be pussed of appropriations committee, ecutive session, con- tinue hearing on War Department and independent offices appropriation bills. Militar; airs committee holds ex- ecutive session. Interstate commerce committee, in executive session, discusses the many pills submitted to it, with a view to seolng which ones will be put on the committes program for action at this seaslon of Congross, HAROLD CROARKIN {Son of wealthy Chicago fami {has admitted the murder of | Schimith, 6 years old. BOTANIC GARDE CHANGE SEENNEAR Senate Accepts Amendnient to Bill for Relocation and Enlargement. Completion of legislation for the enlargement and relocation of the Bo- tanic Garden was brought one step nearer today when the Senate accept- ed without "debate the slight amend- ment made by the House when it passed the bill vesterday afternoon All that now remains to be done is for the Speaker and Vice President to aflix their signatures to the meas- ure, after which it will go to the White House for the signature of the President. The House amendment, which the Senate concurred in, merely extended the time within which the joint com- mittee on library may submit to Con- gress plans for new conservatory buildings on the land authorized to be purchased Under suspension of the rules the House passed the bill which had al- ready been approved by the Senate for relocating the Botanic Garden by purchasing for a new site the two squares south of the existing garden. The National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission is anxious to expe- dite the removal of the garden so as to complete its work in clearing up the end of the Mall adjacent to the Capitol grounds. It is necessary also that the Bar- tholdi Fountain, which is an attractive feature of the Botanic Garden, be- removed very soon as it prevents completion of the work on the Meade Memorial. One of the principal reasons for ex- pediting action on the Botanic Garden bill was to ease the way for the passage of the $25,000,000 authoriza- tion: for purchase of all privately owned land in the triangle south of Pennsylvania avenue to the Mall. Ef- forts were being made to load that measure down with amendments car- rying all the sites adjacent to the Mall and the Capitol Grounds, which it is intended shall eventually be pur- chased by the Government. As it now stands, the Avenue-Mall triangle bill as it passed the Senate will be amend- ed only by a change of only two or three words, to provide for including the Southern Railway Building, which was specifically excluded in the Sen- ate bill. The measure as passed authorizes an appropriation og $820,000 and con- templates the purchase of the follow- ing squares: Square 576, bounded by Maryland avenue, B street, First and Second streets; square 578, bounded by B street, Canal street, First and Second streets. The actual appropria- tion would have to be carried sepa- rately in one of the appropriation bills. The House made one minor change in the phraseology, which will neces- sitate sending the bill back to the Senate for its concurrence. The change was merely to authorize the joint committee on the library to submit to the next Congress a re- port on plans for the construction of new conservatories. As passed by the Senate last July, the bill would have required this report to be made at the present sessi N o GOVERNMENT IS WINNER. Elects 209 Parliament Against 68 in Hungary. BUDAPEST, Hungary, December 21 (®).—Final results of the general elec- tions recently held give the govern- ment 209 seats in the National As. sembly and the opposition 36 seats. In the elections of 1922 the govern- ment captured 167 seats and the op- position 68 The Hungarian Parliament was dis- solved on November 16, after four years of quarreling between the gov- ernment majority and the opposition, Admiral Horthy, as regent, {ssued the decree of dissolution. The new As. sembly will meet January 25, 1927. Members - THE EVENING DE DISTRICT MAY MAKE TS OWN AUTOTAGS ‘Delay in 1927 Delivery In- | snires Plan for Factory Op- i erations at Occoguan. " | The protracted delay in the delivery of the District's 1927 automoblle iden tification tags, spurred the Commis- sioners and other officials of the mu- nicipal government today to plan for, the manufacture of these tags in the ure at the District workhouse at | | Occoquan, Va. The officials also be- lieve the prison labor, with the neces- sary equipment, could do all of the District’s printing, sign painting and | probably the tailoring of uniforms for members of the Police and Fire De- partmen Will Make Inquiries. ieorge M. Wilson, director of the Roard of Public Welfare, and Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintendent of penal institutions, will go to Baltimore to- morrow to visit the Maryland State Penitentiary and inspect the automo- bile tag manufacturing machinery in nse there. Capt. Barnard believes that the dies and other equipment| needed in the manufacture of the tags could be purchased for approximately £20,000 or $25,000. As the cost of the tags this year will amount to about $17,500, the saving that wouid result from the manufacture of the license platés at Occoquan, it was pointed out, would more than pay for the equipment in two vears. Engincer Commiissioner 1 lin Bell thinks he pri labor 1so turn out all of the District’s which is now done under °t, as well as manufaciure the uniforms of the police and fire per- sonnel, now furnished out of public funds. Capt. Barnard Approves. Capt. Barnard is heartily in sym- pathy with the plan to extend the activities of the prison labor. While the prison tailoring shop now pro- duces the clothes of the inmates, he indicated that he would not encourage the idea of Col. Bell for the manufac- turing of police and firemen's wni- forms, especially those of the ranking officers, whom, he said, are inclined to be particular about their dress. The delay in the arrival of the automobile tags has been a matter of grave concern among the District officlals, and they announce vehement- 1y that it will not happen again. Will Push Factory Project. The plan to hgye the plates turned out at Occoquan will be pushed, un- less arrangements are made to have the tags delivered earlier in the year. In past vears approximately one- half of the automobile tags for the new vear had, been distributed by Christmas. This vear not one pleas- ure car tag has been issued, and only 2,000 have been delivered by the con- tractor. As a result the Commission- ers have extended the use of the 1926 tag through January 1927. PAY FOR 6,000 MINERS AS WAGE TIE-UP ENDS Christmas Money Assured Men in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia Fields. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 21.—Six thousand miners of the Valley Camp Coal Co. in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania today will be paid wages due them since Decem- ber 11, James A. Paisley, president of the company, announced last night. Funds for the pay roll were sent yesterday from a Cleveland bank, Where $600,000 has been tied up by the Internal Revenue Bureau in connec- tion with a Government claim that the company was in default of com- plete income tax returns. The lien on ‘the company funds was released by an order from internal revenue officials at Washington. A compromise settlement on the income tax claim has been made, Paisley announced. Miners at Morgantown and Wheel- ing, W. Va., and the company’s mines near Pittsburgh were chiefly affected by the wage tle-up. Operation was at no time curtailed, miners belng as- sured they would be paid in time for Christmas shopping. J R TWO STILLS CAPTURED. Prohibition Officers Are Active Near Richmond. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., December 21.— State and Federal prohibition officers went into Chesterfleld Sunday and took two 300-gallon stills, 3,000 gallons of mash and two men, Edward Alley and James Day. The men were at the still. One man escaped. Moving over to Hanover County, the party got a still near Greenwood Church, where two men, Rollo Foun- tain and Dalton Winston, were cap- tured. Indian May Be Honored. Chief Red Eagle, also known as John Weatherford, who as the leader of the Creek Indians won the friend- ship of Andrew Jackson, would be honored by a bill introduced yester- day by Representative McDuffle, Dem- ocrat, Alabama, providing for a $5,000 monument at the Indlan’s grave in Alabama. There is one judge in the Traffic Court today who probably does not feel partic v lenient toward traf- fi recially those who are having a little trouble with their per- mits, and there is likewise one mo- torist in the city who is having a quiet laugh on the ways of life, espe- cially court life. This is a story with no names, but it all happened this way: Saturday one of Washington’s reckless drivers was taken to court to be punished for his crimes. They included the aforementioned reckless driving, driv- ing while drunk and a few other charges. When the defendant took the stand he was the picture of peni- tenc With swimming eves and pathetic mien he implored the court to grant him merey. “Your honor,”” he quavered, “T am guill of all these charges. I feel that person who is so reckless and incompetent as I am should no longer drive an automobile on the streets of this great city. I am truly sorry for my misdeeds and ask you to believe that 1 am sincere in what I say. 1 am unfamiliar with court procedure, your honor, but I would like to know it 1 could make a request? “Out with it,”” sternly replied the judge, although more than a little im- pressed with the attitude of the de- fendant. “It is this, vour homor. T don’t want te drive any more, 1 will sell » Joke’s on Judge After He Heeds Plea of my car and give you my permit. I know that it will be safe in your care. 1 hereby make the .request that it be revoked immediately. Would it be too much to ask, if T do this, that I be let off with only my personal bond? 1 can't do any more harm and will never drive again. Please do this for me, because I have no money to pay a fine. I have a wife and three #mal! children dependent on me, and it I don't look after them they will probably starve to death, right at the Christmas season, too. “Take his personal bond,” ordered the judge. “Give me your permit, young man, and I will see that it is revoked immediately.” The next scene takes place in the traffic office when the permit arrives with the judge’s recommendation for revocation. Following office routine, the permit was revoked and a police man dispatched to the offender’s home with official notification. Knocking on the door, the police- man inquired for the man who, ac- cording to the name on the permit and the street address, had lately ap- peared in court with his tearful plea. “Who is it you want to see?" asked the woman who answered the door. And on looking at the official notifi- cation handed her by the policemen, “How do vou get that way? He's you are revoking his permit.” So there is another man hunt go- ing on-in the Natlonal Capital, | Left to right: Harry F. Sinclair and Albert B. Fall. (P. & A Photo.) FOR SHOPS ran BARBERS SEEK SIX-DAY WEE IN WASHINGTON Masters Organization Backs Copeland Bill to Force Sunday Closing to Provide Better Working Conditions. A six-day week for barbers is the new slogan of Local 396, District of Columbia Ma »r Barbers' Association, ant to establish a 3 nst the man who waits until Sunday to get a barber- shop shave or halr cut Backed by more than 100 barber- shop proprietors, the local union is conducting an active campaign to en- list those outside the organization in the fight for a Sunday closing law. Impetus will be given the movement at a meeting Thursday night at 423 G street, when officers of Local 3 will plead the right of District bar bers to enjo. fuil rest day on th Sabbath. Senator (Copeland has paved the way by introducing a bill in the Sen: ate making it illegal for any one to get a shave, hair cut or facial mas- sage at a barber shop in the District on Sunday. Hearings in advocacy of this measure will be sought before the Senate District committee. Other Cities Cited. Members of Local 396 want to put Washington in the same class as New York, Chicago and other cities where the man who doesn’t carry his own razor must do without a shave on Sunday. The barber who plies his trade six days of the week and some- times at night wants Sunday free to spend at home with the wife and children, like other normal folk. Local 396 is a natural foe to what as Sunday “blue laws” and s make haste to warn non- member proprietors that Copeland's bill i not to be ¢! at catagory of legislation. For this reason, the 100 or more barbers affiliated with the organization are planning a vigorous educational cam- paign to correct impressions that the Copeland bill is a “blue law The officers of Local 396 are Alonzo M. W. Simmons, mas Contella, Senator lassed in Tana retary, urer, president; and Th Most Open Until Noon. Most of the barber shops in Wash- ington remain open until noon on sunda Since they usually open about 8 a.m., the barbers are denied the usual late Sunday rising hour, the luxury of lounging about home to en- joy the Sunday papers. So the desire to obtain the passage of a Sunday closing law for barber shops is simply a protective measure to gain better working conditions. Aside from their support of the Capeland bill, Local 396 has other aims and ambitions. Tt has enlisted the full support of its membership in the national campaign to bar “shyster” barbers and incompetents from their ancient profession. Another aim of the local union is to stimulate more pride in the average male of the species by plastering the city with the national slogan, “It Pays to Look Well,"" something a close shave and a neat hair cut cer- tainly helps. Local 396 was organized about two months ago. Mascots on Flight Run From Dolls to ‘Mule’ Coin Banks By the Associated Press SAN NTONIO, December 21. A varied assortment of mascots were selected for the Army's 20,000-mile aerial tour South America. Maj. Herbert A. Dargue, commander, and Lieut. Ennis M. Whitehead have a statuette of a “white elephant” in the New York. Lieuts. B. S. Thompson and L. D. Weddington, in the St. Louis, are carrying “Missouri mule” banks. They will deposit a coin of each of the countries they t in_the bank In the San Antonio B. McDaniel and Lieut. McK Robinson have armadillos. Capt. Ira (. Eaker and Lieut, Muir 8. Fairchild, in the San Francisco, have two ‘“krazy kat"” dolls. “They have nine lives and they light on their feet,” they ex- plained. Capt. C.'F. Woolsey and_Lieut. J. W. Benton admitted having two French dolls in the Detroit. of flight n LAY Charles two toy PAN-AMERICAN AIR ARGOSY IS BEGUN IN PERFECT FORM (Continued from First Page) co, with Capt. Tra C. Eaker and Lieut. Muir 8. Fairchild; the Detroit, with Capt. Clinton F. Woolsey and Lieut. John W. Benton, and the St. Louls with Lieuts. B. §. Thompson and L. D. Weddington. The ships clgeled about the fleld, each waiting until the one following had caught up. When they were all bunched they spread out -n a V. shaped formation and headed toward San Antonfo. They circled the city, and were then off to the south for the Mexican border, which they ex- pected to reach before 2 p.m. ~Maf. Sen. Patrick’s plane was about hailf a mile in the lead, then came the New York at the apex of .the “V" shaped formation. The pilots waved good-by to the throng on the ground as they rose into the clear air. Dozen Planes Follow. There were about a dozen escort machines in the air following the flight planes. g The only ceremony to the parting was the good-by kisses which pilots’ wives bestowed on their husbands, and also on the other pilpts whose wives were not present. Once on the runway, the heavy machines with the 6,000 pounds of weight wasted no time to be free of the flying fleld mud. The ‘“dog” ship's wheels bounded along the con- crete and took the air. The New York was in the air at 10:52. _ Between the take-off of the New York and that of the last ship there was an interval of only four minutes, the St. Louis going up at 10:66 a.m. High Officers Present. High officers of the Army were pres- ent to see the ships away. Gen. Pat- rick, as chief of the Air Service, gave been dead for three years and here | the men the last word of advice and farewell. He told them the flight was the most momentous ever undertaken by the Army, and that its benefite the United States and South America were inestimable. Capt. A. B. McDaniel, the young bachelor pilot from San Antonio, as second in command, had the right- hand position next to Maj. Dargue in the flight formation. On the left of the flight commander was Capt. Ira C. Eaker's ship, the San Francisco, Cabt. Eaker being third in command. To Capt. McDaniel's right was the Detroit, and to Capt. Eaker's left was the St.Louls. The route of the flight which will consume more than four months, and include more than 20 nations and 80 cities, lles to Brownsville, as the first stop. The west coast of Central Amer- ica will form the iandmark for the flvers until they reach France Field in the Canal Zome. From that fleld they will cross the Continental Divide to Visit Cartagena on Colombia’s At lantic co: They will retrace their flight from that point to France Field and again fly south, cruising along the mountainous coast of South Amer- ica to Valdivia, which is in about the center of Chile. euquen, Argentina, almost directly east of Valdivia, across the Andes, is the next stop. MEXICO PLANS WELCOME. Two Aviators to Greet Americans When They Reach Tampico. TAMPICO, Mexico, December 21 (#).—Extensive preparations have been made by the Mexican .govern- ment and the municipality to greet the United States aviators who left San Antonio today on the first lap of their pan-American flight. Tampico is the first scheduled stop on Mexican territory. Two Mexican aviators, Pablo Sidar and Roberto Torres, arrived here yes- terday on the direction of the Mexi- can government to extend official welcome to the American flyers. They will accompany the Americans dur- ing the Mexican stage of the flight as a mark of courtesy to the visitors. The Mexican airmen flew from San Luis Potosi to Tampico in two hours and 50 minutes, the first time that a flight has been made between the two cities. A program of welcome has been arranged by the local military" au- thorities, the American consulate and the Huasteca Petroleum Company, on whose field the aviators planned to land. FLIGHT PLAN IS PRAISED. Buenos Aires Paper Holds Trip Most Important Ever Attempted. BUENOS AIRES, December 21 (). The pan-Am an flight which started today from San Antonio can be considered the most important aeronautical feat ever attempted, says La Naclon in a long article giving a detailed account of the plans of the American aviators. The newspapér expresses the opin- fon that the fiight undoubtedly will offer_complete proof of the efficlency attained by American aviation ex- perts. The fact that a fleet of five planes is engaged is commented on as_of unusual importance. La Nacion also declares that the flight is a splendid manifestation by the United States of continental fra- ternity and will give the nations along the route an opportunity to express thelr warm sentiments to a great friendly nation. . Poland’s plan for increased taxa- tion hit.a snag recently when it was predicted that higher taxes would cause higher commodity prices and th‘l‘(:‘ d.f:w‘t’ tho‘mv::'lmnt'i Avoweg policy of downing the present o8, of living, . . .‘; _....E_. EMBER 21 BUSINESS NENTRY * TOREEP HORNSBY IProposed Trade “Terrible% Blow,” St. Louis Chamber Wires Landis. { By the Associated Pre | ST. LOUIS, December 21.—Declar- ling the proposed trading of Rogers | | Hornsby, manager of the world's {champion St. Louis Cardinals, a | “terrible blow," the St. Louis Chamber | of Commerce today telegraphed K. M. Landis, base ball commissioner, urg- | ing him to prevent the trade and attempt to settle the differences be- tween Hornsby and the Cardinal management. The telegram, which was sent by | Secretary William T. Findly after a | conference with President Harold M. | who wins the spurs should wear them. After St. Louis’ wonder- 1{"1 donation to base ball last Fall | the trading of Hornsby is a terrible { blo “We feel that to take from Louls the manager who brought suc- cess, after others had failed for al- most 40 years, will have a disastrous effect upon the loyalty of base ball fans and will injure the game im- mensely. We appeal to you, as the arbiter of the base ball world, to r fuse to sanction the trade. “We consider the trade against the best interests of base ball and are firmly of the opinion that you would be justified in taking such steps as are n first, to prevent the trade, and, second, to settle any di putes between Hornsby and the Car- dinal management.” Bill Friel, business manager of the St. Louls Browns, denied today that a deal had been made with the New York Yankees to trade Pitchers Sam Jones and Walter Beall to the Browns for Outflelder Cedric Durst, a left- hand pitcher, and two other players. “There’s nothing to the report,” Friel sald. “We have negotiations on with everybody, but none has been concluded, or likely will for several days.” VOTE ON WATERWAYS BILL IS EXPECTED Passage of Measure Today Fore- cast in Senate—Cape Cod Canal Debated. Senate leaders hope 1o get a vote before adjournment today on the $80.- 000,000 rivers and harbors bill, which already has passed the House. Al- though some opposition has developed to certain features of the measure, the leaders expect the bill will be passed in_substantlally its present form. Practically all of yesterday was de- voted to debate on the remaining controversial amendment, that which would authorize purchase of the Cape Cod Canal. Purchase of the canal was fought by Senators Howell of N braska and Willis of Ohio, while Sena- tors Glllett of Massachusetts and Copeland of New York defended the project. The limitation on debate which was in effect yesterdqy. becomes more re- strictive at 3 o'clock today, after which each Senator will be limited to 15 minutes on either the bill or an amendment. GARMENT WORKERS WIN $3 T0 $9 WAGE RAISES Arbitration Committee Also Cuts Number of Hours’ Work in New York Shops_ By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 21 —Awards announced last night by the arbitra- tion committee in favor of the Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union in its dispute with the Ameri- can Association of Cloak and Suit Manufacturers were ratifled later by 2,000 members and leaders of the unfon. The strike of the workers is now in its .twenty-fifth week and be- tween 18,000 and 20,000 workers are affected. The awards provide for increases in wages of the workers ranging from $3 to $9 per week, They also reduce the 44-hour work week to 42 hours for the first two years of the three-year term the agreement would run and provide for a 40-hour week for the third year. - POLICE PROBE SHOOTING. Lewis Glassman Wounded and George Wilson, Colored, Arrested. ‘While seeking repossession of an automobile in front of 769 Kenyon street about 12:30 o'clock this morn- ing, Lewis Glassman, 39 vears old, 1126 Columbia road, was shot in the right hip. He was treated at Garfleld Hospital. George Wilson, colored, 31 years old, from in front of whose home the car was being taken when Glassman was shot, was arrested and is said by police to admit the shooting, con- tending he did not recognize Glass- man and thought his car was being stolen. Wilson told police he was ahead in his payments on the car. holding receipts, he asserted, showing he has paid up to the last of this month. Po- lice are conducting a further investi- gation, SHIPS MAKE SAILORS. Survey Shows New Orleans Water- front Boys Follow Sea. NEW ORLEANS, December 21 (#). —Boys who watch ships go down to sea develop into men who go down to the sea in ships. So a survey of Orleans Parish public schools has revealed to Miss Emma Pritchard Cooley, director of voca- tional guidance. Boys living along the water front or attending schools near the river, from whose windows they could watch sea- going vessels on the Mississippi escort- ed by tugs, showed a decided tendency toward nautical pursuits, Miss Cooley found. The survey revealed, she said, that environment to a considerable degree is the deciding factor in determining what occupation a boy will select. ATTACK ON DRY LAW PACT. Regulations for Landing British Liquor Called Unconstitutional. NEW YORK, December 21 (#).— An attempt to have declared uncon- stitutional the American-Britain treaty which permits British vessels to bring liquors into American ports under 8¢ affixed and removed at the 3-mile limit was launched yester- day before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals by the Neptune As- Mostern pad dasem ARGENTINA URGED T0BOYEOIT .S, Retaliatory Action Against American Tariff Barrier Is Proposed. BY JOHN W. WHITE. Radio_to The Star and Chicago Dai! News. Copyright, 1926 | BUENOS AIRES, December 21.—-A campaign aimed at eventually placing {a boycott upon American merchan dise in Argentina, in retaliatio against the American tariff barrier, has started here. The newspaper L: Nacion published today a bitter at tack on the United States in an el torfal with the sarcastic headline, “Pan-Amerleanism.” The Argentine Rural Society. witk: & membership of several thousand in all parts of the republic, has adopted *“Buy from those who pat By CAPT. JOHN ROHEEDER, Under guard in hospital after his boat sank in_Hudson River, costing prob- ably 40 lives. The occasion for the present boy cott is the prohibition laid down by the United States against the impor. tation of Argentine chilled bee: Called Lame Excuse. La Nacion, after citing scientific authorities to prove that the foot-and- mouth disease cannot be transmitted in dressed beef, declares that the em- bargo imposed by the United States is only a lame excuse for preventing ““t" competition with the home prod uct. Editorially, La Nacion declares that the United States never overlooks an opportunity to talk of the pan-Amer- ican spirit, but at the same time never fails to put up a bar against the South American republics that are trying to increase their trade with the North, unless that trade is certain to enrich Americans or bring them some direct material advantage. It is recalled tha! when the im- migration barriers were raised an at- tempt was made to bar immigrants from South America. Says Gates Are Closed. “The big sister of the pan-Ameri- can group persists in closing her gates to other members of the fam- ily,” says La Nacion. Further, it is said that the only contribution to pan-Americanism in the United States is the building at Washington, where the American flag is occasion- ally flown in company with the pan- American flag. The decree against the importation of Argentine beef nullifies several years of consistent work by the Ar- gentine Ambassador to Washington, according to statements made here. R B ARLINGTON CITIZEN BODIES’ COUNCIL MEETS Three Organizations Represented in New Group—Police Protec- tion on Road Urged. Special Dispatch to The Sta CLARENDON, Va., December 21.— The Arlington District Council of Citizens' Associations, formed recently to promote the interests of the district as a whole, held its first meet- ing since organization yesterday, ac- cepting three civic bodies, the Balls- ton, Arlington and Barcroft Citizens' Associations, into membership. R. T. Orrison and John Agnew were announced as the delegates from the Arlington Association, Col. James G. Pepper_and James W. Head from Barcroft, and Charles L. Ladson and Grover E. Payne from Ballston. The new organization urged police quire it,” the commissioner barked. | protection along the military roads of He refused to amplify the statement. | the county, and a committée was ap- The investigation involved a spe-|pointed to confer with the United cific charfe made by Leonard, the|States marshal at Alexandria. Tyger pitcher. In pursuing the inves-| A committee was authorized to ar- tigation, Commissioner Landis failed [range for the next meeting ole;h; to obtain Leonard’s agreement upon a | Organization, which is to be precede meeting place and finally went to|Dby & dinner. Leonard's ranch near Sanger, Calif., and interviewed him October 29, this year. CRUISERBUILDING RUSH DISFAVORED President Prefers Completion of Plane Carriers and Sub- marines First. By the Associated Press. President Coolidge does not believe it is necessary to begin immediately the construction of the 10 new light cruisers which would be authorized under the Butler bill, introduced in the House Saturday. It was said at, the White House that with the cruisers already under con- struction the United States has an ample building program for the pres ent time. Building of airplane car- riers and submarines now being car- ried on, he believes, has given the Nation a sufficiently heavy naval bill When the airplane carriers are completed, however, the President feels it will be pessible to enter upon construction of the new cruisers with- out appreciably increasing the yearly naval appropriations. The President’s views were made public coincident with a move in Con- gress to obtain the right of way for the Butler bill after the holidays. The measure, which would authorize an appropriation of $105,000,000, contain- ed no time limitation as to when the vessels should be built. Decision to ask for authorization of the 10 cruisers was reached after the President had consulted with Secre- tary Wilbur and the cabinet had come to the conclusion that such additions would round out the tleet as an ef- ficient fighting unit. COBB AND SPEAKER LINKED IN PLOT TO “FIX”” GAME ON BET - (CUnGinuUeE o RS e ) in fine shape at home and all,your The substance of Leonard’s state-| troubles will be little ones. I made mept o ths (commieaitner followser | & 1S yedr's aliwe of world series in “After the first game (meaning the [ cotton since I came home and expect first one of the regularly scheduled | to make more. games to be played betwcen Detroit| < thought the White Sox should Ly g/"le“\';lfl;g ;* l{)'g‘\;ol;;’g S@rm"':\d- have won, but I am salls{l‘ed“ mfi T 24-25, , Cobb, @ e ver confident. Well, ol Wood and I happened to meet and | wew, gvop mo o line when you'can. get together under the stand and of | We have had some dandy fishing course the talk was about base ball | g .1 3 rived home. ?s';\d(;\?:; we (Detroit) wanted to fin- u'“-“h kindest regards “Spealter said, ‘Don’t worry about | L20nard: I ".f:‘;,“gémy tomorrow’s _game. We (meaning 3 Cleveland) have got second placs o cinched and you will win tomorrow. Letter ‘From “Smoky Joe.’ and everybody then just agreed that| mnig is a letter “Smoky” Joe Wood, it it was going to be a set-up that we{ ¢ne American League pitcher, wrote might as well get some money on it. | 10 e niL 0 e ut by the com- “Then we talked about getting the | yhaciine money down on the game—that fs, how to get up the dough—and how | wpear friend Dutch: T W ol Pt o iy |, “Enclosed please find certified check sald he would send West down to| gor sixteen hundred and thirty dol- fremuns lags (BLE30L o eould getd Says He Wrote Checls. “The only bet West could get down “T was to put up $1,500, and, as T | Was $600 against $420 (10 to 7). Cobb > \ did not _get up a cent. Ho told us remember it, Cobb $2,000 and_Wood : and Speaker $1.000 cach. T had|that and I believed him. Could have ! : put up some at 5 to 2 on Detroit, but P e o i 2o 1 gove 5% | did not, as that would make us put » 1,000 to win $400. sheck for $1.600 to Wood at the ball | U, $1. ey park and went. o, the hotel, packed | o tice ‘5330, ar §130 For each of us I eonings and 5 left that night f0r| wouiq'not have cashed your check at \Several days later on I received |all. but West thought he could get it the Wood letter at Independence with | UP at 10 to 7, and 1 w% zol"sl to h:‘“ a check for $1,630. e wrote that |it all up at those odds. We would have West was only able to get up part of | Won $1.750 for the $2,500 it we could the money and that my share of the (have P! - winnings was only $130. During the | ‘If We ever have another chtncts HL: talk under the stand about the next |this we will know enough to try to ge day's game Speaker sald he would [doWn early. g0 in and pitch himself if necessary.| wLet me hear from vou, Dutch. “There was not very much taik | With all 8°°dl‘mh°! 'Joo]gr;iroo%' and we did not stay there very long. | and yourself, I am, = ¥ Yo There was just the four of us theve | PrafMimt Ban Johowes of {he and no other player was in on it. | American League revealed st o When I met Wood the next Spring | Secret meeting of the b: I said to him: ‘What do you think, | directors, held in Chicago September Cobb wrote me that he did not get |9 last, the evidence submitt A up any money on that game' and |Leonard involving Cobb, Speaker an Wood says: He told me. the same |Woo0d was thoroughly considered and ke submitted to Commissioner Landis for X chich C = his consideration, with a reques e e D D S rd g | the directors and president of the given out by Commisioner Landis as | American League be present when Fotlowes 2% |the players were given a hearing. "?)\:SBS‘:;“GR», October 23, 1919. LEONARD 1S SILENT. “Well, old boy, guess you are out in old California by this time and en- | Refuses to Admit or Deny He Made Joying life. Charges. Writes of Alleged Deal. FRESNO, Calif., December 21 (P). “I arrived home and found Mrs.|Hybert B. (Dutch) Leonard, veteran Cobb only fair, but the baby girl was | southpaw pitcher, who is reported to fine and at this time Mrs. Cobb Is | have furnished information to former very well, but I have been very busy [ Judge K. M. Landis in connection getting acquainted with my family | with a new scandal in organized base and have not tried to do any cor- |ball, centering in a game between respondence, hence my delay.” Detroit and Cleveland on September “Wood and myselt wére consider- |25, 1919, today declined to deny or ably disappointed in our business |affirm he had given Landis such in- proposition as we had $2,000 to put |formation when the commissioner into it and the other side quoted us |visited him here, October 29, $1,400, and ‘when we finally seoured that much money it was about 2 INDIANS' PRESIDENT MUM. Refuses to Comment on ’clock and they refused the deal with Charge Agatnst, Speakier us, as they had men in Chicago to take up the matter with apd they had ., CLEVELAND, December 21 (#).— E. S. Barnard, president of the Cleve- no time, so we completely fell down and of course we felt badly over it. « ” ‘All Open to Wood. land Indians, refused today to com- “Everything was open to Wood { ment on charges made against Tris and he can teli you about it when we | Speaker, retired Indian manager, until get together. It was quite a re-|he had thoroughly studted the evi sponsibllity and I don't care for it|dence submitted to former J egain, I can assure you. I. Landis, v' Walb 1 bp‘mbm-wwuu disclosed in Chicaga todaYs . 24 to Mrs. Cleveland, Ohio, Friday.