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(U. S. Weather Fair and not so temperature about row H Full report on p Bureau Fo cold tonight; lowest 18 degrees; tomor- temp ighest, 2 . toda age 9. ®(losing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Entered post offic No. 30,221. matter D. C b WASHINGTON, 185 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9 1927T—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. * The every Star’s city block an as fast as the paper: carrier “From Press to Home “ithin the Hour” system covers d the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes s are printed. (#) Means Associated Pres: Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,367 s. TWO CENTS. 1.5, READY TODEA WITH BOTH CHINESE FACTIONS ONPACTS . State Department Gives As- rance in Amplifying Its Declaration of Policy. SILENT ON NAVY PLANS ¢ AS BORAH HITS PROGRAM Senator Would Take Americans) Out of Country—Britain Makes Offer to Cantonese. | | b i By the Associated Press. Assurances that the Washington Government is ready to enter into| *treaty revision negotiations with both the Cantonese and northern factions | in the present civil war were given at the Devartment today in | amplif: the formal statement of the American attitude toward China, publishe night by Secretary Kellogg. No direct or indirect prop: & conference between Ameri Jomatic agents and representatives of the two factions have yet been re- ceived. On the contrary, such intima- tion as to the intentions of the rival authorities in China as have come to ad are in the nature of protests from each side against any step by “.the American Government to deal with the other side. Silent About Naval Plans. Department officials met with | blank silence all inquiries as to what American naval co-operation with British and other forces might be expected in the event that forceful protection of foreign life and prop- erty at Shanghai became necessar: There is no disposition in Washing- ton to tie the hands of Admiral Williams, commanding naval forces there, so far as meeting any urgent emergency is concerned. The Washington Government had | no advance information as to the scope of the military preparations announced in London for the protec- tion of British nationals in China. Secretary Kellogg's first knowledge that a large force, estimated at 20,000 men, was to be held in readiness for that duty came in press dispatches from London. British Envoy Pleased. The British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, who called on Secretary Kellogg today, later described the Sec- retary’s Chinese statement “an excel- lent document,” which would be pleasing to Lomfdon amdie.. SaW...no points of serious divergence from the policy which has been announced by the British government. “Y believe that all Western nations recognize ~that there must be a modification of relations with China,” he said. “‘The only question which must be solved is how to bring about| those modifications in an orderly manner. “Although I have not given Secre- , tary Kellogg’s statement careful study. it seems to be very fair in its state: ment of the American attitude. Of course the United States will have to protect its citizens in China, as it is doing in Nicaragua, but it will be a; different job in China.” Borah Issues Statement. America’s policy in the Orient should look to a free and disenthralled China, Chairman Borah of the Senate foreign relations committee said today in a formal statement, his first on the Chinese situation. He expressed the opinion that the | action of Great Britain in sending | @ large military and naval force to China might have “a disastrous re-| sult.” “I am in favor of protecting our people,” the Senator said, “but 1 am in favor of protecting them at the present time, if nece: by bring- ing them out of danger until all| danger is passed. last Awakening. nt scene in the world is to see a great people, after years of turmcil and strife and op-| pression by outside powers, coming into their own. And that is what we are witnessing in China. The na- tionalistic spirit, in my judgment, is uniting those people and 1 look to sce them ultimately accomplish their complete redemption as a great pow- er and take their rightful place among the family of nations. I thoroughly vmpathize with what they are doing, It is Inevitable, of course, that | some wrongs will be committed and | some injuries done to innocent - ple in the bringing about of the final results. But I see every indication upon the part of the Chinese at the present time to protect the lives and property of foreigners to the utmost of their ability. The only thing which, in my judgment, may change that pre wram will be just such things as th Sending of fleets and armies to China with a view of crushing this spirit through force. Fears British Action. or At struge 3 that the ituin in sen P ry disastrous result “hina is entitled to be rid of old, antiquated. unjust and un treaties. She is entitled to enj jutonomy. She is entitled, in my ju ment, to be rid of extrat 1 venture to exp “I would not emba fmpede China in her 1 think, if [ ma action of G large fleet may have ¢ nd v If the , do voluntarily ing it a we shall like same thing ac complished through the decree of the Chin seople. > United States should not hesi- announce her own policy if it to do Our interest e demand a ina and our t achieve tate to necessary und the inte free and disent policy should look o 3 { U. 8. Offers to Negotiate. The United States in its not p: factions and the powers sig Washington conference ved that if proper dele greed upon in the w “o trans her na riff with ice to either in co ns or alone, if ne nnd extraterritorial ! | Were wou nded. a dispatch combat, | their President fo Postponed | tions | Swing-Johnson Boulder | bill pre | tc |or Cows Go on Strike . And Refuse to Give Milk at 24 Below By the Associated Pres SACO, Me., January 27.—The cows went on strike in this vicinity today protest against the cold wave. Dairymen received word from farmers who send them their supplies that with the thermometer registering 24 below zero many of the cows had refused to yield any milk. 21 REVOL TIONISTS SLAIN IN MEXICO Former Guerrera Governor Among Those Killed in Bat- tles With Troops. By the Afsocinted Press. MEXICO CITY, Janua state of Guerrera, and 11 others have been killed in an encounter with fed eral forces at Xochipala, state of Morelos, in which the rebel leade former Gen. Luis Quiroz, Mendoza ‘and Marcelino to a group commanded by Victor Bar cenas, which finally was forced to dis- perse after a number of clashes with federal soldiers the last few days. Pachuca d s that one man was killed and six were captured when federal forces surrounded house at Tepeji Del Rio, Hidalgo, where a group of tors were organizing an uprising. The conspirators offered resistance and a brisk clash ensued, Jose Flores being Killed. The war department is in- vestigating reports of the execution of those arrested. ¢ headquarters, according to from Colima, has an- nounced that the rebels in the north- ern districts are being hotly pursued, several of them being killed in various encounters. From Guadalajara the report is that many rebels were killed | when federal soldiers recaptured the!er and town of Ixtlahuacan after a sharp the insurgents dispersing. Gen. 'Gonzalo Escobar reports that only three rebellious bands are opera- ting in the state of Durango. Mezquital district is pacified at present time. The the Esteban Orozoco, leader of a rebel band, and seven of his followers were killed at Ojo de Agua in a fight with | federals under Gen. Madrigal. TAX PLANBLOCKED BY DAWES, RULING Sustains Point of Order| Against Reed’s Proposal for Refund. - By the Associated Press. Vice President Dawes today sus- tained a point of order entered against the move of Senator Reed, Democrat, Missourl, President’s tax refund plan to the pending deficlency appropriation bill. The chair’s decision followed sharp exchanges between Democrats and Republicans on Senator Reed’s pro- posal to attach President Coolidge’s tax credit plan to the pending de- ficiency bill. Glass Answers Smoot. Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, accused the minority of trying to r duce taxes beyond the safety point and that drew from Senator Glas Democrat, Virginia, a former Tre ury Secretary, the reply: that such not a fact and any sane business man knows it is not a fact.” Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, inquired of Senator Glass just what class of taxpavers would be affected by the Reed amendment. “I don’t think the amendment will return the taxes to the people who ought to have them,” Glass replied. “But_that does not make me accept the absurd statements that have been | made here. A running fire of debate was precipi- tated by Senator Harrison, Democrat of Mississippi, who bore into the Re- publicans with the charge that “to his amazement” they refused to stand by tax reduction. Lenroot Takes Hand. “This proposal would permit the cor- porations to keep taxes already col- lected from the people,” interjected £ or Lenroot. “Is the Senator from Wisconsin will ing to get together with us on reduc- ing the corporation taxes?” Senmator Harrison asked. “Yes, but I am not willing to vio- late the Constitution for political pur- poses,” responded Lenroot. DAM ACTION DELAYED. by House Committee Pending Parley of .States. Pending the outcome of negotis between Western States the House rules committee yesterday d rred action on a motion to give the *anyon Dam status. mmittee erred leg Chairman Snell said the ¢ k the position that in view of negotiations between commissioners from States interested in Celorado River development action should be ed temporarily. Mr. Snell also declared the com- mittee felt it should have more in- formation on the subject and that its decision at least should be post- poned until the testimony t at recent hearings on the advisability granting privileged status could be printed. iv g 200 Mexican Houses Burn. MEXICO CITY, Januar ) — About 0 houses were destroye v firo in the town of Buena state of Sonora, last night. The patches make no mention of ties. hina. However, until new treaties are ne- (Continued on Page dy Column 64 |Radio Programs—Page 34 - {not_guilty Urbano Lavin, former governor of the | Agustin | Castrejon | The rebels belonged | al i ollowed Johnson Bombshe | to attach the | (03B AND SPEAKER NOT GUILTY, LANDIS - RULES IN SCANDAL ‘Decision Means Both Are Eli- gible to Return to Base Ball in Spring. RESTORED TO RESERVE LISTS OF THEIR CLUBS! That Led to Release of Stars by Detroit and Cleveland. | | | | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan nd Tris Speaker of base ball c The two famous s were cleared | of all suspicions of dishonesty in a decision by Kenesaw Mountain Landis, buse ball commissioner. | Commissioner Landis ruled that the | dismissed managers of the Detroit igers and the Cleveland Americans did not fix a ball game in 1919 for a betting coup, charged by Hubert | (Dutch) Leonard, former Tiger | pitcher. Consequently Commissioner | Landis restored Cobb and Speaker to | the reserve lists of their clubs, mak- {ing them eligible to play base ball again if they choose. R were pokedn Cobb found The commissioner made his ruling Ban Johnson, president ‘“on leave” of the American League, threw bombshell into the base ball world | handing Landis the letters pur- chased from Leonard which tended to implicate _Cobb, Speaker and “Smoky Joe” Wood, a one-time Bos- ton and Cleveland American pitcher. Landis made persistent efforts to have Leonard face the players he accused, | but Leonard refused. Commissioner Landis said Speak- | obb_professed to have no | to their ability to vindicate | | themselves if given an opportunity | to come face to face with Leonard, {but they could not answer for the |others involved, in whom they were ideeply interested. Landis said they ap- i peared to be particularly disturbed | after by | doubt pecting the situation involving moky Joe” Wood. | | Finally, after Landis had failed to | induce Leonard to face them, Cobb {and Speaker decided they would quit | base ball rather than have a hearing | with Leonard absent. ! All Charges Denied. Cobb, Speaker and Wood all vigor- otisly ~denjed ~ Leonard’s charges, made after Cobb had dismissed him from the Detroit club. “While they insisted they had no doubt of their abllity to answer the charges,” the decision pointed out, “they were concerned about the possible effect upon themselves and others in whom they were deeply irterested. They appeared to be particularly disturbed respecting the | situation of Joe Wood. | _ “These considerations, as Cobb and | Speaker represented the matter to me, { brought about their desire to quit | base ball, despite their appreciation {of the fact that such action might be misconstrued. Inasmuch, therefore,! | as Leonard’s attendance could neither | | be induced nor enforced, the commis- | sioner consented that the hearing be put over indefinitely, and it was under- stood that would be the end of the matter, unless conditions thereafter { should so change as to require a | different course. “It was pointed out at the time | that a number of people knew or had | heard of the Leonard charges and of the Cobb and Wood letters, and the likelihood of suspicion and rumor ye- | sulting from a retirement in these circumstances of two players of such prominence was fully discussed. And |it was definitely understood that the | interests of all concerned might there- after require a public statement set- ting forth the charges and the an- swers, Releases Are Explained. “The American League directors were informed of the status of the players and that Cobb and Speaker | desired to leave base ball for the | reason stated. Accordingly, the De- troit and Cleveland Clubs granted re- leases, and the American League direc tors rescinded their resolution calling for a hearing, with the same under- standing that this ended the matter unless subsequent developments should necessitate a hearing and publication. | “Shortly thereafter gossip and rumor got busy, as usually transpires | when these two kindly, sympathetic ! agencies are at work. They left in | their wake" a. variety of progeny in- finitely more harmful to the individ- {uals concerned than the truth could { possibly be. Many press associations and scores of newspapers were per- sistently demanding the facts. There. | fore, Cobb, Speaker and Wood wer: | called to Chicago and the situation aid before them. ““They all realized that untrue, dis torted and garbled accounts were being inuendoed and agrecd that a hearing had become desirable, even with Leonard persisting in staying away. i | i | | Leonard Balks Again. “Accordingly, a final effort was made to have him attend, but again 1. The hearing was held nd the commissioner at once sued the record for publication in accord- ance with his definite understanding { with Cobb, Speaker and Wood.” The decision today was in response to a request from Cobb and Speaker that their base ball status be defined This request was. in contemplation of possible future service and in accord- ance with the commissioner’s state ment of December 21, I when he said 1, News Note: President Coolidge asks the House for an appropriation of $185,000 for ventilat- ing and dehumidizing the Senate chamber. GAS BLAST INHALL KILLS 7 PERSONS Crowd at Basket Ball Game Trapped When Walls and Ceiling Collapsed. By the Associated Press TURNER, Idaho, January 27.—Sev- en persons are dead and nearly a score injured, 11 seriousl as a result of an explosion of acetylene gas which wrecked a Mormon chapel and recre- ation hall here last night while a basket ball game was in progress More than 200 persons had assem bled in the one-story frame building lused as a church by the Latter-day Saints congregation for a game be- -tween the Turner and Central, Idaho, teams. Shortly after play started the lighting system failed, and, witnesses said, some one lighted a match. A terrific explosion followed, wrecking the rear wall. Ceiling Falis on Crowd. As the players and spectators start- ed for the only remaining exit at the front of the building, a portion of the ceiling fell, hurling timbers and plaster into the crowd. Before the hall could be cleared the front wall collapsed. Most of the dead and many of the injured were found near this exit. The body of James McCann, the janitor, was found in the basement, where he had apparently gone to in- spect the lighting system tanks. The bodies of his two sons and brother, Brigham McCann, were found neas the exit. Another son died later. Mrs. James McCann was severely cut and bruised. The McCann's lived on a ranch near here. Two more bodies were identified as those of Elmer Anderson and Iral Lowe, both members of the Central team. Mrs. Lowe and Mrs. Ander- son, who had accompanied their hus- bands to the game, were injured. Blown From Building. Although a complete list of the in- jured apparently was not kept, all were thought to be residents of Turner or nearby towns. Several sus- tained broken legs or arms. Th serfously injured were given firs in a schoolhouse here, while some were removed to Grace, Idaho, by volunteers who answered a call for doctord and nurses. Some of the injured said they were literally - blown from the building. Other "persons near the door found little difficulty in escaping. Although rescuers continued to search the wreckage this morning, all of the dead and injured were believed to have been removed. Turner is located in Bannock County in the Bear Valley ranch country of Southeastern Idaho. PRESIDENT RECEIVES 1,200 IN 27 MINUTES Larglest Crowd of Noonday Visitors of Year Calls at White House. Coolidge received today delegation of noonday to pass through his office thus , 1,200 persons, about evenly divided between representa- tives of the W. C. T. U. and the les force of the Prudential Life Insurance Co., both of which are in convention in W hington this time. For nearly half an hour the visitors stood in line in the biting cold waiting for the President to conclude his morning duties and bid them enter for a friendly handshake. When the doors of the Executive office finally were thrown open, there were only number hands to be pressed by the President. This is one of the largest noonday gatherings to visit the White House at this season in recent ars. It took the line 27 minutes to pass through, each visitor being heard as rapidly as courtesy would permit to spare those at the end of the line from remaining President “These men being out of base ba no decision will, be made unless changed condition? in the future re. quire it.” Preceding that announcement both | players had been released. GOTHAM MAY GET STARS. Giants, Yankees and Dodgers Ex- pected to Bid for Them. NEW YORK, January 27 New York b: ball men today viewed the possibility of Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker being sought by one or all of the three Metropolitan clubs, the Giants, the Yankees and Robins, ~(Continusdon Pags 4 Column § ). — in the frigid temperatures outside longer than necessary. SEEK MISSING BALLOON. Russians Trying to Locate Giant Airship on Rampage. MOSCOW, January 27 (#).—All eyes in Russia turned skyward today seek- ing a glant military balloon containing Flight Comdr. Garakandidze, which disappeared Sunday after successful trial flights over Moscow. ‘The government broadcast appeals Indians Fear Relic Seizure and Maul Mexican Official By the Asso MEXICO Excited by ated Press. CITY, January 27.— reports that their church would be closed and its sacred relics seized, Indians Chignahuapan, Puebla, badly maul- ed Constantino Iniguez, supposing that he had arrived for the pur- pose. who went Chign: to conduct an investig: for the agrarfan commissio was so serfously injured that he had to be taken to a hospital at Puebla. STATEMENTS BY 4 INBUSCH CASE READ Jury Absent as Court Hears Versions of Defendants. 3 Declared Voluntary. to D ion Four statements made by the four defendants on trial in Criminal Divi- sion 2 charged with the murder of Policeman Leo W. K. Busch were presented to Justice William Hitz to day by the Government as evidence against Nicholas Lee Eagles, John Proctor, John F. McCabe and Samuel Moreno. The jury was absent while the statements were being considered and the court announced that they will be taken under advisement. The first statement offered by stant United Stites Attorney J. J was stgned by McCabe and s in length. Inasmuch Moreno and Eagles were mentioned McCabe, they were given an op: portunity to comment on references made to them. O'Leary told the court that Eagles' comment on McCabe's reference to him was “a damned dirty lie,” while Moreno characterized McCabe as a_“damned liar.” The first 11 pages of the statement were offered as against McCabe, while the twelfth bearing Eagles’ and Mo- reno’s comments was offered against them. s Eagles’ Statement Shorter. James A. O'Shea and John H. Bur- nett, attorneys for McCabe, stipulated that their client’s statement was made voluntarily, but they would not stipu- late as to the truth or falsity of it. The second statement presented was made by Eagles and embodied eight pages. The eighth page was occupied with comment by Moreno and McCabe, but the nature of it was not revealed. 1t was offered against Eagles, McCabe and Moreno, and bore the stipulation that it was made voluntarily, al- though the truth or falsity would not be vouched for. Moreno's statement was seven pages in length and bore the indorsement of Fagles that it was true. McCabe, how- ever, stated In writing that part of it was false and part was true. rtin O'Donoghue and nt, attorneys for Moreno, v lated the statement was made by their client voluntarily, as did Louis Tan- nenbaum and Irving Wall, counsel for Eagles. Detective Testifles. James B. Archer and A. L. Bennett, counsel for Proctor, however, woyld not stipulate that the statements made by their client in a Baltimore hospital, where he was suffering from gun- shot wounds as a result of a Petworth gun battle on the morning of Septem- ber 26 were voluntary. Consequently the vernment called Detective Sergt. BEdward J. Kelly to testify as to the circumstances surrounding the making of the statement. Kelly told Assistant United States Attorney George D. Horning, jr., that no inducement, promise of immunity, force or violence was exercised by the police in obtaining the statement before Proctor answered their stions he was shown a written rning that it would be used against ‘With Kelly were Detective Sergts. Waldron and Sweeney. Mr. Archer, after Kelly’s examina- tion, conceded that the Government had ' established a prima facie case that Proctor’s statement was given voluntarily, but he objected to its ad- mission. Capt. Cornwell Called. Horning then sought to clear the “confession” angle of the case which Justice Hitz had desired today, and therefore excused the jury from at- tendance, by calling Dr. Raoul Benoit O'Leary Harry 85 | o the populace to report any fraces |of Garfleld Hospitalgo tell of the “‘dy- stipu- | ENGINEER FAVORS | RIVER BOULEVARD Longer and More Costly‘ Route to Mount Vernon Held | Greater in Advantages. Special Dispatch to The Star ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 27. The proposed river route to Mount Vernon has far greater advantages than the proposed western route, P. St. Julian Wilson, engineer, says in report to Thomas H. MeDonald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads. Adop. tion of the river route is recommend- ed, although, the report shows, it is two miles longer and costs $1,100,000 | more. “We also had in mind the possible | development of the highway and the bordering land as an extension of the park system of the National Capital,” says the report. The eastern, or river route, it sets forth, begins at the south end of the | proposed Arlington Memorial Bridge at Columbia Island. It extends south- | east on the Island, over a bridge cross. | ing Little River, thence under the Highway and Railway Bridges, where it turns south and. approximatel parallels the Potomac River, conne ing with a northern extension of | Washington street in Alexandria, and southern extension of that street Creek basin to ap- proximately the location of the elec tric railway. Parallel to Railway. ¥rom here the location is prac- tically parallel to the, railway until high ground is reached near Well- ington Villa. It then follows along the ridge overlooking the Potomac River to Fort Hunt, where it bend to the west, following the river b: to Little Hunting Creek, crossing where the ascent to Mount Vernon begins immediately and the line curves gradually to the present en- | trance near the railway station at| Mount Vernon. The length of the river route, he says, is approximately 14.6 miles, | (Contirued on page 3, Column 2.) ARGENTINE SENATORS SCORE U. S. POLICY Would Avoid Loans From Ameri- can Bankers—Seek Light on Nicaragua. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, January 27.—At- tacking the “imperialism and audac- ity” of the United States in landing American troops in Nicaragua, Sena- tor Justo, leader of the Socialist group, presented a motion in the Senate last night asking for all information in the hands of the government on the present situation in Nicaragua. The Senator declared that Argentina should avoid increasing its debts to | American bankers, otherwise ‘“our | natural riches will be easy prey for the eagles of Wall Street.” Other Senators approved the stand taken by Justo. Ayvar Aguier, Radi- cal member, said Argentina should prepare herself against action by the American Government similar to that taken in the case of Nicaragua. Sendtor Justo's motion was referred to the committee of constitutional bus- | for Police Plan to Sell Faithful Dog to Give Master Fit Funeral By the ated Pr MINNEAPOLI Ass: i death burial nuary 2 val- . to pro vide f for his destitute In the county morgue today Xher lay the unclaimed body of Georg 3 “Old Barth,” an on highway \n automobile lown used wn ¥ here Monday b When he police dog permit any ol body. As B or close frie ning to more tha espec MERCURY HIS § "IN COLDEST DAY his for to th s th IEntire Northeast in Grip of Wave Which Goes to 30 B low in New York State. e- A brief but severe cold wave from the Arctic brought Washington its coldest weather of the season today, with the official thei :r at the Weather Bureau reg g 8 degrees at 7 o'clock this morning. Incidentally, the accompanying at- mospheric pressure broke records for all time in this section, with a I mark of 31.01 inches recorded on the official barograph at 10 am. The previous high pressure mark, inches, was established in January, 1899, This had no cular signifi- cance he weather is con cerned, but it is a matter of special interest to meteorologists, it was point- ed out. The minimum ter this morning chopped the previous low mark for the 10 degre set December 1K, t cold weather since Jar r ago, when degrees t so far as ter Mitchell said would hover around to desc gree night. Rapidly on the program ever, with souther the “‘east of north gravated the pr ONE BELOW IN the 20 de or two ture winds, which a nt cold s Coldest January n 56 Years Iids Metropolis as Northeast Shivers. NEW YORK, January 2 mercury in the here dropped to 1 o at 6 o'clock today-——the coldest January 27 here in 56 years. For nearly two hours the ther mometer remained nearly stationa and then be; n to ris standing at above zel at 8 am An hour later the mercury jumped upward 3 more degrees und the fore- caste predicted that it would rise stead| during the day. The intense cold caused an unpre- | cedented demand for accommodations at municipal lodging hous Thirteen women and tv'o children were among the 0 accommodated at one house The Salvation Army and the Bowery Mission supplied beds for women, while 0 men slept in chairs at the Hanley tescue Mission on the Bowery Tenement Dwellers Flee Fire. During the sub-zero weather a fire a five-story tenement house on ast street drove 15 families into treet. The scantily clad tenants climbed down fire e neighbors sheltered them. T ze is believed to have been of incendiary origin. The entire Northe: the grip of the mos of the Winter. Temperature sub-zero 1 the Missi: South. st today was in evere cold wave tumbled s in all to zero and states east of ppi River, except in the A further drop was forecast late today or tomorrow New England shipping was affected and train schedule m the West were somewhat disrupted by the frigid weather, which swept out of the Cana- dian Northwest on a 62-mile gale, The Middle West al as a suffere Brainerd, Minn., had a temperatur of 39 below, the lowest in the country. Records for the Winter were shat tered throughout New England. Greenville, Me., it was 16 below, and unofficial instruments in northern Ver- mont registered 20 below zero. Boston reported 5 below. The mercury rest- ed at about zero in southern Connecti- cut and Rhode Island. 30 Below at Twin Bridges. A temperature of 30 below at Twin Bridges, N. Y., was the lowest mark in New ate. : In l’lulu;lo}x:hl:; within six hours the mercury dropped from 30 degrees te ey (R m 30 degrees to No deaths from ported and the panied by snow. Two _fishing schooner Port- land, Me., were missing. Another schooner put into port with most of her cargo and deck fittings gor the cold were re. gale was not accom- from Caterpillar Defies Cold. KEENE, H., January 27 (#).—It may be a marauding pest, but at least it is courageous. While the tempera- iness for study. ture ranged from 12 to 24 below zero ontinued on Page 3, Column 3.) By the Associated Pre CHICAGO, January 27.— Three weather-worn fishermen, for five days held captive by the ice that locked thelr tugboat in the middle of a big ice floe in lower Lake Michigan, were rescued early today when the ocean- going freighter Sandmaster crushed through to their side. The rescuers found that supplies of food dropped by airplane had staved off hunger, but in their desperate fight against numbing lake winds the three men were wrecking their boat for fuel when help arrived. For 12 hours the Sandmaster charged the fleld in the dark, and at midnight flashed a radio word to her Chicago @wners that she had won the fight andfwas alongside the tug. A line quickly run to the dimin. utive then lying three men freighter Chicago with the tug in tow. Freyer and Joe Van Kirk, had suffered no serious long exposure and a period of hunger which ended Tuesday, plane swept within a fe: tug and dropped food, clothing and some fuel. Three Men Rescued From Big Ice Floe After Five Days’ Peril fiake Michigan were transferred to and she started back the for The men, Frank Jentzen, Harvey pparently effects from vhen an air feet of the | _Other aircraft waited on call last night should the cfforts to reach the imprisoned tug fail, and Coast Guards prepared to establish breeches buoy connection if the floe again maoved to- ward the shore, as it did vesterday. official thermometetr: degree. below: MELLON PUTS BAN ON“ SPEAKEASIES," OR ILLEGAL TRAPS | Prohibition Agents Must Stay Within Law in Methods of Enforcement. | | | | iOVERZEALOUS OFFICERS BLAMED BY SECRETARY | Bielaski in New York Says He Will Drop Such Practices, But Sees Good Effect. ] 1 No mo {or ar | pose of catct | the prohibition law | Secretary of | today | Declaring that he had been surpri | when he first learned of the establish- | ment operated in New York City by | the Government nts, Secretar | Mellon said the report of Assist | Secretary Andr and Commissioner of Internal Reve- » Blair sent to the Senate concern- s the operations of the New York stituted a warning to prohibition force. asury, officially, has always been opposed to the use of such illegal methods of procedure which would lect upon the Federal forces, Secre- Mellon indicated, and so far as knew, the Bridge Whist Club in York, operated as a means of ting evidence against violators of law, w running without the sanction of any of the higher officials of the department * operation of “speakeasies” 1l practices for the pur: eged violators of will be permitted, the Treasury Mellon said he entire The T |tz I n | Some Agents Go Too Far. _ Some overzealous agent might Le induced to-go to too great lengths in attempts to get evidence, Mr. Mellon said, but a careful check would now be kept to see that no more such il- legal practices were resorted to. iplinary measures will be taken against the agents in question, Secretary Mellon indicated today, as the men were doing what they sup- posed was their duty. The Treasury has always been on guard against dangers that lurk in enforcement of prohibition, it was dis- closed by the head of the department, who said that many proposals of an indesirable nature had been turned down in the past. Several persons, for instance, he said, had urged the use of wire tapping. But this prac- tice, clearly illegal, had been Lanned by the Treasury, 'and one operator caught using it, in defiance of orders; bad been @i L g Bielaski Explains Club. In New York City, A. Bruce Bie- ®ski, the prohibition agent who takes the responsibility for having autho- rized the club, vesterday explained in court some of the methods of operation { of the Bridge Whist Club, bu | an interview outside the court, that he was definitely through with that kind of operation. “The Bridge Whist Club,” he said, “proved very helpful to us in our work. Through it we obtained infor- mation about most of the big lquer | syndicates. I would not approve of that method of prohibition enforce- ment again, however, nor did I ever approve it, except in this one case, made necessary, I believe, by the situation that existed in et . Bielaski said, was not idea, but he would “accept respon- sibility.” The place had been oper- ated by an undercover man by the name of Ralph W. Bickle, Blelaski . but the speakeasy had never re- turned a profit. U. S. Auditors Check Up. Testifying in a suit befor Federal Judge inslow in New York to oust Mr Augusta Berman as lessee of the entire buflding where the Bridg: Whist Club was located, laski terday declared that Maj. Walton Green, form chief prohibition inves- tigator in Washington, had been in- formed of the operation of the place, and that Government auditors had been there and gone over the matter. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews has provided for the opening in Washington before long of a training school for prohibition inspec- Lors Attendance will be limited to specialists connected with the alcohol and brewery squads. James Cooper Waddell, supervisor of alcohol and brewery control, will be in charge. TRUCK HITS TWO OTHERS, THEN CRASHES HOUSE Accident Follows Collision as One Makes Left-hand Turn-—Door of Building Damaged. Occupants of 2064 Wisconsin this morning by the 3262 K the frame avenue were Jjolted when a truck owned Mutval Building Supply Co., treet, and operated by Fred H. Vogt of 310 Chandler street, Ross- lyn, V wshed into the front door after colliding with two other trucks and a_tree. Vogt was thrown to the ground. The occupants of the house, owned by Miss Dora Mace, Mrs. Margaret Mace and Miss Marguerite Mace, were in the kitchen in the rear, and rushed out to find their home smashed in, although the damage was not great. Vogt, was treated for minor lacera: tions at Georgetown Hospital by Dr. E. M. O'Brien. He was proceeding south on Wis- consin avenue when a truck operated by Arthur Samuels, 724 Thirteenth street, proceeding in the same direc- tion, turned to the left to enter a refuse dump on the east side of the avenue. Vogt's vehicle struck Sam- uel's truck a glancing blow and then ran into a truck owned by the Holz- berlein Bakery, 1349 Seventh street, before continuing out of control into the Mace residence. All three trucks were badly damaged. NEW LIEN ON CHAPLIN. LOS ANGELES, January 27 (#).— dwelling Charles Spencer Chaplin’s assets were more completely tied up and Mrs. Chaplin’s efforts to secure alimony awarded in her diverce suit made more The men were known to be in peril of their lives in the event of a sudden breaking up of the ice field, which detached itself £ difficult today when Government repre- sentatives Ao o e m.lnsz su,urd‘vg and | $5630,000 for u.lleg:d delinquent income k lake with its three ! taxes against the United Artist tiled additional lens of Dis