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52 SEES TASK IN FARM BILL ENFORCEMENT Mellon Says Collection of Fees Would Be Fraught With Difficulties. Administration of the provisions of the MeNary-Haugen farm bill would | be fraught with many difficulties, Ser reary Mellon has informed Represeni- | ative Chindblom, Republican, of Tlli-j Nois in response to 4 QUETY. | The Treasury Secretary that its administration alove cost about $500,000 a vear, not includ ing the cost of filing returns and col- i lecting the equalization fee, of account : ants, technical and legal experts and investigating agents who wo be needed “The collection of the equalization fee,” he said, “will be difficult Inserted in Record. Secretary Mellon's letter was insert- ed in the Congressional Record vester day as the House was co! uding gen eral debate on the bill. In his letter to Representative Chindblom, Secretary Mellon said that “the collection of the equalization fee from any one of the three mediums provided has so many disadvantages that it is not possible to say which would be the least difficult. “Regardless of which of the three mediums of collection is adopted.” he added. “'a force of investigating agents must be organized for the purpose of | pscertaining whether the designated collection medium has filed correct re turns and paid the full amount of the fee. The investigating body might be compared with the present force of revenue agents emploved under the eupervision of the Internal Revenue Bureau. “The impossibility of the collecting of every cent of the equalization fee is apparent. In addition to the fact that the equalization fee is a sum author- ized by Jaw, which must be collected for tha rehabilitation of the revolving fund. it can be seen that the collecting agency that does not make proper re- port is in effect withholding Govern- ment funds. Cites Need of Honesty. “So much will depend upon the hon- esty and alertness of the collection agency that it can be seen that many units of the proper commodity, as it passes through commerce, will fail to pay the equaiization fee provided by Jaw. An unscrupulous processor or purchaser or carrier will find that &bility to evade the return of the equalization fee to the board will re sult in his profit. Tt must be realized that the ingenuityof the Government representatives must be vigorously ap- plied to adequately meet, in so far as possible, the requirements of the pro- posed legislation.” Unless existing collecting agencies are used, Mr. Mellon said, it would be mecessary to set up an equalization fee collector's office in each Federal land bank district. “It is reasonable to assume.” he de- clared, “that, regardless of the desires of the framers of the proposed legis- Jation. it will not be possible to re- turn to the revolving fund the entire amount withdrawn therefrom, for the reason that experience in collecting ‘taxes has established the fact that taxes are never collected 100 per cent.” SURVEY OF SCHOOLS T0 BE WIDESPREAD, SAYS SENATOR PHIPPS (Continued from First Page.) estimated would offered by Senator Phipps will raise this item to $160,000, making the final total of the bill 'if the amendment is mdopted $36,993,125. The Phipps amendment would be sufficient to | complete the walls and main entrance | o the park on Sixteenth street, com- lete the wall on Fifteenth street and {Jnclude construction of the wall on W Btreet between Fifteenth and Six- teenth, together with entrances and Appropriate grading in accordance With the plan of the Fine Arts Com- on. enator Phipps endeavored to have the appropriation bill_taken up for Mction as soon as the Senate met t day, but was unable to obtain imme- diate consideration because Senator Howell, Republican, of Nebraska, de- mired to speak on the proposal to mdopt cloture for the banking bill. Since the question of adopting the cloture must be voted on at 1 o'clock, Senator Howell found it necessary to speak before that hour. Senator Phipps mav be able to call up the District bill later in the afternoon. TEACHERS’ PAY CHANGES NOT TO BE RETROACTIVE McCarl Holds Those Whose Sal- aries Are Cut Need Not Make Refunds to U. 8. sa pri ry changes for more than 30 or high school teachers as ordered Controller Genera! McCarl in two decisions need not be made retro- | ®ctive, the District Board of Commis. | Eione: was told today in another de-| cision by the Controller General. The board had forwarded a long £chedule of amounts which it said would represent immediate and ulti- mate increases and decreases in sal ary necessitating in some cases im mediate refunds to the Government.” McCarl &aid no refunds would be necessary, as the new rates need not be made retroactive, but he stood on the merits of prior decisions, which would have given increases to several | teachers, due to new classification. In the application of the decisions the | board claims some decreases will have to be made TRAFFIC AID PLEDGE. Police to Help Eldridge in “Dead" Permit Search. Police Bdwin B. ed The 5 Department |hrm|l:hi 1a i Fiesse, superintendent, | a year following his admission to the {out | Above: Representative Blanton. Below: Representative Bloom. ANADIAN ENVOY T0 ARRIVE TODAY Vincent Massey Will Be Pre- sented to President. After Seeing Kellogg. Honorable Vincent Massey, the new Canadian Minister to the United States, left Toronto last night and will arrive in Washington this afternoon to open the Dominion legation. Mr. Massey is expected to present his credentials to Secretary Kellogg tomorrow and be presented formally to President Coolidge Friday. Laurent Beaudry of Quebec City has been appointed first secretary of the legation, and Thomas A. Stone of Chatham, private secretary. The other members of the seretarial staff are Hume Wrong of the University of Toronto and M. Mahoney, who has up to now been the Canadian representa- tive at the Brisish embassy. No Counsellor Named. According to general practice the senior official of a legation, next to an ambassador or minister, is the counselor. It 1s understood, however, that in case of Canada, the post will be left open for the present and may later be filled by promotion. Mr. Beaudry, the first secretary, re- signed the post of chief editor of Le Soleil, a Quebec City daily, to accept the Washington appointment. He is one of the pest known journalists in the Province of Quebec, ad has had considerable experience in the duties he will be called upon to undertake. After practising law for a little over bar, he became private secretary to Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, who was then a judge of the Supreme Court of Can- ada, and later when Sir Charles re- signed he occupled the same position with_Sir Louis Davies, who was also on the Supreme Court bench. A few vears later Mr. Beaudry became pri- vate secretary to Premier King. He next accepted his recent post as edi- tor-in-chief of Le Soleil. Mr. Beaudry's Career. Mr. Beaudry was born in St. Hya- cinthe in 1886 and completed his earl. studies in St. Hyacinthe College. He studied law at Laval University, Mon- treal, and was awarded the Rhodes | scholarship, which allowed him to fol- | low a special course of jurisprudence at Oxford University and later at the University of Paris. Thomas A. Stone, who will fulfill the | duties of private secretary to Mr. Massey, {8 a Son of Mr. and Mrs. Spen- cer Stone, Chatham; is a graduate of the University of Toronto, and spent two years studying in France. Hume Wrong. another of the secretari graduated with a bachelor of arts de gree from Toronto University in 1915, and later attended Balliol College, Ox- ford. Mr. Mahoney, the other member of the staff, is an official of the Canadian department of external affairs, and was connected with the staff of the ! British Ambassador at Washington. He has been in personal charge of Canadian affairs dealt with by the em- bassy. MASSEY IN NEW YORK. First Speech to Be Delivered There Next Week, NEW YORK, February 15 (#).— Vincent Massey, Canada's first Minis- ter to the United States, accompanied by his secretariat, arrived in New York today on the way to headquar- ters in Washington. An accident through which the new Minister missed his train in Toronto yesterday resulted in Mr. and Mrs. Massey traveling to New York in sep- arate trains. Mr. Massey arrived at the Pennsylvania Station and Mrs, Massey, with her domestic entourage, at_the Grand Central Station. Wednesday of next week the envoy 18 to make his first public appearance since his appointment ax a speaker at Pledzed its co-operation today to Di rector of Traffic M. O. Eldridge in youndinzg up all motorists drivin, with permits numbered from 1 B0.000. which were outlawed Febru. to t ke a general drive against mo. fsts holding the invalld permits, Maj. Hesso has instructed them to examine cacefully the permits of all drivers stopped for any cause. and §f the cards come within the outlawed @roup, to take the holders to court, BAND CONCERT. TODAY. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, 5:45 o'clock, John . M. Zimmermann, Jeader; Imil A. Fenstad, second Jeader. TOMORROW. By the United States Marine Band Drchestra, at the Marine Barracks, £15 o'clock, Willlam H. Santelmann, Jeader; Taylor Branscn, second leade: | How About Your While the police are not expected | rim& Club_in thie || Car for the Spring? \ 1t you have picked your 1927 model from those exhibited at the recent Automobile Show, you must dispose of your old car. The quickest and most profit- able way s to tell all about your old car in an advertixe ment in the Sale Automobile | classitication of The Star. Many i cars have been sold by one In- | sertion of a well written adver- tisement. Three cents per word, | central THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, RU 1927. VETO OF FARM BILL BELIEVED CERTAIN Mellon Letter Said to End All Doubts President Will Dis- approve Measure. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. It anybody in Congress had doubts about the intention of President ¢ool idge to veto the Mc: Haugen bill, the letter sent by etary Mellon of the Treasury Department, pointing the difficulties of administering such @ proposal, dispelled all illusions. Mr. Mellon's communication did not 1 with the economics of the meas re at all, as this will he taken care £ by the President in his veto mes sage. But the expense and trouble anticipated in collecting the equaliza tion fee has heen explained now and will be referred to briefly by the Presi dent Congress, of course, does not take too seriously the item of expense or administrative difficulty, for even though, as estimated, it would require ose 1o $1,000,000 for expense, this small item with those who are preparing to risk more than $250,000,- Se 1 000 of government money in a revoly ing fund. Heavy Losses Indicated. The most serious phase of Mr. Mel lon's letter is the argument that it will not be possible to collect all the equalization fees, anvmove than it is possible to collect income taxes, when people practice avoldance or evasion Inasmuch as there are approximately 16,000,000,000 units to he watched as a result of the combined crop yield of many commodities, the expense of col- lection not only is figured by the Bu- reau of Internal Revenue to he high, but indications are that the expected {losses will be much larger than in the case of income taxes. With respect to 7,000,000 tax return the Government collects annually about $700,000,000, of which all but $73.000,000 comes from persons with incomes above $5.000 a are less than 1,000,000 pers latter group. So that in reality Bureau of Internal Revenue gets 90 per cent of the money from less than one-seventh of the total number of taxpayers. In_administering the McNary-Hau- gen bill the total number of persons is not =0 important as the total number of transactions which must be ac- counted for. Treasury Apprehensive. The fact that the equalization fee can be collected from any of three sources is making the Treasury appre- hensive, because there are so many carriers—rallroads, electric cars, motor busses and other vehicles—engaged in Interstate commerce that the possibil- ities of shipping goods by unregis- tered vehicles is expected to increase the difficulties and expense of coliec- tion. It is hardly likely, on the other hand, that any of the arguments made about expenses are going to change many votes in the House of Representatives, where it is expected that the bill will pass. The question i what effect will the veto have on public opinion. The Mellon letter is the first of a serfes of broadsides in an attempt to prove to the farmer that the McNary-Haugen bill is imprac- ticable and unsound and that farm re lief legislation should be adopted in the form of the Curtis.Crisp bill. The President could delay action on the McNary-Haugen bill until almost the end of the present session, but this course is unlikely, as he is anx- ious to glve Congress a chance fo modify the McNary-Haugen bill to meet his wishes Final Action Unlikely Now. The sponsors of the measure indi cate they will go to the country rather than change its fundamental princi- ples, but the administration, on the other hand, is eager to make its record in favor of the Curtis-Crisp bill. The chances of any measure becom- ing law at this session are slight, as neither side of the controversy is ap- parently ready to admit that there exists a real deadlock between schools of thought irrespective of partisan po- litical consideration. (Coyright. 1927.) FARM RELIEF BILL FACES TEST VOTE IN HOUSE TODAY (Continued from First Page.) Treasury Department experts and a call for its defeat by the Minnesota Democratic State committee yester- day may dampen their hopes, In a telegram to House Minority Leader Garrett, Chairman C. A. Quist of the Minnesota Democratic State committee urged the Demo- cratic Representatives “to do their utmost to_defeat” the bill. [ia cen sured the Democratic Senators in vot- ing for the measure as “supporting class legislation” in violation of “car- dinal principles of Jeffersonian Democ- racy.” Speculation on the bill's outcome in the hands of the President formed a main topic in the House's cloakrooms and lobbles. ; Chairman Haugen, although sayin he had no direct information, declared he did not think Mr. Coolidge desired to “alienate his wide following in the West with a veto,” while on the floor Representative Quin. Democrat, Mis- sissippl, asserted “the President will not kick the poor farmer in the pants with his veto.” “It f» ridiculous.” he added, “for any member to hide behind what the Presi- dent or the Supreme Court iz koing to do. “If you want farm relief you've got to vote for the McNary and Haugen measure, because it is the only vill with a chance to become a law.” 1f the substitution plans for tomor- row are auccessful, and as soon as the measure s ready for amendment, Representative Dickinson, Republican, Towa, said he intends to inform the House that any change, o little as & comma,” means failure of all farm reliet in this session. “1 will tell the members plainly,” he said, “that a vote for an amend- ment is w vote agalust farm relief. Today in Congress SENATE. Senate votes at 10 o'clock on the petition seeking to invoke cloture fo limit debate on the Pepper- McFadden branch banking bill. Cloture, if adopted, will restrict each Senator to one hour. District committee may take ac- tion this afternoon on the Farmers' Market bill and the Shipstead bill to regulate private buildings erect- ed adjacent to Federal structures in Washington. 8 Committee on territories held a hearing on proposal to establish a Philippine leprosy commission, Nuaval affairs committee met in executive session to consider bills on the calendar. Senator I’hipps prepared amendment to the District ap- an 45 cents minimum charge per ineertion. propriation bill, adding $137,000 1o the ftem of $23,000 for comple. tion of improvements in Meridian Hill Park on Sixteenth lu'* CAPITAL BESIEGES McPHERSON Official and unofficlal Washington, competing for reserved seats in the “amen corner,” hesieged the Almee Semple MePherson campaign head {auarters at the Hamilton Hotel today | Enthusiastic over her triumph illnnmun- last night, where she to flight the few consclentious ob- Jectors who sought robibit her preaching, the Los . cvangelis was in rare good hume morning She was antleipating with unconcealed Jov her first opportunity this noon to exhort \Washingtonlans to “bring back the amen corner, the altar calls and the hallelujah shouts and eturn to the good old Bible. touged and smiling, Mrs. MePher. son accompanied Rev. Harry L. Col Ilfer, pastor of the Full Gospel Assem bly'and chalrman of the general com- mittee on arrangements for her local campaign, to the Washington Audi torium to test her voice in the great hall, where thousands crowded this afternoon to hear her plea for “old time religion” or catch a glimpse of a woman who has seized upon the public imagination. High Otficials Seek Seats. Mrs. McPherson Isn't worrving about her reception here. All morn ing the telephone at headquarters was kept busy. Senatq vernment ot eachers and peaple of put moment for re ot Labor Davis and L Col. Franklin Bell, Engincer Commis: sloner for the District, were among | the earliest to make applications. A score of Senators and Represenfatives, including Representative Upshaw, the ieorgia evangelist, will be among her audiences during her three-day Wash- ington engagement. For every one today Mrs. McPher. son ha ing the protographers, who ahout her fn swarms, and newspaper men, who plied her’ with questions. In her reception room at the hotel this morning she received them all, before Koing to the Auditogium and later for an automobile ride through some of the parks. First of all she posed for the cameramen. Her adroit eampaign manager, a handsome and energetic young man named Ralph Jordan, saw to_those details readily enough. Mrs. McPherson was gowned in morning attire. consisting of a huge white fur, which she wore to protect her throat; a black jacket, with white collar and embroidered pockets, and a_white mo shaped neck. ations. Sec- lk hose and black patent leather slippers of low cut completed the costume. Her “titian” hair—which she willingly Ioosened for the gaze of a jury in a Los An- geles courtroom-—was marcelled and dressed high upon her head. Serious When She Poses, When she poses for the photog- raphers Mrs. McPherson always looks serious. When she talks, dark eves sparkle and she flashes a smile that Is not without its mag- netism. This morning she posed for pictures at her typewriter, her writ- ing desk, reading her Rible and drinking the only kind of liquid re- freshment she imbibes—a lemonade with sliced oranges. To keep fit for her strenuous pro- gram, Mrs. McPherson never fafls to take her “daily dozen,” and when in| after- | 1 calling were telenhoning in | d her friendliest smile, includ- | flocked | rning dress with V| her | QUARTERS FOR REVIVAL SEATS Rouged and Smiling, Aimee Arrives Ready to Greet Thousands in First Service at Auditorium Today. weather permits. she goes for a daily |swim. That pleasure being denied | her here. the evangelist s looking forward {0 a horseback ride through | Rock Creek Park tomorrow morning he shows the effects of thix sched- [ule of exercise, for since leaving Lo | Angeles a short while ugo she hus spoken in dozens of cities and hus | uddrexsed more than 200,000 persons. | At her revival mectings here Wash- Hingtonians probably will witness | scenes that have' not been enacted | since “Billy" Sunday invaded the Cap |1tal some years ago. For Mrs Me. | | Pher stages an old time reviv, | She will call upon persons in the an "dlence to stand up and profess their faith in God “Religion to Sell." “I am like a real estate or an auto salesman with something to sell,” she said today, “and 1 go out to sell re ligion. People want to hear about the Bible and the old-time religion of Wes ley's day.” ¢ That is the only kind of religion, she claims, that will keep the pews filled. IFor her subject at her Arst app ance this afternoon the evangelist will 2 “The March of Christian McPherson seldom picks subject {n advance, she takes her cue from her audience. Among the more popular of her evangelistic talks which she will here are “The of My Life,” “Ruth the ( ' ““The Second Coming of Ch ) 'he Rose of Sharon” and “The Res- surrection Morning." A choir of ahout 300 voices has been embled under the direction of Miss Emma Rerge of Baltimore, with Mrs FEunice Rhodes of Baltimore ~plano accompanist | At her Washington meetings, the | evangelist will issue a call for a volun- teer orchestra and more than 40 per- sons already have responded. Gladwin . Nichols, director of her Los Angeles band and noted as a trumpet soloist, has come to Washington specially for the local campaign. “Simply glorious,” was the manner in which the evangelist described hef reception in Baltimore, where she poke last night at the Franklin Street Memorial United Brethren Church, Malkes Light of Protest. She and her affable manager made light of the attempt of Dawson Horine, |a member of the church, to prevent her speaking there by sending a pro- test to Bishop William Rell, who pre- sides over the United Rrethren | churches in the East. He and some other members of the congregation sald in the telegram that they felt “Mrs. McPherson has not been com- pletely vindicated of the charges re cently brought against her and that her present speaking campaign'is not clean cut.” “They just crowded the small church to capacity,” Mrs. McPherson said. “and T had te speak to an overflow meeting in the basement. 1 do hope the hall here is large enough, for I want _to meet all the people 1 can. 1 love Washington and I want Washing- tonians to love me. Mre. McPherson returned to \Wash- ington from Baltimore last night. She will speak at two services daily through Thursday, in the afternoon at 30 o'clock and the evenings at § o'clock. Admission i free. ONWAY TODISEUSS NEW PANAMIA PACT Panaman Minister Seeks Parley With Kellogg—War Agreement Opposed. By the Associated Press. PANAMA, February 15.—R. J. Al- faro, Panaman Minister to the United States, sailed for New York last night aboard the Santa Teresa and to seek to induce the United Stuter State Department to agree to reopening of negotiations in connec- tlon with the recently drawn up Pana- man-United States treaty. The object of a renewal of the negotiations is to Panaman national aspirations.” as the Panaman Congress declared when it resolved to suspend consideration. of the treaty. Hope U. S. Will Agree. Expressing. hope that the United States would agree to again discuss the pact, Dr. H. ¥. Alfaro, foreign minister, declared that no fundamen tal changes were sought by Panama, the proposed alterations dealing main- ly with the phraseology and interpre- tation of certaln clauses objected to by eritica of the treaty. “The clause most criticized by Pan- amans, he sald, was that dealing with Panaman co-operation with the United States during war time. ‘The diplo- matic representative, he added. would endeavor to obtain clarification of this clause, so that it indicated clearly that Panama was not obliged to aup- ply troops for the United States dur- ing an emergency. Deny Money Is Sought. A recent report from Washington that Panama wanted a lump sum from the United States in pavment for a road across the lsthmus was denied by Foreign Minister Alfaro. He explained that Panama objected only to the road specifications pro- posed by the United States, as they represented an unnecessarily large ex- penditure by Panama, whereas cheap- er roads would do for present needs. Certain changes concerning the clause dealing with commercial relations be- tween the two countries also would be sought by Panama. Canal Purchase Asked. ¢ith the rivers and harbors foday requested an appropriation of $5.500.000 for the nurrh;w &v the Cod Canal in Massachusetts. O amount 1s half of the $11,000,000 authorized and is for part payment. to resume | his diplomatic duties at Washington | find “solutions more in harmony with | BLANTON GRAPPLES WITH BLOOM IN ROW OVER REFORM BILL (Continued from First Page.) frame a reasonable law and have it passed before Congress adjourns. Lawson Called as Witness. Lawson was then called as a He questioned the constitu- tionalit of the bill and attempted to cite a large number of laws and opinions, but Representatives Mcieod, | Reid and Blanton all took rather regular turns in a continuous per- formance of interrupting virtually | every sentence of the witness. With i such comments as, “Don't look over | there,” “Those people can't vote, “You don’t even know the Baptist religion,” “You are great on general- itles, but you don't give facts,” “You can't understand what vou read,” and many other comments which were embarrassing to the witness and pre- vented him from making any argu ment. Mr. Bloom, arising in protest, said “I am a member of Congress and 1 | think it 18 a hame the way this man is heing treated.” There was applause from both those supporting, as well as those opposed to the Lankford bill. The members of the subcommittee called Mr. Bloom down, Mr. Blanton saying, "I make a point of order,” and Representative Reid. telling Mr. Bloom. “You have no right to say anything here.” Mr. Bloom then took a seat at one side, and the hearing continued with persistent heckling of the witness as bhefore. Then Mr. Blanton called attention to “Brother Rloom” sitting over at one side, and sald, “T don’t blame him, | these motion picture interests of .\'BI\: [ York are opposing this legislation, |and referred to Mr. Bloom as having protested against the committee. Mr. Bloom answered: “I was not unjust to you. You were unjust to this witness. There are no rules of Congress that ever gave vou a right to treat any Amerlcan citizen in this way." + Whan Mr. Blanton emphasized that Mr. Bloom's appearance showed that “the pleture show interests of New York are fighting this legislation. Mr. Bloom replied that he was mak- ing a statement which was not true. Then Mr. Blanton rushed at Mr. Bloom and the committee stenog- rapher was among those who en- deavored to prevent the physical er counter, Mr. Bowlby apparently u tacking the stenvgrapher on account of hiy {nterference. After the trouble had subsided, Mr. Bowlby passed by Mr. Lawson, who pofnted his finger at him, shaking It vigorously and g, “Dirty dog.” Following the fncident Mr. Bloom said that he would bring it up on the floor of the House and said across the table to Mr. Blanton, “That may he the way you act in Texas. but it fsn't the way we act in New York." Mr. witness, Senators in Full Dre Several Senators Who wore full dress suits to the Senate last night to take part in considering the postal re- vision bill were likened to headwait- ers by one of their colleagues during the debate. When he could not hear debate be- tween Senators Moses of New Hamp- shire and Copeland of New York. both of whom were in evening clothes, Senator Neely of West Virginia asked them to turn around “so.those who ss at Session Likened to Headwaiter by Colleague aren’t dressed headwaiters may hear what T regret 1 am 1 the waiter business,” Senator C land retorted amid laughter, - cause If there Is & man in this Sen- ate who seems to need food it is the Senator from West Virginia.” Vice President Dawes set the pace for the evening when he appeared in full dress to open the session. Others similarly _attived included Senators up like you say." associated with | tous {tria | him | conferenc Deneen of Illinois, Watson of Indiana and Walsh of Montand. MORENO ESCAPES QUIZ, AS EXPECTED Justice Hitz Denies U. S. At-} torney Right to Cross- Examine on Statements. After torney heen noon Assistant United States At orge D. Horning, jr., had to belleve yesterday after- he would be permitted to ine Samuel Moreno, © of der statement of the Petworth which he guve to the police, Willlam Ilitz today denied that opportunity, according to . Who participated in a lengthy at the bench shortly aftel opened in Criminal Divi- shootin; Justice conns the ~ tria Horning stated vesterday at the close of the session that he was under the impression that the court had riled the statements of Moreno to have heen made under voluntary eir. cumstances which his counsel had contested, and that today he would auestion him on the versions he gave to the ce which the prosecutor has declared in open court differ materially from his direct testimony of last week. Limit on Questions. Moreno took the stand today, however, llorning's questions were confined almost exclusive to Moreno's alleged participation in Vir- ginia and Maryland robberles, and were based on testimony the victims of the hold-ups had given as Gov- ernment witnesses. Moreno clung tenaciously to his story told on direct examination fn which he incriminated John Proctor and Nicholas Lee Eagles, two other defendants, but completely ahsolved John F. McCabe, the fourth defendant, of any par- ticipation in the robhery. Horning’s cross.examination of Moreno was suspended at 12:30 o'clock for the luncheon recess, and at that time the prosecutor had reached the point where Policemen Leo W. K. Busch and Frank L. Ach me upon the four defendants at orgia avenue and Upshur street. Reasons for Denial. Horning confirmed the statements of other counsel that the court had denied him the right te question Moreno on the police statements and \\lIH]Al. not permit him to inquire into a series of interviews written for a local newspaper hy Edwin Duffy, a newspaper man. Horning said the court had reconsidered the decision of yesterday afternoon, stating that Moreno’s leg wound and his youth were considered as insufficient to give a complete voluntary status to the police statements. When Deny Moreno's Charges. In answer to the charges in Mo- reno’s direct testimony of last Thurs- day that Capt. Frederick Cornwell and his officers of the tenth precinct | mistreated him shortly after his cap- ture on New Hampshire avenue about 9 o'clock on the morning of Septem- ber 26, Horning brought the accused officers to the stand. They not only vigorously denied the charges, but gave testimony to show that the wounded prisoner was shown consid- eration and_protected from any out- bursts on the part of “some of the young officers at the station.” Cornwell testified that he. assisted Moreno into an automobile at 410 New Hampshire avenue, and was in omplete;charge of him until he reach- ed the station house. Cornwell said he did not strike Moreno, nor did any one elsf in his command. The pre- ptain also declared he did not | poke his club through | <" of Moreno's cell, and added that he put a specfal man there on guard to protect the prisoner against the high feeling known to exist after two precinet officers had been shot down, The captain admitted that he heard some unpl 1t remarks made about Morena, but that he “called down' the officers who made them. Policeman Makes Denial. William D. Davis, one of the police- men assigned to duty in the cellroom, declared no officer “poked club through the cell or otherwise jabbed Moreno™ while he was on duty, from 8 am. to 4 p.m.. on the 26th. He ad- mitted hearing several remarks made about Moreno, but he insisted they were out of the prisoner's hearing. Policeman Raymond F. Nalls, who re- lieved Davis and stood guard over the cell untll midnight, gave the same tes- timon That portion of Moreno’s statement that he was denied any sleep at head- quarters from midnight of the 26th a until 6 o’clock the following morning | was refuted by William E. Ring, a re. porter for the Washington Poat, who testified that Detective Alligood, the only other occupant of the room Mo- reno was held in, placed a pillow made of a coat under the prisoner’s head and that Moreno slept in Ring's pres- ence. Policeman W. 8. Buchanan, who was charged by name by Moreno as the officer who struck him on the chin, hit him in the back and tore his coat as he got out of the car to go into the station house, testified he did not strike the defendant or offer violence in any degree. Marriage Licenses. roMarriage licenses have been isaued to the 'AIVin “Allen and Christine Burnett. Jou"Adams and Sarah Taylol William F. Letmate and Lil M. Whet- zle_ hoth of Raltimore. Fdwin W. Holden and Gertrnde M. Pohl- Both_of Raitimore ‘HR!‘HIV and Helen T. Osborn mer. Roger Stanley B Knuckey of Ocean View. Va_ and Edna P. C. Almaauist of Detroft. Mis George W. Rioger of Enola_ Pa. Janss of Harrisburg. Pa. Fether M Loue Galden and Victogs Smih russels. Bel- n’ Rosbling of this eity Haron Joseph 'van der it William Collina and Louise Stephans. and gum. and Al Notice to Employers of Truck Drivers Business houses co-operate in paign against and coreless desiring to The Star's cam reckless driving speeding on the part of drivers of delivery ve- hicles by requesting their own employes o sign Safety Pledge Cands are advised that these cards may he obtainad free upon application to the Amer- ican Automobile Association. Just Call the A. A, A, Main 9960 And Ask for Safety Pledge Department Many of Washington's large employers of motor delivery fleets already have joined The Star's campalgn with splendid results for the public generally and the traffic situation in par- ticular. ¥ The cards are not mandatory in any sense, but devised to awaken the best instincts in car operators and make them safer and better drivers, Business Sectiun of Giradot, Co- lombia, Ablaze After Blast. BOGOTA, Colombia, February 5 (#).—The business section of Girardot, terminus of the Rogota Railread on the Magdalena River, was reported to be burning today. Tha fire started in the Tropical Ofl Co. rallroad ware. house terminal, where 10,000 cases of gasoline wera stored. Explosions scatterad the flames to adjoining warehouses, destroying large amounts of valuable freight destined for this cit FJ!I\'N’ steamers with dynamite and gasoline in their cargoes. waiting to be unloaded, were deserted by their crews. The losses thus far cannot be estimated. 12-YEAR-OLD BOY HELD AS SLAYER Hungry After 3-Day Wander- ings, Shoots Merchant for Money. o Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 15. Michael Ponkruusow. 12, was in the custody of the Children's Society today - & killer after a threeday runaway ad | venture. Hungry and afrald to go home, he said, the boy last night held up and shot Marcus Gold, 42, in his leather goods shop in Richmond Hill, Queens. Didn’t Mean to Kill. “T didn’t mean to shoot the man.” he told police after he was found in the washroom in the rear of the atore. “I was awful hungry and only wanted to get enough money to buy something to_eat.” | The police said the boy admitted he | took the revolver from a bureau in his home more than a_vear ago. He | was held on a charge of juvenils delin- quency. Teh father denied he ever had a revolver in his home. The boy asked Gold to show him a leather belt from a box on a shelf. Gold got the box and when he came back to the counter he faced the re- volver in the boy's shaking hand. Youth Fires at His Back. Gold laughed and turned back to the shelf. While his back was turned the boy shot znd Gold was hit in the back near the heart. Police tald the boy stopped at the | home of a chum Saturday night and |slept in a warehouse Sunday night. He forced schoolmates to hand over their lunches to him when they were halted on their way to school yester- ay. BIG NAVY DEMAND MAY FOLLOW FRENCH REFUSAL TO CONFER By | (Continued from First Page.) | among themselves on the 5—5—3 ratio basis. | The proposed five-power conference | is not excusive of the League's ef- forts for dsiarmament, it was insisted. | It is supplementary. It must be perfectiy evident, it was said at the White House, that it isim- possible to secure an agreement on naval limitation if a lot of smaller countries, having no navies, or only | small navies, undertake to settle mat- ters affecting the five big naval pow- ers which signed the Washington | treaty. For that reason, it was said, | the President made his suggestion | that the naval limtation be segregat- | ed from the general arms limitation | discussion. It is the only practical | method of approaching this question. it is believed here. Indeed, the Presi- | dent is represented as seeing no other | method of securing further naval limi- | tation. | Discussion of the possible effect upon | the naval policy of the United States was under full swing today, after the Idls;:ia!qhu from France had been | resd. | ‘Will Strengthen More. | “The natural thing to expect {one Senator, who has been opposed to !adding to the cruiser strengti of the | United States, and who has supported |the stand taken by the President {against any appropriation for three new cruisers in the pending naval ap- | propriation bill, “is that with a re- | fusal to enter into an agreement for | the limitation of auxillary craft, the proponents of a big Navy will be found in a stronger position The feeling here, too, iz that if President Coolidge’s plan is turned down by France's insistence that the | limitation of armaments conference proceed at (Geneva with all the mem- bers of the League of Nations par- |ticipating and with a continued in- | sistence that land, sea and air forces be limited in one single agreement, | there will be no limitation of arms growing out of the Geneva confer- ence. The subject is too complex to |be dealt with as a whole; the views | of the nations as to what constitutes | war strength and what proper! comes within the scope of an agree- ment are too divergent. | The TUnited States Government, [through President Coolidge’'s pro- posal, it was said, has made a prac- | tical offer for reduction of armaments. | This country has shown its good faith in its advocacy of arms limitation. It will continue, doubtless, to engage in | the preparatory conference, which re- assembles next month in Geneva, and in any general conference growing out of the preparatory gathering. Rut | whether it does or not, the United | States has placed itself in a position | where it cannot be held responsible for a failure of arme limitation plan. Opposition to Continue. The conferees on the naval appro- priation bill, with its Senate amend- ment providing for beginning the con- struction of the three cruisers au- thorized in 1924, but for which no ap- propriations have vet been mude, ure expected to meet ugaln tomorrow. Opposition to the cunstructign of | the crulsers, 1t was explained, will continue ut the Capttol, because the opponents of auch construction do not believe that there Is necessity for building up a stronger Navy at this time, because they believe that the probiems of this country do not call for it ecessity ham not alwaye heen the prime reason for constructing larger navies, however.” said an opponent of present building. Recalls Former Discussions. ‘Navies have been built because some other power or powers were buildnig war vessels. Probably, if this arms conference fails to produce re. discussio powers similar to that from 1905 to 1914, when leaders in the English par- lHament and In theGermun Relchsiug demanded inreases in naval and mill- tary strength on the theery that others were preparing for war.” ‘The attitude of Japan, us well as that of France, as revealed in press dispatches, was the subject of com- ment at the Capitol. The statements attributed to the Japanese, declaring that country could not cut her nav strength, were Wariously interpreted. It was pointed ont. however, that Japan had not closed tha door to Hml- tation upon $ther building. CITIZENS ADOPT NEW CONSTITUTION Clarendon Association Cuts Dues as Preliminary to Membership Drive. Spacial Dispatch to The Star | g ULARENDON, Va., February 15— Several important changes in the con duct of affuirs of the Clarendon Cft zeus’ Associntion were effected A meeting of the vrganization st Citl | zeus” Hall last night. with the adop tlon of & new constitution, chief among which was the reduction of dues from 32 to $1 & yvear Reduction fn the dues is the fore- runner of an intensive mer campaign to he conducted by sociation. 1'nder the new constitution any resident of the county °1 vears of age or aver. or any property cwnar of Clarendon and vicinity may hecama a member of the organization in good standing hy the payment of $1 Arrears Rule Changed. Heretofore residents who had joined the association and had gotten in ar rears in their dues were compelied to pay up the arrears in order to fully participate in its affairs. 1'nder the new plan delinguencies will not ac cumulute s they have In the past, ay It is provided that uny member failing to pay his dues within 90 duys after January 1 will Le dropped from the rolls. It is also pravided that any member in arrears for a perfod of sfx months shall be ineligible to vote in the association financial secretary vote, to communicate with who have heretofors heen ssed as delinquents. setting forth the new provisions with regard to dues and urging their renewed inter est in clvic activities of the com munity. All other residents of tha town are also to bhe approached and urged to join the organization Committee Ts Thanked. The new constitution was submit- ted by a committee headed hy Presi- dent L. C. McNemar. A rising vote of thanks was tendered the commit- tee for its work. The assoclation pledged its support to & movement aimed to improve tha sewer that starts from the corner of Fort and Clarendon avenuesand runs through Lyon Park. The matter wa brought to the attention of the hods by Richard L. Eacho, who stated that the Lyon Park and Ashton Heights Citizens' Associations had agreed that it was a preposition that could be we! handled by the Arlington District Councll of Citizens’ Associations and urged the association to instruct its delegates to take it up with that body. This was done. It was pointed out that residents responsible for the open drain have long heen aware that ft was a menace to health and hav nified a willingness to pay 10 have s condition corrected, but no feasthle solution of the problem has yet been offered. It was said that the Couneil of Citizens’ Assoclations will be asked to demand that the Health Depart ment evolve a plan for abatement of the “nuisancy 800 BLUEJACKETS GET SAILING ORDER: MARINES CALLED IN was in For a time thers was wild disorder In the course of which an automobile flying the American flag, with the American charge, lLawrence Dennis, and three newspaper correspondents as passengers, was fired on. One shot lodged in the upholstery, but no one was wounded. Those in the automobile, basides Mr. Dennis, were Linton Wells of ow York, Gerald Martin of Chicago and M. B. Alexander, the Associated Press correspondent. Precautions by Americans. Mr. Dennis had gone to Matagalpa to warn Gen. Moncada against fm- periling the lives of Americans and foreigners, but could not locate the general. He had retreated into the mountains to await reinforcements and look after those wounded in the recent’battle at Muy Muy Americans and foreigners in Ma galpa, fearful of the consequences o & hea battle in or near Matagalpa. called for protection. Mr. Dennis ad- vised them to barricade themselves in their homes and await developments In the disturbance which followed the departure of the Conservatives from Matagalpa, the Liherals raced about the streets firing their guns fn- discriminately. They killed the jailer of the Cuartel prison and releassd 150 prisoners, who joined the revolt. Roor,t. ¥ Wilbur has that United States forces in consist of 196 f announc Nicaragua officers and 3,068 ‘On listed men, including 20 officers and 400 men of the Marine Corps. Five cruisers, five destrovers and one mine sweeper are in Nicaraguan waters Neutral zones have been established by the American forces at Bluefield Pearl Lagoon, Rio Grande, Prinza. pulco, Puerto Cabezas and Hama. GEN. WU NOW AIDS NORTHERN DRIVE ON CANTON, IS REPORT _ (Continued from First Page) Shanghai made it possible f or negotia tions to be brougnt to (oals & A success Despite the foreign minister's sertion, firm baelief prevafls thl.: serious hitch has oceurred which fe likely to prevent signing of Lt gning of an agree MORE TROOPS AT SHANGHAL Punjabi Unable to Land Because of Fog In Harbor. ANGHAL February buttalions of Punjfabl trovps ar here toduy from Caleutts, but were unable to dock Lecause of fog. . It i~ expected that within u week there will be 6,000 British troops in Shan hai. including 4.000 fnfantry and 2,0 artillery and their auxiliartes, All troops are heing quartered on British property within the interna tional settlement. AMERICAN WOMEN RETURN. Missionaries Will Resume Work in Foochow College. MANTLA, February 15 (#)—Five woman missionaries who came hers from Foochow recently as refugees left here today on the Japanese liner ‘Tango Maru, returning to their pos The women will resume their work teaching in the Women's College of South Chiua, & Methedist Institution which will Le reopened February Announcement of the reopening & ud & request for womun teachers weic received here earlier in the day from Bishop Wallac Brown, head of the Methodists in the Foochow area. The announcement also said the AngloChinese College at Foochow would reopes, and requested two man teachers for It and two additional ones for the Women's College. The four additional teachers will leave for Foochow on the next boat. [ 4