Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and colder, with lowest temper- ature about 36 degrees. Tomorrow in. creasing_cloudiness. Temperature—Highest, 59, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 50, at 10 a.m. today, Full report on page 5. ®Closing N.Y. Stocks Entered as secol No. 30,261 post office. Washington, D | and Bonds, Page 10 nd class matter C. @ WASHINGTON, ¢ Foenin ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1927 —THIRTY-SIX q Sfar PAGES. #* “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the paper: N Yesterday's () Means Associated Press. s are printed. irculation, 105,490 TWO CENTS. 5000 QUAKE DEAD AND INIURED MAY BE DISASTER TOLL IN CENTRAL JAPAN {Thousand Casualties Report- ed in One District, With De- struction of Four Villages. Foreigners Victims. REFUGEES SWARMING FROM STRICKEN ZONES Known Fatalities Total Only 40 So Far—Airplanes Rushed to Aid of Homeless in Kioto Region—Jer- sey Woman Only American Said to Have Been Killed. By the Associated Press. KI10TO, Japan, March 8.—Two thousand persons perished in yesterday’s earthquake, an official announcement today said. Officials of the observatory at ©saka say that, as far as western Japan is concerned, the quake was the severest since 1854. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, Japan, March 8—Dis- patches trickling in over crippled tel- ephone and telegraph lines indicate that the casualties in yesterday’s Japanese Quake Area PAC/FIC OCEAN ANTISOVIET MOVE DENIED BY BRITAIN Chamberiain’s Statement Is Evoked by Italy’s Ratifica- tion of Bessarabian Pact. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, March 8.—Great Britain is not trying to form a league against Russia, Sir Austen Chamberlain in- formed the press today. The British foreign secretary, who is here attending the sessions of the council of the League of Nations, called newspaper men together to make this statement after reports had been circulated that Great Britain had in- spired the Italian ratificatoin of the treaty by which the annexation of earthquake in central Japan, includ- ing both dead and injured, may reach 5000. This figure, however, is specu- lative, and the Japanese home office msserts that so far as is known only 40 persons were killed and 67 in- jured. A telegram to the Hochi Shimbun from Kioto gives prefectural police teports as authority for the state- ment that there were 1,000 casualties in Mineyama and four other nearby villages, which were deslrnyed.‘ American Woman Reported Dead. Several foreigners are reported’ to bave been injured at Osaka and Kobe, but their names are not given. The only: igners is the reported drowning of an ufiiden- tified America n, who fell into the water at from a crowded mgplank as the tourist steamer Efi ornia was making ready to sail. Six others werc injured. They are understood to have continued aboard the ship: A number of Army airplanes have gone to the Tango région from Kioto 10 investigate'the damages. This dis- trict, which was the hardest hit, is lated, but is sludded es, . the inhahitants of which are employed in the produc- tion of silk. An Osaka dispatch to the Mailuichi Chimbun says airplanes with photog- yaphers, which flew over the Tango district today, saw much smoke, in- dicating that a number of villagss have caught fire. Ant-like swarms of refu #ould be sighted from the plane - walking along the railway tracks. Exchanges Little Affected. The stock exchanges and also ex- change against the yen were appar- ently little affected today, thus indi- cating a belief that the earthquake damage was not great economically. Refugees from = Mineyama are swarming to the snow-covered rail- way lines in hope of transportation to some place where they can find food and shelter. Other small towns in the Tango dis- trict are suffering similarly. Osaka and Kobe are quiet and busi- ness is proceeding as usual. PROPERTY DAMAGE HEAVY. Fires Follow in Wake of Temblor at Osaka. BY J. RUSSELL KENNEDY. By Radio to The Star and Chicaxo Daily Newe. Copyright, 19; TOKIO, March 8.—Uonservative re- ports this morning estimate property damage caused by yesterday’s earth- quake in central Japan in the mil- solini of Italy. ‘ever, that His only intention was Bessarabia to Rumania is guaranteed by the allies. Sir Austen declared that the allega- tions that Great Britain is seeking to encircle Russia, although emanating from various capitals, always have been inspired from the same source— implying the Soviet union. Russia Is Accused. The British foregin secretary accused Russia of pursuing a policy openly hostile to Great Britain, which has continued to maintain diplomatic relations with the Soviet government rather than introduce an element of gllhbfll!y into the European situa- on. He admitted there had been some talk about the Bessarablan treaty at his recent meeting with Premier Mus- le emphasized, how- continue to labor for peace and not attempt to promote Britlsh interests by embroiling other nations. Ttaly announced her ratification of the treaty today. The announcement is of the great- est political importance, since Italy's ratification puts the tretaty into force. The treaty, signed on October 28, 1920, and already ratified by Great Britain and France, stipulates that it shall become operative when ratified by three of the signatories. Not Hostile to Russia. Signor Scialofa, announcing the rat- ification to the newspaper men after the adjournment of today’s session of the League of Nations Council, as- serted that the Italian decision was not to be construed as a hostile act toward Russia. He explained that the Rome gov- ernment had delayed ratification in hopes that Russia and Rumania would reach an amicable solution of the Bessarabian conflict. The Itallan announcement carried especial interest in that it comes at a time when the foreign ministers in Geneva are discussing the Russian problem almost dally in private con- versations. German Help Sought. Spokesmen both for the British and Polish have denied that the proposed Anglo-Polish economic and financial understanding is in the nature of a common front directed against Russia. The impression exists in Geneva that German influence is sought for the elzaboration of a united European | policy toward Russia, which, without being hostile, would be calculated to induce her to enter normally into the reconstruction of Europe. MOSCOW SEES “PLOT.” MOSCOW, Russia, March 8 (#).— The Soviet newspapers profess to see fions at Osaka alone. be wimilarly was affected, but casualties | there ure belicved not to have been Jarge. Property damage there was not extensive, Beauty Spot Devastated. First reports of the guake indicate that Osaka and Kobe were most seri-| ously shaken, but early this morning, | when communications with .the north | coast were restored, the real center of | the earthquake was discovered be- ' tween Maizuru and Amanohashidate, | which is one of Japan's most famous | beauty spots. The naval base at| in Sir Austen Chamberlain's meeting : with the Ewropean foreign ministers in Geneva a dark plan to encircle the Soviet Union. They regard the League jof Nations as an instrument of hos- tility against the Soviet. One of them declares the British for- !eign secretary is attempting secretly to form a united barrier of European ! nations against the Bolsheviks, reach- ing from Finland to Rumania. Fishing Banned in Opium War. MANILA, March 8 (®).—Vincente Aldanese, insular collector of customs, today issued an order forbidding for- ign vessels from fishing in Philippine Maizuru was not seriously damaged. In this district. villages underwent ; o similar visitation May 23, 1925. The | swthorities say the damage is double 1hat of the 1925 quake. : Reoccurrence of the catastrophe | within two years is causing alarm in other districts previously affected. DEAD WOMAN IDENTIFIED. Drowned Passenger Mrs. Glen Schultze | of Ventnor, N. J. [ GLASGOW, Scotland, March 8 (@). | ~-The Anchor Line received a message | today stating that the woman passen- | ger on the tourist steamer California, who lost her life at Kobe during yes- 1terday’s .earthquake, was Mrs. Glen #chultze. No other passengers were hurt, the message adds. Mrs. Schultze died from immersion #nd shock. She was thrown into the water as she was returning to the ship. George Prentice, a steward, he- yoically attempted to save her and suffered a slight injury to the head in diving after her. A stoker, a seaman and a laundry maid were slightly hurt. The Cali- fornia was undamaged. The mame of Mrs. Fohultze appears or ie Glen of tou the ree- -#s Solumn 19 i \ ers. The order is designed to keep down opium smuggling. Vessels vio- lating the order are to be seized. PINGERS MANEUVER BRINGS SHANGHAY'S DOWNFALL NEARER Cantonese Striking at Two Vital Rail Points of City’s Defending Army. PROPAGANDA INCREASES DESERTIONS TO ENEMY Radical Leaders Adopt Terrorist, Methods Preparatory to Strike to Aid Attackers. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, China, March 8.— Shanghai's Northern defenders, under Gen. Chang Tsung-Chang, today found themselves faced with a new menace. The Cantonese have strongly occu- pied Wuhu, about 65 miles up the Yangtze from Nanking ,and roughly 200 miles west of this city. The definite alignment of Chen Tiao-Yung, governor of Anhwei Prov- ince, with the Cantonese, taking with him the Southern Anhwei forces, has compelled Gen. Chang, while standing | off the Cantonese in Kiangsu, to wheel about and guard his rear against the new menace toward Nanking. Radical Labor Plans Strike. Labor elements in Shanghal are en- gaging in terrorist methods in prep- aration for a general strike, which, it is charged by the Northerners, is being instigated by the Cantonese. In the past 24 hours a mill foreman loyal to the Northern cause was Killed and another wounded. Service on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway is being maintained despite the strike of shopmen. Efforts to ex- tend the strike to the trainmen have thus far been without success. Kuominhtang (Cantonese) flags are flying throughout Wuhu. Chen Tiao- Yung is concentrating his forces in connection with Cantonese from Chekiang, and adherents of the Kuo- mintang claim that the combination holds Anhwei Province as far north as Luchow. Railroad Still Intact. Chang Tsung-Chang still controls northeastern Anhwei, through which runs the Tientsin-Pukow rallway, the main communication with his home base. Chu Yu-Pu, military governor of Chihli and one of the big five of the Ankuochun (Allied Northern Ar- mies) has been intrusted with the de- of the railway.” He hiss hrought hn-ldthl:s forces down toward Hsu- chow. Indications are multiplying that the problems of defending his 600-mile line of communication from Shanghai to Tsinanfu against the Cantonese penetration tactics, propaganda and infiltration of unarthed troops as well as military weapons, may beyond the resources of Chang Tsung-Chang. It is impossible to foresee what may happen in view of the manifold and confused factors involved, includ- ing the possibilities, ever present in Chinese warfare, that compromise or treachery in one form or another may decide the issue. i i London Expecting Capture. The threat against Nanking by the Anhwel forces, coupled with the prev- fously reported drive by Gen. Chang Kai-Shek’s Cantonese nst Soo- chow, indicates that the Shantungese defenders of Shanghai are being caught in a pincers movement. Nanking and Soochow are both on the railroad leading from Shanghal to the north, and capture of either place would cut the lines of commu- nication and supply necessary fo maintenance of the Shantungese cam- | paign. Soochow is in Kiangsu Prov-| ince, about 50 miles west of Shanghai, | while Nanking is 140 miles further to_the northwest. British official observers forsee the complete control of Shanghai by the Cantonese shortly, as a result of the realignment of the Chinese war lords, | a dispatch from London says. | They believe that the fall of Shang- | hai would not be likely to produce a | crisis in the relations of the Canton- ese with the foreign powers nor in.| | property as long as the present for- eign defense forces are available there. | RICH CHINESE GOUGED. Invited to- Banquet by General and Forced to Pay Up. By Cable to The Star and Chicako Daily News. Copyright, 1027. SHANGHAI March 8.—China’s rev- olution not only is destrowing many ancient conventions, but is introducing | bizarre social ideas, causing dismay to conservatives. Among the new ideas is a new style in banquets, which bids fair to become popular with people not | invited to attend. ! | One such innovation was staged at | | Wuhu, wealthy city in the province of | Anhui, a few days ago after a north- ern military commander with his| troops had flopped to the nationalist | side. In celebration of his new alleg- ance and change of heart Gen. Chen | Tso-Yuen summoned the leading bank- ers, merchants and shopkeepers to | dine with him. When the repast was " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Chilean Communists On Mas-a-Fuera Island Under Guard By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, March 8.—Sev- eral hundred Communists arrested during the last two weeks in various parts of the country the Island of Mas-a-Fuera, son Crusoe’s Island. Mas-a-Fuera is one of the Fernandez group, situated about 500 miles off i the west coast of Chile. It is under- | stood the Communists will be al- lowed to take their families to the ! sland, where a colony is to be estab- | lished, with a guard of Carabineros, | or federal police, to preserve order. | The government gave orders today | to the transport Angamos to sail from Valparalso on Thursday with the | Communists, who were arrested by the authorities in accordance with the announced Intention of Premier Ibanez ! to rid the country of what he termed the Bolshevist menace. The Angamos will near Robin- il are to be sent 10/ crease the menace to foreign life and | 72 <7 V. ..~ L7 &7 5 L7 va, p / 7 au, v/,f"/, 2 IBMONTHS, S50 FNEIVEN LR Former Alien Property Cus-| todian Will Appeal Con- spiracy Sentence. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 8—Thomas W. Miller, former alien property custo- dian, found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States of his hon- est and unbiased services, today was sentenced to serve 18 months in the Federal prison at Atlanta and to pay a fine of $5,000. Imposition of sentence was by Judge John C. Knox. To avoid the crowds which were in constant attendance at the trials, Judge Knox held court in an’ “in'the Federal Building. Mrs. Miller, who sat near her husband at his first and second trials, was with him when sentence was pronounced. Time Granted for Appeal. Miller’s counsel, Aaron Sapiro, an- nounced that he would appeal. Judge Knox granted 24 hours in which to file appeal. Miller and his wife then left for their home in Wilmington, Del. Bail of $5,000 was continued pending the appeal action, Miller was indicted with Harry M. Daugherty, former Attorney General, the late John T. King, Republican national committeeman from Connect- icut, and Jess W. Smith, Daugherty’s handyman, who committed suicide in Washington in 1923, It was alleged they conspired to pass clalms for $7,000,000 proceeds of the sale of impounded American Metal Co. shares seized during the war as German owned. Evidence was adduced to show that $50,000 of a “fee” of $441,000 { paild to King to effect allowance of the claims went to Miller’s banking and brokerage accounts. The jury disagreed on Daugherty, who was tried with Miller, In sentencing Miller Judge Knock said that the court would like to have been spared the ordeal and that he \Continued on Page 7, Column 4.) McCARL ABOLISHES PASS SYSTEM AND GUARDS Expresses Confidence in Accounting Office Employes as He Puts Them on Honor. Expressing confidence in his em- ployes and section chiefs, Controller General McCarl has abolished the pass system and guard force at.the doors of the General Accounting _Office, which formerly had been authorized “to detain and report the tardy and to restrain a departure before closing time.” Lifting of this restriction relieves five men, whose duty it has been to handle the ‘“check” system against employes, and has permitted their transter to other more productive work. 4 Section chiefs will be held re- sponsible for the “quantity and qual- ity of work” under the new system abolishing the guard and pass force. “One is happlest when fully occu- { pied,” sald Mr. McCarl, in an office circular to employes. “Work should begin promptly at 9 and not cease be- fore 4:30, other than during the lunch or other authorized periods—the last 30 minutes being fully as important as any other like period in the day.” SPEEDING IS CHARGED to Bc Confined 1t also will carry seeds, plants and! domestic animals. | The San Fernandez group Includes! the Island of Mas-a-Tierra, (to the east of Masa-Fuera) on which Alexander Solkirk, Scotchman, was marooned from 1704 to 1709. LIMA, Peru, March 8 ().—Several Chileans recently deported by their) government passed through Lima on| the way north last night. The group| included Liberals, Conservatives and Communists, among them _Felipe| Urzua, former president of the Chilean | Supreme Court, and Rafael Gumacio, former president of the Chamber and editor of El Diarlo Illustrado. The radical deputy, Santlago - La- barca, declared Chile was passing through a painful political ~crisis, which he believed would not last long. TO SERBIAN ATTACHE Commissioners Call Attention of State Department to Alleged Traffic Violation. The District Commissioners ('n.lled) the attention of the State Department today to another alleged violation of ‘Washington’s traffic regulations by a member of the diplomatic corps. The report of the violation accused Ivan Jurkovich, 26569 Connecticut ave- nue, an attache of the Serbian lega- tion, of driving at a speed of between 38 and 40 miles an hour on Connecti- cut avenue March 2. The report was made by Policeman Allen 1. Brown of the traffic bureau and was forward- ed to Secretary of State Kellogg by the Commissioners without comment, Policeman Brown explained that when he halted the machine and dis- covered that the driver held a permit bearing a diplofatic insignia he told him that he would make an official re- He added that although Premier| Ibanez had the backing of the army and the doubtful support of the navy, | Auto Hits Woman On Operating Table In Doctor’s Office e Associated Press W YORK, March 8.—An au- tomobile burst into a Brookly physician’s office last night, slight- Iy injuring him and a woman pa- tient whom he was examining on his operating table. The car penetrated the wall of Dr. Simon Brody's office, knocking down the physician and wrecking his office cabinets. Mrs. Bertha ‘Taubman, 29, received contusions and abrasions on the right ankle. Abraham Cestibman, driver of the car, lost control when it ran into a deep hole in the street near the doctor’s office. COUNTERFEIT BAND MEMBERS HUNTED Confessions in Flotation of $500,000 in $20 Bills Spur United States Operatives. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 8.—Secret service men in San Francisco, New York, Detroit and several other cities today were working swiftly to round up members of a band which floated $500,000 in spurious $20 bills, as a result of confessions obtained here from six men held after a seriés of raids. The printing plant also was sought. The counterfeit money had been passed in a number of American cities, including St. Louis, New Or- leans, Boston, Pittsburgh and Cleve- land, and also in Budapest, Hungary, where two Austrians were arrested and given long terms two months ago. State Department officials there obtained the leads which resulted in the Chicago raids. Detectives Were Warned. Three secret service men, warned death would be their portion if they betrayed the bahd, posed as Texas gamblers and bought counterfeit money from the “circulation depart- {ment” of the outfit. Information they obtained resulted in nine ralds yester- day. Six places raided were an- nounced by officers, but three were kept secret, presumably because it was hoped to obtain further informa- tion there. Tony C: ona, described as the head of the “circulation department,” and his alleged chief aide, Samuel Romano, were two of those arrested, but officers said only six were held after questioning by secret service men. Planned an Assassination. A member of the band Saturday told one of the secret service men, who ostensibly was one of the organ- ization, that the gang planned assassination of one member who, they believed, had reported them to the Government. The bogus bills all bear the serial number “B 311" over the signature of Frank White, treasurer of the United States. They are imitation gold certificates bearing Washington's por- trait, and are engraved upon bleached one-dollar bills. SOVIET TRIAL CONDUCTED ENTIRELY BY WOMEN Two Feminine Defendants CTom- plete Court Scene With Man One | Killed as-Only Male in Case. The_Star an oyt 108750 DY MOSCOW, March 8.—A sprightly feature of today's sixteenth annual celebration of international woman’s day is a special murder trial in which three judges, all the prosecutors, de- fense counsel, bailiffs and other court attaches, as well as the two defend- ants, are women. The corpus dilicti, which was not present, was the only nan involved in the case. The late Lothario divided his affections between two girl chums. One day, showing the girls a revol- | ver, he tested their affection by sug- gesting that they shoot him. One of them did. | By Cable to { New i , and Jurkovich | Planters’ The Anpsmos a e II“ he ';3(! m&n‘s\" p'r‘t'-‘hlom- to settle, nnd‘ with which the ‘omm% wi | would not e 10 carry gut hig DISTRICT OFFICIALS . TOFAGE CENSURE ;Brown Hints Neglect of Duty Will Be Charged in Report on Traffic Bureau. The report of the Bureau of Ef- clency on the Traffic Bureau of the District Government, growing out of disclosures of the administration of Col. 1. C. Moller, assistant traffic direc- tor, will be completed about April 1, and will probably contain censure of certain District officials for “neglect of duty,” although the investigators have “discovered mothing criminal” against any District official, Herbert D. Brown.. chief of the Bureau of Ei- ficiency, said today. | This report wilt be. along neutral lines, and “will show that Col. Moller was not the only one who made mis- takes.” It “will not absolve any one,” Mr. Browne continued. Representa- tives of the Crouse Hinds Co., which supplied the traffic signal lights are in Washington conferring with District officials and the Bureau of Efficiency. Will Cover Whole District. This, however, will not be the cli- max of the survey of the District Gov- ernment, because the Bureau of Ef- ficlency intends to continue to do just what Chairman Madden of the House appropriations committee recommend- ed, cover the whole District service with the co-operation of the District Commissioners, which has been us- sured. As this calls for an intensive study of 40 or 50 units of the Government establishment, the work of the Bureau of Efficiency with the District Com- missioners will probably continue through next Winter. For example, the situation with re- gard to quality of paper futnished for permanent records of the District shows that very inferfor grades have been supplied. Using this as a clue the Bureau of Efficlency will make a careful study of the entire purchasing system of the District government with a view to insuring that the peo- ple get just what they pay for, and with an effort made to find a way to force the contractors to pay back what they have “swindled” the people out of, Mr. Brown said. Prompt Reports Planned. Just as fast as any of these studies are completed the Bureau of Efficiency will make a report with recommenda- tions to the Commissioners, and Chair- man Gibson of the special subcommit- tee of the House District committee that has been investigating the munic- ipal administration also will be fur- nished with a copy. This will be done so that whatever improvements in methods seem desirable may be promptly put into effect as rapidly as possible. When Congress reassembles in De- cember a number of definite proposals for appropriations will be ready for, submissfon to Chairman Madden of the House appropriations committee, as he requested, and another batch of legis- lative recommendations will be sub- mitted to Chairman Zihlman of the House District committee and to Sen- ator Capper, chairman of the Senate District committee, for new laws that may seem to the Bureau of Efficiency to be necessary for the more efficient transaction of the District business. TOADSTOOLS POISON 4. Californians Gather Them in Mis- take for Mushrooms. ' | SAN FRANCISCO, March 8 (. | —Four persons were fighting for life | here today after eating toadstools | which they had gathered in the be- i llef that the poisonous plants were mushrooms. Physiclans said they had an even | chance for recovery. | _The victims were Detective Sergt. Richmond Tatham, Mrs. Tatham, and Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Wagner, all of San Francisco. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 8.—Gold-plated door knobs. are part of $10,000,000 worth of luxury to be enjoyed by 100 families of the' Netherland, 38-story apartment hotel being erected at Fifth lv;'n.lf' and Fifty-ninth street. President Plans To Spend Vacation Somewhere West President Coolidge has practically made up his mind to spend his vacation during the coming Sum- mer somewhere in the West. He has not yet decided just where in - the West he will set up the Summer White House. The * President has before him offers of Summer homes in practi cally every State from Michigan to the Pacif of these offers ha d all will be given ser| at this early just what spot he will pick The President is determined to select a place of high altitude, at least sufficiently hizh to guarantee a healthful and comfortable life during the Summer months. SINCLAIR DEFENSE WINS OPENING TLT | Legal Battle at Trial Starts, ‘ With Former Senator | Adams on Stand. | | The trial of Harry F. Sinclair, jcharged with contempt of the Senate, |today and when the smoke cleared away In Criminal Division 2 as the |luncheon recess was called, the de- fense stood out as the victor in a legal battle that occupied mearly the last hour of the morning session. Following the presentation of the |Government's opening statement by United States Attorney Peyton Gor- don, in which he declared the Govern- ment would show that questions pro- pounded to Sinclair by the Senate public lands committee nearly three vears ago were material and that if proved to the jury’s satisfaction the Government would ask for a_verdict of guilty as indicted, the taking of testimony began. Fight Starts Over Adams. When it reached the stage of prov- ing the materiality or pertinency of a question asked by former Senator A. B. Adams of Colorado, who took the stand as a witness, the battle started. Maj. Gordon sought to elicit from the witness an answer to a question as to whether former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall had testified about certain financial transactions. Martin W. Littleton and George P. Hoover lodged a stromg objection, which, after many minutes of attacks and counter attacks, was sustained. by Justice William Hitz, presiding. Then Maj. Gordon sought 1o offer in_evidence a letter written to the Senate public lands committee, of which Adams was a_member, Decem- ber 26, 1923, and this likewlse was swamped with objections, which Jus- tice Hitz sustained, Senator Adams then was excused and as he left the stand he asked per- mission. to direct an iInquiry to the court, mentioning = something about personal privilege.” Littleton and Hoover were on their feet in a flash and their objections to any statement or inquiry by the witness were sus- Blocked by Defense. The question which Maj. Gordon sought to prove pertinent by Senator Adams, who had asked it of Sinclair March 22, 1923, was: “Mr. Sinclair, I believe in an earlier hearing you testified in answer to a_question, that you had in no way, and none of your lmmmmesyt t‘:d in any way, given or oaned anything to Secretary Fall. that correct?"” o 7 Sinclair, on advice of counsel, de- clined to answer it. Maj. Gordon by his two moves, which were blocked by the defense, sought to show that since Sinclair had testified as Adams stated in his question, additiorial in- formation on the subject had come be- !oxs; §hea committee. . Maj. Gordon, who read the six ques- tions which Siniclair refused to answer at the time he made his opening statement, again read them from the printed record of the hearings, and in the second question Justice Hitz dis- covered a discrepancy between the interrogation as set forth in the in- dictment and that in the printed rec- ord. A line mentioning two oil com- panies had been skipped in the in- dictment. Gordon was taken by sur- prise as much as the defense was, and he announced he would not at- tempt proof of that question for the present. - When Adams was asked if Fall had | testified about certain financial trans-| actions Littleton objected, declaring: “No Senator can come into court and say that he had in the back of | him to ask the question. “Fall testified in the absence of the defendant Sinclair and the name of the defendant was not brought in. The Senator’s question is merely an asser- tion of what Sinclair had said before. We cannot take the dismal depth of the senatorial mind and probe that to questions.” Stands by Record. Mr. Littleton added that the record ‘would show whether Sinclair said the things referred to by Adams and de- clared “By that record we will stand or fall.” ‘When Maj. Gordon turned to a let- ter Fall had written, it was argued against on the ground it was not even testimony. Gordon maintained his ac- tion was preliminary to showing what was the situation in the committee when Sinclair was asked the question, a;\«}i therefore, to show the pertinency of it. Hoover replied the letter was purely hearsay and should be excluded, and at _this point former Senator Atlee " (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) iGolcl,-Plat'ed Door Knobs One Feature {Of Apartment Luxury Costing $10.000.000 Boomer-du Pont interests, owners of the Waldort and hotels in other cities. The building will be 559 feet high, four feet higher than the Washington Monument. Its architecture is an moved with a rapld and flery pace ! his head certain things which mused; find out what was back of all these ! 1, ASKS 3POWER NAVAL LIMITATION GONFERENCE JUNE 1 TO MEET IN GENEVA \Great Britain and Japan Are Invited to Join America in Lieu of Five Nations, First Proposed by President. OBSERVERS SUGGESTED FOR FRANCE AND ITALY Responses by London and Toklo Awaited, But Officials Here Ex- pect Acceptance—Borah Hopes Parley Will Be Though Seeing Difficulty Successful, By the Associated Press, The United States has definitely proposed to Great Britain and Japan a three-power naval limitation con ference to meet in Geneva not earlier than June 1. In the event of acceptance by the London and Tokio governments which have not as yet replied, France and Italy probably will be asked to send represcntatives to the confer ence as observes The new invitation is understood to contain no definite formulae for fixing maximum tonnage limitations upn cruisers, destroyers and submarines The purpose of the conference at Geneva will be to explore the possi- bilities at arriving at an understand ing for these maximum tonnage limi tations which could be accepted, par ticularly by Great Britain as a Eu ropean power and in view of the mon- { participation of France and Italy in | the agreement. Expect Satisfactory Result. ‘The Washington Government recog- nizes that such limitations on con- i struction as it hopes will be reach- ed must be subject to periodic review by the three governments in the light of building programs in similar. types of ships, which may be undertaken by any third government not a party to the agreement. It is believed in Washington. how- ever, that a satisfactory arrangement for reconsidering the maximum ton nage limitations in any class of aux- {illary ships annually, Iif necessary, can be worked out at Geneva. The 5-5-C ratio applied to first-line I naval vessels of the United States, Great Britain and Japan, respectively. by the Washington arms treaty also will be considered if the three-power conference plan is accepted. The Japanese acceptance of the original five-power plan Indicated that Japan might seek a different ratio for smaller craft. Washing- ton officials do not believe, however. that the ratio question will prove a real stumbling block at Geneva. Wants Europe to Get Data. The tentative plan for inviting France and Italy to have official ob- servers at the three-power conference is in line with the desire of the Wash ington Government to emphasize that it would have preferred a five- power discussion, and does not regard the points made in the French and Italian rejections as warranting a re- fusal to participate. In any event, the Washington Gov- ernment will be anxious that the con- tinental powers are fully advised as to all that transpires at the proposed three-power conference. There is no intimation when re- plies from London and Tokio may be expected, although officials here are confident of ultimate acceptance. The Japanese answer, in particular, may be delayed several days as the ses- sions of the Japanese diet now are approaching a close. Borah Hopes for Success. Senator Borah, chairman of the foreign relations committee, expressed the hope that the plans for prac tical limitation of armaments ryight be worked out in the three-power naval conference now proposed. “If the President can work out a program along this line,” said Sena- tor Borah, “I shall be exceedingly happy to have him do so. The objec- tions to the disarmament program which have been made will be difficult to overcomre. But I hope something may be accomplished. SCHOONER GOES DOWN WITH THREE OF CREW Eight Men Rescued From the Jes- sie G. Noyes by Steamer Bound to Norway. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, March 8.—The loss of the four-masted schooner Jessie G. Noyes with three of her crew and the rescus of eight others by the steamship To- peka. was reported to the owners, Crowell & Thurlow, here today. No details were given, but it was believed that the schooner which was bound here from Brunswick, Ga., with railroad ties, had been caught in the storm last week off Cape Hatteras. The Topeka is en route to Oslo, No:- way, from Galveston, and unless a west-bound ship is encountered the rescued will be taken to that port. The names of those lost were. Fred Brown, Carl Peters: and Daily Bon- sett. Their home addresses were un- known to the owners. G s et STUDENT HANGS SELF. Princeton Sophomore Had Been Physically in Poor Condition. PRINCETON, N. J.,, March 8.— Bruce Frederick Wilson of 1353 Fourth: avenue, Louisville, Ky., a sophomore at Princeton University and for three terms an honor man, was found hanging in his room in Hamilton Hall today. ‘Wilson, who was 20, had been in i { i i