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WEATHER. (U. S. Woather Bureau Foreeast.) Tain tonight and tomorrow: much change in t temperature about Temperature—Highest, 58, at 3 p.m. owest, 37, at 6 a.m. totlay, yesterday; Full report on p ®Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Entered post office, No. 30,262. not emperature; lowest 36 degrees. age 8. second class matter ‘Washington, D. C @h WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1927 —FORTY-TWO ¢ Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION PAGES. - ‘ The only evening paper l in Washington with the Associated Press news service. VO CENTS. 2715 DEDINQUAKE, 2 47 HURT, TOKIDS - OFFICAL SUNMARY Houses Destroyed, Burned or Damaged Number 8,534. Suffering Reported Acute. SNOW AND FISSURES PUT UP BARRIERS TO RELIEF i | i =z i Expressions of Sympathy Sent hyqi U. S. and American Red Cross to Stricken Japanese. | the Associated Press. ' B okio, March 9,.-The home office | annonnced this afternoon that : cording to latest advic 2.2 - gons were killed in Mon: quake in central Japan and 3.441 in- jured. Houses numbei 606 were stroyed by 3113 by the quake : burned and 1,657 dam aged by the shock. The Tokio Asahi Shimbun, a news- paper, estimatcd the dead in the entire earthquake region at more than 3,000, while the Tokio Nichi Nichi Shimbun gives 5,000, with from 50,000 to 75,000 bomeless. Refugees” Plight Pitiful. An Asahi correspondent says the town of Amino, of 4,000 population, was nearly destroyed, with the num ber of dead or injured inestimable More than 200 were killed and 500 in wred in the collapse and burning of a theater. Troops are digging the bodies from the ruins. The refugees, many | of them injured, present pitiful spectacle, their misery accentuated by the snow and cold and their terror continuing ‘owing to constant earth rumblings. The snow together with the fis- sues opened in the earth by the con- vulsions have greatly retarded at- tempts to get relief to the sufferers by automobiles, and food is being car- ried in by coolies. Physicians have arrived at Iwataki and Yamada, and are treating the injured in a constant stream. Mineyama is understood to have been hit the hardest, one unofficial estimate being thai fully 2,500 persons lost their lives there, either killed by falling building material or caught-in the ensuing fire. Mayor and Family Die. One report from Mayor Nakamura and his family were imprisoned and burned to death when their home collapsed and took fire, Other families suffered a like fate. The scenes after the flames died down were described as most pitifu!, some of the survivors ing in the ashes for someé trace of * issing and others hunting for crumbs of food and pleading for assistance from the arriving relief workers. Hundreds of bodies btill are beneath the ruins. Newly made bamboo #tretchers are used to carry the bodies, which are placed in piles awaiting burial. Bluejackets landed from a cruiser and four destroyers are assist- | ing the survivors. The naval men | are credited with rescuing 300 persons | from burning and collapsed buildings soon after the shock. The shock, which at first was hori- | gontal, became perpendicular before it subsided and apparently extended over a wider district than the! quakes, which are of frequent ocecur- rence in Japan. Houses collapsed, tiles fell and fires broke out almost J"immediately, these three causes ac counting for virtually all of the casualties. Tokio Felt Shock. A majority of the inhabitants of | Tokio felt the shock, but it was no| worse than others which have been of no importance. Consequently, for | some time there was a tendency to minimize the importance of the quake and it was not until this morning | that the full realization came of how | serious the tremors had been. 1 Dispatches from Tango described | the pitiful condition of the refugees, | ° homeless, hungry and cold. In some | places the snow was from 1 to-5; feet deep and hundreds of men, | women and children, possessing but | a few blankets found meager shelter | behind great snow drifts. The suf- | fering of women and children was | “considerable. i A mnewspaper rplane observer | deecribed the smoking ruins of vil-! lages, numerous b i | Mineyama says | i i lies lying about | and priests reading the final rites. Survey by Airplane. A reporter for the Asahi Shimbun, | who went to the scene in an airplane, | #aid most of the villages were reduced to ashes, that no houses were left| standing and that the roads were un-| usable. It is believed the economic damage | may not be.great since most of the | was confined to small zes | inhabitated by fishermen and peasants d that few factories and industrial ablishments were injured The en and empress ha shown great solicitude for the’ v tims, both of them remaining up most of last night to obtain news. It i expected that impe ief funds will be granted, two imperial commis- | sioner been sent to! the [ | Both Kolx celebratin nd Osaka today were their te “escape from the quake, com ively little serious damage being caused in them. The Tokio of o that there were 1 that it belicved th onger than the Tafima quake | ] SE PATHY. i Messages Also Transmitted by Red! Cross to Japanese. The following mes was sent hy ow rtment to the Japa-| nese Aml ador i “It has been with utmost sympathy | reports have been ived in! s country of the recent earthquake Japan with ant_loss of and widespread suffering. I! sten to extend to you and through | you to the imperial Japanese govern- | went. the sympathy and condolences of the American Government and people.” retary Davis of the War Depart- ment telegraphed to the Toklo gov- nment yesterday _expressions the nese earth- quiry as to whether ~ (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) LY | apgle, : apparently ENDLESS HUMAN ' BREATH IN PARALYZED YOUTH 24 Men, Working in Elght Induce Artificial Respiration in Stricken Salesman for Three Days. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 9.—An endless human chain held Albert Frick in the land of the living tos while doctors hovered over the 22-yearold youth, who was still alive, although he had { not drawn a normal breath for three | days as a result of paralysis of the diaphragm, Propped up in Frick was with those bed at a 45-de abie to conve about him and physicians redoubled efforts to pre vent a fatal instant’s break in the rhythmic procession of men who have been inducing artificial respiration tor the stricken young salesman since last Sunday morning. Two by two they approached the bed, swayed back and forth for 15 minutes, one on each side, working feverishly in exact rhythm, pressing ree o briefly CHAIN KEEPS JAPANTO ACCEPT Hour shites BID FOR 3POWER ARMS CONFERENCE Great Britain to Halt New Naval Construction Pending Outcome of Parley. their hands down on the vietim's low- | cing them, in an | b effort. Twenty-four men have worked an unbroken continuation hour shifts, while others friends stood ready to act as tutes, Without in | | has | SUCCESS OF PROJECT NOW PREDICTED HERE | France Doubts Wisdom of Sending Unofficial Observer, Spokesman at Geneva Says. break the pro ay morni) when | took eff in | the movements of | 3, set up an Frick re Hoping sent em immediately artificial respiration and sponded to the treatment. against hope, the medical men out a call’ for volunteers and ployes in Frick's firm trooped in They were hastily instructed in the inciples of artificial breathing, and since_have taken up the battle ) phy od alone for | By the Associated Press. TOKIO, March 9.—Japan intends to ceept the three-power naval arms Jimitations proposal of the United i TREACHERY FEARED | { | [ | | | ! | | N SHANGHA FGHT Chang, Defending City, Faces Uncertain Loyalty Among Adjacent Armies. = | By the Associated Press. | SHANGHAI China, March 9.—The | result of Marshal Chang Tso-lin's at- | tempted drive southward through Honan Provinge toward Hankow is belicved likely to be the deciding fac- tor in the struggle between the north and south, if the conflict is decided by force of arms and not by treachery. Chang’s Manchurian army must pass through a Rostile country and deal with hostile armips before reach ing the outpost of the Nationalists, entrenched in Wushenkuan Pass, on the Honan-Hupeh border. The presence on the Hon: border of Marshal Feng Y| an-Shensi -Hslang's | | Kuomintung force, which is ready to i move, renders the northerner's posi- tion more difficult, while a further ace is the doubtful attitude of Yen me Shi-shan, military governor of Shansi, | Wwhose co-operation with Feng is con- sidered probable. Perilous Position Possible. In view of these serious obstacles, should Chang Tso-lin be compelled to fall back across the Yellow River, the position of the Shantung forces under Chang Tsungchang in the Shanghat: Nankin region would be almost ‘un- tenable, necessitating possible aban- donment of the entire Yangtze Valley to_the southerners. 1 Efforts by labor agitators here to| bring about a raflroad strike have been greatly assisted by the truculent conduct of the Shangtunese troops. who have In some cases assaulted members of the railway staff and in- erfered with the service. Only two trains were able to leave Shanghai for Nanking yesterday in consequence of this interference, which is bringing. the Shantungese army into disfavor with the railway- men, many of whom are joining the Nationalists. Moving Upon Nanking. As a result of the defection of the Anhwei troops to the Nationalist cause, the southerners are rapidly progressing down the river toward Nanking. An indication of the un- casiness there is given by the transfer of Chang Tsung-Chang's * Russian division, estimated at 7,000 men, with several armored trains from the Shanghai-Nanking Railway to Pukow, \hence they could be withdrawn up the Tientsin-Pukow Railway in the event of a successful southern drive against Nanking. dg’?‘hetsi(ufltlon on the Sungkiang front, southwest of this city, is un- changed, and there has been no fvresh development in the southerners’ at- tempt to reach the Shanghai-Nanking Railway at Soochow, east of Lake Taihu. g The British cruiser Emerald sailed today from Nanking up the river to Wuhu, where a mob yesterday looted the customs house following occupa- tion of the town by the Cantonese. American Vessels Ready. All the foreign women and children are aboard the steamer Kutwo, which has not yet left for Shang: hai, although the authorities consider it impossible for them to return to shore in view of the situation. The American destroyer Preble is standing by, the destroyer Noa is at Nanking, within call, and others are at Chekiang and Kiukiang. The majority of the women and children had been evacuated from Wuhu before the Cantonese 0ok Dos- session. The American women known %o have remained prior to the rioting include six attached to the Methodist Mission and a few to other missions. The normal foreign population Wuhu is approximately 40. Economic Weapon Used. Chang Kai-Shek, Cantonese com- mander-in-chief, is reported in a dis- patch to the Westminster Gazette, Lon- don, to have announced he had no in tention of taking military measure to capture Shanghal. He was determined, by the use of the econom (Continued on Page { France and the United States will be of | States Government, the Associated s learned today. Britain to Halt Prozram. LONDON, March 9 (®).—Great Britain does not intend to lay down | ~(Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) any naval vessels of her 1927 program | FRENCH DEBT PLAN { armament conference is knwon, Wil- liam Clive Bridgeman, first lord of the admirality, told the House of Com- mons today ¥ Work on vessels already under con- struction will not be stopped, he said. American invitation to Great Brit- | ain and Japan to hold a three-power Chamber, 350 to 180, Backs! Poincare Proposal to Pay $10,000,000 to U. S. | naval limitation conference at Gene e | was anticipated by the British govern. | T { ment as a logical move. Great Britain and Japan had already accepted Presi- dent Coolidge}s recent proposal of this nature, which Italy and France failed By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 9.—By presenting the Chamber of Deputies with cold facts, Premier Poincare succeeded last | to indorse. 1t is expected the British evening In winning provisional ap-igovernment will accept the latest proval for his arrangement with the | American proposal immediately, al- United States whereby France will pay | though the actual invitation had not $10,000,000 toward liquidation of her [reached Downing street late last night. war debt, pending ratification of mulmfi‘tl_ll‘:rl:(' ‘;‘l)ii:lx:lr-prp!lr:;nggh;;;: ';".rlmi‘ yashing! ebt s ent. The vote | I A ed by the officials | O O et omenat was 250 |f the * Government, _demands that k as 80| Great Britain fall into le with any to 180. { American scheme ‘for disarmament. It was better, M. Poincare told the | Des; ' . the handicaps under which deputies, to pay $10,000,000 during the ; the American, British and Japanese present year than to be faced with!delegates will labor at the proposed a demand for $400,000,000 two years: (ieneva conference in the absence of from now in payment of war stocks.!the Mediterranean powers, it is hoped | While the indications were that nojthe work accomplished there may section was prepared to accept the|serve to convince France and Italy Washington debt agreement as final, | that it is to their interest to co- only the Socialists outwardly chal-|operate with the other great naval lenged the government's arguments | powers in world disarmament. with respect to the provisional pay-| The likelihood of other naval pow- ment. | ers Instituting programs in competi- Replying to statements of leaders | tion with or against the spirit of the of all groups, that the Washington | agreements which may be reached at settlement, providing for payment over | Geneva is not considered likely here. a 62-year period of $4,025,000,000, was | The British delegates, however, would not acceptable, the Premier declared; !9 to the proposed Geneva conference “After ail, the principle of the debt. ! cl with -the- impoitant task of has been recognized.” Later he said | emphasizing their country's special he believed that “one of these days a | requirements regarding sufficient revision of the accounts between |cruiser protection for the empire's {long trade routes. 3 obtained with referenci e oy reference to the interest | gy:00ESS EXPECTED HERE. But he thought it would be danger- | e RN Dus!(?' debate li‘l‘e suhlj';cr atl the |n‘~e-L0M(-hls Look for Ultimate Limita- sent time, as it would ““only enabl v certain persons to take ansamaxbd: tion of Auxiliary Wareraft. with a view to their political interests | By the Associated Press. and with reference to next year's elec-| London and Tokio news advices clearly indicating that Great Britain {and Japan will accept the American { proposal for a conference with the { United States at Geneva this Summer on auxiliary warcraft limitation are taken by officials here to mean that such a project * ultimately will be brought about. While there has not been much (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) W. J. TILSON GIVEN RECESS APPOINTMENT Brother of Republican House Lead- er Renamed After Withdrawal Last Session. FRAUD OF $1,000,000 BY MAILS CHARGED | Nearly 1,000 Victims Disclosed by Arrest of Two Men by Pos- tal Inspectors. President Coolidge today gave Wil- liam J. Tilson a recess appointment to the Federal judgship of the middle district of Georgia. President Coolidge nominated Tilson to the judgship during the last session of Congress, following a previcus re- cess appointment. Opposition _devel- oped to the nomination in the Senate, led by the two Georgia Senators, and fnTé!?:n! Coolidge withdrew the nom-| CHICAGO, March 9.—A mail fraud tion. . which postal inspectors said had been ’Uy"-{qngrm‘ee is a brother of Repre-| the means of taking from nearly a sentative Tilsorr of Connecticut, Re-|thousand victims approximately $1,- publican FHouse leader, and the recess | 09,000 in investments for supposed appointment was announced after the | oi] ‘lands, was disclosed today with I_gvpre.«mmmlve had conferred with the | the arrest of Henry J. Froelich, aged resident this moraing. 69, and Joseph Devore, 60. Most of Scnator Harris, told of the recess | those defrauded are residents of appointment, announced he. would | J]linois and Ohi RBhuL b e molla irlknats 0, post office inspectors aid. Tilson by the Senate. | O oy has made plan Froelich recently was fined $100 and Senator Harris | h to speak during the | peyore was acquitted of charges of Shmner it (it woveE ,“'N:h_ | confidence game. The pair first were "l.p‘awmonv presides, to explain his { arvested on charges of operating with- PO 4 | out a license to sell real estate. —_—— | Froelich on one occasion accused |1)(-\'an. Froelich said he had been selling oil lands in Colombia and DIPHTHERIA DEFEATED. e ! charged that he had given Devore o | $1,500 which he had not accounted for. Aublurn, N. Y., Ends Third Year, ’roelich is head of Henry | Without Death From Malady. i By the Associated Press. —— Froeiich, Inc., Frank H. Davis, post office inspector said. Devore is known | By the Associated Press. a AUBURN, N. Y., March 9.—Auburn ! established a world’s record of | tion from diphtheria, com- pleting its third year since the innoc- ulation of ildren of the city without the diseas The city selected for trial of | the Schick test in 1922 and in 1928.24 | Auburn children were innoculated against the malady. In all, 6,072 ] oungsters were immunized. Thai work was done under the supervision of State and local health officials. i | | | | | Mesmerism by Rad the Associated Press BOSTON, March 9.—The practi- cability of mesmerism by radio is to be decided here tonight: Prof Gerald Fitzgibbon will go onto the air promptly at 6 o'clock tonight over Westinghouse Stations WBZ and WBZA and while his efforts will be directed at three subject, two in this city and one in Springfield, there is | the possibility, station officlals said, that others may hypnotic sway. hin two minutes the three will be in a mesmeric state, Prof. Fitz- gibbons predicted. They will be | made to laugh, cry, enter a state of | catalepsy, permit two full-grown men 1o stand’ on their rigid bodjes and come under the io to Be Attempted Tonight on Three Subjects in Northeast the month of February history of the paper. i The daily average then, commanded to write “sur- render,” they will return to a normal condition and find that their left arms, which will have been paralyzed | through post-hypnotic suggestion, | will function normally again. | The identity of two of the subjects | was announced today, but the third | man, who was picked by the sta-{ tion officials, will remain unrevealed, even to the operator. All will be observed by scientists and newspa- | ver men. In this city William L. Hall of Springfield and the third subject will listen in at a downtown hotel, while Horace Weake will be in Springfield. Both Hall and Weake have been sub- jects of previous experiments by Prof. Fitzgibbon, q | tising. :,l'l’/‘ / oW, %/ Zs .?7&@ pe> 2 -~ ‘7% SINCLAIR CASE HITS ANOTHER SNAG AS DEFENSE IS BEGUN Jury Sent From Court When Wrangle Starts Between Opposing Counsel. OIL MAN HAD REPLIED Pomerene Asks Privilege of Being Heard This Afternoon on Dis- puted Points. » swift-moving trial of Harry F. . New York millionaire, i charged with contempt of the Senate. struck a snag of delay in Criminal | Division 2 today after the Government had rested its case at 10:23 o'clock and the defense had begun the presen tation of evidence. Hasing their case on #he contention that the questions put to Sinclair were inot pertinent to the inquiry being conducted by the Senate oil committee, nearly three years ago, and which I'their client refused to answer, George P. Hoover and Martin W. Littleton, / / = 95 000 H-IACKING CHARGE IS PROBED Strict Secrecy Veils Police Investigation of Alleged Rum Theft From Truck. Under a veil of , Head- ters Detectives nd - Fla- herty today were investigating re- ported hi-jacking and theft of some $5,000 worth of bonded liquor frony a truck of the Big Four Transporta- tion Co., which was later burned and deserted on the Marlbore pike near Meadows, Md., yesterday morning. The investigation vesterday after- noon had carried the detectives and other persons interested into the vi- cinity of the truck fire, where, during the questioning process, Robert Ryon, one of those eafly at the scene of the fire, told his wife and friends he had seen a permit for the transportation of 40 cases of liguor, shown him by Detectives Fowler and Flaherty today arrested Clarence Algon Bar- ber, 1326 Thirty-fourth street, 21 years old, a chauffeur in the employ of the Big Four Transportation Co. and Rush Walker Chamberlain, 44 vears old, who save his occupation as a laborer and his residence as Ballston, Va., for investigation today. They positively refused to state the details concerning the investigation and refused also to give any intima- tion of the nature of charges pend- ing. Much Interest Aroused. The investigation yesterday in the neighborhood of Meadows had aroused intense interest in the countryside. That a request for secrecy in the case was made was admitted by Presi dent Walter W. Hall of the Rig Four Transportation Co., who, after stating that the truck which burned before 7 o'clock yesterday on the Marvland road was‘the property of his ‘company and that Barber was an employe of his company, declared today he would advance no further details because he had been requested not to allow the details to become public. Truck Empty When Burned. The truck Was empty when it was burned, according to Arthur Frye, liv- ing just across the road from the scene of the fire, and the general re- port given him by investigators was that the liqguor had been stolen in Washington before the truck was driven to that point apd set afire. The fact that when Frye arrived on the scene of the fire during a shower of rain yesterday morning, together with the fact that the truck w doned at the time, and the discovery of a burned and blistered gasoline can ‘ontinlied on Page 2, Column 1.) Chile Gets Six Warships. VALPARAISO, Chile, March 9 (®). —The newspapers announced today that the government has acquired six new destroyers abroad, probably in England. They understand a naval commission will be sent to bring the vessels to Chile. Paraguayan Leader Dies. ASUNCION, Paraguay, March 9 —Manuel Gondra, twice president ¢ Paraguay and former Minister to the United States, died yesterday. Star’s Circulation Greatest in Its History The average net circulation of The Star for was the largest in the . net circulation of The Evening Star was 103,218, and the average net cir- culation of The Sunday Star, 111,980, It is believed that no newspaper reaches a larger percentage of the reading population of the city in which it is published than does The Star, daily and Sunday, in Washington and its suburbs. This fact has led advertisers so to use The Star as the medium for reaching their customers that The Star today ranks fourth among the news- papers of the United States in volume of adver- . Four collections of inestimable | { value have just become the property | | of the Library of Congress under the | will of Mrs. John Boyd Thacher of Albany. who died sruary 18, i was announced at the Libr: today These collections were the life | work of John Boyd Thacher, perhaps | the greatest of The various art on deposit at the Library of Con- | gre from time to time, but they | now become the property of the Gov- ernment utright. Dr. Herbert Putnam. librarian Congress, said today that this ma- terial, much of it beyond possibility of duplication, constitutes one of the most_notable additions ever made to the “Tibrary 'through private heng- faction. 2 The oollections are as. follows: About 930 volumes printed before ve been placed | of | LIBRARY OF CONCRESS GIVEN RARE COLLECTION OF BOOKS; John Boyd Thacher’s, Widow Leaves| Nearly 5,000 Articles, Many Unique, to Nation—Includes Incunabula. an collectors. | It defense counsel, told the court and Jury that Sinclair was interrogated on a matter which at that time was in the Federal courts and for him to weveal any information would jeop- {ardize the case. They further declared that most of the questions asked were in the nature of cross-examination on previous tes- timony, and that Sinclair on prior ap- pearances before the committee had | given them the information the mem- bers sought to elicit on March 22, , the date mentioned in the in- tment charging the misdemeanor. Jury Leaves in Wrangle. After Hoover had delivered his opening statement, in which he de- iclared the defense would prove the { questions propounded to Sinclair were Inot material, Littleton offered in evidence testimony from the printed record of the committee hearings given by Mr. Sinclair October 29, 1923, {which, the attorney declared, econ- tions of autographs. One |tained virtually all of the information stly of royal personages, Compris-{the committee sought on March 22. ing 676 manuscripts, 111 broadsides | United States Attorney Peyton Gor- and printed documents and 578 photo-idon, in charge of the case, objected, graphs and drawings. The other is!and the opposing counsel began to on the French Revolution and con-,wrangle, which resulted in the exclu. tains about 500 pieces, with the auto- sion of the jury by Justice William graphs, usually signed. to personal|Hitz at Gordon's request. . Littleton | letters, of all the foremost figures in|then delivered a 50-minute legal argu- | this period of history. ! ment on his point, declaring at une | Dr. Putnam said " today that the|stage the questions put to his client { bequest was 3, signal manifestation of i on March 22 were in the nature of the patriotism of American scholar- | “craftily concelved cross examination” ship. - Mrs. Thacher was associated | {o ajd the Government {n the uity closely ‘with her husband in his his-| hroceedings already begun againe: the ~ torical investigations. The wealth of [Sinclair interests in W)'::ung by (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) {Owen J. Roberts and Atiee Pomerene, i1 dict some of the choicest printing. 1 constituting examples of ear! Aboug 800 books relating to Chris- topher © Columbus, early exploration nd v eartographer, among them of the works of Ptolemy. 00 books on the French 34 edition: About Revolutio 1, ORYUNI T0GE L SERVCETEST Deming Announces Plans Inj Fill 2,500 Jobs—25,000 Competitors Expected. Plans for the extension of classifi- cation under civil service to all’ po- sitions in the prohibition organization with the single exception of the com- missioner of prohibition were an- nounced today by William C. Deming. president of the United States Civil Service Commission. The new law, passed by the last Congress, reorganizing the Treasury Department, establishing a Bureau of Prohibition and placing the employes under civil service “makes it neces- sary,” said Mr. Deming, “for our commission_to hold examinations to fill about 2,500 positions. There will probably be an average of about 10 candidates for each position. This means that we are faced with the tre- mendous task of examining 25,000 per- son: The announcement by Mr. Deming was taken as meaning tha* the Civil Service Commission has found means to proceed with the examina- tion, by degrees at least, in spite of the failure in the second deficiency bill of an item .of $200,000 to finance this particular work. 3,900 Are in S®rvice. Everybody in the present force of the prohibition unit who was not ap- pointed under civil service will have to qualify to hold their present jobs, | it was explained. | ““The entire force of the prohibition | service numbers approximately 3,901 persons,” said Mr. Deming. In ad- dition to holding examinations to pro- vide for filling the 2,500 positions re- cently brought within the provisions of civil service law by an act of Con- gress. we will, of course, continue to hold examinations from time to time to meet the turnover in this service. “The tests which we plan to give in connection with the agent or de- tective positions will be so formulated he type bility to TRAFFIG DISPUTES | special oil prosecutors. Gordon re- i plied to the argument, and luncheon {recess was taken. Pomerene re- | auested o be heard this afternoon. As the jury left the jcourtroom for | the argument, Justice |Hitz inquired { of Gordon what would ‘be done about | the second count of the indictment, which differed from the question as originally propounded to Sinclair by Senator Walsh of Montana because of the omission of a line in the indict- ment. Gordon entered a nolle prosse as to that count. Gordon's Move Blocked. When court convened Gordon sought ! to offer testimony from the record to jshow what had taken place before | the committee regarding the question { asked in the eighth count of the indict: {ment. This question, by Senator Final adjustments of several diffi-} Walsh, was: “The committee is still culties between certain members of | desirous, Mr. Sinclair, of examuning the diplomatic corps and the traffic | the books of the Hyvas Corporation. and police authorities in the District | pre O Drepared Lo m‘:;‘d’d"g:d;':m was announced at the State Depart- | gpor Gord‘o',‘:":;,d s gy s, | ment today. In making the announce- | of the testimony, and Justice Hitz ments the State Department expressed | sustained the objection. Gordon then the hope that the adjustments so |rested the Government's case. reached will “effectively demonstrate| The first part of Hoover's address the desire of the department to pre- | !0 the jury explained the various serve and protect the interest of the; [eSolutions siving authority to the citizens of the District as well as the| Senate public linds committee and members of the diplomatic corps.” | peor, ieetti' S (ES e TR oy As a result of the collision between | on each of which he testified freely an automobile operated by Mme. | and fully and then was excused from Entezam, wife of the third secretary | the jurisdiction of the committee Jan- of the Persian legation, which was| uary 4, 1924. He sailed for Europe fatal to an occupant of the other car. | shoytly afterward, Hoover sald, to at- Mr. Entezam has been ordered to | tend to business which had been Teheran for duty in the Persian neglected by his presence here in foreign offic He will leave Washing- | ‘Washington. ton shortly. Mme. Entezam formerly |~ While he was away the President a Miss Hume of Washington. [ approved a joint resolution calling for With gard_to the controve prosecution in equity and criminal (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) | proceedings of the oil leases and on | March 13, 1924, Mr. Roberts and for- ! mer Senator Pomerene filed an equity | suit against the Sinclair interests in i | WITH ENVOYS END State Department Announces Result of Several Inquiries. i i | | i | ! | WOULD SPEED TREATIES. Chamberlain Asks League Change Negotiation Procedure. « IVA, Switzerland, March 9| UP).—An echo of the last British im- | perial conference was sounded in the | appeared before the committee March League of Nations council today,!2l on a subpoena, and was accom- when Sir Austen Chamberlain, Brit-|panied by Littleton, his counsel. The ish foreign secreta asked the | entire session was given over to a League to abolish the practice of |legal argument by Littleton as to negotiating treaties as between | Whether the committee had powers to states and substitute that of treaties ask any questions of Sinclair because as between heads of states. the matter under inquiry had become He explained that his statement {a judicial question and the commit- was made at the request of the |tee had no power “to go on a fishing and dominion governments. | expedition.” that the dominions| Sinclair appeared the following day. would lose their prerogative of ap-|March 22, Hoover explained to the proving or rejecting treaties, but that | jury, and one member voted that he acceptance of treaties by Great | be called to the stand and questioned. Britain and the dominions would be | Thé. motion was amended by Senator | Wyoming. Hoover emphasized that all matters referring to the Teapot Dome lease and accompanying oil to | storage tank contract had been placed {‘before the judicial tribunal. Sinclair Appears Again. Then, Hoover continued, Sinclair 2, Column 1) facilitated. | Bursum of New Mexico, who stated | By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 9.— Verification was received today that a Earth Tremor Plugs Up Crater of Volcano That Cost Nicaragua Millions Annually i that the committee should not inquire * {into any matter regarding the leases already referred to the courts, Hoover said. The motion was voted down and, Hoover continued, Senator Walsh sald. “If I cannot ask questions concern- ing the naval oil reserves I have no questions to ask at all,” and the com- | mittee then voted that Sinclair should be called to the stand. Sinclair produced a statement stat- ing he had appeared before on five Fourteen months ago the Nica- ‘raguan government arranged with two German engineers for “capping” the crater and extracting sulphur from the fumes. The fighting be- tween the Liberal and Conservative factions held up the work, which the engineers claimed was progressing satisfactorily. nltt‘ hnt:;:?di"m hgwlb‘l: tm'xt dyna- o n the crater aided the quake in closing the cavity. The Gov- ernment says that if the fumes have been definitely stopped, millions of dol- lars can be added to the national in- ‘come. freak of nature, in the form of an earth tremor, Saturday apparently ended the Sanitago volcano fume menace, which for years caused hun- dreds of thousands of dollars damage in the rich coffee territory in the vicinity of Managua. ‘ Thousands of tons of earth, loos- ened by Saturday's quake, pltd the vent in the volcano, from which de- structive fumes were constantly exuded, killing all n of miles vegetation for a e - o o '.5""" 4| Radio Programs—Page 23. different occasions, had answered ail qlestions and the Government had started prosecution of the civil case. | The matter having been referred to the courts, the Sinclair statement said, it was unfair to ohtain aid from him which might be used by the Govern- ment in the proceedings, Hoover re- cited. Calls Questions Irrelevant. The attorney stated that after Sin- clair had answered the questions by saying he “declined to answer on ad Yice of cou " the committee did (Coptinued on Page 2, Column 7.}