Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1927, Page 1

\ (U. 8. Weather Burean Forecast.) Fair tonight; t lowed by rain at ture, ‘Temperature— today: lowest, 53, Full report on followed by ATHER. omorrow cloudy, fol- night; mild tempera- colder, Thursday. lighest, 66, at noon at 2 am. today. age 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION ¢ Foening Star, ntered as xec st office, W No. 30,527. ond class matte: ashington. D. C. WASHINGTON, | GENEVA OBSERVER SEE HOPE OF PEACE FOR EUROPE FADING Nations Turning to Pre-War Policy of Alliances, Delegate Says. DISARMAMENT PARLEY WILL OPEN TOMORROW Arrival of Soviet Commissioners Ts Hailed as Marking Epoch in Continental History. E turopean has A, November < a guarantee of receded and not advanced since the snature of the Locarno agreements, in the opinion of delegates and repre- sentatives of several neutral countries to the conference of the preparatory commission on disarmament, which opens here tomorrow One distinguished statesman went #o far as to express the opinion to the correspondent that Europe shows #izns of returning to the old pre-war policy of the creation of alliances, one against another, thus augmenting in- stead of diminishing the risks of conflicts Bitterness Is Noted. The tension in the Baltic, tizhtened between Lithuania and Poland with uncertainty as to the eventua! attitude of Ru and Ger- many. was cited as an indication of bitterness left over since the treaty of Versailles by the creation of new states and the allotment of certain territories to others. This statesman especially alluded to the relations between France and Ttaly as furnishing an example of post-war nervousness, declaring that France answered the Italo-Albanian pact of a few years ago by the recent conclusion of an accord with Jugo- slavia, and that Ttaly has now re torted to this by megotiating another alliance with the government at learned that the political lead- rious so-called neutral coun- tries hold the view that Italy seeks either Algeria or Tunis in order to permit an outlet for her growing population, in consonance with Pre. mier Mussolini’s belief that Italy’s natural expansion should be Mediter- renean. Some statesmen here look for an effort on the part of Ttaly to open negotiations with France for peaceful economic penetration of Alceria_and Tunis, with increased rights for Italian emigrants. Seek Aid of League. Representatives of sevéfalof the neutral states express the opinion that with security apparently fall- fng backward, the smaller countries will naturally turn more and more to the League of Nations as the real safeguard of peace, helieving that International understanding, created publicly through the League, will be a powerful force for combating the of secret agreements and the possible alignment of groups. one against the other. The appearance of a large Soviet delegation on the Geneva stage is regarded in many quarters as one of the biggest political everits in modern Furopean history, but there is a ten- dency, distinctly manifested, ‘not to expect too much from this Russian entry. Another opinion heard at Geneva s that if a disarmament conference i to await the elaboration of per- fected systems of international secur- ity, reduction in armaments may be postponed for a.disappointingly long time. Count von Bernstorff, former Ger- man Ambassador to the United States and now German representative at the League, is understood to have held a long conversation last night with Maxim Litvinoff, head of the Soviet delegation. Count von Bern- storff has expressed firm belief that an international disarmament conference based on existing security ean be con- voked at a reasonably early date. Urges Speedy Solution. Asked to outline Germany's atti- tude toward the disarmament com- mission session, the former ambassa- dor_said: “We seek a solution which reiter- ates the reccommendations of the 1926 assembly, asking the preparatory com- mission to hasten the completion of technical work and draw up a pro- gram of a_conference for limitation and reduction in armaments, corres- ponding to existing conditions of re- gional and general security. That is perfectly clear and Germany mere- 1y wants it lived up to.” Litvinoff is reported to intend to propose pacts of nonaggression, not only with nations bordering on Rus gia. but also with Great Britain and the United States e Soviet gov- ernment, which receptly brought the Polish-Lithuanian dispute to the fore by dispatching a note of warning to Warsaw and a note counseling cau- tion to Kovno, will participate in the conference as a_non-member of the League. The United States is the only other nonmember participating. Would Stay Over. The Soviet delegation is credited in certain quarters with desiring to stay here until the Leazue Council meets, December 5, when the Polish-Lithuan- fan di=pute will be discussed. Extr v police precautions are bein 7 for both the disarma- ment ne Council meetings. Newspaper men have been obliged to ach photographs 1o their admission . no automobiles are allowed to in the Lea courtyard, and de- bout the Russian inst Poland is pistr ment » closing Lithuan schools in the Vilna district. To this complaint. Premier Waldemaras of Lithuania, has added another—that Poland secks to_bring sbout the overthrow of the Kovno government. In support of these eharges, Waldemaras transmitted to Sir Eric Drummond, League secre- ary, a memorandum containing ex- tracis from Warsaw _newspapers, which he claimed showed such inten: tions. In Kovno the Lithuanian premier complained bitterly of what he termed “intimidatory and provocative aec- nd on the present line arcation, which, he said, no Lithuanian today will dignify by the name of frontier. He declared that the recurrence of rumors that bands are operating on the demarcation Jine and that the army is demoralized pointed to a_set gpecifica of Lith ¢eatinued on Page 2, Column §) men from the gas com$ny were at | house, notably | 'GYPSY PRINCESS , Judge Dismisses Inco Gypsy through Princ smprecations ; Tuvenile Court today [ Julia Mitchell Osborn [ fend her side her tribe. rang when Judge Kathryn dismissed a charge of incorrigibility | preferred by her father, King Emil | | Mitchell, and the princess still has her | man. | ‘psy women relatives of the prifcess ran from the building when she appeared outside, screaming at her and making signs. They followed her inside, swarming around her and| | shouting at her, her husband, William | Osborn, and officers who tried to re- | strain them treaming down her face, | ken into the courtroom | and the women ni The bold protection, shaled into a waiting reom of them, Anna Mitchell, the | princess’ n-daw, pushed up to the courtroom door and stood there | | shouting at the girl. Ju; Sellers ordered her brought before her. “If you don't keep quiet T will hav vou adjudged in contempt of court. the judge said. “This is a United tates court and you will treat it with vespect. I'll have no more noise.” There was no more noise. The women shuffled into another room muttering _under their breaths. A score of tribal leaders, who had gath- ered outside the court long before the | case was called, remained packed just {0 de the door all through the pro- ngs. | trom | mas eve, KEEPS HUSBAND AS TRIBE TAUNTS HER IN COURT| rrigibility Charge of Bride's Father—King Takes Stand to Tell Life Story. In hroken English King Mitchell hter left her home sylvania avenue three nd went to Philadelphia relatives. He charged that Os- born carried her off f ladelphia married her in Roc nd took her to his home at southeast, here. he has tried to has refused to s The King alk to her, but she e him. i he had 10 sons, 6 daughters and 63 grandchildren. Julia is next to the youngest, he said, and wouldn't be 16 until Christmas eve. Pressed for the dates of his other children’s births, he said he couldn’t remember. Gypsies time from Christmas_to Easter to Easter, X don’t bother about « Sloquently he raised his hands to high heaven and swore Julia was born on Christ- 1911, She was baptized in tholic church when she was 2 old, he said. ighteen-Thousand-Dollar Funeral. told how he traveled until 191 gave her an $18,000 funer and produced tha undertz prove it. Julia never went to school, he said. After her mother died she took her place doing housework, “washing dishes, telling fortunes and phrenol- og: when her mother died. *1 * he said, er's bill to As he left the stand the king de- livered _n_ personal _oration _to_the (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) POLAND PRESENTS OTE T0 BRITAIN Warsaw Denies Move to En- danger Lithuania’s Independence. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 29.—Sir Austen Chamberlain, the British foreign sec- | retary, this morning received a Polish | note delivered at the British foreign office late yesterday in which Poland declared that Lithuania’s political in- dependence and territorial integrity were not endangered. Formal acknowledgement of receipt of the note, which also was presented at all European capitals, including Moscow. wi be sent to Warsaw. l The British government is inclined to take a very calm view of the gen- eral European situation. EMIGRES SCATTERED. Poland Seeks to Ban “Exile Govern- ment” by Lithuanians. By Radio to Th azo Daily News. e Star_and Copyright, 1! WARSAW, November 2! Marshal Pilsudski, President of Poland, has given orders to scatter Lithuanian emigres all over Poland and not to Allow them to assemble at Vilna, where they might form an “exile govern- ment” as a rival to that of Dictator | Waldemaras of Lithuania. President Pilsudski is showing him- self perfectly loyal to Foreign Minister Zaleski. who believes that the Lithu- anian difficulty can be solved by peace- ful methods at Geneva. If Geneva fails, Marshal Pilsudski will follow the counsels of his military advisers, how- ever, and take the Lithuanians at their word that a “state of war” ex- ists and march on Kovno. Marshal Pilsudski probably will go to Geneva two or three days after M. Zaleski. The Polish policy at Geneva will be to emphasize the anomalous attitude of Lithuania in refusing any relations with Poland as the source of the whole dispute and the principal fac- tor in the unrest in northeastern Eu- rope. The present anxiety of Russia and Germany about the possibility of Polish aggresison probably will be of service to Poland in stirring up For- eign Minister Chamberlain of Great Britain, who so far has been loath to exercise pressure at Kovno. Polish official circles are inclined to be op- timistic over developments in the Lithuanian-Polish dispute. FURTHER THREAT SEEN. MOSCOW, November 29 (#).—The newspaper Pravada, commenling on the Polish note outlining Poland's posi- tion in regard to Lithuania, says: “The note leaves the possibility of a further threat and cannot therefore allay the grave fears jnduced by the latest news from the shores of the Niemen and the Vistula.” | NOTE RECEIVED HERE. By the Associated Press. The Polish government, through its Minister, Ciechanowski, yesterday pre- | sented to Secretary Kellogg an official note declaring that it desired to estab- lish péace with Lithuania. The note was described as an effort by Poland to define its attitude in view of the proposed consideration of the controversy hetween the two countries by the Council of the League of Na- tions. Declaring that Poland has met with refusals by Lithuania in its moves toward peace, the note asked that the other governments aid in terminating the state of war ‘‘per sistently proclaimed by the Lithuanian government.” i In House That Has Mrs. Rose Allen, 70 years old, was found lying on the floor in a gas- filled room at her house, which is without any gas connection, at 1068 Thirty-first street, shortly before 11 o'clock this morning by a deliveryman of the Washington Laundry Co. He called the fire rescue squad, which un. | successfully tried to revive her with the assistance of Dr. Smith of Emer- gency Hospital, who pronounced ker dead a half hour later. Police were mystified as to how the room became filled with gas. Repair- ANTLORY CHFS SFEAING S30000 Plans for Referenda Action Discussed at Dinner in' Gotham. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 29.—A fund of §3,000,000 is wanted by the Associa- tion Against the Prohibition Amend- ment to conduct a national campaign to ascertain the voters’ view as to whether the eighteenth amendment should be repealed or modified. Capt. William H. Stayton of Wash- ington, D. C., chairman of the associa- tion, outlined plans for national or State referenda at a private dinner last night at Ahe-Union League Club, to which 207 persons, many of them prominent Republicans, were invited. A cloak of secrecy was thrown about the affair and just what action, if any, was taken was not revealed. Newspapermen were not invited. When the dinner broke up the diners were uncommunicative as to what had taken place. They hastened ‘to the motor cars in the rain and parried questions, Butler Among Spealkers. The sponsors of the dinner, headed by George W. Wightman, New York merchant, maintained that the affair was purely a social one, of no public or political significance. The guest list was not announced. Besides Capt. Stayton, ers were Dr. Nicholas M president of Columbia University; former United States Senator James ‘W. Wadsworth, jr., and former Rep- resentative John Philip Hill of Mary- land. Before the dinner, Capt. Stayton said it was planned to send two let- ters to 6,000,000 voters next year, at an estimated cost of 10 cents per voter. He figured that from $2,700.- 000 to $3,000,000 would be needed in the next four years. He said the association would seek a national referendum plank In the platform of the Republican and Democratic parties on the theory that it was the duty of political parties to find out what the voters wanted. If the na- tional parties refused to incorporate the plank in their platforms a move- ment will be made for referenda in the several States. Former Senator Wadsworth, who was defeated for_re-election by Rob- ert F. Wagner, Democrat, was out- spoken in his ideas. He announced, before the dinner, that he would be ia candidate for delegate at large to the ‘ext national Republican conven- tion and that he hoped the conven- tion would meet the prohibition issue squarel; I trust ti many other delegates will be chosen who believe that the prohibition amendment should be wined out or modified,” he said. “I am speaking nmow merely as a can- didate for delegate at large, but the issue will be met in the convention if 1 have anything to say about it.” Dr. Butler let it be known that he would not be a candidate for dele- gate at large, Newspapers said that at the dinner Stayton proposed that the national referendum plank be accompanied by a pledge that the outcome of such a referendum should be binding in con- science on nominees for Congress. Borah Expresses Views. Meanwhile, Senator Borah. ing at Yale University, said business of a referendum will get us nowhere. Nominate candidates for the presidency who are either for or against enforcement of the prohibi- tion law and then we will have a real referendum.” The Senator term- ed nullification “infamous, cowardly and slimy.” Police Mystified as Woman Dies of Gas No Gas Connections work in the street, which was being prepared for resurfacing directly in front of Mrs. Allen’s home. Benjamin Beach, the laundryman, who lives at 2627 K street, said that he went to the house to make a de- livery and that when he received no response after knocking on the front door for some time pushed it open and walked inside. He smelled gas, he said, and found Mrs. Allen in a room in the middle of the house. A canar bird in a cage in the same room was also asphyxiated. Police have begun investigations to determine how the gas got into the | opposed” to the propos outh after Julia was born | | schemes in Manchuri D. TUESDAY, PENG PROTESTS FANCHURAN LOKN FROM. S BANRER IChang Tso-Lin Aide - Holds Deal Will Place America in Bad Light. CHINA VIEWS MOVE AS SUPPORT JF JAPANESE Northern Chief Says Transaction ‘Will Bring Disfavor and Active Opposition to Rail Plans. By the Associated P PEKING, China, The Northern Chin and the people of China November gover n to the nese South Manchurian Railway by J. P. Morgan & Yang Yu-Ting, chief.of staff of M hal Chang B Lin, told newspaper correspondents tod He declared that Peking would wel- come a direct American loan to China or American participation in the de- velopment of Manchuria. There wa he said, enough trouble with Japan Manchurian enterprise and the pro- posed loan would only bring on Amer- | the Chinese di vor at present di- | rected against Jay concluded it would be impo: convince the Chinese that the United | States was not Supportin he a Peking Has Own Plar “Peking has elaborate plans to de- velop Manchur * he continued. ‘Pe- king already has accomplished much and does not need Japanese help. The Japanese hindered rather than helped Witness their ¢ plans. serted. opposition to our “It is regrettable American bankers and people have such con- fidence in Japan, whose Manchurian record show: y fa Yang Yu-Ting declared that if the loan were made the Chinese author- ities in Manchuria would be able to block any anese railway exten- nd therefore the plans were hasty. Commenting on reports from the United States that Japan had reach- ed an azreement on the long-stand- ing radio controversy hetween the Federal Wireless C the Mitsui Co. of Japan, Y: id: “I understand that (John Van A. MacMur ister to China) is s ping at Tokio to discuss the radio. Such negotiations, in which China is not included, China will not accept. Japan in 1923 protested to n Against- an agrecment. withe eral Wireless Co. of America under which five powerful wirel st tions were to be erected in China. It was contended that the Mitsui Ci of Japan had previously been gran ed a wireless monopoly for 30 years. Protests Outside Aid. Yang Yuting said China had heen doing her utmost to develop radio communications and did not need out- side aid. A station had already been built at Mukden, Manchuria, he de- clared, which was superior to the Mitsui Station in Peking. “There are too many among foreign power China is barred,” he said. ture China can't tolerate and won't accept agreements resulting from such conferences.” He indicated that China would probably seek to reopen the dis- cussion of past radio contracts. Japanes domestic politics was the real motive behind the attempt to ob- tain the railway loan in America, he asserted. Although it would be ap- plied directly to south Manchurian railway projects, the loan would mere- ly release the company’s profits, which Tokio would devote to political pur- poses, he declared He then outlined the Manchurian Railway situation. China, he said, was planning railways to link Kirin and Tsitsihar, the capitals of the Kirin and Heilungkiang provinces, respec- tively, with Mukden, Manchuria. This would permit travel to Peking from these capitals over Chinese lines en- tirely, he expained, as it is at present impossible to make such a journey without using Japanese railways. Agreement Is Denied. The first link of 150 miles in the Mukden-Tsitsihar project is already in operation. Japan is vigorously op- posing these projects, he said, claim- ing that they run parallel to the South Manchurian Railway, contrary to agreement. At the same time Japan is asserting her right to build a rail- way joining Kirin and the Korean bor- r, claiming that China had previous- y agreed to this, he added. He ex- plained that China had declared mere- ly that China would agree to give Japan preference if China sought loans for the purpose of such construction. Yang Yu-Ting characterized reports that China and Japan had completed an agreement in regard to Manchuria as Japanese propaganda, which, he sald, was recently broadcast especially in America with a view of supporting the loan negotiations. 147 MEXICAN.PRIESTS CLAIMED SLAIN IN YEAR Catholic Welfare Worker Says He Bases Figures on Offi- cial Sources. By the Associated Press, \ NEW YORK, November 20.—In the last year 147 Catholic priests have been " executed in _Mexico, W. F. Montavon of the National Catholic Welfare Conference of Washington told members of the Monday Club, an organization of social Workers. Montavon, formerly in government e in Central American countries, said his information was obtained from officials as well as unofficial sources in his capacity as director of the legal department of the welfare conference. FREE DOTY IN ALGERIA. French Will Release American Sol- dier to U. S. Agent. PARIS, November 2! lcase of Bennett 1 M a discussions from which “In the fu- C “oreign Le- ion will take place at Oran, Algeria, The release has been hanging fire for a week. The ministry of war's instructions to Doty’s colorel were to muster him out of the service at Oran and deliver him to Albert H. Elford, the American inlullr.uent there. NOVEMBER “bitterly | 29, 1927 ‘///’\{ ) t CHICAGD GANGLAND RENEWS BOMBINGS Gangsters Toss Two Explo- sives at Hangouts of Hostile Factions. | | By the Associated CHICAGO, November 2! grenadiers tossed bombs last night at two hostile “hangouts” in renewal of war for con of the city's vice, gambling and illicit liquor business. In both instances the places bombed | were presumed to be under the con- trol of that group opposed to the Al Canone-Tony Lombardo factign. One bomb exploded at a West Adams streét building known as a clearing house for the Bertsche-Skidmore- Zuta group, whose alleged encroach- ment in “forbidden territory” has in- curred the wrath of Capone and Lom- { bardo. The damage was slight. ..The _second bomb tore away the door of a soft drink parlor on Ashland avenue. Seventh Bombing in Week. These bombs were. the sixth and exploded in_the gang war nce last Tuesday. The bombing on Adams street was the second at that | place within a week, a bomb last Tues- day tearing away part of an office and causing 15 girls and® others to flee. 1t is there that police say Wil- Jiam Skidmore and Jack Zuta gather to transact their affairs. The series of bombings has included two attempts against Peter Spingola, politician, and a relative by marriage of the Gennas, who once ruled the Chicago 2lcohol trade. His home and his brother-inlaw’s bombed. scenes of bombings, blamed by police on jealousy of rival leaders. Al Capone, perhaps the most sinis- ter figure in the underworld conflict, was understood to be out of town with a group of supporters. He was said to be hunting in the Woods, but police believe he timed his de- parture to permit a cooling of the gangland crisis. Wouldn't Mourn Capone. Detective Chief O'Connor sugested that “Capone and his men had better stay out of Chicago if they want to keep out of cells.” “1f some one mistakes him for a deer or bear and shoots him up there, we won't mourn,” the chief added. Fifty detectives searched a crowd of 3,000 fight fans last night, arresting four men on_ suspicion as gangsters. ©O'Connor said that all sporting events and all places of amusement will be watched so closely that no known gangster will be able to appear in pub- lic_without danger of arrest. Six special police squads, all armed with machine guns, have been or- ganized. Many of the officers are for- mer machine gunners of the Army. CHOCHOW FIGHTING TAKES HEAVY TOLL Northerners Meet Strong Resist- ance From Defenders of City Near Peking. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 20.—Severe fighting is in progress for the capture of Chochow, about 30 miles south of Peking. a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Peking reports. The Northerners have been besieging the city for 50 days, which is making a strenuous defense, refusing all terms of surrender, although suffering from a shortage of food and munitions. The garrison made a determined sortie and tried to break through the besiegers, but was driven back. alties on_both sides have been The Northerners allowed a small number of women and children to leave the city. o MAY LEAVE CABINET. Secretary Tejeda Likely to Run for Governorship of Vera Cruz. MEXICO CITY, November 29 (#).— Secretary of the Interior Tejeda, who ranks next to President Calles in the cabinet and has been in direct charge of the enforcement of the religious ign from the cabinet, Kl rafico says, to hecome Governor of the State of Vera Cruz. Senor Tejeda has been nominated for this post by strong political groups which support the Calles government and Obregon’s presidential candidacy. Radio Programs—Page 30 TIHLMAN PLANS FORTY-FOUR PAGES. * na » The only evening paper in Washington with the service. Yesterday’s Circul Greetings | ' Heolth_ )¢ SN/ To Mare S HEALTHY OF KIDDIES N, Son’s Violin Wakes Mother From Sleep | Lasting 180 Hours ' By the Associated Press. LONG BEACH, Calif., November 29.—A music treatment given by her | son and his friegd. was accredited to- day by the physician of Mrs. Ethel Baldwin, for her recivery of con- sciousness after lying in a coma for 180 hours, Mrs. Baldwin lapsed into a coma November 20, following the death of her husband. Discovery by Durant Baldwin, her son, who is a violinist, that his mother’s hands moved when he and a friend, who is a pianist, played together, brought orders from Dr. C. E. Sneden to continue the music, The music was continued from Fri- Aay night to Sunday morning with the exception of periods when the ra- dio was used. Mrs. Baldwin finally regained consciousness. She needs only rest to assure recovery. BATHING POOL BILL Measure to Provide 12 Tanks and One to Beautify Poto- mac Gorge Ready. Two important bills, one providing for preservation of the scenic beauty of the Potomac River in the vicinity of Great Falls and establishment of a public park there with connecting parkways, and the other for construc- tion of 12 artificial bathing pools at an estimated cost of $200,000, are to be introduced by Chairman Zihlman of.the House District committee as soon as Congress meets. Bill Has Sympathy. Mr. Zihlman is a member of the Na tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, and so his hill for preserva- tion of Great Falls is in hearty sympa- thy with and carries the fullest co- operation of the Capital builders and park planners. His bill proposes that at a cost not to exceed $4,000,000, “in order to pre- serve, just outside the National Capi- tal, an area of outstanding grandeur, scenic beauty and biological, scientific and historic interest, including the Great Falls of the Potomac, the water- falls, ledges and valleys of Difficult Run, Scotts Run and Cabin John Creek, bird and plant sanctuaries noted among scientists, the remains of the river locks and the iron furnace erected by George Washington, the forested bluffs and the islands and rapids of the Potomac, and the canal along the Maryland shore with its pic- turesque locks, thus providing for land and water sports and a great variety of outdoor recreation for the people of the Natlon,” the National Capital Park and Planning Commission be au- thorized ‘“to establish at this place a public park and suitable connecting parkways,” and to that end, would authorize the commission to acquire, by gift, devise or purchase, and where not so obtainable at prices reasonable in its judgment, by condemnation, such lands or rights in land lying along the Potomac, in Virginia from the Key Bridge to and about the Great Falls, and in Maryland. including the lands acquired for the right of way of the Chesapeake & Ohlo Canal, from the line of the District of Columbia to and above the Great Falls. Would Transfer Land. The Zihlman bill would transfer this land to the director of public buildings POLICE HAVE GLUE IN'WENDE ATTACK | Broker Near Death at Hos- pital After Fight in His Apartment. Lying in Providence Hospital with wounds about the head, received in a fight Sunday night in his apart- ment at the Benedict, 1808 I street, B. N. Wende. wealthy broker, stead- fastly rame of a person who struck him, presumably with a bottle. Mr. Wende's wound may prove fatal. Detectives early this afternoon, however, obtained the name of a young man, a resident in a nearby State, who is believed to have at- tacked the broker and his arrest will be made as soon as the necessary papers are obtained. At first the wounds sustained by Mr. Wende were not believed to be serious, but as his condition grew worse yesterday, physicians were called into consuitation and he was taken to Providence Hospital, where it developed that he had received a fractured skull. Mr. Wende entertained frequently in his apartment, the management of the apartment house stated, and at times his guests made so much noise that he had been requested either to preserve quiet or to give up his apart- ment, which he has occupied since last February. The wounded man was described as a good spender, and of a disposition which impelled him to give frequent dinners in his apartment to his friends, which were said to include Congressmen, business and profes- sional men and persons in all walks of life, At the time of the fight, shortly be- fore 10 o'clock Sunday night, there were but two men in the apartment, in addition to the tenant, police learned this afternoon. It was dis- closed further that the man who is believed to have struck his host, ap- peared to be in fear of his companion. Wende is a World War veteran, former employe of the Shipping Board and member of a prominent Buffalo, N. Y., family. OFFICIAL AID SOUGHT FOR JAILED AMERICAN Friends Claim Germany Is Hold- ing Chemist Without Charges, Refusing Him Bail. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, November 29.—American official intervention is being sought for Guido Meisel, chemist, of Ports- mouth, N. H., who has been in jail in Duesseldorf since June 19, allegedly charged with commercial espionage. Meisel has been denied a speedy trial and the German authorities are charged by his friends with declining to inform him of the exact nature of the charges under which he is being held, and to permit his release on bail. Mrs. Meisel, the former Marion Barnes of Atlanta, Ga. arrived in Germany two weeks ago for the pur- pose of obtaining her husband’s re- lease and thus far has been permitted to visit him but four times, the con- versation being carried on in German in_the presence of a prison guard. Meisel came to Germany last Spring as a representative of the Portsmouth Dye & Chemical Co. . and public parks of the National Capital, for custody, development and maintenance, subject to the laws of Maryland or Virginia providing for service of process of the courts of said States. The funds required for such control, development and main- tenance would be authorized to be ap- propriated as may become necessary from time to time out of any moneys in the Treasury, and be accounted for as a separate fund. In explaining his bathing pools bill, Mr. Zihlman said: “During the last Congress I intro- duced and there was passed by the House and Senate, a bill providing for the erection of two artificial bath- ing pools, cr beaches, in ‘the District of Columbia—one for the white and one for the colored race, and there was authorized to be appropriated the sum of $345,000 for this purpose. Would Avoid Land Purchases. “The act provided that no part of the sum appropriated should be ex- pended in the purchase of land. but that the pools should be erected on land acquired for park, parkway or playground. purposes. “The National Capital Park and Planning Commission were called upon_under the act to maké recom- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. PARK LAND PURCHASES NEED IS STRESSED Planning Group Tells Commission- ers Definite Financing Plan Is Necessary. The need for acquiring available park and playground areas before they are developed was stressed by a com- mittee representing the National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission at a conference today with the District Commissioners. The committee also told the Com- missioners that some definite plan of financing the commission’s projected park and playground development plan should be worked out, but it did not specifically advocate the proposed $10,000,000 loan from the Federal Treasury, one of the methods sug- gested, and which is now being seri- ously considered by a point commit. tee of the Federation of Citizens' As- sociations. The committee was composed of Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks of the National Capital, Frederick Law Olmstead and J. C. Nichols. Associated Press news ation, 101,932 TWO CENTS. PRESDENT PLAN TOADDRESSE 0., COMMITEE HERE National Leaders of Party to Be White House. Guests Next Week. MAY DETAIL ATTITUDE ON 1928 NOMINATION Time Believed Auspicious for Elab- oration on “Do Not Choose” Statement. .BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Coolidge will address menw bers of the Republican national come mittee when they assemble here next week and it was believed in some quar- ters that he might discuss the presi- dential campaign. It was made known that the Presi- dent will have the members of the committee ‘as guests at the White House probably next Tuesday or Wed- ]nesd:\y. at which time he will take oc- | casion to address his guests. In making this known today at the White House, no suggestions wers given as to the nature of the Presi dent’s remarks. But the fact that the President is considering addressing this gathering, at this particular time, naturally gives rise to considerable speculation as to what he will say. Be- cause of the persistent requests and appeals from Republicans in all parts of the country for an elaboration on his “I do not choose” statement, the consensus is that the President may decide to make himself more explicit, with the hope of removing any doubt that may exist as to his intentions re- garding the nomination to succeed himself. Time Held Auspicious. It is pointed out that if the Presi- dent is considering such a step, he could not select a’ more appropriate occasion, inasmuch as the men and women whom he will address are not refused to reveal today theq-@mly high in the councils of his party, but are the accredited leaders of the party in their respective States, and will play an important part in the election of the next President. It is realized the President has steadfastly declined to say anything in the way of an amplification of his Black Hills statement, but inasmuch as a score or more of the members of the national committee, who met in- formally in Washington early in the Fall, erdeavored to get the President to be more explicit, and were then re- fused, it is thought by some of the President's friends that if he has de- termined to make his position more definite, he naturally would prefer to say what he has to say on this sub- i]ect to the members of this commit. ee. Some Doubt Possibility. There are some who in their specu- lation regarding the President's in- tention to address the national com- mittee, are of the opinion that he will not make any amplification of. his Black Hills pronouncement, but will endeavor to impress upon the party leaders his wish that his name be eliminated from public discussion in connection with the next con- vention, and will further request a stop be put to the efforts on the part ;’l‘f some of his friends to “draft” m, It is well known that President Coolidge has keenly felt the doubt that existed since he announced his decision to not be a candidate to suc- ceed himself. He also has resented inferences that he was indulging in political trickery and that when the time came for the Republican conven- tion to select a standard-bearer, he would be ready to accept it: Also, he has taken extreme measures to | discourage ~some his well-meaning friends and admirers, who have been busily engaged advocating drafting him for the nomination, and otherwise busying themselves in getting up sentiment. The President’s intimates feel confl- dent that his honest desire is to re. tire to private life at the end of hig present term, and considering his pa- tience and forbearance dusing the public discussion of his so-called unte- rior motives, they would not be sur- prised to see him ‘at any time come forth with a pronouncement that will remove any possible doubt as to his intentions. Decision Seen as Unusual. Mr. Coolidge himself, however, has persistently refused to do this, s ing that his words in the Black Hills statement were sufficient. It is known that former Senator Butler of Massa- chusetts, chairman of the Republican national committee, made an earnest effort when some of the committee- men were meeting here in the Fall to get the President to reconsider his decision or else to elaborate on his Black Hills statement. Others close to the President have made similar endeavors, too, but none has been suc- cessful. The President has been rep- resented in this connection as saying that he would make no further pro- nouncement, and that he would stand on‘that 12-word statement until the end. Those who have not been indulging in any special speculation as to the President’s purposes in addressing the national committee, nevertheless agres that his decision to speak on this oc- casion is somewhat unusual. They admit also that it is quite natural to expect the President, the titular head of the party, to devote his remarks to the political aspects. The President and Mrs. Coolidge will receive the committeemen and com- mitteewomen on this occasion in the east room of the White House. Details for the reception have not yet been worked out by the White House, ‘These wiil be made known later. MACMURRAY IN TOKIO. TOKIO, November 29 (#).—John V. A. MacMurray, American Minis- ter to China, who has been in Wash- ington conferring on the Far Eastern situation, arrived here on the steam- ship President Plerce. Before proceeding to Peking his only comment on China was that conditions there were apparently un- changed. He said that he was heart- ily in accord with the present policy of the State Department. He called at the Japanese forelg: < office. It was said that the call 'fi 2 a formal one and taht matters of i portance were not discussed.