Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1927, Page 2

SCREAMS OF GIRL - ROUT SNEAK THIEF Follies Girl Avakens as In- truder Seeks to Take Wrist Watch. Awakened shortly after midnight this morning by a man attempting to unstrap her wrist watch, Miss Olive Hill, 20-year-old Follies girl and win- ner of several local beauty contests, who lives at 1139 Harvard street, ecreamed to such good effect that she @roused her household and frightened away the intruder. She saw him be- fore he left and described him as col- ored. At aln housebreaker, man bloc! <t the same time, another described as a white an apartment a few ay, at 1433 Columbia road occupied by Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Ka @nangh. who called for help and eaused him to flee after he had paused to rattle the door of the bathroom in which the unarmed couple had taken refuge Christmas Crime Wave. Reports of the two entries, coupled with other housebreaking reports re ceived by police recently, led Capt. V. H. Emerson, acting chief of de- tectives during the absence today of Inspector H.-G. Pratt, to declare that no one man is responsible for all of the depredations which have occurred here during the past two weeks. “It appears to be the u pre-Christmas _thiever *Many men are unempioy condition® are always productive of housebreakings and similar crimes.” Miss Hill, a statuesque blonde of the type which Ziegfeld has made fa- is a member of the cast of lie.” now in rehearsal at New York, but suffered an attack of ptomaine poisoning several days ago and came here to the home of her mother, Mrs. Ada Hill, to recuperate and to ward off a threatened attack of influenza. She has been confined to bed with - high fever and when her screams aroused her mother, who was sleeping with her, and her brother-in-law, C. P. Haskin, who with his wife occupied an adjoining room, they thought she was delirious. Nothing Is Taken. As the lights were switched on however, her fur coat, which had been hanging in the closet, was found iying near the door and a vest, which had been hanging in the room occu- pied by Mr. and Mrs. Haskin, had been dropped in the hallway. Nothing bad been taken. “I was awakened by some one tug- ging at my wrist,” Miss Hill said, “and when I opened my eyes and glanced at my watch, I found it was hidden by a black hand. I screamed, and the man dropped my wrist and ran from the room. Mr. Kavanaugh, who is an employe of the State Department, heard some one fumbling at the door. Opening N S OLIVE HIL RED GROSS T0 CARE FOR 100 FAMILIES One-Sixth of Homes Visited Will Be Aided by the End of Week. Out of the 600 families visited in the sections devastated by Washington's recent tornado, Red Cross officials said today that approximately 100 will havi been given assistance in reconstruct- ing and repairing their homes before the relief work is concluded the end of this week. While damage in most instances ap- pears slight to the casual observer, it was declared today that the financial relief thus far extended to storm suf- ferers has come as a timely aid to families who would otherwise be bur- dened with indebtedness for years to come. In many cases the need for re- lief was desperate, especially when some of the families in the storm area were without means of obtaining credit. “Not all of the families assisted were inclined to refuse help by any means,” Miss Edith Spray, Red Cross worker in charge of the relief headquarters, declared today. “Many of them appealed for help and the small relief extended saved them from real hardship.” Pass on Other Cases. The committee on awards will pass on additional cases tonight at the Hine Junior High School headquar- ters in the hope of being able to finish its work by Friday evening. Much yet remains to be done before the relief work can be suspended, and some of the contributions forwarded the door, the corridor was found to be empty. Shortly before midnight a noise was again heard at the door. As the couple gazed at the door, it opened, and a white man strode into the room. Calling for help as they ran, Mrs. Kavanaugh stated, they sought refuge in the bathroom. The intruder seized the knob of the bathroom door and rattled it. Then he ran from the apartment, taking nothing. PLAN TRIP ON EVE OF RADIO INQUIRY Commission Members to Tour as Congress Probe of Com- plaints Looms. On the eve of the second great ex- periment in reallocation of many of the radio broadcasting stations of the country, and just four days before Congress meets, certain to inquire searchingly into the reasons for the many complaints about radio during the Summer and Fall, the four re- maining members of the Federal Radio Commission plan to leave Wash- ington for a month, returning about January 1, after a tour of inspection of the districts they rep:e::nt. S Carrying out many of e princi- Ieslorlyflfar Admiral W. H. G. Bul- ard, chairman of the radio board, who died six days ago, the new allo- eations—more than 100 of them, affect- ing many of the most important sta- tions of the country—will become ef- fective at midnight tonight, present- ing an entirely new pattern of broad- casting, which, it is hoped, will clear up the intereference spots in the radio #pectrum which failed of clearance in the June 15 allocations and the rear- rangements that have been made ince that time. b Many of the new allocations will fit —the larger stations into the regional and Nation-wide picture of broadcast- ing, which was the guiding thought of Admiral Bullard in his recommen- dations for clearing up interference. The Seventieth Congress will come into being next Monday, with changes and amendments in the present radio Jegislation certain to be one of the main problems before it. Meanwhile the four commissioners—E. O. Sykes of Mississippi, O. H. Caldwell of New York, Sam Pickard of Kansas and Farold A. La Fount of Utah—will be gcattered throughout the country, looking over the situation in the dis- tricts they represent in its relation to national broadcasting. Hundreds of complaints of interfer- ence and congestion in the ether lanes now lie before the commission, Hun- dreds more have gone to members of Congress, and the legislative body, ac- cording to those in touch with the radio situation, is certain to find cause to call members of the commission be- fore it for explanations of the appar- ent dissatisfaction. Already advocates of amended radio legislation are pushing proposals for extending the life ofthe Radio Com- misslon beyond the present statutory period of one year. Many other pro- posals aimed to improve radio service are in the air and are certain to find reflection in Congress, while the men who can explain the situation will be wmany miles from Washington. TU. S. Nabs Rum-Running Suspect. NEW ORLEANS, November 30 (#). = Winthrop Moliere, sought by De- partment of Justice agents since 1924, for alleged complicity in running liquor across the Canadian border at Niagara Falls, was arrested here yes- terday. He will be taken to the western dis- ict of New York, where he is under dictment for trial, Department of ustice agents said. —_— Marriage Figures Asked. That light be shed upon the increas- ‘Big number of weddings between boys and foreign women, the ministry of Bustice of Egypt has been requested to publish in its annual marriage statis- tics figures showing the number of #uch matrimonial unions. Wedlocks to the Red Cross, it was said, will be used to finance the rebuilding of homes demolished by the storm. Maj. Gen. George Barnett, chair- man of the District of Columbia chapter of the Red Cross, announced today two subscriptions totaling $1,940.10 in response to the annual roll call appeal. Employes of the Government Print- ing Office sent in $1,419.10 and those of the Interstate Commerce Commis- tion contributed $521. o Contributions received by The Eve- ning Star for its tornado relief fund today amounted to $622.25, bringing its total fund to $3,999. Among tke contributions to The Star fund were two of $250 each from the Washing- ton Railway & Electric Co. and the Potomac Electric Power Co. Em- ployes of the Interstate Commerce Commission contributed $97.25 and $5 was received from the Metropolitan Baptist Church Sunday school. Contributions received today by The Evening Star follow: Acknowledged ..$3,377.50 Employes, Interstate Com- merce Commission 97.25 M. S....... . 2.00 Metropolitan Baptist Church Sunday School Miss M. A. D. Mrs. T. B. Gr reet. ‘Washington Raiflway El ‘0. Potom: T. Russell Hungerford Elizabeth Brodie L E. D. Total to date PROPOSES DIRECT VOTE. Representative to Ask Change in Method of Choosing President. By the Associated Press. A revision of the present electoral college system to give the people a direct vote for President is proposed in a resolution which Representative Lea, Democrat of California, said today he planned to introduce in the new Congress. By revising the election provisions of the Constitution, Mr. Lea declared his resolution would have each State retain its present electoral vote, but each candidate would be given such proportion of the electoral vote as his popular vote might bear to the State’s total vote for all candidates. The present bethod, he explained, is a unit rule of the electoral votes for the majority candidate and be- cause of this system the minority can- didate gets no credit for the votes cast for him. He would have the votes of each State certified to Con- gress for canvassing. Skl halenk Hailstones as big as hen’. eggs re- cently fell in Kinchow, Japan, and covered the ground to a depth of two feet, destroying all crops in an area of several miles. veseess..$3,999.75 always found that these parasites infected wounds. charitable action toward the sick. ©f this description are spreading in all rts of the country. Information on he number of nuptials of divorcees, Mhich is also growing, is further fasked. METHODISTS SEEK 10 SOLVEDRY SSUE Temperance Council Meets to Thresh Out Possible Election Problems. Differences have arisen among leaders of dry organizations meeting here this week over the policies the organizations will- pursue toward presidential candidates and party plat- forms in the next presidential election. Following adjournment of the board of the Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public. Morals last night, the National Temperance Council, in session at the Raleigh Hotel, today began threshing out these problems. The council, which is composed of members of the executive committees of temperance organizations all over the country, will define the stand of these bodies on the situation that would arise if the Democrats nominat- ed Gov. Smith of New York and on its attitude in case the Republicans should name President Nicholas Mur- ray Butler of Columbia University or another wet. The chief dispute has arisen over the stand the temperance organiza- tions and the Anti-Saloon League, which meets here next week, will ask the two parties to take on prohibition enforcement. Called Closed Issue. Bishop Thomas L. Nicholson, presi- dent of the Anti-Saloon League, has sald that prohibition is a closed issue, and the parties should not be asked to take a stand on a matter that has been written into the Constitution. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, executive secretary of the Methodist board, de- red today that the majority of dry leaders will demand that the parties be asked to take a definite stand on tha subject. “Kach party will be asked to state in its platform its at- titude toward the elghteenth amend- ment, the enforcement law and means of enforcement,” he said, “and candi- dates will be asked to come out flatly and say whether they are wet or dry. “The worst criminal in the world can say vaguely he is for the Consti- tution,” he said. *“We want to know whether they are wet or dry. The prohibition question is not dead and will not be as long as there is opposi- tion to it.” Committees of the Methodist board today were working out the details of carrying out the general policies de- cided upon at yesterday’s meeting. Dry Progress Claimed. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Seymour Lowman and Prohibition Commissioner James M. Doran re- viewed improvemehts in prohibition enforcement and claimed substantial progress in the work at yesterday's session, and Bishop William F. Mc- Dowe!l of Washington warned that a program of education of the public was needed to assure the success of prohibition, The work of the Coast Guard in preventing smuggling of liquor into the United .States has cut down the traffic during the past year, Lowman said. He emphasized the need of temperance bodies continuing educa- tional campaigns instead of leaving this to the Government, Raising the standard of prohibition efficers would bring about more effective enforce- ment, Doran declared. A program of temperence education through textbooks, motion pictures and pageants has been inaugurated by the board, Rev. Raymond V. John- son, its fleld secretary, announced. “The best way to defeat Gov. Smith,” he declared, “is to send a team- of young Methodists on a tour of every large city, especially New York.” Such a team, he believed, would kill many of the wet aspirants as can- didates for political positions. Increase in Europe. Alcoholism has increased in all European countries since the war and is rapidly spreading to Turkey and other Mohammedan countries, said Dr. George Meckenburg of Wheeling, W. Va. Solicitation of pledges from the newspapers of the country to support the prohibition law was urged in a resolution adopted by the board of managers. The resolution suggested co-operation with newspapers, motion picture and theater agencies, schools and colleges in a temperence cam- paign. “Our board should give complete reform service to the press of the country, offering news, editorial in- formation, cartoons, feature pages and slr'!:’l]ar information,” the resolution said. Conferences were urged with Will Hays and with theatrical agencles, with a view of eliminating from the screen and stage ridicule of the pro- hibition law and “also some of the obscenity, profanity, blasphemy, vul- garity and nudity now found in many theaters.” Foreign language posters were advo- cated to reach foreign-speaking citi- zens in the dry campaign. “Sound temperance material” was urged for libraries in high schools and colleges. TR LENGEL PLEA DENIED. Former Canton Chief Must Re- turn to County Jail. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 30 (). —The State Supreme Court today re- fused to grant a stay of the decision of the Court.of Appeals which had or- dered 8. A. Lengel, former Canton, Ohio, chief of police,.remanded to the Stark County Jail while awaiting a new trial on a charge of complicity in the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher, in July, 1926. Lengel was sentenced to life imprisonment. It was reported today that Lengel's attorneys will attempt to obtain his release under bond as soon as he is returned to the Stark County jail from the penitentiary here. The New Idea of Cancer Many Cases Can Be Cured If Reported Promptly BULLETIN NO. 5. American Society for Control of Cancer, 25 West 43rd St., New York City. IS CANCER CONTAGIOUS? In spite of the fact that physicians and nurses have come into intimate contact with cancer patients for so many years and taken no precautions against infecting themselves there is no recorded in- stance of one case of cancer giving rise to another. This is not to say that microbes are never found in cancers. coveries are announced from time to time that bacteria have been identifiled with cancer, but upon full and impartial investigation it is Dis- have been invaders of the cancer growth—followers rather than producers of the malignant condition, Cancers often become infected with such microbes as infect wounds of any kind and the unpleasant odors which are sometimes associated with cancer are due to these accidental contaminations. Consequently, the precautions to be taken by those who come in con- tact with cancer patients are only such as should be followed with There is no occasion to shun a person who has cancer, so far as danger of contracting the disease is concerned. the sympathy and tenderness which can be shown them. Fear that cancer was contagious has sometimes led to unnecessary and un- The victims need all The Time to Cure Cancer Is When It Is Beginning. 1f you think you have any of the sypmtoms described in these arti cles you should be ezamined by your doctor or at @ hospital at once. Tomorrow's Article—*“The Family Doctor in Cancer.” ADMINISTRATION LOSES ALLY AS C. OF C. HITS FISCAL POLICY Organized Business Survey Reveals De- mand‘forj Tax Reduction by Abolish- ing Huge, Annual Surpluses. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. If the referendum of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States repre- sents organized business then the Re- publican administration has lost its biggest ally on fiscal policy.. For six years the Harding-Coolidge regime, guided by Secretary Mellon, has succeeded in applying all sur- pluses above the annual $250,000,000 ot sinking fund to the retirement of public debt. The Chamber of Com- merce of the United States, after its recent referendum advocating a $400,- 000,000 tax cut, aroused the fire of President Coolidge, but notwithstand- ing this Lewis Pierson, president of the chamber and chairman of the board of the American Irving Ex- change National Bank, now has listed a pronouncement that the chamber is committed to a policy which is ex- pressed as follows: “National ~expenditures properly planned and controlled by the national budget. “‘Statutory requirements for reduc- tlon of annual debt. The chamber is opposed to all measures of tax: tion in excess of these requirements, The full meaning of this statement is that what the Democrats imposed back in 1918, namely the payment an- nually of a sinking fund of - 000,000 and interest on the public deb is considered all that is necessary. Contention of Simmon This has been the repeated conten- tion of Senator Simmons of North Carolina, ranking Democrat of the Senate finance committee, but his viewpoint has been vigorously opposed by the Republican administration at the Treasury and in Congress. For several years all surpluses have been used to retire a part of the publio debt. Tax rates have never been re- duced sufficiently to avoid surplus, but usually to assure a_payment be- yond the $250,000,000 sinking fund. Now the Chamber of Commerce in- sists that all the present generation can be expected to pay is the annual $250,000,000 sum, which has always been included-in the annual budget as a “must” itém. The surplus is what is left after budget requirements are. taken care of. The chamber in- sists that even if the estimates of ex- pected revenues are not sufficiently accurate to balance receipts against expenditures, the existence of a small defleit annually can do no harm, as provision can be made to take care of it in the succeeding fiscal year and that the fotal amount of such deflcit 18 bound to be so small as hardly to affect the credit standing of the Na- tion. Madden Favors $50,000,000. Somewhat similar line of reasoning has from time to time been expressed by Representative Madden of Illinois, chairman of the House appropriations committee, who wants to leave a mar- gin of $50,000,000 for surplus each year, but who wants everything above that automatically to go back to the taxpayers as a refund. The Chamber of Commerce view- point is in line with what Senator Simmons, Democrat, and Representa- tive Madden, Republican, have been advocating. The chamber insists that the whole question of fiscal policy should get non-partisan consideration. But the chamber is definitely out of harmony with the Republican admin- istration on this point at least and the full effect of its position will be noted when the Republican member- ship of both houses is petitioned by constituent members of commeyce and business organizations to reduce the taxes materially and let the sur- pluses be accidental rather than in- tentional. The whole controversy foreshadows less and less influence by the exec- utive branch in controlling the action of Congress on fiscal policy this year as the demands of most of the groups are for greater tax reduction rather than more debt retirement. (Covyright. 1927.) ROME CHOIR SINGS AT WHITE HOUSE President and Mrs. Coolidge Hear Polifonic Chorus From Vatican. By the Associated Press. The Roman Polifonic Chorus of the Vatican Choir sang for President Cool- idge and Mrs. Coolidge today in front of the White House. They were as- sembled before the Executive Mansion by Ambassador de Martino of Italy, after members of the choir had pre- sented Mr. Coolidge with a collection of rare etchings, reproductions of the | Raphael masterpieces, which hang in the Vatican at Rome. As the choir, comprising singers ranging in age from 6 to 60 years, lifted their voices under the north portico of the White House, Mrs. Coolidge appeared at a second-floor window and later came downstairs with the President to pose with a group for a picture. Ruffles His Hair. Mrs. Coolidge singled out 6-year-old Mario Banzi, the youngest member of the group to stand beside her while the cameras clicked. She ruffled his hair, and he responded with a smile. This afternoon, while 3,000 men and women gathered in reverent silence about the Tomb of the Unknown Sol- dier at Arlington, the Vatican Choirs sang the De Profundis. Led by Mgr. Raffale Casimiri, founder, director and leader of the famous singing organization, the group of 60 singers, ranging from 6 to 71 years of age, was the cynosure of the reverent throng which was massed on the marble steps leading from the amphitheater to the tomb. The singers, facing the tomb while Mgr. Casimiri directed them from a position at the head of the sarcopha- gus, sang Ameri's requiem mass without accompaniment. Here Eight Years Ago. The singers were chosen from the four basilicas of Rome—St. Peter’s, St. John's Santa Maria Maggiore and Sistine Chapel. They are in Wash- ington for the first time in eight years, when they made their first tour as an organization outside Rome. When the short requiem was com- pleted, Mgr. Casimiri knelt at the head of the tomb, with the singers behind him, to intone the Paternos- ter and prayers for the dead, in which the members of the choirs joined. While the prayers were being said the throng bowed its head in silence and the only sound heard above the monsignor's " voice was the whir of the score of motion picture cameras. | SOVIET PROPOSES ABOLISHMENT OF ALL ARMAMENTS (Continued_from First Page.) to get a glimpse of the Soviet repre- sentatives. The opening session, over which Dr. Loudon, Minister of the Nether- lands to France, presided, was held in the celebrated glassroom, the huge windows of which were broken by a mob of Communists during a Sacco- ‘Vanzettl demonstration. Newspaper men fllled all available seats, the public, as such, not being admitted. This evoked criticism from the wives of the delegates. The camera offensive was the first feature of the meeting. The Soviet leaders smiled affably when photog- raphers sought them out especially. Dr. Loudon welcomed the new- comers, mentioning particularly Dr. Aristides de Aguero y Bethancourt of Cuba and W. A. Riddell of Canada. After sketching past activitiesMof the commission, Dr. Loudon announced that in due time the Russians would bo asked whether they would accept membership on the special committee on security which is to be created. Count von Bernstorff, head of the German delegation, spoke next, de- claring that he wished to remove the misunderstanding that had arisen from his recent letter to Dr. Loudon. He said this gave the impression that he insisted on a second reading of the| draft treaty at the present session. This, he declared, was not his inten- tion, but that he did think the arrival of new members at the commission meeting justified a general discussion of disarmament, Club to Hear Louis A. Simon. The Eldorado Club will be address- ed at its meeting at 8:30 o'clock this evening at the club’s quarters at 1510 H street by Louis A. Simon, superintendent of the drafting divi- slon of the Treasury Department, Mr. Simon will give a description of the great Federal building program now in progress In Washington, it is announced, L SRS MERRILL PROTESTS “ANGLE” PARKING Transit Head Says Traffic Is Slowed on Thirteenth Street Between E and H. A protest against the angle parking on Thirteenth street between E and H streets was received by the Public Utilities Commission today from E. H. Merrill, president of the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Co. A similar complaint was sent to the commis- sion several days ago by the Capital Traction Co. : Both of these transportation com- panies contend that the abolition of angle parking wiil relieve traffic con- gestion and make the thoroughfare more passable for busses. K “There is considerable difficulty in getting through this territory due to the parking of automobiles at an angle, so that they are required to back out of the parking space, re- quiring traffic to come to a stop while the automobile is being backed out,” said "™Mr. Merrill. “The delay and confusion is aug- mented by double parking of delivery trucks or private cars behind the line of vehicles next to the curb. It is my understanding that the Traffic Department is in accord with the sug- gestion that angle parking along this street should be abolished and that parking should be permitted only parallel to thé curb.” TWO HELD UNDER BOND IN SHOP ROBBERY CASE William L. Bailey ang Lewis A. Baylor Given Preliminary Hearing in Court. A fight between Lewis Allen Baylor and William Lee Bailey, both colored, alleged to have broken into the Rose Shop, 1223 Connecticut avenue, on Halloween night and stolen dresses, coats and furs valued at more than $4,600, caused them to be held under $5,000 bond each in Police Court to- day to await the action of the grand jury, as it had led up to their arrest several days ago. tiach testified against the other be- fore Judge Hitt and the consequence was that both were held. Baylor, in addition, was charged with making an assault on Bailey on Thanksgiving day and was sentenced to 60 days on that count. The testimony showed that, on in- formation furnished by Bailey, Officer W, C. Curtis of the fourth precinct found 12 of the dresses, valued at $85 each, and two coats, valued at $150 each, hidden in a barrel in a garage belonging to Baylor at 309 Queen’s court southwest. Previously, in a fight between the two men, Bailey had gotten the worst of it and had taken this method to be revenged. So far 24 dresses and two coats have been recovered, the other 12 dresses being found behind a house in King- man place. It was shown that Baylor had often been employed to haul trash from the Rose Shop by its owner, Joseph Nach- man. DRY MOVIE COMING HERE. Prohibition Picture to Be Shown in Church Tomorrow. A prohibtion picture, advertised as having an “all star cast,” of five reels length, which h+3 been shown in ahout 1,200 churches throughout the country, will be shown in the West Washington Baptist Church, under. the direction of Rev. Charles J. Hall, of Los An- geles, secretary of the Bone Dry Fed- eration of America, tomorrow night at 8:15 o'clock. Members of the Citizens’ Service Association for Law and Order, the ‘Women'’s Christiaa ‘Temperance Tinion and others in prohibition enforce- ment. The motion picture, Dr. Hall said, |is _his own production at a cost of $43,000. Collections are taken up in churches after the showing of the fourth reel, he said. Here, however, as in other citles, he said, he hopes to get some dry organization to take it over for showing in various churches and places. If this is done a print of the production is to be ;t:llclo to the organization so doing for PR Fur-Farming Is Luncheon Topic. ‘The growing magnitude of fur farnf- ing in the United States, represent- ing investments of more than $30,- 000,000 at *a conservative estimate, was described by Frank G. Ashbrook, in charge of the Bureau of Biological Survey of the Department of Agricul- ture, in an illustrated address at a luncheon of the Civitan Club in the La Fayette Hotel yesterday. More than one-fifth of the members of trade unions in Australia are womess UKRAINE REVOLT DEAD PUT AT 3,000 Uprising Declared to Have Been Crushed After Months of Bitter Fighting. By the Assoclated Pross. NEW YORK, November 30.—Sup- pression of a revolt in the Ukraine at a cost of 5000 lives during three months of bitter fighting is reported in a special copyrighted dispatch from Kishineff, Bessarabia, to the New York Times. The dispatch, telling of massacres and street clashes in towns along the Dneister, which forms the Russian- tumanian boundary line, confirms in large measure recent dispatches to the Associated Press from Bucharest, citing an account of fighting in the Ukraine reported by the Rumaaiian newspaper Dimineata. Revolt Believed Crushed. Soviet reinforcements, which have arrived in the Ukrains in the past two weeks, turned the tide of the revolutionary movement, and after a series of clashes In various towns the Tevolt was crushed in a bloody disaster for the revolutionaries. Soviet officials have made denial of any extensive revolt in 'he Ukraine, specifically denyving any fighting at Kamenetz-Podolsk, but the sound of prolonged firing beyond che Ukrainian hills can be heard daily from the Ru- manian side of the froniler, the dis- patch says. The towns affected by the revolu- tionary movement were stated to be Tiraspol, Moghileu, Kamenetz-Po- dolsk and smaller villages. The revolutionists obtained possession of Tiraspol, Moghileu and Kamenetz- Podolsk, killing many Soviet officials, but were driven out after a few Rare Oil Intended For Nungesser and Coli Shipped Home SAN FRANCISCO, November 30. —Two cases containing fuel oil said to have been intended for use by the ill-fated French airmen, Nungesser and Coli, in a flight from San Francisco to New York were placed aboard a tanker yes- terday for return to France. Capt. J. Barbe of the Belgian tanker Lubrafol said the cases con- tained a rare French oil and that the fuel was to have been used by Nungesser and Coli in a return flight to New York, following re- spectively their transatlantic flight and another hop from New York to San Francisco. Fuel also was shipped to New York, it was said, for use of the flyers, and this, too, is to be re- turned to France. BROKER IMPROVED FOLLOWING FIGHT Wende Expected to Recover From Assault; Companion Held Pending Inquiry. Physicians expressed the opinion to- day that Bernhardt Wende, broker, who sustained a fractured skull Sun- CANCER CONFINED T0 THOSE WITH T Los Angeles Physician Voices New Theory Before Radi- ogical Society. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, November 30.— If you don’t have “it” you can’t have cancer. This is the opinlon of Dr. Albert Soiland of Los Angeles, past presi- dent of the Radiogical Society of North America, who is attending the thirteenth annual meeting of the or- ganization session here. That “it” is necessary before can- cer can be developed was described as an “internal unknown resident factor. “This is the first definition medical science has been able to evolve despite the amount of re- search work that has been done,” Dr. Soiland said. Scratching Called Cause. “But,” he added, “this factor must be present before there can be any cancer.” Cancer may be tranemitted by heredity or it may be acquired by constant irritation, provided, “it" fs present, the physician said. Scratching any irritated portion of the skin is a frequent cause of can- cer, he explained. A hot pipe in the mouth or cigar or cigarettes may cause frritation which would produce cancer, he sald. Rubbing warts was cited as another cause. “When you have an inclination to day night in _a fight in his apart- ment at the Benedict, 1808 I street, will probably recover from his wounds. Police yesterday arrested Morgan D. Bingham, 22 years old, 109 Quincy street, Chevy Chase, Md., charging him with assault with a dangerous weapon. He was released under $1,000 days, when Soviet forces retook the town. Troops Burn Villages. Refugees who succeeded in cross- ing the border from the Ukraine into Bessarabia told the Times correspond- ent of the burning of several vil- lages and the destruction of crops during the revolutionary fighting. The revolt, the dispatch says, had its inception in the reappearance of government agents and troops in the district east of Moghileu as tax collectors. This aroused the peasants, who Killed four agents and a number of soldiers. More agents and troops appeared soon afterward, burned two villages and proceeded eastward along the Dneister. Their path, the dis- patch says, was marked by frequent fighting and pillaging, and in the two villages all the inhabitants, about 200, were killed. SEES BIG PROBLEM IN FLOOD CONTROL Most Difficult Issue Ever Faced by Congress, Sen- ator Tyson Says. By the Associated Press. Control of floods along the Missis- sippi River is the greatest problem ever faced by the United States in time of peace, Senator Tyson, Demo- crat, Tennessee, today told the House flood-control committee. He urged that Congress should make possible a gen- eral and effective flood-prevention pro- gram, financed solely from the na- tional Treasury. Even if $600,000,000 is required, he said, no delay should be caused by requiring residents who suffered losses along the Mississippi to contribute toward protective works, and that suf- ficient funds should be supplied by Congress, even if it strains national resources. ‘Wants Problem Properly Handled. “If we are going to handle this prob- lem, let us do it right,” he added. “I believe the plan should be left to com- petent engineers. The two essentials are a définite and effective plan and appropriation by the United States Government of enough money to carry that plan out.” Only the Civil and World Wars were of more serious importance to the country in years since the Louisi- ana Purchase in 1803, sald Tyson. He recounted failures of past efforts to control the Mississippl and said that “the disastrous flood of 1927 now makes it necessary for us to settle the problem for once and all time.” He estimated recent flood damage in Ten- nessee alone at $6,000,000. Senator Caraway’s Views. Political ambition or pride should not hinder flood relief, Senator Cara- way, Democrat, Arkansas, warned the committee, in expressing a hope that an agreement on flood legislation will be possible without 20 or more bills being introduced and defended. The political difficulties of flood prevention might prove secondary only to the en- gineering difficulties, he added. He agreed with Senator Tyson that flood control is a. national responsibil- ity, and said that he did not consider local contributions justified, because it is the Government’s duty to protect its citizens. Caraway praised Secretary Hoover for his work in the Mississippi flood area, saying its beneflts and the en- couragement he gave the people were inestimable. Sl g CIGAR FRAUD CHARGED. Suspect Accused of Selling U. 8. Brand as Cuban Article. As a result of a report made to the police by Orestes Garcia, Cuban vice consul, that sales of American cigars were being made in this city: under the guise of a product of Cuban man- ufacturers, Modesto Periera, 25 years old, a Spaniard, was arrested last night by Detectives B. C. Kuehling and H. K. Wilson. He was booked on four charges of false pretenses and one of selling cigars without a license. Police heard that a young man mak- ing the sales had represented himself to be a brother of the Cuban Am- bassador and that cigars he was sell- ing came from Cuba. Periere, it is stated, has traveled extensively, mak- ing sales in various parts of the country. Judge Remits Boys’ bail today to appear in Police Court tomorrow. Bingham, who was arrested yester- day, admits participation in the fight, detectives stated, but says that he struck Wende with his fist only, and did not at the time believe him to be seriously hurt. Detectives plan to question a companion of Bingham’s and the only other occupant of the apartment at the time of the fight, although Bingham has exonerated his co‘r:nanlon of culpability, detectives said. Dr. John H. Iden, physician to Mr. ‘Wende, stated that his patient passed a restless night, but was resting -com- fortably this morning, and expressed the opinion that his wounds will not prove fatal. He has, however, a frac- ture of the skull, although pressure symptoms have not developed as yet. REV. J. A. FARRELL NEW G. U. TREASURER Jesuit Who Served With Relief Mission in Russia Succeeds Rev. F. X. Delany. Rev. Joseph A. Farrell, S. J., one of the best known Jesuit educators in the East, has returned to Georgetown University after 10 years to assume the office of treasurer. He was ap- pointed to succeed Rev. Francis X. Delany, 8. J., who was installed last week as president of the College of St. Francis Xavier in New York City. The elevation of Father Delany came about during the Thanksgiving holidays on very short notice, neces- sitating the immediate appointment of a new treasurer at Georgetown. Father Farrell has been connected with the Jesuit novitiate at Pough- keepsie, N. Y., during the past year and was available for the post. He is especially fitted for his new duties by reason of a wide experience in execu- tive work. Father Delany had been a member of the board of regents at Georgetown for the last 3 or 4 years. At Xavier College he succeeds Rev. Michael Clark as president. The new treasurer is a former presi- dent of Brooklyn College, and in 1923, while on a year’s absence from that school, served with the American re- lief mission in Russia under Lieut. Col. Willlam N. Haskell, who was his brother-in-law. He was then a representative of the National Catholic Welfare Council attached to the commissior, with representatives from practically all other religious denominations. Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, 8. J., vice president of Georgetown, and Rev. Louis A. Gal- lagher, S. J,, a former dean of the college, also were in Russia at the same time. Father Farrell first came to Georgetown in 1906 as a scholastic, remaining until 1912, Again in 1916 and 1917 he returned as professor of history. He has many friends among alumni here. In 1920 he was ap pointed president of Brooklyn College, a position he held until 1926. (et APARTMENT INTRUDER PUT TO FLIGHT BY MAID Suspect Escapes Empty Handed When Woman Goes to Summon Help. Surprised by a colored maid after he had entered an apartment at 2124 P street early this afternoon, an uni- dentified intrudér escaped as the maid ran for help, leaving the door open. ‘Within a few mintes after the dis- covery of the man police reserves from the third precinct and head- quarters detectives sent by Maj. Ed- win B. Hesse, superintendent of po- lice, were on the scene, but could find no trace of the suspect. The apart- ment is leased by Miss Sarah B. Cor- son and Miss Gallyne Chapman, trained nurses, who were out when the maid, Mrs. Hattie Lawson, made her discovery. She said that she came to the aparffhent to deliver some laundry and as she opened the door saw a man standing in the apartment. She ran and called her husband, William Lawson, the jani- tor of the apartment, who notified police. The man made his escape evidently through the door, which the maid left open as she ran to give the alarm, as all of the apartment windows were locked on the inside. The maid could not tell whether the man was white or colored. Nothing appeared to have been disturbed in the apartment. Fines if Fathers Will Spank Them—It's Done, Promptly. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 30.—The old- fashioned hickory stick and the even more ancient palm-power spanking have found two ardent advocates. At Springfield, Ill., Magistrate Bier- man fined four boys $6.35 each for bullying another lad. He remitted the fines, however, with the proviso that the boys’ fathers spank their off- spring. The fathers adjourned with their sons to the court corridors, and was described as a suc- cess, there being only four dissent- ing votes. In Chicago at about the same time Thomas W. Butcher, president of the Emporia, Kans., Teachers’ College, told, the International Boys' Confer- ence that the hickory stick in a wood- shed setting remains, despite the prog- scratch the best advice 1s ‘don't do it " the physician declared. Dr. Soiland said the best way to combat cancer was to .o to a repu- table physician wh?ne\'er there is an infection or irritation that does not respond readily to treatment. ‘“‘Cancer can be cured in its stages, but if you wait until it i eralized’ there is no cure,” he clared. Best Means Explained. A combination of surgery, X-rays and radium is the best means physi- clans have found to fight the disease, he said. Dr. Edwin C. Ernst, president of the soclety for the past year, will become president at the closing session of the annual meeting Friday. Dr. Max Hubeny, Chicago, editpr of Radiology, official organ of the society, was made president-elect, to succeed to the pres- idency in 1928, Other officers elected are: Dr. I Seth Hirsch, New York, first vies president; Dr. Frank Bissell, St. Paul, Minn., secand vice president, Dr. Wil- liam E. Costolow, Los Angeles, third vice. president; Dr. Robert J. May, Cleveland, re-elected secretary-treas- urer; Dr. Charles Sutherland, Re- chester, Minn., librarian; Dr. Donald S. Childs, Syracuse, N. Y., member of the executive committee, MOVE SEEN TO LIMIT U. S. “OCCUPATION” Mexican Paper Would Have Pan- American Conference Ban “Imperialism.” By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, November 30.— The hope that the forthcoming pan-American conference in Havana will take up the question of United States occupation of Latin-American countries was expressed editorially yesterday by the newspaper El Uni- versal. The paper describes this as the most vital question for Latin Amer- ica which could possibly come be- fore the conference. The paper de- sires the conference to adopt a solemn declaration pledging every member nation not to occupy the territory of another member nation under any circumstances, not even with the con- sent of that nation. El Universal says: “Obviously, this pledge would apply almost exclusive- ly to the United States, because what- ever imperialism there is on the American Continent comes frofii the powerful northern Republic. It is easy for a nation with power, money and arms to create the fiction of con- sent and to create the fiction of a government to give that consent.” Such an agreement would be the only thing of importance the confer- ence could accomplish, in the opinion of El Universal, and if the conference confines itself to social affairs and insignificant questions it will be of little importance. ACCUSED OF.EMBEZZLING. Ex-Italian Deputy Faces Charge of Robbing Seamen’s Federation. ROME, November 30 (#).—Giuseppi Kiuletti, a -former Deputy, appeared yesterday before a Roman court to answer a charge of having appropri- ated to his own personal use several million lire belonging to the Italian Seamen’s Federation, of which he was chairman. Others accused with him are Ricardo Raimondo, Comdr. Carlo Raggio, Ernesto Pellegrino and Francesco Amelio. Giuletti claims that in his handling of the money he acted in accordance with resolutions passed by the Sea- men’s Federation, which gathered a capital ot 60,000,000 lire by collecting each month a part of the seamen’s wages. When fear arose that the Fascisti might appropriate this capi- tal part of the cash was transferred from Genoa to San Remo. Later, he says. he was intrusted to take the money himself without giving an accounting of what he did with it. In June, 1925, a Fascist Seamen's Federation was formed to replace the old body. Giuletti admits he received 12,500,000 lire, part of which was in British consuls. Detroit for G. 0. P. Convention. The Michigan delegation in the House authorized Representative Mec- Laughlin, the dean of the delegation. yesterday to urge the Republican Na- tional committee to select BPetroit as the National Convention City. The delegation also asked that the City of Detroit open headquarters here to help in getting the convention for the Michigan city. i —————————— Shop Early November 30 25 Days to Christmas ress in other flelds of endeavor, the appropriate method of handling the naughty boy. “I don’t like physical punishment,” he said, “but when it's a question of hoisting the flag or hauling it down, it ‘is time for old-fashioned discipline be called in." 3 Add Christmas Seals