Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1928, Page 1

\ . WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Rureau Forecast.) Possibly light showers tonight and to- ;normw; not much change in tempera- ure. Temperature—Highest, 58, at 2op.m. yesterday: lowest, 36, at 1 am. today. Full report on page 9. New York Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Sfar. The Star’s carrie: as fast as the papers Yel'fidly,l Fimllafion, 110,954 “From Press to Home Within the Hour” r system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes are printed. - () 577, Entered as second class m. No. J0DTT. row omes Wernings - ) oy WEDNESDAY 3 JANUARY 18, 28— FORTY-TWO PAGES. * T AIRPORT BUILT OVER TRACKS FORMSKEYNOTE A.l’gpostmaster Goucndd Wik Wiwr Vi HAVANA _SESS“]N& Group Great Expanse Offers Convenient Opportunity for Platform Field. Cuban Praises U. S. Work for | ‘The sugge n that the great ex-|landing of a plane of which there are . | panse of tracks immediately contiguous | many stored on the lower decks to be Advancement of Interna the Union Station would azmdfl?n:unht into place by means of ele- : B space for an airplane landing field, built | Y1068 : ional Amity. ! . | “Why is it not mechanically possible tio ¥ platformike above the rails, was ""‘)d"‘.nnd consistent with all the require- | by Postmaster General ‘Nm . in the | ments for proximity to business centers. | course of an address in New Yorx last | railroads. hotels, to make landing decks | night_before the Building Managers' | above ‘the tracks in_the Sunnyside HUGHES IS LAUDED | abor | and Owners' Association, in which he | Yards? Why may not the same be a | b e se prox- | done over the tracks of the New York | centers of a city. | | ““Airports, the Postmaster General ex- |, NAa0S Face New Bwwe ) i i plained. should be located as near other | 3 3 Eoscn e PN HompnIfs e enineie Hnes of commerce as possible—railroads, | Possible of arrangement on the deck Ban Secret Sessions, to Sur- eamship and barge transportation— | ©f & shib. may it not be equally pos-| o eeensible for quick transportation | Sible at the railway terminals? 1 have | prise of Delegates. : | some reason to believe that the rail- of arriving and departing passengers | u to and Xn‘:n the ru%\) ugn‘ ,,S‘. roads are already giving thought dificult and almost_ impossible to ac- | this. to which 1 add the suspicion that | | quire lands necessary for atrports in S 5 the expansion of air service may require | By the Associated Piess the City of New York, he added, owing | that they follow the thought with ac- | to the great value of land. “but some- HAVANA, January 18 —The progress i The automobile and the bus li to ‘} tional arbitra- | g and somewhere within reasonable | ory of the NeW | gistance they must be found.” compelled not only the city and inter urban traction lines to revise their FISHER CONFESSES STARTING 2 FIRE: HELD WITHOUT BAL Arson Suspect Without Emo- tion as He Enters Formal Not Guilty Pleas. OBSESSED SINCE BOY, HE TELLS DETECTIVES “Guess I Was Crazy,” Says Pris- oner, Naming Two Places Where He Says-He Caused Blaze. Recovering from its fire panic of | Monday night., Washington breathed casier today in the knowledge that John Joseph Fisher, confessed starter of two of the five major fires, was safely be- nt references to the par promoting international good will, was y Rafael Martinez Ortiz. y of state, as the theme npress on the first business sessions e Sixth Pan-American Congress. an address of welcome to the foreign delegates, Secretary Martinez Ortiz paid special homage to President Coolidge and to Charles Evans Hughes, chairman of the American delegation. The former, who traveled to Havana to Geliver the principal speech at the in- augural session iast Monday, the Cuban secretary of state characterized as the “chief executive of the nation of great est democracy and the wealthiest among those which are memorable in the an- nals of the world.” Hughes Is Nominated. The delegates today elected Antonio Banchez Bustamente. chairman of the delegation, president of the Sixth Pan- American Congress. Charles Evans Hughes, chairman of the American delegation. was placed in | nomination for vice president by Ores- | tes Ferrera, Cuban Ambassador at Washington. The Cuban delegate in the course of his remarks, said that inas- much as Dr Bustamente was chief of the Cuban delegation. Cuba could not join 1n his election by acclamation. but ihat Cuba's candidate was Charles E. es. Bustamente was placed in nomi- nation by Francisco Peynado of the Dominican Republic. who described him as one of the greatest legal minds of the day and glory of the whole Western here. e motion was scconded by Gustavo | to see something of that city and (o get and character have been ordered to; G . Salvadorean chief. and car- ried amid tumultuous handclapping. Recalls Monroe’s Part. Tracing, in detail, the history of the pan-American movement since its in- erpijon under Bolivar. Martinez Ortiz | men ed President Monroe's part in @efeating European inst the fndepencence of ] Henry Clay's dream of a H }uman Liberty in America.” leading | 10 Secretary Biaine's invitation in to a conference in Washington which was reaiized only in 1889 under Presi- Purther praise was reserved in the | Elihu Root, for polos. and for iples ch for Secretary President Wilson's 14 the disarmament princ! ton conference in 1921 Reviews Past Week. reviewing the work of the vari- pen-American conference, &l wshich man: international disputes were peacefully settied, Martinez Ortiz sceiched the horrors which the World War had heaped upon victors and van- | qQuished alike. “President Wilson's 14 ways be in history one of the stars that showed o the world the end of the storm in that gloomy and apoc- alyptic night of the human conscicnce. “Perhaps some nations of the old con- tinent may look with doubt upon these gatherings in the Western Hemisphere, but America does not seek progress for her exclusive use. she seeks iU for the whole world’ The Cuban foreign minister sdmon- fshed all delegates w “bear in mind that nothing stable can be founded on hate, ambition or rivalry $Ag 1o woik for the future more than o7 the present. If you succeed in Lak- ing & forward step, if the whole world that beholds you finds 2 hone in resplutions, the book of imm ¥ will be opened 1o you” Open Sessions Agreed On. nee today determined of “open covenants, ints will al- = brigh! The eonte upon = openly arr! s agree preciudy sions. sel & notsbie jriernational galh ent of 8 rul and plenary ¢ the chalr " secTet pene for large gs. The extab- f public commitiee sessions was nen of 15 of w- of ceremony end usiness erected outside Lie oon! that the chief of each ) eould yaise T8 country's colors § warm letting the e un e weCompanImer erence noolized the fraternity of n republ ¥, 9L apparent the first time when ail the conference 161t s, ¥ gather without exception common solution of thelr | T great the occasion Hevana s session of from the o 5 ® rich red toperts except where s G Swsvenen ¥igun Colors Arranged in Pattern o torm COUnLS Tepres s i e hinghn jow viged ot rich ye o Pt s wg#inet ko Gid relied hweant 1ieid with the e oen all others With U United States milems on e ouber wnd right o conver of e hal) the United sated Deskr o twed wnd of uatural fur 104 delegaes ilatrs are boated Wide gulleries on wampbe room for Ui which sewts 1,500 Ve of narrow ® brckground ¢ arm A each hsny Cubay st of position o procecd Ale jar of opening U nez Otz r palewn delegate 6, Column &) T bonor frge fell 1o Mar ©10 Live _rhie (Continued on Fage 1881 | i expounded | by Secretary Hughes at the ‘Washing- t | as the vessel pulled out of Havana har- | views You are go- | r | Navy Solved Problem. whole financial programs, but they Mr. New said he looked to the rail- | have had a very serious effect even on roads “for the ultimate provisior for|the trunk linc railroads. Does that | landing facilities.” Quite recently, he 'suggest anything with reference to | added, “the greater navies of the world | transportation in_this new field? How have supplied their own landing fields | about the Bush Terminal? The great #by building ships especially designed | expanse of tracks immediately contig- for the purpose. They are the biggest uous to the depot at Washington would | afiord space for one of these upper- story landing fields no less convenient than the depots and post offices them- seives.” REDS EXILE ALL |and fastest ships on the seas. The | whole upper deck is a landing field | without an obstacle from stem to stern |to interfere with the taking off and PRESIDENT STOPS N JACKSONVILLE | | Train Speeds Toward Capitol After Hour’s Layover to 1 | Expelled Leaders Divided Into 3 Groups—Trotzky Let Him See City. Heads ““Non-Penitents.” BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG S:aft Correspondent of The Star. ABOARD THE PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL TRAIN IN FLORIDA. Jan-| | uary 18.—Wit honly a few stops ahead. ' | President Coolidge’s train, followinz hew opposition Teaders Rixa and Berlin By the Associated Press {an hour's layover in Jacksonville this MOSCOW, January 14 (Delayed) — | morning to permit him and his party Al opposition leaders of every shade a little evidence of its hospitality. s leave Moscow and to proceed to various | speeding on to Washington, which will distant points, where they must remain be reached in time for breakfast to- for indefinite periods. | morrow. In administering punishment. the | The visit at Jacksonville was a happy oppositionaries were divided in three and interesting one, but with its con- groups—the incorrigibles, penitents and | clusion Mr. Coolidge looked upon it non-penitents. as virtually the last chapter in the| - Leon Trotzky, former head of the historic trip which took him to a for- | red army and once outstanding figure eign shore. He appeared in splendid | in the councils of Soviet Russia; Chris- s | tian Rakovsky, former Soviel Ambassa- condition today after 8 long nights| % e ice and Karl Radek, bolshe- sieep, and he was deeply impressed | G Coumalist, head the non-penitents, | with the way in which the citizens of | n " tney abide by their principles. Jacksonville acclaimed him. However, Rakovsky and Radek were sent to | it is plain o be seen that he is anxious Ust-Sysolsk, a small town far north, o be back at the White House and | near Archangel Province the work that is awaiting him there. Trotzky's Health Poor. Voyage Proves Pleasant. In fixing a place for Trotzky, diffi- Next to the never-to-be-forgotten cuities arose on account of his poor reception in Havana, probably the most | health, since he is tubercular. Physi- interesting and pleasurable part of this | cians opposed the original pian to send {long trip was the voyage yesterday 1o him to Astrakhan | Key West aboard ahe scout cruiser| Leon B Kamenefl. once ambassador | Memphis, Mr. Coolidge and others in | to Italy, and Gregory Zinovieff, for- the party said they doubted if ever merly head of the Communist Inter- they had seen a more atiractive sun- | national, head the penitents, declared themselves as erring in their Kameneff has been asked to bor. proceed to Penza. in central Russia, Considering the early hour, there and Zinoviefl to Vologda were many people at the water front | The incorrigibles, headed by M. Sap- | wish them bon voyage. With true hos- | ronoff, former secretary of the central | pitality, President and Senora Machado | executive committee, recelved more | accompanied their guests to the water’s serfous punishment. The Sapronoff i | group were sent to varfous points in the edge | “There was a booming of cannon and | remotest regions of Siberia. This_group is regarded as chronic i blowing of whistles—it was indeed an | | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) | rise than the one that greeted them !inspiring sight—especially as the spot where the Maine was blown up and as historic old Morro Castle were passed. | There was & strong wind blowing and | the vessel soon was rolling and pitching in good fashion, 'THREE FOUND SLAIN TS aa v e | N GHICAGO SUBURBS ed in the captain’s cabin during the | rest of the w])yur By 50 doing hrrrmm— the thrilling sight of one of the i to Be Vic- ol et b O Lo Murdered Trio Believed to Be Vic tims of War Among from the deck Mry. Coolidge Sees Everything. | Mrs Coolidge, however, mixsed noth- Gangsiens ing. She remained on deck and enjoyed everything. Bome members of the party | @i not feel %o well during the voyage, | / sald It was not due o sea- but 0 weariness from mes and the loss of sleep. The President’s stumber i his cebin ul caused him o mis & speech made By the Awsc 1 Press, or gangsters were found slaln in Chicago Helghts and Bteger, suburbs, . L apoes | today. Two of the bodies were found L T DY ecretary Of e | in a ditch beside the roud near Chicago Ve made the talk But he sent his | Helghts and the third body was found cabinet officer in his stead The latter | in Steger complimented the efciency and con- | The three men all appeared to be duct of the men and congratulated | goregners One of the bodies of the them upon thelr g ehinio them upon thelr good behavior While | opicigg fefghts vicums was identified OPPOSING GROUPS having | CHICAGO, January 18.—Three men | the | believed by the police to be bootleggers | wa | He sald alw that the {ail 10 realine Just how the American Navy people sshore ply the men mourn brother officers and sallors who went | work and sh aow of i the B4, Mrs, Conildge, who | suod st bis side while he made this | { wadress was tien introduced, But | digation that the smiled and sald how happy | “iken for & ride/ and shot and their bodies dumped from | | an automoblle s 1L passed wlong the | .| tond from Bleger to Chicugo Helghts, | he only b was ts be with them und made no cmpl al & speech e oarding s train upon tand President and | 1 whout the city | 1 were i W curs lage nat form until nearly dark within, but thelr real miss nothing of the tra) Keys A Loy Key fishing resort The President and Mis. | on e observation plat- | 1L was warm pursose was o n ride over the | b which is noted as s A there was & crowd of |, thelr | discovercd by n us that of Joseph Susso of that town. bodics at Chicago Helghts were man on his way to ortly afterward the body the third man was found In Steger The police sald there was every men all had been by thelr enemies “The body of the second Jghts vietim was identified as do, 20 yenrs old ) wiso wans 20 years old body st Bl icago pseph i “Lhwe watking the dividing Wne betwe und Will Counties and the police of | remember, §think 1 set it on fire jth counties started an Investigation il three men were well dressed The body at Hteg i i the rosd pending the arrival natives and sporismen al the station W1 oe o coroner and the other two bodies (Continued on Page 5, Column 6 Lw et taken to an undertaker's ofiices Costs Japanese Firm $400.000 to Lop 700 of Its Em | By the Awociated Preos YAWATA, KYUBHU, Japan, Janu wry 16 Lremendous diiculties wur- vound discharge of employes in Japan the Yuwala lron Foundry, the st Jupan has found One of Ui outstanaing boubles W e why of “Hring” W Uhe customary discharge allowance, which. i many instences, | o Wmounts 1o 8 yesr's valiry y “There 1 no Jaw sbout the allowunce, | w but the custom 16 8o lu“‘l W em- | 9 L ] lmy for ploycs Off Pay Roll ployer would think of violating it The Yawatn Lion Fou ) ) drop 100 workers from ity pay voll he :-unruy hwd W dig nto Ha treas Phe highest single discharge allow - nee was 470 yen and the lowest en.In addition. cach orkey was wllowed 1o | 16,024 yen cmore han $400,- 000) Lo pay the 100 men before they could be peparated fro mihe pay roll 130 iseharged Veceived five yen as & special S I recognition of his services, hind the bars, awaiting grand jury ac- | tion. | Fisher was held without bond for the nd jury by Judge Robert E. Mat- iingly in Police Court today, after he | had entered a formal plea of “not | guilty” to two charges of arson. His | attorney, James A. O'Shea, indicated | his client would base his defense on a | Plea of insanity. | At the request of O'Shea, Judge Mat- tingly recommended that Fisher be | | committed to an institution for mental | | observation. Fisher gave no sign of fear or any | sther emotion when he was brought from his cell and arraigned. No wit- nesses were heard for either side. Your honor is sufficiently familiar with this case from the publicity it has reccived. and I don't think wa | need go into the details,” Ralph Given, | assistant United States attorney told Judge Mattingly “I ask your honor to hold him without bond for the pro- | tection of the community.” Police Make Charges. ! | The information against the man | was sworn to by Headquarters Da- | tective Frank A. Varney. Private | ! Horace W. Lineberg of tho eleventh precinct, who arrested Fisher, was | unable to be present. The United | States attorney’s request for commit- mert without bond came as a resuit of | |a conference with Varney this moraing | in which he was told of Fisher's con- | | fession | Fisher was charged with two cases >t arson. They were the birring of | the building of the Lank Woodwork Co. at 1319 W street, and the warehouse at Eckington place and Q street northe belonging to the Star Food and Rem- cdy Co i | Fisher, who is 29 years old and re-| !sides at 716 Roxboro place, confessed | |last night that he set fire fo those buildings. He sald he was “not sure’ l {of any connection with the other fires, | pexcept that he was certain he was only {8 spectator at the Woolworth's fire | “1 guess fires are about the oniy | things that have interested me since | 1 was a kid" Fisher declared this | | morning & few hours after giving his confession to detectives. Remembers Starting Two. | Appearing utterly downcast and be- | wildered he told of his strange ob- | session as he waited his turn to face | detectives in the line-up at police head- | quarters this morning preliminary to being taken to Police Court for a hear- ing “1 remember setting the fire to the McDowell warchouse and the Lank | Woodworking Corporation.” he said ‘and 1 reckon 1 was sort of crazy. ! can't tell just what I did | "It was watching the Woolworth fire | that set me off. 1 was with a hall dozen people there, but 1 slipped aw | from them. I didn't have anything to do with that fire | “I feel sort of dazed. T can't tell all I aid the night of the fires. I don't know “But that confession I gave the de- tectives 15 correct. There wasn't any- | body around when I decided to give it | o them. I sent for them and then 1| | told them all 1 know of my move- | ments.” | Confesses to Police. | The detatled confession. given Headquarters Detective Varney Motor Cycle Ofticer Horuce W. Linebers | of the thirteenth precinct. who had | questioned Fisher at intervals all day | ! yesterday, and who had obtained a war- rant charging him with arson, was glven In the presence of Robert L | Jones, plain clothes man of the thir-| teenth precinct, late last night. It is as | follows | At about 11 pm., January 16, 1| | lunchroom | [ and went 1o Goodaere’s at | Twelfth street and New York avenue | and ordered a sandwich. 1 heard the fire apparatus and followed in my car parked at Eleventh and D streets | northweat, walked to ‘Tenth street and | Pennsylvanta_ avenue, where 1 watched | | the fire n Woolworth's, on the north | side of the avenue between Ninth and | Tenth, and one on Tenth street, south | of the Avenue. I stayed there for quite a while. and then went back | to my car. When 1 got into my car 1 had a feellug that 1 wanted to see | another fire | "1 started off and I don't recall how 1 got there, but 1 wound up at Ecking- | ton and Q streets northeast. 1 parked | my ear on Q street, west of Eckington, | facing east, and walked into the yard at the rear of MeDowell's Feed Store I tried & couple of doors and none | would open T then went around to the | side and slid & door opei | “My nory seemed to fall me then and when 1 came to 1 was sitting on | I the tongue of w wagon I front of the | P door and with & clgar in ol hand. | lighted, und w box of matches i the at ‘A fire | slde of the door was burning behind me - and, although 1 don’t Threw Match Into Bullding “I then ran to my car and started {oft down Eckington place 1 don't know how 1 got there, but all being piarked on Q street facing weat, west of Fekington place. 1 saw some people around the fire hox and, to the best of my recollection, hollered sumething to them 1 gol ont of my car and watched the fire After a time T left Womy car and started west “Then | recall being around a lumber mill near Fourteenth street and Flords avenue northwest, i the vear of the Manhattan Laundry. 1 don't vemem ber where | hnd left my car L iemen- ber walking thirough the alley and sec g the glass onl of the windows and doors of (he lamber mill 1 don't_remember how long | v there, but | st hiave thiown w mateh into the bhullding Y1 then left (he alley and went o Horm & Bherwoods Lunchroom, at | day brought up new argu Itte South was diageed | by a spirited atteck by S | BIG ESPIONAGE PLOT Fourteenth and U streets, and ordered a sandwich and & eup of coffee Before | (Continued on l'r- 8, Column 1) # (#) Means Associated Pr SENATE PREPARES HEFIN BITTERLY. AssiLs 1 HEARST IN ‘Alabaman Links TOVOTE ON SMITH Reed Resolution, Divided in 2| Parts, Will Be Taken Up { In Senate. | The Senate today prepared to vote finally on the case of Senator-elect Frank L. Smith of Illinois. With the Reed resolution declaring Smith’'s elec- ton tainted with fraud and his seat vacant before it, the Senate is expected to act in the matter before adjourn- ment. The resolution, recommended by the Reed slush fund committee and submit- d by Senator Reed of Missouri, chair- of that committce, has (Wo parts, follows Resolved, That the acceptance and expenditure of the various sums of money (mentioned in the preamble) in behalf of the candidacy of the said Frank L. Smith is contrary to sound public policy, harmtul to the dignity and honor of the Senate, dangerous By the Associated Press, Willlam Randolph Hearst was at- | tacked in the Senate today by Senator Hefin Democrat, Alabama, for pub- lishing the documents in his papers purporting to show creation of a $1.- 000 Mexican fund for four United States Senators. Senator Heflin, who was one of those named in the documents, which were unced “spurious” by a Senate 1 ing committee, declared that Hearst was willing “without a scintilla of truth to support him to drag the name of four United States Senators into a horrible and loathful scandal when he knew they were innocent.” The names of Senator Heflin and Senators Borah. Idaho: Norris, Ne- braska. and La Follette, Wisconsin, were SENATE SPEECH Roman Catholics With| Conspiracy to “Destroy” Him for Work in Senate. ! eliminated from the documents when | published by Hearst, but were revealed before the Senate committee. The Alabama Senator today renewed attack on the Roman Catholic Church. also declaring the documents his were the direct resuit of a co! nSpiracy on the part of certain Roman Catholics | to “destroy me for the work I did in ' Where the Marines are the Senate to defeat the efforts of the TWO CENTS. SEWTE 10 ROBE NCIRACUANISIE O PREDITS lForeign Relations Committee [ Will Recommend Inquiry, | He Declares. {BOMBING BY MARINES ROUTS SANDINO FORCES Native Congress Split Over Extent of U. S. Control of Coming Elections. | B5 the Assoriated Press. An investigation of the Nicaraguan | situation will be recommended by the relations committee, | Chairman Borah forecast today after | the question had been discussed in th | committee. Senator Borah expressed the opinion that action probably would be taken |at the next meeting of the committee |3 week from today. He was not pre- | pared to say just what would be the cope of the propesed inquiry. ‘The committee has before it several resolutions. including those by Senator Wheeler. Democrat. Montana, and | Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, calling for thorough inquiries, not alone into con- | ditions in Nicaragua, but also into the action of the administration in sending | American ~ Marines into the Latin American_reputlic and thereby main- tainiog what these Senators contend ‘s a virtual state of war with at least one faction of the Nicaraguans. MARINES ROUT REBELS. Sandino Followers Flee Under Heavy Bomb Attacks. MANAGUA. Nicaragua, January 17 (#).—Harassed by three days of persist- ent and heavy bombing from Marine | Corps planes, rebel outposts today had | fled from the San Albino region. Marine headquarters announced. The an- nouncement was made upon the return of airplane patrols from the region massing for & drive against the rebel general, Augus- | Senate foreign | | | Knights of Columbus and the Roman | tino Sandino. Catholic hierarchy to involve the United States in the war with Mexico in behalf of the Roman Catholic Church.” A combat patrol also reported there was no evidence in the Quilali district Referring again to Hearst, the Ala- 0% rebel activity. It was believed that baman said that “he was willing to ' Sandino's forces had retired to El bring four United States Senators into | Chipote. which he made his headquar- disrepute and blacken thei: were false.” “He is willing.” he continued. deal with Roman Catholic Mexical thieves in order to traduce and slander Senators of his own country.” FFFORT 10 SPEED D.C.BILS IS BEGUN Democrats Exert Pressure to Hasten Action of Various Subcommittees. to the- ity of free government and taints with fraud and corruption the credentials for a seat in the Sen- ate presented by the said Frank L. Smith; and be it further Resolved, that the sald Frank L Smith is not entitled to take the oath of office and is not entitied to membership in the Senate of the United States, and that a vacancy exists in the representa- tion of the ate of Illinols in the United Stales Senate.’ Parts Held Separate. Vice President Dawes ruled that these two paits of the resolution could be voted on separately when suggestion for a separate vote was made by Senator Borah of Idaho. The Idaho Senator is prepared o suppost that part of the resolution holding that expenditure of | money has tainted Smith's election with frand. He will oppose, however. that part of the resolution declaring that Col Smith is not entitled to take the oath of office, Efforts will be made, It is said, to amend the Reed resolution. It is not belleved, however, that they will be suc- eessful. Indeed the Senate is expected to declare the Smith seat vacant The debate of the Smith case yester- ents. but led exchang Senators propasition advanerd n of Minofs that the Senate would nuliify the constitutional provision for equal representation of the States in the Senate If 1t declared Smith's seal vacant without first seat- ing him and hearing his own defense George Attacks Charges. Before the debate was over, the old caarge of nogro distranchisement in in, to be met enator George Pressure from Democratic members to induce the various subcommittees of the House District committee to ex- pedite consideration on the scores of District bills that have been referred 1o them was shown at & meeting of the House District committge today Both Representative Blanton Texas and Representative Gilbert Kentucky emphas! that have been referred to sub es which have not yet held a méeting, and that much District legislation will fatl owing to the pressure toward the close of the session un- less the subcommittees are forehanded in getting these measures upon the calendar as soon as possible Pressure was esp Iy directed against the judiclary committee, of which Repre- centative Mcleod of Michigan is chair- man. In the absence of Chatrman Zihlman. Representative Underhill, Republican, of Massachusetts, conducted the meet- Ington. He referred several bills to sub- committees. An effort was made by Mr. Underhill 1o secure a hearing or & representative from the Disirict Bankers' Association and the Cleaning House Association on a bill introduced by Chalrman Zihlman | identical with the statute in 35 States | relating to the payment or delivery by Banks or other institutions in the Dis- | trict of deposits of money and property held I the names of WO 0F more pers sons On the insistence of Mr Blanton | this measure was referred to the sub- to every committee on banking, of which Mr within her borders. That s to say the | Underhill is chatrman, and hearing Houth as men nod nations have ever jon this measure before the subcommit- done. Nis responded always to what she Leo was set for Saturday morning at honestly helieved to be the supreme | 10 30 o'clock Jaw, the law of self-preservation” | Chalrman Gibson of the subcommit- The Pennsylvanians remarks were di- [ 16€ on parks and plavgrounds reported rected at Senator Reed, Democrat, Mis- (hat hearings are being held nightly on T ha e the. committee (At - Measures looking toward establishment Toutliated Smith's campaign expendi- | O e new farmers” market, and_that tures and receipts, and George made Proponents of sites on Buzsard's Pt his statement when the Missoutlan de ;"."‘ n the northeast section are yet to clared he tefused to be diverted from | b heard the maln e by & reply | of of important o acrimonions . divided over th by Senator De Democrat, Georgia Striking directly at Senator Reed of Pennsylvunis, who suggested that Southern supporters of the resolution might some (ime find thems de- | fending (helr own seats becat negro question, Senator G there was neither “common set “common_ honesty He charged Eastern Senators with try- g to “scare” the Southemers into voting for a wrong" “Whatever the South may have done " he sald, “she acted in the honest and ablding belief 1t was nec v for her %0 to act to preserve lization and do just | | Two Die of Suffocation. BUFFALO. N. Y., January 18 (9 1W0 men were suffocated and three others had narrow escapes late vester- v AL the plant ot the Ruffalo Feti- or Co REPORTED DISCOVERED Four Women and Four Men, Two of Them Boldiers, Held Czechoslovakia, in By tha Associated Pre BRATIBLAVA, Crechoslovikia, wary 18- Four women and fous men wers under arrest here today tn connec Gon with the discovery of what police claimed was the M the Associated Press The name of Admiral Willlam 8 routest esplonage or- | Sins, Who several vears ago old w con- locality atnce the | gresatonal commitiee that the battle ahip was st the backbone of the Navy }u.u that 10 wan Wioken, was brought | Jan ‘ | gantzation i L Warld Two of the men were soldlers In a military bureau here. “The women wot- ed as Intermedinrien between the sol diors and Hungatian sples, police as serted The authorition sald that the saldier Intended (o blow up lavge snfes con taining secrel military documents Wt today s diseussion of (he adminia- It s 740000 000 new warship eon- Atriction progeam by the House navat commitg Representative Wolverton, Republi oan. New Jersey. tead o statement by Stna Who commanded American naval forces 1n Buropean waters during the war, saving (At he alevatt carvier . Radio Programs—Page 30|35 e c-uua Wiy of e futwie and 4 3 # ‘“Ghosts” Bombard Family in England With Coins and Coal ad Press January 18.—The Daily Sketch said today there was a “haunted” house in Batterses, a sub- urb southwest of London. The inhabitants are suffering from an unexplained bombardment of copper coins and chunks of coal Scalp wounds caused by these neces- sitated the removal of the father of the family, sged 86, to a hospital. Police called to investigate were also pelted. Furniture has been up- set mysteriously and other strange manifestations have occurred. WARMEET BACKS HELLOGG PROPOSAL Recommends Active Suppar of Plan for Treaties to Outlaw Conflicts. The first definite step In its campaign to end war was taken by the confer- ence on the Cause and Cure of War today, when it recommended to s nine constituent organizations, “active and concerted” support “to efforts of the State Department to conclude treaties with other countrtes to re- nounce war This resolution. which is the first Plank of the conference plan adopted after three vears of study, was passed With an amendment favoring either mutiiateral treaties, as proposed by the State Department, or bi-lateral treaties such as the Briand proposal to the United States It also proposed co-operation women i other countries to dev mternational public optaion agals war The resoalution was passed After a spirited debate, during which Miss Annte Matthews of the Loague ow Wom- Pan Voters i New York accused Sec- retary Kellogy of inatneertity in rexect g the Hriand propoasal and “subsit g one he Knew would never e accepted ” She compared the Secre- LARY's motives 10 thase of the Soviet Continued on Page & Column 2 n Sims Scoffed at by Admiral Hughes As Authority on Effectiveness of Planes | asked Admiral Charles ¥ Hughes, chiet Of naval operatians, who was testityving | (f he agreed with St “He spent his time I London ™ ve- Plied Hughes Then you take the pasdtion that you nothing i Landon o Washing continued Wolverton There ate other places basides Lan don and Washington = answered Hughes 1 RALher YOUT ANSWEE Wits TAERSY sar catie Ldid not wmean it s What dit vou mean? 1 meant that he was not with aun | ettt characters , ters after the Marines took on statements that he himsell admits | Quilali. A company of Marines went to Mata- salpa to strengthen the garrison there. Warning to Coherts. The explosion of two bombs is zmuxm “v;o have nmedJ s‘;mday dino's ro;- wers to jeave Jinotega - -umwummknum~ pote would 10 Jinotega. and that his arrival ‘:vukl be an- ! nounced by the expiosion of two bombs. | The explosion took place as forecast. When Sandino did not appear. it was believed that this was a warning to his cohorts. With the arrival of Maj. Gen. Le- ammunition at Corinto. Nicaragua & assuming the military appearance which it had last February. when more than 4.000 blueyackets and Marines occupied all the important cities of Nicaragua and guarded the national railway. Native Congress Split. The Nicaraguan Congress is a house divided against fiself as to the extent the government should support Ameri- supervisors in the forthcoming sidential elections. The Senate passad the electoral dill approved by the American legation here. The House of Deplties. hows ever. refused to pass it In the fom approved changed and amended measure passed by the House at a second pr A was T the form proposed by the American le- the MeCoy law efictency of the American Subervis {proval or du ’b} the United FLFE INTO HONDURAS. Sandine Followers Reported to Have Crossed Border. SAN SAIVADOR. S Januery < e port of la dorder, state suan tebel, Gen. Honduoss ador e detachments at cently and tried to escape v durection ARMY MULE IN ACTION. Called to Aid of Marines in Ca patgn in Nicaragua. Ty mule of thetr Tcampaign agaust Wagons, forage for 90 dars and come Plete PAcK aktats de tumed o Marine Chrps at Panama for v At o the sene of toudie Nicaragua NEWS PLANE MISSING. Cvaft Carrving Fims of President Lost on Way to New York NEW YORK, January 18 o ~A PIALE CATEVING News Tl Al of Prewi A0t CIRie Seaking At Havana and loted By et Mosely. was repacied [ mbaiig odRy And an appeal was made 1 the ATIY Al ServRe W isiiute & search The plane. oociied By Mosely and & MEChA Whase BAme Was Dot KBowi 5 here, Jeft Dviona. Fla . at 1 Mon GAY QA Baeatop fight W Mitehe) Field 10 passed Savannah (e dat £ was not seen afier tat 1t shoud dave Aol ADNUL 4 30 yeatenday alternoon