Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1928, Page 1

WEA (U, 8. Weather Fair and much est temperature tonight about 32 de- grees. Tomorrow fs Temperature—Highest, Towest, yesterday; Full report pm. tod: THER, Bureau Forecast.) colder tonight; low- air, slightly colder. 47, at 4:30 40, at 9 am. on page 9. nr!;eb, Pages 14 and 15 s second class matter e, Wa shington, D. C. ah T WASHINGTON y ¢ Foening Sar, | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION k | | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” covers v edi- Star's carrier system every city block and the regu tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. D. « I’ i) RIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1928--FORTY- TWQO PAGES i Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,401 TWO CENTS. (#) Means Associated Press. 'CAUSE OF WAR STILL MYSTERY | ARBITRATION PACT o e oxFERENC WITH COMPULSORY CLAUSE IS URGED Havana Parley Committee Head Would Put Disputes Up to The Hague. NON-INTERVENTION ROW THREATENED AT SESSIONS | Guerrero, Hostile to U. S. Policy, Heads International Law | Section in Cuba. [ Hague forth with his work | an Conference in | Salvadorean delegate. | d chairman of | international | olds one of the | itions in the con- 3 t he hoped the con- adopt conventions mak- | n of all international dis- | ject of compulsory arbitra- The arbitration board, he said, | ht for varicus reasons better be the of The Hague than any tribunal. | - or old, which the conference itself | t set up. | Sees Safeguard Against Bias. The Hague Court, Dr. Guerrero said. s alreacy established, with such strin- ng to resentments and ing in nations in this nomic reasons its use seems sensible, d much more accessible than a new eourt, which would have to be estab- lished at a great cost Dr. Guerrero's statement this morn- ng is the first indication of an impor- tant nature of what work will actually engage the delegates at the conference, | and along what specific lines the dele- | gates are to devote thir time mdi energy. ‘The conference this afternoon ad- fourned for two days to resume activi- ties Monday with a general session, the last organization Jiork in the ireaties conventions committee being completed | this morning Thus far the labors of the committees have been directed to selection of | officers and in a few g ulation of the outlines of the coming | work. | Interest of delegates today centered | on the election of Guerrero, reputedly | | | | | | as a national policy”: ! Placard | shaled along the line of march to City Three Years nite Theory, Mrs. C E CLOSING HERE Bty Tsih e Boing B att Admits—World Court Plea Made. the threshold of a national | crusade to “cure” war, the Conference on the Cause and Cure of War tod: faced the realization that three years of intensive study have failed to un-/| cover the real cause of international conflicts. A definite program was mapped out by the third conference, which closed sterday. It calls for a Nation-wide campaign in support of the State De- partment’s plan for a multilateral treaty with other nations, to eliminate “‘war advocacy of the United States’ entrance into the World Court, and opposition to increased naval expenditures. But although the conference suc- ceeded in mapping out this program, which it expects its nine constituent tional women's organizations to carry t. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, chai of the conference, admitted today that the real cause of war remains as much of a mystery as ever “The object of the conference.” she said. “was to try to educate ourselves as to the underlying cause of war. We examined the reasons given in histories and in propaganda and we listened to authorities on all of the phases of war. We heard a great deal about economics. And we found that no one knows just what the cause of war is. We learned that much in three years. | work can begin. The conferences were not without re- | sults even in this respect, however, she aid. Among the accomplishments of he conferences she enumerated these: They made women desire a thorough knowledge of the question, they developed a more complete understanding of those nehes of investigation which are not erious, and they brought forth the | beliet that if people want war stopped, there is always a way to stop it. The conference will go ahead with its crusade for anti-war treaties whether the proposal of the State De- | | partment falls through or not, Mrs. Catt said, although she called attention to the fact that ratification by each of the nine organizations comprising the conference will be necessary before the ‘The objects of the crusade will be to mold public opini DEATH OF SANDINO RUMOR VIEWED BY MARINES AS RUSE | Report Rebel Leader Died During Bombing Fails to Convince Americans. | POSSIBILITY OF ESCAPE TO SEA IS HELD LIKELY | Desolation and Death Mark Head- quarters of Revolutionists Since Planes Made Attack. for the idea of the treaties and to se- | cure support of Senator One of the chief drawbacks of such | treaties, Mrs, Catt pointed out, has been that the Senate tacked on amendments and provisions that cut the power nf the treaties and that other countries have been skeptical of the fate of s | treaty after it is negotiated and given to the Senate for ratification. “If public opinion is strong enough,” she said, “I have no doubt that the Senate would back up the State De- partment.” The conference yesterday adopted a resolution authorizing the permanent " (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) COSGRAVE GREETED BY MAYOR WALKER Bearers Dispersed| as Irish President Arrives in United States. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 20.—With placard-bearing supporters of the oppo- sition party ejected from Battery Park by police to avert possible disorder, President William T. Cosgrave of the Irish Pree State stepped onto American soil today shortly before noon. Three thousand police had been mar- Hall, where Mayor Walker waited to greet the visiting President “in the name of our 6,000,000 people, a large | proportion of them from your own| Emerald Isle.” The placard incident occurred short- 1y before the city tug Macon, with the Irish President and the mayor's wel- coming committee, landed. Three men and a woman marched into the park | great difficulty holding up in the gusty wind. | Objectors Are Expelled. FRANCE ANSWERS (ELOGG PROPLSAL Note Said to Explain- Paris Government’s Stand on Word “Aggression.” By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 20.—The text of the French reply to Secretary Kellogg's latest note on the proposed treaty to outlaw war will be forwarded to Wash- ington today, it was stated after a cabi- | net meeting at which the final text spproved. is understood that the new note contain a full explanation as to why the French government desires that the word aggression be used to describe the type of war to be cut- lawed. Foreign Minister Briand France's obligations as a member of the League of Nations. He points out how a solemn resolution never to make war is possible between the United States and Prance without qualification, but how, when extended to other coun- will ces to form- | bearihg glant placards which they had | tries, it involves complications. DISAPPOINTMENT FELT HERE. Continued French reluctance to con- Rostile to present policies of the United | The placards read: “Who Is Crush- | cur in Secretary Kellogg's proposals for Bt 10 the chairmanship of the most | tmportant committee. H Guerrero, as head of the commit- | tee on public interpational law, has jurisdiction over the most controversial resolutions before the conference. These #re the draft treaties for codification | of American public international law | prepared at the jurists’ conference at Rio de Janeiro last April. One meas- ure recommended was prohibition by! Areaty of intervention by force of any | f£merican republic in the internal af-| fairs of another. | May Enter Debates. | During the Rio conference proposals | were discussed 1 extend this proposal | | demanded thetr passes. The placard | ing Ireland with Debt and Taxes—Cos- | grave,” “Who Murdered 77 Irish Patri- | ots—Cosgra ! —Cosgrav of Cosgrave's Irish Free State—King George the Fifth.” Police descended on the four and bearers sald they had no passes, but were members of the De Valera party and wished to voice their protest. They | were ushered from the park. on their| way passing @ woman holding high | above her head a union jack The only other sign of opposition to the visitor during the moments preced- ing his landing was the distribution of | has tended to create some disappoint- les, o interference in both internal and ex- | pamphlets at subway entrances by a nial aftairs of another country. The|group of women who sald they were freely expressed that the|supporters of the Irish Republic. The wging of the later proposals into| pamphlets were denunclatory of Cos- the Gebates of Guerrero's commitiee | grave. The women were not molested. was extremely likel l Aboard the Macom, Mr Guerrero 15 credited organizing | sasd agreement between Salvador, Guate- “This is the first time that the head mala and Honduras, reputed to have|of my country has come to see your sistance vo forelgn in-| country. This is & visit of good will and ss he was elected | qmiration for your great country and Cosgrave | ton had to thank you for all tha! you have done for your sympathy and for the opportunities you have afforde | our people coming to your free coun- _PARK BOARD STUDIES CIVIC CENTER PLAN Action on Location and Designs for Buildings Expected at After- noon Session The Commission Ireuny has spproved s morning conter UL R ) try. Says Ireland Goes Forward. “Well, how 15 old Ireland?” he was asked “When 1 left her, she was very fine he replied. “She is not standing still she 15 going forward ™ “In the past five years” he sald, “we have bullt a hund new factories in Ircland. ‘The unemployment situstior 15 improving, and Ireland s more peac 1ul than ever before in her history FOUR DISTRICT BILLS T0 COME UP TODAY " Su;u—u and Di.! ploma Mill Measure Will Be Considered ! [ Commissioners’ sled o e ken | Benate Distriet | haitman Capper are | i salaries of | oners from 87500 | the U W Deenise for s atwernoun. diu Thie propsed inerease Distriet Commis BLO000 & year y ashistig Oftice Biniaing Districr a propossl Uy make (e 1 1 o allubile us an ry tur t Honal Guara | € W enable the ‘Prafie e free pernits W aniver et for all branchies of the mill Zpected tiere will be spokesmen | o various business ana trade s Vons present W suppot Ui Commis- woers’ salary biL AL the last lnrrllnl‘ ot e commitiee Senator King, Demo el of Ytah, indicated he was opposed Vs the increase o principle, slihough Lo reyarded Ui present members of Wik berd as capable officlals Phie wo-calie @iploma uill bl woula | cipower the Bosra of Educstion W gt e stendards of institut P W confer degroes Chrles i president of Uie school i erpected o e st W sy ise | Uit commitiee o e bl | caliing | Congrens was permitting the Navy De- l six-power treaty declaration against war as an agency of national policy ment in Washington official circ} but in the absence of the new French note no authorized expression of opinion was avaliable, The statements in Paris dispatches that the French government in the new note not only again presented its desire to limit the war denunciation to “ag- gressive” wars only, but also elaborated on the difficulties it would face in en- wring into a general anti-war pact, as compared with its original proposals for a Franco-American treaty of that {nature, obviously indicate that an agree- ment on a multi-lateral treaty is still some distance in the future. As an al- ternative, however, there is every indi- cation that the Washington Govern- ment intends to press fopward negotia- tions with France for the new arbitra- tion treaty which would embody in itself a strong anti-war movement. DEMOCRATS ASSAIL 54 PROBE PLAN Senalor Swanson Says Con- gress, Not Experts, Should Conduct Inquiry. The Benate turned its attention today the question of whether the S-4 sub- marine disaster should be investigated by & commission of outside experts or jonaul committee. st of Chairman Hale of the naval affairs committee the Senate ok up for consideration the resolution, already approved by the House, creating a commission of Nve experts to inquire it th 4 tragedy and also nto the general problem of submarine safety equipment “There have been advance indlcations thit e Democrats will oppose this form of investigation, on the ground that the inquiry is more properly u function of the committees of Congress Nation Is Stirred. Benator Hale opened the discussion by explaining that the extent to which Uie American prople were strred by the sinking of the submarine und the luss of 40 lves, following s collislon with & Coust 1 destioyer lust month, mide ative that the Whole subject be gone nto thoroughly Iu daunchin tack Senator Bwanson, Democrat, Virginia, declared the adoption of the resolution for experts would mean that Lo name s commission U pass Upon Navy eanduct. ‘The Navy, Sen Bwanson argued, alr Naval Cour and he dia another commisslon Offers Amendment. Fenn! Bwanson found no fault with he desire Lo have experts study the merite of hundreds of sublnariue safety Aeviees, but objected o having Uien Jquire Into tie B4 case He offered an sinendment W stoke fom the com mittee report tie seetion which would give Ve commisalon suthonity 1o ko it whit happened st the scens of the Aisaster His waendine why It should name recalls | aragua, January 20.— feared today that re- s of the death of the rebel Gen. Au- gust andino might be a ruse. Around his mountain stronghold of El Chipote the only evidence noted by Marine aviators was that of death and desolation. Sandino, if alive, it was believed, could have fled through the jungles to Hon- duras or down the Coco River to the Caribbean. Since the Honduran gov- ernment promised to allow no concen- tration of rebels on Honduran soil, it was believed that Sandino, if alive, might be heading for the s The Marine garrison at San Rafacl was ordered to investigate immediately any burial of prominent men there. The Nicaraguans, who reported Sandinos death to Marine headquarters, said the | general's wife, a government telegraph operator at San Rafael, took his body there for burial. Aviators observed what appeared to be a funeral proces- sion Seeking confirmation of the reported killing of Sandino in the airplane bom- bardment of El Chipote L avia- tors flew over the di: c Doors of houses st ajar or banged listlessly to and fro—evidence of deser- tion. No rebels were to be seen around the mountain. Roads lea he northward toward Honduras sh8wed signs of recent heavy travel. Vultures | black symbols of death—flew over the | deserted stronghold CHINESE FEAR RED OUTBREAK ISNEAR Trouble Expected Just Before or After New Year Starts on Monday. BY PAUL WRIGHT. icaso Daily HONG KONG, January 20-—As the Chinese new year proaches, the nation’s nervousness becomes worse. Responsible citizens of the republic see red 21l over the map and proletarian outbreaks are feared in widely scattered places. Canton’s vernacular press reports that the Reds theme are plotting an- other attempt to capture and hold the city with the intention of acting either immediately before or after new year day, which is next Monday. but as the Canton authorities have discovered the plot and taken the necessary steps to prevent trouble, foreigners here are hopeful that nothing unpleasant will Statinsd Copyright By Cable to | | | SINCLAIR TO FAGE INQUIRY IN SENATE 0il King to Appear Before Committee, Counsel Says in Assailing Action. | | Harry F. Sinclair, one of the six re-| - | spondents now on trial before Justice | Frederick L. Siddons on the contempt charge growing out of the Teapot Dome | mistrial, will appear before the Senate | | public lands committee Tuesday in an- | | swer to its subpoena. This assurance | | was given today in the oil magnate’s| { absence by his counsel, Col. Martin W.| | Littleton, who characterized the lrflon} {of the Senate investigating body as a | “shameless procedure” in view of the | approaching retrial of the oil conspiracy case. While the ofl magnate will answer | the summons of the Senate committee, | as he did four years ago, it is not likely | he will testify on any matters concern- ing the probe into the $3,000,000 profit of the Continental Trading Co., a part of which, paid in Liberty bonds, were traced to the bank account of Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the In- terfor. who leased the naval ofl lands to Sinclair. Already Under Sentence. Whether Mr. Sinclair will claim im- munity on the ground that his testi- mony might incriminate him is & mat- | ter to be dealt with when he goes be- fore the committee, Col. Littieton de- | clared. Sinclair is already under a | three-month prison sentence for con- | | tempt of the Senate committee during | the previous investigation of the Teapot Dome affair, and this sentence is now under appeal before the District Court of Appeals Mr. Sinclair was not in attendance at the contempt proceedings today.| He is in New York, having been ex- | cused the day before yesterday by Jus- | | tice Siddons. The Senate committee has called for | [vhp papers of the corporation relating | | to the Continental Trading Co. and it/ understood that Mr. Sinclair will produce all papers and records ring on the Teapot Dome case for which the committee has called | Political Ruse Seen. Col. Littleton has denounced the ac- | tion of the Senate committee in sum- | | moning_Sinclair as a “political ruse” | wed to “prejudice him and his | before the country ™ retrial of the Teapot Dome case oceur Similarly Hankow 15 worried over the likelthood of a Red outbreak. Barricades have been erected in the former foreign concession and after dark the town | goes under martial law | What looks like another little com mune has been established at Pingsh a town In northern Kwangtung Prov- | d¢ ince. Many of the Communists taking | C45¢ part belong to bands which were driven | The from Canton last month. Dispatches destroyed st news from Swatow shows mmune in- the bue ing strong again, having recaptured & portion of the recently lost “territory. Swatow itself ts lving under the strain of possible Red attack, SEVEN MEN DROWN AS CAISSON SINKS Bndngkann Pinned to Bottom of Florida Bay When Shell Is Dislodged. a By the Associated P, PANAMA CITY, Fin, Junuary 20 Divers were working today to recover the bodies of seven men drowned und pluned o the hottom of East Buy yes- terday when a calsson on which they were b work sank und carrled them with it The huge 1 shell, which the workmen were placing to mold con- crete plers, was dislodged and held the men imprisoned o1t while it toppled o the water wnd sank b3 feel i mid- iy The vieti | Andrews, Fla |City, Archie | Andiew were B. C Weleh Hyovalt H o Furner Bates, B Pannmu Fingadine, Mich Altkin, Minn, €. O Oxdater, Royalton, Minn Ed Bulney oyalton, Minn, wnd A A Holden home address unknown The men were members of o steel Yiveting crew al work v the new Al- fred du I crons the by ‘Two other outslde of 1 calsson were rescued when they were n:...l.‘\.“ Wi the water by the toppling she 22 ALLEGED REDS HELD. Hungarian Polive Charge Attempt to Overthiow BUDAVEST, Mungary, Janiaty A Ewenty-two Comminiids w rested Inow charged witl the government wctivities, Government tempting to and other L] subveisive affirm that half of the town has been | et for April 2 before Justice Sid- s' court Failure of the special overnment ofl counsel to make out a in the Continental Trading Co. dea threatened a collapse of the previ- ous trial before the jury survelllance charges brought it to an abrupt end on November M. T. rhi [ I ast. . Pueblo, Colo., banker, of Albert B. Fall, ha ned to appear Tuesday be. fore the S te committee which is to re-open the naval oil lease nquiry Twice Refused to Testify. Everhart twice has refused to testity In civil and criminal cases growing out of the lease of Teapot Dome to Harry P Sinclair, taking the position that to do so would make him incriminate himself “The Government contends the Colo- rado banker received $230,500 in Liberty bonds which S Ir patd Fall in con- nection with the leasing of the Wyom- ing naval ofl reserve. These bonds were part of those bought by the Continental Trading Co.. Ltd, of Canada, out of | the $3.000.000 of profit it made in the | purchase and release of ofl from the Texas fields of the late A, E. Hum- | A rd A nmetz New y of the Smclair solt- dated OIl Co” and assistant secretary of the Sinclalr Crude O1l Purchastng Co. BRAZIL BARS EX-KING. of Bulgaria Forbidden Rio Brazil, January 20 A Former King erdinand of Bulgaria, en route o Buenos Alves, wan forbidden o land here while his ahip was in port “The deposed soveretgn arvived on the steamer Blerta Morena. He expects to visit Holivie, Peru and several other countries TEN DIE IN FLAMES. 57 Injured Following Explosion in New Hobrides. BUVA, FIL Islands, Janvary Pen petsona, neliding seven & were Killed 1w Dee and explos Port Vila, Kfate aland, New b Tueaday nlghi. Kty aeve niured A store owned by a French Dom was destivyed, Ferdinand to JANEIRO, Land at "o 1 brides, Persony | which is cbviously being used in the Dog Swept Away On Ice Floe; Many Hasten to Rescue By the Associated Press DETROIT, January 20.—A shiver- ing white collie, adrift on a cake of ice far out in Lake St. Clair, held the attention of Grosse Pointe po- lice, members of the harbormaster’s division and humane society repre- sentatives today as they fought a raging gale to rescue the dog. Seen floating away from shore on an ice floe last evening. the collie velped for aid, but was lost in the darkness. Police kept an all-night vigil, and rescue apparatus was made ready for instant use. Floating ice cakes the launc! practicable. Today the collie was sighted, far out in the lake. He was still alive, police said, and attempts were im- mediately made to reach him. PARLEY AT GENEVA BRANDED FIASC g of a small boat im- | Wood Tells House U. S. Had No Ships to Scrap or Naval Work to Stop. Arms ence was described in the House today by Representative Wood. Republica Indiana, as a “complete flasco,” brought | about because the United States had | nual meet no ships to scrap or construction work to stop. Wood asserted the failure came in ! spite of the “fact that England might have abandoned the further construce tion of additional cruisers, thus main- taming in greater degree the mtio agreed upon five years wgo.” The Indiana member, who heads the House appropriations subcommittee that passes upon Shipping Board and merchant marine fun said that the time had come “when we must em- bark upon a me le marine pro- gram that will establish this country in the eyes of the world” He urged action upon a bill introduced by him- | self and designed to bulld up & mer- | nt fleet under the American flag “We have sacrificed world na supremacy and world maritime com mercal supremacy.” Wood contin- | ued. “and in addition, through private | loans, our former allies have (\l\lmm'd‘h $12,000,000,000, no small portion of | bullding up of European navies, as well as their merchant fleets, with which America must compete for world trade in time of peace and fight against in time of war.” REBELS ATTACKING » " | MEXICAN TRAIN SLAIN Others Captured as They Try to Burn Bridge Near Southern Pacifio Tunnel. By (he A 1 Pres MEXICO CITY. January 20 Dis- patehes from Mazatlan, State of Sinaloa, today sald several rebels had been sla when they attempted to stop & passen Ber trafn on the Southern Pactfic Rail road of Mexico e (rain was southbound for Guada lajara, and the rebels made thetr at- tempt near w tunnel Heveral rebels were captured by fed el forces when they iled to bum a bridgo near the tunnel A Catholle priest named Salas was stated o have headed the outlaws Robinson's Rebuke Bd to Speak By the Associated Fress The action of Mayor W A Cunte I of Monfgomery, I vitng Senator Hoblson of Atkatsas (o (he Alabama Capital as & guest of the eity, prom 1es o be the et voval Gghting point Wothe now famons Hefine Robinson contioversy Henator Heftin m might be 1 e made a sy N dectared that taried and toathered It Alabaima stmtlay Confer- | J Maj. COVERNOR REFLSE TORECODHEE AN IPOSED N ST | linois Executive Character- izes Action of Senate as lilegal. |ACTION ON VARE CASE MAY BE TAKEN SOON Pennsylvanian Reported Ready to Resign and Seek Another EMIG OFFERS NEW - - AR MERGER PLAN - | Latest Proposal for Traction Unity, Combines Features | of Other Schemes. Street car merger discu: { have been dormant now for |a month, were suddenly revived when Maj. Clayton E. Emig vice chairman of the p | committee of the Fed today | a s former Ut C a 6-page brief out- | tining his own ideas for bringing about the long-advocated consolation | Maj. Emig did not choose to describe this document as a merger plan, but! | regerred to it as “sug: ons on merge: {of Washington's transportati | It appears, however. to con | bination of the cardinal fea | three different schemes for consolida- | {tion proposed by Harley P. Wilson, | owner of the Washington Rapid Tran Co.; BcK. Bachman, chief acco ant of the Public Ut 3 and Charles Hansel. spec: ter firm, it was recalled. prepared a merger plan at the inst Emig for the | federation. Special Significance Seen. While Maj. Emig is no ed with the federat mittee, he is still a de! ody from the Dupont C: | Assoctation | efforts to bring Emig's gestions cam appe TESIZT hington when his admis- ved -elect Vare, Re| ania, whose i w 8! - Roll Call dec cire Cathalie Senator wunter on the course | sa |a ) ne {of use of one-ma said would save $900.000 & vear From K the $50.000000 val The Bacl thority t the oo ed has th re W April | ton ot his history of the appe he tr made by the sts and by the eng (Continued on Page 6 Column 4) Student Kills Himself. BOGOTA, N J © have Ja boen to Heflin Bring‘s in A]al\ama C;lpit.\] AVAKE RESIGNAVION HINTED rebuking Hetin for his attacks an Church and Gy Nevertheloxs, Clunter has wi 30t e So today sald he e Ty Roblisan s aite WAL Iessages commending A ST SO obial the affve af Senator et Robinsan has not decided Wi WHE Accept the Manixamery it het athw, | W the wne he made W the Benate [or the may others extended Wl AWAITS ATTORNEY S ADVICE. Smith Reiterates Beliet He Nas Right to Seat aken oa D o A W W N ta and we Wi siathn e e s AWhed ou Page 4 O W) now v A ? sed W ey or confiem