Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1928, Page 1

WEA (U 8. Weather Fair and much THER. Bureau Forecast.) colder tonight, with lowest temperature about 24 degrees: tomorrow partly cloudy. ‘Temperature—Highest, 49, lowest, 40, at'8 am. pm. vesterda: today. Full report at 4:10 on page 9. Re———— S L = No. 30,584, Closing New York Stocks, Page 10 ered as second class matter post office. Washington. B D C ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star. “From Press to Within The Star's carrier every city block and tion is delivered to W. Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,586 Home the Hour” system covers the regular edi- ashington homes as fast as the papers are printed. C. WEDNESDAY, JA UARY 'Y-EIGHT PAGES. #* () Means Associated Press. ARGENTINE VIE PARLEY INPASSE Reorganization of Pan- American Union Blocked Temporarily by Stand. HIGH DUTIES ARE HIT BY ENVOY TO WASHINGTO United States Also Disapproves Plan for Western Hemisphere International Court. Br the Aseociated Pross HAVANA, January 25 —The ap- proach of & temporary impasse at least 1o the reorganization of the Pan-Amer- jean Union was seen today by delegates to the Pan-American Congress in the announcement of the Argentine posi- tion on the tariff. Dr. Honorio Pueyrredon, Argentine Ambassador to Washington and head of | the Argentine delegation, announced his delegation would not sign any con- vention that did not incorporate as the duties of the union those of studying wars and means to Teduce, if n‘ol to abolish, high tariff duties in inter- American commerce. He also insisted upon agricultural and sanitary quaran- tines as other subjects for supervision. The attitude of the United States delegates is stated to be that it is in- | advisable to convert the union into a| political entity charged with carrying out political duties and investigations, which, in many cases, would run coun- | ter to constitutional provisions or ine| ternal legislation of the countries in union. = High Tariffs Hit. Dr. Pueyrredon on Monday made d | Jong speech assailing high tariffs and | the principle of assessing these on the | difference of cost of production at home mglelxhiu?‘dwdl_\' aligned herself with) Argentina in asking that the Pan-| American Conference be empowered to | investigate means to reduce. if not| abolish. high tariff walis in inter- American commerce. | Salvador Urbina, Mexican representa- | tive on the committee on Pan-American | Union affairs, declared that his country | agreed in all its points with the speech | of Senor Pueyrredon. | A proposal for the e!!‘abllir‘:mm;- ?(‘ -American court of justice, | teraed e tribunal, also is | terned after The Hague disapproved by the United States dele- Colombian plan calls for the loca- | at Havana of a tribunal wmpowd| 1 justices and 10 assistants, each of | 21 countries in the being rep- } resented. A represental thé United States would appear as one of mae! judges, taking his turn at serving as Sustice and adviser. | The chief Latin-American delegations | believe the Colombian proposal is im- | Wmu Roa, Mexican delegate, has recommended the adoption of section 11 of the report of the international com- mission of jurists defining the obliga- tions of states in the event of civil war. “This section lays down rules for neigh- | boring states o observe. such as pre-| venting inhabitants, whether nationals | or foreigners, from participating in war- like preparations, and preventing traffic | in arms and munitions. A resolution seeking the creation of a | permanent conciliation and mediation court independent of the Pan-American | Union_directorate was presented this | morning by Gustavo Cuerrero, chief of | the Salvadorean delegation. i | Would Be Co-operative. “The tribunal under the Salvadorean plan would be vested with finality in its Gecisions for the maisvenance of peace and order in America and the develop- ment of political interest between the countries. Its fundamentals would be co- operation and reciprocal assistance. The court would be composed of five mem- bers of the union elected at interna- tional conferences. “Talk that there would be no confer- ence meetings for three days starting Baturday when the delegates were ex- pected to pay & visit W the Isle of Pines as guests of the Cuban government was officially dispelled this morning. It was stated that, although the presidents of the delegations had been invited W make the trip. commission meetings which intervened had caused a majority of the presidents 1o decline the invita- 1ion. It is Likely. however, that a visit 1o the Isle of Pines vill be made the next week end. Amendments Stir Fight. American amendments 0 a proposed Inter-American commercial aviation treaty aroused eniticism yesterday as “eontemplating and stimulating” inter- Bational situations opening the *possi- of local military alliances in Colombian Min- gl oppod & Proposi- ton nuotuced by At Flecher American 1ep on the munications CMnItes of the con sor, W L efect governm fioald ‘e wllowed Ly sgree by mo wnt w3 W what zones i each olhe ould be probibied Y com- Yon for military reasons amenament which American wies deciared most innocent and wned W oefine more clewrly the f g srticle in future sovereignty Yanama or Cuba Frates desire 10 declare the Cang 1he Guentenemo naval base jted mi) Kpeculation on Motives Bperula o Upited Blates or or imype i e 1 1 ORI whist v It e § e yones i hiviwa W Lo wnd Dses wug whit the Canal Zone win i connecton Wb Use pending Uealy beiwesn Ui Vo Counuies They Grduced from L ol Uhe AIErican molive wiar W oyl sl the possiality thut on Uair declar e Cabs o1 G usnitnsn R T or Punnima o oty Uhedt sover eIy Sios mught question Usder Ui Aamenyan such probiblion sy Tememipr s sovereignty over ik, was egitewd wny by cnnn Baiend Yt ificalion the Ame o o otk were Bppre 'U. S. SINCLAIR-BURNS WITNESS ADMITS SERVING -PRISON TERM ON TARIFF RAISES . . McMultin. Former Detective. Now ding Governmen Ai C Willlam J. McMullin, star Govern- | ment witness in the Sinclair-Burns contempt proceedings., caused a sensa- | tion by stating on the witness stand | today that he is an ex-convict and had served two months of a long penitentiary sentence for forgery com- ' mitted in 1920. This admission by the former Burns | detective who turned Government spy climaxed a story of startling disclosures about schemes to bring about a pos- sible mistrial of the Teapot Dome case through false evidence showing that the Government itself was “crooked"” | m forming contacts with Juror Nor- | man L. Glascock, On three different occasions. the wit- ness, whose character was under at-| tack by defense counsel when court t. States He Is Ex- onvict—Alleges Threats by Ruddy. recessed, told how William J. Burns. one of the six respondents, had ns- sured him he would be “well taken care | of” for his part in preparing the false afidavit concerning the juror. Charles G. Ruddy. chief of the surveillance op- eration so had threatened him, Mc- Mullin testified, that “it would be very bad for me if I didn't go through with this” These were the instructions, Ruddy added. from William J. Burns. McMullin's confession to his prison rec- ord took the defense unawages just before the Government closed its direct examination of the witness. Defense counsel had been digging up McMullin’s past record to use against him in at- tacking his testimony under cross-ex- amination. _Maj. Peyton Gordon. United States (Continued on Page 3. Column 3.) GALE ROMRS EAST: DEATH TOLL FNE Storm and Cold Center Over Maine After Tennessee School Is Hit. By the Associated Precs, A windstorm that spread wreckage across Eastern and Southern States con- tinued " without abatement today, and the Weather Bureau warned that a dis- turbance of great intensity, centering over Maine, would cause west and northwest gales. 2 In Tennessee a rural schooihouse w: blown over and four chilaren cre | kilied. In several counties trees were uprooted and houses unroofed. Wind reaching a 70-mile velocity swept across Maryland and Delaware and in Delmar, a town straddling the border of the two States. Damage to houses was severe. Electric light was cut off and for a time communication with the outer world was destroyed. From Rhode Island came the report of a schooner being borne toward rocks from which nothing could save it, despite all efforts of the Coast Guard. New York State feit the full force of | the gale. In the Coney Isiand secticn a two-story untenanted nhouse rolled along the street until it fell apart. A section was torn from the rooi of the | Hotel Ansonia, at Broadway ano Seven- | ty-third street, and pedestrians ""} imperiled by the falling debris. A slight drop in temperature accompanied the storm. g In spite of the high wind. Clarencc Chamberlin took off in his tiny rebuiit Sperry messenger plane from Harris- burg, Pa.. to fly to Altoona i FOUR PUPILS KILLED. i NASHVILLE, Tenn. January 25—, Four children sere dead, a Afth ¢ying and a score of others ere under medi- cal care today as the result of a tor-| nado which destroyed the Holmes Creek a small group of followers with him. | School, in eastern Tennessce, meager reports received here said. HEHAN TRAL BEGNS N WES Sanity Is Sole Question. Possibility of Freedom in Year if Unsound Looms. | Corps, sailed yesterday for the United | There are no children. | States on the steamship Ecuador. Gen. | once active in Democratic politics, By the Associated Press LOB ANGELUES, January 25—Wil- liam Edward Hickman, confessed kid- | naper and killer of Marian Parker, 12 vears old, was brought into Buperior Court at 933 o'clock today for the opening of his sanity trial. He was 1 custody of a deputy sheriff and a Jasler Defense attorneys announced the ar- | rival of their two chief witnesses, | Former Chief of Police Charlese Ed- wards of Kamas Cily, and Dr. H P Routh of Tuisa, Okls While Hickman was a ward of the Juvenile Court last Summer he was| paroled in Capt. Edwards' charge after leaving Los Angeles for Kansas City.| Dr. Routh was family physiclan the Hickmans 1or a number of years Defense counsel declared both ~men | were teady W tesUfy Hickman is in- sane Defense Opposes Judge. The delense immediately ntroduced | & lengihy written excepion o Judge Hardy s sitUng 'n the trial Jlmu,r‘ Hardy read the document over slowly ané then handcd 1w Deputy District | Attorney Forest Murray for pens 1 District Atorney Asa Keyes expressed orm of an aff I and did no' ow biss or prejudice on the part of an 1 slirgea B don taken o allow Bu- | peiior Judge o Maray and Distiet | Attorney Awa Keyer opportunity o con- | siger. and the court o rule upon. an exception taken o Judee Hard/ silling in the case on The grounds of blas ano Ater bing in session 40 minutes trin) vae adjourned 0 2 oclok afernoon The triml. which will determine ‘he snity of the giller will follow new a untested Btate laws governing sanily aetenser Mickman has pleaded not wlty by ressm of dnsanity a tecit i thst he commitied the of sprnisinle Banity Is Nole The Blate expects W send Hickniay ) hie deatd on e gallows for whit yepnrds ss one of the most viclous crtmes i the history of Cslitonida Hickman's ssnity — defined as tie aiil 1y 1 Judge telvern Tight sl wiong fendant will be sentenced by Superion Judge Curine Mardy either W Wte an prisonment or o e hisnged 11 Hick it were Tunnd Juskie now or W have een wl e e of the cnme come gl @b itios have dedlsred he horittes contend, would be gioen hie treedons # the thie e | | i e | tore MARINES OCCUPY REBEL STRONGHOLD Installed on Slope of EI Chi- pote Mountain After Attack by Airplanes. Br the Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua. January 25.— American Marines were installed today on the slope of El Chipote Mountain, the stronghold which the rebel general Augistino Sandino considered impreg- nable. This was the second rebel head- | quarters to fall before the Mavine ad- | vance in which Sandino is oeclieved b Marines to have been wounded. The Sandino headquarters at Quilaii was seized by the Marines on December 30 after a battle in which five Marines were killed. Sandino then withdrew to El Chipote and entrenched himself on | the mountain. On January 14, America: Marine planes flew over the mountain . bombing and raking the rebels with ma chine gun fire. They brought back r ports htat 40 guerrillas had been slain in this attack. Sceking to verify reports that Sandino nad been killed in the encounter, Marine planes flew over El Chipote last weck ! They roted no activity there, only signs evident of death and evacuation being carefully Marine patrols _procceded through the mountainous jungle toward | the stronghold. Yesterday Maj. commander- of the Marines in the al fected section, advised headquarters that a column of Marines had estab- lished itself on the slopes of El Chipote. Sandino Followers Scattered. Col. Louls Mason Gulick, in com- mand of operations. said it was fairly well established that wounded in the raid on January 14. It was not known how seriously. Latest advices were that Sandino had ‘The main body of rebels is understood to have broken up into smaller bands and scattered through eastern Nueva Begovia. One thousand Marines of the 11th Regiment are marching into the dis- trict to take the field against Sandino, intent on stamping out the rebel move- ment. In all towns and villages they will replace detachments of the 5th Regiment, which have been on duty in Nueva Segovia for six months. The disputed McCoy electoral bill designed to give the United States su. pervisory powers over the 1928 Nica- raguan presidential elections, was sent yesterday by the Senate o a commit- tee for further consideration. Gen. Lane Sails for U. 8. CORINTO, Nicaragua., January 25 general of the United States Marine La specting the forces here. GOOD WILL EFFORT FAILS, Americans Complain U. §. Would Not Allow Approach to Sandino. NEW YORK. January 25 (#) - An attempt to initiate mediations between Gen. SBandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader, and American authorities falled be- cause the authorities would not allow them to make a direct approach to Bandino, three members of a “mission of good will" asserted on their return yesterday from a two months' visit to Nicaragua The party landed today at Havana and thelr statement was made public | N the Fellowship of Prof_Elbert Russell of Duke Univer- 0 orth Carolina Miss Carolena Wood and the Rev. John Nevin Sayre, members of the mission sent by the Fellowship and the American friends service committee, sald they had de- sired to reach a peaceful settlement be- the Pan-American Congress as- wembled. They sald they could not ‘persunde the American authorities o let us attempt this missio After delnys, they sald, they were allowed W go Lo within about three days Journey. by horsehack, from the sup- posed hesdquarters of Bandino. Thenee through Mry. Sandine, they sent their letters of ntroduction o Bandino, ask- g a eonference This was three days before the clash of December 30, in which six Americans and an unknown number of Sandinos men were killed After walting 10 days withou! an snswer, the party left e through press dispatehen. they learned that sandino had declined o meet them, they said 18 FUGITIVES STILL FREE. Thice Who Bioke Jail in Michigan Ave Recaptured DETROEEY. Janvary | een of 21 prisoners who Ay from U K of the Wayn A Kigh neaped yosler ood wvenie branch Jounty Juil heve sull e wl liberty today as oty Blate and Aeval wuthorities continued — thelr carch for \hem Two were ecaptured W third dumes Dwyer, was tecaplured Learly today ot Fordson —The other two W custody agaln are Hobert S White lond Williem Tradeau Al thiee are | Federnl prisoners awalting trlal on [eharges of violating the nareotics aet AL bt one of thow whn cuped were | 1 yesterday wnd Vieia on Federnl chargen, Sandino was | ne spent 10 days in Nicaragua in- | SINCLAR INVESTED | INFALL'S SCHEME | WITHOUT SECURITY 0il King Has No Evidence He Put $233,000 in Ranch, Everhart Holds. |COMMITTEE SUMMONS STANDARD OIL OFFICIAL Senate Inquiry Turns to Hyva Cor-| poration Organized by Accused Magnate During 1922. ! Ry the Associated Press, M. T. Everhart told the Senate oil committee today that when Harry F. Sinclair turned over $233,000 in Liberty bonds to him and his father-in-law. Albert B. Fall. in_exchange for an in- | terest in the Fall-Everhart ranch hold- | ings the oil man took in return no | tangible evidence of his newly acquired | interest in the property. Everhart, who told yesterday how he handled the bonds that changed hands |in this deal, was recalled today after | the committee had notified counsel for Robert W. Stewart. chairman of the board of the Standard Ol Co. of In- | | diana, now in Havana, that Stewart | was wanted here immediately for ques- tioning. The bonds given Everhart by Sinclair have been identified as part of a batch purchased by the Continental Trading Co.. in which Stewart and other oil men were interested. Everhart remained on the stand but a few minutes, and then the commit- | tee turned its attention to the affairs | of another company. the Hyva Corpo- ration, organized by Sinclair in August, 1922, Sinclair himself had been sum- | | moned. but it was announced that he | eed not appear, since Harold W. Ken- | , secretary and treasurer of the Hyva company, was present with the | corporation’s books. At his ranch home in New Mexico Fall confirmed last night Everhart's story of the ranch deal as correct, | | but declared the transaction had no onnection with Teapot Dome. The {former cabinet member said. however, | that Everhart had handled the detalls. | whereas Everhart testified yesterday that the arrangement was made be- | tween Fall and Sinclair. During the ofl investigation four ears ago Sinclair refused to produce | these books or to submi* himself to | | further questioning by the committee, |and, as a result he is now under sen- | {tence of three months in the District |of Columbia Jail for contempt of the | | Senate. | | The committee learned yesterday that | + the $230,500 in Liberty bonds received / by Fall after he leased the Teapot ! (Continued on Page 3, Column 2) | | 'FORMER FROSTBURG | | MAYOR SUCCUMBS | Death of Oli: ;.ix_i;e—}‘ollowl Dis- covery in Home Suffering Bul- let Wounds. | FROSTBURG, Md. January 25.— Olin R. Rice, 52 years- old, former | mayor of Frostburg, and former princi- | pal'of Beall High School, who was found | ,in_his room Monday night with two | bullet wounds in his head and a re- | volver in his hand. died this morning He had been in ill health and took treatment in & sanitarium some time ago. His wife died a year ago Mr Rice was superintendent of the Parker Hoslery Mills, which he and his brother- in-law, A Parker of Portsmouth, Va. controlled. | _This week Mr. Rice made his will Several recent acts regarding property | (#).—Brig. Gen. Rufus Lane, inspector | matters led friends to believe that he (was suffering from a mental strain Mr. Rice was | 'FOUR MEN INJURED AS TRUCK UPSETS | | = Load of Fish Overturns When | Driver Swerves Machine to [ Avoid Collision. ! el | Four men were hurt, two so serfously that they are confined to Casualty Hos- pital. when & speeding nutomobile truck overturned and was wiecked at Twenty-Afth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, shortly after noon tday. Police say that the truck, heavily | 1aden with fish for Center Market, over- | turned I an effort to avold colliding | With another car which failed to stop | Willys Evand and T I Harrison. | both of Ewell, Md . were the most serl- | ously njured — Henry Willlams, 40 | curs old, of Complon, Md., the driver, was given first-ald treatment at n | nearby drug store, while Horace M Robinzon, fourth occupant of the truck escaped with minor hurts FISHER IDENfIFIED AS COAL OIL BUYER, [ Man Held as Pyromaniac Suspect | Recognized by Filling Station ! Operator | i | dahn Joseph Fisher, confessed pyro- | munee, was dentified this morning at Galllnger Hoepital s the man who | bought w one-galion can of coal ol at |1 oclock on the morming of Janusry P17 at the Standard O) station at Third and Pennsylvania avenue | Mentification of Fisher as the buyer | of the conl oll, purchased while the HIAL (W0 of seven disastrous mnjor oon fagrations were at theih helght, was nas 1 Daley, night man- of the Alling station, who wax re auested o vISIC the hospltal - where Fisher 15 under observation, by Head quartess Detectives Varney and Hrodie Detectives stated tiat the nlling sta Hon manager positively identified Flaher as e mun who drove up iy coupe wnd purehised the conl oll, put tng Ui the seat by him and driving off again 16w not disclossd ralgnment elther before a Jury oF # mimisston. whether the pyro patient admitted buying the pending his ar ! Misstasippl | supplies | was under wator MAY YET COME TO TH | | | 1 IS! JADWIN AND RED INTILTATHEARING | Engineer Chief Asked to Quit, Stand at Flood Inquiry. Leaves Room. | By the Associated Press | After a tiit at the House flood control | hearings today. Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief of Army engineers, was excused from the witness stand by | Chairman Reid until he was prepared “to answer committee questions.” The exchange began when Gen Jadwin asked for more time to answer some of Reid's questions. which were based on a brief sent to the committee | by Gov. Sampson of Kentucky, attack- mg the administration flood control plan. Leaves Stand and Room. Jadwin said repeatedly he was not prepared to answer, but Reid pressed him to reply. Finally Reid directed the general to get out of the witness chalr, and Jadwin not only did so, but left the room. Gen. Jadwin already had been before the committee for more than an hour. explaining decalls of the administra- tion's plan for flood control. He had been preceded on the stand | by Representative Cochran, Democrat. | Missouri, who assailed the administra- tion plan for a 20 per cent contribution by Mississippl Valley States to the cost of controlling floods. This same pro- vision of the plan was objected to by Gov Sampson in the brief he sent to ‘Washington. 00\'.‘“&mmn': brief asserted that the system of Federal-local control of floods had been a fatlure in the past. “There is but one responsible agency which can maintain a protective system which will prevent or minimize flood disasters in the future and that is the . Government of the United States” the governor said. Must Be Federal Plan. “An adequate flood control of the Mississippl and its tributaries involves approximately 30 States. ‘The plan must be worked out by Congress and other agencles of the Government so that there will be no doubt in its ex- ecution when it is intrusted to the War Department for completion.” Jadwin_told the House committee that the Kentucky governor's criticism of his plan was “full of fallacles” and indicated that he would reply to it at length ater. During Reid’s questioing of the Army engineer chief, Representative Kopp of lowa, A Republican member of the committee, charged that Jadwin “was being treated unfairly. Meantime former Gov. John M parker of Louistana was telling the Senate commerce committee that the people of the lower Mississippt Valley want to stay i that section, but have reached the point where they do not know what to do because of flood con- ditions. ‘They have taxed themselves to the extent of $292.000,000 for flood pro- tection, snid the former governor, who | v chalrman for Louisiana of the tei- | State flood committee. Cltes Value During War. As an dllustration of the necesaity of complete Government _control of ~the flood menace, Gov. Parker fold the ommittee that the world never will mow the Important part the lower Valley played during the World War, when great shipments of for the armies i Europe through the port of New cleared Orleans “These shipments down the river and through New Orleans could not have been made 1f & flood such as that of 27 had occurred then” he sald, and ontended that the entire Federal con- trol should be maintained as a matter of defense “Not a rallvoad on the west bank ot the Fiver remained i operation during the flood except the Southern Paciie and one-sixth of the State of Loutslana “The former Loutsiana executive paint- ed o human interest picture of the ood Atuation i his State and was unstinted i his pratse of the work accomplished by the Government through Secretary Hoover wnd of the work done by the Awerlean Red Cross “If we had workea alone, he said. wsands of our people would have ned But with the support we had not a single 1e was loat 1 Louistana . Dies in Golf Tourney. BILOXT, Mias, Junuary 23 (4 1 1 Demoe, 87, nathve of Madison, Wis and s prominent lawyer Chivago, ropped dead at the Afteenth hole of the Gl I Golt Course lato yeaterday e had been entered I the Riviera ol Champlonship wrnament at - Gull Hills and was completing his duy's play when he died The | Wil be aenl (o Kvanston, 31, today, [} | Clam Diggers Find $8.000 Worth of Ambergris in Sand By the Associated Pres Ore.,, January 25.— of sunset beach proved golden sands for two clam diggers here. When James Garner and Harry Brown found a ball of wax like sub- stance weighing between four and five pounds on the beach near here they did not know at first they held $8.000 worth of ambergris. Believing, however, the substance might be worth something, they brought it to Astoria. No one could estimate its value. PFinally they sent some of it to Los Angeles There it was identified as ambergris, worth from $40 to $100 an ounce. Each realized $4.000 from the find. The ambergris found by Garner and Brown is said to be the first discovered near here in 20 years COSGRAVE BOW ATNATION'S SHRINE President of Irish Free State Lays Wreath on Tomb of Washington. ‘The first President of the Irish Free State today rendered homage at the grave of the first President of the United States. For this occasion, which he con- siders one of the most sacred of his visit to this country, President Willlam T Cosgrave was up early. Apparently tireless under the strain of a crowded program for his four-day visit here. he was out of bed before 8 o'clock, had breakfasted by 9 and half an hour later was speeding through Virginia on his way to Mount Vernon. With his official escort Mr. Cosgrave inspected Washington's home and then went reverently to lay a wreath on the tomb of the man for whom he has ex- pressed the most profound admiration | The ceremony was brief, and a short time later the party was on its way back to the city. Seey Congress in Action. Mr. Cosgrave was guest at luncheon of the Overseas Writers at the Press Club and then went to Capitol Hill for a glimpse of the Senate and House in action. Soon after his arrival here Monday, he confessed his eagerness to see how Congress functions, humors ously referring to his own “trouble with Parliaments.” He was expected to spend most of the afternoon at the Capitol and will probably call on Speaker Longworth and Vice President Dawes in their offices ‘Tonight he will be the guest of honor AL & dinner to be given by Secretary Kellogg at the Pan-American Bullding Later he will attend & reception at the home of Mrs. Joseph Leiter In addition to his alieady (\.ll'xr.-- gram, Mr. Cosgrave has attended a number of impromptu events and has already gained the reputation of bei one of the most accessible of all du tuguished forelgn visttors o this country ‘To the presidential suite in the May- Mower Hotel yesterday went John M Cormack, suffering from a cold which had cut short his concert here the night before, but determined o see the executive whom he ardently admives Other lesser personages have been ac- corded as hearty a welcome. To Dine With Howard, President Cosgrave will dine as guest of Sir Exme Howard, British Aw | bassador, tomorrow. He hopes to apend most of the day sightseeing He will leave for Philadelphia early Friday morning At the AMr. Cosg! d of a busy day yesterday Was guest of hanor at a dimner glven by Timothy A Smiddy, | Southwest Washington i the scneral |y awden (Continued on Page 3, Colunn 3 Corner Grocer Psychoanalyzes Women In Bid for Trade. Wholesalers Hear! Wy the Associatod Piess OHICAGO, January 23, Housewives have been pavohoanalysed and their peculiarities capitalized by the cornes grocer who, with the rest of the bust- Hess workd, 1 learning the application of modern methods o his teade Carl W DIpman, who edits the Fro- wremslve (rocer, New York, told the National Whalesale (rocers’ Assocla- Uon about 16 today ‘The sctentifically Dlanned grocery, he said, “lakes women With all thelr peculiarities. and builds A atore around them * The reault, Dipman has found. o an SOUTHEST PICKED FOR MARKET SITE 3 | i [ i House Committee Selects Site for Permanent Loca- tion on 11-to-4 Vote. After a stubborn fight the House Dis- trict committee today ordered a favor- able report -on the Southwest Washing- ton site for a Farmers' Market, between Tenth and Eleventh. E and G streets southwest, by a vote of 11 w0 4. Representative Lampert. Republican. of Wisconsin, served notice that he would file a minority report and Representative Gibson. Republican, of Vermont. chairman of the subcom- | mittee which has conducted hearinzs for the past two weeks on the various sites proposed for a Farmers’ Market, { reserved the right to make a minority ~»port. Representative Hall, Republi- can, of Indiana. was designated to | write the committee report. Details of Sites Related. As chairman of the sul which investigated the subject. Mr. Gib- - son made a statement defining the loca- tions, the area. the appraised valuation and the proposed sale price for each of the various sites advocated for the market. He favored a site north ot New York avenue comprising more than 25 acres in the Northeast section. nort and east of the Columbia Institut: for the Deaf, which could be acquired for approximately $200.000. He said that Washington might well look to the future and have enough land on which & market center could be de- grounds which had made a study of the various sites were divided. three in favor of the Southwest site, with Repre sentatives Gibson and Lampert opposed Mr Gibson made the statement that as between the Southwest and the Bur zard's Point site. these {wo member. \n‘\uld be in favor of Buizards' Poin site. Cost to Be Shared. Representatives Reid, Republican. of Llinots. Blanton, Democrat. of Texas. and Hammer. Democrat. North Caro- lina, were allowed to withdraw from the committee with the understanding that they would be recorded as in favor |of the Southwest site. Mr. Hall made ' | the report for the three members of the subcommittee in favor of the Stalk- er bl authorizing the acquisition of the Southwest site and the appropria- tion of $300.000 to be paid in the same Pproportion as between Federal and Dis- ;r‘lrtfl‘!\unds‘hu are other appropriations< 0 er the expenses an o of the District government. TR After reviewing the history of the public bullding program - necessitating removal of the Farmers’ Market and the report made by the District Com- missioners, Mr. Hall said. and in this | section of his report he has the united | support of the subcommittee: It de« | veloped at the hearings that there i | general opposition to the erection of | temporary sheds for the housing of | | the Farmers’ Market and widespread { insistence that a permament sits be determined upon and acquired without delay | “After full consideration of the views | of the Commissioners and others, the | subcommittee recommended that no ex- | | Penditures of public funds be made for | [ihe erection Of temporary sheds and | Approves (he arrangement authorised by the Public Butldings Commission | for temporary location of the Farmers' Market. while the approved site for fts permanent location s being ac- | Greater Advantages Seen, | In arguing for the Southwest I My, Hall's report was, tn part, as fols lows It clearly appears from the | hearings that the Farmers’ Market should be located th & section of the | | eity best adapted for a co-ordinated | | wholesales market district, according | o the standards recommended by the | | Federal Trades Comumission. It i3 the lopinian of the subcommittee that | site. | (Contiy Calumn 80 | | 'Iuru‘m of as much as 30 per cent tn | the average woman's purchasing. and A out tn the stores opermting cost as Pwell More sclentific stares, he halds, | wre the independent grocer's best weap Ans Againal siare: coampetition The selentiflo store was desoribed as | ane With ita shelves open. permitiing | women (0 get to thewm nu\’ WAl o themselves 10 growps ita displays i the venter. iatead of againat the walls | back af & counter. as formerty Radio Programs . Pages 26 & 27 k TWO CENT CURTIS ANSWERS BORAH WITH PLEA FORDRY PLATFORM Senator Points to Record ir Kansas in Avowing Self for Prohibition. HOLDS LIQUOR ISSUE IS ONE OF IMPORTANCE Idaho Man Expected to Question Other Candidates of Both Parties. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The nomination of Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas for President will mean there is to be no pussyfooting ca the prohibition issue in the campaign of 1928. The Republican leader of the Senate. °plving to a series of questions recent- iy addressed to him by Senator Borah of Idaho. bitter opponent of “nullifi- cation” of the eighteenth amendment, said today he favored placing a pro- hibition law enforcement plank tu the Republican platform, and pledged him- self, if electe:l. to strict enforcement of the Volstead law. Feels No Embarrassment. The Kansas Senator found no em- barrassment for himself in the question propounded by Senator Borah. who has declared he intends to put all the candi- dates for the Republican nomination on record in this matter. Mr. Curtis has a long record behind him for sup- port of prohibition, and he believes that enforcement of the prohibitory law is |3 real and live issue and should be | met squarely in the coming campaign. | Should he be the Republican nominee |and the Democrats should pick a wet, there 1s little doubt but what the Kan- sas Senator would insist upon his ope ponent declaring himself on this issue, ther it be Gov. Al Smith of New ork, Senator James A. Reed of Mis- ax;\. or another. enator Curtis’ letter to Senat Borah follows: e 1 have your letter of recent date, While it 1s not m Licy Questions usually submitted ndidal’s i every campaign, yet Wwing yeur deep interest.in this sub- . and being convinced of your sin- it gives me pleasure to comply b e no desire to dictate what shall be in the next national Re- publican platform. 1. personally. favor a plank referring to the eghteenth and the laws enacted carry it into effect, and I favor a plank o'adging the nominee to a fair. vigor >us and faithiful enforcement of them. n my opinion. it is the greatest moral <-ue of all ages. and public sentiment * that ’chh of the political Oppeses Local Option. “T am opposed to s policy which will llow any State to determine for itself Icohalic content of beverages to be factured. sald and transported hroughout the country. but I believe he States should join with the officers °t the United States in enforcing the ‘aws of Congress. as was contempiated o¥ the constitutional amendment. “As you ar2 a former citizen of Kan- as. I have no doudt you remember my scord as prosecuting attorney of Shaw- County. Kans, from 1885 to 1889 11l recall that when I took »fice the salans were running wide open in the city of Topeka and that I had promised. if elected. to enforce the law. “This promise was, as you know. fulillad. and every saloon was ¢l within $0 days, and remained closed for the four years I was county a torney. rent or the Volstead act.™ While Senator Curtis was prepartng Qs answer to the questions propounded by Senator Borah. & praminent Repub- lican wet m New York, Dr. Nicholas \wray Butler, president of Columdia University, was predicting before the New York Young Republican Clud that both parties and their candidates would dodge the prohibition tssue. Dr. Butler and Senator Boral met in jmnt dedate on the prohidbikoa Question M Boston it year. Objects to Evasions. Senatar Borah is & foremast op- ponent of movements i New York and other States 10 give power to the M- dividual States to determine what eon- stitutes mtaicating deverages in the meaning of the eighteenth amendment. The Idaho Senator insists that 8 @ Proper for opponents of national pros hidition 10 seek W ™ the ary amendment to the Constitution and © repeal (he Volstead act. But he odjects strenuoualy to the proposal to evade I ARy way the terms of the constity Honal amendment by State action. 1t 18 expected that the Idaho Sena- tor will follow up his Questionnaire W Senator Curtis with a smilar hst of Questions to other Repudlican candi- dates for the presidential nominatson He mght even undertake to put the Democrats an reeord. Senator mfl. of Ohie 8 the only other Republican who has openly cast his hat i the ring He may bde the next on the list, But Senator Borah &8 not 1o overlok S relary Hoover of the Department of Cammerce, former . Frank QO of s Vice Presdent Dawes and other Repubdlivans & hose names ! be put deftve the natnnal o ahe ;h:;'“nu“‘u Ny .. v veadeat Cowihige the 1dalo Seoator might Yo aaiuae With the necesuity of asking the Presi- dent W state his views on the prodt DN enforvement bsue, oo W onde: W make his canvass oo Same of Teacters thinking of wed New York, wed Pean Avivania, wel Massachusedts, wel Mury A and other States, are moltnedt | Tesent the Balieive of Senator Wmoaluring WP the prohidithn They have wen the fate of Senator Wadswarth, who stood eleatinn W Now York m 193¢ on Plank and fatled, although & wet Dem oorat sucvesdad him - Ther have seen the diflenltien af the Domowvrats over ;‘Y:f lm\w“mw\ P:-“g and Ahey @0 mot Nk e such roubies withn mwwx‘l (LTINS - e wet