Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and somewhat colder tonight with Jowest temperature near freezing; tomorrow increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer. Temperatures: High- est, 62, at 10:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 42, at noon today. Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ’ “ « Che WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “ Foening “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion if delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. > Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,400. e — No. 30,912, Fomds Entered as second class matter Washington, c D, (®) Means Associated Press. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1928 —FORTY-SIX PAGES. TWO CENT ANTLWAR TREATY FAVORABLE REPORT! IS VOTED, 14102 +8enators Reed and Bayard Oppose Submitting Kellogg Pact to Senate. MOSES AND McLEAN RECORDED AS PRESENT | ‘Interpretation Resolution in New | Form May Be Offered Without Recommendation. 1 New Year Reception May Be Prevented By Coolidge’s Trip ?Pr(‘si‘d('nl’s Visit to South May Cause Abandon- ment of Fete, It is possible that the New Year re- ception, which has been one of the traditions of the White House since its occupancy by John Adams, will abandoned this year because of a visit President Coolidge is planning to make at Sapeloe Island. a short distance off the coast of the southern part of Georgia. ‘While discussing this contemplated vacation with friends at the White House today, the President said he has not determined yet when he will leave Washington, or when he will return. | At the present time it is his intention to be at the White House on Christmas eve and Christmas day, but it is con- sidered doubtful if his tentative plans will bring him back to Washington by New Year day. It is thought more like- ly that he will not return before the The Kellogg multilateral treaty d houncing war was ordered favorably re- | ported to the Senate today by the for- | sign relations committee. The vote stood | 14 for the treaty and two against it and | two voting “present”, The two Senators [ who were recorded against favorable re- | port of the treaty were Senators of Missouri and Bayard of Delaware, both Democrats. The two Senators re- corded as “present” were Moses of New Hampshire and McLean of Connecticut, both Republicans. 3 Formal report of the treaty probably will be made to the Senate tomorrow ‘The treaty has been before the Senate committee practically since the opening | of this session of Congress. The expectation is that the Moses in- terpretative resolution, in - re-drafted form, will be reported to the Senate without recommendation. Supporters of the Navy bill for the construction of 15 modern cruisers are seeking to have that bill taken up and made the unfinished business be- | fore the treaty shall have been reported | to the Senate. They do not wish the Navy bill to be embarrassed by an un- | timely submission of a treaty which looks to the elimination of all war. Borah Polls Committee. Following a meeting of the foreign| rélations committee today, Senator Borah, chairman, polled the com- mittee on the question of reporting the treaty favorably to the Senate. ‘The Mosps interprctative resolution, it | is understood, will be rewrittern; possibly with the elimination of practically all provisions except that intended to pre- vent any infringement upon the Monroe Doctrine. It is doubtful that an inter- pretative resolution can receive the sup- port of a majority of the Senate. It was distinctly understood by Sen- ators who have criticized the Kellogg | treaty in ifle committee that they shall | have Yull right to oppose the treaty on the floor of the Senate, if they wish to do so finally. » Proceedings Are Secret..| ”'I'he pr:ceedings of the committee today’s meeting considerable mystery. made that all statenents should made by Chairman Borah, last 24 hours; there have been conferences between Senator = Borah, Senator Moses. of New Hampshire and Senator Reed of Missouri, in an effort to reach some agreement. There Is not the slightest doubt in the . n of Senate leaders, but that the treaty will be ratified without Teservation and without amendment. Just when it will be brought to a vote | in the Senate is another matter. The [ hope of the proponents of the treaty 4s that it will be disposed of promptly. Some of the critics of the treaty, how- ever, may be inclined to prolong the ebate. The probibilities are that once the Nayy building bill has been made the hed business of the Senate, that consideration of that measure and of the treaty will proceed along together. The Navy bill will be considered in leg- | islative session of the Senate, while the treaty will be cosidered in executive session, either in open executive session ior behind closed doors. — s, FEARS DRY AGENT TRAP, -DISCOVERS COUNTERFEIT| Dance Hall Proprietor, Suspecting Bill Is Marked, Finds $1 Note Raised to $10—Two Held. ‘TONOPAH, Nev.,, December 18— Close inspection by the owner of al dance hall here of a $10 bill which he | believed was marked money given him | by a man he suspected of being a pro- hibition agent. has resulted in the ar-| Test of two men, reputed members of & counterfeiting gang which has flooded the West with spurious $10 and $20 bills for a year. The men arrested were John Martin and C. E. Mart. Martin, Department | of Justice agents allege. accompanied | by Mart, presented a $10 bill in pay- ! ment for a drink at a dance hall here | Sunday night. The owner of the re-| sort, they said. suspected Martin and | examined the bill closely. He discovered it had been raised from a $1 bill, and notified the, agents, Cited 52 Years After Heroism. FRESNO, Calif,, December 18 (#).— | Fifty-two years after her husband Tes- cued Gen. George Custer’s flag from the Indian chief American Horse at Si Buttes, Mont., Mrs. Willam J. Mc- Clinton received from the Government his Ingian Wars Medal and a post- humous citation for bravery. An- t was be Nanking Consulate Reopened. These welcome tiding the | night du ¢hich publi latter part of the first week in Jan- aary. ’ He and Mrs. Coolidge have officiated during the New Year day functions each 1st of January since they have occupied the White House, and in plan- ning his trip to this Southern island he is not unmindful of the fact that there will be considerable disappoint- ment, particularly to the older residents Reed | of Washington, if the public reception | Nations. on New Year day is not held. ‘The President will be accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge on this island visit. They will be the guests of Howard E. " (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) KING 1S INPROVED AFTER BAD NIGHT Late Bulletin Dispels Pessi- mism Expressed Earlier in day by British Press. By the Associated Press. - 1 LONDON, December 18.—It was offi- | cially stated at 3 o'clock this afternoon that the improvement noted in King! George's condition in this morning'’s bulletin has continued., The morning bulletin of the doctors said that both the King's general con- dition and the condition around the infected lung area had improved over- | night. The bulletin, signed by Sir Hugh | Rigby, Sir Stanley Hewett and Lord Dawson of Penn, said: “In spite of the King having passed a disturbed night, there is a slight im= provement in both the general and local conditions.” Night Was Apprehensive. which public shpechension ess, after ‘prevailed that the King’s i en the week couraging progress over :m‘l.t hmiulu hnv:ul:hken dA |s‘;uizflmte turn or the worse. a e - sibility was indicated to "heflng Xia mind by last night’s bulletin. 1t was understood that well informed quarters regarded the latest bulletin as | indicating the slight setback reported last night was merely temporary, as had been hoped. It was said that it represented part of the ebb and flow which was to be expected. Dr. Rigby and Lord Dawson were in consultation with Dr. Hewett at the palace for an hour and a haif this morning and left shortly after the bul- letin was issued. An anxious crowd in Iront of the palace had asssumed con- siderable proportions earlier than usual because of renewed fears that things within the palace were not going well. Is Unconscious at Times. It has been two weeks now since the King was allowed to occupy him- self with affairs of any kind. During this time he has not even been allowed to see, as he insisted on doing in the r H | first fortnight of his illness, the bulle- tins which his doctors issue, each morn- | ing and night, There have been periods of uncon- sciousness since the operations of last Wednesday, but the patient has been able for the first time in weeks to get some sleep without sedatives. Each day the illness has seemed to take a new turn, sometimes for tne better, sumel.eiges for the worse. His doctors warned the country that it was likely to follow this course and they | have insisted all along that progress | will be slow and difficult, and that | downward as well as upward turns must be expected. Yesterday's turn was a downward one, and the King. lost ground, although he had made some little progress in the previous 36 hours. Meanwhile, time played its inexor- eble role and there has grown up a general feeling that each hour when no improvement is noted, must take its tax on the strength of the 63-year-old patient. His doctors have not yet said, however, that the Kipg is any weaker than before his opefation or before therapy was begun. Press Is Pessimistic. Throughout the ebb and flow of the King’s illness, the English press has endeavored to buoy up the nation's | hope and scrupulously avoided p im | mistic speculation. This morning, ho ever, a note of disappointment over the relapse was found in all the newspa- pers. They said that what progress the King had made over the week-end was very slight and that with the setback, anxiety at the palace had increased This relapse Was announced in last eve- NANKING, China, December 18 (#). »-The United States consulate in Nan- king, closed since the Nanking incident of March, 1927, was reopened today. The consulate had been Jooted during the Nanking difficulties. The reopen- ing marked the final chapter in the zeltlement negotiations of the incident | Ing_on the bulletin: “The King has | which were in progress for some time. jming’s bulletin which said: | “The King has this afternoon been | somewhat restless and the progress re- | cently noted has not been_ continued | during the last few hours.” A high medical authority not con- | nected with the court said in comment- |~ (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) T;vo-Gun M'erchant Conducts Business As Police Fear to Serve Attack Warrant By the Associated Press DICKSON, Tenn., December 18.— Fortified by two pistols which he has worn since a warrant was sworn out for him for attacking a school teacher, Slaylon Phillips, merchant, continued to enjoy liberty early today. Phillips, whose son was suspended f0r refusal to tell who exploded a fire- cracker in the school yard, sent an uitimatum to W. L. Rochelle, principal of the Charlotte High School, Sunday, #o reinstate the student within 24 hours. Rochelle falled 0 comply, Father and son Monday went to the school, | where ~ the elder Phillips held the principal while the son administered a | Iashing. Officers went to Phillips’ store yester- |day, but backed away, “fearing he might cause unnecessary killing,” when | he was seen with the two guns. Phillips Iserved a brisk trade throughout the | afternoon, | _Officers said today they believed | Phillips would surrender, and the war- {rant has been put away, temporarily at | America. | King Amanulleh and Queen Souriya b BOLIVIA ACCEPTS MEDIATION OFFER OF PAVANERICAS |Way Cleared for Conference. to Act—Committee Meet- ing to Be-Called. {CESSATION OF ATTACKS IS ORDERED BY LA PAZ| Paraguay's Acceptance Note Deliv- ered—Says Defense Prompted Mobilization, By the Associated Press, | With its offer of mediation in the Bolivian-Paraguayan controversy ac- | cepted by both disputing countries, the way was clear today for the Pan-Ameri- can conference on arbitration to take ixffirmuuw steps to reconcile the two Dr. Victor Maurtua of Peru, chair- man of the special committee appoint- | ed by the conference to suggest con- ciliation procedure, conferred immedi- ately today with other members of his | committee and planned to call a meet- ing as :soon as Bolivia's acceptance’] should be received here. Calm to Be Asked. Although no concrete steps have been | suggested to remove all danger of war | between Bolivia and Paraguay, it is understoed that the committee will strive to have both countries cease all war-like activities, urging Paraguay to] demobilize and Bolivia to calm its| people. | Even partial settlement of the con- troversy will greatly facilitate the other labors of the conference, which so far has been greatly handicapped by the threat of war hovering over South Delegates had so far avoided as far as possible any meeting at which the dispute might have been brought up and given rise to heated debate. The State Department showed great gratification at the announcement of Bolivia's action. Paraguay Note Delivered. Juan Ramirez, Paraguayan charge d'affaires in Washington, in delivering the note of his government accepting the mediation offer, said that the mobilization was made for defensive purposes and had been forced by Bolivia’s conduct. Almost _at the same time, Diez de Medina, Bolivian Minidler, was_telling a committee conference that he felt that his country should have repara- tion from Paraguay before conciliation | proceedings began. Nevertheless, hei denied that Bolivia was seeking war, or the avoidance of .a peaceful means of settlement. ~ He declared <that his wum?‘s past record proved ‘that she sought conciliation and arbitration when possible. BOLIVIA ACCEPTS OFFER. Way Cleared for = Pan-Americas to Mediate in Dispute. LA PAZ, Bolivia, December 18 (#).— The Bolivian-Paraguayan crisis made a quick shift in the direction of peace to- day with the acceptance by Bolivia of | the good offices of the Pan-American | Conference of Conciliation and Arbitra- | tion. ‘This decision followed on the heels of a Bolivian order to the commander of | the Bolivian frontier to cease attacks on Paraguayan troops in the disputed | Chaco region, where tension has run high for the past 10 days. __(Paraguay yesterday announced ac- (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) AFGHAN ARMY REVOLT IS DENIED AT LONDON! King and Queen Absolutely Safe in Palace at Kabul, Legation Declares. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 18.—The Afghan legation today stated that it had re- | ceived information from Kabul denying reports received in India yesterday that had taken refuge in a fort after a revolt in the army. The legation declared that the King and Queen were residing at their palace as usual and that all foreign legations and foreign subjects were absolutely safe. H No revolt took place in the Afghan army, the legation stated, adding that | the basis of the reports appeared o | have been in a series of minor incidents | on December 16, caused by a raid of a brigand chief on one of the suburbs of Kabul. NEW DELHI, India, December 18 (#).—Wireless communications with Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, were completely interrupted today. No news has: been received since - yesterday. Grave anxiety was felt here. ‘The air force was reported to be making preparations for relief of the ! British legation at Kabul should the necessity arise. PESHAWAR, India, December 18 (#). —Travelers arriving from Afghanistan today said that martial law had been proclaimed in Kabul. Assemblies of more than five persons had been forbid- den and a curfew order was being en- forced with frequent arrests. BREAD SHORTAGE FEARS CAUSE RUN ON BAKERIES Moscow Population Uneasy, Thor- ough Investigation Is De- manded of Soviet. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, December 18.—The pop- ulation of Moscow is somewhat uneasy over bread supplies and there is con- siderable crowding at bakeries. A plenary session of the Moscow Soviel last night discussed the situa- tion and a prominent Communist named Molotov demanded a thorough investigation and the drastic punish- ment of any one guilty of responsi- bility for & shortage. Joachim, ... Dr, James, AUTOIST ARRESTED N DEATH INQURY Blood Reported Found on Car Suspected of Killing Two Girls Near Baltimore. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., December 18— | Earl Shelby, 1620 Benhill road, Curtis Bay, today was taken into custody on suspicion that it was his car that killed two young girls on the Baltimore-An- napolis highway in the Curtis Bay sec- tion Sunday night. The car also is held. The State policeman who arrested Shelby said that blood and bits of hair were found on onc door of the automo- bile. Shelby was taken to the office of Capt. Harry Butler of the State police 1o questioning after his battered car nad been found in his garage at Benhill road and Pennington avenue by Frank an inspector for the State motor_vehicle comm! er's office, . rnie, after performing au s on the bodles of Marie Staiba. ahd Thelma Viack today, said that'déath in each instance had resulted from a blow at the base | e was of the opinion of the brain. that thé girls' bodies had been placed where they were found after they had been run down some place else. The ‘bodies were found yesterday morning, each carefully laid out under a tree and | | body covered with newspapers. About 120 yards down the road, how- ever, police found some crushed imita- tion pearl beads, a high heel from one of the girl's slippers, and several small pleces of headlight len: The girls were last scen alive about 9 o'clock Sunday night by the owner of a store where they had gone to buy candy. The bodies were found about a half mile from the confectionery. CHINESE TO CUT ARMY. Will Reduce Army to 30 Divisions, To Be German Trained. SHANGHAL December 18 (#).— Japanese reports state that Gen, Chiang Kai-Shek, head of the Nationaiist gov- ernment: Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang and Gen. Yen Hsi-Shan have drawn up a scheme for reducing the present 80 divisions of the Chinese army to 60. Subsequently these _divisions = will reorganized into 30 for which German military “instructors are being engaged. The plan was understood to have been drawn up in connection with the forthcoming army disbandment con- ference at Nanking. Three model divi- slons will be organized at Nanking. Marine Planes Carry Mail. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 18 (#).—American Marine combat planes, with their bomb racks disconnected and the working parts of machine guns removed, have been carrying Costa Rican mail between the interior and the seaports during the emergency caused by the recent washouts of the railroads there. Why? Because his record of Railroad Named As Defendant in Alienation ‘Suit By the Associated Press. ‘TULSA, Okla, December 18— ‘The Missouri Pacific Railroad has been made defendant in an aliena- tion of affection suit for $100,000 filed by C. O. McInturff, fireman, of Claremore, Okla, 3 McInturff alleges company officials falsely told his wife he had obtained passes for the transportation of other' women from Claremore to | Kansas City. NAVY DIVERS FiSH FORSUNKENSUBS4 |Seek to Attach Massive Lift- ing Chains for Rescue Experiment. By the Assoclated Press. | Conn.,, December 18.—The | rine S: men, today was the prize for which Navy divers fished with new lifting hooks in the gale-swept waters of Long | Island Sound. Sunk deliberately without a crew yes- terday on the first anniversary of the crash with the destroyer Paulding, in which the Submdrine sank off Province- town, Mass., the submersible rested in mud at a depth of 55 feet as' divers worked to attach massive chains to four lifting hooks or “padeyes” designed to hitéh the submarine to huge pontoons for the raising operation. «The sinking of the craft took place |on Great Salt Pond, a land-locked bay off Block Island, R. I, about 30 miles from New London. ' The test of the lifting hooks was being conducted by the submarine rescue ship. Falcon. ‘The operation, first of a series of ex- | periments with newly developed rescue | and salvage apparatus, had for its pri- subma- | mary object the determination of the accessibility of the lifting hooks to | divers working under conditions such as those that might be encountered in cases of disasters like that of the S-4 and the S-51. Despite the ‘activity ‘aboard the Falt con, those on board and the crew of the Chewink, a submarine tender which | stood by with newspaper men, did not | forget the chief cause of their experi- mental work, At exactly 3:47 p.m., the time at which the S-4 and the Paulding crashed, the whistle of the Faleon while the crews stood in silent prayer in tribute to those who died in the hulk which was under them. We Want You to Meet Grantland Rice The highest paid : sports writer in the world— 26 years of writing sport comment has made him the dean of the profession. His long association with the men who win fame on the gri diron and the diamond, in the ring agd on the track. has given him a background that few other sports writers possess. He sees with the the pen of a master. “The only man T know who department of a daily newspaper,” eye of an expert—and writes with has made literature of the spo: says Irvin S. Cobb of him. Rice has had four books of prose and verse published. He has helped produced 75 one-reel motion picture sport films and in the last three years he has traveled 40,000 mileg, covering various champion- ship matches and other competitions, If you are not yet a confirmed addict to his column begin now to give yourself the pleasure of read- ing ““The Sportlight,” which will appear every day on the sports pages of ‘The authorities announced today that the city has 20 days’ flour reserve. Radio Program;——fage 36° The Euvening Star SUBMARINE BASE, NEW LONDON, | , once the undersea tomb of 40 | halted all work on the two tenders,) TRACTION REPORT FOR SENATE BEGUN EOHicials Drafting Statement for Subcommittee Han- dling Merger. Traction officials met this anernaoni | o begin drafting a written statement | for the Senate. subcommittee handling | the merger, in which the companies will {outline their reactions to.the reports of the Bureau of Efficiency and of Dr. Milo | R. Maltbie on the unification plan as now pending. Decision to have the companies sub- mit in writing their answer to the two reports was the only definite step taken yesterday afternoon, when spokesmen for the companies and the utilities com- mission met with the subcommittee and the experts. Chairman Capper said the conferees did not get down to & discussion of the merits of the wmerger -me-uu.;c of the objections raised i Maltbie and Efficiency” Bureau repo. ts. Senator Glass, ‘Democrat of Virginia, suggested that the tompanies file a- written rejoinder to the reports and this was agreed to. * Harley P. Wilson, owner of the Wash- ington Rapid Transit C6. and sponsor of the unification agreement now pend- ing, said the statement of the companies |woyld be drafted immediately; and | probably could be filed this week. Plans for Rebuttal. ‘The statement of the companies then will be turned over. to 1’ Maltbie and | Herbert D, Brown, chief of the Effi- ciency Bureau, for such rebuttal as they may wish to submit, It is not be- lieved this can be done in time to permit the subcommittee to resume delibera- tions before the Christmas holidays, but as soon as Congress reconvenes the first week of January developments are’ex- pected to occur rapidly. Although emphasizing that he was not undertaking to speak for the sub- committee, Chairman Capper said yes- terday it was evident to him that the merger plan would not be satisfactory in its present form. He indicated he based this conclusion on the informal discussion the subcommittee had Sat- urday. -l Wilson stated following the confer- ence yesterday that the statement of the companies would call attention to “fallacies” in the Maltifle report. Asked what he thought of the outlook for merger at this session, Mr. Wilson slld’ the chances are 99 to 1 that the merger will be completed. Misunderstanding Seen. ‘One company official indicated yes- terday thal objections that have been made to the clause in the reement defining the terms under !g!ch the merged company would obtain electric current from the power company may be due to a misunderstanding of what was intended, rather than a basic dif- ference of opinion. While a number of revisions in the agreement have been suggested to the subcommittee in the two reports made to it, indications are that the $50,- 000,000 valuation of the merged com- | pany provided for in the plan as sub- mitted will be one of the principal phases of discussion in the subcom- mittee. ‘The meeting was arranged this after- noon to bring together representatives of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., the Capital Traction Co., and Mr. | Wilson, FRANCE REPORTED READY TO CONSIDER EVACUATION Aré Interpreted Concession to Britain Rather Than to Germany. By Cable to The Assurances as| Star and Chicago Daily Copyright, 1928. PARIS, December 18.—It was re- ported in informed quarters today ‘that the French have assured the British that they are ready seriously to con- sider complete evacuation of _ the | Rhineland by next Summer. ‘These assurances are interpreted | rather as a concession to Great Britain and to the Franco-British entente than as a concession to Germany. Poland, France’s ally, is believed to be endeavoring to dissuade France from the course\thus foreshadowed. Poland fears Germany will begin to bring pressure or worse on Poland to effect changes in Germany’s eastern frontiers " Grand Dike Improves. ANTIBES, France, December 18 (4). —While latest reports from the bed- side of Grand Duke Nicholas of Rus- | can Chamber of Commerce | seeking to interview him and inquiring | Home Quarantined; Ex-Mate With Wife As No. 2 Is Barred By the Associated Press. ¢ LEWISTON, Idaho, December 18.— | A smallpox quarantine today forced | a woman to remain under the same roof here with her divorced hus- band, while her legal husband was kept outside. When Ray Farrar came to the home of Mrs. John Hall, his former wife, to bring toys to his daughter, he became ill. He returned to his hotel, but city health officers, learn- ing that he had smallpox ordered him to return to the Hall home and a quarantine was established. When John Hall returned home last night, he was denied entrance, and his appeal to the city/ council for permission to enter his home failed. HOOVER SETS SAIL FOR NEW CONQUEST Uruguay Won to Cause of Amity as Party Leaves for Brazilian Reception. By the Assoclated Press. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, December 18—The U. S. S. Utah, carrying Presi- dent-elect Hoover on the Atlantic stretch of his good-will mission to Latin America, sailed for Rio de Janeiro at 10:30 o'clock this morning. Several Uruguayan war craft took up positions as escorts and accompanied the American vessel as far as the Is- land of Flores, At Rio de Janeiro, where he will spend three days, preparations for thc reception of Mr. Hoover and his party were in full swing today. The Avenida Rio Brancho will be il- luminated, and the Brazilian and American colors will be displayed pro- fusely. e Lunches and dinners have been ar- ranged for the party, as well as motor trips to Petropolis, the Summer capital, and other: nearby .places. The Ameri- at Sao Paulo, in the coffee district, is sending @ large delegation to Rio de Janeiro to greet the President-elect. Uruguayan Spirit Indorsed. Concluding his visit to Urtiguay, Mr. Hoover carried from this republic deep impressions of its desire to contribute to the peace of the Americas. He gave cxpression to these impressions in an exchange of speeches with President Campisteguy at a farewell banguet at- tended by a distinguished company of Uruguayans and North Americans. “I wish to thank you for the elo- b I gou have given of your sen nttos myself and the friend- ship of the people of Ut toward my country,” he . “I know that hospitality and began. these expressions, this this reception ‘will meet with res] in the hearts of the people United States. “Sometimes T think relations between D. C. JURY SYSTEM INNEED OF CHANGE, GIBSON GROUP TOLD Subcommittee Hears Severe Arraignment by Citizens’ Service Secretary. COURT PROCEDURE HERE ALSO DRAWS CRITICISM Witness Declares Four XKnown Bootleggers Served on a Jury in Trial of a Liquor Case. Severe criticism of the jury system in the District, under which it was re- ported four known bootleggers served on a jury in a liquor case, was made before the Gibson subcommittee of the House District committee today at an- other hearing on the prohibition en- forcement situation in Washington. The most ardent advocate of a new jury system was T. B. Jarvis, executive secretary of the Citizens’ Service Asso- ciations, who declared that the best class of citizens are now excused from jury service. “The system of obtaining juries should be changed materially, de- clared Jarvis. “I was told recently that four men who served on a jury here in a bootleg trial had themselves been convicted of bootlegging.” Jarvis also was critical of court procedure in the District, under which he said every legal technicality is raised for protec- tion of the law violator. Four Witnesscs Heard. Jarvis, Frank Sebring, chief clerk of the Police Court; Frank E. Cunning- ham, chief clerk of the District Supreme Court, and Harry N. Douthitt, owner and editor of a newspaper in Clarendon, ind a former worker for the Citi- zens' Service League, were the only wit- nesses called by the committee. All of them, with the exception of Douthitt, expressed belief that a change in the jury system probably would bring about an improvement in the liquor situation in Washington, which had been pic- tured to the committee by previous wit- nesses as a paradise for bootleggers. The consensus was that the length of Jjury service should, first of all, be ex- tended from two weeks to at least a month. Chairman Gibson explained at the outset of the hearing that he had re- celved a number of complaints about the jury system as well as complaints the Police Court had been too lenient structed Sebring and Cunningham to draw up recommendations for changes they think should be . . Gibson also specifically asked for a list of the names of the jurors who served in the Fall, Doheny and Stewar’ s | cases, together with a copy of th. docket entries in each of those cases, which were based on the Senate oil nations bear humble comparison to re- lations between neighbors in our busy |y, private lives. Crowded with domestic problems, we really know little of our neighbors. We read in the press sensa- tional accidents: we know the gossip of unworthy members of their families; we read descriptions of their homes, but we know little of the finer qualities of their home life, their deep affec- tions, their sorrows, their self-denials, their courage and their idealisms. “So it is with nations. Their national accomplishments, the flower of thought and the intangibles of national charac- ter and ideals can come only with con- tact. From these contacts come that respect and friendship, that desire for (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) e O'NEILL'S MYSTERY TRIP FAILS TO START Playwright, Supposed to Be Seek- ing Solitude, Finds It Tempora- rily at “Point of Departure.” By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, Deccmber 18.—Eugene O'Neill, American dramatist, who last | week sent a letter to a nerve specialist | stating that he was leaving Shanghai tmmediately, was still in his hotel to- ' day, and it was learned that he had never left Shanghai, as had been sup- pesed. The letter that O'Neill wrote to Dr. Alexander Renner, who had been attending him, was a ruse to throw in- terested persdns off the dramatist's trail. Dr. Renner today said that he had no knowledge of the ruse. “I don't un- derstand O'Neill,” he continued. “Ap- parently he disliked my services. He had a right to dismiss me, but he shows no appreciation for my kindness, and his “actions are most unethical.” The management of the Hotel Astor said that the playwright was there, but refused to reveal his plans other than to say that he was & very sick man and | was not seeing any one. O'Neill in his leiter to Dr. Renner said that, due to numerous persons | into his personal affairs, he planned to | leave for Honolulu in quest of “peace and solitude, which, if I do hot flnd! there, I will find if I have to proceed to the South Pole.” s Polish President Recovers. WARSAW, Poland, December 18 (#). —President Moscicki, who recently underwent an operation, has recovered. | He returned to Warsaw today and re- sumed his normal work. | Attentive Stranger Is probe. “I am frequently disturbed nbo;!‘!‘d!he Jury system in the District,” e said, Building Probe Due. ‘The hearing today virtually brought to a close the committee’s investigation of the liquor situation, although Chair- man Gibson announced that one more hearing likely would be necessary as he desired to obtain information from Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt. Assistant United States Attorney General, re- garding liquor cases’in the District. The committee, he said, will now turn its attention to the District Building inspector’s office. Investigators of the Bureau of Effi- clency, he revealed, have made a quiet investigation of this office in the last several wecks, and the report is being prepared by them for the committee. This report, Mr. Gibson said, he ex- pected within a few days. The com- mitte, he said, asked the bureau to make the investigation becaus= of com- plaints that “sliphod” methods were being used in the office. In connection with the committee's study of prohibition enforcement condi- tions Gibson declared that it is not the disposition of the committee “to arbi- trarily force legislation on the people of the District. We want to find out what the faults are and to find some way to bring about better enforcement, not only of the prohibition law, buft cvery other law. We want to know whether the trouble is due to the law, the police. the prosecuting branch or the courts.” “Four Good Judges.” Sebring, the first witness, was greet- ed with a statement from Chairman Gibson that the complaint had come to his attention that the Police Court had been too lenient with liquor law violators. “I don't think that is so,” Sebring replied. “We have four geod judges down there." ‘When Jarvis took the stand. however, he took exception to Sebring's state- ment. “Perhaps we have four good courts.” he said, “but it seems to me that they lean backward to help the | bootleggers instead of leaning forward (\)l tlelp the good citizens of the Dis- triet.” Sebring submitted to the committee @ record of liquor cases handled in Police Court since 1927. It showed that on December 15 last 437 “ases were still pending, 42 of which were filed in 1927, Gibson asked Sebring what the court did with second and third offend- ers, pointing out that one case involved a notorious bootlegger who had 32 charges pending against him when he last looked at his record. Sebring re- plied that second and third offenders are usually held for the grand jury. Reads Citizen’s Complaint. ‘Then Gibson read into the record a letter he received. he said, from a | “reputable citizen living near the Dis- trict_Supreme_Court Building_and a “(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Chief of Police, Loquacious Saloon Man Learns on Arrest By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 18— John W. Harris, who operates a restau- rant next door to a raided saloon, is under arrest on a charge of conspiracy and illegal possession of lia bcause he talked too much, policc vealed sia, who is making a gallant fight | toda; against pneumonia, mentioned a slight improvement today, it was feared that this was tempol because of the pa- bient’s age, “ EEEPS, v V. After watching the raid, Lemuel B. Schofleld, new director of public safety, dropped into the restaurant for a cup of coffee, HaiTis, ‘ot recognizing his customer, said the new director did not know poiice business and that the old policemen soon would be pulling the wool over his eyes. The restaurant man is then alleged to have told Schofield that he was inter- ested in the saloon and showed him a secret door from the restaurant to the saloon. Harris was surprised when Schofield revealed his identity. Later he was ar= lssued gt Test a warrant ordered m%