Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. . Weather Bureau Forecast) Cloudy and slightly warmer tonight: lewest temperature about 34 degrees: tomorrow rain. Temperatures—Highest, 40, at noon today; lowest, 25, at 6 am. today. Full report on page 3. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 and 13 ch ¢ Fhening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Saturday’s Circulation, 102,63 Circulation, Sunday’s 30,925. - Lot omes, No. Entered as second class matter Washington, ] D« WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1928—THIRTY PAGES. % (#) Means Associated Press. HOOVEREXPECTE T0 URCE STRONG HERCHNTVARNE Development of Better Water Transportation Between Americas Important. SOUTH HOLDS LURE OF WEALTHY MARKETS Competition of European Countries Forces United States to Con- sider Active Program. By Radio to The Star. ABOARD U. S. S. UTAH, en route Hampton Roads, Va., December 31. One of the most important projects which the next administration is e: pected to lend strong support is that of expansion of the United States mer- chant marine. The development of better \\‘fl(er} transportation facilities is one of three great lines of communication between | the Americas which received wide dis- cussion during President-elect Herbert | ‘Hoover’s Latin American tour. A second is the opening of air routes. The thirc is an overland highway run- | ning down the Isthmus of Panama,, which has gained so greatly in favor as virtually to have sent the old plan | of a pan-American railroad into the discard. Impressed by Marine Needs. The need for a revival of its mer-| chant marine if the United States is to keep its place in international trade has been amply demonstrated, if dem- onstration was necessary, in what Mr. Hoover has seen on this. trip. The measures passed by Congress last sea- son are regarded as hardly more than sufficient to stem deterjoration in com- i parison with the actual needs of the Nation's industrial development. ‘These needs are perhaps more of the future than of the present. As produc- tion approaches the capacity of domes- tic consumption it will become neces- sary for the United States to look else- where for markets. Mr. Hoover indi- cated repeatedly before his election that he regarded the present as the time to build markets for the future. ‘That European countries are already awake to that necessity and are mak- ing strong-bids for the South Ame: can market is obvious from even a casual comparison of the British, French, German and Italian steamship services to Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and other ports with the services from the United States..... :oorwmre. ‘There is one American line of “Presi- dent” type passenger vessels runningl each fortnight from New York to the east coast of South America, requiring | twelve to tweaty days ‘for the mp.l Other services require more time. However, the Germans are operating such palatial steamships as the Cap Polario, which passed the Utah several days ago; the Italians are using the magnificent “Conte” ships, and the British are making an equally attrac- tive showing. Trade Diverted to Europe. ‘The ability to travel with greater comfort and speed to Paris and other European centers than to New York is tending to a fixed diversion of the South American commercial trade which the United States may find diffi- cult to overcome later in approach- ing what might be expected to be its natural market. Likewise, only one American line is operating between New York an dthe West Coast. The freight service compares even less favorably. As the advocates of a stronger mer= chant marine point out, another ele- ment besides the advantage of being first on the ground entering into the use of American bottoms for American cargo is the certain amount of inde- pendence and protection which that course insures. The lack of traffic at present to make larger private invest- ment immediately profitable would seem to indicate that a more vigorous policy on the part of the Government is nec- essary if the United States is to find foreign markets easily and advantage- ously available later. Ocean transportation, to be sure, is not the only question of transporta- tion involved in linking the Americas socially and commercially. Aviation is becoming a vital factor over which in- ternational competition is likewise aris- | ing. Railroad Plan Fades. The’third link awaiting_development is the overland route. 1 sions among engineers and economists during the Latin American trip it would appear that the old plan of a pan-American railroad, which never got beyond paper, is threatened with | complete discard. ‘This is due not merel inz and financial difficulties involved, 1t to the growing use of the auto- fiobile. Therefore, opnion seems to be turning in favor of the inter-American highway rather than a railroad. The available traffic would certainly not pow, if ever, be sufficient to make such & rail line profitable. On the other hand, a highway would be less costly in capital investment and upkeep would probably be of greater service, particularly in the mat- ter of short hauls, which are essential 10 ihe growth of the central South American _countries. The great rail need of South America is not north and south lines. but lines running east and west and reaching to undeveloped interior. Largely as the result of a visit of Sovth American engineers to an Ameri- tzn road conference in the United Srates several years ago, a good roads fev-r is beginning to become epidemic in a number of Latin American coun- azil, Chile, Uruguay, Vene- . Colombia, Peru, Costa Rica and have well defined highway programs, 2although construction on most of them is just beginning. Other countries have no programs at all or are very backward. ytina, for example, highway building is meeting with strong opposition from the railroads. Other elements also en- ter, such as the lack of undivertible government funds and the heavy cost to large landowners. Nevertheless, a strong agitation for good roads is found there. The ideal development of an inter- American transportation’ system which those interested are the promotion side by side of sea, air and highway facilities, with ships tak- ing care of the slower passenger and freight traffic, airplanes affording fast mail, express and passenger service, aiming is and the highway carrying short-haul i tary defending attorneys will be trained | effect as between themselves. &sjght and tourists,, From discus- | 1 1y to engineer- In Argen- | at| | CHICAGO, December 31.—“Pineap- ples,” the fruits of violence sown by gangsters and racketcers, have cost Chicago at least $200,000 this year, probably much more. Since 1901 bombs have been tossed and “planted,” but it has been only | in recent years that this form of terrorism played such a big part in the city's crime. More than 100 bombs | have been exploded in Chicago this year. Cafes, gambling places, homes, busi- ness houses, garages, soft drink parlors‘ and hotels were objects of attack. Even officials high in public life were targets. No Bomb Convictions. | Although many suspects were arrest- | | ed in almost every case, no one has| been convicted of a bombing during this year. Police are handicapped by the very nature of the crime and the s)xbrlrepuuous methods of those respon- | sible. Officials say the hurling of bombs has become a profession practiced by | specialized crews or gangs. Bombs be- | gan popping early in January and dur- COST OF CHICAGO BOMBINGS IN 1928 ESTIMATED AT $200.000 {More Than 100 Explod;in City This Year—Politics Blamed—Homes of High Officials Targets. | By the Associated Press. | 26, the homes of six public officials were bombed and others. including | Mayor William Hale “Big Bill” Thomp- | son, were threatened. During that time the homes of | Charles C. Fitzmorris, city controller: Dr. William H. Reid, a_supporter of Mayor Thompson; United States Sen- ator Charles S. Deneen; Judge John A. Swanson. now State’s attorney: Law- | rence Cuneo, secretary to- Robert E. Crowe, then State’s attorney, and Judge A. Sbarbarc were bombed. Attributed to Politic: All were attributed to politics. The explosions that damaged the dwellings of Cuneo, Reid and Fitzmorris were ascribed by police to professional bomb- ers, acting in reprisal for the adminis- tration’s war on gambling. Politics was blamed for the Deneen and Swanson bombings, Judge Sbarbaro was hurled from his bed by the blast that damaged his home and an undertaking parlor nearby. It was there that the bodies of Dion O’Banion and “Schemer” Drucci, gang- sters, lay in $10,000 caskets—the victims of gang guns. The apartment in which Cuneo lived was damaged to the extent of $10,000. (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) GILBERT ON WAY HERE ON WAR DEBT Significance Attached to Mis- . sion of Agent General for Reparations. By Cable ‘o Th Star. PARIS, December 31.—S. Parker-Gil- bert, agent-general for reparations pay- ments, is en route to the United States on a mission which has the greatest bearing on the relations bstween the Old World and the New. Mr. Gilbert sailed frem Southampton aboard the Berengaria on Thursday and is due at New York Wednesday morning. Perhaps no other problem approaches in vital European interest what Mr. Gilbert may say and succeed in doing at Washington and what replies Presi- dent Coolidge, Secretary of the Treas- | ury Mellon and perhasps President-elect | Hoover will give him, Seeks Attitude on Liquidation. Such men as Premier Poincare of France, Winston Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer of Great Britain, and Dr. Kjalmar Schacht, president of the German Reichsbank, look to Mr. Gil- bert to ascertain just how much Wash- ington will do to belp liquidate the war debt and how much assistance America will give—governmentally as well as from her bankers and money markets. They do not expect public announce- ments from Washington at the end of the agent general’'s coming conferences to the effect that the American Gov- ernment has altered broadly its attitude toward Europe. But they place the greatest significance on what Mr. Gil- bert may be able to assure them when he_returns. Behind this hope is the unchanged conviction in Europe that the United States holds the power to make or break the approaching reparations ex- perts’ task of reducing Germany's debt. The belief is predominant here that eventually the American Government, as well as the American bankers, will | h.vet to join the reparations realign- ment. See U. S. Co-operation as Vital. The majority of French and British financiers see little hope of any worth- while reparations reduction . unless ‘Washington’s co-operation is involved. And they regard Mr. Gilbert as the one man who can possibly convince Mr. Coolidge or Mr. Hoover of the necessity of this course. It is far from the thoughts of either Premier Poincare or Mr. Churchill to broach a debt reduction plea to the United States. But this attitude in no degree alters the general allied con- viction that sooner or later the so-called | war debts must be linked with repara- | tions revision. The French and British finance heads are faced with certain figures which, from their viewpoint, can be changed only very slightly if Europe’s debts to America are left out of reckoning. There is sufficient indication that the promi- nent statesmen on this side of the At- lantic believe that Mr. Gilbert, as a practical financial expert, must share this opinion. Knows Germany’s Capacity to Pay. At least, Mr. Gilbert in the last two months, has had an unprecedented op- portunity to acquaint himself with the official views and the actual financial status of every nation concerned in the reparations question. Time and again he has conferred with M. Poincare, Mr. Churchill and the German and Belgian finance ministers, and, in addition, he is the only man in Europe in a neutral | position who knows Germany's true ca- pacity to pay and—much more impor- | i " (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) Fighting Is Feared As Bolivians Near Paraguayan Forces By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, December 31. —La Critica’s correspondent in Asuncion, Paraguay, today tele- graphed that another clash seems imminent between the Paraguay- ans and the Bolivians in the Gran Chaco region. Advices from Corumba, Brazil, said that strong Bollvian detachments were near the Paraguayan Fort Galpon, op- posite Fort Vanguardia, and that it is feared that new violence may result. The same dispatch reports that Bolivian airplanes flew over Bahia Negra last night and dropped fire rockets. BOLIVIA APPROVES REVISED PROTOCOL Suggests Only “Slight Modi- fication” of Pfoposal for Conciliation of Dispute. By the Associated Press. Bolovian approval, “with slight modi- fications,” of the proposed protocol for conciliation of its dispute with Para- guay, was announced today by the Bo- livian legation. Paraguay has already replied to the protocol sent her, objecting only to minor parts of it. ‘The Bolivian legation said it was not informed by its government as to the nature of the modifications desired. The only announcement it received was that “the government of Bolivia has ap- proved, with slight modifications, the draft protocol of conciliation of its dis- pute with Paraguay.” As soon as the Bolivian reply in full is received by the legation, it will be forwarded to Secretary Kellogg as chairman of the Pan-American Arbi- tration Conference .and to Dr. Victor Maurtua of Peru, chairman of the con- ference's special committee on the Bolivian-Paraguayan dispute. Since Parcguay has already indicated its indorsement of the same protocol, the special committee will have to try and reconcile the proposed amendments into a single document which will then become the actual protocol under whose | terms the concilitation will be effected. | Action by the special committee is delayed at present by the illness of Chairman Maurtua, who is suffering from pneumonia at a local hospital. ‘The protocol calls for an interna- tional panel of nine judges, two to be named by Bolivia and Paraguay and the other five by the conference. It would go into the recent border clashes and would be given a year to bring| about conciliation or to report on the |, facts and fix responsibility. Seats on this court are a matter for speculation, but it is felt that the United States, Brazil and Argentina will be represented, although Argentina does not have a delegation to the con- ference here, Fuller details as to Bolivia's attitude | regarding the conciliation protocol | reached the legation later and a meet- | ing of the special committee was called for this afternoon. Owing to Dr. Maurtua’s inability .to leave the hos- pital, the meeting will be held ‘without the presence of any Peruvian repre- sentative. e Insurance Leader Dies. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, December 31 (#).—John R. Vernon, 87, one of the —o0 TROTE MUPOTT | founders of the Ohio Mutual Insurance Co., died today. France to Abolish Ol | By Cab'e,to The Star and News. Copyright, PARIS, December 31.—Beginning to- morrow the old-style courts-martial, with their swift and summary justice or Chicago Daily 1928. | new system of true military courts will be_established. This reform is the outgrowth of cer- | tain deplorable incidents of military | justice during the World War, in which | French soldiers who were the fathers of families were shot for minor offenses or on_insufficient evidence. In the new law an effort is made to | harmonize the military with the_civil code. A cuperior officer can order a trial of an inferior for infraction of dis- cipline or commission of a crime, but there the officer’s power ends. ~The case thence forth passes into the hands of an autoonomous military court. The evidence is prepared by a professional military judge and a professional mili- tary State’s attorney. | For war time, a special corps of mili- and placed at the disposition of the ac- \ n \ | injustice, will be abolished in France | both in peace time and war time, and a | d Court Martial In Favor of One Assuring Fairness cused. The judges will be men of mili- tary rank corresponding with the rank |of the accused, but will be presided | over by a civil judge. The right of ap- | peal from the decisions of the first military court is instituted. Deserters and men who fail to report for military service when called may henceforth have part of their property confiscated, | but in other respects the penalties of the military code are somwhat atten- uated. The penalties of public and | military degradation and public and military hard labor are abolished. SLnmm ey Soviet Proposes Peace Pacts. MOSCOW, December 31 ().—M. M. Litvinoff, acting commissar for foreign | affairs, today handed the Polish Minster |a note proposing that, pending ratifi- cation of the Kellogg tenunciation of war pact by all the powers concerned, | Soviet Russia and Poland agree to sign |a_protocol giving the pact immediate A similar | proposal also was made to Lithuania, ing two months, January 26 to March | CAPITAL PREPARES VARIED WELCOME FORYOUTHRUL 1% {Hesse to Make Celebration Here as Dry as Possible, He Warns. INIGHT CLUBS AND HOTELS CERTAIN TO BE CROWDED | SN | Churches Will Hold Watch Serv- ices—Many Stores to Be Open Tomorrow. Washingtonians are preparing to make the most of a well regulated mid- night welcome to the New Year tonight. While Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superin- tendent of police, has no desire to curb the joyousness of the Capital's celebra- tion, he let it be known today that it will be as dry as the Police Department can make it. Tomorrow the city will indulge in its more formal and sedate observance of the extended coming-out party of Miss 1929. There will be one notable excep- tion, however, to the observance this year, For the first time since the Wil- son administration, the White House doors will be closed to the thousands who are accustomed to look forward to the annual New Year reception as the special treat of the day. The President and Mrs. Coolidge will spend the day in the seclusion of Sapelo Island, their Georgia retreat. In the absence of the White House re- | ception, the diplomatic breakfast, to bei given at the Pan-American Union Building by Secretary.of State Kellogg | in honor of the members of the diplo- matic corps, will be the principal social event of New Year day. Senator Charles S. Curtis, the Vice President-elect, will | attend, but the remainder of the day he expects to work, as usual. Most of the cabinet officers and their wives have abandoned plans for any formal entertainment tomorrow, except the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Wil- bur, who will receive their guests in Continental Memorial Hall. Churches to Draw Many. While thousands are celebrating the | dawn of 1929 in night clubs, hotels and | private homes_tonight, other thousands | will attend the midnight services in | ‘Washington churches, for the program of celebrgtion this year is unusually | varied. Despite the fact that Maj. Hesse has | issued no general order affecting lne; tone or character of the New Year cele- bration, all policemen and night club detors were given to understand | mthe law must be observed as well | as_the coming of the New Year. Washington's night life celebration will be costly. Prices for dinner and the privilege of ringing out the Old and ringing in the New Year will range anywhere from $4 to $10 a plate. Pro- | prietors reports an unprecedented de- | mand for reservations everywhere. Some of the celebrants will start the night early. Others will wait until after theater hours. But few, if any, who start out to make a night of it will abandon their efforts until the sound of whistles signal the dawn of 1929, Tomorrow Is Holiday. ‘Washinglon's thousands of Govern- ment and District employes will enjoy a full day of liberty tomorrow, as weil as the employes of banks and most ot the big business establishments. Many places of business, however, will remain open until noon, Open house will be the general order pretty near everywhere tomorrow. The annual reception to the veterans of the Civil War will be held at 1326 Massa- chusetts avenue, from 1 to 5 o'clock, to- morrow afternoon, under the auspices of the Woman's Rellef Corps, Depart- ment of the Potomac, of which Mrs. Mary A. Wingate is president. She will be assisted by her staff members as well as all past department presi- dents and the heads of allied organi- zations. All veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic and members of the Woman’s Relief Corps are invited. The Sons of Jonadab will hold a watch-night service at Jonadab Hall, beginning at 8:30 o'clock tonight. Maj. Hesse, superintendent of police, will be the principal speaker of the evening. Trinity Church Service. At Trinity Lutheran Church an Eng- | lish service will be held at 8 p.m. with| oly communion. A service in German will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m., con- ducted by Rev. Hugo M. Hennig. Beginning at 10:30 o'clock services | will be held tonight at Zion Lutherap Church under the direction of Dr. Richard Schmidt. He will conduct a German service tomorrow at 10 a.m. Dr. Paul Menzel will preach at the | services beginning at 8:30 o’clock to- | night at Concordia Lutheran Church. | Holy day of obligation will be observed tomorrow at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, with low masses at 6:15, 7:15, 9:15, 11:15 am, and 12:10 p.m. Holy communion will be observed to- morrow morning at 11 o'clock at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, by Dr. Herbert Scott Smith. Rev. F. Bland Tucker will celebrate holy communion tomorrow at 11 o'clock at St. John'’s Episcopal Church, George- town. Watch services, with meditations by Dr. Z. B. Phillips, will be held at 11 " (Continued on Page 4, Column 4. F unea‘Sermon Lasts 3 Hours as Police Await End Special Dispatch to The Star, ROCKVILLE, Md., December 31. —Three policemen served in relays awaiting to arrest Rev. F. A. Virgil, colored, charged with passing a bogus check, when nhe preached a funeral service at a little church on the Seventh street pike near Forest Glen yesterday. Sergt. Guy Jones of the Montgom- ery County force went to the church at 11 am. and found the service in progress. Policeman George Wind- ham was sent to relieve him shortly after noon, and Policeman Joseph Nolte relieved Windham about 2 o'clock, making the arrest. Whether the sermon was prolonged because of the officers, Sergt. Jones could not say. The check, for $27, was passed on Norman Miles, owner of a garage at Brown’s Corner. The preacher 6 2 TWO CENTS. RESOLUTIONS EVE. MERGER SITUATION HELD UNCHANGED Companies’ Letter Fails to Change Opinion of Two Sub- committee Members. ‘Two members of the Senate subcom- mittes handling the strcet railway merger, Senators Capper of Kansas and Blaine of Wisconsin, said today they saw no material change in the situa- tion as a result of the letter filed Satur- day by the traction companies, and a third member, Senator King of Utah, said he had not yet read the comy- panies’ answer and was still of an open mind as to what should be done. Senator Capper stated his personal views is that an important question for Congress to decide is whether a definite valuation should be approved in the merger agreement, and that he has been impressed by the findings of Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, the committee expert, who recommended elimination of of the agreement placing a valuation of $50,000.000 on the merger companies. Senator Capper said that in his opinion the question of whether there should be a revaluation following a merger was not the primary matter which Congress must decide, but that Congress must determine whether a stipulated value should be placed in the merger legislation. Letter Held Diplomatic Note. The chairman emphasized that this was his personal view and he did not know how the subcommittee would view the proposal in the letter from the companies, which was their answer to the reports on the merger of the bu- reau of Efficiency and Dr. Maltbie. Senator Blaine took the view that the - letter of the companies was a diplomatic note, but indicated that it had not altered his view of the problem. ‘The Wisconsin Senator said he did not regard the outlook for merger legisla- tion at this session as bright. Senator King, while not prepared to discuss the proposals in the companies’ letter, reiterated the hope that it would be possible to bring about merger, point- ing out that he has advocated unified operation since he was a member of the House many years ago. There are two other members on the merger subsmmittee, Senators Van- denberg of Michigan and Glass of Vir- ginia, whose views on the effect of the companies’ letter have not yet been obtained. Await Experts' Replies. The next definite development in the merger situation will be the receipt by the subcommittee of responses from Dr. Maltbie and from the Bureau of Efficiency to the modifications and sug- gestions contained in the letter from the companies. These answers are ex- pected within a few days and Chals (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) U. S.-TO-CANAL ZONE PLANE TURNS BACK Stillman Machine's Pilot Runs Into| Trouble Soon After Taking Air. By the Assocated Press. % ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Decem- ber 31.—Mrs. James A. Stillman's monoplane North Star took off at 12:14 p.m. today to attempt a 2,500-mile non-stop flight to France Field, Canal Zone. The pilot is Oliver Le Boutillier and the navigator Lewis A. Yancey. Almost immediately the plane had got in the air it was scen that there was trouble. Passing over Garden City, close to the field, observers saw that gasoline was being dumped and the piane was losing altitude. The pilot began a wide circle back toward the flying fields. He landed at Mitchel Field at 12:17 p.m. Le Boutillier's three-minute flight was almost an exact counterpart of his part in the transcontinenfal air derby last Summer. Flying the same plane in the non-stop class of the derby, he took off from Roosevelt Field and landed a few minutes later at Mitchell Field. He attributed his failure that time to en- gine trouble. No 5:30 Edition of The Star © Will Be Issued Tomorrow who lives in Baltimore, supplied $500 bond, ' New Year Day || that the premier, Army Planes Here On Tactic Mission Stage Aerial Show An aerial show was staged over downtown Washington at noon today by a formation of nine attack planes fyom Langley Field, Hampton, Va., under com- mand of Maj. Robert C. Candee, Army Air Corps. The formation was flown here on a tactical mis- sion in connection with defense training of the attack group. The planes flew over the city for more than a half hour in close formation, flying wing-to- wing, and their maneuvers were photographed by a Boliing Field photograph plane. The visiting formation arrived at Bolling Field at 9 o'clock this morning from Langley Field and will return to their base this afternoon. ‘The planes are of the A-3 type, which is the most advanced type of military _“ground-strafing” plane. Each ship carries a pilot and gunner and is armed with six machine guns, two firing through the propellor, two from the wings and two from the rear cockpit. This type was developed n;spech,uy for use against ground orces. CABINET INDUCES POINCARE 10 STAY Premier, Considering Resig- nation With Budget Ap- proved, Retains Post. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, December 31 —Premier Poin- care today frankly told his cabinet that he had accomplished his main task and was ready to resign because of present unrest. The cabinet, however, persuaded him he had much to do, particularly in regard to reparations, and M. Poincare agreed to remain. At the opening of the cabinet ses- sion Premier Poincare told his col- leagues that he had reorganized the Armistice day ministry in order to insure prompt adoption of the budget. This had been done before the end of the year, and, as stabilization of money was assured, he felt his work was done. The premier concluded by saying that in view of the complex political situation, he would present the cabi- net's resignation to President Dou- mergue, All the ministers devoted themselves to convincing the premier that the government faces a grave problem in revision of reparation and adjustment of domestic political differences. They unamimously declare that Poincare’s continuance as head of the govern- ment was “indispensable.” Poincare finally agreed to remain. Thus n the opinion of his supporters, he definitely avoided a crisis and great- ly strengthened his hand by compel- I]lng the whole cabinet, in which there was reported to be dissention, to insist upon his retention in the leadership. i The premier therefore will face Parlia- iment when it convenes on January 8 i and lead a debate on the general policy of the government, which teh cabinet decided today shall be on lines al- ready followed. THIRD BUDGET APPROVED. { By Cable to The Star. PARIS, December 31.— France has :er third balanced budget since the var, After receiving the budget from the Senate earlier in the day the Chamber of Deputies passed it last evening by a vote of 410 to 110 and ajourned until January 8. ‘The 1929 budget, as adopted, provides i | (81,780,884,109) and expenses of 45,365, ‘762.000 francs’ (1,778,377,070), leaving a surplus of 63,954,000 francs ($2,506,~ 997). It is the third successive bal- anced budget that Premier Raymond Poincare has given to France. Beside the cabinet crisis of recent !get sank to secondary interest. yesterday there were well founded fears chagrined by the ministerial split over the Deputies’ sal- despite M. Poincare's abstention—would resign, forcing another to carry the governmental burden during the trying reparations negotiations now approach- ing. ‘The greatest pressure was brought by Foreign Minister Aristide Briand, Président Doumergue and other politi- cal leaders to persuade M. Poincare to remain al the helm., . g | for receipts of 45,430,717,000 francs | days, however, the passage of the bud- | Until | ary increase—which has now been voted | GRAND JURY LEAVES o0 CASES HANGING AFTER WET CHARGE Fails to Report Action on Final Day; Will Force Re- ROOMS FOR 75,000 SOUGHT IN HOMES Inaugural “Flying Squad” In- specting Accommodations. Maximum Rate Fixed. Accommodations for approximately 175,000 of the great throng of visitors | expected to come to Washington March 14 to witness the inauguration of Presi- | dent-elect Hoover and who will not find | lodging at local hotels, many of which | already have sold capacity reserva- | tions, are being sought in private dwell- | ings of the city by a “fying squad” of | the inaugural committee on housing | and hospitality, of which Mrs. Virginia | White Speel is chairman. | In search for adequate and comfort- able accommodations for these visitors, a considerable portion of Washington's private homes are undergoing minut: inspection these days by selected wom- en familiar with esentials of good housing under the direction of Mrs. and her vice chairman, Miss Speel Kathleen Lawler. At the latest calculation, about 3.000 accommodations for visitors have been inspected and approved, but 72,000 more temporary housing units are be- ing sought by the committee to be made available for the visitors. Maximum Charge Fixed. ‘To protect the visitors from boosted prices and to safeguard the reputation Washington has for hospitality, the committee has set as a maximum a charge of $6 a day for lodging in private homes placed on the committee’s ap- proved list, such accommodations to in- clude a double room and breakfast for the visitors. In addition, housing units listed must meet with the approval of members of the “flying squad,” which make a personal inspection of all quar- ters offered before they are placed on | the approved list. In keeping with the spirit of modern times, every agency for news dissemina- tion will be employed to inform the ‘wurld of the events before and during | the inauguration, according to plans of | the committee on press relations and | communications, of which Theodore P. Noyes is-chairman. . Not only will newspapers, magazines and trade journals be used, as in the past, but radio, movies and “talkie” pictures will be employed to herald the events, and as a result it is expected more people than ever before will see, hear or read about the inauguration. Committee Person Mr. Noyes today m completed list of the p il tae icity committee, which - 5 [0l vws: rk Thistlewaite and Harold Phil- vice chairmen: James Preston, chairman subcommittee on press, pho- tographers and radio accomodations; the motion photographers; C. B. Graham, in charge of broadcasting; Dunbar Hare. James Ring, Martha Strayer, Russell Young, Louis A. MacMahon, Byron Price, George Holmes, Raymond W. Clapper, David Lawrence, Frederic W. Wile, Edward McKernon, Charles G. Ross. G. Gould Lincoln, Paul R. Mallan, Ray T. Tucker, F. P. Guthrie, M. A. Leese and William E. Hall. CHICAGO GANGSTERS ARE SLAIN IN CAFE Two, Described as “Tough Guys”| of Beer Racket, Shot Down. Suspect Is Arrested. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 31.—Two *lcugh | guys” of the beer racket, William Gun- | ner McPadden ana Hugh “Stubby™, Mc- Govern, were shot to death early today at the Granada Cafe, Sixty-eighth street and Cottage Grova avenue, ‘early 200 patrons, who had been dining and dancing, dove under tables, dash-d for exits or hid behind pillars at the sound of the six shots. George Mahoney, a pistol in his hand, was arrested a moment after the snoot- ing. Police said six shots had been fired from his revolver. McGovern was described by police as a former associate of Al (‘“Scarface”) Caponi and reputed foe of Ralph Shel- don in beer operations on the South Side. McPadden, a pal of McGovern, was a business agent for the Asbestos Pipe Coverers’ Union. McGovern, McPadden, two other men and four women had entered the cafe about 1 am. and had been seated about an hour when Mahoney, a male com- panion and two women entered and took a table nearby. Witnesses sald Mahoney walked over to the other table, said a few words to McGovern and then the guns flashed. -o. Radio Progrnms—iage 30 A Andrew May, in charge of still and| call of Witnesses. THREE MEMBERS RESIGN OVER LIQUOR INCIDENT Course Pursued Establishes Prec- edent in Local Court Annals, Officials Believe. As a result of charges by Virginia police that two members of the District grand jury were intoxicated while re- turning from the annual inspection tour of Occoquan workhouse last month, the jury adjourned today without mak- ing a report on about 50 cases which had been submitted to it before the incident. This is the first time in the memory of the oldest attaches at the District Supreme Court that a grand jury has been dissolved without making a final return of indictments. Must Recall Witnesses. In consequence, United States At- torney Leo A. Rover must summon !Rga\n the witnesses involved in these | cases and resubmit their testimony to the next grand jury. Mr. Rover de- cided to throw out the unreported cases submitted to the jury prior to the trip to Occoquan and Lorton because he doubted the validity of indictments re- turned by an incomplete jury. The gand jury has been held to- gether, with “the exception of three members who resigned, since the charges were preferred by Virginia offi- cials; but they did not hear any testi- mony pending Mr. Rover’s decision as to_his future action. Edwin C. Crouch, one of the grand jurors, was charged with a traffic vio- lation and driving while intoxicated, jand was held under $500 bond for the action of the Fairfax County grand jury. William H. Ontrich, another grand Juror, paid a fine of $18 on a charge of intoxication. William A. Mothershead, foreman of the grand jury, reported to Chief Jus- tice McCoy the statements of the two grand jurors and of Paul W. Schmidt, a third member, who was a passenger in the automobile driven by Crouch, but against whom no charge was preferred in Virginia. All three members denied the charges, and asserted that in order to prevent embarrassment to the court and to the other members of the grand Jury ‘they would resign. Resignations Accepted. The Chief Justice accepted the resig- nations of all three men and left the grand jury incomplete. United States Attorney Rover was un= willing to chance the validity of in= dictments returned by a jury so ren- dered incomplete, especially as one of the cases involved a murder charge. There has been no session of the grand jury since the resignations of the three members. The final report of a grand jury is usually the largest in point of num- bers of its entire term. Often more ihan 100 cases are included in such final reports, but during this term the work of preparing indictments has been so well kept up by Assistant United | States Attorney Charles B. Murray | that not more than 50 cases remained for final report. ‘The grand jurors appeared before Justice Frederick L. Siddons, who dis- charged them after thanking them for performance of an “important civic | public duty.” MISSISSIPPI SLAYER GIVES UP TO WOMAN | Fugitive, Hiding on Plantation, Is Taken to Sta‘e Prison After Surrpaer. By the Associated Press. { PERTSHIRE, Miss,, December 31.— Charley Shepherd, colored, conviet, charged with the murder of J. D. Duvall an employe of the State prison farm at Parchman, and the kidnaping of his 18-year-old daughter Ruth, surrendered ay. Shepherd’s brother works on the plantation of Miss Laura Mae Keeler, and he received word this morning that the escaped convict was in a vacant house on the plantation and “needed help and needed it right away.” The message was delivered by a col- ored man named Bill, who also worked on_the nlantation The brother informed Miss Keeer. who got in communication wih = guard at Parchman and th¢ “orother was sent to see Shepherd. After a time Miss Keeler went to the house | and Shepherd surrendered to her. i Miss Keeler and several neighbors started with him for the State prison farm about 25 miles away. Duvall was killed in his home early Friday morning and Miss Duvall waf kidnaped and xept prisoner until shy escaped Sat- Jday and made her wa to a prison camp. CROWDS SEEK 1929 TAGS. 90,000 Expected to Be Issued by Close of Business Today. A large crowd blocked the corridors on the ground floor of the District Building when it opened today in quest of 1929 automobile license plates, which must be in place by midnigat tonigh, Wade Cloombs, District superi’inde’ t of lcenses, said he expected to compleTa the sale of about 90,000 tags by the close of business today. KILLED BY BANDIT. P e i Colored Man, Formerly of Wash- ington, Is Shot in Chicago. Matthew Taylor, colored, about 30 years old, formerly of this city, was shot down and killed by a bandit in Chicago last night, according to advices received by relatives here. Taylor, who formerly was assistant manager of the Dunbar Theater, at Seventh and T streets, was manager of the Metropolitan Theater there. Taylor's mother, a widow, lives at flflx Sheridan road southeasle