Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Fair with lowest temperature about 32 degrees tonight: followed by rain; temperature. 40, at noon toda; Full report on page 9. Temperatures: Bureau Foracast.) temorrow cloudy not much change in Highest, owest, 28, at 6 a.m. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ch ¢ Foenil WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION iy Star. The only ev in Washingto service. Yesterday's Circul Associated Press ening paper n with the news ation, 106,785 ——y Intered as second class matter office, " Wa ashington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1929 — FORT Y-TWO PAGES. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. DEBATE ON TREATY AEVOLVES AROUND 1ONROE DOCTRINE Action of League of Nations in Paraguay-Bolivia Issue Questioned. GLASS QUERIES BORAH ON WORKIiNGS OF PACT| McLean, Caraway and Hiram Jolm-‘ son Take Part in Senate Discus- sion of Anti-War Proposal. he Associated Press | bate on the Kellogg treaty e war revolved largely today a hypothetical question whether | ive interest by the League of | ions in the Bolivia-Paraguay dis- pute would have constituted a violation of the Monroe doctrine. ‘The question was put by Senator 1 Virginia, Democrat, while Chair- man Borah of the foreign relations committee was continuing his explana- tion of the workings of the Kellogg | treaty. Senator Borah agreed that xt{ was a hard question to answer, but he | did “not think the doctrine would be infringed or challenged by any effort of foreign governments to establish peace between South American eountries so long as they did not seek to establish themselves in South America.” The doctrine itself, Boran said, would not be “embarrassed or curtailed” by the new treaty. “The asserted right of this Govern- ment to watch over South and Central America rests entirely upon the princi- ple of -elf-defense,” he said. “The right of every nation to self-defense is con- ceded under this treaty.” Crowd Surrounds Borah. ‘The Idahoan was soon surrounded by questioners as another crowded cham- ber listened to the renewal of debate. Opposition developed from the Re- publican side when Senator McLean, Republican, Connecticut, a member of the foreign relations committee, an- nounced that he believed Secretary Kel- Jogg. in informing the other powers of | America's rights under the treaty to| protect its territories, had neglected the | Monroe doctrine. Senator Borah replied that the term territories was not used in a limiting sense. McLean insisted that the Secre- tary should have included South and Central America under the protective provision of his correspondence, and be- cause of his failure to do so, he McLean would support a resolution to accom- pany the treaty reasserting America’s guar ‘over this" hemisp Caraway and Johnson. Senators Caraway, Democrat, of Ar- kansas, and Johnson, Republican, of California, joined in the Monroe Doc- trine questioning. Senator Johnson called attention to the letter of Great Britain reserving the right to protect her territories, and asked: “Isn’t tha a reservation?” “I don't think the note gives Great PBritain any right under ths treaty which it would not have had if that note had not been written,” Borah an- swered. “It is merely a construction of Great Britain's idea of self-defense.” “But some statesman-like mind in Great Britain deemed it wise to sel forth his country’s views of this treaty,” said Johnson. The Californian is one of those look- ing favorably on the resolution of Sen- ator Moses, Republican, of New Hamp- shire. stating America’s interpretation of her rights under the treaty. Stand by Borah. Referring again to the British note, Senator Borah insisted that Amer- ica’s position in connection with the had been just as accurately set by Secretary Kellogg in his cor- respondence with the other powers and in his addresses. And the positions of both nations,” he added, “are precisely the same as if neither had opened its head. Now for Secretary Kellogg, I want | i to say that he did not mention the| Monroe Doctrine in the treaty negotia- tions, because he considered that doc- rine a part of our country’s self-de- e, and he has always maintained t the right of seli-defense is not | nived in the treat Is that the on! reason why the | Doctrine was not mentioned Secretary?” asked Senator Reed, rat, of Missouri. g not the only reason,” replied ‘but I think it was the con- reason.” r Borah brought the treaty be- s Senete late yesterday without skirmish by the naval construc- advocates, who have agreed to track their measure for a ‘“reason- time” to permit action on the pact. spelled the document renouncing its way in a_two-hour address, ent over until tod: Democ N abl, sposition in his old ally i nst the League of Nations and the d Court, the silver-haired Senator oy , who listened | ay's proceedings. Replies to Questions. treaty cannot be considered, he having encroached in any on the right of every nation ense. For that reason he saw n the paragraph of a British | v which stipulated that | ved the right to pro- ing by Senators John- blican, of lifornia and Sen- d he stated his belief that the merican War could have been tiflably with the treaty in n Hale of t the cruiser construction bill y in a lengthy prepared ad- s declaring that the 15 cruisers pro- posed would s leave this Nation be- low a naval parity with Great Britain. Signs of the approaching fight on this asure were an amendment by Senator King, Democerat, Utah, propesing that the 1 measure be limited to an autheri- fon of five cruisers instead of 15. He also proposed that the Senate ss its desire to have the President 1 another naval limitations confer- However, with the Kell y agreement to put a vote ahead of s King and Noitis, ka, who are fight- bill, have given word that th not seck to conduct a filibuster to a final vote upon it. ussing the treaty. Senator/ Borah the naval com- | en in the introduction | FOR VICE PRES 1 Curtis Understood to Afte BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. With a new national administration just_over the horizon, the perennial question of an adequate official resi- dence for the Vice President of the United States again is to the fore. plans are maturing for giving it tangi- ble form. They have thé tacit approval of Vice President-elect Charles Curtis, al- though he can, for obvious reasons, take no part in promoting them. He has been consulted and found not to have the objections to a vice presi- dential White House that Calvin Cool- idge had eigh® years ago. In 1921, Mrs. | | Government a brand-new mansion she had just built at the corner of Six- teenth and Fuller streets northwest, as a memorial to her late husband, Sena- With land, building and household equipment, the property represented an investment of $400,000. Congress might have accepted the gift, buf Mr. Coolidge felt his private means did not justify pacious an establishment. The project was thereupon dropped. Republican leaders in both the Sen- QUESTION OF OFFICIAL MANSION Coolidge Turned Down in 1921 r Home Offered. John B. Henderson offered to give the | tor John B. Henderson .of Missouri. | the occupancy and upkeep of so ca-| IDENT UP AGAIN Be Favorable to Plan |ate and House are now considering | | the entire seheme anew. The Hender- | son mansion is no longer available, | having been sold to the Spanish gov- | ernment as an embassy after standing | vacant for three or four years. If there is to be a vice presidential White House {now, it will have to be paid for out !5f the Treasury, unless some other bene- | factor like Mrs, Henderson comes along | and offers to help Uncle Sam. On all | hands in Washington, there is agrec- ment that the time has come to house the administration second in command | | in official surroundings worthy of his | importance. There is hope th: | dent-elect Hoover, with well-known | ideas for sweeping changes in the gov- ernmental scheme in almost every di- rection, may be persuaded to approve a proposal to establish the Vice Presi- dent in a dignified menage of his own | As matters now stand, the Vice Pre. |ident must be a man of considerable | private fortune to live as befits his rank. As present-day Washingtonians remem- ber, Vice Presidents. up to the Dawt era’ and from 1912 to 1925, inhabited | humble hotel quarters. “Tom” Matshall | and_Calvin Coolidge camped out in dwelling places of that sort, both being men of exceedingly slender means. When Gen, Dawes came along in 192! being a millionaire two or three times ver, he was able to rent one of the finest private homes in the Capital. Though Mr. and Mrs. Dawes live mo ~(Continued on Page 5, Column 1). INAUGURAL PLANS READY FOR HOOVER Lieut. Col. Grant Will Confer; With President-Elect Here on Monday. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, chairman of the inaugural committee, on Monday will lay before~President-elect Hoover & complete outline of the steps taken to date by the commitee for the functions in which officials and civil Washington and thousands of visitors will take part on March 4. Col. Grant is understood to have an appdintment with the Presi- dent-elect Monday, although the place has not been announced. Out of the general meeting of chair- men of committecs yesterday afternoon at the Willard has come a clear outline of the many component parts of the ceremony incident to and following the actual inaugural, on the steps of the Capims. Prior to yestc‘rgfly's meeting many_details . out. by. i committees w%t {nm&mug#: Grant and his immediate aides. But from the reports of the chairmen and chairwomen yesterday Col. Grant has been enabled to get a complete skeleton plan of the ceremonies to be arranged by the group of Washington men and women who head the committees. This skeleton plan must have Mr. Hoover's approval in all its details before the work can be put into execution. Such details as to where the review- ing stands are to be erected, length of the parade, disposition of the units and | many other matters will be laid before the President-elect for decision. Hotels Get Reservations. Although the housing committee made it plain that the cry of “standing room only” is not to be raised at this early | date, it was announced at inaugural headquarters today that the larger ho- tels in Washington now have rescrv: tions for the inaugural period which will fill them to about two-thirds capacity. Mrs. Virginia White Speel, chairman of the housing committee, announced to- day that her committee will be able to place 150,000 visitors in private homes and boarding houses, and that this esti- | mate may be augmented if the demand increases. The parade to accompany Mr. Hoo- ver's passage from the Capitol to the White House is definitely limited to 20,600 persons, according to Gen. Anton ephan, chairman of the parade com- ] tion of bringing cadets from West Point | and Annapolis has been decided in the | negative because the compmittee can- | not afford the expenditure of the $37.000 \’ ‘nvolved in_ bringing these units hnre.’ and is satisfled that Congress would not apnropriate the money. That ceremonies accompanying the | inaugural will be both colorful and full | of mstorical incidents was certain today, us Col. Grant went over reports. The plan of Chairman Graham of the en- fertaiLment committee to furnish fire- | works on the evening of March 4 and to | provide entertainment and musical fe tures on March 2 and 3 has been ap- oroved, and an appro,riation of $25.000 has been allocated to the committee on | public_order for the employment of | scveral hundred special policemen, ection of information booths and con- struction of special traffic signs. Authorization has been given Miss Mabel T. Boardman, chairman of the committee on marking historic sites, to have printed and distributed infor- mation and guide pamphlets. One of the main information centers will be located in the Union Station, while booths will be placed at several other locations throughout the eity. Cadets Represent Australia. Australia, where Herbert Hoover un- dertook his first big foreign engineer- ing job, will be represented at the inaugural by 150 cadets, who on March 4 will find here a climax to a tour of the United States. The inaugural com- mittee has-been notified by the British embassy that the cadets will arrive (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) mittee, and will require about three |sc | nours to pass a given point. The ques- | TWO ISSUES AWAIT PRESIDENT-ELECT Farm Relief and Dry Enforce- ment Demand Early Atten- tion With Cabinet. By the Associated Press. U. S. S. UTAH, January 4.—Besides | selection of his cabinet and the mak- ing of other appointments of almost | equal importance, Herbert Hoover soon: must give his attention to two of the | concededly gravest problems before his administration—prohibition enforcement and farm relief legislation. Suggestions emanating from Wash- | ington that the prohibition unit be transferred from the Treasury Depart- | ANGELES, Jan ENDURANCE PLANE, IN AR FOR 3 DAYS, SETS TWO RECORDS tinuous-Flight and Passen- gers-Aloft Marks. SIX TONS OF GASOLINE TAKEN IN 110 MINUTES Sixteen Aerial Refueling Contacts Made as Craft Traveled 70 Miles an Hour. By the Associated Press. METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, LOS ry 4.—Five determined men, who have driven the Army's mono- plane Question Mark through all exist- ing records for sustained flight by heavier-than-air machines, continued their epochal adventure today, showing no inclination to come back to earth. The Question Mark began its fourth day in the air at 7:26 o'clock this morning. When taking on 150 gallons of gaso- line at 6:30 am. the plane showed no ill effects from its long grind. I was still flylng over the Imperial Val- ley, where it was forced yesterday be- cause of fog along the coast. There was no_indication to ground observers | that any of its three Wright J-5 motors was wearing out. While the great black plane passed the seventy-second consecutive hour of | flight, a pursuit plane hovered above | it, and dropped breakfast to its crew. Through a contact hose 25 gallons of oil was supplied. Breakfast on the Question Mark con- sisted of oranges, oatmeal and coffee. Refueling Plane No. 1. It took but 7 minutes to supply the Question Mark with 170 gallons of gas- oline at 6:20 a.m. The contact was made | at an altitude of 3,000 feet. A pursuit plane flew around the Question Mark signaling that oil and breakfast would | be delivered at 7 o'clock. Still Going Strong. The limit of man's mastery of the skies in heavier-than-air craft remained undetermined today as the Question ark, mastering adverse elements and minor mechanical imperfections, droned onward toward a distant aerial goal, | ment to the Department of Justice meet | no response from the President-elect. | 1t Is asserted that an_gct.of Gongress is ‘necessary in the first place to brifig | about such a transfer even if it should | be deemed advisable for administra- | tive purposes, which has not yet been | conceded. Mr. Hoover readily recognizes the| abuses which have grown up in the en- forcement of the dry laws, and in the | treatment of the subject during his campaign he declared. that only an or- ganized searching investigation of the facts and causes could determine the methods for correcting them. His idea ! was for appointment of 8 commission te | study not only enforcement abuses but the workability of the law itself. Selec- tion of such a commission, however, he recognizes, admittedly -would be a diffi- cult task, especially in view of the fact | that prohibition figured prominently in | the presidential campaign, Consideration of the farm relief ques- tion undoubtedly will go over until after | the present session of; Congress, Mr. | Hoover does not de to anticipate the action of this gress, although | the belief is general| ghat there is no| more probability of tion now than there was at the ti the President- elect announced he wouy cal an extra session of the new Conghss to act if the present one failed to put through adequate agricultural legislavan, Early Extra Session Probable. ‘There already is much speculatios. among Mr. Hoover's associates as to when the new Congress would be as- 'mbled, but the President-elect nat- urally is silent, as he does not wish to be placed in a position of even indirectly influencing action during the Coolidge administration. However, the belief is | expressed that if there is no farm legis- | lation before March 4 the new Congress would be assembled in the Spring, as the President-elect is on record as stat- ing he wdnts early action, so the meas- ure would be effective in helping with the disposition of this year's crops. In the solution of this problem the President-elect stated that he will turn to the leaders of agriculiural thought, both in Congress and civil life. “Sin- cere leaders” would be invited to a con- | ference, he has declared, and asked to| Join in'a search for a common ground | upon which action can be attained for the amelioration of the present farm- | ing condltions. i This conference probably will precede | the ac'ual convening of Congress, as Mr. Hoover expects to have a relief| pian worked out in some detail for sub- mission in a special message to Con- ress, The President-clect early today was only two days from Hampton roads, and still was encountering pleasant weather. | ‘While the temperature moderated to some exient, it was not expected that the Utah would run into cold weather before late tonight or early tomorrow morning. The big ba'fleship was main- taining her average day’s run of around | 360 knots. The Hoover party yesterday began the task of packing up in preparation brief railroad journey back to Wash- ing.on. | | By the Associated Press. : NEW YORK, January 4.—John Armstrong Chaloner, author of the fa- | mous phrase “Who's looney now?” wa: satisfied today that he had ‘success- v demonstrated how to turn gray hair into brown. Chaloner came to New York from his home in Virginia especially to dem- onstrate his disco . This consists of gazing intently into a piece of black { walnut_while vigorously brushing the hair. He said he has been doing it for years and that his hair remains brown for several llo\l‘r.s after each treatment. Here's how he explaing it: The color of the wood enters the Byes and - trates the skull and the roots “Who's Looney Now?" Chaloner Succeeds In Turning Hair Dark on Gazing at Wood lan hour of the trcatment a dark | brown. \ | Reporters bofore whom the demon- stration was given have another ex- | planation. They said the vigorous brushing causes the inner surfaces of the hair, which normally are darker, to cover the outer surfaces. But they admitted to Chaloner’s satisfaction that_his trick works. His hair at the conclusion of the test was a shade or two darker. | | for eclipsing that record, as well as the | for leaving the Utah on Sunday to go | ashore at Hampton Roads for their| after having mroken all existing world endurance records. . ‘The Army5s tri-motored enigma which - advanced toward lighter-than-air records this morning after having re- turned to America one of the two prin- cipal airplane endurance flight records held abroad. The second European record, that of continuous flight without refueling, was surpassed at 1:51 a.m. today, coast time, {, at which hour the resourceful five-man | crew had held the ship aloft for 66 | hours, 25 minutes, a full hour longer | than the record set six months ago by the Germans, Johann Ricticz and Wil- helm Zimmerman. “The monoplane, groping its way over | a wide section of Southern California | in an effort to avoid creeping fog bian- | kets and cloud banks, need only land at this airperi, possibly several days or a weck distant, to get official credit refueling endurance record of 60 hours | and 7 minutes held by Belgians, which fell last night. Aeronautic regulations specify endur- ance planes, in order to set a ngw rec- ord, must remain up an hour longer than the previcus record holder and land at the same field used for the take-off, New Record Established. Even should the plane in the closing | hours of its unprecedented flight be so | crippled that it could not return here, it will nevertheless have carried human wlings to a new record of aerial resi- dence in airplanes. Two dawns hence, if the plane re- mains yp—and its Army sponsors now vision the ship as still in the air pos- sibly a weeck distant—it will be ncar to the existing endurance record of a| man-made coggrivance, which now is| held abroz That record of 111 hours and 46 min- utes of continuous flight was made by the German-built Graf Zeppelin in its | voyage from Frederickshafen to Lake- | hurst, N. J.. last Fall. A half hour before the monoplane equaled the Ricticz-Zimmerman record jast night it took on 170 gallons of gasoline in the third successful night refueling, which was the sixteenth re- fucling contact successfully made by the two attendant ships. The contact was made over the Im- perial airport near El Centro to which point refueling Ship No. 1, previously operating at San Diego, was moved yesterday when the fog drove flight away from the coast line, and emer- gency meastres were ordered by Maj. Carl Spatz, in command aboard the Question Mark, to meet the adverse weather conditions.. After the transfer, which required 9 minutes, the plane swung away from "~ (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) 19 DROWN AS AUTO PLUNGES INTO RIVER Belgian Stone Cutters and Chauf- feur Die as Machine Runs Off Dangerous Curve. By the Assoclated Press. BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 4.— Eighteen stone cutters and a chauf- feur were drowned yesterday evening when an automobile taking a danger- ous turn fell from a bridge into the swollen Ourthe river near Say. Seve- ral persons saw the accident but ‘were unable to assist. ‘The firsé bodies of the victims were recovered today. Eight of them were married and left an aggregate of 20 children. Work of recovering the car and the Chaloner gained wide publicity when after escaping from New York, where he had been adjudged insane, he sent a telegram reading “Who's looney now?” to his brother Bob Chalner upon the was de: oyene- latter's marriage to Lina Cavalieri, | and relatives victin bodies was carried out through- out the night with the help of a fire brigade from Igege and army pontoons which were seffy on a special train. Despite the /jintense cold, parents the victims flocked the scene an Question Mark Upsets Con- GLOVER 1S ALOOF IN SHIP MAIL ROW Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral Says Department Dis- interested in Cunard Issue. By the Assoclated Press. Assistant Postmaster General Glover, in charge of foreign mail, said todav that the failure of the Ber aria to carry a large athount of European mail when it sails tonight was because the Berengaria was 24 hours late and the mail had been sent cn the steamers De- grasse and Baltic. Glover said the Post Office Depart- ment had not “the slightest interest in the scrap between the Cunard Line And the Shipping Board over the Cuban trade and has no intention of taking any part in it.” Vice Chairman Plummer of the Ship- ping Board asserted the board was un- aware of any divergence of American transatlantic ma#l from the Cunard Line to the White Star Line. Disclaims Retaliation. He said the board had not requested of the Post Office Department any re- taliatory measures against the Cunard Line because of its action in putling the steamship Caronia in competition with American vessels for the New York- Havana trade. “The only action taken by the board,” he said, “was to notify the Post Office Department that the Presi- dent Roosevelt, which wia to have sailed to Europe today, had n taken out of the transatlantic ser . He added that he did not know what line had been given the mail the Roosevelt would have carried. Fights Shy of Dispute. As for the Post Office Department, Mr. Glover said it would not be drawn into any controversy regarding passen- gers or freight. “The mail was sent by the Degrasse and Baltic,” he con- | tinued, “because I ordered it sent that way; and if there is any blame to be attached, it should be attached to me. My business is getting the mail to for- eign ports as quickly as possible and not taking part in controversies be- tween ship lines over the carrying of passengers.” American public opinion was regard- ed by Shipping Board officials as the final arbiter in the fight between Amer- ican and foreign shipping for the New York-Havana trade, launched with h® sailings of the President Roosevelt and the Cunarder Caronia today from New York. “The President Roosevelt is booked to the mast,” declared Plummer, “and | there is considerable American feeling on this question.” BERENGARIA MAIL CUT. Only Specifically Routed Postal Matter Is Carried. NEW YORK, January 4 (#).—The Cunard liner Berengaria will sail to- night for Europe with only such mail aboard as was specifically addressed for transportation by that ship. A post office bulletin, made public yesterday, announced that mail for Eu- rope, Africa and West Asia, via Cher- bourg and Southampton, must be spe- cifically addressed for the Berengaria, Andania and Ausonia in order to be forwarded on those ships. All three ships are owned by the Cunard Line, a British concern. John Gammie, assistant to Sir 'T. Ashley Sparks, resident director of the line, said the company had been unable to get any explanation for the post of- fice bulletin either at the New York Post Office or at Washington, other than it was “orders.” advertisement _today " (Continued on Page 2, Column the WRECKAGE OF MISSING SPANISH PLANE FOUND ,No Trace Is Found of Three Oc- cupants—Cruiser and Air Machine Make Search. By the Associated Press. MADRID, January 4.—Wreckage of a Spanish plane, which has been miss- ing since Monday, has been found on the beach near Oran. No trace was found of its three occupants, Comdr. Francisco Rodriguez Caula, Capt. Pedro ‘Tauler and Juan Martinez Morillo, me- chanic. The plane left Cartagena Mon- day for Melilla. A Spanish cruiser and a military hydroairplane are continuing search for the airmen, who, officials believe, may have ed some of the islands of he region of have been picked up by Vare’s Appearance [At Senate Hearing “Would Mean Death’ Counsel for Senator-Elect Declares Pennsylvanian Too 1l to Attend. By the Associated Press. Counsel for Senator-elect Vare of Pennsylvania, whose testimony is sought by the Senate committee investigating his 1926 primary election campaign ex- penditures, told the commitiee today | that if it insisted “on Mr. Vare's pres- ence now, he is dead.” Vare, who has been ill for some time, now is in Florida. Francis S. Brown, his attorney, declared that while Vare desires to address the committee and the Senate in his own defense, “there is no court in the world that would bring a case for trial against a man in Mr. Vare's present condition.” The committee mecting today was called to give Vare opportunity to pre- sefit hits side"oF the case in the investl- gation, Chairman Reed, Democrat, Mis- souri, having notified the Senator that today would be his final chance. In his nolification Senator Reed had observed that Vare had attended the Kansas City Republican convention, but Brown said that Vare went to the con- vention “sgainst my wishes and those of Dr. Kirby” and that “he is now pay- ing the price.” The reference was to Dr, Elwood R. Kirby of Philadelphia, who appeared before the committee. Up to the time of his illness, Brown declared, Vare “has been unremitting in his efforts to assemble all Information in connection with his election that would be valuable to the Senate in its investigation. Senator Reed declared that the com- mittee at this point “is not undertaking to try Mr. Vare.” The committee, he | said, had practically concluded its ‘work, but had left the hearings open in ca: some last-minute developments came up. The committee was told by Brown and Kirby that with good fortune Vare would be able to appear before the com- mittee within six months, and an exec- utive session was called for later in the i day to decide what course would be | . ACCUSED AN DIES WHEN ARRESTED Flates for Railroad Tickets Found in Desk of Govern- ment Printing Foreman. | Immediately after his arrest this| morning at the Government Printing | Office, ~ several ~days after plates for the printing of commuters’ tickets for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad | had been found in his desk, Willlam H. Myers .of Baltimore, ‘Md.. a foreman at the of- fice, was selzed with a fit while on his way to headquarters in a police car and died a few minutes later at Emergency Hospital. According to Headquarters Detective Harry Cole, the plates were found in Myers' desk at the Government Print- | ing Office several days ago and enough evidence had been obtained to justify his arrest. This morning Cole, accom- panied by a detective of the Baltimore ! & Ohio Railroad, went to the office and arrested the man. They placed him in the car and were on their way back to police headquar- ters when Myers was taken ill. He was rushed to Emergency Hos- pital. There his death was said to be due to heart disease. A commutation ticket found in the dead man's pocket was declared to be genuine. { 0 North Kenwood street, | i PAN-AMERICAPACTS 0K DBYDELEEATES Paraguay and Bolivia Sign| Truce to Permit Study of Trouble. DAL SEES SPEEDY ACTIONONPAYBILL BY SENATE GROUP Senator Hopes Brookhart’s Plan Will Be Voted on by March 4. AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO CORRECT INEQUALITIES Salary Steps Decreased in Some Instances Under the Welch Law. An early meeting of the Senate civil Tvice committee to take up the Brook- hart bill, to give Government employes the pay increases they would have re- ceived under the more liberal measure the Senate indorsed last year, was pre- dicted today by Chairman Dale of that committee. Senator Dale said he was in favor of the bill, and, while a meeting has not been called, he expressed the belief one | would be held soon. Asked whether he thought the Brook= | hart plan could be acted upon at thi§ { scssion, which ends March 4, Senator | Dale said he hoped it would be possible. Amendments Studied. Since the reconvening of Congress last month, various members of the House land Senate have been studying pro- posed amendments to the Welch law, to correct inequalities in Government sal- aries, resulting from the methods adopt= ed in construing the Welch act. It has been pointed out that in many ca: the increases granted were not as substantial as Congress intended, and By the Assoclated Press. Without discussion the Pan Amer-! ican Conference on Arbitration and ! Conciliation approved in plenary ses-! sion today drafts of multilateral arbi- | tration and conciliation treaties which | | yesterday were approved by their re-| spective committees. ‘The treaties only require formal signa- ture before being transmitied to the re- | spective governments for ratification. | The ceremony of affixing the signatures | will occur tomorrow, after which the | conference will adjourn. i Some of the countries will introduce r;servnlons lo the treaties at the time Bolivia, Paraguay Sign Truce. The conference also approved with- out discussion a report read by Am- bassador Ferrara of Cuba informing the conference of its special commitlee’s | activities in establishing a special com. mission for the conciliation of the Paraguayan-Bolivian _dispute and the acceplance of both Bolivia and Para- guay of a protecol to this effect. At the same time, the gathering also approved a resolution introduced by Dr. Ferrara in which the conference ex- pressed its .pleasure at the manner in which both Bolivia and Paraguay ac- cepted the good offices of the confer- ence. The resolution contained greet- ings to the “sister - republics” of Bolivia and Paraguay and expressed the | hope that the conciliation commission | soon may begin its labors and bring | them to a suecessful termination. The report of Dr. Ferrara, who with Dr. Victor Maurtua of Peru, was co- author of the original resolution Wwhereby the arbitration conference offered fts offices in the Paraguayan-Bolivian dis- pute, reviewed in some detail the vari- | ous steps in the conciliation negotiations :Ed auo!led tlcxlufllly the final concilia- n protocol signed yeste: o two countries, SO0 YCSErday By, the Decision Applauded. There was applause when Eligi Ayala, Paraguayan-delegate, and D%e(':‘ de Medina, for Bolivia, signed a con- ciliation protocol yesterday. There probably were sighs of relief also, for there were nervous moments and unex- pected obstacles up almost until the very hour that the two countries for- | mally agreed to let a mediation tribunal | of nine judges decide who was to blame | for the border battles. | The arbitration treaty was regarded ! by conference delegates as being the | greatest advance for the cause of peace | ever made on the Western Hemisphere, Two exceptions to the principle of com- pulsory arbitration laid down are made, namely, controversies involving third parties and disputes involving the do- mestic jurisdiction of states. Howe individual countries would be allowed to except other matters. Four nations. Mexico, San Domingo, Venezuela and Colombia, have already announced that they want to except questions which na- tional courts are compctent to settle. Another group probably will want to except disputes which began before the drafting of the treaty. Nevertheless, it was pointed out that there is no clause excepting contro- versies which might be called those affecting “national honor,” which, un- der certain circumstances, might in- clude any number of points at issue. This and other embracing provisions made delegates fecl that the treaty will have effect. Save for the two exceptions and those which may be made by individual gov- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) The text of the arbitration treaty and' the convention of conciliation approved by the Pan- Amerjcan Conference, together with the protocol of conciliation sifned by Paraguay and Bolivia, will be found on Page 11. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 4—Coffins for | killers was the jolly sentiment pro- nounced today by Police Commissioner Russell in response to reports that 30 New York gangsters were en route to Chicago. e’'ve a coffin for every one that gets here” he said. “We had one ¢ fit Prank Orlando not so long ago, and the supply is still good.” Orlando, a robber-sijyer from New Jersey with a reward head, was slain’ by police while from a Chicago Promises Coffin for Each of 30 Gangsters Reported On Way From Gotham based on the crusade of New York's new police commissioner, Grover Whalen, by which many bad men are S‘llfl to have been driven from that city. “We won't drive ‘em out,” said Com- that in some bureaus the increases did not start on July 1. Secnalor Brookhart’s bill, however, goes further than to correct the injus- tces which, it is contended, resulied irom administration of the Welch law. Senator Brookhart’s bill would provide for the increases that were approved by the Senate last year, but modified in ‘tonference with the House before the Welch act finally was enacted. Some Grades Eliminated. In the Welch law, Congress raised the | salary rates in each~grade, but in some grades. only six salary steps were pro- vided for, where there had been seven under the old classification law. Sena- tor Brookhart’s plan, briefly, is to add to the rates in the Welch law the salary steps necded to provide the same number of steps in each grade as ex- isted Welch act. For instance, wl the two bottom steps were cut from a grade and only one new step added at the top in the Welch w, the Brookhart bill would provide r the additional new step at the top. The effect of this would be to give cmployes an increase of two salary steps above the position they occupied prior lo the Welch law, If an employe moved up one step in July under the Welch law, he would get an additional step unde¢r the Brookhart bill It has n estimated that the addi- tional cost of the Breokhart bill would not excced $3,000,000, both for the ex- ecutive departments in Washington and the field serviees. Steps Outlined. The text of the bill adds the follow- ing steps at the top of the grades in cach case: Professional and scientific service— Grade 1, a new step of $2,600 at the top of the grade; grade 2, $3,200 at the top; grade 3, $3.800 at the top; grade 4, $4,600 at the top. Sub-professional service—Grade 1, $1.380 at the top; grade 2, $1,620 at the top: grade 3, £1,800 at the top; grade 4, $1,980; grade 5, $2,160; grade 6, $2,600; grade 7, $2,900; grade 8, $3.200. Clerical, administrative and fiscal service—Grade 1, $1,620; de 2, $1,800; grade 3, $1,980; grade 4, $2,160; grade 5, $2,300; grade 6, $2,900; grade 7, $3,200; grade 8, $3,500; grade 9, $3,800; grade 10, $4,100; grade 11, $4,600; grade 12, $5.400. Custodial service—In grade 2, the rate per hour for charwomen would be raised from 45 to 50 cent: and for head charwomen from 50 to § cents; grade 4.'$1,680 added at thg tq of the grade; grade 5, $1,860; grade | $2,040; grade 7, $2,300; grade 8, $2,606] | grade 9, $2,900: grade 10, $3,200. Clerical-mechanical service—Grade 1} 55 to 60 cents an hour, a 5-cent ins crease; grade 2, 65 to 70 cents, in plac) of 60 to 65; grade 3, 75 to 80 cents, i} place of 70 to 75 cents. The new bill which Chalrman Lehls bach of the House civil service comi« mittee has been drafting during tte Christmas recess will be introduc 4 early next week, providing for relief fir Government employes in the lower sal- ary grades, so they may receive in- creases comparable with those granted under the Welch pay bill, Mr. Lehlbach said upon his return to the Capitol ay. Mr. Lehlbach does not approve the Brookhart bill, because, he says it con- tains the provisions which he consider- ed and rejected last year and he has not changed his mind about such provi- sions. He also expressed the opinion that the President and the Budget Bu- reau have not changed their opinions. Cost Figures Obtained. Mr. Lehlbach explained that while he has worked out tentatively the phrase- ology of certain sections in the bill, these have not been harmonized and brought together into a co-ordinated measure. He has received some cost figures from the Bureau of the Budget, but these were supplied for his personal use. He feels, however, that the cost of this relief measure will not be as onerous as some Government depart- ments and others interested in this leg= islation are expecting. Mr. Lehlbach also explained that there seems to have been a misunder standing regarding his study of retro- active features in the proposed legis~ lation. All that he has committed himself to is that where certain Government offi- clais were afraid_of incurring a defi- ciency, even when the controller gen- erals had ruled as to what the Welch act provides, anc had deferred the bene- fits for one or two months, as in the case of the Navy Department, Veterans’ Bureau and some field services under the War Department, that persons now actually receiving the benefits should not have been deprived of them for one or two months by administrative hesitancy, missioner Russell; “we’ll ship 'em back in boxes. Our police in the last five | months have killed 30 gangsters and wounded 54 more. “Tell that to the boys in New York." nd that thes: accounts should be made “agoactive.