Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1929, Page 2

2 CRANTON GHEERE BYCODLIDGED . President’s Indorsement of Park Bill Leads to Hope for Early Action. Representative Cramton of Michigan, eponsor of the bill for a comprehensive park and playground development in the National Capital and surrounding | area, was in conference with President ! Coolidge upon this subject today. He found that President Coolidge had | alrcady approved this legislation and a | favorable report from the Budget Bu-| reau had been sent Saturday to Chair- man Elliott of the House committee on | public buildings and grounds. | Gets Hearing Wednesday. Chairman Elliott this afternoon egreed to give Represcntative Cramton and the Planning Commission a brief hearing Wednesday morning on the Cramton park b Representative Cramton said in view of the fact that this measure has been approved by practically all of the civic | organizations and by the District Com- missioners and now by the Budget Bu- reau and the President, he is hopeful favorable action can bz had at the present short n, which will give | the National Capital a comprehensive | and co-ordinated program. with sums made immediately available to secure desirable property that might otherwise be disposed of. « The Cramten bill authorizes two dis- #inct funds. one of $16,000.000 to be gpent in the District, to be immediately available from the Federal Treasury, but to be paid back in annual instali- ments from District revenues. Of this fund approximately $10,000,000 is for parks and parkways and $6,000,000 for playgrounds, §7,000,000 Fund Authorized. ‘This proposal is to carry out the pro- gram of the Planning Commission and does not include any specific recom- ‘v}\dalion made by Mr. Cramton him- e} The other fund authorized to be ap- propriated is $7.000.000 to be spent outside of the District for the George Washington Memorial Parkway, giv- ing riverside drive along the Pallisades n either bank of the Potomac River to sreat Falls. This program for Wash. ington’s envirens includes funds for t! extension of Rock Creek and Anacos- tia Parks into the neighboring State. SENATE TO OPPOSE CAPPER MEASURE ON KELLOGG PACT ___ (Continued Prom First Page.) (he resolution, said that he did not pro- pose to press it for consideration either 2t this session of Congress or the special tession which is to be held this Spring, but that he believed the resolution should go over until the next regular session fa December. “The country should have an oppor- !mily to consider this proposal,” said enator Capper. “It is not something wpon which hasty action should be Jaken. But I believe thoroughly in the principle involved, and I am hopeful fhat the resolution may be adopted in e form after it has received care- al_consideration.” i, The resolution authorizes the Presi- fent to issue a proclamation declaring ‘hat & naticn or nations has violated the treaty denouncing war. After sudh a proclamation it would be- tome unlawful for the United States 0 export ‘war law supplies to the na- donnamed in the proclamation. Might Lead to War. ! It was immediately pointed out today hat either the President, in the event | f war bstween other nations, would ave to determine which was the ag- jressor nation and as such declare an irms embargo against it, or would have o include both sides in the embargo s 'violators of the treaty. Shouid the President of the United Btates, by proclamation, place the re- ibility for war upon any one na- ion or combination of nations, his ac- tion might go far toward leading the | nited States itself in the war, it was id today. Furthermore, Congress | uld hesitate to give the President au- ority to issue such a proclamation, it s said, fearing lest the President by is action might plunge this country to war. The right to declare war is tonfined to the Congress itself and is Falously guarded. The Capper resolution is likely to pave the support of a considerable fumber of the peace organizations in this country. On the other hand it ®ill be opposed by the War and Navy Departments in all probability. When Fenator Burton's resolution was be- fore the House committee on foreign pflairs representatives of both those epartments appeared in opposition to he resclution. They tock the position ¢t that time that if the United States eclined to ship was supplies to other ations those natfons, if the United states beeame invoived in a war, would fuse to permii needed supplies to be xporied to the United States. At that ime, the Kellogg treaty, nich most of the nations of the world re expected to ratify, had not been negotiated. Capper resolution lcoks to the adopticn of a similar licy by all the nations which ad- r.;sr to the Kellogg treaty denouncing "% JIRAK AGREEMENT SEEN. [Eritish Commons Told Progress of Negotiations Affecting U. 8. LONDON, February 11 (#).—God- rey Locker-Lampson, parliamentary secret of foreign affairs. told the House of Commons today that it was boped negotiations now going on be- ween the United Stetes, Great Britain nd Irak for a proposed convention n;,(ld lead to its signature at an early ate. Answering a question, he said that he negotiations had been in progress or some time, the plan being to con- lude a conv: on similar to the Amer- oan one regarding Palestine, in order t relations be n the United tes and Irak might be regularized dd the status of American citizens YOUR INCOME TAX. No. 8. A taxpayer engaged in a trade or business in which both capi- tal and personal services are ma- terial income-producing factors also is given consideration in computing the tax on earned in- come. The revenue act of 1928 pro- vides in such cases that a “rea- sonable allowance as compensa- tion for personal services” shall be considered as earned income, Such allowance is not to exceed 20 per cent of the taxpayer's share of the net profits of such or business. For example, a er received in 1928, from a s in which both personal and cepitel are material { will determine the question of his luss CAPT. BURLINGAME SUSPENDED AT OWN REQUEST BY HESSE (Continued From First Page.) corporation counse of the District of Columbia be charged with the duty of drafting specific charges from such material as is now at hand or may be obtained.” ‘The formal order suspending Burlin- game, reads: “Ordered, that Guy E. Burlingame, a captain in the Metropolitan police force of the District of Columbia, is hereby suspended from duty without pay, to take effect on and after February 11, {1929, with a reservation of power under the order of June 2, 1914, to remove Isuch suspension as to such officer and to the withheld pay.” The order was signed by Maj. Hesse and by the three Commissioners as aproving it. Probe to Fix Salary Status. Suspension of Capt. Burlingame au- tomatically relieves him of his duties as a member of the police force and carries with it the surrender of equip- ment. The result of the investigation of salary during the time he is sus- pended. Should the captain be tried and ac- quitted, he automatically will receive full compensation for the time between the date of suspension and time of ac- quittal. On the other hand, it is stated, should a cenviction and dismissal result, he will receive no compensation for the intervening period. It is set out in the rules of the man- ual that complaints against members of the force by any person other than the Commissioners or member of the force, in order to form the basis of charges, shall be made in writing and under oath. Accused members of the force are afforded the right to be represented by counsel and to bring witnesses. It is said that Capt. Burlingame will waive his right to a two days' notice should the charges be in regular form and will demand that his accuser or accusers appear and state their com- plaints the same as in other cases in- volving trials before the trial board. Mrs. Blalock’s whereabouts are unknown to the police. The suspension of Capt. Burlingame automatically placed Lieut. J. A. Pierson in command of the second precinct. Maj. Hesse will call at the precinct late today and confer with Lieul. Pierson on the latter's new duties. Blanton Hurls Charges. Mr. Blanton paid a glowing tribute to Mr. Gibson for his work in investi- gating police conditions and the House applauded. He declared that it was a “noble piece of work” and that as a result of this service for the public Mr. Gibson’s life had been threatened. “They” threatened to frame Mr. Gib- son, Mr. Blanton said, but declared Gibson is above suspicicn. He said that a plot was laid to place a case of liquor | in Mr. Gibson's automobile and that it was also planned to run him down with an automobile. Mr. Blanton reviewed investigaiions of various scandals in the Police Depart- ment, in which he has been the con- spicuous figure, including the Staples cese. Former Police Officer Staples was in the gallery during Mr. Blan- ton's speech. Mr. Blanton reiterated his old charge that Staples, who sat directly facing himi from the gallery, had been “framed.” He declared that Capt. Burlingame was one of the two officers hand-picked for this trial with orders to convict Staples. He also reviewed the Blalock charges ageinst Capt. Burlingame. Representa- tive Simmons of Nebraska stated that it seemed necessary for the presence of Mrs. Blalock if anything is to be done about these charges. He asked Mr. Blanton to tell his colleagues where Mrs. Blalock is. Mr. Blanton explained about- her trip to Texas, following which she sald she was going away, and he said he did not know where. He declared that she is afraid of her life, and then made a verbal attack on Maj. Hesse, who, he said, offered her protection, but that he had no confidence in Maj. Hesse. He read into_the record the affidavit made by Mrs. Blalock when she made the trip to Texas to consult with him. News of the suspension of C: Burlingame was flashed to Chairman Gibson shortly after he reached his office following & conference with Mr. Blanton in the latter's office in the House Office Building. ‘While Mr. Qibson declined to make any comment on the unexpected de- velopment, he indicated that it may prevent further action by the committee on the refusal of the Commissioners to agree to its demand last week for the suspension of the police officer. The committee, however, will meet this afternoon, he said, to consider the let- ter received from the Commissioners Saturday, in which they announced their intention of adhering to their original plan not to take any action against Burlingame until Mrs. Blalock put in her appearance and testified to the charges contained in her sensational afdavit. Gibson Tells Story as Answer. ‘When asked whether his committee would take any further action in the case since Burlingame had been sus- pended, Gibson replied by telling a story on & Senator, who, he said, was discov- ered one day throwing his mail into a ‘waste paper bask2t without opening it, and in reply to a question from a curious visitor declared that ‘‘most problems settle themselves if you give them time epough.” Mr. Gibson had planned to hold an executive meeting of his committee this morning to consider the letter from the Commissioners, but postponed it, he said, when he was given advance in- formation that Capt. Burlingame was to appear before the Commissioners and that important developments were ex- pected. Mr. Gibson went to the House Office Building ostensibly .to hold the execu- tive meeting of his committee, and met Mr. Blanton on the third-floor corridor. The two then went into Mr. Blanton’s office. ‘The topic discussed at the conference was not revealed, but Mr. Blanton said afterward that Mr. Gibson probably would issue a statement later in the day. Mr. Gibson also was reticent about his discussion with Mr. Blanton, but he denied a published report that a police official, other than Burlingame, was to be investigated by his committee. ‘The committee, Gibson reiterated, has received a number of complaints against the conduct of members of the Police Department, and these will be investigated as far as is practicable when supperted by responsible citizens.| of the District. . LIRS N BARON MITSUI’S SON PAYS THE EVENING STAR, WASHING™ . IDA WYNNE FRENCH, ALIEN SMUGGLING BRINGS BIG PROFITS “Back-Gate” Crashing Joins Ranks of “Million- Dollar” Rackets. (Continued From First Page) back gate” brings the petty smugglers and the big syndicates between $7,500,~ 000 and $10,000,000 a year. They charge between $100 and $1,000 to smuggle in a man barred by the quota law. Often they blackmail him for years after he gets in. ‘There are days when immigratioa of- ficials estimate 1,000 Chinese, Japanese, Hindus, South Americans, Europeans, Mexicans and Canadians cross the American frontfers in a singl2 twenty- four hours. Since the restrictive quota law be- came effective in 1924 between 1,000,. 000 and 1,300.000 alicas are believed to have entered the comntry surrepti- tiously—and more are border jumping daily. Guarding the Nation's 5.500 miles of frontier and 1,146 miles of Florida coast line are exactly 747 men of the Immi- gration Border Patrol. The Government might just as well try to halt a Missis- sippi flood with a bath sponge. Many More Waiting. While this border patrol is rounding up—sometimes with a spatter of re- volver fights—between 11,000 and 18,000 smuggled aliens a year, more are wait- ing in Canada, Cuba and Mexico to cross the line. Many of this horde are diseased, many are Old World crimi- nals, who will join the gangsters and gunmen in our citles: many are the illiterates, the mentally k, the tubercular and ailing, who will help swell the large foreign-born population in_our jails and public institutions. Despite the feeble protests of Ameri- can diplomatic representatives abroad, despite the puny efforts of the Immi- gration - Service, the conspiracy of wholesale smuggling—as might be ex- pected—grows to international business proportions, and unwanted peons, peas- ants, coolies and slum riffraff are "m- loaded into this country biofl“ls of smugglers’ airplanes, motor boats, fish- ing smacks, schooners, tramp freighters and transatlantic liners. Aliens come across the Mexican and Canadian borders hidden (for a fat price) in coffins, in bales of hay, in freight cars, in the back seats of auto- mobiles and standing up to their necks in tank cars. On top of this one-way traffic across the border, the immigration authorities are confronted today with another great problem. The law permits temporary visitors to come to the United States irrespective of the quota restrictions holding back thousands of their coun- | trymen. But—and this may surprise you— once an alien ‘Visitor” enters thé coun- g;y there is no governmental check on im. No way to trace him. No system for apprehending him and saying: “See here, your six months are up. You're on your honor to leave the United States after six months and you haven't done so. Please go now.” ‘The fact is 17,365 of these foreign “visitors” stayed behind last year. They're somewhere about the country today. They've not kept their word, they’ve bamboozled their easygoing host, Uncle Sam—but they’re residing here, and that's something to exult about. Forty thousand of these “3-2 aliens,” as Immigration Service terms vis- itors, enter: New York harhor every year, according to Benjamin Day, com- missioner at Ellis Island. They call themselves authors, architects, artists, scholars, musicians, scientists, lawyers and editors—visitors for business or pleasure, And across the Mexican border 27,000,000 casual drifters pass back and forth yearly. And another 26,000,000 walk back and forth from Canada— legally entering for a temporary riod—knowing that the Government as no way of locating them among America’s 120,000,000 to deport them if they stay. “ Moreover, there are the non-quota “students,” who come from .foreign lands to study at American schools and universities. Most of them are bona fide students. The schools to which they are accredited report their at- tendance to Washington. But what if they don't leave after graduation? There’s no way to check up on them. To show you how at- tractive this student rating is with aliens, immigration inspectors reported 700 foreigners in Cuba applied for “student visas”—and could not read or_write! More, there are the 10,000 to 20,000 seamen who desert, foreign ships every year at Amerigan ports. They join the hundreds of thousands smuggled across the frontiers. ‘The smugglers’ syndicates, taking ad- vantage of the La Folleite seamen’s law, which permits alien seamen 60 days’ shore leave in American ports, now import undesirable alfens—at fancy prices, of course—as members of the crews of transatlantic steamships. Ships' officers and crews get $85 to $100 & head to aid allens in this “sea- men racket.” The aliens walk . ashore in broad daylight as soon as the ships dock and promptly disappear. * ok ok Unable to cope with the vast ma- jority of these smuggled forelgners, the Government, beginning in March, will attempt for the first time to keep a check on the allen “visitors.” Under_General Order 117, just issued by the Immigration Bureau at Wash- ington, a card index of all such tem- porary entrants will be kept at the va- rious ports of entry. The cards will show how long the visitors are stay- ing—or say they will stay—and when they depart the cards will be taken from the files. ‘That is the theory of the new check- up of aliens. How it will work is prob- lematical. It looks doubtful and full of loopholes. How to Know When They Depart. ‘The Govenment intends to get from all shipping companies manifests con- taining the names of all incoming pas- sengers and crews. The card indices will be prepared from these manifes! ‘Then when ships sail, manifests again will be delivered to the ports of departure. ‘This means that the immigration of- ficials will go over their cards to see if any allen visitors' names are on the ships’ manifests. If the visitors leave on time—well and good. RESPECTS TO PRESIDENT ‘Takakimi Mitsui, eldest son of Baron Hachiroemon Mitsui, famous industrial- ist and merchant of Japan, called at the White House today to pay his re- spects to President Coolidge. He was introduced by Ambassador Debuchi, whom he is visiting before returning to Japan to become associated with the interests with which his family so long has been identified. Mitsul & Co., Ltd., of which Baron Mitsul is the head, is in all probability the greatest industrial and commercial house in the world, with ramifications in everv port of the globe. The Mitsul family has been a trade and industrial leader in Japan for 300 years. At pres- ent the firm is one of the greatest fac- tors in the distribution and marketing of American proudcts ui the 2t Takakimi Mitsul, after graduating from the University of Tokio, took a course in law, and for the last four years has been in London applying him- self to the study of finance, with a view to entering his father’s firm, If not, that's that. ‘The Government'’s new check-up sys- tem doesn't provide for any search for the stay-behinds. If they're caught, it’s only a bit of good luck. Suppose these visitors who do not sail as per schedule gave false ad- dresses when they entered. There are only about 2,200 men in the whole immigration service and you cannot expect them to comb the Nation for the delinquents, blending themselves among America’s 10,000,000 aliens. ‘The difficulty of tracing the move- ments of these allen visitors is evident when it is pointed out that in the fiscal yepr ended June 30, 1928, 500,631 allens entered the country; in 1927, 538001, In addition there were the millions, including American cltizens, who came and went. Checking over the names of all these persons is a job that the Immigration Bureau, with its small staff of clerks, cannot swallow. Secretary of Labor James J. Davis A Uis i slenng every ~Mam wao en- ters this country. If this were done— and an effort is being made to get Con- gress to pass such a law—then the matter would be simplified. Any alien who couldn't show the local police his identity . card "would r MRS ON, D. C. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 192 FORMER BELLE HERE, DEAD Double Pneumonia Fatal After Influenza Attack Abroad. Sister and Brothers at Bed- side in Reunion After Years. Mrs. Ida Wynne French, daughter of the late R. J. Wynne, at one time Post- master General, and belle in local so- clety circles during her debutante days, died in her suite in the Hotel May- flower yesterday. She was 36 years old. A victim of double pneumonia, phy- siclans several days ago gave up all hope for her recovery. She was treated by the house physician at the May- flower and Dr. Sterling Ruffin, who was called into consultation. Mrs, influenza while in England and during the trip across the ocean caught a cold after waves had broken through the port hole of her stateroom several times. She then contracted pneumonia after attending a party at the Con- gressional Club with her sister and brothers. Rites Tomorrow Morning. Funeral services will be conducted in St. Matthew's Catholic Church tomor- row at 10 am. Interment wil be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. French had been at the May- flower Hotel about two weeks, having come here from London for a reunion r, . Robert Everard, John Wynne, all of whom were with her When she died. Their meeting at the Mayflower marked the first time all four members of the family had been to- gether for several years. Her husband, Capt. Hugh Ronald French, is en route from London to India and radio mes- sages of his wife's death will not reach him until he arrives at his destination. Mrs. French met her husband while her father was consul general to Eng- | French suffered an attack of MRS. TDA_WYN land between 1905 and 1910. During that time she and her sister were intro- duced 2t the Court of St. James. War-Time Reconciliation. Following her marriage she and her husband were separated for some time, but were reconciled following a meet- ing in F the World War, when she he an Army | officer. During the ion she was awarded $5,000,009 through an agree- ment. She had been acclaimed as a great beauty in London, Paris and New York and was the belle of any social | tunctions, one of which was “when she was proclaimed the beauty of the Southern ball here. Since her reconciliation with her hus- band, Mrs. French had resided in Lon- don, New York and Washington, visit- ing here frequently. Mrs. French's moth- er formerly was Miss Mary E. McCabe, a Washington belle of her day. Mrs. DICTATOR 70 END REGIME IN SPAIN Rivera Tells of Plan for Strong Parliament and Civil Liberties. BY LELAND STOWE. By Cable to The Star. MADRID, February 11.—Gen. Primo de Rivera, who Saturday followed up his recent decree abolishing freedom of the press with one forbidding public | criticism of his regime, declared offi- clally yesterday for the first time his | intention to draw to a close as rapidly as possible his dictatorship over Spain. In an exclusive interview with the Herald Tribune correspondent, Europe’s most amiable dictator announced that he would restore constitutional govern- ment and resign within two or two and a half years, declaring that his only purpose was to institute “a strong Par- liament, representative of the true opinion of the Spanish people.” At the same time the premier gave }1he lie to widely current reports of a) i breach between himself and King Al-| | fonso XIII and denied the existence of widespread animosity toward his regime. King’s Portrait Over Desk. In his spacious office in the Minis terio del Ejercito, overlooking the bea tiful Plaza de Castelan, Spain's 57- year-old dictator and premier sat at his desk. Directly behind and above him was a splendid oil painting of King Alfonso, placed there as if mute- ly testifying to the King's unreserved approval of and participation in the French lived here as a young girl while her father served as Assistant Post- master General and then - Postmaster General. Both she and her sister were educated in Georgetown Convent. automatically be subject for deporta- tion. The plan is opposed by liberals and by some foreign organizations. They say it smacks of European police espionage. Sporadic Campaign. Secretary Davis has directed sporadic campaigns against the wholesaie smug- gling of aliens. Some of the smugglers, when caught with parties of aliens in tow, have been arrested and given the maximum penalty—10 years' imprison- ment and fines of $10,000. Mr, Davis has suggested that Army recruiting stations hand over appli- cants who could not show evidence of citizenship. He appealed to employers of labor to do likewise, pointing out that Henry Ford, employer of 125,000 persons, does not hire any except those with credentials of citizenship of legal entrance into the United States. This scheme was called “a protective tariff on human beings.” Mr. Davis contends that the 1,000,- 000 or more smuggled aliens in this country were a menace to organized labor and inspired wage-cutting and unemployment. In this connection 1t is interesting to note that today some spokesmen for the foreign-born elements in our cities are opposed to further immigration, saying that an influx of aliens would jeopardize prosperity. At the same time that Secretary Davis was fighting smuggling Justice Siddons in the District of Columbia Supreme Court was upholding Secretary of State Kellogg in the ruling that the “six- month visitors” who wanted to stay in the country must go back to their na- tive lands end take their turns, like other immigrants, at the quota turn- stile, Many of these alien visitors who had been granted the Nation's hospitality have insisted, once they were in the country, that they should be allowed to take out citizenship papers and remain, now that they were here. ‘The smuggled alien hopes to stay un- der-cover for five yedts, Then he's safe. The statute of limitations protects him. Unfortunately, only too often the same international syndicate which bootlegged him into the country at a price of perhaps $500 insists on collect- ing monthly “hush money” on the threat of informing immigration offi- cials of his illegal residence. One argument for increasing the frontier barriers is the allegation that much of our crime, particularly the Tum running, the gang murders, the racketeering in various industries, such as the building trades and the cleaning and dyeing industry, is committed by a foreign-born underworld. Police rec- ords in El Paso, Tex., it is said, show that 80 per cent of those convicted of crimes were aliens. On the other hand, some humanita- rians say that most of the aliens who spend their hard-earned savings and endure untold hardships and suffering in their roundabout journeys to “crash the back gate” must be made of pretty good stufl—hardy, adventurous, spirited, ambitious. No timid peasant, no weak- ling, is likely to take the risks neces- sary for one bent on surreptitious en- try. But the facts answer otherwise. ‘While many an illegal alien has prob- 2bly become a decent, law-abiding resi- dent and has prospered, the overwhelm- ing majority of those apprehended and deported are the scum of humanity— the chronically jobless, the jailbirds, crooks, prostitutes, hopelessly diseased, white trash and yellow. Now that the master minds of crimi- nality are seeing what a rich harvest is being made in smuggling human con- traband into the United States, the “border racket” is becoming efficiently organized, with “territories” fiercely di- vided. Already “hijackers” are at work, stealing shipments of aliens from rivals. “The large financial rewards for the smuggling of European aliens are at- tracting a higher type of criminal— men with brains,” said F. W. Husband, commissioner general of immigration. “These big-business smugglers, unlike the border ‘coyotes’—the independent smugglers—take an interest in the wel- fare of contraband aliens and give them every possible advice as to what course they should pursue upon reaching this country. “This more intelligent type is a cause for real apprehension. It means a battle of wits between our officers and the smugglers. As conditions now stand it must be admitted that the odds are in favor of the smugglers.” Secretary Davis is even less optimistic about combating the traffic. “If we had the army on the Canadian border and on the Mexican border we couldn’t stop them,” he said. “If we had the Navy on the water front we couldn't stop them.” And it is a depressing historic fact that every new legal resiriction results in an increase of violations. Prohibi- tion has shown this and the immigra- tion quota law proves it. Meanwhile, as the thousands—yes, the hundreds of thousands—of Polish, German, Russian, Itallan, Greek, Por- tuguese, Chinese and Czechoslovak aliens are smuggled across the borders, the Government does what it can. In 1925 the immigration authorities deported 9,495, at a cost of nearly $900,000. In 1926 they were shipping aliens out of the country at the rate of 700 a month. In 1928, 11,325 were corralled and deported. ‘With first-hand information obtained by this newspaper on the Atlantic Coast, along the Canadian border, in Florida, along the Mexican border and on the Pacific Coast, 11 succeeding articles in this series will disclose alien smuggling _conditions vividly and com- prehensively, relate actual experiences of border patrol's blood-and-thun- der adventures, and present the views of prominent on this fast- HOOVERLIENED T0ENANGPATOR Speaker Hits “Nation-Wide Nullification” of Dry Amendment. Comparing what he termed the Na- tion-wide nullification of the prohibition amendment with the slavery nullifica- tion and rebellion of Lincoln’s adminis- tration, Clinton N. Howard, chairman of the National United Committee for Law Enforcement, declared in an ad- dress at the Foundry M. E. Church yes- terday afternoon that God called Her- bert Hoover to be President of the United States as though in response to America’s need today for another Abra- ham Lincoln in the White House. Mr. Howard reviewed the major events of the slavery troubles and cited Mr. Lincoln's courage in taking his stand for the enforced abolition of slavery as a means of preserving the Union., He contended that if Lincoln were President now he would take a similar stand upon the liquor question —one of strict support for the amend- ment which signifies prohibition, “What we need in the White House today is another Abraham Lincoln who will demand obedience to the law of the land and who will call out the Federal forces if necessary to suppress whisky insurrection,” Mr. Howard declared. Despite the fact that the prohibition amendment was ratified by a greater majority than any other amendment, Mr. Howard said, the prohibition law is being “nullified and bootlegged from one ocean to the other in a most shamecless manner.” Mr. Howard's address at the Foundry Church was one of three similer m~rt- ings held as an opening of an an- nounced campaign “to clean up Wash- ington.” The first was at the Metro- politan Presbyterian Church, and the third was at the Eastern Presbyterian Church, TWO HURT AS TRUCK AND STREET CAR HIT Motorman in Serious Condi- tion After Crash—No Pas- sengers Are Injured. | ‘Two men were injured, one seriously, when a Washington Railway and Elec- tric Co. street car collided with a dirt truck owned by W. F. Brenizer at Ben- nings Bridge early this afternoon. Benjamin D. Dubman, 64 years old, of the 1300 block E street northeast, motorman of the street car, is in a serious condition at Casualty Hospital with a possible fracture of the skull, contusions and lacerations of the face and body and possible internal injuries. Paul A. McMahon of the 200 block Mills avenue northeast, driver of the truck, gscnped with minor cuts to the face ahd body bruises. None of the passengers on the street car was in- Jjured. ‘The impact of the collision over- turned the 5-ton truck and smashed | the front of the street car. Traffic on the District line branch of the com- pany as well as trains of the Washing- ton, Baltimore & Annapolis Railway were tied up on Benning road for more than half an hour. According to police, the truck, loaded with dirt, was backing onto a dump pile to unload along a tract now be- ing filled in with dirt near the Ana- costia River on Benning road, prepara- tory to the widening of the road on that side to the "District line. The truck, police said, was hacking over the car tracks at a board crossing when the approaching street car struck it. B i SEEK TO FORM AIR CLUB. Meeting Scheduled for Thursday Night—Plan Ground School. Efforts to organize an aviation body to be known as the Washington Club of Aeronautics will be made at a meet- ing Thursday night at 8 o'clock at L'Aiglon, Eighteenth street and Colum- bia road. Membership will be opened to persons interested in the study of flying and a “ground school” is to be conducted by Ll R. C. Funk, jr., former Army pilot and Reserve flyer. growing international conspiracy against law and order. In the second article tomorrow Mr. Klein will tell how aliens are smuggled past Ellis Island, how 10,000 alien sea- men get ashore, how steamship skippers sell “stoke hole tickets” to stowaways -and one-way deck J landlubbers, dictatorship. “Our greatest remaining task is to draft and inaugurate a constitution and legal reforms. It is in these that I look to the completion of my work. “We shall prepare, first, the project for a new constitution; second, a law of public order; third, a project of elec- toral reform; fourth, a law of associ- ations, and, fifth, laws of regulations for the press. “When all are ready we shall sub- mit them to the whole country in a referendum, and if the nation ap- proves we shall convoke a new assembly and a new constitutional government. “I want a strong and truly repre- sentative Parliament, in which all secg tions of public opinion will participate. Months of Study Required. To do this, explained the dictator, it would be necessary for the present As- sembly to propose the new constitution and laws to the government. The gov- ernment would require three or four months for study and revision of the projects, after which they would be placed before the country. “How long would this take?” the correspondent inquired. “I hope that before 1932 we shall have finished our task completely, both | the constitution and all the comple- | mentary laws. But I don’t think it will require three years. No, in two years, or perhaps thirty months I shall have finished.” “What will you do then?" “When the new constitution and laws are adopted it will remain for the King and the people to choose a government. I shall resign and give way to those younger and less fatigued. Despite the fact that he was soon to declare himself overburdened with his responsibilities as dictator and anxious to relinquishe power, there was nothing in his mien or bearing to betray such feeling. If the events of the last two weeks were sufficiently serious to cause him to resort to the most drastice de. crees yet inaugurated in the five and a half years of his rule, nothing in Gen. de Rivera's bearing gave evidence of deep concern. (Copyright, 1929.) MEXICO IS STIRRED BY DYNAMITING OF PORTES GIL’S TRAIN (Continued_ From First Page) | the attempt on his life and they were i released. Near the scene of the dynamiting troeps found the remains of an open air ;meal, scme sulphuric acid and a re- ceipt for a telegram sent at Tampico, where the President had been after a visit to Ciudad Victoria to attend the in- augural of his successor as governor of the state of Tamaulipas. Further down the track another dyna- mite bomb—unexploded—was found affixed to the rails. ‘Troops were ordered out of garrisons to search for those responsible for the train dynamiting. All were instructed to shoot or cap- aure' any one connected with the inci- lent. A special train was dispatched from Queretaro, enabling the party to con- tinue the journey to Mexico City. With the President aboard the train were a number of politicians, a considerable body of troops and a number of news- papermen. Mexico City police had their hands full at the funeral of Toral. A motor hearse carried his body to the Spanish cemetery, on the outskirts of the city. As it passed through the streets a crowd fell in behind, with occasional women breaking through police lines to grab a flower from the hearse. Toral's Kin Absent. Fire engines accompanied the pro- cession, with hoses ready to disperse the gathering should it become unruly. Neither father, mother nor widow of Toral was able to participate in the services. While interment was in progress a volley of shots nearby frightencd some, but it developed soldiers had only| fired above the heads of the crowd in | an_effort to disperse it. ‘There were frequent clashes between the firemen with the hose, the police and crowds of mourners, many of whom |fhl‘cw stones to emphasize their feel- ngs. Many of the mourners stayed at the cemetery to pray long after dark. Oihers on their way home stoned the home of Felipe Islas, superintendent of | the penitentiary where Toral was ex- ecuied. There was little damage. Police officials estimated that 100,000 geople lined the long route from the ome of Toral's parents to the cem- etery. The crowds were in anything but a peaceful mood. They shouted “Viva Toral” and “Viva Cristo Rey” (Long Live Christ King) as the funeral cor- tege approached, and openly jeered the | police. A newspaper check-up late to- day showed three dead and a large number of wounded in the disturbances growing out of the funeral. Quick Wit Saves Portes Gil. Humberto ~ Martinez, brother of Augustin Martinez, the dead fireman, told newspaper men that quick work oi the engineer probably saved the Mexi- can President from death. He said the train was going about 45 miles an hour south of Rincon when a terrific explosion occurred about 300 yards ahead, blowing to bits the small railroad bridge spanning a dry gap. The engineer applied the brakes, but before the train could be stopped the engine and its tender and one Pullman had leaped entirely across the gap and overturned. The fireman was killed when his body wu’a_hclu ht in the wreckage. e alseep when the e; they hastily donn the train 10 | bath robes and left | power, accepts 750,000,000 lire cash and SUMMARY OF PACT Text of Official Com- munique on Papal Relations. (Continued From First Page.) St. Peter's square, though forming part of the Vatican territory, will con- tinue being normally open to the pub- lic and subject to the police powers of the Italian authorities. The boundaries of the Vatican city are indicated on a map annexed to the treaty. “A special se specifies that all public services with which the Vatican city will be endowed shall be by Italian connection with other states, telegraph, telephone, wireless broadcasting and postal services. “Another agreement was provided for between the Holy See and the Italian state for the circulation on Italian ter- ritory of terrestrial vehicles and aircraft belonging to the Vatican city. Specifies Citizenship. “Another clause specifies persons sub- ject to the sovereignty of the Holy See, namely those having steble residence in the Vatican City. The trealy also lays down the immunity which will be en- joyed even by those who do not reside in the above-mentioned city,. namely, all dignitaries of the church, persons belonging to the pontifical court and Vatican officials declared indispensible by the Holy See. “Territorial immunities also are pro- vided for the patriarchal basilicas and certain edifices situated outside of the Vatican City, in which the Holy See has | hcgsed or will house iis congregations | or offices and services necesary for ils administration. “Italy recognized the Holy See’s right to send its own diplomats to foreign countries and to receive foreign diplo- mats according to the general rules of international law. . The two high con- tracting parties bind themselves to es- tablish normal diplomatic relations by accrediting an Italian Ambassador to the Holy See and an apostolic nuncion to Italy who will be the dean of the diplomatic body acocrding to custo- mary procedure as recognized in the Congress of Vienna. Treasures Remain Visible. “It is also agreed that the artistic and scientific treasures existing in the Vatican City and Lateran continue to remain visible to students and visitors. “Another clause states that if the Holy See requests it, either in any sin- | gle case or as a general rule, the Ital. {ian government will see to punishment in its own territory of crimes committed in the Vatican City. Similarly the Holy See will deliver to Italy persons who have taken refuge on Vatican ter- ritory accused of acts which are con- sidered criminal by the laws of both states. “Yet another clause states that the Vatican wishes to remain and will re- main extraneous to temporal competi- tions between other states and from in- fernational congresses convened for this purpese unless the parties in con- flict appeal unanimously to its mission of peace and reserving the right, in any case, to exercise its moral and spiritual power. Former Treaties Abrogated. “As a consequence of the above, the Vatican territory will always be consid- ered neutral and inviolable. ; “Then comes the declaration as fol- ws: “‘The Holy See considers that with | the agreements today signed it possesses guarantees necessary to provide with due liberty and independence spiritual government of the diocese of | lo Italy and the whole world, declares the Roman question definitely and irrevocably settled and therefore elimi- nated, and recognizes the kingdom' of Italy under the dynasty of the house of Savoy, with Rome as the capital of the Italian State, Italy, on its side, recognizes the state of the Vatican City under the sovereignty of the supreme pontiff. The law of guarantees and any other law or act contrary to the present treaty is abrogated. “The article concerning marriage is particularly interesting and says ‘The Italian state, wishing to give back to mairimony, which is the base of the family, dignity in agreement with the Catholic tradition of its people, recog- nizes matrimony as a sacrament regu- lated by canon law in its relation to civil law. The banns of marriage must appear in the parish church, as well as in the municipality. Immediately after the celebration of a marriage, the par- ish priest will explain to the married couple the civil consequences of mar- riage reading the articles of the civil code concerning the rights and duties of a married couple. Priest Must Report Marriage. ““The parish priest must also send within five days the marriage certificate to the municipality and have it copied in the registers there. Cases concern- ing the nullity of marriage and the dissolution of marriages celebrated but not consummated are reserved to the ecclesiastical courts. Their sentences, before becoming definite, must brought before the Supreme Tribunal of Segnatura (a King or supreme court), which will determine if all the rules of cancn law have been respected con- cerning the competence of the judge and whether the interested parties were represented before the court or judged by default. “The decision of the Supreme Tribunal Segnatura will be sent to the Court of Appeal of the Italian State which will enforce the sentences of the ecclesiastical authority, ordering them to be an- notated in the municipal marriage registers. With regard to cases of separation, the Holy See consents to judgment being given by the Italian civil authorities.” “The teaching of religion becomes compulsory, not only in the elementary schools but also in the secondary schools according to the program established in the accord between the Holy See and| Italy. Italy recognizes Catholic organ- izations forming part of ‘Italian Catholic actlon,’ which, according to instruction of the Holy See, must keep their activ- ity outside of any political party and under the immediate control of the higrarchy of the church for spreading and applying Catholic principles. “Toward the end, the concordat establishes that any future difficulty in | the interpretation of the same is to be solved by the Holy See and Italy| through mutual and friendly under- standing. “The financial convention establishes that the Holy See, as definite settlement of all its financial relations with Italy in consequence of the fall of temporal 1,000,000,000 lire in Italian state con- sole at 5 per cent. This sum is inferior to what Italy would have paid if the Holy See had accepted the allowance granted by the law of guarantees of May 13, 1871. The treaty of conciliation, the concordat and the financial convention must be ratified by the supreme Pontiff and the King of Italy within four months from today’s signature and will have effect from the moment of ratification.” SENATE SPEE:IAL SESSION By the Assoclated Press, Following the customary procedure, Fresident Coolidge today issued a proc- lamation calling the Senate into special | session at noon on March 4 “to receive | such communications as may be made” | by the Chief Executive. Under the Constitution, the present | session ‘ends automaticaily at 12 o’clock | of that day. In order to receive nomi- nations or other matters of business the | Rome and of the Catholic Church in | AT NOON MARCH 4 CALLED = U. S. DEBT EXPERTS AT HEAD OF COUNGIL: Position Makes Certain Thati Young Will Be Elected as Chairman. . ¢ By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, February 11.—American members of the reparaticns commission were at the head of the council table when the experts, who will seek definite solution of the German war payments problem, sat down for thefr first formal meeting here shortly after 2 p.m. today. ‘The position of the representatives from the United States made it certain that Owen D. Young would be elected permanent chairman of the body. This had been decided upon at an infor- mal meeting Saturday, but its cone summation was dependent upon the at« titude of President Coolidge, who had expressed a preference that some Euro- pean be chosen for the place. Word having come thai the Washington ad- ministretion recognized that the dele~ gates themselves should elect their own chairman this barrier to Mr. Young's® selection was removed. ‘The experts assembled today around a huge table in the Hotel George V. The French delegates were at the right of Mr. Young, J. P. Morgan and Thomas W. Lamont. The British representa= tives were at the left of the Americans, Next to the British sat the Germans, while below the French were the Ital- jans, Japanese and Belgians. German Reporters Present. ‘The Japanese were the first to arrive, appearing at the council "oom promptly on time at 2. o'clock. The others en- tered a few minutes later. Photogre.ph- ers and newspaper men were ted and there were many demands for poses and for action on behalf of news reels as the dilegates took their places. But all these outsiders were excluded when Emil Mcreau, governor of the Bank of France, called the meeting to order. In the crowd of unofficial observers, reporters for German newspapers were conspicuous because of their number. They came early, too, most of them arriving at the hotel a full hour before the meeting was scheduled to begin. ‘The committee of experts mobilizes the keenest financial brains of Europe and America. Its task was to dispose definitely and permanently of the vex- ing problem of reparations. ‘The Dawes plan determined the an- nual amounts which Germany - Was capable of paying toward reduction of her indebtednéss to the allies. Events proved the accuracy of its author’s esti- mates of Germany's capacity. May Eliminate Controversles. Now it is hoped to complete the plan by fixing the number and amount of annual payments by Germany, with the ultimate end in view of commercializing the debt and of transforming it from a political to a commercial obligation toward a host of bondholders spread over the face of the globe. Such an operation would eliminate many of the irritating controversies which have marked the payments in the past. Too, it would minimize the risk of default on the part of Germany because in refusing to meet obligations she would ruin her credit and destroy her exchange. Just as the Dawes plan authors went to work under the leadership of Ameri- cans, so today was this after conference setting to work with American thought end leadership predominating. 5 American financial leadership and the tendency to regard the American delegates as the most neutral of any here, mostly likely to be influenced by purely economic principles, have en- hanced their position and made cer- tain they play a predominating role in the conierences. France and Germany Are Extremes. France and Germany represent ths two extremes which must be reconciled. France hopes for nearly ten billion dol- lars from Germany—nearly six bil« lions for reconstruction of Northern France and four billions to repay war debts to Great Britain and the United States. Germany feels it should pay far less and will predicate whatever concessions she is willing to make on speedy evacu= ation of the left bank of the Rhine. Adjustment of these two extremes is likely to prove an exceptionally delicata matter. Spread of the obligations. it is believed, likely will be over a period equal to that of those m\'glvlnx tha allled nations and the United States. COOLIDGE SANCTIONS ACT. ‘The unanimous demand expressed by the committee of experts in Paris that Owen D. Young, unofficial American delegate, act as the permanent chair- man during their meeting to finally settle the German reparations problem, meets approval of President Coolidge. WILLIAM MOODY QUITS CHAIRMANSHIP POSTS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 11.—William R. Moody has resigned the chairmanship of the board of trustees of the three institutions founded at East Northfleld, Mass., by his father, Dwight L. Moody, famous evangelist. ‘The institutions, with which he has been connected for 35 years, are the Northfield Seminary for girls, Mount | Hermon School for boys and the Sum- mer Bible and Missionary Conference. Disapproval of the policles of the president of the board, Rev, Eliott Speer, was the basic reason given in his letter of resignation, made public today. He also said he had the responsibility but no authority. He retained his member- ship on the board of trustees and will conduct the Bible conferences next summer. In the letter of resignation he lsted six points in the policy of the present administration with which he said he could not agree. These had to do large- ly with the' administration of the finances of the institutions. He said there was no need to have both chair- man and a president. SEGRAVE, BRITISH RACER, VISITS CAPITAL TODAY Maj. H. O. D. Segrave, who will at- tempt to break the international autv- mobile speed record for one mile on the sands of Daytona Beach, Fla., early in March, will arrive in the Capital this afternoon to work out final details of his record smashing attempt with offi- cials of the American Automobile As- sociation Contest Board, which will ern the trials. ‘Tonight Maj. Segrave will be guest of b mr’:av.g dinner at the Carlton Hotel given by Ernest N. Smith, general -~ ager ol MEA A A e S In addition to the Golden Arrow, the automoblle in which he will attempt to shatter the world record of 207.552 miles an hour, established last year at Day- tona Beach by Ray Keech in J. M. White's Triplex Speclal. Maj. Segrave has brought with him his speed %flh Miss Englend, with which he will at- tempt to break the spced boat record of 92 miles an hour. which the new Chief Executive might wish to submit, the tradition has nerally take i Ma). Segrave expects to make not less| 3 bee! esident and his party were [ to call the Senate immediately into spe- ' than 200 miles an hour over the mile jon occurred, but ' cial session. New members of the body icst courss in his speclally eonstru oaths of office racing automobile. 3 miles an hour i the speed boat. @ of T