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2 ¥% STAPLES ON STAND IN PALMIST CASE Officer Denies Interest Case Against Capt. -.Burlingame. ) (Continued From First Pa | made pavable, Parsley replied that he | ‘was instructed to fill it out in the name ©of Burlingame. Expressman Is Called. * Charlie Green, colored expressman, ‘Who testified for the prosecution that he carried a galvanized iron tub filled with spurned gifts from Mrs. Blalock's apartment on Seventh street to the home of Burlingame, was next called to the witness stand for the rebuttal and denied that he knew Attorney Rob- ert I. Miller, who told the trial board Friday that he thought Green was the same man he had hired to haul a tub of dishes and aluminum ware to Bur- lingame’s home. Asked whether he remembered if a man had stopped him on the street and engaged him to haul a tub filled with dishes and aluminum ware to Burlin- game’s home, Green replied: “Such a thing has never happened to me.” Green also said he had been to Bur- lingame's home_only once, and that was when Mrs. Blalock engaged him to carry a tub there for her. Maj. Dgnald A. Davison, chairman of the trial oard, asked Green if any one had questioned him about the Burlin- game trial since he first testified and ‘whether any one had approached him to find out why he testified. He replied that a colored policeman had come to his home and asked him why he had testified the way he did. “The man— I think his name was Stevenson,” he said, “wanted to know what kind of a man I was and accused me of making a different statement on the witness stand than I had made to him.” The policeman, Green testified, was accompanied by another officer in an automobile. Chairman Davison told Green to re- peat the conversation between himself and the officer and he said: “The officer asked what kind of a man I was. I told him I was. just like any other man. And shortly afterward he got back into the automobile and drove away.” Defense Counsel Leahy sub- sequently explained that Stevenson is| an officer attached to the second pre- cinct station whom he had planned to use as a defense witness because the liceman had told him that he had | eard Green make a statement to the effect that he had never moved any- to Twenty-second and P streets. Shortly after the hearing opened this morning, Assistant Corporation Counsel ‘Walter Fowler called several police offi- cers to the witness stand in an effort to. refute testimeny given by their fellow officers in support of Capt. Burlingame last Thursday and Friday. Thomas Burns, a colored laborer, testified that he helped another colored man move Mrs. Blalock’s personal effects from 1506 to 1504 Seventh street. He said he saw a police officer there, but did not know who he was. Policeman James P. Hendricks, who has been attached to the second precinct station for 33 years and 9 months and has been statien clerk for 20 years, testified that he had seen Mrs. Blalock at the station house only “two or three times” and had never seen any woman using the typewriter in the capitain's office. He also said he had never seen the palmist in the office for two or three hours at a time as several de- fense witnesses have testified, and had mever heard reports that the woman had ever given Burlingame tips which he used in making raids. Questioned About Tips. In response to further questions by Prosecutor Fowler, Hendricks said he had written a number of slips contain- ing information to be used in making raids. The tips, he said, came to him anonymously over the telephone and sometimes he receiyed two or three each day. He told the Trial Board that he would put this information on a slip of paper and turn it over either to the captain or to_the “whisky officer” at the inct. He declared he could not 1 whether Mrs. Blalock had ever called him on the phone and given him :he“fa :n & place which was violating WOMAN WILLS CHURCH AND HOSPITAL FUNDS Relatives of Mary C. Priest Also Are Named in Document as Beneficiaries. The will of Mary Charlotte Priest, Wwho died February 27, filed for probate, leaves $100 to All Souls’ Church for its pew fund and gives $500 to the Mont- gomery County Hospital to furnish a room to be designated in the name of the National Park Seminary. A juest of $5,000 is made to her sister, Lida Tulloch Priest, and premises 1202 Decatur street is devised to her nephew, Willlam Tulloch Thompson. Henry P. Blair is to held in trust $10,000 and to pay the income to her sister, Alice P. Nagle, during her lifetime. On the death of the sister, the fund be- comes part of the residue of the estate. Another sister, Myra P. Thompson, is to have $2,000, and legacies of $1,000 each are made to a niece, Margaret E. ‘Thompson, and a nephew, Dudley Thompson. Books, furniture and pe: sonal belongings are to be_ distributed among her nieces and nephews. The remaining estate is to be distributed among the nieces and nephews, Agnes C. Ewell, Margarct E. Thompson, Kob- bert N, Wiliam T. and Dudley W. ‘Thompson. At.orney Henry P. Blair is named as executor. DATE OF CONSISTORY WILL BE FIXED SOON By the Associated Pres ROME, March 11.— The Giornale D'Italia says that the date of the next consistory will be announced before March 24, the beginning of Holy week, and probably will be for the second fortnight in April. The paper predicts that, besides Mgrs Pacelll and Serafini, Mgr. Macrory, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Jreland, is likely to be raised to the purple. The paper adds that some Spanish prelate also may possibly be made a cardinal. RAIN THREATENS FLOOD. Mississippi Already Above High Stage at Memphis, Tenn. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 11 (#).— Predictions of rain in the Lower Mis- sissippi Valley, taken with the check in the fall of the Ohio River from Louisville to Evansville, increased ap- prehension as to the high-water situa- tion today. ‘The Mississippi here was three-tenths of a foot above flood stage, and F. W. Brisk, meteorologist, while declining as yet to make a crest prediction, said that indications are that it will rise about 2.2 feet more. TIrish Bogs Rival Germany's. Recent surveys show that Irish bogs | are almost as extensive as those in Ger- While the German deposits are from 9 to 20 feet deep, the Irish va- y Calcula~ ":}ru show that each acre of hog con- many. y often reaches 40 feet. ins 18,231 tons of peatstuff, in| |American Statesman Con- quers Geneva With Visions for World Court. Experts Begin Study of Stat- utes With View of U. S. Entry. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, March 11—The personality {and vision of the American statesman, Elihu Root, who begins today with in- ternational jurists to frame a protocol efining conditions of American ad hesion ‘to the World Court of Justice, are attracting as much attention as his | mission_itself. | Mr. Root may be said to have con- | quered Geneva and all luminaries of | { international political life who conferred | {with him during the recent session of {the Council of the League of Nation: Cesar Sumeta, Venczuelan member o | the Council, yesterday said of the Amer- {ican: “His lofty moral sense is repre- | sentative of the best Americanism, North or_South, which brings us all con-| | fidence.” Statute Revision Is Studied. The original task of Mr. Root was| {to co-operate with the other jurists to; revise the statutes of the World Court, | but their mandate was enlarged by the | { Council Saturday to include the entire | question of American adhesion with the | power to liquidate the complicated prob- | lem of American rights in connection with advisory opinions of the court. The business of revision before Mr. Root and his fellow juridical experts | from other countries is a' study of the World Court statutes to determine whether they have become antiquated and_whether, like other international institutions, they have need of being brought into harmony with modern times and modern necessities. The best guess hazarded last night was that the statutes have well stood the test of time, and that little modification was | necessary. 1 There is, however, the question of in- | creasing the number of judges of the court, the question of their salary and | the question of the conditions under which they live at The Hague. There is | also the question of the period of their sidence. The work of the court is| increasing because nations are submit- ting to it an increasingly large num: {;er of cases which involve international | aw. The “World Court,” the real name of which is “the Permanent Court of In- ternational Justice,” was, like the League of Nations, born of the Great War. Re- cently the court was described as “a kind of synthesis of ancient and modern times and of the Old and New World, and as a striking instance of the deeply rooted community of ideas between all the peoples of the world.” Appeal to U. S. Ideals Seen. It also has been styled a powerful in- strument of peace and good will be- tween nations, capable of bringing to- gether parts of mankind which are showing a tendency to drift apart. It is, therefore, regarded as an institution which naturally appeals to American ideals. The present Court is composed of 15 Judges, 11 ordinary and 4 deputies. Charles E. Hughes, former Secretary of State, was elected last September as a permanent justice to fill the unexpired term of Judge :John Bassett Moore, also an American, who resigned. Mr. Hughes is expected soon to make his first appearance on the bench of the THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, ROOT'S PERSONALITY WINS ADMIRATION OF DELEGATES FOAD BODY REGORD ourt and, like Mr. Root, interest him- elf in the possibility of arranging for American membership. Whether or not the United States adheres to the Court, the Government at Washington possesses the inalienable right to submit cases to the jurisdiction of the tribunal. Two groups of states are entitled to appear before the Court. The first comprises members of the League of Nations and the states men- tioned in the League covenant, of which the United States is one. The second group includes these states which took no part in the preparation of the peace of 1919 and which also were not enumerated in the peace treaties as being invited to become members of the League of Natlons. Judgments Are Binding. These states also may appear before the Court, but on the condition of specifically declaring that they accept as binding the judgment to be given in the suits submitted. Many states have signed what is called the compulsory arbitration clause of the Court by which certain disputes of a juridical nature are submitted and the signatory states agree to accept Without demur the Court’s decision. This compulsory jurisdiction of the Court is rapidly increasing in volume. It arises either under conventions con- cluded between two state or under general treaties signed by many states The difficulty in the way of American adhesion to the Court was based on the fifth reservation. The Court can give no advisory opinions, without the consent of the United States, on matters in which the United States “has or claims an interest.” Root Hopeful of U. S. Accord. It is the present custom of the Council of the League of Nations to ask the Court for advisory opinions in connec- tion with disputes between nations. Usually the Council insists on unanimity when ‘asking these opinions and pre- sumably this custom of insisting upon unanimity among the members will be continued. If unanimity is adhered to, the United States, by being temporarily represented on the Council, could exercise its desired right to veto. Evidently, if a simple majority vote sufficed, an American veto might be inoperative, By the formula he has submitted Mr, Root steers away from the question of unanimity or majority by devising a system of consultation on individual cases as they arise. He is convinced that the United States and the League can reach accord in virtually every in- stance on the basic question of whether the United States really possesses an §nt$1r€sl':nd Wge{her nnmAmeflcnl'\ ob- jection to an advisory opinion requeste: should be s\lxlalned.y i 0 ; BLIND SHOW TALENT IN STORY WRITING Contest for Best Tale Won by West Vir- ginia Boy. Is Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, March 11.—Blind chil- dren all over the United States con- tinue to show talents for short-story writing, according to the New York Association for the Blind, which has just concluded its third annual short- story contest. This year the $50 Liberty bond, given annually to the winning short-story writer by Thomas S. McLane, treas- urer of the association, will go to Frank Chapman, 14-year-old student of the Ohio State School for the Blind, whose home is in Wellsburg, W. Va. The story is a narrative of animal friendship called “The Mourning of the Wolves,” and will be published in the Sarchlight, the association’s quarter- ly for children. Young blind readers of the Searchlight from all parts of the world submitted stories. Judges in the contest were Mrs. Dor- othy Canfield Fisher, Will Irwin and Miss Virginia Kirkus, head .of the chil- dren’s department of Harper's. This contest, the first of its kind ever held for young blind children, was started to stimulate the imagination and creative faculties of the sightless, who are “seeing” the world with their fingertips. No restriction was placed on the type of story to be written, and manuseripts received included fan- tasies, adventure stories and romance. Honorable mention was given to Jo- sephine Pebbles of Cleveland, Margaret Purdue of the Indiana School, Atlanta; Roger Warren of the New York Insti- tution for the Instruction of the Blind, and Wenona Leffler of the Florida State School for the Blind, St. Augus- tine. “The fact that adventure stories pre- dominated in the manuscripts seems to bear out the psychologists’ theory that people seek in their imaginations ex- pression of their unfulfilled dreams,” said Mr. McLane. “Impressions made through the senses of hearing and smell are far keener in these short stories than they would be if sighted children wrote them, and small details that the | eye would sce are lacking. But the | storfes show the same healthy love of life and adventure as would any other | i stories.” ! | | | | | School for Police. HAVANA (®).—A training school for police officers has been opened here. A special ‘branch will teach traffic laws | | and another department will specialize ! in methods of making arrests and con- | veying prisoners to the jail. Pilot, Held Aboard Liner by Rough Sea, Taken on to Europe By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 11.—A Government pilot who for 25 years has guided ocean liners in and out of the Port of New York was or: "l:ue ;:mm seas yesterday en route urope on a voyage he did not seek. S e Capt. Frank T. Egan returned from a four-week vacation and his first assignment was to pilot the North German Lioyd liner Dresden through the harbor to the open sca, Arriving off Sandy Hook, the sea was {co rough to permit him to put off *he liner for the pilot ship. That night his wife, at their home in Leonia, N. J., re- ceived a radingram announcing the captain was making an en- forced trip abroad. PLAN NON-STOP FLIGHT, NEW YORK TO HAVANA Pilot McMillin and Mexican Banker Enthusiastic Aviator to Hop Off This Week. By the Associated Press. SYRACUSE, N. Y., March 11.—Clif- ford E. McMillan, former Syracuse pilot, and Joaquin G. Pacheco, Mexican bank- er and aviation enthusiast, will attempt the first non-stop flight from New York to Havana some time this week, they announced upon their arrival here. The fiyers, who made an_unsuccessful at- tempt at a non-stop flight from Mexico City to Washington 10 days ago, were en route to Detroit, where repairs were to be made on their plane, The flyers plan to return to New York immediately “after minor repairs are made to their plane a e aaih nd prepare for the PAY RESPECTS TO GOOD. Most of the military attaches of for- eign embassies and legations in this city called in a body at the War De- partment this morning in full uniform | and paid their official respects to Secre- tary James W. Good. Brig. Gen. Augusto Villa of Italy, who as been here since August, 1925, and is the senfor military attache, headed the line. The others were: Col. L. H. R. Fope-Hennessey, Great Britain; Col. Jose Urdaniva Gines, Peru; Brig. Gen. Raymond Casanave, France; Col. Hisao Watari and Capt. N. Obata, Japan; Comdr. Silvio Scaroni, Italy; Col. Angel M. Zuloago, Argentina; Capt. Enrique Prieto, Cuba; Maj. George Thenault, France; Col. Sarnel C. Rojas, Mexico: Capt. John T. Godfrey, Great Britain, and Capt. Juan Beristain, Mexico. ‘The right of a ‘married woman to | establish a residence outside the Dis- | trict of Columbia for purposes of di- vorce is challenged in a suit for in- junction filed today in District Su- preme Court by Edmund J. Lynch, an employe of the Washington Gas Light Co., residing at 416 4th street northeast, against Mrs. Mae V. Lynch, Ambassa- dor Apartments. Through Attorney Godfrey L. Mun- ter, the husband fells the ‘court that he did not desert his wife and was not cruel to her and she may not establish a separate residence from him. _He has resided 40 years in the District, Right of Wife to Change Residence " In Order to Sue for Divorce Disputed he asserts, and was sued in 1923 by his wife on charges of cruelty and deser- tion, which were dismissed by the court. Last month, he sa; his wife went to Arlington County, Va., and sued him for an absolute divorce, claiming a resi- dence in that State. Lynch declares her name is still in the city directory and the telephone book and that she lives with her mother at the Ambas- sador Apartments, He asks the court to enjoin further | prosecution of this suit by his wife that | he may be saved embarras: expense of having to defenc & foreign Jurisdictions | HNSTON DEFENDS {Says He Put Ban onAny Spe- | cial Favors to Mrs. Ham- monds’ Brother. 3y the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, March 11.—Tak- ing the witness stand for the fourth day, Gov. Henry S. Johnston, on trial before the Senate court of impeachment, to- ! day defended the record of the Okla- | homa Highway Department. | . Activities of Reed Scott, road ma- lesman and a brother of Mrs. ‘0. ©O. Hammonds, who was the govern- lor's confidential secretary, entered into | the testimony. Johnston said he learned [ on one occasion of the changing of a | Tequisition to provide for the purchasc 'or Scott's graders. “I immediately went to the Highway Commission,” the governor _testified, d told members that any special fa- vor to Mrs. Hammonds' brother would not be tolerated. I insisted that the graders which were best and cheapest should be purchased.” The goyernor, suspended from o pending the outcome of his trial, te: fied that while he tried to “keep track of the operations of the five-man high- way commission which followed him info office he did not seek to dominate the commission’s_actions Questioned by his own counsel, Gov. Johnston said he knew nothing of the istence of the “big four,” a name which has been applied to a group of paving contractors who obtained a large share of State highway contracts. He declared that he had made no efforts to influence the highway commission 1o let contracts to any particular con- tractor. He explained, however, that on one occasion he did interfere in an attempt _to prevent a letting to a con- tractor he believed to be “a habitual drinker.” CUARDS AT VATIAN G NEW FREEDON Corps’ Dignity Is Increased by Signing of Accord With Italy. i By the Assoclated Press. ROME, March 11.—The famous | Swiss Guards, guardians of the person | and property of the Pope, are brought into yet greater dignity and im- portance by the signing of the Italo- Vatican accord for the settlement of the Roman question. Faithful military servitors for cen- turies, the Swiss Guards will have yet more duties and more important func- tions to perform now that the Pope is made an independent sovereign of the Vatican territory. In all proba- bility the slender body. of the guards will be greatly augmented to patrol the papal possessions granted the Pope by the agreement. ‘When the Pope travels, as he now may do, a body of the Swiss Guards may go with him from city to city. Rejoice in New Freedom. The guards are rejoicing in their new freedom. For 59 years they have been cooped up in the Vatican grounds, living on the memories of the more famous past of their corps. Once they were not only the police, as 1t were, of the Vatican, but the flower of the papal army, protecting the papal pos- sessions, which then comprised & good portion of Central Italy. Now they are reduced to 100 men, including their six officers, The Swiss Guards probably are the most picturesque military corps in the world. Every guard has the rank of sergeant in the regular troops. The commander of the guards ranks as a colonel. They have their own chap- lain and chapel, bullt in the sixteenth century. ‘The guards go about fully armed. They keep in condition by constant playing of foot ball in their field, the Cortile del Belvedere. Come After Noble Guard. In public processions the Swiss Guards come immediately after the Noble Guard. Being the personal body- guard of the Pontiff, it supplies six of its number to surround him when- ever he is seated on his sedia gesta- toria. These six are armed with large double-handed swords. They are on duty night and day. The guards have, on the whole, an easy time of it. After 18 years' service they may retire on half pay. After 25 years' service they may retire on five-sixths pay and after 30 years on full pay. Any guard may leave the corps at any time after three months’ notice, ‘The Swiss Guards come from the two cantons of Zurich and Lucerne, Switzerland. In 1505 Pope Julius I made a treaty with these provinces whereby they were to supply him reg- ularly with a bodyguard of 250 men. American visitors to the Vatican find the guards among the most colorful “bits of atmosphere” about the enor- mous palace. They still wear their uniform, designed by Michelangelo himself, of black, red and yellow. On night watch or in barracks, however, they wear knee breeches, dark blue stockings and blue undress uniform. On solemn occaslons they glisten with weapons and helmets. SOUTHWEST .éTOCK SHOW THREATENED BY FLAMES Worth of Blooded Animals Rushed From Danger. | Thousands of Dollars’ By the Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Tex., March 11. RAILROADS WIN $20.000.000 SuIT Government Unable to Re-| cover Under Ruling by Supreme Court. By the Assoclated Press. The Government will be unable to recover approximately $30,000,000 under a Supreme Court decision today fixing the time when increased pay granted the railroads by the Interstate Commerce Commission for carrying the mails shall begin. The highest court held the increase must take effect from the date the| railroads filed their applications for increased pay. Upon the application of the New York Central and other railroads the In- terstate Commerce Commission granted an increase in rates to the railroads for carrying the mails. After the Gov- ernment had pald the increase to a number of roads, dating it from the filing of the applications for increase, the controlier general ruled that it should only have dated from the is- suance of the commission’s order. Under this ruling the Government sought to recover approximately $45,- 000,000 which had been paid out cover- ing the period between the filing of the applications and the issuance of the order, and sought to retain approxi- mately $5,000,000 more which was due railroads provided the increase dated from the filing of the applications. The New York Central and other railroads contesting the ruling of the controller general won in the Court of Claims, and the Government appeal-| ed to the Supreme Court. RADID REHEARING PLEA IS DENIED District Court of Appeals Re-| jects Motion of Commis- sion in WGY Case. The District of Columbia Court of | Appeals has denied a motion of the | Federal Radio Commission for a rehear- ing of the appeal of the General Elec- tric Co. of Schenectady, N. Y., which operates Station WGY on a wave of 790 kilocycles, which was recently decided against the commission. The court also refused an application of counsel for the commission to stay the court’s man- date to afford opportunity to apply to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of review of the decision. Unless the highest court should take action on an application of the com- mission before Saturday the mandate will be sent to the Federal Radio Com- mission on that date directing it to set aside its action attempting to limit the time for broadcasting by Station WGY, which had been directed to close down at sunset on the Pacific Coast, so as not“to conflict with Station KGO, at Oakland. Among the points made by Assistant Attorney General B. M. Webster, jr., and Louis G. Caldwell of counsel for the commission are that the court ren- dered its decision in advance of the filing of the appellee’s brief on the merits and without having before it any answer to a brief filed by the ap- pellants and that it overlooked the commission’s contention that none of the appeals were taken within the 20- day limit set by the radio act. The court also acted under the misappre- hension, it was stated, that the com- mission had power to issue licenses for broadcasting stations for a maximum period of three years when the amend- ment to the radio act limits such licenses to three months. ‘The court also overlooked, counsel contend, that as applied to broadeasting stations the standard of public interest, convenience or necessity is & compara- tive and not an absolute matter. As a result of the decision, it is claimed, the court has passed on comparative rights of a large number of other broadcasting stations without having any evidence before it on which to base its decree. In reaching its finding the court relled, it is charged, on two conclusions of fact, neither of which is supported by evi- dence, and one of which is wholly re- futed by the record. ‘The commission also takes exception to the assessing against its members the cost of the appeal. RUNNING TIME TO BE CUT. Northern Pacific to Change Sched- ule to Pacific Northwest. ST. PAUL, Minn, March 11 (#).— Reduction in passenger traain running time to the Pacific Northwest to meet a contemplated cut of five hours by the Great Northern, was announced today by Charles M. Donnelly, president of the Northern Pacific. ‘The announcement did not specify a date for the start of the new schedule, but the inference was given that it would take effect about the same time as the change in the Great Northern's schedule. The latter road’s announce- ment Saturday said the change would b2 made “eariy this Summer." The proposed new schedules call for | a run of approximately 63 hours between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest, against the present time of about 68 hours. Captain of Debaters Thousands of dollars’ worth of blooded live stock were rushed to safety when | a fire broke out at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show here today. ‘The fire started about 11 am. quickly destroyed the Merchan hibit Building. Despite the vallant e forts of firemen, working with virtually | all of the fire-fighting equipment of the city, the fire spread to the poultry building and the automobile building. Show stock from the finest poultry farms in the Southwest were housed in the poultry building. About 150 automobiles were in the automobile exhibition hall. The live stock was removed from the live stock building by attendants to an | open space at the rear of the exposition | grounds. and e Lieut. Col. Prunty Retired. Lieut. Col. Leonard W. Prunty, U. 8. Cavalry, at_Belvue, Kans,, having been reported physically incapacitated for active service, has been placed on the Army retired list. He {5 from Kans: and served as a colonei” of Cavalr Nationa! Army, during the World Wa Graduated from the Military Academy in February, 1901, his entire service was in the Cavalry, in which he reached | Military Bureau, War De] MISS MARGARET SHEEHAN Of Trinity College, who will head the debating team of her school tomorrow night when they meet a tcam from ent and | the grade of lieutenant colonel in July, | George Washington University at 8 ymself in 1920. He was recently on duty in the &‘flg‘k Il.t Stockton Hi , on the campus tter school D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 11, | ‘ 30 TOURISTS MAROONED. 1929. TAKING LIFE EA Ex-President and Mrs. Coolidge are SY enjoying the quietness of Northampton, Mass., 2s a relief from the strain of the White Housc. Mr. Coolidge admits that since his retirement he is getting a great deal of pleasure lying abed after 8 o'clock in the morning. after 7 am.. In the White House he made a practice of arising shortly CHCAGOMS AT TOQUZALCAPOIE Federal Courts Give Gang| King Week to Answer Official Summons. BY OWEN L. SCOTT. CHICAGO, March 11.—President Hoover's forthcoming law enforcement commission might come here a little later and receive a full course of in- struction through one character study. | This town itself was expecting to! learn some intimate details of the pro- hibition problem during the present week. But the instructor—Alphonse Capone, one of the city’s most widely known individuals—was indisposed. Federal courts have given him one| more week in which to answer a sub- poena. Rather Balky, It Seems. | Capone, once he could be induced to talk, would be an invaluable teach- | er to any legal commission. That's why Chicago would like to hear from him. He balks at obliging, however. This reputed king of the underworld —sort of an uncrowned sovereign of the supposed super government of crime —through all his years of activity never has been arrested on a formal charge, and prides himself on never having been in jail. Yet he pridefully admits that he has supplied Chicago with its liquor and | gambling. It discourages him because this activity, which he dubs a public service, has not been more appreciated. Scarface Is Undisturbed. Most of the 91 killings that have oc- curred in the beer war here during the past five years have been linked di- rectly or indirectly by the police to the Capone name. Yet Scarface Al himself scarcely has been disturbed at | any time. Newspapers publicly have declared that part of the police force of the city works for the pleasant Alphonse, but nothing ever has been done about it. Likewise, it frequently has been pub- lished that Capone set up a residence in Florida in order to avoid the $100,- 000 Christmas presents which were an annual offering to local politicians. Massacre Traced Through Aides. Virtually all theories being followed to explain the Valentine’s day massacre of seven “Bugs” Moran gangsters on North Clark street here trace through to Capone henchmen. Even the theory that the police did that piece of kill- ing Is based on an assertion that these reputed coppers were working for the underworld lord. Yet nothing is done about it. The Federal Government wants to question “Scartace Al" about the Chicago Heights liquor ring. They reached him with a subpoena and he politely moves to dis- regard it. This move is not being accepted by the court, however, and the experience of Blg Joe Saltis, a relatively minor beer baron, leads to the bellef thntk Capone will be back in town next week, Keeps Heavy Guardy Capone told the court that it “would be dangerous” for him to come back. In the past, he has traveled with a bodyguard composed of as many as 20 men. Traveling to court he might be less well protected. When he makes his appearance the proposed law-enforcement commission probably could learn their principal lesson from a discovery of how an indl- vidual, starting pretty much from seratch, could build up an organiza- tion outside the law that completely flaunted Federal, State and local legal machinery. (Copyright, 1929 DISTRICT BUILDING ABUZZ OVER SELECTION OF HESSE’S SUCCESSOR| (Continued From First Page.) tremely doubtful if a young enough man could be found who would take the position at the salary of $5200 a year, y Unless retired for physical disability, the youngest man obtainable probably would be 48 to 52 years old, Col. Ladue said, and retirement for physical dis- ability, even though making unger men eligible, would be a serious handi- cap to any aspirant for a job that calls for such a straln on physical endur- ance. Wille Col. Ladue would not go so! far as to say that a man of that age would be unsuited for the job, he in-{ dicated that the figures he gave were} the absolute minimum and that any candidates that appear probably would | be_older. He said that he was sure that Maj.!| Davison would not consider the job. Mobody yet has approached him in behalf of any candidate, Col. Ladue | sald. ; N e | Americans and British in Kruger| Game Preserve Storm. | i CAPE TOWN, March 11 (). —Thirty British and American tourists from th| Liner Duchess of Atholl, were marooned ; overnight in the wilds of the Kruger National Game Reserve, when & sud- den tropical storm disabled two omni- buses in which they had made the trip to the park. | Some took to the trees for the night, and others went into native kraal for Paper of Coolidge’s Alma Mater Gives Return Mere Mention By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 11.—Calvin Coolidge's frequently expressed wish to be allowed to return quietly to private life was respected in the current issue of the college paper of his alma ma- ter. The Amherst Student, car- ried among the alumni notes for the class of 1895: “Calvin Coolidge has returned to his home at Northampton after an extended stay in Wash- ington.” ‘The paper carried no other comment on the career of the distinguished alumnus. EXPERTSCONSIER [EACUE ARNSURB Military and Naval Leaders Discuss Plan to Control War Material. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, March 11.—Military and naval experts assembled today to dis- cuss control of manufacture of arms and war material in the -‘League of Nations program seeking a preliminary solution for the problem of international disarmament. Despite numerous meetings of dele- gates, no agreement yet has been reached on a draft convention, this mainly because countries differ as to the amount of publicity to be given armaments. Hoping to tackle the difficulty from !a new angle, the Belgian delegation recently submitted an entirely new classification of armaments. This new scheme affects the wording and tenor of the whole convention and discus- sion of its terms faced the experts today. When the experts have completed their work, the League of Nations will summon a session of the entire com- mittee of armaments control, of which Count von Bernstorfl, former German Ambassador to the United States, is chairman. Great Britain and the United States have the largest delegation here. The Americans are Capt. George Washing- ton Steele, naval attache to the Amer- ican embassy, Paris; Maj. Charles G. Mettler, assistant military attache, Lon- don; Maj. Barton K. Yount, assistant military _attache for air, Paris, and Consul Elbridge D. Rand of Geneva, as_counselor. Vice Admiral W. A. Kelly, who soon will assume second in command of the British Mediterranean Fleet, was elected president. ‘The Belgians today made known a desire for treaty control of manu- facture of arms. Complications of classification, they said, hindered con- trol by convention. COOLIDGES ENJOY QUIET SABBATH DAY Former President and Wife Attend Church and Pass Typical New England Sunday Afternoon. By the Assoclated Press. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., March 11. home was just like any other New Eng- lander's Sunday. Church services in the morning and a drowsy afternoon at home with' the newspapers com- prised about all that could be learned of the day's program at 21 Massasoit street., Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge attended serv- jces in the Edwards Congregational Church. It was the first time the for- mer President had passed through its portals since July, 1924, when, grief- laden, he attended a funeral service for his little son, Calvin Coolidge, jr. Perhaps the recollection may have been responsible for an added somberness yesterday. ‘The Coolidges were driven to chusch in a hired automobile. A small group had gathered outside to see them enter and among these were friends to whom Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge smiled greetings. Rev. James N. Armstrong, the pastor, had chosen as a title for his sermon one that seemed peculiarly adaptable. It was “The Appeal of Religion to the Cautious and Contemplative.” After services the Coolidges tarried for a few minutes outside to shake hands with friends. Among these were Harry E. Bicknell, former Democratic mayor of Northampton, and Fred Flagg, a letter carrier. They declined to pose for photographers and walked home. ICE CARRIES SHIPS. Trapped Vessels Are Being Moved by Floes. WARSAW, Poland, March 11 (®)— ported being carrfed northward by breaking ice floes today. A reconnoi- tering airplane discovered the ships, shelter and safety against the wild beasts which roam through the game reserve. Rescuers finally arrived with 1ood and biankets, 2 which were last reported in the North Sea near Peshmum. The port of Gydnia again has been closed by lost g —Calvin Coolidge’s first ' Sunday at | U.S. COURT ENTRY OCCUPIES JURISTS Root Declines Honor of Presi- dency of Statute Revi- sion Commission. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, March 11.—The gquestion of American adhesion to the World Court of International Justice was taken up today at the first meeting of a Jjurists’ committee which is to con- sider revision of the statutes of the court, American apprehension expressed in Secretary Kelloge's note n February that the powers of the World Court might be modified through changes in the covenant of the League of Nations, in which the United States is not a member, was taken up soon after the election of Vittorio Scialoja, noted Ital- ian jurist, as president of the commis- sion. Elihu Root, American member, whose formula for the eccession of the United States to the Court is under study, declined the honor of the post. Provides for U. S. Withdrawal. Sir Cecil Hurst of Great Britain pre- sented a memorandum, the gist of which was that the United States would specifically be given the right to resign from the Court any time that it desires and that the United States could with- draw if it found changes mace in the League covenant not to its liking. The jurists tackled the Amcrican membership problem at the very start of the session by having read both the Kellogg note and the Root formula, which Mr. Root explained brietly along the lines praviously indicated. He voiced his belief that agreement would be reached on specific cases as to whether an advisory opinion should be asked or dropped. On the suggestion of President Scia- loga, the jurists then studied the Kel- logg note with reference to possible changes in the covenant and mocifica- tions in the rules of the court. Th> president then aeked his colleagu whether any way could be found to gi the United States satisfaction on thes: points. Sir Cecil replied with the suggestion about the privilege of resignation being safeguarded. Other members thought that granting the United States the right to vote on any proposed amendments to the court would clear away the diffi- culty over modifications in the statutes. Still others advocated the insertion of a resolution that the doctrine enunciated by the court in a recent case would go a long way to satisfy the United States. By this doctrine, which involved Rus- sia, the court can give no advisory opin- ion when a state which is a party to the dispute is opposed, even though it is not a member of the League. Question Is Not Settled. ‘The question of meeting American doubts about the covenant was not set- tled, however, except in the sense pro- posed by Sir Cecil giving the United States the right to withdraw. Several jurists expressed belief that if the ques- tion of whether advisory opinions should be requested by unanimous or majority vote in the Council was liquidated, American adhesion to the World Court would be immediately simplified. Simultaneously with the convening of the commission the League issued a communique tracing the history of the movement for examination of the Worid Court statutes with a view to incor- porating desirable amendments. Sat- urday’s action of the Council authoriz- ing consideration of the question of American adhesion to the Court and an elabaration of suggesiions calculated to facilitate adhesion also were contained in the communique. It was believed that the jurists would frame a protocol as a substitute to the protocol of 1926. This new protocol probably would be based on the Root formula and is expected to meet the views of the American Senate concern- ing the Council's right to ask advisory opinions. IN SALES OF RADIO SETS | Figures for 1928 Show Larger Volume Than in Any Other of 18 Cities. Sales of radio sets per dealer in Washington topped all other cities in the United States during 1928, eclipsing the average dealer sales of the nearest State by nearly $20,000, according to figures made public today by the Com- merce Department. Sixteen radio dealers in the Capital averaged sales of $56,900 during the year, with a total sales volume of $909,- 014. Questionnaires were sent out by the department to 117 local radio deal- ers, but returns were made by only 16. Sets operated from alternating current showed a great increase in sales over the sales of battery-operated sets during 1928, alternating current sets totaling 4,998 units against 164 sales of battery- operated sets. Nearly half the radio business transacted during the year was done in the last quarter of the year, sales for October, November and De- cember, 1928, aggregating $429,839. The national survey taken by the de- partment showed that the average value per set sold in 1928 was $158.50, com- pared with $231 in 1927, while the vol- ume of business per dealer averaged $10,800 last year, compared with $11,- 750 the previous year. Dollar volume of business during the last three months of the year amounted to $37,975,015, or 5312 per cent of the total volume of business for the year. MAYONNAISE IS CAUSE OF FIGHT IN STREET “What! No mayonnaise,” cried two indignant customers of a delicatessen store at Fourteenth and Girard streets early this morning, addressing the pro- prietor. “When we order potato salad we ex- pect to get salag dressing.” “I gave yol! some,” retorted the wrathful custodian. “That was not enough,” responded his guests. In a heated discussion that ensued the trio engaged in fistic combat that forced the proprietor to leave the estab- lishment and wage a battle in the street. ‘The timely arrival of Officer W. J. Liverman of the tenth precinct ended the altercation before serious injuries were recelved by the combatants. The proprietor returned to the store; the customers, Russell M. Puckett and Wal- ter Stephens, accompanied by the offi- cer, adjourned to the tenth precinct station where charges of disorderly con- duct and intoxication were listed on the books. Arraigned in Police Ccurt a few hours later, each of the pair was fined $15 by Judge Ralph Given. Big Span Floated Into Place. New methods are now being used in construction of & mile-long bridge over, the Elorn River at Brest, France. Eachl span, nearly 600 feet long, was built at a distant point and floated into posi- tion. The plan was considered simpler than feming the span in the usual