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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) afternoon and tonight; colder tonight; tomorrow ‘Temperature: Highest, yesterday; lowest, 57, at 4: Full report on page 9. Rain this Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 e No. 31.047. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D, C. @b WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1929 —_FIFTY-SIX PAGES. WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION ¢ Foening Star. Wa service. The only evening paper ington with the Associated Press. news Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,837 * (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. SELF-RULED TRADE POLICY 15 PROMISED CHAMBER BY KLEIN Assistant Commerce Head Condemns “Paternalistic™ Business Interference. ASSURES CO-OPERATION IS PRINCIPAL AIM NOW Thinks Government Should Step in When Monopoly Perils and Pri- vate Control Is Not Feasible. Paternalistic interference with busi- ness was vigorously condemned today by Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary | of Commerce, who assured the United States Chamber of Commerce at its annual meeting that the Government intends to stand by the business men of the country in safeguarding the princi- pal of co-operation which rules their | existing co-relations, i “We favor industrial self-regulation, except where monopoly perils are so ap- parent or public interests so large, that unrestricted private control is not fea- sible,” Dr, Klein declared. “We believe that business, acting on its own initi- ative and guided by the standard it makes for itself, should be free of bu- reaucratic interference.” Dr. Klein substituted for Secretary Robert P. Lamont, who was unable to address the convention because of ill- ness and he aimed his remarks at the broad subject of “Government and Business.” Small Business Affairs. ‘While the annual sessions of the chamber have been devoted mainly this week to the international problems af- fecting “big business” it turned its at- tention earlier in the day to the affairs of small business men and their hope for future security. J. Frank Grimes of Chicaga, presi- | dent of the Independent Grocers' Al- liance of America, sounded a clarion call for small business men to discard the fallacy of time-worn methods and seck an established future through the methods of mass co-operation. “Small business is not yet dead and buried,” he declared. “True, it has been badly man-handled because it has not yet fully understood the principles of mass operations.” Once it grasps the significance of such a bustness policy, he predicted, a glorious future will un~ Told. Refe: to an assertion which he said many tors and mah- ufacturers have made—that wholesalers and independent retailers are in a hope- less position—Mr. Grimes declared that “a virulent case of contagicus hysteria scems to be rampant.” Must Meet Competition. Real pre will be made, he point- ed out, only when the small business men understand that they must “match or excel formidable competitors through greater efficiency, economy and modern sales methods.” buying power alone, he warned, will not solve all their problems. ‘William Butterworth, president of the national chamber, who also addressed the joint session earlier today, urged development of local organizations on broad democratic principles. He said old-time “boosting” methods have been practically abandoned for larger and more specific objectives. The ethics, standards and control of the business interests of the country rest in the hands of business men them- selves, Dr. Klein assured the Chamber. Governmental paternalism, he declared, represents one of the most bitterly contested political and economic argu- ments throughout history. “The United States,” he said, “has set its face definitely toward the goal of business individualism, supplemented by associated and co-operative effort, which in turn is supplemented by ‘Governmental assistance. Private Initiative Doctrine Accepted. “The doctrine of private business in- itiative is accepted in full by the na- tional chamber of industrial and com- mercial leaders,” he evplained, “as also in full by the Department of Commerce, which is built only as an agency to aid business. “Yet there are times” he warned, “when it seems as though business it-| self will not follow the doctrine, for constantly the Government is being | urged by private citizens to extend its activities into the realm of business. I I want to assure you that the Depart- ment of Commerce stands with the| Chamber of Commerce in safeguarding | the principle of co-operation instead of interference with business.” Dr. Klein cited numbers of instances to indicate that the Department of Commerce is alive to the individualistic philosophy of the American business | man and is ready at all times to pre- | vent the encroachment of Government | on business in any activity with which | it is legitimately concerned. Small-Town Well-Being. National well-being hinges largely on the prosperity of the many thousands | of small communities and large cities, ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) $145,000 BID FOR VASE. Art Withdrawn From Auction in London. LONDON, May 2 (#.—The famous Portland vase, offered at Christie’s auc- tion rooms today, was withdrawn after 29,000 guineas (about $145,000) had been bid, the reserve price not having been reached. Famous | Long-established precedent and a torney General, in charge of prohibition recting district attorneys to use “a wise d Her explanation of the letter, which aroused widespread comment, was given to Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost, legislative su- perintendent of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and is published today by the Union Signal, its official weekly organ. “The letter on the application of the new Jones amendment followed the precedent of the department long estab- lished in the administration of the white slave traffic act,” she says. “Its purpose is to point out to United States /| attorneys the importance of a careful study of the evidence prior to insti- | tuting action and the exercise of a wise discretion in fitting that evidence into the particular section of the law, viola- tion of which it will best prove in court. For, although the average man and woman may be unaware of the fact, every lawyer knows that the prosecutor must weigh evidence and choose (make an election of remedies is the legal term that applies) under what section of the law he will plead the case. “Particularly must every United States attorney do this with prohibition violations. Almost every violation re- MRS. WILLEBRANDT EXPLAINS LETTER ON JONES LAW ACTION “Enforcement l)y Harassment Is Never Justified,” She Tells Mrs. Yost, Na- tional W. C. T. U. Official. belief that “enforcement by harassment is never justified” are held out by Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant At- prosecutions, as reasons for her letter di- iscretion” in‘application of the Jones law. ported by prohibition agents is a legal infringement of no less than five sec- tions of law—to wit: (a) Some of the internal revenue statutes existing prior to prohibition; (b) the possession, (¢) nuisance, (d) transportation, (e) sale, (f) or manufacturing sections of the national prohibition act; (g) the tarift act, (h) the customs act, and frequently (e) the prohibition law of the county or State. To proceed under possession or some of the sections, a misdemeanor complaint may be filed immediately. ‘To choose other sections, the case must be presented to the grand jury. “United States attorneys’ offices have in the past used blanks charging sale just as a misdemeanor. They can no longer do that. If the evidence is in- consequental in character so that proof of more than illegal possession is doubt- ful, it is manifestly unfair to a de- fendant to attempt to prove a felony. Enforcement by harassmen is never Jjustified. Moreover, Congress has re- vealed the intent of the new amend- ment to reach commercial cases and when_commercialism can_be shown by (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) CALLING MELLON - DECISION DELAYED Senate Committee Discusses Issue Two Hours Without Taking Action. g, By the Assoclated Press. A proposal to call Secretary Mellon for questioning regarding his right to head the Treasury Department, in view of an old statute forbidding the Treas- ury Secretary to engage in trade or commerce, was discussed for two hours today by the Senate judiciary commit- tee, but no action was taken. The committee decided to meet again tomor- Tow. Introduction of a deposition made by Mr. Mellon in an old law suit in which he told of his interest in a transaction of the Alumin which he 18 a s the point as to whether the committee 1s to examine the Secretary for violation of the law or whether to confine its activities' to an interpretation of the law. Sennm‘ Borah, Republican, Idaho, raised point after Senator Walsh, that this course is one questioning obedience to the law by the Secretary, and if it is to be pursued the commit- tee should conduct an open hearing, or trial, giving Mr. Mellon opportunity to face his accusers and present his case. Senator Walsh is inclined to favor a hearing for the Secretary. lieves certain facts relating to Mr. Me] lon’s Canadian visit are vague. Se; ator Reed, Republican, of Pennsylvania, a close friend of the head, has presented a contract involving the Canadian transaction to show that it did not bear the name of Mr. Mellon. ‘The Secretary in his deposition had made reference to a contract. CRAMER, OVERDUE, REACHES CHICAGO Flyer Lands at Lacrosse for Night, Though Scheduled for Direct Flight. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 2.—Several hours | overdue, Parker Cramer, aviator, re- turning from an air trip to Alaska and | the Bering Straits, landed at Municipal Airport today from La Crosse, Wis. where he had been forced to stop last | night. 1 Cramer left St. Paul at 6:30 last night and was expected to fly directly to Chicago. Some anxiety was felt, when he failed to make his appearance last night. He chose to land at La Crosse rather than hazard the night flights into Chicago. $16,000,000 PENSION CUT FOR 2,800 PROFESSORS Carnegie Foundation Puts Sched- ule Into Effect—Older Men Are Not Affected. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 2—Cuts in pen- sions to college professors which the Carnegie Foundation for the Advance- ment of Teaching put into effect yes- terday will amount to between $16,000,~ 000 and $17,000,000, announced by | Clude Furst, secretary. A total of 2,800 men will be affected. Older professors, ‘numbering 1,100, will not be affected. Under the revised | plan a normal retiring salary has been | set up based on reports of salaries cov- | ering the period from 1917 to 1926. The cut under this plan will be about one- | fourth that of the original pension plan. M;ry‘s Little Lamb. Caught in Traffic Jam,| Still Wags Its Tail, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 2—Murphy had a little lamb, its fleece was white and pale (That was before the little lamb got pinched and_thrown in jail.) Though Held in Jail IslreeLfi! 1t is well that T was passing. | There'll be no gamb'ling on Mike Mur- | phy’s beat. Come, lamby, nice lamby! Ba-a-a-a! That's a nice lamby.” | It followed him to jail that day, for | it had been a fool | To gambol in the city streets (for Murphy (Mike), an officer, had runs that's against the rule). the lambkin in | After two days in jail, with Mary . of f holder. has ‘raised | Senatar Hefin tha CURTIS CUTS OFF ATTACK BY HEFLIN Vice President Stops Criti- cism of Senator Jones by Warning of Rules. By the Associated Press. During an attack today upon Senator Jones, Republican, Washington, Sen- ator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, was warned by Vice President Curtis that| Senate rules prohibited one member | from referring to a colleague in “an un- complimentary manper,” and the Ala- baman was cut short in a statement about Jones. After Heflin had started his attack on Jones for voting againsi the Ala- baman’s Brockton resolution, Mr. Cur- g: took over the chair as presiding of- er. Notice had previously been given by t he will introduce a bill to prevent the teaching in any doctrines contrary to - principle of separation of church and state and that % will ask for a roll call on that ques- n. . ‘The Alabama Senator declared that no one, regardless of denomination, has a right to teach the union of church and state, but he said that “Catholics are doing it all over the country and here in the District of Columbia.” While the last Congress was consid- ering the bill to provide free textbooks in the public high scheols of Wash- | ington, Senator Heflin offered a similar amendment to prohibit use of books in any school containing the doctrine of union of church and state, but it was not voted on at that time. His announcement today came while he was discussing the action of the Senate yesterday in voting down 70 to 14 his resolution which sought to have the Senatée express disapproval of the disturbance which occurred when he spoke at Brockton, Mass., in March., Senators who voted against his reso- lution were warned yesterday by Senator Heflin that “this issue will haunt you many times when you come up for re-election,” after the Senate had rejected the resolution, 70 to 14, yester- day afternoon. In a two-hour speech Senator Heflin repeated his assertion made daily since the Senate convened that’ Roman Catholic influences had .opposed the resolution and he blamed this for its defeat. Heflin and Tydings Clash, After Senator Heflin had concluded, Senator Jones, Republican, Washington, said he admitted that he had been in- fluenced, as the Alabaman had charged, but the influence was solely the Sena- tor from Alabama.” Senator Tydings, Democrat, Mary- land, interrupted Heflin at one point to ask the presiding officer to expunge from the record the charges made by the Alabaman reflecting upon the mo- t’l‘;ltecs of the Senators in making their s, “I am not afraid,” Tydings shot at Heflin, “to vote for what ?thlnk is right. The Senator can't frighten me a gllrg‘n bit.” eflin had said that Tydings would be defeated and added thntks “whom ths gods destroy they first make mad.” Then the Senator must be insane now,” retorted Tydings and the gal- ierles roared with laughter. Senator Heflin has been assailing Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re- publican leader, for blocking the vote on his resolution. As the Alabaman again sought the floor yesterday Wat- son asked unanimous consent for an immediate vote. It was granted. Robinson Backs Resolution. Despite the attacks on Watson, the other Indiana Senator, Robinson, a Re- publican, voted for the Heflin resolu- tion. Only one other Republican, Sackett of Kentucky, suported it along with 12 Democrats from Southern States. 4 Senator Heflin later referred to the 14 voting for him as “the roll of honor —those who stood four-square when Rome won.” Senator Heflin offered his resolution | on the opening day of the session, but twice modified it. In the form it was voted upon yesterday it carried a pro- vision that the vote on the resolution should not be interpreted as an expres- sion of approval or disapproval of the subject matter of Senator Heflin's ad- dress at Brockton. MAJ. COUPAL ASSIGNED. Coolidge Physician Will Leave in August for Manila. Maj. James F. Coupal, White House physician under President _Coolidge, was assigned to duty in the Philippine He found it going “ba-ba” 'midst the | showing no interest whatever in claim-- Islands by War Department orders city’s awful din “Shure, now.” said Officer Murphy when he espled the timid beast gam. boling among the rumbling rascal is skipping school. motor | trucks, “it's Mary's little lJamb, and the And gambol- | Fhink of that, now; and in the into a black sheep and & white elephant. | is to sail for Manila about August 20, $169,000,000, {ing her pet, the four-legged gamboler has become very dirty and a big prob- |lem. City policemen haven't any idea what to feed lambs, and they lack facilities for bathing them. Thus Murphy’s little lamb has turned { issued today. The orders relieve him from assign- ment as a student at the Army Medical School upon the completion of his present course and also from duty at the Army Medical Center here. He SINCLAIR EXPECTED 10 BEGIN 50-DAY SENTENCE MONDAY 0il Operator Reported to Have Arranged to Surrender on Receiving Mandate. DECISION IS AWAITED ON CHOICE OF JAILS Welfare Board Will Decide After Medical Eaxmination at Institution Here. Harry F. Sinclair, millionaire oil operator, will surrender to the United States marshal Monday and begin his sentence for contempt of the Senate immediately, according to information at the District Building and District Supreme Court today. The mandate of the United States Supreme Court in the case is expected to be mailed to Justice Hitz of the District Supreme Court Saturday. At the District Supreme Court Building it was said that the commitment of Sinclair probably would be ordered Monday, when the mandate is received, and that he had arranged to surrender immediately. He ‘will be taken to the District Jail for medical examination and remain there awaiting a definite decision as to whether his sentence of 90 days will be served in the jail or the District Work- house, at Occoquan. The District Wel- fare Board is expected to decide where the sentence will be served. George S. ‘Wilson, its director, said today that the decision would be made when the board obtains the report of the medical ex- amination at the jail. It has been the practice of the board to leave prisoners who might need medical attention at the jail, where the facilities of Gallin- ger Hospital are available. Sinclair also is awaiting action by the Supreme Court on an appeal of his sentence of six months for contempt; of court growing out of alleged shadow- ing of jurors in the famous oll case. SCOUTING FLEET DROPS ANCHOR IN NEW YORK Men-o"-War Return From Southern ‘Waters Following Target Practice in Guantapamo Bay. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, scouting fleet, comprisin, men-o'-war, returned from Southern waters today to drop anchor in the Hudson along Riverside Drive for a 10- day stay. Six_thousand officers and men saw New York for the first time since last Fall. Shore leave, their first since Janu- ary 2, when the fleet set out for target practice in Guantanamo Bay, Wwss granted as soon as all the vessels Had anchored. Vice Admiral M. M. Raylor is in com- mand of the fleet. The battleship Florida, flagship in absence of the Wyoming, which is in the navy yard here, was the first to steam into the harbor. FANATIC IS HALTED' TRYING TO SEE HOOVER Man Who Wanted to Discuss Com- ing of Christ to U. §. With President Sent to Gallinger. Clark C. Brown of Climax, Mich., de- scribed at the Whte Hiouse as a re- ligious fanatic, was stopped in an at- tempt to force his way into the Presi- dent’s office today by Sergts, Dalyrimple ‘lnd Seamon of the White House police force. Brown was turned over to the local authorities with instructions to be sent to Gallinger Hospital for observation. According to Richard Jervis, chief of the White House secret service, Brown had been attempting to obtain an audi- ence witn the President for ssveral days, claiming that he wished to discuss with him the coming of Christ to this coun-~ try. When his request was not granted today Brown is said to have attempted to gain admission to the President’s of- fice at the time the public was being received for a handshake. He was de- tected in his attempts, however, and taken out of the line. DIET CURE ANNOUNCED. German Surgeon Hopes to Curb Tuberculosis, GIESSEN, Germany, May 2 (#).— Ferdinand Sauerbruch, surgeon, has evolved what is belleved to be a success- ful treatment of tuberculosis of the skin by diet alone. He has not formally announced the cure, but the results of 18 months’ ex- perimentation with 150 patients has shown a diet excluding meat and table salt and adding certain minerals to be highly successful., An improvement has been noted in patients within the first four weeks., 2—Uncle Sam’s more than 40 ALCOHOL DEATHS GAIN. Insurance Company’s Report Cov- ers First Quarter of 1929. NEW YORK, May 2 (#).—The Metro- ipolitan Life Insurance Co. announced \today that deaths from acute and chronic alcoholism among its policy holders in the United States and Canada were greater during the first three months of this year than any similar period since 1917. There were 175 deaths recorded dur- ing the first quarter of this year, only four of which were of Canadian policy holders. Last year during the same period there were 144, These figures do not include deaths due to poisoning by wood and denatured alcohol. Bank Statements mgv;ushln[ton clearing house, $6,874,- it ‘Treasury balance, $225,168,563.03. New York clearing house exchange, $2.017,000,000. New York clearing house balance, &) MY WAY AND STty SE{URE SMOKE fifm/,@ SCREEN SERVICE Y WITHOUT COST- DEBT CONFERENCE BREAK” EXPECTED Paris Is Pessimistic as Allied Experts Await Return of Dr. Schacht. By the Associated Press. . PARIS, May 2.—The fate of the con- ference of experts on reparations, seek- ing to effect a settlement of Germany's | ponderous post-war debt problem, should be knewn definitely today or to- morrow. If Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, German | spokesman, returning to Paris from Ber- | 1in today, maintains the same attitude | which made failure of the conference | immiment almost two weeks ago, the | experts will have only quickly to finish their final report and go home. 1f, ‘on (he other hand, his stay at Berlin has put him in.a position to make new suggestions meriting serious consideration of the representatives of the creditor nations, negotiations prob- ably will be resumed. Agreement Held Unlikely. This latter alternative was regarded today, however, as extremely doubtful. Information from Berlin was that Dr. Schacht would make a new proposal, but there was little indication it would be anything like satisfactory to the allied nations. This proposal, it was understood, would be an offer to raise the German annuities from 1,650,000,000 marks (about $396,000,000), as put forward two weeks ago, to 2,000,000,000 marks (about $480,000,000), provisionally, that is to say, for 10 or 15 years. Inasmuch, however, as the Germans were said to be strongly opposed to re- linquishing the transier clause protec- tion of the Dawes plan, and to commer- clalization of a part of the debt, which is regarded as essential by the creditor | nations, there was little hope that any such initiative would bear much fruit. Meanwhile the subcommittee which has been drawing up a report of the ex- perts to the governments concerned, continued its labor, which was rapidly drawing to a close. It was said that the German delegation was working on its | own minority report and would submit it along with that of the subcommittee. e an_delegation Column 8.) COLD WAVE COMING, WEATHER MAN SAYS Rain This Afternoon and Tonight to Be Followed by Sharp Drop in Temperature. Winds reaching gale intensity, ac- companied by heavy rains, are sweep- ing up the Mississippi Valley, bringing with them a cold wave, and are expect- ed to reach Washington and the At-| lantic seaboard late this afternoon or tonight. Several Middle Western cities have reported snow, four inches falling in Springfield, Mo. The temperature here will reach its lowest, at about 40 de- grees, tomorrow night and then will rise rapidly. Storm signals will be flown this after- noon along the coast from Jacksonville to Connecticut, the forecaster of the Weather Bureau announced, but the storm is not expected to do much dam- age before finding its way out to sea. The atmospheric disturbance origi- nated over Texas, followed the course of the Mississippi River rnd is now coming East and is expected to strike | with equal intensity from North Caro- lina to Eastern New York. Outside of these latitudinal limits it will be felt | with its accompanying cold, but with | diminished force. The Weather Bureau predicts that | the rain preceding the wind will strike | ‘Washington this afternoon and con- tinue tonight. The temperature will | begin to fall tonight and tomorrow will be fair and colder. The wind will first come from the south and southwest and then shift to the northwest, probably reaching the force of a gale. It will have considerably diminished by tomor- row morning. Oklahoma City reported last night a lower temperature than the meteoro- logical post at the mouth of the Mac- kenzie River, on the Arctic Ocean. There it was 44 degrees, while the ther- mometer at Oklahoma City dropped to 40 degrees. I State News, Pl_xea 10 and 11 I U. S. Ordered to Pay Ex-Marine $7,095.50 For Sleeping Sickness By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, May 2.— The Government must pay Horace Crowder, 28, $7,095.50 as compensation for sleeping sick- ness contracted by him nearly a decade ago while a United States Marine in Galveston, Tex., a Fed- eral jury decided yesterday. CORONER ABSOLVES WOMAN IN' DEATH Mrs. Beardslee Exonerated| of Criminal Responsibitity in Shooting of Husband. By_the Associated Press. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 2.—Mrs. Gladys Maude Foster Beardslee Stratford was exonerated of criminal re- sponsibility in the death of her hus- band, Oliver Beardslee, in a finding by Coroner John J. Phelan today. A week ago Beardslee died at the Bridgeport Hospital of a bullet v.ound in the temple received during a quarrel at_his home early in the day. ‘The coroner found that the bullet wound was inflicted by Beardslee as the result of his own intended or accidental acts. ‘The corcner said he found no evi- dence that would tend to challenge Mrs, Beardslee’s oft-repeated claim that her husbanl shot himself. TR SR GIRL IS KIDNAPED BY PAIR IN CHICAGO 20-Year-01d Telephone Operator Is Told She “Knew Too Much” About Slayer's Brother. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 2.— Miss Rosalie Rizzo, 20-year-old telephone operator, was kidnaped from a rooming house where she lived early today. Two men forced an entrance to her room with re- volvers, slugged Allen Ferris, owner of the house, and a roomer when they at- tempted to interfere, and carried the screaming young woman away in &n automobile. Mrs. Ferris told police that one of the abductors was John Rooney, who she said was a brother of Eddie Rooney, recently convicted of murder. The Rizzo girl had been out early last even- ing with Rooney and another man and had returned with one eye blackened. She told Mrs. Ferris that Rooney had mld her she “knew too much about When the men called early today and demanded to see Miss Rizzo, Ferris ordered them out. Another roomer, both were clubbed down. ARRESTED IN ARMS PLOT Capitalist Turns Over $200,000 in Currency to Attorneys Upon His Capture. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, May 2.—Salvatore Eteca, who claims to be a Mexican capitalist, and Antonio G. Mequeo, his secretary, were arrested kere last night by Department of Justice agents, who said warrants had been issued in EIl Paso, Tex., charging them with ship- ping war materials to rebels in Mexico. Upon his arrest, Eteca gave $200,000 in currency and several diamonds to two American lawyers who were ac- companying him to New York. No at- tempt was made to detain them or Eteca’s wife and two children, who were in the party. SPAIN GETS A. P. NEWS. Dispatches Give Country World- ‘Wide Information. MADRID, May 2 (#).—The leading {newspapers of Spain appeared yester- day with Associated Press dispatches of world-wide character. The service was an innovation, for previously Spanish dailies published very little on world-wide events, their foreign news consisting chiefly of Paris and London dispatches. Radio ngr;@_s—_l’age 46 « indicaf "‘lud:‘h!k MANN COMMITTEE OUSTED IN GEORGIA Brown Tells Delegation That His Patronage Group Will Stand. By the Assoclated Press. Postmaster General Brown informed a complaining committee of Georgia Republicans and Democrats today that the patronage committee he has set up in Georgia to replace that organized by Horace A. Mann would stand. ‘While the Georgians declined to make any statement, it is understood they planned {o present their views per- sonally to President Hoover, with whom they will seek an engagement either late today or tomorrow. _Whether they will sce the President as a delegation was regarded in some quAtERY" 88 doubtfil, “although it was that the President would be With H. G. Hastings, head of the delegation, who was chairman of the State-wide ublican Hoover- for-President commiti in the Jast campaign. There is much conjecture whether the President himself will take a hand in the controversy, or whether the old Mann organization is to go down before the new machinery, which was set up under the direction of Postmaster Gen- eral Brown. ‘The Georgians’ force was augmented by Howard E. Coffin of Sapelo Island, Ga., & close personal friend of the Pres- ident, who, it was stated, expected to call at the White House to urge recog- nition of the Man organizations. Those committees are described as having been buil: up around Southern leaders who were in the forefront of the cam- paign for the Hoover-Curtis ticket. Three Mann Groups Under Fire. ‘Three of the State committees which were set up under the direction of Mr. Mann have failed to meet with the full approval of Postmaster General Brown. ‘That in Georgia has been superseded by a committee headed by Lindsey Hopkins of Atlanta, who also was a member of the Mann organization. The one selected for Florida is being reorganized, and a new committee is being formed in South Carolina, where the group chosen by Mann was headed by Walter F. Brown, who had direction of the Hoover campaign in that State. ‘The Georgians, of course, are confin- ing their efforts to their own State or- ganization, but the outcome is very likely to have its effect upon the or- ganizations in the other States, par- ticularly Florida and South Carolina. R T ST COMMUNICATIONS Quiz WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK | Hearings to Put Particular Stress on Radio, Telephones and Telegraph. By the Associated Press. Hearings covering the whole range of communications, with particular refer- Julius Greenfield, came to his aid, and | erence to the radlo industry and tele- phones and_telegraph, were agreed to today by the Senate interstate com- merce committee and will be begun next week. Chairman Couzens of the committee proposed the hearings today in connec- tion with his bill to establish a Federal communications commission. No ob- jection was voiced to the hearings. First attention probably will be ei\'en| to the radio industry, Senator Couzens said. It is his intention to have the committee examine thoroughly into all phl:ses of the communications indus- tries, Moji Offers Chang Refuge. DAIREN, China, May 2 (#).—The fallen war lord, Chang Tsung-Chang, who was prevented from landing here | by Japanese authorities, today completed arrangements to sail tomorrow for Moji, Japan, where he has been offered a | refuge and where his Dairen wives and concubines will join him as soon as he has found quarters for them. U.S. RESERVATION ONWAR MATERIAL INSTOCKISLIFTED | Gibsen Announces Withdraw- al and Explains Reasons for Concession. QUESTION OF ARMAMENT IN SERVICE IS RAISED American Position on That Point to Hinge Largely on Commission Provisions, He Says. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 2.—As an outcome of last week's withdrawal by the United States of objection to the non-limitation of trained reserves, Hugh S. Gibson, the American representative at the Prepar~ atory Disarmament Conference, today announced withdrawal of the American reservation concerning war material in stock. At the opening of discussion on war material, Mr. Gibson said that the analogy between material in reserve and trained reserves was so close that he need only take a moment to explain the position. Early Debates Reviewed. ‘Throughout earlier debates, he said, the American delegation endeavored to persuade the other delegations that ma- terial in reserve should be limited on the ground (1) that it actually exists in time of peace, (2) that it conferred a decided advantage on its SSOr should war break out and (3) that it was important to make a clear dis- tinction between material in stock and in service. ‘However, as in the case of trained reserves, the American delegation was prepared to make a concession and to defer to the opinion of the countries primarily concerned. Material in Service Brought Up. Count von Bernstorfl, the German delegate, asked whether withdrawal of the American reservation referred to material in service, whereupon Mr. Gib- son explained that he had withdrawn the reservation as regarded material in stock, but was sorry that he was unable to give a precise answer to the American position on material in service. Its position on that point would be largely, though not entirely, determined by provisions which commended them= | selves to the commission in dealing with that subject. Japan Announces Change. uwwflurna!wmnounoed. change in the attitude of his country on this question, Hitherto Japan had been jof the opinfon that reduction in land armaments should be carried out solely by means of reduction of effectives, but the Japanese delegate said she had now decided to consent to limitation of material. As regarded methods, M. Saito con- sidered the best was indirect, through budgetary limitation which would have the advantage of publicity. Direct limitation of war material raised the question of potential war and also the delicate problem of control. He concluded by remarking that his statement referred to material of land armaments only and not to material of naval or air armaments. Sweden Asks Direct Action. Italy and Czechoslovakia also sup= rted the idea of budgetary limitation, g?n Sweden argued for & system of direct limitation. Count von Bernstorff, having made & plea for direct disarmament which he said was “not unrealizable because it had been realized in Germany.' con- cluded by observing pessimistically that he saw the majority of the commission was preparing for limitation by budgetary method. Mr. Gibson then rose to make clear the American position. Recalling the American attitude at the Arms Trafiic Conference in favor of the fullest pub- licity, he said this attitude extended to the creation and maintenance of armaments. He was prepared to agree to the broadest and most comprehensive measures for publicity, Holds Budgeting Method Hiogical. “After exhaustive and sometimes ex= hausting debates on the subject of bud- getary disarmament, my Government still adheres to the opinion that it does not present a true picture.” Mr. Gibson added that the budget- ary method was not a logical one for disarmament, owing to variations in cost price, labor exchange values and other factors. It would leave the deor open to all sorts of evasions and would prove impracticable jand ineffective. “I am unable to accept any meas- ure for budgetary limitation,” he con= cluded. Maxim Litvinoff, chief of the Soviet delegation, supported his own proposals for direct and detailed limitation. He sald that if trained reserves and ma- terial .in stock were limited without limitation also of war material, the treaty would not be worth the ink used to print it. The delegates were “dis- emboweling the draft convention,” he declared. ‘The debate was adjourned until to- morrow morning. TACNA ARICA ROW ENDED. Formal Announcement of Settle- ment Expected Here Soon. LIMA. Peru, May 2 (#).—Settlement of the long-pending Tacna Arica dis- pute between Chile and Peru was au- thoritatively stated today to have been completed. It was expected that formal an- nouncement of the settlement would be made within the next two days from ‘Washington. Burglars Add Insult to Injury by Theft E Of Two Police Dogs in Addition to Loot Burglars rash enough to loot prem- ises guarded by two large unleashed po- lice dogs proved rash enough early to- day to also make off with the dogs. How the trick was turned remains a mystery. No shots were heard near 100 Florida avenue northeast, where the robbery was staged, nor does the owner believe the dogs could have strayed. Robert Hershon, proprietor of an au- tomobile scrapping yard, told police the dogs had been allowed to roam free in the yard every night for nearly two et years as a precaution against thieves and had never left the premises as far as he knew. In addition, the mauraders took alum- inum and spare tires valued at $390. ‘The dogs, which had been raised on the place since puppyhood, were worth $500, Hershon said. Police of the second precinct were told two colored men were seen loitering in the vicinity shortly before the loss was discovered when the shop was opened this morning. »