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Z ked ITALY ABOLISHES TRIALS BY JURY Prisoners Must Pay Own Ex- penses in Jail—Death * Penalty Instituted. BY WILLIAM STONEMAN. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dall é Newa ™ Conyriabts Togu e Dely ROME, October 31.—Trial by jury is abolished, capital punishment is re-| introduced and penalties for crime of all categories, particularly those affect- ing the workings of the Fascist state, are tremendously stiffened by the new Italian penal code, which, after several years of preparation, has been handed to Mussolini by the minister of justice, Rocco. | Usetting many of the commonly estabiished principles of law, the new code fits in with II Duce's scheme of government, intrusting to judges, who themselves are hand-picked by the | regime, the prerogative of applying the law to the best interests of the dictator- ship and public as they interpret them. ‘The abolition of trial by jury, which the minister of justice confirmed in a treatise on the new code which was given out yesterday, promises to attract attention in foreign countries which regard the jury trials as one of the oldest rights of the people. Held “Blind Freedom.” ‘This institution is labeled by Rocco as one of “blind freedom,” equal in inefficacy to many others of “old liberalism.” Striking among the innovations of the new code is a provision that a criminal sentenced to life imprison- ment on two separate charges auto- matically becomes liable to the death penalty. Hitherto capital punishment was inflicted in Italy only on political criminals who were tried by the Fascist special tribunal under the laws for the defense of the state. ‘The firing squad is made Italy’s offi- clal means of execution. Those Italians opposing the regime are severely affected by the provision ‘which allows the court to sentence any one who is “socially dangerous,” even though they may not have committed an actual crime, to an indefinite period of confinement. kS - Speculation Affected. Another paragraph allows a fine of not less than $300 for any one who publishes or otherwise discloses false MISS THE " EVENING STAI‘{ WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 31. 1929. MACDONALD HAILS WOMEN AS FORCE FOR WORLD PEACE Sentiment Exprcssed in U. S. Presages End of War and Sensible Settlement of Disputes, She Says. (This is the second of a series of three articles by the daughter of Grest Britain's prime minister, giving her impresssions of her recent visit to the United States.) BY ISHBEL MACDONALD. us. walked War, women I time. MISS MACDONALD. is so far from Europe. But there have been big changes in the United States in two years. The spirit with which the crowds in Ameri- can cities greeted my father felt like a fresh enthusiasm, not something that had been going on for years. Very large numbers of people come out to welcome a visiting British prime min- ister, the first to come to the United States while in office. They might have even public affairs. They might have come out of curiosity. But once they saw with their own eyes the man who was going to talk with their President, once they realized what it was all about, they felt they had a personal share in the matter because they were part of it. Believes Personal Contact Valuable. They had witnessed one scene and they wanted to follow out the drama. Always the prime minister’s visit will remain something personal %0 them. Always they will connect thei# personal experience with the cause of peace. That personal contact wad, I believe, the chief value of the peace mission. ‘When people see arguments for peace in newsp;{er columns - they often do not read them. When they see the men who are mentioned in the col- umns they become alive to the thought in_them. g ‘Women feel the horrors of war more and remember them er men. Once the conflict is over, men or exaggerated news tending to disturb the internal securities market. This is in keeping with Il Duce’s determina- tion to regulate the Bourse as he wishes and not allow the brokers to force prices down by speculation. The Fascist campaign for larger fami- les is protected by a provision allowing a year in prison or a $1,000 fine for birth control propagandists. Any one blaspheming the state will get one to three years in prison, as will Eemben of any unauthorized organiza- lons. Crime is made particularly expensive by the provision that prisoners must pay the expenses of their own confine- being ‘subjest) B domfscation” for 1his being subje purpose, - SEEK FLYERS OR HEIRS TO MAKE MEDAL AWARDS Search has been instituted by the ‘War Department for eight former fly- ers of the Army Air Corps, or their heirs, who are entitled to a medal rep- resentative of the Mackay trophy, awarded each year for the most meri- torious flight of the preceding period. So far, Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of the Air Corps, has been un- | successful in his efforts to locate the whereabout of eight winners of the trophy, or their heirs, and seeks in- formation from the outside on the sub- Ject. The missing medalists are listed as followers: Col. Townsend F. Dodd, who was the winner of the Mackay trophy in 1914 for a reconnaissance flight which he made with Maj. Fitzgerald. Col. Dodd was killed before receiving the medal. Lieut. Belvin W. Maynard, who was one of the crew of the Atlantic-Pacific flight and return in 1919. Lieut. May- nard resigned before receiving the medal. He was known as the “Flying Parson.” Lieut. R. S. Worthington, who also was one of the crew of the Atlantic- Pacific flight and return in 1919. ‘Lieut. Worthington resigned and was soon after killed, before receiving the medal. Lieut. D. B. Gish, also one of the crew of the Atlantic-Pacific flight and re- turn in 1919, resigned before receiving the medal. Capt. Clinton ¥. Woolsey, who was| That one of the crew of the South American good will flight in 1926. Capt. Woolsey :’ash tkllled during the course of the ight. Sergt. Edmund Henrique, who was one of the crew of the Alaskan flight in 1920. Sergt. Henrique was discharged upon expiration of his term of en- listment, before receiving the medal. 3 REPORTERS FREE FROM DISTRICT JAIL ON HABEAS CORPUS (Continued From Pirst Page.) terday evening getting the “inside” stories of his fellow prisoners. All of them, he said, were willing enough to “show him the ropes” in the jail and to discuss the ins and outs of crime, but all protested their absolute innocence in so far as their individual cases were concerned. Much fo their disappointment, the three reporters were confined in a sec- tion of the jail far removed from that occupled by Harry F. Sinclair, wealthy oil man serving sentence for contempt of the Senate. Each of the three feels that a wonderful opportunity for a news “scoop” has been lost to them as result of being separated from Sincl WIFE OF EMBEZZLING PAYMASTER IS HELD Shortly after registering in the Mades Hotel, 300 Pennsylvania avenue, early today, Mrs. Elizabeth Musil, 34-year- old wife of Lieut. Charles Musil of the Navy, was arrested by J. R. Leach, a sixth’ preeinct policeman, and held for investigation. Leach sald he took the woman into custody to. learn whether she was want- ed for questioning by authorities of the Navy Department in connection with the aileged. embezzlement of $54,600 by her husband while he was a naval pay- realize what they have been through, but while the, battle is on they have all the excitement. Women have the weary anxiety of staying at home. I do not believe men's part in war is quite as intolerable as women's, be- cause of the exhilaration—a horrible, unhealthy exhilaration, but exhilaration all the same. Women have only that awful’ waiting, unless they are free to do nursing and other active service. My connection with the British peace mission has been the greatest honor and delight I have ever known. It has been a personal matter, of course. could not take part in versations between my father and the President. I did not once discuss with my hth‘.n; 'Lhnt was going on. I was a man street so far as informa- went. But at the White House and in” the Rapidan I had a sense of being with people who were progressing toward a common goal. This contented. me. Holds Prejudice Against War. I remember the war very well. Not the campaign episodes, of course, but the parts I came across myself. A day or two before war was declared I was at Lossiemouth on a holiday and I heard them say war was imminent. It made little impression on my young sands, carrying banners and singing. the open-air meetings I spoke on the futility of Looking down into during the war. England had air raids and loss of life. only l%ss of life. The experiences of the United States were as distant from ours as ours were from those of France and Belgium during the fightin, had no interest in international or |gas. ‘The response of the American ‘people to the peace mission of my father can be summed up in one sentence which, it seemed to me, was being chanted by | every American citizen’s mind during the beautiful days.of our visit: “Now we know what we have been waiting for!” Before I sailed for England I knew there would be a warm sympathy toward the cause of peace in the United States, but I was not quite prepared for the tremendous burst of enthusiasm that engulfed It was as if the whole couptry had been sub- consciously waiting and waiting for the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Great Britain to come together. it seemed to arouse a feeling in the United States which was quite different from anything I felt there when I last visited America. About two years ago we in England had a peace pilgrimage. to London and there held a series of mass meetings to demonstrate their desire for peace. From north, west and south they came in thou- When they did, ‘Women from all over the country At one of e tense faces of those knew the desire for peace was real in England, at any rate in a large section of the community. But I did not come upon anythis like such enthusiasm for peace in the United States at that There was no militarism either. did not_encounter such strong sentiment. reason, I thought, was because the United States Prance had trenches, evacuations, battles and loss of life 1 merely The The United States had 8. I do not believe the desire to kill and destroy is an instinct. The instinct often confused for this is one of competition. Human beings like to strive against one another, it is true. But this instinct could find healthy outlet in sports, Nation could be pitted against nation in high jump and foot ball, rather than shooting and stabbing and wiping out with poison I think women are’as patriotic as men. They cheer for their side as lus- tily as men. But they place a higher value on life than men do. Even dur- ing the last war, when women heard of eath along the battle front, they said, ‘That enemy who was killed out there ‘was the son of some woman.” An international league for mothers exists, with motherhood as its bond. It is a bond much stronger and more uni- versal than any bond between men in the world. It is in this strong union of mothers that nestles the hope of world peace. , Some day women will wield power enough politically to make a drastic difference in the programs of nations. Already in Great Britain can- didates for election are being placed be- fore women as well as men. The women require that their candidates declare their positions in regard to war. They go to the candidates and say, “Tell us what you think about. international af- fairs. We will not put power into you r do| hands if it means the destruction of our children.” Peace Is No Longer a Dream. ‘World peace is as vital to women in the United States as it is to women in Great Britain. I have seen in the faces of the women who lined the streets of the large citles through which we passed that same yearning expression that lighted the faces of the women who made the peace pilgrimage in Eng- land two years ago. Meeting American women and talk- ing with them about peace, I have come to see it is no longer a dream., I have no sympathy with those who o el than adeoaie nesing. Bescs Y ual . Peace depends almost entirel};w;‘:‘ mental changes. Good housing and T gnbumt involve changed taljntti- des and then action 3 nc- dbg, planning and carrying new housing schemes, for instance. ~ But when you have.won the mental vic- tory, the goal of peace is near! thetr Bt 1or eace ¥ shelh go' o b : £0'on be- lieving to the end that it is up to the ‘women of the world to make peace an actuality. And I know I live to see it come. (Cor gright, 1929.) ALLEN;REOUEST mind. I could not believe war could happen outside a history book or in distant countries. (I had heard apout the Balkan War.) I was told war leclared. My first impulse was It could not be true! It must be a story. But it was true, an it disgusted me. All during the war—and I was 11 started—I wondered if I should have been a conscientious objector had I been a man. I never quite decided, because I told myself if 1 were a man then naturally I should have a differ- ent nature, and that manly nature might have liked war. But as things were I felt I should rather suffer prison than take part in manslaughter. 1 was in London during the air raids. Childlike, I enjoyed the excitement. Children like anything that keeps them out of bed. I tried to forget what the noise meant. But as I grew up I saw the war Lad left its mark on me. For instance, I never joined the Girl Guidcs, the Brit- ish equivalent of the Girl Scouts. The uniform put me off. It seemed so military. Some of my 'cssmates were Girl ‘Guides, though, and through them 1 learned that the organization was not so military as it appeared. But I never got .over that origiral prejudice. is why I was so pleased o see the pretty new green uniform of the Girl Scouts I met in Washington. ‘When I went to college I joined the League of Nations Tinion, attended its lectures and socials and worked for it until I left college. ‘Women Vital Force for Peace. 1 believe women can do an enormous amount_of work for peace in small ways. I think it is vp to women all over the world to teach vheir children and to tell their {rlends what war really is. That would insure peace psychology. The young people of the United States and of Great Britain, girls and boys younger than myself, may not be able to remember or visualize war, There is & danger, when they have grown to be women, that they might come to feel war is inevitable, or when they have grown to be men that war is an exciting interlude in a humdrum existence. They must be inade to real- ize that at the end of a war people have to come ether to reach a settle- ment, have to sit down at a table with a terrible wall of bitterness between them, have to try to cone to a satis- factory peace treaty, after bloodshed and enmity. Why should dren grow up with the ide: of government can mee! before going to war, withjut that well of bitterness, therc to clear away mis- FOR TRIAL BEFORE CIVILIANS DENIED (Continued From First Page.) Police Department of the District of Columbia the Commissioners are au- thorized to set up trial boards for the consideration of charges against mem- bers of the Police De) nt arising out of alleged misconduct. At the trial before such board the accused is entitled to be represented by counsel and to tnesses. The findings of the trial the Com- missioners, together with the testimony, and the accused has a right of appeal to the Board of Commissioners of the sloners can hear such appeal either orally or on written briefs submitted by the accused or his attorney. The Commissioners can affirm or modify the findings of the trial board and the penalty imposed, or remand the case to the trial board which tried it or to a new trial board for a new hearing, as they may deem proper. Board Not Convinced. “Nothing which has been submitted by you either in writing or orally to the Commissioners has convinced them that Pvt. Allen can not obtain an im- partial trial before the police trial board as regularly constituted, and the Commissioners believe that the pro- cedure provided, for by the manual insures that justice will be done to the accused. They therefore deny your request that Pvt. Allen be tried by a board composed entirely of persons nof connected with thé Police Department. A loophole in the ggflcz regulations providing for trial ards, Wampler pointed o:t, in making public the cor- respondence to Maj. Pratt, gives t. Doyle an opportunity to force compl- ance with his request for an extraordi- nary board, since he can challenge every police official or private named on the trial board. Wampler indicated that he proposed to take advantage of loophole, if necessary. Tolice Not Disturbed. ‘Wampler’s warning, however, did not disturb police officials, who declared that a challenge is a mere technicality and the accused officer must give a rea- son for it and the trial board must pass jupon its sufficiency. In the power to overrule a challenge lice authorities explained that the chairman of the trial board could prevent Wampler from car- understandings and differences with words? ‘When two countries go to war through these misunderstandings, the action al- ways is taken by two small handfuls of men, the leaders of the governments. These leaders need the whole of their e;:lunmea l:bteh:nd mlem.w!n‘floruer to get the support of people, stories are manu- factured to heat tge blood of emotional listeners till'they will support anything under the stress of tense fecling. If the heads of government told the truth about the ridiculous little disputes over which they planned to pour out lives, no one would back them! War Stories Vary Little. Oddly enough, the manufactured sto- itles vary no more one from the other than those devastatingly similar shell- fish, the oysters! = The :same -type of stories, appealing to sentiment by master at Charleston, S. C. Navyal of- ficials later notified police they did not care to question Mrs. Musil. Meanwhile, police continued to hold the waman in the House of Detention. \ picting the enemy as bloodthirsty, brutal people, used, war after war. We who heard the stories of the World War will remember them. We must teach our children to ¢ them. rying out the threat. Doyle’s move for an extraordinary trial board was not a surprise. His attorneys revealed last Saturday that they were seriously considering making such a request. ‘The two letters in which the plea was made for a special trial board and the challenge to members of the Police Trial Board as now constituted, to- gether with the aiternates, bore the signatures of both of Doyle’s attorneys. Man Wounded in Raid. HICKMAN, Ky, October 31 (#)— Earl Henson, 40, was shot and seriously wounded by Deputy Sheriff Joe W yesterday in a liquor raid on Henson's home, on the farm of Tobe Jackson, Fulton Cmmtxy 3sller. 6 miles from here. ‘The party of four officers came upon Henson and John Evans, they said, at two ‘stills. Henson, the officers sald, drew his gun, but Wall§ shot him before he could pull the trigger, \brought to a hospital here, TARIFF MANEUVERS IN SOUTH PICTURED Lumber Mafgnate Appears Before Lobby Committee to Defend Himself. (Continued From First Page.) (CAR FARE DEMAND FLAYED IN REPORT Dividends Behind Appeal, De- clares Counsel for Citi- zens’ Group. (Continued From First Page.) Arnold said. Kirby previously testified that the Southern Tariff Association was not interested in schedules such as the Connecticut Manufacturers’ Asso- clation had been shown to be interested, but that the organization advocated tariff changes with special reference to agriculture. Chairman Caraway, soon after Kirby took the oath as witness, branched out into a political inquiry. . “Did you know there was a working agreement between Arnold and R. B. Creager (Republican national commit- teeman from Texas) to get out candi- dates?” Kirby said he did not. After considerable fencing with the witness, Caraway had read a letter dated August 19 last, purporting to have been sent from Creager to Arnold. Caraway's plain intimation was that Arnold, in his capacity as an officer of the Tariff Association and of the Tax- payers’ League, was advising with Re- publican political leaders in an effort to defeat Democratic candidates. Arnold wrote to Creager: “I talked with Belcher (C. C. Belcher of Del Rio). He seems willing to make the race (for Representative from the fou: teenth district), but expressed uneas ness_about the general condition of the Republican party in the State and nationally.” Arnold quoted Belcher as havingsquestioned whether it would be more profitable to trade off the election or prosecute a winning campaign. Creager Sends Regrets. Still later, Creager wrote to Arnold, saying he was sorry “we couldn’t get Belcher in this district.” Chairman Caraway asked Kirby 1f Belcher is not now running for Congress on the Dem- ocratic ticket. The witness said he did not _know. ‘The National Council of State Leg- islatures, of which Kirby is president, an organization composed of officers and members of the Legislatures in various States and others, is interested, Kirby previously had said, in protest- ing the inheritance tax. When Kirby sald he and his organ- izations favored mpetitive tariff and referred to the “Houston platform of the Democratic party as outlining his views, Caraway asked him what Texas did about supporting the platform. Texas was one of the five Southern States that voted for President Hoover. “Well,” Kirby said, “we had a religious issue.” ‘The examination then turned to a more detailed inquiry about the func- tions, organization and activities of the organizations with which Kirby is con- nected, and Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wisconsin took over the questioning. Kirby Clashes With Blaine. Kirby seemed to resent Senator laine’s manner from the first. At one point, when the Wisconsin Senator sought to have Kirby identify the signa- ture on a letter sent out over his name, calling a meeting of the National Coun- cil of State Legislatures in Washington next month, Kirby resentfully asserted that Blaine was not being fair. Blaine retorted by accusing the wit- ness of withholding information and refusing to answer questions “candidly.” Kirby said in response to Senator Robinson, Republican, of Indiana, that he thought Senator Bingham of Con- necticut was entirely proper in employ- ing Eyanson to assist him in his work on the tariff bill. Members of the committee sought at length to identify Kirby and Arnold and their organizations vith ar effort to influence Congress in tariff matters, but Kirby was persistent ia his position that their activities were educational. The committee recessed until tomor- row before concluding its <xamination of Arnold. He will appear again to- morrow at 10 o'clock. The ccmmittee today requested Kirby to iurnish it with the records of contributions ard cx- penditure of the Southern Tariff Association. Kirby Wants to Explain. Mr. Kirby told the committee that he was appearing voluntarily, because he wished to explain the activities of the Southern Tariff Association, of which he is president, since it had been “ma- ligned” in connection with the lobby investigation. He said that association was organized in 1920 by farmers, stock raisers and allled interests to oppose the Youcy of free raw material in tariff legislation. Senator Caraway immediately asked Mr. Kirby to state the relationship of J. A. Arnold of Washington, with of- fices in the Munsey Building, to the Southern Tariff Association. Mr. Arnold is manager of the asso- ciation, at a salary of $500 a month, and has been. in Washington in that capacity since 1922, Mr. Kirby said, adding that ' the association spend: “between $40,000 and $80,000 a year. Questioned by the committee as to his own business, Mr. Kirby said he was a_lumber manufacturer and had about { District of Columbia. The Commis-|$30,000,000 invested in the lumber busi- ness. He sald he had never advocated @ tariff duty on lumber. His contribu- tion to the Southern Tariff Association, he sald, had averaged about $2,000 a year for the last 10 years. Senators Question Kirby. Senators Caraway, Walsh and Blaine questioned Mr. Kirby as to the rela- tionship between the Southern Tariff Association, the American Taxpayers’ League and the National Couneil of State Legislatures. Mr. Kirby said that he was president of the Southern Tariff Association and the Council of State Legislatures and had been a contributor to the Taxpayers' League. He said Mr. Arnold was manager of the Southern Tariff Association and the Taxpayers’ League and a voluntary ‘“helper” for the Council 'of State Legislatures. The general purpose of the éouthem Tariff Association, he explained, was to urge a tariff on Southern agricultural roducts, the Council of State - atures opposed Federal inheritance taxes and the American Taxpayers’ League opposed a sales tax. Senator Blaine and Mr. Kirby clash- ed when the Wisconsin Senator asked the witness to help him “unscramble” tL. three organizations. Senator Blaine accused the witness of trying to evade this | his questions. Approves Eyanson's Actions. Mr. Kirby, answering Senator Cara- way, denied that Mr. Arnold was in Washington for the purpose of inter- viewing members of Congress and “fix- ing up legislation,” but, he said, “some good man” ought to assist members of Congress in this regard. Mr. Kirby said that he had ap- proved the activities of C. L. Eyanson, representative of the Connecticut Man- ufacturers’ Association, who was em- ployed as secretary by Senator Bingham of ‘Connecticut and in that capacity gained admission to the Senate finance { committee during consideration of the tarift bill “I know nothing about Eyanson per- sonally,” said Mr. Kirby, “but I thor- oughly npgrova his work and what Sen- ator B did.” The witness said that the Southern Tariff Association did not employ a secret, representative in Washington, but all its work was “in the open.” Replying to questions by Senator Robinson, Mr. Kirby said 95 per cent of the members of the Southern Tariff As- soclation are Democrats and they reside in every State in the South. “Does your association stand for a m«cm« tariff?” asked Seflator Rob- n. “We call it a competitive tariff,” re- plied Mr. Kirby. “Others might call it a protective tariff. We want to give our He was in the home market at an advantage. ‘We are not creating senti- commission. It is the policy of ex- pediency, protection and monopoly sub- stituted for law.” In another place the brief says: “Both companies insist before the commission that they are highly competitive and invoke the aid of the commission based on this claim, yet both companies plunge the dagger of uniform fare into the heart of fare competition, the only form of competition promising relief for | the car rider. They insist that fares are now uniform in the District, wherr"the car and bus rider knows from actual experience that there is now in use on the car and bus lines operating through- out the city as many varieties of fares as there were colors in Joseph's coat of biblical fame.” Mr. Clayton brings the full force of satire to bear on the contention of the companies that the 10-cent fare would b2 more acceptable to the public than the 8-cent fare, because patrons would not be called on to get pennies in change. “The use of pennies anyway always lowers the financial standing of the user; don't be an 8-cent piker, be a 10-cent sport, is the suggestion of the company to the rider,” he said. Swelling of Profits. “The president of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. professes to be- lieve that the car rider is indifferent as to whether he pays 8 or 10 cents for a ride, but when these lowly and beggarly 2 cents swell to three-quarters of a million dollars annually, drawn from the pockets of those least able to pay. to swell millions of profits already ac- cumulated from their patronage, then the plebein penny throws off its rags and becomes elevated to the seats of the mighty. “If the use of the penny in trans- portation circles is a nuisance, why do the companies cling so tenaciously to their one and two cent charges for transfers?” Winding up his 11-page document with the statements that the petition- ing company is in extraordinarily sound financial condition, with no future dis- tress in prospect, with street crossing policemen and paving taxes diminish- ing; that its present stock dividends exceed in ratio the dividends of 95 per cent of the street railway companies in the United States; that the growth of the city is strong and sure, and that of the tributary ferritory in Maryland and Virginia efen more swift, Mr. Clayton appeals to the commission not to grant the 25 per cent increase in cash fares sought, as it is not reason- able and just as between the company and the public. GIBSON PREPARING REPORT ON POLICE Representative Calls on Officials Before Making Statement for Committee. Preparatory to drafting his long- promised report to the House on re- organfzation of the Police Department of the District government, Representa- tive Ernest W. Gibson of Vermont, chairman of the special subcommittee of the House District committee which has for several years been making a comprehensive study of the entire mu- nicipal administration, was in confer- ences today with District officials. He planned to see the Commissioners and Maj. Pratt, superintendent of the Met- ropolitan Police, emphasizing that the visits were “to get matters in shape for filing the subcommittee report.” Representative Gibson expects also to give careful and thoughtful considera- tion to the report with recommenda- tions for reorganization of the municipal administration of the District of Co- lumbia by the Institute for Government Research of the Brookings Institute, which supports several of Mr. Gibson's previously expressed views regarding the local government. It was made plain by Mr. Gibson that he is not going to make any “investi- gation” because he feels that there have been plenty, and even a surfeit of in- vestigations already. Neither does he wish to have his activities and confer- ences at this time referred to as a “study,” but insists that it is merely cleaning up and bringing up to date his information on local affairs pre- paratory to writing the report of his subcommittee. RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT. E. H. Loftus of Siamese Legation Honored by Hoover. E. H. Loftus, who was recently re- tired after a long service as counselor of the Siamese legation, was received in person by President Hoover yesterday, an honor rarely conferred on any diplo- mat under the rank of an envoy. s Royal Wedding May Be Delayed. BRUSSELS, October 31 (#).—The newspaper Independence Belge says to- day that the marriage of Princess Marie Jose to Crown Prince Humbert of Italy may be postponed until February. It has been previously thought that the marriage would take place earlier. ment in the South. We are merely making it vocal. We were successful in getting this principle into the ‘Demo- cratic platform adopted at the national convention in Houston.” Referring again to the activities of Eyanson in Washington, Senator Rob- inson asked Mr. Kirby whether he thought it was right for a man in the employ of an outside organization to accept a position on the Government pay roll and go into secret meetings of congressional committees. “There may be a technical objection to it,” replied Mr. Kirby, “but I approve of men in Congress getting tecl al information from those who know, al- though I favor doing it openly.” Senator Walsh asked whether the Southern Tariff Association ever had advocated a reduction in tariff rates on | industrial products or anything else. “I don't recall that we ever did so,” Aid the witness. Senator Blaine demanded that Mr. Kirby explain exactly what Mr. Arnold was doing here for the National Coun- cil of State Legislatures. Mr. Kirby said Arnold had no official connection with that organization, but admitted a con- was sent out yesterday clll!ngn U vention of the council to meet ington December 2-3. Seantor Blaine produced a copy of this letter, which purported to be signed by Mr. Kirby. The witness said that the signature was stamped on the letter and that he had authorized Mr. Arnold to use it. This letter stated that traveling expenses of delegates convention would be paid. stated that the American Tax Payers’ League, with offices in the Munsey Bullding, would arrange for the pre- liminary work in connection with the convention. Several times Senator ferred to Mr. Arnold as a l’l"t wouldn't call him that,’ raway re- bbyist.” said Mr. “Well, you will find out about that as we proceed,” declared Senator Caraway. American producers a chance to sell ! Kirb; | | to the It alsoft RECEIVES $50,000 RADIUM GIFT Mme. Curie and President Hoover on the steps of the Medical Science Building yesterday afternoon after Mr. of radium with a draft for $50,000 to be used jum, Hoover had presented the co-discoverer for the purchase of a gram of - —Associated Press Photo. MIE, CURE GETS CHEX FORRADUN Hoover Pays Tribute to Noted Woman Scientist in Presenting America’s Gift. President Hoover, late yesterday after- noon, in the presence of several hun- dred distinguished men and women assembled in the auditorium of the National Academy of Sciences, present- ed a bank draft for $50,000 to Mme. Curie, the noted French scientist and co-discoverer of radium. As the President handed the silver case containing the draft, which was donated by a group of American women, and which is to be used by Mme. Curie in carrying on her experiments and research work in radiology, to the frail, somberly dressed French scientist, he made a brief speech, in which he described her discovery of radium as one of the outstanding triumphs of research in the realm of pure science. Tribute Touches Mme. Curie. Mme. Curie appeared greatly touched by the high tribute paid to her by the President and by the evidence 9f esteem in which she is held in this country. In a voice so low it could hardly be heard she e:greued her -?Iueclluon. She concluded by saying, will like to remember the American gifts of radjum to me as a symbol of enduring friéndship binding your country to France and to Poland.” Dr. William Welsh of Johns Hopkins presided. He lauded the contributions to science made by Mme. Curie. He called attention to the fact that ill health almost prevented her coming to this country at this time and that it was impossible for her to attend public demonstrations of any kind. In his speech President Hoover said: “I am sure that I represent the whole American people when I express our gratification to Mme. Curie that she should have honored our country by coming here. We give to her the wel- come of a people who are grateful for the beneficen® service she has given to all mankind. “It is not necessary for me to re- count the great fundamental discovery associated with the names of her late husband and herself. The discovery of radium was an outstanding triumph of research in the realm of pure science. It was, indeed, a great and successful exploration into the unknown, from which a new truth has brought to the world a practical revolution in our con- ception of substance. It has advanced all thought on the constitution of mat- ter. And, like all great discoveries of fundamental substance and fact, it has found application to human use. the treatment of disease, especially of cancer, it has brought relief of human suffering to hundreds of thousands of men and women. “As an indication of the appreciation and the respect which our le feel for Mme. Curie, generous-minded men and women under the leadership of Mrs. William B. Meloney have pro- vided the funds with which a gram of radium is to be purchased and presented to the hospitat and research institute which bears her name in ‘Warsaw. The construction of this hos- pital was a magnificent tribute by the city of her birth and the Polish people, in which the American peopde are glad to have even this opportunity of modest participation. The whole of this oc- casion where we pay tribute to a great scientist is again a recognition of the fundamental importance of scientific re- search and a mark of public apprecia- tion of those who have given their lives to human service through its profession. Mme. Curie’s response follows: “I am conscious of my indebtedness to my friends in America, who, for the second time, with great kindness and understanding, have tified one of my dear wishes. My work is very much my life, and I have been made bnpfy by your generous support of it. feel deegly the importance of what has been said by the President of the United States about the value of pure science; this has been the creed of my life. Scientific research has its great beauty and its reward in itself; and so I have found happiness in my work. B “It has been, however, an additional as well as an unexpected happiness to know that my work could be used for rellef in human suffering. Values Friendly Feeling. “I do not belleve that I deserve all the praise that has been given me; but I highly value the friendly feeling ex- pressed by the President and by Dr. h. that he had formulated a letter which | Wels! el “Mr. President, in my native land your name is rever.d for having saved, by your humanitayian work, a large part of the young generation. Your kind work of will add to the gratitude people toward you. In accepting this precious gift, which will hasten the opening of the radio insti- Y | with industry is one that can be HOOVER REQUESTS TARIFF BILL DRAFT WITHIN TWO WEEKS (Continued From First Page.) wide differences of opinion and the length of the discussions in the Sen- ate were themselves ample demonstra- tion of the desirability of a real flex- ible clause. in order that injustice in rates could be promptly corrected by scientific and impartial investigaticn and put in action without such delays as the present ,discussions give proof. He urged the Republican leaders to get together and see if they could not ex- itz the early completion of these schedules and thus send the bill to conference with the House within the next two weeks.” Prior to making public this prepared statement, the President sent fqr Clau- dius H. Huston, chairman of ublican national committee, and dur- g a half-hour conference with him is understood to have read the prepared statement to him before gwing it to the press. Mr. Huston is understood also to have been present at a con- ference at the White House late yester- day when Senator Watson of lndiana, Republican leader of the Senate, and McNary of Oregon, chairman of the Senate agriculture committee, discussed ::; nt;rl.fl legislation situation at scme No Idea of Intentions. the President if he would sign the tariff bill in its present form or whether he would make any concessions to the Republican independent-Democratic coalition program. He added he had no idea what Mr. Hoover would do with the measure, but insisted the Chief Executive was “anxious” to have tariff legislation. “When we finally get this bill into conference with the House, then, and then only, can we Consult with Mr., Hoover on the legislation,” he asserted. Emphasizing his statement by pound- ing4 the desk, the Republican leader sald: “I think this tariff bill can be passed and I think it ought to be passed.” ‘While there were some Republicans of the administration group desirous of adjourning the Senate at an early date, Wntmnmnajhe for 'Tl‘ze vtlould “never agree journ without passing a tariff bill.” “‘Whatever the President had in mind,” Watson asserted, “the House passed a bill and the Senate had nothing to do but: consider it.” Asserting the Senate twice had re- Jjected moves to confine the revision to agriculture, he added there were men on both sides of the chamber who felt some industries needed tariff increases. “The trouble is we have not ap- proached the subject in a conciliatory way,” he sald, adding that the “will to pass a tariff act is an inevitable In | precursor to passage of the bill itself.” “As long as men hold each other at arms’ length and hurl epithets we will never get anywhere,” Watson continued. “But if men sit down at a tabl: and contemplate the situation with a will to do a thing it always can be done “There are men here who epresent agricultural States and who realize there must be increases in farm tariffs. .They are men here who represent in- dustrial States who believe that some of their industries are entitled to addi- tional rates. Let us get together and accomplish a common purpose.” ‘Watson also ventured an opinion that there was no Senator from the North- west who would “ruin an American industry and therefore the sane, sensi- ble thing to do is to determine what are reasonable rates and then pro- ceed to pass the bill.” Speech Brings Replies. Watson's speech started a whirl of replies. Senator Borah of Idaho, a leader of the independents, said he would be one of the first' to expedite the bill by lim- itation of debate, but the “great issue that of restoring agriculture to equality in no way except in the open and frank discussion of the Senate.” Simmons of North Carolina, ranking Democrat on the Senate finance com- mittee, sald “our differences cannot now be compromised.” He asserted the Democrats would never compromise on l,lilz flexible provisions or the debenture plan. Senator Harrison, Democrat, Missis- to co-operate in speedy passage of the bill, but demanded that the President state his views now and not wait until the measure reached conference. Borah also sald there was “no use talking about not passing a bill. there are enough votes to defeat it that is one thing, but to abandon it and refuse to lef te is unthinkable.” “Those W] are " he asserted. “This bill is not killed. It's in the making and the issue presented will not be 'd when the final vote comes.” To abandon the measure now, Borah y | continued, would be to “abandon our P stitute and I will like to remember the American gifts of radium to me as a symbol of enduring friendship binding your country to France and to Poland.” During her overnight stay in Wash. ington, Mme. Curie was a house guest at the White House. Following a dinner in her honor at the White House last night, Mme. Curie left Washington for New York.: will | United States.” right to leadership in the Senate of the Adding: “There will be no abandonment of this bill until it is presented to -the President of the United States.”. Borah said he had gone into the cam- paign with a definite purpose and ¢ Senate can never adjourn for a holiday or for rest without compromising itself. for ten years for the tunity now to obtain nfl"‘ parity e Senator Watson said he had not asked it settled | Pollard, sippl, sald the Democrats were willing | beca say this bill is killed | Bro ICLASS DISTINCTION ISISSUE INVIRGINIA Coalition Candidate Appeal- ing to Workers to Vot~ Against Regulars. . (Continued From First Page.) for example, that the fact that Mrs. Hoover entertained Mrs. Oscar De Priest, wife of the colored Representa- tive from Illinois, at tea at the White House last Spring along with the wives of other members of the House, has meant a swing back of many Democratic votes which last year deserted the regular ticket. They believe, too, that the appointment of two colored post- masters, one in Albermarle County and another in Pittsylvania, since 'the Hoover administration came in, will have its effect on the voters. ‘The racesssue popped into the open in the campaign only a day or two ago, when a printed circular was put out, declaring that the Republican party stood for the repeal of the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting the colored people and containing pictures of Oscar De Priest and his wife, what alleges to be a ccpy of the invitation to tea ex- tended by Mrs. Hoover io Mrs. De Priest, and excerpts from the speeches made by De Priest. When the circular made its appearance, Henry W. Ander- son, Republican leader here, immediate- ly wrote a letter of John Garland Pollard, the Democratic nominee for governor, -asking him if he had “authorized or approved” the issuance of the circular and “the outrageous attempt to asso- ciate Dr. Brown and myself with De Priest.” Mr. Anderson accused the Democratic headquarters with circu- lating tne pamphlet. It did not take Dr. Pollard long to come back with a stinging reply, in which he characterized Mr. Anderson’s questions as “a brazen piece of in- solence, of which I hope you wili not be gmilty in your calmer moments, and for which I trust you will be sorry when the smoke of battle has died away.” Dr. Pollard denied any knowledge of or responsibility for the pamphlet. Demo- cratic headquarters also has denied it had anything to do with the circular. ‘There have been hints that befor: elec~ tion day the Republicans will seek fur- ther to pin on the Democratic head- quarters responsibility for distributing the pamphlet. At all events the story of the pamphlet and its contents have been published throughout the State in practically all the daily newspapers and its circulation has been assured, no mat- ter who was responsible for putting it out. What its ultimate effect will be re- mains to be seen. Letters Show Feeling. The interchange of letters between Mr. Anderson and Dr. Pollard, how. ever, is indicative of the intense fe which exists between the rival camps. eches are becoming more and more cratic party is refe: lar Democrats as an * that Anderson and the Republican party in Virginia and their candidate, Dr. Brown, favored a repeal of the poll tax as a prerequisite to voting and would have the election laws amended, it J‘hced in powerso as to do away with the poll tax, regarded as a meas- ure to keep the colored race away from the ballot box on election days. Mr. Anderson called attention to the that there is nothing in the Republican al‘:uomfi peal of pol which poses the rej statement in the pamphlet as an abso- ite falsehood. ishment of the poll tax in an address before the Republican State convention. “It is my firm conviction,” continued Dr. Pollard, “that no greater flhllllx could come to Virginia, for it revive in its most malignant form the race question, which was forced on & helpless State by the perfidy of reconstruction measures of the Re- publican ‘;n.rty 11 believe that expegd ency, and expediency alone, preven the reinsertion in the last Rej State platform of the provision ol g ol iy B voting. ieve %:;tybylmlturlnmmm. paign, boiled down, except a desire on the part of the “outs” to get “in.” The reg- ulars assert that the administration of Virginia’s affairs under Gov. Byrd has been excellent, and they are defending the record of the Byrd administration from one end of the State to the other and ridiculing claims by Dr. Brown that he will build more and bet- ter roads and ‘at the same time cut O these Tical days o the ese final days o cam) both the candidates are going upp.::ld‘ down the State in a final rush to get their views to the voters. This in itself ts 0st unheard of in a State election in 'gina. The Democratc primary has for years settled all elections in’ that State. The very activity of the reg- ular Democrats this year is in itself evidence that they consider they have a real fight on their hands. In the old days, if $5,000 were ex- pended in a State campaign it was con- sidered b:thmufi amount. This year, how- ever, les are spending money. There has been so far nothing to el just how much, but one well informed Democrat here ex the opinion that the coalition had expended $50,000 or upward and that the were likely to spend as much as their op- ponents. The Republicans, say the Democrats, have more money to spend this year than they had last, when the Hoover-Smith campaign “was running at its height in Virginia. Candidates Contrasted. The two candidates for goverr Pollard, the Democratic nominee, &' Brown, the coalition candidate, are vefg different on the stump, however. I o ,‘nhmmg‘ower mn'n than h nent, has 'n appeall particu larly to the intelligent and o the i ¢ tellect in his speeches. So far, sou#: of his critics say, he has not brought much of a human spark into the cam- paign. Dr. Brown, on the other hand, is a spellbinder, with an appeal to the crowd. Dr. Brown, however, has recently been roundly attacked by the regulars use, while he is now denouncing the so-called short ballot, which gives the governor the power of the State treasurer, the super; of education and the commissioner of agriculture, he himself spoke for and If | voted for the short-ballot amendment. The short ballot is denounced in the anti-Smith Democratic platform and in the Republican platform. When Dr. Wn was by the how he had voted on the short-| amend- g0, he declined to answer the question. ~ Just recently he admitted he had voted for the ballot. -His the its are making rdy admission by gubernatorial candidate. Some of his supporters admit that he made a “psy- ‘The farmer, he went on, had waited | Y with time