Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER, (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy today with occasional light rain colder tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, p.m. yesterday: lowest, and tomorrow today; slightly 60 at 4:30 43 at 8 am. yesterday. Full report on page 6. he Sund WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION . Y Star, National 5000 *From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone to start immediate delivery. (#) Means Associated Press. No. BUSINESS ANSWERS PRESIDENT'S CALL 1,287—No. 31,246. 10 AID INDUSTRY Selected Group of Executives to Receive Summons for Thursday Conference. HUGE SHIP PROGRAM STUDIED BY COMMITTEE | Construction of 30 Vessels to Cost $200,000,000 Proposed With Mail Contracts. Immediate expansion of the American | merchant marine by about 30 new ves- | 018 to cost upward of $200,000,000 was | contemplated yesterday in the Govern- ment’s plan to unite public and private | initiative to avert any serious indus- Entered second class matter post offi Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, BENEVOLENT Ttalian Premier Tak of One-Man BY BENITO Premier of human happiness up to these greater a efficient. it can be degree of can best ment. authority could eas One pr! trial sag as a result of the stock mar- ket crisis and its effect on public con- | fidence. | Such a plan, involving the granting | of a mail contract to the United States | Lines, Inc.. and similar subventions to | nearly & score of other lines, Was be- | fore President Hoover's interdepart- mental committee as American indus- try promptly responded to President Hoover's call for combined action to resume delayed construction and ex- pansion projects and encourage all | other business activity. At the same time the President urged every Government department to re- Jease whatever pending projects had been for any reason postponed, so that the Government might take the lead in | stimulating the flow of money from the speculative market back to industrial activity. Meanwhile President Hoover went forward with his plans for the conference Thursday. Business Pledges Support. Business leaders all over the country | were quick to applaud the President's business leadership of the Nation and to pledge their wholehearted lupfi:‘t, it was sald at the White House. s attitude of the commercial world is relied upon 1o encourage the prelim- inary conference of Government offi- cials with industrial, agricultural and Jabor leaders which the President has called for Thursday. The President was said to be receiving ‘hundreds of messages offering co-opera- tion and suggestions, many Droposing cular business leaders for mem- ip in his conference. In none of the plans by responsible administration officials is there any talk of emergency construction work. The President’s idea, to quote one of his aides, is merely to the cob- webs off of construction .and building c_snd private, which for various rea- n mlmity to float nec- e bond issues in face of the re- SSary cent speculative frenzy. Speed Up Ship Cmnrlet!clm i The ship construction plan, for in- stance, upane that the subcommittee of the President’s interdepartmental committee has been working on for some time. It does not contemplate any emergency construction for the sake of increasing industrial activity. It does, however, recommend action onl some cases which, if decided, will mean a prompt start on work that might otherwise be long delayed. Thus, the subcommittee has recom- mended a prompt decision on the appli- cation of the United States Lines, Inc., which has heen pending before the Post Office . Department = since last Spring. p"l"‘he subcommittee has now recom- mended: to the parent committee that a | cubstantial mail contract for the route to be served by two projected super- liners of the United States Lines, sis- ter ships of the Leviathan, be adver- tised. The plan applies to the proposed new ships, it is learned. Whether it covers the particular application of the United States Lines, which ran afoul of strong administration resistance last Summer, cannot be ascertained. Mail Contract Refused. The application in that controversy would have provided mail subsidy money for several of the slower ships of the United States Lines as well. Walter F,‘ PBrown, the Postmaster General, wrote to the United States Lines that its| financial condition, as_represented in a stock prospectus of P. W. Chapman & Co., did not warrant or justify a mail contract, since it indicated that the lines could earn their own way without | Government, assistance under the Jones- White merchant marine act. The United States Lines replied that 1ts advertised financial condition was predicated on the receipt of & mail | contract which, altogether, would amount to about $2,300,000 a year for 10 years. The corporation made it known at the time that it could not proceed with its projected two super- liners unless ascured of the mail con- tract. It has lately advertised for bids on them. They are estimated to cost between $25,000,000 and $30,000,000 each. The parent interdepartmeptal com- mittee is to act on the subcommittee’s | Yecommendations at a meeting at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. It will have | before it proposals of the subcommit- tee for award of mail contracts on per- haps 18 other routes, provided approxi- mately 30 new and modern ships are put into service on those routes within the next three years. Cost Would Exceed $100,000,000. The cost of these required vessels, if the subcommittee’s recommendation be- came the Government's requirment, would exceed $100,000,000. In return the Government would award mail con- tract subsidies amounting to about $25.- 000,000 & year, or $250,000,000 for the 10-year period. The subcommittee, after consultation with the parent committee, decided to proceed with its recommendations as to these lines without awaiting clarifi- cation of the merchant marine act by Congress, as suggested in a report of the interdepartmental committee to President Hoover. It is, however, leav- ing unsettled the status of several ap- plications involving the contention that buyers of Shipping Board liners are entitled to preference over other Ameri- can shippers i the award of mail con- tracts. That point remains to be clari- fied to the satisfaction of the interde- partmental committee, but in inter- preting the merchant marine act other- wise to mean that mail contracts are to be used not merely to “maintain”, the American marine in status quo; so | to speak, but actually to extend and | expand it with modern new shlyrlng“ to keep abreast of foreign competitive ipping. SRR o ihis basis that the sube It is committee has recommended to the kv PREMIER MUSSOLINL strong and benevolent central authority. L] tests and has come through them with DICTATOR BEST RULER, SAYS DUCE es Thrust at Parlia- mentary Control and Cites Success Government. MUSSOLINT, of Ialy. ROME. November 16.—The form of government most productive times has been that vested in = This system has mét the chievement than any other form. A government must be stable, just and; When it has met these three tests called a good government, and the its goodness can always be meas- ured by the proportion of stability, of justice apd of efficiency it has attained. I say that a benevolent central authority insure these qualities in a govern- To possess a vastness of personal without being benevolent would miss_entirely the mark, as this authority ily be turned to selfish purposes— could be tyrannical and unjust. ime essential is benevolence. The man in power cannot be other than right-! willed in ruling, treating all with impartial fairness and administering all for the com- mon good. He cannot be swerved by fam- ily aspirations, by the acquisition of wealth or by personal and particular whims. must govern, keeping before him the cen- tral motive of the greatest good for the greatest number. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) He BOOTHLESS YALE DOWNS TIGER, 130 Bulldogs’ Great Back, on Sidelines, Watches Mates Whip Princeton. BY BRIAN BELL, Associated Press Sports Writer. NEW HAVEN, Conn., November 16.— | Yale's foot ball team today stood up in its famous bowl, with 78,000 persons looking on, to deny that it is a one- | man team, using the hapless Princeton Tiger as a victim and {llustrating the tale with a 13-to-0 victory over the men from Old Nassau. Little Albie Booth, who has been the mainstay of the Blue . backfleld all year, could not play teday on account of & “charley horse” and his mates went_out to show their supporters and the Princeton Tigers they could win without Booth. “Phere was no great indication in the scoreless. first half that the Boothless | Yale team would be able to success- | fully work out the novel experiment., The first two periods were scoreless and Princeton outgained and outkicked the Ell's. Booth's Proxy Shines. In the second half the story was dif- ferent. Booth was represented by a proxy who was as elusive and tricky as the little fellow himself. Don McLen- nan, a junior, whose home is in Lake Forest, 111, showed more offensive pow- er tban the Princeton defense could meet. He scored the first Yale touch- down and played a vital part in the second.. He gained more than 200 yards | in 30 rrying efforts. Another sub, Al Beane, was a fine running mate for McLennan. Booth almost got in the game. Late in the fourth period Yale drove fo the very shadow of Princeton’s goal posts nd little Albie leaped from the bench and began tearing off his sweater. The crowd roared as he talked to a Yale coach.. In the meantime a play was run and Yale was still a yard from the goal line. Booth then sat down and Yale on the fourth try gave the ball to Princeton on dowms. Yale came out for the second half | with a drive that woul ot be denied. McLennan caught th& kick-off and legged: it back 25 yards to his 30-yard e Princeton Fights Back. On the next play, he clipped off 13 yards and in co-operation with Ellis, McLennan added two more first downs and then contributed”a fourth on his own account with a 14-yard smash to the 20-yard line. His next sprint of 6 yards brought him within easy striking distance. The fighting Prince- ton team stopped him once and slowed him on another play, but finally with the Princeton goal line, 2 yards away, he was not to be halted and over he plunged for the first touchdown of the | game. McLennan caught the Tigers | flatfooted when he tossed a pass to Tay- lor for the extra point. Princeton came right back as though it would level the affair at once. Witt- mer took the kick-off and ran 50 yards to midfield, but there was no sustained drive and the Tiger had to wait for the fourth period to threaten again. Then a pass to Wittmer was good for 32 yards | and Princeton advanced to Yale's 15- yard line. Passes would not click and | Yale got the ball. Yale took the ball on its own 20-yard line when the last Tiger pass was grounded behind the goal line. McLen- nan at once ran 17 yards and then with | Beane made a first down in the center of the field. Beane rested McLennan | for two plays and his relief work was s0 good that he was able, with the aid f e the ball on | was not set. TWO MEN KILLED IN SKIDDING GAR D. C. Policeman and Carpen- | ter Crash Victims Return- ing From Romney Funeral. ‘Two members of & funeral party re- turning to Washington from Romney, W. Va, were killed last night when an automobile skidded off the Frederick road, 2 miles north of Galthersburg, Md., and crashed into a pole. ‘The dead are Policeman Edgar P. Alexander, 45 years old, 3413 Q street, of No. 14 precinct, and Edward Arnold, 45 years old of Vienna, Va. Two other members of the party, Rev. Harry P. Baker of 3040 Q m'e’;t and Detective J. L. Billman of the fourteenth precinct, were injured. R ‘The men were returning in an auto- mobile owned and operated by Billman, from Romney, where they had attended the funeral of Police Sergt. rge B. Cornwell, noted firearms expert, at- tached to the fourteenth precinct, who died Thursday. Arnold was a cousin of Cornwell and Rev. Baker, the pastor of the Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church South, in Georgetown. Reckless Driving Charged. A passing motorist brought the min- )ster to Washington, where he was treated for slight injuries. It was thought at first that his leg had been broken. Suffering from a cut in his head that required 13 stitches to close and numerous other lacerations, Bill- man was taken to Rockville by Mont- gomery County policemen and charged with reckless driving, after Dr. Frank J. Brosc of hersburg had | treated him. ‘When County Policemen Paul Wat- kins and Robert Hawes, who were in the vicinity on another mission, ar- rived at the scene of the accident they found the bodies of Alexander and Arnold in the road. The bodies were removed to the undertaking establish- ment of Ernest Gartner in Gaithersburg. After he had recovered sufficiently to talk, Billman told the police that a short curve about 2 miles north of Gaithersburg and crashed into the pole when he was unable to bring it back onto the highway. He said he was not traveling more than 30 miles an hour. The accident occurred short- 1y before 9 o'clock. $500 Bond Is Posted. His head swathed with bandages and both eyes almost closed, Billman ac- companied the county policemen to Rockville and put up $500 bond for his appearance in Police Court there next Saturday morning. Later he was brought” to Washington by County Policeman Watkins and taken to No. 14, where he made a report on the | accident. Billman declared that Alexander was riding in the front seat with him. The right side of the machine crashed into the pole and both men killed were sitting on this side. Billman said that three men, William Curtis, George They removed the bodies of Alexander and Arnold. Alexander was on the force for 17 years. He is survived by his widow and six children. Arnold, a carpenter, is survived by his widow and one child. He was a carpenter and came here to attend the services and ac- “ompany the funeral party to the graveside at Romney. Due to the absence of County Prosecutor Robert Peters from Rock- | ville last night a date for the inquest Later Billman was admitted PIE e Page 2, Column 3.) Emergency Hospital for treatment. By the Associated Press. | games in the country yesterday. The | Southern California at Chicago broke a | saw Yale whip the Princeton Tiger. res. Notre Dame, 13; Southern California, 12 Yale, 13; Princeton, 0 Pittsburgh, 39; Carnegis 7; Minnesota, 6 Holy Cross, 6 yracuse, , 10; Columbi 14 parent committee the advertising of 1l contracts on the several lines men- ! ned, taking the position that it is 7 (Continued on Page 5, Column 2) 7, lowa, 0 . Tennessee, 13: Vander Illinois, 20; Chicago, 2 . 14 Georgla Tech, 0 . New York University, 14; Missouri, 13 OF LEADING GRID BATTLES i DRAW MORE THAN 600,000 FANS Notre Dame-Southern California Game Sets 123,000 Attendance Mark. More than 600,000 spectators saw a baker's dozen of the leading foot ball 123,000 that saw Notre Dame note out 11 records for foot ball. Another 78,000 | Scores and attendance figures of the leading games follow: Attendance. ..123,000 his machine skidded off the road at | Prather and Dewey Atkins, were the | first to reach the wrecked machine. | to| D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1929—-134 PAGES. ¥ IN WASHINGTON FIVE CENTS AND SUBURBS TEN CENTS FLSEWHERE |APANESE DEMAND FOR 10:0: RATIO LAD BEFOREL.S. Ambassador Presents Com- plete Case of Island Em- pire for U. S. Appraisal. IMPORTANT CONVERSATION IS AWAITED IN CAPITAL Proposal Not New One, Say Ob- servers—Tokio Committed to Reduction Policy. By the Associated Press. Ambassador Debuchi of Japan has laid before the Washington Govern- ment the complete case which the Japanese delegation will put forward at the forthcoming naval conference in London in its demand for a ratio of 70 per cent for the Japanese navy. | The Japanese decision to urge & 10-10-7 naval ratio for the auxiliary ships of the American, British and Japanese navies, in place of the 5-5-3 ratio established for eapital ships at the Washington conference, will be the principal matter for discussion when the Japanese delegation arrives in Washington next month. The delagation will spend three and a half days in Washington en route to the parley, conferring with Secretary Stimson and other members of the American delegation. Conversation Awaited. Both American ‘and Japanese offi- | clals are looking forward to the infor- | mal conversations between the two delegations as being of the utmost im- portance, providing the final opportun- ity for clearing up & number of out- standing problems concerning the American and Japanese navies before the conference meets January 21. While there has been no statement regarding the attityde of the Ameri- can Government toward the proposal to increase the Japanese ratio, it is known to look upon the question- as one which might lead other nations to demand an increase in their ratios. The policy of reduction, no matter how drastit, in naval tonnage is one {to which both the United States and Japan are firmly committed. Demand Is Not New. ‘The demand by Japan for an in- creased ratio is not a‘new one, since the Japanese delegations at both the Washington arms conference and the tri-partite conference of 1927 urged an auxiliary ship ratio of 10-10-7. Public | sentiment in Japan has been growing since the Washington conference for a higher ratio. Japan’s case In urging the increase includes a number of arguments put forward frequently by other powers for a large defense strength. One is that Japan’s universal trade routes, through possession of one of the world’s largest merchant marines, makes a strong pro- | tective navy essential. Linked ciosely with this argument is the contention that Japan, as a strictly island _empire, could in war time be shut off from food supplies. The nation, it is contended, is not self-sustaining, being much in the same position in re- spect to food sources as the British Isles, Protection in China. The adequate protection of the trade routes to China, Japan's neighbor, and the desirability of a sufficient reserve light cruiser strength to be sent into Chinese waters in times of trouble is another point made by the Japanese. The Japanese, with large interests in China, consider their navy to be a prime factor of protection in the neighboring country when troubles arise. The present cruiser strength of Japan would be roughly equal to a 10-10-7 ratio in the event a final cruiser agree- ment provides between 315,000 and 340,00 for the American and British | navies, The Japanese delegation will arrive in Washington December 16 and will nrobably be recelved the same day by | President Hoover. The conferences | with Secretary Stimson will likely begin that afternoon and will continue with | the American delegates and naval ex- perts until_the delegation leaves for New York, December 19. The commission will sail for Enfllnd‘ December 21 on the White Star liner Olympic. The delegation traveling to London by way of United States will number 20 persons. The remaining part of the Japgnese representation, which will total $bout 70. will P London by way of the Suez Cani s el R CREW OF SUNKEN TUG | REACHES SHORE SAFELY | Nine Men and Women Spend Sev-| eral Hours on Lake Ontario in Small Boats. By the Associated Press. BRIGHTON, Ontario, November 16.— Nine men and a woman, comprising the | crew of the tug John L. Russell, reached | shore early today after spending sev- | eral hours in small boats on Lake On- tario after the sinking of the tug about | 8 miles off shore late last night be- tween Brighton and Colbone. A barge, the Frednol, with five men aboard, which became separated from the tug during the storm, was still out in the lake today with the (reuhurl Calgarian standing by awaiting an op- portunity to take off the crew. Capt. O. Marin of Kingston, com- manding the tug, sald that the vessel ran into rough weather early last night | and foundered shortly before midnight. Russia Bars Writer, BERLIN, November 16 (#)—Paul Scheffer, for many years Moscow cor- respondent of the Berlin Tageblatt, has been notified while on vacation here that his return too Russia has been forbidden by the Soviet government. Scheffer will shortly go to the United States as correspondent for his paper. FOR CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS See Pages 37 to 44, Inclusive—Part One. THE TARIFF WOODPILE. D.C. REALTY GAINS SOMDM0 N YEAR Assessor Richards Forecasts| Results of Appraisal Near Finish. Assessments on taxable real estate for the next fiscal year will exceed by $20,000,000 the unprecedented figure of | $1,182,463,300 for the current vear, it was predicted yesterday by William P. Richards, District tax assessor. Mr. Richards based his forecast on the results thus far of the annual ap- praisal for the purpose of taxation which his office is now completing. The work will be nm.mg in another month, | at which time th r will make a more definite estimate, taking into consideration new building operations which may be started before the new year as well as prospective changes in assessments which may be made on account of appeals by property owners. Small in Comparisom, ‘The probable $20,000,000 increase, however, will be small in comparison with the rise in property values in the last year, the assessment in this period being $43,000,000 greater than in the 1928-29 fiscal year. Mr. Richards at- tributes the smaller increase for the coming year to a slackening in building operations. The higher assessments will be re- flected in the 1930-1931 tax bills. The increases, according to the assessor, have been made chiefly in the rapidly developing surburban sections and in | other localities where building opera- tions are under way. There has been no marked change, he said, in the as- sessments on property in the business area. Simultaneous with his prediction as to the assessed value of real estate in the next fiscal year, Mr. Richards is- sued a warning to tax payers delinquent for the last two years that unless the taxes are paid on or before November 30, the property would be listed for sale. Preparations are now being made to publish in the Washington news- papers the names of all property owners whose taxes have been in arrears for the last two years. The list will be published about December 15. ‘Ihe names of all property owners whose 2-year-old bills are unpaid, November 30, will be included. The delinquents, ! however, will be permitted to pay the bills up to date of the annual tax sale to be held in January. Approximately 20,000 parcels were listed for sale last January, but Mr. Richards expects a decrease of nearly 5,000 at the forthcoming sale as & re- sult of the concerted effort made to col- lect delinquent bills this year. ‘The current tax bills, Mr. Richards pointed out, contained notations of any delinquencies that may exist, which served as a warning to property owners. In addition, he said, a special notice was mailed to the delmauent tax payers, a number of whom paid the bills. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—44 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page 20 Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 22. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 23. Organized Reserves—Page 27. Spanish War Veterans—Page 28. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 28. District National ~Guard—Pages and_33. At Community Centers—Pages 34 d 35. and 32 e 36. Classified Advertising—Pages 37 to 44. Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 44. PART TWO—10 PAGES. Editorial _Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of New Books—Page 4. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Soclety. PART FOUR—16 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Music. In the Motor World—Pages 5 and 6. Aviation Activities—Page 7. Fraternities—Page 9. Veterans of Great War—Page 10. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 10. News of the Clubs—Pages 11 and 12. Serial Story, “Rhoda”—Page 12. Radio News—Pages 13, 14 and 15, Army and Navy News—Page 16. PART FIVE—10 PAGES. Sports and Pinancial. . PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Screen | Magazine Section. | Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES, World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Reglar Pel ; Mr. and Mrs.; Little Orp! ; Betty; Somebody's Stenog; High Lights of History. Fright Kills Girl Of 3 When Goose Charges Upon Her By the Associated Press. SANDUSKY, Ohio, November 16.—The terrifying spectacle of a goose, attacking with bill and | | flapping wings, caused 3-year- | | old Prisclila, daughter of John | | Shivock of Lorain, to die of fright today. The child, playing in the yard of a farmhouse at Berlin Heights, ast of here, thought the curious looking bird something worth in- vestigating. As sne ran toward it, the goose turned, pounced upon her and bit ber. | The injuries _were slight, ac- cording to A. R. Grierson, Erie County coroner, who gave the verdict. He said the child prob- ably died almost instantly. BANKER ACCLSED OF ENBEZZLENENT Cashier of Mt. Rainier Insti- tution Blamed in Alleged Shortage. Clarence L. Schatz, cashier and vice | president of the First National Bank of Mount Rainier, was arrested yesterday and charged with embezzlement of $20,000 of the bank's funds after short- age is said to have been uncovered in the bank's accounts in an examination made by Federal bank examiners. News of Schatz's arrest was disclosed shortly after the announcement by the Prince Georges Bank of Hyattsville and Mount Rainier that’it had taken over the management of the First National. Officlals of the Prince Georges Bank immediately declared that they would guarantee all deposits. Secrecy in Arrest. Considerable secrecy” surrounded the arrest of Schatz, but it was learned that he was taken to Baltimore jate yesterday afternoon and released on $5,000 bond for a hearing before Unifted s‘lnm Commissioner H, N. Abercom- e. Assets of the Pirst National Bank, as shown by its last public statement, are $319,564.93. The Prince Georges Bank, according to the statement of its cashier, T. M. Jones, has assets of $2,700,000. Its surplus and undivided profits amounts to $165,000. Officers of Bank. Officers of the First National Bank are Dr. William Burton Spire, presi- dent; Ernest H. Shinn and Charles W. Reichelt, directors, and Frank M. Ste- phen, counsel. . The bank was or- ganized in 1919. Schatz was brought to Baltimore by a special investigator for the Depart- ment of Justice. A warrant was sworn out before Commissioner Abercrombie, who set the bail. S Two Slayers Escape Jail. MOAB, Utah, November 16 (#).— R. H. Elliott and B. W. Pfoutz, slayers of Deputy Sheriff R. D. Westwood, | escaped here today from the jail where Ithey were held on a murder charge. | The two men shot the aged officer to | death. September 5, when he came to serve the evening meal. G00D WEAKENS AFTER LICHT AN “Marked Fatigue” Noted in Bulletin Following Earlier Improvement. A “marked fatigue” in the condition of James W. Good, Secretary of War, was reported last night by his physi- clans at his bedside as he resisted the infection that gripped him after an emergency operation for appendicitis last Wednesday. A bulletin made public at the White House at 10 p.m. last night said: “The Secretary of War's condition has shown slight improvement during the day. All nourishment has been re- tained. Respiratory complications have not increased. Sepsis symptoms have not prnfreued. ‘The patient shows marked fatigue tonight.” The fatigue was regarded by the phy- sicians as an unhopeful sign, even though they said sepsis symptoms had not progressed. Earlier in the night a slight improve- ment had been noted in the Secretary’s condition when it was reported that his pulse respiration, temperature and blood count were better. His physicians also had admingstered nourishment, which was retaing ‘This also was regarded as favorable. Little Hope for Life. ‘The slight improvement, physiclans said, might be only temporary and his close friends retained only small hope that he could survive much longer. Phy- sicians, however, said all hope was not lost, that his condition now depended upon his own resistance to the general blood poisoning that attacked him after the operation. ‘The 84-hour period which physicians had set as being the peak of the crisis in Secretary Good's condition passed at 11 o'clock last night without any an- nouncement being made from his bed- side. Physicians decided not to issue any more bulletins regarding the Secre- tary until there was a material change in_his condition. - Some slight improvement in Mr. Good’s condition was noted during the day, according to the bulletins issued at the White House, but it was left clear that the result of the vigorous efforts by physicians would be de- termined by the patient's endurance. From the bulletin issued at 8:40 o'clock yesterday morning to the one at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon en- couraging gains by Mr. Good were an- nounced. The 4 p.m. bulletin said: “The condition of the Secretary of War is encouraging—that is, it is bet- ter than it was this morning. His pulse, respiration, temperature and blood count are better.” The fact that the blood count was better was that which gave the most hope to President Hoover and Wash- ington. It showed that the Secretary is putting up a strong fight against general sepsis (blood poisoning), which came from peritonitis, discovered when he was operated on. Slept in Morning. The bulletin at 12:30 o'clock yester- day afternoon sald: “Secretary Good has been sleeping all morning. At noon he was awakened and was given treatment. His case depends on what his own resistance can do. There is no evidence of intestinal obstruction. His temperature, respira- tion and pulse are lower. The involve- ment of the chest seems to be somewhat subsided. His condition apparently is one of & general sepsis (biood potson- ng).” President Hoover kept in close touch " (Continued on Page 2, Column IFARM STATES WIN TARIFF INCREASES IN SENATE DRIVE Consideration of Amendments to Agricultural Schedule Is Completed. DELAY ON SUGAR RATE STUDY MAY BE SOUGHT Strenuous Campaign Is Made to Have Measure Ready for Regular Session. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Under the driving impetus of the Re- publican “young guard,” aided by Re- publican Progressives and Democrats, the Senate yesterday wound up con- sideration of finance committee amend- ments to the agricultural schedule and completed the beverage schedule. Many increases in the tariff duties of the agricultural schedule were agreed to in the sweep toward completion of the bill. The demand of the farm States for tariff aid was heeded in practically every instance, and about 75 increases were written into the bill. While there was still grave doubt that the bill could be completed by the Sen- ate before the opening of the regular session December 2 and sent to confer- | ence, the hope for such a result was | stronger last night than it has been for weeks. May Delay Sugar Consideration. The sugar schedule is due to come up for consideration tomorrow. But there is a definite move on to postpone action on this schedule, which is likely to lead to much controversy and long debate. The plan is to take up less controverted schedules and hurry along with the bill. Those Senators who are pressing for conclusion of the bill before the close of the special session believe that if | sugar can be laid aside temporarily and consideration of the rest of the bill completed the psychology of the situa- tion will be good for a final drive to dispose of the bill some time next week. On the other hand, if sugar is taken up | tomorrow, and the debate drags along | for several days, the cry again will be ; raised that it is impossible to act finally | on the bill in the Senate this session | and demand for an adjournment will be renewed. ‘The Senate has, up to date, com- pleted - consideration of committee amendments to the following schedules: Chemicals, earthenware, metals, wood, agriculfure and beverages. It also has completed work on the administrative features of the bill, which always take a long time for consideration. There remain to be taken up for committee amendments the following schedules: Sugar, tobacco, cotton manufactures, flax, hemp, jute, etc.; wool and wool manufactures, silk, rayon, paper and books and sundries. There remains also the free list. The opinion was expressed lasé night that outside the sugar schedule, and several items in the sundries schedule, there was not left in the bill a great i deal over which there would be much controversy. Hides and boots and shoes come in the sundries schedule. Agree to Recess. ‘The “young guard” yesterday yielded i to the request of Senator Walsh, Dem- ocrat, of Montana, for a recess soon at 10 o'clock. that the Senate was traveling at pace that kills” Members of the “young guard” said that when they pledged themselves to night sessions of the Senate they did not intend to de- mand Saturday night sessions. Nor are they anxious to bring serious breakdown in the health of any of the older Senators, members of the finance committee, who have worked for months on the tariff bill. They will demand, however, that the night sessions be con- tinued next week, and in this they will have the support, it is expected, of the Republican Progressives and many of th:l Democrats. lembers of the young guard, the 24 Republicans banded together to see what can be done in the way of passing the tariff bill at the present session, said emphatically last night that the move- ment was not intended to “ditch” the present Republican leaders of the Sen- ate, Senator Watson of Indiana, who is away ill, and Senator Jones of Wash- ington, the assistant leader, who is act~ ing in the absence of Senator Watson. Young Guard Demands Action. They explained that the group was as one, however, in the demand for ac- tion on the tariff bill in the present special session of Congress; as one in favor of night sessions to expedite the bill; that it was opposed to a wholesale attack on the Fordney-McCumber rates on industrials, and while willing to see increases proj by the committee on industrials stricken from the bill, would fight efforts to force the rates below the existing law and that it was favor- able to increases in the agricultural schedule. Finally the “young guard” is as one in its support of President Hoover and in the belief that the legislative ways should be cleared of the tariff bill so that the President’s legislative program (Continued on Page 6, Column 1. By the Associated Press. | A possibllity that the Supreme Court will be asked to decide whether buyers of liquor are subject to Volstead law penalties as well as sellers and trans- | porters of liquor has developed as a re- sult of legal studies in progress at the Department of Justice, If the question goes to the Supreme Court, it probably will be in the form of a petition for a writ of certiorari, which the Government may ask as & sequel to a recent decision of the Fed- eral Circuit Court of Appeals at Phila- delphia interpreted to mean that liquor buyers have no culpability under the present Volstead statute. The bearing of the Philadelphia de- cision is being studied by attorneys in the department stituting the prohibi- the department constituting the prohibi- States district attorney at Philadelphia having advised that the appeal to en. A Supreme rt be undertaken. As soon as the ggeu is completed, Charles B 'SUPREME COURT MAY BE ASKED TO FIX STATUS OF RUM BUYERS | Government May Seek Sequel to Recent Interpretation of Volstead Law by Appeals Tribunal. Hughes, jr., solicitor general for the Department’ of Justice, will announce whether the case is to be taken up. Attorney General Mitchell was under- stood to somewhat doubtful of the final result of the study yesterday, on the ground that the Philadelphia case did not present as clear an issue on the subject as might be found avail- able by some other of the Government's numerous pending prosecutions. It was said officially that no judicial decision in the Federal courts had yet declared a liquor buyer & criminal. However, Federal Judge Charles R. Daw- son at Louisville, in charging a grand jury several weeks .fn' notified the Jurors it would be their duty to bring liquor indictments against liquor pur- chasers. Senator Sheppard. Democrat, Texas, author of the prohibition amendment, the | has Pl'fplr!d legisiation definitely classi- bootleggers oy 88! - TR liquor purchasers wi so far as the law is conct JUDGE SCORES EMPLOYER IN JURY SERVICE RULING Sentences Him to 60 Days for Dis- charging Worker Who Was * Called for Duty. ! By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 16.—Jury serv- ice is & privilege, and a juror cannot be penalized by his employer, Judge Marcus Kavanaugh ruled today in Su- perior Court. He fined P. R. railroad trainmaster, $25 and costs and to 60 days in jail for discharging Dorr G. Perrin, .a ‘switch- man, who was absent from work for 12 g-v», during which he was doing fury uty. George Germain, attorney for Hug- gins, gave notice of appeal, and Hug- gins was released in Joo bail pending adjudication. Elmer E. Homgren, as- sistant_ State’s attorney, said he will fight the appeal because of the lesson the case presents to other employers. “You are guilty of an offense against patriotism,” Judge Kavanaugh told Huggins, “a serious cl , not 8o it as from much from a legal that of Amer such action demoral-