Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1929, Page 2

THF. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., RADI0 COMMISSION TREASURY 13 BARE Employes May Go Without Pay, as Only $300 Is Avail- able to Meet $15,000. ‘The Federal broke. Radio Commission is i It has only $300 to meet a pay roll of more than $15,000 for next month. And from present prospects it looks like a hard Winter for that little group of 85 workers—lawyers, engineers, clerks and messengers—who really run the radio destinies of the Nation. Things. didn't look so gloomy just a month ago, when the commission sud- denly became aware of the situation. Congress couldn't do anything, because 1t wasn't in regular session, so the com- mission appealed to the Commerce De- partment, which in past years, out of the bigness of its heart, has helped the commission out of several monetary scrapes. The Commerce Department, again willing to be a Good Samaritan, offered $25.000 of its funds and prompt- ly notified the Treasury Depatiment about it. Such Situations Are Rare. But the long arm of the law stepped in yesterday. It was Controller General J. R. McCarl. In a learned opinion, he said that to transfer the money would be out of the bounds of the law. So he vetoed it. Situations of this kind are extremely | rare in Federal operations, But that | decrepit little outfit which is really managing the Nation'’s newest and one of its most prosperous industries cer- tainly has had its share of the “bumps.” It's just one WOrry after an- other for them. In addition to the prospects of either being let out, of working & month without -immediate Ernestine Hurley and Beulah Hurl who came here to appear before the ne: the nurse. RELATIVES OF STRANGLED NURS ey, sisters-of Mrs. Virginia McPherson, w grand jury investigating the death of Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Blackwelder, another sister and brother-in-law rospects of pay, the commission itself | of Mrs. McPherson, who accompanied the witnesses from their Carolina home, are is scheduled to become non-existent as an administrative body on December 31 unless Congress steps in _and passes a law continuing its life. It is expected that Congress will continue the com- mission, but the element of doubt is there, and more than one of the em- ployes are casting about for other con- nections, Commissioners Not Involved. The commissioners themselves are not involved. Their pay roll is carried in a separate fund and assured at least until the end of the year. However, everybody else on the commission, from general counsel to messenger, is in- volved in the regular pay roll deficit. The commission itself is in a quan- v, The first reaction of certain of its staff may not be quoted. Two of its stalwart commissioners, Harold A. La- fount and Charles McK. Saltzman,| have asked for an audience with the controller general to see if the thing can't be straightened out. They con- stitute the llaison committee of the| commission. There are several alternative proposi- tions that m be tackled should the controller general decline to relent, but only one is devoid of red tape. That is for President Hoover to issue an ex- ecutive order making available the nec- | essary appropriation. And this is not | entirely beyond fulfillment, for it was Mr. Hoover, who as Secretary of Com- | merce has befriended that stepchild | of Congress which for three years hls: been a little temporary agency with a big permanent job. ~Employe Transfer Is Possibility. To be sure, Congress convenes on De- cember 3 in regular session and might | extricate the commission from its plight. But Congress seldom trifles with mere deficlency appropriations at the begin- ning of a new session. Another possi- bility is that an arrangement be worked out with the Commerce. Department under which the commission employes might temporarily be shifted to that pay roll but continue to perform their commission duties. But then the ap- proval of the Civil Service Commission, Federal Classification Board and maybe other agencies as well as the Commerce Department would be needed. Controller General McCarl transmit- ted his opinion to the Secretary of the Treasury. In substance, he told him not to transfer the $25,000. He said that upon the facts presented, and under the law, he cotld not “authorize” it. The law under which it was planned to make the transfer, he added, did not cover funds for the payment of a pay yoll account of another agency not per- forming the work of the “loaning agency.” And radio's wheel of progress con- tinues to turn. But the hearts of that little group in Washington, who see to it that that wheel is olled and primed are heavy. (Copyright. 1929.)° FLORIDA ENTRY WINS CAT PRIZE Award for Best All-Around Feline Goes to Ponce de Leon Dream. Choosing from 178 blue-blooded fe- lines entered in the annuai show of the | Washington Cat Club, which closes & two-day exhibition tonight at L’'Aiglon, judges today awarded the prize for the best all-around cat to Ponce de Leon Dream of the blue male open class. owned by Mrs. Ada G. Armbruster of Jacksonville, Fla. The show this year, one of the most successful ever put on by the club, was extended to include a section for dogs. Some 115 animals were entered in the latter division, representing 16 breeds. Among today's winners, whose fine points were judged by Mrs. George Brayton, were: Long-haired cats of the blue-eyed, white, male kitten class—First, Rose- | dere White Prince, owned by Miss Em- ma C. Payne, vice president of the Washington Cat Club. Drumgold Wendell Revelation, also owned by Miss Payne, was adjudged champion of the blue-eyed white male class of long-haired cats. Other winners were: Bonnie Tamara, silver male kitten, rMs. P. L. Bonner, first, and Mia Boy Friend, Mrs. Edith Bicles Wood, second. The champion of the silver male class was Beau Claire of Rosedere, be- Jonging to Miss Payne. Mia Napcy T.. owned by Mrs. Wood, took first in the silver female kitten class. First in the silver female open went to Grosset's Cocoon of Runnymede, be- longing to Mrs. R. W. Grosset. The best shaded silver female open was The Lark’s Song, owned by Miss Payne. Considerable interest was centered on the “mother cat and kitten” class, won by Mia Adoree, belonging to Mrs. P. L. Bonner. The show will close at 10 o'clock to- night, after final awards have been made’ in both divisions. Among outstanding dogs is Sumner's y. an imported whippet, owned by C. Sumner of Bethesda, Md., de: as one of the fastest in the E Little Witch III, owned by Fred- erick J. Youngs, is one of the finest dogs in the Engiish bull class. The_dags are being judged by Mrs. Jesse Thornton, Mrs. Richard H. John- | ston, Mrs. Otis Pope, Emory A. Stone and George Howard Kernodle. The show is being conducted under direction ot Mrs. Henry L. West, presi- dent of the Washington Cat Clul Mrs. West is being assisted by the following also shown. INDIGTMENT VOTED IN LIOUOR CASE Charges Based on Alleged| Violations of Tariff Act in District. Frank Shore, owner of & tire shop in | the 1300 block of New York avenue,| which has been the scene of a number | of ralds by police and préhibition agents, was indicted today on a charge | of smuggling liquor into the District without paying the revenue tax. The | indictment 1s drawn under the tariff act | in two counts, the first charging that | Shore smuggled 109 bottles of whisky | and 14 bottles of gin into this country with intent to defraud the United States | of revenue. The second count charges him with keeping and concealing the | alleged smuggled liquor, which was dis- | covered in his possession January 28. ‘Woman Is Indicted. ‘Tesie Richards, 33, 317 Thirteen- and-Half street, is indicted on two charges of violating the national pro- hibition act. One charge alleges a third offense of possession and the other a violation of the Jones-Stalker law by | sale of intoxicants. The woman re- cently figured in a case in Police Court, where the loss of papers was charged. Neither of thiese offenses, it is said, in- volved that case. Sale Is Charged. The Jones law violation is based on an alleged sale, May 25 to Robert Fitzhugh, who Detective A. D. Mans- field saw emerging from the house. The third offense allegation grows out of a raid by Sergt. Letterman October 30, 1928, after the woman had pald a $50 fine in July, 1927, and a $200 fine January 7, 1928, Violations of the Jones-Stalker law are also charged in indictments re- ported against Jane Enke, William Jameson, Benjamin Milburne, Willie Herbert, Samuel F. Branzell, Edward A. Hawkins, Opal Randall, Mary E. Mil- ler, William A. Butler and Russell Mur- ray. MILLAR E. McGILCHRIST DIES AFTER OPERATION Special Assistant to Attorney Gon-l eral Expires at Hospital at Age of 36. Millar E. McGilchrist, special as- | sistant to the Attorney General and for | some years first assistant United States | attorney at Portland, died here today at_the Mount Alto Veterans' Hospital | following an operation. . McGilchrist, born in Salem, Oreg., 36 years ago, was a graduate of the Uni- versity of Oregon and studied law at Harvard. He served during the World War as lleutenant, 1st United States Infantry. President Hoover, on learning of his illness, sent flowers from the White House conservatory, and he was re- ciplent of many messages from high Government officials, including the At- \ TESTIMONY NURSE MET SLOW DEATH BELIEVED OFFERED ___(Continued From First Page.) jurors he took Robert A. McPherson, jr., jailed husband of the dead girl, to the downtown section late on the night of the tragedy at the Park Lane, Statements Conflict. Lewark’s statements are in sharp con- trast to those of witnesses who place McPherson in Petworth at the same time of the night. Lewark's car left Soldiers’ Home at four minutes after midnight. He claims McPherson got on the car at Upshur street a minute or 5o later and that he left the car at Ninth and I streets about 23 minutes | after midnight. The conductor asserts he has known McPheison by sight for more than a year, having lived in the same neigh- borhood in Petworth and having seen him often at a corner drugstore in that community. He says McPherson was wearing a gray hat and that this at- tracted his attention, as he had never | seen him wearing a hat before. Lewark's story is important in view of the testimony of a taxicab' driver, Garnett Melvin Frye, that he carried a passenger resembiing McPherson from Fifteenth street and New York avenue to the Park Lane Apartments between 1 and 3 o'clock on the night of the girl's death. . Among witnesses questioned today re- garding McPherson's ‘accounting of his movements on the night of his wife's deathe were members of an athletic club of which McPherson was & mem- ber, and several friends who sald they rode with the husband to Mount Ranier late on the tragic night. Hearing May End Tomorrow. The questioning of the so-called “alibi” witnesses proceeded rapidly and indications were that the grand jury hearing might be concluded tomorrow or_Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. McPherson, sr., parents of the indicted youth, were on hand to testify today. The father of the dead girl and two of her sisters gave testimony yesterday. Included in the group of twitnesses who attended an athletic club meeting at which McPherson says he was pres- ent on the night of September 12, was Elmer Holland, a member of the Pen- nants foot bail team, on which Mc- Pherson played. Holland is presumed to have corroborated McPherson's state- ment that he attended the meeting of the club members in Petworth after 8 o'clock. Three other witnesses are understood to have told the grand jury McPher- son rode in an automobile Wwith them after the club meeting' to Mount Rai- nier and returned with them to Pet- worth some time after midnight. These witnesses were Lucille Clark, Mary Louise Phipps and Fred Birdseye. Mrs. Donald McPherson, aunt of the hus- band, s said to have chaperoned the trip and to have supported McPher- son's story that he visited his aunt's house, on Varnum street, for a few minutes after the return from the Dis- trict line. McPherson has said he went direct from the home of his aunt to that of his parents, on Upshur sireet, and retired around 1 o'clock. The par- ents were to be questioned today in this connection. Motor traffic in Syria is rapidly in- torney General. creasing. lliness Is Strange to 85- Year-Old Dean of Up- per House. Has Been Confined to Bed With Bronchitis for Past I Ten Days. the marked improvement shown in the | condition of Senator Francis E. Warren | of Wyoming, 85-year-old dean of the | Senate, who has been confined to his bed with an attack of bronchitis for the past 10 days. He spent a comfortable night. lliness is strange to the Senator, andhis rugged condition was ‘Western | him threugh. He is regarded as one of the most tive members of the Sepate. As chairman of the appropriations com- mittee, he has been at his Senate post pressing his bill throughout many an | all-night_session of the Senate in fili- busters of recent years. Scorning the elevators at the Capitol, chamber and his office. can 'SENATOR WARREN'S CONDITION SHOWS MARKED IMPROVEMENT Physicians were jubilant today over | | Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md. | Counted upon by colleagues to bring Y ARES Eryone- _SENATOR FRANCIS E. WARREN. | history. He 1s one of the few veterans | of the Civil War at the Capitol. With le almost always uses the steps on his | Justice Holmes of the Supreme. Court; many daily trips between the Senate Only recently he indignantly demanded at a Republi- rty conference that the Senate he served in the Union Army. Repre- sentative Stedman of North Carolina is a veteran of the Confederate Army. Taking note of his record-breaking career, the Senate paused one day last ATTORNEY REVEALS| CURAN RETAINER ests Employed Him on Machado Inquiry. By the Associated Press. John H. Carroll, Washington attor- f ney, said today before the Senate lobby | committee that he had been employed by the Cuban Co., Sugar importers, to | obtain information regarding charges | against President Machado of Cuba, to if they came before the Senate foreign relations committee the Cuba sugar people would be prepared to answer them. The witness said he was getting $4,500 | a month and that he was pald a $10,000 retainer by H. C. Lakin, president of the Cuban Co. Carroll sajd he was a pe:- sonal friend of President Machado, but added: “If charges made against him are true he is not fit to hold office. Trip Is Contemplated. A contemplated trip to Cuba to in- vestigate the charges against Machado, he sald, had been postponed because of 11l health. Among the matters he plan- ned to inquire into were the claims against the Cuban government by Jcseph Barlow, who maintains that his property in Cuba has been confiscated. Carroll said he had been told by Senator Moses of New Hampshire that the charges against Machado were likely to reach the Senate foreign re- lations committee through its in- vestigation into claims American citi- zens were making. Senator Borah, Carroll testified, had asked him if he would send the foreign relations com- mittee a copy of his report to Lakin. The witness sald he had been em- ployed by the Cuban Embassy as a counselor at a salary of $4.800 a year and that Lakin thought he would be a good man to “help sustain Machado’s government.” Supporter of Machado. “I am trying and intend to try in every way I can to sustain the Machado government,” Carroll asserted, adding he recetved his first $4,500 June 1, and had recelved it regularly each month since, making a total of $27,000. The witness said he also Tepresented the Royal Dutch Shell Co. at a salary of $25.000, and & number of railroads, including the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific, Baltimore & Ohio and the Van Sweringen interests. In addition, he testified he was em- ployed by the United Frult Co. at a sal- ary of $15,000 a year, He said he re- celved $20,000 from the Burlington & Northern Pacific, $10,000 from the Bal- timore & Ohio, $12,000 from the Chesa- peake & Ohio and Hocking Valley, and $3,000 from the Erie Railroad. Agreement Is Revealed. An agreement between the Corn Sugar Products Refining Co. of New York and domestic sugar producers to help each other was testified to today by W. R. Cathcart, chemist of the Corn Products company, before the lobby com- mittee. Catchcart said that at a meeting in new York the domestic sugar interests agreed to help remove restrictions on in return for aid in obtain- ing a highe: duty on sugar. The witness denied that “a trade” had been madc, asserting that both interests merely agreed to work for what they already believed to be necessary. Ne Dishonor Seen. “I fail to see anything dishonorable in the arrangement,” he said. Chairman Caraway of the gommittee asked Cathcart if he thought it was in the interest of the public for “com- binations to trade in legislation.” 0,” he replied. “Then you were doing what you don’t | approve.” ‘No. This was good legislation.” Says Legislator Alded. | Cathcart said Representative Cole of Iowa had aided in bringing the corn sugar people together with the cane and beet sugar representatives and that he and Senator Lapper, Republican of Kansas, had been told that the sugar interests were in agreement. Cole is co- author of a bill to remove restrictions on the use of corn sugar. Caraway asked Cathcart if he knew *he Associated Corn Products manufac- turers had contributed $8,400 to the | Domestic Sugar Producers’ ‘Association. Cathcart sald he did not. GLOOMY NAVY TALK REPORTS ARE DENIED Japanese Embassy in "London Says News Statements Without Fact. By the Associated Press. DON, November 19.—Presi- mistic Japanese press reports of a dis- couraging trend in the preliminary ne- gotiations for the five-power naval con- ference were stated at the Japanese embassy today to be without founda- tion. ] Yesterday Ambassadors Matsudaira of JApan end Charles G. Dawes of the United States held a conference prior to the departure of Gen. Dawes for a visit to Parls. Later Ambassador Matsu- daira and Prime Minister Macdonald held a conference at the House of Com- mons and it was understood that these informal conversations were progress- ing_smoothly. The Japgnese delegation will arrive in London before Christmas and will be ready for the formal conference which opens January 21. Ambassador | Dawes will return to London for the Pllgrims’ dinner on November 22 and his address on that date is awaited with | keen interest, as it seems likely he.will speak of the latest phases of the ne- gotiations. DEAD AT AGE OF 85. John Calvin Padgett, Retired Farm- er, Succumbs Here. Funeral services for John Calvin Pad- gett, 85 years old, retired farmer of Frederick County, Md., who dled yes- !erdl{l at his Washington home, 245 Eighth street, following a brief illness, were held at 2:30 this afternoon at the residence. Burial was in Moun® Mr, Padgett was born in Frederick County, Md., April 1, 1844. He engaged | in farming for nearly a half century. Retiring from active work in 1918, Mr. Padgett came to Washington, where he established a permanent res dence. He is survived by two daug! ters, Miss Mayris Padgett of Washing- ton and Mrs. Robert Goddell of Bal- timore. KIDNAPER HANGS TODAY. Slayer of Honolulu Banker's Son | Has Lost Last Hope. i HONOLULU, November 19 (®).— | Myles Yutaka Fukunaga, 19, who kid- naped and murdered Gill Jamieson, 10- year-old son of a prominent HonoluM banker, in September, 1928, prepared to ':d to his death on the gallows here today. Fukunaga's last hope of evading the death sentence faded a week ago when edly. LONE JUROR TS IN MMANUS BOX D. C. Man Says Sugar Inter-/30 Talesmen of 150 Called! Are Excused as Trial of “ Gambler Opens. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 19.—The trial of George A. McManus, a gambler, for the murder of Arnold Rothstein, an- | other gambler, will be resumed today with orle juror in the box. Eugene A. Riker, a salesman, chosen | as juryman No. 2, was the sole sur- vivor of the examination of talesmen yesterday in which 30 members of the special pancl of 150 wese excused. Pre- vious to the scating of Riker, a fore- man had been accepted by both sides, but was excused by the court because of {ll health. McManus is one of four indicted for the slaying of Rothstein, who was shot and mortally wounded in the Park Cen- tral Hotel November 4, 1928. Hyman Biller and two men designated as John Doe and Richard Roe were never caught. ‘The State charges that Rothstein was ';hat, in an argument over gambling ebts. TRIAL ROOM'S HISTORY. Drama of Bright Lights Is to Be Unfolded at McManus Hearing. NEW YORK, November 19.—The old courtroom where Lieut. Charles Becker was tried and convicted seems a bit damp and moldy as the ponderous legal machinery begins to grind In the trial of George A. McManus on a charge of having killed Afnold Rothstein a year ago. The trial of Harry Thaw for the murder of Stanford White also was held in this courtroom. There is no Delphin M. Delmas or Willlam Travers Jerome to start these proceedings with the roaring zest which marked these earlier Broadway episodes, Lacks an Ingepue. ~This is & drama of the bright lights without an_ingenue, uniess the some- what hard-boiled and highly lacquered Mrs Ruth Keyes of Chicago should appear later in that role. Further- more it is like an Ibsen drama, with much of the action off-stage, and enveloped in sinister and ramifying forces. Arnold Rothstein, pale and bloodless manipulator of high-voltage underworld affairs, was “wired” into every big racket in New York, as these furtive courtroom whispers have it. He also was wired into citadels of power. His friends and former business asso- clates are watching closely, but most of them at a distance. Only here and there among the spectators does one mark a visitor from the world of “float- ing” gamblers, where Rothstein plied his trade, garnered $3,000,000 and met his death. George A. McManus, bulky, im- maculate and fastidiously dressed, steps into the spotlight easily and unguard- He exchanges banter with court attaches, laughing heartily and natu- rally, but, under the impressive formal- itles of court procedure, as the exam- ination of talesmen begins, sinks into an attitude of studied gravity. One would pick him for a good poker player. While the green baize legend of the square gambler of the Bret Harte tradi- tion has been pretty thoroughly shot to pleces by the trade practices of the New York ace-in-the-hole fraternity, there ar¢ indications that if McManus’ gambling activities get into the evidence the defense will portray him as one of these legendary “square shooters.” Such has been foreshadowed by the questioning of talesmen by James D. C. Murray, attorney for McManus. Case Is Held Weak. According to the evidence which has been made public, there is apparently no very strong case against McManus. No witness has yet been named ready to testify that he saw McManus in room 349 of the Park Central Hotel, where Rothstein was shot. The killer’ revolver, thrown on the sidewalk, was found and identified as the one from which the Rothstein bullet was fired, but, according to revelations to date, has not been traced to McManus. But District Attorney Joab L. Banton, find- ing the case caught up in a roaring po- litical brawl, bottled it up tight. He says he has 15 witnesses—most of them stery witnesses—and give the public t utmost assurance that he has solved the killing and that he will con- vict McManus. Hence, while this is melodrama of standardized movie tra dition, it is melodrama in suspe with vast preponderance of mystery over demonstrable fact. Alvin Thomas, alias “Titanic” Thomp- son, is on the way here from Milwaukee to tell the district attorney all h knows. Thompson was supposed to have h;en in the room where Rothstein was shot. Mrs. Keyes Kept in Hiding. Mrs. Keyes, wife of & railroad brake- man of Chicago, has been kept In hid- ing by the prosecution, but is now said to be in New York, ready to testify. Mrs. Keyes was said to have joined the company in room 349 and to have had a drink with the gamblers assembled there, about four hours before the shooting. ‘The theory of the State is that Mc- Manus plotted to kill Rothstein because | the latter had “welshed” on a gambling debt; that he engaged the room at the Park Central, lured Rothstein there by a telephone call to_ Lindy's Coffee House and shot him.~It is known that the district attorney claims to have the testimony of & German waiter that Rothstein, answering the telephone, said, “McManus wants me at the Park Cen- tral,” and departed. It Is also known that Rothstein’s overcoat was found in the room after the killing. Mrs. Marian Putnam of Asheville, N. C., a guest at the hotel on the night of the murder, is sald to have seen Rothstein staggering from room 349. 8he refused to discuss the case, but is in New York and will appear as a wit- ness. Whether her testimony will strengthen the case against McManus is not known, but the district attorney has indicated that he regards it as of the utmost importance. Silent on Victim@ Documents. There has been long and profound silence as to what was found among| the 60,000 memoranda and documents of the slain gambler. say as to whether the colorful and e: citing eplsodes of Rothstein's danger- ous activitles will be thrown on the screen, The opening session indicated that the pgocess of procuring a jury will be long and tedious. While the members of the present panel seem to be un- usually intelligent and not averse to! serving, both prosecution and deferse | seem to be having trouble in finding { citizens sufficiently impervious to_the galvanic interest with which New York was shot through when Rothstein was killed. (Copyrigk PERSHING RETl;?NS. War Leader Greets Friends on Ar- rival in Capital. Gen. John J. -Pershing greeted his friends at the War Depariment today, after an absence of a year. He returned last night from France, where he has been busy with his duties as chairman of the American Battle Monument Com- it. 1929.) Gov. Lawrence M. ..dd signed the mission. Though he is expected to at- No one now can | SCRIVENER INQUIRY | i i death. MR. AND MRS. JOHN F. MARAGON, Who were questioned yesterday by United States Attorncy Leo A. Rover in his renewed inquiry into the death of Arthur Scrivener, headquarters detective, who was found shot in a’ Georgetown alley several years ago. Miss Helen Barnes Parker. was reported engaged to Scrivener at the time of his Mrs. Maragon, formerly —Star Staff Photo. NEWS PRINT PRICE 1S THRUST TO FORE U. S. Publishers’ Committee Urges Convention if Canada Boosts Cost. [ By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 19.—The fol- lowing statement was issued yesterday by W. G. Chandler, representing the news print committee of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association. “A special meeting of the news print committee of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association was held in New York gesterday to consider reports to the effect that the provincial govern- ments of Ontario and Quebec and the Canadian news print manufacturers have under consideration the establish- ing of an increased price for news print through political control, notwith- standing the existing condition of large overproduction. “The committee views the entire sit- uation with the deepest concern and feels that inasmuch as the law of sup- |ply and demand is threatened by & combination of political and news print manufacturing groups, is is the duty of the committee to recommend to the board of directors of the association that if such a higher price be an- nounc!%: convention of all daily news- papers Be called to consider the imme- diate reduction of news print consump- tion and any steps which may seem advisable . as protection against the menace of such artificial control.” FERGUSON GIVES VIEWS. { Canadian Premier Denies Attempt or | Intent to Control Price. TORONTO, Ontario, November 19 (Canadian Press) —Premier Howard ‘Ferguson, informed yesterday of a meet- 1ing of the news print committee of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Associ- ation in New York, sald there “has been no intention or attempt on the part of the provincial government to control the manufacture or the price of news print. “What we have sought to do,” said Mr. Ferguson, “in the interests of the many people in Ontario an@ Quebec de- pendent on the industry for a living and in the interests of the investors in the news print companles is to see that whatever shortage in production exists shall be distributed fairly over the va- rious industries. “The International Paper Co. is run- ning two large plants in the Province of Quebec at about 197 or 198 per cent, while other mills in Ontario, which should be getting a share in this extra tonnage, are running about 75 per cent of the time. It is thought, to overcome ‘Lhe loss under which some mills are operating, that a reasonable advance in anee would greatly improve the condi- ons. “But this is a matter which must be worked out by the industry. All our | governments have done is to make rep- | Tesentations to protect themselves and | | their people. and we hope our repre- | sentations will have proper considera- | tion at the hands of both manufac- turers and publishers.” ASKS AID OF FIREMEN. Virginian Reports He Was At-“ tacked by Two Soldiers. James W. Randall, 20 years old, of Centerville, Va., appeared at the quar-{ ers of No. 3 Truck Company, Ohio | avenue and Fourteenth street, about | 11:30 o'clock last night to seek pro- | tection, having been assaulMted by two soldiers, he stated. He sald the soi-' diers attacked him at Tenth and D streets. He was suffering from & hem:. orrhage of the nose and was taken w Emergency Hospital. Tribute Planned JUSTICE ALFRED A. WHEAT, | Associate justice, Supreme Court, Dis- trict of Columbia, who will be the zuest | [of honor at a dinner at the Willard Hotel tomorrow evening. More than 500 | lawyers have announced their intention to attend. Chiet Justice McCoy wil welcome the new justice on behalf o the bench and Atiorney Thomas P. Littlepage for the lawyers. Two justices of the United States Supreme Court will BLAINE LEADS WAR ON COTTON DUTIES Wisconsin Senator Opposes Plan for Higher Schedule on Manufactuges. By the Associated Press. Hopeful of completing work on the cotton manufacturers schedule before nightfall, the Senate resumed its con- sideration of / the subject today with Senator Blaine ,Republican, of Wisgon- sin, voicing opposition to those advo- cating higher import duties on such articles. He asserted those seeking such in- creases had failed to make a case “either from the standpoint of labor or industry,” and said cotton manufac- turers were seeking to construct a tariff wall behind which they would form “combinations of monopolies through mergers of the various industries.” Senator’s Comment. “There has been no earnest or intel- ligent effort to improve either condi- tions of the workingman or them- selves,” he said. “They are and have been a crowd of grasping combinations and individuals. They enjoy all the luxuries of life, but the men and women in their industries are the ones in distress.” Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massa- chusetts, said that wiile certain branches of the industry were pros- perous, he could show the Wisconsin Senator where cotton mills had been closed, others operated only part time, and still more in bankruptcy. Walsh said he intended to vote against many proposed increases in cot- ton textile dutles, but was convinced that a “very serious depression” existed in certain branches to which "higher tariffs would be a contributing aid in restoring prosperity. Complains of Mills. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, complained again of conditions in the Southern mills, where, he said, women and children were being worked day and night. Senator Simmons, Democrat, of North Carolina, said it was true that mills were being operated day and night in the South, but these were a very limited humber. Answering Wheeler's arguments that some workers were paid as low as $10 a week for 60 hours, Simmons said wages in dollars and cents were not as high in the South as in New Eng- lard, but considering the cheaper liv- ing conditions in his section the wages were al the same in proportion to those in Wew England. P Insurance companies of Japan are participating for the first time in under- writing debenture issues, recently join- ing with two Tokyo banks in underwri ing an $8,500,000 issue fcr an electrical power company. SINCLAIR T0 GAIN FREEDOMTHURSDAY 0il Man Refuses to Divulge Plans for Immediate Future. With an allowance of 30 days off for good behavior, Harry F. Sinclair wil be released Thursday from the District | of Columbia Jail upon the expiration of his confinement of seven and one- half months on concurrent sentences | for contempt in refusing to answer questions of the Senate oil investigating committee and shadowing jurors during his trial in the District Supreme Court. The doors of the jail will be opened for the New York oil magnate one minute past midnight tomorrow if he wishes to avail himself of the first opportunity to gain his freedom. He has not indicated. however, to Col. Wil- liam L. Peake, superintendent of the institution, at what hour Thursday he will make his departure. Admitted on May 6. Sinclair was admitted to the jail on May 6 to serve a three-month sentence for contempt of the Senate committee. ‘The papers in the jury-shadowing sen- | tence of six months took effect on June | 22, so if he were released on November 22 he would actually serve a day over- time. The ofl magnate will continue his present duties as pharmacist up to the time of his release. Col. Peake said his services in this respect had proved of real value to the institution, and that Sinclair would be greatly missed by Dr. Morris Hyman, jail physician. Sinclair was given these duties upon his com- mittment because he is a registered pharmacist. In Cheerful Mood. As a model prisoner, the oil man was entitled to five days off -each month, which terminates his confinement Thursday, instead of December 21. He was reported by Col. Peake to be in a cheerful frame of mind. Sinclair has denied himself to in- terviewers who have sought to obtain information about his immediate plans in connection with his oil interests. He P iead "of - spending” Thankseivi nstead of spen ng day in the District jail, as he other- wise would have been compelled to do but for the reduction of his sentence, the ofl man probably will partake of a holiday feast with his family in New York. R SCOUT ARMED MOVE -BY VASCONCELOS Mexicans Think Defeated Candi- date Will Wait for Con- gress to Act. By the AssoclatedyPress. MEXIC() CITY, November 19.—A published statement of Jose Vascon- celos, defeated Mexican presidential candidate, that he shortly would come to Mexico City, was accepted here today as assurance he would attempt no arm- ed movement at present in support of his claims of fraud in- the election Sunday of his opponent, Pascual Or- tiz_Rublo. Otherwise his statement, while claim- ing the election really was won by him- self, indicated, it was believed, a dis- position to wait and see what action the Mexican Congress would take. A Guaymas dispatch to El Univer- sal quoted Vasconcelos: “I am the only person who has authority today in Mexico emanating directly from the people. I am the President-elect and I am only waiting for Congress to give way before the evidence.” . He said: he would rest in Guaymas for a few days before returning to Mexico City. His trip to the capital was planned to put an end to rumors he would leave Mexico City for the United States. ‘The Vasconcelistas claim they were victimized by the provision of Mexi- can law which says voting booths shall remain in the charge of the first nine voters arriving to cast their ballots. It so happened that throughout the country these first nine voters were partisians of the elected candidate, Pascual Ortiz Rubio. DUCE RECEIVES COUNT. ROME, November 19 (#).—Premier Mussolini today received in audience Count Elia, Italy’s representative at the Willlamstown Institute of politics last Summer. ‘The premier congratulated Count Elia on his efforts to create a better understanding of fascism and Italy's financial situation in the United States. Welcome, Kiddies, in Our Search for Santa Claus “A CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE” Every day a new fun strip will appear giving you the complete history of these jolly adventurers BEGINS MONDAY, NOV. 25th in @he Zoening Star THE GREAT NEWSPAPER OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL g0 into night sessions on the tariff bill, promising to attend them all. Senator Warren has served longer lnl the Senate than any other member in vice presidents:-Miss Payne, Mrs. Eliza- beth Walsh, Mrs. V. J. Pedone, Dr. E. E. Ruebush, Dr. H. A, Locke urf Dr. I M. Cashell. be among the guests, as also Attorney General Mitchell and a number of his assistants, Spring to applaud the Wyoming Sen-|death warrant. The United States Su-|tend the funeral of Secretary Good ator as notice was made of his long preme Court had rejected Fukunaga's tomorrow, his other plans remain to service. { appeal. be disclosed, ’