Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1929, Page 3

VOTELESS DISTRICT 1S GIVEN SUPPORT Georgia Real Estate Group Backs vCapital Citizens in Representation Demand. Among the representative organiza- tions throughout the country which are joining in the movement for national representation for the District of Colum- bia the latest to promise support is the Georgia Real Estate Association. From Arthur S. Harris, executive sec- Tetary of that association. came tecay a set of resolutions promising aid to the voteless residents of Washington, which_were adopted at a meeting of the officers and board of directors of the association in Macon, Ga., this month. Members and friends of the Georgia Real Estate Association are urged in the resolutions to bring the matter to the attention of their individual Senators and Representatives in Congrgss, questing that they promptly take action at an early date looking toward the| adoption of a constitutional amendment that would empower Congress to grant to residents of the District voting rep- resentation in the Senate and House, the right to vote for President and Vice President and access as citizens to the Federal courts. Literature Distributed. Since the opening of headquarters here last Summer by the Citizens' Joint Committee for National Representation literature describing the voteless plight of Washingtonians has been sent to many organizations throughout the United States. The responses have been almost uniformly favorable to the movement to Americanize the residents of the National Capital. The resolutions received by the citi- zens' joint committee from the Georgia Real Estate Association are typical of the attitude of other organizations with which the eitizens’ committee has been in _communication. The resolutions, in full, are ss follo ‘Whereas, the District of Columbis with its more than half a million Americans, constitutes the only com- munity in all the expanse of the con- tinental United States—populous, intel- | ligent, public spirited. of adequate re- sources—which 1s denied representation in the National Gov:rnment; and “Whereas, national representation is A distinctive basic right of the citizen— in a government of the people, by the people. for the people—in a representa- tive government which inseparably | couples taxation and arms bearing as & soldier with representation; and “Whereas, the principal organizations of the District of Columbia are unitedly and earnestly striving to remove this unjust condition through an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Four Conclusions. “Therefore, be it resolved by the officers and directors of the Georgia | Real Estate Association in convention assembled in the city of Macon, Ga.,! :g‘s twentieth day of November, 1929, | at “1. We extend to our voteless and unrepresented fellow Americans of the National Capital our sympathy in the deprivation of that fundamental Amer- ican right of representation in their Government. “2. We respectfully petition the Con- gress of the United States to adopt the pending resolution proposing a consti- tutional amendment empowering Con- gress to grant to the residents of the : District of Columbia voting representa- i tion in the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives, the vote for President and Vice President and access as citizens to the Federal Courts. _ “3. We urge our membéis and our friends to bring this matter to the at- tention of their individual Senators and Representatives in Congress, re- questing that they promptly take such action at an early date, and thus right what we believe to be a great national wrong. “4. Our president is hereby author- 1zed to take such action as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the foregoing resolutions.” ‘Wage Cut Settles Mine Dispute. SYDNEY, Australia, November 30 (#). A conference between mine owners and miners yesterday settled the labor dis- | pute in the Newcastle coal fields on the basis of a reduction of 121, per cent in hewing rates and of 12 cents a CLly1 in wages. The mines will probably re- open on December 12. The settlement followed an announcement by the Gov- ernment of New South Wales that if an agreement was not reached the Gov- ernment would go ahead with State op- eration of the mines and have them Wworking during the Christmas seaso; SPECIAL NOTICE. 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The non-magnetic yacht Carnegie of the Carnegie Institute of this city which exploded in Apia Harbor, Samoea, killing its commander, Capt. J. P. Ault (below). | The picture of the ship was made in May, 1928, as it started down the Poto- :l':lc for a three-year cruise around e we NOVEMBER RECORD BROKEN BY COLD; 11 DIE IN MIDWEST (Continued From First Page.) tral Union Mission, 622 Louisiana ave- nue, where extra beds were set up 19| care for the largest influx of the sea- | son. All the space was filled. The District’s Municipal Lodging House, 312 Twelfth street, was forced to turn away a number of colored men. Ten of the latter can be accommogated | in an emergency, it was explained. | Thirty-four others were lodged in the | main dormitory. - | The November ‘Passing into history and .coldest: weather of that month in the annals of the bureau here. On the 2d of this month the mercury Tose to 83 degrees, or several points above the | previous maximum. From 6 p.m. yesterday the thermom- eter showed a steady decline up to 8:30 am., when the cold began to abate. At 6 p.m. the reading was 27, at 8, 23; at 10, 21; at 12, 19; at 2 am,, 17; at 4, 15; at 6, 13, and at 8 o'clock, 12 degrees. Unofficial minimums as low as 7 to 9 degrees above zero were reported by residents of nearby Maryland and Vir- ginia. The forecast sald: “Fair and not quite so cold tonight, with lowest temperature about 15 degrees. Sunday fair with rising temperature, accom- panied by moderate westerly winds. The previous low mark for Novem- ber weather here was 12 degrees on the 22d and 23d of that month 1880. ‘Washington firemen were kept busy answering alarms sent in as the result of freezing weather, and up to noon had responded to 12 local and 3 box alarms | turned in since 8:30 o'clock this morn- | ing. None of the fires were serious. A bitter northwest wind, blowing scat- tered snows, was raking the Middle West today as subzero temperatures gave promise of abating somewhat. Of the 11 deaths attributed to the cold in that section, 7 occurred in Chi- cago, 2 in Ohio and 1 each in Wisconsin | and Indiana. New Record Is Set. In the Chicago area early today tem- peratures as low as 8 degrees below zero were reported, the lowest in Novembes | since the establishment of the Weather | Bureau. Between 2,000 and 3,000 destitute families received aid. ‘The death reported from New York, where a thermometer reading of 20 de- grees was the lowest this season, oc- | curred at Staten Island. A woman froze in her back yard. A 38-mile bit- ing wind out of the northwest added to the discomfort. Subfreezing temperatures were gen- eral throughout New York State, New England, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In the latter State, the lowest November temperature on record was accompanied many places by snow. flurries. At Pittsburgh the thermometer dropped to 9 degrees above zero. Two inches of snow fell at Malone, N. Y. and the temperature dropped to 4 degrees above zero. ‘The general cold spell, penetrating well into the Southland, sent tempera- tures below the freezing point as far south as the Carolinas. Temperatures ranged between 25 and 35 along the Snow Hits Virginia. Kentucky felt the full force of the blast, and at Louisville this morning the temperature reading was below 10 degrees and slowly falling. Parts of that State and Virginia were blanketed by light snowfalls. Bristol, Va., re- ported 3 inches of snow, while moun- tain_ tops in Kentucky were covered by the flakes. Although the West Coast was ex- periencing general subfreezing tempera- tures, the chief discomfort from the weather there lay in the dearth of rain. ‘The driest November in 40 years was passing into history, with little pros- pect of relief in sight, In California water was being sold by the gallon and in Washington municipalities were seek- ing means of keeping their electric lights burning. Prayers were being offered on the Pacific Coast for aid for the parched areas. Trust Firm Elects Smith. NEW YORK, November 30 (#).—For- imer Gov. Alfred E. Smith yesterday \was elected chairman of the board of | directors of the County Trust Co. The | former governor said he was vested with power of president and eventually | would head the trust company. He STAR. WASHINGT! - £ —Wide World Photo. FIGHT PISTOL DUEL NEAR BUSY CORNER Chicagoans Probably Fatally Wounded in Exchange of Shots on Street. By-the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 30.—Clark and Randolph—the busiest and brightest corner in Chicago at;the hour’ before midnight when theater throngs fill the | street—was the spot Charles (Babe) Barron and James Walsh picked last night to settle an argument with guns. Each was wounded, probably fatally. Barron, a former boxer, and Walsh, described by police as being in the “beer racket,” quarreled earlier in the evening at the Chicago Stadium. Walsh criticized the way Barron was scoring the Paulino-Griffiths match. They fought with their fists and Barron's nose was broken. ! BURNS;ALLT DEA Mysterious Blast Ends Cruise of Carnegie, Started Here in Spring Last Year. By the Assoclated Press. TUTUILA, Samoa, November 30.— Twenty years of scientific wayfaring of | the non-magnetic yacht Carnegie were ended today, with the curious experi- mental vessel, the only one of its kind, a charred wreck in Apia Harbor and Capt. J. P. Ault, the ship's master, | dead in the line of duty. Capt. Ault was killed in a blast that preceded burning of the vessel yester- day, several members of the expedition were injured and Tony Kolar, a cabin boy, was missing. H Dispatches here gave no reason for | | the explosion, but told of a blast that hurled Capt. Ault overboard, followed i by a fire that spread to five other craft moored in the vicinity, destroying all of them. Advices Nere listed those in- jured as Eric Stenstrom, said to be seriously burned, and Karl Albin Sturk, Otto Ericsen and John Lindstrom, less | seriously hurt. i Warship Goes to Aid. | ‘The U. S. S. Ontario salled from here to Apia as soon as word of the blast was received. The vessel expected I to pick up the survivors and bring back | the body of Capt. Ault. The Carnegie, built in 1909 for the Carnegie Institution, was on a three- year cruise that started from Washing- ton a year ago last Spring.. It carried a party of 17 scientists studying mag- netism and atmospheric electricity. No iron nor steel was used in constructing the ship. All metals in its make-up or carried aboard the Carnegie were non- magnetic to prevent deviation of deli- cate apparatus. A wooden sailing vessel, brigantine rigged, the Carnegie carried 12,900 feet of sail and was powered by an auxiliary motor of about 150 horsepower. Non-Magnetic Engine. In every-particular the idea of mak- ing the vessel non-magnetic was carried out. The auxiliary engine was built of non-magnetic metals, the galley cook- ing ranges were of special design and | constructed of bronze and copper. The cutlery, knives, forks and spoons were of Mexican silver and the sailors’ knives | of non-magnetic manganese steel. Even the buttons on the uniforms of the crew were of bone or brass. Among the scientific staff aboard the ship on the present cruise were W. C. Parkin son, F. H. Paul, F. M, Soule, L. A, Jones. W. E. Scott, H. R. Seiwell and O. W Torreson. CRUISE STARTED FROM HERE. | | Distinguished Scientists Aboard Carnegie | | at Beginning of Present Cruise. | The present cruise of the non-mag- | netic yacht Carnegie of the Carnagie | Institution, reported ended with the | burning of the scientific vessel at Apia Harbor, Samoa, yesterday, Started from | ! Washington a year ago last Spring. ‘The snip, leaving at that time on her Barron went home, got a pistol, and | began hunting Walsh. He found him in an all-night restaurant on Ran- | dolph near Clark street. They went | to the street, where, witnesses said, | Walsh opened fire, which Barron re- | turned. Bullets flew across the crowd- | ed street. Windows in several places, | Including Henrici's and Raklios’ restau-'| rants, were shattered and persons on | the street ducked for cover. Police found four revolvers on the sidewalk. Both Barron and Walsh lay | where bullets had dropped them. Three | men, believed to have been companions of Walsh, were arrested. Barron was wounded in the chest. Walsh ‘had bullet wounds in the abdo- men and thigh. WAY IS CLEARED FOR EARLY TRIAL OF POLICE OFFICERS (Continued From First Page.) the files of the department to be opened to the special board. “Respectfully yours, (Signed) “WILLIAM D. MITCHELL, “Attorney General.” Letter of Commissioners. The letter sent by the Commissioners to the Attorney General follows: “On Septembes, 30, 1929, a grand jury in the District of Columbia made certain charges against Inspector Wil- liam S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, both of the Metropolitan Police Department, in connection with their activities in and about their investi- gation of the death of Mrs. Virginia McPherson and the party or parties to be held responsible therefor. A copy of these charges is included herewilh. A special investigating board, as sug. gested by the grand jury, was appoint- ed by the Commissioners, consisting of William W. Bride, corporation counsel, and Maj. D. A. Davison, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, who were di- rected to go thoroughly into the ma ter to determine whether or not there been any improper handling of the matter by the two police officers in- volved. “The special board invited the mem- bers of the grand jury to appear be- fore it to furnish the facts upon which the charges were based, but only four members of the grand jury aforesaid responded to the invitation, or furnish. ed any information whatsoever con- cerning the issues involved. The special board was thereupon directed to dis- continue its work pending the outcome of the investigations into the death of Mrs. McPherson which were conducted by the Bureau of Investigation of your department. This action was taken so that there could be no possible inter- ference with the work of your depart- ment, and no prejudice could result to the man then under indictment. Ask Federal Report. “Now that this work has been com- pleted and no presentment has been made by the second grand jury, the Commissioners desire to Aave the special board proceed with its investigations. The Commissioners are desirous that your department make available to this special board the stenographic report of the statements made to the Bureau of Investigation, to the end that the spe- cial board may see in what, if any, par- ticulars that record discloses evidence of inefficiency or improper conduct of the Police Department, or the individ- uals in question. It is, of course, appre- ciated that your investigation was not directed to the particular point at is- sue before the special board, but it is felt that, under all circumstances, its investigation would not be complete un- less the facts as disclosed in that rec- ord are made available to it. “There is no desire to.remove. the suno«u;;‘hw ul‘lo'.es u{*mu 'butlll‘glnl— merely that the members of, this spe- cial board may go &mulh the report at a place that you may indicate, and with the assurance thdt 'nore * of ‘its contents will be disclosed to any one. “It is sincerely hoped that you may see fit to grant the special board the permission requested.” ‘The letter of the Commissioners fol- | b lowed receipt from Senator Overman of succeeds the late James J. Riordan, { who recently committed suicide. PRy The world 1s “hot actually, it is flatter af South Poles. rfectly round; the North and L) most ambitious trip—a projected three- year cruise around the world—carried a distinguished group of scientists and a quantity of apparatus for making deep sea researches. On her present cruise the Carnegie put into San Francisco July 29 of this year after a voyage from Yokohama. Among the discoveries announced ihen was the finding of two submarine moun- tain ranges off the Coast of South America last February. One range, | extending 10,000 feet above the ocean floor, was encount 4 off the Coast ocl Ecuador and another off the Chilean oast. Definite proof was obtained, her master said then, that the North Pole was “wobbling.” “While the change is comparatively slight,” Capt. Ault said at the time, “our observations prove that the North Magnetic Pole, ordinarily regarded as constant by mariners, is changing.” It had been planned that the cruise lw:su’ld have ended in Washington in An official report was received today at the Navy Department from Capt. Gatewood S. Lincoln, U. S. N., the Governor of Samoa, relative to the burning in Apia Harbor yesterday of the magnetic yacht Carnegle. Capt. J. P. Ault was killed and Tony Olar, cabin boy, is missing, the governor's rt asserted. n advising the Navy Department of the tragedy by wireless, relayed to the Office of Naval Communications here from Samoa, by way of San Francisco, Capt. Lincoln said: 1 regret to inform you the scientific yacht Carnegie caught fire in Apia Har- bor at 1:20 p.m., apparently as the re- sult of an explosion. She is still burn- ing and a total loss. Casualties are as follows: Killed—Capt. J. Ault. Missing—Tcny Olar, cabin bo; vere- ly injured from burns—Eric Si rom. Lesser injuries—Karl Albin Sturk, Otto E‘l;:so John Lindstrom and Harry Olsen ‘The Ault home here is at 3731 Kanawha street, but Mrs. Ault and their two lflluzhwl’s are at present in Cali- fornia, REPORTS AFFIRMED - DIRECT PEACE STEP IS TAKEN BY CHINA (Continued From First Page.) definite negotiations, with Nanking oc- cupying the background presumably in the role of final authority on the Chi- nese side. ] WANG MAKES DENIAL. By the Assoclated Press. NANKING, China, November 30.—C. ‘T. Wang, forelgn minister of the Nan- king central Chinese government, today denied emphatically direct negotiations were proceeding between China and Russia for settlement of the military problem grown up around the Chinese Eastern Railway in Manchuria, Commenting from reports from Ge- neva that Dr. C. C. Wu, representing the Nanking government at the League of Nations, had had official messages from Nanking of opening of negotia- tion Nanking foreign minister “We telegraphed Rd. Wu at Geneva we had sent Moscow our proposals as published Thursday. Apparently Dr. ‘Wu _interpreted them that we had reached the stage of direct negotiations. His view was erroneous.” He said: “Moscow advices that we have barovsk are untrue. However, we are willing to meet such proposals or send delegates almost anywhere providing Moscow assents to our preliminary con- ditions, this latter being the all-impor- tant factor, EXPECT U. S. TO PROCEED, ‘The Washington Government is look- ing to China and Russia to settle their dispute over the Chinese Eastern Rail- road between themselves, but, it is ex- pected that the ited States will pro- ceed with its plahs for concerted action y the great powers to prevent a war if such a step should become necessary. North Carolina of a “suggestion” that the District authorities confer’ with De- partment of Justice officials with a view to obtaining from them any informa- tion they might have of interest in the Bhelby-Kelly matter. The general view today was that the seriousness of the situation had abated with dispatches telling of efforts by the nations directly interested to bring about a settlement of the con- troversy. & ¥ agreed to send representatives to Kha- | NON-MAGNETIC SHIP ;. i The bodies of members of the American expeditionary force to Archangel in 1918-19 who died in that campaign are brought back to home shores. The picture was taken when the caskets were landed in New York.—Associated Press Photo. ACCUSING WOMAN TELLS OF THREAT Wife Says Husband Confess- ed Slaying of Scrivener While| He Was Drinking. With plans of the United States at- torney’s office being rounded out for the beginning Monday of the grand jury inquiry into the mysterious shooting to death three years ago of Detective | Sergt. Arthur Schrivener, United States Attorney Leo A. Rover was today in ssession “of a statement from the woman who has accused her husband of | being responsible for the killing, that| her life has been threatened since she | recently told the police the story, which was bared yesterday. o ad her first interview with Rover last night and told him her 53-year-old husband, long a District employe, had confessed to her while drinking that he had killed Scrivener. She recently sued him for a limited di- vorce. The woman has been summoned to appear before a grand jury Monday and give it all the information tn her possession. Rover announced today that he was undetermined whether the husband also would be called before the grand | jury. He revealed he considered this | a matter for the inquisitorial body itself | to decide. He intimated if the grand | jury believed the woman’s story it prob- | ably would ask that the husband be | summoned. Husband There, Too. ‘The weman arrived in Rover's office last night almost simultaneously with | the appearance there of her husband.| The husband was accompanied by Lieut. Joseph Morgan, chief of the homicide squad, and Hubert E. Brodie, a headquarters detective. On seeing her husband the woman became so nervous Rover's secretary found it necessary to persuade her to stay until Rover could see her. She seemed reluctant to be in | the same building with her husband. A few minutes later Rover called the husband and woman into his office and questioned them at the same time. It was then that the surprise witness told the United States attorney she believed her husband had murdered Scrivener. ‘The husband denied the charge and sald he never had stayed away from home all night. ‘The woman told Rover he# husband came home the morning after Seriv- ener's body was found an alley in Georgetown without his ti A cravat torn in half was grasped in the detec- tive's right hand when his lifeless form was discovered. It was when the woman told Rover her husband was a heavy drinker that he first broke in to defend himself. He was quoted as . having sald he rarely *ever took a drink and at no time had | been intoxicated. Tie Is in Doubt. Rover explained today that he orig- inally had understood from information furnished him by police that the woman would be able to identify the tie found in Scrivener's hand if given an op- portunity to inspect it. He announced today, however, that the woman sald last night she probably would be unable to say whether the neckpiece was that of her husband. The charges made fo the United States attorney by the woman are considered by Rover of sufficlent im- portance to warrant her examination by the grand jury immediately after other witnesses have explained die find- ing of Scrivener's body. She will be the first witness heard by the inquisi- torial body after the bare fact of the | detective’s death has been proved. | The woman told Rover a man she never had seen before came to her home two mights ago and asked if she had rooms to rent. She told the man she was looking for roomers. He then went in the house and examined a room. In the course of the conversa- tion which followed, the man told the woman, “If you don't keep your mouth shut you'll be bumped off just like Scrivener.” - | {“BEAUTY SURGEON” SUED. $25,000 Asked in Chicago by Cus- tomer “Scarred for Life.” CHICAGO, November 30 (#).— Charging that he mutilated her beauty, Miss Yvonne Harmon of Madison, Wis., yesterday filed suit for $25,000 damages against Dr. Henry J. Shireson, Chicago “beauty surgeon,” the revocation of whose license for alleged malpractice has for some time been sou‘ht by First | AA::lmanz Attorney General Harry A.| Miss Harmon said that as a result| | of the operation she has been scarred | for life. partments \§ In Perfect Order \§ Only a Few Left . k. : - ¥ 49.50 J es. Mgr., Dist. 8543 | /4 L. W. Groomes 1416 F St. Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif, Nov. 29. — Mr. Hoover has had all the financiers of the country gathered and made ’em sign a pledge to spend some money for the general pros- perity of ¢he courftry. So next week he is really going into big business. He is calling the coaches of the va- rious fcot ball teams together and get them to promise to build bigger grandstands, make longer trips, and pay more for promising high school talent. That's what's the matter with this country. It's not Wall Street, it's not the Senate, it's just that a lot of cheap colleges won't go out and spend the dough. Bigger grandstands, look at Chicago with Soldiers’ Pleld, with Dempsey and Tunney, Army and Navy and Cali- fornia and Notre Dame. Why, that's brought ‘em more publicity than Al Capone and machine guns combined. ‘WILL ROGERS. . ENGINEER TOPPLES * OFF MOVING TRAIN Fireman Prevents Wreck by Stopping Locomotive After Pilot Loses Life. Special Dispatch 8 The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., November 30.— B. O. Whitmore, fireman of a Western Maryland freight train, last night pre- vented a yreck when he stopped the train after his engineer, William Frank- lin Gruber, 39, had toppled from the engine and broke his neck. Gruber's body was found along the tracks at Reid, on the outskirts of this city. QGruber had crawled upon the engine after throttling it down to a speed of 15 miles an hour. He appeared to be making some minor repairs when last seen by Whitmore. The fireman missed him some min- utes later, and when he investigatec found the engine was running without a pilot. He brought the locomotive to a stop, phoned the offices here, and a search began for the engineer. ‘The body was found by Western Maryland officers along the tracks, and Magistrate Richard Duffey decided au inquest was unnecessary. HOWELL SUPPORTS DRY LAW CHARGES | By the Associated Press. OMAHA, November 30.—United States Senator R. B. Howell, Republican, Ne- | 1 braska, sald yesterday that he had, answer to President Hoover's ‘“virtual demand” for evidence of prohibition law violation in the National Capital, given facts obtained from the files of the pro- | hibition enforcement office. “I gave those facts September 24 in the Senafe, but for some reason this data did not get much publicity,” said the Senator, who had laid the blame for alleged lack of prohibition enforce- mer® in Washington to President Hoover. “Even the Ohio Issue, an Anti-Sa- loon League publication, he added, “charged me with loose talking. This ‘was in the face of the fact that I named a steamship that recently delivered in Baltimore after traversing territorial waters 1,444 quarts of liquor for use in Washington, named the trucking con- cern that transported the beverage liquor to Washington and the chauffeur and helper operating the van. “I also furnished detailed evidence of violations. in one ‘of the great hotels there, obtained. under official orders by a party of plain clothes officials, com- posed of two special dry agents and two policemen.” The Senator said that so far as he had been able to learn “no prohibition agents had visited any of these hotel properties two years thereafter. He also said he had been refused permis- sion to look at State Department files v‘a‘n quest of prohibition law informa- on. Inside Story McPherson Case Robert J. Allen Washington Auditorium, Sunday Night, Dec. 1 8 P.M. Tickets, 250 to $1.00, Now on sale at Willard Hotel, Carlton Hotel Newsstands, 3 A A A Ticket Bureau and Wnashincton #° Autitortum, - NEVSPRN PR FFFORTS DPLORED Canadian Committee Reaf- firms Opposition to Offi- cials’ Plan. By the Assoclated Press. TORONTO, Ontario, November 30.— J. W. Sifton, chairman of the newsprint committee of the Canadian Daily News- papers Association, yesterday issued a statement on behalf of the committee reaffirming its opposition to efforts by Canadian officials looking toward an in- crease in the price of newsprint. The statement, issued at the close of a meeting of the committee, said: “The newsprint committee of the Ca- nadian Dajly Newspapers Association today reaffirmed its ofposition to the attempts which are seemingly being made by the premiers of Ontario and Quebec to establish a minimum price for newsprint without regard for the undamental principles of supply and demand, which normally regulate the price of commodities. ‘The newsprint committee further be- ieves that to arbitrarily inerease the price of newsprint at a time when supply is so greatly in excess of de- mand will react to the disadvantage of the industry by tending to reduce consumption with a consequent increase in unemployment throughout the news- print and all associated industries. “The committee reaffirms the opin- jon of the publishers with respect to the uniform price principle which has been an established practice in the industry for 20 years.” W. B. Preston, president of the Ca- nadian Daily Newspapers Association, sald the question of calling a special convention of the membershin to deal with the newsprint situation was being considered by the executive committee, which meets next Monday. AUTO GIFT TO FORD. Own Model Used in Tour of 43 Countries, Token of Couple. DETROIT, Mich., November 30 (#).— Henry Ford is to receive a gift and it will be an automobile. It is one of his own models in which Aloha Wanderwell. lecturer and explorer, and her husband, Walter, wandered in seven years through 43 countries. At times it was greased With crushed bananas and elephant fat. Thes%lndem‘ells bought it second hand or $50. . Great Britain now has 180 woman Ppolice. i offer them at prices. 753 PRINCETON ST. N.W. Eizht reoms and bath. bi street. Regul ) 500—o 3416 WARDER ST. N.W. Near Soldiers' Hom¢ Regular price, $8,950—ou; 1108 E ST. N.E, o F h—3 & very pretty home facing s 1117 7th ST. N.E. Six_rooms and Regular price, 1342 D ST. N.E. Ty ne ams D St. cars at @ only $7,900, borho On _one of ares Tn 8. ing—6 rooms a o hest bath. Only $7,950. INSPECT e tal t " Resuiar brios, $8.550—ours i 1618 POTOMAC AVE. S.E. x» g L. S. SOLDIER DEAD ENROUTE TOHOMES Special Train Carries' Bodies of Those Who Fell in Archangel. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 30.—A spe- cial train, with its locomotive draped in black crepe, today held the bodies of 73 American war dead, returning home at last after 10 years in allen sofl. Brief memorial services at the Penn- sylvania station preceded the departure of the funeral train for the West. Pifty-six of the 75 bodies of men who died in the Archangel campaign of 1918-19 will go through to Detroit. Seventeen will be transferred to other lines on the way West. Two will be sent to their homes in the East. Four baggage cars were required for the bodies, while two standard sleepers, an observation sleeper and a dining car were attached to the train for the ac- commodation of the United States Army escorts, representatives of the Veterans of Forelgn Wars and the Polar Bear Association. The Pennsylvania Railroad announced that the first stop would be North Phil- adelphia. A brief military tribute will be paid at the station. Other stops will be at Lancaster, Pa., at 2:32 pm, where another body will be removed: at 3:28 p.m., at Harrisburg, and at 10:15 p.m., at Pittsburgh, where all but the 56 bodies destined for De- troit will be removed for transfer to trains bound for the veterans’ home towns. ‘The schedule icalled for the train to leave Pittsburgh at 11 p.m. and ar- rive at Detroit at 8 a.m. Sunday, where memorial services will be held. BACKS BILL TO LIMIT LABOR OF YOUNG PEOPLE Labor Member of British Parlia- ment Seeks “Sweet Revenge” for His Boyhood Experience. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 30.—In what he called “sweet revenge” for his own boyhood, the Rev. R. Sorensen, Labor M. P, yesterday moved the second read- ing in the House of a bill limiting the hours of employment of young people. Within its scope enter alike the fll- clad newsboy of the streets, the page boy, glorying in his uniform of brass buttons, and the bespangled child of the circus. Mr. Sorensen described boys and girls employed in motion picture theaters as “graduating from Hollywood University with first-class honors vulgarity.” L He told how he himself had worked 12 hours a day as a_messenger and had suffered from the effects of it. He said it was to remove such shadows from other boys that he submitted the bill. One cbjection raised to the bill was that an army of inspectors would be needed to enforce it. 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