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» WEATHER. (U. 8. Wewher Bureau Forecast.) Rain this afternoon and possibly early tonight: slightly colder tonight; tomor- ‘Temperatures—High- p.am. yesterday; lowest, 26, row fair; colder. est, 33, at 3:30 at 3 am. twoday. * Full report on page 9 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 v T ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION ¢ Foening Star. Sunday's “Fro Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Cireulation, 108,761 Circulation, minz No.- 31,261, - [iethss e Entered as second class matter o shington, D. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 <y 1929 —FORTY-SIX PAGES. Lt L (A Means Associated Press. WO LONDON AND PARIS JOIN U, S. WARNING AS TOKIO DISSENTS Japanese Officials Hold Note to China and Russia Is Unnecessary. GOVERNMENTS DECIDE ON INDIVIDUAL PLEAS | Progress Is Reported in Peace Negotiations as Wang Considers Resigning Position. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 2—It was repo ed today in reliable circles that France ! and the United States, acting individ- | wally, were sending notes to the Rus-| gian and the Chinese governments re- calling their obligations to the Kellogg- Briand peace pact and appealing .lo them to maintain peace. Other signatory powers of the pact also were said to be sending notes. ‘The decision to send the notes was #aid to be the outcome of conversations between France and the United States | #s sponsors for the Kellogg-Briand pact. The governments eventually ngreed that their intervention would be individual and not collective. BRITAIN AGREES TO PROPOSAL. Note China and Russia. LONDON, December 2 (#).—Foreign Secretary Henderson announced in lheJ Favors Joint to House of Commons today that at the instance of the United States the gov- ernment of Great Britain has agreed to joint Anglo-American representations fo Russia and China calling their at- tention to their obligations under the Kellogg pact in view of the disturbed situation in Manchuria. | “As to the existence of a state of war, I can only state that as far as I| know, neither the Chinese nor the| Soviet government have informed any other government that they consider themselves at war,” Mr. Henderson said. | “To the best of my belief, the Chi- | nese government has taken no definite | step to bring the dispute before the, League of Nations. But on November 28 the Chinese Minister informed me that his government contemplated such an appeal and asked for my view. “I pointed out that there was a dif-| ficulty because the Soviet Union was not a member of the League, and I informed him of the action of the United States Government.” Mr. Henderson said arrangements had been made with the American Gov- | ernment for the simultanequs issuing | of a statement to the press by the | British and American governments to- | morrow morning. ACTION HELD UNTIMELY. Stimson Suggestion Expected to Be Dropped by Tokie. TOKIO, December 2 (#).—Official quarters disclosed today that the Japan-; ese government, in response to the pro- | posal of Secretary of State Stimson of | the United States for a joint five-power declaration warning Russia and China of their obligations under the Kellogg gnti-war pact, had unmistakably indi- cated that such action was untimely | and unnecessary. ¥ | It was believed here that the’ sug- | gestion will be dropped. It was defi- nitely learned that the American pro- posal and the Japanese reply were ex- changed during American Charge d'Af- faires Neville's interviews with Baron Kijuro Shidehara, Japanese foreign minister, last week. Contents Not Disclosed. Although the draft of the pmposod} declaration was presented to Baron Shidehara jts exact contents were not disclosed. The official Japanese view has been | that the recent Soviet invasion did not | differ essentially in character from the | series of previous raids. Furthermore, it was believed that a declaration at this time would be in- terpreted by Moscow as a violation of 2 meutrality, either charging Russia with being the aggressor or an inter- vention in behalf of China. Peaceable Settlement Seen. Moreover, it was pointed out, between the time of the proposal's presentation and the reply of Baron Shidehara Tokio had received definite assurances that Mukden and Moscow were about to open direct negotiations on the basis of Mukden'’s acceptance of the demands of Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet acting com- missar of foreign affairs, and that| events were marching toward peaceable | settlement. ‘The Russian Ambassador and Chinese Minister called at the foreign office within the same hour today, but the re- sults of the conversations were not ‘made public. NEGOTIATIONS PROGRESS. | Meetings Are Between Manchurian and Soviet Governments. SHANGHAI, December 2 ().—From the maze of reports, denials and counter- denials of the last week at least one fact appeared certain today—that ne- gotiations looking to peaceful settlement (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) TWO HOUSE MEMBERS HURT BY FALLS ON ICE Representatives Sam Hill and Wil- liam E. Hull Injured—Former in Hospital. ‘Two members of the House suffered painful injuries today due to the slip- y streets. maprmnullvp Sam Hill of Washing- ton was approaching the Capitol along Delaware avenue with his wife when he slipped and fell. He was smoking his pipe and the pipe jammed into mouth, cutting a biood véssel. He was removed to Providence Hospital, where he will be confined for several days. %’hnreunlflflve William E. Hull of Tilinois was boarding a street car when he slipped and fell, wrenching his back. He was given emergency treatment by the naval physician acting as House ¢actor and remained on the job at the Caritel this”morning. § 'BYRD BEGINS OWN STORY, - PRAISING CREW FOR COOL WORK IN HOP OVER PEAKS Took a Chance on Clear Weather and Found It—Sighted 2 New Ranges. Feels Bennett’s Spirit. BY COMDR. R. E. BYRD. By Radio to The Star and the New York Times. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, December 1.—On our flight to the South Pole sunshine was necessary. Not only must the eye of our surveying camera be able to record the mountains and other Antarctic phenomena at great distance, but also we must avoid finding clouds over the mountains obscuring the glacier passes by which we hoped to dodge through the 15,000-foot peaks that fringe the great South Polar Plateau. 5 Flying down here with a cloud-covered sky is like flying in a world that has turned to milk. There is nothing to check on. Horizons disappear and there is no way to tell where the snow begins, how rough the surface is nor even how high we are above it. The altimeter records inaccurately because of rapid changes in the sea level barometer, and there are bigger barometric changes ' in the antarctic than anywhere else in the world with such weather. Navigation would be uncertain—landing impossible. Visibility down here is like the little girl with the curl—very good when it is good and terrible when it is bad. To have sunshine for 800 mil weather is more than one can ex (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) es in this country of changeable pect. But for the success of our $115.000,000 MORE 10 BE ASKED FOR D. C. CONSTRUCTION Bill Will Be Introduced in, House Tomorrow by Elliott. Appropriation of another $115,000,000 for the public building program ln‘ Washington will be authorized under a | bill to be introduced in the House to- morrow by Chairman Elliott of the House committee on public buildings and grounds This is an addition of $75,- 000,000 already authorized, $25,000,000 of which is for acquisition of all pri- vately owned land in the triangle south of Pennsylvania avenue to the Mall, much of which has already been pur- chased. Of the $115,000,000, $15,000,000 is in- tended for the acquisition of land, a large part of it for land west of the Capitol Grounds and south of the Mall and west of the site now being acquired for relocation of the Botanic Garden. It is contemplated to use the land thus acquired as a site for new War and Navy Department buildings. In addition to the increased authori- zation for the building program in the District, the Elliott bill, which has the support of the Treasury Department and the President, will authorize the appropriation of another $100,000,000 to carry forward the public building pro- gram throughout the States. This will bring the authorization for the coun- try up to $348,000,000. ‘The Elliott bill, a duplicate of which will be introduced in the Senate by Senator Keves, chairman of the Senate public buildings committee, will in- crease the amount to be spent annually in the erection of new buildings from $35,000,000 to $50,000,000, $35.000,000 for the country at large, and $15,000,- 000 for the District of Columbia. This bill also will clear the way for expediting public building construction throughout the country in harmony with President Hoover's plan for gen- eral prosperity through the speeding up of industry and all sorts of construc- tion work wherever possible, With this end in view, the Elliott bill provides for employment of out- side architects to work under the di- rection and supervision of the super- vising architect in the Treasury De- partment. PRESS BAN THOUGHT TO IRK POPE PIUS Speech to Parish Priests Is Believed to Be Complaint Against Religious Restrictions. By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, December 2.—Pope Pius’ speech to parish priests in Rome yesterday, which will be published in tonight's Osservatore Romano, is un- derstood to complain that Catholic newspapers in Italy, no matter how mild in tone, are not allowed to com- | ment on or discuss the agreement be- tween the church and state and its application. The Pontiff specifically referred to a recent _publication, entitled “Render Unto Caesar,” in which the duties of | Catholics citizens are treated. : [GY STREETS HALT CAPITAL'S TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR Thousands Are Delayed on! Way to Work by Tie-Up of Street Cars and Autos. A treacherous layer of ice which | formed on the streets from a drizzling rain during the morning rush hours today brought vehjicular traffic to a virtual standstill irf some localities and delayed thousands on their way to work in the city by automobile and street car. Although no serious traffic acci- | dents kad been reported at a late hour | today, innumerable lesser mishaps oc- curred. A let-up of the light rain and a grad- ual rise of temperatures gave some re- lief from the ice this morning, partic- ularly on streets bearing heavy traffic, but weather conditions pointed to a re- newal of the slippery coating 6n the pavements of the District this afternoon or tonight. Although inbound motor busses were Ited for a considerable time on the hills and incoming street cars delayed generally between 20 and 40 rainutes, the usual service had been restored by 10 o'clock and precautions taken against delays from ice later, 1,000 Abandon Cars. Upward to 1,000 motorists were forced to abandon their cars on the streets and proceed to work by surface cars or on foot when the slippery go- ing proved too much for them. As a result of the general tie-up of transportation the usual demand upon the telephone service here was tripled | between 8:30 and 9:30 o'clock. The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. brought in 150 or 200 extra opera- tors to care for the unusual volume of calls, but considerable difficulty was experienced before emergency meas- ures could be put into effect. On top of the unprecedented demand for service to frozen radiators over the week end, the local division of the American Automobile Association was besieged with calls this morning for chains. Some 300 or 400 motorists ordered them sent either to their garages or to points on the streets where they had been forced to aban- don their automobiles. Fewer Motors Freeze. Although 700 motorists called for service on frozen motors over Sunday. the demand for relief from this troubie had appreciably lessened today. ° Thirty operators are on duty taking the calls, and some 350 service cars in operation this morning, most of which were busy distributing chains. Several persons were treated at Cas- ualty Hospital this morning for hurts sustained by pedestrians who slipped on the streets. Mrs. Mattie Snelling, 40. of the 1500 block of Potomac avenue southeast, sustained a dislocated shoul- der when she, fell to the pavement at John Marshal place and Pennsylvania avenue. She was admitted to the hos- pital. 55, Virginia Keefer, street, was treated at Casualty for shock after she had slipped and fallen. Pvt. M. J. Geary of No. 7 precinct in- jured his left hand when he lost his balance and fell to the street near Wis- consin avenue and W place. Several other victims, none of them seriously injured, were given first aid at Emergency Hospital during the morning. Skidding Car Sounds Fire Alarm. The fire apparatus made a run to Fourteenth and Belmont streets when an automobile, skidding on the glassy street, went over the curb and broke the alarm box down. No one was in- Jured. _Another _skidding _automobile (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) HOUSE DISTRICT The House District committee, which handles all legislation affecting the Capital, will be_thoroughly reorganized this session. Possibility that Repre- | sentative Zihlman of Maryland may withdraw as committee chairman is causing considerable speculation among fellow House members. ‘The Republican committee on com- mittees will meet tomorrow to make up ! a slate of the majority membership on all of the House committees with the District committee one of the last to be considered. Democratic members of the ways and means committee, constituting the Democratic committee on committees, will meet this afternoon. There is one Republican vacancy on the District committee, through with- COMMITTEE REORGANIZATION IS EXPECTED Democrats Meet Today and Republicans Tomorrow to Frame Slates—Zihlman May Resign as Chairman. of Massachusetts. Representatives Un- derhill of Mnssnrhuselrl. Gibson of Ver- mont and Bowman of West Virginia, all of whom have been active members of the Republican majority on the House committee, stated today that they have asked to be relieved from further duty with the District commit- tee. That leaves as the Republican holdover members McLeod of Michigan, Lampert of Wisconsin, Rejd of Illinois, Beers of Pennsylvania, Stalker of New (Y)%];, Hall of Indiana and Jenkins of There are four Democratic vacancies on the committee, caused by defeat of Representatives Bianton of Texas, Gil- bert of Kentucky and Cole of Maryland. Representative Combs of Missouri was not a candidate. This leaves as Demo- cratic _holdover members Sullivan of New York, Hammer Sl North Carolin Mrs. Norton of New Jersey and White- drawal of former Representative Bowles > head of Virginia. of 833 Fifth | SCRVENER DEATH WITNESS REVEALS THREATTONILLHER Twice Has Been Told Shell Be Slain if She Talks to Grand Jury, Mrs. Turley Says. FINGERPRINT EXPERT TESTIFIES AT INQUIRY Mark on Pistol of Detective Did Not Correspond to His Print, Sandberg Declares. A statement by Fred Sanberg, police headquarters identification expert, that he found & partial fingerprint on the gun which killed Arthur E. Scrivener which did not correspond to the dead detective’s fingerprints and the declar= ation by Mrs. Amelia P. Turley, 50 years old, that a man had confessed to her that he killed Scrivener, were out- standing developments today as the grand jury began its investigation of the mysterious death on October 13, 1926. Mrs. Turley, who talked to news- paper men before she entered the grand jury room, declared that she twice had been threatened with death if she went before the grand jury. “What do you think of the Scrivener case?” Sandberg was asked by reporters | when he came out. | “I just told the grand jury,” the fingerprint expert replied. ! “Did you find any fingerprint on the Scrivener pistol?” “Yes” “Was it Scrivener's fingerprint?” “I don’t know.' Reluctant to Discuss Question. Asked to explain where the print in | question was found, Sand'erg appeared reluctant to discuss the matter. Re- porters followed him through the cor- ridors. He finally said the print was on the side of the pistol. There was no fingerprint on the trigger. Sandberg’s statement was similar to expressions made by him curing the original in- vestigation in 1926. He said he had compared the print found on the weapon with the finger- prints of Scrivener, as well as the palm- prints, and that they failed to match. Sandberg_was not called as a_wit- ness before the coroner’s inquest, short- 1y after the mysterious death of the de= tective sergeant three years ago. To- day was the first time he had been examined by any inquisitorial body as to_his belief in the matter. In charge of the identification bu " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 69 CHILDREN SAVED IN HOSPITAL FIRE Deadly Fumes From Burning X-Ray Films Fill Home for Crippled. By the Assoclated Press. NEWARK, N. J., December 2.—Sixty- nine children, ranging in age from 4 months to 15 years, all bedridden pa- tients at the Hospital and Home for Crippled Children here, were safely re- moved today when fire was discovered in the X-ray file storage room. Although deadly, fumes from the burning films filled the corridors of the building, known as the old section, none of the children, attendants or firemen was affected. Patients Unaware of Fire. None of the patients in the new an- nex, mostly adults, was aware of what was taking place. The fire was discovered by Dr. George Osgood, recent University of California graduate and resident interne. He de- tected the fumes which he traced to the first floor, where three rooms are de- voted to X-ray work. After cutting electric wires and using a fire ex- tinguisher, he summoned the fire de- partment and aroused the staff. Fumes Fill Corridor. By the time firemen had arrived, the fumes had filled the lower corridors and could be detected half a block away. A second alarm was turned in and a call sent for gas masks. In the meanwhile, hospital attendants had started moving the patients. They were assisted by firemen who did not attack the blaze until the children were evacuated. GOODS THEFT RING IS BELIEVED BROKEN $65,000 in Stolen Linens Is Seized, With Five Men, in Chicago and Gotham. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 2—The smash- ing of a ring specializing in stolen goods in New York and Chicago was believed by police to be imminent today. Ap- SUCH SLIPPERY STREETS SMITH IS GRANTED NEW DEATH TRIAL Confessed Slayer of Daugh- ter Has Capital Punishment Sentence Set Aside. The District Court of Appeals today set aside the conviction and death sen- tence of Franklin Ellsworth Smith, 50- year-old bank watchman, who admitted strangling to death his 19-year-old daughter, Bessie, at their home, in the 1100 block of New Jersey avenue, in September, 1928, with whom he had sustained illicit relations. A new trial was ordered in the court's opinion, written by Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover announced that a retrial would be called early in January. ‘The ‘acton of Chief Justice Walter 1. McCoy, who presided at the trial, in re- fusing instruct the jury on the doc- trine “Irresistible l!lll:‘f' ‘when the defense was insanity, the appellaie court declared, “deprived the defendant of a substantial right which the law ac- cords him, and which is essential to a fair and impartial trial.” Trial Justice Denied Plea. The Instruction outlining irresistible impulse was offered by Attoreny E. Rus- sel Kelly for the prisoner and was not objected to by Assistant United States Attorney William H. Collins, in charge of the prosecution. Indeed, the appel- late court points out, Collins suggested his willingness that it should be granted, but the prayer was denled by the trial justice. ‘The praver offered by Kelly and re- fused by the court reads: “The jury are instructed that if they believe from the evidence that at the time of committing the acts charged in the indictment the defendant was suffering from such a perverted and deranged condition of his mental faculties as rendered him in- capable of distinguishing between right and wrong, or unconscious at such time of the nature of the act charged in the indictment while committing the same, or where though conscious of them and able to distinguish between right and wrong, and to know the acts were wrong, yet his will, the governing power of his mind, was otherwise than vol- untarily so completely destroyed that his “(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) AIRMAIL PILOT IS FEARED LOST Flyer on Bellefonte-to-Cleveland Route Is Hours Overdue as Snow Blocks Way. By the Associated Press. - CLEVELAND, December 2.—Pilot Thomas P. Nelson of Plainfield, N. J,, flying the alrmail from Bellefonte, Pa., to Cleveland, was hours overdue here today and officials of the National Air ‘Transport Co. feared he might haye failed to ride through a snowstorm over the Pennsylvania mountains. Nelson, who left Bellefonte at 11:15 p.m. yesterday, was scheduled to ar- rive here at 2:15 e.m. E. E. Underhill, east-bound airmail pilot, arrived safely at Bellefonte early today, but reported a stiff battle with a snowstorm around Clarion, Pa., and it was feared that Nelson might have met with disaster in this area. Four planes were sent out by the N. A. T. at 8 am. to search for Nelson. They were to go first to Clarion and then work back from there toward Cleveland. A plane was reported over Clarion about 1 am. Nelson last was reported at 1:50 am at Parkman, Ohio, but that report was based only on a plane being heard. He also was reported heard at Brook- ville, Pa. POLICE CURB ASKED. proximately $200,000 in stolen goods was recovered yesterday. Five men were arrested yesterday following the seizure of a shipment of linens valued at $65,000 being delivered to a storage place owned by Ralph Nakutin. The linens recently were stolen in New York, police sald Two of the five were arrested in New York, Guards were placed at another store owned by Nakutin and three men were seized there when they drove up with a truckload of goods. These three, all American Railway Express messengers, identified themselves as William Gray of Elgin, Charles Armitage of Maywood and Harold Russell of Chicago. ‘They confessed to throwing off goods on their run between Chicago and airo, 1Il, and estimated the amount stolen in this way to be $100,000. Nakutin still was at liberty, but police were holding his 89-year-old father. 2 S New Orleans Workers’ Meeting Raid May Bring Injunction, NEW ORLEANS, December 2 ( Stephen Alison said an injunction Te- straining police from halting labor meetings would be sought before the ! courts today as the ({uul’z ‘t’x’o ‘; raid esterday upon a meeting In quar- Lrs of l.¥|e I?Aolrlne ‘Workers' League and the local branch of the International Labor Defense. Alllsoll is secretary of the latt anization. );r:cs{:dm:nd accused of being dan- gerous and suspicious characters were Victor Aronson, secretary of the Marine League, and league members Walter Kreworth and Frits Strauss, Radio Programs—Page 39 action was not subject to it, but beyond | | provided and may he recover from the These two questions are answered in an opinion of the District Court of Ap- peals, rendered today by Justice Charles H. Robb, in which he exonerates Repre- sentative George Huddleston of Alabama of liability for a debt of $245 owed {o the Saks Fur Co. as a balance on the purchase by Mrs. Bertha Huddleston of on which a down payment of $8 had | been made. Huddleston claimed that he gave his wife $75 in cash each month for her personal expenses and had forbidden her to pledge his credit. Judgment in favor of the husband was rendered In the Municipal Court, and the merchant sued out a writ of error and the court a fur coat and a fox scarf totaling $253, | a COURT BACKS HUSBAND'S RIGHT TO LIMIT WIFE TO ALLOWANCE Representative Huddleston Exonerated in Appeal Decision, Which Holds Budget for Clothing Was Ample. : May a wife, who has been furnished with ample means with which to pay cash for articles of clothing, make purchases on her husband’s credit? Does the responsibility lie with the merchant to learn if the wife is so husband if ‘the wife fails to pay? was told that a number of similar cases are pending before the Municipal Court. After reviewing at length a number of American and English cases, the court lays down the rule that when a husband has once performed his auty to provide for his wite, he may not be L'om‘pellcd in a court of law to do so n. We are of the view,” says Justice Robb, “that the rule to be deduced from the authorities we have reviewed is just and salutary. Its tendency will be to check extravagance (one of the most pronounced of modern evils), and at the same time protect thousands, who, in good faith, have made such provisions _(Continued on Page 3, | Column 8.) BANDIT GETS $2.230 R. B. Ralph in Office and Makes Escape. A two-gun man walked into the little office of the Ralph Oil Company, at Fourth and Bryant streets northeast, shortly after 10 o'clock today, stuck two black automatics toward Richard R. Ralph, proprietor of the company, and calmly walked out of the office with $2,230 in currency. The loot repre- sented part of the receipts of the oil company for Friday and Saturday. As the robber left the one-story gal- vanized shack which houses the office of the oil company he admonished Ralph, “If you stick your head out the door in the next five minutes, I'll kill you.” He then ran in the direction of the railway tracks through a busy in- dustrial section crowded with men and vanished in the vicinity of the ware- house of the E. G. Schafer Co. The loss is partly covered by insurance. A number of checks were untouched. Not a word was spoken from the time the bandit pointed his guns at Ralph after calmly walking through the door of the office with the request that ]Ralph “stick 'em up” until the robber the money in his pocket. “I'd recognize that man if I saw him 20 years from now,” Ralph said as he sat in his office a few minutes after the i Tobbery and after he had been treated | by a physician for overstrung nerves. i Ralph said the man was of medium { height, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, with | black hair and eyes, dressed in a blue overcoat, and 'with a gray knitted muf- fler covering the entire lower part of (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) FROM OIL CONCERN Two-Gun Robber Holds Up, ran out of the door of the office With SENATE SEAT FIGHT Frelinghuysen, Undismayed by Strength Behind Morrow, Will Continue in Race. By the Associated Pre: ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., December 2, —Undismayed by the prospect of find- ing himself oppesed by Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow and a powerful organization, Joseph S. Prelinghuysen has expressed his determination to con- tinue in the race for United States Senator from New Jersey. “I have annourced my candidacy and I certainly shall run,” he said at his home at Far Hills, N. J. after learning that Gov. Morgan F. Larson intends to appoint Ambassador Morrow to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- nation of Senator Walter 'E. Edge, recently named Ambassador to France. to appoint Ambassador Morrow at a testimonial dinner here Saturday night in honor of Senator Edge. At the same time David Baird, jr. who has been appointed to the vacant Senate seat, announced that he would resign in favor of Mr. Morrow as soon as the latter returns from the Naval Reduc- gins next month. Edge erm Espires in 1931, The term of Senator Edge expires March 4, 1931, and the appointed suc- cessor will hold office only until the election of 1930. Nominees will be chosen at the Spring primary. Mr. Morrow is expected to be a can- didate for the rest of the unexpired term and also for the next six-year term elinghuysen, who was formerly Mr " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | | GAS IN HOLLAN | By the Associatea Press. NEW YORK, December 2.—A new | mechanicai eye that can see dangerous | gases before they are visible to - the | human eye is under test today in the | great Holland Tunnel under the Hudson. | The device detects haze rising from automobile exhausts. It is set directly above the traffic lane where the motors labor hardest. Through an electric wire it moves a pencil in an office half a mile away, tracing on a scaled sheet of paper a record showing when the clear, pure-looking air in the tube is beginning o store up poison pockets. This record lies before a supervisor. who is within reach of exhaust fan switches and ready to speed their suc- tion when the moving pencil gives warning. The detector is made of a long beam of light and a photoelectric tube, round ELECTRIC EYE THAT SEES POISON Orb Designed to Catch First* Suspicion of Tainted Air and Give News Half a Mile Away. D TUNNEL TESTED| as a base ball, but smaller. Alongsid. this electrie eye is a lens projecting the | beam above traffic and parallel to it up near the tunnel roof. One hundred and fifty fect away a mirror catches this | beam and reflects it back, not to the lens, but directly into the round eye. Haze or other impurities, and particu- larly warm exhaust gases that rise to the roof. pass through the beam. In passing they shade the volume of light, and, nhhourh the shadow may be vir- tually infinitesimal, the sensitive me- chanical eye detects it and transforms it into electrical energy. The detector was designed according to suggestions made by the engineering department of the tunnel and built by General Electric Co. engineers, Before it is accepted for the job it will undergo lengthy tests, directed by Ole Singstad, the tunnel. Gov. Larson announced his intention | tion Conference in London, which be-l CONGRESS GATHERS BUT WORK AWAITS HODVER MESSAGE President to Communicate Legisiative Wishes to Ses- sion Tomorrow. TAX CUT WILL RECEIVE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION Senate to Get Busy Early on Vare Case and Tariff—House, Appropriations, BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The legislative wheels of the first regular session of the Seventy-first Con~ gress, which met at noon today, stirred but made little progress. The sessions of Senate and House ‘were brief. Committees were appointed on the part of both houses to wait upon the President and inform him that Congress had assembled and awaited any communication which he desired to send it. The organization of the two houses was completed in the special sesston of Congress which closed 10 days ago, except in the case of the House, which still has the great ma- jority of its standing committees to appoint. The development of a quorum, the appointment of the committees to call on President Hoover and the fixing of the hour of meeting at noon was the only business undertaken. Immediately thereafter the Senate adopted resolu- tions of regret for the death of the late Senator Francis® E. Warren of Wyoming and adjourned as a further mark of respect. The House followed a similar course. President’s Message Tomorrow. The President’s message to Congress “on the state of the Union,” his first comprehensive message to the body, will be transmitted to both houses tomorrow. As already indicated, the President will propose a slash in the normal income tax rate ot both individuals and cor- porations, applicable to the taxes which Will be paid in 1930 on incomes in 1929, This measure and the regular appro- priation bills will occupy the immediate attention of the House, On the Seante side of the Capitol the unfinished tariff bill and the case of PLANNED IN JERSEY! S il chier engineer and superintendent of origi Senator-elect William 8. Vare of Penn- sylvania are expected to be the first matters taken up for consideration. The Vare case is to come up tomorrow under an agreement entered into during the special session of Congress. 5 'I"he Se;'latedWII\ have before it a reso- ution offered by Senator Norxis of Nebraska denying Mr. Vlfit&l‘h the Senate because of excessive expenditures and alleged corruption iy the senatorial primary campaign of 1926. A move- ment has been set on foot to postpons consideration of the Norris resolution until after the contest brought by Wil- liam B. Wilson, Vare's Democratic op- ponent in the senhtorial election, shall have been decided. If that course be adopted, the Vare case, which has hun; fire now for three years, may be still longer delayed. The Wilson contest is still before a subcommittee of the Sen- ate privileges and elections committee |and Mr. Vare is demanding that the lFRAUD IS CHARGED committee examine the ballots cast in 31 counties. more than a million ballots in all. The expectation is that whenever the Norris resolution is taken up for (Continued e 4, Column 2.) IN NEW OIL SUIT U. S. Seeks to Cancel Rental of California Lands to Pan- American Co. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 2.—Can- cellation of oil leases in Kern County, Calif, said to be valued at $15,- 000,000, is sought in the suit of the United States against' the Pan-Ameri- can Petroleum Co., which begins today before Judge Frank H. Norcross in Federal Court here. The suit involves three oil leases totaling 660 acres. The Government charges that the leases were made through asserted fraud between Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, and Edward L. Doheny, head of the Pan-American Co. i In addition to an injunction forbid- ding further use of the lands and the cancellation of leases, the Government seeks an accounting for profits already derived. The complaint charges that Presi- dent Harding's order transfe:ring cer- tain oil reserves from the N to the Interior Depaftment was illegal and not to the best interests of the United States. It further charges that fol- lowing the transfer, Fall, then Secre- tary of the Interior, and Doheny brought about leases in the Elk Hills, Calif,, field for private profit and s the result of a conspiracy. The suit recites that in November, 1921, Fall received $100,000 from Do- heny for leases made without being legally advertised and with no con- :sideration paid to highest oidders. Atlee Pomerene, former United States gnator from Ohio, heads the Govern- ent counsel, assisted by Thomas M. Kirby and Frank Harrison, assistants to the United States Attorney General. Doheny is expected to be called as & wituess. e MOTT GETS DIVORCE. Wife of General Motors' Official Does Not Contest Action. FLINT, Mich, December 2 (#)— Charles S. Mott, vice president of the General Motors Corporation and head of the Union Industrial Bank of Flint, was granted a decree of divorce this morning. His wife, the former Mrs. Dee Furey, was present, but did not cml‘-l"“l the .CI::.“' i earing on the divorce petition was held privately in chnmbfll: and the grounds upon which it was made were not made public. When the petition inally was filed, a statement given out by counsel for both parties said a It successful, it may be the fore- runner of household and business me- chanical watchmen. divorce had been agreed u and settlement satisfactory to bolm-d boel‘x arranged.