Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1929, Page 1

WEAT HER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and colder temperature about 12 dt Témperature—Highess, 33, at yesterday; lowest, 23, Full report on page tonight, minimum legrees; tomorrow col 40 p.m. at 6:30 a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 he No. 31,262 post office. Fntered as second class matter Washington, D. e ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, L, TUESDAY, DECEMBER bening Star, in Associated service. 3, 1929—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. FHP () Means Ass iated Press. The only evening paper Washington with Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,064 TWO CENTS. HOOVER ASKS TAX CUT, TARIFF BILL, ,COURT ENTRY AND DRY REFORMS; WANTS D. C. ‘EXAMPLE’ FOR NATION Highlights of President’s Message Favors Stronger Prohibiticn Work. ' ROOT FORMULA IS INDORSED “Limited Revision” Recommendation Is Reaffirmed. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | President Hoover outlined his | legislative program and gave an | enlightening and detailed accoun’ of “the state of the Union” in his first comprehensive message to Congress today., It was read in both houses. Outstanding among his recom- mendations were a “provisional re- vision of tax rates” so as to lop *$160,000,000 off -the -income taxes to be paid during 1930; adherence to the World Court after the adop- tion of the so-called “Root for- mula”; completion of the pending tariff bill in accordance with his earlier recommendations for a “limited revision”; strengthening the administration of the prohibi- tion laws; legislation to expedite the consolidation of railroads; ratification of the settlement ot the debt of France to the United States; the establishment of a Here are some outstanding annual message to Congress: ‘We are not only at peace with all the world, but the founda- tions for future peace are being The test of the rightfulness o} our decisions is whether we have sustained and advanced th We need to re-establish faith that the highest interests of our country are served by insistence upon swift and even-handed administration of justice to all offenders, whether rich or poor. Our laws are made by the people themselves; theirs is the right to work for their repeal, but until repeal it is an equal duty to observe them and dema ‘We still have Marines on fo we do not wish to be Tepresented abroad in such manner. To preserve internal order and freedom from encroachment is the first purpose of government. The finances of the Government are in sound condition. We cannot fail to recogniie the obligations of the Govern- ment in support of ‘public welfare, but we must coincidentally bear in mind the burden of through some tax reduction. I do not favor the operatio: power or manufacturing business except as an unavoidable by- product of some other major public purpose. (Full Text of President's Message on Pages 6 and 1.) SENATE CONSIDERS SLASHES IN COSTS OF ARMY AND NAVY URGED BY HOOVER Message Brings Up Question “full-time” Federal power commis- sion, and reorganization of the Government departments. The message covers a wide field. It 1s a keen analysis of the problems which of Abolition of Some Yards and Posts.” confront peace-time America, contain- ing an abundance of information logi- cally presented. The President has drawn for Congress and for the people a composite picture, dealing with every section of the country and the interests of all people in a non-sectional manner. He reveals the general scope of the administration’s policies. Peace and Foreign Relations. ‘The President in his recommendation that the United States adhere to the| ‘Worldgufl. now that the status of the court bun-ngd 0 the Senate’s reservations, goes foreign relations and the question of international peace. “We are.not only at with all the world but the foundat! for future ace are being strengthened.” he says. “To promote peace is our long-estab- lished policy. Through the Kellogg- Briand pact a great moral standard has been raised in the world. By it 54 nations have covenanted to renounce settle all disputes pacific ‘The President views the entry of the United States into the World Court as an essential step and the court itself as a means of carrying out the provi- sions of the Kellogg-Briand pact. He takes the view that American adher- ence to the court, as now constituted, “is not the slightest toward entry into the League of Nations.” He promises to submit the protocol of adherence to| the Senate with a special message some B By the Associated Press. Behind a 22-word sentence in Presi- dent Hoover's annual message on the state of the Union lie the elements of drama for Congress. Inconspicuously placed at the end of a long section devoted to national defense appear these words: b “I recommend that Congress give ear- continuously mounting expen- ditures.” This prudent action contemplates a survey of the field of Ariny posts and navy yards with a view to lhe eiimina- tion of those which no longer are needed for the purely defcnsive purposes to. which the United States has coramitted the use of its armed forces under the treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy. It also takes into account an actual reduction in the land forces and re- serves, which would renew the age-old controversy between the National Guard and the Regular Army with the g:mure from the States bearing upon Congress for the former. Abolition of a number of military ts and some navy yards on the At- itic seaboard also would bring down time when it is convenient to deal|upon Congress representative of the with it. | States in which such posts and yards High hopes, the President says, are | are located as well as of those having held for success of the coming London | other establishments the life of which conference on naval limitation, at which | might be brought into question in the the United States will be one of the five | political controversy bound to ensue. 9 hich it hold: be di d with, *“JUST A LITTLE LOVE \andthe information therein wil bS AS PAIR SEEK BLISS mendation of the Chief Exacutive. Ever since the Nation's battle fleet | peated agitaticn for the abolition of Make Up and Kiss. some of the Atlantic Coast navy yards, Br the Associated Press. Thcre are six naval planis on the e lenCe. ed Jentie Love yester. | COAS exclusive of the ~Washington day for divorce, and Joseph 8. Love and | o oné in Pennsylvania, one in Virginia | and one in South Carolina. There is TWO DIE IN STOVE FIRE. | - In Atiantic waters are the scoutiog — | fleet of several battleships, some cruis- DETROIT, December' 3 Park, | not require the services of so many re- s uburb, bacsime vereatad and st 6 | palr basce; bt thia has been met_With HOLIDAY LIQUOR DRIVES MYTH, (Continued on Page 7, Column 1.) Acting on direction of the President, ol ' |the Army general staff has submitted | available for Congress once it sels out Another’s Love, It Seems, Has Gone | yas transferred_to the Pacific Coast but it always has had its end in agi- CHICAGO, December 3.—A love story | y Yard—one in New Hampshire, Viola Love picked the same time to take | | another at New Orleans, on the Guif (#)—Two | ers and_destroyers and other auxiliary ‘women lost their lives by suffocation last | craft. Now and then the contention to the house. The dead are Mrs, Mary | the argument that all of the plants Le Blanc, 78, and her daughter, Syvina | would be necessary in the event of & Officials Claim Utmost Effort Is Being Put Forth Every Day in Year. o la report” as to the military stations |to put into force the general recom- | Amiss, While Other Loves | after the World War there has been re- | tation. in one sentence: in Massachusetts, one in New York, out a license to remarry. s Coast. night when a laundry stove in the | has been raised that such a fleet did Le Blanc, 47. I naval war in the Atlantic. Officials who enforce the prohibition | "Drlv:; nlfl;ns;‘“l’liflmr st Chi"’l'bm-i | are_myths” Prol ionCommissione: Jaw are getting hearty laughs ‘heuIDorln asscrted. ‘"The Prohibition Bu- days out of stories from various parts | oa, qoesn't indulge in that sort of of the country that drives to prevent | thing beah:u we A‘reu wpsugt}y con- increased trade in liquor at Christmas | ducting the most intensive drive our time are being made. 1 {;:{;300; ‘;:l‘:"?sl’mlt u_: enforce the prohi Liquor drives at Christmas time are | “Customs Service enforces the law ® myth that have never existed, officials | the l't'llnflindfl' (:‘f ll:e(hye;r Hfis:;‘u:s . | earnestly as we do at the hol - #ay, because the Government is oper: |son™ Prank Dow, sssistant commis- ating at its maximum every day in the | Spon . FPRE TOE BN Jear to enforce the prohibition laws.|put on drives against smugglers at ‘The officials assert there is no more Christmas.” Jiquor at Christmas than at any other Every year about Christmas time time. but the wider use of it during stories are circulated in various parts the holiday season leads, in theit opin- of the country that one or the other don, to the belief that the traffic has of the enforcement agencies is con- increased. “The Coast Guard-is enforcing the large amounts of liquor. Officials law against the smuggling of liquor and chuckle, The fact of the matter is. other goods every day in the year." | they say, smugglers and bootleggers get Admiral F. C: Billard, commandant, | anxious to get the liquor to their cu: gaid. “We could not increase our ef- | tomers and take more chances than forts at the holiday season, because we at any other season, with the result are expending our every effort to up-| that here and there the overanxious hold the laws 365 days every year and | dealers in the illicit beverage are nabbed $66 in leap year,” da little faster than usual. ; “We do not! | ducting a drive to prevent the sale of | passages in President Hoover's substantially strengthened. e ideals of the American people. nd their enforcement. reign soil. * * * In a large sense taxes and strive to find relief n by the Government of either NORRS RESOLUTION ON STATUSOF VARE Pennsylvanian to Present Own-Case in Claiming Seat in Upper House. By the Associated Press. After three years of intermittent dis- cussion the Senate today faced the necessity of reaching an early decision on the question of whether William 8. Vare is entitled to be seated as Sen- ator from Pennsylvania. By previous agreement the case auto- matically came up for consideration, to final voté is . Vare's wfi‘ a seat is challenged on the ground that his expenditures in the ary campaign of 1926, amounting to more than $600,000, were excessive. His cause was championed by Sen- ator Reed, Republican, of Pennsylvania, who announced late yesterday that Vare himself would appear in the chamber to defend his claim personally. | Agreed on Postponement. Action centered upon a resolution by Senator Norris of Nebraska to deny a seat to the Pennsylvania Senator-elect. This was introduced during the special session, with a demand for immediate consideration, but rather than inter- rupt the tariff debate, Norris consented | to have it go over to the regular ses- | sion, under the agreement which | brought 1t up today. | A movement, sponsored by Reed, was on foot. however, to defer action by| unanimous consent until the end of! the week, with the Senate elections' committee acting meanwhile on the contest Lrought by Willlam B. Wilson, | Vare's Democratic opponent, who claim- ' ed election irregularities. ! A request from Vare that the ballots | of 31 counties be recounted was denied | by the committee late yesterday, an action interpreted by Reed as indicating that the Wilson contest will be over- | ruled. Expect Refusal. Should this take place, the question of seating Vare would hinge upon whether or not the members of the Senate consider the sums spent in his primary campaign as prejudicial, and there were indications that a settle- ment of the problem on this basis would result in a refusal to grant a seat to the Senator-elect. Reed, in commenting on the case, said that Vare was “so confident of the jus- tice” of his claim that he had no in- clination to postpone a decision beyond the time of the election committes's report on the Wilson contest. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, said he was not op- posed to deferring the case if there is assurance that the elections committee will report within a few days. Senator Norris, however, expressed an intention of calling for immediate action on his resolution. | STRIKE VOTE SCHEDULED. Resolution Calls for Walkout in Seven Cities. ' | | resolution asking permission for a general strike in seven manufacturing centers of the country was scheduled for a vote today by the International Ladles’ .Garment Workers Union, in convention here. New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Toledo and Balti- more. There was no indication of what action might be taken. The Cleveland and New York locals, however, have voted for a strike if their demands are-not met by January 1. ZIHLMAN TO STAY. Denies That He Has Any Thought of Resigning Post. Representative Zihlman of Maryland ‘oday denied emphatically that he has y thought of resigning from the House District committee or surrender- ing his rights to chairmanship under | | seniority precedent. “I never have intimated to any one that I intended to resign from the chairmanship of the House District ! CLEVELAND, December 3 (#).—A The resolution calls for walkouts in | Philadelphia, | [ Sees Conditions Here Far From Perfect. UNITY ADVISED TO CURB CRIME Advocates E‘nlarge- ment of Building Program. “The District of Columbia should be the model of city law enforce- ment in the Nation,” President Hoover informed the Congress in his annual message to that body today. The President took occasion to make recommendations for legis- lation for the District which he regards as necessary to an im- provement in conditions here. He made no reference to the criticisms leveled at the District by several members of the Senate, who have recently charged laxity in the en- forcement of the prohibition laws in Washington. Among the critics | of the National Capital law en- forcement have been Senators Brookhart of Iowa, Blease of South Carolina and Howell of Nebraska. President Hoover declared that, “while conditions here are much better than in many other cities, they are far from perfect.” Enlarged Police Powers Advised. Among the remedies for the District which the President proposes through legislation are a sharper definition and an enlargement of the powers of the District Commissioners and the police of the District and legislation supple- menting the national prohibition act in the Capital. He also refers to the con- gestion of criminal cases in the Supreme Court of the District and urges greater co-operation between the District offi- | cials and the prohibition officers of the Federal Government. The President’s discussion of the sit- uation in the District was part and parcel of that section of his message dealing with prohibition and law en-| % rict of Columbia should be the model of city law enforcement in the Nation. While conditions here are much better than in many other cities, they are far from perfect, and this is due in part to the congestion of crim- inal cases in the Supreme Court of the District, resulting 1n long delays. Pur- thermore, there is need for legislation in the District supplementing the na- tional prohibition act, more sharply de- fining and enlarging the duties and powers of the District Commissioners and the police of the District, and open- ing the way for better co-operation in the enforcement of prohibition between the District officials and the prohibition officers of the Federal Government. It is urgent that these conditions be remedied.” | This portion of the President’s mes- | sage, referring to law enforcement con- ditions in Washington, will be given consideration, it is expected, by the Dis- trict of Columbia and judiciary com- probabilities are that bills will be draft- ed for introduction covering ihese mat- ters, Wants Building Program Enlarged. ‘The President also urged that Con- gress provide “an expedition and en- largement of the program” of public building in the District. $75,000,000 now allotted by the Gov- ernment for erection of public buildings in the District is not sufficient. Fur- ther he proposed that Congrass author- ize earlier construction of the building projects in the District, pointing out that it would not only save the Gov- ernment much money in rents, but also that the completion of the program would add dignity to the celebration in 1932 of the bicentennial of George ‘Washington’s birth. “Under the provisions of the various acts of Congress,” said President Hoover, $300.000,000 has been authorized for public bufldings and the land upon which to construct them, being $75,000- 000 for the District of Columbia and " (Continued on Page 7, Column 5.) mittees of the House and Senate. 'The | In the opinion of the President, the | MARAGON T0 URGE FINGERPRINT CHECK Scrivener Probe Witness to Ask Grand Jury to Get Full Record. Plans to demand that the grand jury investigating the death of Detective Sergt. Arthur B. Scrivener ask that “everybody connected with the case in| any way” have their fingerprints taken | for the Department of Justice were an- | nounced today by John F. Maragon of | Chicago, as he prepared to testify con- | cerning” his friendship with Scrivener. “I think the fingerprints of every | witness to appear before the grand jurf, all the policemen on the force and everybody conueited in any way with | the investigation of Scrivener’s murder | should be taken and checked with a print found on the pistol with which he was killed,” M: on sald. “I'm going to insist on this procedure as soon as T 'am ¢alled before the grand jury.” Maragon expressed the belief that Scrivener’s death undoubtedly was murder. Explaining he had married the | former Helen Barnes Parker, to whom Scrivener was engaged at the time of his| death, Maragon said he had been an in- timate friend of the detective. He re- ported Scrivener told him shortly before his body with a bullet through the heart was found in a Georgetown alley, that he was investigating “the diversion of liquor from the police headquarters property room.” Persecuted by Police. ‘The former Washingtonian said he had been presecuted by Washington po- licemen since Scrivener's death because of his public statements that he believed Serivener had been murdered. He added he planned to tell the inquisitorial body a headquarters detective attempted about a year ago to have him dis- charged as special investigator for the District National Bank by telling an official of the institution “I was & crook.” Maragon said he complained to Maj. Henry G. Pratt, then chief of de- | tectives, and that Pratt called Mara- gon’s superior by telephone and apolo- | gized for the remarks of the detective. The announcement of Maragon that he intended to ask for the checking of the fingerprints followed a conversation with reporters in which he attached significance to a statement yesterday by Sergt. Fred Sandberg, chief of the po- lice headquarters identification bureau, to the effecty that a partial fingerprint found on the Scrivener weapon did not correspond with the fingerprints of the detective. “I can't understand why the police, if they really want to get to the bottom of this case, haven't been more | active heretofore in checking finger- prints against the one found on the | pistol,” Maragon declared. d Maragon said police tried “to coach’ his wife on what she should testify at the coroner’s inquest. “Everything they wanted her to say was intended to make " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) This_is the second installment of Comdr. Byrd's story Yesterday he de- scribed the take-off from Little America and the easy flight to the mountains. There the severest. test of the was encountered, and how it w tells today. By COMDR. R. E. BYRD, | Leader of the Antarctic Expedition. "By Radio to The Sfar and the New York im LITTLE AMERICA, ANTARCTICA, December 2.—We headed for Axel Hei- berg glacier. We knew that Amundsen had reported the highest point of the pass there 10,500 feet high, with tower- ing peaks on each side, but would they be so close together that air currents | would dash us to the ground, hovering {as we would be with our heavy load | near the absolute ceiling of the plane— near the altitude yhere the controls of the plane no longer function? To the right was another great glacier we had seen on our base-laying flight. t he i comniittee,” sald Representative Zihl- man. “I have no intention of resigning and I expect to remain as chairman of the committes,” It looked passable. But was it? It ap- peared wide enough. Were there moun- tains beyond that would block us—over BYRD TELLS OF DARING CLIMB AMONG JAGGED PEAKS OF ICE iStaked All on Unknown Pass, Winning by Scant Margin as Plane Bucked Wind Currents. which we could not fly? The top of the | pass was partly cloud-covered. Would Axel Heiberg glacier be en- tirely cloud-covered? Clouds so fre- quently hover around the tops of these | mountains even on the clearest days. | The sun on the bare vertical rocks sent up warm currents which, striking. the cold above, formed fog while Bernt and I conferred. Would we choose the un- | known glacler? I1f we should fail to get over and have to turn back down the | | glacier to select another pass, we could | | not reach the Pole. The gas would be too low. We would have to turn back | to Little America. It seemed a flip of the coln, We decided to stake success |on the unknown glacier to the right. | " The white clouds around the moun- | tains that bounded the top of the pass | to the right and left merged with white in the center of the pass. Was it snow lor clouds, and if clouds could we fi; | above them? Would the clouds stretch over the plateau to the th Pole, making flying impossible? We ‘muyld zhlve to keep out of clouds while around among the moun- tains, for in the clouds we almost cer- U. S. LEADS WORLD POWERS] INMOVE FOR PEACE IN EAST Japan Dissents as England, France and Italy Join to Ask China and Russia to Observe Kellogg Pact. By the Associated Press. The driving foree of united world opinion was concentrated today | upon Russia and China to prevent an open outbreak of warfare be- | tween those nations and end hostilities along the Siberian frontier. From Washington, London, Paris and Rome, have one forward sternly worded memorandums to the Moscow and Nanl ing govern- ments reminding each that under the Kellogg treaty it renounced war as an instrumental policy and asserting that the respect in which they are to be held by other countries depends in large measure upon how t collide with a peak. Soon J.'":.’.J’ ‘;um:sed near our little cache of | food and gasoline more than a ~ (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) this commitment is fulfilled. Such action was taken at the instance of the Washington Govern- | ment, which asked all the signatories and adherents of the Kellogg pact to urge Russia and China to effect a peaceable settlement of their dispute over the Chinese Easf ‘The response of the nations to which the American request was directed was spontaneous and the State Department received the assurance of numerous countries that they would follow Amer- ica’s lead in reminding China and Rus- sia of their treaty obligations. A dissenting volce, -however, came FORD FORCE RAISED 20,000,000 A YEAR Minimum Pay of Workers in| Car Plant Increased to $7 a Day. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, December 3.—Wage in- creases that will add approximately $20,000.000 a year to the payroll of the Ford Motor Co. were announced today by Edsel Ford, president of the com- pany. The minimum wage of $6 a day is increased to $7 a day and increases graduating on the basis of five cents an hour were given employes already re- ceiving between 7 and $10 a day. The increase, which is effective as of December 1, is confined to employes within the United States, of these, 115,- 643 come in the classification of in- creases of five cents an hour to all em- ployes who have been receiving $7 or more per day. Those whose minimum wage will be increased from $6 to $7 a day, num- ber, at the present, 24,320, N The increase is in line with the an- nouncement recently made by Henry Ford at Washington during President Hoover's business conference. Third Raise Since 1914. The wage increase from a minimum of $6 a day to $7 is a third major step of this kind taken by the company since January, 1914. At that time the company startled the industrial world by raising the scale from an average of $2.34 a day to a minimum of $5. This increase generally was considered a radical industrial move and many economists contended it could not be successfully accomplished. Simultaneously the company reduced " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) TWO OF SEVEN LOST EXPLORERS RETURN| One of MacAlpine Party Is Suf- fering From Badly Frozen Feet . After Wanderings. By the Associated Press. CRANBERRY PORTAGE, Manito- | ba, December 3.—Three months after | their rescue by Eskimos near the Al‘c'l tic circle, two of the seven members of the MacAlpine exploration party have reached civilization. The others | still are awaiting favorable flying con- ditions to be brought out. The two men who arrived here are Don Goodwin of Hamilton, \Ontario, mechanic of the MacAlpine ex- pedition, who is suffering from badly frozen feet, and Richard Pearce, of | Toronto, editor of the Northern Miner. With them In the plane were four members of rescue parties that had gone to the aid of the stranded men. The exploration party, headed by Col. C. D. H. MacAlpine had wan- dered two months in the northland when their two planes were forced down by lack of fuel. were found by them to the trading post Bay on Victorla Istand. Radio Pr: d oridge | —e o&ams-—Page 40 tern Railway. from Japan. - At Tokio, an official statement was issued today asserting that the Japanese government does not intend to associate herself with the American proposal. Because of her proximity to the disturbance, Japan felt, it_was_explained, that such action as (Continued on Page-3, Colamn 1.) SECOND COLD WAVE DUE HERE TONEAT Weather Bureau Predicts Low of 12 as Ohio Chill - / Moves Eastward. Another cold wave is expected to sweep Washington tonight in the wake of yesterday's rains, which froze where they fell. The Weather Bureau predicts the temperature here will fall as low as 12 degrees before morning. The freezing weather is moving East from the Ohio Valley, where zero tem- peratures prevail. The forecast is for continued clear skies, however, followed tomorrow by increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer in the afternoon. ‘The renewal of the cold should send the mercury several points lower be- cause of icy accumulations from the freezing rains. Streets Are Free of Ice. ‘While most of the streets today Jad been freed of ice, which tied up e yesterday morning and provided treach- erous going for pedestrians, trees and buildings were weighted with ice for- mations this morning. Among pedestrians injured in falls to slippery pavements yesterday were two Representatives, Sam Hill of Washing- ton and Willlam E. Hull of Illinois. Both_were reported recuperating today, Mr. Hiil from a cut‘to his mouth and Mr. Hull from a wrenched back. Morris Susel, 80 years old, of 400 ‘Third street southwest, fell while walk~ ing on_Four-and-a-half street south- west. He was taken to Emergency Hos- pital in a police car and treated for a | E- possible fracture of the left leg and other injuries. Girl Is Injured. Miss Mildred Hammond. 19 years old, 1616 Sixteenth street, sustained a pain- ful injury to her arm from a fall at Fifteenth and M streets. Few traffic accidents of a serious nature occurred yesterday during the slippery weather, although police were busy with minor { mishaps. The _street transit companies carried " (Continued on Page 2, Column | t NEW AREAS IN CITY 10 BE DEVELOPED FOR U. 5. BUILDINGS UNDER ELLIOTT BILL Additional $115,000,000 for Capital’s Big Program Will Open Southwest and Clear the Mall. EXTENSIONS TO RAZE OLD COSMOS CLUB Measure Introduced Today Also Carries $100,000,000 for More Federal Housing Throughout the Country—Enlarges Yearly Ex- penditure, Tremendous enlargement of the area to be acquired for Federal building program in Washington is provided for in the bill intro- duced today by Chairman Elliott of the House committee on public buildings and grounds, which au- thorizes appropriation of an addi- tional $115,000,000 for the program in Washington and an additional $100,000,000 for the program throughout the States. Previous legislation had limited the area in which land was to be acquired for Federal buildings, un- der the $25,000,000 appropriation, to the triangle area between Penn- sylvania avenue and the Mall and four reservations just west of the Botanic Gardens between Penn- sylvania avenue and Maryland avenue, Third and Sixth streets, both north and south of the Mall. The Elliott bill introduced today pro- vides authority for acquiring the land now occupled by the Belasco Theater and the Cosmos Club for extension ot the Treasury annex building and also for acquisition of any land within the following broad areas: Boundaries of Areas. Bounded by Pennsylvania avenue and New York avenue on the north, Vir- ginia avenue and Maryland avenue projected in a straight line to Twin! Lake Tiday Basin on the south ivente soh the e ‘This it to e the over properties within this area bel to the District of Columbia which the - retary of the Treasury may determine should be acquired. ‘This means that extensive public build-, ing development for the Federal Govern- ment is contemplated in the area west" of the Ellipse between Seventeenth street and the Naval Hospital running from B street north to New York avenue. In this area there are now & half-dozen squares occupied by temporary wartime structures, 'l‘l'ull pul’?l‘lfll su‘o means that the vernment proposes to take leadership in cleaning out unsightly cheap buildings in a large area South of the Mall running the entire distance from the Capitol and House Office Building to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. In this area several large pleces are being acquired for squaring Up the Mall as a new site for the Botanic Gardens and for the new House Office Building. Contains 30 Squares. The Elliott bill introduced today designates an area containing approxi- mately 30 city squares in which the Federal Government is authorized to ac- quire whatever land it needs. This means that the Federal Government will take leadership in acquiring what is now_unsightly and_disreputable prop- " (Continued on Page 7, Column 7,) SEES MORROW TRICKED INTO SENATE CAMPAIGN' Jersey Republican Leader Says En- voy to Mexico Did Not Know Frelinghuysen Was to Run, By the Associated Press, NEWARK, N. J., December 3.—Jesse R. Salmon, chairman of the County Republican committee, asserted that Dwight W. Mor bassador to Mexico, had been * into entering the United States sena- torial contest against Joseph S. Fre- linghuysen. Salmon recently announced he fa- vorel: Frelinghuysen to succeed Walter . Edge. “I received word from Mexico,” Sal- mon stated, “that Mr. Morrow did not know that his friend, Mr. Frelinghuysen was an avowed candidate when he con- sented to accept the tel Tary l?po]nl- ment to fill Ambasador P! in the Senate. Mr. Morrow told that if he accepted the temporary apnoint- ment there would e no contest for the Fepuhllcln nomination for the full erm.” Mr. Salmon expressed the belief that “if persons who induced Mr. Morrow to run had laid the cards o1 the table he would never have consented.” |CHAIN LETTER CROSSES OCEAN TWICE TO END IN WASTE BASKET It Bears Names of Dawes, Shaw, Ford, Lindy and Macdonald, but Utahan Opposes Method. By the Assoclated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, December 3.— A chain letter designed to spread the .logan “Cross Crossings Carefully” which ‘had crossed the Atlantic twice | and bore the names of numerous per- | sons of world-wide prominence rested in ' the waste basket at the State capitol here today. | The letter came to Milton H. Welling, Utah secretary of state, from Pred E. Lukens, Idaho secretary of state, and carried signatures of Charles G. Dawes, Bernard Shaw, Henry Ford, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Dorothy Dix, Lady Hay, | Aristide Briand and Premier Ramsay Macdonald. Replying to Mr. Lukens, Welling in- dorsed the slogan, but denounced the chain-letter system. “T hoped that the fellow who invented them was dead and damned long ago,” he wrote. “Judging by the pedigree which accompanied your re?uut to me, the greatest men in the world today feel that they would be Justified in resioring this method of ap- proving a most wholesome slogan. 1 accept the slogan 100 per cent, but what I do with this chain letter business is going to be profound secret which I shall share only with my conscience PNl the wacs hastoat in e afine "