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WE S. Weather B cloudy, nol w fair. not q t, 3 es— High , 23, at 7 ATHER. am. today. Teport on page 9. ureau Forecast.) t so cold tonight: e about 28 degrees; uite so cold. Tem- 7, at noon today: Closing New York Stocks, Page 10 b ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. in Washing Associated service. The only evening paper ton with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 112,202 31,264. o0& [ office, Entered as secon Wash WASHING' ON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 19 9 —SIXTY PAGES. () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. BUSINESS LEADERS THAT WORK 1S KEY T0. 3. PROSPERITY Places Responsibility for Sta- bility of Industry Squarely on Shoulders of “Whole People” in Address. CITES RAPID RECOVERY. TO PROVE SOUNDNESS | Xational Survey Conference Is Opened by United States Cham- | ber of Commerce, With Julius, H. Barnes as Permanent Chair- man. President Hoover today gave toa ! representative group of America’s outstanding industrial leaders a “good old” one-word formula for national prosperity—“Work.” Opening the national business | survey conference, called by the United States Chamber of Com- merce as an outgrowth of the President’s recent “business meet- ings” at the White House, Mr. Hoover placed squarely on the shoulders of “the whole people” a “great responsibility for stability nd prosperity.” 3 An encouraging picture of the| rapid process of recovery made by industry since the recent stock market collapse was held out by the Chief Executive of the Nation’s | business as an augury of the coun- try’s inherent economic soundness and a forecast of brightening business conditions to come. The President’s sentiments expressed in_ homely, positive language, were echoed at _the conference by his Secre- tary of Commerce, Robert P Lamont: by Julius H. Barnes, chosen today as permanent chairman of the busine: group; by William Butterworth, presi- dent of the Chamber of Commerce, and by other prominent representatives of | the Nation's economic system. Room Ts Filled. The spacious. lofty-ceilinged assem- | bly room of the Chamber of Commerce | was filled to the limit of its capacity | when the remarkable meeting of the ! industrial magnates opened, and the assembly applauded vigorously and long | when President Hoover made his ad- dress. Seated in the hall were great | firancial leaders, heads of ‘mportant ublic service corporations, manufactute x-uz executives, builders, agricultural interests and, in fact, representatives of every large industry and industrial organization in the United States. | President Hoover explained that the | purpose of the conference is to spread | into industry as a whole the spirit of | action incuicated into some of the lead- | industrial groups as a counter-at- | on the depression threatened by | he recent stock panic. The large effect of this specvlative pse, he said, was to create “undue pessimism, fear, uncertainty and hesi- | tation” in business. These reactions, | he declared. are wholly emotional, but their psychological effect ‘is to “create Ticulties.” | | | ext of Hoover’s Conference Talk This body represents the industries of the United States. You have been invited to create a temporary organ- ization for the purpose of systemat- ically spreading into industry as a whole the measures which have been taken by some of our leading indus- tries to counteract the effect of the recent panic in the stock market. There has necessarily been some un- employment, starting with_diversion of capital from the channels of busi- ness into the speculation, and after the break by some reduction in .e demand for luxuries and semi-neces- from those who met with Josses. i the large effect was to create 0 allowed to run their course would, by feeding on themselves, create difficulties. The American mind is prone to revert to previous cccasions when we were much less able to organize to meet such situa- tions, ‘These are potential difficulties which cannot be cured with words. If we could do so, the merest descrip- tion of the fundamental stability of our vast organism of production and distribution, touched with the light (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) SENATE MAY RULE ONVARE SEAT PLEA AT SESSION TODAY Opponents Predict Adverse Decision as Complications Arise on Floor. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The case of William S. Vare, Sena- tor-elect from Pennsylvania, who for | three years has not been permitted to take his seat because of charges of excessive expenditures and fraud in his primary campaign, may be settled by the Senate before adjournment today. It was predicted by opponents of Vare that it would be settled adversely to him, notwithstanding the plea made by Mr. Vare on the floor of the Senate yesterday. The Norris resolution denying Vare | a seat in the Senate was pending when the Senate met at 10:30 o'clock this morning. The situation was compli- cated, however, by a report of the com- mittee on privileges and elections on the contest brought by William B. Wil- son, Vare's Democratic opponent in the 1926 senatorial election. Wilson claimed the seat himself on the ground there had been fraud in the senatorial elec- tion. Majority Gives Him Election. A majority of the committee reported that Vare had received a majority of the legally cast votes in the election, and that Vare was elected, although ad- itting there had been fraud and ir- regularity in the election. ‘The Democratic members of the committee, although they concurred in the report that Wilson had not been elected, held that Vare had not been properly elected because of the frauds perpetrated, and that, therefore, Vare was not entitled to a seat in the Senate. A demand was made by Chairman Shortridge of the privileges and elec- tions committee that the committee Teport be acted upon before a vote was | taken on the Norris resolution. Such a coursé.- was opposed stoutly by Senator Norris. May Declare Seat Vacant. 1t appeared likely that an amendment { October term, A.D. 1929, be The cure for these potential .difficul- ties, Mr. Hoover asserted, is not words, but action. The cure for unemployment,” stated, “is to find jobs.” List Three Factors. Three factors have contributed to- ward a quick recovery from the stock debacle, the industrialists were told. se are the Federal Reserve system, which has maintained confidence in the banking stability of the Nation; th announcement by leading employers that wages would not be reduced and the sweeping move by builders, manu- facturers and others to press forward ntly with programs of business n he ex - Great ¢mphasis was placed by the President on construction work., Point- ng out that nearly one-fourth of the country’s wage earners are employed directly or indirectly in construction, he called on the Nation to use tion activity as “a great balance wheel stability.” Be spceding up this el now to absorb otherwise idle Jabor, he said, “brings great subsequent benefits and no liabilities.” “I believe that with the great back logs which are already assured by the b service institutions and the ental works,” he pointed out, be able to build up the- con 1 and maintenance activities 30 to a higher levei than of 929" Hoover Gratified. spirit of co-op The tion between iness and Government manifested in | the conference convening today matter of much gratification Tioover, for he has been one of the most istént factors for years in bringing a co-ordination about. he very fact that you gentlemen ther for these brond nts an advance in ihe = conception of the relationship s to public welfare,” he said. s is a far cry from the dog-eat-dog is a de of the business world of some | 30 or 40 years ago. nd this is not dictation or inter- ce by the Government with bu s. It is a request from the Govern- ent that you ep-operate in prudent aures to solve a national problem. A rreat, responsibility and a_great opp: tunity rests upon the business economic organmizations of the country The President concluded with th owing significant statement, ad- ed to the public at large Beyond this, a great responsibility tability and prosperity rests with whole people. ‘I have no desire to preach. 1 ma £ood old word—work.” Addresses Broadcast. addresses of the President, Sec- Lamont and the other speakers roadcast over a chain of stations by the National Broadcasting Co., local reception being by way of Station WRC. 1¢ ar The tenor of Secretary Lamont’s re- marks was similar throughout to that He reviewed events ilative crash and told | the election. public and private of the Presiden etiending the sp of the part played b sts in combating eria looming in tries Y T tir threat, the of Tlie people as a whole,” he declared, ~eGessnued ou Page 2, Column 1. R construc- | for | to Mr.| and | however, mention one | front of many | would be offered to the Norris resolu- | tion in effect declaring that the contest | brought by Mr. Wilson was denied and | that Vare had received a majority of | the votes. Such a course, it was point- | ed out, would make it pessible for the | Senate to act on the Wilson-Vare con- | test immeditealy before i passed on the eligibility of Mr. Vare. If Mr. Vare is denied a seat in the Senate, as it 1s now expected he will be denied, the seat will be declared va- cant. Under Pennsylvania law, the governor, a Republican, will be 'in a position to appoint some one to fill the vacancy until the November, 1930, elec- tion. For practically three years Penn- sylvanid has had but one sitting Sena- | tor, Senator David A. Reed. | Senator Shortridge, chairman of the privileges of elections committee, sub- mitted a report of his committee on | the Wilson-Vare contest as soon as the Senate met this morning afid asked | unanimous consent for its immediate consideration. Norri§” Objects. Senator Norris of Nebraska objected, | demandfhg that the Senate proceed and | yote on his own resolution denying | Vare’s seat in the Senate. A motion was then made by Senator Shortridge to take up the committee report. A wrangle sprang up in the | Senate immediately over the question of precedence. Senator Borah of Idaho joined Senator Norris in demanding action on the pending resolution. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, lectured the Senate | for throwing away time over questions | of precedence when important legisla- | tion was awaiting action. He attacked | the proposal to lay aside the Norris | resolution, which he pointed out has | | been on the Senate calendar since last | September. Reed Threat Is Charged. Senator Norris warned the Senate that if his resolution were laid aside | and the Senate committee report was | taken up his resolution might be de- |layed for a long time. He said that Senator Reed of Pennsylvania had | threatened a filibuster until the re- { port of the privileges of election com- mittee on the Wilson-Vare contest was bmitted. “We can't vote now because of a filibuster,” shouted Senator Norris, “al- | though the report of the committee is | now before the Senate. I will tell you | why they do not want to vote on the | Norris resolution. It is because it lays | before the country the proposition that |a man who spends an exhorbitant mount in a primary campaign shall Ibe excluded from the Senate. even | though he may afterwards be elected to the Senate. “Senator Norris insisted that if the committee’s report were adopted, which | finds that Vare holds a legal m | f the ballots cast in the Fennsy! clection in 1926, the next step to be taken by Vare’s supporters would be a demand that Vare be permitted to take the oath of office, since he had received Robinson Urges Amendment. Interrupting Norris, Senator R« ~n of Arkansas, declared that if f Senate wished to voie first on (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) He BLEASE'S REFUSAL 10 TAKE SUBPOENA REPORTED 10 COURT Whatever Action Is Deemed Proper Is Desired, Burkin- shaw Points Out. SENATOR_CITESTMMUNITY GIVEN BY CONSTITUTION Points to McPherson Probe and Says He Expects Little of Same Body in Scrivener Inquiry. An extraordinary report of the grand jury investigating the death of Detec- tive Sergt. Arthur B. Scrivener, reveal- ing that Senator Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina had failed to obey a subpoena to appear before the body, was taken under consideration today by Justice Peyton Gordon of the District Supreme Court. The report declared that the grand jury desired the court to take such ac- tion as it deemed proper. Justice Gor- don told the jurors this was the first time such a matter ever had been brought to his attention. He added that his recollection was that the Constitu- tion provides that no Senator or Repre- sentative may be arrested while Con- gress is in session except for treason, a felony or breach of peace. In conclusion, the justice said he would take the mat- ter under consideration and advise the grand jury later concerning the court's opinion. Justice Gordon made no reference to-| any possibility of advising the grand jury of his ruling today. Immediately after hearing the grand jury’s report he retired to his chambers for a confer- ence with Neil Burkinshaw, assstant United States attorney, who prepared the grand jury’s report. Grand Jury's Report. The report follows: 0 the chief justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia: “The grand jury of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for gs to report to the court as follows: “Upon information coming to the at- ention of the grand jury of the Dis- trict of Columbia that Hon. Coleman L. Blease, United States Senator from the State of South Carolina, had cer- tain knowledge with regard to the facts and circumstances relating to the death of Detective Sergt. Arthur B. Scrivener, on October 13, 1926, the grand jury directed the issuance of a subpoena on December 4, 1929, com- manding the said Hon. Coleman L. Blease to appear before the grand jury at 10 a.m. on December 5, 1929. “That said subpoena was issued in due course and served personally upon the said Hon. Coleman L. Blease _in the City of Washington, on December 4, 1929, by Deputy Marshal J. J. Clark- son. “That the said Hon. Coleman L. Blease did not appear before the grand | jury of the District of Columbia on De- cember 5, 1929, at 10 am., as com- manded by such subpoena and has not up to the time of the filing of this re- port so appeared. “Wherefore, the grand jury of the District of Columbia for the October term, A.D. 1929, reports the facts afore- said to the honorable court for such action as the court may deem lawful and proper in the premises. “For the grand jury, “JAMES N. FITZPATRICK, Jr., “Foreman of the Grand Jury.” Knew of No Exemption. As far back as 1800 Justice Chase of the United States Supreme Court, sit- ting on an appellate bench in Penusyl- vania, decided that he knew of no ex- emption to members of Congress from the requirement to appear as a witness | in court. Justice Daniel Thew Wright, in the District Supreme Court in 1910, issued a ruling mandamus against Sen- ator Reed Smoot and his ussociates on the joint commmittee on printing, when they had refused to answer a suit brought against them, in which e de- clared that Senators, unless they claim- ed to be.immune from the law, should not fail to answer the orderly processes of the court and pointed out that such peremptory orders were frequently’ is- sued against judicial tribunals and ex- ecutive officers. The refusal of Senator Blease to an- swer the subpoena was only made known this morning while other wit- nesses continued to go before the grand jury which is investigating the shooting 10 death three years ago of Detective Sergt. Arthur Scrivener. Taking the floor as soon as the Sen- ate met today, Senator Blease said: ‘Yesterday afternoon I was served by a young gentleman, who said he was a [TALY'S SOVEREIGNS PAY HISTORIC VISIT 10 POPE IN VATIGAN Meet Pontiff in Throne Room and Talk Behind Guard- ed Doors. FIRST RULERS OF UNITED LAND TO ENTER HOLY SEE Hundreds of Thousands View Royal Progress Amid Splendor With Many Courtiers. By the Associated Press. ROME, December 5.—King Victor Emanuel and Queen Helena paid their long-awaited visit to Pope Pius XI this morning. In so aoing they made his- tory, being the first sovereigns of United Italy to enter the Vatican, which only recently ceased to be a place of self- imposed imprisonment for the pontiffs. The King and Queen journeyed to Vatican City, the newest political entity in Europe, with an imposing retinue of courtiers, 'Minister of Foreign Aflairs Dino Grandi and Count de Vecchi, Italian Ambassador to the Holy See, _ Their majesties and his holiness met in the Vatican throne room. They were alone there, doors were closed and guarded and what they said was not disclosed. But their conversation, whatever it was, marked tie tacit approval of both to the treaties which made it possible, those signed at the Lateran Palace last February 11 ending the 60-year-old so- called “Roman question.” Thousands See Royal Progress. Hundreds of thousauds of Romans and Italians from ai garts of the coun- try saw the royal progress through Rome in closed automooiles. Tbere was some disappointment that the visit was not made in carriages of siate, as had been planned. The automobiles were accompanied only by an escort of cyclist police. The imposing military display usual to royal processions was absent. Houses along the route filew the tri- color and papal yellow and white. The King was dressed in his full uniform as a general, wearing the Order of the Annunziata. Queen'Helena was dressed exactly as an American woman would k2 dreseed for an audience at the Vati- can—in black veil over a white gown, with long sleeves and high neck. She wore no_jewelry. The King and Queen entered Vati- can City at the Arch of Charlemagne, where the Piazza Santa Marta begins, where they were met by a reception party consisting of Prince Massimo, papal postmaster general; Commenda. tore Serafini, governor of Vatican City; Commendatore Beccari, secretary gen- eral of the city, and Commendatore de Mandato, head of the .armed corps under the jurisdiction of the governor. Band Plays Royal March. A squadron of papal gendarmes pre- sented arms. The band of the pgpll gendarmes played the royal march for the first time ‘in its history, except in practice. Outside the Campane arch was a detachment of Swiss guards in {ull uniform, wearing their breast plates and helmeéts and carrying halberds, A squadron of gendarmes heralded the arrival of the sovereigns with trumpets and then the band of the Palatine guard sounded the royal march. In the courtyard of San Damaso an- other group of Vatican _dignitaries gathered to receive the sovereigns. While the Palatine guard presented arms, Prince Alessandro Ruspoli, as grand- master of the sacred hospice, assisted the King and the Queen in alighting from their carriage. Accompanied by the papal retinue, the royal pair ascended the great stairs from the courtyard to the papal recep- tion rooms, a detachment of Swiss | guards saluting them at each landing. Next to the door of the grand staircase hung the papal flag with the three tiaras and the keys. From Clementine Hall, where another group of ecclesiastics waited to receive them, the royal and ecclesiastical party went through a series of rooms known as the rooms of the tapestries, to the ! papal anti-chamber, where they stopped. Tihe goor to the papal throne room was | closed. | In Throne Room Alone. Appraised of the arrival of the King and Queen, the Pope entered the throne room from his private library. The door, to the throne room opened and. the King and Queen stepped in, alone. The Pope was walking toward the docr. The King and the Queen walked forward. They met half way across the room. The King and the Queen bent and kissed the Pope’s hand. The Pope raised them up. The door was closed, the Pope and the sovereigns were alone. If the walls had ears they were the only ones who heard what was said. Outside the closed doors the digni- taries of church and state conversed in marshal from the Supreme Court, with " (Continued on B} REPORT IS EXPECTED ON POLICEMEN TODAY Bride and Davison to Present! Statement on Shelby and Kelly to Commissioners. age 2, Column Corporation Counsel Willlam W. Bride and Assistant Engineer Commis- | sioner D. A. Davison will report on their “Shelby-Kelly” investigation to- day. The presentation of the report, Mr. Bride said this morning, was await- ing the convenience of Maj. Davison, who has been engaged with other mat- ters. It is believed the Commissioners will release the report for publication as soon as it is submitted to them. ‘The report deals with the investiga- tion made by the two officials of charges by the first McPherson grand jury that Inspector William S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly were negligent in their original inquiry into the death of Mrs. Virginia McPherson. Bride and Davison have been ham- pered in their investigation by the un- willingness of all but four of the granu jury members to state their reasons: for charging that Shcloy and Kelly mis- handled the McPherson case. Further difficulties were encountered when Attorney General Willilam D. | Mitchell refused them access to the stenographic records of the Department of Justice investigation of the case. The two officials have been without legal authority for funds to make & thorough investigation of the founda- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) CAPPER TO DISCUSS TARIFF IN FORUM Kansas Senator Will Also Give Farm Relief Views in Radio Talk. Necessity for settlement of differences between the East and West over both tariff revision and farm relief legisla- tion will be discussed by Senator Arthur ! Capper of Kansas at 10:30 o'clock to- night in the National Radio Rorum ar- | ranged by The Star and sponsored by, the Columbia Broadcasting System. He will speak through station WMAL., Senator Capper, a stanch l?,epubll-l can, believes that the East should awaken to the economic needs of the | West and should give that great section | of the country real consideration in legislation and administrative matters. Senator Capper will discuss tariff re~ vision and farm legislation in a broad way, avoiding partisan political discus- sion. The Kansas Senator, though a veteran member of the Senate, joined the Republican “young guard” in the final weeks of the special session of Congress. Tlgl’: Eastern as well as the Western members of this group believe that the time has come for real co-operation be- tween the two sections of the country ’ TOKIO, December 5 (#).—Dispatches Y \.4 .@\\\\\\\\},;,@ adl [CE PASS BLOCKS BYRD TRAIL PARTY Geologists, at Queen Maud| Range, Seek Way to Key Points of Interest. BY RUSSELL OWEN, By Radlo to The Star and New York Times. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, De- cember 4.—The Byrd geological party is now at the foot of the Queen Maud Range, trying to find a way to the key Ppoints of geological interest. Dr. Lawrence Gould, leader of the party, sent back word to the base that | he had tried to ascend Liv Glacier (up which Comdr. Byrd flew on his way to the South Pole), but was stopped by crevasses and precipices of ice, and that he intended to head to the east- ward and try to ascend to the Polar Plateau by way of the Axel Heiberg Glacier (the course of Byrd's return flight). In his message Dr. Gould says: “December 1.—We stood by on Polar flight until plane landed and then tried | to raise the base in order to be first to send our felicitations. Many thanks for things dropped from plane, especially photographs, ghich will be of great value. Forty Miles in a Day. “Broke camp after your flight and made 23 miles. Yesterday, by great ef- fort, we drove 35 nautical miles (about 40 statute miles) and are now camped at foot of Liv Glacier in the very shadow of Mount Nansen. “Since leaving Little America have had but two days’ rest. I have bcen up every morning at 6 or earlier and as a rule we have traveled until 9 at night. “We have been too tired after long day's trek to turn hand generator of radio to tell you much about it. “The last week has especially been hard, with continuous wind from south- gflf:b of 10 miles, with heavy blinding Tift. “The two things that have especially made trip possible are splendid sledges, built by Strom and ‘hen, (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) LOU LITTLE SPURNS PENNSYLVANIA 10B Georgetown Coach Declines Offer to Head Athletic Staff at Alma Mater. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 5—Lou Little, head foot ball coach at Georgetown University for the past five years, has declined to accept the post as head coach of his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, it was learned authori- tatively today by the Associated Press. ‘The position at Pennsylvania, it is understood, was offered to Little fol- lowing the resignation of Lou Young, now installed as-assistant to the chair- | man of the council on athletics. | Little is understood to have other foot ! ball coaching offers under consideration. He has been mentioned in connection with the vacancy at Columbia, where Charley Crowley recently resigned. Little told The Star today he had passed up the Pennsylvania offer after iwo weeks of careful consideration. When questioned about other offers he was non-committal and gave the im- pression that his mind was not made up concerning whether he would remain indefinitely at Georgetown. HIGHER TEMPERATURES PREDICTED FOR CAPITAL Further rellef is expected tonight from the subfreezing weather of the past week, and a.return to temperatures normal at this season is in prospect. The forecast is for “partly cloudy and not so cold tonight, with a minimum of 28 degrees. Friday fair and slightly warmer, with moderate southwest winds.” The low extreme this morning was 23 degrees. , The mercury probably will climb to 40 degrees tomorrow afternoon, the Weather Bureau said. FREIGHTER SINKS, 7 DIE. | i to the Japanese newspaper Nichi-Nichi Shimbun today said that 7 persons were known to have drowned and 17 others were missing in the wreckage of the Japanese freighter Bujun Maru near Kelung, Formosa. The freighter ran aground near Ke- lung on Monday. Three sailors were and that the time also has come for the East to make some concessions to the West., tion for the charge, and this is believed to b2 one of the reasons which would wake a public 4ial desirable, Radio Prpgn{ms—l’aze, 3 ) drowned during attempts to refloat the vessel Tuesday and four others perished when the ship broke in half Wednesday morning. Seventeen others were un- accounted for today, the dispatches Lrom Kelund by ~ R5SQCK, = Py BOY = SN =2 SN RN Great Lakes Storms Take Lives of More Than 100 in 1929 By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., December 5. —The storm king that annually collects tribute in lives and prop- erty wrote in large figures the record covering 1929 on the Great Lakes. More than 100 lives were lost and at least a dozen ships destroyed or damaged. The first tragedy of large pro- portions during the season came on the night of September 9 when the freighter Andaste was sunk in a storm on Lake Michi- gan off Grand Haven, carrying down 25 men. A late October storm that swept over the entire Lake re- gion, however, accounted for the larger part of the loss of life and ships. POST OFFGEBLAS TAKES THREE IVES 75 Hurt as Explosion Shakes “Munhall, Suburb of Pittsburgh. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, December 5.—Three persons were killed and 75 injured today in an explosion that wrecked the Munhall Post Office. The Home- stead Hospital reported an emergency corps of physicians and nurses were at- tending the victims. Estimates placed the number of in- Jjured at 75. Those killed were women. A crowded street car was passing the building as the explosion occurred. Windows of the car were shattered and passengers were cut by flying glass. Several ambulances were rushed to the scene. Munhall is a suburb near Homestead. Six men were reported missing. Workmen began digging in the debris in search of them. The building was a two-story brick structure. Several families lived in apartments on the second floor. The post office occupied the first floor. Windows in other buildings in the dis- trict were shattered. HOOVER PROMOTES SEVEN ‘CAREER MEN’ President Nominates Envoys Who Speak Spanish for Latin American Posts. Seven highly trained career men in the foreign service of the Government were nominated today by President | Hoover for promotions in the service by appointment to posts in South and Central America. These selections were made by the, President after a thorough study on his part to find career men in the service who are familiar with the problem of Latin America and who also spoke Spanish. Two of the selections had pre- viously been made known. The appointments are: Julius G. Lay of this city, to be Minister to Honduras, succeeding George T. Summerlin; Mathew E. Hanna of Ohio, to be Minister to Nicaragua, who is succeeding Charles C. Eberhart; Post Wheeler of the State of Washing- ton, to be Minister to Paraguay; Roy T. Davis of Missourl, Minister to Costa Rica, to be Minister to Panama, suc- ceeding John G. South of Pennsylvani Charles B. Curtis of New York, Mi ister to the Dominican Republic, suc- ceeding Evan E. Young, the latter be- ing named for the post at Bolivia to succeed David E Kaufman, and H. F. Arthur Shoenfeld of this city, to be Minister to Costa Rica, succeeding Davis. The selections of Davis and Shoenfeld had previously oeen made known. The appointments to the diplomatic | service in Latin-America are the last the President will make for the present. It was intimated, however, at the White House today that two or three changes will be made later on. These will be in connection with embassies in South America, rather than the legations. Duputy Faces Murder Trial. NEWPORT, Ark., December 5 (#).— A former deputy sheriff, charged witn the slaying several months ago of a man who tried to escape arrest for intoxication and disturbing the peace, came to trial here today. George Johnson, former Jackson County deputy, who has been at liberty under bond since a preliminary hearing, contends the shooting of Glenn Quay, 22, as he fled following arrest, was ac- cidental. He claims he only tried to frighten the youth and force him to | Balte : 4 THLHAN RESENS FH.SHITHED POST Declares He Never das Re- ceived 9,000 Shares of Stock, Held in Escrow. Representative Zihlman, }epublican, of Maryland, chairman of “he House District committee, announfed today that before this Congress had met on December 2, he had resigned from the board of directors of the F. H. Smith Co., now under grand jury investigation, because he had become convinced that his position on the board had been mis- understood and misinterpreted by some of his colleagues in Congress and by others. Mr. Zihlman said his resignscion has gone to the New York office ant! he has not yet been advised whether it has been acted upon. He said that he never had received the 9,000 shares of Smith common stock which he testified at a notarial hearing recently had been pre- sented to him as a gift and therefore he could not return this stock wrich he never had had. He explained that this stock was to he held in escrow for 20 years for the benefit of the officers and stockholders. Mr. Zihlman did buy 500 shares of the preferred stock at $100 a share, paying $500 and giving his note for the bal- ance. He said today that he would be glad to surrender this stock if his note was returned to him and to sacrifice the $500 in cash that he had paid. LOST MAIL PILOT'S BODY IS DISCOVERED Thomas P. Nelson Met Death in Blinding Snowstorm on Monday. By the Associated Press. b CLEVELAND, Ohio, December —The dead body of Pilot Thomas F. Nelson and his air mail plane, badly shattered, were found this afternoon by | & rabbit hunter near Chagrin Falls, 35 miles southeast of here. Nelson met death early Monday morning while fly- ing the air mail from Bellefonte, Pa., to Cleveland, in a heavy and blinding snowstorm. Nelson's body had been hurled by terrific impact of the plane’ against the ground, about 25 feet. from the wreck- age. Undoubtedly he was killed in- stantly. ‘The body was found by Joseph Vin- cent of Chagrin Falls, ending a three~ day hunt made by fellow pilots over most of Northeastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh had led 15 airplanes all this morning, covering the section between Cleveland and Youngstown, north to Lake Erie, in frantic search for Nelson, not knowing whether he was dead or alive. MWMANUS IS FREED BY ORDER OF COURT By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 5.—George McManus, race track bookie, today was acquitted of the murder a year ago November 4 of his gambler associate, Arnold Rothstein, at that time the over- lord of the Broadway chancetakers, It was a directed verdict, not unex- pected, as the State rested its case at at the opening of today's session, the thirteenth day of the trial. Judge Charles C. Nott, jr., said that he was sorry to see the case decided in this way, but that he had no other alternative under the law and the evi- dence than to direct the jury to cast a ballot of acquittal, ‘The State had had only circumstan- tial evidence, the value of much of this lessened by failure of witnesses to tes- tify on the stand as they had before the grand jury, and the judge held that this was not sufficient to show that McManus had committed the crime. - The Rothstein case had been a lead- ing political issue in this city for over a year and cost a police commissioner and many high-ranking police officers their jobs. Although no official statement was forthcoming from the district attor- ney's office immediately, it was believed from previous statements made that the case would be dropped. ‘Three other men are under indict- ment for the murder—Hyman (Gillie) Biller, pay-off man for McManus, and John Doe and Richard Doe. None of them are in custody, however, 5.1 STIMSON ANSWER 10 SOVIET, DENYING UNFRIENDLY MOVE, ENDS U. S. ACTION Says He Viéws Efforts of Powers to Bring Hostili- ties to Halt as Being Suc- cessful. LITVINOFF, SARCASTIC, ’SCORES INTERFERENCE Attention to Activities in South America, Warships in Chinese Waters and Armies in Colonial Countries Rather Than to Affairs in Orient Suggested. By the Associated Press. Secretary Stimson said today that further action so far as the United States was concerned in the Chinese-Soviet situation in Manchuria had been closed with his public reply to Soviet allega- tions of unfriendliness in the Sec- retary’s move for peace. Stimson said he viewed the efforts by the major powers under the leadership of the United States to bring about a cessation of hostilities as successful. The Secretary commented favorably on a report of the officlal Soviet agency Tass, which promptly published the re- sults of the protocol signed between the two countries for adjustment of their dispute. He asserted the Boviet agency had touched upon the center of the quarrel and he said such publi- cation of both sides of the dispute had indicated a long step forward in bet- tering the whole situation. First Sign of Agreement. This was the first indication, he added, that the American Government had received that the two nations had been able to meet together and had been able to reach an agreement. In taking his steps to bring about peace in Manchuria through appeals | to the Soviet and China, Stimson said he had in mind the situation which existed previous to the outbreak of the World War. At that time, he added, | world public opinion had been voiceless and the only efforts made had been those through diplomatic channels with no_opportunity for the peoples of the various countries to voice their opposi- tion to an outbreak of war, Secretary Stimson said rica’s ef- fort to restrain Russia and a from open and avowed warfare was prompted Iby an interpretation of the Kellogg peace treaty which gives any signatory nation the right to remind other coun- tries of their commitments under that pact and not by unfriendliness toward the Soviet as charged by the Moscow government, Beyond asserting that the anti-war treaty had profoundly modified the at- titude of the world toward peace, Mr. Stimson pointed to diplomatic prece- dents which he construed as author- izing the American memorandums. As far back as The Hague convention of 1899, he said, the naticns of the world agreed that strangers to a dispute could make suggestions for peace on their own initiative. Conference Held With Press. ‘The cabinet officer’s remarks were made at a conference with Washington newspaper men and are not to be trans- mitted formally to Moscow. Mr, Stim- son had seen only press dispatches of the text of the Russian memorandum, which today was still in process of transmission, with France as an inter- mediary. Nevertheless, his words were quick to reach officials in Moscow through news- paper channels, and dispatches from the Russian capital told of an amplifica~ tion and reiteration of the Soviet atti- tude by Maxim Litvinoff, acting com- missar of foreign affairs. Addressing a session of the central executive committee of the Soviet the commissar repeated his declaration that the American action had constituted an | unjustifiable interference and asserted that instead of setting themselves up as “protectors of the Kellogg pact” the powers affiliated in the peace move had better turn their attention to affairs in their own neighborhoods. In view of the modification of the world attitude toward peace which came with the Kellogg treaty, Secretary Stimson said, the United States intends to shape its policy accordingly. He pointed to the join. declaration of Pres- ident Hoover and Prime Minister Ram- say Macdonald, which proceeded from their conferences here, and called atten- tion to the passage which said “both our governments resolved to accept the peace pact not only as a declaration of good intentions, but as a positive obligation to direct national policy in accordance with its pledge.” Mr. Stimson reiterated his faith in united world opinion as a restraining influence upon disputant nations, and as evidence of its force spoke of the nego- tiations which have now been instituted between Russia and China, LITVINOFF HITS INTERFERENCE. | Head of Foreign Office Intersperses Speech With Sarcasm, * MOSCOW, December 5 (4).—America, ( France and Great Britain would much better turn their minds to activities in South America, warships in Chinese waters, arid armies in colonial countries than to obstruction of Sino-Russian negotiations in the opinion of Maxim Litvinoff, acting commissar for foreign affairs for the Soviet Union. In the largest hall in the Kremlin last night the Russian foreign office head addressed the central executive com- mittee of the Communist paity—the most powerful political body in the U. 8. S. R.—explaining and_empl. sizing the Soviet's answer to the Amavican demarche in behalf of application of the Kellogg peace pact to the Manchutian prfil;lem. i s speech was Interspersed with+ Te- caslonal bits of sarcasm which brought ripples of laughter from his hearery Particularly was this the case when ile announced Panama_ had joined the countries reminding Russia of the Kel- logg pact. He suggested that Panama look into whether the pact safeguards its own existence from the hands «f predatory neighbors, I ral tone the address was sim. ed on Page 6, Column 4)