Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1929, Page 2

2 % THE EVENING BARNES 70 SELECT AIDES IN 50 FIELDS Lists 70 Leaders as Possible Members of “Prosperity Council.” Julius H. Barnes, directing organiza-; tion of the White House-sponsored na- | tional “prosperity council,” is expected to choose the personnel of the council! from leaders in nearly 50 branches of industry. It is understood the general council will consist of representatives of each of the half-hundred phases of American business represented at the “big busi- ness” forum here this week, with a spe: cial executive committee of 10 to 15 of the Nation’s outstanding trade ex- ecutives. As a basis for beginning the selec- tion of the general council Chairman Barnes has before him a list of ap- proximately 70 men whom he has asked to consult with him further regarding organization plans. All of these men attended the conference at the United States Chamber of Commerce Thurs- day and, but for the prolongation of the conference beyond schedule, would have joined in a supplementary con- ference before leaving Washington. List of 70 to Be Revised. 1t is thought Barnes will get in touch with these business leaders by mail or wire and obtain their advice regarding membership of the national council. There is a strong possibility that the list of 70 men will be pared down and revised to form the council roster. ‘The list named by Chairman Barnes contained representatives from about 45 felds of commerce, some industries hav- ing more than one person delegated to speak for it. By reducing the list to one representative from each business the number would dwindle to the “40 er 50" men Iu[m’led‘\;‘y the cl;l‘llrmln as the proper size for the council. Tn the fist of advisers prepared by Chairman Barnes are such names as James A. Farrell, president of the United States Steel Co.; Alvin Ma- cauley, president of the Packard Motor Co.; Frank A. Seiberling, rubber mag- nate; Walter S. Gifford, president of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co.; Will Hays, movie “czar”; Gen. J. G. Harbord of the Radio Corporation of America, and Homer L. Ferguson, resident of the Newport News Ship- flding & Dry Dock Co. A. J. May Also on List. Arthur J. May, president of the F. P. May Hardware Co. of this city also is the list. mm:s was in New York today, but will return here next Wednesday, at which time it is believed he will be ready to announce the membership of the council and its executive committee. Before leaving the city yesterday afternoon the-chairman issued a state- ment summarizing the highlights of the conference. The statement follows: “Certain things stand out concern- ing the conference itself. ‘First, that it presented an extraordinary and com- rehensive cross-section of the whole ynbrlc of American business, represented by leaders who could speak with a thority; second, that in taking up any possible slack in wages and employ- ment an elasticity of new construction and maintenance is the chief factor, maintenance which means new equip- ment and construction, which means not only expansion, but improvement of mechanical preduction and distribution. “Third, that this implies large capital expenditures for these purposes, and this must be provided from industrial treasures or most largely by borrowings for capital investment. Situstion Develops Rapidly. “Fourth, these borrowings depend upon the ability to obtain money at reasonable rates and in ready and ade- quate quantities. “This situation has developed rapidly in the last few weeks, 5o that this as- surance is present. This is shown by the Treasury refunding today of $325,- 000,000 at 315 per cent against its last borrowings at 4% per cent, not long ago. This is probably the most extraor- dinary change ever recorded in Treas- “ry'(:gerl!hns between transactions. . h, that industry, in being as- sured of available capital, requires then only vision and courage to proceed. ‘These qualities were clearly evidenced in the presentation by industrial lead- ers yesterday. “Manfestly, confidence in the coun- | try's future and preparation for the constantly extending business, which inevitably comes from the activities of 120,000,000 energetic le warrants pre| tion for ultimately larger busi- ess. “Industrial and business judgment proved immediate expenditures that cheapen production and distribution eosts.” Secretary Lamont, it was announced late vesterday at the White House, has created & new division of the Commerce Department to co-ordinate Federal con- struction activities with those of the States. At the same time, it was said that the primary purpose of Thiirsday's con- ference was to organize all branches of industry into effective units. TOTAL OF $75,500 ASKED IN TWO DAMAGE SUITS Paul X. Duvall and Wife File Claim Against Bottling * Co., Alleging Injuries in Collision. Suits totaling $75,500 damages have Been flled in the District Supreme Court_against the Northwestern Bot- tling Co. as the result of a collision of a motor truck and an automobile June 18 last near Forestville, Md. Paul K. Duvall and his wife, Lois V. Duvall, of Potomac, Va. are the plaintiffs. The husband wants $50,500 damages for personal injuries to him- self, loss of services of his wife and damage to his automobile, while the wife places her injuries at $25.000. Attorneys Frank J. Kelly and Peyser, Edelin & Peyser appear for both plaintiffs. }AND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, in Stanley Hall this evening at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Point- ner, assistant leader. March, “Grenadier Guards . .Losey Overture, “Crown Diamonds”.. .. Auber Buite, “Petite Suite de Concert,” Coleridge Taylor “La Caprice de Nannette.” “Demande de Response.” “Un Sonnet_d’Amour.” Gems from comic opera “Monsieur Beaucaire” Messager Fox trot, “Last Night. Honey"...Monaco Valse de concert, “The Aero-Tri Weiss e, Your Spell 1s Every- Gould! here “The Star Spangled Banner.” 14 “emng |torney for the Choctaw Nation from New Cabinet Member l (]| i | | | | | PATRICK J. HURLEY. CHOICE OF HURLEY AS WAR SECRETARY MEETING ACCLAIM| (Continued From First Page.) i { i Hoover, but his real satisfaction is in the knowledge that he has placed at| the head of the War Department & man whose experience and training pecu- | larly fitted him for the duties | that will be his. The President has a high regard for Col. Hurley's ability | and for his unusual qualities. He has | grown to know this young soldier- lawyer from Oklahoma intimately since the latter became Assistant Secretary of War March 4 last. Col. Hurley is looked upon as one of the President's closest personal friends and known to occupy & position of being one of the confidantes, A number of names had been presented to Mr. Hoover to consider in connection with filling Secretary Good's place. Some of these were strongly indorsed, and in the cases of several much pressure was brought to bear, ‘There is no secret in the fact that the Middle West, from which section the late Secretary Good came, was particu- larly active in attempting to bring about the appointment of some one from that section. President Hoover was not great- ly impressed by geographical claims, because of his already having the West and Middle West represented in his cabinet in the persons of the Secre- tary of Agriculture and the Attorney General. In Accord With Hoover. Although at heart a military man lo the core, Col. Hurley is known to be in complete accord with the Presi- dents policies regarding the adminis- tration of the War Department and | he will undoubtedly follow the latter's wishes in this connection. Col. Hurley has seen enough of the horrors of war through his active service during the World War to agree with President Hoover's views on international peace and the outlawry of war, as well as the reduction of arm: nt burdens. At the same time, the new Secretary of War will be diligent in maintaining the military establishment up to a standard of efficiency and in endeavor- ing to keep it adequate to meet the needs of national defense. The new Secretary of War, who is only 46 years old, is one of the young- | est men to fill that office. He was born in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Terri- tory, January 8, 1883. He was grad- ueted at Indian University, now Bacone College, in 1905 with the degree of doc- tor of arts. He studied law at the Na- tional University in New York, receiv- ing his degree of bachelor of laws in| 1908. He was admitted to the bar in Oklahoma the same year and at once began the practice of law in Tulsa, which is new his home. Appeared Before Supreme Court. In 1912 he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States and has frequently appeared be- fore that tribunal. He was national at- 1912 to 1917, which necessarily brought him to Washington on many occasions. He has been president of the First Trust & Savings Bank of Tulsa since 1917. He has been identified with a number of other business enterprises in Tulsa. he has been identified with the management of oil companies. Col. Hurley's military career began in 1902, when he received & commission as captain of Cavalry of the Indian Terri- torial Volunteer Militia. He retained that commission until 1907. In 1914 he was commissioned a captain of the| Oklshoma National Guard, and when | this country entered the World War he | was_quick to offer his services. He/ reached the grade of lieutenant colonel. | He participated in the Aisne-Marne, Meuse-Argonne and St. Mihlel cam-| and_successfully negotiated the agreement between the government of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg and the American Expeditionary Forces in | 1919. He received a silver star citation | for gallantry in action in France on| November 11, 1918, “in voluntarily mak- | ing a reconnaissance under heavy enemy fire.” His War Citation. Col. Hurley for his entire service, during the World War received the DL!-‘ tinguished Service Medal, with the fol- lowing citation: “Lieutenant colonel, Judge Advocaie General's Department. Assigned as judge advocate, Army artillery, 1st Army, he rendered services of marked ability, performing, in addition to his manifold duties, the duties of adjutant eneral and of inspector general. ter, as judge advocate of the 6th Army Corps, he ably conducted the negotiations arising between the Amer- jcan Expeditionary Forces and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, wherein he displayed sound judgment, marked zeal and keen perception of existing condi- tions. He has rendered services of mas terial worth in the American Expedi- tionary Forces.” Col. Hurley is a member of the American and the Oklahoma State Bar Associations, Tulsa Chamber of Com- merce, American Legion and Sigma Chi Fraternity. Also he is a member of President Hoover's so-called “medicine ball cabinet,” which is composed of intimate friends and associates of Mr. Hoover, who meet with him in the rear grounds of the White House each morn- ing and play medicine ball and volley blT]. He was married on December 5, 1919, to Miss Ruth Wilson, daughter | of Admiral Henry B. Wilson, U. 8. N., and they have three children, Patricia, Ruth and Wilson. Calls on Mrs. Good. No indication has been given at the White House as to who will be Col. Hurley's successor as Assistant Secr tary of War. It is believed, however, that the President will make this sp- pointment without any great delay. The White House has every reason to feel that the nomination of Col. Hurley will be readily confirmed by the Senate. In the meantime he will continue act- ing as the head of the War Depart- ment. Secretary Hurley lald aside the offi- clal duties of his new post today to pay his respects to the widow of his prede- cessor. i Will No Longer Finance Local Government Unless Pay- ments Are Made. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 7.—Two fore- bodings of importance plunged the Chicago and Cook County financial ! situations into a deeper quandary to- day. Number one—Cook County's 1928 tax bills will not be ready, in all proba- bility, until August, 1930. Number two—The Chicago banks show no disposition to loan any more money on tax anticipation warrants until some means can be devised to repay that already borrowed. These two pronouncements followed a secret session Thursday of bankers, city and county officials and ecivic leaders. Although every attempt was | made to keep what occurred at the meeting a secret, both morning news- papers published detailed accounts to- day. Already the county and city govern- ments have borrowed more than $300,- 000.000 in tax anticipation of both 1928 and 1929 taxes. Although a large part of these war- rants have since been sold to New York banking houses, the Chicago bankers made it clear they did not wish to continue financing Cook County government, although admitting 1t was a safe investment. Meanwhile, bankers and officials still Jook to the Illinois State Legislature for some aid in the financial tangle. MISS McCALL GAVE SCRIVENER THEORY, HEFLIN REITERATES (Continued From First Page.) Heflin in many months except for only .‘ x;lmmem at a theater last Saturday night.” Questioned by Jury. Miss McCall was questioned by the grand jury yesterday as a result of Heflin's letter. Meanwhile, United States Attorney Leo A. Rover announced the grand jury which has been investigating Scrivener’s death would be prepared to report soon, Rover said no additional witnesses are likely to be heard next week. ‘The Department of Justice fingerprint experts have failed so far to find any clue to the identity of the person whose fingerprint was on the Scrivener pistol, it was learned from a reliable source. However, they will inue their com- parison of prints until f¢xt Tuc: day or Wednesday. ‘They belil e print they are searching for will be found by that time if it ever is to be discovered. ‘The Department of Justice was drawn into the case several days ago after Sergt. Fred Sandberg, chief of the Po- lice Headquarters Identification Bureau, told the grand jury a partial fingerprint found on the death pistol failed to correspond with the flnl';?nnu of Scrivener. Sandberg int to this discrepancy in proof of his belief that the detective had been murdered. Many Witnesses Quiszed, More than three-score witnesses have been questioned since the investigation was launched last Monday. Included among those questioned were numerous policemen, several physicians and nearly & half dozen girls with whom Scrivener had been friendly. Of all the witnesses, Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, former chief of the homicide squad, who testified yesterday for almost two hours, gave the most extended testi- mony. Kelly directed the ce inves- tigation which followed the finding of Scrivener's body with a bullet through the heart in an alley in Georgetown three years ago. Kelly was one of the strongest supporters of a suicide theory. SHOEMAKER_ LOSES $1,300 IN SWINDLE Adds Savings to Prove Honesty. All Goes in Confidence Game, An_old_confidence game yesterday cost Leo Briguglio, Italian shoemaker, his savings of years—$1,300—and shook hi;;b]ener"m mankind. riguglio, who operates a shoe shoj at 4602 Fourteenth street, met lnlnheg Itallan there several days ago and yes- terday his new acquaintance brought around another fellow countryman. The latter told Briguglio that he had prospered in this country and, to show his gratitude, proposed to give $5,000 to cripples and other unfortunates as a farewell gift before his return to Italy. Briguglio was to distribute the money, but to prove his honesty, he must puf money of his own with it. He agreed, ai:d drew $1300 from the bank. i e thoug! e saw the $5,000 put wit) his $1300 for safekeeping in :’strl)n"1 box which the other Itallan furnished. When Briguglio opened the box later it contained, in addition to a roll of paper, just six $1 bills, to pay him for his labor at the bench since 1921. — MRS. BARTSCH ABANDONS HER SUIT FOR DIVORCE Plea Dismissed by Court Upon Be- ing Informed She Had Re- joined Her Husband. The sult of Mrs. Signe G. Bar for a limited divorce from her. I';Iuc:-l band, Paul Bartsch, a curator at the Natlonal Museum, in which she charged that he 'treated her as a blological specimen, was dismissed yes- terday afternoon by Justice Alfred A. Wheat on being informed that the wife had returned to her husband's home, Attorney Charles W. Arth of counsel for the husband stated that Mrs, Bartsch returned to her husband's home last Saturday night. The Bartschs were married June 21 1902, and the wife complained that her husband was obsessed on the subject of biology and in her eating, sleeping and home relations insisted on treating her as a biological speciment. He also dragged her about their home by the hair of her head, she asserted, and once threatened to shoot their young son. s, | = ; BILL IS REINTRODUCED FOR AIR CABINET POST By the Associated Press. Undismayed by failure to obtain ace , Republican, Michigan, yester- dav reintroduced a bill to provide for creation of a department of aeronautics, headed by an officer of cabinet rank, Accompanied by Mrs. Hurley, he went to the home of Mrs. James W. Good, widow of the late War Secretary, for whom the Army is still in mourning, and offered any assistance they might the funeral in Iowa of her late husband. Provision for such a post was one of the main points in the aviation ex- fi ansion program recommended by Wil- am Mitchell, at the time he was as- | sistant Army air chief. The House mili- be able to give to Mrs. Good, who ar- | tary committee, which consders such rived in Washington this morning from ' legislation, refused in a previous Con- gress to approve it. ;fi;n in previous sessions, Representative c] BANKS CALL HALT [AGE-OLD MYSTERY * INCHICAGD LOANS 15 SOLVED BY BYRD Discovery of New Mountain Range Explains Formation of Ice Barrier. (Continued From First Page.) ! known approximately. It has fasci- nated many men, and it lured Comdr. Byrd irresistibly. Unconquered by ship, it has yielded to the airplane. Weather Break Enables Flight. ‘The flight itself was as unexpected as its results. The delicately balanced weather which precedes the Summer, arriving when the warm winds come in from the north, has been clinging to Little America for days. As in the north golll’ reglons, the best time for flying here is early in the Summer— and this, it must be remembered, is Summer in Antartica. Day before yesterday the weather was fair and Comdr. Byrd learned from William C. “Cyclone” Haines that the slow southerly drift of air up to 10,000 feet promised ideal flying conditions. So that night he determined to take off the next day on the first of the season’s eastern exploration flights. He did not say anything about it until on rising the next morning he found the sky clear and a light wind from the southwest. It was almost hot in the brilliant sunshine. He gave the word to have the plane made ready and in an hour and a half had hopped off at 10:49 o'clock. He took as his pilot this time Capt. Alton V. Parker of the Marine Corps | Reserves, a wiry Southerner, quitk as a cat, who has flown all sorts of planes xrma pursuit planes to lumbering Navy craft, Parker Wins Praise of Chief. Capt. Parker was so delighted at the opportunity of getting well over to the eastward that he put on his red and black checked lumberman’s pants. One could not miss him in the landscape with those red legs. “Parker did his job perfectly, ‘omdr. Byrd sald after the flight. “I knew what sort of pilot he was, for he was at Spitzbergen with us on the North Pole expedition. He got very low soline consumption on the fight and handled the plane as only natural fiyers can.” The others in the plane, besides the commander, were Harold June, who alternates flying, working the radio, | taking pictures and watching the. gas consumption, and Capt. Ashley C. Mc- Kinley, the aerial surveyor of the ex- pedition. There was little ceremony to this take-off. It was just part of the day’s work, although every one realized its importance and hoped the weather would this time permit the important task to be carried out. The big plane took off easily, and after a sweeping turn to the north headed straight for Scott’s Nunatak, Route Followed on Flight. There was a good tail wind at the elevation to which the plane climbed, about 4,500 feet, and it was making well over 100 miles an hour. The plane cut across Cape Colbeck and then across Biscoe Bay, flying at least ten miles out to sea, where engine trouble would have brought them down in the water. The sea was open to the west, blue and calm under the Sum- mer sun, the drift ice having been blown north. The Alexandra Mountains were passed and, after penetrating a short distance inland, the commander turned north, flying between the 150th and 151st meridians of longitude. He was then over shelf ice extendir ; out from the shore line, which was marked by a barrier wall similar to the usual Barrier cliffs. Between it and the broken pack ice was & plain of shelf ice about 15 miles wide, dotted with ice islands, their tops broken and crevassed. Seals on the Thin Ice Below. ‘The ice was thin in places and water was seeping through it. At one place were a lot of seals. It was a mean place over which to fly, but it was the only way to map the coast or Barrier line, “I looked down at that and thought, ‘Well, if we go down here we just go right’ on through like nobody's busi- nt?,," " Capt. Parker said. e ‘bouncing around in the cur- rents caused by the warmth of the sun. Once the plane dropped 500 feet and altitude control and the gasoline feed was 30 finely adjusted that the motors began to_spit. A touch of Capt. Parker's hand and they hummed smoothly again, but it shows how rough it was and it con- tinued rough most of the flight. Rise, Peak after Peak. ‘The mountains had begun to loom up at Scott’s Nunatak for the visi- bility was perfect. It was possible to see 100 miles. When they first ap- peared they seemed almost too good to be true. They stretched far to the north,, and as the plane cruised along fast with a following wind they rose, peake after peak, from the north- eastern horizon. The commander followed them for more than an hour, covering more than 100 miles in that time. The plane was still far out from them, however, and fiying parallel to the range while Capt. McKinley got the coast line. The snow-covered land rose from the Barrier edge toward the mountains, sloping upward in rolling and smooth undulations. The mountains were in long groups, rising from small peaks at ucg end to towering summits in the center, Some of them were 10,000 feet high, judging by the way they towered above the level of the plane, which was then fiying nearly a mile high. Seemed to Hold in Plateau. There were breaks between the | groups, so that they appeared like long, serrated ridges. Between them were great slopes of ice and snow, leading up to a plateau behind and to the east, so that they had that characteris- tic of all the coastal mountains around the Barrier of seeming to hold in the almost limitless snow-covered plateau. There was no doubt that they formed the western coast of Marie Byrd Land. When it seemed advisable to turn toward home the plane was at least 360 miles northeast of Little America, Far ahead could be seen the northern end of the range, and, at some distance out from it, what appeared to be a solitary peak or island. Another island also lay on the horizon to the north- ward. June Sure He Saw Sea. The horizon was then more than 90 miles away, as the plane was flying at 5,000 feet, and June is sure that he , where the plane saw about 60 miles off, N6 of the ‘ses ‘g';‘ll?e::‘ s‘egfn:r:;o doubt that this vast cape was what held in that astonishing accumulation of ice, around which ships have had to find their way to the West when salling out of the Ross Sea for the Bay of Wales, It is anchored by the line of ice islands off the oust grounded ice masses which hem in the shelf ice, ‘When the p‘:‘ln‘;t'urned eastward toward ntains before e Dot conservatively estimated at 350 miles out, Capt. McKinley shot a picture northwas g the coast line which should show the northern limit of the mountains. Glacier in Mountain Chain. From hurried calculations this morn- ing it estimated that the range had been mapped for 150 miles north of the seventy-sixth degree of latitude. The mountains run in & general north heading for home, | y; story post office building at Munhall catastrophe was placed on a leaking g: :n: south line in about 147 west longi- ude. After the plane had been flown to a | point a few miles west of the range, it was headed southward and Capt. Mc- | Kinley mapped the range from the closer angle. In the midst of the moun- tain chain was a remarkable glacier. “It was the most beautiful glacier I have ever seen,” said Comdr. Byrd. “It was 8 or 10 miles wide and perfectly smooth as it ran up to the plateau above. At the bottom of the glacier and exactly in fhe center was a square stone mass rising like a monolith out of the snowy slope. It was wonderfully beautiful with the sun shining on it |and that great stone tower Ilifting above it.” ‘The plane flew southward against the | wind for nearly half the way to King | Edward Land and then a shift in the | air provided another tail wind, which | helped them on their way. They flew to the point where the land running east from King Edward Land runs into Marie Byrd Land and found there a sort of valley leading between the new range and the eastern end of the Alex- andra Mountains. Open Water Is Sighted. On the western side of this depres- sion was a large open space of water, far in from the sea. Cracks ran out from the sides as if there were a strong current underneath. On the south side of the pool the ground rose sharply upward to an elevation of about 4,000 feet. There were several of these pools in the valley, some of them in the low est part of the depression, showing that there was an inlet flowing in there from the sea under the jce. It has started much speculation in camp as to whether this is the beginning of the theoretical connection between the Ross and the ‘Weddell Seas. Only further exploration | to the eastward will clear up this point | and it is possible that the water merely | indicates a deep bay, in which the Rockefeller Mountains and the outcrop- ping rocks of the Alexandra Mountains are the island tops of an archipelago. The course of the plane extended southward through this valley until the solitary mountain east of the Rocke- feller range which was seen last year lay to the westward. Then the course was again changed for Little America. ‘The plane passed north of the single mountain and over the deeply crevassed area just east of the Rockefeller range which showed in photographs taken last year. The wind headed the plane here and it was sent to a lower alti- tude, where there was not so much resistance. In about an hour and a half afte ving the mountains dis- covered last year the plane came over the camp and made a perfect landing. Ever since then this camp has been talking of mountains and barriers and | plateaus and what lies south of the new mountain chain. Copyrisht. 1838, by the New York Times Co. an : " Louis Post-Dispatch. Al rights for publication reserved throughout the world. DECISION IN $250,000 LIBEL SUIT REVERSED Appellate Conrt Acts on Charge Made by Miss Morini, Opera Singer, Against Otto H. Kahn. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 7.—The ap- pellate division of the Supreme Court yesterday reversed the decision of Su- preme Court Justice Henry L. Sherman, who recently dismissed the $250,000 damage suit of Rosalinda Morinl, a singer, against Otto H. Kahn, chairman of the board of directors of the Metro- politan Opera Co. Miss Morini filed suit last April, after |Mr. Kahn had denied he ever had said she had the most beautifu voice he ever had heard. Mr. Kahn's denial came after Miss Morini had quoted him to that effect in an advertisement in a musical magazine and the magazine printed it. In her complaint she charg- ed his denial ruined her career. ‘The appellate court today ruled that parts of Mr. Kahn's letter of denial were libelous. It gave Mr. Kahn 20 :nyisuln which to file answering am- avits. g, “ICELAND REVUE” GIVEN AS CARNIVAL FEATURE Presentation Will Be Repeated at Two Performances Tonight lt\ Y. W. C. A. Two_presentations of “The Toeland | Revue” were qlven last night at the Young Women's Christian Association as a feature of the Winter carnt being held by business and professiol women's clubs of the association, and two more performances of the revue will be given tonight, at 7:30 and 9 o'clock, und‘rr the qirection of Mrs. Alice Sig- worth Morse, dramatic instructor of the Y. W. C. A, Booths, under the direction of eight clubs in the department, offer a wide variety of Christmas gifts for sale from 5:30 until 10 p.m. There are also special amusement features. “The Iceland Revue’ was written by Mrs. Morse. Those having parts in- clude Josephine and Anna Mae Stam- baugh, Kathryn McCaffrey, Margaret | Ringrose, Lilllan Krause, Flora Robin- 5.1 Mildred Cook, Vivian Witt, Sarah McElroy, Elma Clift, Mabel Dalley, Elizabeth Roland, Ruby Collins. Marion Haliday, Maybelle Boyce, Margaret Burcheel, E!Yubath Findlay, Helen Stewart Findlay, Kate Rielly, Lillian izzell, Josephine Hoffman, Adele Woolard, Helen Middleton, Dorothy Bohannon, Suzanne Morse and Patricia Blake. Thru—;oyl Drown Under Ice. | Suburban Explosions Lead Authori- 'SAILORS PRAISED | Commanding Officer of U. 8. S. | Emud to h with CAMDEN, N. J., December 7 ().— ! | Three brothers, Thomas Leathead, 9 i years; Edward, 8, and Frank, 6, yesterday after their express wagon ran down a hill and broke through the ice on Newton Lake. | drowned | $3,000 pipe. SIXTH VICTIM DIES IN PITTSBURGH BLAST ties to Cut Off Gas in Community. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, December 7.—A sixth victim of the explosion that de- molished the Munhall Post Office Thursday died yesterday a few hours after a second blast (hat sent nine more persons to a hospital, where near- ly a score of others still were confined with injuries they suffered yesterday. Munhall, a suburban borough, was; shaken for the second time in two days while postal authorities and officials of the borough and county and the Equi- table Gas Co., were preparing to inves- einte the cause of Thursday’s explo- sion. Hilda Anderson, 7, of Munhall, died late yesterday of a fractured skull and internal injuries she suffered Thursday. Parts of Munhall and nearby Home- stead were without gas last night, the supply having been shut off as a pre- cautionary measure when the belief was expressed that gas leaks were respon- sible for the explosions. Steps were taken to protect the residents from the cold by furnishing them with coal stoves snd fuel. A school in tife district was closed and other structures were vacated on orders of the police. WALL STREET TO GIVE | BIG YEARLY BONUSES Canvass of Financial District Re- veals No Reason for Reduction. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 7.—The New York Sun says today that Christmas bonuses in Wall Street this year will be as generous as ever—and in some cases more liberal than before. The newspaper conducted a canvass of leading banking and brokerage houses in the financial district. A “sub- stantial majority” said there was no reason to expect lower bonuses for em- ployes this Christmas. Citing the record volume of trading on the security exchanges and of flota- tions of new issues, the Sun esti- mates that gross commissions of brok- ers on the Stock Exchange alone this year approximated $300,000,000 as com- pared with slightly less than $250,000,- 000 for 1928. Very few of the houses queried, although they expressed confidence that bonuses would be at least equal to those of last year, had reached final decisions. Most of them were waiting for audits of their books as of November 30. A few that lost heavily in the recent market crash predicted slim bonuses, but added that staffs would be main- tained almost at present strength and that salary increases would be awarded as usual on merit. Officers of the principal banks de- plored the gloom that had been spread by reports that bonuses in the financial district would be cut 50 per cent. With the high average of interest rates the banks had made good money mduthelr losses have been only mod- erate. FOR WORK IN WRECK Oklahoma Tells in Open Letter of Help Given at Onley, Va. An open letter of commendation has been sent out by the commanding of- cer of the U. 8, S. Oklahoma in praise of the spirit of helpfulness of a party of bluejackets from that ship who were in a railroad wreck near Onley, Va., last Sunday morning while on leave from their ship. The sallors had left Hampton Roads and were en route to Philadelphia and New York, when the train was derailed, killing nine passengers and injuring others. The car in which they were riding left the rails. The sailors although severely lacerat- ed and bruised immediately turned to rescue work, and later at a hospital as- ufl:&g the doctors in whatever way they ‘Their commanding officer, Capt. J. P. Hellweg, referred to their conduct in glowing terms. He ascribed it to the disciplinary training and nigh morale of the men who man Uncle Sam’s fight- ing ships. In conclusion, Capt. Hellweg said that “the behavior of the men of the U. 8. S. Oklahoma has reflected great credit upon the naval service. I am very ship like the Okla- crew!” — e Hill Ordered to Pay Alimony. LIVINGSTON, Mont,, December 7 (®).—Walter J. Hill, youngest son of the late James J. Hill, pioneer railroad bullder, yesterday was ordered by Dis- trict Judge B. E. Berg to pay his wife, Mildred Richardson Hill, $850 a month pending determination of her suit for divorce, He was ordered to pay also 3,000 to the clerk of court toward her torney fees and an additional $1,000 Two women, a girl and two men were killed and 50 persons were injured by a gas explosion v hich crushed the two- suburb of Pittsburgh, into a jumbled heap of wood and masonry yesterday. The ~Wide World Photo. RUSSIAN ATTITUDE CAUSES DOUBT OF ENFORCING PEACE (Continued From First Page.) which in its chaotic condition in 1924 readmitted Russia to partnership, ‘The original French shareholders never have been indemnified. Their loss represents some $710,000,000 and in equity it is a question of whether the railroad, as such, can be said to be- long either to Russia or to China. In any case, Russia and China have been squabbling incessantly over the Joint management during the last five years. The Chinese in seizing the road and arresting Russian officials violated their treaty with Moscow, and the Rus- sians in invading China have violated the Kellogg peace pact. China, as a member of the League of Nations, ap- pealed to that body for help, but noth- ing was done. Why? The United States, in taking the initiative by invoking the Kellogg pact, was widely believed to have ul- terior motives. such as saving the pres- tige of the Nanking government, pre- serving the doubtful unity of China and establishing a new international control of the Chinese Eastern Rail- Way. Are these suspicions justified? Case Complicated. But admitting that the case is un- usually complicated, will not all big international disputes always prove complicated, and will not safeguarding of the world's peace require the powers to show in the future more courage than most of them have exhibited in the present instance? Thus the sig- nificance of the situation seems far to exceed the immediate circumstances. ‘Why, then, has not the League of Na- tions acted, people ask. Why does not China appeal to Geneva? Perhaps it is because China fears that it would fare badly in an interna- tional court or in an arbitration pro- ceeding because of having broken its treaty with Moscow. Perhaps also be- cause Nanking and Mukden are not en- tirely in agreement. Perhaps finally, it is waiting to let Russia put itself thor- oughly in wrong. en, why has no other league mem- ber brought the case to the council's attention? Perh because China just pop with other coun- tries which fear This is to exclude China by one means or another. haps also because no nation wants to be dl’l}‘!d into a new war with Russia for China’s sake. In American Plan. ‘Then why did the United States take the initiative of sending Kellogg pact reminders to Russia and China? It is because the Kellogg pact is essentially an American peace plan and the United States would lose international prestige it it allowed the pact to lapse. Per haps also it is because the influence of the pact tends to support our tradi- tional Far Eastern policies. ‘Why did France and Great Britain promptly second the United States? France did use she considers her- self joint author with the United States ot the Kellogg pact, and Great Britain did because she greatly desires to col- laborate with the United States just now in all internhtional affairs. Why are Italy and Greece also be- lated in sending notes to the disput- ants? Perhaps it is because both of them need American capital. But Ger- many also needs American capital. Why did Germany refuse to join in tiw protest? Because under the treaty of 1926 Germany is in effect Russia’s ally and has promised not to join any such movements. Why did Japan also refuse? Perhaps it is because Japan prefers that suci initiatives should come from Japan itself rather than from the United States, Perhaps also it is because Japan prefers not to see steps taken which might strengthen Nanking as against Mukden, ‘What about all the lesser powers which signed the Kellogg pact? They are apparently waiting as usual for ali the big powers to agree before they commit themselves one way or the other. Then the big powers are mnot really agreed on the preservation of e in the Far East. Perhaps all want peace, but they are not eed on the methods of obtaining it. This is obvious from the fact that both Ger- many and Japan have failed o join the American proceeding. Essential Weakness. But is not this, then, the essential weakness of the Kellogg pact, that in an emergency world opinion is not unani- mous, but each country considers only its immediate interests and policles? Possibly that is so. And is not the same weakness inherent in the covenant of the League of Nations? If the League Council were suddenly convened on China's request would not both Ger- many and Japan vote against the desig- nation of Russia as an aggressor and the severing of all relations with Russia ac- cordingly? Possibly. % ‘Then -what good are the covenant of the League and the Kellogg pact after all if they can thus always be blocked in an emergency by a lack of unity among the powers? The only possible optimistic answer to this question is that the present case' is exceptional, and that in other circumstances the world's peace organization can be ex- pected to work much better. Such is the talk now heard from the European chanceries. Meanwhile, as far as is now known, American air- rhne factories are still rapidly mak- ng bombing planes for delivery to China, and great American firms are continuing deliveries of machinery by which within five years the Soviet gov- to the court official toward his wife's expenses in prosecuting the action. ernment hopes to make itself completely tndependem’ the rest of the world, - STAR. WASHINGTON, D. (. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 193. x » WHERE FIVE DIED IN. POST QFFICE BLAST HOLDAY PARKING BAN 1S PROTESTED Merchants Oppose Bureau Plan to Clear F and G Sts. for Nine Days. A storm of protest from merchants and hotel men developed today against the recommendation last night of the District Traffic Council that parking be | prohibited in congested sections of the downtown shopping area during the nine-day interval just before Christ- mas, ‘The recommendation, proposed by In- spector Ernest W. Brown of the Traffic Bureau and indorsed by Traffic Director William H, Harland, provides specifically for the abolition of all parking from 8 am. to 6 pm. on F and G streets be- tween Ninth and Fifteenth streets from December 16 to 24. The District Com- missioners are expected to take final action on the proposal at Tuesday's board meeting. Business men contend that the park- ing ban, instead of stimulating trade by relieving congestion, would in fact have a depressing effect on business because patrons will not come to the stores if they are not permitted to lpll’k their automobiles in the vicinity. Think Plan Unjust. Many merchants on F and G streets feel the only result of prohibiting park- ing there would be to drive shoppers to stores on streets where one-hour parking will be permitted, causing severe financial loss and working a grave injustice to business houses in the restricted area, The majority of the protests were being made to the Commissioners through the Board of Trade and the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation. The former body had received ap- proximately a score of vigorous protests at 10 o'clock this morning and was preparing a statement calling upon the Commissioners to deny the council’s recommendation. After a poll of the business houses in the affected area had reveaied the great majority of the merchants opposed to the ban at this time, Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, president the Merchants and Manufacturers’, sent the follawing letter to the Commissioners: Letter to Commissioners. “It has come to our attention that the Police Department has pro) d to eliminate all parking on F and G streets northwest, between Ninth and Fifteenth streets during the ten days to two weeks prior to Christmas. The Merchants and Manufacturers Association has sent to all merchants located along these streets and on the intersecting streets within one block of each of F and G streets, & questionnaire asking the following questions: “1. Do you favor eliminating all park- ing on F and G streets northwest be- tween Ninth and Fifteenth streets for two weeks prior to Christmas? “2. Do you favor permanent eliminat- ing parking on these streets? ‘3. Would such a ban adversely affect business? “Of the total of 64 replies received in this poll, 53 are absolutely opposed to the elimination of the one hour parking permitted on these streets durK\‘g the Christmas season, and but 8 favored trying this plan. Three did not answer this question. Plan Opposed. “As it has been reported that this parking ban might become permanent it tried for the Christmas season, the merchants were asked whether they favored the elimination of parking on these downtown streets permanently, to which 59—or 92 per cent of the mer- chants answering—replied that they were opposed to such a ban. Ask whether such a ban would affect busi- ness adversely, 57 merchants replied that they felt that the elimination of parking would hurt business, while only 4 felt that it would not affect it. “As these questionnaires were an- swered by the leading downtown mer- chants of Wash! , it is very clear that an overwheiming majority feel that the one-hour parking should be continued permanently with no ban during the Christmas season, and, that .| such & ban would seriously affect busi- ness. “It has been suggested by some that the solution of the traffic problem can be found by eliminating taxicab cruis- ing on F and G streets, and that some of the loading platforms be eliminated. It is felt that the lengthening of some of the platforms, together with the in- stallation of traffic lights at the inter- sections of F street at Tenth and Thir- teenth streets has greatly increased the congestion on this street. ‘Want Limit Enforced. *“The merchants also feel that if the yrnunt one-hour parking limit was en- orced on these streets it would give a greater number an opportunity to park their cars while doing business in this section. “Many of the merchants are strongly of the opinion that if parking was elim- ted on important business streets much business would be driven to other sections of the city, and would thus work a hardship upon these merchants, who are now among our highest taxpayers and would be an un- Just discrimination. ““We, therefore, trust that you will give serious consideration to the opin- ions of Washington's downtown mer- chants in such a matter, which so seri- ously affects not only their welfare, but the thousands of Washingtonians who :1:‘ :‘I‘v.';""eu in the central section of Trade Board Statement. E. J. Murphy, eruldent of the Board ‘(:""f!'lfl& issued the following state- “The Washington Board of Trade feels that this is & particularly inoppor- tune time for the traffic authorities to effect any experiment in parking on F and G streets, and would only be most disturbing to the merchants on thege thoroughfares now that they are in the midst of the Christmas shopping sea- | son, “The Board of Trade, as a whole, has not had an opportunity to act on' this proposal, and in my opinion it would certainly be necessary for the Traffic Bureau to confer with the merchants of these two thoroughfares, where is con- centrated a large part of Washington' prosperity. This is a very serious ma ter and everybody concerned should given an opportunity to express them- selves.” "WAIT A MINUTE Vi ! Are You SURE WE PUT AMAS SEALS ON THE Back . . Make i Ch; 'mnuMufi with istmas Seals