Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1929, Page 2

CAPITAL SUFFRAGE | MOVE INCREASING, { Sentiment Over Nation Shown in Reports to Exec- - utive Committee. Indications of a steadily increasing sentiment in favor of national repre-! sentation for the District of Columbia | were contained in .cperts made last night at the meeting of the executive committee of the Citizens' Joint Com- mittee on National Representalion at the home of Theodore W. Noyes, chair- man. Marked by a lengthy report by Jesse C. Suter, vice chairman of the citizens’ joint committee, in which was reviewed the activities of the joint committee’s headquarters personnel during the past Summer, the meeting heard addrcsses showing that the Dis- trict’s plight had inspired not only Nation-wide support, but the sympathy of far-off Japan. ‘Woman speakers at last night's meet- ing declared that women's organizations are taking increased interest in the work of the citizens' joint committee and that through them more voting supporters_of national representation for _the District were surely to obtained. ‘Work Is Reviewed, In his report, Mr. Suter reviewed the | establishment of the joint committee’s headquarters in The Evening Star Building last June and the correspond- ence campaign which was carried on during the 1929 Summer months from that office. Prior to the Summer cam- paign, Mr. Suter's report showed, the only national supporters of national representation for the District were the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the American Federation of Labor, the National League of Women Voters, National Retail Coal Merchants’ Association and the American Federa- tion of Soroptimist Clubs. Through the Summer campaign, the following were added to the list, the vice chairman’s report set forth: International Typo- ‘aphical Union, National Federation of ‘ederal Employes, and the National En- campment, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United State: It was shown also that the Summer ‘work brought in the support of the fol- lowing State and regional organizations: Connecticut State Federation of Labor, California State Federation of Butchers, Fall River Doffers and Spinners, Fall River, Mass.; Wyoming State Women's Christian Temperance Union, State Council of Pennsylvania, Order of In- dependent Americans; Scandinavian Grand Lodge of Connecticut, I. O. G. T.; Lily Dale Assembly, Lily Dale, N. Y.; New York State Retail Coal Merchants’ Association, New Jersey State Camp, Patriotic Order, Sons of Americ Massachusetts State Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics; Wyoming State Teachers' Association, :lr;u Minnesota State Florists' Associa- n. Sympathy for Efforts. “While the percentage of organiza- tions officially backing this proposal is not large, compared with the entire number to whom letters have been sent,” Mr, Suter explained in his re- port, “still there are a number of or- ganizations which, because of certain of their constitutional restrictions, have been unable to take official action, but have expressed great sympathy with us in our efforts and have put us in direct contact with friendly individual members from whom practical aid and | influence are expected.” Among the efforts made during the Summer to spread the doctrine of na- tional representation for the District, Mr.. Suter cited the delivery of printed matter to the 150 members of the E. R. Rochester party which visited Wash- ington. Similar materfal had been given to schools and colleges of the District | and nearby suburbs for use in regular study courses and debates. The report also cited the joint committee’s booth in the Washington Chamber of Com- merce’s Industrial Exposition in October. ‘The Suter report contained also ex- cerpts of Teplies from organizations and individuals to whom letters had been sent. Thomas F. McMahon, in- ternational president of the United ‘Textile Workers of America, wrote: “We are sympathetic with your move- ment, I was pleased to see the action taken at the Connecticut State Feder- aton of Labor; there is only one action that can be taken, and that is the right of all men and women to fran- chise under our Constitution. The Dis- trict of Columbia should be no excep- tion to this rule.” Magazine to Give Support. James L. Wilmeth, secretary of the National Council, Junior Order of American Mechanics, promised an editorial in the organization magazine supporting national representation. Mr. Suter also read the resolution which was adopted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars at its national encamp- ment in St. Paul, in which the veterans went on record as favoring national representation for the District and ap- proval of the pending joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Co stitution which would empower Con- gress to “cure the existing un-American condition” in the Capital. ‘Thomas Paton, New York attorney, wrote that “as an individual, I highly agree with the purpose of your organ- ization. I believe the residents of the District of Columbia should have rep- resentation the same as the citizens of | any State; to withhold them this right is un-American and anomalous. As the population of the District of Columbia increases the question becomes more important and the denial of the right more serious. I should be glad to do what I can with the Senators and Rep- yesentatives of New York in Congress to further the proposed amendment.” R. C. Stephenson, president of the St. | Joseph's Loan & Trust Co., advised the campaign office that he believes “that they (the people of the District) shouid | have a voice in the affairs of the Na- tion and that they should be allowed to vote in a way similar to the privileges of the States. Gideon A. Lyon, chairman of the | committee on print, radio and screen | publicity, reviewed the elaborate means | which were taken to spread knowledge of the plight of the District in efforts to enlist support of vouing citizens. Referring o his visit to the Orlent with the party of American journalists during the Summer, Mr. Lyon declared that the Japanese, who had learned to look to Washington as the seat of de- mocracy in the world, were amazed to learn of the voteless status of the Dis- trict's people. Publicity Drive Lited. Mr. Lyon cited particularly the pub- licity drive in the interest of national represertation during the inauguration period here last March. He cited also newspaper broadsides which were print- ed by The Star and distributed through- out the country. Mrs. Edna L. Johnston, vice chair- Your Car? °S My Car! No, Speaker’s Car!. But Garner Uses Car By the Associated Press. “Oh. Nick, is our car ready?” ur car? You mean my car.” “No, our car. I'm just letting you use it until after the next election.” The first party speaking is “Jack” Garner of Texas, leader of the House Democrats; the sec- ond is Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, the Speaker of the House. The car in question is that pro- vided by the House for the Speaker. ‘The conversation between the two takes place nearly every aft- ernoon at the Capitol. When Garner has finished his work for the day he looks up the Speaker and demands to be taken home in “our car.” He claims the>House will go Democratic in the next election, and he, as. Democratic leader, will become Speaker, and for that reason its now “our car.” Longworth doesn't even laugh. He says “Jack” has made that claim so many times before elec- tions that it's no longer amusing. Anyhow, “Jack” gets & ride home. president of the Voteless District of Co= lumbia League of Women Voters; Paul E. Lesh, chairman of the committee on speakers; Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the PFederation of Citizens Associations; H. H. Glassie, special as- sistant to the Attorney General; Mrs. Grace Hays Riley, dean,of the Wash- ington College of Law; Representative L. F. Dyer, ranking Republican member of the House judiciary committee; Rep- resentative Frederick N. Zihlman of Maryland, chairman of the House Di trict committee; Charles W. Darr, pre: ident of the Washington Chamber of Commerce:; James J. Noonan, president of the Central Labor Union; Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington, Sena- tor Arthur Capper of Kansas, chairman of the Senate District committee; Wil- liam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, and Justice Wen- dall Phillips Stafford of the District Supreme Court. $12,000 for Budget of 1930, Robert V. Fleming, chairman of the finance committee, reported that his committee had organized and was ac- tively at work raising the $12,000 ten- tative budget for 1930, He reported many contributions already received and gave assurance of the early col- lection of the full amount needed for the purposes of the budget, Paul E. Lesh, chairman of the com- mittee on speakers, reported that his committee had held an organization meeting and was actively at work in preparing a list of well informed and ineffective speakers to be utilized to promote the cause wherever speakers were desired. ‘The executive committee accorded Mr. Noyes and his associates in the task of seeking national representation for the District a rising vote of ap- preciation at last night's meeting. In the course of the session Mr. Noyes named Washingtonians associated with the joint committee and its work who had” died during the past year. Those he named were W. T. Gallther, former chairman of the finance com- mittee; Roy L. Neuhauser, Albert L. Schulteis, Robert J. Cottrell, secretary of the executive committee, was instructed to write letters of condolences to the fam- ilies of the dead workers. In a resolution adopted by the execu- tive committee, approval was given the opening of the headquarters office by the chairman and the employment of a campaign director in accordance with he authorization given at the June meeting. The resolution carried ap- proval also of the expenditure on the headquarters office from October 15 to the end of 1929 for equipment and personal service. The executive com- mittee also confirmed the tentative budget of $12,000 for 1930 and author- ized a subcommittee, composed of Mr. Noyes, Mr Fleming and John Joy Ed- son, to allocate the funds among the budget - items according to their dis- cretion. Many in Attendance. Among those present at last night's meeting were; Theodore W. Noyes, Mr. Edson, Mr. Suter, A. Leftwich Sinclair, Robert J. Cottrell, Ross P. Andrews, E. C. Brandenburg, Mrs. Grace Ross Chamberlin, Allen C. Clark, Oscar Coolican, Karl W. Corby, Jesse P. Crawford, Pred A. Emery, Robert V Fleming, Mrs. Anna E. Hendley, Edward J. Hine, Dorsey W. Hyde, jr.; Richard W. Hynson, Mrs. Edna L. Johnston, Paul Keogh. Paul E. Lesh, Thomas E. Littlepage, Mr. Lyon, Mrs. Charles L. McNary, A. M. Nevius, Theodore P. Noyes, Judge Mary O'Toole, Horace J. Phelps, George Plitt, Grahame H. Powell, John Clagett Proctor, Miss Janet Richards, I. J. Roberts, John Lewis Smith, Mrs Clara Wright Smith, Gen. Anton_Stephan, Washington Topham, Evan H. Tucker and Frederic Willlam Wile. Among those unable to attend who presented their regrets were: Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, Dr. George F. Bowerman, D, J. Callahan, E. F* Colladay, Commissioner Procter L. Dougherty, W, W. Everett, E. C. Graham, Dr. George H. Havenner, E. J. Murphy, George W. Offutt, jr.; Maj. Julius I. Peyser, Edward D. Shaw, John H. Small, Mrs. Frank Hiram Snell, Edgar C. Snyder, Miss Florence Stiles | and Ben T. Webster. COAL MINERS STRIKE. Kentucky and Ohio Fields Affected by Walkout. CENTRAL CITY, Ky., December 19 () —Several hundred coal miners in Western Kentucky have walked out as a result of dissatisfaction with local conditions without waiting for approval from John Lewis, international president of the union, of their recent vote for a strike to enforce the 1927 wage agreement. The mines affected are the Duncan Coal Co. in Muhlen- berg County, with all its 250 men out; the Louisville Gas & Electric Co. Mine in Ohio County, with about 115 out, and the Gibraltar Mine in Muhlenberg County, with what officials said was only a few out. Mme. Daeschner Dies in Paris PARIS, December 19 (#).—Mme. Da. eschmer, widow of Emile Daeschner, | former ' French Ambassador to the United_States, died toda The late M. Daeschner was appointed French Ambassador to the United States in October, 1924, and was at Washington until December, 1925. Baltic Ports Open As Unusual Weather Sets All-Time Mark man of the committee on woman's or- ganizations, spoke last night on the | effectiveness of the work done on behalf | of national representation and in rais- ing funds to promote that work. Mrs. Anna E. Hendley told of addressing NUMEToUs WOmAN'S Eroups. Janet Richards, widely known lec- | turer, advised the executive committee | that ‘she proposed to present the Dis- | trict’s problems to 1,400 members of her | classes in public affairs at New York | and to another 1,000 of her students in Boston, Frederic William Wile, reported on radio publicity for 1929. He character- ized the year now ending as “marking the high ‘water mark of radio publicity ; of the citizens joint committee on na- tional representation. “Among the per. sons who, he sald. spoke over rndlnl stations on behalf of national repre .sentation were Mr. Noyes, Mr. Lyon, By the Associated Pres STOCKHOLM, December 19.— ‘Owing to abnormally mild weather, all the Baltic ports along Sweden's eastern coast are entirely free from ice, & condition that has never existed at Christmas time before. Stockholm _is experiencing a late “Indian Summer,” which en- abled two foot ball clubs to play # game at the stadium. The mild weather in Lapland has prevented the farmers from carting home-the marsh hay on which their cattle subsist. It is usually collected in Winter, when the marshes are frozen, but this season there has been no ice, In consequence it is feared that half of the stock of cattle in the Taarne Valley m‘{ have to be slaughtered for lack of fodder. ‘| debtedness of 13 nations. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON |LAST OF 13 DEBT FUNDINGS SIGNED With Commission With French Settlement. By the Associated Press. task he began working upon seven years ago as a member of the Worid War Fareign Debt Funding Commission, In affixing his signature to the French the the formal approval of the country upon the last settlement of those worked out by the commission for funding the in- Under_them the United States will receive $13,000,~ 000,000, That of France included not only funds loaned. that country during the World War, but many millions of dollars of surplus war materials were sold to her after the conflict ended. The total to be paid by that country over a 62- year period is $6,847,674,104, of which $2,822,674,104 will be paid as interest. Greek Compromise Uncompleted. Just before President Hoover came into office, arrangements were made to compromise the Greek war debt, fund- ing of which had not been completed with the commission expired in 1927, Four other countries have not com- pleted settlements. Russia disavowed the debt contracted by the czaristic re- gime. Austria was granted a morato- rium until 1943. A Liberian debt of $30,000 is still on the Treasury books, and the Armenian government, which owed this country, is no longer in exist- ence. satisfaction of bestowing List of Funded Debts. Debts funded by the commisison fol- low: In each instance the first figure is the original principal (net); the sec- ond is the funded interest, and the last is the funded debt. Belgium, _$377.029.570.06, $40,750,- 429.94 and $417,780,000. Czechoslovakia, $91,879,671.03, $3,- 120,328.97 and_$115,000,000. Esthonia, $12,066,222.15, $1,763,777.85 and $13,830.000. Finland, $8,281,926.17, $718,073.83 and $9.000,000. France, $3,340,516,043.72, $684,483,~ 956.28 and $4.025,000,000. Great Britain, = $4,074,818.358.44, $525,181,641.56_and_$4.600,000,000. Hungary, $1,685835.61, 253,164.39 and $1,939.000. Italy, $1647,869.197.96, $394,130,- 802.04 and $2.042,000,000. Latvia, $5,132,287.14, $642,712.86 and $5,775,000. Lithuania, $4,981,628.03, $1,048,371.97 and $6,030,000. Poland, $159,666,972.39, $18,893,027.61 and $178.560,000. Rumania, $36,128,494.94, $8,461,505.06 and $44.590,000. Jugoslavia, $51,037,886.39, $11,812,- 11361 and $62.850.000, Totals, $9.811,094,094.03, $1,711,529,- 905.97 and $11,522,154,000, Eugene B. Core, New York Capital- ist, Seeks to Enjoin California Laboratories Deal. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, December 19.— Television patents, said to b worth several milllon dollars, were involved today in a legal battle here between Eugene B. Core, New York capitalist, on one side, and Willlam Cox and the Television Laboratories of San Fran- cisco on the other. Core seeks an order enjoining Cox from concluding any deals with the Television Laboratories and at the same time seeks an accounting of funds spent by Cox in promotion of a television deal, which he declares is pending. Core told the Superior Court yester- day he had advanced Cox $13.000 for expenses in July of this year after they had agreed to purchase, if possible, valuable television patents held by the Television Laboratories. Cox denied making an agreement with Core, although he admitted he had offered $1,000,000 to the laboratories for the patenis. This offer was refused, he sald. Proposed purchase of the Tele- vision Laboratories, valued by the own- ers at $25,000,000, the court was told, was to have been the outcome of the patent transaction. TILSON IS DECORATED BY THE KING OF ITALY Connecticut Representative Ts Made Member of Order of Grand Officers of the Crown. House Leader John Q. Tilson of Con- necticut now belongs to the Order of Grand Officers of the Crown of Italy. The King of Italy conferrdd this extraordi- Col. and Mrs. Tilson were guests of honor at a dinner by the Italian Am- bassador. The title was conferred in appreciation of Col. Tilson's friendly feeling and interest shown in the Italian people in this country for many years. As the Constitution provides that “no title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall without the consent of the Con- gress accept any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign state,” this decoration is retained in the cus- tody of the State Department until such time as Col. Tilson, elther by per- mission of Congress “or resignation as a private citizen. PLANE FARES REDUCED. Southwest Operators Cut Rates to Equal Rail Charges, ST. LOUIS, December 19 (#)—A re- duction of air passenger fares into the Southwest equal to the existing rail- Pullman rates was announced today by the Southwest Air Fast Express, ef- fective January 1. The air line is the first to place its rates on a parity with rallroad fares, The drastic cut was announced by Erle Halliburton, president of the air line, as an experiment to determine whether comparatively slow increase in commercial air traffic is due to “air fear” or to so-called prohibitive prices. ‘The new rates, which will be ap- proximately 5 cents an air mile, will be effective between St. Louls and Oklahoma City, Fort Worth and Tex., and other Southwest President Completes Work, President Hoover laid aside today li debt settlement the Chief Executive had | nary honor upon him last night, when | | Fairfax . Apartments therefrom, may be entitied to ciaim It | was fhiancec COURT UNDECIDED ON SMITH RECEIVER Realty Financing Company Denies Insolvency, Irregu- larities and Fraud. Justice Alfred A. Wheat announced today that he has given “much con-| sideration” to the application presented | to him yesterday for appointment of a temporary receiver for the F. H. Smith Co., but as yet has not reached a de- | cision, Thne application, calling for appoint- ment of @& temporary receiver, injunc- tion and accounting of the Smith com- pany and certain of its officials, was made in behalf of four of the company's bondholders. Justice Wheat said this morning that counsel on both sides have the rest of today to file briefs, if they desire to do 50, on the question of the courts authority to appoint a receiver on the application of bondholders in the ab- sence of claims from judgment creditors. The covrt was asked yesterday to deny the a,plication by Wilton J. Lam- bert and Rudolph H. Yeatman, appear- ing for the defendants of the F. H. Smith Co., the Smith Selling Co., Rep- resentative Frederick N. Zihiman, Daniel R. Crissinger, G. Bryan Pitts, Samuel J. Henry and Henry C. Maddux. A receiver was asked for the corpora- tion and the officers named, with the exception of Maddux, Mr. Lambert submitted affidavits from the defendants which alleged that the Smith company is solvent, that it has never defaulted on its bonds and that it has never been guilty of the irregu- lar practices charged by the plaintiffs, In refutation of the defendants’ affi- davits, counsel for the plaintiffs today filed with the court the original report of Nugent Dodds, assistant to the At- torney General, ' which set forth a lengthy recital of alleged irregularities on the part of the Smith company, Mr. Lambert objected to the filing of this Teport in the case on the ground that it was not an affidavit, but the court declined to intervene. The defendants were not present to contest the receivership motion. Mr. Lambert submitted affidavits form them, making a general denial of the claims of the plantiffs, Removal of Offices Is Basi ‘The petition for a receiver, injunction and accounting was brought by At- torney W. Gwynn Gardiner, represent- ing Andrew B. Caldwell, Grace Cald- well, 3401 Sixteenth street; Mary H. Farmer, 1264 Columbia road, and Eva B. Middleton, 1519 Oak street, all identified as bondholders and creditors of the Smith company. These peti- tioners were joined by Mrs., Alma Morton, 600 Twentieth street, Tepre- sented by Robert H. McNeill. Several times during the hearing Justice Wheat announced that he would be “extremely reluctant” to appoint a receiver for the individual defendants named in the pecition. At other times he indicated his unwillingness to name a receiver for the corporation unless it could be shown that the interests of the bondholders made such action imperative. The petition rested largely on the assertion that the Smith company re- cently has moved to New York, remov- ing from this jurisdiction certain of their “papers and effects.” Zihlman Is Criticized. In discussing this action, Mr. Gardiner sald, “Washington was good enough for them while they were taking in $7,000,- 000 of the people’s money in stock and millons more in bonds, many of which are certainly worthless now.” “Zihlman,” he said, “received large sums for lending his influence to the company's enterprises, A salary of $30,- 000 & year, was pald Crissinger, for lending his name to the company and being in its offices to meet unfortunate customery.” In other particulars his statements to the court followed closely the bill of complaint filed last week. Mr. McNelll said that his client, the intervening petitioner, had originally purchased from tie company good 6 per cent mortgage bonds ¢n ihe Boule- vard apartments, but that an official of the Smith concern persuaded her to trade these bonds for some o the com- pany’s preferred stock by misrepresent- ing to her the true value of this stock. Company Claimed Solvent. Appearing for tae defendants in con- junction with Lambert & Yeatman, Frank G. Raickle of New York told the | court_that the plaintiffs made no alle- gation that the Smith company is in- solvent, that thz net worth of the com- pany is in excess of $10,000,000 and that the Smith company itself is not cbli- gated on any of the bondw He said the Smith company merely acted as agent for other corporations and denied that these cther corporations were its subsidiaries. | “It would be manifestly unfair,” he declared, “to appoint a receiver for this company on no other grounds than the | unproved charges of these plaintiffs, who represent a very small minority | of the stockholders. Such an action | would be highly prejudicial to the in- terests of the company and the ma- jority of the stockholders.” Answering | a question put by the court, Mr. Raickle said the company has never defaulted on one of its bonds. | The principal affidavit in denial of | the plaintiffs’ charges was that of C. Albert Anadale, vice president of the F. H. Smith Co. and the Smith Sell- ing Co. He said In part: “None of the money | received from the sale of the company's preferred stock has been converted or appropriated to the personal use of any of the officers or directors of the com- | pany and that none of the adsets of | the corporation have been dissipated, | misused or applied to the personal use of any of the afficers or directors.” He also asserted that to the best of his knowledge all of the circulars and advertisements of the F. H! Smith Co. in connection with the sale of its pre- ferred stock and bonds issues are true. Mr. Gardiner had charged that the in Philadelphia | was financed by a “straw man” in the employe of the Smith company and that it is carrying mortgages far in excess of its true valu These charges were denied by Anadale. He said the apartment house was | built and, financed by Emory L. Co- blentz, president of the Central Trust Co. of Maryland, who has never been connected with the Smith company in any way. The Smith company’s only connection with the apartment, he | D LINER SINKS AFTER COLLISION IN FOG The steamer Fort Victoria, which sank outside of New York Harbor yesterday afternoon after being rammed by ! the Clyde liner Algonquin. TWO D. C. GIRLS ARE RESCUED FROM SHIP SUNK AT NEW YORK Miss Carabelli and Miss Nor- ton Had Retired Be- fore Crash. Trip to Bermuda May Be Re-‘ sumed—Both Lost Per- sonal Effects.’ Two young Washington women were among passengers hurriedly lowered to safety in lifeboats yesterday afternoon | from the steamship Fort Victoria, shortly before the vessel sank off Sandy Hook. The Fort Victoria, bound for Bermuda, had collided with the liner Algonquin in a heavy fog. Miss Angelina Carabeili, 23 years old, and Miss Margaret E. Norton were traveling together en route for a vaca- | tion in Bermuda. Both young women had retired to their stateroom for a | brief rest when the crash came. Leave in Lifeboag. They hurried on deck and were as- signed a lifeboat before either had time to save personal effects. Miss Cara- belli, still wearing bedroom slippers, had thrown a coat about her, as had her companion. ‘Their lifeboat was lowered to fog- bound Ambrose Channel. The pas-| sengers later were picked up by a pilot’s | boat, lying alongside the stricken steamship, and landed at Staten Is- land, whence they wefe transferred to the city. Miss Carabelli, employed in the Bu- reau of Entomology, telephoned this morning that they were uncertain if they would proceed to Bermuda or re- turn to Washington. The steamship MISS ANGELINA CARABELLIL company plans to make & sister ship available for the voyage today. Made Nervous by Event. Miss Norton also was in communi- cation with Washington. She was in a nervous condition, but apparently none the worst otherwise for her experience, Miss Norton, who lives at 1410 M street, is employed in the office of the H. L. Rust Co., real estate dealers. Miss Carabelli is treasurer of the Young Women’s Council, National Woman's Party, and actjve in the feminist move- ment here. She rooms at 173Q Six- teenth street and is a native of o, said, was to sell the first mortgage bonds as Coblentz's agent. Background of Deals Given. In denying that the Smith company was connected with other enterprises as charged by Gardiner, Anadale in- troduced the names of several promi- nent Washington business men. He as- serted that the properties named by the plaintiffs are controlled as follows: “The Jefferson Apartment was owned and controlled by New York. interests, the Hamilton Hotel was owned and con- | trolled by New York~and Washington Interests, the Cavalier Apartments, for- merly known as Hilltop Manor, was owned and controlled by Hilltop Manor Co., of which company Morris Cafrtiz ot Washington was president: Charles H. Goldsmith of Washington, vice pre: ident; Harry M. Crandall of Washing- ton, treasurer, and Prederick M. Pelz- man of Washington, secretary. The Corcoran Courts was owned by Corcoran Courts Corporation, the president of which was Morris Caftritz of Washing- ton, who also personally guaranteed the first mortgage bonds; the Investment Building was owned by New York in- terests; the Smith Building was owned by the F. H. Smith Building Corpora- tion, the entire stock of which was owned by the F. H. Smith Investment Co.; the Tivoli Apartments was owned and controlled by the Tivoli Construc- tion Co. of which Fred H. Gore of Washington was president; the Vermont Building was owned and controlled by and the_ obligator to the bonds was Isidore Freund of Washington: the Stanley Apartments was owned and con- | trolled by the Stanley Corporation, the officers of which were Virgin F. Bourne, president; Dr. Hubert King, vice presi- dent, and James E. Colliflower, secretary and treasurer, all of Washington; and the New Amsterdam, originally Wash- ington Hall Apartments, was owned and controlled by Hartland Apartment Co., the president of which was Howard Etchison, and Mr. Etchison also per- sonally guaranteed the first mortgage bond issue.” He also said that the defendant, the F. H. Smith Co., does not now own any of the aforementioned property. In denying that the Smith company ever pald excessive attorneys' fees, An- adale in his affiavit pointed out that on one occasion Mr. Gardiner, the plaintiff’s counsel, submitted a bill to| the Smith company for $50,000 for legal services. This bill was regarded as ex- orbitant and excessive, he sald, and was scttled for $5,000. An affidavit from Henry C. Maddux declared that he was not and had never been connected with the Smith com- pany in any capacity. MATTHEWS CONFIRMED. ‘The nomination of Annabel Matthews of Gainesville, Ga., to be a member of | the Board of Tax Appeals was con- | firmed yesterday by the Senate. More Time on Claims Asked. American claimants under the settle- ment of war claims act of 1928 and awards of the Mixed Claims Commis- sion and tripartite convention would be given an additional two years in which to apply for damages under a resolution adopted today by the Senate and sent to the House. 10 ESCAPE INJURY AS AVIATOR LANDS BLAZING PLANE IN WATER Craft Down Safely Off Dutch Guiana After Wing Catches Fire. Flyer Brings Multi-Motored By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 19.—The | story of how a pilot brought a blazing airplane to & safe landing in the water off Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, without injury to the 10 persons aboard reached the New York offices of the New York- Rio-Buenos line today. The plane, the New Havana, en route from New York for inauguration of service by the line in February, was making & hop from the Port of Spain yesterday when one of the motors de- veloped a broken gas line and the wing covering over it caught fire. Capt. R. H. McGlohn, the t; calm< &nd brought it down to a safe landing in the water. The five passengers I'qe‘( landed without injury, the flames ex- | tinguished and the members of the crew went ashore. McGlohn reported that the only dam- age to the ship was the burned wing covering. Materials were being sent ! out today for repairs to the ship, | McGlohn's passengers were J, H. Ed- | wards, vice president of the line; Mrs, | J. H. Edwards, D, Cordan, traffic man- ager, of Argentina; Louls Martinez, traffic manager, of Uruguay. and A. Servin, assistant traffic manager, of Ar- gentina. | Members of, the crew. besides Mec- | Glohn, were R. W. Ritchie, mate pilo kman, radio_operator; C. L., , mr~hanie, and G. A. Thibo- 371 SAVED AS LINER GOES DOWN AFTER COLLISION IN FOG (Continusd From First Page.) knots. She was built at Glasgow in 1913. She was valued at $1,500,000. The Algonquin was launched at New- port News in 1926, Her gross tonnage is 5,300. She is 402 feet long with a beam of 55 feet. Last June she caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico and the crew fought the blaze for a day and a half while the ship raced for port. None was injured, although the ship suffered con- siderable damage. Although the first S O S was sent out as soon as the crash happened, radio broadcasting from stations in the New York area was not silenced for 20 min- utes. Officials said static interfered with their operators hearing the call. It was not until radio headquarters of the third naval district sent out or- ders to clear the air in accordance with radio regulations that the broadcasting of prggrams was halted. Broadcasting stations were silent thereafter for more than three hours while messages telling of the shipwreck and rescue were flashed. Arrangements were being made to- day to refund the passage money or provide other transportation South for the 189 passengers aboard the Alcon- quin.- Herman G. Wenzel, passenger traffic agent of the line, said 161 of the passengers had been booked for Miami and the others for Galveston. He said the Cherokee, sailing at noon for Jacksonville, Fla,, had accommodations for 200 more passengers. He said the line would pay railroad transportation for the passengers from Jacksonville to | Miami. ‘Those booked for Galveston will have their fares refunded, he said, as the| next Clyde Line ship for Galveston does not sail until December 28. Ashore ~four investigations were started into the disaster, which caused the loss of a ship, its $250,000 cargo and uncounted personal losses to her pas- sengers, most of whom lost all their | _ traveling equipment and clothes, except | these they wore when transferred to | pkllllnt boats and tugs from the sinking | p. In the Hotel McAlpin, where 220 | rooms had been reserved for them by | the Furness line, the passengers and crew of the Fort Victoria slept late to- day as the line went ahead with prepa- rations to send all those who wanted to continue their voyage to Bermuda on another ship, the Fort St. George. Capt. Francis of the Fort Victoria was loath to discuss the crash, reserv- ing any comment he might have to make for the ears of the line's officials | and official investigators of the crash. | It was feared his ship would be a | fotal loss and might have to be dyna- | mited to clear the entrance to Ambrose Channel. 261 Sacks of Mail Lost. ‘There were 261 sacks of mail aboard | the Fort Victoria, the foreign division | of the Postal Service announced today. All of it went down with the ship, Clyde Line officials declined to dis- cuss the accident today, waiting until the Algonquin could return to its pler and Capt. J. W. Matkenzie could file his report. The steamer Cherokes was being held to take aboard the Algon- quin’s passengers. Officers of the Steamboat Inspection Service also were withholding their in- | quiry until receiving the report of Capt. Mackenzie. Officials said they would not question the officers of the Fort Victoria unless they appeared volun- tarily for questioning, pointing out that they had no supervision over ships of foreign registry. HELD IN GIRL’S DEATH. ROANOKE, Va., December 19 (#).— | Coroner J. A. L. Kolmer of Salem said | today that Buren Harmon, whose in- formation is said by police to have lead to the discovery of the body of Freeda | Bolt, 18-year old school girl, missing | for 'a week, would be brought to Roanoke Jail because of feeling against him in Floyd County. No charge has been placed against Harmon, who is| being held at Floyd in connection with! an investigation of the girl's disappear- ance. ‘The body of the girl, found in a sc- cluded mountain retreat 18 miles from here, last night was brought to Salem today for an inquest. While the prin- | cipais are from Floyd County, the body was found in Roanoke County, and | Roanoke officials are taking charge a!l | duction of armament. DREYFUS QUIZ PLEA MAY BE REJECTED Officials Say Affidavits Fur- nished by Relatives Fail to Justify Probe. Indications today were that no grand jury investigation would be undertaken to determine whether there was foul play in the death October 20 of Mrs. Aurelia Fischer Dreyfus, attractive young divorcee, in a plunge from a bal- cony at the Potomac Boat Club. While United States Atorney Leo A. Rover has been checking information contained in a series of affidavits turn- ed over to him by relatives of Mrs. Dreyfus, the opinion of numerous of- ficials questioned was that the affidavits falled to justify a grand jury investi- gation. Rover revealed he soon would make a definite announcement concern- ing the requested probe. Morgan Has Statements. Meanwhile, Lieut. Joseph Morgan, chief of the homicide squad, disclosed today for the first time that he had a series of signed statements in his pos- session made shortly after the tragedy which contained no reference to the reported finding of finger marks cn the throat of Mrs. Dreyfus. “Detective Sergt. Joseph Waldron questioned all of Mrs. Dreyfus’ relatives who knew anything abou: the case, both on tke day she died and some four days later,” Morgan declared. “At no time during these talks or later did any rela- tive of Mrs. Dreyfus tell us they found finger marks or bruises on her neck. If there had been any bruises they sure- ly would have neen found by the coro- ner when an autopsy was performed.” Telling of the police investigation, Morgan added: “Every single bit of in- formatior; we obtained pointed to an accidental death. I can't see how there could have been the slightest possibil- ity of murder. We found a young | couple who were on the porch when Mrs. Dreyfus fell. There was only one door through which any one who might have pushed her could have passed and the couple insist nobody walked or ran by them to this door.” Morgan expressed confidence that Ed- mund J. McBrian, New York broker, was telling the truth when he said he had gone after his hat and on returning foung Mrs. Dreyfus had fallen to her death. McBrian, taken into custody shortly after the tragedy, was held until a coroner’s jury decided her death was an accident. Brands Affair as “Ridiculous.” Dr. Joseph Rogers, deputy coroner, recalled today that he performed the autopsy on the body of Mrs. Dreyfus. He said any finger marks or bruises would have been visible to him in his examination of the body the day after Mrs. Dreyfus’ death. “I didn’t find any finger marks whatsoever on her neck. ‘The woman had been dead so long that they couldn't have developed later.” ‘The affidavits turned over to Rover are said to charge that finger marks had been found on Mrs Dreyfus' throat by relatives. It also was said that relatives believed the woman might have been killed because she “knew too much" about the murder of Dot King, Broad- way “butterfly,” in New York several years ago. Morgan asserted that “a New York newspaper man came to see him about the case. “T understand he drew up these new affidavits for the relatives and I think the whole thing Is ridiculous,” he said. U. S.-TOKIO ACCORD ON GENERAL NAVAL PROGRAM REACHED (Continued From First Page.) are favorable not alone to limitation of naval armament, but to actual re- ‘That being the case, even though the positions of the two governments present points of dif- ference, the feeling exists that there is good prospect of agreement between the two when the delegates gather about the conference table in London. Japan Wants Submarines. At the present time, the main points of difference lie in the Japanese request | for 70 per cent of the 19,000 cruiser tonnage, which may. be fixed for the United States, and the insistence of the Japanese upon a strong submarine fleet of approximately 80,000 tons. There are indications, however, that the Japanese will not make 70 per cent of the 10.000-ton cruiser tonnage of the United States an insurmountable diffi- culty at the London Conference. 'This, it is said, has developed already at the informal conversations which have taken place here. Preliminary conver- sations between the United States and Britain have brought a tentative agree- ment that the United States should have mnot less than 12 10 000-ton cruisers and pernaps 21, and that Britain was to have 15, with a larger tonnage of smaller cruisers. If Japan should insist upon 70 per cent of the topnage of 10,000-ton cruisers fixed for the United States, it might give her as many of these large cruisers as Great Britain. That Great Britain would agree to such a proposition is not, be- lieved to be prabable. It is expected, however, that it will be possible to ad- just the cruiser gmh]em. ‘The Japanese have made it clear that | they place great reliance on the sub- marine as a defensive weapon for the protection of Japanese coasts. Japan now has and is building a total of 71 submarines, with a tonnage of 78497 in the aggregate. It is understood that she does not wish to cut this tonnage of submarines and that in order to maintain it, she will be willing to cut her destroyer and cruiser tonnage somewhat. British Oppose Submarines. ‘The United States has a total of 113 submarines, whose aggregate tonnage is 81, Great Britain has 68 subma- s, with a tonnage of 72,521. France has 90 undersea’ craft, with | a ‘total tonnage of 90,098, while Italy ! has 60 submarines, with a tonnage of 36,925. The adjustment of the subma- rine question prom pder these con- ditions, to b 0 - - ~blems il . OHIO OFFICIALS SEARCH FOR BURKE Gunman and Companion Re- ported Seen by Three Mansfield Residents. By the Associated Press. MANEF!ELD, ©Ohio, December 19— Deputy sheriffs today were searching this region for Frederick R. Burke, St. Joseph, Mich., gunman, after three resi- dents reported they had recognized a man as the killer. The man, accom- panied by another, was reported en route East. . Ralph Smith of Mansfield was first to report his belief that a man he mrt in a restaurant was Burke. He said the man resembled the gunman and that he appeared anxious to get out of Mansfield. He asked the road to Pitts- burgh. Later two telephone linemen tele- phoned the sheriff and said that a man whom they recognized as Burke, and a companion asked them for cigarettes, The suspect, they said, seemed highly nervous and anxious to keep his face covered. His right hand and arm were bandaged. Smith and the two linemen insisted that the man they saw was Burke. EXPERT EXAMINES BULLETS. Seeks to Determine Gangster's Role in Moran Slayings. CHICAGO, December 19 (#).—Science's microscopic eye enlarged the grooves of bullets today to determine if Fred Burke, killer and kidnaper, played the leading role in the St. Valentine's day massacre—most lurid of the murder’ dramas attributed to his trigger finger. Maj. Calvin Goddard, New York bale listic exper, continued today his scrutiny of the machine gun found in the arsenal at Burke's lake front home in St. Joseph, Mich,, to learn if it were the same that fired the bullets found in the bodies of the seven Moran gangsters. The study is not expected to be com- pleted until tomorrow at the earliest. Meanwhile, the search for the re- puted arch criminal—who killed Police~ man Charles Skelly of St. Joseph last Saturday after a minor traffic argu- ment—was extended to include a pos- sible hideaway with Canadian rum run- ners. Patrick Roche, investigator for the State’s attorney, had predicted yester- day that Burke would be captured in Chicago by nightfall, but the man whom Detroit police said made a million in ransoms, thousands more in bank rob- beries and had killed at least a dozen persons was still the object of a Nation- wide search today. Bullets Identified. ; Bullets fired from one of these guns have been identified tentatively as simi- lar to_bullets found in the bodies of seven Moran gangsters who were mas- sacred last February in a North Clark street garage. Roche said gun No. 2347 was pur- chased November 12, 1924, by Deputy Sheriff Leslie Farmer of Marion, IIL, during disturbgnces there. Since then Farmer was reported to have been as- soclated with “Egan’s rats” of St. Louis, Roche said. Gun No. 7580 was traced to Victor ‘Thompson of Elgin, Ill, who was under- stood to haye bought it through P. Vonfrantzius, acting as a broker. Thomp- son was questioned once kefore on the ownership of machine guns. originally belonged to a detective story publishing house of Chicago. P — are for the complete abolition of sub- marines, and the United States and Italy have fallen in with her point of view. Japan and France, however, have taken the other side of the question. There seems little real chance of the abolition of the undersea craft. EDITORIAL IS ASSAILED, Stimson and Adams Take Exception i§ Post's Statements. Secretary of State Stimson | issued a statement in connection wit an editorial in today’s Washngiton Post | which commented upon the absence of | Secretary Adams of the Navy from the | conferences between members of the American and Japanese delegations to | the London conference. His statement follows: “My attention has been called to an editorial in the Washington Post this ‘morning, which dwells upon the absence of Secretary Adams from certain cone ferences that are going on in Washing- ton with the Japanese delegates who are on their way to the London con= ference. It is quite clear that it is the deliberate intention of that editorial to attempt to make trouble among the American delegates to the conference and the members of the President’s cabinet, to discredit our Government before the Japanese delegation and thus to try to cause a breakdown of the London conference. Holds Statement Is False. “The utter falsity of the statoment is evident if I recount that the Japanese delegates having indicated that they would be represented by thres persons in the preliminary discussions, we in usual courtesy also determined to limit our members, and Mr. Adams, who Was consulted by me, suggested that some other memper undertake it, and our delegates were selected by Mr. Adams and myself. “Every newspaper has a right to any views it pleases upon the maters be- fore the conference, and the Wash- ington Post has a full right to oppose limitation of rams, but I do not be- lleve the American people approve of attempts to humiliate and cause dis- sention in their Government before representatives of foreign governe ments.” Secretary Adams issued this state- ment: “I have read this morning an edi- torial in the Washington Posty which in- dicates that my absence from certain conferences between the American dele- gates and the Japanese delegates, who are on their way to the London confer- ence, has come about through some de- sign aimed at the Navy and against my wishes. The truth is exactly the con- wary. ‘Tne members, selected for that conference, were arrived at between my- self and the Secretary of State to make a wise division of duties among the delegates.” \(BEroRs ou LeAv TneRE ARE Two THINGS = SHOVEL ieso?'&:them istma. 3