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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, warmer tonight and tomorrow; minimum temperature tonight about 30 mperatures—Highest, 38, at noon today. today: lowest, 23, at 5 a.m. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 31,285. Entered as second cl post office. Washing! @) WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. matter DG WASHINGTON, D. A THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, y 1929—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. ##%#% Associated service. () Means Assoc d Press. The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 98,056 TWO CENTS. MILLS WOULD CUT - BORDER PORTS T0 STEMLIQUORFLOW Treasury Program Will Be Given Joint Committee as Soon as Named. UNIFIED PATROL SYSTEM INCLUDED IN PROPOSALS ’ ' Consent of Ottawa Officials Neces- sary to Change Cities of Entry. By the Associated Press. Plans for prohibition enforcement, ‘Which include a unified border patrol fand limitation of the number of ports of entry from Canada, will be submitted by the Treasury to Congress as soon as ke room in the State-War-Navy office by President He Tuesday night. This and up until now Prior to that, it was & joint congressional committee to con- sider prohibition questions is named. Undersecretary Mills, who made the ennouncement today, said that Presi- dent Hoover's suggestion that a con- gressional committee be named to study consolidation of enforcement agencies had not been acted upon. He said that as soon as the committee ‘was named the Treasury will submit a plan for a unified border patrol, which would require the consent of Canada, because it will provide for limitation of the number of ports of entry to this country. In addition to limiting the ports of entry the plans, he said, will provide for an intensive border patrol, under direction of the Coast Guard, to prevent smuggling. Enter Anywhere at Présent. At present, the Undersecretary added, A person coping from Canada may enter this country anywhere along the border, but must report his entrance at ‘the nearest port. This requires, he said, a patrol to work 10 or 15 miles inside the border. Under the mew plan, if approved by Congress and Canada, the gntml dvould wtrk :.lun; the h:mt bor- ler and prevent entry anywhere except at points desl(n.lfedry o The announcement of Mills came at ® time when interest had been focused on the dry law enforcement by criti- cism of prohibition personnel by Sena- tor Borah, Republican, Idaho, and re- Pplies by Attorney General Mitchell and Prohibition forcement commission, which is in prohibition conditions and crime conditions generally. Hoover Suggested Change. President Hoover, to Con- gress several months ago that it name 8 committee to confer with the Treas- ury and Departmert of Justice regard: ing the executive's plans for transfer- ring prohibition enforcement to the De- partment of Justice-from the Treasury, and the resolution authorizing such a committee now is pending in the Senate. The spreading controversy on prohi- bition enforcement has brought two Government departments into the ver- bal melee with statements in opposition to Senator Borah’s assertion that with the present personnel the Volstead law £an never be made effective. Attorney General Mitchell last night said there had been an improvement in the last six months and that the possi- bilities of further bettering conditions ‘were being given careful study. With the approval of the Treasury, Prohibi- tion Commissioner James M. Doran as- serted that Borah’s condemnation of the entire prohibition persannel, in a statement esday, was ‘“unfortunate and bound to have a ning effect upon the morale of the service.” Informed of the Mitchell and Doran statements, the Idaho Senator met the Attorney General's reference to efforts to improve enforcement with the re- mark that “evidently its conditions were such as to call for an effort and an heroic effort.” He added that he had “no means of wing” how much rogress has been made “as its results Eave not yet appeared on the face of things.” Mitchell said that in fairness to the men now engaged in the prohibition service, he could not let Borah's criti- cism pass unchallenged. There has never, he asserted, been greater zeal in the enforcement of the liquor laws than at present. Sees Gain in Recent Months. He went on to say that more can be accomplished when Congress is ready to approve legislation carrying out the administration’s recommendations for more adequate law enforcement ma- chinery. His department has been at work for months, he added, on meas- ures designed to improve personnel, re- lieve congestion in the courts and reor- ganize the enforcement agencies. “There has been improvement in the Jest six months,” he declared. “There has also, under the President’s leader- ship, been a noticeable change in public attitude toward law observance.” Doran, while saying that the admin- istration of the prohibition laws is “sus- ceptible to improvement,” asserted that “to say that prohibition cannot be en- forced with the present personnel comes perilously near to saying that it can- not be enforced at all.” He added that . | attitude of Richard COAST GUARDS KILL FLEEING SUSPECT Buffalo Police Lieutenant’s Son Bleeds to Death From Bullet Wound. By the Assoclated Pre: BUFFALO, N. gene F. Downey, jr., 27, son of Police Lieut. Eugene F. Downey of this city, bled to death last night after being shot by Coast Guardsmen in the CG- 2245, which was partoling the Niagara River for rum runners and narcotic smugglers. Downey and a companion, in a motor boat known as the Dodge, were suspect- ed of having aboard a load of liquor from Canada. After the shooting the Dodge was found to be empty. Downey’s companion escaped after the Dodge had. been run minicis said today he was at a loss just how to in the case, due to the H. Templeton, Fed- eral attorney for this district. Bars Questioning of Guards. ‘Templeton gave orders that the med- ical examiner should not be permitted to question the Coast Guardsmen con- nt with the shooting. it the nieh has Tve Bulet spect Dodge, w] lve holes, three above the water line and two_below. ‘The fact that Downey was shot in one letledg!pemhum.hm‘ S “The river was rougl night,” De- tective Chief Thomas .. Riordan of the Buffalo department, said today, “and it does not seem reasonable that Downey would be standing up it 26-foot boat while the waves were tossing the boat around and the Coast Guardsmen were firing at the craft.” The medical examiner said he was convinced that none of the five bullets that struck the boat wounded Downey. He voiced the opinion that the - boat outdistanced the Governmen chaser and that the unidentified pilot of the Dodge quickly lashed his it to the dock, climbed up the rope onto the pler and ran away. He further theorized that Downey stood up and attempted to climb up on the dock and was shot down then. Downey was bleeding profusely when Coast Guardsmen hove upon the scene. Much difficulty was experienced in get- u.ns him ashore, the pier 3 and both police and firemen were called to aid in the task. The wounded man ital. m&lrleons S 'g‘&m‘ s l;g;b; pital. were quoted as saj that had a tourniquet been applied to the wounded leg promptly his life would have been saved. Faced Rum Law Trial. Last Friday Downs pleaded mot guilty to a charge of conspiracy to m\l{fi% liquor and was released in $10,- Rudolph Thompson, Asa Ennis and Orville Grant were given as the names of the Coast Guardsmen connected with last night’s tragedy. . W. M. Rasmussen of the Coast Guard said that the Dodge was sighted by Coast Guardsmen at 4:40 pm. off Erie Beach, Ontario. At the same time, he said, four other men were seen bringing a small boat down over the ice in the Niagara opposite the foot of Genesee street, Buffalo. The officer in charge of the Buffalo station, the commander said, immediately dis- patched the CG-2245 to the harbor en- trance to await the coming of the sup- posed rum boat, later identified as the Dodge, into the harbor. ‘The said, was e , Rasmussen cruising without lights. The Coast Guard craft hailed her, but she failed to heave to. After the usual required signals were given, one of the men aboard the Government craft fired at the motor boat, the commander ex- plained. A formal report on the slaying of THE PRESIDENT’S NEW WORKSHOP z | Building which will be occupied as nn ver, pending repairs to the executive offices swept by fire s one of the suite of the Battle Monument Commission, been used by Gen. Pershing, head of that organization. e office of the Secretary of the Navy. —Star Staff Photo. PRESIDENT MOVES INTO NEW OFFICE Occupies Room in Which Famed Proclamation Was Signed. In a sunny room on the second floor of the White House, overlooking the rear grounds, which was the office in which Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, President Hoover is today carrying on the busi- ness of the Government, By tomorrow afternoon he expects to move into the large room on the sec- ond floor of the State, War and Navy Building, now used by Gen. Pershing as the head of the Battle Monuments Commission, and until recently the private office of the Secretaries of the Navy. Hoover's several secretaries and virtually the entire executive force will be located in rooms adjoining and nearby. The work of carrying the files and that furniture which was not badly damaged during the executive office fire to these temporary quarters was T way this morning and if the plans are carried out the President and his force t work as though nothing had lmwen:(lm'“’el within the next 24 hours. Likes Lincoln Office. Mr. Hoover is rather pleased to have this opportunity to carry on his work in the Lincoln office. The room has a most peculiar fascination for him and soon after taking up his residence at the White House he re- stored what Lincoln furniture and ar- ticles remained in the White House to this room and has since been using it as his private stud{.“ There is not the slightest question but that he has more interest in this room than in any using today is the one used by the Great Emancipator and one of the several bookcases around the walls belonged to him. Although it is not definitely known to be a fact, it is understood that the chair at the desk and one or two others in the room were used by Lincoln. Akerson in Hallway. In the wide hallway outside, George Akerson, one of the secretaries, is car- rying on his business at a long mahog- any table which was used by dent Lincoln and his war cabinet during that dark period. e Secretaries Richey and Newton are using rooms directly across the hall from the President’s temporary office, one of which was used by Alice Roose- velt, now Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, as as a bed room. The other was a bed room for White House guests. Another room at the northeast corner of the building, immediately north of the President’s office room, has been turned over to the President’s private stenog- raphers. The remainder of the execu- tive business is being transacted in rooms on the basement floor of the ‘White House, although all those clerks and stenographers whose services were not absolutely necessary today were excused from work and those who were on duty were occupied principally with sorting out papers and books and other articles which had been salvaged from (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) o BYRD WHALING SHIPS REPORTED CRUSHED Crews Rescued After Vessels Are Caught in Jam—Identity of Craft Is Not Disclosed. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, December 26.—Exchange Telegraph dispatches from Wellington, ICONGRESS IS READY 10 APPROVE NEW PAECUTIVE OFFIES President’s Quarters in Re- placed State Department Building Suggested. FINE ARTS COMMISSION HEAD OFFERS PROPOSAL Structure for Government Archives Also Included in Projected Plan. While Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, Army Engineer officer in charge of the White House Building and grounds, was concerned today with the im- mediate task of providing adequate temporary quarters in the State, War and Navy Building for the President and his secretaries, assurance was given today by leaders in Congress that what- ever legislation and funds are needed for the erection of & new and adequate bullding for the Executive offices will be promptly provided by Congress. That Congress will welcoms a recom- mendation to provide a permanent fire~ proof, modern office building for the use of the President and his rapidly en- larging clerical force, is emphasized to- day by the most prominent men in Congress who are in the city—Demo- crats as well as Republicans, This should be an essential part of the Federal Bullding program in the National Capital, they pointed out. Urges Fireproof Structure. Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washing- ton, who will be chairman of the com- mittee on appropriations of the Senate, sald he believed that it will be far bet- ter to erect a fireproof buildi to be used as the executive o!llt:e‘lfll of the President than to repair the offices which have been damaged by fire. “I looked over the executive offices at the White House this morning,” said Senator Jones, “and while it would be possible to repair that building, I per- sonally think we should put up a fire- proof building there. The executive offices which were damaged by fire were intended to be temporary structures and contained a great deal of wood. I lieve that we should take some of the money which has been set aside for the Federal buildings in the District of Columbia and construct a new office building for the President.” Senator Jones believes that the ex- ecutive offices should be erected on the site of the old offices. He did not take kindly to a suggestion that the old State, War and Navy Bullding should be removed to give place to large; fices for the President, with the State Department and the War Department placed elsewhere. “Such a plan might be carried out |vived, later,” sald Senator Jones, “but I be- lleve that the erection of fireproof of- fices for the President, with perhaps a somewhat larger building, on the old fi’w will be satisfactory for many years come.” Fire Sorry Spectacle. “It is & sorry spectacle for the coun to see the Prvsfu!ent climbing through a window into a smoke-filled office to rescue im t state pag:rl." sald Representative Britten of Illinois today. “It emphasizes to the whole country the absolute need, in the interests of good government and economic administra- tion, for the Federal building program in the Capital for. which Congress has already authorized an expenditure of $75,000,000 and a bill has passed the House authorizing an additional $115,- 000,000, new Executive Office Bullding should be made one of the early buildings on this program. Price- less papers and records are now at hourly fire risk in non-fireproof buld- ings occupied by practically every de- partment of Government, just as were the White House records when Presi- g:nl Hhoo';ler ‘ll.‘r?dm sfocnuflu climbed rougl e windows to rescue them on Christmas eve.” % Several members of the House have already stated that they are ready to introduce whatever bills may be needed for authorizing the new Executive Office ullding, including Representative Royal Johnson of South Dakota and Mr, Britten. ‘There will probably be a flood of bills introduced proposing a mnew White House office building. It is likely, how- ever, that the one which will be enacted into law will be sponsored by Chairman Elliot of the House committee on public bulldings and grounds, who is a mem- ber of the Public Buildings Commission. If a new executive office building is the best thing to be done in the opinion of those in charge, it will be promptly authorized by Congress. Mr. Moore's Proposal. Construction of a new State Depart- ment Building on the west side of La- fayette Square, demolition of the State, War and Navy Building, just across from the White House, and provision for the presidential executive offices on that site or in the new State Depart- ment Building were suggestions advanced today by Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission, who has try | chanical cont RADIO BAN ASKED ON QUACK CURES New York Health Commis- sioner Says Public Is Men- aced by Fakes. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 26.—Fake doctors and quack healing concerns, driven from the advertising pages of reputable newspapers and magazines by the combined action of publishers and health authorities, now are finding re- newed prosperity through radio adver- | tising. This became known yesterday when it was learned that Dr. Shirley 'W. Wynne, commissioner of health, has written a confidential letter to the | Federal Radlo Commission at Wash- ington, outlining this new invasion and asking what can be done to stop it. ‘The National Better Business Bureau, of 383 Madison avenue, also is at work on the Through its 47 amli- ated local bureaus it made a survey sev- eral months ago and subsequentiy in- duced a number of the larger broad- casting stations throughout the country to_maintain self-imposed standards. Old, exploded treatments are being re- ved, Dr. Wynne said, either by men who formerly engineered them or by new workers who have inherited the aratus and sales talks. Mechanical levices vie with drugs and herbs for a share of the gullible radio listener’s m?::y. A‘nl:)ngt f.hue“o d.e'v‘:u'al.wsold at prices ranging from each, are medically useless electrical and me- traptions offered as cures and treatments for virtually every hu- man disease. Dangerous Treatments Sold. Dr. Wynne said that treatments which were distinctly dangerous unless administered after a thorough pl:i:l'“l examination, and then only by a skilled practitioner, were sold to the general public for home use. Not only has he found that this kind of self- dos| is being urged over the radio, but that medicines, diets and ex- ercises are being dlsremed by fraudu- lent and irresponsible concerns which have no connection with any registered physician, In many cases, the commissioner sald, these wares have not been con- cocted by licensed fhylu:hns. as suf- ferers are led to believe, but by hawk- ers, “pltchmen,” vaudeville ~ “strong men” and_other commercially-minded laymen. Some, recommended to cure obesity, contain harmful drugs which may uce serfous illness and death. Others suppress annoying symptoms and dl::uma hgle vlmim f;om “:hv.llmn[ competent cal examination. ‘The proJ:ll:tlon of a false sense of security in 1ll persons is one of the most insidious and dangerous phases of such quack treatments, it is pointed out. “Akin to medical quackery, & number of cosmetics and hair restorers, recom- mended by persuasive announcers for the treatment of blemished skin and disappearing hair, are also being ad- vertised over the radio,” the commis- sioner said. “In many cases these prep- (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) CALLES FOR CHANGE IN AGRARIAN POLICY Former President Discusses Pay- Gl . Divorces in Chicago Granted at Rate of 1 Each 55 Minutes By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 26.—The divorce rate in Cook County Courts for 1920 was revealed to- day, showing an average of one divorce every 55 minutes for the fiscal year. The number of divorces granted in Circuit and Superior Courts was 9,669, being ‘:20 mol"erh Lh;n in the preceding year. The figures were made known hy the clerks of the two courts. The divorces averaged one to each 103 homes and affected 5,793 children. A majority of the parties involved, however, were childless. Wives were the peti- tioners for divorce in three of 3 A a) al per cent of n;l’e contestants native THGCABINPLANES — YO ris XA Y RNy LAST EIELSON HOPE| % ‘White Ships Arrive at Seward and|senors_ortis Are Rushed North to Aid in Hunt. By the Assoclated Press. SEWARD, Alaska, December 26.— Arrival here of three powerful cabin- type planes, with a complement of ex- perienced Canadian fiyers to man them, revived today the fading hope of the Northland that the search for Pilot Carl Ben Elelson and Mechanic Earl Borland, missing in Siberia since No- vember 9, might prove successful. The planes and flyers, brought here from Seattle on the Coast Guard cut- ter Chelan, were speedily transferred to a train on the Alaska Railroad and were proceeding today to Fairbanks, where they are to be reassembled and flown either to Nome or Teller, Alaska, to engage in the search. The train is due at Fairbanks today. Can Carry Six Passengers. Each of the planes has room for six passengers in addition to the pllot and can lift sufficient rsollne to enable them to undertake long flights, They are equipped with everything neces- sary for the safety of those flying them. The expedition will also be equipped with an aerial camera, with which it was said they might be able to pick up details of the areas passed over which would not be noticeable to the human eye. Although Alaskan pilots have been making strenuous efforts to find Elelson and Borland, they have been handi- capped by lack of proper equipment. Prior to the arrival of the three cabin planes here Ef“"d“' the only planes available in the North were open cock- pit machines, incapable of the required amount of fuel and which af- forded their operators little protec- tion from the elements. Reach Icebound Nanuk. Pilots Joe Crosson and Harold Gillam, however, managed to reach the fur- EASE OR“ b ORTIZ RUBIO GIVEN CORDIAL WELCOME Mexican President-Elect and Wife Will Be Lavishly En- tertained Here. All the military fanfare and official ‘honors usually accorded the active head of a nation greeted Pascual Ortiz Rubio, President-elect of Mexico, and his wife on their arrival here today for a four- day visit. Not forgetful of the Latin American h paid America’s President-elect 2 gsfa. £¢ & Dr. Pulg director of the federal district of Mexico, and his Perez TRIAL BOARD CITES AGNEW ON REFUSAL T0 GIVE TESTIMONY Police Body Meets Third Re- buff in Questioning Grand Jury Members. DAVIDSON ASKS LEGAL ADVICE AFTER WARNING Scott Talks Freely of Shelby’s Ap- pearance Before McPherson Death Probers. The extraordinary Police Trial Board sifting charges of inefficlency against Inspector Willam 8. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly met its third rebuff to- day in an effort to question members of the July grand jury which excoriated the two police officers for their inves- tigation of the death of Mrs. Virginia McPherson. Following the example of Merritt O, Chance, foreman of the grand Jury, who was cited in Police Court for de- clining to complete his testimony be- fore the trial board, Samuel P. Agnew and Baxter M. Davidsn, two other members of the July grand jury, refused to testify’when the trial reopened atter the Christmas recess. Agnew was im- mediately cited to appear in Police Court tomorrow afternoon, when the trial board will take steps similar to those in the case of Chance in an effort to compel him to testify. Davidson, however, when warned that he also would be cited, asked leave to confer with counsel before making a final de- cision and was excused, to be recalled this afternoon. Agnew’s Refusal Is Setback. Chance, cited in Police Court Mon- day, was ordered by Judge Gus A. Schuldt to appear before the trial board January 3 and complete his testimony. He has announced, how- ever, that despite the court order he would refuse, thus facing possible con- tempt , although the court has not indicated what procedure it may follow. ce, | ert B gs. rought into the tary | room and notified to be in Police Court completed the retinue. Children Come Here Earlier. Senorita I::Xh, cousin of the Presi- dent-elect, eded him here at 11 o'clock, bringing with her the chil- dren of Mexico's future head, Pascual, 6 years old; Ofelia, about 7, and Eu- genio, 4 years old. Senorita Megia met the party at_the station. Secretary Stimson and Mexiean Am- bassador Manuel C. Tellez shook hands with the President-elect and his wife as they stepped to the platform, Senor Ortiz Rubio usin rfect English in the conversation w] followed the intro- ductions. ‘The group then walked rapidly be- (Continued on Page 2, Column TOKIO POLICE ARREST 180 KOREAN STUDENTS Group Is Charged With Participa- tion in Recent Trouble at 40 Provincial Schools, By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, December 26.—Arrest by To- kio police of 180 Korean students of ‘Tokio universities alleged to have been implicated in recent student troubles in Korea was revealed here today. Japanese authorities in Korea allege the trouble with the students was orig- inally a student affair, which developed ! ftomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock— the same time Agnew has been cited to appear. ames C. Scott, another member of the July grand jury, called by the Pprosecution after ew and Davidson showed no hesitancy in answering questions about proceed- ings of the grand jury investigating the l(t‘:‘Phemnon case, nother member of the July grand jury who_testified in the Shelby-Kelly trial is John P. McKnight, 'zn ap- pe;ed" Saturday. 0tt corroborated substantially the testimony of McKnight to the effect that Shelby admitted before the grand Jury that police had “bungled” the in- vestigation of Mrs. McPherson's death and declared that the Washington po- lice department was not equipped to in- vestigate cases as well as some of the European departments. Agnew Cited to Police Court. When the trial was resumed at 10 o'clock, Agnew, who declined to testify Saturday, was recalled by the prosecu- tion. Accompanied by Harry Whalen, his attorney, Agnew faced the trial board. ~Asked by Chairman Atkins to raise his right hand and be sworn, he declined with an announcement that he would refuse to testify. Ll Atkins warned Agnew that if he re- fused to testify he would be cited in Police Court. 'He again sald he would e n cl to appear in Police Court at 1:30 o'clock t:lg:r- Tow afternoon, when the attention of “on the whole, we are not likely to find the court will be invited to his action. a more loyal and consclentious group No action was taken by the board last week when Agnew declined to - tity because of a doubt in his ln'zd whether he could be compelled to do so. He was excused to confer with counsei Eugene F. Downey, jr., son of a police lieutenant at Buffalo, by U. 8. Guards ments From Public Funds for Coast had not yet been received by Lands Taken by Government. trading ship Nanuk, icebound at North Cape, Siberia, to which Eielson and (Continued on Page 3, Column 4. FLOOD CONTROL TOPIC OF FORUM SPEAKER Senator Ransdell of Louisiana to Deliver Address Over Colum- bia System Tonight. & political character under the direction g: & “secret society of Communist ten- ncy.” More than 900 students were arrested Tiany Sl are held for exambeation. an; are T examination. T The vernacular papers hers ascers the | before making & final deciston: movements involved 40 schools in 6 Ko- [ Davidson, another prosecution wit- rean provinces, but a recent statement | Ness, was next called, and he followed from the Korean governor general as- | Agnew's policy. _Atkins also warned serted the trouble was ended there, (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) BYRD PLANNING TO CITE FIFTEEN FOR WORK ON POLAR EXPEDITION New Zealand, yesterday reported that zi'aen tthe subject exhaustive study and ught. the crews of two whaling expeditions| “TiENC, oo tive oifices that were burned Assistant Secretary of the Treasury | sent out by the Byrd Antarctic Expedi-{on Chirstmas eve were constructed Ecwian, e ;| tion had been rescued after their boats|merely as a temporary measure, to get Pending study of the formal report the President out of the White House Mr. Lowman said he would make no|had been crushed in the ice. during his working hours, removing the comment on the matter. The news was received by the Byrd|Chief Executive'’s workshop from his 4 supply ship Eleanor Bolling by wire- lflnm:l, Mr. Moore sald. N&' rem.fi- :2: “SANTA” SEIZED BY POLICEMAN less. The Eleanor Bolling is now at|fire has made it necessary pal CRAWLING IN WINDOW WITH BAG odi, New Zealand, executive offices, the time seems oppor- Gifts He Said Were for Friends Found to Have Been of men than are now serving under o T Gorah sald Mitchell's statement was encouraging, but that “the truth of the business is that the personnel is in (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 26.—El Universal today published an interview with Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles, which the former Mexican President advocated changes in the national agrarian policy. Principally, the former President said, there should be advance or im- mediate payment for lands, which under the agarian laws it may be necessary to take over, this payment tune, in the opinion of Mr. Moore, to . Ratlny Nawivaek look to the future and make permanent Capt. H. H. ley, New York repre- | arrangements. senu?.lve of ‘'Rear Admiral Byrd, sald| The present “monstrosity”—the State, last night that he did not know of any| War and Navy Building—should be torn “whaling expeditions” having been sent|down, the chairman of the Fine Arts out by the Byrd party. He said, how- | Commission insists, as it is not only an ever, that the whaling ship Neilsen|architectural misfit, but is a fire hazard. i | Collected in Other Homes. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Ill, December 26.—Santa Claus stories are not of much account ccember 26. Folks don't feel just the seme about the jolly old fellow the day after. till, in & way, it is no more than t to tell about the Santa Claus who 2 beld in jail under the name of James k. To flv‘ellookh thgs kI‘cmld. likely as not, be passing the buck. Mr. Buck, or Santa Claus, as he chose designate himself, was avenue last night with a pack on tre his’ back. By s strange freak of fate - & policeman observed him. He pulled Buck back out of the window and in- quired what was the idea. “I am Santa Claus,” said Buck, “My ! small “chaser” w! friends who live here are away and I thought I would seize the opportunity to slip in the window and deposit gifts about the place.” “You may,” sald Officer Sachs, “be Santa Claus to little children, but ywon‘re just a suspiclous character o There was no denying Santa had some nice presents in his bag. It was o et o had bees to icemen, prese) mnggua from some of Evanston's best places. ; he later explained | had nts n Alonzo left her base recently in New Zealand for the whaling grounds and, as an accommodation to Rear Admiral Byrd, carried a load of supplies for the | h explorlnlg arty on the Ice Barrier. ‘The Nellsen Alonzo had planned to transfer these supplies to one of ling ships accom- {mnymu her and this “chaser” was to ake the supplies through the Ross Sea to Little America. It was due at the Barrier on December 10. ‘Whether it was this “chaser” that was meant in the Exchange Telegraph dispatches from Wellington, New Zea- land, as quoted by the Associated Press, could not be determined. Capt. Ralley said that if the “chaser” been crushed in the ice and its supplies for the Byrd expediton lost, no serious hardship would befall Byrd and his men. In the opinion of prominent architects, Mr. Moore explained, if the building caught fire it would be destroyed in an our and a half. The exposed iron beams would warp with the heat, he said, and the granite would crumple, sending the structure tumbling into its foundations, Cost $3,000,000. It would cost some $3,000,000 to re- model the State, War and Navy Build- ing, Mr. Moore pointed out, and then when the job has been completed, there would be but a makeshift, at best. “The best the bulldings thing to do is w.uq'; ] be_chea) s posed State ent _on the west side of Lafayette Square might contain provisions for the executive of- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) $ to be taken from the public funds, since &l-hlerv:l»'flm virtue of the operation ost. The former President advocates also a study of national distribution methods to avoid the bad results likely to arise it the land is handed out in too small &lrcell. such as, he sald had been done cases in PFrance. Consolidation of all the nation’s debts 50 as to Ply le from the coun- try’s resources,leaving a surplus for payment for lands, was the closing re- commenda in the interview which was granted to Antonio Galvan Duque, a | close friend and former chief of his secre- | tarial staff, while Gen. Calles and his party were coming back recently from Radio Programs—Page 29 Senator Ransdell of Louisiana will discuss Mississippt Valley flood control in a radio speech tonight at 10:30 o'clock during the National Radio Fo- rum, arranged by The Evening Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broad- casting system. Locally the address may be heard through Station WMAL, & unit of the Columbia, system. Senator Ransdell represents a State Whose people are deeply interested in the Ooven?l:‘em'l mflm program. He is hly familiar with the ot 'the "Wk e e e ol legislation the He is a member of the Senate committee, which sponsored the flopd control measure. ¢ 1 Leader of Little America Party Acknowledges Promotion to Navy Department. By the Associated Press. Richard Evelyn Byrd, recently made rear admiral by Congress, will recom- mend 15 members of his dition for e South the Navy's radio station at Tutuila, Samoa, and thence to Secretary Adams. ed “Byrd,” the message said: “The department’s message, inform- ing me of my promotion to rear ad- miral, is respectfully acknowledged and I send sincere appreciation for the de- partment’s congratulations. t | “Immediately ug:n Nevs Doperiment commenanioans avy ent comm of 15 cknowledg- | Navy men who have contributed nut}y - | to the success of our en and who therefore deserve it credit for the work pedition for which the leader has been promoted.” i -