Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1929, Page 4

2_: 2 CARDINAL'SNEPHEW - SHOWS OPTIMISH Praises Pope in Historical ; Paper for Concordat With [taly. An optimistic view of the gradual elimination of any friction between church and state over interpretations of the recent lateran concordat with Ttaly was taken by Right Rev. Philip Bernardini of Catholic University, a nephew of Cardinal Gasparri, papal | secretary of state, in a paper read this morning at the opening of the tenth annual session of the American Cath- olic Historical Association in McMahon Hall. « Referring to the concordat as “per- haps the best among the concordats made by the popes in recent years,” the Right Rev. Bernardini stated in his paper that “it is so good that if there ‘were not a thousand other reasons to demonstrate thé good faith of the high contracting ‘c]ill’tles, it would almost appear suspiciqus.” The paper was read, in the absence of its author, by Rev. -Dr. John K. Cart- wright, assistant pastor of St. Patrick’s Church and a lecturer in church history at Sulpician Seminary. Right Rev. C. F. Thomas presided. “Little by little,” the paper set forth, “‘as those who were once political ene- mies disappear from the scene, incidents Wwill become rarer and more abundant and apparent will be the results of this providential collaboration of the church and the Italian State.” As regards the subject matter of the concordat, it was stated that “nothing, or almost nothing, at all in it will be the occasion for serious conflict between the two authorities.” During the months of experiment Wwithin the new concordat, it was point- ed out, the only point that has given place to any lively discussion has been the application of article 43. Under this article the Italian state recognizes the auxillary organizations of Azione Cattolica Italiana, inasmuch as these, according to the regulations of the Holy See, carry on their activities inde- pendently of .all political parties and under the immediate direction of the ‘hierarchy of the church for the teach- ing and practice of Catholic principles. ‘The cause of this friction, Right Rev. Bernardini explained in his paper, was due to the fear of the Fascist party that the organizations would prove a menace if they engaged in politics, many of their leaders having been ad- herents of the former Popular or Cen- tral party in Italy. “These are exaggerated fears, with little or no serious foundation, but which explain in some way the sus- plcion with which the government re- gards these organizations, and how it is possible for the overzealous to cross their limits or provoke unpleasant in- cidents,” he said. “But here, too, time will furnish the remedy.” Dr. Edwin J. Ryan of ‘versity, who discussed 1 Left to right: Jeanetie Loff, June Clyde THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, BABY STARS FAVORED FOR WAMPAS CHOICE and Mae Clark. 1929, Associated Press Phote These three baby film stars are among the candidates for Wampas nominations, announced annually in Hollywood. —Assoclated Press Photo. FARMERS' DISCORD BLAMED FORLOSSES Chairman Legge Declares Most of Trouble Is Within Organizations. By e Associated Press. Chairman Legge of the Farm Board said today that contending factions within the farm co-operative groups gave more opposition n outside in- fluences. Speaking before the American Farm Economic Association, Legge said that lack of concerted action was a major handicap to the formation and working of farm co-operatives. In his address he sketched the poli- cies of the board, emphasizing its work with co-operatives in the marketing of various types of farm products. Joseph S. Davis, chief economist of the Farm Board, was another speaker. Legge said that by reduction of “hap- hazard” shipping the California citrus growers had advanced the condition of that industry within a few years from a situation “just as deplorable as any today” to a point where “comfortable” if not “exorbitant” profits were being made. Agriculture has not yet learned the dangers of overproduci)n, he said, ex- plaining that industrial concerns had cordats in Modern Time: that the new concordat is not to be treated liks a “scrap of paper” and that the Vatican recognizes its solemn obligations under it. “Old Vincennes—A Chapter in the Eccleslastical History of the Middle ‘West,” was subject of & paper read by Rev. Gilbert J. Garraghan, S. J., of St. Louis University. Clarence E. Martin of Martinsburg, W. Va., discussed “The Legal -Aspects of “the English Penal Laws” " - Members of the historical association had luncheon at the university with the memlét§ ofthe American Catholic Philosopliical Association, ‘which is also holding fis annual session today. At a business meeting following, the Historical Association elected Dr. Fran- cis J. Tschan of Chicago, president, to succeed Dr. Leo Francis Stock, whose term as president expires with the close of the sessions tomorrow. Dr. Tschan is professor of history at the Pennsyl- vania State College. Dr. Catiton J. H. Hayes of Columbia University_and Right Rev. M. J. Splain of Brool e, Mass.,, were chosen first and second vice' presidents, respectively. Other officers. were elected as follows: Right Reév. C. P. Thomas of Washing- ton, treasurer; Rev. Dr. Peter Guilday of Catholic University, secretary; Rev. George B. Stratemeier of Catholic Uni- ‘versity, assistant secretary, and Miss Josephine Lyon 6f Washington, archivist. Dr. Guilday was re-elected. ‘The following. executive council also ‘was elected: Rev. Augustine F. Hickey of Cambridge, Mass.; Rev. Robert How- ard Lord of Boston, Mass; Dr. Leo Francis Stock of Washington, James J. Phelan of Brookling, Mass., and Dr. James J. Walsh'of New York. Earlier in the‘day the former execu- analyzed the demands for their prod- ucts and reduced output when con- sumer demand slowed up, while the farmer was not able to detect this sit- uation. Davis said there was “some danger that co-operative movements may be swelled by new members and new or- ganizations lacking the spirit of gen- uine co-operatives, to the detriment of the tone and temper of the movement and the success of particular enter- “The problem of how to restrain or regulate production is one of the most important that the board will have to face, either. fn connection with stabili- zation efforts or. in connection with a persisting recurrent tendency to over- production,” he asserted. INJURIES ARE FATAL TO S. B. MERCIER, 81 Retired Division Chief of Treasury Department Dies in Phila- delphia Scott Brown Mercier, 81 years old, of 1466 Clifton street, retired division chief of the United States Treasury Depart- ment, died in Philadelphia yesterday from injuries sustained when a taxicab in which he was riding and a street car collided Christmas night, accord- tive council voted to begin a series of annual velumes devoted to sources in church history. The first volume will be by Dr. Stock, entitled, “Diplomatic Correspondence Between the Vatican and the United States Government,” dealing with the period between 1847 JOHNSTON CAMPBELL RESIGNS I. C. C. POST Commissioner From Spokane Had Two More Years to Serve _on Present Term. i By the Associated Press. Johnston B. Campbell, member of the Interstate Commerce Commission since 1921, has tendered his resignation to President_Hoover, and will retire from office as soon as & successor has been selected. Commissioner Campbell, whose resi- dence is in Spokane, Wash., will return 1o the practice of Jaw. He was selected for the commission service during the Harding ~administration, having been particularly indorsed by farm organiza- tions of the country during the more active period of controversy over rail Tates on agricultural commodities. Classified as a Republican, his official term on the commission had two years 1o run before expiration. In view of the general attempt to make the commission’s membership ter- ritorial, -1t is expected that President Hoover will be faced with a number of candidates from the Northwestern quar- ter of the country, whose claims for the Campbell vacancy will be pressed, though time has not vet allowed these to develop. The political balance on the commission is expected to require that thé new appointee, whoever he is, be aligned with the Republican party. The resignation of Campbell, if ac- cepted before the first of the year, will leave two vacancies on the commission of 11, with the remaining 9 compris- ing 5 Democrats and 4 Republicans. The term of Richard V. Taylor of Alabama, one of the six Democrats now on the commission, expires next Tues- day. This Jeaves the second vacancy, the Senate . having recommitted ths nomination of Robert M. Jones, a Knox- ville Republican, to succeed Taylor for further investigation. The law provides that not more than six membars of the commission shall be ©f one political party. Buried Bomb s Farmer. JERUSALEM, December 27 (Jewish elegraphic Agency).—Moses Katz, a ing to word received here. He had gone to Philadelphia to spend the Christmas holidays with friends. ‘The body is being brought here for burial. Funeral arrangements are being completed. Mr. Mercier, who was retired from the Government service in 1912, was former chief of the division of Indian affairs in the Treasury. He was widely kr\own in governmental circles and was sald to be the oldest living alumnus of Dickinson College. Mr. Mercler was a brother of the late David I. Mercler, onetime tele- graph editor of The Star. He is sur- vived by three nieces residing in this city. They are: Mrs. Dorothy S. Eng- land, Miss Mary E. Smith and Miss Margaret Waterhouse. Mr. Mercier’s w'lgg. Mrs. Sallie B. Mercler, died in 1925, orkman in the colony of Petach ‘Tikvah, was killed by the explosion of a bomb while working in his fields yes- °rday. The bomb was l:ft over from war days in Palestine. " t not permit issuance of will be Students Earn Money Acting as Escorts For Telephone Girls NEW YORK, December 27 (N.AANA). — Some time ago Nicholas McD. McKnight, secre- tary of appointments at Columbia University, announced that stu- | | dents no’longer were supplied with jobs as pay roll protectors because that was hazardous work and the responsibility partly must be _the university’s. The latest report of Mr. Mc- Knight shows that studefits have been earning money as escorts for telephone girls at night. They also have acted as interpreters in tong wars and have submitted thelr skulls to professors engaged in studying skulls, and have in- vestigated the history of poker for a professor writing a book about it. One student has been tutor to & man practically deaf, unable to read or write and scarcely articulate. (Copyright, 1929, by the North ican Newspaper Alliance. BUSINESS OUTLOOK NEXT YEAR IS TOPIC C. of C. Members to Discuss Economic Activities of 1930 on January 27. Amer- ) Plans of Washington business leaders for the stimulation of District economic activity in 1930 will be presented at a Washington business conference to be held at the Mayflower Hotel January 27 in accordance with plans announced today by President Charles W. Darr and the executive committee of the Washingion Chamber of Commerce. The aim of this conference is “to se- cure a combined statement of pending business plans, which will present an adequate picture of the local situation, and through the confidence thus gen- erated encourage all to work together harmonlously and with proper faith in the business future of the National Capital.” The meeting has been planned as a local tle-up with the Nation-wide busi- ness conferences recently called at the suggestion of President Hoover, and is in line with communications received from Chairman Barnes of the National Business Conference and from Presi- dent Butterworth of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Merle Thorpe, editor of Nation's Business, will tell the story of the na- tional mobilization of business leaders in response to President Hoover's call wnd analyze the significance of thic movement. Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant | Becretary of Commerce, has been in- vited to attend. A series of brief fact reports will be presented by leaders in the local fields of industry, finance and commerce. Guaranty Co. Obligations Paid. NEW YORK, December 27 (#).—The State superintendent of insurance, Al- bert Conway, has announced close of the liquidation of the North American Title Guaranty Co. under a plan by which its obligations will be paid in full with interest and its contingent liability of $18,336,506 on all outstand- ing title policies will be satisfied. Chinese Officer in U. ;gchoul. The Secretary of War has authorized Capt. Juo-Chen Tang of the Chinese army, now in this country, to attend the " Quartermaster Corps School at Philadelphia for the National Guard and Reserve Officers’ course beginning January 15. Twelve-year-old Miss Pretto Bell of Los Angeles, Calif., who has enrollvu in the Curtiss Flying School of Aviation at Los Angeles, tinction of being the youngest registered student pilot. ining the unique dis- Although regulations will pilot’s license until she is 16, Curtiss officials say she ready for her fiying tests within a yeam . [l FOOD IS ANALYZED AS 16 BECOME ILL |No Trace of Poison Found Thus Far—All of Victims Have Recovered. Sixteen person out of nineteen who sat down to Christmas dinner with Mrs. Edith Caylor, 732 Fifth street northeast, became ill shortly afterward. Some of them needed hospital treatment. All have now recovered. Samples of the food are being analyzed for chemical or bacteriological poisons at the Health Department laboratories. Thus far, according to Health Officer William C. Fowler, no traces of poison have been found. The tests will not be complete, however, for about three days. ‘The illness broke out two to four hours after the meal, which, according to Dr. Fowler, is probably too short a ! time to indicate ptomaine poisoning. | The Health Department was notified of the apparent poisoning by Dr. John Caylor, son of the family, who is an X-ray expert at Providence Hospital. ‘The first to fall ill were H. W. Reid, son-in-law_of Mrs. Caylor, and his children, Harold, 9; John, 8, and Geraldine, 7. These were taken to Providence Hospital. The others who became ill, and who were treated at home, were Mrs. H. W. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Spence, J. E. Spaulding of Del Ray and his three children, Bdith, Jean and Cecil; Mrs. C. C. Cay- lor of 3733 Warren street and her four children, Catherine, Claude, Joan and Mary, and Maggle Charity, a colored maid. ‘Those who were not affected by the dinner were Mrs. Edith Caylor, Dr. Caylor and Mrs. Spaulding. OFFICERS TRANSFERRED. Lieut. J. E. Kelly, Philippine Bcouts, Retired for Disability. Lieut. Col. John B. Corbly, Infantry, on duty with Organized Reserves at Los Angeles, Calif., has been ordered to Hawali for duty with Regular troops: Lieut. Col. George C. Charlton, 21st In- fantry, now in Hawaii, has been assigned to duty with the 30th Infantry at San Francisco; Maj. Willlam C. Webb, jr., Dental Corps, has been transferred from Fort Douglas, Utah, to the University of Minnesota, at Minneapolis; Capt. Walter Bender, Air Corps, from Mitchel Field, Long Island, to Rantoul, Il Capt. Lotha A. Smith, Air Corps, from Selfridge Field, Mich., to Fort Crockett, Tex.; Capt. Wolcott P. Hayes, Air Corps, from Miller Field, N. Y, to Mount Clemens, Mich.; First Lieut. Evers Ab- bey, Air Corps, from Chanute Field, Ill., to this city for duty in the office of chief of the Air Corps, Munitions Build- 1 ng. First Lieut. Joseph E. Kelly, Phili pine Scouts, has been placed on the tired list on account of disability inci- dent to the service. HUSBAND ASKS DAMAGES. Charges Bride's Parents and An- other Defendant Interfered. CHICAGO, December 27 (#)—Gifford De Witt Youngblood, Attleboro, Mass., and Corydon, Iowa, yesterday filed suit for $100,000 damages against Loutfi Jacques, prominent Chicago artist; Mrs. Jacques and Dr. Vahan H. Magarian, alleging alienation of Mrs. Youngblood's affections, ‘Youngblood and his wife, daughter of he Jacques, eloped and were married at Rock Island, Ill, March 2, going from there to the Youngblood family home at Corydon, Iowa. Under Supervision U. S. Treasury §This Bank has made over, 38 ‘thousand loans aggregating nearly 8 millions of dollars to as- sist persons of character to accomplish some ‘worthy putpose. §1n connection with the loan'the borrower agrees to make monthly or semi-monthly deposits in a savings account with which may pay the loan; thus the borrower forms habit of saving tegus larly. > 1408 H St. N.\W/. TWOHELD IN PROBE OF WARD FATALITY James A. McGowan and Rob- ert E. Martz Blamed at Inquest in Collision. James A. McGowan, 24 years old, of 15 M street, and Robert E. Martz, 18, of 1301 N street, were ordered held for the action of the grand jury this mern- ing by a coroner’s jury conducting an inquest at the District Morgue into the death of James E. Ward, 22, of 3639 New Hampshire avenue. McGowan and Martz were occupants of a machine which collided at Sixth and K streets northeast shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday morning with an automobile in which Ward was return- ing home from a Christmas night visit with friends. Ward died instantly from a fractured skull. Attorney George E. McNeal, who rep- resented McGowan, told the jury that his client preferred not to make any statement at the inquest, while, Martz, owner of the machine, in which he and McGowan were driving, also declined to take the stand. Driver of Machine. ‘The latter, however, said in conversa- tion while the jury was out, that Mc- Gowan was driving his machine. Martz was not represented by counsel. Martz, who was released from Sibley Hospital this morning after recovering from lacerations, took no part in the proceedings until offered an opportuni- ty to testify by Deputy Coroner Joseph D. Rogers. The left side of Martz’s face was heavily swathed in bandages. Patrolman Dewey L. Guest of the ninth precinct told the jury that Mc- Gowan had denied driving the car when arrested at his apartment nearly an hour after the accident, but that he | had admitted late yesterday in his cell at the ninth precinct that he was driv- ing the automobile which collided with ‘Ward’s machine. testifled. Trailed to Apartment. ‘The policeman said he had trailed McGowan to his apartment by blood- stains on the street leading from the scene of the wreck. Guest also said that McGowan was found in bed, bleed- ing from a minor laceration, Which he told police he had received in a fight. McGowan also admitted to police late yesterday, .according to Guest, that he had been cut in the wreck. Guest said that McGowan told police of the ninth precinct that he did not see Ward's car until too late to stop, and added that he lost his head when the machines crashed and ran from the scene. Mc- Gowan does not have an operator's permit, Guest told the jury. According to policemen, McGowan's breath smelled of alcohol when he was placed under arrest. Patrolman King, who, with Guest, investigated the crash, when called to the ‘stand later in the proceedings, sald that a partly filled bottle of alcohol was found beneath the seat of Martz’ roadster. Dr. J. Rogers Young, Casualty Hos- pital staff physician, who pronounced Ward dead, said that Ward had been killed by a skull fracture. YOUTH ADMITS TALE OF SLAYING IS HOAX “Confesses” in Effort to Get Free Transportation Home, He Tells Police. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 27— Maurice Hood, 18, of Huntington Park, Callf,, admitted to detectives today that a story he told of having killed his brother-in-law in Horse Thief Canyon, Calif., nearly two years ago, was “all bunk,” and explained he merely wanted a free ride home. After & long series of questions con- cerning the “murder” of Buddy Roberts, a detective remarked that Hood did not look like & murderer and suggested that he was looking for free transportation est, At this, the youth, who gave himself up to the Chestnut Hill police early to- day, broke into a grin and said “You win; that story is all bunk.” Hood explained he was an automobile mechanic out of work. He was urable to find employment in the East, he said, and although he wanted to go home, he could not ask his father, for money, since the father also was unemployed. Detectives are holding Hood on a charge of vagrancy until California au- thorities reply to the “murder” query. In China the beggars have a trade union, and they pay a tax to the local authorities for the privilege of begging. DULIN & HOURS: 8:45 He refused, however, | to sign a statement to that effect, Guest | o AT ANCHOR ABOVE FLOOD The R-100, sister ship of the R-101, shown at her mooring mast at Carding- ton after her maiden voyage from Howden, Yorkshire, on December 16. mirrored in the water which covered most of the field. She is PANTAGES WANTS RELEASE ON BOND Theater Magnate, Convicted of Dancer Attack, Said to Be Very IIl. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 27— Alexander Pantages, multimillionaire theater magnate, convicted of an at- tack on Eunice Pringle, youthful dancer, today awaited in a jail hospital ward the testimony of physicians whose re- port of his physical condition may bring him release from jail on bond. Two physiclans yesterday testified before Superior Judge Charles Fricke that Pantages had suffered “three dan- gerous heart attacks” and is “genu- inely sick.” Dr. Charles Decker, one of the five physlcgns npg:!mled by Dis- trict Attorney Buron Fitts and Judge Fricke to examine Pantages, sald the theater man ‘“needs rest and a better die an he can get in jall.” Dr. Decker €xpressed the opinion that worry over his confinement more than actual con- Tinement is responsible for the patient's condition.” “Mr. Pantages is in constant fear that he will die in jall,” the witness said. Pantages is seeking release from con- finement pending a decision on his ap- peal from a 1 to 50 year penitentlary TIN ROOFS PORCHES BUILT WE BUILD, REBUILD. REMODEL, REPAIR ANYTHING ONEBRA CoETON YICE S -~ v MARTIN AM. to 6 P.M. Georgian nystal An effectively engraved reproduction typical of the elegance during the Geor- gian period in the early 1800’s. Goblets.. . . . . . $10.00 doz. Table Tumblers, $6.00 doz. Tall Tumblers, $7.50 doz. DuLIN @ MARTIN Connecticut Ave.anal” PARKING SERVICE . . . Connecticut Avenue Entrance COTTON FARMERS FOR CO-OPERATION Concerted Move Pictured at Conference on Proposed Corporation. By the Associated Press. A concerted movement of the Ameri~ can cotton farmers toward co-opera- tion was pictured today by Carl ‘Williams, Farm Board member repre- senting cotton, as board members and representative growers gathered to confer on the final draft of a charter and bylaws for the new $30,000,000 cot- ton corporation. Williams explained the eagerness of non-members to enter the co-operative fleld as a reaction to the fact that all the privileges of the independent deal- er to buy and sell are to_be enjoyed by the new corporation. It may buy a farmer’s cotton outright and pay him the cash, thus relieving him of further market problems, Williams said. The new organimtion will direct the sale of every member's Willlams said that by trxls Briand Indignént as Secret Warning Is Revealed to Chamber of Deputies. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 27.-—Secret warn- ing by the late Marshal Foch against the premature evacuation of the Rhine- land was revealed in the French Cham- ber of Deputies today and precipitated a parliamentary storm. Aristide Briand, foreign minister, ex- pressed amazement that he had known nothing ef the document. The marshal’s warning was made in a note to President Doumergue and Premier Poincare in October, 1926. Created “Sorry Situation.” M. Briand reproached M. Reibel, former undersecretary of state for the liberated regions, for reading the note. He said it created a “sorry situation.” Marshal Foch's letter said that Ger- many daily was becoming a more popu= lous and stronger “vanquished nation which wishes revenge.” “Guided by a temperament different from ours, for her might is right,” he wrote. “She remains a redoubtable neighbor and peace will be maintained only by the risk she runs in revenge.” The letter declared that the Rhine- land occupation guaranteed France's security, but added that when the French troops return to their territory France would find herself in an excep- tionally grave situation. The letter continued to explain that as the French army was being re- organized and the frontier undefended the time of the evacuation provided for in the treaty of Versallles must not be advanced. Briand Is Indignant. Forelgn Minister Briand, indignant at the interjection of this secret docu- ment into the debate, said to M. Reibel: “You wished to defend the memory of Foch. He was a great soldier. The minister of foreign affairs, who was his chief and with whom he worked four times a week, knows nothing of documents he drafted. He learns it here when you pull out of your pocket document concerning national defense.’ ‘The foreign minister added that he did not know how Relbel obtained the paper and he didn't know what would become of it. The Foch letter was produced during a hot skirmish between M. Franklin- Boulllon and M. Briand when the former said that the Locarno pact had been signed by Briand for fear of a Russo-German alliance, which, he said, nevertheless, had been accomplished and had enabled Soviet Russia to crush China in the Manchurian fare, Foreign Minister Briand ' then re- newed a demand that Franklin-Boyillon overthrow the cabinet if he were dfse :ln&.:ed with the recent Hague nego- ations, action the corporation hopes to com- mand a sufficient quantity of the cot- ton crop to give it bargal power. He added that no one knew how large that quantity must be or how long it will take the corporation to acquire it. (‘Under the Farm Board set-up,” he said, “the cotton of all co-operatives will be fed out to the world in a cen- tral stream under central control. Then the seller will be bigger than the buyer, and cotton will be put where it is needed, when it is needed and in only the quantities which people will at a fair price.” 1214 F St. Two of the Biggest Values in Our After-Christmas Sale Regular $79.50 Dress COATS Now Reduced to Every Coat Luxuriously Fur Trimmed These are our own high-grade stock, which we've drastically reduced for clearance. Gold's, Second Floor Regular $16.50 Winter DRESSES Now Reduced to 2 for $19.00 In the Popular New Silhouettes These values here are indeed remarkable. You will find a representative group in all sizes and styles. Gth.\ Second Floor