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2 % D. . (.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1929, CHRISTMAS TRADE [ WILSON AWARD GRATIFIES HOOVER Receipts Equal Those of 1928—Regarded as Denial of Depression. President Hoover is highly pleased ! with reports from the Department of Commerce that retail business during the Christmas shopping season, instead | of falling off as had been expected in some quarters, equaled that of last year. Preliminary reports show that there ‘was some difference in the volume in various localities, with a falling off in some sections, but increased buying in others, striking a net about equal to 1928. In view of the stock-market crash in November, these reports are considered most encouraging as reflecting a stabil- ity in the purchasing power of the con- sumer, which some mercantile circles feared would not be shown. It had been estimated in some quarters that on ac- count of the “panic” in November there might be a marked decline in the pur- chase of Christmas presents which are classed by experts as “luxuries.” Some estimates placed this prospective falling off at as high as 15 per cent, but it did not materialize. The Christmas reports are taken as most practical evidence that there is no fear of a general economic and business depression, such as almost inevitably has followed crashes of the stock mar- ket in the past. Further indications of new activity In the coming year have reached President Hoover in the form of reports from gov. ernors of the States that proposed con: struction of public works in 26 States totaling $825,000,000, a figure expected to be doubled for the country at large. ‘The total was compiled from reports President Hoover received from gov- ernors of the States as a result of the program of public construction he urged after conferences with business leaders. ‘The reports from the governors were made in response to requests sent by Mr. Hoover to have surveys made of public works programs which would be undertaken during the year. Some of the reports received were not complete summaries of all the work to be done. ‘The President expects to have a com- lete list of the public improvements to ge made in the various States tabulated GIVEN T0 LEAGUE Peace Prize of $25,000 Is Expected to Be Used as Memorial. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 28s—The | Woodrow Wilson peace prize for 1929, amounting to $25,000, has been award- | ed to the League of Nations for “10 years of service in the cause of world peace.” | Announcement of the decision of the ‘Woodrow Wilson Foundation to make this year's nward to the League was published today, the seventy-third an- niversary of Woodrow Wilson’s birthday. Sir Eric Drummond, permanent sec- retary of the League, has accepted the award tentatively. Final acceptance rests with the Council of the League, which meets in January. Expect Wilson Memorial. Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, Sec- retary of War in the Wilson cabinet | and president of the foundation, said, in announcing the award: “The money is expected to be ap- plied by the League of Nations to erect | a suitable memorial to Mr. Wilson in the new building to be erected by the League at Geneva.” { Offici ot the foundation said that, although the League could use the money as it saw fit, it was hoped that it would be used for a set of bronze doors to be placed at the entrance of the $4,000,000 building being construct- ed for the League. The corner stone of the building was laid last Summer. It is to be finished in the Spring. Formal presentation of the award will be made at a dinner in February, to which Sir Eric Drummond and the Peruvian delegate to the League, who is expected to be elected president in Jan- uary, will be invited. . Three Awards to Individuals. This is the fourth award to be made by the foundation, which was organized in 1921. The award is made from a fund raised by public subscription. In each case the amount has becen $25,000, although the trustees are not bound to appropriate any fixed amount. This is the first time the foundation by the first of the year. RIVAL RUM RUNNERS’ WAR OVER ONTARIO’S OUTPUT CAUSES LIQUOR SLUMP (Continued Prom First Pa o found slain by the roadside near the river bank between ihis city and Tona- ‘wanda. And later still, two men have dis- appeared under mysterious circum- stances. Runner Turns Informant. ‘M. W. Rasmussen, commander of the Coast Guard operating in this district. finds the situation beneficial to his interests. One day this week one of the offended Detroiters came to him with a story of operations by the rival faction, which resulted in a seizure. ‘The commander told also of a recent fight near Bridgeburg, Ontario, between the local and the Detroit racketeers, in which several members of each side received such severe drubbings that they since have not been able to ply their e. One_ truck load of ale, supposed to have found its way across the river, ;n seized yesterday near \Wanna, . Y. Henry J. Haas, chief of the in- vestigating staff under the prohibition administrator, is making an effort to ibition en- forcement agent is connected with the gang which brought the ale across. One man was placed under arrest when the truck load was seized, after several shots had been fired to prevent his escape. ! Death Quiz Postponed. The assertion that some one was was made by District Attorney Guy B. y following upon a city court inquest in Downey’s death. The inquest was adjourned until today at Moore’s request. ‘Moore the facts as presented to ‘him showed the shooting resulted from “culpable negligence.” He asked that the adjournment be made in order that he might examine the stenographic statements made by the Coast Guardsmen Thursday night. United States Attorney R. H. Tem- pleton, who was prevented by Moore from questioning State witnesses at the hearings, asked that the men be put on the stand. Moore said that might be done if the three would walve im- munity of trial for manslaughter. Mr. Templeton made no answer, and the Inquest was adjourned. ‘Templeton sald he believed the men to have acted in line of duty. He said ‘hey gave Downey, whom they suspected of carrying liquor in his boat, proper warning before they fired. 3 CHICAGO RACKETEERS DIE IN BATTLE AS POLICE SET UNION OFFICE TRAP (Continued From First Page.) stood behind a grated opening some- times used as a paying teller’s window. “Well, have you got the 10 grand?” Quan snarled. Powers played for time, but Quan wanted action. “If you haven't the money, get ready for a ride,” Quan said. “‘We've many another man, as you probably know.’ Behind Quan stood Wilson and Ryan, +he one carrying a sawed-off shotgun, the other an automstic pistol. At this moment Detective Doherty tried to open the door slightly to be able better to hear what was going on. The door squeaked and the three rack- etecrs whirled. Gangster Starts Firing. “Coppers!” cried Wilscn, and opened fire. It was this shot that wounded Doherty. The detective brought his right hand up and his own pistol began blazing. | Sergt. Patrick O'Connell and Detective William Byrnes opened fire through the | grated window. Wilson, wounded, threw down his weapon, which was empty, and cried out: “Give & guy a break.” His companions, however, kept on firing, sealing the death warrant of all three. So well was the police trap set that there was no means of escape for the racketeers. They were cornered at one side of the room, facing a cross-fire of police bullets. Even had they been able to shoot their way out, other offi- cers were stationed outside front and rear. Powers sald threats against his life had been made for the past week. Yes- has availed itself of the provision in its charter which permits giving the prize to an organization. The three pre- vious awards have been to individuals. The award, which is given for the promotion of international pzace and understanding, was first made to Viscount Robert Cecil of Chelwood in 1924. The second recipient was Elihu i Root in 1926. In 1928 the prize was given to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in recognition of his good-will flights through Latin American countries. The granting of the prize to the e of Nations comes on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the forma- tion of the League on January 10, 1920, in which President Wilson played an important part. SR IN SCIENCE, PROF. HART URGES SOCIOLOGISTS (Continued From First Page.) psychology may have been involved in many ‘magical’ phenomena. “Spancer’s ghost theory held that every religion arose from worship of the dead, which followed belief in souls and spirits as a result of ignorant misin- terpretation of shadows, reflections, echos, dreams, somnambulism, swoons, catalepsy, death and the like. “Resulls of Suggestion.” “Conversion, the dynamic of faith, and other genuine results produced by religion are interpreted as due to sug- gestion and other normal psychological processes. But a considerable group of scientists have collected data apparently | inexplicable by fallacy or suggestion— alleged instances of dream soul, appa- ritions or communications through me- diums evidential of survival beyond bodily death. “Magic and spiritualism have capi- talized mystery, secrecy and credulity and have involved vast amounts of superstition, fraud, exploitation and mental abnormality. Yet the tendency to reject as fallacious data inconsistent with previously systematized belief has been characteristic of many scientists as well as of many spiritualists.” The concentration of the American population in cities may rapidly be pro- ducing a condition that has preceded the fall of all great civilizations, Dr. James S. Plant of Newark told the sociologists. In a behavior clinic at Newark Dr. Plant has studied the genesis of child delinquency. Two common classifica- tions of personality, he pointed out, are introverts and extraverts—the former shy, retiring and dreamy, while the lat- ter are active and practical. The intro- vert is more likely not to make a good social adjustment. ‘While the hereditary organism of the nervous system has something to do with the temperament, he believes, much 1s determined by environment. The drive for leadership, he said, probably exists in about equal proportions in everybody. One child expresses it suc- cessfully in actual leadership of his playmates—that is, becomes an extra- vert. In another, whose motor nervous mechanisms function slowly, the drive finds its final outlet in symbolic expres- | sion, as in day dreams, where he identi- fies himsclf with some famous leader. Tendencies to Introeversion. Now, in a city like Newark, there are six conditions tending to produce intro- version. Free play, where the child can exert his drive for leadership, can- not flourish on the streets and side- walks and in the playgrounds and in the playgrounds it is directed by adults. The children have no intimate touch with the elements of neture which would giv. an opportunity for expres- sion of the personality in action. Thus only 2 out of 1,500 examined cver had dug caves and couldn't if they had wanted to. Apartment house dwellers do not know their neighbors as do dwellers in detached houses, end the | child is unable to make human contacts outside the family. There is much greater opportunity for vicarious p! life—the child sitting in the semi- darkness of the moving picture theater finding expression for his drives by identifying himself with a ficure on the screen, or with base ball and foot ball players from the security of the grandstand. In addition the newspapers ! and the radio are continually bringing information of exciting and tragic situations in which the individual can do_nothing. Now, said Dr. Plant, all young civili- zations are extravert, socicties finding expression for their drives through active pursuits such as fighting, build- ing, hunting, etc. Those gradually are replaced by introverted activities, such s writing, art and music. Then comes the end. “The fall of every great civilization,” he said, “has been preceded by great symbolic activity, the people expressing themselves in symbols of activity rather than activity itself.” Are nations “crazy”? Their behavicr terday he was given the “final warning.” The union headquarters where the shooting took place is on Sacramento Boulevard just off Madison street. in war and diplomacy closely parallels that of psychopathic personalities, Dr. George E. Partridge of the Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Hospital, Baltimore, told George Washington University honored President Ortiz Rublo of Mexico this morning by conferring on him the honorary degree of doctor of law. In the photograph, left to right: John B. Larner, president of the board of trustees of the university; Dr. J. N. Puig Casaurane, governor of Mexico City; President-elect Ortiz Rubio; Dr. Cloyd Heck Mar- vin, ident of the ized the sociopath as one who has not passed safely through the stages of normal childhood and retains into adult life the infantile viewpoint dominated by feeling of omnipotence. The child gets what it wants by temper tantrums, crying or running away. The sociopath tries to do the same thing and finds himself in conflict with an unyielding world. So he develops hate reactions, always blames others for his faflures, ration- alizes his own shortcomings into virtues and demands constant affection and at- tention without being about to fix his own affections in return. Often the hate reactions and rationalizations of | persecution lead to crimes. But, Dr. Patridge said, while the group frowns on the sociopath, it acts itself in the same infantile way toward other groups. “The study of 8,000 wars,” he shows clearly the child sociology. Every nation seems to think the world owes it a living and seeks aggrandizement by taking without giving. The process of the public mind is like that of a child.” “Even decadent peoples,” he said, “be- lieve in their great destiny and assume their essential greatness and right to dominate. And nowhere is there such perfection in deception as in diplomacy.” Religion in the United States is a $13.800,000,000 business, C. Luther Fry of the Instityte of Soclal and Religious Research, New York, told the Society. Analysis of census reports for 1926, he said, show that there are 222,000 local churches divided among 212 denomina- tions, valued at $3,800,000,000, and with parsonages valued at $500,000,000, to say nothing of school and mission prop- erty. ‘The expenditure for 1926 was $817.000,000, representing interest on nearly $14,000,000,000. The church membership is about 55,000,000. The investment in churches represents about $48 for every American over 14 years old. ‘The Sunday school has increased in membership only about 5 per cent in 10 years compared with 36 per cent for the population at large. This is partly due, he said, to Roman Catholic churches giving up Sunday schools in favor of parochial schools, where re- ligion is taught as part of the curric- ulum. But the decline is also notable and unexplained in Protestant denomi- nations. City More Religious. City folks, the figures showed, are elightly more religious than country folks, while the greatest percentags of the total population are church mem- bers in the Southern States and the smallest in the Far West. White men are slightly more religious than colored, so far as church membership is con- cerned, but colored women are far more religious than their white sisters. Divorce is highest in States where church membership is lowest. The men who led the Communist revolution, which overthrew the Russian government in 1917, were from the “white collar” class, sald Dr. Jerome Davis of Yale University, from a study of the blographies of 163 revolutionary leaders. The great majority of them, he showed, were from cities and less than 19 per cent had peasant fathers. ‘The biographies show, Prof. Davis said, that the Communist revolt was a youth movement. One-half the leaders were under 37 and nearly all of them had been engaged in radical activities of some sort since they were 17. Most 0 them were members cf secret student circles which, Dr. Davis pointed out, may have been counterparts of the “gangs” among American boys. It is all very well for learned psy- chiatrists to tell the police the cause of criminal behavior and what to do about jt, but thz police have the law to consider and, in Washington, hard- boiled Congressmen, who don't think much of psychiatry. Thus Lieut. Van Winkle, head of the Woman's Bureau of the Police Depart- ment, replied to suggestions for the hos- pital treatment of certain types of anti- social behavior at the group meeting yesterday. Mrs. Van Winkle agresd that the psychiatrists’ method might be the best, but pointed out that the police have sworn to enforce the law and are in no position to try any experiments with | Congress watching them with an eagle eye. “In Wash'ngton,” she said, there is no psychiatrist to whom the police have 2 legal right to go. If we arrest a per- son, we have got to apply the Jaw—not social service.” Men's Group Behavior. Man's group behavior cannot be ex- plained entirely on a physical basis, Dr. Charles A. Ellwood of the Univer- ity of Missourl told the socicty. The school of psychology known as ‘“be- heviorism,” which would deny man a mind, a soul or a consclousness, and which is'quite popular in the United Sta'es at present, was characterized by Dr. Ellwood & sibly “vietims of traditional orthodoxy in sclence as the fundementalists are vic'ims of tradi- tional orthodoxy in religio Insist- ence on “the non-existence of the non- physical is sheer dogmatism,” he de- clared. “'Social progress,” he continued, “con- sists of adjustment by means of ex- change of conscious experience. Indi- viduals forming a group must share certain subjective states.” ‘The Wehaviorist, he said, holds that culture consists of a series of condi- tioned reflexes, but “the whole of civi- lization followed backward can be re- solved without residue into bits of in- dividual experience. The behaviorists fail to show the real nature of human institutions, because these always in- volve values.” Should punishment fit the crime or fit the offender? The conflict between the psychiatrist and the legalist has been prominent in American ecriminal legislation in the past 10 years, Mabel A. Elliott of the Unlversllir‘ of Kansas told the society. The psychiatric point of view, which would treat every criminal differently according to his own per- sonality, she said, had made great headway with the establishment of the society. He has been making a close Russia is the home of big bells. One ' study of the psychopathic personality, in Moscow weighs nearly 200 tons and is 19 feet high. a e_deseribed as He character- r “sociopath,” whom h “the despair of soclety.” such institutions as the Juvenile Court, the Court of Domestic Relations and indeterminate sentences and parole laws. A niversity, and Manuel Tellez, Mexican Ambassador. ORTIZ RUBID GIVEN DEGREEOF ..U Distinguished Gathering Wit- | nesses Tribute to Mexican President-Elect. | ___(Continued From First Page.) friended the teachers of your state by inspiring them to ask the meaning of education; conserver of natural re- sources end builder of industry, you have consecrated your productive tal- ents to the service of your state; ob- server of world affairs from many posts of trust, domestic and foreign, you have trained yourself well for governmental service; “governor by right of being chosen by your own people because they believe in your ability—President-elect of the Republic of Mexico. Senor Ortiz Rublo, standing, received the degree and again the band played the Mexican national anthem. Impressions of Trip. ‘The President-elect spoke as follows: “Needless to say, in the course of my journey across the admirable land which has welcomed me in a truly hos- pitable manner, I have gathered, and still expect to gather, numerous im- pressions of a gratifying kind. May I not state, then, that very few, indeed, shall leave such deep and lasting im- print as the impression I now hold while this act of your university is being consummated, whereby, I take it, you have sought to recognize in the head of the state a juridical capacity of a conceptual nature. “If we observe the orbit of laws from the lofty viewpoint that they are norms based on the immutable prin- ciples of human rights—that is, cof equity—and that equity alone leads to harmony and mutual understanding between peoples 2s well as individuals, laws then become a rule of govern. ment and the law is rendered inefl- cacious if it be not, too, equitable. Indian Pedigree Noted. “For its greater glory, Mexico has founded its civilization and created its culture from ti> very marrow of an Indian pedigree which has given character and sinew to our nationality. For this reason, above all, the task of education nn the part of successive governments Las been and will always be urgent and impevative. I beg to assure, then, that the honor which has been bestowed upon m» will happily transcend unto the hearts of the Mexi- can people, .nasmuch as it constitutes one of the highest anc most eloquent proofs of the appreciation which iz held abroad for the educational movement which since the Revolution was ini- tiated in my country. “Mr. President, in conclusion, on be- half of the Mexican people and of my- self, T wish to express to you my warm- est and most cordial thanks for the degree of doctor of laws which has been conferred upon me and to convey my most earnestly sincere wishes for the welfare of the university, that it may continue flourishing and spreading the strength of its vitality upon all branches of learning and that bearing the {llustrious name of the founder of the great American commonwealth, it may continue hereunto as a university national in character.” For Fellow Countrymen. “On my own behalf, as a private citizen, T could not very well accept the high honor which is bestowed upon me, and if I do, I must make it plain, it is only on_behalf of the Mexican people whom I represent and whom I am shortly called upon to govern. “Furthermore, it is a motive for me of genuine pride and satisfaction to consider myself, since today, as one of the members of this institution, which, due to its past achievements and its learning, is immortal, and which by a coincident which it is now pleasant to record, sprung into scientific life in the year 1821, the date, too, in which the Mexicen nation was born among free and sovereign nations.” Senor Ortiz Rublo was described by President Cloyd Heck Marvin of the university as “inheritor of the best traditions or your naticn” in the speech in which he conferred the degree upon the President-elect. “You have chosen to interpret na- tional social life in a liberal way,” sald Dr. Marvin, “Believer in intellectual and spiritual forces, you founded a uni- versity, and in a friendly, quiet way, befriended the teachers of your State by inspiring them to ask the meaning of education; conserver of national re- sources and builder of industry, you have consecrated your productive tal- ents to the service of your State; ob- server of world affairs from many posts of trust, domestic and foreign, you have trained yourself well for governmental service; 'governor by right of being chosen’ by your own people because they believe in your ability—President- elect of the republic of Mexico. Gathering of Notables. The affair was a great gathering of notables, and officers of the United States Army made quite a show in con- trast to the colorful uniforms of Mexi~ can diplomats in the recently author- ized dress blues. Ambassador of Mexi- co Dwight F. Morrow was there, as were Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams; Secretary of the In. terior Dr. Ray Layman Wilbur; Sec- retary of War Patrick J. Hurley; Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief of staff of the Army, and other high Army and Navy officers. - ——— Bad weather has caused discontinu- ance of the air services between Berlin, Germany, and Moscow, Russia, and be- tween Berlin and Leningrad. —Star Staff_Photn. MITCHELL ORDERS . NOLLE PROSSE 0. K. HERE IN DRY CASES (Continued From First e.) three men, after a short discussion, left for a conference at the Depart- ment of Justice, in which it is ex- pected they will point out that much congestion will result if the order is strictly followed. If the Department of Justice insists on strict adherence to the order, however, Mr. Rover will confer with his assistants as to the best means of carrying the department’s wishes into effect. The Department of Justice has the final word in the handling of any of- fense In a Federal jurisdiction. It was not believed, however, that the district attorney’s office would ac- quiesce willingly to any order compel- ling them to submit their cases for the approval of a lawyer attached to the Federal prohibition unit. The assistant district attorneys in charge of prohibi- tion cases are recognized as being cap- able lawyers and they have been re- garded as men amply competent to de- cide whether a case should be nolle prossed or taken to trial. Sees Extra Clerks Needed. Assistant District Attorney Hart ex- pressed the belief that strict adherence to the order would require the employ- ment of at least six extra clerks at Police Court to handle the mass of de- tail work which would be necessary if each case to be nolle prossed must be sent to the Department of Justice to- gether with a letter of facts in the case and reasons for nolle prossing it. “If this order is to lived up to,” Mr. Hart declared, “it will require three months to get a case nolle prossed and would be apt to result in considerable confusion in the district attorney’s office as well as adding to the burden of a congested tourt docket.” 2 WASHINGTON WOMEN INJURED IN CRASH Mrs. Charles Butler and Mrs. Charles S. Wise Seriously Hurt in Ohio. (Prom the 8:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio, December 27.—Mrs. Charles Butler and Mrs. Charles S. Wise of ‘Washington, D. C., were injured seri- ously here today when an automobile in which they were passengers collided with another machine at a bridge eight miles south of this city. Butler and Wise, who also were in the machine, escaped with minor inju- ries. The two couples were returning to their home after a Christmas visit ;uh relatives and friends at Maysville, y. HOOVERS ORDER WREATH PUT ON WILSON’S TOMB Pay Tribute, With Others, to Dead President on Seventy-Third An- niversary of His Birth. In commemoration of the seventy- third anniversary of the birth of Presi- Aent Woodrow Wilson, 12 tributes were placed on his tomb in the Bethlehem Chapel of Washington Cathedral today. Col. Hodges, military aide to the President, visited the chapel shortly after 11 o'clock this morning to place a large wreath of white carnations from the White House. Attached to the wreath were the personal cards of the President and Mrs. Hoover. The Woodrow Wilson Foundation of the League of Natlons from its New York headquarters sent a large evergreen wreath bearing the names of that or- ganization on a purple ribbon. | A wreath of white lilles was received from the Democratic Women's Lunch- eon Club of Philadelphia. Several other floral offerings were recelved at the Cathedral with cards from personal ;rm:da and admirers of the late Presi- ent. Although no formal ceremonies were scheduled, the Cathedral authorities observed an unusually large number of pilgrims pausing to pay their respects at the tomb of President Wilson on his birthday. IWHITE HOUSE REPAIR CONTRACT POSTPONED | Award, Planned Monday, Is Put Off Until After New Year Holiday. A contract for the reconstruction work on the White House executive offices, burned in the Christmas eve fire, will not be awarded until Thurs- day. This ennouncement was made to. day by Maj. J. C. Mehaffey, assistant to Col. U, 8. Grant, 3d, who is directly responsible to the President for the upkeep of the Executive Mansion and its_grounds. Col. Grant considers that it will pe difficult to get work actively started on the reconstruction job until after the new year, due to the interposing holi- days ‘and the fact that some | have been decided upon in the des and specifications. It was originally %.hnngl:owrd Lhe‘fomnct on Mon- A ince been inadvisable, eag i Of 1400 motor cars in Prague, Czechoslovakia, this season, taxicabs. e i 2 | ditions believed to CHIANG TO LAUNH | RADICAL REFORMS Nationalists’ Political Pro- gram to Be Announced on New Year Day. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, December 28.—Chiang Kai-Shek, head of the Nationalist gov- ernment, announced today through Kuo- min, the official Nationalist news agency, that he had completed “a comprehen- sive program providing for sweeping political reforms in the administration of the Nationalist government.” The announcement said the program would be made public on New Year day. At the same time Chiang issued a state- ment to the press of China in which he encouraged free and constructive criti- cism and discussion by newspapers throughout the country of things relat- ing to party and government affairs. Statement Is Recalled. Issuance of the announcement was in accordance with a statement made by Chiang at the height of the recent widespread uprisings against his Nan- king regime. Further elucidating the action of the Nationalist Government Central Polit- ical Council in deciding to proclalim abolition of extraterritoriality on Jan- uary 1, the Kuomin agency also stated the council had decided that “detailed practical measures for the assumption of jurisdiction by Chinese courts over all legal cases involving foreigners would be immediately promulgated by the state council for enforcement.” The news agency said the state coun- cil shortly would issue a statement in connection with this decision for trans- mission to the various foreign govern- ments concerned through the National- |ist government ministry of foreign affairs, Seen as Incompatible. Kuomin also said this statement, which now is being drafted, “will de- clare the present system of foreign Jurisdiction is incompatible’ with the trend of the times, becoming obsolete even in China. ““The Chinese people,” the news agency continued, “therefore are prompted by a desire to free themselves of this hindrance and to further develop friend- ly relations subsisting between China and the various foreign nations and do not hesitate to declare the termination of this system. “Beginning January 1, 1930, there- fore, all foreign Nationals in China must observe and abide by all laws, regulations and orders duly promulgated by either central or local authorities. “The Nationalist government will as- sume full responsibility for the protec- tion of life and property and other legitimate interests of all foreigners in China in accordance with Nationalist government laws. DEMAND FOR OPEN HEARINGS BY LAW COMMISSION MADE (Continued From First Page.) Harris’ original demand. It has only now developed, that during the entire course of the discussion, the commis- sion had prepared ond had ready for publication a nrnn on its pronibition conclusions so far as the survey has gone. Recommendations Included. ‘This takes cognizance of four con- at_error, and recommendations will be made for legis- lation to relieve congestion in the Fed- eral Courts: centralize control of the border traffic, now shared by the coast guard, customs, narcotics and immi- grations services: unify enforcement and administration of the “dry” laws in the Justice Department by trans- ferring to it the agencies now in the Treasury; and codify the Federal laws dealing with prohibition. Three of these recommendations have already been made by President Hoover, and the fourth, that of centralizing responsibility on the border, was a retary Mills of the Treasury Depa: ment in replying to criticisms of en- forcement from members of the Senate. There is some uncertainty as to just how soon the details of the commis- sion’s report will be made public. It may be given out in the near future, or it may be held up and submitted to a Joint congressional committee on pro- hibition when Congress takes action to establish such a . A resolution to bring this about has been adopted by the Senate and is now pending in the House rules committee. Discussed With Hoover. In the wake of Harris’ criticism of the commission, in which he was joined by Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, and tacitly by several other “dry” Sen- tors, came an arraignment of the entire enforcement personnel by Senators Borah of Idaho and Norrig, of Nebraska. The latter demanded the resignation of Sec- retary Mellon. Mills replied for the Treasury and Attorney General Mitchell for the Justice Department. Borah took the question to the White House and discussed it with President Hoover, for whom he was a prominent campaigner on the prohibition issue. Other “dry” Senators took part in the controversy, including some who de- { fended prohibition enforcement as a success. Among these were Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas, who wrote the eighteenth amendment and is the au- thor of a measure, now pending, under which the buyer of liquor would be made equally guilty and liable to pun- ishment with the seller. PHI ALPHA DELEGATES MEET HERE TOMORROW | Business Sessions Open in After- noon With Bupper Dance on Evening Program. Delegates of 34 active and alumni chapters of the Phi Alpha Fraternity from all over the country will asssmble in Washington tomorrow at the Wil- lard Hotel for the fifteenth annual con- vention of the order. The convention will continue until New Year day. The first of the business sessions will be h:ld tomorrow afternoon, followed in the evening by a supper dance at the Willard. A New Year eve prom at the Mayflower Hotel, a tea, bridge and theater banquet and a stag banquet are included in the program of social events for the convention. Leon Katz, local attorney, is chairman of the con- vention committee. QUAKE SHAKES 3 CITIES. Oklahomans Run From Homes in Alarm; Recall Past Tremors. OKLAHOMA CITY, December 28 (#). —Earth tremors of sufficient intensity to cause persons run their homes in occurred at 6:45 o'clock last night at El Reno, Union City and Oklahcma City. So far as could be ascertained immediately, no damage . The three cities are not more than 40 miles distant from each other. Residents of these communities recalled that tremors had been felt 12 or 15 years ago. Swallowed Needle JOY THOMPSON, Twenty-two-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Thompson of 1605 E street southeast, from whose throat a needle was extracted yesterday after- noon at Casualty Hospital. —Star Staff Photo. NEEDLE IN THROAT TAKEN FROM BABY Surgical Skill Saves Life of 22- Month-0ld Joy Thompson. (From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) The surgical skill of Casualty Hos- pital physicians saved the life of 22-month-old Joy Thompson, daughter of Mr., and Mrs, James Thompson, 1605 E street southeast, this afternoon when they extracted a threaded needle from the child’s throat within a period of five minutes. Baby Joy is none the worse for her experience and is prov- ing that to the Thompson household, where she was taken following treat- ment, by kicking and singing with unusual vigor. Mrs. Thompson sald she was mak- ing a dress for the baby when she noticed the child climb onto a small stool, take the needle from a sewing basket and swallow it before she could stop her. Mrs. Thompson then called the police and the baby was taken to the hospital. Physicians felt for the location of the needle with their hands and then extracted it with a surgical probe. Doc- tors said that Baby Joy proved a good patient, and other than a bit of Kick- ing, they experienced no trouble. rs, Thompson said she was in- debted to the physiclans and “Baby Joy will find no pins or needles to play with in the future.” - BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra at Stanley Hall this aft- ernoon at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant leader. March, “A Deed of the Pe .. . Hadley Spanish, French, Italian, American, Egyptian, Irish. Scenes from musical comedy “The Velvet Lady” ............ - .. Herbert, Fox trot, “Maybe! Who Knows?” Etting Waltz suite, “The Wedding Trip,” De Koven Finale, “Why Can't You?” ‘The Star Spangled HUNT FOR EIELSON IS GIVEN IMPETUS Russia Makes Six Planes Available—Canadians Ready for Tests. By the Assoclatid Press. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, December 28— Preparations for the aerial hunt for Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, American aviators lost somewhere in the vicinity of North Cape, Siberia, gained momentum on both sides of the Pacific today. Moscow advices disclosed that the Russlan government has decided to send three more airplanes to aid in the t‘:m in addition to three already prom- Three Ready for Tests. ‘Three planes shipped here from Seat- tle aboard the Coast Guard cutter Che- lan virtually were ready for test flights today as a preliminary to their flying to Nome or Teller and thence across Ber- ing Strait to North Cape. It was be- lieved that the three planes here, to be piloted by Canadian flyers, would be able to leave for the Seward Penin- sula either Monday or Tuesday. Burning of the Government radio station Christmas morning at Nome ex- plained the two-day silence of that sta- tion. Communications now are being recelved from Nome by way of St. Mi- chael. Officlals said there would be no interruption of communications, as aux- iliary equipment, together with equin- ment saved from the blaze, would or adequate to meet demands. Nome has been the principal source of informa- tion on the progress of Eielson rescue activities, Lack Word of Two Ships. No word has been received for several days from Pilots Joe Crosson and Har- old Gillam, who are at the Nanuk, fur trading ship locked in the ice at North Cape, Siberia. Eielson and Borland were flying to the ship when they drop- ped from sight. Crosson and his com- panion_have only open-cockpit planes, not well adapted to Winter flying in the North, and are hampered by lack of gasoline. The Russian planes and the three here are powerfully motored and de- signed to protect their occupants from the elements. D. C. RAIL MERGER HEARING TO BE SET Senate District Committee Will Name Date Soon After January 6. The Senate District committee will be called to meet within a week after Congress reconvenes, January 6, and at that time is expected to fix a date for holding the night public hearings on the new plan of street rallway merger. Chairman Capper has written to Dr. Milo R. Maltble, asking for his opinion of the plan of consolidation as recently submitted to Congress by the Public Utilities Commission, and it is hoped that & reply will be received soon afer the session is resumed. Dr. Maltbie was the expert who studied the merger question for the Senate committee last year. The plan now under considera- tion contains a number of changes made by the utilities commission. In view of the study devoted to the merger problem in the last Congress, members of the committee have indi- cated a belief that one public hearins held at night early in January woul be sufficient to obtain the views of the public on the revised plan before the committee acts on it. . Physician Charges False Arrest. CHICAGO, December 28 (#).—Dr. E. Thomas Brand, former physician at the Chicago Stadium, yesterday filed suit against the company, -seeking damages of $100,000 for false arrest and what he termed “damage to his reputation. The Star’s New RADIO DIRECTORY is ready for YOU! THE STAR has just compiled from the latest Federal Radio Commission records a list of all of the radio stations in America, Canada and Cuba. To you who have just purchased Radios this is a timely announce- ment. Get .one of THE STAR RADIO DIRECTORIES and log your stations. Get your copy from any of THE STAR Agencies in your neigh- borhood or at the business counter of @he Star The Great Newspaper of the Nation’s Capital