Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and much colder tonight; tomor- row fair and colder; lowest temperature wn’:t about 28 de ‘Temperatures —Highest, 67, at 2:30 p. 9 lowest, 46, at noon today. Full report on page 9. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 he No. 31,293. post _office Entered as second class matter Washington, D C - WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star, Yesterday’s Circulation, 112,158 D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1930—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. FRP (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. GIFT BOMB DEATHS MOUNT AS POLICE SEEK PERPETRATOR Mrs. Brady and Baby Brother to Be Buried Together. Sister Near Death. INVESTIGATORS INDICATE ARREST BY NIGHTFALL ! Police Conduct Inquiry Concerning Persistent Reports of Spurned Suitor. With the death toll in the Seat Pleasant “gift” bomb plot increased to two and threatening to go higher, investigators today were groping slowly along a tangled path of theories and suspicions which they hoped would lead shortly to the perpetrator of Prince ‘Georges County’s New Year day bomb outrage. § The mangled bodies of Mrs. Naomi Hall Brady, 18-year-old expectant mother, and 19-month-old Samuel Hall, her tiny brother, were to be lowered into the same grave tomorrow afternoon at Mitchellville, Md,, as Washington and Maryland police indicated an arrest Was near. While County Policeman Frank Prince and Headquarters Detective John Fowler were investigating per- sistent re) rning a Maryland farmer W young Herman would be under arrest by nightfall. Little Samuel Dies. Little Samuel died early last night at Sibley Hospital from frightful mutila- tions received as he bent his curly head close to the flendishly-camouflaged in- fernal machine to watch his big sister, to whom the “Yule present” was ad- dressed, open it. Dorothy Hall, 4-year-old sister of Samuel, is on the verge of death at the same hospital from similar injuries to the head. Mrs. Nora Hall, mother of the stricken family, and two other sons, Leslie, 16, and-Thomas, 8, are recover- ing from severe lacerations, bruises and shock at Providence Hospital. Norris- Hall, oldest brother, who was away from home when the bomb ex- ploded in the kitchen of the Hall resi- dence, is co-operating with the authori- ties in their attes to solve the crime. planned to tell po- it religious antagonism was connected with the tragedy. The funeral tomorrow afternoon will be held from the Mount Oak Methodist Chi Mitchellville, of which the Halls had been members prior to their removal to Seat Pleasant recently. In- terment was to be in the church ceme- tery. The simple services will be tended only by a few relatives and friends. including the sorrowing father, John 8. Hall, and the bridegroom, Her- man Brady. Coroner Views Body. A coroner’s § viewed the body of Mrs. Brady last night at the Gasch un- d establ it in Early. An autopsy was performed on body by Dr. James I. Boyd of Forest- ville, the main purpose of which was to seek bits of the improvised bomb that might aid in tracing its L. ‘The results of the autopsy were not disclosed. Supposed fragments of the deadly machine, found about the Hall prem: ises, also have been collected as pos: sible bits of evidence against the man. ufacturer of the dynamite-loaded pack- age. Bureau of Standards experts were to be asked to assist in examining these articles, with a view to learning their source. The “evidence” includes a small coiled spring, a piece of copj wire, torn cardboard and Wwrapping paper and some small finishing nails. A cursory inspection of construction jobs in the near vicinity of the Hall home failed to disclose any work of a nature requiring the type of nails in question, it was said today by Lieut. Joseph Morgan, acting head of the local homicide squad, who made an investi- gation in co-operation with county of- ficers yesterday afternoon. The nails are thought to have been packed around the dynamite sticks. Trace Source of Box. Officer Prince and Detective Fowler | today visited a county store in a re- rted effort to locate the source of the mx used to cloak the explosives. Mrs. Hall described the box to Lieut. Morgan yesterday as being about ten inches square and high. Probers are of the opinion the box originally may have contained candy, and Prince and Fowler are understood to have inspected a num- ber of candy boxes in the Maryland The result of their examinaiion is not known. After visiting the store the officers returned early this afternoon to Marl- boro to consult with State’s Attorney J. Frank Parran. Authorities also are seekil to learn where the dynamite came from. Lieut. Morgan pointed out the difficulty of locating the sourze of the explosive today, in view of the fact that dynamite is readily obtainable in the county and is used widely in farm and construction work. Investigators intimated today that an arrest might be delayed for several days pending completion of a hypothetical “case” now being built around a sus- man, married. the | Hank Johannes, Freezing Weather Is Forecast After Record Warm Spell ‘Washington's record warm spell of 14 years at this time of the year is to change to freezing tem- perature by tomorrow morning. From 53 degrees at 8 o'clock this morning, the Weather Bu- reau forecast the mercury would go as low as 28 degrees, which means a ‘return to normal Win- ter temperature.” For the next few days there will be a rather rapid fluctuation in the weather, the coldness of tomorrow night changing to an- other warm spell. No snow, how- ever, is predicted before the temperature begins to rise. ‘The 66 degrees registered at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon was the highest since January 2, 1916, when the mercury in Wash- ington went to 70 degrees. Yes- terday's mark was exceeded also on January 2, 1876, when 71 de- grees was recorded for that day of the year. The ret; to normal tempe ture, it was explained, would tend along the Al seaboar TENDIEASTANTLY ASPLANES CRAS Movie Thriller Ends in Trag- edy When Flaming Craft Fall Into Sea. By the Associated Press. SANTA MONICA, Calif., January 3.— ‘The placid Pacific rolled gently today over the watery sepulcher of seven of ten men who yesterday met a flaming GOLLINS BRANDS “SPY" STATEMENT AS ABSOLUTE LIE U. S. Attorney Denies Grand Jury Stenographers Took Perjury Notes. REMINDS POLICE BOARD THAT JURY THANKED HIM Declares Woman Juror Called Fore man Merritt Chance “Hypocrite” After Congratulations. William H. Collins, assistant United States attorney, who presented the Mc- Pherson case to the July grand jury, today branded as an “absolute lie” statements in the grand jury's report that stenographers were present in the grand jury room for the purpose of taking testimony for use in possible perjury proceedings against a “certain” witness. The denial of Collins was made be- fore the special police trial board sift- ing the charges of inefficiency against Inspector William S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly when he took the wit- ness stand this afternoon as one of the principal witnesses for the defense. Recalls Vote of Thanks. At the very outset of his testimony Collins pointed out that the grand jury gave him a rising vote of thanks for the death 3,000 feet above the sea in cater- ing to a public whim. The charred and shattered bodies of the other three were in a morgue. They were making a motion picture thriller based on the disappearance of Capt. Alfred Lowenstein, Belgian finan- cier, from a plane crossing the Eng- lish Channel on July 5, 1928, Suddenly the planes whipped to- gether almost head-on. Gasoline tanks burst and flared and in the twinkling of an eye the combined wreckage shot seaward. Bodies Thrown Out. ‘Three bodies were catapulted from the flaming hulks during the plunge, and fell into the water away from the it of spray, fire and smoke :flmfil:ma '.b:p nruh! of the planes an“:‘ue'uxs:“ r:“!:‘w minutes only a thin film of oll, flattening out the white- bore evidence of the No more bodies appeared and no wreckage came to the surface. o flet:ld:fll'kl 32, Hollywood, mo- Kenne AL = actress. Body not re- covered. Max Gold, 29, Hollywood, assistant director, married. Body recovered. Conrad Wells, 31, Hollywood, camera- man, married. Body recovered. George Eastman, 29, Santa Monica, canieraman, unmarried. Body not re- covered. Ben Frankel, 26, Hollywood, assistant cameramen, unmarried. Body re- covered. Otto Jordan, 26, Hollywood, assistant cameraman, unmarried. Body not re- covered. ‘Tom Harris, 25, Hollywood, property Body not recovered. 24, property man, unmarried. not_recovered. Ross Cook, 28, Santa Monica, pilot, unmarried. Body not recovered. Hallock Rouse, 29, Santa Monica, pilot, unmarried. Body not recovered. Parachute Jumper Escapes. Jacob Triebwasser, parachute 6’1:“:“"' who had expected to leap into sea, had not entered the scene when death stepped in as director. He and his pilot, Lieut. Col. Roscoe Turner, and two companions, Fred Osborne and Bert White, motion pic- ture technicians, soared away un- sclthegA toeihi ‘Triebwasser was posing for jump, waiting for the word from White, who, responsible for the timing of the leap, ‘was watching the camera planes when the tragedy occurred. L. W. O'Connell, head cameraman of the Fox Pilm Corporation, for which the picture was being made, was sta- tioned in a speed boat on the water under the planes, prepared to pick up Triebwasser after his jump. Died in Crash. He sped his boat to the spot and picked up the bodies of Gold, Wells and Frankel. No water was found in their lungs, indicating they had died In the crash. Mary Astor was prostrated when she finally was told of her husband’s death. She is under the care of a physician in her Hollywood home. Howard Hawks, brother of Kenneth Hawks and brother-in-law of Norma Shearer, screen actress, escaped death because a whim caused him to change his mind after he had gone to Clover Field with the intention of going up in one of the planes. Pilots Were Competent. J. G. Hall, inspector of the aeronau- tics branch of the Department of Com- merce, started an investigation. He is stationed at Clover Fleld, the airport from which the planes took off. C. H. Tanner, president of the Tanner Aircraft Corporation, described both pilots as_competent men of long expe- rience. The Tanner company had fur- nished the planes &nd the pilots for the picture work. ‘The suspect’s name was with- Tanner said the ships were in good condition when they left the Reld. MAN DOG CATCHERS FAIL, NOW WOMAN HAS JOB IN EVANSTON New Incumbent Will Serve Without Pay, Being Satisfied to Care for Canines. By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, Ill, January 3.—After two experiences with men as dog catch- ers, a woman today had the job. Mrs. Lillian Lundahl will act without pay, being satisfied to see that the dogs are properly cared for. Evanston's first dog catcher was Clarence Skinner. He lost his job be- cause he was too good. He was so vigilant that even a high-class dog dared not go far without his collar or Skinner would get. him and take him for a ride, a term meaning the same in canine as in gangland. Gene De Servi succeeded Skinner. He took office with the slogan, “Every dog will have its day, and every day will have its dog.” One of the exploits for which De Servi long will be remem- bered was his conquest of the iron dog. Mr. De Servi, always zealous, thought the iron dog was a real dog. He leaped and grabbed it and sprained his hand “fair and impartial manner” in which he presented the McPherson case and immediately afterward adopted the sen- sational report excoriating Shelby and Kelly and attacking the United States attorney’s office. Collins related how, after he had fin- ished presenting the case to the grand Jury, &e 23 members stood up in trib- ute to the manner in which he had handled the case and said that some of them even clapped their hands to em- phasize their appreciation. Merritt O. Chance, foreman of the grand jury, Col- lins said, then came up and congratu- lated him and declared that no “hard feelings” existed. As soon as he had left the grand jury room, Collins declared, Mrs. Dolores B. Marmion, 2 woman member, later told him that Chance drew from his pocket the report criticizing the police investi- gation of the case. Mrs. Marmion, Col- lins said, told him that she turned to Chance and said: * Called Chance “Hypocrite.” “You are a terrible hypocrite. You have just shook that boy’s hand. Now you attack him.” From Collins’ testimony also emerged a new version of the incident when Shelby told thelglnd jury that he liceman Robert J. Allen and Mrs. Roy indicted for perjury. was being questioned at length concern- ing the stories told by Allen and Mrs. Heavrin when one of the grand jurors | e, asked the police officer what he thought of those two witnesses. Shelby according to Collins, that he believed they were “two damnable liars who ought to be indicted for perjury.” “My _recollection,” Colli ‘'was that Shelby’s answer was re- ;’ptm.live to the question of the grand juror.” Mrs. Marmion, whose name Collins injected into the trial board proceed- ings, was the member of the July grand jury which caused the indictment against Robert ‘A. McPherson to be nolle prossed because she was drawing a pension from the Government. George M. Hall, a member of the July grand jury and the fourth grand juror to testify for the defense, testified that the jury was stampeded into adopting the sensational report criticizing Shelby and Kelly. In addition, Policeman George S. Weber, who has been de- tailed at the United States attorney's office for the last 13 years to take statements of Government witnesses for the grand jury, disclosed that for the first time in this period he was evicted from his office adjoining the grand jury room during the McPherson investigation. The doors of the office were closed and locked, Weber de- clared, on the orders of Merritt O. Chance, foreman of the grand jury. Failed to Count Hands. In discussing the grand jury's report attacking Shelby and Kelly, Hall pointed out that the committee of six, which drew it up, was given no details as to its scope by the grand jury and that when it was adopted Foreman Chance failed to count the hands when vote was taken, but announced immediate- ly after the hands were raised that the report had been carried. Hall also cor- roborated much of the testimony of the three other members of the July grand jury who preceded him on the witness stand. ‘The name of Mrs. Roy Heavrin of the Park Lane Apartment was again injected in the proceedings by Head- quarters Detective Charles J. P. Weber, who testified that she denounced former Policeman Robert J. Allen and praised Lieut. Kelly in his presence one day, and the following day completely re- versed her story when she testified be- fore the grand jury. ‘The morning session of the trial board was comparatively brief, an ad- Jjournment having been taken at 11:20 o'clock until 1 o'clock this afternoon, when Assistant United States Attorney William H. Collins took the witness stand. George S. Weber said that in his 13 years' experience he has never known a detective to submit a written state- ment to a grand jury unless it was in the nature of a confession from a de- SR By |2 scussing ; | that at present continued, | o MELLON UPHOLDS COAST GUARDS FOR FIRING ON RUNNERS Secretary Regrets Slaying of Three, but Justifies Shoot- ing at Black Duck. BOSTON MOB DESTROYS POSTERS AS PROTEST Recruiting Resumed on Common Under Orders to Avoid Vio- lence if Possible. By the Assoclated Press. Secretary Mellon today asserted that the Coast Guard had done nothing that was not justified and authorized under the law in firing on the liquor-smug- gling boat Black Duck, which resulted in the death of three men. The Secretary of the Treasury said that, as much as the shooting was re- gretted, reports to him indicated that the Coast Guard was acting “entirely within their instructions and observing their duty in what they did.” “They gave warning, the boat was endeavoring to escape and they could not do less than they did,” he added. The Secretary, who returned to ‘Washington today from a sea trip in Bahaman waters, said that the Coast Guard had information that the smug- glérs were attempting to run liquor into the United States and concentrated Coast Guard boats in that vicinity. In Line With Others. Mr, Mellon's statement was in line with those rn'evlously made by Rear Admiral Billard, Coast Guard com- mandant, and Assistant Secretary Low- man, both of whom had defended the Coast Guard. The Black Duck, the coast off Newpos “The Coast Guard,” Mr. Mellon said, “is authorized under the law to use force to stop boats. If they could not shoot, they could not carry out their instructions. They give warnings and pursue, and if a boat does not stop, it is necessary to use force. In these cases the men were violators of the law, They were smuggling liquor and it was the Coast Guard’s duty to capture them.” Asserting that all reports of the Coast Guard indicated that “everything was regular and that they were justified in what they were doing,” Mr. Mellon added: “Our men only use force where it is absolutely necessary.” Could Do No Less. “The Coast Guard gave this boat warning and it was endeavoring to escape and the Coast Guard could not oy "he;yx . t in genetal orcemen e Secref said that he favored the transfer of the entire prohibition unit from the jurisdiction of the Treasury partment to the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice. He pointed out the Department of Justice prosecutes the cases that are developed by the Prohibition Bureau and expressed the belief that better co- ration could be obtained if both di vlaéom were under the same depart- men , he said, was near rt. SIGNS ARE DESTROYED. Coast Guard Recruiting Posters Are Torn Down in Boston as Protest. BOSTON, January 3 (#).—Coast Guard recruiting posters at the South Station were found torn down today by recruit- ing officers when they reported there for duty. Yesterday, at a demonstration on Boston Common, following a meet- ing in Faneuil Hall, in protest of the (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) 200 FLEE THEATER * AFTER FALSE ALARM Children Imperiled in Rush as Youth Runs Down Steps Shouting “Fire?” By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, Ontario, January 3.—Two hundred people, many of them children, rushed from the Francais Theater yes- terday when a young man shouted “Fire” as he ran down the stairs from the balcony to the street. All reached the street in safety, despite the rush to the doors. They returned when they learned the alarm was tfalse. Recalling the Paisley, Scotland, New Year eve tragedy, the theater manage- ment stated every effort:would be made to arrest the man who shouted the alarm. Circulation It is believed that no large city in the United States is covered so thoroughly by one newspaper as is Wash- ington by The Star. Yesterdays’ Circulation, 112,158 fendant charged with a crime. His duties consist ordinarily, he said, of taking statements from all Govern- ment witnesses appearing before the he was relieved of this task. He said (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) TACOMA PATRIOT DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS grand jury, but in the McPherson case | Year @go«..-essvnessss BOGRIT Advertising Local Display. Increase .. Lines. By the Assoclated Press. TACOMA, Wash., January 3.—Col. Albert E. Joab, picturesque Tacoman and ardent patriot, died here last night. In 1916 Joab brought a charge of criminal libel against Paul R. Haffer, declaring that Haffer in a newspaper article had declared that George Wash- ington was ‘“blasphemous, a Negro owner and drank his liquor with the rest of them.” Haffer was convicted, sentenced to three months in jail and fined $125. After serving one month he was par- doned by the late Gov. Lister and the fine remitted. severely. Mrs. Lundahl will not actually catch dogs. Whenever she hears of a dog that needs catching, she will tell the police. Radio Programs on Page C.7 THE ‘SHAr. . .o ovvesosas BRI Second Newspaper...... 25,631 Third Newspaper... 9,183 Fourth Newspaper...... 5,855 Fifth Newspaper........ 2,600 Other 4 Combined.... 43,269 Star’s Excess.......... 5,008 Such thorough circulation is practical economy for advertisers wishing to cover this field at a minimum cost. 1 WISH L KNEw How TO § DECoY SOME OF “THOSE WESTER! WILD Q DUCKS OF THE HOUSE OVER ¥ag “To MY POND. OH.BoY! News Note: Col. Grant of the Public Park Service has lured many wild ducks to the Tidal Basin as an added attraction, PRINCESS LEAVES T0 MARRY PRINCE Belgium Thrills as Marie Jose Prepares for Nuptials in Rome. By the Assoclated Press. BRUSSELS, January 3.—All Belgium was thrilled today as Princess Marie Jose, 23-year-old daughter of the Bel- gian monarch, made last-minute prepa- rations for her journey to Rome, where she will be married to Crown Prince Humbert. A royal romance will ride on the sumptuously appointed Italian train that will carry the Princess and the Belgian royal family to Italy, for the Princess and her flance met 12 years ago, when they were just children, and from that day to this an affection has d that has warmed the hearts of ‘The train aboard which the Belgian family will travel will leave Brussels late this evening and will be guarded carefully all of the way across Europe to forestall any mishaps. Particular care has been taken because of the re- cent attempt against the life of Prince Humbert in Brussels and the discovery of a plot among extremists to prevent the marriage. Met at Sadua in 1917, The royal couple first met during the World War, in the Autumn of 1917, when the King and Queen of the Bel- glans visited the Italian battlefront. The young Princ ss, hardly in her teens, at the time, was a pupil at the boarding school of the Reale Instituto Della Ser- issima Annunziata, in Florence, more commonly known as the “Poggio Im- periale.” “Mademoiselle,” as Princess Marie Jose was called at the express wish of her mother, went, in the company of her English governess, Miss Ham- mersley, to Padua, where Marie Jose and young Humbert spent several days together in close association. t was during these days that the 11-year-old blonde, curly-haired prin- cess from the north fell in love with her princely playmate, who one day obtained permission to convey young Marie Jose and Miss Hammers- ley to Venice. The charm of Venice reacted upon the royal children just as it does on more prosaic - visitors, and when they had to separate a couple of days later, young Marie Jose first shed a lover's tear. Hearts Spanned Distance. For six years she was unable to meet Humbert again. Their ways had sepa- rated, but their hearts were still filled with each other. When they next met, Marie Jose was a sweet young girl of 17, and Humbert, the dark- eyed prince, had become a tall, slender officer of his father's army. The happy days of Padua and Venice had left a deep, genuine feeling in both hearts, and, with the consent of their arents, they became engaged.” An qulfl paper published the news of the betrothal which, despite its truth, was officially denied. Events at the time were not ripe for the news being announced officially. The prince was sent on a mission to the Near East and subsequently to far-off South America. Princess Adamant. Many political difficulties were in the way of the royal lovers’ romance, but Princess Marie Jose said: “I'll marry my Italian prince or en- ter a convent.” She never wavered. So in August, 1928, both royal families agreed to an official announcement that an engage- ment existed. And now they will be married after having overcome more obstacles, perhaps, than any that could be encountered by lovers in more or- dinary walks of life. Immediately after her arrival in Rome Princess Marie Jose will be asked to approve of the choice of the members of her court, the list of which is to include the following: Countess Laura Brandolin D'Adda, born Boncompag- noni, daughter of the Governor of| Rome; Princess di Mirto of the family | of the counts of Villa-Kletto, Countess di Castellarco, Marques Leonardt Ber- lingiji, Marques di Bagno Gaetani di Laurenzana and Marques Scilla, Traus. VIRGINIA BANK ROBBED. P S I Lone Bandit Gets $4,500 at Hamil- ton and Escapes in Auto. A lone bandit held up the cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Hamilton, Va., this afternoon and es- lcl];ed in an automobile with $4,500 in 00! Washington_police were notified the man was headed this way. His car bore Virginia tags, Lindy Says Women Have an Important Place in Aviation By the Assoclated P: WICHITA, Kans., January 3.— Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, whose wife accompanies him on many of his flights, believes that women {n‘we an important place in avia- lon. Asked by a reporter here what he thought about the status of women in flying, Col. Lindbergh smiled, and replied: “That’s difficult, but I'll say this—woman’s part in aviation will parallel that which she as- sumed with automobiles.” PUBLIG DEBY CUT BLION I YEAR Statement Shows Total, Which Was $17,309,749,131, Is $16,300,921,501. By the Associated Press. A decrease of more than $1,000,000,000 in the public debt of the United States in the last 12 months was shown today in the Treasury statement for Decem- ber 31. ‘The gross debt of the Nation on De- cember 31, 1928, was $17,309,749,135, while on last Tuesday it amounted to $16,300,921,501. The debt reached its highest peak on August 31, 1919, in the post-war period, the figures being $26,596,701,648. On the last day of the old year, which ended the first six months of the 1930 fiscal year, the Treasury had collected $2,077,539,561 from all sources and had expended $1,985,894,861, leaving a sur- plus of $91,644,655. In the same period last year the income amounted to $1,867,639,075, while the expenditures were $2,036,- 111,722, . Income taxes again played an im- portant part in increasing the Gov- ernment revenues, amounting to $1,- 185,317,860 in the six months, as com. pared with $1,012,795,591 in the same months of the previous year. For December the income taxes also showed an appreciable gain, a total of $516,500,700 having been collected, as compared with $431,701,592 last De- cember. THREE WITNESSES OF FIRE DISAPPEAR Former Employes of Detroit Club Where 23 Died Drop Out of Sight. | By the Associated Press. | DETROIT, Jan 3—The disap- | pearance of the three State witnesses {in the trial of Martin Cohn, proprietor | of the Study Club, on a charge of in- | voluntary manslaughter in connection with the fire and panic there September |20, was revealed by Duncan C. McCrea, assistant prosecutor, today. The three were employes of the caba- ret when the fire broke out in the build- ing, resultng in the deaths of 23 per- sons. Two of the missing witnesses, Peter Simons, a bus boy, and Louls Kanta, a sandwich maker, are known | to have left the city. The third, Louls | Bloomfield, assistant manager of the club. is believed to be hiding in Detroit. MRS. WILLEBRANDT IS NOT INFORMANT U | Senator Borah Denies Rumors Con- | cerning Source of Prohi- bition Data. Senator Borah of Idaho today denied widely published reports that Mrs. Ma- bel Walker Willebrandt, former Assist- ant Attorney General in charge of pro- hibition cases, was the source of his in- formation on prohibition conditions throughout the country. 13 WATIONS MEET TO TALK DEBT PLAN Conference Expected to Put Reparations Scheme Into Final Form. By the Assoclated Press. THE HAGUE, January 3—Final trimming, expansion and revision of the Young plan was the object today of representatives of 13 nations meet- ing here for the second conference on reparations. When they have concluded their labors—unless some unforeseen hitch - develops—the Young plan will be referred back to the governments for ratification and its schedule of an- nuitles over 58 years will actually re- place the present Dawes plan annuittes scale. weeks was hoped for, but there were those not so sure that pending matters could be disposed of in that time. Aristide Briand, French forelgn min- ister, hopes to leave here in time for the mnfins‘ of the council of the League of Nations January 13, while several of the dgle{fiu here will attena the London Naval Conference opening | January 21. | The problem which possibly will bring most discussion and draw na- tional lines clearest, it was expected here today, will be that represented by Germany's demand that the ideu of sanctions be eliminated from the creditor nations' reparations policy. Rhineland Occupation Fought. Although parliamentary ratification has not been given, the German govern- ment has pledged its good faith in acceptance of the Young plan, and its intention to abide by its provisions. But, in the event some circumstance should bring cessation of payment, the Relch does not wish to have the Rhine- land reoccupied, or other penalties im- posed to exact further cash. Reich hopes that some sort or arbitration board can be provided whicn will determine responsibility in event of defaulted payments, and then employ sanctions if “they are founa necessary. This idea, somewhat modi- fied, also is held by M. Briand. French Want Guarantee. Others in the French government are known to be less inclined to abandon what they consider a guarantee that the German annuities will be made, and, ergo, that France meets its war debt and other obligations from the money thus obtained. Broadly speaking, the tendency among the remaining creditor n‘tlax;x seems to favor this Frencn n. M. Tardieu, French premier, is exe gecud today to see Philip Snowden, ritish _chancellor of the exchequer, whose firm stand for return to Great Britain of certain former concessions on reparations greatly prolonged the first Hague conference. ~The concessibns finally made to the British government affected France most, and it was be- lleved, since there was considerable French popular dissatisfaction with the arrangement, that there might be some further discussion of the matter. Problems involved in the so-called “Oriental reparations,” or those to be exacted from Hungary and Bulgaria, also faced the meeting as it convened. i1t was ible these might be evaded for the time being and referred to some later conference. Phases of the scheme for the new Bank of International Set- tlements were certain to reach the con- ference. The meeting is the fourth of the more Tecent reparations conferences, the first that of the financial experts at Paris last year, in which the German reparations debt was spread over 59 A meeting of from 10 days to 2| oie ATTORNEY GENERAL RECOMMENDS TWO MORE JUDGES AND DISTRICT DRY LAW Mitchell Reports to Capper on Legislation Needed to Improve Administration of Justice in Capital. WOULD ALSO SUI;ERVISI: SALE OF SECURITIES HERE Cabinet Member's Letter Is Writ- ten in Response to Request From the Chairman of Semate Com- mittee Supervising Affairs of District of Columbia. Enactment of a local prohibition law for Washington and appoint- ment of two additional judges in the District of Columbia Supreme Court were the outstanding rec- ommendations made today by Attorney General William D. Mitchell, in a report to Chairman Capper of the Senate District committee. The Attorney General's letter was in reply to one from Senator Capper in October, in which the Senator invited suggestions from the Department of Justice for legislation to improve administra- tion of justice here. The Attorney General said that no additional local legislation is needed for the district attorney’s office, pointing out that any in- crease in the staff of that office would be merely a matter of in- creasing the appropriations. Aside from prohibition enforce- ment and appointment of two more judges, the Attorney Gen- eral also calls attention to the need for legislation in Washington to supervise those engaged in the sale of securities. dry law are to exte: poumun authority to She) time only & pol are available as prohibi- tion enforcement officers, Purpose of Law Explained. The Attorney General sent to Sen- ator Capper a memorandum the EUYPOIH of the pi prohibition law and how it compares with the measure as outlined by Sen- ator Howell. It has been bfimflm understood that the Howell ‘would the present of ‘the | Only offenses defined in the bill, increase the authority of all members of the local police force in the en- day e detath of the promocd heisi: ay the details of the - tion had not been made public. The Attorney General's memorandum ex- plains the measure as follows: “The purpose of the bill is to con- tinue the operation and enforcement in the District of Columbia of the national reromhmnn act, with one or two ma- rial changes; to add thereto certain rovisions regarded as essential to pro- bition enforcement in the District, in- cluding some taken from the so-called Sheppard act,.and to repeal the latter act. (The sheg d law referred to was a local prohibition law passed by Congress before the Volstead law). ggg W] are not offenses under the national pro- hibition act are three in number and may be briefly described as: " Three Offenses Defined. “1, drinking and being intoxicated in public; 2, driving a vehicle other than an automobile, while drunk, and 3, permitting the use of one's property as a common nuisance. In the present draft it was deemed more appropriate to set out these offenses at the beginning of the act and take up thereafter the provision dealing with administration and enforcement.” The section of the bill defining the offense of drinking and being drunk in public was taken without change from the old Sheppard law except that the word “alcoholic” has been changed to “intoxicating.” Another section defines the offense of driving & vehicle other than an auto- mobile while drunk, with provision for a penalty equivalent to the penalty preseril for drinking in public. This penalty for drinking in public is given as not less than $10 nor more than $100 or by imprisonment for not less than 5 days nor more tI 30 days, cr by both fine and imprisonment. Text of Section 6. An important part of the bill is Sec- tion 6. reading as follows: “That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of Colum-~ bia and, subject to their supervision, direction and control, of all members of the police force of sald District, to investigate and report violations of this act, of the national prohibtion act, and of all other laws of the United States relating to the manufacture and taxa- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ‘The headlight of a fast Baltimore limited train on the W, B. & A. Rail- way last night played over the body of a man lying on the track not 100 yards in front, near Kenilworth Junc- tion. ‘The engineer saw the object and the train came to a jerking, grinding halt. The alarmed operator leaped from his position at the throttle expecting to |dluwer a mangled body beneath the rs. Willebrandt should not be drawn into this matter,” said Senator B?{l’:hi “She has had nothing te do with it.” wheels of the front car. Lying under the front part of the train and two feet from the wheels of the front truck he saw a colored man in sense- ENGINEER STOPS TRAIN IN TIME TO SAVE MAN ASLEEP ON TRACK John Johnson Gets Second *Break” When Judge Suspends Sentence for Intoxication. less comfort, the man ‘s one train rail as a pillow and Lh.‘n%'-hzr as a prop for his feet. Policeman E. E. Dulin of the eleventh precinct was near at hand, and came running up as he heard the engineer's o Gine here offi d get ‘‘Come here, officer, anq this man oft Dr.ul}ten "‘bcenfl he zelud. L5 obeyed, and subsequently car- ried the man, John Johnson, colored, of Douglas street northeast, to the police precinct, where he was booked for intoxication. Johnson got another ‘“break” in Police Court today when Judge R_Hitt fined him $10, suspended the sentence and took his personal bond not to repeat the cffense. A