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BRITAIN 1S FEARFUL OF PARLEY FAILURE Apprehension Is Felt as Opening of Naval Confer- ence Draws Near. By Radio to The Sta News. Copyrig LONDON, England, January 3.— ‘There are only three more weeks until the representatives of the mightiest na- tions in the world assemble in London to discuss the all-important question of naval reductions. As is natural for a country where for centuries the navy has been the pride and hope of the! nation, some nervousness is displayed here on the eve of this momentous meeting. Most of the jingo journals as well as #ome others have already denounced Prime Minister Ram: Macdonald’s | foolish policy of “allowing the Ameri- | cans to dictate the kind of navy the empire needs.” They publish a “grave ! warning” against the enormous dangers | the world will face in case the confer- | ence fails, and mildly suggest that un-| less Mr. Macdonald is absolutely cer- tain of success the conference should be | pesjponed before irreparable harm is done. nd_Chicago Dally t, 1930. Cannot Afford Failure, ‘This apprehension is only natural. There is too much at stake this time for responsible men not to be worried. From frequent conversations with men in responsible positions, it is apparent that Mr. Macdonald and his political and navy advisers are fully confident of the issue of the London conferency. This country and ils prime minister cannot possibly afford failure. Nobody among those behind the scenes fears a repetition of the Geneva occurrence. In 1927 the situation, so far as Great Britain and the United States were concerned, was totally dis- ferent from that of today. The Tory administration had just emerged vic- torious from the general strike and was confident’ that the country would enjoy a speedy economic recovery. The | die-hards were unanimous in beiieving | that Britannia should continue to rule the waves, as she had been doing for centuries, and were convinced that the coming trade boom would enable -Great Britain to accept America’s challenge to share her supremacy of the seas. ‘They were prepared to engage the United States in & naval building com- petition. Many leading cabinet min- isters were urging liberal-minded Stan- ley Baldwin, then prime minister, to keep a stiff upper lip, becau they said, public opinion in the Unitea States did not favor a big Navy. The situation now is completely changed. The Labor administration is fully aware that it will take at least 10 years before Great Britain will be eco- nomically recovered. And this will be possible only if every cent that this country has at its command is spent Judiciously on constructive work and not thrown away on armaments. On the other hand, Prime Minister Macdonald returned from the United States with the definite impression that the people over there were genuinely pacific, but that should the London conference fail they would not hesitate to authorize the administration to spend all the money deemed necessary to provide the United States with a sirong navy. Mr. Macdonald told his colleagues and the naval experts that this was their last chance, that Great Britain had come to an understanding with the United States and would share with her the supremacy of the seas. He also told them that if an agreement cannot be reached, the United States undoubt- edly will outbuild the most ambitious program the British admirals have in mind. Mr, Macdonald is personally ex- tremely anxious to conclude a friendly agreement with all the powers, but if this is impossible he is determined to sign a three-power agreement. ‘The home policies of the Labor gov: emnment have been a failure, and a general election is expected either in the Spring or Fall. Mr. Macdonald wants to go before the electorate with a record on foreign affairs such as no previous prime minister has had for many generations. He consequently must get the United States and Japan to sign some sort of agreement. ‘The French attitude is worrying him considerably, although not as much as the Japanese. The French have told the powers plainly that they will con- sider the London conference only a pre- liminary to a general disarmament con- ference to be held in Geneva. If the French cannot be induced to accept Becretary of State Stimson’s viewpoint that a naval agreement signed at Lon- don will be binding, Mr.Macdonald in- tends to suggest that agreements reached here should be subject to a general disarmament conference, but that they should be binding until that conference is summoned. Worried by Japanese. The Japanese demands, however, are worrying Mr. Macdonald more. If the United States is allowed to build 21 10,000-ton cruisers, the Japanese insist on having 14, while Great Britain's share would be only 13. 1f the United States accept only 18, Japan's ratio will be 13, that is, the same as Great Britain’s. Even then there is & good deal of opposition from Australia, The Aus- tralian government argues that the fig- ure is insufficient because, while Great Britain will have cruisers scattered over the seven seas, the entire Japanese navy will be concentrated in the Pacific. The situation naturally presents many difficulties, but Mr. Macdonald is confi- | dent that’ the Japanese and American | delegates are animated by such a spirit | of good will that some compromise will be worked out. Meantime, he will send next Tuesday his trusted lieutenant, Lord Thompson, to Paris to engage the French minister of the navy in pre- liminary_conversations before Premier Andre Tardieu comes to London for final conversations with the prime minister. 13 NATIONS MEETING TO DEBATE GERMAN REPARATIONS PLAN (Continued From_Firs yments, with & present value of about $10,000,000,000. The second was the first Hague conference, called for cer- tain revisions of the Young plan to meet political considerations. Later, at Baden-Baden, Germany, financial experts of the interested coun- tries met and arranged for founding of the new Bank of International Settle- ments, which was intended to handle the raparations payments. Premier Tardieu and Philip Snowden, British chancellor of the exchequer, had & long talk this morning. The inte view was most cordial and, it is under- stood, developed complete agreement on general lines between the two delega- tions. There had been hints in some quar- ters that the British chancellor, who took such & vigorous stand at the last Hague conference, had suother bomb- shell ready to explode, but notlsng could be obtained in British circles to support such spprehension. Edwin C. Wilson, first secretary in the American embassy in Parls, who is present for the United States, was one of the early arrivals today, although Germany and the United States have come to an agreement on the separate payment of German reparations aside from the Young plan. The delegations to the conference ar- rived in such force today as to give a formidable aspect to the sessions. The German delegation was 80 strong, while party at the train from Detroit, and |19, t:r: the Sritish numbered 60. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 SEA ROADS TO PEACE i America, Remote From Bases of Possible Enemies, Has Peculiar Problem. The importance of sea power in mod- ern times and the factors mecessary fo its development are explained in this, the second of a series of articles. BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. Special Correspondence. Sea power had wide bearings in Admiral Mahan's mind. It embraced every form of national influence abroad —moral, cultural, political, economic. If a nation were morally useful, or had some cultural weight, or made a politi- cal impression, or extended its trade overseas, it did so through some in- strumentality of transmarine communi- cation—warships, merchantmen, liners, aircraft, cables, the radio, and it was exercising sea power. In fine. to Mahan, sea power was the vehicle par excellent of historical power—the final arbiter of national destinies. But the fundamental and coarser elements of sea power—the things which constitute fighting strength afloal—were the matters to which the philosophical admiral gave almost ex- clusive heed. He thought of geography. climate. He thought of extent of terri. tory, population, human qualities, go ernment. Al these, in his analysis were major concomifants of any force ch & nation could make effective s. did he say of geography? Geography Vital Factor, He sald it profoundly affected a nation's outlook relative to sea power. If the nation were surrounded by water (as are England and Japan), it in- stinctively associated floating defense | with the preservation of its national | life. If it were cheek by jowl with land neighbors (as are Germany, France, the Netherlands), its more im- mediate defensive preoccupation Wwas military. Approximately equal in other re- spects, no two nations differently sit~ uated geographically—the one with land and the other with water frontiers —ever could be equal at sea. The na- tion with land neighbors would be pre- dominantly military, the watergirt na- tion predominantly naval. And the naval nation, because of its position of command between the land nation and the productive capacity of the world, would be the more powerful, Geographical contiguity meant much to naval nations. England and Japan were situated most favorably in this re- spect, the one having Europe, the other Asia. at its doors. This contigulty en- abled England to bring its naval power readily to bear upon the coasts and the trade of Europe, and the same is true of Japan as regards the mainland of ia. U. 8. Position Peculiar. America, as will be shown later, is| without this naval advantage of géo- graphical nearness to the bases of pos- sible enemies, and hence has a sea prob- lem of peculiar interest and difficulty. Our country, to digress a_moment, is not in Mahan's category of land powers with strong adjacent states on one or more sides of them. America is a con- tinental island, icy seas to the north, the Atlantic to the east, the Pacific to the west, the Caribbean and Panama to the south. Vast expanses of salt water roll all around us. Know it or not (many of us are be- ginning to know it), our outer and greater defenses are at sea. We have Mexico ta the south and Canada to the | north, but neither is a military menace. We are a naval power, and our inter- ests debar us from demanding less than unquestionable . adequacy of naval strength, Digressing a little farther, Admiral Mahan did not live to see his own countrymen generally informed and sympathetic with reference to his al conceptions. He left us mainly land- bound in our thinking. Ignored Naval Preparation. Non-aggressive, satisfied with both our moral and our material patrimony, eager to practice and promote peace, we opposed battleships as “wicked” (Roose- velt's word) and (again to quote Roose- velt) “combined bluster in speech with He thought of natural resources and | refusal to make any preparation what- soever for action.” ~Were he alive now, Mahan, one may guess. would be hap- pier than he was at the close of his illustrious life. Harbors and rivers—the more numer- ous, the larger and the deeper’ the bet- ter—were other geographical factors of naval power, as Mahan saw it. In such harbors shipping found a home; down such rivers the agricultural and indus- trial products of a nation moved to the Our harbors on the Atlantic, both umber and in depth, are satisfac- In each case, however, mountain ranges cut off the harbors from river communication with the heart of the continent. There is an outlet by way of the St. Lawrence, but it is frozen in Winter; and the great vision of water- | ways and roads eventually to connect the Mississippi Valley with the Gulf of Mexico awaits realization. Hinterland Important. Sea power, as Mahan described it, rested not only on harbors and rivers, but on what lay back of them. their | comprehensive hinterland, if “hinter- | land” may be widened to include, in addition to terrilory, the people and the institutions of the country consid- ered, The more extensive and richly en- dowed the land: the more numerous, gifted, energetic and daring the people; the purer, abler and more representa- tive the government, the larger would be the nation’s showing on the sea and the larger its prestige and place in the world. Trading instincts, as Mahan taught, are at the bottom of sea power. If a nation trades, it must have something to trade with, If it has something to trade with, it must have fellow traders. Fellow traders in sufficlent number and producing goods of sufficient diver- sity can be found only overseas—why the Cretans, the Greeks, the Norse, the Venetians, the Duluth, the English, the early Americans became active far- reaching men of the sea. Northern Nations Led. ‘With the Iberlans it was different. They sought silver and gold, which re- quired few ships. For their silver and gold, the Dutch and the English sup- plied them with wares transportable only in many vessels, and so the north- erners supplanted the southerners in command of the sea. France and Italy, as every one has learned through recent naval discus- sions, have comparatively small navies. ‘The reason for this is manifest in Mahan's writings. The French and the Italians did not comprehend or were psychologically unable to seize the po- litico-economic advantages of great and permanent overseas activities, and con- sequently developed only land strength, always indecisive among the supreme forces of politics and economics in the world. “Is great sea power possible to the Americans?” Mahan asked himself, and his answer was affirmative. We have the harbors and the rivers, the land, the climate, the natural resources, the people and the government neces- sary for indefinile expansion at sea. Production, trade, shipping, protectiop in the form of fighting craft—all on an adequate scale, in Mahan's view, were easily latent in the physical, moral and mental estate of the American people. “Sea power will not long delay ifs appearance,” said Mahan in his antici- pation with reference to America. After much uncertainty and many lapses since that prophecy was uttered, sea power is a fact under the American flag. It was a fact only s liltle more than a generation before Mahan wrote —when England went vigorously to sea —but the continent jimperiously, and American enterprise flowetl toward the Pacific. ~ American sea power again looked up during the Civil War, and again, afterward, it declined, only to recelve an immense and seemingly last- ing impetus in the World War. Today Wwe go to London to work out naval perity with Great Britain, long the mis- Lress of the seas, (Copyrisht. 1930.) (Blockade, the chief weapon of naval power, 1s discussed in the third special article, appearing tomorrow.) UNION ARGUMENT AGAIN IN COURT Locals Charge General Presi- dent Has Destroyed Inter- national Constitution. The long-stgnding controversy of the local unions and membership of the International Union of Operating En- gineers against Arthur M. Huddell, as general president, and the general ex- ecutive board of the international union is again in court. A bill of complaint in equity of 57 printed pages and about 100 printed pages of affidavits and exhibits, to which Joseph Grace of Local 403, Holst- { ing Engineers: Peter J. Allen, a mem- ber of the Cleveland local union, and 17 other members of local unions throughout the country are plaintiffs, were filed today in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Untermyer of New York appears as chief counsel for the plaintiffs. L Marshall of Washington is local counsel. The defendants include Arthur M. Hud- dell, general president of the Interna- tional Union; the six other members of its general executive board and va- rious representatives of Huddell and the board, who are alleged, under the title of supervisors, to have practically de- stroyed the international _constitution and run the locals to suit themselves, ‘The bill alleges, among other matter: that Huddell, in concert with the gen eral executive board, has placed over 100 local unions throughout the country under the control '::1 their personally signated representatives. dt'l'fnle bill ‘ahieges that the plaintiffs under suspension have been unable to secure & iivelihood and will lose the benefit of contributions, often extend- ing over many years, that they have made to their local unions and to the international death benefit fund. In this way their dependents will forfeit all interest in the death benefits to which these members have contributed large sums of money, and thus the in- ternational organization and the re- maining members of the international will secure the benefit thereof unless the plaintiffs are reinstated. A similar suit was dismissed recently by Justice Wheat when the union offi- cials raised the point that the peti- | tioners had not exhausted their remedy within_the organization by appealing from the action of Huddell, ORTIZ RUBIO GREETED. Cliteilgs Datastivas EachitMuioan Leader to His Hotel. CHICAGO, January 3 (#)—Pascual Ortiz Rubio, esident-elect of Mexico, arrived in Chicago today for a two-day visit. A 'detective and police squad met his escorted the delegation to & hotel. Samuel | PETERSBURG FOLK OPPOSE TREE LOSS Washington Cathedral Canon *Sent to Explain Re- moval of Yews. Rev. Dr. G. Freeland Peter, canon of Washington Cathedral, went to Peters- burg, Va., today for the purpose of conferring with City Manager Paul S. [Morton of that city, whose protests have halted efforts to remove two an- cient Irish yews from the Square of | Quinn Morton in historic Blandford | Cemetery, scheduled to be placed in the | bishop's garden at the cathedral here, As s00n as the matter was brought to | the attention of Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, it was announced at the cathedral, he ar- | ranged to send Canon Peter to Peters- , to represent the cathedral au- | thorities in dealing with Mr. Morton and representatives of the Petersburg {Garden Club, who have joined in the |protest. It is understood here that a {legal opinion as to the right of any {person to remove & tree from a lot in {the cemetery has been asked of City Attorney R. Bolling Wilcox of Peters- burg. | “The trees are located in a corner of Blandford Cemetery, and the two indi- I vidual owners concerned wished to dis- pose of the trees. it is said. In one | case, the Cathedral suthorities were in- formed, the owner intended to cut down itwo beautiful specimens in order to | make Toom for a stone coping around {her lot in the cemetery. The pu-chase {of these two trees at the suggestion of | the official of the Cemetery Association iwas considered by the Cathedral au- | thorities an_mct of conservation, ac- {cording to Cathedral authorities. “In the other case, they said, the owner of two larger yew trees happens | 10 be the last of his family and is in- |terested in devoting a portion of the |purchase price for the trees to the Cemetery Association as & permanent endowment for his lof {ITALY RECEIVES U. S. INVITATION TO PARLEY Parliamentary Conference Will Be Held in London Prior Naval Discussion, to B the Associated P ROME, January 3.—Dino Grandi, minister of foreign relations, today re- celved John W. Garrett, United States tion of Secretary of State Stimson for & conference preliminary to the Londoa naval parley this month. The meet- ing will take place in London January days before opening of the naval nok tory, but on the Pacific they are less s0., Ambassador, who presented an invita- | MITCHELL FAVORS DISTRIGT DRY LAW Attorney General Also Sug- gests Two More Judges for | D. C. Supreme Court. ___(Continued From First Page) tion of any traffic in intoxicating liquor, | All knowledge or_information acquired | by any of said officers concerning such violations shall be promptly reported, with the names of all witnesses by whom such violations may be proved, o the United States attorney for the Dis- trict of Columbia for prosecution.” 1t is provided, however, that the offenses of being drunk or drinking in | public and of driving vehicles other than automobiles while under the in- | fluence of liquor shall be handled by the corporation counsel. The bill fixes & penalty of a fine of from $100 to $500 and the loss of posi- tion for any officer who falls to comply with the provision of this section of the bill giving this new power to all mem- bers of the police force. Recommendations Limited. The Attorney General began his letter with the statement that he is con- fining himself to questions with which the Department of Justice deals, and has refrained from referring to matters that would be covered by national legis- lation, The letter read, in part, as fol- lows & “1 Inclose for your consideration & draft of a bill for an act supplemental to the national prohibition act for the District of Columbla, together with an explanatory memorandum prepared in this department. The basis for this draft is a bill submitted November 21 to this department by Senator Howell of Nebraska, the inclosed draft beihg a re- vision of Senator Howell's bill. We used Senator Howell's bill as a basis in order that those interested in this matter might work along the same lines and avoid confusion. "Many things in_this bill are more in the nature of clarifica- tion of existing law than new legisla- tion. It enlarges and more sharply de- fines the duties and the power of the District Commissioners and the police of the District in matters of prohibition enforcement, and in that respect it Tesponds to the suggestion of the Presi- dent in his recent message o the Con- 58, recommend legislation to provide at once two additional judges for the Supreme Court of the District. I am inclosing for your information docu- ments contalning & mass of statistical information respecting the business of the court, together with reports from its chlef justice and the United States at- torney. ‘There is no room for difference of opinfon as to the need for at least one additional judge. I am satisfied that two additional judges should now be provided and that the only question about the second additional judge is whether he may be needed after the lapse of three or four years. If it be deemed advisable to anticipate that t. the legislation might provide that first vacancy occurring after the explration of four years shall not be filled unless it be in the office of chief | justfce to be filled by then advancing | an assoclate justice. There is a very serious congesiion of cases in that court. | Criminal cases, where the accused are | in jail without bond, are kept fairly current, being given preference. Calendar Months Behind. “The calendar of cases where the de- fendants are able to give bail is mamy months behind. Delay in the ‘rial of criminal cases means lax law enforce- ment. Witnesses move away, dle or dis- appear, acquittsls result, cases have to be nolle prossed, guilty defendants thus escape punishment and the whole ma- | chinery of law enforcement slows down and we lose the deterrent effect to speedy trial and punishment. A simil condition exists in the District respec ing padlock injunction cases under the | national prohibition act, which should be effective weapons in the enforcement | of that statute. “There are a large number of those pending in the District, and it takes | from one to one and a half years to, secure a trial in such a case after it is instituted. The prompt trial and dispo- sition ‘of such cases would tend to deter | proprietors and tenants of real estate | from allowing the use of their property for the violation of the national prohi- bition act. “There is. likewise, a great delay in the trial of private civil cases in the | Supreme Court of the District. The equity calendar is more than a year be- hind. Such delays result often in denial | of justice to private litigants, particu- larly to poor pecple.” ‘Would Simplifiy Procedure. Continuing his letter of transmittal, discussing court congestion, the Attor- | ney General wrote: “The court is so far behind that with one additional judge it would be a slow process for it to bring its dockets up | o date. The public interest requires | that this be done as rapidly as possible. Two additional judges will expedite the | work. Suggestions have been made for | rearranging the respective jurisdictions of the Police, Municipal abd Supreme Courts of the District, or for simplifying the procedure in the Supreme Court through its rule-making power or by legislation, and for relieving congestion in the Pederal courts generally by one means or another, Ultimate improvement may be brought about by such means, but im- mediate relief requires an addition to the number of judges. If other meas- ures for rellet make it unnecessary to AMMONIA ‘This car, with Max Valier, its inventor, at the wheel, was id met with success. recently in Berlin, Germany, and ammonia, retain nine judges permanently, that aln be arranged at the appropriate me. “I cannot lay too much emphasis on the effect of congestion in the courts on enforcement of the criminal jaws, including prohibition. The District of Columbia is not the only place where such conditions exist. There are four main in the machinery for the enforcement of criminal laws: first, the agencies authorized to discover of- fenses and obtain evidence; second, the prosecuting attorneys who use the evi- dence thus prepared for them and try the cases in court; third, the courts and judicial machinery for the trial of the cases, and finally, the prison system, in- cluding probations and controls. “All of these agencies, especially the first three, must be adequate. If any one of them is overloaded and clogged, it slows down the others. The United States attorneys charged with the duty of prosecuting the cases in court can- not be effective if the courts are not able promptly to dispose of the cases Likewise, the police of the District and | the agents of the prohibition unit of the Treasury. whose duty it is to detect offenders, collect the evidence and .ay it before the United States attorney, are not encouraged by a delay of a year or more in the trial of the cases after they are_prepared. “It is for these reasons I suggest that every doubt be resolved in favor of any step which tends to expedite the business of the court. With respect to the matter of quarters for two addi- tional judges, I am informed that one court room already has been provided and there is space in the present court house which could immediately be ar- ranged to accommodate a second judge. In that connection I am inclosing @ report from the chairman of a com- mittee of the local bar assoclation. I belleve bills authorizing _additional judges have already been drawn and introduced. ' Documents Sent Along. “I am inclosing documents showing the extent of the business transacted by the Municipal and Police Couits of the District of Columbia. The Police Court of the District, operating under great difficulties, is disposing of a vast amount of business, including many mi- nor cases arising under the national prohibition act. The great need of the Police Court is for enlarged quarters. Those now provided are inadequate and all corridors and offices to which the public has access are badly congested when the court is in session. “I am informed that the plan for a municipal center in the District, as part of the District development, will care for this, and that legislation has been enacted authorizing the acquisi- tion of sites and that some appropria- tions have been made for that purpose, but none yet for the bullding which is to house the Police Court, and that the present plans do not contemplate appropriation for a building to house the Police Court until the fiscal year 1932, On this basis, it may be four or five years before adequate quarters are provided for the Police Court. ‘There is not much use considering any enlargement of personnel in that court before additional space becomes avallable. Possibly the District Com- missioners can arrange for additional space to relieve the congestion pending Xcon:d.l’ul.'!.wn of the permanent build- ng."” The Attorney General in closing his letter made the following reference to the need for legislation to regulate the sale of securities: “While that is not a matter directly within the provinces of the depart- ment we touch it indirectly. This de- partment is at times required to in- vestigate and prosecute, and the courts of the District to consider transactions of this nature alleged to violate the statutes relating to use of the mails and other Federal penal acts. Pre- vention is better than prosecution, and it would tend to relieve the burdens of this department and of the court of the District if legislation were enacted similar to that adopted in many States for the supervision of such business.” Could Issue Warrants. The proposed local dry law would give the judges of the Police Court as well as United States Commissioners the authority to issue arrest warrants for violations either of this new bill, the national prohibition law, or any other Federal law affecting the liquor_ traffic. It also authorizes any police officer of the Dis agent to serve warrants of arrest and search issued under this_proposed bill and provides that any officers may ar- rest offenders without & warrant, “where such arrests are sanctioned by law,” that is for an offense committed in the presence of the officer or where he has reasonable cause to believe that & felony had been committed. The memorandum of the Attorney General explains that the department has left out of the draft of the bill sub- mitted today a proposed section which would have permitted procurement of a warrant to search a private dw where “a still or distilling appar unlawfully set up or being used within, or intoxicating liquor is unlawfully de livered thereto or removed therefrom. The memorandum explains that this has been omitted “because such an ex- tension of the search warrant provisions of existing law would, it is believed, meet with general public disfavor, would re- sult in the search of homes of persons not commerclally engaged in dealing g liquor, and subject the homes in the District of Columbla to searches not sanctioned elsewhere.” Another section of the bill authorizes to turn over to the Dis- foners vessels or vehicles forfeited for violations of the National Prohibition law, to be used locally in the enforcement of the new bill. The bill fixes special penalties for fur- nishing liquor to a minor in the Dis- trict, for a first offense, from $300 to $1.000 and imprisonment for not less than 30 days or more than three months. Heavier penalties are specified for sccond and subsequent offenses. CAR GETS TRIAL RUN ven a trial run iven by rockets —A. P, Photo. The car is | testimony. t or any Federal prohibition | | happened. 19885 JURY REPORT LIES, | COLLIN DECLARES U. S. Attorney Denies Notes Were Taken for Possible Perjury Charge. (Continued From First Page) the July grand jury went so far as to exclude him from his private office | and locked the door against him. He | said he was unable to ascertain any | reason for this action on the part of | the grand jury and only knew that it | was “ordered by Foreman Merritt O, | Chance, The next witness was Hall, who served on the first McPherson grand jury. The principal feature of testimony was his charge that Foreman Chance stampeded the grand jury into adopt~ ing the reflon criticizing police offi- | clals and the district attorney's office without giving those opposed to it any opportunity to discuss the contents. He d that on the Saturday afternoon before the grand jury adjourned Chance announced he was going to select & committee of six men and prepare a report criticizing the police. According to Hall, Chance returned the following Monday morning, read the report and almost immediately asked for a vote. He said there was no discussion whatsoever of its contents nor any explanation of its significance. Hall declared he did not remember any evidence to indicate that a book had been removed by a representative ©of the distriet attorney's office, He sald he remembered Policeman Robert J. Allen saying something about some- body removing such a book, but did not remember the individual name mentioned by the policeman. His best recollection at this time, he said, is that the book told something about foreign ways to kill people. “If I had known this thing was coming up,” he T;lld, "I might have remembered some- n He denied that Inspector Shelby had attempted in any way to mislead the grand jury or to influence testimony of witnesses. He also said that in his opinion the investigation into the death of Mrs. McPherson by the Police De- partment and the district attorney's office was neither inefficient nor un- businesslike. Hall Accuses Allen. Hall accused Policeman Allen of im- proper conduct, declaring that the of- ficer approached Assistant District At- torney Collins in the grand jury room, shook his fist in his face, and threat- ened to tell something he had been “holding back.” Hall said Collins in- vited him to go ahead and divulge his information, but that Allen refused, de- claring he was going to save it for fu- ture use. Under cross-examination by the prosecution, Hall was able to recall few detalls of the proceedings in the grand jury room. He declared that Lieut. Kel- ly was unable to tell the jury whether the windows and screen In the Mc- Pherson apartment were open, whether there was any blood on the bed, and when asked about fingerprints, he said none were taken. Hall sald that he heard something about a statement from Policeman Lawrence Botts being in the jury room, but that he did not see it. He told Assistant Corporation Coun- sel Walter L. Fowler that he remem. bered Mr. and Mrs. Roy Heavrin ap- pearing before the grand jury, but in- sisted that he had forgotten all of their He said he remembered somebody announcing that Mrs. Heav- rin had important information which she had forgotten to give on her first appearance, and that she was coming before the grand jury a second time to disclose the nature of these facts. She did make a second appearance, he testi- fied, but he was not able to remember what she said. He could recall, how- ever, that Policeman Allen told the jury he was not certain he saw a man crawl- ing through the window of the Mc- Pherson apartment until after he heard of Mrs. McPherson's death. At first, he declared, he thought it might have been a shadow that he saw. Wouldn't Call It Rising Vote. Fowler asked the witness if the grand jury gave Collins a rising vote of thanks. “I don't know that you would call it a rising vote,” the witness an- swered. “We all got up to leave the room and thanked Mr. Collins as we were going out the door. I suppose you might call that a rising vote. Detective Weber followed Hall on the witness stand and recounted a visit of Mrs, Heavrin at the detective bureau, where she came while the McPherson case was under investigation by the grand jury. A few hours prior to Mrs. Heavrin's “appearance at the detective bureau, Weber, who was in charge at the time, said he received a telephone call from the office of Representative Zihlman of Maryland, asking him to “fix up” a traffic ticket for a friend of Mr. Zihlman's. Later, Mrs. Heavrin came in, Weber testified, with a memorandum from Zihiman's office, and in the course of conversation with him she declared that Allen was trying to make & lot of trouble for the police and that she felt that Lieut. Kelly had made a thor- ough and consclentious investigation of the McPherson case. Mrs. Heavrin also sald, Weber declared, that she would be glad to relate that to the grand jury. Woman Reversed Story. ‘Weber sald he told Mrs. Heavrin that he would be glad to help her. The next afternoon, Weber continued, he was surprised to read in the newspapers that the woman had gone before the d jury and, according to the newspaper account, had told a story completely the reverse of her remarks to him. Attorney James A. O'Shea, counsel for Kelly, asked Weber if he had done anything about Mrs. Heavrin's traffic ticket. “No, I couldn't under the circum- stances,” he answered. “For I could not ask the arresting officer to with- draw the charge after what had Hugh Davis Robey, Detective Bureau chauffeur, was next called and sup- ported Weber’s story of Mrs. Heavrin's visit to the Detective Bureau. Robey was in the Detective Bureau with Weber when the woman came tiere with the traffic ticket, Collins was asked to describe the cir- cumstances preceding the vote of thanks given him by the jury. “When it became apparent that the presentation of evidence was complete,” he asserted, “and just us 1 was prepar- ing to leave the room, & grand juror st00d up and moved that a vote of thanks be given me because of the fair and impartial manner in which the hearings had been conducted despite the handicap under which the District attorney’s office was working. All 23 of the jurors arose and there was some hand clapping. Mr. Chance, the fore- man of the jury, came over to me and shook hands, saying: ‘Notwithstanding the fact that'you have sometimes found it necessary to call me down, I want you to know there are no hard feelings on my part.’ Collins testified he later discussed this incident with Mrs, Marmion. This is the conversation, the facts of which were denled by Chance when he was testi- fylng before the board: “Mrs. Marmion told me that immedi- ately after I had left the grand jury room, the foreman pulled from " his pocket the report criticizing the police and myself and asked for an immediate vote on It. She told me that she and another grand juror . walked over to Chance and said to him, 'You are a terrible hypocrite. You have just finish ed congratulating that boy and now you ask us to vote for your report which severely criticizes him.'" Collins then quoted Mrs. Marmion as saying that Chance attempted to pacify her and the other juror. Found Pieces of Bomb SAMUEL R. ACUFF, Fifteen_years old, of Seat FOUR FIRST GROUP ART PRIZES GIVEN Mrs. Louise Kidder Sparrow ¢ Among Those Honored by Jury at Corcoran. The four first group prizes in con- nection with the forthcoming thirty- ninth annual exhibition of the Soclety of Washington Artists, which will open Sunday at Corcoran Gallery of Art, were announced by the jury on award early this afternoon. Each prize con- sists of the society’s bronze medal. They are as follows: In the portrait group Bennett Du- rand was awarded first prize for his painting entitled “Portralt of Janet Spaeth.” In the landscape group Margaret Pish won the medal with her picture “Old Church on a Hill.” Alexander B. Levin was the winner of the medal in the still life group with his pfcture entitled “Window Light.” In the sculpture group, Mrs. Louise Kidder Sparrow was first-prize winner with her entry entitled “Commander Frederick B. Colby, U. 8. N.” The jury on award consisted of Hans Schuler, sculptor, director of the Mary- land Institute, Baltimore; Marion Haw- thorne of New York, painter, and Yar- nall Abbott, artist and critic, of Phila- delphia. The exhibition will remain on view through January 31. Only one of the winners, Mrs, Sparrow, lives in ‘Washington. turned to the matter of the taking of a stenographic record in the grand Jury room. Collins was asked if he had been requested by the grand jury to explain the reasons for this act, and he replied in the affirmative. “What reasons did you give them?” Two Reasons Given. “I detailed two reasons. Because of the many cross currents of this inves- tigation the District attorney felt it would be advisable to take a steno- graphic record of the proceedings. I told the grand jury it was being taken so that they might, at the conclusion of the hearings, review the testimony if they should desire to do so, and also to keep an accurate record of all testimony S0 that the grand jury might be able to institute perjury "proceedings against any witness if they should conclude that such a step was desirable.” “Did you at any time tell the grand Jjury this record might be used in pos- sible Police Trial Board proceedings against any particular witness or wit- nesses?” “No, and the grand jury's report in that respect was an absoiute lie.” Mr. Quinn then read from the report the following section, which Collins de- scribed as false: “Upon the opening of this investiga- tion several members of the District attorney’s office were observed to be present in the grand fury room making a stenographic record of the proceed- ings. Asked for an explanation, the assistant District attorney in charge (Collins) answered that it was to be used in possible perjury proceedings against a certain witness before the Police Trial Board.” Mr. Quinn had hardly finished read ing this section before Collins ex- claimed: “That is a lie.” The assistant district attorney testi- fled he could not recall that Shelby had | been asked any questions relative to the lights and windows in the McPherson apartment. He also denied that the word “bungling” was used in the grand Jury room. Referring to the charge that Shelby, in a violent manner, demanded that the grand jury indict Allen and Mrs, Heav- | rin for perjury, Collins explained this Tequest was made after it had been in- dicated to Shelby that Allen and Mrs. Heavrin had told the grand jury con- tradictory storles, and had made state- ments directly disputing his testimony, Describes “Tirades.” Collins then undertook a description of Allen’s frequent appearances before the grand jury, and in response to & question concerning the policeman’s at- titude toward the department he said, “Yes, Allen was continually delivering a tirade against the police.” He also| told of an incident when he asked Allen | why he had not told the district attor- ney of having seen a man on the roof adjoining the McPherson apartment. “Because I did not think it was an opportune time for me to make my grandstand play,” he quoted Allen as answering. Jurors Asked Mercy. Launching into a description of the grilling Robert A. McPherson, jr., was put through by the grand jury, Collins said the husband was shown no mercy until several members of the jury, “who openly told other members what they thought of this brutal treatment of this particular witness,” made strenuous ob- Jections. He sald particular resentment was aroused by the tests McPherson was put through to prove that it was impossible for him to have thrown a dress over his wifé’s body in the man- ner in which he claimed to have done s0. Collins’ attention was then directed to the appearance before the jury of Mrs. Roy Heavrin. On her first appearance, he said, she told of hearing screams, but said specifically that she had heard no names mentioned on the night Mrs, Mc- Pherson was killed. He then described the manner in which she changed her testimony at her second appearance. This time, he declared, she said she had forgotten to tell the jury about a wom- an’s voice, which she heard saying, “Oh, Bob, you're killing me. Please, Bol don’t do it.” Collins testified that Mrs. Heavrin on her first appearance before the grand jury was “very belligerent and antagonistic" n her attitude toward Allen. She sald, Collins declared, that Allen came to her apartment and tried 10 impress on her that she was an im- portant witness in the McPherson case, the outcome of which would have great bearing on his future career. Mrs, Heavrin, Collins continued, declared that Allen grasped her by the arm and WOMAN ATTACKED, COMPANION SLAIN Baltimore Police Seek - Col- ored Man as Suspect in Double Crime. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, January 3.—Reuben Heyman, 24, was shot to death last night on a lonely road outside the eity and a patrolman found his companion, Mrs. Dorothy Burgess, 24, sitting on & curbstone in the city, early today, sob- bing that she had been attacked by a colored man with a cork foot, who killed Heyman, First word of the shooting was a tele- phone call by Mrs. Burgess to Heyman's parents, saying he had been killed, but she was so hysterical they could not understand her message and notified police headquarters. When the youn woman was found, her story direc! searchers to the spot where Heyman's body lay, with his automobile in a ditch 0 feet away. Man Spurned Money. } Mrs. Burgess told police she and Hey- man were sitting in his parked auto- mobile near Druid Hill Reservoir when the man approached with a pistol and forced them to drive to the road where Heyman's body and automobile were found. Her assallant refused offers of money, she said, and when they tried to fight him off, Heyman was kiiled. The girl walked for a while, then got a lift from motorists coming into the city, but did not tell them of the at- ack, according to the police report of her story, Efforts to establish the time of the aftack and question the young woman on other details were futile be- cause of her hysterical condition, and she was allowed to rest before being questioned further. Story Is Credited. Although handicapped in their in- vestigation by the rambling nature of her story, police officlals say they credited Mrs. Burgess' statement that she had been attacked by a colored man with a cork foot, and on the strength of her description their search centered on a man whose wife reported he had been missing from his home since yesterday afternoon. Members of her family said Mrs. Bur~ gess had been separated from her hus- band for four years, and that a divorce suit was pending in local courts, . HOOVER TO WITHDRAW NOMINATION OF JONES President Learns Tennesseean Will Not Serve on I. C. C. Even it Confirmed. Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘The nomination of Robert M. Jones of Knoxville, Tenn., as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission will be withdrawn from the Senate by President Hoover. Definite word has reached the Presi- dent that Mr. Jones would not serve on the regulatory body, even if his nomination were confirmed by the Sen- ate, and in this circumstance the President has decided to withdraw 1t when the Senate meets next week, Mr. Jones' nomination was held up on . objection by Senator Black or Alabama. | WAR VETERAN SOUGHT. Persons having information of John QGoseny of Binghamton, N. Y., thought to be in Washington, seeking payment on his adjusted compensation certifie cate, have been asked to communicate with Sheriff M. J. Pope of that city, who asked for news of Goseny on half of the latter's wife and two young children. In a letter to newspapers here Sheriff Pope explained that Goseny had been seriously injured in an accident and afterward became obsessed with the idea that he was in dire financial straits and that the police were looking for him because of some fancled offense. Vi of the story Allen gave to the grand jury on his two appearances in connction with his claims that he saw & man come out of a rear window of the Park Lane Apartmept. The first time, Collins declared, Allen said he “thought” he saw & man, but on second appearance he said positively he was certain he saw the man. Collins next related how he warned the grand jury against {l’lnflnl Allen's request to summarize the evidence in the McPherson case at the close of its investigation. Collins said he pointed out that it would be illegal for the grand jury to permit Allen to sum- marize ‘the case, but the grand jur$ acquiesced as a result of a pathetic ples of the former policeman that his repu- tation depended on its outcome. Made “Wild Statements.” Asked what Allen said in his sum- mary, Collins replied: “He made many wild statements.” Immediately afterward, Collins, Iy answer to a series of questions by De- fense Counsel Quinn, categorically des nied that he knew of anything in connection with the police investigatiog. of the McPherson case to justify the charges that Shelby and Kelly made an unbusinesslike and ineMicient inquiry, had testified carelessly and negligentiy or had attempted to mislead witnesss. “Do_you recall meeting Mr. Chance near the grand jury room one day dur- ing a session of the grand jury in which some reference was made about the newspapers keeping up the Mc- Pherson case?” Quinn next asked. “I don't recall that I do,” Collins responded. “Do you recall an incident about a book on jiu jitsu which Allen referred to?” Quinn queried. = Called Mystery Book. “I think Allen described it as « mystery book,” Collins answered. Attorney O'Shea, counsel for Kel then took up the examination an asked Collins when he first became ac~ quainted with Kelly in connection with the McPherson case, “I was sitting in my office one after~ noon when I received a telephone call from Mr. Herbert Corn, city editor of The Evening Star,” Collins replied. “Corn told me that certain informa- tion had come to him about the Mec~ Pherson case which may or may not mean something. I told him to come down and see me. Later, Mr. Corn and two Star reporters, Rex Colller and John Snure, came to my office, trailed by Allen.” Later, Collins said, he went to the McPherson apartment with Corn and one of the reporters, while the other refiomr came there accompanied by en, Described Apartment. In answer to another question, Col- lins described in detail the conditions he found in the apartment at that time—four days after the finding of the garroted body of Mrs. McPherson. Asked by O'Shea what Allen did in the apartment, Collins replied that he merely theorized as to how Mrs, Mc- Pherson met her death. After leaving the apartment, Collins sald he returned to his office and was told that police headquarters had tele- phoned him in his absence. He sald he immediately called police headquarters and talked briefly with Kelly, informing him that he wanted to confer with him pressed it so severely that it pained her and she finally “got rid of him” by telling him to come back the following day. Mrs. Heavrin said, however, ac- cording to Collins, that Allen did not return, The questioning of the witness then Collins then related two different = relative to his investigation of the Mc- Pherson case. That same afternoon, Collins added, he discussed the case rather briefly with Kelly and later that night the degosed head of the homicide uad gave him a detailed account of investigation of the case,