Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Buresu Forecast.) Fair with slowly rising temperature today: tomorrow fair and warmer, Temperatures—Highest, 37 at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 32 at 10 p.m. yes- tel rday. Full report on page 7. “From Press to Home . Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star's exclusive carrier service. Phone . National 5000 to start immediate delivery. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION he WASHINGTON, (#) Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS | TEN IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS No. Entered as second class matte; post office. Washington, D. 1,204—No. 31,295. o D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1930—120 PAGES. * CENTS ELSEWHERE BRADY HELD IN JAIL AFTER 2H00R QUIZ: BOMB. FRAGNENTS INDCATE EXPERT Maryland Dairy Farmer De- nies Knowledge of Seat Pleasant Tragedy, But Will| Be Questioned Further. COUNTY PROSECUTOR SEES TWO INVOLVED | Evidence Discovered by Boys Turned Over to Dr. Munroe of Mines Bureau Lead to Belief Ex- plosion Was Set Off by Acid and Fuse Method. Clarence W. Brady, well to do dairy farmer of Mitchellville, Md.. is being held in the Marlboro Jail over the week end, while an aug- | mented squad of trained lnvesm_-‘ gators sticks close to the trail| leading toward solution of thg Seat Pleasant New Year ‘“gift”| bomb atrocity. Brady, tall and husky uncle by marriage of Mrs. Herman Brady, one of three members of the fam- ily of John Hall fatally injured when the camouflaged infernal machine exploded as she was opening it, was grilled relentlessly for more than two hours last night, following which it was an- nounced he would be kept in cus- tédy tion. The prisoner, although free of any formal charges, was orally accused of having knowledge bearing on the out- rage, but he vehemently and persist- ently denied it, as he faced his in- aquisitors in the office of State's Attor- ney J. Frank Parran. Two Believed Involved. Later last night Parran said to new paper men: “I don't think we're ever going to pin this thing on the man we have in mind at present.” Pnunn sald he ;u ‘ctonvlnc:: two men took part in the plot, one to con- struct the ingeniously devised. death machine and other to deliver it. He ad y appeared to be }h: motive b ‘What is regarded as vitally important evidence was turned over to the inves- tigators last night by The Star and will be submitted tomorrow to Dr. Charles E. Munroe, chief of the explosives di- yifion of the Bureau of Mines, the Gov- ernment’s foremost expert on high ex- plosives. The evidente would seem to establish that the dynamite contrivance work of one well versed in Acid-and-Fusee Trype. From a cursory description of the yetrieved articles given him last night &y & representative of The Star, Dr. unroe expressed the opinion that the bomb was of the acid-and-fusee detona- tor type. markedly similar to that which exploded in the Capitol during the wa This type involves an ingenious a rangement of a tube of sulphuric acid, | superim on a common “(usee‘ match.” so that when a cork is pulled from the tube by disturbance of the lid or outer wrappings of the box, the acid falls upon the fusee, ignites it spontaneously and detonates a fulmi- nate of mercury percussion cap, explod- | ing the dynamite charge. | ‘The evidence turned over to the Maryland officials by The Star, which received it from a trio of boys who ex- | plored the debris of the death scene ye: terday afternoon, included fragments of a small lead tube about the thickness | f a pencil, with & small lead plug :'hich p;\:ned into the end of the tube. There was a small hole drilled through the top of the plug. through which it is osed a wire or string was tied to | suj pu‘;lp'.he plug from the tube. The in- terior of the tube was whitened as! though from the action of acid. Dr. Munroe thought this tube con- tained sulphuric acid, which does not easily affect lead, and that the acid robably spilled and detonated the gnm.b ‘when its recipient raised the lid of the “Christmas gift” box. Dr.Munroe sald he could express a more definite | opinion regarding the device after ex- amining the fragments tomorrow. “Such s machine is not easily con- structed,” the Federal explosives expert said last night. “I cannot conceive of its | construction by any one not thoroughly familiar with bombs.” Vigorous impetus was given the probe of the triple murder yesterday with en- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) Grilled in Bombing CLARENCE W. BRADY. —Star Staff Photo. IMPETUS 1S GIVEN CAPITAL DRY MOVE ISenator Jones Urges Commis- sioners to Dismiss Police Offenders. { The movement in the Senate for | ;shnrprr teeth in prohibition enforce- | day, the more important of which were: | A letter written by Senator Jones, | | Republican, of Washington, a member | of the District committee, to Commi: der which any policeman found using | liquor would be dismissed immediately. A statement issued last night by | Chairman Cepper of the District com- | mittee, indorsing the recommendations | made Friday by Attorncy General Mitchell to better lccal conditions. The | | Senator explained the steps he would | take to expedite the several proposals | in Mitchell's report. | Announcement by Senator Howell, | | Republican, . of Nebraska, that one .of | his proposals for improvement of en- | forcement machinery here was to give | the local police a revolviag fund of | $10,000 to meet expenses of making | prohibition cases, which outlays would | | be reimbursed to this fund later from | | Federal prohibition appropriations. Un- der such an arrangement policemen would not have to wait to be reimbursed | for expenditures they make. The Sen- | ator said he understood this is not cov- ered in the enforcement bill submitted to the District comrhittee Friday. Favors Prompt Action. Senator Capper said he would ask Senator Howell to introduce the pro- posed enforcement bill for the District and hoped it would be enacted prompt- ly. He said he would ask Chairman Norris of the Senate judiciary com- mittee to give early attention to the bill creating two more judgeships in the District Supreme Court. He also announced he would seek an early conference with the with a view to finding more space Commissioners temporarily for Police Court until the | Municipal Center is developed. Senator Capper also disclosed in his | | statement that he expects a report | soon from the Blaine subcommittee on | a bill to regulate the sale of securities in Washington. In his letter to Commissioner Dough- erty Senator Jones opposed dealing lightly with policemen who are found drinking. His letter follows: “My Dear Mr. Commissioner: “For some time I have been intend- ing to write you with reference to a situation that seems to be existing in connection with the District lice force that I cannot understand, but I have been so busy that I have not gotten around to it. “I have seen frequent references in the papers to the fact that a police- man has been found drunk or that it has been found that he has been drinking. Apparently all that is done, .ibl anything, is to suspend him for a T service 2, Column 2) HUSBAND AGREED TO FEED 26, BALKS AT $5 WEEKLY ALIMONY Judge Agrees and Wife Must Look After Brood of 13 by Former Marriage. Spectal Dispatch to The Btar. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J,, Jenuary 4— “Twenty-six can live as cheap as twelve,” sald Fred Pariso, who makes | $18 a week, when he was proposing to | his wife, she testified yesterday in her | suit for separate maintenance for her- self and her 13 children by a former marriage, Pariso, who is 55 years old, | has 11 children by his first marriage. | “And he was right,” Mrs. Pariso told Judge William H. Smathers in Atlantic County Domestic Relations Court. She glanced fondly at Pariso, a faded little man weighing 125 pounds, and added, “I still Jove him, but I won't let him | pose upon my children. o — that made us “It wasn’t the money separate,” she continued. “It was the four-room house we lived in. There wasn't room enough for us to all eat at once. So Pred says, ‘I bring home . the money: me and my kids will eat first and you and your kids will wait on us then we'll wait on you.' “So, judge, I says to him, ‘Pred, I love you, but my first duty is towards my children’ I told him, as the lady of the house, I should eat first. | | should have been and then there would | be a fight. And the house wasn't big enough for much fighting. “Fred is a mes. He knows how to manage his $18 a week and we al- ways had enough to eat. So I think Pred makes enough to give me $5 a week for me and my children. We can manage. We live in Philadelphia now since we left three months ago.” However, if Mrs. Pariso was willing to forgive and forget, her children were not. All 13 were there and cast un- friendly glances at their 11 foster brothers and sisters grouped around Pariso. The glances were returned in | kind. ' Pariso, with that mellow toler- ance which comes with age, felt much like his wife with one important excep- tion. He did not propose to pay $5 a | week. | ““Come up here, my man” Judge | Smathers, beckoning to Pariso, “What's | your defense? Take the stan “Judge, your honor,” said Pariso, I | don't need no defenss. I'm not going | to take the stand. Any one knows it's |{ hard enough to support 11 kids without | paying out no extra $5 a week to a wife that left you.” “Pariso.” said the judge, “you're ex- actly right.” “Madame, T deny your application RBut Fred, he was boss, 50 we tried his | Some of your 13 children are getting old sy Aren would come home hun; ‘wown at the table where 1t didn't work because my chil- | enough to support you. Anvway, you're and sit | no worse off than before Vu married | sioner Dougherty, advocating a rule un- | time and then restore him to the | liceman who_is _found | 24 COAST GUARDS TRIED FOLLOWING THEFT OF LIQUOR One Accused of Taking Part of Seized Cargo, Others With Intoxication. TWO GUAEDSMEN BEATEN BY NEW LONDON GANG No Warning Shot Was Fired, Says U. S. Prosecutor, Probing Kill- By the Associated Press. NEW LONDON, Conn., January 4.— | With the beginning today of the gen- eral court-martial of Coast Guardsmen charged with intoxication and theft of liquor from a seized rum-runner, it be- came known for the first time that 24 men were involved. : ‘Twenty-three are accused of being in- toxicated and three of these pleaded guilty to the charges today before the court was adjourned until Monday { morning. One man only is specifically accused of stealing some of the cargo | of whisky taken from the liquor boat, | Flor del Mar, captured a week ago and | towed into this port. Capt. L. T. Chalker, chief of staff, . had announced previously that five men | were concerned in the thefts of liquor and ‘several” were charged with in- toxication. Eleven of the men are attached to the destroyer Ericcson, on which six bottles of whisky were found yesterday after a | surprise search of all boats had been ordered. Guardsmen Are Beaten. pending further investiga- ment machincry in the Capital was| police were on the alert tonight to| given impetus by developments yester- prevent a recurrence of attacks on | | Coast Guardsmen in, retaliation for the | killing of three rum-runners. ‘The district about the State pier, | where the base is situated, and amuse- ment places frequented by Guardsmen were under close surveillance. The men themselves were advised to be cau- tious as the result of beatings given two of their number shortly after last mid- night by a gang of men. tucket, R. I., attached to-the destroyer | Aricsson, was set upon while taking a short cut to the base, and was cut and bruised. One of the gang asked him if he were a member of the crew of the 0G-290, which fired on the rum run- jner Black Duck in Narragansett Bay last Sunday, killing three men and wounding a fourth. He said he wasn't, but was a Coast Guardsman. “Well, that's good enough for us” was the reply, and he became the target of flying fists. Immediately after he reported the af- | fair to his superior officers a squad of Guardsmen was sent out to search for the men. Second Guardsman Attacked. In the meantime, a second Guards- man, whose name was not learned, called New London police and said he had been attacked and beaten. Police were dispatched to the railroad yards near the base and heard the men talk- ing on the other side of a string of freight cars. When one of the police- men slipped and fell, warning was given them and they fled. Capt. L. T. Chalker, chief of staff, in a statement today blamed the attack, which followed an outbreak in Boston in protest against the Coast Guard's | firing on the Black Duck, on widespread newspaper publicity, in which, he said, the facts were distorted in an attempt to revile the Coast Guard. NO WARNING SHOT CLAIMED. | U. S. Attorney Says Federal Law Does Not Require It. PROVIDENCE, R. I, January 4 (#). —United States Attorney Henry M. Boss, jr. announced today that the Coast Guard patrol boat 290 did not fire a warning shot across the bow of the alleged rum runner Black Duck before it poured the fire of its machine gun into the pilot house of the speed | boat, killing three men and wounding a fourth. The law of the United States. he said, does not call upon the Coast Guard to fire such a warning shot, and " (Continued on Page TODAY’S STAR PART ONE_26 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page B-4, PART TWO—12 PAGES, fuimmx Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of New Books—Page 4. Financial News—Pages 6, 7, 8 and 9. | PART THREE—16 PAGES. | Society. Organized Reserves—Page 11, District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 12. Y. M. C. A, Activities—Page 14, D. A.'R. Activities—Page 16. | PART FOUR—14 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Music. Fraternal News—Pages 5 and 11. | Serial Story, “This Strange Adventure” —Page 5. In the Motor World—Pages 6 and 7. | Aviation Activities—Page 9. Spanish War Veterans—Page 11, News of the Clubs—Page 12, Veterans of Great War—Page 12. | District National Guard—Page 12. W. C. T. U, Notes—Page 12. Radio News—Page 13. PART FIVE—4 PAGES, Sports Section. PART SIX—8 PAGE; Classified Advertising. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 6. At Community Centers—Page 6. ! Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 6. | Army and Navy News—Page 8, PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. Cross-word Puzzl GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff: Reg'lar Fellers; Mr, and Mrs.: Little Orphan Annie; Betty; Somebody's Stenog; High Lights of History. and Screen [ Coxswain George A. Cadorett of Paw- | KELLY DESCRIBES MPHERSON PROBE - IN GRAPHIC STYLE Accused Officer Holds Board Spellbound With Dramatic Story of Inquiry. {QUOTES FROM MEMORY TEXT OF THREE LETTERS iTrial to Continue Monday, When Deposed Detective Head Will Finish Testimony. Through the amazing photographic { mind of Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, the ex- | traordinary police trial' board was given | | & graphic and comprehensive picture yesterday afternoon of the incidents surrounding the mysterious death of | Mrs, Virginia McPherson, the investi- gation of which he and Inspector Wil- liam S. Shelby are charged jointly with bungling. Kelly, the ninety-ninth witness in the prolonged trial, testified in his own defense, recounting step by step and in the most minute detail, how he con- ducted the McPherson case investiga- tion. The story was unfinished, how- ever, when the trial board adjourned | abruptly, and he will be recalled to | complete it when the trial is resumedl | at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. | Kelly's Story Dramatic. Kelly took the witness stand after In- spector Shelby had recited a complete and chronological version of the part he played in the investigation of the McPherson case, which required nearl; | four hours, including more than an ! hour of cross examination. But Kelly's story as far as he progressed with it was more engrossing, more absorbing and more dramatic, because it revealed his remarkable power of memory. Kelly’s story was not drawn from him through questions by counsel as was | done in Shelby’s testimony. He was al- | lowed to outline, with but few inter- ruptions, every act in his investigation | up to the time the trial board adjourned. | It was 3:15 o'clock when Kelly was called to the witness stand and 4:30 ceedings, and in that hour and 15 s0 thorough did he cover every phase of his movements. Kelly talked rapidly, so rapidly, in fact, the stenographer be- trial board to take & brief recess so he | might rest his cramped fingers. Talks at Rapid Rate. | Talking at the rate of 150 words a minute it took Kelly 35 minutes to describe conditions and contents in the McPherson apartment in the Park Lane as he found them when he went there | on the afternoon of September 14 to | View the garroted body of Mrs. Mc- { Pherson and undertake his investiga- tion. He did not fail to mention an ob- ject in the room or give its position and its relation to the case so detailed was his description. ‘Without a note and without a mo- ment’s hesitation Kelly reviewed every angle of his inquiry, but the most re- markable demonstration of his memory came when he quoted verbatim the text of three letters he found in the Mc- Pherson apartment—Iletters which he has not seen for several months. Kelly, however, did not disclose any- thing that has not already been made public in connection with the now fa- mous case, with the exception, perhaps, of certain incidents in connection with the domestic life of the McPhersons. But the coherent, unhesitating and in- teresting way he portrayed the case held the trial board and the spectaters | spellbound. Plans had been made to bring lhei trial to a close yesterdey afternoon, but | when it became evident that Kelly would need several hours longer to com- plete his story and the prosecution in- dicated that it proposed to call several witnesses in rebuttal, the trial board de- cided to further prolong the proceed- ings over the week end. There is a likelthood now that the trial may end tomorrow, although neither the defense { nor the prosecution gave any definite assurance to that effect. Prosecution Guards Witnesses. ‘The prosecution is guarding with ut- most secrecy the names of the witnesses it plans to call for the rebuttal testi- mony, but there have been rumors that several of the July grand jurors have been found who are willing to testify. The prosecution was not very fortunate in its first efforts to get testimony from | the members of this grand jury, two of them flatly refusing to take the witness stand, while the foreman, Merritt O. Chance, declined to submit to cross-ex- amination after completing his direct testimony. In the hour and 15 minutes Kelly was on the stand he traced his movements from the time he was called to the Mc- Pherson apartment after the finding of Mrs. McPherson’s body uniil his return " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. o'clock when the board stopped the prn; ! w fiODUQUAl/FY BOLTING DEMOCRATS “DRAFT PERSHING FOR MOVE STARTED IN NEBRASKA | SO COMMONSTS didate to Oppose Norris. “First I've Heard of It,” He Says on Acceptance Question. By the Associated Press. 4 LINCOLN, Nebr, January 4.—Mark ‘oods, Nebraska political and business minutes he was only able to relate the | leader and one of the boosters in the details of his preliminary investigation, | “Pershing-for-President” movement in 1920, .today announced a project to ‘draft” Gen. John J, Pershing for thc came exhausted and appealed to the | United States senatorial race. The announcement followed a con- ference among Nebraskans who, Woods | sald, would like to see the World War (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) TARIFF TO REAN lar Leaders Favor Action on Bill First. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Determination to keep the tariff bill before the Senate until it is disposed of was voiced by both wings of the coali- tion, the Democrats and the Republican Progressives, and by the regular Re- publican leaders, on the eve of the re- turn of Congress to Washington after the Christmas holiday. While there has been no change in the attitude of those Senators demand- ing early action on the tariff, prohibi- tion enforcement, which has held the limelight in Washington and throughout the country since the holidays began, may crop into the debates in Senate and House at any time. Group in Conference. ‘The Progressive Republican group, which has acted with the Democrats of the Senate on many of the amendments to the tariff bill, held a conference in the office of Senator Borah of Idaho yesterday afternoon. Senator Borah was authorized by the group to state that the Progressive Republicans believed the tariff bill should be kept before the Sen- ate and disposed of as promptly as pos- sible. The group also gave consideration to the matter of the reorganization of Senate ccinmittees to caused by resignation and death. 11 vacancies It is determined that the section of the LAWRENCE REPORTED. SEEN IN NEAR EAST Vanishes After Becoming Awere of Watchfulness of Turkish Officials, By the Associated Press. JERUSALEM, January 4.—The cor- respondent of the Jewish Telegraphic Agenty reports that Col. T. E. Law- rence, author of “Revolt in the Desert” “un- and sometimes known as the crowned king of the Arabs,” is said to be reconnoitering in Syria, Irak and Turkey under the name of Edward ‘Thompson. country embracing 14 States of the West. and Northwest, lying beyond Ilii- nois and extending to the Pacific Coast, shall have representation on the Senate finance committee, which handles all tariff and revenue legisiation. Unless it gets some recognition in this matter the group is prepared to make a demon- stration on the floor of the Senate. Lack of Representation. ‘The 14 States involved. which have no representation, either Republican or Democratic, on the finance committee, are Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Mon- tana, Wyoming, Colorado, North Da- kota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Towa, Missouri and Wiscon- ain. These States embrace 39 per cent of the area of the United States and 171, per cent of the population of the country. The Progressive group figures that this group of States should have at I three members of the " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) SENATE" | !General Proposed as Can- GEN. JOHN J. PERSH 0LD CAPITOL FIRE BEFORE SENATE. ACLOSED INCIDENT | Coalition and G. 0. P. Regu-‘Longworth and Curtis Satis- | fied Blaze Was Purely an Accident. The fire in the “model room" adjoin- ing the artist's studio in the attic of the Capitol at the west base of the dome, veteran Capitol artist, was rescued, is a closed incident. Speaker Longworth and Vice Presi- dent Curtis, who under an act of Con- gress are in charge of the Capitol Building, with David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, as their agent, are satis- fed that the ‘fire, confind to the one small attic chamber, was purely an accident, due to spontaneous combus- tion or to careless smoking. They re- ceived an_informal report yesterday the circumstances and expressed them- selves as satisfied that no further in- quiry is necessary. Enthusiastic Over Work. " All officials at the Capitol are en- thusiastic about, the work of the Wash- ington firemen in confining the blaze to the one room, with so much inflam- mable material about. Paints and olls and documents grown brittle and tinder- like from age, were stored near the flames. Already the debris of the fire has metal roof placed over the broken sky- light above the artist’s studio and the model room. Terra cotta and plaster material will be carried to the attic chamber today so as to be out of the way before Congress reassembles to- morrow, and the work of repairing the walls of the fire-swept room will go forward. The new glass for the sky- light, which was the most serious dam- age caused by the fire, will be delivered Monday and will be promptly “set.” Falls Asleep in Studio. Mr. Moberly, tired after a hard day's work on Friday, fell asleep in his stu- dlo. and was aroused to find the room in flames. He was rescued and had to be attended by the House physician, Dr. George W. Calver, as he lay on a couch in the office of Minority Leader Gar- ner, suffering from smoke and paint fumes and nervous shock. He has re- covered and will be at work Monday, probably completing his task on the re- touching of walls of a Senate corridor. Mr. Moberly was exonerated yesterday by Mr. Lynn of responsibility for the fire, the architect of the Capitol. giving it as his opinion that the fire was due " (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) from which Charles E. Moberly, the‘ from Mr. Lynn on his investigation of | been cleared away and a temporary | ‘The local papers give an itinerary of his travels from Bagdad on November 11 to Damascus and Aleppo, where he disappeared for 10 days. He turned, up again on November 23 at the Turko- Syrian frontier. His passport was visaed by the Turkish consul at Aleppo, which per- mitted him to _proceed to Mardin near Diarbekr on December 12. He spent 12 days there until the Turks began to suspect his identity. Lawrence, be- coming aware of the watchfulness of the Turks, hired an automobile and vanished. The driver returned on De- cembbr 23 and reported that he had left his passenger near Mosul. ‘The minister of the interior of Irak has ordered the frontier guards to be on the look out for \the mysterious traveler, ' NEWTON SUES CAR LINE. President’s Secretary Asks $60,000 for Injuries to Son. MINNEAPOLIS, January 4 (#).— Walter H. Newton, secretary to Presi- dent Hoover, today filed two suits ag- ting $60,000 against the Minn-- apolis Street Rallway Co. for injuries received by his son, John Marshall, last June 20. He asks $50,000 damages for injuries received by his son, whose leg was man- gled when he was knocked from his bicycle by a street car. surgeons amputatéd the boy's leg. also medical Subsequently He asks $10,000 for expenses. J. P. Morgan and Co. Employes Get Extra Year's Salary. NEW YORK. January 4 (#).—The New York World tomorrow will say that employes of J. P. Morgan & Co. recelved a 100 per cent bonus, totaling between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, dur- ing the past week. The bonus was shared by nearly 1,000 persons, the World will say, and was paid in the same ratio as in the last three or four years, when each employe received a full year's pay. ‘The bonus is n addition to the dis- tribution of; prof4s among the partners of the firm| POLIGE RELEASE. 'All But Two Freed for Demon- stration at Mexican Am- bassador’s Request. | A group of 50 young Communists. arrested yesterday for staging a dem- onstration in' front of the Mexican | embassy, were released last night, two | under bond to appear Monday at Po- | Miee Court on disorderly charges,, and the remainder freed upon request of | the Mexican Ambassador, Senor Don Manuel C. Tellez. Another of their number, Joseph E. tinkowsky of Baltimore, injured in a | fight with police as the group was | being horded into the station house, | is reported out of danger at Freedmen's Hospital. Doctors said he has re- gained consclousness and will probably be relased this morning. Twe Must Answer Charge. Max Burke and Simon Hurwitz, both | of Baltimore, who with Rinkowsky, at- tempted to make a break for liberty in front of the tenth precinct, posted $25 collateral and will answer charges of disorderly conduct at Police Court Monday. The demonstration started at 1 | o'clock yesterday afternoon, with eight young women in the party of radicals leading the procession. The demon. strators confined their activities to singing and displaying banners. There were no attempts at violence. Some of the banners bore the fol- lowing inscriptions: | “Down with Ortiz Rubio.” “Down with Hoover.” “Down with the Wall Street in- fluence in Mexico." “Down with American imperialism.” “Ortiz Rubio is the murderer of workers and peasants in Mexico.” | Woman Addresses Crowd. Hundreds of curlosity seekers were | attracted when Miss Elizabeth Donnely, 23 years old, described as leader of the group, delivered an oration in Spanish. The “Communists” were yelling and shaking their fists at the embassy when police reserves and headquarters de- tectives, summoned by embassy officials, arrived and placed them under ar- rest. Loaded into patrol wagons en route to the tenth precinct the group sang and shouted. It was at the station house door when | the three men made thelr break for | liberty. A brief but vigorous melee re- (sulted in which the “Communists” came out a battered second best. Ambassador Tellez immediately re- quested the State Department to trans- mit an appeal from him to the police for the release of the prisoners “as an act of grace.” personally by Secretary of State Henry {;. :t!mtso;l.l’vs'll‘.i forwarded to Superin- endent of Police Henry G. Pratt, who | affected their release. Financiers Dedicate Building. SAN FRANCISCO, January 4 (#).— Western financiers today delicated San Francisco's new Stock Exchange Build- ing to “service of the puBlic and the prosperity of the Pacific Coast.” Cere- monies at noon were followed by. An open house reception during the after- noon. ‘The message, supported | FRANCE, WILLING 10 LIMIT BUILDING, SMOOTHS WAY FOR NAVAL AGREEMENT Action Would Make Easier Pact Between Britain, Ja- panand U. S.,Although Paris May Withhold-Signature. TREATY-STRENGTHENING MOVE WILL BE DELAYED EDcmund for Conference Clause in I Kellogg Accord Will Be Aban- | doned for Time Being, But | Pressure for Reinforcing Docu- | ment Will Continue, | BY JOSEPH E. SHARKEY. ’ Associated Press Correspondent. | PARIS, January 4.—France is ;to make an agreement at the | London Naval Conference opening | this month to refrain from ex- ceeding a stated tonnage of na- val construction for a period of years. This was learned tonight in reliable quarters. This will be the positive con- tribution of France to the plans for making the limitation confer- ence a success. Although France | will probably be unable to sign a | definite naval treaty for the rea- | sons outlined in her recent naval memorandum, an engagement of the above nature will, it is he- | lieved, make easier a tripartite treaty between Great Britain, the United States and Japan which would be virtually tantamount to a general treaty. | They Ask 700,000-Ton Limit. That the disposition by Prance to limit tonnage over a period of years is the authoritative way of interpreting the phrase in:the French memorandum ‘thl! the French government will seek | any solution at London which will al | low any powers desirous of doing so to | enter into a binding agreement as be- | tween themselves without awaiting con- clusion of a general convention of lim- | itation of al armaments. ‘France will presumably for a total tonnage of between 700,000 and 800,000 tons, the actual total being dependent on the condition of the po- Ittical security of France and particularly dependent upon elaboration of a Medi- terranean pact of non-aggression and mutual guarantees. It was.learned that there “has been little or no progress foward this pact as yet. Another important development to- night was decision not to attempt to obtain strengthening of the Kellogg- Briand pact for renunciation of war at the London conference by adding a clause for the conference of signa- torles when the pact is in danger of violation. Reinforcement Need is Seen. | __France will not drop this matter, but | as the subject concerns 55 nations, | France and the other leading powers think the problem can best be studied later. There is a growing impression here, however, that something should be done to re-enforce the Kellogg pact by reviving the ideas of the Geneva protocol that a nation which refuses to accept arbitration should be pronounced the aggressor and subjected to the pen- alties under the pact. In other words. it is believed that a mere provision for a conference of ti signatorjes, as provided in the fou: power pacific pact, would be insuf- ficient, Another development among naval powers is discussion of the advisability of having the agreement of London run longer than to 1936, the date on which the Washington naval treaty will expire if denounced by s>me sig. | natory by 1934. Denunciation by France cr Italy had been anticipated. but there now was | sald to be less likelihood of this if the ‘Washington treaty continues indefinite- |1y. A 10 or 15 vear agreement could be elaborated at London and plans to make it conterminous with the Wash- ington agreement would be abandoned. Favors Battleship Reduction, It was understood that France was | showing a greater interest in cruisers because of the. necessity of keeping fast fleg at distant points, like the Indian and Pacific Oceans and off West Africa, to protect colonies and traders France is less interested in battle~ ships, which she would like to see re- duced in size with guns of smaller caliber, thus making possible big econ- omies. Hence, some circles believe that' France will not be likely to de- nounce the Washingion treaty, which had caused great dissatisfaction sarlier because of the small ratio of battie- ships accorded to France. STIMSON WINDS London—Will By the Associnted Press. Almost at the moment the heads of jthe two greatest naval powers ex- changed New Year greetings, Secretary Stimson last night completed prelimi- nary arrangements for American par- ticipation in the London parley for the limitation of sea armament. The State Department made public | messages exchanged between President Hoover and King George of England, heralding - the new year as one offering & common Anglo-American purpose for the advancement of world peace. Mean- while, the Secretary of State was ter- minating extensive preparations in con- nection with the important meeting in England this month. Hoover Recelves Delegates Tuesday. Mr. Stimson salls on Thursday as head of the American commission. A series of conferences between him and members of the American delegation in preparation for - the patley are ex-| UP WORK HERE PRELIMINARY TO NAVAL PARLEY Secretary Plans to Hold Pre-Conference Discussions in Sail Thursday. pected to be continued on board the steamship George Washington. So far as preparations in Washington were concerned, however, there remains only one rtant conference, which will be held Tuesday at 8:15 a.m., when President Hoover receives the delegation at breakfast at the White House. This will be the first time that the entire group will have met with the President. The delegates and advisers have con- ferred with the Chief Executive on nu- merous occasions and he has held fre- | quent discussions during the past two months with Secretary Stimson. The Secretary remained at home yes- térday to undergo treatment for a bad cold. Dr. Joel T. Boone, physician to the President, had advised him to en- deavor if possible to shake off as much as possible of the bothersome trouble before embarking for England, Return to Washington, Senator Robinson of Arkansas, one of the Amer- ican delegates to the conference, sald yesterday he would spend a day in New York before sailing. He expressed a hope that an ultimate agreemen’, would be worked out, but predicted (Continued on Page 4, Column 5. \