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WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow cloudy and warmer, probably rain and tomorrow night. Temperatures— col Highest, 46, at noon today; lowest, 31, at_7:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 and 13 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Sunday's Saturday’s Circulation, Circulation, ‘Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. 109,773 116,001 No. 31,296. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D, C WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1930—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. % () Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. . TARIFF AND LIQUOR CLAIM LIMELIGHT ASCONGRESSMEETS Legislators, Back From Holi- day, Buckle Down to Heavy Program. SENATE LEADERS SEE EARLY TARIFF ACTION House fo Take Up Jones' Joint Prohibition Committee Resolution First. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Back from its Christmas holiday, Congress today took up its l(‘li.%lnll\’i" burden again, with the tariff bill and prohibition enforcement crowding for | the right of way. In the Senate all groups have united | in the demand for coniinued and prompt consideration of the tariff bill. | 1t is the hope of the leaders that the bill can be passed by the middle of February, if not sooner. The House is scheduled to deal with the Jones resolution creating a joint congressional_committee on prohibition enforcement legislation. This commit- tee is to co-operate with the President and the Law Enforcement Commission. The President is expected to send a partial report an prohibition, compiled by the commission, to the joint com- mittee as soon as it is organized, mak- ing several proposals for legislation to strengthen prohibition_enforcement. The annual appropriation bills and a bill liberalizing the civil service re- tirement law also will command the at- tention of the House while the Senate continues to struggle with the tariff bill. The session which opened again at noon today in both houses is expected to run until June or July, if not later. A heavy legislative program confronted the returning members of Congress to- day. Notwithstanding the coming con- gressional elections and the demand for an early close of Congress, so that its raembers may get to campaigning, it is expected that the session will continue for at least six months. No Fireworks Today. The session of the Senate got under way today without fireworks and with a Jarge attendance of the members. At I Leaves for Rest ' CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT. TAFT FORCED OFF BENCH FOR REST Chief Justice Expected to Go South to Recuperate From lliness. By the Assoclated Press. Chief Justice Taft has been forced by a weakened physical condition to abruptly end his court work and go away for a rest. After a few days in a hospital here his family and friends believe the Chief Justice will go to a Southern resort, probably Asheville, N. C., for a few weeks of rest. Chief Justice Taft's family and his the request of Senator Reed of Penn-|associates on the Supreme Court bench sylvania, chairman of the committee on military’ affairs, the Senate adopied unanimously a resolution providing for a joint committee of Congress to take up the question of pay of the commis- sioned and enlisted h&ersonm\ ofd mg Army, Navy and Marin , BN Coast Guard and the Cg‘rfii Health Service. The first mention of prohibition came when Senator Walsh of Massa- chusetts submitted to the Senate the rcsolution of protest against the killing of three rum-runners by the Coast Guard near Newport, adopted at a mass meeting held in Fanieul Hall in Boston. Senator Walsh did not discuss the reso- Jution, but merely submitted it for the information of the Senate. Favors India Independence. Senator Bland of Wisconsin intro- duced a resolution which would place the Senate on record as favoring the independence of India. He announced that he would discuss his resolution at some future date. The resolution was referred to the committee on for- eizn relations. The House was in session only a few| minutes, transacting a small amount of Toutine business, and then adjourning| cut of respect to the memory of the| late Representative Leatherwood of Utah, who died during the Christmas recess. SACKETT PREDICTS ROBSION APPOINTMENT By the Associated Press. Scnator Sackett of Kentucky, re- cently named as Ambassador to Ger-| many, after a call on President Hoover | today, said the Chief Executive did not say when his nomination would be sent to the Senate, but that he personally expected it to go up in a few days. Questioned as to who Gov. Sampson would appoint to succeed him, he said | that, in his opinion, Representative | Robsion probably would be given the place. Senator Sackett said the German am- bassadorship involved a great respon- sibility and that he hoped he would measure up to the President’s expecta- tions. The main problems, he added, were ones of economics and finance. FARECASE REVERSED. Company Wins Supreme Court Rul- ing in Baltimore Fight. The United Railways & Electric Co. won in the Supreme Court today in its fight with the Maryland Public Service Commission over street car fares in Baltimore. The commission was reversed by the court in its contention that the cost of the railway property should be used in fixing street car fares, the court holding the present value should be the deter- mining factor. The case was sent back for further | in accordance with the | proceedings opinion. JOHN D. TO MAKE TALKIE. ORMOND BEACH, Fla, January 6 (®)—A talking moving _picture will carry an address of John D. Rockefeller to his associates meeting in Cleveland. Ohio, January 10, to celebrate the six- tieth anniversary of the founding of the Standard Ol Co. ¢ Unable to accept an invitation to at- tend the meeting, the oil magnate spoke into the microphone of a sound record- ing moving picture apparatus at his Winter home here yesterday. The film will be taken to Cleveland and ex- hibited at the meeting. Chilean Admifil Killed. SANTIAGO, Chile, January 6 (#).— Admiral Luis Gomez Carreno, fetired, today died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident New Year day. Among the numerous offices he had held was that of minister of war and navy during 1924 and 1925. He made several official trips and visits to the United States. o Radio l’rolrm; on Page C-3 in a prepared statement today said Mr. Taft’s illness was not serious. The former President has been suf- fering from insomnia, and his nerves were impaired by the death of his brother, Charles P. Taft, last week and the consequent strain placed upon him by the necessity of going to Cincinnati for the funeral. It was arranged today, before the Supreme Court gathered, that he would not attend the session. Highly Nervous. The Chief Justice is in a highly nervous condition caused by & recur- rence of bladder trouble which he suf- fered about six years ago, which then yielded to treatment. His condition has caused worry with- in the inner court circles for some time. physical condition due to the discharge of his exacting official duties, the Chief Justice went to Concinnati on a visit and overtaxed himself. He exhausted himself in visiting va- rious places of his childhood in the city and returned to Washington in such a weakened condition that he was forced to enter a hospital. After treat- ment there he went to his Summer home at Murray Bay, Quebec, where his_condition showed improvement. Mr. Taft returned to Washington last Fall after suffering an accident at Mur- ray Bay which irritated his general nervous condition. Attended Conference. He was able, however, to attend the conference of Circuit Court judges to examine the condition of business in Federal courts throughout the country and was able to attend all sessions of the court up to the recess in December. Recently the death of Charles P. Taft further complicated his nervous condi- tion. He went to Cincinnati to attend the funeral against the advice of his assoclates on the bench and returned last Saturday seemingly without im- pairing_his general condition. Mr. Taft decided yesterday to take a rest, and was not present when the court resumed its sessions today. He was hopeful that a complete rest would enable him to resume his judicial duties. Holmes to Preside. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, who will be 89 years old in March and is the senior associate on the bench, will preside during his chief’s absence. Dr. Prancis Hagner, the Taft family and members of the court familiar with the condition of the Chief Justice, said his condition was not alarming. They said the recurrence of bladder trouble was not threatening, but rather annoying. —Harris-Ewing Photo. | Last Summer, while in a weakened | HOUSE BLPAVES | VAY FOR HODVER TOCUTARNY COST $435,231,000 Expenditure in |Goming Fiscal Year Provided for in Committee’s Report. POSSIBLE ECONOMIES VIEWED AS PROSPECT | Figure Shows Increase of $442,000) Over Current Period, but Is Below Budget Estimates. | | | | { | By the Associated Press. | Lacking definite conclusions from President Hoover's economical survey of the War Department, the House ap- propriations committee today reported the supply bill for the fiscal year 1931 for that executive branch, calling for an expenditure of $435,231,000, an in- | crease of $442,000 over the current fiscal year. With the jdea the economices may be effected through the survey, how- ever, the committee wrote into the bill a provision that would prevent the usage of any of the ‘money appro- priated for any other purpose in the | event that President Hoover decides upon curtailment of the activities pro- vided for in the measure. Although carrying an increased ap- propriation, the supply bill is $2,767,000 less than the budget estimates. It sets aside $337,058,000 for military purposes, an increase of $6,019,000 over the cui- rent year, and $117,173,000 for non- military activities, including the Pan- ama Canal, a decrease of $5,5677,000 as compared with 1930. Raising Total Outlay. ‘The permanent appropriations amount to $9,627,000, of which $1,375,000 is for military puropses and $8,251,000 is for non-military activities, With this the total outlay for the next fiscal year is brought to $463,858,000. The reduction in the budget estimates (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) U. S, PLANS TO SEEK FIVE-POWER PACT Navy. Parley Policy Also In- cludes Limit on All Types of Warships. By the Associated Press. The basic considerations which are to, guide American diplomacy at the London Naval Conference, now defi- nitely established after weeks of prepa- ration, are directed unwaveringly to- ward the original ideal of & treaty| signed by all five of the great sea pow=- ers, limiting every type of warship. President Hoover's final consultations | with the American delegates, who leave next Thursday for London, are taking into account the obstacles which have | arisen since the pre-conference discu.-; sions began, but ‘in no case are these obstacles recognized as insurmountable. In-its present quite definite form, the plan to be followed by the delegation | looks' hopefully ‘toward French signa- ture of the proposed treaty, despite in- dications from Paris that she is hesi- tant to take so positive a commitment. Held As Promising Sign. Disclosure over the week end that the French statesmen are willing at| least to limit construction in the near future is taken here as a most promis- ing sign after the recent strong pro- nouncement of French national policy. ‘The Americans will go to London hold- ing to the faith that it will be possible to translate this promise into actual treaty terms. The American plan also foresees a way of adjusting the cruiser demands of Japan on a basis satisfactory to all concerned, and it almost takes for granted that the troublesome details of parity between the United States and Great Britain can be reduced to terms regarded as mutually acceptable. Neither President Hoover nor mem- bers of the delegation have gone the length of supposing, however, that they can draw up beforehand a scheme of procedure guaranteed to meet all diffi- culties. The plan of the delegation is ! flexible enough to permit constant adjustment to the changing contour of the negotiations. The delegates will communicate freely with the White House as the conference proceeds and Mr. Hoover himself will remain in a (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Will Have Blue By the Associated Press. The American soldier must be well dressed to be a good fighter, in the opinion of Gen. Summerall, chief of the Army staff, who believes the time will come when the Army will have to be supplied with blue dress uniforms. Discussing the Army uniform before a House appropriations War Department subcommittee, he said the lack of a ceremonial dress uniform put American soldiers at a great disadvantage in com- parison with the Navy and Marine Corps and with foreign troops, when they came in contact with them.” “The traiping of an Army for war consists of & number of elements,” the general said, “and one of them is the military spirit that makes a man fight. Through all history one means of cultivating that military spirit is dis- cipline and morale. You cannot make a soldier self-respecting unless the peo- ple respect him. H SOLDIERS MUST BE WELL DRESSED| TO BE GOOD FIGHTERS, SAYS CHIEF Gen. Summerall Declares Day Will Come When Army Dress Uniform. “They estimate him very largely by the way he looks. If he dresses badly, ue looks badly, and he is very apt to behave less correctly than if he were well dressed. Those are psychological factors that are inseparable from the military life. We have always dressed them well until now. Better food is credited by Gen. Sum- merall with resulting in a decreased desertion rate in the Army. Testifying before ‘he subcommitfee, he said the decrease in the desertion rate from 7.39 per cent in 1925. before the present ration was established, to 5.20 per cent in 1929, was “very largely due to better feeding and care of the me he prospective housing program also contributed to the lowered rate of desertion,” he added, “hecause where men were not well housed, they knew they were soon going to be housec.” The improved ration, h> continued, will cost about 51'; cents a day in 1931, as compared with 50 -ents when it was establisheds | attack. HAVE Lb Nowfl, LETYOU RESESS WHILE [ PUTSSE D ORI S\ UNLIMITED POISON BGAS USE 1S SEEN Populace as Whole Declared Safe by Maj. Gen. Gilchrist. By the Associated Press. The War Department sees no future limit upon the use of poison gases. Maj. Gen. Harry L. Gilchrist, chief of the Chemical Warfare Service, char- acterized the gas situation as “one of the most important things facing us at the present time,” in testimony be- fore the House War Department appro- priations subcommittee. “There is no limitation of any kind as to what gases may do in the future,” he said. “So far as wiping out populations is concerned,” he told the committee, re- ferring to present gases, “I know of no gas, sufficient concentrations of which could be placed to accomplish the de- struction of the population of a_city, should any military commander be 50 foolish as to desire such a thing. ‘Would Create Confusion. “Gas would create confusion, it would disrupt business and social activities and on an unprepared and untrained populace would doubtless cause cas- ualties.” If a commander wanted to destroy buildings, public works and factories, and kill as ~ iy people as nossible, he said, “He .d use high explosive— not gas. “Gas wouid be the more humane of the two,” Gilchrist added, “and I be- lieve it would be the more efficient of the two in bringing the inhabitants to terms on account of the confusion it would create. “I have never heard,” he asserted, “that any attack on unprotected civil- jans would be contemplated or coun- tenanced. I am sure that we, as a civilized people, would not tolerate such something, however,” he declared, “that we should be pre- pared against, and in case of war our people should be warned and instructed |in the way they should act in a gas attack. Currents Might Aid. “Eddying air currents of a great city, caused by side streets and buildings of unequal heights, would dissipate the concentration of gases,” he assertcd. “In a city people would be reasonably safe in going inside of buildings, stop- ping up doors and windows and shut- ting off ventilators and putting out fires,” he said. Army tank supremacy was conceded to the British by Maj. Gen. C. C. Wil- liams, chief of Army ordnance, before the House subcommittee. ‘While the American Army has a tank capable of between 40 and 50 miles per hour on open flelds and 70 miles per hour on roads, the general said it was still in an experimental stage. No other country, he said, has developed a tank of similar speed ranges, and he recom- mended purchase of a number of the new vehicles for complete tests by the ordnance department, “We are developing the various ve- hicles that a mechanized force would have to be equipped with,” the general said, “but we have not advanced nearly as far in that matter as the British have advanced. They have been at it longer and have spent a great deal more money on it than anybody else and they have made more progress than anybody else, I think.” PRIME MINISTER TO GREET JAPANESE Ambassador Dawes to Entertain London Parley Delegation Heads Tonight. By the Associated Pre LONDON., January 6.—It was under- stood here today Prime Minister Mac- donald, returning Thursday from Scot- land, will confer with the Japanese delegates to the forthcoming naval con- ference on matters connected with the parley. Tonight Ambassador Dawes will en- tertain the Japanese delegates—Wakat- suki, Takarabe asd Matsudaira—at din- ner at the American embassy. ‘The Japanese delegates will have their first conference with Foreign Sec- retary Henderson at the foreign office tomorrow. On Wednesday they will see A. V. Alexander, first lord of the ad- miralty. \Three Killed in Crash. MELBOURNE, Australia, January 6 (). —Capt. the Hon. Hugh Grosvenor and two _companions were killed today when & flying boat in which they were traveling made a nose dive into Port Philip Bay. ' A Flyer Claims Feat Of Loop in Glider Is First on Record By the Assoctated Press. CHICAGO, January 6.—The claim was made today by Edward B. Heath, aviator, that his feat of looping the loop in a glider yesterday was the first of its kind on record. Heath, towed by an =airplane, “reached a height of 1,200 feet be- fore his glider was released. He made four loops before the glider settled to the field, a short dis- tance from the starting place. SMALLER NATIONS DIFFER ON DEBTS Powers Ready to Give Warn- ing if Little Entente Persists. By the Associated Press. THE HAGUE, Netherlands, January 6.—Private negotiations at the repara- tions conference which have been going on between the Austrian and the smaller reparations creditors thus far have been a failure. Chancellor Schober of Austria told the non-German reparations committee that the negotiations had been unavail- ing because Austria could not possibly pay the sums expected from her. Dr. Eduard Benes, Czechoslovakian minister of foreign affairs, and George G. Mironescu, Rumanian minister of foreign affairs, neverthless expressed optimism and asked that the negoti- ations be continued. One of the main problems that is keeping the chief delegates busy con- cerns the date of payments by Ger- many. Formal Demand Made. ‘The Germans have made a formal demand that the payments of repara- tions be calculated from the end of the month rather than from the 1st or 15th. Finance Minister Moldenhauer said that the reich could not afford to stand the loss in interest on such pay- ments, The French and Belgian delegations contended that all calculations at the experts’ conference in Paris were based on payments being made the 15th of each month. The question was passed for the moment. ‘The determination of the leaders that outstanding problems shall be settled quickly was indicated .his_afternoon, when Minister Briand of France an- nounced that he would leave on Friday for Geneva, where the Council of the League of Nations will meet Janu- ary 13. Philip Snowden, British chancellor of the exchequer, and Briand especially wished to terminate the conference this week if possible. Warning Is Foreseen. The inviting powers were understood to be disposed to give warning to the smaller creditors that the Young plan will be approved and applied without their agreement if they persist in keep- ing their problems outstanding. The powers of the little entente, on the other hand, were said to have con- ferred already and to have decided to put up a united front to protect their own interests. PROBE BEGUN INTO COAL INDUSTRY CONDITIONS International Labor Office Ex- perts Discuss Wage-and-Hour Problem. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, January 6.—A technical in- quiry into working conditions in the coal industry was begun at the inter- national labor office today by experis from the principal coal-producing coun- tries of Europe. The delegates #ill prepare recommen- dations “as to what questions relating to conditions of employment in coal mines might best be included in the agenda of the international labor con- ference of 1930, with a view to arriving at_practical international agreements.” Hours of work and wages are the primary problems of study. The meeting of experts for a prelim- inary inquiry today is hailed in some quarters as the first intelligent step toward international co-operation for getting the industry out of its depres- . Experts from Austria, Belgium, Britain, _ France, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Spain and Poland, are taking rlrt in the inquiry. Their recommendations will be sub- mitted to the governing of the international labor office, which will consider means of putting them into effect. Germahy, | VERDICT DUE TODAY - IN'POLIGE HEARING Kelly, Probably Last Witness, Resumes McPherson Case Probe Story. The prolonged trial of Inspector Wil- liam S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, charged with making an ineffi- clent and unbusinesslike investigation of the death of Mrs. Virginia McPher- son, entered its final stage today, with indications that it will close by 5 o'clock. Kelly, the ninety-ninth and probably the final witness, resumed the witness stand in his own defense to complete the story of the part he played in the Police investiggtion of the now famoys McPherson case as head of the homi- cide squad of the Detective Bureau. lc and absorbing Kelly continued the recitation of the details of his investigation in minute detall, step by step, in chronological order, Prosecutors Change Plans. Earlier indications that the trial might last another day faded when Robert E. Lynch and Walter L. Fowler, assistant corporation counsels, who arc prosecuting Shelby and Kelly, revealed that they had abandoned plans to call several witnesses in rebuttal when tne defense rested its case. One of these rebuttal witnesses, whose identity had been closely veiled in secrecy, it was disclosed, was to have been former Policeman Robert J. Allen, who already has been on the witness stand four times since the trial be- gan, December 8. While Allen will not now be used as a rebuttal witness, the prosecution intends to call him to per- mit the trial board to question him about certain detalls of his previous testimony. ‘The board, it is said, is particularly anxious to clarify certain points in Allen’s testimony relative to his state- ment that he saw a man escape from the rear of the Park Lane Apartments prior to the finding of Mrs. McPher- son’s gerroted body. If the trial ends this afternoon, the trial board proposes to return to the District Building and convene in execu- tive session to deliberate the verdict. According to Maj. L. E. Atkins, chair- man of the board, the verdict will be announced as soon as it is reached. Kelly Resumes His Story. Kelly picked up the story of his in- vestigation of the McPherson case where he was lbrufitly halted Saturday afternoon when the trial board ad- journed. He had finished recounting in_minute detail every movement he (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) . SEEK CURRENCY RUIN. BERLIN, January 6 (#)—A plan to ruin_the currency of the Soviet Union by the wholesale distribution of forged 10-ruble notes was outlined today in the Berlin Criminal Court at the open- ing of the trial of nine persons charged with counterfeiting Chervonetz notes in ¥ 927. Basil Shalra Karunidze said that during the war he was a member of a committee promoting the interests of oppressed nationalities abroad and that later he became a member of the Na- tional Council of Independent Geor- glans. He testified that he had conceived the plan to forge Chervonetz notes on a large scale in order to ruin Soviet currency and asserted that had his plans succeeded the Georgian rising would have been successful. STORY BY BRADY LEADS HIM TO JAIL WITH HS BROTHER Suspicion Directed by Hus- band Against Kinsman Re- sults in Arrest of Both. UNCLE IS EXONERATED IN BLAST FATAL T0 3 No Formal Charges Yet Made Against New Suspects in “Candy Box” Explosion. ‘The finger of suspicion, pointed by one brother at another, has resulted in the jailing of both and the announce- ment by« investigators that they are nearing solution of the Seat Pleasant “candy box” bomb explosion, which cost the lives of three children of Mr. and Mrs. John Hall ‘The informant, according to Mary- land authorities, is Herman Brady, young dairy worker and husband of Mrs. Naomi Hall Brady, bride of a few weeks and recipient of the dynamite-loaded “Christmas gift.” Herman’s wife, an expectant mother, was the first to die when the “gift” exploded as she un- wrapped it in front of her family on New Year day. The involved brother is Lawrence Leroy Brady, automobile mechanic em- ployed by a local motor firm, who has a_wife and 8-month-old child living at 1714 Massachusetts avenue southeast. Statement Ts Signed. ‘The arrest of both brothers followed the signing by Herman of a statement. Two officers immediately were dispatch- ed late yesterday with orders to take Leroy into custody. While the officers were away on this mission Leroy ap- peared in Marlboro voluntarily and was oromptly placed under arrest. While no formal charges have been | made out against either of the prison- ers, officials indicated today their in- tention of taking “drastic action” in the case shortly. Clarence Brady, uncle of the brothers, was _released from the Marlboro jail (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) RETRENENT B PASSE BY SENATE Raises Maximum Annuity to $1,200 and Advances Age Limit Two Years. The Senate this afternoon unexpect- edly took up and passed the Dale bill, liberalizing the civil service retirement law for Government employes both in ‘Washington and throughout the coun- try. ‘The main features of the measure are that it raises the maximum annuity from $1,000 to $1,200 a year and gives employes the option of retiring two years earlier than under existing law provided they have had 30 years of service. Died Under Coolidge. It is the same bill which passed both House and Senate in the last Congress, but which failed to become a law be- cause former President Coolidge did not i the closing hours of the old Following the favorable action of the Senate today, the bill will now go to the House, where it must be acted on before it goes to the White House. Under the present law all employes, after 15 years of service, are eligible to retire at the age of 70, whereas under the Dale bill all employes, after 30 years. of service, would be eligible to apply for retirement at the age of 68 and receive an increased annuity. Under the present law letter carriers, posti office clerks and similar } workers are eligible to retire at 65, after 15 years of service, while under the new bill they would be eligible to retire at 63 if they have 30 years of service. Rail- way mail clerks and those engaged in hazardous work at the present time are eligible to retire at the age of 62, after 15 years of service. Under this bill these employes could apply for retire- | ment at the age of 60, after 30 years| of service, The bill came up in the Senate dur- ing the calling of the calendar and was explained by Senator Dale, Repub- lican, of Vermont, chairman of the civil service committee, for more than half an hour, after which it was per- mitted to pass without the formality of a roll call vote. Most of the discussion related to the technical question of how much the Government liability is and when the Government might be called upon to meet its liability. Senator Dale ex- plained that while this bill increases the maximum annuity from $1,000 to $1,200, the average annuity paid at the present time is only $740, a: ntinued on Page 2, Col {EX-MAYOR TAKES ! AFTER SERVING TERM IN PRISON By the Assoclated Press. GARY, Ind., January 6.—Roswell O. Johnson today was back in the mayor’s chair from which he was sent to prison six years ago. He took office quietly a few minutes after the retiring mayor, ) Henry G. Hay, sr., had refused to yield 'the executive chamber to Emmett N. ‘White, Democrat defeated by Johnson. White, whose injunction suit pro- testing Johnson’s election still is pend- u& made a written demand for the office merely as a technical legal step lin connection with his suit. He con- tended Johnson is ineligible because he was convicted for conspiracy against the prohibition laws during his previous Johnson Back in Gary While Boyle Occupies Chair in ' Whiting by Gentleman’s Agreement. OFFICE AGAIN term ot office. Hay, who lost an in- Jjunction suit agaipst both Johnson and White, calmly stepped aside. In Whiting, Thomas Boyle, Demo- became mayor under a gentle- m: agreement with former Mayor | Schrage, Republican, by which Schrage's Republican ‘appointees keep their jobs and by which Boyle consults Schrage before taking action on official mat- ters. Boyle won the November election from Joseph McNamara by seven votes, but lost the recount three votes. ers GRAND JURYHOLS CRINE HERE IS T BAD AS PTIRED Report Attributes Worse Conditions in District to Lack of Public Co-operation. CITY PENAL INSTITUTIONS HELD IN GOOD CONDITION Inquisitorial Body Disposed of Mec- Pherson, Scrivener and Many Other Cases. Washington- is not the vice-ridden, lawless community that it has been pictured, James N. Fitzpatrick, foreman of the October grand jury, which went out of existence today, told Justice Pey- ton Gordon in & special report of the grand jury tc the court. The grand jury has been functioning during & period of civic hysteria rarely experfenced in the National Capital, its report stated. Among the problems dis- posed of by it were the McPherson and Scrivener death cases, the Brookhart revelation of a wet dinner at a local hotel attended by Senators and others of prominence, the refusal of Senators Blease and Heflin to testify concerning charges they made in the Senate and the contempt charges against three newspaper reporters who refused to tell from whom they had purchased whisky. Lack of Co-operation. _Foreman _Fitzpatrick’s report recog- nizes that ‘a large numberwo( crlmgl presented before the grand jury are directly or indirectly attributable to vloh_. of the national prohibition act, “due no doubt to the lack of com- plete co-operation on the part of the public in general in the enforcement of the prohibition law.” The report ;les:nfom&mfi the cogduct of the local utions and suggests mine improvements. e i The special report reads: “The grand jury at the close of its term reports to the honorable court: “While there are numerous violations of the prohibition law in the District of Columbia, conditions are certainly no worse and are probably better than those existing in other sections of the United States. It is the opinion of the grand jury that Washington, D. C., is not the vice-ridden, lawless com- munity that it has been pictured. We feel, however, that a large number of the cases of crime presented before this body are directly or indirectly at- tributable to violations of the na- tional prohibition act, due mo doubt to the lack of complete co-operation on the part of the public in general in the enforcement of the prohibition laws. Inspect Institutions, “As a result of our inspection of the Lorton Reformatory, the work house at Occoquan and the District Jail, this body finds these institutions being con- ducted in a highly efficient manner and commends the executives of the District g{‘ Columb{infl?cn;lug\st;nuflm on the ogress of the bu rogram_no ::"lg;r w‘;ly at both lalgwg and Om:o'- . e recommend,” howev fmmediate instaiation of moders jauns dry equipment at the Lorton Reforma- tory and, while we realize the existing dining room aud kitchen facilities at Occoquan are temporary, we feel that the dining room and kitchen should be kept in a mere sanitary condition. “Because of the overcrowded condi- tion, we recommend that extensions be made to the north and south wings of 3’:: l'i:istrl;lt J‘I‘)‘é and the interior of old wings ui} - ern sanitary cells."eq T CARBON MONOXIDE GAS IS CONQUERED Professor Claims Device to Free Motor World From Perils of Exhaust. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md. January 6.—A practical means of eliminating carbon monoxide, the gas that takes an annual toll of hundreds of lives when auto- mobile engines are left running in closed garages, is claimed in the dis- covery of a Johns Hopkins University professor, announced today. Dr. J. C. W. Frazger, the B. N. Baker professor of chemistry at the university, made the announcement that tests had shown a motor equipped with his de- vice could run indefinitely in a closed garage without liberating carbon mon- oxide. _Offensive odors from automo- bile exhausts, which abound in heavy traffic, can be suppressed by the chem. ical action and smoke also will be entirely consumed, Prof. Frazer added. Carbon monoxide is produced by in- complete combustion and the scientist’s discovery is a chmeical catalyst which, when the exhaust vapors pass over it mixed with air, converts the monoxide to harmless carbon dioxide. A device to accomplish this h=» been made and has operated successfully in road tests under all kinds of driving conditions, he said, bu. the present objective s to simplif* the apparatus and Prof. Frazer be'ieves accomplishment cf this is in sight. Dr. Frazer's discovery resulted indi- rectly from his work in the chemical warfare service during the World War to protect men operating guns in closed turrets, GIRL OF 23 SLAIN; YOUNG KILLER SUICIDE Double Tragedy Declared Climax of Quarrel Over Atten- tions. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, January 6.— ‘The six-year friend<hip of Faye Belnaj 23, and John Disalvo, 28, today w broken by murder and suicide. bodies were found last night in automobile in Disalvo’s garage. Police declare their deaths to be the climax of a long-standing quarrel. In- Then Schrage resigned in favor of Mc- Namara, who was city controller. Mc- Namara died four days later and the council renamed Schrage as mayor. After the agreement, however, Schrage stepped aside for Boyle. vestigators were told that Disalvo had thrust his attentions on the girl after she had attempted to break relations " Rieer Shooting the gir1 r_shoof Disalvo_took his life by shom!n himself thr back of the he ‘ e