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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Cloudy followed by rain beginning to- iight or early tomorrow; warmer tonight, colder tomorrow afternoon or night. tatures—Highest, 53, at 2:30 p.m. Tes ymfl:y: lowest, 36, Full reporl on page :t 6:30 a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 he Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Associated The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 112,492 — No. 31,297. post _office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 'HIRT Y-TWO PAGES. FHR () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. PEACE OF NATIONS HINGES ON' NAVAL PARLEY, PRESS S TOLD BY HOOVER Chief Executive Makes State- ment Immediately After Breakfast Conference With London Delegates. GOOD WILL EVIDENCED BY ALL PARTICIPANTS Holds Conclusions Must Be Such as to Give Sense of Security.| Sounds Warning Against Expect-‘1 ing Immediate and Quick Re-| sults on Arms. By (he Assoclated Press. President Hoover today de- peribed the forthcoming naval limitations meeting at London “as the most important of interna- tional conferences of a grea.t many years, and probably the most important for many years to come.” “The progress of peace for the tvorld rests in a great measure| upon the shoulders of the five| delegations,” the President added. “There is good will toward the conference on the part of every nation. The importance and the gravity of the occasion have been recognized in the dispatch to London of the leading men of every country. They have the will to succeed.” The President's statement was made at his regular press conference some hours after he had held a final break- fast conference with American dele- gates and their technical advisers. It said: Godspeed to Delegates. “I am sure the whole Nation bids Godspeed to the American delegation that leaves tomorrow for the London Naval Arms Conference. The people and the governments of the five na- tions assembling at this meeting are sincerely desirous that agreements should be brought about by which competition and construction of naval arms is brought to an end, and by which actual reduction in_nayal bur- dens of the world shall be iplish- ed. The difficulties of finding a basis that will be acceptable to five different nations are great, but they are not insuperable. “The conclusions of the conference must be such as to give a sense of se- curity and_satisfaction to each of the nations. Permanent peace is never based on either taking advantage of or accepting a position of prejudice. Conference Most Important. “The technology and the complex- {ies of the problem are such that we nced hope for no immediate and quick ults. To complete the conference in hree or four months would be in itseif a great accomplishment, and we should nct expect any hurried conclusions. It is the most important of international conferences of a great many years, and probably the most important for many rs to come. The progress of peace for the world rests in a great measure upon the shoulders of the five delega- tions. There is good will toward the con- ference on the part of every nation. The importance and the gravity of the asion have been recognized in the patch to London of the leading men of every country. They have the will to_succeed. (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) 2 KILLED, 5 INJURED WHEN HOTEL BURNS 74 Flee, Many in -Night Clothes, in Freezing Blizzard Weather. B the Associnted Press. PITTSBURG, Kans, January 7.— ‘Two guests of the Wick Hotel here were burned to death and five injured early today by fire which forced 74 scantily clad persons to flee from the hotel and | to which seriously damaged the three- story hostelry. Authorities were investigating reports that led to suspicion of incendiarism. Flames blocked the front stairway and entrance and guests leaped from windows and slid down ropes. Few had time to dress and many braved blizzara conditions in night clothing. The build- ing had no fire escapes, police said. The dead are Clarence Parker, fore- man in the Kansas City Southern Rail- yoad round house in Kansas City, and Ralph Dennis, 19-year-old son of Mr. Mother Prepares Meal for Children Drowned in Forest Small Boys Disappear in Woods to Play; Later Bodies Are Found. By the Associated Press. JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. January 7—Ear] Whitson, 5, and his brother Louis, jr, 4, left home yesterday to play in a nearby wood. Their mother, Mrs. Louls Whitson, watched them de- part. and gave a final admonition to “be home early.” Time for dinner came and the boys had not returned. Mrs. Whitson called to them many times, but no answer came from the darkened forest. Searchers, organizing quickly, soon found_their bodies in a swimming pool that had been closed for the Winter. They were within a few feet of each other and indications were that they had_slipped in together while playing on the bank. LA GUARDIA TAKES RAP AT BORAH IN PROFIBITION TALK New York Representative; Makes Direct Attack on Senator on House Floor. By the Associated Press. The war of words over prohibition, raging for days in a series of statements from various wets and drys, was trans- ferred today to the floor of the House where Representative La Guardia, a New York Republican, made a direct attack on Senator Borah of Idaho, a leader of the prohibition advocates. La Guardia referred to Senator Borah as “the most distinguished gentleman from Idaho and one for whose opinion I ordinarily have a great respect,” in gfgtnmnz his portrayal of Idaho con- tions. La Guardia's remarks about drinking in Idaho, the home State of Senator Borah, and the recent killing of three Tum runners by the Coast Guard off the New England coast drew Representative Beedy, Republican, of Maine into the fray with a defense of the Guard as “a splendid organization of men” which was “standing like a rock.” New Yorker Gives Figures. ‘The New Yorker said Senator Borah, who recently has severely denounced rohibition enforcement, “takes it upon imself to criticize enforcement in other States” when “he might as well begin in Idaho.”” He then gave figures to support his assertion that Idaho compared unfavorably with States and cities of the East in law observance. Beedy said the Coast Guard was en- forcing prohibition “not because it is particularly interested in prohibition, but because it is being true to its splendid tradition, that when it has a task to perform, it goes at it serious- ly and conscientiously.” Rear Admiral Billard, commandant of the Coast Guard, was an interested spectator during the exchange. La Guardia, who has assailed as “blood murder” the killing of the men aboard the Black Duck, a rum runner, said prohibition would ruin the Depart- ment of Justice just as it had the Coast Guard if its enforcement was trans- ferred to that branch of the Govern- ment. National Super-Sleuth. Under such a plan, he declared, “the Attorney General of the United States, now the chief law officer of the Govern- ment and legal adviser to the Presi- dent, will be transformed into a national super-sleuth.” “We might as well enforce this law Beedy said, “or throw up our hands.” He said that the welfare of the United States depended upon the carry- | ing out of the duties imposed upon the Coast Guard. The Maine Representative said that La Guardia had not presented the facts as they were in regard to the shooting of the crew of the Black Duck. As to the drinking of liquor by guardsmen who boarded a burning British rum runner, Beedy said that “red-blooded gobs” had gone aboard to unload the liquor. “They worked in the cold night, and to relieve themselves from cold they drank some of the liquor, and two of | them took some of it ashore with them | and got into trouble,” he said. H Says Officers Slandered. Asserting that it was lamentable that the charge had been made that Coast Guard officers had been guilty of mis- conduct, Beedy sald that only ordinary seamen and not officers were involved in court-martial proceedings at New London. The officers, he said, had been slandered by news reports. “What do you want the Coast Guard | do?” Beedy asked the House. | boys are going to be sick of being a cused of being murderers, trying to en- force these laws.” “This,” he said. “is the crux of the | enforcement problem.” He then said | that the coast guardsmen in patrol | boats could refuse to see liquor smug- | gling boats if they did not desire to fui- fill their duties. Representative Gifford, Republican, Massachusetts, in whose ' district_were | the homes of two men shot by the | coast guardsmen, asked Breedy, “Shall | we encourage the Coast Guard to shoot rum runners?” and Mrs. L. I Dennis of Pittsburg. None of the injured was hurt seri- ously. “They ought not to shoot them down | recklessly,” Beedy replied, and added (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. PING! GOES PANE—PING! ANOTHER; PING! AGAIN, WOMAN SEEKS COVER| Little Eddie Takes a Gun, Opens Up, Has His Fun. Reminiscing Now in Bed, It Looks Bad for Little Ed. Dy the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 7.—Mrs. Mary Morgan was sitting in her house when “ping” went a window pane and “ping” ‘went another. Mrs. Morgan moved nimbly to cover. There was another “ping” and some- thing whizzed over her head. She de- duced some one was shooting at the house. Police were called as another window pane went clatter-clatter. The police arriving. reconnoitered. Down the street moved on and came to the home of Nelson V. Joyce, vice president of the Swanfinch Ol Corporation, and in this house lives Edward, age 10, the Joyces' son. Edward always wanted a gun, but his daddy had said no. Daddy, however, left on a business trip last week and Mrs. Joyce weakened under the child’s persistent demands and gave him an air rifle. The police, smiling, returned to head- quarters and parked their feet on the radiator. Edward went to bed. Mrs. Morgan stuffed some newspapers in the T0 ESUNE POSTS HELD BEFORE QU Inspector to Take Command of Detective Bureau on 55th Birthday. PRATT ALREADY ISSUED ORDER FOR RESTORATION Result of Trial Sweeping Exonera- tion of Officers Accused by Grand Jury. Acquitted on charges of having bun- gled the police investigation of the death of Mrs. Virginia McPherson, In- spector William S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly will return to their former posts in the Detective Bureau tomorrow—Shelby as the director of the bureau and Kelly as head of the homicide squad. An order restoring Shelby and Kelly to the assignments from which they were temporarily transferred October 1, following the condemnation of the Po- lice Department by the July grand jury, was issued today by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, when officially advised of the action of the special trial board in completely vindi- cating the two officers. The order will become effective at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Maj. Pratt was ready to put it into effect imme- iately, but when told that tomorrow is Shelby's 55th birthday, he purposely de- layed his restoration as chief of de- tectives so it would come in the form of a birthday gift. Kelly, who was ac- cused with his chief and tried jointly with him, wanted to return to the de- tective bureau at the same time, and his restoration likewise was postponed. Sweeping Exoneration. ‘The findings of the trial board which sifted the charges that Shelby and Kelly made an unbusinesslik investiga- tion of the McPherson case constituted a sweeping exoneration. The board found the officers not guilty on all charges and the scries of specifications and went a step farther by commending Kelly “for the efficient manner in which he handled the McPherson case.” Shelby, however, was mildly criticized for his conduct before the grand jury in suggesting the indictment for per- jury of former Policeman Robert J. Allen and Mrs. Roy Heavrin of the Park Lane Apartments, although the board said his action was “more or less Justified.” ‘The board reached its findings at 11:15 o'clock last night, more than six hours after the close of the trial, and submitted them to the Commissioners this morning in the form of a report. Confirmation by the Commissioners is & matter of routine, since all of them are represented as being pleased with the outcome of the case. In fact, Commis- sioner Dougherty told Maj. Pratt that developments in the trial convinced him some time ago that Shelby and Kelly were not guilty. Officers Congratulated. ‘Both Shelby and Kelly received many congratulations today from inside and outside the Police Department. Among the first to greet them was Corporation Counsel William W. Bride, whose office conducted their prosecution. “Naturally I am gratified with the result of the public hearing, which was held pursuant to the demands on the part of Lieut. Kelly and myself,” said Inspector Shelby in response to in- quiries from newspaper Teporters. “We felt sure of complete vindica- tion, but we were anxious that the true facts might be developed. I cannot too strongly express my appreciation of the sympathy and loyalty to the host of friends and acquaintances who re- peatedly expressed confidence in my integrity, and I wish thus publicly to pay tribute to them as well as my at- torneys, Henry I. Quinn and George E. Strong, for their unswering devo- tion, their wise counsel and friendly as- sociation. “To my friends and well wishers and to those who cannot by the most fan- tastic process of reasoning be placed in either category, I say, ‘God’s in His heaven, all's right with the vorld.'” Kelly also was jubilant over his vindi- cation. “Naturally, I felt that when all the true facts and evidence were pre-| sented to an_impartial board or body (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) MURDER “WITNESS” | IS SOUGHT BY POLICE Man Who Claims Knowledge of William D. Taylor's Slayer Wanted on Parole Charge. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, January 7.—Otis Hefner, former convict, whose alleged statement that he knew the identity of the slayer of Willlam Desmond Taylor, motion picture director, is scoffed at by District Attorney Buron Fitts of Los Angeles, was sought today by State po- licemen as a parole violator. Close upon an announcement by former Gov. Priend W. Richardson yes- terday that Hefner had asserted that a motion picture player killed Taylor came the declaration from Fitts that he was not interested in the alleged clue. Fitts declared that hundreds of such clues had appeared in the course of the murder investigation. Hefner, who was paroled from Folsom prison during the Richardson adminis- tration, is alleged to have confided to the former governor four years ago that he and Edward Sands, Taylor's valet, went to the Taylor home in Los Angeles on the night of November 20, KELLY AND SHELBY | 1922, and that Sands found Taylor dead. Police authorities say the murder occurred on the night of February 1 or the early morning of February 2, 1922. Other statements credited to Hefner included one that Taylor was killed be- cause he had been “stool pigeoning” on a big narcotics ring of which he was a member. The former convict repre- sented that he and Sands had gone to the Taylor home to deliver narcotics on the night of the killing and that as they approached the house a woman, whom they both recognized, came out of the @ few doors they found another house| windows. No one knows where the air- Taylor home, swept past them and into ‘Wwith the window panes shot out. They 3 gun went. an automobiles NOT “HIS MASTER'S VOICE " BOWMAN PROPOSES TOBUY AUDITORIUM Representative Would Create Commission to Furnish New Armory. Authorizing an appropriation of $1,- 000,000 from District funds, a bill was introduced in the House today by Rep- resentative Frank Bowman, Republican, of West Virginia creating a commission of three members to take over the Washington Auditorium property for a National Guard Armory and for use by other patriotic organizations. ‘The million dollars authorized would cover not only the cost of acquiring the existing property, but would also in- clude the cost ef necessary changes to make the building suitable for the new purposes to which it is proposed to put it. The commission to acquire the prop- erty, as provided in the Bowman bill, would include Engineer Commissioner Ladue, Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, com- mander of the District National Guard, and Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, engi- neer officer in charge of public build- ings and public parks. Representative Bowman said today that he believes that both the District Commissioners and the National Guard officer will support his proposal, and that plans have already been prepared for making the Washington Auditorium into a model National Guard armory and club house for patriotic organiza- tions. MOTHER IS FOUND DEAD BY 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL Believed to Have Suffered Stroke Before She Could Light Gas Flowing From Burner. Thought to have suffered a paralytic | stroke before she could light gas flowing from a burner she had turned on in the kitchen of her home at 1007 K street southeast, Mrs. Nora Ryan, 43, was found dead by her 11-year-old daughter Gertrude, returning from school at noon today. ‘Whether death was due to the stroke or asphyxiation is not known. The coroner will investigate. It is supposed Mrs. Ryan had entered the kitchen to prepare lunch for her daughter. Ger- trude found her mother outstretched on the kitchen floor. The child ran screaming from the house, and told the next door neighbors what she had found. ‘The Fire Department rescue squad was summoned. The firemen worked on | her unsuccessfully for 15 minutes. Then Dr. Louis Jimal of the Casualty staff pronounced her dead. Police took steps fy R 's husband, who the Abner Bottling Worl Circulation Never in its history has The Star had so many read- ers in the city, in the suburbs and on its rural routes as at present. s Sunday’s Figures...... 116,001 Year Ago Sunday 111,566 Increase.. 4,435 . 112,492 107,575 4917 Yesterday’s Figures Year Ago Monday Increase. . Advertising (Local Display) Experienced advertisers ap- preciate the value of The Star’s influence in the homes where shopping is planned. Yesterday STAR ... .. 21,725 Lines 2nd Paper........ 13,612 Lines 3rd Paper.... 5,614 Lines 4th Paper 3,195 Lines 5th Paper.. 1,906 Lines 24,327 Lines 3,398 Star's Exccss. . SPLENDORS OF P Hoover to Belgia By the Associated Press. ROME, January 7.—Marie Jose, Princess of Belgium, and Crown Prince Humbert of Italy tomorrow will be married before one of the most bril- liant assemblages seen at any European court since before the war. The ceremony will take place at the historic Pauline Chapel of the Quirinat Palace, scene of four conclaves for election of Popes. It will be the first time since April 9, 1923, when Princess Yolanda of Italy married Count Calvi di Bergolo there, that it has been usea for a royal wedding. Cardinal Maffi to Officiate. Cardinal Maffi, Archbishop of Pisa, noted astronomer, and long-time friend of the Itallan royal family, will per- form the religious rite. He will be assisted by Mgr. Beccaria, chaplain ot WEDDING OF ROYALTY REVIVES RE-WAR COURTS American Ambassador Garrett Brings Greetings of U. S. From President n Royal Family. the royal household, who baptized the bridegroom and has been his spiritual mentor through childhood and youth. ‘The guests will number three Kings— Albert of the Belgians, Victor Emmanuel of Italy and Boris of Bulgaria—the Queens of Belgium and Italy and almost all members of the royal families of the two nations. Besides these there will be the Duke of York, representing King George of England; Prince Cyril and his sister, Princess Eudoxia, of Bulgaria; the Infante Don Ferdinand, representing King Alfonso of Spain: Marshal Petain, representing France, and Prince Paul and Princess Olga of Jugoslavia. Garrett Represents United States. John Work Garrett of Baltimore, new American Ambassador, will represent the United States. He is cl ed with a special message of good from President Hoover to the Belgian royal (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) ‘SCHACHT DECLINES T0 ATTEND PARLEY Refusal to Go to Hague Debt Conference Causes Dismay on All Sides. | | | BY WILLIAM BIRD. By Radio to The Star. THE HAGUE, January 7.—Dr. Hjal- mar Schacht's reply, “Too busy, will send substitute,” when summoned to ‘The Hague by Foreign Minister Curtius, caused dismay on all sides today. Varjous efforts to attenuate the ef- fect by explanations have served only to strengthen Franco-British fears that Dr. Schacht, who is president of the Reichsbank, does not intend to share responsibility for decisions made at The Hague second conference on repara- tions, Takes Hands-off Attitude. Dr. Schacht clearly intends to have nothing to do with the conference un- til the international bank question comes up after the arrival of Jackson E. Reynolds from America. It now remains to be seen whether Curtius is strong enough to compel Dr. Schacht to commit himself. g The Germans, meanwhile, are taking comfort in the gossip that Foreign Min- ister Briand of Prance is leaving The Hague Friday for Geneva, because he is annoyed at being shoved into a sec- ondary role by Premier Tardieu. and that Briand, Hke Schacht. is anxious to dodge responsibility for the protocol to be signed here. Basis of Report Unknown. Any basis for this talk is difficult to discover, since it was announced weeks ago that Briand would attend the League meeting. It is a striking fact, however, that considerations of home politics are dominating all delegations today. Neither Chancellor Philip Snowden of Great Britain nor the Tardieu or Muel- ler cabinets are very solid, and respec- tive oppositions can be expected to seize upon any false step to overthrow them on their return from The Hague. (Copyright, 1930.) CREDITORS MAKE DEMAND. ( Ask Cut in Payments to United States if Theirs Are Reduced. BY A. R. DECKER. 35 Radic 3o The Star and Chicazo Daily News. ' Copyright, 1930. THE HAGUE, Holland, January 7. | Germany's creditor- nations today de-| i manded that if reparations payments | | to them are reduced, payments made separately to the United States also be reduced 4n proportion, and that if pay- ments to the allies cease, payments to; America also be stopped. ‘The French delegation will send a memorandum tomorrow to the German delegation explaining Paris' viewpoint on sanctions and proposing a formula to be included in the final protocol, it is Continued on Page 2, Column 8, | e Queen Marie to Visit Egypt. BUCHAREST, Rumania, January 7 (A)—Queen Marie and Princess Ileana are leaving on a trip to Egypt about February 1. They will remain for & cansiderable time in Cairo. BELIEVES SURPLUS SHOULD CUT TAXES |Secretary Mellon Would Not|sin Use Money on Hand Now for War Debts. By the Associated Pres: PRINCETON, N. J,, January 7.—Sec- retary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mel- lon believes that the Treasury surplus of approximately $160,000,000 gained un- der the present income tax schedule should be used for tax reduction. After outlining the new income tax schedules in an interview published in the Daily Princetonian, undergraduate publication of Princeton University, Secretary Mel- lon says: “The Treasury surplus of approxi- mately $160,000,000 gained under the present income tax schedule should not be applied to national debt reduction. Debt reduction and tax reduction should, of course, go hand in hand. This has been the historic policy of the Govern- ment since the very early days. No other part of our financial policy has been more steadfastly maintained than that providing for the prompt payment of the public debt. “At its peak in 1919 the war debt amounted to $26,594,000,000. In the 10 years ending August 31, 1929, it had been reduced to $16,805,000,000, or an .average of nearly a billion dollars a year for this perlod. During the last year the debt was reduced by $673,- 000,000. For the present fiscal year debt retirements will amount to $630,- 365,000. For the fiscal year 1931 debt retirements should aggregate not less than $635,000,000. “The Treasury believes that, with debt reduction proceeding at a reason- ably rapid pace, the present surplus of revenues over receipts should be used for tax reduction, thus benefiting the persons directly shouldering the bur- den of taxation HOUSE ASKED TO ACT QUICKLY ON DALE BILL The House today received from the Senate the Dale bill to liberalize the civil service retirement law, with the Tequest that the House act concurrently. This measure has been made the spe- cial order of business for the House civil service committee, and a Nation- wide drive has been started by friends of Government employes to impress upon House members the necessity of promptly passing this measure in ex- actly the form it comes from the Senate. In the last Congress the House passed this bill by a unanimous vote, but it failed to_become law due to & pocket veto by President Coolidge on the day he retired from office. e Ships Collide in Dense Fog. PHILADELPHIA, January 7 (P).— The tanker Derbyline, from Houston, Tex., for Claymont, Del., and the tank motor ship Bidwell, from Houston for Marcus Hook, Pa., were in _collision in a dense fog today in the Deluware River. The Derbyline was damaged above the waterline. Damage to the Bidwell was not reported. Both vessels anchored off Marcus Hook quarantine station after the colliston. Radio Programs on Page B-7 4 Drive Is Launched To Provide Funds i {Star Contribution Opens | Move for Destitute Fam- ily of John Hall. | | | | The Evening Star, with a contribu- | tion of $250, today started a relief fund | for the almost destitute family of John | Hall of Seat Pleasart, Md., three mem- | bers of which were killed by the New | Year bomb outrage. The cashier of The | Star will receive the ccatributions, and | they will be acknowledged in the col-| umns of this newspaper. Faced with the tremendous burden of caring for the three other members of the family who were mutilated by the explosion and burying three other mem- bers who were killed, the family today has only the $15 a week which the eldest son, Norris Hall, earns working for a local gasoline company to pay its debts and live. The father, his nerves shattered by the tragedy that has come into his home, is reported unable to get back vet to his work as a grave digger for Mount Olivet Cemetery, where he makes $26 a week when employed. So the family is trying to renabili- tate itself upon the meager salary of Norris, who is continuing his work at the gaosline station. It is a case which does mot come into the area served by the charity or- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) LA FOLLETTE FIGHT BROUGHT 10 HEAD Finance Committee Dead- locks, Four to Four, on Wisconsin Senator. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The fight to keep Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin off the Senate finance committee came to a head to- | day at a meeting of the Republican committee on committees of the Senate. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania moved to place Senator Goff of West Virginia and Senator Thomas of Idaho on the committee to take the places of Am- bassador Edge, former Senator from New Jersey, and Serator Sackett of Kentucky, who is soon to be Ambassa- dor to Germany. Senator La Follette had filed for as- signment to the finance committee, which handles tariff and revenue legis- lation. Senator Thomas of Idaho had made no request to the committee on committees to be assigned to the finance committee. Senator La Follette ranks Senator Thomas in length of service in the Senate, and under the rule of seniority which prevails in making com- mittee assignments in the Senate Sena- tor La Follette would be entitled to the place. Smoot Withholds Vote. ‘The committee split, four to four, on the motion of Senator Reed, with Sen- ator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the finance committee, withholding his vote. ‘The Senators supporting the Reed motion were: Senators Reed of Penn- lvania, Moses of New Hampshire, gham of Connecticut and Denezn of linois. The Senators voting against the Reed motion were: Senators Mc- Nary of Oregon, chairman of the com- mittee on committees; Capper of Kan- sas, Oddie of Nevada and Nye of North Dakota. The committee adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow. Senator Smoot holds it in his power to determine the issue. If he should vote and the line- up of the rest of the committes remain the same as today, he could put either La Follette or Thomas into one of the finance committes places. The Republican Progressives in the Senate have been insistant that Senator La Follette should become a member 5 the finance committee. Some of the 5ld guard have been equally insistant that he should not go on that commit- tee. Senator Goff outranks in seniority Senator La Follette, and under the usual procedure would have been a signed to the vacancy. The prospec- tive retirement of Senator Sackett from the Senate, however, opened up the pos- sibility of another vacancy in the finance committee. Final Action to Be Withheld. Although Senator Sackett has not re- signed from the Senate, he is expected to do so before long to go as Ambas- sador to Germany. The committee on committees had determined at its meeting this morning, therefore, to fill the Sackett committe: places with the understanding that final action should be withheld until after Senator Sackett actually leaves the Senate. Whatever the committee on commit- tees may do, it must be passed upon eventually by the Republican conference of the Senate and then by the Senate itself. a place on the finance committce by the committee on committees, there will be a real fight in the Republican conference, which will be carried to the floor of the Senate in all probability, should the conference sustain the de- nial. If Scnator La Follette is denied | DUCK HUNT STORY PROBE 10 DECIDE STATUS OF BRADYS ‘Expediticn on Day of Bomb- ing Revealed in Her- man’s Statement. SAYS HE INFORMED ROY WHERE WIFE WAS LIVING | Tells Officials Brother Had Knowl- i edge of Elopement on | November 14. | Circumstances leadjng up to an early morning duck expedition to Chesapeake | Bay about the time a “Christmas gift” | bomb was delivered on its missipn of death in Seat Pleasant were being in- |auired into today by investigators of | Maryland's New Year day dynamite | tragedy. On the outcome of this investiga tion hinges the status of two_jailed | brothers, Herman and Leroy Brady, |under arrest, without charges, in con- | nection with the triple death atrocity. | “Herman, 22-year-old dairy worker, | was left a widower by the explosion, | which took the lives of his bride of six | weeks, Naomi Hall Brady, and her | brother ‘and sister, Samuel Hall, 19 | months, and Dorothy Hall, 4! years |old. Mrs. Nora Hall, mother of the family, and two older sons, Leslie, 16, and Thomas, 8, are recovering from | mutilated faces and hands. | The story of the just-before-dawn | duek hunt was told in a written state- | ment signed by Herman and advising | the authorities to “get a-hold of Leroy {and he might be able to tell you some- thing about this." Had Disclosed Elopement. Accorgng to officials, the statement also telis of Leroy's alleged interest in the location of the home of the Hall | family, after Herman had disclosed to | his brother the secret of his elopement | November 14 with the 18-year-old Hall | daughter and of her condition. Herman also is quoted by officers as | recalling that he had told Roy that his wife was living with her folks in the second house on Carmody road from Chapel road, in Seat Pleasant. This occurred, it is said, on a trip the pair took to Southern Maryland about threc or four weeks ago. Later, Herman said, Roy broposed a duck hunt in St. Marys County for the morning of Sunday, December 29, and Herman agreed it would be a good idea. Herman said Roy came to Mitchellville from his home, at 1714 Massachusetts avenue southeast, and woke him up just before daybreak, as arranged, and the pair drove to Point No Point, a popular hunting ground between Cedar Point and Point Lookout, on the bay. ‘They didn't bag any ducks. Lived on South Side of Street. Investigation has shown that about 4:30 o'clock on the morning of Decem- ber 29 some one went to Carmody road and left an attractively decorated “candy box” on_the front porch of the home of Mrs. John Buckley, which is the second house on the north side of Carmody road. The box, wrapped in brown paper and disguised with Yule seals and stickers, was addressed, in printing, to “Naomi Hall, second house on Carmody road, Seat Pleasant, Md.” Naomi Hall Brady lived in the second house on the south side of the street. She and her father's family had moved there but a few weeks before, and Mrs. Buckley did not know them. Mrs. Buckley took the package in and kept it until New Year morning, when she called to Leslie Hall and asked him if the package was intended for his house. Leslie said it was for his sister, and ran home excitedly with it. ‘The box exploded as Naomi was open- ing it in her lap, before the members of her family. Reputation Investigated. Roy Brady is an automobile mechanic and is said to be a graduate of a Kan- sas City correspondence school offering courses in electricity and mechanics. He has a wife and an 8-month-old child. Detectives investigated yesterday at his placé of employment here, which is the repair shop of a prominent motor firm. It was found his reputation for efficlency and habits was good. Investigators are working on the theory that the bomb plot involved a “distorted sense of family honor,” and was designed to prevent general dis- closure of the fact that Herman's bride soon was to become a mother. Herman and Naomi had known each other for years. Before the Halls moved to Seat Pleasant they lived on a farm in Mitchellville adjoining that of the Brady's, and Naomi often went to the latter farm for milk. Clarence Brady, { owner of the farm and uncle of Her- man and Roy, conducts a dairy busi- ness and formerly employed Naomi's brother Norris. Clarence was held in jail for several days after officials had heard a report that the uncle also had been in love with Naomi, but he was released after a thorough examination. Seaplane Crashes in Landing. | ISTRES, France, January 7 (P).—A | seaplane 'piloted “by M. Delaunay, French aviator, who has been planning a flight to South America in the near future, overturned today while landing. The plane was damaged, but Delaunay escaped injury. Maj. Somervell Says Under the direction of Maj. Brehon Somervell, district engineer for the War Department for the Washington area, estimates are now being compiled by the United States Engineer Office of the cost of rebuilding George Wash- ington lock canal on the Virginia side of Greai Falls, on the Potomac River. E. J. Merrick, jr., civil engineer, has been out with a party of field workers examining emergency work of over a century ago to get information upon which to mase an estimate for the re- construction. This is desired by the American Engineering Council, the ad- ministrative board which meets Thurs. day afternoon, preparatory to the an- nual convention, to be held Friday and Saturday at the Meayflower Hotel. One of the remarkable things ascer- tained about the (3eorge Washington lock construction by Maj. Somervell's|is to engineers was the fict that under the First President Engineer—Survey Gives Proof. COST OF RESTORING LOCK CANAL OF GEORGE WASHINGTON STUDIED Was Skilled try, the Colonial engineers had cut through rock 40 feet at the lower end. Five locks comprise the old canal, with a fall of 76 feet, unde> w~.e program, as originally laid out. “George Washingion was an out- standing engineer and close examina- tion of his work increases my admira- tion for him as a member of the pro- fession,” Mr. Merrick said today, upon his return from field survey on the canal at Great Falls. “Considering the limited materials he had to work with, he accomplished a remarkable job.” ‘The American Engineering Council is anxious to obtain an accurate estimate of the cost of rehabilitating the George ‘Washington Canal, as it is proposed to have the canal preserved as an inter- esting engineering relic, the program to be completed by 1932, when the George ‘Washington bi-centennial celebration be held. Funds for the recon- direction of the Falher of His Coun- struction work will be gathered from all parts of country.