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WEAT! (0. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) ht and tomorrow: mild tem- ht; colder tomorrow: much colder tomorrow night. Tem ° Rain perature Highest, 61, at noon at _11:30 a.m. yesterd: Full report on page 3. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 31,298. post office, HER. pératures— today; lowest, 49, ay. h WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION e Fpening Hlar, The Star’s carril “From Press to Home Within the Hour” er system covers every city block and ‘the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday'’s Circulation, 112,871 Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D -C. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1930—THIR Y-TWO PAGES. () Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. SENATORS T0 GIVE LAFOLLETTE POST IN'FINANGE GROUP Progressives Win Tentative Victory in Fight Over Com- mittee Personnel. BODY WAS DEADLOCKED IN FILLING TWO PLACES Chairman Smoot Witholds Vote for Further Study of G. 0. P. Situation. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The progressive Republicans won a tentative victory today in their fight to have Senator La Follette of Wisconsin made a member of the Senate finance committee. At a meeting of the Republi¢an com- mittee on committees today it' was| tentatively agreed, 1t is understood, that | Senator La Follette and Senator Thomas | of Idaho should be assigned to the| finance committee to fill the places of Ambassador Edge, former Senator from New Jersey, and of Senator Sackett of Kentucky, who is soon to be Ambassa- | dor to Germany. | Senator Goff of West Virginia, whose | for the finance | e er. I was. alsg_ reported. i | be content to Tetain his membership in the interstate commerce committee, which he might have had to relinquish had he gone on the finance committee. The committee on committees was | deadlocked yesterday, with four mem- bers, all Old Guards, voting to place ‘Thomas on the finance com- fibfluel.ndl'hwh would have excluded: matter. Metealf Considered. rule of senority, which usually governs in making committee assignments, would have been utterly dmnrded“ understood that Senator Metcalf's name was brought forward as & candidate f0r | go4ion apparently about to culminate in the lodging of murder charges against one or more persons, sclentists of the United States Bureau of Standards be- gan examination of fragments of the camoufiaged infernal machine. the finance committee also to stop Sen- | ator La Follette, since Metcalf outranks La Follette in length of service in the Senate. Senator 1sland 1 already so heavily m‘“ N“u&hgn‘ the munuh ‘e.ommmu that the suggestion that made a S s . cet in this afterneon, :‘xwefi. that it will complete its Members of the commit it is sut into the States of the West if nec- essary. Westerners Not Content. Tt was clear, too, that Western Repub- | lican Senators who have upheld the ad- ministration, were not content to have | La Follette sidetracked, as proposed lfl‘ Senator Reed of Pennsylvania at the meeting yesterday. The other Senators' wHO voted with Senator Reed on this question were Moses of New Hampshire, Bingham of Connecticut and Deneen of | Niinois. | The committee on committees, it is understood, after acting on the fin: committee vacancies, took up the signment of Republican Senators other committee vacancies. There h never been any question that Senator |3 Jones of Washington would succeed the | late Senator Warfen of Wyoming as chairman of the committee on appro- | priations and his assignment to that | chairmanship was agreed to. If the committee on committees sticks | to its determination to 'place Senator La Pollette on the finance committee And that assignment is carried out. it | ghe is believed that the P!’Dgl’!-lll\’!! from the West will be satisfied, l]lMulh\ Senator Thomss has not been regarded as a_member of their group, generally speaking. ~The Progressives have in- | sisted that the big States of the West and Northwest. west of Illinois, should be. granted additional representation on the finance committee, which handles all tariff and revenue legislation. Thomas hails from Idaho, one of that group of Western State: Boyden Named Umpire. Roland W. Boyden of Boston was to- day appointed by the President to be umpire for the United States and Ger- many mixed ciaims commissioner to fill in the vacancy caused by the death of Edwin B. Barker, who died recently. Mr, Boyden is a distinguished lawyer. its scientific skill to the assistance of | Maryland and District authorities in & 1t Senator La Foliette - had ' been | combined attempt to solve the mystery turned down in favor of Thomas, the | o¢ tne Seat Pleasant “candy box” bomb explosion, which mutilated six members It is | of ‘the John Hall family—three fatally. mite device, recovered from the wreck- | 18 10| ed kitchen of the Hall home just be- . | yond the District Line, include pieces of Sy | Drown wrapping paper. decorated with Yule “stickers;” remains of a shattered le‘ld tube, thought to have been part of an spring, & plece of copper wire, nails supposedly used ‘in loading the bomb and other New Year day atrocity. | spring and other articles which appar- WEDDING OF P | Heir to By the Associated Press. ROME, January §.—Princess Marie Jose, only daughter of the King and | Queen of the Belgians, this morning be- came the bride of Prince Humbert of Piedmont, heir to the Italian throne. The ceremony was performed at mass in the historic Pauline Chapel of the Quirinal Palace, scene of four conclaves for the election of popes, and scene six years ago of the weddiny of Humbert's sister, Princess Yolanda, to Count Calvi di Bergolo. Cardinal Maf, Archbishop of Pisa, noted astronomer and friend of the| Itallan royal family, performed the ceremony. He was assisted by Mgr. Beccaria, chaplain of the royal house- hold, who baptized today's” bridegroom and was his spiritual mentor through | childhood and youth. ‘Three kings, 2 queens, 2 former kings | and 3 fcrmer queens, as well as 28| princes and 26 princesses of the blood were among the guests. who constituted one of the most brilliant assemblages seen at any European court since the | war. King Albert and Queen Elizabeth | of the Belgians, and Leopold and Astrid. Duke and Duchess of Brabant, and Charles, count of Flanders, came from | Brussels for the wedding. King Victor Emanuel of Italy, Queen COLORFUL CEREMONY MARKS RINCE HUMBERT [Brilliant Assembly of Royalty Sees Marie Jose of Belgium Marry Italian Thronc. | Helena and other members of the Ital- ian royal family were present. King Boris of Bulgaria, Prince Cyril Indl Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria, Prince Paul and Princess Olga of Jugoslavia were among the other royal guests. The Duke of York represented his father, King George of Great Britain. Marshal Petain, saviour of Verdun. and M. Beco de Fouquieres, director of the protocol, were present for France. Am- bassador John W. Garrett and Mrs. Garrett represented the United States The infante Don Ferdinand was sent by his cousin, King Alfonso of Spain. Premier Mussolini, his cabinet secre- taries and their wives were present. The bride, a tall, striking girl, entered the historic chapel on the arm of her father, King Albert, who was garbed in the full dress of a general. The wed- ding march was an old Sardinian hymn sung by the papal choir lent the royal family for the occasion. At the altar rail waiting for her stood the crown prince, resplendent in the full dress of a colonel of infantry, and wearing the collar of the Annunziata, Italy’s high- es’_decoration about his neck. Dark, of high stature, handsome, and with a pleasing smile, he presented a colorful figure in his gray green uni- form relieved by silver epaulettes with their long fringes, the plaques and med- als, and the long purple shoulder sash cl’ulht up just under the sword at h eft. The bride wore a cream white velvet “(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) FEDERAL EXPERTS AID IN BOMB CASE Bureau of Standards Scien- tists to Examine Fragments of Infernal Machine. The Federal Government today lent ‘With the preliminary police investi- The remnants of the flendish dyna- detonator, a colled steel gruesome reminders of the Sclentists to Investigate. It was indicated the lead fragments, ently went into the making of the detonator would be passed on to Dr. Charles E. Munroe, chief of the division of e ives of the Bureau of Mines, who' the Government's outstanding authority on high explosives. ‘The wrapping paper will be scruti- nized for water-marks or other distinc- tive features that might aid in tracing . This part of the study Wil be in charge of Bourdon W. Serib- 3 of the Bureau of Standards. State'’s Attorney J. Prank Parran declares the State is about ready to lodge a formal charge of tnurder and possibly other serious charges against “some one.” A coroner'’s jury has been held in readiness to sit in the case. The jury already has been sworn and has viewed the body of Mrs. Naomi Hall Brady, first to die in the explosion. Investigators Find Clues. Investigators have in their | brown box of ated cardboard | and a set of Maryland license plates which they found yesterday at a home in Mitchellville. Great importance ap- pears to be attached to these articles, the officials claiming the box was “like the one used in making the bomb” and that the automobile tags may have been used to conceal District plates on a car which i ‘believed to have carried bomb to Seat Pleasant. The box bears the label of a local wholesale radio firm. It is about a foot and a half long, a foot deep and a foot wide. Investigation has shown the license plates were not issued in Prince Georges County and inquiry was | b2ing made today to determine in what | (Continued ge 2, Column 3.) Auto Derails Engine. SAN JOSE, Calif, January 8 (A).— The locomotive of the northbound day light limited Southern Pacific passen- ger train was derailed when it struck an automoblle at Coyote, 12 miles south of here, last night. Three occupants of | the automobile leaped to safety before | the train hit the car. After changing | engines, the train proceeded again after | | | | an hour and a half delay. TWO WOMEN TARIFF EXPERTS ‘ ADMITTED TO FLOOR OF SENATE | Miss Peterson and Miss Southworth First of Sex; So Honored. Two voung women, duly qualified as experts, took their places on the floor of the Senate today to lend counsel to Senators wrangling over the duty on & are experts on rayon, which schedule | in the hands of officials here today. s oduct, some of which is fl:y::e :'r“m‘ of bright-colored dresses now seen of city streets. Their appearance marked the first ot where women non-members have been admitted to the chamber. There is no bar to entrance of a woman member. The unwritten rulewu:l:mtfl;:: ::; mittance of women e waived in favor of Miss Ruth Petersen and Miss Evelina K. Southworth, tex- tile advisers to the Tariff Commiss! Tt has been customary Ior men from tshz Tariff Commission to be ‘ on the | unanimous fleor to furnish technical . in- “n to Eenaters while thev sre debating tariff bills. but so far as is known this is the first time a woman has been called in for this work. | Miss Peterson and Miss Southworth |the Senate is now considering. When the Senate met today Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts, who was about to make a speech on textiles, started to ask unanimous consent to ;uvz Miss Peterson admitted to the loor. Senator Norris, Republican of Ne- braska, expressed the belief that unani- hous consent was not necessary to ad- mit any expert of the Tariff Commis- sion. Vice President Curtis. who was presiding, stated that if the request were made the chair would rule that consent was not necessary to permit a woman expert to be on the floor. | by the dominion Parliaments as well as 'LAW ENFORCEMENT BRITISH DOMINIONS | SEEKLAW FREEDOM Conference Asks Repeal of 1865 Act to Grant All Full Power. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1930. LONDON, England, January 8.—Com- plete freedom in lawmaking for the British dominions is asked in resolu- tions adopted by the last dominions’ conference in London and made public today. The conference proposed 'that the colonial validity act of 1865, giving the British Parliament the right to legislate for the dominions, be repealed and that a statement be incorporated in British law that “no law: hereafter made by the Parliament of a dominion | shall be vold or inoperative on the ground that it is repugnant to the law | of England.” { In place of the antiquated colonial act the dominions proposed that the | next imperial conference provide that | “no act of Parliament shall extend or be deemed to extend to a dominion unless it is expressly declared that the | dominion concerned has requested and consented to the enactment thereof.” If such an act is accepted by the British Parliament—and there is no reason to suppose that it will not be— the dominions’ Parliaments will be placed on a footing of equality with the upper and lower houses in Westminster. The conference also declared that if the Prince of Wales ever decides not to ascend the British throne his successor will have to be accepted by all the dominions. The reason for this is Lh..lu‘ the crown is the symbol of *he union of the members of the commonwealth, | which are bound together legally by | common allegiance to the King, and that therefore any change in the laws of succession or those dealing with the royal style and titles must be approved by the British legislatures. BODY IN CONFERENCE: Session Believed Called to Draft: Statement Bearing on Pro- hibition Controversy. The Law Enforcement Commission went into conference today, presumably | to draft a statement which, Chairman | ‘Wickersham has indicated, will bear directly on some of the controverted prohfbition questions that have led to heated debate recently in and out of Congress. In the language of an employe of the commission, its members “dashed | out” of their several offices in the Tower Building shortly after 10 o‘clock this morning and converged on the! conference room, where Chairman Wickersham was expected to preside until late today. A protracted meeting was held yesterday, the first since the commission came under fire in Con- In the absence of any officlal word | there was speculation as to just how far the statement would go. & . BIG ALCOHOL STORE SEIZED BY AGENTS 14,000 Gallons, 17 Vats of Liquor and Valuable Apparatus Taken in Philadelphia. By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, January 8.—Alco- | hol valued by Prohibition Administrator | Samuel O. Wynne at more than half a million dollars, at_bootleg prices, was i | | ,The alcohol, together with 17 vats of liquor and several thousand dollars' worth of distilling apparatus, was seized in a raid last night on one of the larg- est redistilling plants uncovered in this city since prohibition. Three arrests were made. The al- cohol, in 2,800 five-galion cans, was loaded on four five-ton trucks for- de- livery to customers, when the ageats closed in on the two-story buflding. Authorities said the bullding. occupied by the Belko Manufacturing Co., had been under observation for some time. They said the plant had been in eration ssveral years, ostensibly in mannf-~-ure of machinery. is | policemen discharged, op- | the EXECUTIVE VETD MAY SAVE CHICAGD FROM 1330 BUDGET Bankers Refuse Further, Loans Until Assured of Back Payments. * 27,000 JANUARY SALARY CHECKS ARE WITHHELD Rates, Lawlessness and Menace to Health Through Cut. | | | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 8.—The mayor, the council, business men and bankers | were still scratching their heads today | over the City of Chicago's acute money situation. With fire-fighting forces reduced be- eause of Inadequate funds, the propo- sition of fire insurance rates became & matter of concern. With nearly 500 fears against lawlessness were expressed. The Health Department, forced to do without the services of dalry inspectors and other | aldes, was urging that something be | done to enable it to give proper pro- tection to the public health. The Board of Education, to whom financial string- ency is no new thing, was remapping plans to finance the continued opera- tion of the city’s public schools. Mayor Thom; in which represents a reduction of nearly $5.000,000 from last year. It was this reduction which necessitated the cut- ting of the Fire and Police Departments personnel and the reduction of man- power in other branches of the city governiment. Veto Promises Hope. The mayor's promised veto has given hope of restoring the Fire and Police Departments to full strength, for the mayor believes these branches of city government are not the proper places to_practice economies. | Doubt that the January pay roll could | be met was expressed by many alder- | men. John 8. Clark, chairman of the finance committee of the council, said the salaries to some 27,000 city em- ployes could not be paid until addi- tional tax warrants are sold. Chicago banks have made plain their intention not to loan the city #ny more money on tax warrants until some | means can be devised to repay money already borrowed. Mayor Blames “Reformsers.” In the veto message he had Srmnrtnd lfi;—. ‘Thompson ®biamed icago’s finanglal imbroglio on the tax reas- sessment brought about by what he termed “reformers,” and suggested a special session of the State Legislature | to pass remedial measures. Meanwhile the Board of Education also entered the battle against the re- assessment of Loop property, which | board officials maintained chopped $4,- | 000,000 from the 1929 income. Mayor Thompson's veto was expected to make possible the immediate rein- statment of 473 policemen, 220 fire- men, and 900 employes of other de- partments termed by the mayor as “factors of public safety.” The dilemma over the January pay roll resulted from the refusal of the city treasurer and controller to meet this month’s pay roll until $11,665,106 taken from the city’s trust fund. has been returned to the treasury. HELD ON CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT Representative Knutson's Secre- | tary Arrested at House Office Building Today. i Joseph Castle Ridgway of Fargo, N. Dak., secretary of Representative Knut- son of Minnesota. was arrested today at the House Office Building by Deputy United States Marshals John J. Clark- son and C. Ceromile on a warrant is- sued by United States Commissioner Turnage on complaint of George O'Dougherty, a special agent of the De- partment of Justice, charging embezzl ment of $750. Bond was fixed at $2,500 for a hearing to be arranged before the ‘commissioner. The warrant charges that on or about August 9, 1927, Ridgway was acting as receiver of the First National Bank of , N. Dak., and embezzled, it is alleged, $750 of the funds coming into his hands. An indictment was reported against him October 30 last, and the warrant was secured in removal pro- ceedings at the request of the North Dakota authorities. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT SHOWS IMPROVEMENT No Visitors Except His Wife and| Court Associates Allowed at Hospital. By the Associated Press. Chief Justice Taft was described as “very comfortable” today at Garfield Hospital. He is there for relief of a bladder ail- ment. No visitors were permitted to see him except Mrs. Taft and his asso- clates on the Supreme Court bench, but he was reported to be showing marked improvement in his nervous condition, and it was predicted that he would 1eave the hospital the latter part of this week to go to Asheville, N, C., for a rest. WEATHER EXPERT DIES. Oldest in Point of Service, caster Succumbs. CHICAGO, January 8 (#).—Believed to have been engaged in weather fore- casting longer than any other man in the United States, Henry J. Cox, 66, meteorologist of the TUnited States Weather Bureau in Chicago, died last Fore- | City Facing Increased Insurance ’ night after a two-year {liness. !n Chicago Cox became widely known for his_predictions of weather on the Great Lakes. He also inaugurated a special service for fruit shippers. Radio Programs on Page A-10 k'l NYHOW THE (_ N DEM JULIUS ROSENWALD ‘MARRIES HIS SON'S Sears-Roebuck Co. Head Has Quiet Ceremony in Philadelphia. Philanthropist’s Bride Is Mrs. Benjamin Good- kind of St. Paul. | BY the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, January 8.—Julius Rosenwald, head of Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Chicago philanthropist, was married today to Mrs. Adele Goodkind of St. Paul, Minn. The marriage ceremony was perform- ed by Judge Horace Stern of the Phil- adelphia Common Pleas Court, at the home of Mr. Rosenwald’s son. J. Rosenwald, Abington, Montgomery Extreme simplicity marked the oc- casion. Only the children of the couple m" first marriages attended the 8. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Stern, New O Lessing | MO THER-IN-LAW| [ | | 1B New | Pald and with some unusual sights on Mr. and 3 . Philadelphia; Mr. and a old Goodkind, New York, and Mr. and | Mrs. Herman Felsenthal, Chicago. Mr. Rosenwald and his bride, who is_the mother of Lessing Rosenwald’s |~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) BERLIN THREATENS T0 LEAVE PARLEY Explanation Demanded of Re- mark Attributed to Tardieu on German Good Will. BY A. R. DECKER. By Radio to The Star and Chicaro Dally 7 Radie e consriaht, 1930, THE HAGUE, Holland, January 8.— The German delegation to The Hague reparations conference today threatened to return to Berlin unless Premier Andre Tardieu explains statements he made during a heated debate on Ger- man payments to the allies. Foreign | Minister Jullus Curtius, héad of the | German delegation, announced that the Germans would “accept the conse- quences” unless an official explanation was offered. Tardieu is supposed to have intimated that the Germans could not be negoti- ated with because they doubted their own good will. Tardieu declares that he said that the difficulty was the Ger- mans’ doubt of their ability to pay, but many delegates insist that the French premier made the statement attributed to him by Curtius, or one approachin it. It is thought that the difficulty will be smoothed over, however. Control Effort Charged. Charge that the creditor nations at the conference are attempting to estab- lish financial control over the debtor countries in order to dictate with whom Germany. Austria, Hungary and Bul- garia shall negotiate future loans, were | made today at the conference. Private conversations between the nations with which the Bank of Inter- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) . “PARROT FEVER” THREATENS THREE Annapolis Doctors Are Baffied in Search for Cure as Tropical Expert Is Called In. $pecial Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., January 8.—Medi- | cal officials here are bafed in their search for a cure for what is believed to be three cases of “parrot fever,” which has caused the critical illness of three members of one family. Patients are: Mrs. Simon 8. Martin, wife of the secretary of the Annapolis Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. Edith M. Kalmey, her daughter, and Lee W Kalmey, the latter’s husband. In an effort to check the disease, officials at Emergency Hospital, where Mr. and Mrs. Kalmey are confined, called a Navy surgeon, whose name was not disclosed, but who was said of Health at Baltimore. g | board of directors, resigned a few days | .5, PRESSES CASE - AGAINST SMITH 0. “New ‘York' Federal Grand | Jury Is Asked to Indict 7 " Accused Here. | | | | A Pederal grand jury in New York | City today is considering a request from | Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the | Attorney General, that it indict seven | men identified with the probe of the | F. H. Smith Co., with offices’in Wash- | ington and. New York, for alleged use | of the malls to defraud. Dodds appear- | d betore the grand jury yesterday. The request for indictments was made against the same seven who were in- | dicted in Washington recently on & | similar charge. They are: Representa- | tive Frederick N. Zihlman of Maryland, | chairman of the House District commit- | tee; former Controller of the Currency Daniel R. Crissinger, G. ‘Bryan Pitts, | Samuel J. Henry, John H. Edwards, } Henry C. Maddux and C. Elbert Ana-| | dale.” Maddux has denied that he was | associated with the F. H. Smith Co., and Zihlman, who was a member of the before the indictments were returned | | here. Crissinger is a director and the | others have official posts. Dodds told the grand jury he wanted indictments returned in New York to| p‘l'o'»ett. clients of the firm living in that city. ignoring subpoenas from the Federal | | Court of New York City, officials of the company also failed to appear in court yesterday with the records and dbcu- ments sought by Dodds in connection with the investigation by the Depart- ment of Justice of the company’s busi- ness activities. Dodds had attempted to obtain from the New York office of the Smith con- cern certain records officials in Wash-| ington had said they were unable to produce. Dodds said he expected to use the records in asking the New York grand jury to return the additional in- dictments. At his request the Federal Court had issued subpoenas. directing the officials | yesterday. After the indictments were returned in Washington Dodds obtained the is- suance of subpoenas calling on the Smith company to place the records at his disposal. Before this was done, he said, the company moved its offices to New York and some of the officials said certain of the records wanted could not be found and that others were needed in_conducting the concern's business. It was expected that Mr. Dodds would notify the court today of the failure of the officials to answer the subpoenas and request that proper judi- clal action be taken. Mrs. Fitz Lanham Dies. AUSTIN, Tex., January 8 (#).—Mrs. Fritz Lanham, wife of Representative Fritz Lanham of Fort We , died here this morning. Representative Lanham had been with his wife since they came i | i Violent to produce the records wanted in court NEW ORATOREAL CONTEST S NEAR High School Students Urged to Get Ready for Sev- enth Event. ‘The Seventh National Oratorical Con- test is in the offing, so come on, you Demosthenian high school students! Dig deeply into those history and civies books and whet your eloquence for the sportiest forensic race you ever ran. This year there will be new tests for your ability, and The Evening Star, which again is sponsoring the contest in the District of Columbia and the nearby counties of Maryland and Vir- ginia, will see to it that your rewards will be proportionately more enticing than ever before. The big prize, for in- stance, is a two-and-a-half-month tour of Eurdpean countries with all expenses the program. Plans Given Approval. Randolph Leigh, director general of the national contest and the Fifth In- ternational Oratorical Contest, of which it is an integral rt, has just an- nounced the general plan qf this year's forensic tournament here, and Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, has approved the plan so far as the public schools are concerned. And, like every other year, the stu- dents of any and all parochial and pri- vate schools of high school category, not cnly are invited but are urged to com- pete in the contest. It was one of these schools which produced last year's champion of the National Capital area. All' you have to do is notify your teacher or your school's contest com- mittee that you are a candidate; then get_busy. The main requisites are the same as last year: that you be not older than 19 years, and that you be a r high school student. If you already have completed your h fuhool course lt now are en: lor post-gradua work, you are not eligibl=. Things That Must Be Done. But as to the tests of your speech- making ability which you will undergo in order to pit your eloquence against the best that other sections of the country can produce: First of all, you must write and com- mit to memory an oration on some topic associated with the Constitution of the United States. It must be an oration which you can deliver in six minutes. Remember that point, be- cause on previous years you wrote speeches which were to be presented in 10_minutes. Second—and this is a_stickler—those of you who reach The Star area finals (the competition in which is determined | the boy or girl who shall represent the National Capital area in the national finals) will be required to deliver a four-minute extemporaneous address (Continued on Page 2, Column 2. MONT PELEE ERUPTS. Activity Reported—Ship Delayed in Landing. from Capt. E. R. McCullam of the steamship Western Ocean, off the coast of Martinique, French West Indies, said | that Mont Pelee was in violent eruption | and that lava was flowing down the mountainsides. The Western Ocean was due at Mar- tinique late yesterday afternoon, but it | was believed the eruption may have prevented her making Fort de France. As recently as November 23 last year observers said that they were certain a violent eruption was imminent. after you have presented your memo- | NEW YORK, January 8 (P).—A dis- | patch to the New York Times today | MANY DIFFICULTIES BESE DELEGATE TONAVAL PARLEY | London Conference Presents Contrast to Gathering of Sea Powers in 1921. U. S. HOLDS NO TRUMPS AS IN FORMER MEETING Government Finds Itself Unable to Offer Reduction in Cruiser Building. By the Associated Press. As viewed in advance from Washing- ton, the forthcoming London naval con- ference presents a picture in historic contrast to the memorable outlines of the gathering of the sea powers here in 1921. President Hoover, as well as the dele- gates who are to sail from New York to- morrow, see a pathway beset by difficul- ties, to be successfully traversed only by patient plodding. They give every evidence of confidence in the ultimate result, but they recognize fuilly that the circumstances and the methods of 1921 are not the circumstances and the methods of 1930. Speaking a word of farewell yesterday to members of the delegation, the Presi- dent adjured them to be patient, and called upon the country to bear with confidence and patience the ordeal of s diplomatic discussion which may last far many weeks from the opening session g llm:nry 21. He said no “hurried nclusions™ were expected, but predict- ed that eventually the mokumer of the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy would find a common basis for ending naval competition and permanently promoting peace. Contrast Between 1930 and 1921. The contrast between London in 1930 and Washington in 1921 runs deeply into the diplomatic fabric of the world quest for universal understanding on the sea. At the Washington Conference Sec- retary Hughes stirred the emotions by the direct and forceful manner of - his diplomacy trom the very moment the first session opened. He laid before the astonished delegates of the other powers a complete and sweeping pro- Pposal for reduction of naval armaments, running from the biggest to the littlest ships of war. Not all of it was ac~ cepted in the end, but it furnished an accelerating impetus to quick and de- cisive progress from the outset. At London. Secretary Stimpaon puunmmdquut‘penkmlem wholly devold of diplymatic fAreworks. Not only that, but if the expgctations of the chief American delegate are borne out, none of the other powers will begin the negotiations by talking in detail of what they must for national securitv, or by any other note which might jar on the sel ities of any of the conferees. Mr. Hughes, in the . saw an opportunity to smash through ob- stacles by the sheer weight of an gressive attack. Mr. Stimson in the preserit different set of cireum- stances no such possibility: he depends rather on the force of undemonstrative personal contact and. the rule of try and try again. Situation Is Reversed. Certain physical features of the sitiia- tion throw additional illumination “n.n the parting words of Preside loover and the known e of peace. The United States was able to'lay on the table a momentuous offer to 'r::'.rlct const . 7. at London in 1930 the United States finds itself behind, rather than :l:o':g. 'f:l m::t{l unrestricted classes of . _no rs. been no hint m:tmmm e willing to sacrifice any considerable per- centage of the 15-cruisér bullding gram. The Americans will have offers to make in other directions. They want the hcliday in battleship building con- fl‘n‘ll:‘fi !he‘yedl‘oumld :! content with a imitation reducing destroyer strength, and they would like to abandon the submarine altogether. But the world's discussion of naval armament in recent months has thrust the cruiser in the very first rank of controversy, and it is at this very point that the American Government finds a positive limit on its ability to offer reduction. Senate Must Agree on Plan. Although the President is cf with conducting the foreign affairs of the nation, the treaties he makes must be ratified by the Senate before they come into force. Whatever might be Ihis own idea of an appropriate sacri- fice in the interests of peace, Mr. Hoover has not been permitted to forget that the negotiations of a treaty una - ble to the Senate would be useless. 3 cruiser building program had strong support in the Senate from both 3 even at a time when it was known that some such negotiation as that proposed at London was within the realm of likelthood. Throughout his preparations for the conference, the President has conferred many times with Senate leaders. They have told him frankly their opinions as to the value placed on:a strong cruiser fleet by Senators who in the past have been influential in the consideration of appropriations for the Navy. He sends his_delegation to London with a full (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. By the Assoclated Press. The Treasury mail sack is bulging nowadays with letters on prohibition— suggestions for improvement in enforce- ment, bitter attacks on the Government and its policy, letters of praise and tips as to where violations of the law are occurrine. Prohibition has always been a favorite subject for letter writers, but a chart showing a graph of their volume would from Washington eight months ago. The funeral be here tomorrow. ; ; register a P ascent upward since the current prohibition row began. Treasury officials said today that i PROHIBITION LETTERS FLOODING TREASURY SINCE CONGRESS ROW Signed Suggestions Given Attention, but Anonymous, Scurrilous Abuse Is Discarded. while scurrilous abuse of enforcement officers was contained in some of the anonymous letters. the majority of mes- sages received indicated approval of the ‘Government’s policy. No attention is paid to unsigned com- munications, but those with suggestions for improvement of enforcement are replied to with thanks, while others out- lining proposed legislation are referred to_Congress. Those with tips on law violations are gven to Prohibition er ran, whose agents investigate, but officials said that inquiry develops that g;:gu are responsible for many of