Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1930, Page 1

e WEATHER. (D 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain and somewhat colder, with low- est temperature about 42 degrees: to- morrow rain and colder. Temperatures —Highest, 68, at 2 p.m. vesterday; low- The only evening paper in shington with the - Associated Press news service. est, 66, at 7:30 am. . today. Full report on page B-4. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star, Yesterday’s Circula m, 112,882 P 999, ek ctee Entered as second class matter Washington, S D. « WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, .L\Nl',\}?\' WARRANT CHARGING LERDY BRADY WITH MURDER IS SHORN Justice of Peace to Hold Preliminary Hearing This Afternoon. HERMAN TO BE GIVEN FREEDOM BEFORE NIGHT Lieut. Itzel Says He Will Be State’s Witness Against Brother in Bombing Quiz. A diminutive 26-year-old automobile mechanic, Leroy Brady. today was for- mally charged with murder, and plans made to arraign him before the justice of the peace in Upper Marlboro, Md.. as investigators announced they intended to prove he was the perpetrator of the Sest Pleasant “Christmas gift” bombing atrocity which caused three deaths. Lieut. Joseph T. Itzel, Baltimore de- tective, in charge of the investigation, revealed Leroy’s brother, Herman Brady, | vear-old farmer, would be releascd from the Marlboro jail before nightfall. | 1t7el added that Herman would be a state’s witness against his brather. | Frank P. Prince, a Prince Georzes County officer, appeared before Hal W. Gore, a justice of the peace, shortly before noon and swore out a warrant in which he charged he possessed informa- tion “that Lawrence Leroy Brady did kill and murder Naomi Hall Brady in | Prince Georges County, Md. on or about the 20th day of December, 1929. Goes to Serve Warrant. As soon as the warrant was obtained, Prince went to the Upper Marlboro Jail 10 serve it on the young mechanic. The Brady brothers have been held in the jail several days while Itzel, another | “ace" of the Baltimore detective force; Prince and State's Attorney J. Frank Parran delved into the circumstances leading up to the tragedy. “We have obtained' ample informa- tion to justify us in charging Leroy Brady with this crime,’ Parran de- Clared. “We will present all our evi- dence at the preliminary hearingz this afternoon and will demand an early trial. We already appear to have a 2nod case against Leroy, and I am con- fident we-will' obtain enough additional information to convict him.” Officials disciosed that they intended to swear out additional warrants charg- | 1ng the mechanic with slaying Naomi Hall Rrady’s brother and sister. Samuel Hall, 19 months, and Dorothy Hall, 415 years | ta cld. Meanwhile, Mrs, Nora 'Hall | mother of Mrs. Brady; Leslie Hall, 16, and Thomae Hall, 8, were recovering from injuries suffered in the explosion. The hearing originally had bcen planned for this morning. but was postponed until 4 o'clock this afternoon in order that witnesses might be sum- moned. Herman Brady was expected tc be the star witness. Staiement to Be Offered. Tézel declared Herman would testify he believed that his brother had con- structed the death-dealing device and | had personally delivered ij. The de- tective added a statement made several days ago by Herman would be intro- duced in evidence. He said this state- | to discuss the sliding scale with repre- | | | | | LE ROY BRADY. Star Staff Photo. NEWTON INTEREST | IN SUGAR RELATED | | Lobby Committee Hears About Efforts'to Work Out | Sliding Tariff Scales. By the Associated Press. | R. L. Purdon, sugar expert of the Commerce Department, told the Senate | | lobby committee today he had been | asked by Walter Newton, one of Presi- | | dent Hoover's secretaries, to try to work | | out a sliding scale for sugar duties in | the pending tariff bill. Purdon said he understood several | Government departments had been | | asked by Newton to work on a sliding | scale, to ascertain if it was practicable. Purdon added that he worked out] | several different sliding scale proposals |and Chairman Caraway of the lohby | committee, asked him what became of | them. “I still have them,” he replied, as a laugh arose among the audience. Smoot Given Coples. Purdon added that he understood his proposals had_been transmitted to | Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance | committee through the White House, | Later, he said, he was asked by Smoot sentatives of sugar interests in an at- tempt to work out a satisfactory sugar riff. A sliding scale was considered by Smoot, but the plan was dropped when opppsition developed. Questioned about a “highly con- fidential” memorandum sent by Wil- liam H. Baldwin, New York publicity man, to Junior Owens, secretary of the American Bottlers of Carbonated Bev- erages, Purdon said the information might have been obtained from him. He added that nothing in the memo- | | randum could be considered as con- fidential. | Bottlers Conduct Campaign. The bottlers' association has been | conducting a campaign against a high sugar duty in the tariff -bill Maurice Mermey, New York publicity | Who had taken part in a pl | man, testified b>fore the committee that ment contained the charge that Leroy had become angry with Herman when he learned of the marriage of his younger brother and Naomi Hall. The statement also is understood to con- tain the allegation that Herman told Lerov his wife lived in the second house on Carmondy road in Seat Pleasant, but failed to specify that her home Wi Mrs. John Buckley. who resides in the second house on the north side of Carmody road and at whose home the “Christmas package” was delivered at about 4:30 o'clock on the morning of December 29, also will be a witness. Leslie Hall, young brother of Mrs Rrady. being unable to attend because of injuries suffered in the blast: Stuart | Carneal, 12-year-old playmate of Leslie. was summoned. The Carneal boy was expected to tell the magistrate he was with Lesiie Hall when Mrs. Buckley ssked him to deliver the bomb to his sister. 8 The infernal machine was packed in a brown cardboard box addressed to Mrs. Brady. The address was printed. While portions of the box were recov- ered. none of found after the box went off. Itzel to Testify at Length. 1tzel probably will tell in detail of the clues collected by investigators during week's search. He said he would at length unless Leroy waived sation with reference to license found at the home of Herman. + automobile tags, issued in Mary- 1and in 1929, were said by Itzel to have | been discarded by their owner at a garage in Washington where Leroy is employed. Itzel expressed the opinion that they had been used to conceal Dis- trict plates on the car of the person who delivered the bomb. Meanwhile, there was spoculation as tn who would represent Leroy. M Hampton Magruder. a Marlboro attor- nev. has had several conferences re- cently with the prisoner. He said to- @av. however, that he was uncertain whether he would take the case. Parran said Leroy would remain in the Marlboro jail should the preliminary hearing result in his being held for the action of the grand jury. Parran announced he would confer with Judges Joseph C. Mattingly, W. Mitehell Diges and W. M. Loker of the Cireuit Court should Leroy be ordered | He said this (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) ;GUR OF CLUBS K held by the magistrate. Lost Loving Cups Are Found After “Treasure Hunt,” Each Containing a_Card. Br the Associated Press. EVANSTON, Iil.. four of clubs has Northwestern Unives sity campus guessing. During the Christmas vacation sev- eral loving cups disappeared from vari- ous fraternity houses. ‘When school reopened each fraternity house received an anonymous posteard directing the reciplent to “look on page s0-and-50 in the dictionary.” Looking January 9.—The T 8! on page £o-and-so. the looker found an- | 1 other card, r~ferring him. tn rage s0- on the south side of the highway. | the handwriting was he had discussed the sugar tariff with |C. O. Townsend, sugar expert of the Tariff Commission. | “'The witness said, however, that it | was merely a “spontaneous conversa- |tion,” and that he did not know who | the sugar_expert was until today, when he saw Townsend in the lobby com- mittee room Mermy's_testimony resulted from a letter previously read into the record, written by him to H. H. Pike, jr., New | York sugar broker. The Letter read: “The authority for the information | on the inclosed memorandum entitled | Report on Sliding Scale, is M. | Thompson, sugar expert, United States | Tariff Commission.” | The committee learned from the | Tariff Commission that it had no sugar | axpert named Thompson, but had one | named Townsend, who was also sum- | moned to testify today. | Tells of Conversation. Mermey, who has been employed ; along with W. H. Baldwin to advocate a | low sugar tariff in the pending tariff bill, said be had met Townsend some . (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. BETHESDA-16TH STREET | BUS LINE IS OPENED W. R. T. Co. Operates Line to Alas- ka Avenue in District—Ex- tension Is Planned. The Washington Rapid Transit Co today began operating bus service be- tween Bethesda, Md. and Sixteenth street and Alaska avenue in the Dis- trict. The new service follows the East and West Highway recently opened to traffic. As soon as the work on the grade- crossing separation of the B. & O. Railroad tracks on Sixteenth street, extended, is completed, the new bus | service will be operated from Bethesda | direct to_ Silver Spring. Md. Tem- porarily, however, it wiil be diverted | to Eixteenth street and Alaska avenue, where transfers will "e issued 1o busses | operating into Silver Spring by way of Alaska avenue. “The rate of fare will be 10 cents, with a 5-cent zone for the ride between | Bethesda and Jones Mill road. 1 EEPS COLLEGE | and-so in another book. After peering | into many volumes, the inquirer found | directions leading him to the hiding | | place of a loving cup. | In each loving cup was a card—the four of clups. This was what some folks would re- gard as good, wholesome Amusement Unfortunately, the game was carried to | the university' buildings. some of which | were dabbed with paint. the figures tak- | ing the form of clubs and being ar- | ranged in groups of four. y damage to Wate 1s about The propert; | tion. | patriotic and the great objective sought SCIENCE BATTLES MYSTERIOUS FEVER CAUSED BY PARROT {Rare Disease Attacks Three in Annapolis After Long Lapse of Time. CASES ALSO APPEAR IN GERMAN SEAPORTS Public Health Physicians and Johns Hopkins Specialists Making Observations. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Parrot fever, or psittacosis, one of the rarest and most fatal infectuous dis- eases known tq science, apparently has gained a foothold in Annapolis, Md. While fears of a widespread epidemic of this malady are considersd far- fetched, United States Public Health of- ficials are watching closely develop- ments at the Annapolis Emargency Hos pifal, where Mr. and Mrs. Lee W. Kal- mey are fighting for their lives against | the ravages of the dreaded fever. Parrot fever appears to have made its Teappearance in the world in the past few months. After a long period lin which no cases were reported it ! broke out in October in the Argentine Republic, as related by the Buenos Afres correspondent of the American Medical Association, in a company of actors v which used a parrot as a sailor's pet. Several members of the company died, includ- ing one of the foremost of Latin Amer- ican comedians. At the same time an outbreak 1n one of the provinces was i reported to the Argentine Public Health | Service. May Strike Household. The present case at Annapolis is ap- | the next appearance of the | parently disease, concerning which almost noth- ing is known. According to the refer- ences cited by the Hygienic Laboratory | of the Public Health Service, it seems to be contracted originally from parrots and has a notable tendency to become cpidemic in households. All the mem- bers of a family may be stricken, pre- sumably from handling or cleaning out the cage of the same sick parrot, with- out the disease spreac\ig any further. There are cases on record, however, which indicate that one person has | contracted . it from another, which would make possible a widespread epi- demie. thix is the case is not known. The fever has the-very high mortality rate of from 35 to 40 per cent, but the figures do not tell the whole story, for the death rate is much higher among older people than among children. It is not even known wheéther the mortality is due to the disease it- self or to pneumonia, to which it seems to be a contributing factor. The actual disease, according to the Public Health Service references, m be more prevalent than is generally supposed. due to the likellhood of diagnosing it as pneumonia or influenza. { Up to the present there has been only one serious American outbreak, which caused considerable mortality in Boston early in the century and which was traced to some sick parrots in a di partment store which were petted by shoppers. The case reports on this epidemic are not available at present. First Appeared in 18 The disease first appeared in Ger- many in 1879, but case reports are lack- ing. The first great outbreak occurred in Paris in 1892-93, immediately after the great influenza epidemic which had swept over France, and was at first mis- taken for a revival of this malady. There were striking differences, however, and the victims were found infected with baeillus psittacosis, which pre- viously had been found in the bodies of parrots who had mysteriously sickened and died. Parrots were popular pets n Paris households at that time, so that it is unknown whether the disease spread from one victim to another or was contracted by each.one separately from a sick pet. It was found that the organism could be recovered from the feathers dropped by sick parrots on the floors of their cages where it survived | for some time, <o that even cleaning out the cages might have led to an infec- and Ttaly The disease is described as “like ty- phoid fever complicated by pneumonia.” It becomes manifest in from 7 to 25 da after the infection. Sometimes the o 15 sudden, with severe chills, like pneumonia, and sometimes it is gra " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. $5,000,000 MEMORIAL | | BUILDING FUND URGED Bill to Aid George Washington Association Is Introduced by Goff. A bill calling for an appropriation of $5,000,000 to be spent by the George Washington Memorial Association in the construction of the George Wash- ington Memorial Building, at Sixth and B streets, was introduced in the Senate this afternoon by Senator Goff, Repub- lican, of West Virginia, -The bill was referred to the appropriations committee for report. The erection of the proposed memo- rial structure was authorized in a public bufldings bill passed by Congress in 1913, and the foundation was laid scme time ago. In offering the bill to provide | for an appropriation by Congress to aid in its construction, Senator Goff said: “This undertaking sponsored by the gssociation is laudable, the motive :s to be achieved, deep-rooted as it is in the hearts of our citizens, is the most essentially American expression of love, admiration and aflection ever manifest- ed by this Nation in war or peace. It reflects the eternal truth that the grati- tude of the republic has an indelible and everlasting memory. “I hope—in fact. T know—that this most worthy request of all the people will receive immediate attention by the committee and action by the Senate.” ‘The site set aside for the erection of this memorial to George Washington lies within the Area now being developed by the Federal Government with ne Fuildings for the varions executive d we . 9. 1930 —FORTY-EIGHT PAG (™ Means Associated Pr TWO CENTS. ORTIZ RUBIO CUTS VISITTOU. S, SHORT - INPOLTICAL GRS ;'Breach in Party Threatened | Over Control of Congression- al Committee Personnel. Gagga‘me D'?cunen To RUN AGAINST FACTIONS NOW DIVIDED {IN WHITE AND RED GROUPS | Army Tells Calles He Is Still Look- | ed Upon as Military Leader of Mexico. BY A. ALCANTARA PASTOR. /] | By Cable to The Star and the Chicaso Daily | | News. Copyright. 1930, MEXICO CITY, January 9.—Pascual | Ortiz Rubio, President-elect of Mexico, | has cut short his tour of the United States and is rushing back to settle the political row which threatens to bring | about a division in the ranks of the | National Revolutionary ~party, only political party in Mexico. This party was organized in response to the memorable address of P. Elias | Calles, then President, to Congress in | setemver, 1020, cnting on e peorie| EDWARD W. BOK AFTER ACUTE |and start an era of institutional gov- ernments. Rank and file revolutionists ! Philanthropist Succumbs to —Liberals—gathered under the colors of the National Revolutionary party, Brief lliness at Estate in Florida. which at the beginning was headed by | Senor Calles himself when he gave | up the presidency, guiding the group until he decided to abandon active political life. Still Regarded as Leader. Senor Calles, though devoted to agri- cultural work at his farm near Mexico City and at present discharging the | spacial task of reorganizing the Na- tional Railways, continues to be a | luminary to whom politicians turn for | | inspiration. The army, represented by | a plurality of its leaders, vesterday paid homage to Senor Calles at a luncheon attended by army chiefs, who | came to the capital from far' and | By the Associated Press, wide, the toastmaster declaring that the | LAKE WALES, Fla., January 9.—Ed- army still considered him its leader. Constitution of Senor Ortiz Rubio's | cabinet has thrown the politicians into | # &n immigrant boy from the Nether- great excitement, the ranks of the Na- | lands and carved out for himself a dis- tional Revolutionary party dividing into | tinguished position in publc life as an two groups. One, composed of stanch | editor, author and philanthropist, died friends of Senor Calles, is called the |t his estate near here today. He was “Whites"; the other is more inclined to | 66 years old. seek Ortiz Rublo’s shelter and is known | * Mr, Bok became ill shortly after his as the “Reds.” Each group is desirous | arrival with Mrs. Bok from Merion, Pa., of having its leaders fill the portfolios. | four days ago and his condition became President-elect Ortiz Rublo succeed- | eritical yesterday. He passed away at ed in soothing the first agitation 1e-|4:25 a.m. today, suffering from an acute cently when he made both groups com- | heart attack. promise on the line-up of the perma- | Following his retirement in 1919 as nent congressional committee, which | editor of the Ladies' Home Journal, Mr. represents Congress during its recess | Bok spent much of his time in Florida. and which in a way has the final say | Within a short distance of his estate {on the constitution of the new Con- | rises one of his principal philanthropic ess, | enterprises—a carillon of 61 bells erected However, the political seas are heavier | on a bird sanctuary. and heavier as Ortiz Rubio's inaugura- | For the dedication of the Mountain tion nears. A few days ago the Whites | Lake Singing Tower and Preserve Calvin dealt their opponents a heavy blow Iy | Coolidge, then President, made a special obtaining complete control of the con- | trip from Washington last February 1 gressional committee. Reprisals fol- | and delivered an address in which he lowed immediately, and nine Senators | accorded high praise to the accomplish- and e![hll :".epullrs were r;pell:% fr?‘!: i ments of Mr. Bok. tl 'evol nar} rty, char wi T ey Y ¥ Wed Publisher's Daughter. lack of discipline and disloyalty. So Ortiz Rubio is rushing back. and It | Mr. Bok, his friends said, considered the town and dts grounds a tribute to | his grandparents, sturdy folk of the old Author’s Life, Marked by Ro- mantic Struggle, Climaxed by Wide Recognition. is expected that he will throw oil on the troubled political waters. It is believed | ward W. Bok, who came to this country | Outbreaks followed in England | that he will accept the demands of the Whites by giving them some portfolios, as otherwise he runs the risk of losinz thelr support in the new Congress which will be inaugurated next Sep- tember. SAYS WIFE'S HEALTH BAD. Gives Her Physical Condition as Reason for Curtailing Tour of U. S. WINSLOW, Ariz., January 9 (#).— President-elect Pascual Artiz Rubio of Mexico will return tomorrow to Mexico, abandoning plans to end his tour of the United States with a visit to the South- ern_Pacific Coast. The President-elect announced Gallup, N. M., last night that deli health of Senora de Ortiz Rublo would necessitate an _immediate return to Mexico City. The future first lady of {the southern republic appeared on the observation platform of their special train at several points yesterday, and appeared in good spirits, but it was ex- plained her strength has been weak- >ned by the arduous tour of the United States on which she has accompanied her husband. The train of the presidential party left here last night for the Grand Can- yon of the Colorado, where it was sched- uled to arrive at 8 o'clock this morning. Senor de Ortiz Rubio said he would enter Mexico tomorrow through Phoe- nix, Ariz, and Nogales, Sonora, pro- ceeding directly to the Mexican capital. t 'NEW SENATE POSTS ARE GIVEN APPROVAL | Assignments of La Follette and Thomas to Finance Group to Go to Conference. By the Assoclated Press. The new Senate Republican organ- ization set up with Senators La Follette, Wisconsin, and Thomas, Idaho, on the powerful finance committee, was for- mally approved today by the committee | on committees and will be placed before a party conference tomorrow. Little trouble is expected in obtain- ing ratification of the new line-up, giv- ing recognition to the rebel Wester: independents and the “young guard” at the party conference.” La Follette, however, won & place on the finance committee over the opposition of the Eastern old guard leaders, including Senators Reed, Pennsylvania; Moses, New Hampshire and Bingham, Con- necticut. Pending ratification of the new com- mittee assignments by the Republican conference the new set-up was not made public, although the controversial positions became known. Wyeth Wills Harvard $5,000,000. PHILADELPHIA, January 9 (#).— Harvard University will be the recipient of more than $5,000,000 under terms of the will of Stuart Wyeth, president of John Wyeth & Son Corporation, manu- facturing chemists, which was filed for probate here yesterday. i Radio l-’rngrlml %n Page D-3 | world who found enjoyment in music. In his 30 years as an editor Mr. Bok was associated with Cyrus H. K. Curtis (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) WAR DEBT ACCORD 1 BELEVED NEAR i | ,fFrench and German Dele- gates Approach Agreement on Default Question. By the Associated Pre | THE HAGUE, Netherlands, 9.—The French and German delegates |to the second reparations conference today made considerable progress toward an agreement on the thorny |be taken in the event that Germany should default in her payments. The progress was made at an inter- | view attended by Premier Tardieu and | Foreign Minister Briand for France and | Foreign Minister Curtius and Minister { of Economics Wirth for Germany It was understood that the French asked only that something be inserted in the protocal as to what may prop: erly be done if some succeeding Ger- man government would refuse to exe- cute the Young plan. The Fr also was understood. virtually have abandoned the idea of military occu- pation as a sancti Premier Tardieu yesterday reiterated that, despite delays, the delegates | hoped to complete their work and ad- | journ the second Hague reparations week. He will go, to Paris in any event | Tuesday, next, to attend the opening | of Parliament, while others are anxious | to get away 'for the imminent meei- |ings of the League of Nations Council and the London Naval Conference. The Bulgarians were still on the car- ipet before the committee which is handling the Oriental or non-German reparations. It was hoped presenta- tion of their case would be concluded and an agreement reached so as to permit Hungary to state its case before Saturday. |ROCKETS “FOOL” POLICE. Evanston Pntrolmr:_Put in 2,300 Extra Hours Guarding Property. EVANSTON, Il January 9 (#).— Skyrockets caused Evanston police to "put in 2,300 hours' extra work without added recompense during 1929, Chiel of Pulice William O. Freeman said in his anziual report today. The skyrockets were placed in vacant lots by children and set off, the police believing them to be bombs. The police put_in the long extra hours guarding properts and hunting the -bombers” »tore the truth concerning the explo- sions became known. January | | question of sanctions or measures to | _ EDITOR. DIES EDITOR. DIES _ QY|TH RECORDS T zgee | TRONISED DODDS davits From New York Clients of Company. | el By a Staff Correspondent of The Sllrl. | "NEW YORK, January 9.—Having | reached an agreement with attorneys for the F. H. Smith Co. that the long sought records of the corporation will be produced in Federal Court Monday, Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the Attorney General, today was interview- ing Smith Co. clients here. in an en- | deavor to obtain afdavits for use in | possible criminal proceedings against certain officials of the concern. Dodds has not asked the Federal grand jury here to indict any of the | Smith. Ca;-afficthls, - but it was learned he 15, preparing evidence for presenta- tion fo the jury next week. It is not believed, hewever, that he will attempt to have indictments returned until he has received and studied the records of the company. ROBSION ASSURED. [¥s === | Dodds decided yesterday, after a con- | G. Bryan Pitts, chairman of the Smith Co. directorate; John H. Edwards, jr., vice president, and Gerald R. Trimble, secretary. Subpoenas duces tecum had been served on the three, directing them to | appear in court yesterday with records which the Department of Justice deemed essential to its investigation of the | press contempt of court charges against vSays Gov. Sampson Plans Appointment—Senator Con- firmed as Ambassador. | Smith_Co.’s business offices. However, | the officials did not appear. Instead, George Leisure of Smith counsel ap- peared in court with three young girls, | whom he described as “custodians of | the records.” His_contention is that Pitts, Edwards and Trimble were not served with per- scnal subpoenas and that they could not, under such service, be compelled to appear personally before the grand jury. Leisure said the three girls had the records wanted by the department with them yesterday and that. although they waited all afternoon, no demand was made on them to produce the docu- ments, | By the Associated Press. | Representative Robsion, Republican, | Kentucky. said today he had been as- sured that he would be.appointed to | succeed Senator Sackett, - Republican, | Kentucky, as soon as the latter's nomi- | | nation as Ambassador to Germany had | been confirmed by the Senate. Robsion also announced that he would rur for re-clection to the Senate after | he has filled the unexpired term of Sen- | Reluses to Recognize Girls. ator Sackett. Dodds refused to recognize the ap- | | The Kentucky Representative said he bearance of the three glrls as a proper | had been given to understand that Gov. | SHSHET o the, SUOROeRaes BrC e | | Sampson of Kentucky planned to make |aim from instituting contempt of court | his appointment as soon as he had re- ' oroceedings against the three officials. c.ived the resignation from Senator | [nstead, after conference with Leisure, | Sackett. it was decided to defer court action un- | i til Monday. SACKETT 1S Defense attorneys indicated, however, W. E. Lee of Idaho Is Nominated to court by offcials of the Smith Co. Ac- | Sics % oy | zording to Leisure, appearance in court R SRR RO C 5f the officials might hinder them in de- | _ President Hoover today sent to thefense of charges being made sgainst | Senate the nomination of Senator Fred- (hem in Washington. \;;rnlc ng. Sackett of Kentucky to be Am- ST ssador to Germany to succeed Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, who recenty| SHAW TO FILL POST. signed. He was confirmed immediately. G MR A 1 5 ‘The Presi s i Witliem - gent today also nominaied Succeeds Castle at State Department |Federal Agent Seeks - Affi- |don there are & di party will board the steamship George that the records will not be brought into Washington. p. | Washi ton. NAVAL DELEGATES LEAVE CAPITAL T0 TACKLE ARMS KNOT ECeremoniaI Departure Lack- | ing as American Group | Starts for London. | SHIPBOARD CONFERENCES TO SPEED UP PROGRAM Stimson Prescribes Hard Work as Remedy for Difficulties to Be Encountered. By the Associated Press. An American diplomatic mission ex- traordinary turned toward London to- | day to make one more determined try |to end the competitive building of navies, On January 21 they will assemble at the British capital with representatives of Great Britain, France and Italy for & conference expected by the whole world to write a canspicuous chapter, of one kind or another, in international history. Despite the far-reaching possibilities which hover about their pilgrimage, no | ceremonial leave-taking heralded the | departure of the conference-hound offi- cial party today. President Hoover al- ready had bidden his representatives Godspeed on Tuesday at a White House breakfast. Secretary of State Stimson, | head of the delegation, had gone on before to have a few hours at his home in New York before salling. Few Witness Departure, His colleagues of the commission. in- cluding Secretary Adams, Ambassador to Mexico Dwight W. Morrow, Senator David A. Reed, Republican, of Penfsyl= vania, and Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Democrat, of Arkansas, completed their private arrangements for the voyage on the steamship George Washington of the United States Lines during the past week. The remaining delegates, Amba: | sador_Charles G. Dawes and Ambass: dor Hugh S. Gibson, will join the American contingent in London. Only a handful of the residents of | the Capital City gathered 'to witness the departure of the special train en- gaged for the remainder of the official | party, with its troupe of clerks and ad- | visers, in its first stage. trip Lon- donward was planned to fit a hurried schedule, in vivid coptrast with the de- liberate pace which the naval con- ference itself is expected to travel. “The train was given & special fast schedule to Jersey City, where motors had been ordered in readiness to rush the entire party to the steamer at her pier in Hcboken. Already held up be- yond her sailing time, the . ship was ready to put out to sea by midafternoon, as soon as Secretary Stimson and the other delegates had joined their col- leagues and all were safely on board. Wilson Used Same Boat. Onge before the George Washington | filled a thrilling role in the drama of American diplomacy. It was aboard | this same vessel that President Wilson sailed for France in 1918 to negotiate the treaty of Versailles. Today the ship was packed to capacity, her regular passenger list rearranged radically to , accommodate the official party, totaling about 100, including the wives of sev- eral members. Besides the two delegates | who will meet the commission in Lon- number of State De- partment officials and members of the American foreign service in London and on the Continent of Europe who will be attached to the delegation or assist in | its labors. Ahead of the delegates and their ad- visers during the trip is a series of con- ferences on shipboard. Th: Secretary brought the arrangements for the frip to & close last week, but there are still a large number of details to be gone over by the delegates before the vessel docks in Plymouth, where she is sched- uled to arrive January 17. Much work wa. accomplished by the Secretary and his colleagues in a series of conversa- tions held at the State Department dur- ing the past three or four weeks, Mr. Stimson having adopted the prescrip- tion of hard work for the difficulties which will be encountered at the con- ference. The special train carrying Secretary Adams and the naval and technical ad- isers and attaches left Washington to- ay at 9 am. for Hoboken, where the The special, running over the Penn- sylvania Railroad, was made up of nine coaches, including a private car, which was used by the naval Secretary. Scheduled to make only one stop, the train was due to reach Hoboken at 1:30 m.. half an hour before the George nglon was to sail for Southamp- it | ministrator | conference by the beginning of next| B. Campbell as a_ member of the Inter- | | state Commerce Commission. | Among the other nominations made | today. by the President were the fol- lowing: Gilohrist Florida to be Minister to Austria: | Abraham C. Ratshesky, a Boston of Massachusetts, Minister to Czechoslovakis | James W. Remick of New Hampshire, |to be biter on the United States- | Germany War Claims Commission. Albert H. Tarleton of Honolulu, to be collector of internal revenue for the district of Hawaii. Thomas L. Walker of Lexington, Ky., | reappointed collector of customs for the | forty-second_district of Kentucky. Senator Sackett, who is just com- pleting his first term, was not on the { floor when his nomination arrived. In- | formed of his confirmation, he sent a telegram to the Kentucky governor resigning his post. tis announced the resignation. | senator Copeland, Democrat, New | York, took the occasion to laud the Kentuckian's the Nation. “I had the pleasure of serving with | him on the District of Columbia com- mittee,” the New Yorker said, “and I | can say no member of that committee has ever served more faithfully or loyally than Senator Sackett. “I am sure I speak for my colleagues on this side of the chamber when I wish for Mr. Sackett and his good wife every success in his new office, and I feel the country is to be congratulated | on sending him abroad.” California Town Feels Quakes. SANTA CRUZ, Calif., January 9 (#).— Two earthquake shocks of varying intensity were felt here near midnight. The first and slightest tremor occurred 1: "‘fil The second shock was tes later. No damage was i reported. During Latter's Absence. Gardiner H. Shaw of Boston, | SHANGHAL January 9 chief Chun Yu. nephew of Alfred S Vice President Cur- | loyalty and devotion to | of the State Department Division of Baker Stockton of Near Eastern Affairs, is to act as an | cide | Assistant Secretary of State in the who |sence of William R. Castle, jr. Naval Conference. Mr. Shaw will carry on his new work in addition to his present duti COOLER WEATHER PREDICTED slump exceeds $10,000,000. nese Minister at Loendon, committed sui- last night after loss of $20,000 through speculation in gold bars from Nanking. The suicide was regarded banker and former assistant food ad-|has been made special Ambassador to | here as a tragic note in the siump of to be Japan for the duration of the London | silver on the markets. According to government experts, the government’s immediate loss as a resuit of the silver AFTER FREAKISH WARM SPELL Not to Reach With the mercury climbing steadily since 8 o'clock it was predicted at the Weather Bureau Observatory today that | yesterday's record of 68 degrees would be put to shame during the mid-after- noon. ‘The whole country is passing through freakish extremes of weather, officials id, with Washington the center of a ‘warm belt extending from Boston to the Gulf Coast. In Texas, where it ought to be milder, there are extremes from freezing to 8 degrees above zero, while Washingtonians are basking today in | sun-warmed air that.probably will reg- ister as high as 72 degrees. | Out in the Middle West where a cold wave is sending the mercury to 48 and | 34 degrees in some places, the icicle area is creeping over p-f of Pennsyl- vania, New York and Northern New England. i Bureau Expects Drop in Temperature Tonight, Although Freezing Point. Today's predicted temperature of .70 or more degrees is not. a record for Jan- uary, however, for on January 22. two years ago, overcoats were flung aside when the mercury reached 76 degrees. There will be some relief tonight when | a drop in temperature is expected, but | Weather Bureau officials said that it | will be nowhere near freezing. Tomor- row it will be colder vet. Starting on December 22, with but slight interruptions, the temperature for the Washington area averaged 9 degrees | above normal until the end of the | month. From January 1 to January 8, the daily average above normal was 12'; degrees. Over the whole period the average was 11 degrees. Apparently January isn't such a freakish month as present temperature records seem to indicate. In the last 20 years. officials said, there have been only eight instances when the mercury soared above 60 degrees during Januarv, Today is one of them. ‘