Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1930, Page 2

A—2Z ¥ VOTE FOR DISTRICT SUPPORT 15 ASKED Resolution to Aid in Move- ment Offered Montgomery County Civic Federation. Support for the plan to obtain votes for the citizens of the District of Co- lumbia was sought last night at the meeting of Civic Federation at Bethesda, when the resolution of the Rockville Pike Citizens’ | introduced. | Association was formally It was offered by Burton T. Doyle, dele gate to the federation from that organ- | ization, and, under the rules, was re- ferred to the committee on legislation and legal action for consideration and report. This organization went on record last year in favor of national representation for the District of Columbia. and there appears to be little doubt but that the | Maryland body will favorably act on the resolution when the committee reports the Montgomery County | it back, probably at its next mecting at | North Woodside. | The problems of the Montgomery Fed- | cration are closely allied with those of the District of Columbia, because of the | fact that its population is largely that | of an overflow from the District of Co- | lumbia, particularly in the metropolitan | district, which is immediately adjacent | to the National Capital. The resolution | points out that the people of Maryland should make a_common cause with the people of the National Capital in seck- ing voting representation, as they did in the early days in co-operating with Mas- | sachusetts in the acts following the Boston Tea Party. The resolution offered last night peti- | tions Congress for the passage of H. J. Res. 64 and S. J. Res. 43, both proposing an amendment to the Con- situation empowering Congress to grant to the residents of the District voting representation in the Senate and House of Representatives, the vote for Presi- dent and Vice President and the rights in the Federal courts equal to those of the citizens of the States. It would authorize the president of the federation to appoint & committee of not less than seven members to co- operate with the citizens' joint com- mittee on’ national representation for the District of Columbia. This com- mittee's duty would be to arouse the active interest of the people of Mary- land in the relief of the District resi- dents from their anomalous position. It also would authorize the special com- mittee to petition the Maryland Legis- lature to bring about the appointment of a State committee and to take such further: action as may be necessary to give full effect to the purposes of the ASKED - $3,000,0 TO AID PORTO RICO For the relief of Porto Rico, which is still suffering from the effects of the disastrous hurricane in September, 1928, President Hoover today asked Congress for the appropriation of $3,000,000. Of this total amoun’ $2,000,000 is to be expended for the repair and construc- tion of insular, rural and municipal roads and the rebuilding and repair of senool houses. The remainder will be used for loans to coffec and coconut plapters, fruit growers and other agri- culturists. recommendation was made in a brief message sent to Congress by the President to which was attached & re- port from Secretary of War Hurley as chairman of the Porto Rican Hurr] Relief Commjssion. v In his message the President said: “I am submitting herewith for your eonsideration & copy of the report of the Porto Rican Hurricane Relief Com- | mission recommending that additional | funds be made available to the commis- sion for the purpose specified therein. I am also submitting a draft of the legislation proposed by the commission to accomplish these purposes. “Porto. Rico is still suffering from the effects of the disastrous hurricane of September” 13, 1928. There exists a real and te need for appropriai- ing these fu in order to alleviate the distress, due to unemployment on the island and to enable the commission to continue its farm rehabilitation pro- m. " The d legislation has my ap- proval and I recommend its immediatc enactment.” LOBBYISTS CALLED GRAFTERS BY HEAD OF INQUIRY GROUP o~ (Continued Prom First Page) ing within the scope of what is ordi- narily understood to be legal services was negligible.” The report added that “a particular- ly reprehensible part of the program carried on by Lakin was an effort fo stir up hostility to the United States in Latin American countries upon the as- sumption that it, by its tariff policy, was ‘mistreating Cuba.” “Offensive cartoons were prepared as well as what passed for editorial com- ment to accomplish this end,” the com- mittee said. “Clippings from Spanish- American papers indicated that the at- tempt had been to no small extent suc- cessful, and a translator was employed in their publicity office to read papers sought to be influenced and to tran- scribe what was sald for the informa- tion of those instigating the movemant. “Lakin and Shattuck were in almost constant communication with the higher officials of the Cuban government touch- ing the work in which they were en- gaged, the correspondence, as a whole, Jeaving the impression that the govern- ment had_associated itself with them in their propaganda.” Employment of Carroll. Referring to the employment of John H. Carroll, Washington attorney, by Lakin and Shattuck at a salary of $4,500 2 month, the report said his income from a number of other concerns ran his annual salary to more than $150,000. “It did not appear, after diligent questioning,” the report said, “that Col. Carroll had done anything or was in & situation to do anything in return for this liberal income.” It sald Carroll wes about 75 years old, in feeble health, and “has not actually tried a lawsuit for many years, indeed since his youth.” The remainder of the report was a review of testimony before the commit- | | tee by various representatives of sugar, companies. Even the appearance of Mrs. Gladys Moon Jones, publicity rep- resentative of the United States Sugar Association, who charged the commit- tee with playing politics, drew no ad- verse observations. “Mrs. Jones issued press releases, at- tempting to arouse women's organiza- tions and generally, as she expressed it, to mobilize sentiment in opposition to an increase” the report said. “She supplied statistical information to mem- bers of Congress, aided one or more in the preparation of their speeches and made a trip to Colorado and Michigan to study conditions of labor in the beet fields, in relation to which she wrote a scathing report, which was never pub- lished, her superiors being reluctant to arouse through it the hostility of Sena- tor Smoot, with whom they were nego- tiating for a sliding scale.” Concerning Gen. Enoch Crowder, for- mer American Ambassador to Cuba, the id . E. H. Crowder labored in uni- MARITAL TROUBLE EVENING THE COOLIDGES WELCOMED ON FLORIDA VISIT STAR, WASHINGTON, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, now in St. Petersburg, Fla., were greeted by Greek elders and girls in native costumes when the former President and First Lady visited the colorful Greek guarter at Tarpon Springs recently. —Associated Press Photo. 1S MUSIL DEFENSE Court-Martial Witness Tells of Finding Lost Money Under Ground. Domestic difficulties, growing out of the alleged misconduct of his wife, were blamed today by the defense for the alleged mental disturbance of Lieut. Charles Musil, naval paymaster, who is charged with taking $54,651.21 of Government funds, which, however, have now been returned to Government | custody. ' This was developed when the special | general court-marital was resumed at | the Washington Navy Yard, under the presidency of Capt. Willis McDowell. The defense introduced nearly a score of depositions from persons in various parts of the country, including naval medical officers, friends and neighbors. In pursuing this line of testimony, the defense sought to back up the part of the report recently submitted by a board of medical officers who examined Lieut. Musil, pointing out that he had evidently been laboring under nervous strain, Declares All Money In. Lieut. Charles W. Fox of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy De- partment, took the witness stand and told the court that the entire $54,- 651.21 which Lieut. Musil is accused of having taken has been returned to the Government. The money was found in various amounts, the witness explained, $46,900 being recovered at Blue Plains, D. C.. where it was buried. He testified this sum was deposited on October 25 last; $1497 was recovered on October 30; $2,000 was secured in Chicego from Lieut. Musil’s former wife, the witness asserted, and deposited on November 5; $1,800, received in the form of a check from the bonding tom- pany in exchange for 15 shares of In- ternational Telephone and Telegraph stock, recovered in Chicago and ae- cepted by the bording company at the value paid by the accused officer, was deposited on December 18: $750 was received from the bonding company by check and deposited on December 27, and $1,704.21, a request for check: executed by the accused to make restitution of missing funds complete, was deposited a few days ago. James H. Taylor, ehief of the Navy Department’s identification office, was the prosecution’s next witness, and he told the court of the recovery of the $46,900 on e chicken farm where the accused officer’s father lived ‘at Blue Plains, D. C. In company with two Marine guards, who accompanied the accused officer from New York, Mr. Taylor said that Lieut. Musil took them to & point near a chicken house, back of his father's home, and indicated the place where the money was buried. with his foot. Naval ofiicials, working on the “hunch” that the accused pay- master had brought part of the missing funds to his father's home here, had searched the farm without success for & week or 10 days to locate the cash. Defense Counsel Scores. Lieut. Arthur P. Spencer, defense counsel, developed from Mr. Taylor that Lieut. Musil had given his information concerning the buried money voluntarily and that the witness had been led to the exact spot by Musil. ADRIFT ON ATLANTIC, RESCUED BY STEAMER| Man in Small Skiff Taken Aboard Ivy Olsen—Act Is Termed ~ Miracle. By the Associated Pre: NORFOLK, Vi January 14.—Res- cued from what shipping men deemed almost inevitable death in the Atlantic, William Larsen of South Port, N. C. | who on last Friday was carried adrift | in @ small skiff from bis fishing smack, | and for whom shore stations and Coast | Guard cutters have been searching ever since, yesterday afternoon was safe | aboard the steamer Ivy Olsen. Larsen was picked up off Cape Ro- maine, N. C., 200 miles south of the po- sition at which he was reported adrift to Coast Guards Friday. In view of weather conditions along the coast Fri- day and Saturday, the rescue was little short of a miracle, Coast Guard officials here said. They stated that the cutter Modoc would take Larsen from the Olsen, which is New York-bound, and return Dramatics Director MISS OLEDA SCHROTTKY. Miss Oleda Schrottky, director of dra- | matics for the National Girl Scouts, will arrive in Washington tomorrow to con- duct a three-day conference in dra- matics and story telling for Weshington Girl Scouts, at the organization’s head- quarters, 1825 M street. Study courses will be conducted by Miss Schrottky Thursday, Priday and Saturday mornings at 11 o'clock and ‘Wednesday, Thursday and Friday eve- filngs at 8 o'clock. Saturday morning at 11 o'clock she will conduct a story- telling hour, to which all Washington Girl Scouts are inviied. In the after- noon, at 4 o'clock, Mrs. Frederick H. Brooks will entertain at tea in her honor. It was announced that while the lec- tures are arranged primarily for Girl Scouts, the organization will accom- modate as many visitors .as possible. Arrangements are being made for at- tendance through Miss Dorothy Greene. SCHACHT ACREE TOENTRY I BANK German Who Balked Gives in to Majority on Interna- tional Institution. THE HAGUE, January 14—Dr. Hjalmar Schadt, who has been balking at participation of the Reichsbank in the Bank for International Settiements, today agreed to a procedure which will oblige him, as a director of the Reichs- bank to participate in the new interna- tional institution. Yesterday Dr. Schacht stated that the Reichsbank could not subscribe to any of the capital of the new institu- tion because of changes which he said had been made in the Young plan. ‘Today Dr. Schacht met several of the principal delegat and members of the bank committee and announced that he would bow to the will of the majority. Thereupon the German delegation de- clded to propose modifications of Ger- man law so as to make it obligatory for the Reichsbank to subscribe to the c ital of the international institution as well as to ;-mcxpcte in every other way provided for in the Young plan. Dr. Schacht decided that this would cover his responsibility in the matter and would remove his moral scruples as & patriotic German. CUT BUDGET AGAIN PASSED IN CHICAGO By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 14.—Mayor Wil- liam Hale Thompson and the “econ- omy faction” of the city council were at loggerheads sgain today. The mayoralty forces in the council were unable to halt passage last night of & budget calling for approximately $55,000,000 in appropriations and sub- stantially the s : e as that vetoed last week by Mayor Tiwmpson. ‘The threat of the mayor's veto power dispelled any air of quietude that might have followed passage. While Mayor Thompson would give no inkling of what he would do, he said he “would speak in & message” at a recessed scs- | him to South Port, sion of the council Saturday. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 14.—A rule book for robbers was left behind last night by one of that ilk, but he took Henry Solomon’s $293. The robber sat at Solomon's lunch counter and ordered milkk. What he ordered is really irrelevant, but it gives an idea of what the 1930 robber is son with Lakin lndnshlllucz; hu'rrm ment apparently coming from vcfi-n sugar interests, acting through President Machado, to whom he, as well #s Lakin and Shattuck, reported,” drinking. As he drank he pulled from his pocket note book whi would solemn ;. He of ‘milk and’ then concentrate on the a INEW RULES OF ROBBERY LEFT BEHIND FOR VICTIM TO READ| { Notebook Puuufiith Solemn Mien Before $293 Ilé Taken in Lunch Room. book. Mr. Solomon watched him curi- ously. Suddenly the milk drinker came to a passage that seemed to interest him. He concentrated more than ever; then leaped from his seat, flashed a menac- ing knife and ordered Solomon to hand over his money. When the robber had duly executed not Solomon but his mission and had departed with $293 of lunch room re- ceipts, Solomon picked up the note book which lay open on the ter. He read: “Delicatessen, lobhez with knife or pistol ——," and ¢ police, SKEPTICISM HELD WARTIME HERITAGE Church Educational Groups Hear Plea for Evangelism Among Students. | Wartime skepticism of the value of | | religion lies at the root of lack of ap- | preciation of the values of a religious | life by students in the colleges of the | United States, the Council of Church | | Boards of Education was told at a| | meeting at the Willard Hotel today. | “Students now attending our colleges | | were two or three years old when the | war broke out, Rev. Gardiner M. Day, | | assistant rector of St. John's Church of | | Williamstown, Mass., said. “They in- herited skepticism regarding the value of religion from their parents and still retain it in their contacts in college life.” Dr. Day said that a “scrap” within a | church_promotes a healthy condition. “The church has always made most progress when there was a good Tow on. We should always have scraps in our | churches, but they should be friendly.” Tracing the growth of the religious | movement among student groups in the institutions of higher learning, Dr. Day | said the present tendency is for the | student to lean toward a definite objec- tive in his extra-curriculum contacts. Wants Practical Results. “He wants only to belong to a group that produces a practical result, such as radio, aviation or an allied subject. It is the job of the church and its affillated organizations to teach him | that the ideals of Jesus Christ shoul: be_the guiding factors in his life.” Martyn D. Keeler, a’ student at the | Union Theological Society of New York, agreed with Dr. Day that the church has a very real job in spreading the student Christian movement. He sald the movement must have a definite in- tellectual appeal, and must provide | places for those who have personal and social problems. The faculty men, Mr. Keeler said, is in the ideal position to lead the under;raduate to a proper valuation of Christian life and religion. Student Needs Leader. “The young student,” he said, “may | have trends of thought, along inde- pendent lines, but there may be no one to lead him. The man who works with students must have an intimate knowledge of student life.” In a situation such as this, Mr. Keel- er said, the faculty man and the local pastor find their field for spreading teachings of the value of a Christian life. ‘The function of the church, in addition to taking an active part in | the work, also should be to furnish material for study by students. Cathedral Visit Planned. A union mass meeting at the Willard this af.rnoon was to be followed by a visit to the Washington Cathedral. Sessions of the Association of Ameri- can Colleges will open at the Willard tomorrow morning, followed by a re- ur(tnn by President Hoover at the White House to the delegates. At 4:30 tomorrow afternoon the dele- gates will be the guests of the Ameri- can Association of University Women for tea at the club house, 1634 I street, and on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. they will be recelved at the Pan-American Union. Seeks Liberal Culture. Modern college training has a two- fold mission in denominational institu- tions, Dr. Boothe C. Davis, president of the Council of Church Boards of Edu- cation, said yesterday. “These col- ," he sald, “must set standards of liberal culture, forms of scholarship and ideals for citizenship and public service in & century when all the world is a neighborhood and all men are brothers and fellow citizens as never before. We must maintain colleges with cultural | ideals, standards of scholarship and | adequate equipment for making effec- tive intellectual growth, with freedom of initiative in thought and expression. | Furthermore, the church is a trained, loyal and effective leader- ship. gr, Davis said the function of the college is to preserve loyalties to churck, family, State and Nation, while adjust- ing them to new areas of truth, rather than to create such loyaities in minds previously devoid of them. Churches are said to be ggll’:y of edu- cational malpractice, Dr. rt Kelly, executive secretary of the council, said. “It is said they are gulity of indoctrina- tion, of dogmatism, of coercion. They perpetuate certain brands and interpre- tations of truth by determining the thinking of inexperienced and unsus- pecting youth. Religious Associations. “To avold this danger, shall christian education become thorotighly objective? Shall it refuse to associate itself with or disassoclate itself from the entire, expressional side of religion? Shall it become & pure sclence? We are solemn. ly told that on the college level it should. Medical students, of need hospitals in their ~ studies, | students need courts, engineering dents need bridges and tunnels. for christian education there must be 1 atilization of churches or other mediums of religious expri lln a museum? tion and form persont literature and langu: history, in social sclence and the fine arts, but be forcibly stopped from all entanglmg alliances when it comes to religion?” he continued, South Africa will spend $2,000,000 [ed to anncunce shortly b London-Cape " successor. toward the ‘Town air service, largely de- | pendent upon our Christian wllefn for | | jafford evidence of “the sinc#e purpose | Donald. | ble gains: for example, two prolonged course, | tor so that he may devote all his time law | to his law practice. But | court to undertake the difficult task fol- no laboratory work, no contacts with or | Davis, who had been auditor for & ession. He “Is religion only fit for a glass case | trqf " | Willlams took over the duties of audi- TUESDAY, DEEP CUT INNAVY URGED BY WOMEN U. S. Accession to World Court Seen as Evidence of Sincerity. I, €. A resolution urging the delegates to the London conference to “reduce na- val armament among the powers to & point so low that our own and other Nations may feel secure against attack, and to end forever the competition in | naval bullding,” was adopted at the | opening meeting of the fifth confer- ence on the cause and cure of war, at | the Washington Hotel today. President Hoover and the Senate were , advised in another resolution that the committee believes the accession of the United States to the World Crurt would of the Government to uphold its com- mitments made through the Paris pact.” ‘Women of four Nations spoke at the | morning session of the conference. All | voiced the opinion of the women of | their country that there should be some | international linking together of peace sentiment, some crystallization of the activities of women of the various na- tions of the world toward peace. i ‘The first of the international speakers | was Mme. Marie-Louise Puech' of France. She was followed by Frau Doro- thee von Velsen of Germany, Miss Kath- leen D. Courtney of England and Mrs. | Tsune Gauntlett of Japan. Mrs. Gauntlett, clad in her native country’s garb, brought before the dele- | gates to the conference a Japanese | basket containing the signatures of 180.- 000 Japanese women, gathered in 20 days, calling upon the London Naval Conference to take steps which will as- sure a firm foundation for peace among the nations of the world. Year's Events are Recounted. The principal speaker at the morning session was James G. McDonald, who dwelt on “The Year's Outstanding Events.” “In the field of foreign affairs, the year now closing has been marked by few spectacular events,” said Mr. Mc- “Seldom have international issues been sufficiently startling to com- mand for long the newspaper headlines. one the less, 1929 has witnessed nota- struggles between church and state, in Italy and in Mexico, ve been amica- bly settled; Germany and her war-time enemies have moved toward friendly co-operation and real peace; the United States and Great _Britain, under the leadership of President Hoover and Mr. Macdonald, British prime minister, have dispersed the dark clouds of suspicion and mis- trust which threatened to estrange the two peoples, and prepared the way for the Naval Conference in London this month; the United States and most of the other countries on the American continents have accepted, as among themselves, new obligations to settle their differences by peaceful means; the world-wide machinery for the pre- vention of war has been substantially strengthened through the coming into effect of the Kellogg pact, through the remodeling of the World Court and through the work of the League of Nations.” Morrow and Young Are Cited. According to Mr. Macdonald, ‘“pe sonalities can exert a profound infl in international relations.” examples he quoted Dwight Morro activity in solving the Mexican prol lem, Owen D. Young's efforts to secu acceptance by Germany and the allies of revised German debt payments and Ellhu Root’s part in revising the World Court on a basis which it is hoped will lead to adherence by the United States. “In most of the hopeful political de- .velopments in Europe during this year, a Frenchman and a German have been the outstanding leaders,” said Mr. Mac- ' donald. “Briand, the French foreign | minister, time and again risked his popularity at home to fight for the | principle of friendship with Germany. Stresemann, German foreign minister until his death recently, likewise fought | for a policy of conciliation and of the fulfillment by Germany of her treaty | obligations.” » This afternoon the delegates, who are representing 11 outstanding nation- 2! organizations of women, are holding open discussions on the cause and cure of war, embracing the general subjects: “How Far Have We Progressed in the Discovery of the Causes of War? What Are They?” “How Far Have We Pro- gressed in the Discovery of the Cures of War? What Are They?” “What Imperative Cures Are Yet Unfound, Unadmitted or Unestablished?"” This evening the women are hosts to Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts, South African military leader and former premier of the Union of South Africa. At this meeting Gen. Smuts will make the only scheduled address of his visit to the Capital. He will speak on “Ten Years’ March Toward Peace.” At the business meeting that pre- ceded the opening session of the con- ference this morning the delegates ' voted to retain Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt as chairman of the committee, The office of administration chairman was created and Miss Josephine Schain, who for four years has served as secre- tary of the committee, was elected to the position. Miss Ruth Morgan and Miss Henrietta Reelofs will continue as first and second vice chairmen. H. Silverthorn was elected third vice hairman, Miss Helen Livingstone corres;:ynding secretary, Mrs. Ben Hooper recording secretary and Mrs, Edgerton Parsons, treasurer. Sessions of the conference will con- tinue through Friday. Organizations Are Named. Organizations represented in the Com- mittee on the Cause and Cure of War are: American Association of University Women, Council of Women for Home Missions, Federation of Women's Boards of Missions of North America, General Federation of Women’s Clubs, National Board of Young Women's Christian As- soclations, National Council of Jewish ‘Women, National Federation of Busi- ness and Professional Women's Clubs, National League of Women Voters, Na- tional Women’s Christian Temperance Union, National Conference of Ameri- can Ethical Union and the National Women's Trade Union League. WILLIAMS TO QUIT AS COURT AUDITOR| Because he regards the office of audi- tor of the District Supreme Court as a “full time” job which should be filled by some one able to give his entire time to it, George Francis Willlams, after @ trial of nearly two years, has asked the justices of the Supreme Court to relleve him from the duties of audi- Mr. Williams was persuaded by the lowing the resignation of Herbert L. number of was ears. hen as now attorney and officer of the Lincoln National Bank and had formed a law petnership with his son, Earnest F. Williams. Mr. tor A il 2, 1928, with the expectation that could look after his general practice as well as his bank connec- tion. He has now reached the de- cision that he should give all his time to his practice. The court In general term Is expect- > name of his 3 $1.5% e Tay Lt Y JANUARY 14, 1930. Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts, former premier of South Africa, arrived fn Washington yesterday and was greeted at Union Station by Eric H. Louw, Min- ister from South Africa. Left to right: Gen. Smuts and Minister Louw. GEN. SMUTS HAS ANOTHER BUSY DAY South African Military Leader Will Make Only Scheduled Address Tonight. Gen. Jan Christian Smuts, South Af- rican military leader and former pre- mier of the Union of South Africa, spent another busy day in the Capital today, with a host of official visits and informal conferences on_ his schedule, topped off tonight with the only sched- uled speech the distinguished visitor is making on his visit to the Capital—an address before representatives of 11 or- ganizations meeting at the Washington Hotel to discuss the cause and cure of war. y Gen. Smuts breakfasted with Vin- cent Massey, Minister of Canada, at the Canadian legation at 9 o'clock this morning and immediately after break- fast paid his respects to Sir Esme How- ard, British Ambassador, and Lady Howard at the British embassy. There followed a number of informal conferences with his countrymen from Canada and England, and then he went to the White House, where he was received and welcomed to the Capital by President Hoover. Honored at Luncheon. From there Gen. Smuts went to the Metropolitan Club, where he was the guest of honor at a formal luncheon given by Eric H. Louw, Minister of the Union of South Africa. ‘This visitor's scehdule was so ar- ranged this afternoon to give him some leisure, but he was to resume his official duties this afternoon when called upon by a delegation, headed by Max Rhodes, representing the Zionist movement in the Capital. Pays Homage to Wilson. Gen. Smuss found time this morning to pay homage at the tomb of Woodrow Wilson in Bethlehem Chapel of the ‘Washington Cathedral. He went to the Cathedral after visiting the British Em- bassy, and laid a wreath upon the tomb. Skb&ln‘ back from the tomb after placing the wreath, Gen. Smuts sald: “I place this wreath in memory of the greatest citizen of America and a great benefactor of humanity.” Gen. Smuts knew Wilson when the latter was representing his country at :I:n Versailles peace treaty considera- 5. He was accompanied on his visit to the Cathedral by Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, who was Wilson's physician and close personal friend. and by Philip Nash of the Woodrow Wilson Founda- tion of New York City. At 7 o'clock Gen. Smuts will be the guest of the committee on the cause :lntlcul'! of war at the Washington otel. Conferences Arranged. ‘Tomorrow will be an equally busy one for the South African leader. Several conferences have been arranged for the morning. Shortly after noon he will go to the White House, where he will be the luncheon guest of President Hoover. At 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon he will visit Howard University, and there he will discuss with the members of the faculty of the university and other leaders of the colored race in Washing- ton the problems confronting the col- ored race. A dinner gt the British embassy, as the guest of Ambassador and Lady Howard, also is on tomorrow’s schedule. patAnihiin Home-Town “Boy” Aids Village. BARGA, Italy (#).—An anonymous emigrant from this town, now in Amer- ice contributed $5,000 toward restora- tion of Barga's historic cathedral. His gift reached the mayor while the latter %8 gIVing out prizes at the agricultural air. —Wide World Photo. Gen. Smuts Talks With President at White House Today South African Leader Is Greeted as Acquaintance of Long Standing. By the Associated Press. Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts, inter- nationally known peace advocate, talk- ed with President Hoover today for more than half an hour. The South African leader came to the White House executive offices with Eric Hendrik Louw, Minister from the South African Republic, but formalities were dispensed with and President Hoover greeted Smuts as an acquaint- ance of long standing. As the general entered the executive office President Hoover said to him: “I am certainly glad to see you again, sir, after these many years.” President Hoover and Gen. Smuts were associated together in -Paris dur- ing the peace-treaty period, at which time they were both serving on the Su- preme Economic Council. GUILD IS EXPECTED TOPAY PHYSICIANS | Sibley Hospital Organization Probably Will Meet Bomb Victims’ Bills. ‘The cost of the highly-specialized medical attention given Samuel and Dorothy Hall, child victims of the triple bomb murder at Seat Pleasant on New Year day, who died at Sibley Hospital after physicians and surgeons had spent every effort to save them, probably gfllu:e assumed by the Sibley Hospital uild. In view of the straightened circum- stances of the father of the children, John Hall, a grave digger, it is believed the members of the guild will accede to the proposal when it is laid before them at a meeting called for 10:45 o'clock Thursday morning in Rust Hall. Would Not Respond. Samuel, 19 months old, and his 4- year-old sister Dorothy were brought to the hospital after the tragedy, critically shocked and lacerated and presumably blinded, Surgeons and physicians be- gan at once a battle to save the lives of the children and their eyesight if possible. Samuel and Dorothy lingered for a few days, but were too critically hurt to respond to treatment. Another feature of the Guild meet- ing Thursday will be an address by Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost, representative of the W. C. T. U. Mrs. Joy Elmer Morgan, Guild president, will preside. Will Plan Shower. Other business to be considered will be plans for the annual linen shower for benefit of the hospital. The two stories now being added to Robinson Hall will create & need for additional linen, most of which is expected to be acquired at the shower. Following the meeting luncheon will be served at 1 o’clock in the "ymnl.llnm of Rust Hall by ladies of Langdon Church. SAGHES Latvia-U. S. Treaty Signed. RIGA, Latvia, January 14 (P).—A treaty of arbitration and conciliation between Latvia and the United States was signed today by Foreign Minister Balodis and American Minister Cole- man. BOY'S HEAD, BALD FROM FRIGHT, STARTS GROWING HAIR AGAIN Henry Mates, 5, Was Badly Scared by Dog More Than Year Ago. Case One of Strangest to Come Before Medical Profession Here. (Prom the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) The head of Henry Mates, 5, 832 Otis place, which a year ago became as bald as s billiard ball as the result of being frightened by a puppy in his neighborhood, has_just started grow- ing hair again. Right on top of his head Henry is cultivating a patch of hair about the size of & dime, and the growth is showing unmistakable signs of spreading. The boy's case is one of the strangest the medical profession has had to deal with here, More than a year ago Henry was playing with the fox terrier wpp{ of » hbor when the dog playfully snapped its teeth about an inch from Henry’s nose. Unhurt, but badly frightened, he ran home to his mother. Mrs. Mates reassured her child and thought no more of the incident until a day later when Henry's hair began falling out in great patches. In 24 hours all of thc child’s bair had HENRY MATES. Mrs. Mates that her son’s hair would return under proper treatment. Henry at first was bashful about his mishap and did not go to the Park View School kindergarten for several fallen out. Dr. Henry Friedenberg of the Far- ragut Apartments, Seventeenth and I iitels, wes consulted, and he assured weeks. He got over his bashfulness, however, and returned to school. ‘The haix. started coming back two weeks ago. LONDON PREPARES FOR DELEGATIONS .Statesmen of World Are Fast Gathering for Naval Conference. (Continued Prom First Page.) since it is believed no participating na- tion, wouid care to e the respomsi- bility before the world of thwarting one of the greatest pea in history. Despite Prench statements | which” have caused anxiety in some | quarters, certain influential Japanese and English observers state the Tardieu government s genuinely anxious unv: &t an armament limitation agree- men Positions of Powers. Delegates point out that this is not & disarmament conference, but one which will attempt to reduce armaments to a degree where only, in the words of the Japanese, “the national security equilibrium will be maintained.” Stated as simply as may be, the national positions prior to opening of the conference are about as thus: Great Britain and the United States agreeable to naval parity, with aboli- tion of submarines and extension of holiday on capital ships; Italy insistent on naval parity with France; France insistent upon naval superiority over Italy and retention of sul es; Japan seeking parity with no other na- tion, but a proportion of 70 per cent of the strength of the world's strongest navy for its own fleets, against a 60 per cent strength granted at the Wash- ington Conterence. On the face none of the clashing viewpoints appear so formidable as to be insurmountable. It generally is sgreed that, unlike o conferences of this nature, the forthcoming meet will be held under more friendly an optimistic auspices than has ever been the case before. London is making ready to welcome t rongs of ex- journalists he delegations and the perts, 'ndants, secretaries, jt and the like. Reservations at most of the leading hotels already have been taken and even the smaller hostelries anticipate crowding. LINER INCREASES SPEED. United States Delegations Desire to Land as Early as Possible Friday. 8. 8. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Jan- delegation at Plymouth as early as pos- sible Priday. A train will be 'll“nfi':lt Plymouth to take the Americans directly to Lon- don, where they immediately may throw themselves into the necessary work pre- liminary to the conference itself, which convenes next Tuesday. ‘There has been no untoward develop- ment aboard to make necessary the ac- celerated movement of the ship, but Col. Henry L. Stimson, American Sec- retary of State and head of the dele- gation, recornm that the earliest ::- sible arrival peobably will please ~ mier Ramsay Macdonald of m:l‘“ who, as host of the conference, have many things to occupy his.mind. Col. Stimson's mg:m includes, first, a conference wil mier Macdonald, followed with conversations with Andre Tardieu, PFrench premier, and Dino | Grandi, Italian forel minister. It is believed he may e _some effort to smooth t Franco-Italian differences, which ndg:nudly may stand in the way of a five-power agreement on naval lim- itation. 1t was believed:the first meeting of Col. Stimson and” Mr, Macdonald would Dot be marked by e discussion of naval problems, but would be devoted instead to the best methods of procedure for the opening phases of the conference. ‘The American of State is anxious particularly that the first ses- sions of the conference be not marred by any element which might cause irri- tation in any quarter, and he is ex- pected to throw his influence to mutual examination of the fleld in a general way Mtorfi ;ny attempt is made to pro- se detailed programs. Wlt. is in uu:;pmz that he is with- holding comment on the recent Franco- British exchange, llthcu&:l he is read- ing official and private dispatches cons cerning that exchange of notes with considerable interest. PLYMOUTH PLANS WELCOME. | Mayor Will Greet U. S. Delegation in Name of City. PLYMOUTH, England, January 14 (#), —The municipality is arranging for an official welcome to the American naval delegation when it debarks here from the 8. 8. George Washington, probably Fri- day, en route to London. The mayor of Plymouth will greet the delegates in the name of the city. o DR. B. W. CARR, 54, DIES AT CAPITAL RESIDENCE Veterans’ Bureau Physician Had Been IIl But Two Weeks When End Cam Dr. B. W. Carr, b4 years old, chief of the occupational and physio-therapy subdivisiog of the Medical Service, United States Veterans Bureau, died at his home, 235 Emerson street, last night after an illness of about two weeks. Dr. Carr was born in Pittsfield, N. H., and was educated in the schools of that State.. Subsequently he was graduated in medicine from Dartmouth and took & post-graduate course in physio-the- rapy at Walter Reed Hospital. Dr. Carr served as a captain in the United States Army from October, 1918, to October, 1919, and was a surgeon in the Reserve, U. 8. Public Health Service, from October, 1019, to May 8, 1922, when he was detailed to the Veterans’ Bureau. In November, 1923, on recom- mendation of the director of the Vet- erans’ Bureau, he was promoted by the surgeon general of the Public Health Service to senior surgeon. In addition to his duties as chief of the occupational therapy subdivision Dr. Carr was assigned March 30, 1926, as bureau representative on the cal council and editor of the Bureau Medical Bulletin. Aside from his work as editor of the Medical Bulletin, Dr. Carr also was the author of & number of articles on medi~ cal subjects and was onsidered an ex- pert in his special line of work. Dr. Carr leaves his widow, Mrs. Alice L. Carr, and a son, Raymond L. Oarr, both of this city. Funeral arrangements are to be announced later. 'ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES BAN CLASS RUSHES ROME (#).—Class rushes and other general rough-housing are to be banned from Italian universities. The annual “feast of the matricula- the university groups, has ordered that it be com- memorated by open-air meetings, and with sef -Kon programs, instead of the free-for-all that has been the custom in past year. P“” Saltini’s circular to PFascist varsity group secretaries solemnly de- crees that they must “remove from the students habits of useless noise produc- hem to the tas 4!