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A—4 —_————— ELEGATESOF U1.S. | [ The Parley D - ARRIVE IN LONDON Prominent Officials Greet Americans When They Reach British Capital. (Continued From First Page) the mayor of Plymouth, in civic robes; Ambassador Dawes and Admiral Sir Plymouth. ‘The mayor, welcoming’ the delegation, #aid: "We fervently hope your mission will be the mears of further strength- ening of the bonds of peace and friend- ship between our nations. I desire, in the name of the people of our city, to give you the heartiest possible welcome :d wish you Godspeed in all your la- TS Col. Stimson, replying, said, “This historic town has a tender place in our hearts, and we deem it a happy augury that this delegation from the United States shouid step on the soil of Eng- land at this historic spot.” ‘The delegates walked through a guard of honor of roval marines to the special train. which was awaiting them. They expected to reach London shortly after noon. Admiral Brand First. Admiral Brand was the first to grasp Col.. Stimson's hand as he landed, from the small naval tender which brought them from the liner, bobbing up and down like a cork on the mile-long trip from the ship. 4 Mayor Churhward was next. attired surrounded by mace bearers each car- rving lden emblems of his office. The official party had a curiously im- réssive effect in the early morning ight. Ambassador Dawes and Ambas- sador Gibson, the other members of the American delegatipn. withheld their ' greetings until after Mayor Churchward's formal welcome hed been extends He was ed i 1. Stimson presented Mrs. Stimson, leg:tor Roblngcpm and Mrs. Robinson and the others as they stepped ashore. There were 80 in the official party from America. -With their wives, the visiting newspaper men and their wives, they made a great many more. JAPANESE NOT READY. Public Opinion Believed . Against Pres- ent Acceptance of Macdonald Plan. KIO, January 17 (#).—An official m&mlfl for the Japanese foreign office today said that while Japanese opinfon in_general hardly was ready to accept Prime Minister Macdonald's ides of eventual abolition of battle- ships it was arousing sympathetic re- in a wide influential circle. He - sald that Japan was agreeable ‘to an extension of the holiday on con- struction of capital ships to 1936, and “if within that American and inion approved the :bolm%n ‘the ships: the Japahese people prob- ‘rbly woulpd' be ready to follow their lead.” . ‘The kesman ted out that Japan’s “Reet of baftleships had ost & larger of her national income than the éase of any of the other powers, hence the strong con- servative s Wik the nasion had ald's statement Wednes- of the s gor mdhn?. in a brilliant red robe and | | Negotiations One More THE EVENING Background Step in Elusive Quest of Ideal Peace. The following is the second of & series of articles on the problems back of the Naval Limitation Conference to open in London Janudry 31, written by Byrom Price, superinténdent of the Washing- ton office of the Asrociated Press, who is attending the comference. BY BYRON PRICE, 44 M{llefl Press Staft Writer. Much as they hope definite #nds at the Lot the”statesmen of /the we are: temper- ing their expectations with’ the. Knowl- e tha ter all, the negotiations of 1930 are but one P long. and elusive quest of the ideal at a single stroke & complete answer to the age-old riddle of sea power. Readers of the di patches from Lon- don should know that no member of the conference ex- Byron Price. pected the millen- nium to date from the opening session January 21. Under the broad general phrases of the loftiest utterances of the confreres will be found a note of realization that whatever great things may be done, much will remain. The months of preliminary discussion have brought more and more into the open the obstacles which® lie shead. The United States and Great Britain have agreed to equalize their navies, but the vastly important technical method of that equalization still is to be determined. Japan Wants Cruiser Rating. There will be serious opposition to any project to abolish either the sub- marine or the battleship. Japan wants & cruiser strength above the 5—5—3 rating which the United States and Great Britain want to lprly. France also wants to build extensively in both cruisers and submarines and she has intimated, too, that she may not sign a treaty at London unless its enforcement is brought under the League of Nations. A three-power in- stead of a five-power treaty now is a ro{ulbluty, with both France and Italy left out. w&o sponsors for the conference, it be the purpose of the American and British delegates, in particular, to tread very softly amid this tangle of rival national aspirations. Diplomatic history has demonstrated often the hazards of playing upon isitive . national emotions, just as it shown, likewise, that by proceeding c lly from one rock of safety to another, something, at least, can be ac- complished. Original Proposals Put Aside. ‘At the Washington conference in 1921, one after another of the orig- had to be put aside. Some, beset by danger signals, passed from the picture with surprising sud- denness. Limitation of armies—a sub- Ject mot on the program at London— w':n:. into the discard almost at the start. ‘The scaling down of cruiser and submarine strength followed. The whole course of the negotiations was subject to change from hour to hour. But by proceeding always along the line of least diplomatic resistance, the conference did succeed in bringing the mighty battleship within restrictive covenants, and in laying down technical limits on & few other classes of war- ships, Deadlock Seen Over Submarines. ‘Thus at London. Already tentative proposals for abolition of the sub- marine and the battleship seem headed toward deadlock. Hold| to the principle of taking first those things most easily treated, the assembling delegates hope to proceed step by step | to real accomplishment, however far mlon. of the ultimate ideal they may fall. At this preliminary stage, the ob- ectives standing out largest on the orizon are the actual realization of pu‘n{ between the United States and Great Britain and a general trimming down of la ‘warship building programs for a limifed number of years in the immediate future. .If the conference were to accom- plish these thm,u and nothing more, it would have attained an enduring place in_ the evolutionary history of arms limitation. (Tomorrow: Anglo-American Parity.) STRING QUARTET TOGIVE PROGRAM Cleveland Group Will Appear at Congressional Library- Tomorrow M_ternoon_. The Cleveland String Quartet comes to Washington for the first time in a public program of chamber music. This quartet will play in the Elizabeth Sprague _Cooli Foundation aud!: torium of the Library of Congress to- the newspaj Darticaiarty’ o ‘battléships, was here ‘verbatim and carefully studied in g.m- arters, ' ) eial qui Press ' of Efigland Does Nof * Expect Abolition of Craft Soon. 7. (#).—Thére tion in England todsy London Naval Conference would result in early aboii- tion of battleships. That development would be welcomed by a h; section of the.British public. ¢ “Times sai@ today, voicing a gen- eral view which the attitude of the United States as reported here was re- as strongly. copfirming, A “The disappearance of ‘the battleship from the wojld's fleets is an idea in- capable of immediate fulfiliment.” . ~ American tches to London papers represented n across the Atlantic as being quite hostile to the idea ex- pressed by Premier Macdonald yester- day that capital ships may be elimi- nated from world’s navy. One-dis- patch declared the suggestion hed raised & “storm” in the United States. Bowev‘!r.hl mor‘ebutlmper\;l vlelv ;:l en of the possibility of prolonging &E battleship holiday by extending the life of existing capital ships until 1935 and 1936, when is was assumed another conference would be called to arrange possible limitations. It was contended this would keep open the way for:s further step in’ the direction of their abolition. MEXICO TO PROBE _ COMMUNIST ACTIVITY Deportations Threatened Those Found -Implicated in Argentine -and U. B. Demonstrations. By the Associated Press 2 MEXICO CITY, January 17.—The attorney general of Mexico announced last night that a thorough investigation would be made into Communist dem- onstrations in front of the Mexican em- bassies in Washington and Buenos Alres. He said that if it was found the inci- dents organized from Mexico all thglc':‘ l:’::lntea would be deported. announcement was the result of a statement by Me: Communists blished in newspapers here in which hey said they were re: ible for the demonstrations. * The statement was issued as a denial of reports that the Russien government had.organized the affairs. It came .from the Mexican w of the International Red Aid y and claimed that the society had instigated the Washington and Buenos Aires demonstrations on its own initiative. MEN TOMBS’ SECRET i IS SOUGHT. IN PERU Degcsndent and Two Detroiters Make Trip to Hunt for Two-Ton Gold Chain in Lake. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 17.—Two De- troiters and a descendant of the Incas have gone to Peru believing' they pos- sees the secret, of buried treasure. &‘S-l -ert C. Jackson, real estate operator, and Gideon L. Leasley, plumbing contragtor, are accompanied by Inca Ttiti Cusi Tic- capato, also known as Alberto Rosell, an engineer. They plan to drain a Iake into which tradition ‘says a two-ton chain of gold was dropped when“the Spanish ‘conquerors came. On the chain in code was a key to the location of the tombs of 14 Inca emperors, containing vast Wealth, Sl gl kg ‘Will Discuss Fruit Fly Pest. BATON ROUGE, La., January 17 4. ~Harry D. Wilson, Louisiana commis- . sloner of agriculture and chairman of the Bouthern Association of Agricul- morrow afternoon at.4:30 o'clock. , The embers are Josef Fuchs and Rudolph E\n“"lu. violins; Gdrliton’ Céoley, violn; Victor de Gomez, violoncello, N ‘The quartet will present LW quartets and a quinte for pi and strings. The latter' was 'written by Ernest Bloth, theé AmericAfnfzed Yorn- poser, whose prize-winning ‘symphonic tone poem, “. ca,” was & ture of many different orchestras’ s last year. For his “Quintet for Piano and Strings,” written in 1923, the Cleve- land quarteb, will be assisted at the piano by Arthur Loesser. The opening quartet will be Mozart's “String Quartet in E Flat Major" (K. 428, 1783). Rieti Feature Unusual. ‘The work of the young Itallan com- poser Vittorlo Riet! stands” out as an unusual feature on this program. This “String Quartet in P Major,” written in 1926, is especially significant, shows the latest trend;in musicsl position in Italy. g ¥ In the January, 1927, issue of La Revue Musicale, which has & fore- word by Gabriele d'Annuzio, Alfredo Casella, himself a distinguished member of the group of present-day Italian composers, has an article entitled “Les Jeunes et Independants.” * In this arti- cle Signor Casella says of Vittorio Rieti: ) these, the best known out of Ttaly fs without & doubt Vittorio Rietl. Pupil of Frugatta. “Officially, Riet! was the pupil of Prugatta and of Respighi, but he is) above all self-instructed, and a long in- timacy with me has been at least de- cisive for his orientation. , Rieti, al- though he has not yet reached his thirties, already is in possession of sev- eral high qualities longed: for by other composers who have sought for them all their lives without acquiring them— a style, a personality and, finally, & re- markable assurance of form and tech- nique, which it is no exaggeration to call masteérship. Rieti rapidly acquired these successes through his animated spirit “(being at heart, like all persons of ‘clownesque’ tendencles, tragic rather than comic). But, without doubt, he will.soon know how to develop other qualities and’more profound ones.” o WOMEN TO HEAR TALK .BY FEDERAL AGENTS Bootleg Paraphernalia Will Be Among Attractions at New York Law Enforcement Exhibit. By.the Associated Press. NEW 'YORK, January 17.—Talks by Federal agents and bootleggers’ para- | phernalia will be among the attractions | at an exhibition sponsored by the New York State women's committee for law | nt. ‘The expibif will be open at 628 Pifth avenué Monday for an indefinite period, Miss &. V.iRobetts, chairman, said there | would Be talks by dry agents at 10-min- | ute #ntervals.-throughout each day of | the exhibition. Other talks will be given ' by clergymen and prominent citizens. 01d Guuboat Now Anto Ferry. | NEW' ORLEANS, January 17 (#).— The Union gunboat Chickashaw, which perticipated in .the Battle of 'Mobile Bay, is now aniauto, ferry. The dis- covery was made when she was dry- docked recently at the Todd yards. TIN ROOFS PORCHES BUILT WE BDILD, REMODEL. DEVIGE CHEAPENS STEEL PRODUETON Centrifugal Billet Casting| Machine Demonstrated at Ohio Plant. By the Associated Press. CANTON, Ohio, January 17.—A cen- | trifugal biliet_casting machine, which | its inventor claims will eliminate the expense of removing slag from iron ore and reduce the cost of steel production between $4 and $5 a ton, has been com- pleted for commercial use. After 10 years of experimenting, Leon Cammen, consulting engineer, of New York, was able to give his first commer. altl d:mnn:t.uflm &ee([ore reprasenu; ves of leading steel corporations a the Ccnt'rl: Alloy plant here yesterday. Molten Metal Tube. Demonstration of the machine was made by pou ing molten metal into.a tube whicl led it to a rapidly re- volving mold in which it fell into com- partments. The high speed of the ma- chine makes the billets more uniform in composition and brings about a bet- ter grade of steel, Cammen said. Similar machines have been used for molding cast pipe, the principal dif- ference being that the billet machine is divided into compartments. Taken to Mills. From the billet machine the steel is taken to the production mills for roll- ing into sheet or plate. The cylinder revolves at a speed equal to that of & wheel ain traveling 105 miles an hour, Cammen said. The machine makes eight billets at one time, each of which is 613 feet long, 18 inches wide and up to 4 inches thick. A ma- chine to make 13 foot sizes has been tested, Cammen said. Several manu- facturing companies have aided in de- velopment of the machine and many hold licenses for its use. Test machines have been constructed at Ni Falls and Bethlehem, Pa. A. R. Carqueville Marries. OCHICAGO, January 17 (#).—Alex- ander R. Carqueville, president of a lithographing cmnplé and a director of the Union League Club, will be mar- ried today to Miss Elsa Slach, former German motion picture actress. @he Forming Htar STAR, WASHI NGTON, D. -C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, "1930. ARMS PARLEY HAS TWOFOLD PURPOSE End of Naval Rivalry and Tax Reduction Seen as Underlying Causes. The jollowing article s the Arst of a series of three on the maval conference at London, written by Raymond Buell, expert in foreion relations. BY RAYMOND LESLIE BUELL. On next Tuesday the delegates of five nations will assemble in the historic royal gallery of the House of Lords in London. The five nations are the United States, the British Empire, Japan, France and Italy. Their purpose in meeting in Lowfion is twofold—(1) to stop impending naval rivalry, (2) to bring about real arma- ment " reduction, thus making possible the lowering of taxes. Dufln? 1929 the United States appro- riated for its Navy nearly $375,000,000, comparison with $274,000,000 appro- priated by Great Britain. President Hoover recently stated that unless a re- duction agreement was reached at Lon- don the United States over the next six years would be obnged to expend tho sum of $1,200,000,000 upon naval con- struction. This sum represents more than half the Federal income tax col- lected last year. Must Safeguard Interests. While the American Government wishes to secure naval reduction, it also wishes to safeguard the interests of the American people at home and abroad. It is willing to disarm only if other nations are willing to do so. With the possible exception of Great Britain, the United States has become the strongest financial and economic power in the world. It has a population much larger than that of any state in Europe, ex- cluding Russia. Its foreign investments reach the stupendous sum of $15,000,- 000,000. In 1928 its foreign trade nearly equaled that of the United Kingdom. Branch factories of American corpo- rations are being established in nearly every important country in the world. Although the United States is more self-sufficient than many countries, its factories rely upon many foreign sources of supply. The American business man imports such minerals as asbestos, tin and nickel. He imports such raw materials as rubber and silk. The last World War hampered American forelgn trade seri- ously, and Congress has resolved that in order’ to protect our vast interests in the event of another war the United States should have a Navy as large as that of any other power. The United States does not ask for naval supremacy it simply asks for “parity.” If the forthcoming London conference is to be a complete success these two de- mands for naval reduction and of parity must be satisfied. Britain’s Naval Policy. At present the American Navy fis stronger than the combined navies of all the nations of Europe, not includ- ing Great Britain. The British Navy is, however, still larger than that of the United States. r 300 years the British Empire supported the principle of supremacy of the seas. The British Empire contains one-quarter of the population of the globe. British col- cnies touch every water. England must import four-fifths of its food. Once British communications are cut, the people of England will starve and the British Empire will fall apart. Conse- quently, the British ple have re- garded maintenance of the supremacy of the seas as a matter of self-preser- vation. Nevertheless, at the end of the World War, the British government came to realize that the United States was rich enough to outbuild any other govern- ment in & naval race; and the British eople came to realize that because of the cultural and historic ties between the two countries war with the United States was simply out of the question. Consequently, at the Washington con- ference, called by President Harding in 1921, the British Empire voluntarily abandoned its historic principle of su- premacy of the seas and accepted a position of parity with the United States as far as battleships are concerned. Unfortunately, however, the Washing- ‘ton Conference failed to reach any agreement limiting the tonnage of so- called auxiliary craft; that is, cruisers, destroyers and submarines. Since 1922 the danger of naval competition be- tween Great Britain and the United States over unregulated auxiliary eraft has increased; particularly over the large 10,000-ton cruisers. In 1924 Great Britain, France, Japan all lald down this new type of vessel. The United States authorized such construction during the same year. ‘Would End Competition, One of the purposes of the forthcom- ing London Conference will be to bring to an end this competition over cruiser construction. Careful preparation for this end has already been made. As a result of the negotiations between the American and British governments, culminating in the visit of Prime Min- ister Macdonald to President Hoover last October, it has been tentatively decided that the British government ADVERTISENENTS B ol REC EIVED HERE O’Donnell’s Pharmacy 14th & Colorado Ave. Is a Star Br I anch Office when a want arises in your home or in your business you'll just remember to leave the copy for a Star Classified Advertise- ment at the Branch Office in your neighborhood, yowll not be long supplying your need. No matter where you live, in town or the nearby suburbs, there’s a Branch Office conven- ient to you, rendering its serv- ice without fee; only regular rates are charged. THE ABOVE 8IGN (] DISPLAYED BY AUTHORIZED 8TAR BRANCH OFFICES The Star prints such an over- whelmingly greater volume of Classified Advertising every day than any other Washing- ton paper that there can be no question as to which will give RE¥alR ANYRUING (ng EBRA SN CONSTRUCTION +EJERVICE you the best results, “Around the Corner” is [ Star Branch Office after 1936 will maintain a fleet of 50 cruisers having a total torinage of 339,000 tons. Fifteen of these cruisers will be large 8-inch gun cruisers, 35 will be small 6-inch gun cruisers. The United States, on the other hand, may maintain a fleet of 36 cruisers having a total tonnage of 315,000 tons. Of these, the United States wishes to maintain 21 8-inch gun cruisers. The British gov- ernment desires, however, that the United States should have only, 18. In other words, the only difference left to be decided at London over the Anglo-American cruiser question con- cerns three large cruisers. Under the above arrangement, the British em- pire will have the right to maintain a 1-rd;er cruiser tonnage than the United States, but the United States will have the right to maintain a larger number of 8-inch gun cruisers than Great Britain. Both governments be- lieve that the two cruiser fleets divided along these lines will be substantially equal in combat strength. End of Rivairy. If the difference over these cruisers is accepted at London and if the above arrangement is embodied in a treaty the possibility of naval rivalry between the United States and Great Britain will come to an end. Such an arrangement will not mean naval reduction, however. On the con- trary, it will oblige the United States to construct from 13 to 18 cruisers at & cost ranging around $275,000,000. ‘The reason for this faillure to secure actual reduction is the present disparity in the size between the American and British cruiser fleets. ‘When the World War broke out, the British empire maintained 114 cruisers. In 1921 this number had been reduced to 56. A replacement program was inaugurated, and at the f{ll-fated Geneva Conference of 1927 the British government declared that it must main- tain 70 cruisers. The. Macdonald gov- ernment has now agreed to reduce this figure to 50, but states that at present it can go no further, in view of the far-flung areas of the British empire and of the still troubled political con- dition of the world as a whole. Before the passage of the act of Feb- ruary, 1929, the United States had, built and building, only 18 modern cruisers. The 1929 act authorized the construction of 15 more. While for a time some Americans hoped that there would be no need to construct these cruisers, it is now apparent that the United States must build these new cruisers, and perhaps & few more, if it is to achieve actual parity with Great Britain, U. S. Forces Stronger. If the London conference merely ratifies the Anglo-American cruiser agreement, it will stop impending naval rivalry, but it will not secure actual reduction. Nevertheless, the United States and other governments hope that this latter goal may be realized in other types of craft, particularly in destroyers, sub- marines and battleships. At present the United States is considerably strong- er in destrover tonnage than is the British Empire, and it is somewhat stronger in submarines. ‘The American and British govern- ments have already agreed to limit de- stroyers upon a basis of tonnage equal- ity; and it may be assumed that both governments will agree to reduce pres- ent destroyer tonnage levels materially. Both the British and American govern- ments are moreover committed to the abolition of the submarine, and ap- parently they are also ready to reduce | the size of battleships. The prohlemsi created by the submarine and the bltv‘ tleship will be discussed in the course of the following articles. (Copyright. 1930.) “PAYLESS PAY DAY” COMES TO CHICAGO! Nothing Is Done as 8,000 Mu- nicipal Employes Fail to. ‘Get Checks. By the Associated Pre CHICAGO, January 17.—Yesterday was pay day for Chicago's 5,000 police- men, but nothing was done about it. ‘Today was pay day for 3,000 employes of the board of education, and ditto. Office employes, civil service workers, engineers and miscellaneous workers were the ones who failed to receive checks. Next Friday is pay day for the teachers and the school board is du- bious about making salary payments to them. The reason of the board is the same as that in the case of the police- men—"haven't got the money." Passing of the police pay day was the first time in 30 years the officers of the Iaw failed to get their wages. Approx- imately 13,000 other city employes face payless pay days unless something is done to refill the treasury LEPPOOP000 STORE Midwinter Suits Overcoats Entire Stock of FRUHAUF, WESTYLE, STEIN.BLOCH Including 4-Piece Sports Suits At These Low Prices Were Higher Priced Clothing Deep Reductions in F urnishings \Q"""'"""g iy West 14th & G Streets N. W. £ EUGENE C. GOTT, PRESIDENT Sid -WIDE PICTURES 70 PLAY CONFERENCE ROLE Arms Parley Seen as Death Knell of Finest Navy in the World. BY NEGLEY FARSON. By Radio to The Btar. LONDON, England, January 17.—Per- haps the only thing certain- about the naval conference, which King George will open on Tuesday in the House of Lords with a speech broadcast to the world, will be that the opening anthem will not be “Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves.” But not many thinking decent people will derive much satisfaction from that fact. The Lon- don conference will probably sound the death knell of the finest navy and as gallant a service of men as this world has ever seen. The very royal gallery in which the delegates will be seated on Tuesday has & heroic sized painting of the death of Nelson at Trafalgar—and Nelson is the name of the present battleship which is the finest in the world and can out- shoot, outspeed and outfight any other battleship afloat. She has a sister ship, the Rodney. The British have 14 other battleships and battle cruisers faster than any pos- sessed by the United States. The Brit- ish battle cruiser Hood, 41,000 tons, is by far the biggest fighting ship afloat. ‘When the British propose eventually to abolish this magnificent fleet they wil- lingly relinquish one of England’s great- m.u glorles; they destroy their ‘“iron wall.” Nelson’s Dying Words. This they propose to initiate under the painting of the death of Nelson, and his historic words at Trafalgar that day, “Kiss me, Hardy,” will really be “Kismet,” the dying word that Nelson actually spoke. Recent history has stamped its mark on that historic painting in the House of Lords. On the white thigh of one of the gunners bending over the dying Nelson is & jagged scar, made by a plece of shrapnel fired through the House of Lords window during the World War. The hole in the window is still pre- served. Paintings will play a significant, though silent, role in the House of Lords on Tuesday. One on the left wall is a gigantic peinting the size of a ball diamond, showing Bluecher greet- ing Wellington after Waterloo. The French delegates will be seated with their backs to this picture. It is no use making them feel uncomfortable from the start. In an adjoining room is the gallery of the wives of Henry VIII, where guides when taking gaping tourists through say on passing Henry's loves, “Divorced, “beheaded,” “dlvorced,” “beheaded, Inconspicuous Structure. St. James' Palace, where the three or four months of actual arguments will take place, is an inconspicuous, soot-stained, rambling brick structure, almost lost amid the palatial clubs that line Pall Mall. Two or three stories high, its white battlements show like old bones through the ever-present London mists. It is built on the site of the ancient hospital for the “fourteen maldens that were leprous” and was once the home of Henry VIII. Until quite re- cently it was the residence of the Prince of Wales. It has been the acene of at least orie previous conference, that for the {ll:fated treaty betwéen the Balkans and Turkey. It is the original “Our Court of St. Jamés.” to which foreign: Ambassadors ‘and Ministers afe still offictally acered- ited. ' From its balcony on Friary court on the death of the sovereign: will still 'ome the call “The King is dead. Long | ive the King!"” (Copyright, 1930.) “survived.” Contributions totaling $185,000 have been sent to 270 charitable institutions under the $2,500,000 trust fund created | by the late Bernard Baron, whose birth- | day was recently celebrated in England. | AUTO GLASS $3.50 Will Replace Any Broken Door Glass TIPPETT & CO. 738 Sixth St. N.W. Natlonal 0445 Clearance NOW .$29.50 33.50 37.50 41.50 44.50 48.50 52.50 55.50 Reduced in Proportion Wife Gayly Slides :~ Out of Matrimony As Court Approves By the Associated Pri CHICAGO, January 17—The ancient and Pn"gl.lllr. pastime of sliding . down banisters has wrecked the marriage of the Walter Gabberts. Judge Sabath indicated yesterday he would sign a divorce decree in favor of Mrs. Gabbert. It was her delight, she set forth, to slide down the ban- isters. Gabbert objected. The appearance of his wife swishing around a curve, or the noise of it, or something—it was not quite clear to what he took particular exception—was not favored by him. She told the court he eventually resorted to cruelty in an effort to break her of the habit formed in happy childhood. BENJAMIN GOLDER MARRIED AT HOTEL Peggy Mastbaum, Mévie Magnate's Daughter, Is Bride of Representative. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 17.—Miss Peggy Mastbaum, daughter of the late Jules E. Mastbaum, motion picture mag- nate, became the bride of Representa- tive Benjamin M. Golder of Philadel- phia at a colorful ceremony in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel last night. More than 300 guests attended, among them being Mayor and Mrs. James J. Walker of New York, Mayor and Mrs. Harry A. Mackey of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Barrymore and Maurice De Kobra of Paris, French novelist. ‘The ceremony was performed by Dr. A. A. Neuman of this city and Dr. Max Drob, New York. COURT DEMANDS CHILD. NEW YORK, January 17 (#)—Su- rreme Court._Justice Thomas Churchill last night signed an .order directingq{ Janet Beecher, actress, to return her 8- {:nx-old son within 24 hours to her hus- ind, Dr. Richard Hoffman, from whom she is legally separated. ‘The order was issued on the allega- tion of counsel for Dr. Hoffman that the boy, who was to have been re- turned last January 5, had been taken from the home of a Mrs. Reeds, in New Emz“n' Conn., where he had been ept. D.C.BUDGETBILL HEARING DELAYED House Subcommittee Wil Take Up Measure Week From Monday. Hearings on the District appropri- ation bill have been postponed from next Monday, to Monday, January 27. This is -not done, as suggested by rumor, in order to await the appoint- ment of new District Commissioners. ‘The District budget recommended by the Budget Buredu totals $45,397,728. The subcommittee of - the sHouse ap- propriations committee which will con- duct the hearings to allow the District officials to justify their estimates and toexplain the use to which the money will be" put, arid to allow members of Congress to understand better the financial needs of the municipal ad- ministration, is composed of: Repre- sentatives Simmons, Nebraska, chair- man; * Holaday, Illinois; Thatcher, Kentucky; Collins, Cannon, Missouri. named are Republicans and the latter two,” Democrats, Paul Malone, clerk to this subcom- mittee, 18 now working out & program for the hearings. The first to appear will be the District Commissioners, District Auditor Daniel J. Doriovan and the heads of departments, to whom the subcommittée will explain their plans for the hearings and their policy cov- ering appropriations. ITALY’S NAVAL PROGRAM TO BE COMPLETE BY ’32 Appropriations Made t6 Construct 13 New Ships Already Un- der Contract. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROME, Italy, January . 17.—TItaly's _post-war naval program, which was supplemented last January by .a deci- sion to build 13 ships, will be completed by the end of 1932, thanks to appro- priations calling for an expenditure of 600,000,000 lire ($30,000,000) during the years. 1930-31 and 1031-32. Italy has no projected -program for naval con- struction beyond those ships already under contract. (Copyright, 1930.) o Nine Utah mines paid a total of $37,- 614,045 in dividends in 1929. The Bank that Makes You \ mil ile 1408 H Street N. . W. “Character end Eorning Power Are the Basis of Credit™ T omorrow—George will put on Sale 442 Pairs of Men’s Work TROUSERS at 1 a Leg Seats free! ‘When you dissect a pair of trousers and figure out the actual cost, this offer ‘will certainly appeal to you as the biggest bargain in years. These trousers are strongly made and the neat, dark stripe material goés well with any coat. The sizes run from 29:to 42. 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