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WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 + Entered a post office, No. 31,310. [ S, T0 TAKE LEAD INEFFORT T0 CUT NAVIES 10 LOWEST _ STRENGTH POSSIBLE Possibility That Washington Treaty Will Be Scrapped and New Accord Substi- tuted at London Is Seen. W GERMANY MAY BE ASKED TO ENTER AGREEMENT Fears France Would Insist Upon Freedom of Seas Discussion or Rome and Paris Would Find Views Wholly at 0dds Are Be- lieved Dispelled. BY BYRON PRICE, Associated Press Staff Correspondent. LONDON, January 20.—Heart- ened against manifest dangers by firm handclasps and face-to-face consultations, spokesmen of the five sea powers today completed, in an atmosphere of tense ex- ectan: ‘preparations for con- 3enlngefy4;morm of their history- making conference on limitation of ships of war. While the round of busy ex- changes continued privately and negotiations entered their first public phase with summoning of econd cf shingt all delegates to a meeting at No. 10 Downing street, and later to & reception by King George, events cast into clearer relief hourly the prospective viewpoints of every holiday on ca) size and reduce the bat eventually below the level of ington treaty. Plan Believed Acceptable. There was every indication such & ould cceptable to Great Brit- P O e ance and Italy. Most of tes were confident, at least outwardly,.as to les W] it was France o . h‘m other phases of the negotia- Optimism expressed yesterday after Col. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary .of State and w‘m‘nt '%n%m Mm@"\; gation, con! 3 Fren nd Grandi, Ital- o mln!.s.m ‘was reiterated to- TI0 one gave all the rough gemgnme:.y?xmmmum en smoothed yet. ttainment of parity between th?nA“;‘u.i‘un and the British navies gth the Wash- TWO BILLION he WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. The WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1930—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. e SEEN AS COST TO U. S. IF PARLEY FAILS Representative French Declares for Scrapping of Battleships of All Navies of World. By the Associated Press. In the event the London Naval Con- ference fails to reach agreement, an expenditure of $2,000,000,000 by the United States for warship construction during the next 15 years was forecast in the House today by Representative French, Republican, Idaho, chairman of the appropriations subcommittee in charge of naval expenditures. French declared for scrapping the battleships of the navies of the world. Taking up discussion of the confer- ence for the first time since the dele- gates assembled in the British capital, he said the first thing parley should accomplish was definiteness in all categories of naval ships and rea- limitations in each category. submarine and the aircraft car- rier,” he mflb:'m make it necessary to take the ttleships to the. safest harbor in the next war. “If we have faith in the Kellogg pact, that provides for no aggressive warfare, in Heaven’s name, why do we maintain the battleships?” He said, however, that he did not favor abolishing the United States bat- tleships unless all countries did away with them likelise. Unless this were done, he asserted, the race for nayal power would be started immediately in those classes of ships upon which no agreement were Te ;i Prench said the Washington Arms Conference had saved the United States ~{Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) sonable “The STIMSON ALLAYS FRENCH SUSPICIONS Denies in Conversations U. S. and British Seek to Dominate Parley. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. By Radio to The Star. better the deed, Col. Henry L. Stimson, head of the American delegation to the Naval Conference, employed Sunday to lay the ghost which has been stalking menacingly through the London Con- ference. The specter in question con- sists of suspicion, harbored mainly by France, but considerably shared 'by Japan, that the underlying purpose of the conference is to stabilize joint su- pemacy of the seas by the United States and Great Britain. 5:40 A.M. Is Time " For Rebroadcast Of Naval Parley By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 20.—The time of the N.B.C.broadcast of the opening ceremonies at the five-power naval conference direct from London tomorrow morning has been advanced 20 minutes. ‘The pick-up is to surthlntesi:o Hard, N.B.C. E- resentative, who will make daily the f the English speaker will introduce the King to its audience. 19 DIE IN WRECKS OF TWO AIR LINERS 13 Are Cremated When Trap- ped in Cabin of Giant Transport Plane. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 20.—Six- teen charred and mangled bodies lay in the morgue at Oceanside today as gruesome reminders of the crash of glant T. A. T.-Maddux air liner while returning to Los Angeles with a group TENTH DIKE BREAK FLOODS WIDE AREA AS MENACE GROWS 200 Men Work in Freezing Temperature to Hold St. Francis River Levee. ILLNESS IS REPORTED IN CAMPS OF REFUGEES Hundreds Are Made Homeless and Live Stock Is Trapped in Monette District. By the Assoclated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., January 20.-—The flooded St. Francis River broke throuzh a dike 10 miles south of Marked Tre:, Ark, today and spread rapidly over a wide area. It was the tenth break in a levee along the river within six days. Two hundred men worked in freez- ing weather all night to hold the levee, known as the floodway dike and one of the most important between Marked ‘Tree and the mouth of the giver. Water sweeping over Craighead County, in Arkansas, had flooded more than 1,000 additional acres and was within a mile of the town of Monette. More than 200 families were homeless in the Monette area, and live stock was reported trapped in the bottom lands. Some suffering, principally- from the cold, was reported from the refugees. In the last six days the St. Francis has broken five levees near ) ATk.; four near Holcomb, Mo., and one near Marked Tree today. REFUGEES ARE GIVEN FOOD. VINCENNES, Ind., January 20 o— Ray Sisson, justice of the 0{? at Decker, and two other men y made another trip down the White River in a powerful motor boat to deliver sup- plies to approximately 100 flood vic- tims marooned "along the Wabash River, in Southwestern Knox County. A quantity of dynamite also was taken to blow a hole in the Brevoort levee at that point to release water seven feet deep, which has piled up since the bre: in the White River 12" bt 30 tches Migher e Shus a ches er than that in g s Wabath ‘snd White ; an Rivers con- tinued to fall today. MANY MADE HOMELESS. B i e 6 rom Kennet! Biyihevilt, Aty indicated waters of the St. Francls:River had flooded 70,000 acres of agric: and affected (P)—Red Mo., and the flood of week end visitors to Agus Caliente, | t5 Mexico. ‘The 16 met a horrible death late more | yesterday at Oceanside when the trans- remained one of the big problems %0 | ampassad which the delegations of both nations attached the highest im) ce. Parity seemed likely to have its corner stone of the entire conference program. Cruisers Main Problem. The principal difficulty lay in com- puting the exact cruiser strength of the two navies. The problem was still un- solved and there was no evidence of progress in that respect since the Amer- icans arrived Friday. Several new suggestions were stirring today amid the diplomatic gossip on the conference eve. One of these was the possibility that the Washington treaty virtually would be scrapped and a new accord substituted revising for a Jong term of years the ratios of all cate- ories of ships. . Another was that Germany should be invited to participate in any naval agreement, in view of her program of building cruisers. Under the treaty of Versailles German w;rctu)sc are llr’nlud to 10,000-ton types, but her naval en- gineers have evolved a ship within that limitation having a gun power and cruising radius far exceeding cruisers of O rance | D tonarly has locked upon nce particularly the possibility of inviting German par- ticipation in agreement Wwith ex- treme curiosity, but, although the con- ference might take cognizance of the suggestion, it lacks official sanction at the present stage. Much of the optimism so freely ex- pressed on every hand today appeared to have its origin in assurances given by the French and Italians after their week end conferences with Ccl. Stimson. Happy Atmosphere Created. M. Tardieu yesterday described his conversation with the American Sec- retary of State as engendering a very happy atmosphere for the beginning of the five-power . negotiations. He warned, however, that the conference tasks were just beginning and that too d not be expected by the Dino Grandi, the Itallan foreign minister, said his first meeting with Col. Stimson had been a very great Plnsure and that they “talked at ength together and ascertained with great satisfaction that our two delega- tions are animated by identical spirits and have the same confidence in the buccess of the conference.” These assurances were believed largely to have dufelled fears France would insist upon injecting such sub- jects as freedom of the seas into the discussions, or that Italy would find her viewpoint and demands wholly ir- reconcilable with those of her neigh- bor, France. The French themselves did not entirely share this feeling, in- die ve concern lest the Italian for parity with France would become a serious stumbling block in the path of the conference. Col. Stimson terday brought an- other of the conference figures into the limelight. He took Ambassador Morrow with him to call on MM. and Briand. Mr. Morrow made an enviable reputation as negotiator in Mexico City, and it seemed certain the Franco- would rest on his shoulders. bly also esked to other delicate conversations ference While the ny Fioe %‘m ting of the Prench and ® “~(Continued. on Page (%] ! place as the | he permitted to 5) tgglr own_interpretations of (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) CONFEREES ADOPT YOUNG DEBT PLAN Protocol of 'Accephnoe Is Signed by Second Hague Repara- " tions Parley. By the Associated Press. THE HAGUE, January 20.—The pro- tocol adopting the Young plan was signed this afternoon at the second Hague Reparations Conference. After more than 24 hours of con- tinuous session, the committee on non- German reparations today finally solved the conflict between Hungary and Aus- tria and their reparations creditors. ‘The result was a compromise to which every one contributed something and appeared to be satisfactory to the sleepy and hungry delegates. Hungary agrees to pay her creditors 13,500,000 gold crowns a year after 1943, until 1966, while Ausjria pays 1,000,000 gold crowns a year the same period. port - faltered down out of the sky, plowed a big gash in the earth, burst into flames and became a gasoline-fed funeral pyre. None of the eight women and eight men aboard the transport lived to tell the story and all but three were burned beyond recognition. Craft Fought Thick Fog. Witnesses, including a Western Ex- press pilot, who saw the big liner take its human cargo to a fiery doom, agreed that the ill-fated craft had been fight- ing against a thick fog which forced aerial traffic beneath a dangerously low 300-foot ceiling. Others who heard the crash and were struck with horror when they saw the flames hurried to the spot only to find a pile of red hot metal. Wm could but stand by powerless, owing that all the 's occupants were beyond, the of human aid. The dead: Edward J. Bowen, d resi- dent Union Tank & Pi) Co., and Mrs. Brown, assist- dent of the es, and Mrs. Sedric Brown; Mrs. Doris Cantillon, wife of Attorney Richard Cantillon; Mrs. Ida M. Glover, relative of Mrs. Cantillon; W. W. Paden and Edward J. Small, all of Los Angeles; Miss Frances Jamieson and Elizabeth Squibb, Pasadena; Benjamin Miller and Mrs. (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) P CRASH KILLS TEACHER. Minister Injured as Autos Collide in Pennsylvania. GREENBURG, Pa., January 20 (P).— Rev. Alexis Udadcak, 30, of East Pittsburgh, professor of botany and blology in St. Vincent's College, was killed and Rev. Paul Odelga, pastor of St. Florian Church, of United, near here, was injured in an automobile ac- cident on the Lincoln Highway, four miles east of here, early today. MIKE SAYS AU REVOIR TOO OFTEN ERE HE GETS HIS AUTO COUGHIN’ When Cissy’s Beau Says *“Nighty-Night” He Keeps It Up ’Till Morning’s Light. By the Associated Press, EVANSTON, 1, January 20.—The fond adieus of “Mike” and “Clssy” will be spoken hereafter under the sym- pathetic but firm supervision of the po- lice. The adieu business has become a neighborhood nuisance. Mrs. John Richardson, who made the complaint, didn’t know their last names. “Mike,” she told police,-“is Cissy’s beau. “Cissy? Why, that’s Elizabeth who lives in the same apartmen‘ building ke ciaris saying ‘food-night about “'Nre, “Richardson said, “and probal will be hnuulpnmmto'gnlnm as con~ gty unummn{h,lo‘r‘:tt(u.m.he still sa. k -night’ 0o gwea big sweetie ple.’ Y : “It keeps us awake. It is funny, but | P’ the k. same old thing three times a weel The coughs and coughs. aA‘ma sunup thing gets going and Mike ch_gl away.” e police told Mrs. Richardson they ‘would see what could be done. “We'll send ¢d- | chine, ¢ | Nichols avenue at would be the next 24 to 36 hours with the flood waters from the North moving down. - Approximately 50,000 acres were under water through levee breaks. RAILROAD TRACKS FLOODED. KENNETT, Mo., January 20 (A).—A mile of the St. Ratlroad between Prisbee and Holcomb, Mo, was under flood waters from a break in the St. Francis River levee 2 miles west of there last night, while the overflow had inundated part of the town of Holcomb. At Holcomb it was re) 150 llll'rai;llel had moved out of the low- ands. RELIEF FROM COLD PROISED TONIGHT Many Persons Injured as Result of Sled Accidents and Falls. Relief from the cold wave which brought a temperature of 7.8 yesterday morning was promised by Weather Bureau officials today, with a predic- tion of snow late tonight or tomorrow. Forecasters said the lowest temperature tonight would be about 20 above zero. The minimum mark for the 24-hour period ending at noon today was 9 de- grees above at 5:30 o'clock last night. A record for the season was estab- lished yesterday morning, when the mercury registered 7.8 at 8:30. The most {frigid temperature recorded in 1929 was 8.5 on January 14. Meanwhile, several hundred members cf the American Automobile Association “From Press to Home Within the Hour” Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 110,744 Sunday’s Circulation, 117,428 TWO CENT GIRL NEAR DEATH AFTER AUTO CRASH Police Unable to Learn De- tails of Early Morning Highway Accident. Her skull crushed when the high- powered car in which she was riding dived 30 feet from the Marlboro Pike near Forestville, Md, into a ditch, a appealed for emergency service. More than 402‘ momm ‘lml,:‘l’edmwi'."h the organization asi or af starting their cars before 9 o'clock this morning. Nearly 900 emergency calls were re- ceived at the headquarters yesterda; making the day the second heaviest on record. o Dozeri Hurt in Aul;‘j‘i:‘fl.‘ lozen were injured yester- day in wel&e;fitrw«ud to inclement ‘weather. les Johnson, 12 years old, of 4118 street southeast, was struck by an automobile driven by Carl H. Prancis of 1509 U street southeast while coasting on a hill near her home. At Casualty Hospital she was treated for a fracture of the left arm. Howard 8. Texter, 22, of 1035 Quebec minor cut over the laceration. Leverine Leoffler, 13 his_brother, ars old, and , 8, of 3109 sustained sout brush burns and contusions of the body while coasting on a hill on Portland street near ir home. The sled on o Ty A A nldph.y police to be dfiv:n Miss Katherine A. Dickinson of Iu.ng , Glesboro Point, and was over- Antonio Warring, 14 old, & student at St. Alban's of the right when his sled on the school grounds, and to_Emergency Hospital for (Continued on Page z{ Column 7.) Y, | the ,” received h and right | The right pretty girl, about 20 years old, lay today at the point of death in Emergency Hospital as police of two jurisdictions sought her identity and the circum- stances surrounding the accident. ‘The police had succeeded in inter- viewing only one person who was in the car. This was Mrs. Ward Fletcher, 1300 block of N street, who herse/f was suffering from multiple bruises and shock. The car, & heavy sedan, is listed as N. H. Lyons, 1400 block Louis-San Francisco | to embankment, ditch. Automobile mechanics worked five hours getting it back to the Mishap Early in Morning. The mishap occurred about 2 o'clock this morning. Police were having diffi- culty in learnin e in- Jjured to the woman in the high: , scantily dressed a man was later located sit- e car. Policeman Frank P. Prince called and investigated the co. tion with Detective A. 8] n of Washington. Prince later turned the Maryland end of the investigation over to State Policeman Booker. WGY APPEAL DEFEAT SEEN IN HIGH COURT Counsel for Company Is Not Asked to Be Heard, Indicating Early Decision, By the Associated Press. The Supreme Court today in effect threw out the appeal of the Federal Radio Commission in the General Elec- tric case involving broadcasting station WGY, at Schenectady, N. Y. When the Supreme Court resumed hearing of the case today it held coun- sel for the Federal Radio Commission down to an argument of its jurisdiction. indi- ‘which - given the t Court of Appeals over acts of the commission. ‘The counsel insisted it was a judicial m-ubmwnmwuymsw Justices of the court took the other view—that it was merely an adminis- trative act, from which there was no appeal to the Supreme Court. After counsel for the commission had exhausted mz"“ time allowed him for nounced, Tusfce woud Sstary” for counsel for the campany 1o or for the aaty company “:I'hil was h::,: to mean that ol‘i.n opinion day, probably next Mon- dly.y the court wu)dmdimln the appeal of the commission, thus permitting to stand the decision of the Court of Ap- peals granting full time to Station WGY. Fire Dam: College $125,000. Tarklo ool u"&a:y“um&m'— ing of the decond semester -:?E:n class rooms or administrative offices as the result of a fire which last night loss was estimated by college offi- cials at $125,000. Radio Programs on Page B-16 !.\‘?M' | Will Leave Capital I MAJ. LAYSON E. ATKINS. PRESIDENT GIVES T0 CHARITY CHEST Generous Check Accom- panied by Personal Wishes for Fund Success. . President Hoover was enrolled to- day as a special contributor to the 1930 budget of Washington’s Community Chest. Presenting a generous check to the special gifts committee, of which New- bold Noyes is chairman, the President accompanied his contribution with per- sonal wishes for the success of the eampaign. ‘While the amount of Mr. Hoover's personal contribution was not divulged, the vice chairman of the special gifts committee today re a total of $160,610.98 from 123 givers as a result of its first two days' campaigning. The informal ceremonies took plac in the White House at 12:15 o'clock, after which the President posed for a plcture with the visiting delegation of Chest officlals. Mr. Hoover's check was presented to Mr. Noyes, who, as chairman of the special gifts commit- tee, is charged with the responsibility of raising half of the $1,786,737.09 bud- get before the general campaign opens next week. Mr, Noyes was accompanied to the White House by Frederic A. Delano, president of the Chest; John L. Poole, general campaign chairman, and El- wood Street, its director. Plans also are to be expedited today by the campaign publicity committee for the distribution of 500 special posters and the erection of g!nntlc thermome- ters at the District Building and Treas- ury Building to indicate the dal financial reports after the campaign opens on :-nu.r{‘za. C. Melvin S| is chairman of the publicity committee. Two appeals on behalf of the Com- munity Chest were made yesterday, (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) WOMAN GIVEN 25 YEARS. CAMDEN, N. J,, January 20 (®).— Gladys May Parks, convicted of second- degree murder and manslaughter for the deaths of two children, was today sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment. She received 25 years on the second- degree charge of killing Dorothy Rogers, 4 years, and 10 years on the man- slaughter charge for the death of Tim- othy Rogers, the sentences to run con- currently. TUNING IN FOR TOMORROW. ATKING IS ORDERED TODUTY IN ALASKA Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner Will Be Relieved of Post About May 15. Maj. Layson E. Atkins, Assistant En- gineer Commissioner of the District, GROUPS ARE NAMED 10 AGT ON HOOVER PROMIBITION PLANS Senate Subcommittee Will Take Up Use of Commis- sioners as Judges. ANOTHER TO CONSIDER DRY TRANSFER PROPOSAL Mrs. Norton, in House, Requests Amendment to Permit Popular Referendum. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The program to strengthen prohibi- tion enforcement, submitted to Con- gress by President Hoover, advanced one stage today when subcommittees of the nate judiclary committee were appointed to deal with bills touching on two of the recommendations. The use of the United States com- missioners to handle minor violations of the prohibition laws, recommended by the President and the Law Enforce~ ment Commission, is covered to a cer- tain extent in a bill introduced last April by Senator Harris of Georgia. This bill was referred to & subcommit- tee of the judiciary committee, com- posed of Senatoré Steiwer, Oregon, chairman; Hebert, Rhode Island, and Overman, North Carolina. nndm u:t.her proposal of the President e Law Enforcement Commis- sion, the transfer of prohibition en- forcement from the Depart- ment to the Department of Justice, is Ky of Utart erior siny hesd s E na subcommittee to deal wllt-hxfgg < a1 Hiobert, Riode 1aiand: and. Wetemman Colorad. BT ' Secretary Mellon of the will be relieved of his duties about May | j; 15, and sent to Juncau, Alaska, it %as disclosed today in anorder issusd by the ‘War Department. In his new assign- ment, he will be an engineer officer of the board of road commissioners for Alaska. ‘The order directs Maj. Atkins to sail lly | before from New York May 28 on a Govern- ment transport, bound for San Fran- cisco. From there he will go to Alaska. Maj. Atkins, who came to Washington in September, 1926, as successor to Maj. illiam H. Holcombe, has had a dis- wi tinguished career as Assistant Engineer ‘Commissioner. As of 1 R g 's new buildings as well as a large portion of the site for the new mu center to be developed on the side of Pennsyly: avenue between and Sixth streets. ‘Was Probe Board Chairman. Maj. Atkins also figured prominently in the recent investigation ug: the grand 5 hlmllgllnfl?o Inspectol Yiliam S. Shelby and Lieut. Ed'll'; J. Kelly, chief of the Detective Bureau's homicide squad. having been of the extraordinary trial board which acquitted these two officers. In addi- tion he has taken a prominent part in the affairs of the American Legion and is now the departmental commander for the District. Maj. Atkins was appointed to the United States Military Academy from California and was commissioned a sec- tenant in the Corps of Engi- n graduation in June, 1915. wing year he was promoted to first lleutenant, and in 1917 he was ad- canced to the rank of captain. next promotion came in 1920, when he was made a major. m{ Atkins first came to Washington in 1915 as a student at the Engineers’ School at Washington Barracks. there he was assigned to the 2d Engi- neers and was with that regiment on 'iloai’pumuva expedition into Mexico in ‘With Engineers in France. ‘When the United States entered the World War Maj. Atkins was sent to Boston to assist with the organization of the 14th Railway Engineers and ac- com‘nnied that regiment to France. ‘While there he served in important railway construction and other engi- neering work and when armistice was signed he was detailed as an in- structor at the Army Engineering Brit School in France. After returning. to the United States Maj. Atkins was detalled to various en- gineering work and his last assignment coming to Washington as As- sistant Engineer Commissioner was in Louisville, where he was engaged in flood control work on the Mississippi as an it to Col. George R. Spalding. Maj. Atkins has been one of the most popular engineer officers detailed to the District government. His relations al- ways have been pleasant with his col- leagues as well as with the former serv- ice men with whom he has been as- ncmhwd in the affairs of the American n. Mexican Bus Kills U. S. Woman. MEXICO CITY, January 20 (A— Mrs. PFrancis Andrade, an American citizen, was killed in the wreck of an auto bus which overturned while en route from Cuernavaca to Mexico City. Several others in the bus, all Mexicans, were seriously injured. ANY DRY LAW VIOLATION MADE MILITARY OFFENSE IN NEW RULES Regulations Amended to Make Spec:fic Refererice to National Prohibition Act. By the Associated Press. ‘The War Department disclosed today that Army regulations have been amended to make any violation of the national prohibition laws a military offense. Secretary Hurley said todsy that, al- though Army reguiations since 1917 had b ited the possession of it reservations, reference to the nat law, passed in 1918. new , which Jast October, officer of each 3 ids a0 station with enforcement of the pro- hibition laws within his jurisdiction. It also extends Army discipline, Mr. Hurley said, to any officer convicted civil authorities of prohibition law vio- oo raiation 3 , as the Army’s administration’s eg:;t for stricter pro- | side the to the Depa: ment of Justice. Representative Williamson, author of the bill, is chairman of the committee which is Third | Her le. Her proposal in its present form is not likely to get it & committes, “where. 3t Wl die resolution which she introduced this amendment, the question wheth- er or not the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution shall be repealed. Plan Bars Saloons. “The electors in each State shall have 2‘50 '.glennnc:tiom reqmmit,e“gor electors most numerous ch “Each State shall conduct o tion therein and det 5 E&h - as the law thereof provides, or, in the ;lh.s'e;:: of "::c!éostne law, in as ngress shall “On the “&irr:.m of the fi:rr;:l d:l such an elect! in all the States the submission on' the question shall be oomlgle&e; i i e ma of all the people voting vote for the repeal, the euhwenpf.h amendment shall thereupon cease to be a part of this Constitution, but the Congress shall retain power to prohibit the interstate transportation of in- toxicating liquors in violation of State laws, and no State shall permit or authorize the conduct of a saloon. “There is now mno canstitutional method for a direct vote upon a pro- posed constitutional amendment,” sald Mrs. Norton. —* amendment, if adopted, would give a right to such a vote, but only as to the eighteenth *Thiis. Norion 1 . Norton's pi for s ref- erendum which m d all State lines and to that extent is for- eign to the principle written. into the Comfl!l:".lnn which calls (Continued on Page 32, Column 3.) ESCAPED CONVICTS TAKEN IN GUNFIGHT | Two Seriously. Wounded and Third Has Pistol Shot From