Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) tonight, probably clearing colder tonight with temperature about 24 degrees, colder tomorrow. Temperature—Highest, Snow or rain tomorrow morning, 0on_yesterday; lowest, Pull_report on page Closing N.Y. Markets, 31, at 27, at 3 am, today. % Pages11,12&13 <h ¢ Foenin WITH SUNPAY MORNING EDITION q Star, service, = The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,623 Fntered as seco post office, Wa No. 31311 md ela matter shington. D. C. 21 PAGES. —_— (A Means Associated Pre TWO CENTS. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY , IS:;E)f'I‘H IRTY-FOUR HARMONY CLOAKS ARMS PARLEY AS FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN WITH KING’S PLEA FOR SUCCESS Chief Delegates in Agreement on Purposes. HOOVER GIVEN CREDIT IN TALK | Prgmier Ma:donald‘ Made Chairman of Conference. BY BYRON PRICE, Associated Press Staff Writer. LONDON, January 21.—Sound-| ing a call in words heard round | the world, the five great naval| powers consecrated themselves anew to peace today at the open-| ing session of their long-awaited | conference on the further limita- tions of armaments on the sea. Their first meeting was opened formally with impressive dignity | in the royal gallery of the Palace i of Westminster by King George, who bespoke success in. ending competition in building ships of | war, the nations each in turn de»‘ claring in eloquent phrases their | readiness for common sacrifice in the common interest. No diplomatic bombshell dis- turbed the solemn quietude of the session, for every national pro- mouncement was couched in gen- eral terms and in the tone of ut- most harmony. : ‘When the formal opening addresses, which were broadcast by a world-wide hook-up, had been completed the con- ference adjourned to reconvene Thurs- day morning at 10 o'clock in St. Jame's Palace. Tomorrow the delegates will in_informal discussion to clear way for Thursday’s meeting, which will bé a private on=. - Sounds Call to Peace. “1 believe that.you to whom have intrusted the mission of the task at Washington,’ animated with single- exclusively nationalistic with noble inspiration and the to remove once for all this obstacle from the path of clvilized Inorder after King George had sounded the note of naval limitation and the removal of “the evil results of in naval arma- . the Upited States, Italy, Japan and all the British dominions joined in a chorus of hope- ful predictions. How far these proph- ecies may be fulfilled only the more in- formal later sessions can tell, but at | least & harmonious beginning had been omplished. “:‘-lmp!ly Macdonald. Great Britain’s PHONE DATA DEMAND BY DRYS ATTACKED Right to Compel Company to Give| Location of Bootleg Suspects Challenged in Court. By the Associated Press. BAN FRANCISCO, January 21.—The | legal right of the Federal Prohibition | v, Department to compel a telephone | company to reveal the location of suspected bootleggers’ telephones was at- | tacked on constitutional grounds in| United States District Court ynlerdly‘ by the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph | Co. ‘The case was said to be the first of | its kind. By the Associated Press, National nations ai “Since termined tragedy. King George. difficulty. the conclusion of the Washington (Continued on The King’s Address British Monarch Sounds Call to Peace and Points Way to Advancement Through Naval Confer- ence of Leading Powers. . NEW YORK, January 21.—A stenographic report of the speech by King George V opening the London Naval Conference today, as relayed over a Nation-wide network by the Broadcasting Co., follows: “It is with sincere satisfaction that I am present here to welcome the delegates of the five principal naval powers assembled for the object of eliminating the evil results of wasteful naval armaments. tion represented here is proud of its navy, proud of that navy’s past achievements and its traditions. traditions nor of our navies. petition due to the supposed necessity which has led to a feeling of insecurity between | Every na- It is not the fault of these It is the com- nd even to the risk of war. the great war all of us have de- to leave nothing undone to pre- vent a repetition of that grim and immense We are seeking to bring about agreement between maritime nations on| the limitation of naval armaments and bring the reduction to a point consistent with national security. “This limitation of naval armament has in the past proved a matter of supreme A great success was achieved in treaty in 1922, imposing tertain limitations on construction of ships, but hitherto all efforts to Page 4, Column 4.) PARLEY IS CALLED MERELY BEGINING Stimson éays Limitation of " Armanent Is Continuous Process. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 21.—A declara- tion that the present effort at naval limitation is not regarded as final was made here today by Henry L. 3 the —Secretary of State, in his address at the ope of the naval - in the royal gallery of the louse of Lords. *Naval limitation is a contintious process,” he said. “We regard dis- armament as & goal to be reached by successive stops, by frequent revision and. improvement. ~ A solution reached today, however perfect, may not re- spond to conditions at a later date.” The chairman of the American dele- gation added that he and his col- leagues were ready to remain in Lon- don until the problems were solved, until the opportunities were grasped and until the world was given an agreement that would carry it happily on to the time when the nations could meet Wgain in the same spirit to look over the situation anew. Imipressed by Talks. “We are profoundly impressed and moved by the significance of the 3] 'hes we have just heard,” he said; “the cordial and " hospitable ' welcome extended to us by his majesty, the King, and the wise analysis' of our problemps which has been so movingly presenfed by the prime minister. I am 30 convinced that all members of this conference share the lofty ideal- ism that has been expressed in the two preceding speeches that I look forward with confident hope to the success of our labors. I deem it an auspicious event that our first meet- ing at this conference, in which there must be a spirit of understanding and co-operation, should take place in the House of Parliament, which has for Americans a deep significance as the cradle of our jurisprudence and of our fundamental ideas of hyman liberty. “The use of international conferences of this sort for the purpose of limiting and reducing armaments is a recent de- opment in world affairs, so recent number of our colleagues at this | ALCOHOL IMPORTS CITED. Canada Sent $20,000,000 Worth Into U. 8. During 1929. Alfred Sutro, attorney for the com- pany, which was ordered into court to show cause why it should not lay open | “confidential” records to the Govern-| ment. contended that inquisitorial | powers rested only with grand juries. | It was for this reason, he told Judge | Frank H. Kerrigan, that he advised E | T. O'Donnell, office manager of the| telephone company, to refuse to answer questions asked him at a hearing before | Commissioners Arthur G. FPisk and | Ernest E. Willlams. ! Invoking the espionage act passed| during the World War, however, United | Btates Attorney George J. Hatfield argued that the questions put to O'Dosi~( nell by the commissioners constitu a udicial function because the judiciary s & right to inform itself As to “pend- ing conspiracies and plins against the Government.” After arguments. Judge Kerrigan took i the case under advisement OTTAWA, January 21 (#).—Govern- ment figures, published today show that $20,787.100 worth of alcholic beverages were exported from Canada to the United States during 1929. This figure is approximately $2,500,- | 000 less than the valye of liquor exports | to the United States in 1928. Total liquor exports from Canada in 1929 were $29,599,919. PUBLISHER’S SON WEDS. | ,“'ST._LOUIS, January 21 (#)—Van| Lear Black, Jr., son of the publisher of the Baltimore, Md., Sun, and Miss Helen Mitchell Prampton, daughter of Mr, and | Mrs. Reynolds C. Prampton of St. Louls, were married in_Grace M. E. Church here last night. They left on a wedding | trip and will make their home in Lan- caster, Pa. ANTI-CANCER SERUM DISCOVERY STARTLES MEDICAL AUTHORITIES Sheep Gland Remedy Produces *Striking Results” in Experiments on’ By the Associated Press. SAN PRANCISCO, January 21.—Dis- eovery by two San Francisco surgeons of what they call a “cancer-killing serum” was disclosed today when it became known that medical agencies of the University of California have de- eided to co-operate in further experi- ments with the substance. S s D i et ey, c o Pacific Hospital here, and Dr. Jom:h%. Humber, colleague, serum was not to be regarded as a Diseased Tissue. eancer cure, but asserted that it was | able to kill cancerous tissues. Dr. Cof- | fey sald it produced “striking results” in one case. | _Dr. Karl Meyer, director of the | Booper Foundation of the ‘University of California, described the discovery |as “the most notable advance in the fleld of cancer research” and as being “of the utmost possible importance.” The serum is derived from the outer ‘Woman Waits 4 Days To Hear King; Dies On Eve of Address For four days Mrs. Anna Marie Ake, 80 years old, of 319 Third street, had looked forward to hearing the speech which King George of England made over the radio this morning. When her alarm clock rang and failed to arouse her at 5:30 o'clock this morning, members of the family went into her bed room and found her dead in bed. Dr, N. G. Norrell pronounced her death due to natural causes. COLORFUL SCENES MARK PARLEY ST - Sentiment for Peace Appears to Permeate London Environment. BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. ¢ By Radio to The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1930. LONDON, England, January 21.— Multi-national color* floods the great hotels of London. The Occident and the Orient meet in such a spectacle of | ® variegation and animation as seldom has been seen in even this familiar as- sembling ground of the races. And over it all appears to brood an extraordinary spirit of buoyancy and good-fellowship —a spirit which seems to say,» “The world really is drawing closer together; the plague of interracial and interna- tional suspicion and antipathy actually is dying out.” May it in very truth be so—that un- doubtedly sums up the sentiment of not only the metropolis, but of the nation or cluster of nations—England, Scot- land, Wales and Ireland—which is host Are Revealed. NO COERCION, SESSION PLAN Ke]logg_ ~f';;t and League to Have Important Roles. | BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. | By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1930. LONDON, England, January 21.—The speéeches at the formal | opening of the Naval Conference today revealed one outstanding and highly important fact: the delegations are now agreed regarding the principles which shall underlie the negotiations. The intensive work of the Amer- ican representatives during the last few days in numerous private conversations has not been in vain. Fascist Italy has never heretofore spoken words of great- er international good will. France, far from proving an obstacle to achievement, seems to promise ardent co-operation based on sin- cere faith. As for the American state of mind, it was unmistak- ably demonstrated by Secretary of State Stimson's placid state- ment that our delegation intends to remain here until an agree- ment as complete as possible is reached, no matter how long it takes. In the opinion of experienced observers, the conference could not possibly be opened under more auspicious circumstances. The principles on which an agree- ment_seemingly may be reached may be summarized thus: Basis of Negotiations, Limitations of naval armaments, to be achieved, must be calculated from national needs as modified by of security and international ity already established by Kellogg anti-war_pact, the covenant of the of Nations and all other treaties and institutions which now form part of the world's new peace or- ganization. This does not mean, how- ever, that it may not be expedient to mnu«r some additional peace pact re. A That l:-. J-Sdmulllsd air lm‘-::: 'fi in- erdependent ly recogn 5 t so is the fact that for practical ‘reasons each must be dealt with separately. Finally, the results of this conference, while they will binding 30 far as they go, will not be considered com- pleie. All the delegations seem to look orward confidently to a general dis- rmament conference in which these results will be incorporated as part of a larger whole, e American delegation goes even further and foresees, as the sense of se- curity grows in the world, successive reductions and readjustments at inter- vals reaching far into the future, Other Powers' Aims. ‘The Itallans and Japanese, both of whom are sorely tried by the high cost of armaments, want big reductions im- mediately, but the British and the French think that stabilization may be the most that can be accomplished for the present. ‘The Americans hold a middle ground " (Continued on Page 4, Column 5) Basic Principles Behind Meeting All| the | ing in BANK OF DEL RAY CLOSES S DOORS State Examiners Making Check of Institution’s Financial Records. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 21.— ‘The bank of Del Ray did not open its doors for business this morning. A no- tice pasted on the door stated that the bank had been closed by order of the board of directors for purposes of an audit. State bank examiners are now mak- ing an_examination of the bank, which is a State institution and not a national bank. Carl L. Budwesky, an attorney and a member of the board of directors, issued the following statement: “The Bank of Del Ray was closed to- day temporarily by order of the board of directors for the purpose of having an audit. The board is hopeful of be- position to reopen the bank for business within a very short time positors will be paid in full. “The board regrets the inconvenience that may result to some of its patrons by reason of its closing temporarily for the audit, and when same is com- pleted will make further announcement of its plans.” The bank was organized August 1, 1923 and is a State institution. In a statement to the State bank examiners made December 31, 1929, resources were reported as $104,559.79. Loans and discounts as $75,146.41. Total deposits as $54,048.07. Bills payable, $21,500. ‘The bank has a capital stock of $25,- 000. Nelson T. Snyder is président. Clay T. Brittle is cashier and the board of directors is composed of Snyder, Brittle, Carl L. Budwesky, Judgé Wil- liam P. Woolls, John Gary,-George E. Garrett, Tony Guiffre, A. A. Bitten- fender and Henry P. Thomas. The bank has many small depositors and draws a great portion of its busi- ness from employes of Potomac Yards, which is situated nearby. A small crowd of persons could be o{:mved hanging around the bank this morning. In April of last year the bank was held up by six armed men and robbed of $2500. Information given by the board today was to the effect that that sum was entirely covered by insurance, which had been paid to them. to the five-power naval conference. Hotels Are Swarmed. Handsome men with strong person- alities and _vigorous minds abound in the hotels housing the official visitors. Swarms of advisers and secretaries and other attendants move in the wake of the principal delegates. Dining rooms of the hotels—some of the most attractive in the world—afford at luncheon and dinner fascinating scenes that are vocal with many tongues. The corridors in some places have been turned into tem- porary offices where quick-fingered stenographers and typists create a clat- ter that is strangely incongruous in such: surroundings. Hotel managers, clerks and servants wear their smartest garb and their most affable demeanor, obviously proud to .serve the men ~ (Continued on Page 4, Column COAST GUARDSMEN SHOOT FLEEING MAN| iRum-Laden Speedboat Overhauled After Three-Mile Chase on River. By the Associated Pri MIAMI, Fla., January 21.—Overhaul- ing a rum-laden speed boat after a 3-mile chase on the Miami River early today, Coast Guardsman shot a colored member of the crew and seized approxi- mately 200 sacks of liquor. Two com- panions, who the wounded man sald were white men, escaped. Leon Sanders, 28, the victim, was said to have been shot in the thigh by Coast Guardsman Harry A. Jack- son, Fernandina, Fla., of Picket Boat No. 9031 as he attempted to flee after the rum runner had nosed into the river bank. He was taken to a hospital. Changes in Spain’s Cabinet. MADRID, January 21 (#).—King Alfonso today announced the resigna- tion of Pinance Minister Calvo Sotelo layer of the adrenal glands of sheep and was asserted by its discoverers to have the power, when injected into the and the appointment of Count De Iok Andes, now minister of economyv, ta the finance portfolio. Sebastien Costedo, human body, of “destroying the tissues | formerly director of economy, will be- areas.” come minist of the malignant < ter ef economy. A hunt for the panther, or mountain lion, which for the past 10 days has | terrorized the suburban section of earnest today, asC apt. Charles T. Peck of ,the eleventh precinct called upon W. E. Crouch, acting chief of the preda- tory animal control division of the De- partment of Agriculture, to furnish traps and an expert in mountain lion hunt- ing, to rid the section of the beast. At the same time the captain issued a warning to all residents of the section to stay within doors at night and go their way carefully in the daytime. Sportsmen Offer Aid. Meanwhile Capt. Peck has accepted the offer of local sportsmen to aid in tracking the beast down and is holding in readiness at.the precinet station in Anacostia two big foxhounds, which will be put on the trall immediately a report is received of the beast. Crouch- declared today that his de- partment stands willing &t any time to ald the local police in finding and kill- ing the beast, and has in the Washing- ton office all the necessary traps, lures and other devices used In catching mountain lions In the West. He sald that 1f the local police thought it nec- essary he would bring in & cat-trapping expert to use the traps. He did not know how soon the expert might be brought to Washington. Most of his division's work, he said, is in the West, where mountain lions, wolves and other predatory animals are a menace to cat- tle and sheep. Informed of Opportunity. Informed of the facilities of the De- partment of Agriculture by The Star, with Crouch and received promises of the department’s fullest co-operation. At first skeptical that there was any wild animal at large in the Northeast section, Capt. Peck today was fully con- vinced that some type of big cat is Northeast Washington, was started in | |Capt. Peck immediately got in touch | BEAST HUNT BEGINS IN EARNEST AS U. S. OFFERS AID OF TRAPPERS Police Finally Convinced Reports . of Prowler True—Walter Johnson Helps. ; roaming the woods and flelds of that section, and immediately started draw- Ing his lines to locate the beast. Early this afternoon a report reached No. 11 precinct that the cat had been sighted again. Shortly afterward came the news that the hunters had killed another pet police dog. Capt. Peck was convinced of the presence of the beast when last night he inspected the carcass of & hog that was attacked In the pigpen of Bernard Chapman of the 500 block of Fiftieth street northeast night before last. The hog’s body showed unmistakable signs claws. Long gashes in the porker’s back, stomach and neck told a tale of };flll’. ripping claws possessed by no log. v Bélieyed Mountain Lion. ‘The animal is undoubtedly a moun- | tain lion, Windsor Adams of Bethesda, Md., = depuly game warden of Maryland, deglared lust night when he visited the scene of the animal's depredations in company with Waller Johnson, manager of the Washingjon base ball team. Adams _examined carefully animal tracks near Chapma pigsty and pronounced them as u doubtedly made by a mountain lon. Johnson arrived on the scene last night with his favorite foxhound, Rock, | in hope that a hot scent would furnish some sport In trailing the beast. The trails were all cold, however, and the best his or any of the numerous other dogs brought to the scene could do was scare up rabbits. Hostilities among the dogs also enlivened Lhe situation and hampered the panther hunt. In the hope that the beast would come back last night for its kill of the night before, Capt. Peck detailed two of the best shots of his precinet, Pvts. W. F. McDuffie and 8. R. McKee, to watch (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. and confidently believe that all de-‘ READY TO REPEAL THE | | | poi llfl NTH Missing Manager Of Bank Leaves Moneys Exposed By the Associated Press. WORLEY, Idaho, January 21.— Northwest police today were asked to search for Michael M. Kraemer, 32, manager of the Bank of Worley, who disappeared yester- day, leaving his vaults open and money lying on the bank counters. It could not be learned whether the bank’s affairs were in good order. It was feared the man might freeze to death if he were ill, as the thermometer has been below zero for several days. EUNPOWDER FOUND IN BRADY'S HOME "Discovery Brought Visit to| Workshop Last Night, Police Explain. A keg of gunpowder, which police found in the workshop at the home of Herman Brady several days ago, was revealed today as the reason for their obtaining a search warrant for the premises last night. Some caps, such as used in a muzale-loading shotgun, were | also found several days ago. County Policeman Prince and Sergt. Charles Schalter, who made the search last night, admitted this morning they BOL & receptacle, but refused to disclose ‘what was in it. 3 State’s Attorney J. Frank Parran =aid today the keg which the officers iscovered on their previous visit was dbout one-third empty. 2 It is understood that Herman Brady made no secret of the fact that he had Junpowder for the purpose of using it |in an old-fashioned shotgun, which he is also said Yo keep at home. Police Spend Day at Marsh, It was revealed today that the county | authorities had investigated a theory that the person who made the bomb might have made a previous one and experimented with it in & Southern Maryland marsh. Police spent an en- tire day at a marsh in St. Marys Coun- ty on this theory, but returned with the conviction that if such an experiment ever was performed it was not done there. State’s Attorney Parran said he had visited the place where Herman and Leroy Brady went duck hunting and found that persons who knew them there held them in high esteem, and were surprised at the charge against Leroy. Authorities - revealed & forefinger thought to have been torn from the right hand of Mrs. Naomi Hall Brady had been discovered in the kitchen of the Hall home. Importance was at- tached to the discovery because previous efforts to determine definitely the type of construction nmgloyed in the manu- facture of the bomb had proved unsuc- cessful. Authorities also announced they had found several fragments in the Hall kitchen, which were turned over to the Bureau of Standards today for examin- | These _particles were _thought | ation. (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) SCHULDT 1S RENAMED T0 POLICE COURT POST of recelving a terrible mauling from ! President Hoover Sends Nomina- | some powerful animal with long, sharp | tion to Senate—First Appoint- ment Made in 1922. - Gus A. Schuldt, presiding judge of the Police Court of the District lumbia, was reappointed for a new term today. nomination to the Senate, President Hoover has been represent- ed as being pleased wilh reports he received regarding Judge Schuldt's conduct of his court and because of the record made by the latter he has de- clded to give him another term. Judge Schuldt was appointed orig- inally to the bench by President Hard- ing in 1922 and was reappointed by President Coolidge in 1924. He is a { native of Washington and for a num-* ber of years. was an assistant corpora- tion counsel for the District, ‘The - understanding also is that the President will reappoint James A. Cobb, whose term expires in March, as a Municipal Court judge. Judge Cobb, who was formerly an assistant United States attorney of the District, was ap- nted to the municipal bench in 1926 President, Coolidge. Radio Prolmn; n P;le c-S el President Hoover sent the | AMENDMENT. TRACTION FIRMS " WIN FIRST POINT | Justice Wheat Denies Motion ? of Commission to Dismiss | ‘Appeal From Order. ‘While Washington's two street rail- way systems were voicing their objec- for their merger sent to the Capitol by the Public Utllitles Commission, the lines won their first point in the legal fight for an increased fare. In the District Supreme Court Justice | Alfred A. Wheat denied the motion of | the commission for dismissal of the | appeal of the companies from the com- mission’s order denying them an in- | crease tn fare, ) At a hearing before the public utili- ties subcommittee of the House District committee Thomas Dunlap, *attorney for the companies, declared their oppo- sition to the commission's merger pro- posal. Mr. Dunlap emphasized that the | the companies when there i no such | agreement, and he emphasized that the fundamental objection 15 because the | away with a judicial review by the | | courts, calling attention that official representatives of other public utilities were present at the hearing not be- cause they are primarily interested in the street railway merger agreement, but to protect their own companies Kne"l legislation that would 'm being included in the merger measure, Questioned on Free Fares. ‘Throughout the hearing, Chairman McLeod of the subcommittee repeatedly questioned Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the Public Utilities Com- mission; Vice Chairman Harleigh H. | Hartman and Mr. Dunlap, regarding the' possibility, probablility and approxi mate cost which the merged company would bear if free transportation was | provided for school children. Chair- man Patrick saild that the subject of reduced fares had been repeatedly con- sidered and that the commi is asking Congress for authority to order reduced fares for children if the com- mission considers this advisable. He estimated the probable cost of reduced fares at $10,000 a year. Repre- sentative McLeod questioned the wit- ness whether free fares for children would - cost more - than $25,000. Vice Chairman Hartman said that he would not object to free fares for school chil- dren unless the cost was so great as 10 handicap the company, pointing out that the children ride during the peak hours and that the load might be so heavy as to require additional trans- | portation facilities. __Mr. Dunlap presented .the opposition (Contini on Page 2, Column 1.) \DEATH BELIEVED SUICIDE. Former South Carolina Legislator | Is Victim of Gun. ! MARION, 8. C., January 21 (®.— | | Henry Mullins, former State Ses | tor from Marion County, is dead tod: | i 8s a result of & gunshot wound in hi { head. believed to have been self-in- | Ricted. | . His body was found yesterday in his | law office shortly after he left his home, | { carrying & gun. He told members of | his family that he was going hunting. Mr. Mullins had for some time been despondent over business reverses, | | friends sald. tions to Congress today to the proposal | pending bill undertakes ostensively to Approve a purported agreement between | Public Utilities Commission seeks to o | PROHIBITION: PLANS {Three Bills to Be Drafted | Which Will Carry Out Recommendations. “WET" BLOCK ORGANIZES TO HOLD OWN HEARINGS Representative Linthicum, Mary. land, to Take Charge of Volun- tary Testimony Expected. Ry the Associated Press. After Chairman Wickersham of the Law Enforcement Commission had aj peared before it, a House judiciary sub- | contmittee decided today to draft three bills to earry out the commission's ree- smmendations to increase the powers |5t the United States commissioners to fhandle misdemeanor cases in an effort |to relieve congestion of the Federal | sourts, | Dean Roscoe Pound, a member of the 2ommission, also appeared for question- Ing. Satisfied on Constitutionality. Representative Christopherson, Re- publican, South Dakota, said that Wickersham and Pound had cleared up any doubts held by the subcommittee as to the constitutionality of the proposed orocedure, | Christopherson said one of the bills would outline the procedure of han- diing minor cases before the United | States and that two amendments prob- | abiy, would be incorporated into one bill. ‘If these were done, there would be but two instead of three measures. One of the amendments would define slight or casual offenses. The 'other would amend the Jones-Stalker law to provide for penalties for |of not more than six months in .jail and a fine of $500. Chairman Wickersham said he and Dean Pound had “gone over the whole subject relative to increasing the powers of the commissioners.” “‘We_ discussed. fully the difference . betweeh the' slight or casual offenses and the right to trial by jury,” he said. “The commissioners are to have juris- diction' in cases wherein there is no right to trial by a jury."” Wickersham said “that Pound dis- cussed the constitutionality, of the pro- posal ‘and had cleared up any doubts on that question.’ Christ erson said hearings prob- ably would be held before the subcom- | mittee Friday on the measures. becsuse there were several groups which to apnear against the proposals, nd L ] f vhile the militant. & . bloc of the House went ahesd ' plans for conducting its own hear~ | ingzs on proposals for the modifieation of the prohibition laws. 2 ‘Wet Bloc Organizes. An_origanization meeting was held late yesterday with 60 members attend- ing. Répresentative Linthicum was re- elected to the cmmmh:g. and lur resentative Florence P. Kahn of Cali- fornia was chosen as secretary. It is confidently expected that the executive. committee will sponsor the resolution of Representative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey, to provide a na- tional referendum on the modification of the anti-liquor laws. “Hearings before the executive com- mittee will be held very soon, and prominent le from all over the co?ln:ntfl'y“ t thei: Lin. and testify ai r own nse,” Lin- thicum said. iR While the plans of the “wats” were being formulated, Representative Cram- ton, Republican, Michigan, today took up the challenge of Representative Sirovich of New York, with a that emetics be submitted for as denaturants of industrial aleohol. ‘Two members of the eabinet, Secre- tary Mellon and Attorney Mitchell, are to be called befors con- lmll aommlmq illb wl siation proposed by Hoover to transfer the prohibition unit from the Treasury to the Justice De- partment. BOOTH EXECUTORS TOLD TO TURN OVER PROPERTY By the Associated Press, LONDON, January 21.—Executors of the late Gen. Bramwell Booth, former Salvation Army head, were ordered Yo- day by the Chancery Court. to turn over :’. 4 o::an l-kmm, who now rl;uu the vai rmy, Army property valued at £1,000,000 ($5,000,000). LOST HUNTER SOUGHT. ¥:RII'O]RD. KN| ffl thnulry 21 (P, —The seaplane Kingfisher was prepared today to join the search for Tom Mc- Mullan, prominent Hertford County man, who is belleved lost in the wild, semi-wilderness territory along the Up- per Perquimans River. Mr. McMullan, traveling in a small motor boat, set out e Saturday on & hunting trip. Up until today he had not been heard from. Scores of - sons in small river boats had llde:el’l the search. ISENATOR BLEASE “DELIBERATELY has | Errors Claimed in Reports i Senatorial The wrath of Senator Blease, Demo- [crat, of South @arolina was loosed “today uponthe Government Printing Office, where, he sald, some one has been ‘“deliberately changing” his re- | marks and other material he placed in the Record. Speaking in the Senate, the South Carolinian said he had noted three errors recently, one changing the whole meaning of his remarks. “I know the official sknzgrlphm wouldn't do it,” he said. “I think I know who it is." g what he was & similar , Senator Hefiin, Demoerat, | Recallin experience, SAYS PRINTERS CHANGE” RECORD of Remarks Made During Debates. Al:‘hllnl suggested that Blease investi« Ral “T'm_not plied Biease. Senator Blease arose to statement he had inserted ord yesterday, to which. he said, 2 word : d been added that affected the mean- g, | Y Senators Walsh, Democrat, of Massa-~ chusetts and Fess, Republican, of Ohio defended the official recorders of bate in the Senate. Senator Blease said the printing correct in the Réc- HOUSE BODY ADOPTS