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. which further progress was said WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forscast.) Snow changing to or tonight; temperature l_uhm'pmm warmer. Temperatures—Highest, 34, noon today; lowest, 26, at 9:30 p.m. ya:- Full report on page 3. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 terday. rain this afternoon near md"flfigi @h ¢ Foening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION . 31T post office, Entered_as second class matter B Washington, D. i “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every cit; block and the regular e tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 111,748 Sunday’s Circulation, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1930—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. BRITAIN CANCELS WO BIE, CRUERS: PROGRESS 1S MADE ONTONNAGE PARITY Italian Issue Would Be Met by Five-Power Agreement Not to Build Over Certain Limit Until 1936. ELIMINATION OF FIXED RATIO IS PROPOSED Fleet Formula Sets Figure for Each | Class of Warship, but Defers to French by Allowing Shift of| Certain Part From One Cntegory' to Another. 4 Parley High Lights Today's developments at the London Naval Conference were: British cancel construction of two 10,000-ton cruisers. Further progress toward com- promise on tonnage plan an- nounced. Five-power treaty declaration on parity problem proposed. BY BYRON PRICE. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 27.—As the; naval powers moved toward com- promise today on two of their most «troublesome problems—the physical methods of limiting fleets and Italy’s demand for parity with France—Great Brit- ain made a new gesture of faith in the Naval Conference success by announcing that construction of her two newest cruisers has been canceled. The British announcement co- incided with a meeting of the “big five” in Downing street at to have been made toward a com- CHICAGO SCHOOLS' 'Head of Board Plans to Ask FALLS ON DEAF BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. By Cable to The Star. LONDON, January 27.—Although the question of American adherence to a “security pact” governing the Mediter- ranean or Atlantic has not been for- mally put before the American delegation to the Naval Conference, The Star's correspondent today 1s In position to foreshadow what the answer will be, if and when it is required. It will be in the negative. The American Senate will concur. There is therefore no foundation for the cate- gorical statement published today in the ordinarily well informed Manchester Guardian to the effect that Secretary of State Stimson and his colleagues al- ready have signified the readiness of the United States to join the “security” agreement upon which the French have set their hearts. No matter how innocent the purpose of such a pact, it would have a political aspect which the American delegation holds is widely beyond the province of the London conference. The senatorial contingent in the delegation has partic- ularly strong views on this score. Virtu- ally, the contingent constitutes three- sevenths of the American delegation, FRANCE'S SECURITY PACT PLAN U. S. Would Give Negative Answer to Appeal for Mediterranean or Atlantic Assistance Treaty, AMERICAN EARS If Made. for in addition tp Senators Reed and Robinson, Ambassador Morrow will be A& member of the Senate by the time any London treaty is submitted for ratification. No three delegates from any country are considered quite as potent as the American senatorial “big three.” Everybody knows, in light of the past history of that body, how ex- tremely difficult, if not impossible, it would be to secure ratification of any naval treaty incumbered with possible European “‘entanglements” for the United States. France undoubtedly would be satis- fled with a Mediterranean or Atlantic pact similar to the four-power Pacific treaty signed in Washington in 1922, even if weighted “down with the Sen- ate reservation which was finally at- tached to it. But world statesmen now in London recall the extremities to which Senator Lodge went in getting cven the so-called “consultative” treaty passed. As they remember, he had only iwo or three votes to spare. They easily visualize the trials and tribulations that Senator Watson would face if he asked the Senate to lead America into the | present maelstrom known to exist in European politics. Senator Robinson’s immense authori- ty as leader of the minority, comprising (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) COAL IS DWINDLING Dealers to Continue Deliveries. By the Assoclated Press. 3 CHICAGO, January 27.—Dwindliny coal bins in the publi¢ schools kindled interest anew today in Chicago's empty money bags. As some city officials frowned upon the rescue pool of $20,000,000 pledged to Silas H. Strawn, head of the citizens’ committee, H. Wallace Caldwell, presi- dent of the board of education, pre- pared to ask the board’s coal dealers to continue deliveries of coal despite ml lack of cash and & present unpaid coal bill of $480,000. promise on a tonnage plan de- signed to settle the perennial argument on this technical phase of naval limitation. At the same time it Was that serious consideration was being be met by a treaty declaration in which all powers would state that the sovereign nation to build an adequate fleet was fully recognized, but that the signatories | ed, unl voluntarily agree not to exceed & cer- tain construction program between now and 1936. Much Remains to Be Done. The twin attack on two of the most difficult of the conference problems, |, coinciding with the British cruiser can- | would cellation announcement, 'started the | tion. second week of the conference in an atmosphere of confidence. It was em- phasized on all sides, however, that zieither of the compromise formulas has yet been accepted and that much re- mained to be done, even if these two obstacles should be overcome. wning , had been under study even before the conference began, but the proposal to straighten ogt dt.luhmnnom -lui.l'l‘:: uestion apparently deve! overn: 'his latter idea not yet been re- reactions appeared hopeful. As it stood in tentative form, the sug- gestion as that the five chief naval powers join in a declaration, perhaps in the preamble of a limitation treaty, saying that the sove privilege of ossessing & navy of any size could not ge abridged, except voluntarily. This, in effect, would do away with any fixed Tatio understanding such as was laid down in the Washington treaty. Then, in the body of the treaty, each power would stipulate the outside limits on its building needs between now and the conference of 1936, when the whole situation is expected to come under review again in conformity with the agreement reached at Washington. Security Pact Undetermined. ‘Whether application of this general formula to the Italian situation would be supplemented by a security pact covering the Mediterranean, as has been suggested by France, remains for future determination. A spokesman for the American delegation said today there had been no discussion whether the United States would be willing to join such a pact in a consultive ca- pacity. Today’s Downing street meeting of the big five was the longest yet held. ‘The delegation heads disc a de- tailed proposal for the conference pro- gram, with the tonnage measurement Question uppermost. The compromise plan would lay down limitations for each specific class of warship, but (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) HOOVER ASKS $65,000 FOR WASHINGTON HOUSE Bill Requests Fund for Replica of Birthplace in Wake- field. President Hoover requested Congress in a supplemental estimate submitted today to appropriate $65.000 for the erection of a replica of the house In Wi was born at There will be a respite until Wednes- day. On that day, Strawn will confer with the eity council finance commit. tee relative to setting in motion the financial pool pledged to aid the city governments. Pledge Required for Loans. Orgmnymn $50,000,000, the pool has $20,000,000 in pledges from busi- ness, industrial and railroad interests to be used in loans on tax -n% warrants. No money will be inc: com= said he believed the council pledge the requested no alternative,” he de- have indicated co-operation with the Strawn plan. Caldwell Offers New Plan. President Caldwell of the board of the rescue As chairman of the new committee, Caldwell suggested James Simpson, president of Marshall Field & Co.; Al- bert Simpson is a member of the Strawn committee. Other members would include Caldwell, Howard El- more, head of the sanitary district; Anton Cermak, president of the county board, and Alderman Clark. Caldwell said his plan was favorable to Mayor Thom and to board of education officlals. “The public offi- cials will never get together with Strawn,” Caldwell said. “They will not stand for creating a lack of confidence in the elected officials. I question whether Strawn is the right man to be directing his _committee, and some of its members believe there is graft and{ corruption among public bodies, All those things prevent co-operation.” Debts Increase Daily. Each day places the local govern- ments dee&er in debt. Already, $290,- 000,000 indebtedness has accrued in an- ticipation of uncollected 1928 and 1929 taxes—while interest of loans amounts to $50,000 daily. Teachers, policemen and nurses are behind a month’s pay; the mothers’ pension fund is exhausted and the Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium is in_want, If the Strawn pool is expended, it can only bring temporary relief, city offi. cials pointed out. "They said every effort must be exerted to complete the reassessment by April 1 so that the 1928 tax bills can be mailed, This can be done .if there is “no further political inter®ring and stall- ing,” William H. Malone, chairman of the State Tax Commission in charge of the reassessment, said yesterday. ¢ | boy was murdered by his companion, Immunity to Laws Even for President Opposed by Hoover By the Associated Press. Herbert Hoover believes that laws should be uniform and that an exception should not be made for even the President of the United States. He today advised the Virginia Legislature he appreciated the courtsey of a gending bill to per- mit him to fish any season of the year in Rapidan River, which HOPE FOR EIELSON CRUSHED IN BELIEF 2 BURIED IN PLANE Bodies of Polar Flyer and Aide Feared Hidden Beneath Gasoline in Cabin. MISSING SKIIS BUOY OPTIMISM IN SEARCH Wreckage Is Scattered in All Di- rections, With But Part of Wing Sticking Through Snow. By the Associated Press. NOME, Alaska, January 27.—Mush- ers from North Cape, Siberia, today headed their dog teams toward the spot where the wrecked airplane of Carl Ben Elelson, noted Arctic fiyer, and his companion, Earl Borland, was lo- cated Saturday, expecting to find the bodies of the two long-missing birdmen. Belief that Elelson and Borland were killed when their plane crashed and their bodies would be found jammed under 18 cases of gasoline in the cabin was expressed here after a more de- talled report of the finding of the wreck was received. Joe Crosson and Harold Gillam, Alaskan flyers, who for more than a month had been searching for the missing aviators in the North Cape area, located the wrecked plane, climax- ing a search which has lasted for more than two months and which recently became an international affair with the entry of Russian aviators. Only Part of Ship Showing. When Crosson and Gillam thted Eielson’s ship only a small part of one flows by his Virginia mountain camp, but said he had no in- tention of fishing except when others could fish. Further, the President does not believe any stream should be fished out of season. SCHOOLBOY SLAIN INLAUREL THICKET Race Track Follower, Former Friend, Is Founeread by Own Hand, by Side. In a woodland thicket near the Laurel, Md., School a young woman yesterday found the bullet-riddled bodies of a 14-year-old schoolboy and a race-track follower under circumstances which led police to believe that the who later committed suicide. Both had been missing for a week. ‘The boy, Gordon Wellford, 14 years old, was shot through the chest and also through the brain, the latter bullet hav- ing entered behind the left ear. The man, Lynn Montgomery, 25, had a bul- let in his temple and a .38-caliber re- volver clutched in his left hand. Three bullets were missing from the revolver. Montgomery’s Kin Sought. Prince Georges County authorities were satisfled this mo; that the case was one. of murder and suicide, and were confining their activities today to an effort to locate relatives of Mont- gomery, about whom little is known. An inquest will be held tonight by Justice of Peace Henry M. Scott in a Laurel undertaking establishment. bodies were found by Miss Esther ‘Watkins and a companion while walk- ing through the woods near the young lady’s home yesterday. Town Chief of Police Milton Haynes and Magistrate Scott were called, and, after viewing the bodies, ordered them removed to the undertaking cstablishment. Scott this morning attributed the tragedy to resistance by Gordon of an attack by Montgomery. The boy’s father, Joshua T. Wellford, who befriended Montgomery and permitted him to stay at the Wellford home, 507 Prince Georges avenue, Laurel, for sev- eral weeks during 1928, declared that his son and Montgomery had not been speaking for some time. Family Had Commented. This coolness between the two, who had formerly been friends, was the object of family comment in the Well- ford home, it was said this morning. . Gordon, his parents said, had met Montgomery in 1928 at the Laurel race track, where the lad used to exercise horses. The man seemed to take a fancy to the boy and later, when he ‘was out of work, Mr. Wellford gave him a room at his home. At one time, according to Mrs. Well- ford, Montgomery tried to get her con- sent to Gordon's signing a contract to become a jockey. The mother vetoed this suggestion, however. Later, when Montgomery followed the horses to Pimlico and other parts of the country, he sent small sums of money to Mrs. Wellford to give to her son. ‘When Montgomery returned to Laurel this Winter he is said to have taken to drinl heavily. For a time he was employed in the stables of Breckenridge Long, former Assistant Secretary of (Continued on Page 2, Column 6,) By Radio to_ The 3t Dauy News. ‘Copyriant. VIENNA, Austria, January 27.— Noses of ordinary dogs may be used in the not distant future to supplement the eyes of experienced Vienna phy- sicians in diagnosis work, 1if ‘experi- ments now under way prove successful. Knowing from his own experiences the Chic et that many diseases induce odors, and also knowing that a dog’s sense of smell is much keener than .z, man's, Prof. Hoenegg. famous an, ‘medi- DOG’S SENSE OF SMELL MAY AID I MEDICAL SCIENCE IN DIAGNOSIS Viennese Expert Training Canine Noses to Excite Barking if Scent Is Noted. c=1 -“mul"g;nh‘. lmucdm mth& interest of several leagues e possibilif of using dogs m"a"euct disease. 9 A Ig md‘og:' nr;'no': under :::l.nlnl each ug! concentrate one disease and Ty s ignore 3 a “typhoid fever dog” should remain quiet and unresponsive if a tubercular | laid patient is nearby, but bark or otherwise react if the patient has the fever. e'h'a k3 as flu.l"ll detectors at present is very carefully experi- mental, because it is -ucnyn ugl'czl departure from ordinary diag; mostic wood in case she proved too wing and a portion of the cabin pro- truded from the snow. Wreckage was focund scattered in all directions. The engine was located 100 feet from the cabin. Crosson opened a door of the ullrlm and a slab Ig{n:-::n fell out. : lessages descr e discovery of the wreck indicated that Crosson and Gillam did not inspect it closely at once, believing that Eielson and E land had been killed by the impact and that their bodies would be found buried in the snow and ice. ter gave rise to the belief that Eielson and Borland died in the cabin of their ship and that the gasoline cases concealed PLANE IS FOUND, Borland’s Parents Still Refain Their Hope Son Will Be Found. SEATTLE, January 27 (#).—Half the Wystery of-the disappearance November | 9 of Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland was solved today with discovery of their wrecked plane in an icy lagoon 90 miles southeast of North Cape, Siberia, but absence of the bodies of the two Ameri- can aviators from the wreckage kept alive a bare hope that they may still be alive. ‘The note of optimism was extremely faint, however, as experienced aviators said they believed the plane struck with such force as to kill the aviators and throw them from the ship. It was pointed out that snow might have con- cealed the bodies from Pilots Joe Cros- son and Harold Gillam, who found the wreck Saturday. Crosson and Gillam took off again yesterday from the fur tl'ldln! ship Nanuk, icebound at North Cape, for the scene of the wreck. Eielson and Bor- land were attempting a flight from Alaska to the Nanuk when they crashed. They had removed one load of gers and furs and were retw a second. Report to Be Slow. ‘Those who were en route to the wreck were to clear away the snow and make a thorough search for the bodies of the mi men. Because of slowness of communicationsgat this season of the year in the Noi it was not (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) JUSTICE HOLMES ILL AT HOME WITH COLD Advised by His Physician to Re- main Indoors as Precau- tionary Measure. for By the Associated Press. Justicc Oliver Wendell Holmes, who will be 89 years old in March and who has ‘been presiding over the Supreme Court during the absence of Chief Jus- tice Taft, was detained at home today on orders of his ghy-lcmx ! ‘The distinguished jurist attended a conference held by the court Saturday, but it was sald today he had developed a cold over Sunday and was staying as a precautionary measure. In the absence of both Chief Justice ‘Taft and Justice Holmes, court was pre- sided over today by Justice Van De- vanter, next in seniority. After today's session the court has arranged to recess until February 24. MAYBE CHIVALRY PAYS; IT’S LOOKING DOUBTFUL Police Undecided as to Hold-up, 8o < Hold Both Men—Just in Case. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, January 27.—The plight. of Willle Blades, wha is in jail, es one of two things: Somebody's n double-crossing somebody, or else chivalry isn't a éflnylng profession. ‘Wilile, who said he came here from Springfield, Ill, was walking last night S et 10 ot cal night receip nnl:fi unt:r f‘ :‘:hlch she is mr. Out of a darl ley popped Maserelll, Who ‘says ‘he s & tough He had a plece of iron erading as a 3 ovia | *'ise - Eliwood " rompy _ fainted. Mazerelli bbed the $50—and Willie gral him cold, one from the right, starting at the sidewalk. ~ ‘When police revived Mazerelll with lots of snow and cold water, he in- dignantly declared _that Wiilie had promised to aid in subduing Miss Eli- much for 3 193 How MUCH wiLL YOU AID REPORT DUE TODAY ON SPECIAL GIFTS Success or Failure of Final $300,000 Chest Drive to Be Shown. This is the final day of reckoning for the special gifts committee of the Com~ munity Chest. Upon the results of its campaigning during the last 48 hours, hangs the success or failure of the spe- cial committee in raising the remaini; $300,000 to reach its goal of half the en- tire 1930 Chest budget. ‘The final report of the committee will be submitted to Chairman Newbold Noyes at 1 o'clock today. With $636,~ 863.78 already to its credit, it was hoped that if the remaining balance is not collected entirely in pledges that the amount of today's report would leave only a small task for a mopping up squad. Second Group to Start. Another special group will get into action tonight, prior to the formal launching of the metropolitan unit campaign tomorrow evening at the Mayflower Hotel. To all campaign workers instructions have been given that the aim of the 1930 campaign is to obtain at least 20 per cent increases in all subscriptions and pledges of last year. ‘The group solicitation unit, which will solicit funds in business and indus- trial organizations employing more than 25 persons, will swing into action after a meeting tonight, at 6 o'clock, at the Mayflower. Representatives from the 500 firms and establishments on its list will attend the meeting, which will be presided over by Frank R. Jelleff, chair- man. The unit is charged with the duty of raising a minimum of $300,000. ‘There will be addresses by Frederic A. Delano, president of the Community Chest; John Poole, general campaign chairman; Elwood Street, director of the Chest; William Knowles Cooper, former general. secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association, and Jo- seph P. Tumulty, former secretary to the late President Wilson. ‘Will Explain Work. r. Poole will explain the work to bel‘donz by the Group Solicitation Unit in accordance with that of the special gifts committee and the metropolitan unit. He will use a series of lantern slides fllustra the work of the “key’ men around W the work is ar- ran, Mr. Cooper will speak on “The Needs of Washington,” and Mr. Tumulty, whose recent letter to a prospect has been used effectively during the cam- paign, will talk on “The Spiritual Values of the Chest.” Arrangements are being made for the big pageant as a feature of tomorrow evening’s meeting when the 2,000 or more workers of the metropolitan unit are given their final instructions. By | oy, ‘Wednesday morning, all the forces of the Chest army will be in action and the daily progress of the financial cam- paign will be recorded on huge themom- eters stationed at vantage points about the city. New Information Unit. An information unit was established today at noon in the Mayflower Hotel, under Mrs. John Jay O'Connor and a (Centinued on Page 3, Column 1.) FREE TEXT BOOK BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE Pupils in Junior and Senior High Schools Will Be Aided Under Measure. ‘The free text book bill for public school pupils in the District of Colum- bia, which already has passed the Sen- ate, was passed today by the House when called up by Acting Chairman McLeod of the House District com- mittee under a unanimous consent agreement. ‘This would ordinarily be District day in the House, but was required for con- sideration of the State, Justice, Com- merce and Labor appropriation bills, House Leader Tilson, however, allowed action on the free text book bill when it was explained to him that there was measure. free text | the 0l supplies for | Hi books puplls in the junior and senior high schools. Pupils in elementary grades have for some years enjoyed the same privilege. Programs DARK, OVERTAXED CLASS ROOMS REVEALED IN DISTRICT SCHOOLS Antiquated Heating, Lighting and Plumb- ing Are Found in Survey of Local Buildings. Herewith is the second of a series of articles describing the phusical aspects of Washington's public schools. As in the initial article vesterday, there is wo attempt here to portray the school sys- tem's faults in an azago: Htont. The two reporters who ited each school building are merely presenting the conditions as they saw them. The third article dealing with another school system division will appear to- morrow. More than half of the elementary classes in the 18 school house units comprising the first division are over- sized, yet this division, comprising the heavily congested Chevy Chase dis- trict, presents some of the strongest ONONTLEGARE French Company Spends $35,000 on Private Detectives. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 27.—The Evening World today said that the recent dismissal of three customs guards because of their failure last September to apprehend bootleggers who were smuggling liquor ashore from the liner De Grasse has brought out the fact that the French line has spent $35,000 dur- ing the past 18 months for g;l:lh de- tectives in an effort to stop tlegging from its ships. The dismissal of the three guards was announced last Friday by Philip Elting, collector of the the reason assi being that they were guilty of derelic~ tion of duty, in that they had permitted liquor to be landed from the De Grasse without inspection. Gangplanks Watched. ‘The Evening World said that the French line, in its efforts to stop boot- legging from its ships, had stationed a detective at every gangplank on every ship that has arrived in New York, with orders to stay there from the time the gangplank is lowered until the ship is searched by the customs squad. A report from each of these detece tives is submitted to the line every day. ese reports are examined, and if anything is disclosed that calls for ac- tion, it is immediately taken up with the customs house. Similarly, the cus- toms authorities informed the French line when any of the men on its steam- ers are caught violating the law. Bootleg Taken Off. The dismissal of the three customs guards resulted from an affidavit from a detective that on September 24 last he saw about 24 bootleggers going down the gangplank of . the ) en shouldering one or two bags of liquor. ‘The afdavit satd the man went to one of the customs guards on duty at the time and asked why he was doing nothing to stop the bootleggers. by this reporter in the first division had mmhenhmg of more than 35 pupils, which is “ideal” maximum enroll- ment agreed uj by school administra- tors and teachers alike. ighth grade of 52 ?ll]lfll found at the Grant School, while he smallest regulation class was the combination low second and high first at the Reservolr School. There were some special classes whose rolls reached as low as 12, but these are of entirely different character and should not ex- ceed 15 or 17 anyway. ‘There are 18 portable school build- and 13 part-time graded classes in . The E. V. Brown School, pol’tlble: on its own tl with 2 the | torney General said, wouid Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) HERBERT TRANSFER STIRS SENATE ROW Borah and Wheeler Demand Investigation of New Administrator. The transfer of Prohibition Admin- istrator John F. C. Herbert from the Maryland-District of Columbia area to Montana and Idaho after charges had been made against him was aired in the Senate today by Senators Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, and Borah, Re- publican, of Idaho. Senator Wheeler served notice on the Prohibition Bureau that if Herbert is not taken out of Montana he will de- mand an investigation, Borah asserted that if f: no right to be in Montana, Idsho :‘nywhere else outside of the peniten- lary.” Senators Wheeler and Borah said they were informed the Department of Justice had investigated both Herbert and former assistant, John J. Quinn, and had turned information over to the prohibition unit for consid- eration, “Unfair to People.” Senator Wheeler declared that the fer of Herbert to the West, follow- ing the investigating by the Depart- ment of Justice seemed unfalr to the people of Montana. “I can only account for it on the grounds that those in charge of ad- ministration wanted to punish Mon- two Democratic Sen- tor ler said. “I serve notice on the prohibition units that unless they take Herbert out of Mon- tana I am to call for an investi- gation _and the Department of Justice to make public the information it has ‘:‘.’-hl‘ these t'obyme&"‘m. pis Senator Borah began by s reports had been published to the effect that Herbert “was a of mine.” "R | The Tdano Senator suid chat the. first he ever heard of Mr. Herbert was when @ Department of Justice investigator came to his office recently and narrated information that had been collected by (Continued ‘on Page 2, Column 4.) SISTER HAS BROTHER ARRESTED TO SAVE HIM FROM BREAKING LAW Industrious Girl, Worried by Jobless Relative, Reveals Gang’s Plot to Crack Safe. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 27.—Marie Yakal, 19, is her brother's keeper. She “snitched” on him to police yesterday— had him ‘“pinched” It was the only ‘way she khew to save him from. himself. It has a hard position for Marle. One of six children, she has had to shift for herself. So bas brother | came Charlle, 18. She got & job. Charlle knocked around, sleeping here and in ere, is gangs Marie worked. From her slight sav- ings she gave him ‘help. At nights, her work e, she Would seek him out o Page qu“fi;a“&"f:m"" b, Last,_night she found had faled. Charlie guud to har—-c?id there was safe his gang was to “crack.” a going They'd tried the same “box” three times before, but last night they'd open it sure. Marje was crying when she walked into the detective bureau shortly after- her head was high. The She i will go on until he kills some- body,” she sald. “He is my brother, but I would rather see him in prison than that.” ‘The law got Charlie and got his pals—Angelo and Louis Ferraro, 19 and DRY SHIFT HEARING DECLINES TO CALL DR, TRUE WILSON House Committee Also Bars F. Scott McBride and J. 1. Britt. MITCHELL URGES SPEEDY ACTION ON LEGISLATION Opposes Placing Special Prohibition Prosecutors Under Civil Service. By the Associated Press. The House expenditures committees considering legislation to transfer the prohibition unit from the Treasury to the Justice Department, declined today to invite Dr. Clarence True Wilson, sec- retary of the Methodist Episcopal Church Board of Temperance, Prohibi~ tion and Public Morals, and F. Scott McBride, superintendent of the Anti- Saloon League, to testify. The committee also decided not to call J. J. Britt, chief counsel of the Prohibition Bureau of the Treasury De- partment. Representative Schafer, Republican, of Wisconsin made two requests for unanimous consent to hear the three individuals. Representative Campbell, Republican, Pennsylvania, objected on the ground that it would prolong hear~ ings to invite Britt. Representative Gasque, Democrat, South Carolina, ob- Jected to the request to invite Wilson and McBride: Meanwhile Attorney General Mitchell today urged the committee to expedite action on legislation to transfer the pro- hibition enforcement unit from the Treasury to the Justice Department. Mitchell said he was in accord with e recommendations of Secretary Mellon before the committee favoring the transfer, and indorsed the Willlam- son bill to effect this change. Attorneys in the Treasury Depart. ment connected with the prohibition unit would be transferred to the Justice PQQJ.HMt along with the agents in i:r to carry on prosecutions, Mitchell said. He opposed putting prohibition unit attorneys under the cl'v;u service, sald they would be absorbed in the office of the Justice Department on an equal basis with those already in service. Many things under the bill, the At- have to be worked out as administrative problems. Schafer Questions Mitchell, = Representative Schafer asked “why not put all United States attorneys under the civil service.” Mitchell replied that the question was not &‘mnent to the matter under dis- cussion, but added that his department felt that attorneys used for the special work should not be placed under civil Schafer, a wet, remarked that Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, former As- sistant Attorney General, had written that one reason for failure of the en- forcement of the dry law was the “spoils system” used in appointing dis- trict attorneys. Representative uri, asked Mitchell mn,:dce that dry use leral Court subpoenas on large industrial concerns to obtain informa- tion. He charged that dry agents had summoned officials of the American Can Co. and the Corn Products Co., from St. Louls to Springfield, Ill.,, with Federal Court subpoenas. Stands for Enforcement. Mitchell answered that he did not be- lieve in considering questions of that kind during the formulation of legis~ lation of the character before the com- mittee. He explained that he did not plan to make promises of what he was , Democrat, to give him had going to do, but added that “we do the best we can under the law.” “The Department of Justice stands for law enforcement,” Mitchell said. Representative Stone, Republican, of Oklahoma, asked Mitchell if the dis- trict attorneys should not be asked to take a pledge of total abstinence. The Attorney General said he recently wrote a letter on that subject, which he would submit to the committee, but he de- clined to discuss the matter before the group. In answer to questions by Schafer, the Attorney General said he believed the proposed bill would give the Justice Department adequate authority to in- vestigate the diversion of industrial al- cohol under Treasury Department per- mits, for illegal pt . hie measure provides for the super- vision of industrial alcohol and nar- cotics to remain under the Treasury. Mitchell asserted his department would have all the power needed to in- vestigate law violations through al- cohol diversion. Discusses Permit Plans. Mitchell said the bill did not contem- plate that the Justice Department in- Vvestigate each alcohol permit issued by the Treasury. “If the diversion of Alcohol interferes with our work,” Mitchell said, “we will doev-ry\‘.h.\nl!weunwno it from a point of self-defense. We have every motive to do it and we have the power.” e L e reau ler Justice t, he sald, would make prosecution of cases easier, because they could be in co-operation with the dm ation that line came to the department an inquiry would be made. Promises Co-operation. Mitchell said co-operation between the departments on the permits could e aaontative Coflfu Democrat, ot presentative Cochran, of Missouri, said he an lm:nd- ment to the Wi Asked what he thought of it, Mitchell said he had considered it, but did not 16 m: old, respectively, and William vision. Ris ki, 18, o Today Marle was back on the job. She does not make much, but she works—and Charlie, in jail, can think