Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1930, Page 1

WEAT! (0. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomotrow; not quite so cold ton! about 15 ture tomorrow ht, with Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 ;_slowly rising tempera- e ey Tempeynmm— hest, 29. at noon today: lowest, day. Full HER. lowest temperature 6, at 7 am. to- page b ¢ #p No. 31,321 post office, Wai Entered as second class matter shington. D. C. 410011 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ n Slar “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The 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. Yesterday’s Circulation, 112,296 WASHINGTON, D, C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1930 -FORTY-FOUR PAGES. % () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. NAVAL CONFERENGE SIDETRACKS STUDY “OF TONNAGE BASIS: " BY SPECIAL GROUP Work Assigned to Committee | Is Continued by Delegates| at Surprise Session That Catches Many Unawares. BRITISH-DOMINION Wife to Hold Oral Floor Day at Time Under Court Order By the Asscciated Press CHICAGO, January 31.—Con- versation between the John Ma- loneys is a one-sided affair, by order of the court. Mrs. Nellie Maloney, seeking a divorce, told Judge Lewis her husband quarreled constantly. Maloney said the same thing about her. The court held that it takes two to make a quarrel, and offered a plan. Let each have the floor on al- ternate days, giving the extra day of the week to Mrs. Maloney, so woman could have the last word. MERCURY REACHES LOW MARK OF SIX BREACH IS REPORTED Fispute Over Representation, Opened by Colonies, Prevents Selection of England's Two on;‘ Body to Consider Catégorical and Global Limitation Methods. | By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, January 31.—Plans of the Naval Conference to let a special committee consider meJ two rival methods of measuring navies—global and categorical— were sidetracked today, at least for the present. Faced with an apparent hitch in the British effort to choose committee members to speak for both Great Britain and the do- minions, the full conference itself continued today with the work previously assigned the commit- tee, and decided to hold another meeting on the same subject Tuesday. There was no indication the secial committee plan had been officially bandoned, but neither was there any- hing to show that arrangements had made for it to function. Mean- time the two British places on it re- mained unfilled. ‘Whole Conference to Act. ‘The understanding after adjournment of today’s session, which lasted an hour, was that the whole conference sitting as a committee of the whole probably will fully supersede the special com- mittee. A long meeting between Prime Minis- ter Macdonald and the dominion repre- for Premier and Dominions Confer. ‘The only explanation offered respect- hour session the min- a two-hour e o delegates held Dominion the morning was that they dis- | Cle of the full conference . | Congress, many of the streets will have new co % Reports of disagreement between Prime Minister Macdonald and the Dominions have been printed repeatedly in the English newspapers and resulted in an official denial. One of those present at this after- noon's conference session was Eric Colban, chief of the disarmament sec- tion, of the League of Nations and the League’s observer at the Naval Confer- | ence, Not a Plenary Session. ! ‘The delegations were called together | for this afternoon’s meeting as a com- | mittee of the whole and not in plenary capacity. This method of getting the new agenda commiftee under way caused much surprise, most of the dele- | gations at first misunderstanding the | call sent out by the secretariat. | The subjects - listed for discussion | were identical with those of yesterday’s plenary session, consisting of the French ‘compromise proposal of global tonnage and the British proposal for categorical limitation. ‘The meeting called for today virtually marked the end of the conference ac- tivities for the week, most of the dele- gates planning to get away tonight or tomorrow for the week end. The American delegates and their wives will be the guests of Prime Ministe Mac- donald tomorrow at Chequers and the prime minister himself will act as guide in a sightseeing tour of historic Buckinghamshire. Rise in Temperature*Fore- cast After Coldest Weather _in Five Years. Despite the paralyzing effect of the coldest weather in five years, which enveloped Washington last night after a foot of snow, the heaviest in eight years, | had fallen, District authorities an- | nounced today that the downtown streets would be cleared by nightfall. ‘Washington was the coidest spot in the Middle Atlantic section of the coun- try at sunrise today, the official ther- mometer at the Weather Bureau re- cording a temperature of 6 degrees above zero. This was the coldest weather here since January 28, 1925, when the mercury dropped to 3 de- grees above zero. The temperature in the District last night was at least 10 degrees colder than that in Baltimore and other near- by communities. According to au- thorities at the Weather Bureau, the extreme cold was caused primarily by a combination of radiation from the snow, clear skies and a lack of air movement. 15 Degrees Forecast. ‘The forecast is for a temperature not lower than 15 degrees tonight with fair and slowly rising temperature tomor- row. It was not believed probable, how- GRUNDY 1S QUOTED AS CALLING HOOVER SHY IN KNOWLEDGE Slurring R.emarks Said to Have Been Made Before Wool Meeting in 1928. LOBBY COMMITTEE PUTS WORDS IN RECORD “Views Not Mine,” President Hobbs of Association Declares on Stand. By the Assoclatéd Press. Testimony that Joseph R. Grundy, now a Republican Senator from Penn- sylvania, had said at a meeting of the National Association of Wool Manufac- turers prior to Herbert Hoover's inau- guration that the latter “never ran for even the office of dog catcher and doesn’t know anything at all from ex- perience what legislation means,” was given today to the Senate lobby com- mittee. Grundy was quoted in a speech be- | fore the wood manufacturers on Decem- ber 18, 1928, as expressing concern be- cause of the President-elect’s lack of knowledge of legislative procedure, and because his mind “runs on many other subjects than economic subjects.” The Pennsylvania Senator, until he was named to succeed William S. Vare, was a vice president of the American Tarifl League, and as such gave lengthy | teftt‘imony before the Senate lobby com- | mittee. Was “Not My View.” Franklin W. Hobbs of Boston, presi- | dent of the Wool Manufacturers’ As- sociation, was on the stand when Grundy’'s speech was introduced into the record from the minutes of the wool association, and he remarked that this view of President Hoover was “not my view.” “We have had hard enough times,” ever, that the thermometer would climb above the freezing point tomorrow. There will be some melting of the snow sungny. when a m'tl higher um‘- perature expected, but no appreci- able thawing is anticipated before the early part of the week. g]%h a force D{edlbgut 1,000 Dlst.'l":lct employes augment y_approximately 500 ex{m workmen, the task of remov- ing the snow from the streets in the downtown section attacked indus- extra workmen would be after today. Virtually all of the snow was exp=cted to be removed from the downtown streets today, and the task of clearing. im- portant outlying intersections “well underway. After today the regular Distriet employes will be set to the job of clearing streets in the residential areas. Much Equipment Used. Although the District did not hire any extra ent, it pressed into rvice 200 , many with scrapers attached, and 38 snowplows. Yesterday’s storm will cost the Dis- trice over $20,000. As there is oniy $187,000 remaining in the fund to keep the ‘streets clean for the next five months of the fiscal year, the Strect aning Department is facing a_criti~ cal situation. It was announced yes- terday by Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner Donald A. Davison that unless additional appropriations are made by to go virtually uncleaned during the last few months of the fiscal year. After considerable difficulty the two traction companies, all equipment at their disposal, cleared the tracks to such an extent that regular schedules were maintained most of yesterday. All cars were running regularly today. Mo- torists, many of whom were left stranded yesterday, also were experiencing but slight difficulty today. The snow swp}::d falling just before dusk yesterday after exactly 1 foot had fallen, according to Weather Bureau measurements. The fall was the heav- iest since 1922, when the ground was covered to a depth of 28 inches. It was this snow which caused the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater to collapse, kill- ing 98 persons and injuring many others. Had to Clear Walks. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, sent out a bulletin to all pre- cincts yesterday, instructing the mem- bers of his command to enforce the District law requiring all persons to remove the snow from the sidewalks in front of their homes or places of business. This law has not operated effectively and substitute legislation is now being considered by the District Commissioners. Under the present pro- vision the District must sue in the municipal courts to compel citizens to pay for the cost of removing the snow, in case it has to be done by the Dis- trict, and to exact a $25 penalty. It was found there are not enough prose- cutors to handle the numerous cases of this kind. ‘Though all the fields along the route were snowbound, seven airmail planes on the Eastern Air Transport route through the National Capital went through on schedule last night and this morning. The snow was so bad at Greensboro, N. C, that the air had to be let out of the tires on th¢ land- _Today the prime minister entertained (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ing wheels in order to permit the planes to get off the ground. JOE CANTILLON, FORMER MANAGER OF WASHINGTON NATIONALS, DIES Base Ball Veteran Credited Johnson and By the Associated Press HICKMAN, Ky, January 31.—Joe Cantillon, for 52 years a figure in the base ball world and once manager of the Washington club in the American League, died here at 9:40 a.m. today. Death was the result of a second stroke of paralysis, suffered several days ago. c-n.filon started his base ball career as boy in 1878, as a bat boy for the Janesville, Wis., Club. He later played with.Green Bay of the old Wisconsin League. He remained a player until 1889, covering second £ He served first as manager at Burlington, Iowa; then Dubuque, Iowa: Marinette, Wis.; Rockford, Ill., and 1 nd, Calif., in the Pacific Coast League. He returned East in 1895 as manager of the Columbus, Ohlo, club, | in end for three years following that he l.lmlred in the National Leegne. When / With Discovery of Walter Other Stars. Ban Johnson and his associates formed the American League “Pongo Joe" went over to that organization and served as umpire during 1901, 1902 and 1903. Following this, Cantillon managed the Milwaukee club for three years and then became manager of the Washington club for three years. When Mike Cantillon purchased the Minneapolis club Joe managed that team from 1910 through 1923. In 1924 and 1925 he scouted for the White Sox and then managed the Little Rock club of the Southern Association for two ears. 7 In 1928 Cantillon again became a scout for the White Sox, and later was given the post of supervisor of umpires of the American Association. Cantillorf was credited with discover- Grundy said, “when we have had Presi- dents who have had experience in eco- nomic problems, with tariff and taxa- tion and things like that, let alone a man who has never had any experience of that kind that we know. “To get what we know is essential for the continuance of our business, and not only for the continuance of it, but for the development and for the expansion of it, and of what has been responsible for the great growth and development of the country to the point of where we are today.” "TheyGlrewth! dper:cn‘l:havlews of Senator Grundy and not of associa: tion,” Hobbs added. The minutes also’ quoted Grundy as “In Congress, ‘rom my experience, the fellow that makes the most noise and the fellow that makes the most demands, that keeps his problem in front of them all the fime, he gets service. If he doesn't; if he depends on some body else to do it for him, he is going to get what we all get when we don't go after the thing the way we ought to—nothing, “There is no use of our paring schedules if we are going to lm Con- gress to drift along and let somebody get to Mr. Hoover and influénce him wtkl: ;he thing cuuntfl Fnll,’blnd not. gef lone as qt ly as possible, as it ought to be done.” Asked what he thought should he done before Congress, Hobbs said: “1 think we should present to the committees of Congress our views of the situation. That's all.” “Everybody -vill agree with that,” Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, sald, “but they should then go home just as lawyers do when they appear before the Supreme Court.” Views on Women. The minutes also purported to give Grundy's views on women as related to the tariff. He was quoted as saying: “Then we have the electorate adulterated by about one-fourth or 40 cent of the women, who never who, I think, from natural instinct, because they have been left to believe more, are not sympathetic with us.” Hobbs said the wool association had a representative in Washington, James P. Reynolds, who, he- said, was a close friend of former President Coolidge and a former secretary of the Republican national committee. “Did_his intimacy with the White House have anything to do with your employing him?” Walsh asked. “Not the slightest,” Hobbs replied. The witness said Reynolds was paid $4,000 a year, but he had done nothing in regard to the tariff bill, being en- gaged in other matters. He has been with the assoclation 10 years, Hobbs added. Questioned about the budget of the ussociation last year, Hobbs said about $50,000 was expended, but he was not med how much was spent on the tariff Hobbs said he and other members of the association represented it in tariff matters. NEW YORK TELEPHONE Commission Orders Reduction in Proposed Program of Company. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., January 31.—The Public Service Commission today order- ed the New York Telephone Co. to put into effect at midnight tonight a new rate schedule which, in effect, reduced by 20 per cent a new schedule already announced by the telephone company The commission’s schedule retains the four party line service as furnished upstate at present and which the com- p'ln{d has announced would be discon- tinued. ARRIVE FOR INAUGURAL. Special Train.From U. 8. Takes Visitors to Ortiz Rubio Ceremony. By the Associated Pres: MEXICD CITY, arrival today of a s coming inaugural ceremonies of Presi dent-elect Ortiz Rubio marked the first public activities in connection with the change of government next Wednesday. Another special train of inaugur: ing some of the game's greatest players, cluding Walter Johnson, who joined the Nationals the first year he managed them; Rube Waddell and Amos Rusie. tion visitors from the United States was due here from Kansas City and Chicago late today, and several others are expected # arrive before Tuesday. {all 3 E:new anything about the tariff, and | that it makes things that they buy cost | RATE SCHEDULE IS CUT! ICOMMUNITY CHEST CONTRIBLTIONS SET AT $885, 409 Chairman Poole Announces Approximately $901,000 Remains to Fill Budget. DIVISION EIGHT LEADS IN TODAY’S COLLECTIONS Eubscriptions of $160,000 Daily Must Be Reported to Reach Goal by February 6. Reports for the second day's work of the Community Chest campaign made at a meeting of all three units at the Mayflower Hotel today showed addi- tional contributions of $63,133.50, which boosted the total amount raised toward completion of the 1930 chest budget to $885,442.94. The amount raised by the individual units today was as. follows: Metropoli- | tan Unit, $55,481; special gifts commit- tee, $6,950. No report was received from the Group Solicitation Unit, although it was announced unofficially that the group had raiged about $2,000. Division‘five of the Metropolitan Unit reported subscriptions today of $702.15, making a total to date of $6,092 in contributions from the colored citizens of Washington. Division Eight Leads. Division 8 of the Metropolitan Unit, representing the mid city section, led groups today with contributions totaling $12,818.29, its nearest compet- itor being the Dupont Circle division | with $9,271. ‘The chairmen of this leading division which also was prresented with the Chest flag for having raised the largest per- centage toward its quota were Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, W. C. Hampton and James B. Evans. ‘While today's total subscriptions were slightly increased over yesterday's re- port, John Poole, general chairman of the Chest campaign, announced that approximately $901,000 remained to fill the budget goal. To get “out of the trenches” by Feb- ruary 6, the 4,500 volunteers of the Chest must report collections of ap- proximately $160,000 a day during the remainder of the campaign or else the work of completing the 1930 budget must be carried on, in the opinion of Chairman John Poole, “if it takes all ‘Winter.” This is how the three units of the campaign reported yesterday: Metro- politan Unit, $49,167.14; Special Gifts Committee, $7,475, and the Gi licitation Unit, $3,670.30. additional subscriptions the total amount raised toward completing the entire budget is $882,309.44. This $964,427.63 remaining. Metropolitan Unit Report. Details of the report of yesterday submitted by the Metropolitan Unit are as follows: Simon Lyon, chairman of region 1, reported a total of 282 pledges amount- ing to $6,410.20, through his division chairmen as follows: Division 1, Arthur Adelman, 38 pledges, $890.10; division 2, Lee D. Latimer, 43 pledges, $257.75; division 3, Graham H. Powell, 98 pledges, $3,413; division 4-5, Dion 8. Birney, 13 pledges, $99; division 6, G. B. Craighill, 90 pledges, $1,759.35. H. L. Rust, jr., chairman of region 2, reported a total of 1,130 pledges amounting to $25,049.25, through his division chairmen as follows: Division 7, F. A. Birgfeld, 144 pledges, $2,656.25: division 8, James B. Evans, Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, W. C. Hanson, 506 pledges, $11,737.25; division 9-25, Leon S. Ulman, 85 pledges, $1,607.25; division 10-24, J. Leo Kolb, 60 pledges, $966; division 11, John W. Hardell, 163 pledges, $2,995.50; division 12, Coleman Jennings, 172 pledges, $5,087. Radford Moses, chairman of region 3, reported a total of 529 pledges amount- ing to $10,216.25, through his division chairmen as follows: Division 13, 8. H. Kauffmann, 120 pledges, $4,422.75; divi. slon 14, J. Frank Kelly, 34 pledges, $391: division 15A, Robert S. Stunz, 176 pledges for $3,563.50; division 15B, Wi liam Schoonmaker, 49 pledges, $424.50; division 16, W. N. Freeman, 65 pledges for $628; division 17, Dwight N. Burn- ham, 34 pledges for $315; division 18-19, F. E. Rogers, 51 pledges for $472.50. In_the absence of Chairman James E. Colliflower his region, No. 4, re- ported 179 pledges amounting to $2,- 459.45 as follows: Division 22-23, Dr. Percival Hall, 18 pledges for $420; di- vision 26, Harry N. Stull, 16 pledges |~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) HOWELL DRY BILL | SENT TO D. C. HEADS Senate Body Asks Commissioners to Consider Measure and Report. leaves The Howell bill to strengthen dry law enforcement in Washington has been sent to the District Commissioners for report by the Senate District com- mittee, and further developments on the measure will await a meeting of the committee, which may be held next week. It is believed likely that when the bill is taken up it will be considered by the entire committee rathet than a subcommittee because of its importance. The section of the bill that has been most frequently discussed since its in- troduction is the search warrant clause, which would enable officers to seargh private dwelling ipon information of the presence o till or that liquor has been taken to or from a house. TUnder the national prohibition law as it now stands, evidence of a sale is required in obtaining a warrant for a ;r?vlw dwelling. It is bable this will be one of the principal questions dnmb;mmd when the committee takes up the 5 The measure also gives the power of prohibition enforcement to all local policemen and creates a revolving fund to be used by the police department in gathering evidence of violations. Queen Victoria Improved. I ROME, January 31 (#).—Queen Vic- toria of Sweden a fairly peace- | ful night and her condition, which had been causin, , today was de- scribed as slightly better, | | K STREET ZONING APPEAL DISMISSED Court Finds Owners Failed to Show Commercial Ban Is Arbitrary. Justice Stafford in equity division 1 of District Supreme Court today dis- missed a petition of owners of two properties on K street just west of Six- teenth street for a mandatory injunc- tion to compel the Zoning Commission to change the classification of the areas from residential to first commercial use. ‘The decision was a victory for the zoning body in its action in restricting properties along Sixteenth street and within 100 feet of the curb lines of the street on either side to residential use, a decision which has caused intermit- tent protests. The ruling of Justice Stafford today was in effect that the plaintiffs in the case had failed to make a prima facie showing of an unreasonable decision on the part of the Zoning Commission in excluding commercial enterprises from K street properties falling within 100 feet of Sixteenth street. The court held that the plaintiffs in their bill demanding a rexonh:‘n( their proj les had made general allegations which constituted conclusions rather than a mere statement of facts. The sult was brought by Henrietta B. Bugher, Prederick McLean Bugher and Alvin Untermyer, trustees under the will of Prederick H. Bugher, and H. | casf Rozier Dulany, jr.; Kate W. Dulany and F. Carrigan Weems, owners of the prop- erties. Refusal Called Arbitrary. A part of these K street properties falls within the 100-foot restricting line west of Sixteenth street, set up by the commission to protect the residential zoning on Sixteenth street. This line runs through one of the two houses af- fected, thus leaving this property half in the residential classification and half in the commercial use zone, which ex- tends to the west on K street. ‘The claim was made by the plaintiffs that the action of the commission in refusing a change in the zoning to first commercial area was arbitrary and un- reasonable and amounted, in effect, to a deprivation of the rights of the plain- tiffs. The court was told that the cwners of the two properties could not use the properties as residences in a manner to secure adequate return. It was pointed out that the assessments on the parcels were $17.50 and $18.50, respectively, per square foot, a rate higher than that placed on adjoining commercial proper- ties to the west on K street. Claims Lack of Jurisdiction. ‘The Government, in answering the petition, contended that the court lack- ed jurisdiction in the matter since Con- gress had given the commission power to zone properties in the District. Mr. Keech contended that the zoning was indispensable to the general plan of the zoning of Sixteenth street. At the hearing today the plaintiffs contended that the zoning in no way promoted the general health, morals, safety or public welfare, and pointed out that K street from Ninth to Twen- ty-third streets was zoned for commer- clal use, except in the case of a church property and the properties within 100 feet of either side of Sixteenth street. Justice Stafford decided, however, that the case was one affecting Sixteenth street zoning rather than K street. The question of the constitutionality of zoning was not raised. ILEANA AND COUNT TO MARRY APRIL 27 Queen Marie and Princess Will Visit Syria, Palestine and Egypt Next Month. By the Assoclated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, January 31. —The wedding of Princess Ileana, daughter of Queen Marie, to Count Alexander Hochberg, second son of the Prince of Ples, has been set for April 27, The prince will leave shortly for Lon- ! don to visit his family, which claims | to be the only descendants of the Piast dynasty, which ruled Poland from the ninth to_the end of the fourteenth century. It still has large estates in Poland. oy fing Pebevers B Patee ravel dus , Pales- tine and t. Tleana announced her engagement before a students’ gathering | at Predeal yesterday. Radio I’rolrll; on Page C.5 Chicago’s Money Shortage Brings Forth New Racket CHICAGO, January 31 (P)— Out of Chicago’s money shortage has been born a new racket—the sale of city licenses at half price. e two men who conceived this method of getting money without working for it were ar- rested after they tried it on a restaurateur at Michigan avenue and 119th street. They told him they were city employes whom the city was un- able to pay. “For that reason, we have permission to get our money by selling you a city cigar- ette license at half price.” The proposition sounded fishy to the restaurant keeper, who called police. URGES LIBERAL RETIREMENT LAW Senator Dale Explains Rea- sons in National Radio Forum Address Last Night. Reasons why the Government should be more liberal in providing for the retirement of its employes were ex- plained last night by Senator Porter H. Dale of Vermont, chairman of the Senate committee on civil service, in an address the National Radio Forum arranged by The Evening Star and upnrg:red by the Columbia Broad- Senator Dale, after stating the principles upon which the present re- tirement law is based, explained the measure of which he is the author to increase the annuities for retired em- ployes and otherwise liberalize the retirement law. This bill has already passed the Senate and is awaiting action by the House, where a similar measure has been introduced by Repre- sentative Lehlbach of New Jersey, chair- man of the House committee on civil service. All enlightened citizens are in favor of retirement legislation, declared Sen- ator Dale. He explained that the em- ployes of the Government contributed from their salaries to the retirement fund, and there is an assumed lability on the part of the Government to pay annuitants “the amount of their an- nuity beyond the amount with interest ?’hlfil’: the annuitant paid into the fund."” Government Should Be Humane. The chief reason why the Govern- ment should have a well regulated re- tirement system, according to Senator Dale, is that the Government should be humane. It _was unfair both to the (Continued on Page B—I1.) WORLD BANK TO HAVE TEMPORARY OFFICES Commission Finds It Impossible to Alter Buildings at Basle, Switzerland, in Time. By the Assoclated Press. BASLE, Switzerland, January 31.— The special commission of the Bank of International Settlements has found it impossible to alter the building of the new institution by the date set for its opening and has decided to install the bank in temporary premises while the local architect speeds alterations of the | permanent home. The commission left here today for Paris, where it will continue preliminary organization of the bank. ! \STEAMER WILL TRY | TO REACH VILI.I\GEi Third Attempt to Carry Food to 70 Families Locked in by Ice Will Be Made. By the Associated Press. ASTORIA, Oreg., January 31.—The Effin river steamer today made ready for its third attempt to carry provisions | War of 1812, now is regarded DRY BAN REPORTS STIR NAVAL GROUP Rumors of White House Ab- stinence Order Perturbs U. S. Delegates. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE, Staft Correspondent of The Star. By Cable to The Star. LONDON, January 31.—While neither Secretary of State Stimson nor Secrc- tary of the Navy Adams has issued,any instructions to members of the Ameri- can Naval Conference delegation to obey an alleged White House order im- posing total abstinence upon American officials on duty abroad, the news of the embargo has spread consternation in Yankee quarters in London. The most common comment heard from both the civilian and naval branches of the delegation is that the report is too horrible to be true. No State secret is being violated by dis- closing that at least two or three mem- bers of the American contingent, since their arrival in London a fortnight sgo, have had an occasional drink. ey not only have indulged at their own expense, but have not felt at lib- erty to refuse the quaff proffered by hospitable British hosts. Just how they are going to meet the situation if the dry decree really is in prospect fills Uncle Sam’s spokesmen almost with as, much lrerturhuqn as the matter of tonnage allotment or gun calibers. Yesterday brought to a close the series of four government banquets spread for the entertainment of the conference delegates. Liquors have been lavishly in_evidence on all of these occasions. When the lord mayor staged his glittering Guildhall feast on January 23, there were so many wine glasses in front of each guest’s plate that some of them were unable to count them longer as the dinner proceeded. A certain distinguished American sallorman now in London told the Star’s correspondent today that the purported ban on foreign conviviality reminds him of the order issued by Secretary of Navy William E. Chandler of New Hampshire 45 years ago. Sec- retary Chandler decreed that naval officers on foreign stations no longer must have their wives join them, no matter how long their overseas assign- ment might last. One day, a well known naval charac- ter of that day, Commodore Joe Fyfe, cabled Secretary Chandler as follows: “Honorable Secretary of the Navy, ‘Washington: I have the honor to report that Mrs. Fyfe, in violation of your orders, has seen fit to join her husband at this station. I await your respectful orders as to my course of action in the case.” Fyfe's message came into public notice, with the result that the anti- wife ban promptly lapsed. Londoners who come in contact with the Americans at the conference evince incomparably more lively interest in the vagaries of prohibition in the United States than in the whys and wherefores of American demands for naval parity with Great Britain. — Air Philip Game Is Named. LONDON, January 31 (#).—Sir Philip Game, air vice admiral, has been ap- pointed governor of New Souts Wales, Australia. HOME BREW URGED IN HOUSE BY FORT: AS BODTLEG CURB Firm Opposition to Traffic in Liquor Is Voiced by Him in Address. HERBERT ORDERED HERE FOR INVESTIGATION Calm and Rational Consideration of Dry Laws Is Asked in Plea to Weigh All Factors. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Home brew as a remedy for boot- legging and law violation, was put forward seriously in the House today by Representative Franklin Fort of New Jersey, who has been a power in the Republican party and in Republican councils, While Mr. Fort was expressing his views it was announced that Prohibi- tion Commissioner Doran had ordered John F. J. Herbert, dry administrator for Montana and Idaho, to come here for investigation of charges rted against him through Senators ah, Idaho, and Wheeler. Herbert is for- mer dry administrator for thé Wash- ington districy. Mr. Fort, Speaking on the floor of the House, declared himself unalterably opposed to commercialized traffic in liquor. He insistea that the country would not again permit it. “It cannot be too often stated,” said 3 that the eighteenth amend- ment and the Volstead act made un- lawful the traffic in liquor—not its use.” Gives “Personal Liberty” Views, Replying to those who raise the per- sonal liberty question as a principle in discussing prohibition, Mr. Fort declared that “all they have lost” under the amendment and the national prohibi- tion law “is the right to have some one CquI" wh:helr ‘wants,” “If they want the light wines for which they beg, they may make and drink them to their hearts ,content. But I assert it is the absolute duty of the American Nation—for the preserva- tion of that real liberty which means equal opportunity every citizen-—to control or suppress®any trafic which harms its people or hinders its prog- ress.” the benefits of naticnal inst the evils which ave grown out of it, Mr. Fort declared the former to be far ter than the latter. He rlelded or a calm and rational consideration of the dry laws. Mr. Fort's was a carefully prepared speech. He hitherto has not taken fl:“:.h. in Htahc dncu-k::. of prohibition use. Two he signed the office of oretaty of the blican national cw, nv‘l:: ;’lm reason the press of business upon Seen as Reflection of Thought. In some qui that he intended to make se: portant addresses on the prohibition Qquestion, of which today's is the first, and that he did not desire to have his views labeled as the official views of the Repu'bllcln n;fionu tion. ble that Mr. Fort's attit - a question which has ‘535 ge et it e men o cils of the Myublmmpnm‘., o Mr. Fort'’s views are not likely to (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. ¥ e CLUB STAYS SILENT ON GIN ACCUSATION Members Refuse Comment Charges Made by Cenator Brookhart, on By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 31.—Members of the Centumb, Which at one time its bers playing bridge, today refused to comment on charges of Senator Smith Brookhart that gin cocktails were served at the club. The Century Club, also known as the Century Association, was founded by William Cullen Bryant in 1847. It has a club house in West Forty-third street, Just off Pifth avenue. It lists among its officers George W. Wickersham, chairman of President Herbert Hoover's crime commission, as second vice presi- dent, and Dr. Nicholas Murray ngmer. president of Columbia University, as vice president. The roster of more than 500 members includes President Hfiver. Ry lembership of the club has incl Woodrow Wilson, Theodore 2o and William Howard Taft. Charles A. Platt is president, Alexander Dana Noyes, secretary, and Henry de Forest Baldwin, treasurer. None of the of- ficers was available for comment on the Brook! charges. luded velt, SOPRANOS SOUND OFF AT CAPITOL TO PROVE ANTHEM CAN BE SUNG Concert Staged for Committee to Foster Official Recognition Measure. BY SUE McNAMARA. Associated Press Staft Writer. The stirring notes of “The Star Spangled Banner,” sung by two sopra- nos, rang today in the House judiclary committee room and echoed through the long corridors of the House Office Building as a group of patriotic organi- zations descended upon the Capitol to urge Congress to adopt officially as America’s national anthem the now fa- mous song of Francis Scott Key. Although the song, inspired by the stanch defense of Fort McHenry at Bal- timore against the British fleetmln !hl: roug! custom as the official anthem to which a mighty Nation stands at attention, to the 70 families of ice-locked Brook- field, Wash.,, a fishing village on north bank of the Columbia River. The Effin failed to reach Brookfield Wedneldn{é.-nd yesterday could pene- trate only to within 900 feet of the shore. Capt. J. G. Babbidge, mas- ter of the steamer, climbed from his vessel and walked over dangerous ice to meet two residents of the village, how- ever, and delivered a sack of mail and medicine for two children who are ill. a Congress never formally has made it so. ‘The effort of the patriotic socleties today was directed to that end. They urged approval of the Linthicum biil which would authorize this action. For years, Representative Linthicum of Maryland sponsored the measure without success. The two sopranos who sang the son were Mrs. Elsie Jorss-Reilley of Was| ington and Mrs. Grace Eveiyn Boudlin of Baltimore. It also was played by the Navy Band. The women sought to | i " demonstrate to the committee that singing of the song was not difficult, was urged by Capt. Walter I Joyce, commander in chief of the Veterans of Forelgn Wars. ’ "1 stood on San Juan Hill in 1898 and heard four bands play that tune,” he told the committee. *“All' around me in pup- tents men were lytn! sick with fever, but when they heard that glorious old tune every man somehow got to his feet. With all due res) matter what it 5,000,000 citizens make the song the official na preparing it and was assisted by 62 per- sons. Twenty-five .vvernonbgl ufi. have signed it. Representative Linthicum ' acted spokesmen for the organizaf meet the objections that the song too hard to sing signatures of musicians of the Musicians' Protective Union were inc Joyce presented a petition signed by llgl.nl Congress é A subcommitte is e consideration of the