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A—2 wx¥ 20 KORLER'S CASE ORDERED RETURNED Court Rules Corrupt Prac- tices Act Valid in Applica- cation to Elective Officers. By the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis, February 4.—The State Supreme Court today ruled the corrupt practices act constitutional in {ts application to elective officers of the State. It ordered returned to the Cir- cuit Court an action to oust Walter J. Kohler from office. Those who sponsored against the governor were: Phil La Follette, William T. Evjue, Glenn D. Roberts and Alvin C. Rels, Progressive leaders, all of Madison. 2i= g2vernor’s poiitical opponent had charged he spent approximately $100,- 000 in his campaign for governor. The statutes limit the amount to $5,000. The court based its opinion on the fact the question involved the validity of the corrupt and illegal practices act, there being no contention that the al- legations of the petition were not suffi- cient if the art were valid. Gov. Kohler's counsel had argued that the qualifications of the governor and the method by which he might be removed from office were prescribed by. the Constitution and that thereby the power of removal was placed beyond the Legislature. PILOT IS ARRESTED IN CORNELIA, GA.| Flyer Charged With Theft of Plane From Fairfax, Va, Taken Sunday. the action By the Associated Press. CORNELIA, Ga., February 4.—Milton E. O'Connor, charged with the larceny of an airplane from Fairfax, Va., was arrested here Sunday and placed in the county jail at Clarkesville, Ga., it be- came known teday. Deputy Sheriff Jesse Everett said the plane made a forced landing in a cot- ton field one mile from Cornelia on January 28, and that O'Connor was ar- rested last Sunday when he returned for it. Motor trouble caused the forced landing, Everet: said. Another man was with O’Connor, but was not arrested. The plane was only slightly damaged. The deputy sheriff said Virginia authorities had been notified of O'Connor’s arrest. HELD IN CLARKESVILLE. Officials Have Received No Word From Virginia Authorities. CLARKESVILLE, Ga., Sunday in Cornelia, Ga., charged with larceny of an airplane, was held in jail here today pending arrival of offi- cers from Fairfax, Va., where the plane disappeared recently. Officers here said they had received no word from Virginia authorities as to when they would come for O'Connor. Sheriff C. P. Willbanks said O'Con- nor had not talked with him regarding | | Radio Program Goes | | Over 20,000 Miles in One-Eighth of Second By the Associated Press. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Febru- ary 4—A radio program traveled approximately 20.000 miles today in_about one-eighth of a second. The program was broadcast | | from W2XAF, the experimental short-wave station of the General Electric Co. here, picked up by VK2ME in Sydney, Australia, and rebroadcast back to Schenec- tady, where it was transferred to WGY, the General Electric Co.'s regular station, and again re- broadcast. Company engineers said it was the first time, to their knowledge, such a feat had been performed over so great a distance. CASTLE PROMISES ' JAPAN FRIENDSHIP Security in Orient Will Not Be! Challenged at London, He Asserts. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, February 4—William R. Castle, jr., United States Ambassador to Japan, said today that “whatever may be accomplished-at the Londan Naval Conterence, I am sure that nobody will suggest to Japan any sacrifice endan- gering its national security or challeng- ing its preponderant naval strength in the Orient.” Making his first public utterance in Japan in an address at a dinner of the ICHICAGD RESCUERS DECRY “POLITIS” Only Possible Buyers of Tax Warrants Withhold Finan- cial Aid. By the Associated Press. ~ CHICAGO, February 4—Until such a time as “public officials quit trying to play polities with us,” Silas H. Strawn said today, the citizens' committee which he heads will not lend financial aid to any of the local governments. “While the peril for the money short- age has been increasing,” Strawn said, “Mayor Thompson and certain other public officials have been trying to play politics by befogging the true conditions with attacks on the reassessment and whatnot.” Of the three governments that are “broke” and behind in meeting their pay rolls and other expenses, Cook Coun'~ is the only one thus far to pledge co-operation to the Strawn group. President Caldw Il of the school board and Mayor Thompson have raised ob- Jections to the Strawn relief proposals. Unless somethi was done today, which appeared unlikely, it will be an- other week before any action can be taken. Strawn will leave tomorrow for Washington, where he will be a White House dinner guest. Strawn conferred last night with Al- derman Clark, chairman of the council finance committee. Alderman Clark, following the meeting, expressed the belief that the committee would provide funds at least sufficient to pay firemen and policemen. A statement by the Strawn committee estimated the minimum amount re- quired to operate the local governments during the next four months (or until the 1928 tax bills are out) is “at least $50,000,000.” American-Japan Society in his honor, the new Ambassador said: “It is a wonderful thing to be a rep- resentative in Japan of a Nation de- siring nothing but friendship. I know of no two nations whose interests more thoroughly coincide than those of Japan and America. Praises Japanese Policies. “Just as we believe that the influ- ence of the United States on the American continent is a guarantee of peace, so do we believe that the power of Japan in the Orient is a power due to the vigor and forward-looking na- ture of its government and people, which leads to order, progress and peace in the Western Pacific.” Continuing, Ambassador Castle said: “President Hoover did not send me to Japan to insist upon the American view- point in such controversies as may arise in London. He sent me in order that there might be some one in Tokio able fully and frankly to express his ideas.” Referring to the effect of the develop- ment of aviation on naval values, the Ambassador remarked: “This shows how dangerous and un-! wise may be the stirring up of popular opinion by the press of any country favoring any single type of ship. The American press, for example, said so much about 10,000-ton cruisers that many people believe that the conference will stand or fall on this type. Two Stand Together. “Would it not be more accurate to say that the conference will stand or fall, according to the measure of good will of the participating nations? Here, certainly, Japan and America stand firmly together.” the plane. 30,000 “WORTHLESS” AUTOS CHUG OVER CITY, OFFICIALS SAY (Continued From First Page.) the automobile “blue book,” the manual which fixes the value of used cars. But ‘Tax Assessor Willlam P. Richards said that hereafter any machine which is able to run, irrespective of its age, is to be assessed at $60 and the owners Tequired to pay a tax of $1 a year. The tabulation, compiled by Charles A. Russell, assistant tax assessor, who directed the distribution of the tags under the new law requiring the pay- ment of personal property tax in ad- vance, also showed that 95987 pairs of tags were issued, producing a total revenue in the form of personal prop- erty tax of $196,699.46. Of the total tags issued, however, 2,197 yielded no revenue either in the form of personal property tax or the license fee. These tags were given to the Federal and Dis- trict governments and members of the diplomatic corps, all of them being exempt under the law. Seven hundred and eighty-nine of these free tags were issued for so-called pleasure cars, 122 for motor cycles, 816 for heavy com- mercial vehicles, 459 for light commer- cial vehicles, 10 for unclassified com- mercial vehicles and 1 for an electric machine. Although the new tag-issuance law, which was effective for the first time this year, prevented any motor vehicle owner from escaping the personal prop- erty tax, District officials are unable to determine the increase in thé amount of revenue from such tax over preced- ing years. Tax Assessor Richards point- ed out that in past years the tax on motor vehicles was an item the general personal property tax, which also included taxes on household fur- nishing and other personal property, and a comparison_ therefore is difficult. ‘The bureau of efficiency, however, he said, estimated several years ago that the District was collecting about 70 per cent of the personal property tax on automobiles. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR LIEUT. COL. KERR Former Executive Officer of Medi- cal Center Is Buried in Ar- lington Cemetery. Funeral services for Lieut. Col. Robert ‘W. Kerr, Medical Corps, U. 8. A, who died in New York Friday, were con- ducted in the Red Cross house at Wal- | %er Reed Hospital today at 10 o'clock. Capt. Alfred C. Oliver, Chaplain Corps, U. S. A, stationed at Walter Reed, officiated. Interment was in Arlington Cemetery. Col.” Kerr was formerly executive officer of the Medical Center, including ‘Walter Reed Hospital. At the time of his death he was professor of medical science and tac- tics at New York University and Beile~ vue Medical School, in New York. He 15 survived by his widow, Mrs. Rose G. Kerr, and three brothers, one of whom is a major in the Regular Army. g the Meuse-Argonne campaign surgeon of the 77th Division. He was among the first officers to be wounded. For gallantry in action he was given a D. S. C. and decorated by the French government. He was among the last troops to return irom overseas in 1920. Princess Wenona Dies. PONCA CITY, Okla., February 4 (#). —Princess Wenona, one-time woman’s champion -ifle shot of the world and well known for about 40 years as a performer in various circuses, died here She was about 60 years subject of Chinese relations, saying: markets of China. There, more than anywhere else, good will of Japanese traders in China no quarrel on the subject of China. Alluding to the Kellogg peace pact, Ambassador Castle said that “if we have agreed to live in peace, surely we can discard some of the weapons that we have forged against each other.” The Ambassador then turned to the It is absurb to talk of friction be- tween Japan and America over the development of the great potential should be co-operation, instead of rivalry. Japan needs Ameri- can raw materials to manufacture what the Chinese want; America needs the in the distribution of American-made ‘e may differ at times concerning the best method of helping the Chinese to attain political and economic stabil- ity, but our fundamental aims are identical—the upbuilding of a pros- perous and contented nation. We huv; can see none even faintly looming in the distance.” HOOVER TO NAME HAITI COMMISSION TO STUDY PROBLEMS (Continued From First Page.) will discharge that obligation. There is need to build up a certainty of effi- cient and stable government, in order that life and property may be protected after we withdraw. We need to know, therefore, what subsequent steps should be taken to co-operate with the Haitian people bring about such results. I;'he answer to these questions must be worked out in broad vision, after careful investigation of the entire sub- Jject by men of unbiased minds. It is for this reason that I have proposed to send a commission to Haiti to deter- mine the facts, to study and survey the whole problem in the light of our experience in the past 15 years and the social and political background of the Haitian people, to confer with all sides, to recommend the steps which will lead to the liquidation of our responsibili- ties and at the same time assure stable government in Haiti. Obligation of United States. “As I have stated before, I have no desire for representation of the Ameri- can government abroad through our military forces. We entered Haiti in 1915 for reasons arising from chaotic and distressing conditions, a consequence of a long period of civil war and dis- organization. “We assumed by treaty the obligation to assist the Republic of Haiti in, the restoration of order: the organization of an efficient police fofce; the rehabilita- tion of its finances, and the development | of its natural resources. We have the implied obligation of assisting in build- ing up of a stable self government. “Peace and order have been restored, finances have been largely rehabilitated. A police force is functioning under the leadership of Marine officers. The eco- The tax warrants, which are the only assets available to the city government delayed 1928 taxes, have been refused by both Chicago and New York banks. The citizens' committee, using funds made available by large corporations, is the only possible buyer for the waf- rants now in the field, officials pointed out, On the other hand, City Comptrol- ler Schmidt is the only official author- ized to sign tax warrants, and he, an appointee of Mayor Thompson, has thus far declined to negotiate with the Strawn committee. GREAT SMOKY PARK TRANSFER THURSDAY Tennesse and North Carolina Dele- until money begins coming in from the | Se NGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1930. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, February 4.— Senorita Feiipa Garcia was Senora Munoz and did not know it—which, translated from the original Spanish, means that she was a Mrs. instead of a miss, and she was surprised! Back in sunny Spain the custom is for a couple to serve three weeks’ notice on everybody before actually getting married. In the United States the pro- cedure is much less deliberate. In deference to the old Spanish cus- tom, Senorita Felipa and Senor Frank Munoz went last May 1 to the office of the county clerk for a license. They got caught in a crowd which, unfortu- nately for their purposes, was moving [YOUNG WIFE ASKS ANNULMENT | OF WEDDING SHE DIDN’T REALIZE; Spanish Couple Couldn’t Understand English When Judge Said *“Man and Wife.” into the court room of Judge Thomas Lynch. yéloon they found themselves standing before the court. A new document was handed them, and they departed, Came the date set for their mar- riage—June 1. As the day dawned the girl's brother was shot and killed by robbers on the street. Senorita Felipa was obliged to call off the wedding, for there was a family to support. That was last June 1. Now the senorita finds herself a senora, having learned that among other things said by the court that day in May was “I pronounce you man and wife.” Speaking through an interpreter yes- terday, the 18-year-old girl asked that the marriage be apnulled. The petition was taken under advisement. CUTS $300,000 ITEM FROM PENDING BILL Senators Omit Appropriation Made in House Measure for Roads Bureau Laboratory. An item of $300,000 for the erection of a laboratory for the Bureau of Public Roads, either in Washington or else- where, in which to carry on road-build- ing tests, was eliminated from the agri- cultural appropriations bill as reported ?g’dthe Senate appropriations committee ay. The item was written into the bill when it passed the House several weeks ago. During the hearings before the nate committee members inquired into the possibility of having the Bu- reau of Standards carry on road-build- ing tests for the Bureau of Public Roads. Reason Assigned for Elimination. A number of years ago a small ap- propriation was made for the erection of such a laboratory on the Arlington experimental farm of the Department of Agriculture, but it was explained to the Senate committee that the building has not been erected there because offi- cials felt that the experimental farm probably would be given over as an ex- tension of the Arlington National Cemetery. The agricultural supply bill is the first of the annual lpgropl‘lnllon measures to be reported out by the Senate commit- tee, and Senator McNary of Oregon gave notice he would endeavor to take it up in the Senate whenever there is gations Will Give Land Formally. Formal transfer of an area of 150.000 acres of land in Tennessee and North Carolina, which will make the dream of a great national {:mrk in the Great Smokies region a reality, will take place ‘Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Interior Department. A group of distinguished citizens of the two States chiefly concerned, members of the park commissions who recommended estab- lishment of the park and the proposed Shenandoah Park, members of the two State delegations in Congress are to at- tend the actual tender of the land titie to Secretary of the Interior Wilbur. The land to be transferred lies in the sissippi and will form a nucleus to which will be added other thousands of acres for the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountain PBark. The North Carolina delégation will be headed by Gov. O. Max Gardner and will irclude Dennis G. Brummitt, ‘attorney general of the State, and L. ‘Varser, assistant attorney general. In addition the following members of the North largest wilderness area east of the Mis- | Soils. a lull in the tariff debate. Agricultural Bill Total. As reported by the Senate committee, the bill carries a total of $153,648,227. for all activities of the Department of Agriculture, a net increase of $363,557, over the House bill. The Senate com- mittee gave the Weather Bureau an in- crease of $40,000, of which $30,000 would be for gathering information concerning air navigation and the balance for a frost-warning service. Other increases were: Bureau of Plant Industry, $87,500; Forest Service, $80,- 500; .Bureau of Entomology, $44,400; Biological Survey, $76,157, and Bureau of Agricultural Economics, $388,557. In addition to cutting out the public roads research laboratory item, the Sen- ate committee made a decrease of $25,- 000 in the Bureau of Chemistry and MORGAN EXONERATED IN RADIO STOCK DEAL Senator Couzens Says Banking Carolina Park Commission will attend the ceremony: Mark Squires, chair- man: Eugene C. B s, secreta: Verne Rhoades, executive secretary; D. M. Buck, John G. Dawson, Plato D. Ebbs, R. T. Fountain, J. A. Hardison, Stuart W. Cramer, jr.: J. Elmer Long, Harry L. Nettles and E. S. Parker, jr. Gov. Henry H. Horton of Tennessee will head the delegation from that State, which will include the following men: John R. Aust, assistant State attorney general, and members of the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountain Park Commission, as follows, Col. David C. Chapman, - Frederick A. Ault, J. M. Clark, E. E. Conner, Henry E. Colton, L. B. Allen, A. E. Markham and B. A. Morton. Henry W. Temple, chairman, and Glen 8. Smith, executive secretary, of the Appalachian National Park Com- mission also will be present. MASSEY MAY BE SENT TO POST IN LONDON Canadian Minister Suggested as Succesor to Peter C. Larkin, Who Died Yesterday. Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, Canada, February 4—Vin- cent Massey, Minister to Washington, is likely to be next Canadian high com- missioner in London, in succession to Peter C. Larkin, who died in the Brit- ish capital yesterday, it is believed here. George Washington Stephens, former head of the Saar governing commission in 1923-26 and variously cabinet min- ister, may be accredited to the White House to replace Mr. Massey. Sir William Clark, British high com- missioner, will probably occupy the first permanent official residence here of a representative of Great Britain or any other country -as a result of negotia- tions for the purchase of Earnscliffe, once the home of Sir John Macdonald, first prime minister of Canada. Its owners, heirs of the late Dr. Charles A. E. Harriss, are expected to accept an offer of between $75,000 and $100,000 from the British government, which plans to transform the historic resi- dence into a permanent home for high commissioners. (Copyright, 1930.) In connection with news dispatches stating that Vincent Massey, Canadian Minister to the United States, might be transferred to London as high com- missioner, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Peter C. Larkin, the lega- nomic development of Haiti has shown extraordinary improvement under this regime. It is marked by highway sys- tems, vocational schools, and public health measures. Gen. Russell (the present American Commissioner to Haiti) deserves great credit for these accomplishments. “We need now a new and definite policy looking forward to the expira- tion of our treaties.” BROOKHART TO SPEAK. Iowa Senator to Discuss Federal { Employe Pay Increase Bill. Senator Brookhart of Iowa will dis- cuss District of Columbia affairs, in- cluding his bill for increase of com- pensation of Federal employes, when he speaks tonight before the Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association at the Christian Church. on Park road. Ehe claimed to b2 the daughtei of & i us Indian chie?, ® ] Reports will be made by committees on the Jones law. public utilities, con-. dision of stress and schools, tion commented today that it was with- out knowledge of any changes in per- sonnel. The reports were described as “based on conjecture.” HERO CITATIONS ISSUED. Citations for individual acts of gal- lantry during the World War have been issued by the Secretary of War to John A. Ramsay of Dorchester, Mass., and to Leonard G. Hoisington of Inde- pendence, Mo. Ramsay was a sergeant in the 344th Battalion, Tank Corps, and in the battle near Cheppy, France, “went forward under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire and repaired a disabled tank in full view of the enemy.” Hoisington was a corporal in the 168th Infantry, 42d Division, during the action near Suippes, France, where, ac- cording to the citation, “disregarding his own personal danger, he closed the chicanes in the wire entanglement and helped to prepare the sector to resist an impending attack and then assisted in evacuating wounded in trenches un- der shell Qe Firm Did Not “Bring Pres- sure to Bear” in Case. By the Associated Press. The New York banking firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. was exonerated today by Chairman Couzens of the Senate inter- state committee of “bringing any pres- sure to bear” in connection with nego- tiations of the International Telephone .| & Telegraph Corporation to purchase the communications facilities of the Radio Corporation of America. After the committee had made public correspondence requested from Soste- henes Behn, chairman of the telegraph corporation, concerning the transac- tions, Couzens said, “I think the Mor- gan firm acted very diplomatically.” The correspondence revealed that David Sarnoff and Owen D. Young of the Radio Corporation and N. D. Jay and Thomas W. Lamont of the Morgan company were in Paris during the ne- gotiations, while Behn was in this country, After proposals had been made by Behn and Sarnoff for the merger both sides, after extensive correspondence, agreed on the terms of sale, which pro- vided for transfer of I. T. & T. stock with a par value of $40,000,000 and a market value at that time of about $100,000,000 to the corporation. Since that time the value of the stock has declined to about $80,000,000. Behn had urged the committee to recom- mend amendment of the present law, which prohibits merger of radio and cable companies. The I. T, & T. and Radio Corporation merger has been held up pending Government approval. DR. WISSLER TO SPEAK. Will Address Anthropological So- ciety at National Museum Tonight. The third of the series of free = lic lectures being given by the Amg:‘:g- poligical Society of Washington on the evolution of man will be at the National Museum tonight. The speaker will be Dr. ‘Clark Wissler, professor of anthro- pology at Yale University, who will speak on the human culture areas and the evolution of human institutions in various parts of the world, PRESIDENT DELAYS NAMING CITY HEADS UNTIL TWO ACCEPT (Continued From First Page.) self was completely surprised wher he arrived back at Washington from an inspection trip in answer to a communi- cation from the Secretary of War and received word that the President wanted him to take over this local post. Wants Time to Consider. The communication which brought him to Washington informed him that the President desired his presence here, but it did not reveal for what purpose. Quite naturally the general was at a loss to give an immediate reply when the tender was made and later in the day when he discussed the matter with the President himself at some length he asked permission to think it over for at least overnight, but gave assurances that he was an old soldier and was ready to serve in any capacity his superior offi- cer desired. In discussing the selection of Gen. Crosby and Mr. Brown, asso- ciates of the President today, while in- dicating that the President had asked these men to serve and expected them to do so, sald that no actual lp]potm- ments have been made and would not be made for a month or so. Neither Gen. Crosby nor Mr. Brown was willing to discuss the matter for publication. Gen. Crosby has been a resident of Washington during the four years he has been chief of Cavalry and is well known in this city. Mr. Brown has been here a number of years and is especially well known, principally because of the close relationship of his office with the individual employes of the classified service of the Govern- ment. During the past year or so his office has been actively engaged in look- ing into the affairs of the District gov- ernment. It is_understood that it is because of Mr. Brown's knowledge and his long experience as head of the Bu- reau of Efficiency and his demonstrated capacity as an executive that Presi- dent Hoover sought him as one of the heads of the local government. MEDAL PRESENTED T0 G. U. SCHOOL Foreign Service Branch Receives Award in Honor of Dr. Jorga. A gold medal in honor of the visit of Dr. Nicolas Jorga of the University of Bucharest, Rumania’s leading historian, Was presented yesterday to'the George- town University School of Foreign Servs ice by its assistant dean, Dr. Thomas H.' Healy, who several years ago headed a delegation of Georgetown professors and students that visited Rum?n?a as guests of Dt?eflgml'emment. . - Healy explained that the purpose of the medal was to encouerlpcn the school in furthering intellectual co- operation between Rumania and the United States, In March Dr, Jorga will deliver one of the series of public lec- tures at the School of Foreign Service on the international situation. In recent years a number of George- town students have since visited Ru- mania in pursuing their Summer stud- ies. Through the former American Min- ister to Rumania, Dr. William S. Cul- bertson, who is a member of the execu- tive faculty at the Forei Service School, Georgetown has enjoyed close ;glsm"nns vgth cmmmwuuwm in that untry. r. is e bassador to Chile, % ik The medal will be awarded in June to the student in the course on political and diplomatic history of Europe who submits the best essay during the year on some phase of Rumanian history. Dr. Jorga conducts a mission h in Bucharest, in addition to .a‘ilml tionalities. The work was sa ed by the late King of Rumanis. o CHILDREN DIE IN BLAZE, Baby of Six Months Among Four Victims Near South Bend. SOUTH BEND, Ind., February 4 (). —Four children of Willlam Hoover, one a baby of 6 months, were burned to death, when fire destroyed the Hoover home six miles northeast of South Bend yesterday afternoon. mg‘k:; dl?dt:n nmg;;n;ox;d Hoover, 6 nths; Herl Tl ears; Mabel M;}', I;HBeAt.rlce Lucillei‘ 2.y rs. Hoover entered the blazing home to save one child, but before bhe‘ could rescue the other youngsters, the frame cottage was enveloped in flames. Three other children of the Hoover family were on thelr way home from school, when the house burned. . $15,000 Damages Sought. Harriet Eck, Pittsburgh, Pa., has il suit in the District Supreme Court eud) recover $15,000 damages from Joseph Keys, this city, for injuries alleged to have been sustained May 29 in an au- tomobile collision on the Shenandoah Valley pike near Edinburg, Va. Negli- gence is alleged against the operator of the defendant's automobile. The plain. tip is represented by Atwmylplllmm, Ferguson, Houghton & Gary. $2,500 “STOLEN The judgment of the District Supreme Court for $2,500 for a “stolen kiss” ren- dered several months ago against Vasilios I Chebithes, former head of the Greek Soclety of the Ahepa, in favor of his former secretary, Mrs. Madeleine Mac- Namee Price, was reversed today by the District Court of Appeals in an opinion by Justice Josiah H. Van Orsdel. Mrs. Price had accompanied Chebithes to Chicago for an international meeting of the soclety and the incident was alleged to have occurred at the Drake Hotel, where the society had its headquarters. Because the trial justice required a witness for the defendant to tell that he had been indicted for the crime of forgery in Philadelphia when the law provides only for evidence of a convic: thy case was ravassed. COURT OF APPEALS REVERSES KISS” JUDGMENT Opinion Based on Contradictory Declarations in Plain. tiff’s Testimony. “The record furnishes no roo, Justice Van Orsdel, “for hnldrl:' n‘:z: the foregoing error is harmless. The sufficiency of the evidence to Tt the verdict has not been challenged by a motion for a directed verdict, and we re, therefore,, foreclosed from inquir- ing into that question. It may be s gested, however, that proof of the as. sault is based substantially upon the testimony of the plaintiff alone, and her testimony is so badly impaired by her own contradictory declarations and letters, made subsequent to the alleged com n of the assault, that it leaves her case at best a frail structure on which to hang a verdict and judgment. It is unnecessary, therefore, to con- sider n?e uon:ly‘“ .n:!tledmen since the error alr pol out s sufMcient ® Justity & reversal” ' SNOWDEN PICTURES “BIG NAVY” COSTS Briton Injects Armament’s Expense Sheet Into Naval Parley. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE, Staff Correspondent of The Star. By Radio to The Star. LONDON, January 4.—Philip Snow- den, the Labor government’s brilliant chaneellor of the exchequer, in a speech at Leeds, now has injected into the Nacal Conference the factor which pres- ently will dominate its proceedings, namely, the purely financial side of naval limitation and reduction. During the fortnight of the confer- ence's existence, the delegates have con- cerned themselves either with platitudi- nous references to the desirability of ending naval competition in the name of peace, or with technical .discussions of tons and guns. The time now is ap- proaching rapidly when the conference will be talking in dollars, pounds, francs, lire and yens. $690,000,000 a Year Now. Chancellor Snowden directs attention to that phase of the London delibera- tions in the “brass tacks” fashion of whiéh he is a past master. He recalled at Leeds that Britain's present expen- diture on sea, land and air armament amounts to $600,000,000 yearly. He added that interest alone on Bri- tain’s war debt of $35,000,000,000 ag- gregates $1,750,000,000. To this arma- ment and war interest total of $2,350,- 000,000, John Bull is paying his war veterans $280,000,000 a year, bringing the grand total of the present war es- tablishment and the results of the ‘World War up to $2,630,000,000. Other budget items that must be provided for out of the pockets of the British tax- payers call for an additional $870,000,~ 000. ‘The problem confronting the chancel- lor of the exchequer at this moment is to raise $3,500,000,000 in taxes. He must Towel Left in Body By Physicians Blamed For Woman’s Death By _the Associated Press. EDMONTON, Alberta, Febru- ary 4—A coroner’s jury has de- cided that Mrs. Ruth Olsen, 27, died at a hospital here January 29 as the result of a towel, 16 by 26 inches, being left in her body after an operation Jan- uary 26. The attending. physicians, H. E. Chatham and Dr. A. M. Crawford, were exonorated by the jury. Miss M. Rivey, a nurse, testified that she ‘did not count the towels, as she thought they never were used internally. ‘The jury recommended prose-. cution of no one. BILL FOR HOSPITAL 15 SENT T0 HOUSE 'District Heads Ask for Con- struction of Children’s Tuberculosis Unit. Dr. . M (Prom the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) The District Commissioners today submitted to Speaker Longworth the proposed draft of a bill providing for the construction of the Children’s Tuberculosis Hospital. ‘The report today results from the ap- pointment of a committee composed of Maj. L. E. Atkins, Assistant Engineer Commissioner; Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of public schools; George S. Wilson, director of public welfare; A. L. Harris, municipal architect, and Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, medical and sanitary inspector of ~Schools. This committee on November 27 submitted its report to the District Commission- ers, which is included in the report to submit his budget to Parliament at the end of March. It will be a budget show- ing that at this time, every penny of income tax, surtax and death duties col- lected in Britain goes to finance the war and armament costs enumerated. Similar Figures in Europe. ‘These are the British figures, but they find their counterpart in other European countries represented at the London naval conference. Everywhere on this side of the ocean more moncy now is being spent on armament than before the World War. This doesn't mean that armies, navies or air forces actually are bigger in every case than then, however. The generally increascd expenditure is due in many instances to the vastly higher cost of armaments today. Whatever causes the terrific financial burdens which they impose, European backs are bending under them and, to less extent, the backs of the taxpayers of Japan. In Britain every man or woman whose income amounts to 160 pounds & year must pay the treasury 4 shill- ings for each pound of it. If that were the system in the United States, It would mean that everybody earning $800 would have to hand over $160 of it to Secretary Mellon. The surtax begins with all incomes of $10,000. The person with such an income pays in Britain a tax of $2,500. Death Tax Takes Bulk. A muiti-millionaire like Lord Rothe- mere, newspaper magnate, now in the United States, might have an estaie valued at $200,000,000. The chan- celler of the exchequer steps in when such fortunes are probated and collects 75 or 80 per cent of it for death duties. These stagge! figures are among the reasons why millions in Britain and in two continental naval nations are long- ing for concrete results at the London Conference. Relief from curtailed naval expendi- tures will not be of immediately sub- stantial dimensions, though it will have & noticeable effect. cancellation of cruisers other than light craft, just announced by the British admiralty, was decided from budget motives rather than for the pur- pose of setting an example to the con- ference. This obviously is the case, be- cause cancellations, as far as any actual reduction of British sea power is con- cerned, amount to nothing at all. The reason that Britons, Frenchmen and Italians are working at London now to accomplish some form of naval limi- tation and reduction is that such action will set the armament retrenchment fashion. It will be a beginning. Hope for Deep Cut in 1936. ‘When the succeeding conference con- venes in 1936, Secretary of State Stim- son, Premier Macdonald, Premier Tar- dleu, Minister Grandi and Former Premier Wakatsuki definitely are hope- ful that having learned the art of cut- ting down expenses on fleets, it will be relatively easy for their governments university for 20 girls of different l’ll’sf to 4 t 4 make in budgets. There is every prospect that a start in that direction will be made at Lon- don, of a character which the taxpayers can understand. It probably will not be as big as some of them would like, but its main significance will lie in the certainty that the path to eventual re- trenchment on massive lines shall have been opened. (Copyright, 1930.) FAKE OFFICERS GET $300,000 IN LOOT Five Ransack Home in Chicago and Leave in Stolen Auto. sweeping slashes naval By the Assoclated Press, CHICAGO, February 4.—Five courte- ous robbers called at the E. B. Mallers home in Kenilworth, a North Shore suburb, at 7 o'clock last night, police sald, and for nine hours ransacked the house, taking a leisurely departure in the Mallers' automobile at 4 am. to- dey with jewelry, silverware, clothing and money valued as high as $300,000. Mallers, owner of a downtown sky- scraper, belittled the robbery and fixed the loot at $15,000, but admitted the band had sacked his home and left him without an extra suit, shirt or scarf. The first report to police sald the loss might reach a half million, Posing as policemen and threatening the butler, the five men gained en- trance to the house last night and were still in charge when Mr. Mallers returned at 2 a.m. Four of the men confronted the couple in the hall- way and the fifth trapped the chauf- feur in the garage. The Mallers and the servants were herded into a closet. “They were nice about it,” Mallers sald. “They simply locked us all in the cedar closet. They left some time after 4. We got out about 6. They cleaned the houst of everything—even my shirts, ties and underwear. They got two fur coats of my wife, some jewelry, and we're still checking the rest. T'm wearing the only suit I've got now. The robbers piled the loot into the automobile and drove off, bandoning their own inexpensive car. s Se A London buslyess man collects his- toric bank notes. His collection, num- ring 30,000, ingudes dnutelhi,'cluued Iln China 600 years and a whole series of forged Bank bank notes. and Mrs. in the House today, as well as a report with recommendations by Dr. Henry D, Chadwick of Detroit, a well known au- thority on childhood tuberculosis, who is now tuberculosis controller of the Herman Kiefer Hospital at Detroit, and who acted as consultant to the District of Columbia committee. Recommendations Made. ‘The recommendations have been ap- proved by -the District Commissioners and were submitted to Congress today as follows: That a site be acquired for a chil- dren’s tuberculosis sanitarium building. That such a sanitorium be an addi- tion to the existing health schools. That an appropriation be made for such a sanitarium on plans submitted to the House today by the Commis- sloners. ‘That an appropriation of %625,000 be made for the acquisition of the site and the construction thereon of the sanitarium and the necessary buildings needed as an adjunct and for furnish- ing such buildings. $500,000 Not Enough. ‘The Commissioners report that this committee of District officials found that it was not possible to provide a site and buildings for a properly located sanitarium within the' limit of $500,000 contained in the legislation of March 1, 1929. Within this amount a sani- tarium building could be constructed end equipped, but there would also have to be provided buildings to furnish quarters for nurses and attendants and a building for the superintendent of the sanitarium. ‘The amount authorized to be appra- priated in the legislation approved March 1; 1929, should, therefore, be $625,000 instead of $500,000, the Com- missioners advised Congress. In accordance with the provisions made by the Bureau of the Budget, the Commissioners submitted this matter to the budget director, who informed them that the proposed increase in author- ization from $500,000 to $625,000 would not be in conflict with the financial program of the President, ON SEMINARY BOARD Rev. Dr. Radcliffe and John B. Larner Honored by Princeton Theological School. *The election of Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor emeritus of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, and of John B. Larner, president of the ‘Washington Loan & Trust Co., to the new board of control of Princeton Theological Seminary was announced today at Princeton, N. J. The school is the official theological institution of the Presbyterian Church, U. 8. A, and the new board the governing body pro- vided by the Presbyterian General Assembly under the reorganization directed by the assembly last May. Other nationally prominent men who were elected to the board of control to- day include Rev. Dr. George Alexander of New York City, Rev. Dr. Lewis S. Mudge, stated clerk of the General As- sembly, of Philadelphia; Rev. Dr. Wil- liam L. McEwan of Pittsburgh, P: Dr. Robert E. Speer of the Presbyterial Forelgn Mission Board, New York City; President Willlam H. Johnson of Lin- coln University; President Harvey Murdoch of Witherspoon College, and President Weir C. Ketler of Grove City College, Pennsylvania. FIRST WIFE SUES FLYER FOR SEPARATE SUPPORT Divorce Granted Lieut. Leslie Ar- nold Is Set Aside by Geor- gia Court. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, February 4.—Papers in a separate maintenance suit filed last October by Mrs. Mildred Avery Arnold against Lieut. Leslie P. Arnold, Army around-the-world flyer, were served as the aviator stepped from his automobile yesterday at the home of his present wife, Priscilla Dean, motion picture actress, Lieut. Arnold also was served with an order to show cause why he should not pay for the support of his first wite pending trial of the maintenance action. ‘The flyer married Miss Dean in Au- gust, 1928, and at that time considered himself divorced from Mrs. Mildred Avery Arnold, having obtained a decree in Atlanta, Ga., in 1925. Last Summer, however, the first Mrs. Arnold succeeded having the Georgia court set aside the decree on the ground that she had not been notified of the bringing of the divorce action. Arnold is lp{:fllnl the action in an effort to uphold the divorce. SMALLPOX KILLS 600, Outbreak in Mexico Takes Large Proportion of Children as Vietims. MEXICO CITY, February 4 (#).—A dispatch to El Unlversal today from Ionacatepec, Morelos, reported 600 deaths from smallpox there and nearby TWO D. C. MEN NAMED |55 STIMSON T0 MEET WAKATSUK) TODAY Private Talk Will Be First of Americans and Japanese at Parley. (Continued From First Page.) under the French plan. delegate, Sariani, stated his country's position, favoring the general ' global system of limiting tonnage as contrasted With imitation by categories, which is The Italian | favored by America, Great Britain and Japan, Admiral Takarabe, Japanesé a miralty head, was an’attentive listen ‘;:n:tt‘: (oxperts dealt with the vario | , but he had no su s i ggestions of h‘Q: A British spokesman described thik morning’s discussions as frank and hopeful, elucidations of various points being of a helpful nature. He declared difficulties which were encountered were not so great as might have the surface. T 2 s Normal Reservations, Difficulties, he said, undoubtedly would exist, but the more they were discussed the more amenable they tended to be- come rather than unywelding. Thd reservations which had been made—an the spokesman called attention that aj countries had made certain reservas tlons—were normal reservations such as would be expected in such situations, After the meeting of the heads of the | delegations in ancther section of the | palace an official comminique was jssued, which said good results in preparing‘the | ay for agreement were being obe tained from private conversations among the delegations. It was said these pri~ vate conversations will continge, = Communique Issued. e following official c issued after the me_““:ommumqué o “The first committee (the conference as a committee of the whole) visited St. i.:.‘lgm!s Palace at 10 o'clock this morn- “In addition to statements made at the previous meeting the committee had u.der consideration the French trans- actional proposal and the series of draft {;-zolcl:’llnns mxtt!lined under five'heads and mpromise proposed by the Kl}zzdom‘s delcx?anupn. i b 'As arranged at the previous meeting, the discussion opened on the basis of the French transactional proposal. After discussion in which Admiral Siri- ani for Italy, Admiral Takarabe for Japan, Mr. Nagai, also of Japan; Mr, Gibson of the United States and Mr, | Alexander, first lord of the admiralty, set forth the views of their respective delegnuons on the principles of the pro- s, the committe - cuss 1t in detailr o Ccciaed o dis Report From “Big Five” The communique issued after th meeting of the “Big Five” sald m.z the heads of the delegations met. at 11:30 to discuss further Pproceedings of the conference. There was general agreement that the conversations be= tween the delegations, which were giv- ing good results in preparing the way for agreements, must continue. The heads of the delegations will meet again Cusiona' s (B0 0 SORLInuS thels gls= e of the nr&co;{)miétee."z le work of the Spite these divergencies of opinien, observers said the eglshndml eature of today’s meeting was an inclination g}xlmea‘l'l“s‘ig;: :,t') give full consideration to fews a com= P"I’J""ng" if"?asfilhle. nd to strike a er the alphabetical arr: Mr. Gibson would have bee.n unew:: of today's meeting, but on the erican delegate’s own proposal Mr. Alexander pr;énded. Wwas disclosed at American - quarters. after the sessipn t.huhulge Americans feel the filling in of actual figures in the tonnage scheme—and mainly figures for France ang Itady— must be accomplistied before progress can be made toward conclusive results, It is understood that private conversa= tions among the delegations deal with these vital figures already have begun and will continue, with commit- ee meetings when necessary. The F.rench viewed the British pro- s . insisted that the Brit- ish plan did not differ nuu; n'o‘:n ch;fl;—h own. ereas - the Prench proposal alloe cated tonnage in six classes of war- ships, with the right to make transfers of tonnage from any class, the British plan considers five " categories, capital ships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, de- stroyers and submarines. The cruiser class has two divisions, for craft carry= ing eight-inch guns, and for craft carrying six-inch guns and lower, Avoid Detailed Figures. The British proposal not only would al- low for transfer of a certain amount of heavy cruiser tonnage downward, but would permit 100 per cent transfer of small cruisers and destroyers in certain circumstances where those countries which think that move necessary. All delegations are apparently keep- ing clear of detailed tonnage figures, which were not expected to be broached until a general plan of allocation of categories and ‘transfers - has- %een worked out. Numerous outside confer= ences between the delegations will be necessary before this plan is evolved. Perhaps one of the most important of these conversations took place Iast night between Prime Minister Macdonald, Col. Stimson, Secretary of the Ntll.:h, Adams; Senator Reed and the Bri foreign secretary, Arthur Henderson, Although there was no definite ln(ormtlon.flg suggestion was made that the conferee: considered possibility of an Anglo- American or Anglo-American-Japanese agreement on cruisers which wot per- mit less flexibility, so far as those na- tions are concerned, than is advocated by _the French. Replacement problems have come in recently for some discussion. It is une derstood now that the French may. pro= pose some limit on cruiser replacement, similar to limits which have been evolved for battleships. A - s ANNEXATION DISCUSSED. Yellowstone Park Boundary Com- mission Continues Sessions. ‘The Yellowstone Park Boundary Com- mission continued its sessions today in executive meeting considering the pro- posed annexation of certain areas on the southern borders of the park which are sought to be included in the park area. Officials of the commission said no decision can be expected for several days on the area on the southwest border, the annexation of which was protested vigorously yesterday by the Wyoming delegation in Congress and by Gov. Emerson. ¥ Open hearings on the proposed land transfer closed ye‘a:ergn{hnmnm, with several proponents of the transfer ap- ore the commission, rep: senting various groups and individual citizens of the State. John Coolidge. Attracts, NEW HAVEN, Febraury 4 (#).—One of the big attractions for the. at Yale's junior prom has been Maj. John Coolidge of the Governor’s Foot Guards. Just curlosity, naturally. Mrs, Coolidge was with him. ‘Washburn Leaves Vienna. within the last fortnight. ‘The d patch said the epidemic had killed 200 persons, most of them children, in that region in the last 10 days, while ap- proximately 400 persons perished within .two weeks in the negihboring of pan. VIENNA, February 4 Henry Washburn, retiring minister to Austria, left Vi night on his way home to the States. Austrian authorities —Albert American last ited lan to t decorate him with the great gold nrder Bepublic. of merit of the Austrian )|