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WEATHER. (U: B Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness, followed by rain late tonight or tomorrow morning; warmer tonight; colder tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, 41, at noon today; lowest, 26, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. New York Markets Closed Today. @h WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. “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, 115,058 ANo. 31,333. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1930—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. ¥ (P Means Associated TWO CENTS. Pre DRY LAW'S FALLURE CLAIMED AS HOLSE " HEARINGIS OPENED Prohibition Is Denounced as “Unsatisfactory in Results” by Chairman Graham. MAGAZINE WRITER HITS . CONDITIONS IN DISTRICT Liggett, Who Recently “Exposed” | Situation in Washington, Is First Witness. By the Assoclated Press. The first congressional hearing in the decade of prohibition on the merits of the dry statute itself opened at the Capitol today with a denunciation of the law by Chairman Graham of the House judiciary committee and a series '‘©f charges concerning enforcement conditions in half a dozen big Ameri- | can cities. | Judges, police officials and even the | Governor of Michigan were assailed by ‘Walter Liggett, a magazine writer and the first witness before the committee. ‘Without mentioning names he told of a party in Detroit on the night of No- vember 5, 1929, at which, he said, the governor and the chief of police of Detroit and four judges were present. But this was only a part of Liggett's eneral indictment. Going down_the ine he denounced conditions in Bos- ton, Washington, Topeka, in Minne- sota and Wichita, Kans., where, he said, there was one of the “classiest” roadhouses to be found, comparing fa- vorably with those in New York City. Finally he was asked by Representa- tive Michener, Republican, Michigan, a member of the judiciary committee, if ke stood ready to furnish proof of his assertions. He answered yes, but at the same time expressed doubt that he would ever be called upon to confirm ?Ls story, because, he added, he had the acts. New Chief Appointed. Further questioning by Michener brought out that the chief of police Liggett referred to served under former Mayor John Smith, who was defeated in a recent election. Michener said a mew chief of police had been appointed by the new mayor. Judges, who he mentioned as having been at the De- troit party, later were said by Liggett not to have taken their places on the bench at the time. Liggett said that an ex-governor and a secretary of an ex-governor and an ex-commissioner of public safety in Massachusetts had conni with boot- Jeggers in Boston. Later he referred to ral and was questioned S , Repul , Massachusetts, as to whether he meant more than one ex-governor and one ex- commissjpner of public safety. £aid tha¥ he only referred to one each and not to a number of men who for- merly held those positions. He did not dmention names. Few Bills in District. Ligget! in an ex- pose of Washington liquor conditions and appeared before a District of Co- Jumbia grand jury. The jury which investigated conditions generally re- turned only a few indictments. Chairman Graham at the outset of the session, which was one punctuated frequently by applause from spectators as the witness on the stand engaged in exchanges of debate with commit- tee members, said the eighteenth amendment and the enforcement law had been tested for 10 years, “without satisfactory results.” Today's hearing was given over en- tirely to those attacking present condi- tions under the prohibition act. The arys yet have their story to tell. Graham prefaced his satement by saying he desired to explain his own Eosmon on prohibition, one of the ivest issues on Capitol Hill. ‘The more than 200 men and women gathered in the House caucus room listened intently to the Pennsylvanian. (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) —_— 200 ARE INDICTED UNDER JONES LAW 8t. Louis Federal Grand Jury Re- turns 100 Bills on Liquor Charges. By the Assoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, February 12.—More than 100 indictments under the Jones law, naming over 200 alleged liquor law violators, were returned today by a grand jury in United States district court here. It was the first wholesale application in Bt. Louis of the Jones law, designed for use against those regularly engaged in the illicit liquor business and pro- viding maximum penalties of five years' imprisonment or $10,000 fines, or both. In voting the indictments the jury obeyed instructions from Judge Charles B. Faris that “as decent, patri- | ofic citizens” they must regard the va- rious prohibition enforcement acts as binding upon them. The first Federal grand jury here to which cases were nted under the Jones law last year balked at its task and asked Dis- BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1930. LONDON, England, February 12.— Reijiro Wakatsuki, chief of the Japa- nese delegation to the London Five- Power Naval Conference, will hand Sec- retary of State Stimson at 5 o'clock this afternoon a document containing the Japanese refusal of the latest American proposals. The document says, The Star is in- formed, that Japan agrees that there be no replacement of capital ships prior to 1936 and agrees to immediate reduc- tion by scrapping to 15 ships for Great Britain and the United States and nine for Japan. Japan itself will choose which of its capital ships it prefers to scrap. Japan desires to reduce the size of JAPANESE WILL REJECT AMERICAN NAVAIL, PLANS| Tokio to Demand 70 Per Cent Cruiser Tonnage and 78,500 Tons of Submarines. battleships after 1936 to 25,000 tons armed with 14-inch guns, instead of 35,000 tons with 16-inch guns,as now, It agrees that the age limit of capital ships be extended to 25 vears and pro- poses a construction period of four years. | _In big cruisers Japan demands 126,- | 000 tons, or 70 per cent of the Ame: |ican tonnage, distributed presumably among four cruisers of 7,100 tons, eight of 10,000 tons and two of 9,000 tons, making fourteen 8-inch-gun cruisers in all. mln submarines, Japan demands 78,500 ns. In small cruisers and destroyers, Japan is willing to make some conces- sions if the claims in big cruisers and submarines are granted. M. Wakatsuki will issue the Japanese (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) ORGANIZEDLABOR JOINS IN PROTEST AGAINST CROSBY Editor of Trade Unionist Sup- ports Demand for Civilian Official. Organized labor of the District, Colpoys, editor of the Trade Unionist, official organ of the Central Labor Union, today rallied to the support of the Washington Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade in opposing the substitution of a military man for a civ- ilian on the Board of Commissioners for the District. Colpoys will represent the labor union at a conference of the leaders of ‘Was! 's civic and commercial life at the Board of Trade headquarters at 4 o'clock this afternoon for a sion of President Hoover's selection of Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby as suc- cessor to Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty. Although the union has not yet taken action on ‘the question, he said he knew the pulse of organized labor and Dl’;iim‘: that xl{‘le n';n% he roposes to take in opposition en. Crocby's appointment will be upheld by the org: on. Protests “Principles” Only. Like the Chamber of Commerce and tt | the Board ©f Trade, Colpoys is not crit- ical of Gen. Crosby, whom he said “must be a high-class, estimable gentle- man.” His protest, he said, is against the ples invoived in the appoint- ment of an Army officer to a post which the organic act of the District specifi- :‘l;l‘ly provides shall be given to a civil- | The stand taken by Colpoys came as an aftermath to a stirring debate on Gen. Crosby’s selection at a meeting last night of the Chamber of Commerce, during which Robert L. McKeever charged the organization with acting foolishly in criticizing President Hoover. Charles W. Darr, president of the cham- ber, defended the position taken by its board of directors. Darr, Colpoys and E. J. Murphy, president of the Board of Trade, will be the only participants in the con- ference of the civic and commercial leaders, who are expected to express definite views on Gen. Crosby's selec- tion. Mark Lansburgh will represent the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, but he is not authorized to _commit the organization to any definite stand, since it has not passed officially upon the question. The board of directors of this association is to meet Friday and action likely will be taken at that time, according to Edward D. Shaw, secretary. Organized citizenship will be repre- sented at the conclave by Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federa- tion of Citizens’ Associations, but he has publicly announced that he will not take part in a discussion of Gen. Crosby, since his organization has not expressed itself on the subject. Dr. Havenner, however, proposes to regis- ter a protest against the Jones bill, which the federation opposed at its last meeting. Definite Action Unlikely. With two of the representatives of the five organizations invited to the conference unable to express an offi- through its chief spokesman, John B.| LEADERS HOPEFUL OF CHEST SUCCESS DESPITE DEFICIT Officials, Declaring “We’ve Just Begun to Fight,” Op- timistic for Future. “We've just begun to fight,” officlals of the Washington Community Chest declared today as they took stock of liabilities in tHe 1930 Chest campaign which closed last night $219,223.61 short of its goal of $1,786,737.07. Within the last five days of united campaigning, the Community Chest forces succeeded in raising slightly more than $106,000 toward a $325,000 deficit, but the response of Washington was insufficient to reach the full quota necessary for the 75 charitable and wel- fare agencies dependent upon the Chest for running expenses during the year. The situation, however, is not so serious as the deficit reported last night actually presents itself. More than one ray of hope gleamed today. Officials of the Chest were certain of obtaining an additional $50,000 in a comparatively short time. Elwood Street, the director, was so confident that this sum would be speedily contributed by mamy who had given last year, but who are now absent from the city, that he told the 1,700 workers who attended the meet- ing last night in Constitution Hall, that it ought to be added to the final figures of the campaign. 1929 Total Is Passed. Despite the deficit in the 1930 budget of the Chest, the total amount raised, $1,567.513.46, is about $83,000 more than Washington contributed ta the Chest last year, when the campaign went over the top by a considerable margin. This was accomplished with only 61,632 indi- vidual gifts this year, compared with 65,0000 for the year before. “All this was done under the handi- caps of the worst conditions a Com- munity Chest campaign ever faced,” John Poole, campaign chairman, de- clared. At least three major factors were pointed to by Mr. Poole as contributing to the failure to raise the full amount of this year's budget. None of these factors, he said, could be avoided. ‘The first he described as bad weather at the outset of the drive. A second element is the increased unemployment in Washington this year, which pre- vented many persons from renewing their subscriptions to the Chest. The final factor was the prevalence of the “stock market blues” and general busi- ness depression. ‘The “stock market blues” undoubted- ly was a genuine reason for many per- sons falling to give as much this year as formerly, Mr. Poole declared, while on the other hand the excuse was used by others merely as an alibl when they (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) FALSE SOLICITATION CHARGED TO COUPLE Husband Faces Twenty Counts and cial opinion, it is unlikely that any definite action will be taken by the group. Murphy, who called the meet- ing, indicated that it probably would (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) PRINCESS LOSES GEMS. $35,000 Brooch Disappears at Bel- gian Court Ball. BRUSSELS, February 12 (#).—Crown Princess Astrid of Belgium has been worried by the loss of a breoch set with 9 large emeralds and 80 diamonds at a court ball recently. The estimated value of the brooch is half a million francs. ‘The brooch has not been recovered trict Attorney Breuer not to send it any ‘more such cases. and the incident has caused excitement in high society. i “HIPPERS” PATRONIZING NEW YORK HOTELS AND CLUBS FACE ARREST Dry Administrator Warns Accessories to Persons By the Associsted Press. NEW YORK, February 12.—Patrons who take their own liquor into hotels, restaurants and' night clubs are threat- ened with arrest by Maj. Maurice Campbell, prohibition administrator. Coupled with his announcement of @ new policy of enforcement action sgainst individuals, Maj. Campbell | warned proprietors and managers that | they must not serve accessories, glasses, | ginger ale, minersl water and ice to m‘ of public dining rooms who r. The ‘v?':?mn(s were issued simultene- Proprietors Not to Serve Bringing Own Liquor. ously with the raiding of Cornish Arms Hotel and Cavanaugh's, one of the ;gt‘);l: widely known restaurants, last At the Cornish Arms Hotel Federal ‘were taken. agen! for the ‘“pr tor,” who, in the receiver for the hotel. He is John P. Murray, and was said by Maj. Camp- bell to be in Florida. At Cavanaugh's Restaurant, Hugh Small, president of the opera com- wmany for the restaurant, and urice Moyanhan, secretary-treasurer, and nine cthers, including waiters, were arrested. « Wife Five for “Chest Activities.” ‘Twenty charges of accepting money under false pretenses were booked at headquarters today against Joseph Gil- bert McCusty, 32 years old, and five similar counts were lodged against his 21-year-old wife, Blanche, following an investigation by headquarters detectives of charges that the pair had conducted an unauthorized canvass for funds for the Community Chest. They probably will be arraigned in Police Court to- morrow. When first arrested by Headquarters Detectives Frank Varney and Hubert Brodie Sunday, the two gave their names as Joseph G. McCarty and Mrs. McCarty. An inquiry into their activ- itles is still in progress and police be- lieve they may uncover additional com- plaints against the pair. BOMBER IS FINED. British Youth Must Pay £20 or Serve Two Months. LONDON, February 12 (#).—A fine of £20 or two months’ imprisonment was the sentence imposed today upon Frank Biggs, 21-year-old clerk, who placed a “bomb” in the India room of the British Museum 10 days ago in an attempt to manufacture a sensational new?nper and so forward his jour- nalistic ambitions. The bomb, it was brought out, was virtually a dud—a tobacco tin filled with putty except for two and one-half ounces of lom?‘l explosive apparently taken from works, Radio Programs on Page B-10 | ezations to the London Naval Confer- BRITAIN T0 REFUSE 10 SCRAP HERBEST SHIPS FOR PARITY Alexander Tells Commons That None of Latest Types Will Be Sunk. CURB ON SUBMARINES PLEASING TO STIMSON Decision Limiting Use and Setting | Up Humanitarian Policy Is Held ‘Worth Trip to London. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, February 12.—A. V. Alexander, first lord of the admiralty, told questioners in the House of Com- mons yesterday afternoon that there was no question of Great Britain's scrapping any of her latest battleships. Prime Minister Macdonald also told a questioner later that no proposals had been made at the Naval Conference by any foreign delegation that would en- tail the scrapping of battleships of the Queen Elizabeth or Royal Sovereign classes. The premier's reply was: “The answer to the question is de- cidedly in the negative.” Reports Prompt Questions. The questions were prompted chiefly By reports that the United States, in- stead of asking for the scrapping ef certain British battleships on an age basis, would ask that vessels of the Queen Elizabeth or Royal Sovereign | class be scrapped in order to bring the American and British battle fleets on an equal basis. In response to other questions, the first lord of the admiralty said that the number of 50 cruisers as necessary | for the British Empire had been ar-| rived at after full investigation and that this number would meet all the requirements for the period of the agreement, which it was hoped would result from the London Naval Confer- ence. The number, he added, was sub~ Ject to a satisfactory outcome of the conference. “As I listened to the Senator from | Utah,” said Senator Dill, “I asked my-‘ self what chance Lincoln would have had of being appointed Chief Justice in his day. He was looked on as a radical and a progressive. I venture the sug- gestion he would not have had a chance for being appointed. What a coinci- dence that the Senate is spending the anniversary of Lincoln, the greatest champion "of rights, considering the nomination of Hughes, the greatest champion of property rights.” Both the American and British del- ence regard the position taken at yesterday's plenary session regarding submarines as representing a definite decision to restrict the use of sub- mercibles and merchant ships. The statement of Secretary Stimson last night that he regarded yesterday's work as a significant achievement for the conference attracted widespread In- | terest in view of the fact that subma- rine problems were referred to a com- mittee for study without the plenary sen"selon expressing a formal view by vote. During a conference with newspaper m:rrt: last night the Secretary said in | part: Thinks Action Worth Trip. “Concerning the plenary meeting this morning, I want to call your attention to the fact that there has been a defi- nite decision by the Naval Conference today. Not a tentative one—a definite one. “The five powers agreed to restrict the use of the submarine against mer- chant ships to the same rules which are applied to surface vessels. “I want to say about that, that I regard that single incident as worth the visit of the American delegation here in London. That marks a step forward in a matter that our country once went to war about.” Aids Abolition Move. ‘The Secretary also said that impetus been given for the movement for the eventual abolition of submarines. Newspaper men this morning fired a volley of questions at the British spokes- man concerning Secretary Stimson’s pronouncement and were informed that the British delegation gave unequivocal adherence to the Secretary’s interpre- tation of yesterday's events. The American delegation announced officially today that no proposal re- garding neutralization of the Philip- pines had come to the attention of the United States representatives. The announcement was made by Hugh R. Wilson at a press conference in St. James' Palace and was in re- sponse to questions regarding reports published in the United States saying a plan to neutralize the islands was under consideration. Unofficlal expressions in the Ameri- (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) o TAFT APPARENTLY MUCH IMPROVED By the Assoclated Press. Attendants at the bedside of William Howard Taft said today that apparent- Iy he was “much better” than he was yesterday. The former Chief Justice spent an- other restful night, his nurses said, awakening only twice. Mr. Taft was in such a seripus con- dition on arriving in Washington from Asheville, N. C., on February 3 that his physicians and members of his family were much concerned. He rallied al- most immediately, however, and prac- tically all reports from his bedside since have been encouraging. Physicians, in commenting on the im- provement, warned that the one-time President of the United States had a long way to go before he recovered his health. He is suffering from a compli- cation of ailments, a recurrence of blad- der and heart trouble being attended by extremely poor circulation. N COMMISSION TO SAIL. The Haitlan Commission, appointed by President Hoover to study condi- tions on the island, will sail February NAVAL CONFERENCE Educator’s Questions Over U. S. Policies Are Held “In- sult to Uniform.” Fiery Spirit Dies Away as Two Meet Afterward and Part Amicably. By the Assoclated Press. MACON, Ga., February 12.—Address- | ing the Georgia conference on the | cause and cure of war, Maj. Gen. Frank | R. McCoy, 4th Corps Area commander, offered to fight a college professor last night because of the “tone” of ques- tions which the educator propounded to him regarding the foreign policy of the United States. After the meeting, however, the general was introduced to his ques- tioner, Prof. John D. Allen, instructor (Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) OCCUPIES HOOVER President Hopes to Dispose of Business and Go Fish- ing in Afternoon. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staft Correspondent of The Star. LONG KEY, Fla, February 12— President Hoover did not go fishing this morning and instead is giving his at- tention to the latest developments of the London Naval Conference. It is his hope to dispose of this business by lunch time and then to give his attention to the business of fishing. Results of the important conference in London yesterday between Prime Minister Macdonald, Secretary of State Stimson, Secretary of the Navy Adams and Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, members of the American delegation at the Naval Conference, are understood to have been relayed to Mr. Hoover aboard the Saunterer early last night. This news is thought to have been of a nature to prompt the President to forget for the time being that he is on a vaca- tion trip and to give up at least half of today to its consideration. Keep Wires to Capital Busy. ‘There was unusual telephone and telegraph activity between here and Washington last night. Numerous hur- ried trips were made by attaches of the President’s party in launches rush- ing back and forth from the President's houseboat to the dock. Most of the messages sent from here in the name of the President were personally trans- ac#d by Lawrence Richey, the only one of the President’s secretaries with him on this outing. Afterward it was an- nounced that the President would abandon fishing this morning. Besides giving his attention to the latest London developments this morn- ing the President was represented as GEN. M'COY OFFERS TO FIGHT PERSISTENT GEORGIA ‘HECKLER' MAJ. GEN. FRANK R. McCOY. POSTAL WORK DAY MAY BE STRETCHED Postmaster General Is Op- posed to Shortening Hours Over Country. Threat of longer hours for some 1,500 department clerks at the headquarters of the Post Office Department, here was made today by Postmaster General Brown at the hearings before the House Post Office committee on the bill spon- sored by Representative Kendall of Pennsylvania to put all Postal employes on a 44-hour week schedule where the present schedule is 48 hours. This bill would effect some 200,000 postal workers throughout the country and the Postmaster General opposed it principally on account of the existing postal defislt. Representative Kelly of Pennsylvania asked Postmaster General Brown regarding the 1,500 clerks at the headquarters in Washington who are separated from the fleld employes and who are now working 42 hours a week. The Postmaster General replied thas rather than reduce the hours of labor for the field employes to 44 hours a week he would prefer to bring the clerical force here up to 48 hours a week. He daclared that a 7-hour day was not fair, but that an 8-hour day is fair. Questioned by Hogg. Representative Hogg of Indiana, questioned the Postmaster General re- garding the subsidies the Post Office Department is now paying to develop | by the air mail service and the merchant marine. He asked if the employes should be required to contribute to such subsidies by being denied improved conditions on account of the cost. The Postmaster General said he wanted to run the Post Office Department on business lines to produce more, to in- having a desire to dispose of corre- spondence which has accumulated since he left Washington. He came away on this vacation with the under- standing that only correspondence of an urgent and vitally important nature would be forwarded to him, but the pile on top of his desk in the lounge (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) PRSI END OF GARMENT STRIKE TODAY IS PREDICTED Only Few Minor Points Remain to Be Ironed Out by the Conferees. By the Associated Press { NEW YORK, February 12.—Virtual | settlement. of the garment strike, in vlhl:h '3‘%200 persons have been idle the e Lehman said that while the 25 from Key West, Fla., on the naval cruiser Rochester. The commission will land at Port au Prince. The length of time to be taken in the study, which President Hoover e to determine the future atti- tude of the United States toward the republic, has not been determined. f two factions were still at variance on a few minor points, he felt confident for- mal contracts bringing the strike to & close would be signed today. He pointed out that the union already was “in substantial accord” with “inside shop” manufacturers and the ‘wholesale dress manufacturers. a the | for the current fiscal that the dej troduce labor saving devices, and that he believed by working longer hours y 1. the .employes could produce more. He said that they have good jobs, their employment is steady and that they are more fortunate in their em- ployment rs in private in- dustry. ‘The Postmaster General said that the pending legislation is not justified because the department has no trouble in getting plenty of employes to take the jobs. Wages, he said, should be based on production. Thomas F. Flaherty, secretary-treas- urer of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks, emphasized that produc- tion has increased tremendously in re- cent years, as s shown by 55 per cent increase in postal receipts, compared with an increase of only 17 per cent in | personnel. Flaherty declared that the postal deficit has two causes: First, the de- partment is now performing many free services or is contributing substantial subsidies for air mail and merchant ma- rine development; second, and more im- nt, he said, postal rates had not increased :}nee 1914, while the general price level has gone up 40 per cent. If the postal receipts went up correspondingly, he argued, there wonld now be a s lsllll of $273,000,000 in- stead of leficit of some_$63,000,000 ol 0 g nt buys market arid sell* #n the 1931 market. 8 l | l WORKERS OPPOSE NEW LERLBACHBILL Civil Service Employes’ Rep- resentative Tells Retire- ment Needs. Robert H. Alcorn, chairman of the joint conference on retirement, repre- sentative of the civil service employes of the United States, today laid before Chairman Lehlbach of the House civil service committee a statement from the conference expressing continued support of the Dale-Lehlbach bill to liberalize the civil service retirement law in preference to the new Lehlbach bill which was introduced last Saturday and asking that the former be pressed. The statement presented by Alcorn is as follows: “The joint conference on retirement met last night and gave very careful consideration to the questicn now pend- ing" before your committee pertaining to a better retirement law. After much deliberation and discussion a resolu- tion was adopted indorsing the Dale- Lehlbach bill. They are confident that the provisions'of the Dale-Lehlbach bill are far better for the greater number of employes than any scheme that has as_yet been promulgated. T do not favor H.R. 9679 (the new Lelhbach bill) on account of the indefinite annuities and forfeiture pro- visions rtaining to the employers' | contributions; it would inject into re- tirement law insurance principles not contemplated in the basic retirement law which are of no benefit to the employes at this time. “It was the action of the conference committee that we should lfpell to you and members of the civil service committee of the House to report the Dale-Lehlbach bill with such minor amendments as you think are absolutely necessary at this time, and that other suggested changes might well be held in abeyance for future consideration. “We sincerely trust that your com- mittee would take favorable action on the bill that has already passed the Senate and has previously passed the House in substantially the.same form, and that the matter can be submitted to the House for its early consideration and action.” Representing the Civil Service League. a committee headed by Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell yesterday also voiced disapproval of the proposed Lehlbach retirement bill in a meeting before the civil service committee of the House. “CANNED HEAT” FATAL. Found lying in a vestibule of the first block of ' Fourth street early today, Joseph Rivers, 56 years old, of 300 Pennsylvania_avenue, was removed to Gallinger, where he died four hours later. Police said he had been drinking “canned heat.” Policeman T. B. Bacon' of the sixth precinct came across Rivers as he was making his rounds about 2 o'clock this morning and carried the man to the sixth precinct, where he was booked on a charge of intoxication and removed immediately to the hospital. Relatives residing in the Northeast section of the city have been notified of his death. An autopsy was ordered Dr. J. Ramsav Nevitt, District coroner. o Big Fish Drowns Fisherman. HONOLULU, February 12 (#).— Sagugoro Kusuhara, 58, while fishing from the banks of the Wakiki Canal today, was pulled into the water and drowned when a large fish jerked his ine, catching him off balance. Kusu- ara’s son, 29 years old, was at his side but could not save him. DILLLEADS ATTACK ONNOMINATION OF HUGHES TO BENCH Urges “Senate Rise in Maj- esty of Power” and Decline Confirmation. | SCORES PRESENT COURT | FOR ECONOMIC DECISIONS Holds People Will Revolt if They Ever Awaken to What Body Is Doing. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The attack on the nomination of Charles Evans Hughes to be Chief Justice of the United States was con- tinued in the Senate today, with Senator Dill of Washington, Democrat, strongly urging that the “Senate rise in the majesty of its power” and decline to confirm a man who holds the views on economic questions held by Mr. Hughes. Senator Dill did not confine his as- sault to Mr. Hughes. He scored the present majority of the Supreme Court for decisions handed down on economic questions and declared that the court itself by such decisions was compelling the Senate to consider these economic questions in passing upon appointments to the Supreme bench. Holds People Would Revolt. If the people ever wake up to what the court is doing in the matter of fixing upon their necks the yoke of the money power in this country, there would be a revolution, Senator Dill in- sisted. He took the floor to oppose the Hughes nomination as soon as Senator Smoot of Ut had completed a eulogy of Abraham Lincoln, delivered as a Lincoln birthday address. Admits Hughes' Ability. Senator Dill admitted that Mr. Hughes was & man of great ability. ‘“He honest- ly believes in the doctrine of property rights, and because of that he is all the more effective and all the more danger- ous, as I see it. The doctrine in which he believes would affect millions of peo- ple. I know that these economic ques- tions are not sup to control in the consideration of nominations to the Su- preme Court. But the actions of the Judges of the Supreme Court make it necessary to take these questions into consideration. ‘The Supreme Court has seen fit to go into questions of Tty rights. It has undertaken to ite & system of law not contained in the laws written by Congress and the Legisla- tures.” Senator Dill said the Supreme Court has held that franchises granted to pub- lc utility cor| 40 be con- property ations. These franchises were given by the people to the corporations, he said. “Such a system picks the pockets of the citizens,” continued Senator Dill. “The increase in the cost of living m many cases is directly traceable to the decisions of the courts. “Those who have studied the fight made by the progressives in behalf of the people know that the great resort of those who plunder the people is in the Supreme Court. I do not mean that the judges are dishonest, but by their opinions they compel the people to pay hundreds of millions of dollars tribute. So I say the judges themselves are to blame for our bringing in these economic questions to the consideration of a nomination for the Supreme Court. Defeat as President Qualification. “The best qualification, apparently, for appointment as Chief Justice is to run for President and be defeated. Wil- liam Howard Taft was the worst-beaten man ever to run for President. Yet aft- er he had been defeated by the people he was appointed Chief Justice. And now when he must retire another de- feated candidate for President is given the appointment of Chief Justice. Is the will of the American people never (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) POWERFUL CIVILIAN RED ARMY PLANNED Seventeen Million Russian Soviets to Engage in Aerial and Chemical Defense. By the Associated Press. 5 MOSCOW, February 12-—Under a special five-year plan adopted today by the Soviet Volunteer Society for Aerial and Chemical Defense, which is a pow= erful civilian arm of the rtgular Red army, navy and aviation forces, Soviet Russia will have 17,000,000 persons en- gaged in various Xranches of air and gas defense by 1934. There are now 5,000,000 s5 engaged. ‘The number of aviation groups will be increased from 500 to 2,500. %lunmr detachments numbering 31,000 and em- bracing 6,000,000 members will be en- gaged in the protection of habitations from gas attacks. About 4,500,000 per- sons will receive military g‘nplrnuon. Military and technical contingents, in- cluding women, will be trained for the army. 325,000 GEORGIA FARMERS ASKED TO PLANT BAPTIST CHURCH ACRE *“God’s Acre” Plan to Bolster Rural Finances Enthusias-' * tically Indorsed By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., February 12.—Three hundred and twenty-five thousand acres of Georgia land will be planted as con- tributions to the Baptist churches of rural communities under the “God's acre” plan of the Georgia Baptist Con- vention, if all farmers of the denomi- nation contribute one acre to the move- ment. , The plan yesterday received the en- thusiastic indorsement of 76 of the 94 different assoclations of Baptists in the State through tatives who met with Dr. Loule D. Newton of Atlanta, chairman of the convention committee. “The God's acre” plan, as outlined by State Synod. at the meeting gives the farmer an o Jesterday, unity to contribute erived from the products id Dr. ‘These rul fi’munhu are behind in their salaries to pastors, need paint and a great many other hope of the committee to and other States are suffe lack of finances. “It is the remedy this condition by giving the farmer an opportunity to support his church without undue burden of cash contributions. s o = are approxi 495,000 white Ba in i 325,000 lmm"flm N o -