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‘ WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and colder temperature about 20 degrees; row partly cloudy and colder. ‘Temperatures-—Hig| yesterday: lowest. 34, Full report on pa Closing N.Y. Market: -— minimum tomor- tonight: hest, 52, at 4 pm. at 5:30 a.m. today. ge 9. s, Pages 13,14&15 b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITIONg ¢ Star. Wit every city block a tion is delivered to “From Press to Home hin the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers nd the regular edi- thin:l'o\; homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,610 No. 31,335. o ohes “we Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, FHP (P) Means Associated Press, TWO CENTS. 1930 —~-FORTY-FOUR PAGES. U. 5. JOINS BRITAIN IN ATTEMPTING 10 PERSUADE FRENCH 10 LOWER CLAIMS Tardieu’s Demands for 724,- 000 Tons, Requiring Build- ing of 240,000 Tons in Five Years, Meets Disfavor. MEDITERRANEAN TREATY MAY BE KEY TO SOLUTION France Faces Strong Bargaining| Points, Though Premier Seesi Stand as Opening Con[e)‘encel‘ Path—TItaly Is Silent as Grandi; Awaits Developments. Br the Associated Press. LONDON, February 14—The! United States and Great Britain combined and got quickly into ac- tion this morning to try to per- suade France to lower her sensa- tional claim for 724,000 tons of naval craft, a fizure which would involve her building 240,000 tons in the next five years. Early in the forenoon, Premier Macdonald, Secretary Stimson, Ambassador Morrow and Senator Robinson, met with Premier Tar- dieu, Briand and Marriner at the House of Commons and closeted themselves for a serious con- ference. i Prance's figures — issued last eve- n\nx-—bmughtgum unfavorable reaction from every other delegation. Indeed the total created something akin to consternation d the delegates be- lieved they have at least one month of intense worry cut out for them in reaching a solution to this vital prob- lem. Italy Is Silent. i It was understood from well inform sources that it was hoped to persuade Prance to reduce her total to something | 0,000 tons. e e *taly demands _parity with | France, there seemed nothing for Dino Grandi, Italian foreign minister, to do but to enter a claim for similar w?r-‘ nage. The opinion was expressed o conference circles, however, that Gran . would hold his hand for the Dr!ltl’ll and await d;‘ve)opg&.p&- stlncz Xt;g fl:z; T s, sarh I AV % nor _approve: ;l:;‘y!‘ demands the right to build up to nch total if she sees fit. ‘h;rmmleu Tardieu went back to Plr!ds today with Foreign Minister Briand, tacing debates in the Chambers of Dtehv; uties, but expressing satisfaction at the London Conference is now face h{ - face with realities after a week of rea! Pprogress. Requirements Held Not Relative. circles close to the French delega- | mlnn the general impression prevailed | that the real business of making a treaty has begun now that all of the powers involved have made known their aims. So far as the Prench are con- cerned, yesterday’s memorandum, based on what Prance considers her minimun: national needs in the face of present- day world conditions, represents her basis of negotiation. The French requirements as st out | in their statement are not relative, it | was declared, but based on careful con- sideration by the delcgates and experts of France’s geographic position, her colonial possessions and the length cf her trade routes. The hint in the final paragraph of | “the French memorandum that France would make her naval needs relative rather than absolute if the mutual guarantees of the nations should be- come more potent was pointed to by observers as another key to the French position. It was understood the campaign to persuade Prance to reconsider her claim would be conducted on a basis similar | to that employed by America in ap- proaching Great Britain on the cruiser problem of the two nations. That is to say, France will be asked to state spe- cifically just why she needs this total tonnage and why she needs the tonnage she specifies in each category. 20 Cut off British List. 1t was hoped that when these ques- tions are answered it would be possible to arrive at lower figures. It has been said that in the case of Great Britain her cruiser total was cut from 70 to 50 when this cold analytical method of reasoning was applied. Some important bargaining points for use in obtaining a reduction of the DOUBLE TAXATION PLAN EXPLAINED| Mills Tells Conference Treasury Has Adopted C. of C. Code as Basis for Legislation. By the Associated Press. Opening an informal conference on prevention of international double taxa- tion. Ogden L. Mills, Undersecretary of the Treasury, today told a group of business men that the Treasury wanted to facilitate the flow of capital to coun- tries needing it and to prevent taxation both at home and abroad. ‘The Undersecretary said that could be achieved by applying the principle of reciprocal exemption to income from capital from dividends and interests. Mills added that the International Chamber of Commerce had drafted a uniform code of principles for elim- inating double taxation of income, prop- erty and estate taxes, and that the ‘Treasury Department had taken this code as a basis for proposed legisla- tion. “The program further contemplates a more equitable system of taxation of anternational business by imposing taxes on the foreign enterprise only if it has A permanent establishment within the taxing country,” Mills said, “thus ex- empting income from casual transac- tions or from sale effected through a kona fide broker or commission agent.” { Institutions to Be Establish- ed in All Parts of Nation. Auto Manufacturer Would See Every Youth Trained for Service. By the Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla, February 14.— Henry Ford has announced his inten- tion to devote the rest of his life and $100,000,000 of his fortune to the found- | ing of schools. He said he had not yet decided on the number or location of the schools, | but that some of them would be large institutions and that they would be situated in various parts of the country. A desire to do all in his power to help | the young men of the country find their | places in the world, he said, was the | inspiration for his plan. Tie said that society owes young peo- | ple the opportunity to be educated for | useful citizenship and he intended to | devote the rest of his active days to | the establishment of trade schools and | teaching. Having a definite plan, he said, he intended to invest his money in his own way and did not want suggestions from persons who never made or saved ; dollar on how he should spend a mil- ion. Mr. Ford blamed much of the crime and racketeering on failure of schools 'FORD TO GIVE REST OF HIS LIFE AND $100,000.000 TO SCHOOLS HENRY FORD. to teach young men how to fit into the world. Racketeering he described as a revolt against educational methods which he said were improper and in- effectual, He expressed the belief that any one should learn a trade and become suffi- clently skilled in some line of work so that he could obtain employment. The schools which he plans, Mr. Ford said, would be self-supporting. Academic subjects would be taught in the lower grades and vocational subjects made available to students as soon as they were prepared for them. The arts and commercial courses will be offered as well as mechanical training, he said. SHOALS QUIZ CALLS CYANAMID CO. HEAD Lobby Committee Recesses Until Tuesday—Worthing- ton to Testify. By the Associated Press. Chairman Caraway of the Senate lobby committee announced today that W. B. Bell of New York, president of the American Cyanamid Co., would be summoned before the committee dur- ing 1ts investigation of persons inter- ested in Muscle Shoals legislation. His announcement was made after the committee had completed its ex- amination of W. G. Waldo, consulting engineer of the Tennessee River Im- provement Association, which has ad- vocated acceptance of the proposal of the Cyanamid Co. to lease the power and nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals. A bill is now before Congress to ac- cept the Cyanamid proposal. ‘The committes recessed today until Tuesday when it will question J. W. Worthington, chairman of the execu- tive committee of the Tennessee River Improvement: Association, who has been reported ill at Tate Spring, Tenn. Chairman Caraway charged Worth- ington with teigning illness to “dodge” the commiftee. Worthington, however, telegraphed Caraway he would come to ‘Washington over the objection of his physicians, ‘Walsh Shows Surprise. Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Montana, a member of the committee, said that it “seems to some of us a little peculiar” to hear that the American Farm Bureau Federation had co-operated with the Tennessee River Improvement Associa- tion in urging the leasing of Muscle Shoals to the American Cyanamid Co. ‘Waldo had testified that the farm or- ganization had disseminated literature advecating adoption of the Wright bill now before Congress which would ac- cept the Cyanamid bid. The witness said that the federation had no confidence in Government op- eration of the shoals and was for private operation. Two Witnesses Heard. Earl Cooper, stenographer for Worth- ington, and Waldo have been the only witnesses heard in connection with the inquiry. In the four days of testimony the committee_has been told that Charles (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) TAFT SIGNS DOCUMENT. Former Chief Justice Decidedly Improved, Bulletin States. Former Chief Justice Taft was so much improved today that he was able to sign an important document. “There is a decided improvement in the former Chief Justice's condition today and he was able to sign an im- portant paper.” read a bulletin issued by his physiclans after their morning examination. Although the nature of the document was not made known, it was understood to be an expression to his former col- leagues on the bench of his regret at NEW POWER BOARD SELIP 1S ASKED | plained he had been assigned by his | Couzens Bill Would Replace Three Cabinet Members With Civilians. By the Associated Press. Reorganization of the Federal Power | Commission, substituting three appoint- ed civilians for its present membership of three cabinet members, and allowing it free scope in employing assistant personnel, is proposed in a bill that Senator Couzens, Reprblican, Michigan, has prepared for introduction. 1 A searching inquiry into the conduct | of the commission’s affairs will begin on Monday, Senator Couzens presiding ! as chairman of the Senate interstate | commerce committee. He has called | Charles A. Russell, solicitor of the com- | mission, as the first witness. The three | members probably will testify in course of the investigation. \ “We are going into things thorough- ly,” Senator Couzens sald, “for an in- dependent inquiry.” While connected with the reorganiza- | tion bill, the inquiry looks toward an- | other proposal by Senator Couzens, to | establish Federal control of all inter- state transmission, distribution and sale of power. The Senator said he had deferred the second proposal in order to get the first through as soon as pos- sible. Difficulties to Be Aired. Numerous difficulties which have arisen within, as well as before the commission, are expected to be laid before the committee by Russell, who already has testified on the subject be- fore a House appropriations subcommit- tee. There he referred specifically to differences of opinion over the system of accounting employed by the commis- sion in relation to the valuation of expenditures by companies seeking licenses for power development. ‘The inquiry will embrace also refer- ence to <pecific cases that have been pending for years—such as the proposal by interests said to be identified with (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) SECOND GAF'I-:NEY BANK CLOSES IN TWO DAYS Institutions Reported in Difficulties Bince President of One Was Found Dead. By the Associated Press. GAFFNEY, 8. C., February 14.—The First National Bank of Gaffney, whose president, Maynard Smythe, was found shot to death January 14, failed to open its doors this morning. ‘The bank was the second Gaffney bank to close in two days. The Ameri- can State Bank did not open yester- day. Another South Carolina bank, the Bank of Chesnee, a small institution in Chesnee, about 20 miles from Gaffney, failed to open this morning. Both the Gaffney banks were reported to have been in difficulties since the death of Smythe and discovery of a large shortage in the accounts of the First National Bank. The body of the president was found in his garage after & meeting of the bank's directors. coroner's jury gave a verdict of acei- having to retire. dental shooting. Daughter of Speaker Gayly By the Associated Press. Paulina Longworth, daughter of Speaker and Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long- worth, today celebrated her fifth birth- day anniversary by attending for the first time a session of the House, where her father presides. Representative n of Connecticut, Republican floor léader, called attention of the House to Miss Paullna, who sat in the very front row of the Speaker's gallery with two attaches of her fathel office and her maid. ‘When Mr. Tilson announced that the young lady was celebrating her fifth birthday anniversary, members of the House arose and loudly applauded the little girl, who waved her left hand gayly, but was extremely self-conscious toward the members below her. Her long blond curls waved far below PAULINA LONGWORTH GETS OVATION IN HOUSE ON BIRTHDAY Waves to Members, Despite |5 Self-Consciousness. curls back from her high forehead, and in her right hand she carried a bouquet of flowers presented to her by her father. She wore orchid colored sox, with a pink border on the cuffs, and black patent leather strap slippers. After the tribute she glanced around the galleries, much as her mother often does through a lorgnette, while sitting in the same seat during unusual debate. She seemed particularly interested in nher father, watching his every move- ment and listening intently to his every word, and sat very still until the House went into a committee as a whole to uss an appropriation bill., After he relinquished the gavel to another member, Miss Paulina’s interest in the session ceased, and she de- mnanded that her party move on to her father’s ofice. She led the group out Sf the gallery, nodding and speaking the walst of her little baby-blue satin dress, A tiny bandeau held flowing composedly to persons who addresscd aery | Kansas, who joined with the attorney | expressed a desire also to furnish the | statements. 1 quiry, with brief periods of rebuttal to KANSAS ATTORNEY MAY QUIZ WATER ON RUM CHARGES Liggett Must Agree to Pro- posal, However, Dry Law Probe Chairman Says. COMMITTEE LIMITS HEARINGS TO 8 DAYS ;Wets Are Expected to Object to | Procedure Decided Upon by House Members. By the Associated Press. Representative Lambertson, Republi- { can, of announced today that | Attorney General Smith of Kansas would be glven an opportunily mnext | Wednesday to cross-examine Walter | W. Liggett, magazine writer, who told the House judiciary committee he could get liquor in any Kansas town 15 min- utes after his arrival. Arrangements had been made with Chairman Graham of the committee, | Lamberton said, to permit the Kansas | oficial to question tne magazine writer. It was indicated such an interrogation could be made only if Liggett agreed to [it. While before the committee he said he was prepared to prove his state- ments. Liggett was the first witness called by the proponents of resolutions to repeal the eighteenth amendment. He ex- publican, Plain Talk, to make a sur- vey of prohibition conditions through- out the country and that he had visited Kansas among other States. Says “Snoopers” Break Law. Liggett charged that great quantities of “hard liquor” were consumed in Kan- |sas and that it was readily obtainable both at hotels and from taxicog drivers, | L | Y SCIENCE TURNS UPON GANG WORLD MURDERS {St. Valentine Day Massacre in Chicago MICROSCOPE Cleared Up by Patient Men, Bending OVC!‘ Thcir Char BY DR. HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, Coroner of Cook County, Il (Written especially for the Associated Press.) CHICAGO, February 14.—Crime dur- The magazine writer also said the Kansas governor had succeeded in get- ting the State Legislature to appropriate $40,000 for a group of snoopers, whom he charged with being law violators. | Some of them, he said, were ex-convicts. Lambertson also wired Gov. Reed of general, W. A. Smith, in requesting that the latter be given an opportunity to cross-examine Liggett. In his wire to the Representative, Smith assailed Liggett's testimony as “false, libelous and untrue and not based on any real investigation.” Liggett, the attorney general wired further, “has a long and unsavory re- pute in this State (Kansas) and in my opifilon is not worthy of belief.” Smith committee evidence to dispute Liggett's Meanwhile vigorous objection was ex- pected from ~ongressional wets as a re. i sult of the decision of the House judici- | ary committee to confine its investiga- tion of prohibition to an eight-day in- follow. Instead of what the opponents of the dry laws had expected to be a broad, general inquiry occupying many weeks, the committee has determined to limit its hearings, with the time equally di- vided between the friends and enemies of the eighteenth amendment. The committee was in recess today after devoting two days to witnesses urging repeal of the anti-liquor laws and meeting in executive session to de- cide upon a course of procedure. Wets Get Two More Days. ‘The wets will be given two more days next week, after which the drys will have their say. It is planned to hold hearings on Wednesdays and Thurs- days of each week until the specified time has been given to the inquiry. When hearings are resumed next Wednesday the wets plan to present Pierre S. du Pont of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co.. Samuel H. Church, president of the Carnegie Institute, and Robert H. Cassatt, son of the former president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, as their principal witnesses. Chairman Williamson of the House expenditures committee, the author of the measure, requested by President Hoover, to transfer the prohibition unit from the Treasury to the Justice De- partment. answered vigorously in a radio address last night to several charges of the wets, Refers to Beck Plan. He mentioned no names, but referred to the suggestion of Representative Beck of Pennsylvania, a wet, that Con- gress is not obligated to pass laws car- rying out the provisions of the eight- eenth amendment. Members of Congress, he said, have taken a solemn oath to support the Constitution, and a “refusal to carry out the eighteenth amendment would brand them as faithless, if not lawless.” He denounced “the doctrine of nulli- fication” as one that had once led America into “one of the most disas- trous and bloody wars in history” and asserted that if it is persisted in it “will lead again to open conflict.” TWO SLAIN IN CLASH. Conservatives and Radicals Fight in Buenos Aires Province. BUENOS AIRES, February 14 (#).— ‘Two persons were killed and more than a score wounded, some seriously, in a clash last night between Conservatives and Radicals at Lincoln, Province of Buenos Aires. More than 400 shots were red. The clash occurred while the Con- servatives, who recently have increased their political strength at the expense of the Radicals, or President Yrigoyen's party, were holding a meeting in the principal square of the city. ACTRESS IS JAILED. Marian Morrell Fails to Pay Fine of $150 in Liquor Charge. LOS ANGELES, February 14 (#).— Marian Morrell, motion picture actress, arrested recently with Art Acord, film actor, on prohibition law violation charges, was in jail today because she could not pay a fine of $150 assessed in Municipal Court. Acord was fined $150 on similar charges. The pair were arrested at her apartment after a taxicab driver com- plained he had been thrown down- stairs when he attempted to collect a fare. Officers nl} they found liquor in the room. ing the prohibition era in the United States, reaching a climax in the wanton killing of seven bootlegging gangsters in a dingy garage here on St. Valen- tine's day, 1929, has met its Waterloo. The forces of science have emerged victorious. The scientists' microscope has revealed the identity of the man who trained a machine gun on the seven gangsters, lined against the garage wall, and unmercifully shot them to death. A light snow was falling in North Clark street, several miles north of the downtown district, when neighbors DAVIS SAYS HOOVER AVERTED DISASTER Radio Forum Speaker Gives Credit to Parleys in Market Crisis. When there are more than 3,000,000 workers out of jobs, as was the case| immediately after the recent stock | market crash, it is a “shock to our country,” and we should be “thankful that we are getting back on our feet again,” declared James J. Davis, Sec- retary of Labor, last night in the Na- | tional Radio Forum arranged by The Evening Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System. “Let us hope that we are well on our way to a speedy recovery,” added Sec- retary Davis. He ascribed overgrowth of popula- tion and overemphasis on machine ef- ficiency in production as contributing factors to underconsumption and re- sultant unemployment. Says Hoover Averted Disaster. Nobody knows what business would be like today if it had not been for President Hoover's prompt action to avert disaster in the financial crisis, in the opinion of Secretary Davis. “As it is, we have not escaped some of the effects,” he continued. “No- vember and December were extremely hard months for us. Since the first of January the employment situation has improved, but we have some unemploy- ment—more than we want to see.” Pointing out that immigration is adding to the number of unemployed, Secretary Davis said “we must be on the alert.” Where there are “two men for every job,” he sald, the standard of living is “doomed.” Cannot “Robotize” America. “We cannot ‘robotize’ America,” de- clared Mr. Davis, “because we must remember that the machine does not eat or sleep. It does nothing but pro- duce. We must watch out that with our efficiency and modern manage- ment_we keep control of the machine. (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) ILL TREATMENT IS BASIS OF DIVORCE PETITION Wife Says She Had to Write “I ‘Will Obey My Hustand” 10 Times for Permission to See Show. Declaring she was required to write 10 times “I will obey my Husband” be- fore being permitted to attend a pic- ture show and ~sserting that her hus- band began to ill treat her within a week after the marriage, Mrs. Inez M. Montague, 3033 Sixteenth street, today file” suit in the District Supreme Court for a limited divorce from Henry A. Montague, described as a contractor an. builder with an income of $12,000 annually. The husband recently, in a rage, took he- fur coat and tore it to pieces in front of her, the wife complains. They were married October 24 last. The wife says she is unable to work and wants suitable alimony. She is rep- resented by Attorney Carl Marshall. . Radio Programs on Page C-5 ts in Laboratory. heard a series of muffled rapid-fire shots coming from a one-story garage. A housewife said that, a few minutes after the shots, she saw several men and a policeman casually walk out of the garage and drive away in what looked like a detective bureau squad car. Half an hour later the newspapers of the civilized world carried headlines that seven Chicago gangsters of the George (Bugs) Moran gang had been lined up against a wall and shot to death by machine guns. A staff of coroner's physicians ex- tracted the bullets from the dead men and made scientific charts showing the location of the wounds in each body. Thanks to the financial aid of Mr. Bert Massee and Mr. Walter Olson, two Chicago business men who were mem- bers of the coroner's jury of six out- standing business leaders whom I had (Continued on Pag EX-SENATOR DUBDIS DIES AT HOME HERE Former Idaho Leader Suc- cumbs to Pneumonia—Was 79 Years 0ld. Former Senator Fred T. Dubois of Idaho, who was chiefly responsible for that Territory becoming a State, and was its first Senator, died this morning of pneumonia at his home, 3114 R | street. He was 79 years of age, but | still active in the service of his country, being a member at the time of his death of the Joint International Com- mission, a body for the settlement of States and Canada. Former Senator Dubois' death came as a shock to his many friends in social and official life in the Capital. He had been ill only a week, though, despite poor health, he had been working many hours a day with the International Joint Commission on a difficult Wash- ington State-Canada boundary question for three weeks before his illness con- fined him to bed. The former Senator was last seen in public at the National Press Club last Saturday. Stricken With Cold. He went to his home last Saturday with a cold. His resistance lowered by the long hours he had been putting in with the International Joint Commis- sion’s deliberations, the cold failed to pneumonia. Former Senator Dubois was a_pioneer in the development of Idaho. His fine old mansion, which still stands in Blackfoot, Idaho, was the first house built 1n that town, and was the nucleus about which the town has been built, It long has been a landmark and of recent years the townfolk have dis- | cussed making a memorial of the place. He is survived by his widow, Edna M. Dubols, and two_daughters, Mrs. boundary disputes between the United | respond to treatment and turned to| HOOVER DECIDES 10 CUT VACATION President Will Return to Capital Saturday Night Instead of Monday. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG., Staft Correspondent of The Star. LONG KEY, Fla., February 14.—Pres- ident Hoover is today indulging in what | may be his last day of fishing on this | vacation. He announced suddenly last | night that he had decided to cut his | outing short by leaving here tomorrow | night for Washington instead of Monday night as had been originally planned. Preparations already are under way for the Northward journey and it is said | that the President may not find time to do any fishing tomorrow. At any rate he will have but two or three hours at | the most for this sport. Mr. Hoover has enjoyed himself thor- oughly on this outing and although he personally has not had the best of luck he is content and would like to have re- mained for a longer period. His deci~ slon to cut short his stay was made known last night following a visit to the Saunterer by Capt. Allan Buchanan, the President’s naval aide. Who discussed tonnage demands of France, which were presented to the London conferees yes- terday, but there is reason to feel that this had virtually nothing to do with the President’s shortening his stay. Mail Transmission Poor, There has been some little difficulty in the transmission of mail and impor- tant documents from Washington to Long Key, and the understanding is that this was one of the reasons which prompted his unexpected decision. Lawrence Richey, the President's | secretary. said that his impression was that the President had no good reason for remaining here over Sunday, in as | much as he would do no fishing on the | Sabbath. Moreover, the President has | had about his fill of it. He has been |abie to indulge in his favorite sport to his heart content every day since he | landed here early last Monday morning. The rest and change and the exercise in the semi-tropic atmosphere has done both the Prestdent and Mrs. Hoover a world of good. The five special cars of the presi- dential party will be attached to the rear of the regular Key West second Havana special of the Atlantic Coast Line for the trip back to Washington. Despite the fact that this regular train has had no opportunity to have its enginer or other equipment inspected carefully during its layover in Key West to determine if everything is in good running order for the journey to Washington, the President preferred to travel in this semi-public manner to a })fl\'lte train. Mr. Coolidge tried travel- |ing in this semi-public manner once | while he was President, but he never repeated. Sailfish Have Been Scarce. Sallfish have been scarce, or else too wily in this section where the presiden- tial party has been directing its atten- tion, and for that reason the President today shifted his attack to the fishing (grounds off Sombrero Key, about 25 |imiles south of here. The little flotilla which has been housing the party in the gulf off the west shore of Long Key lifted anchors and set off at dawn this morning for Sombrero Key. The Presi- dent, Associate Justice Stone and Mark Sullivan, ~ newspaper and magazine writer, are fishing from the cruiser sloop Orca, under the command of Capt. Hermann Gray, who has the rep- | utation of being the most skilled deep | (Continued on Page 2, Column (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, February 14.—A father who unhesitating)y risked a slow and painful death 'to save his baby daughter, and a mother with a ;| look of horror still in her eyes, today made plans for the funeral of their first born. In a little white walled hospital room Mabel Jeldy, 5 months old, died at midnight last night, victim of poi- n:nt given to her through error by her mo her. Pinding the child ill early yesterday morning, the mother prepared what she believed was a dose of a common remedy, and gave it to the baby. La- ter she found she had administered a {FATHER RISKS TORTUROUS DEATH IN VAIN ATTEMPT TO SAVE BABY | Mother Gives Infant Poison by Mistake—He Drinks Some to Find Antidote. | i ! failed, Clarence Jeldy, the baby's fa- | ther, reasoned that he might find an antidote for the poison by observing the effect of the acid on himself. DILL CONTINUES ATTACK IN SENATE ON SUPREME COURT Warns People Will Find Way to Change Constitution and Upset Body. SENATOR VANDENBURG RALLIES TO DEFENSE Declares Assault Is Attempt to Subordinate Judiciary to Legis- lative Branch of Government. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The battle of words over the Supreme Court of the United States which has been waged in the Senate for three days in connection with the nomination of Chief Justice Hughes, confirmed by the Senate last night, broke out again in the upper house today. Senator Dill of Washington, one of the Democratic opponents of the ap- pointment of Mr. Hughes, started the ball rolling When he issued a ‘warning that if the members of the Supreme Court do not watch their step in hand- ing down opinions on economic ques- tions the people of the country will find a way to change the Constitution and upset the judiciary itself, Senator Brookhart of Iowa gave no- tice that he would offer a resolution pro- Pposing an amendment to the Constitu- tion to take away the power of the Su- preme Court to et aside legislative en- actment.’ He insisted that this power :’h‘:t rllgt in the ?ansmunon now and was merely a power set th;_hwuln iueslel. i g e Towa Senator, who was speak! in reply to Senator Vanderberg, ;:! clared that the latter “does notrgelh've in the people of the United States and does not believe in the election of judges. I believe,” continued Senator Brookhart. “that the people should select judges & great deal better than they are g:n: selected now. Chiet Justice Hughes was selected because of his emnomfc views, taking into consideration also his ability.” “Coming to the defense of the ‘ue diciary, Senator Vandenburg, Repub- m:n. of nglchin.?e had declared that present assault uj the Supreme Court in the sennepolns but n:oum- phrase of the attempt which has been made almost since the beginning of this Government to subordinate the judiiary to the legislative branch of the Gov- ernment. Cites Importance of Judiciary. “The independence of the judiciary,” Hs;llgo Ben:mr Vlnaent:‘lrxu. I"“t far more riant than gny transient question | that might Wise The Michigan Sen- jator declared that any time that the independence of the judiciary is swept aside the Constitution of the United States will become a mere transient thin t the will of any majority that arise in Congress on any issue, ‘The Constitution will cease to the great charter Senator Vandenburg, “and when it goes the great masses of the people vllllT;:e far more than they could lose through nrx’yu transient economic issue that may arise.” Senator Dill at the outset of his address sald that the morning papers in commenting upon the discussion in the Senate over the Hughes nomination had said that the Supreme Court had :{en dragged into politics as never ore. “I wish to discuss briefly what is ahead as to the Supreme Court’s being in politics,” sald Senator Dill. “This fight has centered the attention of the American people on the Supreme Court as it has not been centered since the jDred Scott opinion. That decision affected human slavery. The reason why this discussion of the Supreme Court in the Senate has caught the attention of the people is because there is building up a judicial system of law that is fast bringing economic slavery to the people. People Will Begin to Think. “It is for Chief Justice Hughes and for the other members of the Supreme Court to say by their decisions whether the Supreme Court shall be in politics,” continued Senator Dill. “If the present system is to continue of writing law through the courts, no force on earth can keep the Supreme Court from being brought into politics. When the peopie find their telephone charges going up. and they learn from their Representa- tives in Congress and elsewhere that this is due to Supreme Court decisions, they are going to begin to think abouc the Supreme Court." Senator Dill said that when people realize that increases in street car fares fand in the charges for electric light and power cannot be reduced because of the valuation system set up by the Supreme Court they are going to give serious attention to the court. “They are going to ask, what is this Supreme Court,” said Senator Dill. “The Supreme Court will be in politics, lev no beneficiary of judicial opinions smile ip smug content.” Senator Dill said that if the people come to feel that the Supreme Court has become their oppressor and con- sider also the fact that the judges of the court are appointed for life, they will ind a means to change the situa- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) PRESIDENT OF CHINA IS ASKED TO RETIRE Shansi Governor’'s Message Seen as Challenge—Believed Planning Move Against Chiang. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 14.—A Reuter's dispatch from Peiping says that Yen While the mother tried to ease her baby's pain, the father stepped into another room and hastily swallowed a dose of the poison. Soon he noticed a burning sensation. He waited, while the burning grew more intense, then drank a gl of hastil, “";'mdwmnm"u" tion of th astily pre| another on of the simple remedy, and wil his wife's help gave it to the infant. Soon the child’s suffering seemed to diminish, and when a doctor arrived he said the pro) antidote had been administered. he child would have recovered, hospital attendants belleved, if & lung congestion had not developed dose of id. When efforts to get a doctor which the baby, weak from the effects of the poison, could not resist. Hsi-Shan, governor of the Province of Shansi, has sent a message to President Chiang Kai-Shek calling upon him to retire in view of deplorable conditions obtaining throughout China. Yen stated that he would then follow suit 1 |and retire also. ‘The message was regarded in Peiping as a challenge to the Ni govern- ment which E.ln Pprobability would lead to hostilities. No doubt was felt at Peiping that Shih Yu-Shan, a former ral under Feng Yu-Hslang, head of the people's army, and Gen. Han Fu-Chu were com- m With Yen Hsi-Shan in a con- fnove against Chiang Kai-Shek.