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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy and colder today; tomorrow partly cloudy and warmer. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 38 at 12 m. yesterday: lowest, 30 at 10 p.m. yester- day. Full report oh page 4. g “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered cvery evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by ‘The Star's exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery, No. 1,300—No. 31,337. Che WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Star. ns_Associated Press. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, B D, STIMSON INSISTS AUXILIARY CRAFT BEACTED ONFIRST Declines to Consider Battle- ships and Aircraft Car- riers at Present. DETERMINED TO CLEAR UP * ‘MESS’ ONCE AND FOR ALL Declares Submarine, Cruiser and Destroyer Must Be Disposed of Before New Questions. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. By Radio to Thi LONDON, February 15.—Following the initiative so effectually seized by the | word Griado, a servant. Criado turned American delegation 10 days ago, Sec- retary Stimson has submitted a polite, but unmistakably firm, ultimatum to the Naval Conference. It concerns the question of battleships and aircraft car- riers. The Secretary of State has informed the heads of all the other delegations that the United States declines to Jdis- cuss these types of vessels in any way, shape or form until the Conference has tackled and settled the question of cruisers, destroyers and submarines. Ultimatum Precisely Defined. American position on_this score . h;rshie!n laid down with Gibraltarian inflexibility. It has been defined in precise detail. The United States will not talk about battleships, either in- formally through conversations among delegates, advisers and experts, or in the shape of confidential talks among the heads of delegations. The embargo also extends, of course, to any full dress debate on the subject in a plenary ses- sion qf the conference or to a so-called committee of the whole. 1. i Stimson’s attitude has been, elucidal to his fellow-chiefs of delegations as due to America’s fierce determination at this conference to clean up the whole naval limitations mess once and for all. ‘The Hoover inistration does not mean by that for all time. But it does mean that it will not consider here any further discussion of classes of warships already limited by treaty before there has been an agreement to limit iypes ot yet so Testricted. American View Prevails. American view will prevail. Any hl’;helwun projected battleships ar- Tan; s will gemen: therefore be academic and without authority, pend- ing solution of the hlahlg ‘3{::3}1’?2‘? tions of cruisers and s . S the more easily able to enforce the American viewpoint be- cause of the unanimity of our delega- | -tion. They have not seen eye to eye | on every single detail of the multifarious ‘many-angled propositions . which have perplexed the conference. But on every occasion Stimson has been able to speak for a truly united group. The strength ©of the American position in London springs largely from this circumstance. ATl delegations are anxious to come w0 grips with the battleships problem. “This question presents a variety of problems. Whether, and how long a A Teplacement holiday beginning in 1931 | and he believes this is likely to be shall be, can probably be settled speed- 11".1 Less speedily can decisions be reached regarding the reduction size of battleships.’ Both Great Britain and Japan are in a mood to favor a decrease in the maximum tonnpage to 25,000 and a corresponding cut in gun caliber from 16 to 14 inches or even less. The American contention that the battleship remains the core and heart of the fleet is not yet abandoned. | tective in a number of instances. He | regards foreign importations in a num- Nor have we given up the claim that we need great armored floating fort- Tosses because of our lack of naval bases and proportionate need of pow= erful ships with long cruising radius. The storm over “the American Rod- super-battleship, _ which _the 2, Column 2.) | French or Spanish parents in a new | jof the word” Coolidge Starts Something With Query on “Creole” Creates Consternation in New Orleans Society by Asking Origin. By®the Associated Press NEW ORLEANS, La., February 15.— Calvin Coclidge started something when he asked a group of New Orleans Cre- oles what was the origin of the word “Creole.” “It means a child born of pure bred world colony” one of them explained. | “I know, but what is the derivation inquired the former President. “Why, er—," and they looked from | one to another. None of them knew but they agresd to find out and let him know the origin of their own, particular and distinct word. So they went to reference books and sent him this “Creole—A descendant of white peo- ple, born in Mexico, South America and the West Indies. Derived from Spanish into Criadillo, then Creolle and finally Creole.” . Now the Creoles are wondering how this word, which is the hall-mark in Louisiana of high breeding, education and social grace, ever had such a low derivation. WATSON EXPECTS TARIFFBILL DELAY Hughes Debate Makes Pas- sage by March 1 Unlikely, He Declares. Because the week has been taken up almost entirely with the discussion of the nomMation of Chief Justice Hughes and the Supreme Court, Senate leaders are now apprehensive the tariff bill cannot be passed by March 1, as they expected some days ago. Senator James E. Watson, Republic- an leader, said yesterday that while he had hoped the bill would pass by March 1, the long debate over the nomina- tion of Mr. Hughes and over the Su- preme Court had more or less disar- ranged plans. He said nobody expected so lengthy a discussion as arose over Mr. Hughes’ confirmation and this de- bate. along with pressure to bring up subjects other than the tariff, was tending to hold tariff action back. Senator Watson said the bill should be expedited and passed. He said the delay in the measure was tending to create business uncertainty, and to hold back purchases of goods and prod- ucts of various kinds. He will continue to urge the Senate to hasten action on the bill, but he has little expectation now that it can be put through by March 1. Ry H Efforts fo Be Continued. Sometime ago Senator Watson felt there was danger no tariff bill would be enacted. He gives it as his opinion that Congress should enact the bill done, though he sees some difficulties in the way. President Hoover is under- stood to feel it would be a mistake not o pass a bill. “Personally, I am of the opinion that Congress should go ahead and pass the bill,” said Senator Watson. He made it plain that he felt the rates in the industrial schedules could well be made higher and more pro- ber of lines as excessive and he does not believe these importations will be checked to the extent they should be by any tariff legislation likely to be put on the statute books by this Con- gress. Senator Watson and other Senate Republican chiefs were concerned yes- GRASS FIRES WIPE OUT | HALF OF BUSINESS AREA Blaze, Fanned by Stiff Breeze, for| a Time Theatened All of | Dover, Ark. By the Associated Press | RUSSELLVILLE, Ark., February 15.— | re, which for a time threatened de- | struction to the town of Dover, about | gy the Associated Press. 10 miles north of here, was estinguished | Jate today after demolishing more than | 15 half the business section and 10 homes | who has bee in the residential section, with an ac- companying loss of over $100,000. Only & small percentage of the loss ‘was covered by insurance. Whipped by a strong wind, a small | William Deh: grass fire in the rear of a barber shop | spread rapidly, consuming two blocks of | business buildings, including the Dover post office. Calls were sent in for the Russellville Fire Department shortly after fire start- | years ago. ed at 10:30 this morning, but because of inability to reach a water supply fire- | Cormick’s petition to be appointed sole men were seriously hampered. Dover, the county seat of Pope Coun- | that two guardians be added to the ty, has no water works, and insurance rates were correspondingly high. As a * Tied & minimum of insurance. |New Medical: Care Ordered for! | tent. multimillionaire, was ordered oust- |ed from his position March 15 in an L result residents and business men car- | Blaine McCormick, brother and sister terday lest the Supreme Court con- (Continuéd-on Page 5, Column 2.) PSYCHOANALYST OUSTED | BY CALIFORNIA COURT Stanley McCormick, Multi- millionaire. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., February | .—Dr. E. J. Kempf, psychoanalyst, n recelving $120,000 a year to treat Stanley McCormick, incompe- order signed today by Superior Judge y. Judge Dehy instructed that new medical care be provided for McCor- mick, possessor of a $50,000,000 estate and son of Cyrus McCormick, the Chi- cago harvester magnate, who died some The court denied Mrs, Stanley Mc- guardian of her husband and ordered board, which now consists of the wife and Harold McCormick and Mrs. Anita of the multimillionaire. 31 U. S. SUBMARINES LISTED FOR DISPOSAL AT JUNK PRICES Chart Reveals France, Great Britain, Japan and Italy Have No Crafts on List. By the Associated Press. Submarines which cost millions of dollars not so many years ago will soon be sold for junk prices. The United States today has 108 submarines, of which 31 are listed for disposal by the Navy before July 1, 1931. Thirteen years is the age limit for submarines by international agreement. Of the, vessels soon to be sold three were built in 1917, fourteen in 1918, seven in 1919, three in 1920 and four in 1922. Those in ’'17 and '18 cost an average of more than $600,000 and the others an average of over $1,000,000 The last three submarines sold were forn down by the Navy and sold to dealers in scrap iron. Pumps, motors, engines—all go for whatever they will bring. In other cases the Navy has sold the submarine outright, after it had been stripped of whatever equipment might be of possible use. Charts of the Navy Department show that among nations listing submarines beyond the effective age, the United States has 14, France has 9, Great Britain, Japan and Italy have none. The chart which shows submarines listed for disposal shows -the United | States with 31, while the other four | powers have not a single submarine on the list. No plans have been announced for ’plloemfllt of the 31 submarines to be ‘etired. Answers bearing on that ques- tion are being formulated at the Lon- don Naval Conference, WASHINGTON, B0, SUNDAYV)I()RNI.\"GT FEBRUARY 16, 1930—12¢ PAGES. CLASHES RENEWED IN HOUSE EFFORTS | TOAMENDDRY LAW Beedy and Sproul Uphold Vol- stead Act, as La Guardia Denounces Conditions. GOV. GREEN SCORES CRITIC AS POLITICIAN Hearings to Be Resumed Tues- day on Christopherson Proposal. By the Associated Press. Prohibition’s defenders and antag- onists clashed anew in the House yes- terday while plans went ahead Iorl legislative consideration of the contro- verted proposal to allow United States commissioners to try casual or minor offenders of the dry laws. Two arid Republicans, Beedy of Maine and Sproul of Kansas, upheld the Volstead act. . Another Republican, as emphatically wet, La Guardia of New York, rejoined with a repetition of the charge often made that enforce- ment conditions are deplorable. Representative _Christopherson, Re- publican, South Dakota, introduced an amendment to the bill he is sponsoring to carry out the law enforcement com- mission’s recommendations concerning trials by United States commissioners. His alm is to remove ground for ob- jections that the original measure is unconstitutional. Hearings on the pro- posal will be resumed on Tuesday. Green Scores Critic. Meanwhile, Gov. Green of Michigan was given attention on Capitol Hill when he characterized as a “political attack” charges made against him last week before the judiciary committee. Waiter Liggett, a magazine writer, tes- tified that Green had attended “a wild party” near Detroit. The executive said formally that the assertion was “admit- tedly based on the statement of a po- litical enemy.” ‘The statements of three Circuit Court judges of Michigan were submitted by Gov. Green in reply to Liggett's testi- mony, which he said he did not wish to “dignify.” The judges, Homer Fer- n, Allan Campbell and Maurice [cMahon, all denied Liggett's charges. In defense of Gov. Green, Judge Fer- guson said he would welcome an op portunity to testify before the judiciary committee. He termed Liggett a ‘“pro- fessional politician,” and said the music at the party referred to was provided by a band of boys between the ages of 7 and 17. He added that songs and dances were given by professional per- formers who have appeared before su- diences of some of the best men and women in Detroit. Beedy Defends Volstead Aet. Representative Beedy took issue with| recent addresses of Representative Beck, Pennsylvania, and Fort, New Jersey, both Republicans. He challenged the wets, in their position that the Volstead act is unpopular, influence their State Legis res to propose an amend- ment to the Constitution by repealing the eighteenth amendment. Beedy termed as “the best element in our national life” the millions of men and women in humble circumstances whom | he_said obey the dry laws. H asserted that every advance in the perfection of a representative sys- ‘tem of Government “has involved a cur- tailment of the liberties of the indi- vidual,” adding, “No great national policy which has ultimately strength- ened our industrial and 'political fabric and thus reflected credit upon its sup- rouers has been possible without limi- ation on individual rights.” Representative La Guardia attacked the position taken by Beedy a few weeks ago that “you could' not blame the red-blooded Coast Guardsmen for drinking confiscated liquor after they had been working in ice-water knee deep.” He then read a newspaper clip- ping to the effect that several Coast Guardsmen had pleaded guilty to plac- ing railroad ties on a railroad track. Assistance of Canada. ‘While the Dominion of Canada has gone out of its way to meet the pro- hibition situation in the United States, La Guardia said, the inability to pre- | vent smuggling of liquor to this coun- try was through no fault of theirs, but due to the prohibition law itself. Large bootlegging interests have founded n | lucrative business, he said, to meet the | “universal demand” for liquor. | Representative Sproul directed the attention of the House to what he callcd the “popularity of the eighteenth amendment.” He advocated additional legislation to strengthen the prohibi- tion law. Under the present law, he said, any kind of liquor could be manu- factured in the homes and there could be no prosecution unless there was proof of sale. The law should be amended, he said, to provide “easier entrance to the homes of bootleggers: Saratoga Resort Padl;cked. ALBANY, N. Y., February 15 (#).— Federal Judge Frank Cooper signed here today an injunction padiocking the Lido Venice, Saratoga resort reputed to have cost $1,000,000. The injunction is for six months. Judge Cooper said that before the Lido Venice may resume business, its owners must post a $5,000 bond which will be forfeited in the event of any new violation of the prohibition law. James H. Mitchell of Saratoga is recorded as owner of the property. Single Clue! Not a Only the Stark Fact of Murder J. S. FLETCHER Master of Detective Stories Tells How the Mystery of Col. Engleden's Death Was Solved IN “The Wrist Mark” BEGINNING MONDAY IN * FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS TEN. CENTS FLSEWHERE ' | 1 | IN SCHOOLS The National Education Association, at the invitation of the Hoover Com- mission on Law Enforcement, is con- ducting a nation-wide survey of public schools to determine the relative amounts of liquor drinking by youths | before and after the enactment of the | prohibition amendment. | is was revealed last night by J.| W. Crabtree, secretary of the educa- | tional organization, at a dinner given in the Mayflower Hotel by the Educa- tion Association of the District of Co- lumbia in honor of Miss E. Ruth Pyrtle of Lincoln, Nebr., president of the na- | tional body. | Early reports from thousands of school principals throughout the coun- try, Mr. Crabtree said, indicate there is less drinking among high schocl youths today and since 1920 than there was prior to the prohibition amendment. ‘These reports from school principals are reaching national headquarters of the EDUCATOR REPORTS DRINKING | HAS DECREASED | Secretary of N. E. A. Reveals Nation—Widei Survcy Made at Invitation of Law En- ; forcement Commission. l National Education Association by the thousands, he declared and expressed | the bellef that the complete findings of | the survey probably will be available in the very near future. | Though not a scheduled speaker at | the District Education Association's dinner, Mr. Crabtree was requested by Miss Pyrtle to tell briefly of the work which the National Education Associa- tion is doing in co-operation with Fed- eral governmental agencies. Besides the drinking survey, he said, the asso- ciation aided in speeding up school building construction in literally thou- sands of instances, in compliance with President Hoover's request that con- templated construction be accelerated | | during the recent financial depression.| Their selection was made by unani- Attended by 200 members and guests of the local education r, last night’s_dinner to_ Miss me was | (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) BARRICADED MAN BATTLES 13POLICE 'Leap From Train, Followed‘ by Officers, Brings Capture | in House. ! By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, February 15.—Mi- chael Berg, 45, who told police he was | a “Chicago politician,” almost routed | five Indianapolis detectives and eight | policemen from a house where he had | barricaded himself tonight, after he | had unsuccessfully attempted to evade | the officers by leaping from a Monon | passenger train at the Boulevard Street | Station. Police had received an anonymous telephone call earlier that “nine Chi- cago gangsters” were on an Indian- apolis-bound Monon train. They board- ed the train at the North Side Station, but found no gang aboard. After the train had gone a few blocks, however, and was traveling at the rate of 40 miles an hour, Berg leaped off. The train was stopped and the detectives folowed him. Berg took refuge in a nearby house after breaking in through a window, but was tralled by the detectives. He took refuge in a closet and in a bitter struggle with his would-be captors, al- most won the battle until eight police- men arrived. Berg and the officers were all badly battered and bruised. At police head- quarters Berg was held on charges of vagrancy and resisting an officer. He said that he fought the detectives be- cause he thought they were gunmen trying to “get him,” but police said he continued his battle even when the uniformed police arrived. FINLEY WINS POST LEFT BY ROBSION Republican Candidate Leads Demo- cratic Rival in Special . Election. LOUISVILLE, Ky., February 15 (). —Charles Finley of Willlamsburg, long a Republican leader in the eleventh Kentucky congressional dictrict, was elected to Congress in today's sepecial election on the face of returns from approximately half of "the precincts with all counties heard from. * Pinley had 8.648 votes to 3,443 for Nat B. Sewell of Lennon, his Demo- cratic opponent, on returns tonight from 250 of the 533 precincts in the district. The election was called to fill the place of John M. Robsion, re- cently appointed to the United S S Senate. The vote was unusually it due to snow and cold weather and the general feeling that the eleventh would go Republican as usual. The election was quiet. Finley led in every county in today's election save in Laurel, Sewell's home county, where the Democrats had 582 to 567 for Finley on reports from 16 out of 32 precincts. Hungary to Grant Amnesty. BUDAPEST, February 15 (#).— Count Bethlen, Hungarian prime minister, is preparing a general amnesty for politi- cal offenders on the tenth anniversary of Admiral Horthy's appointment as re- gent of Hungary, March 1, | Albert Cassidy and Leo Lewis, the other 3CONVICT RIOTERS | GUILTY OF MURDER Auburn Prisoners Face Death Penalty for Killing Fellow | Inmate in Recent Break. By the Associated Press, AUBURN, N. Y, February 15.—A | jury convicted Jesse Thomas, Willlam | Force and Claude Udwine, convicts, of first degree murder today for the killing of Henry Sullivan, a fellow inmate, during the Auburn Prison riot of De- cember 11, and acquitted Frank Leagan, prisoner-defendants. The jury's decision automatically brought to Supreme Court Justice Ben- jamin B. Cunningham, who presided, the mandatory duty of pronouncing death sentence upon those found guilty, when they are arraigned before him ‘Wednesday. Attorneys Plan Appeal. Leagan, 20; Cassidy, 23, and Lewls, 20, went back to their cells in the prison to continue serving their unfinished terms, which are 25 years, 10 years and life, respectively. Force, 28; Thomas, | 20, and Udwine, 28, went back to awaii senlencing, with the knowledge that appeals for each will be made by their attorneys Wednesday. An expectant hush spread over the court room as the six on trial stood up to hear the verdict which was to mean life or death to them. They were gumcled in pairs, as they have heen wvery day except one during the court proceedings. Lone Juror Holds Out. One juror, it was said in semi-official circles, held out against the 11 others against conviction of all six defendants. He was said to have swung the others to_the verdict as returned. In announcing their verdict the jurors made it clear they were not in- fluenced by Lewis’ insanity defense. ‘That man’s attorney had pictured him as a “dog following his master” in the riot. Cassidy was identified by but one witness as having had a gun. Leagan's counsel contended the young Ohkivan was threatened by a riot leader with death if he attempted to go back to his cell after he onge left it. Leagan grinned triumphantly as his eyes sought for his sister Marie, but failed to find her in the court room at the time of acquittal. She came in a few minutes later. ! ESCAPES CANON CITY. Man Described as Most Dangerous Convict Scales Wall. CANON CITY, Colo., February 15 (#). —Characterized by prison officials as one of the most desperate criminals housed in the institution, Leo W. Mc- Gentry today made his escape from the Colol;]ldo State Penitentiary by scaling a wall. Col. Patrick J. Hamrock, recently ap- pointed to reorganize the prison admin- istration along military lines following convict mutinies and other disorders, said the staft of guards in the section where McGentry esca) been di- minished by 10 men use of illness. McGentry had been gone for several hours before his absence was noted. +tions and has been associated with sev- | Washington, the city he founded, dur- GRANT AND BLOOM HEAD CELEBRATION Washington Bicentennial in 1932 Will Be Observed Over Nine-Month Period. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant 3d, and Rep- resentative Sol Bloom of New York, have been appointed associate directors to take charge of arrangements for the Nation-wide celebration of the bicen- tennial of Washington's birth, covering the period from February 22 to Thanks- giving day, 1932. It has been proposed that Col. Grant be advanced to a brigadier general dpr- ing the four years of his assi ent with the commission, House Leader Til- son said last night. mous vote at a meeting of the execu- tive committee of the George Washing- ton Bicentennial Commission, presided over by Senator Fess of Ohio, vice chair- man of the commission and chairman of the executive committee. This action was reported to the other members of the commission scattered all over thc country, All, with the exception of Henry Ford, who was not at home, have replied that they approve the selection. Col. Grant's extensive experience a: an executive officer and close contact with the President, is believed to make him an especially valuable man for associate director. Bloom Has Wide Experience. Representative Bloom has had Nation- wide experience in important celebra- eral international expositions. He superintended construction of the Mid- way Plaissance at the Columbia Expo- sition in Chicago in 1893, and has been | in prominent in the publishing and con- struction business. He has a wide ac-| quaintance with leaders in the theat- rical, movie and entertainment profes- sions, as well as with the large radio corporations and broadcast systems. Representative Bloom has been as- sured by John Philip Sousa that he will write a new march, to be known as “The George Washington March.” Detalls of the Nation-wide celebration have not yet been worked out, but the main purpose will be to educate peo- ple of the country regarding the life and ideals of George Washington and to bring as many of them as possible to ing 1932 to see how it has been devel- oped according to plans he laid out with Maj L'Enfant, and to have them make pligrimages to his shrine and tomb at Mount Vernon. House Plans Celebration. To give impetus to this work, the House by formal resolution has ar- ranged for a distinctive celebration of Washington's birthday next Saturday, by devoting the entire session, starting | an hour earlier than usual, to an ex- planation of the work by the Bicen- tennial Commission, and plans to have all the States and communities through- “(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—28 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page B—4. PART TWO—12 PAGES. Editorial_Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. News of the Clubs—Pages 6, 7 and 8. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 8. D. A. R. Activities—Pages 8 and 10. PART THREE—14 PAGES. Soclety. PART FOUR—14 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen and Music, In the Motor World—Pages 5 and 6. Aviation Activities—Pages 7 and 8, District National Guard—Page 8. Praternities—Page 9. Organized Reserves—Page 10. Army and Navy News—Page 10. W. C. T. U—Notes—Page 10. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 11, Radio News—Pages 12 and 13. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 14, PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Pinancial News—Pages 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 11. Spanish War Veterans—Page 12, At Community Centers—Page 12. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 18. Review of New Books—Page 19. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; 'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.: Little Orphan Annie;: Betty: Somebody's Stenog: High Lights of History. . and POLITICAL CLOUDS DARKEN SHIES FOR G0PSTALVARTS Varied Issues and Spirit of Unrest Threatens Control of Congress. PROMIBITION MAY PROVE | DISCONCERTING FACTOR| Growing Breach Between Progres-| sives and Administration Com- plicates Situation in West. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Political clouds are gathering as the Republican organization is preparing to | fight for a continuance of control in | the House and Senate in the con- | gressional elections next November. ‘ In the East, prohibition and a meas- ure of unrest because of economic con- ditions threaten to have their influence in the congressionai®elections, influences which now appear adverse to the | G. 0. P, | In the West, the situation is compli- | cated by a growing split between the | progressive Republican leaders and the | administration, manifested especially in the Senate, How far these influences will affect the elections adversely to the Repub- lican party is only a matter of conjec- ture, although Democratic leaders are laying great store by them already. Face Difficult Contests. Admittedly the Republicans will Have a strenuous fight to retain some of “he Senate seats they now hold, particularly in New England, although they face difficult contests in Kenticky, West Virginia, Wyoming, Oklahoma and New Jersey, too. Republicans in the West who stand the best chances of re-elec- tion to the Senate include Borah of | Idaho and Norris of Nebraska, ders of the group of progressives who have | been particularly effective in bringing | about the coalition with the Democrats in opposition to the administration. Senator Norris, who is up for re-elec- tion, is prepared to offer a resolution in | the Senate for a committee to investi- | gate expenditures of senatorial candi- dates, like the Reed slush fund com- mittee which operated in 1926. The Reed committee was called into being after charges of excessive expenditures in Pennsylvania and Illinois primaries had been made. Its work resulted in the Senate denying seats to William S. Vare of Pennsylvania and Frank L. Smith of Illinols. Vare is planning to seek vindication at the hands of the voters in the sena- torial contest in Pennsylvania this year, and Smith may run for the House, of which he formerly was a member, Probe Would Affect Campaign. If the Senate adopts the Norris plan and sets up a committee to travel about the country and investigate the ex- penditures of senatorial candidates, it is likely to have no little effect on cam- paign expenditures. The fact that the Senate by a decisive vote declined to seat Vare and refused to permit Smith to take his oath of office has been widely advertised. Two years ago the Senate set up an investigating committee, which went into the campaign expenditures of can- didates for the presidential nominations the primary States, aimed par- ticularly at the candidacy of Mr. Hoover, it was charged at the time. That committee, however, did not go inte senatorial campaigns, and, for that matter, did little after the presidential nominations were made. Both the Democrats and Pepublicans had big campaign funds and spent them freely in the national campaign, and neither side demanded an inquiry after the general election campaign was on. The split in the Republican ranks in the Senate—so far it has manifested itself in that body in particular—has been a serious development for the ad- ministration by hampering its policies. A similar split occurred at times during the Coolidge administration. It occurred when the McNary-Haugen farm bill was up for consideration and M. Coolidge was twice forced to veto that matter, Senate rejected the nomination of Charles B. Warren of Michigan to be Attorney General. It was manifest particularly in 1924, when the late Senator La Follette of Wisconsin ran for President on an independent Despite thesa revolts MOORE’S CONDITION SHOWS NO CHANGE Slight Hope Is Held by Physician for Recovery of Ambassador to Poland. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, February 15.—Slight hope was held today for the recovery | of Alexander P. Moore, American Am- bassador to Poland, who is critically i1l here from a throat and lung infection. Dr. P. G. White, attending physician, said the patient had a temperature of 104 degrees. Mr. Moore, he said, was in a semi- delirious condition following a distinct decline in his condition last night. ‘Through the day no change was noted. The infection, friends said, apparent- Iy had long existed without Mr. Moore's knowledge. It occurred, too, when the | FEDERATION UTS LD ON DISUSSIN OF CROSBY ISSUF Dr. Havenner, as Result, May Not Attend Civic Leaders’ Meeting Wednesday. LETTER O_NWSFBJECT OFFERED IN VAIN 51-t0-23 Vote Prevents Action on Resolution—Suter Talks on Suffrage. The Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions last night fought off repeated ef- forts to discuss the propriety of the prospective nomination of Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby as Disirict ommis- sloner ny President Hoover. As a re- sult its president, Dr. George C. Haven- ner, probably will not attend the con- clave of civic leaders summoned for next Wednesday to discuss the abpoint- ment. Dr. Havenner passed up tie con- ference last Wednesday at the Board of Trade offices on the ground tdat the federation had not made known iis views on the matter. Last night he was among those who voted against any dis- cussion of the subject. Efforts to bring Gen. Crosby's nama into the meeting last night were me: with smothering. It is usually possibis at the meetings of the federation to dis- cuss anything under the sun. It was learned at the meeting that considerable work had been done since the Crosby ;dlscussmn at the Board of Trade'’s offices last Wednesday, and that a group of votes had been definitely lined up to kill off any embarrassing reference to the Commissioner designate. The first effort to bring Gen. Cros- by's name into the meeting was made by Grover W. Ayers, who asked that a letter from an organization known as the Ten Miles Square Club, offering to hire a hall for a discussion of the nom- ination of Gen. Crosby be read. Before the letter reached the hands of the Secretary a point of order against it made by George R. Wales of Cathedral Heights, had been sustained by Presi- dent Havenner. Quinn Offers Resolution. Henry I. Quinn of Sixteenth Street Highlands next sought to introduce the following resolution: “Resolved, “That the Federation of Cit- izens' Associations in regular meeting assembled tRis 15th day of Febru- ary, 1930, does hereby go on record as opposed to the appointment of Maj. N Herbert B. Crosby as a civil Commis- sioner of the District of Coluymbia, on the sole ground of his ineligibility.” Capt. B, B. Blerer of Richmond Park promptly moved to table the resolution. | Dr. Havenner ruled this motion out of | order, as the motion was not properly | before the house. Reading from the federation's constitution the rule that resolutions not coming from member bodies may be considered on a vote of three-fourths of the ates voting, Dr. Havenner ruled that & vote must be taken before the resolution could even be considered for the pus of tabling. James G. Yaden of Petworth called for the ayes and nays, and on the ensu- ing roll-call vote 51 votes were cast against receiving the resolution and 23 in favor. Mr. Quinn then moved that the reso- lution be referred to the appropriate committee. “This is a matter of public interest,” he shouted, “and a thing the deltenm ought to discuss and fight out.” Charles I. Stengel of Petworth made a point of order against this motion on the ground that the resolution was not before the house and could therefore not be referred. The point was tained, Mr. Quinn appealed from the de- cision of the chair. Mr. Yaden moved to lay Mr. Quinn's appeal on the table. “Oh, let's argue it out,” exclaimed Quint. “Let’s see if the gentlemen here are men or rubber stamps.” Point of Order Sustained. William A. Roberts of Conduit road made a point of order against Mr. Yaden's motion to table the appeal. President Havenner sustained the poipt, saying he wanted to go to the federa- tion on the merits of Mr. Quinn's ap- peal. He then put the appeal to the vote, and it was overruled by a vote of 49 to 13.- ‘The vote not to discuss the nomina- tion revealed unusual strength. It con- tained the names of practically the en- tire roster of officers and committes chairmen of the federation, Immediate- ly following the last vote Dr. Havenner suggested adjournment and the meeting broke up. Jesse C. Sauter, a former president of the federation, made a brief speech on the subject of national representa- tion, in which he reviewed some of the work being done by the citizens' joinr committee in keeping the country in touch with the Capital City's problems. Allen Davis, principal of Business High School, and a delegate to the federation from the Southeast Citizens' Association, pointed out that 20 years ago that association had recommended building a vocational school in the southeast section, and that the site had been bought, but never used. Recently, he said, he had noticed a portable build- ing on the site, and he asked the federa- tion to call on the board of education | to do something about installing a | vocational school there. His motion was unanimously adopted. ‘The federation decided to hold an informal dinner at the Raleigh Hotel March 22, at which the entertainment will be in the form of skits presented by talent within the federation and no speeches. A special committee was appointed to consider the federation's attitude toward a flower market in Washing- ton. The members named were H. K. Bush-Brown, B. A. Bowles, William E. Rabenhorst, A. H. Gregory and Mrs. F. T. Du Bois. PLANES, YACHTS AND SPEED BOATS AID PASSENGERS OF LEAKING SHIP Captain Drives Excursion Craft on Rocks to Prevent Sinking—Many Land By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, February 15.—S8ixty- three passengers and the crew of the glass-bottomed excursion boat New River were removed safely to shore to- night. The boat was run on the rocks in Norris Cut, off Miami Beach, by its owner, Capt. Jean Meschel, to prevent it sinking after it had sprung a leak. ngers taken off the vessel in small boats were landed at Fishers Island and made their way to the Wil: on Vanderbilt Estate. liam K. Vanderbilt estate. The care- taker notified Miami Beach police, who sent out a call for assistance, resulf in four airplanes, two speed-boats hnd various yachts and launches proceeding e airplai ived with airplanes arrived with passengers at the Curtiss-Wright Fi Service base in Biscayne Bay, while bar pilots at the cut re) that yachts -:g lllunea:: were landing “all along the causeway” from to Miami Beach.