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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Falr and slightly warmer tonight; minimum temperature about 34 degrees; tomorrow fair. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 41, at noon today; lowest, 29, at 6 a.m. tod Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Market ay. s, Pages 13,14&15 b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star, Associated service. No. 31,339. post office, Entered as second class matte Washington, r D C WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 1930 —THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. ¥%% () Means Associated The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,422 TWO CENTS. Press. PRESIDENT URGES SPEED IN PASSAGE OF BUSINESS BILLS Asks Congressional Leaders to Co-operate in Rushing Tariff Measure. LEGISLATORS ARE GUESTS AT WHITE HOUSE TODAY: Wants House and Senate to Fol- low Recent Industry and Labor Action. A determined effort to get out of the ‘way quickly all legislation wlich might affect business progress h- * been under- taken by the Hoover administration. President Hoover laid this plan before congressional leaders at a breakfast | conference at the White House today. Hardly had the Senate convened bc-; fore the conference claimed attention | on the floor of that chamber, with Sen- ator Watson, Republican leader, re- iterating statements by those attending the gathering that Mr. Hoover made it clear he wanted the tariff disposed of as quickly as possible. Fresh from a fishing trip to Florida, President Hoover summoned to the ‘White House the leaders of his party in the Senate and House and urged them (oeshow the same spirit of co-operation which had been exhibited by business and labor after the recent decline in the New York Stock Market. The tariff bill, pending for months in the Senate, was the special topic of conversation, and it was emphasized at the conference that business was sensi- tive to delays or uncertainties in such matters. ‘Would Speed Bill. It was understood Y.h{‘t mDe erenc&: Republican an mocra o e sem::ee:ould be held soon an effort to up ure and t‘:le advantage g any short cuts possibl the rules. Po\l‘:w‘l‘::e&e breakfast Senator Wat- son declared & the debate: “The President thinks this bill should be disposed of as quickly as possible in the interests of the business of the b’ Indiana Senator also told the Senate that the President had called the Republican leaders of the two houses to the White House to ask if 1.sere were any ways in which he could be helpful in the present situation. “Senator Watson spoke in reply to a critical_attack by Senator Pat Harri- son of Mississippi, who wanted to know what had been done l:\lguuld n‘tn glhe te House breakfast ‘morning. wE‘Difl the President say he would sign. this tariff bill>” demanded tor Harrison. “What did he say about the fiexible division and the debenture clause?” Says Question Foolish. “How can the President say whether he would sign this tariff bill or not?” replied Senator Watson. “No one knows what will be the final shape of the tariff bill when it is sent to the President. To ask the President whether he would sign this bill would | | Hughes Visits Hoover | | The new Chief Justice of the United States, photographed as he left the executive offices, where he. called on President Hoover for the first time since his nomination to succeed Will Howard Taft. Mr. Hughes said his c was purely for the purpose of paying his formal respects to the President. —Associated Press Photo. POINCARE CALLED IN FRENCH CRISIS Former Premier May Take Part in Reorganization of Government. BY JOHN GUNTHER. By Redio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1930. PARIS, France, February 18.—Sud- denly and amazingly Prance is without | a government today. By a majority of six votes, Andre ‘Tardieu's Conservative government fell on an absurdly minor issue last night, victim to the intransigeance of the Radicals, and not only the domestic politics of France but the international affairs of Europe and America are PARIS DELEGATON TOAWAT SOLUTON OF CABINETCRSS Leygues Ordered Home, Leaving Only One Alter- nate at London. MACDONALD WILL MEET STIMSON AND GRANDI Session Excites Interest Due to Understanding That Italy Is Preparing Statement. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 18.—A sudden change of plans of the French Naval Conference delegation today resulted in Georges Leygues leaving for Paris in connection with the French govern- ment crisis. Previously he had been ordered to stay in London as a con- | ference observer. The French minister of marine was accompanied by M. Moisset, one of the alternate delegates. Rene Massigli, the other alternate, remained here. Leygues called on Ramsay Macdonald, British premier, and informed him that pending a solution of the French po- litical crisis the French delegation would have to mark time here. M. Tardieu, Briand and Pletrl will remain in Paris until a new cabinet is formed. 1 Consultation Arranged. While this political monkey wrench has demaged the conference machinery there were still parts of it running to- day, though greatly retarded. Prime Minister Macdonald asked Secretary | Stimson and Foreign Minister Grandi to meet him this afternoon in the House of Commons for a consultation. Inter- est attached to this meeting particularly because it has been generally under- stood that Grandi has been preparing to publish a statement of Italy's posi- tion. This statement would be, in effect, an answer to France's claims for a ton- nage of 724,000. The American delegation met this morning under the l!ldershlr of Secre- tary Stimson and reviewed last night's conversations with the Japanese regard- ing naval ratios. The Americans also considered the position of the confer- ence as affected by the fall of the French cabinet. It is understood the Americans take the view that progress of the con- ference will not be seriously interfered with, since it is anticipated the French will be in a position to resume activities within a few days. Conference Canceled. One of the first effects of the Prench crisis was the cancellation of a sched- uled Franco-American conference, but the Americans filled in their time with other matters, There was little surprise at American headquarters when the news came that the French cabinet had fallen, since all day yesterday there were strong rumors here that a crisis was pending. plunged into confusion. President Gaston Doumergue is busy | has already received Paul President of the Senate, and Fernand a foolish question.” bem D‘I.l!\‘l‘slppl Senator _indicated | that he would not hesitate for a mo-| ment to ask the President whether he would sign the bill. | Senator Watson sald that all the| breakfast guests, who included himself Senator McNary of Oregon, assistant| leader; Senator Smoot of Utah, chair-| man of the finance committee; Spelkeri Longworth, Majority Leader Tilson, Representative Hawley, chairman of the | ways and means committee, and Rep- | resentative Snell, chairman of the| rules committee, came away imbued with a spirit “to pass a tariff bill that| would be amply protective of American | labor and American capital where| capital needed protection.” At the breakfast conference the Presi- dent was informed by the congressional leaders in regard to the legislative situ- ation. He was told that the tariff bill probably would be passed in the Senate by March 10 and then sent to confer- - ence; that it would be reported from | conference within a few weeks there- | after and sent to him for his approval in April. He was assured that every- thing possible would be done to expedite the tariff bill and other legislation which is awaiting action. Supply Bills Delayed. Because of the delay over the tariff bill, the annual supply bills of the Gov- | ernment, many of which have already | the House and have been sent | to the Senate, have been held up. The | President has been exercised because of the legislative jam in the Senate. | There was some discussion at the White House conference regarding a possible 30-day recess by the House | while the Senate catches up with the | work. It is understood, however, that the proposal was abandoned and it w determined to continue as usual in the House for the present. If necessary later the House may take three-day re- cesses. No discussion was had on the prohibition program at the White House conferenc ‘There was some talk, however, of the opposition in the Senate which arose | to the confirmation of the appointment | of Chief Justice Hughes. Republican leaders of the Senate asserted that they believed they followed the proper course | when_they did not_stage a series of | “(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Doum:r,i Bouisson, President of the Chamber. All the party chiefs are trekking through the blizzardly weather to the | Elysee Palace. | It is perhaps significant that Presi- dent Doumergue has fixed an_appoint- | | ment with former Premier Raymond | no more than the last cabinet did. Poincare this afternoon. It was an- nounced today that M. Poincare’s in- | tended visit to South America had been | canceled. | The chief result of the sudden French | erisis is completely to halt all the work | of the London Naval Conference from the point of view of five-power nego- | tiations. Ratification of the Young plan | is also held up, and if the crisis per- | sists, it may have a serious disintegrat- | ing eflect on the international relations | of Great Britain, Italy, Germany and | even the United States and Japan. Premier Tardieugds still ill in bed. He got up last niglPwhen his minister | of war, Andre Maginot, arrived post- haste with the astounding news that his | government has fallen._Propped on pil- | 1 (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) MISSIONARY IS FINED $100 IN DEATH OF CHINESE Trial in Nationalist Court as Re- sult of Auto Accident Is Frown- ed on by U. S. Officials. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAL, February 18.—Unofficial advices from Tungchow today stated that A. A. Smith, an American mission- ary, had been tried in a Chinese court and fined $100 Mexican money for caus- ing the death of a young Chinese in an automobile accident. Smith surrendercd himself to a Chi- nese court. The case was watched with interest, because of its possible bearing upon the Nationalist government's ef- forts to abolish foreign courts in China and to establish the jurisdiction of na- tive tribunals. It was understood that the American State De) tion as individual America to submit themselves to Chinese au- thoritics except as specified in Sino- American treaties, . maintaining that are not authorized EX-DICTATOR’S SON IS DEPO RTED TO PREVENT HIS FIGHTING DUELS | b partment viewed Smith’s ac- | Naturally there was much specula- tion throughout conference circles re- | with the usual consultations today, and | garding the complexion of the new French cabinet. This speculation turned on the point of whether another cabinet might be more inclined to make concessions in the French claim. In any event, if the new cab- inet stands pat on the French demands for a 724,000 tonnage and the refusal to grant Italy parity, it will be doing | | ITALY’'S ROLE WATCHED. 1 onversations With Morrow to Begin | This Week—Will Show Stand. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1930. LONDON, England, February 18.—! The Italian delegation, which “hereto- | fore ias been left i splendid isolation | at the Five-Power Naval Conference | ere, is coming this week to the fore- | ground. When Ambassador Dwight W. Mor- | Tow Teceived Dino Grandi on Saturday, it was the first actual contact between the Italian chief delegate and the American delegation. Until then the | delegates had been seeing each other | | mostly on soclal occusions and at meet- | | “(Continued on page 11, column 2. \WOMAN FOUND SLAIN NEAR CHICAGO TRACKS | Believed Waylaid While En Route to Meet Husband for Theater. C By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, February 18.—The body of Mrs. Agnes Lavander, 35, reported missing last night by her husband, was found shot or beaten to death today. { The woman apparently had been way- {lald and slain in a lumber yard ad- joining the tracks of the Chicago, Mil- waukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad while on the way to the Forest Glen suburban station. Mrs, Lavander left her home after dinner to join her husband, Stanley Lavander, a purchasing agent, who had remained down town to take her to a theater. Her sister spent the evening with the Lavanders’ 22-year-old child. Mrs. Lavander was reported missing last night after she falled to meet her husband. | | Miguel Primo de Rivera Expelled After Challengingvszoo,oao IS LOST IN FIRE Detractors By the Associated Press. MADRID, February 18.—Miguel Primo de Rivera, second son of the for- mer dictator, has been expelled from Spain because of inclination to chal- lenge detractors of his father to duels. Spanish police yesterday placed him on an express train for Irun and Hen- daye, and accompsnied him to the French border. An official explanation of the deportation sald it was to pre- vent his fighting duels with army officers in Madrid who he said had ‘nsulted his father. Miguel is 26 years old and a lieutenant in the army reserve corps. Last week of Father. | he boxed the ears of Gen. Queipo de Liano in a fashionable cafe and chal- |lenged him to a duel for sending an “insulting” letter to the resigned dic- tator. Since there was a vast difference in rank, Miguel was threatened with disciplinary measures instead of having his_challenge accepted. Gen. Primo de Rivera, the father of | the young man, until a day or so ago | was "in Parls himself vith his two daughters, He since has gone to San Remo. Italian Riviera. His eldest son, Jose Antonio, a lawyer, about 27 years | 0ld, is under surveillance in Madrid, | also to prevent his fighting duels with those attacking the former dictator. Gen. Primo de Rivera’s thig son is | a lieutenant in the aviation c !ing with his unit in Africa. , serv=-| THREATENING NEWPORT ] | i | Three Buildings Are Destroyed by Blaze That Drives 12 Families From Their Homes. By the Associated Press. NEWPORT, R. I, February 18.—Fire which for four hours threatened the business section of Newport early today destroyed three buildings, with an esti- mated loss of §: Ald was sum- moned from four nearby towns. The flames, whipped by a northeast wind, started in the Odd Fellows’ block, a three-story wooden _building, and spread to the Newport Realty Bullding and the adjoining Merchant’s block. Twelve families living in nearby houses were forced to leave their homes. | of ‘policy games. TALKING OF TRAFFIC TIE-U PS! PSEUDO DOCTOR Filipino in Clayton Franey, 607 Louisiana avenue, | said to be a member of the Negro race, who posed as Durant H. Montodelouner, a Filipino, and representative of a firm in St. Petersburg, Fla., was sent to jail at Police Court today for a year on three charges of assault on white girls who applied to him for work. He was | given one additional 90 days for prac- ticing medicine without a license. Franey had certain rules which a girl had to observe when he employed | her, it was charged. If they were late they would be punished by having to stand in a corner for an hour with hands over head. Similar penalties also were provided for failing to notify Franey when they were ill, using ~os- metics, bringing outsiders into the otfice and failing to obey their future em- ployer. | Franey was arrested last week when Detective Sergts. H. E. Ogle, Robert A | Saunders and Charles Weber raided nis “office” on Louisiana avenue and ex- posed Franey as a fake and an ex- convict and showed that the firm by which he sald he was empioyed in St. Petersburg had been defunct for 15 ars. IN JAIL FOR ASSAULTING GIRLS Man, Said to Be of Negro Race, Posed as| “Examining”. Applicants for Jobs With Defunct Firm. IS GIVEN YEAR Prior to this, police had received complaints from 20 young girls, resi- dents of the city and nearby M: d and Virginia, that the man had es- saulted them when they made various | trips to his office to receive medical | examination preparatory to taking a| position with the alleged firm. | Vira V. Mortimer of Aurora Hills, | Va.; Zona M. Warner and Naomi Ale- | shire, both of Takoma Park, Md., and | Mabel T. Sficott, 3000 R street, ap- | peared in court today and testified | against Praney. | They told storfes of how the man | had given them various examinations, | such as blood tests, and demanded that they Teturn time and again to be sure they werc .t to take the desired posi- tions. Several of the girls, all of whom were | around 20 years of age, told how Franey and his alleged assistant, W. L. Big- low of Takoma Park, Md.. had taken complete measurements of thelr per- sous, which were supposed to have been placed on record. The girls said they were introduced to the men at a home in Takoma Park, where he was believed to be a former | resident of the Philippines. [0-STORY BUILDING 12 MEN ARRESTED IN'H STREET RAID Large Quantity of Gambling| Paraphernalia Confiscated by Police Squad. In one of the largest raids ever | staged on alleged violators of policy game laws, 12 men were arrested on charges of setting up a gaming table, a tiuck load of gambling slips and other paraphernalia was confiscated and 12 adding machines seized, when | Sergt. O. J. Letterman and his squad swooped down on 113 H street today. Seated at five tables, all of the men arrested were operating adding ma. chines, police say, and tabulating re- ceipts, expenditures and other rccords The room ‘n which the men were working, the police re- | ported, was recently rented from Rob- ert M. Toney, colored, who subleased the premises’ to them and for his | knowledge of the case was held under | $100 bond as a United States witness. Entered With Handbags. In an afdavit made out before As- sistant United States Attorney Frank Adams and Renah Camalier, Toney de- clared that he subleased the second floor recently after making arrange- ments with Maurice Clarke, 28 years old, of 914 Twelfth street northeast. During thelr occupation of the prem- ises the men arrested, Toney said, have carried handbags in' and out of the bullding at intervals every day. On occasions slips, which were later iden- tified as gambling paraphernalia, dropped out of these handbags, he said. Sergt. Letterman, Detectives R. J. Cox, and J. A. Moyston are said to have gained entrance to the room where the men were working after they trailed James P. Christian, 24 years old, col- ored, 83 Myrtle street northeast, who admits he 1s a runner to the prem- ises. Christian entered the work room, leaving the door unlatched, thus per- mitting Letterman and his squad to enter. Held as Witness. Christian informed police that he was only recently employed and gave the name of & man well known in sporting circles as his employer. The man named was not at the premises when the raid was effected and has not been appre- hended. Christian was also held as a United States witness under $100 bond. The men arrested and charged with setting up a gaming table, a felony, according to the District code, were: Meyer Shapiro, 20 years old, 1400 North Capitol street; Francis Holford, 21 years old, 606 A street northeast; Ralph Milton Holford, 45 years old, 606 A street northeast; Elmer Shepherd John- son, 34 years old, of Tudor Hall Apart- ments; George Facoler, 37 years old, 906 Pennsylvania avenue; Edward Johnston, 23 years old, 3500 Sixteenth street: Elmer Bryant Clayton, 32 years old, 1507 D street northeast; Willlam Skinner, 26 ‘?fl old. 707 Twenty-sec- ond street; illlam Carlton King, 26 years old, 1507 D street northeast; Thomas Graham McBroom, 29 years old, 1507 D street northeast: Edward John Rogers, 37 years old, 1034 Tenth | at $1,500,000. | architects, at the direction of Corcoran | |BRITISH CRIMINAL CLASS PLANNED BY BANK American Security & Trust. Co. to Erect Structure on Site at 728 15th Street. —_— | Construction of a 10-story bank and | office building for the American Se-| curity & Trust Co. on the site at 728 Fifteenth street, immediately north of the main offices of the bank, in the center of Washington's financial dis- trict, is provided in plans filed with the District bullding Inspector, it was re- vealed today. | ‘The cost of the structure is estimated | Plans for the building were filed by York & Sawyer, New York Thom, president of the bank. Mr. Thom announced today that bids for the erection of the projected build- | ing have been called for and are ex-| pected to be opened within a week. | Just when the building is to be started, however, he indicated, yet is to be de- termined on the basis of estimates of cost submitted by contractors. Bank Has Been Cramped. ‘The new bullding, which would be united with the present headquarters | of the banking institution, would pro- vide modern and elaborate quarters for the various departments of the bank, which have been cramped for space. Plans for the new bullding have been under consideration in tentative form for' about two years. The site already is owned by the bank. The Washington Stock Exchange, now having offices in the small building standing on the site, was given notice some time ago that' it would have to| find a new location In the future and has been seeking a suitable site, ‘The_American_Security & Trust Co. “(Continued on Page 2, Column 8, DROPS 70 PCT. SINCE 1914 Maidstone Jail, 27th Prison to Dis- appear in 16 Years, Will Be Closed Soon. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, February 18.—Britain's criminals seem to be traveling the road which leads to gradual extinction. ‘While the criminal “dole,” as the pris- ons’ lprmpl‘hnon might be termed, is decreasing, the government today finds itself embarrassed by too many prisons and military barracks. Maldstone Ja shortly, is the twenty-seventh institu- tion of its kind to disappear since 1914. Since that year the prison ulation of the United Kingdom has declined 70 per_cent, The. stion has been made in U Parltament that London's two principal street northeast, a aul Clarke, 8 ye: old, of 9KJ Twelfth street prisons—Wandsworth and Pentonville— should be razed and housing areas for the working class substituted. | to the west, but not nearly so far as | smoo water at present, but gale is still at its which is to be closed | to BYRD SHIP SPEEDS | INLEE OF BARRIER Blown Far West by Gales,| Vessel Now Makes Good Time in Open Water. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Radio to The Star and to the New York Times. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, Feb- ruary 16.—The bark City of New York is under the lee of the Barrier, but has been blown far west of her course; |S! about as far as she could go, as a! matter of fact. | The continuous gales of the past 10 days and the lack of an observation gave an erroneous idea of her position. Last night she sighted Ross Island at the western extremity of the Barrier and now is working her way eastward in the comparatively calm water under the Barrier, the crew chopping off the ice which has accumulated in the past tew days. Worst Passage to Barrier. It was believegl that she was drifting | Capt. Melville reported this morning. He has undoubtedly had one of the worst passages from the ice pack to the Barrier ever encountered. The first message which definitely showed the position of the ship was re- celved by Agh'll Byrd last midnight. 1t read: “Weather cleared. We have sighted land to the westward which we believe to be Ross Island. We have obviously been driven much further to the west- ward than we estimated since our last observations. We are in ther height. ~Will pi eastward shelter of Barrier.” The second message, recelved this morning, said: Sails May Aid Speed. “The gale continued all night and we were terribly iced up from the effects of bucking against it to get up under the Barrier. At present we are under the lee, in smooth water, making time and all hands are busily engaged cleaning ship. “The weather has changed entirely since reaching the Barrier, though it appears to be still blowing outside. Conditions more favorable, and when we get ship cleared of ice, if wind is favorable, \;lek shall meake sail also to expedite quick passage.” ‘Word received by miral Byrd said that the ship was about half a mile off the Barrier and coming along fairly well. “Our position is latitude 77 degress 43 minutes, longitude 171 degrees 30 minutes e: this mzsngc said. “Running along face of Barrier, half mile off. Smooth, clear water. Over- cast sky. Strong breeze, force five. Making good time and all hands work- ing, chopping iee clear of ship. “We estimate we have chopped 20 tons ice off headgear alone. It was fortunate we arri at the Barrier 10D TO LAY OFF" | POWER COMPANIES, OFFICIAL DECLARES He Was So Directed to _ Inform Accountant. ACCOUNTING METHODS .BROUGHT UNDER FIRE Russell Says Utilities Firms Listed “Lobby Fees” as Construc- tion Costs. By the Associated Press. Criticizing methods of utilities com- panies and F. E. Bonner, executive sec- retary of the Federal Power Commis- | sion, Charles A. Russell, commission so- licitor, testified today before the Sen- | ate interstate commerce committee that | he had been directed to tell William | V. King, commission accountant, to “lay off the power companies” at a meeting in which Bonner participated. The commission solicitor said that utilities companies included “lobby fees” as actual construction cost in ac- counts presented to the commission. Cites $140,000 Expenses. He added that such an item of $140,000 on the books of the Byllesby Co. in Minnesota and Wisconsin was in- cluded in their estimate of investments. Russell also asserted that he knew of another application for a license in Pennsylvania that included an item of $700,000 in investment statements when that figure represented “lobby costs and I don't know what else.” Shortly after he went to work for the commission, Russell said Bonner sum- moned him and complained that the .mlelelwr had been “listening to” King. chief accountant and now he, Bonner, wanted Russell to hear “the power company’s side.” Russell added that he was then call- ed into conference with Bormer, Maj. Glen Edgerton, chief engineer of the commission, and M. O. Leighton. Leighton, Russell ‘claims to be a consulting engineer,” but in_ reality “is employed by the Electric Bond & hare Co.,"” In that conference, Russel testified, he was directed to ask King, the ac- countant, to “lay off,” the power com- panies. “Details” Protested. Leighton's complaint, Russell said, was that King insi upon being “too detafled” in accounts, such as reports from the companies on expenditures and assets, in connection with applica- tions for licenses. Leighton contended, Russell said, that the power companies submitted their reports and accounts under oath and “should be taken at face value.” “What in reality happened at that conference?” Senator Wheeler, Demo- crat, Montana, asked. “He told me,” answered Russell, “how to run the solocitor’s office.” up_ his connection?” Wheeler inquired. “You'll have to ask him,” Russell answered. Government Water Included. Going into accounting methods, which, he said, brought on a controversy within the n, Russell sald the Niagara Power Co. in valuation statis- tics presented an item of about $30,000,- 000 in its investment, when that figure represented their estimate of “the water the Government gives them.” The hearing ended before Russell had concluded his testimony. The Senate committee will resume its investigation of the power commission tomorrow. The committee had hardly begun its general investigation of the Power Com- mission’s activities before Chairman Couzens of the committee said the commission kept “confidential” memo- randum and data on applications while they were under consideration. Senators Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon= tana; Dill. Democrat, of Washington, and Wagner, Democrat, of New York, immediately attacked the practice. “What 1 can’t understand,” Wagner said, “is what there could be in any application that could be of such char- acter the public should not know about it.” Charles A. Russell, solicitor for the commission, testified that F. E. Bonner, executive secretary, “determines what 1s to be kept secret.” Declaring in answer to questions that he was personally opposed to the policy, Russell said: “I think every Govern- ment bureau in the United States ought to be free and open to every one who has an interest in it.” Couzens told other members of the sought by the committee the commis- sion explained they were not for publi- cation. Senator Wheeler then objected to what he said was “the ban of se- when we did.” (Cobyright, 1930. by the New York Times Cooand "the '8t Touls ‘Post-Dispateh. Al rights for flllhlll“;llun X];l‘ll’vlfl throughout e Wor AMERICANS ROUT CHINESE PIRATES Bandits Attack Two Oil Ships Protected by Naval Guard. By the Assoclated Press SHANGHALI, February 18.—American naval guards unlimbered their machine guns and silenced a group of bandits yesterday, when the latter fired upon two steamers belonging to the Standard Oil Co. of New York. The encounter took place on the Yangtze River, about 150 miles above Ichang. News of the encounter, which reached here today, said the number of casual- ties was not known. ‘The recent wave of banditry in Hunan, Kiangsl, Hupeh, Skechwan, Anhwel and Kiangsu provinces, has been described as serious. Attempted gllllcln( of foreign ships on the Upper ‘angtze, caused American authorities place armed guards aboard the Standard Oil Co. ships operating on the river. Selzure by a pirate Bgng of 12 ves- sels chartered by the Standard Oil Co. was reported at Canton last Friday. ‘The vessels, Chinese junks, were carry- ing $50,000 worth of oil. Rldig P@; on Page B-10 crecy.” .. JAILED FOR 260 DAYS. Colored Man Convicted of Taking $43 From Hospital Safe. John McLendon, 29 years old, col- ored, of 416 I street was sentenced to serve 260 days in jail when arraigned in Police Court this morning on a charge of stealing $43 from a safe in the Emergency Hospital vesterday. | It was testified by police who in- vestigated the case that the prisoner took the money from an envelope in the safe while cleaning in the office. All but $2 of the money, Detective Sergt. Charles E. Mansfield sald, was found hidden beneath McLendon's locker in the hospital building. “Why does Leighton have to cover | o committee that in transmitting records | sil LEHLBACH BITTER TOFOESOF HISBIL AS HEARINES OPEN Opponents Charge Him With Being “Double-Crossing Liar,” He Asserts. rd DECLARES OPPOSITION NOT BASED ON MERITS Sponsor of Retirement Measure Strikes Back at Members of Joint Conference. Striking back at members of the joint conference on retirement who have criticized his new bill for the retire- ment of Federal employes, Chairman Lehlbach of the House civil service com- mittee today at the opening of hearings on the bill declared that he wanted every one to know that the opposition 1’:; zh: c?nrfirery.;:l w;n not based on the eriy of the bill, but upon a chai thl; & tl’::ted Indb:d flllg.o" . “In other words, they have charged me with being a double-crossing llx:l'," said Mr. Lehlbach. “I want the joint conference to know that I fully under- stand their attitude in this matter and I want the members of this com- mittee and the country to understand th;(l know le" lore making this statement, Chair-~ man Lehlbach read The Star's account of a meeting of Navy Yard employes held Sunday morning at the Avenue Grand Theater, Pennsylvania avenue { near Seventh street southeast, under | the auspices of the Joint Conference l::l ?ell,i.l'emel’ll‘.be 'This meeting adopted solutions e e protesting against the Lehl. Reads Extracts Quoting Speakers. Mr. Lehlbach said he had chec] up on The Star's account of this men: ing and found it to be substantially :gcurlté,l He th‘en read extracts from e article quoting some s saying that certain membell:":!mcm.: | gTess were trying to kill retirement leg- Islation at this session of Congress too much kindness, and also indicating that the new Lehibach bill been introduced “to muddy the water” and serve as an excuse for defeating all re- tirement legislation at this session. “It has been reported to me,” sald | Mr. Lehlbach, “that some of these | Sjptements have been made by mem- | ®rs of the Joint Conference on Re- tirement to members of Congress.” A hlbach said that every one would recall that he had always been a friend of retirement legislation and that from the beginning the various had besn reported by the which he is chll.rmlz. always sscured conside measures in the House and their enactment. Sought Opinions of All. ‘When he in The only ol his new bill, he asserted, is conference on retirement. m::: bl:fhlb.th'l c..mu::;t, which was fore an were called, created a mllcly sensation in H are already on the retired Every word of the technical comparison ?:o n:h:h !wo“re!u'en:ent bills that fell le witness' lips was cl - owed by the crowd. o ST The first witness was Willlam H. Me- Computing Methods Differ, Mr. McReynolds said the prinel difference was in the memodr::t comb.} puting the annuity. He called attegtion to section 4 of the new bill, which pro- vides for a life annuity to be made up of a sum equal to $30 fop each year | of service, not exceeding % years, and |an additional annuity to be purchased from a deduction of $1 a month to be taken from each employe's salary. The witness said that under the new bill the Government will pay up to $900 a year, and the annuitant will be per- mitted to purchase as much additional u;x;nuny as his contributions make pos- e. Mr. McReynolds said that the amount deducted from the employe's salary Would reduce the Governments expense in paying its share of the annuity. . An employe who retires after 30 years, explained the witness, will get $300 a year as his basic re ent pay, re- gardless of what he y be able to purchase as an additional annuity with the amount deducted from his contri- butions to the Government. Further- more, Mr. McReynolds said, if the two amounts taken together do not equal the annuity provided in the Dale bill, it is provided in the new bill that the Government shall make up the differ- ence. The witness contended that under thb new bill the retired employes as a whole would be benefited to the amount of approximately $10,000,000 a year, of which $5,500,000 would be paid by the olovernment and $4,500,000 by the em- ployes. Replying to questions by Chairman Lehlbach, McReynolds said that in both (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) TELEVISION SENT 20,000 MILES * FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY Signal Broadcast From Schenectady to Australia and Back Again. By the Assoclated Press. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., February 18, —For the first time in history, accord- ing to officials of the General Electric Co. here, a television signal was trans- mitted over a distance of 20,000 miles today. The experiment was conducted by Dr. E. F. W. Alexanderson, staff scien- tist of the General Electric, who trans- mitted the signal from W2XAF, the company’s experimental short wave station here, to VK2ME at Australia. The signal was received Australia and rebroadeast, being picked up again at Schenectady. ttern, about a foot square, was the figure transmitted. The original ttern had very sharp outlines, but he image received after traveling 20,- 000 miles was said to be “fuzay” in ouf line. Dr. Alexanderson declared, how-" ever, that reception of the image at all was signjficant as intimating further possibilitieg® in the transmission of pictures.