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POLICEMEN TAK TEN IN NEAR-RIOT Youths in Communist Dem- onstration at Seventh and P Streets. Members of the Communist party here engaged in a demonstration at Seventh and P streets last night which ended in a near riot when 10 of the number were arrested by second pre- cinct police. All were released before midnight after posting collateral. Three were charged with speaking publicly with- out a permit and the others were booked on disorderly conduct charges. Police said that six of the number were under 20 years of age. ‘When the police intervened a youth who appeared less than 18 years old was standing on a soap box in the center of the pavement, denouncing the “bosses” of the country, who, he said, “were living a life of luxury while | countless thousands go unemployed.” Shouting dramatically, he told his audience of several hundred persons, “We must band together and fight these ‘bosses’ unless we starve.” He referred at length to a recent editorial published in a local paper, which cited unemploy- ment conditions in the country. The youth climaxed his speech by stating that the contents of the edi- torial proved the Communist cause Was right. A colored speaker took his place on the soap box, uttered sounds which re- " and suddenly found orted to a waiting pa- trol wagon across the street. Crowd Broken Up. ‘The police arrived quietly and, work- ing systematically, arrested both the speakers and sought to disperse the crowd, which by this time had grown to major proportions. As the two speakers, objecting vainly, made their way to the patrol wagon, an enthusiastic and youthful comrade leaped to the soap box and shouted, “That's the way they treat us when we try to get work for you folks"—and the crowd picked up his cry. ‘The enthusiastic one was given a seat in the patrol wagon with his com- rades and the police, brandishing night- sticks threateningly, sent the crowd milling into the night. The more un- ruly ones were arrested. Others dis- appeared. Girl Is Rearrested. Miss Edith Briscoe, 19 years old, ar- rested several weeks ago along with Miss Helen Colodny, 20-year-old Cen- tral High School student, whose charges that 300 pupils were taking active part in the Communist party stirred educa- tional circles, was arrested again last night. ‘The Briscoe girl was passing com- munistic literature to those in the crowd. She was charged with dis- orderly conduct and released after 16, the younger ‘brother of Edith Briscoe, who gave an address in the 3500 block of Fourteenth street; Solomon Harper, colored, 34, of Winston-Salem, N. C. and Ibert. w' 17, of the uog hloc&o( Seventh st ‘were charged wi speaking publicly without a permit. Phillip Shinberg, 16, of the 1300 block of Seventh street; John Worland, 22, of the 1300 block of Howard street; William Snowden, 23, colored, of the 1400 block of New York avenwe; Harry Furash, 16, of the 500 block of Lamont street; Arthur Walker, 35, of the 200 [FRANCE-U. S. SEEN TO BLAME IF NAVAL CONFERENCE FAIL Tonnage Demands of Former and Amer-| 1) COMBAT “REDS” ican Policy on Security Pacts Held in Way of Success. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1930. LONDON, England, March 1.—Partial or complete failure of the great London Naval Conference, while by no means a certainty, is now so obviously a possi- bility that already on every hand in inside circles two questions are beihg asked. First, what would be the situ- ation in the world afteg such a failure? Second, who would be to blame? The secretive, dilatory and confused methods of the conference, which will doubtless mark it in diplomatic annals as umique of its kind, have perhaps tended to obscure from the public the deeper issues involved. On the sur- | face, the discussion concerns classifica- tion of ships, a system of replacements and allotments of tonnage. Underneath it is the whole set of relations of the great powers to one another which may be modified. The breakdown of the Geneva Naval Conference in 1927 was received with | relative indifference by world opinion, yet it led soon afterward to such bitter- ness between Great Britain and the United States that the peace-loving ele- ments of both countries were actually frightened. The meeting of President Hoover and Prime Minister Macdonald at the Rapidan camp put an end to that profound tension. Great Britain and the United States are working here in relative harmony. This harmony is likely to continue in some form or other even if the conference fails completely. The danger is elsewhere. It is in Anglo- French relations. Experience of the last few years tends to suggest that France and Great Britain are the two pillars of European order. Whenever they begin to lean apart the whole structure shakes. Every serious Franco-British quarrel since the ‘World War, it is pointed out, has been a signal for Europe’s discontented ele- ment—for example, Russian Commun- ists, German Nationalists, Italian Fas- cists, Hungarian Irridentists and Balkan Comitadjis—to renew their agitation. Through Russian and Russian propa- ganda this agitation even reac) ;;;t‘l;est Asia and affects China and A breakdown of the London Confer- ence in a series of mutual recrimina- tions between France and Great Britain, with perhaps even naval building com- petition tending to intensify the na- tional feeling of both sides, is there- fore not contemplated with equanimity by the best informed delegates here. At the very worst, and supposing that a real agreement between France and Great Britain over ship tonnages proves entirely impossible, the chances are that some scheme will be sought which will screen the immediate fail- ure and leave the question open for adjustment bys further megotiations in the near future. to the ungracious fixing the blame for the present deadlock the London Daily Telegraph seems to express a wide- spread feeling when it declares that the two ol now blocking the con- ference are first and foremost the French tonnage figures, but second, the refusal of the United States to enter any sort of new security pact. There are signs both in Great Britain and on the continent of Europe outside of France that this inclination to link the names of France and the United States in this way is only just the beginning. Between France and U. S. The American figures are based on parity with Great Britain. The British figures are based on the two-power standard vis-a-vis the European con- tinent—that is to say, the British navy must equal any two continental navies. Italy claims parity with France, hence the British navy must be twice as strong as_the French. The French tonnage claims, as they now stand, would oblige Great Britain to increase its own figures to a point unacceptable to the United States. Great Britain is thus squeezed between the United States on one hand and France on the other Then how can the French be per- suaded to reduce their figures? Only by some new form of security, it is said--either a Mediterranean treaty or a treaty to confer in case a breach of the Kellogg pact is threatened, or both, But Great Britain feels that it is un- able to enter any such agreements without the United States, and the United States refuses even to consider such an agreement. Individually every member of the American delegation here would be willing to discuss pacts if the French cared t0 bring forward their precise text. President Hoover personally, it is said, would not be averse to the idea. Mr. Stimson as Secretary of State even feels that strengthening the Kel- logg pact by machinery for conferring would be useful in the conduct of our foreign policies. delegation now admits that nothing can be done along these lines, Senate Stands in Way. ‘Why? Because the United States Senate is described as being completely hostile to complicating. a naval treaty by any new pacts. The Senate, it is said, is pretty thoroughly at outs with the President and many Senators would be prompt to oppose a new pact if only in order to thwart President Hoover. The Senate may also object, it is said, if the British, to meet the French figures, put their own up, and so force ours up, too, or even if the British insist upon putting into a possible three-power naval treaty a clause giving them a free hand in case the French continue to build. Yet, when the British turn to us and say, “Well, if you don’t want us to put our figures up, help us get the French figures down,” our policy thus far has Yetcollectively the | been to reply: “That is a question be- tween you and France. concern us. We can’t concern ourselves in a purely European question.” It appears, therefore, to most Euro- peans, that the American President's constitutional right to direct our for- eign affairs is merely nominal. The real control lies with our Senate, with which, however, it is impossible for foreign governments to negotiate except indirectly h_the President and his diplomatic staff. SOVIET RELIGIOUS block of Bryant street, and William Phillips, 17, of the 3400 block of Dent place were charged with disorderly con- duct. All will appear in Police Court. Literature given out at the demon- stration announced that a mass protest meeting against the lynching of colored persons in the South will be held at ©Odd Fellows' Hall, 1606 M street, Friday night, beginning at 8:15 o’clock. Charles Alexander, billed as director of the Inumlfimif Labor Defense, is Three Fined $10 Each. Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court fined Mallin, Snowden and Worland $10 each for disorderly conduct. said that the Communists had spoken Joudly and boisterously in an attempt to prevent the arrest of other members of the organization. leased, as it was said he did not become unruly. Edith Briscoe was charged with as-| sault for attacking Policeman Clarence P. Wood, and held under $100 bond for a jury trial by Judge John P. McMahon in the United States branch. Phillips’ hilarity after his release led to his dismissal from the court room. Ohere members of the group were warned by the court. The charges of speaking without a permit, against Mallin, Harold Brown Phillips was re- | nig) WAR DENOUNCED Dr. Walsh and Rabbi Simon Speak on Conditions in Russian Domain. Soviet Russia’s war on religion was denounced by Dr. Edmund Walsh, S.J., regent of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and Dr. Abram Simon, rabbi of the Washington Hfl;xrt”l Congregation, in addresses last “We are witnessing by the Soviet state one of the most savage attacks that history records on one of the greatest of all the inalienable rights of man,” the Georgetown educator de- clared in the first of a series of weekly lectures on the trend of political events in Russia. Dr. Simon, in a sermon, warned that Russia will ultimately have to pay the penalty for closing churches and synagogues in its domain. Dr. Walsh’s Comment. and Solomon Harper, colored, were continued until March 15, when charges made out against members of the band after a demonstration on Pennsylvania avenue several weeks ago, will be re- viewed. Judge Schuldt, discussing the young communists off the bench today, de- clared he was not in favor of making martyrs of them by sending them to jail. "~ “They are publicity seekers and oniy wish to be made martyrs,” Judge Schuldt said. Harold Briscoe, Phillip Shinberg and Harry Furash were held for Juvenile Cl%l‘ln action as they are only 16 years ol SPECIAL_NOTICE. 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts contracted for by any one other than myself, " personally. BERTIE LEONARD, 438 3rd st_ne. i} HAVE VAN GOING 10 DETROIT ABOUT March 15, can effect a_considerable savings on goods gowg or returning Cleveland, Columbus. Chicago, Pittsburgh, Toledo and other points en toute. American Storage & Transfer Co.. 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N.'J; Richmond, Va., and Baltimore, Md, e T a y? tear-gas bombs and dynamite were em- o. Smith’s Transfer & Storage C e o Tiealeps ' barricuted . was over today with a casualty list of two dead and three injured, two of 1313 U St. ROOF WORK §f a7 matare promptly and capably ked af North’ 3343. Because he is to speak at the mass meeting called by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, in which he said that “Protestants, Cath- olics and Jews would protest in the name of humanity in behalf of Chris- tianity,” Dr. Walsh made only passing reference to the religious issue in his first lecture which was devoted to a historical sketch of Nicholas Lenin, founder of the Soviet State. “But the flaming red rebellion in Moscow against religion dates back to Lenin,” Dr. Walsh asserted in recounting the great bol- shevik leader’s early antagonism to all forms of religion. ‘The Police Department took precau- tions at Georgetown College last night to guard against any possible disturb- ance from Communistic sympathizers who last year gained admission to the building during Dr. Walsh's lectures on Russia. Destruction of Churches Cited. Dr. Walsh cited a number of instances in which churches in Russia have either been destroyed or closed, in referring to the defense of the religious policy made by Alexis Rykov, president of the ~ouncil of comissars. “He does not explain,” said Dr. Walsh, “why the government infrequently im- poses confiscatory tax on church prop- erty, sometimes o the extent of 50 per cent of its assessed value, and then requisitions the church when the im- poverished parishioners are unable to raise the annual tribute.” Dr. Walsh characterized the Russian revolution as “the most important single political event since the fall of the Roman Empire.” In his weekly sermon Dr. Simon spoke on the topic of “The Soviet's War on Religion.” Explaining that he was making no defense of religion, but was making a plea only for personal liberty which entitles men to believe what they wish, Dr. Simon said that he was surprised that the intellectuals of Russia held to Atheism when the trend of modern thought is obviously in the opposite direction. In this re- spect, he averred, the views of commu- :‘h‘:m Russia are 25 years behind the es. Dr. Simon took up specific instances of persecution of the Jews in Russia and said: “The tragedy of Israel is that its worst enemies are its own people. The Jewish Communists are specialists in refined cruelty.” RELIGIOUS POLICY SCORED. Cardinal Sees Prompt Response to Pope’s Protest. By the Assoclated Press. BELFAST, Northern Ireland, March 1.—Christian feeling all over the world, Cardinal Macrory says today in his Lenten pastoral to the Armagh Arch- diocese. has responded promptly to the protest of Pope Pius “against systematic efforts of the Soviet government to banish all revealed religion from Rus- The cardinal alluded to efforts being made to “prove there has been no re- ligious persecution in that unhappy country,” an dcontinued: “It may some of the charges made in the past are exaggerated or even false. It mat- ters little. We know enough and know it with certainty to be convinced that the campaign against God and revealed religion is being carried on there relentlessly.” The cardinal alluded to assertions that Soviet Russia was being maligned “because she now is a workers’ state.” He answered declaring “nothing could be further from the truth. Labor as such has nothing to fear from the Pope or the Catholic Church. On the contrary they have ever been its con- sistent friends and advocates. “But Soviet Russia, in denying exist- ecne of God and in deliberately bring- ing up its youth in ignorance of their creator, is tearing away as far as it can the foundations of its civilization and is constituting itself a menace to the world.” 13TH WRECK VICTIM DIES. Chicago Jeweler Fails to Survive Crash Injuries. KENOSHA, Wis., March 1 (#)—The thirteenth name was added today to the list of dead in last Sunday night's in- terurban wreck. Taylor Kallmire, 38, a Chicago jeweler, died last night from internal injuries, Kallmire was the employer and flance of Miss Evelyn Metzger, whose body was one of the first taken from the wreakage of the five-car North Shore Line train. MADMAN WITHSTANDS POSSE FIVE HOURS IN By the Assoclated Press. DEFIANCE, Ohio, March 1.—A min- iature war, in which one-pound shells, them probably fatally. ractical roofers. 19 3rd 8t 8W.| The dead are Hubert Floehr, 60, es- caped inmate of the Toledo State Asy- lum, and his wife, Augusta, 55, whom KOONS &ty bistriet We he killed during ' family argument which preceded his long five-hour stand ON A MATTRESS in his home against police, county offi- good i1 cials, the National Guard and volun- 2P e ‘iovest” | teer attackers from the watching crowd vorn — nd % of Saeh” 3 ours — Lot us k renovation. | Tnterest is pad on the invesi- ment every night. of 3,000 ELL’S FACTORY | °'The tnjured are Police Chiet Carl A. National 3621 610 E St. N.w. | Weaner, Newell Littlefield, 23, student 0 t Defial College, and Willlam Chaj Quality in Printing e, 34, & saleamen. > =is someth! e ol | e Y A e R e 1D as he attem) The National Capital Press tn ‘W10-1212 D ST. N.W. Phone National 0650 h.leeand-‘wr!'hdflvim MURDER HOUSE lungs by a stray shot, were not expected to live. Chief Weaner dropped with a jagged wound along the left side of his head as he led a storming party. Floehr, after an argument over his daughter Elsle, a school teacher at Petersburg, W. Va., shot his wife in the breast and drove his son Willlam, 26, from the house. Armed with two guns and supplied with more than a peck of cartridges, Floehr ran from window to window, nnflllnx at the authorities called by William. The Deflance Howitzer cam;-ny of the National Guard set up a 37-milli- meter fleld piece and ri) the house with nine one-pound shells, but Floehr held out. Finally a citizen, whose name was not learned, crept inside and planted eight sticks of dynamite. The discharge shattered the upper story to bits, and attackers rushed in to find Floehr dying. A bullet wound in his head indicated he had determined upon sulcide, 5| ASKS CONGRESS'AID Civic Federation Executive Calls Attention to Call for Demonstrations March 6. Aroused over the widespread Com- | munist demonstrations of the past few weeks, the National Oivic Federation today called on Congress and leading trade organizations of the country to co-operate in “dealing with those who would exploit the unfortunate workers fox;l purposes of strife, violence and dis- order.” Matthew Woll, acting president of the council of the federation, which is composed of representatives of “the public, employers and wage-earn- ers,” directed attention of members of Congress and chambers of commerce to “a revolutionary call for mass dem- onstrations of the unemployed through- out the United States on March 6,” and characterized the manifesto as “a clear incitement to the exercise of force and violence.” The original date for the country- wide uprising, Woll’s letter said, was February 26, but the later date was substituted for the purpose of affording time to work up more effective demon- strations. Each member of Congress was given a copy of the letter sent to trade bodies, in which was inclosed a reprint of the Communist “call to arms,” as translated from Novy Mir, official Communist pa- per published in New York City. Moscow in Direct Control. Communist leaders “expect the rank and file to be ‘beaten up’ by the police at these demonstrations, but they wel- come that,” Woll wrote, “as it will fur- nish them the pretext to call further mass meetings of protest against the ‘murderous Cossack police.’” The meet- ings, he said, are “under the direct con- trol of the Communist International at Moscow.” ‘The letter to Congress pointed out that “under the guise of a ‘world-wide unemployment demonstration’ the Bol- shevik government of Russia is deliber- ately and openly promoting its revolu- tionary program in this country, seem- ingly without let or hindrance.” ¢ “At the moment,” Woll stated, “our Nation is righteously stirred to the depths over |1€1" tenmcbelt;‘mllufi: against all religions now g mi officially in Russia by the Soviets. Their apologists and professional propagan- dists, however, are pointing out that what the bolshevists do within their own borders is none of our business. But what they are doing and attempt- ing to do in our country is our business, and we should see that that fact is im- pressed upon them. So helpless are we in the premises that the Communists are saying openly to their people: ‘Go the limit! The Federal Government can’t do anything, and the State gov- ernments don't know anything!’ Quotes Correspondent. “The Herald-Tribune correspondent in Mexico made this interesting an- nouncement on February 25: “‘The international *“Socorro Rojo, or Red Relief, affiliated with the Third International, which has directed Com- munist operations in Mexico and is af- filiated with similar propaganda organi- zations in Central and South America, is preparing to withdraw from Mexico, judging from a confidential circular sent by the organization's executive committee to all Communist party lead- ers. This circular advises them that it is the intention of the Red Rellef to move its offices to New York, where it will operate jointly with the Latin Americap department of the Interna- tional bor Defense. New York is given as the seat of future activities because of the large number of Com- munist refugees from various countries said to be located there now.’ “This matter is sent for your infor- mation.” ‘The letter to business interests fol- lows, in part: o “You have, undoubtedly, observed during the past few weeks the ‘pre- liminary’ outbreaks in New York, Chi- cago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pitts- burgh and other industrial centers in which the police used force in order to prevent serious trouble. “Your special attention is called to the following instructions in the manifesto: “‘Organize Soviets (councils) of the unemployed; prepare huge militant lemonstrat in every city of the United States, not simply demonstra- tions of protest, but organized militant demonstrations of all workers to fight for work or wages for immediate relief.” Aim to Incite Violence. “This is a clear incitement to the exercise of force and violence. “‘You will note that the circular is well calculated to appeal to and in- flame men and women who are out of work and to increase their bitterness toward the “hated capitalists.” “The so-called labor unions listed in the manifesto are all Communist bodies —so labeled, however, as to _appear to the uninformed to be bona fide Amer- ican Federation of Labor organizations. The Trade Union Unity League, headed by William Z. Foster, Communist can- didate for the Presidency in 1928, is the Communist group which, if it could, would gain control of the American Federation of Labor. Foster has just returned from Moscow, where the Com- munist International contributed $1,- 250,000 for the work of his organiza- tion in “promoting revolution in the United States” as well as in the de- struction of all social order. The ex- penses of the unemployment demon- strations will be defrayed out of that fund. “The evidence is, therefore, very clear that Soviet Russia, acting through the Communist International, is continuing to inject itself into our home affairs, and is utilizing every unfortunate do- mestic situation in the furtherance of its program to fan the fires of class hatred and to destroy all civilized gov- ernments of the earth. “Every right-thinking person must look with the depest regret and con- cern upon the developments which have resulted in throwing so many able and willing wage earners out of work. Also every thoughtful and constructive citi~ zen is, undoubtedly, eager to render all possible assistance in bringing about improved conditions and in caring for those out of work during these troublous times, But, however deeply well mean- ing citizens may deplore the sufferings of the unemployed, they must likewise deplore the capitalization of those priva. tions by the Communists, who are di- recting the ‘jobless’ into revolutionary channels. “While the Communists constitute only a negligible proportion of the American workers, they have estab- lished 2,600 ‘nuclel’ throughout the United States, each consisting of a mere handful of trained Communists, but continuously at work promoting dis- turbances. It is through these ‘nuclei’ organizations that they would arouse the fury of the ‘jobless’ in every com- munity and lead them on to violent and destructive ends.” 3 Bed Rooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Bath and Large Reception Room. Electric Refrigeration Reasonable Rental THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Rd. . D. €., SATURDRY, DR. JAMES H. SNOOK. DR. SNOOK WALKS CALMLY T0 CHAR Iron-Nerved Professor Pays With Life for Killing Student Mistress. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 1.—Dr. James H. Snook, the iron-nerved pro- fessor who killed his student mistress, ‘Theora Hix, paid with his life in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary last night. ‘The former instructor in veterinary surgery at Ohio State University went calmly to death for the crime which he confessed, in his last hours, was delib- erately planned to end an affair which threatened to ruin his position and rep- utation. It was 8 months and 17 days after he left the mutilated body of the 24-year-old girl lying on a lonely rifle Tange near the city limits. Dr. Snook, who was 50, walked unas- sisted to the chair., His manner was cool, his eyes alert, his lips silent. A minister from whom he had just ac- cepted communion intoned a benediction as two guards adjusted electrodes to Dr. Snook’s right leg and the top of his head. Six thousand volts of electricity passed through his body in three sepa- rate charges. He was pronounced dead at 7:09 p.m., according to the peniten- tiary’s official records which close the case. Wife Takes Charge of Body. ‘Today Dr. Snook’s body was at the disposal of his faithful wife, Helen Mar- ple Snook, who visited him daily for the past week as the Ohio Supreme Court, the Federal Supreme Court and Gov. Cooper refused to intervene in his be- half. She shared his last meal with him and stayed at the penitentiary un- til he had been executed. Then she went to her home, evading the curious crowds by a ruse and keeping secret her plans for the burial. She had “nothing to say.” Snook’s self control was not shaken during his last hours. Except for a trace of annoyance when the barber was late to shave him and for signs that he had been weeping after parting with his wife, he was perfectly calm as he pre- pared to die. His last meal was of fried chicken prepared by the wife of Warden P. E. Thomas as she always does for con- demned men. With him were Mrs. Snook; his pastor, Rev. Isaac E. Miller of the King Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church; Rev. K. E. Wall, penitentiary chaplain; Oscar Roedell of Pomeroy, Ohio, Dr. Snook’s close friend, and Mrs. Frank Landrum of Junction City, Ohio, & cousin of Mrs. Snook. Might Have Been Picnic. “We might have been at a picnic,” Rev. Miller reported later. “Dr. Snool ate heartily and we talked of pleasant | ous service in various parts of the world. | MAROY 1, 1930. REAR ADM. JACKSON 10 RETIRE IN MAYI Member of General Naval Board to End Service at Age of 64, Rear Admiral Richard H. Jackson, a member of the General Board of the Navy, will be relieved from active duty on the date of his retirement. May 10, when he reaches the age of 64 years. Orders were issued yesterday by the | Bureau of Navigation, Navy Depart- ment, to Admiral Jackson to this effect, bringing to a close a long and illustri-; Born at Tuscumbia, Ala., on May 10, 1866, Admiral Jackson completed his four-year course at the Naval Academy in 1887, and served on the Boston and the Trenton. Discharged from the naval service in June, 1889, he was commissioned an ensign in the following year from July 1, 1890. by a special act of Congress for conspicuous gallantry when the Trenton was wrecked in Samoa. Served During Spanish War. Admiral Jackson served aboard the Cushing and Puritan, and during the Spanish-American War he was on duty with Admiral Sampson's squadron on the Foote. Then followed a tour of duty in the Asiatic, from which he was recalled to serve at the Naval Academy. Next came service aboard the Colorado, and from May, 1908, to November, 1910, he was_inspector of ordnance at the {Id:lvu Proving Ground, Indian Head, He commanded the Albany and later the Helena. In April, 1913, he came on duty with the General Board at the Navy Department and served for two years. Next he commanded the Vir- ginia. In June, 1907, Admiral Jackson wes attached to the American embassy in Paris as naval attache and liaison offi- cer, and for this service was awarded the Navy Cross. In March, 1918, he attended the London meeting of the Interallied Naval Council, &nd a_ year later found him commanding Naval Base No. 13, in the Azores Island. Then he went to the Naval War College at Newport, R. I, for instruction. Given Division Command. Admiral Jackson was given a tem- porary commission as rear admiral in June, 1919, and this was made perma- nent in June, 1921, Admiral Jackson was a member of the General Board from October, 1920, to September, 1922, when he was given command of Battleship Division 6 of the Pacific Fleet. He came to Washington again for duty in May, 1923, when he was ap- pointed assistant chief of naval opera~ tions. In December, 1925, he was ap- pointed commander of Battleship Divi- sions of the Battle Fleet, with the rank of vice admiral, and in July, 1926, he became commander in chief of the Bat- tle Fleet, with the full rank of admiral. In July 1927, Admiral Jackson returned to Washington for duty with the Gen- eral Board, and has since been in this post. He holds the decoration of officer of the Legion of Honor, given by the French government, and he was award- ed the diploma and insignia of the grade of grand official of the Military Order of Aviz, awarded by Portugal. DRIVERS REJECT TERMS. Pittsburgh Taxicab Operators Vote‘I Down Proposal, 1,153 to 1. PITTSBURGH, March 1 (®. Pittsburgh’s striking taxicab drivers late_yesterday rejected, by a vote of 1,153 to 1, a settlement proposal of- fered by the Parmelee Transportation Co., operating the cabs. The terms were submitted to the drivers following a series of conferences during the week between the strikers’ executive cor tee and cab company officials in the office of Mayor Charles H. Kline. ‘The drivers walked out on January 12 in furtherance of a demand for larger commmissions and r ition of their union. The plan of settlement submitted by the company was under- stood to have granted increased com- missions, although not as great as the k | drivers had asked. A system of col- lective bargaining was offered in place subjects. No reference was made to death, murder or electrocutions.” Rev. Miller administered communion to Dr. and Mrs. Snook and Mrs. Snook took leave of her husband. Snook re- marked later to Rev. Miller that “it was too bad it took a bump like this to make him realize how wonderful she was.” Neither was hysterical, Mrs. Snook went to Warden Thomas’ residence to wait. Warden Thomas, too weak to rise from his sick bed to offici~ ate, delegated the task to Deputy J. C. Woodard. Three guards and the two ministers escorted Dr. Snook the few steps from his cell to the chair. He walked with firm steps and erect head. He said not a word. His eyes took in the crowd and his teeth were clenched behind tlgh‘g lips. He stepped briskly into the chair. Rev. Miller said: “The Lord be with of union recognition. Mayor Kline banned taxicabs from Pittsburgh streets more than a week ago, following disorders centering about cabs operated by strikebreakers. N Bracelets for Gamblers. Bracelets are popular on the Riviera of France this Winter, and nearly every follower of fashion is wearing at least one. The newest are made of gold links, through which a very narrow leather strap is threaded. Gamblers, who are very superstitious, are wearing thfie made of wood, with clasps of [ you,” and Woodward signaled to three guards in another room who thre three switches, two of them blanks, Three times the current was turned on, and after a three-minute wait five physicians pronounced Dr. Snook dead. AT ROW HOUSE PRICES Homes of 100 New Ideas North Wondridne 21st and Randolph Sts. N.E. A Beautiful New Restricted Subdivision of Over 100 Detached Brick Homes 6, 7 and 8 Rooms Colored Porcelain Bath and Kitchen Fixlurep HOMES Attic Play Rooms Pool Room for Adults Garages Open Fireplaces We Will Be Looking for You This Evening Drive out Rhode Island Avenue to 22nd Street N.E.—then north to Randolph Street and left on Randolph to 2lst. Open and Lighted Until 9 0’Clock P.M. H.R. INCORPORATED +NORTHWEST REAR ADM. RICHARD H. JACKSON. AIRPORT FINANCING WOULD BE PLACED ENTIRELY ON D. C. (Continued From First Page.) Washington Air Terminals Corporation, which is developing Washington Air- port, told members of the aviation sec- tion of the Women's City Club yester- day evening. “Gravelly Point should be and must be built to meet the aeronautical re- quirements of this city,” Capt. Carroll said. “It is, in my opinion. an abso- lute requirement for the proper aero- nautical development of the National Capital. “Washington requires a number of airports. Activity cannot with safety be confined to any one field. No other city in this country will require more airports than Washington. This city is a natural stopping point on the main Eastern air routes, and in addition it will draw increasingly large numbers of aerial visitors because of its natural ammm as the Capital of the Na- Disappointment to Company. Yesterday's announcement from the Capitol that the Joint Congressional Airport Commission had recommended the establishment immediately of a gov- ernmental airport on the site now occu- pied by the two commercial fields and the farms, Capt. Carroll said, was a disappointment to his company, which now is spending a large amount of money for the development of Wash- ington Airport as a small model air transport terminal. “‘Washington Airport, after our pres: ent construction program is completed,’ Capt. Corrall said, “will be the best ‘in town’ terminal field in the United States, if not in the world. I do not know of any city which has a fleld so close to the business heart of the eity.” ‘Washington Airport, he pointed out, is slightly less than two miles from the heart of the city. When the present program of filling and grading is com- pleted. he said, the airport have a runway of 2,500 feet in length in the direction of the prevailing winds. This is ample, he said, for any type of op- erations. “No airplane which cannot get off| the ground in 1,000 feet,” he declared, “should be permifted to fly, especially in commercial operations.” Alexandria Project. His company, Capt. Carroll sald, not only is developing Washington Airport but also is developing at Hybla Vlllfil, near Alexandria, Va, a fleld which have one runway 9,000 feet long. This field, he said, will serve as a “round- house,” and will have storage hangars, machine and repair shops and other facilitles which should be kept sepa- rated from a terminal field. Capt. Carroll described features of the Guggenheim safe aircraft com‘pe'.l- tion, in which he served as one of the three official test pilots, and also de- scribed some of his experiences as chief test pilot of the National Advisory Com- mittee for Aeronautics at Langley Field, Va. Dr. Bernard Jarman, official aviation medical examiner of the Department of Commerce aeronautics branch for the District of Columbia, told of the pur- poses of the medical examinations given prospective pilots. The keystone in the make-up of a good airplane pilot, he said, is good judgment rather than extraordinary physical development. ‘The program was by Mrs, Lyle B. Steever, aeronautical director of the aviation section. . Edgar T. section, pre- Mrs. of the ‘Washington Board of Trade, at & dinner last night of committee chair- men and officers, hailed as a victory the commission. decision of the ANTI-WAR FORMULA READY FOR LEAGUE Jurists Agree on Clause to Harmonize Covenant and Kellogg Pact. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, March 1.—The committee | of jurists attempting to harmonize the | League of Nations covenant with the Kellogg pact accomplished one of the most difficult parts of their task yes- | terday by agreeing on an amendment to Article XII. This is the one article of the covenant which leaves an ob- vious gap for employment of war as an instrument of international policy. The full committee adopted a sub- committee formula which prohibits re- sort to war in any case. The formula is as follows: “Pacific Means” Accepted. “Members of the League agree that if there should arise between them any dispute likely to lead to rupture they will have recourse for its settlement to pacific means only. “If the disagreement continues the dispute shall be submitted either to arbitration or judicial settlement or to inquiry of the Council. Members of the League agree that they will in no case resort to war for the solution of their disputes.” The League of Nations Assembly will be asked to approve this change the next time it convenes. An attempt by the Peruvian delegate, Mariano Cornejo, to restrict what he characterizes as the dominance of great powers in the council of the League and in the League's decisions, was un- successful at the afternoon session. Delegates Proposal Outlined. The South American contended that the five council seats held permanently by five great powers give them the master hand in that executive body, and that the right which the council now has, to decide in questions of in- ternal dispute without reference to the assembly, secures dominance to the council and therefore to the great powers, e CHICAGO DRY OFFICIAL AND TWO OTHERS HELD By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 1—The Herald and Examiner said today that Richard J. Proud, for seven years chief of the investigating section ‘of the prohibition office here, had been placed under ar- Test, With Proud was arrested Samuel Pograss, owner of the Uptown Invest- ment Co. of Milwaukee, and Joseph Lubor, believed to have been Pokrass' bodyguard. The paper said the arrests were made Wwhen Proud kept an appointment with Pokrass last night at the Northwestern Station. It added thal Proud was charged with having taken papers from the Government to turn over to Pokrass. Specail agents from o have been conducting an investigation here for several weeks, the newspaper said. PUBLISHERS TO MEET. |Plans Under Way for Convention to Be Held in Asheville, N. C. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 1 (#). of th. Southern Newegep. ?-ubl.\th. o ern News| r ers’ Association, announced. here y-e! annual_conven be held at Grove Park Inn, N. C., June 30 to July 2. The three days will be divided into one day for labor matters, one for ad- ve topics and discussions and the othrar for association business and re- por The golf tournament will be held on Tuesday afternoon, July 1, at the Ashe- ville Golf and Country Club. Walter H. Savoy is chairman of the golf com=~ mittee. A special pr?grnm for the ladies will be including a dance on Monday evening, June 30. J. S. Parks, publisher of the Fort Smith, Ark., Times Record, is president of the association. — Pope Orders Historical Section. 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