Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1930, Page 1

Entered post offi . 31,354, second class matter , Washington, = D. EMERGENCY FUND FOR PUBLIC WORKS URGED BY HOOVER Speeding of Building Pro- gram Offered as Relief for Unemployed. TARIFF DELAY ;LAMED ‘ BY LABOR SECRETARY | —_— | Davis Declares Wagner Proposal for Stabilization Appropriation Is Too Cumbersome. By the Associated Press. With Government figures indicating that 3,000,000 men are out of employ- | ment, the administration suggested to | Congress today that some relief might | be found in an emergency appropri- | ation authorizing the President to go shead with a public building program. In a letter to Chairman Johnson of the Senate commerce committee, Sec- retary Davis of the labor Department described as cumbersome a pending proposal by Senator Wagner, Democrat, | New York, to provide $150,000,000 to be used by a Federal employment stabili- zation board, and added: New Machinergmiinecessary. “It would seem that it ought not to be necessary to create the machinery provided in this act in order to have somebody to which the -$160,000,000 coul ropriated. In short, while i hdll':nl:t'rly nze::ry that Congress devise some way of having money im- mediately available when emergency arises, a less cumbersome method might be devised. It occurs to me that it might be a) ted to the Treasury De- Secretary Arthur M. the Department of Agriculture (top left), Senator David 1. Walsh of Massachu- setts (top right) and Representative James M. Beck of Pennsylvania. U. . COMPROMISE ent to be called upon by the mm in an emergency.” To C‘nfl;tr ‘Wagner Bill. Sena Wi "s bill will be con- flmu:rmonfl by the Senate com- merce committee. Secretary Davis con- sulted today at the Capitol with Senator Waison of Indiana, the Republican substantially by early Summer, Replies to Wagner. the speech in the g by el g o o Eenmior Wagner makes 3 great ‘show of administration HELD PARLEY HOPE Agreement With Japan Be- lieved Acceptable, Re- ported in London. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily e News. Copyright, 1930. LONDON, Engiand, March 5.—The Uhited States has proposed a naval compromise to Japan, which, it is be- lieved, Japan will aceept before the end of the week and the spirit of which, if followed by the other powers, bids 14 to save this éonference. Our new proposal is really a return | .. to the original American plan for an of | agreement on bullding programs with- out much regard to ratios, each power remaining free to make whatever claims tion it likes in the next naval conference P! ness work is ki ost of this ‘While SAThih ‘T ey near” Qutire. within the very nea i employment for the of February 17, as compared with February 10, lmedldlwof!-lovllfimt. the situation today n}l ‘stuuy x:roved over the low s wmw’:.';‘:;' the new census will show some e 46,000,000 individuals earning a living in the country, and certainly 43,000,000 &re at work. Construction Program Effective. “The construction program worked eut by President Hoover exceeds that of 1929 and is having its effect. The Becretary of Commerce has announced & $7,000,000,000 program for the Gov- ernment and other civic agencies. “Senator Wagner’s own proposals are e, o, a8 1 fee. 1 d mort staf ics, and , :::;ped-lor cures of the result of future crashes. I am in accord with them. However, none of these things create jobs right now. For what they are worth, the present .dmxnumm: recommended necessary expansion K. employment agencies and _statistics through the Department of Labor budget, not yet passed by the sm.tlet But of far more importance, as I see it, is the urgent necessity for the public buildings bill, which the House, the appropriations for public works in the deficiency bill now awaiting Senate action, Blames Tariff Delay. “But above all, the workers of the country need the passage of the tariff act to remove uncertainty and allow the workers to make in our own factories the hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of goods now coming in by im- rts. In fact, the delays in tariff legis- tion are more responsible today for creating unemployment than any other factor. “Push the bullding program, pass the tariff bill, and our workers will find employment.” in 1935 and, in case that conference fails, to build whatever it likes after 1936. It is a retufn to financial real- ities after the confusion of the “pres- tige policies,” which have hitherto dom- inated the conference. It appears to open the way to similar solutions of the Franco-British and the Franco- Ttalian problems. ‘The conference hitherto has been deadlocked in an irreconcilable conflict vis the United States. claimed a two-power standard vis-a-vis France and Italy. France has claimed an absolute need for 700,000 tons by 1936. Italy has claimed parity with Prance. May Restore Leadership. ‘The spirit of the new American pro- posal ignores none of these claims. It will allow them to subsist in the ab- stract and suggests that meanwhile until 1936 an agreement be sought on the basis of the actual number of ships which each power can actually afford and actually intends to build, keeping this number, however, a8 low as pos- sible, 2 In a sense this is therefore the first really constructive proposal made since the conference open: may be to give us back the moral leadership here which we lost when our claim to be the only power to build a new capital ship between now and 1936 was made a few weeks ago. This writer has reason 10 believe that our offer to the Japanese is roughly as follows: The United States would maintain the right to build before 1936 a total of eighteen 8-inch-gun Japan Eo\‘xld keep its present 12. r:‘bllty ;l;: nited States would agree prol to build more than 15 of these cruisers. (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) IF WILLIAM HARRIS IS ORIGINAL WILLIAM HE WILL SOJOURN HERE Imagine Embarrassment of Man Found by Police Inside Stolen Vest of Maryland Judge. There are indications that Willlam Harris, colored, is going to have a long wojourn in his favorite abode. He certainly will, at any rate, if he is the same William who tried to break | into the home of Col. William Peak, superintendent of the District jail. Imagine William's astonishment, if it veally was Willlam, when police say they surprised him with Justice of the Peace Benson McDanlel's pistol in his Ppocket, On a previous occasion the colored man qualified for & mental examina- tion, and on a second occasion he won admittance to a cell at No. 11 precinet, which seemed to please him. In addition to having the judges pistol, stolen from his Oxon, Md., resi- dence several days ago, William ap- peared to be inside the judge's vest and was w the judge’s shoes, al- though they were too hi liam was along and asked him to explain his presence and several other things. and its effect he Foening & WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1930—THIRTY-SIX PAGES, RADIOFORUMPLANS BIRTHDAY PROCRAM Hyde, Walsh and Beck Will Speak in Anniversary Broadcast. In celebration of its first anniversary on the air, the National Radio Forum arranged by The Evening Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcast- ing System will present a gala program of .one hour tomorrow night over the coast-to-coast network of the Columbia System. Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary of Agri- culture; Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts and Representative James M. Beck of Pennsylvania, three of the Nation's outstanding figures in public life, will contribute to the anni-. versary broadcast. Through them the country will be given a prophetic pano- rama of “America of the Puture.” The anniversary program.will be aug- mented by use of Columbia’s famous symphonic ensemble, which will play from the studio in New York. This orchestra is considered one of the finest in the United States and its program of patriotic music in connection with the forum hour is expected to add tre- :omdauly to the interest of the occa- n. Hyde to Make Forum Debut. Becretary Hyde, ting Presi- dent Hoover's cabinet in the forum, is recognized as one of the most finished speakers in public life today. He is an orator of the old school and his services 85 a speaker on it occasions in and advisers. It is known that their intimate association, tends beyond the realm of business i the “medicine ball cabinet,” the Presi- dent’s estimation of Mr. Hyde as friend :A :l::.;dmlnmnun head has reach- Mr. Hyde is one of the few prominent figures n national life who has not ap- peared in the weekly forum programs in the first year of its history. Thus his talk in the anniversary broadcast will mark his debut and add luster to the birthday program. Knows Farm Problems. Representing the great Middle West in the administration, Mr. Hyde, prob- ably to a greater extent than any: other member of the cabinet, is familiar with the problems of the agriculturist, par- ticularly in that vast domain known as the wheat belt. He brought to the ad- ministration not only a wide knowledge of the farm question, but.a badkground of public life which has been invaluable to the President. Mr. Hyde is one of the outstanding Republicans in the Middle West and during the 1924 Republican convention was prominently mentioned in connec- tion with the vice presidency on the national ticket. Agair in 1928, his friends proposed a movement to force him to permit his name to be used in that connection, but, as in the case of 22‘:. he declined to become a candi- _From 1921 to 1924 Mr. Hyde served (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. OFFICER AND GUNMAN ARE SLAIN IN BATTLE Another Policeman and Colored As- sailant Are Wounded in New- ark Pistol Fight. : | By the Associated Pr NEWARK, N. J, March 5.— Police Sergt. Robert Anderson, 35, was shot -| and killed and Patrolman Marion Thig- pen, colored, slightly wounded early to- day in a pistol fight with two colored gunmen. One of the gunmea was shot dead and the other is reported dying at City Holgitll With nine bullet wounds. The battle occurred after the police- men had surprised a party of colored merrymakers in a rooming ¥ouse. FALL GROWS. WEAKER. In the conversation which followed |1t developed that Willlam had a pen- chant for jails, when they are heated and well equipped with kitchens, and also for robbing taxl drivers, Police believe that they have in Wil- liam one of the pair who have been Tobbing taxi drivers with a rifie and confidenble enthusiasm for some weeks pas William acknowledged his’ accomp- lishments with some pride, the police sav, and even declared he rememi taking an “unlucky” $2 bill from the hands of H Keeler, a taxicab op- erator, living at 817 C street northeast. Pressed for additional information, Willlam is said to have owned up to robbing William Barber, 318 Eighth street, and Vincent H. Rossen, 1100 block of New Hampshire avenue, both taxi drivers, It developed further that William, who 1s 33 years old and active for his age, is wanted in Richmond, Va. by some people who wish to ask him a couple of questions. Nevertheless, it looks as if William .'{é‘,‘ remain in the District e Former Interior Secretary Not Coming to Doheny Trial Here. EL PASO, Tex. March 5 (#)—Con- tinued ill health will prevent Albert B, Fall, former Becretary of the Interior, from attending the trial of Edward L. Doheny, oil magnate, opening in Wash- ington next Fall home here today. ~Mr.. Fall, ae. cording to his wife, suffered a relapse brought on by the recent cold weather. a0y JUDGE, 97, RE-ELECTED. Minnesotan Scores 2-to-1 Victory After Active Camphaign. ST, GHARLES, Minn Salmon W. Gleason, 97, Minne- sota’s oldest active jurist, was re-elected to a_four-year term mu- nmpt} office as e. He has held that SUGAR DUTY FATE HANGS IN BALANCE WITH VOTE TODAY Supporters of Two-Cent Levy on Cuban Product See Vic- tory by Three Votes. COALITION FIGHTS PLAN FOR INCREASED RATES Ballot on Long-Debated Provision Is Set for 3 P.M., With Out- come Doubtful. The sugar duty was increased by a vote of the Senate today. The Senate coalition, which has been in control of the tariff bill, received its first real set-back when the rate on sugar was raised. ‘The Smoot amendment increasing the rate on Cuban sugar from 1.76 day, it w;; said at the | San to 2 cents a pound and to 2.50 on other imported sugar was adopted by & vote of 47 39. 4 BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The sugar duty hung in the balance today, with the Senate to register a vote on it not later than 3 pm. Supporters of the Smoot amendment to increase the duty from '1.76 to 2 cents a pound on Cuban sugar and 0 2.50 on all other imported sugar insisted that the amendment would carry by a narrow margin, perhaps three votes. Coalition leaders opposed to the in- creased duty were working hard to pre- vent tne adoption of the Smoot amend- ment. Some of them, however, admitted that the situation looked black for them and that the ‘would be Senator Norris of Y Reports were to the effect that eight Seantors, five Republicans and three Democrats, who voted against an in- crease in the duty when the mat- ter was up in the Senate several weeks ago, were ready to vote for the Smoot amendment, which is a compromise between the duty originally proposed by the finance committee and the ex- isting law. Wage Intensive Drive. The coalitionists won by 10 votes when - they adopted an amendment offered by Senator Harris of Mississippi, to retain the existing sugar duty. That, however, was when the matter first BROOKHAfl BiLL To W % AID THE KEEPER AT AUBURN STABBED 10 DEATH Successor to Man Siain in December Riot Also Loses Life in Prison. By the Assoclated Press. AUBURN, N. Y., March 5.—Edward Beckwith, principal keeper at Auburn Prison, was stabbed to death today at the prison. Beckwith succeeded George A. Durn- ford, killed in the Auburn riot of De- cember 11 last. Police tried vainly to reach the prison by telephone, but were told all lines were in use. They had not been called, the officer in charge said. News of Beckwith's death came at came to a vote in the Senate. Last| B night when the coalitionists threatened a filibuster in order to prevent a vote being taken on the Smoot amendment at that time, the victory seemed to be in the hands ‘of the supporters of the Smoot amendment. The coalitionists have used the overnight interval for an intensive drive to bring back Senators mpued by the Senate finance commit- If the Smoot amendment is by the Senate there will neces- ly be some increase in the sugar tariff of the Exuhin‘ houses of Congress wil an increase. most that the con- ference-could do would be to keep the duty down to the Smoot amendment under those conditions. Opponents of the Smoot amendment insist that its adoption will mean an increase of $30,000,000 in the bill, which the American public will pay for sugar annually. Supporters of the amend- ment on the other hand deny that such will be the case and contend that if the American sugar growing industry is to be xept solvent, an increase in the present duty must be made. Fear Further Increases, Coalition leaders have been worried | lest. the adoption of the Smoot amend- ment may be a forerunner of increased duties on other articles. Attempts are to be made to take lumber from the free list and boots and shoes and hides. 1t is belleved, however, that supporters of the lumber duty will have a hard task getting their amendment adopted. Some Senators are hopeful that it possible to reach a vote on the tariff bill before the end of the week. Others, however, do not believe it will be possible tc get to a final vote in the Senate for another 10 days or more. 'l'hefl point to the large number of items in the bill upon which votes have been reserved, now that the measure has been reported from the committtee as a whole into the Senate. Not a little may depend on the outcome of the sugar vote today. If the coalition should be successful and defeat the Smoot amend- ment, proponents of other amendments opposed by the coalition may reach the mcl\nlun that it is hopeless to press m. Divide Time for Debate. Under the agreement entered into by the Senate last night, the time of the Senate, until 3 o'clock this afternoon, was to be evenly divided between sup- porters of the Smoot amendment and its opponents. Senator Vandenberg of Micl , the first speaker today, strongly " advocated _adoption of the Smoot amendment. He was followed by Senator Broussard of Louisiana, who also spoke in favor of the amendment. THREE DIE IN CRASH ON ROGERS’ ESTATE Police Believe Plane Was Property of Morey Johnson, One of Victims. By the Astociated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 5—Three persons were reported killed this morn- ing in an airplane accident on the ranch of Will Rogers near Beverly Hills. ta’ Monica police, who reported the crash, did not have the names of the persons killed. The wreck was discovered by em- rloye- on the Rogers estate. When po- ice arrived they determined that the victims had been dead for several hours. D"l'hg ph;\'e l;lA not burned. It bgl?’.l partment of Commerce license o 36. The bodies were removed and at- tempts made to identify them. Police later made a tentative identifi- A hasty and dramatic adjournment of the trial followed. Beckwith was stabbed by = convict in the mess hall ed'hue the nonndn{‘e meal was served, according to the re- gnme by cfficials to Or. ymond F. C. Kieb, State commission- er of correction, at Albany. Keeper Beckwith, in accordance with his usual procedure, was walking up and down between the tables during the dinner hour when he was attacked by one of the inmates. The assailant was captured immediately. Beckwith was removed to a hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds. Beckwith is the third consecutive cipal .keeper at the prison to meet death at the hands of the conviets. James B. Durnan, Durnford's prede- cessor, was stabbed to death about two years ago, TAFT IMPROVED, DOCTORS REPORT Former Chief Justice Spent Quiet Night, but Is Held Still Critically Ill By the Associated Press. ‘The condition of former Chief Justice ‘Taft was slightly improved today. ‘The bulletin issued at 11:35 am. by Dr. Thomas A. Claytor and Dr. Francis R. Hagner said: “The former Chief Justice has spent & good night. His condition is slightly improved in the past 24 hours.” The physicians indicated their belief, however, that the former President and Chief Justice still was critically ill, and that while life might be prolonged for some time no change had occured to give hope of recovery. ‘The former Chief Justice spoke to his nurse this morning and appeared to have continued the slight improvement which during the past few days had caused some of the fear that death was imminent to dissipate. . The physicians did not make their usual visit late last night. It was the first time that they had failed to call late at night since Wednesday, when it was thought that Mr. Taft could live only a few hours. . FOUR-STORY HOUSE BOUGHT BY HUGHES Chief Justice Acquires Property in Fashionable Sheridan Circle Section. Chief Justice Charles Bvans Hughes has purchased as his new Washington residence the four-story stone town house at 2223 R street, in the fashion- able Sheridan Circle section along Massachusetts avenue, it was reported today by Miss Laura Harlan, daughter of former Chief Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court, who is engaged in real estate B!ullnee:t her‘:. ) h . The property a large house of l.mpuulE- ‘design, containing 14 main rooms, and is suited to entertainment purposes. It stands next to the house purchased by Secretary of the Navy Adams as his Washington residence. ‘The house has a number of unusual my corner .| Then he fe EMPLOYED 50,000,000 Phantom ‘Panther’ Loses Prestige by Ruling of Officials Object of Big Game Hunt Meets Inglorious End of Being Called Dog. Prince Georges County’s greatest big game safari came to a most inglorious end today when county authorities recorded their official opinion that the ferocious phantom “panther” which earby Maryland last month was onl; dog. Having risked ridicule, recrimination and reputation on this verdict, the board of commissioners awarded Harry Claim of 380 damages fof bos Riled mages for hogs by the beast. The claim was paid out of a fund for relief of Ll’man whose live stock are attacked In reaching the decision, the county commissioners displayed a brand of courage excelled only by that of the desperate army of wild animal hunters which stalked the snowhound jungles of the Northeast and beyond for. many turbulent days a. few weeks back. considered oflm e to the doughty trackers ith clous b:nm%t nf, many of huge (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) el SIGHTSEER HURT INTREASURY FALL Former Heavyweight Boxing Aspirant Injured in 28-Foot Plunge to Driveway. Bartley Madden, 41, aspirant for the heavyweight boxing championship, who succumbed before the blows of Gene ‘Tunney some six years ago, was seri- ously injured shortly before noon today when he fell 28 feet from a landing on the west steps of the Treasury Depart- ment, He was taken to Emergency Hospital unconscious and found to be suffering from a fractured hip and pelvis. At the Treasury Department it was said that Madden was one of a party of sight-seers from New York. He gave his address as 346 Forty-fifth street, New York City. No one witnessed the fall, but a pedestrian found the injured man lying face downward in the roadway, which cuts under the steps. Miss M. L. Haughney, Treasury nurse rendered first ald and an ambulance rushed him to the hospital. Policeman J. R. Birch :&m No. 1 precinct made an investiga- ‘When Madden regained consciousness he said that he was on his way back to New York from Miami, Fla. Before fighting Bill Brennan in 1917 Madden was Irish champion. He had knocked out Jim Coffey in six rounds. “No one had been able to hurt me up to that night in New York,” Madden declared in a copyrighted story recently written for The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance. “I was pretty cocky. I imagined nobody could lock me down unless they slugged me with a blackjack from behind. I didn’t bother to block. “When the bell rang I walked out and baptized Brennan with a left hook. I tried another. Bill was walting and he stepped inside with a terrific right. It was the same punch that later nearly tore Jack Dempsey’s ear off. Rises at Count of Seven. “Next thing I knew I'was sitting on the canvas and Patsy Haley, referee, was velling numbers in my ear. I was the first time I ever was knocked down, but no one had to tell me what to do. I heard Patsy shout ‘seven.’ Then I got up. The ring was pitching like a ship in & storm. I tried to take & step forward and the deck went from under me my feet buckled. Afi\: I got up. time Brennan was close, and I grabbed him to steady myself. “Why don't you stop it?® Brennan.| demanded of Haley. B “‘Go ahead and stop it yourself,” the Teferee ordered, “As a matter of ncdt. l"oluy cIlmi ht': hand on chest ready to send me my‘mr my second trip down. ‘nd Shansed. i mind. ‘It took punch his 5 me four or five rounds to get over that right Brennan had landed. Bill ed my head and middle from al elt me sides, House. | but near the end he was so tired I almost evened up matters.” Radio lnnr on Page C-7 Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,815 () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. PROSPERITY CITED BY DRYS, OPENING PROFIBITION CASE Telegrams From Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison Read Into Records. MANUFACTURERS PROTEST MODIFICATION OF THE LAW Writer Quotes Industrial Execu. tives to Back Up Statement of Economio Benefits, By the Associated Press. Big, busy, industrial America, filled with happy homes where many of the luxuries of life are enjoyed was the pic= ture painted today before the House judiclary committee as friends of pro- | hibition began their reply to the seven- ROVER PLANNING NEW AMING LAW Confers With Police Heal'is to Prepare More Drastic Legislation in D. C. Hard on the heels of the police probe growing out of the charges of George H. Carter, public printer, United States Attorney Leo A. Rover has arranged a conference this afternoon at his office with Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superin- tendent of police; Inspector Shelby,chief of detectives; Corporation Counsel Wil- liam W. Bride, Pire Chief George 8. Watson and Building Inspector John W, Oehmann to discuss means of co-ordi- nating the various branches of the District and Pederal governments in the Ppreparation of legislation to make more drastic the local gambling laws. ‘The prosecutor is of the opinion that only by the assistance of the police can- he - obtein - knowledge~ ot gambling places and through them he may keep a better check-up on estab- lishments used for gambling and other law violations, Desires Legal Advice. mar] ‘The aid of Corporation Counsel Bride | tno is desired in connection with the legai of the proposed new enact- ments, which were suggested as neces- sary by Rover at the hearing yesterday of the charges of Public Printer Carter that the police and prosecutor were not doing everything in their stamp out gambling in the vicinity of the Government Prin Office. day attack by the anti-prohibition group upon the eighteenth amendment. The drys, at the outset, backed up their contention that the liquor laws had proved of untold benefit to the Na«~ tion by having read into the committee record telegrams from Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison indorsing prohibi- tion. The meaugec were presented Samuel Crowther of Bul';dn, Long )2! , an economist and magazine writer, the first to testify of the many waiting to be heard in support of the dry statute. The Detroit manufacturer wired he of the eighteenth felt “sure that the sane Nation™ w!:um nev:a- see amendment, repealed or “any dangerous modification” effected. gt “I still feel,” Edison's telegram said, “that prohibition is the {mtut experi- ment yet made to benefit man,” “My. observation is that its enforce- ment generally is at least 60 impression through. alse. da gh false propagan that it is a lower per cent. It is to me that some men of great abilif and standing do not help to remove the curse of alcohol.” Ford and Edison Send Telegrams. Crowther, under questioning by Chair- man Graham, said he had asked that Ford and Edison appear before the committee, but they were unable to do 50. Their telegrams, he said, were in reply to his letters and had been re- ceived this morning. Before the witness his mony the room was well filled. few minutes it was packed. ufi women sat on the floor. Some unal to xortee their lg;: the chamber caught glimpses of what was going on g.%e:lnl through the dom‘vnm'm ads of the crowd. with any organization either in favor of or o] to the eighteenth ment, but had obtained data on con= ditions under uymhlbltkn for the spe- cific 8 series of ltg:lu for Savin nt. itors, he sald, gs accoun! sald, had increased materia . The o same was power o | bo T Waison an Butidin g In- the spector Oehmann, it is expected, will be asked to co-operate with the prose- cutor by reporting on the existence of barricaded"doors at gambling establish- ments when such reports reach them from their inspectors. Such doors may be found to have been erected without | permits and may also constitute in- creased fire hazards. Rover seeks a general co-ordination |there of all District and Federal authorities in an effort to put a stop to gambling. The result of the conference will not be made public, Rover said, until re- ported to the Senate special committee next Friday. Robsion Confers With Police. Following up the hearing that he conducted yesterday into enforcement of gambling laws in Washington, Chair~ man Robsion of the Senate police sub- committee conferred with police offi- clals today and obtained from them recommendations for new legislation. The Senator stated that Maj. Pratt and Shelby called at his request and sted a law under which the barri- cad { of a building with special doors and electrical locking devices would be (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) i R COBB TO BE RENAMED. Senate May Receive Appointment From Hoover Today. President Hoover will reappoint James A. Cobb for another term as judge on the Municipal Court bench of ‘the Dis- trict of Columbia. He reached that decision today and it is understood that Judge Cobb's nomination for reappoint- ment will go to the Senate either this afternoon or tomorrow, Judge Cobb, the only colored member of this court, was ap) ted four years ago by President Cool ing to advices received by the President, has served in a highly capable and satisfactory manner, His term expires March 17, and, accord- | ti Co., he went on, hln:. men were spending liquor. the coal flelds in the Kanawha Valley in West Virginia, he continued, a simi- lar improvement was noted, dent of the Cabin Josiah Keely, Creek Consolidated Coal Co., he said had written him that the situation was better. Keely, he added, had sald that now absenteeism after pay day still was considerable, but it was because men were either hun or shopping or “flivvering” with e llmlfig. . The full text of Ford's telegram as read by Crowther sald: “The eighteenth amendment is rec- ognized by the men and women of cur country. The women especially are the greatest force for the comfort and pros- perity of the United States. I feel sure (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) SH! THIS IS SOTTO VOCE: HUBBY LEADS IN VANITY Not Only Pays More for Clothes, but Is Regular Beauty Shop Patron, BY the Associated Press, CHICAGO, March 5.—The scornful male, who’ taunts his womenfolk for their vanity had better hide this. A 333-page report written for a doc- tor's degree and issued by the Univer- sity of Chicago sets forth that in the average home, based on observation of thousands of families, the husband spends 10 per cent more a year for cr:thzl than does the wife. And Dr. G. Alexander Ward, plastic surgeon, addressing the Illinols Cos- meticians and Beauty Culturists’ Asso- ciation last night, said: “My man pa- ents far outnumber any woman pa- tients.” Men are much more timid, however, about asking for alterations on curling noses, wrinkled faces and cauli= flower ears. MRS. CHEWNING BEATS SPEEDING CHARGE, BUT PAYS TWO OTHERS i Senator Couzen’s Daughter Satisfied to Pay $4 for Two Minor Traffic Violations. Mrs. Margo Couzens Chewning, daughter of Senator Couzens of Mich- jgan and recent bride of William Jefferies Chewning, young bank teller, paid $4 into police court coffers this morning for two minor infractions of traffic regulations, after winning a fight against a speeding charge without go- that Mrs. Chewning change her address Chewn e Besors caugheer attaches this morning.