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WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer, perature about 44 morrow cloudy and warmer; showers tomorrow night. —Highest, 56, at noon today; lowest, 40, at 7 am. today. Full report Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 lowest e tonight: to- probably ‘Temperatures with on page 4. No. 31,359. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. BODY OF TAFT LIES AMID FLORAL BANKS AT HOME, AWAITING HONORS AT CAPITOL Sympathy Expressions Deluge Family, as Flags Float at Half-Staff and Congress and Supreme Court Recess. | TRIBUTES OF NATION IN ROTUNDA TOMORROW Funeral Services to Be Held at All Souls’ Church, Attended by Presi- Victory Over R By the Associated Press. SEOUL, Korea, March 10.—One hun- dred and four persons were killed and more than 100 injured today in a fire which broke out at a motion picture show at the Chinkai naval base, in Southern Korea. Most of the victims were Japanese naval men and their | wives and children. The snow was being held in a ware- house at the naval base in observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the | capture by the Japanese of Mukden in the Russo-Japanese war. The anniver: sary was celebrated throughout the em- | pire today. 600 Were in Building. The film, which ignited and caused the fire, was a patriotic reproduction of scenes in the Russo-Japanese conflict. ¢h ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. Associated service. Sunday’s The only evening paper in Washington wi the Press news Saturday’s Circulation, 114,482 Circulation, 120,333 WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1930—THIRTY PAGES. 104, MAJORITY CHILDREN, PERISH IN FILM BLAZE Tragedy Stalks Japanese Celebration of ussia in Fire at Naval Officers’ Show. About 600 persons were in the building when the %nt\ burst into flames and fired the structure. Most of '}lhosg ":'Iho perished were trapped in the building. 'I?l'?: blaze broke out at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and raged for two hours. The majority of the victims were small children. Flames from the warehouse for a time threatened to spread to a nearby ammunition magazine. The blue jacket fire fighters barely managed to prevent this. Celebrate Victories of 1905. Japan is now holding “silver anni- ersary” celebration, recalling memo- ries of her year of exaltation—1905— when her forces crushed the Russians on the sea and defeated them on land. Today's celebration, the twenty-fifth year after the capture of Mukden, was (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) dent, After Remains Lie in State at Capitol—Burial Place in Ar- lington Chosen by Widow. Taft Funeral Schedule Tomorrow ‘Body will be taken from home to Capitol at 9:00 am. It will lie 1n state in the huge rotunda for three hours. Se- lected Army, Navy and Marine detail will stand guard over the casket. Passing in single file, the pub- lic will be permitted to pay tribute. Services at All Souls’ Unitarian Church at 2 pm. Leaders of the nation will ac- company the body to Arlington. Salute of 21 guns at military and naval posts during the funeral. By the Associated Press. Parting tokens of affection and respect were heaped high upon the bier of William Howard Taft today as the Nation prepared to give him honored burial. The house on Wyoming avenue where he lived and died was filled like a mammoth Spring basket with a wilderness of flowers. A procession of messengers carried to the sorrowing family the con- soling words of friends in many lands. Congress and the Supreme Court decided torecess until after the funeral tomorrow. President Hoover personally directed that the executive branch of the Gov- ernment should show every fitting honor to the only man in history who had been both President and Chief Justice. While the guns of nea: and distant Army posts boomed their requiem, plans were completed for removal of the body tomorrow morning to the Capitol ro- tunda, to lie in state for a few hours, and for the service at 2 pm, at the Was church which Taft at- tended. At Arlington, across the Potomac, on 8 knoll overlooking the White House and the Capitol, the family marked FEDERAL WORKERS 10 GET HALF DAY OFF DURING RITES Departments, With Few Ex- ceptions, Will Honor Former President’s Memory. All executive departments and inde- pendent establishments of the Govern- ment, with a few possible exceptions, will excuse those of their employes who may be spared from duties tomorrow afternoon, out of respect to the memory of William Howard Taft. Department stores will close their doors at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon out of respect for the former Presi- dent, according to an announcement made by the Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Association this afternoon. The Treasury and Commerce Depart- ments, the first to make the decision, announced at noon today that such loyes as may be spared will be ex- msy at 12:30y o'clo‘c’:‘k. The order, signed by Secretary Mellon and Secre- tary Lamont, will affect a great ma- jority of the clerks. Similar action is expected to be taken at the District Building and by othae departments later today or tomorrow morning. Difficulty Under Law. The decision was in compliance with a communication from the White House, which explained that while the President is prevented by a law of the land to issue such an executive order in the case of the death of an ex-offi- cial of the Government, such as Mr. Taft was, he left it to the discretions of the heads of the departments and in- dependent establishments whether or not employes might be excused for a sufficient period tomorrow out of defer- ence to the funeral of the former Presi- dent and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. TImpossible fo Act. out the plot where the departed states- man will rest at last, amid the graves of the Nation’s war dead. Services to Be Simple. For all of this preparation, the ac- tual funeral service tomorrow will be one of the simplest that ever marked the g of a great popular figure. It will be held in All Souls’ Unitarian Church, at Sixteenth and Harvard streets. The pew where Taft sat will be decorated with flags and flowers. As the church bell starts to toll, Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, Taft's pastor for a quarter of a century, will stand at the door to meet the procession. Within the church, with its plain white-painted pews and pillars, the cas- ket will be taken to the chancel while the great organs play the processional. Memorial chimes will play the hymns “Abide With Me” and “Lead, Kindly Light,” and two of Taft's favorite poems will be read. At Arlington the committal service and prayer will be concluded with Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar,” and the military salute. A military escort was chosen today to accompany the body from the home to the Capitol, thence to All Souls’ Church, and from there to Arlington. Maj. Gen. F. W. Sladen, commandant of the 3d Corps Area, will command it. The route from the Wyoming avenue home to the Capitol is expected to lead through Pennsylvania avenue, past the ‘White House. President to Attend. President and Mrs, Hoover will go directly from the White House to the church for the funeral, and do not (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) THIRD NEWS RACK THEFT GETS MAN 6-MONTH TERM Officer Reports Search of Home Netted 1,000 Pennies Believed Taken From Boxes. Charged with robbing newspaper racks for the third time in less than a year Steve Prymok of 200 block of Pennsylvania avenue was sentenced to serve six months in jail by Judge Isaac R._Hitt in Police Court today. Policeman T. C. Lewis of the Third ecinct, arrested Prymok after seeing open a_box at the corner of Six- teenth and I streets early Friday. The man threw down a large string of keys and about 100 pennies when he saw the policeman approach. Police reported a subsequent search of Prymok's home revealed over 1,000 g:nnlos. which are also helieved to have en taken from paper racks. 1In court today ok pleaded guilty to robbing the one. He refused to make any statement in regard to the money alleged to have been found in his home. Court records show that Prymok served a 30-day term after being con- victed of robbing racks in May, 1929, and later in the same year sentenced to serve six months in jail. Mr. Taft, having been an ex-official, makes issuance of a presidential order closing the partments le. This was true also in the cases of Col. Theodare Roosevelt and Woodrow Wil- son, who were ex-officials at the time of their deaths The law on this subject is found in Title 5, Chapter 1, Section 28 of the Code of Laws of the United States of America and reads: “The executive de- partments of the Government shall not be closed as a mark to the memory of any deceased ex-officials of the United States.” This became a law March 3, 1893. In compliance with the President’s proclamation, issued immediately after the death of Mr. Taft Saturday, calling for a 30-day period of official mourning, the American flag atop the White House is flying at half-staff and will continue so for that period. * The justices of the District Supreme Cour*, today held a general term session to take action on the death of former President Taft, and of Edward Terry Sanford, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. All special terms of the court will stand adjourned until ‘Wednesday, March 12. Acting Chief Justice Stafford an- nounced that because of the funeral service in Tennessee for Justice San- ford today the court would follow its usual custom of adjourning out of re- spect to his memory. As the funeral of former Chief Justice Taft will oc- cur tomorrow, the court said, it was proper that no court business be tran- sacted on that day. He directed the clerks in the various divisions of the court, including the probate division, to take proper action to suspend all business until Wednesday. The grand jury also will be recessed until Wednesday. A number of the larger business firms in the city will close their doors for the day at 2 o'clock tomorrow. These include Woodward & Lothrop's, Gar- finckel's and Jellef’s department stores. Judge Katheryn Sellers announced 10,000 USE “DEAD” DRIVER'S PERMITS, HARLAND ASSERTS Renewal Records Fail Tally With Number of Cards Issued. to Approximately 10,000 District motor- ists are driving with “dead permits, Traffic Director Willlam H. Harland es- timated today after checking the per- mit renewed records of the Traffic De- partment. All of these drivers, Mr. Harland pointed out, are operating illegally and are subject to arrest and punishment under the general penalty clause of the traffic code, which prescribes a fine ranging from $1 to $300, or 10 days’ imprisonment. Mr. Harland arrived at his estimate on the basis of the drivers’ permits re- newed since July 1, last, when the first of the permits issued under the three- fi" renewal plan expired. Accord- g to the records 23,000 of the permits expiring since July 1 have not been Says 13,000 Disposed Of. Of this number, the traffic director said, heul,: satisfied that at least 10,000 in f who in Wash- n of are operating motor v ington. The those to whom they were issued have died, moved out of the District, or dis- posed of their cars. Fifty-seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-two permits have been re- newed since July 1. Mr. Harland’s schedule showed that 78,018 should have been renewed between July 1 and March 1, and that to date the Tenewal figure had Yflsud the 80,000 mark. Conse- quently all permits issued three years ago having a number under 80,000 now are “dead,” according to the traffic director. There were 108,471 outstanding per- mits July 1 when the renewal was started. All of them will expire before July 1 next. Many to Be Picked Up. Although Mr. Harland has not planned a special drive to round up the operators with “dead” permits, he said police would eventually pick up a large number of them, since it is the practice of the officers to ex- amine the expiration date on every permit when they stop a motorist for infractions of the traffic re tions. The courts, he pointed out, have not been lenient in the past with drivers caught with expired permits. Mr. Harland also revealed that ap- plications for new permits from 680 drivers are being held up at the Traffic Department pending an examination of the applicants on their knowledge of the tn&n code. These drivers, he said, have been arrested a number of times in the last three years for traffic of- fenses and the permits would not be r:ne'cd until they passed an examina- tion. BRAXTON SIGNS UP; REPORTS AT BILOXI Portside Hurler Having Trouble With Teeth—Cronin to Reach Camp Wednesday. Special Dispatch to The Star. BILOXI, Miss, March 10.—Garland Braxton, left-hand pitcher who reported at the training camp of the Washington Base Ball Club here yesterday, this morning signed a contract that had been sent him at his Greenshoro, N. C., home several weeks. Braxton is not in good physical trim, he said this morning, due mainly to trouble with his teeth. ‘Word was received from Joe Cronin, that the Juvenile Court would be closed this afternoon and tomorrow. shcfl’ulgg. that he would land in camp Wednesday ready for hard work. Judicial Chambers on Third Residence Seen b; BY REX COLLIER. Sorrowful hands have closed the old- fashioned desk and straightened the array of papers and law books in the Nation'’s most interesting judicial chambers. This sanctum sanctorum of American jurisprudence is just sbove the bed room in which the late Chief Justice Taft passed away on Saturday. ‘It was the legal workshop of the for- mer President and jurist, embracing Widow of Johann Strauss Dies. ! _ VIENNA, March 10 (#)—Mme. Adele . Btrauss, 76, widow of Johann Strauss, composer, died here today. the whole third floor of his spacious Wyoming avenue home. There, far xmm{)nnnwc TAFT’S LEGAL WORKSHOP AT HOME IS CLOSED BY SORROWFUL HANDS Floor of Wyoming Avenue y Privileged Few. eye and from the dignity of court for- malities, the late head of the Supreme Court could make himself comfortable in a large armchair, while he turned over in his mind the arguments of the day and weighed the factors which were to guide him in the formulation of an opinion. Few See Famous Office. Few persons were privileged to see this famous law office. They were offi- cials of the court, attorneys in impor- tant cases and close friends of the amiable Justice. Four or five rooms there were in all, with a wide corridor cluttered with filing cabinets, The room in which Mr. Taft's desk « on Page 3, Column 3,) remaining 13,000, he be- never be " rengwed, since | S22 DUNEDIN ACCLAIMS BYRD ON RETURN OF EXPLORER'S PARTY Thousands Applaud From Docks as Antarctic Adven- turers Reach “Civilization.’ SIGHTS AMAZE CREW AFTER MONTHS ON ICE Leader Declares Discovery of Marie Byrd Land and Mapping Tour More Important Than Pole Flight. By the Assoclated Press. DUNEDIN, New Zealand, March 10.— Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Amer- ican explorer, and the members of his Antarctic expedition returned to Dunedin today spending more than a year in the scientific exploration of the frozen regions at the bottom of the world. All Dunedin turned out to greet the discoverer, whose death-defying flight to the South Pole evoked just two sen- tences from him. Asked how it felt to fly over the South Pole, Byrd said: “Very much like flying over the North Pole, except the North Poie was bumpier. Enthusiasm Grips City. ‘Tumultuous enthusiasm held sway as the expedition, borne by the barque City of New York and the steamer Eleanor Bolling, entered the harbor of Dunedin. Dunedin was the last city to bid Byrd good-by when he set out for the Antarctic in December, 1928. ‘Thousands of persons lined the water front to witness the return. Bands played “The Star Spangled Banner” and “The Conquering Hero.” Scores of small craft scurried out and escorted the two ships to their docks. Byrd’s comment on the accomplish- m:an of the expedition was brief. He said: “Surely the South Pole flight was not more important than the flight during which we discovered the new land to the east on the other side of the Ross Dependency. This I have named Marie Byrd Land. “The six scientists with us worked seriously and the results should prove very useful. We surveyed 280,000 square miles of hitherto unmapped country.” Byrd Honors Other Explorers. Dunedin, often called the “Pear] City of New Zealand,” has in other times cheered Intrepid explorers who preceded Admiral Byrd into the ice floes that long held Pole—an fast the secrets of the South unknown region of continental To thete explorers, including Amundsen, i d_difficulties to overcome,” he said, “many more than we. These gallant men did not cease after seeing the many things they had to overcome. Because of aviation and our dogs, we did not undergo the difficulties and hardships of those pioneers. They de- serve our utmost respect. “Monotony” War Worst Evil. “We got used to the cold and our houses were warm enough. The mon- otonyewas the worst thing we had to encounter.” A representative of the New Zeal- and government, in a brief address of welcome, paid tribute to Admiral Byrd as the first man to fly over both the North and South Poles and the only one who has conquered the South Pole : “We have been any ways” he good fortune we would never have accomplished what ;eedid, All that we set out to do has 4 Admiral Byrd paid tribute. accompanied me into the Antarctice you would think I was boasting.’ Other members of the expedition were reticent about their achievements. The explorers will remain here about 10 days and then will sail for New York via the Panama Canal. BYRD MEN RELATE FEELINGS. Find It Hard to Believe There Is No More Snow “Patrol” Duty at Camp. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Radio to The Star and New York Times. DUNEDIN, New Zealand, March 10.— Out of drizzling rain that swept across the sea, the dirty sails of the City of New York, Admiral Byrd's flagship, hove in sight this morning. The stubby scarred vessel, her sides gnawed by ice and heavy seas, came around the heads and rolled into the broad mouth of the estuary that leads inland a few miles to Dunedin. The Antarctic adventure was over for Admiral Byrd and his men and as they (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) BYRD TO BROADCAST FROM NEW ZEALAND Explorer’s Talk to U. S. Listeners- in Coming Over 10,000 Miles of Land and Water. The voi¢e of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, fresh from his epoch-making ex- pedition in the Antarctic will be heard over the entire United States tomorrow morning at 17:30 o'clock, Washington time, during a spectacular rebroadcast arranged by engineers of the National Broadcasting Co. Electric Co. A conversation between Rear Admiral Byrd in Dunedin, New Zealand, and Adolph 8. Ochs, publisher of the New York Times, in the studios of WGY in Schenectady, separated by 10,000 miles of land and water, will be distributed over a National Broadcasting Co. net- work in which WRC is to be a link. A series of tests by engineers in Schenec- tady and in Australia, it was an- nounced, virtually assure the success of the unique broadcast. Every modern medium of communi- cation will be used. Land telephone wires, submarine cables and long and short waves will play a part. The voice of Rear Admiral Byrd will travel from Dunedin over land wires and sub- marine cable for 500 miles to Welling- ton, where Station 212YA will pick it up and transmit it by long waves to Sydney, 1,500 miles "away. Station VX2ME in Sydney will send it to WGY g\“ slcqh;n-cud'ym?n short vm;:. :‘\‘e‘:e n done. l “If 1 said all I think of the men wh and the General! GIRL PILOT FLIES Elinor Smith Betters 0Id Mark by 8,000 Feet in High Wind. Goes Far Inland Before Start to Keep From Being Blown to Sea. | By the Associated Press. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y, March 10.—Elinor Smith, 18-year-old girl pilot, today attained an apparent altitude of 32,000 feet in an attempt to set a new | altitude record for women. The previ- ous record set by the late Marvel Cros- | son, was 24,600 feet. turned the nose of her plane toward New Jersey so as to go far inland before | starting her climb and to prevent being | blown too far to sea. Capt. George who flew zz ARREST FOLLOW FIRING ON VETERAN {Herman D. Robinsoi: Gbject | of Second Ambush ' Three | Days—Fiend Held. An unknown guuman, firing from the darkness of an alley near Tenth and X streets, last night made the second at- tempt in three days to shoot down Her- man D. Robinson, World War veteran, according to police. Early this morning three officers from the first precinct arrested James Cody, 29, for investigation. He will be ques- tioned in connection with the official | investigation of the shootings. Robinson was fired upon shortly be- fore 9 o'clock last night as he was walk- ing from his home in the 900 block of K street to a drug store at the corner of Tenth and K streets. He did nct see the man who fired the pistol, but ran into the drug store and called the police. ‘Three shots were fired at Robinson Friday night by one of the occupants of a stolen roadster after he had been lured from his home by a telephone call. Visit to Apartment. Cody, who is weli known in local sporting circles, was arrested when Pre- cinct Detective R. B. Carroll, Sergt. H. W. Lineberg and Pvt. Uel M. Gaile en- tered his apartment in the 1400 block Police had been looking for Cody since Friday night. The man's apartment was visited earlier last night but, according to the officers, Cody escaped by jumping from a window to the alley, which runs alongside the apartment buil 3 Cody told Detective Carroll t he was with his wife in a local moving Dpicture theater at the hour Friday night when the shots were fired at Robinson. The shot last night was heard by sev- eral persons, who corroborated the story of Robinson. Robinson at one time was a friend of Cody's, police say. Cody told officers at the first precinct that he had be- friended Robinson until the man caused him trouble. Robinson denies that he has been responsible for any domestic rifts in the Cody household. Answers Telephone Call. The_shooting Friday night occurred after Robinson left his residence to meet a “friend” in answer to a telephone message. As he approached the corner TO SET NEW ALTITUDE Heading into a strong west wind, she | of K street at 5 o'clock this morning. | young of Tenth and G streets a roadster with drawn curtains drew up to the curb be- side him. One of the three occupants leaned out and fired three times, all of the bullets going wild. Robinson ran into his house as the roadster sped away. A short while later a car was found abandoned by Precinct Detectives Wan- amaker and Mansfield, who learned it had been stolen from Charles Claggett of the 1800 block of Connecticut avenue. Prior to the shooting Robinson he had been warned by a woman. that an attempt would be made on his life if he left the house. He believes the shot last night was fired by a man standing in an alley near the corner. Robinson said his saflant fled before he had an oppor- tunity to recognize him. Radio Programs on Page B-11 (A) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. 32,000 FEET RECORD way across the Atlantic with Ruth ider, attained an altitude of over 33,000 feet last week, using an identical MRSAR SHEPHERD, 0. . NATIE DS Husband Served as Governor When District + ad Ter-’ ritorial Govesnment. Mrs. Alexander Robey Shepherd, widow of the former governor of the District of Columbia who officlated un- | der the territorial form of government for the National Capital, died early this morning after a lingering illness at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Francis D. Merchant, 15 Grafton street, Chevy Chase. Mrs. Shepherd was a native of Wash- ington, as was her husband, havi been born here in 1842. She was Mmh'l Mary Grice Young and was the daughter of a veteran of the War of 1812, Her father, Willlam P. Young, who was of Connecticut ancestry and throughout his life interested in naval affairs, icipated in the battle of Craney Island and his name is on the monument commemorative of that en- counter at Portsmouth, Va. A shot from a gun aimed by him sunk the British barge Cent on that oe- casion. Her mother's family came to ‘Washington from Philadelphia in 1800. Educated in Private Schools. Mrs. Shepherd was educated in local private schools and at the age of 19 married Mr. Shepherd at a time when he, !.hflugx ‘l:khmel( youfl‘l’:ul, was_be- ginning e & prominent part in local business, political and administra- tive affairs. When he was made gov- ernor of the District she was still a woman of 30. Mr. Shepherd was one of the original incorporators of The Evening Star Newspaper Co., but sev- ered that connectlon shortly afterward. During the period of Mr. Shepherd's tenure of office the couple were famed for their regular hospitality. Such oc- casions were made memorable, not only because of the governor’s official posi- tion, but also because of the charm and personal larity of Mrs. Shepherd. Fhe circle of admiring friends she made at that time remained close to her al- ways and these friendships were grate- tully ted even to the third and the fourth generation. In 1880 Mrs. sthherd accompanied her husband to Mexico whither he went o embark on mining operations. Not- withstanding the fact that she took her several young children with.her; that the scene of his endeavors was and still is in an inaccessible region and that frequent hardships and depriviations were a daily part of the family life, she (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) THREE DIE FROM FIRE. NEWARK, Ohio, March 10 (#).—An explosion and fire at the farm home of Lawrence Thompson, 15 miles north of here, today had resulted in the death of three young girls. Pauline Thompson, 11, died last night mi . Mary Thompson, 8, another sister, died here early today The accident occurred last evening when Pauline attempted to rekindle a fire in a kitchen stove with kerosene. Reds Clash With Police. PARIS, March 10 (#).—Three police- men were badly bruised today when dis- eeting of 20 unists the “Internale” in the en- u'.hu:uu uwmm Two of the Y i o fad REAL ESTATE LA GOES T0 FULL BODY Subcommittee Strikes Out All But One Provision in License Bill. ‘The proposed real estate license law for Washington will be laid before the full House District committee for ac- tion by the judiciary committee, which has held hearings on the subject, it was announced this afternoon by Repre- sentative McLeod of Michigan, acting chairman of the District committee. | _ The bill will be submitted to the full | District committee with all its pro- | visions stricken out except the refer- ence in the title to penalties and sec- of the measure, relating to Decision was reached to present the bill in this form to the full committee | after hearings on the sub cluded today before the comimttee. Presentation was the redrafting or other disposition the posed legislation into the hands full committee, unless it be re- ferred back to the subcomimttee. The simulated clause, now constitut- |ing the measure as cut by the committee, was the one feature over which there has been real division of | opinion among witnesses. Tho the ‘Washington Real Estate Board not | directly object to the bill with this clause included, its spokesman had sug- gested that the clause was not needed. Favors Separate Law. to throw this clause at the hearing, John A. Estate Board, contended that the mis- representation at which it was directed was covered in another genera! clause providing for revocation of the broker's | license. He said the board felt such specific legislation should be made in & separate law and not be confused with a purely license measure. He added, however, that simulated sales with the intent of defrauding was, of course, a thing that no legitimate dealer would countenance. Oscar H. Brinkman, former secretary of the Senate Distriet committee, said he felt the clause should be incopporated in order to provide sure ac.ion against a dealer who indulged in artificially boosting prices as a means of obtaining a higher sale price in a later deal. He sald such simulated sales were made in Washington, but that this was not a practice peculiar to this city. He cited cases in New York and Kansas City, Mo. H. L. Rust, sr., prominent Washing- ton mortgage banker, said he was “un- alterably opposed” to the simulated sale clause, because he feared it might inter- fere with legitimate business as well as striking at misrepresentation. Refuses Categorical Answer. A colloquy ensued between Rust and Representative Patman of Texas, mem- ber of the committee, over the question as to whether simulated sales were practiced in Washington. Repeatedly Rust declined to give a categorical an- swer, stating finally that he did so be- cause the general wording of the clause was such that no one could tell exactly what it did cover. He said he would be in favor of inclusion in the license law of a clause making it unlawful for one to execute a mortgage or sale and wherein the consideration stated was higher than that given in fact, for the purpose of defrauding. The clause as it now stands, however, he said, did not so provide. Mr. Patman said he felt this clause as it now stands would not interfere with legitimate business because it re- ferred to simulated sales which were “executed for the purpose and with the intent of misleading others as to the value of property.” The Texas Representative also raised the question of including in the license measure a provision for the maximum that licensed brokers and salesmen could charge as commission on sales and rentals. In reply, Mr. Petty said the real estate board would oppose such provi- sion, pointing out that the 5 per cent commission, which it now prescribes for sales in the District for the first $5,000 and the 3 per cent commisssion for higher sums had been approved in court as fair. He contended there was no reason why sales commissions should be regulated, since it was private busi- ness, not a public utility, and did not have a monopoly. FLORIDA CLUBS RAIDED. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 10 (#)—A book containing names of 430 residents of Palm Beach and West Palm Beach, many of them said to be prom- inent in business and professional cir- cles, was being held by Federal authori- ties today after a raid on a reputed speakeasy here yesterday. The place was known as the Arrus Locker Club and as the Key Club, and patrons were listed as members and car- :fimmmpm,mmwu { — ject fadiciary sub- | hed of the abbre- | the of | which statement STIMSON REJECTS FRENCH PROPOSAL FOR SAFETY PACT Henderson Willing to Study | Mediterranean Treaty Draft, but Is Skeptical. BRIAND BASES ARGUMENT ON WORLD-WIDE PEACE May Suggest Consultative North Atlantic Agreement as Conces- sion to U. §. and Britain. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. B irele 0, T S 0 hjcaso Dus LONDON, England, March 10.—Im- portant conversations between heads of the naval delegations, which were pur- sued over the week end and continued today, have not broken the deadlock in the London Conference. The Prench late Saturday presented to Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson and British Foreign Minister Arthur Henderson a tentative draft for a Med- iterranean pact. This pact would be open to all powers having interests in the Mediterranean, including the United States, and would provide for mutual assistance in case any one of them were attacked. Secretary Stimson immediately stated that the United States could enter mo Mediterranean pact whatever. Mr. Hen- derson said that he was willing to study dlscuss it this ‘ToTAIng Ut thay. bia mo: it his feeling was that Great Britain should accept no additional commitments and that X too high. Foreign Minister Briand lied that Prance was asking nothing from any- Selfish Aim Is Denied. France’s present naval program is calculated to enable France to in- sure its own security. But France is being asked to reduce this program. France replies that it is willing to do led an increase of security is by other means. pact proposals were being made not. for the French interest alone, but B o of world peace. e s help under a new ean pact that might need Great Bflmnu ’s, and conse- quently France would be “paying the same " as Great Britain. He added that economic caused wars and that mw‘e::dcdmuuflq; %w.m Minister Henderson and con- M. Briand insisted further that the British were making a mistake in seeming the suggested it if were adopted, it would merely France's security, Great Britain's as well, and that ought to enable Great Britain to make naval reductions. ‘While not making direct objection to | ¢ Petty, secretary of the Washingten Real | cop Boe s (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) $193,936,765 DUE U. S. BY GERMANY Mills Gives Data on Rhineland Occupation and $290,- 637,878 Claima By the Assoclated Press. Ogden Mills, Undersecretary of' the Treasury, estimated today before the House ways and means committee that Germany owed the United States $193,936,765 for the cost of the Amer- ican Army of occupation maintained in the Rhineland after the armistice. He also estimated that the claims of American citizens against Germany would amount to $200,637,878 addi- tional. Mills’ testimony was given in before the committee an explanation of the agreement worked out for the set- tlement of the claims. Mills said that in view of the Young plan for repara- tions settlements between the allies and Germany the United States had agreed to cut its Army occupation charge down by 10 per cent and to accept installment payments of the whole amount due at the rate of $15,700,000 in German currency for 37 years and $9,700,000 for 15 years thereafter. The arrangement he said is entirely independent of countries other than the United States and Germany, uwufl: the amounts to be transferred under it had been settled in the general reparations agreement. “The executive branch of the Gov- ernment believed that it was wiser and more consistent for us to refrain from such a course (joining in the Young plan collection machinery and Interna- tional Bank organization”) Mr. Mills said, “and to look to Germany directly for the payment of the amounts due us. There appears to be no justification at this late date for involving our country in the responsibilities for col A mobilizing and_distributing repara payments which the adoption of the Young plan and participation in the organization and management of the agency created under that plan would necessitate.” Mfllls l;ec&mmmded roval of the agreement and said aims of ni tes t Germany. ap- it Lipton’s Shamrock V Soon Ready. BELFAST, Northern Island, Marc) e T announced that work m“flir’;hanu Lipton's Shamrock V_was progressing rapidly and that launching of chal- lenger for America’s cup was ex- pected April 14. The ceremony is to be Ef,flmefl by the Countess of Shaftes- ry. Sir Thomas elected commodore nlfll;lalub. 35