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WEATHER. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 No. 31,361. Entered as second class matter e post office. Washington, D. MDONALD T0 STAY UNTIL DEFEATED ON “IMPORTANT" ISSUE {Tory Demand He Resign Is Met With Calmness by British Premier. BALDWIN MAY CALL FOR VOTE OF CENSURE | Prime Minister Declares He Is Willing to Accept Decision of General Ballot. By the Assoctated Press. LONDON, March 12.—Although de- feated by eight votes in the House of Commons on an amendment to its coal mines bill, the Labor government of J. Ramsay Macdonald will not resign, but will continué in office until its administration is assailed successfully on a matter of importance. ‘The amendment to the coal mines D. Grilled On Work: CLAUDIUS H. HUSTON. JAPANESE REJECT U. 5. COMPROMISE, bill, which Conservatives and Liberals passed over Mr. Macdonald's head last night, does not materially change the measure, Immediately after the di- & few minutes previously of “Resign! Resign!” and was a que as ‘whether the government would resign, precipitating a new general election. Macdonald Replies Quickly. Mr. Macdonald answered quickly: ques! Eé; g e Jabns E & 3 4 | £ i g o ; SEEREE 1on v ! ] i i § g L EEQ J I 8 4 g g Ea%’r‘s ¥ i Is g‘:fi j 3 Eu i § EE § 2 E% WHARF IN NEW ORLEANS Damage to Steamer Is Estimated - at $500,000 in Second Water Froat Blaze. -~ statement. DEMANDING TOPCT. Impasse With France Is Seen as Stimson Refuses Con- sultive Pact Plea. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. ble to The Star and Chicago Daily —a—— Copyright, 1930. 5. LONDON, England, March 12— Reljiro Wakatsuki, chief of the Japanese delegation at the London Naval Con- ference, saw Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson today and told him, accord- | ears, when they were very much less.| the United States, ing to reliable reports, that Japan was unable to accept the American compro- mise proposals advanced by Senator David A. Reed in conversations with of submarines. The atmosphere of the Japanese dele- wal reduction o ent, without too much insist- g; Great Britain on the two-power standard. Political Phase is Ended. Secre! f State Hes L. Stimson’s ot e t that C.\?:’Unlhd States Prim Ramsay donald’s request. The British Labor government did not desire to accept the | tne fact that at the request of Senator | joy, Brock of Tennessee, Col. Worthington | g sole onus of rejecting all pact proposals ‘whatsoever, Action Puzzles Observers. Some are puzzled the Stimson a puchria confer would bind us morally to aid Prance against possible aggression, why was the Sec- retary of State favorable to such a pact three weeks ago? And if a pact to con- fer would obligate us morally to aid Prance why does not the four-power Pacific pact to confer, under the treaty t of Washington, obligate us morally to ald Japan? Yet ghe American Senate ratified the four-power Pacific pact on the express declaration of our Government that we were not so obligated. Why should the United States be obligated in one case ‘s | and not in the other? RUM PURCHASER Of these secrets and mysteries no ex- planation is available. ‘The possibility of reducing the French (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) CASE CARRIED TO U. S. SUPREME COURT AS TES Department of Justice Appeals Recent Decision of Boston Judge That Purchase Is Not Crime. Associated Press. .1“; Dzun‘:mtof Justice today car- to the Supreme Court a test case to determine whether the purchaser of lquor is gullty of con- Judge Morton sustained the conten- tion of Farrar's counsel that section 6, title 2, of the National prohibition act, under which the Government sought to convict him, referred only to those legally entitled to buy and sell lquor under permits, such as ‘hospif This section of the act says, in mb“‘tnu' thn‘t no person lbll.\u“l:‘li: barter, ~trans; or purchase vlghout first ggrmnlng a it. is section 3, and that this section clearly eliminates any lability of any kind for the purchase of lquor. ’!; his opinion, the Federal judge “Not only did carefully ex- clude thre rehm the penal pro- visions of act ly but has taken no step to extend vision to the purchaser in the 10 years of tion which has since inter- ve fa'pro: | 78 L 4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Foen ny Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1930—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. HUSTON DEFENDS TENNESSEE RIVER EROUPSEXPENSES Senate Lobby Probers Quiz Ex-President of Improve- ment Body. PERSONALITIES ENTER QUIZZING OF WITNESSES Republican National Committee Chairman Says Association Rec- ords Satisfied Valley People. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. In a session of the Senate lobby com- mittee, frequently marked with acrid clashes between the witness and the members of the committee, Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican national committee, defended today his former connection with the Tennessee River Improvement Association. Despite the remarks hurled at him by Senator Caraway of Arkansas, chair- man of the committee; Senator Blaine and Senator Walsh of Montana, Mr. Huston retained a calm demeanor throughout the hearing. Occasionally his replies were as caustic as the com- ments of the committeemen. Mr. Huston was questioned closely re- garding records of receipts and expendi- tures of the association, of which he was president until he resigned last Au- gust, when he became chairman of the Republican national committee. He told the committee that the expenditures of the Tennessee River Improvement As- sociation had run from $20,000 to $75,- 000 a year, except in some of its earlier ‘Will Try to Get Books. In reply to many demands from the committee that the books and records the tion be presented, Mr. Huston sald that he would do his best for the committee. He said extreme surprise that Mr. treasurer of the association, had in the Tennessee Valley were en satisfied with the reports by the association at its annual saild Mr. Huston. * with the Mr. W in the Ford Hospital in Detrol Slaps Intimations. He said that the committee had fre- quently intimated that Worthington was not ill, but was evading appear- ance before it. “Either Col. Worthington is ill, or he is not,” snapped Mr. Huston. “The committee has the power to subpoena | pers, and bring him before it.” Senator Caraway called attention to (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) MRS. HALLIE ELKINS PROTESTS SON'S WILL Charges Son Was Suffering From Severe Illness—Undue Influ- ence Also Alleged. Mrs. Hallle Davis Elkins, widow of Stephen B. Elkins, former Senator from West Virginia, today applied to the Dis- trict Supreme Court for the revocation of the probate of the will of her son, = B. Elkins, who died in New York City October 20. She charges that her son was suffering from a severe | illness when the will and codicil which has been received by the court were executed, during which at frequent in- tervals his mind was unsound and ren- fifled him incapable of making a valid Undue influence is also alleged against Mrs. Evelyn 1. Martin of New York, who under the will is given a life annuity of $1,000 & month and by the codicil gets a fishing lodge in Virginia valued at $30,000 and Mr. Elkins’ apart- ment in New York City with its cons tents except paintings. Mr. Elkins wi unmarried, it is reported. ‘The will and codicil were probated December 13 and under the law a caveat must be filed within three months thereafter. The protest of the mother is filed just in time, according to Awlomy Robert F. Cogswell, her Davis Elkins, brother of the deceased, by the terms of the will was named as and besides estate. The anuary 28, 1928, and was modified by a codicil of October 10, 1929, which directs that Mrs. Martin have the Virginia y and the New York apartment 'mg its contents. Mr. Elkins reported that his | S o e ey ), ), an 'op- u:lm”ud at $117,800. gk ition to the iting of the re- £ expected to come WOMEN OUTLINE CREED SUPPORTING [6TH AMENDMENT Mrs. Peabody Presents 14 Points, Adopted Yesterday, to House Committee. CONSTITUTION AS WHOLE SUPPORTED IN DRAFT Buyer Held Equally Guilty With Seller in Illicit Transactions in Liquor. By the Associated Press. A “political creed” of the Woman's National Committee for Law Enforce- ment, outlining 14 points in support of the eighteenth amendment and the Constitution as a whole, was presented at the House judiciary committee pro- hibition hearing today by Mrs. Henry W. Peabody of Beverly, Mass. She presented the creed after a score of women representing national welfare organizations in rapid succession had taken the stand one after another and indorsed the prohibition laws. They had argued that the womanhood of America stood squarely behind the dry statute. Mrs. Peabody, who was in charge of the witnesses, said the creed had been adopted only yesterday. e fifth porat of the creed voices belief that “under the existing act the buyer is equally guilty with the seller in illicit transactions in liquor.” Text of “Political Creed.” The_creed follows: ““1. We believe in the Government based on the Cons tution, the supreme law of the land, ac- cording to article VI of the Constitu- ““This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof * * * shall be of ti- duty of every church member, and that every church should teach respect for this law through its Believe in Personal Liberty. must not be law makers’ law making and enforcement departments of our Government should demand that mem- sworn to protect and defend the Constitution, the or relinquishing their office. And ce the first duty of the Government Justice should be relieved of prejudiced Judges, often responsible for failure of justice and the breaking down of law through protecting the criminal rather than the public. No Authority for Referendum. “12. We believe there is no authority or precedent for submitting the Con- stitution, as a whole or in part, to a national referendum. “13. We believe that the press, which has been in the past and should be now a moral and clvic asset, ought, without regard to the personal opinion of owner and editor, to give fair representation of the views of law-abiding people and the Government, rather n_continue attacks on the law which, will not be repealed, and whose enforcement may weakened by statements to crime and disorder. “14. We believe that in view of the disloyal and dangerous attitude of men and women of wealth and influence and the failure of officials, there should be law-enforcement groups of citizens in town, county, State and Nation organ- (Coniinued on Page 2, Column 2.) it ~D JAPANESE OFFICER TRIES TO KILL SELF OVER FIRE Attempted Suicide Is Laid to His Belief He Was Responsible for Blaze That Killed 105. "‘l‘t’;;(lo farch 12 from ), March 12.—] itches Chinkai, Korea, today lflflul Lieut. the naval base , adjutant of I which 08 persons W] died, had attempted suicide. was fi;eventedbyt nds from taking his e, The tragedy occurred when a patriotic film ignited while being shown in a warehouse as part of the empire’s ob- servance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the' capture of Mukden, Manchuri a, the Ji from the the :i ”:umum to contempt for | ° WHooPEE! THAT'S BYRD MAY REVISIT ANTARCTIC IN QUEST OF ROSS SEA SECRETS Explorer Hints at New Expedition in Remark That to Reveal His Plans Would Create a Sensation. By the Assoclated Press. DUNEDIN, New Zealand, March 12— The possibility that Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd will take another expe- dition into the Antarctic was foreseen here today. Admiral Byrd in an interview said, “If I were to say what I am going to do next, my remarks would cause a sensation.” Although the intrepid explorer de- clined to commit himself further, the L R M s e g return w’uu Antarctic to mlkle”mnfl tions east of the Ross Sea. explora of Although Norwegian and other expe- GERMAN RECHSTAG ADOPTS YOUNGPLAN Also Approves Agreement Which Regulates Repara- tions Payments to U. S. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, March 12.—The Reichstag today gave final approval to the Yoting plan by a vote of 270 to 192 and then, by a rising vote, also approved the German-American agreement by which Germany's reparations payments to the United States are regulated. The plan was given second read- ing in the Reichstag yesterday by 8 vote of 251 to 174 and today's ap- proval had been looked upon as certain. Awaits Hindenburg’s Signature. only requires dent von Hindenburg's signature and publication of the ratification in the Official Gagette before the plan by which the financial aftermath of World War will be liquidated will be- come law as far as Germany is con- rned. The plan becomes effective in Ger- mn&:mmedhtely with the substitution of Young plan annuities for the Dawes plan annuities from the day of Germany’s ratification. The plan, however, does not go into international effect until ratified by the other powers. It will call for a cessation of the reparations commission in Ger- many, the withdrawal of the foreign commissioners from the Reichsbank and ?‘r;:ln control of the federated rail- Rated as Momentous Decision. Passage of the Young and its connected legislation by Reichstag marked one of the most momentous decisions as yet taken by the young German republic’s lawmakers. Not only are German reparation ‘:1’- ments fixed definitely and finally, thereby removing a great element of in German economic ung life, but a large number of vexing leftovers from the World War are sef More than that, an international bank has been created whereby the world’s central are able to bankers meet regularly and in a spi (Continued on Page 2, B MRS. BRYAN’S ASHES LAID IN GRAVE AT ARLINGTON| Remains Placed Beside Late Bn-—l band, With Private Ceremonies Conducted by Dr. Sizoo. By the Assoclated Press. With private ceremonies the ashes of Tniied ate todny to 8 'mg,', o vesids mit a ve S Brean. in AN emstesy: ] etery. ey d r. J. York A Presbyrerian c'.hl:urc‘::;m ‘who conducted the funeral of “the Commoner” on July 31,:1925. % e of a d?ulhw. lx:gfl Willam Jennings Bryan, jr., & son, wi ashes from Hollywood, Calif., t‘he‘" close friends are to attend ceremony at the grave. who had for 13 years or 12 years, home of her daughter, | Q25 fsk i R. L. Hargreaves, in she had been visiting for months. She had been home with Mrs. Owen here. Funeral services were held Angeles. : e h Eotieer of ditions now are working west of sea, it was pointed out that there are still vast territories , notably tween the Bay of and Decep- tion Island, the latter the base Hubert Wilkins in his Antarctic flights. “I feel under obligations to those who have donated material to this expedi- tion,” Byrd said, “and all unusued gear will be returned to them.” Although most members of his expe- dition have left Dunedin on trips for fishing or hunting, Admiral Byrd rushed with work here in an endeavor to start for home next Wednesday or Thursday. The City of New York is on ‘Bh:llhd:ry dock and the lku(nu'r:umr g goes on tomorrow for refitting. When leaving the British (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) TAFT'S ESTATE ISLEFT TOWIDOW $10,000 Is Given to Yale Alumni Fund in Will of Former President. The will of Willlam H. Taft, former President of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States Su- preme Court, who was buried yesterday, was filed today for probate. No valua- tion of the estate has yet been disclosed. ‘The will was executed June 3, 1925, and is modified by two codicils of April 27, 1927, and of June 1, 1927. Under the original will, Yale Uni- versity is given $10,000, to be added to the principal of the alumni university fund and credited to the class of 1878, Wendell W. Mischler, his secretary, is given $5,000 and specific bequests are the | made to Margaret McNamara, $1,000; Annie McNamara, $750; Thomas Hal- pin, $760. 2 Papers Given to Children. All the papers, manuscripts, corre- spondence, addresses and copyrights of | three the late Chief Justice are give three children for such u':emnwmhghy deem wise after consultation with the w. All the remaining estate, both real and mx" én t.l'ae. Unlmhm the ion of Canada an which, Mr, g where of requizea | MUSSOLINI - ON U. S. AMBASSADOR | rsisiersd Justice provides that if ang h!e‘hleg an) T the $10,000 legacy to Ylhy %omvanlgy (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) LINDY’S MOTHER MAY LOSE SCHOOL POST|™’z5 Detroit Education Board Considers Order Dismissing Alien and Non- Resident Teachers. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 12.—The Detroit Board of Education had under advise- ment today a proposal to discharge all | tOP! of its employes who are aliens and all those who live outside the corporate limits of Detroit. Included among the latter is Mrs. angeline Lodge mof who is a T is a resi- i K Eerert! 1 i 5:555&525 § L (" Means Associated BULLfiffi — S i COMME HAS RE ENATE s A ", appROPRATION [y 62000% T° Ry TE CAPITOL oF COCKROACHES COMPLETE DORENY BRBERY CASE URY 2% Three Women and Nine Men Selected From List of 33 Prospects. A jury of three women and nine men selected in 3 | lease on the Eik Hills, Calit., reserves. The jury was selected by 2:25, after v.heoom:nmencnndmmhmem— cised nine peremptory challenges and excusing four other prospective jurors from a list of 33 names, list ever examined in the vari- ous ofl trials. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,018 Press. TWO - CENTS. VOTE FOR DISTRICT 15 URGED ON HOUSE BY COMMISSIONERS Indorse Resolution to Give City Representation in Congress. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL VOICED BY D. C. HEADS See Beneficial Results From Pro- posal to Give Capital Legis- lative Voice. ‘The District Commissioners today re- ported favorably to the House judiciary committee on the joint resolution pro- each | and :h'lmlmhmv:v J 39 years old, | reason for gran fo. 1. er W. James, itomobile mechanic, aut 48 U . 2. Charles P. McWilliams, 45 old, A. & P. store manager, 1450 Y Ha s Clasiose Catiter, 48 yeass o, igton Railway & Tiectrle Go. con- fil"m, 214 Fourteenth street. o. o No. 5. Mrs. ‘Vollmer, 49 years old.thmueflh, 1117 Fourth street north- east No. 6. Isdac Dengler, 43 years old, Franklin Laundry worker, 2205 eenth street. clety, 2101 New Hampshire avenue. No. 8. R. Bernard Beckert, 33 years old, Raleigh Hotel clerk, 2123 Twelfth street n t. old, unemployed office worker, 5023 Sherier place. No. 10. Miss Ma: Mannix, 23 years old, clerk with the National Geo- ‘t?hil: Soclety, 1335 Sixteenth street. fo. 11. Conrad Fitts, 47 years old, Iw!x'le lwzm. csuan-md‘gln nmt.ld' 0. 12. Chesley H. Ray, 41 years ol general agent for the Norfolk & Wash- ington Steamboat Co., A southeast, " Justice Hitz Adjourns Court. Justice Willlam Hitz, who presided at the previous trial when Fall was con- victed on charge of receiving the al- leged loan from Doheny, adjourned court immediately after the jury was sworn in. He announced that sessions would be held from 9:30 o'clock in the morning until 4 o'clock in the after- noon in an effort to expedite the trial, which m-:; last for two or possibly weeks. Doheny, who sat beside his counsel, carefully ke&lgh touch with the pro- as 12 men and women were being selected. Like the attornsys in the case, he had a prepared list of the tailsmen called for duty. The court room scarcely was filled when Justice William Hitz, who pre- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) MAKES CALL 304 street. Is Accompanied by Undersecretary Giunta and Discusses Wide Range of Subjects. By the Associated Press. 12.—A visit of Premier Ambassador Garrett has just come to light. It is the first such call the premier has made in several years. Upon becoming head of the cabinet in 1922 he askec that he not be invited to luncheon and dinners at the em- bassles, as he was crowded with work. Accomj only by Undersecretary Gilunta Le wen’t‘ wp\:lmnr dume:tk's Rosp! ace, and speak- ing in English discussed a wide range l of subjects with him. They varied from ics in Rome to political trends in the United States. He ctayed for a con- siderable time. tion Eight- | joca) No. 9. Emory H. English, 45 years is entirely with the exercise by the Oug.- of exclusive legislative control of Dis- trict of Columbia. The adoption of this would not reduce in any degree the exclusive legislative Congress, but on the other it gives to the l?‘idmh’nof‘hm District which is to exercise that exclusive lative control. Both Would Gain. “4. It is believed that both Congress and the District of Colum| much through the — authoritati: making known the needs of the residents on both local and na- tional matters as there is now no “PROCTOR L. DOUGHERTY, “President, Board of Commissioners of Columbia.’ Ex-Mayor Is Vindicited. and one time city counciiman. 2,000 PENNIES, SAVED TO BUY A CAR, ARE SPENT TO PAY SPEEDER’S FINE Youth Could Have Purchased Machine in 25 Years, but He’s Set Back 8 Months. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 12.—Victor Clevers, 18, truck driver, was saving pennies to buy an automobile. According to con- servative estimates, he would have been :.bh to purchase a small car in about