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¢ CHIGAEO L COATH * DEFENDS DRY ACT Stagg Tells House Body + Youth of Nation Is Better Off Than Before. (Continued Prom First Page.) thereby. Chlldren are growing up with & much fairer chance to bridge the span between childhood and manhood. No Serious Prohibition Problem. “It has been my good fortune to| travel considerably - about the United | States. I am convinced that in most cities of 10,000 to 25,000 and less, there 18 no serious prohibition problem. That does not mean there is no drinking or bootlegging. We shall never be able to ltz them completely, no more than the ent is able to stop the bootlegging and use of opium. “In my judgment, since prohibition | has been put in hundreds of thousands more children have had a'fairer start in life than existed in preprohibition days. With the breaking down of the home life and with all the complexi- ties of new opportunities for being mis- led, I tremble to think what this re- velt of youth might have led to were bition laws not in operation. “As I see it, the prohibition law is not , first, by ‘the idle rich’; second, by ‘the ‘ne'er do wells' as Westbrook P*u calls them; third, by the class whb demand special privileges for them- selves, and fourth, by the follow-tails, that is the weak ones who just go along. “The great mass of people in the United States, in my judgment, are strong for the law and will continue to be despite the massed attack which | is being made upon it.” « Cross Examination Undertaken. .Cross ‘examination of a number of the women who have urged support of the aighteenth amendment was under- taken by the House judiciary committee when today's hearing opened and two thémbers asked for Mrs. Peabody, who hes been in charge of presentation of the woman witnesses. She was absent from the committee room at the time. Graham said she would be m—t later and the committee then its attention directed by Repre- sentative La Guardia to a letter from Munn to Horace Taft, brother of the jurist, don&tn; m‘:t ex:‘u growers’ organization w - in & tremendous zlraytl-phohlbi- ed be permitted to finish offering e EneRe This Aoty was agreed 3 ally was A Several of the women were interrogated and others requested to appear this morning. Holds Wets “Fanatics.” wood was introduced as the first ":;h;r.; He had prepared a bri the wets cusing of having natics,” but.before he had an oppor- tunity to proceed with his testimony, the committee took up cross-examina- tion of the woman witnesses, Later Sherwood ptuentl.eflu:ll mmhu- mony, which was concentrated uj 2 denial of evidence given by t.heu:zh :: effect that American business mt s: habitual violators of the prohibition laws. ‘He said he hesitated to use the word *ganatic” as he would hesitate to use the word “bigot” as both terms were |8 ml?!d for ‘the. most; “by- folks who live in large lflfl'x " glass ‘houses. " Stanite, Stock fn Trace. ‘However," ‘he added, “1t is quite ev- ident from the character of a large of the wet given in these it IIAT the leading op- ‘ohibition will go to any ‘make their case. Slander and libel have become & their stock in trade. They are 10 tear down respect for all law of their dislike for one law. “One does not need to be a prohibi- tionist to realize that the direct state- ments and decided inference of those business men who testified for the wets been harmful in this country. “It has been alleged here by Mr. n M. P. hy of New York, cular, that all the business men acquaintance violate the eighth- eenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and his decided inference was that business men gen- erally throughout the country disobeyed this law. “Of course, this is not true. It is far from the truth. But what is the effect of sich statements upon the growing boys and girls or upon that Section of the laboring population of the country which does not have op- &)fl\mlw to know the truth and may led to believe the worst?” Denounces Investigation. the present investigation a publicity hearing,” Bherwood that if business men rnnnl!y thought the repeal or modi- cation measures before the commit- tee had any prospect of passage, “the Capitol would not be large enough to hold the business leaders of the coun- try who would be here to defend pro- Hibition to the last ditch.” He added that although the business men know %“the wets do not have a chance” they are “not willing to let even this pub« lcity case go by default.” He then proceeded to present more than 25 brief statements, many of them flatly denying Murphy's charge, that come to by telegram from, among others, Robert Garrett, a Balti- more banker; Clarence H. Kelsey of the Title Guarantee & Trust Co. of New York; Capt. Robert Dollar of the Dol- lar lines, J. C. Penney, founder of the Penney Chain Stores; Orrin R. Judd, lent of the Irving Trust Co., New ‘ork; E. E. Linthicum, president of the National Cast Iron Pipe Co., Birming- , Ala.; E. L. Smith, president of the National Association of Clothiers and Furnishers, Chicago, and Ralph H. Burnside, president of Lumber Co., Portland, Oreg. Statements From Leaders. Sherwood also brought statements luppofllng the prohibition laws from Vic Donahey, former Governor of Ohio; Bishop Francis J. McConnell, president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, and Prof. Henry W. Farnam of Yale University, an economist. In support of his contention that statements such as that of Murphy have & harmful influence upon the public and that the business men of the coun- the Willapa | ings Four of the witnesses who testified h“‘lfiny at the House hearings on prohi- n. Arthur H. Hood. _-—Star Staff Photos. cessful and in Ohio is being as well en- forced as any other crimifial statute.” Bishop McConnell said that “in gen- eral” the results of prohibition have been “overwhelmingly beneficial to the American people” and that “the fact that its observance and enforcement is not 100 per cent perfect is poor srgu- ment for its rej Prof. Farnam said that “the social and economic evils of the liquor traffic” could be handled only by “the co-opera- tion of the States and the Nation as cont:mpllted in the eighteenth amend- ment." Stagg Reads Statement. ‘The committee after spending some time questioning woman witnesses and Sherwood, called Stagg. He started his testimony by reading in the strong voice which many & foot ball squad of the past will never forget a prepared state- ment indorsing prohibition. He sald there were 30,000 of “us practicing and teaching total abstinence.” “Permit me to say Mr. Stagg,” La- Guardia interjected, “that yours is the most sincere, the most telling statement I have ever heard made on your side of the question.” shnwndr::‘e:‘lll'mohjemdw young men jor. T5ut their heads off if they're try- ing for the team!” answered the stocky, gray-haired coach. “A drink- ing man hasn't clear sight. An athlete has to have clear sight. A man hasn't his full capacity of nerves. An athlete must have it, he needs all the stuff that is in him.” While the University of Chicago is located in an area in which the sale of intoxicants has been barred, both by local option and later national hibition, since the school was - lished, Stagg said he happened to live near a main thoroughfare. Before pro- hibition, he asserted, drunken men were quite common on the street. Now, he added, one was seen only occasionally. Membership List Requested. After reading a long list of messages :‘AT prohibition, Sherwood was ed by Representative La Guardia for the list of 1,000 members of his or- nization. He said he could not give it without approval of his executive committee. He read the names of his umggl':'fie It included mdfi of Senators , Re~ publican, Idaho; Glass, Democrat, Vir- giniay and William Green, of the American Fed % Gifford Pinchot of lvania, now a candidate for Governor of that State. La Guardia asked if he did not know that many names he had read were of men who favored modification of the Volstead law. La Guardia then asked & number of questions explaining he wanted to show the organization back of Sherwood did not support his views. Chairman Graham ruled that he was ustified. “There’s not & single man, sir,” said Sherwood, “on that list who does not favor enforcement.” Other members of the committee pro- tested La Guardia's methods. Sherwood agreed with Ia Guardia that the purpose of his organization was enforcement while the laws were in effect and not to main! pro- hibition. Bars on Dollar Lines Mentioned. Robert Dollar's name was brought into the discussion by La Guardia who asked if Dollar's ships did not earry bars in violation of the law. ¢ know_that ung Dollar (Democrat, New York), to keep me from repeating that charge,” asked La Guardia, “be- cause it would damage his business if he had to close the bars?” Representative Dyer of Missouri asked that this be stricken from the Record and added he knew this '“mu:fim rom personal experience on s ips. La Guardia maintained the presence of the bars had been admitted to him. He then asked Sherwood if it were not true that several directors of the wit- ness’ or tion did not have liquor in their homes. “I am not a detective, but I do not believe it to be true,” Sherwood replied. In reply to a question of Representa- tive Celler, Sherwood said he did not know of Willlam Green’s views on the subject of Volstead law modification. Charges Coaching of Witnesses. Representative Celler asked the wit- ness not to look at “gallery behind him.” “I have definite proof that Mrs. Pea- body yesterday was coaching witnesses,” Celler told the chairman. “I need no one to coach me,” Sher- wood retorted. The committee was in turmoil mo- mentarily as dry members sought rul- from the chair on questions launched by the wet examiners. Chairman Graham ruled the witness could be duesfloned on views of any directors of the organization he repre- sented. Sherwood then replied to Celler that he did not know the views on modification of Rabbi Stephen S, Wise of New York. Hood, representing the Bible classes, after terming the prohibition laws “the supreme common sense of the majority of our people,” presented letters from Samuel Robinson, president of the American Stores Co. of Philadelphia, & try are preponderantly in favor of the prohibition laws, he said: “If certain types of mind are led to belleve that bankers violate such por- tions of the Constitution as they choose, it is not a far step for others to let down the bars in violation of the fifth amendment, guaranteeing private prop- erty, and bomb the bankers' bank, “In such a time as this, when the eomplexity of our modern civilization is making it diicult enough to bring up wing children with respect for the w and democratic institutions, these to realize how far the poison of the! influence may go. People Are Law-Abiding. “The facts are thesé, gentlemen of committee, that the vast majority the American people are law-abiding. observe the prohibition law and | said. laws. This includes the business ecutive at the top, the day laborers at bottom and those in between. It is that we have a difficult problem of jwiessness in our country, but it nugt be u’lld 'm; u':; vigor mtfi e restri a comparatively small, ¢ven thoug] hdlnq-mul,chn.", Former Gov. Donahey’s telegram said ‘“mmum,mwma.mm suc~ chain grocery concern; Edward G. Budd, resident of the Budd Automobile Gmn; David B. Lupton, president of a steel manufacturing concern, and G. Renwick Hogg, secretary-treasurer of the Hardwick, McGee Carpet Manufac- turing Co. of Philadelphia. All opposed modification of the Vol sted act except Budd, wHo favored making it more effective of enforce- ment. Former Grange Master Testifles. as particularly, he said, in the small towns and in the rural districts. “It is true that many are dissatisfied with enforcement, but that is the case with other laws besides prohibif )’ McSpaerren declared that except for enforcement conditions prohibition had been of tremendous benefit. He con- trasted conditions at festivals and meet- ings in his section before prohibition and now. Presence of law officers is no longer necegsary to keep drinking hood- lums from ing up meetings, he said. He litan news- papers for giving the impression that THE EVENING there was as much dringing now as before prohibition. “Possibly there is not a single spot in the country,’ he said, “wehere there is as much drinking as before.” He defended the drys against the charge of unfairness in refusing to agree to a Nation-wide referendum on the eighteenth amendment repeal, terming the congressional biennial elec- tion a “national referendum” in which the wets were not even able to win in limited districts. “I can't imagine how we could have | s better referendum than that,” he said. Tells of Convention Fight. At the Houston national Democratic convention, the Pennsylvanian stated, he had sought to keep prohibition out #s an issue. But the party forced the entire country to vote on that issue in the presidential election, he added. “T don’t know when a candidate run- ning on a straight issue ever got fewer votes in the electoral college.” he said. Representative Stobbs, Republican, Mas- sachusetts, asked him to reconcile his objection to making prohibition an issue at Houston and favoring a referendum on i in the congressional races. McSparren agreed with Stobbs that other matters than prohibjtion views should enter into the race of a congres- sional candidate. La Guardia asked McSparren about Pittsburgh conditions now. “I know nothing about it, but con- ditions are pretty bad there’ in many respects,” McSparren observed. The New York wet sought an admis- sion that a straightout issue of prohi- bition could not be obtained in con- gressional races, but the witness an- swered he saw no way of changing the constitutional system. Stobbs asked if the witness' opposition to the Demoeratic presidential nominee | at Houston was based solely on prohi- bition issue. 4 % Tammany & “Twin Sister.” McSparren said Tammany was also one of his reasons, but that it and the | liquor evil were “twin sisters.” Celler pointed out that Wisconsin voted for Hoover and against hibi- tion on the same day and asked him to reconcile these facts. “Well if they went that way, they went that way,” the witness sald. Edward G. Budd, president of the Budd Automobile Body Works, was the next witness and urged that any chan, in the Volstead act be directed at mak- ing it more effective. David B. Lupton, president of a steel manufacturing concern of Philadelphia, wrote that prohibition had been neces- sary to stop the inroads of liquor on the happiness of mankind. “Such a thing as personal liberty never did exist,” he wrote, G. Renwich Hogg, official of a car- pet manufacturing concern, also wrote opposing modification. Committee Members Clash. ‘The dry’s yesterday presented more than a score of women with short pre- pared statements, and late in the day one of them precipitated a clash be- tween two members of the committee by the assertion that Henry Curran, president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, ‘“represented brewers.” Representative La Guardia, Repub- lican, New York, a prominent wet, im- mediately took exception to this state- ment and denied it, with the assertion that “Curran is a newspaper man; he never tried a case or represented any- body in his life.” Representative Sparks, Republican. Kansas, objected vigorously and sug- gested that La Guardia take the witness stand if he wished to offer testimony. ‘The witness, Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson, resident of the National Woman's mocratic Law Enforcement League, then read a list of breweries which, she sald, had contributed to Curran's asso- ciation. La Guardia responded with a request that all the names of the con- tributors of the Anti-Saloon League be laid before the committee, VETERAN IS SENT TO JAIL ON DRUNKENNESS CHARGE Sentenced to Serve 750 Days for Making Himself at Home in Another’s House. Stephen J. Ward, 35-year-old disabled veteran, was sent to jail to serve 750 days after he appeared before Judge Ralph Given at Police Court today on of drunkenness and assault. ex-soldier, who lost an arm in the World War, described by the jlldge as & “chronic drunk,” strolled into the home of Mrs. Lucy Arena, 405 G street, without an invitation, yesterday after- noon and proceeded to go to bed in an upper room. With the help of a boarder the housewife evicted Wood three times. After the third eviction Mrs. Arena called Policeman F. B. Knapp of the first prnclnrc‘: w'he:n ngluud Wood as he was staggering ini e Gospel Mission House, on John Marshall pll‘;ec. “LADIES’ DAQ" OBSERVED. Lions Get Report From Birthday Party Committee. Washington Lioris Club cele- brated “Ladies’ day” at the Hotel May- flower yesterday. Approximately 60 members and their wives fiyere p&’m&t.. A special report was comm| or of the club, to be held May 3. ‘The STAR, WASHINGTON, [ASKS CRIME BODY DEFINITION OF BEER Dyer Suggests 2.75 Per Cent Beverage to Aid En- forcement. By the Assoctated Press. The Hoover Law Enforcement Com- mission has been asked to determine whether 2.75 per cent beer was non-in- toxicating and whether a change in the Volstead law to permit its manufacture would ald enforcement. Representative Dyer, Republican, Mis- souri, a ranking member of the House judiciary committee and author of a bill to legalize 2.75 per cent beer, said after appearing before the commission for an hour and a half that he had received a “very cordial and satisfac- tory reception.” He declined, however, to say whether the attitude of the com- mission toward his proposal had been indicated. The Missourian asked the group to investigate the questions of policy and fact involved in legalizing a higher percentage of alcohol content and re- port on its findings. There exists, he said, a great body of public opinion against the dry laws and rigorous en- forcement of them. Dyer said Congress was disinclined to enact legisiation which was not wholeheartedly in support of the eight- eenth amendment, but was none the less compelled to consider any measure which would aid in a fair execution of the mandate. He pointed out that the eighteenth amendment “does not prohibit intox- icating liquor for any other purpose than beverage use, neither does it define intoxicating liquor” and declared that homemade wine and cider of from 6 to 12 per cent is permitted under the w. Millions of householders, he con- | tinued, were manufacturing 4 to 6 per | cent beer, and “the Federal Prohibition | Bureau has not made any serious effort | to interfere with the manufacture of | beer in the home, J)robnb)y upon the theory tnat it would be highly incon- sistent to arrest and prosecute house- holders for the violations of the na- tional prohibition act for making beer of a lesser alcoholic content than wines and ciders, the legality of which is fully recognized.” AVIATRIX TO HUNT LOST AIRMAIL PILOT Mrs. Burns to Fly Over Nevada Wastes Seeking Maurice Graham, By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 13.— Mrs. | Juniata Eloise Burns, 24-year-old avia- trix, le ready to take off here today for the wastelands of Nevada, where she will conduct a search for Maurice Graham, mail pilot, missing since last January 11. Mrs. Burns last week lo- cated the Western Air Express trans- port, p‘:nlethAt crlf‘h‘:‘d and killed three men e _mount area near Laki Arrowhead, Calif. 5 Graham, according to residents of the district, 1ast was seen as he circled the grmol mines, northeast of Las Vegas, ev. EevE——_ 17 OF 20 RUSSIANS ADMITTED TO U. S. Man, Wife and Child Are Excluded on Grounds They Might Become Public Charges. By the Associated Pr NEW YORK, March 13.—Seventeen Russians, members of a group of 20 representatives of the Soviet govern- ! ment, were permitted to_ enter the United States yesterday, after having | been detained “for 24 hours at Eilis | Island. The other three members of the party, a man, wife and ehild, were excl‘llx;ie%“on the bgiroung. that they m! ome public charges. The will be returned to Russia. & Of the 17 admitted 2 were allowed to enter without bond, while the other 15 _posted bonds of $500 each. ‘The Russians, who are sald to have come to the United States as repre- sentatives of the Soviet to sfudy Amer- fcan industrial methods, arrived here Tuesday afternoon on the White Star liner Majestic. {CORONER DEMANDS NEW AUTOPSY IN COURT Husband, Left $750,000 by Late Mrs. Sevier, Opposes Examination by Woman’s Brother. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, March 13.—Sherift Patrick Gleason, ex officio coroner, took court action Tuesday in attempting to gain permission to hold a second autopsy on the body of Mrs. Marion Sevier. Her death, in August, 1928, her brother, Ralph Shainwald, asserts, may not have been a natural one. Gleason, in a demurrer filed in the Circuit Court, questions that Col. Gran- ville Sevier's petition seeking to pre- vent an autopsy on his wife’s body prfis?nu sufficient facts to gain court relief. Sevier had granted permission to the sheriff to remove Mrs. Sevier's body from a tomb for an psy, but re- voked his permission when the sheriff announced that Shainwald would be present at the cemetery. Sevier asserted Shainwald had ut- tered “insane mouthings,” in which he intimated that Mrs. Sevier had been poisoned. An estate of $750,000 left by Mrs. Sevier to her husband is still unset- tled as a result of the inquiry into the cause of death. NEW YORK COURT OUSTS MAGISTRATE A. H. VITALE Bar Association Charges Result in Dismissal From Bench. NEW YORK, March 13 (#)—Magis- trate Albert H. Vitale was ordered re- moved from office today by the Ap- pellate Division of the State Supreme Court, on charges preferred against him by the New York C'ty Bar Association, NEVER HEAR[; OF “CORN.” Wife of Harvard Professor Makes Statement at Hearing. Mrs. Lewis Jerome Johnson, wife of a Harvard professor, told the House Jjudiciary committee yuurday that she had never heard of “cor. liquor.” She appeared as an official of the woman’s national committee for law. enforcement. Asked about drinking at Harvard, she said: “I have not seen a drunken student since 1920. My husband has told me t nthehuwmlbdmghunuorm a student’s breath at classes since 1920.” D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1930. FIRE DESTROYS WOODEN FORMS ON ARLINGTO! i s A view of the blaze yesterday which destroyed $2,000 worth of wooden forms and concrete work on the Virginia end of the Arlington Bridge. SCIENTIST TALKS ON PORTO RIcO “Less Fhod, but More Oppor- tunities,” Dr. Tanenbaum Says in G. W. Address. more opportunities in Porto Rico,” Dr. Frank Tanenbaum, research associate in the Robert Brookings Graduate School, declared in describing the influ- ence of the American occupation on social and eonomic conditions in that country, in an address at the George ‘Washington University last night. Dr. Tanenbaum recently returned from a five-month stay in Porto Rico, spent traveling about the country on foot, and making an intensive study of the conditions of livliihood. ‘The conversion of what was a primi- tive agricultural community into a monetary, commercial, industrial eco- nomic community, is responsible for conditions in Porto Rico, Dr. Tanen- baum explained. “The mass of the people nmow are itinerate agr.cultural laborers, owning neither house, nor land, nor implements. They live by the wages of day labor, and the average annual income of a family of seven is from $100 to $150 a year. The people purchase food by the pennyworth, and their chief ar- ticles of diet are rice, beans, codfish and black coffee.” ‘The battle against disease in Porto | Rico has not been won, asserted. PARLEY WILL ASK ITALY TO GIVE UP CLAIM TO PARITY (Continued From First Page.) afternoon papers today are playing up conference news on the front page for the first time since the conference opened. The word “crisis” appears everywhere in these accounts. The London Times, in an editorial, suggests that the crisis will possibly be * An important conversation was held yesterday between A. V. Alexander, first lord of the British admiralty; Prime Minister Macdonald, Foreign Minister Briand and Jacques Dumesnil, French naval minister, with Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow and Senator Joseph T. Robinson listening in silence. The conference secretariat, which is- sues daily communiques that are prob- ably unique in the history of diplom- acy for their utter futility, gave out, after this momentous talk, the follow- ing bulletin: “The heads and members of the dele- gations of the United States, France and Great Britain met in the prime minister'’s room at the House of Com- mons this afternoon and continued their conversation begun Monday in the light of the discussions which had taken g.lrflte between the political heads of the ench and British navies -and their advisers, with the assistance of the American delegates and experts.” It is to be noted that this, like all previous communiques, does not even mention the subjects discussed. It is doubtful whether even in the darkest days of the World War such sécrecy regarding military operations was maintained as the principal delegations at this conference seem to be trying, though unsuccessfully, to maintain re- garding their diplomatic operations. Yesterday's conversation began with a vigorous attack by Alexander on the French tonnage figures. The French submarine building, he said, was scan- dalous and unprecedented, save by Germany during the World War. The French clajm to 10 big cruisers, he added, appeared unjustifiable, for Prance, in the spirit of this conference, was only entitled to six or, at the most, seven cruisers. ‘M. Dumesnil replied that France was obliged to have as many big cruisers in the Mediterranean as Italy, and that she must, in addition, have two in the North Sea or the Atlantic and two in the Far East. In the Far East, M. Dumesnil said, France had a strong squadron before the war, but now, al- though France's colonial interests there were considerable, the French squadron consisted of only one old cruiser and three destroyers and was inferior to Holland's Far Eastern fleet. Alexander replied that Great Britain's responsibilities and interests in the Far East were immensely greater than those of France, yet Great Britain was reduc- ing, Dumesnil answered that France had no objection to Great Britain's fix- ing its Far Eastern fleet at any size it thinks necessary. Prime Minister Macdonald asked whether France could not content itself with six 8-inch-gun cruisers and make up the rest in 6-inch-gun cruisers. Dumesnil replied no, because the French squadron must be able o meet possible 8-inch-gun cruisers of a possible ad- versary and dominate the possible 6- inch-gun cruisers of a possible adversary. Mr. Macdonald then painted a dra- matic picture of the state the world will be in E this conference falls because of the French figures. 57 PERSIANS EXECUTED. Adherents of Slain Usurper Caught After Joining Robber Band. TEHERAN, Persia, March 13 (#).—A report from Kabul, Afghanistan, today .Bt:c'fhdl that 57 adherents of the usurper, Dr. Tanenbaum tta hammed, a notorious robber. Student Pilot Killed. POCATELLO, Idaho, March 13 (). —Merrill P, Morgan, 30, a student pilot, was_killed last night in an airplane crash near His plane went into a nose dive at' s ‘altitude of 1,000 feet, crashed near airport, and burst into Morgan's body was burned R | r oney on his “Tiere i less food, but there are|DCtt Na8 spent so much money {CAMPAIGN AGAINST Dissipates Alimony Funds Entertaining Wife at Swell Cafes Husband Is Haled Into Court and Given Two Weeks to Raise $140. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 13.—Bernard Bar- wife taking her to swell cafes and shows while she is suing him for divorce that he has been unable to make tempo- rary alimony payments ordered by the court. Mrs. Barnett had Bernard brought before Judge Lester S. Moll yesterday, charging that he was $140 in arrears. “Why, your honor, I've been giving her money right along, and every time I take her out it costs $10 or $15” Barnett said. “I bought her a pair of silk pajamas and here’s the receipt for them.” He had no receipt for the cash he said he gave the lady. The court allowed Barnett two weeks to raise $140 and advised him to pay it through the friend of the court. CHAINS LAUNCHED | Independent Storekeepers to quaint Consumers With Posi tion of Small Merchants. A concerted campaign to stimulate piblic interest in behalf of the inde- pendent storekeepers of the city, the purpose of which is to acquaint the con- sumers with the position of the small merchant as opposed to the larger chain store, was launched last night at a meet- ing of the Retail Grocers’ Protective Association at the Washington Hotel. Funds were voted to carry on the drive. Initiation of the campaign will be marked by radio appeals and newspaper publicity and through utilization of other available mediums, it was decided at the meeting. Negotiations are to be commenced with one of the local radio stations to inaugurate a series of tri-| weekly talks over the air as part of the | campaign. | John Brayshaw, president of the asso- | ciatlon, told the members of the body | that the aid of the retail druggists. hardware merchants and other inde- pendent dealers was assured toward making the drive a success. Co-opera- tion of the wholesale grocers was also assured at the meeting. Y. W. C. A. TO STAGE PLAY.| FOR HEADQUARTERS FUND “The Charm School” Will Be Pre- | sented by Camp Kahlert Coun- cil Saturday. | Funds for the new headquarters of the Camp Kahlert Council of the Y. W. C. A. will be raised by the staging of a comedy, “The Charm. School,” at the Y. W. C. A. Saturday night at 8:15 o'clock. Members of the organization in chlrfi of the play include: Elizabeth president; Louise Spencer, vice Judy Maxwell, secretary; Isa- , Lois Baldwin, Roberta Brie- sen, Jeanne Kitchin, Ruth Kobbe, Elo- ise Lindsay, Sarah McElroy, Elizabeth ence Carpenter, Peggy Cragg, Frances Douglas, Margaret Hedgecock, Frances Pope, Ethel Quisenberry, Thais Spencer, Doris Tucker, Mary Lesta Wakeman, Betsy Watkins and Amy Veerhoff. Mrs. Harold E. Doyle is chairman of a committee representing the board of directors supervising the activities of the council. RESERVES ORGANIZE. Regiment Holds House- warming at New Armory. The 20th Marines, & newly organized Reserve regiment, will hold a house warming_tonight in their new armory at 458 Louisiana avenue. Applicants a:;, enlistment will be received at that e. The regiment will consist of two bat- talions, each composed of a service gx&pnn'):‘.l four rifle companies, one mc:; e n company, i¢ othanen: s o ad Marine Pittsburgh SUNDAY March 16 SPECIAL TRAIN Ly, Washington . Lv. Baltimore (Penn: Returning, leaves Pit! sh ALL STEEL EQUIPMENT N Ny ~—Star Staff Photo. BRIDGE FIRE L0SS PLACED AT 2,000 Link of Arlington Memorial Span Damaged Only Slight- ly, Probe Finds. Fire, blamed on sparks carried by a high wind from a workmen’s bonfire, thought to have been extinguished, caused an estimated damage of from $2,000 to $3,000 late yesterday after- noon to the west abutment of the bridge Channel, {c an important link in the Arlington Memorial Bridge. A thoughtful work- man put out a boom of a derrick over the fire, enabling fire companies to put out the flames more readily. F. B. Ridenour, Washington manager of the N. P. Secerin Co. of Chicago, which has the contract for the Boun- dary Channel bridge, and engeen of the Arlington Memorial Bri Co::- d mission spent this m% tailed examination of the , accurate estimate of the done, officials said, may not be available until tonight. It is probable that the concrete may not even have to be repoured and only & few stones may have to be replaced. The main arch of the bridge was not damaged, nor was the east arch, the offic! sald. The Boundary Channel bridge was expected to be completed e will delay program somewhat it is anticipated that this will be but a short time. Only the wooden forms that hold the concrete in place while it is drying were burned, the officials said. The concrete has been poured for such s long time it is not expected that will be seriously damaged. Fire-fighting apparatus from Claren- don, Baliston, Cherrydale, East Arling- ton and Georgetown promptly came to the assistance of the company’s men who were fighting the flames. ANNUAL DANCE PLANNED. Adas Israel Synagogue to Stage Af- fair at Mayflower Hotel. ‘The Sisterhood of the Adas Israel Synagogue will hold its annual dance '}rluudmny evening at the Mayflower otel. ! The committee in charge includes Morris _Blumenthal, ~ chairman; | 1 and Mrs. Loui: Mrs. Charles Pilzer is presi- | dent of the organization. | CONSULIIVE PACT SUBSTITUTE GIVEN Idea, Advanced Hére, Would Require Powers/to Confer on War Threat. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The London Conference, having re- jected the idea of a separate treaty of consultation, the idea now is being ad- vanced here that a provision may be in- cluded in the naval limitation treaty | which would require the signatories to communicate with one another in any situation threatening a disturbance of ‘world peace. Tactically & separate treaty was in- expedient because it meant the oppor- tunity for a fight more or less along the lines of the World Court controversy, but when once the consultation pro- vision is embodied in the naval agree- ment it would be necessary for mem- bers of the United States Senate to record themselves against the whole pact if they wished to prevent the in- clusion of a consultation clause. It would be natural, of course, for reservations to be proposed to any con- sultation provision. Such reservations might state that the clause in no way commits the United States to political entanglements or involves a moral ob- ligation to use force or take sides. ‘Way Seen to Agreement. Such reservations might or might not be acceptable to the foreign powers who signed the treaty, but as a rule the ratification of a treaty does not neces- sarily require waiting for other powers to put in reservations. By some consultation clause, too, the French might be able to recede from their tonnage figures at this time and when once the naval limitation is agreed upon, a definition of American obligations under the consultation para- graph might not affect the ratification of the treaty by ice. It is therefore considered probable here that some way will be found soon to reconcile the French viewpoint and that of the other naval powers. On the other hand, the intimation now is that naval limitation ought to be worked out first and then a discussion begun as to what implied assurances might be derived from a clause requir- ing not mutual assistance but mutual consultation. Americans Unwilling to Bargain. The American delegation at the mo- ment is unwilling to place itself in the position of bargaining for a French recession by offering now a consulta- tion treaty. The theory of the con- sultation plan is that when once arma- ment is limited or reduced, all the naval powers should have a chance to revise upward or downward if any war clouds threaten. It properly belongs in a naval treaty of long duration and it is desired that the new treaty be made for at least 10 years. While press dispatches from abroad reflect Foreign Minister Briand's simism over the outcome of the con- ference, this is merely taken to mean 1t | here that h it he has pursued the policy of trying to get a separate treaty and, having failed on that, is turning toward Premier Tardieu to come in with a so= lution. The provision regarding con- sultation and revision of armament may be the compromise. (Copyright, 1930.) - Panama is considering adoption of a uniform vehicular traffic code. PHYSICIAN'S AND DENTIST’S OFFICE Ideal location .or physician's, dentist’s and similar offices. One g g:. it mmJ ‘inill areas ‘ashington. 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