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“HURRY-UP" YOST FAVORS DRY LAW Daniel C. Roper, Former In- ternal Revenue Head, Also Supports Measure. (Continued Prom First Page.) not improved conditions, but made them worse. He testified, however, there were many meritorious phases to the law restricting purchases and preventing sale to minors, and explained that revenue from the State Central Bureau went to the school fund, while the local dispensaries paid over their revenues to the com- munities. Ot former Gov, Tiliman in connection with the law, Roper said: “No cause ever had a more forceful or more con- scientious proponent and defender as long as he thought the system was de- fensible. It was hoped that the new 1aw would receive the support of public opinion from _the people generally throughout the State and thus eliminate the liquor question from politics by united effort on the part of the people in the enforcement of the dispensary law. “This hope, however, was soon blasted, for factional political lines tightened around the enforcement of this law as an issue and illicit selling rapidly increased. Called “Blind Tigers.” 2 ” le places were called ‘blins o ):: co:nnued. adding “the sup- | %u for these were ut first secured from ! oonshine stills.’ “The dispensary opposed its rival by opening beer dispensaries, which were conducted with much latitude,” he said, “and by putting on the market a whisky known as ‘80 proof,’ which solg at a lower than the ‘moonshine’ prod- uct. *80 proof’ whisky was merely a@nixture of whisky and water in the proportions n? 80 to 20. “They the dispensary kee| found that they could enlarge their trade by cultivating closer relations with the illicit seller,” Roper asserted. “An understanding was alleged to have been reached that these ‘blind tigers would supply themselves exclusively from the dispensaries and that the dis- ries should, in turn, protect the d tigers, as far as possible, from the clutches of the law; and the dis- pensaries thus degenerated largely into supply stations for ‘blind tigers. sald, however, “that local closed in accordance with at nunu:umgndd nmlsl.:;d closed during the night and on - days, but that the ‘blind tigers’ re- mained open ail night and Sunday. “Scandals developed the purchas- ing departments” he went on, “and frequent defalcations were from the offices of the dispensaries. Robberies and fires, removing or con- suming all records, became frequent. Rum Consumption Increased. *“The belief grew that the manage- ment of the dispensary had degenerated into a graft machine, using every effort 1o increase sales and make profits. The result was & ter consumption of liquor, y among the Negroes and lower class of whites, than ever before. Prominent cmldc:sn kc;l Lhensta:: alleged that, because ng o ':s‘ not allowed under the law, and s a minimum quantity sold was & half pint, drunkenness and rowdism on the public highways had increased until the system had become intolerable. “In dispensary politics the tendency soon became pronounced to measure its success by the profits turned into the State treasury,” he concluded. “Each administration laid stress on the grow- ing profits from the cect theretare, business. The 3 fore, ?:“ an endeavor to sell not as little as possible, but as much as possible w‘"flu ’wdupemnry system lasted 12 years and was finally abolished in 1907, Roper added. Enforcement System Destructive. Roper said too much attention had been paid enforcement and not enough to observance. He added that the g::l- ent enforcement system had a destruc- tive and not & constructive attitude and urged a building up of self-respect among the people to observe the law. A hentatve, La, Bubrdin ) resent y Repupiic ew York, asked if the pensary system in South Carolina was due to ints- tration.” “Not_entirely,” Roper replied. Rela his experiences while head of prohibition enforcement forces, Roper said the difficulty had been in getting men who had the proper attitude to- ward the law. He added he left the bureau in April, 1920. “But some of the State enforcement heads you appointed,” La Guardia said, “remained in office for a time and re- tired wealthy.” “Yes,” Roper responded, “but I didn't share in that.” o reeomm;ndc? eonren‘ncfig ‘be!- een and enforcemen cials to «tejm how best to obtain ob- servance of the law. asserted an educational pro- | gram was, in his opinion, one of the | best methods of obtaining Nation-wide observance. Referring to the last Democratic na- tional convention at Houston, La Guardia asked whether the law had been enforced there, and attempted to read two stories from a Houston paper. said he saw no violation of the law while he was in Houston, and added: “I have no bootlegger, and, strange to say, no one has ever approached me.” Committee Members Wrangle. Committee members then wrangled over what some Democratic committee- men asserted was an attempt to criticize the Democratic party. deference to the wishes of some members of this committee,” La Guardia said, “I shall not, then, read the price list of liquor as ted in Houston.” “Don’t you think,” Representative Celler asked, “that if the President has recommended transfer of enforcement to the Justice Department and urged other measures, the drys should give him that legislation?” Continuing, Roper said, in response to & question, he had recommended transfer of prohibition enforcement to the Justice Department in 1920. The Willlamson bill to effect such transfer, as requested by President Hpover and AUTO VICTIM IMPROVES Blease Puts Star Diplomatic Im- munity Editorial in Record. ‘The condition of Paul Edward Ham- mond, 22, of 1515 Twentieth street, who was critically injured Monday night when his' automobile collided with one driven by Comdr. Juan Polich, naval attache to the Chilean embassy, was re- ported to be slightly improved today. Senator Blease of South Carolina today placed in the Congressional Record an editorial from The Star of yesterday dealing with the subject of diplomatic immunity in traffic cases, The South Carolina Senator also placed in the record copies of two reso- lutions he introduced in the Senate a year ago relating to the subject of diplomatic immun South. Allgood is not a member of the committee. Representative Michener, Republican, Michigan, had objected on the ground that too many similar statements could be presented. “A resolution could be passed by every group of four or five people who got together in the name of the Lord or the name of liquor and those resolu- tions put into the record,” Michener said. Urging a 100-year trial period for pro- hibition, Josephus Daniels, former Sec- retary of the Navy, told the committee late yesterday that even if enforcement cost $300,000,000 annually, it would save the country $300,000,000,000 in the cost of liquor. He asserted that the wets propose no “workable” substitute for the pres- ent dry laws, denounced modification and Government sale, said there was less drinking under prohibition and de- clared that the prohibition laws can be enforced but have not yet been given a fair chance. “There is but one alternative to na- tional prohibition,” he said. “It is the return of the old saloon, with its heart- break=, its product of drunkenness and poverty, its corrupt dominance of city government and its dictation of poli- tics, often reaching to the highest of- ficlals of the State, with, ability to dictate the nomination and election af men to the Congress of the United States. “Disguise it as you may, it is now apparent that the clear-cut issue is prohibition, with its lack of fection, or the saloon, with its trail of evils. The man who opppses prohibition and says in the next breath that he never could tolerate the return of the saloon either is practicing deception or he does not know that, just as sure as night follows day, the fall of prohibition is the re-enthronement of the saloon. ‘There has never been any alternative. There cannot be any other alternative. ‘The whole question must be considered w{m that absolute premise and cer- tainty.” Modification to permit the sale of beer and wine, Daniels said, was advo- cated in the early days of prohibition and has since been dropped by the wets, Government sale, he declared, is in op- position to American and a course that no Congress would ever ap- prove. With reference to Federal dispen- aries, he cited the experience of South Carolina and also a project which was begun and abandoned in his own city, Raleigh, N. C. There, he sald, a group of citizens seeking to promote temper- ance and separate local politics from the saloon influence, set up s dispensary, which, while highly profitable and pro- ducing large amounts of money which were devoted to the schools and other municipal causes, was given up because of “the very nature of the product sold and its effect upon the purchasers.” p “No way has ever been found of mak- ing and dispensing intoxicants that does not debase and debauch,” he mm&. “The evil of intoxicants is that they intoxicate, and intoxication and drink are the enemies of skill, thrift, the home and the destruction of those who tarry at the cup.” ‘The former Secretary of the Navy as- serted that he did not think there was any one who believed prohibition had been wholly successful, but added that no believed it all portions of the “'On the contrary,” he said, “it is uni- versally admitted that the organiszed opposition has resorted in season and out, to well financed gands, to advocacy of violation, to n tion, to excessive efforts to manufacture opinion against its enforcement. Worse than that: Some States have refused to as- sume the moral obligation of ‘concurrent enforcement.’ Even worse: The Federal Government and some other govern- mental departments have fafled to use the power at their command to uphold the comt{tut_lnn_ and the laws the country. “The prohibition law can be enforced. It only requires the will the courage to say with slight and ra) ing to the modern advocates n'}. nuumpm.:lth‘m what lain now that as a Gov- ernment we determine whether law or nullification shall be supreme in the United States of America. “The advocates of prohibition were too confident that the people would ac- cept the law as most of them did in 1920 and 1921. They have made the mistake of not fighting as hard for observance as for enforcement, as Y:cnchlnz observance as securing legis- tion and ailding in honest enforce- ment. They must do both if the people of this generation are educated on the subject of the injurious effects of alco- hol on the physical, mental and moral man, and the authorities in cities, States and at Washington are _equired to use every effort to uphold the Constitution of our country.” Another witness late in the day was William 8. Bennett, a New York railroad executive, who argued that there was no place in the railroad world or any other industry for those who drink. He said that the dry statute was not being enforced in New York, but that it was being enforced as well as any license law since 1880. ‘The drys also made public a brief pre- pared by Dr. 8. E. Nicholson, chairman of the Natio Board of the Society of the Friends of Prohibition and Public Morals, suggesting remedies for present conditions. The statement has not been accepted by the committee. He proposed the immediate transfer of the prohibition unit from the Treas ury to the Justice Department, keeping efficlent prohibition administrators at definite posts, urging the States to en- liven enforcement and urging observ- ance and enforcement upon the people. . WOMAN WILL TELL POLICE HOW TO WORK the Law Enforcement Commission, is pending in Congress. Praises Work of Hearings. Roper said the hearings before the judiciary committee were doing much good toward ironing out the questions revolving around enforcement and con- stituted a part of the beginning of an educational program toward law ob- servance. The former internal revenue com- missioner said it was the “marvelous co-operation the States gave the Fed- eral Government in the World War riod that convinces me that prohibi- on can be enforced.” He advocated that wet and dry lead- ers hold conferences together to seek a solution to the problem of enforce- ment as an exchange of ideas was needed. He asserted that hibition never could be a success if left to State con- trol without Federal assistance. ‘The morning session closed in a wrangle as to whether a number of statements offered by persons who can- not appear personally should be placed mla;rnn&'flv Aligood, Democrat, of e 3 ocrat, of Alabama gained consent to present a protest against repeal of the ~ighteenth amendment made by the Gadsden dis- A, trist of the N-rih A'-ham~ Conferenco & the Methodist Episcopal Ghurch Judge Kathryn Sellers to Address U. 8. Park Officers’ “School” Tomorrow. A woman will tell police how to do their work tomorrow night in the In- terior Department Auditorium, when Judge Kathryn Sellers of the Juvenile Court will address the United States Park Police on the proper handling of This will be the lecture in a series being conducted by the United States Park Police officials #s an extension school, supplement the regular instruction. As much of the work of the park police is connected with juveniles who frequent the parks, Judge Sellers will advise the officers on this phase of thelr work from. a jurist's viewpoint. On Tuesday evening‘the fourth sese sion of the park police school was held, Sngerprint expert S Waahioktan poics: expe! police, delivering the lecture. Varlous forms of criminal eases were sketched by Bandberg, who explained :l:al! fingerprints have brought many t> justice, THE EVENING INEW AMBASSADOR OF BRITAIN I HERE |sir Ronald Lindsay and Lady Lindsay Will Reside Tem- porarily at Mayflower. A new regime was inaugurated at the British embassy this mfll%u'.nl with the arrival of Sir Ronald Lindsay, who, with Hoyt of New York, returned to/Wash- ington to assume the responsibilities of the ambassadorship, 8ir Ronald arrived in the Capital last night from New York. Temporarily he and Lady Lindsay will reside at the Mayflower Hotel and will move to the new home of the embassy on Massa- chusetts avenue when it is ready for occupancy, probably in May. Lonn&l no time in familiarizing }-im- self with the situation turned over to his care by Sir Esme Howard, Sir Ronald called at the embassy at 9:30 o'clock this morning and during the dg conferred with various under- officials of the embassy staff. The arrival of the British Labor gov- ernment’s fepresentative was a return to scenes familiar to Sir Ronald, he :\:;lx;go :eurvedu at uthe fl:busy in 1905 cretary and again in 1919 presen! n of his creden- tials to President Hoover is being ar- ranged for, it was said today. D. A. R. HEARS SECRET CONFERENCE ADDRESS Officials Decline to Divulge Con- tents of Talk by Mrs, F. J. Shepard. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, March 20.—The Mary- land Conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution buzzed last night and today with the effects of an address by Mrs. Finley J. Shepard, for- merly Miss Helen M. Gould, but at her request the contents of the address were not made publie. After speaking at & luncheon of the conferenee yesterday, Mrs. Shepard re- turned to New York, while officials of the conference declined to say what was included in her talk on “Loyalty and Patriotism,” sald to have contained :l strong attack on Commuaist activi- es. Prefacing her talk with the reasons for wishing secrecy, she said her hus- band, a New York finagciar, objected to her h:m «;uoud on the subject and that feared what might follow. The re it was observed, the meeting being closed to the press, while mem- bers refused afterward to discuss what was sald. NATIONAL MUSEUM ! EXPANSION IS URGED $6,500,000 - Program Is Sponsored | di by Senator Smoot and Referred to Committee. A $6,500,000 e: jon to the Nat- ural History !lflmd }h' National Museum, south of B street,” was pro- in ess today by Senator Republican, of Utah, chairman of the Public Buildings Commission. Senator Smoot introduced a bill au- thorising the Smithsonian Institution to go forward with plans for the addi- tion of new wings on the east and west ends of the Natural History Building, in the Museum group, which face on the Mall. The bill provides that the plans shall be approved by the Fine Arts Commission. The bill was referred to the Senate committee on public buildings and grounds, of which Sena- tor Keyes, Republican, of New Hamp- shire is chairman. COUNTERFEIT CHARGES CONFRONT AMERICAN Mexican Police Hold Man Said to Be Wanted in Several Cities of United States. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 20.—The po- lice here said last night th rested J. Palmer Harper, allas Eddie Moore, who, they assert, was a partner of John Guest, now under arrest in Detroit. Officers say Harper, who is 42 years old, is wanted on charges of coun- terfeiting in several American cities, particularly Pittsburgh. Extradition papers have been filed for his return to the United States. He was captured at a bull fight here on Sunday. $2,009,500 AIRPLANE CONTRACTS AWARDED Army to Buy 50 Attack and 73 Bombing Machines From Two Compani Contracts for 50 new attack planes and 73 bombing planes at a cost of $2,900,500 were let today by the War Department. he attack planes will be built by the Curtiss Airplane and Motor Co. They will be of the model A-3B. When de- livered, the Army will have a total of 78 planes of this type. The Keystone Aircraft OCorporation was awarded the contract for the bom- bardment planes at a cost of $2,208,100. Each of these giant bombers will be powered with two Pratt & Whitney 525- horsepower air-cooled engines. At the same time the department an- nounced that procurement of new Army alrplanes from funds which may be- come available for the fiscal year 1931 was being held up until the appropria- tion bill now before Congress has been passed. MRS. McCORMICK ON AIR Representative Ruth Hanna McCor- mick of Illinois will deliver an address on “America for Americans” in the fourth of a series of patriotic addresses being broadcast over the radio, under the auspices of the Daughters of the American Revolution, tonight at 7:30 o'clock. The address will be sent over & coast-to-coast network of the National lcasting Co. ‘The addresses are being broadcast each Thursday evening. Representative McFadden of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House banking and eurren , will be the speaker next Thursday. He will speak in place of Senator David I. Walsh of Mas- sachusetts, formerly scheduled to speak at that time. Re-Elected to Soldiers’ Home Board LO8 ANGELES, March 20 (#).—In- cumbent officers were re-elected by the ‘hoard of governors of the National Sol- diers’ Home in a four-day convention which ended here yesterday. ‘The officers to serve another year included Gen. . Wood .ef Ohio, president of the boasd, and Col, Rov 'L. Marston of Maine, first vice oresident. | is wife, the former Elizabeth Sherman | STAR, WASHINGTON, BRANDS MURPHY AS AN“MPOSTOR" Fish Tells House Colleagues Why He Had Foch Memorial Mass Canceled. Branding Kenneth D. Murphy, chair- mll:‘nf tgz Marshal Ferdinard Foch Memorial Committee as an “impostor,” Representative Hamilton Fish of New York yesterday told his colleagues in the House why he brought about can- cellation by Archbishop Michael J. Cur- ley of plans for holding at St. Matthew's Chnrcg here a memorial mass for Mar- shal Foch on the first anniversary of the death of the generalissimo of the allied armies in the World War. “Marshal Foch would have turned over in his grave if he had known Ken- neth D. Murphy was chairman of the Marshal Ferdinand Foch Memorial Com- mittee that arranged the ceremony in his honor,” Representative Fish de- clared. He added that: “Of course, the Catholic Church is not to blame in the matter. When they saw an or- ganization on paper, including the names of Senators and Representatives and cabinet officers there is no reason why they should not have authorized the holding of the proposed mass in Washington.” He put into the Record a copy of the letter he received from Archbishop Curley. Aims to Protect Veterans. Speaking “as a veteran of the World War, who desires to help protect the in- terests of the disabled veterang and to prevent public opinion from being alien- ated by these imposters, frauds and swindlers like Murphy,” Mr. Fish ex- pressed the hope that “in the future members of the House and Senate who rmit the use of their names for these 'ake organizations will take the trouble to find out something about them. He put into the Record a detailed statement of the record of Murphy and explained that “five years ago the House of Representatives authorized an inves- tigation of the National Disabled Sol- diers’ League, Inc., and the 8 er ap- pointed a committee, of which I had the honor of being chairman, in tigate this organization. imit- tee found that the so-called National Disabled Soldiers’ League was not na- tional in any sense. It had only about four or five members, but had raised $295.000 through a pencil-selling cam- paign, which funds we located in vari- ous banks of the country, of which only about $2,500 went to ald the disabled veterans. “We helped to secure & fraud order against the National Disabled Soldiers' League, Inc, from the Post Office De- partment. “The commander of the organization, John T. Nolan, is now in jail in the District of Columbia for passing fraud- ulent checks. The secretary or adjutant of that organization was one Kenneth D. Murphy. “Under the by-laws of the said or- ganization the membership was con- fined to disabled veterans of *he World War. Mr. Murphy was not a veteran of the World War. He never served in any capacity in the World War. He en- listed in the National Guard of the State of New York & few years after the war and fell off & horse and broke his leg. Nevertheless, he posed as a veteran of the World War and was ad- jutant of the National Disabled Sol- ers’ League, which raised $295,000.” Brands Murphy “Swindler.” ‘That Murphy's “swindling” escapades should be clearly distinguished from the work of honorable organizations was ::rlr@nd by Representative Fish, who d: “It is only fair to the bona fide or- ganization in New York to have it go in the Record that Mr. Murphy has no connection at all with the Foch Na- tional Memorial (Inc.) in New York City, which is about to raise money for that purpose. Kenneth D. Murphy, in my opinion, was an imposter and a swindler when he was connected with the National Disabled Soldiers’ League, and has since then been connected with other fraudulent activities. From copies of contracts I have in my possession he worked his racket on a basis of 50 per cent, taking 50 per cent of all the money raised for his associate or friend, Mr. Stewart Kelly, whose office is in New York. “The Disabled American Veterans, of which Maj. Thomas Kirby is legislative chairman, has done excellent work in following up the record and activities of such men as John Nolan and Kenneth D. Murph{‘. Maj. Kirby has rendered great public service in pro- tecting the public from such imposters s Kenneth D. Murphy.” BODY OF YOUTH FOUND IN VAULT OF BANK Bandits Blamed, but No Suspicious Characters Had Been Reported. $3,000 Missing. By the Associated Press. COURTENAY, N. Dak, March 20.— ‘The body of Elmer Bunkowske, 23-year- old assistant cashier of the First Na- tional Bank of Courtenay, was found in the bank's vault yesterday. He had been shot through the heart. Currency amounting to $3,000 was missing. Lying face downward in the vault, Bunkowske's body was found by R. B. Milne, president of the bank, after a customer had advised him the bank apparently was unguarded. Although authorities believed that bandits were to blame, an element of mystery was injected into the slaying by the fact that no one could be found who had seen any suspicious characters about the bank. Bunkowske was the only employe in the bank when the shooting occurred. Milne said the assistant cashier ap- parently had been shot from close range, as there were powder burns on his clothing. There was no sign of a struggle, which Brought one theory from officers that Bunkowske may have known the slayers, who shot to prevent disclosure of his identity. GRENFELL WILL SPEAK Labrador Worker to Address Geo- graphic Society Tomorrow. Sir Wilfred Grenfell, who for more than a quarter of a century has worked among the people of Northern Labrador, tional Geographic Society tomorrow will address the membership of the Na- evening at the Washington Auditorium on his isolated mission territory. Sir Wilfred addressed the society last in 1907, describing at that time his ad- venture in building hospitals, establish- ing child welfare work and opening of schools. His lecture will be illustrated by motion pictures and lantern slides. Pilot Killed in Plane Crash. EVERETT, Wash., March 20 (#).— Ralph Parr, 23, Seattle, was killed yes- terday when an airplane recently con- verted into a seaplane dived into Lake Goodwin, about 18 miles northwest of here. Parr had taken off from the north end of the lake in the converted ship on a test flight. b A RO Rea Head of Defunct Bank Held. CHARLOTTE, N. C., March 20 (®. ~W. D. Wilkinson, ident of the defunct Continental “Trust Co. of this city, was arrested yesterday on charges of false entry and mu.?mpmuen of $22,053.10 'rgfle head of the banking concern. Mr. Wilkinson was released under 4507 hond cisned by himself and his orother F. A, Vilkinson. D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1930. FASCISTS DISCOUNT TARDIEU PROPOSAL A Georgia Peach EMMA THOMAS Of Atlanta was voted the fairest co-ed on the campus at University of Georgia. —Associated Press Photo. CUBAN STRIKE LAID TOMOSCOW SORDER 200,000 Walk Out for 24 Hours in Protest Against finemployment. By the Assoclated Press. HAVANA, March 20.—A 24-hour gen- eral strike in protest against unemploy- ment was inaugurated in Cuba at mid- night. The island was peaceful and no arrests were made. Police charged the strike was in compliance with orders from the Third Internationale at Mos- cow. It was estimated 200,000 workmen walked out. The Cigar Makers' Union was the first to call a halt to all labor until Friday morning. Street car and omnibus operators left their vehicles at 1 am. Walters and employes of all restaurants and cabarets left their aprons on the wall hooks at midnight. Public utility plants and rallroads alone were not affected, the view being taken that these were necessary to public welfare. Heavy police ards were maintained in their vicinity but no trouble was anticipated. One Newspaper Publishes. Havana had but one newspaper today, El Mundo, Spanish language daily. The ‘ryg:'nyme:l Union members, who in uba include reporters as well as lino- type operators, walked out of Diario le la Marina at 9 p.m. wednesda; ]Pol]ll' other papers were affected arly. The workmen at El Mundo remained at their machines in the face of warn- ings that they would all be subject to nalties from their labor unions. very trade and industrial union joined ip the strike except those connected with the utilities and railroads.. Leaders Urge Order. Labor leaders insisted that the strike would be orderly and that every effort would be made to conduct it in a peaceful manner. The only actlon con- templated by the police was to prevent property damage or personal violence. evertheless, police were kept at strategic points in the city, and, reports from the provinces indicated, in other cities on the island. A close watch was maintained at all labor federation headquarters and union halls. RECLUSE DIES IN POVERTY WITH $40,000 IN HOUSE Officers Believe More Money Will Be Found in Shack Occupied by 75-Year-Old Man. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, Ill, March 20—Frank Sawyer, who died last week at his home in Mendota from what doctors de- scribed as “neglect and lack of nourish- ment,” had $40,000 in currency con- cealed about the place. Neighbors cleaning the shack Monday made the discovery, Sawyer, a 75-year-old recluse, had no known relatives. He had lived in Men- dota for several years, keeping much to himself. Officers were notified of the money find. They are continuing a search of the place in the belief more mcney may be concealed. PLAGIARISM DECISION AGAINST PAIR REVERSED Oliver Morosco and Richard Tully Win Appeal on $781,880 Verdict for “Bird of Paradise” Play. By the Assoclated Press. . ALBANY, N. Y, March 20.—The Court of Appeals Tuesday decided the “Bird of Paradise” case in favor of Oliver Morosco, producer, and Richard Walton Tully, author, reversing the lower court. The complaint of Mrs, Grace Fendler, who charged the play was a plagiarism of her work “In Hawali,” on the merits, was dismissed. After years of litigation Mrs. Grace A. Fendler two years ago was awarded $781,880 on the charge. Last August, ‘Tully was threatened with jail for con- tempt of court in failing to turn over to Mrs. Fendler all his contracts for royal- tius from the play. 206 Flood Dead Found. PARIS, March 20 (#).—Official fig- ures on the loss of life resulting from the recent floods in Southwestern France were issued last night and put the total at 206 bodies recovered, with 16 persons still missing. The ministry of the Interior also sald that 2,893 houses had been destroyed in the flooded territory, the area of which equals 100 square miles. PHYSICIAN'S AND DENTIST’S OFFICE Ideal location or dentist’s and similar oglwu'c.m of choicest residential 's, One areas in Washin, Just a step from the intersection of 16th St. and Columbia Road, Harvard and Mt. Pleasant Sts. Phone MAYCROFT APTS. Resident Mansser. Columbla 9728 or AUSTIN C. WALLER Distrier near FOUR-POWER PACT Newspapers Say Attempt to| Omit Italy Would Not Scare Government. BY WILLIAM H. STONEMAN. By Wir Thg Star and Chicaso Daily ROME, Italy, March 20.—Any at- | tempts by the delegations at the Lon- don Naval Conference to form a four- power pact, excluding Italy, which press reports indicate is being consid- ered, will not frighten the Fascist gov- ernment in the least and, if anything, will increase its insistence on parity with Prance, according to Fascist newspapers, In the first place Italy would consider any such more as nothing more than a threat by the other powers to make her give concessions to France. This attitude of officials here is strength- ened by the previous maneuvers of the other "London delegations who once threatened a two-power pact between the United States and Great Britain to force Japan into line and then sug- gested a three-power pact between the United States, Great Britain and Japan to_bring pressure to bear on France. Even though a four-power pact were.] concluded it would help more than in- jure Italy, the press lares, because the world at large knows that Italy is the only country that has really made a serious attempt to secure dis- armament at the present conference. “If Italy, the power which has de- fended the principles of the conference at London, should be left out of an agreement simply because it insists upon the principle of parity of forces— the only one which excludes possibili~ ties of aggression—the &m!nl public would understand that the formula of disarmament understood by its apostles only as a medium for disarm- ing other countries and plac them in the condition of perenni in- feriority,” declares Il Piccolo. Pebulminatel al FOUR FEARED DROWNED WHEN BOAT CAPSIZES Compmicn,v on Shore, Witnesses Tragedy in Rough Waters of the Missouri River. o Mml‘:‘b.: March 20.—Four nfen, UNION, Nebr., Marc! ] 3 all of Nebraska City, Nebr., are believed to have drowned in the Missouri River near here Sunday when the boat in which they were traversing the rough waters capsized. A companion of the quartet wit- nessed the tragedy from the shore, but was unable to lend any assistance. me} o: u::hb‘;ofileu had been recovered ast n 3 The victims were Dr. J. H. Whistler, dentist; Charles Foley, Robert Hansen and Foy Allen. MOORMEISTER DEATH INQUIRY 1S CONTINUED County Authorities Probe Based on Jury’s Verdict of Deliberate Murder. By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, March 19.—Con- tin investigation of the killing of " Dorot! De: hy xter Moormeister, | whese body was found battered by the mlsedn;ul:.:dly gy omcers Tole 0! county o - Ewi action of an inquest jury, which found the woman was slain “by an un- known person or unknown persons with felonious intentions.” Before the verdict was returned yes- terday two witnesses testified Charl Peter, a mining promoter, resembled the man they saw abandon Mrs. Moor- meister's bloodstained car on a Salt Lake City street. Peter declared he was not near the place where the automobile was found. Bullfighter Is Recovering. MADRID, March 20 (#).—Sidney Pranklin, Brooklyn bullfighter. was said today to be improving rapidly at the private hospital where he humbom gored the arena here last Sunday. The hospital authorities said he passed a restful ht and would recover, barring un- n d foreseen complications. City Upholstering Co. SLIP COVERS G it to Pursue AURORA POSTON. LOCAL PLAYERS PLAN TO TRY TO WIN CUP Prize Dramatic Production May Be Staged in Belasco Contest in New York. ‘Washington is to sponsor & New York dramtic production if the plans of the Columbia Players to enter their prize- winning one-act play, “When the Ship Goes Down,” in the Belasto Cup contest go through. The performance of “The Great Catherine” tomortow night at the Central High School auditorium is a|Charged REJECTED BY ROME Mussolini Disapproves 400,- 000 Tons for Italy and 65C,000 for France. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. ireless to The Star and Ohicago - Copyright, 1930. LONDON, England, March 20.-Pre« mier Mussolini has refused Premier An- dre Tardieu's proposal of 650,000 tons for France to 400,000 tons for Italy, it has been learned. The Italian delega- tion here confirms the fact that Premier Mussolini insists on rmy with France unconditionally. This decision appar- ently ruins one of the last hopes of the conference. Secretary Stimson and Prime Minister Macdonald lunched together today, had a long talk afterward and, according to a rumor, were unable to agree on the figures they would propose to France and Italy. This seems to mean that the United States is willing to grant-these two powers higher tonnages than are acceptable to Great Britain, which holds firmly to the two-power standard vis-a- vis on the continent. At the same time the United States, apparently for the present, is unwilling to accept increases in tonnage over the R.:Pluln agreement figures, which the British admiralty feels it must insist upon in case of a three-power excluding Pnnc: Im’l .{::,l" E power agreement exclus ‘The general feeling is m'ore tic than on any previous occasion.since the opening of the conference. OLIVER MOROSCO HELD ON BAD CHECK CHARGE Theater Supply Firm Head Alleges $449 Paper Returned as " . Worthless. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Cslif., March 20— with issuing worthless checks, Day lown in part of the program for raising funds for the New York venture. 8 ‘The Shaw comedy, built around the character of Catherine the Great, which will be played by Aurora Poston, was chosen because of the few opportunities that local audiences have had to see Shaw in recent years, especially this very amusing but seldom produced comedy. A feature of the production will be authentic period furniture, loaned for the occasion, which is valued at $60,000, and which typifies the barbaric splendor that contrasted with the strange crudi- ties of the court, which Shaw uses as the bukrfiz\md for his satire. ‘The pi ipal players in “The Great Catherine” are as follows: Aurora Pos- ton, the director; Anne Ives, Dorothea Lewis, Helen Burton, George Odell, H. R. Baukage, Joe Bourne and A. E. 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