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WEATHER. Bureau Forecast.) (U. 8. Weather Highest, 69, Pp.m. yesterday; lowest, Full Teport Late N. Y. Markets, &= on page 4. ht and tomorrow; owest temperature at 4:30 .37 dt 10 a.m. today. Pages 13,14 & 15 b ‘WITH SUNPAY MORNING EDITIHON ¢ Foening Star. i No. 31,375, post ‘office, Wa: Entered as second class nmlt::r shington, D. C. ENGLAND S READY T0 JOIN IN SECURITY PAGT WITH FRANGE ASU.S. CLEARS WAY American Sanctioning of Con- sultative Agreement’ With- out Military or Moral Obli- gations Opens Path. TREATY SCOPE DEPENDS . ON FRENCH CONCESSIONS Hope for Five-Power Alliance, With Real Reduction, Brightens| as Result of Stimson Decision, ‘With 20 Per Cent Cut by Paris Held Likely. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 26.—Secretary Stimson and Prime Minister Mac- donald conferred at the House of Commons this afternoon and it ‘was reported that the premier told Mr. Stimson Great Britain was prepared to go ahead with a secur- ity pact for France. Secretary Stimson, after seeing Prime Minister Macdonald, dic- tated a long report to President Hoover. It was said that the scope of the Becurity pact would depend on what concessions France was will- ing to make In her naval tonnage figures of 724,000 tons presented to the conference as the French program. ‘The political aspect of the Naval Con- ference came strongly to the fore today as conference talk centered on the pos- GIBSON TELLS Reports Individual Graft in Police Force, With 3,000 Bootleggers Here. Survey Looking Toward Re- organization of Depart- ment Is Urged. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1930—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. DISTRICT SHOULD HAVE VOTE, COMMITTEEMEN His long service on the House District committee has converted him to the cause of national representation for the District of Columbia, Representative | Gibson of Vermont today told members | of the House committee in reporting to | them results of the police survey made | by the old Gibson subcommittee in the last Congress. ‘While there is no organized graft in the Washington Police Department there exists “individual graft,” and there is need for a comprehensive ex- pert survey of conditions in the de- partment, Gibson reported. Mr. Gibson expressed optimism re- garding the trend of the police situa- tion in the Capital, but pointed out there was still room for improvement, EI'I!.E ENTATIVE GIBSON. with “two or three thousand bootleg- gers operating here and only 38 police- men assigned to cope with them.” “At one time,” Gibson said in_ ref- erence to national representation, “I was opposed to giving the District a Repre- sentative in_Congress, but I have rather ""(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) COUNTY JURY TOLD DEAD GET PENSION Montgomery Funds Otherwise Mishandled, Witnesses Tes- tify Before Probers. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, March 26.—Pau- pers’ pensions have been paid to de- ceased persons and county funds have been otherwise mishandled by Mont- gomery County officials, the grand jury investigating the strife between 'the “antis” and the tegular Democrats in power was told yesterday by repre- sentatives of the former group. The county officials today will at- tempt to convince the jury that the sibility of a pact being evolved to break the Franco-Italian parity dead- lock and produce a five-power treaty. During the day, a abrupt and some- what sensational change came over the face of Naval Conference affairs with the re-emergence of security pact talk 8s & means of working toward solu- tion of the Franco five-power aspect. U. S. Attitude Is Firm. Resurrection of the security pact talk at this time caused considerable surprise in American headquarters, been assumed that this phase conference discussion was done with. One was abundantly empha- sized, however; this was that the Amer- fcan attitude l‘l’d% a security even of consultative dergont X thoritative American - quarters while the Americans, as previously in- even on a consultative basis, which in- wolved the United States in anywise in commitments to material assistance. In other words, if there should be any security pact in which the United States plays a consultative part, it would be stipulated and possibly writ- ten into the pact that the American obligations went nowhere beyond con- sultation. HOPE OF TREATY BRIGHTENS, U. S. Dicision Opens Way for Anglo- French Mediterranean Pact. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicego Dally News. Copyright, 1930. LONDON, England, March 26.—The ichances of the London Naval Confer- ence achieving a successful five-power treaty with real reductions have never been so bright as they appear today. Much remains to be done and serious complications still persist, but the out- Jook is. entirely transformed. The deepest pessimism has been transformed into lively hope. ‘This situation is entirely due to the initiative of the American delegation, which upon learning Saturday that a three-power treaty would be distasteful to the British government decided that it might be willing in certain condi- tions to make a consultative pact here and now. British Seem Willing. The British were informed of this decision Sunday. In consequence the British themselves now seem willing to a mutual assistance Mediter- ranean pact with France and Italy. As for the French, they admit that such & Mediterranean pact undoubtedly will enable them to envisage substantial reductions. France has taken no revisions yet on figures, and will not do so until it knows exactly what kind of Mediter- ranean pact Great Britain can offer. The writer learns, however, that France’s reduction may amount to 20 or 30 per cent, bringing the French total tonnage down to perhaps 500,000 | £nd_enabling_Great_Britain_and the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) WOUNDS BRIDE, THEN COMMITS SUICIDE Double Shooting Occurred After Honeymooners Had Quarreled in Night Club. By the Assoclated Press. MIAMI, Fla., March 25.—Daniel Wil- liam Faust, 24, died today from a bul- Jet wound which his bride of two months said he inflicted upon himself after shooting her., The bride, Mrs. Flla Faust, 23, treatment for a bullet wound over the right eye, which doctors said ma; prove fatal. ‘The double shooting occurred at their apartment early today after the couple returned from a night club where they had quarreled, she told George Bing, State criminal investigator. She asked that her mother, Mrs. Catharine Salley of Camden, N. J, be notified. She said Paust formerly lived 4 in Champaign, 1l ‘Warren L. Newcomb, justice of the is'in a hospital for | blished allegations of the “antis” are those responsible for their publical should be indicted on a criminal libel charge. Witnesses for Today. ‘Witnesses who will be heard today are: Dr. Benjamin C. Perry, president of the board of county com loners; Lacy Shaw, member of the board; John T. Culver, clerk of the Police Court, and | Odorian Douglas Roby, former com- missioner. The grand jury's probe was started at the request of the county commissioners and E. Brooke Lee, county Democratic leader, who have 25&;:1 that if the ire true the guilty county officials should be indk."kd":nd that it they are false the persons sponso: the publication should be held for criminal libel. George E. Bonifant, member of the Independent's board of directors, is un- derstood to have cited instances to the jury in which it is alleged paupers’ pen- sions were paid in 1929 to persons who died in 1926. He also is believed to have testified that one official used county materials to improve property which he had purchased for private purposes. After. Mr. Bonifant left the room the grand jury sent out for county books containing records of pension payments. Instances Cited. The principal witness was E. Barrett Prettyman, irman of the Independ- ent’s directorate. who was before the (Continued on’r:ge 2, Column 8.) BOARD PRESIDENT SUED FOR SALARY Chevy Chase Man Alleges Mont- gomery County Head Has Overdrawn. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 26.— Wil- liam Van Ness of Chevy Chase, Md., filed suit today in the Circuit Court here against Dr. Benjamin C. Perry, president of the board of county com- missioners of Montgomery County, to compel him to return the county treas- ury a portion of his salary to which Van Ness alleged he is not legally en- titled. An injunction also was sought by Van Ness to restrain J. Forrest walker, county treasurer, from paying Dr. Perry any additional salary until the case is settled. The petition sets forth that Dr, Perry is entitled to $2,400 a year under the act of 1927 of the Maryland State Legisla- ture, creating the suburban district of Montgomery and $600 additional a year if the commissioner devoted full time to ais duties. Dr. Perry, however, Van Ness alleges, has been dr: $600 compensation since his appoint- ment, but is not devoting full time to his duties as commissioner. Van Ness asks the court to determine Dr. Perry's indebtedness to the county and that a money judgment be returned in favor of the county treasurer, or as an alternative, that the commissioncr be directed to refund the amount he has been paid in violation of the Mont- gomery County suburban district act. Van Ness is represented by Attorneys Edward Peter, John E. Oxley. and Miss ving the additional : | for urgent needs of the District of Co- | U. 3. ENTERS PROBE OF LYNN CHARGES Federal Prohibition Bureau Promises Vigorous Inquiry Into Student Drinking. Probing deeper into reports of drink- ing by boys and girls at a speakeasy in the vicinity of Eastern High School, the office of the District attorney and Fed- eral prohibition authorities today were planning a thorough investigation of the situation growing out of charges by Henry W. Lynn, Washington Railway & Electirc Co. conductor. Harold W. Orcutt, assistant district attorney in charge of prohibition prose- cutions, was in lengthy conference with Lynn again this morning, following & session late yesterday afternoon called by District Attorney Rover. From the Prohibition Bureau came assurances that to the unusual nature of the charges Federal forces would be put on the case. Harry J. Anslinger, assistant prohibition com- missioner, said an official report on the matter had not yet reached him. Fed- eral officers engaged in ferreting out the sources of supply, and breaking up con- spiracies an terstate traffic, ex- plained, ordinarily would leave such an mem.nmn to_the police. However, case, ing by sC children at one of the National Capital's principal high schools deserved investi- gation. He promised vigorous inquiry. Lynn Names 10 Speakeasies. Lynn, who lives at 316 Sixteenth street southeast, furnished the names and addresses of what he sald were 10 speakeasies to District Attorney Rover at the conference yesterday afternoon. Lynn spent three-fourths of an hour with the prosecutor yesterday and this morning was with Capt. Orcutt, who is in charge of the case. It was under- stood that a further inquiry into the situation was felt necessary before de- cision could be reached as to whether the case should go to the grand jury. Another question of interest today was whether Lynn, who originally told his story to the House District sub- committee during a hearing on the traction merger, would go before the grand jury in case the matter was presented. With the matter of guilt of a buyer pending before the Supreme Court, it was thought Lynn, who said he was in one speakeasy “to get a shot,” might claim immunity from be- ing required to testify against himself. Lynn was called to Rover's office yes- terday following a letter to Rover from Chief of Police Henry G. Pratt, who in- closed a newspaper clipping concerning Lynn’s testimony on the speakeasies. From school officials also came quick action when Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent of schools, and Charles Hart, principal of Eastern, de- fended the pupils. Kramer wrote Lynn to submit any facts he may have and called upon the conductor to “put up or shut up.” was learned today that n P: 3, Column 1.) (Continuet PRESIDENT APPROVES 1ST DEFICIENCY BILL $700,000 Made Available Urgent Needs of District by Hoover's Action. for President Hoover today signed the first deficlency bill, thereby making the appropriations amounting to $169,447,- 689.96 immediately available. Approximately $700,000 is available | lumbia government and more than | $1,500.000 for a number of Federal projects in this city. Sets Loaded Plane Record. LOS ANGELES, March 26 (#).—Of- ficlals of the National Aeronautical As- sociation announced today that Pat Fleming, piloting a tri-motored Bach plane, set a new world's record of 142.66 | miles an hour for tri-motored planes Vivian Simpson, all of whom are prom- inent members of the anti-Democratic organization in Montgomery County. carrying a load of 4,000 pounds over a 50-kilometer course at Metropolitan Air- port this morning. By the Assoclated Press. GENOA, Italy, March 26.—Short radio waves cutting across the Atlantic, America and the Pacific, today carried the voice of Marquis Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of wireless, from his yacht Electra here ‘to Sydney, Australia, to open an electrical exposition. peace, who investigated, said the shoot- ing was cleasly a case of suicide and at- w :‘\Idcr. No inquest will be 4 Signor Marconi spoke across 11,000 miles to the director of the Electrical Association, Fisk, reading & message MARCONI USES RADIO TO OPEN | SYDNEY ELECTRICAL EXPOSITION Inventor Speaks With Australia While on Yacht in Harbor at Genoa. which outlined what he intended doini later in the day—transmitting a small unit of power to Sydney In order to close TWO SAVINGS BANK OFFICIALS INDICTED IN SHORTAGE CASE Charles McCarthy, Secretary- Treasurer, and W. S. Rob- bins Named by Jurors. $39,227 DEFALCATION CHARGED BY AUDITORS $24,694 Reported Paid Back to In- stitution—Loss Not Sustained by Depositors. Charles A. McCarthy, 55, secretary- treasurer of the East Washington Sav- ings Bank since its organization in 1905, was indicted today by the grand jury for alleged embezzlement of bank funds. Willard S. Robbins, 35, a clerk in the bank for 11 years, also was indicted for embezzlement. While McCarthy is charged in five counts with peculations totaling only $5,073, and Robbins with a total of $2,457.12, the report of Department of Justice auditors, who examined the bank showed defalcation of $39,227.55. McCarthy’s wife is said to have made good $19,694 of the amount and Rob- bins is reported tp have paid back $5,000, leaving a balance of $14,433.55 which it was said would be taken care of by insurance. . No loss was sustained by the savings depositors, it is reported. Specific Charges Given, ‘The specific charges in the indict~ ment against McCarthy are $800, De- cember 19, 1927; $1,573.36 August 13, 1928; $600 October 12, 1928; $1,000 July 6, 1927, and $1,100 July 16, 1929, There are seven counts in the Robbins indict- ment, including $500 September 16, 1927; $200 May 4, 1927; $500 January 3, 1928; $425.12 August 1, 1927; $210 September 27, 1927; $422 August 31, 1927, and $100 September 21, 1928. United States Attorney Rover, on the reporting of the indictments against McCarthy and Robbins, stated that no arrests will be made, as he was notified counsel, who have promised to bring both men into court. McCarthy has been ill since last Oc- tober, when agents of the Department of Justice investigated his alleged pecu- lations from the bank. Officers Decline to Comment. J. C. Yost, president of the bank, de- clined to make any statement and other officers also were loathe to comment on the matter. After McCarthy resigned last Sep- tember, officers of the bank said, he went to Atlantic City with his wife and is still there. Nothing was known of Robbins at the bank. Bank officers said that an investiga- tion of McCarthy's accounts was under- taken by the Department of Justice last September at about the time McCarthy resigned. H. H. McKee, president of the National Capital Bank at 316 Penn- sylvania avenue southeast, acted as sec- retary-treasurer during the investiga- tion. The two banks are not affiliated. McKee said, but he is one of 15 trustees of the East Washington Savings Bank. McKee refused to say anything about the return of the indictments or the circumstances of the alleged shortage. Officers of the East Washington Bank said that McKee was in charge through- out the investigation and until S. W. Earnshaw became secretary-treasurer. McCarthy lived in Washington at 4038 Seward square, a few blocks from the bank. He has two children, a son and a daughter. Robbins also is married and lives in the first block of Grafton street, Chevy Chase, it was said. JAMAICA GINGER SEIZED BY RAIDERS Southern Paralysis Epidemic Leads to Arrest in St. Louis. By the Assoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, March 26.—The Norris Products Co. was raided last night by Federal prohibition officials upon receipt of information that jamaica ginger sold by a St. Louis firm was found in com- munities in the South where numerous ‘cases of paralysis have been attributed to the drinking of such a beverage. The dry agents said they seized a quantity of jamaica ginger after buying a small quantity as evidence. They ordered John C. Norris, 70-year-old pro- prietor of the company, to appear today in Federal Court to answer charges of violating the dry law. Prohibition Administrator Sam Haley said Norris admitted having sent ship- ments of the Jamaica ginger to South- ern rural communities, but denied it was his product which caused the pe- culiar illness. He told officers, they said, he only distributed the ginger after purchasing it from a manufacturer in Boston, Prohibition agents said a chemical analysis of the evidence purchased from Norris showed an alcoholic content of about 65 per cent, and that it did not contain as ingredients certain fine extracts of ginger prescribed by Gov- ernment regulations to make it unfit for beverage, SENATE AND HOUSE PLAN TO RECESS FOR WEEK END Upper Chamber to Meet Friday, but Only to Adjourn Until * Tuesday. By the Assoclated Press, The Senate rested from its tariff labors today while the Huuuudevoled its attention to a series of minor calen- dar bills and planned a three-day week o w, louse will ad- Jjourn until Monday, when the tariff bill & circuit there and light the electric lamps of the exposition. The inventor said: “It is not more than 30 years since I transmitted the first faint wireless signals across the Atlantic Ocean. Today we demonstrate that it is possible by wireless to bring powerful currents into operation at other ends of the earth.” s The reception was very good at both points, 4 comes up. The Senate will meet again on Friday, but onlg to recess until Tuesday Neither branch of Congress can be in recess for more than three days without the formal consent of the other, neces- sitating the brief session of Friday. Radio Programs on Page A-10 * VAN SWERINGENS RULE RAIL EMPIRE Brothers Control World’s Largest Privately Owned System. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 26—The New York Times sald today that by recent deals O. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen of Cleveland have rounded out the largest privately owned rallroad empire in the world. ‘Their $2,000,000,000 18,000-mile net- work is exceeded only in the Western Hemisphere by the 20,000 miles of the Canadian National Railways and else- where only by the 30,000 miles of the German State Railways. The railroad influence of the Van Sweringens extends from New York to Salt Lake City and from Chicago and St. Louis to Omaha, El Paso, Galveston and New Orleans. A line controlled by a friendly interest connects the sys- tem to San Prancisco. ‘The brothers, former real estate men, who entered the railroad world in 1916 with purchase of the Nickel Plate road from the New York Central, today con- trol directly the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Erie and the Nickel Plate. Through the Alleghany corporation and by other means they control the Hocking Valley, the Pere Marquette, the Wheel- ing & Lake Erie, the Missouri Pacific and the Chicago & Eastern Illinois. COAL MINE BLAST BURIES 11 WORKERS Five Entomed Men Are Known to Be Dead—Gas Blamed. By the Assoclated Press. VILLE, W. Va., March 26.— Five of eleven miners entombed in an explosion at the Yukon mine of the Crown Hill Coal Co. here today were known to be dead and rescue crews were pushing into the workings to determine the fate of the others. All were believed to be dead. One of the five bodies located was that of J. H. Livingston, night foreman. ‘The explosion was believed to have been caused by gas. It occurred 4,000 feet from the mouth of the mirte. Two hundred men are employed in the mine during the day and 25 at night. The- blast occurred shortly after 2 am. The 11 men entombed were work- ing in the ninth right heading, where the explosion happened. Two others were at work behind the heading and were not aware of the accident. The electric power suddenly was cut off and the men sat down to wait until the power was restored. When the power remained off for three hours the two miners walked from the workings and it was learned that an explosion had occurred. DEMOCRATS ROUT KANSAS CITY G. 0. P. Republicans Lose All Races as Op- ponents Elect Mayor and Council. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, March 26.—In the first test of strength since the 1928 Hoover-Smith fight, Kansas City Dem- ocrats, led by Bryce B. Smith, mil- lionaire bakery executive, yestérday completely routed Republican candi- dates for all municipal offices. Approximately 146,000 voters, the greatest number to visit the polls in an exclusive city election, ended all vestige of Republican power. " Mr. Smith was elected mayor by an unofficial majority of 23,726, defeating George E. Kimball. The Democrats also elected eight councilmen and two mu- nicipal judges. Voting was comparatively free of vio- lence, although Morris Goodman and Louis Demayo, Republican workers, were re| kidnaped. Bernard Lillis, a Democratic worker, complainéd to the county prosecutor that a sergeant and another unidentifi naped and beat him. Ten persons were arrested for alleged voting practices, officer kid- | T A Sister, 3, Carries Baby Brother Saved, to Death in Flames By the Associated Press. TULSA, Okla., March 26— ‘When fire late yesterday destroyed the home here of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Page, a 5-year son of the household carried John William Page, 11-month-old baby, outside to safety. ‘Then a 3-year-old sister of the children carried the inside the flaming house and tucked him in his crib. The in- fant was burned to death. ‘The sister explained she thought it was “too cold” for the baby outdoors. PRICE CONTROLLING CHARGED 10 TRIO Chicago Grain Dealers Face Wheat Manipulation Hearings. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 26.—The Tribune today said three Chicago grain dealers are charged with attempting to manip- ulate grain prices in Federal complaints which will be heard her. April 7. ‘The charges, as quoted by the Trib- une, are that the three Chicagoans were responsible for the sale of at least 345,000 bushels of wheat last Sum- mer at prices both lower and higher than the market and that they sent out misleading and inaccurate market information, all in an effort to control prices, The men named in the complaint, sald to have been signed by Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, are William B. Massey, John S. Reddy and Phillip J. Reddy, all members of the Board of Trade. ‘The hearing before the Grain Futures Administration Commission will be the first of its kind since that body wn: created by the Federal grain futures administration act, nearly eight years ago. The Grain Putures Commission, it finds such charges to be trul:, g Keta to Tefuse Fadiog. privases 1o the se respondents. s ASKS CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN MEXICO TO REGISTER Archbishop Diaz Issues Circular Letter in Compliance With the Government Regulations. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 26.—Recom- mendation that all Roman Catholic priests in Mexico register with the gov- ernment before the end of the month is contained in a circular letter sent out by Pascual Diaz, Archbishop of Mexico. Registration is in compliance with government regulations and was agreed to in the settlement of the church-state controversy last June. The majority of the priests already have re?!sured, The archbishop also called on the priests to co-operate in the national census being taken under government direction. Kaye Don Still Waiting. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, March 26 (#).—A gradually leveling beach in prospect today for Kaye Don, British contender for the world's speed record, but the driver decided to await further improvement. FISHERMEN EXHAUSTED LANDING TUNA ON CANS AND BARE HOOKS FHH service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,496 (P) Means Associated Pges. ' TWO CENTS.' l FEDERAL CONTROL HIT AS SOLUTION FORDRINK PROBLEM Former Ontario Premier Cites Canada’s Experience as Warning to U. S. . HOLDS HOME IS LAST PLACE TO CONSUME RUM Insurance Head Refers to Gen. Pershing’s Testimony Before Military Committee. SECOND GRAND JURY 10 PROBE SMITH CD. 19 Persons and Two Firms Subpoenaed in Inquiry of Mortgage Firm. ‘The Department of Justice today took steps preliminary to launching the sec- ond grand jury investigation of the activities of the F. H. Smith Co., sev- eral of whose officials and former offi- cials are under indictment here for al- leged use of the mails to defraud. At the request of Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the Attorney Gen- eral, the United States marshal has served subpoenas on 19 persons to ap- pear as witnesses before the grand jury on April 7 when the probe will be started. In addition a local broker- age firm and an auditing concern were served with“subpoenas to make avail- able to the grand jury certain records. Other subpoenas have been sent for service i rshals in Mary) New Yafinfi is understood they call for appearance before the jury of per- sons formerly employed or associated with the Smith Co. Legality Is Upheld. Since the mall fraud indictments were returned three months ago the Department of Justice agents have been ‘working continuously on their investiga-~ tion of the Smith Co. It is known the concern has financed the construction of apartments and office buildings in several large cities, including Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Buffalo and in smaller communities in Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York. ‘The December grand jury returned indictments against Representative Frederick N. Zihlman, chairman of the House District committee; Daniel R. Crissinger, G. Bryan Pitts, C. Elbert Annadale and Samuel J. Henry, jr. Counsel for the defendants attacked the legality of the indictments, but their contentions were overruled a few days ago by the Supreme Court deci- sion in the Buck case. They are now awaiting trial. ; After the indictments had been re- turned here, Mr. Dodds went to New York City and presented testimony to a grand jury there, which also had been asked to investigate the Smith com- pany. Inability of the Government to secure certain records from the Smith company for presentation to the jury resulted in a postponement of the case, and as yet the jury has taken no action. Reports Are Asked. Subpoenas duces tecum were served on the F. B, Keech & Co. and the auditing firm of Murphy, Lanier & Quinn, with offices in the Southern Building. The Keech Co. was ordered to produce for the grand jury all rec- ords pertaining to its dealings with the F. H. Smith Co. or Pitts. The subpoenas served on the other firm called for presentation of all audit reports and work sheets for the F. H. Smith Co. or the F. H. Smith Investment Co. Subpoenas were served on the follow= ing persons to appear as witnesses: J. R. Matthews, a porter at the An- napolis Hotel; Mrs. Vernoa Rouse, an employe of the Chase Securities Co.; H. G. Giovanettj, the Boulevard apart- ments; Charles E. Bishop, Investment Bullding; Richard G. Davis, 3717 Thir- tleth street northeast; James Bundy, 2119 Flagler place; John S. Farquhar, 1012 Twenty-second street; James H. Brown, 7203 Georgia avenue; John W. Hurley, 219 Douglas street; Willlam Frank Thyson, Investment Building; John B, Warrington, care of Shaw- Walker Co.; Edwin L, Pearce, 640 Buchanan street; John Whaley, 27 N street; Pearce P. Smith, 3525 Daven- port street; Willlam D. Brown, care of North American Bankers, Inc.; Leroy Mann, 1231 I street northeast; Lewis E. Thomas, 1234 Franklin street north- east; Isadore Brill 9 N street, and Paul J. Dundon, 2944 Thayer street northeast. Voracious Giants Caught So Fast in Virgin Waters That ! Members of Crew Collapse. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 26—The crew of the Navigator, a fishing clipper, | bait. was back home here today telling about a run of giant tuna with such voraclous appetites that they bit at tin cans, bare hooks and pieces of cleth. The fishermen brought back 130 tons of yellow-fin tuna in the refrigerating space of the Navigator as evidence. e fish were taken off Cocos Island in the Pacific, 2,400 miles south of San Diego. ravenous were the big tuna that 4 the fishermen threw away 150,000 sar- dines which they had taken along as said Rt he naing ground. aSparently 1A e und aj N was new to fishing g‘u Fish were caught faster than they could be put in refrigeration, and men collapsed from the heat if they worked more than three hours at a stretch. Twelve men working in three-pole teams started catching and two men tried to stow away fish as caught. Inside of half an ::&1:: one crew was taken off to help By the Associated Press. Canada’s experience with government control of liquor was cited today at the House judiciary committee prohibition hearing as a warning to the United States not to embark upon such a plan. E. C. Drury, a former premier of the Ontarlo provincial government, testify~ ing as a witness for the group support- ing the eighteenth amendment, asserted that “whatever the solution of the drink problem may be,” it was not in govern- ment control. “Government control is mnot the remedy,” the Canadian said. “Effective control is indeed impossible. The Anglo-Saxon temperament will not stand for the inquisition into private affairs which would be necessary to establish any effective control, e have “All we is government sale, with consumption in the home or the hotel bedroom. No longer is drink a man’s vice.. Women and children are exposed to it. The home is the last place in the world where liquor should be consumed. Crime is increasing, drunkenness is increasing, motor ac- mvluats a;emlncl;'nnkewnm Whatever the solution of the roblem may not government conu%l. sk Insurance Head Testifies, He took the stand afte: Lentz, president of the Amerisan Ine surance Union with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, had submitted insur- :;::nfl‘gmcsuWMh he argued showed e dry statute had - npl]’;udubenefit. R ntz, one-time a member of House of Representatives from Oh'a.. said mortality had decreased under pro- hibition and that the abstainer irom fl.,zom"c t:lve'n'u usually paid four Te annual insurance premiums than stimony of Gen. John J. Pershi made years ago before a House mfilurym. wmm"c:.h u::lvoflnl ‘]:l;e mnholmm of was troduced evidence byhunu 54 Today’s hearing was the first this week. The drys had been expected to conclude presentation of # @t ~the outset Mr. nounced they would like pass u::n" the request at the Koo est, a time, Chairman Graham has said the u::f mittee would give both wets and drys :le opportunity to present their WS, Before either Lentz or Drury took stand, Representative Hadley, Re- publican, Washington, read a telegram from J. J. Donovan of Bellingham, Wash., asserting the Dollar ships did not permit the sale of liquor, as has been n;hnned at previous committee sessions. Donovan wrote he had traveled Dollar steamships in different l!:l'-&t%.i the world and had not seen liquor used or dispensed aboard them. The tels wmm.om :Idmnf ; hCl t. Dollar, the 86- e » citizen of !l;:"eountry bupkghin s ve La Gi he would place into mww ottheflneximpmdonmmunm for violations of juor and narcotic at the proper u:“:e - 1 want to show that men aboard the (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) — CANADIAN HOUSE BANS RUM EXPORTS Opposition Scores Premier, but Passes Bill to Senate by 173-11 Vote. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, March 26.—Having passed in the House of Commons by a vote of 173 to 11, the government bill to refuse clearances to cargoes of liquor destined for the United States went to the Senate today. Although the opposition subjected Premier W. L. Mackenzie King and his government to a withering fire of criticism during debate on the measure, only 10 opposition votes were cast against it. The eleventh negative vate was that of Maj. C. G. Poweg of Quebsc South, a Liberal and member of Mr. Kirg's party. The attack on the government, led by R. B. Bennett, Conservative leader, centered upon what the opposition charged was a change of front in the government’s policy regarding the ship- ment of liquor from Canada to the Ulwdhscu"’t‘h challenged th . Benne ng e - ment to resign, and attacked urmxmn announcement that Canada was nego- tiating a reciprocal treaty to prevent smuggling across the United States border, and demanded to know why the government was now taking up a treaty which the United States offered in 1924. Ernest La Pointe, minister of justice, replying to the opposition, accused the members of putting on “an_amazing spectacle of . Jekyll and Mr. Hyde™ by talking against the bill and then voting for it. U. S. OFFICIALS HOPE BILL PASSES, Declare American Border Patrol Conld Be Greatly Cut. By the Associated Press. Passage by the Canadian House Commons of a bill designed to mn:i clearance of liquor to the United States was considered today by American Gov- 1c Nefl:ltb!o it ll-q'w‘u" uggling m“ . [0] W al smi the northern boundary. Officials in charge of anti-smy activities have expressed the the law would make le a reduc- tion in the n er patrol and decrease the smuggling of liquor entire motor boat cargoes to a few bot tles by vehicular traffic, 4