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U. S. Sanctioning of Consul- tative Agreement Opens Way for Treaty. ‘(Continued From First Page.) United States to cut to perhaps 1,000, tons. Aristide Briand, French foreign Min- {ster, returns to London tonight, after which it is expected the new Amer- ican plan will be pressed rapidly. No Military Pledge by United States. 1: shiould be clearly understood that wo delegation here has in mind asking the United States to make anything in the faintest way resembling a military commitment. What is px:rolad is pure- 1y s consultative pact, modeled probably on the four-power Pacific pact, which woulg not even impose a moral military obligation. Il§ short, the United- States should merely bind itself formally to consult in certain contingencies with other in- terested powers, which is what, under the Briand-Kellogg pact, America in- tends to do anyway. Tt is not because of this proposed con= sultative pact that France would reduce its navy. There would be no direct relation’ between an American promise to eonsult and France's reductions. But the promise to consult is an essenti part of the scheme because so long as the United States refuses even to con- sult, the British feel unable to make a Mediterranean pact. It is in return for a real security pact in the Mediterranean that France would make real reductions. The &rect rela- tionship is a Franco-British relation- ship, and in no way involves the United States. France Wants Security. ‘The United Sfilte‘s does :\ot %l’}l"find to a_consultative pact. pro- p‘ropos,enu“ come from some other quar- r, but America is ready to consider one favorably. _ In any case, there can be no question ‘either of our making a consultative pact or of the British making a Mediterra- mean pact, for the present, unless Fragce makes clear in some way that it then T S o , the British cabinet's today is favorable to this general thesis, SENATOR SMOOT. SMOOT T0 DISCUSS TARRF CHANGES ut|Senate Finance Committee Chairman Will Be Forum Speaker Tomorrow. ‘The Senate tariff bill will be dis- cussed in an address in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and sponsored the Columbia Broad- casting System, by Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Senate finance committee, at 10:30 p.m. tomorrow. Senator Smoot as chairman of the finance committee had charge of the tariff bill during its consideration in committee and later in the Senate itself, In his address he will give a compari- son of the bill as it passed the Senate with the House bill and. with the exist- ing law and will set forth the changes made in the bill by the Senate and the reasons for those changes. The tariff bill, it is expected, will be sent to con- then the next stage will be squarely up to France. Some weeks ago, France handed Great Britain privately the draft of a Mediterranean treaty based on the idea of mutual assistance and guaranty. British Pinned Stand on U. S. There was no question of the United States’ signing this Mediterranean pact. Great_Britain's point of view, however, ‘was_that unless the United States-in another pact was willing at least to. consult, Great Britain would be to accept the French draft. 3 The British, therefore, ascertained’ that we were not interested for the ‘moment in a consultative pact and then they made a counter-proposal to the French for a Mediterranean pact so vague that the French immediately rejected it. Today's indications are that Japan may be somewhat more conciliatory in a five-power treaty with real reductions than she would have been in a possible ‘three-power treaty with no real reduc- tions. Italy Is Surprised. As for Italy, it appears somewhat surprised by the new turn the confer- ence has taken. On March 25, the newspaper La Tribuna of Rome, sup- y officially inspired, announced end of the Franco-British entente and suggested that an Anglo-Italian entente with a definite treaty of eol- laboration between Rome and London should soon follow. Forelgn. Minister Dino Grandi in ZLondon has signified that Italy wouid be glad to see Great Britain, the United States and Japan make a three-power treaty and adjournment of the five- power conference for six months to enable France and Italy to settle their differences. He seems not to have realized at that moment that the United States and Great Britain were \even then doing their utmost to save the five-power treaty by re- newing pact discussions. OPTIMISM SWEEPS PARIS. ‘American Declaration Is Seen as Clear- ing Up London Clouds. PARIS, March 26 (#)—The American | ley declaration issued shortly after mid- night, on the position of the United States regarding proposals for a s0- called consultative pact, was regarded in French official circles today as tend- ing to clear the atmosphere at London .and to hasten a decision. France, it was said, continues to Hope that the Naval Conference will yleld Yesults and Foreign Minister Briand will explore all the avenues of a pos- sible agreement. French officials, it was stated, still regard the Mediterranean agreement as the obvious solution, but, failing that, hope that the Briand-Kellogg pact for the renunciation of war may be strengthened or that the League of Nations may find a settlement. WOMAN IS ARRESTED IN THEFT OF $63,000 Wife of Armored Truck Driver ‘Who Disappeared Had $15,000 in Apartment, By the Associated Press. HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 26— ‘The' wife ‘of Raymond Gallagher, driver of an armored car, who disappeared in New York last October with $63,000, was held in jail here today after au- thorities had seized more than $15,000 in currency in the apartments of Mrs. Gallagher and a relative. Gallagher was arrested yesterday at Paterson, N. J., en route to .visit his mother at Port Chester, N. Y., and Mrs. Gallagher and Mrs. Roy Tait were taken into custody here last night. NORTH DAKOTA PAYS HONOR TO EIELSO Public Business Is Suspended Dur- ing Funeral Services for Arctic Flyer. By the Associated Press HATTON, N. Dak., March 26.—North Dakota today paid tribute to Carl Ben Etelson, Arctic fiyer, who was lald to rest in a grave in the little cemetery beside his mother. All public business was suspended and schools closed, while the entire State observed a mourning period during the B S B of North [y citizen, who had never held high public office, received such honor. Agriculture Bill Passed. The annual supply bill for the Agri- culture Department, carrying a total of 62,253,788 for the fiscal year begin- July 1, was passed yesterday Senate. n the ’ by Wooden nickels. for suger, been squirted with water' the last ference between the two houses of Con- gress next week, and in conference the anll terms of the measure will be writ- n. President Hoover called Congress into special session in April last year to handle tariff revision and farm reliet legislation. Tariff revision was included in the program of relief for the Amer- ican farmer. ' ‘The Senate has increased & ‘number .of ‘the rates in the farm schedule above the rates fixed in the House bill. Senator Smoot will show how the farmers will be benefited by the bill and-also what has been done for American labor and manufacturing interests. Senator Smoot, & member of the finance committee of the Senate for many years, has taken part in drafting several tariff laws, including those of 1922, 1913 and 1909, and is regarded as one of the Nation's foremost tariff authorities. GREEK COLLECTION IS ADDED TO LIBRARY Material Displayed on Anniversary of Nation’s Independence and Republie’s Beginning. A special exhibition of material illus- trative of the modern and ancient Greece has just been completed and offered the public by the Library of Congress in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the independence of Greece and the sixth anniversary of ;Isnelgr‘eek republic, proclaimed March ‘The exhibition includes a printed copy of the speech of Daniel Webster in the House on January 19, 1924. sald to be the “first official expression fa- vorable to the independence of Greece offered by any of the governments of Christendom.” 2 ‘There also is a volume containing the letters and journals of Dr. Samuel Grid- Howe on the participation by an early American philanthropist in reece’s struggle. A first edition of “Childe Harold,” containing cantos one and two, serves to recall the part played by Byron, who in the fatal iliness which seized him at Missolonghi is said ‘o have cried in a delirlum, as though leading a charge against Lepanto, “For- ward, forward! Don’t be afraid!” Follow my example! iples of Greek literature of the t time in the original texts and translation, publications relating to Greece, and a twelfth century manu- script, “Hirmologion.” containing words and music, are in the exhibition. A series of ph&?‘npéu. enlarged from the en nce in Greece by of the library’s chair of , Dr. Leicester B. Holland, bring together some unusual views of Greek scenery, people in costume and specimens of Greek architecture, ancient, medieval and modern. s A 1544 edition of the “Fables of Aesop” and a first edition in Greek of the “Illiad” of Homer, Florence, 1488, complete the exhibit. CHILDREN TO BE AIDED Americans and Britons in Florence Help . Poor. FLORENCE, Italy, March 26 (#).— American and English residents of this city are founding a permanent home for poor and undernourished children at Marina di Massa, on the Ligurian Sea. They already have .a Summer home for children. Most of the officers of the association controlling the home are Americans. John G. Hagemayer, Brooklyn, i presi dent, and Miss Eugenia Wilson, Minne- apolis, medical director. Enthusiastic Over American Girls. NEW YORK, March 26 (#).—Jean Patou is back from Paree enthusiastic over the “new Diana type” of beautiful American girl, except for the way she dresses. Long skirts morning, noon and ¢ THE EVENING URGED BY GIBSON Reports - Individual ‘Graft in! Police Force, With 3,000 Bootleggers Here. (Continued Prom First Page.) changed my mind as a direct result of the need I found for some one to listen to the appeals of interests of the resi- dents of Washington. While 1 was on the committee, people were always com- ing to me at all times and I just had to f" off the committe~ or suffer my | health to be ruined. I believe it would be a good idea to give the city a Repre- sentative in Congress who could devote his time to the city's affairs.” Rfl:relenutlve Palmer of Missouri asked Representative Gibson if it were not a ngt“ that the cmumuu ington 435 Representatives Congress looking after their interests. Mr. Gibson sald that this was true theoretically.” Representative Patman of Texas in- ed if any one ever had considered vldln{, the District into 425 sections and allotting to each Representative a section whose interests he would be particularly concerned with. Mr, Gib- son said he had never heard this sug- gested. Amendment Is Necessary. Mr. Gibson pointed out that a con- stitutional amendment would be nec- essary to give citizens of the District the right to elect their own Representa- tives. Representative Gibson was asked whether a constitutional amendment would find favor in the States and he expressed the opinion that there was considerable prejudice against it, al- though an active campaign to overcome of Wash- in STAR, WAS WILMA JONES, Twenty-three, was rescued unharmed from a burning bed in a Fairfield, Tex., hotel. Rangers have hidden man she accuses of trying to burn her to death. —Associated Press Photo. DANELS PREDCTS 1. LEAGLEENTRY this is under way in the press and over the radio at the present time. The Vermonter suggested that per- haps it would be possible to get around the amendment plan by having a Rep- resentative appointed rather than elect- ed, although he did not expand upon this idea. There was no further discussion on the subject of District representation. ‘Wants Model Force. Turning over to the present com- mittee voluminous, reports and other data obtained by his subcommittee in the course of its investigations of the Police Department, Mr. Gibson recom- mended that the committee make a further study with a view to reorganiz- ing the Washington force so that it will be_a model for the entire United States. For the benefit of new members of the committee, the Vermont member outlined the activities of his subcom- mittee in investigating the municipal administration. A year ago, he said, the committee asked the co-operation of the Police Department in & plan for re- organization and that the recommenda- tions of the department had been re- ceived only within the last few weeks For that reason the committee's term had expired before it was possible to complete its report. Mr. Gibson sug- gested that the present committee carry on the survey and complete the work. The police recommendations to which he referred were those contained in a report sent to the committee by In- spector Willlam S. Shelby, the subject matter of which already has been made public. Scotland Yard Report. Mr. Gibson also gave the committee a voluminous report on the reorganiza- tion of the police department in Kan- sas City and results of an inquiry made by the subcommittee into the Scotland Yard system of police administration for use as a Ex.slble guide here. “I would like to ask this committes to make a further study of plans for re- organizing the police force of the Na- tional Capital into the country’s most efficient department,” Mr. Gibson said. “In my opinion there is now no orflnlzd graft in the Washington Police Department. That has been broken up in the last two or three years. There was at one time organized graft, and we employed some of the best undercover men_ the Government has to get at it, but somehow we just couldn't get to the higher ups for one reason or another. “While this organized graft no longer exists ‘there are cases of individual graft by some members of the depart- ment. This is admitted by the depart- ment itself. There are quite a number of these individual graft cases, but on the whole I believe the rank and file of the Police Department are honest.” Too Much Crime Here. Mr. Gibson declared there was too much crime in Washington, as shown by the number of arrests made here. Bootlegging and gambling are the two. chief evils, he sald. “According ‘to Mr. Doran of ‘the Pro- hibition Bureau, who ought to know, there are 3,000 liquor retalers in Wash- ington. The committee also prepared a map of gambling establishments and turned over the information to the Po- lice Department. A survey later showed that most of the gamblers had moved laces within the same pre- Representative Palmer of Missouri, expressed surprise at the Doran figures and eguesmmed their accuracy. He de- ared the country was being given false impression of prohibition condi-~ tions in ington and that it had an idea that _everyl in Congress was drinking. He said he had never smelled liquor on the breath of any member of Congress. Based on Official Reports. Mr. Gibson replied that Mr. Doran’s estimate apparently was based on offi- cial re and pointed out that the police subcommittee received estimates as high as 4,000 bootleggers in Wash- ington. ‘There ensued a discussion as to the reasons for continued violation of the dry laws here, and “S:sruenuuve ‘Tarver of Georgia exp! the opin- fon that penalties imposed by the courts were too light. He told of a case where a second offender was fined $50 and costs and declared this showed too much leniency on the part of the courts. Representative McClintock of Ohio said he thought every policeman in Wash- ington should be assigned to liquor cases. i “There is no doubt but that all police departments have need for reorganiza- tion,” Mr. Gibson continued. “I mean no criticism of the local department or other departments, but we must re- member that crime is organized, is widespread and is taking a big toll of life and property annually. Homicide Record Cited. “There are 50 or 60 homicides every night! Ouf! Jean says they should be short in the morning and lengthened as y grows. year in Washington which has a popu- lation of 500,000 persons. London with SAME OLD JOKES MAKE WIFE QUAIL, SO SHE HAS HUSBAND PUT IN JAIL Woman Fails to See Humor in Enforced Shampoo Given Girlhood Chum, Stranger to Spouse. By the Assoclated Press. EVANSTON, I, March 26—Harry Gordon, wise-cracker and practical Joker, is in jail. B Mrs. Gordon had him put there last night. For years, she said, she had endured the usual line of jokes and tried to smile when Gordon admon- ished his friends not to take any She had eaten salt when she smelled fake roses and seen any number of cigars explode. But last night he introduced a new one. Mrs. Gordon brought a girlhood chum out to the house and introduced her to the husband. He shook hands, looked the guest over quizzically, re- marked that she needed a shampoo, and, dragging her to the bath room, gave her one. . That, Mrs. Gordon told police, was B Former Cabinet Officer Says Kellogg Treaty Is a “Gesture.” Josephus Daniels, war-time Secretary of the Navy, believes he will live to see the day when the United States becomes a member of the League of Nations. Mr. Daniels, who for the past week has been examining records and docu- ments at the Navy Department to sup- plement his diary, kept while a cabi- net member here, with material for a forthcoming book, characterized the Kellogg treaty as a “gesture” and as- serted that if President Hoover were to dispatch the word “confer” to Secretary Stimson at London to vitalize the arms conference, the country would applaud. “The trouble with the London Con- ference is that the United States’ rep- resentatives think they can outlaw war by declarations or gestures,” asserted Mr. Daniels. He insisted that if Uncle Sam were now a member of the League there would be no need of such con- ferences. He declared the only reason the United States is not in the World Court now is because the politicians believe it is a creature of the League. Summarizing events - following the signing of the armistice looking to the limitation of naval armament, Mr. Dan- lels_said: “Pirst there came the Harding con- ference in 1921. Then the meeting called by Mr. Coolidge. Our delegation proposed a proper thing at Geneva and the British wouldn't take it. We were right in not agreeing to fit. “Then President Hoover called a con- ference. I think we ought to discuss with the powers all the matters that might make for international trouble. Co-operation is necessary for any large in the world. I'm in favor of finding a way to end war. I believe there is a way and the only way is to find a substitute.” MRS. KNOX AWARDED LIMITED DIVORCE Charges Husband, Son of Secretary of State Under Taft, Drank to Excess, Mrs. Josephine, P, Knox, wife of Philander C. Knox, jr, son of the Secretary of State under President Taft, will be awarded a limited divorce decree and alimony of $500 a month, Justice William Hitz announced today in Dis- trict Supreme Court following the hear- ing of evidence in Mrs. Knox's divorce action. A colored maid from the Knox house- hold corroborated Mrs. Knox's testimony that Knox drank to excess and that he had embarrassed guests in the Knox home by appearing before them in his pajamas. Mrs. Knox told the court that her husband once slapped her in the face. Mrs. Knox told the court that a party given by Knox at Annapolis on Janu- ary 19, 1919, to which she paid a sur- prise visit, resulted in her filing suit. Bhe said she and Knox have separated several times, but were reconciled by promises of good behavior by Knox. No testimony was offered in behalf of Knox. He was represented in court today by David E. Pine. Austin Can- fleld appeared for the plaintiff , it Band Transferred to Coast. By direction of the Secretary of War the entire personnel of the band of the 1st Ohemical Regiment, at the Edge- wood Arsenal, Md., will be transferred to March Field, Calif, and reorganized as the band of the Air Corps Primary Flying School at that wfioflt. The trip to .the Pacific Coast 1 be made in April by way of the Panama Canal. its 9,000,000 ple has only 18 homi- cides annually and Paris and Berlin have 50 each.” The committee was reminded that| g the efficiency in Europe in stamping out crime was due to scientific methods of coping with criminals and to preventive measures instituted. * “I would like to speak a word in be- half of the women's police force of ‘Washington,” Mr. Gibson said. “They are doing an exceilent preventive work.” Mr. Gibson expressed his belief that President Hoover is determined to have an efficient municipal administration, and he expressed optimism regarding ltlhe outlook for improved conditions ere. “You members of the District com- mittee have a big opportunity to im- prove your Capital City,” Gibson as- serted. “It is your city and my city, and we all should do our best to aid its de- velopment. Would Abolish Cliques. F “I would like to suggest that you call in some of the country’s best crime and lice experts to study the situation ere. Get rid of the cliques in the Po- lice Department and make it a model for the whole world.” Before concluding his remarks Mr, Gibson told of the accomplishments of the committee on which he formerly served. He said the committee h: forced the resignation of two District loners and a traffic engineer and had made recommendations which would have effected a saving of more than $1,000,000 in administrative costs. Most of these recommendations ha been put into effect, he added. Mr. Gibson concluded by turning over to the committee a report of the study made by the Brookings Institution into the District government. Representative Beers of Michigan acted as chairman in the absence Of {Acting Chairman McLeod. - * VOTE FOR DISTRICT HITS GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF LIQUOR Former Ontario Premier Cites Canada’s Experience as Warning to U. S. (Continued From Pirst Page.) ships have disregard for the law,” the New Yorker said. ‘When the testimony of Gen. Pershing before the House military committee years ago favoring abolition of the liquor-dispensing Army canteen was in- jected into the hearings by Lentz, he explained that when he was a member of the military committee years ago Gen. Pershing, then a young - officer, was asked to give his opinion of the canteen. The Ohioan said Pershing “stated at that time most emphatically and with the clearness which only per- sonal experience can give that he was in favor of the abolition of the Army canteen; that sober men made the best soldiers; that it was not necessary to have an Army saloon to keep the sol- diers out of the low dives in whatever territory they might be located.” With the abolition of the canteen, Lentz said, Pershing had demonstrated that “young men in the Army are no more in need of a saloon than young men at home in the peaceful pursuits of life.” Asserting that since prohibition “something has happened to lengthen the lives of our people,” the former House member said, that the lower death rate insurance companies had arrived at “means that the livs of liquor-drinking, insured people, were lengthened as a result of the abolition of the saloon.” Figures which he presented to the committee, he said, show that “the ex- pectancy of life was plainly increased, and if human beings are worth while, it is certainly worth something to have them stay out of the cemeteries and re- main with their families several years| tri longer.” Figures From 77 Companies, Lentz took his figures on decreased mortality frorh 77 insurance companies, comparing pre-prohibition with pro- hibition years. “In the years prior to the effect of the eighteenth amendment,” he said, “1914 to 1919, inclusive, the death rate ranged from 61 to 63 per cent. * * * While the averages for the years 1921 to 1927, inclusive, ranged as low as 50, 52 and 53 per cent, and only once dldt“ reach as high a point as 54 per cent.” . He contended prohibition had saved the American people millions of dollars. Lentz quoted former Premier Lloyd George about prohibition, in which the Britisher held: “The abolition of the saloon is in part the cause of America’s prosperity.” ‘The witness added that the Method- ists and other Protestants had repudi- ated the saloon and alcoholic beverages, while the “Catholic Church, through some of its most noble leaders, has spoken against the liquor traffic. “For instance,” he went on, world-famous Cardinal Mercier of Bel- gium spoke upon the subject in these heroic words: “‘Universal prohibition would save more lives than general disarmament.’ ” He also quoted Rev. James E. Cassidy. vicar general of the diocese of Fall River, as having spoken in “courageous language” in support of prohibition. Lentz presented a digest of re) to the committee, which, he said, o ed that the death rate of infant chil- gren had been lowered since prohibi- jon. ‘Wherever alcohol was used as a bev- erage, he argued, the death rate was increased from 30 to 70 per cent. Lentz described Patrick Callahan of Louisville, Ky., as one of the foremost Catholics in the country, and said he was taking an active in the prohi- bition controver Kentuckian, he added, was mustering the dry Catholics to_support the eighteenth amendment. ‘The Ohioan said because prohibition enforcement had its problems and its difficulties should not for a “moment deter us in the onward march toward complete sobriety.” “Every argument for more alcohol is an argument for more drunkards,” he contended. Insurance Firms Profit. Cross-examined by Representative Stobbs, Republican, Massachusetts, Lentz *_testified insurance companies profited more from abstainers than from drinkers, as the abstainers averaged four more annual payments than drinkers. Stobbs asked Lentz if the military committee before which Gen. Pershing appeared had suggested the elimination of drinking among officers in Army posts when they considered the bill to close the liquor-dispensing canteens. Lentz replied that such a suggestion was not made. Lentz said that restrictions on drink- ing had been placed on the A. E. F., but Gen. Pershing had permitted the soldiers to drink wines and beer be- cause of the poer drinking water. Throughout his experience in France during the war, he said, he never saw a drunken soldier. “I thank you,” interposed La Guardia, laughing. La Guardia was a major in the Air Service. “The beer and wine the boys drank was not strong enough,” Lentz said. Questioned by Representative Celler, Democrat, New York, as to the deaths due ta alcoholism, Lentz said the re- ported increase in deaths in the United States due to alcoholism resulted from p;:lmnnux b;;g:hol manufactured by “ignorant leggers.” ‘The quality of liquor obtainable in this country, he said, was poor. He as- serted the city of Columbus was dry now, and there was no need for making dry speeches there any more. Celler Recites Columbus Figures, Celler read figures from Cnlmm po- lice sources showing an increése in ar- rests for drunkenness. He asserted in 1928 arrests were higher than before prohibition, but the witness upheld the gobglllgwn of the city had virtually oubled. Representative Sparks, Republican, Kansas, asked if drunkenness before 1920 was not so common in Columbus hat drunks were not arrested. ‘We did not have enough police to arrest them,” the witness replied. Lentz declared the span of life had been lengthened by prohibition. Chairman Graham asked if he did not know that a Johns Hopkins author- ity had found that the moderate drinker | thes had the greatest life expectancy, but the witness said he had not seen the document in question and would not believe it. E. C. Drury, a former premier of the Ontario provincial government, was the second witness, He said the Canadian system_ of government liquor dispen- saries had not worked satisfactorily. Drury testified it had not been evi- denced that government sale of liquor had wiped out bootlegging in Canada. It was further evidenced by the figures, he said, that infractions of the liquor, selling 1aws_had increased from 7,472 in 1918 to 15.263 in 1928, The Canadian asserted that while in most provinces there was not a pretense at government control, there had been an attempt made in Ontario, and added that the liquor law in that province was the best in the Dominion. “There are,” he sald “no beer parlors, ad | no sale of liquor by the glass, no liquor advertising, and, as any one can sec who will read Sir Henry Drayton's last "zpwm'pcmmtfi;“y at there is an attem] che: up on abuses o mit_holders.” sy s ‘The tourists in Ontario, he asserted, consumed in a few days, as much liquor as a native did during the entire year. ‘"There is still another factor that in fairness ought to be taken into consider-. ation, and that is the increased tourist business,” he said. “Unfortunately, we have no exact ac- count of this amount. It is, » HINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 19%0. D.C. WOMEN PLEDGE FIGHT FOR BALLOT Rejoice With Those Celebrat- | ing Tenth Anniversary of Enfranchisement. While women throughout the United States were celebrating with demon- strations today the tenth anniversary of their enfranchisement, the Voteless District of Columbia League of Women Voters served notice they would keep up :he fight for the ballot in the Dis- c Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the league, at a luncheon meeting in the Stoneleigh Court, said that while other women are rejoicing over the right to vote, the “voteless” women of the District are not so selfish they can- | not rejoice over their victory in ob- taining the ballot. Miss Belle Sherwin, president of the National League of Women Voters, sponsored the country-wide celebration, cut the brithday cake which women of the local league served at their lunch- eon in Stoneleigh Court, and at 2 o'clock, over a hook-up of the National Broadcasting Co. from Station WRC, recounted the “discoveries” in 10 years of suffrage. In New York Mrs. Catt consigned, in a radio speech, the “innumerable odds and ends of claims to equal rights” to the younger generation of woman voters. She said that “there are social prob- lems enough bolling and seething around every woman of us to keep an army of keen thinkers and doers busy for a generation or so in order to clear them all away.” As unfinished problems she cited the wages, hours, working conditions and trade union status of the woman in industry. Miss Sherwin, who left the Washing- ton luncheon to speak over Station ‘WRC, mentioned a compulsory statute on the West Coast and a better budget in New York City as example of what women voters are accomplishing. Admitting that ‘“performance in 10 years has not matched line for line, color for color the e tions for 192( nevertheless insisted the wisdom of the suffrage leaders had been definitely Justified. ‘Women all over the country “listened in,” as did the suffrage leaders here, to the talks broadcast from the New York meeting. Upward of 40 stations were hooked up and the messages carried as far as the Pacific Coast. Lanphier Named Field Manager. OMAHA, Nebr, March 26 (#).—Ap- pointment of Maj. Thomas G. Lanphier, senior aeronautical engineer of Ford, Bacon & Davis, New York engineering firm, as manager of a pmgond $1,000,- 000 air field 10 miles south of here was FLEXIBLE TARIFF - COMPROMISE SEEN Vandenberg Proposes to Give Both President and Congress Power. By th Assoclated Press. A compromise on the flexible previ- sion of the tariff bill, one of the main points of contention between the Presi- dent, the Senate and the House, was proposed today by Senator Vandenberz Repupucan, Michigan. ‘The Senator, one of the admin'stra- tion leaders, in an open letter to Chair- man Smoot of the Senate finance com- mittee, suggested a plan that would give to both the President and to Con- gress the power to change tariff rates under the flexible clause. Mr. Hoover has demanded that the present law giving the Executive aue shority to modify tariff rates be retained. ‘The Senate has amended the tariff act to give this authority to Congress alone. The House has retained the present law in its bill. ‘The controversy over the flexible pro- vision threatens to be one of the big- gest stumbling blocks in the way of an agreement between the Senate and House in the forthcoming conferences on the tariff. The Vandenberg propo- sal was looked upon today as offering & possible solution which might be ace ceptable to the Hoover administration. istrative flexibility for presidensial use when Congress is not in session—and subordinate to subsequent congressional veto if Congress chooses to act. Sec ondly, he proposes legislative flexibility for congressional use when Congress is in session, “But if the two philosophies are har- monized and joined,” he said, “we have complete flexibility 12 months in every year, and thus, so far as is humanly | possible, we avoid future needs for gen- eral tariff revisi ‘This avoidance is Grocers to Hold Mass Meeting to Widen Scope of Drive Against Competitors. PO B e | DISTRICT AIRPORT n whic s e el BN S IS GIVEN HEARING The other man, Thomas A. Newton, Tho ended his lfe with a bullet In| Senate Subcommittee Today Com- - - sidering Site Near South End INDEPENDENT STORES of Highway Bridge. TO WAGE CHAIN WAR| he v sor devetopment ot & mu- nicipal airport for the District near the south end of Highway Bridge is sched- uled to be considered at a public heare ing before a subcommittee of the Sen- ate District committee this with Senator Vandenberg, b A mass meeting of the retail grocers R"’“‘g“e";‘“‘ of g‘“‘“‘lfl‘d and Tyd- of Washington and nearby Maryland e s and Virginia “to widen the scope of the cl:aeh the hearings at i independent grocers' campaign against| W’ Sase 8 1¢] ly the chain stores” will be held at the| Dade fo the enfire committee at an Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street, to-| The proposed airport would be estab- morrow night at 8 o'clock, it was an- |lished by buying Hoover Field and nounced today. Washington Airport and combining ‘The meeting was called by John|them with adjacent areas owned by the Brayshaw, president of the Retail Gro- | Fedetal Government. The bill author- cers’ Protective Association, which week opened a radio campaign the _chains. ‘The purpose of repaid fight and to discuss new measures to be | instaliments, beginning one year after taken by the independents, it was|the expenditure. . & e Y COUNTY JURY TOLD JUDGE IS ASSAILED PAUPER PENSIONS IN FOX FILM SUIT ARE PAID TO DEAD announced here yesterday. considerable, but not nearly so great as some would think. The vast majority of tourists into Canada from this country are not, I believe, attracted by liquor le. They are quite orderly people, in most cases, with their families along, and they don’t want drink. “We have, however, a certain check. In Ontario last year, 419,797 permits were issued to citizens of the province and 106,987 to non-residents. If we allow that these transients during their few weeks' or few days’ stay consumed as much liquor as a native during the entire year—and that seems generous :nough—we find that non-residents con- sumed almost exactly one-fourth the amount of residents, or one-fifth the to- tal consumption. ‘Since Ontario is by all odds the banner tourist province of the Dominion, it is certain t if we project these figures to the whole Dominion we will be giving government control a very generous break. Applying this to the rer capita consumption of spirits would leave the figure .340, which is still & very serious increase over .204 in 1923. Government control as a means of re- ducing the consumption of legally pur: chased spirits has not been a success*™ Ontario, Drury went on, was the onl; Canadian province in which a “sincere attempt” at government control had been made, but he added that the at- tempt had “fallen down.” e witness said any home, tent or hotel room was considered a legal place for consumption of Mquor in Canada and that only drinking in an auto- mobile was barred, Some Drink in Cars. “Unfortunately, people do consume liquor in automobiles,” he said. Drury testified that the bulk of Cana- dian bootleggers sold government store yroducu ‘Those who pafronized the il- icit salesmen, he said, did not object to the high price, but were largely those ! who were barred from purchasing from the government, such as minors. Ilicit distilling in Canada, he sald, was not important. One system of obtaining bootleg sup- plies, he said, was to divert a boatload of legally purchased liquor after it had started from port by landing the boat around a headland and loading trucks re. In Quebec, he added, it was well known that automobile loads destined for American rum runners were obtained by the simple expedient of having the driver fill the machine at the govern- ment store, carrying one bottle at time from the store to the curb. Drury, described liquor sales in Can- as_“tremendous and !ncrc‘l‘.alx;g. “Last year the t $55,360, 569.91—a sizable drink bill for a pro :n’;; of approximately 3,000,000 popula-~ Arrests for Drunkenness Increase. “In the second piace, drunkenniess, waich were B e o S0l B ches same year were 3,958 and 7,812 respectively. “Even more instructive are the figures for jail commitments. For the province these totaled in 1924, 8,036. 1926, , . arrests for 11,370 in 1923, in 1928. they were 23,786. ““The effect on deaths from motor ac- cidents is very noticeable. In 1923 there were in Ontario 236 fatalities from this cause. In 1926, the last full year rohibition, there were 298. In 1928, fhe ‘first full year of government con- trol, there were 477. Last year these were 561" < o % o (Continued Prom First Page.) Presiding Jurist Swayed by Preju- A £ ¥ o 2 grand jury all morning. After -com. dice in Receivership Proceedings | pleting his testimony he said he Is Charge Put on Fil following e instanocs 1 Which o s Cha: e. wing five wl e i county funds were handled im] . 3 raised By the Associated Press. 2. A loan county _comm: NEW YORK, March 36—Another | sioriers to the Biata soud sorsmission of legal entanglement appeared yesterday | $50,000, to be repaid from proceeds of in the complicated litigation which in- flua lan“ne tax. volves William Fox and his motion Pic- | roaie’ Jn® sections where sersm ot ture corporation. It took the form of | political standing have financial in- an affidavit of prejudice, calling upon Federal Judge Frank J. Coleman to withdraw from the three equity recetver- ship proceedings pending against the corporation and others. - !‘ll\;hm nvl:m policemen bm-v-f The affidavit was filed by council for | ¢; 500 “a1th UL SODININ o Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc., on behalf of I‘ry law at :so"‘oh T H. L. Stuart, ident of the corpora-| Mr. Prettyman also cited one ce tion and one om Fox tru.sb:es med to the jury in which he said e in tl;e {xg;zmsmp agreement of Decem- | of political im ce er 3, 5 Judge Coleman adjourned the pro-| erty assessments. He gave ceedings until Thursday afternoon in| names of individuals he order to find time to look up the law | elaborate on this matter. on the matter. “I assume,” the judge sald to the as- No Requests of Jury. Y | sembled attorneys, “that the filing of this affidavit divests me of the power to hear the motions.” tha Among several exhibits attached to | ments. el tockhojders, which contained.the o . stockholders, which containg e sen- tence, “Over several million dollars of g‘;f,{“.;:’m“‘b’i . " judgments have been obtained by vari-| ““we contend that some ous creditors and only the indulgence | cigls are guilty technically of the creditors at the earnest solicita= | funds in violation of the sta: tion of Hon. Frank J. Coleman, U. 8. do not say there has been any.! district judge, has prevented the com- | hiifering of the funds. The plete break-up of the corporation’s Prop= | county officials have profited Y erties.’ was made by the 1s Nr” Prettyman also told m . Prettyman al e o un! a forerunner of a APPROVED BY SENATE | Sattie to oust Gov. Abert . AN ] nde; , Was nn Heflin Resolution Proposes $50,000 | oidtRendent Wes tobed e sotras ot ne Fund to Honor Late Surgeon Gen- | formation print eral for Canal Zone Health Work. The erection of a memorial in Wash- ington to Maj. Gen. William Crawford | Several of the paper's officials, the Gorgas, late surgeon general, to com- witnesses ‘heard yesterday, — MEMORIAL TO GORGAS memorate his work in the interest of health particularly in the Panama Canal Zone and Cuba, is provided for in a resolution passed by the Senate yester- g{-sn It still requires action by the louse. ‘The resolution, introduced by Senator Heflin of Alabama, authorizes an ap- propriation of $50,000 for the memorial, the site to be selected by the director of public bulldings and grounds. ao’rhe most s ble work of g]fi: rgas was directed against low fever in Cuba. Later on he u}{leved remarkable success in the Canal Zone. He died in 1920. Reserve Corps Commissions. alry and to Eugene R. Weisbender, Park Awm second lleutenant in m‘i'&u.:d::mm- tive Corps. Two Tug Men Drowned. BUFFALO, N. Y., March 26 (®).— Capt. Willlam Peterson, 26, Buffalo, ilot of the all-steel tug Amership, and wrence H. Thorpe, 28, engineer, drowned late terday after the craft sank in the 1l Canal. Cause of fi.mfl was g™ S y ', Te= fused to testify on the ground that they might incriminate themselves. It was nidz. l:awever, u'intwm directors were not in a position to say anything of the actual operation of the paper. Others who appeared before the included Mrs. Parker Weller, Miss - an B. Simpson, Mrs. Thomas D. Grif- fith, Edward Peter, P. Ray Souder, P, Abbe, Dr. Bates mhl:n. H. Mec- osep] . Lachlen, Enos C. Keys and Harrison B. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Orchestra this Band ning at 'elock Allegro "syn’:‘nbon‘y"r‘lgl 2,1in D‘:njor Opus 73. ) Senator Vandenberg proposed admin-"